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| − | |image= [[File:Clap your hands if you believe promo.jpg| | + | |image= [[File:Clap your hands if you believe promo.jpg|350px]] |
|title= Clap Your Hands If You Believe... | |title= Clap Your Hands If You Believe... | ||
|episode= Season 6, Episode 9 | |episode= Season 6, Episode 9 | ||
|firstaired= November 19, 2010 | |firstaired= November 19, 2010 | ||
| − | |director= [[John Showalter]] | + | |director= [[John F. Showalter]] |
|writer= [[Ben Edlund]] | |writer= [[Ben Edlund]] | ||
| − | |imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1627727/ Clap Your Hands If You Believe] | + | |imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1627727/ Clap Your Hands If You Believe...] |
|download= [http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/clap-your-hands-if-you-believe/id389003829?i=405492932 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004D82B70 Amazon] | |download= [http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/clap-your-hands-if-you-believe/id389003829?i=405492932 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004D82B70 Amazon] | ||
| − | |outline= While Sam and Dean are investigating a | + | |outline= While [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] are investigating a possible alien abduction, Dean is abducted from a crop circle. However, after he escapes, the brothers discover they aren't dealing with aliens, but fairies! |
| − | |motw=[[Fairies]]< | + | |motw= [[Fairies]]<br>[[Wayne Whittaker|The Leprechaun]] |
| − | |timeline= | + | |timeline= |
| − | |location= | + | |location= Elwood, Indiana |
|map= | |map= | ||
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|Locations= Elwood, Indiana | |Locations= Elwood, Indiana | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | |prevep= 6.08 All Dogs Go to Heaven | ||
| + | |nextep= 6.10 Caged Heat | ||
}} | }} | ||
|Synopsis= | |Synopsis= | ||
| − | Dean and Sam go to Elwood, Indiana to investigate the disappearances of four people. Due to reports of crop circles and bright lights in the sky, rumors have spread that the disappearances are the work of aliens. Dean and Sam go to visit a watchmaker, [[Mr. Brennan]], who is the father of the first abductee, Patrick Brennan. He acts strange, so Sam stays in the city to watch him while Dean goes out to the cornfield that Patrick disappeared from. | + | [[Dean]] and [[Sam]] go to Elwood, Indiana to investigate the disappearances of four people. Due to reports of crop circles and bright lights in the sky, rumors have spread that the disappearances are the work of aliens. Dean and Sam go to visit a watchmaker, [[Mr. Brennan]], who is the father of the first abductee, Patrick Brennan. He acts strange, so Sam stays in the city to watch him while Dean goes out to the cornfield that Patrick disappeared from. |
While in the field, Dean gets a call from Sam. Sam tells him that he hasn't seen Mr. Brennan do anything suspicious just as Dean sees a bright light in the sky. Dean, still on the phone, starts running through the corn and screaming about UFOs and close encounters, but he is unable to escape and disappears in a flash of light. Sam goes to investigate the scene of Patrick, and now Dean's, disappearance and finds only Dean's cell phone on the ground. His next stop is the UFO follower camp--a collective of RVs and trailers covered in alien paraphernalia that has [[Wayne Whittaker]], a famous UFO chaser, at its center. Sam goes up to Wayne and asks him how to hunt the aliens, but is disgusted when all Wayne can give him are pages and pages of useless interviews with people who have had close encounters. He tells Wayne that he sucks at hunting UFOs and leaves with a young woman, [[Sparrow Jennings]], who seems interested in him and the story of his brother's disappearance. | While in the field, Dean gets a call from Sam. Sam tells him that he hasn't seen Mr. Brennan do anything suspicious just as Dean sees a bright light in the sky. Dean, still on the phone, starts running through the corn and screaming about UFOs and close encounters, but he is unable to escape and disappears in a flash of light. Sam goes to investigate the scene of Patrick, and now Dean's, disappearance and finds only Dean's cell phone on the ground. His next stop is the UFO follower camp--a collective of RVs and trailers covered in alien paraphernalia that has [[Wayne Whittaker]], a famous UFO chaser, at its center. Sam goes up to Wayne and asks him how to hunt the aliens, but is disgusted when all Wayne can give him are pages and pages of useless interviews with people who have had close encounters. He tells Wayne that he sucks at hunting UFOs and leaves with a young woman, [[Sparrow Jennings]], who seems interested in him and the story of his brother's disappearance. | ||
| − | Hours later, Dean reappears in the field in a flash of light, knife and gun brandished. He heads back to their motel and finds Sam and Sparrow in bed together. Dean thinks he's only been gone an hour and is upset that Sam was having sex instead of out looking for him, but Sam tells him that it's 4am and that Dean has been gone all night. After his abduction, they seem convinced that aliens are at the center of Elwood's disappearances. Sam researches them at the library while Dean stays at the motel and checks sources online. Dean's alone when the door to the motel bursts open and a "little, glowing, hot, naked lady" flies in and starts hitting him. He traps her in the microwave and cooks her, but when he tries to show Sam her remains, Sam can't see them. Sam puts together the clues and determines that all of the recent UFO encounters were actually the cause of [[ | + | Hours later, Dean reappears in the field in a flash of light, knife and gun brandished. He heads back to their motel and finds Sam and Sparrow in bed together. Dean thinks he's only been gone an hour and is upset that Sam was having sex instead of out looking for him, but Sam tells him that it's 4am and that Dean has been gone all night. After his abduction, they seem convinced that aliens are at the center of Elwood's disappearances. Sam researches them at the library while Dean stays at the motel and checks sources online. Dean's alone when the door to the motel bursts open and a "little, glowing, hot, naked lady" flies in and starts hitting him. He traps her in the microwave and cooks her, but when he tries to show Sam her remains, Sam can't see them. Sam puts together the clues and determines that all of the recent UFO encounters were actually the cause of [[fairies]]. |
| − | Dean and Sam go to visit [[Marion]], a woman they interviewed earlier who had said that fairies were behind the disappearances. She tells them all about fairies, including that they like cream and that they must count every grain of salt or sugar that is spilled in front of them. After they leave, they see [[Mr. Brennan]] loading boxes of cream into his car. Dean breaks into his shop and sees elves working on watches for him. He tells Sam, who confronts Mr. Brennan and learns that the man summoned a [[Fairies| | + | Dean and Sam go to visit [[Marion]], a woman they interviewed earlier who had said that fairies were behind the disappearances. She tells them all about fairies, including that they like cream and that they must count every grain of salt or sugar that is spilled in front of them. After they leave, they see [[Mr. Brennan]] loading boxes of cream into his car. Dean breaks into his shop and sees elves working on watches for him. He tells Sam, who confronts Mr. Brennan and learns that the man summoned a [[Fairies|leprechaun]] and tried to make a deal with him to save his watchmaking business. Unfortunately, the consequences were the kidnapping of his and then other firstborn sons in the city. Sam resolves to help Mr. Brennan reverse the ritual he used to summon the leprechaun. |
