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6[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Screen_shot_2011-03-02_at_21_12_17_718.png]]
7-->'''Sam:''' I'm just saying, we -- we landed in some dimension where you're Jensen Ackles, and I'm something called a "Jared Padalecki."
8-->'''Dean:''' So what, now you're Polish? Is any of this making any sense to you?
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10In [[Recap/SupernaturalS06E15TheFrenchMistake "The French Mistake" (S06, Ep15)]], [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Balthazar]] explains that [[Characters/SupernaturalArchangels Raphael]] and his forces are going after [[Characters/SupernaturalCastiel Castiel's]] allies, and he needs to send Sam and Dean somewhere safe. Balthazar paints a blood sigil on a window at [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Bobby's]] house and throws Dean and Sam through the window. After Sam and Dean crash through the window, they land on a blue stunt pad and someone yells, "Cut!". They find themselves on the set of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Supernatural]]'', a television show which seems to be based on their own adventures. Everyone addresses them as Creator/JensenAckles and Creator/JaredPadalecki, actors who are not brothers or hunters. Sam and Dean find out that [[TrappedInAnotherWorld this alternate universe where they are trapped]] has no supernatural elements, and that magic and spells do not work, but there also are no angels or demons.
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12!!Tropes:
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14* AdamWesting: The actors and crew in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' have fun with their public personaes, with most of them being portrayed as [[JerkAss jerkasses]].
15%%* BreakingTheFourthWall
16* OneShotCharacter: The entire "French Mistake" universe only appears in "The French Mistake".
17* RealWorldEpisode: This world has no supernatural beings and the events of the apocalypse only occurred on television.
18* RefugeeFromTVLand: Dean and Sam on the set of ''Supernatural'' allows for a lot of LampshadeHanging and AffectionateParody.
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22[[foldercontrol]]
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24[[folder: Jensen Ackles]]
25! Portrayed by Creator/JensenAckles.
26[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5_-_big_Jensen_TV_7587.jpg]]
27[[caption-width-right:300:Dean watching Jensen in Jensen's trailer]]
28
29While the Jensen Ackles of this reality is never seen, except through television clips and magazine pictures, we see enough of Jensen's life and other people's expectation of his behavior to allow for quite a bit of SelfParody, often through [[OtherMeAnnoysMe Dean's reactions]]. Where Jensen Ackles is while Dean Winchester takes his place is never explained.
30
31* ActorAllusion: A guitar is in Jensen's trailer. RealLife Jensen Ackles sing and plays the guitar and has done so professionally.
32* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Dean is able to order an item they need "triple rush" on Jensen's credit card because money is no object.
33* ConspicuousConsumption: He has a 300-gallon aquarium, a large screen television, and a fireplace in his trailer.
34* EasyListening: The music playing in Jensen's trailer.
35* {{Guyliner}}: When the makeup artist removes Dean's foundation, he says, "Oh, crap! I'm a painted whore!"
36* HilariousOuttakes: A large TV is playing the Gag Reel from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''s season 4 in Jensen's trailer.
37* {{Jerkass}}: He and Jared are implied to be quite unpleasant to be around.
38* ManChild: Has a remote control helicopter in his trailer.
39* {{Narcissist}}: He has fan magazines with him on the cover and a large screen TV playing his work in the trailer.
40* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
41** The pictures on top of the mirror are from the make-up trailer. You can see the busted-up face of Jensen from [[Recap/SupernaturalS05E22SwanSong 5.22 "Swan Song"]].
42** This is the real exterior of Jensen's trailer.
43** Jensen does not have an aquarium or a helicopter in his trailer.
44** Both Jared and Jensen are really from Texas.
45** This is real footage of Jensen playing Eric Brady on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' episode 8849 in the year 2000.
46** Jensen got married in 2010 to Creator/DanneelAckles, previously of ''Series/OneTreeHill''. (Note: Danneel's name is misspelled in the pop-up)
47** Jared and Jensen are called "the boys" by the crew.
48* PrettyBoy: Posed on the cover of [[http://titanmagazines.com/t/supernatural/us/11/ issue #11]] of ''Supernatural Magazine''.
49* ShrineToSelf: His trailer.
50* SoapWithinAShow: We see a clip of Jensen as Eric Brady on ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' saying, "Money? What, you think I really care about money, Nicole? I care that you're healthy."
51* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Evidently. He doesn't talk to his co-star, Jared Padalecki and has never been to Genevieve and Jared's home, though he apparently hangs out with Genevieve enough that she's sick of his calling her "Ruby" (though it could just be that she's sick of people in general making that joke).
