People you may have forgotten were on Once Upon a Time

It's been a year since the final episode of Once Upon a Time aired, and while even casual viewers may be aware of Sebastian Stan or Jamie Dornan appearing on the show, here's a look at some of the actors/characters that many casual viewers may have forgotten or not known had appearances. This list features specifically actors best known for other pieces of pop culture.

Tom Ellis as (Magically Disguised) Robin Hood - 2x19

Marilyn Manson as the voice of the Shadow - 3x08

Brad Dourif as Zoso - 1x08, 4x04

Emma Caulfield as the Blind Witch - 1x09, 5x12, 5x13, 5x16, 5x18, 5x20, 5x21

* The character also appears in the novel, "Regina Rising"

Christopher Gorham as Walsh - 3x12, 3x16, 3x20

Alexandra Metz as Rapunzel - 3x14

David De Lautour as Jonathan - 3x18

John Rhys-Davies as Grand Pabbie - 4x01, 4x06, 4x07

Jonathan Whitesell as Hercules - 5x13

Craig Horner as The Count of Monte Cristo - 6x02

Alex Désert as Stanum, the Tin Woodman - 6x18

Robin Givens as Eudora - 7x05, 7x12

Ehren Kassam as Young Kay - 5x04

Manny Jacinto as Quon - 2x18

Lesley Nicol as Johanna - 2x15

David Nykl as Fisherman - 2x10

Daniel Dae Kim as the voice of Fast Food Worker - 4x12

Once Upon a Time Character Milestones

Season 1 (2011-2012)

1x01 "Pilot"

First appearance of Snow White/Mary Margaret, Prince Charming/David, Regina, Grumpy/Leroy, Doc, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Bashful, Dopey, Granny, Red Riding Hood/Ruby, Pinocchio, Pongo, Jiminy Cricket/Archie, Gepetto/Marco, Blue Fairy, Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold, Bishop, Sheriff Graham, Henry and Emma.

First appearance of the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke.

1x02 "The Thing You Love Most"

First appearance of Henry Sr., Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass and Maleficent.

1x03 "Snow Falls"

First appearance of Abigail/Kathryn and Dr. Whale.

1x04 "The Price of Gold"

First Appearance of the 1st iteration of Cinderella/Ashley, Prince Thomas/Sean and Billy.

Only appearance of the Fairy Godmother and the King.

Cameo appearances of the 1st iteration of Lady Tremaine and the Stepsisters who don't reappear until 6x03.

1x05 "That Still Small Little Voice"

First appearance of ...

Only appearance of ...

1x06 "The Shepherd"

First appearance of Prince James (evil twin), King George and Ruth.
First appearance of King Midas who doesn't reappear until 3x21.

1x07 "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"

First flashback appearance of Sheriff Graham's original counterpart the Huntsman. Final regular appearance of Sheriff Graham. (Returning in 1x22 and 2x17.)

1x08 "Desperate Souls"

First appearances of Baelfire and Morraine.
First appearance of Zoso who doesn't reappear until 4x04.
Only appearance of Hordor.

1x09 "True North"

First adult appearance of August.

First appearance of the 1st iteration of the Blind Witch (of the Hansel and Gretel story) who doesn't reappear until 5x12.

Only appearance of the 1st iteration of the Woodcutter, Hansel and Gretel. (And their Storybrooke counterparts: Michael, Nicholas and Ava.)

1x10 "7:10 AM"

First appearance of Stealthy.

1x11 "The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree"

First live appearance of King Leopold.

1x12 "Skin Deep"

First appearance of Belle, Nurse Ratched and Maurice/Moe.

First appearance of Gaston who doesn't reappear until 5x17.

First appearance of Nurse Ratched.

Final appearance of Sean until 6x03. Ashley (Cinderella) crosses over in a scene with Leroy in Episode 1 of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and reappears in the original series in 4x07.

1x13 "What Happened to Frederick"

First and only live appearance of the Siren.
Only appearance of Frederick / Jim.

1x14 "Dreamy"

Only canonical appearance of Nova /Astrid, who reappears in the non-canon short "Good Morning, Storybrooke".

Only appearance of Bossy.

Final appearance of Stealthy until 5x20.

First Storybrooke appearance of Mother Superior. (Enchanted Forest counterpart: The Blue Fairy.)

1x15 "Red Handed"

Only televised appearance of Peter who reappears in the 2015 novel "Red's Untold Tale".

1x16 "Heart of Darkness"

First appearance of Lead Knight (Edward Foy) who reappears in 6x14.

1x17 "Hat Trick"

First appearance of Mad Hatter/Jefferson, Grace/Paige, The Knave of Hearts I and the Queen of Hearts.

First appearance of the Caterpillar who reappears in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland beginning with Episode 1, but doesn't reappear in the original series until 6x22.

First appearance of Wonderland.

1x18 "The Stable Boy"

First face appearance of Cora and first appearance of the child Snow White as played by Bailee Madison.
First appearance of Daniel.

1x19 "The Return"

Final appearance of Sidney Glass/Magic Mirror until 3x02.
Final appearance of Marraine.

1x20 "The Stranger"

Only appearance of Monstro.

1x21 "An Apple Red as Blood"

1x22 "A Land Without Magic"

Returning Appearance of The Huntsman (since 1x07).

Returning Appearance of Maleficent (since 1x02). She reappears in an undead cameo in 2x20 and a voice cameo in Episode 3 of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland but doesn't reappear in a face appearance until 4x11.

Season 2 (2012-2013)

2x01 "Broken"

First adult appearance of Neal.

First appearance of Mulan, Phillip and Aurora.

2x02 "We are Both"

Beginning of Cora's story-arc as the big bad.

2x03 "Lady of the Lake"

First appearance of Lancelot who doesn't reappear until 5x01.

Returning appearance of Ruth (since 1x06) who doesn't reappear until 4x02.

Final televised appearance of Grace/Paige who reappears in the 2015 comic "Out of the Past."

Final appearance of Jefferson from a present perspective.

2x04 "The Crocodile"

First appearance of Captian Hook/Killian Jones, Milah and Mr. Smee.
(Ironically Emma, Mary Margaret/Snow White and Regina are all absent.)

Returning appearance of Moe (since 1x12) who doesn't reappear until 3x22.

2x05 "The Doctor"

First flashback appearance of Dr. Whale's original counterpart Dr. Frankenstein, as well as Igor.

Final appearance of Daniel.

Final televised appearance of Jefferson/Mad Hatter who reappears in the 2015 comic "Out of the Past."

First appearance of the Land Without Color.

2x06 "Tallahassee"

First appearance of Anton.

2x07 "Child of the Moon"

Only televised appearance of Anita and Quinn.