Meanwhile, Dean is being stalked by a fairy, a Red Cap in particular, and he mistakenly tackles a little person and is arrested for a hate crime. He is in jail when Sam and Mr. Brennan go to the shop to get what they need to banish the fairies. Mr. Brennan starts to read the ritual, but is killed by Wayne Whittaker, who is actually the leprechaun that Mr. Brennan made his deal with. The leprechaun then tries to make a deal with Sam to give him his soul back, but Sam refuses. They fight until Sam spills salt in front of him, and he is forced to start counting the grains. Sam then reads the ritual and all of the fairies are banished back to their realm. Dean, who was being beaten by the Red Cap in his jail cell, is saved in time and is released from jail the next morning. The little person, who was also the district attorney for Tipton county, dropped the charges against him. | Meanwhile, Dean is being stalked by a fairy, a Red Cap in particular, and he mistakenly tackles a little person and is arrested for a hate crime. He is in jail when Sam and Mr. Brennan go to the shop to get what they need to banish the fairies. Mr. Brennan starts to read the ritual, but is killed by Wayne Whittaker, who is actually the leprechaun that Mr. Brennan made his deal with. The leprechaun then tries to make a deal with Sam to give him his soul back, but Sam refuses. They fight until Sam spills salt in front of him, and he is forced to start counting the grains. Sam then reads the ritual and all of the fairies are banished back to their realm. Dean, who was being beaten by the Red Cap in his jail cell, is saved in time and is released from jail the next morning. The little person, who was also the district attorney for Tipton county, dropped the charges against him. | ||
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* [[Sam Winchester]] | * [[Sam Winchester]] | ||
* [[Dean Winchester]] | * [[Dean Winchester]] | ||
| + | * [[Wayne Whittaker]] ([[Fairies|The Leprechaun]]) | ||
* [[Mr. Brennan]] | * [[Mr. Brennan]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Sparrow Jennings]] |
* [[Marion]] | * [[Marion]] | ||
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|Pad_of_Definitions= | |Pad_of_Definitions= | ||
| + | * [[Aliases]] | ||
| + | * [[Costumes & Disguises]] | ||
| + | * [[Dean's Police Record]] | ||
* [[Fairies]] | * [[Fairies]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Impala]] |
| + | * [[Iron]] | ||
* [[Lucifer's Cage]] | * [[Lucifer's Cage]] | ||
* [[Salt]] | * [[Salt]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Sam & Dean's Arrests]] |
| + | * [[Sexual Encounters]] | ||
| + | * [[Souls]] | ||
* [[Title Card]] | * [[Title Card]] | ||
| − | * [[The | + | * [[The X-Files]] |
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|Music= | |Music= | ||
| − | *"All That for Me" by Chris Jones | + | * "All That for Me" by Chris Jones |
:''(plays at the beginning of the episode)'' | :''(plays at the beginning of the episode)'' | ||
| − | *"Country with Bump" by The Neil Nelson Band | + | * "Country with Bump" by The Neil Nelson Band |
:''(plays in the bar while Dean is being abducted)'' | :''(plays in the bar while Dean is being abducted)'' | ||
* "Space Oddity" by David Bowie | * "Space Oddity" by David Bowie | ||
:''(plays when Dean and the fairy face off)'' | :''(plays when Dean and the fairy face off)'' | ||
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| − | '''Sam:''' | + | '''Sam:''' Okay, if you want to add glitter to that glue you’re sniffing, that’s fine, but don’t dump your whackadoo all over us. We’d rather not step in it. |
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| − | '''Dean:''' Empathy man | + | '''Dean:''' Empathy, man. Empathy. I mean, the old Sam would have given her some, some wussified, dew-eyed crap. |
}} | }} | ||
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| + | '''Dean:''' Empathy, Sam! Empathy!<br> | ||
| + | '''Sam:''' They still after you?<br> | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' Come on! | ||
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| + | '''Sam:''' Yeah, right. My brother was abducted so I’m pretty good on the whole proof part.<br> | ||
'''Sparrow:''' Your brother was abducted?<br> | '''Sparrow:''' Your brother was abducted?<br> | ||
'''Sam:''' Yeah.<br> | '''Sam:''' Yeah.<br> | ||
| − | '''Sparrow:''' Oh my God | + | '''Sparrow:''' Oh my God.<br> |
| − | '''Sam:''' | + | '''Sam:''' It’s fine. I mean, I’ve had time to adjust.<br> |
'''Sparrow:''' Did it happen when you were kids?<br> | '''Sparrow:''' Did it happen when you were kids?<br> | ||
| − | '''Sam:''' No, like half an hour ago. | + | '''Sam:''' No, like, half an hour ago. So, you’ve been hunting UFO’s for over three decades and you basically have no concrete data and zero workable leads. |
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| − | ''' | + | '''Dean:''' What the hell?<br> |
| − | ''' | + | '''Sparrow:''' Oh that’s Dean! Sam, they brought your brother back. Okay. It’s all right, Sam. I so totally understand that you need time as a family. But it’s just—what were they like?<br> |
| − | ''' | + | '''Dean:''' They were grabby, incandescent douche bags. Good night. |
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' Well, uh, there was this... God help me, Sam, there was this bright white light!<br> |
| + | '''Sam:''' It’s okay. Safe room.<br> | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' And then suddenly, I was, uh, I was in a different place. And there were these beings, and they were too bright to look at, but I could feel them pulling me towards this sort of table—<br> | ||
| + | '''Sam:''' Probing table!<br> | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' God! Don’t say that out loud! | ||
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| − | '''Dean:''' I | + | '''Dean:''' I went crazy. I started hacking and slashing and firing. They actually seemed surprised. I don’t think anybody’s ever done that before. Yeah. I had a close encounter, Sam, and I won.<br> |
| − | '''Sam:''' I | + | '''Sam:''' You should take a shower.<br> |
| + | '''Dean:''' I should take a shower. I’m gonna, I’m gonna take a shower now. | ||
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' Oh no. Not again. Nipples? |
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' It was a, a little... naked lady, okay?<br> |
| + | '''Sam:''' It was a what?<br> | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' It was a-- it was a little, glowing, hot naked lady. With nipples. And she hit me. | ||
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' God, is it on me? I feel like I’ve got the crazy on me.<br> |
| − | '''Sam:''' | + | '''Sam:''' No. You did sit in some glitter, though. |
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Sam:''' What am I supposed to do?<br> |
| + | '''Dean:''' Fight the fairies. You fight those fairies. Fight the fairies!! | ||
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| − | ''' | + | '''Sheriff:''' I’m just trying to understand exactly what kind of hate crime this even was.<br> |
| − | ''' | + | '''Dean:''' It wasn’t a hate crime.<br> |
| − | ''' | + | '''Sheriff:''' I mean, if this gentleman were a full-sized homosexual, would that be okay with you?<br> |
| − | ''' | + | '''Dean:''' I don’t hate any size person, or any size... gay... guy. |
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| − | ''' | + | '''Sam:''' There’s no freaking way a leprechaun can do what angels cannot.<br> |
| − | ''' | + | '''Wayne:''' Angels. Please. I’m talking about real magic, sonny. From my side of the fence. Got a way of getting in back doors. |
