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renamed to Short Teens Tall Adults; ZCE


* TeensAreShort
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Creator/MeghanOry, who plays Sally the Vetala, played Rachel Berrisford in ''Series/DarkAngel'', the LostLenore of Creator/JensenAckles's character Alec [=McDowell=].

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* DawsonCasting: A mild example -- 14-year-old Krissy was portrayed by a 17-year-old actress.
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* NotSoDifferent: Krissy has received the same training [[ChildrenForcedToKill that Dean got as a child]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: The MonsterOfTheWeek appears to be the hooker, but it's actually the waitress. Then it happens again when Sam comes on the scene -- turns out both the waitress ''and'' the hooker are demons.

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* BaitAndSwitch: The MonsterOfTheWeek appears to be the hooker, but it's actually the waitress. Then it happens again when Sam comes on the scene -- turns out both the waitress ''and'' the hooker are demons.vetalas.
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* YouCanNeverLeave: DiscussedTrope; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left the business. [[spoiler:"Freaks and Geeks" reveals their attempt to do so was unsuccessful.]]

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* YouCanNeverLeave: DiscussedTrope; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left the business. [[spoiler:"Freaks [[spoiler:"[[Recap/SupernaturalS08E18FreaksAndGeeks Freaks and Geeks" Geeks]]" reveals their attempt to do so was unsuccessful.]]
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* YouCanNeverLeave: Discussed; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left. Rather than deal with their own trauma, the Winchesters decide to throw themselves into their work.

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* YouCanNeverLeave: Discussed; DiscussedTrope; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left. Rather than deal with left the business. [[spoiler:"Freaks and Geeks" reveals their own trauma, the Winchesters decide attempt to throw themselves into their work.do so was unsuccessful.]]
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* YouCanNeverLeave: Discussed; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left. Rather than deal with their own trauma, the Winchsters decide to throw themselves into their work.

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* YouCanNeverLeave: Discussed; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left. Rather than deal with their own trauma, the Winchsters Winchesters decide to throw themselves into their work.

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* YouCanNeverLeave: Discussed; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left.

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* YouCanNeverLeave: Discussed; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left. Rather than deal with their own trauma, the Winchsters decide to throw themselves into their work.
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* ItsPersonal: Krissy is avenging the death of her mother. Even Frank, ostensibly a mercenary, is in the Hunting business after the death of his family.

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* ItsPersonal: Krissy is avenging the death of her mother. Even Frank, ostensibly a mercenary, is in the Hunting business after the death of his family.

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* ContinuityNod: A newspaper clipping on Dean's demon-tracking wall shows that Biggersons has announced a recall of 'contaminated meat'.
* DawsonCasting: A mild example: 14-year-old Krissy was portrayed by a 17-year-old actress.

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* ContinuityNod: A newspaper clipping on Dean's demon-tracking wall shows that [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E09HowToWinFriendsAndInfluenceMonsters Biggersons has announced a recall of 'contaminated meat'.
meat']].
* DawsonCasting: A mild example: example -- 14-year-old Krissy was portrayed by a 17-year-old actress.



* HandshakeSubstitute: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's offer of a fist bump, but Dean uses it to cuff her. At the end of the episode, she offers her own.
* HardWorkMontage: Subverted; it's actually a mourning and work montage, so involves a lot of drinking, staring into space, and not much communication between the brothers.
* HarmfulToMinors: Dean gives Krissy a worried look at the sight of a prostitute chatting up a trucker. When Krissy asks why a waitress is climbing into the truck's cabin, Dean snaps that he's not going to explain the "R-rated" stuff, but it turns out to be the monster getting rid of the evidence.
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* HandshakeSubstitute: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's offer of a fist bump, but especially when Dean uses it to cuff her. At the end of the episode, she offers her own.
* HardWorkMontage: Subverted; it's actually a mourning and work mourning-and-work montage, so involves a lot of drinking, staring into space, and not much communication between the brothers.
* HarmfulToMinors: Dean gives Krissy a worried look at the sight of a prostitute chatting up a trucker. When Krissy asks why a waitress is climbing into the truck's cabin, Dean snaps that he's not going to explain the "R-rated" stuff, but it turns out to be the monster demon getting rid of the evidence.
* TheHunterBecomesTheHuntedTheHunterBecomesTheHunted: The episode opens with a Hunter being taken down by a demon. When Sam goes to investigate, he ends up a DistressedDude himself. Not willing to see Dean disappear as well, Krissy forces him to take her along.
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* ForcedToWatch: Krissy watched her mother get torn apart, and nearly witnesses her father's death too.

