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* TheBigGuy: At 6'4", he's the tallest of the cast.
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* DoomMagnet: Oh boy, Sam never seems to catch a break and trouble never seems to stop following him around. Out of all of the characters on the show, it seems that Sam has or has had the most bad luck. Sam has suffered it all:
** His mother died when he was 6 years old due to the YED killing her by setting her on fire above his crib;
** Sam had parental/abandonment issues with his father, John causing the two to constantly clash;
** Sam was fed demon blood by Azazel/YED against his will and given superhuman abilities which at one point, he had zero control over;
** Sam was forced into a life of doom and gloom (hunting) by having to abandon his normal life;
** His true love and girlfriend Jess was killed by YED in the same way his mother, Mary was killed when Sam was six months old (by being cut open in the stomach and being set on fire on the ceiling);
** Sam constantly loses Dean when Dean dies repeatedly throughout the series;
** Sam feels extreme guilt about his father's death, feeling guilty that he hated him when he died;
** Sam loses Dean after Sam watches Dean get shredded to death by hellhound dogs; Dean goes to Hell afterwards;
** Sam becomes a demon blood junkie in Season 4 in order to strengthen his superhuman abilities;
** Ruby ends up double crossing and tricking Sam at the end of season four, with Ruby using Sam to release Lucifer;
** All of the women that Sam has been romantically involved with end up dying afterwards;
** Sam discovers that he's the vessel for [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]];
** Sam throws himself in the pit as Lucifer and sacrifices himself to save the world;
** As a result of throwing himself in the pit, Sam ends up enduring almost 200 years of torture in the worst part of Lucifer's cage;
** When Castiel brings Sam back from the cage, Sam is brought back [[TheSoulless soulless]].
** When Sam gets his soul back, he as to have a special wall put in his mind in order to prevent him from revisiting severe trauma that he experienced in Hell.
** Sam's wall eventually starts to crack, but completely breaks when Castiel destroys Sam's wall in his head;
** As a result of Sam's wall breaking, Sam begins to hallucinate and sees Lucifer as well as remembering his most traumatic experiences of torture in Hell;
** Sam almost dies as a result of the wall in his head completely deteriorating; he ends up in a mental hospital eventually;
** Sam loses Dean again at the end of season seven, when Dean (and Castiel) end up trapped in Purgatory. Sam goes on for a whole year thinking that Dean is dead...
** His mother died when he was 6 years old due to the YED killing her by setting her on fire above his crib;
** Sam had parental/abandonment issues with his father, John causing the two to constantly clash;
** Sam was fed demon blood by Azazel/YED against his will and given superhuman abilities which at one point, he had zero control over;
** Sam was forced into a life of doom and gloom (hunting) by having to abandon his normal life;
** His true love and girlfriend Jess was killed by YED in the same way his mother, Mary was killed when Sam was six months old (by being cut open in the stomach and being set on fire on the ceiling);
** Sam constantly loses Dean when Dean dies repeatedly throughout the series;
** Sam feels extreme guilt about his father's death, feeling guilty that he hated him when he died;
** Sam loses Dean after Sam watches Dean get shredded to death by hellhound dogs; Dean goes to Hell afterwards;
** Sam becomes a demon blood junkie in Season 4 in order to strengthen his superhuman abilities;
** Ruby ends up double crossing and tricking Sam at the end of season four, with Ruby using Sam to release Lucifer;
** All of the women that Sam has been romantically involved with end up dying afterwards;
** Sam discovers that he's the vessel for [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]];
** Sam throws himself in the pit as Lucifer and sacrifices himself to save the world;
** As a result of throwing himself in the pit, Sam ends up enduring almost 200 years of torture in the worst part of Lucifer's cage;
** When Castiel brings Sam back from the cage, Sam is brought back [[TheSoulless soulless]].
** When Sam gets his soul back, he as to have a special wall put in his mind in order to prevent him from revisiting severe trauma that he experienced in Hell.
** Sam's wall eventually starts to crack, but completely breaks when Castiel destroys Sam's wall in his head;
** As a result of Sam's wall breaking, Sam begins to hallucinate and sees Lucifer as well as remembering his most traumatic experiences of torture in Hell;
** Sam almost dies as a result of the wall in his head completely deteriorating; he ends up in a mental hospital eventually;
** Sam loses Dean again at the end of season seven, when Dean (and Castiel) end up trapped in Purgatory. Sam goes on for a whole year thinking that Dean is dead...
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* NeutralGood
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* CatchPhrase: "Son of a bitch!" Lampshaded in Season 5.]
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* CatchPhrase: "Son of a bitch!" Lampshaded in Season5.]5.
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* CatchPhrase: "Son of a bitch!" Lampshaded in Season
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: He built an EMF out of a ''walkman'',has a (correctly applied) movie or tv show reference for every occasion, is usually the one to come up with a plan on the spot, has more than once proven that he can memorize anything in just a few seconds and yet has a reputation for being not-so-smart. Both in-universe and among a certain fanbase.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: He built an EMF out of a ''walkman'',has a (correctly applied) movie or tv show reference for every occasion, is usually the one to come up with a plan on the spot, has more than once proven that he can memorize anything in just a few seconds and yet has a reputation for being not-so-smart. Both in-universe and among [[FanDumb a certain fanbase. fanbase]].
* PapaWolf: To [[BigBrotherInstinct Sam]], [[LikeASonToMe Ben]], and ''[[FriendToAllChildren any other kid]]'' you try to hurt.
* PapaWolf: To [[BigBrotherInstinct Sam]], [[LikeASonToMe Ben]], and ''[[FriendToAllChildren any other kid]]'' you try to hurt.
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* HairOfGold
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* [[spoiler:[[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Wife]]: She was ''not'' happy when Anna tried to kill John (along with Mary herself) to erase her sons' existence. Viewers got to see a nice fight between Anna and an angel-blade-wielding Mary.]]
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* [[spoiler:[[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Wife]]: She was ''not'' happy when Anna [[spoiler:Anna]] tried to kill John (along with Mary herself) [[RetGone to erase her sons' existence. existence]]. Viewers got to see a nice fight between Anna [[spoiler:Anna]] and an angel-blade-wielding Mary.]]
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* BlessedWithSuck: His [[spoiler: premonitions]] or [[spoiler: the fact that he's [[{{Satan}} Lucifer's]] true vessel]]? Take your pick.
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* BlessedWithSuck: His [[spoiler: premonitions]] [[spoiler:premonitions]] or [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the fact that he's [[{{Satan}} Lucifer's]] true vessel]]? Take your pick.
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* FatalAttractor: His love interests have included a kitsune, a werewolf, and a demon, and those are just the ones ''confirmed'' to be supernatural. [[GenreSavvy Dean]] uses this trope to deduce that the girl Sam is sexing up is the siren making people kill their loved ones in "Sex and Violence." [[spoiler: Suprisingly, he's wrong.]]
* [[spoiler: FunctionalAddict: [[FantasticDrug Demon blood]]. And detox is not fun.]]
* [[spoiler: FunctionalAddict: [[FantasticDrug Demon blood]]. And detox is not fun.]]
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* FatalAttractor: His love interests have included a kitsune, a werewolf, and a demon, and those are just the ones ''confirmed'' to be supernatural. [[GenreSavvy Dean]] uses this trope to deduce that the girl Sam is sexing up is the siren making people kill their loved ones in "Sex and Violence." [[spoiler: Suprisingly, [[spoiler:Suprisingly, he's wrong.]]
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* [[spoiler: NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his mission to kill Lilith for vengeance in Dean's death and trip to Hell, as well as to stop her from freeing Lucifer, he pretty much turns into a monster himself and ends up unwittingly ''breaking'' the final seal binding Lucifer to Hell by killing her.]]
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* [[spoiler: NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his mission to kill Lilith for vengeance in Dean's death and trip to Hell, as well as to stop her from freeing Lucifer, he pretty much turns into a monster himself and ends up unwittingly ''breaking'' the final seal binding Lucifer to Hell by killing her.]]
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* NotHimself: In the first half of Season 6, due to [[spoiler: [[TheSoulless no longer having a soul]]]].
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** [[spoiler: That is, until he decides to say "Yes" to Lucifer, but only so he can [[FightingFromTheInside re-take control]] long enough to jump into Lucifer's cage.]]
** [[spoiler: That is, until he decides to say "Yes" to Lucifer, but only so he can [[FightingFromTheInside re-take control]] long enough to jump into Lucifer's cage.]]
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* ScrewDestiny: Sam may have done some evil things (by accident), but that doesn't mean he wants to [[spoiler: be [[spoiler:be the vessel for the goddamn ''Devil himself'']].
**[[spoiler: That [[spoiler:That is, until he decides to say "Yes" to Lucifer, but only so he can [[FightingFromTheInside re-take control]] long enough to jump into Lucifer's cage.]]
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** In the beginning of Series 8, [[spoiler: Sam doesn't seem to grasp ''why'' Dean is so angry that he took the year off from hunting? Sam, your brother just spent literally every ''second'' of that year trapped in [[HellholePrison Purgatory]], fighting for his life! Why do you ''think'' he's so pissed off that you didn't try to rescue him?!]] To be fair on Sam, he didn't know where Dean was at the time, and had no leads or help due to everyone he knew being captured, missing or dead.
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** In the beginning of Series 8, [[spoiler: Sam [[spoiler:Sam doesn't seem to grasp ''why'' Dean is so angry that he took the year off from hunting? Sam, your brother just spent literally every ''second'' of that year trapped in [[HellholePrison Purgatory]], fighting for his life! Why do you ''think'' he's so pissed off that you didn't try to rescue him?!]] To be fair on Sam, he didn't know where Dean was at the time, and had no leads or help due to everyone he knew being captured, missing or dead.
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--->''"Dean... Sam... I’m sorry."''
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* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: She was manipulated into making one with Azazel to save John, as revealed in "In the Beginning".]]
* [[spoiler:{{Badass}}]]
* [[spoiler:DeadExMachina: Saves her sons from the poltergeist in "Home."]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: She was manipulated into making one with Azazel to save John, as revealed in "In the Beginning".]]
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* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]
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BreakTheCutie: A big part of her backstory.
* [[spoiler:CessationOfExistence: Implied to be what happened to her after her HeroicSacrifice in "Home".]]
* [[spoiler:DeadExMachina:Saves Her ghost intervenes and saves her sons from the poltergeist in "Home."]]
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* DeadLittleSister: Her death caused her husband and sons to become hunters to avenge her.
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil:She was Azazel manipulated her into making one with Azazel to save John, as revealed in "In the Beginning".Beginning". Her deal, though, didn't cost her her soul--it allowed Azazel to feed his blood to Sam ten years later. Obviously, he didn't tell [[MamaBear Mary]] that part.]]
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* [[spoiler:CessationOfExistence: Implied to be what happened to her after her HeroicSacrifice in "Home".]]
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* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:When a When time-traveling Dean and Sam interrupt former-hunter come knocking on [[spoiler:former hunter]] Mary's normal lifestyle, door, she gives them quite a deadly glare.]]
* [[spoiler:GuardianEntity: After her death, her spirit [[UnfinishedBusiness stays behind in her old house]] and becomes this.]]
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-->"Sammy, wherever you are, Mom is a babe. ''babe''. ({{beat}}) [[ImGoingToHellForThis I'm going to Hell.Hell]]. [[LikeABadassOutOfHell Again]]."
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* KillItWithFire
-->'''Not!Mary:''' The worst was the smell. The pain, well, what can you say about your skin bubbling off? But the smell was so… You know, for a second I thought I’d left a pot roast burning in the oven. But… it was my meat.
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-->'''Not!Mary:''' The worst was the smell. The pain, well, what can you say about your skin bubbling off? But the smell was so… You know, for a second I thought I’d left a pot roast burning in the oven. But… it was my meat.
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia: In "The Song Remains the Same", a past version of Mary learned about what will happen to her and her family, but before she can act on it, [[YouCantFightFate her memories were erased by Michael]].]]
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* [[spoiler:[[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Wife]]: She was ''not'' happy when Anna tried to kill John (along with Mary herself) to erase her sons' existence. Viewers got to see a nice fight between Anna and an angel-blade-wielding Mary]].Mary.]]
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* WreathedInFlames: [[spoiler:As a ghost, this was how she first appeared to people, before she appeared to Sam and Dean and [[ThisWasHisTrueForm briefly reverted]] to [[KillItWithFire pre-cooked]] self.]]
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** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** TookALevelInJerkass: Dean spent over 40 years [[spoiler: torturing souls]] in Hell, which did not help his KnightTemplar instincts. [[spoiler: Then in Series 8, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbomination abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.
** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** TookALevelInJerkass: Dean spent over 40 years [[spoiler: torturing souls]] in Hell, which did not help his KnightTemplar instincts. [[spoiler: Then in Series 8, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbomination abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.
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* TheChosenOne: Though he's this for [[spoiler:[[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]]].
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* TheChosenOne: Though he's Sam is known as this trope for much of the series of Supernatural, since the story originally centred around him.
** He is also this for being chosen as one of the Special Kids with special, unique powers and abilities.
** Sam is this for [[spoiler:[[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]]].
** He is also this for being chosen as one of the Special Kids with special, unique powers and abilities.
** Sam is this for [[spoiler:[[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]]].
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** ClassicalAntiHero: Especially in season's 4 to 6.
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* {{Jerkass}}
** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** TookALevelInJerkass: Dean spent over 40 years [[spoiler: torturing souls]] in Hell, which did not help his KnightTemplar instincts. [[spoiler: Then in Series 8, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbomination abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.
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* {{Jerkass}}
** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** TookALevelInJerkass: Dean spent over 40 years [[spoiler: torturing souls]] in Hell, which did not help his KnightTemplar instincts. [[spoiler: Then in Series 8, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbomination abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** TookALevelInJerkass: Dean spent over 40 years [[spoiler: torturing souls]] in Hell, which did not help his KnightTemplar instincts. [[spoiler: Then in Series 8, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbomination abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.
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* MoralityChain: For Dean.
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!Dean Winchester (JensenAckles)
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--->''"I got a GED and a give-em-hell attitude."''
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has black hair in ''[[AnimatedAdaptation Supernatural: The Animation]]'' and very light blond hair in the prequel comics.
* TheAlcoholic: By Season 7, he's about two steps away from becoming one, if he isn't already.
* AntiHero
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]: [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Repeatedly.]] To the point that it's almost a RunningGag.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** [[spoiler:LikeABadassOutOfHell]]: After Season 3. Also in Season 8, after he escapes from [[spoiler: ''Purgatory''.]]
** PopCulturedBadass
* BerserkButton: DO NOT harm any kids, or mess with families, ESPECIALLY his own family
* BetterThanSex: The burgers they serve at his favorite St. Louis diner. Pity that Dean's PersonaNonGrata.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Yeah, just try to hurt Sam and let see how well it goes for you.
* BigEater
* TheBigGuy: Subverted -- Dean is the shorter of the duo, but is also the bruiser of the two.
** LittleBigBrother
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Dean is totally immune to the hunger-inducing powers of [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Famine]], which seems pretty cool. Except that Famine points out it's due to the fact that Dean is so dead inside that no form of self-indulgence would fill the void.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Repeatedly. UpToEleven. Every single time things start to work out for him, he gets broken. And [[DysfunctionJunction this has been going on for a loooooong time]]. In fact, an alternate title for this show could be "How to Break Dean Winchester" and you couldn't fault it, particularly from Season 2 onwards.
** Has now become a TraumaCongaLine.
* BrokenHero
* ButtMonkey: Nothing goes right for him. Ever.
* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong / ShellShockedVeteran]]: At the start of Season 8 [[spoiler:after escaping from [[HellholePrison Purgatory]]. On the outside, he's normal but on the inside, whatever happened in Purgatory has changed him a great deal, even referring to it as "360 degrees of combat".]]
* {{Casanova}}
* CatchPhrase: "Son of a bitch!" Lampshaded in Season 5.
* TheChewToy
* [[spoiler: TheChosenOne: For the ArchangelMichael.]]
** [[spoiler: Until Michael takes [[LongLostSibling Adam]] as his vessel.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
** StepfordSnarker
* [[spoiler: DealWithTheDevil: His deal with the crossroads demon at the end of Season 2 to save Sam.]]
* DeathSeeker
* {{Determinator}}: and the one time he didn't live up to this role and almost surrendered, well... [[UnstoppableRage he got pinned to a wall in a street and beaten up]] so badly that [[{{Metaphorgotten}} it wasn't pretty]].
* DeusAngstMachina: The stunning amount of bad things that happen to Dean are starting to amount to this. The poor guy hasn't caught a break since Season 3.
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]
* ExtremeDoormat: A ''big'' one when it comes to his family.
* FriendshipMoment: Most of his scenes with Castiel.
** ThePowerOfTrust: in relation to this, they both try to do this with each other more than once. Sometimes they succeed - it's basically the way Dean convinces Cas to perform his first overt act of rebellion - sometimes they fail, but when they fail it's always because of their individual traits or motivations rather that because they don't trust each other.
* FriendToAllChildren: Kids (human ones, anyway) are a pretty big soft spot.
** And as is evidenced in seasons 6 & 7, this applies to monster kids too.
* GenreSavvy
* GoodIsNotNice
* HatesBeingTouched
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Has ''real'' issues with self-worth and frequently takes this to [[DeathSeeker suicidal lengths]].
* [[spoiler:HumanMomNonHumanDad]]: Dean is part of an inverted example in "The Slice Girls".[[spoiler: Dean sleeps with an Amazon, she has his daughter in a few days and the daughter grows into teenage years quickly. She then tries to kill Dean, who hesitates to fight back, but Sam shoots her dead and saves Dean.]]
