Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150816045537/@comment-26411416-20150817121854

But did Rumple KNOW they were Gepetto's parents?

He gave the spell to Jiminy for him to use on his parents (who were fairly awful people) then said he would come along later to collect his end of the deal ....

He doesn't know what Jiminy's parents look like, so possibly he doesnlt know that the spell was cast on innocent people instead of those it was intended to.

I saw a deleted scene from just after the curse has broken of Archie staring at the ugly puppets in the window of Gold's shop ... maybe a scene was cut where Archie asked Gold to restore them.