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* ChangedMyMindKid: Likely thanks to a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Loki gave him before he was killed Gabriel is a lot more willing to help the Winchesters out in their plans to stop Apocalypse!Michael, even telling the boys that "a promise is a promise".

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* ChangedMyMindKid: Likely thanks to a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Loki gave him before he was killed Gabriel is a lot more willing to help the Winchesters out in their plans to stop Apocalypse!Michael, even telling the boys that "a promise deal is a promise".deal".
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Directed by: Richard Speight, Jr.

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Directed by: Richard Speight, Jr.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Loki tells Gabriel that in the end he’ll die for nothing, cue two episodes later when he’s anticlimactically stabbed to death by Alternate Michael to buy everyone time to escape, only for Michael to make it to the main universe anyway.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Loki was first mentioned in the episode that introduced tricksters, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E15TallTales Tall Tales]]", which first aired eleven years prior, and Gabriel was revealed to have been using the name as an alias in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods Hammer of the Gods]]". Here, we finally get to meet the Trickster proper.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To "Hammer of the Gods", the Season 5 episode that heavily featured pagan deities, and where Gabriel faked his death.
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* DecapitationStrike: Michael manipulates Kevin to wait for all the human resistance leaders to show up at Michael's abandoned church before blowing himself up to get into Heaven. Kevin was waiting for Bobby's arrival, but when it turns out that's not going to happen, he settles for trying to kill Jack and Mary.
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* HeroicBSOD: Jack, when his overly-confident recklessness got the accompanying rebels, except Mary, killed by Apocalypse!Kevin's sigil that caused an explosion. Especially knowing that Apocalypse!Michael wants to break him.
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* NotYourProblem: Dean considers helping with Loki's revenge a "waste of time", since he wants him to help them open a rift to the other universe.

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* MisBlamed: Loki blames Gabriel for his father Odin's death — except that was Lucifer's fault, and not Gabriel's. Yet Loki still blames Gabriel for it by proxy of being Lucifer's brother.

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* MisBlamed: Loki blames Gabriel for his father Odin's death — except that was Lucifer's fault, and not Gabriel's. In fact, Gabriel was the one telling the Pagan Gods not to tangle with Lucifer. Yet Loki still blames Gabriel for it by proxy of being Lucifer's brother.
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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gabe doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy, it's clear that Loki's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech has left him rattled.

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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont won't make him any happier but Gabe doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy, it's clear that Loki's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech has left him rattled.
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* ChangedMyMindKid: Likely thanks to a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Loki gave him before he was killed Gabriel is a lot more willing to help the Winchesters out in their plans to stop Apocalypse!Michael even telling the boys that "a promise is a promise".

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* ChangedMyMindKid: Likely thanks to a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Loki gave him before he was killed Gabriel is a lot more willing to help the Winchesters out in their plans to stop Apocalypse!Michael Apocalypse!Michael, even telling the boys that "a promise is a promise".
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The A-plot of this episode is centered around how Gabriel went from escaping Lucifer to being Asmodeus' prisoner, while also delving into how exactly he became the Trickster.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: The A-plot of this episode is centered around how Gabriel went from escaping Lucifer to being Asmodeus' Asmodeus's prisoner, while also delving into how exactly he became the Trickster.



** The debilitating torture Gab underwent at Asmodeus' hands means he wants to extract revenge against Loki and his family who sold him out in the first place.

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** The debilitating torture Gab Gabe underwent at Asmodeus' Asmodeus's hands means he wants to extract revenge against Loki and his family who sold him out in the first place.
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** Loki sold Gabriel out in the first place because him interfering with the war between Heaven and Hell [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods led to his fathers death along with a bunch of other Pagan Gods by Lucifer's hands]].

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** Loki sold Gabriel out in the first place because him interfering with the war between Heaven and Hell [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods led to his fathers father's death along with a bunch of other Pagan Gods by Lucifer's hands]].
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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gabe doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy its clear that Loki's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech has left him rattled.

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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gabe doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy its peachy, it's clear that Loki's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech has left him rattled.
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* RewindGag: In the middle of Gabriel's flashback, Dean interrupts asking where the porn stars were. Cue Gabriel rewinding it and [[{{Retcon}} retconning it]] so that they were porn stars.

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* RewindGag: In the middle of Gabriel's flashback, Dean interrupts asking where the porn stars were. Cue Gabriel rewinding it and [[{{Retcon}} retconning it]] so that they there were porn stars.
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* LuredIntoATrap: Michael and his forces abandon his base of operations completely, not even bothering to leave a skeleton crew garrison behind. As it turns out when the resistance goes to investigate this strange course of events, Michael has induced Kevin to go out in a SuicideAttack when their key leaders have shown up.
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* TheBigBoard: The resistance on Apocalypse World investigates Michael's abandoned church and find a board map of the United States with all of Michael's forces assembled around a dimensional gate in the South. Mary thinks it's far too obvious of a clue and worries about it being a trap. It turns out Michael had prepared a different trap entirely--[[VillainBall he was just being haughty]] and left the display unmolested on purpose as a "come get me" challenge to Jack.
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* {{Intangibility}}: One of the perks of being Loki is that his projection of himself can be made intangible or solid at his whim.
-->'''Dean:''' Oh, so you can hit me but I can't hit you?!\\
'''Loki:''' Get the real Trickster, get the real tricks!



* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gabe doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy its clear that Loki's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech has left him rattled.

