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* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Jensen Ackles]] only dubs Dean in the final two episodes of the series (Jared Padalecki is Sam throughout). The change is barely noticeable, though.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]:
** In [[Supernatural (Anime)/Recap/S05/E06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future|I Believe the Children Are Our Future]], Castiel says that [[The Bible]] is wrong about [[The Antichrist]] being Lucifer's son. Yeah, except the Bible doesn't actually say that. [[Word of Dante|It's just popularly thought to]].
** This stands out in light of the show getting lesser known parts of [[The Bible]] right, like the star Wormwood.
** It's "Revelation," singular, not "Revelations."
** Sioux Falls, South Dakota may not be a metropolis, but at about 150,000 people, it certainly isn't a "podunk town" where everyone would know Bobby as "the town drunk" either.
*** On a related note, Richardson, Texas is ''nothing'' like that. The Collin County library system consists of a few dozen branches, not one building. And "a few hours out" could mean "the Mexican border", Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, etc. Which you'd think they'd get right, because [[Jensen Ackles]] is actually ''from'' Richardson.
** It's been said in real life that [[Archangel Michael|Michael]] is supposed to be a fanboy of the human race and love them wholeheartedly, but it seems the writers made him part of the morally ambigious archangel crew and gave that role to [[Archangel Gabriel|Gabriel]].
** The exorcisms seem to be [[Shown Their Work|real Latin prayers]]. In the early episodes, they tend to finish with ''"Gloria Patri!"''...which in actual Latin prayer books is just shorthand for the [[wikipedia:Glory Be to the Father|standard doxology]] "Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen." It's a pain to write out every time, and not doing so saves a lot of space, but you ''are'' supposed to say the whole thing...
*** This hymn is in use since at least the 6th century and has Greek and Syrian forms of equivalent age to the Latin one. It is also in use by the Anglican and Lutheran Churches and some of their off-shoots. And you are supposed to say the whole thing to get its meaning: "Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning, both now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen." It is more or less a statement of belief in Trinitarianism.
** In the [[Supernatural (Anime)/Recap/S03/E05 Bedtime Stories|fairy tales episode]], the Wolf-stand in that eats the old woman has a Wile E. Coyote tatoo. The producers must have forgot that Ralph Wolf of the Sam Sheepdog cartoons is a Wile E. Coyote lookalike with a red nose which is ironic since the Warner Bros owns both these properties.
** Changeling children supposedly kill their unsuspecting foster mothers by draining them of synovial fluid. The writers probably meant to say ''cerebrospinal'' fluid, as a loss of synovial (joint) fluid would cause arthritis, not death.
** [[H.P. Lovecraft]] opened a portal to another dimension just to see what was there, after writing all his stories about [[These Are Things Man Is Not Meant To Know|how man is better off]] [[Ignorance Is Bliss|ignorant.]]
*** He was also a staunch materialist who had no patience for anything not strictly scientific. Either way, it doesn't add up.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
** Joe Dawson is a Anthropology professor in Bugs.
** [[Mark Sheppard]], pretty much the poster boy for this trope, finally shows up in "Abandon All Hope."
** Also Cigarette Smoking Man in season 1's "Scarecrow."
** [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Mr. Gibbs]] is Frank, the conspiracy theorist who destroys Sam's laptop.
** Meg Masters (Nicki Aycox) is Max's sister Syl from ''[[Dark Angel]]''. Max's brother Ben was played by [[Jensen Ackles]], so Dean and Meg's actors have played brother and sister, albeit not appearing in the same episode.
** [[Glee|Finn]] gets eaten by the wendigo in the second episode of season 1.
*** Also from [[Glee]], [[Glee|The TV station manager Mr. McClung]] is the angel Zachariah.
*** Or, if you're a bit older, Russel from [[Wayne's World]].
** [[Stargate Atlantis|Dr. Beckett]] plays a role in the fifth episode of season five.
** [[Angel|Fred]] is alive and well with a son! (But her husband was drowned by a ghost. And her Dad's kind of a jerk.)
** [[NCIS|Paula Cassidy]] / [[Due South|Maggie MacKenzie]] appears as a cop in "The Benders."
** [[Stargate SG-1|Daniel Jackson]] is a fellow hunter in "99 Problems."
*** And [[Stargate SG-1|Jonas Quinn]] is a hunter in season six.
*** This show is positively squee-worthy for [[Stargate SG-1]] fans: Daniel Jackson, Jonas Quinn, Carolyn Lam, Janet Fraiser and General Hammond have all popped up, and Ellen Harvelle was that Tok'ra from the Season 2 finale.
