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|image=[[File:John-Winchester-supernatural-39128171-500-281OG JohnWinchester.jpg|350px]]<br>[[File:YoungJohnWinchester.jpg|350px]]

|location= [[Heaven]] (currently)<br>[[Lawrence, Kansas]] (formerly)

|episodes= [[1.01 Pilot]]<br>[[1.04 Phantom Traveler]] (voice only)<br>[[1.09 Home]]<br>[[1.10 Asylum]] (not seen)<br>[[1.11 Scarecrow]]<br>[[1.16 Shadow]]<br>[[1.18 Something Wicked]]<br>[[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]<br>[[1.21 Salvation]]<br>[[1.22 Devil's Trap]]<br>[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]<br> [[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]<br>[[4.03 In the Beginning]]<br>[[4.13 After School Special]] (not seen)<br>[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]<br>[[8.12 As Time Goes By]]<br>[[9.07 Bad Boys]] (not seen)<br>[[11.04 Baby]] (vision)<br>[[14.13 Lebanon]]}}{{Quotation|title=|text= You gotta understand somethin'. After your mother passed, all I saw was evil. Everywhere. And all I cared about was, was keepin' you boys alive. I wanted you prepared. Ready. So somewhere along the line I uh, I stopped being your father, and I, I became your, your drill-sergeant. So when you said that you wanted to go away to school, all I could think about, my only thought was, that you were gonna be alone. Vulnerable. Sammy it just, it never occurred to me what you wanted. I just couldn't accept the fact that you and me... we're just different. |author= John Winchester to [[Sam]]|source= [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]

|author= John Winchesterto [[Dean]]

John was born in Normal, Illinois, to [[Millie]] and [[Henry Winchester]]. Henry was a member of the [[Men of Letters]], who intended to induct John into the order when he was old enough. However, when John was four, his father disappeared. John thought Henry had simply left, never knowing that his father had fled through time to escape the grasp of the [[Knight of Hell]], [[Abaddon]], who later killed him in the 21st century. This left John with a deep resentment -- in Dean's words "he hated the man."<ref>[[8.12 As Time Goes By]]</ref> Nothing is known of John's mother Millie. John described himself as "a mechanic from a family of mechanics" and when he is an adult there is someone in his life who an acquaintance refers to as "his old man." <ref name="four03">[[4.03 In the Beginning]]</ref>. There may have been mechanics on his mother's side, and possibly Millie re-partnered or the "old man" was John was fostered or adopted's maternal grandfather.

After returning to [[Lawrence, Kansas]] , from the Vietnam War where he served as a marine, John worked as a mechanic and was eventually co-owner (with [[Mike Guenther]]) of a garage. On March 23, 1972 after seeing the film Slaughterhouse-Five, Mary Campbell bumped into John Winchester, knocking him down. While Mary was embarrassed, John simply laughed it off, and told her she could get him a cup coffee to make it up to him. The two would go to Mulroney's Diner and talk. When John asked for Mary's number, she gave it to him, despite knowing her father wouldn't approve. [[Heaven]] was also interested in bringing together the lines of [[hunter]]s and [[Men of Letters]], and so a [[cherub]] intervened, causing the two to fall in love.<ref>[[5.14 My Bloody Valentine]]</ref> John and Mary's marriage was not always happy, and at least once he moved out of the family home.<ref name="five16">[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]</ref>

In 1973, as John and went to a car yard to purchase a beige VW van but was persuaded by [[Mary CampbellDean]] did not initially , who had come from the future, to get along when they met. However [[Heaven]] was interested in bringing together the lines of [[hunter]]s and [[Men of Letters]], and so a [[cherubImpala]] intervened and they fell in loveinstead.<ref>[[54.14 My Bloody Valentine03 In the Beginning]]</ref> Soon after John and was about to propose to Mary when [[Azazel]] killed him. Marymade a deal with Azazel for John's marriage was not always happylife, and at least once he moved out of the family in exchange for a promise to allow Azazel into her homein ten years' time.<ref name="five16four03"/> After John's resurrection, the two married in Reno on August 19, 1975, at Mary's instigation.<ref>[[512.16 Dark Side of the Moon01 Keep Calm and Carry On]]</ref>

In 1973, At John went to was unaware of Mary's life as a car yard hunter, but did learn of this when Sam and Dean return to purchase a beige VW van but was persuaded by 1978 protect their parents from the [[angel]] [[DeanAnna]], who had come gone back in time to prevent Sam from the future to save him, to get the [[Impala]] insteadbeing born by killing John and Mary.<ref>[[45.03 In 13 The Song Remains the BeginningSame]]</ref> Soon after John was about to propose consented to being possessed by Michael, thinking it would help save Mary when [[Azazel]] killed him. Mary made a deal with Azazel for John's life, in exchange for a promise allowing Michael to allow Azazel into her home in ten years' timekill Anna.<ref name="four03" /> They married in Reno on August 19Afterwards, 1975, at John and Mary's instigation. <ref>memories are wiped of the encounter with the angels and Sam and Dean by [[12.01 Keep Calm and Carry OnMichael]]</ref>.

