Supernatural (TV series)/Characters

Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles)
""I got a GED and a give-em-hell attitude.""


 * Adaptation Dye Job: He has black hair in Supernatural: The Animation and very light blond hair in the prequel comics.
 * The Alcoholic: By Season 7, he's about two steps away from becoming one, if he isn't already.
 * Anti-Hero
 * : Repeatedly. To the point that it's almost a Running Gag.
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal
 * : After Season 3.
 * Pop-Cultured Badass
 * Better Than Sex: The burgers they serve at his favorite St. Louis diner. Pity that Dean's Persona Non Grata.
 * Big Brother Instinct: Yeah, just try to hurt Sam and let see how well it goes for you.
 * Big Eater
 * The Big Guy: Subverted—Dean is the shorter of the duo, but is also the bruiser of the two.
 * Little Big Brother
 * Blessed with Suck:
 * Break the Cutie: Repeatedly. Up to Eleven. Every single time things start to work out for him, he gets broken. And this has been going on for a loooooong time. In fact, an alternate title for this show could be "How to Break Dean Winchester" and you couldn't fault it, particularly from Season 2 onwards.
 * Has now become a Trauma Conga Line.
 * Broken Hero
 * Butt Monkey
 * Casanova
 * Catch Phrase: "Son of a bitch!" Lampshaded in Season 5.
 * The Chew Toy
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Death Seeker
 * Deus Angst Machina: The stunning amount of bad things that happen to Dean are starting to amount to this. The poor guy hasn't caught a break since Season 3.
 * Extreme Doormat: A big one when it comes to his family.
 * Friend to All Children: Kids (human ones, anyway) are a pretty big soft spot.
 * Friendship Moment: Most of his scenes with Castiel.
 * Genre Savvy
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Hates Being Touched
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation: Has real issues with self-worth and frequently takes this to suicidal lengths.
 * : Dean is part of an inverted example in "The Slice Girls".
 * It's All My Fault: If anything can be slightly linked to him in any way, expect him to shoulder the burden and expect that burden to break him. Just see how the whole thing worked out for him in Season 4.
 * Jerkass
 * Ben calls him out on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Knight Templar Big Brother
 * Loveable Rogue
 * Love Martyr
 * Messianic Archetype
 * Morality Chain: In later seasons for Sam AND Castiel.
 * Mr. Vice Guy
 * Nay Theist
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: Sometimes.
 * The Nicknamer
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: He built an EMF out of a walkman, but has a reputation for being not-so-smart.
 * Perma-Stubble
 * The Pornomancer
 * Pretty Boy: Although he'd rather be thought of as a Hunk.
 * Really Gets Around: Crosses into Ethical Slut territory. Frequently.
 * Sad Clown
 * Screw Destiny: His motto.
 * His mission too in Season 5, when he, Sam and Cas nickname themselves "Team Free Will."
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With Sam.
 * Single Tear: Has a slight tendency to cry like this each time Life kicks him in the nuts, which happens a lot. Ironic, given that he's the one who demands "No chick-flick moments" in the pilot.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Survivor Guilt
 * : Especially in "Mystery Spot." Oh, ye gods, "Mystery Spot"!
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Dean loves pie.
 * Tragic Hero
 * Single Tear: Has a slight tendency to cry like this each time Life kicks him in the nuts, which happens a lot. Ironic, given that he's the one who demands "No chick-flick moments" in the pilot.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Survivor Guilt
 * : Especially in "Mystery Spot." Oh, ye gods, "Mystery Spot"!
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Dean loves pie.
 * Tragic Hero

Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki)
""You know me. You know why. I'm not leaving my brother alone out there.""


 * Anti-Hero
 * The Atoner: In Season 5 (after the whole business) and in Season 6.
 * Badass
 * Badass Abnormal: and again.
 * Badass
 * Badass Abnormal: and again.
 * Badass Abnormal: and again.


 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass Normal: Before and after.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * The Big Guy: At 6'4", he's the tallest of the cast.
 * Big Little Brother
 * Blessed with Suck: His  or  ? Take your pick.
 * Break the Cutie
 * Broken Hero
 * Cartwright Curse: "Have you forgotten the average lifespan of your hook-ups?" So...
 * Celibate Hero: But not in Season 4 and Season 6.
 * The Chosen One: Though he's this for.
 * Fatal Attractor: His love interests have included a kitsune, a werewolf, and a demon, and those are just the ones confirmed to be supernatural. Dean uses this trope to deduce that the girl Sam is sexing up is the siren making people kill their loved ones in "Sex and Violence."
 * Genius Bruiser: He was a straight-A student, a Mathlete, attended Stanford University on a full scholarship before the show started, and is often involved in the research part of hunting. This has never stopped him from kicking demon ass repeatedly.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal: Though by early Season 2, he drops this attitude and decides to devote his life to hunting in the wake of.
 * Knight Templar Little Brother
 * Living Emotional Crutch: To Dean.
 * Loveable Rogue
 * Morality Chain: For Dean.
 * Not Himself: In the first half of Season 6, due to.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Only in early seasons. He has none at the moment.
 * Mind Over Matter
 * Precognition
 * By Season 4, he's developed more control and skill over his abilities, to the point that he can  with his mind.
 * Puppy Dog Eyes
 * Revenge Before Reason
 * Screw Destiny: Sam may have done some evil things (by accident), but that doesn't mean he wants to.
 * The Scully
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With Dean.
 * : In the first half of Season 6.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: In later seasons.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: In Season 4 and Season 6. Oh so very much in Season 6. (But only in the first half of S6, and that's because he was at the time.)
 * White Sheep
 * Why Did It Have To Be Clowns?
 * Screw Destiny: Sam may have done some evil things (by accident), but that doesn't mean he wants to.
 * The Scully
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With Dean.
 * : In the first half of Season 6.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: In later seasons.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: In Season 4 and Season 6. Oh so very much in Season 6. (But only in the first half of S6, and that's because he was at the time.)
 * White Sheep
 * Why Did It Have To Be Clowns?
 * White Sheep
 * Why Did It Have To Be Clowns?

John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Cohen)

 * Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other: He doesn't show the depths of his affection for his sons too much, but when he does, it tends to be both sweet and saddening.
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal
 * Subverted in "Long-Distance Call" -
 * Disappeared Dad: Often left his children alone to go hunt, so Dean had to take on an almost parental role and help raise Sam. In fact, his absence actually kicks off the plot, as it's why Dean goes seeking Sam out at Stanford.
 * Hot Dad
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Papa Wolf: Uses one of his precious Colt's bullets to protect his sons,, and eventually  . Say what you like about the guy, but he does love his kids.
 * Parents as People
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: John's not a villain, but it's still depressing to see how happy and innocent he was in the teaser of the pilot before Mary died and in the episodes where his sons travel into the past.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: With Dean, although lately Dean has realized how flawed John was and loses a lot of his hero-worship towards him. He also made Sam  feel as if they had this relationship with him.
 * Papa Wolf: Uses one of his precious Colt's bullets to protect his sons,, and eventually  . Say what you like about the guy, but he does love his kids.
 * Parents as People
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: John's not a villain, but it's still depressing to see how happy and innocent he was in the teaser of the pilot before Mary died and in the episodes where his sons travel into the past.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: With Dean, although lately Dean has realized how flawed John was and loses a lot of his hero-worship towards him. He also made Sam  feel as if they had this relationship with him.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: With Dean, although lately Dean has realized how flawed John was and loses a lot of his hero-worship towards him. He also made Sam  feel as if they had this relationship with him.

Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith, Amy Gumenick)
""Sammy, wherever you are, Mom is a babe. I'm going to Hell. Again.""
 * Death by Origin Story
 * Death Glare:
 * Hot Chick with a Dagger:
 * Funnily enough, in that moment she actually looked eerily like how Sam wields pointy objects. Lamarck Was Right?
 * Hot Mom: Dean himself notes this in "In the Beginning."
 * Death by Origin Story
 * Death Glare:
 * Hot Chick with a Dagger:
 * Funnily enough, in that moment she actually looked eerily like how Sam wields pointy objects. Lamarck Was Right?
 * Hot Mom: Dean himself notes this in "In the Beginning."
 * Hot Mom: Dean himself notes this in "In the Beginning."


 * The Lost Lenore: To John.
 * Mama Bear: "You get out of my house. And let go of my son."
 * Missing Mom
 * Posthumous Character
 * Sacrificial Lion
 * Woman in White
 * Woman in White
 * Woman in White

Adam Milligan (Jake Abel)
"Sam: You may not believe it, but Dad *was* trying to protect you. Adam:"
 * Blue Eyes
 * Chekhov's Gunman
 * Deadpan Snarker:
 * Deadpan Snarker:
 * Deadpan Snarker:


 * Deus Angst Machina: For someone who appeared in only three episodes, Adam has had a ridiculous amount of horrific things happen to him in each one. He's  Note that Adam was an Ordinary College Student prior to this and that the only reason any of it happened to him is because he is a...
 * Long-Lost Relative: To Sam and Dean.
 * Uncanny Family Resemblance
 * The Unchosen One: Unintentionally.
 * The Unfavorite:
 * The Unchosen One: Unintentionally.
 * The Unfavorite:

Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver)
""Idjits.""


