List of Once Upon a Time opening sequences

This is a list of opening sequences as it appears alongside the opening title of Once Upon a Time. The opening sequence appearing below the show's title includes the image of a mythical creature, person, item, or structure featured in the episode. The screen cap links next to the episodes are featured.

Season 1

Episode name	sequence	character/backstory/setting reference
Pilot	None	The episode featured an open introduction to how the curse began
The Thing You Love Most	Maleficent's unicorn	Regina's enacting the curse. The title card refers to Maleficent's unicorn.
Snow Falls	A troll	Snow White and Prince David's first encounter. The title card refers to the trolls.
The Price of Gold	The Fairy Godmother	Cinderella. The title card refers to The Fairy Godmother being killed.
That Still Small Voice	A straw spinning wheel	Jiminy Cricket. Rumpelstiltskin was spinning straw when Jiminy came by.
The Shepherd	A dragon	David from a shepherd to prince. David killed a dragon.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter	A Huntsman's wolf	The Huntsman losing his heart to Regina. The huntsman's friend is a wolf.
Desperate Souls	Zoso	Rumplestiltskin's beginnings as The Dark One. Zoso was seen on a horse during the first part of the backstory.
True North	A gingerbread house	Hansel and Gretel's past
7:15 A.M.	Red Riding Hood	Red Riding Hood helps Snow White ease her love for David
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree	The genie and his lamp	The Genie's encounter with Regina and his fate afterwards
Skin Deep	A straw spinning wheel	Belle's encounter with Rumplestiltskin
What Happened to Frederick	A golden figure under a gazebo	Abigail's true love Frederick
Dreamy	The seven dwarves	The evolution of Grumpy from Dreamy after a forbidden love with a fairy
Red-Handed	Red Riding Hood	Red Riding Hood's origins
Heart of Darkness	Jiminy Cricket	Jiminy helping David stop Snow White from killing Regina
Hat Trick	Wonderland mushrooms	The Mad Hatter's origins. Regina used a piece of a mushroom to rescue her father.
The Stable Boy	A young Snow White riding a horse	Regina's path to evil after saving Snow White from a runaway horse
The Return	August Booth riding a motorbike	August's arrival in Storybrooke
The Stranger	Jiminy Cricket	Jiminy helps Gepetto save Pinocchio
An Apple Red as Blood	Snow White and the seven dwarves	Snow is forced to bite the poisonous apple in front of Regina
A Land Without Magic	The Dark Curse	The magic is restored and brought to Storybrooke.

Season 2

Episode name	sequence	character/backstory/setting reference
Broken	A wraith	A wraith is unleashed in Storybrooke
We Are Both	Tree branches	Cora uses tree branches on Regina
Lady of the Lake	Sir Lancelot	Sir Lancelot helping Snow White
The Crocodile	Captain Hook's ship	Captain Hook's first encounter with Rumplestiltskin on Hook's ship
The Doctor	An electrical storm lights up the title's fonts	Dr. Whale's true identity is revealed. Frankenstein is bringing his brother back from the dead
Tallahassee	A beanstalk	Emma Swan and Captain Hook climbing up a beanstalk
Child of the Moon	Red Riding Hood	Ruby rediscovering her origins as Red Riding Hood
Into the Deep	Corpses reanimating	Cora bringing the dead back to life to attack Emma, Snow White, Aurora and Mulan
Queen of Hearts	Lake Nostos' waters erupting out of the ground	A portal emerges from Lake Nostros
The Cricket Game	Pongo	Archie Hopper's pet dog Pongo is a witness to Archie's "Death"
The Outsider	A yaoguai	Belle and Mulan set out to find a Yaoguai
In the Name of the Brother	Rumplestiltskin in a forest with no color	Transylvania. Rumple makes a deal with Victor Frankenstein
Tiny	Anton the giant	Anton's arrival in Storybrooke
Manhattan	New York City skyline	Emma, Henry and Gold's visit to New York City
The Queen Is Dead	Storybrooke's clocktower	The dagger is hidden in the clock tower
The Miller's Daughter	A straw spinning wheel	Cora's origins. Rumple teaches Cora to spin gold
Welcome to Storybrooke	A tree crushes Kurt Flynn's SUV	The arrival of Storybrooke in 1983
Selfless, Brave and True	August Booth's caravan	August hiding out from Storybrooke in a trailer
Lacey	Robin Hood shooting an arrow	Robin Hood's origins
The Evil Queen	The Evil Queen's fortress	Regina goes undercover to track down Snow White by posing as a poor woman
Second Star to the Right	Big Ben	Baelfire's arrival to 19th Century London
And Straight On 'til Morning	Neverland	The characters make their way to Neverland to rescue Henry

