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Stephen King is a hugely popular and critically acclaimed American author whose name is synonymous with horror and dark fantasy. He has written over 60 novels and 200 short stories, many of which have been adapted into movies and TV series. The influence of his works permeates ''Supernatural'' - from inspiration for monsters to visual references and quotes from Dean.  
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_King Stephen King] is a hugely popular and critically acclaimed American author whose name is synonymous with horror and dark fantasy. He has written over 60 novels and 200 short stories, many of which have been adapted into movies and TV series. The influence of his works permeates ''Supernatural''—from inspiration for monsters to visual references and quotes from [[Dean]].  
 
[[File:Shiningbarscene.JPG|300px|right|thumb|The bar scene from ''The Shining'', and the bar scene from "Playthings."]]
 
[[File:Shiningbarscene.JPG|300px|right|thumb|The bar scene from ''The Shining'', and the bar scene from "Playthings."]]
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== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel) Carrie] ==
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Carrie White has an abusive home and gets bullied at school, and eventually exacts revenge using her telekinetic powers.
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==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(novel) Carrie]==
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''"Carrie" is about teen Carrie White who is raised in an abusive home and gets bullied at school. She eventually exacts revenge using her telekinetic powers.''
  
 
===[[1.02 Wendigo]]===
 
===[[1.02 Wendigo]]===
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In Sam's nightmare, the visual of the hand coming up out of Jessica's grave and snatching his wrist calls to mind the end of the 1976 movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(1976_film) Carrie, based on the novel by Stephen King.
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In [[Sam]]'s nightmare, the visual of the hand coming up out of [[Jessica Moore|Jessica's]] grave and snatching his wrist calls to mind the end of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_(1976_film) the 1976 movie adaptation of ''Carrie''].
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===[[3.16 No Rest for the Wicked]]===
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In a reference to Sam's Carrie-like telekinetic powers, when discussing how they're going to defeat [[Lilith]]:
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:'''Dean:''' What, are you gonna give her the ''Carrie''-stare and Lilith goes poof?
  
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== [[The Shining]] ==
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===[[8.12 As Time Goes By]]===
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Jack Torrance takes his family to an isolated inn so he can finish his novel. His young son Danny, has creepy visions of past and future evil events at the hotel. Jack becomes influenced by a supernatural presence and descends into madness, eventually turning on his family in a murderous rage.
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When [[Abaddon]] enters the comic book store which used to be a [[Men of Letters]] clubhouse, the cashier comments on her blood-stained dress, telling her that the screening of ''Carrie'' isn't until Sunday. This is a reference to the scene where Carrie gets doused in pig's blood by her classmates at prom.
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==[[The Shining]]==
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''In "The Shining", Jack Torrance takes his family to an isolated inn so he can finish his novel. His young son, Danny, has creepy visions of past and future evil events at the hotel. Jack becomes influenced by a supernatural presence and descends into madness, eventually turning on his family in a murderous rage.''
  
 
===[[1.09 Home]]===
 
===[[1.09 Home]]===
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[[Dean]]'s comment when [[Sam]] first reveals he is having psychic visions.
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* Characters in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel) the novel] refer to their psychic "gift" as the Shining, hence the title. Dean plays on this when Sam first reveals he is having psychic visions:
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:'''Dean:''' I mean, first you tell me that you’ve got the Shining? And then you tell me that I’ve gotta go back home?
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* Dean hacking away at the front door with an axe and then peering inside the hole is reminiscent of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk famous Jack Nicholson scene] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film) the 1980 Stanley Kubrick adaptation], albeit without the catchphrase.
  
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:'''Dean:''' I mean, first you tell me that you’ve got the Shining? And then you tell me that I’ve gotta go back home?
 
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Characters in the novel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel) ''The Shining''], refer to their psychic "gift" as the Shining, hence the title.
 
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The cymbal-banging toy monkey seen in the nursery could be an homage to the toy evil monkey in the Stephen King short story [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey ''The Monkey''].
 
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Dean hacking away at the front door with an axe and then peering inside the hole is reminiscent of the famous Jack Nicholson's scene from the 1980 Stanley Kubrick movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(film) ''The Shining''], albeit without famous catchphrase.
 
 
===[[1.10 Asylum]]===
 
===[[1.10 Asylum]]===
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Dean theorizes about what happens to people who spend time in the haunted Roosevelt Asylum.
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Dean theorizes about what happens to people who spend time in the haunted Roosevelt Asylum:
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:'''Dean:''' Spirits driving them insane. Kind of like my man Jack in The Shining.
  
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:'''Dean:''' Spirits driving them insane. Kind of like my man Jack in The Shining.
 
