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*** {{Game Show}}s are made fun of, especially foreign ones. ''Nutcracker!'' is a confusing mess where Sam and Dean are humiliated.
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*** {{Game Show}}s are made fun of, especially foreign ones. ''Nutcracker!'' is a confusing mess where as the goal is simply to disorient the contestants, Sam and Dean are humiliated.Dean, and humiliate them.
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* TakeThat: To {{police procedural}}s, particularly ''Series/CSIMiami''. Dean hates that there are [[FollowTheLeader so many of them and they're all the same]].
** Let it be known that the two shows that get it the worst in this episode were essentially ''Supernatural'''s rivals. ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' (the show that ''Dr. Sexy, MD'' is parodying) and ''CSI'' (Vegas, not Miami) aired in the same timeslot as ''Supernatural'': Thursdays at 9:00.
*** The ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' riff is especially meta, as it references the ghost of a dead patient haunting one of the doctors. On the actual ''GA'', that patient was played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, aka the actor who played John Winchester.
** Let it be known that the two shows that get it the worst in this episode were essentially ''Supernatural'''s rivals. ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' (the show that ''Dr. Sexy, MD'' is parodying) and ''CSI'' (Vegas, not Miami) aired in the same timeslot as ''Supernatural'': Thursdays at 9:00.
*** The ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' riff is especially meta, as it references the ghost of a dead patient haunting one of the doctors. On the actual ''GA'', that patient was played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, aka the actor who played John Winchester.
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* TakeThat: To {{police TakeThat:
** This episode essentially makes fun of the shows and genres that were popular at the time:
*** {{Police procedural}}s, particularly ''Series/CSIMiami''. Dean hates that there are [[FollowTheLeader so many of them and they're all thesame]].
same]], and is embarressed that he's wearing sunglasses at night. They also make fun of the bad puns that are common in the genre.
*** {{Medical drama}}s like ''Series/GreysAnatomy''. The episode essentially points that these shows are full of overdramatic romantic storylines and ideas, such as ghosts or a man shooting Dean for refusing to help his wife, that don't make sense or have anything to do with real doctors, though Dean defends it as a guilty pleasure
*** {{Game Show}}s are made fun of, especially foreign ones. ''Nutcracker!'' is a confusing mess where Sam and Dean are humiliated.
*** {{Sitcom}}s like ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''. With Sam and Dean acting as stand ins for Alan and Charlie Harper, the show criticises the laugh track in sitcoms which often appears at jokes that aren't really that funny and how scripted they can be, as Sam and Dean visibly wait for the laughter to end before speaking again.
** Let it be known that the two shows that get it the worst in this episode were essentially ''Supernatural'''s rivals.''Series/GreysAnatomy'' ''Grey's Anatomy'' (the show that ''Dr. Sexy, MD'' is parodying) and ''CSI'' (Vegas, not Miami) aired in the same timeslot as ''Supernatural'': Thursdays at 9:00.
***9:00. The ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' ''Grey's Anatomy'' riff is especially meta, as it references the ghost of a dead patient haunting one of the doctors. On the actual ''GA'', that patient was played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan, aka the actor who played John Winchester.
** This episode essentially makes fun of the shows and genres that were popular at the time:
*** {{Police procedural}}s, particularly ''Series/CSIMiami''. Dean hates that there are [[FollowTheLeader so many of them and they're all the
*** {{Medical drama}}s like ''Series/GreysAnatomy''. The episode essentially points that these shows are full of overdramatic romantic storylines and ideas, such as ghosts or a man shooting Dean for refusing to help his wife, that don't make sense or have anything to do with real doctors, though Dean defends it as a guilty pleasure
*** {{Game Show}}s are made fun of, especially foreign ones. ''Nutcracker!'' is a confusing mess where Sam and Dean are humiliated.
*** {{Sitcom}}s like ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''. With Sam and Dean acting as stand ins for Alan and Charlie Harper, the show criticises the laugh track in sitcoms which often appears at jokes that aren't really that funny and how scripted they can be, as Sam and Dean visibly wait for the laughter to end before speaking again.
** Let it be known that the two shows that get it the worst in this episode were essentially ''Supernatural'''s rivals.
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* PowerWalk: In sunglasses. At night.
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* ArmourPiercingSlap: Sam gets on the receiving end for a RuleOfThrees, dodging the third one.
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''[[[ReadyForLovemaking Hot bikini babe]] comes out of the bedroom]'' Oh, Dean, we have some more ''[[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow research]]'' to do...
