Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150625072936/@comment-1916997-20170727231018

Saintfighteraqua wrote: LOL, I wasn't imagining them as CGI animals, but humans. That would be awkward. You're not completely right though, Gus had a human form, though he was in truth a mouse who was enchanted (Did Rumple do that?) Not sure how he kept that form in Story Brooke. Also, Ruby, Jabberwocky and Lizard were all human formed and originally animals. in their fairy tales.

But honestly, it was a joke suggestion. Fair enough, regarding the joke. Since I'm already here, though, I might as well explain your examples. Gus has a human form, because in the tradtional story, the animals around the house are turned into things for the carriage, like a coachman and footmen. This is why Gus has a human form, and I'd assume Rumple did that, since the Fairy Godmother didn't seem to have time to. Ruby is both Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf, because she is a werewolf. Her human form represents Little Red Riding Hood, and her wolf form represents the Big Bad Wolf. So it's not so much that the wolf has a human form, as that the two characters were turned into one. The Jabberwocky is never actually stated what it is, although a mythical beast is implied. That being said, just because they used an actress in makeup to play the Jabberwocky, doesn't mean she was actually human, so I don't think we can say that she was originally an animal. Lizard is the only one that seems to have completely been changed, but it wasn't just making him human, he was originally male and named Bill, so they took a ton of liberties with that character.