- Dr. Thaddeus Q. They: Well, as Orson Welles once said, "He who controls the past, controls the future."
- Fox Mulder: It was George Orwell that said that.
- Dr. Thaddeus Q. They: Well, for now maybe.
- Fox Mulder: The Mandela Effect. When someone has a memory that doesn't coincide with everybody else's or the facts. So named because some people have a memory of hearing that Nelson Mandela died in the '80s while imprisoned, when, in fact, he died a free man in 2013.
- Reggie Something: No. It's called the Mengele Effect because people have a memory of Josef Mengele getting apprehended in Ohio in 1970. So, it's the Mengele Effect.
- Fox Mulder: The Mandela Effect has been an Internet meme for almost a decade. It's always been called that.
- Reggie Something: Ah, see, you're having a Mengele Effect about the Mandela Effect.
- Dr. Thaddeus Q. They: Oh. Did you like that? I made it. "Phony fake news." It's a presentation of real facts, but in a way that assures no one will believe any of it.
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- Multiple characters: Wait, what?