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|image= [[Image:2-15 Tall Tales.jpg|300px|Promotional image from Tall Tales350px]]
|title= Tall Tales
|episode= Season 2, Episode 15
|imdb= [http://imdb.com/title/tt0939444/ Tall Tales]
|download= [http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/tall-tales/id207595116?i=216090088 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NK9NBE/ref=atv_dp_se_2_15/102-6268956-3507308 Amazon.com]
|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=
|map= <googlemap lat="39.939225" lon="-83.688354" zoom="8" width="300" height="300" overview="yes" controls="small">
39.924389, -83.806711, Springfield, OH, USA
</googlemap>
|prevep= 2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign
|nextep= 2.16 Roadkill
}}
[[Dean]] and [[Sam]] investigate the apparent suicide of an adulterous professor on a university campus. The local urban legend that seems most likely the culprit turns out to be a bust. Then a frat boy is humiliated when he reports being abducted by an alien. Puzzled, and increasingly antagonistic with each other, Sam and Dean fail to find any answers when again another urban legend appears to come to life - a scientist who used animals in his experiments is killed by an alligator in the sewers.
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.
|Characters=
* [[Sam Winchester]]
* [[Dean Winchester]]
* [[Bobby Singer]]
* [[Gabriel|Trickster]]
* [[Curtis]]
|Pad_of_Definitions=
* [[Weekly World News]]<sup>[[PoD]]</sup>* [[Purple Nurple]]<sup>[[PoD]]</sup>* [[Trickster]]<sup>[[PoD]]</sup>* [[Anansi]]<sup>[[PoD]]</sup>* [[Loki]]<sup>[[PoD]]</sup>* [[Bustyasianbeauties.comActing in Unison]]
* [[Alcohol]]
* [[Aliases]]
* [[Anansi]]
* [[Bobby's Hats]]
* [[Busty Asian Beauties]]
* [[Costumes & Disguises]]
* [[Dean's Amulet]]
* [[EMF]]
* [[Fights]]
* [[Gank]]
* [[Hugs]]
* [[Impala]]
* [[Loki]]
* [[Porn]]
* [[Purple Nurple]]
* [[Table of Death]]
* [[Trickster]]
* [[Weekly World News]]
|Music=
* "Walk Away" by The James Gang
:''(plays on the radio at the beginningof the episode; also played in [[1.13 Route 666 (episode)|1.13 Route 666]])''
* "Next to You" by Junk Food
:''(plays during Sam's versions of events at the bar; The band Junk Food won a CW competition on MySpace to have their song )''* "Next To YouBrenda and Me" included in by The Rhythm Machine: ''(plays during Dean's versions of events at the showbar)''
* "Lady in Red" by Chris DeBurgh
:''(played during plays when the frat boy is slow dancing with the alien slow dance scene)''* "Can't Get Enough of Your Love , Babe" by Barry White :''(played plays when Dean walks into enters the auditorium hall with the lava lamp, canopy two girls on the red bed, girls, etc.)''
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'''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.}}
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'''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>
'''Dean:''' How could it get any worse? Some alien made you his bitch.<br>
'''Curtis:''' ''(downs a shot)'' They...well, they They made me...slow dance.! }}
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'''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.}}
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'''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>}}
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'''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>}}
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'''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.")''}}
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'''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.''}}
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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.}}
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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.}}
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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".}}
|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=
* [[2.15 Tall Tales (transcript)]]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-215-tall-tales-casting-sides-for-frat-boy-6pgs Casting sides] for "Frat Boy" [[Curtis]]
* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-215-tall-tales-casting-sides-for-the-janitor-8pgs Casting sides] for "Janitor" aka [[Trickster]]
|Promotion=
* [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]].