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- Dean – “It's just every time I think about it, you know, it's like a – it's like a nightmare. I mean, I can't eat. I can't sleep. It's always just there, watching.”
- Sam – “Dean, it's just a beard. I've been a little busy lately.”
- — 14x03, The Scar
Dean sports a beard in season 9 when he and Sam are at odds. Sam sports a beard in season 14 when Dean is possessed by Alternate Michael.
- “It's a good dramatic thing. We went to that classic love story "boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back". You know, it was that.”
- — Bob Singer about Sam and Dean in episode 1x11, Scarecrow in the the Supernatural Then and Now podcast[1]
Sam is named after his maternal grandfather Samuel and Dean is named after his maternal grandmother Deanna. Sam names his son Dean after his deceased brother Dean.
A specific portion of Jay Gruska's Americana is dubbed "Dean’s Family Dedication Theme" by the fandom.[2][3][4] An electric guitar version of the theme plays when Sam and Dean reunite in heaven in episode 15x20.[5]
- “No, screw that. We settle this the old-fashioned way.[…] Dean, always with the scissors.”
- — Sam to Dean in 2x17, Heart
Sam and Dean regularly settle arguments with Rock-Paper-Scissors even though Dean almost always loses.[6]
- “Listen to me, you've got this dark pit inside you. I know. Believe me, I know. But that doesn't mean you have to fall into it. You don't have to be a monster… It doesn't matter what you are. It only matters what you do. It's your choice.”
- — Sam to Jack Montgomery in 4x04, Metamorphosis
- “It's not something that you're doing, it's what you are![…] It means you're a monster.”
- — Dean to Sam in 4x21, When the Levee Breaks
A recurring theme.
Character Archetypes[]
- Sam – “Nice catch.”
- Dean – “Right?”
- Sam – “That was amazing.”
- Dean – “Right? Right?[…] Man, I gotta tell you, I've never had so much fun in my life.”
- Sam – “Me neither.”
- — 4x17, It's a Terrible Life
- “I'm a grunt, Sam. You're not. You've always been the brains of this operation.”
- — Dean to Sam in 8x14, Trial and Error
Lots of plaid flannel shirts, jeans and brown boots.
- “You don't care that he's a demon. Heck, you've been a demon.”
- — Crowley to Sam in 10x01, Black
Both Sam and Dean at different points in the story.
- “I think he wants us to pick up where he left off. You know, saving people, hunting things. The family business.”
- — Dean in 1x02, Wendigo
Their job, what they were raised to be.
- “Come on, Sasquatch.”
- — Dean to Sam in 2x11, Playthings
Dean is tall but Sam is taller.
- Dean – “I hate 'em. I do. When I killed that vampire at the mill I didn't even think about it;• hell, I even enjoyed it.”
- Sam – “You didn't kill Lenore.”
- Dean – “No, but every instinct told me to. 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.”
- — 2x03, Bloodlust
On another note, when filming the marks for Jared/Sam were red and those for Jensen/Dean were blue. Hence why the colors of the ship are red and blue.[7]
- Sam – “I mean this "strong silent" thing of yours, it's crap.”
- Dean – “Oh, God.”
- Sam – “I'm over it. This isn't just anyone we're talking about, this is Dad. I know how you felt about the man.”
- Dean – “You know what, back off, all right? Just because I'm not caring and sharing like you want me to.”
- Sam – “No, no, no, that's not what this is about, Dean. I don't care how you deal with this. But you have to deal with it, man. Listen, I'm your brother, all right? I just want to make sure you're okay.”
- Dean – “Dude, I'm okay. I'm okay, okay? I swear, the next person who asks me if I'm okay, I'm gonna start throwing punches.”
- — 2x02, Everybody Loves a Clown
- Dean – “Friggin' cops.”
- Sam – “They're just doing their job, Dean.”
- Dean – “No, they're doing our job, only they don't know it, so they suck at it.”
- — 2x12, Nightshifter
"Saving people, hunting things. The family business." is pretty much the catchphrase of the whole show. [8]
Relationship Dynamics[]
- Gordon – “Well, lighten up a little, Sammy.”
- Sam – “He's the only one who gets to call me that.”
- — Sam says only Dean gets to call him Sammy in 2x03, Bloodlust
Across 327 episodes, Dean has called his brother "Sammy" a total of 327 times[9][10].
- “You're gonna have to let me grow up, for starters.”
- — Sam to Dean in 5x05, Fallen Idols
Dean's arc in season 5 is to let Sam grow up.
- “Maybe we are each other's Achilles heel. Maybe they'll find a way to use us against each other, I don't know. I just know we're all we've got. More than that. We keep each other human.”
- — Dean to Sam in 5x04, The End
Episodes 1x11, 4x21/4x22, 5x02-5x04, 7x06/7x07, 8x10, the second half of season 9 and the beginning of season 10.
- Sam – “We got a lead on a demon close to Lilith. Come with us, Dean. We'll do this together.”
- Dean – “That sounds great. As long as it's you and me. Demon bitch is a dealbreaker. You kiss her goodbye, we can go right now.”
- — 4x21, When the Levee Breaks
- “Well, I do know this – whatever you decide, decide. Both feet in or both feet out.”
- — Dean to Sam in 8x10, Torn and Frayed
- Sam – “How? How did you find us? Dean?[…] Why?”
- Anna – “Because they gave him a choice. They either kill me… Or kill you.”
- — 4x10, Heaven and Hell
- “So he found some normalcy with this chick, and now it's gone… Again. Thanks to you.”
- — Charlie to Dean in 8x11, LARP and the Real Girl
- “You gotta let me take care of you, man. You gotta let me help you get your strength back.”
- — Dean to Sam in 8x21, The Great Escapist
- “Sammy… Come on. I killed Benny to save you. I'm willing to let this bastard and all the sons of bitches that killed mom walk because of you. Don't you dare think that there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you!”
- — Dean to Sam in 8x23, Sacrifice
- “Sammy, all I'm saying is that you're my weak spot. You are. And I'm yours.[…] And those evil sons of bitches know it too. I mean, what we'll do for each other, you know, how far we'll go? They're using it against us.”
- — Dean to Sam in 3x16, No Rest for the Wicked
Everyone knows Sam and Dean are each other's most important person.
- “Oh My God. I love it when they talk at the same time!”
- — Becky about Sam and Dean in 5x09, The Real Ghostbusters
- Castiel – “Sam, the trials. You chose not to go through with them for a reason, didn't you? You chose to live rather than to sacrifice yourself. You and Dean… You chose each other.”
- Sam – “Yeah, I did. We did.”
