History Recap / SupernaturalS03E09MalleusMaleficarum

* SympathyForTheDevil: Sam and Dean both have a non-verbal moment towards Ruby at the end of the episode. Dean even seems to soften up a little towards her. ([[StatusQuoIsGod Until]] [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E12JusInBello the next time she shows up]].)

* BloodFromTheMouth: The coven seems to like this trope. Tammi, Dean, and Janet cough up blood (and other things) as the result of a spell.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Ruby tells demon hunter Dean that he will eventually turn into a demon in Hell.

* BlackEyesOfEvil
* BloodFromTheMouth: The coven seems to like this trope. Tammi, Dean and Janet cough up blood (and other things) as the result of a spell.

* BulletDodgesYou: Tammi stops a bullet from the Colt.
* ConspicuousCGI: The CGI for the wrist slitting is incredibly fake looking.
* ContinuityNod: When he's arguing with Dean over Ruby, Sam brings up [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E04SinCity that demon chick in Ohio Dean didn't want dead]].

* DealWithTheDevil: The witches sold their souls to get powers.

* DontYouDarePityMe: Ruby is obviously embarrassed by having her past as a human tortured into a demon in Hell revealed to the brothers. ''[[GetOut "Go."]]''
* FakeDefector: Ruby pretends that she's led Sam and Dean to her old teacher as a gift, then tries to stab her to death with her knife. Said teacher didn't buy it.

* HellBentForLeather: Referenced, according to Ruby, hell isn't like that.

* ItsAllAboutMe / LackOfEmpathy: Renee on the deaths caused by their "book club".
-->'''Renee:''' Amanda killed herself, yes. And yes, she killed Janet. Awful, awful business of course, but that's all over now. And think about what book club has gotten us, hmm?
* ItTastesLikeFeet: Dean complains about the potion Ruby feeds him.

-->'''Ruby:''' (laughs quietly) Isn't it obvious? I'm not like them. I--I don't know why. I wish I was, but I'm not. I remember what it's like.

* NotHimself: Dean finally voices his worries that this is the case with Sam, who has become uncharacteristically ruthless about killing humans and sympathetic monsters since he was brought BackFromTheDead by a demon in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E22AllHellBreaksLoosePartTwo All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2]]". [[SubvertedTrope Sam counters that he is just trying to be more like Dean to prepare for having to fight alone after Dean leaves.]]

-->'''Dean:''' "Stopped" like stopped? They're human, Sam.

* WickedWitch: Not necessarily. Although one of the coven ''did'' kill someone, the rest didn't seem that bad. They only used witchcraft for personal gain and were horrified to realize they had sold their souls to an actual demon. One of them--Elizabeth--even helps distract and kill the demon although [[RedemptionEqualsDeath it costs her her life.]]

* WitchSpecies: Averted. Witches follow the more traditional Christian portrayal of witches as a person who sell their souls and makes a DealWithTheDevil in exchange for magic powers.

'''Season 3, Episode 9''':

Sam and Dean investigate a series of deaths that turn out to be caused by a coven of witches. It is revealed that one of the witches is actually the demon to whom they sold their souls. Ruby shows up, and they use her knife to kill the demon.

* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Tammi kills Renee when she gets tired of her babbling.]]

* {{Squick}}: The woman's teeth falling out in the teaser, the maggots in the burger, the dead rabbit... Dean hangs a LampshadeHanging on how gross this episode is.
-->'''Dean:''' It's creepy, you know, it's downright unsanitary.

For this episode = [[spoiler:4 humans (of which 3 were witches) and 1 demon.]]

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Ruby tells demon hunter Dean that he will eventually turn into a demon in Hell.]]
* AnyoneCanDie
** Body count for this episode = [[spoiler: four humans (three of them witches) and one demon]].

* [[spoiler:BewareTheQuietOnes: Oft-silent Tammi is the one who's actually possessed. She gets chattier after TheReveal.]]

* BulletDodgesYou: [[spoiler:Tammi]] stops a bullet from the Colt.

* TheCorrupter: The demon possessing [[spoiler:Tammi]] turns a group of innocent women into witches and damns their souls to Hell, [[spoiler:just like it did to Ruby in the 1300s]].
* CrocodileTears: The demon possessing [[spoiler:Tammi]] acts genuinely frightened when Sam singles her out, before sighing and dropping the act.

