Dean Winchester is one of the two main protagonists of the long running CW series, Supernatural (alongside his younger brother, Sam Winchester). He the oldest son of the Winchester Family, a bloodline of monster hunters who take on various supernatural and religious creatures.
He is portrayed by Jensen Ackles.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
In General[]
- Frequently saves people from monsters and other supernatural phenomena, which has lead to him saving the world multiple times.
- Is loyal and protective of his brother, Sam.
- Loved his father, John Winchester, despite depriving him of a childhood.
- Loved his mother, Mary Winchester, despite losing her at a young age. Reconnected with her and proved to be as protective of her as he was of Sam after her resurrection.
Season 1[]
- Carried Sam out of the house when a demon attacked their home and killed their mother.
- After John went missing, Dean approaches Sam and asks him to help him find him.
- Allowed himself to be arrested so Sam can escape and continue the case.
- Comforted Sam after a ghost killed his girlfriend.
- Saved a plane full of innocent people from a demon.
- Comforts a dying religious girl by telling her he'll pray for them.
- Risked his own life to stop Max Miller from killing his stepmother.
- After finally finding John, he and Sam ultimately agree that John is safer away from them.
- Retrieved The Colt and used it to kill several demons.
- Stopped Sam from going into a burning building to fight Azazel and getting himself killed.
- After John became possessed by Azazel (the demon that killed their mother), Dean (alongside Sam) exorcised him instead of killing him.
Season 2[]
- After falling into a coma, Dean eventually accepted his death, even though John made a deal with Azazel to save him in exchange for John's life and The Colt.
- Gave his father a hunter's funeral.
- Continued looking for The Colt, and didn't give up on finding Azazel.
- After finding out that a trickster had been turning him and Sam against each other, Dean wisens up and apologizes to Sam.
- Offered to kill Madison so Sam wouldn't have to.
- Saved several "special children" who, like Sam, were empowered by Azazel's demon blood as children.
- After Sam was captured by Azazel with the other "special children," Dean worked tirelessly to find him.
- When Dean found Sam, Sam was fatally stabbed by a "special child" who betrayed him and sided with Azazel. In response to this, Dean summoned a crossroads demon and sacrificed all but one year of his life to revive Sam, even if it means he'd go to hell in a year.
- Retrieved The Colt from Azazel and killed the demon with the last bullet.
Season 3[]
- Saved Bobby by going into his dreams.
- Did everything he could to stop Gordon Walker from hurting Sam.
- Saved a police station from demons, including an FBI Agent who was after them. Unfortunately, the first demon, Lilith, managed to kill them as soon as the Winchesters left.
- Dean also refused to sacrifice Nancy Fitzgerald when Ruby offered it as a solution to their problems.
- When Sam was about to kill a girl he believed to be possessed by Lilith, Dean stopped him.
- Accepted that he was about to die and said goodbye to Sam, before Lilith's hellhounds mauled him to death.
Season 4[]
- Reunited with Sam and his surrogate father, Bobby, after being revived by the angel Castiel.
- While Dean was rude about it, he was right to call out Sam's dependency on Demon Blood, as it was affecting his personality and prolonged use would cause him to lose his humanity.
- Attempts to prevent his mother from making a deal with Azazel after Castiel brought him back in time.
- Saved Sam from a ghoul that was posing as their brother and his sister.
- Saved Sam from Lilith with the help of the prophet, Chuck Shurley (later revealed to be God).
- Locked up Sam in Bobby's basement to try and detox him from Demon Blood, showing concern for the violent withdrawal symptoms too.
- After learning that Lilith was the final seal that had to be broken to start the apocalypse from Castiel, Dean tried to stop Sam from killing her.
- Reconciled with Sam after being at each other's throats the entire season.
Season 5[]
- After learning that he is Michael's vessel, and Sam is Lucifer's, Dean still refused to say "yes" to Michael and opted to find another way to stop the apocalypse.
- Even after being told to say "yes" from his future self, Dean remained adamant and refused to let Michael possess him.
- Retrieved The Colt from the king of the crossroads demons, Crowley, and intended to use it on Lucifer. Unfortunately, Lucifer survived.
- Fought the four horsemen of the apocalypse with Sam and Castiel and took their rings to trap Lucifer in the cage.
- Traveled back to 1978 to save his parents from the angel, Anna.
- After his illegitimate brother, Adam, was captured by Zachariah, Dean came to his rescue and saved Adam from Zachariah. Unfortunately, he failed to save him from Michael.
- Made peace with The Trickster (who by that point had been revealed to be the archangel Gabriel).
- Got Kali out of harm's way when Lucifer attacked the pagan gods.
- Decided to start a story with a woman named Lisa, and was a good father to her son, Ben.
Season 6[]
- Forced Crowley to return Bobby's soul to him.
- Had Lisa and Ben's memories of him erased to protect them after Sam exited the cage.
- Stopped Sam from killing Bobby.
