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* [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]: In Season 5, {{spoiler|right before Ellen pushes the buttonto blow up herself and the hellhounds, "You can go straight back to Hell, you UGLY BITCH!!!"}}

** Also:

* [["Failure to Save" Murder]]: Sam feels like he's done this throughout the seasons.

* [[Fake American]]: Israeli Alona Tal as Midwest raised Hunter Jo and her mother Ellen is played by the Canadian Samantha Ferris.

** Several episodes have Sam and Dean fighting each other (well, kind of, thanks to demonic possession, hallucination, shapeshifter...). In the fifth season, we learn that {{spoiler|as the vessels of Lucifer and Michael, they are destined to fight each other}}.

** The following conversation in "Point of No Return":

'''Dean''': Not good. }}

*** In the end, it's pretty much exactly the power of love that saves the world.

** Ruby spends most of her screen-time trying to convince everyone that she is a good demon.

* [[From a Certain Point of View]]: {{spoiler|Zachariah to Adam}} in "Point of No Return".

* [[Future Badass]]: The Dean we know and love may be already be quite [[Badass]], but his future self in "The End" takes it to a whole new level. He's also a total [[Jerkass|douchebag]].

* [[Future Me Scares Me]]: In "The End," Dean is disturbed by his [[Jerkass|future self's]] propensity for violence, torture and willing sacrifice of innocents.

* [[Ghostly Goals]]

* [[Gilligan Cut]]: From 6.07 "Family Matters", as Dean wants to get involved in the hunt on the Alpha Vampire:

'''Dean''': [outside] I don't trust him. }}

* [[Girl of the Week]]: Now, come on, are we ever going to see Cassie and Sarah again? Not likely. It seems every three episodes Dean or Sam meet a girl who they kiss and promise to visit again soon. Nope.

** Perhaps the best example of a [[Hannibal Lecture]] is the torture/interrogation scene with Dean and Alistair. Supposedly, Dean is extracting information on "who is killing the angels," but not only does Alistair have no idea, he strings Dean along and gives him a thorough mindfuck in between bouts of being eviscerated. The power dynamic in this scene goes back and forth like no other, between Dean relishing Alistair's pain and Alistair breaking Dean down.

** The scene in ''My Bloody Valentine'' when he corners Famine in a diner is one of the most painful examples on the show:

'''Famine:''' I disagree. Yes. I see. That's one deep, dark ''nothing'' you've got there, Dean. You can't fill it, can you? Not with food, nor drink; not even with sex. Oh, you can smirk and joke and lie to your brother, lie to yourself, but not to me. I can see inside you, Dean. I can see how broken you are, how defeated; you can't win and you know it, but you just keep trying, just keep going through the motions. You're not hungry, Dean, because inside you're already dead. }}

** The best came from Lucifer in the late season 5 episode "Hammer of the Gods" in a speech to Mercury.

** Done by several Leviathans in 7.06 "Slash Fiction". Bobby mostly shrugs off his double's taunts, but Sam gets hit hard by Leviathan!Dean's revelation.

* [[Have You Seen My God?]]: {{spoiler|Only four angels have}}, and we have to take their word for it.

** Richie mentions killing a succubus in "Sin City".

* [[How Dare You Die on Me!]]: a variation on this trope (crossed over with [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]] and a little bit of [[Tranquil Fury]]) comes into play when Dean ''attempts'' to sacrifice himself and {{spoiler|become Michael's vessel}}. Unfortunately for Dean Castiel catches up to him, resulting in Castiel [[Curb Stomp Battle|kicking Dean's ass]] and shouting the following:

* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: This is what {{spoiler|Gabriel}} actually believes. His speech to {{spoiler|Lucifer}} in "Hammer of the Gods" contains exactly that trope.

* [[Humanity Is Infectious]]: Both {{spoiler|Gabriel}} and Castiel believe this.

* [[Impersonating an Officer]]: The brothers impersonate police and FBI agents a lot, to get close to witnesses.

* [[Implausible Deniability]]: "Swan Song". In plain view of everyone, Castiel hits [[Archangel Michael|Michael]] with flaming sacred oil.

