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- You know, sometimes me and Sam have got so much going on that… We forget about everyone else.
- —Dean to Castiel in 11x23, Alpha and Omega
Winchester Brothers is the family ship between Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester.
Canon[]
Pre-Series[]
Sam and Dean's mother dies when Dean is 4 years old and Sam 6 months old. Looking for revenge, their father becomes a hunter and raises his sons on the road. Sam and Dean are raised to be hunters and during their childhoods spend most of their time living in various motel rooms and out of the Impala with John often leaving his children alone for weeks at a time. However, Sam and Dean experienced their childhoods and their upbringing quite differently.
- • November 2nd, 1983
- “Take your brother outside as fast as you can - don't look back. Now, Dean! Go!”
- — John tells Dean to carry Sam out of the fire in 1x01, Pilot
In 1x01, Pilot, Dean, John and Mary say goodnight to Sam before going to sleep. Dean kisses Sam on the forehead. When Mary is killed, Dean carries Sam out of the house fire.
- • 1989 or 1990
- John – “Most important...”
- Dean – “Watch out for Sammy.”
- — Dean and John talking about Dean's responsibilities in 1x18, Something Wicked
In 1x18, Something Wicked, John leaves his children alone in a motel room and leaves Sam under Dean's supervision. Later, Dean makes dinner for Sam but gives Sam his portion of the food when he wants it. Sam then asks Dean if he wants the prize from the Lucky Charms box. Dean leaves the motel to play at an arcade until they close, when he goes back to their room he discovers a shtriga leaning over Sam. He takes a rifle but hesitates and doesn't shoot it. John enters the room at this moment and kills the shtriga.
15 years later Dean stills feels responsible for "almost getting [Sam] killed" and that's why he always follows his father's orders.
- • Christmas Eve, 1991
- Sam – “Here, take this.”
- Dean – “No. No, that’s for Dad.”
- Sam – “Dad lied to me. I want you to have it.”
- Dean – “You sure?”
- Sam – “I’m sure.”
- Dean – “Thank you, Sam. I–I love it.”
- — Sam gives Dean the Samulet in 3x08, A Very Supernatural Christmas
In 3x08, A Very Supernatural Christmas, Sam and Dean are once again left alone in a motel room. Sam is packing a present for his dad but is worried that he won't be back in time. Dean reassures him that their dad will be there for Christmas. Sam asks Dean what their father does for a living but Dean lies and tells him that John is a salesman who "sells stuff". Sam complains that neither Dean nor John ever tell him anything and asks Dean to tell him the truth. Dean tells Sam that he doesn't want to know the truth but gets angry when Sam asks about their mother and leaves the motel room.
When Dean comes back he gives Sam snack food to eat for dinner and Sam reveals that he has read John's journal. Sam asks if monsters are real and is worried that they could get him, Dean and John as he knows they killed Mary. As Sam is worried about their father, Dean tells him that John will be there for Christmas. When Sam cries, Dean tries to reassure him by telling him that everything will be there when he'll wake up.
Dean steals presents for Sam and wakes him up to tell him John came but had to leave right away. When Sam opens the presents he understands that John never came and that Dean stole them for him. Sam decides to give Dean John's present which is an amulet[1][2][3] Dean always wears until 5x16, Dark Side of the Moon. Dean puts on the amulet, thanks Sam and tells him that he loves it.
- • 1992
- Sam – “I’m a Winchester. I hunt monsters. Why would I want anything else?[…] Why can’t you be happy for me, Sully?”
- Sully – “Listen, buddy – I’m just afraid you’re going down a path you might be better off not going down.[…] You’re one of the bravest kids I know! It’s just… This whole hunting thing, you know, it’s not the only way. There are so many other ways. And you can find one, Sam. You can leave, right now.”
- Sam – “I don’t want another way. I wanna be with my dad and… And Dean.”
- — Sam decides to stay with John and Dean in 11x08, Just My Imagination
In 11x08, Just My Imagination, Dean and John would sometimes leave Sam alone when they went hunting together and Sam felt lonely. One day, Sam calls Dean and tells him to ask John to take him hunting with them and Dean responds that he will ask and call him in a couple of days. Sam thinks about running away from the hunting life but changes his mind when John calls him to tell him he can hunt because he wants to be with Dean and John.
