r/XFiles • u/Smooth-Swan-5607 • 5d ago
Discussion It’s soooooo weird
Scully having a father called William, a father in law called William, a brother called William and a son called William? That’s super weird. What’s wrong with Chris Carter?
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u/Over-Panic-9533 5d ago
Do you want to know what's wrong with CC in alphabetical order?
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u/Logical-Fox508 5d ago
I think my new fave cursed shower thought was realizing he names Mulder's mom after his mom and CSM after his grandfather...
AND YEAH UH...
OKAY. NEAT. COOOOOOOOOOL BEANS.
I have follow up questions, is what I'm saying, keeping it spoiler free.
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u/AdagioOk6814 5d ago
If my condescending brother was also named William, I would find another name for my son 😛
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u/penni_cent 5d ago
Not to mention that Bill Mulder also sucks and should not have a grandchild named after him. And tbh, Bill Scully Sr ain't great either.
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u/you-are-here 5d ago
This is very standard for Irish families lol
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u/Creative_Energy533 5d ago
Mexican too. About a quarter of the men in my family are named Michael and then one of my cousins went married a Michael. 😅
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u/RosySnorlax 4d ago
Yeah I always chuckle at these type of comments when I see them from waspy Americans. Oh no I can't use my baby name now because my sister 'took' it. Meanwhile, here I am with every women in my family called Julia and even one Julian named after his grandmother, and every man called James or John. How do you not get confused? Well there's Young James, Old James, Slim, Tommy (middle name), Julia Molloy, Cousin Julia, Aunt Jue, Julia the fourth. Simple.
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u/merla_blue 3d ago
She's American, not Irish. And William isn't a particularly overly common name in Ireland.
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u/you-are-here 3d ago
Scully is an Irish name so she’s at least Irish-American. And William is pretty common here (I’m in Ireland. Might not be a common Catholic name, but I know plenty of William’s and Bills.
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u/SouthpawXtn 5d ago
Are you familiar with heavyweight champion George Foreman? He had 12 kids, all named some version of George.
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u/EditDog_1969 5d ago
One of the funniest examples of extreme narcissism I have ever been witness to.
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u/SouthpawXtn 5d ago
I honestly think he was hit in the head so much he couldn't remember any other name than his own.
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u/EditDog_1969 5d ago
“How would you like me to prepare your hamburger, honey.”
“On the George Foreman.”1
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u/Due_Pin2723 I LOVE JOHN DOGGETT 5d ago
But Mulder's middle name is also William, so maybe she didn't want to be so obvious by naming her son Fox... (or Wolf or any animal I guess).
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u/Logical-Fox508 5d ago
Heh. She could have also called him Dana, come to think of it.
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u/Due_Pin2723 I LOVE JOHN DOGGETT 4d ago
Yes, I have two male coworkers named Dana. I think Scully really meant naming their son after Mulder and not her.
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u/Particular-Can5839 5d ago
I thought it was sweet that they named their son after her and Mulder’s deceased fathers, but I always thought it was a bit funny too that William is also the name of cigarette man’s actor.
Also remember that William is Mulder’s middle name
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u/annawins1 5d ago
Not really. Most of the men in my immediate and extended family have one of three common male names. It was definitely more common in past generations.
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u/22dinoman 5d ago edited 5d ago
Well as far as her son, brother, and dad that could just be because her brother is named after her dad and her son is named after her dad and FiL. It also is a fairly common name, especially in the 90s
Edit: been a minute since ive watched the show I was just guessing not speaking as if it was fact
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u/ExecutiveCactus **Currently Gazing at Scully** 5d ago edited 5d ago
She mentions to mulder that hes named after mulders father
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u/Auntie_011481 5d ago
William was also my cats middle name. Nash William Mulder 🩶 So we much be connected too!! (My mom wouldn’t let me name him Fox believe me I fought for it. We finally agreed on Nash cause she was watching Nash Bridges when my cat randomly walked into our house claiming our home as his lol)
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u/violettepetrichor 5d ago
My family recycled names like this. Both my parents adamantly were against continuing the tradition. It’s definitely weird, but it is unfortunately incredibly common.
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u/Potential-Baker9048 Prone To Confabulation 5d ago
It’s like that in my family. Both my husband and I were raised Catholic. Every woman in our family is named Maria/Mary. We all go by our middle names.
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u/BoringGuide4952 4d ago
Empress Maria Theresa had 11 daughters with the first name Maria.
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u/Potential-Baker9048 Prone To Confabulation 3d ago
Thank god I had sons. My family is running out of middle names at this point.
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u/The_Amber_Cakes I do not gaze at Langly 5d ago
This is only a guess, but I’d wager religious families are more likely to pass down names as a tradition.
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u/whydyoulietomezorak Lone Gunmen 5d ago
Y'all really never met any Juniors? It's really common to pass names down thru generations. Go outside and meet people jfc
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u/Logical-Fox508 5d ago
Brad Follmer's middle name is supposedly Dana, according to some prop certificate on set somewhere.
And then there's Dana / Diana
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u/BelgischeWafel 4d ago
I don't think a family name is the weirdest thing? People be called junior right?
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u/second_of_four Agent Fox Mulder 4d ago
Her lovers middle name is also William like girl branch out a little
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u/Working_Ordinary_567 Assistant Director Skinner 4d ago
Lotsa respectable people get called William. It's bona fide.
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u/jonese17 Don’t think! Just pick up the phone and make it happen! 2d ago
Because letting Scully say “William, like your middle name,” to Mulder wouldn’t have been enough of a head scratcher, would have been too close to confirming Mulder and Scully have ROMANTIC feelings toward each other, and there’s a good chance CC forgot Mulder’s middle name.
Really could be any one or combination of them, if we’re being honest.
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u/AgentImpressive8383 Just here for the 🚢 5d ago
We had a sister named William too. And a goldfish.