Final appearance of Billy from a present perspective.

2x08 "Into the Deep"

No new or final appearances.

2x09 "Queen of Hearts"

Final appearance of the Knave of Hearts I.

Final appearance of Aurora until 2x22.

First appearance of Claude.

2x10 "The Cricket Game"

Final appearance of the older Henry Sr. as played by Tony Perez until 4x20 (barring a deleted scene from 3x11).

2x11 "The Outsider"

Final appearance of Mulan and Phillip until 2x22.

Final appearance of Claude until 3x02.

First appearance of Greg Mendell (unseen).

2x12 "In the Name of the Brother"

First face appearance of Greg Mendell.

First face appearance of Gerhard and only appearance of Alphonse.
Final appearance of Igor.
Final appearance of Frankenstein in a pre-curse flashback.
Final appearance of the Land Without Color.

First episode where the Enchanted Forest doesn't appear.

2x13 "Tiny"

First live appearance of Jack and only appearance of Anton's brothers.

Final appearance of Prince James (evil twin) until 5x12.

Final appearance of King George until 6x12.

2x14 "Manhattan"

Final appearance of Milah until 5x14.

Only appearance of the Seer.

2x15 "The Queen is Dead"

First appearance of Tamara.

First appearance of Queen Eva and final appearance of the child Snow White as played by Bailee Madison until 5x13.

Only televised appearance of Johanna who reappears in the 2017 novel "Regina Rising."

2x16 "The Miller's Daughter"

End of Cora's story-arc as the big bad. First appearance of the young Cora as played by Rose McGowan, who reappears in 3x18. The older Cora crosses over in Episode 11 of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Only appearance of King Xavier.

Final appearance of Henry Sr. until 4x20 and only young appearance as played by Zak Santiago.

2x17 "Welcome to Storybrooke"

Only appearance of XX and the child Owen XX

Returning appearance of Sheriff Graham and final televised appearance of his character whose original counterpart, the Huntsman, reappears in the 2013 comic "Shadow of the Queen."

Returning appearance of Billy and final appearance until his original counterpart, Gus, appears in 6x03.

Final appearance of Ruby/Red until 3x12.

2x18 "Selfless, Brave and True"

First appearance of the Dragon who doesn't reappear until 5x23.

Final appearance of the adult August until 4x14.

Final appearance of Gepetto/Marco until 3x21.

2x19 "Lacey"

First appearance of Robin Hood and only appearance as played by Tom Ellis.

First appearance of Marian and the Sheriff of Nottingham/Keith.

Final appearance of Anton.

Final appearance of Nurse Ratched until 4x20.

2x20 "The Evil Queen"

Cameo of the undead version of Maleficent.

2x21 "Second Star to the Right"

First appearance of Wendy, John, Michael, Mr. Darling, Mrs. Darling and the Shadow.

First appearance of Neverland.

2x22 "And Straight On 'Til Morning"

First Appearance of Felix and the Lost Boys.

Returning Appearance of Phillip, Aurora and (masked) Mulan.

Season 3 (2013 - 2014)

3x01 "The Heart of the Truest Believer"

First appearance of Peter Pan.

First un-glamoured appearance of Robin Hood as played by Sean Maguire.

Final appearance of Greg and Tamara.

3x02 "Lost Girl"

Returning appearance of The Magic Mirror/Sidney Glass (since 1x19).

Returning appearance of Claude (since 2x11). He reappears in 5x18.

3x03 "Quite a Common Fairy"

First appearance of Tinker Bell.

First appearance of Roland and Little John. Shortly after this episode aired Robin Hood and Little John did a cross-over in Episode 3 of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Final appearance of Mulan until 5x09.

3x04 "Nasty Habits"

Final appearance of the young Baelfire as played by Dylan Schmidt. He reappears in later episodes recast.

3x05 "Good Form"

First appearance of Liam Jones I, who doesn't reappear (as an adult) until 5x15.

3x06 "Ariel"

First appearance of Ariel, Eric and Ursula.

3x07 "Dark Hollow"

First appearance of Storybrooke in Season 3.

First adult appearances of John and Michael.

3x08 "Think Lovely Thoughts"

First appearance of Malcolm.

3x09 "Save Henry"

Only appearance of the Adoption Agent.

Voice Cameo of Sidney Glass.

3x10 "The New Neverland"

Only appearance of Medusa.

3x11 "Going Home"

Final appearance of Felix and the Shadow.

Final appearance of Peter Pan until 5x12. Final appearance of Malcolm until 6x19.

3x12 "New York City Serenade"

First appearance of Zelena and Walsh.

Returning appearance of Ruby/Red (since 2x17).

First appearance in the original series of Friar Tuck. He first appeared in Episode 3 of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

3x13 "Witch Hunt"

First Storybrooke appearance of Zelena.

3x14 "The Tower"

Only appearance of the 1st iteration of Rapunzel.

3x15 "Quiet Minds"

Only appearance of Lumiere.

3x16 "It's Not Easy Being Green"

Final face appearance of Walsh.

Final appearance of Tinker Bell until 6x14.

First appearance of Oz.

3x17 "The Jolly Roger"

First appearance of Black Beard.

Final appearance of Ariel until 4x15. Final true appearance of Eric who has a false appearance in 6x15.

3x18 "Bleeding Through"

Returning appearance of Cora and her final appearance as played by Rose McGowan.

Final televised appearance of Leopold and Eva. They return in the 2017 novel "Regina Rising."

Only appearance of Jonathan.

3x19 "A Curious Thing"

First appearance of Glinda.

Final appearance of Phillip.

Final appearance of the main reality Mr. Smee from a present perspective. He reappears only in flashbacks and in Season 7 appearances from the Wish Realm.

3x20 "Kansas"

First appearance of Baby Neal.

First appearance of Dorothy and only child appearance.

Final appearance of Glinda and only appearances of the Witch of the East and the Witch of the North.

Cameo of the silhouette and voice of Walsh.

Final appearance of Dr. Whale until 5x08.

3x21 "Snow Drifts"

Returning appearance of Pinocchio, as a wooden puppet (first since 2x18 as a boy and 1x20 as a puppet.)

Returning appearance of Marian (since 2x19), Gepetto/Marco (2x18) and Abigail/Kathryn (since 1x19, and final appearance).

Returning and final appearance of King Midas (since 1x06) who at the time of this episode had the record for the biggest gap between first and second appearances.

Final appearance of Mr. Smee until 4x15.

Final face appearance of Zelena until 4x17.

3x22 "There's No Place Like Home"

Final appearance of Ruby/Red until 5x09.

Final appearance of Neal until 5x12.

