| Greg Pincus | |||
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| Naming | |||
| Others | "Monster" | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Species | Unknown | ||
| Gender | Male | ||
| Affiliation | VinylRight Corporation | ||
| Current status | Alive | ||
| Biology | |||
| Body type | Insectoid | ||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Sapient | ||
| Behind the scenes | |||
| Universe | The X-Files | ||
| Created by | Vince Gilligan | ||
| Performed by | John Apicella (human form) Unidentified stuntwoman (real form) | ||
| “ | It hides in the light. |
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— Gary Lambert
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Greg Pincus is the identity assumed by an insectoid being who uses some kind of hypnotic ability in order to appear human to those around him. In his natural form, he can move at superhuman speed and is capable of crawling over walls and ceilings like a normal insect. Few people are able to catch a glimpse of his actual appearance.
Pincus has a company called VinylRight Corporation in Oak Brook, Illinois and cultivates the image of a kind and reasonable boss to his employees. Secretly, he attacks some of them and injects them with a toxin which kills them and converts their bodies into mindless zombies which can be telepathically controlled by Pincus. The toxin is injected into the victims when Pincus bites them on the back of the neck, leaving three puncture marks in a triangular pattern. The zombies, like Pincus himself, will appear perfectly human to most observers, even though they're clinically dead.
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- The X-Files, s05e19 - "Folie à Deux" (1998)