- — Sam and Castiel talking about Dean in 9x11, First Born
- “It never occurred to them that, sure, maybe they never really had a roof and four walls… But they were never, in fact, homeless.”
- — Chuck in 5x22, Swan Song
- Dean – “Let's go home.”
- Sam – “You know what? We are home.”
- — 11x04, Baby
As the saying goes, home is each other (and a car).
- “You go find Lisa. You pray to God she's dumb enough to take you in, and you – you have barbecues and go to football games. You go live some normal, apple-pie life, Dean. Promise me.”
- — Sam to Dean in 5x22, Swan Song
- Dean – “Don't you have a girl to get back to?”
- Sam – “Yeah. I guess I do. Um… Since when are you on the Amelia bandwagon?”
- Dean – “I don't know. I'm just tired of all the fighting. And, you know, maybe I'm a little bit jealous. I could never separate myself from the job like you could. Hell, maybe it's time for at least one of us to be happy.”
- — Dean and Sam in 8x10, Torn and Frayed
- “Dean and I, we've -- we've been through a lot of bad. But this is different. This is my fault, and I don't know how to fix it. And if I have to die, I've made my peace with that, but… Please. Dean deserves better. Dean deserves a life.”
- — Sam praying to God in 11x02, Form and Void
- Sam – “Jerk.”
- Dean – “Bitch.”
- — 1x01, Pilot
Sam and Dean have called each other "Bitch" and "Jerk" a total of 4 times[11].
- 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
The Samulet Sam gifted to Dean.[12][13]
- Bobby – “What's going on with you two?[…] You're bickering like an old married couple.”
- Dean – “No, see married couples can get divorced. Me and him, we're like, uh, Siamese twins.”
- Sam – “It's conjoined twins!”
- Dean – “See what I mean?”
- — Sam and Dean bickering in 2x15, Tall Tales
- Sam – “So, what am I supposed to do, just cut everybody out of my life?[…]”
- Dean – “Look, it sucks, but in a job like this, you can’t get close to people, period.”
- — 1x06, Skin
- “A friend? Dean, you don't have any – all your friends are dead.”
- — Sam to Dean in 8x05, Blood Brothers
What a life on the road will to do you.
- “There ain't no me if there ain't no you.”
- — Dean to Sam in 9x01, I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here
- “We're not stronger when we're together, Sam. I think we're weaker. Because whatever we have between us—love, family, whatever it is—they are always gonna use it against us. And you know that.”
- — Dean to Sam in 5x04, The End
- “Let me tell you, whoever said Dean was the dysfunctional one has never seen you with a sharp object in your hands. Holy Full Metal Jacket.”
- — Gabriel to Sam in 3x11, Mystery Spot
- “You’d do anything to save him. And he’d do anything to save you. And that is the problem. Because of this… You’re so overcome by guilt that you can’t stand to lose Dean again and he could never lose you, and so instead of choosing the world you choose each other, no matter how many innocent people die.”
- — Lucifer to Sam in 11x10, The Devil in the Details
- “You can take your peace… And shove it up your lily-white ass. 'Cause I'll take the pain and the guilt. I'll even take Sam as is. It's a lot better than being some Stepford bitch in paradise.”
- — Dean to Castiel in 4x22, Lucifer Rising
- Dean – “You know, if tables were turned… I’d let you rot in here. Hell, I have let you rot in here.”
- Sam – “Yeah, well…I guess I’m not that smart.”
- Dean – “I—I don’t get it. Sam, why are you doing this?”
- Sam – “Because… You’re still my big brother.”
- — 5x18, Point of No Return
- Dean – “Of course, the most troubling question is why do these people assume we're gay?”
- Sam – “Well, you are kinda butch. Probably think you're overcompensating.”
- — 2x11, Playthings
- “Is it just me or are you getting a workplace—romance vibe from those two?”
- — Michael Wheeler about Sam and Dean in 8x04, Bitten
One of the show's oldest and longest running jokes.[14]
- “We keep each other human.”
- — Dean to Sam in 5x04, The End
- “It's like I had one job… I had one job… And I screwed it up. I blew it. And for that, I'm sorry.”
- — Dean talking to Sam's dead body in 2x22, All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
- “You want to know what I confessed in there? What my greatest sin was? It was how many times I let you down. I can't do that again.”
- — Sam to Dean in 8x23, Sacrifice
- Dean – “Every relationship I've ever had has gone to crap at some point. But the one thing I can say about Benny? He has never let me down.”
- Sam – “Well, good on you, Dean. Must feel great finally finding someone you can trust after all these years.”
- — Sam and Dean argue about Benny in 8x09, Citizen Fang
- “What happens when you've decided I can't be trusted again? I mean, who are you gonna turn to next time instead of me? Another angel, another -- another vampire? Do you have any idea what it feels like to watch your brother just –”
- — Sam to Dean in 8x23, Sacrifice
- Crowley – “You know what tickles me about all this? It's what's really eating you up. You don't care that he's a demon. Heck, you've been a demon. We've all been demons. No, it's that he's with me and he's having the time of his life. You can't stand the fact that he's mine.”
- Sam – “He's not your pet.”
- Crowley – “My pet? He's my best friend, my partner in crime. They'll write songs about us, graphic novels. “The Misadventures of Growley and Squirrel." Dean Winchester completes me, and that's what makes you lose your chickens.”
- Sam – “I am going to find you, I am going to save my brother, and then I'm going to kill you dead.”
- — Crowley and Sam in 10x01, Black
Sam with Benny in season 8.
To each other, for 15 seasons.
- Sam – “We have nothing to offer you, noth– nothing to say, but… He's our kid!”
- Lily – “I'm sorry.”
- Dean – “You know what I think? Burning all that soul? You're not even human anymore, not really.[…] Otherwise, how could you ever, ever let anyone go through what you went through? The pain of losing a kid? Don't do this to us.”
- —14x08, Byzantium
To Jack.
- Dean – “We're working on "the power of love.””
- Adam – “How's that going?”
- Dean – “Mmm. Not good.”
- — 5x18, Point of No Return
Sam was only able to defeat Lucifer because of Dean's support.
- Dean – “Come on. You know the drill. No chick-flick moments. Come on.”
- Sam – “Yeah, you love chick flicks.”
- Dean – “Yeah, you're right. I do. Come here.”
- — Dean and Sam hug in 11x23, Alpha and Omega
- “I mean, I'm not exactly in your brother's fanclub. But he is your brother, and I'm not going to come between you.”
- — Ruby to Sam in 4x01, Lazarus Rising. Spoiler alert: she did come between them.
