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|image=[[File:John-Winchester-supernatural-39128171-500-281OG JohnWinchester.jpg|350px]]<br>[[File:YoungJohnWinchester.jpg|350px]]

|location= [[Heaven]] (currently)<br>[[Lawrence, Kansas]] (formerly)

|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 Winchester to [[Sam]]|source= [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]

|author= John Winchesterto [[Dean]]

John was born in Normal, Illinois, to [[Millie]] and [[Henry Winchester]]. Henry was a member of the [[Men of Letters]], who intended to induct John into the order when he was old enough. However, when John was four, his father disappeared. John thought Henry had simply left, never knowing that his father had fled through time to escape the grasp of the [[Knight of Hell]], [[Abaddon]], who later killed him in the 21st century. This left John with a deep resentment -- in Dean's words "he hated the man."<ref>[[8.12 As Time Goes By]]</ref> Nothing is known of John's mother Millie. John described himself as "a mechanic from a family of mechanics" and when he is an adult there is someone in his life who an acquaintance refers to as "his old man." <ref name="four03">[[4.03 In the Beginning]]</ref>. There may have been mechanics on his mother's side, and possibly Millie re-partnered or John was fostered or adopted.  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.  John and [[Mary Campbell]] did not initially get along when they met. However [[Heaven]] was interested in bringing together the lines of [[hunter]]s and [[Men of Letters]], and so a [[cherub]] intervened and they fell 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="five16old man">[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]</ref> In 1973, At John went to a car yard to purchase a beige VW van but was persuaded by [[Dean]], who had come from the future to save him, to get the [[Impala]] instead.<ref>[[4.03 In the Beginning]]</ref> Soon after John was about to propose to Mary when [[Azazel]] killed him. Mary made a deal with Azazel for John's life, in exchange for a promise to allow Azazel into her home in ten years' timematernal grandfather.<ref name="four03" /> They married in Reno on August 19, 1975, at Mary's instigation. <ref>[[12.01 Keep Calm and Carry On]]</ref>

After returning to [[Lawrence, Kansas]], from the Vietnam War where he served as a marine, John worked as a mechanic and was unaware 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 life as a hunternumber, she gave it to him, despite knowing her father wouldn't approve. He did learn [[Heaven]] was also interested in bringing together the lines of this when Sam [[hunter]]s and Dean return to 1978 protect their parents from the [[angelMen of Letters]] , and so a [[Annacherub]]intervened,causing the two to fall in love.<ref>[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same14 My Bloody Valentine]]</ref>. John consented to possession by Michael, thinking it would help save and Mary's marriage was not always happy, but it allows Michael to kill and at least once he moved out of the angel family home.<ref name="five16">[[Anna]]5. Afterwards John and Mary's memories are wiped 16 Dark Side of the encounter with the angels and Sam and Dean by [[MichaelMoon]]. </ref>

When In 1973, as John went to a car yard to purchase a beige VW van but was persuaded by [[Dean]], who had come from the future, to get the [[Impala]] instead.<ref>[[4.03 In the Beginning]]</ref> Soon after John was about to propose to Mary Winchester|Marywhen [[Azazel]] was murdered by killed him. Mary made a deal with Azazel for John's life, in exchange for a promise to allow Azazel into her home in 1983ten years' time.<ref name="four03" /> After John's resurrection, John raised their the two sonsmarried in Reno on August 19, Sam and Dean1975, alone. He becomes obsessed with solving the mystery of at Mary's death and revengeinstigation. Starting with meeting <ref>[[Missouri Mosely12.01 Keep Calm and Carry On]], he learns about the world of the supernatural. </ref>

John moved his family from town to town following leads on supernatural creatures (telling Sam that he was unaware of Mary's life as a traveling salesman)hunter, often leaving but did learn of this when Sam and Dean return to 1978 protect their parents from the boys for days or even weeks<ref name="four19">[[4.19 Jump the Sharkangel]]</ref> to fend for themselves.<ref name="three08">[[3.08 A Very Supernatural ChristmasAnna]], who had gone back in time to prevent Sam from being born by killing John and Mary.</ref><ref name="four13">[[45.13 After School SpecialThe Song Remains the Same]]</ref> Though he never settled anywhere for very longJohn consented to being possessed by Michael, thinking it would help save Mary, allowing Michael to kill Anna. Afterwards, John did establish a [[Johnand Mary's lock-up|lock-up]] where he stored weapons (including landmines memories are wiped of the encounter with the angels and Sam and grenades), Dean by [[curse boxesMichael]], and mementos from Sam and Dean's childhood.

