Zippo

A Zippo is a form of lighter.

History
While hunting the ghost of Sanford Ellicott, hunter Dean Winchester carries a Zippo. After finding Ellicott's corpse, Dean attempts to perform a salt and burn, but is interrupted by Ellicott's ghost. As Ellicott uses his powers on Dean, Dean manages to reach his Zippo and use it to ignite Ellicott's corpse, destroying his ghost.

In order to destroy Mordechai Murdoch, Dean uses a Zippo and some gasoline to light Murdoch's house on fire.

After finding Melanie's doll, Dean desperately attempts to use his Zippo to burn it in order to destroy Melanie Merchant's ghost. After several failed tries, the lighter finally catches and Dean is able to burn the doll and destroy the ghost.

While hunting changelings and later a Rugaru, the Winchesters use Zippos to light their flamethrowers to kill the monsters.

While luring Alastair in as part of a plan to save Anna Milton, Ruby used a Zippo to burn her hex bag hiding her location from the demons.

In order to destroy the vengeful spirit of Dirk MacGregor, Jr., Dean uses a Zippo to burn Dirk's last lock of hair. Dean later does the same to Leticia Gore after mistaking her as the ghost that is harming fans at a Supernatural convention. After discovering that its really the Ghost Orphans, Demian and Barnes perform a salt and burn upon their bones to destroy them. While struggling to get his Zippo lit, Demian complains that "Sam and Dean always get it on the first try."

While trapping the archangels Raphael and Gabriel respectively in holy fire, Castiel and Sam Winchester use Zippos to light the holy oil. Sam later does the same while trapping Balthazar.

While fighting a Lamia, Dean uses a Zippo as part of a makeshift flamethrower to kill the monster. While helping Bobby Singer break his deal with Crowley, Dean clicks his Zippo over the phone repeatedly to warn Crowley that he is ready to kill him if Crowley doesn't comply. After Crowley breaks the deal and arrives in Scotland to collect his bones, Dean considers torching them anyway, but Sam closes his lighter to stop him.

In order to destroy the ghost of Kate Fox, Dean attempts to use a Zippo to ignite her bones in a salt and burn, but his Zippo fails to light, apparently out of lighter fluid. As Kate rushes towards them, Sam tosses a Zippo of his own into her grave, destroying her ghost.

After learning that the violent spirit is actually Margaret Fox, the Winchesters attempt to salt and burn her bones to end her rampage with Dean commenting that his lighter is full this time. However, Margaret's bones are not in her grave. After finding them in Jimmy Tomorrow's bed, Sam uses a Zippo to ignite the bones and destroy Margaret.

In order to trap Guy the rogue Crossroad Demon, Becky Rosen lures him in with the promises of making a deal and then uses a Zippo to burn a devil's trap made out of blueberry vodka into the carpet.

In order to safely remove a bullet from Sam, Dean uses his Zippo to sterilize a pair of tweezers.

When the Prince of Hell Ramiel arrives in the barn that they are hiding in, Sam uses a Zippo to ignite the holy oil ring around Ramiel in an attempt to trap him.

As he is forced to turn over Barthamus' bones, Dean discreetly leaves his Zippo on top of them and signals Alice to what he has done. After reaching the bones, Alice uses Dean's Zippo to set them on fire, killing Barthamus.

Appearances

 * Season 1
 * Asylum
 * Hell House
 * Provenance
 * Season 3
 * The Kids Are Alright
 * Season 4
 * Metamorphosis
 * Heaven and Hell
 * After School Special
 * Season 5
 * Free To Be You and Me
 * Changing Channels
 * The Real Ghostbusters
 * Season 6
 * The Third Man
 * Weekend at Bobby's
 * Season 7
 * The Mentalists
 * Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!
 * Season 11
 * Red Meat
 * Season 12
 * Stuck in the Middle (With You)
 * Season 13
 * The Scorpion and The Frog

Trivia

 * The Winchesters appear to go through many Zippos over the course of the show. This likely comes from the fact that they are always dropping them into graves during salt and burns which presumably destroys the lighter as well.