History Characters / SupernaturalSpecialChildren

** MindManipulation: Andy gains the ability to implant images in another person's mind.

* DemotedToExtra: In focusing more on Lily and Jake, however, [[Anime/{{Supernatural}} Supernatural: The Animation]] dropped early episodes featuring Andy and Ava. It also didn't feature Rosie, Ansem, or Scott.

* PsychoSerum: The demon blood of Azazel in which he fed all of the Special Children at 6 months of age.

* SuperhumanTransfusion[=/=][[SuperEmpowering Super Empowerment]]: They received Azazel's blood to prepare them as infants. Drinking demon blood as Sam does, also has the ability to increase their powers and is required for Lucifer's vessel.

* BadassArmy[=/=]BadassCrew: Their powers, the pattern of nursery fires, and the manipulation by [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Azazel (The Yellow-Eyed Demon)]] lead the Special Children to find each other, even before they start arriving in Cold Oak. A demon told [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Gordon Walker]] that they were intended to fight on Hell's side in the upcoming war.

* IAmAMonster: Sam and the other Special Children are worried about what they may become as their powers manifest and they start to understand Azael's plan.

He was born to 18 year old Holly Beckett on June 30, 1983, in Guthrie, Oklahoma, along with his twin brother. Each of the brothers were adopted by different families, and they did not meet until they were adults. Andy's mother was killed by the Yellow-Eyed Demon on December 30, 1983. He was able to manipulate people using his power of mind control while living out of his blue van with a barbarian queen painted on the side. Appears in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E05SimonSaid "Simon Said" (S02, Ep05)]] and [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]].

Even before their births these children were chosen by [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Azazel (The Yellow-Eyed Demon)]] to serve as his soldiers during the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]]. '''Special Children''' refers to chosen individuals to whom Azazel fed his blood on their 6 month birthdays, having snuck into their homes after making a deal with their parents. The result was that the blood awoke/created psychic abilities in them so they could (apparently) lead an army of demons in a war against humanity and God. In [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]], Azazel wanted to test these children to find who would be the strongest, so he put them in an abandoned town called Cold Oak, South Dakota, and manipulated them so that they fought each other. Azazel led everyone to believe that he wanted a leader for his demon army. However, as it was later revealed, the endgame was bigger, and Azazel chose the children because they were all potential vessels for Lucifer. The strongest one would be chosen to contain Lucifer throughout the apocalypse.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Azazel does not have to push all of the Special Children very hard to get them to become murders.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome[=/=]{{Seers}}: Ava and Sam.

* IAmAMonster: Sam and the other Special Children as worried about what they may become as their powers manifest and they start to understand Azael's plan.

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* [[YMMV/Characters/SupernaturalSpecialChildren Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) Items.]]

!Tropes appearing in this episode:

* FanNickname: The fans started referring to the children and young adults selected by the Yellow-Eyed Demon as "Special Children".

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Ava and Sam.

* InnocentProdigy

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne
* IAmAMonster

* LastOfTheirKind: Sam.
* MindControl:
** CompellingVoice: Andy, Ansem, and later on [[spoiler:Jake]].
** [[spoiler:Ava learns a very specific form of this to control an Acheri demon and use it to kill the other Psy-Kids.]]

* PowerAtAPrice
* PsychicPowers

* SuperhumanTransfusion: They received Azazel's blood to prepare them as infants. Drinking demon blood as Sam does, also has the ability to increase their powers and is required for Lucifer's vessel.
* [[SuperEmpowering Super Empowerment]]

* TykeBomb

* TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget

* DrunkOnTheDarkSide
* DrunkWithPower

* MindControl

* MissingMom: Some of the kids' moms were [[CruelAndUnusualDeath telekinetically pinned to the ceiling, gutted, and burned alive]] by Azazel when they were babies because they interrupted him as he was feeding the babies his blood. This includes Sam, Max, Andy, and Scott.

* PsychicNosebleed: Happens to Sam when he tries to exorcise demons with his mind.

* CursedWithAwesome
* DarkMessiah: Sam. He's TheChosenOne and the one destined to be the vessel for Lucifer.
* TheDarkSide: Unfortunately, most of the Special Children have become evil.

* DemotedToExtra: In focusing more on Lily and Jake, however, the anime dropped early episodes featuring Andy and Ava. It also didn't feature Rosie, Ansem, or Scott.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome

* FaceHeelTurn: More than half the Special Children had turned to TheDarkSide or had become evil.

* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Sam according to Azazel.

* PsychoSerum: The demon blood of Azazel in which he fed all of the Special Children at 6 mos. old.
* PubertySuperpower: These children develop their powers as young adults at 22.
* SuperhumanTransfusion

* TheCorruptible

* BioAugmentation
* BizarreBabyBoom: While there are hints there may be multiple generations including Rosie's generation born in 2006, the story focuses on children born in 1983.
* BizarreHumanBiology: All of the Special Children possess demon blood within their blood, courtesy of Azazel bleeding in their mouths at 6 months of age.
* ChildProdigy
* ChildSoldier
* TheChosenMany
* TheChosenOne: Sam.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Sam and Andy.
* BeingEvilSucks
* BlessedWithSuck

* BizarreBabyBoom: While there are hints there may be multiple generations, the story focuses on children born in 1983.
* BizarreHumanBiology: All of the Special Children possess demon blood within their blood, courtesy of Azazel bleeding in their mouths at 6 mos. of age.

Born in Salvation, Iowa, to Monica and Charlie Holt. The Yellow-Eyed Demon enters her nursery on her 6 month birthday, but Sam and Dean save Rosie and Rosie's mother, who like so many ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' mothers wears a long white nightgown, from the house fire that erupts. It is unknown whether the Yellow-Eyed Demon had time to feed her his blood and whether she has any special abilities. Appears in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E21Salvation "Salvation" (S01, Ep21)]].

* {{Badass}}
* BadassArmy: They were intended to become this.
* BadassCrew

* AntiAntiChrist: All of the Special Children possess demon blood in their blood.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: In "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 1". A bunch of psychics who were mysteriously kidnapped and brought to a ghost town over night don't believe that demons might exist.

* DemonSlaying: When Sam's powers are strengthened by drinking demon blood he learns to exorcise a demon under the the tutelage of Ruby. He later becomes able to kill demon with his powers and is resistant to many demon attacks.

[[spoiler:After John Winchester is killed, Mary Campbell]] agrees to a deal with the Yellow-Eyed Demon. Ten years after that date, the Yellow-Eyed Demon enters the Winchester home on November 2, 1983, to feed his blood to 6 month old Sam, and the demon kills Mary when she interrupts him. The demon blood was used to prepare Sam as a possible vessel for Lucifer. The Yellow-Eyed Demon engineers other tests to determine if Sam is a suitable vessel.

* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: The pattern John Winchester followed that help them find Rosie make it clear that Mary's death is linked to Sam's abilities, but neither John or Dean allow Sam to feel he is to blame.

Lily was abandoned by her father, Gary Baker, after he witnessed the Yellow-Eyed Demon feeding his blood to 6 month old Lily and killing Lily's mother. She lives in San Diego, California, and finds out about her powers when she accidentally kills her girlfriend by stopping her heart when she touches her. Appears in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]].

* AccidentalMurder: She inadvertantly killed her girlfriend by touching her. Naturally, Lily feels guilty as hell over this.

* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays: The first on-screen casuality of Azazel's contest.]]

* HideYourLesbians: The anime adapation turned Lily's girlfriend into her "friend who is a girl".

Appears in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E21AllHellBreaksLoosePartOne "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One" (S02, Ep21)]].

After John Winchester is killed, Mary Campbell agrees to a deal with the Yellow-Eyed Demon. Ten years after that date, the Yellow-Eyed Demon enters the Winchester home on November 2, 1983, to feed his blood to 6 month old Sam, and the demon kills Mary when she interrupts him. The demon blood was used to prepare Sam as a possible vessel for Lucifer. The Yellow-Eyed Demon engineers other tests to determine if Sam is a suitable vessel.

Scott's mother died in a nursery fire when he was 6 months old like Sam, Andy, and Max. This pattern allows [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Ash to identify Scott as one of the Special Children. Scott, who lives in Lafayette, Indiana, starts to get migraines, and the Yellow-Eyed Demon appears to him in his dreams. He finds he has the ability to kill with electricity through touch. He confesses all of this and the plans the Yellow-Eyed Demon told him about to his psychiatrist, Dr. George Waxler, who does not believe him. Later Ava helps Sam steal Scott's confidential psychiatric medical records. Appears in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted "Hunted" (S02, Ep10)]].

Appears in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E10Hunted "Hunted" (S02, Ep10)]].

* ShockAndAwe