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| − | ''' | + | '''Sam:''' It was a deal. When’s a deal ever been a good thing? |
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| − | + | '''Dean:''' Just making sure that’s where your head’s at. That you’re not having second thoughts about getting your soul back. | |
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| − | The | + | The title of the episode is reference to a line from [http://www.elook.org/literature/jmbarrie/the-adventures-of-peter-pan/216.html J.M. Barrie's ''The Adventures of Peter Pan''], in which Peter asked the children dreaming of the Neverland to clap their hands if they believed in fairies in order to keep Tinkerbell alive. It is also the name of a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096787/ 1989 animated film.] |
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| − | [ | + | The brothers first investigated a possible alien abduction in [[2.15 Tall Tales]]. [[Bobby]] states in the episode that he had never found any real evidence of an alien abduction. The culprit in that case was discovered to be [[Gabriel|a Trickster]]. |
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| − | The opening credits to the episode are an homage to the 1990s series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files The X-Files], using similar music and images. The final text “The Truth is in There” is a twist on | + | The opening credits to the episode are an homage to the 1990s series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files The X-Files]'', using similar music and images. The final text “The Truth is in There” is a twist on ''The X-Files'' catchphrase “The Truth Is Out There.” |
| − | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN-Jj2SDcls Supernatural title sequence] for Clap Your Hands If You | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN-Jj2SDcls ''Supernatural'' title sequence] for "Clap Your Hands If You Believe..." |
| − | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdmtY0vux30 X-Files Opening credits]<br> | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdmtY0vux30 ''The X-Files'' Opening credits].<br> |
| − | When the episode, | + | When the episode, "Clap Your Hands If You Believe...," was in the planning stages, "we decided to do an alien abduction as the teaser, and we immediately thought to do the title sequence," Gamble said. |
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| − | Sera Gamble on why they decided to pay tribute to | + | [[Sera Gamble]] on why they decided to pay tribute to ''The X-Files'': |
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| − | "It would be hard to find someone working on the show who isn't an 'X-Files' fan," Gamble continued. "It was especially fun to put together the homage because 'Supernatural' does owe a real creative debt of gratitude to the show; I think the whole current generation of genre shows does." [http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/11/17/supernatural-x-files/ | + | "It would be hard to find someone working on the show who isn't an 'X-Files' fan," Gamble continued. "It was especially fun to put together the homage because 'Supernatural' does owe a real creative debt of gratitude to the show; I think the whole current generation of genre shows does."[http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/11/17/supernatural-x-files/]</blockquote> |
| − | See [[Title Card]] for other episodes of Supernatural which have had different opening credits. | + | See [[Title Card]] for other episodes of ''Supernatural'' which have had different opening credits. |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files#Opening_title_sequence | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files#Opening_title_sequence ''The X-Files'' titles] remained unchanged for the first seven seasons of the show, changing when David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) left, and again on Gillian Anderson’s (Dana Scully) departure. |
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| − | Supernatural gave a nod to | + | ''Supernatural'' gave a nod to ''The X-Files'' in the "[[1.01 Pilot|Pilot]]" episode when Dean introduced himself and Sam to a group of FBI agents as Agents Mulder and Scully. In [[2.07 The Usual Suspects]], Dean calls Sam "Scully," to which he replies: |
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'''Sam:''' I'm not Scully, you're Scully.<br> | '''Sam:''' I'm not Scully, you're Scully.<br> | ||
| − | '''Dean:''' No, I'm Mulder. You're a red-headed woman. </blockquote> | + | '''Dean:''' No, I'm Mulder. You're a red-headed woman. |
| + | </blockquote> | ||
| − | In [[3.11 Mystery Spot]], Dean said "Sounds pretty X-Files to me." | + | In [[3.11 Mystery Spot]], [[Dean]] said "Sounds pretty X-Files to me." Coincidentally the episode was directed by [[Kim Manners]], who also directed ''The X-Files'''s time loop episode, "Monday." |
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| + | ''Supernatural'' producer and director Kim Manners directed 52 episodes of ''The X-Files'' and was also a producer from 1995 to 2002. Other crew who worked on both shows include writer [[John Shiban]], director [[David Nutter]], and producer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825190/ Vladimir Stefoff]. | ||
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| − | Supernatural | + | Like ''Supernatural'', ''The X-Files'' was also filmed in Vancouver. Many actors have appeared on both shows, including: |
| + | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683379/ Mitch Pileggi] ([[Samuel Campbell]]) played Mulder and Scully’s boss, Walter Skinner. | ||
| + | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205657/ William B. Davis] was the infamous Cigarette Smoking Man in ''The X-files'', and appeared in [[1.11 Scarecrow]]. | ||
| + | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931736/ Steven Williams] ([[Rufus Turner]]) was Mr. X in ''The X-Files''. | ||
| + | * [[Mark Sheppard]] ([[Crowley]]), [[Chad Lindberg]] ([[Ash]]) and [[Frederic Lehne]] ([[Azazel]]), [[Katharine Isabelle]] ([[Ava Wilson]]), [[Nicki Aycox]] ([[Meg Masters]]) all appeared in episodes of ''The X-files''. | ||
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| − | + | [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469584/Ken Kramer], who plays [[Mr. Cooper]] the carnival owner in [[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]], appeared in three ''X-Files'' episodes (as different characters). | |
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| − | + | Other possible ''X-Files'' references include: | |
| − | + | * Dean's exclamation "Fight the fairies!" is reminiscent of the first ''X-Files'' feature film, ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120902/ The X-Files: Fight the Future]''. | |
| − | Other possible X-Files references include: | + | * [[Sam]] spilled salt, and the Leprechaun started to count each grain. In ''The X-Files'' season 5 episode [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751081/ 5X12 "Bad Blood"], Mulder spilled sunflower seeds to stop the vampire - in this episode, vampires must stoop to count each grain. |
| − | *Dean's exclamation "Fight | + | * The cornfield chase is similar to that in ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120902/ The X-Files: Fight the Future]'', which is an homage to ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/ North by Northwest]''. |
| − | *Sam spilled salt, and the | + | <br> |
| − | *The cornfield chase is similar to that in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120902/ The X-Files: Fight the Future], which is an homage to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053125/ North by Northwest]. | + | See ''[[The X-Files]]'' for more the show's influence on ''Supernatural''. |
