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|name= Arthur Ketch<br>Alexander Ketch (alias)
|actor= [[David Haydn-Jones]]
|dates= February 21, 1974 – 2019 (bornkilled by [[Ardat]])
|location=
|occupation= [[British Men of Letters]] (excommunicado)<br>Mercenary Hunter
|episodes= [[12.02 Mamma Mia]]<br>[[12.04 American Nightmare]]<br>[[12.08 LOTUS]]<br>[[12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)]]<br>[[12.13 Family Feud]]<br>[[12.14 The Raid]]<br>[[12.17 The British Invasion]]<br>[[12.18 The Memory Remains]]<br>[[12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes]]<br>[[12.21 There's Something About Mary]]<br>[[12.22 Who We Are]]<br>[[13.07 War of the Worlds]]<br>[[13.13 Devil's Bargain]]<br>[[13.17 The Thing]]<br>[[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]]<br>[[13.22 Exodus]]<br>[[14.09 The Spear]]<br>[[15.02 Raising Hell]]<br>[[15.03 The Rupture]]
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He is killed by [[Mary Winchester]], but is resurrected by a [[Resurrection Charm|powerful charm]] sewn into his body which he received from [[Rowena]] when she was captured by the British Men of Letters a few years prior. Afterwards, he decides to become a mercenary hunter under the alias "Alexander," killing monsters all over the world for a fee provided by a certain sort of clientele. He is also staying incognito knowing that the British Men of Letters would execute him for desertion.
After falling into the service of [[Asmodeus]], Ketch joined the hunt for the [[Nephilim]] [[Jack Kline]] and his father the [[archangel]] [[Lucifer]]. He subsequently became a reluctant ally of the Winchesters due to the greater threats from Asmodeus, Lucifer , and the [[Apocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]. After rescuing Displaying remorse for his past misdeeds, Ketch rescued [[Gabriel]], Ketch and joined a mission to Apocalypse World, helping Dean to rescue [[Charlie Bradbury (Apocalypse World)|Charlie Bradbury]] and then remaining behind to help the human resistance in their fight against the [[angels]]. Following the return from Apocalypse World, Ketch remains an ally of the Winchesters, helping them in their fight against Michael by searching for the [[hyperbolic pulse generator]] they need. Ketch later joined the fight against the [[Hell Ghosts]], but was also hired by the demon [[Ardat]] to assassinate [[Belphegor]]. After Ketch failed to complete the job and refused to give up his friends for any price, he was murdered by Ardat.
==Episodes==
After Sam, Dean, and [[Castiel]] are stopped and held at gun point by the Secret Service. Mr. Ketch drives up to the scene in [[Mr. Ketch's Car|his car]]. Casually exiting his car with a [[grenade launcher]], he fires it at the Secret Service's SUV, blowing it up and knocking the agents unconscious. He tells Castiel to wipe their memories as he kicks [[Rick Sanchez]], knocking him unconscious. He asks the Winchesters who is after them, noting the government plates on the cars. When Dean demands to know who the hell he is, Mr. Ketch introduces himself as "Arthur Ketch, British Men of Letters."
That night, Mr. Ketch explains that his job is to "strongly encourage" the Winchesters' cooperation with the British Men of Letters. He was sent by [[Mick Davies ]] after Sam called him and hung up, leading Davies to believe that the Winchesters were in trouble. When the boys are leery after dealing with Lady Bevell, Mr. Ketch has Castiel confirm that he's not lying. He shows them his arsenal of weapons, including a [[Hyperbolic Pulse Generator]], a device capable of exorcising a demon from its vessel. Recognizing its potential, Sam asks if it will work on an [[angel]]. Intrigued, Mr. Ketch asks what they have gotten themselves into, only to be told by Dean that if the British Men of Letters want to be trusted, they need to trust the Winchesters with the pulse generator, which Mr. Ketch freely gives up.
