Dean's Movie & TV references

There's no doubt that Dean loves watching films and television shows. Thoughout the series Dean often makes reference to either a film or TV show.

In compiling this list I have only listed films that Dean has directly mentioned. It also includes films where they have used aliases (making the assumption that if Dean knows the names he will know the film). I have not included references that have been said to Dean.

For more information on the movies and references please see the individual episode listings.

Sam: Dean can recite every Clint Eastwood Movie ever made. (6.18)

Dean: I gotta tell you Untouchables is like one of my favorite movies ever. I must've seen it like 50 times. (7.12)

Movie references

Movie Title	Episode/s referenced
12 Monkeys	7.12
American Werewolf in London	2.17
Amityville Horror	4.15
Angels in the Outfield	4.10
Any Which Way You Can	6.18
Apocalypse Now	3.01
Army of Darkness – Evil Dead 3	5.19
Austin Powers	5.21
Babe	5.06
Back to the Future (I, 2 and 3)	4.03 5.04 5.13 7.12
Bambi	1.02
Beaches	2.04
Beautiful Mind	7.02
Big Fish	7.11
Black Swan	7.16
Blade Runner	6.10
Blazing Saddles	6.18
Blue Brothers	1.04
Boogeyman	2.18
Bride of Frankenstien (1935)	5.15
Carrie	6.16
Child’s Play	6.14
Close Encounter of the Third Kind	6.09
Cocoon	4.12
Critters	2.18
Cujo	2.17 7.04
Dawn of the Dead	8.16
Dead Poets Society	4.13 7.08
Death Wish	2.19
Deliverance	1.01
Delta Force 1 &2++	7.10
Die Hard	2.18 6.18 7.12
Dirty Dancing	7.06
Dogma	4.10
Dreamscape	6.22
E.T.	2.16 8.23
East of Eden (1955)	5.05
Escape from Alcatraz	2.19
Every Which Way by Loose	6.18
Evil Dead (1981)	3.14
Fatal Attraction	5.13
Fletch (use of aliases)	4.11
Forrest Gump	4.08
Fright Night	6.07
Full Metal Jacket	5.15
Ghost	2.01 4.15 7.18
Ghostbusters	1.07 1.17 2.16
Girl, Interrupted	4.09 7.03
Godzilla versus Mothra	1.15
Groundhog Day	3.11
Harry and the Hendersons	4.08
Harry Potter films	7.20
Heathers	4.13
Hellraiser	3.10
House of Wax	5.05
How the Crinch Stole Xmas	3.08
I Spit on Your Grave	4.13
Incredible Hulk	2.17
Iron Man	9.02
James Bond Movies	6.03 6.18 7.04
Jaws	6.07
Jesus Christ Superstar+	3.16
Juno	4.11
Jurassic Park	6.22
Little Big Man	8.21
Lord of the Rings	5.02 8.17
Lost Boys	2.03
Mannequin	6.14
Marathon Man	6.06
Matrix	2.12
Maximum Overdrive	8.17
Memento	6.13
Misery	7.04
Missing in Action (1,2 &3)++	7.10
Mommie Dearest	1.19
Monty Python and the Holy Grail	6.14
Motel Hell	5.19
National Lampoons Vacation	8.16
Natural Born Killers	8.06
Nell	4.11
Never Ending Story	6.12
New Jack City	4.15
One Flew Over the Cockoos Nest	1.10 5.11 7.02
Outbreak	4.06 6.19
Pet Semetary	2.04
Pleasantville	6.19
Poltergeist	1.09 2.18 5.16
Pretty in Pink	2.04
Psycho	5.19 7.17
Raiders of the Lost Ark	2.02 8.17 8.20
Rain Man	3.03 8.05
Rebel Without a Cause	5.05
Revenge of the Nerds	4.13
Robocop	6.07 6.08
Se7en	3.01
Sid and Nancy	6.15
Silence of the Lambs	2.03 5.11
Silkwood	5.11 8.20 9.02
Soylent Green	6.06
Spiderman	5.03 4.08
Spinal Tap	1.10
Star Trek	1.06 4.21 4.22 5.22 6.16 6.18
Star Wars	1.03 1.10 2.05 2.08 3.16 4.01 7.09 7.11 7.17 7.20 8.11 8.12
Taxi Driver	2.19
Texas Chainsaw Massacre	1.11
The Apple Dumpling Gang	8.18
The Blair Witch Project	3.10
The Borne Idenity	8.20
The Butterfly Effect	6.17
The Da Vinci Code	1.19
The Exorcist	1.22
The Godfather	6.17
The Great Escape	2.19
The Great Lebowksi	4.05
The Hangover	6.18
The Howling	2.17
The Incredible Hulk	5.07 9.02
The Karate Kid	4.15
The Love Guru	5.04
The Omega Man	2.11
The Parent Trap	5.04 6.14
The Shawshank Redemption	6.10
The Shining	1.09 1.10 2.07
The Sixth Sense	1.10 2.16 3.05
The Stepford Wives	2.09
The Ten Commandments (1956)	6.03
The Terminator	2.12 5.13 6.06
The Three Stooges	8.15
The Untouchables	7.12
The Wizard of Oz	2.16 2.20 6.15
Thelma and Louise	5.03
Three Men and a Baby	2.18
Titanic	6.17
Transformers	7.21
Tron (not clear which one)	8.20
Twilight	5.03 6.05
War Games	8.20
War of the Roses	7.05
Wayne's World	7.01
Weird Science	2.12
When Harry Met Sally	5.14
Willard	1.08
Wonder Woman	7.13 7.14
Zero Dark Thirty	8.17 9.02
Zoolander	2.19 6.15
Zoombieland	6.19

