5.09 The Real Ghostbusters

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Title The Real Ghostbusters
Episode # Season 5, Episode 9
First aired November 12, 2009
Directed by James L. Conway
Written by teleplay by Eric Kripke and story by Nancy Weiner
On IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1533530/
Outline Sam and Dean find real ghosts when Becky invites them to a Supernatural Convention
Monster Ghosts
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Chuck: How do you feel about angels? Let me tell you, they're not really as lame as you think.
Dean: I think the Dean and Sam story sucks. It is not fun, it's not entertaining. It is a river of crap that would send most people howling to the nuthouse!
Demian: I don't think they care. Because they're fictional characters.

Dean: Oh, they care. Believe me, they care a lot!

Sam: He takes the story really seriously.
Becky: Like a monkey on the sun it was too hot to live.
Demian: I'm not sure you get what the story's about.

Dean: That so?
Demian: In real life, he sells stereo equipment. I fix copiers. Our lives suck. But Sam and Dean. To wake up every morning and save the world. To have a brother who would die for you. Well, who wouldn't want that?

Dean: Well, maybe you've got a point.

Trivia & References

The title of the episode refers to a 1980s animated TV show based on the movie "Ghostbusters".
In reality the first Supernatural Con held was WinchesterCon in Nashville in October 2006 attended by 200 fans. Asylum 2007 was the first Convention attended by actors.
LARPing stands for Live Action Role Playing.
Gore Orphanage is the site of a number of local ghost stories and legends in Ohio (Kripke's home state).
In the DVD commentary for 4.03 In The Beginning, Kripke talks about how Sam and Dean always seem to be dropping their guns, knives etc at crucial moments.

Jared and Jensen always say to us like the joke is they always say to me and Bob, “Why don’t Sam and Dean have bungee cords on their wrists?”
For the amount of times that guns and knives are knocked out of their hands. Here’s a good game, count how many times Sam and Dean lose their weapon and the reason we do it is a really important blocking reason, they’d be stupid to walk in unarmed but we still have to put them in enough danger for the bad guy to monologue or to feel like they’re in danger before someone else unexpectedly walks in with the weapon that the other person dropped.

Demian and Barnes - the fans LARPing Dean and Sam respectively - are the names of the recappers and moderators on the Supernatural forums at Television Without Pity
Chuck: It's not jumping the shark if you never land.
A reference to the phrase "Jumping the Shark" a reference to the gimmicks used by a show in its death throes. See 4.19 Jump The Shark for why Kripke called an episode after this trope.
"Hookman": Yeah, how original. Supernatural bringing in more creepy children. Sigh.
Creepy children, the evil innocents, are a stock character in horror movies, In Supernatural creepy children include Peter Sweeney in 1.03 Dead in the Water, Missy Bender in 1.15 The Benders, Melanie Merchant in 1.19 Provenance, Maggie Thompson in 2.11 Playthings, the Changelings in 3.02 The Kids Are Alright, the Girl in the Wall and her brother in 4.11 Family Remains and Jesse in 5.06 I Believe The Children Are Our Future.
When Dean gets angry with the fans for not taking the "story" of Sam and Dean seriously, it could be seen as a reference to the phenomenon of Serious Business, used generally on the internet but in fandom to refer to fans who take matters related to their fandom in a uber serious, humorless manner (aka Fandom is srs bsns). Dean's reaction would in fandom would be termed a "flounce". This behavior is often mocked - see the fan vids Downfall.
Dean: Just give her the puppy dog thing, okay?
Fans have long referred to Sam's Puppy Dog Eyes - the pleading look he gives Dean when he wants something.
The episode aired the night before the start of the Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2009.

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