Supernatural (TV series)/Recap/S01/E02 Wendigo

Season 1, Episode 2:

Wendigo

Following coordinates left them by their father, Sam and Dean wind up in the woods in Colorado with a group of hikers as they stumble across a wendigo.

Tropes used in Supernatural (TV series)/Recap/S01/E02 Wendigo include:

• Cannibalism Superpower
• Death By Pragmatism: Roy. To be fair, it was pragmatism of the wrong genre.
• Evil Makes You Monstrous
• Girl of the Week: Haley, for Dean.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Finn from Glee makes an appearance as an unlucky camper.
• Jerkass: Roy
• Jump Scare
• Kill It with Fire: They kill the wendigo with flare guns.
• Regularly-Scheduled Evil: People go missing in the woods every 23 years.
• Stab the Scorpion. Roy and Dean are arguing and getting on each other's nerves when Roy violently grabs Dean's shoulder... to stop him from walking on a bear trap.
• Thicker Than Water: The Collins siblings, mirroring the Winchester brothers.
• Trail of Bread Crumbs: More like a trail of M&Ms
• Wendigo: The Monster of the Week
• While You Were in Diapers:

Roy: You, protect me? I was hunting these woods when your mommy was still kissing you good night.