STORYBROOKE CHARACTERS
HENRY MILLS
SEASON 1
Henry is Emma’s son whom she put up for adoption 10 years ago. Henry somehow discovers the truth about Storybrooke from a book of fairy tales. This leads him to finding Emma in the hope of breaking the Evil Queen’s spell.
Henry is the adopted son of Regina/Evil Queen and the grandson of Prince Charming/John Doe and Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard. He is named after Regina’s father, whom she killed to trigger the curse. Henry doesn’t exist in fairytale land (at least not yet).
- 1.11 “Fruit Of The Poisonous Tree”: Henry’s fairytale book is stolen by August.
- 1.13 “What Happened To Frederick”: Emma returns his book.
- 1.20 “The Stranger”: Agrees to go with Emma, who plans to leave Storybrooke.
- 1.21 “An Apple Red As Blood”: Eats Regina’s poisoned apple turnover to make Emma believe in the curse. Keels over. Life hangs in the balance.
- 1.22 “A Land Without Magic”: Henry is brought back to life by Emma.
SEASON 2
- 2.01 “Broken”: Henry tells Regina to stay away from him until she finds Emma and Snow. He stays with Charming.
- 2.02 “We Are Both”: Agrees to return to Regina after she threatens the town, tries to escape but is held prisoner before Regina comes to her senses and lets him go back to Charming.
- 2.03 “Lady Of The Lake”: Discovers Regina’s secret underground lair, vaults and all.
- 2.05 “The Doctor”: David takes him to the stables and gives him his own horse. He is later attacked by a resurrected Daniel but Charming intervenes.
- 2.06 “Tallahassee”: Has a nightmare about being trapped in a red room without any windows or doors, with curtains that were on fire. He recalls being in the corner where he saw a person, apparently female, looking at him through the flames. Aurora experiences what appears to be the same nightmare in Fairytale Land.
- 2.07 “Child Of The Moon”: Continues to experience nightmares of the burning red room. He burns his hand in the nightmare and the wound manifests in reality. Mr. Gold gives him a magical pendant which he claims will enable him to control his actions in the dream world. In the red room, he calls out to the other person, Aurora, and tells her that his name is Henry.
- 2.08 “Into The Deep”: Henry is injured in the Nether world after Aurora is woken up before her soul was ready to return. Charming takes his place in venturing deeper into the fiery realm.
- 2.09 “Queen Of Hearts”: Horrified to discover that Regina is planning to close the portal, Henry uses his child-like powers to convince her that doing so would not be the right way to prove to him that she’s changed. He is overjoyed when his other mother and grandmother emerge from the portal unscathed and is thankful towards Regina — though not enough to invite her to dinner.
- 2.10 “The Cricket Game”: Receives heartbreaking word from Emma that Regina killed Dr. Hopper.
- 2.11 “The Outsider”: Mourns the passing of Archie and struggles to connect with Emma, until she gives him Pongo. Is delighted to learn that Archie is in fact alive.
- 2.12 “In The Name Of The Brother”: Tries to convince his family that Frankenstein’s presence in Storybrooke could mean that other characters from other lands could already be in Storybrooke, but it falls on deaf ears.
- 2.13 “Tiny”: Henry and Emma join Mr. Gold on his journey to NY to find Bae.
- 2.14 “Manhattan”: Henry discovers that his father is not dead after all — his father is none other than Baelfire. He reacts angrily to Emma’s deceit, telling her that her lies taste just like Regina’s. However, he doesn’t hold it against Bae since he didn’t know about him. While it’s early days, they get on like a house on fire.
- 2.15 “The Queen Is Dead”: Henry and Bae continue to connect over pizza. Henry is threatened by Rumples after he shows concern over his injuries.
- 2.16 “The Miller’s Daughter”: Henry helps sail the Jolly Roger back to Storybrooke.
- 2.17 “Welcome To Storybrooke”: Following Regina’s threat to destroy Snow and make him love her, Henry tries to ‘destroy magic’ using dynamite at the town well, arguing that magic is the source of everyone’s problems. He convinces Regina not to cast the curse by telling her that she’ll lose him if she does.
- 2.19 “Lacey”: Spends the day bonding with his father.
- 2.20 “The Evil Queen”: Regina tells him about her plan to use the fail-safe and take him with her to the Enchanted Forest before erasing that part of his memory; helps Emma in her quest to prove that Tamara is “Her”.
- 2.21 “Second Star To The Right”: Accompanies Emma, Snow and Charming to Regina’s house in search of the stolen beans; asks them not to hurt her. Learns that Regina has gone missing.
- 2.22 “And Straight On ‘Til Morning”: Convinces the others not to let Regina die alone as she tries to counteract the self destruct. He’s kidnapped by Greg and Tamara through a portal bound for Neverland. In Neverland, it’s revealed that the Shadow/Peter Pan has been looking for Henry for a very long time.
BILLY/GUS (RIP)
SEASON 1
Billy is a mechanic who repaired Ruby’s car and is later seen at the mineshaft (Ep. 5). While it’s yet to be confirmed in the show, he could be the Storybrooke equivalent of Billy Goats Gruff (HT: Geoff for the suggestion).
SEASON 2
- 2.07 “Child Of The Moon”: Billy reveals that he was a mouse called “Gus” prior to the curse. He is murdered by Albert Spencer in a plot to frame Ruby and discredit Nolan.
- 2.17 “Welcome To Storybrooke”: 1983, Billy repairs Kurt’s car in super quick time at the behest of Regina.
PONGO
Pongo — from the 101 Dalmatians Disney story — is at the site of the sinkhole in Ep. 5.
- 2.10 “The Cricket Game”: Emma uses magic to read Pongo’s account of Hopper’s death.
- 2.11 “The Outsider”: Becomes Henry’s new pet before Archie returns.
Mr. Krzyszkowski (AKA Mr. K)
Mr. Krzyszkowski works at the Storybrooke Hall Of Records. Everyone calls him “K”.
Storybrooke Pet Shelter Doctor
The pet doctor works at the Storybrooke Pet Shelter.
