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5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 3, Episode 2:'''
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8	!The Kids Are Alright
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10	->'''Ruby:''' I'm interested in you.
11	->'''Sam:''' Why?
12	->'''Ruby:''' Because you're tall. I love a tall man, and then there's that whole Anti-Christ thing.
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14	Written by Sera Gamble.
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16	Directed by Phil Sgriccia.
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18	Airdate: October 11, 2007.
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20	Dean visits an old flame in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero,_Indiana Cicero, Indiana]], who has a kid he suspects might be his. While they're there, Dean and Sam discover that the neighborhood is being overrun by changelings.
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22	!!Body count
23	For this episode = 1 human and 6 changelings.
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25	For the series so far = At least 211 humans, 15 ghosts, 6 changelings, 5 demons, 5 vampires, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 djinn, 1 god, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, and 1 zombie.
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28	!Tropes
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30	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Apparently, one-night-stands with biker boys in leather jackets was Lisa's type.
31	* BadLiar: Sam tries to cover up his conversation with Bobby about breaking Dean's deal by claiming to be ordering pizza...while sitting in a restaurant.
32	* BlackEyesOfEvil:
33	** The blonde hunter's secret, which means that she is a demon, not a hunter.
34	** The changelings also have these when their reflection is seen.
35	* BlatantLies: Sam tells Dean that he was on the phone ordering pizza--in a restaurant.
36	* BloodyHandprint: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. The marks that Sam thought were blood are actually [[ABloodyMess red dirt]].
37	* BrainBleach
38	* ButNowIMustGo: Despite a [[RescueRomance grateful Lisa]] asking Dean to stay longer if he wants, Dean knows it's best if he just leaves, as Lisa and Ben don't want someone who'll be dead in a year.
39	* CatScare
40	* ChangelingTale: Played for horror. A child is switched with a changeling so that it can feed on the parent.
41	* CreepyChild: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Those aren't the real children.
42	* EatingTheEyeCandy: Two of Lisa's friends drool over Dean this way.
43	* EverythingIsRacist: Being suspicious of ''[[AlwaysChaoticEvil demons]]'' is apparently racist now, according to the blonde, who finds Sam's reaction to TheReveal offensive.
44	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Actually, Snide-But-Useful Stalker Demon, thank you very much. She says that she's different from other demons and wants to help Sam find out what Yellow Eyes wanted with him; if Sam lets her, she'll even tell him how to save Dean from {{Hell}}.
45	* GenerationXerox: Ben might not be Dean's biological son, but Dean has ever reason to suspect otherwise given the boy's Dean-like qualities and not just with his taste in music and love of cars. His bravery and leadership during the escape from the changeling implies that he'd make a great hunter. [[spoiler: {{Averted}} thanks to Dean's actions later in the series.]]
46	* GroinAttack: Dean's advice to his probably-not-son on how to deal with bullies.
47	* HasAType:
48	** For Lisa, it was rough-and-tumble biker types like Dean.
49	** The blonde snarks that she has a thing for tall men like Sam.
50	* KidAnova: Ben. It's one of the many traits that make Dean think he's [[GenerationXerox his child]].
51	* HeinousnessRetcon: Upon being prompted to investigate them by Ruby, Sam discovers that [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Azazel]] had his [[FamilyExtermination mother's family, the Campbells, massacred]] to the point where he can't find any members who are still alive. Come season 6 and suddenly there are quite a lot of living Campbells, with them being able to pull together at least a dozen or so members, and at least two being specially stated to be the brothers' third cousins. At no point does either brother ask how they survived or even bring up the massacre.
52	* KidHero: Ben calmly assists with getting the children out.
53	* KillItWithFire: This is how you kill a Changeling, which then vanishes completely. Killing the mother changeling immediatelly kills all the changeling children, too. Pretty acceptable, given that the alternative would be Sam and Dean hunting down and torching a dozen "children".
54	* LampreyMouth: All changelings have this, and it can sometimes appear in a mirrored surface.
55	* LeaveNoWitnesses: Sam discovers that the Yellow-Eyed Demon killed all of Mary Winchester's friends to cover something up.
56	* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Dean is not Ben's father... probably.
57	* MamaBear: Lisa ''does not'' want Dean around because he might be a bad influence on Ben. She furiously orders him away when he teaches Ben to hit other kids (albeit to fight back against a bully). Saving Ben also turns out to be the key to her heart. When Dean returns the real Ben to her, Lisa softens up considerably and invites him in for a beer.
58	* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: A changeling's true appearance appears in a mirror.
59	* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The blonde demon handwaves Sam's knee-jerk wariness of her, telling him that not all demons are the same and some want different things. She does not explain yet ''why'' she is so different from them, though, or why she wants to help Sam.
60	* NewOldFlame: Lisa is introduced as a girl Dean spent a week with years before the first episode. Sam's lack of knowledge of her is explained away as Dean having gone off a trip by himself while Sam stayed behind with John. In the episode, Dean wants to go back to Lisa to have a little reunion (read: sex) with her before his untimely demise.
61	* NightmareFace: The changelings have one of the most nightmarish faces one will ever see on television or the movies, with black eyes and the lamprey mouth. Cue NightmareFuel.
62	* NoOntologicalInertia: Killing the mother changeling kills her children.
63	* TheReveal: The blonde is a demon.
64	* ShoutOut: "Yeah. Generation of psychic kids, Yellow-Eyed Demon rounds you up, ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' ensues. You're the sole survivor."
65	* StalkerWithACrush: Sam tries to confront the blonde on why she's been following him. She [[DeadpanSnarker deadpans]] "Because you're ''tall''. And I love a tall man." Of course, it turns out to be a little more complicated than that.
66	* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Once Lisa sees the fake Ben's changeling reflection, she realizes it's not him and tries to get away from him.
67	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The blonde likes French fries. ''A lot''.
68	-->'''Blonde Girl:''' ''[eats a French fry]'' These are amazing. It's like deep-fried crack. Try some.
69	* TroubledChild: The little girl at the beginning begs her mom not to make her spend the night with her father.
70	--> He's mean! And there's monsters! ''Please'' don't make me go back there!
71	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Ben. He acts like a sixteen-year-old when he's ''eight'', or rather, he acts [[KidAnova like Dean would at sixteen]]. This is despite the fact that Dean had an extremely burdened and neglected childhood filled with trauma and Ben has been raised by a loving mother. The behavior is never remarked on as inappropriate or even that untypical.
72	* WouldHurtAChild: The mother changeling feeds on children.
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