===[[12.09 First Blood]]===
Mary and Mr. Ketch are hunting together. As Mr. Ketch drops Mary off at her motel he asks her about getting a drink, but she declines. Mr. Ketch then brings up Sam and Dean, and suggests Mary "disengage" from them for a bit. He says that working for the British Men of Letters is demanding work and must come first above everything else. He calls the Men of Letters his family. Mary refuses the notion, telling him nothing comes before her family. Ketch asks her if she really believes that, noting she is "softer, weaker" around them.
[[File:12x14 Map Table Dean and Ketch.png|thumb|left|350px|Dean and Ketch talk about the Men of Letters over scotch.]]
===[[12.14 The Raid]]===
:''"And whilst I understand that you're not feeling... warmly disposed to me, I wonder, what's your disposition to this incredibly rare, unspeakably expensive bottle of barrel-proof Scotch?"''
After news of an angel kill squad reaches the camp, Ketch tags along with Charlie to rescue the humans about to be executed. The two intercept the angels leading a human to his death, but when Charlie removes the hood on the prisoner to tell him he is saved, the prisoner pulls an angel blade and captures Charlie at blade point, forcing Ketch to drop his weapon as well.
Ketch and Charlie are then taken to an old Gas-N-Sip where Charlie sits, restrained and beat up, while Ketch is being brutally tortured by an angel. When Ketch proves resistant, meeting the angel's torture with mockery, the angel reveals he has made a call to [[Castiel (Apocalypse World)|a specialist]] in extracting information. Upon his arrival, Castiel tells Charlie she has a strong will, but like everyone it will be broken too, and all her information will flow from her mind to his. As he places his hands on her head and begins to extract information, Ketch watches helplessly with tears in his eyes. The power soon cuts out. Realizing they are under attack, Castiel flees as Jack and the Winchesters mount a rescue. As Castiel confronts and kills his evil counterpart, killing Sam, Dean, and Mary burst in and Dean kills the angel that has been torturing Ketch before freeing him, leading Ketch to comment on the angelsirony of Dean saving his life for once.
Ketch and Charlie return to Bobby's camp, where their injuries are treated. During the escape from Apocalypse World, Ketch is leads the way as the first one through the riftto show the refugees how it's done. Arriving on the other side, Ketch is surprised , intrigued, and intrigued somewhat disgruntled to see Rowena there. Later, he is one of many enjoying a glass of liquor as the refugees celebrate their escape.
===[[13.23 Let the Good Times Roll]]===
Ketch calls in to [[the Bunker]] by video and the Winchesters walk in on [[Jack]] listening to him explain how he infiltrated a compound. They cut his story short, telling Ketch to get on with it, and he reveals he was able to locate the [[Hyperbolic Pulse Generator]] in the possession of a Hungarian rare weapons collector named Arpad Valko. After stealing the egg, he was met by a group of mercenaries in Budapest, which forced him to "drop" the egg. He attempts to reassure the worried Winchesters that he mailed it through Certified Priority Express and it should arrive the day after tomorrow, which does not ease the Winchesters. He reminds the brothers he no longer has access to top-shelf clandestine courier networks and did his best to improvise. Upon learning that they needed the egg "now" to deal with Michael, Ketch apologizes before signing off.