Returning appearance of Moe (since 2x04). His original counterpart Maurice reappears in 4x06.

First appearance of Elsa.

Season 4 (2014 - 2015)

4x01 "A Tale of Two Sisters"

First face appearance of Elsa. First appearance of Anna, Kristoff, Sven, Gerda and Grand Pabbie.

Returning appearance of Sidney Glass (since 3x09 in flashback and 1x19 in the present).

First appearance of Arendelle.

4x02 "White Out"

Only appearance of Bo Peep.

Returning appearance of Ruth (since 2x03) who reappears in 6x07.

First appearance of Ingrid/The Snow Queen.

4x03 "Rocky Road"

First appearance of Hans.

First appearance in the original series of Will Scarlet who first appeared in all 13 episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Final appearance of Archie from a present perspective until 6x01. (His cricket counterpart makes a voiceless cameo in 5x12.)

4x04 "The Apprentice"

First appearance of the Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Returning appearance of Zoso (since 1x08) and final face appearance. At the time of this episode he had the record for longest gap between first and second appearances. His appearances in Season 5 are obscured with a hooded cloak.

4x05 "Breaking Glass"

First appearance of Lily.

Final appearance of Sidney Glass from a present perspective. He reappears only in flashbacks as the Magic Mirror in 5x12 and 6x20.

4x06 "Family Business"

Only appearance of Belle's mother, Collette.

Returning flashback appearance of Maurice (since 1x12). He last appeared in 3x22 and reappears in 5x11 (present) and 5x17 (flashback).

Final appearance of Sven until 6x22.

4x07 "The Snow Queen"

Final appearance of Gerda and Grand Pabbie.

Only appearance of Helga and the Duke of Weselton.

Returning appearance of Ashley/Cinderella (since 1x12 in the original series/ Episode 1 of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland).

Final appearance of Aurora from a present perspective.

4x08 "Smash the Mirror"

The only true two-hour episode.

Final pre-curse flashback of Elsa, Anna and Kristoff.

4x09 "Fall"

Final appearance of Hans.

4x10 "Shattered Sight"

Final appearance of Ingrid/The Snow Queen.

4x11 "Heroes and Villains"

Final appearance of Elsa, Anna and Kristoff.

First appearance of Cruella DeVil.

First appearance of Ursula as played by Merrin Dungey.

Returning appearance of Maleficent (first face appearance since 1x22).

4x12 "Darkness on the Edge of Town"

Only appearance of the Chernabog.

4x13 "Unforgiven"

Returning appearance of Gepetto/Marco (since 3x21) and Pinocchio (as a puppet 3x21/ as a boy 2x18)

4x14 "Enter the Dragon"

Only appearance of King Stefan.

Final appearance of Aurora and only appearance in a pre-curse flashback.

Final appearance of Geppetto/Marco until 6x17.

Final appearance of child Pinocchio until 6x12 as a puppet and 6x20 as a boy.

Returning appearance of adult August (since 2x18).

4x15 "Poor Unfortunate Soul"

Only appearance of Poseidon.

Returning flashback appearance of Mr. Smee who reappears in 6x20.

Final appearance of Ursula from a present perspective.

4x16 "Best Laid Plans"

First appearance of Isaac.

Final appearance of Ursula.

Final flashback appearance of Maleficent.

4x17 "Heart of Gold"

Returning face appearance of Zelena (since 3x21).

Final true appearance of Marian.

Returning appearance of the Sheriff of Nottingham (since 2x19).

4x18 "Sympathy for the DeVil"

Only appearance of Cruella's mother.

Final face appearance of Cruella until 5x13.

4x19 "Lily"

First appearance (voice only) of the Sorcerer (Merlin).

Final (false) appearance of Marian.

Final Storybrooke appearance of Will Scarlet.

4x20 "Mother"

Returning appearance of Cora (as played by Barbara Hershey since Episode 11 of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and 2x16 in the original series).

Returning appearance of Henry Sr. (since 2x16 and 2x10 as played by Tony Perez).

Returning appearance of Nurse Ratched (since 2x19).

Final appearance of the main reality version of The Sheriff of Nottingham in a flashback. His Wish Realm counterpart of the same name appears in 6x11 and Storybrooke Keith (main reality) reappears in 6x12.

Final face appearance of Maleficent. She reappears in a dragon cameo in 7x22.

4x21 "Operation Mongoose Part 1"

Final appearance of the main reality August until 6x11.

4x22 "Operation Mongoose Part 2"

Returning and final cameo appearance of The Bishop (since 1x01) who at the time had the longest gap between first and second appearances.

Final appearance of Will Scarlet.

Final appearance of Lily.

Final appearance of Black Beard until 6x16.

Final appearance of Isaac until 6x16.

Season 5 (2015 - 2016)

5x01 "The Dark Swan"

First face appearance of Merlin.

First appearance of King Arthur and Percival.

First appearance and only adult appearance of Kay.

First appearance of Merida.

Returning appearance of Lancelot (since 2x03).

Final appearance of the Apprentice until 5x07 (as a child in flashback) and 5x15 (in the Underworld).

First televised appearance of Camelot which first appeared in the 2015 comic "Out of the Past."

5x02 "The Price"

First appearance of Charon, Violet and Guinevere.

Final appearance of Dopey from a present perspective.

5x03 "Siege Perilous"

Only appearance of Grif.

5x04 "The Broken Kingdom"

Final appearance and only teenage appearance of Kay.

Final appearance of Percival.

5x05 "Dreamcatcher"

First (masked) appearance of Nimue.

Only televised appearance of Hank Morgan. He reappears in the 2018 novel "Henry and Violet."

Final appearance of Violet until 5x22.

5x06 "The Bear and the Bow"

First appearance of Lord Macintosh, Lord MacGuffin, Lord Dingwall and Merida's Brothers.

5x07 "Nimue"

Only appearance of Vortigan.

Returning appearance of the Apprentice (since 5x01), but as a child.

Implied cameo of Zoso (last seen 4x04) as one of the hooded dark ones.

5x08 "Birth"

Returning appearance of Dr. Whale (since 3x20). He reappears in 6x03.

First appearance of baby Robin (Zelena and Robin's daughter).

5x09 "The Bear King"

Returning appearance of Mulan (since 3x03) and Ruby (since 3x22). Ruby had intermittently appeared in the 2015 novel "Red's Untold Tale."

Only appearance of the Witch, King Fergus and Queen Elinor.

Final appearance of Lord Macintosh, Lord MacGuffin, Lord Dingwall and Merida's Brothers.

5x10 "Broken Heart"

Final appearance of Merlin.

Final appearance of Lancelot.

Final appearance of Merida until 5x21.

Final appearance of King Arthur until 5x21.