Ruby, the angels and the siren in season 4.
- “Come here. Let me look at you. Yeah, there he is. I'm so proud of you, Sam. You know that? I've always looked up to you. Man, when we were kids, you were so damn smar… Smart. You never… You never took any of dad's crap. I never knew how you did that. And you're stronger than me. You always have been.”
- — Dean to Sam in 15x20, Carry On
- Sam – “My brother's in trouble.[…] He gave me a codeword. Someone's got a gun on him.”
- Ava – “Codeword?”
- Sam – “Yeah. Funkytown. Well, he thought of it. It's kind of a… Long story.”
- — 2x10, Hunted
- Castiel – “Sam, the trials. You chose not to go through with them for a reason, didn't you? You chose to live rather than to sacrifice yourself. You and Dean… You chose each other.”
- Sam – “Yeah, I did. We did. And then… Dean made a choice for me.”
- Castiel – “What Dean did --”
- Sam – “It doesn't matter what Dean did.”
- — Sam and Castiel talking about Dean in 9x11, First Born
Dean to Sam & John. Bobby to Sam & Dean several times. Castiel and Kevin to Sam & Dean in season 9. When Sam and Dean have issues other characters want them to fix-it.
Sam and Dean have both died many times.
- Dean – “So everybody gets a little slice of paradise.”
- Ash – “Pretty much. A few people share—special cases. What not.”
- Dean – “What do you mean ‘special’?”
- Ash – “Aw, you know. Like, uh, soulmates. Anyway. Most people can’t leave their own private Idaho’s.”
- — Ash implies Sam and Dean are soulmates in 5x16, Darkside of the Moon
- “Even if I remove Dean from the playing field, we're still left with you, loyal, dogged Sam, who I suspect will never rest until he sets his brother free – will never rest until his brother is free of the Mark, which simply cannot happen, lest the Darkness be set free.”
- — Death about Sam in 10x23, Brother's Keeper
Sam and Dean travel all around the US.
Family Dynamics[]
- “You don't know what you're part of, Dean. You know, you had ancestors hacking the heads off vamps on the Mayflower. What I'm saying is that we're your blood.”
- — Samuel to Dean in 6x01, Exile on Main St.
Sam, Dean, John and Mary plus the Campbell family.[15][16]
- “And if we make it through this, you, me, and Sam are having one hell of a family meeting.”
- — Dean to Samuel in 6x07, Family Matters
- Sam – “When I told Dad I was scared of the thing in my closet, he gave me a .45.”
- Dean – “Well what was he supposed to do?”
- Sam – “I was 9 years old! He was supposed to say 'Don’t be afraid of the dark.'”
- Dean – “Don’t be afraid of the dark? What are you kidding me, of course you should be afraid of the dark! You know what’s out there!”
- — 1x01, Pilot
- Dean – “Yeah, so with that kid back there… Why'd you tell him to just ditch his family like that?”
- Sam – “Just, uh… I know what the kid's goin' through.”
- Dean – “How 'bout tellin' him to respect his old man, how's that for advice?”
- Sam – “Dean, come on. You think I didn't respect Dad. That's what this is about.[…] I respected him. But no matter what I did, it was never good enough.”
- Dean – “So what are you sayin'? That Dad was disappointed in you?”
- Sam – “Was? Is. Always has been.”
- Dean – “Why would you think that?”
- Sam – “Because I didn't wanna bowhunt or hustle pool - because I wanted to go to school and live my life, which, to our whacked-out family, made me the freak.”
- — 1x08, Bugs
- “I think he wants us to pick up where he left off. You know, saving people, hunting things. The family business.”
- — Dean in 1x02, Wendigo
Pretty much the catchphrase of the whole show. [17][18][19]
- “It's a bloodline.[…] Stretching back to Cain and Abel. It's in your blood, your father's blood, your family's blood.”
- — Michael tells Dean about his bloodline in 5x13, The Song Remains the Same
- “I get it now.[…] What Cupid said about heaven busting ass to get Mom and Dad together. The Winchesters and the Campbells – the brains and the brawn.”
- — Sam to Dean in 8x12, As Time Go By
The Campbells are a family of hunters and despite John raising Sam and Dean to be hunters, the Winchesters were Men of Letters.[20][21][22][23]
- “So, what's it all add up to? It's hard to say. But me, I'd say this was a test… For Sam and Dean. And I think they did all right. Up against good, evil, angels, devils, destiny, and God himself, they made their own choice. They chose family. And, well… Isn't that kinda the whole point?”
- — Chuck about Sam and Dean in 5x22, Swan Song
- “Me and Sam—we have had our fair share of fights—more than our share—but no matter how bad it got, we always made it right because we're family. I need him. He needs me. And when everything goes to crap, that's all you've got—family.”
- — Dean to Amara 11x23, Alpha and Omega
Sibling Tropes[]
- “I don't know if it's being a big brother or what, but to me, you've always been this snot—nosed kid that I've had to keep on the straight and narrow.”
- — Dean to Sam in 5x18, Point of No Return
- “Besides, that's my job, right? Show my little brother the ropes?”
- — Dean to Sam in 3x07, Fresh Blood
- “Yeah, I've been following you around my entire life! I mean, I've been looking up to you since I was four, Dean. Studying you, trying to be just like my big brother. So yeah, I know you. Better than anyone else in the entire world. And this is exactly how you act when you're terrified. And, I mean, I can't blame you. It's just…[…] I wish you would drop the show and be my brother again. 'Cause… Just 'cause.”
- — Sam to Dean in 3x07, Fresh Blood
- “All right. Time for bed. Come on, Sasquatch.”
- — Dean in 2x11, Playthings
- “Trust me – my brother's not someone you want to mess with.”
- — Dean tells Benny about Sam in 8x09, Citizen Fang
Dean is tall but Sam is taller.
- • The Black Sheep/Black Sheep (trope) vs. The Dutiful Son
- “Why do you think you two are the vessels? Think about it. Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father, and Lucifer, the little brother, rebellious of Daddy's plan. You were born to this, boys. It's your destiny! It was always you! As it is in heaven, so it must be on earth. One brother has to kill the other.”
- — Gabriel about Sam and Dean in 5x08, Changing Channels
- “Chuck only likes one kind of ending – you kill me, or I kill you.”
- — Dean tells Sam about Chuck's plan in 15x05, Proverbs 17:3
Sam and Dean are fated to kill each other.
- “Dean, we're going to that place[…]. Together. And if something happens, we will deal with it together. And if we die? We'll do that together, too.”
- — Sam to Dean in 13x20, Unfinished Business
- Dean – “You know they're brothers, right?”
