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Supernatural handcuffs are metal handcuffs etched with different anti-supernatural runes, that can bind a supernatural being, and make them powerless. The cuffs work on demons, angels, reapers, and probably other supernatural creatures.
Characteristics
These handcuffs are etched with various supernatural symbols, including a pentagram. When a supernatural entity is cuffed by their vessel's wrists, all of their powers will be blocked.
According to Cecily, the handcuffs cannot come off by supernatural means, and they can only come off by using a special key.
Uses
- Sam and Dean used the supernatural handcuffs to incapacitate and capture Crowley, when Dean slipped them on him. The handcuffs were kept on Crowley while he was in the Winchesters' captivity.
- After finding and freeing Linda Tran, Sam and Dean held Del captive using the supernatural handcuffs.
- When Sam and Dean tracked Crowley down, they re-bound him with the supernatural handcuffs for a short time while Crowley detoxed from his blood addiction.
- Sam and Dean bound Gadreel with the supernatural handcuffs after capturing him in Ogden, Utah. The cuffs remained on Gadreel afterwards, until Metatron freed him during the Winchesters' hostage exchange with him.
- Dean used the supernatural handcuffs to capture Tessa after tracking her down as one of the suicide bombers among Castiel's army.
- Castiel and Gadreel slipped the supernatural handcuffs on Cas as part of their prisoner-and-escort ruse to infiltrate Heaven.
- Sam captures a demon, Dar, with the supernatural handcuffs and tortures her in order to get her to tell him where Dean and Crowley are.
- Sam used the handcuffs to capture Demon Dean. (Reichenbach). He kept Dean bound in them while curing him with purified blood. (Soul Survivor)
- Metatron was bound by them while held prisoner by Sam and Dean. (The Hunter Games)
- Metatron was once again bound by them when Castiel and Bobby Singer broke him out of Heaven's dungeon. (Inside Man)
- Metatron remained bound by them as he helped Castiel search for his grace. He was released by Castiel to help him search, leading to his escape. (Book of the Damned)
- After capturing Castiel, Efram and Jonah used a pair of handcuffs to bind him. Under the control of the Attack Dog Spell, Castiel managed to overcome their power and telekinetically push spikes out of his head. (Form and Void)
- Sam and Dean kept Castiel chained with a pair of the handcuffs while they tried to figure out how to break the Attack Dog Spell. He later escaped them. (The Bad Seed)
- While going after Amara in Crowley's lair, Sam chose to restrain demons with the handcuffs rather than kill them. Sam was able to restrain two of the three demons he faced, though he had to kill a third when he couldn't defeat him otherwise. (Our Little World)