10 Continuity Errors In Supernatural Only Devoted Fans Noticed
Supernatural is nearly at an end, after an incredible fifteen seasons on the CW. In that time, the Winchester brothers have taken down almost every kind of monster known to man, as well as discovering the truth about God, the Devil, angels, demons, and death.
With such an incredible run, though, there are bound to be a few continuity errors that pop up. It's hard to keep track of every tiny detail over decade and a half - although some fans most definitely have done! From ages and heights to bigger plot points, these are some of the biggest continuity errors in the show so far.
10 Sam's Age
Character ages are often something that gets messed up over time - it can be a small thing, a birthday mention here, a reference to college there, and then the fans notice that someone doesn't quite seem to be a consistent age throughout the show. That's what happened here, with Sam's age. At the start of the show, Sam is seen to be about to start law school - which would mean he has already completed a bachelor's degree. However, Dean later says that he was away at college for two years, not the four that a degree would take. The creators even revealed that this was a mistake, saying he was originally meant to be younger, but they just changed his age.
9 Dean's Height
Unsurprisingly, the police and FBI have quite a few records for Sam and Dean, seeing as they tend to pop up where people get murdered! However, their records aren't accurate. In one episode, Dean's police records have him down as 6'4" with green eyes, and in the other, he is described at 6'1" with blue eyes. In reality, both are half right - he would be 6'1", but with green eyes. Of course, this may be explained away by the police simply having got some details wrong!
8 Soap Opera Time
Supernatural has been established to run on 'soap opera time', where the dates of the show are set to be approximately the same as the dates that they air in the real world. This means that registration plates/licenses/dated details will match the year in the real world - even when sometimes, there is a fictional gap of a year between seasons (such as when Dean was dead for a while).
7 Multiple Anti-Christs
In season 5, Jesse Turner showed up - a child who was half-human, half-demon, and destined to be the Anti-Christ and take down Lucifer. He didn't, of course, and he disappeared after that (although he is still theoretically alive). Now, however, Jack has also been described as the Anti-Christ, although he is half-human and half-archangel. So what's the deal with multiple Anti-Christs, when part of the lore is that there should be only one? Perhaps Jesse will even return in the final season to wrap this up.
6 Banishing Sigils
Angel banishing sigils are used as a form of protection against heavenly beings - and when one is drawn in blood, it banishes all nearby angels. Except when it doesn't. Most of the time, if the sigil is used, it banishes Castiel along with any other nearby angelic types. However, in at least one episode where Cas himself is using the symbol, he isn't banished while using it. The range of the banishment also seems to vary, based on the episode.
5 Henry Winchester
As well as traveling through Heaven and Hell, the Winchesters have also spent a fair bit of time wandering through dimensions, alternate universes, and time itself... which has caused some issues, especially around Henry Winchester, Sam and Dean's grandfather.
In one flashback to Henry and John's past, Henry was seen leaving the family while John was still a child. However, in a time-traveling scene, Dean is spending time with his young adult father, and tells him to 'say hi' to Henry, which John agrees to do.
4 Mesopotamia
Crowley's backstory also gets a little more complicated further along in the series. At first, he appears to be a powerful crossroads demon, and then is revealed to be the King of Hell... and finally, it is revealed that he's actually a relatively young demon, and was alive in the 17th century, where he was the son of Rowena. However, in another conversation, he references being in Mesopotamia - which wouldn't have been called Mesopotamia for centuries by the time he was alive.
3 The Grand Canyon
Ah, the Grand Canyon - an error that writer and EP Ben Edlund even apologized for himself. In one episode of the series, Dean says that he has never been to the Grand Canyon, and muses out loud about how much he would love to go (if all these darn apocalypses would stop happening, of course!). In another episode, though, he and Sam talk about a trip they took there when Sam was four. Given that Dean is the older brother, he would definitely have been old enough to remember this trip.
2 The Gardens Of Eden
One of the most recent potential plot holes is something of a technicality - and involves the inclusion of two 'Gardens of Eden'. Originally, when Sam and Dean were in Heaven, they discovered God's 'command room', which appeared to be a garden (specifically, for them, a botanical garden they had visited on Earth).
It was described as 'appearing as the Garden of Eden' to some people, although it never looked the same, and is called 'Heaven's Garden'. The implication is that this was the Garden of Eden... until this season, when the 'Garden of Eden' was revealed to be a hidden space inside a magical orb, and one that no-one had visited for hundreds of years.
1 Fan Fiction
Finally, we have a continuity error with one of the most meta moments in the series: the Carver Edlund fan fiction. Several seasons ago, Sam and Dean realized that there were a series of books written about them, and their adventures - and they first met Chuck. This was back when they assumed he was a prophet, before they knew the truth (that he was God, and a vengeful, petty God, at that). The books led to a school play by St Alphoso's Academy, written by a student who refers to Sam and Dean by their last name. However, Chuck told Sam and Dean that they weren't identified as 'Winchesters' in the books - so how is it that the play's writer knew it?
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