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'''Fan:''' If you could ask Castiel one question, what would it be?<br>

In [[6.15 The French Mistake]], the show razed the Fourth Wall and replaced it with a crazy funhouse mirror, when Sam and Dean end up in an alternate reality - the one of the TV show Supernatural, where everyone thinks they are Jared and Jensen.

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The location of this episode, Richardson, Texas, is Jensen Ackles' home town. }}

[[Image:Tumblr l3pelz8I0w1qbwepi.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Crew member [[Lesley DeHaan]] as an extra in [[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]]]][[File:Monstertruckposter.png|right|200px|thumb]]

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In Martin’s office there is also a poster for ''Carnivore Carnival'' which has an image from [[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]]. }}

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This was the first episode filmed after the [[Writers Guild of America Strike]] ended. There is a [[Meta Episodes|meta]] element to the episode, which presents an episode of the low budget unscripted show "Ghostfacers", which is the type of programming that was predicted to replace scripted dramas like Supernatural if the strike had continued.}}

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[[Castiel]] is an Angel of Thursday in [http://www.angels365.com/angelinfo.asp?ID=883 occult lore]. This may be a reference to the fact that Supernatural aired on a Thursday night from [[1.17 Hell House]] until the end of Season 5. }}

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The title sequence for the episode featured a montage of images from covers of the Supernatural books featured in the episode and ended with a title card "Supernatural by Carver Edlund."

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The title of this episode is a reference to the colloquialism, "jumping the shark", refers to the point at which a show resorts to dramatic plot changes, novelty casting or similar devices in a desperate attempt to reinvigorate the show, while ironically signaling that the show has probably passed its use-by-date. The term comes from an episode of "Happy Days" in which The Fonz actually jumped over a tank of sharks on waterskis.

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[[Becky Rosen]] is a fan of [[The Supernatural Books]] who runs a website called morethanbrothers.net and also writes [[Wincest]] - [[Becky|a sample of which]] appears in the episode. She is an archetypal [[Sam Girls|Sam Girl]].

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[[image:Becky-becky-rosen-9030160-450-506.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Chucks calls Becky]]

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In a commentary on the cult of celebrity a God known as [[Leshii]] disguises itself as various celebrities in order to have people worship it, so it can sacrifice them. The God disguises itself as Paris Hilton, the role is played by [[Paris Hilton]] in an example of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MetaCasting Meta Casting].

Dean comments to her "I've never even seen House of Wax", a meta reference to the fact that Jared and Paris co-starred in the 2005 horror flick House of Wax. }}

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In [[5.08 Changing Channels]] [[Together (The Supernatural Sitcom Theme)]] plays over [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjizUGe9WjA opening credits] which mimic those of 70s and 80s sitcom like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AIaakO9YDw Laverne and Shirley] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO5oDScu4ps Full House].

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The Show centres around a Supernatural Convention. In reality the first Supernatural Con held was [[WinchesterCon]] in Nashville in October 2006 attended by 200 fans. [[Asylum 2007]] was the first Convention attended by actors. For a list of all Supernatural conventions check the [[Convention Calendar]].

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'''Dean:''' Awesome. Another Horseman. Must be Thursday.<br>

This is a reference to the airing day of Supernatural, which was Thursday from [[1.17 Hell House]] until the end of Season 5.}}

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Fans speculated that [[Chuck]], who appeared in his final scene in the episode dressed all in white, may literally be [[God]]. }}

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'''Dean:''' Since when do you give a crap about vampires?<br>

'''Crowley:''' Since... What's today, Friday? Since, let's see... Mind your business.<br>

A reference to the fact Supernatural started airing on Fridays from the beginning of Season 6.}}

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'''Crowley:''' Castiel, haven’t seen you all season. You the cavalry now?<br>

This episode marks the first time since 5.21 Two Minutes to Midnight where [[Castiel]] and [[Crowley]] were in the same scene.}}

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The episode title The French Mistake refers to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMK6lzmSk2o a famous sequence] in Mel Brooks' movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Saddles Blazing Saddles]. At the end of the movie, the action from the movie which is set in the Old West, crashes through a wall (literally breaking the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FourthWall Fourth Wall]) onto the set of a musical on the Warner Brothers lot. The song being performed in the musical is called ''The French Mistake.''

The episode inspired a fan song called [[Meta Madness]] by stopitsgingertime}}

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The episode title "Slash Fiction" is a play on three references. First it is a reference to the Tarantino movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/ Pulp Fiction]. Slash or slasher refers to a sub-genre of horror movies. <br>

This line is a meta dig at the fact that Sam and Dean keep coming back from the dead. As Ben Edlund said at [[Comic Con 2010]] "...these creatures, these poor men, cannot die. The cruel universe that will not let them die."

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Similar to [[4.19 Jump The Shark]], the title references a TV trope where often late in their run the show resorts to dramatic plot changes, novelty casting or things such as weddings to attract ratings.

There is an actual Twitter account called [https://twitter.com/#!/superbeckyrosen @SuperBeckyRosen] which has tweets by the character as posted in the episode. It contains some tweets not seen see on the show, and doesn't have Becky's last tweet. The tweets were all posted on 24 September, which would coincide with when the episode was being written. In the episode, when we get a look at Becky's Twitter, and it's not a screenshot of the actual one but a mockup, which includes the last of Becky's tweets we see on the episode. Also the entries are dated 12th October, which would be when post-production on the episode was being done. Notably the dates are not written in US format but the normal dd/mm/yy format.

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'''Alpha Vampire:''' Right, right, your flesh is crawling. All you want to do is kill me now. You hate having to wait and come back, and try again...<br>

'''Dean:''' Looking forward to it.

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'''Castiel:''' Do you really think it's wise to be drinking on the job?<br>

'''Dean:''' What show you been watching?

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'''Metatron:''': Gadreel, we are writing our own epic story here. Sometimes, to make that work, you have to kill your darlings.<br>

:: ''Author William Faulkner once said "In writing, you must kill all your darlings." Also a possible meta reference to the Supernatural writers killing Kevin.''

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'''Crowley:''': You're gonna play hard to get? We have time for a montage? .<br>

:: ''Montages of clips from past episodes are often used as an expository mechanism''

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'''Metatron: ''': What makes a story work? Is it the plot, the characters, the text? The subtext? And who gives a story meaning? Is it the writer? Or you? Tonight, I thought I would tell you a little story and let you decide.<br>

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The episode opens with a blank computer screen where the words "Supernatural 'Pilot' created by [[Eric Kripke]]." appears.}}

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