History WhatAnIdiot / OnceUponATime

'''As A Result:''' [[spoiler: He's turned into a magic mirror]].

'''As A Result:''' When it's time to get rid of the darkness inside her, [[spoiler: she has to pay the price for using her magic, with Hook's life.]]

* In the penultimate episode of season one, The Evil Queen went on to tell Snow [[spoiler: that if she eats a poisonous apple, she will not kill Prince Charming.]] \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Since Snow has zero reason to believe the Evil Queen, [[spoiler: she will not eat the apple.]]\\
'''Instead:''' [[spoiler: She eats it anyway.]]\\

'''Instead:''' He accepts the deal in which [[spoiler: Regina does not hold up her end of the bargain.]] \\

'''Instead:''' He made it part of their deal. [[spoiler: While Regina didn't wipe his memories, Jefferson would have zero way to know that that she ended up holding her end of the bargain let alone knowing that there any sort of bargain to begin with had she wipe his memories.]]

'''You'd Expect:''' To attempt [[spoiler: figure out who they are working exactly and be more cautious when following their orders.]]\\
'''Instead:''' They [[spoiler: blindly following "the home office" without even bothering to know who they work for. Is it any surprise it backfired on them?]]

'''Instead:''' She attempted [[spoiler: to cast a time travel spell in order for Cora to never give her up in order to live the life Regina has despite [[GoodGirlGoneBad her]] [[DrivenToVillainy having a]] [[TragicVillain tragic]] [[FreudianExcuse past]] as well.]]

'''You'd Expect:''' For them to think that [[spoiler: the author of the book]] has nothing to deal with why they did not have a happy ending\\
'''Instead:''' They all think [[spoiler: the author of the book]] is the reason why their life is messed up.
* During the eighth episode of Season Three, Pan [[spoiler: attempted to convince Henry to give up his heart with Regina, Neal, and Emma coming in to convince him not to.]]\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Henry to [[spoiler: trust his adoptive mother and both of his biological parents instead trusting a known bad guy that he only he knew for a couple of days.]]\\
'''Instead:''' He [[spoiler: gave his heart to Pan. TooDumbToLive, much?]]

'''You’d Expect''': Regina, knowing her mother and what she’s capable of, should understand that Snow was just a little girl who can easily be manipulated by Cora. She should then have focused all her revenge on Cora instead of Snow.\\

'''As a Result:''' Eventually Regina turns against her after some much-needed revelations. When Snow restores Cora's heart to kill her, Cora dies with a MyGodWhatHaveIDone when it sinks in that she abused her daughter. To add insult to injury, Hades in KickTheSonOfABitch mode puts Cora in an IronicHell where she is a peasant woman that has to constantly work.

* During "Rocky Road", the third episode of the show's ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' arc, Elsa and Kristoff discover a magical urn capable of sealing Elsa inside forever. Elsa has the urn, but Hans takes Kristoff hostage in exchange. He does this by putting the tip of his sword to the back of Kristoff's neck, demanding that Elsa hand over the Urn.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Cora would realize this means her daughter has no reason to trust or love her in turn. Send her away to be fostered, and find leverage over Regine now that the stableboy is dead.\\

'''Instead:''' They all think [[spoiler: the author of the book]] is the reason why their life is messed up.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Cora would realize this means her daughter has no reason to trust or love her in turn. Send her away to be fostered, and find leverage over Regine now that the stableboy is dead.\\
'''Instead''': She raises Regina while oblivious to the fact that removing her own heart made her a terrible parent.\\
'''The Result''': Eventually Regina turns against her after some much-needed revelations. When Snow restores Cora's heart to kill her, Cora dies with a MyGodWhatHaveIDone when it sinks in that she abused her daughter. To add insult to injury, Hades in KickTheSonOfABitch mode puts Cora in an IronicHell where she is a peasant woman that has to constantly work.

'''You’d Expect''': Regina should have just thanked Emma for bringing him back and then play nice with her. She then should have just waited for Emma to leave on her own, as she was planning to do.\\
'''Instead''': She threatens and antagonizes Emma every chance she gets, while also turning Henry against her. Emma starts suspecting that something is wrong and decides to stay, which leads to her eventually breaking the curse.

'''You'd Expect''': Regina would let her go, saying goodbye and good riddance.\\
'''Instead''': She grabs the VillainBall and bakes a poisonous apple turnover to feed to Emma.\\
'''The Result''': Henry realizes what the turnover is, takes a bite, and gets poisoned instead. Cue MyGodWhatHaveIDone from Regina, and Emma staying longer in Storybrooke.

'''Instead:''' Liam scratches himself with the plant, which is indeed a poison and kills him horribly.

'''Instead:''' [[spoiler: She eats it anyway. The Evil Queen then proceeds to attempt to kill Prince Charming.]]

'''Instead:''' He accepts the deal in which [[spoiler: Regina does not help up the end of her bargain.]] \\

'''To Be Fair:''' [[spoiler: He ended up being the main reason why Maleficent got separated from her child.]]\\
'''However:''' She has zero way of knowing that.

