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__NOTOC__[[File:Constantine trench coat wearer.jpg|thumb|160px|right|John Constantine; artwork by Tim Bradstreet.]][[Castiel]]'s Trench Coat trench coat has become a trademark of the character. Creator [[Eric Kripke]] wanted to base based the look of the character on the D.C. comic book DC Comics character occult detective [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Constantine John Constantine], also a trench coat wearer.<ref name="Eclipse Magazine 2008">[http://eclipsemagazine.com/hollywood-insider/6692/hollywood-insidersupernatural%E2%80%99s-angel-of-thursday-%E2%80%93-chatting-with-misha-collins-about-castiel/ Eclipse Magazine 2008]</ref>In [[14.13 Lebanon]], an alternate timeline [[Zachariah]] makes a reference to the resemblance by calling a confused Castiel "Constantine."

[[Misha ]] has described how when he was cast in the role he had to fly to Vancouver to be fitted for the wardrobe, and he pretty much agreed to the first suit they had him try on - little knowing it would be all he would ever wear in the role!<ref name="Salute to Supernatural New Jersey 2009">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFEJiw-hO3s Salute to Supernatural New Jersey 2009]</ref>

The trench coat has not had an easy life - it was shot up by [[Dean ]] on its very first appearance. Yet while it is always rather rumpled, it miraculously appears repaired at Castiel's next appearance. Misha explained it thus: “Not only can Castiel heal the human body he’s possessing, but he has magical clothes mending abilities as well.”<ref name="Eclipse Magazine 2009">[http://eclipsemagazine.com/hollywood-insider/9325/ Eclipse Magazine 2009]</ref> The trench coat also featured in the documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18WkFoFvSA Behind the Scenes of Supernatural: A Fan's Perspective].

|[[File:Constantine castiel.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Castiel]] and the trench coat wearer.]]|[[File:Newblacktrench coat s6.jpg|thumb|200px|right|John Constantine|150pxThe impostor trench coat in [[season 6]] photoshoot.]]|[[File:castielCasnewcoat.jpgpng|thumb|200px|right|Castiel and the Trench Coat's new coat as of [[9.10 Road Trip]].|200px]]|[[File:Newblacktrench coat s6CastielCoat-S13.jpgpng|thumb|200px|right|The impostor trench Castiel's new coat in season 6 photoshoot[[13.06 Tombstone]].|200px]]|}{|align="center"|[[File:Bloodytrenchcoat.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Bloodied Trench Coat trench coat from [[7.02 Hello, Cruel World]]; pic by [[Guy Bee]].|200px]]| [[File:Cass trench breakdown.jpg|framethumb|200px|right|Castiel's [[Purgatory Trenchcoat]] trench coat; pic by [[Dawn Grey]].Breakdown artists used a combination of dyes and air brush paints with sanding techniques to distress the coat.]]|[[File:Detailcascostumeresize.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Detail of Castiel's costume tweeted by [[Tara Larsen]].]] |[[File:Continuity trench.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Detail of Castiel's costume tweeted by @kauriemac.]]

When the [[Leviathans]] take control of [[Castiel]], he is last seen [[7.02 Hello, Cruel World]] as he walks into a lake before his vessel explodes. His trenchcoat trench coat washes to shore, and Dean fishes it from the water, folds it up, and takes it with him. Director [[Guy Bee]] said that there was no specific direction in the script for what should happen to the trench coat but that he suggested to [[Jensen ]] that he fold it up like "a flag at a soldier’s funeral..." [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mediablvd/2011/10/01/winchester-radio-hello-cruel-world-episode-discussion Source"a flag at a soldier’s funeral..."].

[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mediablvd/2011/10/01/winchester-radio-hello-cruel-world-episode-discussion Jensen said]: “I've been playing Dean so long I feel like I have a pretty good handle on how he would react to a situation – his relationship with Cas was very deep, there was a deep friendship there, and I discussed it with Guy Bee, and said if he ever comes back, he’s gonna need the trench coat. And there was just something like, almost a closure, I was just folding it up, like a flag... I wanted to take care of it, it belonged to somebody who meant a lot to Dean." [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mediablvd/2011/10/01/winchester-radio-hello-cruel-world-episode-discussion Source].