52* TrophyRoom: We see trophies on the shelves in Jensen's trailer, including a football trophy.
53
54[[/folder]]
55
56[[folder: Jared Padalecki]]
57! Portrayed by Creator/JaredPadalecki.
58[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/PortraitofJared_6424.jpg]]
59[[caption-width-right:300:Portrait hanging in Jared's and Genevieve's mansion]]
60
61The Jared Padalecki of this reality is never shown, except through pictures and portraits in his house. However, Sam and Dean do visit his luxurious home and interact with his wife, Genevieve. The fate of Jared Padalecki while Sam Winchester is present in this reality is unknown.
62
63* AccidentalMisnaming: Dean calls him Padaleski, but Sam corrects him. This is also a case of AccidentallyCorrectWriting, as that's actually how the surname is pronounced in Polish.[[invoked]]
64* AffectionateNickname: He calls his wife Gen.
65* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Sam is able to purchase the wrist bone of a saint, which cost more than $100,000, on Jared's credit card.
66* BigFancyHouse: He lives in a large mansion with chandeliers, wood paneling, stained glass windows, and artwork.
67* ButNotTooWhite: Has a tanning bed in his house.
68* ConspicuousConsumption: He has suits of armor behind his desk.
69* {{Jerkass}}: He and Jensen are implied to be very unpleasant to be around.
70* {{Narcissist}}: He has a very large portrait of himself done in the style of Creator/AndyWarhol and a huge photo of himself on a horse wearing a cowboy hat on the walls of his home.
71* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
72** Jared is sitting in front of the panic room set from Bobby's house. That's Jared's real set chair.
73** Padalecki is a Polish name.
74** This is not Jared's house.
75** The boys do not use tanning beds. They use the safer route of spray tans when necessary.
76** Jared did not know that the wedding pictures of Genevieve and himself were going to be used until the day of filming.
77** The art department composited Jared's face onto this photo. (Referring to the photo of Jared in cowboy gear on a horse)
78** A 'mark' is a piece of tape on the floor telling the actor where to stand. Jensen and Jared always hit their marks without looking.
79** Jared and Jensen are still talking.
80* PrettyBoy: Posed on the cover of [[http://titanmagazines.com/t/supernatural/us/11/ issue #11]] of ''Supernatural Magazine''.
81* RomanceOnTheSet: [[invoked]]Married to Genevieve, whom he met on ''Supernatural''.
82* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Evidently, he does not talk to his co-star, Jensen Ackles.
83[[/folder]]
84
85[[folder: Bob Singer]]
86!Portrayed by Creator/BrianDoyleMurray.
87[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/800px-Anastdean00428_7294.jpg]]
88
89-->''"Fine. Whatever. Season six. Moving on."''
90
91Bob Singer is the director of the episode of ''Supernatural'' within which Sam and Dean find themselves. He is a writer and executive producer of ''Supernatural'', and the character [[Characters/SupernaturalHunters Bobby Singer]] is named after him.
92
93* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Does not want to cut the scene where the brothers sit on the Impala and talk about their feelings because he [[TakeThatCritics does not want the hate mail]].
94* BigNo: When he sees Virgil has a gun.
95* HonoraryUncle: He says that over the years he hopes Jared and Jensen don't think of him as "Director Bob" or "Executive Producer Bob Singer", but as "Uncle Bob".
96* InstantDeathBullet: [[spoiler:When shot by Virgil.]]
97* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Virgil shoots him.]]
98* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
99** Robert Singer has directed 19 episodes of Supernatural and executive produced 125.
100** Robert Singer loves Diet Coke.
101** Robert Singer, Phil Sgriccia and Jim Michaels all worked on the TV series ''[[Series/LoisAndClark Lois and Clark]]''.
102** Robert Singer did not name the character of Bobby Singer after himself - Eric did it while Bob was out of town.
103** The actor playing RS is Brian Doyle-Murray. Eric Kripke is a huge fan and was happy to get him to play the part.
104* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Explains to Sam and Dean that they can not come to work on poppers, smuggle kidneys in from Mexico, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking make up their own lines]].
105* ShoutOut: Describes Creator/DeanCain on [[Series/LoisAndClark "Lois"]] as "a real actor".
106* TheSociopath: Carries hints of it with his complete lack of concern for ''anything'' except getting the episode in the can, with even an actor's murder barely interrupting his talking shop with Eric Kripke. [[spoiler:Kripke's own death gets to him, though.]]
