Blue Fairy

"I hear your wish. You don't need to wish it so loudly."

- The Blue Fairy to Jiminy

The Blue Fairy, also known as Reul Ghorm, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. She débuts in the first episode of the first season. She is portrayed by guest star Keegan Connor Tracy, and is the Enchanted Forest counterpart of Mother Superior.

The Blue Fairy is based on the Fairy with Turquoise Hair from the children's novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio and the Blue Fairy from the Disney film, Pinocchio.

Trivia
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Etymology

 * Reul Ghorm is Scots Gaelic for "blue star". Additionally, the Blue Fairy's Storybrooke counterpart's is listed as Reul Ghorm.

Character Notes

 * The Blue Fairy is featured in the title card for "The Black Fairy".
 * She is the first fairy to appear in the series.
 * Morraine refers to her as an "ancient being"; making her even older than Rumplestiltskin, and one of the oldest characters on the show.
 * This is actually proven in "Where Bluebirds Fly" when Mr. Gold himself says that the Blue Fairy is older than him.
 * She has lied, despite claiming to Rumplestiltskin that fairies don't lie. She tells Snow White and Prince Charming, at Geppetto's insistence, that the magic tree can only protect one person from the Dark Curse, when, in actuality, it can save two.


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Production Notes

 * The Blue Fairy's wings are inspired by dragonflies.
 * During casting, Keegan Connor Tracy went though four auditions to get the part of the Blue Fairy.
 * The part of the Blue Fairy was offered to singer Lady Gaga, but the creators never heard back from her manager.
 * Additionally, Lady Gaga claims she does not accept acting job offers. Instead, she would like to be offered the possibility to make an audition for a character and earn the job.
 * When filming as the Blue Fairy, Keegan is shot hanging from a rig on a green stage.
 * For the scenes where the character appears before others in miniature form, the on-set replacement for the Blue Fairy is an image that is affixed to a stick or a stand. This gives the actor an appropriate eye line for the scene, and for the VFX team to insert the Blue Fairy in the correct spot during post-production.


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Disney

 * Emma wishes on a candle shaped like a blue star, an allusion to the scene in Disney's 1940 film Pinocchio, in which Geppetto wishes on a blue star and his wish is granted by the Blue Fairy.


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Props Notes

 * There is a blue star on the side of Billy's truck, which is a reference to the Blue Fairy.

Costume Notes

 * At the beginning of the series, it took close to an hour to dress Keegan Connor Tracy in the Blue Fairy costume, but it has gotten easier over the course of the show. The costume was made from scratch, and designed to fit in the harnesses used with the rigs that make the Blue Fairy "fly". The corset features real boning, and is heavy.
 * During Season One, the Blue fairy's costume was the most expensive on the show.
 * While shooting the "Pilot", Keegan was breastfeeding her newborn baby and sported her own natural cleavage. After biology ran its course, she switched to bra inserts.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.