History Recap / SupernaturalS12E06CelebratingTheLifeOfAsaFox

* ForWantOfANail: A house full of hunters who probably easily have a hundred or so combined years of experience and not a single one of them has a flask of holy water that would expose the demon antagonist.

* MoralDissonance: When Mary goes to kill the massively evil Jael, who is about to kill all the hunters in the room, Sam stops her because said demon is inhabiting Jody's body. Note that the demon had already killed one of their hosts during the possession and could have done the same with Jody before possessing someone else. In fact, Dean ''had'' been trying to exorcise instead of kill Elvis when Jael killed him and escaped, apparently trying to save Elvis simply because he was a fellow hunter. Beyond this episode, the Winchesters regularly kill demon hosts without a thought in the series proper, making no effort to exorcise them and save the hosts even in situations where the demons could be restrained to ensure the exorcism goes smoothly, simply because killing them both is quicker and more permanent. The only exceptions they make anymore are when they know the possession victims personally.
-->'''Mary:''' What are you doing?! She's a demon, we kill demons!
-->'''Sam:''' No, but she's Jody.

* GigglingVillain: Jael as played by Kara Royster and Kim Rhodes, bordering on PutTheLaughterInSlaughter with the latter.

* PsychoticManchild: Jael has shades of this, mostly from their cheerfully evil, giggly behavior.

* AcceptableFeminineGoalsAndTraits: Subverted. Dean is surprised that Jodi likes to watch [[ChickFlick Chick Flicks]] because to him, her primary characterization is a badass hunter and no non-sense law enforcement officer.
* AccidentalMurder: The truth behind Asa's death, which was then framed as a demon's murder.

* AndYourLittleDogToo: Jael once possessed a woman named Marlene Asa was involved with. What happened to her and her kid is not elaborated on, but they were no longer in the picture by the time Asa got involved with Jody.

* BlackBossLady: Billie, who appears as a middle-aged black woman, replaced Death, a gaunt, older white man.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. The mixed-race Banes siblings are among the group that survives the episode. Alicia even survived possession by the demon at one point, who later kills the white Elvis during his possession.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Besides the Winchesters, there's also the Banes hunters, a team of fraternal brother and sister twins.

* LongLostRelative: Finding out that Alicia and Max are Asa's children and therefore her grandchildren comes as a surprise to Lorraine, but she is clearly glad about it and tries to develop a relationship with the Banes in the episode epilogue.

* SuperWindowJump: Dean is thrown a glass paneled door but shows no sign of injury subsequent to be stunned by the initial impact.

* TooDumbToLive: While hunting for Jael ([[ManipulativeBastard who taunted Asa to chase after him]]), Bucky realized they didn't have the Angel Knife, and tells Asa they should go back for it. But the stubborn Asa refused to give up the chase and called Bucky a coward, which led Bucky to push him in anger and accidentally hit his head on a rock.

* HonorBeforeReason: Even though Mary is still having difficulty adjusting, she refuses to leave her sons again.

* TooDumbToLive: While hunting for Jael ([[ManipulativeBastard who taunted Asa to chase after him]]), Bucky realize they didn't have the Angel Knife, and tells Asa they should go back for it. But the stubborn Asa refused give up the chase and called Bucky a coward, which led Bucky to push him in anger and accidentally hit his head on a rock.

** Billie tells the Winchesters "what's dead should stay dead". Invoking the ArcWords from the season 2 episode "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E04ChildrenShouldntPlayWithDeadThings Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things]]".

* TooDumbToLive: While hunting for Jael, Bucky realize they didn't have the Angel Knife, and they should go back. But Asa refused (after being taunted by Jael to chase him) and called Bucky a coward, which started the fight.

* BlackBossLady: Billie, who appears as a middle aged black woman, replaced Death, a gaunt, older white man.

* {{Determinator}}: Asa. Bucky tried to talk Asa out of pursuing a monster to regroup. But he refused and called Bucky a coward, which started the fight.

* ContinuityNod: Dean killed Hitler.

* {{Determinator}}: Bucky tried to talk Asa out of pursuing a monster to regroup. But he refused and called Bucky a coward, which started the fight.

** Bucky hung Asa's body from a tree after his death in the style of Jael's killing style.

* VillainBall: Despite the hunters being unable to confirm who is possessed, Jael inevitably breaks out the knives and evil giggles when they get suspected or just plain want to kill Dean. It's especially noticeable in the latter case, as they had been priming Dean to be a main suspect for DemonicPossession due to him being missing, a hysterical Lorraine already thought Dean was possessed, and it would've been very simple to keep the suspicion on him with hunters not able to use their normal demon detection tools on him; instead, Jael gleefully tries to murder Dean instead in front of Lorraine, blowing their cover as Elvis. Combined with their ineffective attempt at manipulating Sam into killing Mary, it seems that, after the smart tactical move in locking the hunters in and turning off the water and lights to keep them disoriented and unable to make holy water, Jael [[LeeroyJenkins likes killing too much]] to be a better ManipulativeBastard.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Jael is a crossroads demon with solid, bright red eyes. Flicks them red each time after they get found out.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Jael did not actually kill [[ArchEnemy Asa]] and is in fact pretty miffed that Bucky killed him. The only time they break their playful persona and show any anger is when they are confronting Bucky and forcing him to confess the murder in front of a roomful of other hunters. They get exorcised before they can complete their revenge on Bucky.

* MoralDissonance: When Mary goes to kill the massively evil Jael, who is about to kill all the hunters in the room, Sam stops her because said demon is inhabiting Jody's body. Note that the demon had already killed one of their hosts during the possession and could have done the same with Jody before possessing someone else. In fact, Dean ''had'' been trying to exorcise instead of kill that host when Jael killed him and escaped, apparently trying to save the host simply because that host was a fellow hunter. Beyond this episode, the Winchesters regularly kill demon hosts without a thought in the series proper, making no effort to exorcise them and save the hosts even in situations where the demons could be restrained to ensure the exorcism goes smoothly, simply because killing them both is quicker and more permanent. The only exceptions they make anymore are when they know the possession victims personally.

* NeckSnap: A gruesome, self-inflicted variation by Jael, with all the fatality and suddenness in the spirit of the trope intact. Neck-snapping is actually attributed to him by Bucky as one step of his preferred murder method.

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: As fans pointed out, [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E04PhantomTraveller "Christo"]] would've revealed who the demon was possessing at any given time with just two syllables. This aspect of demon lore has been forgotten by writers since the episode it was introduced, but it hasn't been ''as'' glaring since this situation was the first where the protagonists needed to know who was possessed by a demon and had no other way to figure it out.

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: As fans pointed out, [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E04PhantomTraveller "Christo"]] would've revealed who the demon was possessing at any given time with just two syllables. The aspect of demon lore has been forgotten by writers since the episode it was introduced, but it hasn't been ''as'' glaring since this situation was the first where the protagonists needed to know who was possessed by a demon and had no other way to figure it out.

* SelfMadeOrphan: The possessed Jody tries to trick Sam into thinking that Mary is possessed so she can convince him to kill her. Soon after, Sam restrains Mary from killing the demon to protect Jody, who acts a TeamMom to him and Dean.