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|outline= [[Sam ]] and [[Dean ]] get cranky with each other as the they try to work out what is going on with during a case that involves alien abductions, giant alligators , and deaths in a college town.|motw=[[Trickster]]|location= Springfield University, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio (Springfield%2C_Ohio Springfield, Ohio]University)|timeline= 5-6 dasy in mid February, 2007

Unable to make headway, Sam and Dean call [[Bobby]], who comes to the town to help them out. Bobby listens to Dean and Sam's stories about the case, and their irritations with each other, and works out that a [[Trickster]] is at work. They track down the most likely culprit - a janitor in the campus building where the deaths occur. The Trickster attempts to bargain with Dean in order to escape, but the three hunters manage to trap the Trickster him and a fight ensues before Dean stakes the Trickster in the heart. After the three leave the building, the body Dean staked disappears and the real Trickster appears; seemingly, it has used its ability to manifest things out of thin air to deceive the hunters into thinking they were killing it, as opposed to a solid apparition. As they leave town, Sam and Dean reconcile in a touching scene - much to Bobby's disgust.

* [[Weekly World News]]^[[PoD]]* [[Purple Nurple]]^[[PoD]]* [[Trickster]]^[[PoD]]* [[Anansi]]^[[PoD]]* [[Loki]]^[[PoD]]* [[Bustyasianbeauties.comActing in Unison]]

:''(plays during Sam's versions of events at the bar; The band [http://www.myspace.com/junkfood Junk Food] won a CW competition on MySpace to have their song "Next to You" included in the show)''

:''(plays when the fratboy frat boy is slow dancing with the alien)''

'''Sam:''' Dean. Dean, what are you drinking?<br>'''Dean:''' I don't know, man, I think they're called purple nurples?<br>'''Sam:''' Okay, well listen. I think maybe we should go check out the professor's office.<br>'''Dean:''' Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no I can't right now, I've got some feisty little wildcat on the hook, I'm about to - zzzzp - reel her in. I'll introduce you.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Dean:''' Come on, dude, this is that's not how it happened.<br>'''Sam:''' No? So you never drank a very serious investigationpurple nurple?<br>'''Dean:''' Yeah, maybe that, but I don't say things like 'feisty little wildcat.' And her name wasn't Starla. We <br>'''Sam:''' Then what was it?<br>'''Dean:''' I don't have time for any of your blah blah blah blahknow. But she was a classy chick. She was a grad student, anthropology and folklore. We were talking about local ghost stories.}}

'''Girl:''' My god, you are attractive.<br>'''Dean:''' Thanks. But no time for that now. You need to tell me about this urban legend. Please. Lives are at stake.<br>'''Girl:''' Sorry, I just... can't even concentrate. It's like staring... into the sun.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Sam:''' Dean! What do you think you're doing?<br>'''Dean:''' Sam, please. If you wouldn't mind, give me five minutes here.<br>'''Sam:''' Dean, this is a very serious investigation. We don't have any time for any of your blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah! Blah.}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Bobby:''' No, come on. You're bickering like an old married couple.<br>'''Dean:''' No, see married couples can get divorced. Me and him, we're like, uh, Siamese twins.<br>'''Sam:''' It's conjoined twins!<br>'''Dean:''' See what I mean?}}{{TriviaQuote |Text='''Curtis:''' They did tests on me. And, uh... they, uh... They probed me.<br>'''Dean:''' They probed you?<br>'''Curtis:''' Yeah, they probed me. Again and a...again and -- And again.''[takes a shot]'' And again and again and again... And then one more time.<br> '''Dean:''' Yikes.<br>'''Curtis:''' ThatAnd that's not even the worst..of it. <br>

'''Curtis:''' ''[downs a shot]'' They...well, they They made me...slow dance.! }}

'''Bobby:''' You got a Trickster on your hands.<br>'''Dean:''' These punishments, they’re almost poeticThat's what I thought. Well<br>'''Sam:''' What?! No, actually they’d be more like a limerick, but still..you didn't.}}

'''Sam:''' Your dirty socks in the sink! Your food in the fridge!<br>'''Dean:''' What's wrong with my foodSo, what is it, what, what, spirit, demon, what?<br>'''SamBobby:''' ItWell, more like demigods, really. There's not food anymore, Dean! ItLoki in Scandinavia. There's Darwinism!<br>Anansi in West Africa. Dozens of them. They're immortal, and they can create things out of thin air. Things as real as you and me. Make them vanish just as quick. }}

'''BobbyTrickster:''' YouSorry I're bickering like an old married couplem dragging a little ass today, boys. Had quite the night last night. Lots of sex, if you catch my drift.<br>'''Dean:''' NoYeah, seehard not to. Listen, married couples can get divorcedwe won't be long. Me and him? We're like, Siamese twinsjust need to check a couple offices up on three.<br>'''Sam:''' It's "conjoined" twins.<br>'''Dean:''' See what I mean?<br>}}

'''SamBlonde Woman:''' Come on. Let us give you a massage.<br> ' ''(Dean tellng the story):''' LookWha... You know, manI'm a -- I'm a sucker for a happy ending. Really, Iam, but...I-I'm gonna have to pass.<br>'''Trickster:''' They're a peace offering.I know this all has to be so hardwhat you and your brother do. But I want 've been around a while. Run into your kind before.<br> '''Dean:''' Well, then you to knowthat I... Ican'm here for t let youjust keep hurting people.<br>'''Trickster:''' Come on! Those people got what was coming to them. Hoisted on their own petards. You brave little soldierBut you and Sam -- I like you. I acknowledge your paindo. So treat yourself... Come hereLong as you want. [Grabs him in a hug] You're too precious Just long enough for this worldme to move on to the next town.<br>}} 

'''Dean:''' This The boys relating their mutually contradictory accounts of events shown in flashback to [[Bobby]], who then determines the truth, is my shuttle co-pilot, Major Tom.<br>:a take on the 1950 movie ''Dean refers to Sam as "Major Tom" of "Star Command." This is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Oddity_Rashomon_%28song28film%29 Rashomon]'', in which four people tell mutually contradictory versions of events shown in flashback and the David Bowie songfinal account is assumed to be the truth. This narrative device was also used in an ''X-Files'' episode, "Space Oddity.Bad Blood"] The song later plays during , on which [[6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe...John Shiban]](the writer of this episode) was a co-producer.''}}

'''Dean:''' Why don't you control your OCD?<br>:''OCD stands for Obsessive-Complusive DisorderThe use of the [[Trickster]] character, in particular the names [[Loki]] and [[Anansi]], is a reference to the work of [[Neil Gaiman]], the novelist and graphic novel author of which [[Eric Kripke]] has admitted being a psychiatric disorderfan. Gaiman frequently uses Tricksters in his fiction, and his recent novel was concerned primarily with [[Anansi]]. Other tricksters in folklore mentioned by Sandy (S.E. Schlosser), Folklorist, in the [[Season 2 DVD and Blu-ray]] special feature, "The Devil's Roadmap" include Shakespeare's Puck, Coyote, Raven/Crow, and Br'er Rabbit.}}

'''Dean:''' Looks like you lost it, Poindexter.<br>:''First introduced as a character in the Felix the Cat television cartoon series in 1958A [[purple nurple]] is an actual drink containing coconut rum, the term "Poindexter" is now applied to people who are overly nerdytriple sec, geekyblue curacao, or bookishand cranberry juice.''}}

'''BobbyDean:''' Let's get the hell out of Dodge before someone finds that bodyStarla! Starla, hey. This is my shuttle co-pilot Major Tom. Major Tom, Starla.<br>:''Dodge City[[Dean]] refers to [[Sam]] as "Major Tom." This is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Oddity_%28song%29 the David Bowie song, Kansas was "Space Oddity."] The song later plays during [[6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe...]]. The name "Starla" for the temporary home blonde barfly (in Sam's version of events) is a possible reference to Wyatt Earp and was known for several ''[[The Simpsons]]'', which featured a trashy, bleached-blonde barfly of that name (her most famous shoot-outsline is, "Can I have the keys to the car, lover? I feel like changing wigs.")''}}

The cinematography in the scenes depicting the alien abduction of the frat boy are highly reminiscent of The X-Files. John Shiban, the writer of this episode, also wrote '''Dean:''' Why don't you control your OCD?:''OCD stands for The [[Xhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder Obsessive-Files]Complusive Disorder], a psychiatric disorder.''}}

'''Dean:''' What? You mean between the angry spirit and uh.the sexed-up E.T. ? What could the sexed up ETconnection possibly be?:''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083866/ E.T.:] Huge schmaltzy 1982 Spielberg movie featuring a stranded cute alien and an even cuter seven -year -old Drew Barrymore. The alien had a long finger that glowed.''}}

The use of '''Dean:''' That's right where the Trickster character, in particular the names frat boy had his close encounter.:''A [[Loki]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_encounters close encounter] and [[Anansi]], is an event in which a person witnesses a UFO. This could also be a reference to the work [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind Close Encounters of [[Neil Gaiman]], the novelist and graphic novel author of which [[Eric Kripke]Third Kind] has admitted being a fan. Gaiman frequently uses Tricksters in his fiction, and his recent novel was concerned primarily with [[Anansi]]another Spielberg movie about aliens who come to Earth.''}}

The name "Starla" for the blonde barfly (in Sam[[Trickster]] reads a ''[[Weekly World News]]''s version of events) is about a cannibal wielding a possible reference chainsaw, and later creates this cannibal to fight [[Sam]], [[The SimpsonsDean]], which featured and [[Bobby]]. This could be a trashyreference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherface Leatherface] from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]'', bleached-blonde barfly of that name (her most famous line except the cannibal shown in the WWN is, "Can I said to have the keys to the carkilled his family, lover? I feel like changing wigs.")where Leatherface and his family are cannibals working together.}}

The band '''Trickster:''' I don't mean to cast aspersions on a dead guy but, uh, 'Mr. Morality' here? He brought a lot of girls up here. Got more ass than a toilet seat.:''To [http://www.myspaceurbandictionary.com/junkfood Junk Fooddefine.php?term=get%20more%20ass%20than%20a%20toilet%20seat "get more ass than a toilet seat"] won a CW competition on MySpace means to have their song the ability to "Next To Youpull" included in the show. It plays while Sam and Dean are in the barladies.''}}

The boys relating their mutually contradictory accounts of events shown in flashback to Bobby, who then determines the truth, is a take on the 1950 movie ''[http'Dean://en''' Looks like you lost it, Poindexter.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon_%28film%29 Rashomon]:'', in which four people tell mutually contradictory versions of events shown First introduced as a character in flashback and the final account is assumed to be Felix the truth. The method was also used Cat television cartoon series in an X-Files episode1958, the term "Bad BloodPoindexter"is now applied to people who are overly nerdy, geeky, on which John Shiban (the writer of this episode) was a co-produceror bookish.''}}

The boys are staying in a hotel called "Kings Lair" in room 12'''Bobby:''' Let's get the hell out of Dodge before someone finds that body.:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas Dodge City], Kansas was the temporary home to Wyatt Earp and was known for several famous shoot-outs.''}} |Minutiae=

A purple nurple The show was actually advertised in the ''[[Weekly World News]]'', via an interview with [[Dean]] and [[Sam]] in two issues of the paper. ''Weekly World News'' is an actual drink containing coconut ruma tabloid paper best known for its stories involving alien abductions, triple secstrange mutations, blue curacao and cranberry juiceElvis sightings.}}

The laptop is confirmed as being band [http://www.myspace.com/junkfood Junk Food] won a CW competition on MySpace to have their song "Next To You" included in the show. It plays while Sam'sand Dean are in the bar.}}

The Trickster states that he's met hunters beforeboys are staying in a hotel called "Kings Lair" in room 12.}}

The show was actually advertised in [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1880647/ Matreya Fedor], who played the Weekly World NewsAlien, via an interview with Dean and Sam previously played [[Tyler Thompson]] in two issues of the paper[[2. Weekly World News is a tabloid paper best known for its stories involving alien abductions, strange mutations and Elvis sightings11 Playthings]].}}

Dean reads the Weekly World News[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393953/ Barclay Hope], who played Professor Arthur Cox, also played Russell Wellington in [[10.11 There's No Place Like Home]].}}

'''Dean:''' That's where While masquerading as electricians, the frat boy had his close encounterbrothers wear work jackets with patches saying "Ohio Connect DSL".<br>:''A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_encounters close encounter] is an event in which a person witnesses a UFO. This could also be a reference [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind], another Spielberg movie about aliens who come to Earth.''}}

The Trickster reads a Weekly World News about a cannibal wielding a chainsaw, and later creates this cannibal to fight Sam, Dean, and Bobby. This could be a reference to cinematography in the scenes depicting the alien abduction of the frat boy are highly reminiscent of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherface Leatherface] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre The Texas Chainsaw MassacreX-Files]]''. John Shiban, except the cannibal shown in the WWN is said to have killed his familywriter of this episode, where Leatherface and his family are cannibals working togetheralso wrote for ''The X-Files''.}} |Minutiae={{TriviaQuote |Text=While masquerading as electricians, the brothers wear work jackets with patches saying "Ohio Connect DSL".}}

* [http://supernaturalwww.youtube.tvcom/gallery2/promos/s2/talltales/index.html watch?v=S8Hl0WGe7X4 Promo]}}==Episode StillsMeta==*[[SPN Heavy Meta]]Season Two Meta Index*[httphttps://wwwbardicvoice.youtubelivejournal.com/watch?v=S8Hl0WGe7X4 Episode Promo: 9650.html 2.15 Tall Tales: Limerick Justice] by bardicvoice (February 2007); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/9650.html archive link]* This episode was promoted prior to its airing Bond, Silvia. 2008. Your Basic Haunting, Alien Abduction, Alligator-in -the [[Weekly World News]] itself-Sewer Gig: "Tall Tales" Season 2, which ran an interview with Sam and Dean (as inEpisode 15. ''Pink Raygun'', the characters themselves)August 26; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun. You can read the article [[Weekly World News|herecom/2008/08/26/supernatural-tall-tales/ archive link]].

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