9.18 Meta Fiction

Title	Meta Fiction
Episode #	Season 9, Episode 18
First aired	April 15, 2014
Directed by	Thomas J. Wright
Written by	Robbie Thompson
On IMDB	Meta Fiction
Outline
Monster	Metatron Gadreel
Timeline
Location(s)
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Characters

• Sam Winchester
• Dean Winchester
• Castiel
• Metatron
• Gadreel
• Gabriel
• Ian
• Hannah

Definitions

• Angel Lore
• Angel Sword
• Angel Trap
• Angelic Weapon
• Archangels
• The Bunker
• Casa Erotica
• Castiel's Pimpmobile
• Devil's Trap
• The Horn of Gabriel
• Grace
• Holy Oil
• Mark of Cain
• Meta Episodes
• Spells
• The Supernatural Books
• Title Card

Music

• "Fanfare-Rondeau" by Jean-Joseph Mouret

(plays while Metatron is talking about writing stories)

• "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" by Frankie Valli

(plays over the closing montage)

Quotes

Metatron: What makes a story work? It is the plot, the characters, the text? The subtext? And who gives a story meaning? Is it the writer? Or you? Tonight, I thought I would tell you a little story and let you decide.

Castiel: I'm just a soldier.
Gabriel: Bitch, please. You've been God more often than Dad has.

Trivia & References

Live tweets from writer Robbie Thompson during the east coast feed. Live tweets from writer Robbie Thompson, the cast and crew during the west coast feed

Gabriel: Look, I dropped. I hid. I finally watched Downton Abbey.

Downton Abbey is a popular British period drama that airs as part of Masterpiece Classic on PBS in the United States.

Gabriel later admits to never having seen Downton Abbey, saying he only said he did to fit in.

Metatron: Here, I know it's a bit of a retcon, but it's going to make this whole conversation a lot easier.

Retcon stands for retroactive continuity, and is used to change previously established facts/continuity in works of fiction.

Metatron: I just gave you every book, movie and TV show I have consumed in the last couple of millenia. Now do you understand that the universe is made up of stories, not atoms.

Castiel: I understand that that's a quote by Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet and political activist. She was best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. The above quote comes from the poem The Speed of Darkness, first published in 1968.

Minutiae

The three week break between this episode and the last one was been dubbed #ShowerHellatus by fans on Twitter because of the images of Dean in the shower in the promo for the episode. Watch it here.

Metatron gave Castiel all of his knowledge of books, movies, and television shows from the last two millennia. Thus Cas now understands pop culture references.

The two copies of the Supernatural/Winchester Gospel on Metatron's desk were A Very Supernatural Christmas and Tall Tales, with Tall Tales being the book he tosses into the fire. 2.15 Tall Tales is also the episode where the Trickster makes his first appearance.

Sides, Scripts & Transcripts

• 9.18 Meta Fiction (transcript)

Promotion

• Synopsis
• Promo
• Sneak peek
• Promo pics at ksitetv