Nautilus

The Nautilus
General Information
Origin:	Unknown
Physical Description
Color:	Brown
Usage Information
Possessed by:	Captain Nemo
Employees:	Crewman Harris Hook (briefly) Liam Martin
Inhabitants:	Captain Nemo (formerly) Liam (formerly)
Visitors:	Aladdin Gideon Jasmine
Prisoners:	Henry Mills (briefly) Hook (briefly)
Been to:	Enchanted Forest Storybrooke Land of Untold Stories United Realms
Show Information
First appearance:	"Dark Waters"
Latest appearance:	"Leaving Storybrooke"
Relevant Pages

“

This ship is much more than steel and rivets. It's a second chance.

”

—Captain Nemo to Hook ^src

The Nautilus is a vehicle featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the sixth episode of the sixth season.

The Nautilus is based on the ship of the same name from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island and the Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

History

During First Curse

The Nautilus is built as an impressively high-tech submarine that allows its crew to journey underwater for years without having to worry about running out of oxygen. It is commanded by Captain Nemo, who is eventually joined by the orphaned Liam, who becomes his first mate. Nemo pilots the Nautilus in search of people who are driven by vengeance to stop them before they end up doing something they regret. The Nautilus also serves as a home for Nemo and his crew, who see each other as family. However, they seek a more permanent home and hear rumor of the Mysterious Island that can only be accessed with a special key. While using the Nautilus to search for this key, Nemo and his crew encounter Killian Jones, a man driven by a hunt for revenge over the crocodile who murdered his true love. While Killian is reluctant to join the crew, he agrees to assist them in retrieving the key. After the key is successfully retrieved, it is brought back aboard the Nautilus where Nemo explains his plan to Killian. However, Killian and Liam eventually realize that they are half-brothers and that Killian is responsible for leaving Liam an orphan. In the ensuing scuffle, Nemo is stabbed while trying to stop Liam from killing Killian, and Killian escapes. In an attempt to save Nemo, Liam has the Nautilus piloted into the portal to the Mysterious Island. ("Dark Waters")

After Third Curse

Through unknown means, the Nautilus ends up in Storybrooke when Mr. Hyde brings many inhabitants of the Land of Untold Stories, including Captain Nemo, Liam, and the rest of the Nautilus's crew, to the Land Without Magic where their stories can play out. Nemo, gravely injured but still alive, is separated from the Nautilus and its crew, leaving Liam to assume he has succumbed to his injuries and take control of the vessel. Liam has the crew capture Killian Jones and Henry Mills, blaming Killian for Nemo's apparent death, and keep them aboard the submarine. When Liam attempts to kill Killian once more, he is distracted by Henry, allowing Killian to knock him unconscious. All three later leave the Nautilus and return to Storybrooke. ("Dark Waters")

After Liam and Nemo have recovered from their injuries, they plan to leave Storybrooke in the Nautilus. Following Killian's broken engagement with Emma, he decides to join them, but a talk with Mary Margaret Blanchard changes his mind. As he steps onto the Nautilus to tell Nemo of his decision, the submarine starts to move and Gideon appears, revealing that he needs to get rid of Killian in order to enact his plan to kill Emma. ("Page 23")

As the Nautilus sinks underwater and is transported to the Enchanted Forest, Hook looks to Nemo for assistance with getting back to Storybrooke and to Emma, but the captain reveals Gideon used the last of their kraken blood for their unplanned trip and there's none left for creating a second portal. Hook then demands they hunt down a kraken as soon as possible. They succeed, but it does significant damage to the Nautilus before it escapes. The kraken later attacks a rowboat containing Aladdin and Jasmine. Hook arrives on the Nautilus in time to harpoon the beast, but in doing so, sends it to the bottom without retrieving its blood. The full extent of the damage wasn’t known until later when the seal shaft explodes and they start sinking. Nemo begins to accept that they will go down with the Nautilus, but Jasmine uses one of her genie wishes to bring everyone to safety on a nearby island. At shore, Nemo and Liam leave with the other crewmen to salvage the Nautilus, but not before bidding a final farewell to Hook ("A Wondrous Place")

Trivia

• On-Screen Notes
• Cultural References
• Set Notes

On-Screen Notes

• The Nautilus is the first example of technology capable of traveling between worlds. ("A Wondrous Place")

Disney

• The design of the Nautilus is heavily similar to its design from the Disney films 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Props Notes

• One of the Authors' Books contains a black and white version of an illustration from an 1871 edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, illustrated by the French painter Alphonse de Neuville and the French painter and illustrator Édouard Riou. It shows Captain Nemo taking observations of the deck of the Nautilus. ("Only You")

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season Six
"The Savior":	"A Bitter Draught":	"The Other Shoe":	"Strange Case":	"Street Rats":	"Dark Waters":	"Heartless":	"I'll Be Your Mirror":	"Changelings":	"Wish You Were Here":	"Tougher Than the Rest":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Murder Most Foul":	"Ill-Boding Patterns":	"Page 23":	"A Wondrous Place":	"Mother's Little Helper":	"Awake":	"Where Bluebirds Fly":	"The Black Fairy":	"The Song in Your Heart":	"The Final Battle Part 1":	"The Final Battle Part 2":
Absent	Absent	Appears	Appears	Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Mentioned	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	Absent
"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	Appears

Once Upon a Time: Specials
"Magic is Coming":	"The Price of Magic":	"Journey to Neverland":	"Wicked is Coming":	"Storybrooke Has Frozen Over":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Secrets of Storybrooke":	"Dark Swan Rises":	"Evil Reigns Once More":	"The Final Battle Begins":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Archive

Other Appearances

The Nautilus appears in a storybook in "Only You".

Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.