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* ImpostorExposingTest: Frank and Dean cut themselves to prove they're not Leviathans, though Dean has to talk Frank out of shooting off his foot.

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* ImpostorExposingTest: Frank and Dean cut themselves to [[BlackBlood prove they're not Leviathans, Leviathans]], though Dean has to talk Frank out of [[ComedicSociopathy shooting off his foot.foot]].



* LittleMissBadass: Krissy
* LittleMissSnarker

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* LittleMissBadass: LittleMissBadass / LittleMissSnarker: Krissy
* LittleMissSnarkerLittleStowaway: Krissy memorized and burnt her father's demon-tracking map so Dean would be forced to take her along.



* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this.

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* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this.this, as she's hiding a silver knife on her.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Vetala hold Krissy hostage, forcing Dean to drop his knife. Then they announce they'll kill her anyway to LeaveNoWitnesses. Fortunately Krissy can dish it out as well.

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* DapGreeting: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's offer of a fist bump, but Dean uses it to cuff her. At the end of the episode, she offers her own.


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* HandshakeSubstitute: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's offer of a fist bump, but Dean uses it to cuff her. At the end of the episode, she offers her own.

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* DapGreeting: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's obsolete fist bump, but returns the greeting at the end of the episode.

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* DapGreeting: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's obsolete offer of a fist bump, but returns the greeting at Dean uses it to cuff her. At the end of the episode.episode, she offers her own.



* HairpinLockpick: Dean is smart enough to demand Krissy's lockpick after cuffing her to the steering wheel, but she gets free using a bobby pin.



* HarmfulToMinors: Dean gives Krissy a worried look at the sight of a prostitute chatting up a trucker.

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* HarmfulToMinors: Dean gives Krissy a worried look at the sight of a prostitute chatting up a trucker. When Krissy asks why a waitress is climbing into the truck's cabin, Dean snaps that he's not going to explain the "R-rated" stuff, but it turns out to be the monster getting rid of the evidence.



* ItsPersonal: Krissy is avenging the death of her mother. Even Frank, ostensibly a mercenary, is in the Hunting business after the death of his family.



* NotSoDifferent

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* NotSoDifferentNotSoDifferent: Krissy has received the same training [[ChildrenForcedToKill that Dean got as a child]].

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* CameraSpoofing: Rather than evade the extensive surveillance set-up, Frank just taps into it so they can use the cameras to do their job for them.
* ChildSoldier: Krissy is fourteen, yet a trained Hunter, with one kill under her belt by the end of the episode.
* ContinuityNod: A newspaper clipping on Dean's demon-tracking wall shows that Biggersons has announced a recall of 'contaminated meat'.
* DapGreeting: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's obsolete fist bump, but returns the greeting at the end of the episode.



* HarmfulToMinors

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* HarmfulToMinorsHardWorkMontage: Subverted; it's actually a mourning and work montage, so involves a lot of drinking, staring into space, and not much communication between the brothers.
* HarmfulToMinors: Dean gives Krissy a worried look at the sight of a prostitute chatting up a trucker.



* ImpostorExposingTest

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* ImpostorExposingTestImpostorExposingTest: Frank and Dean cut themselves to prove they're not Leviathans, though Dean has to talk Frank out of shooting off his foot.



* IShallTauntYou: Sam does this so the Vetala will feed on him instead of Lee, who's almost been drained past the fatal point.



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* OhCrapOhCrap: Frank is checking out the SinisterSurveillance cameras when he sees one pointed right at them.

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* BaitAndSwitch: The MonsterOfTheWeek appears to be the hooker, but it's actually the waitress. Then it happens again when Sam comes on the scene -- turns out both the waitress ''and'' the hooker are demons.



* HarmfulToMinors
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted
* ImpairmentShot: Lee after his drink is spiked by the waitress.
* ImpostorExposingTest
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Sam tells Krissy to get coffee while looking for Lee Chambers demon-tracking wall. Dean [[NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse just tells her to leave the room]], but it turns out Krissy knows all about TheMasquerade anyway.



* LittleMissBadass

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* LittleMissBadassLittleMissBadass: Krissy



* PoorCommunicationKills: Almost -- Dean is asleep when Sam calls, so can't tell Sam that Vetala work in pairs. Turns out he hunted a couple while Sam was in college, and never got round to passing on that information.



