Board Thread:Show-Related Questions and Answers/@comment-3440938-20180321225441/@comment-25375217-20180322021049

Leroiblanc wrote: RedCoatOfficial wrote: DatNuttyKid wrote:
 * 1) Explained in The Price of Gold. He was tricked by Cinderella, subdued with squid ink, and locked away.
 * 2) I don't really remember this one being explicitly covered but the danger of names is recurring. We know that Rumple was able to put a failsafe in the Dark Curse so that once he heard Emma's name, he would wake up. The Dark One can be summoned by saying their name three times. Etc.
 * 3) It was only really relevant under the curse. It was a plot point in Dreamy because he was trying to shut down the Sisters of Saint Meissa. Once the curse broke, though, real-world laws and ownership were pretty much ignored.
 * 4) I don't remember her having a different cape in the pilot?
 * 5) Welcome to Storybrooke.

Thanks!! 2 was confirmed in "Awake" in season six, that Rumple wakes up when he hears Emma's name. It's also implied that he woke up after hearing Emma introducing herself in the pilot. To which Rumple then starts using "please" on Regina to her shock. It was hinted at in the Pilot and Welcome to Storybrooke and one other Season 2 episode while they were in the Enchanted Forest (when Emma and Snow get locked in his prison) but explicitly confirmed in Awake.
 * 1) I had completely forgotten about this. Actually I still don’t remember it lol. I guess it’s good that I am rewatching.
 * 2) I didn’t remember the failsafe part either. Do you recall which episode it was explained in?
 * 3) I actually had thought about this. That it wasn’t relevant after the curse. But like how was he the owner? Cause he wasn’t the Mayor. Lol sorry I don’t understand these types of things.
 * 4) http://onceuponatime.wikia.com/wiki/File:101GrannyRed.PNG
 * 5) I thought about this one but couldn’t remember if it was the first day or just shortly after.

Rumple "owns" Storybrooke in that he is the landlord of 99% of the property, including Granny's and the Convent. This, alongside him being able to get Regina to do whatever he asks by saying "please", also gives him a lot of political power.

As for Red's cloak... It's not a plot point, so I don't know if they just hadn't decided how the cloak was supposed to work or something, but it's not anything important. (That I remember.)