History YMMV / Supernatural

* UnpleasableFanbase: ''Full stop''. Apparently, every single woman who gets within five miles of the boys deserves to die--[[AlasPoorScrappy until they die, of course.]]
** People wanted the format of the first couple of seasons back for the sixth season... then complained when they got it.

* HolyShitQuotient: reaches stratospheric heights in the later seasons, although probably the largest contributors to this tally would be "Hammer of the Gods" and "Two Minutes To Midnight" which both consist mainly of [[DidGodzillaJustPunchOuthCthulhu very powerful beings trying to kill each other]] and Sam and Dean trying not to get caught in the cross-fire.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the DethroningMomentOfSuck episode "Hammer of the Gods" has Odin, among other gods, as a cannibal. Then news that Sir Anthony "Hannibal Lectur" Hopkins is playing him in the film adaptation of MarvelComics Thor.

*** Yes, because clearly feminist criticism is misaimed fandom, and it is unreasonable to criticize writers for ''fictional stories they wrote'' /sarcasm

** Aaaand the tradition continues with Meg, after she [[spoiler: takes Castiel's first kiss. And he ''responds'']]. It's the cause of the current fandom uproar.

* NarmCharm: ''Changing Channels.'' '''The whole damn episode.'''

** People wanted the format of the first couple of seasons back for the sixth season... [[WallBanger then complained when they got it.]]

* EnsembleDarkHorse[[IncrediblyLamePun man]]: Death. Despite his extremely limited appearances, he has very devoted fans. Might have something to do with his promise to [[spoiler:reap God]]

** In Season 6, [[spoiler:Dean is no longer the {{Badass}} hunter we know and love, but a domesticated family man living with Lisa and her son]]. He even has a job!!

*** This is made doubly egregious in that they are all (minus Kali) killed by Lucifer in a matter of seconds. This might not be so bad for gods for which faith has fallen out of practice over the centuries, but many of the gods effortlessly massacred are ''stilled worshipped in large numbers today.'' SoYeah.

-->'''Bobby:''' No, Garth, not ''me'' [=FBI=], the '''real''' [=FBI=]!

* MindScrew: "What Is And What Should Never Be" and "Mystery Spot"
** "Dark Side of the Moon." At least until it was explained that [[spoiler:Sam and Dean are actually in Heaven, reliving their fondest memories]].

* DagwoodSandwich: Dean makes one when he finds himself in a sitcom.

** There was a big kerfluffle on LiveJournal when someone counted the number of times Dean used the word "bitch" in the first three seasons, and it turned out to be several times higher during [[http://apocalypsos.livejournal.com/1618164.html season 3]] than [[http://apocalypsos.livejournal.com/1617144.html 1]] or [[http://apocalypsos.livejournal.com/1617299.html 2]]. Nevermind ''context'', that he was talking about a female demon, monster or thief, or that he often uses foul language when he doesn't like something, the largely-female fanbase [[MisBlamed immediately blamed the showrunners]]. Any suggestion that it was a ''character'' fault rather than the writers' was almost completely ignored.

* Narm: The daughter of the pastor guy in the first season ep about the hook-handed man, her acting was.. pretty crappy. Also the Non-Demon!Meg's acting in the second ep of season 4 as well.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: ''Tons''.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Has its own page.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: While most of their heartwarming moments have disturbing or depressing undercurrents and while some are shown to be flat-out lies by later episodes, Sam's "You're my big brother. There's ''nothing'' I wouldn't do for you" is certain to make any troper's heart melt a little.
** Also, the two brothers singing together in the Season 3 finale "No Rest for the Wicked."
** Many moments from the fifth season finale "Swan Song":
*** Sam [[spoiler:quoting Dean from the pilot episode, telling him to go live a "normal, apple-pie life" after Sam's gone]].
*** Kind of halfway between heartwarming and heartbreaking, but still: Chuck's narration of the history of the Impala, culminating in [[spoiler:Sam overcoming Lucifer's hold over him as he looks at the Impala and remembers all the times he and Dean have spent together]].

* [[FetishFuel/{{Supernatural}} Fetish Fuel]]: You know, [[IncestYay there is a reason why it's known so well as the "Incest Show."]] You've got Shifter!Dean tying Sam up and laying his hands on his thighs, Demon!John leaning in ''real'' close to Dean and emotionally torturing him, and Meg!Sam holding Dean's head steady while s/he emotionally tortures him, Dean is so devoted to his family that they might as well have him on a leash, and Sam and Dean are so clingy it's scary.
** There's also the many, many, many instances of gore, two pretty boys being put through emotional hell, batshit crazy little girls and Sam's kinky sex scene, where at one point he makes a face like he's getting * ahem* a bit of dominating himself.
** In Season 4's "In the Beginning," there's kind of a long scene where Sam and Dean's grandfather (played by Mitch Pileggi, {{Squee}}!) leans in very close and appears to be sniffing Dean's face and/or hair while possessed. Not to mention kissing his daughter.
** Despite being a powerful angel, Castiel is always getting beat up and bloodied on-and-off camera. They even duct-taped his mouth shut in one episode. We also get to see his chest carved up.

