| 1 | While most storybook characters in ''Once Upon a Time'' inhabit a realm known as the Enchanted Forest, many other magical worlds and lands exist that contain characters from literary stories like ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', ''Literature/PeterPan'', ''Literature/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', before spreading out to film and myths like ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'', Myth/ArthurianLegend, ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', and even Myth/ClassicalMythology. |
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| 12 | * [[Characters/OnceUponATimeMainCharacters Main Characters]][[labelnote:Click to expand]]Emma Swan, Henry Mills, Snow White/Mary-Margaret Blanchett, Prince Charming/David Nolan, Belle/Lacey[[/labelnote]] |
| 13 | * [[Characters/OnceUponATimeStorybrooke Storybrooke Characters]][[labelnote:Click to expand]]Seven Dwarves, Widow Lucas/Granny The Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass, Blue Fairy/Mother Superior, Mad Hatter/Jefferson, King George/Albert Spencer, Princess Abigail/Kathryn Nolan, Princess Cinderella/Ashley Boyd, Gepetto/Marco, Hansel and Gretel/Nicholas and Ava[[/labelnote]] |
| 14 | * [[Characters/OnceUponATimeEnchantedForest Enchanted Forest Characters]][[labelnote:Click to expand]]The Queen of Hearts/Cora, Prince Henry, King Leopold, Maleficent, the Author/Issac Heller, the Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mulan, Maid Marian, Daniel, Milah, Cruella de Vil, Ursula, Prince James, Princess Aurora, Ariel, the Blind Witch, Zoso, Anton, Blackbeard, Jack, Hercules[[/labelnote]] |
| 15 | * [[Characters/OnceUponATimeSeattle Seattle Characters]][[labelnote:Click to expand]]Alice/Tilly, Drizella/Ivy[[/labelnote]] |
| 16 | * [[Characters/OnceUponATimeNewEnchantedForest "New" Enchanted Forest Characters]] |
| 17 | * Magical Lands Characters |
| 18 | ** [[Characters/OnceUponATimeWonderland Wonderland Characters]] |
| 19 | ** [[Characters/OnceUponATimeArendelle Arendelle Characters]] |
| 20 | * [[Characters/OnceUponATimeLandsWithoutMagic Lands Without Magic Characters]][[labelnote:Click to expand]]Earth natives, Fictional Kansas characters, Fictional Victorian England characters, Fictional 1920s England characters, Fictional 19th Century France characters, The Land Without Color characters[[/labelnote]] |
| 21 | * [[Characters/OnceUponATimeMythologicalCreatures Mythological Creatures]][[labelnote:Click to expand]]Fairies, Dwarves, Trolls, Werewolves, Dragons, Genies, Ogres, Sirens, Giants, Medusa, Wraiths, Gods, Flying Monkeys[[/labelnote]] |
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| 23 | '''Beware! Only spoilers from the current season (six) are hidden with tags!''' |
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| 25 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 26 | !Wonderland |
| 27 | See [[Characters/OnceUponATimeWonderland here]]. |
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| 29 | !Agrabah |
| 30 | [[folder:Cyrus]] |
| 31 | !!Cyrus, The Genie |
| 32 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cyrus_ouatiw_4864.jpg]] |
| 33 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Cyrus:''' ''Someone once told me, all things happen for a reason.'']] |
| 34 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/PeterGadiot |
| 35 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Trust Me", "Home", "Dirty Little Secrets" |
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| 37 | Alice's lost love, and a genie of Agrabah. Jafar captured him in order to gain wishes, but he can't grant more until Alice uses the three she still has. |
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| 40 | %%Spoiler tags should remain up for the first season of ''Once Upon a Time In Wonderland'', seeing as its unlikely the show is continuing on and you don't need to understand it to understand anything about the main show. |
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| 42 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Alice in the past in "Home". |
| 43 | * BattleCouple: With Alice. |
| 44 | * BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: What the Rabbit tries to convince Cyrus to do after Alice is hurt by people looking for the genie in the past. |
| 45 | * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:After Will's wish accidentally makes him human again.]] |
| 46 | * DeadpanSnarker: After [[spoiler:being freed from being a genie]], he's noticeably more quippy than before. |
| 47 | * DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:His mother is an important character in the series but his dad is never mentioned.]] |
| 48 | * DisneyDeath: He apparently falls to his death in the Boiling Sea only to be revealed in the pilot as still being alive, albeit as a prisoner of Jafar. [[spoiler:Later Jafar ''does'' kill him to force Amara to change the laws of magic. But did doesn't stick.]] |
| 49 | * DistressedDude: Spent the early part of the series in a cage in Jafar's dungeon. [[spoiler:He's finally relieved of this role as of the end of "Home".]] |
| 50 | * GoodIsNotDumb: Is not less willing to help than Alice but doesn't trust Will not to steal Jafar's staff when [[spoiler:it could revive Ana.]] |
| 51 | * GoodIsNotSoft: He's kind, polite and genuinely interested in helping save Wonderland – but that doesn't mean he's a pushover. |
| 52 | * GuileHero: An heroic trickster. |
| 53 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Alice in the finale.]] |
| 54 | * HopelessWithTech: Hilariously so when he and Alice visit Storybrooke. |
| 55 | * HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:When Will's wish to end Alice's suffering ends in Cyrus' freedom from the bottle.]] |
| 56 | * InterspeciesRomance: With Alice, a human. Subverted in that he used to be human. [[spoiler:Averted when Will's wish turns him human again.]] |
| 57 | * KryptoniteFactor: Genies and silver don't mix. |
| 58 | * LiteralGenie: Not of his own design, but wish-granting magic in general. |
| 59 | * TheLostLenore: To Alice. |
| 60 | * MayDecemberRomance: Cyrus has already lived several lifetimes by the time he meets Alice. |
| 61 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:While he's a genie it looks like it's going to be this because he could live millennia and she'll live the length of a human lifetime. Thankfully it is eventually averted.]] |
| 62 | * MeadowRun: To Alice in "Home". |
| 63 | * MindOverMatter: Sends an origami bird to Alice and whatever he does to it lasts long enough for her to send it back. |
| 64 | * MissingMom: She's looking for him and his brothers as well. |
| 65 | * MortalityEnsues: [[spoiler:He'll live out the rest of his life as a normal human.]] |
| 66 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He cheats at cards and in retaliation the men he cheated burn down his house while his mother is inside. In order to save her life he steals from The Well of Wonders which leads to him and his brothers being cursed to be genies.]] |
| 67 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Apparently the Boiling Sea destroys anything that falls into it. Which is why Jafar captured him ''before'' he fell into the sea. |
| 68 | * NoEscapeButDown: In episode 6. |
| 69 | * OlderThanTheyLook: As a Genie, he's pretty much immortal when it comes to aging. |
| 70 | * PrettyBoy: According to the Red Queen. |
| 71 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He was turned into a genie over 100 years before the events of the series. |
| 72 | * ThouShaltNotKill: Shares this view with Alice. |
| 73 | * WasOnceHuman: A Long time ago. |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
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| 76 | [[folder:Jafar]] |
| 77 | !![[Characters/AladdinJafar Jafar]] |
| 78 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_752.jpg]] |
| 79 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:''Click here for Jafar in Once Upon A Time in Wonderland'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jafar_ouatiw_2183.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 80 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/NaveenAndrews (''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland''), Creator/OdedFehr (''Once Upon a Time'') |
| 81 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "The Serpent", "Bad Blood" |
| 82 | |
| 83 | A sorcerer from Agrabah who captured Cyrus in order to make three wishes and alter the laws of magic. Working with the Red Queen, to his annoyance. |
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| 85 | %% |
| 86 | %%Spoiler tags should remain up for the first season of ''Once Upon a Time In Wonderland'', seeing as its unlikely the show is continuing on and you don't need to understand it to understand anything about the main show. |
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| 88 | * AbusiveParents: His father, upon learning Jafar existed, tried to have him drowned. |
| 89 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Thanks to both Naveen Andrews and Oded Fehr (both of whom are quite easy on the eyes), much better looking than his Disney counterpart. |
| 90 | * AndIMustScream: He ends up transformed into a wooden staff with a screaming face in "A Wondrous Place". |
| 91 | * AnimalMotifs: Jafar's [[SnakesAreSinister snake]] motif is carried over, and even increased, as not only is he still carrying his SerpentStaff, his clothes are actually textured to look like reptile skin. He turns out to have inherited/stolen the snake motif from his former mentor Amara. |
| 92 | * ArchEnemy: To Cyrus, to the point where the genie warns all of his masters/mistresses about the man with the snake staff. |
| 93 | ** Also to Aladdin, naturally enough, and Jasmine as well in Season 6 of ''Once Upon a Time.'' |
| 94 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Initially subverted but then played straight. From the very first episodes Jafar has no qualms about threatening the Red Queen's life several times and in general intimidating her with his own magic thanks to his superior arcane knowledge and the greater magical power that he channels from Amara after turning her into his MagicStaff. However, Anastasia proves more than capable of being two steps ahead of him for the first part of the show thanks to her greater strategic intelligence and, more importantly, the fact that she holds absolute dominion over the realms of Wonderland. However, by the eighth episode, Jafar has finally had enough of all these power games between them and openly decides to dethrone and try to kill the young queen by taking her castle with his strength. |
| 95 | * BackFromTheDead: His father the sultan drowns him, but then the magic his mother released after her death revives him. |
| 96 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He steals a suit from the first person he meets in Victorian England. |
| 97 | * BastardBastard: He's the Sultan of Agrabah's bastard son and very cruel. |
| 98 | * BastardUnderstudy: His EvilMentor Amara taught him ruthlessness rather too well. |
| 99 | * BeardOfEvil: A thin goatee. |
| 100 | %% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Don't remind him that he's a bastard, or you'll regret it. |
| 101 | * BigBad: The primary villain of ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland''. |
| 102 | * BigBadDuumvirate: With the Red Queen until "Home", that is. Afterward, she is replaced in the Duumvirate by the Jabberwocky. |
| 103 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: He attempts to kill the Red Queen, but she reminds him that he still needs her to help find Alice. He isn't happy about it, however, mainly because his goal and hers are fundamentally incompatible. |
| 104 | * ColdBloodedTorture: He does this with disturbing frequency. |
| 105 | * CruelMercy: Years after he was defeated by Aladdin, Jafar finds him in a hut when Aladdin is suffering from the visions of his death as a Savior and he tells Jafar if he wants to kill him to get it over with. But Jafar spares him because he wants to enjoy it when Aladdin meets his final fate and wants him to suffer until then. |
| 106 | * DemotedToExtra: From the main villain of ''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' to just appearing in three episodes of the main show's sixth season, and only in the last one does he make an appearance in the present day. |
| 107 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: As a boy, he refused to look away from Amara despite his master saying it would cause her to burn both of them alive. |
| 108 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: His mother was the only person he ever loved. When she died, it all went downhill for him. However, the finale implies [[spoiler:that it is no longer true in present day. While Jafar does remember what it feels to lose someone you loved, he used this knowledge to manipulate the heroes. When he gets the power of resurrection, he brings back Anastasia and brainwashes her to make her his slave but does not think one second about bringing his mother back from the dead.]] |
| 109 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. He at first seems disgusted at the way Alice's father had treated her, but he then proceeds to use it to his advantage and prey off of Alice's DaddyIssues, exposing his LackOfEmpathy. |
| 110 | * EvilerThanThou: |
| 111 | ** Jafar shows he's this to the Red Queen in the first episode and just keeps at it. |
| 112 | ** The shoe was on the other foot when he aligned himself with the Jabberwocky. However, he flipped it '''back''' around once he got complete magical power. |
| 113 | * EvilSorcerer: He's a magician, and uses his magic to harm people. |
| 114 | * FatalFlaw: His extreme hatred may be what drives him, but it also works against him, especially in "A Wondrous Place" where he has the opportunity to just leave once he is set free from his bottle, but he hates Agrabah so much that he doesn't want it possibly restored by Jasmine and tries to take the ring it's in from Jasmine, which leads to his defeat. |
| 115 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's polite when he ''really'' needs to be, and even then it's an act, but if not he'll be very ruthless and intimidating. |
| 116 | * FreudianExcuse: After his mother died, every adult that Jafar was close too was either abusive or downright evil. Because of his illegitimate status he was hated and scorned by the people of Agrabah as such thing is considered a disgrace. His own father refused to acknowledge him and even tried to '''murder''' him because of it. |
| 117 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Part of his motive, actually. He wants everyone to fear him. |
| 118 | * GenerationXerox: To his father, hes just as sociopathic, cold and cruel only even more dangerous. |
| 119 | * GenreBlind: Believed his father would love and accept him even though he's an illegitimate child. Too be fair though his mother told him he would. |
| 120 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: |
| 121 | ** His ultimate fate in the finale is [[spoiler:to become a genie, after being tricked by Alice into stealing from the Well of Wishes.]] |
| 122 | ** Happens ''again'' when he is set free, as he is turned into a staff by his own magic dust. |
| 123 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:He kept his father captive hoping that by breaking the laws of magic he will get his love. In fact, it was a revenge to make him realize how it feels like to be killed by a loved one.]] |
| 124 | * LargeHam: He's usually quite calm, but when he needs to shout, he will ''really'' shout. |
| 125 | ** He's even hammier after having become a genie, as a result of SanitySlippage. |
| 126 | * LaserGuidedKarma: He turned his mentor and love, Amara, into his snake staff. His ultimate fate was to be turned into a staff himself by Jasmine. |
| 127 | * MadScientist: Magical variation, he seeks to change the laws of magic. |
| 128 | * MagicCarpet: His main form of transportation. |
| 129 | * MagicStaff: Carries around an exact copy of the cobra-head staff his Disney counterpart wields. [[spoiler:It's actually his forcibly transformed EvilMentor, allowing him full access to her power as well; but not her will apparently, as he can't use her against Cyrus and instead backfires on him.]] |
| 130 | * {{Manipulative Bastard}}: Particularly to Anastasia and Alice. |
| 131 | * ObviouslyEvil: The sinister snake staff, the lurking in shadows and flowing black robes should clue you in to what kind of person he is. |
| 132 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: How does he return the attempted murder by his father? [[spoiler:Make his father love him so that he can kill him afterward.]] |
| 133 | * RaceLift: Much darker skinned than his Disney counterpart. |
| 134 | * RevengeBeforeReason: He was desperate enough to find the last genie that he freed the Jabberwocky, the most feared being in Wonderland. |
| 135 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: He's more of an Alice in Wonderland villain than an Aladdin villain in this series, although he does face Aladdin. |
| 136 | * SanitySlippage: His time spent imprisoned in a bottle as a genie has made him noticeably more manic than he was before. |
| 137 | * SerpentStaff: [[spoiler:He transformed Amara into his snake staff once he had no more use for her.]] |
| 138 | * SmugSnake: Like his staff would indicate. |
| 139 | * TheSociopath: And unlike the Red Queen, it's no cover. It certainly speaks of his LackOfEmpathy when the episode revealing his massive daddy issues has him completely manipulating Alice's similar daddy issues with no amount of remorse whatsoever. |
| 140 | * StartOfDarkness: "Bad Blood" shows this, while "The Serpent" shows what happened because of it. |
| 141 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: With the Red Queen. Neither of them like each other at all, to the point where he tries to kill her. |
| 142 | * TreacherousAdvisor: During his time in the Capital Of Agrabah, he secretly brainwashed the Sultan, Jasmine's father and had taken over the capital until he was defeated by Aladdin. |
| 143 | * TheUnfettered: One of his defining traits is his utter ruthlessness. There is literally no line he won't cross to get what he wants. |
| 144 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: A young boy whose mother passed away from illness leaving him with no family except his birth father, whose love and acceptance he craved and did everything to earn but did not get. Eventually his father tried to '''drown''' him, but he survived on the power of hate and a very deep desire for revenge. Afterwards he was taken in by a cruel blacksmith, before begging to being taken in by Amara the witch, who taught him dark magic and to do anything to get what he wanted. Bad idea that. |
| 145 | * VillainousBreakdown: While he shows anger frequently, he goes into an absolute '''rage''' like never seen before in "Home" when he realizes how the Red Queen has duped him. |
| 146 | ** Has a big one in the finale when he gets turned into a genie and trapped inside the bottle. |
| 147 | * VillainHasAPoint: As much as he is a genuine threat, Jafar made a certain valid point in "Bad Blood", where he viciously (yet rightfully) rants out against his father for the latter's refusal to acknowledge him as his son and trying to murder him when he was a child. He even chews out his father for spoiling his other son Mirza (whom Jafar has murdered) to be a DirtyCoward. He even points out that things would've been a lot better for them if his father would've given him a chance to prove his worthiness of being acknowledged as a son instead of trying to outright murder him. |
| 148 | -->'''Jafar''': ''(after killing Mirza out of disgust)'' I... AM YOUR SON!! He wouldn't even FIGHT for you!! But I would've died for you, father, but you could not say the words. |
| 149 | * VillainOfAnotherStory: As Aladdin's enemy in Agrabah. |
| 150 | * VillainousLineage: The appropriately titled "Bad Blood" reveals where he gets his sociopathic cruelty from: his father. |
| 151 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: For a series that's usually LighterAndSofter than [[Series/OnceUponATime the one it was spun off from]], everything involving Jafar is ''incredibly'' dark. |
| 152 | * WellDoneSonGuy: |
| 153 | ** His whole motive behind his evil plotting is to change the rules of magic and force his father to love him and call him "son". [[spoiler:Then kill him.]] |
| 154 | ** In the finale, after [[spoiler:successfully changing the laws of magic, he makes his father finally show him the love he's been longing for all his life, after which he immediately drowns him. Turns out it was never really about receiving affection from his father, but about ''giving'' his father affection ''for him'' so that he'll know how it feels to be killed by someone he loves. His real overall motive behind changing the rules of magic was "to do whatever he wants."]] |
| 155 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Almost pulls this on the Red Queen, but has to relent when she points out that he needs to keep her around for a while longer if he wants to find Alice and her wishes. |
| 156 | ** This appears to be his standard MO with people who work for him. Lampshaded in "Nothing To Fear": |
| 157 | -->'''Caterpillar:''' Word's gotten out that working for you tends to shorten one's life expectancy. |
| 158 | ** Takes him about twenty seconds to get there with the Grendel. After Grendel hands over his information, [[ExactWords Jafar reunites him with his wife]]. |
| 159 | ** He even pulls this on ''all of Agrabah'', as all his flashback appearances in ''Once Upon a Time'' transpire after Cyrus' bottle had been wished away from Agrabah, and Jafar ultimately reveals that his motive for all he's done there since was to destroy it since he hates it and its people so much and wants to exact revenge. |
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| 162 | [[folder:Old Prisoner]] |
| 163 | !!Old Prisoner |