When Mary was murdered by Azazel in 1983, John started training raised their two sons, Sam and Dean , alone. Mary's 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 a traveling salesman). In the early days, he would often leave the boys with other hunters like [[Pastor Jim]] or with babysitters he'd find at motels, but sometimes he left them to fend for themselves for days or even weeks<ref name="four19">[[4.19 Jump the Shark]]</ref>.<ref name="three08">[[3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]]</ref><ref name="four13">[[4.13 After School Special]]</ref> Though he never settled anywhere for very long, John did establish a shotgun when [[John's lock-up|lock-up]] where he is 6 stored weapons (including landmines and grenades), [[curse boxes]], and mementos from Sam and Dean's childhood. When Dean was six or 7. seven, John began training him to use a shotgun, while keeping Sam is unaware of hunting and believes . Sam believed John is was a salesman until he reads read [[John's Journal]] when he is was eight.<ref name="three08">[[3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]]</ref>

John met [[Bobby Singer ]] who advised him about hunting, and also, at least by 1989, was looking looked after Sam and Dean while John was on the road.<ref>[[7.10 Death's Door]]</ref>In 1991, he gave an 8-year-old Sam an amulet as a Christmas present to give to John, which he eventually gave to Dean.<ref>[[3.08 A Very Supernatural Christmas]]</ref>.

In 1990, unbeknownst to Sam and Dean, John is was injured on a hunt in Windom, Minnesota, and goes went to the hospital where he meets met [[Kate Milligan]]. He gets During a brief fling, he got her pregnant, although he doesndidn't meet his son -- [[Adam Milligan]] -- 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>

After Sam chose to leave the family and hunting and attend StanfordIn 2003, John cut off contact with himends up in 2019 after Dean uses a [[Baozhu]] to grant "what his heart desires, although he regularly visited Palo Alto to check up on him.<ref>" hoping it will remove [[1.08 BugsMichael]]</ref> Her and Dean continued hunting together, with Dean going on hunts on who is trapped in his own as he got oldermind. Around this time John gets a chance to reunite with Mary, and reconcile with Sam and Bobby have a falling out - -- Dean comments that . However John being in 2019 is tampering with the timeline, so they destroy the last time Bobby saw pearl and send John back to 2003, where he nearly "filled him wakes with buckshotno memory of what has happened."<ref name="one22">[[114.22 Devil's Trap13 Lebanon]]</ref>

In 2005, John got a lead on the [[demon]] that was responsible for Mary's death, and he left Dean in order to pursue it. He tries tried to keep both Sam and Dean at a distance in order to protect them. He eventually reunited with , even refusing to respond when Dean called him when he and Sam and Dean returned to Lawrence in order response to obtain Sam's visions<ref>[[the Colt]]1. As they got closer to [[the Yellow-Eyed Demon09 Home]], John was kidnapped by the [[demon]] [[Meg]], and possessed by [[Azazel]]. However </ref> or when Sam wasn't able called to kill his father with the Colt in order to kill the demontell him Dean was dying.<ref>[[1.22 Devil's Trap12 Faith]]</ref>

Following a car crash caused by a [[Trucker|demon]], John offered his own life and [[the Colt ]] to [[Azazel]] to save Dean. John revealed that he has had known the "truth" about Sam all along. Before he died, John warned Dean that he may have to kill Sam if he couldn't save him.<ref>[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]</ref>

Due to his deal with Azazel, when John Winchester died and went he was sent to [[Hell]], where over the next ten months (equivalent of a hundred years) he was tortured by [[Alastair]]. Alastair later told Dean that John never "broke" -- that is , he never gave in to Alastair'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]] that required that a righteous man shedding blood in Hell.<ref>[[4.16 On the Head of a Pin ]]</ref> In 2007, a When the [[Devil's Gate in Wyoming|Gate to Hell]] was opened , he was one of the spirits who managed to escape and helped Dean kill Azazel by [[Jake Talley]] ripping him out of his meatsuit, distracting him long enough for his son to reclaim the Colt and shoot Azazel in his heart after he returns to his meatsuit. After sharing one last tearful moment with his sons, John's spirit escaped, helping Dean passes on to kill [[AzazelHeaven]].<ref>[[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]</ref> John had a quiet moment with his sons after Dean killed Azazel before his spirit passed on to the afterlife.

* 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.{{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 Winchester|source= [[1.20 Dead Man's Blood]]}}

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.

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.

[[File:After waking up, Sam tells Dean about the dream and his belief that it was someone masquerading as John to deliver a message. When Sam points out that Johntold him everything he wanted to hear, Dean agrees that that didn't sound like their father at all, but brushes off Sam's-Batclaims that it could be [[God]] responding to his [[prayer]].png|thumb|right|350px|Dean admits that he dreams about their father all the time, usually a dream where Johnis teaching Dean how to drive when he's barbed wire wrapped baseball batsixteen, not a young boy as when John actually taught him, with Sam in the back seat and John telling him "perfect landing son" when they get home. The dream, which Dean has every couple of months, is something that he finds comforting.]]Sam says he usually has the same type of dream about their mother - a dream of a normal life with their parents. 

[[ImageFile:DogtagsJohn's_Dog_Tags.jpgpng|right|thumb|John's dog tags.]]

[[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.^{[[S1Com]],p.11}* 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.