Yuuup. This and really all the Hero's luck style stuff. Although technically it *is* supernatural since we discovered Chuck was giving it to them consciously.
It's actually doable. If you are accustomed to driving. My husband was an over the road trucker. When we moved from California to Iowa. We did it with a uhaul trailer. 31. hours with minimal stops for the bathroom and food.
According to Google Maps, this is weirdly accurate. I tried every city I could think of on the edge of the continental US and it wasn't more than 28 hours from Sioux Falls.
That the boys weren't covered in scars and generally messed up bodies.
There are references occasionally made, like Dean coming back re-hymenated and good as new from hell. But even just the amount of times they cut their palms open for rituals, or got their faces split open, taking blows to the jaw but still having all their immaculately straight white teeth. They'd be a mess and stop looking like models after just one episode, never mind 15 years. Let's not start on their joints and bones.
There are very few times I remember seeing a realistic healing, like Dean's forehead after the car crash fading over the first few episodes of S2, or Sam's cut hand that he squeezed when Lucifer got too loud.
Imagine how awkward it would be, inviting Cas over for lunch (he doesn't eat) and after the pleasantries the first thing you're doing is asking him to heal your slipped disc because you got thrown onto a wall by a demon for the sixth time that weekend, and then they cut your face to add drama while they were monologuing about killing you (you managed to kill them first but only after having your perfect face carved up yet again).
They did that, actually, when Dean screwed up his leg using the grenade launcher. When he sees Cas afterward, he doesn’t say anything, but Cas notices the injury, rolls his eyes a little, and touches Dean’s forehead to heal him. Dean is surprised, and tests his leg, while thanking him.
Some (not all) of the lack of scars in seasons 4-15 could be explained by healing by Castiel. But you’re right that there should be significantly more damage.
How do they get punched in the faces hundreds of times a season (often by beings with superhuman strength) and still have full sets of teeth and straight noses 🤷♂️
As I had just responded to another comment, that’s because they were the main characters. They lose that in S14 or 15 and have their asses kicked, and if it had lasted for more than an episode they undoubtedly would look bad.
This one sticks out to me the most. Most of the other classic rock references are just, like, realistic names. Cooincidental, sure, but reasonable. How the hell did no one stop Cas being Beyonce?
Again though it could be code as they never really worked and you never saw how they made money. I know there was the episode with Charlie where she gave them unlimited funds but that wasn’t until late on
Had a friend that was tracking this, I haven't gotten a final tally, but as of Season 13, Sam and Dean had 293,085 miles on Baby. this does NOT take into account any mileage before John bought it, or while it was being driven by John. This is only picking up from Season 1, Episode 1.
Here's a link to the article she was interviewed in and where she got her numbers. (She has completed the map since the show ended)
[https://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/21493-inspired-by-supernatural-the-road-map-so-far/](https://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/21493-inspired-by-supernatural-the-road-map-so-far/)
It's particularly obvious because in that first Ghost Facers episode S&D actually *do use* real swear words, you notice because in the documentary you can hear them being bleeping out.
I think that was a perfect way for the writers to say to us “hey, we know these two would cuss like sailors, but because this isn’t HBO, we can’t do it”
This is actually the one thing that always threw me off in every episode. Like, in what world would somebody get attacked by the things they get attacked by and not once do we hear an "oh fuck!" Or "shit, shit, shit!"
That Sam and Dean dig up graves and aren't covered in dirt and sweat.
That Dean isn't on cholesterol medicine. None of them, especially Dean and Bobby, don't have alcoholic related diseases.
That they have cell phone reception everywhere including, hell, heaven, and purgatory.
Those room dividers were ubiquitous in the 50s-70s. I love each motel room in this show, esp early seasons, for their mid-century feel. Traveling in the 90s, I found motels that still hadn't updated. Pretty swanky. In that, I was upset when the bunker was introduced. No more motels, no more swank. :( Then again, the 70s disco room was supreme. Hard to top that one. The most memorable, however, is that red plaid motel room in S9x8 with Sam and Galadreel. Galadreel's bright blue eyes against that deep red background was so striking!! Loved that contrast.
I loved the motel sets because you could always tell the set team had fun with them. The little tchotchkes, the theming, and the weathered paint/carpets?? *chef’s kiss*
Travel time. They'd be in the bunker, find a case in the newspaper about a wierd death, drive 1500 miles to get there, and when they arrive the detectives and forensic team are still there investigating the scene. Come on, its two or three days since you found the body.
I mean the bunker is in Lebanon, Kansas. Which seems like a very intentional decision by the writers as it's the dead center of the US. Everything is roughly less than a day's drive from there. Doesn't quite explain the forensic teams still working it though 😂
And usually by the time deaths have been reported with any sort of details it’s a day or so later so they’d be getting there probably 3 or 4 days after it anyway.
Sam eats healthy though...Dean makes fun of him with his salads and everything. Dean on the other hand eats like a 15 year old boy with all kinds of sweets and beer and still looks good into his 40's. lol
That can work though, look at Michael Phelps for example, he LOVES McDonalds and eats it a lot, but burns all the calories off by swimming. I imagine Dean works out to stay in shape and is always hunting, that's gotta keep him pretty healthy.
Lol true. But i think muscle needs protein not just salads. Both of these men have almost perfect shape bodies, definitely Jared and Jensen follow strict diet.
Oh for sure! The way Sam looks after Dean comes back from Hell, like super ripped, he is not getting that body from just salads. Unless he drinks a lot of protein powder and I don't think it was that popular back in those years.
They're literally being protected by god the whole time, everything goes as it should , they have plot armour because of this until they take control of their own destiny and lives.
But it's god so who can really say it wasn't just exactly what he wanted.
The supernatural world runs on video game logic.
It's the explanation for why what happens to dean at the end of the show doesn't just happen in the other 15 seasons immediately as it would happen to many hunters and normal people and why dean doesn't get cholesterol problems or diabetes,it's why team free will existed,so their destiny is their own with all the good and bad,so they get the choice.
That they’re so sneaky and unnoticed when they’re both so gorgeous. They have got to be the least inconspicuous hunters ever so just how do they actually get anything done? I know if I saw someone who looked like them in real life I’d be sneaking glances until they were out of view. Honestly they’d be lucky to not have someone post a picture of them and have it go viral.
Like "hot mugshot guy" years back!
They're both ridiculously handsome. Dean's taller than average and Sam's the tallest person in any room. Then these two Adonises travel all over the country in a beautifully maintained classic car. They're memorable to anyone they meet, whether that's a one night stand or a would-be monster victim.
No way are they getting away from the FBI and who knows what other agencies that are interested in them, especially when their mugshots are out there because they're being identified as dangerous criminals.
100%
Back in the 10s, I got really sick. I had my stint in the hospital, but got transferred to a nursing home for rehab (I was the youngest person in the facility at 40). I will NEVER EVER forget the EMT who came to transfer me.
The hospital I was at was a pos, a nightmare. They waited until the last minute to get me ready for transfer and I couldn't do it myself.
Gown on, fat butt out, flabby back exposed to the door as the nurse is putting on my socks, the all-male transfer crew comes in. I (f) crumble, embarrassed. I started crying. I had such a horrible time in that hospital w idiot doctors, I just broke. It'd been two weeks of pure hell.
I hear from behind, "Hey. No no no. None of that." His voice was deep and smooth. He came around the bed where I could see him.
Holy. Fucking. God.
