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** However, in "Going Home," [[spoiler: they both make what appears to be a permanent - or at least long-term - turn towards heroism. This is confirmed in the second half of Series 3 when both become effectively heroic (or hero-victim in the case of Gold) with the introduction of a greater evil. Regina allies with Emma and Mr. Gold defies his [[spoiler: captor, Zelena,]] at every available opportunity.
*** Solidified in "Kansas" when [[spoiler: Regina appears to fully become a hero, to the point of gaining the ability to use white (good) magic to save the day. If that isn't enough, Henry outright calls her a hero and Regina even expresses remorse for her past victims. Not that she loses all her bite, as she still threatens to crush Zelena's heart, but nobody's perfect]]. However, [[spoiler: the final moments of the third season finale cast doubt as to whether Regina's change of heart will actually take, especially when Robin finds out that she had Marian killed]].
*** Solidified in "Kansas" when [[spoiler: Regina appears to fully become a hero, to the point of gaining the ability to use white (good) magic to save the day. If that isn't enough, Henry outright calls her a hero and Regina even expresses remorse for her past victims. Not that she loses all her bite, as she still threatens to crush Zelena's heart, but nobody's perfect]]. However, [[spoiler: the final moments of the third season finale cast doubt as to whether Regina's change of heart will actually take, especially when Robin finds out that she had Marian killed]].
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*** Solidified in "Kansas" when[[spoiler: Regina [[spoiler:Regina appears to fully become a hero, to the point of gaining the ability to use white (good) magic to save the day. If that isn't enough, Henry outright calls her a hero and Regina even expresses remorse for her past victims. Not that she loses all her bite, as she still threatens to crush Zelena's heart, but nobody's perfect]]. However, [[spoiler: the final moments of the third season finale cast doubt as to whether Regina's change of heart will actually take, especially when Robin finds out that she had Marian killed]].
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** Initially subverted with Regina and Henry. While a cursory glance in early episodes would show her as a stern, but loving mom who provides material and medical care for a trouble-making, mentally disturbed little boy, the facade is flaking off like cheap paint and keeps getting worse. However, by the second season, [[spoiler: it is made clear that Regina and Henry's love for each other is genuine to the point where Regina forces herself to execute a HeelFaceTurn in order to prove she's a good mother, leading to her making a huge sacrifice in "Going Home"]].
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** The third season expands further on its usefulness. [[spoiler:Touching it cures Henry of his amnesia, the same way that Emma finally believes him after touching the book back in the season 1 finale]]. And in the finale, [[spoiler:Hook and Emma use it while they're stuck in the past to make sure that they don't undo Snow and Charming's relationship, and Emma's existence by extension]].
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**** However, [[spoiler: the final moments of the third season finale cast doubt as to whether Regina's change of heart will actually take.]]
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** Likewise, the season 2 finale sees [[spoiler:Regina of all people]] setting herself up for one. Timely intervention by Emma saves her, but it's made clear she was more than willing to go through with it. Henry even lampshades the point.
** Even more surprisingly, midway through season 3, [[spoiler: Rumplestiltskin/Gold]] seemingly pulls one, TakingYouWithMe style, in order to kill [[spoiler: Peter Pan. As of 3.13, it appears that the suicide part, at least, didn't take]].
** [[spoiler: Neal, in order to bring his father back, even if only to identify the Storybrooke counterpart of the Wicked Witch]].
** Even more surprisingly, midway through season 3, [[spoiler: Rumplestiltskin/Gold]] seemingly pulls one, TakingYouWithMe style, in order to kill [[spoiler: Peter Pan. As of 3.13, it appears that the suicide part, at least, didn't take]].
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point. In season 3, [[spoiler: Regina appears willing to lay down her life in the street battle with Zelena]].
** Even more surprisingly, midway through season 3, [[spoiler: Rumplestiltskin/Gold]] seemingly pulls one, TakingYouWithMe style, in order to kill [[spoiler: Peter Pan.As of 3.13, it appears that the The suicide part, at least, part didn't take]].
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**[[spoiler: [[spoiler: ...Neal, in order to bring his father back, even if only to identify the Storybrooke counterpart of the Wicked Witch]].
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* GildedCage: Storybrooke. [[spoiler:At least until midway through Season 3. After the second curse is cast and the town is restored, poeple get turned into flying monkeys if they try to leave.]]