- Marie – “Well, duh. But subtext.”
- — 10x05, Fan Fiction
- Walt – “He made us and we just snuffed his brother, you idiot. You want to spend the rest of your life knowing Dean Winchester’s on your ass, ‘cause I don’t. Shoot 'im.”
- Dean – “Go ahead, Roy, do it. But I’m going warn you, when I come back I’m going to be pissed. C’mon! Let’s get this show on the road.”
- — The explanation Walt gives to Roy for shooting Dean 5x16, Dark Side of the Moon
Do not hurt Sam in front of Dean.
- “I… I had to be… More than just a brother. I had to be a father and I had to be a mother, to keep him safe. And that wasn't fair. And I couldn't do it.”
- — Dean to Mary in 12x22, Who We Are
- Ruby/Kathy – “So are you two like… Together?”
- Sam – “What? No. No. He's my brother.”
- Ruby/Kathy – “Uh… Got it. I… I guess. Look, I should probably go.”
- — The brothers are reunited in 4x01, Lazarus Rising
One of the show's oldest and longest running jokes.[24]
- Randall – “Why are you inside, kid?”
- Sam – “'Cause I got an idiot for a brother.”
- — Sam and Dean go to prison in 2x19, Folsom Prison Blues
Due to the nature of their jobs Sam and Dean have had multiple run-ins with the police.[25][26][27]
- Dean – “You know, we made a hell of a team back there.”
- Sam – “Yeah.”
- — 1x01, Pilot
- “You know, truth is, when we finally do find Dad… I don't know if he's even gonna wanna see me.”
- — Sam to Dean in 1x08, Bugs
- “Do you even have an original thought? No. No, all there is is, "Watch out for Sammy. Look out for your little brother, boy!" You can still hear your Dad's voice in your head, can't you? Clear as a bell.[…] I mean, think about it … All he ever did is train you, boss you around. But Sam… Sam he doted on. Sam, he loved.[…] Dad knew who you really were. A good soldier and nothing else. Daddy's blunt little instrument. Your own father didn't care whether you lived or died. Why should you?”
- — Dream Dean in 3x10, Dream a Little Dream of Me
As a testament to John Winchester's good parenting, both Sam and Dean believe to be this.
Parental Issues[]
- “Dad's on a hunting trip and he hasn't been home in a few days.”
- — Dean to Sam in 1x01, Pilot
How and why Sam and Dean's journey together started.[28]
- “If it weren't for pictures I wouldn't even know what Mom looks like. And what difference would it make? Even if we do find the thing that killed her, Mom's gone. And she isn't coming back.”
- — Sam to Dean in 1x01, Pilot
Mary dies in the pilot episode, pushing John into becoming a hunter and raising Sam and Dean into the life.
- Sam – “Do I look crazy?”
- Rowena – “Well, you do have unresolved issues with your domineering older brother and the abandonment by your father.”
- — Rowena makes fun of Sam in 11x09, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Supernatural: Daddy issues the TV Show.
- Sam – “I’m old enough, Dean. You can tell me the truth.”
- Dean – “You don’t wanna know the truth. Believe me.”
- Sam – “Is that why we never talk about… Mom?”
- Dean – “Shut up! Don’t you ever talk about Mom. Ever!”
- — Sam and Dean in 3x08, A Very Supernatural Christmas
Both John and Dean refuse to tell Sam about Mary.
- “Well, you and Dad are a lot more alike than I thought, you know that? You both can’t wait to sacrifice yourself for this thing. But you know what? I’m gonna be the one to bury you. You’re selfish, you know that? You don’t care about anything but revenge.”
- — Dean to Sam in 1x22, Devil's Trap
- Sam – “Dean, what’s up with all the orders? You’re starting to sound like Dad.”
- Dean – “That a bad thing?”
- — Sam and Dean in 13x04, The Big Empty
Both Sam and Dean at different points in the story.
Fate and Prophecy Tropes[]
- “Think of a million random acts of chance that let John and Mary be born, to meet, to fall in love, to have the two of you. Think of the million random choices that you make, and yet how each and every one of them brings you closer to your destiny. Do you know why that is? Because it's not random. It's not chance. It's a plan that is playing itself out perfectly. Free will's an illusion, Dean.”
- — Michael tells Dean about his destiny in 5x13, The Song Remains the Same
- “You're gonna suck it up, accept your responsibilities, and play the roles that destiny has chosen for you.”
- — Gabriel to Sam and Dean in 5x08, Changing Channels
Sam and Dean are the true vessels of Michael and Lucifer.
- Castiel – “It's not blame that falls on you, Dean, it's fate. The righteous man who begins it is the only one who can finish it. You have to stop it.[…] I know our fate rests with you.”
- Dean – “Well, then you guys are screwed. I can't do it, Cass. It's too big. Alastair was right. I'm not all here. I'm not—I'm not strong enough. Well, I guess I'm not the man either of our dads wanted me to be. Find someone else. It's not me.”
- — Castiel and Dean in 4x16, On the Head of a Pin
- Lucifer – “Sam. My heart breaks for you. The weight on your shoulders, what you've done, what you still have to do. It is more than anyone could bear. If there was some other way… But there isn't. I will never lie to you. I will never trick you. But you will say yes to me.”
- Sam – “You're wrong.”
- Lucifer – “I'm not. I think I know you better than you know yourself.”
- Sam – “Why me?”
- Lucifer – “Because it had to be you, Sam. It always had to be you.”
- — 5x03, Free to Be You and Me
- “So screw destiny, right in the face. I say we take the fight to them, and do it our way.”
- — Dean and Sam in 5x18, Point of No Return
- “I'm also all we got. If there was another way… But I don't think there is. There's just me. So I don't know what else to do. Except just try t-to do what's got to be done.”
- — Sam to Dean in 5x21, Two Minutes to Midnight
- Dean – “Look, I'm not exactly Mister Innocent in this whole mess either, you know. I did break the first seal.”
- Sam – “You didn't know.”
- Dean – “Yeah, well, neither did you. I'm not saying demon blood was a great way to go, but, you did kill Lilith.”
- Sam – “And start the apocalypse.”
- Dean – “Which neither of us saw coming, I mean, who'd have thought killing Lilith would've been a bad thing?”
- — Dean apologizes to Sam in 5x05, Fallen Idols
Sam and Dean were both manipulated into breaking the first and last seals to start the apocalypse.
Death Tropes[]
- “SHey. I'm not leaving you. I'm gonna be with you… Right here… Every day.”
