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5	!Mint Condition
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7	Written by: Davy Perez
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9	Directed by: Amyn Kaderali
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11	Air date: November 1st, 2018
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13	HALLOWEEN HORROR – Dean continues to struggle. Meanwhile, Sam must think fast when action figures come to life and the hunters find themselves living in a real-life horror movie.
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15	!!Tropes
16	* AnAesop: Samantha refers to Jordan as their personal Willy Wonka, indicating she completely missed the point. In both the book and the film, Willy Wonka didn't reward children with everything their hearts desired. He tested them and then punished them if they gave in to self-indulgence and committed acts of greed, avarice or deception. Charlie was only rewarded after he refused to profit by selling his gobstopper.
17	* AffectionateParody: The ''All Saints Day'' ShowWithinAShow franchise is one towards {{Slasher Film}}s, lampooning various trends of the genre such as an ImplacableMan villain shouting catch-phrases, copious amounts of {{Gorn}}, and TheEighties clothing and hair styles. Dean and Dirk are both huge fans of the series, and he's very excited when a ghost actually possesses a full-body mock-up of the bad guy.
18	* AmusingInjuries: Stuart's injuries from being beat up by an action figure, although potentially traumatizing in real life, are played for comedy.
19	-->'''Dean:'''The hospital report said that you had marks on your face, your legs, your back, and your genitals. That's not a slip and fall.
20	* AnArmAndALeg: Hatchet Man digs his hatchet into a janitor's leg in one of the movies.
21	* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
22	-->'''Sam:''' I want to check up on you. You doing okay? You haven't really come out of your room in almost a week.
23	-->'''Dean:''' Well, since when is "okay" part of this job?
24	* AssholeVictim: Stuart is a thief, argumentative, short-tempered and generally unpleasant to be around or deal with. He trolls the internet, helps himself to a [[StickyFingers five-finger discount]], and generally leaches off his friends and family.
25	* BrutalHonesty:
26	--> '''Stuart:''' He said I couldn't beat up Superman.
27	--> '''Samantha:''' Okay. Again, Superman is not real. And I've seen you get winded eating a taco.
28	--> '''Stuart:''' Okay. That doesn't matter. If I had kryptonite gloves I could beat up Superman. Anyone could. That's science, Sam!"
29	* CatchPhrase: The Hatchet Man doll once possessed by Jordan is limited to pre-recorded responses including:
30	** "It's time to slice and dice..."
31	** "I like it when they run..."
32	** "We all do bad things sometimes..."
33	** "Trick or treat!"
34	** "Knock, knock. Time to die."
35	** "You can't run from Hatchet Man."
36	* ClarkKentOutfit: At the beginning of the case, Dean dresses in a shirt and khakis and throughout the episode adds to his outfit piece by piece until he's wearing a tacky blazer, ugly tie, and big thick glasses, looking like a mild-mannered insurance agent until someone is needed to save the day.
37	* ContinuityNod:
38	** The show addresses the source of Sam's hatred of Halloween, a disdain that was initially introduced in the first five minutes of the pilot episode.
39	** Hell Hazers is the franchise being filmed in [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon season 2's Hollywood Babylon episode]]
40	** One of the matching Halloween costume themes that Dean proposes to Sam is WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle. That cartoon was the source for Crowley nicknaming the brothers "Moose and Squirrel".
41	*** Another suggested matching costume is [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Shaggy And Scooby-Doo]], whom the Winchesters met [[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural last season.]]
42	** After giving Sam a hard time for growing out his beard, Dean now mocks him for shaving.
43	-->'''Sam:''' Yes. I shaved.
44	-->'''Dean:''' I mean it's so smooth. It's like a dolphin's belly.
45	** Dean claims they are with "Campbell and Sons Insurance. This may be allude to the Campbells, Mary's side of the family.
46	* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: The Hatchet Man mannequin possessed by Jordan is about to kill Dean when Dirk stabs him from behind. However, all it does is piss the ghost off.
47	* CreepyDoll: The panthro doll moves on its own and eventually attacks
48	* CutHimselfShaving: Stuart recants his story of Panthro attacking him and tells Sam and Dean that he just fell.
49	* EliminationCatchphrase: Hatchet Man's phrase before killing.
50	-->'''Hatchet Man:''' Time to slice and dice...
51	* TheEndOrIsIt: After Sam and Dean destroy the ghost and leave town, an orderly from the hospital finds the Hatchet Man mannequin. It's vaguely implied that the killer may or not be truly dead as a nod to similar endings in slasher films.
52	* FreezeFrameBonus: The Chiller TV advertisement at the beginning of the episode featured Blink and You'll Miss it footage from Route 666, The Benders, and Dead Man's Blood, including a cameo of John Winchester's hand in one flash and his back in another.
53	* GirlfriendInCanada: Stuart claims to have learned about burning sage from his super hot, wiccan, goth girlfriend who lives in Canada, but says she was too dramatic so he dumped her before they could meet in real life.
54	* TheGrinch: When they're passed by a group of tricker treating kids who yell "Boo!", Sam can barely muster up a half-hearted "ahh!"
55	-->'''Dean:'''Still not a fan of Halloween, huh?
56	-->'''Sam:''' Nope.
57	-->'''Dean:''' So lame...
58	* HalloweenSpecial: A horror-movie themed episode that aired the day after Halloween. In the episode, tricker treaters are seen throughout the day.
