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|outline= [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] argue and part ways; Dean to a hunt in Indiana, and Sam seeking [[John]] in California.
|motw= [[The Vanir]]<br>[[Scarecrow (creature)|Scarecrow]]|location= [[Fictional Locations|Burkittsville, Indiana]]
|timeline= Between April 8th - 15th, 2006
|map= <googlemap lat="39.926588" lon="-84.990234" zoom="6" width="300" height="300" overview="yes" controls="small">
41.004775, -86.220703, Burkittsville ([[Fictional Location]]), Indiana, USA
</googlemap>
|prevep= 1.10 Asylum
|nextep= 1.12 Faith
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|Synopsis=
As they head towards Burkittsville, Sam argues with Dean grabs , and declares that he wants to go after John, who he knows from the phone call is in Sacramento. Sam stops the car, and takes gets out of the details driver's seat. He argues with Dean that he's going to Sacramento. Dean threatens to leave and go on without him, but Sam is set on finding his father instead of following orders from Johnhim. Each year Dean shuts the Impala's trunk, gets in the second week of Aprilcar, and drives away, as Sam walks off down the road. Whilst trying to hitch a ride, Sam comes across another hitchhiker -- [[Meg]]. They chat briefly before she manages to get a couple on lift with an unsavory looking guy driving a cross-country trip has gone missing near Burkittsville, Indianavan.
Meanwhile Sam has reached a bus station, where he finds out it is a day’s wait til the next bus to California. He encounters Meg again, who is also traveling to California, and they start talking, comparing stories of dealing with family expectations.
The young couple’s car has broken down, and as they wander through the orchard, the scarecrow has climbed down from its perch and starts to pursue them. Dean arrives and shoots at the scarecrow to deter it, which allows him and the couple to escape. The next morning Dean and Sam speak on the phone. Dean describes the incident with the scarecrow and speculates that the couples are annual fertility sacrifices to a pagan god. He concludes by telling Sam that he has always been proud of how he goes after what he wants, and wishes him well in his search for their dad. Dean goes to visit a local professor to investigate local lore, and finds out about the town was settled by Northern Europeans who brought their Norse gods with them. [[Vanir]], fertility gods, can keep a town thriving if they're appeased by a sacrifice of a man and a woman once a year. They derive their power from a sacred tree, so Dean speculates torching the tree would kill one. As Dean goes to leave, he is knocked out by the Sheriff. When Dean regains consciousness, he is locked in a cellar with Emily. The townsfolk including her aunt and uncle, have decided that they will be the sacrifice this year, to replace the couple who Dean helped escape. Emily tells Dean of the First Tree, an apple tree brought over by the first immigrants and revered by the town. Back at the bus station, Sam gets worried when Dean doesn’t answer his phone, and despite Meg encouraging him to stay, decides to go after Dean.
The townsfolk tie Emily and Dean to trees in the orchard, leaving them for the scarecrow. As night falls, Sam arrives and frees them, but the scarecrow is already after them. The townspeople try to thwart their escape, but instead the scarecrow takes Emily’s aunt and uncle. The next morning Emily, Sam , and Dean return to the orchard, and burn the First Tree. The boys take Emily to the bus station, -- she is returning to Boston. Dean offers to drop Sam somewhere, but Sam tells him he has decided to stay with him, and that they should stick together.
On the side of a highway, Meg hitches another ride. Along the way, she tells the guy to pull over, whereon whereupon she slits his throat and collects his blood in a goblet. After making an incantation over the goblet, she speaks to someone she calls Father, clearly indicating that the Winchesters are known to them.