 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm: Sam is great at research, but Bobby can run circles around anyone when it comes to finding answers. Helps that over the years he's amassed a very impressive collection of books on the supernatural to stock in his library.
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Normal
 * : In Season 5.
 * Bi the Way:
 * "Did you know my first girlfriend turned out to be a--"
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Bobby gets one against  in "Death's Door."
 * Catch Phrase: "Idjits."
 * The Confidant
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Crazy Prepared: He slips all his guests holy water in case they're demons, and he made and hid copies of all his irreplaceable books, just in case they were ever destroyed. Bobby lampshades this in "Let It Bleed" by calling himself "a paranoid bastard."
 * Taken to an insane degree when Bobby.
 * A Day in the Limelight: "Weekend at Bobby's"
 * Dead Little Sister:
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * : In Season 5.
 * Grumpy Old Man
 * Honorary Uncle: In a flashback in "A Very Supernatural Christmas," younger Sam in said flashback calls him "Uncle Bobby."
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Mister Exposition: A function Bobby serves.
 * Nice Hat
 * The Obi-Wan
 * Only Sane Man: He's the only character who can take a step back and see the bigger picture. Up to a certain point anyway; he starts to lose his perspective towards the end of Season 4.
 * Parental Substitute: Bobby makes it very clear, to him, Sam and Dean are his boys.
 * The Reliable One: As close as you can get to it in this show, anyway.
 * Revolvers Are Just Better: His handgun of choice is a Colt Peacemaker. He may just have a fondness for "Cowboy" guns, as he also uses a lever-action rifle.
 * Team Dad
 * Honorary Uncle: In a flashback in "A Very Supernatural Christmas," younger Sam in said flashback calls him "Uncle Bobby."
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Mister Exposition: A function Bobby serves.
 * Nice Hat
 * The Obi-Wan
 * Only Sane Man: He's the only character who can take a step back and see the bigger picture. Up to a certain point anyway; he starts to lose his perspective towards the end of Season 4.
 * Parental Substitute: Bobby makes it very clear, to him, Sam and Dean are his boys.
 * The Reliable One: As close as you can get to it in this show, anyway.
 * Revolvers Are Just Better: His handgun of choice is a Colt Peacemaker. He may just have a fondness for "Cowboy" guns, as he also uses a lever-action rifle.
 * Team Dad
 * Revolvers Are Just Better: His handgun of choice is a Colt Peacemaker. He may just have a fondness for "Cowboy" guns, as he also uses a lever-action rifle.
 * Team Dad
 * Team Dad
 * Team Dad

Ellen Harvelle (Samantha Ferris)

 * Action Mom
 * Bad Guy Bar: Was the boss of the Roadhouse . Granted, it was a place for hunters to meet, but not all of them are really good.
 * Badass
 * Cool Old Lady: She's not that old, but she is cool.
 * Distaff Counterpart: To John and Bobby, maybe. However, she's significantly warmer and well-adjusted than they are.
 * Hot Mom
 * Mama Bear: The losses she has gone through in her life has made her protective of Jo as well as Sam and Dean. Although at first she showed this by restricting her daughter from hunting, period, when Jo went out to become a hunter she decided that becoming her partner was the best way to keep her safe.
 * My Beloved Smother: In Jo's opinion, at least, as "No Exit" proved.
 * Put on a Bus: For Seasons 3 and 4. Apparently, she was supposed to come back for the third season but negotiations fell through with her actress.
 * Team Mom
 * Mama Bear: The losses she has gone through in her life has made her protective of Jo as well as Sam and Dean. Although at first she showed this by restricting her daughter from hunting, period, when Jo went out to become a hunter she decided that becoming her partner was the best way to keep her safe.
 * My Beloved Smother: In Jo's opinion, at least, as "No Exit" proved.
 * Put on a Bus: For Seasons 3 and 4. Apparently, she was supposed to come back for the third season but negotiations fell through with her actress.
 * Team Mom
 * Team Mom
 * Team Mom
 * Team Mom

Jo Harvelle (Alona Tal)

 * Action Girl
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Disappeared Dad: Bill Harvelle, who got killed . When Jo learns about the spoiled part, it put a strain on her relationship with the Winchesters.
 * Damsel in Distress: In "No Exit" and "Born Under a Bad Sign".
 * Faux Action Girl: In Season 2. She became better in Season 5.
 * Knife Nut: Carries her dad's knife with her because she wants to feel close to him, and says she was known as the "freak with the knife collection" at school.
 * Like Brother and Sister: YMMV, but this it how her interactions with the Winchesters came off to some people, with Jo in the role of a mouthy little sister.
 * Put on a Bus: For Seasons 3 and 4 (because of the fans' hugely negative backlash towards her character).
 * Rescued From the Scrappy Heap: Apparently redeemed herself in the eyes of many a fan in Season 5.
 * Tomboyish Name
 * Took a Level In Badass: In Season 5.
 * Unrequited Love Switcheroo: With Dean. Okay, not really.
 * Tomboyish Name
 * Took a Level In Badass: In Season 5.
 * Unrequited Love Switcheroo: With Dean. Okay, not really.
 * Took a Level In Badass: In Season 5.
 * Unrequited Love Switcheroo: With Dean. Okay, not really.

Gordon Walker (Sterling K. Brown)

 * Badass
 * Dead Little Sister: Has a literal example.
 * Fantastic Racism: If it isn't human, it has to die.
 * Foil: First to Dean and John, later to Sam.
 * The Fundamentalist: Humans are good. Monsters are bad. That's all there is to it.
 * He Who Fights Monsters
 * Assuming, of course, that  for a change.
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
 * Not So Different: Well, aside from Lenore, Castiel, Bobby John, Lucky, and whatever rare sympathetic monsters they find, Dean and Sam aren't much better than Gordon at treating or thinking supernatural creatures as human-like beings who have their good and bad sides.   takes it Up to Eleven in Season 7 by.
 * Off with His Head: His favorite method of killing people.
 * Scary Black Man
 * Van Helsing Hate Crimes
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Genuinely believes he is the hero, and that Sam is The Antichrist.
 * Off with His Head: His favorite method of killing people.
 * Scary Black Man
 * Van Helsing Hate Crimes
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Genuinely believes he is the hero, and that Sam is The Antichrist.
 * Van Helsing Hate Crimes
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Genuinely believes he is the hero, and that Sam is The Antichrist.

Rufus Turner (Steven Williams)
"Bobby: (on the phone) Suck dirt and die, Rufus. You call me again, I'll kill ya. (hangs up) Dean: What's up with Rufus? Bobby: He knows."
 * All a Part of the Job: Rufus gives this kind of speech to Dean, by way of pointing out that.
 * Ambiguously Jewish: He did say "I know what I want for Hanukkah" about Bobby's digger.
 * In "And Then There Were None,", Bobby confirmed he was Jewish, kosher aside.
 * Black Best Friend: To Bobby.
 * Cool Old Guy: "What? What am I, a heathen? I know what Craig is."
 * Drink Order: One bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue. He was also something of a general scotch connoisseur, but his favorite was Johnnie Walker Blue.
 * Informed Judaism
 * Magical Negro: Not in that he had powers beyond being a Badass  retired hunter, but in that he had a ridiculous amount of helpful connections who helped him to do everything from   to  . Somewhat averted in that his motivations weren't really selfless as much as utilitarian.
 * Justified on the connections and knowledge part: all of the older generation of hunters seem to be crazy prepared (see: Bobby) and extremely well connected (see: Ellen) simply by virtue of having been in the job for some years.
 * Noodle Incident: With Bobby.
 * Justified on the connections and knowledge part: all of the older generation of hunters seem to be crazy prepared (see: Bobby) and extremely well connected (see: Ellen) simply by virtue of having been in the job for some years.
 * Noodle Incident: With Bobby.


 * In "And Then There Were None," Bobby says that he and Rufus.
 * Police Brutality: At one point in "Weekend at Bobby's," Rufus is heard over Bobby's phone, shouting, "That is excessive force, officer! I know my rights!"
 * Twofer Token Minority

Samuel Campbell (Mitch Pileggi)

 * Badass Grandpa
 * Not anymore.
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Battle Couple: With Deanna.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Grand Theft Me: His possession by Azazel and the Khan worm
 * Jerkass: Boy howdy.
 * Thicker Than Water:
 * To be fair, though, he does have a point.  Even so, Samuel apparently did care about his grandsons since he did make attempts to help them in Season 6   like when he gave Dean the cure for vampirism. When it came down to it, though,.
 * Grand Theft Me: His possession by Azazel and the Khan worm
 * Jerkass: Boy howdy.
 * Thicker Than Water:
 * To be fair, though, he does have a point.  Even so, Samuel apparently did care about his grandsons since he did make attempts to help them in Season 6   like when he gave Dean the cure for vampirism. When it came down to it, though,.

Christian Campbell (Corin Nemec)

 * Alliterative Name
 * Jerkass
 * Long-Lost Relative
 * Torture Technician: Although, according to, he isn't very good at it.
 * Long-Lost Relative
 * Torture Technician: Although, according to, he isn't very good at it.
 * Torture Technician: Although, according to, he isn't very good at it.
 * Torture Technician: Although, according to, he isn't very good at it.

Gwen Campbell (Jessica Heafey)

 * Action Girl
 * Locked Out of the Loop: Samuel may have forgotten to mention a few details to her...
 * Long-Lost Relative
 * Stay in the Kitchen: Is NOT pleased when told to stay behind and guard with Dean.
 * You Remind Me of X: Gwen believes she reminds Samuel of his daughter, Mary, which is why he tries to keep her out of the line of fire.
 * Stay in the Kitchen: Is NOT pleased when told to stay behind and guard with Dean.
 * You Remind Me of X: Gwen believes she reminds Samuel of his daughter, Mary, which is why he tries to keep her out of the line of fire.

Mark Campbell (David Paetkau)

 * Long-Lost Relative
 * The Quiet One: Says less than ten words in both episodes he appears. Immediately lampshaded by Dean.
 * The Quiet One: Says less than ten words in both episodes he appears. Immediately lampshaded by Dean.
 * The Quiet One: Says less than ten words in both episodes he appears. Immediately lampshaded by Dean.

Garth Fitzgerald IV (DJ Qualls)
"Bobby Better drop a dime to the FBI. Bobby Willis, FBI. (Beat) No, Garth, not me-the-FBI, the REAL FBI! How are you still alive?!"
 * Adorkable
 * Can't Hold His Liquor: He got completely drunk after drinking one beer and thought this was a normal thing.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: "HI! I'M MR. FIZZLES! I'M YOUR FRIEND!"
 * What an Idiot!: Lampshaded by Bobby while he was on the other end of a phone call with him.
 * hangs up* *FBI Line rings*

"Dean You don't suck. Garth (completely sincere) Wow! That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me!"
 * The Woobie:

The Trickster / (Richard Speight, Jr.)