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' No, man. ET is made of rubber. Everybody knows that. But there are four legitimate vanishings in this town. Something’s going on. And Sam? By the way, it’s not the lady’s fault that she took the brown acid. |
| − | [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brown%20acid Brown acid] refers to having a bad LSD trip, which originated at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. | + | :''[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brown%20acid Brown acid] refers to having a bad LSD trip, which originated at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.'' |
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| + | '''Dean:''' Hey, you wanna be a real boy, Pinnochio, you gotta act the part.<br> | ||
| + | '''Sam:''' I was faking it Dean! Ever since we got back on the road together, I was picking every freaking word. It’s exhausting.<br> | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' Okay. All Right. But until we get you back on the soul train, I’ll be your conscience, okay?<br> | ||
| + | '''Sam:''' So you’re saying you’ll be my... Jiminy Cricket.<br> | ||
| + | '''Dean:''' Shut up. But yeah, you freaking puppet. That’s exactly what I’m saying. | ||
| + | :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Pinocchio Pinocchio] is a character from a 19th century Italian novel, although the references in this episode come from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio_%281940_film%29 1940 Disney cartoon version]. Pinocchio is a wooden puppet, and his maker Geppetto wishes that he could be a real boy. A blue fairy grants the wish, on the grounds that Pinocchio prove that he can act like a human boy. Since Pinocchio has no conscience, a cricket called Jiminy agrees to act as his conscience.'' | ||
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' Close encounter! Close encounter!<br> |
| − | '''Sam:''' I | + | '''Sam:''' Close encounter? What kind? First? Second?<br> |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | '''Dean:''' They're after me!<br> |
| + | '''Sam:''' Third kind already? You better run, man. I think the fourth kind is a butt thing.<br> | ||
| + | :''A close encounter is a reference to an alien encounter. The term was coined by UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, who came up with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_encounter an incremental classification system for different types of human/alien encounters]:''<br> | ||
| + | :''First Kind: Sighting of a UFO (flying saucer or strange lights)''<br> | ||
| + | :''Second Kind: Sighting of a UFO and associated physical effects of a UFO (crop circles, radiation, paralysis, lost time, etc...)''<br> | ||
| + | :''Third Kind: An observation of "animate beings" in conjunction with a UFO sighting.''<br> | ||
| + | :''Fourth Kind: Abduction. (not part of Hynek's original scale)''<br> | ||
| + | :''For a possible example of Sam's fourth kind encounter, see the very first episode of South Park, titled [http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s01e01-cartman-gets-an-anal-probe "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe."]''<br> | ||
| + | :''The term "close encounter" was popularized by the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/ Close Encounters of the Third Kind.]'' | ||
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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | :''"The Truth Is Out There" was the catchphrase/motto of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files The X-Files].'' |
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' I was abducted, and you were banging patchouli!<br> |
| − | '''Sam:''' | + | '''Sam:''' I didn't think she smelled that bad. |
| − | ' | + | :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchouli#Incense Patchouli] is a strong smelling plant, often used in perfume and insect repellent... But in this case, it's in reference to its use in incense, which is commonly associated with hippies.'' |
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| − | ''' | + | '''Dean:''' So, on top of all the demons and the angels and the ghosts and the skinwalkers, it turns out that there’s—so if aliens are actually real, what’s next? Hobbits? Seriously. |
| − | + | :''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit Hobbit] are a race of short humanoids that reside in Middle Earth.'' | |
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| − | '''Sam:''' So | + | '''Sam:''' Okay! So how do we deal with the little green men? |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men Little green men] is a common term for aliens. | + | :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men Little green men] is a common term for aliens.'' |
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| − | Dean microwaving the [[Fairies|Fairy]] could be a | + | Dean microwaving the [[Fairies|Fairy]] could be a reference to the scene in the 1984 movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins Gremlins]'' where Mrs. Peltzer kills one of the evil gremlins by microwaving it. |
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| − | '''Sam:''' | + | '''Sam:''' Okay, say these encounters have been going on for centuries, not with extraterrestrials but with ultra-terrestrials. People nowadays say 'space aliens' or whatever, but they used to call them—<br> |
| − | + | '''Dean:''' Smurfs. | |
| + | :''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs Smurfs] are a race of tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom shaped homes.'' | ||
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| − | '''Sam:''' | + | '''Sam:''' Hey, you’re the one who pizza-rolled Tinkerbell. I’m just doing the math. But this is good. This is a lead. |
| − | [http:// | + | :''Pizza Rolls are a frozen food product in the United States. Tinkerbell is a fairy from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan Peter Pan].'' |
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| − | '''Marion:''' We know they only take | + | '''Marion:''' Mmm. There is much theory and little fact. We know they only take firstborn sons, just like Rumplestiltskin did. Personally, I think they’re taken to Avalon to service Oberon, the King of the Faery. |
| − | Rumpelstiltskin is the creature/character in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumplestiltskin a German fairy tale]. | + | :''Rumpelstiltskin is the creature/character in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumplestiltskin a German fairy tale]. He makes a deal with a miller's daughter to spin straw into gold, in exchange for her first-born child.'' |
| + | :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon Avalon] is an island in England that features prominently in Arthurian legend. In medieval and Renaissance literature, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon Oberon] is king of the fairies and is most known nowadays as a character in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.'' | ||
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| − | ''' | + | '''Dean:''' Alright, you stick with half and half, I'm gonna go check out his store. |
| − | + | :''Half and half is the North American term for a light cream typically used in coffee. Dean calls Mr Brennan this, because they see him loading up his car with it. | |
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| − | '''Dean:''' | + | '''Dean:''' Fight the fairies. You fight those fairies. FIGHT THE FAIRIES!! |
