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'''Dean:''' You know what miracles are called from demons? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's not miracles.<br>
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'''Dean:''' You know what 'miracles' are called from demons? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's not 'miracles.'<br>
 
'''Sam:''' How about this? Let's just hear the guy out.<br>
 
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'''Dean:''' Alright. And after that we kill him.
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'''Barthamus:''' I'm a crossroads demon, Sam. After Crowley's promotion to King of Hell, ''the'' crossroads demon, helping people is what I do. My ''raison d'etre''.
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'''Barthamus:''' I'm a crossroads demon, Sam. After Crowley's promotion to King of Hell, ''the'' crossroads demon. Helping people is what I do. My ''raison d'etre''.
 
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'''Dean:''' You see here's the thing. When a demon asks us to jump, we don't say 'how high.' We just ice their ass.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Well, see, here's the thing. When a demon asks us to jump, we don't say 'how high.' We just ice their ass.<br>
 
'''Barthamus:''' How very Dean of you.
 
'''Barthamus:''' How very Dean of you.
 
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'''Dean:''' Sammy, you know that these things usually don't go out way.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Look, whatever game Bart is playing, I-I-I don't wanna play it, but Sam, you know that these things don't usually go our way.<br>
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'''Sam:''' It doesn't matter. Jack is out there, in the world. And he's alone, and he's scared, and he's dangerous. And if this is our chance to find him, we have to take it.
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'''Sam:''' Doesn't matter. Jack is out there, in the world, and he's alone, and he's scared, and he's dangerous. And if this is our chance to find him, we have to take it.
 
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'''Dean:''' All right. Well, I've seen this movie a thousand times. Some asshat, who's too fancy to get his hands dirty. Plans a job, swears it will all go smooth and it does. Until 'bang' and everything goes screaming off the rails, and it's our asses. You know he's going to screw us over first chance he gets.<br>
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'''Dean:''' All right, well, I've seen this movie a thousand times. Some asshat too fancy to get his hands dirty plans a job, swears it'll all go smooth, and it does until bang! And everything goes screaming off the rails, and it's our asses You know he's going to screw us over first chance he gets.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Not if we screw him over first. Listen, we want that spell, right? I mean we need that spell and we definitely don't want Asmodeus getting his hands on it. So, let's do this. Have him hand over the other half of the spell.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Not if we screw him over first. Listen, we want that spell, right? I mean we need that spell. We definitely don't want Asmodeus getting his hands on it. So, let's do this. Have him hand over the other half of the spell.<br>
 
'''Dean:''' And then?<br>
 
'''Dean:''' And then?<br>
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'''Sam:''' And then it's like you said. We kill him.
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'''Sam:''' And then, like you said. We kill him.
 
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'''Sam:''' Dean. Don't get dead.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Dean? Don't get dead.<br>
 
'''Dean:''' You too.
 
'''Dean:''' You too.
 
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'''Dean:''' I mean there can be anything in there. Anything. Like There could be spiders, spiny blade things, snakes. Spiders. You don't even know, do you? Great. I -- how about this? What if I cut myself and put it on a piece of paper and we just wad it up and throw it in.
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'''Dean:''' I mean, there could be anything in there. Anything, right? There could be spiders. There could be the spiny blade thing Snakes. Spiders. - You don't even know, do you? - Correct. I How about this? What if I cut myself, put it on, like, a little piece of paper? We'll just wad it up and throw it in the mouth, okay?
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'''Sam:''' You sold your soul.<br>
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'''Alice:''' And if I could take it back, I would. But sorry, Charlie. I can't. So here I am. And as long as I keep working for him, Bart never collects. So you gonna let me do my thing or what?<br>
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'''Sam:''' Look, it doesn't have to be that way.<br>
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'''Dean:''' You know, we could help you.<br>
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'''Alice:''' No, you can't. I gotta take care of me.
 
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'''Dean:''' You okay? Yeah, not really.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Sam Not exactly the best day, you know?<br>
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'''Dean:''' Well, it's not the worst. We did save somebody. That felt good.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Yeah. Yeah, it did. But back to square one with Jack.<br>
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'''Dean:''' We'll figure something else out. And if that doesn't work, then we'll move on to next, and then whatever's after that. We just keep working, 'cause it's what we do.<br>
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'''Sam:''' It feels really good to hear you talk like that again.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Ah, so what are we talking? Your favorite My Little Pony.
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'''Dean:''' All right, so what are we talkin'? Your favorite My Little Pony.
 
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'''Sam:''' It's, uh, John Dortmunder. We emailed about my family heirloom.
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'''Sam:''' It's, uh, John Dortmunder. We -- we emailed about my family heirloom.
 
:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dortmunder John Dortmunder] is the name of a fictional character in the novels of Donald Westlake. He is a criminal whose careful plans usually go awry. ''
 
:''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dortmunder John Dortmunder] is the name of a fictional character in the novels of Donald Westlake. He is a criminal whose careful plans usually go awry. ''
 
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'''Dean:''' Hey, Winona. '90s called, they'd like their shoes back.
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:''Dean is referring to actor Winona Ryder, who was something of [http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/winona-ryder-style-and-90s-fashion-highlights a style icon] in the 1990's, and whom "Smash" evokes, particularly with her flower-patterned Doc Marten boots.''
 
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'''Luther:''' Ever see a fang of the basilisk?<br>
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'''Sam:''' Actually, that's not, um... So, whoever sold this to you had it wrong, um, basilisk fangs are hollow. This is actually a gorgon tooth. Still really cool though. You know, I would love to see more of your collection.
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'''Sam:''' Actually, that's not, um... So, whoever sold this to you had it wrong. Uh, basilisk fangs are hollow. This is actually a gorgon tooth. Still really cool though. You know, I would love to see more of your collection.
 
:'' [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Basilisk The basilisk] is a snake-like creature from European mythology. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon Gorgons] are creatures from ancient Greek legend which resemble women with snakes for hair. ''
 
:'' [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Basilisk The basilisk] is a snake-like creature from European mythology. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgon Gorgons] are creatures from ancient Greek legend which resemble women with snakes for hair. ''
 
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'''Dean:''' It was supposed to be a safe. Not some dollar store Indiana Jones crap.
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:''In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_(franchise) Indiana Jones] movies, the titular hero often faces elaborate puzzles which must be solved in order for him to reach his goal. Indiana is also famously afraid of snakes. ''
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:''In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_(franchise) Indiana Jones] movies, the titular hero often faces elaborate puzzles which must be solved in order for him to reach his goal. Indiana is also famously afraid of snakes.''
 
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'''Dean:''' Well, looks like gun beats knife. So, how about you hand over the safe and we'll all be home in time to watch ''Game of Thrones''.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Well, looks like gun beats knife, so how about you hand over the safe, and then we'll all be home in time to watch ''Game of Thrones''.<br>
 
'''Shrike:'''I'm more of a book guy.
 
'''Shrike:'''I'm more of a book guy.
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:'' Richard Brake who plays Leonard Shrike played the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Brake Night King in Seasons 4 and 5] of fantasy TV series [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1 Game of Thrones] based on the books by George R.R. Martin.''
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:''Richard Brake who plays Leonard Shrike played the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Brake Night King in seasons 4 and 5] of fantasy TV series [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/ Game of Thrones] based on the books by George R.R. Martin.''
 
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'''Sam:''' Wing it? Dean, these aren't like the lasers in ''Entrapment''. They're infinite possible combinations and pressure-released darts.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Wing it? Dean, these -- these aren't like the lasers in ''Entrapment''. There are infinite possible combinations and pressure-released darts.<br>
 
'''Dean:''' Did you just say ''Entrapment''?<br>
 
'''Dean:''' Did you just say ''Entrapment''?<br>
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'''Sam:''' I don't know? I mean, I don't watch a whole lot of those kind of movies.<br>
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'''Sam:''' I don't know. I mean, I don't -- I don't watch a whole lot of those kind of movies.<br>
 
'''Dean:''' Yeah, but you saw ''Entrapment''?<br>
 
'''Dean:''' Yeah, but you saw ''Entrapment''?<br>
 
'''Sam:''' ...Catherine Zeta Jones.
 
'''Sam:''' ...Catherine Zeta Jones.
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:''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/ Entrapment] is a 1999 heist movie starring [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Catherine Zeta Jones] and Sean Connery. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX2_LCUkhDs In its most famous scene], Zeta-Jones must contort her body under and over a series of laser beams in order to avoid setting off alarms during a robbery.''
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:''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/ Entrapment] is a 1999 heist movie starring [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001876/ Catherine Zeta Jones] and Sean Connery. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX2_LCUkhDs In its most famous scene], Zeta-Jones must contort her body under and over a series of laser beams in order to avoid setting off alarms during a robbery.''
 
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Revision as of 18:09, 1 December 2017


SPN-1308.jpg
Title The Scorpion and the Frog
Episode # Season 13, Episode 8
First aired November 30, 2017
Directed by Robert Singer
Written by Meredith Glynn
On IMDB The Scorpion and the Frog
Outline
Monster Barthamus
Timeline
Location(s) Cambridge, England
Lebanon, Kansas
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Synopsis

Characters

Definitions

Music

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Quotes

Dean: You know what 'miracles' are called from demons? I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's not 'miracles.'

Sam: How about this? Let's just hear the guy out.

Dean: All right, and after that, we kill him.
Barthamus: I'm a crossroads demon, Sam. After Crowley's promotion to King of Hell, the crossroads demon. Helping people is what I do. My raison d'etre.
Dean: Well, see, here's the thing. When a demon asks us to jump, we don't say 'how high.' We just ice their ass.
Barthamus: How very Dean of you.
Dean: Look, whatever game Bart is playing, I-I-I don't wanna play it, but Sam, you know that these things don't usually go our way.
Sam: Doesn't matter. Jack is out there, in the world, and he's alone, and he's scared, and he's dangerous. And if this is our chance to find him, we have to take it.
Dean: All right, well, I've seen this movie a thousand times. Some asshat too fancy to get his hands dirty plans a job, swears it'll all go smooth, and it does until bang! And everything goes screaming off the rails, and it's our asses You know he's going to screw us over first chance he gets.