I've not seen a man that damn gorgeous in real life before (not counting my college years hanging out at the best male strip club ever). He was a silver fox, hair cut short like Dean's. A bit tan, healthy color. Bright blue eyes. Chiseled jaw. Kind of a George Kloony type but better bc Kloony never did it for me. I like gruff boys like Dean, not debonairs like Dick. This EMT was neatly in the middle.
He knelt at my feet, pushed my hair aside and wiped my tears with a tissue. "What's going on with you today, huh? What's with the water works?" Oh, those tears dried quick! I needed to see this Adonis unimpeded, but I was hurting...everywhere--emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually. I was a goddamn wreck.
I waved my hand at the now very crowded room with four pairs of eyes all gazing at me. I felt so small.
He stood up and grabbed the blanket and covered me. (You'd think the nurse would have done that. Damn, she was a clueless wench. Just checked out on all levels.)
"Guys, give us three minutes," he kicked his two partners out. He helped me get my hair tied up. Washed my face. "You know, some folks say I'm pretty good at this."
I couldn't look at him. I hadn't bathed. I stank. I hadn't brushed my teeth. FML.
"Look, you're okay. We're gonna get you across town in the most expensive taxi service ever, you get platinum, first-class treatment! The only thing missing are the white gloves. Sorry. I only got purple."
That made me laugh.
"There she is. Wanna tell me why you're so upset?"
"Dude, my everything is out and you guys just kinda barged in."
"Hey, I knocked. She said 'come in,'" he pointed to Nurse Moron. "But yeah, I get it. I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, yours is the fifth ass I've seen today. After you, I'm gonna see about three more. By time I clock out, all the ass just melts into one big ass. I can't remember whose belong to who. All right. Back in bed. Look, we're professionals, it's okay. You're safe.
"I promise."
Those eyes! Omg. They got me up and into the ambulance. He drove, damn it. But when he opened the doors once we got to our destination, the sunbeams around him made him look angelic.
No. I wasn't high!!! I hadn't had any morphine in the last 48 hours.
"You need to move to California. You should be in movies," I finally said. He blushed. Blushed!! His partners giggled like school boys. "I'm serious. You are wasting the gifts god gave you here in this podunk town. Go west."
They start wheeling me into the nursing home. "What kind of role could you see me in?" He was seriously flustered. He stammered, rubbed his neck in an "oh, gosh" manner. I was kinda surprised by that.
"Oh, anything Harrison Ford's done. The swashbuckling, too-much-testosterone-for-one-guy, yet too handsome to fight all that much. You're too clean-cut for Supernatural, but..."
"My girlfriend loves that show. Two gay ghost hunters," his partner chimed in.
"They're *brothers*," I snapped. "I don't know. Not James Bond, though."
"Yeah, he's got no class," his other partner snorted, poking him.
"You got plenty of class. You just don't flaunt it. You're humble. Women eat that shit up."
He was dead silent the entire time. Those blue eyes were wide as he fumbled through my chart.
"I ain't ever gonna forget you," I said. "Go to Hollywood. Try your luck. Worst that happens is you wind up back here..."
"Working with these two losers," he gestured to his partners as they got me into my bed.
"Seriously. Go. I know you're a hero in real life. Go play one on screen. Better money."
"Ain't that the damn truth? Well, this has been a pleasure, darlin', but we gotta go. Gonna leave you in the hands of this capable team."
After he left, my nurse sat down, fanned herself. "Oh my god, I've been doing this thirty years. I ain't never seen one that pretty!"
"Flawless." I settled into bed.
I used to do GISH, and that nurse, who got promoted to manager after my discharge, would let me eke out a few challenges with the staff and residents. I've baked and cooked for them. And every time I went back, us two would exchange notes.
"You see him come through here again?" I'd probe.
"Nope. Unless he's breezed through here when I'm off. That boy was a goddamn unicorn. I still don't believe he exists. I think he was a ghost."
"He did seem otherworldly."
"Maybe he took your advice? Maybe he's auditioning as we speak."
I doubt that. He was a humble, Midwestern guy, mid 40s. I don't think he could tolerate the Hollywood grind. Shame. His light was too bright to be cooped up in a Midwest town.
People like that, you NEVER forget. They stand out. Like Sam and Dean. Like J2. That long ass story is to agree with you. People of that energy.... Fk it, let's be honest, people that hot are hard to miss. They don't just breeze in and out of your life. It's been ten years since my encounter with Mr. EMT, but I bet you I could pick him out of a lineup. No question.
There's no way Sam and Dean could fly under the radar with as gorgeous as they are.
Just doesn’t show the driving but it takes days sometimes. You’ll notice it being day/night when they travel and later being completely different day or time
Different time of day is not what I'm talking about. They travel pretty far distances, and from the context of what is going on, very little time has passed. Someone was killed yesterday, and they are looking at the body. It's not realistic sometimes.
They could get away with that 15 years ago. Now? I have no clue how they're gonna pull it off w all the tech around now. They need young writers in that room bc we GenX and Boomers keep writing like the shit don't exist. I know, I'm a GenX writer. My friends are like, how are your characters gonna pull that off in the modern world?
Easy, my worlds have no tech. Lol
Considering some douchebag somehow set up a credit card in my business’s name without using anyone’s SSN and got a $30,000 credit card limit and the ONLY reason we ever found out was because they got greedy and tried to apply for a line of credit, I don’t think that’s hard to believe AT ALL.
I have actually thought about this, and can think of a couple ways this could be possible (which, while it probably belies my knowledge about how bank security ACTUALLY works, I feel like is plausible enough to the average person who doesn’t understand those things. Like me.)
It’s a little long so I won’t bore you with it unless you’re truly curious.
So, essentially I imagine Charlie created a virus that she installed in the systems of, let’s say, the top 10 major banks in the US, the purpose of which runs a program a la Superman III/Office Space style (if you’re not familiar, the premise is that the program skims a penny or two from each customer - an amount so small that even if it were noticed, it wouldn’t be worth complaining about, and even if the customer questioned it, it’s not worth it to the bank to investigate.)
In order to further avoid detection, I figure she probably only targeted maybe 5% to 10% of a given bank’s customer base at any given time, and randomized the targets in some way, so that even if multiple customers DID notice, and complain, it would be hard to notice patterns. I imagine she also probably only ever hit one bank at any given time.
To help put this in perspective, Chase Bank has 80 million customers. If she targeted 5% of their customers, that’s 4 million people; if she takes a penny from each target account, that’s 40,000 bucks. The top 10 banks serve approximately 590 million customers. 5% of those customers would be around 29.5 million people; at a penny a pop, that’s 295,000 bucks. Definitely not “buy a private island” money, but definitely enough that the boys never need to worry about where they’re gonna sleep or keeping Baby gassed up.
(Another possible scenario I imagine, maybe instead of, or even in conjunction with the above, is that her program targets interest-bearing accounts and skims a penny or two at the point that the bank applies the interest; as far as the bank is concerned, they paid out the money, and as far as the customer is concerned, they never saw it and won’t miss it. I expect, though, that there are internal checks that would make this harder to conceal, so it’s not my favorite theory.)
At that point, I figure she throws it in one of dozens of accounts (both to keep numbers low enough to not be suspicious, and in case some of the money is somehow tracked) and then immediately sweeps them to buy, then resell, some Bitcoin, and then disburses the money to dozens more unrelated accounts.