| − | + | :''Possibly a coincidence, this scene bares remarkable resemblance to the scene in the 1995 movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/ Hackers], when Dade Murphy is arrested and yells to Cereal to tip him off about the location of the disc, ""They're trashing our rights, man! They're trashing the flow of data! They're trashing! Trashing! Trashing! Hack the planet! HACK THE PLANET!" as he is put into a police car. | |
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| − | ''' | + | '''Sam:''' It’s like Sedona, Arizona, crapped in here. |
| − | + | :''[http://www.visitsedona.com/article/151 Sedona] has a reputation as a center for new age spirituality.'' | |
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| − | + | :The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keebler_Elves#Keebler_Elves Keebler Elves] have appeared in countless television advertisements throughout the years, shown baking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keebler_Company Keebler] cookies and cracker products.'' | |
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| − | + | :''The story Dean is referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elves_and_the_Shoemaker The Elves and the Shoemaker] by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm Brothers Grimm], in which a poor shoemaker receives much-needed help from elves.'' | |
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| + | The being that stalks and assaults Dean is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcap Red Cap] - a murderous assassin variety of fairy. | ||
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| + | '''Sam:''' So you’re my blue fairy? You can make me a real boy again? | ||
| + | '''Wayne:''' When you wish upon a star. | ||
| + | :''[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Fairy The Blue Fairy] grants Geppeto's wish making the pupper Pinnochio a human boy. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Wish_upon_a_Star "When You Wish Upon a Star"] is the main song played during the opening and closing credits of Pinocchio. It has since become the theme song of the Walt Disney Company, often used during commercials, opening film credits, etc.'' | ||
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| − | Leig seachad an ceangal sin, agus smàl an solus sin, agus fuadaich an sídhe air ais gu'n àite-breith.<br> | + | :Leig seachad an ceangal sin, agus smàl an solus sin, agus fuadaich an sídhe air ais gu'n àite-breith.<br> |
| − | Let go of that binding, and blow out that light, and banish the fairies back to their birthplace. | + | :Let go of that binding, and blow out that light, and banish the fairies back to their birthplace. |
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| − | Keep the unborn children safe, and keep this terrible gate shut.}} | + | :Keep the unborn children safe, and keep this terrible gate shut. |
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| − | '''Sam:''' Little big man. | + | '''Dean:''' So. Here’s to the tiniest DA. At least they’re dropping the charges. |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Man Little Big Man] was a Native American chief, a fearless and respected warrior who fought under, and was rivals with, Crazy Horse. It was also a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Man_(film) 1970 American Western film] directed by Arthur Penn and based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger. | + | '''Sam:''' Little big man. |
| + | :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Man Little Big Man] was a Native American chief, a fearless and respected warrior who fought under, and was rivals with, Crazy Horse. It was also a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Man_(film) 1970 American Western film] directed by Arthur Penn and based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger.'' | ||
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| − | The | + | '''Dean:''' You think Lucky Charms really could have , you know, soul to sender? |
| + | :''A reference to the cereal Lucky Charms, whose mascot character is a Leprechaun named Lucky.''<br> | ||
| + | :''The cereal was first mentioned in [[1.18 Something Wicked]], when a young Dean gives the last of the Lucky Charms he was saving for himself to Sam (in the first documented use of Sam's famous [[Puppy Dog Eyes]].''<br> | ||
| + | :''In [[6.04 Weekend at Bobby's]] a demon reveals that [[Crowley]]'s nickname is "Lucky the Leprechaun."'' | ||
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| + | [http://stayinginwithvlada.com/2010/07/27/supernatural-comic-con-ben-edlund-fairies-bad-horse/ Ben Edlund talks about the episode concept] and [http://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/article-list/category/10246-eric-kripke-interview-comic-con-2010-press-room.html quote from Kripke about the episode] from [[Comic Con 2010]]. | ||
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| − | + | On the night it aired #FightTheFairies trended on Twitter. Similar to when #LuciferIsComing trended and caused much confusion, some on Twitter thought the hashtag was a homophobic slur. See [[Twitter]] for more info. | |
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| − | [[Category:Canon]][[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Season 6]] | + | ==Episode Meta== |
| + | *Ardeospina. 2010. [https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/60-season-six/13643-clap-your-hands-if-you-believe-a-visual-review.html A Visual Review -- Clap Your Hands if You Believe]. ''The Winchester Family Business'', December 1; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190217225033/https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/60-season-six/13643-clap-your-hands-if-you-believe-a-visual-review.html archive link] | ||
| + | *[https://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/71118.html 6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe …: The Truth Is In There] by bardicvoice (November 2010); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/71118.html archive link] | ||
| + | *Bond, Silvia. 2010. I Believe: "Clap Your Hands If You Believe" Season 6, Episode 9. ''Pink Raygun'', November 23; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2010/11/23/supernatural-clap-your-hands-if-you-believe/ archive link], [https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/386471.html spn-heavymeta] | ||
| + | *Chan, Suzette. 2011. [http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1881 Supernatural Talk: Tarts talk about 6.09: Clap Your Hands if You Believe]. ''Sequential Tart'', January 3; [https://web.archive.org/web/20190524041409/http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=1881 archive link] | ||
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Revision as of 02:48, 20 May 2020
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| Title | Clap Your Hands If You Believe... |
| Episode # | Season 6, Episode 9 |
| First aired | November 19, 2010 |
| Directed by | John F. Showalter |
| Written by | Ben Edlund |
| On IMDB | Clap Your Hands If You Believe... |
| Outline | While Sam and Dean are investigating a possible alien abduction, Dean is abducted from a crop circle. However, after he escapes, the brothers discover they aren't dealing with aliens, but fairies! |
| Monster | Fairies The Leprechaun |
| Timeline | |
| Location(s) | Elwood, Indiana |
| « Previous Episode | Next Episode » | |
Contents
Synopsis
Dean and Sam go to Elwood, Indiana to investigate the disappearances of four people. Due to reports of crop circles and bright lights in the sky, rumors have spread that the disappearances are the work of aliens. Dean and Sam go to visit a watchmaker, Mr. Brennan, who is the father of the first abductee, Patrick Brennan. He acts strange, so Sam stays in the city to watch him while Dean goes out to the cornfield that Patrick disappeared from.
