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* NumerologicalMotif:
** The planes crash after 40 minutes, which Dean explains as biblical numerology and that the number equals death. The number 40 is used 98 times in the Bible. It usually marks the end of a stage (40 days of flooding, 40 years in the dessert, Jesus' 40 day fast in the desert), and not literal death, but more of a rebirth. However, 40 does correspond to the thirteenth Hebraic letter, mem, and to the Arcane 13 of the Tarot, the Death.
** Flight 424 leaves from Gate 13.
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* ForTheEvulz:
-->'''Dean:''' This isn't our normal gig. I mean, demons, they don't want anything, just death and destruction for its own sake.

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** Why does Jerry Panowski, an air traffic controller, have a microscope in his office?
** Why do the brothers take him the substance from the airplane door to analyze?
** What did looking at the sulfur under the microscope tell them they already didn't know?

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** Why does Jerry Panowski, an air traffic controller, have a microscope in his office?
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office, and why do the brothers take him the substance from the airplane door to analyze?
analyze, instead of a scientist?
** What did looking at the sulfur under the microscope tell them they already didn't know? It's not as if this would tell them it's melting/boiling point, solubility, or molecular weight, and we could already see it was yellow powder.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: Before getting down to evil, the Demon says, "Wow. Time really does [[{{Pun}} fly]].

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* {{Catchphrase}}: Before getting down to evil, the Demon says, "Wow. Time really does [[{{Pun}} fly]]. "



* FauxAffablyEvil: The demon.



** Why does Jerry Panowski, an air traffic controller, have a microscope in his office? Why do the brothers take him the substance from the airplane door to analyze? What did looking at the sulfur under the microscope tell them they already didn't know?

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** Why does Jerry Panowski, an air traffic controller, have a microscope in his office? office?
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Why do the brothers take him the substance from the airplane door to analyze? analyze?
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What did looking at the sulfur under the microscope tell them they already didn't know?
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Before getting down to evil, the Demon says, "Wow. Time really does [[{{Pun}} fly]].


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* RegularlyScheduledEvil:
-->'''Demon:''' How long we been up?
-->''Passenger:''' Uh...almost forty minutes.
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* FridgeLogic:
** Why does Jerry Panowski, an air traffic controller, have a microscope in his office? Why do the brothers take him the substance from the airplane door to analyze? What did looking at the sulfur under the microscope tell them they already didn't know?
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[[caption-width-right:193:Homeland Security. It’s pretty illegal, even for us. '''- Sam''']]

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[[caption-width-right:193:Homeland Security. It’s pretty illegal, even for us. '''- Sam''']]\n]]
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[[caption-width-right:193:Homeland Security. It’s pretty illegal, even for us. '''- Sam''']]
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-->Dean:''' Man, I look like one of the Blues Brothers.
-->Sam:''' No, you don't. You look more like a...seventh-grader at his first dance.

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-->Dean:''' -->'''Dean:''' Man, I look like one of the Blues Brothers.
-->Sam:''' -->'''Sam:''' No, you don't. You look more like a...seventh-grader at his first dance.
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** After buying a suit to look like a Homeland Security Agent, Dean says he looks like one of Film/TheBluesBrothers, but Sam [[DeadpanSnarker reassures]] him.
-->Dean:''' Man, I look like one of the Blues Brothers.
-->Sam:''' No, you don't. You look more like a...seventh-grader at his first dance.

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-->'''Mrs Phelps:'''
Well...uh, [long pause] he had acid reflux, if that's what you mean.

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-->'''Mrs Phelps:'''
Phelps:''' Well...uh, uh. [long pause] he He had acid reflux, if that's what you mean.
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* DepravedDentist: SubvertedTrope.
-->'''Dean:''' And you said he was a...dentist?
-->'''Mrs Phelps:''' Mm-hm. He was headed to a convention in Denver. Do you know that he was petrified to fly? For him to go like that...
-->'''Sam:''' How long were you married?
-->'''Mrs Phelps:''' Thirteen years.
-->'''Sam:''' In all that time, did you ever notice anything...strange about him, anything out of the ordinary?
-->'''Mrs Phelps:'''
Well...uh, [long pause] he had acid reflux, if that's what you mean.
-->[Dean and Sam look ay each other and leave the house]
-->'''Sam:''' I mean it goes without saying. It just doesn't make any sense.
-->'''Dean:''' A middle-aged dentist with an ulcer is not exactly evil personified

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** Body count this episode = humans.

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** Body count this episode = 93 humans.