 
===[[1.18 Something Wicked]]===
 
===[[1.18 Something Wicked]]===
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The old woman in the hospital is in Room 237. In ''The Shining'', Room 237 is the mystery-shrouded room, where Jack encounters the ghost of a young woman that turns into an old woman.
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The old woman in the hospital is in Room 237. In the 1980 movie, [https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Room_237 Room 237] is the mystery-shrouded room where Jack encounters the ghost of a young woman that turns into an old woman.
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===[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]===
 
===[[2.01 In My Time of Dying]]===
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Over the hospital P.A. Dean hears an announcement calling "Dr. Kripke to Room 237" for a code blue. He races to the room to see a [[reaper]] take the [[soul]] of a young girl.
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Over the hospital P.A., Dean hears an announcement calling "Dr. Kripke to Room 237" for a code blue. He races to the room to see a [[Reapers|reaper]] take the [[Soul|soul]] of a young girl.
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===[[3.16 No Rest for the Wicked]]===
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'''Dean:''' ''What, are you gonna give her the Carrie-stare and Lilith goes poof?''
 
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A reference to the character Carrie from the Stephen King novel of the same name.
 
 
===[[2.07 The Usual Suspects]]===
 
===[[2.07 The Usual Suspects]]===
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'''Dean:''' Well, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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* When looking at a printout page of the word "danashulps" written over and over, Dean makes a reference to a phrase Jack Torrance typed for hundreds of pages [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lQ_MjU4QHw in the 1980 movie].
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:'''Dean:''' Well, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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* When he and Sam were looking at a printout page of the word ''danashulps'' written over and over, Dean said "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," a reference to the famous phrase Jack Nicholson's character typed for hundreds of pages.
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* After getting the cops' attention by pretending to confess to the crimes, Dean explains his theory on what actually caused the deaths of a lawyer and his wife. He explains the [[Anagram|anagram]] appearing everywhere by referencing [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLjixsUEj5E the scene where REDRUM is written by Danny], Jack's son, on a door and seen in a mirror as MURDER:
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:'''Dean:''' Tony Giles saw it. I'll bet you cash money Karen did too. But see, the interesting thing is the word it leaves behind. For some reason it's trying to tell us something. But communicating across the vale, it ain't easy. You know, sometimes the spirits, they, they get things jumbled. You remember "REDRUM." Same concept. You know, it's, uh, maybe word fragments... other times, it's anagrams. See, at first we thought this was a name, Dana Shulps. But now we think it's a street. Ashland. Whatever's going on, I'll bet you it started there.
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'''Dean:''' ''Tony Giles saw it. I'll bet you cash money Karen did too. But see, the interesting thing is the word it leaves behind. For some reason it's trying to tell us something. But communicating across the vale, it ain't easy. You know, sometimes the spirits, they, they get things jumbled. You remember "REDRUM." Same concept. You know, it's, uh, maybe word fragments... other times, it's anagrams. See, at first we thought this was a name, Dana Shulps. But now we think it's a street. Ashland. Whatever's going on, I'll bet you it started there.''
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* When he was 'confessing' he talked about messages from spirits being jumbled as [[Anagram|anagrams]], and uses [[Redrum]] as an example. Redrum is murder spelled backwards and appears written in blood on the inn walls.
 
 
===[[2.09 Croatoan]]===
 
===[[2.09 Croatoan]]===
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The doctor tells Dean that the nearest town, forty miles away, is Sidewinder. In ''The Shining'' the events occur in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlook_hotel Overlook Hotel] which is 40 miles from Sidewinder.
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The doctor tells Dean that the nearest town, forty miles away, is Sidewinder. In ''The Shining'', the events occur in the [https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Overlook_Hotel Overlook Hotel] which is 40 miles from Sidewinder.
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:'''Doctor:''' It's about forty miles down to Sidewinder.
  
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:'''Doctor:''' It's about forty miles down to Sidewinder.
 
 
===[[2.11 Playthings]]===
 
===[[2.11 Playthings]]===
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There are multiple references to ''The Shining'' throughout the episode. Dean and [[Sam]] stay in room 237, the twin girls, the low tracking shots throughout the inn's halls are redolent of similar cinematography, and the scene in which Dean wanders into the inn bar to talk to [[Sherwin]] is reminiscent of a scene in the film. The room number 237 was also referenced in [[1.18 Something Wicked]]
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There are multiple references to ''The Shining'' throughout the episode:
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* Dean and Sam stay in [https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Room_237 Room 237.]
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[[Maggie Thompson]]'s dialogue is reminiscent of the twins' famously creepy line in ''The Shining'' "Come and play with us Danny. Forever and ever and ever."
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* The twin girls. A reference to [https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Grady_sisters the Grady sisters], the twin girls from the 1980 movie.
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* The low tracking shots throughout the inn's halls are redolent of similar cinematography from the Stanley Kubrick adaptation.
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* The scene in which Dean wanders into the inn bar to talk to [[Sherwin]] is reminiscent of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmY4k85_XEE a scene in the film.]
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* [[Maggie Thompson]]'s dialogue is reminiscent of the twins' famously creepy line in the 1980 movie, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMbI7DmLCNI "Come and play with us Danny. Forever and ever and ever."]
 