+ Dean's probably referencing the movie rather than the stage musical. Though it's not clear which one.

++ In Chuck Norris American Hero Collection box set

NOTABLY:

There are 2 instances where Dean does not understand a movie reference directed at him. We can assumehe has not seen these movies:

Mary Poppins (3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas)

DEAN: So, was I right? Is it the serial-killing chimney sweep?

SAM: Yep. It's, uh, it’s actually Dick Van Dyke.

DEAN: Who?

SAM: Mary Poppins.

DEAN: Who’s that?

SAM: Oh come on— never mind. (Waves his hand)

It's a Wonderful Life (9.03 I'm No Angel)

Dean: He's getting cagey - he's using a fake name. Clarence.

Sam: That's what Meg used to call him. Of course he doesn't get that he's using the name of a pretty famous angel.

Dean: What?

Sam: Dude! "It's a Wonderful Life"! Seriously!

Television Show references

TV Show Title	Episode/s referenced
21 Jump Street (90s)	4.13
700 Club	2.13
Ally McBeal	7.04
Antiques Road Show	3.15
Batman	3.03 6.07 6.14 6.17
Betwitched	2.20 7.05
Bill Nye The Science Guy	8.17
Breaking Bad	7.14 9.02
Bugs Bunny	3.03
Candid Camera	8.17
Casper the Friendly Ghost	2.07 8.06
Creepshow	2.18
CSI	5.07
CSI Miami	3.15
Desperate Housewives	7.06
Dexter	6.08
Dr Quinn Medicine Woman	3.15 5.13
Dynasty	5.06
Friday Night Lights	8.04
Friends	2.19
Game of Thrones	9.04
Ghost Whisperer	2.01 2.16
Gigantor	6.08
Gilligan’s Island	4.22
Girls Gone Wild	6.14
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.	7.15
Grey’s Anatomy	5.07
Gumby	3.02
Hannah Montana	7.13
Happy Days	3.08
Hello Kitty	4.13
Highway to Heaven	4.02
House	4.15
I Dream of Jeanie	2,20 6.18
Jeopardy	9.02
Jersey Shore	6.14
Keeping up with the Kardashians	7.22
Knight Rider	5.07
Kojak	3.13 6.03 6.20
Let’s Make a Deal	2.08
Matlock	1.08 2.07
Medium	1.10
Mr Rogers Neighborhood	2.09
Mr Wizard	6.05
MTV Cribs	2.08
Oprah	1.08
Paris Hilton’s My New BFF	5.05
Perfect Strangers	6.20
Power Rangers	4.10
Punk’d	6.04
Robot Chicken	8.08
Saturday Night Live	7.14 8.13
Scooby Doo	2.11 6.08
Shark Week	7.14
Sienfield	6.07
Sony and Cher	4.03
Soul Train	6.09
South Park	8.16
Sponge Bob	2.13
Star Trek (see also movies)	1.06
Starsky and Hutch	4.15 5.10
Tales from the Crypt	7.12
Taxicab Confessions	6.06
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	5.03
That 70’s Show	7.05
That’s Incredible	1.20
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	3.08 4.14
The Brady Bunch	8.18
The Crosby Show	8.18
The Kids in the Hall	4.08
The Munsters	3.14
The Muppets	6.07 6.14
The Rockford Files	2.07
The Smurfs	1.01
The Suite Life of Zach and Cody	4.22
The Waltons	6.17
The Wonder Years	7.14
The X-Files	1.01 1.04 2.07 3.11 4.01 4.05 4.08 5.02
Touched by an Angel	2.13 4.02 4.10
True Blood	7.22
Twilight Zone	1.20
Unsolved Mysteries	1.01
Veronica Mars	7.20
Walker, Texas Ranger	6.18
Welcome Back Kotter	5.12

Television advertisements

Product / Advertisement	Episode/s referenced
Beef, it’s what’s for Dinner	4.11
Life Call	6.04
Keebler	6.09
Crest Toothpaste	5.06
Snuggles Fabric Softener	1.12
Infomercials (generally)	1.04 2.08

Dean also mentions presenters on Food shows - Chef Fieri and Paula Deen (7.22)

We also know that Dean loves Soap Operas – as per Dr Sexy MD in 5.08 and while holed up in Rufus’ Cabin in 7.03 he’s watching telenovela.