| 164 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrianGeorge |
| 165 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Bad Blood" |
| 166 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/w109farbetterplace.png]] |
| 167 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Old Prisoner:''' ''A throne is made when the man who sits upon it is worthy.'']] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | An old man locked in a cage by Jafar, and is his only other prisoner besides Cyrus, whom he has befriended. His identity is a major revelation in ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland''. |
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| 171 | * AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:To Jafar, ''big-time''.]] |
| 172 | * AdiposeRex: [[spoiler:What the Sultan became in his old age. He was actually quite thin in his younger years.]] |
| 173 | * BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:After several episodes of seeming like a kindly old man, we learn he's actually the monstrous Sultan of Agrabah responsible for Jafar's StartOfDarkness.]] [[spoiler:Subverted: It turns out he ''is'' repentant after all, but still puts on a [[HiddenHeartOfGold facade]] when interacting with his bastard son because he hopes he'll learn the futility of doing evil in order to gain what he desires. It fails. '''Miserably.''']] |
| 174 | ** In the past he approached young Jafar and apologized to him for encouraging Mirza to hit him. Though he justified it that a parent must do difficult things to make sure their children grow up properly. While he was STILL refusing to acknowledge Jafar as his child too and stating that he considers raising his son to be an abusive tyrant “good” parenting, Jafar still touched that he atleast cared enough about him to apologize. But even that turned out to be a lie, he was just making Jafar let his guard down so he could drown him. |
| 175 | * BadassBoast: "He is as much my captive as I am his." Though this is less likely a boast and more like a sad observation of Jafar's psychological state in regards to the two of them. |
| 176 | * BigNo: When Jafar kills Mirza he screams in horror having lost his only beloved child. This may be part of the reason he refuses to call Jafar son. |
| 177 | * DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:While ''a'' Sultan of Agrabah, he's a different character from Jasmine's father. Justified, as with his kidnapping by Jafar and his heir's death, the throne would likely pass to a different royal or noble.]] |
| 178 | * {{Determinator}}: How else do you stand years of imprisonment wherein you could be freed of it (even knowing you'd be killed afterward) just by saying one particular sentence? |
| 179 | * DotingParent: To Mirza. Especially when he showed traits that, in his opinion, would make him a good ruler, namely hitting Jafar for embarrassing him. |
| 180 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: When he first met Jafar he clearly had no idea why Jafar or his mother [[spoiler:who he did love once]] would think that he would be interested in acknowledging a bastard son when he already has a legitimate heir. Apparently recognizing family for the sake of sharing blood is foreign to him. |
| 181 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: There was only one person who the sultan genuinely loved and cared for, his legitimate son Mirza who he spoiled and dotted on. He may have cared about Jafar's mother but whatever feelings he still had for her at this point werent enough to honor her last wish to take in, acknowledge or care-in-the-slightest about their son and he felt no problem murdering said child later. |
| 182 | * FatalFlaw: His extreme arrogance and pride, to the point that he would rather suffer in prison or die that simply call Jafar "son". [[spoiler:Even when he turned from evil to good, he still believes in conditional love: now expecting Jafar to earn his love through being kind and merciful. It doesn't work.]] He also refuses to acknowledge his mistakes, from refusing to take responsibility for his illegitimate child to refusing to acknowledge that if he had treated him better then none of them would be in the situation. |
| 183 | * [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen God Save Us From The King]]: He was implied to be a tyrant. Though his intention of cutting off young Jafar's hand for stealing can be excused due to ValuesDissonance in the area, he also believed that fear was where all true power comes from and approved of his heir hitting servants (including Jafar) and saying they don't deserve names. |
| 184 | * GoodParents: He THINKS he was this to Mirza, but all he did was spoil him. To the point where Mirza grew to be a DirtyCoward who would rather leave him to die than risk getting hurt fighting Jafar hand to hand. He still grieved his death though. |
| 185 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:In episode 12, we find out he has become repentant after all his years as a prisoner, he's just too disgusted by Jafar's behavior to love him.]] |
| 186 | * {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:He shows zero regrets for his horrible behavior. In fact, he seems to ''delight'' in the power he holds over Jafar.]] Though his interaction with Alice's father where he says "there are worse reasons to be in a cage, believe me" may imply that he acknowledges he wasn't a good man in the past but is too prideful to admit it. |
| 187 | * JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:As twisted as it is, he's right that the world would be better off if he had succeeded in killing Jafar as a child. Of course, if he had just given Jafar love and acceptance in the first place, the world would also be a better place.]] |
| 188 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Is given one by Jafar, who makes him love him and then drowns him using magic.]] |
| 189 | * KickTheDog: He tries to DROWN a ten year old boy because he NEARLY called him “father” by accident. Note, this was his illegitimate child, after he already encouraged his legitimate heir to hit him for speaking out of turn, and after Jafar apologized. |
| 190 | -> Jafar upon seeing him in his mirror: Your majesty! I am so sorry for my carelessness. I promise, it won’t happen again. |
| 191 | -> Sultan, smiling: I know |
| 192 | ** Then, to add insult to injury, he doesn’t even give Jafar a proper burial, he just has his guards throw him away in the trash (dismissing him as such). |
| 193 | -> Sultan to his guards after drowning Jafar: Put him out with the rest of the refuse. |
| 194 | * LackofEmpathy: He finds out that a woman he once loved has died and has sent their ten year old illegitimate child to him hoping that he would raise the child since he is now homeless. He knows that said child wants nothing more than to be acknowledged as a son, doesn't even need to be a prince, and is absolutely craving fatherly affection. WHO CARES? "I already have a son". The only reason he lets Jafar stay, AS A SERVANT, is because he was impressed by his courage. He remains completely indifferent to Jafar's love for him, shamelessly doting on his legitimate son in front of him while coldly encouraging him to hit Jafar. And later he DROWNS the child after making him think that he was somewhat remorseful for his earlier actions because he ALMOST called him "father". Then has the guards dispose of his body at the dump calling him "refuse". Needless to say, he is much nicer after spending a few years imprisoned. |
| 195 | * NeverMyFault: He absolutely refuses to acknowledge that the way he treated Jafar as a boy was absolutely abhorrent. Whenever Jafar tries to call him out on his horrible ways he instead spins it back on Jafar by noting how horrible HE is and claiming his only mistake was not successfully killing him. [[spoiler:Of course it is possible that he does acknowledge he was horrible deep down but is too disgusted with Jafar's actions and/or prideful to admit it.]] |
| 196 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: As much as he refuses to admit it, he is virtually responsible for the way Jafar turned out. From his abusive treatment and attempted murder driving Jafar to accumulate power and seek revenge, to indirectly teaching Jafar the power of fear by trying to pass this lesson onto Mirza (by encouraging him to hit Jafar). |
| 197 | * NoNameGiven: He is only credited as "Old Prisoner". [[spoiler:His true identity has no name given either.]] |
| 198 | * NotSoStoic: He's very open about his feelings as a prisoner, but as the sultan the only times we see him express any emotion (that isn't pride towards Mirza) is when he learns Ulima is dead (a slight shock which he gets over quickly) and when Jafar kills Mirza. |
| 199 | * OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Attempts this on Jafar. Unfortunately for him (and for countless innocents in the future), it doesn't work.]] |
| 200 | * InTheBlood: He's just as sociopathic and ruthless as the man Jafar would become, albeit slightly less hate filled and less dangerous. |
| 201 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He had this idealism as the Sultan, not caring about anyone except himself and his legitimate son Mirza. [[spoiler:Though he did seem to genuinely care for Jafar's mother, enough to remember her name years later and to apologize to Jafar for her death, it was not enough to honor her last wish to take care of, or even ACKNOWLEDGE Jafar as his son too.]] Though he still has this as an old man in a different form. He honestly believes that the only thing Jafar wants is for him to acknowledge him as a son, but he continues to deny him that even when Jafar is committing numerous atrocities and endangering Cyrus and Alice to get the genies. |
| 202 | * PetTheDog: As much as he refuses to admit it, being imprisoned by Jafar did help him see the error of his ways and has become a somewhat better person and expresses empathy for Jafar's victims. [[spoiler:He refuses to free himself because he feels he'd be a burden on Cyrus, instead telling the Genie to go and find his true love. In general, he is friendly to everyone who is ''not'' his illegitimate son.]] |
| 203 | * RoyalBrat: [[spoiler:He raised his legitimate son Mirza to be like this, actually encouraging him to hit a young Jafar for being more versed in politics than he.]] |
| 204 | * SelfServingMemory: In the series finale when Jafar beings up how he should have shown mercy to Jafar as a child and offered him fatherly love, he insists that Jafar should have tried to earn it. Although in "Bad Blood" we see that he never had any intention of giving young Jafar a chance and, when Jafar DID try to impress him, he was punished. |
| 205 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: He likes to play (by himself) in order to pass the time. He's asked Cyrus to play, but he's a little preoccupied at the moment. |
| 206 | * TheSociopath: He cared very little to nothing for anyone besides his legitimate son, and was exceptionally ruthless and cruel. Casually drowning a ten year old boy (also his illegitimate son whose mother he apparently cared for once) for annoying him then referring to his body as garbage. He gets better after losing Mirza and becoming a prisoner. |
| 207 | * ThatThingIsNotMyChild: [[spoiler:He absolutely refuses to acknowledge Jafar as his son since he is illegitimate. To him Jafar was nothing but the unintended result of a relationship that ended years ago, a mistake that he had no desire to take responsibility for. He cared absolutely NOTHING for Jafar and if anything saw him as mistake to be "corrected". Despite the fact that he genuinely cared about his mother and was upset with her death.]] |
| 208 | * TheUnfettered: He was very cold, cruel and apathetic to everyone who wasn't his legitimate son Mirza, to a sociopathic extent. Encouraging Mirza to hit Jafar and watching without a hint of remorse and casually drowning him later. |
| 209 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Shouldn't have tried to drown your son who was desperately craving love from you, your highness. It would've saved so many people a lot of trouble.]] |
| 210 | * VillainOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Jafar and Jabberwocky (by virtue of having read Jafar's fears) are the only characters over the course of the story who are ever aware of the dark deeds the Sultan did in his younger years.]] |
| 211 | * WalkingSpoiler: Duh! There's a reason why there's a lot of white here! |
| 212 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:His bastard son at least.]] |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Amara]] |
| 216 | !!Amara |
| 217 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/once_upon_a_time_in_wonderland_1x04_the_serpent_podcast.jpg]] |
| 218 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ZuleikhaRobinson |
| 219 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "The Serpent" |
| 220 | |
| 221 | An evil sorceress of Agrabah, who was Jafar's teacher and would-be lover until he betrayed her by transforming her into his iconic serpent staff. |
| 222 | ---- |
| 223 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:She blinks eyes as Jafar's Snake staff.]] |
| 224 | * AnimalMotifs: Snakes, obviously. |
| 225 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: [[spoiler:Whenever the staff is used by Jafar, her eyes turn red. At the sight of Cyrus, however, her eyes turn yellow, and Jafar can no longer use her.]] |
| 226 | * TheCorrupter: She taught Dark Magic to Jafar. |
| 227 | * TheDreaded: When she appears in the marketplace, everyone runs away immediately. Jafar even states that he wants to become feared just like she. |
| 228 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: |
| 229 | ** It seems that she might have actually loved Jafar. [[spoiler:Too bad it was one-sided.]] |
| 230 | ** And it seems [[spoiler:she loved her sons as well.]] |
| 231 | * EvilMentor: To Jafar. [[spoiler:She does a good job. Too good.]] |
| 232 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Jafar can't use her against Cyrus, her son; in fact, she backfires on him!]] |
| 233 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Jafar wanted her to teach him dark magic so he would be the most feared person in Agrabah. Boy, did it work. |
| 234 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Although depicted as being evil earlier in the series, when Amara is resurrected, no mention is made of this and she spends her remaining time fighting to save not only her sons, but Wonderland. Although this is strongly implied to be a case of IDidWhatIHadToDo, since everything Amara did as a sorceress was meant to let her change the laws of magic (and the past) so she could break the curse on her genie sons, and she clearly regrets what she did to Jafar. And even before her changing sides, there could be a bit of EvenEvilHasStandards operating.]] |
| 235 | * HotWitch: Centuries can't even diminish her good looks. |
| 236 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: It seems quite clear that the whole reason she became an evil sorceress, and committed the various terrifying acts she did, was all so she could gain the power of the genies so that [[spoiler:she could break their curse and free her sons.]] |
| 237 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:The loss of her three sons made her a very bitter and malicious person, enough so that all of Agrabah feared her.]] |
| 238 | * MamaBear: [[spoiler:In staff form she's able to resist Jafar's attempt to use her to kill her son, Cyrus.]] |
| 239 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She hasn't aged since the time she met Jafar, when he was a kid. Or since her sons were cursed to become genies, which could have been literal ages ago. |
| 240 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:As Jafar's staff, the eyes glow red whenever he uses her.]] |
| 241 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Dies to save her sons in the end.]] |
| 242 | * SexyMentor: To Jafar. |
| 243 | * SmugSnake: Obviously. She has a fixation on serpents after all. |
| 244 | * WifeHusbandry: How she intended her relationship with Jafar to work out. |
| 245 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:To her surprise, Jafar has no intention of sharing the power of the genies.]] |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Nyx]] |
| 249 | !![[Myth/ClassicalMythology Nyx]] |
| 250 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/w110nyx_9.png]] |
| 251 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Nyx's Curse:''' ''You've let your desires override the fates. Now your fate will be to serve the desires of others.'']] |
| 252 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/LeahGibson |
| 253 | |
| 254 | The guardian of the Well of Wonders. Its magic can help only those whose fate has yet to be decided. |
| 255 | ---- |
| 256 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: She claims she's just making sure "fate" goes on as planned, but she does some incredibly dodgy stuff, like [[spoiler:baiting unexpecting humans to take her water, so she can then turn up and turn them into genies, instead of, you know, putting a magical barrier around the well.]] |
| 257 | * BecauseDestinySaysSo: What decides if anyone can use her water. [[spoiler:The reason why she refused Cyrus and his brothers her magic water to help their mother. Destiny had already decided her fate.]] |
| 258 | * CatchPhrase: "You let your desires override the fates. Now it will be your fate to serve the desires of others." |
| 259 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:She and her Well of Wishes prove to be the key to stopping Jafar even after he changes the laws of magic. As a bonus, she even gives some water to revive Anastasia with.]] |
| 260 | * DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Cyrus and his brothers took water from the well to save their mother against her fated destiny. She turned them into genies and had them scattered across Agrabah as punishment, even though the other two only did so because Cyrus begged them. The only way to reverse the curse is to bring the stolen water back. It's implied she's the creator of all genies in the ''Once Upon a Time'' verse.]] |
| 261 | * ExactWords: Rather like [[spoiler:the genies she creates]], she makes fateful pronouncements that hinge upon these, whether stating that no one may take from her waters who does not deserve it or whose fate is predetermined, or claiming that ''anyone'' who steals from her well/uses powers derived from her waters without permission will be subject to her curse. |
| 262 | * HumanoidAbomination: She's definitely creepy. |
| 263 | * LackOfEmpathy: In her own words she won't grant mercy to those who (she thinks) don't deserve it. [[spoiler:She's doesn't express ''any'' compassion to Cyrus and his brothers when they come to her to save their mother, or when Cyrus begs her to reverse the curse on his brothers. She also ignores Amara's pleas for mercy when she comes for revenge.]] |
| 264 | * MeaningfulName: Nyx means night in Greek. It's also reminiscent of a nixie, a type of water sprite. |
| 265 | * SchmuckBait: She's very insistent that her water can only be used by those whose fate has yet to be written. However there's really nothing to stop someone taking the water without permission. [[spoiler:She then appears from the water and casts her curse.]] |
| 266 | * {{Seers}}: Implied to be one as she knows what is written by destiny and what is not. |
| 267 | * TheStoic: Her main concern is that destiny goes on as planned, nothing more. If what you want contradicts that destiny (like saving a loved one from a predetermined fate) she's very unhelpful; not even an expression of pity. [[spoiler:However, she shows a smirk when she transforms Cyrus and his brothers into genies, and seems to rather enjoy what she does to Jafar.]] |
| 268 | * StringyHairedGhostGirl: Only in appearance, it seems. |
| 269 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Averted, as she knows people's fate it's safe to assume she knew what would happen the moment she [[spoiler:cursed Cyrus and his brothers to be genies]], not that she would be bothered by this. |
| 270 | * YouCantFightFate: A '''very firm''' believer in this. She punishes people who even dare to change it. |
| 271 | [[/folder]] |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[folder:Aladdin]] |
| 274 | !![[Literature/{{Aladdin}} Aladdin]] |
| 275 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aladdin.png]] |
| 276 | [[caption-width-right:250:'''Aladdin:''' ''Let's be honest, I might be a selfish street rat, but you, you're a selfish princess.'']] |
| 277 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/DenizAkdeniz |
| 278 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "The Savior", "Street Rats" |
| 279 | |
| 280 | The hero of Agrabah, and part of the line of Saviors. |
| 281 | ---- |
| 282 | * BeardOfSorrow: In a far cry from his clean-shaven look in the flashbacks, the modern Aladdin is a fully bearded wreck who has given no care to his own grooming. |
| 283 | * BeingGoodSucks: Jafar goes on a rant to him that the destiny of all Saviors is to give until they have nothing left, and Aladdin seems to have no objection to this in his pathetic state. |
| 284 | * FallenHero: We first meet him long after his story supposedly ended, as a broken wreck who's going to die soon. |
| 285 | * LovableRogue: Even thieves have standards. |
| 286 | * MagicCarpet: Just like his movie counterpart. |
| 287 | * NotWithThemForTheMoney: Allegedly, turned down a treasury full of gold as a reward from the Sultan for freeing him from Jafar's control. |
| 288 | * StreetSmart: Comes with being a street rat. |
| 289 | * ThereIsAnother: Before Emma, he was the Savior along with many others before and after him. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Jasmine]] |
| 293 | !![[Literature/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]] |
| 294 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jasmine_15.png]] |
