History Recap / SupernaturalS08E13EveryoneHatesHitler

* GenocideBackfire: The rabbis of Vitebsk, Belarus, ended up creating a Golem that devastated the Nazi base.

!Everyone Hates Hitler

[[caption-width-right:200:“Shaped by clay and brought to life by rabbis to protect the Jewish people in times of, I don’t know, general crappiness.” -Aaron]]

-->“A Jew, two Gentiles and a Golem walk into a bar. And it doesn’t end with them coming out.”
---> '''- Commandant Eckart to Aaron, Sam, Dean, and the Golem'''

The boys investigate the spontaneous combustion of a Rabbi... who turns out to have been researching [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazi Necromancers]]. Then they're attacked by an out-of-control golem, and have to help the Rabbi's grandson stop it.

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* BorrowedCatchphrase: After revealing the library in the Men of Letter's headquarters, Sam says Dean's "Son of a bitch."
* CaptainObvious: '''The title.''' Except for those with dubious political orientation, of course.

** Dean is almost as excited about the water pressure in the "Letter's shower" as he was about the steam shower in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E08Bugs "Bugs"]].
* ChekhovsGun: The red leather ledger being completed in the teaser.
* CurbStompBattle: The battle at the German camp, which the Golem easily wins.

* DestinationDefenestration: The Golem tosses a German soldier through a window in the teaser.

-->'''Aaron to Dean:''' So what you're saying is that uh... you and me... we... didn't have a moment?
* FinalSolution: The plan to close all Hell Gates permanently trapping all demons in hell, the hunter tendency to kill anything supernatural such as the Golem itself, and the fact that hunters have nearly exterminated all of certain types of supernatural beings, take on UnfortunateImplications in this episode, which also features Nazis and a Holocaust survivor.

* GuardianEntity: The Golem is one for Aaron, albeit a snarky and disapproving one.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: After being asked by a gay guy if they were "having a moment," Dean feels the need to mention to Sam that the women he was talking with prior were hot.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/BarneyMiller Hal Linden]] as a very [[LargeHam non-kosher]] Rabbi Bass
* HistoricalInJoke: The Nazi Commander's name is Eckart. This is a reference to Dietrich Eckart, an early member of the Nazi Party and associate of AdolfHitler.
* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: In RealLife, thousands of Jews died in the [[http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Vitsyebsk/holocaust.html Vitebsk Ghetto]] in Belarus, and Vitebsk, Belarus, was the site of many atrocities such as burying Jewish children alive.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The Thule Society was a real life German occultist organization in the early 20th century and had some links to the foundation of the Nazi Party (sponsoring them and sharing some members), but suffice it to say they did not possess supernatural necromantic powers in real life. It was even dissolved and forbidden by the Nazis in 1935.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: The Golem lists the various ways in which Aaron has shunned or disgraced his Jewish heritage, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ending with the fact]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} that he eats pork]].
--> '''Aaron''': I keep telling you, everyone loves bacon!
* ImmuneToBullets: The Golem just shrugs off bullet fire from German soldiers.
* ImplacableMan: Swords, bullets, magic darts - nothing stops the golem.

* KidWithTheLeash: Aaron with his Golem, much to his displeasure.

--> '''Aaron''': Why can't you just tell me what I don't know?
--> '''Golem''': *''Slams table''* It is not my place to guide the Rabbi, to teach the teacher. It's not my place! Yifalchunbee!

* MistakenForGay: Dean. Subverted in that the guy turns out to have been following Dean and used it as a cover up when Dean noticed.

* NoSell: The Golem is immune to Torvald's enchanted dart.
* OneManArmy: The Golem takes on an entire German army base in occupied Belarus in 1944, and kills almost everyone in it.
* OpenSaysMe: The Golem smashes through the door of the office at the Nazi base.

* ProperlyParanoid: Amusingly, Sam and Dean seem to have burned the Nazi necromancer's corpse ''before'' they learned that it was required to permanently keep him dead, apparently just because they believed in covering their bases.
** Sam and Dean also speculate on how to take down the Golem, despite it being on ''their'' side. When Aaron gives them a WhatTheHellHero, Dean sheepishly admits that he just prefers to know these things, just in case.

-->'''Dean:''' The water pressure in the Letters' shower room is marvelous.

-->'''Dean:''' Yep, well, I'm putting this under the "ain't broke" column.
** Presumably there's some kind of magic at work, since despite being locked up for the better part of 70 years, the place doesn't have a single cobweb or speck of dust ''anywhere''.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: The necromancers will resurrect after they are killed. Putting them down permanently requires burning the body to ashes.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The Golem tearing through the Nazi base.

