Woodcutter

This article focuses on the Oz character. For the Season One character, see Woodcutter. For the Season Six character known as the "Woodcutter," see Gabriel.

Woodcutter
Oz Character
Biographical Information
Gender:	Male
Status:	Unknown
Home:	His cottage
Occupation:	Woodcutter
Relatives:	See "Family"
Physical Description
Species:	Human
Hair color:	Brown
Eye color:	Brown
Show Information
Portrayed by:	Adrian Hough
First mention:	"The Tower"
First appearance:	"It's Not Easy Being Green"
Latest appearance:	"Sisters"
Latest mention:	"Secret Garden"
Relevant Pages

“

No matter how you feel on the inside, Zelena, remember to always put on a good face.

”

—The Woodcutter to Zelena ^src

The Woodcutter is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the sixteenth episode of the third season and is portrayed by guest star Adrian Hough.

History

Before First Curse

Travelling to the Emerald City, the Woodcutter and his wife notice a cyclone passing through the region, which drops a baby girl in a basket. Both are instantly taken by the child's beauty, but the woodcutter becomes uneasy about the infant after seeing her exhibit magic by felling a tree. He attempts to warn his wife, who remains completely oblivious, believing the tree fell because of the wind. Set on keeping the child, she names her Zelena. After his wife dies, the woodcutter becomes a drunkard and brings up Zelena alone. ("It's Not Easy Being Green")

Some years after, outside his cottage home, the Woodcutter catches a young Zelena harnessing magic to lift and chuck whole wood piles into place on a shelf. He scolds her for doing it so openly where anyone could have seen her, and she apologizes, promising it'll never happen again. The Woodcutter agrees with her assessment and then grabs a whip, intending to give her the punishment he believes she deserves. He reminds her that her mother is no longer here to protect her, before raising the whip to strike her, when a purplish glow freezes him in place. Zelena, at first, doesn't understand what happened, but she soon finds a witch, Cora, is responsible for her father's state. Cora offers Zelena a way to prove to her father that her magic is good, by helping her save someone with it, which Zelena accepts. ("Sisters")

Years later, while Zelena shaves her father's neck, he harps on her to always put on her best face to hide the ugliness inside. Accidentally cutting him with the razor, she conjures a rag, but her use of magic angers and frightens him. He reveals the truth, that she is not his biological daughter, and spitefully calls her "wicked" because of her magic abilities. Hurt, she leaves home to go to the Wizard of Oz to find out the truth about her past. ("It's Not Easy Being Green")

Family

Woodcutter

Wife †

Zelena

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

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Notes:

• Solid lines denote blood parent-child relationship
• Dashed lines denote marriage, adoption and relationships that result in offspring
• † denotes the deceased
• Zelena and Robin Hood have never married

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season Three
"The Heart of the Truest Believer":	"Lost Girl":	"Quite a Common Fairy":	"Nasty Habits":	"Good Form":	"Ariel":	"Dark Hollow":	"Think Lovely Thoughts":	"Save Henry":	"The New Neverland":	"Going Home":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"New York City Serenade":	"Witch Hunt":	"The Tower":	"Quiet Minds":	"It's Not Easy Being Green":	"The Jolly Roger":	"Bleeding Through":	"A Curious Thing":	"Kansas":	"Snow Drifts":	"There's No Place Like Home":
Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Five
"The Dark Swan":	"The Price":	"Siege Perilous":	"The Broken Kingdom":	"Dreamcatcher":	"The Bear and the Bow":	"Nimue":	"Birth":	"The Bear King":	"Broken Heart":	"Swan Song":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Souls of the Departed":	"Labor of Love":	"Devil's Due":	"The Brothers Jones":	"Our Decay":	"Her Handsome Hero":	"Ruby Slippers":	"Sisters":	"Firebird":	"Last Rites":	"Only You":	"An Untold Story":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

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":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Mentioned
"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":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent