History Characters / OnceUponATimeArendelle

%% Needs more context about why she freezes them and why Hans and Zelena are unsympathetic.* KickTheSonOfABitch:
%%** Freezes Hans, though not to death.
%%** She also freezes Zelena, though the audience is only informed of this after the fact.

* DecompositeCharacter: When ''Frozen'' was written, Elsa was based on Andersen's Snow Queen, but here they're separate characters. Ironically, Hans Christian Andersen wrote a separate story called [[http://hca.gilead.org.il/ice_maid.html "The Ice Maiden"]] that later developed into "Literature/TheSnowQueen".

* AdaptationalVillainy: The extent of the Snow Queen's villainy in the original story is taking the mirror-shard-infected Kai away to her ice castle in the far north and not letting him leave unless he solves a puzzle. In the show, she's responsible for spreading the mirror curse herself.

%%Needs more context.* HeroesWantRedheads: At least if Anna is anything to go by.

* GutturalGrowler: John Rhys-Davies is even growlier than usual, sounding very similar to his [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Treebeard]] voice.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: After overhearing Anna suspecting and accusing her just like her mother did, she decides to lock her up and isolate her, calling her the odd one out, to make sure ''she's'' the one to suffer this time. She's also willing to use more extreme measures to make sure she and Elsa can find a better sister. After that, when Anna and Kristoff (now with GOOD reason) treat her like a villain to her face, she finally snaps and goes into this.

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Anna clearly learned from her mistake in trusting Hans. She soon catches on to Rumplestiltskin's sinister nature. In fact, Anna is the ''only'' person not fooled by the seemingly-benevolent Ingrid, while Elsa accepts her immediately and without question. She also figures out not only that Ingrid is still redeemable, but ''how'' to redeem her.

* DecompositeCharacter: The original Snow Queen from Hans Christian Andersen's story is a separate character on the show. Which takes it even further since in ''Frozen'', Elsa was herself a ''CompositeCharacter'' (having some elements of Kai; what she didn't have were used, along with the Robber Girl, in creating Kristoff). To distinguish her from Ingrid, publicity for ''Once Upon a Time'' refers to Elsa as the Ice Queen rather than the Snow Queen, and her magic and costume are blue while Ingrid's are white.

* GenreBlind: She immediately puts her trust in her aunt the Snow Queen, who was trapped in an urn, which screams that she is ObviouslyEvil, and never being mentioned by her mother. It doesn't stick. Once Ingrid and Anna each claim that the other is up to no good, Elsa immediately believes her sister and plans to put Ingrid back in the urn.

* GenerationXerox: She has many parallels with her niece, Anna. Unfortunately, while Anna survives her experience as an ice statue, Helga did not.

* DecompositeCharacter: The original Snow Queen from Hans Christian Andersen's story is a separate character on the show. Which takes it even further since in ''Frozen'', Elsa was herself a ''CompositeCharacter'' (having some elements of Kai; what she didn't have were used, along with the Robber Girl, in creating Kristoff).

* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed. She immediately jumps to [[NotWhatItLooksLike the conclusion that Ingrid purposefully killed Helga]], being the one to trap her in the urn and tried to get rid of Elsa's powers. This contrasts with her ''Frozen'' film counterpart, who is shown ''not'' making a similar mistake when Elsa freezes Anna's head, believing right away that it was an accident, and accepts Elsa for her powers despite being unaware of their origins. It doesn't make her a villain, and she does [[MyGreatestFailure learn the error of her ways]] and tries to send a letter to Elsa and Anna asking them to release Ingrid, but she's not quite as kind hearted as her film counterpart.

** Gerda's necklace. The letter is given to Anna by Elsa 5 years after Gerda's passing, is actually a wishing star that only the pure of heart can use. It proves useful when Elsa unintentionally wishes that she could find Anna, just as Anna and Kristoff are about to drown in a chest.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: In "Breaking Glass", the Snow Queen claims that she will have a "family that loves [her]". Ultimately deconstructed as she wants that family to be on ''her'' terms. Specifically her, Elsa, and Emma to mirror the happy family she had as a child with her other two sisters: Gerda (Anna and Elsa's mother) and Helga (whom she accidentally killed). Anna can't be a part of that family, because without any magic powers, she's "the odd woman out" who "can't understand" them.

%%Needs context about how this compares to her usual levels of competence/intelligence.* IdiotBall: In the past, she kept her magic powers a secret from everyone (including her parents) except her sisters. She refused the opportunity to learn how to control them, instead settling for gloves to keep them hidden. And she never bothered to wear those gloves all the time, which indirectly resulted in Helga's death.

