History Recap / OnceUponATimeS1E5ThatStillSmallVoice

* BodyHorror: Sweet glory, Gepetto's parents!

* NightmareFuel: The reveal of what happened to Gepetto's parents. The fact that they look like they are screaming doesn't help matters.
* 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.
** TookALevelInJerkass and WhatTheHellHero: Archie takes his stand by essentially threatening to have Henry taken away from Regina. This is a problem when you realize that he would have to essentially lie to authorities to make good on his threat. Regina may not be a nice person, but she has displayed no signs of being an unfit parent for Henry and has been shown to really love him. Also, by entertaining Henry's belief of the curse, Archie is also entertaining the idea of Henry's mother being "evil" which is harmful for their parent-child relationship. Although the alternative, Regina making Henry think he's crazy rather than admitting the curse is real, is harmful to him, too.
** Averted. 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.

** Averted. 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 see's as Regina's emotional abuse. Also, at no point did Archie entertain the 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.

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 – while the backstory of Pinocchio's conscience, Jiminy Cricket, is revealed along with his yearning to transform into the person he wants to be.

** TookALevelInJerkass and WhatTheHellHero: Archie takes his stand by essentially threatening to have Henry taken away from Regina. This is a problem when you realize that he would have to essentially lie to authorities to make good on his threat. Regina may not be a nice person, but she has displayed no signs of being an unfit parent for Henry and has been shown to really love him. Also, by entertaining Henry's belief of the curse, Archie is also entertaining the idea of Henry's mother being "evil" which is harmful for their parent-child relationship.

* MamaBear: Much like [[spoiler: Snow White in Season 2, when she and Emma are trapped in the Enchanted Forest]], when Henry comes, sobbinhg, 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!''

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

** TookALevelInJerkass and WhattheHellHero?: Archie takes his stand by essentially threatening to have Henry taken away from Regina. This is a problem when you realize that he would have to essentially lie to authorities to make good on his threat. Regina may not be a nice person, but she has displayed no signs of being an unfit parent for Henry and has been shown to really love him. Also, by entertaining Henry's belief of the curse, Archie is also entertaining the idea of Henry's mother being "evil" which is harmful for their parent-child relationship.

* WhamShot: The final shot of the episode, when we find out what the "something shiny" Henry discovered was: [[spoiler:Snow White's coffin from the Enchanted Forest at the bottom of the mine shaft.]]

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* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Jiminy's parents. At first they just seem like lazy common thieves who enjoy their job a little too much, but we see later that they don't so much as bat an eye at what amounts to [[spoiler: murder]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "His name is Gepetto."]]

* IconicItem: Emma's red coat is pretty much established as this in her first episode.

->'''Jiminy''': Look, can't we skip this tonight? We don't need the money.
->'''Myrna''': Everything isn't about money, Jiminy. It's the principle.
->'''Martin''': A commitment to excellence.
->'''Myrna''': Excellence at stealing money.


->'''Archie Hopper''': Why do you think it's so important that your fairy-tale theory is true?
->'''Henry Mills''': I don't know.
->'''Archie Hopper''': Give it a shot.
->'''Henry Mills''': 'Cause, this can't be all that there is.

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->'''Archie''': Why do you think it's so important that your fairy-tale theory is true?
->'''Henry''': I don't know.
->'''Archie''': Give it a shot.
->'''Henry''': 'Cause, this can't be all that there is.

->'''Regina''': You will do as I say, or ...
->'''Archie''': Or what? You'll ruin my life? You'll do your worst? Because, I will always do my best.
->'''Regina''': Don't test me.
->'''Archie''': Oh, I don't need to, because you're going to leave me alone and let me do my work in peace.
->'''Regina''': Really, why is that?
->'''Archie''': Because someday, Madam Mayor, you may find yourself in a custody battle. And do you know how the court determines who is a fit parent? They consult an expert, particularly one who has treated the child. So, I suggest that you think about that, and you allow me to do my work, and let me do it as my conscience tells me to.

[[caption-width-right:240: ''"Why do you think it's so important that your fairy-tale theory is true?"'']]

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 – while the backstory of Pinocchio's conscience Jiminy Cricket is revealed along with his yearning to transform into the person he wants to be.

On November 2, 1983, Mary Winchester was killed in the family home in Lawrence, Kansas, by an unknown supernatural creature, in front of her husband John and her sons, Dean and Sam. In the present day, Sam is a law student at Standford University with a loving girlfriend named Jessica and a promising career--until Dean arrives, asking for help in tracking down their father. John has been on one of his frequent "hunting" trips, where he tracks down and kills supernatural creatures: John and the boys have been doing this since their mother's death, but Sam left the hunting life after a falling out with his father. John hasn't returned from his latest trip, and Dean is worried. Sam agrees to help Dean look for their father.

The brothers track down the last creature John was hunting, a WomanInWhite named Constance Welch, who had killed her childen and then herself after learning her husband was cheating on her. Constance's ghost kills unfaithful men who drive across the bridge she jumped off of. Sam and Dean force her to return home to confront the waiting spirits of her children, and she vanishes, screaming. They also find John's journal, full of all his information on various creatures as well as the record of his hunt for the creature that killed Mary, but they can't find John.

Sam returns to Stanford, but when he returns to his dorm, he finds Jessica suspended on the ceiling, bleeding and consumed by fire: the exact same way his mother died. Now that it's personal, Sam agrees to partner up with Dean and return to hunting, hoping that along the way they can find their father and finally destroy the creature that killed their mother and Jessica.