* StepfordSmiler: Frank is revealed to be one.

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* StepfordSmiler: Frank is revealed to be one. Krissy has a touch of this too, as her father instructed her to pretend all was normal about their lives.



* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this.

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* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this.this.
* YouCanNeverLeave: Discussed; the Winchesters urge Lee to get out of the hunting business for Krissy's sake, even though they don't know any Hunter who has left.
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For the series so far = At least 771 humans (of which 6 were witches), 89 demons, 55 angels, 36 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 26 vampires, 19 zombies, 14 gods, 9 hellhounds, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 shapeshifters, 4 ghouls, 3 djinn, 2 Arachnes, 2 dogs, 2 kitsunes, 2 vetalas, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, 1 Leviathan, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rugaru, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, and 1 wraith.

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For the series so far = At least 771 humans (of which 6 were witches), 89 demons, 55 angels, 36 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 26 vampires, 19 zombies, 14 gods, 9 hellhounds, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 shapeshifters, 4 ghouls, 3 djinn, 2 Arachnes, 2 dogs, 2 kitsunes, 2 vetalas, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, 1 Leviathan, the Mother of All, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rugaru, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, and 1 wraith.
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!!Body Count:

For this episode = 2 humans and 2 vetalas.

For the series so far = At least 771 humans (of which 6 were witches), 89 demons, 55 angels, 36 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 26 vampires, 19 zombies, 14 gods, 9 hellhounds, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 shapeshifters, 4 ghouls, 3 djinn, 2 Arachnes, 2 dogs, 2 kitsunes, 2 vetalas, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, 1 Leviathan, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rugaru, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, and 1 wraith.



* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this.

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* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this.
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* DawsonCasting: A milder example: 14-year-old Krissy was portrayed by a 17-year-old actress.

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* DawsonCasting: A milder mild example: 14-year-old Krissy was portrayed by a 17-year-old actress.
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* DawsonCasting: A milder example: 14-year-old Krissy was portrayed by a 17-year-old actress.


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* TeensAreShort


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* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this.

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* LittleMissBadass/LittleMissSnarker

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* LittleMissBadass/LittleMissSnarkerLittleMissBadass
* LittleMissSnarker
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* {{Expy}}: Krissy is pretty much a younger, female Dean.

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Still reeling after what happened to Bobby, Dean becomes dangerously obsessed over finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out to be not so friendly.

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Still reeling after [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E10DeathsDoor what happened to Bobby, Bobby]], Dean becomes dangerously obsessed over with finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out to be not so friendly.
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* ShoutOut: To, well, ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''.
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* ShoutOut: To, The title to, well, ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''.
* StepfordSmilerStepfordSmiler: Frank is revealed to be one.


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* TheUnSmile: In a heartbreaking example, Dean at the end of the episode.
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* {{Expy}}: Chrissy is pretty much a younger, female Dean.

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* {{Expy}}: Chrissy Krissy is pretty much a younger, female Dean.



* MouthyKid: Chrissy.

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* MouthyKid: Chrissy.Krissy.

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'''Season 7, Episode 11''':

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'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\\
'''Season 7, Episode 11''':11'''



Still reeling after what happened to Bobby, Dean becomes dangerously obsessed over finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out not to be so friendly.

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Written by Adam Glass.

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.

Air Date: January 6, 2012.

Still reeling after what happened to Bobby, Dean becomes dangerously obsessed over finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out not to be not so friendly.

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* KidSidekick: Much to Dean's exasperation ...

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* KidSidekick: Much to Dean's exasperation ...exasperation.



* MouthyKid: Chrissy

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* MouthyKid: ChrissyChrissy.



* ShoutOut: To, well, AdventuresInBabysitting.

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* ShoutOut: To, well, AdventuresInBabysitting.''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''.



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'''Season 7, Episode 11''':
!!Adventures In Babysitting

Still reeling after what happened to Bobby, Dean becomes dangerously obsessed over finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out not to be so friendly.

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* {{Expy}}: Chrissy is pretty much a younger, female Dean.
* KidSidekick: Much to Dean's exasperation ...
* OhCrap
* LittleMissBadass
* MouthyKid: Chrissy
* NotSoDifferent
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A muted version, but Dean has every intention of hunting Roman down and killing him.
* ShoutOut: To, well, AdventuresInBabysitting.
* StepfordSmiler
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At first. They bond by the end of the episode.
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