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* DontYouDarePityMe: Regina has a moment of this when Robin Hood finds her alone in the woods.

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* DontYouDarePityMe: Regina has a moment DirtyCoward: The woodcutter became instantly afraid of this when Robin Hood finds Zelena (as a baby) the second he saw her alone in the woods.magic, realizing that she isn't like them and possesses powers that they don't understand and/or could potentially hurt them. Despite this, Zelena never does anything wrong or out of malice toward him or his wife (even saving them from a falling tree branch) but still fears her nonetheless and becomes abusive to her over time.



* JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope: The Woodcutters inability to get over his fear of her powers caused him to turn to drinking to deal with it which only made him verbally and (which we find out in "Sisters") physically abusive to her. Even when she is taking care of him as an adult, he still backs away in fear and tells her to stay back just for conjuring a rag and spitefully calls her wicked despite knowing she didn't do it on purpose.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Regina has a moment of this when Robin Hood finds her alone in the woods.



* MagicIsEvil: This is apparently the view of Zelena's adopted father, despite the fact we only ever see her use her supposedly uncontrollable magic to help--as a baby, knocking away a tree branch that was about to fall on him, and as an adult, conjuring a cloth to staunch a shaving nick.

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* MagicIsEvil: This is apparently the view of Zelena's adopted father, despite the fact we only ever see her use her supposedly uncontrollable magic to help--as a baby, knocking away a tree branch that was about to fall on him, and as an adult, conjuring a cloth to staunch a shaving nick. However, his fear of it and belief that it made her wicked caused him to become cruel and abusive to her over time.
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* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: In an incredibly painful callback to ''Skin Deep'', once again, Rumple throws Belle out... but this time it's not because he's selfish - it's because he's ''afraid'', like he was last time. But, this time, he's ''not'' afraid of Belle taking his power. He's afraid of her being hurt by Zelena and ''not being able to save her.''

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* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: In an incredibly painful callback to ''Skin Deep'', once again, Rumple throws Belle out...out (of his cell, rather than his castle)... but this time it's not because he's selfish - it's because he's ''afraid'', like he was last time. But, this time, he's ''not'' afraid of Belle taking his power. He's afraid of her being hurt by Zelena and ''not being able to save her.''
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* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: In an incredibly painful callback to ''Skin Deep'', once again, Rumple throws Belle out... but this time it's not because he's selfish - it's because he's ''afraid'', like he was last time. But, this time, he's ''not'' afraid of Belle taking his power. He's afraid of her being hurt by Zelena and ''not being able to save her.''
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* TheReveal: Walsh wasn't always a flying monkey... he was the Wizard of Oz. And because he lacks a scar on his neck in the Oz flashbacks, it's confirmed where he got the one seen in "New York City Serendade."

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* TheReveal: Walsh wasn't always a flying monkey... he was the Wizard of Oz. And because he lacks a scar on his neck in the Oz flashbacks, it's confirmed where he got the one seen in "New York City Serendade.Serenade."
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* TheReveal: Walsh wasn't always a flying monkey... he was the Wizard of Oz. Which also acts to explain a previously mysterious detail--when Emma was on her proposal date with Walsh in "New York City Serenade", he had a scar on his neck which does not exist in this episode's Oz flashbacks. But when the flying monkeys attack the travelers in "New York City Serenade", one of them gets hit by an arrow in exactly the same spot as the scar.

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* TheReveal: Walsh wasn't always a flying monkey... he was the Wizard of Oz. Which also acts to explain And because he lacks a previously mysterious detail--when Emma was scar on her proposal date with Walsh his neck in the Oz flashbacks, it's confirmed where he got the one seen in "New York City Serenade", he had a scar on his neck which does not exist in this episode's Oz flashbacks. But when the flying monkeys attack the travelers in "New York City Serenade", one of them gets hit by an arrow in exactly the same spot as the scar. Serendade."
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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the diner... [[CallBack just like Graham did after Emma caught him with Regina]], [[invoked]][[TearJerker in the episode where he died]].

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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the diner... [[CallBack just like Graham did after Emma caught him with Regina]], [[invoked]][[TearJerker in the episode where he died]].died.



* TheReveal: Walsh wasn't always a flying monkey... he was the Wizard of Oz.

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* TheReveal: Walsh wasn't always a flying monkey... he was the Wizard of Oz. Which also acts to explain a previously mysterious detail--when Emma was on her proposal date with Walsh in "New York City Serenade", he had a scar on his neck which does not exist in this episode's Oz flashbacks. But when the flying monkeys attack the travelers in "New York City Serenade", one of them gets hit by an arrow in exactly the same spot as the scar.



* UnwittingPawn: Zelena, to the Wizard, [[TheDogBitesBack until she]] [[invoked]][[MagnificentBitch turns the tables on him]].

