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** Also, no iteration of the Mirror in any media ever had anything to do with the King's death.
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The Genie enters the King's chamber as he sleeps and quietly asks for forgiveness before releasing the Agrabahn viper. Leopold awakens to see the Genie standing over him just before the viper bites his neck. As the poison spread, the Genie explains himself to the King.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie enters the King's chamber as he sleeps and quietly asks for forgiveness before releasing the Agrabahn viper. Leopold awakens to see the Genie standing over him just before the viper bites his neck. As the poison spread, spreads, the Genie explains himself to the King.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie goes to the Queen and she laments that she can't escape the King, but the Genie shows her the box from her father and gives her the key, which has a skull motif. The Queen opens the box to reveal an Agrabahn viper, a snake with a head at both ends that can kill with a single bite. The Queen tells the Genie that she plans to use them to commit suicide and bids a tearful goodbye as she reaches towards the viper, but the Genie stops her and proposes that he use the Vipers to kill Leopold instead.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie goes to the Queen and she laments that she can't escape the King, but the Genie shows her the box from her father and gives her the key, which has a skull motif. The Queen opens the box to reveal an Agrabahn viper, a snake with a head at both ends that can kill with a single bite. The Queen tells the Genie that she plans to use them it to commit suicide and bids a tearful goodbye as she reaches towards the viper, but the Genie stops her and proposes that he use the Vipers viper to kill Leopold instead.
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Emma meets Sidney at Granny's to DrownTheirSorrows.
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Emma meets Sidney at Granny's to DrownTheirSorrows.drink.
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The playground castle is demolished on Regina's orders, and Henry is stunned to see the lockbox with the storybook has been removed as well. Emma gets mad a Regina, but she retorts that she's just doing what's best for the safety of Henry and other's before issuing yet another thinly veiled threat. This gives Emma the push she needs to give Sidney a call to accept his offer.
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The playground castle is demolished on Regina's orders, and Henry is stunned to see the lockbox with the storybook has been removed as well. Emma gets mad a at Regina, but she retorts that she's just doing what's best for the safety of Henry and other's before issuing yet another thinly veiled threat. This gives Emma the push she needs to give Sidney a call to accept his offer.
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!!!'''Centric Characters:''' Magic Mirror, Evil Queen
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Emma finds herself enlisted by a dejected Sidney to help expose Regina Mills's corrupt dealings and Mary Margaret continues to secretly meet David in an attempt to figure out a way to fulfill their love. In the fairy tale land that was, the backstory of the Magic Mirror is revealed along with his encounter with Snow White's father, King Leopold, and a forbidden romance with the Queen that introduces divided loyalties.
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Emma finds herself enlisted by meets Henry at the playground castle which has sustained heavy damage from [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS1E10715AM the storm]]. Henry digs up a dejected Sidney lockbox containing the storybook, as he wanted to help expose keep it safe from Regina Mills's corrupt dealings and believes she doesn't know about the playground. [[TemptingFate But that suddenly changes as Regina arrives on the scene]], having been looking for Henry as he's running late for his next appointment with Archie. Regina is displeased with the dangerous-looking playground and accuses Emma of prioritizing undermining her before Henry's well-being.
->'''Regina:''' Miss Swan, don't let your feelings cloud your judgement. People can get hurt.\\
'''Emma:''' What's that supposed to mean?\\
'''Regina:''' You're the sheriff now. It's time to be responsible.
Emma vents to Mary Margaret at Granny's, and Mary Margaretcontinues to secretly meet suggests that Regina could just be jealous of Emma's relationship with Henry. The conversation is cut short when Mary Margaret gets a text from David in an attempt asking to figure out a way to fulfill their love. In the fairy tale land meet up, and before leaving Mary Margaret tells Emma that was, she can see the backstory negative impact Regina is having. Emma wishes out loud that everyone else could, prompting Sidney Glass to slide in and offer her help, claiming that his partnership with her has ended due to her getting him fired from the newspaper and humiliating him with the [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS1E8DesperateSouls election]]. Sidney tells Emma that he's already working on exposing Regina and that he's found something sensitive, but Emma thinks he's drunk and turns him down. Sidney gives her a business card before she leaves, telling her that Storybrooke deserves to know the truth.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! A Genie[[labelnote:*]]Sidney[[/labelnote]] from Agrabah in a lamp is found by King Leopold of theMagic Mirror Enchanted Forest. The Genie grumpily rattles off what he is revealed along with and how wishing works before asking what the King's first wish will be. Leopold cannot think of anything as his encounter with Snow White's father, King only desire is for the happiness of those in his kingdom. Seeing the Genie's unhappiness, Leopold decides to use his first wish to free him. Excited by the prospect of a new life, the genie asks how Leopold will use his remaining two wishes. Leopold, now wanting for nothing else, uses his second wish to transfer the third wish back to the Genie to use for his own purposes.