:'''Maggie:''' We can have lots of tea parties. Forever and ever and ever.
 
:'''Maggie:''' We can have lots of tea parties. Forever and ever and ever.
  
 
===[[3.01 The Magnificent Seven]]===
 
===[[3.01 The Magnificent Seven]]===
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'''Pride:''' ''Here’s Johnny!''
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:'''Pride:''' Here’s Johnny!
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As he chops through a door with an axe whilst terrorising his family in the 1980 movie, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk Jack Torrance says this] in a mocking interpretation of the introduction of late night show host Johnny Carson.
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Famous Jack Nicholson quote from ''The Shining'' said as he chops thru a door with an axe, in a mocking interpretation of the introduction of late night show host Johnny Carson.
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===[[3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock]]===
 
===[[3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock]]===
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The [[hunter]] [[Kubrick]] is probably a shout-out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick Stanley Kubrick] director of ''The Shining.''
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The [[hunter]] [[Kubrick]] is possibly named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick Stanley Kubrick], director of the 1980 film adaptation.
  
 
===[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]===
 
===[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]===
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[[Sam]] hacking away at the wall with the axe is somewhat similar to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4 famous scene] in ''The Shining''.
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Sam hacking away at the wall with the axe is somewhat similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk famous scene axe scene from the movie.]
  
 
===[[4.14 Sex and Violence]]===
 
===[[4.14 Sex and Violence]]===
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[[Dean]] and [[Sam]] discussing a murder:
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Sam and Dean discussing a murder:
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:'''Dean:''' Sounds like ''Ozzie and Harriet.''<br>
 
:'''Dean:''' Sounds like ''Ozzie and Harriet.''<br>
 
:'''Sam:''' More like ''The Shining.''
 
:'''Sam:''' More like ''The Shining.''
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===[[6.05 Live Free or Twihard]]===
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When the [[Alpha Vampire]] gives the rest of the [[vampires]] a vision, two little vampire girls in blue dresses can be seen holding hands. This is a reference to [https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Grady_sisters the Grady sisters], the twin girls from the 1980 movie.
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===[[6.11 Appointment in Samarra]]===
 
===[[6.11 Appointment in Samarra]]===
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'''Bobby:''' ''Don't say, 'Here's Johnny.'''
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:'''Bobby:''' Don't say, 'Here's Johnny.'
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As he chops through a door with an axe whilst terrorising his family in the 1980 movie, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk Jack Torrance says this] in a mocking interpretation of the introduction of late night show host Johnny Carson.
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Bobby is referring to the iconic moment in the Kubrick movie The Shining, when Jack Nicholson's character chops into a door with an axe, looks through the hole he's made, and calls out "Here's Johnny!" a play on late night show host Johnny Carson's catchphrase.
 
  
 
===[[7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo]]===
 
===[[7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo]]===
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[[Charlie]]'s apartment is #237.  
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[[Charlie Bradbury]]'s apartment is [https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Room_237 #237.]
  
 
===[[8.11 LARP and the Real Girl]]===
 
===[[8.11 LARP and the Real Girl]]===
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While explaining away the uncharacteristically early arrival of the "FBI", Dean makes another reference to the phrase "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy":
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While explaining away the uncharacteristically early arrival of the "FBI", Dean makes another reference to the phrase [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lQ_MjU4QHw "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"]:
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:'''Dean:''' Well, the FBI is all work... no play.
 
:'''Dean:''' Well, the FBI is all work... no play.
  
 
===[[10.03 Soul Survivor]]===
 
===[[10.03 Soul Survivor]]===
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The scene of [[Dean]] breaking down the door to [[the Bunker]]'s electrical room is an homage to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk the famous scene] of Jack Torrance in the movie.
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The scene of Dean breaking down the door to [[Men of Letters Bunker|the bunker's]] electrical room is an homage to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk the famous axe scene in the 1980 film.]
  
 
===[[11.05 Thin Lizzie]]===
 
===[[11.05 Thin Lizzie]]===
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'''Wendy:''' And... Now we're in The Shining.
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When staying at the creepy Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, a girl likens it to the [https://stephenking.fandom.com/wiki/Overlook_Hotel Overlook Hotel]:
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:'''Wendy:''' And... now we're in ''The Shining''.
  
 
===[[13.14 Good Intentions]]===
 
===[[13.14 Good Intentions]]===
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After [[Donatello Redfield]] has been corrupted by the [[demon tablet]], and locked in the Bunker's dungeon, Dean questions:
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After [[Donatello Redfield]] has been corrupted by the [[Tablets#Demon|demon tablet]], and locked in the bunker's dungeon, Dean makes yet another reference to the phrase Jack Torrance typed for hundreds of pages [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lQ_MjU4QHw in the 1980 movie]:
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:'''Dean:''' All right. What else do we know besides all work and no play makes Donatello a homicidal boy?
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==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man The Lawnmower Man]==
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''The 1992 film "Lawnmower Man" was adapted from the merging of a 1975 short story by Stephen King with an original screenplay entitled "CyberGod". In the film, a man with an intellectual disability becomes the unknowing subject of an experiment using drugs and virtual reality. The experiment increases IQ but also causes murderous rage.''
  