- — Dean to Sam in 15x20, Carry On
- • Big No
In 2x21, when Dean arrives just in time to see Sam get stabbed and die in his arms. In 9x23, when Sam arrives just in time to see Dean get stabbed and die in his arms.
- Dean – “Hey, did I ever tell you… Did I ever tell you that night that, uh… that I ca… That I came for you when you were at school? You know, when dad hadn't come back from his hunting trip?”
- Sam – “Yeah, um… Uh, the Woman in White.”
- Dean – “The Woman in White. That's right. I must have stood outside your dorm for hours… Because I didn't… I didn't know what… What you would say. I thought you'd tell me to… To get lost or get dead. And I don't know what I would've done… If I didn't have you. 'Cause I was so scared. I was scared, 'cause when it all came down to it, it was always you and me. It's always been you… And me.”
- Sam – “Then don't leave me. Don't leave me.”
- — Sam and Dean in 15x20, Carry On
Sam dies in Dean's arms in 2x21 and Dean dies in Sam's arms in 3x11 (twice), 3x16, 9x23 and 15x20.
- “I couldn't let our world get destroyed. Sam's still down there, okay? He deserves a good, long life. Hell, they all do. So if you want to cast me out of Heaven… So be it.”
- — Dean to Jack in episode 1x13, Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye of The Winchesters
- “I love you so much. My baby brother.”
- — Dean to Sam in 15x20, Carry On
Sam in 15x20.
- “I'm fading pretty… I'm fading pretty quick, so… There's a few things that I need you to hear. Come here.”
- — Dean to Sam in 15x20, Carry On
- Dean – “I need you to… I need you to promise me. I need you to… To… To tell me… That it's okay. I need you to tell me that it's okay.”
- Sam – “No.”
- Dean – “Look at me. Look at me. I need… I need… I need you to tell me that it's okay. I need you to tell me… Tell me it's okay…”
- Sam – “Dean… It's okay. You can go now.”
- Dean – “Goodbye, Sam. Goodbye.”
- — Dean's last words to Sam in 15x20, Carry On
- Sam – “We'll give you what you want. That's right.”
- Dean – “The whole Cain-and-Abel thing. Us dead. Whatever. I'll kill Sam. Sam will kill me. We'll kill each other.”
- — Sam and Dean talk to Chuck in 15x19, Inherit the Earth
- “I love you so much. My baby brother.”
- — Dean to Sam in 15x20, Carry On
- Sam – “Don't leave me. Don't leave me. I can't do this alone.”
- Dean – “Yes, you can.”
- Sam – “Well, I don't want to.”
- Dean – “Hey. I'm not leaving you. I'm gonna be with you… Right here… Every day.”
- — Sam and Dean in 15x20, Carry On
Brother in Arms by Dire Straits when Dean dies for the final time in 15x20 and Sam is left to carry on without him.[29]
In 15x20, Sam's bed is surrounded by pictures of his family, including Dean on several of them.
- • Slow No
In 9x23, when Sam arrives just in time to see Dean get stabbed and die in his arms.
- Sam – “I'm not gonna let you go to hell, Dean!”
- Dean – “Yes, you are! Yes, you are. I'm sorry. I mean this is all my fault, I know that. But what you're doing, it's not gonna save me. It's only gonna kill you.”
- — Dean and Sam in 3x16, No Rest for the Wicked
- Dean – “Sam, Sam! Sam… Stay wi… Stay with me. Can you stay with me, please?”
- Sam – “Okay.”
- — Sam and Dean in 15x20, Carry On
- “You know, when we were little— and you couldn't been more than 5— you just started asking questions. How come we didn't have a mom? Why do we always have to move around? Where'd Dad go when he'd take off for days at a time? I remember I begged you, "Quit asking, Sammy. Man, you don't want to know. "I just wanted you to be a kid… Just for a little while longer. I always tried to protect you… Keep you safe… Dad didn't even have to tell me. It was just always my responsibility, you know? It's like I had one job… I had one job… And I screwed it up. I blew it. And for that, I'm sorry. I guess that's what I do. I let down the people I love. I let Dad down. And now I guess I'm just supposed to let you down, too. How can I? How am I supposed to live with that? What am I supposed to do? Sammy. God. What am I supposed to do? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!”
- — Dean talking to Sam's dead body in 2x22, All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
- Dean – “Hey, Sammy.”
- Sam – “Dean.”
- — Sam and Dean are reunited in Heaven in 15x20, Carry On
After Sam dies, decades after Dean, they are reunited and together in Heaven.
Sam keeps the Samulet and after Dean dies in 3x16 and after Dean throws it out in 5x16. Sam keeps Dean's watch, Miracle and the Impala after Dean dies in 15x20. He also keeps the Impala after 3x16 and 7x23.
In 2x21, Dean arrives just in time to see Sam get stabbed and die in his arms. In 9x23, Sam arrives just in time to see Dean get stabbed and die in his arms.
- “I mean I can’t just sit around, drinking eggnog, pretending everything’s okay, when I know next Christmas you’ll be dead. I just can’t.”
- — Sam explains to Dean why he doesn't want to celebrate Christmas in 3x08, A Very Supernatural Christmas
The entirety of season 3.
Body Language[]
Dean often touches Sam's face when he is worried.
- “It's okay… Because you're my brother… And I still love ya.[…] Bop!”
- — Sam pokes at Dean's nose in 5x11, Sam, Interrupted
Sam to Dean when he is high on medecine in episode 5x11.
In 1x01 and 1x21.
When there is a big damn reunion.
Happened several times during the course of the show.
Before Dean dies in 15x20.
Or "eye-fuck" as the writers call it.[30]
Several times but most famously in 15x20, before Dean dies.
- • Man Hug
- “What, you being such a big hugger and all?”
- — Sam to Dean 8x10, Torn and Frayed
Sam and Dean have hugged 22 times during the course of Supernatural.[31]
- Dean – “Why are they standing so close together?”
- Marie – “Reasons.”
- Dean – “You know they're brothers, right.”
- Marie – “Well, duh. But subtext.”
- — 10x05, Fan Fiction
A staple.
In 10x14, somewhat, as Dean already looked distraught before the hug.
Saving the other[]
- “Sammy… Come on. I killed Benny to save you. I'm willing to let this bastard and all the sons of bitches that killed mom walk because of you. Don't you dare think that there is anything, past or present, that I would put in front of you!”
- — Dean to Sam in 8x23, Sacrifice
Sam and Dean are willing to do many things for each other.
