History Recap / OnceUponATimeS6E5StreetRats

* BalefulPolymorph:
** Jafar makes an example of three street thieves by turning them into rats before the frightened eyes of the citizens of Agrabah.
** Zelena turns Archie back into a cricket. Normally this would not apply, since he originally chose that form, but considering he a) is being held captive in a cage and b) can no longer act as town conscience or specifically help Emma with her therapy, it's clear he isn't happy about the arrangement.

* TitleDrop: Jafar calls thieves and pickpockets "street rats"...then proceeds to turn a trio into real rats. Also, Emma points out that [[NotSoDifferent she's as much a street rat as Aladdin is]] (due to her past as a runaway with Neal, being in jail...) as a way to show him [[AnAesop people who love you can still see the best in you, so you shouldn't give up on them]].

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* BalefulPolymorph: Zelena turns Archie back into a cricket. Normally this would not apply, since he originally chose that form, but considering he a) is being held captive in a cage and b) can no longer act as town conscience or specifically help Emma with her therapy, it's clear he isn't happy about the arrangement.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: The jeweled scarab--first it is used by Jasmine to trap Aladdin into helping her, then she gives it to him as a token of their friendship, and then he uses it in present-day Storybrooke to make the heroes think he's dead (by hiding it in a crypt).

** From a different mythology--the magic shears which can sever a Savior (or anyone) from their destiny, belonged to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Fates]] (although they don't look like the ones in Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'').

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Aside from the Oracle's death never really being explained, it is not revealed why Iago was the bird leading Emma around or why he seemed to be serving the Oracle. [[WildMassGuessing Some theories had been]] that the Oracle was secretly [[{{Glamour}} Jafar in disguise]] (he wouldn't be the first OUAT villain to do this, nor the last, and he actually does so in "A Wondrous Place"), leading Jasmine on until he could betray her/finally get rid of Aladdin once and for all, and some even suggested he had [[KillAndReplace killed the real Oracle]] and left her body to be found in this episode after the ruse was no longer required for his plans. Later revelations about Jafar make this impossible, yet if the Oracle was everything she seemed to be, Iago remains unexplained as well--had he performed a HeelFaceTurn, a la ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', after Jafar was defeated? Was Jafar also a diviner of sorts, and all those who can see the future have such a bird serving them? Did Jafar place the bird with her while she was Aladdin's caregiver (as seen in "The Savior") so as to [[EvilIsPetty torment Aladdin with visions of the future he could no longer change]], and then he went with her to the Land of Untold Stories after Jafar ended up in the lamp? Or was the appearance of the bird a coincidence? We'll likely never know.

** Aladdin tells Jasmine that the kingdom's population was suffering ''long'' before Jafar came along and it was only when her own family was affected that Jasmine cared enough to do something.

* TitleDrop: Jafar calls thieves and pickpockets "street rats"...then proceeds to turn a trio into real rats. Also, Emma points out that she's as much a street rat as Aladdin is (due to her past as a runaway with Neal, being in jail...) as a way to show him [[AnAesop people who love you can still see the best in you, so you shouldn't give up on them]].

* ContinuitySnarl: Aladdin and Jasmine's tangle with Jafar doesn't mesh well with the events of ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland''. Especially how the Sultan was established as Jafar's father (out of wedlock) and he had only one legitimate heir - a spoiled prince not Jasmine.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Aladdin tells Jasmine that the kingdom's population was suffering ''long'' before Jafar came along and it was only when her own family was affected that Jasmine cared enough to do something.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: The Oracle appeared to Emma at the start of the season, then again in the previous episode where she agreed to help Jasmine find Aladdin--only to be killed right at the start of this episode. Although not confirmed for certain, her dialogue with Archie suggests the Evil Queen did it because the Oracle wouldn't tell her about Emma's vision.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Aside from the Oracle's death never really being explained, it is not revealed why Iago was the bird leading Emma around or why he seemed to be serving the Oracle. [[WildMassGuessing Some theories had been]] that the Oracle was secretly [[{{Glamour}} Jafar in disguise]] (he wouldn't be the first OUAT villain to do this, nor the last, and he actually does so in "A Wondrous Place"), leading Jasmine on until he could betray her/finally get rid of Aladdin once and for all, and some even suggested he had [[KillAndReplace killed the real Oracle]] and left her body to be found in this episode after the ruse was no longer required for his plans. Later revelations about Jafar make this impossible, yet if the Oracle was everything she seemed to be, Iago remains unexplained as well--had he performed a HeelFaceTurn, a la ''AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', after Jafar was defeated? Was Jafar also a diviner of sorts, and all those who can see the future have such a bird serving them? Did Jafar place the bird with her while she was Aladdin's caregiver (as seen in "The Savior") so as to [[EvilIsPetty torment Aladdin with visions of the future he could no longer change]], and then he went with her to the Land of Untold Stories after Jafar ended up in the lamp? Or was the appearance of the bird a coincidence? We'll likely never know.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Aside from the Oracle's death never really being explained, it is not revealed why Iago was the bird leading Emma around or why he seemed to be serving the Oracle. [[WildMassGuessing Some theories had been]] that the Oracle was secretly [[{{Glamour}} Jafar in disguise]] (he wouldn't be the first OUAT villain to do this, nor the last), leading Jasmine on until he could betray her/finally get rid of Aladdin once and for all, and some even suggested he had [[KillAndReplace killed the real Oracle]] and left her body to be found in this episode after the ruse was no longer required for his plans. Later revelations about Jafar make this impossible, yet if the Oracle was everything she seemed to be, Iago remains unexplained as well--had he performed a HeelFaceTurn, a la ''AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', after Jafar was defeated? Was Jafar also a diviner of sorts, and all those who can see the future have such a bird serving them? Or was the appearance of the bird a coincidence? We'll likely never know.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Aside from the Oracle's death never really being explained, it is not revealed why Iago was the bird leading Emma around or why he seemed to be serving the Oracle. Some theories had been that the Oracle was secretly [[{{Glamour}} Jafar in disguise]] (he wouldn't be the first OUAT villain to do this, nor the last), leading Jasmine on until he could betray her/finally get rid of Aladdin once and for all, and some even suggested he had killed the real Oracle and left her body to be found in this episode after the ruse was no longer required for his plans. But none of this is ever explained or confirmed, and if the Oracle was everything she seemed to be, Iago remains unexplained as well--had he performed a HeelFaceTurn, a la ''AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', after Jafar was defeated? Was Jafar also a diviner of sorts, and all those who can see the future have such a bird serving them? Or was the appearance of the bird a coincidence? We'll likely never know.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Aside from the Oracle's death never really being explained, it is not revealed why Iago was the bird leading Emma around or why he seemed to be serving the Oracle. Some theories had been that the Oracle was secretly [[{{Glamour}} Jafar in disguise]] (he wouldn't be the first OUAT villain to do this, nor the last), leading Jasmine on until he could betray her/finally get rid of Aladdin once and for all, and some even suggested he had killed the real Oracle and left her body to be found in this episode after the ruse was no longer required for his plans. But none of this is ever explained or confirmed, and if the Oracle was everything she seemed to be, Iago remains unexplained as well--had he performed a HeelFaceTurn, a la ''Aladdin/TheReturnOfJafar'', after Jafar was defeated? Was Jafar also a diviner of sorts, and all those who can see the future have such a bird serving them? Or was the appearance of the bird a coincidence? We'll likely never know.

* TheOtherDarrin: The producers wanted Naveen Andrews to reprise his role as Jafar but he was unavailable so Oded Fehr was cast for the role.

Jasmine shares the story of how she met Aladdin and why she's searching for him.

** Jafar's staff which was the transformed Amara in Wonderland is broken by Aladdin in this episode and is seen repaired in a flashback in the episode "The Savior". Which begs the question did he have a different staff before turning her into one or it is the same staff but breaking it didn't kill her and as stated he was able to repair her and after his confrontations with Aladdin he eventually goes to Wonderland to exact revenge on his father and change the laws of magic starting the spinoff show's plot.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Snow and Charming free Archie...but when he escapes he's still a cricket. Did the Mother Superior change him back off-screen?

** It should be noted that Agrabah as depicted in Wonderland looks completely different to Agrabah in the this episode which is on the main show which may suggest this is a different region of Agrabah to the one shown in the spin-off which would explain the differences between them as well as different appearance of the Sultan with Jafar's father being a different Sultan. Also Jafar was stated by Jasmine as having fled to the eastern provinces of Agrabah suggesting that those provinces are the Agrabah we see in Wonderland. Indeed this Agrabah is called the Capital of Agrabah suggesting Agrabah is the name of the country and not the kingdom itself meaning the kingdom seen in Wonderland is a different kingdom to the one seen here and of course it is good as new when he confronts Aladdin again years later.
** Also Jafar's staff was broken by Aladdin in this episode whereas in Wonderland his staff was the transformed Amara suggesting the staff in this episode was his original before transforming Amara into the one he has later or it is the same staff and since it was shown that he still had magic when he fled and he possibly repaired it. Evidence to his staff still being Amara is when he teleports away after Aladdin breaks it he is seen cradling it.