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Battle Creek, MI, USA
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|prevep= 6.04 Weekend at Bobby's
|nextep= 6.06 You Can't Handle the Truth
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* [[Aliases]]
* [[Alpha]]
* [[Dead Man's Blood (Pad of Definitions)|Dead Man's Blood]]
* [[Unconscious]]
* [[Vampires]]
* [[Vampire Cure]]
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The name of the bar in this episode is "The Black Rose." There are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rose multiple references to the Black Rose] throughout culture, art, and music, but in the context of this episode, it can be interpreted in two different ways: First, it's the name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rose_%28BDSM_organization%29 a BDSM organization based in Washington D.C.] Notice that many of the patrons at the bar are wearing leather outfits. Second, although [http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-stunningly-beautiful-black-roses-of-halfeti.html black roses ] do not , in fact, exist in nature, they have taken on multiple symbolic meanings in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rose_%28symbolism%29 in literature, politics, and vernacular language, they have taken on multiple symbolic meanings.]
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'''Dean:''' I'll be damned. All right, mmmbop your way outta here. Go, go!
:''A reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_(band) Hanson] song "[http://youtu.be/NHozn0YXAeE MMMBop.]"''
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'''Boris:''' I said... you're pretty.<br>
'''Dean:''' Yeah, sorry again, pal. I don't play for your team.
:''Playing or not playing "for your team" is a phrase used to denote a person's sexual preferences. The "team" terminology for a person's sexual preference was most famously used in the Seinfeld episode "The Beard."''
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'''Samuel:''' That's my grandfather's journal. Cure's an old Campbell recipe, kind of like the soup. No one's tried it since God knows. What I hear... this stuff is a bad trip.
:''Samuel had referenced the infamous [http://www.campbells.com/campbell-soup/ Campbell's Soup] which bears an uncanny resemblance to his family's last name. It was an urban myth that soup can cure the common cold.''
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz8aJULLYR4 Sneak Peek #3]
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==Episode Meta==
*Ardeospina. 2010. [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/episode-reviews/12596-qlive-free-or-twihardq-a-visual-review?showall=1 A Visual Review -- Live Free or Twihard]. ''The Winchester Family Business'', October 27; [http://web.archive.org/web/20190217223306/https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/episode-reviews/12596-qlive-free-or-twihardq-a-visual-review?showall=1 archive link]
*[https://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/69919.html 6.05 Live Free Or TwiHard: Iām A Monster] by bardicvoice (October 2010); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/69919.html archive link]
*Bond, Silvia. 2010. What is Sam's Deal?: "Live Free or Twihard" Season 6, Episode 5. ''Pink Raygun'', October 26; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2010/10/26/supernatural-live-free-or-twi-hard/ archive link], [https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/371193.html spn-heavymeta]
*Chan, Suzette. 2010. [http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1862 Supernatural Talk: Tarts talk about 6.05: Live Free or Twi Hard]. ''Sequential Tart'', December 6; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190429203928/http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1862 archive link], [https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/392914.html spn-heavymeta]
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