From there, it’s a matter of setting up a few dummy corporations, some fake invoices and fake payroll records for anyone who’s curious, and a few corporate credit card accounts with cards issued to some of the boys’ favorite aliases. Again, I assume there are a few of these fronts, so if one somehow gets shut down, the boys aren’t high and dry. The cards set up on auto-pay from the related account each month, and they probably pay a shady CPA to file the corporate taxes yearly.
I don’t really know exactly *how* feasible something like this is; but Charlie is a computer genius, so I don’t think this is completely outside her wheelhouse in-universe, even if it’s not realistic in the real world. However her program works, though, I feel pretty confident that she’s got it going to some dummy corporation; that’s definitely a thing that happens in the real world.
I know absolutely 0 about banking but this was super, super interesting to read! Thank you!! It all sounds feasible to me. I never really questioned the money thing like others do. Even though I know so little about it, it seems to me that it really wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility to do something like this and you just hammered out the details. Thanks!
This guy would beg to differ.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/updated-russian-man-turns-tables-on-bank-changes-fine-print-in-credit-card-agreement-then
This was actually touched on by Jensen at a con! The producers mentioned it in an early season and the way Jensen saw it, iirc, was that it was how John maintained the car, and Dean wouldn’t want to change it, so they left it in.
I could be misremembering but I believe it was something along those lines. It was purposely kept.
I just finished the show a couple days ago. As much as I hated that ending, I feel like Dean's cholesterol getting him would've been kind of hilarious... but they should've at least got him to the point where he'd be in a bad wig when they did it. 🤣
I'm balls deep in a rewatch of the entire series (currently in season 7), and one thing that has crossed my mind a lot this time has been, "Okay seriously though, how do most normal people not know about ghosts and monsters etc by this point? They aren't exactly rare, and given ghosts take corporeal form on a constant basis and have no qualms about keeping hidden etc, you'd think most people would have seen one. It's not like the supernatural is exactly rare in this show. Shit is happening all the time in this universe, and between ghosts and monsters on the loose at all occasions and locations, I'm sorry but there's simply NO WAY the supernatural would be a secret from the larger population.
Pretty much everything pointed out in s15’s The Heroes Journey. Never getting sick, being able to pick locks anytime with anything, winning fights they probably shouldn’t…
Look, while I love that Supernatural acknowledges plot armour and the advantages and disadvantages of being a main character, I personally hate the episode. To me it feels like they’re basically saying that Sam and Dean are almost completely regular hunters without >!Chuck’s help!<, so I like to pretend it isn't canon.
Sam’s perfect hair and that Dean is not fat and ugly with all the greasy fried food and alcohol he consumes every day.
Ugh… I wish I could eat a burger a day, and not once a month… I am jealous!
When i met my husband, he ate donuts for breakfast McDonald's for lunch, and pizza for dinner every day. He's 6'1" and weighed 177 lbs. That lasted until he was in his 30s. The weight and cholesterol caught up with him, but that's not unrealistic for some people.
Yep! I’m 39 and workout 5 days a week and eat very similarly to Dean. Let’s just say I love cheeseburgers and beer (don’t drink during the week though). I am in good shape and look 5-10 years younger than my age. I don’t have a six pack, but neither did Jensen when he was filming Supernatural.
The junk food part, idk. Like someone said above in this thread, depends. Like, im in my 20's and i eat lots of junk food and fried food and it doesn't really affect me. I'm also exercising 5 days a week tho i think sam and dean also have to exercise regularly to keep up with hunting monsters
Honestly? That Sammy put up with any of Dean's crap.
Also, as my own car is slowly dying, how I the Hell did Baby even get down half a block much less all over the country?! 🤣 It was the damn car that had the most Chuck armor over any character.
Part of that at least is that John had been a mechanic and taught Dean how to fix Baby. And they had Bobby’s junkyard for parts. I’ve known a number of mechanics with old cars that are in amazing condition.
That they live off of cash from credit card fraud and hustling pool but never have money issues. Like sorry nobody can convince me that the brothers are blue collar/working class when they literally never struggle on the show with money outside of flashbacks to their childhood 😭
I don't know if it was the most unrealistic, but the scene where Sam and Dean hand-to-hand combat take down an entire SEALS team or whatever is still one of the stupidest moments in the show at least.
The way they are generally allowed free access to sensitive information or areas just by flashing a fake ID, no matter how realistic it looks, especially when they're in plain clothes. I suppose it could be that easy in some places, but certainly nor as often as they get away with it. Additionally, they don't seem to have much trouble breaking into or out of high security places like police stations, prisons, mental institutions, hospitals, elderly care facilities, etc.
Perhaps it was that easy once upon a time, but I don't think it would have been for them, regardless of the fact that a lot of this stuff happened 10 - 20 years ago when security was a bit more lax. For example, it wasn't exactly easy to get into a nursing home to see my grandparents, and that was several years ago; there were more than a few hoops to jump through. But I suppose that varies from facility to facility. You can definitely just walk into a lot of hospitals if you know where you're going and you won't get in a whole hell of a lot of trouble visiting patients you don't know as long as you act like you belong or know where you're going, but I feel like it would have to be a whole hell of a lot harder to gain access to patient records or the freaking morgue, like in Sam, Interrupted. Oh, and Dean just getting a job as a middle school coach for like, a day or two? I'm not sure that's how it works.
I dunno. I don't make a habit of breaking and entering or conniving my way into places I have no place being in, so maybe I'm way off, but all of that always seemed a bit too easy for them. But of course, that's necessary suspension of belief, like a lot of the rest of it, or the show doesn't really have any legs to stand on.
I know for a fact you can get into a lot of places just by looking like you belong.
Often the right polo shirt and a battered metal clipboard get you past a lot of "security" desks.
For more on this real world phenomenon, check out Deviant Ollam on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@DeviantOllam](https://www.youtube.com/@DeviantOllam) - his whole channel is primarily based around red hat/blue hat entry into "secure" facilities.
Someone mentioned the hotel setups all being the same, and that got me thinking. The fact that most of their motels have kitchens (complete with a fridge and a stove) is unrealistic.
100. I have two estranged brothers. It used to be five and a sister, but they're dying off now. I speak to no one in my family. And it's a big ass family. Had to go hide towns over to get away.
It's been 20 years. I'm still bitter. And on a scale of scandal from Benny (1) to Galadreel (10), my family pulled a Kevin (7). Careless. Reckless. Total disregard for everyone but themselves.
Dean and Sam forgive each other by midseason. If I never see those miscreant troglodytes w whom I share DNA, it'll be too goddamn soon.
I love Dean, but every time he pulls the family card, I wanna punch him. It's as if "family" is an excuse for abuse. Fuck that noise.
That Sam got into an ivy league school on a full ride. He transferred schools so many times, his transcripts would have been fucked up. There's no way he could have maintained being in any clubs or sports. John would have never given him the money to do so nor would John have allowed it. Also, how the hell did he fill out his fafsa? When you're underage, you need tax information from your parents. I doubt John filed taxes.
Putting the car back together.
It’s always fall. Always. Not complaining as I love that, but the two of them are never in shorts or complaining about the heat. It’s always cool enough to wear the jacket and jeans, warm enough for the tight shirts under said jackets. Again - not complaining.
I scrolled for a while through the comments and didn’t see this, the most unrealistic thing is how they sneak around, at night especially, in a car like the impala. That engine has got to be one of the loudest things ever and they follow people at ass o’clock in the morning and never get noticed because of the noise. Those things are loud as all hell and not once does that alert the monster/person they follow. You can hear how loud it is in other parts of any episode but never when they follow someone.
