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Revision as of 13:37, 6 December 2012
Title | Hunteri Heroici |
Episode # | Season 8, Episode 8 |
First aired | November 28, 2012 |
Directed by | Paul Edwards |
Written by | Andrew Dabb |
On IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2426140/ |
Outline | Castiel wants to be a hunter like Sam and Dean, and he finds a case for them to work together, where a man's heart literally burst out of his chest. |
Monster | Humans |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Contents
Synopsis
Dean, Sam, and Castiel are at a gas station refueling the Impala. Sam is on the phone with Linda Tran, who tells him that she and Kevin are now on Garth's safe-houseboat and that Kevin is having difficulties translating the half of the God tablet they got back from Crowley. He tells her to call if they find anything. Dean asks Castiel if there's any angel chatter about the tablet, and Castiel tells him that he's cut himself off from angel communications because he doesn't want anything to do with heaven. Instead, he wants to be a hunter.
Characters
- Sam Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Castiel
- Fred Jones
- Naomi
- Amelia Richardson
- Gary Freleng
- Mrs Freleng
- Dr Dwight Mahoney
- Stan Thompson
- Riot
- BOB
Definitions
Music
Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven.
Quotes
Dean: What's the word, Cas?
Castiel: It's a shortened version of my name.
Castiel: It's a shortened version of my name.
Dean: So, what now? Move to Vermont, open up a charming B&B?
Castiel: I understand. The bird represents God, and the coyote is man, endlessly chasing the divine but never able to catch him. It's hilarious.
Castiel: I was being bad cop.
Dean: You were being bad everything.
Dean: You were being bad everything.
Castiel: (to a cat he is "questioning") I'm not through with you.
Cat: Dumbass!
Cat: Dumbass!
Dean: Alright, let's gear up. It's wabbit season!
Castiel: I don't think you pronounced that correctly.
Castiel: I don't think you pronounced that correctly.
Stan: It won't last. You are living in a dream world.
Amelia: I like it here. I like this house. I like Sam.
Stan: Sam is a mess.
Trivia & References
The title Hunteri Heroici, is a play on the Looney Tunes cartoon convention of giving fake Latin species names to characters, for example Speedometrus Rapidus for the Roadrunner. During the the episode, there is a freeze frame where Dean is labelled as Hunterus Heroicus and Dr Mahoney labelled as Grotesques Villianus.
- The tags were presented in the typeface Comic Sans, a much maligned typeface, although in this situation, very appropriate.
After writing 16 episodes with Daniel Loflin this is the first episode on which Andrwe Dabb has had a solo credit on.
Big Ryan's Gas and Sip at the beginning of the episode was named after VFX Coordinator Ryan Curtis.
There are many references in the episode to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon, a Warner Brothers cartoon that started in the 1940s adn was part of the Merry Melodies and Looney Tune series. As described in the episode its own set of rules about physics in the cartoon world source.
- The first victim, whose heart explodes from his chest, is Gary Freleng. His last name is a reference to animator Friz Freleng who created iconic characters such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, and Sylvester the cat.
- Fred Jones' name may be a reference to Merry Melodies and Looney Tune animator and director Chuck Jones, and also to the character of Fred Jones from the Scooby Do series.
- Dean also refers to the Animaniacs which was a 1990s cartoon series.
Brian Markinson who played Amelia's father Stan Thompson, previously appeared on 1.04 Phantom Traveler as Jerry Panowski.
Castiel's turn as the "bad cop" was an homage to TV detective Columbo from the 1970's detective series. In the show, Columbo also wore a crumpled trench coat.
- Misha Collins once called Castiel "Columbo". On CW event of 5.21 Two Minutes To Midnight, Collins tweeted "The guy dressed as Columbo needs to wash his face." and "The smart looking Columbo guy seems like he's turning into a big gun fanatic. He should join the NRA. Start raising money for." (#21 and #24) - See Misha on Twitter
Dean: I don't know what we're hunting. Maybe it's a tulpa, maybe it some guy who watched too much Robot Chicken.
- A tulpa is an idea that is made manifest, such as was encountered by Sam and Dean in 1.17 Hell House. Robot chicken is a stop-motion animated series that parodies pop culture.
Ben Edlund once pitched the idea of an episode with an act break from the POV of a cat, which happens in this episode. source.
The cat in the nursing home is wearing a tag with "BOB" on it - the voice of the cat was provided by Bob Singer source.
Castiel: This is happening, Mr. Jones. They're using you.
Fred Jones: As what – some kind of a damn psychic CopperTop?
- CopperTop is a brand of battery made by Duracell.
Dean: Let's blow this Termite Terrace.
- Termite Terrace is the nickname for the Warner Brother's animation department.
In one flashback sequence, when Sam is at the sink with Stan, he can be seen rubbing the palm of his left hand, a technique that Dean taught him in 7.02 Hello, Cruel World to connect with reality and distract him from his hallucinations of Lucifer.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Episode Title
- Guest star cast by Zap2It
- Photos from filming by socialitelife
- Plot spoilers from TVLine
- Plot spoilers from TV Overmind
- Promo pics by TV Overmind
- Episode promo
- Sneak Peek by Supernaturalcmm
- Video interview with Jared, Jensen and Misha about the episode by TVOvermind
- Winchester Radio's discussion of this episode