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* ActionGirl: Efficient with physical combat, guns, and swords. She can take on much more skilled and experienced opponents such as Hook and Gold.

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* ActionGirl: Efficient with physical combat, guns, and swords. She can take on much more skilled and experienced opponents such as Hook and Gold. She is also a fairly powerful light magic user, due to being the Savior.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Emma as the Dark One]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_swan.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
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* MeaningfulName: "Emma" means "all-embracing, universal; whole, complete"; and the show writers have stated that "Swan" is a reference to the story of ''Literature/TheUglyDuckling''. additionally, though this might have been accidental, Emma is an nickname commonly used as a nickname for Emmanuelle the feminine form of the name Emmanuel wich is one of the names used to refer to Jesus aka the Saviour.

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* MeaningfulName: "Emma" means "all-embracing, universal; whole, complete"; and the show writers have stated that "Swan" is a reference to the story of ''Literature/TheUglyDuckling''. additionally, Additionally, though this might have been accidental, Emma is an nickname commonly used as a nickname for Emmanuelle the feminine form of the name Emmanuel wich is one of the names used to refer to Jesus aka the Saviour.
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* MeaningfulName: "Emma" means "all-embracing, universal; whole, complete"; and the show writers have stated that "Swan" is a reference to the story of ''Literature/TheUglyDuckling''.

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* MeaningfulName: "Emma" means "all-embracing, universal; whole, complete"; and the show writers have stated that "Swan" is a reference to the story of ''Literature/TheUglyDuckling''. additionally, though this might have been accidental, Emma is an nickname commonly used as a nickname for Emmanuelle the feminine form of the name Emmanuel wich is one of the names used to refer to Jesus aka the Saviour.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** During her stint as the Dark One, and her vow of hatred and anger at the people of Storybrooke, upon him summoning her, she assurers her son that of everyone she swore vengeance upon for their failure, Henry isn't one of them, and that she still loves him.
--->'''Henry''': I'm sorry Mom, whatever happened in Camelot, I'm sorry we failed you\\
'''Emma''': I know what I said last night, but Henry, ''you'' didn't fail me. Everyone else did.
** Likewise, the entire reason she gave in to her growing darkness was to save Hook, and even as the Dark One, she makes it clear, she still love him, [[spoiler:and made him a Dark One too, before casting the curse, to save his life.]]
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* BerserkButton: Emma HATES being lied too for any reason due to a lifetime of disappointment. She broke things off with her best friend when she was a kid because she lied about being an orphan (she WAS an orphan but was adopted but hated her home life so she ran away). She also looses trust on Hook in the second part of Season 3 because he kept secret about Zelena cursing him in a ploy to steal her powers, even David (who doesnt really like or trust Hook) tells her that he did the best he could in his situation.

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* BerserkButton: Emma HATES being lied too to for any reason due to a lifetime of disappointment. She broke things off with her best friend when she was a kid because she lied about being an orphan (she WAS an orphan but was adopted but hated her home life so she ran away). She also looses loses trust on Hook in the second part half of Season 3 because he kept secret about Zelena cursing him in a ploy to steal her powers, powers; even David (who doesnt really like or trust Hook) tells her that he did the best he could in his situation.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: In Seasons 1-3, she wants very little to do with magic and simply wants to be a normal mother to Henry. [[spoiler:Gets it at the conclusion of her story.]]

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* IJustWantToBeNormal: In Seasons 1-3, she wants very little to do with magic and simply wants to be a normal mother to Henry. [[spoiler:Gets it at the conclusion of It isn't until Season 4 when she learns to embrace her story.]]powers.
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* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Emma's problem with a vengeance in Season 1, as painfully revealed in "The Stranger".
-->'''Emma''': I don't ''want'' them to need me!
-->'''August''': Well that's too bad, because we all do.
-->'''Emma''': You're saying I am responsible for everyone's happiness? That is crap! I didn't ask for that, I don't want it!
-->'''August''': Right now. A little while ago you didn't want Henry either, but then he came to you, and now you are fighting like hell for him.
-->'''Emma''': For ''him''! Because that is all I can handle right now, and I'm not even doing a good job at that! Now you're telling me that I have to save everyone? That is beyond ridiculous! [[RefusalOfTheCall I don't want any of it]].
-->'''August''': Well that's too bad, Emma, because that doesn't change the truth. You're our only hope.
-->'''Emma''': Then you're all screwed.
** In mid-Season 2, even after saving Mary Margaret from prison, slaying a dragon, breaking the curse, etc., Emma still has low self-esteem, as evidenced when she expresses doubt in herself after believing that the only reason she is the savior is because of Rumplestiltskin's plans. Furthermore, she expresses fear in reverting to the person she was before Storybrooke and therefore not being mother material for Henry.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Emma gives off this vibe in the first episode, to allow for a bigger impact during the scene later in the episode where she breaks down at the playground with Henry.
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* TheCynic: Emma in the first few seasons, as opposed to her parents.
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->''"This is the real world Regina; there are no heroes and villains, just real people with real problems."''

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->''"This is the real world Regina; there are no heroes and villains, just real people with real problems."''"''
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