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He is original. He is a composite Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis (The showrunners) character. HIs last name is a referece to the Author of Catch-22, Joseph Heller. The author wrote a literal catch-22 in his novel which is sort of a paradox, which is somewhat similar to the alternate reality of Once.