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Robert Steven "Bobby" Singer owns and operates a car salvage yard in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. When his wife became possessed, he stabbed her in self defense. Rufus Turner came barging in, and exorcised the demon. This was Bobby's introduction into the supernatural. Since he was a regular hunter already, when Bobby became a Hunter his skills were usable against the supernatural. He became friends with John Winchester, and the boys - Dean and Sam. Last time he saw John, there was a disagreement and he threatened to shoot him full of buckshot, and cocked the shotgun.


Contents

  1. Biography
    1. Season 1
    2. Season 2
    3. Season 3
    4. Season 4
    5. Season 5
    6. Season 6
    7. Season 7
    8. Season 8
    9. Season 9
    10. Season 10
    11. Season 11
  2. Appearance
  3. Personality
  4. Powers and Abilities
    1. Spirit Abilities
  5. Weaknesses
  6. Deaths
  7. Relationships
  8. Name
  9. Appearances
  10. Quotes
  11. Pop Culture
  12. Trivia
Seasons1-11
SpeciesHuman
Spirit
StatusDeceased
Dates1950 - 2012 (killed by Richard Roman, spirit put to rest by Dean and Sam Winchester)
OccupationMechanic/Tow truck driver
Hunter
AffiliationThe Winchesters
FamilyKaren Singer (wife)
Ed Singer (father)
Mother Singer (mother)
Dean Winchester (surrogate son)
Sam Winchester (surrogate son)
Portrayed by Jim Beaver
Collin MacKechnie (Young Bobby) in Death's Door
Larissa Gomes (while possessing Louise) in There Will Be Blood and Survival of the Fittest

Biography

Season 1

The boys show up, looking for help in Devil's Trap. Dean wasn't sure they should come, because Bobby had promised to shoot John full of buckshot. Bobby points out John just has that effect with people, and with John in trouble, this is where they ought to be. He hands over a flask of holy water to Dean, along with one of whiskey laced with holy water to test if Dean is possessed. With the Key of Solomon book, Bobby helps them trap Meg. Bobby warns about Meg being possessed. Sam performs an exorcism, while Dean grills her over the location of his father. Meg gives up the information. Even though Bobby warns that with the exorcism the girl Meg dies, Dean insists on Sam to finish it and then the boys lay the girl down to help her be more comfortable in her last minutes. Bobby calls 911, and goes to grab water and a blanket. She confirms the information for Dean, telling them the demon wants them to go to the trap, right before she dies. Bobby tells them to leave before the paramedics get there, figuring something out to lie about. He hands the Key of Solomon book to Sam, telling them to find their Dad, and bring him around, promising to not even shoot him.

Season 2

Sam calls Bobby for In My Time of Dying, and informs him that they had been T-boned by a truck and needed his help to tow the Impala. Bobby promises to be there, and gave an estimate when he will arrive. Sam meets him at the yard off I-83, and he informs Sam that the Impala is not worth a tow. Sam insists to not give up, and Bobby, understanding that it embodies Dean and to not give up on him, agrees to tow it home. Sam hands over a list of ingredients that John claims would be protection from the demon that he wants Bobby to obtain. However, Bobby recognizes them as ingredients for a spell to summon the demon. Sam realizes something is up, so Bobby tells him the truth. Bobby tows the Impala back to his yard, after handing over the ingredients to Sam.

The boys are at Singer Salvage at the start of Everybody Loves a Clown. They had just given their father a hunter's funeral, and are trying to deal with their grief. Dean is working on the crushed Impala when they caught a lead on one of John's old messages. Sam asks for permission to take one of Bobby's cars. He gives them a minivan that still needs work on the belt. They end up ditching it, afraid they'd be arrested. The boys come back to his yard, for Dean to finish working on the Impala.

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Appearance

A gruff older man, with a bit of a beer belly. Standing tall at 5' 11", with hazel eyes and light auburn/blonde hair, mustache, and beard - all of which are spinkled with gray. He generally wears worn blue jeans with solid color old T-shirts, jacket vests, and a ratty baseball cap.

