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Here are some interesting facts about the characters, the episodes and anything related to it. But just in case I'll warn you now, there are some spoilers for those that haven't seen it all or just started to get into it. Also it's not in order and I will add on to this when I find more facts, especially for the most recent episodes. If you know any please feel free to share because I want this to be the ultimate Supernatural facts list.
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Early on in the series, Dean's cell number is given, and for a while the studio had it set up so that anyone dialing the number would hear Jensen Ackles reading the message: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, leave a message. If you are calling about 11-2-83, page me with your coordinates." The number is 1-866-907-3235. (The 11-2-83 is the date their mother, Mary died.)
The car Sam and Dean drive is a 1967 Chevrolet Impala, which has been nicknamed the Metallicar by fans of the show. The show uses five black Impalas.
The only known sources of income for the Winchesters are credit card scams, poker games and playing pool.
Dean's car, up until episode 2.20, had Kansas (the brother's origin state) plates with the number KAZ 2Y5. It currently now has Ohio (Supernatural's creator Eric Kripke's home state) plates with the number CNK 80Q3.
While filming season two, Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester), broke his wrist after performing one of the stunts on the show. Many of the episodes are based on existing legends, myths, and ghost stories. For example the episode "Crossroads" is based in part on the legend of Robert Johnson, who in turn borrowed it from another Blues singer.
Many episodes are either named after movies ("Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things", "The Usual Suspects", "I Know What You Did Last Summer" wink or classic rock songs ("In My Time of Dying", "Born Under a Bad Sign", "What is and What Should Never Be", "Sympathy For The Devil", "When The Levee Breaks" wink .
The round blue/skull sticker on the top of Sam's season one laptop is from a prominent local North Vancouver mountain bike company, Deep Cove Bike Shop.
The character of "Bobby Singer" was named after executive producer Robert Singer.
The original concept had a reporter going to investigate the urban legends and writing about them in his column instead of having the Dean and Sam concept.
Sam's birthday is May 2nd (born in 1983). This coincidentally also became Eric Kripke's (the show creator and executive producer) son's birthday in 2007, which Kripke describes as "Creepy".
Dean's birthday is January 24th (born in 1979).
Originally Jensen Ackles auditioned for the role of Sam Winchester. When Jared Padalecki came in and read for Sam a slight recasting was done. Producers called Jensen and asked if he'd rather use his charm for Dean, saying he was the Han Solo character of the duo and what kid didn't grow up wanting to be Han Solo? Jensen accepted. It became known that he was previously interested in that role, because Dean was funny.
Riverview Hospital, a large mental health facility used as the main set in the season 1 episode Asylum, has also substituted for a prison, a regular hospital, and an apartment building on different episodes of the show. This is evidenced by seeing the same distinctive staircase in different episodes.
The Latin inscription on the barrel of the Colt says 'non timebo mala', which translates to 'I will fear no evil'.
Both Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki grew up in Texas. Jensen in Richardson, and Jared in San Antonio.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (John Winchester) is only 12 years older than his on-screen oldest son, Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester).
An important aspect of the show's music is classic rock, most of which comes from creator Erick Kripke's own record collection, although one of his favorite bands, Led Zeppelin has always been too expensive to license.
The role of Ruby was written for Kristen Bell. But she turned it down, Katie Cassidy was cast instead.
Jim Beaver's character (Bobby) was only supposed to make a one-time appearance.
While it maybe coincidental the choice of the name Winchester for the family is interesting. There is a rather famous mansion in California built by Sarah Winchester, wife of the gun magnate, which was under constant construction for 38 years for paranormal reasons. According to legend the reason for the constant building was a medium telling Mrs. Winchester that if she ever stopped building the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles would come after her. The strange design of the mansion is also attributed to this. It was built with dead ends and stairs to nowhere allegedly to confuse spirits.
The characters Alastair and Crowley pay homage to notorious occultist Aleister Crowley.
Sam's LSAT score is 174, considering 180 is the highest you can get.
The date on Jessica's, Sam's girlfriend, tombstone said November 2, 2005 as the day she died. That is the same date that Sam's mother died by the same spirit 20+ years ago.
According to The Official Supernatural Magazine, the episode "Dead in the Water" is one of Jensen's favorites to date, because it's the first one to really explore Dean's character. The lake cabin is also used as the hunting cabin in the horror movie, Devour, which Jensen Ackles starred in.
In the episode, "Phantom Traveler" Sam and Dean make reference to Flight 401, which crashed and parts were re-used in other planes. Afterwards, sightings of the pilot and co-pilot's ghosts were reported. They were referring to the real-life Eastern Airlines Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades on 12/29/72. The story was documented in the book The Ghost of Flight 401, by John G. Fuller. His book was made into a TV movie in 1978.
