History Series / OnceUponATime

In Boston, we meet Emma Swan, a Bail Bondswoman (she prefers Bondsperson) who has the LivingLieDetector ability. We also meet a little boy named Henry, who introduces himself as her [[LongLostRelative son]]. He convinces her to take him home to [[MeaningfulName Storybrooke]], Maine, and tells her that his book of fairy tale stories is full of things that really happened. Emma, unconvinced, returns him to his adopted mother, the Mayor.

In Boston, we meet Emma Swan, a Bail Bondswoman (she prefers Bondsperson) who has the LivingLieDetector ability. We also meet a little boy named Henry, who introduces himself as her [[LongLostRelative son]]. He convinces her to take him home to [[MeaningfulName Storybrooke]], Maine, and tells her that his book of fairy tale stories is full of things that really happened. Emma, unconvinced, returns him to his stepmother, the Mayor.

In Boston, we meet Emma Swan, a Bail Bondswoman (she prefers Bondsperson) who has the LivingLieDetector ability. We also meet a little boy named Henry, who introduces himself as her [[LongLostRelative son]]. He convinces her to take him home -- back to [[MeaningfulName Storybrooke]], Maine, and tells her that his book of fairy tale stories is all full of things that really happened.

Emma, unconvinced, returns him to his stepmother, the Mayor.

In the meanwhile, Snow, pregnant with the child who will grow up to be Emma, frets about the future while all the fairy tale folk try to stop the curse.

The viewer gets switched back and forth between the Fairy Tale world and Storybrooke, and the truth is revealed: the Fairy Tale folk lost, Storybrooke is populated with all of them, with LaserGuidedAmnesia, (except for Henry), and Emma is apparently the only hope they have of restoring the happy endings and setting the Fairy Tale world right.

** Mary-Margaret, Henry's teacher, is useful to Henry in that she sees how clever and lonely he is. [[spoiler: she is also useful to him because he steals her credit card]].
** Emma tries to pull off the hard hearted routine with Henry but she likes him, he knows it, and calls her out on it.

* EasyAmnesia: The entire town. An [[AWizardDidIt Evil Queen Did It]].

* TheHerosBirthday: This is almost the first thing we learn about Emma, on her internet date.
* HeyItsThatGuy: so why didn't [[{{Alphas}} Cameron Hicks]] use his Alpha abilities to escape from Emma?
** Speaking of Camerons, apparently [[{{House}} Dr. Cameron]] now works as a bail bondsperson in Boston

* LongLostRelative: Henry and Emma; Emma and Prince Charming and Snow White

* PunnyName / MeaningfulName / ThemeNaming: All the Storybrook residents have names that hearken to who they were in their Fairy Tale lives.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: We see Prince Charming rescue Snow White, attempt to kill the queen, lead a council on how to save the enchanted forest, and fight to save baby Emma all in the pilot.
* TheRunaway: Henry, apparently, has run away several times, either in search of his real mother or because he believes Regina does not really love him.
* TheSheriff: Who is a little boggled by the methods Emma, as a Bail Bondsperson, uses to track Henry after he runs away again.
* StoppedClock: The one in Storybrook's town square tower. [[spoiler: It starts again right after Emma follows through on her promise to stay in town for a week to "humor" Henry]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This series was supposed to be the LiveActionAdaptation of DC/Vertigo's {{Fables}} comic.

* TheHerosBirthday: This is almost the first thing we learn about Emma, on her internet date.

* PunnyName / MeaningfulName:

* FairyTales: Naturally, given the theme of the show.

* PunnyName/MeaningfulName:

** Archie Hopper, Henry's shrink, is really [[spoiler: Jiminy Cricket]].
** Mr. Gold, the evil landlord, is really [[spoiler: Rumplestiltskin]].

* PunnyName/MeaningfulName: Archie Hopper, Henry's shrink, is really [[spoiler: Jiminy Cricket]].

* Twitter: The hashtag #onceuponatime was right beside the corner icon for station identification.

In Boston, we meet Emma, a Bail Bondswoman (she prefers Bondsperson) who has the LivingLieDetector ability. We also meet a little boy named Henry, who introduces himself as her [[LongLostRelative son]]. He convinces her to take him home -- back to [[MeaningfulName Storybrooke]], Maine, and tells her that his book of fairy tale stories is all full of things that really happened.

* MissingMom: Emma is the one who ''was'' missing and now is found. The Mayor is the one who is present in all the ways but love.

In Boston, we meet Emma, a Bail Bondswoman (she prefers Bondsperson) who has the LivingLieDetector ability. We also meet a little boy named Henry, who introduces himself as her [[LongLostRelative son]]. He convinces her to take him home -- back to [[MeaningfulName Storybrooke]], Maine, and tells her that his book of fairy tale stories is all full of things that really happened.

Emma, unconvinced, returns him to his stepmother, the Mayor.

In the meanwhile, Snow, pregnant with the child who will grow up to be Emma, frets about the future while all the fairy tale folk try to stop the curse.

* MissingMom: Emma is the one who ''was'' missing and now is found. The Mayor is the one who is present in all the ways but love.
* PicturePerfectPresentation: The illustrations in Henry's book become active scenes, or active scenes freeze into illustrations in Henry's book.
* YourCheatingHeart: Emma's "date".

In Boston, we meet Emma, a Bail Bondswoman (she prefers Bondsperson) who has the LivingLieDetector ability. We also meet a little boy named Henry, who introduces himself as her [[LongLostRelative son]]. He convinces her to take him home -- back to [[MeaningfulName Storybrooke]], Maine, and tells her that his book of fairy tale stories is all full of things that really happened.

Emma, unconvinced, returns him to his stepmother, the Mayor.

In the meanwhile, Snow, pregnant with the child who will grow up to be Emma, frets about the future while all the fairy tale folk try to stop the curse.

* MissingMom: Emma is the one who ''was'' missing and now is found. The Mayor is the one who is present in all the ways but love.
* PicturePerfectPresentation: The illustrations in Henry's book become active scenes, or active scenes freeze into illustrations in Henry's book.
* YourCheatingHeart: Emma's "date".

In Boston, we meet Emma, a Bail Bondswoman (she prefers Bondsperson) who has the LivingLieDetector ability. We also meet a little boy named Henry, who introduces himself as her [[LongLostRelative son]]. He convinces her to take him home -- back to [[MeaningfulName Storybrooke]], Maine, and tells her that his book of fairy tale stories is all full of things that really happened.

Emma, unconvinced, returns him to his stepmother, the Mayor.

In the meanwhile, Snow, pregnant with the child who will grow up to be Emma, frets about the future while all the fairy tale folk try to stop the curse.

* PicturePerfectPresentation: The illustrations in Henry's book become active scenes, or active scenes freeze into illustrations in Henry's book.