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The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. It starred David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully.

References to The X-Files in The Simpsons

Episodes

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
	6	120	"Homer vs. Patty and Selma"	When the TV mysteriously turns off on its own, the musical cue that plays resembles The X-Files theme.
250px	8	163	"The Springfield Files"	The episode is a parody of The X-Files, with Fox Mulder and Dana Scully appearing, both voiced by their original actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
	10	213	"Viva Ned Flanders"	One of Comic Book Guy's bumper stickers says "The Truth is in Here", a reference to the tagline of The X-Files "The Truth Is Out There".
	11	241	"Missionary: Impossible"	Mulder and Scully appear at the Fox telethon.

Specials

Picture	Special name	Reference
250px	FOX's 25th Anniversary Special	Mulder and Scully appear at the Fox 25th Anniversary event.

Comics

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
	Simpsons Comics #93	Hotfoot in the Park	Comic Book Guy says that he feels as useless as Fox Mulder's replacement in the last season of The X-Files.
	The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #22	The Ex Files	The story title and plot are references to The X-Files with Assistant Director Skinner of the F.B.I. being Principal Skinner's half-brother. Mulder and Scully also appear in the story.

References to The Simpsons in The X-Files

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
3	60	"Revelations"	Fox Mulder remarked that Owen Lee Jarvis looked like Homer Simpson's evil twin.
5	117	"The End"	Gibson Praise watched a scene from "The Cartridge Family".
118	"The Beginning"	The character of Homer is loosely based on Homer Simpson. He is lazy and works at a nuclear power plant.

Common cast

Name	Role in The X-Files	Role on The Simpsons
Gillian Anderson	Played Dana Scully.	Reprised her role as Dana Scully in the season 8 episode "The Springfield Files".
Jack Black	Played Bart "Zero" Liquori in the season 3 episode "D.P.O.".	Voiced Milo in the season 19 episode "Husbands and Knives".
Dick Clark	Played himself in the season 7 episode "Millennium".	Voiced himself in the season 11 episode "Treehouse of Horror X".
Bryan Cranston	Played Patrick Crump in the season 6 episode "Drive".	Voiced Stradivarius Cain in the season 23 episode "The Spy Who Learned Me" and reprised his role of Walter White, from Breaking Bad, in the Breaking Bad Couch Gag from the season 24 episode "What Animated Women Want" via live-action recording.
Rhys Darby	Played Guy Mann in the season 10 episode "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster".	Voiced Tag Tuckerbag in the season 30 episode "Heartbreak Hotel".
David Duchovny	Played Fox Mulder.	Reprised his role as Fox Mulder from The X-Files in the season 8 episode "The Springfield Files".
Jodie Foster	Voiced "Betty" in the season 4 episode "Never Again".	Voiced Maggie Roark in the season 20 episode "Four Great Women and a Manicure".
Brian George	Played the Project Doctor in the season 7 episode "The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati".	Voiced several British men in the season 32 episode "The 7 Beer Itch" and MI5 agents in "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.".
Seth Green	Played Emil in the season 1 episode "Deep Throat".	Served as an executive producer for the Stoopid Buddy Stoodios couch gags. He also voiced Chris Griffin in Family Guy's season 13 premiere "The Simpsons Guy", the Nerd in the "Robot Chicken couch gag 2", and Mav Redfield in the season 33 episode "Meat Is Murder".
Kathy Griffin	Played Betty Templeton/Lulu Pfeiffer in the season 7 episode "Fight Club".	Voiced Francine Rhenquist in the season 12 episode "Bye, Bye, Nerdie".
Ricky Jay	Played Herman/Albert Pinchbeck in the season 7 episode "The Amazing Maleeni".	Voiced himself in the season 22 episode "The Great Simpsina".
Stephen King	Co-wrote the season 5 episode "Chinga".	Voiced himself in the season 12 episode "Insane Clown Poppy".
Lucy Lawless	Played Shannon McMahon in the season 9 two-part episode "Nothing Important Happened Today".	Voiced herself and Xena in the season 11 episode "Treehouse of Horror X".
Lucy Liu	Played Kim Hsin in the season 3 episode "Hell Money".	Voiced Madam Wu in the season 16 episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan".
Michael McKean	Played Morris Fletcher in the season 6 two-part episode "Dreamland", the season 6 episode "Three of a Kind", and the season 9 episode "Jump the Shark.	Voiced David St. Hubbins in the season 3 episode "The Otto Show" and Jerry Rude in the season 10 episode "Monty Can't Buy Me Love".
Aaron Paul	Played David "Winky" Winkle in the season 9 episode "Lord of the Flies"	Reprised his role of Jesse Pinkman, from Breaking Bad, in the Breaking Bad Couch Gag from the season 24 episode "What Animated Women Want" via live-action recording.
Sab Shimono	Played Gung Bituen in the season 2 episode "Excelsis Dei".	Voiced master sushi chef in the season 2 episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish", Mr. Sparkle in the season 8 episode "In Marge We Trust", and a Gruff Japanese sailor in the season 18 episode "The Wife Aquatic".
Jerry Springer	Played himself in the season 5 episode "The Post-Modern Prometheus".	Voiced himself in the season 10 episode "Treehouse of Horror IX". He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!.
Alex Trebek	Played Man in Black 2 in the season 3 episode "Jose Chung's From Outer Space".	Voiced himself in the season 9 episode "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" and the season 24 episode "Penny-Wiseguys".
Paul Willson	Played Ted in the season 6 episode "The Unnatural".	Voiced Howard in the season 1 episode "Some Enchanted Evening".

External links

The X-Files at Wikipedia

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Contents

References to The X-Files in The Simpsons

Episodes

Specials

Comics

References to The Simpsons in The X-Files

Common cast

External links