History Recap / SupernaturalS08E17GoodbyeStranger

* ArtifactCollectionAgency: The Men of Letters have a lot of artifacts in boxes, which Dean is attempting to organize. He finds TheSpearOfDestiny, an odd carving, a Fabergé egg, and a [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers copy of ''Voluptuous Asian Lovelies'', first edition.]]

-->'''Dean:''' You kidding me? This is a first edition, dude. You know what this would go for on Website/EBay?

** Crowley dismissing Meg stabbing him in the shoulder as "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail just a flesh wound]]", invoking [[JustAFleshWound this trope]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Dean finds a vintage porn mag called ''Voluptuous Asian Lovelies'' (a [[RunningGag joke reference]] to the ''Busty Asian Beauties'' magazines that Dean [[CallBack keeps finding]]) in the storage room of the Men of Letters and shows it to Sam. Sam wants to get on the road to investigate the new case, but asks Dean if he needs some more time with "Miss October". Dean then jokes that he needs ten minutes before they leave.

* IfWeSurviveThis[=/=]IntercourseWithYou: [[HornyDevils Meg]] has plans for her and Castiel once the angel tablet is safe.
-->'''Meg:''' We survive this...I'm gonna order some pizza and we're gonna move some furniture around. You understand?
-->'''Castiel:''' No, I--I...wait, actually...yes, I--

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Naomi has Castiel practice killing a thousand copies of Dean, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt probably having figured out]] that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SupernaturalS15E18Despair Cas is in love with him]]. Unfortunately, EvilCannotComprehendGood. Castiel practices killing a thousand Deans ''who are fighting back''. When it actually happens, Dean lets Cas beat the crap out of him and begs Cas to fight his brainwashing.

-->'''Dean:''' I know you're in there. I know you can hear me. Cass...it's me. We're family. We need you. [[CannotSpitItOut I need you]].

** Naomi apparently doesn't even consider that there may be a difference between killing a projection and the real thing - most likely because she doesn't care about that sort of thing herself.
** And before this when Castiel is [[FoeRomanceSubtext reluctant to kill Meg]] because she's about to reveal the existence of the Angel Tablet. Castiel asking, "Do I have to kill her?" is treated like a serious question rather than a plea.

** The simulated Deans that Naomi has Castiel kill in the teaser.

** Real Dean after his beatdown from Cas.

* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: InvertedTrope with Castiel/Meg, but PlayedStraight with Naomi/Crowley. At least if we go by the gender of the human vessels.
** Crowley and Meg have been confirmed to be male and female, respectively, but angels are without gender in their true form.

** The husband of the last victim said she was "not his Annie" for the week before she died. She was a teacher with no enemies, but then she stopped eating, stopped sleeping, and would only mutter to herself.
** The real estate agent's wife and the historian's husband also said their spouses became obsessed and weird before they died.

* ProperlyParanoid: Sam does not want to discuss [[BigSecret the trial]] with Meg, and she clearly feels [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer left out]].

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Naomi has Castiel practice killing a thousand copies of Dean, knowing that he was the brother Cass was closer to. Unfortunately, EvilCannotComprehendGood. Castiel practices killing a thousand Deans ''who are fighting back''. When it actually happens, Dean lets Cass beat the crap out of him and begs Cass to fight his brainwashing.

-->'''Dean:''' I know you're in there. I know you can hear me. Cass...it's me. We're family. We need you. I need you.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Crowley, as usual.
-->[re Sam] "Love it when you get all tough. Touches me right where my bathing suit goes."
-->[re Castiel] "So he's the one who's been poking my boys. And not in the sexy way."

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Meg [[KilledOffForReal died]] because her actress, Rachel Miner, had to leave the show due to worsening health (which had also restricted Meg's fight scenes and movement in [[Recap/SupernaturalS06E10CagedHeat earlier]] [[Recap/SupernaturalS07E23SurvivalOfTheFittest episodes]]) and the cast and crew didn't want to just pass the character along to another person.

* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Naomi overplayed her hand when she made Castiel choose between Dean and Heaven.

** Crowley calls the Winchesters [[Disney/TheLionKing Timon and Pumbaa]].

->"[[BlackAndWhiteMorality I was bad, you were good]], life was easier. Now it's all so messy. [[HeelFaceTurn I'm kinda good]], which sucks, and [[FaceHeelTurn you're kinda bad]], which is actually [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys all manner of hot]]."
-->--'''Meg''' ''[reminiscing about the Apocalypse to Castiel]''

** Dean makes a very close quote to a line from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]'', which Sam points out: "you...realize you kind of just quoted ''Lord of the Rings'', right?". Dean insists that "''Film/{{Rudy}}''-hobbit [Samwise Gamgee] always gets a pass". Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee, was the titular character in ''Film/{{Rudy}}''.

--->'''Castiel:''' If you're referring to [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery the pizza man]]... Yes, I remember the pizza man. And it's a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments good memory]].

--->'''Castiel:''' If you're referring to [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery the pizza man]]... Yes, I remember the pizza man. And it's a [[HeartwarmingMoments good memory]].

-->'''Meg:''' How am I not Team Sam.

-->'''Naomi:''' What have I done to you?! Do you have any idea what it's like out there? There's blood everywhere, and it's on your hands. After everything you did -- to us, to Heaven.