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|title= Yellow Fever
 
|title= Yellow Fever
 
|episode= Season 4, Episode 6
 
|episode= Season 4, Episode 6
 
|firstaired= October 23, 2008
 
|firstaired= October 23, 2008
|director= [[Philip Sgriccia]]
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|director= [[Phil Sgriccia]]
|writer= [[Andrew Dabb]] and [[Daniel Loflin]]
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|writer= [[Andrew Dabb]]<br>[[Daniel Loflin]]
|imdb= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1222613
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|imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1222613 Yellow Fever]
 
|download= [http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?i=294503706&id=291088594&s=143441 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001J66RH4 Amazon.com]
 
|download= [http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?i=294503706&id=291088594&s=143441 iTunes], [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001J66RH4 Amazon.com]
|outline= Sam and Dean have 48 hours to stop a supernatural affliction from killing Dean with fear.
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|outline= [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] have 48 hours to stop a supernatural affliction from killing Dean with fear.
|motw= [[Ghost]]
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|motw= [[Buruburu]]
|timeline= October 2008
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|timeline=  
|location= Rock Ridge, Colorado<br />
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|location= Rock Ridge, Colorado
 
|map=<googlemap lat="39.797986" lon="-105.740662" zoom="5" width="300" height="300">
 
|map=<googlemap lat="39.797986" lon="-105.740662" zoom="5" width="300" height="300">
 
34.950088, -92.270984, Rock Ridge, United States
 
34.950088, -92.270984, Rock Ridge, United States
 
39.550051, -105.782067, Colorado, USA
 
39.550051, -105.782067, Colorado, USA
 
39.550051, -105.782067, Colorado, USA
 
39.550051, -105.782067, Colorado, USA
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|prevep= 4.05 Monster Movie
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|nextep= 4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester
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|Synopsis=
 
|Synopsis=
Why is [[Dean]] running for his life from a beribboned Yorkie?
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[[Dean]] is seen running for his life. He falls to the ground and tells a homeless man to run or "it'll kill you," when it is revealed that the thing chasing him is... a [[Yorkie]]?
  
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'''43 Hours Earlier'''<br>
 
The boys are examining the body of Frank O'Brien, a healthy 44-year-old marathon runner who died of a heart attack after two days of intense fear and paranoia -- the third such death in town. [[Sam]] and Dean insist on an autopsy, but the coroner can find nothing wrong with the body, aside from a number of scratches along Frank's arm.
 
The boys are examining the body of Frank O'Brien, a healthy 44-year-old marathon runner who died of a heart attack after two days of intense fear and paranoia -- the third such death in town. [[Sam]] and Dean insist on an autopsy, but the coroner can find nothing wrong with the body, aside from a number of scratches along Frank's arm.
  
The eccentric [[Sheriff Al Britton]], a good friend of Frank's, confirms that Frank had been acting strangely, as does Mark Hutchins, Frank's reptile-loving neighbor and the last person to see him alive. Dean seems more than usually unnerved by Mark's menagerie of pets. Mark tells them that Frank had been a bully in high school, but that he "got better," especially after the suicide of his wife Jessie in 1988.
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The eccentric [[Sheriff Al Britton]], a good friend of Frank's, confirms that Frank had been acting strangely, as does Mark Hutchins, Frank's reptile-loving neighbor and the last person to see him alive. [[Dean]] seems more than usually unnerved by Mark's menagerie of pets. Mark tells them that Frank had been a bully in high school, but that he "got better," especially after the suicide of his wife Jessie in 1988.
  
That evening, Dean's strange behavior escalates; he sets off an [[EMF]] detector, proving that he's "haunted." A call to [[Bobby]] diagnoses [[Ghost Sickness]], in which a spirit literally infects a person with fear, which intensifies until the victim's heart gives out. Bobby also theorizes that if the ghost that started the infection is destroyed, the sickness should clear up.
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That evening, Dean's strange behavior escalates; he sets off an [[EMF]] detector, proving that he's "haunted." A call to [[Bobby]] diagnoses [[ghost sickness]], in which a spirit literally infects a person with fear, which intensifies until the victim's heart gives out. Bobby also theorizes that if the ghost that started the infection is destroyed, the sickness should clear up.
  