* HurtingHero
* ItsAllMyFault: If anything can be slightly linked to him in any way, expect him to shoulder the burden and expect that burden to break him. Just see how the whole [[spoiler:back-from-Hell]] thing worked out for him in Season 4.
* {{Jerkass}}
** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** TookALevelInJerkass: Dean spent over 40 years [[spoiler: torturing souls]] in Hell, which did not help his KnightTemplar instincts. [[spoiler: Then in Series 8, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbominations abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother
* LoveableRogue
* LoveMartyr
* MessianicArchetype
* MoralityChain: In later seasons for Sam AND Castiel.
** [[spoiler: He fails Castiel spectacularly and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when it comes to monsters, since Sam has his own problems and Bobby is busy.]]
* MrViceGuy
* {{Naytheist}}
* TheNicknamer
* NietzscheWannabe: Sometimes.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He built an EMF out of a ''walkman'',has a (correctly applied) movie or tv show reference for every occasion, is usually the one to come up with a plan on the spot, has more than once proven that he can memorize anything in just a few seconds and yet has a reputation for being not-so-smart. Both in-universe and among a certain fanbase.
* PermaStubble
* ThePornomancer
* PrettyBoy: Although he'd rather be thought of as a {{Hunk}}.
* [[spoiler: ProperlyParanoid: Of Ruby in Seasons 3 and 4. Turns out he was right.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: Crosses into EthicalSlut territory. Frequently.
* SadClown
* ScrewDestiny: His motto.
** His ''mission'' too in Season 5, when he, Sam and Cas nickname themselves "Team Free Will."
* SiblingYinYang: With Sam.
* SingleTear: He sheds them constantly. It's made its way into a drinking game!
* SourOutsideSadInside: he pulls this whenever he uses anger and being rude to cover up for the fact that he's broken.
* StepfordSmiler
* SurvivorGuilt
* TryingNotToCry: it often looks like he's about to burst into tears, but instead he just keeps on doing whatever it is he's doing looking epically broken all the way through it.
** A particularly [[AWorldwidePunomenon tear-jerking]] example is 7x21. He manages to look like this ''for an entire episode'' while interacting with an out-of-mind Castiel.
** NotSoStoic
** BrokenTears
* [[spoiler: TheyKilledKenny]]: ''Especially'' in "Mystery Spot." Oh, ye gods, "Mystery Spot"!
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Dean ''loves'' pie.
* TragicBromance: Dear. God. If it isn't Sam, it's Cas.
* TragicHero
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn]]
* VocalEvolution: Started out with a fairly normal voice which has gotten deeper and more gravely over the years.
!Sam Winchester (JaredPadalecki)
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--->''"You know me. You know why. I'm not leaving my brother alone out there."''
* [[spoiler: AntiAntiChrist]]
* AntiHero
* [[spoiler: ApocalypseMaiden]]
* TheAtoner: In Season 5 (after the whole [[spoiler:freeing-Lucifer-from-Hell]] business) and in Season 6 ([[spoiler:after getting his soul back]]).
** When he's not busy blaming others (most notably Dean) for his mistakes.
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler:After drinking tons of demon blood]] and again [[spoiler:after he [[TheSoulless loses his soul]]]].
--> [[spoiler:(''to Castiel'') "I'll find a way to kill you. And I don't sleep."]]
** BadassBookworm
** BadassNormal: Before and after [[spoiler:getting addicted to demon blood]].
** [[spoiler:LikeABadassOutOfHell]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* TheBigGuy: At 6'4", he's the tallest of the cast.
** BigLittleBrother
** Lampshaded when a character refers to him as a "sasquatch" and Crowley calls him "Moose". Both were seized upon by the fandom pretty quickly.
* BlessedWithSuck: His [[spoiler: premonitions]] or [[spoiler: the fact that he's [[{{Satan}} Lucifer's]] true vessel]]? Take your pick.
* BreakTheCutie
* BrokenHero
* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong]]
** [[spoiler:YED taunted Dean with this possibility in the Season 2 finale.]]
** [[spoiler:More than implied in Season 6. Confirmed in "Family Matters" (no, not the [[FamilyMatters sitcom]]), when Castiel examines him and discovers that Sam no longer has a soul. He gets better (somewhat) in "Like a Virgin," only for it to get reversed by Castiel in the Season 6 finale.]]
* CartwrightCurse: "Have you forgotten the average lifespan of your hook-ups?" So...
* CelibateHero: But not in Season 4 and Season 6.
* TheChosenOne: Though he's this for [[spoiler:[[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]]].
* [[spoiler: CorruptTheCutie]]
* FatalAttractor: His love interests have included a kitsune, a werewolf, and a demon, and those are just the ones ''confirmed'' to be supernatural. [[GenreSavvy Dean]] uses this trope to deduce that the girl Sam is sexing up is the siren making people kill their loved ones in "Sex and Violence." [[spoiler: Suprisingly, he's wrong.]]
* [[spoiler: FunctionalAddict: [[FantasticDrug Demon blood]]. And detox is not fun.]]
* GeniusBruiser: He was a straight-A student, a Mathlete, attended Stanford University on a full scholarship before the show started, and is often involved in the research part of hunting. This has never stopped him from kicking demon ass repeatedly.
* [[spoiler: HorrorHunger]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Though by early Season 2, he drops this attitude and decides to devote his life to hunting in the wake of [[spoiler: John's death]].
* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Little Brother]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Dean.
* LoveableRogue
* MoralityChain: For Dean.
* [[spoiler: NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his mission to kill Lilith for vengeance in Dean's death and trip to Hell, as well as to stop her from freeing Lucifer, he pretty much turns into a monster himself and ends up unwittingly ''breaking'' the final seal binding Lucifer to Hell by killing her.]]
* NotHimself: In the first half of Season 6, due to [[spoiler: [[TheSoulless no longer having a soul]]]].