->'''Genie:''' In my time, I have granted a thousand and one wishes, and I have seen them end poorly aforbidden romance thousand and one times. Making a wish comes with the Queen a price, and that is why I will never use this wish.
The Genie tells Leopold that he wants to use his freedom to find true love, and so Leopold takes the Genie to his palace to find it there. Leopold introducesdivided loyalties.
the Genie to his daughter, Princess Snow White, and his wife, Queen Regina, who sparks LoveAtFirstSight within the Genie.
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The playground castle is demolished on Regina's orders, and Henry is stunned to see the lockbox with the storybook has been removed as well. Emma gets mad a Regina, but she retorts that she's just doing what's best for the safety of Henry and other's before issuing yet another thinly veiled threat. This gives Emma the push she needs to give Sidney a call to accept his offer.
Over at the Tįµ£oll Bridge, Mary Margaret meets up with David and he leads her to a romantic picnic lunch, and they kiss passionately while saying that they have to stop doing this.
Emma meets Sidney at a tunnel in the woods, and he reports his discovery that $50,000 have gone missing from the Mayoral budget, and he thinks that finding out where it went will bring Regina down. Sidney suggests several illegal methods to find out more, but Emma won't do it because [[MeaningfulEcho she's the sheriff now, and it's time to be responsible]]. Sidney warns Emma to prepare for Regina's wrath when she catches onto them, and Emma asks how Sidney ended up working for Regina if he's so scared of her.
->'''Sidney:''' I used to think she was a different person.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! At King Leopold's birthday party, he declares that no one should give him gifts, as nothing can top the gift of his beloved daughter, Snow, and he reminisces about Snow's deceased mother. The Genie sees that the Queen is hurt by this, and he follows her as she departs the party early. The Genie compliments the Queen's apple tree, and she expresses her sorrow about not truly feeling like a part of Leopold's family since he loved his first wife more than he loves her. The Genie relates to her about being trapped, and gifts her a mirror and flattering words.
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Emma and Sidney go through records at the apartment and discover some are missing from around the time the money disappeared. Sidney suggests that since they can't get a warrant to find the records due to all the local judges working for Regina, they do some of the illegal methods he suggested earlier for the greater good. Emma still refuses to do it, and she opts to directly confront Regina, who says that she must have checked out the records and they were destroyed in the [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS1E8DesperateSouls fire at Town Hall]]. Emma seemingly accepts her response and they leave, but she later tells Sidney that she gave in and left a listening device in Regina's office.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! King Leopold meets in private with the Genie and tells him that he believes the Queen to have fallen in love with another man, having read her diary. As the Genie reads it, he realizes that he is the one the Queen loves. Leopold says that he knows the Queen is unhappy with life in his palace, but he will not tolerate her cheating on him. Leopold tells the Genie that he is wise enough to find the Queen's secret lover, and tasks him with the job.
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At the sheriff's office, Sidney shows Emma a recording from the listening device of Regina coordinating a secret cash dropoff with an unknown party. Later that evening they try to tail her to the dropoff but Emma soon discovers that her brakes are no longer working, forcing them to crash the police car. They examine the car and Sidney discovers that the brakes were cut, meaning that Regina likely found the bug and struck back. They go through the woods on foot to try to find Regina, and instead run into her secret correspondant: Mr. Gold, who tells them that the dropoff was simply payment for a tract of land. He warns them about letting their emotions get the best of them before departing.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie arranges to meet the Queen at her apple tree, but is shocked to see her father there instead, who tells him that the Queen has been locked up in her chambers and gives him a box to deliver to her as the King doesn't trust his father-in-law. The man tells the Genie that the box contains the only thing that can free the Queen from her miserable life and that if the Genie truly loves her he must be willing to do anything for her.