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** However, in "Going Home," [[spoiler: they both make what appears to be a permanent - or at least long-term - turn towards heroism. This is confirmed in the second half of Series 3 when both become effectively heroic (or hero-victim in the case of Gold) with the introduction of a greater evil, in particular Regina who fully allies with Emma]].
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Hook wasn\'t part of the original curse, which explains why he wasn\'t affected by it. For all we know, Little John got the crossbow from inside Storybrooke. He only got attacked by a flying monkey when he got close to the town line.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "Witch Hunt", Hook comments on Charming waking up to discover his wife's pregnancy:
--> '''Hook:''' Almost harvest time and you can't remember the planting. That's bad luck, mate.
--> '''Hook:''' Almost harvest time and you can't remember the planting. That's bad luck, mate.
** In "Bleeding Through", [[spoiler:Cora]] briefly does this to Snow in order for her to be able to answer Regina's questions about Zelena.
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* GenerationalSaga: Snow White loses her daughter, her husband, and her whole world as the evil queen sends them "someplace horrible", the real world. Emma, Snow White's long-lost daughter, is street smart and resents her biological parents for her abandonment. It takes her own long-lost son Henry to bring her back to the family that she never knew and the idea of the enchanted world they came from. And as more of the past is revealed, we find that this saga went all the way to the great-grandparents generation.
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* GenerationalSaga: Snow White loses her daughter, her husband, and her whole world as the evil queen sends them "someplace horrible", the real world. Emma, Snow White's long-lost daughter, is street smart and resents her biological parents for her abandonment. It takes her own long-lost son Henry to bring her back to the family that she never knew and the idea of the enchanted world they came from. And as more of the past is revealed, we find that this saga went all the way to the great-grandparents generation.generation (Cora[=/=]Eva).
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*** This continues in "It's Not Easy Being Green" in which Regina and her allies [[spoiler: are able to make an educated guess about the Wicked Witch's game plan due to being familiar with the heart-courage-brain element of the original story, with Regina even referencing the Scarecrow.]]
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** The latter half of season 3 appears to be moving towards an inversion of this, [[spoiler: with Regina, granted for more personal motives than altruism, takes on the role of town protector against the Wicked Witch, especially once she realizes that she is, literally, the lesser of the evils.]]
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** Neverland has one, with a nasty downside: since its water's healing properties are tied to the magic of Neverland, whoever drinks from it cannot leave. Trying to do so will undo the healing.
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* GunsAreWorthless: If you're trying to kill a fairy-tale monster, trying to shoot it with a gun never goes right. You'll need to do it the old-fashioned way: with a sword.
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* GunsAreWorthless: If you're trying to kill a fairy-tale monster, trying to shoot it with a gun never goes right. You'll need to do it the old-fashioned way: with a sword.
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* HeelFaceTurn: During the course of the series, [[spoiler:both Regina and Mr. Gold have performed acts of kindness and even heroism. However they tend to FaceHeelTurn back the way they came soon after]].
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* HollywoodNewEngland: In Vancouver.
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* HideYourPregnancy: An interesting case. Snow White is not pregnant in the Enchanted Forest scenes [[spoiler:from one year ago, but is pregnant in present day Storybrooke.]] However, Ginnifer Goodwin is definitely pregnant [[spoiler:while playing both versions of the character.]]
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** "The Tower" finally reveals that Snow was already pregnant in the Enchanted Forest flashbacks, narrowing down the timeline such that by the time [[spoiler:Emma returns to the newly-cursed Storybrooke]], Snow is very close to term.
** "The Tower" finally reveals that Snow was already pregnant in the Enchanted Forest flashbacks, narrowing down the timeline such that by the time [[spoiler:Emma returns to the newly-cursed Storybrooke]], Snow is very close to term.
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** Likewise, season 2 finale see's [[spoiler:Regina of all people]] setting herself up for one. Timely intervention by Emma saves her, but it's made clear she was more than willing to go through with it. Henry even lampshades the point.
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** Even more surprisingly, midway through season 3, [[spoiler: Rumplestiltskin/Gold]] seemingly pulls one, TakingYouWithMe style, in order to kill [[spoiler: Peter Pan. As of 3.13, it appears that the suicide part, at least, didn't take]].
** Even more surprisingly, midway through season 3, [[spoiler: Rumplestiltskin/Gold]] seemingly pulls one, TakingYouWithMe style, in order to kill [[spoiler: Peter Pan. As of 3.13, it appears that the suicide part, at least, didn't take]].
