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|director= [[Guy Bee]]
|writer= [[Ben Edlund]]
|imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1995124/ How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters]
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|outline= [[Sam]], [[Dean, ]] and [[Bobby ]] become actual hunters when they track a creature that has been attacking people in the woods. Meanwhile, the local [[Biggerson's restaurantRestaurant]]'s special sandwich is making people crazy. |motw=[[Leviathans]]
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|location= Wharton State Forest, The Pine Barrens<br>
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Something kills and eats a camper in the Wharton State Forest, and [[Dean]], [[Sam, ]] and [[Bobby ]] squat in an abandoned house while they investigate that and a number of missing persons reports. Dean complains about their living conditions over the last few weeks, but Bobby is insistent that they need to follow [[Frank Devereaux]]'s advice and stay off the grid while the [[Leviathans]] are after them. Dean, though, is fed up and points out that the world is always on the verge of ending—maybe it wants to end. Bobby tells him not to think about it.
Sam's research uncovers conflicting reports about a creature dubbed the Jersey Devil hiding in the forest, so their first stop is to interview a park ranger. Chief Ranger Rick Evans meets them at a [[Biggerson's Restaurant]], and they question him about the state police's conclusion that a bear is behind the camper's death. As he eats a Turducken sandwich, he tells them that a bear wasn't behind it. Also, he and his assistant, Phil, have been finding partially eaten animal remains in the woods for a while now. When Rick mentions that he hasn't seen or heard from Phil in a while, Sam asks Rick if Phil could be missing. Rick is strangely unconcerned—just says that he should probably report it and continues eating his sandwich.
Bobby arrives at Biggerson's from the morgue and tells Dean and Sam that the wounds on the camper's body don't seem to have been caused by a Leviathan, a werewolf, or a [[Wendigo (creature)|wendigo]]. They take a break for lunch, and Dean happily devours his Turducken sandwich as Sam fills Bobby in on what they learned from Ranger Rick. They decide that something weird is definitely going on and that they need to search the woods themselves. Before they go, their unaccountably aggressive waiter shouts at his manager and storms out.
Once in the woods, Bobby's hunting and tracking skills quickly lead them to Ranger Phil's mangled body hanging from a tree. They call Ranger Rick, who arrives at the scene after dark and again seems strangely calm and disconnected. He uses his radio to call for backup just before he's snatched by something fast moving. Bobby, Dean, and Sam raise their weapons, but are too slow. Bobby urges them to turn off their flashlights and then closes his eyes to better hear the sounds the creature makes as it starts to eat Ranger Rick. Eyes still closed, he shoots his .30-30 rifle up into the trees... and hits his target.
While Dean sleeps off the effects of the goo, Sam and Bobby stake out the Biggerson's Restaurant. They see a nondescript truck drop off a shipment of meat and follow it back to an unmarked warehouse. Dean wakes up as they arrive, and they all watch as a car parks next to the truck. The Leviathan [[Edgar]] steps out, pulls a hooded figure out of the trunk, and forces him inside the warehouse.
The hooded figure is the Biggerson's waiter Brandon, and he has developed the same hyper-aggressive behavior as Gerald Browder. In the warehouse, Edgar greets the [[Leviathan ]] [[Dr . Gaines]] and tells him that he needs to be more careful because the adverse reactions that some people, like Gerald and Brandon, have to his formula are drawing attention. Dr Gaines seems optimistic about his experiments, even his failures, but Edgar warns him that [[Dick Roman]] is coming and that he needs to burn his "mistakes."
Bobby, Sam, and Dean are still watching the warehouse when Dick Roman shows up. Bobby and Sam instantly know who he is: a famous billionaire and one of the 35 most powerful men in America. Dean realizes that Crowley was talking about Dick Roman when he mentioned "hating Dick" during their last encounter, and Bobby points out that the Leviathans must have big plans if they're taking the identities of men like Dick Roman. Bobby gets out an advanced listening device and plans to find a higher vantage point to spy on the Leviathans from.