Season 3

Episode name	sequence	character/backstory/setting reference
The Heart of the Truest Believer	Henry and Peter Pan flying	Henry meets Peter Pan for the first time
Lost Girl	The Sword in the Stone	David encourages Snow to pull a sword from a rock
Quite a Common Fairy	Tinker Bell placing pixie dust on the title's fonts	Tinker Bell's origins
Nasty Habits	Henry dancing around a bonfire	Henry gives in to Peter Pan after he uses his flute
Good Form	The Jolly Roger	Hook's backstory
Ariel	Ariel	Ariel's origins
Dark Hollow	Storybrooke's library	The location of Pandora's box
Think Lovely Thoughts	Skull Rock	Peter Pan arrives at Skull Rock to plot his scheme to take Henry's heart
Save Henry	Peter Pan's shadow (a pair of eyes can be spotted at the top of screen cap)	The Shadow takes the characters, including an unsuspecting Peter Pan, back to Storybrooke
The New Neverland	Medusa	Snow White and Prince David encounter Medusa in her chamber
Going Home	Emma's car with green smoke around	Emma and Henry leave Storybrooke before the new curse arrives
New York City Serenade	New York City skyline at night time	Hook arrives to New York City to restore Emma's true memories
Witch Hunt	The Wicked Witch of the West flying on her broomstick	Zelena is introduced
The Tower	Rapunzel's tower	Rapunzel's imprisonment in the tower
Quiet Minds	Lumiere	The candle Lumiere helps Belle and Baelfire
It's Not Easy Being Green	The four fire geysers in the Wizard of Oz's palace	Zelena confronts The Wizard of Oz
The Jolly Roger	David Nolan's pickup driving through	David teaches Henry how to drive
Bleeding Through	A tornado	A tornado takes newborn Zelena to Oz
A Curious Thing	A flying monkey	Zelena uses flying monkeys in the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke
Kansas	Emerald City	Zelena's origins with her sisters and the arrival of Dorothy Gale
Snow Drifts/There's No Place Like Home	Zelena's time travel portal	The time traveling portal is opened in Storybrooke