Sam: Not if we screw him over first. Listen, we want that spell, right? I mean we need that spell. We definitely don't want Asmodeus getting his hands on it. So, let's do this. Have him hand over the other half of the spell.
Dean: And then?

Sam: And then, like you said. We kill him.
Sam: Dean? Don't get dead.
Dean: You too.
Dean: I mean, there could be anything in there. Anything, right? There could be spiders. There could be the spiny blade thing Snakes. Spiders. - You don't even know, do you? - Correct. I How about this? What if I cut myself, put it on, like, a little piece of paper? We'll just wad it up and throw it in the mouth, okay? Okay.
Sam: You sold your soul.

Alice: And if I could take it back, I would. But sorry, Charlie. I can't. So here I am. And as long as I keep working for him, Bart never collects. So you gonna let me do my thing or what?
Sam: Look, it doesn't have to be that way.
Dean: You know, we could help you.

Alice: No, you can't. I gotta take care of me.
Barthamus: Let me see if I understand. You two do-gooding idiots are willing to welch on our deal. Throw away the only chance you have at finding your boy, because I killed a 200-year-old blackmailing piece of garbage, is that it?
Dean: Yeah, that. And we just don't like you.
Dean: You okay? Yeah, not really.

Sam: Sam Not exactly the best day, you know?
Dean: Well, it's not the worst. We did save somebody. That felt good.
Sam: Yeah. Yeah, it did. But back to square one with Jack.
Dean: We'll figure something else out. And if that doesn't work, then we'll move on to next, and then whatever's after that. We just keep working, 'cause it's what we do.
Sam: It feels really good to hear you talk like that again.

Dean: I'll drink to that.

Trivia & References

The Scorpion and the Frog is a fable in which a scorpion asks a frog to ferry it across a river. The scorpion promises not to sting the frog, rationalizing doing so would mean they would both drown. As the frog is taking the scorpion across the river, the scorpion stings the frog. Before the frog dies, it asks the scorpion why it stung. The scorpion simply replies that it was in its nature to do so.
Dean: All right, so what are we talkin'? Your favorite My Little Pony.
Sam: It's, uh, John Dortmunder. We -- we emailed about my family heirloom.
John Dortmunder is the name of a fictional character in the novels of Donald Westlake. He is a criminal whose careful plans usually go awry.
Dean: Hey, Winona. The '90s called. They'd like their shoes back.
Dean is referring to actor Winona Ryder, who was something of a style icon in the 1990's, and whom "Smash" evokes, particularly with her flower-patterned Doc Marten boots.
Luther: Ever see a 'fang of the basilisk?'

Sam: Actually, that's not, um... So, whoever sold this to you had it wrong. Uh, basilisk fangs are hollow. This is actually a gorgon tooth. Still really cool though. You know, I would love to see more of your collection.

The basilisk is a snake-like creature from European mythology. Gorgons are creatures from ancient Greek legend which resemble women with snakes for hair.
Dean: There was supposed to be a safe, not some Dollar Store Indiana Jones crap.
In the Indiana Jones movies, the titular hero often faces elaborate puzzles which must be solved in order for him to reach his goal. Indiana is also famously afraid of snakes.
Dean: Well, looks like gun beats knife, so how about you hand over the safe, and then we'll all be home in time to watch Game of Thrones.

Shrike:I'm more of a book guy.

Richard Brake who plays Leonard Shrike played the Night King in seasons 4 and 5 of fantasy TV series Game of Thrones based on the books by George R.R. Martin.
Sam: Wing it? Dean, these -- these aren't like the lasers in Entrapment. There are infinite possible combinations and pressure-released darts.

Dean: Did you just say Entrapment?
Sam: I don't know. I mean, I don't -- I don't watch a whole lot of those kind of movies.
Dean: Yeah, but you saw Entrapment?
Sam: ...Catherine Zeta Jones.

Entrapment is a 1999 heist movie starring Catherine Zeta Jones and Sean Connery. In its most famous scene, Zeta-Jones must contort her body under and over a series of laser beams in order to avoid setting off alarms during a robbery.
Dean: Whoa. Look who decided to show. Why'd you cottontail?
"To cottontail" is a phrase referencing the cottontail rabbit, and means to turn tail and run away.

Minutiae

In the Cambridge Museum, a poster can be seen advertising an exhibition called "Reflections of the Pacific" by Monique Mees. Monique Mees is the name of one of the painters on the show, and a visual artist.
The safe is branded "Fitzmartin's" and is named after Andrew Dabb's assistant Meghan Fitzmartin.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

Promotion

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