1.11 Scarecrow
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| Promotional image from Scarecrow | |
| Title | Scarecrow |
| Episode # | Season 1, Episode 11 |
| First aired | 10 January, 2006 |
| Directed by | Kim Manners |
| Written by | John Shiban |
| On IMDB | http://imdb.com/title/tt0713620/ |
| Outline | Sam and Dean argue and part ways; Dean to a hunt in Indiana, and Sam seeking John in California. |
| Monster | Vanir |
| Timeline | four days between 8-15 April, 2006 |
| Location(s) | Burkittsville, Indiana |
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Contents
Summary
Characters
- Dean Winchester
- Sam Winchester
- John Winchester
- Meg Masters
- Emily
- Harley (Emily’s uncle)
- Stacey (Emily’s aunt)
Music
See the Music page for more details.
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi
- Bad Company – Bad Company
Production
- Filming Location(s): Deer Lake; Burnaby Village Museum on Deer Lake Ave.
Quotes
Pad of Definitions
Trivia
This episode is supposed to have taken place in Burkittsville, Indiana. The movie "The Blair Witch Project" is supposed to have taken place in Burkittsville, Maryland.
References
Vince: [seeing the Scarecrow] Check it out. If I only had a brain...
- A reference to the Scarecrow character from The Wizard of Oz book and movie. All the main characters in Oz lack something they wish for The Wizard to give them; in Scarecrow's case, it is a brain. The line itself is from the famous 1939 movie musical, in which Scarecrow and the others sing "If I Only Had a Brain"...
Dean: Hi, my name’s John Bonham.
Scotty: Isn’t that the drummer for Led Zeppelin?
Stacy: Sweetheart, that’s what sacrifice means. Giving up something you love for the greater good. The town needs to be safe. The good of the many outweighs the good of the one.
- Possibly a reference to lines from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan:
- Spock: Were I to invoke logic, however, logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
- Kirk: Or the one.
Dean: Let’s just shag ass before Leatherface catches up.
- Leatherface is the main villian of the 1974 horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its sequels (and the 2003 remake).
Others...
- This episode is set in Burkittsville, which was also the name of the town in which The Blair Witch Project was set.
- The urban legend of this episode (immigrants bringing their old gods to worship in a new country) seems to be influenced by the plot of the Neil Gaiman sci-fi novel American Gods, in which the deities of ancient mythology (Odin, Loki, Thoth, etc) are remanifested and recruited to fight the New American Gods. Kripke has said he is an avid fan of Gaiman's work.