===[[1415.19 Jack in the Box02 Raising Hell]]===:''"Oh, admit it. You've killed me once. You've been itching to do it again."''As [[Francis Tumblety]] tries to force Sam and Dean into removing the warding by having townspeople possessed and killed, Ketch appears with a weapon that fires iron flakes, forcing the [[Hell ghosts]] to be ejected from their bodies and Tumblety to flee. At the high school, Ketch informs the Winchesters he was in the area and answered their call for help. Seeing [[Rowena]], he apologizes to her for their last meeting in which the [[British Men of Letters]] had her tortured. Rowena assures him she hasn't forgotten how he helped her escape. When Belphegor arrives in the room, [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] reveal to Ketch that [[Jack]] is dead and was killed by [[God]]. [[Belphegor]] introduces himself to a surprised Ketch , who tells Sam and Dean he was hired by a [[demon]] named [[Ardat]] to assassinate Belphegor, whom she claimed was a monstrous threat to humanity. Later that night, Ketch and Dean go on patrol and are alerted that two hunters have failed to check in. Arriving at meat-packing plant, the two are attacked by an ax-wielding ghost, which is forced to abandon the two by a shadowy figure, which reveals itself to be [[Kevin Tran]]. Back at the school, Ketch and Rowena begin flirting as she creates the [[soul catcher]]. Ketch offers to aid her alchemy with science; after splitting a wire and using the electricity to cause a shock in Rowena's mixture of ingredients, he tells her she can now skip two steps. As their flirtation becomes more intense, they are interrupted by a phone call from Dean, telling Rowena to hurry things up. With the soul catcher finished, Rowena goes to meet with everyone, but is confronted by Tumblety. Ketch soon appears and shoots the spirit with rock salt, allowing Rowena to make her escape, before Tumblety re-materializes and strikes Ketch in the back of the head with a rock.[[File:KetchDead.png|thumb|right|350px|Ketch lies dead in his hospital room.]]At the barrier, Rowena begins using the soul catcher to absorb the Hell ghosts. In the midst of this, Ketch knocks her down and takes the soul catcher for himself, revealing that he has been possessed by Francis Tumblety. After threatening to use the soul catcher to destroy the barrier, Dean shoots Ketch with iron rounds, forcing Tumblety out of Ketch's body, and allowing the ghost to be absorbed into the soul catcher. As Castiel is unable to attend Maryheal Ketch's funeralbullet wounds, however he does send is carted off on an ambulance after Sam and Dean a bottle of expensive scotch give their regards. ===[[15.03 The Rupture]]===:''"Not at any price."''Ketch wakes up in the hospital and is determined to return to Harlan to help his friends. However, Ardat, enraged at Ketch's failure to kill Belphegor, kills Ketch's nurse and overpowers him when Ketch tries to attack the demon with an [[angel blade]]. Ardat recognizes that Ketch is protecting his friends, the Winchesters, and won't give them up for any price. Rather than try further to express make him talk, Ardat brutally rips out his condolencesstill-beating heart and shows it to Ketch before crushing it, killing him. LaterArdat then uses Ketch's cell phone to text Dean and trick him into revealing what the Winchesters are up to. Belphegor is later able to kill Ardat, avenging Ketch's death. After the Hell ghosts are sealed away again, Dean reveals to Sam that the other hunters found Ketch's body and that it was bad. Dean tells Sam that Ketch was most likely killed by a demon and the Winchesters are drinking left to mourn his loss and the scotch in loss of [[Rowena]]. Even though they realize that Ketch was killed by a demon, they don't know that the kitchendemon was Ardat.<br clear ="all">
==Trivia==
[[File:Ketch tattoo.jpg|right|150px]]
* There was an executioner in the 1680s named [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ketch Jack Ketch], appointed by King Charles II, who was renowned for botching his kills.
* Mr. Ketch sported a Celtic cross tattoo on his right hand throughout Season 12. Upon his return in Season 13, the tattoo is gone. It is not clear if Ketch had the tattoo removed intentionally or if his hand was fully healed as a by-product of the resurrection spellthough Dean at least suspected he had it removed as part of his guise as "Alexander Ketch. " * According to Ketch in [[File:Ketch tattoo13.jpg|center|200px17 The Thing]]*Despite his major recurring role , he has fought in the twelfth and thirteenth seasonsmultiple unspecified war zones. When Sam calls [[Apocalypse World]] a war zone, Ketch's role in the fourteenth season was reduced response is to a few mentions and a single Skype callstate that it "won't be my first. Shan't be my last."
==See also==