 
In the hotel room, Dean begins to hallucinate, and unexpectedly coughs up a wood chip. Sam realizes that the symptoms are trying to communicate something about the original ghost. They investigate the abandoned Cassity & Sons Lumber Mill, where they find an ID card for [[Luther Garland]], along with a number of drawings of Frank's wife Jessie. When the ghost of a hulking man appears and machinery starts to move on its own, Dean cuts out back to the [[Impala]] in terror.  
 
In the hotel room, Dean begins to hallucinate, and unexpectedly coughs up a wood chip. Sam realizes that the symptoms are trying to communicate something about the original ghost. They investigate the abandoned Cassity & Sons Lumber Mill, where they find an ID card for [[Luther Garland]], along with a number of drawings of Frank's wife Jessie. When the ghost of a hulking man appears and machinery starts to move on its own, Dean cuts out back to the [[Impala]] in terror.  
  
The official police file says that Luther Garland died of "physical trauma." At the Peaceful Pines Assisted Living home, [[John Garland]], Luther's brother, tells a different story. Luther was "the town freak," but Jessie O'Brien was kind to him, and he became infatuated with her. When she vanished, Frank O'Brien came after Luther, chained him to his truck and dragged him up and down the road in front of the mill. No law enforcement mounted an investigation. Sam and Dean realize the victims are experiencing Luther's death in slow motion. The lack of remains -- and the impossibility of a simple salt-and-burn -- set Dean off more, who rants about the insanity of hunting, panics and flees from the Yorkie, which he mistakes for a [[Hellhound]].
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The official police file says that Luther Garland died of "physical trauma." At the Peaceful Pines Assisted Living home, [[John Garland]], Luther's brother, tells a different story. Luther was "the town freak," but Jessie O'Brien was kind to him, and he became infatuated with her. When she vanished, Frank O'Brien came after Luther, chained him to his truck and dragged him up and down the road in front of the mill. No law enforcement mounted an investigation. Sam and Dean realize the victims are experiencing Luther's death in slow motion. The lack of remains -- and the impossibility of a simple salt-and-burn -- set Dean off more, who rants about the insanity of hunting, panics, and flees from the Yorkie, which he mistakes for a [[hellhound]].
  
 
Back at the hotel room, Dean's hallucinations grow worse. He sees Sam's eyes turn yellow, and he imagines Sam telling him that he wants to give in to the influence of his powers, while Dean goes back to Hell.
 
Back at the hotel room, Dean's hallucinations grow worse. He sees Sam's eyes turn yellow, and he imagines Sam telling him that he wants to give in to the influence of his powers, while Dean goes back to Hell.
  
Bobby meets Sam at the wood mill with two hours to go before Dean's heart is set to give out. Bobby reveals that he is fluent in Japanese, and identifies Luther as a [[Buruburu]] which can be killed with fear. Sam lures Luther out of hiding by destroying his drawings of Jessie O'Brien. He then wraps an iron chain inscribed with a spell word around Luther's neck, while Bobby drags him behind the Impala until he dissipates -- a "terrible" plan that both dislike, but which they feel is their only option.
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Bobby meets Sam at the wood mill with two hours to go before Dean's heart is set to give out. Bobby reveals that he is fluent in Japanese, and identifies Luther as a [[buruburu]] which can be killed with fear. Sam lures Luther out of hiding by destroying his drawings of Jessie O'Brien. He then wraps an iron chain inscribed with a spell word around Luther's neck, while Bobby drags him behind the Impala until he dissipates -- a "terrible" plan that both dislike, but which they feel is their only option.
  
 
While Sam and Bobby are trying to catch the ghost, Dean is alone in his room and hears hellhounds. Sheriff Britton breaks down the door, and is crazed and convinced that Dean and Sam will turn him in for his complicity in covering up Luther's murder. His heart gives out before Dean can reason with him.
 
While Sam and Bobby are trying to catch the ghost, Dean is alone in his room and hears hellhounds. Sheriff Britton breaks down the door, and is crazed and convinced that Dean and Sam will turn him in for his complicity in covering up Luther's murder. His heart gives out before Dean can reason with him.
  