Final face appearance of Guinevere. She reappears in one final cameo in 5x22.

5x11 "Swan Song"

Only appearance of Brennan (Liam I, Liam II and Hook's father).

Returning appearance of Liam I as a child (first appeared as an adult in 3x05; reappears in 5x15).

First appearance of Liam II as a child. He reappears in 6x06.

Final appearance of Nimue and the hooded dark ones (including an unseen Zoso).

5x12 "Souls of the Departed"

First appearance of Hades.

Returning appearance of Cora (since 4x20) who reappears in 5x19.

Returning appearance of Peter Pan (since 3x11).

Returning appearance of the 1st iteration of the Blind Witch (since 1x09) who at the time had the record for the longest gap between first and second appearances. Her first appearance in the present.

Returning appearance of Prince James (since 2x13) and his first appearance in the present.

Returning flashback appearance of the Magic Mirror (last seen in the present in 4x05 and in pre-curse flashback in 3x02).

Returning and final appearance of adult Neal (last seen in 3x22).

Final appearance of Dopey (flashback)

Returning voiceless cameo of Jiminy Cricket (last seen as a cricket in 3x12).

Faceless cameo of Cruella (last seen in 4x18) driving her car, reappearing in 5x13.

First and only appearance of Henry Sr in the present. He reappears in flashback in 5x19.

First appearance of the Underworld. This is also the 100th episode.

5x13 "Labor of Love"

Returning face appearance of Cruella (since 4x18).

Returning and final appearance of the child Snow White (last seen as played by Bailee Madison in 2x15.)

Only appearance of Hercules and Meg.

5x14 "Devil's Due"

Returning and final appearance of Milah (last seen in 2x14).

Returning appearance of the child Baelfire (last seen in 3x04).

Only appearance of Fendrake.

5x15 "The Brothers Jones"

Only appearance of Captain Silver.

Returning and final appearance of adult Liam I (last seen as a child in 5x11 and adult in 3x05).

Final main reality appearance of the Apprentice. His Wish Realm counterpart appears in 7x21.

5x16 "Our Decay"

First and only appearance of the Scarecrow.

Returning appearance (since 3x20) and first adult appearance of Dorothy.

5x17 "Her Handsome Hero"

Returning Appearance of Gaston (since 1x12). At the time this character (now recast) had the record for the longest gap between first and second appearances.

5x18 "Ruby Slippers"

Final appearance of Ruby, Dorothy and Mulan.

Only appearance of Aunt Em.

Returning and final appearance of Claude (since 3x02).

5x19 "Sisters"

Final appearance of Cora from a present perspective and final televised appearance, reappearing in the 2017 novel "Regina Rising."

Final appearance of Henry Sr. until 6x14.

Final adult appearance of Prince James, reappearing only as a child in 6x12.

Only televised appearance of pre-teen Regina who reappears in the 2017 novel "Regina Rising."

First appearance of pre-teen Zelena who reappears in 6x18.

5x20 "Firebird"

Only appearance of Cleo Fox.

Final appearance of the main reality version of Peter Pan from a present perspective. His original counterpart appears in the flashback of 6x19. His Wish Realm counterpart appears in 7x21.

Returning (since 1x14) and final appearance of the main reality version of Stealthy. His Wish Realm counterpart appears in 6x10.

5x21 "Last Rites"

Only appearance of Zeus.

Final appearance of Hades.

Final face appearance of the main reality version of Robin Hood until 7x22.

Final appearance of Maurice / Moe.

Returning (since 5x10) and final appearance of King Arthur.

Returning appearance of Merida (since 5x10).

Final televised appearance of the main reality version of Cruella De Vil. She reappears in the DVD short "Tales from the Underworld: A Knight with Cruella." Her Wish Realm counterpart appears in 7x21.

Final televised appearance of the 1st iteration of the Blind Witch who reappears in the 2017 novel "Regina Rising."

5x22 "Only You"

First appearance of Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde and Poole.

Final appearance of Merida, Roland, Little John, Friar Tuck and Guinevere.

Final voiceover of the main reality of Robin Hood until 7x22.

Returning appearance of Violet (since 5x05).

First appearance of the Land of Untold Stories.

5x23 "An Untold Story"

Final appearance of Poole.

Returning appearance of The Dragon (since 2x18).

First appearance of the serum version of the Evil Queen.

Season 6 (2016 - 2017)

6x01 "The Savior"

First appearance of Aladdin and the Oracle.

First appearance of Gideon (from a dream perspective).

First appearance in the original series of Jafar, now recast, and originally appearing in all 13 episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Returning appearance of the human Archie (since 4x03) and Pongo (since 4x18).

First appearance in the original series of Agrabah which was first mentioned in 1x11 but first appeared in several episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

6x02 "A Bitter Draught"

Only appearance of the Count of Monte Cristo and Charlotte.

6x03 "The Other Shoe"

Returning and final appearances of the 1st iteration of  Cinderella/Ashley (last seen in present 4x07 and flashback 1x04), Prince Thomas/Sean (since 1x12), Lady Tremaine (since 1x04), the Stepsisters (since 1x04).

Returning/final appearance and only pre-curse flashback appearance of Gus (last seen in Storybrooke flashback as Billy in 2x17).

Returning (since 5x08) and final appearance of Dr. Whale.

6x04 "Strange Case"

Final appearance of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

First appearance of Jasmine.

Only appearance of Mary Lydgate.

First appearance of Dr. Lydgate who first appeared in several episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Only appearance of (fictional) Victorian England in the original series (barring the merge into the United Realms) which originally appeared in several episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

6x05 "Street Rats"

First appearance of the Sultan (Jasmine's Father).

Final appearance of the Oracle.

Final appearance of Jafar until 6x15.

Only appearance of Goldilocks.

6x06 "Dark Waters"

First appearance of Captain Nemo.

Returning appearance and first adult appearance of Liam II (first seen as a child in 5x11).

6x07 "Heartless"

Returning Appearance of Ruth (since 4x02) and final appearance as played by Gabrielle Rose. A younger Ruth appears in 6x12.

Only appearance of Gabriel.

6x08 "I'll Be Your Mirror"

Final appearance of the Dragon.

Final appearance of Violet until 6x22.

6x09 "Changelings"

First appearance of Fiona/The Black Fairy.

Only appearance of Jack and Jill.

Final pre-curse Enchanted Forest flashback of Belle.

6x10 "Wish You Were Here"

First Appearance of the Wish Realm counterparts of Robin Hood, Henry and Rumplestiltskin.

Only appearance of the Wish Realm counterparts of Snow White and David and (barring deleted scenes) Granny and Grumpy.

