Supernatural
Showing off the brotherlike dynamic with all its lovemaking and fight is one ofSupernatural ’s primary themes , Sam comes off as the brains while Dean is the muscle . But that is n’t needs true . If Dean Winchester were n’t saucy , he would have been killed years ago by some monster . Dean is in fact a pop - culture wizard , a gifted mechanic , an expert traditional knowledge research worker and one of the best hunter ever .
Sam ’s college years and penchant for academics make him arrive off as the smart brother but Dean is a genius in his own rightfulness . His intelligence is not just " street smarts " - it is thoroughgoing , legitimate , tactical , and virtual knowledge . It ’s a shame Dean never realized just how overbold he was - but at least the fan and his brother know .
Walk This Way
“It’s An EMF Meter. Reads Electromagnetic Frequencies… It’s Homemade.”
While working their first demonic will power case together , Dean chip for electromagnetic frequencies among the wreckage of a airplane that crash under " cryptic circumstances . " A young and patronizing Sam describes it as " a bust - up Walkman , " and that is exactly what it is because Dean made it himself .
Sam is n’t impressed with Dean ’s homemade EMF meter but fan sure enough are . Over the years , Sam relearns how smart his pal actually is . Dean often has to remind him that he is not an idiot , especially in this episode when Sam ' reminds ' him that the Name of God in Latin is " Christo " - a trick against demons that is never used again until season 14 by Jack .
Stroke Of AV Genius
“I Slowed The Message Down And Ran It Through A GoldWave.”
In the show ’s very first instalment we are introduced to the adept mentality of Dean Winchester in very elusive ways - while Sam is studying law at Stanford , Dean uses his intelligence operation to hunt down monsters . While working on hunts by himself - a exploit that is in no way easy - John go missing and Dean enlists his brother ’s help .
In the last call John made to his firstborn son , Dean notices EVP ( electronic vocalisation phenomenon ) on the transcription . Using audio editing software system , he is able to unscramble the shade ’s message prove just how smart Dean is , specially during hunts . This leads the boy to solve the display case and many more after that for years to amount .
Live, Laugh, LARP
“If You Move Your Archers Back And Brought Swordsmen From The West.”
Charlie is an LGBTQ+ ikon who helped Dean unleash his privileged geek - by watchingGame of Thronesor LARPing in the park . With a with child relationship that epitomise the expectant brother / little babe dynamic , Charlie and Dean are one ofthe unspoilt squad - ups inSupernatural .
Dean and Sam find Charlie again following the very strange expiry of some LARPing friends . Though she is a Queen , she is take in difficulty winning battles . Fortunately , Dean ’s intelligence agency comes to the rescue with his brilliant tactical analytic thinking to help " agitate the warrior . " Though this is for LARPing , he shows he has a mind for battle strategies - an important trait necessitate for hunting and saving the world from iniquity .
Shotgun Shuts His Cake Hole
“It’s My First Sawed-Off. I Made It Myself. Sixth Grade.”
Becoming a Orion at the historic period of just four when his mother is killed by a demon , Dean was prepare by John Winchester into being the perfect soldier and " Daddy ’s blunt little tool . " While Castiel ’s speech towards the ending of the show , one of thebest thing to happen to Dean , finally learn Dean to await past it , his childhood will unhappily never be rectify .
He could shoot a hitman by the eld of 6 or 7 and by the fourth dimension he was in Sixth Grade ( aged 11 - 12 ) , he made his own saw - off scattergun - a exploit that is both incredible but also tragic . ThroughoutSupernatural , Dean has been shown to be an expert in weapons - especially with Samuel Colt ’s devil - kill artillery , grenade launcher , and his favorite untarnished steel Colt M1911A1 .
Knows Every Trick In The Book
“Slaughterhouse Five-Vonnegut or Cat’s Cradle-Vonnegut?”
Sam may be the more literary - lean of the brother , but it does n’t mean Dean does n’t love books too . While often denying being a geek like his pal , Dean also has to prompt Sam that he does in fact read . Before becoming God , Chuck Shurley was take a Prophet of the Lord who wrote ' The Supernatural Books , ' which in the latest draft he wrote himself into .
equate it to the style of American author Kurt Vonnegut , Dean immediately questions which novel it ’s like and Sam is utterly gobsmacked clear how well - record his brother really is . Though continuously underestimated , it should be no surprisal considering Dean ’s pop culture references often admit literature - even to the extent of classics like Tolstoy .