When Mary was murdered by Azazel in 1983, John was unaware of raised their two sons, Sam and Dean, alone. Mary's life as a hunter. He did mysterious death became an obsession for John, who sought to learn of this when Sam what happened that night and Dean return kill the thing that pinned Mary to 1978 protect their parents from the ceiling. His quest for revenge led him [[angelMissouri Mosely]] , who revealed to John the world of the supernatural. After taking to the hunter life, John moved his family from town to town following leads on supernatural creatures (telling Sam that he was a traveling salesman). In the early days, he would often leave the boys with other hunters like [[AnnaPastor Jim]]or with babysitters he'd find at motels,but sometimes he left them to fend for themselves for days or even weeks<refname="four19">[[54.13 The Song Remains 19 Jump the SameShark]]</ref>. John consented to possession by Michael, thinking it would help save Mary, but it allows Michael to kill the angel <ref name="three08">[[Anna3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]]</ref><ref name="four13">[[4. Afterwards 13 After School Special]]</ref> Though he never settled anywhere for very long, John did establish a [[John and Mary's memories are wiped of the encounter with the angels lock-up|lock-up]] where he stored weapons (including landmines and grenades), [[curse boxes]], and mementos from Sam and Dean by 's childhood. When Dean was six or seven, John began training him to use a shotgun, while keeping Sam unaware of hunting. Sam believed John was a salesman until he read [[MichaelJohn's Journal]]when he was eight.<ref name="three08">[[3. 08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]]</ref>

When John met [[Mary Winchester|MaryBobby Singer]] was murdered who advised him about hunting and also, at least by Azazel in 1983, John raised their two sons1989, looked after Sam and Dean, alonewhile John was on the road.<ref>[[7. He becomes obsessed with solving the mystery of Mary10 Death's death and revengeDoor]]</ref> In 1991, he gave an 8-year-old Sam an amulet as a Christmas present to give to John, which he eventually gave to Dean. Starting with meeting <ref>[[Missouri Mosely3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]], he learns about the world of the supernatural</ref>.

John moved his family from town In 1990, unbeknownst to town following leads on supernatural creatures (telling Sam that he and Dean, John was injured on a traveling salesman)hunt in Windom, Minnesota, often leaving and went to the boys for days or even weeks<ref name="four19">hospital where he met [[4.19 Jump the SharkKate Milligan]]</ref> to fend for themselves.<ref name="three08">During a brief fling, he got her pregnant, although he didn't meet his son -- [[3.08 A Very Supernatural ChristmasAdam Milligan]]</ref>-- until he was 12 years old. John had sporadic contact with Adam from 2002 until John's death in 2006. While John raised Sam and Dean in a very militant and non-conventional environment, it seemed he used his time with Adam to do more traditional father-son activities such as going to baseball games that he either couldn't or wouldn't do with his older two sons.<ref name="four13four19">[[4.13 After School Special19 Jump the Shark]]</ref> Though he never settled anywhere for very long, John did establish a [[John's lock-up|lock-up]] where he stored weapons (including landmines and grenades), [[curse boxes]], and mementos from Sam and Dean's childhood.

John started training Dean with a shotgun when he is 6 or 7. After Sam is unaware of chose to leave the family and hunting and believes attend Stanford, John is a salesman until cut off contact with him, although he reads regularly visited Palo Alto to check up on him.<ref>[[John's Journal1.08 Bugs]] when </ref> John and Dean continued hunting together, with Dean also going on hunts on his own as he got older. Around this time John and Bobby had a falling out -- Dean comments that the last time Bobby saw John he is eightnearly "filled him with buckshot."<ref name="three08one22">[[31.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas22 Devil's Trap]]</ref>

In 2003, John met Bobby Singer ends up in 2019 after Dean uses a [[Baozhu]] to grant "what his heart desires," hoping it will remove [[Michael]], who advised him about huntingis trapped in his mind. John gets a chance to reunite with Mary, and also, at least by 1989, was looking after reconcile with Sam and Dean while . However John was on being in 2019 is tampering with the road.<ref>[[7.10 Death's Door]]</ref>In 1991timeline, he gave an 8-year-old Sam an amulet as a Christmas present to give so they destroy the pearl and send John back to John2003, which where he eventually gave to Deanwakes with no memory of what has happened.<ref>[[314.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas13 Lebanon]]</ref>.

