DC’s present run of Teen Titans is formally 40 points in, and it is given readers some wildly totally different seems on the lifetime of a teenage superhero. Alongside the way in which, there have been numerous quips, endearing moments, and references to popular culture — and the newest challenge was definitely no exception. The sequence’ most up-to-date installment supplied a short, however pleasant tie to a different property within the Warner Bros. empire — Supernatural, which is at present wrapping up its fifteenth and remaining season on The CW. Delicate spoilers for Teen Titans #40 beneath! Solely look if you wish to know!
The problem opens with the Titans searching for Djinn, who has apparently been trapped in literal Purgatory. Phrase of getting to journey to such a darkish place confuses among the Titans, significantly Jakeem Thunder. When he asks if anybody else understands what the Titans are speaking about, William Wu/Roundhouse remarks that “that is some straight-up Sam and Dean stuff”.
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This, after all, is a reference to the adventures of Sam and Dean Winchester, who’ve definitely gone to variations of Hell and again once more throughout Supernatural’s run. It is also affirmation of types that sure, Supernatural is seemingly a TV present inside the present DC universe.
Oddly sufficient, that is the second allusion the DC world has made to Supernatural in simply this month, as new photographs from an upcoming episode of Legends of Tomorrow showcased the present’s iconic automobile, Child. As Legends showrunner Phil Klemmer confirmed, the episode, which is known as “Zari, Not Zari”, will characteristic its time-traveling heroes having to work together with the crew of the fictionalized TV present.
“From the start, we knew that we wished to set an episode in modern-day Vancouver, as a result of instantly following the crossover that was all we may afford… I am kidding, sorta, not likely,” Klemmer joked in a current interview. “Anyway, we wished to do a spooky, Predator-style skulk-around-the-woods episode and on the eleventh hour determined to have the Legends intersect with the crew of Supernatural. This was the impressed selection of our producing director Kevin Mock, I consider. In our world, Supernatural is a TV present, not an actual factor. Sorry, Supernatural followers.”
“The [Supernatural] producers have been extremely gracious and keen about this tip of the hat, nevertheless. They even allow us to borrow a few of their musical rating — hear carefully!” Klemmer defined, including that “Sam and Dean didn’t make the ultimate reduce, sadly. Or slightly they have been busy engaged on their very own present.”
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