NURSE SEVERE
Nurse Severe works in Storybrooke general. She’s tasked by Regina to keep watch over the imprisoned Belle.
- 1.22 “A Land Without Magic”: Jefferson sends Nurse Severe to sleep so that he can release Belle.
SEASON 2
- 2.13 “Tiny”: Like old times, Nurse Serve tends to Belle’s confusion by sedating her.
- 2.19 “Lacey”: Belle/Lacey leaves hospital without her knowing.
GREG MENDELL / OWEN FLYNN
- 2.11 “The Outsider”: An outsider arrives in Storybrooke with a bang, literally, running Hook off the road moments before the pirate is about to be fireballed by Rumples.
- 2.12 “In The Name Of The Brother”: Emma finds out that their injured outsider is called Greg Mendell. He is brought back to health by Dr. Whale. He tells Emma that he didn’t see anything before crashing his car, though he later phones his “honey” and says: “you’re not gonna believe what I saw..”
- 2.13 “Tiny”: Shares his secret with Belle, confirming that he did indeed see Rumples use magic.
- 2.14 “Manhattan”: Greg secretly records Regina using magic and tells “Her” all about it. Despite being well enough to go home, he reckons he’ll hang around Storybrooke for a bit longer.
- 2.17 “Welcome To Storybrooke”: 1983, Owen Flynn and his father are camping in the woods when, unbeknownst to them, they witness the evil curse transporting the fairytale land residents to Earth. While their car undergoes repairs, they stay in Storybrooke where Owen forms a bond with Regina and she takes a shine to him. Regina tries to make them stay in Storybrooke; she abducts his father but lets Owen go after he tells her he doesn’t want to stay in Storybrooke “like this”. With the town now invisible to the outside world, Owen is unable to find his father but vows to never stop looking. In present day Storybrooke, Greg witnesses Regina taking Snow’s heart and then vows, “I’ll find you dad”. Greg is the adult Owen.
- 2.18 “Selfless, Brave and True”: After Regina realizes who he is, Greg confesses to be looking for his father. She claims to have let Kurt go shortly after she let him leave and threatens to make Greg disappear if he doesn’t leave Storybrooke. Greg meets the mysterious “Her”, who turns out to be Tamara. They kiss, passionately.
- 2.19 “Lacey”: Continues to plot and scheme with Tamara. Meets her on the edge of town to unwrap “The Package,” which happens to be Captain Hook, bound and gagged.
- 2.20 “The Evil Queen”: Greg and Tamara make a deal with Hook to help them snare Regina; they counteract her magic with science and take her hostage.
- 2.21 “Second Star To The Right”: Tortures Regina while gathering information and magical items, including the fail-safe diamond and magic beans. Agrees with Tamara that the “Home Office” — which seems to be a global clandestine organization committed to ridding the world of magic — is going to be thrilled by what they’ve retrieved. But Greg also has personal motivations and demands to know where his father is. Regina eventually tells him that she killed Kurt and buried his body at their campsite. Charming and Emma arrive before Greg can kill Regina. He goes digging for his father’s body and is devastated to find his clothing and a skull buried exactly where Regina claimed to have buried Kurt. Tamara brings news from Home Office — it’s time to move to the next phase by using the diamond to blow Storybrooke off the map.
- 2.22 “And Straight On ‘Til Morning”: Alludes Charming with the magic beans, which he and Tamara use to kidnap Henry through a portal bound for Neverland at the behest of their leader — who is, unbeknownst to them, Peter Pan.
KURT FLYNN
- 2.17 “Welcome To Storybrooke”: 1983, Owen Flynn and his father are camping in the woods when, unbeknownst to them, they witness the evil curse transporting the fairytale land residents to Earth. While their car is undergoing repairs, they stay in Storybrooke. Owen forms a bond with Regina and she takes a shine to him. Kurt explains that he lost his wife six months ago. Regina tries to make them stay in Storybrooke; she abducts Kurt but lets Owen go after he tells her he doesn’t want to stay in Storybrooke “like this”. Kurt’s fate is a mystery.
TAMARA
- 2.15 “The Queen Is Dead”: Tamara, Bae’s fiancee, is introduced to Emma.
- 2.18 “Selfless, Brave and True”: Hong Kong, October 2011 – Tamara meets August at the clinic of an alternative healer known as The Dragon. She claims to have a rare form of cancer. August steals her money to obtain a magical healing potion from The Dragon. After obtaining the magical potion, she tells The Dragon that her super high-tech tests have concluded that “the liquid in this bottle doesn’t contain a single element found in this world.” She then proceeds to kill him so that no-one else can find him. 2013 – Tamara comes to Storybrooke. Pretends not to believe Bae’s claim to be from the Enchanted Forest. Tells August to leave Storybrooke in exchange for the last of the magical potion. Kills him when he refuses. Witnesses his rebirth as a young boy. Fortunately for her, his adult memories have vanished. Flashback: November 2011, Tamara spies on August meeting Baelfire in New York. Connecting the dots, she purposefully engineers bumping into Bae.
- 2.19 “Lacey”: Continues to plot and scheme with Greg. Meets him on the edge of town with “The Package,” which happens to be Captain Hook, who she has brought all the way from New York, where he was left by Emma and Neal.
- 2.20 “The Evil Queen”: Comes under suspicion from Emma who believes that she is “Her”; Greg and Tamara make a deal with Hook to snare Regina; they counteract her magic with science and take her hostage.
- 2.21 “Second Star To The Right”: Tortures Regina while gathering information and magical items, including the fail-safe diamond and magic beans. Tamara notes that the “Home Office” — which seems to be a global clandestine organization committed to ridding the world of magic — is going to be thrilled by what they’ve retrieved. With Emma and Baelfire finding the torture lair, Tamara makes her escape, but not before revealing the truth to Bae and shooting him in the gut. She grapples with Emma before opening a giant portal using a magic bean. Later, she meets up with Greg and brings news from Home Office — it’s time to move to the next phase by using the diamond to blow Storybrooke off the map.