* PsychicPowers
*** Only in early seasons. He has none at the moment.
** MindOverMatter
** [[{{Seers}} Precognition]]
** By Season 4, he's developed more control and skill over his abilities, to the point that he can [[spoiler: exorcise, and later kill, demons]] with his mind.
* PuppyDogEyes
* RevengeBeforeReason
* ScrewDestiny: Sam may have done some evil things (by accident), but that doesn't mean he wants to [[spoiler: be the vessel for the goddamn ''Devil himself'']].
** [[spoiler: That is, until he decides to say "Yes" to Lucifer, but only so he can [[FightingFromTheInside re-take control]] long enough to jump into Lucifer's cage.]]
* TheScully
* SiblingYinYang: With Dean.
* [[spoiler: TheSoulless]]: In the first half of Season 6.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: In later seasons.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Season 4 and Season 6. Oh so very much in Season 6. (But only in the first half of S6, and that's because he was [[spoiler:TheSoulless]] at the time.)
** In the beginning of Series 8, [[spoiler: Sam doesn't seem to grasp ''why'' Dean is so angry that he took the year off from hunting? Sam, your brother just spent literally every ''second'' of that year trapped in [[HellholePrison Purgatory]], fighting for his life! Why do you ''think'' he's so pissed off that you didn't try to rescue him?!]] To be fair on Sam, he didn't know where Dean was at the time, and had no leads or help due to everyone he knew being captured, missing or dead.
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn]]
* WhiteSheep
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Clowns?]]
!John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Cohen)
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* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He doesn't show the depths of his affection for his sons too much, but when he does, it tends to be both [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming sweet]] and [[TearJerker saddening]].
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** [[spoiler:LikeABadassOutOfHell]]
* [[spoiler:DeadExMachina: In "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two."]] Subverted in "Long-Distance Call" - [[spoiler:it was a monster pretending to be him.]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: He makes one with Azazel in the Season 2 premiere to save Dean.]]
* DisappearedDad: Often left his children alone to go hunt, so Dean had to take on an almost parental role and help raise Sam. In fact, his absence actually kicks off the plot, as it's why Dean goes seeking Sam out at Stanford. [[spoiler:Not to mention Adam, who, John rarely saw, although in this case it's more forgivable, since John didn't know he existed until Adam was twelve.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Sacrifices his life in exchange for Dean's. Dean, however, is ''not'' grateful.]]
* HotDad
* ItsAllAboutMe: His detractors accuse him of ruining his son's lives for his own vendetta.
* JerkAss
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PapaWolf: Uses one of his precious Colt's bullets to protect his sons, [[spoiler: gives up his chance of revenge by giving Azazel the Colt and going to Hell in order to save Dean]], and eventually [[spoiler: crawls out of Hell to tear Azazel from his meatsuit when the demon was taunting and about to kill Dean]]. Say what you like about the guy, but he does love his kids.
* ParentsAsPeople
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: John's not a villain, but it's still depressing to see how happy and innocent he was in the teaser of the pilot before Mary died and in the episodes where his sons travel into the past.
* WellDoneSonGuy: With Dean, [[CharacterDevelopment although lately Dean has realized how flawed John was and loses a lot of his hero-worship towards him]]. He also made Sam [[spoiler:and Adam]] feel as if they had this relationship with him.
!Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith, Amy Gumenick)
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* [[spoiler:ActionGirl: Well, she ''was'' a hunter when she was younger...]]
* [[spoiler:ActionGirlfriend: While John was still a sweet, kind and innocent person, his girlfriend was busy kicking monster ass.]]
* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]
* [[spoiler:{{Badass}}]]
* [[spoiler:DeadExMachina: Saves her sons from the poltergeist in "Home."]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: She was manipulated into making one with Azazel to save John, as revealed in "In the Beginning".]]
* DeathByOriginStory
* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:When a time-traveling Dean and Sam interrupt former-hunter Mary's normal lifestyle, she gives them quite a deadly glare.]]
* DisposableWoman
* HairOfGold
* HotMom: Dean himself notes this in "In the Beginning."
-->"Sammy, wherever you are, Mom is a babe. I'm going to Hell. [[LikeABadassOutOfHell Again]]."
* [[spoiler:IJustWantToBeNormal]]
* TheLostLenore: To John.
* MamaBear: "You get out of my house. And let go of my son."
* MissingMom
* PosthumousCharacter
* SacrificialLion
* [[spoiler:[[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Wife]]: She was ''not'' happy when Anna tried to kill John (along with Mary herself) to erase her sons' existence. Viewers got to see a nice fight between Anna and an angel-blade-wielding Mary]].
* WomanInWhite
!Adam Milligan (Jake Abel)
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* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Well, he IS a Winchester. It's what they do.]]
* ChekhovsGunman
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: In "Jump the Shark," the "Adam" the Winchesters meet is a [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghoul]] using his form. How did he get into that form? By ''eating'' the real Adam.]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
--->'''Sam''': You may not believe it, but Dad *was* trying to protect you.
--->'''Adam''': [[spoiler: Well, I guess the monster that ate me didn't get that memo.]]
* DeusAngstMachina: For someone who appeared in only three episodes, Adam has had a '''ridiculous''' amount of horrific things happen to him in each one. He's [[spoiler:[[ImAHumanitarian eaten alive]] by [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], pulled out of {{Heaven}}, [[BackFromTheDead brought back from the dead]], forced to [[BuriedAlive claw his way out of his own grave]], told (falsely) that he is TheChosenOne, kidnapped, held hostage against [[BigBrotherInstinct Dean]], [[BloodFromTheMouth tortured]], [[BigDamnHeroes rescued]] (only '''NOT'''), [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by an [[ArchangelMichael archangel]], [[KillItWithFire incinerated]], ''disintegrated'', regenerated and, finally, dragged into the worst possible pit of {{Hell}} alongside Lucifer and Michael. And is ''still there''.]] Note that Adam was an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]] prior to this and that the only reason '''any''' of it happened to him is because he is a...
** LongLostRelative: To Sam and Dean.
* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath: Ultimately Adam ends up locked in Hell with {{Satan}} and Satan's big brother, with no hope of escape, seeing as how any of the characters who ''could'' free him either don't care about him or are dead.]]
* [[spoiler:RefusedByTheCall]]
* TheUnchosenOne: Unintentionally. [[spoiler:By saying "Yes" to Michael and being the vessel in Dean's place, he effectively proves that Michael's speech to Dean in "The Song Remains the Same" about how [[ScrewDestiny Destiny cannot be screwed]] was basically Michael talking out of his ass.]]
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:So Dean spends the first half of Season 6 trying to get Sam's soul back, because it's left in the cage with Michael and Lucifer, after Castiel removed Sam's mind and body almost immediately. When Dean first makes his deal with Death to get Sam's soul back, he tries to get Adam out as well. Death, however, refuses and forces Dean to choose between the two; Dean chooses Sam.]]
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--->''"I got a GED and a give-em-hell attitude."''
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has black hair in ''[[AnimatedAdaptation Supernatural: The Animation]]'' and very light blond hair in the prequel comics.
* TheAlcoholic: By Season 7, he's about two steps away from becoming one, if he isn't already.
* AntiHero
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]: [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Repeatedly.]] To the point that it's almost a RunningGag.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** [[spoiler:LikeABadassOutOfHell]]: After Season 3. Also in Season 8, after he escapes from [[spoiler: ''Purgatory''.]]
** PopCulturedBadass
* BerserkButton: DO NOT harm any kids, or mess with families, ESPECIALLY his own family
* BetterThanSex: The burgers they serve at his favorite St. Louis diner. Pity that Dean's PersonaNonGrata.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Yeah, just try to hurt Sam and let see how well it goes for you.
* BigEater
* TheBigGuy: Subverted -- Dean is the shorter of the duo, but is also the bruiser of the two.
** LittleBigBrother
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Dean is totally immune to the hunger-inducing powers of [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Famine]], which seems pretty cool. Except that Famine points out it's due to the fact that Dean is so dead inside that no form of self-indulgence would fill the void.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Repeatedly. UpToEleven. Every single time things start to work out for him, he gets broken. And [[DysfunctionJunction this has been going on for a loooooong time]]. In fact, an alternate title for this show could be "How to Break Dean Winchester" and you couldn't fault it, particularly from Season 2 onwards.
** Has now become a TraumaCongaLine.
* BrokenHero
* ButtMonkey: Nothing goes right for him. Ever.
* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong / ShellShockedVeteran]]: At the start of Season 8 [[spoiler:after escaping from [[HellholePrison Purgatory]]. On the outside, he's normal but on the inside, whatever happened in Purgatory has changed him a great deal, even referring to it as "360 degrees of combat".]]
* {{Casanova}}
* CatchPhrase: "Son of a bitch!" Lampshaded in Season 5.
* TheChewToy
* [[spoiler: TheChosenOne: For the ArchangelMichael.]]
** [[spoiler: Until Michael takes [[LongLostSibling Adam]] as his vessel.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
** StepfordSnarker
* [[spoiler: DealWithTheDevil: His deal with the crossroads demon at the end of Season 2 to save Sam.]]
* DeathSeeker
* {{Determinator}}: and the one time he didn't live up to this role and almost surrendered, well... [[UnstoppableRage he got pinned to a wall in a street and beaten up]] so badly that [[{{Metaphorgotten}} it wasn't pretty]].
* DeusAngstMachina: The stunning amount of bad things that happen to Dean are starting to amount to this. The poor guy hasn't caught a break since Season 3.
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]
* ExtremeDoormat: A ''big'' one when it comes to his family.
* FriendshipMoment: Most of his scenes with Castiel.
** ThePowerOfTrust: in relation to this, they both try to do this with each other more than once. Sometimes they succeed - it's basically the way Dean convinces Cas to perform his first overt act of rebellion - sometimes they fail, but when they fail it's always because of their individual traits or motivations rather that because they don't trust each other.
* FriendToAllChildren: Kids (human ones, anyway) are a pretty big soft spot.
** And as is evidenced in seasons 6 & 7, this applies to monster kids too.
* GenreSavvy
* GoodIsNotNice
* HatesBeingTouched
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Has ''real'' issues with self-worth and frequently takes this to [[DeathSeeker suicidal lengths]].
* [[spoiler:HumanMomNonHumanDad]]: Dean is part of an inverted example in "The Slice Girls".[[spoiler: Dean sleeps with an Amazon, she has his daughter in a few days and the daughter grows into teenage years quickly. She then tries to kill Dean, who hesitates to fight back, but Sam shoots her dead and saves Dean.]]
* HurtingHero
* ItsAllMyFault: If anything can be slightly linked to him in any way, expect him to shoulder the burden and expect that burden to break him. Just see how the whole [[spoiler:back-from-Hell]] thing worked out for him in Season 4.
* {{Jerkass}}
** Ben [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out]] on this in "Mannequin 3: The Reckoning."
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** TookALevelInJerkass: Dean spent over 40 years [[spoiler: torturing souls]] in Hell, which did not help his KnightTemplar instincts. [[spoiler: Then in Series 8, he spent a year in Purgatory, which is filled with the menagerie of [[HumanoidAbominations abominations]] that God felt best to ''lock away'' for the sake of the world]]. It does ''not'' help his grip on sanity.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother
* LoveableRogue
* LoveMartyr
* MessianicArchetype
* MoralityChain: In later seasons for Sam AND Castiel.
** [[spoiler: He fails Castiel spectacularly and [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when it comes to monsters, since Sam has his own problems and Bobby is busy.]]
* MrViceGuy
* {{Naytheist}}
* TheNicknamer
* NietzscheWannabe: Sometimes.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He built an EMF out of a ''walkman'',has a (correctly applied) movie or tv show reference for every occasion, is usually the one to come up with a plan on the spot, has more than once proven that he can memorize anything in just a few seconds and yet has a reputation for being not-so-smart. Both in-universe and among a certain fanbase.