- • January 1993
- Dean – “Dad should've let me go with him. You don't need me — I was babysitting you when I was your age.”
- Sam – “Pretty sure that's illegal.”
- — 15x16, Drag Me Away (From You)
In the episode 15x16, Drag Me Away (From You), John leaves Dean and Sam at the Rooster's Sunrise Motel where they meet a sister and brother, Caitlin and Travis, who are also staying at the motel. When Travis sees something monstrous, Dean is quick to believe him. With John too far away to help, Dean takes it on himself to hunt whatever is abducting kids from the town. Sam helps him locate where it is likely nesting and offers to help but Dean tells him to stay and "be normal." Dean and Caitlin find the creature's nest, but it's not there. It is back at the motel and grabs Travis just as Dean and Caitlin return. Dean manages to cut off the monster's fingers, one with a ring, and then stab her. The old woman evaporates but the ring remains. The kids all assume that the creature was killed.
- • Summer 1994
According to 5x12, Swap Meat, Dean and Sam are left alone by John at a motel during a portion of the summer while a maid named Donna looked after them.
- • 1995
- Sonny – “So if you want, I'll stick my neck out for you, and I'll fight for you to stay.”
- Dean – “Sonny… Thank you – for everything. But I have to go.”
- — Dean decides to leave with Sam in 9x07, Bad Boys
In 9x07, Bad Boys, when Dean was 16, he was sent to a boys' home for two months when he stole peanut butter and bread after he lost all their money. Dean and John told Sam that he was just lost on a hunt. Dean enjoyed his stay at the boys' home but decided to leave and miss a school dance to stay with Sam.
- • 1996
- “Dad would never let us do anything like this. Thanks, Dean. This is great.”
- — Sam hugs Dean in 5x16, Dark Side of the Moon
In 5x16, Dark Side of the Moon, we learn that one of Dean's happiest memories is letting off fireworks in a field with Sam to celebrate the fourth of July and later, burning down the field.
- • 1997
- Dean – “That kid's dead.[…] I'm gonna rip his lungs out!”
- Sam – “It's not a big deal.”
- Dean – “Not a big deal? Sammy, look at yourself. If Dad was here —”
- Sam – “He's not.”
- Dean – “Well, I am! And as soon I'm finished with that dick —”
- Sam – “Shut up, okay?! I don't need your help.”
- Dean – “That's right, you don't. You could have torn him apart. So why didn't you?”
- — Dean is angry Sam is getting bullied in 4x13, After School Special
In summer 1997, Sam, Dean and John hunt a werewolf together. In 4x13, After School Special, set in November 1997, Sam and Dean attend their third school of the year. Dean establishes his typical reputation as a bad boy flirt while Sam befriends a boy who is being bullied. When Sam confronts the bully, he holds back, and Dean admonishes him for it. Dean, protective and violent, insists he should fight for Sam, but Sam tells him to stop. The second time Sam clashes with the bully, he uses the training he's had with Dean and John to win the fight.
- • 1998
- “Oh, Dean. Quick question. How do you talk to girls?”
- — Sam asks Dean for advice in 7x03, The Girl Next Door
In 7x03, The Girl Next Door, while Dean and John are hunting a kitsune, Sam does research for them. Sam asks Dean for advice on how to talk to girls.
- • 2001 or 2003
- Dean – “Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This? This is the night you ditched us for Stanford, isn’t it? This is your idea of heaven? Wow. This was one of the worst nights of my life.”
- Sam – “I can’t control this stuff.”
- Dean – “Seriously? I mean this is a happy memory for you?”
- Sam – “I don’t know. I mean, I was on my own. I finally got away from Dad.”
- Dean – “Yeah, he wasn’t the only one you got away from.”
- Sam – “Dean, I’m sorry. I just, uh…”
- Dean – “I know. You didn’t, you didn’t think of it like that.”
- — 5x16, Dark Side of the Moon
Sam leaves for Stanford and in 5x16, Dark Side of the Moon, Dean says it's one of the worst nights in his life because Sam not only got away from John, but from him too.