- “Listen, you know I am not one for praying, 'cause in my book it's… It's the same as begging. But this is about Sam, so I need you to hear me. We are going into this deal blind… And I don't know what's ahead or what it's gonna bring for Sam. Now, he's covering pretty good, but I know that he is hurting, and this one was supposed to be on me. So, for all that we've been through, I'm asking you… You keep a lookout for my little brother, okay?”
- — Dean praying to Castiel for Sam in 8x16, Remember the Titans
- “I'm asking you… I'm begging you, please. Bring him back. Bring him back and take me instead.”
- — Dean begs Bille to bring Sam back from the dead in 11x17, Red Meat
Dean doesn't beg, excepted if it's for Sam's sake.
- Sam – “I'm saving my brother.[…] Cass, look. I've been the one out there, messed up and scared. And alone. And Dean—”
- Castiel – “He did whatever he could to save you.”
- Sam – “Yes. I mean, it's become his thing. I owe him this. I owe him everything.”
- — Castiel and Sam in 10x22, The Prisoner
One of the most used tropes in the show, Sam and Dean repeatedly have to save each other.
- “You do that to my brother, I'll kill you!”
- — Dean when Gordon tries to kill Sam in 2x10, Hunted
Do not hurt one of the brothers in front of the other.
In 6x11, Dean has to play Death for a day in exchange for Sam's soul.
- Crossroads Demon – “Following in Daddy's footsteps. You wanna make a deal. Little Sammy back from the dead, and—let me guess— you're offering up your own soul?”
- Dean – “There are a hundred other demons who'd love to get their hands on it. And it's all yours. All you got to do is bring Sam back. And give me ten years— ten years, and then you come for me.”
- — 2x22, All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
Dean sold his soul to bring Sam back from the dead in 2x22 and Sam tried to do the same in 4x09 but was denied.
- “As long as I'm around, nothing bad is gonna happen to you.”
- — Dean to Sam in 1x14, Nightmare
- Dean – “How do you erase this? Huh? Sam, come on, I need your help.”
- Sam – “I killed him, Dean. I just broke in and killed him.”
- Dean – “Listen to me. Whoever this guy is, he's a hunter. Which means that other hunters are going to come looking for his killer, which means we've got to cover our tracks, okay?.[…] Wipe your prints, then we go.”
- — Dean when he believes Sam has killed a man in 2x14, Born Under a Bad Sign
- “Saving people means all of the people, Dean. Not just that baby. Not just each other. I unleashed a force on this world that could destroy it… To save you.[…] And I'd do it again. In a second, I would do it again.”
- — Sam to Dean in 11x01, Out of the Darkness, Into the Fire
In 11x17, Dean overdoses on pills in the hope he can talk Billie into resurrecting Sam.
- Anna – “Ruby's not like other demons. She saved my life.”
- Dean – “Yeah, I hear she does that. I guess I… You know.”
- Ruby – “What?”
- Dean – “I guess I owe you for… Sam. And I just wanted… You know…”
- Ruby – “Don't strain yourself.”
- Dean – “Okay, then. Is the moment over? Good, 'cause that was awkward.”
- — 4x09, I Know What You Did Last Summer
Dean hates Ruby but still tries to thank her because she saved Sam's life.
- “When we were young, I pretty much pulled him from a fire. And ever since then, I’ve felt responsible for him. Like it’s my job to keep him safe.”
- — Dean to Deputy Kathleen Hudak in 1x15, The Benders
Dean pulled Sam out of a fire twice in the pilot episode.
- Dean – “I tricked you into saying yes. It seemed like the only way.”
- Sam/Gadreel – “So… Again. You thought I couldn't handle something, so you took over!”
- Dean – “No, I did what I had to do! You would've never agreed to it, and you would've died.”
- — 9x09, Holy Terror
Dean will do whatever it takes to keep Sam alive, even if it hurts Sam. He uses the sentence to justify his actions in 9x09, Holy Terror.[32]
- “Dean didn't want Cass to save him. Every part of him, every fiber he's got, wants to die, or find a way to bring Sam back. But he isn't gonna do either. Because he made a promise.”
- — Chuck about Dean's reaction to Sam's death in 5x22, Swan Song
- “Now listen up – I want to make a good, old-fashioned horse trade. Henry and the key for your brother. Or he dies.”
- — Abaddon to Dean in 8x12, As Time Goes By
Several times.
- Dean – “Sammy, can you hear me?[…] Sammy? Are you in there?”
- Lucifer – “Oh, he's in here, all right. And he's gonna feel the snap of your bones. Every single one. We're gonna take our time.”
- Dean – “Sam, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here. I'm here. I'm not gonna leave you. I'm not gonna leave you.”
- Sam – “It's okay, Dean. It's gonna be okay. I've got him.”
- — Sam takes back control from Lucifer in 5x22, Swan Song
- Sam – “I'm saving my brother.[…] Cass, look. I've been the one out there, messed up and scared. And alone. And Dean—”
- Castiel – “He did whatever he could to save you.”
- Sam – “Yes. I mean, it's become his thing. I owe him this. I owe him everything.”
- — Castiel and Sam in 10x22, The Prisoner
The brothers often save each other just in time before the other could have been hurt.
- “I will. And because I'm such a saint, I'll give you one year, and one year only. But here's the thing. If you try and welch or weasel your way out, then the deal is off. Sam drops dead. He's back to rotten meat in no time. So… It's a better deal than your dad ever got. What do you say?”
- — The crossroads demon to Dean in 2x22, All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
Sam must live therefore Dean accepts the deal.
- Sam – “ I need you to watch out for me.[…] You have to watch out for me, all right? And if I ever… Turn into something that I'm not… You have to kill me.[…] Dad told you to do it, you have to.[…]”
- Dean – “Yeah, well, Dad's an ass. He never should have said anything. I mean, you don't do that, you don't, you don't lay that kind of crap on your kids.”
- Sam – “[…] No, please! Dean, you're the only one who can do it. Promise.”
- Dean – “Don't ask that of me.”
- Sam – “Dean, please. You have to promise me.”
- Dean – “I promise.”
- — Sam and Dean in 2x11, Playthings
- “My entire life, you've protected me— from Dad, from Lucifer, from everything. I didn't always like it, you know, but… It's the one thing in the whole world that I could always count on. It's the only thing I've ever known that was true.”
- — Sam to Dean in 15x17, Unity
- “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 his second scene (but still in the teaser), Dean carries Sam out of the house fire.
- “I don't want ten years. I don't want one year. I don't want candy! I want to trade places with Dean.”
- — Sam to a Crossroads demon in 4x09, I Know What You Did Last Summer
- “I'm asking you… I'm begging you, please. Bring him back. Bring him back and take me instead.”
