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|image=[[File:John-Winchester-supernatural-39128171-500-281OG JohnWinchester.jpg|350px]]<br>[[File:YoungJohnWinchester.jpg|350px]]
|name= John Eric Winchester
|actor= [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]]<br>[[Matthew Cohen]] (Young John)<br>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5495146/ Nels Gulofen] (Child John)
|dates= 1954 - July 19, 2006 (killed by [[Azazel]])
|location= [[Heaven]] (currently)<br>[[Lawrence, Kansas]] (formerly)
|occupation= Marine<br>Mechanic<br>[[Hunter]]<br>[[Vessel]] for [[Michael]] ([[5.13 The Song Remains the Same|5.13]])
|episodes= [[1.01 Pilot]]<br>[[1.04 Phantom Traveler]] (voice only)<br>[[1.09 Home]]<br>[[1.10 Asylum]] (not seen)<br>[[1.11 Scarecrow]]<br>[[1.16 Shadow]]<br>[[1.18 Something Wicked]]<br>[[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]<br>[[1.21 Salvation]]<br>[[1.22 Devil's Trap]]<br>[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]<br> [[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]<br>[[4.03 In the Beginning]]<br>[[4.13 After School Special]] (not seen)<br>[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]<br>[[8.12 As Time Goes By]]<br>[[9.07 Bad Boys]] (not seen)<br>[[11.04 Baby]] (vision)<br>[[14.13 Lebanon]]
}}
{{Quotation
|title=
|text= You gotta understand somethin'. After your mother passed, all I saw was evil. Everywhere. And all I cared about was, was keepin' you boys alive. I wanted you prepared. Ready. So somewhere along the line I uh, I stopped being your father, and I, I became your, your drill-sergeant. So when you said that you wanted to go away to school, all I could think about, my only thought was, that you were gonna be alone. Vulnerable. Sammy it just, it never occurred to me what you wanted. I just couldn't accept the fact that you and me... we're just different.
|author= John Winchesterto [[Sam]]
|source= [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]
}}
|title=
|text= You know, when you were a kid, I'd come home from a hunt, and after what I'd seen, I'd be, I'd be wrecked. And you, you'd come up to me and you, you'd put your hand on my shoulder and you'd look me in the eye and you'd... You'd say 'It's okay, Dad' [...] You shouldn't have had to say that to me, I should have been saying that to you. You know, I put, I put too much on your shoulders, I made you grow up too fast. You took care of Sammy, you took care of me. You did that, and you didn't complain, not once. I just want you to know that I am so proud of you.
|author= John Winchesterto [[Dean]]
|source= [[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]
}}
}}
John Winchester was [[Sam]] and [[Dean]]'s father , and the son of husband to [[Henry Mary Winchester]], a member of the [[Men of Letters]], making John a legacy. Born in Normal, Illinois, he was four when his father disappeared. John thought Henry had simply left, not knowing that his father had fled through time to escape the grasp of the [[Knight of Hell]], [[Abaddon]]. Had Henry not left, John most likely would've been initiated into the Men of Letters.<ref>[[8.12 As Time Goes By]]</ref>
[[File:John&Henry.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A photo of a young John and [[Henry Winchester]].]]
After returning to [[Lawrence, Kansas]], from the Vietnam War where he served as a marine, John worked as a mechanic and was eventually co-owner (with [[Mike Guenther]]) of a garage. On March 23, 1972 after seeing the film Slaughterhouse-Five, Mary Campbell bumped into John Winchester, knocking him down. While Mary was embarrassed, John simply laughed it off, and told her she could get him a cup coffee to make it up to him. The two would go to Mulroney's Diner and talk. When John asked for Mary's number, she gave it to him, despite knowing her father wouldn't approve. [[Heaven]] was also interested in bringing together the lines of [[hunter]]s and [[Men of Letters]], and so a [[cherub]] intervened, causing the two to fall in love.<ref>[[5.14 My Bloody Valentine]]</ref> John and Mary's marriage was not always happy, and at least once he moved out of the family home.<ref name="five16">[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]</ref>
John was unaware of Mary's life as a hunter. He , but did learn of this when Sam and Dean return to 1978 protect their parents from the [[angel]] [[Anna]],who had gone back in time to prevent Sam from being born by killing John and Mary.<ref>[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]</ref> but his memory is wiped of this information John consented to being possessed by [[Michael]], following thinking it would help save Mary, allowing Michaelto kill Anna. Afterwards, John and Mary's possession memories are wiped of John in order to kill the encounter with the angels and Sam and Dean by [[AnnaMichael]].
When Mary was murdered by Azazel in 1983, John raised their two sons, Sam and Dean, alone. Mary's marriage mysterious death became an obsession for John, who sought to learn what happened that night and kill the thing that pinned Mary to the ceiling. His quest for revenge led him [[Missouri Mosely]], who revealed to John the world of the supernatural. After taking to the hunter life, John moved his family from town to town following leads on supernatural creatures (telling Sam that he was not always happya traveling salesman). In the early days, and he would often leave the boys with other hunters like [[Pastor Jim]] or with babysitters he'd find at least once motels, but sometimes he moved out of left them to fend for themselves for days or even weeks<ref name="four19">[[4.19 Jump the family homeShark]]</ref>.<ref name="three08">[[3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]]</ref><ref name="five16four13">[[54.16 Dark Side 13 After School Special]]</ref> Though he never settled anywhere for very long, John did establish a [[John's lock-up|lock-up]] where he stored weapons (including landmines and grenades), [[curse boxes]], and mementos from Sam and Dean's childhood. When Dean was six or seven, John began training him to use a shotgun, while keeping Sam unaware of the Moonhunting. Sam believed John was a salesman until he read [[John's Journal]] when he was eight.<ref name="three08">[[3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]]</ref>
In 1990, unbeknownst to Sam and Dean, John fathered was injured on a child with nurse hunt in Windom, Minnesota, and went to the hospital where he met [[Kate Milligan]]. Though During a brief fling, he got her pregnant, although he didn't meet his son -- [[Adam Milligan]] didn't meet John -- until he was 12 years old, . John had sporadic contact with Adam from 2002 until John's death in 2006. While John raised Sam and Dean in a very militant and non-conventional environment, it seemed he used his time with Adam to do more traditional father-son activities such as going to baseball games that he either couldn't or wouldn't do with his older two sons.<ref name="four19">[[4.19 Jump the Shark]]</ref>
Following a car crash caused by a [[Trucker|demon]], John Winchester died offered his own life and went to [[Hellthe Colt]], where over the next ten months (equivalent of a hundred years) he was tortured by to [[AlastairAzazel]]to save Dean. Alastair later told Dean John revealed that John never he had known the "broketruth" -- iabout Sam all along.e. never gave in Before he died, John warned Dean that he may have to Alastairkill Sam if he couldn's temptation to protect himself by torturing others. Dean, by contrast, gave in after three months (equivalent of thirty years) of torture, thus breaking the first of [[the 66 Seals]] to free [[Lucifer]]: a righteous man shedding blood in Hellt save him.<ref>[[42.16 On the Head 01 In My Time of a Pin Dying]]</ref>
===Middle name===
* Full name given on the tombstone in the alternative reality of episode [[2.20]]: John E. Winchester
* At [[Comic-Con 2008]], Eric Kripke [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxxFxhSrrTQ confirmed] that John's middle name was Eric.
* In [[11.23 Alpha and Omega]], [[Lady Antonia Bevell]] has cork board with information on the family. John's full name is written as John Edward Winchester. However as other information such as Sam's birth date are incorrect, the veracity of any of the information there is in doubt.
==Episodes==
===[[1.21 Salvation]]===
As hunters they know start being killed, the Winchester begin to hunt for the [[demon]] in earnest, following signs that John has learned are associated with its appearance to Salvation, Iowa. [[Sam]] has a vision concerning a young woman and her baby, suggesting she is a target of the demon. John is angry that the boys hadn't told him about Sam's visions, but Dean stands up to him, berating him for almost never picking up the phone whenever they called.
