14.04 Mint Condition
Title | Mint Condition |
Episode # | Season 14, Episode 4 |
First aired | November 1, 2018 |
Directed by | Amyn Kaderali |
Written by | Davy Perez |
On IMDB | Mint Condition |
Outline | Sam finds a case that brings Dean face-to-face with his favorite movie villain -- Hatchet Man. |
Monster | Ghost |
Timeline | October 29 - November 1, 2018 |
Location(s) | Salem, Ohio Lebanon, Kansas |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- Acting in Unison
- Aliases
- All Saints' Day
- Beards
- Costumes & Disguises
- Dean's Bedroom
- EMF
- Ghost
- Ghost Possession
- Hell Hazers
- Impala
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Salt
- Table of Death
- Unconscious
Music
- "Electric Love" by Keel
- (playing during a scene in Hatchet Man: All Saints' Day)
Quotes
Sam: What? Oh, yes, I shaved.
Dean: Well, since when is 'okay' part of this job, huh? Yeah, Cas is, you know, showing Jack the ropes and Dark Kaia and her spear are in the wind and we have no clue where Michael is or what he's up to. And not that I'm complaining, but... the house is full of strangers, so...
Sam: I don't like it.
Dean: Yep.
Dirk: Witches?
Dean: Uh-huh.
Dirk: Werewolves?
Sam: I had a messed-up childhood.
Dean: I was kind of hoping you'd say that.
Sam: I got to admit, it didn't go exactly like I thought it would.
Dean: Hey, man. I just went toe-to-toe with David freakin' Yaeger. That was awesome.
Sam: Yeah, it wasn't really --
Dean: I'm not hiding out.
Sam: And I get why you're doing it. I-I do. But... what happened with Michael... You said yes for me, for Jack, for your family. You did the right thing. What happened after, just because Michael was wearing your face, doesn't mean any of this is on you. I don't blame you. No one blames you. You got to try and stop blaming yourself, please.
Dean: Aww, that's adorable. Continue.
Sam: So she invited me to her Halloween party. I said yes and I-I went over, and at first, everything was great, um... And then we started to play games.
Dean: Spin the bottle?
Sam: Bobbing for apples. Like I said, I had a crush, so the entire night, my stomach was in knots, and when it was my turn, I-I bent down, and... hurled. Everywhere. Lunch, dinner it all came up -- on Andrea, mostly. Uh, people ran and screamed, and it was so bad.
Dean: That's great.
Trivia & References
Stuart: I... Uh, nothing.
Samantha: Really? Because according to Yelp and this awesome, one-star review we just got, you screamed at a customer and called him a, quote, 'mongoloid Tribble in a robotic exoskeleton built by Tony Stark's inbred third cousin.' Which is not cool, and weirdly, creepily specific.
- "Yelp" is a site where users and customers can review businesses and services.
- A tribble is a small furry, rapidly-reproducing species found in Star Trek.
- Tony Stark is billionaire playboy philanthropist who is also the superhero Iron Man in the Marvel universe.
Samantha: Okay. Again, Superman is not real.
Stuart: Okay. That's not the point.
Samantha: And I have seen you get winded eating a taco.
Stuart: Okay, that doesn't matter. If I had kryptonite gloves, I could beat up Superman. Anyone could. That's science, Sam.
- Superman is an alien superhero in the DC Comics universe, whose main vulnerability is a green crystalline substance called kryptonite. Arguments about "who would win a fight with (or between)" fictional characters is a staple of fannish conversations.
Dean: Horror marathon on Shocker. I just made my way through the "Halloweens" and now I'm about to --
- Shocker TV is a version of the real life Shudder streaming service that specializes in horror and thriller movies and TV. "Halloween's" is a reference to the movie franchise of the same name. The first Halloween movie in 1978 is credited with starting the slasher genre movies of the 1980s. On October 19, 2018 the most recent entry in the series was released, starring Jamie Lee Curtis from the original movie. It was a huge box office success.
- In the promo for "Shocker TV" at the start of the episode, a clip from a black and white movie is seen of a woman screaming at the white of a hanged woman. This is from the 1959 horror movie House on Haunted Hill. There is also part of the promo clip for Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning from 2.18 Hollywood Babylon. This part of the clip uses images from 1.13 Route 666 as well as Hell Razers II. There is also a shot of Hatchet Man.
- When Dean is watching, a voice-over can be heard promoting Hell Hazers 3: It Lives Again, which has the tagline: "It bought them back from Hell, again!"
Dean: ThunderCats? Seriously?
- Panthro is a character from the animated TV series Thundercats. He is a male Thunderian noble and member of the ThunderCats. Back in 1.18 Something Wicked, the cartoon that Sam is seen watching during Dean's first childhood flashback is . Also seen briefly when Dean is watching TV in the wish-verse in 2.20 What Is and What Should Never Be.
- Puppet Master is a horror movie franchise in which the spell from an ancient Egyptian immortal is used by a human to bring murderous puppets to life.
In the opening pan:
- Comics: Deathstroke vs. Batman, Green Lantern, Batman: Detective, DC Rebirth Omnibus,
- Collectibles: A Carotte Morts Living Dead Doll from the Moulin Morgue series, 1950s Superman lunchbox, Suicide Squad DC Comics Multiverse Figures (Captain Boomerang, Katana, Joker, and Deadshot), Superman and Batman, Alex Delarge (Clockwork Orange) bobblehead, Jason Vorhees and Freddy Krueger Living Dead Dolls.