** "Proving" to Elsa that her sister will never accept her for who she is... by ''casting the Spell of Shattered Sight'' on Anna. Elsa doesn't buy it for a second.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Justified, as ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' was released 5 years ''after'' the OUAT season she appeared in; in the movie, her name is Iduna, and she's a Northuldran woman who saved King Agnarr, the girls' father and her eventual husband, from the battle between their peoples that King Runeard instigated, causing her home (ironically, also named the Enchanted Forest) to be surrounded by an impenetrable, magical mist. In ''Once'', it's ''her'' who's of royal lineage, as she and her sisters are born as the princesses of Arendelle. After Ingrid kills Helga and she traps Ingrid in the urn, she wipes the kingdom's memories of them and becomes heir to the throne herself.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: It's easy to miss due to her long dress, but she doesn't wear shoes a lot of the time. This is never explained.

* BadassInCharge: As queen of Arendelle, she has her powers to defend her kingdom.

!![[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Queen Elsa]]

* TrueBlueFemininity: Also true of her [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Disney]] counterpart, she's only seen wearing her blue dress.

!![[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Princess Anna]]

!![[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Kristoff]]

!![[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Grand Pabbie]]

* BerserkButton: A more reactionary example, calling her a monster is a really bad idea. Ask Hans (sure Hans was referring to Elsa at the time, but Ingrid heard it too and thought she was the one it was being said to).

* ShootOutTheLock: Apparently she can open locks by just using her ice magic. All the real life smartasses remind you [[TheKilljoy not to try this at home because outside of Hollywood Science, this doesn't actually work]].

The magical queen of Arendelle, who was held prisoner by Rumpelstiltskin until Emma accidentally freed her.

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Anna clearly learned from her mistake in trusting Hans. She soon catches on to Rumpelstiltskin's sinister nature. In fact, Anna is the ''only'' person not fooled by the seemingly-benevolent Ingrid, while Elsa accepts her immediately and without question. She also figures out not only that Ingrid is still redeemable, but ''how'' to redeem her.

** She makes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin that he'll tell her what happened to her parents if she puts a sinister-looking substance in an old man's tea. She can't bring herself to do it, except then it turns out that was actually the ''antidote'' to a poison he'd already been given, and by breaking the deal Rumpelstiltskin will now keep her in a tower for the rest of her life. He says the only way out is to kill him, and yet she still can't do it. ''Then'' it turns out Rumpel set the whole thing up to find someone absolutely pure of heart, whose tears could get past the protection around a magical hat. Upon discovering this, she does some fast thinking to make sure he doesn't profit a bit from the scheme, while also guaranteeing her safety.

* BigBadEnsemble: Unlike Peter Pan and the Wicked Witch, the Snow Queen has to compete for the title of Big Bad with Rumpelstiltskin, who's running his own scheme parallel to hers.

* InkSuitActor: In a reversal of the trope, Georgina Haig is physically a spot on dead ringer for Elsa's animated form. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9198cf5af5a2c3d82165b856db06df5a.jpg Here's a side-by-side comparison of the two]].

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: The Spell of Shattered Sight can only affect a person once. Thus, in the present day, Anna is immune to Ingird's curse along with Emma and Elsa.

* BuffySpeak: She tends to refer to things she doesn't know the official name of this way. For example, referring to the Dark One's Dagger as a "Wavy knife."

** Has a pair of horrific examples in "Smash the Mirror." Under Ingrid's curse, she repeats Elsa's line "Go away Anna" from ''Do You Want to Build a Snowman?'', driving home her bitterness at Elsa for shutting her out for all those years. After trapping her sister in the urn and then coming back to herself, she again dubiously asks "Wait, what?", which, during ''Frozen'' had been meant as a joke highlighting Anna's dorky qualities. This time, it's anything but funny.

* MotorMouth: She runs her mouth a lot and at times it seems like she doesn’t know when to stop.

* SeriousBusiness: Her greatest gripe with Hans's betrayal: "And I ''sang'' with you!"

* StatuesqueStunner: She's quite a pretty face and is also a bit of a lanky girl, being 5' 8".

* TraumaCongaLine: Goes through a particularly tragic one throughout season 4a's flashbacks. She sets out for the Enchanted Forest (postponing her wedding) to allay Elsa's fears about their parents viewing her as a monster, only to learn that they ''did'', and were desperate to remove her powers. She returns home shaken from the revelation... only to end up falling off a cliff thanks to her aunt and imprisoned in the dungeons. [[HopeSpot She's freed by Elsa and together the two plan to trap their aunt in the urn]], but Ingrid thwarts their plan. ''Then'', Anna is inflicted with the Spell of Shattered Sight, making her see only see the worst in her sister and bringing out her resentment for being ignored when they were children. Under its influence, Anna becomes responsible for trapping Elsa, the person she loves most, in the urn, and comes out of it just in time to realize what she's done. It's all capped off by Ingrid freezing her, Kristoff, and the entire kingdom solid. When Arendelle thaws thirty years later, Hans takes over the kingdom and leaves Anna and Kristoff to drown in a chest. While Anna and Kristoff are saved by Elsa's wish to the star on Anna's necklace, they arrive just as Storybrooke falls to the spell of shattered sight.