While in the field, Dean gets a call from Sam. Sam tells him that he hasn't seen Mr. Brennan do anything suspicious just as Dean sees a bright light in the sky. Dean, still on the phone, starts running through the corn and screaming about UFOs and close encounters, but he is unable to escape and disappears in a flash of light. Sam goes to investigate the scene of Patrick, and now Dean's, disappearance and finds only Dean's cell phone on the ground. His next stop is the UFO follower camp--a collective of RVs and trailers covered in alien paraphernalia that has Wayne Whittaker, a famous UFO chaser, at its center. Sam goes up to Wayne and asks him how to hunt the aliens, but is disgusted when all Wayne can give him are pages and pages of useless interviews with people who have had close encounters. He tells Wayne that he sucks at hunting UFOs and leaves with a young woman, Sparrow Jennings, who seems interested in him and the story of his brother's disappearance.
Hours later, Dean reappears in the field in a flash of light, knife and gun brandished. He heads back to their motel and finds Sam and Sparrow in bed together. Dean thinks he's only been gone an hour and is upset that Sam was having sex instead of out looking for him, but Sam tells him that it's 4am and that Dean has been gone all night. After his abduction, they seem convinced that aliens are at the center of Elwood's disappearances. Sam researches them at the library while Dean stays at the motel and checks sources online. Dean's alone when the door to the motel bursts open and a "little, glowing, hot, naked lady" flies in and starts hitting him. He traps her in the microwave and cooks her, but when he tries to show Sam her remains, Sam can't see them. Sam puts together the clues and determines that all of the recent UFO encounters were actually the cause of fairies.
Dean and Sam go to visit Marion, a woman they interviewed earlier who had said that fairies were behind the disappearances. She tells them all about fairies, including that they like cream and that they must count every grain of salt or sugar that is spilled in front of them. After they leave, they see Mr. Brennan loading boxes of cream into his car. Dean breaks into his shop and sees elves working on watches for him. He tells Sam, who confronts Mr. Brennan and learns that the man summoned a leprechaun and tried to make a deal with him to save his watchmaking business. Unfortunately, the consequences were the kidnapping of his and then other firstborn sons in the city. Sam resolves to help Mr. Brennan reverse the ritual he used to summon the leprechaun.
Meanwhile, Dean is being stalked by a fairy, a Red Cap in particular, and he mistakenly tackles a little person and is arrested for a hate crime. He is in jail when Sam and Mr. Brennan go to the shop to get what they need to banish the fairies. Mr. Brennan starts to read the ritual, but is killed by Wayne Whittaker, who is actually the leprechaun that Mr. Brennan made his deal with. The leprechaun then tries to make a deal with Sam to give him his soul back, but Sam refuses. They fight until Sam spills salt in front of him, and he is forced to start counting the grains. Sam then reads the ritual and all of the fairies are banished back to their realm. Dean, who was being beaten by the Red Cap in his jail cell, is saved in time and is released from jail the next morning. The little person, who was also the district attorney for Tipton county, dropped the charges against him.
Characters
Definitions
- Aliases
- Costumes & Disguises
- Dean's Police Record
- Fairies
- Impala
- Iron
- Lucifer's Cage
- Salt
- Sam & Dean's Arrests
- Sexual Encounters
- Souls
- Title Card
- The X-Files
Music
- "All That for Me" by Chris Jones
- (plays at the beginning of the episode)
- "Country with Bump" by The Neil Nelson Band
- (plays in the bar while Dean is being abducted)
- "Space Oddity" by David Bowie
- (plays when Dean and the fairy face off)
Quotes
Sam: Okay, if you want to add glitter to that glue you’re sniffing, that’s fine, but don’t dump your whackadoo all over us. We’d rather not step in it.
Dean: Empathy, man. Empathy. I mean, the old Sam would have given her some, some wussified, dew-eyed crap.
Dean: Empathy, Sam! Empathy!
Sam: They still after you?
Sam: Yeah, right. My brother was abducted so I’m pretty good on the whole proof part.
Sparrow: Your brother was abducted?
Sam: Yeah.
Sparrow: Oh my God.
Sam: It’s fine. I mean, I’ve had time to adjust.
Sparrow: Did it happen when you were kids?
Dean: What the hell?
Sparrow: Oh that’s Dean! Sam, they brought your brother back. Okay. It’s all right, Sam. I so totally understand that you need time as a family. But it’s just—what were they like?
Dean: Well, uh, there was this... God help me, Sam, there was this bright white light!
Sam: It’s okay. Safe room.
Dean: And then suddenly, I was, uh, I was in a different place. And there were these beings, and they were too bright to look at, but I could feel them pulling me towards this sort of table—
Sam: Probing table!
Dean: I went crazy. I started hacking and slashing and firing. They actually seemed surprised. I don’t think anybody’s ever done that before. Yeah. I had a close encounter, Sam, and I won.
Sam: You should take a shower.
Dean: Oh no. Not again. Nipples?
Dean: It was a, a little... naked lady, okay?
Sam: It was a what?
Dean: God, is it on me? I feel like I’ve got the crazy on me.