| 295 | [[caption-width-right:250:'''Jasmine:''' ''I did not come so far and sacrifice so much only to give up on finding Aladdin.'']] |
| 296 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/KarenDavid |
| 297 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Street Rats", "A Wondrous Place" |
| 298 | |
| 299 | The princess of Agrabah who is Aladdin's love interest. |
| 300 | ---- |
| 301 | %%* BattleCouple: With Aladdin. |
| 302 | * HotTeacher: After coming to Storybrooke, she takes a job as a teacher at Snow's school. |
| 303 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Her Agrabah outfits are almost exclusively some shade of blue. |
| 304 | * UptownGirl: The daughter of a Sultan in love with a street rat. |
| 305 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Is only supposed to be fifteen, yet looks like she's in her 20s. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:The Genie of Agrabah/Sidney Glass]] |
| 309 | See Sidney Glass' profile [[Characters/OnceUponATimeStorybrooke here]]. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Ulima]] |
| 313 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/w107ulima.png]] |
| 314 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Ulima:''' ''There is nothing left to do, Jafar.'']] |
| 315 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RekhaSharma |
| 316 | Jafar's mother and the Sultan's former lover. |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She was cared greatly for Jafar and her only mistake was sending him to his father on her deathbed. |
| 319 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Ulima honestly believed that the sultan would happily accept Jafar as his son despite him being a bastard child. [[spoiler:She was wrong, big time.]] |
| 320 | * TheLostLenore: Subverted, she and the Sultan never married and broke up at least ten years prior to her death, but the sultan was still visibly shocked and upset by her death. [[spoiler:However whatever feelings of affection he had for her still weren't enough to honor her last wish to take in Jafar.]] |
| 321 | * MamaBear: The mist that hovers over Jafar's body bringing him back to life after the sultan drowns him looks just like the mist that left Ulima's body at her passing. The fact that it turned red while reviving Jafar and he was filled with a burning desire to get revenge on his father later may say something... |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | !Neverland |
| 325 | [[folder:Peter Pan]] |
| 326 | !!Malcom / [[Literature/PeterPan Peter Pan]] / Pied Piper |
| 327 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peter_pan_1338.png]] |
| 328 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Peter Pan:''' ''We don't have any kings in Neverland. Just me.'']] |
| 329 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobbieKay, Creator/StephenLord, Creator/JaredSGilmore |
| 330 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Think Lovely Thoughts" |
| 331 | |
| 332 | The immortal leader of the Lost Boys who has stolen children for centuries to find the Heart of the True Believer. He rules Neverland with an iron grip and has a peculiar familiarity with Rumplestiltskin. |
| 333 | ---- |
| 334 | * AbusiveParents: |
| 335 | ** He's the first Lost Boy; did you expect his childhood was a happy one? We never see his father, but he mentioned that his father sold him to a blacksmith. As revealed in "Think Lovely Thoughts," he himself abandoned his son Rumplestiltskin to gain eternal youth. He was ''very'' neglectful towards Rumple, to the point of putting him in the care of two spinsters so he could continue being a bum. As Pan, he has no trouble [[KickTheDog banishing his son to Pandora's Box]] if he gets in his way. |
| 336 | ** Taken to a whole new level in "Going Home" when he reveals that he straight-up despised his son from the day he was born, and attempts to kill the people Rumple loves most out of pure spite. Likely the only reason he never tried to outright kill Rumple is that someone has to continue the bloodline, as he insinuates in "Ariel". |
| 337 | * AccentRelapse: Upon becoming Peter Pan, he switched to an English accent from the Irish one his older self used. |
| 338 | * ActuallyIAmHim: He pretends to be a captive of Neverland until Henry accuses him of working for Pan, at which point he clarifies that he ''is'' Pan. |
| 339 | * AdaptationalVillainy: One of the most villainous versions of the character, and that's even considering that his original book version was no saint. Amusingly, he was originally supposed to be the villain of the play, so his adaptational villainy could be seen as a return to that idea. |
| 340 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Peter Pan is also the Pied Piper. |
| 341 | * AppropriatedAppelation: Peter Pan was originally the name of the doll he gave to his son. He claims he uses it as a reminder of the connection between them, when really it's more likely he just wanted to ditch his old name, so he took the name of the thing right in front of him that got left behind by his son. |
| 342 | * ArcVillain: For the first half of Season 3. |
| 343 | * ArchNemesisDad: Rumplestiltskin has no love for his father and Pan has no love for his son, even being willing to kill Rumplestilskin's family just to spite them. His son eventually performs a MutualKill on Pan. |
| 344 | * ArrowCatch: Has the speed and agility to catch an arrow fired not five feet from him as easily as he could breathe. Which actually bites him in the ass when Neal fires an arrow at him whose ''shaft'' is coated in magic squid ink. |
| 345 | * BadassBoast: |
| 346 | ** "There are no kings in Neverland. [[EvilOverlord Just me.]]" |
| 347 | ** And also: "Peter Pan never fails." |
| 348 | ** In the fifth season to Zelena: "I hear you're wicked. [[EvilerThanThou Well, I'm much worse.]]" |
| 349 | * BerserkButton: "Nasty Habits" shows that he ''really'' doesn't like people trying to leave Neverland without his permission; they don't even have to get very far, they just have to ''try''. It's one of the first times we've seen him truly angry. |
| 350 | ** Though he tries to hide it the best he can his son, Rumplestiltskin, is one as well. It finally comes out in the mid-season finale that he was horrified by the very idea of raising a baby, whom he considered a "pink, naked, squirming little larva who would eat all his hopes and dreams alive." Thus he neglected young Rumple until he got to the point where he was able to abandon him. |
| 351 | * BigBad: He is the central antagonist for the first half of Season 3. |
| 352 | * BigBadWannabe: Believe it or not, the seemingly all-powerful manchild is reduced to this in Season 5. While his plan to return to the living world is definitely threatening, he never had a chance of completing it from the start since Rumple betrays him immediately after getting Hades to destroy the contract, destroying his soul with water from the River of Lost Souls. In the end, [[EvilerThanThou Hades]]' EvilPlan completely overshadows his and Rumple doesn't even mention getting rid of him. |
| 353 | * BigBrotherMentor: It seems as though he's trying to be a dark twisted version of this towards Henry, later revealed to be his great-grandson. |
| 354 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: As Malcolm, he seems to be a loving father even if he neglects his son to play games. In "Going Home", Peter reveals that he actually hated him since he was a baby, which we later see is because he irrationally blamed him for his wife's supposed death. |
| 355 | * BodySnatcher: It appears he has the ability to switch bodies with people through grabbing their shadows, as he was able to switch bodies with Henry just before he was about to be sucked into PandorasBox. |
| 356 | * BreakThemByTalking: Pan makes an art form of it, spending most of the half-season verbally ripping the heroes to shred and shattering their resolve with a few good jabs where it hurts, often in an almost friendly, conversational tone. All the more gloomy in that he almost always hits straight home. For instance when he damaged the regrowing trust between Rumple and Bael by mentioning the Prophecy about Henry, never lying about it. Of course, it makes it even more enjoyable when Regina gives him a taste of his own medicine. |
| 357 | -->'''Hook:''' [Emma] is starting to see me for the man I am. |
| 358 | -->'''Peter Pan:''' [[FlatWhat What?]] Like a one-armed pirate with a drinking problem? I'm not grown up, but I'm pretty sure that's less than appealing. |
| 359 | * CanonCharacterAllAlong: Rumple's father is alluded to in Season 2, and finally makes an appearance in "Think Lovely Thoughts." He is revealed to be Peter Pan. |
| 360 | * CastingAShadow: He has the power to rip off a person's shadow. As seen for the first time in "The Heart of the Truest Believer" the process is fatal and extremely painful, and can also use this for defense by switching bodies if he finds himself in an unwanted situation. In "Going Home" it is shown that destroying the Shadow reverses the process. |
| 361 | * TheChessmaster: He's manipulated practically everyone and anyone he can to do his bidding and further his plans. He even refers to his capturing and keeping of Henry away from everyone else in "The Game". |
| 362 | -->'''Peter Pan:''' ''(to Neal after he's recaptured Henry)'' Oh, don't worry, it won't be for very long. Just until I've reset the board. See, the game is about to change. |
| 363 | * CompositeCharacter: He's also Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin. |
| 364 | * TheCorrupter: Trying to persuade Henry to join his cause as well as turning Bae against Rumple (again) cements him as this. It's implied its how he gets the Lost Boys to be loyal to him, and ''willingly'' want to stay in Neverland. |
| 365 | * CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:He devised a counter to take off the anti-magic cuff he created, just in case it was used against him. It is, and he shrugs it off.]] |
| 366 | -->'''Peter Pan:''' [[spoiler:Then one last lesson, son. Never make a cage you can't get out of. I made this cuff you know? Doesn't work on me. But on ''you''! (cue HoistByHisOwnPetard and CurbStompBattle)]] |
| 367 | * CuteAndPsycho: Don't let his magical, [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon innocent]] gaze fool you, to call him a bad person would be an understatement. |
| 368 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: Thanks to Rumple, he is this to his Wish Realm counterpart. |
| 369 | * DeaderThanDead: As shown in "Firebird". While in the Underworld, Rumple replaces Robin Hood's heart with a wineskin filled with water from the Acheron. This sends Pan to the Acheron, where he becomes a mindless drifting soul, although "Last Rites" suggests that this is reversible. |
| 370 | * DeadpanSnarker: Usually pretty cruel with this. |
| 371 | * DealWithTheDevil: He's ''very'' fond of these, as he likes to use them when corrupting people. |
| 372 | * DeathGlare: He can direct withering ones at his foes, and spends his penultimate confrontation with Rumple glaring at him with a stone-hard face and a hateful glare, that intensifies the more the confrontation goes. If looks could kill as they say. |
| 373 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: For Season 3, and the series as a whole. |
| 374 | * TheDreaded: Hook and his crew of hardened pirates are ''terrified'' of him, and even Rumplestiltskin says he's someone they should all fear. Including him. Yes, that's right, even the Dark One is scared of this little sod. |
| 375 | * EntitledBastard: He thinks a hard childhood and an adulthood with a missing wife means the world owes him a happy eternity, no matter who has to suffer for that to happen. |
| 376 | * EvilCounterpart: To Rumplestiltskin, the ''Dark One''. Like Rumple, he also has great magic power, immortality, likes making deals, and is generally feared. The difference is Rumple has a conscience buried deep inside, and wishes to make amends for his past evil. Pan, however, is a genuine sociopath, with nothing holding him back. Taken even further with TheReveal of his true identity: when Rumple abandoned Baelfire, he immediately felt remorseful and spent a lifetime trying to fix his mistake and reunite with his son. Whereas when Pan abandoned Rumple, he made no attempts to make amends... in fact, he's ''[[KickTheDog gloated]]'' to Rumple about it several times. |
| 377 | ** It's later revealed that he ALWAYS resented his son from the day he was born because having a child meant being tied down from living the life he wanted to live. Ouch. Though it's never quite certain whether he felt like this whilst Fiona was still alive, as he seems overjoyed when Rumple is first born. |
| 378 | * EvilOverlord: Younger (physically anyway) than most examples, but he still counts. Pan is the indisputable ruler of Neverland, down to the enormous power and army of minions, and he will let nobody leave without his ''permission''. |
| 379 | * EvilSorcerer: As the absolute ruler of Neverland, he is more of a PhysicalGod, but Peter Pan is also a master of sorcery, who can effortlessly cast his version of the Curse, dish out nasty spells, and created powerful magic trinkets. |
| 380 | * {{Expy}}: Pan has been described as Disney's take on [[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]] as both are [[TeensAreMonsters monstrous teenagers]] with pronounced sadistic streaks. Though the difference here is that Pan use to been a grown adult who used magic to turn himself into a teenager and is infinitely more dangerous as a solo threat compared to [[DirtyCoward Joffrey]], having power to back up his words and threats. |
| 381 | * FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Pan looks like a cute PrettyBoy, but he is one of (if not '''the''') the show's most hideously, unapologetically evil with a capital E. It shows in his facial expressions, which can be really chilling. When the nasty twerp sends a DeathGlare, the receiving party are within their right to soil themselves. |
| 382 | * TheFairFolk: The character's dark undertones are now overtones. |
| 383 | * FascinatingEyebrow: His actor says he's aware of it but it tends to go off on its own. |
| 384 | * FatalFlaw: His '''massive''' ego. As a PhysicalGod due to Neverland's belief-based magic, he could have won easily had he not taken his sweet time toying with everyone, under the impression that "Peter Pan never fails" so he'll win anyway. This is most noticeable in "Save Henry" and "Going Home". |
| 385 | ** It shows up again in "Firebird", where he completely underestimates Rumple and tries to manipulate and intimidate him like he had always successfully done in life... but it doesn't work quite so well this time around. |
| 386 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's a genuinely despicable, monstrous person who makes ''Cora'' look less evil, but he can make almost anyone trust him. Even the audience. |
| 387 | * FreudianExcuse: |
| 388 | ** Implied, he has a strong fixation on children who've been abandoned by their parents. Turns out this was the case for him as well–his father abandoned him to stay with a blacksmith. Didn't stop him from [[{{Hypocrite}} doing the same damn thing to his own son]], though. |
| 389 | ** He also mentions how he had to work for the blacksmith day in and day out in front of hot coals, so to relieve the stress, he'd think lovely thoughts and then at nights he'd visit Neverland in his dreams. Having a stressful, work-filled childhood made him want to make up for it with a responsibility-free, game-filled adult life, and this also explains why he was so eager to have a real second (and eternal) childhood upon going back to Neverland. And also why he hated having a child. "A child can't have a child" after all. |
| 390 | ** The fact that his own wife left him and became evil probably didn't help matters either. In fact, this is where part of the hatred for his son comes in: He blames him for his wife leaving them. |
| 391 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: In the Enchanted Forest was just a useless deadbeat and conman, now he's TheDreaded. |
| 392 | * ForTheEvulz: While looking for Henry, his shadow brought countless kids to Neverland as part of the search. Even though they weren't the ones he was looking for, Pan wouldn't let ''any'' of them go back to their families, even though they were ''begging'' to see their parents. |
| 393 | * GreaterScopeVillain: For Greg and Tamara in Season 2, for Rumplestiltskin's character as a whole, and consequently for the series up to "Going Home". |
| 394 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He cites his own father abandoning him as an excuse for being a {{Manchild}}, only to then abandon his own son for his own selfish reasons. |
| 395 | ** He complains about how he will never be rid of Rumplestiltskin in "[[Recap/OnceUponATimeS3E11GoingHome Going Home]]", ignoring the fact that the only reason why Rumplestiltskin ever confronts him is because Pan more or less forces him to do this, using his flute to try and take Baelfire away shortly after he became the Dark One and then later kidnaps his grandson Henry to be used as a sacrifice. |
| 396 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: He traded Rumplestiltskin as a child in order to gain eternal youth so he could stay on Neverland. He tries to rationalize this deplorable action by saying that Rumple would be better off without him because he was "never meant to be a father", thus could never be the father his son needs. It's later revealed that he never believed a word of this, and only said it in hopes that Rumple wouldn't ever come back into his life. |
| 397 | * IGaveMyWord: Claims that when he gives his word, he will keep it. To the ExactWords. Although the map he gave Emma does show her the location of his camp where Henry is, nothing stops him from moving the camp regularly around Neverland. |
| 398 | * ImmortalImmaturity: Par for the course; Neverland doesn't grant immortality, it just keeps you from growing up. So Peter sits somewhere between a centuries-old [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] and a schoolyard bully. |
| 399 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Every action Pan takes is for his own benefit and no one else, not even his son or great-grandson, is of the least importance if sacrificing them gets him what he wants. Taken to a huge extreme when he admits that he never wanted a child because the responsibilities of parenthood would prevent him from living his life the way HE wanted to. |
| 400 | * LastNameBasis: Almost everyone in the cast calls him "Pan." |
| 401 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's petty, cruel, sociopathic, and manipulative. |
| 402 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Coming to Neverland with Rumple for the first time finally makes him act like a half-decent dad. And then he breaks like glass when offered a chance at eternal youth. |
| 403 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Malcolm never loved his son, neglected him, and later tried to abandon him, but he still showed signs of guilt about this since he knows Rumple loves him nonetheless. Once he discards Rumple and becomes Pan, however, any and all sense of guilt is lost. He even points out that he's safe by the Thinking Tree because it can't ensnare him since he has no regrets. |
| 404 | * KidsAreCruel: Subverted, Pan initially appears to be a young adult/older teen, but he's even older than Rumplestiltskin, and only keeps his youth thanks to Neverland's magic. |
| 405 | * KilledOffForReal: He is killed along with Rumple via the Dark One dagger. |
| 406 | * KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He stands out amongst most villains in ''Once Upon a Time'' by having no issue with sacrificing his own family members. |
| 407 | * KnightOfCerebus: Downplayed in that the show itself wasn't exactly ''light-hearted'', but the villains proceeding him had either a couple comedic moments or a loved one at ''least'', but with Pan all the comedy is sucked from the area, and it's made ''painstakingly'' clear that he has no loved ones. |
| 408 | * LaughablyEvil: Only as Malcolm. His shameless scamming and attitude about life is so audacious it becomes amusing. |
| 409 | * TheLostLenore: His wife Fiona, whose supposed death hit Malcolm hard. After becoming the completely self-centered Peter Pan, however, he appears to forget all about her, as he never once mentions or alludes to her. |
| 410 | * LukeIAmYourFather: Turns out he is Rumplestiltskin's father. |
| 411 | * TheManBehindTheMan: To Greg and Tamara. |
| 412 | * MagicalFlutist: Has a set of panpipes that can control children who feel lonely, neglected, or abandoned. Notably Rumple can hear it as an ''adult''. But Henry can't hear it, at first. |
| 413 | * ManipulativeBastard: Equals (or even surpasses) Rumplestiltskin in the mind games category. Like father, like son in this case. |
| 414 | * MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that the defining moment for Malcom to grow to hate his own son was when in her maddened attempt at saving her son from dying as the Savior, Fiona turned herself into the Black Fairy and was banished to the Dark Realm before she could cast the Dark Curse and leaving him to raise their son alone.]] |
| 415 | * {{Narcissist}}: The biggest one in the series, [[ItsAllAboutMe as he only cares for himself.]] |
| 416 | * NeverGrewUp: |
| 417 | ** The trope namer. He looks as if he's a teen or young adult but he's Really700YearsOld and acts [[ManipulativeBastard much]] [[TheChessmaster different]] [[TheUnfettered than]] [[KnightOfCerebus his]] appearance implies. |
| 418 | ** It turns out he ''did'' grow up physically in the past, but not mentally, and so he was desperate to return to the age that he felt he still belonged at, even if it meant giving up his own son. |