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Emma and Sidney arrive at Town Hall to find documents with the details surrounding Regina's purpose in purchasing the land from Gold. Emma breaks a window to get in, knowing that since she's the only police officer in town that no one will come to catch them until Regina comes to respond to the alarm. Entering the Mayoral office, they employ some HollywoodHacking to get everything they need out of Regina's computer in ten seconds, before Emma digs through the office to find Henry's storybook and finding a ring of strange keys with skull motifs along the way. Regina shows up and Emma claims to be investigating the break-in, blaming it on some kids and excusing Sidney as being a witness. Regina is suspicious and dismisses them.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie goes to the Queen and she laments that she can't escape the King, but the Genie shows her the box from her father and gives her the key, which has a skull motif. The Queen opens the box to reveal an Agrabahn viper, a snake with a head at both ends that can kill with a single bite. The Queen tells the Genie that she plans to use them to commit suicide and bids a tearful goodbye as she reaches towards the viper, but the Genie stops her and proposes that he use the Vipers to kill Leopold instead.
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At Granny's diner, Henry tries to write down everything he remembers from the storybook when the stranger stops to talk to him. Neither of them divulge any details about their doings, and so the stranger departs.
Emma and Sidney go over the documents from Regina's computer and discover that she's planning to build something big on the land she bought. Sidney is ecstatic that they can prove she used Mayoral funds for personal use, but Emma feels remorse for playing dirty to do it since she promised Henry that she wouldn't, not to mention that they can't even use the evidence in court since it was obtained illegally. Sidney protests, saying that they're not trying to get Regina arrested, just trying to expose her wrongdoings to the people of Storybrooke. He reveals that Regina had been making him follow Emma and Henry around for weeks and document everything, and she could have destroyed the playground anytime but waited until it would hurt most. Sidney tells Emma if she doesn't go through with exposing Regina, he will.
The two of them attend the next Town Council where they come forward with their evidence that Regina stole town funds to build herself a second home and accuses Regina of bullying and blackmailing the whole town into submission. Regina responds by revealing that she actually planned to build a new, safe playground for the children of Storybrooke, and was completely within the law to do so, leaving the Council unimpressed with Emma and Sidney.
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The Genie enters the King's chamber as he sleeps and quietly asks for forgiveness before releasing the Agrabahn viper. Leopold awakens to see the Genie standing over him just before the viper bites his neck. As the poison spread, the Genie explains himself to the King.
->'''Genie:''' You asked me to find the man who gave the mirror to your Queen. I did. ''I'' am that man. You gave me my freedom. You gave me a chance to find love and for that I am forever in your debt. But just as you freed me, so must I now free your Queen. Forgive me.
As the Genie tries to leave, Leopold grabs his hand and speaks his last words:
->'''Leopold:''' You were right. I never… should have… made the wish.
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Outside the courtroom, Mr. Gold tells Emma she was brave but needs a strong ally, like himself, to bring Regina down. Regina comes to tell Emma that it was a good try, and Emma confronts her about the cut brakes. Regina denies responsibility and forbids Emma from coming near her or Henry again.
Some time later, Emma watches Henry at the new playground and they talk through their radios. Emma explains that she has to obey Regina on staying apart, but she promises to find the storybook for him.
Meanwhile, in his room at the inn, the stranger breaks open the lockbox and takes out the storybook.
Emma meets Sidney at Granny's to DrownTheirSorrows.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie goes to the Queen to inform her of his deed, but she tells him that the guards found the Agrabahn viper and took it as proof that the Genie murdered the King. She tries to give him safe passage out of the kingdom, but he realizes that she set up him to kill the King and take the fall for it. The Queen tells the Genie that she never truly loved him and that he should take the escape she offers while he still can. The Genie is still in love with her though, and he decides to use his wish to be with her forever. The Genie vanishes, and the Queen follows his muffled cries to find that he is now imprisoned within the mirror he gifted her, to her amusement.
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Sidney and Regina meet in the Mayoral office where they discuss his deception to Emma, and he reveals that he cut the brakes on the police car. Now that Emma trusts Sidney, it will be easier for him to continue his surveillance for Regina.