- — Dean to Billie in 11x17, Red Meat
Sam gets Dean to try to get out of his deal in season 3 and he stops Dean from giving himself to Michael in 5x18. Dean stops Sam from sacrificing himself in 8x23.
- To Sam – “You know, I discarded you far too quickly, Sam. You're way more valuable than I thought you were.”
- To Dean – “Why would I knock myself out trying to sap your will? I think Sam here will get you to see things my way.”
- — Cuthbert Sinclair wants to torture Sam to get Dean to agree to his terms in 9x16, Blade Runners
All the time. The easiest way to hurt the Winchesters is to hurt their brother.
- Sam – “So, what? You decide to trick me into being possessed by some… Psycho angel?”
- Dean – “He saved your life.”
- Sam – “So what? I was willing to die.”
- — 9x10, Road Trip
- Sam – “We were trying to help you.”
- Dean – “I didn't need help. I told you to leave it alone.”
- — 10x22, The Prisoner
Sam in season 9 and Dean in season 10.
- “How is your brother gonna feel when he knows you're going to hell?”
- — Bobby discovers Dean sold his soul for Sam 2x22, All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
Dean sold his soul to bring Sam back from the dead in 2x22 and Sam tried to do the same in 4x09 but was denied.
- Sam – “And I have a soul because of you. I never thanked you for that, did I?”
- Dean – “That's all good, man.”
- Sam – “Well, thanks.”
- Dean – “You'd have done the same for me.”
- — 6x14, Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
Said several times during the course of the show.
Moments[]
- “Everyone's staring at us like we're child abusers!”
- — Sam to Dean in 6x02, Two and a Half Men
Sam and Dean in 6x02, Two and a Half Men.
- “So I got to ask, Dean. What exactly are you afraid of? Losing? Or losing your brother?”
- — Bobby to Dean in 5x21, Two Minutes to Midnight
- Dean – “It was just a wish. I wished for Mom to live. That Mom never died, we never went hunting and you and me just never uh… You know.”
- Sam – “Yeah. Well, I'm glad we do. And I'm glad you dug yourself out, Dean.”
- — 2x20, What Is and What Should Never Be
In 2x20, Dean wishes for his mom to never have died, only to discover he and Sam aren't close and all the people they ever saved together died.
The basis for some of their best hugs.
- Sam – “Dean, when I look at Adam, you know what I see?[…] Meat. Because the demons and monsters out there, that's all he is. I hated Dad for a long time. I did. But now I think I understand. So we didn't have a dog and a white picket fence. So what? Dad did right by us. He taught us how to protect ourselves. Adam deserves the same.”
- Dean – “Listen to yourself, man.[…] I think it's too late for us. This is our life. This is who we are, okay? And it's fine. I accept that. But with Adam, he's still got a chance, man. He can go to school. He could be a doctor.”
- Sam – “What makes Adam so special?”
- Dean – “What, are you jealous of the kid?”
- Sam – “Are you?”
- — Sam and Dean argue about Adam in 4x19, Jump the Shark
In episode 4x19, Jump the Shark, Sam and Dean learn John had another son named Adam. Sam accepts it but Dean isn't happy about it.
Simple man by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 5x03[33] when Sam and Dean are separated and Beautiful Loser by Bob Seger in 6x01[34] when Dean believes Sam to be in the cage.
- “That woman and that kid -- I went to them because you asked me to.[…] I showed up on their doorstep half out of my head with grief. God knows why they even let me in. I drank too much. I had nightmares. I looked everywhere. I collected hundreds of books, trying to find anything to bust you out.[…] A damn year? You couldn't put me out of my misery?”
- — Dean to Sam in 6x01, Exile on Main St.
- Sam – “You can't just look me in the face and tell me you're fine. I mean, you're not sleeping, you drink for the record—[…] Look, whatever. Last one to preach, I know. But… Just be honest with me. How are those the actions of someone who knows they did the right thing?”
- Dean – “You want me to be honest?[…] As far as how I've been acting… I don't know. Maybe it's 'cause I don't like lying to you. You know, it doesn't feel right. So, yeah, you got me there. I've been climbing the walls.”
- — Sam and Dean in 7x07, The Mentalists
Dean when Sam dies in 2x22 and 5x22, when he lies to Sam after killing Amy and when he and Sam are on bad terms in season 9. Sam when when Dean dies in 4x09 and 9x23.
Episodes 1x11, 2x15 and 8x10.
The prank war of episode 1x17.
Ordinary Life by Van Morrison[35] as the opening of episode 15x20.
- Sam – “Do I know you?”
- Dean – “I don't think so.”
- Sam – “I'm sorry, man, you just look really familiar.”
- Dean – “Save it for the health club, pal.”
- — 4x17, It's a Terrible Life
- • Hold Me
- “Hold me, Sam. That was beautiful.”
- — Dean to Sam in 1x11, Scarecrow
- “Come here. I'm gonna lay my head gently on your shoulder. Maybe we can cry, hug, and maybe even slow dance.”
- — Dean to Sam in 2x02, Everybody Loves a Clown
- “Hey, it's me. Uh… Look, I'll just get right to it. I'm still pissed… And I owe you a serious beatdown. But… I shouldn't have said what I said. You know, I'm not Dad. We're brothers. You know, we're family. And, uh… No matter how bad it gets, that doesn't change. Sammy, I'm sorry.”
- — Dean leaves Sam a message in 4x22, Lucifer Rising
- 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
- Sam – “I can't do this alone.”
- Dean – “Yes, you can.”
- Sam – “Well, I don't want to.”
- — Sam and Dean in 15x20, Carry On
- Sam – “Hey. You said the soul eater made you see things, plural. So, what else did you see?”
- Dean – “I saw you, dead on the floor. What?”
- Sam – “How messed up are our lives, that you seeing a vision of dead—me is actually kind of comforting?”
- — Dean tells Sam about his worst fear in 11x16, Safe House
- Sam – “Do I know you?”
- Dean – “I don't think so.”
- Sam – “I'm sorry, man, you just look really familiar.”
- Dean – “Save it for the health club, pal.”
- — 4x17, It's a Terrible Life
- Sam – “Can I ask you a question?”
- Dean – “Look, man, I told you, I'm not into the, uh—”
- Sam – “Oh dude, come on, I'm not either. I just wanna ask you one question.”
- — 4x17, It's a Terrible Life
Dean Smith and Sam Wesson in 4x17.
- Sam – “I mean, since when are you Bing Crosby all of a sudden? Why do you want Christmas so bad?”
- Dean – “Why are you so against it? I mean, were your childhood memories that traumatic?”
