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!!Dean Winchester
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->''"I got a GED and a give-em-hell attitude."''

Dean Winchester is the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''Supernatural''. Dean was born January 24th, 1979 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. He is the oldest child of John Winchester and Mary Winchester (nee Campbell). He is the older brother of Sam Winchester and the older paternal half brother of Adam Milligan. His mother died on November 2nd, 1983, when Dean was only 4 years old. It was later discovered that [[spoiler: Dean was the one true vessel of [[ArchangelMichael Michael]] and that he was destined to fight Sam as Lucifer in the Apocalypse.]] In Season 9, Dean [[spoiler: took the Mark of Cain from Cain himself so that he could kill Abbadon for good.]] Unfortunately for Dean, [[spoiler: the Mark ended up having negative effects on Dean's personality to the point where he became tempted to kill everything in his path.]]

* TykeBomb: Dean was trained to be a hunter since his childhood by his father. While this ParentalNeglect and [[TheSpartanWay training]] was part of [[spoiler:demonic plans to [[CorruptTheCutie groom]] generally nice [[BlackSheep Sam]] into becoming a powerful AntiChrist]], Daddy Winchester seems to have worked [[WellDoneSonGuy Dean]] harder, having him shooting at the age of 6.

* AbortedArc: Presumably it was planned that [[spoiler:Dean or his brother would end up killing the other according to Chuck's plan, but because of the main universe versions defying Chuck he ended up destroying universes and changing his mind about what happens with the [=HunterCorp=] Winchesters]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After 15 years of pain, torture, and fighting supernatural beings, Dean manages to get a relatively happy ending. [[spoiler:While he [[DiedHappilyEverAfter dies]], he goes out doing what he does best and his beloved brother is by his side the whole time. Furthermore, he goes to Heaven, reuniting with Bobby and later Sam.]]

* HurtingHero: Dean always goes through so much pain, tragedy, and chaos. The man just can't catch a break. Even though he constantly saves people, nothing ever good happens to Dean in return. In fact, the bad stuff just keep piling on for Dean. From losing family, friends, and allies to having to stop his own younger brother going DarkSide and becoming evil, there is just no happy times for Dean. And even when he does get some happiness or normalcy, it is taken away from him sooner than later.

* CameBackWrong[=/=]ShellShockedVeteran:
** [[spoiler: At the start of Season 8 after escaping from [[HellholePrison Purgatory]].]] On the outside, he's normal but on the inside, whatever happened in [[spoiler:Purgatory]] has changed him a great deal, even referring to it as "360 degrees of combat".

* TheAce[=/=]BrokenAce: Dean may be a tough, capable, and badass hunter, but his personal life has been nothing but filled with loss, grief, pain, and tragedy: his mother was tragically killed by Azazel when Dean was only a child; his father goes insane with grief and fear for his children and becomes distant, emotionally abusive, and turns him into a living weapon; [[spoiler:the brother that he loves more than anything is destined for a path of darkness and evil and he might have to kill him to save the world; the 'uncle' he adores becomes a target by association; and of his two best friends: one is slowly dying as a result of helping him, the other sacrificed himself to save Sam (who hated his guts) and is now trapped in Purgatory.]] He feels responsible for Sam, and everyone else he's ever met really, and that if he does not save him, he will blame himself. Every single person that he's ever loved and cared about has [[spoiler:died or betrayed him]] or both. He has had to deal with his brother and best friend dying on him repeatedly or being close to the brink of death numerous times with Dean being forced to go to extreme measures to save their lives. The only two women he's ever loved, he had to leave: Cassie, because when he revealed who he was and what his family did, she didn't believe him and his father found out and forbade the relationship; and Lisa, because the TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive.

* ClosetGeek: Teases Sam for being a geek, but is the one dropping references to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', etc. Readily apparent in "LARP and the Real Girl", when Dean comments that the video of the LARP group's activities looks awesome, but turns stoic when Sam turns to look at him. Later, Dean gets distracted by the map for the upcoming mock-battle and begins offering a ''better'' strategy to Charlie, before Sam snaps him back to attention.

* RefusualOfTheCall: After beating the ghost, Dean refuses to quit his job despite Sam's insistence that they could be doing more as hunters. However after listening to his boss describe how many years of his life he would have to commit to the job to get more promotions, Dean realises that this isn't who he is and seemingly changes his mind about hunting.

[[folder:Camp Chitaqua Dean]]
!!Dean Winchester
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Appearing in the BadFuture of "The End", Dean is the leader of the group of survivors known as Camp Chitaqua in 2014. He's planning a final assault against Lucifer when Dean from 2009 arrives in his time.