Eric Kripke Era[]
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Sam and Dean have been estranged for several years but when their dad disappears and Sam's girlfriend dies at the hands of the things that killed their mother, they're back together on the road. They then learn to know and work together again but also how to deal with Sam's newly awakened visions and their different views on their upbringing and on their father.
- • Pilot (1x01)
- Dean – “I can't do this alone.”
- Sam – “Yes you can.”
- Dean – “Yeah, well, I don't want to.”
- — Dean and Sam in 1x01, Pilot
From the very beginning, Dean is charged with protecting Sam. This becomes the crux of his being, the foundation upon which he builds his entire life. When a case surfaces near Palo Alto, CA, where Sam is studying at Stanford University, Dean takes the opportunity to break into Sam's apartment and coerce his brother into joining him on the road again. The monster, a woman in white, tells Sam he will be unfaithful - but not when, or to whom. Sam has Dean drop him off at his apartment after the job is done, only to find his girlfriend Jessica burning on the ceiling. Dean rushes back in to pull Sam from the flames. They leave town together.
- • Wendigo (1x02)
- Dean – “You wanna drive for a while?”
- Sam – “Dean, your whole life you never once asked me that.”
- Dean – “Just thought you might want to. Never mind.”
- — Dean is worried about Sam in 1x02, Wendigo
Sam and Dean are back on the road, doing what Dean says they do best: saving people, hunting things. The family business. They wind up in the woods with a couple of hikers who lost a friend, on the trail of a monster that sounds human.
- • Dead in the Water (1x03)
- • Phantom Traveler (1x04)
- • Bloody Mary (1x05)
- • Skin (1x06)
- • Hook Man (1x07)
- • Bugs (1x08)
- • Home (1x09)
- • Asylum (1x10)
- • Scarecrow (1x11)
- • Faith (1x12)
- • Route 666 (1x13)
- • Nightmare (1x14)
- • The Benders (1x15)
- • Shadow (1x16)
- • Hell House (1x17)
- • Something Wicked (1x18)
- • Provenance (1x19)
- • Dead Man’s Blood (1x20)
- • Salvation (1x21)
- • Devil's Trap (1x22)
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Sam and Dean deal with the aftermath of their dad's death. While Sam is worried about potentially turning bad, Dean is burdened by his father telling him he had to save his brother or kill him if it does happen.
- • In My Time of Dying (2x01)
- “Dean, you gotta hold on. You can't go, man, not now. We were just starting to be brothers again.”
- — Sam talks to an unconscious Dean in 2x01, In My Time of Dying
The episode starts with Sam asking if Dean and their father are okay after the car accident. Dean is in a coma and spends most of the episode as a spirit. Sam visits Dean's room at the hospital and Dean tries to communicate with him but to no avail. Sam wants to find a way to save Dean and gets angry at John when he doesn't seem to want to cooperate. Later, Sam tells Bobby not to discard the Impala as Dean will want to fix it. Back at the hospital Sam and John have a second fight about Dean that Dean breaks up. Sam uses a Ouija board to communicate with Dean and is relieved when Dean responds. Dean speaks with a reaper named Tessa but refuses to leave with her because he cannot leave his family behind. When Dean is healed, John tells him to watch out for Sammy, to save him or kill him if saving him fails.
- • Everybody Loves a Clown (2x02)
- Sam – “Well, before we go stabbing things into Cooper, we're going to want to make damn sure it's him.”
- Dean – “Oh, you're such a stickler for details, Sammy.”
- — Some light banter between the brothers in 2x02, Everybody Loves a Clown
While Sam and Dean watch their father's funeral pyre, Sam asks Dean if John told him something before dying but Dean keeps the secret. One week later Sam tries to get Dean to talk about their father's death but he refuses. Sam finds them a case saying "it's what Dad would have wanted us to do", surprising Dean. Dean makes fun of Sam for his fear of clowns. They try to get hired at the carnival and Sam tells the owner that neither he nor Dean want regular or to go to school. Later, Dean asks him if he meant it and Sam responds that he isn't sure but he wants to do what John would have wanted him to do. Dean notices Sam's strange behavior.