59	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: When Sam {{MacGyver\|ing}}s an explosive to break out of the store, Samantha asks him how he possibly knows that, which Sam dismisses with a laconic "I had a messed up childhood".
60	* InternetJerk: Sam discovers that the reason Stuart recanted his story is due to the amount of Internet harassment he was receiving.
61	-->'''Dean:''' Gotta love the internet. Where everyone can be a dick.
62	* {{Jerkass}}: Stuart comes off as petty, irresponsible and quick to anger, spending his time on the internet being little more than a {{Troll}}, getting into fights for ridiculous reasons and stealing from the store. [[LaserGuidedKarma The final one gets him in trouble when Jordan possesses the Panthro doll he grabbed and uses it to beat his ass.]]
63	* {{MacGyvering}}: Sam escapes the locked, shatter-proof glass encased book store by creating an improvised explosive device using cleaning products and a lunch box.
64	* MadeOfIncendium: Averted. The keychain is difficult to burn until Samantha finds ethyl alcohol and they submerge it and set the liquid on fire.
65	* ManChild: Stuart is an emotionally immature adult obsessed with nerdy things to the point where he'll almost get into a fight over any [[invoked]]FandomEnragingMisconception, and was apparently spoiled rotten by his indulgent mother.
66	* MurderousMannequin: The life-sized replica of Hatchet Man is possessed by Jordan and used to go after Stuart for stealing.
67	* OddFriendship: Dirk and Dean get along surprisingly well, bonding over their nearly-obsessive love of the Hatchet Man series.
68	* OnlySaneMan: Samantha to Dirk and Stuart.
69	* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: Inverted. Not only is Jordan easy to see, Stuart conveniently has a group picture of Jordan, his old boss who fired him on multiple occasions for stealing, Dirk, his former roommate and ex-best friend whom he's currently mad at, and Samantha, his current boss who has to yell at him daily, conveniently all in front of the comic book store.
70	* ResolvedNoodleIncident: Sam reveals that the real reason he hates Halloween is because he got so nervous after being invited to a Halloween by his crush, Andrea Howell, that he puked at the party during Bobbing for Apples, throwing up all over his date and sending all the partygoers scattering, leaving Sam mortified and forever hating Halloween.
71	* ShopliftAndDie: Jordan’s violent campaign against Stuart was triggered because he kept treating Jordan’s shop like it was his own personal toy store, pinching anything that caught his fancy.
72	* ShoutOut: This episode is chocked to the gills with shoutouts.
73	** The comic store has a mannequin wearing a Red Hood costume from the ''{{Franchise/Batman}}'' comics and animated films; Jensen Ackles voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
74	** The comic bookstore is disproportionately stocked with DC Comics merchandising. Justified since CW and DC films and shows are both produced by Warner Brothers, so there's no licensing to be dealt with.
75	** Shocker TV may be a reference to Chiller TV, a now-defunct horror movie channel that ceased operations at the conclusion of December 2017.
76	** The store also has unnamed by obvious replica figurines of [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kreuger]] and [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Vorhees]].
77	** WesternAnimation/ThunderCats: Panthro is mentioned by name.
78	** Stuart insults a customer by calling them a "mongloid [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries tribble]] in a robotic exoskeleton built by [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark's]] inbred third cousin" after the customer tells Jordan he can't beat up {{Franchise/Superman}}.
79	** Dean points out that Samantha shares many similarities with Sam, claiming the two are ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Wonder Twins]]''!
80	-->'''Dean:''' Soft, delicate features, luxurious hair. She's like your Wonder Twin
81	** When Sam checks in with Dean at the beginning of the episode, Dean says he's already watched {{Franchise/Halloween}}.
82	** Sam gives their aliases as Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore, lead singer and guitarist respectively of the rock band Deep Purple.
83	** Stuart and his roommate have a blowout argument about which version of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Fist of the North Star]] is better, dubbed or original audio.
84	** At Stuart's mom's house, Dean drinks out of a ''Franchise/TheFlash'' mug.
85	** Stuart rage quits ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''. In response, Dean claims to be a lifelong ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' fan.
86	** Stuart has a ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' poster in his basement. Dean stops and looks at it before he himself is attacked by a floating chainsaw.
87	** The comic book store is located in [[SalemIsWitchCountry Salem]].
88	** Samantha refers to Jordan as [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory their own personal Willy Wonka]].
89	** Sam uses a {{Franchise/ScoobyDoo}} lunch box to make his IED.
90	* ShowWithinAShow: The ''All Saints Day'' movie franchise that stars the Hatchet Man, and through which Dean connects with Dirk.
91	* StickyFingers: Jordan fired Stuart for stealing from the store when he was alive. Stuart still pilfers things, although now he pretty much buys them by having his pay docked. Jordan's ghost doesn't seem to get this part.
92	* StrangerDanger: Averted. While Dean isn't particularly worried about the people in the bunker he does remind Sam that he doesn't know any of them and that's a perfectly valid reason to stay in his room rather than going into other parts of the bunker.
93	* SurveillanceStationSlacker: The hospital security guards are so hilariously distracted by their slasher movie marathon, they don't even realize the movie is being re-enacted in their hospital mere feet away.
94	* ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree: Stuart chews out the pizza shop for not delivering his pizza on time.
95	* TrailOfBlood: After Stuart is attacked, Dean follows the trail of blood back to the basement where he is also attacked by a floating chainsaw.

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