History Recap / OnceUponATimeS6E3TheOtherShoe

* ItsAllAboutMe: The Evil Stepmother is outraged that after all her years of wanting a better life, Cinderella gets the Prince. It becomes obvious that she doesn't give a damn about ''any'' of her daughters, just herself.

* JerkassFacade: Clorinda, Cinderella's older stepsister, reveals that she's not the bitch she appears, having fallen in love with the prince's footman and is sorry for what she's put Cinderella through for appearances. It briefly becomes genuine when she is rightfully angry for Ella having betrayed them to Lady Tremaine, but falls away again once she risks her life to protect Clorinda and her lover from their mother.

* TheUnreveal: While Emma thinks like Ashley (wanting to protect someone she loved, her stepsister) and Henry reveals the true story from the storybook so that they learn about Clorinda and Jaocb, it is never revealed precisely how they found their way to the pumpkin farm. Since there wasn't time to look up Jacob's address, the answer is most likely that the address was in the list of denizens from the Land of Untold Stories that Henry collected (and which Ashley looked at) at the start of the episode, which they still had with them.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: It's both a reference to Cinderella's glass slipper (and her sneaker Emma uses to track her), and the phrase "dropping the other shoe" (since this is where we find out what the Evil Queen's plan is, to make everyone's stories play out in a way that unravels Emma's Savior role).

* HilariousInHindsight: Killian's entertaining of Alexandra, Ashley-Cinderella's daughter, marks the first time onscreen Emma expressed desire to have kids with him. By the time they actually do get pregnant, Henry has fallen for a Cinderella from a different Enchanted Forest, with whom he eventually has a daughter. That's right, Killian entertaining who would become a counterpart to his own granddaughter is what triggers Emma's familial desires.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Finding out Ella is engaged to the Prince is the last straw for the Stepmother who uses the magic key to get to the Land Without Stories and declares "I'm coming back when the world makes sense."

* RetCon: Back during the first Curse, we're told by Ruby that Ashley has "a stepmom and two sepsisters that she doesn't talk to", which is what tips Henry off that she is Cinderella. Here we find out said stepmother and one of the stepsisters were in the Land of Untold Stories all along. Granted, Ruby's could be fake memories implanted by the Curse.

* Retcon: Back during the first Curse, we're told by Ruby that Ashley has "a stepmom and two sepsisters that she doesn't talk to", which is what tips Henry off that she is Cinderella. Here we find out said stepmother and one of the stepsisters were in the Land of Untold Stories all along. Granted, Ruby's could be fake memories implanted by the Curse.

* ContinuitySnarl:
** ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' implied that Anastasia the Red Queen was one of Cinderella's stepsisters. Now she's not. WordOfGod from Adam Horowitz is that her story is still to be told. He also said it was deliberate that the Jabberwocky didn't explicitly name her stepsister as Cinderella when she was interrogating her.
** Back during the first Curse, we're told by Ruby Ashley has "a stepmom and two sepsisters that she doesn't talk to", which is what tips Henry off that she is Cinderella. Here we find out said stepmother and one of the stepsisters were in the Land of Untold Stories all along. Granted, Ruby's could be fake memories implanted by the Curse.

* ContinuitySnarl: ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' implied that Anastasia the Red Queen was one of Cinderella's stepsisters. Now she's not. WordOfGod from Adam Horowitz is that her story is still to be told. He also said it was deliberate that the Jabberwocky didn't explicitly name her stepsister as Cinderella when she was interrogating her.

* HilariousInHindsight: Killian's entertaining of Alexandra, Ashley-Cinderella's daughter, marks the first time onscreen Emma expressed desire to have kids with him. By the time they actually do get pregnant, Henry has fallen for a Cinderella from a different Enchanted Forest, with whom he has a daughter. That's right, he was entertaining the counterpart of his granddaughter.

* CosmicRetcon: ''OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' implied that Anastasia the Red Queen was one of Cinderella's stepsisters. Now she's not. WordOfGod from Adam Horowitz is that her story is still to be told. He also said it was deliberate that the Jabberwocky didn't explicitly name her stepsister as Cinderella when she was interrogating her.

Emma realizes that Cinderella is out for revenge on her stepsisters for their harsh treatment of her in the past.

** The stepsisters are named Clorinda and Tisbe, as in the opera ''Theatre/LaCenerentola''. Presumably they didn't use "Anastasia and Drizella" because the Red Queen was already named Anastasia. However, Clorinda is wearing green like Anastasia in the animated Disney film and Tisbe wearing yellow like Drizella.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Both Emma and Snow speak about wanting such a life; Emma fears hers is a lie and will never happen because of her visions, while Snow laments to Charming about their lives being nothing but facing and defeating evil, rinse-lather-repeat. In the end Emma decides to [[HopeIsScary take a chance]] and enjoy her happiness while she has it by asking Hook to move in with her, while Snow wants to go back to teaching and hopes Whale and Jekyll can do the same after working out how to destroy the Evil Queen.

* CosmicRetcon: "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" implied that Anastasia the Red Queen was one of Cinderella's stepsisters. Now she's not. WordOfGod from Adam Horowitz is that her story is still to be told.

** The stepsisters are named Clorinda and Tisbe, as in the opera ''Theatre/LaCenerentola''. Presumably they didn't use "Anastasia and Drizella" because the Red Queen was already named Anastasia. However, Clorinda is wearing green like Anastasia in the Disney film and Tisbe wearing yellow like Drizella.

** The stepsisters are named Clorinda and Tisbe, as in the opera ''Theatre/LaCenerentola''. Presumably they didn't use "Anastasia and Drizella" because the Red Queen was already named Anastasia.

** The stepsisters are named Clorinda and Tisbe, as in the opera.