Sam tries once again to get Dean to talk about John's death but Dean refuses to share and tells his brother that he's the one having issues. After the case is over, Sam tells Dean he was right about him but that neither of them are fine and Dean should find a way to deal with it.
- • Bloodlust (2x03)
- Dean – “I was gonna kill her. I was gonna kill 'em all.”
- Sam – “Yeah, Dean, but you didn't. And that's what matters.”
- Dean – “Yeah. Well, 'cause you're a pain in my ass.”
- Sam – “Guess I might have to stick around to be a pain in the ass, then.”
- Dean – “Thanks.”
- Sam – “Don't mention it.”
- — Dean thanks Sam in 2x03, Bloodlust
Sam and Dean work on a case involving vampires. They meet a hunter named Gordon Walker whom Dean saves by beheading a vampire with an electric saw, which Sam finds concerning. Dean takes a liking to Gordon but Sam is wary, telling him that only Dean gets to call him "Sammy". Sam leaves and Dean tells Gordon a story about John. He says that he cannot talk about this stuff to Sam because he needs to keep his game face on for his brother.
Back at the motel Sam tries to dissuade Dean from killing the vampires because he thinks they're peaceful. He also disapproves of Dean's association with Gordon because he thinks Dean sees him as a substitute for John. Sam tells his brother that he can see through his facade because he knows how Dean feels. Dean then punches Sam.
Back on the hunt, Dean sees Sam was right about Gordon and the vampires. When everything's done Dean tells Sam about his feelings on the case and thanks him for being there to make him change his mind.
- • Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (2x04)
- Sam – “Dean, I don't scare easy, but man, you're scaring the crap out of me.[…] You're lucky this turned out to be a real case. Because if it wasn't you would have just found something else to kill.[…] You're on edge, you're erratic - except for when you're hunting, because then you're downright scary. You're tailspinning, man. And you refuse to talk about it and you won't let me help you.”
- Dean – “I can take care of myself, thanks.”
- Sam – “No, you can't. And you know what? You're the only one who thinks you should have to. You don't have to handle this on your own, Dean, no one can.”
- Dean – “Sam, if you bring up Dad's death one more time I swear…”
- Sam – “Stop. Please, Dean, it's killing you. Please. We've already lost Dad. We've lost Mom. I've lost Jessica. And now I'm going to lose you too?”
- Dean – “[…] I hear you. Okay? Yeah, I'm being an ass. And I'm sorry.”
- — Dean apologizes to Sam in 2x04, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Sam wants to visit Mary's grave, Dean doesn't understand why but still goes with him. At the graveyard Dean sees what he thinks are signs of a case but Sam thinks Dean just doesn't want to think about their parents. Even after it is revealed that Dean's instincts were right, Sam is still worried about his brother.
After the hunt is done Dean apologizes to Sam and admits to him that he knows their father died to save him. Dean tells Sam that he feels guilty because Sam and John are the most important in his life and he feels he should have stayed dead.
- • Simon Said (2x05)
- “Come on, give me a break. You're not a murderer, Sam! You don't have it in your bones.”
- — Dean tries to dismiss Sam's concerns in 2x05, Simon Said
Sam and Dean investigate a case involving another special kid named Andy. All signs point to Andy being the one murdering people but, while Sam is worried he could become a killer like Max Miller, Dean refuses to believe Andy is guilty and that Sam could turn bad. When Dean is forced to tell the truth he says that he hopes Sam is wrong but he is starting to believe he might be right.
Back at the roadhouse Dean refuses to tell Ellen Harvelle about the case because it involved special kids like Sam but Sam tells her anyway.
- • No Exit (2x06)
- Dean – “Los Angeles, California.[…] Young girl's been kidnapped by an evil cult.”
- Sam – “Yeah? Girl got a name?”
- Dean – “Katie Holmes.”
- Sam – “That's funny. And for you, so bitchy.”
- — Dean shares some gossip with Sam in 2x06, No Exit
Sam and Dean work on a case with Jo Harvelle, they learn their father got hers killed by using him as bait.