--> '''Elsa:''' So no one has heard from Anna. There's been no sightings from any of the scouts?
--> '''Kristoff:''' Since you asked me 10 seconds ago? Nope.

* YouAreNotAlone: Tells a distraught Elsa that Anna made him stay behind so that Elsa wouldn't be alone while Anna went on her quest. Turns out to have been a good idea, as Kristoff ends up providing Elsa crucial intelligence about Hans' plan to trap her in the urn, and assists her in keeping it out of Hans's hands.

* DecompositeCharacter: When ''Frozen'' was written, Elsa was based on Andersen's Snow Queen, but here they're separate characters. Ironically, Hans Christian Anderson wrote a separate story called [[http://hca.gilead.org.il/ice_maid.html "The Ice Maiden"]] that later developed into "Literature/TheSnowQueen".

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She’s called the Snow Queen and she casts a freezing curse on all of Arendelle that lasts for 30 years. Her EvilPlan in the present day is to kill everybody in Storybrooke via the spell of Shattered sight so it can just be her, Elsa and Emma living there.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: She is on the receiving of FantasticRacism and as a AntiVillain, she starts to be on the giving end of FantasticRacism. Very notable and almost literal example of this is that she is called a monster because of her powers and she decides after Elsa is trapped in the urn, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil that it’s time to embrace the title of monster and be one.]]

* ISurrenderSuckers: After she is captured and taken into custody, it is revealed that she planned this in order to have an opportunity to be alone with Emma, and corrupt her through polite conversation.

** What's the Snow Queen's plan for starting a new family? '''Mass murder'''[[note]]Specifically, kill everyone else in Storybrooke and use Elsa's ice wall to isolate them from the outside world, so that that Elsa and Emma will love only her[[/note]].

* RememberTheNewGuy: Everyone in Storybrooke seems to know Ingrid already despite never appearing before season 4 (although the town does that a lot).

* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed. She immediately jumps to [[NotWhatItLooksLike the conclusion that Ingrid purposefully killed Helga]], being the one to trap her in the urn and tried to get rid of Elsa's powers. This contrasts with her ''Frozen'' film counterpart, who is shown ''not'' making a similar mistake when Elsa freezes Anna's head, believing right away that it was an accident, and accepts Elsa for her powers despite being unaware of their origins. It doesn't make her a villain, and she does [[MyGreatestFailure learn the error of her ways]] and tries to send a letter to Elsa and Anna asking them to release Ingrid, but she's not quite as kindhearted as her film counterpart.

** Gerda's necklace. The letter is given to Anna by Elsa five years after Gerda's passing, is actually a wishing star that only the pure of heart can use. It proves useful when Elsa unintentionally wishes that she could find Anna, just as Anna and Kristoff are about to drown in a chest.

* MessageInABottle: She quite literally sends one of these in the season 4 opener.

* HappyEndingOverride: Inverted. Turns out Hans's brothers are more than happy to let him run free, and even assist him when he comes to bring vengeance on Arendelle.
* InsaneTrollLogic: By "Fall," he reasons that since Anna hurt Elsa without intending to, she committed treason, meaning Hans should be king of Arendele!

* LateArrivalSpoiler: In ''Frozen'', Hans being a villain is a plot twist late in the movie, but in''Once Upon a Time'', his villainy is on full display from the beginning, thus making him a major WalkingSpoiler.
* OldShame: InUniverse, Hans's expression and his brothers' reactions when it's brought up imply that he's embarrassed about singing together with Anna.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. She immediately jumps to [[NotWhatItLooksLike the conclusion that Ingrid purposefully killed Helga]], being the one to trap her in the urn and tried to get rid of Elsa's powers. This contrasts with her ''Frozen'' film counterpart, who is shown ''not'' making a similar mistake when Elsa freezes Anna's head, believing right away that it was an accident, and accepts Elsa for her powers despite being unaware of their origins. It doesn't make her a villain, and she does[[MyGreatestFailure learn the error of her ways]] and tries to send a letter to Elsa and Anna asking them to release Ingrid, but she's not quite as purehearted as her film counterpart.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed. She immediately jumps to [[NotWhatItLooksLike the conclusion that Ingrid purposefully killed Helga]], being the one to trap her in the urn amd tried to get rid of Elsa's powers. This contrasts with her ''Frozen'' film counterpart, who is shown ''not'' making a similar mistake when Elsa freezes Anna's head, believing right away that it was an accident, and accepts Elsa for her powers despite being unaware of their origins. It doesn't make her a villain, and she does[[MyGreatestFailure learn the error of her ways]] and tries to send a letter to Elsa and Anna asking them to release Ingrid, but she's not quite as purehearted as her film counterpart.