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** Season 7 ''finally'' has him learn the error of his ways; all he wants is to [[spoiler:be reunited with his now deceased wife and true love, Belle. Super spoiler:he ''gets his wish.'']]
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** Season 7 ''finally'' has him learn the error of his ways; all he wants is to [[spoiler:be reunited with his now deceased wife and true love, Belle. Super spoiler:he spoiler: he ''gets his wish.'']]
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Robert Carlyle usually suppresses his Scottish accent when acting as Mr. Gold, but whenever he starts really yelling it tends to get noticeably more pronounced.
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* CursedWithAwesome: Rumplestiltskin is cursed to be the most powerful sorcerer in the land and to have sparkly grey skin--which he may or may not be able to conceal with magic. That this ''is'' a curse is established in the Season 1 episode "Skin Deep", wherein Belle almost ends it with True Love's Kiss. In a slight departure, while the show clearly wants us to see him as cursed, Rumplestiltskin himself never complains about his powers, and is quite sensibly freaked out at the prospect of losing them and being at the mercy of the Evil Queen, not to mention losing any chance of finding his son. The chief downside is that the Dark One's dagger allows anyone holding it to command him, which is why he keeps it tightly in his own possession. In Season 4, he tries to circumvent this by getting hold of the Sorcerer's Hat, an artifact that absorbs magical powers. He wants to use it to collect enough power to break the dagger's connection, so he can have power and be totally free.
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: As the Dark One. As Mr. Gold, it's rather low and somber.
* CursedWithAwesome: Rumplestiltskin is cursed to be the most powerful sorcerer in the land and to have sparkly grey skin--which he may or may not be able to conceal with magic. That this ''is'' a curse is established in the Season 1 episode "Skin Deep", wherein Belle almost ends it with True Love's Kiss. In a slight departure, while the show clearly wants us to see him as cursed, Rumplestiltskin himself never complains about hispowers, powers and is quite sensibly freaked out at the prospect of losing them and being at the mercy of the Evil Queen, not to mention losing any chance of finding his son. The chief downside is that the Dark One's dagger allows anyone holding it to command him, which is why he keeps it tightly in his own possession. In Season 4, he tries to circumvent this by getting hold of the Sorcerer's Hat, an artifact that absorbs magical powers. He wants to use it to collect enough power to break the dagger's connection, so he can have power and be totally free.
* CursedWithAwesome: Rumplestiltskin is cursed to be the most powerful sorcerer in the land and to have sparkly grey skin--which he may or may not be able to conceal with magic. That this ''is'' a curse is established in the Season 1 episode "Skin Deep", wherein Belle almost ends it with True Love's Kiss. In a slight departure, while the show clearly wants us to see him as cursed, Rumplestiltskin himself never complains about his
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* TheDandy: As both Rumple and Mr. Gold, but especially as the former, where his every action is theatrical, over-the-top, and hammy.
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* NeverMyFault: Blames the Blue Fairy for taking his son away from him. Nevermind that ''he'' was the one to let go of Baelfire's hand in exchange for the dagger. The Blue Fairy even calls him out on it
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* NeverMyFault: Blames the Blue Fairy for taking his son away from him. Nevermind that ''he'' was the one to let go of Baelfire's hand in exchange for the dagger. The Blue Fairy even calls him out on itit. He's grown out of it by the time the Curse is cast.
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* FreudianExcuse: He has a ''multitude'' of them, for a variety of aspects of his character.
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* FreudianExcuse: He has a ''multitude'' of them, for a variety of aspects of his character. It says a lot that growing up poor with a drunken, layabout father and then being abandoned by said father is just ''one'' of the many reasons he became evil.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: "Desperate Souls" from Season 1 reveals Rumplestiltskin's origins as a poor sheep farmer.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: "Desperate Souls" from Season 1 reveals Rumplestiltskin's origins as a poor sheep farmer.farmer and son of a drunk who abandoned him.
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* TheHyena: He seemingly can't go more than a few seconds without giving off a truly evil, high-pitched cackle.
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* IGaveMyWord: Rumple will always live up the bargains he makes and never go back on a deal. It's just that he will always live up the specific ''word'' of the deal which almost invariably works in his favor.
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->'''Regina:''' This is your doing, isn’t it?\\
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->'''Regina:''' This I assume this is all your doing, isn’t it?\\doing?\\
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** Increasingly {{Subverted}} later on. While he certainly enjoys the power of being the Dark One, he's also painfully aware of the price: As the dagger is MadeOfEvil, it corrupts its wielder over time, and slowly erodes his redeeming qualities, resulting in him [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]] in Season 4, where his sole redeeming quality is his love for [[MoralityPet Belle and Henry]]. And in Season 7, the consequences of the immortality granted to him by the dagger [[WhoWantsToLiveForever are made apparent]] as well, as he's unable to be TogetherInDeath with [[TheLostLenore Belle]], causing him to become a DeathSeeker.
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* TheUnfettered: PlayedStraight with Rumplestiltskin when he tries finding his son. He clearly WouldHitAGirl in "Manhattan".
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* TheUnfettered: PlayedStraight with Rumplestiltskin when he tries finding his son. He clearly WouldHitAGirl has absolutely no qualms about [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds "sacrificing this world for the next"]] if it means fining Baelfire. And he similarly has no compunction with [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating]] and [[TheCorrupter corrupting]] various characters to achieve it.
** He also has no issue with manipulating and even trying to ''kill'' his former allies in"Manhattan".Season 4 if it means he can be free of the dagger.
** He also has no issue with manipulating and even trying to ''kill'' his former allies in
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* LaughablyEvil: As Rumplestiltskin. Aside from his [[DeadpanSnarker cutting wit]], his LargeHam mannerisms and occasionally off-color jokes make him lots of fun to watch. [[BewareTheSillyOnes He's no less dangerous for it, though]].
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* NeverMyFault: Blames the Blue Fairy for taking his son away from him. Nevermind that ''he'' was the one to let go of Baelfire's hand in exchange for the dagger. The Blue Fairy even calls him out on it
--> '''Rumplestiltskin:''' You took my son, but I will get him back.\\
'''The Blue Fairy:''' I didn't take your son.\\
'''Rumplestiltskin:''' [[SuddenlyShouting YOU TOOK MY SON, BUT I WILL GET HIM BACK!]]\\
'''The Blue Fairy:''' ''[[ArmorPiercingResponse You drove him away]].''
--> '''Rumplestiltskin:''' You took my son, but I will get him back.\\
'''The Blue Fairy:''' I didn't take your son.\\
'''Rumplestiltskin:''' [[SuddenlyShouting YOU TOOK MY SON, BUT I WILL GET HIM BACK!]]\\
'''The Blue Fairy:''' ''[[ArmorPiercingResponse You drove him away]].''
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* ObfuscatingInsanity: While part of it is just plain old insanity, Rumple tends to play up his silly and eccentric mannerisms to appear less dangerous to the people he deals with. Case in point: he affects an [[LargeHam over-the-top]] insane voice and twitching mannerisms when making the deal with Regina that she has to obey his every command so long as he says [[TriggerPhrase "Please"]]. This causes her no shortage of trouble in Season 1.
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** ''Finally'' Subverts this in Season 6, where he chooses Belle and Gideon over power. This HeelFaceTurn sticks until the very end of the series.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Even on the rare chance a factor goes out of his direct control, Rumple still manages to adjust his plans to work around it. Case in point: Rumple ''had'' no plan under Fiona's Curse, [[spoiler: but still manages to trick Fiona, steal her wand, and kill her. The span of time in which he does this? ''The length of single a hug'']].
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: He has a tendency to appear whenever his name is mentioned. It's implied that one of his abilities is to sense whenever someone says it.
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** Season 7 ''finally'' has him learn the error of his ways; all he wants is to [[spoiler:be reunited with his now deceased wife and true love, Belle. Super spoiler: he ''gets his wish.'']]
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** Season 7 ''finally'' has him learn the error of his ways; all he wants is to [[spoiler:be reunited with his now deceased wife and true love, Belle. Super spoiler: he spoiler:he ''gets his wish.'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Rumplestiltskin:''' ''[[{{Catchphrase}} All magic comes with a price!]]'']]