| 419 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: He points out to Rumplestiltskin that they've both done horrible things, abandoning their sons for one flavor of power or another. [[ShutUpHannibal Rumplestiltskin immediately points out]] that he has regretted his choice every second since and spent centuries trying to make up for it, while Peter has never shown even the slightest ounce of remorse. |
| 420 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: There are a few times when he describes himself as having a good day when he won't be the manipulating immature evil immortal everyone fears, a facet taken straight from the original book. When Hook and his elder brother came looking for the most poisonous plant in Neverland, believing it to be a medicinal plant, he told them they had bad information, but still gave them directions. And when Hook's elder brother poisoned himself to prove Pan was lying and found out the most painful way Pan was being honest, Pan even gave him a magical cure to save his brother's life. |
| 421 | * OutsideContextProblem: He doesn't even appear until the second season, and he's unlike anything Emma, her parents, or Regina have faced before. Only Neal, Rumplestiltskin, and Hook have an idea how to deal with him, and he ''still'' manages to surprise even ''them''. |
| 422 | * ThePatriarch: He's the oldest known male member of his family and spends much of the show as the strongest. |
| 423 | * PetTheDog: His first interactions with Hook and his brother, as explained above, were genuinely cordial and helpful, if ominous. Too bad his good days are quite rare. |
| 424 | * PhysicalGod: Because his eternal youth and life is bound to the magic of Neverland, he can do ''anything'' so long as he merely believes it. He could kill the main cast with ease if he wanted to, [[SmugSuper but he doesn't want to because it's more fun to "play" with them]]. |
| 425 | * PowerOfHate: Recognizes its usefulness when he lied to Greg and Tamara about his goal to destroy magic and convinced them to do his bidding. |
| 426 | * PsychopathicManchild: As Malcolm. Oddly enough, he actually got slightly better in terms of childishness after sacrificing his son for eternal youth, though he certainly remained psychopathic. |
| 427 | * PsychoticSmirk: One would be hard-pressed to think that cute Creator/RobbieKay can pull this up, but he does ''flawlessly''. He does one as soon as things go his way, which means quite often, and makes it creepy as hell. |
| 428 | * Really700YearsOld: He has been around longer than Rumplestiltskin. As revealed in "Think Lovely Thoughts", Peter is actually Rumple's de-aged father. |
| 429 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Downplayed. On several occasions, most notably in Season 3, Episode 4, when Peter Pan [[BreakThemByTalking psychologically deconstructs Rumplestiltskin]] his eyes get ''noticeably'' bloodshot. |
| 430 | * SingleTargetSexuality: Fiona is the only woman he shows interest in. |
| 431 | * ASinisterClue: The left hand is his dominant one, the one he usually rises to ArrowCatch, spell-casts and the like. |
| 432 | * SmugSuper: He's very smug to a punchable degree, but he has the power, smarts and magic to back it all up. Which makes his defeat at Regina's hands all the more satisfying. |
| 433 | * TheSociopath: |
| 434 | ** Has a severe LackOfEmpathy, ''delights'' in using people's weaknesses and insecurities against them and is an unapologetically evil little shit. |
| 435 | ** As Malcolm, he acts affectionate toward his son but still neglects and ultimately abandons him, later confirming that he liked Rumple as a tool at most and despised him at worst. His affection for Rumple was genuine only so much as it being an extension of his love for ''himself'': caring for Rumple because he's '''his''' son rather than because he's his '''son'''. It's a degree of sociopathy reminiscent of [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood Daniel Plainview]]. |
| 436 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Pan is arguably the vilest, nastiest villain in the show, without a single decent bone in his body, but he is always perfectly calm, whether cordial and conversational or scathing and spiteful. He almost never raises his voice and without screaming the rare times he does. |
| 437 | * SorcerousOverlord: Played with, as he rarely uses sorcery there, but he is still an EvilSorcerer when not playing PhysicalGod, ruling Neverland with an iron fist. |
| 438 | * SoreLoser: Does NOT take well to losing a game. After Regina denies him of Henry's heart, he is seriously pissed. |
| 439 | * StealthHiBye: He does this with magic, but it still counts. Being able to be anywhere he wants on Neverland, Pan has the disturbing habit of appearing near people without warning, usually too far in their confort zone just for further creepy points. Several times. And disappearing just as suddenly. |
| 440 | * SupernaturallyYoungParent: Via magic of Neverland. |
| 441 | * ThisWasHisTrueForm: As Rumplestiltskin finishes the both of them off in his TakingYouWithMe moment, Pan is reverted to his original age before he regained his youth. |
| 442 | * TomTheDarkLord: He's a manipulative, violent sorcerer named "Peter." And his real name is Malcolm. |
| 443 | * TranquilFury: The sod never loses his calm, even when furious. Which makes his rage even more chilling. |
| 444 | * TheUnapologetic: He says that the best part of being a Lost Boy is never having to apologize. He himself embodies it better than anyone else in the group, showing no remorse for his actions and refusing to make full amends with Rumple even when he's trying t lure him to his side. In fact, his refusal to ever feel guilty means that he's seemingly the only one who can't be trapped, even temporarily, by the magic tree of Neverland. |
| 445 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In the far past of the story, a man abandons his son to live forever. Said son must live with his failure forever, go off to fight in the Ogre Wars, and is then branded a coward when he injures himself to get out of it. That son would grow up to become Rumplestiltskin, one of the cornerstones of the plot. That man would become Peter Pan. His actions basically set things in motion to create the plot. |
| 446 | * TheVamp: A male example. Especially to Hook's {{The Ingenue}}. |
| 447 | * VillainTeleportation: In Neverland, he can appear and vanish anywhere at will. |
| 448 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted. Pan tries to play this image up to Henry since he's destined to save all magic in all of the multiverse, but Pan's not really fooling anyone. |
| 449 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Played with. In "Nasty Habits", Rumple says that they knew each other when Rumple was a kid, but something happened, and as a result Rumple considers Pan more evil than him. But as revealed in "Think Lovely Thoughts" Peter is actually Rumple's father, de-aged from a deal using Neverland's magic. And though he acted it, he was NEVER truly a friend to his son. |
| 450 | * WouldHurtAChild: He would willingly sacrifice his son without caring what would happen to Rumple for the sake of his own eternal youth. Later on, he's willing to sacrifice his great-grandson to continue living forever. |
| 451 | * XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:As soon as he gets trapped within Pandora Box, he immediately decides to switch bodies with Henry and play low until the heroes think the threat is gone. They pulled him out of Neverland? Not that he cares, he will turn Storybrook as his new Neverland, with every citizen as his memory-wiped slave for good measure. And he comes dangerously close to do so.]] |
| 452 | * YoureNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum: Regina gives Pan an ''epic'' one of these. A temporarily depowered Pan is relying on a tree that traps people tight with vines. The greater their regret, the more tightly the tree holds them. Pan is strutting up and down, lecturing Emma and Snow on all the regret they feel, when Regina stops him cold. She makes it clear that she doesn't feel any regret, ''despite everything she's done'', because it got her the one thing she loves the most – it got her ''Henry'' – and easily breaks free of the tree. The OhCrap expression on Pan's face, right before Regina hammers him flat, is priceless. This scene really drives home Pan's biggest weaknesses: Being so confident he always underestimates others, and continually relying on one-size-fits-all solutions. |
| 453 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: No one is meant to live in Neverland as it's a land that only exists in the dreams of children. Peter Pan broke the law and his youth is connected to the hourglass in Skull Rock. |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder:Felix]] |
| 457 | !!Felix |
| 458 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/felix__5476.png]] |
| 459 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Felix:''' ''Pan never fails.'']] |
| 460 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/ParkerCroft |
| 461 | |
| 462 | A leader of the Lost Boys, second only to Peter Pan himself. |
| 463 | ---- |
| 464 | * AlasPoorVillain: Kind of hard not to feel sorry for the schmuck when he gets his heart ripped out and crushed by Pan. |
| 465 | * CarryABigStick: Always seen carrying a large wooden club. |
| 466 | * CreepyMonotone: His way of speaking. |
| 467 | * DeadpanSnarker: With the emphasis on deadpan. |
| 468 | * TheDragon: He's the strongest of the Lost Boys, which makes him Pan's second in command. |
| 469 | * {{Expy}}: More than a few viewers have compared him to [[{{Film/Hook}} Rufio]], [[MythologyGag and Hook later alludes to having killed Rufio]] while fighting Feliz. |
| 470 | ** He may be a reference to Slightly, as well. |
| 471 | * FirstNameBasis: He's the only one to ever call Pan, "Peter". |
| 472 | * KilledOffForReal: Due to being the thing Peter Pan "loves" most. |
| 473 | * MouthOfSauron: He fulfills this role for Peter. |
| 474 | * NervesOfSteel: Remains perfectly calm while threatening the Dark One to his face, and is downright gleeful while waiting for Henry to shoot a poisoned arrow at an apple on his head. |
| 475 | * PsychoSupporter: To Pan. |
| 476 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Peter Pan -- more so than the other Lost Boys, to the point that he was the only one that stayed on Pan's side. Which is ironically what does him in, as it technically makes him the person Pan loves the most -- the person you have to kill to perform Regina's curse. |
| 477 | * VillainousBreakdown: He doesn't take it well when the other Lost Boys are convinced to turn on Pan. |
| 478 | [[/folder]] |
| 479 | |
| 480 | [[folder:Tinker Bell]] |
| 481 | !![[Literature/PeterPan Tinker Bell]] |
| 482 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RoseMcIver |
| 483 | ->'''Voiced By:''' Lourdes Cetrángolo (Latin-Labyrinthine Spanish), Creator/AyumiFujimura (Japanese) |
| 484 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tinker_bell_6879.png]] |
| 485 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Tinker Bell:''' ''I ''was'' a fairy. A long time ago.'']] |
| 486 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Quite a Common Fairy" |
| 487 | |
| 488 | A fairy exiled in Neverland. One of the only people Pan trusts, and an old acquaintance of Captain Hook. |
| 489 | ---- |
| 490 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She's the only fairy with a green outfit. |
| 491 | * BlitheSpirit: Among the fairies as well as in the human world, before she lost hope in herself. Afterwards, she's much more careful in what she gets involved in. |
| 492 | * BreakTheCutie: Caused by her banishment and loss of her wings, courtesy of the Blue Fairy. |
| 493 | * BrokenBird: After being stripped of her wings. |
| 494 | * BroughtDownToNormal: As punishment for stealing pixie dust. |
| 495 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Prior to meeting Regina, she apparently couldn't resist the calling of helping others, even when it clashed with fairy rules or common sense. |
| 496 | * DoNotGoGentle: To Regina, trying to be her MoralityChain and to make her fight TheCorruption and being made into TheCorruptible. |
| 497 | * DespairEventHorizon: Being BroughtDownToNormal by the Blue Fairy causes her to suffer a ''massive'' CynicismCatalyst. |
| 498 | * TheFairFolk: Is pretty downright nasty when first seen in the present day, but she gets better. |
| 499 | * FairySexy: [[http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/09/once-upon-a-time-first-look-at-rose-mciver-as-tinker-bell.html Just look at her!]] |
| 500 | * ForHappiness: Unlike the Blue Fairy, she doesn't adhere to BlackAndWhiteMorality. She genuinely wanted everyone to be happy, no matter what they've done or could do, before her conflict with Regina. |
| 501 | * FunPersonified: In the flashback for ''Quite A Common Fairy'', she is innocent, open-minded and a good listener, making her a talented and lovable fairy and also too naive to take things seriously, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and always looking to the bright side of things. |
| 502 | * GardenGarment: Her dress looks like it is made of leaves. |
| 503 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's extremely helpful and kind hearted until the Blue Fairy takes her wings from her. |
| 504 | * MaliciousMisnaming: The Blue Fairy calls her "Green" even though she insists on being called Tinker Bell. However, the Blue Fairy does this out of respect for fairy rules rather than actual malice. |
| 505 | * OddFriendship: With Regina who, at the time they meet, is rather brooding and pessimistic, contrasting with Tink's extreme energy and optimism. |
| 506 | * PluckyComicRelief: At first. |
| 507 | * QuirkyCurls: In the Enchanted Forest flashbacks, she's sporting wild curls and is rather energetic. They're gone in Neverland after she has become much more cynical. |
| 508 | * RebelliousSpirit: Much to the Blue Fairy's displeasure she has a habit of breaking the rules. |
| 509 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: She goes against the Blue Fairy's orders because she feels helping Regina is the right thing to do. |
| 510 | * ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Leaves the group, when she finds out they have no escape plan off the island, as she believes they'll all be killed. Though she is willing to rejoin if they have one. |
| 511 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Regina and happiness, really, which in her opinion comes with the man with the lion tattoo. |
| 512 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Initially simply sympathy for an AntiHero, who ends up falling into darkness. It is a SubvertedTrope when she tries to take revenge and regrets trying to help but it is DoubleSubverted and actually continues all the way, towards the only person she appears to really despise: Regina. |
| 513 | * WellDoneDaughterGirl: She wants to prove to the Blue Fairy that she can be a good fairy. |
| 514 | * WhatTheHellHero: So far, she's the only person who's gotten to properly confront the Blue Fairy for screwing them over. Blue eventually agrees that she went too far, and restores her wings. |
| 515 | * WideEyedIdealist: Before losing her wings, she had really optimistic ideas about love and happiness. |
| 516 | * YouAreNumberSix: Wants to be called by her ''name'' Tinker Bell, instead of Green, the color of her dress which is the norm amongst full-fledged fairies. The Blue Fairy still calls her Green. |
| 517 | [[/folder]] |
| 518 | |
| 519 | [[folder:The Shadow]] |
| 520 | !!The Shadow |
| 521 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_shadow_7630.png]] |
| 522 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''The Shadow:''' ''I am the sole inhabitant of Neverland.'']] |
| 523 | ->'''Voiced By:''' Music/MarilynManson |
| 524 | |
| 525 | A humanoid shadow that takes children to Neverland where they never have to grow up or listen to their parents. However, it refuses to let the children leave even if they start to miss their parents. Its host is the ruler of Neverland, Peter Pan. |
| 526 | ---- |
| 527 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: It obeys Pan simply because Pan was the first person to make the island his home, but its original purpose was to bring children to Neverland in their dreams, which is decidedly non-sinister. The fact that it had no qualms immediately binding itself to Pan and aiding in his evil plots puts its sense of right and wrong rather up in the air. |
| 528 | * DragonInChief: Although it serves Pan, it also is what made him so powerful to begin with. |
| 529 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Marilyn Manson gives his signature throaty trill to it in the one episode it bothers to talk. |
| 530 | * HumanoidAbomination: It's the detached shadow of Peter Pan that does his bidding. In "Think Lovely Thoughts", it's revealed that it was formerly the sole inhabitant of Neverland before Pan arrived, and became Pan's shadow through a deal they made. |
| 531 | * InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: It takes Wendy to Neverland but takes her back home on the condition that one of her brothers takes her place. |
| 532 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Its glowing eyes are the only thing on it not completely black. |
| 533 | * KillItWithFire: Taken out by being thrown into an incense burner. |
| 534 | * LivingShadow: The Shadow is a creature of darkness that can interact with shadows, but its clear that he is not literally Pan's shadow, having existed long before Peter Pan arrived in Neverland. |
| 535 | * NoOntologicalInertia: Destroying The Shadow restores the lives of all those who were killed by having their shadows ripped out. |
| 536 | * PowerFloats: The Shadow can fly. |
| 537 | * TheQuietOne: It ''can'' speak, but only actually does so in one episode. Still, given that it was Music/MarilynManson providing the voice, that one episode was ''more than enough'' to freak out every fan of this show. |
| 538 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Bae manages to escape him by lighting a match and waving it in his face. |
| 539 | [[/folder]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | [[folder:The Lost Boys]] |
| 542 | !![[Literature/PeterPan The Lost Boys]] |
| 543 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_lost_ones_7824.png]] |
| 544 | A gang of young boys working for Peter Pan. |
| 545 | |
| 546 | ---- |
| 547 | * BlackCloak[=/=]InTheHood: Their uniforms. |
| 548 | * CarryABigStick: All the Lost Boys are armed with wooden weapons. |
| 549 | * CreepyChild: A whole gang of them. |
| 550 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: All except Felix, the leader. |
| 551 | * PoisonedWeapons: Their weapons are laced with dreamshade, ensuring even a nick will kill their enemies in time. Or each other if their play goes badly. |
| 552 | * SheepInSheepsClothing: They're not technically evil - they just don't have a choice to leave and leap at the chance to go home, or rather to what will be the nearest thing to home - because God knows how long those children have been there and their entire families may be dead! - when Emma gives them the chance. |
| 553 | [[/folder]] |
| 554 | |
| 555 | [[folder:Tiger Lily]] |
| 556 | !![[Literature/PeterPan Tiger Lily]] |
| 557 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tigerlily.png]] |
| 558 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/SaraTomko |
| 559 | |
| 560 | A former fairy once close to the Black Fairy. She gave up her wings after failing to keep the latter from succumbing to darkness. |
| 561 | ---- |
| 562 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In the book, she's a chief's daughter. Here, she's a fairy who sports a Native American-like appearance. |
| 563 | * FairyGodmother: [[spoiler:Rumplestiltskin's.]] |
| 564 | * MagicalNativeAmerican: She's a fairy who has the appearance of a Native American woman. |
| 565 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:She was unable to keep Fiona from turning dark.]] |
| 566 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Thanks a lot, Tiger Lily.]] |
| 567 | ** [[spoiler:She sets Fiona on the path to becoming the Black Fairy, resulting in the abduction and enslavement of many children.]] |
| 568 | ** In fact, one could argue that she is this to ''almost the entire series''. [[spoiler:Her banishment of Fiona led Malcolm to abuse young Rumplestiltskin and eventually become Peter Pan, which in turn set Rumple on the path to becoming the immortal [[TheCorrupter Corruptor]] who would influence Cora, Regina, Zelena, and many others to commit wicked acts.]] |
| 569 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite being in the New Enchanted Forest at the time, it is unknown what happened to her when [[spoiler:Drizella forces Regina to cast the Dark Curse.]] |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | !Oz |
| 573 | [[folder:Dorothy Gale and the Wizard of Oz]] |
| 574 | See these two characters under "Fictional Kansas" [[Characters/OnceUponATimeLandsWithoutMagic here]]. |
| 575 | [[/folder]] |
| 576 | |
| 577 | [[folder:The Sisterhood of Witches]] |
| 578 | !![[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Sisterhood of Witches]] |
| 579 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/SunnyMabrey, Creator/KarenHolness, Creator/SharonTaylor |
| 580 | |
| 581 | Three powerful witches of Oz that mastered light magic and represent three of the four elements of that magic. Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, represents love, the Witch of the North represents wisdom and the Witch of the East represents courage. |
| 582 | ---- |
| 583 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: The Witch of the North is an elderly woman in the Oz books but is portrayed here as young and beautiful. |
| 584 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Glinda is red haired in the original books, as well as most film portrayals (save for Michelle Williams in ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful''). Here she is a blonde. |
| 585 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The Witch of the East's not "wicked" and gets along with Dorothy. |
| 586 | ** Just for emphasis, while the original book's sequels implied each cardinal direction has a good and bad witch (we meet Mombi and Singra, the bad witches Glinda and Locasta overthrew to become the witches of the North and South, and a good witch named Gloma assumes the throne after the Witch of the West is defeated), there was never a good Witch of the East in canon. |
| 587 | ** There could be a good one and a wicked one for each direction in this version, since the Tin Man later mentions being cursed by the Wicked Witch of the North when he appears in "Where Bluebirds Fly". |
| 588 | * AdaptedOut: Inverted. This is one of the rare Oz adaptations to leave the Witch of the North in. She's usually combined with Glinda. |
| 589 | * AgeLift: Unlike North's book counterpart who is described as an old woman, she's played by a young actress. |
| 590 | * BigGood: Glinda is the head of the Witches, and thus acts as the greatest good Oz has known in the face of the deceptive Wizard Walsh and the Wicked Witch Zelena. |
| 591 | * IdiotBall: Thinking that water would kill Zelena. And, for that matter, not checking the body. Multiple times. |
| 592 | * NoNameGiven: The Witch of the North and East have no given names. |
| 593 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted. The Witch of the East's not related to the Wicked Witch of the West. |
| 594 | * SealedGoodInACan: Zelena has exiled Glinda to a snowy mountainous place north of the Dark Forest. |
| 595 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: Dorothy's house did not fall on the Witch of the East, leaving her to live past Dorothy's arrival. |
| 596 | * ThoseTwoGuys: The Witches of the North and East are always seen by the side of each other, and associate less with Zelena and Dorothy than Glinda does. |
| 597 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: The Witches were the only friends Zelena could ever remember, but after Zelena tried to attack Dorothy, the three witches became enemies of that Wicked Witch. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | %%[[folder:Stanum]] |
| 601 | %%!!Stanum |
| 602 | %%->'''Played By:''' Alex Désert, Austin Obiajunwa (young) |
| 603 | %% |
| 604 | %%A woodcutter who befriends Zelena and is cursed to transform into tin by the Wicked Witch of the North. |
| 605 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 606 | |
| 607 | ![[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Arendelle]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | See [[Characters/OnceUponATimeArendelle here]]. |
| 610 | |
| 611 | !Camelot |
| 612 | [[folder:Merlin]] |
| 613 | !!Myth/{{Merlin}} / [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} The Sorcerer]] |
| 614 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/once_merlin.jpg]] |
| 615 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Merlin:''' ''Life is made of moments, precious as diamonds.'']] |
| 616 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/ElliotKnight, Creator/JonathanAdams (voice) |
| 617 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Nimue" |
| 618 | |
| 619 | A powerful wizard who was active hundreds of year before the birth of Emma Swan and acts in the modern day through King Arthur, his Apprentice and the Author. He personally served to protect Excalibur and prevent the spread of the Darkness. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * AdaptationDeviation: Merlin is usually Arthur's chief advisor and mentor in the early part of his reign, here he's imprisoned long before Arthur's time and the two don't actually meet until much later. |
| 622 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Both Merlin and ''Fantasia'''s Sorcerer are portrayed as elderly men with flowing gray beards. Here, his magical power also preserves his youth, and as such he's portrayed by a handsome man in his thirties. |
| 623 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Thanks to being a CompositeCharacter with Yen Sid, he's not as nearly eccentric as Merlin in the ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'' and is much more serious. |
| 624 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Before he's revealed to be Merlin, the Sorcerer is known for little but causing the Author's disappearance. It can easily seem like Merlin banishes what was essentially {{God}} from the Enchanted Forest. |
| 625 | * BigGood: He assumes this role in Season 5, being by far the most powerful force for good so far. |
| 626 | * CompositeCharacter: With Yen Sid/The Sorcerer of WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}, taking his Apprentice, hat, and role as the BigGood from Franchise/KingdomHearts. |
| 627 | * CrazyPrepared: His library in Storybrooke is completely filled with blank books to cover all kinds of different timelines. |
| 628 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: He got one before he even appeared when he casually magicked up a door for Ingrid so she could travel to the Land Without Magic. Travel between worlds is no small feat (it took Rumplestiltskin, the most powerful dark sorcerer in the business, three centuries to pull it off), so the fact that Merlin could do it so easily establishes just what a powerful sorcerer he really is. |
| 629 | * ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Charming's reaction to meeting him is to note that he thought Merlin would be older, inciting Merlin to quip that being a tree helped his skin. |
| 630 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Outside of Camelot, no one knows his name is Merlin, they only know him as '''The''' Sorcerer, emphasizing his primacy as a wizard. |
| 631 | * EveryoneHasStandards: The Apprentice mentions that he does not like those who have fallen into darkness. |
| 632 | * TheGhost: Until "Lily", only his Apprentice and the results of his magic had been seen. Even the mansion in Storybrooke said to belong to him is empty. |
| 633 | * GoodCounterpart: Merlin is essentially a light equivalent of Rumplestiltskin and all the other Dark Ones, with nearly identical power sets, a connection to Excalibur and a tendency to use their awesome power to make deals with non-magical folk (although Merlin's "deals" don't tend to have any terrible price). |
| 634 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The Sorcerer's chosen frequently end up falling from grace. |
| 635 | ** Isaac begins to abuse the powers of the Author soon after his appointment, leading to Cruella de Vil's StartOfDarkness and the loss of Maleficent's daughter. |
| 636 | ** He picked the ''wrong'' person to be King of Camelot. To be fair, he realizes this, and when he's finally free from that tree, he even tells Arthur to his face how much of a disappointment he turned out to be. |
| 637 | * IdiotBall: In Storybrooke, he left his hat carelessly out in the open in his mansion, where anyone who knew what it was could take it. |
| 638 | ** Given he was trapped in a tree long before that and during that time, it was probably his apprentice who left the hat in the mansion as he was the last known person to possess it prior to it being seen in the mansion. |
| 639 | * LoveMakesYouDumb: His love for Nimue made him wish to surrender his own magic, but in the process, he created Excalibur and the first Dark One. |
| 640 | * MerlinAndNimue: Trope namers, and flashbacks do show that Merlin once loved a woman named Nimue before his first encounter with the Dark One. Played straight, as Nimue ''is'' the Dark One, and she kills Merlin by using Hook's body to rip Merlin's heart out. |
| 641 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: In Arthur's words, "Merlin speaks in half-truths." His prophecies are often quite vague, and it can often seem that they have been left unfulfilled when technically have been fulfilled through certain interpretations. Also played straight in regard to his statement that the first Dark One killed Nimue, since Nimue did die in a sense when she became the Dark One. |
| 642 | * OmniscientHero: The Holy Grail blessed Merlin with the gift of prophecy, which allows him to see the various outcomes of everyone's possible choices. This allows him to know most of the main characters before meeting them and say in certainty when things have taken the darkest possible turn. |
| 643 | * OmniscientMoralityLicense: Merlin's prophecies end up emotionally damaging characters like King Arthur and his decision to appoint the Author drove the conflict of Season 4, but he's still ultimately a good guy because, in the end, their terrible choices ended up contributing to Merlin's battle with the Dark One. Additionally, Merlin's power of prophecy is not completely infallible. |
| 644 | * RaceLift: Merlin's portrayed as black, in contrast to the traditional codified in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''. |
| 645 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Merlin hasn't aged a day in one thousand years, and is explicitly stated to have the oldest heart in all realms. He even looks younger than his own Apprentice, who's around a mere five hundred years old. |
| 646 | * TheReveal: The revelation in the Season 4 finale, "Operation Mongoose", is that the Sorcerer we've spent the season hearing about is actually '''Merlin'''. |
| 647 | * ShroudedInMyth: Almost no details are generally known about the Sorcerer save for the fact that he is likely benign and that he is powerful enough to perform feats not even the ''Dark One'' is capable of. Even the people of Camelot know little of him beyond his name. |
| 648 | * ThouShaltNotKill: Merlin absolutely refuses to kill people with magic, even a mass murderer like Vortigan. This is less to do with the moral implications than the fact that killing would corrupt his magic and essentially turn him into a Dark One. |
| 649 | * {{Transflormation}}: The Dark One ends up turning him into a tree. |
| 650 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: |
| 651 | ** His hat is a draw to all Dark Ones because it's the only thing that can free them from the dagger's curse while keeping their powers. It causes a lot of trouble in Season 4 once Rumplestiltskin catches wind of it. |
| 652 | ** Season 5 reveals that he broke off part of Excalibur to create the Dark One's dagger, causing Arthur to relentlessly search for the dagger so he can repair the sword. The obsession with gaining the dagger has caused Arthur to undergo a FaceHeelTurn, creating the conflict for Season 5. |
| 653 | * TheVoice: Even after he makes his first appearance in "Lily", his true form remains unknown, as he communicates with his Apprentice through a swirling ball of energy and only his voice is heard. |
| 654 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: After falling in love with Nimue, he attempts to have his magic and immortality removed so that he can live a normal life with her. Of course, that doesn't go quite to plan. |
| 655 | [[/folder]] |
| 656 | |
| 657 | [[folder:The Darkness]] |
| 658 | !!The Darkness |
| 659 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/507_37.png]] |
| 660 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Darkness:''' ''Power... take the power... take the power...'']] |
| 661 | |
| 662 | A seemingly-indestructible force of evil that empowers whoever is the current Dark One, most famously Rumplestiltskin. |
| 663 | ---- |
| 664 | * ArcVillain: Along with Nimue, the worst of the Arc Villains in Season 5A. |
| 665 | * BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:It appears in the form of Rumplestiltskin in the Season 6 finale... talking to Mr. Gold, the actual Rumplestiltskin.]] |
| 666 | * BigBad: The true main antagonist (alongside its creator) in the first half of Season 5, pushing Emma and the rest of the cast to help all the previous Dark Ones to return from the dead. |
| 667 | * CastingAShadow: In the Season 4 finale, it seems to blanket the entire town while searching for a host. |
| 668 | * TheCorrupter: Any host it inhabits will have their heart darkened as it continues to make its home within. The Darkness accomplishes this by calling upon the forms of its previous hosts to torment the current host. |
| 669 | * DramaticUnmask: Merlin takes the Dark One's Dagger and shows the very first Dark One to Emma, who takes off a mask as their name appears on the dagger: Nimue, Merlin's first love. |
| 670 | * EldritchAbomination: The Darkness is an immortal force of evil which was restrained to the soul of a single person at the time in order to limit its destructive capabilities. It was created from the corruption of the magic of the Holy Grail, and it contains the corrupted consciousness of every soul it took for itself. |
| 671 | * EvilerThanThou: To Emma, King Arthur, the Wicked Witch Zelena and a vengeful Captain Hook - all try to fill their agenda, but none of them can compete with five hundred years of dark magic rolled into one consciousness. |
| 672 | -->'''Emma:''' The Darkness is using you, it doesn't care what you want, it only cares about what ''it'' wants.\ |
| 673 | '''Hook:''' Well, you're only a pawn if you don't know you're being used. |
| 674 | ** Also to Rumplestiltskin, shown best [[spoiler:in the Season 6 finale.]] |
| 675 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: The Darkness nearly disfigures each host it possesses, most notably giving Rumplestiltskin his trademark crocodile skin. |
| 676 | * FaceHeelTurn: Becoming the Dark One generally requires this, since one must kill the previous host to be hosted by the Darkness. Even in the few exceptions to this rule, the Darkness will push its host to turn to evil from inside their head. |
| 677 | * GreaterScopeVillain: For dark magic as a whole, being an omnipresent force of evil and the first known source of dark magic in the mortal world. It empowers Rumplestiltskin throughout it and the other Dark Ones that are referenced throughout Season 5. [[spoiler:It's finally vanquished in the Season 7 finale when Wish!Rumplestiltskin uses Wish!Henry's Author powers to take it all for himself and is then killed.]] |
| 678 | * HumanoidAbomination: When possessing a human host, the Darkness endows them with incredibly corrupt magic and a terrifying appearance. |
| 679 | * KickTheDog: Frequently through its taunts and temptations, usually done in the form of Rumplestiltskin. |
| 680 | * {{Troll}}: It has quite the personality for an EldritchAbomination, best shown when it takes Rumple's form and annoys and irritates its current hosts, including [[spoiler:Rumple himself.]] Although this may not be it's true personality (if it even has one) and may just be it assuming the personality of whatever Dark One who's form it takes as it demostrated no trollish personality traits when it took on Nimue's form. |
| 681 | * UnseenEvil: The Darkness has no true form and can exist in all beings, and will corrupt any host with a reasonable amount of darkness inside them. |
| 682 | * UniquenessDecay: For the first four seasons, there's only one vessel at time for the Darkness, The Dark One. Come Season 5, Hook becomes a second Dark One along with Emma then brings the previous Dark Ones back to life. |
| 683 | * WalkingSpoiler: Any bit of info about this being reveals a great deal of information about the Dark Ones' backstory. |
| 684 | [[/folder]] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | [[folder:King Arthur]] |
| 687 | !!Myth/KingArthur |
| 688 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/once_king_arthur.jpg]] |
| 689 | [[caption-width-right:300:'''Arthur:''' ''I'll do whatever it takes to fix things.'']] |
| 690 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/LiamGarrigan |
| 691 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Siege Perilous", "The Broken Kingdom" |
| 692 | |
| 693 | The insecure king of Camelot who was chosen by Merlin to seek the legendary Excalibur, to little success. |
| 694 | ---- |
| 695 | * AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the legends, he was the son of King Uther Pendragon and Lady Igraine who was spirited away by Merlin after his birth and raised by Sir Ector. Here he was apparently just an orphaned stableboy with no connection to royalty. |
| 696 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Merlin was his advisor and mentor in the legends, but here the two of them don't actually meet until years into Arthur's reign. |
| 697 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In true ''Once'' fashion, he's not the nicest or purest knight. The obsession to complete Excalibur led him to commit evil acts such as using MindManipulation on his wife or using his knights as pawns. |
| 698 | * AffablyEvil: He's extremely likable, but has a dark side. |
| 699 | * AlasPoorVillain: In-universe. After finding his body, Merida admits that, while she wanted to kill him, she now feels sorry for him. |
| 700 | * AntiVillain: He's so obsessed with the ideal of Camelot and himself as a great king that does terrible things to achieve this end. He even admits to himself that Charming is a good knight, but that the greater good requires him to deceive him. |
| 701 | * ArcVillain: Arthur serves as this for a quarter of Season 5, antagonizing the heroes as they try to help Emma in Camelot. |
| 702 | * BigBadDuumvirate: With Zelena in Camelot during Season 5, however he is easily overshadowed by her, Emma, Hook, and especially Nimue. |
| 703 | * BigBadEnsemble: With Nimue in the past (though he doesn't know it) and Emma in the present-day Season 5 (though he's easily overshadowed by her and Nimue). |
| 704 | * BigBadFriend: He befriends David and even makes him a knight. However, he is secretly plotting to turn Storybrooke into the new Camelot. |
| 705 | * BigBadWannabe: Arthur may be horrible, but in addition to being an inconsequential threat, he is foiled 8 episodes into the season and promptly forgotten until the second-to-last episode of the season, where Hades [[NeckSnap kills him off so fast]] that one might potentially miss it. |
| 706 | * ButtMonkey: He's constantly humiliated throughout the season and in the end literally stumbles upon Hades, who gives him a NeckSnap about one minute into meeting him. |
| 707 | * CrazyJealousGuy: He sees his wife sharing a moment of closeness with Lancelot -- no kiss, just a HeadbuttOfLove and a second of HoldingHands, and it's immediately before Lancelot leaves the kingdom because Guinevere has already decided not to give up on her marriage. Nonetheless, Arthur reacts by banishing Lancelot and stripping him of his honor, not to mention he brainwashes his wife. |
| 708 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Lancelot describes Arthur as a "terrible villain" and a liar in Camelot (building up as potentially worse than Emma) but he's just a mortal without magic who relies on Zelena's help too much. He's jailed up in episode 8 and is forgotten until he escapes - and [[EvilerThanThou Hades kills him]]. |
| 709 | * DudeWheresMyReward: When he pulled Excalibur out of the stone, and found out it was broken... he didn't take it well. |
| 710 | * EvilAllAlong: Revealed to be this as his mad obsession with Excalibur has made him brainwash, deceive, and manipulate whoever he can to get it. Once he gets the sword restored, he fully intends to return Merlin to normal just to kill him. |
| 711 | * HeelFaceTurn: He makes a ''postmortem'' one and ends up ruling over the Underworld as its new benign king. |
| 712 | * HeelRealization: He has one following Hook giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and then seeing Hook's selflessness firsthand, making him remember what kind of man he truly wants to be. |
| 713 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He becomes more and more of this as his arc goes on, failing in all his endeavors which only makes his deep-rooted insecurities even worse, driving him even closer to madness. |
| 714 | * JerkassHasAPoint: When he arrives in Storybrooke he doesn't trust ''anybody'' since he finds out that the Charmings lied to him about their daughter being the Dark One, and letting her roam free put his citizens in danger. |
| 715 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He started out as a good man, but his obsession to complete Excalibur turned him into something else. |
| 716 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: An inversion. Gets killed by Hades and ends up in the Underworld where he helps Hook get the information needed to defeat Hades. He then stays to restore the Underworld to its former glory. |
| 717 | * SelfMadeMan: Just like Charming, he started out as a lowly commoner. In Arthur's case, he used to sweep the stables. |
| 718 | * UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Mordred is neither his son or nephew here. |
| 719 | * WellDoneSonGuy: He wants to complete Excalibur as his way of proving himself to Merlin, who has advised him from a distance since childhood. However since it takes him so long to find the missing piece, he eventually decides he just wants to kill Merlin. |
| 720 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Arthur is willing to do some very morally questionable things, such as brainwash Guinevere into supporting his quest, invade Dunbroch over rumors of magic, convince his page to commit suicide, stop the heroes from contacting Merlin, and search for a magic helm to control his knights. But he's doing it so he can complete Excalibur and destroy the Darkness once and for all. Though he makes it obvious that HE wants the glory for doing so as he refuses to let anyone else do it and prefers to kill Emma so he can be known for killing the Dark One rather than letting her cutaway her own darkness leaving him with nothing. |
| 721 | [[/folder]] |
| 722 | |
| 723 | [[folder:Queen Guinevere]] |
| 724 | !![[Myth/ArthurianLegend Queen Guinevere]] |
| 725 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/502meetguinevere.png]] |
| 726 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Guinevere:''' ''All you have to do now is follow your heart.'']] |
