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Chad is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts, with his only appearance, in the seventeenth episode of the seventh season. He is portrayed by guest star Kip Pardue.
History
{{During Fifth Curse|nohide| At an unknown point in time, Chad meets Kelly West, and they fall in love with each other. They eventually get engaged. However, one day close to their wedding, Kelly - who now remembers to be Zelena, the Wicked Witch - decides to follow her sister, Roni, to Seattle. Despite having her memories back, Kelly reveals that she is happy, really in love with Chad and is reluctant to lie to him. ("The Eighth Witch")
Later, Chad phones Kelly multiple times and also leaves her a few messages but she, unsure what to tell him, doesn't pick up on his calls. ("A Taste of the Heights")
Chad calls Kelly and tells her he misses her, but she ignores his call once more. Later on, Chad is captured by Nick, who calls Kelly and tells her that if she ever wants to see Chad again, he will do exactly what he says. ("Chosen")
After Nick has Chad moved to Roni's, Kelly finds him, only for Nick to try and kill her. She overpowers him, but instead of killing him with his knife, she declares she's not that type of person anymore and knocks him unconciouss. Kelly then frees Chad and confesses mostly everything, including who Zelena is. Instead of returning the ring, Chad tells her that, when he proposed to her, he signed up for everything, including the things he didn't know and that whoever she was as Zelena, she's different now. The two rencoile with a kiss, and the police arrives to arrest Nick. As she and Chad are going back to San Francisco, Kelly says her goodbyes to Roni and Margot, while, in Hyperion Heights 42nd Precinct Police Station, Nick is killed by [[Mr. Samdi. ("Chosen") }}
Trivia
Production Notes
- His casting announcement describes him as "a clever, romantic guy who’s no stranger to grand gestures. He keeps a cool head and maintains high levels of patience and compassion, even when it seems like his world may be turned upside down".[1]
- Adam Horowitz describes Chad as "someone from the real world" as it "is the one thing [they] haven't done". He also explains how hard it will be for Kelly to reveal who she is really to this man, and that "there's a whole mess of emotional problems that lay ahead for her" because of that.[2]
- Edward Kitsis later added that they wanted to explore what it "would really mean if you fell in love with someone from the real world"; and without being magical, contrary to their previous case.[3]
Appearances
| Once Upon a Time: Season Seven | ||||||||||
| "Hyperion Heights": | "A Pirate's Life": | "The Garden of Forking Paths": | "Beauty": | "Greenbacks": | "Wake Up Call": | "Eloise Gardener": | "Pretty in Blue": | "One Little Tear": | "The Eighth Witch": | "Secret Garden": |
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| "A Taste of the Heights": | "Knightfall": | "The Girl in the Tower": | "Sisterhood": | "Breadcrumbs": | "Chosen": | "The Guardian": | "Flower Child": | "Is This Henry Mills?": | "Homecoming": | "Leaving Storybrooke": |
| Mentioned | Absent | Absent | Absent | Mentioned | Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |