Dream World

"Mr. Gold: Why would Belle want to dream about this place? "Morpheus": Usually our dreams pick us, not the other way around."

- Mr. Gold and "Morpheus"

The Dream World is a world featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the twenty first episode of the first season.

By Dreaming

 * Belle French
 * Emma Swan
 * Gideon
 * Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Mr. Gold
 * Prince Charming
 * Regina Mills
 * Sheriff Graham †

By Entering Others' Dreams

 * Neal Cassidy †
 * Mr. Gold

Trivia

 * -|On-Screen Notes=

On-Screen Notes

 * A swingset in the Dream World is featured in the title card for "Changelings".
 * Belle mentions Hildrew as the author of the book Manual on Defeating the Dark One. This is a reference to Geofrey Hildrew, one of the editors on the show, who also directed the episode "The Bear King".
 * Belle also mentions a book called Treatise on the Metaphysics of Magic by "Goldman", a reference to Mark Goldman, also an editor on the show, and the one who provided the voice of Sven.
 * Another book mentioned in the dream is The White Sorcerer's Way by "Talbot", a reference to Joe Talbot Hall, another editor on the show.


 * -|Cultural References=

Popular Culture

 * On the library shelf where Belle finds the Manual on Defeating the Dark One, there is a a bound volume of Scots Law Times from 1927. Scots Law Times is a Scottish law report service containing coverage from every Scottish court, a service which dates back as far as 1893.
 * Also sitting on the shelf is an old volume of The New Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia.


 * -|Set Notes=

Props Notes

 * In Mr. Gold's dream, the Blue Fairy's Wand can be seen on display inside the pawnshop. In addition, one of the other wands in the dream can also be seen in a cupboard in the real version of the Dark Castle in "Quite a Common Fairy". The same prop is later reused as the Apprentice's Wand.

Set Dressing

 * In Belle's dream of the Dark Castle, the camera momentarily focuses on a pile of shoes lying in the hallway. Among the footwear is a children's shoe; a subtle foreshadowing of Gideon' identity.
 * In Belle's dream, there is a modified version of the rack, a well-known medieval instrument of torture, in the Dark Castle great hall. This rack has spiked rollers designed to slice into the skin and muscles of the victim's back, an "improvement" made by the French.
 * It is the same prop used for the rack in the Underbrooke Sheriff's Department in "The Brothers Jones". The black cage sitting in the corner, is the same cage that was sitting in the corner of the Underworld sheriff's office in the episode.

Costume Notes

 * The necklace that Mr. Gold gives to Belle in her nightmare is the same necklace that he procures out of thin air and gives to Lacey in "Second Star to the Right".
 * The dress Emma wears in Prince Charming's nightmare has swan-like feathers. Her tiara is the same one worn by Emma at King Midas' ball in "Snow Drifts".


 * -|Other Notes=

Filming Locations

 * Although Emma's dream/vision with Neal was filmed indoors on a soundstage, Vancouver's Playland amusement park was used as a background plate. The roller coaster "The Revelation" can be seen in the background.
 * The scene with Emma and Neal at the Portland amusement park in "There's No Place Like Home", and the scene with Ingrid and young Emma at the funfair in "Shattered Sight", were filmed in the same amusement park.