- There is a poster for a movie called Hell Hazers. Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning was the movie being made in the episode 2.18 Hollywood Babylon. On the poster a pull quote says "Get ready for the ride of your life" Adrian Hrytzak, New York Film review. Adrian Hrytzak is the name of a member of the Supernatural Art Department. It also references Martin Flagg and Brad Redding from 2.18 Hollywood Babylon along with other actual Supernatural crew including Jerry Wanek, Robert Leader, Kevin Parks,, Warren Dunlop, Mary-Ann Liu, Meredith Glynn, Eugenie Ross-Leming, Robert Berens, Jim Michaels, and Phil Sgriccia.
- There is a poster for All Saints' Day featuring Hatchet Man.
- Stuart unpacks a Wonder Woman, Superman and Panthro figures.
- Life sized Red Hood statue. Jensen voiced the character of Jason Todd / Red Hood in the 2010 animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood Jensen posted a photoshoot of himself in the Red Hood costume on Halloween.
- Poster for the 2005 horror movie House of Wax which featured Jared Padalecki.
- There is a Cthulhu figure on the counter, which Sam uses to try and smash the front door. Writer Davy Perez wrote 13.17 The Thing, which was influenced by H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
- There is a photo on the wall of a cosplayer dressed as Power Girl. The cosplayer is Stf Wilson (@arachnobite) who also created the Red Hood outfit. She works as a set dresser on Supernatural.
- During the trailer for Slasher Week playing in the comic shop, for a moment the racist ghost truck from 1.13 Route 666 is visible.
Sam: What? What are you talking about?
Dean: Her -- soft, delicate features, luxurious hair. She's like your Wonder Twin.
- Zan and Jayna are a fictional extraterrestrial twin brother and sister superheroes known as the Wonder Twins appeared a number of Hanna-Barbera animated television series.
Sam: Uh, Stuart Blake --
Dean: Vintage Hot Wheels.
- Funko Pops are plastic figures of pop culture characters with over-sized heads. Magic cards are used in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Hot Wheels are model die-cast cars.
Sam: Over...?
Samantha: "Fist of the North Star." Stuart said that the dubbed version was better, but -- You know what, forget it. Um, I like Stuart, but he's an acquired taste.
- Fist of the North Star is an anime series based on a 1986 manga. It has been broadcast in both an English dubbed and English subtitled versions.
Stuart: Fortnite.
Sam: It's a video game.
Stuart: It's the video game.
Dean: Yeah, well, I'm a Zelda for life, so...
- Fortnite is an online multiplayer game by Epic Games which was released in 2017. Legend of Zelda is an action adventure video game which was first released by Nintendo in 1986.
Dean: Okay, but, uh... Big Bang in there, not a great liar.
- Dean is using "Big Bang" as a nickname for a nerd, based on the nerdy characters in the long-running CBS series The Big Bang Theory.
Dean: Rhymes with 'itch'?
- Snarf is the reptile-cat like creature in ThunderCats, who was the nursemaid to a young Lion-O.
Dean: Murder. Grave robbery. Stole his favorite Pokémon -- I mean, take your pick.
- A Pokémon is a creature that is the focus of the Pokemon video games and associated media. The most recent incarnation of the franchise Pokémon GO, a mobile augmented reality (AR) game where players "catch" Pokemon in the real world and train them."
- Willy Wonka who runs a candy factory in the novels of Roald Dahl. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory he runs a competition in order to find a child worthy of being gifted his factory.
- Freddy refers to Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Jason is the hockey-mask-wearing villain of the Friday 13th movie franchise.
- Casper refers to the character Casper the Friendly Ghost, and is Dean's oft-used nickname for ghosts.
Sam: No.
Dean: Bert and Ernie.
Sam: No.
Dean: That's weird.
Sam: Yes.
Dean: Uh... Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Sam: Dean...
Dean: Shaggy and Scooby.
Sam: Why would we...
Dean: Turner and Hooch. Ren and Stimpy.
Sam: Come on, now.
Dean: Thelma and Louise. We just put in drive and go.
- Batman and Robin are the Dynamic Duo of DC Comics. Robin is actually the title given to Batman's sidekick, a mantle held by several different people. Most people think of Dick Grayson, who was Bruce Wayne's ward, as Robin. Jason Todd also had the title of Robin, before becoming the Red Hood. Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damien Wayne have also held the mantle of Robin.
- Bert and Ernie are gay muppets.
- Rocky and Bullwinkle are the squirrel and moose stars of a cartoon series that started in the 1960s. Crowley often referred to the boys as Moose and Squirrel.
- Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo are characters from the cartoon Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! whom Sam and Dean met in 13.16 Scoobynatural.
- Charterers from a 1989 comedy, Turner was a cop played by Tom Hanks and Hooch was a large, slobbery Dogue de Bordeaux.
- Ren and Stimpy was a cartoon series starring Ren, a volatile, crazy Chihuahua, and Stimpy, a big, dim-witted cat.
- Thelma and Louise were the lead characters in the 1991 road movie of the same name. The two women are friends who end up on the run from police, because of the patriarchy basically. In the final scene they stop at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Neither wants to go to jail, and Thelma proposes that they "keep going". Louise agrees and they drive off over the cliff. This, along with the similar final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , has often been suggested as a possible ending for Supernatural by fans.