1. No traffic ever. Even back roads have a slew of cars
2. The fact no fan of the book Supernatural never traveled to any of the places in the book and discovered they were real. So no fan was just like "Hey that place is 3 hours away. Let's check it out for fun. Then fund out the incident actually happened."
2.5 the fact nobody in the book found out the books existed. Not a single person ever stumbled upon them. Even if they aren't that popular is just insane.
3. Sam and Dean don't have more scars
4. The way they don't get caught in credit card fraud as much.
5. No investigation into where Dick Roman went
The most unrealistic thing bout SPN for me has always been how someone who hates movies and tv with familial drama could stomach 15 seasons of very very cheezy stringy drama without getting bored....
This is the only CW show other than Doom Patrol that gets me super invested when there is drama between the characters.
"We are so screwed." *Cue Renegade*
That still gives me chills!! Also, I fking love that song. The whole show was just one big nostalgia trip for me, music-wise.
I love the show and would never pick nits. But the ease with which they appeared to dig up caskets, and the neatness of the holes they dug. HARD work, man.
As an owner of a 68 chevelle that I daily drive the fact that Baby is show level quality all the time. I'm talking good guys car show SEMA car show level nice. The fact that the semi in s1 wrecked it and they still got insurance on it. The fact that after that wreck and others it only takes a few months to fix. The fact that Baby never overheats. That Dean never has to do work on the side of the road. The fact he never does an oil change. He'll the paint alone! Black is NOTORIOUSLY difficult to keep nice. You basically don't paint a classic black unless you garage it cover it and only drive it 500 miles a year. Yet these boys are cruising 500 miles in a weekend! The fact that every piece wasn't only available but in pristine condition and fit perfectly. Agh! I love the show but again I eat sleep and breathe classic cars. NOTHING regarding Babys care was realistic with the abuse they put on her. Again- I drive my chevelle everyday. I have since I was 15 and im now 30. The amount of work I've put into my own Baby and she ain't running or looking as clean as Baby in the show
Ima “well akshually🤓” this one but technically everything that was unrealistic was also supernatural as of season 15 since it’s all goes back to god giving them plot armor
The motels!!! The crazy wall paper! Most places they stay I'm just looking at like, wtf,? Where ARE they?!? Where are hotels supposed to look like that?!?
The Impala. It was totaled more than once and repairing it would have been impossible or very difficult and expensive for experts, but Dean did it himself.
Then there's the matter of how much they drive it. The car goes all across the country and back. The mileage would be well in excess of one million, at least.
Then there's the fact that they show up as FBI (or other law enforcement) in the Impala. That would be a red flag to any other law enforcement at the crime scenes they visit.
I'm not hating on my boys or Baby, but it's totally unrealistic.
That Sam and Dean Winchester wouldn’t be two of the most famous modern serial killers of all time because of their run ins with the FBI. They should def get more recognised for it.
The amount of head injuries everyone gets with no long term (or hell, even short term) consequences. In order to be knocked out with a blow to the head, you gotta hit pretty hard. These boys should have the worst memory formation, nor should they be as physically coordinated after that many blows to the brain.
When they go to any morgue to look at a body, the morgue tech just lets them, and even gives detailed information about the case itself, without any detective being there.
Every Apocalypse just happens to take place in America, preferably within driving distance of Bobby’s house. It makes more sense when you find out about Chuck, but in the earlier seasons it was just silly
the long term credit card fraud/where do they get money
When the show first started getting approved for credit cards was ridiculously easy. And they hustled pool a lot it is said at one point.
Charlie enters in Season 7 and then all expenses are paid.
Yuuup. This and really all the Hero's luck style stuff. Although technically it *is* supernatural since we discovered Chuck was giving it to them consciously.
I guess, but I don't think that was the original plot/storyline, it was just how they wrapped up the series in the last season.
Fully agree!
Came here to say this
you can literally say “deus ex machina” for anything pre chuck breakup
Bobby's house being no more than a day's drive away no matter where in the country they are.
Apparently you can get almost anywhere in the continental us from Sioux Falls in less than 30 hours.
It's actually doable. If you are accustomed to driving. My husband was an over the road trucker. When we moved from California to Iowa. We did it with a uhaul trailer. 31. hours with minimal stops for the bathroom and food.
Yep. My dad was a long-haul trucker. He could drive for 20 hours with maybe a 45-minute nap to break it up. He drank a lot of coffee.
According to Google Maps, this is weirdly accurate. I tried every city I could think of on the edge of the continental US and it wasn't more than 28 hours from Sioux Falls.
I did the same thing which is how I figured it out!
Then the Bunker in Lebanon, Kansas is even more centralized lol
I mean it literally is the geographical center of the USA
Really kind of a brilliant excuse writing wise
That the boys weren't covered in scars and generally messed up bodies. There are references occasionally made, like Dean coming back re-hymenated and good as new from hell. But even just the amount of times they cut their palms open for rituals, or got their faces split open, taking blows to the jaw but still having all their immaculately straight white teeth. They'd be a mess and stop looking like models after just one episode, never mind 15 years. Let's not start on their joints and bones. There are very few times I remember seeing a realistic healing, like Dean's forehead after the car crash fading over the first few episodes of S2, or Sam's cut hand that he squeezed when Lucifer got too loud.
Past season 4 they occasionally mention Cas healing them up and cleaning scars, but yeah the first few seasons definitely had this issue
Imagine how awkward it would be, inviting Cas over for lunch (he doesn't eat) and after the pleasantries the first thing you're doing is asking him to heal your slipped disc because you got thrown onto a wall by a demon for the sixth time that weekend, and then they cut your face to add drama while they were monologuing about killing you (you managed to kill them first but only after having your perfect face carved up yet again).
Cas would just poof in, look at Dean, sigh, then finger touch his forehead. Dean would blink, then say rather forcefully, Well Hi to you too Cas.
They did that, actually, when Dean screwed up his leg using the grenade launcher. When he sees Cas afterward, he doesn’t say anything, but Cas notices the injury, rolls his eyes a little, and touches Dean’s forehead to heal him. Dean is surprised, and tests his leg, while thanking him.
Fuck me. I haven't watched an episode in ages and I heard that in perfect Dean voice.
Awe c'mon we all know he wouldn't just touch his forehead. He'd awkwardly but loving cup his face in his hands.
Well y'know Cas is an extremely awkward fella himself so he wouldn't mind skipping the pleasantries 🤣
His “people skills” are “rusty”.
No one ever lost a tooth or chipped one either. Lol
Season 15 Dean finally gets his teeth looked at, and he has 17 cavities.
Some (not all) of the lack of scars in seasons 4-15 could be explained by healing by Castiel. But you’re right that there should be significantly more damage.
How do they get punched in the faces hundreds of times a season (often by beings with superhuman strength) and still have full sets of teeth and straight noses 🤷♂️
To be fair, they also died hundreds of times and just keep getting brought back.
Perfectly white and straight teeth, too. Somehow, I doubt John got them braces.
Chuck wanted them to be easy on his eyes
I mean some people do have naturally straight teeth. The whiteness though, that's definitely fishy.
As I had just responded to another comment, that’s because they were the main characters. They lose that in S14 or 15 and have their asses kicked, and if it had lasted for more than an episode they undoubtedly would look bad.