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** Initially subverted with Regina and Henry. While a cursory glance in early episodes would show her as a stern, but loving mom who provides material and medical care for a trouble-making, mentally disturbed little boy, the facade is flaking off like cheap paint and keeps getting worse. However, by the second season, [[spoiler: it is made clear that Regina and Henry's love for each other is genuine to the point where Regina forces herself to execute a HeelFaceTurn in order to prove she's a good mother, leading to her making a huge sacrifice in "Going Home".]]
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** Lampshaded in "Witch Hunt" where the Storybrooke residents are under the impression that Oz and the Wicked Witch are fictional characters until they are informed otherwise by Regina. Cue a string of joking references primarily to the 1939 ''WizardOfOz'' film, including a great bit of deadpan snarking by Regina.
** Lampshaded in "Witch Hunt" where the Storybrooke residents are under the impression that Oz and the Wicked Witch are fictional characters until they are informed otherwise by Regina. Cue a string of joking references primarily to the 1939 ''WizardOfOz'' film, including a great bit of deadpan snarking by Regina.
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!!!''Series/OnceUponATime'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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* GameChanger: Storybrooke is a town in Maine where all the denizens of a fairy-tale world were sent by the powerful curse of Snow White's enemy, the Evil Queen Regina and live in an amnesiac state unaware of their true identities. Here, they do not age. The narrative revolves around Snow's daughter, [[TheHero Emma]], the very reluctant designated curse breaker. [[spoiler:She succeeds in breaking the curse in the first-season finale]].
* GardenOfEvil: The Queen of Hearts' hedge maze.
* GenerationalSaga: Snow White loses her daughter, her husband, and her whole world as the evil queen sends them "someplace horrible", the real world. Emma, Snow White's long-lost daughter, is street smart and resents her biological parents for her abandonment. It takes her own long-lost son Henry to bring her back to the family that she never knew and the idea of the enchanted world they came from. And as more of the past is revealed, we find that this saga went all the way to the great-grandparents generation.
* GenderFlip[=/=]TomboyishName: The hero of Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk is named Jacqueline.
** She's also subjected to an InUniverse Gender Flip as Hook is under the impression that she was a man.
* GenghisGambit: When Cora and Hook come along, Rumplestilskin and Regina unite with the rest of the town to save the day.
* GenreBlind:
** Cinderella. It appears that she doesn't know the outcome of Rumplestiltskin's story. But she becomes GenreSavvy when the princes reveal the trap for Rumplestiltskin, as she just ''knows'' it's going to backfire.
** Regina/The Evil Queen. She clearly doesn't understand what kind of story she's in. She's the ManipulativeBastard equivalent of UnskilledButStrong; she mostly just plows through her obstacles with a combination of magic and hate.
** Emma and her gun. To the point of it almost becoming a RunningGag.
* GildedCage: Storybrooke.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen:
** And ''how'', although she seems to have lost most (or all) of her ruling power before Snow White's wedding in the pilot.
** "Hat Trick" shows that [[Literature/AliceInWonderland The Queen of Hearts]] is up to her old tricks.
* GoldSilverCopperStandard: Is in use in the Enchanted Forest, as seen in "Hat Trick". The different coins don’t even have names; they’re called 'silvers' and 'coppers'.
* GonnaNeedMoreX: Inverted when Charming is tasked to hide a a giant egg containing bottled true love within "the belly of a beast".
-->'''Charming:''' Where is the beast that reigns over this castle?\\
'''Maleficent:''' That would be me.\\
'''Charming:''' I'm gonna need a smaller egg.
** Not long afterward, she [[ScaledUp turns into a dragon]], so the size is perfectly fine.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Mary Margaret and David, who in Storybrooke is married to Kathryn. However, they were originally married in the Enchanted Forest as Snow White and Prince Charming.
** Regina and the Genie are arguably a {{subversion}} of "Good" Adultery. Regina seems to start her affair with the Genie due to her unhappiness over her arranged marriage with King Leopold, which her mother pressured her into. [[spoiler:But it turns out she was manipulating the Genie into ''killing'' the King]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars:
** Charming has a very visible and significant scar on the right side of his chin.
** Jefferson has a very noticeable one on his neck he covers with scarves.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Peter Pan pulls one on Henry.]]
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Henry's book of fairy tales apparently contains the entire history of the Enchanted Forest, even though it clearly isn't big enough (especially with all the full-page illustrations).
** In Season 2, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Dr. Victor Frankenstein's story is not in the book, implying that there are many other characters in Storybrooke from tales that are unknown to Henry]].
* GroundhogDayLoop: In "Welcome to Storybrooke", it's shown that the town was like this. Due to no time passing, every day was the same. Regina (the only one aware of it) is initially happy to have won, but the tedium of it quickly begins to grate on her.
** At times inverted, however, as although the town was frozen in time for more than 20 years, recent innovations such as the Internet and cell phones are available in the town. It is also suggested that TV broadcasts from outside Storybrooke are received as well.
* GuileHero: Henry shows some inclination toward following his adopted mother's manipulative tendencies.
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* HalfTruth: When Granny tells Red that her red cloak keeps the Big Bad Wolf away/protects Red from the Big Bad Wolf, it is this. [[spoiler:It ''does'' keep the wolf away... because it's enchanted to prevent Red from turning into the Big Bad Wolf]].
* HappilyAdopted:
** This seemed to be the case with Charming's twin.
** The Huntsman, despite the fact that his adoptive family [[RaisedByWolves was a little different]].
** Initially subverted with Regina and Henry. While a cursory glance in early episodes would show her as a stern, but loving mom who provides material and medical care for a trouble-making, mentally disturbed little boy, the facade is flaking off like cheap paint and keeps getting worse. However, by the second season, [[spoiler: it is made clear that Regina and Henry's love for each other is genuine to the point where Regina forces herself to execute a HeelFaceTurn in order to prove she's a good mother, leading to her making a huge sacrifice in "Going Home".]]
* HappilyMarried:
** Snow and Charming in the backstory, before the whole curse thing.
** Ella and Prince Thomas, until Thomas disappears (seemingly abducted by unknown forces) anyway. Their Storybrooke counterparts end up getting engaged in Episode 12.
** [[spoiler:This isn't only true in the backstory now. When the curse is broken in the Season 1 finale, everyone remembers their true identities and all the couples are able to reunite]].
* HappinessInSlavery: The Dwarves seem to be this as they churn out fairy dust. [[spoiler:Aside from someone like Dreamy/Grumpy]].
* HealingSpring: While not the explicit purpose, Lake Nostros can act this way [[spoiler:and does towards Frederick]].
** Called back in Season 2. [[spoiler:However, the lake dried after the death of the siren, and there was only one sip left, which Charming's mother gave to Snow to restore her child-bearing capabilities]].
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: True Love is mentioned many times as being the most powerful magic in the Fairytale World. [[spoiler:It is also the way the Dark Curse gets lifted, helping all the characters recover their memories]].
** The trope name is taken literally a number of times as an extracted heart is needed for a particularly powerful spell or curse to work.
* HeartTrauma: The Evil Queen, as Henry puts it, has a thing about cutting out hearts. She does it fatally to her own father then non-fatally to The Huntsman/Graham. [[spoiler:Later, as Regina, she uses the heart to murder him]].
** [[spoiler:It seems like she has a FreudianExcuse for this particular fixation, since her mother used it on her boyfriend while she was still decent]].
** Invoked on many occasions in the series, and not just by Regina.
* HeelFaceMole: [[spoiler:Sidney in Episode 11]].
* HeelFaceTurn: During the course of the series, [[spoiler:both Regina and Mr. Gold have performed acts of kindness and even heroism. However they tend to FaceHeelTurn back the way they came soon after]].
** Making it more of a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
** However, in "Going Home," [[spoiler: they both make what appears to be a permanent turn towards heroism.]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: {{Defied|Trope}}.
-->'''Emma:''' To hell with this! (Drops the sword and pulls out her sidearm)
** [[spoiler:Which is ineffective. She eventually uses the sword to kill Maleficent]].
** She tries the gun multiple times in the [[spoiler:Enchanted Forest in Season 2 to no effect. The first time attracted ogres to their location with the loud noise, and the second did nothing to said ogres. The third time, Cora magically knocked the gun from her hands]].
* HeroicBSOD: Snow's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction]] to [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness tricking Regina into killing Cora]] leaves her bed-ridden for days, completely unfazed when Regina comes seeking revenge, and finally going to Regina's doorstep asking for death, being left genuinely distraught when Regina spares her.
** In "Going Home", [[spoiler: Regina, who by this point in the series can no longer be considered a villain, having undergone a complete HeelFaceTurn, experiences a brief one when she realizes what she must sacrifice to save the town.]]
* HeroicSuicide:
** Snow White with the apple [[spoiler:when Regina promised that she would trade Charming's life for Snow's]]. And [[spoiler:Henry]] prevents Emma from eating a poisoned pastry by gobbling it and succumbing to the effects.
