7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo
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Title | The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo |
Episode # | Season 7, Episode 20 |
First aired | April 27, 2012 |
Directed by | Johnny MacCarthy |
Written by | Robbie Thompson |
On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1995114/ |
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Monster | Leviathans |
Timeline | April 2012 |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Bobby
- Charlene Bradbury aka "Charlie"
- Dick Roman
Definitions
Music
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine - while Charlie is in the elevator
Quotes
Trivia & References
The episode title "The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo" is a play on the title of the popular book which was also made into a film in both Sweden and the US called The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, that also features a female hacker. Dungeons and Dragons is a tabletop roleplaying game (RPG) , which has come to be used as the generic name for similar fantasy RPGs.
Felicia Day who plays Charlie, is herself an avid gamer. She is the creator and stars in the comedy webseries The Guild about a group of online gamers. Felicia is also known for her roles in Joss Whedon's Buffy, Dollhouse and Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
This episode was directed by Johnny MacCarthy. Johnny Mac is the first assistant director on Supernatural. He works on the "odd"-numbered episodes of Supernatural, while Kevin Parks works on the odd-numbered ones. He also worked with Jensen on Dark Angel.
He is the second crew member, along with Production designer Jerry Wanek, to make his directorial debut on Supernatural this season.
Charlene reveals that her name is an alias. Her surname Bradbury is a reference to acclaimed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.
Charlie reveals she has a Tattoo is of Princess Leia in her slave girl outfit astride a 20-sided dice (which are used in RPGs). She got it while drunk at Comic Con.
After Sam gives Charlie the "What would Hermoine Do?" pep speech, Charlie uses the phrase Kick It In The Ass!, which was [Kim Manners]] catchphrase. The line was originally Kick Ass, but Felicia changed it on suggestion of director Johnny MacCarthy source.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode titles 7.13 to 7.19
- Plot spoiler from Eonline
- More details on plot spoiler
- Cover of technical survey tweeted by Jim Michaels
- Promo clip
- Webclip
- CHCH promo clip
- Promo pics via SpoilerTV
- Bob Singer introduces the episode
- Interview with Felicia Day by Zap2It
- Interview with Felicia Day by EW