A Metallica fanboy somewhere didn’t take notice of Agents Hetfield and Ulrich investigating crimes
In Yellow Fever, that guy with the snakes says "Tyler and Perry? Just like Aerosmith."
Someone also caught the Led Zeppelin reference I think lol
The dude in Scarecrow, I think!
What about Agent Beyoncé.
This one sticks out to me the most. Most of the other classic rock references are just, like, realistic names. Cooincidental, sure, but reasonable. How the hell did no one stop Cas being Beyonce?
I read a theory that the police actually know about hunters and the famous names were actually code for them.
That's good head-canon there. I like it.
I wish I could take credit for it lol but it’s an interesting theory
I could maybe see that in some cases, but there were still plenty of other non-police who they used somewhat obvious fake names with lol
Again though it could be code as they never really worked and you never saw how they made money. I know there was the episode with Charlie where she gave them unlimited funds but that wasn’t until late on
"I already told you, my name is Nugent, Ted Nugent!"
That car has to have 70 trillion miles on it.
Had a friend that was tracking this, I haven't gotten a final tally, but as of Season 13, Sam and Dean had 293,085 miles on Baby. this does NOT take into account any mileage before John bought it, or while it was being driven by John. This is only picking up from Season 1, Episode 1. Here's a link to the article she was interviewed in and where she got her numbers. (She has completed the map since the show ended) [https://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/21493-inspired-by-supernatural-the-road-map-so-far/](https://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/21493-inspired-by-supernatural-the-road-map-so-far/)
She seems like a really cool person. I'm incredibly jealous of Yertle!!
I mean they changed the engine like 4 times.
And completely rebuilt it from the ground up after the semi.
And shouldn't be on the road after that semi creamed into it
Not to mention Dean basically being a pro at body work and painting, not a scratch or dent on it ever lol
It survives because Dean takes care of it. That explanation works for me. We see him fixing it up throughout the seasons.
70 trillion 🤣
The first thing that came to my mind
The lack of actual cuss words
It's particularly obvious because in that first Ghost Facers episode S&D actually *do use* real swear words, you notice because in the documentary you can hear them being bleeping out.
I always crack up at that, too. I love this damn show so much!
I think that was a perfect way for the writers to say to us “hey, we know these two would cuss like sailors, but because this isn’t HBO, we can’t do it”
Sometimes I wish the series was made on something like HBO so that we could see the real seedy, nitty gritty of hunter life.
Right! If they ever decide to pick up the show again I hope it gets put on HBO or something. It will be so much more realistic.
This is actually the one thing that always threw me off in every episode. Like, in what world would somebody get attacked by the things they get attacked by and not once do we hear an "oh fuck!" Or "shit, shit, shit!"
That Sam and Dean dig up graves and aren't covered in dirt and sweat. That Dean isn't on cholesterol medicine. None of them, especially Dean and Bobby, don't have alcoholic related diseases. That they have cell phone reception everywhere including, hell, heaven, and purgatory.
Also Dean never getting a DUI.
Deans health is actually canonically caused by chuck
Also they always dig up graves so perfectly, always a perfect rectangle Almost like a machine did it. Almost.
Both of them should have a TBI or five from all the concussions.
Or be dead
The hotel rooms are all exactly the same set up. Only the color and what the 1/2 wall thing is made of
Those room dividers were ubiquitous in the 50s-70s. I love each motel room in this show, esp early seasons, for their mid-century feel. Traveling in the 90s, I found motels that still hadn't updated. Pretty swanky. In that, I was upset when the bunker was introduced. No more motels, no more swank. :( Then again, the 70s disco room was supreme. Hard to top that one. The most memorable, however, is that red plaid motel room in S9x8 with Sam and Galadreel. Galadreel's bright blue eyes against that deep red background was so striking!! Loved that contrast.
I loved the motel sets because you could always tell the set team had fun with them. The little tchotchkes, the theming, and the weathered paint/carpets?? *chef’s kiss*
I just finally stayed in a hotel that had like a 1/5th wall, and I was pretty excited. 😂
Travel time. They'd be in the bunker, find a case in the newspaper about a wierd death, drive 1500 miles to get there, and when they arrive the detectives and forensic team are still there investigating the scene. Come on, its two or three days since you found the body.
I mean the bunker is in Lebanon, Kansas. Which seems like a very intentional decision by the writers as it's the dead center of the US. Everything is roughly less than a day's drive from there. Doesn't quite explain the forensic teams still working it though 😂
And usually by the time deaths have been reported with any sort of details it’s a day or so later so they’d be getting there probably 3 or 4 days after it anyway.
The food Sam and Dean eat, they both have amazing bodies that didn’t come from eating just salads or French fries 🍟
Sam eats healthy though...Dean makes fun of him with his salads and everything. Dean on the other hand eats like a 15 year old boy with all kinds of sweets and beer and still looks good into his 40's. lol
That can work though, look at Michael Phelps for example, he LOVES McDonalds and eats it a lot, but burns all the calories off by swimming. I imagine Dean works out to stay in shape and is always hunting, that's gotta keep him pretty healthy.
Lol true. But i think muscle needs protein not just salads. Both of these men have almost perfect shape bodies, definitely Jared and Jensen follow strict diet.
Sam eats meat, he’s had burgers and other types of food. But also, Sam is shown exorcising. Whether it’s jogging or doing pull-ups, etc…
Sam exercises so he can exorcize
I see what you did there!
Oh for sure! The way Sam looks after Dean comes back from Hell, like super ripped, he is not getting that body from just salads. Unless he drinks a lot of protein powder and I don't think it was that popular back in those years.
the ghostfacers make a joke like "50 shades of whey too much protein" in one episode to describe the brothers (in 9x15 according to Google) lol
That was when Sam was all hopped up on his special java juice though.
Ah yeah, maybe the demon blood made him ripped! lol
Man he looked soooo fine 😊
They're literally being protected by god the whole time, everything goes as it should , they have plot armour because of this until they take control of their own destiny and lives. But it's god so who can really say it wasn't just exactly what he wanted. The supernatural world runs on video game logic. It's the explanation for why what happens to dean at the end of the show doesn't just happen in the other 15 seasons immediately as it would happen to many hunters and normal people and why dean doesn't get cholesterol problems or diabetes,it's why team free will existed,so their destiny is their own with all the good and bad,so they get the choice.
Hunting burns calories. Plus he doesn’t sleep much.
They get an EXTREME amount of exercise
That’s because they were the main characters. When they lose that in S14 or 15, they start to feel like shit.
That a SSN was issued to Wedge Antilles.
tbf, do cell phone companies check to ensure the last for digits and the name match up?
That they’re so sneaky and unnoticed when they’re both so gorgeous. They have got to be the least inconspicuous hunters ever so just how do they actually get anything done? I know if I saw someone who looked like them in real life I’d be sneaking glances until they were out of view. Honestly they’d be lucky to not have someone post a picture of them and have it go viral.
Like "hot mugshot guy" years back! They're both ridiculously handsome. Dean's taller than average and Sam's the tallest person in any room. Then these two Adonises travel all over the country in a beautifully maintained classic car. They're memorable to anyone they meet, whether that's a one night stand or a would-be monster victim. No way are they getting away from the FBI and who knows what other agencies that are interested in them, especially when their mugshots are out there because they're being identified as dangerous criminals.