 * Badass: Let's put it this way—he can bend realty, warp time, and is the only character in the entire series to make.
 * Badass Boast: "They call me ." It's the way he says it, almost as if stating "you have no idea with who you are messing with." His cold and steely smile really helps the Badass factor.
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * Berserk Button: Don't talk about his family.
 * Black Comedy: Makes his living on this trope.
 * Crazy Prepared:
 * Disproportionate Retribution: The crimes he commits in his first episode are typically on Asshole Victims. Problem is, it's hard to justify murdering a guy just for having an affair or testing on animals. In his second appearance, he hurls a man into a wormhole just for doubting they exist. Jerkass.
 * Great Gazoo: He comes off as this, albeit a very dark example. The Trickster's one of the funniest characters on the show, responsible for the Groundhog Day Loop and Trapped in TV Land incidents, so it's kind of easy to forget he started as a Monster of the Week who murdered and traumatized people in ironically amusing ways, mainly for shits and giggles.
 * Humans Are Flawed:
 * Rousseau Was Right:
 * Repeatedly.
 * Jerkass: Definitely in his first and second episodes.
 * Jerkass Has a Point: Yes, the time loop was cruel; Sam and Dean constantly sacrificing themselves for the other is terrible. Sam did need to accept that he couldn't save Dean.
 * Karma Houdini:
 * Karmic Trickster: How he likes to think of himself. He goes way too far, though.
 * Large Ham
 * Laughably Evil: If you like Dead Baby Comedy.
 * Me's a Crowd
 * Reality Warper
 * Sad Clown
 * Shapeshifter Default Form
 * Smug Snake: It's funny that he enjoys targeting the arrogant and the smug, because that's exactly what he is.
 * Stealth Mentor
 * Sweet Tooth
 * Trickster Archetype: Guess why...
 * Trickster Mentor: To Sam and Dean. To everyone else, he's just an ass.
 * Video Will: He leaves one for the Winchesters. In the form of a porno.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He put Sam through near-endless trauma in his second episode because he was genuinely trying to teach him a lesson: Constantly sacrificing himself to save Dean is only going to make things worse for both.
 * Sweet Tooth
 * Trickster Archetype: Guess why...
 * Trickster Mentor: To Sam and Dean. To everyone else, he's just an ass.
 * Video Will: He leaves one for the Winchesters. In the form of a porno.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He put Sam through near-endless trauma in his second episode because he was genuinely trying to teach him a lesson: Constantly sacrificing himself to save Dean is only going to make things worse for both.

Castiel (Misha Collins)
""I'm the one that gripped you tight and raised you from perdition.""

"Castiel: Sam, Dean, I have to get back. Dean: You're leaving? Castiel: I'm in the middle of a civil war. Dean: You better tear the attic up, find something to help Sam. Castiel: Of course. Your problems always come first."
 * Adorkable
 * Angelic Beauty
 * Anti-Hero: Began as a Type III (his first appearance; if you're on the side of good, you need not fear him), but is now definitely a IV. At the end of "The Man Who Would Be King," it's implied he's about to tip straight into Type V.
 * Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
 * Asexuality: He gets nervous at brothels (though this is arguably due more to him being in a "den of iniquity"), displays curiosity about human sexuality, and has even tried kissing, but for the most part, he's portrayed as asexual.
 * However, his future self from a post-appocalyptic world seems to love orgies.
 * Technically that's not his "future self"—something quite obvious as of the end of Season 6--but either an alternate future self or just part of an illusion Zachariah came up with. Why Zachariah chose to have him adopt that personality to show Dean is still a mystery.
 * In episode 7.21, "Reading Is Fundamental",.
 * Ascended Extra
 * Asskicking Equals Authority: A subversion at first, as he seems to be fairly low-ranked despite how much ass he kicks. As the series goes on, he becomes . BUT THEN,.
 * Badass
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass Baritone
 * Badass Bookworm: Don't piss off the nerd angel.
 * Badass in a Nice Suit: Though being an angel possesing a human body, his stance and body language is way off, preventing the trope from being used to full effect. See also Unkempt Beauty below.
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Little Miss Badass: When he's possessing in "The Rapture."
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * Let's just say that whenever Castiel shows up, random acts of badassery are sure to follow.
 * Berserk Button: Don't mess with the Winchester brothers.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Breakout Character
 * Broken Angel: As of "Dark Side of the Moon."
 * Scratch that last point; he's become even more broken, as revealed in "The Man Who Would be King"--.
 * Chaste Hero:
 * The Comically Serious: "Assbutt?"
 * Corrupt the Cutie: No one in this show is going to pass up the chance to corrupt a angel with a conscience. Just ask Dean, Meg, Ellen, Jo, Balthazar, Lucifer, etc.
 * In.
 * A Day in the Limelight: In "The Man Who Would Be King."
 * Deadpan Snarker: He actually gets better at sarcasm the longer he spends time on Earth.
 * He has also learned to be very subtle about it:
 * Chaste Hero:
 * The Comically Serious: "Assbutt?"
 * Corrupt the Cutie: No one in this show is going to pass up the chance to corrupt a angel with a conscience. Just ask Dean, Meg, Ellen, Jo, Balthazar, Lucifer, etc.
 * In.
 * A Day in the Limelight: In "The Man Who Would Be King."
 * Deadpan Snarker: He actually gets better at sarcasm the longer he spends time on Earth.
 * He has also learned to be very subtle about it:
 * Deadpan Snarker: He actually gets better at sarcasm the longer he spends time on Earth.
 * He has also learned to be very subtle about it:

"Raphael: Do not leave me here, Castiel. I will find you. Castiel: Maybe one day. But today, you're my little bitch."
 * Deus Exit Machina: Even as a low-ranked angel, he was way too powerful, forcing the writers to turn to this trope (usually using the angel-banishing sigil). This was a major reason his appearances were mostly cameos in Seasons 4 and 6.
 * Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: His line to Raphael in "Free to Be You and Me" as he and Dean are leaving the house where Raphael is trapped inside a ring of holy fire.
 * Deus Exit Machina: Even as a low-ranked angel, he was way too powerful, forcing the writers to turn to this trope (usually using the angel-banishing sigil). This was a major reason his appearances were mostly cameos in Seasons 4 and 6.
 * Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: His line to Raphael in "Free to Be You and Me" as he and Dean are leaving the house where Raphael is trapped inside a ring of holy fire.

"Castiel: (to Bobby) You're right. Pardon me for highlighting their crippling and dangerous empathetic response with (uses air quotes) "sarcasm.""
 * Disappeared Dad: Kind of worse when you realize his "dad" is God.
 * Does Not Understand Sarcasm: He seems to be getting the hang of it as of Season 6.

"Castiel: *glares* Dean: Cas, last person that looked at me like that, I got laid."
 * Emotions vs. Stoicism
 * It's technically.
 * : His plan to
 * Fallen Angel: Resigned from Heaven.
 * Though in the last episode of Season 5,.
 * In Season 6, it became worse. See Broken Angel above.
 * The Fatalist: All angels take this view; Castiel was the first to avert it.
 * Foe Yay: Most blatantly with Meg.
 * Occasionally with Dean, when they argue.
 * In Season 6, it became worse. See Broken Angel above.
 * The Fatalist: All angels take this view; Castiel was the first to avert it.
 * Foe Yay: Most blatantly with Meg.
 * Occasionally with Dean, when they argue.

"After Dean tells him that he and Sam have been murdered in "Dark Side of the Moon": Castiel: (flatly) My condolences."
 * And Crowley, who likes to hurl suggestive remarks at Castiel every chance he gets.
 * The Gods Must Be Lazy
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Good Powers, Bad People: Once he starts, he seems to stop resurrecting people and start Mind Raping them.
 * Good Wings, Evil Wings
 * Have You Seen My God?
 * Hero of Another Story: In Season 6, after the Apocalypse was over, Castiel was . Frankly, the depiction of such a war would've been beyond the writers and the special effects team, so it took place mostly off-screen.
 * Ho Yay: With Dean and Balthazar.
 * I Did What I Had to Do: As of Season 6, he's doing/done a lot of things he'd rather not do, but finds he has no choice, since he has to . He also kills.
 * He also takes this attitude in "My Heart Will Go On" when Fate calls him out on.
 * As of "The Man Who Would Be King," this has been taken to a whole new level.
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: All throughout Season 6.
 * Knight Templar: What he's become in Season 6, in regards to the War in Heaven. To the point that.
 * Lack of Empathy / No Sympathy: Castiel may be one of the few angels with a sense of ethics and he might tend to be portrayed as a Woobie (especially in fandom), but the fact that he's an angel first and foremost means that he doesn't have the kind of empathy allowed to humans. This allows him to think little of killing children, wiping out entire towns, and murdering his own kin.
 * Knight Templar: What he's become in Season 6, in regards to the War in Heaven. To the point that.
 * Lack of Empathy / No Sympathy: Castiel may be one of the few angels with a sense of ethics and he might tend to be portrayed as a Woobie (especially in fandom), but the fact that he's an angel first and foremost means that he doesn't have the kind of empathy allowed to humans. This allows him to think little of killing children, wiping out entire towns, and murdering his own kin.

"To another angel in "The Third Man": Castiel: Why won't any of you listen!?"
 * Limited Wardrobe: And how—Cas has had the same tie-and-trenchcoat ensemble since his debut in Season 4.
 * Literal-Minded
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * No Sense of Humor
 * No Sense of Personal Space
 * No Social Skills
 * Odd Friendship: With Dean. And possibly Bobby and Sam.
 * Only Sane Employee: In Season 6.
 * Only Sane Employee: In Season 6.

"Game show host: Mr Trickster does not like pretty-boy angels!"
 * Parental Abandonment: The main reason for his fall to Earth in Season 5. God is still missing in Season 6, but Castiel continues to follow Him by leading.
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Pretty Boy: Well, he's possessing one (seeing the real him would, y'know, burn your eyes of your skull).
 * Pretty Boy: Well, he's possessing one (seeing the real him would, y'know, burn your eyes of your skull).

"Dean: Are you...stoned? Castiel: Generally, yeah."
 * Quizzical Tilt
 * Subverted.
 * Semi-Divine: In Season 5,.
 * Well, you break it, you buy it...
 * The Spock
 * Spock Speak: Most of the time, but he starts acting more human as he gets more Character Development.
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Sometimes without Hi or Bye.
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic
 * Straight Man: He takes Bud Abbott's deadpan shtick to a whole new level because he usually has no clue what the joke is or even that there is one, which makes him come off just as hilarious as Dean. Highlighted by having a Bizarro future version of him be mucho mellow.
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Sometimes without Hi or Bye.
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic
 * Straight Man: He takes Bud Abbott's deadpan shtick to a whole new level because he usually has no clue what the joke is or even that there is one, which makes him come off just as hilarious as Dean. Highlighted by having a Bizarro future version of him be mucho mellow.
 * Straight Man: He takes Bud Abbott's deadpan shtick to a whole new level because he usually has no clue what the joke is or even that there is one, which makes him come off just as hilarious as Dean. Highlighted by having a Bizarro future version of him be mucho mellow.


 * Superpower Lottery: Let's see—Castiel has shown Super Strength, Nigh Invulnerability, Flight, teleportation, sonic voice, the ability to travel through time, Telepathy, telekinesis, dream-walking, immortality (can't be killed by anything but another angel), an eye-searing true form, Invisibility, and possibly other powers he hasn't displayed yet. However, these are implied to be standard to any angel.
 * What makes him special, however, is his twice-used,.
 * Tin Man
 * : Begins pretty much as soon as he shows up, and reaches completion in "The Man Who Would Be King,".