Only appearances of the Wish Realm counterparts of Stealthy, Doc, Sleepy, Sneezy and Bashful.

First appearance of the Wish Realm.

6x11 "Tougher than the Rest"

First appearance of the Wish Realm counterpart of Hook, reappearing in 7x01.

Only appearance of the Wish Realm counterparts of Pinocchio and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Final appearance of Wish Realm Rumplestiltskin until 7x13.

Final appearance of Wish Realm Henry until 7x21.

Returning appearance of adult August (since 4x21).

6x12 "Murder Most Foul"

Final appearance of adult August.

Final appearance of the main reality Pinocchio in puppet form (last seen as a boy in 4x14 and a puppet in 3x21). He reappears as a boy in 6x20.

Final appearance of Ruth and only appearance of Robert.

Only appearance of baby and child David and James.

Returning and final appearance of the main reality Keith (last appearing as original counterpart Sheriff of Nottingham in 4x20 and in Storybrooke 2x19).

Returning (since 2x13) and final appearance of King George (flashback and present).

6x13 "Ill-Boding Patterns"

Only appearance of Beowulf.

Returning (since 5x14) and final appearance of Baelfire (flashback).

6x14 "Page 23"

Returning (since 3x16) and final face appearance of Tinker Bell who reappears in a CGI cameo in 7x22.

Returning (since 5x19) and final appearance of Henry Sr. (flashback).

Returning (since 1x16) and final appearance of the Lead Knight (Edward Foy).

Final appearance of the serum version of the Evil Queen until 6x21.

Final face appearance of the Wish Realm counterpart of Robin Hood.

6x15 "A Wondrous Place"

Final appearance of Jafar, the Sultan, Captain Nemo and Liam II.

Returning (false) and final appearance of Eric (last seen in 3x17).

Returning (since 4x15) and final main reality appearance of Ariel. Her Wish Realm counterpart appears in 7x21.

Final flashback appearance of Jasmine. She and Aladdin return in 6x21 and 6x22.

6x16 "Mother's Little Helper"

Returning (since 4x22) appearance of Isaac. This is his final televised appearance but he reappears in the 2017 novel Regina Rising.

Returning (since 4x22) appearance of Black Beard. This is his final main reality appearance but his Wish Realm counterpart appears in 7x16.

Returning appearance of the Lost Boys (last seen on Neverland in 3x09 and in Storybrooke in 3x16).

6x17 "Awake"

Final appearance of the Lost Boys.

First appearance of Tiger Lily and only appearance in the present. She reappears only in flashback and flash-forward sequences.

Returning Appearance of Marco (since 4x14).

6x18 "Where Bluebirds Fly"

Returning and final appearance of pre-teen Zelena.

Only appearance of Stanum.

6x19 "The Black Fairy"

Returning (since 3x11) and final appearance of the main reality version of Malcolm.

Final flashback appearance of Fiona/The Black Fairy and only pre-curse flashback of Tiger Lily.

6x20 "The Song in Your Heart"

Final pre-curse Enchanted Forest flashbacks of Snow White, Prince Charming, Regina, The Blue Fairy, Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Geppetto, Granny, Grumpy, Doc, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Magic Mirror and Rumplestiltskin.

Returning (since 5x12) and final appearance of the Magic Mirror.

Final appearance of the main reality version of Mr. Smee. His Wish Realm reappears in several Season 7 episodes beginning with 7x07.

Final appearance of Bashful and Happy.

Final appearance of Doc until 7x22.

Final appearance of Geppetto/Marco until 7x22.

Final appearance of child Pinocchio until 7x22.

Final appearance of The Blue Fairy/Mother Superior until 7x22.

6x21 "The Final Battle Part 1"

First appearance of Lucy and Older Henry.

Final Appearance of Nurse Ratched.

Final Appearance of Archie and Pongo until 7x22.

First appearance of the New Enchanted Forest.

6x22 "The Final Battle Part 2"

Final appearance of the serum version of the Evil Queen.

Final voiceover of the Wish Realm counterpart of Robin Hood.

Final televised appearance of Violet who reappears in the 2018 novel "Henry and Violet."

Returning and final appearance of the Caterpillar. His only other appearance in the original series was in 1x17. Later he appeared in several episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and had a cameo in the 2015 comic "Out of the Past."

Returning (since 4x06) and final appearance of Sven.

Final appearance of Aladdin and Jasmine.

Final appearance of Fiona/Black Fairy.

Final appearance of Tiger Lily until 7x10.

Final appearance of Zelena until 7x10.

Final appearance of Leroy/Grumpy until 7x22.

Final appearance of Sleepy until 7x22.

Final appearance of Sneezy until 7x22.

Final appearance of Granny until 7x20.

Final appearance of Gideon until 7x04.

Final regular appearance of Belle (exiting as a guest in 7x04).

Final regular appearance of Emma (exiting as a guest in 7x02).

Final regular appearance of young Henry (reappearing as a guest in several episodes of Season 7).

Final appearance of Snow White/Mary Margaret and David until 7x22.

Season 7 (2017 - 2018)

7x01 "Hyperion Heights"

First appearance of the 2nd iteration of Cinderella/Jacinda.

First appearance of Lady Tremaine (2nd iteration)/Victoria (aka 2nd iteration of Rapunzel).

First appearance of Drizella/Ivy (2nd iteration of one of Cinderella's Stepsisters).

First appearance of Alice (2nd iteration)/Tilly.

First appearance of the Desk Sergeant.

Only appearance of the 2nd iteration of Cinderella's Fairy Godmother.

Only appearance of the 2nd iteration of the Cinderella Prince.

Returning appearance of Wish Realm Hook (since 6x11) cursed as Rogers.

First appearances of Regina and Rumple's cursed forms; Roni and Weaver.

Younger Henry appears in early flashback/flash-forward in Storybrooke.

7x02 "A Pirate's Life"

Final appearance of the main reality Hook until 7x22.

Final appearance of Emma until 7x22.

Final appearance of the younger Henry until 7x20.

First appearance of Remy.

7x03 "The Garden of Forking Paths"

First appearance of Mother Gothel.

First appearance of Anastasia (hidden).

7x04 "Beauty"

Final appearance of Belle until 7x22.

Final appearance of Gideon.

7x05 "Greenbacks"

First appearance of Dr. Facilier.

First appearance of Eudora.

Only appearance of Robert/Prince Marias.

7x06 "Wake Up Call"

7x07 "Eloise Gardener"

Only appearance of Wish Realm Regina.

First appearance of Wish Realm Smee.

First (false) appearance of the younger Rapunzel (2nd iteration).

7x08 "Pretty in Blue"

First appearance of Jack (2nd iteration)/Nick Branson.

