5 Unknown And Interesting Facts About Sam & Dean Winchester

3. THE SIMILARITIES

5 Unknown And Interesting Facts About Sam & Dean Winchester
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Speaking of the similarities between Sam & Dean, there are plenty of things these two have in common.

  • Both have been possessed by an archangel, but they managed to overcome the possession, and expelled the entity. Dean was possessed by Michael whereas Lucifer took the possession of Sam.
  • Both of them have been to heaven, hell, and Purgatory. In Season 5, they first went to heaven and are reunited again in heaven in the final episode. Dean spent more time in hell and Purgatory than Sam.
  • In an attempt to save the other, they have caused the death of an innocent one as a collateral damage. Gadreel killed Kevin, if it wasn’t for Dean giving his consent to Gadreel to possess Sam, it wouldn’t have happened. Charlie died while acquiring the forbidden book, if it wasn’t for Sam seeking Charlie’s help, she would have been alive.
  • Both of them have acted in a manner at some point which is completely opposite to their true character. While being soulless, Sam did numerous unspeakable things. Whereas Dean as a demon & and under the influence of the mark acted inhumanly.
  • They both have been saved by Crowley and rescued from hell by Castiel at some point.

2. THE COUNTERPARTS

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Sam and Dean are one of a kind, but it turns out there are probably millions of Sam & Dean in the Supernatural Universe. As you are well are, there are numerous alternate universes and realities, each having characters who are sometimes slightly and other times drastically than our main universe characters.

  • We have the Winchesters from an alternate reality shown in Season 2 Episode ‘What is And What Should Never Be’. In this world, Mary never died and the boys never became hunters. Sam is engaged to Jessica, but doesn’t share a close relationship with Dean.
  • Then we have Dean Smith and Sam Wesson from Season 4 Episode ‘It’s A Terrible Life’. Both brothers work in a corporate company and they both have no memories of hunting.
  • In Season 15 Episode ‘Destiny’s Child’, our Sam & Dean meet their alternate universe counterparts who are also hunters, but they have a made a brand out of it.
  • We also have the Dean from the Croatoan Virus apocalypse universe. The same universe has Lucifer Sam.
  • Then there are Sam & Dean who are actually the actors named Jensen & Jared working in a fictional show called Supernatural.

1. WHOSE STORY IS IT?

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Who is the main character, the lead hero, the primary protagonist of Supernatural? Is it Sam Winchester or is it Dean Winchester? There’s a popular argument that originally the show was about Sam, it was supposed to be his story. If you remember the story arcs of first two seasons, they revolved around Sam. The rebel who left behind his old life, but fate caught up on him. The Yellow Eyes Demon feeding him his blood, his psychic abilities, and the plan of him leading the demon army. But the story soon shifted towards Dean. The viewers were made to be sympathetic towards Dean. His time in hell, his trauma and suffering made us gravitate towards him.

There’s a video analyzing the screen time of both Sam & Dean. Apart from S3 & S4 where Jensen’s Dean edges Jared’s Sam, both the characters got almost equal time throughout the show. So who’s the main character? It is the relationship between the brothers. No matter whom you consider the protagonist, the thing that matters is the character’s love and relationship towards his brother.

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