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:'''Dean:''' All right. What else do we know besides all work and no play makes Donatello a homicidal boy?
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===[[10.13 Halt & Catch Fire]]===
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'''Dean:''' Alright, so how the hell are we gonna deal with the Lawnmower Man?
  
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== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel) IT] ==
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==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel) IT]==
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A group of children a terrorised by an evil creature that appears as the things of which they are most afraid.  
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''In "IT", a group of children are terrorised by an evil creature that appears as the things of which they are most afraid.''
  
 
===[[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]]===
 
===[[2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown]]===
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The name "Pennywhistle" may be a parody of Pennywise, the evil fanged clown in Stephen King's novel (and subsequent movie) It.
 
The name "Pennywhistle" may be a parody of Pennywise, the evil fanged clown in Stephen King's novel (and subsequent movie) It.
  
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== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary Pet Semetary] ==
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==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary Pet Semetary]==
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A grieving father forgets the lesson that waht's dead should stay dead. But to be fair so did the Winchesters.  
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''In "Pet Semetary", a grieving father forgets the lesson that what's dead should stay dead. But, to be fair, so did the Winchesters.''
  
 
===[[2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things]]===
 
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== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(novel) The Dead Zone]==
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(novel) The Dead Zone]==
 
===[[3.02 The Kids Are Alright]]===
 
===[[3.02 The Kids Are Alright]]===
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''Anthony Michael Hall played Johnny Smith in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(TV_series) ''The Dead Zone''], a man who became psychic after being in a coma for six years and uses his new abilities to solve crimes. The show is based on a novel by the same name by Stephen King''.
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'''Ruby:''' ''Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. Ding-dong, the demon's dead. Good job with that. It doesn't change the fact that you're special ... in that Anthony Michael Hall E.S.P. visions kind of way.''
 
'''Ruby:''' ''Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. Ding-dong, the demon's dead. Good job with that. It doesn't change the fact that you're special ... in that Anthony Michael Hall E.S.P. visions kind of way.''
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Anthony Michael Hall played Johnny Smith in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Zone_(TV_series) ''The Dead Zone''], a man who became psychic after being in a coma for six years and uses his new abilities to solve crimes. The show is based on a novel by the same name by Stephen King.
 
  
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_(novel) Misery]==
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_(novel) Misery]==
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== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(novel) Christine] ==
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(novel) Christine] ==
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The story about a car, Christine, which is possessed by supernatural forces and kills people.
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''The story about a car, Christine, which is [[possessed]] by supernatural forces and kills people.''
 
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===[[1.01 Pilot]]===
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At one point, the [[Woman in White|woman in white]] possesses the [[Impala]].  
  
 
===[[1.13 Route 666]]===
 
===[[1.13 Route 666]]===
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===[[10.13 Halt & Catch Fire]]===
 
===[[10.13 Halt & Catch Fire]]===
 
'''Janet:''' ''You're Gen X. Right.''<br>
 
'''Janet:''' ''You're Gen X. Right.''<br>
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'''Dean:''' ''Okay so, Trini and everything else in the truck went all "Christine."'' <br>
 
'''Janet:''' ''Who's Christine?'' <br>
 
'''Janet:''' ''Who's Christine?'' <br>
 
'''Dean:''' ''It's a Gen X thing.''
 
'''Dean:''' ''It's a Gen X thing.''
  
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption The Shawshank Redemption]==
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption The Shawshank Redemption]==
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"Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" novella about a man's time in prison and eventual escape.
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''"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is novella about a man's time in prison and eventual escape.''
  
 
===[[6.10 Caged Heat]]===
 
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===[[12.22 Who We Are]]===
 
===[[12.22 Who We Are]]===
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'''Sam:''' ''So wait a second. We're just gonna...''
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'''Sam:''' ''So wait a second. We're just gonna...''<br>
 
'''Dean:''' ''Straight Shawshank this bitch.''
 
'''Dean:''' ''Straight Shawshank this bitch.''
  
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== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepshow Creepshow]==
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepshow Creepshow]==
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''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepshow ''Creepshow''] is a 1982 comedy horror anthology film written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero.''
 
===[[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]]===
 
===[[2.18 Hollywood Babylon]]===
 
'''Dean:''' ''Hey, you know this is where they filmed "Creepshow"?''
 
'''Dean:''' ''Hey, you know this is where they filmed "Creepshow"?''
 
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepshow ''Creepshow''] is a 1982 comedy horror anthology film written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero.
 
  
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Overdrive  Maximum Overdrive] ==
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Overdrive  Maximum Overdrive] ==
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''Maximum Overdrive'' is a story in which machines become animate and try to kill people.
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''"Maximum Overdrive" is a story in which machines become animate and try to kill people.''
 