 * Trenchcoat Brigade
 * Unkempt Beauty: The stubble, wind-blown hair, loose tie and hobo trenchcoat shouldn't be that attractive, but on Cas, it works, so much so that he's right up there with Dean as the most fetishized character in the fandom.
 * : By the end of Season 6.
 * We Have Reserves: Crosses over with Fridge Horror. In the Season 6 finale, Castiel . A far cry from when he tried to teach angels free will.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: If you've read all the spoilers so far in his character sheet, you'll know why he's here.
 * Wham! Line:
 * And,
 * What the Hell, Hero?: He's . At any rate, this is definitely what Sam and Dean are thinking.
 * At the end of Season 6,.
 * And at Season 7, he.
 * Wolverine Publicity: Especially in Season 6, where he's given his own solo TV bumper and publicity stills alongside the Winchester brothers, despite having less than 50 minutes of screentime throughout the entirety of the season.
 * The Worf Effect
 * You Are in Command Now: After the averted Apocalypse and the deaths/imprisonments of the archangels, Castiel finds himself going from a foot soldier (though one in charge of other angels like Uriel) to the acting "sheriff of Heaven", though he was challenged by Raphael, the only remaining archangel.
 * Wolverine Publicity: Especially in Season 6, where he's given his own solo TV bumper and publicity stills alongside the Winchester brothers, despite having less than 50 minutes of screentime throughout the entirety of the season.
 * The Worf Effect
 * You Are in Command Now: After the averted Apocalypse and the deaths/imprisonments of the archangels, Castiel finds himself going from a foot soldier (though one in charge of other angels like Uriel) to the acting "sheriff of Heaven", though he was challenged by Raphael, the only remaining archangel.
 * You Are in Command Now: After the averted Apocalypse and the deaths/imprisonments of the archangels, Castiel finds himself going from a foot soldier (though one in charge of other angels like Uriel) to the acting "sheriff of Heaven", though he was challenged by Raphael, the only remaining archangel.

Uriel (Robert Wisdom, Matt Ward)

 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Fantastic Racism: Derisively refers to humans as "mud monkeys" and "plumbing on two legs."
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Have You Seen My God?
 * Humans Are Bastards
 * Jerkass
 * Literal-Minded
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Scary Black Man: This seems to be his default vessel choice, as seen in "The Song Remains the Same."
 * Though it makes sense, since being the vessel for a specific angel runs in certain bloodlines. The vessel in "The Song Remains the Same" was probably the present-time vessel's father or uncle or something.
 * I was under the impression that they were the same guy; the present-day vessel was middle-aged, while the vessel in "The Song Remains the Same" looked to be about twenty-something.
 * I always thought angels keep their vessels pretty status quo...like how they don't need food or sleep, so I assumed they also wouldn't age.
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Scary Black Man: This seems to be his default vessel choice, as seen in "The Song Remains the Same."
 * Though it makes sense, since being the vessel for a specific angel runs in certain bloodlines. The vessel in "The Song Remains the Same" was probably the present-time vessel's father or uncle or something.
 * I was under the impression that they were the same guy; the present-day vessel was middle-aged, while the vessel in "The Song Remains the Same" looked to be about twenty-something.
 * I always thought angels keep their vessels pretty status quo...like how they don't need food or sleep, so I assumed they also wouldn't age.

Anna Milton (Julie McNiven)
"Castiel: We still have orders to kill you. Anna: Somehow, I don't think you'll try. And, later: Uriel: There is no will! No wrath! No God. Anna: (to Uriel, ) Maybe, maybe not. But there's still... me."
 * Angel Unaware
 * Badass
 * Badass Boast: She gets two in "On the Head of a Pin":
 * Badass Boast: She gets two in "On the Head of a Pin":

"Anna: (suddenly appearing in the backseat) Hey, guys. Dean: Ah! (jerks steering wheel, but manages to get the car under control) Anna: Smooth. Dean: You ever try calling ahead? Anna: I like the element of surprise."
 * Break the Cutie: The very first episode she's in has her locked in an insane asylum for hearing angels talking about the Apocalypse, her parents slaughtered by demons to get to her, Alastair hunting her down to "interrogate" her, and angels trying to kill her. Things... do not get much better for her from then on.
 * Damsel in Distress: She was one, before she remembered she was an angel and she regained her powers, which led to:
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * Emotionless Girl: After becoming an angel again.
 * : In "The Song Remains the Same."
 * Fallen Angel
 * God in Human Form
 * Hearing Voices: When she was human, starting the same day Castiel saved Dean from.
 * : Courtesy of in "The Song Remains the Same."
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: After she ripped out her grace and was reborn a human, she still apparently remembered who and what she really was, to some extent, since she said that her human father wasn't really her dad and believed that her real father (God) was going to kill her when she was a little girl. Therapy helped her repress her memories of being an angel until Pamela used hypnosis to make her remember.
 * Meaningful Name: Paradise Lost, by John Milton. Also a Shout-Out.
 * There's also an angel named Haniel/Anael in Jewish mythology. Said angel is powerful and high-ranking enough to be considered an archangel and is associated with the planet Venus (which is supposed to represent love and beauty). Hmm. Which angel do we know who is Badass, Castiel and Uriel's boss, pretty in human form, and Dean's Love Interest?
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Does quite a few of them, including one while Dean is driving:
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: After she ripped out her grace and was reborn a human, she still apparently remembered who and what she really was, to some extent, since she said that her human father wasn't really her dad and believed that her real father (God) was going to kill her when she was a little girl. Therapy helped her repress her memories of being an angel until Pamela used hypnosis to make her remember.
 * Meaningful Name: Paradise Lost, by John Milton. Also a Shout-Out.
 * There's also an angel named Haniel/Anael in Jewish mythology. Said angel is powerful and high-ranking enough to be considered an archangel and is associated with the planet Venus (which is supposed to represent love and beauty). Hmm. Which angel do we know who is Badass, Castiel and Uriel's boss, pretty in human form, and Dean's Love Interest?
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Does quite a few of them, including one while Dean is driving:
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Does quite a few of them, including one while Dean is driving:



Zachariah (Kurt Fuller)
""Lucifer may be powerful, but I'm...petty.""
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Celestial Bureaucracy: Zachariah occupies one of the Holy Host's higher echelons, apparently just one step below Michael, the de facto Lord of Heaven.
 * Council of Angels
 * : He says it himself in "Dark Side of the Moon":
 * : He says it himself in "Dark Side of the Moon":


 * Fantastic Racism: Derides humans as "maggots" and "smelly things."
 * Jerkass
 * Reality Warper: Never confirmed outright, but Dean speculates that the  that Zachariah sent him to was either a hallucination or a pocket universe that the angel created.
 * Smug Snake
 * Jerkass
 * Reality Warper: Never confirmed outright, but Dean speculates that the  that Zachariah sent him to was either a hallucination or a pocket universe that the angel created.
 * Smug Snake
 * Reality Warper: Never confirmed outright, but Dean speculates that the  that Zachariah sent him to was either a hallucination or a pocket universe that the angel created.
 * Smug Snake

Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino,, various)
"Baldur: You think you own the planet? What gives you the right?
 * Badass
 * Badass Boast:

Lucifer: No one gives us the right; we take it."

""You know, I never understood you pagans. You're all such...petty little things. Always fighting, always happy to sell out your own kind. No wonder you forfeited this planet to us. You are worse than humans. You're worse than demons. And yet you claim to be gods! And they call me "prideful."
 * Berserk Button: "No one dicks with Michael but me."
 * Big Bad: He is the Devil, so...
 * Bigger Bad:.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil Satan with blond hair and blue eyes?
 * Cain and Abel: With Michael.
 * A Chat with Satan: Of course. No surprise.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dissonant Serenity:
 * Evil Is Deathly Cold: "Most people think I burn hot. It's actually quite the opposite..."
 * Evil Plan: Wipe out the human bastards.
 * Fallen Angel
 * Fantastic Racism: Towards humans,, and pagan gods. In fact, the only group he shows any compassion for are  , trying to tempt  into joining him at one point.
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * A Form You Are Comfortable With: Poses as his vessel's (Nick) dead wife in a dream to gain permission to possess him, and assumes  appearance the first time he and   "meet".
 * Hallucinations: from season 7.
 * Hannibal Lecture: Gives one to Mercury in "Hammer of the Gods":
 * Hallucinations: from season 7.
 * Hannibal Lecture: Gives one to Mercury in "Hammer of the Gods":

"(In "Sympathy for the Devil"): Lucifer: This is your choice...You people misunderstand me. You call me "Satan" and "devil", but do you know my crime? I loved God too much. And for that, he betrayed me — punished me. Just as he's punished you. After all, how could God stand idly by while that man broke into your home and butchered your family in their beds? There are only two rational answers, Nick — either he's sadistic, or he simply doesn't care. You're angry. You have every right to be angry. I am angry, too. That's why I want to find him — hold him accountable for his actions. Just because he created us doesn't mean he can toy with us, like playthings. Nick: If I help you...can you bring back my family? Lucifer: I'm sorry. I can't. But I can give you the next best thing. God did this to you, Nick. And I can give you justice. Peace. (In "Abandon All Hope"): Lucifer: "Castiel. I don't understand why you're fighting me, of all the angels...I rebelled, I was cast out. You rebelled, you were cast out. Almost all of heaven wants to see me dead, and if they succeed, guess what? You're their new public enemy number one. We're on the same side, like it or not, so why not just serve your own best interests? Which in this case just happen to be mine?""
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Hey, he can't be a bad guy; he's trying to keep the Man in Black from leaving the island!
 * Humans Are Bastards
 * It's All About Me: How dare God show any attention to the hairless, murderous apes than to someone perfect and wonderful like Lucifer.
 * The Kid with the Remote Control: Many people call the Apocalypse a temper-tantrum thrown by Lucifer, especially Death.
 * Kill All Humans: His goal in Season 5.
 * Knight Templar: Somewhat. Lucifer viewed humans as murderous apes who ruined planet Earth, which he referred to as God's last perfect masterpiece. His Humans Are Bastards belief, as well as his self-centered, self-righteous personality, cause him to rebel against God and.
 * Light Is Not Good: "I am an angel."
 * Limited Wardrobe: Though he had enough sense to change out of his vessel's PJs, he wears the same costume in all his appearances. Wedding ring included.
 * The Man Behind the Man:.
 * Man in White:
 * Manipulative Bastard: Uses Nick's pain of losing his family to gain control of him.
 * In "Repo Man", it turns out that he's been appearing to Sam throughout the entire season. Finally, he uses Sam's concern for a missing Dean to his advantage, at which point Sam stops ignoring Lucifer.
 * Mind Screw:
 * More Than Mind Control: Has used this to successfully gain control of Nick and in another episode, he attempted (but ultimately failed) to recruit Castiel.