- 2.22 “And Straight On ‘Til Morning”: Tamara and Greg kidnap Henry through a portal bound for Neverland at the behest of their leader — who is, unbeknownst to them, Peter Pan.
If you created this page on Nov. 3., how did you know John Doe’s first name was David?
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It was confirmed by the actor.
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We’ve now bumped this thread up for visibility following the new updates from last night’s episode.
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Hi Roco,
I absolutely love this character guide. I have an addition that you could add to the this guide. If you remember from the Cinderella episode, Ruby briefly spoke to a mechanic named Billy or something. She was afraid he was going to break her glass wolf.
Think it could be someone important.
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Cheers Tim,
Good catch. Looks like another pointer to her Red Riding Hood fairy tale world status. I’ll make a note of the reference in the next update.
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Saw Billy the Mechanic at the sinkhole site in this latest episode. Wonder when he will become a more prominent character? You should totally add him to the character guide.
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Good shout, J. We’ve now added Billy to the guide. There’s not much to go on at the moment, but we’ll probably find out more about him eventually. Cheers.
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Billy Goat Gruff perhaps? He is a mechanic, so perhaps financially he isn’t on the “greener side” of things. Plus, the show’s already featured trolls living under a bridge.
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Good shout, Will. I think you might be onto something. Cheers.
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I’m goingwith Reds Woodsman
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I think Red’s Woodsman is Hansel and Gretel’s father
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Does anyone know who the sheriff is???
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His alt-world character hasn’t been revealed yet, although popular theories include ‘The Huntsman’ or ‘The Big Bad Wolf’.
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I’m surprised this isn’t added to Gepetto’s parent’s profile, but they are clearly Gideon the cat and the Fox from Pinocchio.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Foulfellow_and_Gideon.jpg
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what about Doc (seven dwarf) that is the doctor that delivers Emma’s birth
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Not really a cast “character,” but definitely seen in both worlds, is Emma’s baby blanket. It was knitted by Granny in FT, white with purple ribbons, and Emma’s name was embroidered on it – which explains how Emma is the ONLY one to retain her name. She was wrapped in it when she was placed in the enchanted cupboard so, of course, also when found by the side of a road in Reality. It was laid over the back of a chair in Emma’s Boston apartment (Pilot episode); and is among the items Emma had sent to her in Storybrooke. You can see it on a chair in Mary Margaret’s flat as Emma is unpacking the box (Cinderella episode). I think the blanket is an important key, perhaps even helping someone remember who they were in FT land.
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Very nice catch, Sher. Thanks for sharing.
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I am remembering correctly, was there a small flashback in one of the episodes where it shows Baby Emma being found by the boy along the highway?
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No, Mrs. E, we haven’t seen that yet. You may be remembering the final scene of “True North” where Emma is in her police car looking at her own case file which contains newspaper clippings. The headlines:
“Still No Leads On Deadbeat Parents”
“Baby Emma Remanded To Foster System”
“After weeks of futile searching, Baby Emma turned-over to Child Services for care”
“7 Year Old Boy Finds Baby On Side Of Road” –>
\\ “A local boy discovers a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket on the roadside. Police ask public for any information regarding parents’ identities.”
Emma is interrupted by Henry bringing her pumpkin pie, then The Stranger arrives. Unfortunately, there is no dateline (city, date) to be seen on the clippings.
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Thanks for the info! I must have been dreaming!
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Anyone notice the MacCutcheon 60 year scotch that Emma and Margaret drink? It’s the same scotch from Lost. I have a feeling there will be more Lost references throughout the show. Something fun to look for!
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Definitely. We’ve got a OUAT LOST Easter Egg article here.
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Oh, and I think the sheriff is the black night!
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What about the possibility of Dr. Whale being Pinocchio? He’s the only fairy-tale character I can think of that was swallowed by a whale. (Jonah was swallowed by a whale too, but that’s a Biblical story, so my bet is that the Dr. is Pinocchio.)
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Rachel, he might be a bit too old to be Pinocchio, but that’s certainly an interesting possibility.
I know that some folks think he could be the actual whale (in human form, of course), which might be the best bet at this stage.
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Another popular theory about Dr. Whale is that he could be the Big Bad Wolf. If you notice in ep. 3 when he’s on his date with Mary Margaret, he can’t stop staring at Ruby. He might be the wolf and his natural instincts draw him to Red Riding Hood because he wants to eat her or something (of course in the real world eating her means something completely different but you get the idea)
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Good shout, Tim. Definitely food for thought, so to speak.
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Love the show and love this recap- thank Goodness there’s a show on that revives the characters and tales we grew up with (and does interesting things by combining them into one giant world)! Maybe I’m old fashioned, but today’s culture seems devoid of anything remotely hope giving. As a culture, we need our Fairy Tales now more than ever… <3
Brooke
POP INC
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Here is something I was thinking about after the last episode.. Emma had a star on her birthday cupcake she blew out the candle Henry appeared. Emma was given a star badge the rumble happened. Emma was holding a silver star keychain *don’t remember what was happening then. OK now , then Emma has lost her shirt twice one time she took one from the laundry the other time she had one given her by Henry. Think about this cause in the real world she has no parents. Have you heard the Grimm tale called “The Money Star” ? What are your thoughts??
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@ first I thought Emma stood for Emerald City and she maybe could be the good witch Glenda and Henry could be the wizard. LOL all because those stars throw me off thinking…
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Just so you see it isn’t so far fetched either I submit from the book “Glinda of Oz”
“Ozma and Dorothy summon Glinda, who, with help from several magicians and magical assistants, must find a way to raise the island and liberate its trapped inhabitants.”
**last 5 words
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It drove me “crazy” trying to figure out where I have seem these actors! Had to contact our local tv columnist to get name and originof Midas dau.Boy she looks different.The girl from House has changed too,This is such a fun show.It is a little tough to follow now and then but enjoyable It is clean –big plus.Thanks p.s. The columnist gave me this web site
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I am obsessed with finding the clue to the characters identity by their name. Nolan (Prince Charming-David Nolan) means “champion” in Gaelic. I think the theory that Dr. Whale is Pinnochio is great. I kept thinking Jonah, but forgot that Pinnochio was swallowed by the whale. We will see. Love the show.
