Dark One Dagger

"Oh, Happy, there's something I learned as the Dark One. If your name is on something, hold on to it."

- Emma Swan to Happy The Dark One's Dagger is a magical item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the eighth episode of the first season.

Trivia

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On-screen Notes

 * The importance of the knowing name on the dagger is a play on the original Rumpelstiltskin fairytale, where Rumplestiltskin made a deal with the miller's daughter to discover his name.
 * Cora refers to the dagger as a "kris dagger". A kris is a prized Indonesian weapon known for its distinctive, wavy blade. They are considered to be spiritual objects.
 * If the Dark One is killed without the use of the dagger, he or she will expel the powers of the Dark One into the air after death without anyone else being next in line to inherit it, therefore ending the curse.


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Props Notes

 * The design is based on ritualistic Indonesian knives.
 * In "Family Business", Belle is wearing a dagger-printed scarf.
 * In Isaac's alternate reality, Emma is wearing a pair of dagger-shaped earrings.
 * When Arthur is talking to David while sitting at the Round Table, a drawing of the dagger is lying on the table in front of him.


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Goofs

 * Throughout the series, the written letters of the Dark One's name keeps switching from one side of the blade to the other. Sometimes, the letters are right side up when the dagger is held in the right hand and facing the wielder with the first letter at the tip of the blade. At other times, the writing is right side up when the dagger is facing the wielder and held in the left hand with the first letter next to the hilt.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.
 * Hook's tattoo in "Tallahassee" shows the dagger embedded through a heart.
 * The Dagger appears on the page of Samuel's book in "Out of the Past".