History Characters / OnceUponATimeStorybrooke

* AbsoluteCleavage: Even more so than the Evil Queen. ''The Evil Queen''. (Not so much in Storybrooke, what with her being, you know, a ''nun'' and all.)

* IllBoy: Given how often he sneezes.

* NiceHat: He has one that allows for travel between different dimensions, including the Enchanted Forest and Wonderland. Regina steals it after trapping him in Wonderland, forcing him to try and make a new one.

* NiceHat: Or at least, a trademark one. It's how Rumplestiltskin discovers the loophole allowing him to leave Storybrooke and finally find his son.

* JerkassWoobie: He's a ruthless, nasty person before he has a daughter, and in the real world, he's a StalkerWithoutACrush and a kidnapper... but it is also incredibly hard not to feel sorry for him.

* AdultFear: His time in Wonderland almost feels like a single parent being sent away and having no way to know whether or not his child is safe or if he'll ever see her again. In Storybrooke, he's essentially a man who's daughter was kidnapped and can't do anything about it despite knowing where she is, because no one would ever believe him.

* OutnumberedSibling: The only girl in her family, alongside six brothers.

* FairySexy: Well, her outfit tends to emphasize her chest, which leads to her FanNickname: "The Boob Fairy". [[invoked]]

* NamesToRunAwayFrom: When this woman is pissed, running is something you should do.

* WellDoneSonGuy: His father never really respected his scientific achievements and made it quite clear Victor was the family's UnFavorite.

* WrongGuyFirst: In Storybrooke, he goes on a terrible first date with Mary Margaret before she develops {{UST}} with David.

* BadassBeard: Had an impressive beard in Enchanted Forest. It was absent in his Sidney Glass persona at first, but in his reappearance in Season 4 he has grown a shorter beard.

* NotSoDifferent: Snow and Grumpy bond over their "lost" loves.

* NotSoDifferent: When he's feeling alone and stressed enough to try to kill himself, Ruby stops him. She then tells him that the two of them are damaged people who have lost loved ones, so they aren't that different from each other, but Ruby is okay with that because they have a second chance now. As Dr. Whale says later, they're both monsters. (Note that this is taken lightly, not as a slight against either of them.)

* CinderellaCircumstances: Well, obviously. She is Cinderella, so it's a given.

* CosmicEntity: She has traits of one.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChristopherGauthier

* TakenForGranite: Frederick accidentally fell on Midas's hand while defending him and was turned to gold as a result. He cannot be revived by TrueLovesKiss because his helmet's visor is fused over his face.

* HiddenDepths: Abigail is introduced as a vapid, spoiled brat, but she actually has her own secret army and is more than willing to help Charming find Snow White since she doesn't want to marry him either.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Eventually wishes David and Mary Margaret well, having realized that she never really deeply loved David and only did so out of some strange sense of obligation.

* RoyalBrat: Our initial introduction to her in the Enchanted Forest suggests she's this, but later events change the impression: she acts cold because she's no more interested in her ArrangedMarriage with Charming than he is, and for the same reason - her True Love is someone else. She acts like a brat in hopes that Charming would get sick of her and call off the marriage, until she learns that this is uncalled for.

A knight, and Princess Abigail's true love, who is accidentally turned into gold by King Midas. In Storybrooke, he only appears very briefly, as a gym teacher whom Kathryn bumps into while on her way to confront Mary Margaret, and is later the first one on the scene of Kathryn's disappearance at the town limits.

* TookALevelInKindness: At some point between the Enchanted Forest events in "The Doctor" and "Hat Trick", he loses much of his ruthlessness that he shown when he was willing to help Rumplestiltskin corrupt Regina. This is because he found a woman to love and [[DeliverUsFromEvil have a child with]]... and when his evil "line of work" caused him to lose said woman, he quit it for good and focused only on being a good man and good father for his daughter.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: One of the better examples on the show: In keeping with the show's treatment of other fairytale characters, the Mad Hatter is not a strange-looking older man with mad scientist hair, but an extremely handsome young man.