At {|align="center"|[[File:702castrenchcoat1.png|thumb|right|300px|All that remains of Cas in [[Salute to Supernatural Toronto 20117.02 Hello, Cruel World]].]] when asked what had happened to the trenchcoat after |[[File:Deantrenchcoat702.png|thumb|right|300px|[[Dean took it out of ]] retrieving the watercoat in [[7.02 Hello, Jared mimed Dean smelling it, and rubbing it all over himselfCruel World]]. Jensen said "he used it as a pillow - or as kindling]]|[[File:Castrench717. One of png|thumb|right|300px|[[Dean]] returns the two". coat to [[Castiel]] in [[http://www7.youtube17 The Born-Again Identity]].com/watch?v=SaraqQ7Sjys&feature=related Source].]|}

Dean keeps the trenchcoat with him, even moving it from car At [[Salute to car after they stop using the Impala Supernatural Toronto 2011]] when asked what had happened to avoid the police. It is glimpsed in the trunk trench coat after Dean took it out of the car in water, [[7.07 The MentalistsJared]]mimed Dean smelling it and rubbing it all over himself. Months later Dean meets up with Castiel in [[7http://www.youtube.17 The Born-Again Identity]com/watch?v=SaraqQ7Sjys&feature=related Jensen said] "he used it as a pillow - who has been living with amnesia or as a healer called Emmanuelkindling. One of the two. "

After Castiel remembers who he is, Dean returns [http://www.tvovermind.com/supernatural/supernatural-jib-conventtion-jared-jensen-sebastian-misha-resume-and-more/ Jensen also commented on the coat to himscene. Both Jensen and Misha have mentioned that they, along with director [[Bob Singer]] revised some of In the dialogue as originally written, as they felt like a cheesy romantic speech and out of character for Dean. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YQTqMXZdBwHkFLs promo] for the episode, Dean says to Cas "Part of me always believed that you'd come back," a line cut from the actual episode:<blockquote>"Misha and Bob Singer, who was directing that episode, we were crying-9kHYxc#laughing at how ridiculous it was that I had his jacket nicely folded in the trunk of the car... and not even the Impala, but a stolen car. There was no reason for the jacket to be in the trunk of that car. And Bob was like 'just do it, alright?! Watch Jensen ' Then we started saying the dialogue out loud and it...it was so bad. There was a line [Misha] discuss the scene at said that he couldn’t get out because it was so ridiculous, so we changed it. [[Jus In Bello Italy 2012]The trench coat]was so perfectly folded with the tie and the collar and Bob’s like ‘can you present it so we can see what it is’ and I was like 'no! No, I can’t!' Know that we have problems shooting scenes sometimes.</blockquote>

Afterwards, Castiel is once again seen with Dean keeps the trench coat with him, even while insanemoving it from car to car after they stop using the [[Impala]] to avoid the police. It is glimpsed in the trunk of the car in [[7. After waking 07 The Mentalists]]. Months later Dean meets upwith Castiel in [[7.17 The Born-Again Identity]], Castiel puts it back on over his hospital gownwho has been living with amnesia as a healer called Emmanuel.

The trenchoat get extremely distressed in After Castiel remembers who he is, Dean returns the coat to him. Both Jensen and Misha have mentioned that they, along with director [[PurgatoryBob Singer]], but again revised some of the dialogue as originally written, which felt to them like a cheesy romantic speech and out of character for Dean. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YQTq-9kHYxc#! Watch Jensen and Misha] discuss the scene at [Castiel[Jus In Bello Italy 2012]] was able to restore his clothes after he returned to Earth.

In [[9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]] Afterwards, Castiel, without his [[Grace]], is humanonce again seen with the trench coat even while insane. Covered in blood after killing [[Hael]]After waking up, he finds a laundromat and strips down to his boxers in order to wash Castiel puts it back on over his bloody clothes. However he is also experiencing thirst and hunger, and decides to spend his money on water instead. He steals clothes from another person's washing basket and leaves the laundromat, abandoning the trenchcoathospital gown.

