Sorcerer's Hat

"A hat, crafted thousands of years ago by a Sorcerer for one purpose. To steal magical power and guarded all these years by his apprentice."

- Rumplestiltskin to Anna

The Sorcerer's Hat is a magical item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the first episode of the fourth season.

The Sorcerer's Hat is based on the magical item of the same name from the Disney film, Fantasia.

Trivia

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On-Screen Notes

 * Every time some extra magic is absorbed, another star appears on the hat.
 * In "Darkness on the Edge of Town", a partially obscured note next to an illustration of the hat suggests that the hat has an interdimensional coil; an accelerator.
 * Once something is freed from the hat, it can never be re-trapped.
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Production Notes

 * The hat on display in the Dark Castle in "Skin Deep", which looks very similar to the Sorcerer's Hat, is also mentioned in the script for the episode, where a "wizard's hat" is listed among the many objects in Rumplestiltskin's castle.
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Props Notes

 * Rumplestiltskin has a similar hat on display inside his castle.
 * During filming, the hat prop was a simple velvet hat with little green dots on it. Gaffer tape was put on the hat to indicate where the effects would go.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.