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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: He has black hair in ''[[Animated Adaptation|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]]
* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]}}: Repeatedly. To the point that it's almost a [[Running Gag]].
* [[Badass]]
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Son of a bitch!" Lampshaded in Season 5.
* [[The Chew Toy]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Chosen One]]: For the [[Arch AngelArchangel Michael]].}}
** {{spoiler|Until Michael takes [[Long Lost Sibling|Adam]] as his vessel.}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[Hates Being Touched]]
* [[Heroic Self -Deprecation]]: Has ''real'' issues with self-worth and frequently takes this to [[Death Seeker|suicidal lengths]].
* {{spoiler|[[Human Mom Nonhuman Dad]]}}: Dean is part of an inverted example in "The Slice Girls". {{spoiler|Dean sleeps with an Amazon, she has his daughter in a few days and the daughter grows into teenage years quickly. She then tries to kill Dean, who hesitates to fight back, but Sam shoots her dead and saves Dean.}}
* [[ItsIt'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 {{spoiler|back-from-Hell}} thing worked out for him in Season 4.
* [[Jerkass]]
** Ben [[Calling the Old Man Out|calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
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* [[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 [[Blatant Lies|slight]] tendency to cry like this each time Life kicks him in the nuts, [[Cosmic Plaything|which happens a lot]]. Ironic, given that he's the one who demands "No chick-flick moments" in the pilot.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]
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{{quote| ''"You know me. You know why. I'm not leaving my brother alone out there."''}}
 
* {{spoiler|[[Anti -Anti -Christ]]}}
* [[Anti -Hero]]
* {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden]]}}
* [[The Atoner]]: In Season 5 (after the whole {{spoiler|freeing-Lucifer-from-Hell}} business) and in Season 6 ({{spoiler|after getting his soul back}}).
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* [[Loveable Rogue]]
* [[Morality Chain]]: For Dean.
* {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In his mission to kill Lilith for vengeance in Dean's death and trip to Hell, as well as to stop her from freeing Lucifer, he pretty much turns into a monster himself and ends up unwittingly ''breaking'' the final seal binding Lucifer to Hell by killing her.}}
* [[Not Himself]]: In the first half of Season 6, due to {{spoiler|[[The Soulless|no longer having a soul]]}}.
* [[Psychic Powers]]
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** {{spoiler|That is, until he decides to say "Yes" to Lucifer, but only so he can [[Fighting From the Inside|re-take control]] long enough to jump into Lucifer's cage.}}
* [[The Scully]]
* [[Sibling Yin -Yang]]: With Dean.
* {{spoiler|[[The Soulless]]}}: In the first half of Season 6.
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: In later seasons.
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* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]}}
* [[White Sheep]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Clowns?]]
 
== John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Cohen) ==
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* {{spoiler|[[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]]}}
* [[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 [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|sweet]] and [[Tear Jerker|saddening]].
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Normal]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* [[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, [[Character Development|although lately Dean has realized how flawed John was and loses a lot of his hero-worship towards him]]. He also made Sam {{spoiler|and Adam}} feel as if they had this relationship with him.
 
== Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith, Amy Gumenick) ==
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{{quote| '''Sam''': You may not believe it, but Dad *was* trying to protect you.<br />
'''Adam''': {{spoiler|Well, I guess the monster that ate me didn't get that memo.}} }}
* [[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 {{spoiler|[[I'm a Humanitarian|eaten alive]] by [[Our Ghouls Are Creepier|Ghouls]], pulled out of [[Heaven]], [[Back From the Dead|brought back from the dead]], forced to [[Buried Alive|claw his way out of his own grave]], told (falsely) that he is [[The Chosen One]], kidnapped, held hostage against [[Big Brother Instinct|Dean]], [[Blood From the Mouth|tortured]], [[Big Damn Heroes|rescued]] (only '''NOT'''), [[Demonic Possession|possessed]] by an [[Arch AngelArchangel Michael|archangel]], [[Kill It With Fire|incinerated]], ''disintegrated'', regenerated and, finally, dragged into the worst possible pit of [[Hell]] alongside Lucifer and Michael. And is ''still there''.}} Note that Adam was an [[Ordinary High School Student|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.
* {{spoiler|[[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Ultimately Adam ends up locked in Hell with [[Satan]] and Satan's big brother, with no hope of escape, seeing as how any of the characters who ''could'' free him either don't care about him or are dead.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Refused By the Call]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Ones You Love]]: Got into hunting when he killed his wife after she became possessed.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: Mid-season seven...until he came back as a ghost. In the Season 7 finale, he passes on though.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|His reaction upon realizing he's become a vengeful spirit.}}
* [[Mister Exposition]]: A function Bobby serves {{spoiler|right up to the bitter end in "Death's Door"}}.
* [[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.
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* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: To John and Bobby, [[Your Mileage May Vary|maybe]]. However, she's significantly warmer and well-adjusted than they are.
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Facing the Bullets One -Liner]]: "You can go straight to Hell, you bitch!"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
* [[Hot Mom]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Transhuman Treachery]]}}
* [[Van Helsing Hate Crimes]]
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: Genuinely believes he is the hero, and that Sam is [[The Antichrist]].
** {{spoiler|[[Jerkass Has a Point|Funnily enough, technically speaking, he was kinda right]]}}.
 
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* {{spoiler|[[Anti -Villain]]}}: {{spoiler|Type 2 in Season 6, he is working with Crowley, but only to get his daughter [[Back From the Dead]].}}
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]}}
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* [[Jerkass]]: Boy howdy.
* [[Thicker Than Water]]: {{spoiler|To Samuel, not so much. When he tries to pull this excuse on Sam and Dean, they tell him exactly how full of crap he is.}}
** To be fair, though, [[Jerkass Has a Point|he does have a point]]. {{spoiler|He met Dean once before [[Jerkass Woobie|he died (the first time), got possessed by Azazel, and forced to kill himself and his wife]], [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|all because of Dean's attempt to intervene and change the past]]. Samuel spent a year hunting with a soulless, amoral version of Sam whose cold-blooded actions apparently disturbed Samuel, if "Live Free or Twihard" and the flashbacks in "Unforgiven" are an indication.}} Even so, Samuel apparently did care about his grandsons since he did make attempts to help them in Season 6 {{spoiler|as long as it didn't intefer with his deal with Crowley}} like when he gave Dean the cure for vampirism. When it came down to it, though, {{spoiler|he loved and missed Mary, his daughter, more than he was willing to help Dean and Sam, grandsons he barely knew and were admittedly kind of dickish themselves at that point}}.
 