| 727 | ->'''Played by:''' Joana Metrass |
| 728 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "The Broken Kingdom" |
| 729 | |
| 730 | The childhood sweetheart of Arthur, who was in the past involved with a scandal with Lancelot. |
| 731 | ---- |
| 732 | * ActionGirl: She goes on a quest to find the Dark One's Dagger and saves Lancelot from the Darkness. |
| 733 | * {{Brainwashed}}: By Arthur to make her side with him despite how his quest for Excalibur has driven him mad. |
| 734 | * LoveTriangle: Guinevere is devoted to Arthur as his wife, but due to his quest to restore Excalibur, he grew distant. Lancelot in turn cared for her and she grew affectionate towards him, but still wanted the love of Arthur. |
| 735 | * RaceLift: The original Guinevere would be white since the Arthurian legends are based in medieval Wales, but she is portrayed by a Portuguese actress in this adaptation. |
| 736 | [[/folder]] |
| 737 | |
| 738 | [[folder:Sir Lancelot]] |
| 739 | !![[Myth/ArthurianLegend Sir Lancelot]] |
| 740 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lancelot_1243.jpg]] |
| 741 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Sir Lancelot:''' ''Leviathan? ''That's'' what they're calling me?'']] |
| 742 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/SinquaWalls |
| 743 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "The Broken Kingdom" |
| 744 | |
| 745 | An exiled Knight of the Round Table who comes to be an ally of Snow White |
| 746 | ---- |
| 747 | * BlackViking: Well, Black Knight of the Round Table, at least. Given the origin of the Arthurian myths, it's unlikely that they had many black guys - though it's not impossible, either, considering it's post-Roman Britain. |
| 748 | ** That being said, as noted in the main page, this is actually a case of OlderThanTheyThink : While Lancelot himself isn't portrayed as black, there are black knights of the Round Table in various medieval legends, Sir Feirefiz and Sir Morien being the most notable. |
| 749 | * BackFromTheDead: Shows back up alive and well in Camelot to warn Mary Margaret not to trust Arthur. |
| 750 | * DeadAllAlong: Though we don't know how, only that Cora killed him and has been impersonating him in the refugee camp ever since - until it's revealed that he was actually alive all along. |
| 751 | * TheDreaded: Snow and Charming's forces only know of him as "The Leviathan" until his defection from George's forces. |
| 752 | * FallenHero: Disgraced ex-Knight of the Round Table (presumably due to his affair with Guinevere) turned sword for hire. |
| 753 | * GoodAllAlong: Not only does a flashback reveal that Lancelot gets the famed Siege Perilous in this continuity, but he was disgraced because he realized that Guinevere was loving a king with SanitySlippage rather than someone more true like him. |
| 754 | * HeelFaceTurn: Introduced as part of King George's army, but essentially quits as soon as he discovers George's curse on Snow. |
| 755 | * OnlySaneMan: Seems to be one of the few Knights of the Round Table who realizes Arthur is JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. |
| 756 | * PosthumousCharacter: In Season 2, Cora impersonates Lancelot and claims at the end that she killed him. Subverted, in that he appears alive in Season 5. |
| 757 | * RaceLift: In many adaptations of Arthurian legends, Lancelot is portrayed by a white actor. In this version, he is black. |
| 758 | * UnexplainedRecovery: No explanation is ever offered for how he's still alive after Cora claimed to have killed him. |
| 759 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is last seen leaving Camelot with Guinevere. He's never shows up again at any point afterwards. |
| 760 | [[/folder]] |
| 761 | |
| 762 | [[folder:Violet]] |
| 763 | !!Violet |
| 764 | ->'''Played by:''' Olivia Steele Falconer |
| 765 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/violet_5.png]] |
| 766 | [[caption-width-right:250:'''Violet:''' ''It's like those movies you showed me. I just feel so... out of place. Like, who am I? Am I a jock or a princess or a nerd?'']] |
| 767 | |
| 768 | A teenage girl from Camelot who befriends Henry. She is the daughter of Sir Morgan. |
| 769 | ---- |
| 770 | * AmicableExes: Even though she and Henry break up between Season 6 and 7, they remain friends. |
| 771 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: In Camelot, Violet's father is concerned that a non-knight like Henry isn't worthy of her and tries to prevent their relationship from budding until Henry proves himself. |
| 772 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: In Camelot anyway. Henry and Sir Morgan get along much better when introduced in Storybrooke. |
| 773 | * HistoryRepeats: Just like Regina's first love, she is a stable girl who has one of her parents disapprove of her romantic interests. |
| 774 | ** And just like Daniel, she has her heart ripped out by her love interest's mother who justifies it by saying that it would be the best thing for her child. Completing the parallel it occurs in a barn and does a lot of emotional harm. |
| 775 | * LoveInterest: Violet and Henry develop feelings for each other twice over, once in Camelot and again post-amnesia in Storybrooke. |
| 776 | * {{Ojou}}: Someone who's the daughter of someone named "Sir Morgan", is more likely than not to be a noble. |
| 777 | * ShoutOut: Her father, Sir Morgan is one to Hank Morgan the protagonist of Creator/MarkTwain's Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt. |
| 778 | [[/folder]] |
| 779 | |
| 780 | [[folder:Nimue]] |
| 781 | !!Myth/{{Nimue}} |
| 782 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/once_upon_a_time_7_4.jpg]] |
| 783 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Nimue:''' ''My best revenge would be for [the flowers] to live on despite him.'']] |
| 784 | ->'''Played by:''' Guy Fauchon, Caroline Ford |
| 785 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Nimue" |
| 786 | |
| 787 | The sole survivor of an attack by Vortigan, Nimue [[MerlinAndNimue fell in love]] with Merlin thousands of years before any of the cast was even born. She convinces him to show her the source of his immortality, only to find Vortigan. After that, she's just one big WalkingSpoiler. |
| 788 | ---- |
| 789 | * ArcVillain: As the creator of the Darkness, she serves as the ''true'' BigBad for Season 5A. |
| 790 | * BigBad: As the original Dark One, she manipulates the events of Season 5's first half and corrupts both Emma and Hook. After Hook's defeat at the hands of Rumplestiltskin, he summons Nimue from the Underworld and she leads the Dark Ones towards replacing Storybrooke's inhabitants with themselves. |
| 791 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: She despised Vortigan for killing everyone in her village and let her rage consume her. This led to her creating the Darkness, becoming the first Dark One and becoming an evil far greater than Vortigan ever could. |
| 792 | * DoomedHometown: Burned to the ground by Vortigan in his search for the Holy Grail. |
| 793 | * FinalBoss: With Arthur in jail, Zelena sent back to Oz, and Emma once again on the heroes' side, Nimue serves as the main antagonist of the Season 5 winter finale, "Swan Song", assisted by Hook. |
| 794 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Consequentially for every past Dark One of the series - further cemented by the fact that she is TheLeader of the Dark Ones in the winter finale. |
| 795 | * MerlinAndNimue: Trope namers, and flashbacks do show that Merlin once loved a woman named Nimue before his first encounter with the Dark One. Played straight, as Nimue ''is'' the Dark One, and she kills Merlin by using Hook's body to rip Merlin's heart out. |
| 796 | * KilledOffForReal: Naturally, seeing as she lived three thousand years ago, Nimue's death is set in stone by the end of the Camelot arc. She makes a return to the Living in "Broken Heart" but is sent packing soon after in "Swan Song". |
| 797 | * TheLeader: She is the head of the Dark Ones invading Storybrooke in Season 5's winter finale. She returns to the world of the living in the winter finale, but it lasts for mere hours before her second destruction at the might of Excalibur. |
| 798 | * NoSell: Does this to a redeemed Emma Swan, easily incapacitating her. She's on the receiving end of this with Hook, who pulls a HeelFaceTurn to destroy her with Excalibur. |
| 799 | * PosthumousCharacter: At first, until she returns to the realm of the living using the Underworld boat. |
| 800 | * PredecessorVillain: For ''every Dark One ever''. |
| 801 | * ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Nimue is initially introduced as Merlin's lover, but her anger at Vortigan sends her on a foolish and self-destructive path to defeat him, which ends in disaster. |
| 802 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Serves as the manipulator of both Emma and Hook in the fifth season, and as much as Emma tries to resist, she eventually gives in and uses Excalibur. Hook eventually falls to the same fate. It's unclear to what extent she affected Rumplestiltskin's actions, but given the effect she had on Hook and Emma it's safe to say she played a huge part in his corruption from meek spinner to dark sorcerer. |
| 803 | * WalkingSpoiler: Nimue's introductory episode also deals with Merlin's origins, the Dark One's rise to power and the creation of Excalbur. Plus she's the first Dark One, and essentially the Darkness' mascot. |
| 804 | * WouldHurtAChild: Is the one who marks Henry for death in "Swan Song". |
| 805 | [[/folder]] |
| 806 | |
| 807 | [[folder:Vortigan]] |
| 808 | !!Vortigan |
| 809 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darkonemask.png]] |
| 810 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Vortigan:''' ''And now I'm going to kill you.'']] |
| 811 | ->'''Played by:''' Darren Moore |
| 812 | |
| 813 | A local warlord who razes towns searching for the HolyGrail. |
| 814 | ---- |
| 815 | * AgeLift: Is moved back considerably in time from his original role as an enemy to Arthur's father. |
| 816 | * AntiClimacticUnmasking: Dramatically unmasks in front of Merlin and Nimue. Nimue recognizes him, but the audience does not. |
| 817 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Under his mask, Vortigan's face is covered with scars from his years of pillaging. |
| 818 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Posthumously. The destroying of Nimue's town was his doing, leading her to take his life in revenge, allowing the Darkness to possess her, making her the first Dark One ever. |
| 819 | * InNameOnly: Has nothing really to do with the Vortigan/Vortigern of Arthurian legend apart from his involvement with Merlin. |
| 820 | * SmokingGun: Leaves the streets of Nimue's destroyed village littered with cups in his search for the Holy Grail. |
| 821 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the original Arthurian legend, he's a usurper king who serves as the nemesis to Arthur's father Uther Pendragon and Uther's brother Aurelius Ambrosius. Here he's moved back centuries to serve as Nimue's nemesis. |
| 822 | * TokenMotivationalNemesis: To Nimue. |
| 823 | [[/folder]] |
| 824 | |
| 825 | [[folder:Priscilla]] |
| 826 | !!Priscilla |
| 827 | Jefferson's wife, as well as a fellow former thief once residing in Camelot. They both gave up their lifestyles in order to properly raise their daughter, Grace. She is the focus of one of stories in the ExtendedUniverse graphic novel "Out of the Past". |
| 828 | ---- |
| 829 | * AnnoyingArrows: Averted. Priscilla is shot in the back with an arrow in Wonderland. She dies a few moments later in Jefferson's arms. |
| 830 | * DeliverUsFromEvil: After their daughter was born, she was the one who convinced Jefferson to give up portal jumping for the sake of their family. |
| 831 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: Jefferson's arms, that is. |
| 832 | * HeelFaceTurn: Had one along with Jefferson. |
| 833 | [[/folder]] |
| 834 | |
| 835 | ![[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} [=DunBroch=]]] |
| 836 | [[folder:Queen Merida]] |
| 837 | !!Merida |
| 838 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/once_upon_a_time_5x01_the_dark_swan_merida_in_the_enchanted_forest.jpg]] |
| 839 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Merida:''' ''You saw what I can do with an arrow, do you really want to see what I can do with a sword?'']] |
| 840 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/AmyManson |
| 841 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "The Bear and the Bow", "The Bear King" |
| 842 | |
| 843 | A rebellious former princess who prefers archery to "womanly pursuits". She becomes the queen of [=DunBroch=] after her father's death. |
| 844 | ---- |
| 845 | * ActionGirl: She's pretty damn good with that bow, and she's no slouch with a sword either. |
| 846 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Downplayed. When [[WordOfGod the creators of the show revealed]] that there would be a same sex couple on the show, many assumed it would be Merida, who had a budding friendship with canon gay/bi character Mulan. The same sex couple later turned out to be Ruby and Dorothy, but some still see romantic undertones between her and Mulan. Some of her interactions with Belle could qualify as BelligerentSexualTension, too. |
| 847 | * ArtisticLicensePhysics: An arrow colliding with another arrow mid-flight would in all likeliness disrupt the momentum and original trajectory of the said arrow meaning that her stunt to cut through three arrows flying toward her brothers with a single shot of her own in mid-air is probably leaving Sir Isaac Newton pulling his hair out inside his grave. |
| 848 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: At the end of "The Bear King". |
| 849 | * BigLittleBrother: Three of them. She calls her [[TheBabyOfTheBunch brothers]] "wee little lads" - the boys are late teens and each a head taller than she. |
| 850 | * BigSisterInstinct: She goes to great lengths to find and save her little brothers from the rebellious clans who want to dethrone her. |
| 851 | * BowAndSwordInAccord: She is good also with the sword. |
| 852 | -->[[BadassBoast "You've seen what I can do with a bow. Do you really want to see what I can do with a sword?"]] |
| 853 | * BraveScot: If the fiery red hair doesn't give it away, this wee little lass here is more than just a pretty face. |
| 854 | * CelibateHero: As with the movie. |
| 855 | * DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments. For example, during her first encounter with Emma, who knocked her down using magic: |
| 856 | -->'''Emma:''' I don't want to hurt you.\ |
| 857 | '''Merida:''' So that was just a wee magical love-tap? |
| 858 | * DyeingForYourArt: zig-zagged; Amy's a brunette who wore a wig. |
| 859 | * EasilyForgiven: While she was planning to kill the clan leaders for threatening her brothers, she decides to spare them after her confrontation with Emma. |
| 860 | ** Also after spending the entire first half of Season 5 hating Emma for what she did to her, after her memories are restored and Emma's relief from being the Dark One, the two are seen working together without the former bringing it up. She wanted to kill Arthur for killing her father, but after seeing him dead she felt sorry for him. |
| 861 | * EyeColorChange: Her eyes are green except they turn orange when she's a bear. |
| 862 | * FakeShemp: Her final appearance in the Season 5 finale is pretty obviously someone else in the costume and wig filmed from a distance, while Amy Manson provides a voiceover. |
| 863 | * FantasticRacism: Seems to dislike magic after her encounters in the past, tried to shoot Emma with arrows two times. Though this seems to really only apply to "witches" who abuse their magic since she didn't have an issue working with Regina, Belle (whom she had make a potion) or Emma herself after she stopped being the Dark One. |
| 864 | * FieryRedhead: Like in the movie. |
| 865 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Merida's proposed method of settling who should get the WillOTheWisp both she and Emma need... a good old fistfight with no weapons or magic. |
| 866 | * HeroicSacrifice: After failing to find the magic helmet that will stop the kingdom from being cursed, she offers to hand over the crown to whichever family can find it. When a new clue results in her getting the helmet anyway, her willingness to do this gets the other contenders to truly believe in her as their leader. |
| 867 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: A scene shows her scoring a bullseye, and then splitting her own arrow to do another. Lampshaded by Belle. |
| 868 | ** In "The Bear And The Bow", Merida is able to cut through three arrows flying toward her brothers with a single shot of her own in mid-air. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics All done while defying multiple laws of physics along the way.]] |
| 869 | * KneelBeforeFrodo: At the end of "The Bear and the Bow". |
| 870 | * MyGreatestFailure: Failed to save her father during a war. |
| 871 | * RebelliousPrincess: She could've just married someone to keep power; she has a different idea. |
| 872 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: There's a couple other redheads on the show, but none of them have green eyes to go with it like she does. |
| 873 | * SplittingTheArrow: In "The Bear and the Bow". |
| 874 | * SternTeacher: To Rumplestiltskin. To force him to fight her, she threatens to destroy Belle's cup. |
| 875 | ** Fergus also assigned her one before her first battle: WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}. |
| 876 | * TransformationTrinket: In "The Bear and the Bow", Emma forces her to drink a potion that turns her into a giant bear. |
| 877 | * TrappedInVillainy: Emma forces her to turn Rumplestiltskin into a hero who can pull out Excalibur. |
| 878 | * UnwittingPawn: The Darkness tries to manipulate Emma into killing her to cross the MoralEventHorizon and make her easier to turn dark. And very nearly succeeds until Emma's family and friends show up. |
| 879 | * WarriorPrincess: She's the daughter of a king and is also an ActionGirl. |
| 880 | [[/folder]] |
| 881 | |
| 882 | !Underworld / Mount Olympus |
| 883 | [[folder:Hades]] |
| 884 | !![[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hades]] |
| 885 | [[quoteright:253:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ouat_5x12hades_e1457494836122.jpg]] |
| 886 | [[caption-width-right:253:'''Hades:''' ''Do I look like I like to lose... anything?'']] |
| 887 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/GregGermann |
| 888 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Our Decay" |
| 889 | |
| 890 | The divine brother of Zeus, Hades traps conflicted souls in his Underworld and does everything in his power to stop them from ascending to Mount Olympus. |
| 891 | ---- |
| 892 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: He fares much better than previous depictions of the character ([[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Disney version]] included). Here, he's suave, charming, and has a knack for nice suits. |
| 893 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: While he does have a temper and even gets the occasional VillainousBreakdown, he doesn't quite fly into a rage like his animated counterpart. Even in one of said breakdowns, he barely raises his voice. |
| 894 | -->'''Hades:''' ''(after Hook refuses a deal)'' You know, I'm not angry. I'm disappointed... and on second thought... I'm angry. |
| 895 | * ArcVillain: Takes center stage for Season 5B. |
| 896 | * BigBad: In the second half of Season 5, being the Underworld's true ruler and using Cora as a puppet as well as manipulating all the other souls, good and evil, in his attempts to leave the Underworld and reign over the living. It's implied he's the reason that the Dark Ones were so desperate to escape the Underworld in the first half. |
| 897 | * CainAndAbel: With Zeus. Just like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Disney]] version. |
| 898 | * CharacterDeath: It seems even a god can be dissolved by the Olympian Crystal. |
| 899 | * DeadpanSnarker: Basically everything he says is snarky in some kind of way. |
| 900 | -->'''Zelena:''' Who the hell are you? |
| 901 | -->'''Hades:''' Who the hell am I? That question is more appropriate than you know. Please, allow me to introduce myself, I am Hades. |
| 902 | * DeathByAdaptation: He may be a god, but [[NotSoInvincibleAfterAll there is indeed one thing that can kill him]]: the Olympian Crystal, a powerful weapon that can destroy even the mightiest of gods. He ultimately meets his demise when Zelena plunges the crystal right into his heart, reducing his immortal body to a pile of dust and sending his soul to an unknown fate. |
| 903 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Of [[TheFourLoves Eros]] variety: Zelena. Not a surprise to those familiar with Greek mythology. |
| 904 | * EverybodyHatesHades: He has none of the AffablyEvil qualities of his inspiration. |
| 905 | * EvilerThanThou: Both Cora and Gold are nothing when compared to Hades. |
| 906 | * EvilIsHammy: He's hammy just like his Disney counterpart, although it's much more subtle here than in the film. |
| 907 | * EvilIsPetty: His reason for antagonizing Team Emma? He doesn't like the fact they're helping stuck souls cross over. |
| 908 | * FauxAffablyEvil: As friendly and charming as he is, it's not hard to see how manipulative he truly is. |
| 909 | * FlamingHair: He occasionally sets his hair ablaze in bright blue flames, a nod to his Disney counterpart. |
| 910 | * FreudianExcuse: His heart has been killed, leaving him a heartless god who can't feel anything but his negative feelings. The one exception is true love, which can restore his heart. Pages from the story book reveal he has always been like this, but stopping his heart may have influenced it more and de-powered him. |