** [[spoiler:Prince Phillip allows his soul to be taken by the wraith when he is marked, even though Mulan suggested that she could mark herself and take his place]].
** Aurora is ready to sacrifice herself for others, since she doesn't believe she can be happy, but thinks they can and should. Snow White and Mulan don't let her go through it, but still.
** Likewise, season 2 finale see's [[spoiler:Regina of all people]] setting herself up for one. Timely intervention by Emma saves her, but it's made clear she was more than willing to go through with it. Henry even lampshades the point.
* HeroicWillpower: Emma has this as a definite characteristic, just like Henry, and Snow White seems to have this too. [[spoiler:Their only FatalFlaw, which pushes them to sometimes have a relatively questionable behavior (stooping to [[BloodKnight Regina's level]] in their conflict, [[ChillyReception being]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech harsh]] towards Emma and Regina when he disapproves them, and [[PayEvilUntoEvil trying to kill Regina]]), whereas Charming relies more on HonorBeforeReason]].
** Strangely, [[spoiler:[[NotSoDifferent Regina]] resisted the urge of becoming evil after her mother abused her for years trying to turn her into a GoldDigger and an EvilMatriarch, when she thought Snow White had willingly handed her mother information about her lover for apparently selfish purposes, accidentally causing his death, and then after Rumplestiltskin got her hooked to dark magic. However, unlike Snow White and Emma, once she hits an apparent DespairEventHorizon, she collapses and stops trying, while Snow White and Emma [[{{Determinator}} always]] [[PluckyGirl keep]] [[TheFettered trying]]]].
* [[TheHerosBirthday The Heroine's Birthday]]: This is almost the first thing we learn about Emma on her Internet date. And her birthday wish turns out to be a catalyst to the events that bring her to Storybrooke.
** Snow's is shown in Season 2. Considering her mother died on her birthday, she's never been in the mood to celebrate it.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Rumplestilskin's overarching goal is to get his son back and he manipulates everyone and everything to work towards that goal, specifically to find a magic bean that can open a portal between worlds. Only a precious few characters discover this.
* HiddenBackupPrince: [[spoiler:James' twin brother, raised as a shepherd]].
* HiddenDepths:
** Abigail, Prince Charming's fiancee in the Enchanted Forest, is introduced as a vapid, spoiled brat, but [[spoiler:she has her own secret army and is more than willing to help Charming find Snow White since she doesn't want to marry him either]].
** The Evil Queen and Rumplestiltskin both have some ''serious'' issues underneath their [[EvilIsHammy hammy villainy]].
** Meet Mary Margaret. IncorruptiblePurePureness. ProperLady. JoanJett fan.
* HiredToHuntYourself: King Leopold asking the Genie to identify Regina's lover.
* HollywoodNewEngland: In Vancouver.
* HopeSpot: In "Good Form" [[spoiler:Emma and others are desperate to give Henry some sign, some hope that he can be rescued. Without which he would likely fall into darkness and become a Lost Boy. They do get a message to him by the end of it.]]
* HostageForMacGuffin:
** In "Into the Deep" Cora kidnaps Aurora and threatens to kill her unless Emma, Snow and Mulan give her the magic compass.
** In "The Queen is Dead" [[spoiler:Cora and Regina do the same thing with Snow White's old maid for the Dark One's dagger]].
* HotWitch: So far, every witch in the series except Miss Ginger has been attractive. Physically, anyway.
* HourglassPlot: Revealed to be the backstory of Regina and Jefferson. Apparently, he is an innocent friend of Regina whom she lets grow mad in Wonderland and keeps a bit farther from Grace, his daughter, than he would choose to be. She looks remorseful about the trapping in Wonderland, but does it to save her father. Cue to his Fandom screaming and insulting her. Flashback years earlier. Regina is an innocent girl whom Jefferson hurts for personal gain, before his daughter is even born, making her desperate and causing her to agree to listen to Rumplestiltskin. Also, despite knowing that he could save her beloved, he and [[spoiler:Doctor Frankenstein]] choose to let her believe that there is no way. His tragic backstory has just been turned into something resembling LaserGuidedKarma.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Anton's backstory. He wanted to explore, and make friends. Instead Prince James and Jack take advantage of his generosity to rob him and reduce him to human size.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Regina complaining about the Queen of Hearts’ lack of subtlety.
