History Recap / SupernaturalS11E20DontCallMeShurley

* AllPowerfulBystander: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. God decided to be hands off in his parenting because 'no one likes a helicopter parent'...which resulted in the remaining two Archnagels becoming KnightTemplar type villains because they ''simply didn't know what else to do'', Metatron's entire plan to try and get his attention, the civil war between Cas and Raphael that resulted in the release of the Leviathans, and a lot of other grief and damage. God realizes this in the end and decides to get involved again.

* AllPowerfulBystander: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. God decided to be hands off in his parenting because 'no one likes a helicopter parent'...which resulted in the remaining two Archngels becoming KnightTemplar type villains because they ''simply didn't know what else to do'', Metatron's entire plan to try and get his attention, the civil war between Cas and Raphael that resulted in the release of the Leviathans, and a lot of other grief and damage. God realizes this in the end and decides to get involved again.

* BackFromTheDead: Chuck's arrival in Hope Springs not only cures the infected, it also raises Deputy Harris and her husband from the dead.

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: Chuck honestly no longer gives a shit about his creation. He started it all to make something bigger and better than Amara and himself in order to inspire her to change into a better person, but she refused. Now he's so sick of it not living up to his original dream that he's happy to let it all come to nothingness again.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lucifer's whole season 5 attempt to bring about the apocalypse came from a deep disgust at humanity, and resentment that God threw him down into hell for it. It turns out that Chuck has actually come around to agreeing with his favorite son about the [[HumansAreBastards toxicity of human nature]] since then, which explains why he was willing to let Lucifer burn it all down and why he's willing to let Amara wipe everything out now. It also explains why Chuck refuses to see Lucifer as the bad guy.

* GodIsFlawed: Chuck admits he was naive and stupid for creating whole worlds to inspire Amara into being better, because she always destroyed them every time he tried.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: We're so used to Metatron just being a jerk face that it's genuinely surprising to see him heartbroken over Chuck's abandonment and actually championing Cas, the Winchesters, and humanity.

* NatureLover: Chuck says raw nature is divine, and the closest he got to creating something better than himself or Amara. It's the human nature which came out of it that he's lost all affection or even sympathy for.

** Given how he talks, it seems the Winchesters selfishly freeing Amara was what caused him to completely lose his faith in humanity and them. [[RebuiltPedestal Metatron manages to restore it.]]

** Given how he talks, it seems the Winchesters selfishly freeing Amara was what caused him to completely lose her faith in humanity and them. [[RebuiltPedestal Metatron manages to restore it.]]

---> '''Chuck/God:''' ''(to Sam and Dean)'' We should probably talk.

---> '''Metatron:''' It wasn't just the saps on Earth who were praying to you. The Angels prayed too. And so did I! Every day!
---> '''Chuck:''' I know.
---> '''Metatron:''' You want to write the best-selling autobiography of all time? You explain to ''me'', tell me why you abandoned me! Us!
---> '''Chuck:''' Because [[DisappointedInYou you disappointed me. You all disappointed me.]]
---> '''Metatron:''' Look, I know I'm a disappointment, but you're wrong about humanity! They are your greatest creations because they're better than you are! Sure, they're weak and they cheat and steal and destroy and disappoint! But they also give and create, and they sing and dance and love! And above all they never give up... but you do.

---> '''Chuck:''' Nature: Divine. Human nature: Toxic.
---> '''Metatron:''' They do like blowing stuff up.
---> '''Chuck:''' Yeah. And the worst part? They do it in my name. And then they come crying to me asking me to forgive, to fix things! Never taking any responsibility!
---> '''Metatron:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What about ''your'' responsibility?]]

---> '''Chuck:''' The world would still be spinning with demon-Dean in it. Sam couldn't have that though, could he? And so how is Amara being out, on me?
---> '''Metatron:''' It's not, but you've helped the Winchesters before!
---> '''Chuck:''' Helped them? I've ''saved'' them! I've rebuilt Castiel more times than I can remember! Look where that got me!

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* BrokenPedestal: Chuck is this for Metatron, who thinks he's been "method acting" as Chuck (who is an ineffectual self-doubter at the best of times) for too long and should start being "God" again. It takes calling Chuck a coward to [[BerserkButton bring out the awesomely powerful and righteous God]] which Metatron remembers and loves.

HistoryRepeats: Let's see, a snarky and pop-culture-savvy angel didn't like the way Heaven was doing things and ran away and who's a former villain giving a speech to an extraordinary force in an effort to convince them to stop the end of the world because there's value in humanity despite their flaws and that they're actually sometimes better than the so-called higher beings because they try. [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods Where have we seen that before?]]

---> '''Metatron:''' If Amara wipes the slate, the slate's destroyed! Everything is destroyed. All your great work, lost forever.
---> '''Chuck:''' We should take a stroll then, enjoy it all one last time before it's all gone.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Let's see, a snarky and pop-culture-savvy angel didn't like the way Heaven was doing things and ran away and who's a former villain giving a speech to an extraordinary force in an effort to convince them to stop the end of the world because there's value in humanity despite their flaws and that they're actually sometimes better than the so-called higher beings because they try. [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods Where have we seen that before?]]

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Played with. As Metatron has been BroughtDownToNormal, Chuck gives him some sunglasses (possibly enchanted) before showing his divine light. Even if Metatron can't see him right (and [[TakeOurWordForIt he isn't shown to the viewers]]), he knows exactly who this is immediately.

* WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs: Chuck has been hanging out on Earth for years. The Winchesters and Castiel have been searching and waiting for God for half a decade not knowing that they've known him as a close friend for years.

* ChekovsGun: Possibly the most long-running one ever, spanning 6 entire seasons, but the gun finally fired in the form of Dean's amulet.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Chuck does this by rounding off the titles of a couple of the episodes of the Supernatural series as examples of his written works.

* UndyingLoyalty: Dean is fully prepare to die along side of the infected Sam, going so far as to suck in a big lungful of the infectious fog, only to discover that the fog has no effect on him.