107* TakeThatUs: [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] this towards [[RunningGag Season 6.]]
108* {{Tuckerization}}: Lampshaded, to Sam and Dean's bewilderment.
109-->'''Dean:''' What kind of a douchebag names a character after ''himself''?\
110'''Sam:''' Oh, that's not right.
111
112[[/folder]]
113
114[[folder: Lou Bollo]]
115!Portrayed by Lou Bollo.
116[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/183230_4590.jpg]]
117
118-->''"You know, I oversee all the stunts, coordinate all the fights."''
119
120Lou Bollo is the Stunt Coordinator on ''Supernatural''.
121
122* FunTShirt: Is wearing a [[http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Moose-T-shirt-Baniff-Canada-Size-Small-/200858718666?pt=US_Mens_Tshirts&hash=item2ec41cd1ca John Moose shirt.]]
123* InstantDeathBullet: [[spoiler:When shot by Virgil.]]
124* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Virgil shoots him.]]
125* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He slaps Dean on the rear when he congratulates Dean on a "good solid fall".
126* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
127** This is Lou Bollo. He really is the stunt coordinator, and has patterned shorts like this custom made.
128[[/folder]]
129
130[[folder: Serge Ladouceur]]
131!Portrayed by Art Kitching.
132[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-Anastdean03361_3760.jpg]]
133[[caption-width-right:300:Serge casually [[DodgeThebullet dodging]] [[spoiler:Virgil]]'s bullet.]]
134
135-->''"Serviceable."''
136
137Serge Ladouceur is the director of photography for the show Sam and Dean find themselves in.
138
139* DodgeTheBullet: When Virgil starts shooting on the set, Serge dodges ''two'' shots without so much as blinking, then casually walks off the set.
140* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature included:
141** Serge Ladouceur is the show's Director of Photography; he's worked on every episode of Supernatural except the pilot.
142** Serge always has his handy dandy laser pointer to show the crew which lights to move.
143** Serge is always calm and collected.
144%%* TheStoic
145[[/folder]]
146
147[[folder: Kevin Parks]]
148!Portrayed by Jason Bryden.
149[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/800px-Anastdean00451_6205.jpg]]
150
151-->''"Well, we can clean up, reset the window, takes about 95 minutes, basically. So, we'd have to blow off the scene where they sit on the impala and talk about their feelings."''
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153Kevin Parks is the First Assistant Director in the episode of ''Supernatural'' within which Sam and Dean find themselves.
154
155* DrugsAreBad: He assumes Jared and Jensen are on drugs, because of the [[OutOfCharacterAlert strange behaviors]] of Sam and Dean.
156* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Virgil shoots him in the back.]]
157* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Virgil shoots him.]]
158* PolishTheTurd: Says they may be able to use the footage of Sam and Dean acting as something experimental since they have all the lines being said in bits and pieces.
159* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
160** Kevin Parks is the assistant direction on the "odd"-numbered episodes of Supernatural.
161** John [=MacCarthy=] is the assistant direction on the "even"-numbered episodes of Supernatural.
162** The assistant director is always with the camera, not by video village as he is here.
163* ReactionShot: He looks baffled and disgusted when Sam and Dean are "acting".
164[[/folder]]
165
166[[folder: Misha Collins]]
167!Portrayed by Creator/MishaCollins.
168[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SUPERNATURAL-The-French-Mistake-Season-6-Episode-15-5_9814.jpg]]
169[[caption-width-right:300:Hola, mishamigos. J-squared got me good.]]
170
171-->''"You guys! You really punked me! I'm totally gonna tweet this one."''
172
173Misha Collins plays [[Characters/SupernaturalAngels Castiel]] in ''Supernatural'', and seems to enjoy tweeting about what happens on set.
174
175* AdamWesting: RealLife Misha Collins [[http://searchizz.com/video/HspNrsSBcTE asked the writers]] to make the Misha character a [[JerkAss total douchebag]].
176* ButtMonkey: When Sam and Dean become upset because he is reading lines and is not Castiel, he assumes they are playing a prank on him.
177* CharacterBlog: RealLife Misha Collins sent the [[https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/41319367685832704 same]] [[https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/41369246122524672 tweets]] this episode's Misha wrote [[NoFourthWall as the episode aired]]. He later blamed this on [[https://twitter.com/mishacollins/status/41385506159853569 his phone being stolen]] and sent to a [[AlternateUniverse parallel universe]].
