History Recap / OnceUponATimeS3E6Ariel

* AbsenteeActor: Henry.

* AesopAmnesia: In the Season 2 finale, Regina expressed regret that everyone saw her as the Evil Queen. Now's she's more than willing to embrace that title. Presumably this is either because she feels [[NotSoDifferent (like Gold)]] she needs her darker side to bring down Pan and save Henry, or because after watching the others "flounder about" she [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS2E15TheQueenIsDead once again]] has concluded [[GoodIsImpotent "look what being good gets you."]]

* MythologyGag: The Ariel flashback is full of little gags. Like a reference to [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah]]. Or her being a collector, or the dance being called "Under the Sea", or Regina/Ursula saying she could be "part of his [Eric's] world"... Heck, even the way Ursula!Regina pronounces "Ariel" is the same as Sebastian's "Arr-ee-al."

* LoveAtFirstSight: So far, the only case of it in the series is the meeting between Ariel and Eric, who fall in love at a glance.

* AesopAmnesia: In the Season 2 finale, Regina expressed regret that everyone saw her as the Evil Queen. Now's she's more than willing to embrace that title. Presumably this is either because she feels she needs her darker side to bring down Pan and save Henry, or because after watching the others "flounder about" she [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS2E15TheQueenIsDead once again]] has concluded [[GoodIsImpotent "look what being good gets you."]]

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: If Ursula is really a powerful sea-goddess, why couldn't she have given Ariel back her voice? She knew what Regina did. Perhaps it is the fact that, as revealed in [[RetCon the second half of season 4]], only the one who casts the voice-stealing spell can break it.

* AesopAmnesia: In the Season 2 finale, Regina expressed regret that everyone saw her as the Evil Queen. Now's she's more than willing to embrace that title.

Back in the Enchanted Forest that was, when Ariel saves Snow White from drowning in the ocean's depths, Snow returns the favor by helping her new friend get acquainted with Prince Eric, with whom she has fallen madly in love. Meanwhile, Emma, Mary Margaret, David and Hook attempt to save Neal, who is imprisoned in one of Pan's encampments, and Regina and Mr. Gold begrudgingly team up to find a way to take down Pan.

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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: They are able to travel between worlds, and are able to grow legs during Ursula's festival

* ShatteringTheIllusion: The illusion of Belle returns and proves to have been Pan's shadow all along playing tricks on Rumpelstiltskin. Regina exposes the trick by choking the fake Belle into reverting to Pan's shadow form.

* MythologyGag: The Ariel flashback is full of little gags. Like a reference to [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah]]. Or her being a collector, or the dance being called "Under the Sea", or Regina/Ursula saying she could be "part of his [Eric's] world"... Heck, even the way Ursula!Regina pronounces "Ariel" is the same as Sebastians. "Arr-ee-al"

* TheReveal: The Belle who has been comforting Rumple all this time is actually Pan's Shadow. Although the fact she was urging him to go back to Storybrooke with her by taking her hand (implying flight, the way the Shadow travels to and from Neverland) and there have a child with him (something she had never expressed before this but which Pan had in fact suggested) were some subtle clues something wasn't quite right.

** Emma reveals to Baelfire that she has hoped he really did die because seeing him again would [[LoveHurts bring back all the pain that comes with loving him.]]

** Charming reveals that [[YouCantGoHomeAgain he will die if he tries to leave Neverland]] because of the magic waters sustaining him only work in Neverland.

* MythologyGag: The Ariel flashback is full of little gags. Like a reference to [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Agrabah]]. Or her being a collector, or the dance being called "Under the Sea", or Regina/Ursula saying she could be "part of his [Eric's] world"...
** Heck, even the way Ursula!Regina pronounces "Ariel" is the same as Sebastians. "Arr-ee-al"

* RealAfterAll: Ursula, much to Regina’s shock.

* TooDumbToLive: Regina, for striking off on her own, even though Hook's knowledge of Neverland is what has been keeping her and the rest of the group alive. Taken UpToEleven in the flashback, where Regina decides to impersonate Ursula, who is a sea ''goddess''. The ''real'' Ursula is ''ticked'' off by this.
** YMMV on present-day Regina, given that the group of good guys have so far spent the season nearly drowning, being poisoned, walking into traps, whining about relationship issues, and in general wasting time. By teaming up with Rumple, Regina's managed to get herself a Neverland guide who a) has incredibly powerful magic and b) with her encouragement, is actually willing to do something.