Rob Roberts

Robert "Rob" Roberts (played by Chad E. Donella) was a human mutant living in Costa Mesa, California. Roberts was able to hide his most distinguishing physical abnormalities through extensive cosmetics and prostheses, as he wished to live out a normal life. However, he also had an inherent hunger for human brains, which he, in tragic futility, tried to keep at bay through the use of motivational self-help videos, appetite-suppressant prescriptions, and over-the-counter medicines for years.
Roberts appeared mostly human, safe for some key characteristics: He was hairless, had completely black eyes, had no ears, had an insectile proboscis for a tongue and did not possess regular human teeth, instead having rows of shark-like fangs in their place. 
In order to conceal his frightening appearance, he wore a wig, artificial ears, dentures, and contact lenses.
==Biography==
===Background===
Roberts' early history is unknown. He was a rare mutant whose physical mutation became apparent before reaching puberty, as stated by Vince Gilligan. His predilection for brains is both mental and physiological, feeling an intense pleasure derived from a savory taste and fawning over the buttery texture, being plagued by regular hunger pangs as a result. At some point, Roberts became employed at a Lucky Boy fast-food chain restaurant, where he worked during the day. Despite his best efforts at suppressing his uncontrollable hunger, during his duty as kitchen staff, he would constantly handle raw meat, which, in his mind, would take occasionally the form of human brains. It's implied that he had been using his position to feed on the leftover ground beef in the after hours as a substitute for his actual desired meat, though with little success in satisfying his cravings. Whenever his hunger surfaced on the job, Roberts usually dealt with it by talking to his co-workers to distract himself or leave the restaurant for fresh air to clear his head, but for around a month, he slowly started to lose control and seriously considered giving in.
=== First murders ===
One Friday night, while he was closing up the location by himself, a customer named Donald Edward Pankow arrived at the drive-thru demanding service, as Roberts had forgotten to turn off the neon sign. Roberts meekly attempted to tell Pankow that he had made a mistake and that it was past opening times, but he insisted on getting his order, threatening to report Roberts to upper managment. Sensing that there was no reasoning with the man and feeling the hunger emerge again, Roberts told him to drive up to the take-out window. Pankow then heard grotesque chewing coming from the kitchen and concerned, he leaned out of his car to peer in, only to be jumped and pulled inside by Roberts, who proceeded to pierce his skull and suck out the matter inside while Pankow was still alive. Roberts then put the remains in the trunk of the victim's car and dumped it at a reservoir. When the vehicle was recovered, the FBI was called in due to the distinct wounds found on the body. 
Three days after the murder, and visited the restaurant, as a Lucky Boy employee badge was found at the scene as well. To his luck, another worker, Derwood Spinks, became their initial prime suspect, as he was the only one who didn't have his badge on him and correctly guessed that the victim was male by chance. While waiting for his turn to be questioned, Roberts activated the microphone at the drive-thru and listened in on the agents' conversation while they were examining the kitchen, mentioning the removal of Pankow's brain and discovering traces of blood and grey matter under a counter. In due time, Mulder began setting his focus on Roberts, since he failed to provide a convincing alibi and was revealed to have been on shift during the time of the murder. Mulder pays him several visit at his apartment, once while the latter was disposing off his blood-stained spare working clothes, having previously tried in vain to clean them out, but Mulder does not notice the garbage bag leaking. After throwing the bag out, Roberts licks off the leftover blood on his hands and though he attempted to fight off the oncoming urge for more later that evening, he caves and kills a private investigator parked outside, who was hired to spy on his landlady Sylvia Jassey by her ex-husband.
The following morning, Spinks, who was fired after Lucky Boy found out about his status as an ex-con, broke into his home, having become aware that Roberts was the true perpetrator when Spinks discovered his diet pills with a bloody finger print at the crime scene earlier, and blackmails him, extorting Roberts for money in exchange his silence. He tries to retrieve the evidence from Spinks' house, but is cornered into a closet when he returns sooner than expected. Roberts surprises Spinks after he removes his disguise and kills him by puncturing his brain using his tongue. 
=== Appointments with Dr. Rinehart ===
As part of a counselling program implemented by the restaurant, Roberts began regularly speaking with psychiatrist Dr. Mindy Rinehart, who took note of his issues regarding his self-image and his self-admitted, but unspecified episodes of binge eating, recommending he visit an eating disorder support group called Overeaters Anonymous. While there, he runs into Jassey, who encourages him to speak out about his problem, which he does in vivid detail, again without naming his guilty pleasure food. After the meeting however, Roberts returns to the apartment complex with Jassey, but experiencing another wave of hunger, he impulsively kill her as well. The next day, Roberts used Spinks' baseball bat to trash his own home, which he did fuelled with obvious anger for having murdered a friend, then claimed that Spinks had threatened him into silence before leaving town to further shift blame on him and explain his disappearance.
Roberts decided to skip town, but was stopped by Dr. Rinehart, who had come to confront him after identifying him as the true culprit and expressed great pity and sorrow when Roberts revealed his true appearance. Mulder and Scully arrived at that moment, with guns drawn and demanding that he step away from Dr. Rinehart. Against their wishes, Roberts suicidally rushed the agents, who fired in defense, fatally wounding him. Tearfully, Dr. Rinehart asks Roberts why, his last words before he dies being, "I can't be something I'm not". ( "Hungry")
==Appearances==
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