History Recap / SupernaturalS08E04Bitten

* {{Zoom}}: For unclear reasons, when Kate uses her zoom lens to get a better shot of Dean talking to the coroner, she can not only see them better but can hear them better as well.
** It might be a stylistic choice on Kate's part to increase the volume as the shot zooms in.

!!Tropes

** ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' is a typical [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia assignment]] in middle or high school.

-->'''Sam:''' Dude, ''two'' burgers?
-->'''Dean:''' Hey, I didn't eat at Big P's for at least a year, okay? [[Series/FridayNightLights Clear eyes and clogged arteries--can't lose]].

** As usual Sam and Dean are assumed to be the real life version of ''Series/TheXFiles'', until they're overheard talking about killing the werewolf.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* TriangRelations: Type 4, with a = Brian, b = Kate, c = Michael.

* SimilarlyNamedWorks: A novel by [[Literature/TheOtherworld Kelley Armstrong]] about being [[TheSmurfettePrinciple a female]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]].

* NamesTheSame: Jacob Carter, the victim in the crime scene, shares a name with Sam's father in ''Series/StargateSG1'' who became a [[SymbioticPossession Tok'ra]].

* SpecialEditionTitle: The Title Card was shown after the opening sequence, but the opening credits were not played until the end. On the original broadcast there were nearly 20 minutes before the [[ActBreak first commercial break]]. A similar [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent departure from the normal formula]] was used in [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E13Ghostfacers "Ghostfacers" (S03, E13)]].

** ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' is a typical [[SchoolStudyMedia assignment]] in middle or high school.

* InTheBlood: We learn that [[BlueBlood pureblood]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves are different]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** We have a lot of "asshat"s, a "d-bag", a "douche wheel", and the good old standard "dick".
** Michael and Kate are seen hiding a large bong when Sam and Dean (posing as Feds) knock on the door.

** And the convenient camera in the professor's office. Why would the university rig a random professor's office with surveillance cameras? Even if he was suspected of something, like being inappropriate with students, the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act would prevent cameras in his office. It's the same reason public school classrooms don't have cameras, despite incidences of violence.

** Michael yells "[[AGodAmI I AM A GOLDEN GOD]]!", which references the scene in ''Film/AlmostFamous'' as well as [[Music/LedZeppelin Robert Plant]].

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Brian, who asks to be turned into a werewolf partly because he's in love with Kate.

* WrongGenreSavvy: As usual Sam and Dean are assumed to be the real life version of ''Series/TheXFiles'', until they're overheard talking about killing the werewolf. On discovering his SuperStrength, Michael assumes he's a {{superhero}}.