===[[8.17 Goodbye Stranger]]===
 
===[[8.17 Goodbye Stranger]]===
 
'''Dean:''' ''So, chupacabra. What do we got? Power tools gone rogue? Wait -- are we talking a-a Maximum Overdrive situation here?''
 
'''Dean:''' ''So, chupacabra. What do we got? Power tools gone rogue? Wait -- are we talking a-a Maximum Overdrive situation here?''
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== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinner_(novel) Thinner] ==
 
== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinner_(novel) Thinner] ==
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''Thinner'' is a Stephen King novel, written under the pseudonym Richard Bachmann, and later made into a movie, about a man who is cursed by an elderly Romani man to lose weight until he dies.
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''"Thinner" is a Stephen King novel, written under the pseudonym Richard Bachmann, and later made into a movie, about a man who is cursed by an elderly Romani man to lose weight until he dies''.
 
===[[9.13 The Purge]]===
 
===[[9.13 The Purge]]===
 
'''Dean:''' ''I mean, what do we got ourselves? A "Thinner" sitch here?''
 
'''Dean:''' ''I mean, what do we got ourselves? A "Thinner" sitch here?''
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==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkey The Monkey]==
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===[[1.09 Home]]===
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The cymbal-banging toy monkey seen in the nursery could be an homage to the evil toy monkey in the Stephen King short story ''The Monkey''.
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==The Things We Left Behind==
 
==The Things We Left Behind==
 
===[[10.09 The Things We Left Behind]]===
 
===[[10.09 The Things We Left Behind]]===
 
The title "The Things We Left Behind" is likely a reference to the Stephen King short story "The Things They Left Behind" which is about a man suffering survivor's guilt following the attacks of 9/11.
 
The title "The Things We Left Behind" is likely a reference to the Stephen King short story "The Things They Left Behind" which is about a man suffering survivor's guilt following the attacks of 9/11.
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==Children of the Corn==
 
==Children of the Corn==
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''"Children of the Corn" is a story by Stephen King (and subsequent movie franchise) about a town where children kill their peers on their 19th birthdays as a sacrifice to an evil deity who lives in the cornfields.''
 
===[[12.04 American Nightmare]]===
 
===[[12.04 American Nightmare]]===
 
'''Dean:''' ''Weird creepy off-the-grid Children of the Corn people? Yeah, I'm in.''
 
'''Dean:''' ''Weird creepy off-the-grid Children of the Corn people? Yeah, I'm in.''
  
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==[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series) The Dark Tower (series)]==
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''Children of the Corn'' is a story by Stephen King (and subsequent movie franchise) about a town where children kill their peers on their 19th birthdays as a sacrifice to an evil deity who lives in the cornfields.
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''"The Dark Tower" series tells the story of Roland Deschain, Mid-World's last gunslinger, who is traveling southeast across Mid-World's post-apocalyptic landscape, searching for the powerful but elusive magical edifice known as The Dark Tower.''
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===[[4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book]]===
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The plot of the episode is quite similar to the plot of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_VII:_The_Dark_Tower The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower], the seventh and final book in The Dark Tower series where, in his quest to find the Dark Tower, Roland and his Ka-tet meet Stephen King in Maine, who is writing a book about Roland and his Ka-tet's quest to find the Dark Tower. Dean is even hit by a van much like the book version of King is prophesized to die by (and the one the real life King was actually hit by) in the story.
  
 
==Other==
 
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:Charlene "Charlie" Bradbury = Charlene McGee is the pyrokinetic girl in Firestarter. The surname Bradbury is a reference to acclaimed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.
 
:Charlene "Charlie" Bradbury = Charlene McGee is the pyrokinetic girl in Firestarter. The surname Bradbury is a reference to acclaimed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.
 
: Carrie Heinlein = Carrie is the eponymous protagonist of Carrie and Heinlein refers to writer Robert A. Heinlein.
 
: Carrie Heinlein = Carrie is the eponymous protagonist of Carrie and Heinlein refers to writer Robert A. Heinlein.
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<br>In [[8.20 Pac-Man Fever]] we see her passports with other aliases including Christine Le Guin (from the car in the novel Christine, and writer Ursula Le Guin - U.S. passport), Annie Tolkien (Annie Wilkes from Misery and JRR Tolkien from The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings - British passport), and Susan Asimov (Susan from Salem's Lot, and author Issac Asimov).
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In [[8.20 Pac-Man Fever]] we see passports with other aliases including Christine Le Guin (from the car in the novel Christine, and writer Ursula Le Guin - U.S. passport), Annie Tolkien (Annie Wilkes from Misery and JRR Tolkien from The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings - British passport), and Susan Asimov (Susan from Salem's Lot, and author Issac Asimov).
 
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* The film adaptation of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382/ Cujo]'' was produced by ''Supernatural'' executive producer / showrunner [[Robert Singer]].
 
