History Recap / SupernaturalS08E08HunteriHeroici

* YouLookFamiliar: Brian Markinson, who plays Stan Thompson (Amelia's father), previously played Jerry Panowski in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E04PhantomTraveller "Phantom Traveler" (S01, E04)]].

** Dean tells Castiel to go [[Franchise/FantasticFour "Invisible Girl"]].

* OverprotectiveDad: Stan Thompson, Amelia's father.

* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Dr. Mahoney.

* ImpossibleThief: The Black Hole.

** BangFlagGun: Dean tries to shoot the Dr. Mahoney, only to be mocked when a flag pops out with bang written on it.

** BangFlagGun

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Oh, Cas.

** When Castiel and the Winchesters are examining the body, Dean calls Castiel [[SherlockHolmes Sherlock]] to belittle his detective skills.

* {{Adorkable}}: Castiel gleefully announcing that he's going to become a Hunter.

For this episode = 4 humans.

* ThatsAllFolks: Spoken word-for-word.

** [[Creator/TexAvery Fred]] [[Creator/ChuckJones Jones]] or possibly ascot wearing Fred Jones from ScoobyDoo.

->"I understand. The [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory bird represents God and coyote is man]], endlessly chasing the divine, yet never able to catch him. It's hilarious."
--> '''--Castiel describing ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'''''

-->"I understand. The [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory bird represents God and coyote is man]], endlessly chasing the divine, yet never able to catch him. It's hilarious."
---> '''--Castiel describing ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'''''

* AllMenArePerverts: When a wife turns out to be OK with her husband cheating on her, as they have an arrangement (she's carrying on her own affair) Dean calls her the best wife ever.

* ASharedSuffering: Stan urges his daughter to come home, saying [[ShellShockedVeteran Sam is a mess]].
-->'''Amelia:''' ''I'm'' a mess. But when I'm with Sam, I'm happy, Dad. And I haven't been happy in a really long time. So please, just... let us be messes together.

** Draw a door: If you draw a door or a black hole on the wall, you can stroll right through it.

** The episode title is a reference to old WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner cartoons. There is also a freeze-frame where Dean and Dr. Mahoney are labelled [[CanisLatinicus (''HUNTERUS HEROICUS'') and (''GROTESQUES VILLAINUS'')]], respectively.

* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: Castiel is intensely interrogated a cat, asking questions and then pausing as thought sincerely expecting a response. Dean eventually pulls him away to do something else. One Castiel and Dean have left, the cat audibly calls Castiel an idiot, implying that Cas was correct in believing he could verbally communicate with animals.

** ''WoodyWoodpecker'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' get name-dropped.

** Dean refers to the first death as [[ElvisPresley "Heartbeak Hotel"]] and the second as [[TomPetty "Free Fallin"]].

** The DynamiteCandle apparently results in the usual blood-splatter GoryDiscretionshot, [[ABloodyMess only it's just the cake splattering harmlessly]] and no-one was hurt.
** The natural assumption so far is that Sam left Amelia because of Dean. When she gets the phone call, it isn't Dean who's tracked down Sam, it's Amelia being informed that her dead husband is actually alive.

* TwerpSweating: Sam gets this from Amelia's father. It's not like he doesn't have cause, as he quickly pegs Sam as a ShellShockedVeteran, who appears to be a college-dropout with his own issues -- hardly the best person to help his daughter move on. He relents when Amelia urges him to just let her and Sam be happy together.

* TwerpSweating: Sam gets this from Amelia's father. It's not like he doesn't have cause, as he quickly pegs Sam as a ShellShockedVeteran, who appears to be a college-dropout with his own issues -- hardly the best person to help his daughter move on.