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* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047849/ Bad Day at Black Rock] is the title of a 1955 film starring Spencer Tracey as a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small town in search of someone and ends up changing life in the town forever.
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047849/ Bad Day at Black Rock] is the title of a 1955 film starring Spencer Tracey as a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small town in search of someone and ends up changing life in the town forever.
 
   
 
   
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* [[Kubrick]]'s name is possibly a reference to movie director [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/ Stanley Kubrick]. Kubrick directed The Shining, one of Dean's favorite movies.
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* '''Kubrick (referring to the [[devil's trap in Wyoming]]:''' Big. St Helen's big. <br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens Mount St Helen's] is an active volcano in Washington State, that last erupted in 1980.
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* '''Dean:''' Don’t worry, Bobby will find a way to break it. Until then I say we hit Vegas. Pull a little Rain Man. You can be Rain Man.<br>
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[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000040/ Rain Man] was a 1988 movie starring Tom Cruise as Charlie with Dustin Hoffman as his autistic-savant brother, Raymond. During the film, Charlie uses Raymond's mathematical genius to  win at the casino's in Vegas.
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* [[Creedy]]: It's like watching Jerry Lewis stacking chairs.<BR>
 
* [[Creedy]]: It's like watching Jerry Lewis stacking chairs.<BR>
 
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis Jerry Lewis], best known for his stand-up act and movies with Dean Martin in the 1950s and 60s, was renowned as an exponent of physical comedy.  
 
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis Jerry Lewis], best known for his stand-up act and movies with Dean Martin in the 1950s and 60s, was renowned as an exponent of physical comedy.  

Revision as of 07:50, 21 October 2007


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Title Bad Day at Black Rock
Episode # Season 3, episode 3
First aired October 18, 2007
Directed by Robert Singer
Written by Ben Edlund
On IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107710/
Outline A rabbit's foot brings both good and bad luck to Sam and Dean, and the other players trying to obtain it.
Monster Rabbit's Foot
Timeline Three weeks since the events of 3.01
Location(s) Black Rock, outside Buffalo
Queens, New York.
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Synopsis

Characters

Definitions

Music

  • Daniel May - Women's Wear (plays in the diner when Bela spills Sam's coffee; also played in Simon Said)
  • Mary Ford and Les Paul - Vaya Con Dios (plays when the boys go to the thieves' house to get info on Bela)

Quotes

Dean (to Sam): She knows what your weakness is. It's me!

Dean: What?
Sam: I lost my shoe.

Trivia & References

  • Bad Day at Black Rock is the title of a 1955 film starring Spencer Tracey as a mysterious stranger who arrives in a small town in search of someone and ends up changing life in the town forever.


  • Kubrick's name is possibly a reference to movie director Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick directed The Shining, one of Dean's favorite movies.


Mount St Helen's is an active volcano in Washington State, that last erupted in 1980.

  • Dean: Don’t worry, Bobby will find a way to break it. Until then I say we hit Vegas. Pull a little Rain Man. You can be Rain Man.

Rain Man was a 1988 movie starring Tom Cruise as Charlie with Dustin Hoffman as his autistic-savant brother, Raymond. During the film, Charlie uses Raymond's mathematical genius to win at the casino's in Vegas.


  • Creedy: It's like watching Jerry Lewis stacking chairs.
Jerry Lewis, best known for his stand-up act and movies with Dean Martin in the 1950s and 60s, was renowned as an exponent of physical comedy.
  • Dean: I'm Batman!
Sam: Yeah. You're Batman.
Batman aka The Caped Crusader is a superhero created by DC comics in 1939. His secret identity is as millionaire Bruce Wayne. Unlike many superheroes, he doe not possess any special powers, but is renowned for his physical abilities and particularly his use of gadgets and technology. Batman also featured in a 1960s camp pop TV series, and a series of blockbuster movies.
  • John Winchester used the alias Edgar Cayce, a renowned American psychic from the first half of the twentieth century, who is considered the antecedent of the modern New Age movement.
  • Kubrick drives (and lives in) an RV. On the rear left side it has three stickers: "How would Jesus drive?", "Don't make me come down there - God", and "Bethlehem or Bust".
  • Inside John's storage container Sam and Dean find Sam's 1995 Division Championship Soccer trophy, and the first sawed-off shotgun Dean ever made (in 6th grade).
  • According to Kubrick, Sam and Dean were in Nebraska "about three weeks back" of this episode.
  • This is the first episode we find out the name of the Demon helping Sam - Ruby
  • The pseudonym Bela gives - Lugosi - is a reference to Bela Lugosi, an actor from the early 1900s who most infamously played Dracula.

Minutiae

  • The thieves' license plate is Connecticut CTC-880

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

Promotion

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