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''[[[ReadyForLovemaking Hot bikini babe]] comes out of the bedroom]'' Oh, Dean, we have some more ''[[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow ''[[SexualEuphemism research]]'' to do...
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* CurbStompBattle: The Trickster is able to effortlessly fling Cas around and trap him...somewhere. This actually works against the Trickster, as Cas and the Winchesters realize that no trickster or demigod should be able to overpower and angel that easily if at all.
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* CowardiceCallout: Dean deconstructs Gabriel's assertions that his older brothers' world-ending battle is inevitable and his personal justification that he just wants to get the damn thing over with already by saying that Gabriel's just making excuses to cover up the fact he's "too afraid to stand up to [his] family". Gabriel responds with a DeathGlare and complete silence for the rest of the scene.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: The Trickster remarks that the relationship between John, Sam and Dean is exactly the same one that God, Lucifer and Michael have.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Dean's GuiltyPleasure, ''Dr. Sexy, MD''. Also possibly a SoapWithinAShow, as they're obviously taking the soapy melodrama and cranking it UpToEleven.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Dean's GuiltyPleasure, ''Dr. Sexy, MD''. Also possibly a SoapWithinAShow, as they're obviously taking the soapy melodrama and cranking it UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Sam towers over Ellen Piccolo. She practically has to stand on her toes in order to slap him.
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* WhamLine: After Sam and Dean figure out that The Trickster is actually an Angel, they ask him who he really is.
-->'''The Trickster:''' …Gabriel, okay? They call me Gabriel.
-->'''The Trickster:''' …Gabriel, okay? They call me Gabriel.
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** The Incredible Hulk. Three different versions: ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Edward Norton, ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' with Eric Bana, and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' with Lou Ferrigno.
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** The Incredible Hulk. Three different versions: ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' with Edward Norton, ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' with Eric Bana, and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' with Lou Ferrigno.
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** The [[Film/{{Hulk}} Bana]] and [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Norton]] Hulks are derided in favor of the [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 Lou Ferrigno version]].
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** The [[Film/{{Hulk}} Bana]] and [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 Norton]] Hulks are derided in favor of the [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 Lou Ferrigno version]].
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* RelationshipReveal: Since The Trickster is an archangel, that makes Castiel his little brother.
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* RelationshipReveal: Since The Trickster is an archangel, that makes Castiel his little brother.brother and Michael and Lucifer his older brothers.
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* RelationshipReveal: Since The Trickster is an archangel, that makes Castiel his little brother.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dean delivers a scathing one to Gabriel just before they leave him soaking under the sprinklers.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dean delivers a scathing one to Gabriel just before they leave him soaking under the sprinklers.
* RelationshipReveal: Since The Trickster is an {{Arcangel}}, that makes Castiel his little brother.
* RelationshipReveal: Since The Trickster is an {{Arcangel}}, that makes Castiel his little brother.
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* RelationshipReveal: Since The Trickster is an {{Arcangel}}, that makes Castiel his little brother.
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* WeirdnessSearchAndRescue: Castiel has been searching for the brothers offscreen and bursts in on them. Gabriel manages to thwart his rescue, but not before Castiel gives Sam and Dean enough clues to fight Gabriel.
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* TheReveal: The Trickster is Gabriel.
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** Dean has an obvious crush on the character/actor of ''Dr. Sexy MD'' to the point of becoming tongue-tied around him.
** TheTrickster himself continues his habit of flirting with and making double entendres around the Winchesters.
** Dean has an obvious crush on the character/actor of ''Dr. Sexy MD'' to the point of becoming tongue-tied around him.
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''[[[ReadyForLovemaking Hot bikini babe]] comes out of the bedroom]'' Oh, Dean, we have some more ''research'' to do...
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''[[[ReadyForLovemaking Hot bikini babe]] comes out of the bedroom]'' Oh, Dean, we have some more ''research'' ''[[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow research]]'' to do...
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* WhamEpisode: The Trickster is revealed to have been Archangel Gabriel, the younger brother of Michael and Lucifer, all along.
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The Winchesters investigate a mysterious death in which the widow swears it was Series/TheIncredibleHulk that killed her husband. When Sam finds candy wrappers at the scene of death, they know what they're dealing with--[[TricksterArchetype the Trickster]].