Personality

Taking no crap from anyone, Bobby calls himself a paranoid bastard. He tests everyone with holy water for possession. Rough around the edges, he knows quite a few hunters and is the galvanizing force behind most of the hunting community. Bobby is smart and can dig into the lore like no one's business. He is a dog with a bone working through a hunt. He is best on his feet, in the thick of things.

Powers and Abilities

Spirit Abilities


Weaknesses

Emotionally damaged from his father, Bobby never had kids of his own. He was very protective of his wife, running off the boys from his property rather than give her up as a zombie. Early on, he is considered the community's drunkard. Rufus tells Bobby that the boys are his weakness, but Bobby does not believe so. During season 5, Bobby is in a wheelchair, and feeling low; every day he considers blowing his brains out.


Deaths

In Swan Song, trying to distract Lucifer, Bobby shot him twice. To retaliate, Lucifer snapped Bobby's neck, killing him. Later on, Castiel knelt down next to Bobby and healed his broken neck, bring him back to life.

Bobby was shot in the head by Dick Roman in How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters, but died in Death's Door.

Relationships

Castiel met Bobby through the boys, and considered him a close friend after a bit. However, in season 6, after Sam came back soulless and Castiel burned Crowley's bones, Bobby became suspicious of Castiel. Turned out for a good reason, and Bobby then treated Cas as an enemy while he was trying to open Purgatory. After Castiel turned into Godstiel, Bobby was careful not to upset him. Castiel then died, and Bobby was killed before Cas came back.

Crowley popped in on Bobby during the Apocalypse, and with Bobby's soul as a crossroads deal, Crowley helped find Death and end the Apocalypse. The crossroads deal also gave Bobby his legs back. Bobby had to work to get his soul back in season 6, but demanded to keep his legs. Bobby, as part of Team Free Will, worked against Crowley opening Purgatory. Crowley kept his demons out of the boys way until they dealt with the Leviathans; Bobby died before Dick was taken care of.

Ellen Harvelle knew Bobby in the hunting community. She helped Bobby with the fight against opening the devil's gate. Her death hit him hard. In another timeline, Bobby married Ellen.

Sheriff Jody Mills would arrest Bobby for drunk and disorderly for years before she was introduced to the supernatural world. Jody and Bobby then had a close relationship, where she would help him or he would help her. There was some possibility of romance, but they never got beyond a quick kiss before he died.

Ed Singer was Bobby's abusive father. Bobby ended up shooting and killing him to protect his mother.

Karen Singer was Bobby's wife. She wanted kids, but with his abusive father claiming he breaks everything he touches, Bobby was afraid and told her no, to his regret. After she was possessed, Bobby stabbed her before Rufus exorcised the demon and she died. Death took a stroll through the graveyard and she was resurrected as a zombie for a short time. Bobby was forced to kill her twice, to his eternal regret.

Mrs. Singer was Bobby's mother. She tried to keep Bobby "good" so his father would not get upset, and then blamed Bobby when he tried to protect her.

Rufus Turner saved Bobby from the demon in his wife, and taught Bobby the hunting lifestyle after introducing him to the supernatural. They hunted together as partners until they had a falling out after Omaha.

Dean Winchester was Bobby's "adopted" son. Bobby acted as a surrogate dad for him when John died. Bobby was even able to take control from a demon possessing him to stab himself, rather than Dean. Bobby once admitted to Dean that he was Bobby's favorite. Bobby gave Dean advice, was an ear to listen to, and looked up lore for the hunter.

John Winchester was a friend and hunting associate. When the boys were little, Bobby would watch John's sons during a few of John's hunts. The last time the two of them saw each other alive, Bobby threatened John with a shotgun to run him off.

Sam Winchester was Bobby's "adopted" son. Bobby acted as a surrogate dad for him when John died. Bobby gave Sam advice, was an ear to listen to, and looked up lore for the hunter.


