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

In Season 2, it was [[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]] that started kicking hard at the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FourthWall Fourth Wall] in an episode about movie making by writer [[Ben Edlund]]. The episode centres around a stolen script for a horror movie: [[Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning]]. The episode incorporated actual notes from the network that Kripke had received for Supernatural, pokes fun at Kripke’s movie Boogeyman, as well as using incorporated images from Supernatural episodes into movie posters. To top it off the movie producer in the episode is [[McG]] – and the real McG (Supernatural’s producer) appears in a crowd scene, as do many of the Supernatural crew.

In a more general meta vein [[Changing Channels]] threw Sam and Dean into a TV world, where the Show got a chance to poke fun at TV Shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and CSI:Miami.

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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[[McG]] is the producer of ''Supernatural'' as well as the producer in the episode. The real McG can be seen standing behind Sam and Dean in the scene where the crew is listening to faux McG.}}

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Kripke, who has said that the show and he himself are able to laugh about themselves, throws in a little side blow at a past project of his. When Dean goes to talk to Tara, he says he loved her in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357507/ Boogeyman] and she says it had a terrible script. Boogeyman was written by Eric Kripke and he admitted at the Paley Festival that the movie wasn't very good because it missed substance and soul, unlike Supernatural, which has it all, thanks to Bob Singer.}}

Brad is complaining about why the movie is so dark and that it should be lighter and not "so depressing". At [[Comic Con]] Kripke said that all of Brad's complaints and advice about the movie were taken from similar things he'd been told by Network Executives about ''Supernatural''.}}

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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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[[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."

The character is an avatar for [[Eric Kripke]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-TSRHnJaE Source] - [[Rob Benedict]] talks about Chuck as Eric at [[Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2009]].

'''Chuck:''' Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god.<br>

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The book Dean is reading relates the events of [[1.13 Route 666]].

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'''Dean:''' There's Sam Girls and Dean Girls and...What's a slash fan?<br>

'''Sam:''' Doesn't seem to matter.<br>

'''Dean:''' Well that's just sick!<br>

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The diner was called Kripke's Hollow, possibly a reference to Stars Hollow, the fictional town in ''Gilmore Girls,'' which featured one of Jared's first big roles. The Kripke refers to series creator [[Eric Kripke]].

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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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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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Jared and Jensen always say to us like the joke is they always say to me and Bob, “Why don’t Sam and Dean have bungee cords on their wrists?”

The Hookman fan also says "Yeah, how original. Supernatural bringing in more creepy children. Sigh." <br>

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[[Image:Promo pic for 5-09.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A fake Supernatural Convention]]

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

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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>

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

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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>

'''Alpha Vampire:''' See you next season.<br>

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

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