19 Facts About Lone Gunmen

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Lone Gunmen are a trio of fictional characters, Richard "Ringo" Langly, Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers, who appeared in recurring roles on the American television series The X-Files, and who starred in the short-lived spin-off, The Lone Gunmen.

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2.

Lone Gunmen was a conservative dresser with a neatly trimmed beard, a stark contrast to his grungier comrades.

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3.

Lone Gunmen was born on November 22,1963, the same day that President Kennedy was assassinated, so his parents named him after the fallen president.

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4.

Lone Gunmen was a big fan of The Ramones, he enjoyed critiquing the scientific inaccuracies of the short-lived sci-fi series Earth 2, and he had a long-running competition with Frohike over who was a better computer hacker.

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5.

Lone Gunmen had "a philosophical aversion to having his image bounced off a satellite".

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6.

Lone Gunmen turned to The Lone Gunmen numerous times when needing information on elements of the paranormal or when he needed to access highly guarded government institutions.

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7.

When Mulder was supposedly found "dead", The Gunmen appeared at his funeral, but when he proved to be alive, they were the ones who tearfully welcomed him back.

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8.

Lone Gunmen was referred to in the first episode of season 3 titled "The Blessing Way" as being murdered, but he was not in that episode.

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9.

Lone Gunmen's saving grace is his boundless optimism, coupled with an idealistic view that the jaded Gunmen wish they still held.

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10.

Lone Gunmen is a femme fatale who sometimes works with the Lone Gunmen and often employs various disguises.

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11.

Lone Gunmen is the twin brother of Jimmy the Geek, a character killed by a bus in The X-Files episode "Three of a Kind", played by the same actor.

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12.

Lone Gunmen gives Byers an internet address which is supposed to locate her daughter.

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13.

Lone Gunmen has developed a gas that causes fear and paranoia, and the military plans to test it on civilians.

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14.

Lone Gunmen then enlists the help of the three to stop the government's plan.

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15.

All three of the Lone Gunmen are arrested, and Byers recounts his story to Detective John Munch.

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16.

Since becoming X-Files mainstays, Lone Gunmen-styled technogeeks have appeared on other television series, such as Brian Roedecker on Millennium and Abby Sciuto on NCIS.

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17.

Lone Gunmen, a spin-off of the popular series The X-Files, is a television show that aired on the Fox network, featuring the characters of the same name.

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18.

The Lone Gunmen try to get to the truth of his supposed death and uncover the conspiracy.

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19.

Frank Spotnitz confirmed that had The Lone Gunmen returned for a second season, the character of Morris Fletcher was to have become a regular one, either assisting or antagonising the three main protagonists.

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