“孤枪侠”出现在1994年美国FOX电视台著名的科幻系列剧《X档案》中,首次登场于第一季第十七集《E.B.E.外星访客》(02/18/94)。他们是一个团队,有三名主要成员:拜尔斯(John Fitzgerald Byers)、弗洛海克(Melvin Frohike)和朗格利(Richard Langly)。2001年FOX电视台推出作为《X档案》衍生剧的同名系列剧,以孤枪侠三名成员为主线,共十三集。监制人亦为有着“X档案之父”美誉的著名电视制片人克里斯·卡特(Chris Carter)。 The Lone Gunmen are a trio of fictional characters, Richard "Ringo" Langly, Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers, who appeared in recurring roles on the American television series The X-Files, and who starred in the short-lived spin-off, The Lone Gunmen. Their name was derived from the lone gunman theory of the John F. Kennedy assassination. Described as counterculture patriots, they are ardent conspiracy theorists, government watchdogs and computer hackers who frequently assist central X-Files characters Mulder and Scully, though they sometimes have their own adventures. The Lone Gunmen author a news publication called The Lone Gunman (once referred to as The Magic Bullet Newsletter; a pejorative reference to the single bullet theory and, like the group's name, a reference to the Kennedy assassination), to which Mulder loyally subscribed. None of them have day jobs; they rely on financial backers who believe in their cause, and the revenue generated by the subscriptions to their paper. They shared a loft apartment where they also work, and use a 1974-79 VW Transporter to commute.