->'''Regina:''' Miss Swan, don't let your feelings cloud your judgement. People can get hurt.\\
'''Emma:''' What's that supposed to mean?\\
'''Regina:''' You're the sheriff now. It's time to be responsible.
Emma vents to Mary Margaret at Granny's, and Mary Margaret
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->'''Genie:''' In my time, I have granted a thousand and one wishes, and I have seen them end poorly a
The Genie tells Leopold that he wants to use his freedom to find true love, and so Leopold takes the Genie to his palace to find it there. Leopold introduces
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The playground castle is demolished on Regina's orders, and Henry is stunned to see the lockbox with the storybook has been removed as well. Emma gets mad a Regina, but she retorts that she's just doing what's best for the safety of Henry and other's before issuing yet another thinly veiled threat. This gives Emma the push she needs to give Sidney a call to accept his offer.
Over at the Tįµ£oll Bridge, Mary Margaret meets up with David and he leads her to a romantic picnic lunch, and they kiss passionately while saying that they have to stop doing this.
Emma meets Sidney at a tunnel in the woods, and he reports his discovery that $50,000 have gone missing from the Mayoral budget, and he thinks that finding out where it went will bring Regina down. Sidney suggests several illegal methods to find out more, but Emma won't do it because [[MeaningfulEcho she's the sheriff now, and it's time to be responsible]]. Sidney warns Emma to prepare for Regina's wrath when she catches onto them, and Emma asks how Sidney ended up working for Regina if he's so scared of her.
->'''Sidney:''' I used to think she was a different person.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! At King Leopold's birthday party, he declares that no one should give him gifts, as nothing can top the gift of his beloved daughter, Snow, and he reminisces about Snow's deceased mother. The Genie sees that the Queen is hurt by this, and he follows her as she departs the party early. The Genie compliments the Queen's apple tree, and she expresses her sorrow about not truly feeling like a part of Leopold's family since he loved his first wife more than he loves her. The Genie relates to her about being trapped, and gifts her a mirror and flattering words.
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Emma and Sidney go through records at the apartment and discover some are missing from around the time the money disappeared. Sidney suggests that since they can't get a warrant to find the records due to all the local judges working for Regina, they do some of the illegal methods he suggested earlier for the greater good. Emma still refuses to do it, and she opts to directly confront Regina, who says that she must have checked out the records and they were destroyed in the [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS1E8DesperateSouls fire at Town Hall]]. Emma seemingly accepts her response and they leave, but she later tells Sidney that she gave in and left a listening device in Regina's office.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! King Leopold meets in private with the Genie and tells him that he believes the Queen to have fallen in love with another man, having read her diary. As the Genie reads it, he realizes that he is the one the Queen loves. Leopold says that he knows the Queen is unhappy with life in his palace, but he will not tolerate her cheating on him. Leopold tells the Genie that he is wise enough to find the Queen's secret lover, and tasks him with the job.
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At the sheriff's office, Sidney shows Emma a recording from the listening device of Regina coordinating a secret cash dropoff with an unknown party. Later that evening they try to tail her to the dropoff but Emma soon discovers that her brakes are no longer working, forcing them to crash the police car. They examine the car and Sidney discovers that the brakes were cut, meaning that Regina likely found the bug and struck back. They go through the woods on foot to try to find Regina, and instead run into her secret correspondant: Mr. Gold, who tells them that the dropoff was simply payment for a tract of land. He warns them about letting their emotions get the best of them before departing.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie arranges to meet the Queen at her apple tree, but is shocked to see her father there instead, who tells him that the Queen has been locked up in her chambers and gives him a box to deliver to her as the King doesn't trust his father-in-law. The man tells the Genie that the box contains the only thing that can free the Queen from her miserable life and that if the Genie truly loves her he must be willing to do anything for her.
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Emma and Sidney arrive at Town Hall to find documents with the details surrounding Regina's purpose in purchasing the land from Gold. Emma breaks a window to get in, knowing that since she's the only police officer in town that no one will come to catch them until Regina comes to respond to the alarm. Entering the Mayoral office, they employ some HollywoodHacking to get everything they need out of Regina's computer in ten seconds, before Emma digs through the office to find Henry's storybook and finding a ring of strange keys with skull motifs along the way. Regina shows up and Emma claims to be investigating the break-in, blaming it on some kids and excusing Sidney as being a witness. Regina is suspicious and dismisses them.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie goes to the Queen and she laments that she can't escape the King, but the Genie shows her the box from her father and gives her the key, which has a skull motif. The Queen opens the box to reveal an Agrabahn viper, a snake with a head at both ends that can kill with a single bite. The Queen tells the Genie that she plans to use them to commit suicide and bids a tearful goodbye as she reaches towards the viper, but the Genie stops her and proposes that he use the Vipers to kill Leopold instead.
