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5	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6	'''Season 9, Episode 15:'''
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8	!#Thinman
9	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c09c6237569f38ac9c2b032bbe6dc689.jpg]]
10	[[caption-width-right:350:All right, shut up and listen. This is how it's gonna go. You two clowns are gonna get into that mystery machine outside, and you're gonna leave town or I'm gonna put holes in your knees.]]
11	Written by Jenny Klein.
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13	Directed by Jeannot Szwarc.
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15	Air Date: March 4, 2014.
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17	Sam and Dean head out to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springdale,_Washington Springdale, Washington]] to investigate the death of a girl who took a selfie in which a grotesque humanoid appeared. There, they encounter the [[Characters/SupernaturalGhostfacers Ghostfacers]], who seem to have an acquaintance with the monster.
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19	!!Body Count:
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21	For this episode: 5 humans.
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23	For the series so far = At least 1090 angels, 1003 humans (of which 8 were witches), 162 demons, 51 vampires, 49 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 21 gods, 19 zombies, 10 hellhounds, 9 werewolves, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 djinn, 5 shapeshifters, 4 dogs, 4 ghouls, 4 Leviathan, 4 reapers, 2 Amazons, 2 arachnes, 2 kitsunes, 2 rugarus, 2 Thule, 2 vetalas, 1 cat, 1 crocotta, 1 deer, 1 dragon, 1 fairy, 1 familiar, 1 Khan worm, 1 lamia, the Mother of All, 1 okami, 1 phoenix, 1 pishtaco, 1 Purgatory creature, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shojo, 1 shtriga, 1 siren, 1 Titan, 1 wendigo, 1 whore of Babylon, 1 wicked witch, and 1 wraith.
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25	!!Tropes
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27	* BreakingTheFellowship: Harry leaves the Ghostfacers over Ed's deceptions in a {{plot parallel}}ing Sam's struggles with whether or not to forgive Dean.
28	* CallBack: The Ghostfacers return. Previously, they appeared in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E17HellHouse "Hell House" (S01, E17)]] and [[Recap/SupernaturalS03E13Ghostfacers "Ghostfacers" (S03, E13)]] and had an internet cameo in [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E17ItsATerribleLife "It's A Terrible Life" (S04, E17)]].
29	** The possibility of the MonsterOfTheWeek being a tulpa, the creature frame the Ghostfacers’ debut episode.
30	* CaptainErsatz: The Thinman is one of [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]].
31	* IfICantHaveYou: Roger murders Casey because [[EntitledToHaveYou she wouldn't go out with him.]]
32	* KarmicDeath: After murdering people for stupid reasons, Roger is killed in the same manner in which he murdered others - while he was terrified and helpless. The deputy, who was behind the scenes, gets caught unawares by the best friend of the person who ''started'' the Thinman phenomenon.
33	* LittleUselessGun: Dean mocks Harry for "that lady gun tucked into [his] shorts."
34	* {{Mundanger}}: Two non-supernatural guys are responsible for the Thinman killings. This is the third ''Supernatural'' episode to focus on mundane evil. Where [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E15TheBenders "The Benders" (S01, E15)]] involved an isolated clan of [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame human-hunters]] and the {{anti villain}}s of [[Recap/SupernaturalS04E11FamilyRemains "Family Remains" (S04, E11)]] were a pair of abandoned, inbred siblings, the villains here are fully wired into 21st-century social media.
35	* ScoobyDooHoax: What the Thinman ultimately is. Lampshaded:
36	-->'''Ed:''' It's Scooby-Doo time, douchebag. Take off the mask. I know you're not Thinman.
37	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
38	** Sam and Dean are used to killing monsters and some evil humans, but for someone like Harry, an amateur paranormal investigator, it's never a good feeling when you've killed an actual human being, no matter how bad they are; he’s furious and horrified that he had to do so.
39	** As Sam stated, lies ruin relationships, and while he and Dean are trying to, and eventually, rebuild their relationship, it looks like Ed and Harry can’t rebuild theirs.
40	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Harry's reaction when he learns that Ed made Thinman up.

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