'''Obviously:''' King Arthur easily escaped from his cell.

'''Instead:''' He chooses Sleepy to be put on guard duty.\\

* During "Rocky Road", the third episode of the show's ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' arc, Elsa and Kristoff discover a magical urn capable of sealing Elsa inside forever. Elsa has the urn, but Hans takes Kristoff hostage in exchange. He does this by putting the tip of his sword to the back of Kristoff's neck, demanding that Elsa hand over the Urn.\\

'''The Result''': Eventually Regina turns against her after some much-needed revelations. When Snow restores Cora's heart to kill her, Cora dies with a MyGodWhatHaveIDone when it sinks in that she abused her daughter. To add insult to injury, Hades as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure puts Cora in an IronicHell where she is a peasant woman that has to constantly work.

'''To Make Matters worse''': Snow ends up being the one that kills Cora, meaning Regina could have struck an EnemyMine at any time.

'''Instead''': She blames Snow for everything and wastes years of her life (that she could have spent trying to be happy with someone else) getting revenge. It does not end well for her.

'''You'd Expect''': Since the genie had already warned him that wishes always turn out badly, that Leopold would throw away/destroy the lamp. At the very least, you would think he'd think very carefully about his ExactWords before using the wishes to avoid malicious interpretation.\\
'''Instead''': He wishes "to be able to look at the face of the woman he loves forever". [[spoiler: He's turned into a magic mirror]].

'''You'd Expect''': That Emma would go by herself, or at least take someone else, like Regina, who actually knows magic.\\
'''Instead''': Prince Charming insists that she take Hook with her, despite knowing that he does not have any magic of his own, and is the only person who could take away her magic. Sure enough, Zelena drowns Hook, forcing Emma into a SadisticChoice.

'''Instead:''' He stands there and snarks at Hans until Elsa hands over the urn. Hans then openes it, releasing Ingrid, who becomes a much greater threat than Hans ever was, and the big bad of the arc.

'''Instead:''' She uses dark magic to heal the cut, and when it's time to get rid of the darkness inside her, [[spoiler: she has to pay the price for using her magic, with Hook's life.]]

* Through out Season Four, many villains decided to team up to find their happy endings.\\

'''However:''' She has zero way into knowing that.

'''Instead:''' He chooses Sleepy to be put on guard duty. Needless to say, King Arthur easily escaped from his cell.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime''
** King Leopold meets a genie who offers to grant him three wishes. However, the genie also warns him that every wish he's granted has turned out badly. Being a nice guy, Leopold says he doesn't need anything and wishes the genie free and hands him the lamp with its remaining two wishes.\\

** Captain Hook has had his lips cursed by Zelena so that the next time he kisses Emma, Emma's magic will be taken away. Hook keeps it a secret for a while, but the truth does eventually come out. Later on, Emma decides that she's going to try to fight Zelena head to head.\\

** A young Snow White told Cora (Regina’s mother) that Regina was planning on running away with Daniel, the stable boy. Cora catches them and kills Daniel.\\

** Henry runs away from Storybrooke to find Emma, his biological mother. Emma then brings him back.\\

** Much later, Emma decides to leave Storybrooke because she worries that her antagonistic relationship with Regina is hurting Henry. She tells Regina as such that she doesn't want her son to grow up with that negativity.\\

** Captain Hook (Lieutenant Killian Jones at the time) and his brother Liam are sent to Neverland by their king to recover a plant with supposed healing properties. When they arrive, Peter Pan tells them the plant they're looking for is actually a deadly poison, giving Killian doubts about the mission which he voices to his brother.\\

** During "Rocky Road", the third episode of the show's ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' arc, Elsa and Kristoff discover a magical urn capable of sealing Elsa inside forever. Elsa has the urn, but Hans takes Kristoff hostage in exchange. He does this by putting the tip of his sword to the back of Kristoff's neck, demanding that Elsa hand over the Urn.\\

** The instigating conflict in season 5: Emma notices Hook has a relatively minor and non-life-threatening cut on his neck.\\

** Both Cinderella and Anna received contracts by Rumple for them to sign in order to make a deal.\\

** In the penultimate episode of season one, The Evil Queen went on to tell Snow [[spoiler: that if she eats a poisonous apple, she will not kill Prince Charming.]] \\

** Within the same episode, Regina then proceeds to attempt to make a deal with Jefferson.\\

** In one episode, Rumple casted a spell on Regina that makes her look completely unrecognizable and told her she will not able to use magic.\\

** Both Greg and Tamara ended up working for "the home office".\\

** Zelena grew up with a life where Cora gave her up and she lived with an abusive father causing her to wanting to live a different life.\\

** Through out Season Four, many villains decided to team up to find their happy endings.\\

** During the eighth episode of Season Three, Pan [[spoiler: attempted to convince Henry to give up his heart with Regina, Neal, and Emma coming in to convince him not to.]]\\

** In the penultimate episode of Season five, Merida ended up having to choose somebody to guard King Arthur.\\