** Regina chews out Rumplestiltskin for going against the intent of their deal. This from the woman who cursed a world because [[spoiler:of a little girl's innocent mistake]].
--->'''Mr. Gold:''' Intent is meaningless.\\
'''Regina:''' Intent is everything!\\
''([[LampshadeHanging Mr. Gold laughs]])''
** Eventually subverted, in that, as the dialogue of 1x18 implies, and what the actress says, Regina does think that it was Snow White's intent to [[spoiler:make her become her stepmother]].
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!!!''Series/OnceUponATime'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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* GameChanger: Storybrooke is a town in Maine where all the denizens of a fairy-tale world were sent by the powerful curse of Snow White's enemy, the Evil Queen Regina and live in an amnesiac state unaware of their true identities. Here, they do not age. The narrative revolves around Snow's daughter, [[TheHero Emma]], the very reluctant designated curse breaker. [[spoiler:She succeeds in breaking the curse in the first-season finale]].
* GardenOfEvil: The Queen of Hearts' hedge maze.
* GenerationalSaga: Snow White loses her daughter, her husband, and her whole world as the evil queen sends them "someplace horrible", the real world. Emma, Snow White's long-lost daughter, is street smart and resents her biological parents for her abandonment. It takes her own long-lost son Henry to bring her back to the family that she never knew and the idea of the enchanted world they came from. And as more of the past is revealed, we find that this saga went all the way to the great-grandparents generation.
* GenderFlip[=/=]TomboyishName: The hero of Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk is named Jacqueline.
** She's also subjected to an InUniverse Gender Flip as Hook is under the impression that she was a man.
* GenghisGambit: When Cora and Hook come along, Rumplestilskin and Regina unite with the rest of the town to save the day.
* GenreBlind:
** Cinderella. It appears that she doesn't know the outcome of Rumplestiltskin's story. But she becomes GenreSavvy when the princes reveal the trap for Rumplestiltskin, as she just ''knows'' it's going to backfire.
** Regina/The Evil Queen. She clearly doesn't understand what kind of story she's in. She's the ManipulativeBastard equivalent of UnskilledButStrong; she mostly just plows through her obstacles with a combination of magic and hate.
** Emma and her gun. To the point of it almost becoming a RunningGag.
* GildedCage: Storybrooke.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen:
** And ''how'', although she seems to have lost most (or all) of her ruling power before Snow White's wedding in the pilot.
** "Hat Trick" shows that [[Literature/AliceInWonderland The Queen of Hearts]] is up to her old tricks.
* GoldSilverCopperStandard: Is in use in the Enchanted Forest, as seen in "Hat Trick". The different coins don’t even have names; they’re called 'silvers' and 'coppers'.
* GonnaNeedMoreX: Inverted when Charming is tasked to hide a a giant egg containing bottled true love within "the belly of a beast".
-->'''Charming:''' Where is the beast that reigns over this castle?\\
'''Maleficent:''' That would be me.\\
'''Charming:''' I'm gonna need a smaller egg.
** Not long afterward, she [[ScaledUp turns into a dragon]], so the size is perfectly fine.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Mary Margaret and David, who in Storybrooke is married to Kathryn. However, they were originally married in the Enchanted Forest as Snow White and Prince Charming.
** Regina and the Genie are arguably a {{subversion}} of "Good" Adultery. Regina seems to start her affair with the Genie due to her unhappiness over her arranged marriage with King Leopold, which her mother pressured her into. [[spoiler:But it turns out she was manipulating the Genie into ''killing'' the King]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars:
** Charming has a very visible and significant scar on the right side of his chin.
** Jefferson has a very noticeable one on his neck he covers with scarves.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Peter Pan pulls one on Henry.]]
* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Henry's book of fairy tales apparently contains the entire history of the Enchanted Forest, even though it clearly isn't big enough (especially with all the full-page illustrations).
** In Season 2, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Dr. Victor Frankenstein's story is not in the book, implying that there are many other characters in Storybrooke from tales that are unknown to Henry]].
* GroundhogDayLoop: In "Welcome to Storybrooke", it's shown that the town was like this. Due to no time passing, every day was the same. Regina (the only one aware of it) is initially happy to have won, but the tedium of it quickly begins to grate on her.
** At times inverted, however, as although the town was frozen in time for more than 20 years, recent innovations such as the Internet and cell phones are available in the town. It is also suggested that TV broadcasts from outside Storybrooke are received as well.
* GuileHero: Henry shows some inclination toward following his adopted mother's manipulative tendencies.