== Christian Campbell (Corin Nemec) ==
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* [[Jerkass]]
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Long -Lost Relative]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]: For Crowley.}}
* [[Torture Technician]]: Although, according to {{spoiler|Meg}}, he isn't very good at it.
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Samuel may have [[Sarcasm Mode|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]]: [[Inverted Trope|Gwen believes she reminds Samuel of his daughter, Mary,]] which is why he tries to keep her out of the line of fire.
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Long -Lost Relative]]
* {{spoiler|[[Neck Snap]]: How the alpha shapeshifter kills him.}}
* [[The Quiet One]]: Says less than ten words in both episodes he appears. Immediately [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Dean.
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* [[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.
{{quote| '''Bobby''' Better drop a dime to the FBI.<br />
* hangs up* *FBI Line rings*<br />
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Laughably Evil]]: If you like [[Dead Baby Comedy]].
* [[MesMe's a Crowd]]
* {{spoiler|[[Neutral No Longer]]: Gabriel spent untold millennia hiding from his family, and [[True Neutral|wants nothing to do with the imminent apocalypse]] (except when he tries to bully the Winchesters into accepting their roles and "getting it over with"). After a chewing-out from Dean, Gabriel does finally decide to [[Heroic Neutral|stand up to his family]] by confronting Lucifer. Though he [[Redemption Equals Death|doesn't survive]], he does strike a nice blow for Team Free Will.}}
* [[Reality Warper]]
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* [[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]]) ==
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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Angelic Beauty]]
* [[Anti -Hero]]: Began as a [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Heroes|Type III]] (his first appearance; if you're on the side of good, you need not fear him), but is now definitely a [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Heroes|IV]]. At the end of "[[A Day in The Limelight|The Man Who Would Be King]]," it's implied he's about to tip straight into [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Heroes|Type V]].
** {{spoiler|And in the Season 6 finale, he goes straight into [[Villain Protagonist]] territory}}.
*** {{spoiler|And then in the Season 7 premiere, he realizes the error of his ways and pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]], only to get taken over by the Leviathans.}}
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** In episode 7.21, "Reading Is Fundamental", {{spoiler|he admits finding it boring to watch over humanity at times - the wars and sex got repetitive}}.
* [[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 {{spoiler|less powerful and a traitor, then loses his angelic status entirely}}. BUT ''THEN'', {{spoiler|after standing up to both [[Arch AngelArchangel Michael|Michael]] and [[Satan|Lucifer]], he gets revived by [[God]] (again), more powerful than ever. He then returns to [[Heaven]] as the "new sheriff in town," as Michael, Lucifer and [[Archangel Gabriel|Gabriel]] are all out of the picture, and eventually ends up having to deal with the remaining archangel, Raphael}}.
* {{spoiler|The Atoner: For his actions in Season 6 and going off the deep end as God after he regains his memories mid-way through Season 7.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Back From the Dead]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]: It isn't exactly stated whether Castiel himself got taken over from within by the Leviathans at the end of "Meet the New Boss" or whether they just hijacked control of his vessel, Jimmy Novak. Either way, Castiel clearly wasn't in control anymore, especially considering the change in voice from a [[Badass Baritone|deep monotone]] to one that sounds more like an insane Misha Collins.}}
* [[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.
{{quote| '''Raphael''': Do not leave me here, Castiel. I will find you.<br />
'''Castiel''': Maybe one day. But today, you're my little bitch. }}
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* [[The Gods Must Be Lazy]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[Good Powers, Bad People]]: Once he starts {{spoiler|working with Crowley}}, he seems to stop resurrecting people and start [[Mind Rape|Mind Raping]] them.
* [[Good Wings Evil Wings]]
* [[Have You Seen My God?]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic RROD]]: The stress of containing the souls of Purgatory (and the Leviathans) causes his vessel to start decaying and nearly kills him.}}
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: In Season 6, after the Apocalypse was over, Castiel was {{spoiler|in charge of trying to hold Heaven together and leading his own faction of angels against Raphael and his followers, who were still hell-bent on re-starting the Apocalypse while Hell was in disarray}}. 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.
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** {{spoiler|He comes to his senses in the Season 7 premiere.}}
* [[We Have Reserves]]: Crosses over with [[Fridge Horror]]. In the Season 6 finale, Castiel {{spoiler|backstabs Crowley and sends him away. When Crowley returns with Raphael in an [[Enemy Mine]] situation, he forces Castiel to leave, taking the Real!Blood with him. They discover too late that Castiel swapped the blood beforehand. However, this meant Castiel knew Crowley would return with a vengeance, and still put up his fellow angels as guards in the warehouse. He knowingly sacrificed his own men in his bid to become God}}. 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]]: {{spoiler|"I am an angel of the Lord."}}
** And, {{spoiler|"I am your new God."}}
* {{spoiler|[[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: He's {{spoiler|working with Crowley, lying and scheming behind the Winchesters' backs, ready to sacrifice human souls for his goal, and okay with changing history such that 50,000 people die horribly}}. At any rate, this is definitely what Sam and Dean are thinking.
** At the end of Season 6, {{spoiler|he does a complete [[Face Heel Turn]] and [[A God Am I|declares himself the new God]]}}.
*** And at Season 7, he {{spoiler|completes a [[Heel Face Turn]]}}.
* [[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.
* {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]}}
* [[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.
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* [[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]]
* {{spoiler|[[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: By Anna in "On the Head of a Pin."}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Heroes]]: She saves Castiel from a royal beat-down by Uriel in "On the Head of a Pin."}}
* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]: The ''very first episode she's in'' has her [[Go Among Mad People|locked in an insane asylum for hearing angels talking about the Apocalypse]], [[Orphans Ordeal|her parents slaughtered by demons to get to her]], [[The Dreaded|Alastair]] [[Cold -Blooded Torture|hunting her down to "interrogate" her]], and [[Light Is Not Good|angels trying to kill her]]. Things... do not get much better for her from then on.
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: She was one, before she remembered she was an angel and she regained her powers, which led to:
** [[Took a Level In Badass]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Kill It With Fire|Kill Her With Fire]]}}: Courtesy of {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Heroes|Michael]]}} in "The Song Remains the Same."
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[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, [[Angelic Beauty|pretty in human form]], and Dean's [[Love Interest]]?
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'''Dean:''' You ever try calling ahead? <br />
'''Anna:''' I like the element of surprise. }}
* {{spoiler|[[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]}}
 
