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There are two major variations of devil's traps in ''Supernatural'':

|[[Image: Grandpentacle.gif|thumb|300px|The Grand Pentacle:"It serves to convene all spirits; when shown to them they will bow and obey you.".]]|[[Image: 5thpentaclemars.gif|thumb|300px|The Fifth Pentacle of Mars:"it It is terrible unto the demons, and at its sight and aspect they will obey thee, for they cannot resist its presence."]]

'''2. The [[Pentagram]]'''

While demons can enter a devil's trap without being aware of its presence, they cannot exit it as long as the trap remains intact. There appears to be no specific medium required for the trap to work; characters have drawn traps in ink, blood, ash, or carved them into stone, expressing no preference for one over the other and simply using what works in their current circumstances. Traps can be drawn on the ground below the demon or the ceiling above it, but traps on small objects must be in direct contact with the demon to be effective, such as the demon having to sit on a chair with a devil's trap on it to be confined, or a bullet with a devil's trap on it only effective when the demon has actually been shot. Traps can remain intact if an object has fallen over the lines drawn on the ground, or if something is concealing the trap from view, such as a carpet, but they cease to be effective if the trap's lines are broken; methods for doing this vary between scoffing the paint and ash that created the trap to driving a knife into the trap. [[Meg|One demon]] was able to use a spell to break the trap from within at one point by causing the ground to shake and crack through the trap, but the ability to do this appears to be rare.

Before meeting up with [[Bobby]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] are initially unaware of the devil's trap concept. They learn Sam reads up about it while looking through the ''[[Key of Solomon]]''. They tested one of these protective circles during the their encounter with [[Meg]] at [[Bobby]]'s house]]. While she is trapped, they interrogate her and later [[exorcise]] her. Sam later draws a version of the symbol on the trunk of the [[Impala]] to protect the [[Colt]] from [[demon]]s.

After capturing a [[demon]] possessing [[Wendy Rice]], [[Castiel]] places her in a devil's trap beneath her kitchen table and ties her to a chair. Castiel tortures her for information which ultimately leads to [[Meg]] and then kills her with an [[angel swordblade]] before she can reveal the truth that the demons are searching for the [[Tablets|angel tablet]] to the Winchesters.

