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Season 3 was interrupted by the [[Writers Guild of America Strike]] which began at the end of 2007 and ran until February 2008. [[3.13 Ghostfacers]] was the first episode written and filmed after the strike ended. Presented as a low budget, unscripted show, it is the type of programming that was predicted to replace scripted dramas like Supernatural if the strike had continued.
[[4.18 The Monster At The at the End Of of This Book]] marks the episode where Supernatural decided fourth walls were redundant as Sam and Dean discover a [[The Supernatural Books| series of books]] - named after episodes of the Show – that are based on their life. The author of the books is [[Chuck Shurley]] – an avatar for Eric Kripke. Both the writers, and for the first time the fandom of the TV Show, are sent up. At [[Comic Con 2009]] Kripke said he has a "tempestuous, loving, conflicting" relationship with the online Supernatural fan community, and that the meta episode "The Monster at the End of This Book" gave him a chance to lovingly make fun of them. [http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/07/comiccon-supernatural-panelists-talk-lucifer-the-apocalypse-and-returning-characters.html Source]. Supernatural fan – [[Becky]] – appears in [[5.01 Sympathy For The Devil]] and later puts on a [[:Category:Conventions|Convention]] in [[5.09 The Real Ghostbusters]].
Becky is surely the first time a [[Slash]] writing fan character has appeared in the TV show she is writing about. In [[5.01 Sympathy For The for the Devil]], she is writing a [[Wincest]] fic (which you can [[Becky Rosen|read here]]). This means that the show's writers composed fanfic about their own show, which then appeared in the show. Very meta! Of course in [[7.08 Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!]] fandom kidnaps canon when she doses Sam with a love potion.
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.
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 the faux trailer for ''[[Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning]]'', writer Martin Flagg is also credited as the writer of ''Cornfield Massacre'' and ''Monster Truck'', which are illustrated with images from Supernatural episodes [[1.11 Scarecrow]] and [[1.13 Route 666]]. There's also a shot of the hook from [[1.07 Hookman]], of Claire's desiccated hands from [[2.07 The Usual Suspects]], Gordon and his bloody knife from [[2.03 Bloodlust]] and the inside of Angela's coffin from [[2.04 Children Shouldn't Play With with Dead Things]]. <br/>}}
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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]]. }}
[[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. }}
==[[4.18 The Monster At The at the End Of of This Book]]==
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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 is used as a vehicle to make commentary about the Show's writing - and it's its writers.
'''Chuck:''' Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god.<br>
Chuck referred to his book about the "Bugs" ([[1.08 Bugs]]) and "ghost ship" ([[3.06 Red Sky At at Morning]]) as "simply bad writing." [[Eric Kripke]] himself said that the episodes in question was one of their weaker episodes of Season 3 in the [[Supernatural: The Official Companion Season 3]].
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Many of the references here about[[The Supernatural Books]] - the boys crying a lot, the books having a small readership, and the references to the fan base - are of course referring to the TV series.
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The list of book titles matches the list of episode titles: Supernatural, Wendigo, Phantom Traveler, Bloody Mary, Skin, Hookman, Bugs, Home, Asylum, Scarecrow, Faith, Route 666, Nightmare, The Benders, Shadow, Salvation, Bloodlust, Croatoan, Heart, Sin City, Fresh Blood, Mystery Spot, Jus In Bello and No Rest For The for the Wicked.
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In Chuck ShirleyShurley's house there are framed copies of the covers of the real Supernatural Comics [[Origins 3]] and [[Origins 4]].
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'''Dean:''' There's Sam Girls and Dean Girls and...What's a slash fan?<br>
'''Sam:''' As in Sam slash Dean , together.<br>'''Dean:''' Like together, together? They do know we are brothers , right?<br>
'''Sam:''' Doesn't seem to matter.<br>
'''Dean:''' Well that's just sick!<br>
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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==[[4.19 Jump The the Shark]]==
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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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==[[5.01 Sympathy For The for the Devil]]==
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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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One of the fan, dressed as the [[Hookman]], at the Convention in the episode, asks why, in the books, Sam and Dean keep dropping their guns and suggests they tether them with a bungee cord. In the DVD commentary for [[4.03 In The the Beginning]], Kripke talks about how Sam and Dean always seem to be dropping their guns, knives etc at crucial moments.
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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>
Creepy children, the evil innocents, are a stock character in horror movies. In Supernatural creepy children include [[Peter Sweeney ]] in [[1.03 Dead in the Water]], [[Missy Bender]] in [[1.15 The Benders]], [[Melanie Merchant]] in [[1.19 Provenance]], [[Maggie Thompson]] in [[2.11 Playthings]], the [[Changeling]]s in [[3.02 The Kids Are Alright]], the [[Girl in the Wall]] and her brother in [[4.11 Family Remains]], [[Jesse]] in [[5.06 I Believe The the Children Are Our Future]] and [[Lilith]] in [[3.12 Jus in Bello]], [[3.16 No Rest For The for the Wicked]], and [[4.06 Yellow Fever]].
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[[Image:Promo pic for 5-09.jpg|300px|right|thumb|A fake Supernatural Convention]]
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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 to Midnight where [[Castiel]] and [[Crowley]] were in the same scene.}}
==[[6.15 The French Mistake]]==
