Wish Rumplestiltskin's Once Upon a Time Books

"When we went to rescue Regina, we found a room full of new storybooks. And let's just say for each and every one of us, he's crafted a terrible fate. One that's designed to pierce our hearts and break our spirits."

- Mary Margaret Blanchard

Wish Rumplestiltskin's Once Upon a Time Books are magical items featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. They appear in the twenty-second episode of the seventh season.

Trivia

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On-Screen Notes

 * The illustrations in Wish Rumplestiltskin's prison books were created from frames and promotional images from the show:
 * The illustration in Roni's prison book is based on a frame of Regina in "A Tale of Two Sisters".
 * The illustration in Mary Margaret's storybook is based on a frame of Snow White from "Red-Handed".
 * The illustration in Kelly's book is based on a promotional image for Season Three.
 * An excerpt from the Grimm fairy tale "The Pink" can be seen in Mary Margaret's prison book.
 * The text page next to Snow White's picture reads:

tiger? Snow Cave of Wonders? with a deep, rumbling, bs my slumber?" the ow faced him uncertain- is not treasure that I " The Tiger con- allow you to pass. never see the open ought. It seemed  jaws of this  ? Perhaps if she should be clear again  her way out of  thanked the  she walked into


 * Fittingly enough, the accompanying illustration shows Snow White in a desert (the Cave of Wonders is located in the desert realm of Agrabah).The caption reads "The shifting sands had Snow disorientated and heartsick with yearning."
 * The story is based on Disney's Aladdin, where the Cave of Wonders is guarded by a spirit with the shape of a tiger's head. The cave can only be entered by a chosen individual and anyone else who makes attempts to enter are given a warning by the tiger. If they try to enter the cave anyway, they are killed by the spirit.
 * When Roni opens her own book, a micro-excerpt from the "Cinderella" fairy tale can be glimpsed.
 * The illustration of Roni shows her sitting alone on a rock by the ocean, with a shipwreck in the background. The caption reads "Regina knew the most important thing was not to lose hope. She would see her son again.
 * Kelly's book contains an illustration of Zelena looking out the porthole of the Nautilus. The caption reads "“I hate fish and I have no desire to live like one,” Zelena thought as she looked out the porthole."


 * When the portals to the storybook realms are open and everyone hangs on to prevent themselves from being sucked in, pages from the storybooks are turning in the wind: WishRumplesPrisonBooksArthurRackham.jpg
 * One page contains a blurred illustration of Sleeping Beauty lying on a bed. It is called "The Sleeping Princess" and is from the 1916 fairy tale collection The Allies' Fairy Book, illustrated by the famous book English book illustrator Arthur Rackham.
 * One book contains an excerpt from the Grimm fairy tale "Little Sister and Little Brother".
 * The opposite page contains another excerpt from "The Pink". The same excerpt can also be seen in the storybook lying next to Weaver.
 * Another page contains a blurred excerpt from the "Cinderella" fairytale.
 * The opposite page contains another excerpt from "Little Brother and Little Sister".
 * A third excerpt from "The Pink" can be glimpsed on another page.
 * Yet another excerpt from "The Pink" is printed in the storybook next to Rogers.


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Props Notes

 * For David, Rogers and Lucy's prison books, green fields were used so that the illustrations could be digitally added in post-production. According to a prop photograph from an online auction, the captions read:
 * "Charming knew exactly where he was, and yet had never felt so lost."
 * "Captain Hook climbed atop a large mushroom and surveyed the land around him."
 * "“My hair will never grow long enough. Not in a thousand years,” thought Lucy."
 * Another prop photograph from the online auction offers a glimpse of Lucy's story:

Lucy looked out the window one more time. That makes about a thousand despon-   pacing the room and exploring every inch of it for a way out. She wondered if she'd cry herself to sleep tonight and wowed that she would not. She wouldn't give


 * It also contains an excerpt from Rogers' story:

Captain Hook had fought his way out of a hundred of skirmishes. He was quite experienced in the common tavern brawl. And the Jolly Roger had been boarded by enemy pirates more times than he liked   Bread-and-Butterflies large enough to swallow a grown man whole. But with his cutlass by his side, this seemed like a fight that he


 * The Bread-and-Butterfly is a creature from Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass.


 * A behind the scenes photograph posted by Keegan Connor Tracy on Twitter reveals that the Wish Blue Fairy's prison book from "Leaving Storybrooke" shows Blue crying in a forest. The caption reads "The Blue Fairy soon realized she wasn't in her home anymore".