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“ | Sam: Rakshasa. It's a race of ancient Hindu creatures. They appear in human form, they feed on human flesh, they can make themselves invisible, and they cannot enter a home without first being invited. Dean: They dress up like clowns, and children invite them in. Why don't they just feed on the kids? Sam: Not enough meat on the bones, maybe? Apparently, Rakshasa live in squalor. They sleep on a bed of dead insects. And they have to feed a few times every 20 to 30 years -- slow metabolism, I guess. | ” |
The Rakshasa is a mischievous and homicidal imp supernatural creature that first appeared in "Everybody Loves a Clown".
Characteristics
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“ | Dean: Planes crash! Sam: Yeah, and apparently, clowns kill. | ” |
— Sam and Dean
in Everybody Loves a Clown |
Background
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The Rakshasa is disguised as the blind knife thrower who works with the circus. It appears to children as a clown, and, when they invite it into their home, it kills their parents. Ellen tells them the creature can be killed with a knife of pure brass. As it pursues them, it becomes invisible, but Sam manages to kill the Rakshasa with a brass pipe from the organ in the fun house.
Powers and Abilities
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- Shapeshifting - They can take human form to disguise themselves and can distort their faces to partially reveal their true form.
- Invisibility - They can easily become invisible.
- Invulnerability - They can only be killed by brass, allowing it to quickly and completely recover from being damaged from anything else.
- Super Strength - They are incredibly strong, able to easily overpower and maul humans.
- Super Senses - They possess incredible hearing, as one was able to over hear Dean's entire conversation, despite being outside the range of human hearing distance.
- Super Speed - They move really fast, appearing a mist-like blur.
Weaknesses
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- Brass - A Rakshasa can be killed with a brass knife. Sam killed the rakshasa in the fun house by breaking off a brass organ pipe and stabbing it with it.
- Invitation - A Rakshasa cannot enter a home without being invited in. The Rakshasa in Everybody Loves a Clown combated this by dressing as a clown so that the children would invite it in.
Known Rakshasas
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- Barry Papazian (deceased)
Appearances
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Trivia
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- Rakshasa's eyes are similar to those of Samhain.
- Before Barry Papazian was ousted as a Rakshasa, Mr. S. Cooper was suspected of being one, partially due to the fact that he worked with two circuses that the Rakshasa was believed to work in and that Cooper possessed a great resemblance to his father, who own the previous circus. This implies that the creature has some level of Longevity.
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