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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gabe doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy its clear that Loki's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech has left him rattled.rattled.
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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gab doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy its clear that the ReasonYouSuckSpeech he got from Loki has left him rattled.

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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gab Gabe doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy its clear that the ReasonYouSuckSpeech he got from Loki Loki's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech has left him rattled.
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* ChangedMyMindKid: Likely thanks to the ReasonYouSuckSpeech Loki gave him before he was killed Gabriel is a lot more willing to help the Winchesters out in their plans to stop Apocalypse!Michael even telling the boys that "a promise is a promise".

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* ChangedMyMindKid: Likely thanks to the ReasonYouSuckSpeech a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Loki gave him before he was killed Gabriel is a lot more willing to help the Winchesters out in their plans to stop Apocalypse!Michael even telling the boys that "a promise is a promise".
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* ThickerThanWater: Loki feels obliged to avenge his father with Gabriel's death despite admitting that [[TheUnfavorite his father despised him]].
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* ShoutOut: Dean refers to Gabriel's revenge plan as a "''Film/KillBill'' fantasy" and actually refers to Gabriel as "Creator/{{Uma| Thurman}}."

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* ActingForTwo: Richard Speight Jr. plays Gabriel, as well as Loki, the original Trickster, in this episode, while also directing it.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The A-plot of this episode is centered around how Gabriel went from escaping Lucifer to being Asmodeus' prisoner, while also delving into how exactly he became the Trickster.



* ADayInTheLimelight: The A-plot of this episode is centered around how Gabriel went from escaping Lucifer to being Asmodeus' prisoner, while also delving into how exactly he became the Trickster.


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* RewindGag: In the middle of Gabriel's flashback, Dean interrupts asking where the porn stars were. Cue Gabriel rewinding it and [[{{Retcon}} retconning it]] so that they were porn stars.
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* MisBlamed: Loki blames Gabriel for his father Odin's death — except that was Lucifer's fault, and not yet Gabriel's. Yet Loki still blames Gabriel for it by proxy of being Lucifer's brother.

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* MisBlamed: Loki blames Gabriel for his father Odin's death — except that was Lucifer's fault, and not yet Gabriel's. Yet Loki still blames Gabriel for it by proxy of being Lucifer's brother.
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* MisBlamed: Loki blames Gabriel for his father Odin's death — except that was Lucifer's fault, and not yet Gabriel's. Yet Loki still blames Gabriel for it by proxy of being Lucifer's brother.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Loki gives a ''brutal'' one to Gabriel, complete with a NoHoldsBarrelBeatdown.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Loki gives a ''brutal'' one to Gabriel, complete with a NoHoldsBarrelBeatdown.NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The A-plot of this episode is centered around how Gabriel went from escaping Lucifer to being Asmodeus' prisoner, while also delving into how exactly he became the Trickster.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Loki gives a ''brutal'' one to Gabriel, complete with a NoHoldsBarrelBeatdown.

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* BroughtDownToBadass: Gabriel's grace is running on empty thanks to a combination of killing Asmodeus and teleporting away from the bunker. That still doesn't stop him from shanking four demigods he has unfinished business with old school.
* ChangedMyMindKid: Likely thanks to the ReasonYouSuckSpeech Loki gave him before he was killed Gabriel is a lot more willing to help the Winchesters out in their plans to stop Apocalypse!Michael even telling the boys that "a promise is a promise".
* ItsAllMyFault: Jack is left devastated after Kevin's spell kills the men he and Mary brought with him as he promised that no harm would come to them. Mary reminds him that this death is Michael's fault not his.
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** The debilitating torture Gab underwent at Asmodeus' hands means he wants to extract revenge against Loki and his family who sold him out in the first place.
** Loki sold Gabriel out in the first place because him interfering with the war between Heaven and Hell [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E19HammerOfTheGods led to his fathers death along with a bunch of other Pagan Gods by Lucifer's hands]].



* SuicideBomber: Apocalypse!Kevin is forced to be this for Michael as one giant [[KickTheDog middle finger to Jack]] in order to show him that, even if he wins, he'll still lose.

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* SuicideBomber: SuicideAttack: Apocalypse!Kevin is forced to be this for given a spell by Michael that blows himself up as well as anyone unfortunate enough to be in his way as one giant [[KickTheDog middle finger to Jack]] in order to show him that, even if he wins, he'll still lose.lose.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Dean warns Gabriel that killing Loki and his family wont make him any happier but Gab doesn't care. By the end of the episode Sam asks Gabriel if he feels better and while Gabriel says he's peachy its clear that the ReasonYouSuckSpeech he got from Loki has left him rattled.
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'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\\
'''Season 13, Episode 20:'''

!Unfinished Business

Written by: Meredith Glynn

Directed by: Richard Speight, Jr.

Air date: April 26th, 2018

Thanks to Rowena Sam and Dean are able to track Gabriel to Central City, Colorado in order to make him open a rift to Apocalypse World but find the Archangel in battle with a family of Demigods. Meanwhile in Apocalypse World Michael is making his final moves and leaves a devastating gift for Jack.

!Tropes:
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Gabriel wants revenge against Loki and his family for selling him out to Asmodeus which lead to his seven year long torture session at the Prince of Hell's hands.
* SuicideBomber: Apocalypse!Kevin is forced to be this for Michael as one giant [[KickTheDog middle finger to Jack]] in order to show him that, even if he wins, he'll still lose.

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