Supernatural
Sam Winchester(Jared Padalecki ) , one of the lead protagonists of the cult showSupernatural , is a complex character , more superimposed and complicated than his older brother , Dean . Sam started out as the rebel , the younger Logos of John Winchester , who want to leave behind the life of hunter and set off afresh with a girlfriend he loved and a career he want .
However , Godhad other plans and Sam end up genu - deep in hunting monsters , even lock horn with the Devil himself . Let us look at a few detail about the young Winchester that might have escape notice .
Padalecki Might Not Have Played Sam
It is say that actorJensen Ackleswho plays Dean had originally auditioned for the theatrical role of Sam , although he did like the character of Dean better .
Had Padalecki not shown up when he did , the producers would most likely have given the younger brother ’s persona to Ackles , and the show as fans screw today would have been very different indeed .
Sam Is Named After Mary’s Father
When Samuel Campbell , paternal grandfather to the blood brother , was brought back to life by the demon Crowley , one adopt that Sam must have been named after his grandad after all .
It is only when Dean is sent back in time byCastieland meet younger adaptation of his parents and even his grandparents that the inspiration behind the brothers ' figure is corroborate . Mary ’s mother was call Deanna and her father was Samuel , so Dean and Sam were make after them respectively .
Sam’s Fate Was Determined Before His Birth
Speaking of the past times , Sam ’s terrible destiny of being chosen as the vessel of Lucifer had been determine long before his birth .
When Dean is station into the past times , he finds out that Mary had made a deal with the demon Azazel ; she had inadvertently given him permission to enter her house ten years on , in return for John ’s life , not knowing that the demon meant to bleed into little Sam ’s mouth to groom him for his end game of freeingLuciferfrom his cage . Sam ’s fate had been decided even before his parent had married .
Sam’s First Crush Was Something The Boys Hunted
Presumably , Sam ’s firstcrushand his first kiss were with a girl named Amy Pond , who , it turn out , was a kitsune , rather like a werewolf but not quite .
As a young son , Sam had let Amy escape , bonk very well that she was a monster . Years later , Dean killed Amy , even though he knew very well that she weigh to Sam . But as far as he was concerned , Amy was just one of the ogre the male child hunted .
Sam Has Been Played By Multiple Actors
A total of six actors have essayed the persona of Sam in different phases of his life-time .
Sam ’s backstory has often been recite through flashbacks and the audience has seen him both as a neonate and as a young boy aside from his adult self , play by Padalecki .
Sam Could Have Been A Lawyer
In another life , Sam could have been a hotshotlawyeror advocator . When the audience first gather Sam 15 twelvemonth ago , he had just appeared for his LSATs with an insanely high score and was applying to take law , at Standford University !
Had the brothers ever had anything close to an apple - pie life , Sam would likely have been a hard - working lawyer at the top of his profession .
Sam’s ‘French Mistake’ Life Is Deeply Meta
Supernaturalhas never dithered when it came toself - parodying . In season 6 ’s ' French Mistake ' , the sidekick end up in an alternate world that is kind of a meta world where realism gets woven into fabrication . In this episode , the boys are mistaken for actors of a show call ' Supernatural ' , and Padalecki is show living in an luxurious house with his married woman , who turns out to be the demon Ruby .
Of naturally , devotee would cognize that the actor is in reality get married to Genevieve Cortese who portray Ruby in time of year 4 and 5 . The meta does n’t terminate there ; the walls had two huge triptych portraits of Padalecki and Cortese which apparently did belong to to the worker and the backyard had an alpaca , a reference to the mates ’s love for creature .
Sam Was Immune To Lilith’s Powers
One might not remember this but in time of year 3 , when thedemonLilith tried to attack Sam after she had unleashed hellhounds on Dean , the jr. Winchester remained completely whole .
The main explanation for this is that Sam had grown immune to Lilith ’s tycoon by chugging down all the demon blood with Ruby ’s help . He was now too strong for Lilith , who was herself quite powerful , to even put a loot on him .
Sam Is A Celine Dion Fan
In season 14 , Jack the Nephilim is enraged when he pull in that Sam and Dean had been lying to him . They designate to cage in him although they venture to be supporting him . Jack wants the reality to stop lying and it does , with everybody speaking only the truth however bitter or embarrassing it might be .
In the uproarious event that abide by , Sam net ball luxate that his favored singer is Celine Dion , even though he hazard it is Elvis . A minor detail , easy miss , but still interesting .
Sam Is Scared Of Clowns
This was reveal in one of the earliest sequence have a supernatural fauna in the guise of a clown .
give the macho figure of speech of these daredevil son who hunt downmonsters , Sam being afraid of clowns might seem a shade dry at first . But these little contingent are what make these characters flesh and blood .
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