'''Dean:''' I'm right here, right here
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[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2138746/ Olivia Cheng] who played the [[Leviathan ]] [[Susan]] used the Supernatural Wiki to [https://twitter.com/#!/ThatOliviaCheng/statuses/137998476750487553 research the role]:<br>:"Thanks for starting page for me on @SuperWiki, that's what I browsed to research #Supernatural before shooting" [https://twitter.com/#!/ThatOliviaCheng/statuses/137998476750487553 Source]"I caught up on #Supernatural through your contributions, I didn't know what a Leviathan was when cast." ([https://twitter.com/#!/ThatOliviaCheng/status/137999191149527040 Source]).
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[[Bob Singer]] did the voice over on the ''Soothing Nature Sounds'' recording ([http://twitter.com/TheJimMichaels/status/137712337913266176 Source]).
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The beer Dean drinks is called MargieKugel Beer. [https://twitter.com/#!/TheJimMichaels/status/137713152698748928 Made by the Art department ] it is named after [[Jerry Wanek]]'s mother combined with a local Wisconsin beer Linenkugel. [https://twitter.com/#!/TheJimMichaels/status/137713152698748928 Source]
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'''Ranger Evans:''' You can call me Rick. Ranger Rick.<br>
:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_Rick Ranger Rick] is a children’s nature magazine that is published by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Wildlife_Federation National Wildlife Federation] for 7–12-year-olds, as well as the title character of the magazine.''
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'''Bobby:''' You don't shoot Bambi, jackass. You shoot Bambi's mother.<br>
:''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034492/ Bambi] is a 1942 animated Disney movie about a young fawn called Bambi, whose mother is killed by hunters.''
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'''Brandon:''' Sidewinder soup and salad combo goes to Big Bird. TDK Slammer to Ken Doll. And a little Heart Smart for Creepy Uncle. <br>
:''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bird Big Bird] is a very tall, very yellow, avian character from Sesame Street. See [[Sam's Height]] for other references. [http://www.manbehindthedoll.com/ Ken] is boyfriend to Barbie, known for his plastic good looks.''
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'''Dean:''' Of course, the sketch looks more like a Chewbacca head. <br>
:''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chewbacca Chewbacca] aka Chewie, is a Wookie who is friends with Han Solo in the Star Wars universe.''
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Sam and Bobby's zombie autopsy, in which they pull bizarre items from the creature's stomach, may be a reference to the famous shark autopsy in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/ Jaws], where amongst other things, a license plate is found in the shark's stomach.}}
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'''Sam:''' Okay, so whatever turned Gerry Browder into a Pumpkinhead - and is currently turning Dean into an idiot -- <br>
:''Pumpkinhead is a vengeance demon which possesses a corpse dug up from a pumpkin patch in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkinhead_%28film%29 1988 horror movie of the same name].''
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'''Bobby:''' He's sleeping it off. Tryptophan coma.<br>
:''[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tryptophan%20coma&defid=1522247 Tryptophan coma] is the nickname given to the sloth and sleepiness experienced by many after Thanksgiving lunch. Turkey is (falsely) believed to contain very high tryptophan levels, said to work as a sedative. This episode aired just before Thanksgiving 2011.''
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'''Bobby:''' Now, you get a case of the Anne Sextons, something's gonna come up behind you and rip your fool head off.<br>
:''[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/14 Anne Sexton] was a poet known for writing about her emotional issues and distress. She committed suicide in 1967.''
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'''Bobby:''': Now I have officially seen it all.<br>'''Sam:''': Bobby, what is it?<br>'''Bobby:''': He's making the doctor eat himself.<br>
:''This may be a reference to the following line from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/?ref_=sr_1 Team America: World Police]:<br>
'''Gary Johnston:''' OK, a limousine that can fly. Now I have seen everything.<br>
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[http://storify.com/superwiki/jim-michaels-live-tweets Live tweets] from [[Jim Michaels]] during airing.
