Line #35 ShoutOut/OnceUponATimeInWonderland


1	[[folder:General]]
2	* Tweedledee and Tweedledum wear lightning bolt makeup like Music/DavidBowie.
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5	[[folder:Season 1]]
6	!!Down the Rabbit Hole
7	[[AC: Creator/{{Disney}}]]
8	* ''[[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice in]] [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 Wonderland]]'': Young Alice wears signature white and blue dress.
9	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'': Jafar uses a carpet to fly around.
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12	* Unlike the example above, the carpet is a non-sentient being like in ''[[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1924 The Thief]] [[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940 of Baghdad]]'', ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'', ''Manga/{{Mar}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBananaSplits'' as well as ''VideoGame/MagicCarpet''. Jafar is also a name of [[Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940 another antagonist]] though with an extra ‘f.’
13	* Cyrus is based on a genie from ''Literature/ArabianNights'' if not from the ''Literature/{{Aladdin}} taile.
14	* Characters Alice, Knave of Hearts, the Red Queen, Cheshire Cat, Tweedledee, Tweedledum and the White Rabbit from ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' first appear. The Knave is also based on [[Myth/RobinHood Will Scarlet]].
15	* Not only is it mentioned, but [[Series/OnceUponATime Storybrooke]] is a setting for one scene and the characters of Grumpy and Cinderella appear, along with Knave of Hearts almost being hit by Emma’s yellow VW Beetle.
16	* Despite not being featured in the episode itself, “[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]” used heavily in the promotional ads, with its emphasis on the lyrics "No escape from reality."
17	* Jafar uses the spell "Fiat Lux" to make light in the episode "Nothing to Fear", which Willow used in the ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' episode "Out of My Mind".
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19	!!“Trust Me”
20	[[AC: Creator/{{Disney}}]]
21	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'': Agrabah appears.
22	* ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'': Character ‘Silvermist’ shares the same name to a character from the franchise.
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24	[[AC: Other]]
25	* When Alice says they are going to find Cyrus' necklace in Mimsy Meadows under the Tum Tum Tree, Knave mocks the place name as somewhere only a [[Franchise/CareBears Care Bear]] might go.
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27	!!Forget Me Not
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29	* The Red Queen says the [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Sarlacc]] would digest Alice over a millennium.
30	* The Caterpillar has a personality and a leadership similar to Jabba the Hutt. His mushroom is a retreat for criminals like The Cantina and Jabba's Palace.
31	* Along with the [[Series/OnceUponATime Enchanted Forest]] being a setting, the quote "all magic comes with a price" is said.\
32	Not to mention Sean Maguire, Jason Burkart and Kristin Bauer van Straten reprise their respective roles of Robin Hood, Little John and Maleficent.
33	* Episode title refers to a genus of flowering plants the ‘myosotis flower’ commonly known as “Forget-me-nots.” It’s also a title of four different movies[[note]]1922 film, 1936 film, 2009 film & 2010 film[[/note]], title of an episode of four series[[note]]''[[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981 Smurfs]]'' (albeit titled ‘Forget-Me-Smurfs’), ''Series/{{Psych}}'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}''[[/note]], titled of a song by seven different musicians[[note]]Martha and the Vandellas, Patrice Rushen, Dark Lunacy, Music/VeraLynn, Lucie Silvas, Bonnie Pink & Bad English[[/note]] and a manga series by Kenji Tsuruta
34	* Grendel based on a character of the same name from the Anglo-Saxon ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}'' epic poem debuts in this episode.
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36	!!The Serpent
37	[[AC: Creator/{{Disney}}]]
38	* ''Disney’s Aladdin in Nasira’s Revenge'': Jafar’s mentor and lover Amara bears a resemblance and same clothing to Nasira, who also first met Jafar when he was a child.
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40	[[AC: Other]]
41	* Alice disguising herself as the headsman in order to save Knave from being publicly executed is reminiscent to how [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 D'Artagnan]] escaped from beheading, though the latter knew who the executioner was.
42	* First making her appearance, Elizabeth, nicknamed “Lizard” is based on ‘[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Bill the Lizard]].
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44	!!Heart of Stone
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46	* Debut episode, the King is based on the Red King in the sequel to ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
47	* The punishment imposed on the old prisoner in Jafar's tower is to push a boulder aimlessly, much like the Greek mythos of Sisyphus.
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49	!!Who’s Alice?
50	[[AC: Other]]
51	* A character based on ''Through the Looking-Glass'' known as ‘The Carpenter’ makes his appearance.
52	* The flowers that make you forget your mission and stay behind, eventually causing death, might be a reference to the Lotus Eaters of ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.
53	* Just before we have the Dark Forest and the "Abandon all hope" from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. In hell, suicides turn into sentient trees.
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