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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Sam and Dean burst into April's apartment as Castiel tries to talk her out of killing him. Neither strategy works: the moment April sees the Winchesters, she rams Cas's angel blade into his stomach, right up to the hilt.]]

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* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted. [[spoiler:Sam and Dean burst into April's apartment as Castiel tries to talk her out of killing him. Neither strategy works: the moment April sees the Winchesters, she rams Cas's angel blade into his stomach, right up to the hilt.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Sam and Dean burst into April's apartment as Castiel tries to talk her out of killing him. Neither strategy works: the moment April sees the Winchesters, she rams Cas's angel blade into his stomach, right up to the hilt.]]
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* BlatantLies: Bartholomew tells Rev. Boyles that God has personally assured him of a reward for humans who help create Heaven on Earth. As anyone who watched Season 5 would remember, God has been MIA since long before the show's beginning.
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: After patching up the slash on Cas's arm, April massages his shoulder to work out the knots. Cas confesses he's new to hunger, cold and loneliness, to which April responds he's not alone and kisses him on the cheek, then on the mouth. [[SexyDiscretionShot The camera pans up]] from their increasingly passionate kiss to the rain on the window behinds them… while Maurice howls in pain at the same moment.

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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: After patching up the slash on Cas's arm, April massages his shoulder to work out the knots. Cas confesses he's new to hunger, cold and loneliness, to which April responds he's not alone and kisses him on the cheek, then on the mouth. [[SexyDiscretionShot The camera pans up]] from their increasingly passionate kiss to the rain on the window behinds them… while them, romantic flute music plays… and Maurice howls in pain at the same moment.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''

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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''Sam finally explains the Film/ItsAWonderfulLife reference in Castiel's alias. A reference that's completely lost on Dean, to Sam's disgust.
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: After patching up the slash on Cas's arm, April massages his shoulder to work out the knots. Cas confesses he's new to hunger, cold and loneliness, to which April responds he's not alone and kisses him on the cheek, then on the mouth. [[SexyDiscretionShot The camera pans up]] from their increasingly passionate kiss to the rain on the window behinds them… while Maurice howls in pain at the same moment.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Dean's visibly distraught after [[spoiler:seeing Cas get fatally stabbed, then Ezekiel resurrecting him]]. His first reaction resembles someone comforting a severely ill or injured child, then he straightens up and glares.
--->'''Dean:''' [[HowDareYouDieOnMe Never do that again!]]
--->'''Castiel:''' …all right.



* AssPull: Neither Sam nor Cas are aware of Ezekiel's involvement in the plot, and Dean has to come up with at least a couple of fast ones to keep it that way.



* BeingHumanSucks: Essentially the theme of this episode. Between the season premiere and now, Castiel has had to learn to deal with hunger, cold, sleep and humans' thoroughly inconvenient need to empty their bladders from time to time. Having to constantly stay on the run from angels who want his head on a pike doesn't help.



** Any time Sam mentions angels needing permission to take on a vessel.



* KlingonPromotion: Due to Naomi's death, another angel takes her place.

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* KlingonPromotion: Due to The angel Bartholomew has taken over Naomi's death, another angel takes faction after Metatron iced her. Maurice the Reaper calls him her place.protégé and "an up-and-comer".


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* SmugSnake: Bartholomew in every one of his appearances.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Implied to be the reason Cas goes home with April. She finds him picking through the trash outside the restaurant where she works, takes pity on him and gives him her lunch, leaving him visibly stunned by her kindness. When she gets out from work hours later, he's huddled against the wall, soaked from the rain and waiting for her.



* ColdBloodedTorture: The two priests get tortured for information about Cas and Cas gets tortured for information about Metatron's spell. All three are killed.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: The two priests get tortured for information about Cas and Cas gets tortured for information about Metatron's spell. All [[spoiler:All three are killed.]]



* DeathIsCheap: Castiel is brought back to life by Ezekiel.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale / DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: This could count as an example of both; it's unclear whether the real April Kelly was still alive and being possessed by the reaper, but if so then she was almost certainly an unwilling participant in the sex. Meanwhile the reaper lying to Castiel about her identity in order to sleep with him is technically rape by fraud, but no-one acknowledges or addresses it as such. The Winchesters seem to find the whole thing hilarious and while Cas initially appears humiliated when he finds out he's been played, her later refers to it as an 'educational experience' and seems largely unaffected. Three episodes in, it seems clear that consent (and the lack thereof) is going to be a major theme this season.
* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told by April that he looks like he's "been to hell and back". {{Subverted}}, as she already knows this.

