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'''Dean:''' So what was his problem?<br> | '''Dean:''' So what was his problem?<br> | ||
'''Tina:''' What wasn't? You're in here getting stunned until the sun comes up, your life is a regular Charlie Foxtrot. | '''Tina:''' What wasn't? You're in here getting stunned until the sun comes up, your life is a regular Charlie Foxtrot. | ||
− | :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers Cheers] was the | + | :''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers Cheers] was the eponymous bar in the '80/'90s sitcom of the same name where, as the theme song said, "everybody knows your name." |
− | + | :''Charlie Foxtrot is an abbreviation for cluster fuck expressed using the NATO phonetic alphabet.'' | |
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'''Tina:''' Stay calm? I'm a friggin' tween, and you look like some One Direction reject, and were in some freaky serial killer basement, I can't- | '''Tina:''' Stay calm? I'm a friggin' tween, and you look like some One Direction reject, and were in some freaky serial killer basement, I can't- | ||
− | :''[http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/ One Direction] is a famous Irish/English boy band formed during the 2010 series of The X-Factor. | + | :''[http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/ One Direction] is a famous Irish/English boy band formed during the 2010 series of The X-Factor.'' |
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'''Dean:''' Okay. We still got some of that witch killing crap in the trunk? | '''Dean:''' Okay. We still got some of that witch killing crap in the trunk? | ||
'''Sam:''' Hell yeah. So we'll get you changed back and light Sabrina's ass up. | '''Sam:''' Hell yeah. So we'll get you changed back and light Sabrina's ass up. | ||
− | :''Sabrina was the name of the witch in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_the_Teenage_Witch a comic book series] and later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina,_the_Teenage_Witch_%28TV_series%29 a 1990s TV series] | + | :''Sabrina was the name of the witch in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_the_Teenage_Witch a comic book series] and later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina,_the_Teenage_Witch_%28TV_series%29 a 1990s TV series.]'' |
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− | '''Gretel:''' In the olden days, if a child went missing... the young died all the time. Now though with all your | + | '''Gretel:''' In the olden days, if a child went missing... the young died all the time. Now though with all your AMBER Alerts and your milk cartons, a person fillets one rugrat and people get so angry.<br> |
'''Dean:''' Yeah, I blame Obama. | '''Dean:''' Yeah, I blame Obama. | ||
+ | :''An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER_Alert AMBER Alert] is child abduction alert system, originated in the United States in 1996. AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.'' | ||
:''Dean's "I blame Obama" is based on a meme which plays off the tendency of people to the right in American politics to blame President Obama for - well - everything. ''' | :''Dean's "I blame Obama" is based on a meme which plays off the tendency of people to the right in American politics to blame President Obama for - well - everything. ''' | ||
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'''Dean:''' And then Kentucky fry them. | '''Dean:''' And then Kentucky fry them. | ||
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'''Sam:''' Look, man do I wish the Mark was gone? Yes of course, absolutely I do. But I wanted you back, and here you are and you didn't Hulk out, I'll take the win. | '''Sam:''' Look, man do I wish the Mark was gone? Yes of course, absolutely I do. But I wanted you back, and here you are and you didn't Hulk out, I'll take the win. | ||
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[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501971/ Nels Lennarson], who played the Bartender, previously played [[Walt and Roy|Walt]] in [[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]. | [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0501971/ Nels Lennarson], who played the Bartender, previously played [[Walt and Roy|Walt]] in [[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]. | ||
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[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009811/ Mark Acheson], who played [[Hansel]], previously played the [[Tooth Fairy]] in [[5.06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future]]. | [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009811/ Mark Acheson], who played [[Hansel]], previously played the [[Tooth Fairy]] in [[5.06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:13, 4 February 2015
Title | About a Boy |
Episode # | Season 10, Episode 12 |
First aired | February 3, 2015 |
Directed by | Serge Ladouceur |
Written by | Adam Glass |
On IMDB | About a Boy |
Outline | |
Monster | Witches Hansel |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Pendleton, Oregon Lebanon, Kansas |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
Music
- "Ashes, the Rain and I" by James Gang
- (plays while Dean is researching the Mark of Cain)
- "Only a Matter of Time" by Headwater
- (playing in the bar when Dean goes to question the bartender about JP)
- "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift
- (plays as Sam and Dean drive off)
Quotes
Dean: Don't say it.
Bum: Aliens.
Dean: He said it.
Sam: Yeah, he did.
Sam: Not great. Turns out JP was about three days from getting evicted. His landlord said the guy blasted Neil Diamond 24/7, and that his bathroom was quote 'like staring into the Devil's butt.'
Dean: That's... vivid.
Sam: And accurate, I saw it.
Dean: You saw the john or-
Dean: I prefer functioning alcoholic.
Sam: Nothing. Okay not nothing This is bizarre, even for us. Dean This is insane, You're like 14, how does it even feel.
Dean: Well, I'm me. I'm old me, but a kid. It's freakin' weird dude, and...
Sam: What
Dean: There was a Taylor Swift song on the bus that I hopped to the motel, and uh, I liked it Sam. I liked it a lot.
Sam: Okay.
Dean: And my voice is weird, and I've got like nine zits, and I have zero control over this; I mean it's up, it's down, it's up for no reason.
Sam: That's enough yeah, no thanks. That's just called puberty.
Sam: Yeah sure. I mean you can drink again in what like, seven years?
Hansel: Because if you're going to fry that candy coated bitch, I want in.
Dean: All the freakin' time.
Trivia & References
Dean: You knew him?
Tina: This isn't exactly Cheers, but yeah. And Don't get me wrong I would not buy a used car from the guy. But he was harmless.
Dean: So what was his problem?
Tina: What wasn't? You're in here getting stunned until the sun comes up, your life is a regular Charlie Foxtrot.
- Cheers was the eponymous bar in the '80/'90s sitcom of the same name where, as the theme song said, "everybody knows your name."
- Charlie Foxtrot is an abbreviation for cluster fuck expressed using the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- One Direction is a famous Irish/English boy band formed during the 2010 series of The X-Factor.
Dean: No clue, some Scarface looking dude, bright light. Next thing I know, I wake up looking like Beiber.
- Justin Beiber was a child pop star who, in a replay of a familiar trope, has grown into a young man whose life is beset with issues related to drugs, alcohol and violence.
Sam: Hell yeah. So we'll get you changed back and light Sabrina's ass up.
- Sabrina was the name of the witch in a comic book series and later a 1990s TV series.
Dean: First time you ever had to say that, huh?
Sam: Big talk from the guy wearing Underoos.
- Underoos are a brand of underwear for children featuring designs based on pop culture characters.
- Hansel and Gretel is a German fable written by Jacob and Wilhem Grimm about two children who are captured by a witch, who wishes to eat them.
Dean: Yeah, I blame Obama.
- An AMBER Alert is child abduction alert system, originated in the United States in 1996. AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.
- Dean's "I blame Obama" is based on a meme which plays off the tendency of people to the right in American politics to blame President Obama for - well - everything. '
- Kentucky Fry is a reference to the famous chicken fast food chain know known as KFC.
- To Hulk Out is to fly into an uncontrollable violent rage, and refers to the behavior of the alter-ego of Marvel's Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Synopsis
- Casting News by Variety
- Promo Stills
- Promo
- Sneak Peek