Sam: No. You did sit in some glitter, though.
Sam: No. You did sit in some glitter, though.
Sam: What am I supposed to do?
Dean: Fight the fairies. You fight those fairies. Fight the fairies!!
Dean: Fight the fairies. You fight those fairies. Fight the fairies!!
Sheriff: I’m just trying to understand exactly what kind of hate crime this even was.
Dean: It wasn’t a hate crime.
Sheriff: I mean, if this gentleman were a full-sized homosexual, would that be okay with you?
Sam: There’s no freaking way a leprechaun can do what angels cannot.
Wayne: Angels. Please. I’m talking about real magic, sonny. From my side of the fence. Got a way of getting in back doors.
Wayne: Angels. Please. I’m talking about real magic, sonny. From my side of the fence. Got a way of getting in back doors.
Sam: It was a deal. When’s a deal ever been a good thing?
Dean: Just making sure that’s where your head’s at. That you’re not having second thoughts about getting your soul back.
Trivia & References
The title of the episode is reference to a line from J.M. Barrie's The Adventures of Peter Pan, in which Peter asked the children dreaming of the Neverland to clap their hands if they believed in fairies in order to keep Tinkerbell alive. It is also the name of a 1989 animated film.
The brothers first investigated a possible alien abduction in 2.15 Tall Tales. Bobby states in the episode that he had never found any real evidence of an alien abduction. The culprit in that case was discovered to be a Trickster.
The opening credits to the episode are an homage to the 1990s series The X-Files, using similar music and images. The final text “The Truth is in There” is a twist on The X-Files catchphrase “The Truth Is Out There.”
- Supernatural title sequence for "Clap Your Hands If You Believe..."
- The X-Files Opening credits.
When the episode, "Clap Your Hands If You Believe...," was in the planning stages, "we decided to do an alien abduction as the teaser, and we immediately thought to do the title sequence," Gamble said.
Sera Gamble on why they decided to pay tribute to The X-Files:
"It would be hard to find someone working on the show who isn't an 'X-Files' fan," Gamble continued. "It was especially fun to put together the homage because 'Supernatural' does owe a real creative debt of gratitude to the show; I think the whole current generation of genre shows does."[1]
See Title Card for other episodes of Supernatural which have had different opening credits.
The X-Files titles remained unchanged for the first seven seasons of the show, changing when David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) left, and again on Gillian Anderson’s (Dana Scully) departure.
Supernatural gave a nod to The X-Files in the "Pilot" episode when Dean introduced himself and Sam to a group of FBI agents as Agents Mulder and Scully. In 2.07 The Usual Suspects, Dean calls Sam "Scully," to which he replies:
Sam: I'm not Scully, you're Scully.
Dean: No, I'm Mulder. You're a red-headed woman.
In 3.11 Mystery Spot, Dean said "Sounds pretty X-Files to me." Coincidentally the episode was directed by Kim Manners, who also directed The X-Files's time loop episode, "Monday."
Supernatural producer and director Kim Manners directed 52 episodes of The X-Files and was also a producer from 1995 to 2002. Other crew who worked on both shows include writer John Shiban, director David Nutter, and producer Vladimir Stefoff.
Like Supernatural, The X-Files was also filmed in Vancouver. Many actors have appeared on both shows, including:
- Mitch Pileggi (Samuel Campbell) played Mulder and Scully’s boss, Walter Skinner.
- William B. Davis was the infamous Cigarette Smoking Man in The X-files, and appeared in 1.11 Scarecrow.
- Steven Williams (Rufus Turner) was Mr. X in The X-Files.
- Mark Sheppard (Crowley), Chad Lindberg (Ash) and Frederic Lehne (Azazel), Katharine Isabelle (Ava Wilson), Nicki Aycox (Meg Masters) all appeared in episodes of The X-files.
Kramer, who plays Mr. Cooper the carnival owner in 2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown, appeared in three X-Files episodes (as different characters).
Other possible X-Files references include:
- Dean's exclamation "Fight the fairies!" is reminiscent of the first X-Files feature film, The X-Files: Fight the Future.
- Sam spilled salt, and the Leprechaun started to count each grain. In The X-Files season 5 episode 5X12 "Bad Blood", Mulder spilled sunflower seeds to stop the vampire - in this episode, vampires must stoop to count each grain.
- The cornfield chase is similar to that in The X-Files: Fight the Future, which is an homage to North by Northwest.
Dean: No, man. ET is made of rubber. Everybody knows that. But there are four legitimate vanishings in this town. Something’s going on. And Sam? By the way, it’s not the lady’s fault that she took the brown acid.
- Brown acid refers to having a bad LSD trip, which originated at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Dean: Hey, you wanna be a real boy, Pinnochio, you gotta act the part.
Sam: I was faking it Dean! Ever since we got back on the road together, I was picking every freaking word. It’s exhausting.
Dean: Okay. All Right. But until we get you back on the soul train, I’ll be your conscience, okay?
Sam: So you’re saying you’ll be my... Jiminy Cricket.
Dean: Shut up. But yeah, you freaking puppet. That’s exactly what I’m saying.
- Pinocchio is a character from a 19th century Italian novel, although the references in this episode come from the 1940 Disney cartoon version. Pinocchio is a wooden puppet, and his maker Geppetto wishes that he could be a real boy. A blue fairy grants the wish, on the grounds that Pinocchio prove that he can act like a human boy. Since Pinocchio has no conscience, a cricket called Jiminy agrees to act as his conscience.
Dean: Close encounter! Close encounter!
Sam: Close encounter? What kind? First? Second?
Dean: They're after me!
Sam: Third kind already? You better run, man. I think the fourth kind is a butt thing.
- A close encounter is a reference to an alien encounter. The term was coined by UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, who came up with an incremental classification system for different types of human/alien encounters:
- First Kind: Sighting of a UFO (flying saucer or strange lights)
- Second Kind: Sighting of a UFO and associated physical effects of a UFO (crop circles, radiation, paralysis, lost time, etc...)
- Third Kind: An observation of "animate beings" in conjunction with a UFO sighting.
- Fourth Kind: Abduction. (not part of Hynek's original scale)
- For a possible example of Sam's fourth kind encounter, see the very first episode of South Park, titled "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe."