- • The Usual Suspects (2x07)
- Dean to Jeff Krause – “Hey, thanks for the law review, Matlock.”
- Later, Sam to Jeff Krause – “Sure thing, Matlock.”
- Jeff Krause, in response – “You two really are brothers, aren't you?”
- —2x07, The Usual Suspects
Sam and Dean investigate a case and get caught by the police. Despite the police trying their best to make Sam incriminate Dean, he categorically refuses to turn against his own brother. In their separate interrogation rooms they both get the same idea: "Dana Schulps" is not a name but an anagram. Through their lawyer Dean sends Sam a note saying it's a street name. He tells Sam to escape the police via code while he occupies them by pretending to confess.
Worried she might be the next target, Dean sends detective Diana Ballard to find Sam and reveals to her how they find each other when they get separated. He tells her to go the first motel listed in the yellow pages and to look for Jim Rockford. After the case is solved, Sam and Dean leave to find the Impala.
- • Crossroad Blues (2x08)
- Dean – “Well, what do they got on you?”
- Sam – “I'm sure they just haven't posted it yet.”
- — Dean teases Sam in 2x08, Crossroad Blues
Sam and Dean compete over who has the longest police record and Dean mocks his brother for being jealous. They work on a case involving a crossroads demon and get the confirmation John sold his soul to save Dean. Sam reassures Dean by telling him John did it for him and them saving people is their father's legacy. However, Sam is worried Dean might have considered selling his soul to revive John.
- • Croatoan (2x09)
- Sam – “Dean, don't do this. Just get the hell out of here.”
- Dean – “No way.”
- Sam – “Give me my gun, and leave.”
- Dean – “For the last time, Sam. No.”
- Sam – “This is the dumbest thing you've ever done.[…] Dean, I'm sick. It's over for me. It doesn't have to be for you.”
- Dean – “No?”
- Sam – “No, you can keep going.”
- Dean – “Who says I want to?”
- — Dean refuses to leave Sam in 2x09, Croatoan
Sam gets a vision of Dean killing an man and decides they have to investigate. The brothers arrive in Rivergrove, Oregon and discover the town is full of bloodthirsty people. They suspect mass demonic possession and argue if the townsfolk are still people or if they have become monsters. They learn from the doctor they're quarantining with that the culprit is a demonic virus.
Sam's vision then almost plays out when Dean wants to shoot a man who's potentially been infected. After arguing about it with Sam, and Sam telling him he's not acting like himself, Dean decides not to kill the man. It turns out to have been the right choice and Sam asks Dean why he didn't do it but Dean doesn't answer.
Later, Sam gets infected by the virus but Dean stops anyone from shooting Sam and even refuses to let Sam do it himself. He decides to stay with his brother even if it kills him but the doctor informs them Sam is immune to the virus. They leave town and Sam questions Dean about his behavior when they thought Sam was infected. Dean then tells him has to do to with something John told him.
- • Hunted (2x10)
- Sam – “Harm's way doesn't really bother me.”
- Ava – “No, but you are walking right into my vision. I mean, this is how you die.”
- Sam – “Doesn't matter. It's my brother.”
- — Sam and Ava talk about rescuing Dean in 2x10, Hunted
- • Playthings (2x11)
- • Nightshifter (2x12)
- • Houses of the Holy (2x13)
- • Born Under a Bad Sign (2x14)
- • Tall Tales (2x15)
- • Roadkill (2x16)
- • Heart (2x17)
- • Hollywood Babylon (2x18)
- • Folsom Prison Blues (2x19)
- • What Is and What Should Never Be (2x20)
- • All Hell Breaks Loose: Part One (2x21)
- • All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two (2x22)
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Sam and Dean deal with the aftermath of Dean selling soul to save Sam and his impending death at the end of the year. After the Devil's gate has been opened and the demon army has been let out, the brothers have to make sure Sam is ready to live without Dean. Sam tries to convince Dean to save himself and spends the season trying to find a way to keep his brother from dying.
