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"Look at it this way, Mulder, by the time there's another invasion of artificially intelligent, dung-eating, robotic probes from outer space, maybe their über-children will have devised a way to save our planet."
Dana Scully
"War of the Coprophages"
Series The X-Files
Season 3, Episode 12
X-Files 3x12 001
Air date January 5th, 1996
Writers Darin Morgan
Director Kim Manners
Producers Chris Carter; R.W. Goodwin; Howard Gordon; Rob Bowman; Joseph Patrick Finn; Kim Manners; Paul Rabwin
Starring David Duchovny; Gillian Anderson
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"War of the Coprophages" is the twelfth episode of season three of the paranormal crime drama series The X-Files and the sixty-first episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Kim Manners with a script written by Darin Morgan. It first aired on the FOX Network on January 5th, 1996. In this episode, Fox Mulder becomes intrigued by stories of killer cockroaches that are responsible for several deaths in a rural community. Mulder consults with local entomologist Bambi Berenbaum, who has her own unique theories on the matter.

Cast[]

Principal Cast[]

Actor Role
David Duchovny Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson Dana Scully

Guest Stars[]

Actor Role
Bobbie Phillips Doctor Bambi Berenbaum
Raye Birk Doctor Jeff Eckerle
Dion Anderson Sheriff Frass
Bill Dow Doctor Rick Newton

Co-Stars[]

Actor Role
Alex Bruhanski Doctor Bugger
Ken Kramer Doctor Alexander Ivanov
Nicole Parker Red-headed chick
A.J. Buckley The "Dude"
Tyler Labine Stoner
Maria Herrera Customer #1
Sean Allan Customer #2
John B. Destry Customer #3
Norma Jean Wick Reporter
Wren Roberts Orderly
Tom Heaton Resident #1
Bobby Stewart Resident #2
Dawn Stofer-Rupp Customer #4
Fiona Roeske Customer #5
Tony Marr Motel manager

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Actor John B. Destry, who plays customer #3, is uncredited for his participation in this episode.
  • Actor Tony Marr, who plays a motel manager, is uncredited for his participation in this episode.
  • This is the first science fiction work for actor Tyler Labine who plays a stoner in this episode. He will go on to play Dave Groves in the ABC television series Invasion.

Quotes[]

  • Fox Mulder: The development of our cerebral cortex has been the greatest achievement of the evolutionary processes. Big deal. While allowing us the thrills of intellect or the pangs of self-consciousness, it is all too often overruled by our inner, instinctive brain - the one that tells us to react, not reflect, to run, rather than ruminate. Maybe we have gone as far as we can go and the next advance, whatever that may be - will be made by beings we create ourselves, using our own technology. Life forms we can design and program not to be ultimately governed and constricted by the rules of survival. Or perhaps that step forward had already been achieved on another planet by organisms that had a billion years head start on us. If these beings ever visited us, would we recognize what we were seeing? And upon catching sight of us, would they react in anything but horror at seeing such mindless, primitive, hideous creatures?

....

  • Fox Mulder: Bambi also has a theory I've come to acro...
  • Dana Scully: Who?
  • Fox Mulder: Doctor Berenbaum. Anyway her theory is...
  • Dana Scully: Her name is Bambi?
  • Fox Mulder: Yeah. Both her parents were naturalists. Her theory is that UFO's are actually nocturnal insect swarms passing through electrical air fields.
  • Dana Scully: Her name is Bambi?

See also[]

Media

The World of the X-Files

The X-Files miscellaneous

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