Gimlet weapon

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A gimlet weapon was a device designed to kill aliens and clones by stabbing one in the base of their neck. The device was also effective as a stabbing weapon against humans. it is commonly used by alien bounty hunters

Contents 1 Description 2 Uses 3 Trivia 4 Appearances

[edit] Description

The weapon is made of an unidentified material that appears to be polished stainless steel, although if it is alien in origin, it's composition could be anything.it is similer to a swichblade It appears to be a small, thin, 6 inch cylindrical device with a long rectangular switch/button that, when pressed, extends a long icepick like protrusion that is used for stabbing. When this extension is released, the device emits a sound similar to a sudden jet of air being exhaled.

[edit] Uses

The alien bounty hunter used one when exterminating the Gregor Series of clones and when he tried to kill Jeremiah Smith. Mulder obtained such a weapon hidden inside a lamp in his family's Quonochautaug residence. Mulder tried - but failed - to kill the bounty hunter.

In 1999, a faceless alien killed and assumed the identity of the Second Elder. However, the Cigarette Smoking Man realized this and provided a gimlet weapon to Jeffrey Spender to kill him. However, Spender failed to do so, but Alex Krycek succeeded. ("Two Fathers")

Arthur Dales told Mulder about a baseball player named Josh Exley who was hunted down by a bounty hunter and killed with a gimlet weapon. ("The Unnatural")

[edit] Trivia

On the season 2 DVD extras, interviews detail the creation of the Gimlet sound effect, which was originally meant to sound like "alien technology" and went through a number of versions, usually highly processed "computerized" sounds, until it was finally simplified as the air exhalation sound.

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[edit] Appearances

• TXF:
  • "Colony" (Season 2)
  • "End Game"
  • "Talitha Cumi" (Season 3)
  • "Herrenvolk" (Season 4)
  • "Memento Mori" (Season 4)
  • "Emily" (Season 5)
  • "The Red and the Black"
  • "Two Fathers" (Season 6)
  • "The Unnatural"

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