2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown

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Promotional image for Everybody Loves a Clown.

Production

• First aired October 5, 2006
• IMDB entry

• Directed by: Philip Sgriccia
• Written by: John Shiban (also executive producer of this episode)

Music

See the Music page also.

• The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
• Three Dog Night - Shambala
• Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time

Timeline & Locations

• Early in the episode Dean and Sam are at Bobby's. The events of Devil's Trap occur on November 2, 2006 (see Timeline). It's debateable how long the Winchesters spent in the hospital, but they spend 1 week at Bobby's before leaving to find Ellen. [This] is what Medford looks like in November, and it is therefore possible that they have either spent several months in recovery, or the area is experiencing a very unusual warm spell.

• The town in which the Rakshasa first strikes in this episode is Medford, Wisconsin.

• Ellen runs the Roadhouse Saloon (in Nebraska) with Jo and Ash.

Characters

• Dean Winchester
• Sam Winchester
• Ellen
• Jo
• Ash

Pad of Definitions

• Pyre
• Coulrophobia
• Rakshasa
• Macabre

Additional defitions provided by fans:

References

• Ash says, "I'm on it like Divine on dog dookie." This is a reference to a John Waters film, Pink Flamingos, in which infamous transvestite Divine eats dog faeces. Pink Flamingos is widely considered the epitome of Bad Taste films, and arguably it's Ash who makes this reference because he seems to fit the trash demographic Waters portrays and celebrates in his films.

• Dean's line to Sam, "You cry when you see Ronald McDonald" is arguably a reference to a fantext - gekizetsu's Letters from Sam to Stephen King.

• The title card at the end is In Memory of our Friend, Peter Ellis. Peter Ellis is the director of The Benders and Bloody Mary, and died in late April of 2006.

Scripts, Sides & Transcripts

• 2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown (transcript)