'''Castiel:''' ''[knows perfectly well Lucifer saw the whole thing]'' Um... ''no.'' }}

* [[Impostor Exposing Test]]:

** Destiny also grabbed the Winchesters by the veins in that they are apparently descended on both sides from a line of archangel vessels, and were ''born'' to house Lucifer and Michael for their final apocalyptic battle on earth.

** Lampshaded in "It's a Terrible Life" where Zachariah's lesson was meant to teach Dean;

* [[Invisible Monsters]]: Hellhounds.

* [[Ironic Episode Title]]:

** "Meet the New Boss" could have been called "How Can the Situation Get Worse." {{spoiler|OK, Castiel is now a God. Not too bad at first; he's not going to kill the Winchesters and Bobby. OK, killing hypocrites and leaders of other religions is a bit much, but he does get rid of the Ku Klux Klan. After 200 deaths, he seems to become an [[Omnicidal Maniac]], killing people for the fun of it (if his [[Slasher Smile]] is anything to go by). Finally, he gets possessed by [[Eldritch Abomination|the Leviathans]], who proceed to go "[[Oh Crap|This is going to be so... much... fun...]]"}}

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Done [[Break the Cutie|four times to Dean]]: in "Faith" when he's dying, Sam takes him to a faith healer and he's healed, except someone else died for him; the entirety of Season 2 over his dad dying to save him; when Sam dies in "All Hell Breaks Loose"; and starting the Apocalypse. Of course, Sam tries to claim the same for his role in breaking the last seal, and though ''neither'' were entirely at fault, it still doesn't stop them from blaming themselves. {{spoiler|He blames himself for Jo and Ellen's deaths as well. Face it - Dean's just got issues with this.}} There's a bit early in season 7 where Dean, only half-joking, says, "Unemployment? That's on me."

* [[James Bondage]]: They get tied/chained up/pinned to the wall so often - Dean most of the time although Sam is catching up - that you start to think [[Author Appeal|someone on the writing team has a fetish]].

* [[Jerkass]]: John is the hated/despised/loathed but pitied kind, Dean is the "I'm about to break down any second" kind, and Sammy is the "You have no idea how I feel" kind.

* [[Just Between You and Me]]: None of the demons seem to be able to resist the temptation (except for the [[Big Bad|BigBads]]). The rest of the monsters are strangely immune.

* [[Just Testing You]]: In "A Very Supernatural Christmas".

'''Dean:''' ...I know...I was just testing you. }}

* [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]: the few times Sam keeps a secret from Dean that isn't [[They're Called "Personal Issues" for a Reason|too]] [[Dark Secret|personal]]. And ''every single time'' Dean has to keep a secret from his brother (granted, that's mostly because he only keeps secrets about his brother's fate or [[Shoot the Dog|things he's done]] that Sam wouldn't like).

** In "Jump The Shark," Sam and Dean get a phone call from someone who claims to be their long-lost brother. The very next shot is "[[Cousin Oliver]]'s Diner."

** As Chuck hilariously points out;

* [[The Lancer]]: Joshua is apparently this for God.

* [[La Résistance]]: Future!Dean in "The End" is the "fearless leader" of some of the few remaining humans.

* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]: Happens a few times, but most notably in "Skin", when the brothers are hunting a shapeshifter. See where this is going?

* [[Liberty Over Prosperity]]: This is Sam and Dean's motive for rejecting the angels' plan to destroy the earth and rebuild it as a heaven.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: All but ''two'' of the angels seen so far are manipulative dicks who despise humanity just as much as the demons do. {{spoiler|One of them tries to stop Sam and Dean from being born, in an attempt to stop the Apocalypse. To be fair though, that's implied to be a result of [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] and [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]. The other eventually goes nuts, and declares himself [[A God Am I|the new God.]]}}

* [[Literal Split Personality]]: In the season 6 finale of Supernatural, Sam is stuck in a [[Mental World]] where his identity has split into three personalities: Sam, {{spoiler|Soulless Sam, and the Sam who's been tortured in the Cage}}. Finding his way out of there requires the other two to [[Split Personality Merge|merge back into him]].