- Sam – “No, that has nothing to do with it.[…] I-I mean, I-I just… I don’t get it. You haven’t talked about Christmas in years.”
- Dean – “Well, yeah. This is my last year.”
- Sam – “I know. That’s why I can’t.[…] I mean I can’t just sit around, drinking eggnog, pretending everything’s okay, when I know next Christmas you’ll be dead. I just can’t.”
- — Dean wants to celebrate Christmas in 3x08, A Very Supernatural Christmas
Sam and Dean celebrate Christmas together in episode 3x08, A Very Supernatural Christmas.
- “Be my Valentine?”
- — Dean hands Sam one of the hearts they're examining in 5x14, My Bloody Valentine
- Dean – “Check it out. This thing's friggin' awesome! Be my valentine.”
- Sam – “Dude, we're working. Put it back.”
- Dean – “Have a heart.”
- Sam – “Dean!”
- Dean – “Buzz kill.”
- — Dean hands Sam the plastic heart from the dummy in 6x14, Mannequin 3: The Reckoning
- Dean – “I don’t get it. Sam, why are you doing this?”
- Sam – “Because… You’re still my big brother.”
- — Sam and Dean in 5x18, Point of No Return
Sam choses to trust Dean in 5x18 despite everything, including Dean, telling him not to.
- Dean – “Well, I'm concerned.”
- Sam – “Concerned about the, uh – the witch-killing spell… Or that I'm gonna mess these trials up?[…] You know, I've been going over this and over this, asking myself "why doesn't he trust me?" And it occurred to me, finally. It's not that you don't trust me. It's that you can only trust you.”
- Later, Dean – “Well, it's possible I was wrong.[…] I realize that the only way we've made it through it all is by hanging together. I trust you, Sammy. With this deal, locking those sons of bitches up in the furnace once and for all, it's too important not to. So if you say you're good… Then that's it. I'm with you 100%.”
- —Sam and Dean in 8x15, Man's Best Friend with Benefits
When Sam and Dean separate in 9x10.
Simple man by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 5x03[36] when Sam and Dean are separated, Beautiful Loser by Bob Seger in 6x01[37] when Dean believes Sam to be in the cage, Can't find my way home by Blind Faith in 9x23[38] after Dean's death and Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits in 15x20[39] after Dean's funeral.
- “"And then Sam touched—" No. "—caressed Dean's clavicle. 'This is wrong,' said Dean. 'Then I don't want to be right,' replied Sam, in a husky voice."”
- — Becky writes Wincest fanfiction in 5x01, Sympathy for the Devil
Wincest has been referenced four times in the show: in 4x18, 5x01, in a deleted scene in 5x09 and in 10x05.
- “But I don’t understand. You’re running back to your brother? The guy you ran away from? Why, because he won’t pick up his phone? Sam—come with me to California.”
- — Meg to Sam in 1x11, Scarecrow
- “I didn't expect Sam to come back. And I'm glad he's okay. I am. But the minute he walked through that door, I knew. It was over. You two have the most unhealthy, tangled-up, crazy thing I've ever seen. And as long as he's in your life, you're never gonna be happy.[…] I'm not saying don't be close to Sam. I'm close to my sister. But if she got killed, I wouldn't bring her back from the dead!”
- — Lisa breaks up with Dean in 6x06, You Can't Handle the Truth
- Dean to Sam – “Go find some hoodoo priest to lay some mojo on me.”
- Later, Sam to John – “I'll find some hoodoo priest and lay some mojo on him.”
- — 2x01, In My Time of Dying
- 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
- Dean to Dan Harper – “You’re stooping the babysitter.”
- Later, Sam about Dan Harper – “He was stooping the sitter.”
- — 11x13, Love Hurts
In episode 6x03 and Ordinary Life by Van Morrison[40] as the opening of episode 15x20.
- “Okay, you think the innkeeper might have mentioned this before he ripped us off.”
- — Dean notices there's only one bed in the room he and Sam rented in episode 11x05, Thin Lizzie
- Sam – “But just don't – don't get killed.”
- Dean – “I'll do what I can.”
- — 7x13, The Slice Girls
- Sam – “Don't get dead.”
- Dean – “You too.”
- — 13x08, The Scorpion and the Frog
- Bobby – “Dean… I hate to bring this up, I really do. But don't you think maybe it's time… We bury Sam?”
- Dean – “No.”
- Bobby – “We could… Maybe…”
- Dean – “What? Torch his corpse? Not yet.”
- Bobby – “I want you to come with me.”
- Dean – “I'm not going anywhere.”
- Bobby – “Dean, please.[…] I just don't think you should be alone, that's all. I gotta admit, I could use your help. Something big is going down – end-of-the world big.”
- Dean – “Well, then let it end!”
- — 2x22, All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
- Sam – “You were right, okay? I see light at the end of this tunnel. And I'm sorry you don't — I am. But it's there. And if you come with me, I can take you to it.”
- Dean – “Sam, Be smart.”
- Sam – “I am smart, and so are you. You're not a grunt, Dean. You're a genius — when it comes to lore, to — you're the best damn hunter I have ever seen — better than me, better than dad. I believe in you, Dean. So, please — please believe in me, too.”
- — 8x14, Trial and Error
- “Sam, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here. I'm here. I'm not gonna leave you. I'm not gonna leave you.”
- — Dean to Sam in 5x22, Swan Song
Sam leaves the bunker after Dean dies in 15x20.
- “I gave him what he needed. And it wasn't some bitch in a G-string. It was you. A little brother that looked up to him, that he could trust.”
- — The siren tells Sam about Dean in 4x14, Sex and Violence
References[]
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- ↑ https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Campbell_Family?so=search
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Campbell_(family)
- ↑ https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Saving_people,_hunting_things,_the_family_business
- ↑ https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Campbell_Family?so=search
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Campbell_(family)
- ↑ https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Campbell_Family?so=search
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Campbell_(family)
- ↑ https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Winchester_Family?so=search
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Winchester_(family)
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/They%27re_Brothers
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Sam_%26_Dean%27s_Arrests
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Dean%27s_Police_Record
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Sam%27s_Police_Record
- ↑ https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Dad%27s_on_a_hunting_trip_and_he_hasn%27t_been_home_in_a_few_days
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASVfbn5Cods
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Eye-fuck
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Hugs
- ↑ http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/I_Did_What_I_Had_to_Do
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_IipdH14DM
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUd1vVFL8WY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzJfXXMhBpk
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_IipdH14DM
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUd1vVFL8WY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1hcoIQU_XI
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASVfbn5Cods
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzJfXXMhBpk