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/
Outline
Monster Leviathans
Timeline April 2012
Location(s) Chicago, Illinois
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Synopsis

Characters

Definitions

Music

Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine - while Charlie is in the elevator

Quotes

Charlie: If you can't score at a reproductive rights function, then you simply cannot score.

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.
Bobby: I got a glimpse at Dick's big plan, right before he Lincoln'ed me.

In the 1973 dystopian sci-fi movie Soylent Green, Charlton Heston uncovers the fact that the food the population is subsisting on is not made of plankton, but is actually processed from human corpses.
Bobby: Dick is about to get into the Soylent green business

This is a reference to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, who was shot in the head, as was Bobby.
Bobby: This is about those Levi's living here one percenter style

The concept of the one percenter is used to refer to inequity of wealth distrution in the U.S. where 1% of the population control the most of the power structures and wealth. It became a concept widely used during the Occupy movement which started in 2011.
Charlie enters work listening Katrina and the Waves singing "Walking On Sunshine" through headphones. This recreates an early scene in the movie American Psycho where amoral psychopathic business man Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale, does the same thing. Dick Roman bears a close resemblance in his demeanour, style and evil insanity to Patrick Bateman.
Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Veronica Mars and Wonder Woman are all owned by Warner Brothers which also produces Supernatural.
Charlies desk at Richard Roman Enterprises is decorated with bobblehead Darth Vader, C3P0 and a stormtrooper dolls, a Yoda Pez dispenser, and at least one Star Wars Comic, Wonder Woman figure, set of Lord of the Rings Pez dispensers, two Harry Potter and a Dumbledore figurine. In pride of place is her Hermione figure which Charlie refers to as "H"".
The episode abounds in Star Wars references:
  • Dean: Perfect, it's in the middle of the Death Star.
  • Charlie is wearing a Pricess Leia t-shirt with the slogan "Rebel" on it
  • On her desk, Charlie has bobblehead Darth Vader, C3P0 and a stormtrooper dolls, a Yoda Pez dispenser, and at least one Star Wars Comic
The episode also packs in references to Harry Potter:
  • On her desk Charlie has two Harry Potter and a Dumbledore figurine. In pride of place is her Hermione figure which Charlie refers to as "H"".
The episode also has Lord Of The Rings references:
Charlie is seen hacking into a website called theusconservatives.org (which doesn't exist). She transfers funds of $10,000 from there to a group called Änimal Lovers & Lovers of the Planet".



On the front page the Republican Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates are given as John Macarthy and Gabe Correa respectively. John Macarthy is actually the first assistant director on Supernatural (and also directed the episode) and Gabe Correa is the thrid A.D. on Supernatural. Neither bear any resemblance to the photos on the website.
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). In a scenario familiar to many fans, she claims she got it while drunk at Comic Con.



During the airing of the episdoe, the phrase #DandDtattoo trended on twitter source.
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.

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