In 1990, unbeknownst to Sam and Dean2005, John is injured got a lead on a hunt in Windom, Minnesota, and goes to the hospital where he meets [[Kate Milligandemon]]. He gets her pregnant, although he doesn't meet his son - [[Adam Milligan]] - until he that was 12 years old, John had sporadic contact with Adam from 2002 until Johnresponsible for Mary's death , and he left Dean in 2006order to pursue it. While John raised He tried to keep both Sam and Dean at a distance in a very militant and non-conventional environmentorder to protect them, it seemed even refusing to respond when Dean called him when he used his time with Adam and Sam returned to do more traditional father-son activities such as going Lawrence in response to baseball games that he either couldnSam't s visions<ref>[[1.09 Home]]</ref> or wouldn't do with his older two sonswhen Sam called to tell him Dean was dying.<ref name="four19">[[41.19 Jump the Shark12 Faith]]</ref>

After Sam chose Due to leave the family and hunting and attend Stanford, John cut off contact with him, although he regularly visited Palo Alto to check up on him.<ref>[[1.08 Bugs]]</ref> Her and Dean continued hunting together, with Dean going on hunts on his own as he got older. Around this time John and Bobby have a falling out - -- Dean comments that the last time Bobby saw John he nearly "filled him deal with buckshot."<ref name="one22">[[1.22 Devil's Trap]]</ref>  In 2005Azazel, John got a lead on the [[demon]] that was responsible for Mary's death, and he left Dean in order to pursue it. He tries to keep both Sam and Dean at a distance in order to protect them. He even refuses to respond when Dean calls him when he and Sam return to Lawrence in response to Sam's visions.<ref>[[1.09 Home]] and when Sam calls to tell him Dean is dying.<ref>[[1.12 Faith]]</ref></ref> When Sam and Dean encounter the demon [[Meg]] in Chicago and realize she is linked to the demon that killed Mary and Jess, Dean calls John. He later arrives and Dean embraces him and Winchester died he also greets Sam warmly, expressing some regret that it has been so long. They are attacked by daevas and are nearly killed before Sam manages to dispel them with flares. Afterward, Dean supports John when he says it is too dangerous for them all to be together, and they part with John promising that the fight is just beginning and that they will be a part of it.<ref>[[1.16 Shadow]]</ref> John eventually reunites with Sam and Dean to obtain [[the Colt]]. As they got closer to [[the Yellow-Eyed Demon]], John was kidnapped by the [[demon]] [[Meg]], and possessed by [[Azazel]]. However Sam wasn't able to kill his father with the Colt in order to kill the demon.<ref>[[1.22 Devil's Trap]]</ref> Following a car crash caused by a [[Trucker|demon]], John offered his own life and the Colt to [[Azazel]] to save Dean. John revealed that he has known the "truth" about Sam all along. Before he died, John warned Dean that he may have to kill Sam if he couldn't save him.<ref>[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]</ref> John Winchester died and went sent to [[Hell]], where over the next ten months (equivalent of a hundred years) he was tortured by [[Alastair]]. Alastair later told Dean that John never "broke" -- that is , he never gave in to Alastair's temptation to protect himself by torturing others. Dean, by contrast, gave in after three months (equivalent of thirty years) of torture, thus breaking the first of [[the 66 Seals]] to free [[Lucifer]] that required that a righteous man shedding blood in Hell.<ref>[[4.16 On the Head of a Pin ]]</ref> In 2007, a When the [[Devil's Gate in Wyoming|Gate to Hell]] was opened , he was one of the spirits who managed to escape and helped Dean kill Azazel by [[Jake Talley]] ripping him out of his meatsuit, distracting him long enough for his son to reclaim the Colt and shoot Azazel in his heart after he returns to his meatsuit. After sharing one last tearful moment with his sons, John's spirit escaped, helping Dean passes on to kill [[AzazelHeaven]].<ref>[[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]</ref> John had a quiet moment with his sons after Dean killed Azazel before his spirit passed on to the afterlife.