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* HalfTruth: When Granny tells Red that her red cloak keeps the Big Bad Wolf away/protects Red from the Big Bad Wolf, it is this. [[spoiler:It ''does'' keep the wolf away... because it's enchanted to prevent Red from turning into the Big Bad Wolf]].
* HappilyAdopted:
** This seemed to be the case with Charming's twin.
** The Huntsman, despite the fact that his adoptive family [[RaisedByWolves was a little different]].
** Initially subverted with Regina and Henry. While a cursory glance in early episodes would show her as a stern, but loving mom who provides material and medical care for a trouble-making, mentally disturbed little boy, the facade is flaking off like cheap paint and keeps getting worse. However, by the second season, [[spoiler: it is made clear that Regina and Henry's love for each other is genuine to the point where Regina forces herself to execute a HeelFaceTurn in order to prove she's a good mother, leading to her making a huge sacrifice in "Going Home".]]
* HappilyMarried:
** Snow and Charming in the backstory, before the whole curse thing.
** Ella and Prince Thomas, until Thomas disappears (seemingly abducted by unknown forces) anyway. Their Storybrooke counterparts end up getting engaged in Episode 12.
** [[spoiler:This isn't only true in the backstory now. When the curse is broken in the Season 1 finale, everyone remembers their true identities and all the couples are able to reunite]].
* HappinessInSlavery: The Dwarves seem to be this as they churn out fairy dust. [[spoiler:Aside from someone like Dreamy/Grumpy]].
* HealingSpring: While not the explicit purpose, Lake Nostros can act this way [[spoiler:and does towards Frederick]].
** Called back in Season 2. [[spoiler:However, the lake dried after the death of the siren, and there was only one sip left, which Charming's mother gave to Snow to restore her child-bearing capabilities]].
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: True Love is mentioned many times as being the most powerful magic in the Fairytale World. [[spoiler:It is also the way the Dark Curse gets lifted, helping all the characters recover their memories]].
** The trope name is taken literally a number of times as an extracted heart is needed for a particularly powerful spell or curse to work.
* HeartTrauma: The Evil Queen, as Henry puts it, has a thing about cutting out hearts. She does it fatally to her own father then non-fatally to The Huntsman/Graham. [[spoiler:Later, as Regina, she uses the heart to murder him]].
** [[spoiler:It seems like she has a FreudianExcuse for this particular fixation, since her mother used it on her boyfriend while she was still decent]].
** Invoked on many occasions in the series, and not just by Regina.
* HeelFaceMole: [[spoiler:Sidney in Episode 11]].
* HeelFaceTurn: During the course of the series, [[spoiler:both Regina and Mr. Gold have performed acts of kindness and even heroism. However they tend to FaceHeelTurn back the way they came soon after]].
** Making it more of a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
** However, in "Going Home," [[spoiler: they both make what appears to be a permanent turn towards heroism.]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: {{Defied|Trope}}.
-->'''Emma:''' To hell with this! (Drops the sword and pulls out her sidearm)
** [[spoiler:Which is ineffective. She eventually uses the sword to kill Maleficent]].
** She tries the gun multiple times in the [[spoiler:Enchanted Forest in Season 2 to no effect. The first time attracted ogres to their location with the loud noise, and the second did nothing to said ogres. The third time, Cora magically knocked the gun from her hands]].
* HeroicBSOD: Snow's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction]] to [[OutOfCharacterIsSeriousBusiness tricking Regina into killing Cora]] leaves her bed-ridden for days, completely unfazed when Regina comes seeking revenge, and finally going to Regina's doorstep asking for death, being left genuinely distraught when Regina spares her.
** In "Going Home", [[spoiler: Regina, who by this point in the series can no longer be considered a villain, having undergone a complete HeelFaceTurn, experiences a brief one when she realizes what she must sacrifice to save the town.]]
* HeroicSuicide:
** Snow White with the apple [[spoiler:when Regina promised that she would trade Charming's life for Snow's]]. And [[spoiler:Henry]] prevents Emma from eating a poisoned pastry by gobbling it and succumbing to the effects.
** [[spoiler:Prince Phillip allows his soul to be taken by the wraith when he is marked, even though Mulan suggested that she could mark herself and take his place]].
** Aurora is ready to sacrifice herself for others, since she doesn't believe she can be happy, but thinks they can and should. Snow White and Mulan don't let her go through it, but still.