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* UnwittingPawn: Zelena, to the Wizard, [[TheDogBitesBack until she]] [[invoked]][[MagnificentBitch she turns the tables on him]].
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* CouchGag: The title card features the jets of fire from the Wizard of Oz's throne room.
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* AlcoholicParent: The Woodcutter's inability to get over his daughter's Zelena's magic made him turn to drinking, causing him to become a drunk. Which only made things worse for Zelena.

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* AlcoholicParent: The Woodcutter's inability to get over his daughter's daughter Zelena's magic made him turn to drinking, causing him to become a drunk. Which only made things worse for Zelena.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never did find out what became of Zelena's adoptive father once she ran away from home. Although since he appears briefly in the Underworld in the second half of Season Five, he must have died with UnfinishedBusiness at some point.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never did find out what became of Zelena's adoptive father once she ran away from home. Although since he appears briefly in the Underworld in the second half of Season Five, he must have died with UnfinishedBusiness at some point.
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* InternalReveal: Thanks to the curse wiping out everyone's memories of the last year, the relationship between Zelena and Regina which the viewers already know has to be revealed again to the characters. While it's still Zelena who does it, this time it's in front of the whole town rather than just Regina...and unlike before when Regina was severely skeptical at first but then accepts the truth fairly quickly, this time she both takes longer to accept and has a lot more angst and distress over it.
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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the bar... [[CallBack just like Graham did after Emma caught him with Regina]], [[invoked]][[TearJerker in the episode where he died]].

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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the bar...diner... [[CallBack just like Graham did after Emma caught him with Regina]], [[invoked]][[TearJerker in the episode where he died]].
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* DramaticIrony:
** Zelena has stronger magic than Regina, and is far more willing and eager to cast the Dark Curse than her half-sister at that point in time...but she can't do so because the price is the heart of the thing you love most--and thanks to how attached she is to Rumple and his tutelage, that's him.
** At the same time, if Rumple had told Zelena what he wanted the curse for--to go to the Land Without Magic and find his son--she could have easily taken him there with the silver slippers. But by the time she learns this, he has already rejected her in favor of Regina, so she refuses to help him.
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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the bar... [[CallBack just like Graham did after Emma caught him with Regina]], [[TearJerker in the episode where he died]].

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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the bar... [[CallBack just like Graham did after Emma caught him with Regina]], [[TearJerker [[invoked]][[TearJerker in the episode where he died]].
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* {{Backstory}}: Zelena's. [[ParentalAbandonment Abandoned by Cora]] because she could not bring her the power of royalty, she was swept away by a tornado to Oz where she was adopted by a childless couple...but [[Theater/{{Wicked}} displaying from birth incredible, uncontrollable magic]].

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* {{Backstory}}: Zelena's. [[ParentalAbandonment Abandoned by Cora]] because she could not bring her the power of royalty, she was swept away by a tornado to Oz where she was adopted by a childless couple...but [[Theater/{{Wicked}} [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} displaying from birth incredible, uncontrollable magic]].



** Regina, when asked about whether she was sure Cora never mentioned Zelena: [[Theater/{{Wicked}} "I think I would remember if my mother had told me she'd had a lovechild with a scarecrow."]] (Apparently her knowledge of the show is a bit garbled.)

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** Regina, when asked about whether she was sure Cora never mentioned Zelena: [[Theater/{{Wicked}} [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} "I think I would remember if my mother had told me she'd had a lovechild with a scarecrow."]] (Apparently her knowledge of the show is a bit garbled.)



* ShownTheirWork: In a rarity for adaptations, the slippers are silver like they were in the book. This isn't ''quite'' the [[Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first]] [[Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz adaptation]] of Oz to keep the shoes the right color, but it's still noticable.

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* ShownTheirWork: In a rarity for adaptations, the slippers are silver like they were in the book. This isn't ''quite'' the [[Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz first]] [[Film/TheMuppetsWizardOfOz adaptation]] of Oz to keep the shoes the right color, but it's still noticable.noticeable.



* UnwittingPawn: Zelena, to the Wizard, [[TheDogBitesBack until she]] [[MagnificentBitch turns the tables on him]].

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* UnwittingPawn: Zelena, to the Wizard, [[TheDogBitesBack until she]] [[MagnificentBitch [[invoked]][[MagnificentBitch turns the tables on him]].
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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the bar... [[CallBack just like she did]] [[TearJerker after Graham died]].

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* DartboardOfHate: After Neal's funeral, Hook suggests that he get a picture of Zelena so Emma can make one of these when she's throwing darts in the bar... [[CallBack just like she did]] Graham did after Emma caught him with Regina]], [[TearJerker after Graham in the episode where he died]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never did find out what became of Zelena's adoptive father once she ran away from home.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never did find out what became of Zelena's adoptive father once she ran away from home. Although since he appears briefly in the Underworld in the second half of Season Five, he must have died with UnfinishedBusiness at some point.

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