** [[The X-Files|AD Skinner]] is Dean and Sam's grandfather!
** [[Eureka|Douglas Fargo]] gets the crap hugged out of him by Pansy!Sam in "Tall Tales."
** Hey, what's [[Lost|Jacob]] doing off the island interrogating [[24|Alexis Drazen]]?
** Is that [[Battlestar Galactica|Six]] getting chased down by a ghost?
** [[Torchwood|Lisa]] is a hunter.
** [[Veronica Mars|Meg]] is the daughter of a hunter.
** [[Battlestar Galactica|Tory Foster]] is Kali.
** [[Watchmen|Moloch]] tries to kill the [[Watchmen|Comedian's]] sons...
** [[Buffy|Harmony]] is a vampire! And [[Amber Benson|Tara]] too!
** [[True Blood|Hoyt]] is a siren.
** [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|An asshole]] and [[Ghost (film)|a subway ghost]] are elderly magicians.
** [[Napoleon Dynamite|Uncle Rico]] is a hunter who had [[Noodle Incident|some sort of breakdown in Albuquerque]].
** [[Band of Brothers|Warren 'Skip' Muck]] is mistaken to be a Trickster, but is later revealed to be an archangel.
** [[Lost|The Man in Black]] has seemingly resolved all issues with his brother, and now works for him.
** [[The Wire|Major 'Bunny' Colvin]] is Uriel, the funniest angel in the garrison.
** I don't know why [[Power Rangers Ninja Storm|Blake's]] a security guard now, but he's definitely lost his Ninja skills if a couple of mannequins can take him out like that.
*** And apparently, [[Power Rangers Time Force|Jen]] made a pit stop in [[Power Rangers SPD|2025 to pick up Syd]] to let her become an actress while she learned witchcraft.
*** Of course, none of this explains why [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|Kira]] put her singing career on hold and started calling herself Jen.
** [[Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddie Krueger]] is a supernatural doctor.
** What, no mention of [[Beast Wars|Optimus Primal]] as the Sheriff in "Monster Movie"?
** [[Degrassi|Paige's rapist]] was among those under War's spell.
** The head Leviathan is [[Kingdom Hearts II|Xigbar]].
** [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Colonel Tigh]] aids the boys in melting some Levianthans. Because if there's one thing he hates, it's skinjobs!
** [[James Marsters|Spike]] is married to [[Buffy|Cordelia]]! And they're both witches?
** [[Alphas|Cameron and Nina]] are, respectively, a vampire and a djinn.
** [[Veronica Mars|Logan]] is a time-traveling god.
** [[Firefly|Kaylee]] is a brain-eating kitsune.
** [[Andromeda|Rommie]] is a hunter.
** Dick Roman is a [[The Penguins of Madagascar|childlike little penguin who happens to be a covert operative.]] [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|No, really.]]
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Celestia]] is knowledgeable in white magic and sends a demon to hell.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Usually Dean and usually a classic horror film, like ''[[The Shining]]''. Most of their aliases are also shout outs to various rock musicians. In "The Usual Suspects", Sam has a hotel room booked under the name [[The Rockford Files|Jim Rockford]]. Dean also finds him in the Season 4 premiere by looking for "[[Star Wars|Wedge Antilles]]."
** One episode has them use the fake names of Mr. Campbell and Mr. Raimi. The monster of the week eats souls. So, he'll [[Evil Dead|swallow your soul!]]
*** And Mary's maiden name is Campbell.
** The episode "Scarecrow" has a character calmly inform her niece that "The good of the many outweighs the good of the one", a phrase any fan of [[Star Trek]] would instantly recognize.
** Fresh Blood gives us a vampire played by Mercedes McNab, who's best known role is a [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Vamp]][[Angel|ire]]. Seriously, it had to be intentional. Although, she manages to be the exact opposite of Harmony and you actually feel bad when she dies (not a spoiler, she's dead less than 10 minutes after she pops up). In fact, she's the second person from Buffy to play a vampire (but the first one who was a vampire on both), the other was [[Amber Benson]] (Tara). So, ''Supernatural'' writers or casters, who's the fans?
*** Also, one of her victims describes her strength as "super PCP strength". Gangs on PCP was the standard Sunnydale excuse for vampires. Looks like that's one point for the writers.
** Also, more [[Star Wars|Star Wars goodiness]] includes Dean introducing himself as "[[Harrison Ford|agent Ford]]", while naming Sam "[[Mark Hamill|agent Hamill]]". Supposedly, he thinks Han Solo is so much more macho than Luke.
*** Even worse, in the very same episode, there's a kid named [[George Lucas|Lucas]].
** There's a ton for the fans too, with the immortal "Playthings" line "You're bossy. And short." and "No Rest For The Wicked" being filled with them, from the boys being called pretty to somebody falling on pie.
*** Explanation for the non-obsessed: Falling on pie became a common fan term for death around the end of Season 2, a form of [[He's Just Hiding]]. For example: "Sam didn't die, he just fell on pie!" In the final episode of Season 3, [[Big Bad|Lilith]] kills a kindly old guy who promptly falls face first into some delicious pie. Yum.
** In the German version of the episode "Malleus Maleficarum," the voice actors for the three witches were the same voice actors who dubbed Piper, Page and Phoebe in ''[[Charmed]]''.
