Fallen Idols Allusions

EPISODE 505: FALLEN IDOLS Many nods were made to the 2005 movie House of Wax, which featured both Jared Padalecki and Paris Hilton. The god Leshii resides in a wax museum. Sam looks into the face of a wax figure in the same way Wade did in House of Wax. Sam: How long am I…

The End Allusions

EPISODE 504: THE END Dean: The last thing they need to see is a version of The Parent Trap. Reference to the comedy film The Parent Trap first made in 1961 and remade in 1998, about identical twins who were separated at birth and are reunited. In the future to which Zachariah sends Dean, the…

Lucifer Rising Allusions

EPISODE 422: LUCIFER RISING Ruby: Pack up Nurse Betty and hit the road. Referencing the 2000 movie Nurse Betty starring RenĂ©e Zellweger as a waitress who sees her husband killed and starts believing she’s really the nurse in her favorite daytime soap opera Dean: Let’s bail on the Holodeck, okay? Referencing the Holodeck from Star…

When the Levee Breaks Allusions

EPISODE 421: WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS Dean: I mean, they come on like shady politicians from planet Vulcan. Referencing one of the most popular races from the Star Trek series, as immortalized by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series. Typically a race that deeply suppresses its emotions, the reference here is to the…

The Rapture Allusions

EPISODE 420: THE RAPTURE Title: The Rapture is a Biblical event, described in Revelations, to be the evacuation of all devout Christians on the advent to Heaven’s final judgment on the earth, which would have already fallen to the Antichrist’s will Dean: What you want to go Guantanamo on the guy? A reference to Guantanamo…

Jump the Shark Allusions

EPISODE 419: JUMP THE SHARK Cemetery Director: Tell me, Agent Nugent, have you thought about where you might want to spend eternity? Referring to Ted Nugent. Theodore Anthony “Ted” Nugent is an American hard rock guitarist and vocalist from Detroit, Michigan. Title: The term Jump the Shark is a colloquial term that refers to the…