When [[Meg]] calls she demands [[the Colt]], killing his friend [[Caleb]] as John listens. John plans a ruse to give her a fake Colt, as Sam and Dean take the real Colt to kill the demon. Both plans go wrong when John is captured by Meg and [[Tom]] and the demon eludes the boys.
===[[1.22 Devil's Trap]]===
[[Sam]] and [[Dean]] turn to [[Bobby]] for help. When [[Meg]] turns up, they capture her, and manage to find out John's location. The boys rescue John and take him to a remote cabin. It is while he is telling Dean he is proud of him that Dean gets suspicious and realizes that John is possessed by [[the Yellow-Eyed Demon]]. He taunts Dean and Sam and is killing Dean when John manages to wrest control for a moment and allow Sam to get control of the Colt. Sam, however, can't shoot to kill and the demon escapes after Sam only shoots John in the leg. As they escape in the [[Impala]], a demon-possessed [[Trucker|truck driver]] totals the car.
===[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]===
All the Winchesters are in the hospital, with [[Dean]] near death. When [[Sam]] discovers John is planning on pursuing the [[Yellow-Eyed Demon]], they argue. John promises to hold off until Dean recovers, but actually summons the Yellow-Eyed Demon and makes a deal - his life for Dean's.
===[[10.09 The Things We Left Behind]]===
While at a barsulking, Castiel asks Sam and Dean if they love their father. Despite not having had an easy childhood, they both say they do. Sam and Dean tell [[Castiel]] a story about a time when they and John were investigating a haunting on Long Island, New York. They begged him to take them to New York City, despite John's distaste for New York (and the Yankees) he was eventually talked into taking them into the city for sightseeing and pizza. Later that night , as John and Sam were asleep, Dean snuck off to visit CBGBs despite being underage. There, a woman invited him to drink with her and her friends. He got drunk for the first time, so much that according to Dean, "the room starts to spin, and I feel like I'm going to puke forever." John found Dean and rescued him from the situation, intimidating everyone in the bar with his militaristic appearance and tone of voice. Dean recalls telling John that he embarrassed him, and that he hated John, to which John replies, "Son, if you don't like me, that's fine. It's not my job to be liked. It's my job to raise you right." Dean tells Castiel asks Sam and Dean if they love their father, and they both say they dothat John succeeded in that.
===[[11.04 Baby]]===
While driving to Quaker Valley, Oregon, to check out a possible case, believing [[Sam]] to be exhausted, [[Dean]] tells him to get in the back and get some rest. Suddenly Sam is awakened by Judy Collins's "Someday Soon" playing on the radio. He asks Dean what he's listening to, only to find the younger version of John Winchester in the driver's seat. Sam believes he's having another vision. John says he is only here to deliver a message -- that [[the Darkness]] is coming and only the boys can stop it. Sam insists that there should be a way to stop the Darkness and that John needs to tell him, but John only answers, “[[God]] helps those who help themselves.” Sam asks John one last question before he wakes up: “Who are you?”
===[[11.15 Beyond the Mat]]===
When [[Dean]] finds the obituary of a wrestler John was a fan of, he and Sam reminisce that watching wrestling was one of the few moments they could remember seeing him actually happy. Dean considered their time at wrestling shows as the nicest thing John ever did for them.
===[[12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell]]===
As they are returning from cases involving [[ghouls]], [[wraiths]], and [[sirens]], Dean comments on how John used to love the weapon he was carrying, a bat wrapped with barbed wire which was covered in raw pieces of the [[monsters]] they were hunting, as is Dean.
===[[14.13 Lebanon]]===
[[File:John&MaryReunited.jpg|thumb|right|350px|John and [[Mary]] share a moment together.]]
When Dean uses the [[Baozhu]] and wishes for his heart's desire, he inadvertently summons John Winchester from 2003. After attacking and overpowering his sons, they talk about everything that's happened since his death: how they saved the world multiple times, discovered the truth about the Men of Letters from [[Henry Winchester|their grandfather]], and live in the Bunker with [[Castiel]] and [[Jack]]. John also sees [[Mary]] for the first time since her death in 1983.