* The film adaptation of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382/ Cujo]'' was produced by ''Supernatural'' executive producer / showrunner [[Robert Singer]].
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* in [[11.13 Love Hurts]]  a copy of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart-Shaped_Box_(novel) Heart-Shaped Box] by Joe Hill can be seen on the coffee table as Staci goes to sit and watch TV. Joe Hill is Stephen Kings son.
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* in [[11.13 Love Hurts]]  a copy of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart-Shaped_Box_(novel) Heart-Shaped Box]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill_(writer) Joe Hill] can be seen on the coffee table as Staci goes to sit and watch TV. Joe Hill is Stephen King's son.
 
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* [[Redrum]]
 
* [[Redrum]]
 
* [[Cujo]]
 
* [[Cujo]]
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* [https://stephenking.com/ Stephen King's Website]
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* [https://twitter.com/StephenKing Stephen King's Twitter]
 
* [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Sammy%27s_Drunken_Letters_to_Stephen_King Sammy's Drunken Letters to Stephen King] by eight-horizon. A fan creation which creates drunken letters from Sam Winchester to Stephen King.  
 
* [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Sammy%27s_Drunken_Letters_to_Stephen_King Sammy's Drunken Letters to Stephen King] by eight-horizon. A fan creation which creates drunken letters from Sam Winchester to Stephen King.  
  
 
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Stephen King is a hugely popular and critically acclaimed American author whose name is synonymous with horror and dark fantasy. He has written over 60 novels and 200 short stories, many of which have been adapted into movies and TV series. The influence of his works permeates Supernatural—from inspiration for monsters to visual references and quotes from Dean.

The bar scene from The Shining, and the bar scene from "Playthings."

Contents

Carrie

"Carrie" is about teen Carrie White who is raised in an abusive home and gets bullied at school. She eventually exacts revenge using her telekinetic powers.

1.02 Wendigo

In Sam's nightmare, the visual of the hand coming up out of Jessica's grave and snatching his wrist calls to mind the end of the 1976 movie adaptation of Carrie.

3.16 No Rest for the Wicked

In a reference to Sam's Carrie-like telekinetic powers, when discussing how they're going to defeat Lilith:

Dean: What, are you gonna give her the Carrie-stare and Lilith goes poof?

8.12 As Time Goes By

When Abaddon enters the comic book store which used to be a Men of Letters clubhouse, the cashier comments on her blood-stained dress, telling her that the screening of Carrie isn't until Sunday. This is a reference to the scene where Carrie gets doused in pig's blood by her classmates at prom.

The Shining

In "The Shining", Jack Torrance takes his family to an isolated inn so he can finish his novel. His young son, Danny, has creepy visions of past and future evil events at the hotel. Jack becomes influenced by a supernatural presence and descends into madness, eventually turning on his family in a murderous rage.

1.09 Home

  • Characters in the novel refer to their psychic "gift" as the Shining, hence the title. Dean plays on this when Sam first reveals he is having psychic visions:
Dean: I mean, first you tell me that you’ve got the Shining? And then you tell me that I’ve gotta go back home?

1.10 Asylum

Dean theorizes about what happens to people who spend time in the haunted Roosevelt Asylum:

Dean: Spirits driving them insane. Kind of like my man Jack in The Shining.

1.18 Something Wicked

The old woman in the hospital is in Room 237. In the 1980 movie, Room 237 is the mystery-shrouded room where Jack encounters the ghost of a young woman that turns into an old woman.

2.01 In My Time of Dying

Over the hospital P.A., Dean hears an announcement calling "Dr. Kripke to Room 237" for a code blue. He races to the room to see a reaper take the soul of a young girl.

2.07 The Usual Suspects

  • When looking at a printout page of the word "danashulps" written over and over, Dean makes a reference to a phrase Jack Torrance typed for hundreds of pages in the 1980 movie.
Dean: Well, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
  • After getting the cops' attention by pretending to confess to the crimes, Dean explains his theory on what actually caused the deaths of a lawyer and his wife. He explains the anagram appearing everywhere by referencing the scene where REDRUM is written by Danny, Jack's son, on a door and seen in a mirror as MURDER:
Dean: Tony Giles saw it. I'll bet you cash money Karen did too. But see, the interesting thing is the word it leaves behind. For some reason it's trying to tell us something. But communicating across the vale, it ain't easy. You know, sometimes the spirits, they, they get things jumbled. You remember "REDRUM." Same concept. You know, it's, uh, maybe word fragments... other times, it's anagrams. See, at first we thought this was a name, Dana Shulps. But now we think it's a street. Ashland. Whatever's going on, I'll bet you it started there.

2.09 Croatoan

The doctor tells Dean that the nearest town, forty miles away, is Sidewinder. In The Shining, the events occur in the Overlook Hotel which is 40 miles from Sidewinder.

Doctor: It's about forty miles down to Sidewinder.