"(to Sam) "I was a son, a brother--like you. I had an older brother whom I loved, idolized. And one day I went to him and begged him to stand with me. But Michael...Michael turned on me. Called me a "freak," a "monster." And he beat me down. All because I was different. All because I had a mind of my own. Tell me, Sam--any of this sound familiar?""
 * Not So Different: Invokes this trope with Sam in "Abandon All Hope."


 * Satan Is Good:
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Soft-Spoken Sadist: He's very calm, cool-headed, and acts in a casual, gentle and polite manner. That doesn't stop him from torturing and killing to get what he wants.
 * Torture Technician: He took an innocent human and . He's also been torturing   while he was in Hell.
 * Villains Never Lie: "Contrary to popular belief, I don't lie. I don't need to."
 * Xanatos Gambit: Lucifer's trying to summon Death and use him as a pawn. While Sam is trying to stop him, Lucifer says that Sam could just say "yes" and end this conflict. Either Lucifer will get Sam to be his vessel (one of his main goals) or he'll just go ahead and use Death (as well as the other horsemen) to bring destruction on Earth.
 * By the season finale,
 * Yandere:

Raphael (Demore Barnes, Lanette Ware)
"Raphael: Do I look like I'm joking, Castiel? Castiel: You never look like you're joking."
 * Arch Enemy: To Castiel in Season 6, . Though one can argue that their feud went back to Raphael's first appearance in Season 5.
 * Authority Equals Asskicking: One of the four top dogs in Heaven, his mere presence on Earth . For a healthy dose of Fridge Horror, he was not the most powerful archangel, so who knows what Michael is really capable of...
 * Badass: He might've been a grade-A Jerkass, but the sheer level and magnitude of his powers was like no other being seen in the series, ironically looking far more impressive than Michael, the strongest archangel in Heaven, and tying with Lucifer as the most visually powerful and impressive of the archangels.
 * Badass in a Nice Suit: From "The Third Man" onwards.
 * Blow You Away: Father Reynolds, while administering Last Rites to Father Gregory's spirit in "Houses of the Holy," called Raphael "Master of the Air." Later, when Raphael appeared to Dean and Castiel on Earth, an incredibly powerful storm was blowing outside, and increased with intensity as the scene went on, eventually beginning to destroy the house they were standing in.
 * Do Not Taunt Cthulhu
 * The Fundamentalist
 * A God Am I: A shade of it; in Season 6, when Castiel asks Raphael how the angels can justify trying to re-start the Apocalypse, he says it's what God wants. When Castiel asks how he knows that, he says it's because it's what he wants. At the very least, he's appointed himself as the ultimate interpreter of the absent God's will, which is much the same thing, and seems to think he can boss Castiel around purely due to both his higher rank and superior power. Worst case scenario, he may even have been the one who talked Michael and some other angels into going along with the Doomsday scheme.
 * And in the Season 6 finale, he thwarted Castiel's plan to ...in order to hijack it for himself..
 * God Is Dead: He was of the belief that his "Father" is dead. When asked why by Castiel, Raphael simply answered: If God was really alive, why wouldn't He stop the horrors of the 20th and the 21st centuries, including the coming Apocalypse?
 * Good Wings, Evil Wings
 * Holy Hand Grenade
 * Jerkass
 * Light Is Not Good
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Scary Black Man: He might not have been as physically imposing as Uriel, but in terms of demeanor, attitude and possible danger level and the threat he was, he made Uriel look incredibly sad in comparison and as threatening as baby puppies.
 * In "The Third Man," he
 * Shock and Awe
 * The Stoic:
 * In "The Third Man," he
 * Shock and Awe
 * The Stoic:



Michael ( )

 * Badass: He's the first and most powerful of all the angels, exemplified by Castiel asserting that he will simply kill Lucifer if the two were to duel each other, rather than fearing the reverse outcome.
 * Cain and Abel: With Lucifer.
 * Celestial Bureaucracy: He became the ruler of Heaven itself in God's absence.
 * Because Destiny Says So / You Can't Fight Fate: That's what he believes.
 * Big Brother Mentor: It's implied he was this to.
 * The Dutiful Son
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Jerkass: "The Song Remains the Same" gives some hints that he is notably less so than most of his brethren.
 * However, he calls Dean a "maggot" in "Swan Song."
 * Light Is Not Good
 * Not So Different: Just like his little bro Lucifer pulls this with Sam, so Michael does the same to Dean in "The Song Remains the Same."
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Take a Third Option:
 * Take a Third Option:

Balthazar (Sebastian Roche)
"Sorry, you have me confused with the other angel. You know, the one in the dirty trenchcoat who's in love with you? I...don't care."


 * Bargain with Heaven: In "The Third Man," he sold pieces of the Staff of Moses to humans in exchange for their souls.
 * British Accents
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: "Tell Raphael he can bite me."
 * Faking the Dead
 * The Hedonist
 * Ho Yay: With Castiel.
 * Jerkass
 * The Nicknamer: He refers to Castiel as "Cassie" and Raphael as "Raffy".
 * Screw Destiny: Not just the present and future, either. Just because he hated that movie with Leonardo Di Caprio.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Gabriel: they share the same personality and they instigate the weirder plots and situations Sam and Dean find themselves in ("The French Mistake," anyone?). They're even.
 * Works both ways when Balthazar decides that.
 * The Nicknamer: He refers to Castiel as "Cassie" and Raphael as "Raffy".
 * Screw Destiny: Not just the present and future, either. Just because he hated that movie with Leonardo Di Caprio.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Gabriel: they share the same personality and they instigate the weirder plots and situations Sam and Dean find themselves in ("The French Mistake," anyone?). They're even.
 * Works both ways when Balthazar decides that.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Gabriel: they share the same personality and they instigate the weirder plots and situations Sam and Dean find themselves in ("The French Mistake," anyone?). They're even.
 * Works both ways when Balthazar decides that.
 * Works both ways when Balthazar decides that.

Meg Masters (Nikki Lyn Aycox,, Rachel Miner)
""Meg": Crowley. Crowley: Whore."
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Befriends Sam in her first appearance before he knows she's a demon by bonding with him as two fellow hitch-hikers.
 * Black Eyes of Evil
 * Blondes Are Evil: Well, she possessed a blonde in Season 1...
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Dead Little Sister: To be accurate, her first host body had one.
 * The Dragon: For Azazel.
 * Dying as Yourself: Meg was thrown out a several story high window but her powers kept the body alive. Episodes later, Dean and Sam exorcise the demon from her body, and the real Meg thanks them right before dying from the injuries.
 * Enemy Mine: Makes a... shaky alliance with the Winchesters in the sixth and seventh seasons.
 * Foe Yay: With Sam and Castiel. Also with Dean, to a lesser extent.
 * Hero-Killer: Killed, both of whom were old friends of the Winchesters and implied to be Heroes Of Another Story. She is also responsible for the deaths of.
 * Known Only By Their Nickname: Since the demon's real name is never revealed, the characters (and fans) just call her Meg, after the girl we first see her possessing. It could have been revealed in "Caged Heat", but...
 * Known Only By Their Nickname: Since the demon's real name is never revealed, the characters (and fans) just call her Meg, after the girl we first see her possessing. It could have been revealed in "Caged Heat", but...
 * Known Only By Their Nickname: Since the demon's real name is never revealed, the characters (and fans) just call her Meg, after the girl we first see her possessing. It could have been revealed in "Caged Heat", but...
 * Known Only By Their Nickname: Since the demon's real name is never revealed, the characters (and fans) just call her Meg, after the girl we first see her possessing. It could have been revealed in "Caged Heat", but...

"Meg: This is kind of a turn-on, Dean, you hitting a girl."
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Put on a Bus
 * The Bus Came Back
 * The Renfield:
 * Slashed Throat: Her M.O.
 * Too Kinky to Torture: Laughs at both Dean and Christian when they try. She also claims what Christian is doing to her is nothing compared to what her host has already suffered.


 * Torture Technician: Trained as a torturer in Hell under Alastair.

Azazel aka The Yellow-Eyed Demon (Fredric Lehne, various)

 * Arch Enemy: To the Winchesters, especially John.
 * Big Bad: For Seasons 1 and 2.
 * The Chessmaster
 * The Chooser of the One: He chose a variety of possible candidates before narrowing it down to the one who would.
 * Deal with the Devil:
 * Demon Lords and Archdevils: A very high-ranking demon, and the only one to answer directly to . His existence alone kept other demons from targeting Sam.
 * The Dragon:
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His "children". He tortures and nearly kills Dean for killing one and sending the other to Hell.
 * Evil Genius
 * Eyes of Gold: His trademark. Just the mention of "Yellow Eyes" or "Yellow-eyed demon" around people makes them really scared.
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * The Heavy: In Seasons 1 and 2. One might argue he's this for the majority of the show.
 * Hellish Pupils
 * Known Only By Their Nickname: He is only referred to as "The Yellow-Eyed Demon" or some variation during the two seasons he appears. We only discover his real name from a third party well after he has been killed.
 * The Man Behind the Man:
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * No Name Given: His name wasn't revealed until four episodes after his death.
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Oh Crap:
 * Red Right Hand: His yellow eyes.
 * Uh-Oh Eyes
 * Red Right Hand: His yellow eyes.
 * Uh-Oh Eyes
 * Uh-Oh Eyes

Crossroads Demon (various)

 * Deal with the Devil: Their job.
 * A Form You Are Comfortable With
 * Hannibal Lecture
 * Hot as Hell
 * Little Black Dress
 * The Men in Black: The (male) crossroads demon from one of Sam's flashbacks in "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was dressed like this.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

Ruby (Katie Cassidy, Genevieve Cortese, various)
""On the bright side, I'll be there with you. That little fallen angel on your shoulder.""

