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The [[Season 6 DVD and Blu-Ray|Season 6 Blu-Ray]] had a special feature - pop-up boxes on the [[6.15 The French Mistake]] containing trivia relating to the episode - particularly to point out what was real and what was fiction in the episode.

Other features on the DVD relating to [[6.15 The French Mistake]] are a commentary track by [[Sera Gamble]], [[Bob Singer]], and [[Ben Edlund]] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJI_ZuqwWsI&feature=colike an extended scene and bloopers].  

For much more trivia see the episode entry for [[6.15 The French Mistake]]

The 'scene' comments note when the pop-ups appear.


''Scene: In [[Bobby's house]]''
* The alcohol they drink on set is tea. 

* Bobby's house is the only consistent set since season 1.

* Sigil blood is made from a corn syrup.


''Scene: on the set''
* [[Serge Ladouceur]] is the show's Director of Photography; he's worked on every episode of Supernatural except the pilot

* [[Robert Singer]] has directed 19 episodes of Supernatural and executive produced 125

* [[Kevin Parks]] is the assistant director on the "odd"-numbered episodes  of Supernatural 

* [[John MacCarthy]]  is the assistant director on on the "even"-numbered episodes of Supernatural

* The shattered pieces of glass are made from rubber so they're soft to land on

* Robert Singer loves Diet Coke

* 2 bells are used for "cut"; 1 bell for "action"

* The pictures on top of the mirror are from the make-up trailer. You can see the busted-up face of Jensen from [[5.22 Swan Song]].

* Jared is sitting in front of the panic room set from Bobby's house. That's Jared's real set chair.

* [[Ratings|2.17 million viewers]] watched the original airing of "The French Mistake"

* Padalecki is a Polish name


''Scene: Outside on the backlot''

* The green trucks in the back are the real catering trucks

* Supernatural has 8 Impalas; 2 main hero cars, 4 other drivable vehicles, and 2 partials including the crashed one from Season 1

* This is shot on the backlot, which was originally built for the movie "Watchmen"

* This is not Misha's real voice 

* Sides are small versions of the script, with only the pages specifically for that day of shooting

* Misha often [[Misha on Twitter |tweets]] and has dubbed his followers [[Misha's Minions|"minions"]]. He currently has 2.57M followers and won the Best of Twitter 2009 award.

* [[J2|J-squared]] refers to Jensen and Jared's name both starting with the letter J

* This is the real exterior of Jensen's trailer


''Scene: Inside the trailer''

* Jensen does not have an aquarium or a helicopter in his trailer

* Dailies in the back ground are from [[6.12 Like a Virgin]]

* At the end of Season 6 there were 24 issues of [[Supernatural: Official Magazine|Supernatural magazine]]

* Both Jared and Jensen are really from Texas

* This is real footage of Jensen playing Eric Brady on "Days Of Our Lives" episode 8849 in the year 2000



''Scene: Inside the car''

* The name K M Motion Picture Studios was in  honor of [[Kim Manners]], the executive producer who passed away in 2009.  Kim directed 16 episodes of Supernatural

* Jared and Jensen both have drivers and get picked up in SUVs for work.  Their drivers are usually Cliff and John. (Note [[Clif Kosterman]]'s name is mispelt in the pop-up

* Supernatural is filmed in Burnaby, BC.  The pilot was shot in Los Angeles; the show then moved to Canada

* Producers [[Todd Aronauer]] and [[Kristin Cronin]] are the only remaining crew from the beginning of the pilot, with exception of Jared, Jensen, and Eric.

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''Scene: Inside Jared's mansion''

* This is not Jared's house

* The boys do not use tanning beds. They use the safer route of spray tans when necessary

* Jared and [[Genevieve Padalecki|Genevieve]] do not own an Alpaca - we don't think

* Jared and Genevieve met on the set of SPN Season 4.

