Hansel (True North)

Hansel is a minor character on Once Upon a Time. He appears in the ninth episode of the first season and is played by guest star Quinn Lord. Hansel is the fairytale alter ego of Nicholas Zimmer, and the twin brother of Gretel.

Hansel is based on one of the titular characters from the fairytale, "Hansel and Gretel".

Season One
When his father goes missing in the wood, he and his sister Gretel decide to go look for him. The brother and sister bump into the Evil Queen along the way. She tells them that she will help them find their father if they help her with something.

She asks them to go into the home of the Blind Witch and steal a bag while the Witch is asleep and tells them not to eat anything. They manage to sneak inside but Hansel, the idiot, eats a cup cake, waking up the Witch. Before the Witch is about to eat them, they escape.

They develiver the bag to the Evil Queen, its contents revealed to be an apple. The Evil Queen offers to let them stay with her, which Hansel and Gretel deline; just wanting their father. The Evil Queen sends them into the forest, with the use of magic. It is shown that she was the one who kidnapped their father, and told him that they can be together if they find each other.

Trivia

 * In both the fairytale and True North, he was the one the Blind Witch would eat first if Gretel didn't trick her.

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