Name

Bobby's full name is Robert Steven Singer (Lazarus Rising).


Appearances

Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Season 11


Quotes

  • Idjits. (Bobby's signature line to Dean and Sam, used in a lot of episodes)
  • Balls! (Bobby's signature cussing line, used in a lot of episodes)

Season 1

22 Devil's Trap
  • Bobby: Here ya go.
    Dean: What is this – holy water?
    Bobby: That one is.
    (Bobby holds out the other flask.)
    Bobby: This is whiskey.
  • Bobby: Nonsense. Your Daddy needs help.
    Dean: Yeah, but last time we saw you, I mean, you did threaten to blast him full of buckshot. Cocked the shotgun and everything.
    Bobby: Yeah, well, what can I say? John just has that effect on people.
  • Bobby: I'll tell you something else, too. This is some serious crap you boys stepped in.
    Sam: Oh, yeah? How's that?
    Bobby: Normal year, I hear of, say, three demonic possessions? Maybe four, tops?
    Dean: Yeah?
    Bobby: This year I heard of 27, so far. You get what I'm sayin'? More and more demons are walkin' among us. A lot more.
    Sam: Do you know why?
    Bobby: No, but I know it's somethin' big. Storm's comin'. And you boys, your daddy? You are smack in the middle of it.
  • You just go find your Dad. And when you do, you bring him around, woudya? I won't even try to shoot him this time.

Season 2

1 In My Time of Dying
  • Sam: Oh man. Dean is gonna be pissed.
    (Bobby and Sam exchange a look before looking back at the Impala. Both head over to the ruined car.)
    Bobby: Look, Sam. It's... this just ain't worth a tow. I say we empty the trunk and sell the rest for scrap.
    Sam: No. Dean would kill me if we did that. When he gets better he's gonna want to fix this.
    Bobby: There's nothing to fix. Frame's a pretzel. The engine's ruined. There's barely any parts worth salvaging.
    Sam: Listen to me, Bobby. If there's only one working part, that's enough. We're not just going to give up on...
14 Born Under a Bad Sign
15 Tall Tales
21 All Hell Breaks Loose Part 1

Season 3

3 Bad Day at Black Rock
8 A Very Supernatural Christmas
11 Mystery Spot
16 No Rest for the Wicked
  • Family don't end with blood, boy.

Season 4

1 Lazarus Rising
2 Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
  • Bobby: Solid iron... completely coated in salt. 100% ghost proof.
    Sam: You build a panic room?
    Bobby: I had a weekend off.
    Dean: Bobby...
    Bobby: What?
    Dean: You're awesome.
6 Yellow Fever
10 Heaven and Hell
22 Lucifer Rising
  • You stupid, stupid son of a bitch. Well, Boo-hoo. I'm so sorry your feeling are hurt, princess! Are you under the impression that family's supposed to make you feel good, make you an apple pie, maybe? They're supposed to make you miserable! That's why they're fmaily!

Season 5

1 Sympathy for the Devil
2 Good God Y'all
3 Free to Be You and Me
7 The Curious Case of Dean Winchester
  • Brains trumps leg, apparently.
  • Now have we done feeling our feelings? Because I'd like to get out this room before we both start growing lady parts.
18 Point of No Return
20 The Devil You Know
  • Get the hell off my proptery before I blast you so full of rock salt you crap margarita.
21 Two Minutes to Midnight
  • Bobby: Why'd you take a picture?
    Crowley: Why do you have to use tongue?