| 911 | * GodOfTheDead: Hades is the god of death and ruler of the underworld, and rules the underworld as a place where the souls of the dead that have unfinished business remain until they can pass onto either heaven or hell. However, Hades has been leeching off the power that these souls give him, and so despises the idea of anyone leaving and tries to sabotage attempts that could cause that to happen. |
| 912 | * GreaterScopeVillain: He's far more powerful and dangerous than any other villain in the series (except perhaps equal to Fiona with her wand supposedly being able to reshape all of reality once all magic realms are destroyed), being a god, and has been leeching off the souls unknowingly supplied to him by the [[BigBad Big Bads]] over the seasons. Gold and Cora are terrified of him, and Peter Pan wants out completely, although he claims to want to "start over" with Rumple. It is strongly implied that Nimue and her fellow Dark Ones desired to escape the Underworld and return to the living because of how horrible it was while Hades reigned supreme there. Gold described it as being worse than the [[FireAndBrimstoneHell "Fire and Brimstone" Hell]]. |
| 913 | * LoveRedeems: Averted. Zelena's love for him didn't change him since he was stuck in the Underworld far too long and being able to feel full emotion again thanks to TrueLovesKiss actually made him fully feel all the love had for things ''other'' than Zelena... like power, vengeance, and murder. |
| 914 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Hades is introduced wearing a nice suit and sipping a fine cognac. It makes sense, since in Roman Mythology, Hades/Pluto is also the god of material wealth. |
| 915 | * TheManBehindTheMan: He was behind Cora's threats in the second half of Season 5 and is also playing Gold as his new pawn. |
| 916 | * ManipulativeBastard: If there was any doubt on Hades being this, it is laid to rest by "Devil's Due" in how well he plays Gold. (The bastard part comes in with his threat to Belle and her unborn child.) |
| 917 | * NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: It turns out that the Olympian Crystal can permanently destroy anyone, even a God, and leave their souls in an unknown state. |
| 918 | * OutsideContextProblem: The heroes had never gone up against a literal god until they had to face Hades. |
| 919 | * PetTheDog: He did love Zelena enough for TrueLovesKiss to restart his heart. Though he had no intention of becoming good. |
| 920 | * PlayingWithFire: He can [[FlamingHair set his hair on fire]] like his [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Disney counterpart]]. Also, his teleportation is shown as him being surrounded by blue fire rather than smoke. |
| 921 | * {{Pride}}: A big part of his personality. He can't ''stand'' the fact that Emma and her friends are messing with his established order of things, so he goes out of his way to punish them - just because he can. |
| 922 | * RealityWarper: He has total control over everything in the Underworld, places and people alike. |
| 923 | * TheResenter: He's ''really'' ticked off that his older brother banished him into the Underworld. |
| 924 | * SealedEvilInACan: Was confined to the Underworld until the episode "Firebird", where he successfully escaped. |
| 925 | * SoftSpokenSadist: He's at his most chilling when he's barely speaking above a whisper. |
| 926 | * SoreLoser: He doesn't like it when someone leaves the Underworld. So he tells Hook that for every soul Team Emma frees, Hook will choose one of Emma's team to take its place. Hook refuses so Hades does it himself and choses Emma, Snow, and Regina to take the place of Prince Henry, Herc, and Meg. |
| 927 | * SpoiledBrat: He describes himself as being used to getting what he wants, and doesn't take kindly to anyone who can't help him get it. |
| 928 | * TooPowerfulToLive: If Hades hadn't been destroyed by the end of the season, he would have easily taken over the world. |
| 929 | * VillainBall: If Hades had just let Hook and Emma reunite, they would've been on their way - but his refusal to part with even ''one'' soul is why they stick around. Heck, he could actually send them all back to Storybrooke if he wanted but he won't 'cause he's so petty. |
| 930 | ** To be fair, Hook couldn't leave the Underworld anyway due to being dead too long and Hades had long destroyed the Ambrosia so Emma and Hook reuniting was always doomed to fail. Also Hades was planning to use the heroes to get himself out of the Underworld and leave them trapped there from the moment they arrived so he wasn't going to just let them reunite or even send the heroes back as it would be counterproductive to his plan. |
| 931 | ** Also, he wouldn't have died if he hadn't reconstructed the Olympian Crystal to begin with, but he was just so sadistic and power-hungry that he felt compelled to. |
| 932 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Offers this to Zelena in Storybrooke; it makes her start realizing that Hades' HeelFaceTurn was not genuine. |
| 933 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Anyone who fails him gets sent to their own personal Hell. |
| 934 | [[/folder]] |
| 935 | |
| 936 | [[folder:Zeus]] |
| 937 | !!Zeus |
| 938 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHoflin |
| 939 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zeus_1.jpg]] |
| 940 | [[caption-width-right:250:'''Zeus:''' ''It's time to take you where you belong.'']] |
| 941 | |
| 942 | The divine brother of Hades, ruler of Mount Olympus and father of Hercules. He banished Hades to the Underworld after killing their father Kronos and broke the Olympian Crystal so Hades could never use it. |
| 943 | ---- |
| 944 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's much younger than his classical depictions, the ([[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Disney version]] included). He also looks younger than his younger brother Hades. |
| 945 | * BigGood: While he only appears in a cameo and doesn't actively take up the role, as king of the Gods and ruler of Mount Olympus he is by default the most powerful force for good or even the most powerful character seen on the show so far. |
| 946 | * CainAndAbel: With Hades. Just like the [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Disney]] version. |
| 947 | * DeusExMachina: Literally--Zeus resurrects Hook as thanks for his part in putting down Hades. |
| 948 | * HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Apparently Zeus is far more kind, generous, and benevolent in this universe than he is usually depicted in Myth/ClassicalMythology, considering he only expresses regret that Hades had to be eliminated and he rewards Hook with life and love without even being asked (or even letting Hook know what he intended). But then the mythological characters which have appeared here are based on Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', where Zeus actually was a heroic BigGood. |
| 949 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He is millions of years old, yet he appears to be younger in appearance than his younger brother Hades. |
| 950 | * TopGod: King of Mount Olympus and the only one able to stop his brother without resorting to the Crystal - in fact he was responsible for banishing him in the first place after he killed their father, Kronos. |
| 951 | [[/folder]] |
| 952 | |
| 953 | !Wish Realm |
| 954 | [[folder:King David]] |
| 955 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JoshDallas |
| 956 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/david_wish.jpg]] |
| 957 | ---- |
| 958 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He's killed by Regina in his first appearance. |
| 959 | [[/folder]] |
| 960 | |
| 961 | [[folder:Queen Snow]] |
| 962 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/GinniferGoodwin |
| 963 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snow_wish.jpg]] |
| 964 | ---- |
| 965 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She is devoted to protecting her people, and wields a crossbow. |
| 966 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: She's killed by Regina in her first appearance. |
| 967 | [[/folder]] |
| 968 | |
| 969 | [[folder:Robin of Locksley]] |
| 970 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/SeanMaguire |
| 971 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robinhood_wish.jpg]] |
| 972 | The version of Robin Hood from the world created by the Evil Queen's wish that Emma was never the Savior. He still goes by "Robin of Locksley" rather than Robin Hood, and unlike his real-world counterpart is selfish and violent. Regina brings him back to Storybrooke with her, an act that ends up having dire consequences. |
| 973 | ---- |
| 974 | * EvilAllAlong: Not ''evil'', but more of a jerk than first thought to be. Very quickly after being in Storybrooke, he reveals himself to be not so good a guy. He attempts to murder Keith (the Sheriff of Nottingham), then steals from Regina's vault and forges an alliance with Zelena. |
| 975 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:In the Season 6 finale, the Evil Queen says he's turned over a new leaf and now gives to the poor like Robin Hood did.]] |
| 976 | * {{Jerkass}}: He robs from the rich and... keeps it all for himself. He can't even imagine why he would possibly give the money to the poor. |
| 977 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:After finding someone to love in the Evil Queen, Robin changes for the better.]] |
| 978 | [[/folder]] |
| 979 | |
| 980 | [[folder:King Henry]] |
| 981 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JaredSGilmore |
| 982 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Homecoming" |
| 983 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/henry_wish722.jpg]] |
| 984 | The version of Henry Mills from the world created by the Evil Queen's wish that Emma was never the Savior. |
| 985 | ---- |
| 986 | * AChildShallLeadThem: With Emma spirited back to her home realm, Wish!Baelfire dead and Wish!Snow and Wish!David killed by Regina, that just leaves Henry to be the next heir to the throne. Sure enough, in one of Regina's wanted posters, he's referred to as "King Henry". |
| 987 | * BlingOfWar: Wears a yellow or gold set of chainmail. |
| 988 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:He agrees to use the Author's pen to remove Alice's Guardian powers (and thus her ability to take the dagger from the Rumples) in exchange for Wish!Rumple giving him a chance for revenge on Regina.]] |
| 989 | * TheDragon: [[spoiler:In order to get revenge on Regina for killing the Wish Realm versions of his grandparents, and for losing his mother, King Henry allies himself with Rumplestiltskin who needs his Author powers to strip the Guardians, and Weaver, of their powers as well as bind the Realm's heroes in their own TailorMadePrison so that they will be alone forever.]] |
| 990 | * DragonInChief: [[spoiler:To a certain extent. While Wish!Rumple is far more evil then Henry and it is his EvilPlan to trap the heroes in their {{Tailor Made Prison}}s he still needs Henry's powers as the Author to complete them. In fact once Henry lets go of his revenge the magic of the evil books evaporates and Wish!Rumple is soon killed by his main universe counterpart.]] |
| 991 | * {{Foil}}: To Henry Mills. He uses a sword as opposed to his Storybrooke counterpart who uses his wits. [[spoiler:Also done as a use of {{Foreshadowing}}, as in the Season 6 finale Henry ends up getting a sword to use ''in addition'' to his wits.]] |
| 992 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Regina took on the Evil Queen persona to get Emma to behave like a Savior again. In doing so, she kills the Wish Realm's versions of Snow and Charming and instead causes Sir Henry to try and kill her in revenge. |
| 993 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He wasn't necessarily evil before his turn, but after Regina convinces him that she genuinely does love him and is willing to allow him to kill her if it will appease him. Henry ultimately can't go through with it and relinquishes his revenge. By the epilogue he is shown having been HappilyAdopted by Regina and found a new family with the main universe counterparts of his family.]] |
| 994 | * InSpiteOfANail: His presence in the Wish Realm suggests that, in spite of the very different history of The Wish Realm compared to the main Enchanted Forest, his world's versions of Emma and Baelfire still met and had a child. |
| 995 | * TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:After Regina proves to him that her claims are true, he abandons his quest for {{Revenge}} against her and aids her in her coronation as queen of the United Realms.]] |
| 996 | * TragicVillain: [[spoiler:This version of Henry lost his entire family in one fell swoop thanks to Regina's [[WellIntentionedExtremist well meaning]] intentions [[CynicismCatalyst and has been unable to gain any happiness since that day]]. It's for this reason that Regina is willing to allow herself to be sacrificed if it will appease Henry and eventually adopt him when he has a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 997 | [[/folder]] |
| 998 | |
| 999 | [[folder:Rumplestiltskin]] |
| 1000 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertCarlyle |
| 1001 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rumple_wish.jpg]] |
| 1002 | The version of Rumplestiktskin from the world created by the Evil Queen's wish that Emma was never the Savior. Due to the Evil Queen being defeated before she could cast the Dark Curse this Rumple was never able to escape his imprisonment and has been stuck inside his prison ever since. At least before the arrival of the main universe's Regina... |
| 1003 | ---- |
| 1004 | * AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:In-universe. He is a lot more dangerous than Prime!Rumplestiltskin, as he's willing to make the heroes suffer a FateWorseThanDeath. Also see AnOfferYouCantRefuse, FauxAffablyEvil, TookALevelInJerkass and WouldHurtAChild below for more details.]] |
| 1005 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Unlike Prime Rumplestiltskin, who [[BatmanGambit anticipates people that desperately need him and act accordingly]], Wish Rumplestiltskin is more willing to invade their lives and force them into a deal against their will, such as when he [[spoiler:kidnaps Cinderella and Lucy and ransoms them for Prime!Rumplestiltskin's dagger.]] |
| 1006 | * AscendedExtra: Wish Rumple goes from appearing in two episodes of Season 6 before abruptly disappearing from the story arc and in one of Wish!Hook's flashback episodes [[spoiler:to appearing in the last three episodes of Season 7 and becoming the FinalBoss of the show.]] |
| 1007 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: With ''far'' more emphasis on the "Beware" part than the "Silly" part, as one of the show's most dangerous and threatening villains. |
| 1008 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:Wish!Rumple becomes this for the last two episodes of Season 7 after killing off Dr. Facilier, the last of the seasons remaining BigBadEnsemble.]] |
| 1009 | * ChekhovsGunman: Wish!Rumple appears in the Wish Realm arc of Season 6 providing the magic bean necessary for Emma and Regina to return home and then turning on Regina to get revenge on the Evil Queen after finding Belle's body. He then appears in Season 7 for one of Wish!Hook's flashback episodes and doesn't seem to serve much other role. [[spoiler:Then he kills off Dr. Facilier in the final moment of "Is This Henry Mills?" and becomes the surprise FinalBoss of the show.]] |
| 1010 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: If "Wish You Were Here" didn't prove it enough, "Knightfall" hammers the nail into the coffin, lowers it into the ground and ''buries'' it under about fifty foot of soil. Years of imprisonment has '''''definitely''''' sent Wish Rumple off the deep end on a sledge that is rapidly picking up speed with no signs of stopping. |
| 1011 | * DirtyCoward: He is called out as this by Weaver. [[spoiler:This is shown in his death, where he breaks into nervous tics, then screams in fright, and finally trembles and whimpers as he crumbles to dust.]] |
| 1012 | * DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:He turns to dust when he dies, and the dust promptly is whisked into the nearby fireplace as obvious symbolism concerning where he'll end up now.]] |
| 1013 | * TheDreaded: It's telling that whilst Prime Pan mocked Prime Rumple and thought he could defeat or manipulate him respectively, Wish Pan is a prisoner in Wish Rumple's dungeon and has abandoned all hope of escaping. |
| 1014 | * EvilCounterpart: To the current, reformed Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold/Weaver. |
| 1015 | * EvilPlan: [[spoiler:Wish!Rumple's plan is to use King Henry's Author powers to strip the Guardians and Rumple's powers away and then trap all of the heroes in every Realm in their own TailorMadePrison via evil Storybooks so that no one will ever be reunited with their loved ones and he can rule uncontested forever.]] |
| 1016 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Subverted, in contrast to his counterpart. As Weaver sacrifices himself to save Rogers, Wish!Rumple starts losing his shit, and as he dissolves into dust, he's trembling and whimpers, "No more Rumple?" in fear as he dies.]] |
| 1017 | * FauxAffablyEvil: In contrast to [[AffablyEvil Prime!Rumplestiltskin]], his cheerfulness is an act and he acts affable towards Regina even while planning to lock her in his dungeon and skin her alive for something her Wish counterpart did. |
| 1018 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Wish Rumple becomes the final antagonist of ''Once Upon A Time'' after killing off Dr. Facilier, the last of the season's BigBadEnsemble.]] |
| 1019 | * ItsPersonal: While Wish Rumple was perfectly willing to help Regina if she let him out of his prison he decides to imprison and torture her once he finds the skeleton of Belle that was locked inside her dungeon. |
| 1020 | * KilledOffForReal: He dissolves into dust when Weaver rips his heart out, puts it in Rogers' chest, and dies. |
| 1021 | * LaughingMad: As already seen in the original trip to the Wish Realm in Season 6, being locked up in the dungeon indefinitely after the depowering of the Evil Queen has not been good for this Rumple's sanity, as shown in "Knightfall". |
| 1022 | * ManipulativeBastard: Probably even more than his main reality counterpart. [[spoiler:He takes Cinderella and Lucy to force Henry's hand; breaks Alice's mirror so that when Regina, Rumple, Hook, and Henry use it he can divide them and send them where he likes; imprisons his father Peter Pan in a pillory; pits Cruella against them with a promise of a new coat (but which also, cleverly, provides the means to obtain the Author's ink); gets Rumple to confront him so he can claim the dagger; and pushes Henry into the desperate act of going for the Author's pen, all knowing that the deal he made with Wish!Henry will let him use the pen to eliminate the Guardian's powers and strip Rumple of the Darkness so that he can be the only one who wields it, letting him reign supreme.]] |
| 1023 | * MisplacedRetribution: After finding Belle's body in the Evil Queen's dungeon, since without the Dark Curse being cast and the Evil Queen bailing from town Belle ended up dying from starvation, Rumple decides to get revenge on Regina since she's the closest thing he's got to the Evil Queen. |
| 1024 | * OutsideContextProblem: In universe and out nobody expected [[spoiler:the final antagonist of the series to be the deranged Wish Realm version of Rumple, least of all Rumple himself.]] |
| 1025 | * ReducedToDust: [[spoiler:He dissolves into ashes when he dies]]. |
| 1026 | * StrawNihilist: Belle's death and Wish!Regina's failure at reuniting him with his son seems to have [[DespairEventHorizon pushed him off of that final cliff]], making him even more depraved than Prime!Rumplestiltskin. With no loved ones left for him, his one and only priority is [[TheSocialDarwinist his own self-preservation]]. |
| 1027 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:A victim of this. When Weaver [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices]] himself to save Rogers, Wish!Rumple dies with him.]] |
| 1028 | * TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He comes into the picture at the end of Season 7 just when it's looking like Dr. Facilier is to be the FinalBoss.]] |
| 1029 | * TookALevelInJerkass: A combination of losing everyone he loves and [[SanitySlippage being stuck in his prison when the Dark Curse wasn't cast]] has made this Rumple far more vicious and evil then his main universe counterpart. [[spoiler:The entire cast quickly realize that this version of Rumple is the most evil one they've ever faced and his EvilPlan involves trapping every hero in a FateWorseThanDeath for eternity so no one can get in his way.]] |
| 1030 | * VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:He dies in this condition, terrified to the point of non-functioning as he stares blankly into space and asks, "No more Rumple?"]] |
| 1031 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: With both Wish!Baelfire and Wish!Belle dead, he has no more loved ones. And unlike his counterpart, he never reconciled with his Baelfire before the latter's death, nor did he have a deeper relationship and a child with Belle before she died. |
| 1032 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:In a stark contrast to [[WouldntHurtAChild Prime!Rumplestiltskin]], he's willing to let Lucy freeze to death inside a snow globe, and has no intention of sparing her a FateWorseThanDeath when she gets out of it either.]] |
| 1033 | [[/folder]] |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | [[folder:Cruella De Vil]] |
| 1036 | ->'''Played By:''' Victoria Smurfit |
| 1037 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cruella_finale.jpg]] |
| 1038 | ---- |
| 1039 | * ButtMonkey: After attempting to kill Henry, she gets beaten, teleported into a dog cage by Regina, and has the ink from her hair stolen by Henry, turning it white. |