178* DangerTakesABackseat: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Misha's tweet: "Ever get that feeling someone's in the backseat? [[{{Emoticon}} :-( ]]"
179* DistressedDude: Lets out a girly squeal when Virgil pulls a knife on him.
180* DressedInLayers: Misha loosens his tie and unbuttons his dress shirt to reveal a blue t-shirt, which also reveals he is a human actor instead of an angel of the Lord.
181* GratuitousForeignLanguage / NewAgeRetroHippie: Misha's [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tikistitch/7652344914/ t-shirt]] says [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namaste Namaste.]]
182* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Is apparently regurlarly pranked by Jensen and Jared and he immediately announces to his followers on twitter that he feels like he belongs (after just two years on the show).
183* InelegantBlubbering: While Virgil has a knife at his throat.
184* {{Jerkass}}: Casually pushes around crew members who just want to be helpful and tattles on Jensen and Jared's suspicious package.
185* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Virgil slits his throat.]]
186* MaliciousSlander: He tweets that Jared and Jensen had a late one last night, and also that Jared and Jensen are involved in [[OrganTheft a black-market organ thing]].
187* PerpetualSmiler: If Misha is not playing Castiel or being held at knife-point, he is smiling. His smile after thinking they put out new pages, is one of the first clues for Sam and Dean that he is not Castiel.
188* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
189** This is not Misha's real voice.
190** Misha often tweets and has dubbed his followers "minions". He currently has 150,000 followers and won the Best of Twitter 2009 award.
191** J-squared refers to Jensen and Jared's name both starting with the letter 'J'.
192** Misha is actually nice - he doesn't push crew members.
193** Translation of IMHO: In My Honest Opinion.[[note]]This is incorrect: It's actually In My ''Humble'' Opinion.[[/note]]
194** Translation of ROTFLMAO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off.
195** Misha Collins is alive and well.
196* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: While running lines or acting on set, he has Castiel's deeper voice, as opposed to Misha's normal voice.
197* ThePrimaDonna: Shoves the make up person fixing his hair on set, when they are ready to start the scene. When another crew member wishes him good night, Misha addresses him as "little fella".
198* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Virgil uses Misha's blood to contact Raphael using the goblet.]]
199%%* TearsOfFear
200* TotallyRadical: Parodies Real Life Misha's use of slang words in his tweets.
201* WithThisRing: Wears RealLife Misha Collin's wedding ring, while Castiel's fingers are usually unadorned and [[Characters/SupernaturalOtherHumans Jimmy Novak]] wears a plain gold band.
202[[/folder]]
203
204[[folder: Genevieve Padalecki]]
205!Portrayed by Creator/GenevievePadalecki.
206[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/800px-Anastdean01748_2961.jpg]]
207
208-->''"It's an alpaca, dumbass."''
209
210Genevieve Padalecki is married to Jared, and played [[Characters/SupernaturalDemons Ruby]] on ''Supernatural''.
211
212* AffectionateNickname: She calls Sam, whom she believes to be her husband, "hon".
213* CharityBall: Goes to the [[FakeCharity International Otter Adoption]] charity dinner.
214* EnormousEngagementRing: Wears a large diamond wedding ring.
215* HystericalWoman: With [[YourMakeupIsRunning running eye makeup]], after she finds out [[spoiler:Misha was stabbed to death.]]
216* IAmNotSpock: [[invoked]]Dean calls her Ruby, and based on her reaction, this is probably something that Jensen does as well.
217* LittleBlackDress: To go to the International Otter Adoption charity dinner.
218* {{Narcissist}}: She has a very large portrait of herself done in the style of Creator/AndyWarhol hanging on the wall of her home.
219* NatureLover: Claims alpaca is the greenest animal.
220* OneHeadTaller: She stands on her toes to kiss Sam, whom she believes to be her husband.
221* OutOfCharacterAlert: She believes her husband has been working too hard and has "been Sam Winchester way too long", when Sam behaves very differently than Jared.
222* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
223** Jared and Genevieve do not own an Alpaca - we don't think.
224** Jared and Genevieve met on the set of SPN Season 4.
225** Jared and Genevieve got married in February 2010 in Idaho. That is their real wedding picture.
226** That is Genevieve's real wedding ring.
227* RomanceOnTheSet: [[invoked]] Married to Jared, whom she met on ''Supernatural''.