* Jared and Genevieve got married in February 2010 in Idaho. That is their real wedding picture

* Jared did not know that the wedding pictures of Genevieve and himself were going to be used until the day of filming

* Jensen was married in 2010 to Daneel Harris, previously of "One Tree Hill"(Note: [[Danneel]]'s name is misspelt in the pop-up)

* The art department composited Jared's face onto this photo (Referring to the photo of Jared in cowboy gear on a horse)

* The beer bottle labels are individually made by the Art department and then attached by the Props Department

* That is Genevieve's real wedding ring



''Scene: In the car at the airport''

* Jensen and Jared follow proper custom policies, and all regulations and international laws ... as far as we know.


''Scene: Filming on set - Sam and dean have to do some acting''
* Robert Singer,  [[Philip Sgriccia|Phil Sgriccia]] and [[Jim Michaels]] all worked on the TV series "Lois and Clark"

* Scripts for Supernatural are usually around 48 pages. A shooting schedule is usually 8 days per episode which is an average of 6 pages per shooting day

* That is Jensen's real set chair

* The 'smart slate' helps make sure the audio and video are in sync

* The areas where the director sits is called the video village

* A 'mark' is a piece of tape in the floor telling the actor where to stand. Jensen and Jared always hit their marks without looking

* The assistant director is always with the camera not by video village as he is here

* Misha is actually nice - he doesn't push crew members

* Looking at the camera is called "breaking the fourth wall". Actors shouldn’t do it unless directed to 

* Serge always has has handy dandy laser pointer to show the crew which lights to move (Note: there is a typo in the pop-up 'has' rather than 'his')

* The director of the episode [[Charles Beeson]], is British and often says penultimate. Charles has directed 12 episodes of Supernatural 

* Translation of IMHO: Im My Honest Opinion

* Translation of ROTFLMAO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off

* [[Sera Gamble]] is the show's executive producer. This is not her real voice


''Scene: Sam and Dean leap through the window ''
* That was not Jared and Jensen - it was Todd and Mike their stunt doubles


''Scene: on the set''
* This is the real green screen area, where a lot of driving scenes are shot

* Hockey is the main topic of conversation among the crew all season long

* The set is the dragon's lair from [[6.12 Like a Virgin]]

* This is [[Lou Bollo]]. He really is the stunt coordinator, and has patterned shorts like this custom made

* Fighting on set is not permitted. Bare feet are also not permitted

* Jensen's real stunt double [[Todd Scott|Todd]] is holding him back. Jared's real stunt double [[Mike Carpenter|Mike]] is holding him back


''Scene: In the production office''

* The fez behind Bob was a gift to [[Jim Michaels]]. It was one of a group made by Fez-o-rama as Season 5 wrap gifts.  The clown is from Ep 2, Season 2, "[[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown|Everybody Loves a Clown]]". 

* "Supernatural's [[TV Guide Covers|Fan Favorite TV Guide cover]] is in the background. 

* Jim Michaels is co-executive producer, and is the only producer who lives in Canada during the season.

* Sera and the other producers reside in Los Angeles.

* Jared and Jensen are called "the boys" by the crew.

* Eric did not sell "Octocobra"


''Scene: On the set''

* This is the spider's lair set from [[6.13 Unforgiven]]

* Robert Singer did not name the character of [[Bobby Singer]] after himself - Eric did it while Bob was out of town. (Note: [http://www.indianas4.com/videobeta/?watchId=08c4c79b-3bdb-4efe-b22d-69ec3e9e7a5fSee Bob Singer talk about how it happened])

* The actor playing RS is Brian Doyle-Murray. Eric Kripke is a huge fan and was happy to get him to play the part.


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''Scene: Alleyway''
* On average Los Angeles gets 14.9 inches of rainfall a year. Vancouver gets 43.6

* [[Misha Collins]] is alive and well

* Canadian money can be blue, purple, brown, red or green


''Scene: Virgil's killing spree''
* Eric Kripke is the creator, writer and executive producer of Supernatural

* Eric was pleased with his death scene . He is also alive and well.

* Serge is always calm and collected


''Scene: Castiel confronts Raphael''
* This wing VFX was used for introducing [[Castiel]] in [[4.01 Lazarus Rising]]


''Scene: Sam and Dean back in Bobby's place''
* Set walls are called flats


''Over the end credits''
* Jared and Jensen are still talking


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