Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25491743-20170105200300

Now I love all three shows and am not implying that Once Upon a Time ripped anything off, because the shows are all different concpts, but here are some similarities I found (**spoilers for Buffy and Angel**):

Character Wise:

Main Character - Emma/Buffy - Female, "Chosen One" who defeats the baddies

Love Interest - Spike/Hook - English Bad Boys who are way older than they appear and also fall for the main character and become good

Young Character - Henry/Dawn - Annoying (my opinion anyway), young, related to character, motivation for the character to fight

Storyline Wise:

Magical Town

Magic as metaphor for drugs: Maleficent is seen pricking her finger with a needle (nothing major though)/Willow develops an addiction for dark magic

A main character goes evil temporariy: This is kinda questionable considering Emma didnt actually go evil, but obviously she turned into the Dark Swan, and Willow became Dark Willow

Emma stabs Hook/Buffy stabs Angel: - Main character has to kill true love who has become evil, the love interest turns good again, but main character forced to kill them anyway, guy comes back to life anyway

Gideon/Connor kidnapped: In Once/Angel, baby son is kidnapped and taken to another world where time moves differenty. He is raised by the villain and returns to Earth, now grown, and wanting revenge on the main character.

All three shows also feature Jane Espensen also. There may be more similarities but I can't think of any. Anyone else know any?  