21 Little-Known Supernatural Facts That Only Diehard Fans Know

By Ryan Roschke

Updated on 12/10/2016 at 11:20 AM

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After more than a full decade with Supernatural, it would make sense that there's tons of behind-the-scenes trivia to delight the show's most obsessed fans. Once you've perused Jensen Ackles's set pictures, looked at the stars' amazing real-life friendship, and read up on fun fan encounters, though, what else is there to do? Well, we've gone even deeper into the bowels of the internet to try to dig up some of the more obscure little factoids about the show. Here's what we've unearthed.

The Show's Humble Beginnings
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The Show's Humble Beginnings

  1. Jensen Ackles was originally supposed to play Sam Winchester. Creator Eric Kripke explained the casting process: "[The pilot's director] David Nutter suggested Jensen because we knew him from Smallville. We met with him to play Sam, and we fell in love with [him]. And then Jared came in, and he was a really great Sam too. Looking back, we were such idiots to not see it . . . We had two great Sams and no Dean and you think it would be obvious to put one into the other role, but it was not obvious."
  2. Jeffrey Dean Morgan thought he'd only be on for the pilot. He said, "There wasn't a lot for me to do. I remember thinking, 'Well, this'll be a job that I'll work a couple of days and go on to the next thing, because there's no way I'm gonna come back and be the father of Jared and Jensen.'"
  3. For the record, he's got a point. Morgan was born in 1966, and Ackles was born in 1978. They're only 12 years apart!
  4. Bobby Singer (played by Jim Beaver) was only supposed to be a single-episode character as well! Beaver said, "I was hired for one episode, 'Devil's Trap,' and no one ever said anything to me about another appearance."
  5. Bobby Singer, by the way, is named after producer Robert Singer. Singer said, "Had I known he was going to last that long, I certainly would've objected a little more strenuously [to the name]."
  6. Misha Collins thought Castiel was a demon until his first day of filming. "It wasn't until I did my first take of the character that Eric Kripke said, 'That was pretty good, but the truth is it's an angel, not a demon, so can you just switch it up?'"
Fun Facts From Creator Eric Kripke
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Fun Facts From Creator Eric Kripke

  1. The character of Bobby Singer was created on a whim, when Loretta Devine wasn't available to reprise her role as Missouri Moseley.
  2. The show is heavily inspired by Neil Gaiman, the dark fantasy writer who brought us Sandman, Coraline, and American Gods.
  3. Castiel's name was discovered thanks to a serendipitous Google search.
  4. The significance of "Carry On Wayward Son" traces all the way back to Kripke's childhood.
  5. There's a Supernatural Easter egg on Kripke's new show, Timeless!
A Few Interesting Tidbits About "Baby"
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A Few Interesting Tidbits About "Baby"

  1. There are eight different Impalas in rotation for the show's production.
  2. The most pristine and frequently used "Baby" only has 15,000 miles on it.
  3. The show single-handedly made this particular car model wildly popular. In fact, it's become difficult to find the car, since it's in such high demand.
  4. The wrecked Impalas from the show definitely stick around. In fact, you can see various parts and pieces lying around in specific scenes. Think junkyards.
  5. Fans love to make replicas of the car. They even used a fan's restored car to film that spinoff pilot episode for Bloodlines in season 10.
Other Miscellaneous Information
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Other Miscellaneous Information

  1. Yes, the Winchester Mystery House is a real thing. It's a twisted mansion with 10,000 windows, 2,000 doors, 47 fireplaces, 40 staircases, and 13 bathrooms, but it's never been featured on the show. It's widely speculated that this is how the brothers got their name!
  2. One of the show's most powerful demons is named after famed occultist Aleister Crowley. Mark Sheppard (who plays Supernatural's King of Hell, Crowley) explained the reference in an interview: "It's always a nod to Aleister Crowley. Everything has always been a nod to Aleister Crowley."
  3. Jensen Ackles has directed five episodes to date. His first was "Weekend at Bobby's" in 2010. His most recent was "The Bad Seed" in 2015.
  4. Ackles's father has appeared in an episode of Supernatural! He was in the show's eighth season, in the episode titled "Heartache." He plays Detective Pike.
  5. Ackles's and Padalecki's quotes about seeing each other for the first time are hilarious. The two met on the Warner Bros. lot for a "chemistry read" right after they snagged their respective parts. In a chat with Entertainment Tonight, Ackles described Padalecki as "this one gangly-looking, long-haired frat boy, with his long hair and his hoodie." In a quote to Variety, Padalecki said, "I'm sitting there, and in walks this really pretty dude who I had never seen before." They really have come a long way, haven't they?