Season 4

Episode name	sequence	character/backstory/setting reference
A Tale of Two Sisters	Snowflakes falling	Elsa's arrival in Storybrooke
White Out	An ice wall	Elsa puts up an ice wall, unaware that The Snow Queen would later make the wall a force field
Rocky Road	An ice cream shop	The Snow Queen's ice cream shop, "Any Given Sundae"
The Apprentice	A walking broomstick	A broomstick leads Gold and Hook to the Apprentice in Storybrooke
Breaking Glass	An ice bridge	Elsa creates an ice bridge after she "sees" Anna
Family Business	An ice cream van	The Snow Queen's ice cream van is found in the forest
The Snow Queen	A kite	Ingrid, Helga and Gerda chase after a kite
Smash the Mirror	Emma's car driving through a snowy forest	Emma driving in the forest while hiding out from Storybrooke
Fall	Queen & King of Arendelle's ship that has been shipwrecked but Gerda's message in a bottle is unharmed	Elsa's wish that Anna was still alive, while the bottle containing Gerda's message washes up on Storybrooke's shoreline
Shattered Sight	Shard snow-like mirror pieces fall in the forest	The Snow Queen's spell, The Mirror of Shattered Sight, converges on Storybrooke
Heroes and Villains	A portal sucking away the snow storm	A portal is discovered in the mansion, which takes Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff back to Arendelle, while the snow and ice barrier around Storybrooke disappears
Darkness on the Edge of Town	Cruella De Vil's car	The Queens of Darkness (Cruella De Vil, Ursula, and Maleficent), along with Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold, make their presence felt in Storybrooke
Unforgiven	Maleficent's dragon form	Maleficent is bought back to life in Storybrooke
Enter the Dragon	A tree that was left burning for eternity by Maleficent	Regina helps Maleficent regain her spirits
Poor Unfortunate Soul	Ursula	Ursula's history
Best Laid Plans	A unicorn	A magical unicorn that reveals the future for Snow White and Prince Charming in the Enchanted Forest
Heart of Gold	The Emerald City	The location of the Elixir of The Wounded Heart
Sympathy for the De Vil	Dalmatian puppies running in the forest	Cruella De Vil's past
Lily	Emma's VW leaving the Forest	Emma and Regina leave Storybrooke to search for Lily and warn Robin Hood about Zelena
Mother	Lily's dragon form	Lily having transformed into a Dragon
Operation Mongoose	A tower	Emma was locked in a tower in the Heroes and Villains book

Season 5

Episode name	sequence	character/backstory/setting reference
The Dark Swan	Granny's Diner	The diner takes the Storybrooke residents to the Enchanted Forest to rescue Emma
The Price	Merlin's imprisoned tree	A cursed tree where Merlin is imprisoned in Camelot, and serves as a warning for anyone who leaves Storybrooke, as Dopey becomes an example of Emma's new curse.
Siege Perilous	The Forest of Eternal Night (Brocéliande)	The location of the magic toadstool known as the Crimson Crown
The Broken Kingdom	Camelot's tower (Merlin's former home)	The location where Arthur not only spotted Guinevere kissing Lancelot, but used the magic sands he took from his wife to create his kingdom.
Dreamcatcher	a pumpkin	In Storybrooke, Henry uses a pumpkin to retrieve Violet's missing horse Nico
The Bear and the Bow	Merida's arrow piercing the glass mirror in the series' "O" typefont	Merida's backstory in Camelot while searching for her brothers and her present story in Storybrooke in which she was forced by Emma to kill Belle
Nimue	Flowers from Middlemist	Merlin and Nimue's backstory
Birth	The emerging of the new dark one from a the vault	Hook was turned into a second Dark One by Emma to save his life
The Bear King	Merida riding a horse	Merida becomes queen of DunBroch
Broken Heart	The Jolly Roger	Hook's origin as the Dark One and the consequences made by Emma after erasing everyone's memories
Swan Song	The previous Dark Ones emerging from the forest	The previous Dark Ones, lead by Hook and guided by Nimue, are ready to take over Storybrooke
Souls of the Departed	The Underworld's version of the clock tower, with the brimstone sky surrounding the forest	The heroes have arrived in the Underworld.
Labor of Love	Cemetery	David and Mary Margaret find Hercules's grave.
Devil's Due	Captain Hook hanging	Captain Hook was chained up by Hades.
The Brothers Jones	Jolly Roger	The Jolly Roger was seen at the end of the backstory.
Our Decay	Munchkins	The munchkins in the land of Oz who looked up to Dorothy Gale as their leader. The title refers to the Underworld Storybrooke created by Hades out of his love for Zelena.
Her Handsome Hero	An ogre	Belle and Gaston find an ogre.
Ruby Slippers	Ruby	Ruby throughout the episode is in her red hood.
Sisters	Windmill	Cora was seen working at a windmill in the Underworld.
Firebird	Emma's car	How Emma got her job before the Pilot, and her having to say good-bye to Hook for good.

External links

• Once Upon a Time Fan Site (opening sequences)