History Anime / Supernatural

** The Yellow-Eyed Demon loves doing this with a [[SlasherSmile smile on his face.]] [[spoiler:From his very first appearance, he tried to manipulate a grieving religious woman by telling her that God doesn’t care about mortals and that he can help save her terminally sick daughter. Then, when that fails, he sadistically mocked her for not noticing that she was getting sicker by the day, leading to her desperately selling her own soul to Hell so that he could save her, but he only did so by having her corpse possessed by another demon. Then, he manipulated events so that one of his “children,” who had the power to kill people by touch, would become isolated and suicidal. Then, upon meeting the Winchesters, he slowly started killing Dean, goaded Sam into using the Colt to kill both him and John, who he possessed, and then later forced John to sacrifice his own soul to Hell to save Dean, which unlike in the original continuity, he only did so to both force the brothers to keep doing as he wanted and to hurt them by making them orphans. Finally, after staging a fight to the death amongst all of his “children,” including Sam, the Demon forced Jake to participate in his plans by threatening to immediately brutally kill his family if he defied his orders or refused to obey, and when Jake threatened to use the Colt on him, he simply reminded him that he will kill his family the moment he missed his shot.]] Here, he is definitely not as FauxAffablyEvil as he thinks he is, that’s for sure.

** The Yellow-Eyed Demon loves doing this with a [[SlasherSmile smile on his face.]] [[spoiler:From his very first appearance, he tried to manipulate a grieving religious woman by telling her that God doesn’t care about mortals and that he can help save her terminally sick daughter. Then, when that fails, he sadistically mocked her for not noticing that she was getting sicker by the day, leading to her desperately selling her own soul to Hell so that he could save her, but he only did so by having her corpse possessed by another demon. Then, he manipulated events so that one of his “children,” who had the power to kill people by touch, would become isolated and suicidal. Then, upon meeting the Winchesters, he slowly started killing Dean, goaded Sam into using the Colt to kill both him and John, who he possessed, and then later forced John to sacrifice his own soul to Hell to save Dean, which unlike in the original continuity, he only did so to both force the brothers to keep doing as he wanted and to hurt them by making them orphans. Finally, after staging a fight to the death amongst all of his “children,” including Sam, the Demon forced Jake to participate in his plans by threatening to immediately brutally kill his family if he defied his orders or refused to obey, and when Jake threatened to use the Colt on him, he simply reminded him that he will kill his family the moment he missed his shot. Not as FauxAffablyEvil as he thinks he is, that’s for sure.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Yellow-Eyed Demon still retains his destructive goals and his FauxAffablyEvil demeanor, he is actually much more ruthless and sadistic here, willing to hurt or kill anyone to get his way. And he doesn’t even have his infamous DirtyOldMan tendencies from the original series! [[spoiler:His very first appearance involves him mentally torturing a religious woman into sacrificing her soul to save her daughter, who he warps the deal with her by having her possessed by a demon and using her as a disposable puppet. Later, when he possesses John and confronts Sam, he [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied openly brags about killing Jessica]] and [[KickTheDog sadistically mocks her plans to marry Sam right before he killed her.]] Also, he [[IHaveYourWife threatened to horribly kill Jake’s family immediately]] if he does not agree to participate in his plans to unleash HellOnEarth, and later when Jake planned to use the Colt to kill him, as it is the only thing that can finish him off, the Demon snidely goaded him into pulling the trigger, but warns him that once he does so and misses, he reiterates his previous threat that he will quickly find his family and kill them all, solely out of petty spite and sadism. Jake ends up agreeing to help him. [[LackOfEmpathy He didn’t even seem to notice or care at all]] that his own “daughter” Meg ended up killed in the midst of his plans, very much unlike his [[PapaWolf original counterpart]], who was definitely not pleased when his own “family” were suddenly killed.]]