228[[/folder]]
229
230[[folder: Clif Kosterman]]
231!Portrayed by Phil Hayes.
232[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/800px-Anastdean02064_3638.jpg]]
233
234-->''"So I don't mean to pry, but, uh, why are we picking up packages at 8:00 a.m. that haven't cleared customs yet?"''
235
236Clif Kosterman is one of the drivers who take Jared and Jensen home from the studio. He helps Sam and Dean with some errands believing they are Jared and Jensen.
237
238* AccidentalMisnaming: Sam calls him Clint.
239* AllInTheEyes: Looking at Sam and Dean in the rear-view mirror.
240* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
241** Jared and Jensen both have drivers and get picked up in [=SUVs=] for work. Their drivers are usually Cliff and John. (Note Clif Kosterman's name is mispelt in the pop-up)
242%%* TheDriver
243* TheStoolPigeon: He tells Bob Singer Jared and Jensen are smuggling illegal stuff in from Mexico.
244[[/folder]]
245
246[[folder: Sera Gamble]]
247!Voiced by unnamed actor.
248[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/800px-Anastdean02727_6137.jpg]]
249
250-->''"Spell it out for me, please. What is our terror-alert level here?"''
251
252Sera Gamble is the show runner for ''Supernatural'', who took over from Eric Kripke for Season 6. Bob Singer calls her concerned that Jared and Jensen have lost any talent they had. She offers to fly to Vancouver from Los Angeles, but Jim Michaels is afraid Jared and Jensen don't really know her.
253
254* EnsignNewbie: Even though she is in charge of the show, it seems like she still needs to prove herself because she is new.
255* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
256** Sera Gamble is the show's executive producer. This is not her real voice.
257** Sera and the other producers reside in Los Angeles.
258* QuicklyDemotedWoman: While not actually demoted, she is asked to step aside for Kripke.
259* TheVoice: She is not seen in the episode.
260[[/folder]]
261
262
263[[folder: Mike Carpenter and Todd Scott]]
264!Portrayed by Mike Carpenter and Todd Scott.
265[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/150px-Vlcsnap-2011-03-05-23h55m03s240_513.png]]
266
267Stunt doubles for Jared and Jensen in ''Supernatural''.
268
269* GoodOldFisticuffs: Participating in a staged fight on a green screen before being called to help break up a fight between Sam and Dean.
270* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
271** That was not Jared and Jensen - it was Todd and Mike their stunt doubles. (Refers to scene of Sam and Dean going through window)
272** Jensen's real stunt double Todd is holding him back. Jared's real stunt double Mike is holding him back.
273* StuntDouble: Jensen's and Jared's stunt doubles.
274[[/folder]]
275
276[[folder: Jim Michaels]]
277!Portrayed by Garwin Sanford.
278[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eKmFA_1969.png]]
279
280-->''"This is Jim here, Sera, and it wasn't all the way to death. [[OnlyMostlyDead Only partway]], so that's a plus."''
281
282Jim Michaels is a Co-executive Producer of Supernatural, who participates in the conference call to Sera Gamble.
283
284* TheIdealist: Points out that Jared and Jensen did not actually kill the extra.
285* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
286** Jim Michaels is co-executive producer, and is the only producer who lives in Canada during the season.
287[[/folder]]
288
289[[folder: Eric Kripke]]
290!Portrayed by Creator/MicahHauptman.
291[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/800px-Anastdean03282_7189.jpg]]
292
293-->''"It's totally, totally awful. Yeah. It got us the front page of Variety, though. Did you see that?"''
294
295Creator/EricKripke is the creator of ''Supernatural'' and was the show runner before he handed this over to Sera Gamble.
296
297* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:After Virgil shoots him.]]
298* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:When lying dead in the road with his arms out stretched.]]
299* DeathIsDramatic: [[spoiler:The show's creator has the most dramatic death scene.]]
300* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Virgil repeatedly shoots him.]]
301* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: [[invoked]] Points out that Misha Collins' death put the show on the front page of ''Variety''.
302* PopUpTrivia: On the Season 6 Blu-Ray special feature includes:
303** Eric did not sell "Octocobra".
304** Eric Kripke is the creator, writer and executive producer of Supernatural.
305** Eric was [[spoiler:pleased with his death scene.]] He is also alive and well.
306* ReclusiveArtist: [[invoked]] Working in a secluded cabin on his [[Main/{{Pilot}} pilot]] for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Octocobra]]''.
307* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler:Allows for a dramatic death scene.]]
308[[/folder]]
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