* PermaStubble
* ThePornomancer
* PrettyBoy: Although he'd rather be thought of as a {{Hunk}}.
* [[spoiler: ProperlyParanoid: Of Ruby in Seasons 3 and 4. Turns out he was right.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: Crosses into EthicalSlut territory. Frequently.
* SadClown
* ScrewDestiny: His motto.
** His ''mission'' too in Season 5, when he, Sam and Cas nickname themselves "Team Free Will."
* SiblingYinYang: With Sam.
* SingleTear: He sheds them constantly. It's made its way into a drinking game!
* SourOutsideSadInside: he pulls this whenever he uses anger and being rude to cover up for the fact that he's broken.
* StepfordSmiler
* SurvivorGuilt
* TryingNotToCry: it often looks like he's about to burst into tears, but instead he just keeps on doing whatever it is he's doing looking epically broken all the way through it.
** A particularly [[AWorldwidePunomenon tear-jerking]] example is 7x21. He manages to look like this ''for an entire episode'' while interacting with an out-of-mind Castiel.
** NotSoStoic
** BrokenTears
* [[spoiler: TheyKilledKenny]]: ''Especially'' in "Mystery Spot." Oh, ye gods, "Mystery Spot"!
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Dean ''loves'' pie.
* TragicBromance: Dear. God. If it isn't Sam, it's Cas.
* TragicHero
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn]]
* VocalEvolution: Started out with a fairly normal voice which has gotten deeper and more gravely over the years.
!Sam Winchester (JaredPadalecki)
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--->''"You know me. You know why. I'm not leaving my brother alone out there."''
* [[spoiler: AntiAntiChrist]]
* AntiHero
* [[spoiler: ApocalypseMaiden]]
* TheAtoner: In Season 5 (after the whole [[spoiler:freeing-Lucifer-from-Hell]] business) and in Season 6 ([[spoiler:after getting his soul back]]).
** When he's not busy blaming others (most notably Dean) for his mistakes.
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler:After drinking tons of demon blood]] and again [[spoiler:after he [[TheSoulless loses his soul]]]].
--> [[spoiler:(''to Castiel'') "I'll find a way to kill you. And I don't sleep."]]
** BadassBookworm
** BadassNormal: Before and after [[spoiler:getting addicted to demon blood]].
** [[spoiler:LikeABadassOutOfHell]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* TheBigGuy: At 6'4", he's the tallest of the cast.
** BigLittleBrother
** Lampshaded when a character refers to him as a "sasquatch" and Crowley calls him "Moose". Both were seized upon by the fandom pretty quickly.
* BlessedWithSuck: His [[spoiler: premonitions]] or [[spoiler: the fact that he's [[{{Satan}} Lucifer's]] true vessel]]? Take your pick.
* BreakTheCutie
* BrokenHero
* [[spoiler: CameBackWrong]]
** [[spoiler:YED taunted Dean with this possibility in the Season 2 finale.]]
** [[spoiler:More than implied in Season 6. Confirmed in "Family Matters" (no, not the [[FamilyMatters sitcom]]), when Castiel examines him and discovers that Sam no longer has a soul. He gets better (somewhat) in "Like a Virgin," only for it to get reversed by Castiel in the Season 6 finale.]]
* CartwrightCurse: "Have you forgotten the average lifespan of your hook-ups?" So...
* CelibateHero: But not in Season 4 and Season 6.
* TheChosenOne: Though he's this for [[spoiler:[[{{Satan}} Lucifer]]]].
* [[spoiler: CorruptTheCutie]]
* FatalAttractor: His love interests have included a kitsune, a werewolf, and a demon, and those are just the ones ''confirmed'' to be supernatural. [[GenreSavvy Dean]] uses this trope to deduce that the girl Sam is sexing up is the siren making people kill their loved ones in "Sex and Violence." [[spoiler: Suprisingly, he's wrong.]]
* [[spoiler: FunctionalAddict: [[FantasticDrug Demon blood]]. And detox is not fun.]]
* GeniusBruiser: He was a straight-A student, a Mathlete, attended Stanford University on a full scholarship before the show started, and is often involved in the research part of hunting. This has never stopped him from kicking demon ass repeatedly.
* [[spoiler: HorrorHunger]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Though by early Season 2, he drops this attitude and decides to devote his life to hunting in the wake of [[spoiler: John's death]].
* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Little Brother]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Dean.
* LoveableRogue
* MoralityChain: For Dean.
* [[spoiler: NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his mission to kill Lilith for vengeance in Dean's death and trip to Hell, as well as to stop her from freeing Lucifer, he pretty much turns into a monster himself and ends up unwittingly ''breaking'' the final seal binding Lucifer to Hell by killing her.]]
* NotHimself: In the first half of Season 6, due to [[spoiler: [[TheSoulless no longer having a soul]]]].
* PsychicPowers
*** Only in early seasons. He has none at the moment.
** MindOverMatter
** [[{{Seers}} Precognition]]
** By Season 4, he's developed more control and skill over his abilities, to the point that he can [[spoiler: exorcise, and later kill, demons]] with his mind.
* PuppyDogEyes
* RevengeBeforeReason
* ScrewDestiny: Sam may have done some evil things (by accident), but that doesn't mean he wants to [[spoiler: be the vessel for the goddamn ''Devil himself'']].
** [[spoiler: That is, until he decides to say "Yes" to Lucifer, but only so he can [[FightingFromTheInside re-take control]] long enough to jump into Lucifer's cage.]]
* TheScully
* SiblingYinYang: With Dean.
* [[spoiler: TheSoulless]]: In the first half of Season 6.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: In later seasons.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Season 4 and Season 6. Oh so very much in Season 6. (But only in the first half of S6, and that's because he was [[spoiler:TheSoulless]] at the time.)
