Peter

"You think this wolf man is me?"

- Peter to Red

Peter was a character on Once Upon a Time. He made his debut, and only appearance, in the fifteenth episode of the first season. He was portrayed by guest star Jesse Hutch and does not have a Storybrooke counterpart.

Before the Curse
Not a lot is known about his early life, except that he was the son of a blacksmith, and grew up in the same village as Red Riding Hood. The two were close friends growing up, and their friendship eventually blossomed into romance. Both Red and Peter had plans to one day leave the village and see the world together.

In their village, every full moon, a mysterious wolf would attack, slaughtering livestock and the unwary. Peter and Red long to run away together, but they are unsafe due to the wolf's dangerous killings and also because Red's Granny does not let her out of the house very often. While with Snow White, Red finds wolf tracks that slowly became human leading back to her home (where Peter had been just the night before), and conclude that he must be the wolf. Red goes to him and explains her theory. To be safe, he allows her to chain him to a tree so he will not be able to harm anyone else. He at first begs Red to go home for safety, but she refuses, instead wanting to be with him.

However, under the full moon, it was not Peter who transformed, but Red. Peter tried to reason with her, but she had no trace of her former self. She killed him, and ate most of his carcass. Both Snow White and Granny arrived shortly after, but they were too late to save Peter. After throwing the magic cape over Red, causing her to revert back to human form, she sees what she had done to peter. Distraught, she was forced to flee with Snow White as a hunting party approached. ("Red-Handed")

Trivia

 * It is possible that the character was named after the story of Peter and the Wolf (with Red Riding Hood being the Wolf).
 * In the 2010 movie, "Red Riding Hood" starring Amanda Seyfried, her character is a village girl who unknowingly inherited her father's wolf shape shifting genes. Her secret love's name is also Peter.
 * Peter referenced the story of the Three Little Pigs, jokingly saying he would blow Red's house in. The wolf in the Three Little Pigs makes the same threat. This reference goes along with the plot line that Peter and Red think he is the wolf. ("Red-Handed")
 * At first, Granny appears to disapprove of him. But, in reality, she knew Red could not leave the house at night, as she would be dangerous to him and anyone else. Granny seemed to actually care for him, rushing to his rescue the second Snow White tells her about him being strapped to a tree. ("Red-Handed")

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