History Recap / OnceUponATimeS1E5ThatStillSmallVoice

** This is made even clearer in a [[invoked]]DeletedScene: not only do they dismiss the trauma little Geppetto went through (by saying he'll be fine in a "nice orphanage"), they actually try a new tactic in forcing Jiminy to stay with them--blackmail, by pointing out Rumplestiltskin's potion can be traced back to him and then Jiminy will get in trouble both for what "he" did to Geppetto's parents and for what he tried to do to his own. But they forgive him...since he can never escape them, or being just like them. It's no wonder he appealed to the Blue Fairy right after this!

* {{Jerkass}}: To put it mildly. Jiminy Cricket's parents are so unrepentantly depraved, they make the Evil Queen look cuddly by comparison.

{{FLASHBACK}}! In the Enchanted Forest, a crowd of people watch an entertaining puppet show, not noticing a small boy weaving through the crowd picking pockets. After the show, the boy delivers his haul to his parents Martin and Myrna, the puppeteers. The boy, a young Jiminy, tells his parents that he doesn't want to steal, but they shut him down.

* BalefulPolymorph: Geppetto's parents, courtesy of Jiminy (by accident of course). Averted with Jiminy himself, who's happier in his animal form than he ever was out of it.

At the Sheriff Department, Graham's attempts to get Emma to wear a uniform for her new position are met with [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark]]. She relents to wearing the badge if not the uniform, and as she clips it to her belt a tremor shakes the town. Turns out, Storybrooke has [[AbandonedMine Abandoned Mines]] and one has just caved in. The two of them go to supervise the scene as the public gather, and Regina makes no effort to hide her displeasure that Emma has put down more roots. She declares a plan to collapse the rest of the mine and pave over it for safety, which makes Henry think there's something to hide in the depths of the earth, noticing Regina picking a piece of glass off the ground. Regina tries to get Henry out of there, but he sneaks a quick meeting with Archie and Emma, insisting that the cave-in happened because Emma's sustained presence in Storybrooke is weakening the Curse. Regina breaks them up and threatens to ruin Archie's life if he doesn't get Henry to stop believing in the Curse by any means.

At the Sheriff Department, Graham's attempts to get Emma to wear a uniform for her new position are met with [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snark]]. She relents to wearing the badge if not the uniform, and as she clips it to her belt a tremor shakes the town. Turns out, Storybrooke has abandoned mines and one has just caved in. The two of them go to supervise the scene as the public gather, and Regina makes no effort to hide her displeasure that Emma has put down more roots. She declares a plan to collapse the rest of the mine and pave over it for safety, which makes Henry think there's something to hide in the depths of the earth, noticing Regina picking a piece of glass off the ground. Regina tries to get Henry out of there, but he sneaks a quick meeting with Archie and Emma, insisting that the cave-in happened because Emma's sustained presence in Storybrooke is weakening the Curse. Regina breaks them up and threatens to ruin Archie's life if he doesn't get Henry to stop believing in the Curse by any means.

Emma is deputized by Sheriff Graham, Mary Margaret begins to question if she has feelings for David and an earthquake causes a giant sinkhole to mysteriously appear near the town's edge – placing a curious Henry in danger when he decides to see if the sinkhole is connected to the Dark Curse. In the fairy tale land that was, the backstory of Pinocchio's conscience, Jiminy Cricket, is revealed along with his yearning to transform into the person he wants to be.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Regina, in her desperation to get to Henry, insists on using Marco's idea to blast their way into the mine with dynamite. Not only does it end up collapsing the mine entrance entirely, it also causes the elevator Archie and Henry are trying to use to escape at the same moment to fall, putting them in even deadlier danger and upping the stakes in the RaceAgainstTime.

* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: Geppetto's parents are original characters to ''Once Upon a Time''. They do not appear in either the original ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' or Disney's 1940 animated film, ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''.

** This is made even clearer in a DeletedScene: not only do they dismiss the trauma little Geppetto went through (by saying he'll be fine in a "nice orphanage"), they actually try a new tactic in forcing Jiminy to stay with them--blackmail, by pointing out Rumplestiltskin's potion can be traced back to him and then Jiminy will get in trouble both for what "he" did to Geppetto's parents and for what he tried to do to his own. But they forgive him...since he can never escape them, or being just like them. It's no wonder he appealed to the Blue Fairy right after this!

** TheReveal of what happened to the nice couple. NightmareFuel at its finest.

* KarmaHoudini: Jiminy's parents escaped any real repercussions for all the thieving and such that they did/made Jiminy do.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Well, he isn't actually crazy, but everyone thinks Henry's belief in the fairy tales is a delusion...yet not only does this episode provide the connection between Emma and the curse seen in the trope below (Henry asks her, after the mine collapse, if she did anything different that day, and her hand goes to the deputy sheriff badge on her belt), but after Archie finds his courage we get to hear the crickets return to Storybrooke...and in the very last shot, we find out he was absolutely right about Regina trying to hide something in the mines since they contain Snow White's glass coffin.

%%* {{Expy}}: To the Thenardiers of the musical version of ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.

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%%* {{Expy}}: To the Thenardiers of the musical version of ''LesMiserables''.

* TheSociopath: Both of Jiminy's parents. They gleefully swindle and steal from everyone they come across, not because they need the money but because they live by the credo that if you aren't taking from others, you're the one getting taken from. They mock and laugh at the innocent couple who were turned into puppets in their place, and show no remorse for absolutely anything they do.

* BaitAndSwitch: It appears near the end of the episode, with the elevator cable breaking and Archie still inside it, that he's about to make the ultimate HeroicSacrifice so that Emma can pull Henry out in time to save him...but when the dust clears, it's revealed that at the last second, he managed to snag the rope's D-ring on her belt with [[MythologyGag the handle of his umbrella]].

* MamaBear: Much like [[spoiler: Snow White in Season 2, when she and Emma are trapped in the Enchanted Forest]], when Henry comes, sobbing, to her door, the genes Emma inherited from Snow erupt and she goes from the fairest of them all to the '''''scariest of them all'''''. We are ''not'' kidding. You have been warned - this is the warning: It is ''absolutely glorious.'' Terrifying... but ''glorious!''

* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: Gepetto's parents are original characters to ''Once Upon a Time''. They do not appear in either the original ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' or Disney's 1940 animated film, ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''.

* LaughablyEvil: Jiminy's parents again. They're pretty much Expy's of the Thénardiers.

* TookALevelInBadass: Archie Hopper, after listening to Henry tell of him being Jimminy Cricket, finally takes the time to stand up to Regina, and take care of Henry without hurting his feelings. It's heavily implied that Regina may have been emotionally abusive. After all, she did many things to make Henry think he was crazy, so he would think he was wrong about the curse, including blackmailing his therapist. It's Archie standing up for himself and Henry. He's telling her that he will not allow her to use him to hurt Henry. He's telling her that if she tries to cruelly manipulate him again, he will do his part to get Henry with Emma, whom he knows loves Henry and will take care of him. He's not threatening Regina. He's standing up for himself, and trying to end what he sees as Regina's emotional abuse. Also, at no point did Archie entertain Henry's belief. When Henry asked him about it, he directly said "No". He only wanted to know why it was so important to Henry. The issue was Archie telling Henry he was insane, and was going to be locked away. Archie apologized to Henry personally for it, and even put the blame on himself instead of Regina. He just wants the best for Henry. And in the end, Henry was right.
* WhamLine: "His name is Gepetto."

* {{Canon Foreigner}}s: Gepetto's are original characters to ''Once Upon a Time''. They do not appear in either the original ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' or Disney's 1940 animated film, ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}''.