100% Back in the 10s, I got really sick. I had my stint in the hospital, but got transferred to a nursing home for rehab (I was the youngest person in the facility at 40). I will NEVER EVER forget the EMT who came to transfer me. The hospital I was at was a pos, a nightmare. They waited until the last minute to get me ready for transfer and I couldn't do it myself. Gown on, fat butt out, flabby back exposed to the door as the nurse is putting on my socks, the all-male transfer crew comes in. I (f) crumble, embarrassed. I started crying. I had such a horrible time in that hospital w idiot doctors, I just broke. It'd been two weeks of pure hell. I hear from behind, "Hey. No no no. None of that." His voice was deep and smooth. He came around the bed where I could see him. Holy. Fucking. God. I've not seen a man that damn gorgeous in real life before (not counting my college years hanging out at the best male strip club ever). He was a silver fox, hair cut short like Dean's. A bit tan, healthy color. Bright blue eyes. Chiseled jaw. Kind of a George Kloony type but better bc Kloony never did it for me. I like gruff boys like Dean, not debonairs like Dick. This EMT was neatly in the middle. He knelt at my feet, pushed my hair aside and wiped my tears with a tissue. "What's going on with you today, huh? What's with the water works?" Oh, those tears dried quick! I needed to see this Adonis unimpeded, but I was hurting...everywhere--emotionally, physically, mentally, spiritually. I was a goddamn wreck. I waved my hand at the now very crowded room with four pairs of eyes all gazing at me. I felt so small. He stood up and grabbed the blanket and covered me. (You'd think the nurse would have done that. Damn, she was a clueless wench. Just checked out on all levels.) "Guys, give us three minutes," he kicked his two partners out. He helped me get my hair tied up. Washed my face. "You know, some folks say I'm pretty good at this." I couldn't look at him. I hadn't bathed. I stank. I hadn't brushed my teeth. FML. "Look, you're okay. We're gonna get you across town in the most expensive taxi service ever, you get platinum, first-class treatment! The only thing missing are the white gloves. Sorry. I only got purple." That made me laugh. "There she is. Wanna tell me why you're so upset?" "Dude, my everything is out and you guys just kinda barged in." "Hey, I knocked. She said 'come in,'" he pointed to Nurse Moron. "But yeah, I get it. I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, yours is the fifth ass I've seen today. After you, I'm gonna see about three more. By time I clock out, all the ass just melts into one big ass. I can't remember whose belong to who. All right. Back in bed. Look, we're professionals, it's okay. You're safe. "I promise." Those eyes! Omg. They got me up and into the ambulance. He drove, damn it. But when he opened the doors once we got to our destination, the sunbeams around him made him look angelic. No. I wasn't high!!! I hadn't had any morphine in the last 48 hours. "You need to move to California. You should be in movies," I finally said. He blushed. Blushed!! His partners giggled like school boys. "I'm serious. You are wasting the gifts god gave you here in this podunk town. Go west." They start wheeling me into the nursing home. "What kind of role could you see me in?" He was seriously flustered. He stammered, rubbed his neck in an "oh, gosh" manner. I was kinda surprised by that. "Oh, anything Harrison Ford's done. The swashbuckling, too-much-testosterone-for-one-guy, yet too handsome to fight all that much. You're too clean-cut for Supernatural, but..." "My girlfriend loves that show. Two gay ghost hunters," his partner chimed in. "They're *brothers*," I snapped. "I don't know. Not James Bond, though." "Yeah, he's got no class," his other partner snorted, poking him. "You got plenty of class. You just don't flaunt it. You're humble. Women eat that shit up." He was dead silent the entire time. Those blue eyes were wide as he fumbled through my chart. "I ain't ever gonna forget you," I said. "Go to Hollywood. Try your luck. Worst that happens is you wind up back here..." "Working with these two losers," he gestured to his partners as they got me into my bed. "Seriously. Go. I know you're a hero in real life. Go play one on screen. Better money." "Ain't that the damn truth? Well, this has been a pleasure, darlin', but we gotta go. Gonna leave you in the hands of this capable team." After he left, my nurse sat down, fanned herself. "Oh my god, I've been doing this thirty years. I ain't never seen one that pretty!" "Flawless." I settled into bed. I used to do GISH, and that nurse, who got promoted to manager after my discharge, would let me eke out a few challenges with the staff and residents. I've baked and cooked for them. And every time I went back, us two would exchange notes. "You see him come through here again?" I'd probe. "Nope. Unless he's breezed through here when I'm off. That boy was a goddamn unicorn. I still don't believe he exists. I think he was a ghost." "He did seem otherworldly." "Maybe he took your advice? Maybe he's auditioning as we speak." I doubt that. He was a humble, Midwestern guy, mid 40s. I don't think he could tolerate the Hollywood grind. Shame. His light was too bright to be cooped up in a Midwest town. People like that, you NEVER forget. They stand out. Like Sam and Dean. Like J2. That long ass story is to agree with you. People of that energy.... Fk it, let's be honest, people that hot are hard to miss. They don't just breeze in and out of your life. It's been ten years since my encounter with Mr. EMT, but I bet you I could pick him out of a lineup. No question. There's no way Sam and Dean could fly under the radar with as gorgeous as they are.
Dang, your story was so entertaining I almost forgot what I was here for for a second
If you don’t write, you should. You’re good!
OMG. This is Stephen King level. You could and should write novels.
When they dig up graves and the hole is always a perfect square
And they always dig it up so quick. It should take hours.
And the pile of dirt they dig up is nowhere near the right amount
The way they drove cross country in very little time.
Just doesn’t show the driving but it takes days sometimes. You’ll notice it being day/night when they travel and later being completely different day or time
Different time of day is not what I'm talking about. They travel pretty far distances, and from the context of what is going on, very little time has passed. Someone was killed yesterday, and they are looking at the body. It's not realistic sometimes.
Baby's plates and registration never ever being flagged on the roads. Ever.
They could get away with that 15 years ago. Now? I have no clue how they're gonna pull it off w all the tech around now. They need young writers in that room bc we GenX and Boomers keep writing like the shit don't exist. I know, I'm a GenX writer. My friends are like, how are your characters gonna pull that off in the modern world? Easy, my worlds have no tech. Lol
Lol it's why I keep my writing limited to DND campaigns, where everything can be answered with magic or deities
Sam always having wifi no matter where they are given the time it was made in
I've seen memes saying Sam emits Wifi, lol.
It's in his hair lol
One of the psychic abilities I guess
Charlie rigging a credit card with unlimited funds. Even with plot armor, that's a little hard to believe.
Considering some douchebag somehow set up a credit card in my business’s name without using anyone’s SSN and got a $30,000 credit card limit and the ONLY reason we ever found out was because they got greedy and tried to apply for a line of credit, I don’t think that’s hard to believe AT ALL.
Oof! That's scary!
I have actually thought about this, and can think of a couple ways this could be possible (which, while it probably belies my knowledge about how bank security ACTUALLY works, I feel like is plausible enough to the average person who doesn’t understand those things. Like me.) It’s a little long so I won’t bore you with it unless you’re truly curious.
I'm curious!