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At Granny's diner, Henry tries to write down everything he remembers from the storybook when the stranger stops to talk to him. Neither of them divulge any details about their doings, and so the stranger departs.
Emma and Sidney go over the documents from Regina's computer and discover that she's planning to build something big on the land she bought. Sidney is ecstatic that they can prove she used Mayoral funds for personal use, but Emma feels remorse for playing dirty to do it since she promised Henry that she wouldn't, not to mention that they can't even use the evidence in court since it was obtained illegally. Sidney protests, saying that they're not trying to get Regina arrested, just trying to expose her wrongdoings to the people of Storybrooke. He reveals that Regina had been making him follow Emma and Henry around for weeks and document everything, and she could have destroyed the playground anytime but waited until it would hurt most. Sidney tells Emma if she doesn't go through with exposing Regina, he will.
The two of them attend the next Town Council where they come forward with their evidence that Regina stole town funds to build herself a second home and accuses Regina of bullying and blackmailing the whole town into submission. Regina responds by revealing that she actually planned to build a new, safe playground for the children of Storybrooke, and was completely within the law to do so, leaving the Council unimpressed with Emma and Sidney.
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The Genie enters the King's chamber as he sleeps and quietly asks for forgiveness before releasing the Agrabahn viper. Leopold awakens to see the Genie standing over him just before the viper bites his neck. As the poison spread, the Genie explains himself to the King.
->'''Genie:''' You asked me to find the man who gave the mirror to your Queen. I did. ''I'' am that man. You gave me my freedom. You gave me a chance to find love and for that I am forever in your debt. But just as you freed me, so must I now free your Queen. Forgive me.
As the Genie tries to leave, Leopold grabs his hand and speaks his last words:
->'''Leopold:''' You were right. I never… should have… made the wish.
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Outside the courtroom, Mr. Gold tells Emma she was brave but needs a strong ally, like himself, to bring Regina down. Regina comes to tell Emma that it was a good try, and Emma confronts her about the cut brakes. Regina denies responsibility and forbids Emma from coming near her or Henry again.
Some time later, Emma watches Henry at the new playground and they talk through their radios. Emma explains that she has to obey Regina on staying apart, but she promises to find the storybook for him.
Meanwhile, in his room at the inn, the stranger breaks open the lockbox and takes out the storybook.
Emma meets Sidney at Granny's to DrownTheirSorrows.
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{{FLASHBACK}}! The Genie goes to the Queen to inform her of his deed, but she tells him that the guards found the Agrabahn viper and took it as proof that the Genie murdered the King. She tries to give him safe passage out of the kingdom, but he realizes that she set up him to kill the King and take the fall for it. The Queen tells the Genie that she never truly loved him and that he should take the escape she offers while he still can. The Genie is still in love with her though, and he decides to use his wish to be with her forever. The Genie vanishes, and the Queen follows his muffled cries to find that he is now imprisoned within the mirror he gifted her, to her amusement.
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Sidney and Regina meet in the Mayoral office where they discuss his deception to Emma, and he reveals that he cut the brakes on the police car. Now that Emma trusts Sidney, it will be easier for him to continue his surveillance for Regina.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The Genie from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' works with the Evil Queen to kill her husband as opposed to being an unambiguous BigGood.
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Emma finds herself enlisted by a dejected Sidney to help expose Regina Mills's corrupt dealings and Mary Margaret continues to secretly meet David in an attempt to figure out a way to fulfill their love. In the fairy tale land that was, the back story backstory of the Magic Mirror is revealed along with his encounter with Snow White's father, King Leopold, and a forbidden romance with the Queen that introduces divided loyalties.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: The Genie from Aladdin who ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' works with the Evil Queen to kill her husband as opposed to being an unambiguous BigGood.