2.11 Playthings

There are multiple references to The Shining throughout the episode:

Maggie: We can have lots of tea parties. Forever and ever and ever.

3.01 The Magnificent Seven

Pride: Here’s Johnny!

As he chops through a door with an axe whilst terrorising his family in the 1980 movie, Jack Torrance says this in a mocking interpretation of the introduction of late night show host Johnny Carson.

3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock

The hunter Kubrick is possibly named after Stanley Kubrick, director of the 1980 film adaptation.

3.11 Mystery Spot

Sam hacking away at the wall with the axe is somewhat similar to the [famous scene axe scene from the movie.

4.14 Sex and Violence

Sam and Dean discussing a murder:

Dean: Sounds like Ozzie and Harriet.
Sam: More like The Shining.

6.05 Live Free or Twihard

When the Alpha Vampire gives the rest of the vampires a vision, two little vampire girls in blue dresses can be seen holding hands. This is a reference to the Grady sisters, the twin girls from the 1980 movie.

6.11 Appointment in Samarra

Bobby: Don't say, 'Here's Johnny.'

As he chops through a door with an axe whilst terrorising his family in the 1980 movie, Jack Torrance says this in a mocking interpretation of the introduction of late night show host Johnny Carson.

7.20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

Charlie Bradbury's apartment is #237.

8.11 LARP and the Real Girl

While explaining away the uncharacteristically early arrival of the "FBI", Dean makes another reference to the phrase "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy":

Dean: Well, the FBI is all work... no play.

10.03 Soul Survivor

The scene of Dean breaking down the door to the bunker's electrical room is an homage to the famous axe scene in the 1980 film.

11.05 Thin Lizzie

When staying at the creepy Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, a girl likens it to the Overlook Hotel:

Wendy: And... now we're in The Shining.

13.14 Good Intentions

After Donatello Redfield has been corrupted by the demon tablet, and locked in the bunker's dungeon, Dean makes yet another reference to the phrase Jack Torrance typed for hundreds of pages in the 1980 movie:

Dean: All right. What else do we know besides all work and no play makes Donatello a homicidal boy?

The Lawnmower Man

The 1992 film "Lawnmower Man" was adapted from the merging of a 1975 short story by Stephen King with an original screenplay entitled "CyberGod". In the film, a man with an intellectual disability becomes the unknowing subject of an experiment using drugs and virtual reality. The experiment increases IQ but also causes murderous rage.

10.13 Halt & Catch Fire

Dean: Alright, so how the hell are we gonna deal with the Lawnmower Man?

IT

In "IT", a group of children are terrorised by an evil creature that appears as the things of which they are most afraid.

2.02 Everybody Loves a Clown

The Rakshasa is similar to the creature in Stephen King's novel It, a monster that also hibernates for a stretch of time and appears as a clown.

7.14 Plucky Pennywhistle's Magical Menagerie

The name "Pennywhistle" may be a parody of Pennywise, the evil fanged clown in Stephen King's novel (and subsequent movie) It.

Pet Semetary

In "Pet Semetary", a grieving father forgets the lesson that what's dead should stay dead. But, to be fair, so did the Winchesters.

2.04 Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

Dean: What you brought back isn't even your daughter anymore. These things are vicious, they're violent, they're so nasty they rot the ground around them. I mean, come on, haven't you seen "Pet Sematary"?

A reference to the Stephen King novel Pet Sematary in which a grieving father buries his young son's body in an ancient Indian burial ground and it comes back as a zombie.

Cujo

Cujo is a novel about a family's pet that is bitten by a rabid bat and goes on a killing rampage.

2.17 Heart

Dean: I'd say Kurt's looking more and more like our Cujo.

5.06 I Believe the Children Are Our Future

The babysitter Amber is watching the 1983 horror film Cujo.

7.04 Defending Your Life

Dean: So what, he causes so much misery that some dog goes Cujo on him from beyond the grave?

12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

Dean: All right, Crowley and I are gonna hit the woods, see if we can't track down Cujo. You stick with Sam. He'll keep you safe.

2.17 Heart

Dean: I’d say Kurt’s looking more and more like our Cujo.

7.04 Defending Your Life

Dean: So what, he causes so much misery that some dog goes Cujo on him from beyond the grave?
Bob Singer, who directed this episode, was a producer on the movie Cujo. This may be a double reference to Stephen King - Misery and Cujo were the names of two of his novels. A third novel by Stephen King, Christine, was also referenced in the episode.

11.11 Into the Mystic

Dee Wallace, who played Mildred Baker, is a legendary genre actress who starred in the 1983 adaptation of Stephen King's Cujo which was produced by Robert Singer.

12.15 Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

Dean: All right, Crowley and I are gonna hit the woods, see if we can't track down Cujo. You stick with Sam. He'll keep you safe.