7x09 "One Little Tear"

First and only true appearance of the younger Rapunzel (2nd iteration).

Only appearance of Marcus Tremaine and Cecelia.

First face appearance of Anastasia (2nd iteration of Cinderella's Stepsister).

7x10 "The Eighth Witch"

Returning appearance of Zelena (since 6x22) and first appearance of her cursed form, Kelly.

Returning appearance of Robin/Margot (since 6x22) and first appearance as an adult.

Returning (since 6x22) and final appearance of Tiger Lily.

First appearance of the Hedge Witch (cloaked)/Doctor Sage.

Retroactive first (hidden under cloak) appearances of Seraphina, Madame Leota and the 2nd iteration of the Blind Witch from the Hansel and Gretel story.

7x11 "Secret Garden"

First and only face appearance of Madame Leota.

Final appearance of Lady Tremaine/Victoria.

7x12 "A Taste of the Heights"

Final appearance of Eudora.

First appearance of Naveen/Drew.

First face appearance of the Blind Witch (2nd iteration)/Hilda Braeburn.

7x13 "Knightfall"

Only appearance of Captain Ahab, one of the few named Wish Realm characters without an established main reality counterpart.

Returning appearance of Wish Realm Rumplestiltskin (since 6x11).

7x14 "The Girl in the Tower"

First appearance of Robin's cursed form, Margot.

7x15 "Sisterhood"

Final appearance of Anastasia and Drizella/Ivy.

First appearance of Gretel (2nd iteration) and only appearance as an adult.

7x16 "Breadcrumbs"

Only appearance of Wish Realm Black Beard.

7x17 "Chosen"

Only appearance of Chad.

Only appearance of Ivo (2nd iteration of Hansel and Gretel's Father).

Only appearance of the younger Hansel (2nd iteration).

Final appearance of Gretel (2nd iteration) and only appearance as a child.

Final appearance of the 2nd iteration of the Blind Witch/Hilda Braeburn.

Final appearance of Zelena/Kelly until 7x22.

Final flashback to show Zelena in Oz.

7x18 "The Guardian"

Final appearance of Jack/Nick Branson.

Final episode to show flashbacks in the New Enchanted Forest.

7x19 "Flower Child"

First face appearance of Seraphina.

Only appearance of Isla, Flora and Yarrow.

7x20 "Is This Henry Mills?"

Returning appearance of the younger Henry (since 7x02).

Returning appearance of Granny (since 6x22).

Final appearance of Seraphina.

Final appearance of the Desk Sergeant.

Final appearance of Mother Gothel.

Final appearance of Dr. Facilier/Samdi.

7x21 "Homecoming"

Returning appearance of Wish Realm Henry (since 6x11).

Final appearance of Naveen/Drew and Remy.

Only appearance of the Wish Realm counterparts of Peter Pan, Ariel, Cruella and the Apprentice.

Final appearance of Hyperion Heights.

7x22 "Leaving Storybrooke"

Returning (since 6x22) and final appearance of Leroy/Grumpy, Mr.Clark/Sneezy and Walter/Sleepy.

Returning (since 6x20) and final appearance of Doc.

Returning (since 6x20) and final appearance of Geppetto/Marco and the child Pinocchio.

Returning (since 6x21) and final appearance of Archie and Pongo.

Returning (since 6x20) and final appearance of Mother Superior/Blue Fairy and only appearance of her Wish Realm counterpart.

Final appearance of Granny (last seen 7x20).

Final appearance of Wish Realm Smee (last seen 7x16).

Final appearance of Wish Realm Rumplestiltskin.

Final appearance of the main reality version of Rumplestiltskin/Weaver.

Returning (since 7x04) and final appearance of Belle.

Final appearance of Wish Realm Henry.

Final appearance of older Henry.

Final appearance of Lucy, Cinderella/Jacinda, Tiana/Sabine, Zelena/Kelly, Robin/Margot, Alice/Tilly and Wish Realm Hook.

Cameos of Maleficent (in dragon form/last seen 4x20) and Tinker Bell (CGI/last seen 6x14).

Returning (since 5x21/5x22) and final appearance of the main reality version of Robin Hood.

Final appearance of Regina.

Returning (since 6x22) and final appearance of Snow White/Mary Margaret, David and Prince Neal.

Returning (since 7x02) and final appearance of Emma and Hook (main reality).

First and only appearance of Hope.

Retcon (Retro Continuity)

Retcon is something that occurs sometimes in series and franchises which take place in the same continuity. This happens in a book series or TV series when something is mentioned (or not mentioned) in Book 3, for example, (or Season 3, etc.) that seems to contradict the continuity of an earlier book/episode. For example, in Book 1, a character has two brothers, and they mention only having two brothers, but then in Book 4, a never-before-mentioned third brother appears, and everyone seems to know him.

Sometimes we see the opposite where a sibling (or other character) disappears without an explanation, and it's as if they never existed. This is called the Chuck Cunningham Syndrome named after the forgotten Happy Days brother. Other examples of this include Tiger in The Brady Bunch, Judy in Family Matters and a lot of characters in Doctor Who....

Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome could also be considered a retcon, which is common in television series and sometimes movies, but probably rare in books, since the reason is to replace the child actors with older actors. (Cartoons like The Simpsons and Rugrats could be considered the reverse.)

Another type of retcon can occur not from exact contradictions in continuity, but from introducing an object or character in the franchise that was never mentioned before, where the opportunity could have allowed a mention, but it didn't because the writers probably didn't know about it yet.

A television example of this would be in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Season 2. In the season premiere we're introduced to Lord Zedd, the superior to Rita Repulsa. (He was introduced as a new villain because they were out of Japanese footage and were replacing it with original footage, which explains why Rita was later replaced by a different actress, although her voice was the same.) The reason this feels like a retcon (even to children who saw it like myself) is that not once in all 60 episodes of Season 1 was there ever any mention of Rita having a superior leader (and later we'd introduce more villains that were part of an even larger villain group in the galaxy led by Dark Specter)... Also the fact that Rita was trapped in a dumpster for 10,000 years also adds to the retcons, especially when her brother and father are added in Season 3. (The movie with Ivan Ooze is not considered a retcon, since it took place in a different continuity despite having most of the same cast from the series.)

Once Upon a Time has been pretty good at keeping up with continuity for the most part where little has ever contradicted... despite a number of characters who have shown up having never been mentioned before. Still there have been a number of Chekhov's Gun examples (which is one way to avoid the accusation of retcons...) Many retcon issues have been explained by memory magic, for example, Emma's relation with the Snow Queen or Regina and Zelena's childhood experience. One of the biggest times I felt retcon was in the Season 4 episode where Robin Hood has a history in Oz with Zelena. The reason this feels a little like a retcon is that a year earlier Robin and Regina were having dialogue about what to do with Zelena, and I don't remember him ever saying that he had met the Wicked Witch. Technically I don't think he ever said that he didn't know her, but the fact that he didn't mention it, when there would have been an opportunity is what seems to mess with the continuity.

