Fairies

"As fairies, we get to spend very little time in your world."

- Nova to Dreamy

Fairies are a humanoid species featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. They are native to the Enchanted Forest and Wonderland, and first appear in the first episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

The most prominent fairy, the Blue Fairy, is based on the "Fairy with Turquoise Hair" from "Pinocchio".

Known Fairies

 * Blue Fairy
 * Fairy Godmother †
 * Nova
 * Tinker Bell
 * Silvermist

Trivia

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On-Screen Notes

 * Fairies are featured in the title card for "The Price of Gold", "Quite a Common Fairy" and "Trust Me".
 * There is an unknown, likely large number of fairies.
 * According to the Blue Fairy, fairies have to respect some rules, including a curfew, dust discipline and not take a human size for no reason.
 * Only female fairies have appeared in the series.
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Production Notes

 * The Blue Fairy's wings are inspired by dragonflies.
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Props Notes

 * According to book Regina is reading in Camelot, Fairies go to fairy rings (a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms) to dance and cavort after a rainstorm. However, like many other locations associated with fairies, humans who dare to enter such a ring "may find themselves asleep for a hundred years", or "whisked off to the land of the little folk, never to return".
 * This is a direct reference to British fairy lore.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.


 * The Blue Fairy appears in Henry's storybook in "The Snow Queen".
 * Fairies are mentioned in a book in "Siege Perilous".