True Love

"True love, Miss Swan. The only magic strong enough to transcend realms and break any curse."

- Mr. Gold to Emma Swan

True Love is a type of magic featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the first episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

Uses
True Love is the most powerful and simple form of magic with capabilities of breaking curses through the act of true love's kiss. It is also able to reverse effects of any negative witchcraft.

In his endeavor to capture the elusive and rare physical form of true love, Rumplestiltskin sought out to make deals with both Snow White and Prince Charming. On both occasions, he took a strand of each person's hair as payment. Combining both hairs in a bottle, he successfully created a true love potion.

Numerous times, true love's kiss has been used to bring someone out of a Sleeping Curse. Emma's, and later Regina's, success in using true love's kiss on Henry proves that true love can exist in not only romantic relationships but also parental relationships.

As some practitioners of witchcraft can rip out another person's heart, those born as a product of true love, such as Emma, have the power to resist such magic. However, Aurora, who is also a product of true love, had her heart ripped out, meaning it is still possible to accomplish.

True love manifests in various ways, and it doesn't necessarily have to be romantic love, but can occur within family and friendship bonds and even through loyalty; such as Felix's loyalty to Pan.

In special situations, when the love is extremely true and pure, then the pair sharing true love can survive with having one heart between the two (both metaphorically and literally); such as Snow White and Prince Charming sharing two halves of one heart.

According to Elsa, the only way to cure a freezing spell is an act of true love. Regina takes this to be a true love's kiss.

Simple-looking objects, such as Ingrid and her sisters' ribbons, can be infused with true love, which causes them to have some magical abilities.

Known Practitioners

 * Belle
 * ​Emma Swan
 * King Stefan
 * Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Prince Charming
 * Prince Phillip
 * Regina Mills
 * Will Scarlet

Trivia
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On-Screen Notes

 * True love magic is one of the main aspects of light magic.
 * True love's kiss will not break a Dark One's curse if the dark one does not want to give up the power. When the afflicted wants it, it is no longer a curse.
 * True love's kiss is so powerful that it can break not one, but two curses simultaneously.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.