As Dean reaches for a bible he finds on the floor, [[Lilith]] appears to him in the guise of the little girl from [[3.16 No Rest For The Wicked]]. She tells him that he does remember his time in Hell -- four months like 40 years. When Dean asks why he was infected, Lilith tells him that he knows, and that he must listen to his heart. When Luther is dispatched, ending the infection, Lilith disappears, as do the scratches on Dean's arms.
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As Dean reaches for a bible he finds on the floor, [[Lilith]] appears to him in the guise of the little girl from [[3.16 No Rest for the Wicked]]. She tells him that he does remember his time in Hell -- four months like 40 years. When Dean asks why he was infected, Lilith tells him that he knows, and that he must listen to his heart. When Luther is dispatched, ending the infection, Lilith disappears, as do the scratches on Dean's arms.
  
 
Later Sam asks Dean how bad his hallucinations and fears got by the end. Before Dean can tell the truth, he sees Sam's eyes flash yellow. Dean says he saw howler monkeys, thus not revealing the truth.
 
Later Sam asks Dean how bad his hallucinations and fears got by the end. Before Dean can tell the truth, he sees Sam's eyes flash yellow. Dean says he saw howler monkeys, thus not revealing the truth.
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* [[John Garland]]
 
* [[John Garland]]
  
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* [[Alcohol]]
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* [[Aliases]]
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* [[Bobby's Hats]]
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* [[Buruburu]]
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* [[Dean's Amulet]]
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* [[Donuts]]
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* [[EMF]]
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* [[Fights]]
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* [[Gank]]
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* [[Get this]]
 
* [[Ghost Sickness]]
 
* [[Ghost Sickness]]
* [[Buruburu]]
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* [[Grenade Launcher]]
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* [[Impala]]
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* [[Iron]]
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* [[Law Enforcement Officers]]
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* [[Sammy]]
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* [[Yorkie]]
  
 
|Music=
 
|Music=
* Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
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* "[[Eye of the Tiger]]" by Survivor
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:''(the song that Dean air drums to while waiting in the car; also featured in the "Supernatural Surprise" at the end of the episode)''
  
 
|Quotes=
 
|Quotes=
 
{{TriviaQuote |Text=
 
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'''Sam:''' It's ghost sickness.<BR>
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'''Dean:''' Something scared them to death?<br>
'''Dean:''' Ghost sickness?<BR>
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'''Sam:''' All right, so what can do that?<br>
'''Sam:''' Yeah.<BR>
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'''Dean:''' What can't? Ghosts, vampires, chupacabra? It could be a hundred things.
'''Dean:''' God, no.<BR>
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'''Sam:''' Yeah.<BR>
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'''Dean:''' I don't even know what that is.  
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'''Dean:''' Sam, I'm not gonna make a left-hand turn into oncoming traffic. I'm not suicidal... Did I just say that? That was kind of weird.<br>
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''[EMF goes off]''<br>
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'''Sam:''' Do you hear something?<br>
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'''Dean:''' Am I haunted? Am I haunted?!
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}}
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'''Sam:''' Okay. Some cultures believe that certain spirits can infect the living with a disease, which is why they stopped displaying bodies in houses and started taking them off to funeral homes.
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'''Dean:''' Well, why me? Why not you? I mean, you got hit with the spleen juice.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Yeah, um, you see Bobby and I have a theory about that too. Turns out all three victims shared a certain, uh, personality type. Frank was a bully. The other two victims, one was a vice principal, the other was a bouncer.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Okay.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Basically, they were all dicks.<br>
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'''Dean:''' So you're saying I'm a dick?<br>
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'''Sam:''' No, no, no. It's not just that. All three victims used fear as a weapon, and now this disease is just returning the favor.<br>
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'''Dean:''' I don't scare people.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Dean, all we do is scare people.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Okay, well then, you're a dick too.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Apparently, I'm not.
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'''Dean:''' Let's do this. It is a little spooky, isn't it?<br>
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''[Sam hands Dean a gun]''<br>
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'''Dean:''' Oh, I'm not carrying that. It could go off. I'll man the flashlight.
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''[Sam opens the locker. A cat that was hiding inside meows]''<br>
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'''Dean:''' ''[Shrieks]'' ''[Breathes Heavily]'' That was scary!
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'''Dean:''' You know what? Screw this.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dean. Come on.<br>
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'''Dean:''' No, I mean, come on, Sam. What are we doing?!<br>
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'''Sam:''' We're hunting a ghost.<br>
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'''Dean:''' A ghost, exactly! Who does that?<br>
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'''Sam:''' Us.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Us? Right. And that Sam, that is exactly why our lives suck. I mean, come on, we hunt monsters! What the hell?! I mean, normal people, they see a monster, and they run. But not us, no, no, no, we -- we search out things that want to kill us. Yeah? Huh? Or eat us! You know who does that? Crazy people! We...are insane! You know, and then there's the-the-the bad diner food and then the skeevy motel rooms and then the truck-stop waitress with the bizarre rash. I mean, who wants this life, Sam? Huh? Seriously? Do you actually like being stuck in a car with me eight hours a day, ''every single day''? I don't think so! I mean, I drive too fast. And I listen to the same five albums over and over and over again, a-and I-an-and I sing along. I'm annoying, I know that. And you --you're gassy! You eat half a burrito, and you get toxic! I mean, you know what? You can forget it.<br>
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'''Sam:''' Whoa, Dean. Where are you going?<br>
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'''Dean:''' Stay away from me, Sam, okay? Cause I am done with it. I'm done with the monsters--and--and the hellhounds and the ghost sickness and the damn Apocalypse! I'm out. I'm done. Quit.<br>
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''[Dean walks away. Sam sighs with frustration.]''
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'''Lilith:''' What's the matter, Dean? Don't you remember all the fun you had down there? You do remember. 4 months is like 40 years in hell. Like doggy years. And you remember every second.<br>
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'''Dean:''' You are not real.<br>
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'''Lilith:''' It doesn't matter. You're still gonna die. You're still gonna burn.
 
