Ten Great Running Bits in Supernatural

 

The appeal of Castiel has always been his “fish out of water” story, especially his inability to grasp even the most common pop culture references.  Most of Dean’s jokes are met by Castiel with blank stares and total incomprehension.  Then there’s things like Castiel sitting on a whoopie cushion.  After a long time of letting the noises happen, Cas only has one thing to say. 

 

 

(Blankly) That wasn’t me.  

 

There’s Castiel’s very serious search for God in season five’s “Good God, Y’All.”  

 

 

Then there’s the encounter with cupid in “My Bloody Valentine”:

 

Dean: You mean the little flying fat kid in diapers?
Castiel: They’re not incontinent.

 

Or this conversation with Dean in “The Third Man”:

 

 

Or there’s this from season eight’s “Hunteri Heroici”:

 

 

Yes, the missed references are numerous and go on for years.  That all changed in season nine’s “Meta Fiction” though when Metatron downloaded the meaning of every pop culture reference to Castiel’s brain.  Suddenly he was blowing Sam and Dean’s minds when he actually got their Star Wars reference.  Did Cas suddenly learn from all this?  Not really, considering he just earlier this season adopted his own FBI alias of “Agent Beyonce.”