History Recap / SupernaturalS04E18TheMonsterAtTheEndOfThisBook

* OneOfUs: Sam and Dean have to prove to Chuck's publisher that they are true ''Supernatural'' fans before she gives them his real name.

'''Season 4, Episode 18''':

While investigating a haunting, Sam and Dean discover that their lives were written down as a series of books titled ''Supernatural''. They find and confront the writer of the books, Chuck Shurley, only to find that he is a prophet of God. Chuck gives them a copy of his latest work and upon finding out that Sam is going to sleep with Lilith, the brothers do their best to prevent his prophecy from coming true.

For the series so far = At least 293 humans (of which 5 were witches), at least 63 demons, 28 ghosts, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 3 gods, 3 shapeshifters, 3 zombies, 2 angels, 2 werewolves, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, 1 djinn, 1 dog, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rougarou, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, and 1 wendigo.

* AGodAmI: Chuck's reaction to finding out Sam and Dean are real. He concludes he must be a JerkassGod for all the (in Dean's case - literal) hell he's put them through.
* TheAlcoholic: Chuck drinks a lot especially when stressed out.
* AuthorAvatar[=/=]MetaGuy: Chuck, as the AuthorAvatar of Eric Kripke, comments on the writing of the Supernatural books and starts a round of [[ConversationalTroping Conversational Troping]]
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Dean is hit by a minivan and no Chuck, he doesn't look terrible.
* BigDamnHeroes: "I am the Prophet... Chuck!"

* ContemptibleCover: As perhaps a nod to the [[EstrogenBrigade female fans]], the cover of the Supernatural books feature shirtless hunks.
* CouldSayItBut: After being pressured by Dean to help save Sam, Cas explains to Dean how prophets are protected by archangels in order to explain ''why'' he can't help.
* CulturedBadass: Sam gives Dean another surprised look as per "Sex and Violence".

* CultClassic: The Supernatural books are an InUniverse example.
* CutShort: The publisher for Supernatural goes bankrupt before finishing the series. The last book published is [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E16NoRestForTheWicked No Rest For The Wicked]].

* DiscontinuityNod: Chuck is ashamed about writing "Bugs" and "Red Sky at Morning", two of the show's unpopular episodes.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Chuck gets a headache, drinks a lot, falls asleep, dreams of the future, wakes up and writes.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Dean's RousingSpeech to Chuck doesn't work. That's OK -- threats work just as well.

* ICannotSelfTerminate: Well Chuck can, but the angels will simply bring him back to life.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Sam seems to accept the deal with Lilith but quickly tries to stab her when about to seal it.
* LoopholeAbuse: How Dean manages to prevent Lilith from killing Sam: bringing Chuck with him.[[note]]Since Chuck's a prophet, he's protected by the archangels. And since Lilith is in the room...[[/note]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Lilith tries her hand at persuading Sam to make a deal with her: no more broken seals in exchange for the deaths of himself and his brother. But alas, Sam is too wise to her double-dealing ways [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E15TimeIsOnMySide thanks to Bela]], and [[ISurrenderSuckers tries to double-cross her first]].

* TheNthDoctor: When Dean finds out that Chuck has made a prophecy that Sam and Lilith will have sex, he protests that Lilith is (or at least wears) a little girl. Chuck says that this time she's possessing a "comely dental hygenist from Bloomington." Well, good, 'cause that could have made a certain scene ''that much creepier''.

* NoTellMotel: The Toreador Motel

* [[AngelUnaware Prophet Unaware]]: Chuck has been having visions and writing down the lives of Sam and Dean without knowing that he is a prophet predicting the future. At least until they show up on his doorstep...
* OneOfUs: Sam and Dean have to prove to Chuck's publisher that they are true Supernatural fans before she gives them his real name.
* ProphetEyes: [[ViewersAreMorons Just so the audience knows it's her,]] Lilith rolls her eyes white when she comes to Sam and Dean's motel room. She does it again when she's pulling Sam down on top of her.

* RecursiveCanon: The Supernatural books.

* ShipSinking: Sam and Dean's disgusted reactions to [[OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs discovering fanfiction pairings of the two of them]] sink Wincest. To the surprise of only the most hardcore shippers since, considering how most people view incest, Wincest was a ship that was never gonna sail on TheCW.

* SickAndWrong: Dean's reaction to the [[IncestYayShipping slash fans]].

* StylisticSuck: Well it is a first draft.

** TakeThatAudience: The brother disaproval of the Wincest shippers. Dean also comments that "For fans, they sure do complain a lot".

-->'''Dean''': (''reading'') 'Stop it!' Sam said. Guess what you do next? (''Sam turns his back on Dean'') Sam turned his back on Dean.
* VillainsNeverLie: Averted

* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: A RunningGag, including a simultaneous one from Chuck and Dean when Cas drops his bombshell.

* NoTellMotel: The Troubadour Motel

* SheIsAllGrownUp: When Dean finds out that Chuck has made a prophecy that Sam and Lilith will have sex, he protests that Lilith is (or at least wears) a little girl. Chuck says that this time she's possessing a "comely dental hygenist from Bloomington." Well, good, 'cause that could have made a certain scene ''that much creepier''.

* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Rather than her customary child hosts, Lilith sticks with an adult woman host. It can be explained away InUniverse by saying that either she really ''did'' like possessing Ruby's adult host in Recap/SupernaturalS03E16NoRestForTheWicked and wanted another pretty adult meatsuit, she knew it'd be easier to convince Sam to have sex with her if she was in the form a possessed adult rather than a possessed child, or both. Of course, out-of-universe, writers probably wanted to avoid having Sam get seduced by a little girl; the studio probably wouldn't like this scenario.

For this episode = [[spoiler:EverybodyLives.]]

