Over the course of 15 years, Supernatural has featured a huge number of supporting characters. Although the focus has always been on Sam and Dean Winchester (and occasionally Castiel), every guest star and recurring character managed to get a chance to shine, regardless of whether they were friend or foe.
Some of the best character arcs in the series were when an individual would switch sides. This change could be sudden or gradual but it was always interesting to watch unfold. The best part was that it was interchangeable; good people could turn bad and vice versa. So, here are 5 friends turned enemies, and 5 enemies turned allies.
10 Enemy Turned Friend - Balthazar
Balthazar was a bit of a complicated character but he was very entertaining, so it was a shame that he only lasted for a handful of episodes. He and Castiel used to be close personal friends but Balthazar eventually faked his own death and stole a bunch of weapons from Heaven to protect himself against the civil war between Castiel and Raphael.
When he first encountered the Winchesters, he played a slightly antagonistic role, as he had collected the soul of a young boy in exchange for one of the weapons. He initially refused to give back the soul, until Sam and Dean trapped him. However, Balthazar also assisted the Winchesters multiple times, such as siding with them against Cas.
9 Friend Turned Enemy - Gadreel
To be fair, Gadreel was never technically a friend of the Winchesters, as when he met Sam and Dean for the first time, he was pretending to be another angel called Ezekiel, who was apparently loved by everyone according to Cas. However, Gadreel still agreed to heal Sam, who was dying from wounds inflicted on him by the three Trials.
Gadreel lived up to his word for the first few episodes of Supernatural's ninth season, but suspicions were aroused when he refused to let Castiel anywhere near him. Gadreel then encountered Metatron, who manipulated him into doing his bidding, which included holding Sam hostage and killing Kevin.
8 Enemy Turned Friend - Amara AKA The Darkness
With a name like the Darkness, you know this Goddess isn't messing around. Amara is actually God's sister, although who created them and how exactly they're related to each other is still a mystery. Back in Season 11 when God was seen as the representative of light, Amara represented the dark, and was annoyed with her brother for loving his own creation.
When Dean released her from her prison that she had been placed in by God and Lucifer, Amara proceeded to learn about the world, as well as form a close connection with Dean. It was this connection that helped she and God reconcile, as well as thanking Dean by resurrecting his mother.
7 Friend Turned Enemy - Anna
Anna started off as an innocent angel, and Castiel and Uriel's former superior. However, she removed her grace and was born again on Earth. She first met Sam and Dean in a mental institution, as she had been hearing voices, which was actually angel radio. The Winchesters then helped hide Anna from Cas and Uriel who had been ordered to hunt her down.
In return, she saved their lives and hooked up with Dean in the process. Unfortunately, later on in the series, Anna was captured by Heaven and when she returned, she was still focused on preventing the Apocalypse but this time, the Winchesters were collateral damage, as she intended to kill their parents before they were even born.
6 Enemy Turned Friend - Rowena
Rowena is one of the newer individuals on this list, but that just proves that even in old age, Supernatural can still produce complex and well written characters. First introduced in Season 10, Rowena was an incredibly powerful witch, and often hid her less than desirable intentions behind her cheeky sense of humor.
Rowena was more of an anti-hero than an enemy to the Winchesters but she was still fairly antagonistic towards them for the majority of her time on the show. However, in the later seasons, she and Sam struck up an awkward friendship due to both of them knowing what it was like to have been tortured by Lucifer and to feel that fear.
5 Friend Turned Enemy - Ruby
Ruby was a tricky individual to figure out, which made her a fairly compelling character. First introduced in Season 3, Ruby appeared to Sam and Dean as a reluctant ally to aid them against the hordes of demons released by Azazel, and Lilith's mysterious mission.
It later transpired that Ruby was in fact a demon, which automatically meant that the Winchesters did not trust her. However, for the whole of the season, Ruby continued helping the boys. In Season 4 though, her true colors were revealed and it turned out that she had been working for Lucifer the entire time, by persuading Sam to consume demon blood to become more powerful.
4 Enemy Turned Friend - Meg
Meg was a demon who was introduced to the series way back in Season 1 and she possessed the body of a young woman called Meg Masters. She initially befriended Sam but this was all just a ruse. For the remainder of the season, she acted as an antagonist to the Winchesters until they exorcised her from her host body.
Meg returned briefly in Season 2 and then properly in Season 5 with a brand new body. This new Meg started off just as evil as the original. However, the various precarious situations she was placed in caused her to gradually become an ally of the Winchesters, and she even formed a weird sort of bond with Castiel before her death.
3 Friend Turned Enemy - Castiel
Castiel is a fan-favorite character, having been in the show for almost as long as Sam and Dean themselves. His character development was excellently handled and he is now an irreplaceable member of Team Free Will. Cas is invaluable to both Winchester brothers and they view him as family, and he them.
This is why it was so bizarre and weird when Castiel became one of the Big Bads of Season 6. Busy fighting a war in Heaven against Raphael, Castiel worked with Crowley to absorb all the souls in purgatory so that he could defeat the archangel. To do so meant that Cas had to work against the Winchesters, causing a massive rift between them.
2 Enemy Turned Friend - Crowley
Crowley was yet another character that had a huge impact on the audience. He was a very popular villain and he stuck around for a respectable 8 seasons before he killed himself to trap Lucifer. Originally, despite his status as a demon, and a powerful one at that, Crowley acted as an ally of sorts towards the Winchesters, helping them take down Lucifer.
However, after the Devil was defeated, Crowley was revealed to have his own agenda and spent several seasons plotting against the Winchesters. Gradually though, he came to develop a grudging respect for them, particularly Dean, and, after some persuasion, usually ended up helping them with minimal gain for himself.
1 Friend Turned Enemy - God
Given that the angels turned out to be even scarier than demons, we shouldn't really have been surprised at this latest twist. Still, surprised we were. God made his official first appearance fairly late in the game in Season 11, drawn out of self-imposed solitude by the threat of his sister, Amara. He wasn't particularly endearing but he did help try and stop the Darkness.
His next appearance was a lot darker, and a lot more shocking. In the show's fourteenth season's finale, God reappeared thanks to Castiel's prayer and gave the Winchesters a gun that could kill anything, demanding that they use it to kill Jack. When they refused, God responded by opening the Gates of Hell.
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