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'''Sam:''' How are you feeling?<BR>
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'''Dean:''' On the upside, I'm still alive, so uh, go team!
'''Dean:''' Awesome. It's nice to have my head on the chopping block again, I almost forgot what that feels like. It's friggin' delightful.
 
 
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'''Sam:''' You must have hated Frank O'Brien.<br>
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'''Dean:''' I'm fine. You want to go hunting? I'll hunt. I'll kill anything.<br>
'''John Garland:''' I did for a long time, but life's too short for hate, son. Frank wasn't thinking straight. His wife had vanished, he was terrified. A damn shame he had to put Luther through the same, but that's fear. It spreads and spreads.
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'''Bobby:''' Awwww, he's adorable. I got to get out of here. You boys drive safe.
 
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'''Sam''': Dude, where are you going? That was our hotel.<br>
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'''Sam:''' So uh...so, what did you see? Near the end, I mean.<br>
'''Dean''': Sam, I'm not gonna make a left-hand turn into oncoming traffic. I'm not suicidal. (EMF starts buzzing) Did I just say that? That's kind of weird.<br>
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'''Dean:''' Oh, besides a cop beating my ass?<br>
'''Sam''': You hear something?<br>
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'''Sam:''' Seriously.<br>
(Sam pulls EMF from his jacket and points it at Dean, causing all five lights to turn on and the buzzing to get louder. He then points it at himself, which turns the lights off and stops the buzzing.)<br>
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'''Dean:''' Howler monkeys. Whole roomful of them. Those things creep the hell out of me.<br>
'''Sam''': What the hell?<br>
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'''Sam:''' Right.<br>
(Dean sees that the EMF is only responding to him.)
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'''Dean:''' No, just the usual stuff, Sammy. Nothing I can’t handle.
'''Dean''': Am I haunted? Am I haunted?!
 
 
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Rock Ridge, Colorado is the fictional setting of the Mel Brooks parody Western [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/ Blazing Saddles].}}
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Rock Ridge, Colorado is the fictional setting of the Mel Brooks parody Western [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/ ''Blazing Saddles''.]
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Sam and Dean introduce themselves as FBI agents Tyler and Perry - Steven Tyler is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith Aerosmith]'s singer, Joe Perry is their guitarist.}}
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[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] introduce themselves as FBI agents Tyler and Perry - Steven Tyler is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith Aerosmith]'s singer, Joe Perry is their guitarist.
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'''Mark:''' Don't be scared of Donny. He's a sweetheart. It's Marie you gotta look out for. She smells fear.<br>
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'''Sheriff Al Britton:''' Hell's bells, Linus have you seen my...''[sees Sam and Dean]'' Who are they?
Mark's snakes are named for teen idols and famous siblings [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donny_Osmond Donny] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Osmond Marie] Osmond.
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:''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Bells_(song) "Hells Bells"] is the name of a song by the band AC/DC. It's said to be about dragging a soul into Hell, a prominent plot point in seasons 3 and 4 of ''Supernatural''. Hell's Bells is also another name for a hallucinogenic plant called, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura Datura] which can cause the sufferer to become unable to discern fantasy from reality and cause bizarre or possibly violent behavior.''
 