"Maid: (enters and gives Sam a piece of paper) I'm at this address. Sam: (beat) I'm sorry. What? Maid: Go now. Go through the bathroom window, don't stop, don't take your car, don't pass go. There are demons in the hallway and in the parking lot. Sam: (realizing) Ruby? Ruby: Okay, yes, so I'm possessing this maid for a hot minute. Sue me. Sam: What about- Ruby: Coma girl? Slowly rotting on the floor back at the cabin with Anna, so I've got to hurry back. See you when you get there. Go!"
 * Action Girl
 * Anti-Hero: She's the brothers' ally all right, but she's also willing to do things like  to save everyone else, and   in order to make him strong enough to kill Lilith.
 * Badass
 * Becoming the Mask: According to Eric Kripke and her Season 4 actress, Ruby
 * Black Eyes of Evil
 * Blondes Are Evil: In Season 3.
 * Consummate Liar
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * She proves herself to be on Sam's side once and for all in the fourth season finale, when she helps him off the Big Bad,
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * : How she got to be the way she is.
 * Evil Counterpart: To Anna. Both are benevolent supernatural beings who betrayed the rest of their kind. Both help the Winchesters. an episode apart. Plus,
 * Foe Yay: With Sam.
 * They sleep together in "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (and likely after that, too).
 * Friendly Neighborhood Demon
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Heroic Sacrifice: Came close to going through with it in "Jus in Bello". When she finds out that the Winchesters don't have the kill-anything Colt anymore, she immediately starts planning to do a spell that'll take out every demon in the area, including herself, to end their attack. Our Heroes figure out another way, of course,
 * Jerkass: Especially to Dean (who tends to instigate it).
 * Knife Nut
 * Manipulative Bastard: Self-admitted. It comes with the whole "being a demon" thing.
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Ruby's a demon but she's on our side, right?
 * Noble Demon: A literal version.
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Sassy Black Woman: Briefly.
 * Manipulative Bastard: Self-admitted. It comes with the whole "being a demon" thing.
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Ruby's a demon but she's on our side, right?
 * Noble Demon: A literal version.
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Sassy Black Woman: Briefly.
 * Sassy Black Woman: Briefly.


 * Sexy Mentor: To Sam in Season 4.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Her character could be summed up as "Meg plus Heel Face Turn." Possibly lampshaded in "Sympathy for the Devil" when Dean confuses Meg for Ruby despite
 * Ted Baxter: "I am awesome!"
 * Took a Level In Kindness: YMMV, but Ruby comes off as nicer (read: less bitchy) after Season 3.
 * Waif Fu: Uses martial arts a lot more than she does telekinesis or other demon powers. Justified in her case, since she's a superpowered demon and thus capable of taking a punch and throwing it back.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: In "I Know What You Did Last Summer", Sam calls her out on the fact that for a self-proclaimed Noble Demon she's still possessing people against their will (which led to the death of her Season 3 host). She apparently listens to him, and chooses to possess a comatose girl just after she dies.
 * Wicked Witch
 * Woman in Black
 * Wicked Witch
 * Woman in Black

Lilith (various)
"Castiel: (to Dean, in another episode) Lilith has a certain sense of humor."
 * Badass
 * Big Bad: For Seasons 3 and 4.
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Creepy Child
 * Creepy Child


 * The Dragon: To Lucifer. She might be even higher ranking than Azazel.
 * Eats Babies
 * Enfante Terrible: When possessing a little girl.
 * Foe Yay: With Sam.
 * The Heavy: Season 3 and 4's.
 * Monster Progenitor: Was the first demon.
 * Prophet Eyes
 * Woman in Black: In "The Monster at the End of This Book."
 * Woman in White: In "Lucifer Rising."
 * Woman in Black: In "The Monster at the End of This Book."
 * Woman in White: In "Lucifer Rising."
 * Woman in White: In "Lucifer Rising."

Samhain (Don McManus)

 * All Hallow's Eve: Samhain is the inspiration for it in Supernatural.
 * One-Scene Wonder: Gets summoned and sent back to hell to never be seen again within the same episode.
 * The Quiet One: Most demons are quite chatty. After saying a few lines when he is first summoned, he doesn't say another word for the rest of the series.
 * Summon Magic: Can summon monsters including zombies and ghosts.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: Kills the witch who summoned him and calls her a whore.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Has horrible vision, which is why masks can fool him. However, unlike most demons, he is immune to iron.

Alastair (Mark Ralston, Christopher Heyerdahl)

 * Ambiguously Gay: The lisp, man, the lisp!
 * Deadpan Snarker: Often. When threatening Dean with a return trip to Hell because Dean didn't torture him well enough, he replies: "We'll see you back in class, bright and early, Monday morning." Surprisingly maintaining deadpan while kicking Dean's ass.
 * Evil Mentor: To  and Meg.
 * Infernal Bureaucracy
 * Knife Nut
 * The Nth Doctor
 * Oh Crap: He laughs at the idea of Dean torturing him, and mocks him at the idea of using of holy water. Then he sees Dean filling a syringe with holy water...
 * Prophet Eyes
 * Theme Naming: Alastair and Crowley.
 * Torture Technician

Crowley (Mark Sheppard)
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have a little Hell to raise."

""Just trying to hit double digits.""
 * Affably Evil: Yes, he's evil. But at least he is classy.
 * Ambiguously Gay: Though it gets less ambiguous with every appearance.
 * By this point, there is a very strong Bi the Way vibe.
 * Beard of Evil: Starts sporting one in Season 7.
 * : Implied to be the reason why.

""This isn't Wall Street; this is Hell. We have a little something called integrity!""
 * British Accents
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Makes no pretense of who or what he is from the word "go."
 * Consummate Liar
 * The Corrupter: To, though this ultimately comes back to bite him in the ass in the Season 6 finale.
 * Curb Stomp Battle: In "Caged Heat," even after Sam, Dean and Meg have him apparently right where they want him, he manages to completely overpower them so fast, it's almost ridiculous. Bonus points for the look of bored amusement in his face after this happens.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Deal with the Devil: The big boss of these things.
 * Disc One Final Boss: His few appearances in Season 6 suggest that he'll be the new Big Bad, but.
 * Embarrassing First Name: He wasn't always Crowley. In life, his name was.
 * Embarrassing Nickname: Apparently, all the demons call him "Lucky the Leprechaun" behind his back.
 * Enemy Mine: With the Winchesters. On more than one occasion. And once he commits to a cause, he will do whatever it takes to see it through. He even takes on the role of the Heroic Comedic Sociopath for a while when on the run from.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: He may twist the wording of a deal to his benefit, but he never breaks a deal, as he explains to a minor Crossroads Demon who had been killing "clients" ahead of schedule.
 * Embarrassing First Name: He wasn't always Crowley. In life, his name was.
 * Embarrassing Nickname: Apparently, all the demons call him "Lucky the Leprechaun" behind his back.
 * Enemy Mine: With the Winchesters. On more than one occasion. And once he commits to a cause, he will do whatever it takes to see it through. He even takes on the role of the Heroic Comedic Sociopath for a while when on the run from.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: He may twist the wording of a deal to his benefit, but he never breaks a deal, as he explains to a minor Crossroads Demon who had been killing "clients" ahead of schedule.

"Crowley: Am I the only game piece on the board who doesn't underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares?!"
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Counterpart: In a sense, to . He is a demon while the other is an angel. Both are Affably Evil. Both are the fifth season's Ensemble Darkhorses. Both . Both . And finally, neither of them.
 * He's also this to Castiel, in that neither wants the Apocalypse to happen, both help the Winchesters, and both get cast out from their respective groups based on the previous two facts.
 * Both he and Castiel also try to introduced a new way of doing things to demons and angels, respectively, only to be met with opposition.
 * Evil Versus Evil: He helps the Winchesters to try and, but bear in mind that he's still a demon. That just means he's less evil than.
 * And in Season 6, we find that he and Eve, the Mother of All (non-demon) monsters, don't get along either.
 * Face Death with Dignity: Subverted.
 * Friendly Enemy: Played with, especially at the end of Season 5. Ultimately he's still a demon who, so the Winchesters know damn well not to trust him. But he's honest with them (most of the time) and he doesn't play the mind tricks that Lucifer or did.
 * Genre Savvy: When tells him not to worry about the Winchesters, he's almost outraged and spits out a list of super-powered heavyweights that said the same thing about them, all of whom are either dead or locked away at the Winchesters' hands. All by two human boys who "shouldn't have been any trouble for them."
 * Genre Savvy: When tells him not to worry about the Winchesters, he's almost outraged and spits out a list of super-powered heavyweights that said the same thing about them, all of whom are either dead or locked away at the Winchesters' hands. All by two human boys who "shouldn't have been any trouble for them."


 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Mark Sheppard had to appear at one point, after all.
 * Ho Yay: Not only is he Ambiguously Gay, he.
 * He also loves to drop double entendres and situational puns. All the time.
 * It is extra amusing at the end of Season 6 because the main target for his witty remarks and flirting is his business partner, . Needless to say said remarks go straight over head.
 * Laughably Evil
 * Man of Wealth and Taste
 * Manipulative Bastard:
 * Meaningful Name: Crowley being either Aleister the occultist, or AJ (formerly Crawly) of Good Omens.
 * Noble Demon
 * Only Sane Employee: He seems to think of himself as this, as far as Hell is concerned.
 * Well, now he's the Only Sane Employer. And, considering what his industry is, this is probably true.
 * Out-Gambitted: By in the Season 6 finale.
 * Playing Both Sides: Does this to the Winchesters and the Leviathans in the Season 7 finale.
 * Sarcastic Clapping
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here / Villain Exit Stage Left: In "The Man Who Knew Too Much," he quips "Exit stage Crowley" and disappears, following.
 * Suddenly Shouting: He does this a lot.
 * Vetinari Job Security: Is starting to move into this position since becoming King Of Hell. Neither the good guys nor most of his fellow demons want the chaos that would result from removing him.
 * Vetinari Job Security: Is starting to move into this position since becoming King Of Hell. Neither the good guys nor most of his fellow demons want the chaos that would result from removing him.