* AntiVillain: He's pushed into what he does by Regina's manipulation and betrayal plus love of his daughter. Also he's been driven more than a bit crazy by his time in Wonderland and being one of the few conscious people in Storybrooke. Though it is subverted after his first appearance in chronological order when he helped manipulate Regina for his own greedy motives, and was blissfully unrepentant, unlike Victor Frankenstein, who sounded a bit shaken after his participation.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Regina's treatment of him may be spectacular KickTheDog behavior, but after seeing his role in her [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] and [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting]] it's also rather karmic.

* [[Characters/OnceUponATimeStorybrooke Storybrooke Characters]]

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* Storybrooke Characters

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->'''Played By:''' Creator/TonyAmendola, Michael Strusievici (child)

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* BigBadWannabe: He's only put in a BigBad position when others of higher power like the Evil Queen and Rumpelstiltskin allow it.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: While she does go around helping those in need, she can also be extremely judgmental and cruel to those she feels are undeserving of her help, especially if you're a dwarf ''and'' she catches you dating one of her fairy mongrels. Made more explicit in "Quite a Common Fairy" where she refuses to help Regina because her mother was Cora and Rumpelstiltskin was tutoring her in magic, and when Tinker Bell tries to prove her wrong with some stolen pixie dust, she takes her magic and wings and turns her into a human for betraying her trust.

* HolierThanThou: She does ''not'' have a good opinion of either Regina or Rumpel. ''Especially'' Rumpel.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She will help anyone in following their beliefs and dreams ''except'' if they have too much darkness in them, even if they may really need the help. As shown by her refusing to help Rumpel find Baelfire, or offer any help to Regina as revealed in "Quite a Common Fairy." Tinker Bell calls her out for the latter, to which she admits to being too strict at the time.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She accidentally let it slip to Rumpel that there was a curse he could cast to reunite with Bae. But she brushed it off as she believed he would never be able to cast it. Boy was she wrong.

* Really700YearsOld: She looks the same now as she did decades ago when Geppetto was a little boy and even centuries before that when Rumpelstiltskin's son Baelfire asked for help saving his father. And she's implied to be ancient even then. "The Black Fairy" also shows that she looked the exact same when ''Rumpelstiltskin'' was a newborn baby.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: She ''witnessed'' Rumpelstiltskin's tragic upbringing beforehand, including his mistreatment by his father, and did absolutely ''nothing'' to help him.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:While Tiger Lily was assigned to be Rumpelstiltskin's fairy godmother, she was the one who revealed to Fiona that her son would be the Savior. She was the one who allowed her access to their immense collection of magical tomes and leading to Fiona becoming a fairy, which eventually led to her corruption and by extension almost every problem that occurred afterward. Fiona severing her son's destiny, Malcom growing to hate him and eventually becoming Peter Pan, his abandonment taking Rumpelstiltskin down his path to become the Dark One, who would then go on to turn Regina, Zelena, Cora and Killian into what they are and [[TheChainOfHarm all of the havoc they unleash]], not to mention ''the creation of the Dark Curse that the series' premise is based on''. [[FridgeBrilliance When you really look at it]], the entire series is ''her'' fault.]] [[invoked]]

* AnArmAndALeg: When he brings Daniel back and he CameBackWrong, Daniel ripped an arm off. He goes to Rumpel to get it repaired.

* {{Pride}}: He believes [[ScienceVersusMagic science trumps magic]]. When his arm was ripped off, Rumpel told him the price to pay was admitting he was wrong.

** Him freeing Belle and sending her to Rumpel with the information Regina was holding her prisoner.

* HellBentForLeather: Jefferson wore a black leather coat before he stopped his portal jumping work for Rumpelstiltskin.

* TookALevelInKindness: At some point between the Enchanted Forest events in "The Doctor" and "Hat Trick", he loses much of his ruthlessness that he shown when he was willing to help Rumpelstiltskin corrupt Regina. This is because he found a woman to love and [[DeliverUsFromEvil have a child with]]... and when his evil "line of work" caused him to lose said woman, he quit it for good and focused only on being a good man and good father for his daughter.

A black market crook who makes deals with Rumpelstiltskin and, later, joins Hook's crew.

* DirtyCoward: He's no match for Rumpelstiltskin and he knows it.

->'''Played by:''' Greyston Holt