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[[Image:Eye of the Tiger.jpg|300px|right]]
 
 
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The episode contained a small coda/outtake called "A Supernatural Surprise" after the credits started to roll, in which Jensen lip-synched to Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". Originally, Sam interrupts Dean by drumming on the car's roof, but when Jared omitted Jensen's cue, this happened instead.}}
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'''Mark:''' Don't be scared of Donny. He's a sweetheart. It's Marie you gotta look out for. She smells fear.
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:''Mark's snakes are named for teen idols and famous siblings [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donny_Osmond Donny] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Osmond Marie Osmond.]''
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Dean's reference to the 'Outbreak Monkey' refers to the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114069/ 1995 film Outbreak] where a monkey spreads a deadly infection in a small town in America. }}
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Dean's reference to the "Outbreak Monkey" refers to the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114069/ 1995 film ''Outbreak''] where a monkey spreads a deadly infection in a small town in America.
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'''Sam:''' You can speak Japanese?<br>
 
'''Sam:''' You can speak Japanese?<br>
'''Bobby:''' 君なんか生まれる前から、ずっとだよ。 (Since before you were born)
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'''Bobby:''' 君なんか生まれる前から、ずっとだよ。 ''(Since before you were born)''<br>
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'''Sam:''' Guess so, Show off.<br>
As explained on his [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70108012&blogID=447775821 MySpace page], Bobby speaking Japanese was Jim Beaver's idea, as Jim is fluent in Japanese. }}
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:''As explained on his [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70108012&blogID=447775821 MySpace page], [[Bobby]] speaking Japanese was [[Jim Beaver]]'s idea, as Jim is fluent in Japanese.''
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For the first time ever, [http://eclipsemagazine.com/television/7058/ Eric Kripke] made a statement after the episode clarifying that Dean wasn't infected because he was a dick, but rather that he was someone who used fear as a weapon - an important clue to the revelation in [http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=4.10_Heaven_And_Hell Heaven and Hell] about Dean's activities in Hell. }}
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For the first time ever, [http://eclipsemagazine.com/television/7058/ Eric Kripke] made a statement after the episode clarifying that Dean wasn't infected because he was a dick, but rather that he was someone who used fear as a weapon - an important clue to the revelation in [[4.10 Heaven and Hell]] about Dean's activities in [[Hell]].  
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'''Al Britton'''(Sheriff): Hell's bells, Linus have you seen my...(sees Sam and Dean) Who are they?
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[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] stay at the Bluebird Hotel, initially on the fourth floor, and then Dean insists they move to the first floor.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Bells_(song) Hells Bells] is the name of a song by the band AC/DC. Its said to be about dragging a soul into Hell, a prominant plot point in seasons 3 & 4 of Supernatural.  
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Hell's Bells is also another name for a hallucinogenic plant called, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura Datura] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_bells] which can cause the sufferer to become unable to discern fantasy from reality and cause bizarre or possibly violent behavior.}}
 
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Sam and Dean stay at the Bluebird Hotel, initially on the fourth floor, and then Dean insists they move to the first floor.
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[http://naficeh.livejournal.com/155912.html Link to maps] used during the shooting of the episode
 
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[http://salsa-babe.livejournal.com/155912.html link to maps] used during the shooting of the episode}}
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'''Dean:''' I'm annoying, I know that. And you? you're gassy! You eat half a burrito, and you get toxic!
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:''In [[Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2009]], Jared came up with the nickname [[Fartacus]] for himself in regards to his propensity for being gassy.''
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The deputy sheriff is named Linus.
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The episode contained a small coda/outtake called "A Supernatural Surprise" after the credits started to roll, in which Jensen lip-synced to Survivor's "[[Eye of the Tiger]]." Originally, Sam interrupts Dean by drumming on the car's roof, but when Jared omitted Jensen's cue, this happened instead.
 