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* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:DeathBySex: Both Castiel and April, though only one of them stays dead.]]
** [[spoiler: Which puts Cas's fatal-hookup tally at 1 for 1. For now, his penis is officially more lethal than ''[[CartwrightCurse Sam's]]''.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathIsCheap:
Castiel is brought back to life by Ezekiel.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale / DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: This could count as an example of both; it's unclear whether the real April Kelly was still alive and being possessed by the reaper, but if so then she was almost certainly an unwilling participant in the sex. Meanwhile the reaper lying to Castiel about her identity in order to sleep with him is technically rape by fraud, but no-one acknowledges or addresses it as such. The Winchesters seem to find the whole thing hilarious and while Cas initially appears humiliated when he finds out he's been played, her later refers to it as an 'educational experience' and seems largely unaffected. Three episodes in, it seems clear that consent (and the lack thereof) is going to be a major theme this season.
Ezekiel.]]
* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told by April that he looks like he's "been to hell and back". {{Subverted}}, [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}, as she already knows this.]]
** Dean and Sam demand to know whether Naomi's the one sending Reapers out to hunt Castiel. Maurice informs them she's dead.



* HoneyTrap: April does this to Cas, though he doesn't understand why she had to sleep with him to gain his trust.

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* HoneyTrap: [[spoiler:HoneyTrap: April does this to Cas, though he doesn't understand why she had to sleep with him to gain his trust.]]



* MaleGaze: The camera focuses on a woman's boobs for a few seconds in slow motion.

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* MaleGaze: The camera focuses on a woman's boobs for a few seconds in slow motion. So does Castiel — who looks a bit shocked immediately afterwards. It's another bit of humanity he's not used to.



* ShirtlessScene: Castiel gets one as his wound is being tended to.

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* ShirtlessScene: Castiel gets one as his wound is being tended to.''three'' (and a half, if you count the tattoo parlour). [[{{Fanservice}} Tumblr was most pleased.]]



* SimilarlyNamedWorks: A 1933 Creator/MaeWest movie and a 1987 Gregg Allman single

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* SimilarlyNamedWorks: A 1933 Creator/MaeWest movie and a 1987 Gregg Allman singlesingle.
* SpitTake: Dean nearly has one upon learning that Castiel has lost his virginity.



* WhamLine: The end of the episode where Ezekiel tells Dean that he can't stay if Castiel's there and Dean tells Castiel that he has to leave.

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* WhamLine: The end of the episode where Ezekiel tells Dean that he [[spoiler:he can't stay if Castiel's there there]] and Dean tells Castiel that he [[spoiler:he has to leave.leave]].
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* OhCrap: Dean and Sam's reaction when they see all the places on Earth where Rev. Boyle's ministry reaches.
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[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]][[caption-width-right:350:Looking for this?]]
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale / DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: This could count as an example of both; it's unclear whether the real April Kelly was still alive and being possessed by the reaper, but if so then she was almost certainly an unwilling participant in the sex. Meanwhile the reaper lying to Castiel about her identity in order to sleep with him is technically rape by fraud, but no-one acknowledges or addresses it as such. The Winchesters seem to find the whole thing hilarious and while Cas initially appears humiliated when he finds out he's been played, her later refers to it as an 'educational experience' and seems largely unaffected.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale / DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: This could count as an example of both; it's unclear whether the real April Kelly was still alive and being possessed by the reaper, but if so then she was almost certainly an unwilling participant in the sex. Meanwhile the reaper lying to Castiel about her identity in order to sleep with him is technically rape by fraud, but no-one acknowledges or addresses it as such. The Winchesters seem to find the whole thing hilarious and while Cas initially appears humiliated when he finds out he's been played, her later refers to it as an 'educational experience' and seems largely unaffected. Three episodes in, it seems clear that consent (and the lack thereof) is going to be a major theme this season.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale / DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: This could count as an example of both; it's unclear whether the real April Kelly was still alive and being possessed by the reaper, but if so then she was almost certainly an unwilling participant in the sex. Meanwhile the reaper lying to Castiel about her identity in order to sleep with him is technically rape by fraud, but no-one acknowledges or addresses it as such. The Winchesters seem to find the whole thing hilarious and while Cas initially appears humiliated when he finds out he's been played, her later refers to it as an 'educational experience' and seems largely unaffected.
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* AskAStupidQuestion: While Cas is trying to convince April not to kill him since he might be useful, she asks if he's trying to negotiate with her.



* ColdBloodedTorture: The two priests get tortured for information about Cas and Cas gets tortured for information about Metatron's spell. All three are killed.



* DeathIsCheap

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** Dean reminds Ezekiel that Castiel is the one who vouched for him.
* DeathIsCheapDeathIsCheap: Castiel is brought back to life by Ezekiel.



