Dean Winchester

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Name	Dean Winchester
Actor	Jensen Ackles (Dean age 26-27) Ridge Canipe (Dean age 10 - 1.18)
Dates	January 24, 1979-
Location	Age 4 - Lawrence, Kansas Present - nomadic
Occupation	Hunter
Episode(s)	All episodes

Basic stats

• Son of John & Mary Winchester; older brother of Sam
• Dean drives a black 1967 Chevy Impala
• See also: Dean's Amulet
• In an interview Eric Kripke said the reason both Jess and Dean had the same birthday was "...not a creepy, mythology, conspiracy reason. January 24 is my wife's birthday, and it's kinda my valentine to her."
• In one version of the pilot script Sam suspected Dean of being a serial killer and the murderer of their father.^{S1Com, p. 14}
• * In 3.12 Jus in Bello we learn that Sam and Dean got matching tattoos depicting a pentagram that protects them from demonic possession.

Police records

Dean's police record appeared in 1.15 The Benders as follows:

Dean Winchester (deceased) Born: January 24, 1979 Died: March 7, 2006 Place of Birth: Lawrence, Kansas Place of Death: St. Louis, Missouri Physical Description: 6' 4", 175 lbs, Brown Hair, Green Eyes No distinctive markings or tattoos. Subject was prime suspect in multiple homicide investigations... – Supernatural, 1.15 The Benders

Dean's new and most recent police record (following the events of 2.07 The Usual Suspects) appeared in 2.08 Crossroad Blues as follows:

Name: Dean Winchester DOB: January 24th, 1979 POB: Lawrence, Kansas Height: 6' 1" Weight: 175 lbs. Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown – Supernatural, 2.07 The Usual Suspects

Dean now has a warrant in St. Louis, MO and an official record in the FBI database. (2.08)

See Canon Discrepancies: Dean's Police Records for discussion of the above.

Pre-series information

February, 1979

On their honeymoon John and Mary went rafting in the Grand Canyon. Their raft flips, and John nearly drowns until Mary saves him. That night Dean is conceived.^{Origins 4}

Correction

Origins #4 is incorrect about the year Mary died according to the 1.01 Pilot Mary's death takes place 22 years prior to when we meet Sam & Dean as adults in October 2005. That would place her death in November 1983 not 1982. Dean was four years old when Mary died in November 1983, and this is in sync with the birth date of January 24, 1979 given both in 1.06 Skin and 2.07 The Usual Suspects. Therefore the trip John talks about in Origins #4 would have taken place the week of April 24, 1978 not February, 1979, nine months prior to the date of Dean's birth.

November 2, 1983

Dean is 4.

Mary Winchester is killed. John leaves Lawrence with Dean and Sam before Dean's fifth birthday (see The Journal (diary entries)).

1985-86 (approx)

Dean is "6 or 7".

John takes Dean out shooting for the first time, using bottles as target practice. According to Dean, he "bullseyed every one of them." (Story told by Dean to Jo in 2.06 No Exit.) Dean cites this story as one of the fonder memories of his father.

1989 (approx)

Dean, played by Ridge Canipe, faces off with the Shtriga in Something Wicked

Dean is 10.

Events told in flashback in 1.18 Something Wicked: John is hunting a Shtriga in Wisconsin when he leaves Sam and Dean alone in a hotel room. Dean gets bored and goes out, and comes back to find the Shtriga attacking Sammy. John returns in time to scare the Shtriga off.

1991 (approx)

When Dean is in sixth grade he makes his first sawed-off shotgun ^<3.03>

Christmas Eve 1991

Dean will be 13 in one month.

Events told in flashback scenes in 3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas:

Dean is left to babysit Sam (8 years old) while John is on a hunt, and Sam begins to interrogate Dean about what it is that their dad actually does. Dean responds "You know that. He sells stuff." When Sam moves on to asking about their mother, Dean gets angry and yells "Shut up! Don't you ever talk about mom! Ever!" before storming out. Upon his return, Sam reveals to Dean that he found and read their dad's journal, and demands to know if monsters are real. Dean finally resigns himself to telling Sam the truth.

Dean: I swear, if you ever tell dad I told you any of this, I will end you.

Sam: Promise.

Dean: First thing you have to know is...we have the coolest dad in the world. He's a superhero.

Sam: He is?

Dean: Yeah. Monsters are real. Dad fights 'em. He's fighting them right now.

That same night, Dean sneaks out to steal Christmas decorations and presents for Sam in an attempt to cover the fact that John didn't come back in time for Christmas. When Sam opens the presents to find a barbie doll and a sparkly baton, Dean is forced to admit that John was never there and that he stole everything. At this point, Sam decides to give Dean the gift he had received from "Uncle Bobby" (Bobby) to give to John.

Sam (holding out the wrapped gift to Dean): Here. Take this.

Dean: No. No, it's for dad.

Sam: Dad lied to me. I want you to have it.

Dean: You sure?

Sam: I'm sure.

Dean (opening the wrapping to reveal Dean's Amulet): Thank you Sam, I ... I love it.

It is hinted at multiple times throughout the flashback scenes that Dean still believes that his father is a "superhero" at this point, and continually excuses his flaws, while the tension between Sam and John is clearly starting to take root.

1995

Dean is 16.

As told by Dean to fellow hunter Gordon in 2.03 Bloodlust:

Dean: ... So, picked up this crossbow, and I hit that ugly sucker with a silver-tipped arrow, right in his heart. Sammy's waiting in the car and, uh, me and my Dad take the thing into the woods, burn it to a crisp. I'm sitting there and I'm looking into the fire, I'm thinking to myself... I'm sixteen years old. Kids my age are worried about pimples, prom dates... I'm seeing things they'll never even know. Never even dream of. So right then I just sort of...

Gordon: Embraced the life?

Dean: Yeah.

1998 or 1999

Dean is 19 or 20.

A/N: This is a ballpark age because in 3.02 The Kids Are Alright, Dean says it has been "8 years ago", then edits himself to say it has been "8, almost 9 years". The episode is based in 2007, therefore, depending on when "8, almost 9 years" ago was precisely, he was either 19 or 20 at the time.

He went on a road trip that was supposed to be "5 states, 5 days" while Sam (15 or 16) was "in Orlando with dad, wrapping up that banshee thing". However, Dean reveals in 3.02 The Kids Are Alright that he spent most of his time in Lisa Braeden's loft. "She was a yoga teacher. It was the bendiest weekend of my life." This would not be terribly important if not for the fact that when Dean goes back to Cicero, Indiana hoping to hook up with Lisa again, he discovered that she had a son, Ben Braeden, who just happened to look a lot like him, act a lot like him, and was turning 8 that very day. Dean began to wonder if Ben was his. Lisa told him that Ben was not his, Eric Kripke has said that Ben is not his, but there is a lot of fan speculation due to Lisa's flawed explanation that she got a 'blood test' done, which would not have shown Ben's paternity. This was also significant in that Dean started to wish that Ben had been his, as is shown in his dream sequence in 3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me.

sometime between 2001-2005

Dean is 22-26.

A/N: It is likely that it was around 2003 or 2004, during the "almost two years" that Dean did not speak to Sam, because Sam claimed that Dean hadn't told him anything about it. That means Dean was approximately 24 or 25. (This is pure speculation.)

As told/revealed by Dean in 1.13 Route 666: Dean met Cassie Robinson while he and John were in Athens, Ohio for a hunt. She was "finishing up college" (she was therefore approximately 21 or 22) and they "went out for a couple of weeks". Dean was in love with Cassie, who was the first person he'd ever seriously dated (as Sam says "for more than one night") and the first person he'd ever felt that way about. When he found out he was leaving, he told Cassie the 'big family secret' about hunting because, as Dean says in the episode, he "just couldn't lie to [her]". Cassie, however, declared him 'nuts' and dumped him. This, as Dean also revealed in the episode, really hurt him, and he decided at that point that it was "stupid to get so close" and that he didn't need to open up to anyone. It seems clear that Dean's brief foray into the world of romance and its messy ending contributed to his cavalier attitude regarding sex and relationships, and added to the "anti-social" personality Sam called him out on in 1.06 Skin.

October 2005

Dean is 26.

In 1.01 Pilot, Sam asks Dean why he didn't go with John when he left to check out the hunt in Jericho. Dean explains that before he showed up in Palo Alto to get Sam from Stanford, Dean was "working [his] own gig ... this, uh, voodoo thing down in New Orleans". (See Canon Discrepancies: Miscellaneous.)

Sam asks, "Dad let you go on a hunting trip by yourself?" to which Dean replies, "I'm twenty-six, dude." This implies that before Sam left for college when Dean was 23 (see again Canon Discrepancies: How long did Sam spend at Stanford?), Dean had not gone on a hunting trip by himself. Considering the two men had not spoken in "almost two years", as Dean points out in 1.01 Pilot, it could mean that Dean hadn't hunted alone until he was 24 or 25 (taking into account that he was almost 27 years old when he said this).