God Helps Those Who Help The Winchesters
“That’s Not Even In The Bible. That’s An Old Proverb That Dates Back To Aesop.”
Inone ofSupernatural ’s most re - watchable episode , Sam receives a sight about The dark from a mysterious entity - after revealed to be the return of Lucifer - wear the younger version of John Winchester ( Matt Cohen ) . When he wakes up in the back seat of the Impala , Dean is still awake and they partake a tender core to tenderness .
The entity recite Sam " God helps those who help themselves " get him marvel if these visions are coming from God himself . Dean is prompt to dispel these suggestions as God has never answered their prayers and he never even said the famous quote . Sam is shocked at the depth of Dean ’s noesis and is clearly reminded never to underestimate his sometime brother .
Worth His Salt
“Rock Salt… It Won’t Kill Them. But It’ll Slow ‘Em Down”
Rock salt shotguns are a key staple ofSupernatural . Though it ca n’t kill ghosts , the shotgun shells act as " a spirit balk " and are very helpful when fighting them . They are a genius weapon that is a permanent part ofthe armoury keep in the body of Dean ’s Chevy Impala . Over the course of 15 season , however , fans might have forgotten that the Winchesters did not always use them .
In fact , stone salt shotgun shells were n’t used until the 7th episode of time of year 1 when they were shown to be ingeniously designed by Dean Winchester himself . Sam himself thought the idea was superb and acclaim his sidekick for it . In this representative , Dean correctly reminds his brother that " you do n’t have to be a college graduate to be a whizz . "
Another One Bites The Dust
“That’s A Shark Bite… And Judging By The Radius, I’d Say A 20-Footer At Least.”
Season 7 ’s " Plucky Pennywhistle ’s Magical Menagerie , " one of thebest Sam - centricSupernaturalepisodes harmonize to Reddit , is dedicated to the jr. Winchester ’s phobia of clowns . However , Dean scramble through in this hilarious episode as well . The moment Dean looks at the corpse of an employee from the eponymously - named children ’s truehearted - food for thought chain , he fuck that the bites are from a shark .
Not only that but almost immediately , he is able-bodied to estimate the wheel spoke of the wound and work out out the sizing of the shark . The immediate calculation is impressive and prove he has a good discernment of mathematics than his GED leave the great unwashed to consider . His knowledge of shark comes from his love of Discovery Channel’sShark Weekwhich is a love apportion by Jensen Ackles and his wife Danneel .
Highly Functional Alcoholic
“Phoenix Ash. One Shell. One Ounce Of Whiskey. Down The Hatch.”
Dean Winchester has a record number of big defective kills over the course ofSupernatural . One of the most ingenious methods was used to kill Eve ( the Mother of All Monsters ) in time of year 6 . Despite being surrounded and clearly outmatch , Dean stays unhesitating against teaming up with the Monster impersonate his mother . He even goes as far as antagonizing her repeatedly which finish with her be given over him and warning Dean not to test her .
In a very Dean Winchester moment , he tells her to seize with teeth him , which she actually does . stagger back , Dean reveals he assimilate phoenix ash ( the only thing that could pop Eve ) with intoxicant ooze into his bloodstream for when Eve prick him . An telling and innovative method acting that was execute brilliantly thanks to Dean ’s mastermind .
Muscle Car Connoisseur
“This Rattle Could Be A Couple Of Things. I’m Thinking It’s An Out-Of-Tune Carb.”
If there ’s anything in this world that Dean Winchester could bonk as much as his brother - it ’s his railcar . dear call Baby , he know her proficient than the back of his hand . Taught by his father who once figure out as a machinist before he dedicate his life to hunting , Dean probably memorise about car through fixing up his Dad ’s 1967 Chevrolet Impala that was passed over to him for his eighteenth natal day .
He shows just how well he knows railcar when he teaches Sam how to fix Baby before he goes to Hell . From instruct about cars from such a young age , he becomes a master mechanic - a acquisition needed for when monster wrack Baby . Dean has also express to be gifted at technology , and if he practice or even went to college like his brother - it would be no surprisal if he could get into the like of MIT considering his gifted thinker and his superstar talents .
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