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Supernatural: Season One's 10 Most Obscure References Explained -BB

The dialogue of Supernatural is chock-full of pop culture references. The many aliases the Winchester brothers use during their investigations are recognizable as famous duos from chart-topping classics, and they attribute their extensive knowledge of popular movies and television to the continuous motel cable channels of their childhood.

While the frequently referenced subjects, like Led Zeppelin and The Exorcist, may be easily recognizable, how about the ones that are not quite so iconic? For all the classic productions they reference, there are several that are not as widely known that fans may have missed. Here’s a look at some lines that have us feeling how Castiel does when he says, „I don’t understand that reference.“

10 Deliverance

The film Deliverance, while predating the Supernatural pilot by over 30 years, is considered by many to be a classic. Season 1 alone references the film in 2 separate episodes. In the pilot, Dean is caught by the Jericho sheriff, who tries to tell him how much trouble he has gotten himself into, to which Dean responds with, „We talking misdemeanor kind of trouble or ’squeal like a pig‘ trouble?“ This is a reference to a line spoken in the scene where the character Bobby is raped by the locals who are stalking his group of friends. The film is also referenced more than once in „The Benders,“ as the episode features villains similar to those in the film.

9 The Invisible Man

In the episode „Hook Man,“ the Winchester brothers read an article about an incident where the only witness of a mysterious murder described the attacker as invisible. Sam makes a reference to The Invisible Man, an 1897 novel by H. G. Wells, which shares Supernatural’s sci-fi horror genre. The story follows Griffin, a scientist who discovers the secret to invisibility but is unable to reverse it and begins committing crimes using the power.

In 1933, Universal produced a movie based on the novel, but the most recent film adaptation of the book stars Elizabeth Moss and Oliver Jackson-Cohen and is set to release in February 2020.

8 Willard

When they discover that the townspeople are being killed by insects in the episode „Bugs,“ Sam and Dean draw parallels from the events to the abilities of Bruce Davidson’s character in the 1971 movie, Willard. The movie depicts its title character as a social outcast who befriends rats in his home and uses them to kill people.

The film had relatively high box office stats, but during the same era it was produced, classic thrillers like Jaws, Dirty Harry, and, yes, Deliverance were also being released, so Willard was understandably less than popular and did not retain the high regard of its companions over the years.

7 The Monkey

The Shining has been referenced countless times in film and television, including Supernatural on several occasions. It’s a well-known novel and film and not obscure by any means. The episode „Home“ features an example of the show’s homage to the Stephen King classic, but it also makes a reference to a lesser known story of his.

The episode features a toy monkey which bangs cymbals when the haunting of the Lawrence house begins. The element bears similarity to the title item of The Monkey, a short story also by Stephen King in which each clap of the toy’s cymbals indicates a death.

6 I came, I saw, I conquered

Meg’s line in „Shadow“ throws it way back to ancient times (we’re talkng BC years). It may not be the first time you’ve heard someone make the announcement, „I came, I saw, I conquered,“ but you may not know where the line came from.

Originally written in its Latin version, „veni, vidi, vici,“ it was supposedly used in a letter from Julius Caesar back to the Roman government. The exact circumstances surrounding the letter have become somewhat indistinguishable over time, but historians have established that Caesar led an army of about 20,000 into the Battle of Zela and easily conquered the kingdom of Pontus, in the area of modern-day Turkey.

5 John Edward

The Ghostfacers, holding themselves in high regard as observers of the supernatural, can be heard comparing themselves to a slew of paranormal heroes, like the title character of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for instance. In „Hell House,“ Ed convinces Harry to continue their search of the haunted Murdoch house by reminding him that John Edward would go and investigate. Here, they are referencing a television psychic who had a show in the early 00’s on SyFy (known then as the Sci-Fi Channel). The alleged psychic, though, has been widely discredited as a fraud by peers and scientists alike.

4 LexisNexis

In „Something Wicked,“ Sam mentions running a search for anything monster-related in town using LexisNexis. This may have gone over the heads of some of the audience, namely the younger portion, but the service acts as a search engine for public records and legal research, a precursor to sites like Google, sort of like its more focused older cousin.

The company was founded in 1970, which is amazing considering computers had only evolved to resemble PCs as we know them within the previous decade. LexisNexis continues to be a leading resource for informational documents and to receive several awards for their services.

3 Nigel Tufnel

In „Asylum,“ Dean uses the name as one of his many rock aliases, but even to a moderately well-read classic rock fan, it may seem foreign. That’s because the rocker and the band in which he played lead guitar, Spinal Tap, are fictional.

The band debuted in 1979 (the same year as Dean’s birth) as part of a parody on Rob Reiner’s The TV Show. Played by Christopher Guest, Tufnel would see success with the „band,“ which would go on to have a mockumentary made about them in 1984.

2 The Munsters

When it comes to their monster-hunting family, Sam often finds himself the odd man out. While his brother and father only thought of tracking down the things that go bump in the night, Sam had aspirations of going to school and having a normal life. In „Bugs,“ Dean compares his brother’s dilemma to that of „the blonde chick in The Munsters.“

He refers to the character Marilyn Munster, the only human member of a family of monsters in the 1960’s sitcom. Like Sam, she is „normal“ everywhere but in her own home, and this element of both their characters proves to be a big part of their stories.

1 American Primitive

„A fine example of American Primitive, wouldn’t you say?“  says, the daughter of an art collector, Sarah Blake, of the painting Sam and Dean are looking at. „I’d say it’s more Grand Wood than Grandma Moses,“ Sam responds. „But you knew that. You just wanted to see if I did.“ So goes the auction house scene of the art-themed episode „Provenance,“ where the brothers take down a haunted painting.

Unless you remember anything from your art history classes in college, you’ve probably forgotten that Grant Wood was a painter best known for American Gothic. Grandma Moses, on the other hand, was a folk artist who created prominent 19th century works of primitivism.

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