** Though considering [[spoiler: who Chuck is hinted to be at the end of Season Five, this might slip into another [[SarcasticConfession trope...]]]]

* BigDamnHeroes: "[[spoiler:I am the Prophet... Chuck!]]"

* CassandraTruth: In hindsight of season 5, [[spoiler:Chuck claiming he's a god.]]

* CouldSayItBut: After being pressured by Dean to help save Sam, Cas explains to Dean how prophets [[spoiler:are protected by archangels]] in order to explain ''why'' he can't help.

* ExpositionOfImmortality: After finding out that Chuck is a [[spoiler:prophet of God, Dean turns to Castiel and asks, "Seriously? ''Him''? A ''prophet''?" Cas' response? "You should've seen [[Literature/TheBible Luke]]."]]
* [[spoiler:EverybodyLives]]: One of the ''rare'' instances of this trope in the show.

* ForegoneConclusion[=/=]YouCantFightFate: Dean's attempts to go against what Chuck foresaw [[SelfFulfillingProphecy keep backfiring]] [[spoiler:until the end]].

* LoopholeAbuse: How Dean manages to [[spoiler:prevent Lilith from killing Sam: bringing Chuck with him]].[[note]]Since [[spoiler:Chuck's a prophet, he's protected by the archangels. And since Lilith is in the room...]][[/note]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Lilith tries her hand at persuading Sam to make a deal with her: no more broken seals in exchange for the deaths of himself and his brother. [[spoiler:But alas, Sam is too wise to her double-dealing ways [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E15TimeIsOnMySide thanks to Bela]], and [[ISurrenderSuckers tries to double-cross her first]].]]

* NoSell: [[spoiler:Lilith to Sam's powers (even though he could [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E16OnTheHeadOfAPin kill Alastair with them only two episodes ago]]) but also Sam to Lilith's.]]

* NotSoDifferent: When Sam hesitates to take her deal, Lilith slyly suggests that she and Sam are more alike than he would like because they both have demon blood coursing through their veins. This provokes the desired response in Sam, who tries to prove it's not true by going along with her deal. [[spoiler:Or so it seems.]]

* ScarpiaUltimatum: Turns out that [[DealWithTheDevil deals]] made with Lilith have to be sealed with sex rather than the usual kiss. Sam doesn't seem all that willing and we don't know how Lilith's host feels about the situation (Lilith says she "wants it bad," but [[ConsummateLiar she's not exactly a reliable source]]), but Lilith coerces Sam into doing it anyway in order to stop the seal-breaking. [[spoiler:Except he doesn't, he's just trying to get close enough to stab her with Ruby's knife.]]

* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Rather than her customary child hosts, Lilith sticks with an adult woman host. It can be explained away InUniverse by saying that either she really ''did'' like possessing Ruby's adult host in Recap/SupernaturalS03E16NoRestForTheWicked and wanted another pretty adult meatsuit, she knew it'd be easier to convince Sam to have sex with her if she was in the form a possessed adult rather than a possessed child, or both. Of course, out-of-universe, writers probably wanted to avoid having Sam get seduced by a little girl ''or'' [[spoiler:cold-bloodedly kill said child [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E22LuciferRising four episodes later]]]]; the studio probably wouldn't like either scenario.

* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Averted. Lilith tells Sam that the dentist she's wearing "[[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization wants it, real bad]]", reminding him that sex with her would be raping the woman Lilith is possessing. Sam never intended to go through with it anyway.

* FacialDialogue: Lampshaded like other writing tropes.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished

* EmbarrassingTattoo: Where exactly did the publisher have her tattoo? Might qualify as a SexyDiscretionShot depending on the answer.

* AGodAmI: Chuck's reaction to finding out Sam and Dean are real. He concludes he must be a JerkassGod for all the (literal) hell he's put them through.

* AGodAmI: Chuck's reaction to finding out Sam and Dean are real.

* ExpositionOfImmortality: "You should have seen Luke."

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Clever Lilith, knowing how much Sam loathes her, [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this trope to manipulate Sam into accepting her deal when he hesitates.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Lilith offers to stop breaking seals in return for Sam and Dean's death.

* [[AngelUnaware Prophet Unaware]]: Chuck has been having visions and writing down the lives of Sam and Dean without knowing that he is a prophet predicting the future. At least until they show up on his doorstep....

* RecursiveCanon: The Supernatural books.

* WhoWritesThisCrap -- Chuck, unwitting Prophet of the Lord

For this episode = [[spoiler:EveryBodyLives.]]

* ISurrenderSuckers: Sam seems to accept the deal with lilith but quickly tries to stab her when about to seal it.

** Also the one against the Wincest shippers.

** Though considering who Chuck [[spoiler: is hinted to be at the end of Season Five, this might slip into another [[SarcasticConfession trope...]]]]

* ForegoneConclusion[=/=]YouCantFightFate: Dean's attempts to go against what Chuck foresaw keep backfiring [[spoiler:until the end]].

* AuthorAvatar[=/=]MetaGuy: Chuck as the AuthorAvatar of Eric Kripke, comments on the writing of the Supernatural books and starts a round of [[ConversationalTroping Conversational Troping]]

* OneOfUs: Sam and Dean have to prove to Chuck's publisher that they are true Supernatural fans before she gives them his address.

While investigating a haunting, Sam and Dean discover that their lives were written down as a series of books titled '''Supernatural'''. They find and confront the writer of the books, Chuck Shurley, only to find that he is a prophet of God. Chuck gives them a copy of his latest work and upon finding out that Sam is going to sleep with Lilith, the brothers do their best to prevent his prophecy from coming true.

* MindScrew: "I'm sitting in a laundromat reading about myself, sitting in a laundromat reading about myself. My head hurts."