* KickTheDog: Max Miller's father is even more of a bastard in this version by virtue of killing Max's dog.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Yellow-Eyed Demon still retains his destructive goals and his FauxAffablyEvil demeanor, he is actually much more ruthless and sadistic here, willing to hurt or kill anyone to get his way. [[spoiler:His very first appearance involves him mentally torturing a religious woman into sacrificing her soul to save her daughter, who he warps the deal with her by having her possessed by a demon and using her as a disposable puppet. Later, when he possesses John and confronts Sam, he [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied openly brags about killing Jessica]] and [[KickTheDog sadistically mocks her plans to marry Sam right before he killed her.]] Also, he [[IHaveYourWife threatened to horribly kill Jake’s family immediately]] if he does not agree to participate in his plans to unleash HellOnEarth, and later when Jake planned to use the Colt to kill him, as it is the only thing that can finish him off, the Demon snidely goaded him into pulling the trigger, but warns him that once he does so and misses, he reiterates his previous threat that he will quickly find his family and kill them all, solely out of petty spite and sadism. Jake ends up agreeing to help him.]]

* BigBad: The Yellow-Eyed Demon, exactly as he was from the original series’ first two seasons. The entire anime’s plot is driven by his machinations. He even kept most of his canon crimes and overall impact on the whole Winchester family.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Yellow-Eyed Demon still retains his destructive goals and his FauxAffablyEvil demeanor, he is actually much more ruthless and sadistic here, willing to hurt or kill anyone to get his way. [[spoiler:His very first appearance involves him mentally torturing a religious woman into sacrificing her soul to save her daughter, who he warps the deal with her by having her possessed by a demon and using her as a disposable puppet. Later, when he possesses John and confronts Sam, he openly brags about killing Jessica and mocks her plans to marry Sam before he killed her. Also, he threatened to horribly kill Jake’s family twice if he does not agree to participate in his plans to unleash HellOnEarth, and later when Jake planned to use the Colt to kill him, the Demon goaded him into pulling the trigger and finishing him off, but warns him that once he does so and misses, he will quickly find his family and kill them all, solely out of petty spite.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Yellow-Eyed Demon still retains his destructive goals and his FauxAffablyEvil demeanor, he is actually much more ruthless and sadistic here, willing to hurt or kill anyone to get his way. [[spoiler:His very first appearance involves him mentally torturing a religious woman into sacrificing her soul to save her daughter, who he warps the deal with her by having her possessed by a demon and using her as a disposable puppet. Later, when he possesses John and confronts Sam, he openly brags about killing Jessica and mocks her plans to marry Sam before he killed her. Also, he threatened to horribly kill Jake’s family twice if he does not agree to participate in his plans to unleash HellOnEarth, and later when Jake planned to use the Colt to kill him, the Demon goaded him into pulling the trigger and finishing him off, but warns him that he will quickly find his family and kill them all out of petty spite once he does so.]]

** Azazel is identified as being a fallen angel in this continuity, as opposed to a demon like in the live-action show.
** A slight change to the Colt's backstory is that Samuel Colt is [[AdaptationalWimp no longer a hunter himself]], but instead built the gun and gave it to a unknown hunter.

* AlternateContinuity: To the [[Series/{{Supernatural}} TV series]], with there being multiple differences to the show such as characters and monster lore. For example the Bloody Mary episode is reimagined as an original story involving Jessica while giving Mary a different backstory to the show.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: A slight change to the Colt's backstory is that Samuel Colt is [[AdaptationalWimp no longer a hunter himself]], but instead built the gun and gave it to a unknown hunter.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: John is a lot nicer to his sons than he is in the show.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Lial sacrifices herself to save the Winchesters]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Lial comes to see Sam as a surrogate son that will fill the void her own dead son has left, and wants to keep her with him. Dean and John object to this rather strongly.