** Likewise, season 2 finale see's [[spoiler:Regina of all people]] setting herself up for one. Timely intervention by Emma saves her, but it's made clear she was more than willing to go through with it. Henry even lampshades the point.
* HeroicWillpower: Emma has this as a definite characteristic, just like Henry, and Snow White seems to have this too. [[spoiler:Their only FatalFlaw, which pushes them to sometimes have a relatively questionable behavior (stooping to [[BloodKnight Regina's level]] in their conflict, [[ChillyReception being]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech harsh]] towards Emma and Regina when he disapproves them, and [[PayEvilUntoEvil trying to kill Regina]]), whereas Charming relies more on HonorBeforeReason]].
** Strangely, [[spoiler:[[NotSoDifferent Regina]] resisted the urge of becoming evil after her mother abused her for years trying to turn her into a GoldDigger and an EvilMatriarch, when she thought Snow White had willingly handed her mother information about her lover for apparently selfish purposes, accidentally causing his death, and then after Rumplestiltskin got her hooked to dark magic. However, unlike Snow White and Emma, once she hits an apparent DespairEventHorizon, she collapses and stops trying, while Snow White and Emma [[{{Determinator}} always]] [[PluckyGirl keep]] [[TheFettered trying]]]].
* [[TheHerosBirthday The Heroine's Birthday]]: This is almost the first thing we learn about Emma on her Internet date. And her birthday wish turns out to be a catalyst to the events that bring her to Storybrooke.
** Snow's is shown in Season 2. Considering her mother died on her birthday, she's never been in the mood to celebrate it.
* HiddenAgendaVillain: Rumplestilskin's overarching goal is to get his son back and he manipulates everyone and everything to work towards that goal, specifically to find a magic bean that can open a portal between worlds. Only a precious few characters discover this.
* HiddenBackupPrince: [[spoiler:James' twin brother, raised as a shepherd]].
* HiddenDepths:
** Abigail, Prince Charming's fiancee in the Enchanted Forest, is introduced as a vapid, spoiled brat, but [[spoiler:she has her own secret army and is more than willing to help Charming find Snow White since she doesn't want to marry him either]].
** The Evil Queen and Rumplestiltskin both have some ''serious'' issues underneath their [[EvilIsHammy hammy villainy]].
** Meet Mary Margaret. IncorruptiblePurePureness. ProperLady. JoanJett fan.
* HiredToHuntYourself: King Leopold asking the Genie to identify Regina's lover.
* HollywoodNewEngland: In Vancouver.
* HopeSpot: In "Good Form" [[spoiler:Emma and others are desperate to give Henry some sign, some hope that he can be rescued. Without which he would likely fall into darkness and become a Lost Boy. They do get a message to him by the end of it.]]
* HostageForMacGuffin:
** In "Into the Deep" Cora kidnaps Aurora and threatens to kill her unless Emma, Snow and Mulan give her the magic compass.
** In "The Queen is Dead" [[spoiler:Cora and Regina do the same thing with Snow White's old maid for the Dark One's dagger]].
* HotWitch: So far, every witch in the series except Miss Ginger has been attractive. Physically, anyway.
* HourglassPlot: Revealed to be the backstory of Regina and Jefferson. Apparently, he is an innocent friend of Regina whom she lets grow mad in Wonderland and keeps a bit farther from Grace, his daughter, than he would choose to be. She looks remorseful about the trapping in Wonderland, but does it to save her father. Cue to his Fandom screaming and insulting her. Flashback years earlier. Regina is an innocent girl whom Jefferson hurts for personal gain, before his daughter is even born, making her desperate and causing her to agree to listen to Rumplestiltskin. Also, despite knowing that he could save her beloved, he and [[spoiler:Doctor Frankenstein]] choose to let her believe that there is no way. His tragic backstory has just been turned into something resembling LaserGuidedKarma.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Anton's backstory. He wanted to explore, and make friends. Instead Prince James and Jack take advantage of his generosity to rob him and reduce him to human size.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** Regina complaining about the Queen of Hearts’ lack of subtlety.
** Regina chews out Rumplestiltskin for going against the intent of their deal. This from the woman who cursed a world because [[spoiler:of a little girl's innocent mistake]].
--->'''Mr. Gold:''' Intent is meaningless.\\
'''Regina:''' Intent is everything!\\
''([[LampshadeHanging Mr. Gold laughs]])''
** Eventually subverted, in that, as the dialogue of 1x18 implies, and what the actress says, Regina does think that it was Snow White's intent to [[spoiler:make her become her stepmother]].
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