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I am completely fixated on the names, too!
Here’s what I have so far:
Mary Margaret Blanchard: Blanchard = White
Regina Mills: Regina = Queen
Ashley: Ash(ley) = Cinder(ella)
Ruby: Ruby = Red
Mr. Gold: Rumplestilskin spun wool into gold
Archie Hopper: Crickets “hop”
Sidney Glass: Mirrors are made of glass
This is my favourite aspect of the show!
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I am fascinated with the names too but there are some I can’t figure out maybe you can help
Geppeto/Marco
Blind Witch/ Ginger
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I think Dr. Whale was a man in the Fairy Tale world, who was turned into the whale that later swallowed Pinocchio. Just as Archie Hopper in the Fairy Tale world was once a man who was turned into a cricket (Jiminy).
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I believe the “blind witch” we see in the (failed) curse scene is in fact a Stygian Witch from Greek mythology. It’s clear throughout the series thus far that they aren’t limiting themselves to any single canon of tales.
Anyway, the 3 Stygian Witches shared a single eye and tooth… go look up the Perseus/Medusa stories if you’re interested.
BUUUUT lesser-known is that the witches were also known as “Graeae” (or “gray” for those of us who are keeping track of colors in OUaT), and that these witches were most often symbolized by… A SWAN!
ooooooh. neat.
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i think you’re on the right track with the blind witches, i immediatley thought of the stygian witches when we first saw the blind witch. I also think that Dr. Whale could be Perseus due to the “god-like complex” and in Moby Dick Perseus is referred to as the first whaleman.
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Well, the blind witch from episode 2 had multiple teeth, Heather.
It does intrigue me who se is, though, I hope we’ll see her again, I liked the creepiness.
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Mr K? Belles father?
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I looked at the pics side by side, and I could almost buy it. Would IMDB clarify this?
Also, I’m thinking Nurse Severe (watching over Belle in the hospital) is Cora, Regina’s mother… judging by the pictures on this site.
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Billy is possibly The Beast as he is in the Beauty and the Beast episode “Skin Deep” and it was revealed that The Beast’s StoryBrooke counterpart was already revealed.
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Thinking the stranger could be Grimm or a Hans Christian Anderson type character. Open up a lot of possibilities….
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The woman standing behind the ogre at the press conference in desperate souls is the same woman that plays the witch in episode 2. She is listed on IMDB as “Blind Witch/Miss Ginger”
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I second that…I really do think it is the Blind Witch from the second episode. I watched the scene again, and the old woman with the glasses seems like the same person. Not positive, but pretty sure and the actress is billed as appearing in the episode and that seems like the only logical place.
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It definetely is her, I don’t think we see the old witch again. If the real life name of that witch was Ms. Ginger (Gingerbread house, got it?) then it stands to reason she was intended to be the blind witch from Hansel and Gretel but got replaced…
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However, if they replaced her role she would not have been shown in the real world since the younger blind witch dies in true north, maybe the writers will tie the two witches together. Or maybe they have no relation at all, the older one in the second episode wasn’t blind her eyes were just sown shut. I think with them showing her and the Ogre in the real world already they will eventually show their stories along with the other villains around the fire in episode two. The season keeps getting better though, and just like they did in lost I think they will be dropping some more shockers soon.
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Thanks to all who sent in the ‘Miss Ginger’ tip — we’ve now updated the character guide.
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Gaston wasn’t married to Belle. They were engaged.
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Good catch — corrected above.
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you should add the nurse that Regina gave the rose to at the end of the episode…I have a feeling she might be revealed as a villain of some sort
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@TP – Yeah, she’s worth inclusion. I make sure she’s in the next update. Thanks for the tip.
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I think that Dr. Whale could be Monstro. The giant whale from Pinocchio. He seems kind of heartless. I can’t really think of any other whales that are in children’s stories.
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In last nights episode I noticed that when Grumpy and Snow were selling candles door to door that at one home a tall skinny man munching on a carrot answered the door. He was joined by a short, rather round lady and they refused to purchase a candle. Could the couple be Jack Sprat who could eat no fat and his wife who could eat no lean?
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i was also thinking that!
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You may want to add the beginning of Episode 16 for Red since she intentionally released her inner wolf to attack King George’s posse, giving Charming time to escape. She was awesome!
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Yes!,… I’ve often wondered about that guard on horseback who we later see with claw marks across the top of his face. Obviously now a warewolf himself, could he be the second wolf in Storybrooke? The wolf we saw in the Pilot that causes Emma to crash into the Welcome to Storybrooke sign? The wolf w/o the red eye?
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Great website!
I’m still anxiously waiting to see if they’ll show The Booted Cat, Little Thumb or Bluebeard in future episodes. I wonder if that happens who they just might be in storybrook…
Loved this week’s episode with the reference to Jefferson Airplane’s song White Rabbit. Very fitting name for our Man Hatter !!
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I tthinks Dr. WHALE IS BLUEBEARD
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TQoH could be the nurse in the ward( the red rose) I know alot are thinking its gonna be be Cora but im pretty sure Cots is the millers daughter.
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I think you should create a companion “Places in StoryBrooke” to catalog the various locations.
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What about the guy mopping the floor in the episode where we see Belle imprisoned in the pysch ward of the hospital?
The mysterious stranger is Baelfire (who is Rumplestiltskin’s son), all grown up or Pinnochio.
Cora is the miller’s daughter and Regina’s mom, but she may now be the Queen of Hearts in Wonderland.
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The actresses who play Cora, Queen of Hearts, and Nurse Severe are all different. Although, as far as the Queen of Hearts is concerned, it wouldn’t matter all that much since we never see her face and a different actress could play the part.
