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6	'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
7	'''Season 10, Episode 12'''
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9	!About a Boy
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11	Written by Adam Glass.
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13	Directed by Serge Ladouceur.
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15	Air Date: February 3, 2015.
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17	In [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton,_Oregon Pendleton, Oregon]] a man disappears outside of a bar he'd just gotten thrown out of, a disappearance with earmarks of witchcraft. The witch who took the man also takes Dean and a woman named Tina, de-aging all three of them back to adolescence. For Dean this has the unexpected upside of erasing the Mark of Cain.
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20	!!Body Count:
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22	For this episode: 3 humans, one of which was a witch.
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24	For the series so far = At least 1110 angels, 1082 humans (of which 9 were witches), 178 demons, 62 vampires, 49 ghosts, 36 Jefferson Starships, 22 gods, 19 zombies, 12 werewolves, 10 hellhounds, 7 shapeshifters, 7 skinwalkers, 6 changelings, 5 djinn, 5 reapers, 4 dogs, 4 ghouls, 4 Leviathan, 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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26	!!Tropes
27	* AdaptationalVillainy: Hansel from ''Literature/HanselAndGretel'' turns out not to be a victim who rescued his sister but an accomplice who willingly ate her heart.
28	* AnalProbing: A wino who witnessed the first disappearance is hung up on the idea that it was an alien abduction, and launches into a graphic story about the same thing happening to him before Sam and Dean manage to escape.
29	* BrickJoke: As a kid, Dean is horrified that he enjoyed a Taylor Swift song. At the end of the episode, when Dean is back to normal, a Taylor Swift song is playing... and [[GuiltyPleasure Dean is still enjoying it]].
30	* CastingGag: Lesley Nicole, Mrs. Patmore from ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', is a different kind of cook here.
31	* ChildEater: Katja likes to make elaborate meals out of children.
32	* ChildrenAreInnocent: And delicious.
33	* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Why the witch is now abducting adults after de-aging them.
34	* FatteningTheVictim: The witch feeds the de-aged adults dry cake in an attempt to fatten them up.
35	* FountainOfYouth: Katja the witch turns adults into children so she can eat them. She can't just trap children anymore because parents are no longer accustomed to high rates of infant mortality.
36	* GirlOfTheWeek: Tina and Dean have a lot in common, bonding over their shared hard knocks pasts.
37	* ImAHumanitarian: Both Katja and Hansel are child eaters.
38	* IsThatCuteKidYours: After the newly de-aged Dean helps an old woman with her keys, she tells Sam that his son is very polite.
39	* MurderByCremation: Dean shoves the witch into the stove.
40	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: As it turns out, Katja was sent to America by the Grand Coven of Witches in order to deal with Rowena.
41	* TastesLikeChicken: After getting captured by the [[WickedWitch witch]], Dean tries to buy time for Sam to escape by asking if people taste like chicken.
42	-->'''Dean''': So, uh, is it worth it? I mean, word on the street is people kind of taste like chicken.\
43	'''Katjia''': A bit. European [[ChildEater children]] are more, uh, free range, gamier. Americans, though -- ooh – they are heaven. (''Laughs'') Fattier. The meat, so finely marbles, it’s almost buttery. I just can’t get enough. \
44	'''Dean''': Mmm. Awesome.\
45	'''Katjia''': No! I am in awe. This is my first visit to your country. And I have to say God Bless the USA.
46	* WickedWitch: Katja is a classic, child eating example.

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