I'm not even going to go into examples of retcon from Doctor Who, which has existed for so long that it's bound to happen...

(Not necessarily retcon... but Captain Kirk seemed to violate the Prime Directive in the original Star Trek series.)

Now when it comes to books... I haven't experienced this as much with books which take place in the same continuity, although the Oz books come into mind (I know, first Once Upon a Time, and now this, I have a habit of bringing up Oz, and this probably won't be the last.) The Wicked Witch was rarely mentioned in later books... fair enough since she only appeared in one chapter and was only mentioned a few times beyond that... but the Good Witch of the North basically disappeared from the continuity. Without giving away specific spoilers, there were also retcons made involving the Wizard and Ozma.

In my own writing, I have tried to deal with this. If I know that a character has an unseen sibling or a cousin, I don't want to wait too long to mention this. (Although that doesn't mean it has to be a gratuitous mention, but at some point I do need to think about the reasons for why related characters are absent.) This is why it can be a great advantage to think ahead while revising the draft of a novel. The Face of the Pumpkin is written as a standalone book in which all the major plot points are resolved in twelve chapters. However, that doesn't mean that I didn't include information that was both relative to the characters and that story that may have also been a Chekhov's Gun/Boomerang for later stories. (I also may or may not have written most of the first draft of a sequel...)

OUAT: 5 Seasons

In the past I've written posts about one of my most loved TV series, so I thought I would write another article, especially in response to the loose ends and other things mentioned in those articles.

First of all... here was my (totally '90s) thought to the plot reveal
of the Season 5 finale of Once Upon a Time.

If you've never seen The Pagemaster, this is probably not much of a spoiler. Be warned if you don't want spoilers for things that have happened during the first five seasons of Once Upon a Time.

Here is the latest OUAT article I wrote last year.
http://bennyrotondi-smith.blogspot.com/2015/07/once-upon-time-beyond.html

Since then one minor loose end was formed which was a question that has existed since Episode 1x17 (Hat Trick), which was how Regina's father ended up a prisoner in Wonderland. Despite people's head-canons that it could have taken place during Cora's flashbacks in the Season 4 episode "Mother"... it turned out that Cora returned from Wonderland a different time as seen in the flashback for 5x12 "Souls of the Departed" where Regina has drama with both of her parents. We also saw a flashback that (although felt a little like retcon) showed Cora's relation to Zelena, and I'm glad that we saw some of Regina's childhood (although it did not answer the loose end of what happened to King Xavier's kingdom.)

I also enjoyed seeing Camelot in the first half of the season, since there had been hints of it in the past few seasons, for example we saw a sort of prequel to 4x12 "Heroes and Villains" with the gauntlet, and we also saw the return of Lancelot... although I admit I was a bit disappointed how he was written out as well as his situation with Guinevere. I was glad that we got to see Mulan and Ruby again and more of Oz, and I hope we haven't seen the last of them! I also hope we haven't seen the last of Maleficent and Lily, because I feel there were still loose ends on that end as well.

Although it's not likely, I would like to find out (even if it's resolved in a book or something) some explanation to the anomaly of Will Scarlet's appearances as a starring character in Season 4. He was introduced as if we'd find some big reveal with him, but he didn't do much... I think the Sorcerer's Hat had more screen time (and more plot significance) than he did in Season 4. For people who didn't watch the spinoff "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland"... the character must have been a mystery.... for those of us who did watch the spinoff, it's a mystery what happened to Anastasia and why he left Wonderland. Now that the Merry Men have left, we may never know. Also what happened to Rapunzel? lol (A character self-contained in Episode 3x14 "The Tower")

http://bennyrotondi-smith.blogspot.com/2014/06/questions-on-once-upon-time.html

Above is a list of questions I made after Season 3.... Question 3 did get answered in a major way of course, concerning Zelena and Cora.

Also...

Question 11 - We did find out what happened to Mulan (who had a storyline in DunBroch) 

Question 13 - Answered in 5x12

Question 14 - Not answered lol 

Question 16 - We did get to see what happened to Dorothy and the Silver Slippers! 5x16/5x18

Of course since then a whole lot of other questions have come up...

Also I'm glad we got to see the Dragon again! I wonder what the Evil Queen will do with his heart and what other new characters and dangerous situations involving magic we will see next season!

Television Series

In this article, I write about about some of my most loved TV series in the fantasy genre.

I've already posted plenty on Once Upon a Time, and most have you are familiar with Game of Thrones, so those two series are not included on the list.

Merlin (TV-PG)
2008-2012

Legend of the Seeker (TV-14)
2008-2010

The Almighty Johnsons (Not Rated, but would be TV-MA)
2011-2013

Charmed (TV-PG)
1998-2006

Every Witch Way (TV-G)
2014-2015 (but followed by a more juvenile sequel)

The Dresden Files
2007

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV-PG)
1995-1999

Xena Warrior Princess (TV-PG)
1995-2001

Gargoyles (TV-PG)
1994-1997

Sinbad
2012

The Librarians
2014 - (based on a series of TV movies)

Once Upon a Time: Beyond

Here is the cover for the Once Upon a Time comic book Out of the Past, which ABC/Marvel released this spring. Unlike the previous comic book, this one divides itself into four separate stories focusing on Killian Jones (Hook), Rumple/Belle, Regina and Jefferson (The Mad Hatter). I enjoyed Jefferson's Wonderland story the most. Plus we also see a little bit of Camelot in Jefferson's story, which will be a major setting next season.

Last year I wrote an article talking about loose ends and things I wanted to see for Season 4. As we stand in the middle of summer with about 70 days left until the Season 5 premiere, now would be a good time to see what came true. Spoiler Warning if you have not caught up to the end of Season 4!

Here is the article:http://bennyrotondi-smith.blogspot.com/2014/06/questions-on-once-upon-time.html

Note that many of these loose ends involve withheld information that the show may never reveal, which probably the case for 1-6 and several others. For number 7 it is mentioned/implied how Hook and Baelfire left Neverland, but we never actually saw such flashbacks. For this article, I will comment on the questions that did have at least a partial answer.