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The Winchesters investigate a mysterious death in which the widow swears it was Series/TheIncredibleHulk Series/{{The Incredible Hulk|1977}} that killed her husband. When Sam finds candy wrappers at the scene of death, they know what they're dealing with--[[TricksterArchetype the Trickster]].
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* KarmicDeath: A man with deep-seeded anger issues so bad that he's been arrested twice for spousal battery and gone through multiple anger management courses meets his maker at the hands of "[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk TV's biggest hothead]]".
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* KarmicDeath: A man with deep-seeded anger issues so bad that he's been arrested twice for spousal battery and gone through multiple anger management courses meets his maker at the hands of "[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk "[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 TV's biggest hothead]]".
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** The Incredible Hulk. Three different versions: ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Edward Norton, ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' with Eric Bana, and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Lou Ferrigno.
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** The Incredible Hulk. Three different versions: ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' with Edward Norton, ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' with Eric Bana, and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' with Lou Ferrigno.
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** The [[Film/{{Hulk}} Bana]] and [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Norton]] Hulks are derided in favor of the [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk Lou Ferrigno version]].
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** The [[Film/{{Hulk}} Bana]] and [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Norton]] Hulks are derided in favor of the [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 Lou Ferrigno version]].
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* BigBad: The Trickster, revealed to be the ArchangelGabriel, places Sam and Dean through several television shows in order to force them to say yes to Michael and Lucifer.
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* ThisIsReality: "Look guys, I wish this ''was'' a TV show. But this is real."
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* KarmicDeath: A man with deep-seeded anger issues so bad that he's been arrested twice for spousal battery and gone through multiple anger management courses meets his maker at the hands of "[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk TV's biggest hothead]]".
--> '''Dean:''' I guess you could say... you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
--> '''Dean:''' I guess you could say... you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
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** ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': "So, which one are you? Grumpy, Sneezy, or Douchey?"
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** ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': "So, which one are you? Grumpy, Sneezy, or Douchey?"
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** The Japanese game show segment was inspired by ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiArehendeYa'' which is known for its GroinAttack machine. It should be noted that it is not an actual game show.
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** The Japanese game show segment was inspired by ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiArehendeYa'' ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende'' which is known for its GroinAttack machine. It should be noted that it is not an actual game show.
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** The Japanese game show segment was inspired by ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArehende'' which uses a GroinAttack machine. It should be noted that it is not an actual game show.
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** The Japanese game show segment was inspired by ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArehende'' ''Series/GakiNoTsukaiArehendeYa'' which uses a is known for its GroinAttack machine. It should be noted that it is not an actual game show.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Dean's GuiltyPleasure, ''Dr. Sexy, MD''.
** Also possibly a SoapWithinAShow, as they're obviously taking the soapy melodrama and cranking it UpToEleven.
** Also possibly a SoapWithinAShow, as they're obviously taking the soapy melodrama and cranking it UpToEleven.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Dean's GuiltyPleasure, ''Dr. Sexy, MD''.
**MD''. Also possibly a SoapWithinAShow, as they're obviously taking the soapy melodrama and cranking it UpToEleven.UpToEleven.
* SitcomHomageEpisode: Naturally, the TrappedInTVLand episode includes a cheesy sitcom.
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* SitcomHomageEpisode: Naturally, the TrappedInTVLand episode includes a cheesy sitcom.
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* BadBadActing: In the ''Series/CSIMiami'' parody with a HurricaneOfPuns, {{Dramatic Pause}}s and GlassesPull.
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* BadBadActing: In the ''Series/CSIMiami'' parody with a HurricaneOfPuns, {{Dramatic Pause}}s and GlassesPull. And in the sitcom parody, with the characters dully waiting their turns to recite their lines (including time for the laugh track) just like the worst of 80s sitcoms.
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* ProductPlacement: Shrimp chips in the game show.
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* ProductPlacement: Shrimp chips in the game show. The initial shot of the sitcom parody is a close-up of the food products in the fridge, obviously designed for this - though the creators [[VisualPun put it to other uses]].
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* MoodWhiplash: The episode jumps from comedy to drama multiple times. One minute it's a glitzy sit-com parody, the next minute the Trickster re-banishes a bloody Castiel and rants threateningly at Dean about Michael and Lucifer. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And then the next scene is the CSI parody]].
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* MoodWhiplash: The episode jumps from comedy to drama multiple times. One minute it's a glitzy sit-com parody, the next minute the Trickster re-banishes a bloody Castiel and rants threateningly at Dean about Michael and Lucifer. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments And then the next scene is the CSI parody]].
