History Recap / SupernaturalS13E08TheScorpionAndTheFrog

* TheOnlyOne: Bart sought out Sam and Dean because access to the vault requires the blood of a man who has been to hell and back. Sam and Dean have both been to hell, but Dean specifically '''died''', went to hell, and was then resurrected.

'''Season 13, Episode 9:'''

* PutOnABus: Alice survives the episode and literally boards a bus with a hint that she may be back in the future. With a female-centered spin off premiering soon, she may show up on ''Wayward Sisters''.

** Dean is pissed to find out the path to the vault is heavily booby trapped and grumbles about not having time for this ''Film/IndianaJones'' crap.

* GenreSavvy:
** Dean doesn't really want to get sucked into Bart's heist scheme.
---> '''Dean:''' Alright. Well I've seen this movie a thousand times. Some ass hat too fancy to get his hands dirty plans a job, swears it'll all go smooth, and it does until, bang, and everything goes screaming off the rails and bites our asses.
** Grab refuses to go into the creepy, poorly lit, magically enchanted basement.
** Shrike correctly guesses that Sam and his demon knife are just a distraction while the rest of his team steals something else.

* XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack: Dean tells Smash the 90's called and they want their boots back.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: {{Subverted| Trope}} with Barthamus, who looks at the beginning to be the new Crowley: same job, wheedling personality, wary of other demons. But he manages to get himself killed in the space of one episode.

* {{Blackmail}}: Despite Bart being willing to give them something they really need, the brothers initially refuse to work with Bart because historically teaming up with demons has always gone poorly for them. However, he threatens to give the nephilim locator spell to Asmodeus if they don't help.

* TheCollector: Shriek collects rare supernatural artifacts.
* CrazyPrepared: Shrike has an exorcism memorized, has a devil's trapped permanently fashioned into the floor surrounding the entrance of his home, and has his entire home magically warded and booby trapped.
* {{Expy}}: Grab seems to be a supernatural, demonic version of Creator/TomCavanagh's [[Series/TheFlash2014 Harrison Wells]], super smart, super capable, and morally ambiguous.

* IronicEcho:
-->'''Bart:''' Shrike will never see us coming.\\
'''Demon:''' (talking to Shrike) Shrike, they're coming.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out Shriek is actually the victim and the object he stole from Bart is the only leverage he has to keep Bart from killing him. Naturally, once the Winchesters steal the bones, Bart murders Shriek.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Facing Shrike who has a weapon, Smash kicks him and runs for her life, leaving Dean to face him alone.

* PutOnABus: Alice survives the episode and literally boards a bus with a hint that she may be back in the future. With a female-centered spin off premiering soon, she may show up on Wayward Sisters.
* {{Safecracking}}

** ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'': When Sam mentions the film Entrapment as he's discussing how to get across the booby trapped floor, Dean can't decide if he's impressed that Sam watched a movie for Creator/CatherineZetaJones or disgusted that Sam watched such a low-quality film.

* SwivelChairAntics: Sam and Dean use Shriek, who is nigh-unkillable, strapped to a rolling chair to deploy all his anti-theft measures.

* UnreliableNarrator: Bart's version of why they're robbing Shriek doesn't hold up once the brothers hear from Shrike himself.

* WhamLine: Shrike asks Sam and Dean if they can live with the consequences of helping a demon. He's immediately decapitated by said demon, taking the brothers by surprise.

* {{Expy}}: Grab seems to be a supernatural, demonic version of ''Series/TheFlash'', ''Creator/TomCavanagh'' 's Harrison Wells, super smart, super capable, and morally ambiguous.

*** --> '''Dean:''' Alright. Well I've seen this movie a thousand times. Some ass hat too fancy to get his hands dirty plans a job, swears it'll all go smooth, and it does until, bang, and everything goes screaming off the rails and bites our asses.

-->'''Bart:''' Shrike will never see us coming.
-->'''Demon:''' (talking to Shrike) Shrike, they're coming.

** ''Film/{{Entrapment}}'': When Sam mentions the film Entrapment as he's discussing how to get across the booby trapped floor, Dean can't decide if he's impressed that Sam watched a movie for ''Creator/CatherineZetaJones'' or disgusted that Sam watched such a low-quality film.

** Dean refers to Smash, a thief with a quirky fashion sense, as ''Creator/WinonaRyder''.

-->'''Sam:''' Smash and Grab. Really?
-->'''Smash:''' Not our real names, obviously.
-->'''Dean:''' No kidding.

* BloodMagic: The supernaturally enchanted vault requires blood from a specific type of victim.

* GenreSavvy: Dean doesn't really want to get sucked into Bart's heist scheme.
--> '''Dean:''' Alright. Well I've seen this movie a thousand times. Some ass hat too fancy to get his hands dirty plans a job, swears it'll all go smooth, and it does until, bang, and everything goes screaming off the rails and bites our asses.

* Expy: Grab seems to be a supernatural, demonic version of ''Series/TheFlash'', ''Creator/TomCavanagh'' 's Harrison Wells, super smart, super capable, and morally ambiguous.

* Blackmail: Despite Bart being willing to give them something they really need, the brothers initially refuse to work with Bart because historically teaming up with demons has always gone poorly for them. However, he threatens to give the nephilim locator spell to Asmodeus if they don't help.

* GenrySavvy: Dean doesn't really want to get sucked into Bart's heist scheme.
--> '''Dean:'''

* TwoHalvesMakeAPlot: Bart only gives the brothers half the spell they need for the tracking spell to locate Jack. He promises the other half when they recover his lost item.

* WalkAndTalk: Sam and Dean walk through a city block discussing the particulars of the demon they're about to meet.

* Abandoned Warehouse: Sam and Dean meet Bart's heist crew in one of these.

** ''Film/Entrapment'': When Sam mentions the film Entrapment as he's discussing how to get across the booby trapped floor, Dean can't decide if he's impressed that Sam watched a movie for ''Creator/CatherineZetaJones'' or disgusted that Sam watched such a low-quality film.

!Tropes