Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27079851-20161027130809/@comment-24674051-20161027164905

Having the characters appear as cameo provides opportunity for future if they want to explore the stories, but does not obligate them to explore those stories in depth. having varioius literary and fairy tale characters as just regular business owners and workers just makes sense in storybrooke. (think Bo Peep as the town butcher. I bet (my headcanon) there is a clock repairman in town named Cogsworth, we've just never had the need to visit his shop. And the Drive thru operator at the local Mr. Cluck's could turn out to be someone named Penny (as in Henny Penny).