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5 | '''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\ |
6 | '''Season 1, Episode 2:''' |
7 | |
8 | !Wendigo |
9 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1-02-wendigo-supernatural-8273928-1280-720_8632.jpg]] |
10 | [[caption-width-right:350:"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]] |
11 | |
12 | ->'''Roy:''' You're rangers? |
13 | ->'''Dean:''' That's right. |
14 | ->'''Haley Collins:''' And you're [[PaperThinDisguise hiking out in biker boots and jeans]]? |
15 | ->'''Dean:''' Oh, sweetheart, I don't do shorts. |
16 | |
17 | Written by Creator/EricKripke, Ron Milbauer, and Terri Hughes Burton. |
18 | |
19 | Directed by Creator/DavidNutter. |
20 | |
21 | Airdate: September 20, 2005. |
22 | |
23 | Sam and Dean follow coordinates their father left for them to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Creek_Wilderness Lost Creek Wilderness]] and end up helping to rescue a lost camper. |
24 | ------------ |
25 | |
26 | Following coordinates left to 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 still grieving for [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot Jessica]] and 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, Haley 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]]. While the wendigo kills the group's forest guide and kidnaps Dean and Haley, they and Tommy are successfully rescued and the wendigo is killed by Dean with a flare gun. |
27 | |
28 | !!Body count: |
29 | For this episode = 3 humans and 1 wendigo. |
30 | |
31 | For the series so far = 6 humans; 3 ghosts; 1 wendigo. |
32 | |
33 | !Tropes: |
34 | |
35 | * AbandonedMine: The wendigo's lair. |
36 | * ArcWords: It's the first appearance of the often-quoted saying "Saving people, hunting things--the family business." |
37 | * ArtisticLicenseGeography: The coordinates left by John Winchester (35, -111) actually point to Arizona. The Lost Creek Wilderness Area in Colorado is around 39.3, -105.5. |
38 | * ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Sam claims that "wendigo" is a Cree word that means 'evil that devours'. In actuality, the name is wiindigoo in the Ojibwe language (which is likely the source of the English word): it's wīhtikōw in Cree. The Proto-Algonquian term that both come from was *wi·nteko·wa, which probably originally meant "owl". |
39 | * BearsAreBadNews: Played with. No bears appear in the episode, although the wendigo attacks are blamed on bears. Sam even notes that there's ten or more grizzly bears in the area, as a reminder that they have other things besides the wendigo to worry about. |
40 | * BigBad: The wendigo in the woods. |
41 | * BigBrotherInstinct: |
42 | -->'''Dean:''' You okay? |
43 | -->'''Sam:''' Yeah, I'm fine. |
44 | -->'''Dean:''' Another nightmare? ''[Sam clears his throat]'' You wanna drive for a while? |
45 | -->'''Sam:''' Dean, your whole life, you never once asked me that. |
46 | * BigDamnHeroes: Dean saving Sam and the rest of the Collins family. |
47 | * BlackDudeDiesFirst: Actually PlayedStraight, with Brad the camper being the first to die. |
48 | * BlatantLies: Sam pretending he's fine. |
49 | * CannibalismSuperpower: The wendigo is a [[ImAHumanitarian humanitarian]]. |
50 | * ChekhovsGun: Or, in this case, Chekhov's {{Flare Gun}}s, which were stolen by the wendigo early in the episode. |
51 | ** The M&Ms Dean pulled out of his pocket end up [[TrailOfBreadCrumbs leading the way]] to the wendigo. |
52 | * DontGoInTheWoods |
53 | * DeathByPragmatism: Roy. To be fair, it was pragmatism of the {{wrong genre|Savvy}}. |
54 | * DistressedDude: Tommy. |
55 | * EvilMakesYouMonstrous: Eating human flesh transforms a person. |
56 | * FloorboardFailure: Ben and Sam fall through a shaft and into the wendigo's lair. |
57 | * GasLeakCoverup: The survivors go with the grizzly bear story. |
58 | * GeometricMagic: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Roy: |
59 | -->'''Dean:''' He's trying to draw us out. Just stay cool, stay put. |
60 | -->'''Roy:''' Inside the magic circle? |
61 | * GirlOfTheWeek: Haley for Dean. |
