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* ChekhovsGun: In keeping with his previous appearances, Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.

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* ChekhovsGun: In keeping with his previous appearances, Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength which allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's Castiel's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas the latter needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the The series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) outcome). When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.
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* ArtifactOfDoom : A "Hand of God" is not ''literally a hand of God, but an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object in this episode is a chunk of wood that is revealed to be a fragment of TheArkOfTheCovenant.

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* ArtifactOfDoom : A "Hand of God" is not ''literally ''literally'' a hand of God, but an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object in this episode is a chunk of wood that is revealed to be a fragment of TheArkOfTheCovenant.
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* ArtifactOfDoom : The "Hand of God" is an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object itself is actually a fragment of TheArkOfTheCovenant.

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* ArtifactOfDoom : The A "Hand of God" is not ''literally a hand of God, but an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object itself in this episode is actually a chunk of wood that is revealed to be a fragment of TheArkOfTheCovenant.



* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.

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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that In keeping with his previous appearances, Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.



* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Sam trying to will Castiel to reclaim his vessel.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: The "Hand of God" relic will kill any mortal who wields its power. On top of that, it expends its power after a single use, making it little more than a paperweight after Dean retrieves it.

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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Sam trying to will Castiel to reclaim his vessel.
vessel. It doesn't work, both because Castel believes Lucifer is the only one capable of killing Amara, and because he ''knows'' only Lucifer cab save Dean.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: The "Hand of God" relic will kill any mortal who wields its power. On top of that, it expends its power after a single use, making it little more than a paperweight after Dean retrieves it. To be fair, there was no indication of this being the case, since this was the first one they'd ever dealt with.
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* MoreExpendableThanYou: Implied when Castiel says he said yes to Lucifer because he wanted to be of service to the fight. Considering that he was the only other option besides Sam, and [[Recap/SupernaturalS11E10TheDevilInTheDetails another angel had pointed out that he was expendable shortly before he agreed]], his decision seems like this trope.
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!!Body Count:

For this episode: [at minimum] 40 humans and 1 Thule.

For the series so far = At least 1254 humans (of which 15 were witches), 1124 angels, 182 demons, 71 vampires, 52 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 22 gods, 19 zombies, 12 werewolves, 10 hellhounds, 7 shapeshifters, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 djinn, 5 reapers, 4 dogs, 4 ghouls, 4 Leviathan, 3 Khan Worms, 3 Thule 2 Amazons, 2 arachnes, 2 kitsunes, 2 rugarus, 2 vetalas, 2 zannas, 1 banshee, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, Death, 1 deer, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 familiar, 1 lamia, the Mother of All, 1 nachzehrer, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 pishtaco, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 qarin, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shojo, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 Titan, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, 1 wicked witch, and 1 wraith.
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'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\\
'''Season 11, Episode 14''':
! The Vessel
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* ArtifactOfDoom : The "Hand of God" is an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object itself is actually a fragment of the Ark of the Covenant.

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* ArtifactOfDoom : The "Hand of God" is an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object itself is actually a fragment of the Ark of the Covenant.TheArkOfTheCovenant.



* PublicDomainArtifact: Lucifer calls for the most potent weapons in Hell's armory, and he handles one which looks remarkably like the Spear of Destiny.
* ShoutOut : When Dean is told the artifact is actually a piece of the Ark of the Covenant, he says the situation has gone [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "full-on Raiders"]].

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* PublicDomainArtifact: ShoutOut : When Dean is told the artifact is actually a piece of TheArkOfTheCovenant, he says the situation has gone [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "full-on Raiders"]].
* TheSpearOfDestiny:
Lucifer calls for the most potent weapons in Hell's armory, and he handles one which looks remarkably like the Spear of Destiny.
* ShoutOut : When Dean is told the artifact is actually a piece of the Ark of the Covenant, he says the situation has gone [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "full-on Raiders"]].
Destiny.
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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.
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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.

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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.
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*PowerGlows: After touching the Hand of God, Delphine glows so brightly, Dean and the submarine crew can barely look at her.
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* BaldOfEvil: Befehlsleiter Gumprecht, the seemingly unkillable Nazi commander.


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* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Delphine has to stop Dean from touching the Hand of God with his bare hands.
* FemmeFataleSpy: Delphine, on the good side. She seduces Gumpricht over a series of months in order to get access to the Hand of God.
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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel blood to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.

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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel blood powers to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.
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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the blood of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel blood to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.

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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the blood power of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel blood to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.
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* ChekhovsGun: It is established early on that Lucifer is extremely strong and powerful, much more so than the angel Castiel. That strength allows Lucifer to keep Castiel suppressed in his own vessel. Midway through the episode, Lucifer!Cas mixes a potion that calls for the blood of an archangel. Not knowing Lucifer is in Cas's vessel and believing Castiel's lower tier angel blood to not be strong enough, Sam reminds Cas that the last time Cas needed a super charge, he touched Bobby's soul for a boost. This is important, as the series has long established that those who are possessed are fully aware of what's going on around them, even when they aren't in control. Later on, Lucifer!Cas decides to get rid of Sam by touching Sam's soul (a procedure in which the vessel exploding is a well-known possible outcome.) When Lucifer!Cas touches Sam's soul, Castiel emerges and briefly takes control of his vessel. It's likely touching Sam's soul was what gave Cas the turbo boost he needed to briefly surface and save Sam's life and it all stemmed from Sam reminding Cas of how to get a power boost.
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*IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Sam trying to will Castiel to reclaim his vessel.
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*GodHelpUsAll: Famous last words muttered by the captain when the Hand of God relic is activated.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: And playing tablet games too. Lucifer could conceivably conquer heaven, being the only archangel left and send in power to Amara, but he's content to fool around until he's forced to consider the threat of Amara.