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rumplestiltskin was little more than an AmbigiouslyEvil gnome that provides supernatural aid in exchange for trinkets and children. ''Once Upon a Time'' makes him an immortal, nigh-omnipotent sorcerer, MagnificentBastard and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who plays everyone else - with varying degrees of success that, ''usually'', come out on top for him - like a fiddle. Also, considering his role as a CompositeCharacter for various Disney characters, he plays this role as the Beast. In the original film, Beast was stronger than Gaston but Gaston was still skilled and strong enough to hurt him. In this series, Rumplestiltskin as the Beast is a nearly omnipotent EvilWizard whom Gaston stands ''no chance'' against.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rumplestiltskin was little more than an AmbigiouslyEvil AmbiguouslyEvil gnome that provides supernatural aid in exchange for trinkets and children. ''Once Upon a Time'' makes him an immortal, nigh-omnipotent sorcerer, MagnificentBastard and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who plays everyone else - with varying degrees of success that, ''usually'', come out on top for him - like a fiddle. Also, considering his role as a CompositeCharacter for various Disney characters, he plays this role as the Beast. In the original film, Beast was stronger than Gaston but Gaston was still skilled and strong enough to hurt him. In this series, Rumplestiltskin as the Beast is a nearly omnipotent EvilWizard whom Gaston stands ''no chance'' against.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rumplestiltskin was little more than an evil gnome that engages in trading children for favors. ''Once Upon a Time'' makes him an immortal nigh-omnipotent sorcerer, MagnificentBastard and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who plays everyone else - with varying degrees of success that, ''usually'', come out on top for him - like a fiddle. Also, considering his role as a CompositeCharacter for various Disney characters, he plays this role as the Beast. In the original film, Beast was stronger than Gaston but Gaston was still skilled and strong enough to hurt him. In this series, Rumplestiltskin as the Beast is a nearly omnipotent EvilWizard whom Gaston stands ''no chance'' against.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rumplestiltskin was little more than an evil AmbigiouslyEvil gnome that engages provides supernatural aid in trading children exchange for favors. trinkets and children. ''Once Upon a Time'' makes him an immortal immortal, nigh-omnipotent sorcerer, MagnificentBastard and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who plays everyone else - with varying degrees of success that, ''usually'', come out on top for him - like a fiddle. Also, considering his role as a CompositeCharacter for various Disney characters, he plays this role as the Beast. In the original film, Beast was stronger than Gaston but Gaston was still skilled and strong enough to hurt him. In this series, Rumplestiltskin as the Beast is a nearly omnipotent EvilWizard whom Gaston stands ''no chance'' against.
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* TheFinalTemptation: Gold is hit by this twice during the Final Battle. First, the Black Fairy offers him everything he's ever wanted in exchange for letting her beat Emma, but he refuses and kills her. Then, his Dark One self appears before him to try and convince him not to stop Gideon, thereby gaining all the power that would have been the Black Fairy's; Gold tells him off instead.
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** Is also this towards Baelfire, refusing to let Baelfire be manipulated by Peter Pan or be tempted by the power of the dagger.
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* DirtyCop: Weaver in Season 7 is set up as this. Ultimately subverted, as it turns out Weaver only ''plays'' at being corrupt but is actually a good cop (albeit with edges) and is playing a long game against Victoria.
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* CharacterDevelopment: By Season 7, [[spoiler:Rumple has finally learned a number of painful, hard-fought lessons — that tempting others into darkness is not the right path, that immortality is not worth the price, that he will not sacrifice others for his own gain no matter how badly he wants it or how justified he believes it to be, and that retaining the dagger is necessary not for the power it can give him but to keep anyone else from being weighed down by that burden]].
-->'''Rumplestiltskin:''' [[spoiler:You don't do the right thing for a reward. You do it because it's right!]]
-->'''Rumplestiltskin:''' [[spoiler:You don't do the right thing for a reward. You do it because it's right!]]
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Rumple's sacrifice, which he intended merely to save Rogers' life and defeat Wish Realm Rumple]], turns into this when he [[spoiler:and Belle are happily reunited in the afterlife]].
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* CampStraight: In the Enchanted Forest.
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* CampStraight: In the Enchanted Forest.Forest, his Dark One persona tends towards flamboyant and theatrical hand gestures and mannerisms, but he is straight nonetheless.
