When Cinderella tried to left her world for the Land of Untold Stories with the magical key, she open a similar closet used by the children from the movie.

It is established in several episodes, however, that residents affected by the curse are unable to leave the town limits of Storybrooke. However, though Wallach was willing, Van Cleef was unavailable and Eastwood was not interested in the role.In Episode 8, the true name of "The Dark One" is Zoso which is also one of the symbols in the album Led Zeppelin IV. United Artists (which had produced the Dollars Trilogy) offered him the opportunity to make a film starring Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson, but Leone refused. The show has a similar premise to Bill Willingham's ten-year-old comic series Fables, to which ABC bought the rights in 2008 but never made it past planning stages. Pyrokinesis: Rumplestiltskin is able to create and manipulate fire, often in the form of a fireball, effectively using it as a weapon against his enemies. Mary Poppins: When she presented herself to Mary Margaret like a nurse, Zelena is dressed very similarly to Mary Poppins.

In the episode "The Crocodile", Smee, Hook's right hand man, wears a red cap just like in the Disney movie. On the Costa del Sol, Cole must fight, fight to battle his demons and the past by which he is haunted and fight to regain the trust of his wife and young son. Since Emma's arrival, the curse has begun to weaken, with clocks now moving forward and Regina's apple tree showing signs of spoilage.As in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the haunting music contributes to the film's grandeur and, like the music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, is considered one of Morricone's greatest compositions. On October 3, 2012 it was announced that O'Donoghue would be billed as a series regular beginning with the second-half of the second season. After Emma arrives, just as he had predicted, he helps her to gain acceptance as the sheriff in town and he refuses to help Regina when she goes to him for help in getting rid of Emma and preserving the curse as it would disrupt his plans in reuniting with his son.