Once Upon a Timeline UK

Once Upon A Time has become a massive hit both in the US and the UK. The dynamic between the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke, Maine, keeps fans hooked. However the storyline of events in the Enchanted Forest can get a little confusing; the episodes revealing details in no particular order.

To clear up a few facts, and get things straight in my mind I have created this Updating Timeline which covers the most pertinent points. Each item is numbered according to the episode from which it comes; and now covers Season One and Two.

Now that there are more than just the one land from which tales are being told, you will find the Enchanted Land's timeline in black, Frankenstein's Country in blue, and Wonderland in green.

To access the full details of the timeline, including story details and explanation of placement, please click on the Character links provided (at the bottom of the Timeline).

Once Upon A Timeline

(2.14)Rumplestiltskin goes off to fight in the ogre wars
(2.14)After meeting a Seer, Rumplestiltskin injures himself to be sent home
(2.14)Baelfire is born and Rumplestiltskin's cowardice is known by all
(2.04)Rumpelstiltskin's wife leaves him for a pirate

(1.08)Rumpelstiltskin becomes 'The Dark One'
(1.19)Baelfire leaves Forest
(2.04)Rumpelstiltskin kills his wife and removes pirate's hand
(2.04)Hook leaves for Neverland
(1.05)Jiminy becomes a cricket
(2.16)Cora, the Miller's daughter, goes to a masked ball where she claims to be able to spin straw into gold
(2.16)Rumpelstiltskin teaches Cora magic, they fall in love
(2.02)Rumpelstiltskin gives magic book to Cora
(2.16)Cora removes her heart and marries the King's son, Henry.
(2.15)Nine months later Regina is born

Some years pass - Regina is older than Snow and James by about ten years

King George adopts Prince James via Rumpelstiltskin
Snow White is born (Presumably with magical assistance as per the story but who knows?)

About nine or ten years pass

(2.15)Snow's mother falls gravely ill, poisoned by Cora, who she mocked twenty years prior
(2.15)Snow rejects the blue fairy's help [Cora in disguise], the Queen dies
(2.15)Cora sends Regina out riding while Snow's horse is out of control
(2.02) Regina pushes Cora through looking glass
(1.18)Regina marries King Leopold
(2.02)Regina accepts Rumpelstiltskin's help in magic
(2.12)Dr Victor Frankenstein's father gives his brother a pocket watch and him an army commission
(2.12)Rumpelstiltskin visits Victor, gives him gold in exchange for scientific knowledge
(2.12)Gerhardt is shot, Victor tries to bring him back
(2.15)Rumpel tells Regina he has no use for her
(2.12)Rumpelstiltskin visits again and offers to introduce Victor to Regina
(2.15)Dr Frankenstein 'fails' to bring Regina's love back from the dead
(2.15)Regina removes her replacement's heart, Rumpel starts teaching her again
(2.12)Victor brings Gerhardt back to life; he kills their father
(2.12)Victor locks his brother away
(2.01) Malificent attacks Princess Aurora's mother (with sleeping curse)
(1.11)Genie kills King Leopold, and ends up in a mirror

recurrence of Ogre Wars

[2.13 - about this time Jacqueline visits Wonderland, kills the Jaberwocky, and gets some of the magic mushroom from 'an old lady' - maybe Alice, maybe Cora]

(1.12)Belle goes to live with Rumpelstiltskin
(1.12)Belle meets Queen Regina and tries to free Rumpelstiltskin from his curse
(1.12&1.14)Belle meets Dreamy and tells him to go to meet his fairy love
(2.11)Belle goes with some adventurers, introduces Phillip and Mulan to each other, and gets captured by Regina
(1.14)Dreamy becomes Grumpy, giving up his fairy
(1.12)Regina tells Rumpelstiltskin that Belle is dead

Regina mentions having a problem with a little Mermaid - possibly this is when the ink from the [Kraken?] was obtained, since only a mermaid can get it.