** When they turn on the lights in the headquarters for the Men of Letters, Dean says, “Sammy, I think we found the [[Franchise/{{Batman}} bat cave]].”
* TheStoner: Aaron used his grandfather's book of instructions to control the Golem to roll spliffs in high-school.
--> '''Golem''': The boy ''[[SurroundedByIdiots smoked]]'' the pages...
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Dean sneaks up on the golem - who turns round and stands up to his full height. Dean barely reaches his shoulders. Dean's expression says it all.

* WorldWarII: The episode opens in German-occupied Eastern Europe.
* YouLookFamiliar: John De Santis, who plays the Golem, had earlier appeared as Freeman Dagget in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS03E13Ghostfacers Ghost Facers]]".

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The boys investigate the spontaneous combustion of a Rabbi...who turns out to have been researching [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazi Necromancers]]. Then they're attacked by an out-of-control golem, and have to help the Rabbi's grandson stop it.

---> '''- Commandant Eckart to Aaron, Sam, Dean, and the Golem'''

* ContinuityNod:

* FinalSolution: The plan to close all Hell Gates permanently trapping all demons in hell, the hunter tendency to kill anything supernatural such as the Golem itself, and the fact that hunters have nearly exterminated all of certain types of supernatural beings, take on UnfortunateImplications in this episode, which also features Nazis and a Holocaust survivor.

* {{Golem}}: He destroys a German base during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. [[spoiler:In the present day, he has been inherited by Aaron from his Rabbi grandfather, a member of the Judah Initiative.]]
* GratuitousGerman[=/=][[AltumVidetur Gratuitous Latin]]: In the teaser.

* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: In RealLife, thousands of Jews died in the [[http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Vitsyebsk/holocaust.html Vitebsk Ghetto]] in Belarus, and Vitebsk, Belarus, was the site of many atrocities such as burying Jewish children alive.

* ImplacableMan: Swords, bullets, magic darts - nothing stops the golem.
* IncendiaryExponent: Eckart disappears in flames in the teaser.

* MistakenForGay: Dean. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the guy turns out to have been following Dean and used it as a cover up when Dean noticed. ]]

* OpenSaysMe: The Golem smashes through the door of the office at the Nazi base.

-->'''Sam:''' Yeah, I still can't figure out how we even have water or electricity.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: The necromancers will resurrect after they are killed. Putting them down permanently requires [[spoiler:burning the body to ashes.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Rabbi Bass was considered this by his grandson and the two girls that Dean interviews, even for a "ConspiracyNut".

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: The Golem lists the various ways in which Aaron has disgraced his Jewish heritage, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ending with the fact]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} that he eats pork]].
--> '''Aaron''': Everyone loves bacon!

-->'''Dean:''' Yep, well, I'm putting this under the "ain't broke" column.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Aaron receives the Golem as part of his birthright, which is meant to protect him, but has nothing but disdain for his lack of knowledge or appreciation for his heritage. Only when Aaron accepts his responsibility for his Jewish heritage, does the Golem treat him with deference. Now where have we heard that before?
** Where?

* FauxYay: Dean notices that a guy has been following him around town. When Dean questions him, [[spoiler:the guy (Aaron) pretends to be gay to allay suspicion.]]

* {{Golem}}: He destroys a German base during WorldWarII. [[spoiler:In the present day, he has been inherited by Aaron from his Rabbi grandfather, a member of the Judah Initiative.]]
* GratuitousGerman / GratuitousLatin: In the teaser.

-->'''Sam:''' Yeah, I still can't figure out we even have water or electricity.

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* MistakenForGay: Dean. Unsurprisingly. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the guy turns out to have been following Dean and used it as a cover up when Dean noticed. ]]

* FauxYay: Dean notices that a guy has been following him around town. When Dean questions him, [[spoiler: the guy (Aaron) pretends to be gay to allay suspicion.

* ITakeOffenseToTheLastOne: The Golem lists the various ways in which Aaron has disgraced his Jewish heritage, ending with the fact [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} that he eats pork]].

* FauxYay: Dean notices that a guy has been following him around town. When Dean questions him, [[spoiler:the guy (Aaron) pretends to be gay to allay suspicion.]]
-->'''Dean to Aaron:''' So what you're saying is that uh... you and me... we... didn't have a moment?

** Sam is almost as excited about the water pressure in the "Letter's shower" as he was about the steam shower in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E08Bugs "Bugs"]].

-->'''Dean:''' The water pressure in the Letters shower room is marvelous.

** Sam is almost excited about the water pressure in the "Letter's shower" as he was about the steam shower in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E08Bugs "Bugs"]].