This one may be difficult to believe, but Dean's beloved 1967 Chevrolet Impala, known as Baby, was originally intended to be a different car. In an interview with , Kripke recounted that he wanted "" for Sam and Dean, and had planned for Baby to be a 1965 Mustang.
With such a long history of the name, it's almost unfathomable that could be called anything else. In the original pitch for the show, however, the title was "Unnatural". Later, this was changed to by production. Whether this is because of the connotations "unnatural" has, such as something being perverse or contrived, the change is certainly a welcome one. as a title wholly encompasses the monster-horror genre, not to mention the variety of supernatural creatures seen over the years, from ghosts to golems.
Since covers genres that typically deal with more serious tropes, it's unsurprising that Kripke was hoping for a scary, grave tone to the show. In interview, Kripke shared that his inspiration was 1980s cult classics, like Steven Spielberg's
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