{|align="center"|In [[File:702castrenchcoat19.png|thumb|right|300px|All that remains of Cas in 01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]] Castiel, without his [[7.02 Hello, Cruel Worldgrace]] ]]|[[File:Deantrenchcoat702, is human.png|thumb|right|300px|Dean retrieving the coat Covered in blood after killing [[7Hael]], he finds a laundromat and strips down to his boxers in order to wash his bloody clothes.02 HelloHowever he is also experiencing thirst and hunger, Cruel World]]]]|[[File:Castrench717and decides to spend his money on water instead.png|frame|right|300px|Dean returns He steals clothes from another person's washing basket and leaves the laundromat, abandoning the trench coat to Castiel in [[7.17 The Born-Again Identity]]]]|}

At In [[Jus In Bello Italy 20129.10 Road Trip]] Misha was asked about Dean hanging on to after Castiel's trenchcoat:<blockquote>What do I think about Dean keeping my trenchcoat? Well we kind has stolen the grace of talked about this, but I - I think it’s a little gay. Not in a bad way, just - it’s… it’s - y’know, he definitely the [[angel]] [[laughsTheo]] - it seems like, uh, it seems like he is definitely pretty, uh, pretty attracted returns to Cas… [audience cheers] And possiblywearing a suit, borderline obsessed. Um… so… yeah. I meansans tie, it’s and a little creepy, too. I kind of shudder to think what he did with new trench coat that trenchcoat. Uh… came out, maybe. What’d you think about it? [audience cheers] [http://wwwis slightly shorter than the original one.youtube.com/watch?v=GvC44V7pELc source]</blockquote>

Jensen also commented on the scene. In the [http://www[9.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MXZdBwHkFLs promo22 Stairway to Heaven]] for the episode, Dean says to Cas "Part of always believed that you'd come back", a line cut from the actual episode:<blockquote>Misha and Bob Singer, who was directing that episode, we were crying-laughing at how ridiculous it was that I had Metatron is seen in his jacket nicely folded in the trunk of the car...and not even the Impala, but office trying on a stolen car. There was no reason for the jacket to be in the trunk of that car. And Bob was trench coat much like Castiel'just do it, alright?!' Then we started saying the dialogue out loud and it...it was so bad. There was a line s when [[MishaGadreel] said that ] walks in on him; he couldn’t get out because it was so ridiculous, so we changed it. [The trench coat] was so perfectly folded with the tie and the collar and Bob’s like ‘can you present it so we can see what it is’ and I was appears to be quite embarrassed being seen like 'no! No, I can’t!' Know that we have problems shooting scenes sometimes. [http://www.tvovermind.com/supernatural/supernatural-jib-conventtion-jared-jensen-sebastian-misha-resume-and-more/ source]</blockquote>

In [[File:Detailcascostumeresize13.jpg|frame|right|Detail of Cas's costume tweeted 04 The Big Empty]], Castiel is wearing a new trench coat when he is brought back from [[the Empty]] by the [[Tara LarsenCosmic Entity]].]]

===Missing in Action===There are a few occasions when Cas lends the trench coat is absentto [[Jack]] to wear briefly as he leaves the hospital in [[14.07 Unhuman Nature]]. They include:

'''In [[414.20 The Rapture13 Lebanon]]'''<br>Not , an alternate timeline Castiel, but rather is wearing his vessel original trench coat when he and [[Jimmy NovakZachariah]], is seen not wearing fight the trench coat. Jimmy later puts it on when confronting the demons possessing his wife and holding his daughter and Castiel is thus wearing it again when Jimmy allows Castiel to possess him againWinchesters.

'''[[5.04 The End]]'''<br>==Missing in Action==In There are a possible version of 2014, [[Future!Castiel]] has disposed of few occasions when the trench coat and appears in more relaxed casual wear, in keeping with his changed persona. However, the current version of Castiel is seen wearing it when talking to Dean on the phone and after rescuing himabsent.

'''===[[5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight04 The End]]'''<br>===In a possible version of 2014, [[Future Castiel]] has disposed of the trench coat and appears in more relaxed casual wear, in keeping with his changed persona. However, the current version of Castiel is seen in hospital wearing only a hospital gown but is shown wearing it when talking to Dean on the rest of the episodephone and after rescuing him.

 '''===[[6.15 The French Mistake]]'''<br>===

'''===[[7.17 The Born-Again Identity:Category:Season 9|Season 9]]'''<br>===Castiel is living with amnesia as a healer called EmmanuelFollowing the end of [[9. Dean returns 01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]], the bloodied trench coat no longer appears due to him Castiel abandoning it, until [[9.10 Road Trip]] when he regains his memoriesbegins wearing a shorter trench coat.

In Season 8, Castiel is seen in ===[[14.12 Prophet and Loss]]===While visiting [[PurgatoryDonatello Redfield]], still wearing Castiel switches out his hospital garb, and the trench coat, which is very dirty and worn. When he returns to earth in [[8.07 A Little Slice for a lab coat as part of Kevin]]his disguise as Doctor Novak, he shaves though Castiel keeps his beard suit on underneath. After awakening Donatello and restores his suits and tiefilling him in, and cleans Castiel switches back to his trenchcoat in trench coat before joining the processWinchesters.

* The photo above shows ===[[14.13 Lebanon]]===In an alternate timeline created by the distressed trenchoat disappearance of [[John Winchester]] in Purgatory2003, Castiel is once again wearing his original trench coat. According to Assistant costume designer The alternate [[Dawn GreyZachariah]], calls Castiel "Constantine"Our breakdown artists used as a combination if dyes and air brush paints with sanding techniquesresult, but Castiel doesn't get the reference." [https://twitter.com/SPN7costumes/status/303683863325057025 source]

Following the end of ===[[915.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It HereBack and to the Future]]===After [[Castiel]]calls him an abomination, [[Belphegor]] tells Castiel that he is the abomination "with that stupid, dumb trench coat no longer appears due to Castiel abandoning it."

[[File:SPNVanCon2009 20090830 3465.jpg|thumb|right|Jim Beaver as ==Link to Castiel|300px]]'''Stolen'''<br>s Grace==In September 2010 new promo shots were being done for Fans have theorized that the trench coat symbolizes the upcoming status of Castiel's grace. The first time he is seen without it in [[:Category:Season 6|Season 64.20 The Rapture]]signifies the time when Castiel left Jimmy and returned to heaven. The shoot Thus, his grace was in Lnot present.ASimilarly, through seasons 4 to 8, every time the coat is missing, Castiel is either unable to use ([[5. and the wardrobe was flown down from Vancouver a few days before04 The End]], and was stolen somewhere along the way[[5. Items taken included one 21 Two Minutes to Midnight]], beginning of season 9) or is unaware of Castiel’s trench coats and ([[Dean's Leather Jacket7.17 The Born-Again Identity]]) his grace. The person who replaced From season 9 onward the slightly different trench coat that Castiel uses may allude to the items didn’t know anything about fact that the show, which grace that he possesses is how Misha ended up wearing a black not quite his own. The shorter size of Castiel's trench coatalso signifies his weakened status after he got a portion of his grace back since it was used in Metatron's spell.<ref name="Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2010">[http://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/article-list/category/12065-chicago-con-report-breakfast-with-jared-Notably in Season 13, as his grace has recovered and-misha-he is at full strength, save for teleport ability, his coat is much longer.html Winchester Family Business from Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2010]</ref>

===Cosplay===[[File:SPNVanCon2009 20090830 3465.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Jim Beaver]] as [[Castiel]]]]The Trench Coat trench coat has become a staple of ''[[Supernatural ]]'' [[Cosplaycosplay]]. At [[Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2009]] even [[Jim Beaver]] got in on the act, saying it was the only way to get girls in this fandom.

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitosis_is/6225128464/in/set-72157627716800173 A stage full of trenchcoatstrench coats] by [[Salute to Supernatural Toronto 2011]] ==See also==* [[Bobby's Hats]]* [[Clothing Catalogue]]* [[Costumes & Disguises]]* [[Dead Guy Robe]]* [[Dean's Leather Jacket]]* [[Laundry List (Season 1)]]* [[Laundry List (Season 2)]]* [[Sam and Dean's Tie Collection]]

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