- • The Magnificent Seven (3x01)
- • The Kids Are Alright (3x02)
- • Bad Day at Black Rock (3x03)
- • Sin City (3x04)
- • Bedtime Stories (3x05)
- • Red Sky at Morning (3x06)
- • Fresh Blood (3x07)
- • A Very Supernatural Christmas (3x08)
- • Malleus Maleficarum (3x09)
- • Dream a Little Dream of Me (3x10)
- • Mystery Spot (3x11)
- • Jus in Bello (3x12)
- • Ghostfacers (3x13)
- • Long-Distance Call (3x14)
- • Time Is on My Side (3x15)
- • No Rest for the Wicked (3x16)
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- • Pre-Season 4
- • Lazarus Rising (4x01)
- • Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester (4x02)
- • In the Beginning (4x03)
- • Metamorphosis (4x04)
- • Monster Movie (4x05)
- • Yellow Fever (4x06)
- • It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester (4x07)
- • Wishful Thinking (4x08)
- • I Know What You Did Last Summer (4x09)
- • Heaven and Hell (4x10)
- • Family Remains (4x11)
- • Criss Angel Is a Douchebag (4x12)
- • After School Special (4x13)
- • Sex and Violence (4x14)
- • Death Takes a Holiday (4x15)
- • On the Head of a Pin (4x16)
- • It's a Terrible Life (4x17)
- • The Monster at the End of This Book (4x18)
- • Jump the Shark (4x19)
- • The Rapture (4x20)
- • When the Levee Breaks (4x21)
- • Lucifer Rising (4x22)
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- • Sympathy for the Devil (5x01)
- • Good God, Y'All (5x02)
- • Free to Be You and Me (5x03)
- • The End (5x04)
- • Fallen Idols (5x05)
- • I Believe the Children Are Our Future (5x06)
- • The Curious Case of Dean Winchester (5x07)
- • Changing Channels (5x08)
- • The Real Ghostbusters (5x09)
- • Abandon All Hope… (5x10)
- • Sam, Interrupted (5x11)
- • Swap Meat (5x12)
- • The Song Remains the Same (5x13)
- • My Bloody Valentine (5x14)
- • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (5x15)
- • Dark Side of the Moon (5x16)
- • 99 Problems (5x17)
- • Point of No Return (5x18)
- • Hammer of the Gods (5x19)
- • The Devil You Know (5x20)
- • Two Minutes to Midnight (5x21)
- • Swan Song (5x22)
Sera Gamble Era[]
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Jeremy Carver Era[]
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Andrew Dabb Era[]
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The Winchesters[]
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Quotes[]
- Main article: Winchester Brothers/Quotes
Fanon[]
- “They're going to come together and then in the second half of the season they're going to start drifting apart… The boys are kind of like The Defiant Ones in that they're kind of chained together and one moves ahead and drags the other one with him and then they reverse and… It's the epic love story of Sam and Dean.”
- — Eric Kripke on the DVD commentary for episode 5x04, The End[4]
Sam & Dean is the second and third most written Supernatural ship on AO3. The pairing has 15,100+ works under its tag as a family/platonic relationship and 31,000+ works for the romantic relationship. It is the fandom's oldest ship, with the first fic being published hours after the pilot aired in 2005.
Romantically[]
- “I know they don’t (think it’s real)–it’s a hot fantasy. But I think, and you can probably help me out with this, that it might stem from their love of the two characters and how much they have invested in Sam and Dean, and there are really no characters that they want coming into that realm. I think it’s their love for these two characters, they don’t want anyone to interfere. They want it to be just the two of them, all the time, and I think that’s where it stems from. I don’t think they really think we’re gay. So I really think it’s just the fact they are left with no other option when thinking of these two characters, and of course these guys are together. Though I wish that two guys can just be heterosexual males and still have a brotherly love. But that’s why it’s called fiction!”
- — Jensen Ackles, when asked about Wincest in Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/Producer Relationships, by Lynn Zubernis and Katherine Larsen, p. 220
Although the two are brothers, the romantic ship between Dean and Sam, often referred to as "Wincest" is quite popular. Wincest is the second most written Supernatural ship on AO3. It is less popular than Destiel, but is more popular than ships like Sastiel or Sabriel.
The ship even sparked a common saying both for the two itself and even in other fandoms, quote "Incest is Wincest". Often used by incest shippers as a slogan.