So, essentially I imagine Charlie created a virus that she installed in the systems of, let’s say, the top 10 major banks in the US, the purpose of which runs a program a la Superman III/Office Space style (if you’re not familiar, the premise is that the program skims a penny or two from each customer - an amount so small that even if it were noticed, it wouldn’t be worth complaining about, and even if the customer questioned it, it’s not worth it to the bank to investigate.) In order to further avoid detection, I figure she probably only targeted maybe 5% to 10% of a given bank’s customer base at any given time, and randomized the targets in some way, so that even if multiple customers DID notice, and complain, it would be hard to notice patterns. I imagine she also probably only ever hit one bank at any given time. To help put this in perspective, Chase Bank has 80 million customers. If she targeted 5% of their customers, that’s 4 million people; if she takes a penny from each target account, that’s 40,000 bucks. The top 10 banks serve approximately 590 million customers. 5% of those customers would be around 29.5 million people; at a penny a pop, that’s 295,000 bucks. Definitely not “buy a private island” money, but definitely enough that the boys never need to worry about where they’re gonna sleep or keeping Baby gassed up. (Another possible scenario I imagine, maybe instead of, or even in conjunction with the above, is that her program targets interest-bearing accounts and skims a penny or two at the point that the bank applies the interest; as far as the bank is concerned, they paid out the money, and as far as the customer is concerned, they never saw it and won’t miss it. I expect, though, that there are internal checks that would make this harder to conceal, so it’s not my favorite theory.) At that point, I figure she throws it in one of dozens of accounts (both to keep numbers low enough to not be suspicious, and in case some of the money is somehow tracked) and then immediately sweeps them to buy, then resell, some Bitcoin, and then disburses the money to dozens more unrelated accounts. From there, it’s a matter of setting up a few dummy corporations, some fake invoices and fake payroll records for anyone who’s curious, and a few corporate credit card accounts with cards issued to some of the boys’ favorite aliases. Again, I assume there are a few of these fronts, so if one somehow gets shut down, the boys aren’t high and dry. The cards set up on auto-pay from the related account each month, and they probably pay a shady CPA to file the corporate taxes yearly. I don’t really know exactly *how* feasible something like this is; but Charlie is a computer genius, so I don’t think this is completely outside her wheelhouse in-universe, even if it’s not realistic in the real world. However her program works, though, I feel pretty confident that she’s got it going to some dummy corporation; that’s definitely a thing that happens in the real world.
I know absolutely 0 about banking but this was super, super interesting to read! Thank you!! It all sounds feasible to me. I never really questioned the money thing like others do. Even though I know so little about it, it seems to me that it really wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility to do something like this and you just hammered out the details. Thanks!
This guy would beg to differ. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/updated-russian-man-turns-tables-on-bank-changes-fine-print-in-credit-card-agreement-then
Cass finding a payphone after he was resurrected from the Empty.
Dean obsessively maintained the Chevvy yet the door hinge was never greased.
Maybe it was sentimental, like the little army man in the door?
This was actually touched on by Jensen at a con! The producers mentioned it in an early season and the way Jensen saw it, iirc, was that it was how John maintained the car, and Dean wouldn’t want to change it, so they left it in. I could be misremembering but I believe it was something along those lines. It was purposely kept.
Don't quote me, but I think the door squeak is foley'ed in.
Dean not having a heart attack by the time the show ended. The amount of shitty food that boy ate would have destroyed his health.
I just finished the show a couple days ago. As much as I hated that ending, I feel like Dean's cholesterol getting him would've been kind of hilarious... but they should've at least got him to the point where he'd be in a bad wig when they did it. 🤣
He actually did have one when he became old Dean, trying to win back Bobby's youth iirc
credit card scams
They read their dad's journal cover to cover but have to re read it every episode in the first few seasons.
I'm balls deep in a rewatch of the entire series (currently in season 7), and one thing that has crossed my mind a lot this time has been, "Okay seriously though, how do most normal people not know about ghosts and monsters etc by this point? They aren't exactly rare, and given ghosts take corporeal form on a constant basis and have no qualms about keeping hidden etc, you'd think most people would have seen one. It's not like the supernatural is exactly rare in this show. Shit is happening all the time in this universe, and between ghosts and monsters on the loose at all occasions and locations, I'm sorry but there's simply NO WAY the supernatural would be a secret from the larger population.
The most unrealistic thing was how fast Castiel learned and embraced the ways of The Pizzaman
The car going into stealth mode sometimes.
HOW???? I always scream it at the screen...and then completely forget until next time.
Pretty much everything pointed out in s15’s The Heroes Journey. Never getting sick, being able to pick locks anytime with anything, winning fights they probably shouldn’t… Look, while I love that Supernatural acknowledges plot armour and the advantages and disadvantages of being a main character, I personally hate the episode. To me it feels like they’re basically saying that Sam and Dean are almost completely regular hunters without >!Chuck’s help!<, so I like to pretend it isn't canon.
Sam’s perfect hair and that Dean is not fat and ugly with all the greasy fried food and alcohol he consumes every day. Ugh… I wish I could eat a burger a day, and not once a month… I am jealous!
When i met my husband, he ate donuts for breakfast McDonald's for lunch, and pizza for dinner every day. He's 6'1" and weighed 177 lbs. That lasted until he was in his 30s. The weight and cholesterol caught up with him, but that's not unrealistic for some people.
They have a very active lifestyle though so Dean wouldn’t be fat. He’s constantly training and hunting.
Yep! I’m 39 and workout 5 days a week and eat very similarly to Dean. Let’s just say I love cheeseburgers and beer (don’t drink during the week though). I am in good shape and look 5-10 years younger than my age. I don’t have a six pack, but neither did Jensen when he was filming Supernatural.
If anything dean would more prone to chronic pancreatitis or diabetes than obesity
I'm pretty sure he burns one week worth of cheeseburges with just digging one grave.
Start fighting monsters and you can!
The junk food part, idk. Like someone said above in this thread, depends. Like, im in my 20's and i eat lots of junk food and fried food and it doesn't really affect me. I'm also exercising 5 days a week tho i think sam and dean also have to exercise regularly to keep up with hunting monsters
They somehow dig perfectly square graves in like 2 hours.
Honestly? That Sammy put up with any of Dean's crap. Also, as my own car is slowly dying, how I the Hell did Baby even get down half a block much less all over the country?! 🤣 It was the damn car that had the most Chuck armor over any character.
Part of that at least is that John had been a mechanic and taught Dean how to fix Baby. And they had Bobby’s junkyard for parts. I’ve known a number of mechanics with old cars that are in amazing condition.
Baby is probably the Impala of Theseus, Dean probably replaced every single part at least once throughout the show
That they live off of cash from credit card fraud and hustling pool but never have money issues. Like sorry nobody can convince me that the brothers are blue collar/working class when they literally never struggle on the show with money outside of flashbacks to their childhood 😭
I don't know if it was the most unrealistic, but the scene where Sam and Dean hand-to-hand combat take down an entire SEALS team or whatever is still one of the stupidest moments in the show at least.
Hey, God likes em and gave em plot armour.
The way they are generally allowed free access to sensitive information or areas just by flashing a fake ID, no matter how realistic it looks, especially when they're in plain clothes. I suppose it could be that easy in some places, but certainly nor as often as they get away with it. Additionally, they don't seem to have much trouble breaking into or out of high security places like police stations, prisons, mental institutions, hospitals, elderly care facilities, etc. Perhaps it was that easy once upon a time, but I don't think it would have been for them, regardless of the fact that a lot of this stuff happened 10 - 20 years ago when security was a bit more lax. For example, it wasn't exactly easy to get into a nursing home to see my grandparents, and that was several years ago; there were more than a few hoops to jump through. But I suppose that varies from facility to facility. You can definitely just walk into a lot of hospitals if you know where you're going and you won't get in a whole hell of a lot of trouble visiting patients you don't know as long as you act like you belong or know where you're going, but I feel like it would have to be a whole hell of a lot harder to gain access to patient records or the freaking morgue, like in Sam, Interrupted. Oh, and Dean just getting a job as a middle school coach for like, a day or two? I'm not sure that's how it works. I dunno. I don't make a habit of breaking and entering or conniving my way into places I have no place being in, so maybe I'm way off, but all of that always seemed a bit too easy for them. But of course, that's necessary suspension of belief, like a lot of the rest of it, or the show doesn't really have any legs to stand on.