== Zachariah (Kurt Fuller) ==
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* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Gives one to Mercury in "Hammer of the Gods":
{{quote| "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''! ( {{spoiler|''kills Mercury''}}) And they call ''me'' "prideful.}}
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: Hey, he can't be a bad guy; [[Lost|he's trying to keep the Man in Black from leaving the island]]!
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]
* [[ItsIt's All About Me]]: How dare God show any attention to the [[Humans Are Bastards|hairless, murderous apes]] than to someone [[Sarcasm Mode|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.
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Castiel in Season 6, {{spoiler|with them leading opposite sides of Heaven's civil war}}. 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 {{spoiler|caused a massive thunderstorm that blacked out ''the entire Eastern Seaboard of the United States''}}. For a healthy dose of [[Fridge Horror]], he was not the most powerful archangel, so who knows what [[Arch AngelArchangel Michael|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 [[Satan|Lucifer]] as the most visually powerful and impressive of the archangels.
** [[Badass in A Nice Suit]]: From "The Third Man" onwards.
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* [[The Fundamentalist]]
* {{spoiler|[[Gender Bender]]: In "The French Mistake." Or as close as gender-less being as come to this.}}
* [[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 [[Authority Equals Asskicking|higher rank]] and [[Asskicking Equals Authority|superior power]]. Worst case scenario, he [[Alternate Character Interpretation|may even have been]] [[The Man Behind the Man|the one who talked]] [[Arch AngelArchangel Michael|Michael]] and some other angels into going along with the Doomsday scheme.
** And in the Season 6 finale, he thwarted Castiel's plan to {{spoiler|become the new God}}...in order to hijack it for himself. {{spoiler|Unfortunately for him, he got [[Out Gambitted]] along with Crowley by Cas and killed shortly after}}.
* [[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 [[The End of the World As We Know It|Apocalypse]]?
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** {{spoiler|[[Emotionless Girl]]: In his back-up female vessel.}}
 
== [[Arch AngelArchangel Michael|Michael]] ( {{spoiler|Matthew Cohen, Jake Abel}}) ==
 
* [[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.
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* [[British Accents]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: "Tell Raphael he can bite me."
* [[Faking the Dead]]
* [[The Hedonist]]
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* [[The Nth Doctor]]
* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|When he sees that Dean has the Colt, and a clear shot.}}
* {{spoiler|[[One -Hit Kill|One Shot Kill]]: Dean visits this upon him via the Colt. To be fair, he really didn't see it coming. His plan keeps right on working, anyways.}}
* [[Red Right Hand]]: His yellow eyes.
* [[Uh -Oh Eyes]]
 