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* HiredToHuntYourself: The King, after reading Regina's diary, wants the Genie to find the man she has fallen in love with...not knowing it is the Genie himself.[[note]]Maybe. Considering his actions in "Bleeding Through" it's entirely possible Leopold suspected the truth and, as with Cora, wanted to give the Genie a chance to come clean to him...and if he had done so and proven his trustworthiness, he might have divorced Regina and allowed them to be together. If so, this strategy backfired on him fatally the second time.[[/note]]
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* HiredToHuntYourself: The King, after reading Regina's diary, wants the Genie to find the man she has fallen in love with...not knowing it is the Genie himself.[[note]]Maybe.[[labelnote:*]]Maybe. Considering his actions in "Bleeding Through" it's entirely possible Leopold suspected the truth and, as with Cora, wanted to give the Genie a chance to come clean to him...and if he had done so and proven his trustworthiness, he might have divorced Regina and allowed them to be together. If so, this strategy backfired on him fatally the second time.[[/note]][[/labelnote]]
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* ValuesDissonance: [[invoked]] While everything said above about Leopold's good-heartedness is true, it can't be denied that when he told the Genie he had nothing to wish for because he and everyone in his land was happy, he said this [[{{Hypocrite}} with full knowledge Regina was not happy, trapped in her loveless marriage to him]]. This can be chalked up, however, to the medieval milieu of the Enchanted Forest, since in the Middle Ages a good lord owed it to his people to treat them fairly and make sure they were content if he expected them to aid him in times of war (or not rise up against him), but his fellow nobles were often less kindly treated, particularly women and his own wife, so to an extent he might not care about their/her happiness. And by the rules of their class and society, she would be bound to obey him and not stray to another man regardless her unhappiness, so that while he might regret her suffering, he could feel it was a sad example of "the way things are" and not a thing a wish could fix.[[note]]After what is revealed about how he met Regina in "The Stable Boy" and his previous interaction with Cora in "Bleeding Through", however, this may go back to personal animosity toward Cora and thus nothing to do with noblesse oblige. Although this then also removes the hypocrisy, since his feelings about Cora caused him to exempt Regina from his statement to the Genie.[[/note]]
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* ValuesDissonance: [[invoked]] While everything said above about Leopold's good-heartedness is true, it can't be denied that when he told the Genie he had nothing to wish for because he and everyone in his land was happy, he said this [[{{Hypocrite}} with full knowledge Regina was not happy, trapped in her loveless marriage to him]]. This can be chalked up, however, to the medieval milieu of the Enchanted Forest, since in the Middle Ages a good lord owed it to his people to treat them fairly and make sure they were content if he expected them to aid him in times of war (or not rise up against him), but his fellow nobles were often less kindly treated, particularly women and his own wife, so to an extent he might not care about their/her happiness. And by the rules of their class and society, she would be bound to obey him and not stray to another man regardless her unhappiness, so that while he might regret her suffering, he could feel it was a sad example of "the way things are" and not a thing a wish could fix.[[note]]After [[labelnote:*]]After what is revealed about how he met Regina in "The Stable Boy" and his previous interaction with Cora in "Bleeding Through", however, this may go back to personal animosity toward Cora and thus nothing to do with noblesse oblige. Although this then also removes the hypocrisy, since his feelings about Cora caused him to exempt Regina from his statement to the Genie.[[/note]][[/labelnote]]
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: For some reason, Emma's lie detecting skills completely fail where Sidney is concerned. Probably because (as the creators later stated) she was getting too emotionally invested in protecting Henry and bringing Regina down.
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* HiredToHuntYourself: The King, after reading Regina's diary, wants the Genie to find the man she has fallen in love with...not knowing it is the Genie himself.
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* HiredToHuntYourself: The King, after reading Regina's diary, wants the Genie to find the man she has fallen in love with...not knowing it is the Genie himself.[[note]]Maybe. Considering his actions in "Bleeding Through" it's entirely possible Leopold suspected the truth and, as with Cora, wanted to give the Genie a chance to come clean to him...and if he had done so and proven his trustworthiness, he might have divorced Regina and allowed them to be together. If so, this strategy backfired on him fatally the second time.[[/note]]
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The Genie's rather hilarious reaction to Leopold not only being giddy over finding a genie, but claiming he has everything he could ever want and thus doesn't know what to wish for.
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