Monsters and Supernatural Beings
== Azazel's Special Children -- Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki), Max Miller (Brendan Fletcher), Andy Gallagher (Gabriel Tigerman), Ansem Weems (Elias Toufexis), Scott Carey (Richard de Klerk), Ava Wilson (Katharine Isabelle), Lily (Jessica Harmon), Jake Talley (Aldis Hodge) ==


 * Abusive Parents: Max's father and uncle.
 * Blessed with Suck: All of them.
 * : Lily's reference to having a girlfriend (unless you interpreted what she meant as "my friend who is a girl" like the anime adaption did).
 * Cain and Abel: Andy kills his fraternal twin brother, /Ansem to stop him from killing more people, shortly after he finds out they're related.
 * Compelling Voice: Andy and Ansem.
 * Corrupt the Cutie
 * Distaff Counterpart: Ava shares Sam's visions and dead fiance.
 * Driven to Suicide: Max. Also how Ansem kills his victims.
 * Evil Twin: Ansem to Andy.
 * Face Heel Turn:
 * Happily Adopted: Andy.
 * : Sam, even though.
 * Mind Control: Andy and Ansem. develops Mind Control over a certain type of demon and uses it to kill the other Psy-Kids.
 * Mind Over Matter: Max.
 * Missing Mom: Some of the kids' moms were telekinetically pinned to the ceiling, gutted, and burned alive by Azazel when they were babies because they interrupted him as he was . This includes Sam, Max, Andy, and Scott.
 * Neck Snap:.
 * Plucky Comic Relief: Andy, whose reaction to developing the ability to project images into people's heads is to torment a Jerkass by making him think about gay porn.
 * Precognition: Sam and Ava.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Separated at Birth: Twins Andy and Ansem were adopted by different families. They reunite in a Season 2 episode, but it does not go well...
 * Shock and Awe: Scott.
 * Super Strength: Jake.
 * Touch of Death: Lily.
 * Tyke Bomb
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: . The only exception seems to be.
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: . The only exception seems to be.

Tessa (Lindsey McKeon)

 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Damsel in Distress: In "Death Takes a Holiday."
 * Don't Fear The Reaper
 * Expy: Of Death from The Sandman.
 * A Form You Are Comfortable With
 * The Grim Reaper: Not THE Grim Reaper, just a Reaper. She may be Dean's Reaper though.
 * Shiny Midnight Black

Lenore (Amber Benson)

 * Cold-Blooded Torture: Gordon does this to Lenore when he captures her in "Bloodlust".
 * Cute Little Fangs: Not really; they look like shark teeth.
 * Friendly Neighborhood Vampires
 * Vegetarian Vampire: Her nest feeds off of cattle instead of humans to avoid be killed by hunters. She forbids one of her vampires from killing Sam and resists the urge to drink blood when Gordon cuts Sam's arm over her face.
 * Vegetarian Vampire: Her nest feeds off of cattle instead of humans to avoid be killed by hunters. She forbids one of her vampires from killing Sam and resists the urge to drink blood when Gordon cuts Sam's arm over her face.
 * Vegetarian Vampire: Her nest feeds off of cattle instead of humans to avoid be killed by hunters. She forbids one of her vampires from killing Sam and resists the urge to drink blood when Gordon cuts Sam's arm over her face.
 * Vegetarian Vampire: Her nest feeds off of cattle instead of humans to avoid be killed by hunters. She forbids one of her vampires from killing Sam and resists the urge to drink blood when Gordon cuts Sam's arm over her face.
 * Vegetarian Vampire: Her nest feeds off of cattle instead of humans to avoid be killed by hunters. She forbids one of her vampires from killing Sam and resists the urge to drink blood when Gordon cuts Sam's arm over her face.

Pamela Barnes (Traci Dinwiddie)

 * Blind Seer: She becomes blind after seeing Castiel's true form.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Disabled Snarker
 * Eye Scream: Ouch.
 * Fearless Fool: "Sorry Castiel, I don't scare easy." Too bad.
 * She later appears to have changed her mind because,, she is happy and at peace.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Psychic Powers
 * Psychic Powers

God

 * All Powerful Bystander
 * Deus Ex Machina: It's revealed in "Dark Side of the Moon" that
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Divine Intervention
 * Have You Seen My God?
 * Man in White:

The Four Horsemen -- War (Titus Welliver), Famine (James Otis), Pestilence (Matt Frewer) and Death (Julian Richings)

 * Bad Boss: either uses the demons under his orders as sacrifice or as lunch.
 * Cool Car: Each one of them has one. War has a red Mustang, Famine has a black Chevy, Pestilence has a greenish-grey Pinto, and Death, the last we see, has a white Cadillac Eldorado.
 * Well, some are less cool than others. However, they are all puns, as each type of car is named after a horse, and is the color of horse that each respective horseman rides.
 * Of course, they mixed two of them up; in Revelation, Death rides the pale horse while the white rider is generally labeld as Pestilence. Possibly lampshaded/foreshadowed earlier in the series when Alastair said about Death, "You know he doesn't really ride a pale horse?"
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: ("C'mon, kids, you can't beat !"),   and.
 * Evil Old Folks: Famine.
 * Evil Tastes Good: 's favorite food? Human souls, but he could go for some demons too. And they are DELICIOUS!
 * Fingore:
 * Four Is Death: And you can add War, Famine and Pestilence.
 * Gotta Catch Them All: The Horsemen's rings are.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: War seems on good terms with Lucifer, but it wasn't always the case.
 * He may be Death now, but Julian Richings used to be a gravedigger.
 * Don't forget Jim Taggart as Pestilence.
 * Humans Are Bastards: War thinks that we only need a little push to all kill each other, and Famine is not a big fan of our tendencies for always wanting more than what we can handle. Pestilence considers that bacteria and microbes aren't chaotic or destructive; we are. At least, Death is not so hard; he just sees us as incredibly insignificant.
 * Master of Illusion: War uses his ring to confuse two groups of humans by making them think that members of the other group are demons.
 * Plaguemaster: Pestilence.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: Four powerful beings that have to be beaten before going for the Big Bad.
 * Unconfirmed to be either angels or demons. They can't be killed in any normal way, are not confirmed to have to be possessing anyone, and.
 * Ring of Power
 * Smug Snake: War.

Death (Julian Richings)
"Dean: You're not serious? Death: No, I'm being incredibly sarcastic."
 * Blue and Orange Morality: Seems to operate this way.
 * The Comically Serious
 * Complete Immortality: Death claims he is the one thing in existence that will last forever.
 * Cosmic Entity
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Deadpan Snarker

"Karen: When I came back, there was a man at the grave. He was so thin, like a skeleton."
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Death tells Dean matter-of-factly that at the end of time, he will reap God.
 * Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: In all three of his appearances thus far.
 * Evil Old Folks: Though he's not so much evil as very mean.
 * The Fog of Ages: Death is either as old as God or even older; he can't remember anymore. According to him, God Himself can't remember that far back, either.
 * He also claims that he's going to be the one to reap God at the end of time, potentially making him the oldest known entity in the Supernatural universe.
 * The Grim Reaper: Guess who...
 * Jerkass
 * Lean and Mean: Discussed by Karen Singer, Bobby's wife.

"Death: This is one little planet, in one tiny system, in a galaxy that's barely out of it's diapers. I'm old, Dean. Very old. So I invite you to contemplate how insignificant I find you. Dean: I gotta ask, how old are you? Death: As old as God. Maybe older. Neither of us can remember anymore. Life, Death, chicken, egg."
 * Leitmotif: "O Death" is pretty much used as one the first time viewers see, well, Death.
 * Mister Exposition: Gives info on how to trap Lucifer again and later about the Leviathans.
 * No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: Death offers Dean a seat and a meal in the first two episodes they meet. He's very civil about it.
 * Non-Malicious Monster: Death isn't interested in Lucifer's plan for bringing about the Apocalypse. He's not terribly interested in Earth, as it turns out...but it doesn't stop him from killing everyone in the restaurant where Dean meets him, apparently just by his presence.
 * The Omniscient: He appears to be this, although there are limits to his knowledge (such as assuming instead of already knowing what Sam, Dean, and Bobby summoned him for in episode 7x01, and surprise at being informed that they want him to kill "God"—i.e. ). If not absolutely, he is at least functionally omniscient.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Death is much more level-headed and temperate than his "brothers," even though that doesn't stop him from being sarcastic.
 * In the first episode of Season 7, he even gives the Winchesters advice on what to do after they bound him, which is what he was so angry at . He's arguably the most reasonable super-powered being on the show..
 * Considering that a certain archangel pulled the same stunt on him a couple seasons earlier, his anger and subsequent threat of swift death if  is justified.
 * Subbing for Santa: In "Appointment in Samarra," Death agrees to retrieve Sam's soul if Dean will act as him for one day.
 * Summon Bigger Fish:
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial: Death doesn't care about humanity, Earth or helping Dean. He's very specific about that, while giving Dean advice on saving Earth and humanity.
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Time Abyss: With massive amounts of Nightmare Fuel, Uncanny Valley, Cryptic Conversation, and all other manner of unsettling tropes. In his few appearances he has explained several times that he will persist throughout eternity, and is the only thing that could truly never die.


 * Touch of Death: Obviously.

Alpha Vampire (Rick Worthy)

 * Badass Boast: "When your kind first huddled around the fire, I was the thing in the dark. Now you think you can hurt me?"
 * The Dreaded: The Winchesters haven't forgotten the fact that it took twelve hunters (most of whom died) to bring him in the last time and treat the situation with the appropriate gravity.
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: You just don't call Eve a whore in front of the alpha vamp and walk away from it. found this out the hard way. God knows what'd happen if the alpha learned that
 * Family Values Villain: Shows shades of this. Considers all vampires his children and even his.
 * Genre Savvy:
 * It gets better.  That's one smart vampire, dude.
 * Implacable Man: It takes more than chains, dead man's blood, and demons to keep him down.
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When the Alpha Vampire says to Dean, "," it's actually a metaphor for the way the Winchesters hunt,.
 * Like a Badass Out of Hell: Offscreen, no less.
 * Monster Progenitor: All vampires descend from him.
 * Scary Black Man
 * Stockholm Syndrome:
 * Super Senses: Like all vampires. He could even sense that Sam  in Season 6.
 * Too Badass To Torture: "Ouch. Stop. That hurts." All in slightly-bored deadpan.
 * Stockholm Syndrome:
 * Super Senses: Like all vampires. He could even sense that Sam  in Season 6.
 * Too Badass To Torture: "Ouch. Stop. That hurts." All in slightly-bored deadpan.


