Unfortunately, as things always do for Team Free Will, shit goes south fast. ![]() Just like him, it’s a bunch of kids solving mysteries and hunting monsters, but unlike his own reality, the monsters are never real and no one gets hurt. Between knowing the truth about monsters, and trying to protect his brother from that very same truth, while dealing with his obsessive and often absent and abusive father, the idea of the Scooby gang must have been appealing to Baby Dean. Dean and Sam had a hard childhood, to put it mildly, and oftentimes it’s mentioned how much harder it was for the eldest Winchester son. This only makes sense when you think about why Dean Winchester, Badass Hunter and Righteous Man, would want to protect this little cartoon. Dean’s protecting his own childhood innocence as much as he is the gang’s. Dean is a lifelong fan of the show, and it’s poignant and somewhat sad when he declares to Sam that he’s not to tell the gang anything about the real monsters that haunt their world. The choice to bring those meddling kids into a universe that looks like their own, but which has actual monsters (and actual death) was a brilliant move, and did a lot to showcase Dean’s affection for the series. One of the most interesting parts of the episode was the fact that while Dean, Sam, and Cas were thrust into this cartoon, they weren’t actually brought into the Scooby-verse rather, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby were thrust into the Supernatural universe, which is a much more dangerous place and makes for much better storytelling. What follows is a fun romp with the Scooby gang that is spooky in the only way ScoobyNatural can be: just the right amount of Scooby-Doo camp with just enough edge to remind us we’re watching Supernatural. The basic premise is that Dean and Sam, after fighting a giant plush dinosaur in a pawn shop, are gifted a TV by the grateful shop owner and, upon installing it in Dean’s secret entertainment suite (which has had more written about it by fans than any other piece of set design), the two are sucked into a cartoon by some purple, sparkly light, and that’s when, ZOINKS! Our mystery begins! ![]() Clearly, I was wrong, and the episode was such a delightful (if at times problematic) break from some of this season’s more intense storylines. ![]() My jaded side looked at it as something of a stunt episode crammed in to give Jared and Jensen some time off mid-season. I’ll be honest: I did not understand all the hype about ScoobyNatural when it was first announced. ![]() ScoobyNatural is no exception, and as someone who was never a huge fan of the cartoon, the writers were able to not only bring me into their two-dimensional childhood fantasy, but somehow make me feel nostalgic for a show I never thought much about. One of the skills the Supernatural writers room has is spades is the ability to take even the most seemingly ridiculous premise (I’m looking at you, musical episode epidemic) and somehow make it not only work within the Supernatural universe, but still feel somehow grounded in reality, which is an impressive feat for a show that deals with monsters, demons, and the idea that a ‘67 Impala is a practical choice for crossing the country multiple times (honestly, I hope they have fuel perks or some shit, because WOW that’s a lot of gas).
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