With every episode, more and more questions pop into your mind... and your hamster is doing overtime trying to figure it out.
It also prickles your imagination, with a twist on our version of once upon a time in fairy tale land.
Here are some facts you might find interesting:
- At the War council meeting, Granny knitted Emma's blanket, the white and purple one.
- The Wardrobe in which Emma was placed, is a nod to Narnia.
- The flowers in Snow's hair are the same type of flowers she puts by David's bedside on her hospital rounds.
- Granny's Diner has forest wallpaper.
- The star candle Emma uses on her birthday is a reference to the song "When you wish upon a star" in Disney's Pinocchio.
- Disney owns the network and produces the show.
- The Valentine's Day card that David was going to give to Mary Margerat had a prince, princess and castle on it.
- The Magic Genie says he is from Agrabah, which is the home of Aladdin and Jasmine, in the Disney film.
- The wolf hanging in Ruby's car is a hint of her fairy tale character - Red Riding Hood
- When Snow is in Jail, she meets Grumpy, the dwarf. He whistles a part from "Heigh-Ho", which is snow white and the 7 Dwarves Disney song.
- Names for characters in Storybrooke have a connotation to their fairy tale names:
- Mary Margaret Blanchard (Snow White)
- French word "blanchie" - means white
- Regina (Evil Queen/Witch)
- In Latin means "Queen"
- Mr. Gold (Rumpelstilskin)
- Rumpelstilskin spun gold
- Sydney Glass (Mirror)
- Another word for mirror is glass.
- In his fairy tale life, he was the evil queen's mirror
- His newspaper is called "The Mirror"
- Archie Hopper (Jiminy Cricket)
- Crickets hop - Hopper
This is just the beginning...
