Top Ten Crimes Against The Impala
(From Alice) Ardeospina sent this to me over a week ago (it might even be two) and since then there’s another item to add to this list. I think we all know what it is. Anyway, all this is her except for my added “Honorable Mention” at the end that I’m sure Ardeospina would have put in there if she had the chance. This is a great list so enjoy!
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While thinking about the Impala creating my first list, I realized that she has been through a lot during this show. That led me to create my second list in the Impala series – Crimes Against the Impala.
The criteria for this list was simple – bad things happening to the car. That’s it. And unfortunately, there were plenty of things to use. Poor baby! So, without further ado, I present the Top Ten Crimes Against the Impala.
Honorable Mention – Bela has it towed – Red Sky at Morning
Sam and Dean walk back to the Impala after talking to crazy Gert, except the car is gone. This rightfully sends Dean into a panic attack until Bela shows up and tells the boys that she had the car towed. What a wench!
Everyone knows that Dean would fight to the death to keep his car. That’s why it’s so funny when Andy uses his powers of persuasion to make Dean hand it over – with a smile, no less. Andy does give it right back, so no real harm done, but he still stole it! Bad Andy! Sam’s expression really sums up the whole thing, too.
My thoughts when watching this scene were, “Oh, cool. The Impala is driving itself! That’s awesome! Wait, is it trying to kill the boys? No! No! Bad Impala!” No one likes a spirit messing with their wheels. Bonus points for making Dean jump off the bridge and into the mud.
#8 – Attempted break-in and smashed back window – The Monster at the End of This Book
When the Sam read Chuck’s draft and found out the back window was going to get smashed, covered with a tarp, and Dean would drive it that way, he was incredulous. Of course that would never happen. But then it did! Poor back window. Broken car glass is a pain to clean up, too. Really, you can’t leave the Impala alone for one minute in this episode or something bad happens.
Feral kids terrorizing a family, kidnapping a boy, eating raw animals, killing the family dog, killing a family member, and stealing Sam and Dean’s weapons? Very, very bad. Said feral kids slashing the tires on the Impala? Unforgivable! Really, what kind of ghost does mess with a man’s wheels? Also, it’s pretty hard to get a good screencap of a black car with slashed black tires in the dead of a very black night. So have one of shouty Dean, too.
#6 – The Trickster puts the Impala on its rims – Tall Tales
Oh, that Trickster. He always comes up with inventive ways to punish/kill/aggravate people. And what’s the best way to piss off Dean? Mess with his car. What’s an even better way to piss off Dean? Mess with his car and make him think Sam did it. The only way this could have been better is if the Trickster had put the Impala on cement blocks. Bonus points for Impala vandalism getting Sam and Dean to wrestle on the bed.
Aww man #1 was just heart breaking. The impala turned out to be a well loved ‘character’ in the show, so to see her get wrecked like that was just sad. I also jumped something fierce when that Semi came out of no where. Pretty BAD ASS way to end the series.
When Gary backed that car into the dumpster my brother looked at me weird cuz the first thing I yelled was ‘OMG THE CAR!’ That kid pissed me off.
#2 and #3 were also heartbreaking. How can dean abandon the car like that and take a crowbar to its trunk. Very sad moments.
Amazing list by the way. Fun read.
It is so hard to see the Impala in any state other than perfect. When somehting bad happens to her, I think of the sequence after she’s been repair in season two and the boys are cruising the sunny road in the fresh, clean, shiny black Impala – a beautiful sight!
What was amusing about Gary backing the car into the dumpster was the way Dean croaks “reverse!” after the collision.
Great list!
Ardeospina, you’re absolutely right – Dean’s baby has been through a lot in the course of this show.
She was abducted, beaten up, douched up, turned into a pretzel, abused, left to rot in the future…. Poor thing, poor, poor baby!
This is a great list – as it reminds us of what she has been through, but she’s still there. Elton John comes to mind ‘I’m still standing, better than I ever did, looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid…I’m still standing, after all this time…’
I’ll take this as a metaphor. Or some sort of parable – you can get beaten by all kinds of blows in life, but in the end, all that matter, is that you’re still on your feet. Ay, that’s just me.
Best wishes, Jas
Love your list, Ardeospina. Agree with it 100%.
I remember watching #1 still vividly, gave me such a shock. Thought: Is that the end of the series? No!!! It has just started!!!
#2 and #3 actually made me cry, the symbolism of the Impala is just too great.
“Reverse. … Reverse! … It’s in reverse!!” – I can’t get enough of it 😆
Yeah, Dean and his panic attacks… get him hither…. I’m prepared to help, snigger.,.. 😆 Jas
Ardeospina…this is a treasure! Loved it. I remember when I saw the impala get hit by the semi, one my biggest concerns was whether the impala was still with the boys the following season. 😀
That was a great list!
I agree with Freebird. #1 was heart stopping shocking! I
actually thought the series ended with the deaths of all 4 of them. Whew!
#2 and #3 also made me cry. Love that car!
Great list.
I have to say that, for me, even though the Impala getting so wrecked in the S1 finale was shocking, the more emotional impact for me was Dean taking the crowbar to it .. just knowing what he had to be feeling in order to do that to her.
I know it’s tragic that our beloved Metallicar undergoes the abuse it does, but considering the beatings the boys get, it’s only fair that she ‘gets a slice of the action’ as well.
*ducks rotten tomatoes flying towards my head*
That being said, I still couldn’t help screaming “NOOOOO!!!” at the top of my lungs when Gary!Sam attempted to drive her..
Excellent list! The top few were brutal (I still think the very end of Devil’s Trap is the coolest ending of any show’s season, ever) but I love Astronaut.
Ugh, I’m a little late posting this, but thanks, everyone, for your kind words! I’m having a really fun time making these things.
And thanks especially to Alice for the screencaps from “The End” and for adding in the second honorable mention. When I saw that, I was like, “Man, I already turned in my list!” Okay, really, I was like, “Gary, what the hell, man!” Then I fretted my list. Impala first, list second.
Dany, panic attack Dean is definitely adorable. I love that scene, too. He’s usually pretty unflappable, so I love it when he loses it!
Hi Ardeospina
Love the list.
She definitely had her fair share of the Winchester’s fate.
I think I’m with CandyMaize on this one. Dean taking the crowbar to her is just so heartbreaking.