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--->'''Ruby:''' [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} You didn't need the feather to fly.]] It was with you all along Dumbo.

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--->'''Ruby:''' -->'''Ruby:''' [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} You didn't need the feather to fly.]] It was with you all along along, Dumbo.
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* {{Irony}}: Azazel {{lampshade|hanging}}s the irony in a convent being where Lucifer's Cage is located, though he speculates someone felt the need to after feeling a powerful angelic presence there and didn't realize ''which'' angel.


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* OhCrap: The nuns at St. Mary's Convent have a gradual one as they realize their priest is possessed when he starts talking about finding not {{God}}, but [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].

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* HaveYouSeenMyGod: As it turns out, God has "left the building".



--->'''Castiel:''' You have to find Sam. You have to stop him from killing Lilith.\\

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--->'''Castiel:''' ** A few, including this exchange between Dean and Castiel:
-->'''Castiel:'''
You have to find Sam. You have to stop him from killing Lilith.\\


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** Also:
-->'''Dean:''' Tell me something... Where's God in all this?\\
'''Zachariah:''' [[HaveYouSeenMyGod God has left the building.]]
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** "Can't trust anyone these days," quoth the HeelFaceMole.

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** "Can't trust anyone these days," quoth the HeelFaceMole.FakeDefector.



** HeelFaceMole: Ruby has been playing Sam the whole time to trick him into opening the final seal.

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** HeelFaceMole: FakeDefector: Ruby has been playing Sam the whole time to trick him into opening the final seal.
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* ReligiousHorror: According to Creator/EricKripke, when they were shooting the scene with the murdered nuns, a crew members told him that they all needed to go to confession. Kripke, who is Jewish, reminded him that they were shooting a horror movie.

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* ReligiousHorror: According to Creator/EricKripke, when they were shooting the scene with the murdered nuns, a crew members member told him that they all needed to go to confession. Kripke, who is Jewish, reminded him that they were shooting a horror movie.
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* EtherealWhiteDress: Lilith's dress is this, as well an example of LightIsNotGood.


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* ReligiousHorror: According to Creator/EricKripke, when they were shooting the scene with the murdered nuns, a crew members told him that they all needed to go to confession. Kripke, who is Jewish, reminded him that they were shooting a horror movie.
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-->'''Sam:'''He's coming.

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-->'''Sam:'''He's -->'''Sam:''' He's coming.
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* EscapedFromHell: The last scene makes it terrifyingly clear that Lucifer has escaped.
-->'''Sam:'''He's coming.
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* IronicNurseryTune: The possessed nurse sings "Patty Cake, Patty Cake" to a newborn baby she plans to cook for Lilith.
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* {{Antihero}}: Sam is a full-blown anti-hero in this episode, allowing Ruby to drain the blood of a demon who is possessing a fully alive and conscious vessel who has begged for her life. His behavior is justified in that he thinks it will stop the Apocolypse.

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* {{Antihero}}: Sam is a full-blown anti-hero in this episode, allowing Ruby to drain the blood of a demon who is possessing a fully alive and conscious vessel who has begged for her life. His behavior is justified in that he thinks it will stop the Apocolypse.Apocalypse.



* ThenLetMeBeEvil: This seems to be invoked by Sam after he receives the doctored message from Dean warning him that he will hunt him down. Afterwards Sam allows Ruby to kill the nurse so he can drink her blood.

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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: This seems to be invoked by Sam after he receives the doctored message from Dean warning him that he will hunt him down. Afterwards Afterward, Sam allows Ruby to kill the nurse so he can drink her blood.
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* {{Antihero}}: Sam is a full-blown anti-hero in this episode, allowing Ruby to drain the blood of a demon who is possessing a fully alive and conscious vessel who has begged for her life. His behavior is justified in that he thinks it will stop the Apocolypse.
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* FacialDialogue: When Castiel appears to Dean, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HoYay/Supernatural gazes into his eyes]] and pulls out of knife, Dean understands Castiel is there to help.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Castiel, who had previously been struggling with obedience and was likely tortured into compliance during "The Rapture" decides to join Team Free Will and help Dean.
* HeroicSacrifice: Cas is killed after he decided to help Dean stop the apocalypse.

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--->'''Ruby:''' [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} You didn't need the feather to fly.]] It was with you all along Dumbo.

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--->'''Ruby:''' [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} You didn't need the feather to fly.]] It was with you all along Dumbo.



* MyGoodWhatHaveIDone: Sam is horrified to realize that he was the one who broke the final seal and that by trusting Ruby he ended up dooming the world. At the end when the door to the Cage opens all Sam can do is apologize to Dean.

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* MyGoodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sam is horrified to realize that he was the one who broke the final seal and that by trusting Ruby he ended up dooming the world. At the end when the door to the Cage opens all Sam can do is apologize to Dean.



* ShoutOut: ''[[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody The Suite Life of Zach and Cas]]''. [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure The angels don't get it]].

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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''[[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody The Suite Life of Zach and Cas]]''. [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure The angels don't get it]].it]].
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}} You didn't need the feather to fly. It was with you all along Dumbo]]



--->'''Castiel:''' You have to find Sam. You have to stop him from killing Lilith.
'''Dean:''' But Lilith's going to break the final seal.

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--->'''Castiel:''' You have to find Sam. You have to stop him from killing Lilith.
Lilith.\\
'''Dean:''' But Lilith's going to break the final seal.\\

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* EvilAllAlong:
** The upper management of Heaven have been willingly allowing, and in some cases helping, Lilith to break seals all season so that she can release Lucifer and they can win the Apocalypse.
** Ruby is revealed to have been in cahoots with Lilith and has been feeding Sam Demon blood all season so he could be powerful enough to kill Lilith and begin the Apocalypse.



* GreaterScopeVillain: Lucifer was the one who influenced Azazel find a child in order to free and kill Lilith, so that he may be freed from his cage.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Lucifer was the one who influenced Azazel to find a child in order to free and kill Lilith, so that he may be freed from his cage.



* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: A dark example at the end of the episode. After Sam accuses Ruby of manipulating him and making him drink Demon blood she tells him that she just gave him choices and he choose "the correct" ones each time. She then tells him that it wasn't the demon blood that made him do that:
--->'''Ruby:''' [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} You didn't need the feather to fly.]] It was with you all along Dumbo.



* MyGoodWhatHaveIDone: Sam is horrified to realize that he was the one who broke the final seal and that by trusting Ruby he ended up dooming the world. At the end when the door to the Cage opens all Sam can do is apologize to Dean.



* UnwittingPawn

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* UnwittingPawn ThenLetMeBeEvil: This seems to be invoked by Sam after he receives the doctored message from Dean warning him that he will hunt him down. Afterwards Sam allows Ruby to kill the nurse so he can drink her blood.
* UnwittingPawn: Both Sam and Dean have been played all season, by Ruby specifically and the angels generally, in order to get Sam to the point that he would kill Lilith, break the final seal, and release Lucifer from the Cage.


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--->'''Castiel:''' You have to find Sam. You have to stop him from killing Lilith.
'''Dean:''' But Lilith's going to break the final seal.
'''Castiel:''' [[BarrierMaiden Lilith is the final seal!]] If she dies, the end begins.
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* QuizzicalTilt: Zachariah when Dean makes a pop culture reference. See ShoutOut below.

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