- The term "close encounter" was popularized by the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The scene in the UFO followers camp was a shout-out to the musical signature from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Wayne Whittaker: Like I said before, son, the truth is out there.
- "The Truth Is Out There" was the catchphrase/motto of The X-Files.
Dean: I was abducted, and you were banging patchouli!
Sam: I didn't think she smelled that bad.
- Patchouli is a strong smelling plant, often used in perfume and insect repellent... But in this case, it's in reference to its use in incense, which is commonly associated with hippies.
Dean: So, on top of all the demons and the angels and the ghosts and the skinwalkers, it turns out that there’s—so if aliens are actually real, what’s next? Hobbits? Seriously.
- Hobbit are a race of short humanoids that reside in Middle Earth.
Sam: Okay! So how do we deal with the little green men?
- Little green men is a common term for aliens.
Dean microwaving the Fairy could be a reference to the scene in the 1984 movie Gremlins where Mrs. Peltzer kills one of the evil gremlins by microwaving it.
Sam: Okay, say these encounters have been going on for centuries, not with extraterrestrials but with ultra-terrestrials. People nowadays say 'space aliens' or whatever, but they used to call them—
Dean: Smurfs.
- Smurfs are a race of tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom shaped homes.
Sam: Hey, you’re the one who pizza-rolled Tinkerbell. I’m just doing the math. But this is good. This is a lead.
- Pizza Rolls are a frozen food product in the United States. Tinkerbell is a fairy from Peter Pan.
Marion: Mmm. There is much theory and little fact. We know they only take firstborn sons, just like Rumplestiltskin did. Personally, I think they’re taken to Avalon to service Oberon, the King of the Faery.
- Rumpelstiltskin is the creature/character in a German fairy tale. He makes a deal with a miller's daughter to spin straw into gold, in exchange for her first-born child.
- Avalon is an island in England that features prominently in Arthurian legend. In medieval and Renaissance literature, Oberon is king of the fairies and is most known nowadays as a character in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Dean: Alright, you stick with half and half, I'm gonna go check out his store.
- Half and half is the North American term for a light cream typically used in coffee. Dean calls Mr Brennan this, because they see him loading up his car with it.
Dean: Fight the fairies. You fight those fairies. FIGHT THE FAIRIES!!
- Possibly a coincidence, this scene bares remarkable resemblance to the scene in the 1995 movie Hackers, when Dade Murphy is arrested and yells to Cereal to tip him off about the location of the disc, ""They're trashing our rights, man! They're trashing the flow of data! They're trashing! Trashing! Trashing! Hack the planet! HACK THE PLANET!" as he is put into a police car.
Sam: It’s like Sedona, Arizona, crapped in here.
- Sedona has a reputation as a center for new age spirituality.
Dean: Freaking full of Keeblers over here, man. Just full of ‘em.
- The Keebler Elves have appeared in countless television advertisements throughout the years, shown baking Keebler cookies and cracker products.
Dean: It’s like the story with the shoe guy and all the elves. Hey, you think Brennan made a deal with a bunch of fairies?
- The story Dean is referring to The Elves and the Shoemaker by the Brothers Grimm, in which a poor shoemaker receives much-needed help from elves.
The being that stalks and assaults Dean is a Red Cap - a murderous assassin variety of fairy.
Sam: So you’re my blue fairy? You can make me a real boy again?
Wayne: When you wish upon a star.
- The Blue Fairy grants Geppeto's wish making the pupper Pinnochio a human boy. "When You Wish Upon a Star" is the main song played during the opening and closing credits of Pinocchio. It has since become the theme song of the Walt Disney Company, often used during commercials, opening film credits, etc.
The banishing spell Sam uses is in Scottish Gaelic:
- Leig seachad an ceangal sin, agus smàl an solus sin, agus fuadaich an sídhe air ais gu'n àite-breith.
- Let go of that binding, and blow out that light, and banish the fairies back to their birthplace.
- Сum sabhailt ar naoidhein gun am breith, agus cum dùinte an geata uamhasach seo.
- Keep the unborn children safe, and keep this terrible gate shut.
Dean: So. Here’s to the tiniest DA. At least they’re dropping the charges.
Sam: Little big man.
- Little Big Man was a Native American chief, a fearless and respected warrior who fought under, and was rivals with, Crazy Horse. It was also a 1970 American Western film directed by Arthur Penn and based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger.
Dean: You think Lucky Charms really could have , you know, soul to sender?
- A reference to the cereal Lucky Charms, whose mascot character is a Leprechaun named Lucky.
- The cereal was first mentioned in 1.18 Something Wicked, when a young Dean gives the last of the Lucky Charms he was saving for himself to Sam (in the first documented use of Sam's famous Puppy Dog Eyes.
- In 6.04 Weekend at Bobby's a demon reveals that Crowley's nickname is "Lucky the Leprechaun."
Minutiae
Ben Edlund talks about the episode concept and quote from Kripke about the episode from Comic Con 2010.
On the night it aired #FightTheFairies trended on Twitter. Similar to when #LuciferIsComing trended and caused much confusion, some on Twitter thought the hashtag was a homophobic slur. See Twitter for more info.
Robert Picardo who played Wayne Whittaker talks about working on the show.
At Salute to Supernatural San Francisco 2011 Jensen explained that he had ad libbed the line " You fight those fairies."
The hotel room the brothers are staying in a has a corn theme, which may be a reference to the corn field where the boy in the teaser and Dean are abducted.
The exact time Dean returns to the motel room, according to Sam's cell phone, is 4:07am.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode Title from SpoilerTV
- Behind-the-Scenes Photo
- Promotional Photos from SpoilerTV
- Promo
- Space Promo
- Space Promo #2
Episode Meta
- Ardeospina. 2010. A Visual Review -- Clap Your Hands if You Believe. The Winchester Family Business, December 1; archive link
- 6.09 Clap Your Hands If You Believe …: The Truth Is In There by bardicvoice (November 2010); archive link
- Bond, Silvia. 2010. I Believe: "Clap Your Hands If You Believe" Season 6, Episode 9. Pink Raygun, November 23; archive link, spn-heavymeta
- Chan, Suzette. 2011. Supernatural Talk: Tarts talk about 6.09: Clap Your Hands if You Believe. Sequential Tart, January 3; archive link
