History Recap / SupernaturalS01E02Wendigo

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** CoryMonteith who plays Gary the unlucky camper, also will go on to play Finn Hudson from ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
** Callum Keith Rennie who plays Roy, also played Leoben Conoy on ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]''.
** Donnelly Rhodes who plays Shaw, also played Dr. Sherman Cottle in ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]''.
** Graham Wardle who plays Tommy Collins, will go on to play Ty Borden in ''Heartland''.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks:
** A 2001 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo_%28film%29 film]] by Larry Fessenden.
** "The Wendigo" is an episode of ''Series/{{Charmed}}''.
** A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo_%28comics%29 villain]] in MarvelComics.

!Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) items:

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[{{Glee}} Cory Monteith]] as one of the campers. The episode can now be pretty uncomfortable to watch given his own early death.

** Sam's nightmare where he dreams of laying flowers on Jessica's grave, only for her hand to pop out of the grave and grab him is a reference to Sue's nightmare at the end of the movie of ''Literature/Carrie''.

Following coordinates left them by their father, Sam and Dean wind up in the woods in Colorado with a group of hikers as they stumble across a [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings wendigo]]. Sam is shown still grieving for Jessica and [[BadDreams suffering nightmares]]. Dean teaches Sam that helping others and saving people can provide some relief for his anger, as they work to save [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Tommy Collins]] and get to know his sister and brother in the process. Dean seems [[FlirtingUnderFire very interested]] in getting to know his sister, Hailey Collins. However, they do not find their father, and they realize their father left them the coordinates because [[TakeUpMySword he wanted them to continue hunting]] and [[ParentalAbandonment not to help them find him]].

* ChekhovsGun: Or in this case, Chekhov's {{Flare Gun}}s, which were stolen by the Wendigo early in the episode.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
-->'''[[MrExposition Sam:]]''' ''Wendigo'' is a Cree Indian word. It means ''evil that devours''.
** In actuality, the name is wiindigoo in the Ojibwe language (the source of the English word [Brightman 1988:344]), wìdjigò in the Algonquin language, and wīhtikōw in the Cree language; the Proto-Algonquian term was *wi·nteko·wa, which probably originally meant "owl" (Goddard 1969, cited in Brightman 1988:340).

* FridgeLogic: Dean introduces himself to Haley as Dean, but then shows an ID for Samuel Cole, and she doesn't comment on it despite studying it closely.

Written by Eric Kripke, Ron Milbauer, and Terri Hughes Burton.

Following coordinates left them by their father, Sam and Dean wind up in the woods in Colorado with a group of hikers as they stumble across a [[Characters/SupernaturalMonstersAndSupernaturalBeings wendigo]]. Sam is shown still grieving for Jessica and [[BadDreams suffering nightmares]]. Dean teaches Sam that helping others and saving people can provide some relief for his anger, as they work to save Tommy Collins and get to know his sister and brother in the process. Dean seems [[FlirtingUnderFire very interested]] in getting to know his sister, Hailey Collins. However, they do not find their father, and they realize their father left them the coordinates because [[TakeUpMySword he wanted them to continue hunting]] and [[ParentalAbandonment not to help them find him]].

* ItCanThink: Well of course, since it's a demon not a grizzly. One particularly clever stunt though is updating the old KEEP OUT sign protecting its lair with a modern sign warning of toxic waste.

* ChekhovsGun: Or in this case, Chhekhov's {{Flare Gun}}s, which were stolen by the Wendigo early in the episode.

Sam and Dean follow coordinates to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Creek_Wilderness Lost Creek Wilderness]] which there father left for them, and end up helping to rescue a lost camper.

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wendigosn_8946.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:"I think he wants us to [[PassingTheTorch pick up where he left off]], you know, saving people, hunting things. The [[FamilyBusiness family business]]." - Dean to Sam]]

Following coordinates left them by their father, Sam and Dean wind up in the woods in Colorado with a group of hikers as they stumble across a {{wendigo}}. Sam is shown still grieving for Jessica and [[BadDreams suffering nightmares]]. Dean teaches Sam that helping others and saving people can provide some relief for his anger, as they work to save Tommy Collins and get to know his sister and brother in the process. Dean seems [[FlirtingUnderFire very interested]] in getting to know his sister, Hailey Collins. However, they do not find their father, and they realize their father left them the coordinates because [[TakeUpMySword he wanted them to continue hunting]] and [[ParentalAbandonment not to help them find him]].

!Tropes
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* AnyoneCanDie:
** Body count this episode = [[spoiler: 3 humans and 1 wendigo]].
** Body count for the series = 6 humans; 3 ghosts; and 1 wendigo.

* BigDamnHeroes: Dean saving Sam and the rest of the campers.

* MolotovCocktail: Sam finds it broken, apparently haven broken before Dean had a chance to light it.

* ChekhovsGun: Or in this case, Chhekhov's Flare Guns, which were stolen by the Wendigo early in the episode.

-->'''Haley Collins:''' And you're hiking out in biker boots and jeans?

Following coordinates left them by their father, Sam and Dean wind up in the woods in Colorado with a group of hikers as they stumble across a {{wendigo}}. Sam is shown still grieving for Jessica and [[BadDreams suffering nightmares]]. Dean teaches Sam that helping others and saving people can provide some relief for his anger, as they work to save Tommy Collins and get to know his sister and brother in the process. Dean seems [[FlirtingUnderFire very interested]] in getting to know his sister, Hailey Collins. However, they do not find their father, and they realize their father left them the coordinates because he wanted them to continue hunting and [[ParentalAbandonment not to help them find him]].

* FridgeLogic: Dean introduces himself to Haley as Dean, but then shows an ID for Samuel Cole, and she doesn't comment on it.

* StabTheScorpion. Roy and Dean are arguing and getting on each others' nerves when Roy violently grabs Dean's shoulder... to stop him from walking on a bear trap.

->'''Dean:''' "Guns are useless, so are knives. Basically...we've got to torch the sucker."

* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: More like a trail of [[ProductPlacement Peanut M&Ms]].