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'''''The X-Files: I Want to Believe''''' is the second feature film based on ''[[The X
It features series protagonists Fox Mulder and Dana Scully long after they abandoned the FBI and the X-Files; Scully is a doctor at a Catholic hospital concerned about the treatment options offered to a dying boy, and Mulder, still on the lam, lives as a hermit under Scully's protection, doing little more than collecting paper clippings. They are offered a chance at redemption, however, when the FBI requests their help in finding an old comrade, who has herself gone missing while investigating a series of mysterious disappearances. They are aided by an ex-priest and [[Pedophile Priest|convicted pedophile]] named Father Joe, who claims to receive psychic visions of the victims directly from [[God]], and about whom the agents have conflicting feelings.
The film is a stand-alone work in the tradition of the show's [[Monster of the Week]] episodes, and does not revisit the series' famous -- and still unresolved -- [[Myth Arc]]. At the box office, it was met with a thundering "meh" and received [[So OK Its Average|generally mediocre scores]] from film critics. Franchise creator [[Chris Carter]] had stated his intent to wrap up all dangling plotlines in a third film (to coincide with the supposed end of the world in 2012), but since ''I Want to Believe'' went out with a whimper, the series' future
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: Scully and Mulder both appear to be completely unconcerned about the supposedly inevitable {{spoiler|extraterrestrial colonization of Earth coming in four years}}. It's not even ''mentioned''.
* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Mulder's grown one.
* [[Blatant Lies]]:
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: Several little ones.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Scully immediately jumps to the conclusion that the women have been kidnapped for their organs after Mulder tells her both victims had [[AB Negative|AB-]] blood.
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* [[Foiler Footage]]: During production, several fake screenshots of the movie were released (including a picture of a werewolf) to throw people off.
* [[Franchise Killer]]: Suspected of being one, although after a ten year gap could be considered more of a failed attempt at resurrection.
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** One trailer implied that Mulder and Scully had gone their separate ways after the end of the series and were reuniting, much to the outrage of fans. Luckily, that's disproven within the first few minutes of the movie.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]
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* [[Relationship Reveal]]: Mulder and Scully. (It was strongly implied that they'd gotten together in the last few years of the show, but it took until this movie for the writers to ''finally'' stop trying to be coy about it.)
* {{spoiler|[[Second Act Breakup]]: It does seem to be fixed by the end, though.}}
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