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5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 7, Episode 11'''
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8	!!Adventures In Babysitting
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10	Written by Adam Glass.
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12	Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
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14	Air Date: January 6, 2012.
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16	Still reeling after [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E10DeathsDoor what happened to Bobby]], Dean becomes dangerously obsessed with finding a way to take down Dick Roman. Meanwhile, Sam decides to help a teenage girl look for her father, a hunter who has gone missing. Sam traces his last steps to a truck stop where the help turns out to be not-so-friendly.
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18	!!Body Count:
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20	For this episode = 2 humans and 2 vetalas.
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22	For the series so far = At least 771 humans (of which 6 were witches), 89 demons, 55 angels, 36 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 26 vampires, 19 zombies, 14 gods, 9 hellhounds, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 shapeshifters, 4 ghouls, 3 djinn, 2 Arachnes, 2 dogs, 2 kitsunes, 2 vetalas, 2 werewolves, 1 crocotta, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, 1 Leviathan, the Mother of All, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 reaper, 1 rugaru, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, and 1 wraith.
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24	!!Tropes
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26	* BaitAndSwitch: The MonsterOfTheWeek appears to be the hooker, but it's actually the waitress. Then it happens again when Sam comes on the scene -- turns out both the waitress ''and'' the hooker are vetalas.
27	* CameraSpoofing: Rather than evade the extensive surveillance set-up, Frank just taps into it so they can use the cameras to do their job for them.
28	* ChildSoldier: Krissy is fourteen, yet a trained Hunter, with one kill under her belt by the end of the episode.
29	* ContinuityNod: A newspaper clipping on Dean's demon-tracking wall shows that [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E09HowToWinFriendsAndInfluenceMonsters Biggersons has announced a recall of 'contaminated meat']].
30	* ForcedToWatch: Krissy watched her mother get torn apart, and nearly witnesses her father's death too.
31	* HairpinLockpick: Dean is smart enough to demand Krissy's lockpick after cuffing her to the steering wheel, but she gets free using a bobby pin.
32	* HandshakeSubstitute: Krissy is not impressed by Dean's offer of a fist bump, especially when Dean uses it to cuff her. At the end of the episode, she offers her own.
33	* HardWorkMontage: Subverted; it's actually a mourning-and-work montage, so involves a lot of drinking, staring into space, and not much communication between the brothers.
34	* HarmfulToMinors: Dean gives Krissy a worried look at the sight of a prostitute chatting up a trucker. When Krissy asks why a waitress is climbing into the truck's cabin, Dean snaps that he's not going to explain the "R-rated" stuff, but it turns out to be the demon getting rid of the evidence.
35	* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: The episode opens with a Hunter being taken down by a demon. When Sam goes to investigate, he ends up a DistressedDude himself. Not willing to see Dean disappear as well, Krissy forces him to take her along.
36	* ImpairmentShot: Lee after his drink is spiked by the waitress.
37	* ImpostorExposingTest: Frank and Dean cut themselves to [[BlackBlood prove they're not Leviathans]], though Dean has to talk Frank out of [[ComedicSociopathy shooting off his foot]].
38	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Sam tells Krissy to get coffee while looking for Lee Chambers demon-tracking wall. Dean [[NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse just tells her to leave the room]], but it turns out Krissy knows all about TheMasquerade anyway.
39	* ItsPersonal: Krissy is avenging the death of her mother. Even Frank, ostensibly a mercenary, is in the business after the death of his family.
40	* IShallTauntYou: Sam does this so the Vetala will feed on him instead of Lee, who's almost been drained past the fatal point.
41	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Creator/MeghanOry, who plays Sally the Vetala, played Rachel Berrisford in ''Series/DarkAngel'', the LostLenore of Creator/JensenAckles's character Alec [=McDowell=].
42	* KidSidekick: Much to Dean's exasperation.
43	* OhCrap: Frank is checking out the SinisterSurveillance cameras when he sees one pointed right at them.
44	* LittleMissBadass / LittleMissSnarker: Krissy
45	* LittleStowaway: Krissy memorized and burnt her father's demon-tracking map so Dean would be forced to take her along.
46	* MouthyKid: Krissy.
47	* PoorCommunicationKills: Almost -- Dean is asleep when Sam calls, so can't tell Sam that Vetala work in pairs. Turns out he hunted a couple while Sam was in college, and never got round to passing on that information.
48	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: A muted version, but Dean has every intention of hunting Roman down and killing him.
49	* ShoutOut: The title to, well, ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting''.
50	* StepfordSmiler: Frank is revealed to be one. Krissy has a touch of this too, as her father instructed her to pretend all was normal about their lives.
51	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At first. They bond by the end of the episode.
52	* TheUnSmile: In a heartbreaking example, Dean at the end of the episode.
53	* TrojanPrisoner: Krissy ends up being this, as she's hiding a silver knife on her.
54	* WouldHurtAChild: The Vetala hold Krissy hostage, forcing Dean to drop his knife. Then they announce they'll kill her anyway to LeaveNoWitnesses. Fortunately Krissy can dish it out as well.

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