As far as Wonderland, does the curse extend to this realm? If so, you got a whole host of characters to show up in Storybrooke (Alice, twiddle Dee/Dum, white night, etc.). Jefferson did tell Emma that there are LOTS of realms, some with magic some without…
I speculate however, only Fairytale land is affected by the curse. Like Emma, Jefferson wasn’t in Fairytale land when the curse struck (being in Wonderland), so he never lost his memories (Emma had no memories to lose). However, his daughter was caught up in the curse, so Jefferson travelled to Storybrooke after escaping from Wonderland (you see the scar around his neck when he was fighting Emma and Margret just before falling out the window) and without magic was stuck there since there wasn’t any magic for him to use to get his hat to work.
The one thing I’m not clear about is the last scene (Emma is reading Henry’s book) with Jefferson madly making hats… was this during his stay in Wonderland or after his visit (escape?) from Storybrooke Maine?
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The guy mopping the floor? I think it’s a tribute to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and represents “Chief” Bromden, a silent Native American patient (believed to be deaf and mute by the mental ward staff and other patients) who was mopping the floor or other janitorial tasks, but was actually listenning in on conversations. IIRC, the book was narrated by this character’s perspective.
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You mean Mary Margaret?
“1.18 “The Stable Boy”: In Storybrooke, he’s District Attorney Albert Spencer. He gets Emma to incriminate herself over the disappearance of Kathryn.”
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A few things
I think the ogre is the giant from jack and the beanstalk
I think the blind witch is the witch from hansel and gretel
I have reilised that we could all be fairytale charecters but we dont know it!
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Hello, First I must say “THANK YOU” This is a great website. I really don’t watch tv but I have been watching OUAT on the internet. I love this show! The last show I’ve watched on a basis was Sex and the City. I recently read somewhere online that once an person is dead they stay dead. But I don’t feel that is true. We seen the Huntsman/Graham was killed twice. Kathryn heart was found and sent to some lab for dna testing and now she is found alive. The FTL people don’t grow old. I wonder… being they are from FTL they might have some kind of magic power within themselves. just my thoughts. Thanks Michel
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Welcome michel, very interesting thoughts. ‘Death’ in OUAT is an intriguing topic. As you noted, dead is not always dead, especially when Regina is feeling hearty.
We know that the Fairytalies can die in both realms (Leopold and Graham, for example), but whether they can also be ressurrected, now that is another question. If I recall correctly, Rumples didn’t seem to think that Prince 1.0 could be brought back. Still, interesting to ponder the ‘rules’ of death in the show.
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Gold is bringing magic back to Storybrooke or is Storybrooke being transformed back into FTL? Why would Henry consider this a ‘bad’ thing?
I suspect Gold is bringing back the magic since his search for Baelfire (who is Rumplestiltskin’s son) has failed, thus he want’s his magic back in order to continue to search other realms.
Another thought… who was Henry’s father? Emma reveals to Mary Margaret that Henry’s father was far from being a hero (Emma told Henry that his father was a hereo and a firefighter that died saving a family). She said that Henry was better off not knowing the truth. Could the father be a grown up Baelfire?
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Hey, someone know who is the long haired man cleaning the floor where Belle is being held? I have no idea…but probably everyone in Storybrook is a FT character..including minor characters, i’m rigth?
This is so cool. Trying to know who is who =]
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Both the long-haired man and the severe nurse down in the psychiatric ward are hat-tips to the classic book and movie, “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” The man’s movie counterpart is “Chief” and the nurse’s is “Nurse Ratched.” No, they’re not from a fairy tale; but it’s a clever way for the show-runners to give recognition to fictional characters who are special to them.
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I absolutely love this show, but… Robert Carlyle (Mr. Gold) is 51 and Emilie de Ravin (Belle) is 30.
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I don’t think that is as bad as people wanting Baelfire to be Henry’s father, though…. In order for that to have happened, a 32 year old Bae’ would have had to hook up with a 17 year old Emma, not only becoming the father of a bastard child but, also becoming guilty of the statutory rape of a 17 year old, under the care of a state runned group or foster home…. or even worse!, the statutory rape of a 17 year old “on the run” from a state runned group or foster home……. just doesn’t sound like the morals of the Baelfire we were introduced to in FTL….. just sayin.
ps; do you suppose that’s what landed a pregnant 17yr old Emma in a Phoenix jail where she gave birth to Herny on her 18th Bday in the Fall of 2001?? Hmm?
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Hey Roco!
How was your summer!?
I never noticed, for some reason, the we have the Blind Witch labled as deceased. I remember a few believing that there may have been two Blind Witches, but as the season went on we discovered she and Ginger from Storybrooke were one in the same. The same reason that made most believe there were two, turned out to be the same reason, once understood, that we make this new claim. Because of Hansel & Gretel and their father the Woodsman not aging as they should have, before they crossed over into Storybrooke as the Blind Witch had, some 50 or 60 years (or more!),it made it appear to be two different witches, based on the unchanged ages of Josef, Ava and Michael in Storybrooke. However, until it was made clear by Rumplestiltskin, in the season 1 Finale, “A Land Without Magic”, where the Evil Queen had sent the Woodsman and his children Hansel & Gretel, we were left to speculate. Rumplestiltskin, following Prince Charming into the place that the Evil Queen had magically tossed him using her mirror, informs Prince Charming that he has now entered the “Infinite Forest” that apparently exists in an eternity where there is no time or way out….except through magic! It is clear now that the Woodsman and his children wandered around endlessly with no hope of finding one another and remained there some 60+ years! until their cross over into Storybrooke, via magic (The Dark Curse), unaged! Which we can now be certain that the young Blind Witch from “True North” did not perish in the oven and most likely is the *old* Blind Witch at the first (failed) casting of the Dark Curse. Also explaining why there is an old, virtually blind women strongly resembling the Old Blind Witch named “Ginger” in Storybrooke.
However,….. it does beg another 2 questions…… Just how old IZZZZ Regina?
And just what year was it when she stopped aging??
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Hey Doc,
I had a good one thanks, hope you did too.
Very interesting points, we might have to re-examine the case of the Blind Witch. I do wonder about the timeline, though. In the same episode (“True North”), Regina retrieves the apple that she later uses to poison Snow, by which time Snow has met the dwarfs, etc. We can assume that the period between Regina getting the apple (1.09) and using it as a weapon against Snow (1.21) isn’t the 50 or 60(ish) years that have seemingly aged the Blind Witch. Though I guess, if it is the same witch, magic could be involved.
Good point about Regina, are we talking FTL or Earth years?
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That’s right! Great point Roco!
I’ll have to chew on that one a bit longer it seems!
Yes, Earth years! as I don’t believe there’s a difference in our sitch!
And the recent episodes give that impression as well…..
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Are you SURE the Mystery Guy in the opening of S2 isn’t Jefferson? Was the “…Hatter” sign in his room just a decoy to throw us off?
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@MtnGrlBytheBay – It might or might not be a decoy, but it shouldn’t be Jefferson as we know what he looks like. It could be a friend of his, or perhaps another character hinted at in the episode? Check out our 2.01 Observations article for some more on that.
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Mystery Guy in the opening of S2 is a grown up Baelfire (Rumplestiltskin’s son)?
Afterall, Baelfire did use the magic bean to open a portal to a land without magic…
Alternative specualation is that Mystery Guy is Henry’s father.
Of course with aging all messed up for the FTL characters, the third alternative is that option 1 and option 2 are true (which would make Henry Rumplestilskin’s grandson…)
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It is revealed in episode 2.06 “Tallahassee” that Mystery guy is Neil Cassidy who becomes Emma BF and is very likely (although not 100% confirmed) Henry’s father.
What I find really interesting is Neil’s conversation with August (Pinocho) in Portland OR (2001). From the dialog and interaction between the two, it seems they know each other (at least in passing). Whatever was in the box was enough to convince Neil to dump Emma. I’m speculating that it’s an artifact from FTL and I don’t see how someone NOT from FTL could be persuaded. Thus I really really suspect Neil to be Baelfire (which makes Henry, Rumples\Gold’s grandson … Maybe that’s why Gold gave Henry the dream amulet for free? It was also Gold who found Henry the orphan to be adopted by the EQ/Regina – to assure his grandson is in the lap of luxery/keep an eye on him/bait to draw out Baelfire/Neil?)
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Who is the Doctor at the Hospital? who is he in Fairy Tale land?
Think his name is Mr. Whale?
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I gotta go with Dr. Victor Frankenstien, for Dr. Whale!…. there’s just too much pointing in his direction!…. It was the Storybrooke Singles video that gave it away for Dr. Whale, for me!. It led you right to all the hints we were getting from that video “and” the other clues from the FaceBook Interactive and Archie Hoppers notes!
Most are having problems with the womanizing characteristics of Dr.Whale
They too are from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstien. Her husband, Percy Shelly, who was the main model for her Frankenstien character, was also a womanizer who cheated on her with her step-sister Claire(family) and eventually ran off with her.
Mary Shelly’s character “Victor”….which was also Percy’s pen name…. falls in love with his step cousin Elizabeth(family) and eventually become fiances. I see Mary’s connection to the two as she is calling her husband “Dog” enough to creep family!….That sounds like the kind of guy that would ask if the Nuns were “like able to date” Ha!
The other clues went down like this: (from the SB Singles vid)
Believes himself the “victor in all situations.
Suffers from a God complex.
Good at “making” friends. lol
“Every lucky lady gets dinner at Granny’s, a single carnation and a visit to my condo’ where I’ll play the ‘Best of Sting’ and the sparks will fly!”
Sting – Appeared as Charles Frankenstien in 1985′s “The Bride”
Sparks – Will fly, as they did in the movie Frankenstien’s Monster, as Dr.
……………Frankenstien used massive amounts of electrcity to revive
…………… (HIS PRINCE), the Monster.
Whale – James Whale directed the 1st film adaptation for Universal in1931
Single Carnation – At the University of Oxford carnations are traditionally worn to all examinations; White for the first exam, Pink for exams in between and a Red for the last exam. Percy Shelly studied at the University of Oxford.
It looks like perhaps Regina may have used Jefferson and his Hat to relm jump into Frankenstien’s world to bring him back to FTL to revive Daniel! And when the deal went wrong and Whale/Frankie couldn’t revive Daniel…well, you know how Regina is when she doesn’t get her way!…she curses Whale/Frankie as being one of his own Monsters, thus a New Mashup!…. Dr Victor Frankenstien is both the Doctor AND the Monster!….. Hahahaha! Should be interesting!!
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Well done, you had it almost perfect. Even down to how it actually went down. The only part that was wrong was the Turning Dr Frank into a monster.
On another note: Do you watch Fringe? If so I’d like to here some of your theories on it. You seem to pay attention to detail, and be a good clue reader.
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@Rick Terry Well Thanks Rick!
I love puzzles…… they seem to quiet the “noise machine”
And, Sorry, no,…I don’t watch Fringe. OUaT is about all I have time for, and this show requires constant thought, so I tend to chew on this when there’s space available in my head. Hahaha!
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Ok, the Nurse Severe could be the Queen of Hearts. Painting the “roses” red, her hairstyle looks rather like a heart and Severe could be a play on “sever” as in “Off with their heads!” Plus, she has a villian-like look about her. Who Dr. Whale is really stumping me. I know the names tend to lead us into who they are in Fairytale World, and I want to say the Whale from Pinocchio too…but so far, he has NO connection to either Pinocchio or Gepetto…but he does with Red Riding Hood and Regina…and he’s leading the charge against her so he obviously is pissed at her. So he was under her control (while he didn’t know who he was) and now he wants her dead…he’s not a villian…I was reading up on Whales in history and the story of Moby Dick might be closer. He’s Captain Ahab…just my thoughts but I’d be interested to see if I’m close!
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Nice one on Queen of Hearts, Peggy…..
I’m just not on board with Cora being the Queen of Hearts yet!
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Who Dr. Whale will be revealed on episode 5 of season two. I also think he will be related to the story of Moby Dick, but I think he may be Ishmael. When I did some research, Ishmael is discribed as a social outcast and I think that can be said about Dr Whale…Any thoughts.
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i think i missed were they told us about belle didnt know who she was to mr.gold but i do now i love once upon a time i try not to miss any of them so far for the second season i havent missed one eposide yet but there have only been three so far cant wait til sunday
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Hey Roco! Don’t know if you happened to notice, but Dr Frankenstein’s assistant (Igor?) is the same actor that played the Bad Observer from Fringe 4×19 “Letters of Transit”. (He was the rather Anderson Cooper looking Observer that got “anti-mattered”)
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Nice spot, Rick! I thought he looked rather familiar but wasn’t able to place him. Kis Yurij has been in a number of seriables down the years – hope we get to see more of the assistant.
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Side note: the name is spelled “Neal Cassidy” on the wanted poster.
Now, I’m dying to see Neal actually come to Storybrooke. We know the sequence where he received the postcard almost had to be out-of-sequence. The smoke had only just cleared, and August/Pinocchio was not yet mobile. So I’m wondering when exactly he sent the postcard? As soon as he could? Or did he wait a bit? Has he even sent it yet? I think he probably has, but we don’t actually know.
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Is there any significance to the fact that Nurse Severe is a dead ringer to Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and the hospital employee in blue scrubs holding the mop is the same for the “Chief” in the same movie?
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Other then homage to the “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, there’s no indication that there’s anything more to these characters (and Nurse Severe is NOT the queen of hearts, but as shown is Cora).. However keep in mind, that Dr Whale turned out to be Victor Frankenstein, so there’s a possibility that the writers might have a story for Nurse Severe.
There is another possibility, Regina did give Nurse Severe a red rose… There is a story about Snow-White and Rose-Red, where Rose-Red is Snow’s sister who encounter a nasty Dwarf (much like Rumples…). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow-White_and_Rose-Red.
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I wonder who will Alice? They better not kill Cora without showing Alice…
an I really hope Peter Pan isn’t Baelfire since some ppl think he might be.
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I think Neil Casidie is Baelfire, Rumple’\Gold’s son – how could Neil so easily believe August when August showed him the “box” and told him to leave Emma alone?
Baelfire as a >>boy<>baby<< by Tinkerbell to Neverland. However, that'd be a complex and convulated tale to weave into OUAT).
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maybe Baelfire is one of the lost boys get it because william smee said rumple/gold LOST his son not that he was dead this show is always pulling this stuff
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Baelfire as one of the lost boys (Peter Pan)? I just don’t see this since Neverland is a land WITH magic. Back in season 1, Baelfire used a magic been (given to him by the blue fairy) to open a portal to a land WITHOUT magic (so that he could take rumples with him and thus turn him back into a human).
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maybe Baelfire is one of the lost boys get it because william smee said rumple/gold LOST his son not that he was dead this show is always pulling this stuff
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OK, it’s confirmed in this week’s episode that Baelfire is Neil and Henry’s father.
However, I think he must have been to Neverland at some point and was one of the lost boys (perhaps even Peter Pan? Or less likely one of the pirates) – how else would decades (centuries even) pass between him leaving the enchanted forest via the magic bean portal and now living in NYC looking 30 something in age? Remember, except for Storybook (and the Curse), there’s no “magic” native to our world and as far as I know, there’s no “science” that slows/stops the aging process.
So, if that is true, then he should know about Hook (and when he decides to travel to Storybook) should produce some very interesting plot developments.
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Another thing I’m unhappy with Belle they need to work on her story more she’s just flat out annoying now I know why the Queen locked her up.
This might come off mean but Belle is supposed to be beautiful and this one isn’t and her strong Australian accent that she can’t hide is also annoying.
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The Unidentified Man was C Ernst Harth (imdb page http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003210/ ) who played the Ogre in “The Thing You Love Most” and the Burly Man in “Desperate Souls”. There are other characters in the evil fire ring group that are uncredited.
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Nice find, Jeff. We’ll run an update on that soon. Cheers.
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I also believe, Roco, that our friend C Ernst Harth is now a giant as well. Just noticed him in the latest sneek peek from “Tiny.” He is playing Abraham, Anton’s brother who is seated to Anton’s right and crushes the golden harp in one hand. That, I believe, is our old friend the Ogre that was at the failed casting of the Dark Curse. He has also played the janitor that stands next to Ginger, the blind witch, in Regina’s office when Regina announces Sidney’s bid for Sheriff, as Emma walks in and says “Not so fast!”…..
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Did anyone else see the giant from “Jack & the Beanstalk” standing in the back of the (failed) curse scene it could be UNIDENTIFIED MAN but i don’t know if you see him tell me what u think
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Did anyone else see the giant from “Jack & the Beanstalk” standing in the back of the (failed) curse scene it could be UNIDENTIFIED MAN but i don’t know if you see him tell me what u think
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Did anyone else see the giant from “Jack & the Beanstalk” standing in the back of the (failed) curse scene it could be UNIDENTIFIED MAN but i don’t know if you see him tell me what you think please correct me if I.m wrong
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I have an addition to this site in episode 14 of the first season called “Dreamy” mary and Leroy go selling candles door to door and they ring on a door where a man with WHITE hair eating a CARROT i think it could have been the WHITE RABBIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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to prove my point in the next episode “Red-Handed” Red Riding Hood finds RABBIT trails in the SNOW
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baelfire could be peter pan seeing as peter pan fights with a dagger and baelfire would probably fight with the rumplestilskin knife
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I know that the outside doesn’t know about Storybook in general (with the obvious exception of Pinocchio or Neil) but I’d like to know who delivers goods to Storybook (e.g. Henry’s comic book collection, groceries in the stores, drugs to the pharmacy, medical supplies to the hospital, supply the electricity/water to the town, electronics (they are using cell phones\computers) etc.)? They have cell phones, so who are the ATT/Verizon/Sprint workers putting up/maintianing cell towers…? Since I see computers in the police station, does that mean there is an internet connection (it’s not called world wide web for nothing)? If so, wouldn’t the townfolks order stuff from Amazon (Home Depot, Costco, Walmart, etc.) and wouldn’t there lots of delivery trucks from UPS, FedEx, USPS deliverying goods be crossing the “line” often? Then there are the state and federal agencies – Voting for state/national elections (who would the characters vote for the 2012 Presidential elections?), Taxes (IRS auditors?), FDA and OSHA and all the inspectors that are part of any USA community…
Does/did the curse maintain all without actually using any resources from neighboring regions/Maine/USA?