- Came up with a plan to retrieve Sam's soul from hell and create a mental block to prevent Sam from remembering the horrible things Lucifer and Michael did to him in the Cage.
- Traveled back to the old west to retrieve the ashes of a phoenix to use against the mother of all monsters, Eve.
- Even though Dean had to kill him, he sympathized with The Phoenix after learning that he was framed and his wife was raped and murdered by the officials he was killing. Furthermore, Dean only killed the Phoenix out of necessity, as there was no other way to stop Eve.
- Tried to stop Raphael and Crowley from absorbing the souls of purgatory.
Season 7[]
- Even though Castiel betrayed them and stole the souls of purgatory for himself, Dean ultimately decided to help Castiel, after the power he absorbed proved to be too much for him. Unfortunately, this would lead to the leviathans being released.
- Brought Sam to Bobby, after Castiel removed his mental block and the memories of his trauma started too manifest.
- Along with Sam, he stayed by Bobby's side after he was shot in the head by the leader of the leviathans, Dick Roman. Unfortunately Bobby didn't make it.
- Gave Bobby a hunter's funeral instead of making a crossroads deal because Bobby wouldn't want that.
- Decided to spend some time with Bobby's ghost after finding out his soul was bound to his flask.
- Forgave the resurrected Castiel for his betrayal, and helped him regain his memories.
- Befriended computer hacker, Charlie Bradbury, and warned her of Dick Roman's true intentions, to turn mankind into the leviathan's livestock.
- Released Bobby's soul before he became a vengeful spirit.
- With the help of Sam, Castiel, and Crowley, Dean killed Dick Roman and sent the leviathans back to purgatory.
Season 8[]
- While trapped in Purgatory as a side effect of killing Dick Roman, Dean befriended a vampire named Benny and revived him after escaping Purgatory.
- Tried to take Castiel with him and Benny out of Purgatory.
- Tracked down the new prophet, Kevin Tran (who he and Sam had met during the previous season) and protects him from Crowley.
- Defended Benny from Sam, who didn't trust Benny for being a vampire.
- Tried to save Samandriel from Crowley.
- Met their grandfather, Henry Winchester, and learned of the men of letters.
- After Sam's health started declining after embarking on the trials to seal the gates of hell forever, Dean became concerned and tried to convince him to find another way to stop Crowley.
Season 9[]
- When Sam collapses due to the trials, Dean reluctantly allows an angel named Gadreel (who he believed to be Ezekiel) to possess Sam and heal him.
- When Gadreel betrayed Dean after Metatron's manipulation and killed Kevin Tran, Dean made peace with Crowley and with his help, got Sam freed from Gadreel's possession.
- Found out from Crowley that Kevin's mother, Linda, is still alive and allows Kevin to spend some time as a ghost with his mother.
- Reluctantly took the Mark of Cain in order to kill the Knight of Hell, Abaddon.
Season 10[]
- Refused to kill Lester's wife for being unfaithful.
- Felt horrible about the things he did as a demon.
- Gave Crowley advice about his relationship with his mother.
- Was devastated when the Styne family killed Charlie Bradbury.
- After being persuaded by Sam, Dean allowed him to destroy the Mark of Cain, freeing him from its influence.
Season 11[]
- After destroying the Mark of Cain, Sam and Dean both try to save a baby from people who were corrupted by the cosmic entity known as The Darkness that was released from the Mark. Unbeknownst to Dean at the time, that baby was the embodiment of The Darkness, named Amara.
- Talked Reese out of killing Sully.
- When Chuck Shurley revealed himself to be God, Dean (alongside Sam) convinces him to make a peace treaty with Lucifer to take on Amara.
- After everything else fails, Dean manages to talk Amara out of destroying the world and she forgives Chuck for locking her away in the Mark of Cain.
Season 12[]
- Dean was overjoyed when Mary was brought back from the dead.
- Saved Sam from the British Men of Letters.
- Killed Hitler after he was brought back by one of his followers.
- After Lucifer possessed a rock star, Dean works with Sam, Mary and Castiel to stop him from sacrificing his entire audience.
- When Lucifer possesses the President of the United States, The Winchesters teams up with Crowley and his mother Rowena to seal Lucifer back in the cage. Unfortunately, Crowley chooses to humiliate Lucifer instead and traps him in his original vessel instead.
- Refused to kill the soldiers who were pursuing him and Sam, after they broke out of federal custody. Both of them were angered when the British Men of Letters killed the soldiers anyway.
- After finding out about Lily Sunders' past he insisted on trying to reason with her and tried to convince her not to take revenge against Castiel.
- He was clearly distraught when he found out Mick was dead.
- When Mary was brainwashed by Arthur Ketch, Dean goes into her mind and manages to undo the brainwashing.
- Dean was angered when Lucifer bragged about killing Rowena (who was later revived).
- Protected Kelly Kline as she was giving birth to Lucifer's baby.
- Tried to trap Lucifer in an alternate universe where neither he nor Sam were ever born.
- Mourned both Castiel and Crowley after they died during season 12's finale.
