Martin Sneberg Jr.

**Martin Sneberg Jr.** is a character in **The X Files** and serves as the antagonist of the first story arc of Season 1.

## History

When he was a young boy, Martin was diagnosed with Cancer. His parents hired a doctor with questionable credentials who tested an unregistered cure of intense cryo and radiative therapy on him, which is how he developed his superpower. Although Martin was cured, the procedure had bankrupted his parents, causing Martin. Sr to physically abuse his son. Martin eventually lashed out with his powers, killing his father and causing his mother to suffer permanent brain damage. When Fox Mulder and Dana Scully arrived at the scene, they found Martin crying and cradling his brain-dead mother.

Eventually, Martin managed to secure a job as the night manager at the Starry Lanes bowling alley. When the Magic Bullets hacked into the X Files, they discovered his and used it to blackmail him into killing several bowlers and take their bowling balls as proof that he did as they commanded. When Jessica Dexler and Aaron Fulton attempt to apprehend him at the bowling alley, he uses his cryokinesis on a bottled water truck, distracting the agents and giving him enough time to escape.

When he is cornered in Episode 4, Fulton can successfully talk him down and get him to surrender peacefully. If Fulton fails, Dexler will take over.

## Personality

Martin makes it clear that he doesn't enjoy killing people and just wanted to live a normal life. During his confrontation with Dexler and Fulton, he tells them that if he knew how to get to the Magic Bullets, he would have killed them instead of the innocent people they sent him after. After his arrest, he shows genuine remorse for his crimes.

## Abilities

Martin has the power of cryokinesis, the ability to create ice. He uses this to kill through a process called explosive gelation, in which his victim is flash-frozen so quickly that they explode as the water in their body expands. He lacks full control over this ability, as demonstrated by his accidental killing of the fourth victim's family, as well as by permanently disabling his own mother.

## Episodes

* Episode 2
* Episode 3
* Episode 4
* Episode 10 (Mentioned)

## Relationships

### Debbie Sneberg

Sneberg Jr. was originally close to both his parents. After enduring physical and emotional abuse by his father, Sneberg snapped, killing his father and leaving his mother permanently disabled. Sneberg struggles with massive guilt for having hurt his mother and continues to visit her until his arrest in spite of her continued coma.

### Martin Sneberg Sr.

Sneberg Jr. was originally close to both his parents, and he says that Sneberg Sr. actually became a *better* father after he got sick. However, once paying for cancer treatments essentially bankrupted the family, Sneberg Jr. came to blame their financial struggles and the breakdown of his marriage on his son. After enduring physical and emotional abuse by his father, Sneberg Jr. snapped, killing his father and leaving his mother permanently disabled. Fulton suggests that both father and son still loved each other in spite of everything, and that unresolved relationship was part of what made it difficult for Sneberg Jr. to move on.

### Tim Quilling

Quilling is the third explosive gelation victim. According to fellow bowler Little Jimmer, Quilling was Sneberg's only close friend, making his murder of Quilling especially tragic. If Fulton convinces him to surrender, he will use his one phone call to contact Wendy Albright, Quilling's girlfriend, to apologize for the murder.

### Magic Bullets

The Magic Bullets used Sneberg's X-File to blackmail him into committing the bowling ball murders. Although an essentially nonviolent person, Sneberg lacks the strength of character to let the Magic Bullets reveal his murder of his father and his cryokinetic abilities and gives in to their demands.

### Aaron Fulton

In a premium choice, Fulton has the option to talk Sneberg into surrendering to him and Dexler. He can use a variety of strategies to convince Sneberg to surrender, ranging from insulting him for his moral weakness to sympathizing with his desperation and grief over the loss of his parents. He also has the option to acknowledge the similarities between the murder of his family and Snerberg's own loss to both Sneberg and Dr. Hill. After his arrest, Fulton can either mock or comfort him about his future.

## Gallery

Tim Quilling after being explosively gelated by Sneberg
## Trivia

* In Episode 5, Caitlyn Marts compares him to the villain from a Superhero movie. In the genre, it is common for Superheroes and Supervillains to gain their powers through risky medical treatments.