== Crossroads Demon (various) ==
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anti -Hero]]: She's the brothers' ally all right, but she's also willing to do things like {{spoiler|kill a virgin and cut out her heart}} to save everyone else, and {{spoiler|get Sam addicted to drinking her blood}} in order to make him strong enough to kill Lilith.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: According to Eric Kripke and her Season 4 actress, Ruby {{spoiler|really did come to care about Sam, but it's debatable whether she genuinely loved him or loved what he could do.}}
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* [[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.
* {{spoiler|[[Was Once a Man]]: Like all demons, she used to be human until centuries of torture in Hell irrevocably altered her. Unlike other demons, she seems to remember her humanity and wants to help Sam and Dean defeat Lilith.}}
* [[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]]
* [[Womanin Black]]
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* [[All Hallows 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.
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** {{spoiler|[[Biggus Dickus]]}}
* [[British Accents]]
* [[Card -Carrying Villain]]: Makes no pretense of who or what he is from the word "go."
* [[Consummate Liar]]
* [[The Corrupter]]: To {{spoiler|Castiel}}, though this ultimately comes back to bite him in the ass in the Season 6 finale.
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: When {{spoiler|Castiel}} 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."
{{quote| '''Crowley''': Am I the only game piece on the board who '''''doesn't underestimate those denim-wrapped nightmares'''''?!}}
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: [[Mark Sheppard]] had to appear at one point, after all.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Not only is he [[Ambiguously Gay]], he {{spoiler|also kisses every guy who makes a deal with him. And he [[Crowning Moment of Funny|has pictures to prove it]]}}.
** 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, {{spoiler|Castiel}}. Needless to say said remarks go straight over {{spoiler|Cas'}} head.
* [[Laughably Evil]]
* {{spoiler|[[Long -Lost Relative]]}}: {{spoiler|His son Gavin. Father and son both hate each other. Crowley suggests that Bobby torture Gavin's ghost, and Gavin rats Crowley out, thus allowing Bobby to get his soul back.}}
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]:{{spoiler|In the Season 7 finale, due to his manipulations, Dick Roman is killed and Castiel pays for betraying him as he ends up in Purgatory along with Dean.}}
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* [[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 {{spoiler|Castiel absorbing all the souls of Purgatory and becoming the new God}}.
* [[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.
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* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Offscreen, but in Season 6 Eve uses their mental link to make her nest feed on humans.}}
* [[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]]
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[Divine Intervention]]
* [[Have You Seen My God?]]
* [[Man in White]]: {{spoiler|At the end of "Swan Song" where Chuck is implied to be Him.}}
 
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** Well, some are less cool than others. However, they are all [[Visual Pun|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 [[The Bible|Revelation]], Death rides the pale horse while the white rider is generally labeld as Pestilence. Possibly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]]/[[Foreshadowing|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?]]: {{spoiler|War, thanks to Ruby's knife}} ("C'mon, kids, you can't beat {{spoiler|War}}!"), {{spoiler|Famine}} ({{spoiler|courtesy of Sam and his demon powers, which [[Hoist By His Own Petard|Famine forced back on Sam]]}}) and {{spoiler|Pestilence, thanks to the last bit of angel left in Castiel}}.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Famine.
* [[Evil Tastes Good]]: {{spoiler|Famine}}'s favorite food? [[Our Souls Are Different|Human souls]], but he could go for some demons too. And they are DELICIOUS!
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* [[Four Is Death]]: And you can add War, Famine and Pestilence.
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The Horsemen's [[Ring of Power|rings]] are {{spoiler|the keys to trap Lucifer again}}.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: War seems on good terms with [[Satan|Lucifer]], [[Lost|but it wasn't always the case]].
** He may be Death now, [[Slings and Arrows|but Julian Richings used to be a gravedigger]].
** Don't forget [[Eureka|Jim Taggart]] as Pestilence.
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* [[Plaguemaster]]: Pestilence.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: Four powerful beings that have to be beaten before going for the [[Big Bad]].
** Unconfirmed to be either [[Our Angels Are Different|angels]] or [[Our Demons Are Different|demons]]. They can't be killed in any normal way, are not confirmed to have to be possessing anyone, and {{spoiler|Death, at least, claims to be just as old as [[God]] and capable of [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|killing Him]]}}.
* [[Ring of Power]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: War.
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{{quote| '''Dean''': You're not serious?<br />
'''Death''': No, I'm being incredibly sarcastic. }}
* [[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.
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* [[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 [[Eldritch Abomination|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 [[The End of the World As We Know It|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. {{spoiler|Castiel}}). 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 [[Deadpan Snarker|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 {{spoiler|Lucifer about that he told them how to defeat him. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And brings an eclipse to aid in the spell to open Purgatory a second time]]}}. He's arguably the most reasonable super-powered being on the show. {{spoiler|Though he did say he'd kill them if they ever tried to bind him again}}.
*** Considering that [[Archangel Lucifer|a certain archangel]] pulled the same stunt on him a couple seasons earlier, his anger and subsequent threat of swift death if {{spoiler|they ever tried to bind him again}} 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]]: {{spoiler|In "Meet the New Boss," after Castiel [[A God Am I|declares himself the new God]], the Winchesters--with an assist from Crowley--bind Death to their bidding so they can have him kill Castiel. It doesn't do much good, as Castiel frees Death from the Winchesters' control.}}
* [[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.
{{quote| '''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.<br />
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* [[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 [[Driven to Suicide|themselves]] or each other.
* [[ItsIt's Personal]]: They got {{spoiler|Castiel and Bobby}} killed. Dean's method of coping with this is to [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|single-mindedly devote himself to taking them down]], in a way that'd make John Winchester proud. (Or seriously concerned.)
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Dick Roman, after being stabbed with what is described in [[Achilles Heel]]. However, it is an example of [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]], as killing a Leviathan brings those who killed it into Purgatory.}}
* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]
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* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: In "Simon Said."
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
* [[Southern -Fried Genius]]
 
== Agent Victor Henrickson (Charles Malik Whitfield) ==
 
* {{spoiler|[[Back for The Dead]]}}
* [[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 [[CreatorsCreator's Pet]]-type conversation.
** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Normal]]: Arguably even moreso than the other [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]] in the series since Hendrickson does not have the occult knowledge they do.
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* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: In his last episode he ends up helping Sam and Dean fight off legions of demons and it is even implied that Hendrickson may become a hunter afterwards. Then Lilith shows up and slaughters everyone, him included.}}
* [[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) ==
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* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Ex-Girlfriend and Not-Kid]]: {{spoiler|Crowley}} kidnaps them in "Let It Bleed."
* [[Its Not You Its My Enemies]]
* {{spoiler|[[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]: Castiel does this to them on Dean's request to protect them from his enemies after they are kidnapped to use as leverage against him and Lisa nearly dies as a result.}}
* [[New Old Flame]]: Lisa to Dean in her debut.
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: {{spoiler|Suprisingly averted given what usually happens to the boys' love interests, though the Braedens do appear to have been permanently removed from the series.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Had she asked for help to begin with, the guys would have helped her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Laser -Guided Karma]]}}
* [[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 {{spoiler|steal the Colt and thus shoot down the last chance Dean had to escape his deal}}. She may have crossed it even earlier when she shot Sam or when it was revealed that she had {{spoiler|murdered a family member}}.
* [[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 {{spoiler|Abbie}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Taking You With Me]]: She tells Dean about Lilith holding their contracts just before she gets killed so he will kill the bitch.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Bursts into tears as the [[Hell Hound|hellhounds]] come for her}}.
* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]
* [[Wild Card]]
 
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** {{spoiler|In the Season 5 finale, however, it is implied he is actually ''[[God]]''.}}
* [[Author Avatar]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
* {{spoiler|[[God in Human Form]]: Implied in "Swan Song."}}
* [[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|Author Avatar-ness]]. It's done surprisingly well, though.
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* [[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.
* {{spoiler|[[Cute and Psycho]]}}: In "Season 7, Time for a Wedding!"
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy|Hey, It's That Girl!]]: [[Ginger Snaps|Bridget]]?
* {{spoiler|[[Love Makes You Crazy]]}}
* [[This Loser Is You]]: She is basically a [[Take That]] to the more rabid [[Fan Girl|fangirls]].
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* [[Dead Little Sister]]: His wife and two children.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: At the end of "Out with the Old". [[Never Found the Body|Maybe.]] When Sam and Dean go to his basecamp, it looks like there was a struggle and blood is everywhere. Take into consideration [[Meaningful Name|the episode title]] plus [[Kill 'Em All|the show's usual treatment of characters]], and poor Frank's probably gone for good.}}
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: For Ash and {{spoiler|Bobby}}.
 
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