62 | * GunTwirling: Dean waves the two flare guns around despite having just been hung up by his wrists. |
63 | * ItCanThink: Well, of course, since it's a wendigo, not a grizzly. One particularly clever stunt, though, is updating the old KEEP OUT sign protecting its lair with a modern sign that warns of toxic waste. |
64 | * JerkAss: Roy. To be fair, Dean's not exactly making an effort to be nice. |
65 | * JumpScare |
66 | * JustEatHim: Luckily, the wendigo strings his food up alive to "store" it, instead of just eating or killing it. |
67 | * KillItWithFire: They kill the wendigo with ''flare guns''. |
68 | -->'''Dean:''' Guns are useless, so are knives. Basically...we've got to torch the sucker. |
69 | * {{Mangst}}: |
70 | -->'''Sam:''' How do you do it? How does Dad do it?\ |
71 | '''Dean:''' Well, for one, them. ''[looks at Haley and her brother]'' I mean, I figure our family's so screwed to hell, maybe we can help some others. Makes things a little bit more bearable. ''[long pause]'' And I tell you what else helps. Killing as many evil sons-of-bitches as I possibly can. |
72 | * MolotovCocktail: Sam finds it broken, apparently having been smashed before Dean had a chance to light it. |
73 | * MoodWhiplash: "[[TearJerker You said roses were lame]]" to ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}'' ShoutOut to Music/{{Foreigner|Band}}'s "Hot Blooded". Ow, my neck. |
74 | * NeckSnap[=/=]VerticalKidnapping: Roy's death. |
75 | * PosthumousCharacter: Jessica. She had to die for us to find out her last name (off the grave marker). |
76 | * RainOfBlood: Roy's body in the tree. |
77 | * RedOniBlueOni: Dean's the Red to Sam's Blue. Most of the time. |
78 | -->'''Dean:''' You wanna tell me what's goin' on in that freaky head of yours?\ |
79 | '''Sam:''' Dean--\ |
80 | '''Dean:''' No, you’re not fine, you're like a powder keg, man. It's not like you. ''I'm'' supposed to be the belligerent one, remember? |
81 | * RegularlyScheduledEvil: People go missing in the woods every 23 years. |
82 | * RescueSex: Lampshaded but averted (Haley does give Dean a [[SmoochOfVictory grateful kiss]] on the cheek). |
83 | -->'''Haley:''' So, really, I don't know how to thank you. ''[Dean grins]'' Must you cheapen the moment? |
84 | -->'''Dean:''' Yeah! |
85 | * RiseFromYourGrave: Jessica's [[Film/{{Carrie|1976}} hand reaches out of her grave]] and grabs Sam, but it is revealed to be a [[AllJustADream nightmare]]. |
86 | * ScreamingWoman: Haley Collins. |
87 | * ShoutOut: |
88 | ** The guys are playing ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime Hunters'' on the Nintendo DS. |
89 | ** Tommy Collins is reading ''Literature/TheHeroWithAThousandFaces'' by Joseph Campbell, which {{Foreshadow|ing}}s TheHerosJourney the brothers have before them. |
90 | ** Dean makes a couple of cartoon references when talking about wildlife: |
91 | --->'''Dean:''' Uh-huh...what kind of furry critters do you hunt?\ |
92 | '''Roy:''' Mostly bucks, sometimes bear.\ |
93 | '''Dean:''' Tell me...uh, WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} or [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Yogi]] ever hunt you back? |
94 | ** Ben Collins likens the process of becoming a wendigo to what happened to the [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty Donner Party]]. |
95 | ** 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 ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}''. |
96 | * SoleSurvivor: Shaw with the [[EveryScarHasAStory claw-shaped scar]]. |
97 | * 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 BearTrap. |
98 | * StrippedToTheBone: The leftovers in the wendigo's lair. |
99 | * ThickerThanWater: The Collins siblings, mirroring the Winchester brothers. |
100 | * TrailOfBreadCrumbs: Trail of [[ProductPlacement Peanut M&Ms]], which are "better than breadcrumbs", as the brightly-colored sweets stand out more. |
101 | * UnwillingSuspension |
102 | * [[CaliforniaDoubling Vancouver Doubling]]: For Blackwater Ridge. |
103 | * WasOnceAMan: The wendigo. |
104 | * {{Wendigo}}: The MonsterOfTheWeek. |
105 | * WhileYouWereInDiapers: |
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