While he looks through the lore books, John also talks with Sam about their fight the night Sam left for Stanford. Sam tells John that while he thinks about him a lot, he never thinks about their fights. Sam felt bad about how he never got to say goodbye before finding John on the floor in the hospital. However, Sam acknowledges that John did the best he could for them.
Later, they discover that they tampered with time by pulling John from the past. The consequences include Sam never getting back into the hunting life, Dean being wanted for $100,000 on multiple charges, Mary never being brought back to life by [[Amara]], presumably Jack never being born, and Castiel never meeting the Winchesters. They realize that they need to send John back to 2003 to correct the past. Sam, Dean, and Mary are hesitant, but John accepts that he has to go back. John also tells Dean that he never meant for his sons to have to live the hunter life as it was supposed to end between Yellow Eyes and him. He wanted Dean to have a normal life and have a family of his own, but Dean acknowledges that he already has a family. After sharing their first meal as a family, they gather around for one last tearful goodbye. As John holds Mary's hand, Sam smashes the Baozhu, sending John back to 2003.
As John wakes up in the Impala back in 2003, he gets a call from Dean. He tells Dean that he had "one hell of a dream" and that he will see Dean soon.
===[[14.18 Absence]]===
After Mary is accidentally killed by Jack, [[Dumah]] allows [[Castiel]] to see her special [[Heaven]], where Mary is at peace and reunited with John.
During Mary's hunter's funeral, John appears in a flashback to [[14.13 Lebanon]].
===[[14.19 Jack in the Box]]===
After [[Castiel]] tries to get to [[Jack Kline]], [[Dumah]] threatens to end John and Mary's shared Heaven with a snap of her fingers if Castiel doesn't do as she says. In retaliation and to protect John and Mary, Castiel instantly kills Dumah with his [[angel blade]], ensuring their safety.
===[[15.20 Carry On]]===
After [[Dean]] dies and arrives in Heaven, he is met by [[Bobby]], who tells him that all the walls have been taken down by Jack and Heaven is everyone happy and together. He notes that John and [[Mary]] have a place "over yonder."
==Age Speculation==
==John's Military History==
[[ImageFile:DogtagsJohn's_Dog_Tags.jpgpng|right|thumb|John's dog tags.]]
In [[2.09 Croatoan]], Dean says that John was a Corporal in the Marine Corps, with company 'Echo 2/1' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Battalion_1st_Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Echo company]). Sam reiterates this to [[Stan Thompson]] in [[8.08 Hunteri Heroici]].
==Trivia==
[[File:John's-Bat.png|thumb|right|350px|John's barbed wire wrapped baseball bat.]]* In one version of the pilot script, [[Sam ]] and [[Dean ]] found John dead on the ceiling.<sup>[[S1Com]],p.11</sup>* After having given the [[Impala ]] to Dean, John drives a GMC Sierra Grande with the Kansas license plate CSG 8R3.* John appears in a flashback in the spin-off novel ''[[Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon]]'', where he hunts a fire demon in San Francisco in 1989 (the Campbells, unknown to John, having defeated and banished the same demon in 1969), with [[Dean]], [[Sam]], and [[Castiel]] permanently defeating the demon in 2009. His presence is also hinted at in the 1969 flashback, when [[Deanna Campbell]] reflects on a mechanic that Mary is acquainted with back home.* [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]], who plays [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Negan_(TV_Series) Negan] on ''The Walking Dead'', has joked about [http://storify.com/superwiki/supernatural-walking-dead-real-life-crossover a crossover between ''Supernatural '' and ''The Walking Dead''] along with [[Jensen Ackles]] and fellow Walking Dead actor Michael Cudlitz . Negan's signature weapon [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Lucille_(TV_Series) Lucille], a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, appears in [[12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell]].* John Winchester's age at the time of [[2.01 In My Time of Dying]] would have been 52 years old. With Jeffery Dean Morgan's return to ''Supernatural'' in [[14.13 Lebanon]], he is now the same age as John Winchester was in his last appearance.
==See also==