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Well, tonight’s episode, 2.17 “Welcome To Storybook” answers the question – the curse makes the town invisible\nonexistent to those outside the curse as shown when Maine’s state troopers and Owen didn’t perceive the town at the end of the episode (Owen Flynn (aka Greg Mendle) and his father were present inside the curse’s area of effect as it manifested in 1983 – if they were further away, they’d never of known). This does imply that the curse maintains (still does?) all utilities and services a town would normally consume in the Maine/USA (did anyone else notice the newspaper’s headlines about Reagan in Granny’s dinner).
Since it was a perpetual “Ground hogs day” inside the curse, one would assume that the tech would remain static up to when the curse broke in 2012… but apparently, it does update stuff (aka the modern cell phones and recent car models everyone uses) – I wonder what the headlines of the newspaper is in Granny’s would be?
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questions we all know that because of the curse that people cannot come into storybrooke unless in direct relation to fairy tales like Emma so maybe greg is Baelfire
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You forgot Henry
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Henry can be found under the “Storybrooke” section.
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Can jack and alice be the same person because i thought that the only one to have wonderland food was alice and she killed the jaberwak
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That’s an interesting point…
Alice’s full name was never revealed in the original books or in the 1951 Disney movie, but she was inspired by a real person whose name was Alice Pleasance Liddell (May 4, 1852–November 6, 1934).
In Tim Burton’s 2010 movie, her name is Alice Kingsleigh and she is played by Mia Wasikowska.
So perhaps it’s Jacqueline Alice or perhaps Alice Jacqueline ?
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I think they might be tying those two together as well. At first I thought she was Alice given the jabberwocky reference and she had the mushroom. Then she said “call me Jack”. There is suppose to be an AINW show airing in March. Perhaps we’ll get more answers then.
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You forgot Emma’s BF, AKA bay! He might be a important charge tot later on…. And in the new episode, there is a witch who sees the future. You should add her too.
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In “Tiny” it’s confirmed that Charming’s real first name is David, and James was his brother (making it his name when he took his brother’s place)
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Does anyone know who HER is that keeps calling Greg? Someone gave me the idea that HER could be an acronym H.E.R. Any thoughts on whose initials they may be?
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i am watching the latest episode and it looks like Bealfire is Peter Pan based on the show like when he knows hook and how to captain a ship and says that he did not originally arrive in the real world or he would be 100 years old. Now, what kingdom do we know that no one grows up
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You guys forgot Baelfire, who is Neil. He is Henry’s father, the man who got with Emma then abandoned her in Tallahassee and is Mr. Gold’s (Rumpelstiltskin’s) son.
Cora is “the miller’s daughter” from the original Rumpelstiltskin story. That much was confirmed in the episode of the same title… “The miller’s daughter”. I believe Regina’s “real world surname” gives this away as it is “Mills”
Rumpelstiltskin is also referred to as the “crocodile” from peter pan by Hook – since that was who cut off his hand. also Rumpel’s title “the dark one” comes from Celtic/Irish mythology.
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Wait you guys are putting who is who right?
You guys forgot Baelfire, who is Neil. He is Henry’s father, the man who got with Emma then abandoned her in Tallahassee and is Mr. Gold’s (Rumpelstiltskin’s) son.
Cora is “the miller’s daughter” from the original Rumpelstiltskin story. That much was confirmed in the episode of the same title… “The miller’s daughter”. I believe Regina’s “real world surname” gives this away as it is “Mills”
Rumpelstiltskin is also referred to as the “crocodile” from peter pan by Hook – since that was who cut off his hand. As well as the beast from “Beauty and the beast” (hense Belle’s appearance in the episode’s) Also Rumpel’s title “the dark one” comes from Celtic/Irish mythology.
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@Marimo, this guide has five pages based on location. It looks like you may have only caught the first page..
Baelfire/Neal is currently on Page 2 (though we’ll soon move him over to Page 1 now that he’s visited Storybrooke).
Thanks for sharing your insight.
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“Greg and Tamara make a deal with Hook to snare Regina; they counteract her magic with science and take her hostage”
Based on Greg’s speech to Regina, before Tamara “bagged” Regina… I’m hearing in the back of my mind, government secret agent black ops team (or hired guns)… Maybe some paranoid (off the books) USA federal think tank notices “strange” things going on in the world and sends out teams to “take care of this stuff” (aka Tamara and the Red Dragon in Hong Kong).
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They ARE part of a organized movement (whether government supported or not remains to be seen) to destroy magical incursions.
Magical Incursions into our world:
1) TEQ/Regina’s curse creating Storybook Maine, USA
2) Dragon’s presence in Hong Kong
3) Peter Pan’s(?) shadow (the wraith?) stealing boys to Neverland in England (from what I gather took place in the late 1800′s)
So I’m wondering what other incursions happened. Since there is a well funded society of “Hunters” (To borrow from the Supernatural TV series), there has to be a lot more incursions then the ones that were explicitly shown in OUAT. A very prominent one would be King Arthur/Merlin (and if one includes organized religions, then a slew of magical events to choose from, aka Jesus, Moses, Mohammed just to name a few that did “miracles”). Any speculation to others?
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So the mystery organization (aka home office) is ran out of Neverland, headed up by an (evil?) Peter Pan \ Shadow????
It’s going to be hard to wait for season 3 to start next fall….
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You forgot the shadow plus if the shadow is evil does that make hook the hero?
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@Gambit – the shadow’s on page 5 – other realms.
I’m not sure if the shadow if definitely evil as yet, but its motivations are curious to say the least. I agree it might further Hook as a protagonist of sorts.
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thanks i must have missed it
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