The airport terminal where Sam and Dean are boarding the flight to exorcise the demon, is actually the terminal Jared and Jensen fly out of when they go back to Los Angeles.
In an interview in TV Guide, Eric Kripke, the show creator admitted that he got so many requests from the viewers to see Jensen and Jared with "less on", that he created the episode, "Skin" for Jensen to be shirtless, and added a scene in the episode "Hell House" for Jared to be shirtless to please the fans.
In the episode "Yellow Fever" when Bobby replies to Sam in Japanese after Sam asks him if he speaks it, what Bobby says roughly translates into 'Since before you were born.'
The episode of "Heaven and Hell" was originally title "Hell's Angels" but was changed just a few days before airing because they noticed that it's a trademark infringement by Hell's Angels Motorcycle Corporation.
In the episode "Family Remains" there is a sign near where the Winchesters are parked at the beginning of the episode saying, "No Hunting".
Episode "Sex and Violence" the female names the siren used all come from Disney Princesses: Jasmine from Aladdin (1992), Aurora from Sleeping Beauty (1959), Ariel from The Little Mermaid (1989) and Belle from Beauty and the Beast (1991).
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Alexander Gould have all played the 'sons' of 'Jeffery Dean Morgan'.
Jared and Jensen in Supernatural, and Alexander in the show "Weeds" (2005).
The author of the books uses a pseudonym of "Carver Edlund" which comes from Jeremy Carver, the executive story editor, and Ben Edlund, the co-executive producer.
Chuck, thinking that Sam and Dean are his fans, asks them if this is "a Misery thing". This refers to Stephen King's book (and later movie) of the same name where a writer's "biggest fan" kidnaps him and restrains him in her house and forces him to write another book of his finished series.
The Motel that Dean And Sam checks into is called "Toreador", Toreador is a clan of vampires from White Wolfs RPG "Vampire: The Masquarade", in the game, The Toreador are some of the most beautiful and glamorous of the Kindred.
The prophet, Chuck, asks the brothers if they really had to live through the "bugs" and "the ghost ship" and apologizes for the bad writing of those chapters. Actual episodes "Bugs" and "Red Sky At Morning" (which featured a ghost ship) are widely considered by fans to be amongst the worst in the entire series.
The host that Lucifer takes is named "Nick". In some traditions, the devil is referred to as "Old Nick."
Bobby's phone number is listed as the South Dakota number (605) 555-0172.
In "Point of No Return" the number of Dean's hotel room is 100 which represents the 100th episode of the show. And when Dean is packing all his possessions in a cardboard box, he addresses the box to Robert Singer.
"Hammer of Gods" episode, the license on Pestilence's car reads SIKN TRD (Sick and Tired).
The season 5 finale of "Swan Song" the Stull Cemetary, where Dean found Lucifer and Michael, is an actual place about 5 miles west of Lawrence KS. It has been rumored in the past that black masses where performed in the chapel ruins and that on Halloween night, a demon or devil sat in a tree inside the cemetery. It would supposedly answer questions about your future.
Dean, Cas, and Sam are hunting for the Staff of Moses. The child that had part of it was named Aaron. In the Bible, Moses' brother was called Aaron.
In "Appointment in Samarra" the title is a reference to an old Middle Eastern story: a Baghdad merchant sends his servant to the marketplace; the servants runs back home and explains that he was threatened by Death while at the market. The merchant sends the servant off to hide in Samarra, then goes to the market to talk to Death. Death explains that he had not threatened the servant - merely that Death was surprised to see the servant in Baghdad, "for we have an appointment tonight in Samarra."
Misha Collins folded his software company when he figured out that something was wrong in the fact that his acting jobs ended up supporting his company. He called the company one of his get rich quick schemes anyway.
Sam owns a Palm Treo 650. It is a camera phone with a flip top that he uses to take photos of the symbols on the wall of the Hell House and can also be used to retrieve and send emails. His email address is lawboy@stanford.edu (domain name not 100% confirmed, but likely).
Several references throughout his appearances on the series point toward the character Rufus Turner (played by Steven Williams) being Jewish. He makes jokes about Hanukkah and keeping kosher, and most significantly, when he dies, the Winchester brothers and Bobby give him a funeral in a Jewish cemetery and discuss his level of Jewish ritual observance (or lack thereof). Although the funerals for previous hunters had included a ceremonial funeral pyre, the show makes a point of showing that Rufus gets buried without cremation (since cremation is against Jewish tradition).
SPOILER: Producers considered several methods of motivating Sam to take to the road with Dean. Turning Jessica evil was an option briefly, but in taking a page from Star Wars it was decided that her death would be the ultimate motivation for leaving home.
 DamnBlackHeart · Fri Apr 08, 2011 @ 10:00pm · 0 Comments |
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