|Characters=
* [[Sam Winchester]]
* [[Dean Winchester]]
* [[John Winchester]]
* [[Meg Masters]]
* [[Harley Jorgeson]]
* [[Stacey Jorgeson]]
|Pad_of_Definitions=
* [[Aliases]]
* [[:Category:Deities|Deities]]
* [[Dean's Amulet]]
* [[Dean's Cell Phone]]
* [[Deals and Pacts]]
* [[Deity Death List]]
* [[Demonology]]
* [[EMF]]
* [[Fictional Locations]]
* [[Goblet of blood]]
* [[Impala]]
* [[Led Zeppelin]]
* [[Old Norse Mythology]]
* [[Pagan]]
* [[Pie]]
* [[Possession]]
* [[Scarecrow (creature)|Scarecrow]]
* [[Star Trek]]
* [[Table of Death]]
* [[Tongues]]
* [[Unconscious]]
* [[The Vanir]]
:''(plays at the bus station, when Sam meets Meg again)''
* "Bad Company" by Bad Company
:''(plays at the end, when Meg makes her "call")''
'''Netflix'''<br>
* "Puppet" by Colepitz
:''(the song Meg is listening to on her iPod while she's waiting for a ride, when Sam "startles" her)''
* "Wait a While" by Robert Scheffler
:''(plays at the bus station, when Sam meets Meg again)''
* "Push (Ins)" by Autumn's Descent
:''(plays at the end, when Meg makes her "call")''
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'''John:''' Listen, Sammy, that’s why I’m calling. You and your brother, you gotta stop looking for me. Alright, now, I need you to write down these names.<br>
'''Sam:''' Names? What names, dad—talk Dad—talk to me, tell me what’s going on.<br>
'''John:''' Look, we don’t have time for this. This is bigger than you think, they’re everywhere. Even us talking right now, it’s not safe.<br>
'''Sam:''' No. Alright? No way.<br>
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'''Sam:''' The scarecrow climbed off its cross?<br>
'''Dean:''' Yeah, I’m tellin’ ya. BurkitsvilleBurkittsville, Indiana. Fun Town.<br>
'''Sam:''' It didn’t kill the couple, did it?<br>
'''Dean:''' No. I can’t can cope without you, you know.<br>
'''Sam:''' So, something must be animating it. A spirit.<br>
'''Dean:''' No, it’s more than a spirit. It’s a god. A pagan god, anyway.<br>
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'''Dean:''' 'The V-Vanir? The Vanir were Norse gods of protection and prosperity, keeping the local settlements safe from harm. Some villages built effigies of the Vanir in their fields. Other villages practiced human sacrifice. One male, and one female.' Kind of looks like a scarecrow, huh?<br>
'''Professor:''' I suppose.<br>
'''Dean:''' 'This particular Vanir that’s energy sprung from the sacred tree?'<br>
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'''Dean:''' What made you change your mind?<br>
'''Sam:''' I didn’t. I still wanna find dadDad. And you’re still a pain in the ass. But, Jess and Mom—they’re both gone. Dad is God knows where. You and me. We’re all that’s left. So, if we’re gonna see this through, we’re gonna do it together.<br>
'''Dean:''' Hold me, Sam. That was beautiful.<br>
'''Sam:''' You should be kissing my ass, you were dead meat, dude.<br>
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The urban legend of this episode (immigrants bringing their old gods to worship in a new country) seems to be influenced by the plot of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman Neil Gaiman] sci-fi novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods American Gods]'', in which the deities of ancient mythology (Odin, Loki, Thoth, etc) are remanifested and recruited to fight the New American Gods. Kripke has said he is an avid fan of Gaiman's work.
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This episode is supposed to have taken place in Burkittsville, Indiana. The horror movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_witch "The Blair Witch Project"] is supposed to have taken place in Burkittsville, Maryland. One of the creators of that movie [[Eduardo Sanchez]] would later direct five ''Supernatural'' episodes.
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While Burkittsville is a fictional location, the two towns [[Dean]] checked before Burkittsville -- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsburg_indiana Scottsburg] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_indiana Salem] -- are real towns in the southern part of the state. Nearby is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour,_Indiana Seymour], the birthplace of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mellencamp John Cougar Mellencamp] who released the album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarecrow_(John_Mellencamp_album) "Scarecrow"] in 1985.
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'''Dean:''' Yahtzee. Can you imagine putting together a pattern like this? All the different obits Dad had to go through? The man’s a master. What are you doing?
:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahtzee Yahtzee] is a dice game made by Milton Bradley. Saying "Yahtzee!" has come to mean something good happenshas happened.''
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[[Dean]] uses the name "John Bonham" when questioning about the missing people in Burkittville. John Bonham is the late drumm drummer for [[Led Zeppelin]].
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'''Filming Locations:''' Deer Lake; Burnaby Village Museum on Deer Lake Ave.
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[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125148/ Tom Butler], who played [[Harley Jorgeson]], also played [[Reverend Jim Myers]] in [[9.12 Sharp Teeth]].
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[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1968493/ Lara Gilchrist], who played Holly Parker, also played the [[wraith]] [[Nurse Foreman]], in [[5.11 Sam, Interrupted]].
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William B. Davis who plays the Professor at the College, is best known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_Smoking_Man the Cigarette Smoking Man] from ''[[The X-Files]]''.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text=The story takes place the second week of April, but the farm shows apples being harvested. Apples are harvested during autumn in the northern hemisphere. }}{{TriviaQuote |Text=As [[Sam ]] says "We're not going to Indiana," it seems clear that they are not yet in the state. If they stayed where they were after the previous job, they are in Rockford, Illinois.
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Dean's cellphone includes the numbers for at least Bren, Carmelita, Christian, Curtis, Dad, Donny, Robin, Sam. Of these, other than Dad and Sam, of course, the names seem to be art department crew members from the show: Bren Moore (Costume Set Supervisor), Carmelita Fowler (Property Assistant), Christian "Chris" Sneddon (Construction Coordinator), Curtis "Curt" Maze (On-Set Dresser), Donny "Don" McGill (Assistant Property Master) and Robin Stooshnov (Assistant Property Master).
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The apple trees in "Scarecrow" were actually hazelnut trees.<sup>[[S1Com]], p. 64</sup>
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Burkittsville was originally settled by Scandinavians, which connects the scarecrow to the Norse [[Vanir ]] legends.}}
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|Promotion=
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