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Revision as of 10:50, 30 January 2016
Title | Just My Imagination |
Episode # | Season 11, Episode 8 |
First aired | December 2, 2015 |
Directed by | Richard Speight, Jr. |
Written by | Jenny Klein |
On IMDB | Just My Imagination |
Outline | Sam's old imaginary friend Sully comes back into his life looking for his help after learning other imaginary friends are being mysteriously killed. |
Monster | Human |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Menomonie, Wisconsin Lebanon, Kansas |
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Contents
Synopsis
Characters
Definitions
- Aliases
- Costumes & Disguises
- The Darkness
- Dead Guy Robe
- Dean's Monster Mashups
- Men of Letters Bunker
- Sammy
- Table of Death
- Unconscious
- Unicorns
- Zanna
Music
None
Quotes
Sully: Someone killed my friend.
Dean: You mean your imaginary imaginary friend?
Dean: So Sparkle is a unicorn and also a man?
Linda: Yeah.
Sully: If I show you all we can see, you can't tell a soul.
Dean: Yeah, 'cause chicks dig the whole 'imaginary friend' thing.
Dean: Yeah, 'cause chicks dig the whole 'imaginary friend' thing.
Dean: Oh, oh yeah. That kid is gonna need all the shrinks.
Sam: Wait a second, so his blood is glittery?
Dean: And a hot shower does wonders.
Sam: Real deep scrub and purify.
Linda: For Maddie?
Dean: The whole family, just get the whole family in there. You know the family that showers together...
Sully: Sam, I want you to listen to me. You can be whatever you want to be. You're not Dean, you're not your dad, you're Sam. And Sam is awesome.
Dean: I gotta ask. Hey, acid wash, what's so special about you?
Weems: Mermaids dig me?
Weems: Mermaids dig me?
Young Sam: I'm a Winchester. I hunt monsters. Why would I want anything else?
Sully: You know I'm not gonna lie to you. When you went off to hunt, I considered that one of my biggest failures. Just seemed so clear to me that you wanted something else. But, I was wrong. It all worked out, didn't it?
Sam: I don't know about that.
Sam: Ever think maybe you're a hero to me? Sully, one thing I've learned, heroes aren't perfect.
Sully: Sometimes they're scared, but that just means the thing they're facing, it's super important, and nobody else is gonna go for it because nobody else has got the balls.
Sully: Sometimes they're scared, but that just means the thing they're facing, it's super important, and nobody else is gonna go for it because nobody else has got the balls.
Trivia & References
"Just My Imagination" is a reference to the Rolling Stones song of the same name, a favorite song of writer Jenny Klein's.
Linda: The RIE manual says be patient.
- RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) is an organization which promotes a respectful approach to parenting.
The book Sparkle is seen reading before he gets killed is The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real). The book tells the story of a toy rabbit who wishes to become real through the love of his owner.
Dean: Are you having a stroke? Do you smell toast?
- One of the signs that a person is having a stroke is that they suddenly begin to smell burnt toast.
Dean: You mean Mork from Ork here is your dumbass imaginary friend Sully?
- Mork from Ork, was the titular character played by Robin Williams in the '70s sitcom Mork & Mindy. Sully's appearance (rainbow suspenders) was a nod to Mork's outfit in the series.
Sam and Dean pose as Drs. Strummer and MacGowan, referencing Joe Strummer and Shane MacGowan who were both in the band The Pogues.
Dean: Okay, say Bozo is legit, right. Which, you know, hello crazy town.
- Bozo was the first celebrity TV clown. The word Bozo has also become slang for an idiot.
Dean: No, something is dead. Fairy godmother getting capped, that ain't our beat.
- In European folklore a fairy godmother is a supernatural being who takes special interest in and cares for a human.
Dean: Good. The Bert and Ernie pretext, awesome.
- Bert and Ernie are two Muppet characters from Sesame Street known for their close friendship and poor fashion sense.
Dean: And what did you need 'Drop Dead Fred' for in the first place?
- Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 dark comedy about a woman whose childhood imaginary friend suddenly reappears in her life.
Dean: You Gazoos can talk to each other?
- The Great Gazoo was a tiny, green alien that only Fred and Barney were able to see and interact with on The Flintstones.
Dean: Well, Totoro really cares for you, huh?
- Totoro is the eponymous forest spirit character who befriends and has adventures with two young girls in the 1988 anime film My Neighbor Totoro.
Dean: Hey slacker! Am I burying Ariel here by myself or what?
- Ariel is the main character from Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid.
Dean: Well, he's no Clapton.
- Eric Clapton is singer/guitarist known for his stints in such bands as Cream, The Yardbirds and Blind Faith.
Dean: Reese. Trust me, revenge ain't gonna to make you feel better. Listen, I have seen more than my share of monsters. I mean real monsters -- bad. These guys, these are Sesame Street Mother Teresas, but when I wasn't there for my little brother, Sully was. Now look, I'm not saying he didn't make a mistake, but you know there is not a monstrous bone in his body.
- Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun whose name has become synonymous with doing good works.
Minutiae
This was the TV directorial debut by Richard Speight who also played Gabriel in Supernatural, and is the MC for Creation Entertainment's Salute to Supernatural Conventions.
Sam found out about the world of hunting from Dean when he was eight, as seen in 3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas. In this episode he is nine years of age.
Young Sam mentions to Sully that he thought he could fly until he broke his arm. Sam and Dean reminisced about this incident in 9.15 #thinman.
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Casting of Guest star for Episode 8 by EW
- Episode Synopsis via KSiteTV
- Photos via TVOvermind
- Jared and Jensen Interview via EW
- Promo
- CHCH Promo
- Sneak Peek
- Producer's Preview
- Outtake/Blooper - "Which Way?"