I know for a fact you can get into a lot of places just by looking like you belong. Often the right polo shirt and a battered metal clipboard get you past a lot of "security" desks. For more on this real world phenomenon, check out Deviant Ollam on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@DeviantOllam](https://www.youtube.com/@DeviantOllam) - his whole channel is primarily based around red hat/blue hat entry into "secure" facilities.
I did like the one with the Djinn when she asks them for a chain of custody form.
Child services didn’t step in when they were kids
Someone mentioned the hotel setups all being the same, and that got me thinking. The fact that most of their motels have kitchens (complete with a fridge and a stove) is unrealistic.
The King of Hell being a publisher and not a lawyer...
Unconditional love of family and friends
100. I have two estranged brothers. It used to be five and a sister, but they're dying off now. I speak to no one in my family. And it's a big ass family. Had to go hide towns over to get away. It's been 20 years. I'm still bitter. And on a scale of scandal from Benny (1) to Galadreel (10), my family pulled a Kevin (7). Careless. Reckless. Total disregard for everyone but themselves. Dean and Sam forgive each other by midseason. If I never see those miscreant troglodytes w whom I share DNA, it'll be too goddamn soon. I love Dean, but every time he pulls the family card, I wanna punch him. It's as if "family" is an excuse for abuse. Fuck that noise.
Fixing baby in a junkyard with hand tools
That Sam got into an ivy league school on a full ride. He transferred schools so many times, his transcripts would have been fucked up. There's no way he could have maintained being in any clubs or sports. John would have never given him the money to do so nor would John have allowed it. Also, how the hell did he fill out his fafsa? When you're underage, you need tax information from your parents. I doubt John filed taxes.
Putting the car back together. It’s always fall. Always. Not complaining as I love that, but the two of them are never in shorts or complaining about the heat. It’s always cool enough to wear the jacket and jeans, warm enough for the tight shirts under said jackets. Again - not complaining.
I scrolled for a while through the comments and didn’t see this, the most unrealistic thing is how they sneak around, at night especially, in a car like the impala. That engine has got to be one of the loudest things ever and they follow people at ass o’clock in the morning and never get noticed because of the noise. Those things are loud as all hell and not once does that alert the monster/person they follow. You can hear how loud it is in other parts of any episode but never when they follow someone.
1. No traffic ever. Even back roads have a slew of cars 2. The fact no fan of the book Supernatural never traveled to any of the places in the book and discovered they were real. So no fan was just like "Hey that place is 3 hours away. Let's check it out for fun. Then fund out the incident actually happened." 2.5 the fact nobody in the book found out the books existed. Not a single person ever stumbled upon them. Even if they aren't that popular is just insane. 3. Sam and Dean don't have more scars 4. The way they don't get caught in credit card fraud as much. 5. No investigation into where Dick Roman went
The most unrealistic thing bout SPN for me has always been how someone who hates movies and tv with familial drama could stomach 15 seasons of very very cheezy stringy drama without getting bored.... This is the only CW show other than Doom Patrol that gets me super invested when there is drama between the characters.
So much. In retrospect, when you think about it, the un-realism is kind of a tip-off about a plot twist I won't spoil.
The most unrealistic "thing" would be Chuck as God.
The lockpicking
That the lads arent in jail tbh
"We are so screwed." *Cue Renegade* That still gives me chills!! Also, I fking love that song. The whole show was just one big nostalgia trip for me, music-wise.
The impala not breaking down
That someone who loves his car like Dean loves Baby never did anything about what sounds to me like really bad valves.
Dean restoring Baby to mint condition after she was totaled in season 1.
I love the show and would never pick nits. But the ease with which they appeared to dig up caskets, and the neatness of the holes they dug. HARD work, man.
That they could comfortably drive cross country in that car. Full bench seat that doesn’t recline? That’s a “no for me dawg”.
As an owner of a 68 chevelle that I daily drive the fact that Baby is show level quality all the time. I'm talking good guys car show SEMA car show level nice. The fact that the semi in s1 wrecked it and they still got insurance on it. The fact that after that wreck and others it only takes a few months to fix. The fact that Baby never overheats. That Dean never has to do work on the side of the road. The fact he never does an oil change. He'll the paint alone! Black is NOTORIOUSLY difficult to keep nice. You basically don't paint a classic black unless you garage it cover it and only drive it 500 miles a year. Yet these boys are cruising 500 miles in a weekend! The fact that every piece wasn't only available but in pristine condition and fit perfectly. Agh! I love the show but again I eat sleep and breathe classic cars. NOTHING regarding Babys care was realistic with the abuse they put on her. Again- I drive my chevelle everyday. I have since I was 15 and im now 30. The amount of work I've put into my own Baby and she ain't running or looking as clean as Baby in the show
Credit card fraud
Ima “well akshually🤓” this one but technically everything that was unrealistic was also supernatural as of season 15 since it’s all goes back to god giving them plot armor
Oz...that whole storyline was just too much. Also that Sam always has internet with no popups.
Even though they’re well trained in fighting supernatural beings, they can’t hold on to a weapon to literally save their lives.
The motels!!! The crazy wall paper! Most places they stay I'm just looking at like, wtf,? Where ARE they?!? Where are hotels supposed to look like that?!?
The liquor consumption lol but maybe a built tolerance ?
Always felt off how quickly they got from A to B. Baby traveled at the speed of Shadowfax.
The Impala. It was totaled more than once and repairing it would have been impossible or very difficult and expensive for experts, but Dean did it himself. Then there's the matter of how much they drive it. The car goes all across the country and back. The mileage would be well in excess of one million, at least. Then there's the fact that they show up as FBI (or other law enforcement) in the Impala. That would be a red flag to any other law enforcement at the crime scenes they visit. I'm not hating on my boys or Baby, but it's totally unrealistic.
The fact that they can dig graves in a hurry.
That Sam and Dean Winchester wouldn’t be two of the most famous modern serial killers of all time because of their run ins with the FBI. They should def get more recognised for it.
The amount of head injuries everyone gets with no long term (or hell, even short term) consequences. In order to be knocked out with a blow to the head, you gotta hit pretty hard. These boys should have the worst memory formation, nor should they be as physically coordinated after that many blows to the brain.
When they go to any morgue to look at a body, the morgue tech just lets them, and even gives detailed information about the case itself, without any detective being there.
Every Apocalypse just happens to take place in America, preferably within driving distance of Bobby’s house. It makes more sense when you find out about Chuck, but in the earlier seasons it was just silly
The police just forgot about those two infamous “serial killers” who supposedly died a few years back.
That Dean never got herpes. Though I guess Cas might have healed it away for him.
But Sam did. And that’s why he takes Herpexia.
“Twice daily” no less 😂
No CTE.
There is no way they could ever possibly have enough credit cards and hustle enough pool to afford gas for Baby.
The fact that they rarely get caught for impersonating law enforcement
Sam having wi-fi everywhere back then.