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The devil's trap in the trunk of the [[Impala]] is briefly scene seen as Dean as closing the trunk. For the play , a large devil's trap had been drawn on the stage. ===[[10.07 Girls, Girls, Girls]]===After finding out that Sheylene Johnson was working for a demonic brothel to help with a plot by [[Raul]] to get more [[soul]]s through having people make [[Deals and Pacts|deals]] for the hookers, Sam and Dean set a trap for the demon she works for and he walks into a devil's trap without even realizing it until Sam and Dean reveal themselves. After the demon makes disparaging remarks about her, Sheylene kills him with an [[angel blade]] she grabs from Dean. [[Cole Trenton]] tortures a demon he captured for information on Dean inside of a devil's trap. ===[[10.14 The Executioner's Song]]===Castiel is shown interogating a low level demon who is tied to a chair in a devil's trap, for information on the location of Cain. After the demon gives it to him, Castiel kills the demon with his [[angel blade]]. As part of their plan to kill [[Cain]], Sam, Dean, [[Crowley]] and [[Castiel]] lure him into a devil's trap with an illusion spell. However, Cain is merely amused, saying it won't hold him long and clears the hay off the trap. When Dean confronts Cain, he proves to be so powerful that despite still being in the trap, he possesses his superhuman strength and telekinesis. Dean eventually gains the upper hand and kills Cain, leaving his body lying in the trap.{| border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="5" align=|-|[[File:DT1014-1.png|thumb|left|350px|[[Castiel]] interrogating a [[demon]].]]|[[File:DT1014-2.png|thumb|left|350px|[[Dean]] confronts [[Cain]].]]|} ===[[10.15 The Things They Carried]]===The devil's trap in the [[Impala]]'s trunk is visible as Dean puts his and Sam's bags inside at the end. ===[[10.20 Angel Heart]]===The devil's trap in the [[Impala]]'s trunk is briefly visible as Dean shuts the trunk. ===[[10.21 Dark Dynasty]]===[[Eldon Styne]] is strung up in the [[Men of Letters]] dungeon in the middle of the giant devil's trap. ===[[10.22 The Prisoner]]===When making good on his deal with [[Rowena]] to kill [[Crowley]], Sam lures him to an abandoned building pretending to be Dean. He proceeds to shoot him with a devil's trap bullet, and hands him a [[hex bag]] that begins the Defigere Et Depurgeare [[spell]] to slowly kill Crowley. However, the spell is not powerful enough to kill Crowley and he is able to dig the bullet out and burn the spell. He spares Sam however. ===[[11.03 The Bad Seed]]===After capturing [[Rowena]], [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] chain her up within the devil's trap in the Bunker dungeon.  ===[[11.06 Our Little World]]===The demon Marco goes to assassinate one of [[Amara]]'s victims, Goldie, but when he enters her cell, he finds himself stuck in a devil's trap Sam and Dean put on the ceiling in chalk. Marco is later held in the Winchesters' [[binding link]] handcuffs with a devil's trap on them and Sam uses them to bind other demons he captures so he can save the people they are possessing. ===[[12.06 Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox]]===After finding out that the [[crossroads demon]] [[Jael]] is among them, Sam decides to create a devil's trap out of fireplace ash that they will all stand in. [[Sam]]'s idea is that Jael will stay out of it and they will know which one of them is possessed. Though they are able to complete the devil's trap, Jael, possessing [[Jody Mills]], is able to avoid getting trapped in it. While possessing Jody before it is [[Exorcism|exorcised]], Jael dances around the edges of the devil's trap while taunting the gathered hunters. ===[[12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)]]===[[Sam]] spray paints a Devil's trap under the carpet, but the [[Prince of Hell]] [[Ramiel]] just walks over it. [[Dean]] also fires devil's trap bullets at Ramiel, which have no effect on him. ===[[12.23 All Along the Watchtower]]===A devil's trap appears as part of the [[spell]] to close the [[portal]] to [[Apocalypse World]]. ===[[13.08 The Scorpion and the Frog]]===[[Luther Shrike]] leads a demon onto a devil's trap hidden under a rug as the demon tries to convince him to help [[Asmodeus]] capture [[Barthamus]]. The demon fails to realize this until Luther performs an [[exorcism]] upon him and shows the demon the trap. Later, Sam stumbles across the trap while making his way through Luther's house.{| border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="5" align=|-|[[File:DT1308.png|thumb|350px|left|[[Sam]] finds [[Luther Shrike]]'s devil's trap.]]|} ===[[14.11 Damaged Goods]]===In his search for [[Abraxas]], [[Nick]] captures a demon and holds her in a devil's trap. When asked if he's a hunter, Nick tells the demon that he learned a few tricks from the Winchesters and tortures the demon for information with an [[angel blade]] before killing her. After forcing [[Mary Winchester]] to take him to [[Mary's Lock-Up|her lock-up]] holding the [[Enochian puzzle box]] with Abraxas in it, Nick kidnaps a security guard named Jeff to act as a [[meatsuit]] and places a devil's trap around him to hold Abraxas. After Nick breaks the box with a drill, Abraxas is released into the devil's trap which keeps the [[demon smoke]] contained within and Abraxas promptly possesses Jeff. He is contained by the devil's trap until Nick breaks it with his angel blade to free Abraxas after being confronted by the Winchesters. ==Trivia==* The devil's trap has a greater prevalence in earlier seasons when [[demons]] were a bigger enemy. In later seasons, the devil's trap's major appearances tend to be as part of [[the Bunker]]'s dungeon or on the Winchesters' handcuffs. When a devil's trap is used to trap demons in season 13 and season 14 as of [[14.11 Damaged Goods]], it is not used by the Winchesters.* [[Meg]] and [[Crowley]] have both been contained by a devil's trap multiple times over the course of the series as has [[Ruby]], albeit by accident one time in her case.* In season 9, aside from a brief use against the [[Crossroads Demon]] "[[Snooki]]," Crowley is the only demon a physical devil's trap is used against, though the trap is used in the form of the handcuffs and [[Devil's Trap Bullets]] on other occasions. ==See also==* [[Devil's Trap Bullets]]* [[Angel Trap]]* [[Reaper Trap]]* [[Key of Solomon]]* [[Pentagram]]* [[Heptagram]]

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