Starlight's comment to Maeve wasn't the series' only reference to . Kripke's CW show was very much present in the DNA of first three seasons, as the comic adaptation featured multiple nods to Sam and Dean's universe. One of such Easter eggs was Secretary of Defense Robert Singer.
Introduced in , Singer was played by Jim Beaver, who also portrayed 's Robert "Bobby" Singer, longtime mentor to Sam and Dean Winchester. Making the reference more overt was episode 5 of season 3, in which, after returning to New York following his escape from captivity, Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy noticed a Robert Singer poster.
Another Easter egg came in ' season 2 finale. Initially a beloved member of the Seven, Aya Cash's Stormfront was exposed as a white supremacist, leading to her being widely criticized by the public.
That, in turn, led to the creation of an animated video of her being run over by a black . Moreover, episode 5 of ' third season showed a recording of Soldier Boy being experimented on. In it, one of the scientists mentioned a procedure performed on Soldier Boy on January 24, which is Dean Winchester's birthday, as well as the birthday of Eric Kripke's wife.
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