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* ArbitrarySkepticism:
-->'''Max:''' There was...this—man. And, uh, he had these...eyes—these, uh...black eyes. And I saw him—or I thought I saw him...
-->'''Dean:''' What?
-->'''Max:''' He opened the emergency exit. But that's...that's impossible, right? I mean, I looked it up. There's something like two tons of pressure on that door.
-->'''Dean:''' Yeah.
-->'''Sam:''' This man, uh, did he seem to appear and disappear rapidly? It would look something like a mirage?
-->'''Max:''' What are you, nuts?
-->[Sam tilts his head.]

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* ElectromagneticGhosts: EVP on the cockpit data recorder saying, "No survivors."

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* ElectromagneticGhosts: EVP on the cockpit data voice recorder saying, "No survivors."



* UrbanLegends: While in RealLife a person can not open an airplane door in flight, despite the urban legends about this, this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in this case as it was a demon and not a person opening the door, as is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[GenreSavvy Max Jaffey]].

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* UrbanLegends: UrbanLegends:
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While in RealLife a person can not open an airplane door in flight, despite the urban legends about this, this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in this case as it was a demon and not a person opening the door, as is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[GenreSavvy Max Jaffey]].Jaffey]].
** The stories surrounding [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401 Flight 401]] are [[DiscussedTrope compared]] to the crash of United Britannia flight 2485 in this episode.
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* ElectromagneticGhosts: EVP on the cockpit data recorder saying, "No survivors."
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--> Sam: Are you humming Metallica?
--> Dean: It calms me down.

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--> Sam: -->'''Sam:''' Are you humming Metallica?
--> Dean: -->'''Dean:''' It calms me down.
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** When Jerry Panowski explains how John and Dean Winchester helped him out with a poltergeist, an eavesdropping co-worker misunderstands:
-->'''Worker:''' Film/{{Poltergeist}}. Man, I loved that movie.
-->'''Jerry:''' Hey, nobody's talking to you. Keep walking.
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** Dean mentions he saw Sam watching a George Foreman {{infomercial}}.

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** Dean mentions he saw Sam watching a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman George Foreman Foreman]] {{infomercial}}.
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** Dean mentions he saw Sam watching a George Foreman {{infomercial}}.

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* * AnyoneCanDie:

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* DeggansRule:
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* * AnyoneCanDie:
** Body count this episode = humans.
** Body count for the series so far = 10 humans; 3 ghosts; and 1 wendigo.

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* AudibleSharpness: A metallic sound is heard when Dean removes his knife from under his (presumably soft and cushy) pillow.

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* AudibleSharpness: A metallic sound is heard when Dean Sam removes his Dean's knife from under his (presumably soft and cushy) pillow. pillow.
* BadDreams: Sam admits he is still having nightmares about Jessica.

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* FakeOutOpening: The beach landscape complete with Hawaiian music, before our traveler lifts his head ad we hear the jet roar and realize the scene is in an airport.

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* FakeOutOpening: The beach landscape complete with Hawaiian music, before our traveler lifts his head ad we hear and the jet roar and roar, which make us realize the scene is in an airport.



* ShoutOut: Dean hums Metallica's "Enter Sandman" while freaked out about flying.

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Dean hums Metallica's [[{{Metallica}} Metallica's]] "Enter Sandman" while freaked out about flying.
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* ContinuousDecompression: The continuous wind after the airplane door is opened.


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* UrbanLegends: While in RealLife a person can not open an airplane door in flight, despite the urban legends about this, this is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in this case as it was a demon and not a person opening the door, as is [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] by [[GenreSavvy Max Jaffey]].
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* FakeOutOpening: The beach landscape complete with Hawaiian music, before our traveler lifts his head ad we hear the jet roar and realize the scene is in an airport.
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* ShoutOut: Dean hums Metallica's "Enter Sandman" while freaked out about flying.
--> Sam: Are you humming Metallica?
--> Dean: It calms me down.

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* AudibleSharpness: A metallic sound is heard when Dean removes his knife from under his (presumably soft and cushy) pillow.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The demon.
* CanisLatinicus / AncientGrome: Christo is not Latin for "God" but Greek for "The Anointed One" (as in the title "Christ"). Moreover, it should be "Christus" or "Christe".



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes -- Dean doesn't like airplanes.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes -- LeaveNoSurvivors: The stated goal of the demon.
* SuperSmoke: The demon, when he's not possessing someone. Apparently, even in this form it can threaten a plane to crash.
* VillainsNeverLie: Before being exorcised, the demon claims knowing what happened to Jessica. Dean tries to reassure Sam by saying that demons always lie, but...
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
Dean doesn't like airplanes.
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\nDean and Sam track down and attempt to exorcise a demon that's causing plane crashes.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes -- Dean doesn't like airplanes

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* DeathInTheClouds: A demon's been causing plane crashes and the brothers have to find out who it's possessing and exorcise it, before it crashes another plane. Unfortunately, they don't manage to stop it getting on the plane, so the climax takes place on a plane.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes -- Dean doesn't like airplanesairplanes.

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