* FridgeBrilliance: In "All Hell Breaks Loose Part 2," [[spoiler:Azazel, after telekinetically pinning Dean to the tombstone and mocking him, tries to shoot him with the last bullet in the Colt. Why would Azazel waste the last available usage (at that time) of such a powerful weapon on Dean, when he could easily have killed him any number of ways?]] It doesn't seem to make sense...until ''three seasons later'', when we find out that [[spoiler:Dean is the designated vessel for the ArchangelMichael, and the angels will keep resurrecting him as often as he dies to make sure he's available to use. And at that point, you realize what Azazel was doing: Trying to destroy Michael's vessel with the one weapon that could do so with such finality that even Heaven's power couldn't resurrect him, thus guaranteeing Lucifer's victory from the get-go.]]
** While Sam and Dean's relationship is outright stated by Gabriel to mirror that of the archangels, the dialogue between Lucifer and Michael in the 5th season mimics [[NotSoDifferent the many arguments between Sam and Dean]] in Seasons 1 and 4: Michael is the obedient soldier who faults his brother for rebelling against their [[DisappearedDad missing father]], while Lucifer believes he is doing the only thing he can, following a bad road to stop something he sees as horrible, with little regard for everyone else involved.
** At first it seems odd that a [[spoiler:soulless]] Sam would be having sex at every opportunity, considering his detatchment from anything else emotional...until you remember that sex is a ''biological'' imperitive. [[spoiler:Without a soul]], he'd actually want it ''more''.
** Trickster/[[spoiler:Gabriel]] may have been killing Dean repeatedly so that Sam wouldn't be so easy for Ruby to manipulate, to stop the Apocalypse from even being put into motion as Sam wouldn't kill Lilith.
** This Troper thought that it was strange that no one had realised that a Trickster can fake their death, given how much Bobby knew about them... and then we find out that the Trickster is Gabriel, and most Tricksters probably can't pull of that feat.
* FridgeHorror: All of those innocent people who took the fall for the various murders carried out by Demons and Skinwalkers and other supernatural monsters? Yeah, you can bet your ass that they went straight to prison. Or, depending on capital punishment laws in the state they live in...
** Adam doesn't seem to have been revived from Hell with Sam. So one can assume he will be in Hell with two archangels until the end of time, which, coincidentally, will take 120 times longer than it would if he were in Heaven or Earth.
** But since we don't know who or what pulled Sam out, we can assume he might have gotten out too. If not can you imagine the family reunion if he were to get out?
*** As of recent revelations we know who pulled Sam out. And it seems that Adam is still in the cage.
*** And so is Sam's soul. With a bored and frustrated Michael and Lucifer.
* FridgeLogic: In the episode with the Crossroads demon, we see the blues player and Dean kiss the demon to seal the deal. In "All Hell Breaks Loose," again, we see Dean kiss the Crossroads demon to bring Sam back. Now, if we go back to the first episode of season 2, where John makes the deal with the Yellow Eyed Demon, does that mean to seal it, he had to kiss Yellow Eyes? If so, that's some heavily implied {{Foe Yay}}.
** Considering Crowley had a man kiss him, this is actually highly likely.
** So if Micheal's possible vessels are bloodline related (Dean, John) doesn't that include Sam? Michael vessels Sam, kills Lucifer, angels are happy, humans don't die, Win, Win...
*** Dean has been stated to be Michael's One True Vessel, any other vessel would slowly fall apart over time, the way Nick is with Lucifer. Also, Sam was tainted with demon blood as an infant which, according to Castiel, makes him "of course, an abomination." [[spoiler:Adam likely wouldn't have lasted ''that'' long, but he was only the vessel for like a week.]]
** The Wishing Well episode: how exactly did that little girl's parents get back from Bali?
*** Same way Sam came back to life: Their wish was undone.

* HeyItsThatGuy: MarkSheppard, pretty much the poster boy for this trope, finally shows up in "Abandon All Hope."
** Also Cigarette Smoking Man in season 1's "Scarecrow."
** [[{{Glee}} Finn]] gets eaten by the wendigo in the second episode of season 1.
** [[StargateAtlantis Dr. Beckett]] plays a role in the fifth episode of season five.
** [[{{Angel}} Fred]] is alive and well with a son! (But her husband was drowned by a ghost. And her Dad's kind of a jerk.)
** [[{{NCIS}} Paula Cassidy]] / [[{{Due South}} Maggie MacKenzie]] appears as a cop in "The Benders."
** [[{{StargateSG-1}} Daniel Jackson]] is a fellow hunter in "99 Problems."
** [[TheXFiles AD Skinner]] is Dean and Sam's grandfather!
** [[{{Eureka}} Douglas Fargo]] gets the crap hugged out of him by Pansy!Sam in "Tall Tales."
** Hey, what's [[{{Lost}} Jacob]] doing off the island interrogating [[{{TwentyFour}} Alexis Drazen]]?
** Is that [[BattlestarGalactica Six]] getting chased down by a ghost?
** [[{{Torchwood}} Lisa]] is a hunter.
** [[VeronicaMars Meg]] is the daughter of a hunter.
** [[BattlestarGalactica Tory Foster]] is Kali.
** [[{{Watchmen}} Moloch]] tries to kill the [[{{Watchmen}} Comedian's]] sons...
** [[{{Buffy}} Harmony]] is a vampire! And [[AmberBenson Tara]] too!
** [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow An asshole]] and [[{{Ghost}} a subway ghost]] are elderly magicians.
** [[NapoleonDynamite Uncle Rico]] is a hunter who had [[NoodleIncident some sort of breakdown in Albuquerque]].
** [[{{Band Of Brothers}} Warren 'Skip' Muck]] is mistaken to be a Trickster, but is later revealed to be an archangel.
** [[{{Lost}} The Man in Black]] has seemingly resolved all issues with his brother, and now works for him.
** [[{{TheWire}} Major 'Bunny' Colvin]] is Uriel, the funniest angel in the garrison.