they say they got the tattoos long time ago in 3x12 jus in bello
posted over a year ago
yes they showed us they got the tattoo on the ep but they must have go it before the ep I would have love to see that part were they went to a tattoo shop and got it done that would have been awesome to see.
We don't see them getting the tattoos or know exactly when they got them. However, it must have been between Heart in S2 (you can see Sam doesn't have it yet) and Jus In Bello in S3, when they first show the tattoos.
They didn't get the tattoo in an episode of Supernatural, but when they were much younger. Except, Sam got it of by the Help of Castiel, so that Crowley would be able to posses him to remove Gadreel from Sammy (9.10). So, now, I do not know if Sammy got it back or not
posted over a year ago
We know they didn't have them pre-series because Sam gets possessed in season 2. We also saw shirtless scenes of both brothers in the first two seasons where they were tattoo-less.