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|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=
 
|Sides_Scripts_Transcripts=
 
* [[4.06 Yellow Fever (transcript)]]
 
* [[4.06 Yellow Fever (transcript)]]
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* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-406-yellow-fever-casting-sides-for-sheriff-ed-britton-5pgs Casting Sides for Sheriff Ed Britton] later renamed [[Sheriff Al Britton]]
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* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-120-dead-mans-blood-casting-sides-luther Casting sides] for [[Luther Garland]]
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* [https://www.slideshare.net/JulesWilkinson/supernatural-406-yellow-fever-casting-sides-for-john-garland-5pgs Casting sides] for [[John Garland]]
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|Promotion=  
 
|Promotion=  
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN-RjKthhhU Episode Promo: 4.06 Yellow Fever]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN-RjKthhhU Episode Promo: 4.06 Yellow Fever]
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0GENzKh2c Kripke previews Yellow Fever]
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* [http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TEGiWGIJz2FzKL/episode-preview-with-eric-kripke Kripke previews Yellow Fever]
*[http://photos.latimes.com/backlot/gallery/jared-padalecki Behind the scenes photos] by the LA Times
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* [http://photos.latimes.com/backlot/gallery/jared-padalecki Behind the scenes photos] by the LA Times [Broken Link]
*[http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/2008/10/22/supernatural-surprise.aspx How the ''Eye of the Tiger''] segment originated
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* [http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/tuned-in-journal/25428-supernatural-surprise How the "Eye of the Tiger"] segment originated
*[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=gO1q1gnXdvg Jensen sings] ''Eye of the Tiger''
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvfVEm6qkG0 Jensen sings] "Eye of the Tiger"
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/10/supernatural-je.html Supernatural the show to watch] by the Chicago Tribune
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* [http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/10/supernatural-je.html Supernatural the show to watch] by the Chicago Tribune
*[http://eclipsemagazine.com/television/7058/ Kripke clarifies whether Dean is a dick, and a missed plot point] in Eclipse Magazine
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==Episode Meta==
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*[https://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/45828.html 4.6 Yellow Fever: That’s Fear; It Spreads and Spreads] by bardicvoice (October 2008); [https://web.archive.org/web/20190816011142/http://bardicvoice.livejournal.com/45828.html archive link], [https://spn-heavymeta.livejournal.com/179654.html spn-heavymeta]
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*Bond, Silvia. 2008. Sam In Charge of Dean: "Yellow Fever" Season 4, Episode 6. ''Pink Raygun'', October 28; [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326112136/http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/10/28/supernatural-yellow-fever/ archive link]
  
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Title Yellow Fever
Episode # Season 4, Episode 6
First aired October 23, 2008
Directed by Phil Sgriccia
Written by Andrew Dabb
Daniel Loflin
On IMDB Yellow Fever
Outline Sam and Dean have 48 hours to stop a supernatural affliction from killing Dean with fear.
Monster Buruburu
Timeline
Location(s) Rock Ridge, Colorado
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Synopsis

Dean is seen running for his life. He falls to the ground and tells a homeless man to run or "it'll kill you," when it is revealed that the thing chasing him is... a Yorkie?

43 Hours Earlier
The boys are examining the body of Frank O'Brien, a healthy 44-year-old marathon runner who died of a heart attack after two days of intense fear and paranoia -- the third such death in town. Sam and Dean insist on an autopsy, but the coroner can find nothing wrong with the body, aside from a number of scratches along Frank's arm.

The eccentric Sheriff Al Britton, a good friend of Frank's, confirms that Frank had been acting strangely, as does Mark Hutchins, Frank's reptile-loving neighbor and the last person to see him alive. Dean seems more than usually unnerved by Mark's menagerie of pets. Mark tells them that Frank had been a bully in high school, but that he "got better," especially after the suicide of his wife Jessie in 1988.

That evening, Dean's strange behavior escalates; he sets off an EMF detector, proving that he's "haunted." A call to Bobby diagnoses ghost sickness, in which a spirit literally infects a person with fear, which intensifies until the victim's heart gives out. Bobby also theorizes that if the ghost that started the infection is destroyed, the sickness should clear up.

In the hotel room, Dean begins to hallucinate, and unexpectedly coughs up a wood chip. Sam realizes that the symptoms are trying to communicate something about the original ghost. They investigate the abandoned Cassity & Sons Lumber Mill, where they find an ID card for Luther Garland, along with a number of drawings of Frank's wife Jessie. When the ghost of a hulking man appears and machinery starts to move on its own, Dean cuts out back to the Impala in terror.

The official police file says that Luther Garland died of "physical trauma." At the Peaceful Pines Assisted Living home, John Garland, Luther's brother, tells a different story. Luther was "the town freak," but Jessie O'Brien was kind to him, and he became infatuated with her. When she vanished, Frank O'Brien came after Luther, chained him to his truck and dragged him up and down the road in front of the mill. No law enforcement mounted an investigation. Sam and Dean realize the victims are experiencing Luther's death in slow motion. The lack of remains -- and the impossibility of a simple salt-and-burn -- set Dean off more, who rants about the insanity of hunting, panics, and flees from the Yorkie, which he mistakes for a hellhound.

Back at the hotel room, Dean's hallucinations grow worse. He sees Sam's eyes turn yellow, and he imagines Sam telling him that he wants to give in to the influence of his powers, while Dean goes back to Hell.

Bobby meets Sam at the wood mill with two hours to go before Dean's heart is set to give out. Bobby reveals that he is fluent in Japanese, and identifies Luther as a buruburu which can be killed with fear. Sam lures Luther out of hiding by destroying his drawings of Jessie O'Brien. He then wraps an iron chain inscribed with a spell word around Luther's neck, while Bobby drags him behind the Impala until he dissipates -- a "terrible" plan that both dislike, but which they feel is their only option.

While Sam and Bobby are trying to catch the ghost, Dean is alone in his room and hears hellhounds. Sheriff Britton breaks down the door, and is crazed and convinced that Dean and Sam will turn him in for his complicity in covering up Luther's murder. His heart gives out before Dean can reason with him.

As Dean reaches for a bible he finds on the floor, Lilith appears to him in the guise of the little girl from 3.16 No Rest for the Wicked. She tells him that he does remember his time in Hell -- four months like 40 years. When Dean asks why he was infected, Lilith tells him that he knows, and that he must listen to his heart. When Luther is dispatched, ending the infection, Lilith disappears, as do the scratches on Dean's arms.

Later Sam asks Dean how bad his hallucinations and fears got by the end. Before Dean can tell the truth, he sees Sam's eyes flash yellow. Dean says he saw howler monkeys, thus not revealing the truth.

Characters

Definitions

Music

(the song that Dean air drums to while waiting in the car; also featured in the "Supernatural Surprise" at the end of the episode)

Quotes

Dean: Something scared them to death?

Sam: All right, so what can do that?

Dean: What can't? Ghosts, vampires, chupacabra? It could be a hundred things.
Dean: Sam, I'm not gonna make a left-hand turn into oncoming traffic. I'm not suicidal... Did I just say that? That was kind of weird.

[EMF goes off]
Sam: Do you hear something?

Dean: Am I haunted? Am I haunted?!
Sam: Okay. Some cultures believe that certain spirits can infect the living with a disease, which is why they stopped displaying bodies in houses and started taking them off to funeral homes.
Dean: Well, why me? Why not you? I mean, you got hit with the spleen juice.

Sam: Yeah, um, you see Bobby and I have a theory about that too. Turns out all three victims shared a certain, uh, personality type. Frank was a bully. The other two victims, one was a vice principal, the other was a bouncer.
Dean: Okay.
Sam: Basically, they were all dicks.
Dean: So you're saying I'm a dick?
Sam: No, no, no. It's not just that. All three victims used fear as a weapon, and now this disease is just returning the favor.
Dean: I don't scare people.
Sam: Dean, all we do is scare people.
Dean: Okay, well then, you're a dick too.

Sam: Apparently, I'm not.
Dean: Let's do this. It is a little spooky, isn't it?

[Sam hands Dean a gun]

Dean: Oh, I'm not carrying that. It could go off. I'll man the flashlight.
[Sam opens the locker. A cat that was hiding inside meows]
Dean: [Shrieks] [Breathes Heavily] That was scary!
Dean: You know what? Screw this.

