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Physical Appearance
Sam has shaggy brown hair that grows longer and smoother in later seasons; he had a fringe as a child as well as in the first two seasons. Over the course of the show, he grew the fringe out. His eye color seems to change; sometimes they appear light green, sometimes they appear brown, etc. He is noted by other characters to be handsome. Sam is tall, standing at 6’4”[2] —— making him taller than his older brother. Sam has a muscular build with broad shoulders and a muscular chest. This is especially ironic considering that he used to be teased for being short and wiry as a teenager. Like Dean, Sam often wears multiple layers of clothing (namely plaid shirts) as well as jeans and boots.
Personality
Sam possesses a dual nature. He can be unusually kind, empathetic, intelligent and independent. But he can also be coldly pragmatic, cruel, vengeful, arrogant, and proud. Sam tends to be driven by feelings of anger and vengeance. It is only through constant, deliberate choice that Sam develops his better qualities and rejects his darker side.
In the 200th episode, he is described as 'sweet, brave, selfless Sam'. He is often the exasperated voice of logic in his relationship with Dean, who in turn sees him as a geek or prude, and teasingly calls him "bitch," to which Sam usually responds with "jerk". Dean has respect for Sam as a capable hunter and trusts Sam to "have his six".
Sam is repeatedly telling Dean that killing humans is wrong and he does not enjoy the job as much as Dean. However, his desire for vengeance is what drives earlier seasons and keeps the pair in hunting long after Dean would abandon it, and in later seasons he has not hesitated to kill humans when necessary and even led an assault to wipe out the British Men of Letters American operation despite them all being human due to the threat they posed. He was even poised to shoot the unarmed Doctor Hess due to the threat she represented before she was killed by Jody Mills instead.
He does not seem to drink alcohol as much as Dean does and has a much healthier diet than his brother (Dean scoffs at Sam's diet and calls it "rabbit food") and a more strident exercise routine. According to Dean, Sam's blood type is O negative as said in the episode Red Meat. Sam also has a phobia of clowns. This is not helped by the fact that every time they have encountered a clown in the show, it has tried to kill them.
Sam has phenomenal mental power. This is most evident in Swan Song, where he is able to mentally overpower possession by Satan himself to stop the apocalypse. Other incidences include My Bloody Valentine, in which Sam is able to resist Famine's temptation and not drink more demon blood, exorcising the demons and incapacitating Famine instead.
Because of his intelligence, Sam is usually assigned the role of researching information for hunts; he is the "brain", whilst Dean is the "muscle". He normally remembers details that Dean overlooks and is prone to make connections quicker than his brother. He also knows a great deal of information that causes Dean to label him a "walking encyclopedia of weirdness". In college, Sam scored a 174 out of 180 on his LSAT, which Jessica Moore noted was "scary good" in the series pilot.
In spite of their bickering, Sam has looked up to Dean since they were children and knows him better than anyone else. He tries to get Dean to open up about his emotions and problems and encourages him to take care of himself; on several occasions, he is frustrated by his brother's fixation on placing Sam's well-being above his own. However, Sam shows similar protective tendencies towards Dean, particularly after Dean makes his deal and returns from Hell as a shadow of who he used to be.
Sam has a possessive love of Dean as his older brother and relies on his brother as a means of tempering his darker qualities and as a touchstone for what is right. He is happy to allow Dean to take the lead in most things but will go behind Dean's back for Dean's 'own good' when Sam feels it necessary. Sam will choose Dean's wellbeing over the greater good, even against Dean's bluntly stated wishes. When Dean is dead, Sam becomes a very different person, as evidenced by his change in Mystery Spot and what is shown in I Know What You Did Last Summer. When Dean is dead, Sam devolves into cold logic without reason, becoming nearly non-human in his focus to destroy things and get his brother back.
Sam seems drawn to the user, sending a feeling of longing and connection.
As a teenager and even as a young man, he argued with his father constantly whenever they were together. Sam wanted to live a normal, "apple pie" life instead of continuing to hunt, which led to most of his arguments with John and his estrangement from his family at the beginning of the series. However, Dean once stated that despite his own best efforts to be like John; liking the same music, clothes and car