* DealWithTheDevil: "Temptation of the Demon" follows devout Christian Maria Masters struggling with the choice to make a pact with the yellow-eyed demon to save her dying daughter, Meg. Out of options, she decides to go through with it and [[spoiler:becomes possessed by a minion of his as a result, resulting in her attacking Bobby and the Winchesters and dying from the subsequent exorcism]]. Want to know what puts an even crueler twist on the situation? It is revealed at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:her ''daughter'' has become possessed as well ([[FridgeHorror casting Meg's "recovery" in a more suspicious light in hindsight]])]] and [[spoiler:is killed later on anyway, even after all her mother's desperate attempts to save her]].

* ClingyMacGuffin: In "The Spirit of Vegas" episode, Dean has bad luck due to an ancient Japanese coin and all his attempts to get rid of it end with coming back in some improbable manor. After he throws it out the window, some crows pick the coin up and drop it on his head. After he throws it in a lake, a fisherman catches it on his hook and flings it into Dean's pocket. Then he tries burying it, only to find a snake on his lap as they drive away that spits the coin out.

* DealWithTheDevil: "Temptation of the Demon" follows devout Christian Maria Masters struggling with the choice to make a pact with the yellow-eyed demon to save her [[IllGirl dying]] daughter, Meg. Out of options, she decides to go through with it and [[spoiler:becomes possessed by a minion of his as a result, resulting in her attacking Bobby and the Winchesters and dying from the subsequent exorcism]]. Want to know what puts an even crueler twist on the situation? It is revealed at the end of the episode that [[spoiler:her ''daughter'' has become possessed as well ([[FridgeHorror casting Meg's "recovery" in a more suspicious light in hindsight]])]] and [[spoiler:is killed later on anyway, even after all her mother's desperate attempts to save her]].

* IllGirl: Meg has been sick since she was a child. Turns out that she is terminally ill.

** The Yellow-Eyed Demon, possibly, given that during his first appearance he is referred to explicitly and exclusively as "the Devil".

* DemonicPossession

* AdaptationalBadass: Surprisingly Sam and Dean are this, mainly since RuleOfCool allows the anime to show them doing things the actors couldn't do in live-action. Examples include Sam shooting a shapeshifter disguised as him while it's in the Impala which is driving towards him at high speeds and Dean being able to do a number of martial arts.

* AlternateContinuity: To the [[Series/{{Supernatural}} TV series]], with there being multiple differences to the show such as characters and monster lore.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Unlike in the show Dean was the first to see Mary before John showed up and told him to run out of the house with Sam, and he admits that there's a rarely a dad where he doesn't think about it.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * SupernaturalGoldEyes: The Yellow-Eyed Demon.

* AdaptationDistillation

* AlternateContinuity: To the [[Series/{{Supernatural}} TV series]].

* LighterAndSofter: While episodes based directly on the original TV show are still dark,most of the anime-original episode is comedic, light-hearted, and has a small death count.

** In "What Is and What Should Never Be", a photo shows that Dean is a fireman in the reality where the Winchesters never became hunters. He wasn't a fireman in the live-action version of that episode, but mentioned having wanted to be one in the live-action "Devil's Trap".

** In "What Is and What Should Never Be", a photo shows that Dean is a fireman. He wasn't one in the live-action version of that episode, but mentioned wanting to be one in the live-action "Devil's Trap".

** Meg appears to be a combination of the live-action series's Meg and of her brother, Tom. She retain her appearance from the original series's Season 1, but [[spoiler:is given Tom's SilentAntagonist characterization and is shot dead by Dean using the Colt to save Sam]].

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: [[CaptainObvious The Yellow-Eyed Demon]].

* CutShort: A la ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'', the series ends after [[spoiler: YED]] is killed, and before the supernatural ramifications of this can be revealed, making the ending ''much'' happier. Sure, [[spoiler: John]] is dead, but the boys have suffered through a ''lot'' less pain, and far less people have been killed.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Missouri]], as [[spoiler: [[CompositeCharacter one of her original characters]]]] was PutOnABus and the rest all died. In the larger scale, all the destruction in the original series caused by Lucifer and pretty much anything after season 5 never happened in the anime, meaning thousands if not millions of unnamed people were spared in this adaptation.