* IHatePastMe: He doesn't really like 2009 Dean, who in turn is [[FutureMeScaresMe disturbed]] by 2014 Dean's actions.
* InSpiteOfANail: [[spoiler:As it turns out, his death is a common occurrence for versions of Dean. Not only were Atomic and Colt Dean also killed by Sam, but the latter was killed in the exact same way: using the Colt only to find out that it doesn't kill Lucifer who then kills him.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Considers saying no to Michael to be his, as the world was doomed and the angels were humanity's only real chance against Lucifer. Since he refused their offer, they left Earth and allowed Lucifer to take over.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Five years of the apocalypse has made Dean far more ruthless and willing to kill others in a second. He also refuses to listen to other people, instead making plans and expecting others to listen to him.

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[[folder:Anime Dean]]

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!!!Voiced By: Andrew Farrar and Creator/JensenAckles

Ever since witnessing the death of his mother, Dean was trained to hunt monsters and now travels across the country with his brother looking for his missing father.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Dean was the first to see Mary before John showed up and told him to run out of the house with Sam, unlike in the original show, and he admits that there's a rarely a day where he doesn't think about it.
* AdaptationalBadass: Because of RuleOfCool, this Dean is far more impressive than his live-action counterpart when it comes to combat.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Dean has black hair and brown eyes.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Compared to his live-action counterpart, this Dean has less FantasticRacism towards monsters as he befriends a vampire child named Ryan and is more willing to believe that monsters can be good, though is still more sceptical than Sam.
* CompositeCharacter: A minor detail that gives him more angst, but he was the first to see Mary die instead of John.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: His different hair color means that he looks a lot like his father.

[[folder:[=HunterCorp=] Dean]]

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!!!Portrayed By: Creator/JensenAckles

A version of Dean from a reality where his dad created [=HunterCorp=], a company where he and Sam are paid to hunt monsters. Due to their universe being destroyed [[spoiler:by Chuck]], Dean and Sam escape to the main universe.

* AlternateSelf: A version of Dean who is wealthy due to his dad's company allowing him to be paid for hunting monsters.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Subverted. He might be paid to hunt monsters and be ridiculously wealthy, but [=HunterCorp=] was created by John and this Dean has been spoiled by his wealth.
* SoleSurvivor: Of his universe along with Sam.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never explained what happened to Dean and his brother after they left the Bunker.

[[folder:Alternate Deans ('''Spoilers''')]]

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Alternate versions of Dean who were created by Chuck and ended up going through his planned endings where him or Sam ended up killing the other.

* CompositeCharacter: A minor detail that gives him more angst, but he was the first to see Mary die unlike John.

[[folder:[=HunterCorp=] Dean]]

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!!!Portrayed By: Creator/JensenAckles

A version of Dean from a reality where his dad created [=HunterCorp=], a company where he and Sam are paid to hunt monsters. Due to their universe being destroyed [[spoiler:by Chuck]], Dean and Sam escape to the main universe.

* AlternateSelf: A version of Dean who is wealthy due to his dad's company allowing him to be paid for hunting monsters.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Subverted. He might be paid to hunt monsters and be ridiculously wealthy, but [=HunterCorp=] was created by John and this Dean has been spoiled by his wealth.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's never explained what happened to Dean and his brother after they left the Bunker.

[[folder:Alternate Deans ('''Spoilers''')]]

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Alternate versions of Dean who were created by Chuck and ended up going through his planned endings where him or Sam ended up killing the other.

-> See [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/SupernaturalFrenchMistakeUniverse this page]]

A version of Dean from a reality where his dad created [=HunterCorp=], a company where he and Sam are paid to hunt monsters.

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** He wants to kill Ruby because she's a demonn but wanted to spare Casey who was also a demon and who had killed his friend Richie with no provocation.

** He tells Sam he can’t have monsters as friends and kills Amy, though she only killed few people and only to safe her son, but then he gets a monster friend and suddenly the rules changed, throwing a fit over Sam wanting to kill Benny who killed countless of people before he went to purgatory.

* TryingNotToCry: It often looks like he's about to burst into tears, but instead he just keeps on doing whatever it is he's doing looking epically broken all the way through it. A particularly [[AWorldwidePunomenon tear-jerking]] example happens in "Reading Is Fundamental." He manages to look like this ''for an entire episode'' while interacting with an out-of-mind Castiel.

* BadassBaritone: Dean's voice has considerably deepened over the years, sometimes borderlining on GutturalGrowler.

** [[spoiler:Then, at the beginning of Season 7, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbomination abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.

** One where he fought against Sam who after becaming addicted to demon blood started to lead a demon army, with Dean eventually killed by his borther.