History Recap / SupernaturalS07E19OfGraveImportance

* ShoutOut: Numerous references to ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Bobby and Annie discover that, after time, ghosts develop a kind of Alzheimer's and eventually [[DeaderThanDead disintegrate into nothing]]. [[JumpScare Loudly]]. They also speculate what occurs after spirits' bodies are salted and burned, concluding that it's [[TheNothingAfterDeath probably nothing]]. Though previous episodes may contradict this.

* ChekhovsGun: Bobby removes his flask from Dean's pocket so the Winchesters won't remove him from the haunted house. Unfortunately Van Ness plants his door key in Dean's pocket so he can follow them out of the house, where Bobby and Anne can't.

** Bobby and Anne have to persuade Victoria to appear to the Winchesters to pass on a warning.

* MarriedToTheJob: Anne, which explains why her relationships were all 'on the job'.

* PhoneCallFromTheDead: Victoria tried to warn Anne on her mobile.

* BaitAndSwitch: Decker is actually trying to scare away potential victims before they're killed by Van Ness.

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* EthicalSlut[=/=]ReallyGetsAround: Annie, apparently, who had slept with Bobby, Dean, ''and'' Sam at different times.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Bobby and Annie discover that, after time, ghosts develop a kind of Alzheimer's and eventually [[DeaderThanDead disintegrate into nothing]]. [[JumpScare Loudly]].
** They also speculate what occurs after spirits' bodies are salted and burned, concluding that it's [[TheNothingAfterDeath probably nothing]]. Though previous episodes may contradict this.

* [[SurroundedByIdiots Surrounded By Idgits]]

* YouCanSeeMe: Bobby to the boys at the end of the episode.

* MarriedToTheJob: Anne (which also explains why her relationships were all 'on the job').

* ISeeDeadPeople: Bobby gets a shock when he enters the HauntedHouse and finds it full of ghosts staring at him.

* PhoneCallFromTheDead

* TerrorAtMakeoutPoint

** They also speculate what occurs after spirits' bodies are salted and burned, concluding that it's probably nothing. Though previous episodes may contradict this.

* ShoutOut: To ''Film/{{Ghost}}'', of course.

* YouCanSeeMe: Bobby to the boys at the end of the episode.

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'''Season 7, Episode 19''':

Sam and Dean get a call from Annie Hawkins, an old hunter friend, asking for help on a case. When they arrive in town, they find out Annie has disappeared. They trace her last whereabouts to an old abandoned house that is haunted by a powerful ghost. Unknown to them, the ghost of Bobby is following them around, having tied himself to his old flask that they carry. He finds the house populated by mostly mindless ghosts and the spirit of Whitman Van Ness. Bobby discovers the ghost of Annie and the two try to solve the murders.

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* CallBack: Dean's line towards the end of the episode about how ''"everything has an end"'' stems from his day filling in for [[TheGrimReaper Death]] in the episode [[{{Recap/SupernaturalS06E11AppointmentInSamarra}} "Appointment in Samarra"]], where he learned to respect the natural order of life and death.
* CharacterDevelopment: Where Dean has previously resorted to resurrection and seances in past seasons, in this one he speaks to both Jo and Bobby's spirits about the natural order of things after death, likely due to learning just how such imbalances can hurt others last season when making his deal with [[TheGrimReaper Death]].
* DramaticIrony: Bobby tells Dean and Sam they didn't "know" Annie as well as he did. [[GetTheeToANunnery They did, actually,]] and they share an awkward look.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Bobby and Annie discover that, after time, ghosts develop a kind of Alzheimer's and eventually [[DeaderThanDead disintegrate into nothing]]. [[JumpScare Loudly.]]
* HauntedHouse: The Van Ness House.
* InsistentTerminology: ''Fancy lady.''
* InvisibleMainCharacter: Bobby hasn't managed to master the tricks to being a ghost, so he has difficulty alerting the Winchesters to his presence. This is particularly frustrating to him.
* OneSteveLimit: Annie, there was already more than one character named Anna.

* CessationOfExistence: Discussed. Bobby and Annie believe this is what happens to ghosts whose bodies are burned.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Annie. Played with in that we meet and get to know her more after she dies.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Where Dean has previously resorted to resurrection and seances in past seasons, in this one he speaks to both Jo and Bobby's spirits about the natural order of things after death, likely due to learning just how such imbalances can hurt others last season when making his deal with [[TheGrimReaper Death]].

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Annie. Played with in that we meet and get to know her more, after she dies.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Annie.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Where Dean has previously resorted to resurrection and seances in past seasons, in this one he speaks to both Jo and Bobby's spirits about the natural order of things after death, likely due to learning just how such imbalances can hurt others last season when making his deal with [[TheGrimReaper Death]].[[note]]See above for more details.[[/note]]

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Where Dean has previously resorted to resurrection and seances in past seasons, in this one he speaks to both Jo and Bobby's spirits about the natural order of things after death, likely due to learning just how such imbalances can hurt others last season when making his deal with [[TheGrimReaper Death]].[[note]]See Above for more details.[[/note]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: Bobby and Annie discover that, after time, ghosts develop a kind of alzheimers and eventually disintegrate into nothing. [[JumpScare Loudly.]]

* InvisibleMainCharacter: Bobby hasn't managed to master the tricks to being a ghost, so he has difficulty alerting the Winchesters to his presence. This is particularly frustrating to him.

* HauntedHouse: The Van Ness House.