Once Upon a Time (Charmed episode)
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| “Once Upon a Time” | |
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| Charmed episode | |
 Thistle the Fairie meets the Charmed Ones in Once Upon a Time |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 3 |
| Guest stars | Brian Krause (Leo Wyatt) Julian McMahon (Cole Turner) Michael Bailey Smith (Belthazor) Scout Taylor-Compton (Thistle the Fairie) Jake Dinwiddie (Fairie) Boti Bliss (Abbey) Rachel David (Kate) Nancy Everhard (Jane) Tony Carreiro (Bill) |
| Written by | Krista Vernoff |
| Directed by | Joel Feigenbaum |
| Production no. | 4300047 |
| Original airdate | October 19, 2000 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "Magic Hour" | "All Halliwell's Eve" |
Once Upon a Time is an episode of The WB drama series, Charmed.
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[edit] Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
In order to save a little girl's life, Prue and Phoebe must revert to a time of innocence when they believed in mystical worlds filled with fairies and trolls. Meanwhile, devastated over everything that happened with Leo, Piper stubbornly goes on strike from The Powers That Be.
[edit] Book of Shadows
[edit] Enemies
- Trolls: evil imps who live in between worlds or doorways. They are extremely fast and agile, and the sworn enemies of fairies.
[edit] Allies
- Fairies: miniature good magical beings who fly via butterfly wings.
[edit] Spells
- To See The Unseen With Innocent Eyes: In this tween time, this darkest hour, we call upon the sacred power. Three together stand alone, command the unseen to be shown. In innocence we search the skies, enchanted are our new found eyes.
[edit] Trivia
- This episode reveals that Piper is a Gemini and Phoebe is a Scorpio.
- The episode title is a reference to the commonly used in fairy tales phrase "Once upon a time, in a land far far away...".
- Actress Scout Taylor-Compton, who plays the fairie Thistle, later reprises her role in several episodes. Such as Oh My Goddess Pt1 and Something Wicca this way Goes.
- When Phoebe levitates in the forest, in the shot where she says "Prue, a little help here!" you can see that her pants are all bunched up from the harness they used.
[edit] International titles
- French: Il était une fois... (Once upon a time)
- German: Von Feen und Trollen (About fairies and trolls)
- Spanish: Érase una vez
[edit] External links
| Preceded by: Magic Hour |
Charmed episodes | Followed by: All Halliwell's Eve |
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| Evil beings: Darklighters | Warlocks |
| Neutral: Avatars | The Hollow | Firestarters |
