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In Alliance, Nebraska, people are being killed by practical joke devices such as itching powder (which causes a girl to scratch her brains out) and joy buzzers (which electrocutes a man). On top of that, a very odd looking [[Tooth Fairy]] extracts a man's teeth, a bunch of kids end up with stomach ulcers from mixing Pop Rocks and Coke, and Dean ends up with a hairy palm. It turns out that an eleven-year-old boy named [[Jesse Turner]] is the reason for all of this. Everything he believes becomes reality. | In Alliance, Nebraska, people are being killed by practical joke devices such as itching powder (which causes a girl to scratch her brains out) and joy buzzers (which electrocutes a man). On top of that, a very odd looking [[Tooth Fairy]] extracts a man's teeth, a bunch of kids end up with stomach ulcers from mixing Pop Rocks and Coke, and Dean ends up with a hairy palm. It turns out that an eleven-year-old boy named [[Jesse Turner]] is the reason for all of this. Everything he believes becomes reality. | ||
− | After searching his birth records, [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] find out that the boy was adopted. They visit his biological mother, [[Julia Wright]], who lives across the state. She tells the brothers that she got pregnant from a demon possessing her and gave up her child for adoption after giving birth to him. [[Castiel]] informs the Winchesters that Jesse is a [[Cambion]]/[[Antichrist]], a being half human, half [[demon]], imbued with essentially unlimited powers. Therefore, an Antichrist could be [[Lucifer]]'s special weapon in the war against [[Heaven]] and, as a serious threat, needs to be eliminated. | + | After searching his birth records, [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] find out that the boy was adopted. They visit his biological mother, [[Julia Wright]], who lives across the state. She tells the brothers that she got pregnant from a demon possessing her and gave up her child for adoption after giving birth to him. [[Castiel]] informs the Winchesters that Jesse is a [[Cambion]]/[[Antichrist]], a being half-human, half-[[demon]], imbued with essentially unlimited powers. Therefore, an Antichrist could be [[Lucifer]]'s special weapon in the war against [[Heaven]] and, as a serious threat, needs to be eliminated. |
Despite Castiel's reservations, Sam and Dean believe that Jesse won't turn evil if he's taken somewhere safe. When they try to convince Jesse to come with them, [[Julia Wright!Demon|the demon]] that conceived him interferes and pins them to the wall. It is again possessing Jesse's biological mother. After listening to the demon, Jesse renders it unable to speak in order to hear what Sam has to say. Sam tells Jesse that he has a choice and that it will haunt him forever if he makes the wrong decision. After that, Jesse exorcises the demon from his mother. Pretending he wants to say goodbye to his adoptive parents, he goes upstairs and vanishes into thin air, protected by his powers, which make it impossible to track him down. | Despite Castiel's reservations, Sam and Dean believe that Jesse won't turn evil if he's taken somewhere safe. When they try to convince Jesse to come with them, [[Julia Wright!Demon|the demon]] that conceived him interferes and pins them to the wall. It is again possessing Jesse's biological mother. After listening to the demon, Jesse renders it unable to speak in order to hear what Sam has to say. Sam tells Jesse that he has a choice and that it will haunt him forever if he makes the wrong decision. After that, Jesse exorcises the demon from his mother. Pretending he wants to say goodbye to his adoptive parents, he goes upstairs and vanishes into thin air, protected by his powers, which make it impossible to track him down. | ||
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* [[Telekinesis]] | * [[Telekinesis]] | ||
* [[Tooth Fairy]] | * [[Tooth Fairy]] | ||
* [[:Category:Witches|Witches]] | * [[:Category:Witches|Witches]] | ||
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− | The title is a lyric from the [ | + | The title is a lyric from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Love_of_All#Whitney_Houston_version Whitney Houston song] "The Greatest Love of All." |
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− | + | [https://twitter.com/therealKripke/status/697860861847687168 According to Kripke], Jesse was inspired by the character of Adam from [[Neil Gaiman]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett Terry Pratchett's] book ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens Good Omens]''.}} | |
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− | The babysitter Amber is watching the 1983 horror film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo_(film) Cujo]'', about a rabid St. Bernard which was also produced by [[Robert Singer]]. | + | The babysitter Amber is watching the 1983 horror film ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo_(film) Cujo]'', based on the [[Stephen King]] novel of the same name about a rabid St. Bernard which was also produced by [[Robert Singer]]. |
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− | [[Dean]] and [[Sam]] use the aliases "Agents Page and Plant," a reference to [[Led Zeppelin]] guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant. | + | [[Dean]] and [[Sam]] use the aliases "Agents Page and Plant," a reference to [[Led Zeppelin]] guitarist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page Jimmy Page] and vocalist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Plant Robert Plant]. They previously used these aliases on their fake IDs in [[3.05 Bedtime Stories]]. |
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'''Doctor:''' Pick your acronym—OCD, PCP. It all spells crazy. | '''Doctor:''' Pick your acronym—OCD, PCP. It all spells crazy. | ||
