Ogres

"Ogres are not men."

- Sir Maurice Ogres are a humanoid species featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. They are native to the Enchanted Forest, and first appear in the second episode of the first season.

History
One of the Evil Queen's followers, an ogre, is present and watches as she attempts to cast the dark curse after sacrificing the heart of her best steed. She gathers all her minions together and convinces them each to give her a lock of their hair to enact the curse. The ogre hands over his hank of hair along with the others. However, the curse has no effect. Her failure causes one of the minions, the gnome to laugh, which incites the Evil Queen's wrath enough that she turns him into stone with a point of a finger.
 * -|Before the Curse=

During the time Mary Margaret Blanchard and Emma Swan are transported into the Enchanted Forest through a portal opened in Jefferson's hat, they journey with Mulan in search of the magic wardrobe that once brought Emma as an newborn into Storybrooke. As they travel, they have to be wary of ogres. Mary Margaret explains to Emma that ogres do not have very good eyesight, but do possess a keen sense of hearing.
 * -|After Broken Curse=

Emma is attacked by an ogre, and almost killed, but is saved in time when Mary Margaret fires an arrow bringing the ogre down.

When Emma, Mary Margaret, Mulan and Aurora come to Safe Haven, they discover Hook beneath a pile of bodies. He attempts to deceive the four of them by saying he survived Cora's attack on the camp by playing dead and that he was a blacksmith who had lost his hand in an ogre attack. Emma is not buying his story and puts a knife to Hook's throat, saying that she can tell when a person is lying. She ties Hook to a tree, whistles for the ogres to come get their bait, and begins to walk away. Unable to best Emma, Hook reveals his true identity and offers to join forces with Emma and her team as he knows a way to get to Storybrooke.

Trivia

 * The ogre featured in "Lady of the Lake" was computer generated from an on-set visual effect tool of an paper ogre head on a stick. The stick acts as a stand-in to give the actors in the filming scene appropriate eye level visually, and also allows the CGI team to accurately create the CG character in the correct spot.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.