The Dead Zone

3.02 The Kids Are Alright

Anthony Michael Hall played Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone, a man who became psychic after being in a coma for six years and uses his new abilities to solve crimes. The show is based on a novel by the same name by Stephen King.
Ruby: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. Ding-dong, the demon's dead. Good job with that. It doesn't change the fact that you're special ... in that Anthony Michael Hall E.S.P. visions kind of way.

Misery

Writer Paul Sheldon is held captive, tortured and forced to write for his 'number one fan' Annie Wilkes.

4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book

Chuck: Is this some kind of Misery thing? Ah, it is, isn't it? It's a "Misery" thing!

Chuck when Dam and Dean track him down.

7.08 Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!

The scene where Becky has Sam held captive and tied to the bed references what Annie does to Paul Sheldon (minus the torture).

Christine

The story about a car, Christine, which is possessed by supernatural forces and kills people.

1.01 Pilot

At one point, the woman in white possesses the Impala.

1.13 Route 666

People are killed by a Racist Truck possessed by the ghost of Cyrus Dorian.

5.05 Fallen Idols

Sam: Is this like Christine?
Christine is a novel about a possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury.

6.14 Mannequin 3: The Reckoning

Although it is not explicitly mentioned in the episode, the scene where the Impala is possessed and attacks Dean, parallels the plot of the Stephen King novel Christine. The car in that story was a 1958 Plymouth Fury.

7.04 Defending Your Life

Sam: It could be Christine-like.

10.13 Halt & Catch Fire

Janet: You're Gen X. Right.
Dean: Okay so, Trini and everything else in the truck went all "Christine."
Janet: Who's Christine?
Dean: It's a Gen X thing.

The Shawshank Redemption

"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is novella about a man's time in prison and eventual escape.

6.10 Caged Heat

Dean: Alright, alright. Shawshank’s a great flick, but let’s skip the shower scene, huh?
The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American prison drama film adapted from the Stephen King novella.

12.22 Who We Are

Sam: So wait a second. We're just gonna...
Dean: Straight Shawshank this bitch.

As Dean suggests to Sam that they chip their way out of the Bunker, he references how Andy Dufresne slowly chips a hole in his prison cell in the Shawshank prison over many years.

Creepshow

Creepshow is a 1982 comedy horror anthology film written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero.

2.18 Hollywood Babylon

Dean: Hey, you know this is where they filmed "Creepshow"?

Maximum Overdrive

"Maximum Overdrive" is a story in which machines become animate and try to kill people.

8.17 Goodbye Stranger

Dean: So, chupacabra. What do we got? Power tools gone rogue? Wait -- are we talking a-a Maximum Overdrive situation here?

Thinner

"Thinner" is a Stephen King novel, written under the pseudonym Richard Bachmann, and later made into a movie, about a man who is cursed by an elderly Romani man to lose weight until he dies.

9.13 The Purge

Dean: I mean, what do we got ourselves? A "Thinner" sitch here?

The Monkey

1.09 Home

The cymbal-banging toy monkey seen in the nursery could be an homage to the evil toy monkey in the Stephen King short story The Monkey.

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The Things We Left Behind

10.09 The Things We Left Behind

The title "The Things We Left Behind" is likely a reference to the Stephen King short story "The Things They Left Behind" which is about a man suffering survivor's guilt following the attacks of 9/11.

Children of the Corn

"Children of the Corn" is a story by Stephen King (and subsequent movie franchise) about a town where children kill their peers on their 19th birthdays as a sacrifice to an evil deity who lives in the cornfields.

12.04 American Nightmare

Dean: Weird creepy off-the-grid Children of the Corn people? Yeah, I'm in.

The Dark Tower (series)

"The Dark Tower" series tells the story of Roland Deschain, Mid-World's last gunslinger, who is traveling southeast across Mid-World's post-apocalyptic landscape, searching for the powerful but elusive magical edifice known as The Dark Tower.

4.18 The Monster at the End of This Book

The plot of the episode is quite similar to the plot of The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, the seventh and final book in The Dark Tower series where, in his quest to find the Dark Tower, Roland and his Ka-tet meet Stephen King in Maine, who is writing a book about Roland and his Ka-tet's quest to find the Dark Tower. Dean is even hit by a van much like the book version of King is prophesized to die by (and the one the real life King was actually hit by) in the story.

Other

According to writer Robbie Thompson, Charlie's aliases are made up of the name of a Stephen King character for her first name and the surname of a famous science fiction writer.

Charlene "Charlie" Bradbury = Charlene McGee is the pyrokinetic girl in Firestarter. The surname Bradbury is a reference to acclaimed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.
Carrie Heinlein = Carrie is the eponymous protagonist of Carrie and Heinlein refers to writer Robert A. Heinlein.


In 8.20 Pac-Man Fever we see her passports with other aliases including Christine Le Guin (from the car in the novel Christine, and writer Ursula Le Guin - U.S. passport), Annie Tolkien (Annie Wilkes from Misery and JRR Tolkien from The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings - British passport), and Susan Asimov (Susan from Salem's Lot, and author Issac Asimov).

Trivia

Links

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