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“#’Supernatural’ Turns 15: 15 Fun Facts About the Hit CW Series<\/a><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Supernatural<\/em> is preparing for the \u201cend of the end\u201d as it hurtles toward its November 19 series finale, but before that happ<\/a>ens, the CW series will celebrate 15 years on the air.<\/p>\n

The cult favorite, about demon-hunting brothers Dean and Sam Winchester (Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki), premiered on September 13, 2005, back when Destiny\u2019s Child was still a thing, Tom Cruise was still jumping for joy over Katie Holmes, and YouTube<\/a> had only been online for five months.<\/p>\n

To celebrate 15 spooky, scary Supernatural<\/em> years, we\u2019ve rounded up 15 fun facts about the series. Read on, SPN Family!<\/p>\n

1. By the time Supernatural<\/em> premiered in 2005, creator Eric Kripke had been developing the idea for nearly a decade. In 2019\u2014as the show hit 300 episodes\u2014Kripke shared his original pitch from 2004, which described a very different pilot episode.<\/p>\n

2. Kripke named Sam and Dean Winchester after Sal and Dean from Jack Kerouac\u2019s On the Road<\/em>, and the surname Winchester was partly inspired by California\u2019s Winchester Mystery House.<\/p>\n

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Colin Bentley\/The CW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

3. To promote Supernatural<\/em>\u2019s series premiere, The WB installed trick mirrors\u2014which revealed the image of a terrified woman pinned to the ceiling\u2014in 200 nightclubs in three U.S. cities. The network also sent coffee cup sleeves\u2014which revealed the same image when exposed to heat\u2014to 500 caf\u00e9s around the country.<\/p>\n

4. Padalecki and Ackles have a Man of Steel connection. Padalecki auditioned to play the part in a scrapped Superman movie scripted by J.J. Abrams, while Ackles auditioned to play Clark Kent in Smallville<\/em>. (Ackles eventually starred in Smallville<\/em>\u2019s fourth season, playing charming assistant football coach Jason Teague.)<\/p>\n

5. Steve Adler, mayor of Austin, Texas, declared June 23, 2018, as Supernatural<\/em> Day, in honor of the two lead actors who have homes there.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m humbled. I\u2019m awed. I\u2019m speechless. I\u2019m grateful. The #spnfamily is an INCREDIBLE force, and I truly can\u2019t believe yall made this happen. Thank you. And thank you @MayorAdler #akf @realGpad @JensenAckles @DanneelHarris pic.twitter.com\/Qh4hxuvlBw<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jared Padalecki (@jarpad) June 24, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

6. Sam and Dean\u2019s father, John Winchester, is played by actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan who is only 11 years older than on-screen son Ackles!<\/p>\n

7. In what Kripke calls a \u201cspooky\u201d coincidence, his son was born on May 2, 2007, two years after Kripke picked the same day of the year as Sam Winchester\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n

8. Supernatural<\/em> star Mark Pellegrino was the second choice to play Castiel, a role that went to Misha Collins. The producers later offered Pellegrino the part of Lucifer, no audition required.<\/p>\n

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David Gray\/The CW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

9. The character of Ruby was reportedly written for Kristen Bell, but when the Good Place<\/em> actress passed on the part, it went to Katie Cassidy.<\/p>\n

10. Supernatural<\/em> is the rare TV show with two music composers. Jay Gruska and Chris Lennertz alternate composing duties, each scoring every other episode.<\/p>\n

11. The show inspired a 2011 anime<\/a> spinoff, fittingly titled Supernatural: The Anime Series<\/em>. Jared Padalecki voiced Sam in all 22 episodes of the English-language version of the anime.<\/p>\n