13. How did Regina’s father, Henry, end up a prisoner in Wonderland? (Is he “The King of Hearts”?) 
In episode 4x20 "Mother" many have suspected that the flashback scenes with Cora occur around the same time that Cora took Henry,Sr. to Wonderland although we did not see it onscreen. I also loved hearing a mention to the White Rabbit which confirmed the theory that Cora did indeed know him. 
18. What is the full back story to Maleficent and her relationship with Aurora and Phillip?
We did not see the full back story, but we did see a lot of Maleficent. I wrote this question before hearing the news that Maleficent would return for a major story arc. Most of Maleficent's flashbacks focused on her history with Snow White and David as well as Regina and Rumple (and Cruella and Ursula and what Snow and David did to her). It has not been announced if Maleficent will return next year but we may find out more about her next season. 

19. How was Ariel’s relationship with her family under the sea?
We did see Ariel one more time in Season 4, but not her family. Instead, we saw Ursula's relationship with her father Poseidon, which had strong parallels to Ariel and King Triton. 

20. How will Elsa/ The Snow Queen fit into OUAT?!!!
It's funny that when I wrote this article, I did not know that Elsa and the Snow Queen would be two separate characters, I was just referring to the original fairy tale. We found out a lot during Season 4A, including Emma's involvement in the sister story. 

One question that I did not write in this article, but something I and many other Oncers thought was the identity of the author of the storybook, which turned out to be a major issue in Season 4!

I also wrote this article:
http://bennyrotondi-smith.blogspot.com/2014/09/once-upon-time-returns-in-less-than-week.html

I wrote about the characters I wanted to see return. Not only did we see Zelena again, but she returned in a big way. We saw a little bit of Oz again and found out that Will Scarlet once lived in Oz and that's where he met Robin Hood. Zelena will also return in Season 5 as a series regular. Robin Hood will also be an official regular, however Will will no longer be a starring cast member, however I still don't know if he will return as a guest star, considering the big plot holes with his character.

As mentioned before, we did see Maleficent return as I had hoped and a little bit of Aurora, but only a little and no Phillip. We definitely saw some of Emma's foster families and in the comic book Out of the Past, mentioned above, we met Priscilla, Grace's mother. Also in Season 4 we saw Ashley (Cinderella) appear in an episode, as well as Cora. Next Season we will see Lancelot again and Merlin too!

A horrible person, but...

On Critique Circle, there is a writing challenge activity. The prompt is to describe a horrible person whom you would not want to have in your life. The limitations are:
A). No descriptions of violence (murder, physical abuse, etc.)
B). No casting magic curses (turning people to stone, sleeping curses, etc.)
C). No derogatory slurs (although they can be prejudiced, as long as it's tastefully done).

This is an interesting challenge, since A and B are something that are quite common in my writing when looking at the actions of my antagonists. This isn't surprising, since A) and B) are very common in the fantasy genre (C is less common). Villains in fantasy fiction often are villains because of either their willingness to rely on violence and/or on magical curses. Violence is very common in Game of Thrones; magic curses on Once Upon a Time.

In my book, for example, there are antagonistic characters who possess magic and use that ability to get what they want by enacting curses that may not be violent, but can still be harmful, such as turning someone into a gold statue or a sleeping curse. (I'm trying to describe this without giving away any spoilers!) On the other hand, there are also characters in this book (The Face of the Pumpkin), who do not possess magic, and they tend to result in physical violence, such as murder, mugging or bullying.

When you take the previous actions away, however, there's still a lot more than can be seen as horrible. For example many would consider greed and ignorance to be a type of evil. There is also robbery/thievery, but this sometimes depends on the context, since there are noble thieves such as Robin Hood. Stealing/cheating is a characteristic that can be seen as anti-hero more so than full-on evil. Abandonment and neglect can also be seen as quite horrible. Perhaps one of the worst non-violent things in my mind that someone can do is extreme gossip, to the point where they spread lies and manipulate facts to ruin someone, but again it depends on the context on how malicious is their intent. Kidnapping someone/ or keeping an innocent a prisoner and keeping the truth from them, even if there is no physical violence can also be pretty bad. Emotional abuse can be extremely damaging.

In the end, different people may have different limitations, depending on their sense of humanity. There are many who have no problem with lying, cheating and stealing, but draw the line at violence. At least to the point of fatal violence. Others do not want to have literal blood on their hands, but will walk away and ignore those who are in need.

I look forward to see what kind of characters people write in the upcoming days!

Once Upon a Time Returns in Less than a Week!

[SPOILER ALERT]
As you know, earlier I made a post back in June
about some unanswered questions that are still held
over since Season 3 ended. Let's see how many of the 20 questions are answered next season!

Last season dealt with an Oz theme (although Oz only actually appeared in 2 episodes) and focused on the Wicked Witch of the West and the mystery of the gap year. Rumple apparently destroyed her but will she return (at least in flashbacks)??

Zelena, The Wicked Witch of the West

One thing I did not include was what happened to Jefferson and who is Grace's mother and how was she lost? This of course is because unfortunately Sebastian Stan, who plays Jefferson, like Jamie Dornan, has been busy with many film projects. We all know what happened to Sheriff Graham/The Huntsman, but what Jefferson is doing is quite a mystery.

Jefferson, The Mad Hatter

The Huntsman (Sheriff Graham) 

Of the 20 questions I placed, we all that number 20 will definitely be a main issue when the season begins!

We will also see a return of Sidney Glass/ The Magic Mirror, who as we know, was also a Genie of Agrabah. But was he Aladdin's genie? (Making the presumption that Aladdin exists in the OUAT universe). In the Wonderland spin-off there were several different genies, so I wonder if any of them are connected with Aladdin or if Jafar had any connection to an Aladdin character or perhaps connected to any other OUAT character (such as Cora, Regina, Rumple, etc.) It would be amazing to see him return!

Sidney Glass/The Magic Mirror/Genie of Agrabah 

Jafar 

Speaking of the Wonderland spin-off, Will Scarlet/ The Knave of Hearts (the first one) will be appearing as a character this season on the regular Once Upon a Time. We know he had a history with Robin Hood and the merry men. I wonder who else!

Robin Hood with Will Scarlet, The Knave of Hearts

I also wonder what happened to some of the other Oz characters.

Glinda, The Witch of the South

Walsh, The Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale

And then there are other characters we haven't seen much lately, whom I'd love to see return (at least in flashbacks)

Mulan

Aurora

Prince Philip 

Maleficent 

Rapunzel

Cinderella (Ashley) 

Tinker Bell

Lancelot

Cora, the Queen of Hearts

Another interesting point is when we have cases where characters have been specifically mentioned (not necessarily by name but mentioning them beyond simple implication) but haven't yet appeared (as far as we know)

* The Black Fairy
* King George's Late Wife
* The mother of Grace/Paige (Jefferson's daughter)
* Merlin
* Emma's foster family (families)
* And Probably more to come and others I've forgotten!