Season 6

1 Exile on Main St.
4 Weekend at Bobby's
  • No Garth, not me the FBI, the real FBI. How are you still alive?
  • Sam, Dean, I love you like my own, I do. But sometimes you tow are the whiniest, most self-absorbed sons of bitches I ever met. I'm selfish? Me? I do everything for you. Everything! You need some lore scrounged up? You need your asses pulled out of the fire? You need someone to bitch to about each other? You call me and I come through every damn time. And what do I get for it? Jack, with a side of squat/ I know you've got issues. God knows I know. But I got a newsflash for you: You ain't the center of the universe. Now it may have slipped your mind that Crowley owns my sould and the meter is running, and I will be damned if I'm going to sit around and be damned. So how about you two sack up and help me for once!
  • You may be king of the dirtbags here, but in life you were nothing but a two-bit tailor who sold his soul in exchange for an extra three inches below the belt.
8 All Dogs Go to Heaven
11 Appointment in Samarra
  • Ain't nobody killing me in my house but me.
12 Like a Virgin
  • Like my daddy always said: Just cuz it kills your liver don't mean it ain't medicine.
  • Dean: What do you know about dragons?
    Bobby: What? Nothing.
    Dean: Seriously.
    Bobby: They're not like the Loch Ness Monster, Dean. Dragons aren't real.
    Dean: Could you make a few calls?
    Bobby: To who? Hogwarts?
13 Unforgiven
16 ...And Then There Were None
17 My Heart Will Go On
18 Frontierland
19 Mommy Dearest

Season 7

2 Hello, Cruel World
  • He was friends with us, wasn't he? Can't get much dumber than that.
3 The Girl Next Door
9 How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters
  • I've been to enough funerals, I mean it. You die before me and I'll kill you.
10 Death's Door
  • How am I supposed to know what I don't want me to know?
  • I WAS A KID! Kids ain't supposed to be grateful. They're supposed to eat your food and break your heart, you selfish dick. You DIED, and I was still so afraid I'd turn into you I never even had kids of my own. Well, as fate would have it, I adopted two boys. And they grew up great. They grew up heroes.
  • Idjits.
13 The Slice Girls
18 Party On, Garth
19 Of Grave Importance
  • I can kill werewolves, fix a Pinto and bake cornbread. I will be damned if I can't get Zen.
20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo
21 Reading is Fundamental
22 There Will Be Blood
23 Survival of the Fittest

Season 8

19 Taxi Driver

Season 9

1 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

Season 10

17 Inside Man
  • Kick it in the ass.

Season 11

Pop Culture

Season 1

22 Devil's Trap
  • Roach Motel - "Hell, yeah. You get a demon in - they're trapped. Powerless. It's like a Satanic roach motel."
  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld - The name of Bobby's dog.

Season 2

1 In My Time of Dying
2 Everybody Loves a Clown
14 Born Under a Bad Sign
15 Tall Tales

Season 3

1 The Magnificent Seven
2 The Kids Are Alright
3 Bad Day at Black Rock
8 A Very Supernatural Christmas
10 Dream a Little Dream of Me
11 Mystery Spot
15 Time Is on My Side
16 No Rest for the Wicked

Season 4

1 Lazarus Rising
2 Are You There God? It's Me, Dean Winchester
10 Heaven and Hell
14 Sex and Violence
21 When the Levee Breaks
22 Lucifer Rising

Season 5

2 Good God, Y'All
3 Free to Be You and Me
10 Abandon All Hope
15 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
21 Two Minutes to Midnight

Season 6

4 Weekend at Bobby's
6 You Can't Handle the Truth
8 All Dogs Go to Heaven
12 Like a Virgin
13 Unforgiven
16 ...And Then There Were None
17 My Heart Will Go On
18 Frontierland
19 Mommy Dearest
20 The Man Who Would Be King
22 The Man Who Knew Too Much

Season 7

1 Meet the New Boss
2 Hello, Cruel World
3 The Girl Next Door
4 Defending Your Life
5 Shut Up, Dr. Phil
6 Slash Fiction
8 Season 7, Time for a Wedding!
9 How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters
13 The Slice Girls
17 The Born-Again Identity
18 Party On, Garth
20 The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo
21 Reading is Fundamental
22 There Will Be Blood
23 Survival of the Fittest

Season 8

6 Southern Comfort
15 Man's Best Friend with Benefits

Season 9

1 I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here

Season 10

17 Inside Man

Season 11

Trivia