Gerhardt Frankenstein

Gerhardt Frankenstein, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He makes his debut in the twelfth episode of the second season, and does not have a counterpart. He is portrayed by Chad Michael Collins.

He is based on the monster Victor Frankenstein created in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Before the Curse
Gerhardt was a decorated soldier and a success story in the eyes of his father, Alphonse. Despite being the apple of his father's eye, Gerhardt looked after his brother Victor and supported him in his scientific efforts. One night, Gerhardt came upon Victor in the cemetary digging up a dead body. A soldier comes to the cemetary and in the melee of getting away, Gerhardt is shot in the stomach and killed. Devestated, Victor attempts to revive him with one of the hearts he has, but the heart does not survive the process and is taken out by Igor, and has turned to charcoal. Alphonse then comes in and sees Gerhardt's body lying on the table, and then berates Victor for causing misfortune to fall on his favored son. He tells Victor where once he had two sons, he now has no sons. Victor then seeks to revive him with the "perfect heart", which Rumplestiltskin states he can provide from Fairytale Land, as long as Victor does something for him. ("In The Name of the Brother")

Victor succeeds in taking an enchanted heart  from Enchanted Forest, which is given to him by the Evil Queen who thinks it will be used to bring Daniel back, but is fooled by Victor who hides it. Afterwards, Jefferson takes Victor back, and Victor then places it in Gerhardt's corpse, which brings him back to life. ("The Doctor")

When Victor brings Gerhardt into their overjoyed father though, the father and Victor are horrified to discover that Gerhardt has become a monster. When Alphonse attacks Victor, Gerhardt proceeds to attack Alphonse and protect Victor. Unfortunately, this results in Alphonse's death. Victor then locks Gerhardt in a tower in his castle, and then comes to kill Gerhardt with a pistol. Sensing what he is about to do, Gerhardt takes the pistol and has Victor point it at his head, indicating that Gerhardt wishes to die. But at the last minute, Victor changes his mind, and walks out, saying he can fix this. A despondant Gerhardt is left in the tower all alone. ("In The Name of the Brother")

When the curse strikes, Gerhardt is not taken to Storybrooke. ("The Doctor")

After the Curse
Dr. Whale, Victor's Storybrooke counterpart, says that his brother is still in trouble and he wishes for Regina to send him back home to help in exchange for reviving Daniel. However, she does not. ("The Doctor")

Trivia

 * Gerhardt is a male name of Germanic origin, which comes from words meaning "spear", "strong" or "brave".
 * His casting call describes him as "handsome, idealistic military man in his late 20s, with a family he loves."
 * He is the brother of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.