− | :''OCD stands for [ | + | :''OCD stands for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder obsessive–compulsive disorder.] PCP is the initialized name for the dissociative drug [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phencyclidine phencyclidine.] |
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− | The owner of the joke shop is wearing a shirt with a picture of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_and_roy Siegfried and Roy] on it. | + | The owner of the joke shop is wearing a shirt with a picture of magicians and entertainers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_and_roy Siegfried and Roy] on it. |
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'''Dean:''' That'll do, pig. | '''Dean:''' That'll do, pig. | ||
− | :''A line from the Australian movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_%28film%29 Babe], about a pig that learns to be a sheepdog. In the final sheep trial, Babe gets a perfect score, and Farmer Hoggett says to him "That'll do, Pig. That'll do."'' | + | :''A line from the 1995 Australian movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_%28film%29 Babe], about a pig that learns to be a sheepdog. In the final sheep trial, Babe gets a perfect score, and Farmer Hoggett says to him "That'll do, Pig. That'll do."'' |
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− | Dean's hairy palm is a reference to the | + | Dean's hairy palm is a reference to the long-told myth to discourage "self abuse," that masturbation will cause hair to grow on the palms of one's hands. |
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'''Dean:''' Yeah. Everything Jesse believes comes true. He thinks the tooth fairy looks like Belushi, uh, joy buzzers really shock people, boom, that's what happens. | '''Dean:''' Yeah. Everything Jesse believes comes true. He thinks the tooth fairy looks like Belushi, uh, joy buzzers really shock people, boom, that's what happens. | ||
− | :''Dean likens the Tooth Fairy to actor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi John Belushi], who starred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film) The Blues Brothers] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Animal_House Animal House]'' | + | :''Dean likens the Tooth Fairy to actor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi John Belushi], who starred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film) The Blues Brothers] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_Animal_House Animal House].'' |
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'''Dean:''' Yeah. Yeah. I mean, who else could turn someone into a toy? You're Superman—minus the cape and the go-go boots. See, my—my partner and I, we work for a secret government agency. It's our job to find kids with special powers. In fact, we're here to take you to a hidden base in South Dakota, where you'll be trained to fight evil.<br> | '''Dean:''' Yeah. Yeah. I mean, who else could turn someone into a toy? You're Superman—minus the cape and the go-go boots. See, my—my partner and I, we work for a secret government agency. It's our job to find kids with special powers. In fact, we're here to take you to a hidden base in South Dakota, where you'll be trained to fight evil.<br> | ||
'''Jesse:''' Like the X-Men? | '''Jesse:''' Like the X-Men? | ||
− | :''[ | + | :''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men X-Men were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby] for Marvel Comics, featuring people with genetic mutations that resulted in them having super powers. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Xavier_(film_character) Professor Xavier], the character in a wheelchair [[Bobby]] is compared to, runs a school to train young mutants to use their powers for good.'' |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLCF1OD10jY Promo Clip: "Win or Lose"] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLCF1OD10jY Promo Clip: "Win or Lose"] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDOMWG0OAek Director's Cut Promo Clip] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDOMWG0OAek Director's Cut Promo Clip] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ2zHDFPngc Space TV Promo] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ2zHDFPngc Space TV Promo] | ||
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* [http://sn-mistress.livejournal.com/6555.html#cutid1 Fan Report of Filming] by sn-mistress | * [http://sn-mistress.livejournal.com/6555.html#cutid1 Fan Report of Filming] by sn-mistress | ||
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==Episode Meta== | ==Episode Meta== |
Revision as of 14:28, 29 January 2023
Title | I Believe the Children Are Our Future |
Episode # | Season 5, Episode 6 |
First aired | October 15, 2009 |
Directed by | Charles Beeson |
Written by | Daniel Loflin Andrew Dabb |
On IMDB | I Believe the Children Are Our Future |
Outline | A young boy connected to mysterious deaths and injuries is revealed to have an important role in the Apocalypse. |
Monster | Antichrist Demons Tooth Fairy |
Timeline | |
Location(s) | Alliance, Nebraska Elk Creek, Nebraska |
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Contents
Synopsis
In Alliance, Nebraska, people are being killed by practical joke devices such as itching powder (which causes a girl to scratch her brains out) and joy buzzers (which electrocutes a man). On top of that, a very odd looking Tooth Fairy extracts a man's teeth, a bunch of kids end up with stomach ulcers from mixing Pop Rocks and Coke, and Dean ends up with a hairy palm. It turns out that an eleven-year-old boy named Jesse Turner is the reason for all of this. Everything he believes becomes reality.