** In the beginning of Series 8, [[spoiler: Sam doesn't seem to grasp ''why'' Dean is so angry that he took the year off from hunting? Sam, your brother just spent literally every ''second'' of that year trapped in [[HellholePrison Purgatory]], fighting for his life! Why do you ''think'' he's so pissed off that you didn't try to rescue him?!]] To be fair on Sam, he didn't know where Dean was at the time, and had no leads or help due to everyone he knew being captured, missing or dead.
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn]]
* WhiteSheep
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Clowns?]]
!John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Cohen)
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* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He doesn't show the depths of his affection for his sons too much, but when he does, it tends to be both [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming sweet]] and [[TearJerker saddening]].
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** [[spoiler:LikeABadassOutOfHell]]
* [[spoiler:DeadExMachina: In "All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two."]] Subverted in "Long-Distance Call" - [[spoiler:it was a monster pretending to be him.]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: He makes one with Azazel in the Season 2 premiere to save Dean.]]
* DisappearedDad: Often left his children alone to go hunt, so Dean had to take on an almost parental role and help raise Sam. In fact, his absence actually kicks off the plot, as it's why Dean goes seeking Sam out at Stanford. [[spoiler:Not to mention Adam, who, John rarely saw, although in this case it's more forgivable, since John didn't know he existed until Adam was twelve.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Sacrifices his life in exchange for Dean's. Dean, however, is ''not'' grateful.]]
* HotDad
* ItsAllAboutMe: His detractors accuse him of ruining his son's lives for his own vendetta.
* JerkAss
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PapaWolf: Uses one of his precious Colt's bullets to protect his sons, [[spoiler: gives up his chance of revenge by giving Azazel the Colt and going to Hell in order to save Dean]], and eventually [[spoiler: crawls out of Hell to tear Azazel from his meatsuit when the demon was taunting and about to kill Dean]]. Say what you like about the guy, but he does love his kids.
* ParentsAsPeople
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: John's not a villain, but it's still depressing to see how happy and innocent he was in the teaser of the pilot before Mary died and in the episodes where his sons travel into the past.
* WellDoneSonGuy: With Dean, [[CharacterDevelopment although lately Dean has realized how flawed John was and loses a lot of his hero-worship towards him]]. He also made Sam [[spoiler:and Adam]] feel as if they had this relationship with him.
!Mary Winchester (Samantha Smith, Amy Gumenick)
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* [[spoiler:ActionGirl: Well, she ''was'' a hunter when she was younger...]]
* [[spoiler:ActionGirlfriend: While John was still a sweet, kind and innocent person, his girlfriend was busy kicking monster ass.]]
* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]
* [[spoiler:{{Badass}}]]
* [[spoiler:DeadExMachina: Saves her sons from the poltergeist in "Home."]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: She was manipulated into making one with Azazel to save John, as revealed in "In the Beginning".]]
* DeathByOriginStory
* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:When a time-traveling Dean and Sam interrupt former-hunter Mary's normal lifestyle, she gives them quite a deadly glare.]]
* DisposableWoman
* HairOfGold
* HotMom: Dean himself notes this in "In the Beginning."
-->"Sammy, wherever you are, Mom is a babe. I'm going to Hell. [[LikeABadassOutOfHell Again]]."
* [[spoiler:IJustWantToBeNormal]]
* TheLostLenore: To John.
* MamaBear: "You get out of my house. And let go of my son."
* MissingMom
* PosthumousCharacter
* SacrificialLion
* [[spoiler:[[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Wife]]: She was ''not'' happy when Anna tried to kill John (along with Mary herself) to erase her sons' existence. Viewers got to see a nice fight between Anna and an angel-blade-wielding Mary]].
* WomanInWhite
!Adam Milligan (Jake Abel)
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* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Well, he IS a Winchester. It's what they do.]]
* ChekhovsGunman
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: In "Jump the Shark," the "Adam" the Winchesters meet is a [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghoul]] using his form. How did he get into that form? By ''eating'' the real Adam.]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
--->'''Sam''': You may not believe it, but Dad *was* trying to protect you.
--->'''Adam''': [[spoiler: Well, I guess the monster that ate me didn't get that memo.]]
* DeusAngstMachina: For someone who appeared in only three episodes, Adam has had a '''ridiculous''' amount of horrific things happen to him in each one. He's [[spoiler:[[ImAHumanitarian eaten alive]] by [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], pulled out of {{Heaven}}, [[BackFromTheDead brought back from the dead]], forced to [[BuriedAlive claw his way out of his own grave]], told (falsely) that he is TheChosenOne, kidnapped, held hostage against [[BigBrotherInstinct Dean]], [[BloodFromTheMouth tortured]], [[BigDamnHeroes rescued]] (only '''NOT'''), [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by an [[ArchangelMichael archangel]], [[KillItWithFire incinerated]], ''disintegrated'', regenerated and, finally, dragged into the worst possible pit of {{Hell}} alongside Lucifer and Michael. And is ''still there''.]] Note that Adam was an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]] prior to this and that the only reason '''any''' of it happened to him is because he is a...
** LongLostRelative: To Sam and Dean.
* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath: Ultimately Adam ends up locked in Hell with {{Satan}} and Satan's big brother, with no hope of escape, seeing as how any of the characters who ''could'' free him either don't care about him or are dead.]]
* [[spoiler:RefusedByTheCall]]
* TheUnchosenOne: Unintentionally. [[spoiler:By saying "Yes" to Michael and being the vessel in Dean's place, he effectively proves that Michael's speech to Dean in "The Song Remains the Same" about how [[ScrewDestiny Destiny cannot be screwed]] was basically Michael talking out of his ass.]]
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:So Dean spends the first half of Season 6 trying to get Sam's soul back, because it's left in the cage with Michael and Lucifer, after Castiel removed Sam's mind and body almost immediately. When Dean first makes his deal with Death to get Sam's soul back, he tries to get Adam out as well. Death, however, refuses and forces Dean to choose between the two; Dean chooses Sam.]]