Sam: Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dean. Come on.
Dean: No, I mean, come on, Sam. What are we doing?!
Sam: We're hunting a ghost.
Dean: A ghost, exactly! Who does that?
Sam: Us.
Dean: Us? Right. And that Sam, that is exactly why our lives suck. I mean, come on, we hunt monsters! What the hell?! I mean, normal people, they see a monster, and they run. But not us, no, no, no, we -- we search out things that want to kill us. Yeah? Huh? Or eat us! You know who does that? Crazy people! We...are insane! You know, and then there's the-the-the bad diner food and then the skeevy motel rooms and then the truck-stop waitress with the bizarre rash. I mean, who wants this life, Sam? Huh? Seriously? Do you actually like being stuck in a car with me eight hours a day, every single day? I don't think so! I mean, I drive too fast. And I listen to the same five albums over and over and over again, a-and I-an-and I sing along. I'm annoying, I know that. And you --you're gassy! You eat half a burrito, and you get toxic! I mean, you know what? You can forget it.
Sam: Whoa, Dean. Where are you going?
Dean: Stay away from me, Sam, okay? Cause I am done with it. I'm done with the monsters--and--and the hellhounds and the ghost sickness and the damn Apocalypse! I'm out. I'm done. Quit.

[Dean walks away. Sam sighs with frustration.]
Lilith: What's the matter, Dean? Don't you remember all the fun you had down there? You do remember. 4 months is like 40 years in hell. Like doggy years. And you remember every second.

Dean: You are not real.

Lilith: It doesn't matter. You're still gonna die. You're still gonna burn.
Dean: On the upside, I'm still alive, so uh, go team!
Dean: I'm fine. You want to go hunting? I'll hunt. I'll kill anything.
Bobby: Awwww, he's adorable. I got to get out of here. You boys drive safe.
Sam: So uh...so, what did you see? Near the end, I mean.

Dean: Oh, besides a cop beating my ass?
Sam: Seriously.
Dean: Howler monkeys. Whole roomful of them. Those things creep the hell out of me.
Sam: Right.

Dean: No, just the usual stuff, Sammy. Nothing I can’t handle.

Trivia & References

Rock Ridge, Colorado is the fictional setting of the Mel Brooks parody Western Blazing Saddles.
Sam and Dean introduce themselves as FBI agents Tyler and Perry - Steven Tyler is Aerosmith's singer, Joe Perry is their guitarist.
Sheriff Al Britton: Hell's bells, Linus have you seen my...[sees Sam and Dean] Who are they?
"Hells Bells" is the name of a song by the band AC/DC. It's said to be about dragging a soul into Hell, a prominent plot point in seasons 3 and 4 of Supernatural. Hell's Bells is also another name for a hallucinogenic plant called, Datura which can cause the sufferer to become unable to discern fantasy from reality and cause bizarre or possibly violent behavior.
Mark: Don't be scared of Donny. He's a sweetheart. It's Marie you gotta look out for. She smells fear.
Mark's snakes are named for teen idols and famous siblings Donny and Marie Osmond.
Dean's reference to the "Outbreak Monkey" refers to the 1995 film Outbreak where a monkey spreads a deadly infection in a small town in America.
Sam: You can speak Japanese?

Bobby: 君なんか生まれる前から、ずっとだよ。 (Since before you were born)
Sam: Guess so, Show off.

As explained on his MySpace page, Bobby speaking Japanese was Jim Beaver's idea, as Jim is fluent in Japanese.

Minutiae

For the first time ever, Eric Kripke made a statement after the episode clarifying that Dean wasn't infected because he was a dick, but rather that he was someone who used fear as a weapon - an important clue to the revelation in 4.10 Heaven and Hell about Dean's activities in Hell.
Sam and Dean stay at the Bluebird Hotel, initially on the fourth floor, and then Dean insists they move to the first floor.
Link to maps used during the shooting of the episode
Dean: I'm annoying, I know that. And you? you're gassy! You eat half a burrito, and you get toxic!
In Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2009, Jared came up with the nickname Fartacus for himself in regards to his propensity for being gassy.
The episode contained a small coda/outtake called "A Supernatural Surprise" after the credits started to roll, in which Jensen lip-synced to Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger." Originally, Sam interrupts Dean by drumming on the car's roof, but when Jared omitted Jensen's cue, this happened instead.

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