[Mulan is definitely younger in ep2.11 than post curse, and the marks in Belle's tower cell indicate she's there for at least a year before Hook visits her]

(2.13)Anton the Giant visits the human world, & accidentally leads Prince James to the beanstalk
(2.13)Prince James and Jacqueline (aka Jack) attack the giants
(2.13)Anton destroys the remaining magic beans, and is the only giant left alive
(1.17)Queen retrieves her father, Henry, from Wonderland
(1.07)Queen summons the Huntsman
(1.15)Red Riding Hood meets Snow White
(2.07)Red meets her mother & accidentally kills her
(1.06)Prince James replaced by Prince Charming
(1.03)Charming meets Snow White and some Trolls

(1.10)Charming's Wedding is in two days time

(1.10)Snow White visits Rumpelstiltskin and meets Grumpy in prison
(1.09)Queen retrieves the poisoned apple with the help of Hansel and Gretel
(1.10)Snow White drinks the potion
(1.13)Charming frees Frederick from gold
(1.16&1.13) Charming meets with Red Riding Hood
(1.16) Rumplestiltskin bottles True Love
(1.16)Snow White recovers from the potion (thanks to Charming)
(1.16)Charming is captured by King George's men...
(1.21)Snow White and allies attempt to rescue Charming
(1.21)Snow White eats the poisoned apple
(1.22) Charming is trapped in the forest, and puts an egg in Malificent-the-Dragon
(1.1&1.22)Snow White is awoken by Prince Charming
(2.03) Snow captured by King George (meets Lancelot)
(2.03) Snow and Charming get married by Lancelot

[Snow and Charming regain the kingdom from King George]

(2.10) Regina goes after Snow as George's castle burns and is captured
(2.10) Regina is banished, and Rumpelstiltskin casts a spell that means she can't harm Snow or Charming in the Enchanted Land

[The following events happen over approximately nine months]

(2.10)Rumpelstiltskin reminds Regina about the curse
(1.01)Snow White and Prince Charming are married in a big ceremony (Queen threatens them all)
(2.09) Hook breaks into Belle's cell & makes a deal with Regina
(2.09) Hook goes to Wonderland, meets Cora, makes a deal to keep his memories post curse
(2.09) Cora 'dies'
(1.04)Cinderella goes to the ball (courtesy of Rumpelstiltskin)
(1.04)Cinderella marries Prince Thomas
(1.04)Cinderella imprisons Rumpelstiltskin and Prince Thomas vanishes
(1.20)Pinocchio turned into a real boy
(1.02)Queen retrieves curse and tries to enact it
(1.01)Snow White visits Rumpelstiltskin in prison
(1.02)Queen visits Rumpelstiltskin in prison
(1.02)Curse enacted - Henry dies

Emma is born
Pinocchio transported to the 'World without Magic'
Emma transported to 'World without Magic'
Cora places bubble round part of Enchanted Land

(2.01) Enchanted Land placed in a sleep for 28 years
(2.01) Enchanted Land wakes up
(2.01) Mulan and Prince Phillip search for Princess Aurora
(2.01) Emma & Snow White arrive in Enchanted Land
(2.02) Emma & Snow meet Cora in 'survivor' camp
(2.03) Emma et al go to Snow's castle, Cora collects ashes of wardrobe
(2.04)Cora shows magic ashes to Hook
(2.05)Snow et al find Hook, he shows them the beanstalk
(2.06)Emma & Hook climb the beanstalk and get the magic compass
(2.07)Aurora talks to Henry in the fiery dream world
(2.08)Aurora is captured, has her heart removed by Hook, and is set free
(2.08)Snow talks to Charming in the dream world (Charming is trapped there)
(2.09)Snow et al go to Rumpelstiltskin's cell, are trapped, and free themselves using squid ink
(2.09)Cora and Hook open passage to Storybrook
(2.09)Emma stops Cora from taking her heart; Snow and Emma return to Storybrook
(2.09)Cora and Hook use the magic bean & Hook's ship to travel to Storybrook

Character Links

Others
inc Cinderella, Mad Hatter, Grumpy, and more!

Short summaries of all the tales that have been included in Once Upon A Time thus far:

Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Stories from Afar

Musings on the names of the characters once they are stuck in the 'Land Without Magic':
Names

Once Upon a Timeline UK

Sunday 19 August 2012

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