* In [[11.23 Alpha and Omega]], [[Lady Antonia Bevell]] has cork board with information on the family. John's full name is written as John Edward Winchester. However as other information such as Sam's birth date are incorrect, the veracity of any of the information there is in doubt.{{Quotation|title=|text= You gotta understand somethin'. After your mother passed, all I saw was evil. Everywhere. And all I cared about was, was keepin' you boys alive. I wanted you prepared. Ready. So somewhere along the line I uh, I stopped being your father, and I, I became your, your drill-sergeant. So when you said that you wanted to go away to school, all I could think about, my only thought was, that you were gonna be alone. Vulnerable. Sammy it just, it never occurred to me what you wanted. I just couldn't accept the fact that you and me... we're just different. |author= John Winchester|source= [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]}}

As hunters they know start being killed, the Winchester begin to hunt for the [[demon]] in earnest, following signs that John has learned are associated with its appearance to Salvation, Iowa. [[Sam]] has a vision concerning a young woman and her baby, suggesting she is a target of the demon. John is angry that the boys hadn't told him about Sam's visions, but Dean stands up to him, berating him for almost never picking up the phone whenever they called.

When [[Meg]] calls she demands [[the Colt]], killing his friend [[Caleb]] as John listens. John plans a ruse to give her a fake Colt, as Sam and Dean take the real Colt to kill the demon. Both plans go wrong when John is captured by Meg and [[Tom]] and the demon eludes the boys.

While at a barsulking, Castiel asks Sam and Dean if they love their father. Despite not having had an easy childhood, they both say they do. Sam and Dean tell [[Castiel]] a story about a time when they and John were investigating a haunting on Long Island, New York. They begged him to take them to New York City, despite John's distaste for New York (and the Yankees) he was eventually talked into taking them into the city for sightseeing and pizza. Later that night , as John and Sam were asleep, Dean snuck off to visit CBGBs despite being underage. There, a woman invited him to drink with her and her friends. He got drunk for the first time, so much that according to Dean, "the room starts to spin, and I feel like I'm going to puke forever." John found Dean and rescued him from the situation, intimidating everyone in the bar with his militaristic appearance and tone of voice. Dean recalls telling John that he embarrassed him, and that he hated John, to which John replies, "Son, if you don't like me, that's fine. It's not my job to be liked. It's my job to raise you right." Dean tells Castiel asks Sam and Dean if they love their father, and they both say they dothat John succeeded in that.

[[File:After waking up, Sam tells Dean about the dream and his belief that it was someone masquerading as John to deliver a message. When Sam points out that Johntold him everything he wanted to hear, Dean agrees that that didn't sound like their father at all, but brushes off Sam's-Batclaims that it could be [[God]] responding to his [[prayer]].png|thumb|right|350px|Dean admits that he dreams about their father all the time, usually a dream where Johnis teaching Dean how to drive when he's barbed wire wrapped baseball batsixteen, not a young boy as when John actually taught him, with Sam in the back seat and John telling him "perfect landing son" when they get home. The dream, which Dean has every couple of months, is something that he finds comforting.]]Sam says he usually has the same type of dream about their mother - a dream of a normal life with their parents. 

[[ImageFile:DogtagsJohn's_Dog_Tags.jpgpng|right|thumb|John's dog tags.]]

[[File:John's-Bat.png|thumb|right|350px|John's barbed wire wrapped baseball bat.]]* In one version of the pilot script, [[Sam ]] and [[Dean ]] found John dead on the ceiling.^{[[S1Com]],p.11}* After having given the [[Impala ]] to Dean, John drives a GMC Sierra Grande with the Kansas license plate CSG 8R3.* John appears in a flashback in the spin-off novel ''[[Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon]]'', where he hunts a fire demon in San Francisco in 1989 (the Campbells, unknown to John, having defeated and banished the same demon in 1969), with [[Dean]], [[Sam]], and [[Castiel]] permanently defeating the demon in 2009. His presence is also hinted at in the 1969 flashback, when [[Deanna Campbell]] reflects on a mechanic that Mary is acquainted with back home.* [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], who plays [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Negan_(TV_Series) Negan] on ''The Walking Dead'', has joked about [http://storify.com/superwiki/supernatural-walking-dead-real-life-crossover a crossover between ''Supernatural '' and ''The Walking Dead''] along with [[Jensen Ackles]] and fellow Walking Dead actor Michael Cudlitz . Negan's signature weapon [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Lucille_(TV_Series) Lucille], a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, appears in [[12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell]].* John Winchester's age at the time of [[2.01 In My Time of Dying]] would have been 52 years old. With Jeffery Dean Morgan's return to ''Supernatural'' in [[14.13 Lebanon]], he is now the same age as John Winchester was in his last appearance.