History Characters / SupernaturalHunters

!!!Portrayed by Terence Kelly and Andy Nez

!!!Portrayed by Josh Blacker

* ShootTheHostage: Ellen tries (and fails) to talk her comrades into shooting [[spoiler:Jake]] in "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Two" when [[MindControl he has her pointing a gun]] [[DrivenToSuicide at her own head, ready to shoot, if they do]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler: Isaac is killed]] [[spoiler: and we never see Tamara again after their debut episode.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter

* MeaningfulName: [[Literature/{{Firestarter}} Charlie]] [[Creator/RayBradbury Bradbury]]. [[spoiler: Justified as Charlie hinted that she made it up to give herself a new identity.]] Her identity in ''[[Recap/SupernaturalS08E11LARPAndTheRealGirl LARP and the Real Girl]]'' is Literature/{{Carrie}} [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein]].

* DeathSeeker: He becomes one after being turned into a vampire, planning to commit suicide after he kills Sam. Clearly even ''he'' isn't exempt from his own black-and-white philosophy.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Is disturbingly fond of this, as evidenced with Lenore.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: His black-and-white views towards monsters places him squarely in this category, though he firmly believes that he is a WellIntentionedExtremist.

* DistressedDamsel: In "Born Under a Bad Sign". In "No Exit" and "Abandon All Hope...", she's a DamselOutOfDistress.

Hunters in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' are humans who have decided to protect [[{{Masquerade}} unaware, normal people]] from supernatural beings, such as ghosts, vampires, and demons. They have usually lost someone close to them to a supernatural being, but in some cases they were [[FamilyBusiness raised in a hunting family]]. Most have a [[WalkingTheEarth nomadic lifestyle]], but they have a network to pass along information and have hangouts like Harvelle's Roadhouse in Nebraska. They find cases by searching newspapers and the internet for abnormal events and patterns which suggest a supernatural etiology.

* FantasticRacism: Towards all supernatural beings. It's partially {{justified|Trope}}, seeing as how most of the creatures encountered on the show ''are'' evil, but even when they come across a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire, a hunter is more likely to shoot first, ask questions never.

* MartyrdomCulture: Their job is lonely, emotionally and physically destructive, and doesn't have much of a retirement package. As Bobby bluntly put it, the average death for a hunter is getting their guts ripped out at age 30. The alternative? Outliving what friends you still had and probably ending up in a sanitarium.

* BoobsOfSteel: Work it, Ellen!

%%* InformationBroker

* WidowWoman

%%* {{Jerkass}}

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:At the end of "Out with the Old". [[NeverFoundTheBody Maybe.]] When Sam and Dean go to his basecamp, it looks like there was a struggle and blood is everywhere. Take into consideration [[MeaningfulName the episode title]] plus [[KillEmAll the show's usual treatment of characters]], and poor Frank's probably gone for good.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: She carries [[TragicKeepsake her dad's knife]] with her because she wants to feel close to him, and says she was known as the "freak with the knife collection" at school.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Sam. Check. Both [[{{Nerd}} nerds]]? Check. Both [[BadassBookworm bookworms]]? Check. Both love ''Franchise/HarryPotter''? Check.

* {{Nerd}}: Her defining character trait.

--> '''Charlie:''' "I can't. He's not my type."
--> '''Dean:''' "You're gonna have to play through that."
--> '''Charlie:''' "As in, he's not a ''[[SorryImGay girl]]''."

-->'''Dean:''' Pretend he has boobs.
-->'''Charlie:''' ''(looks disgusted)'' Worse.
*** Dean then resigns himself to instructing her how to flirt with a man. HilarityEnsues.
-->'''Charlie:''' I feel dirty.
-->'''Dean:''' You and me both, sister.

** Semi-invoked when Dean tries to make him into a substitute for [[spoiler:John Winchester]] after the latter dies, not realizing that Gordon is evil.

* NiceHat: Always wears a trucker cap.

* NiceHat

%%* NiceHat

* {{Meganekko}}: Charlie wears glasses.

Bobby is a hunter who lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota who entered the world of hunting after his wife was possessed by a demon. He acts as a father figure to Sam and Dean, having taken care of them many times while their father was off hunting. He is a major part of the hunting community, running multiple phone lines and operations out of his house/salvage yard, where he offers safe haven and advice to other hunters. His library and knowledge about the supernatural is unmatched. He is shot and killed by Dick Roman in 2012, but lingers as a ghost for a short time before asking to be put to rest when he fears becoming a vengeful spirit.

* TheNotLoveInterest: For all the Jo has UnresolvedSexualTension with Dean, the most important person in her life is Ellen. Ellen drives much of Jo's story, they become hunting partners, Ellen's the one Jo's most worried about in Good God Ya'll and [[spoiler: Jo dies Ellen's arms after hearing her mother say she loves her]]

* WideEyedIdealist: Despite trying to act like a badass, she starts out with very naive misconceptions about hunting because of drunk hunters making stuff up to try to impress her, which Dean calls her on. By the end of her first hunt in "No Exit", she's considerably shaken up and admits to Sam that it wasn't how she thought it'd be, but still thinks it's worth it because they saved someone's life. Eric Kripke described her as an enthusiastic, innocent girl who takes a "girl-next-door" approach to hunting.

* MsFanservice: Her very first shot is of her [[MaleGaze butt]] and she spends the episode wearing a low-cut top and short shorts.

* KnifeNut: She carries [[TragicKeepsake her dad's knife]] with her because she wants to feel close to him, and says she was known as the "freak with the knife collection" at school.

* TomboyishName

* StuffedIntoTheFridge [[spoiler:In "Dark Dynasty," Charlie is found dead in a bathtub after being killed offscreen.]]

%%* BadassBeard

* BadassBeard: Wears one, although he doesn't come off as much of a badass.

* NotSoDifferent: Well, aside from [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Lenore]], Castiel, [[ChildrenAreInnocent Bobby John]], [[SkinWalker Lucky]], [[spoiler:[[HumanoidAbomination Eleanor]]]], and whatever rare sympathetic monsters they find, Dean and Sam aren't much better than Gordon at treating or thinking supernatural creatures as human-like beings who have their good and bad sides. [[spoiler:Dean]] takes it UpToEleven in Season 7 by [[spoiler:killing a [[MonsterIsAMommy Mommy Monster]] who was only killing again to heal her sick child under the pretext that "she would just kill again" (basically the same excuse Gordon gave to try and kill Lenore) ''right in front of the child'' and promising to kill said child if he killed too. Sam was the same in the previous season, but only because he was soulless]].

* NotSoDifferent: In her teens, from Dean. Made even more clear when she starts trying to become a hunter like him.

** "Idjits." [[spoiler:Also his FamousLastWords.]]

* KilledOffScreen: She's one of the first people to be [[spoiler:ReducedToDust by Chucked in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS15E18Despair Despair]]", although she doesn't appear in the episode itself. Sam only knows she's gone because her texting suddenly stops and [[NoBodyLeftBehind he finds her phone on the front lawn of her house]]. She's returned to life ''again'', like everyone else by the season finale]].

* UnresolvedSexualTension: She and Sam have some romantic chemistry both before and after her death, but [[spoiler:Chuck taking control of her throws a wrench in their relationship]]. But later she and Dean do still go on an offscreen date in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS15E14LastHoliday Last Holiday]]".