Citations:Ratboy

Proper noun: "(X-Files fandom slang) the character Alex Krycek from the X-Files"

 * 1995, Brian Lowry, Chris Carter, & Sarah Stegall, The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files, page 88:
 * Krycek's traitorous doings earned him the nickname "Ratboy" along the Internet, as well as a small cadre of admirers who call themselves "The Ratnicks."
 * 1996, Susan J. Clerc, "DDEB, GATB, MPPB, and Ratboy", Deny All knowledge: Reading the X-files (eds. David Lavery, Angela Hague, & Marla Cartwright), page 37:
 * Do you know who Ratboy is?
 * 2014, Deborah Kaplan, "Construction of Fan Fiction Character Through Narrative", in Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet (eds. Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse), page 143:
 * But this Krycek—self-consciously multivoiced, focalizing as a fan reader through his obsession with Mulder, Ratboy yet sympathetically damaged—is carefully constructed as a recognizable source character interpreted in a new light.
 * 2016, Natalie Clubb, The X-Files: The Official Collection - The Agents, The Bureau, and The Syndicate, page 144:
 * Given his credentials, Ratboy seems like the perfect candidate for the job.
 * But this Krycek—self-consciously multivoiced, focalizing as a fan reader through his obsession with Mulder, Ratboy yet sympathetically damaged—is carefully constructed as a recognizable source character interpreted in a new light.
 * 2016, Natalie Clubb, The X-Files: The Official Collection - The Agents, The Bureau, and The Syndicate, page 144:
 * Given his credentials, Ratboy seems like the perfect candidate for the job.