| 1040 | * SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Out of nowhere, Cruella proves able to sword fight — not that it does her much good against Henry, who's been trained by both Charming and Hook. |
| 1041 | * VillainousCrush: She briefly develops one on an adult Henry until he rejects her, [[IfICantHaveYou at which point she attempts to kill him]]. |
| 1042 | [[/folder]] |
| 1043 | |
| 1044 | [[folder:The Sorcerer's Apprentice]] |
| 1045 | !!The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| 1046 | ->'''Played By:''' Timothy Webber |
| 1047 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/apprentice721.jpg]] |
| 1048 | An incarnation of the Apprentice that still holds the Author's pen for the day when a new author appears. |
| 1049 | ---- |
| 1050 | * BlindWeaponmaster: Despite having been blinded at some point, he is still competent enough to sneak up behind an adult Henry undetected. |
| 1051 | [[/folder]] |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | [[folder:Peter Pan]] |
| 1054 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pan721.jpg]] |
| 1055 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/RobbieKay |
| 1056 | The version of Peter Pan from the world created by the Evil Queen's wish that Emma was never the Savior. |
| 1057 | ---- |
| 1058 | * SealedEvilInACan: He's imprisoned in a pillory by his son Wish Realm Rumplestiltskin. |
| 1059 | [[/folder]] |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | !Dark Realm |
| 1062 | [[folder:The Black Fairy]] |
| 1063 | !!The Black Fairy |
| 1064 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackfairy2.jpg]] |
| 1065 | [[caption-width-right:350:''I promise you, son! I will spend every moment of every day, trying to find my way back to you!'']] |
| 1066 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/JaimeMurray |
| 1067 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "The Black Fairy" |
| 1068 | |
| 1069 | A fairy who was exiled by the Blue Fairy long before the events of the series. |
| 1070 | ---- |
| 1071 | * AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:She [[RaisedByGrandparents raised her grandson]], Gideon, after kidnapping him from his godmother, the Blue Fairy. She used to beat him and keep him locked in a prison, hoping to turn him evil.]] |
| 1072 | * TheAce: Villainous example. [[spoiler:As a human, she studied fairy lore far deeper than most fairies ever bothered to, learned how to become one herself (which should have been impossible) and delved so deep into the dark arts that she created the Dark Curse. She only got stronger over time after being banished and she effortlessly curb-stomps Blue without using a wand at all. When going up against Zelena (who has been stated several times to be stronger than her sister), she takes Zelena's beam of magic head-on and redirects it into the ceiling with a flick before choking her and downing Regina with a single throw.]] Also see AGodAmI. |
| 1073 | * AGodAmI: [[spoiler:She claims that, with the realms gone and with her wand returned to her, she will be able to bend reality to her will like no one ever has - she'll even be able to resurrect whomever she wants.]] |
| 1074 | * AllTakeAndNoGive: She forces all the children she took to mine all the dark magic dust for her own benefit. Furthermore, as a mother figure to Gideon, she is not winning mother of the year on any account. |
| 1075 | * AntagonistTitle: Season 6 Episode 19 is called "The Black Fairy" after her infamous title. |
| 1076 | * ArcVillain: [[spoiler:The main and final antagonist of the entire Storybook, as well as Emma's story in general.]] |
| 1077 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:For the entirety of Season 6 (although she isn't revealed as the mastermind until 9 episodes in). Gideon's arrival to Storybrooke and attempts to carry out the prophecy of killing Emma were all her doing by means of using his heart to control him so she will be freed from the Dark Realm after the Savior passes. Even if Emma didn't die, she came close enough to death that the portal successfully opened, allowing the Black Fairy to cross over into Storybrooke. Not only that, but she is indirectly responsible for the events of the entire show. How so? Doesn't get much worse than '''creating the Dark Curse'''.]] |
| 1078 | ** The episode "Awake" introduces pixie flowers, which only grow as a kind of immune response to the presence of great evil. A single flower grew back in the day when Storybrooke was still under the Dark Curse. [[spoiler:The Black Fairy is so bad that a whole ''field'' of flowers springs up.]] |
| 1079 | * CardCarryingVillain: She may have been [[spoiler:a TragicVillain]] in the past, but that certainly seems to be all but gone now, with her claim of having "practically invented dark magic" as well as being fully aware of her reputation as a terrible creature and stating regardless that she is quite pleased with herself. |
| 1080 | * ChangelingTale: Her M.O. is kidnapping babies from their parents. |
| 1081 | * TheChessmaster: She's been manipulating ''everything'' in Season 6 [[spoiler:and possibly even from the beginning of the series.]] |
| 1082 | * CurbStompBattle: She gives an off-screen one to Blue, just to give the audience an idea of how powerful she is. |
| 1083 | ** She gives one to Zelena (who was long considered TheAce in magic, pendant or not) and at least ''two'' to Regina. [[spoiler:Zelena responds the next episode by '''hitting her with a car'''.]] |
| 1084 | * DarkIsEvil: The Black Fairy was exiled by the Blue Fairy for using dark magic [[spoiler:and cutting off her son's fate as the Savior.]] |
| 1085 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:As her son is about to finish her off using her own wand, she merely points out that nothing can stop her command to Gideon to kill Emma - in fact her death will only ensure it. He still kills her.]] |
| 1086 | * EvilBrit: She's played by an English actress and speaks with a good dose of RP. |
| 1087 | * EvilMatriarch: She abandoned her own child, stole countless children to work for her, and not only stole [[spoiler:her grandson from his own parents]], but also used him as a pawn to help her escape her prison. |
| 1088 | * EvilWearsBlack: Seeing as she's called the Black Fairy, naturally she has a wardrobe to match. |
| 1089 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Before being destroyed, she reveals that she will force Gideon and Emma to destroy each other (Light canceling out Light forever) and that her death will only further this outcome. Gold decides to find out it that's true and erases her from the Land of the Living with her own wand. As she is turning to dust, she closes her eyes and visibly accepts her fate.]] |
| 1090 | * FairyDevilmother: Whereas most fairies bless select children and distribute light magic across the realms, the Black Fairy ''[[ChangelingTale kidnaps]]'' children so that [[spoiler:she can turn them into her slaves in the Dark Realm]], uses dark magic to an extent that she was able to single handedly threaten all of the realms and [[GreaterScopeVillain created the Dark Curse that caused the series' premise]]. |
| 1091 | * FairySexy: Much like the other fairies, her outfits tend to emphasize her cleavage. |
| 1092 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The final battle of the entire Storybook (but not the whole series) is against her, however it's more a battle for the realms and control over Emma's belief than a physical fight. While Gold is the one to physically destroy her instead of Emma, it's Emma who makes the sacrifice that sends her plans to the Underworld along with her.]] |
| 1093 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: In "Awake", she tells Snow that it's better for her and Charming to be asleep during the fight, as "No one should have to watch their child die." [[spoiler:As revealed two episodes later, saving her child from his fate as the Savior is exactly why she became the Black Fairy in the first place.]] |
| 1094 | * TheGhost: First mentioned in "The Thing You Love Most"[[note]]In that episode, Maleficent tells Regina "'''Whoever''' created that monstrosity (the Dark Curse) makes the two of us look positively... moral."[[/note]], but does not appear until many seasons later in the episode "Changelings". |
| 1095 | * GigglingVillain: She giggles a lot, [[spoiler:something she would pass down to her son.]] |
| 1096 | * GreaterScopeVillain: She's this for the entire series considering that she's [[spoiler:Rumplestiltskin's mother and the creator of the Dark Curse.]] In Season 6, [[spoiler:she ends up snatching Belle and Rumple's infant son Gideon (who's also the Black Fairy's own grandson no less) from the Blue Fairy and raises him to be evil. When Gideon returns to Storybrooke as an adult, it's revealed that he's the mysterious hooded figure from Emma's visions that supposedly kills her. He wants to do this so he can kill the Black Fairy.]] |
| 1097 | ** With the reveal that her actions inadvertently led to [[spoiler:Malcolm becoming Peter Pan and their son becoming the Dark One]], you could make the case that if Fiona hadn't become the Black Fairy, ''every villain in the series'' [[spoiler:with the exception of Hades, and even then he only escaped the underworld due to one of these villains]] wouldn't exist. |
| 1098 | * [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: [[spoiler:She's destroyed by her very own wand in the end and her plan is undone not only by Emma, but by her son and grandson. Even better, she went to such great lengths to make sure that her son's prophecy - that he as the Savior would destroy his greatest adversary - would never happen, only for her to die at his hands as predicted.]] |
| 1099 | * HotWitch: Well, "Fairy" would be a more accurate description - she's easily more powerful than any and every witch we've seen. |
| 1100 | * HowIsThatEvenPossible: Said almost verbatim by Tiger Lily when [[spoiler:Fiona managed to use her wand to transform herself into a fairy.]] |
| 1101 | * KilledOffForReal: Rumple kills her with her own wand. |
| 1102 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She refused to cut off her dark magic and instead cut off her infant son's Savior powers so they wouldn't end up destroying each other. In the present day, who do you think predictably ends up finishing her off, with her own weapon no less?]] |
| 1103 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: [[spoiler:Fiona's desire to save her offspring caused her to turn to magic, then to dark powers and become fully evil, all to save her son from his dark fate]], just like how Rumplestiltskin acts. |
| 1104 | * MagicWand: The Blue Fairy kept the Black Fairy's wand, which was stronger than other wands. |
| 1105 | * MamaBear: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:She was so focused on her son not being killed by evil that they ''both'' became evil, as well as her husband.]] |
| 1106 | * ManipulativeBitch: She breaks Gideon's spirit by giving him the opportunity to save his friend Roderick knowing he would be too scared to do it; she also manipulated Gideon by using his heart to try to kill Emma and open a portal so she could escape the Dark Realm. Also, see her XanatosGambit. [[spoiler:It allowed her to come ''extremely close'' to winning, [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning even after her death]].]] |
| 1107 | * MissingMom: "Changelings" reveals that she's [[spoiler:Rumplestiltskin's]] mother. |
| 1108 | * MotiveDecay: [[spoiler:Started out as MamaBear desperate to protect her son to the point she was in danger of JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Now she's just in it ForTheEvulz as she no longer needs to protect her son.]] |
| 1109 | %%* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning |
| 1110 | * OlderThanTheyLook / TimeAbyss: She's absurdly youthful for a several-hundred-years-old Fairy who, according to calculations regarding her time in the Dark Realm, is over three million years old. |
| 1111 | * OutsideContextProblem: Nobody but the Blue Fairy really knows anything about her by the time she enters the story. |
| 1112 | * ParentalAbandonment: Despite her tendency for stealing away children, the Black Fairy once had a child of her own but ended up abandoning them in exchange for power. Said abandoned child would grow up to be [[spoiler:Rumplestiltskin. Subverted as she didn't abandon Rumple, she was forcibly separated from him when the Blue Fairy banished her.]] |
| 1113 | * PhysicalGod: Quite possibly the worst example in the series, barring the gods themselves. She is capable of easily beating the Blue Fairy, overpowering Rumple, and Zelena and Regina fighting her together cannot so much as scratch her and only makes her laugh as she effortlessly tosses them around like rag-dolls. Even after being ''hit by a speeding car'', she shakes it off and seems more irritated when she leaves than worried. [[spoiler:The only weapon able to destroy her was [[InfinityPlusOneSword her very own]].]] |
| 1114 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Fiona is arguably the true main antagonist of the entire series, her creation of the Dark Curse and role as the hidden ArchEnemy to both Emma and Gold having a major hand in the whole story. How many episodes does she appear in? ''10'' out of a total 155. |
| 1115 | * StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Fiona taking Tiger Lily's heart]] is what fully transformed her into the Black Fairy. |
| 1116 | * TragicVillain: [[spoiler:She certainly was one in the past. Wanting to save her son from the Darkness turned her ''into'' said Darkness as well as turned both her husband and their son evil.]] However, she seems to have thrown her [[spoiler:tragicness]] out the window in favor of being a CardCarryingVillain, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes the only thing she has love for at all aside from her incredible dark power]] being [[spoiler:Rumple.]] |
| 1117 | * VerbalTic: She calls people "dearie", just like Rumple. [[spoiler:Seems that it runs in the family.]] |
| 1118 | * WasOnceAMan: The Black Fairy was once a human before she turned herself into a fairy. |
| 1119 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:She transforms Gideon's childhood friend Roderick into a bug and ''steps on him right in front of Gideon.'' Not to mention her abuse of them as children, even daring Gideon to stop her form hurting Roderick..]] |
| 1120 | ** Henry is only a teenager. [[spoiler:She throws him down the stairs, causing him to fracture his arm and be put in a cast and neck brace.]] |
| 1121 | * XanatosGambit: Her final, ultimate plan. |
| 1122 | ** [[spoiler:She curses all the realms and tethers Emma's belief to all of them. If she stops believing, the realms will be eradicated from existence. Fiona can then kill her off and win forever.]] |
| 1123 | ** [[spoiler:She reads the runes and finds out that Gideon must fight Emma rather than herself. If Gideon kills Emma in combat, it's the end of Light Magic and Fiona wins.]] |
| 1124 | ** [[spoiler:If Emma kills Gideon in self-defense, she will turn dark forever, it's the end of Light Magic and Fiona wins.]] |
| 1125 | ** [[spoiler:If ''anyone'' kills Fiona herself (which Gold does), she has made sure her death will ensure that Gideon follows orders and fights Emma, owing to her protection spell on Gideon's heart. End of Light Magic, Fiona can celebrate her victory in the Underworld [[FridgeHorror (and probably even take it over)]].]] |
| 1126 | ** Luckily, our heroes avoid all four paths to her victory by [[TakeAThirdOption Taking a Fifth Option]]: [[spoiler:Emma lets Gideon kill her with the express purpose of saving him, which will not eliminate Light Magic. At the same time, Gold's attempt at using Gideon's heart to tell him to not kill Emma causes his deathblow to her to not fully succeed, allowing Henry to revive her with True Love's Kiss.]] |
| 1127 | [[/folder]] |
| 1128 | |
| 1129 | [[folder:Gideon]] |
| 1130 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/601liesagain.png]] |
| 1131 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Gideon:''' ''I always remembered you, mother. I tried to follow your example.'']] |
| 1132 | ->'''Played By:''' Creator/GilesMatthey, Creator/AntonStarkman (child) |
| 1133 | ->'''Centric Episodes:''' "Mother's Little Helper" |
| 1134 | |
| 1135 | The long-lost son of Belle and Rumplestiltskin, who was kidnapped by the Black Fairy as a baby. |
| 1136 | ---- |
| 1137 | * AbusiveParents: The Black Fairy, his adoptive mother, treated him horribly all throughout his life and is currently [[spoiler:forcing him to try to kill Emma by controlling his heart.]] |
| 1138 | * AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:The Black Fairy ripped out his heart, forcing him to be her henchman. However, he managed to regain enough control to leave behind a pixie flower that the heroes could use to find Killian and bring him back to Storybrooke.]] |
| 1139 | * AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:To the Black Fairy. Also to Rumple to a lesser extent, but Rumple wants to earn his trust and be a good father to him.]] |
| 1140 | * ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:He's full of pain and misery at being forced by Fiona to stab Emma but does so nevertheless and, as a result, is reverted to an infant.]] |
| 1141 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:He ''seemed'' to be the one destined to kill Emma, but it turns out that his grandmother Fiona / the Black Fairy was forcing him to do it using his heart to free herself from the Dark Realm. In the end he is still destined to kill Emma but against his will and on his grandmother's orders - luckily he gets a second chance as an infant and Emma is revived almost instantly.]] |
| 1142 | * TheDragon: [[spoiler:It looked like he was the BigBad of the sixth season at first, trying to kill Emma to become the Savior to stop Fiona, but it turned out to be a lie that she forced him to say using his heart, and that she was the mastermind all along.]] |
| 1143 | * {{Foil}}: To Henry, [[spoiler:his nephew. He grew up with a villainous adopted mother who ruled over a cursed realm with an iron fist, but gained hope by reading a book about heroes. Unlike Henry, Gideon was never able to convince his mother to become good, so now she's forcing him to become evil. Also, Henry was woken from a sleeping curse by his birth mother, while Gideon woke his birth mother.]] |
| 1144 | * ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler:He doesn't want attack the heroes, but with the Black Fairy holding his heart he doesn't have much of a choice.]] |
| 1145 | * GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:His appearance in "Beauty" makes it clear he inherited his mother's affinities for reading and exploring.]] |
| 1146 | * GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:He really wants to ''help'' Emma rather than kill her, but he doesn't have much of a choice when Fiona has a hold on his heart. Even then, she claims that part of him always wants to help her, something which he reluctantly agrees to, seeing as she was all he had for a parental figure for 28 years.]] |
| 1147 | * InTheHood: [[spoiler:He's the hooded figure that attacks Emma in her visions.]] |
| 1148 | * HappilyAdopted: Averted. [[spoiler:He wants to kill his adopted mother for making his childhood a living hell.]] |
| 1149 | * TheHeavy: [[spoiler:Starts off as this, being Emma's primary opponent for the third quarter of the season until it's revealed that the Black Fairy was using him to get into Storybrooke, after which he is forced to follow her everywhere. In the end, he is forced to fight Emma one final time and his inevitable stab to her gut causes him to be reverted to an infant and Emma is revived.]] |
| 1150 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Attempted. The Black Fairy wants him to kill Emma. Though Gideon himself doesn't actually want to hurt her, the Black Fairy controls his heart. In the end, he is forced to kill Emma anyways but, thanks to TrueLovesKiss, she is revived and he can begin life anew as a newborn.]] |
| 1151 | * TheKidsAreAmerican: His mother speaks with an Australian accent, his father speaks with a Scottish accent, the Black Fairy speaks in a posh English accent, and yet he speaks with an American accent. |
| 1152 | * MommasBoy: [[spoiler:His relationship with Belle is a positive example, since she's his True Love and has only ever tried to protect him. On the opposite end, the Black Fairy is an abusive and domineering figure in his life, and harshly imposes her will on him.]] |
| 1153 | * OrphansPlotTrinket: The book [[spoiler:Belle]] gave him as a baby [[spoiler:inspired him to become a hero, but his adoptive mother has other plans for him.]] |
| 1154 | * ParentalAbandonment: His mother told him that his birth parents abandoned him because they didn't care about him. [[spoiler:In reality, Belle sent him away with Blue so he'd be safe and Rumple was horrified when he realized his son was gone.]] |
| 1155 | * PosthumousSibling: He's Baelfire's posthumous half brother. |
| 1156 | * TrueLovesKiss: How he [[spoiler:wakes Belle from the sleeping curse she placed herself under.]] |
| 1157 | * RaisedByGrandparents: [[spoiler:He was raised by his father's estranged mother.]] |
| 1158 | * WalkingSpoiler: Everything about him spoils a significant part of Season 6. |
| 1159 | [[/folder]] |
| 1160 | |
| 1161 | [[folder:Roderick]] |
| 1162 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/616achoicenow.png]] |
| 1163 | [[caption-width-right:350:'''Roderick:''' ''If my transgression protects the ones that I care about then it's all worth it.'']] |
| 1164 | ->'''Played By:''' Grayson Gabriel, Mason [=McKenzie=] |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | One of the children kidnapped by the Black Fairy. |
| 1167 | ---- |
| 1168 | * ChildhoodFriends: To Gideon. |
| 1169 | * TargetedToHurtTheHero: Was killed by the Black Fairy because it would hurt Gideon. |
| 1170 | [[/folder]] |
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