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The Meaning of Episode Titles

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Season 9
==Season 9==
'''[[9.01 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here]]'''
The title "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" is a song from the musical Annie. and is sung when the orphan Annie arrives at the mansion of Millionaire Oliver Warbucks. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nM_-CFRBS8 Watch it here]
'''[[9.02 Devil May Care]]'''
The term "devil-may-care" is used to describe someone with a careless or reckless attitude, the phrase is a shortened form of "the devil may care, but I do not." The phrase's origin dates all the way back to around 1785–95. It is also the title of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Care_%28novel%29 a 2008 ''James Bond'' novel].
 
'''[[9.03 I'm No Angel]]'''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_No_Angel_%28album%29 I'm No Angel] may refer to the 1986 album (and song) of the same name by the Greg Allman Band.
 
'''[[9.04 Slumber Party]]'''
 
'''[[9.05 Dog Dean Afternoon]]'''
The episode title "Dog Dean Afternoon" is a play on the name of the 1975 film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072890/ Dog Day Afternoon]''.
 
'''[[9.06 Heaven Can't Wait]]'''
The title of the episode is a play on ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film) Heaven Can Wait]'', a 1978 film starring and co-directed by Warren Beatty, about a man who gets a second chance on Earth after dying prematurely. There was also a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_%281943_film%29 1943 film] of the same name, about a man who must tell his life story before be admitted into Hell (Spoiler: He ends up in Heaven).
 
Writer Bob Berens said it referred to the film of the same name and also that "Cas and Crowley have been sidelined, Cas in his human life, Crow in the bunker. But the call of heroism/villainy beckons" [https://twitter.com/robertberens/status/400846272141078529 source].
 
'''[[9.07 Bad Boys]]'''
"Bad Boys" is also the name of a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085210/ 1983 movie] about a kid played by Sean Penn who is sent to reform school for killing a gang member, where he must deal with the dead man's vengeful brother.
 
'''[[9.08 Rock and a Hard Place]]'''
"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_a_Hard_Place Rock and a Hard Place]" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1989 album ''Steel Wheels''.
 
'''[[9.09 Holy Terror]]'''
''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Terror_%28graphic_novel%29 Holy Terror]'' was the name of a 2011 graphic novel by Frank Miller in which a superhero called the Fixer battles Muslim terrorists.
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