History Recap / SupernaturalS04E19JumpTheShark

* NotSoDifferent: John and Sam. Sam's decision to train Adam is exactly what John did to Sam and Dean.

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* DeadAllAlong

* KillAndReplace
* LongLostSibling

* ParentalSexualitySquick

* InsultBackfire: While "insult" might not be the correct word, Sam takes Dean's comparison of them to their late father John as a compliment to which Dean replies that he can take it any way he wants, implying the comparison was meant to be anything but a compliment.

* YouRemindMeOfX: Sam decides to be tough on Adam, who reminds him of himself when he was younger.

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* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Up to this point, Sam and Dean had been using John's journal as their hunting bible, referring to it whenever they were stumped. But when they go to check it about the one thing it should ''definitely''' include, a third son John never mentioned, the pages recording that chronologically should have recorded those dates have been ripped out, presumably by John.

* SpotTheImposter: Dean and Sam test Adam using salt, silver, and holy water. Unfortunately, ghouls aren't weak to any of these things.

For this episode = 2 humans and 2 ghouls.

For the series so far = At least 295 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 ghouls, 2 werewolves, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, 1 djinn, 1 dog, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rugaru, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, and 1 wendigo.

For the series so far = At least 295 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 ghouls, 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.

'''Season 4, Episode 19''':

Sam and Dean receive a call on their dad's phone - it's Adam. Adam Milligan, John's other son, the one they didn't have a clue existed. His mother has gone missing and his town is suffering from a ghoulish mystery, who is stealing bodies from graves?

* FantasticSlur: The ghouls take offense to being called ghouls.

--> '''Dean (To Sam):''' Y'know, I finally get why you and Dad butted heads so much. You two are practically the same person.

* SailorEarth: Adam is a deconstruction of the third Winchester plot.
* SelfDeprecation: The title refers to JumpingTheShark; adding a new 'long lost family member' to a TV series is usually considered by its fans as one way a show has jumped the shark, but in this case, [[AvertedTrope it isn't, partly because this family member is going to stay lost]].
* SpotTheImposter: Dean and Sam test Adam using salt, silver and holy water. Unfortunately, ghouls aren't weak to any of these things.

For this episode = [[spoiler:2 humans and 2 ghouls.]]

* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong]]

* SpotTheImposter: Dean and Sam test Adam using salt, silver and holy water. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, ghouls aren't weak to any of these things.]]

* AvengingTheVillian: The ghouls are after [[RevengeByProxy Sam and Dean]] because John killed their parent.

* NotSoDifferent

* JumpingTheShark: Lampshaded by the title; adding a new 'long lost family member' to a TV series is usually considered by its fans as one way a show has jumped the shark, but in this case, [[AvertedTrope it isn't]].

* DeadAllAlong

* ParentalSquick