* TheDogBitesBack: Elizabeth [[spoiler: turns Tammi's own black magic against her. Not for long, but it buys Dean some time.]]
* DontYouDarePityMe: Ruby is obviously embarrassed by having her past [[spoiler:as a human tortured into a demon in Hell]] revealed to the brothers. ''[[GetOut "Go."]]''
* [[spoiler:FakeDefector: Ruby pretends that she's led Sam and Dean to her old teacher as a gift, then tries to stab her to death with her knife. Said teacher didn't buy it.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently, [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Heather Mosby]] is into witchcraft now.
* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler:Tammi]].

* LesYay: Ruby and Tammi, [[spoiler:who is possessed by Ruby's demonic mentor]]. You know the scene.

-->'''Ruby:''' [[spoiler:Being human]].

* SelfDeprecation: "[[spoiler:Witches are whores.]]"

* UnfortunateImplications: This episode sparked some ire among fans who thought it came off as misogynistic. All the women were either killed in a gratuitous fashion, tricked into selling their souls, and/or evil. There's also the language used to refer to women... "bitch", "whore", "skank", etc.
* VillainDecay: Some fans were ''not'' pleased to learn that [[spoiler:demons are former humans]], feeling that it makes them far less scary.
* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan: Turns out, all demons used to be human, and Hell stripped them of their humanity.]]
* WickedWitch: [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Although one of the coven ''did'' kill someone, the rest didn't seem that bad. They only used witchcraft for personal gain and were horrified to realize they had sold their souls to an actual demon. One of them--Elizabeth--even helps distract and kill the demon although [[RedemptionEqualsDeath it costs her her life.]]]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: These witches are definitely not of the opinion that PersonalGainHurts. [[spoiler:Until it's revealed that they've sold their souls for it and will go to {{Hell}}]].
* WhamLine: "Pretty mortifying, I guess. She was one of mine. I turned her out a long, long time ago. Ruby here was a witch. Of course, [[spoiler:that was when you were human]]."

* ForceFeeding: Ruby saves Dean's life from a curse by making him drink a potion; Dean complains that it tastes like ass.

For the series so far = At least 222 humans (of which 3 were witches), 17 ghosts, 13 demons, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 3 god, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 djinn, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, and 1 zombie.

* BloodFromTheMouth: Tammi coughs up bloody pins as the result of a spell.

* WickedWitch: [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Although one of the coven ''did'' kill someone, the rest didn't seem that bad. They only used witchcraft for personal gain and were horrified to realize they had sold their souls to an actual demon. One of them--Elizabeth--even helps distract and kill the demon although it costs her her life.]]

* UtilityMagic: The witches use magic for things like winning raffles.

* DealWithTheDevil

* NotHimself: Dean finally voices his worries that this is the case with Sam, who has become uncharacteristically ruthless about killing humans and sympathetic monsters since he [[spoiler:was brought BackFromTheDead by a demon]] in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E22AllHellBreaksLoosePartTwo All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2]]". [[SubvertedTrope Sam counters that he is just trying to be more like Dean to prepare for having to fight alone after Dean leaves.]]

* SelfDeprecation: "[[spoiler: Witches are whores.]]"

* SelfDeprivation: "[[spoiler: Witches are whores.]]"

* CallBack: When he's arguing with Dean over Ruby, Sam brings up [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E04SinCity that demon chick in Ohio Dean didn't want dead]].

* {{Squick}}: The woman's teeth falling out in the teaser, the maggots in the burger, the dead rabbit...

* WickedWitch: [[spoiler:Not necessarily. Although one of the coven ''did'' kill someone, the rest didn't seem that bad. They only used witchcraft for personal gain and were horrified to realize they had sold their souls to an actual demon. One of them - Elizabeth - even helps distract and kill the demon although it costs her her life.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Apparently, [[HowIMetYourMother Heather Mosby]] is into witchcraft now.

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* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: Turns out, all demons used to be human, and Hell stripped them of their humanity.]]

Sam and Dean investigate a series of deaths that turn out to be caused by a coven of witches. It is revealed that one of the witches is actually the demon to whom they sold their souls. Ruby shows up, and they use her knife to kill it.