After searching his birth records, Sam and Dean find out that the boy was adopted. They visit his biological mother, Julia Wright, who lives across the state. She tells the brothers that she got pregnant from a demon possessing her and gave up her child for adoption after giving birth to him. Castiel informs the Winchesters that Jesse is a Cambion/Antichrist, a being half-human, half-demon, imbued with essentially unlimited powers. Therefore, an Antichrist could be Lucifer's special weapon in the war against Heaven and, as a serious threat, needs to be eliminated.
Despite Castiel's reservations, Sam and Dean believe that Jesse won't turn evil if he's taken somewhere safe. When they try to convince Jesse to come with them, the demon that conceived him interferes and pins them to the wall. It is again possessing Jesse's biological mother. After listening to the demon, Jesse renders it unable to speak in order to hear what Sam has to say. Sam tells Jesse that he has a choice and that it will haunt him forever if he makes the wrong decision. After that, Jesse exorcises the demon from his mother. Pretending he wants to say goodbye to his adoptive parents, he goes upstairs and vanishes into thin air, protected by his powers, which make it impossible to track him down.
Characters
Definitions
Music
None
Quotes
Dean: So he's obviously whacked out on painkillers.
Sam: What way?
Sam: And now they're coming true. Okay, so whatever's doing this is—is reshaping reality. It has the powers of a god. Or of a trickster.
Dean: Yeah, with the sense of humor of a nine-year-old.
[sees Dean's hairy palm]
Castiel: No, of course not. Your Bible gets more wrong than it does right. The Antichrist is not Lucifer's child. It's just demon spawn. But it is one of the Devil's greatest weapons in the war against Heaven.
Dean: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. You're saying that—that Jesse's gonna nuke the angels?
Jesse: She said I was half-demon. Is that true?
Sam: Yes. But you're half-human, too. You can do the right thing. You've got choices, Jesse. But if you make the wrong ones, it'll haunt you for the rest of your life.
Jesse: Why are you telling me this?!
Sam: We didn't have a choice, Dean.
Dean: Yeah. You know, I'm starting to get why parents lie to their kids. You want them to believe that the worst thing out there is mixing Pop Rocks and Coke—protect them from the real evil. You want them going to bed feeling safe. If that means lying to them, so be it. The more I think about it...the more I wish Dad had lied to us.
Trivia & References
- OCD stands for obsessive–compulsive disorder. PCP is the initialized name for the dissociative drug phencyclidine.
- Dynasty was an '80s soap opera about the Carringtons, a wealthy Colorado oil family.
Sam: Hit it, Mr. Wizard.
- Mr. Wizard aka Don Herbert hosted children's science programs on TV.
- A line from the 1995 Australian movie Babe, about a pig that learns to be a sheepdog. In the final sheep trial, Babe gets a perfect score, and Farmer Hoggett says to him "That'll do, Pig. That'll do."
- "Kissing-vampire movies" is a reference to the Twilight franchise.
- "Cavity Creeps" were the baddies in tooth decay, in Crest toothpaste commercials in the '70s and '80s.
- A reference to the character created by Roald Dahl who runs a chocolate factory.
- Dean likens the Tooth Fairy to actor John Belushi, who starred in The Blues Brothers and Animal House.
- A howitzer is a piece of artillery used to propel projectiles at relativity high trajectories.
Jesse: Like the X-Men?
- X-Men were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics, featuring people with genetic mutations that resulted in them having super powers. Professor Xavier, the character in a wheelchair Bobby is compared to, runs a school to train young mutants to use their powers for good.
Minutiae
Sides, Scripts & Transcripts
Promotion
- Promo Pics
- Promo Clip: "Win or Lose"
- Director's Cut Promo Clip
- Space TV Promo
- Fan Report of Filming by sn-mistress
Episode Meta
- 5.06 I Believe The Children Are Our Future: Once You’re In This Fight, You’re In It To The End by bardicvoice (October 2009); archive link, spn-heavymeta
- Bond, Silvia. 2009. Brotherly Brothers Being Brotherly: "I Believe the Children Are Our Future" Season 5, Episode 6. Pink Raygun, October 20; archive link, spn-heavymeta
- Chan, Suzette. 2009. Supernatural Talk: Tarts talk about Supernatural 5.06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future. Sequential Tart, December 14; archive link