Season 13[]
- Protected Missouri Moseley's granddaughter from a wraith.
- Although Dean was skeptical about the Nephilim Jack Kline's morality, he eventually warmed up to Jack and started treating him like a son.
- Was happy to see Castiel revived from The Empty.
- After learning Gabriel faked his death in Season 5, the Winchesters save him from the Prince of Hell, Asmodeus.
- Rescued Apocalypse World Charlie from Michael's forces.
- Reopened the portal to Apocalypse World and helped Jack save the refugees from Apocalypse World Michael.
- When Lucifer stole Jack's grace, Dean chose to say yes to Apocalypse World Michael, on the condition that he would be in control. In doing so, Dean killed Lucifer. Apocalypse World Michael would then break his promise and possess Dean's body.
Season 14[]
- Dean is temporarily freed from Apocalypse World Michael's control for pragmatic reasons, and he reunites with Sam, Castiel, Jack and Mary.
- Took care of Jack after he falls ill due to his lack of grace to try and cheer him up.
- When Jack dies of his illness, Dean helps perform a ritual to revive him.
- After John from the past is brought to their time, Sam and Dean ultimately agree that he has to go back in time to undo the changes to the timeline.
- Showed concern for Jack after he burnt out the rest of his soul to kill Apocalypse World Michael and save Rowena.
- Took Jack on a road trip while Castiel and Sam were working a case.
- Even though Jack accidentally killed Mary and went rogue after losing his soul, Dean couldn't bring himself to kill him, and was devastated when God chose to kill Jack himself.
Season 15[]
- Worked tirelessly to return the damned souls back to hell after God freed them out of spite.
- When Jack was revived by Billie, Dean eventually forgave him for accidentally killing Mary.
- Arranged for Jack to go to the Garden of Eden to reclaim his soul.
- Didn't give up even after God erased all other life forms in the multiverse other than him, Sam, Jack and Michael.
- Defeated God by allowing Jack to absorb all his powers, turning him human and making Jack the new God.
- Despite initially wanting to kill God, Dean instead spared him after Jack had become the new God and left Chuck to live a normal human life, something the former deity was disgusted about.
- Died on a hunt five years later and reunited with Bobby in heaven.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- Dean is a clear-cut anti-hero. He's a criminal who frequently steals and cons other people out of their money to continue his journeys. He can be very harsh to his allies and has a hard time controlling his temper.
- Cheated on his girlfriend in High School.
- During his time in hell, Dean caved in to Alistair's offer to torture other souls, and even admitted he enjoyed it. This would lead to Dean changing for the worst, lasting the rest of the series.
- Tortures Alistair on Castiels instructions. He did this in spite of his fear that he would lose himself, and showed just how much Hell had changed him with how far he went in trying to break Alistair.
- While Sam is also guilty of this, Dean frequently keeps unnecessary secrets from him which leads to the brothers developing trust issues with each other and infighting. Even after having been through the consequences of keeping secrets from Sam, he continues to do so.
- Killed Amy Pond after promising Sam he'd let her go. While he felt guilty at the time, he later told Sam that his guilt was from keeping it a secret from him, not actually killing her.
- He would later show hypocrisy for this, as he befriended a Vampire named Benny and tried to protect him several times, even tricking Sam multiple times to keep him safe.
- Tortures Gadreel and later slashed him across the chest with the First Blade, leaving the Angel on the brink of death. Though he was falling under the Mark of Cain's influence at the time, his anger to Gadreel had been present before he took on the Mark.
- Has a habit of blaming things on Castiel even when he isn't directly at fault. Such as in season 15, when he blamed Castiel for Rowena's death because Castiel wouldn't allow the demon, Belphegor, to conquer hell as well as blaming Castiel for his mother Mary's death, due to Cas not revealing his concerns about Jack sooner.
- Can be very brutal towards his enemies.
- Stopped Sam from closing the Gates of Hell and sealing away all of the Demons. While he did this because he wanted Sam to live, this still left the world at the mercy of demons that would escape from Hell.
- Was willing to kill Amara at the beginning of season 11, even though she was physically a toddler at the time.
- He can be mischievous sometimes.
- During season 15, he grew more and more consumed with rage and the idea of revenge against Chuck. He was harsh to Jack, declaring him not to be family, berated Sam and Cas for not going through with the plan and even pulled a gun on Sam. He also made it clear that for his own freedom from Chuck's 'story', he was willing to trade everything and everyone, even his closest friends. While Sam did get through to him and talked him down, he was still close to shooting his brother.
- Frequently lets his anger get the best of him and lashes out, usually destroying whatever room he's in or in more extreme cases trying to kill something. This has led to severe consequences, as when he inadvertently brought Billie to the brink of death, it resulted in Cas having to sacrifice himself to stop her by fulfilling his deal with the Empty.
- He can be hedonist in several ocasions.
External Links[]
- Dean Winchester on the Heroes Wiki
- Dean Winchester on the Villains Wiki
- Dean Winchester on the Supernatural Wiki
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