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* OrcusOnHisThrone: And playing tablet games too. Lucifer could conceivably conquer heaven, being the only archangel left and send second in power to Amara, but he's content to fool around until he's forced to consider the threat of Amara.fact that he can't beat the Darkness alone.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: And playing tablet games too. Lucifer could conceivably conquer heaven, being the only archangel left and send in power to Amara, but he's content to fool around until he's forced to consider the threat of Amara.
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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: The "Hand of God" relic expends its power after a single use, making it little more than a paperweight after Dean retrieves it.

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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: The "Hand of God" relic will kill any mortal who wields its power. On top of that, it expends its power after a single use, making it little more than a paperweight after Dean retrieves it.
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* PublicDomainArtifact: Lucifer calls for the most potent weapons in Hell's armory, and he handles one of them which looks remarkably like the Spear of Destiny.

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* PublicDomainArtifact: Lucifer calls for the most potent weapons in Hell's armory, and he handles one of them which looks remarkably like the Spear of Destiny.
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* Ghostapo: The Nazis have access to supernatural augmentations that allowed them to track down the submarine containing the Hand of God. The commander in charge of the german destroyer is the same man who the Men of Letters agent killed at the beginning of the episode, only his augmentations healed him.

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* Ghostapo: {{Ghostapo}}: The Nazis have access to supernatural augmentations that allowed them to track down the submarine containing the Hand of God. The commander in charge of the german destroyer is the same man who the Men of Letters agent killed at the beginning of the episode, only his augmentations healed him.
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Sam and Dean hatch a plan to retrieve a holy relic lost in WWII that contains some of God's power in order to use it against the Darkness. Meanwhile, Lucifer is looking for the same thing and uses his guise as Castiel to get in on the Winchesters' plan.

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Sam and Dean hatch a plan to retrieve a holy relic lost in WWII that contains some of God's power in order to use it against the Darkness. Meanwhile, Lucifer is looking for the same thing artifacts of power too and uses his guise as Castiel to get in on the Winchesters' plan.
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* VictoryIsBoring: It took no effort at all for Lucifer to take over hell, but once in the position he spends all his time playing tablet games and doesn't care about running things or being briefed on soul reports.
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* Artifact of Doom : The "Hand of God" is an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object itself is actually a fragment of the Ark of the Covenant.

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* Artifact of Doom ArtifactOfDoom : The "Hand of God" is an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object itself is actually a fragment of the Ark of the Covenant.
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* Artifact of Doom : When Dean is told the artifact is actually a piece of the Ark of the Covenant, he says the situation has gone [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "full-on Raiders"]].

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* Artifact of Doom ShoutOut : When Dean is told the artifact is actually a piece of the Ark of the Covenant, he says the situation has gone [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "full-on Raiders"]].
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* Artifact of Doom : The "Hand of God" is an artifact that is said to have been touched by God and thus contains some of his power. The object itself is actually a fragment of the Ark of the Covenant.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Sam discovers a way to banish the sigils on the submarine to allow Castiel (actually Lucifer) to help Dean. Unfortunately it's never been done because it needs the power of an archangel to work. Sam assumes it's a bust, but Lucifer of course is an archangel and suggests they try it anyway.
* Ghostapo: The Nazis have access to supernatural augmentations that allowed them to track down the submarine containing the Hand of God. The commander in charge of the german destroyer is the same man who the Men of Letters agent killed at the beginning of the episode, only his augmentations healed him.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: The "Hand of God" relic expends its power after a single use, making it little more than a paperweight after Dean retrieves it.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Lucifer calls for the most potent weapons in Hell's armory, and he handles one of them which looks remarkably like the Spear of Destiny.
* Artifact of Doom : When Dean is told the artifact is actually a piece of the Ark of the Covenant, he says the situation has gone [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "full-on Raiders"]].
* YouAlreadyChangedThePast: Dean's time on-board the submarine changes nothing, and in fact causes events to play out as history remembers them.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Lucifer starts laughing uncontrollably at the absurdity of keeping up his facade as Castiel for Sam when he realizes he doesn't actually need Sam around to perform the ritual to retrieve Dean and the Hand of God artifact. This is the catalyst that leads him to drop the act.
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Writer: Robert Berens

Director: John Badham

Sam and Dean hatch a plan to retrieve a holy relic lost in WWII that contains some of God's power in order to use it against the Darkness. Meanwhile, Lucifer is looking for the same thing and uses his guise as Castiel to get in on the Winchesters' plan.
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