Dean's incredible catalog of music is so often the main source from which Sam and Dean pull aliases in the show, but in "Asylum," Dean combines his love of music with his love of movies to produce the fake name Nigel Tufnel.
Nigel Tufnel is, of course, the lead guitarist of the fictional band Spinal Tap from the mockumentary of the same name.
With its combination of music and hilarity, it is no surprise that Dean loves the movie enough to have Tufnel's name memorized and ready to use on the case.
Dean's love of Metallica is established early in . Alongside epic rockers of the past, Dean clearly has an admiration for the band who, somehow, saw even more mainstream success in 2022 thanks to
. Dean's admiration for the band naturally leads to a love of its frontman, James Hetfield.
What makes this alias great is not just the brilliance of Metallica and Hetfield, but Dean calling himself "Doctor" James Hetfield and then using a Metallica song - "Some Kind of Monster" - to calm himself down on the flight.
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