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5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 6, Episode 12'''
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8	!Like A Virgin
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10	Written by Adam Glass.
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12	->'''Sam:''' So, what kind of thing likes virgins and gold.
13	->'''Dean:''' P. Diddy?
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15	Directed by Philip Sgriccia.
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17	Air Date: February 4, 2011.
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19	Young women with no apparent connection have been disappearing from Oregon; after discovering that all of them are virgins, the brothers conclude that dragons are responsible.
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21	!!Body Count:
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23	For this episode = 1 human, 1 dragon.
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25	For the series so far = At least 440 humans (of which 6 were witches), 77 demons, 33 ghosts, 26 vampires, 19 zombies, 14 gods, 11 angels, 9 hellhounds, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 shapeshifters, 4 ghouls, 3 djinn, 2 werewolves, 2 dogs, 1 crocotta, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 lamia, 1 okami, 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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27	!Tropes
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29	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The dragons make use of one.
30	* ArbitrarySkepticism: The Loch Ness Monster exists, but there's no way dragons do.
31	* BigBad: The dragons that are kidnapping virgins. It's revealed that the dragons are trying to open a portal to Purgatory to let [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Eve]] out and needed a suitable virgin vessel for her.
32	* ContinuityNod: Sam calls Dean out for stealing Penny's diary much like he did for Dean's theft of Angela's diary in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E04ChildrenShouldntPlayWithDeadThings "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" (S02, E04)]].
33	* CuttingTheKnot: Using [[StuffBlowingUp explosives]] to remove (some of) the sword from the stone.
34	-->"We're just going to have to get a little closer, that's all."
35	* DragonHoard: Dean finds a small pile of gold items that the dragon has been collecting. [[{{Plunder}} He can't resist helping himself to it]].
36	* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Dramatic music plays as Dean tries to yank out a [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield Sword In The Stone]], only for [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand the air to escape from the band]] as he fails miserably. The music cranks up again as Dean has another go. Nope, he still can't get it out.
37	-->''Oh, [[{{Catchphrase}} son of a bitch]], that's really on there!''
38	** [[FromBadToWorse And then Dean blows up the stone]], causing ''half'' of the sword to pop out.
39	* GentlemanAndAScholar: Name-dropped by Dean in sarcastic reference to Bobby.
40	* GirlyGirl: Opening kidnapping victim Penny Desertine is a shy woman who is still a virgin at the age of twenty-two, and not for religious reasons. Dean compares her to a kid, citing the pink and flower-embroidered decor, immaturely decorated diary, and [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals teddy bears]] in her bedroom.
41	* NoodleIncident: What did Bobby do to piss off Dr. Visyak? The implication seems to be she's his NewOldFlame.
42	* OhCrap: Dean's facial reaction to Castiel describing Sam's soul as feeling like it had been skinned alive.
43	* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Beautifully parodied with dramatic music and posing.
44	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They can apparently transform into the usual flying reptile, but this is only seen as a shadow during the TheTeaser. On-screen, the dragons take human form, and instead of breathing fire they can emit heat from their hands.
45	** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen According to]] [[WordOfGod Adam Glass]], there was going to be a line in the episode where one of the dragons tells Dean this:
46	--->Your army was defeated and your kingdom burned to the ground - who are you going to tell your king did it? Me a man, or a sixty foot, fire-breathing serpent snake from Hell?
47	* ShoutOut:
48	** Sam searches the Internet for "fire", "claws", "flying", "stealing virgins", and "gold" and is consistently directed to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fansites.
49	** When Dean is taking to Dr. Visyak, he makes a reference to twelve-sided dice. Twelve-sided dice (d12s) are commonly used in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
50	** "Mother of what? [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireDaenerysTargaryen Mother of Dragons]]?"
51	** "Could you make a few calls?" "To who? [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]?"
52	** "Dad never wrote anything about dragons. I promise. I'd remember if I read ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' in there."
53	** "Great. Back to the lore." "Which says what? That they live in [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Middle-earth]]?"
54	* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Sam mentions to Cas that Bobby "told [him] everything", Cas assumes that this means Sam knows about his being soulless for the past year-and-a-half. As such, Sam plays along, asking Cas to fill him in on some of the details that he's "hazy" on. [[BaitAndSwitch However]], this trope is actually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because Bobby did no such thing; Sam lied to get Cas to reveal this info.
55	* {{Squick}}: The boys' InUniverse reaction to the book being made of human skin.
56	* TitledAfterTheSong: "Like A Virgin" by Music/{{Madonna}} from [[Music/LikeAVirgin the album of the same name]].
57	* VirginSacrifice: Opens Purgatory, lets out the "Mother of All", and gives her a body.
58	** With touches of AppeaseTheVolcanoGod, since the virgin is thrown off a cliff into a fiery crevasse.
59	* VowOfCelibacy: The victim who escapes the dragon wore a purity ring as a symbol of her promise not to have sex until she's married. Sam and Dean realize that she escapes being kidnapped because she'd broken that promise.
60	* TheUnHug: Castiel goes to hug Sam, who balks and avoids it.
61	* WhatTheHellHero: Doubles as a ContinuityNod back to [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E04ChildrenShouldntPlayWithDeadThings season two]]:
62	-->'''Dean:''' Penny's diary.\
63	'''Sam:''' Did you steal that from her room?\
64	'''Dean:''' [[HesBack I love that you even ask me that]].\
65	'''Sam:''' [[SayingTooMuch And why wouldn't I?]]\

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