* HoneyTrap: April does this to Cas.
* MaleGaze: The camera focuses on a woman's boobs for a few seconds.

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* HoneyTrap: April does this to Cas.
Cas, though he doesn't understand why she had to sleep with him to gain his trust.
* KlingonPromotion: Due to Naomi's death, another angel takes her place.
* MaleGaze: The camera focuses on a woman's boobs for a few seconds.seconds in slow motion.


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* RevealingCoverUp: Sam mentions that Castiel using the name of an angel character as an alias wasn't a very good idea and probably made it easier for his enemies to find him.
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* YouLookFamiliar: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1152538/?ref_=tt_cl_t4 Artine Brown]] who plays Maurice, also plays a night watchman in [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E22LuciferRising "Lucifer Rising" (S04, Ep22)]].

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* WhamLine: The end of the episode where Ezekiel tells Dean that he can't stay if Castiel's there and Dean tells Castiel that he has to leave.
* YouLookFamiliar: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1152538/?ref_=tt_cl_t4 Artine Brown]] who plays Maurice, Maurice also plays a night watchman in [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E22LuciferRising "Lucifer Rising" (S04, Ep22)]].
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* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told he looks like he's "been to hell and back".

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* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told by April that he looks like he's "been to hell and back". {{Subverted}}, as she already knows this.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1594404/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 Shannon Lucio]] who plays April Kelly also plays [[Characters/TheOC Lindsay Gardner]] on ''Series/TheOC'', [[Characters/PrisonBreak Miriam Hultz (Trishanne Smith)]] on ''Series/PrisonBreak'', and Debbie of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
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* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told he looks like he's "been to hell and back".

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* ContinuityNod: The water pressure in the Men of Letters bunker.
* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told he looks like he's "been to hell and back".


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* HoneyTrap: April does this to Cas.


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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''
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* MaleGaze: The camera focuses on a womans' boobs for a few seconds.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1594404/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 Shannon Lucio]] who plays April Kelly also plays [[Characters/TheOC Lindsay Gardner]] on ''Series/TheOC'', [[Characters/PrisonBreak Miriam Hultz (Trishanne Smith)]]on ''Series/PrisonBreak'', and Debbie of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1594404/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 Shannon Lucio]] who plays April Kelly also plays [[Characters/TheOC Lindsay Gardner]] on ''Series/TheOC'', [[Characters/PrisonBreak Miriam Hultz (Trishanne Smith)]]on Smith)]] on ''Series/PrisonBreak'', and Debbie of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
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* DramaticIrony: Castiel being told he looks like he's "been to hell and back".


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* OnlyOneName: Castiel's is {{lampshaded}}.
* ShirtlessScene: Castiel gets one as his wound is being tended to.


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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1594404/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 Shannon Lucio]] who plays April Kelly also plays [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheOC Lindsay Gardner]] on ''Series/TheOC'', [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/PrisonBreak Miriam Hultz (Trishanne Smith)]]on ''Series/PrisonBreak'', and Debbie of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1594404/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 Shannon Lucio]] who plays April Kelly also plays [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheOC [[Characters/TheOC Lindsay Gardner]] on ''Series/TheOC'', [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/PrisonBreak [[Characters/PrisonBreak Miriam Hultz (Trishanne Smith)]]on ''Series/PrisonBreak'', and Debbie of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1594404/?ref_=tt_cl_t6 Shannon Lucio]] who plays April Kelly also plays [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TheOC Lindsay Gardner]] on ''Series/TheOC'', [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/PrisonBreak Miriam Hultz (Trishanne Smith)]]on ''Series/PrisonBreak'', and Debbie of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
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\n* YouLookFamiliar: [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1152538/?ref_=tt_cl_t4 Artine Brown]] who plays Maurice, also plays a night watchman in [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E22LuciferRising "Lucifer Rising" (S04, Ep22)]].

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* EyeScream

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* EyeScreamCallBack: Cas uses [[CharacterNameAlias Clarence]], Meg's AffectionateNickname for him, as his alias.
* EyeScream: The two murdered priests had their eyes gouged out.
* LudicrousGibs: The girl possessed by an angel immediately blows up since her body can't contain it.


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!I'm No Angel

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!I'm No AngelAngel

Written by Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming.

Directed by Kevin Hooks.

Airdate: October 22, 2013.


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!Your Mileage May Vary (YMMV) items:
* [[Fridge/SupernaturalS09E03ImNoAngel Fridge Items.]]
* [[YMMV/SupernaturalS09E03ImNoAngel Other YMMV Items.]]

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* EyeScream
* TheKetchupTest

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'''Season 9, Episode 03''':

!I'm No Angel

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