** The tiny child shouting "[[Superman (film)|Kneel before Todd]]!" in "Wishful Thinking" was ''amazing''.
** In "Something Wicked," Sam intones with complete seriousness that the [[Monster of the Week]] has struck before - in [[The Simpsons|Ogdenville, Brockway and North Haverbrook]]. Sadly, dozens of dead children did not put ''any'' of them on the map.
** In "Death Takes a Holiday", Sam and Dean tell a ghost (a boy, about 12 years old) that he's dead. The ghost quips "Thanks, [[The Sixth Sense|Haley Joel.]] I know I'm dead."
** In "The End", Cas's harem setup seems remarkably similar to [[Battlestar Galactica|Gaius Baltar's]].
*** That whole episode is one giant [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[28 Days Later]]'': Present Dean is Jim, Future Dean is Major Henry West, Castiel was Naomie Harris's character (though at first he seemed like Brendan Gleeson's), which must make Chuck the Prophet Hannah.
** In "Abandon All Hope", we meet the demon [[Good Omens|Crowley]]. While there is a noticeable lack of shades, he is a) British, b) awesome, c) [[Affably Evil]], and d) {{spoiler|doesn't want the Apocalypse to happen}}.
** In "The Song Remains the Same", rogue angel Anna travels back to the 1970s to kill John and Mary Winchester. In one scene she kills John's boss and impersonates his voice on the phone to get John alone, much like another movie about an [[The Terminator|assassin sent back through time]].
** 'Oh, that's ridiculous. [[Plants vs. Zombies|Plants could never kill a zombie.]]'
** [[Word of God]]: Castiel doesn't just happen to dress like [[Hellblazer|John Constantine]], he was supposed to ''be'' John Constantine. Unfortunately adding him into the show's [[The Verse|Verse]] was too complicated.
** There are numerous shout-outs to ''[[Back to The Future]]'' in several episodes involving time travel. From "In The Beginning", a season four episode: Dean asks Castiel if angels have DeLoreans, and Dean and John both turn when someone calls "Hey, Winchester!". There were also some more subtle references, such as Azazel posing as a doctor named Brown.
*** "The Song Remains the Same", from season five, was originally supposed to be called "Back to the Future II." It seems to have been changed because they had issues acquiring the rights to use the title. This didn't stop Dean from saying Castiel was like a DeLorean without any plutonium.
*** Finally, in "Frontierland", from season six ([[Once a Season|noticing a pattern?]]), is loaded with ''[[Back to The Future]]'' references, as you'd expect in an episode where Sam and Dean travel back in time to the Wild West. Their aliases are "[[Walker, Texas Ranger|Walker]]" and "[[Clint Eastwood|Eastwood]]". ''The episode ends with a [[Write Back to the Future]]''.
** "The French Mistake" is a [[Blazing Saddles]] reference - specifically, for a scene where Mel Brooks tears the fourth wall down, and the big fight spills off of Blazing Saddles' set, onto the studio lot, and into another movie that's filming.
*** Speaking of Blazing Saddles, [[Blazing Saddles|"Candy gram for Mongo!"]] from Frontierland must also be mentioned.
** An epic reference to a classic song by Lucifer in "Swan Song":
{{quote|'''Lucifer:''' Come on, Sammy. I've got a fiddle of gold against your soul that says I'm better than you.}}
** "The Girl Next Door" there's two: 'My Bloody Valentine' is playing on the TV while Dean is sleeping. And the monster of the week goes by the name "[[Doctor Who|Amy Pond]]". She’s not a red-head though.
*** Three, actually. The second time the convience store worker is shown, he is wearing a '[[Under the Red Hood]]' T-shirt. [[Jensen Ackles]] plays Jason Todd in that movie.
** There's one to [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]] in "The Mentalists": A magic shop owner calls a [[MacGuffin]] an Orb of Thesulah.
** In "Folsom Prison Blues", when posing for mug shots, one of Dean's poses is [[Zoolander|Blue Steel]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** In a [[Real Life]] example, [[Jensen Ackles]] was considered to play Leon Kennedy in the fourth ''[[Resident Evil]]'' film, but delays due to rewrites prevented it.
** [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Voorhees]] (and not a [[Captain Ersatz]]) was originally going to appear in "Dream a Little Dream of Me".
** Kripke's original idea for the show was more like equal parts ''X-Files'' and ''Scooby Doo.'' It was originally an anthology series about two tabloid reporters who travel around in a van fighting demons. Then, after the show got reworked into what we now know and love, it was originally "Sal and Dean Harrison" travelling around in a '65 Mustang. The names were changed for legal reasons (as was their father's, which was originally Jack) and the car was changed because a friend suggested an Impala is a rougher, more aggressive looking car (and because it's easy to fit a body in the trunk.)
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: Several, most notably [http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Supernatural Wiki] and [http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki Supernatural Wikia].


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  • The Other Darrin: Jensen Ackles only dubs Dean in the final two episodes of the series (Jared Padalecki is Sam throughout). The change is barely noticeable, though.
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