List[]
| 7th | NOV 23rd 2020 |
| 8th | NOV 9th 2020 |
| 18th | 2013 |
| 24th | 2014 |
| 83rd | 2021 |
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Dean & Sam tag on AO3
- Dean & Sam tag on FanFiction.net
- Dean/Sam tag on AO3
- Dean/Sam tag on FanFiction.net
- WIKIS
- Sam and Dean on Supernatural Wiki
- Sam & Dean on Fanlore
- The Epic Love Story of Sam and Dean on Super-wiki
- Red and Blue on Super-wiki
- Weechester on Fanlore
- Wee!chesters on Super-wiki
- Gencest on Fanlore
- Gencest on Super-wiki
- Weirdcest on Fanlore
- Wincest on Fanlore
- Wincest on Super-wiki
- Wee!cest on Fanlore
- Wee!cest on Super-wiki
- Richesters on Super-wiki
- Bibro on Super-wiki
- TUMBLR
- Winbros posts on Tumblr
- Salmon Dean posts on Tumblr
- Gencest posts on Tumblr
- Weirdcest posts on Tumblr
- Wincest posts on Tumblr
- SamDean posts on Tumblr
- DeanSam posts on Tumblr
Trivia[]
- Dean's first words in the show were "Night, Sam" and his last were "Hey, Sammy."
- Sam was initially meant to be 20 years old before the show began but it was later decided to age him up to 22 years old. Therefore Sam should have spent 4 years at Stanford. However, the writers forgot to change Dean's lines in 1x01 Pilot and 1x03 Dead in the Water where he says that he hasn't spoken to Sam in "nearly two years" and that he has been with John "every single day for the past two years" while Sam had been "off to college going to pep rallies". Because of this discrepancy, some fans like to think that he kept contact with Dean for 2 years.[5]
- Sam named his son Dean, after his deceased brother.
- Sam is named after his maternal grandfather, Samuel, while Dean is named after his maternal grandmother, Deanna.
- Dean almost always loses to Sam when playing Rock, Paper, Scissors because Sam knows he almost always picks scissors.[6]
- Dean and Sam's late girlfriend Jessica Moore share the same birthday of January 24th.
- Dean killed two of Sam's "love interests", Ruby and Amy Pond.
- During the course of the series Sam and Dean have hugged 22 times and have been part of 4 group hugs (with Castiel, Donna, Mary and John respectively).[7]
- Accross 327 episodes, Dean has called his brother "Sammy" a total of 327 times.[8][9]
- Wincest has been referenced four times in the show: in 4x18, 5x01, in a deleted scene in 5x09 and in 10x05.
- Sam and Dean are mistaken for a couple 6 times in the series in episodes 1x08, 1x18, 2x11, 4x01, 8x04 and 10x06.[10]
- In the episode 5x16 Dark Side of the Moon, Ash implies Sam and Dean are soulmates.
Videos[]
Compilations[]
Fanvids[]
Variations[]
- J2 refers to the ship between their actors; Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles
- Team Free Will refers to the ship between the two and Castiel
- Team Free Will 2.0 refers to the ship between the two, Castiel, and Jack Kline
- J2M refers to the ship between the actors; Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins
References[]
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Samulet
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Dean%27s_Amulet
- ↑ Dean's Amulet
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/The_Epic_Love_Story_of_Sam_and_Dean
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Canon_Discrepancies#How_Long_Did_Sam_Spend_at_Stanford.3F
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Rock,_Paper,_Scissors
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Hugs
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Sammy
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65LVDgKrUI0
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/They%27re_Brothers
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| Supernatural Ships • Supernatural Characters | ||
| SHIPS | het | Casanna • Deanna • DeanJo • DeanLisa • Saileen • Samdison |
| slash | Calthazar • Chuckean • Chuckam • Debriel • Denny • Destiel • Drowley • Sabriel • Sastiel | |
| femslash | Dreamhunter | |
| family | Team Free Will • Winchester Brothers | |
| cargo | DeanPie | |
| CHARACTERS | male | Castiel • Dean Winchester • Sam Winchester |