 * Chekhov's Gunman: Originally introduced as, she's revealed at the end of Season 6 to be an escapee from Purgatory, and the only one who knows how to open a portal there.
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Interspecies Romance: With in the past.
 * : In "The Man Who Knew Too Much."
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Eve, the Mother of All (Julia Maxwell, )

 * Achilles' Heel: Phoenix ash is her only weakness.
 * Assimilation Plot: In "Mommy Dearest," we find out that her ultimate goal is to.
 * Big Bad: Of Season 6 but
 * Black Sheep: Suggested to be one in Season 7
 * : For the second half of Season 6.
 * Does Not Like Shoes / Foot Focus
 * Evilutionary Biologist: Has a few shades of this. She's not much interested in humans, except as potential test subjects to help her create the perfect monster.
 * Evil Versus Evil: She reveals in "Mommy Dearest" that she's come to Earth in response to.
 * A Form You Are Comfortable With: Subverted. In "Mommy Dearest," Eve takes the form of just to mess with them.
 * Fun with Acronyms: Fans call her the "Mother Of Monsters."
 * Glamour Failure: By seeing her on security tape footage, it's very clear she is not human.
 * Hoist By Her Own Petard:
 * Hot Mom: After all, she is the Mother of all monsters and the vessel she's in is gorgeous.
 * Humanoid Abomination: She's an Eldritch Abomination possessing a girl her Mooks tossed into Purgatory.
 * Mama Bear: Do not hurt her children.
 * Meaningful Name: The fact that her name's "Eve" and she's the mother of all monsters can't be a coincidence.
 * Monster Is a Mommy
 * Mother of a Thousand Young
 * One Bad Mother
 * Woman in White
 * Woman in White

Leviathans -- Dick Roman (James Patrick Stuart), Dr. Gaines (Cameron Bancroft), Edgar (Benito Martinez), Chet (Sean Owen Roberts), Agent Valente (Morgan David Jones)

 * Achilles' Heel: The only way to kill a leviathan is to . This weakness is fairly hard to use against them because of meeting the above conditions and that they managed to keep it a secret until "Reading is Fundamental". As for their other weakness, see Weaksauce Weakness below.
 * Big Bad: For Season 7, more specifically Dick Roman.
 * Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu:
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Dick Roman, the man possessed by the head leviathan, is one of the richest men in America, and since his possession has slowly started becoming the most powerful, via multiple massive corporate takeovers.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: Despite being Smug Snakes, Dick Roman and the Leviathans have their moments. For example, when the Winchesters are gathering what they need —Dick summons   and traps him in his office, therefore
 * Gets better in the finale,
 * Demonic Possession: They take control of at the end of the Season 7 premiere. Noticeable was the change in tone of voice from  to one that sounds more like an insane version of 's normal voice.
 * In the following episode,, so they disperse,.
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Evil Laugh
 * Fantastic Racism: They seem to share Lucifer's opinion on humans and demons.
 * Faux Affably Evil: Most of them tend to come across as this.
 * Fight Off the Kryptonite: Dick Roman pulls a villainous version of this trope by enduring a sustained barrage of  by the Winchesters long enough for him to catch up to them and fire the shot that.
 * Hero-Killer: Just one of these guys (Edgar, who's implied to be little more than a Mook Lieutenant) delivers a worse beating on the Winchesters than they've ever received on the show, with the (possible) exception of Lucifer. Afterwards, Dean actually calls an ambulance, which—as the Television Without Pity recapper pointed out—he's never done before in the entire series' run.
 * As of, Dick Roman has successfully killed.
 * In "Reading is Fundamental", a lone leviathan is revealed to be able to slaughter with disturbing ease.
 * In "Survival of the Fittest", it is revealed that
 * Human Resources: Dick Roman wants to turn all of humanity into complacent and stupid food sources for the Leviathans.
 * I'm a Humanitarian: Not much of a surprise on this show, but their first instinct/threat regarding anything seems to be "Eat him."
 * One of the only ways to kill leviathans is to have them eat themselves or each other.
 * It's Personal: They got  killed. Dean's method of coping with this is to single-mindedly devote himself to taking them down, in a way that'd make John Winchester proud. (Or seriously concerned.)
 * Killed Off for Real:
 * More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Just watch Dean's reaction after Death first mentions them in "Meet the New Boss."
 * Nigh Invulnerable: They shrug off being shot point-blank with silver, and Edgar survived.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Let's put it this way -- God created Purgatory "just to lock those poisonous, clever things away."
 * Slasher Smile
 * Slave to PR: As Dean notes to Roman, being in a celebrity's body means he can't just kill Dean himself, particularly in public.
 * Space Whale Aesop: In "Slash Fiction," Bobby didn't see the point of . After testing every monster weakness imaginable on the captive leviathan,  . A lot of lives could have been saved if the average hunter was more into.
 * Smug Snake: Many of them, Roman especially.
 * Villains Blend in Better: They seem to be adapting to the modern world fairly well, considering they predate everything on Earth. Justified since they gain the memories of anyone they possess or shapeshift into (though they need DNA for shapeshifting).
 * Villain with Good Publicity: Pretty much everyone outside of the main characters and some of the side characters believe that Dick Roman is a businessman and a nice one too. In one episode, someone endorsed him for the Presidency. This is Justified though with the implication that Dick makes in "There Will Be Blood" that he is replacing media figures with Leviathans that are in human forms, so he can look popular in the public eye. Of course, most people do not know about his plan.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Combined with their Demonic Possession, leviathans can be virtually anybody.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: They're immune to every monster-slaying technique and implement that's ever appeared on the show (including decapitation), but are damaged by . Oddly enough, they were just as surprised at the revelation of this weakness as everyone else.
 * It's safe to assume there wasn't any  in Purgatory, making it impossible to them to learn of this Weaksauce Weakness.
 * Wham! Line:
 * Also,
 * And from "Reading is Fundamental", "Rock beats scissors...."
 * You Have Failed Me: When Dr. Gaines' plan to use drugged fast food to make humans more complacent draws unwanted attention, Roman kills him—by forcing him to eat himself.
 * Turns out this is standard protocol—unless you've really managed to piss Dick off, in which case he'll just eat you himself.
 * Turns out this is standard protocol—unless you've really managed to piss Dick off, in which case he'll just eat you himself.

Jessica Moore (Adrianne Palicki)

 * Dead Little Sister
 * Hair of Gold
 * Kill Her With Fire
 * The Lost Lenore: To Sam.
 * Naughty Nurse Outfit: Her Halloween costume in the pilot.
 * Sacrificial Lamb: Her death leads to Sam returning to hunting so he can avenge her death.
 * Stuffed Into the Fridge
 * Woman in White

Ash (Chad Lindberg)

 * Badass: Self-proclaimed. And he is probably right.
 * Erudite Stoner
 * Please Put Some Clothes On: In "Simon Said."
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps
 * Southern-Fried Genius
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps
 * Southern-Fried Genius

Agent Victor Henrickson (Charles Malik Whitfield)

 * Badass: All it took was a phone conversation with Dean for the Brothers Winchester to realize how screwed they were. Though this came dangerously close to a Creator's Pet-type conversation.
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Normal: Arguably even moreso than the other Badass Normals in the series since Hendrickson does not have the occult knowledge they do.
 * Determinator
 * FBI Agent
 * Inspector Javert
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: To standard operating procedure in his first appearance. When a cop on a case he's about to take over says: "I'm sure you're going to say you'd like me to cooperate and...," he responds with: "I don't give a rat's ass what you do. You can go eat a donut and bang your wife for all I care."
 * Inspector Javert
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: To standard operating procedure in his first appearance. When a cop on a case he's about to take over says: "I'm sure you're going to say you'd like me to cooperate and...," he responds with: "I don't give a rat's ass what you do. You can go eat a donut and bang your wife for all I care."

Lisa and Ben Braeden (Cindy Sampson and Nicholas Elia)
""You're a liar, Dean. You say family is so important, but what do you call people who care for you, who love you even though you're a dick? You know you're walking out on your family, right?""
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Ben, to Dean.


 * Generation Xerox: Ben to Dean, as seen in "The Kids Are Alright." They aren't actually father-and-son, but...
 * Hot Mom: Lisa
 * I Have Your Ex-Girlfriend and Not-Kid:  kidnaps them in "Let It Bleed."
 * It's Not You, It's My Enemies
 * New Old Flame: Lisa to Dean in her debut.
 * Stuffed Into the Fridge:
 * Understanding Girlfriend: Lisa
 * Understanding Girlfriend: Lisa

Bela Talbot (Lauren Cohan)

 * Black Hearted Cat Lover: If the Siamese in her apartment is any indication.
 * British Accents
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Classy Cat Burglar
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Debt Detester
 * Evil Brit: Or at least, Downright Nasty Brit.
 * Expy: Of Catwoman to Dean's Batman.
 * Foe Yay: With Dean.
 * Sam at one point has an erotic dream about her, which freaks him out.
 * Green Eyes
 * Moral Event Horizon: Crossed it in-universe in "Dream a Little Dream of Me" when she took advantage of the Winchesters' concern for Bobby to . She may have crossed it even earlier when she shot Sam or when it was revealed that she had.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: Even Bobby thinks that "Bela Talbot" is her real name, but as revealed in "Time is on My Side", her real name is.
 * : Implied in a flashback.
 * Rich Bitch
 * : In a roundabout fashion.
 * Smug Snake
 * Wig, Dress, Accent
 * Wild Card
 * : Implied in a flashback.
 * Rich Bitch
 * : In a roundabout fashion.
 * Smug Snake
 * Wig, Dress, Accent
 * Wild Card
 * Wig, Dress, Accent
 * Wild Card

Chuck Shurley (Rob Benedict)

 * Angel Unaware: Or prophet, at least.
 * Author Avatar
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
 * Meta Guy: Chuck, a prophet who writes about the Winchesters adventures in trashy pulp novels. He apologizes for some of the badly-written episodes and even makes a remark about Sam's character arc for the season making him less sympathetic. At some points, his remarks smack of Author Avatar-ness. It's done surprisingly well, though.
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Put on a Bus
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Put on a Bus

Becky Rosen (Emily Perkins)

 * Abhorrent Admirer: How Sam regards her.
 * Audience Surrogate: She's a Winchester fangirl with little respect for boundaries, such as the ones between the fictional characters in the "Supernatural" novels and the actual people she meets. For some reason, she's not very popular in the fanbase.
 * : In "Season 7, Time for a Wedding!"
 * This Loser Is You: She is basically a Take That to the more rabid fangirls.
 * : For Sam.
 * Yaoi Fangirl: Her introductory scene has her writing a Wincest Slash Fic.
 * Yaoi Fangirl: Her introductory scene has her writing a Wincest Slash Fic.

Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes)

 * Action Mom: Joins the hunters in fighting off a townful of zombies in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid."
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fair Cop
 * : Subverted when Sam kills  to spare her from having to do it herself.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Ship Tease: With Bobby.
 * Team Mom

Frank Devereaux (Kevin MacNally)

 * Conspiracy Theorist
 * Dead Little Sister: His wife and two children.
 * Grumpy Old Man
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Ash and.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: For Ash and.

Kevin Tran (Osric Chau)

 * Asian and Nerdy
 * It Sucks to Be the Chosen One
 * It Sucks to Be the Chosen One
 * It Sucks to Be the Chosen One