Sherwood Forest is an Enchanted Forest location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the nineteenth episode of the second season of Once Upon a Time.
Sherwood Forest is based on a location of the same name from the ballad, "Robin Hood".
History
After falling in love with Maid Marian, Robin Hood and his lover escape into Sherwood Forest to elude the pursuing Sheriff of Nottingham. Sometime before or after this, the Merry Men, with Robin Hood as their leader, begin stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Residing in the same woods in a nearby cottage, Anastasia has dreams of travelling to another realm and starting a new life with Will. Wishing to fulfill this mutual desire, Will witnesses the Merry Men rob a wealthy man and he later procures a large chest for them. Impressed, Robin Hood accepts him as a new recruit. Under the guise of helping the poor, Will suggests they take gold from Maleficent's castle, although his real intent is to steal a looking glass, which can take himself and Anastasia to another world. Robin Hood leads the Merry Men into the fortress with the warning they will only take the gold, and after a successful heist, they celebrate at camp. Suddenly, an angry Maleficent projects her voice demanding the return of an item they stole or face the consequences. Will, having taken the looking glass for himself, does not speak up when Robin Hood asks the thief to step forward. During the night, he confronts Will about his theft. Rather than punish him, Robin Hood allows Will to go as he believes his comeuppance will happen in the future. ("Lacey," "Forget Me Not")
Returning to the cottage with the looking glass, Will and his beloved prepare to jump into the portal and go to Wonderland, but they are interrupted by Anastasia's mother, who speaks of her daughter's many disappointments. Anastasia, hurt by her mother's criticism, is convinced by Will that she'll be better off with him since he will never try to change her as her mother wants to. Bidding her mother farewell, Anastasia takes Will's hand and both hop into the portal. ("Heart of Stone")
While Marian is heavily pregnant, she becomes very ill. To cure her, Robin Hood risks his life by breaking and entering a castle to steal a healing wand. Although Rumplestiltskin imprisons Robin Hood for his theft, Belle later frees him. Escaping with the wand, Robin Hood waits by a roadside in the woods, which is the arrival spot of a cart carrying Marian. Hell-bent on getting even, Rumplestiltskin forces Belle to accompany him as he tracks down the thief to the roadside. They watch as a cart arrives and Robin Hood approaches to use the wand and restore Marian to full health. Despite that the man's theft was for a good cause, as Belle points out, Rumplestiltskin still prepares to kill him. While the lovers have a tender and happy reunion, in which Marian stands up and her pregnant belly becomes visible, Belle protests that if Rumplestiltskin murders Robin Hood, his child will be fatherless. Reminded of how he abandoned his own son, Rumplestiltskin allows his arrow to hit the cart instead as the startled couple flee on horseback. ("Lacey")
At some point, Princess Rapunzel loses her older brother to an accident; leaving her as the only heir to the throne. Unsure of her capabilities as a leader, she goes to Sherwood Forest and procures a plant, night root, that is rumored to get rid of one's fears. However, when she ingests it, her fear unknowingly manifests as a cloaked twin of herself. Chased up a tower by the stranger, who refuses her to leave, Rapunzel becomes permanently trapped. ("The Tower")Regina, undoing the first curse, pays the ultimate price, as does everyone else in Storybrooke, by returning to their lives in the Enchanted Forest. When she and Snow White are attacked by a winged beast, Robin Hood and some of the Merry Men save them. After an exchange of unfriendly words with the Evil Queen, whose infamous reputation still lingers, the Merry Men accompany their group to the castle. Once there, Regina discovers someone else has already claimed it. For the time being, Robin Hood suggests they seek shelter at Sherwood Forest. ("New York City Serenade")
With Robin Hood's help, Regina infiltrates the castle to remove the surrounding barrier, which allows everyone else to freely enter. Prince Charming, learning his wife is pregnant, has mounting fears about being a bad father the second time around since losing his daughter, Emma. Unable to put his worries to rest, he relates these concerns to Robin Hood, who suggests procuring night root from Sherwood Forest. Arriving by nightfall, Prince Charming digs his knife into a bed of white moss and pulls out a branch of night root. From her tower window, Rapunzel sees him and calls for help. Climbing into the tower, Prince Charming listens to her story of how she became trapped. As he suggests helping her escape, Rapunzel's cloaked twin tries to prevent this from happening. Prince Charming, realizing the twin is a manifestation of Rapunzel's fears, encourages her to fight back. As the doppelganger uses Rapunzel's long, roped hair to scale up to her, the princess severs the braid and defeats the twin. With Prince Charming, she departs to reunite with her parents. ("The Tower")Inhabitants
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Appearances
Once Upon a Time: Season Two | ||||||||||
"Broken": | "We Are Both": | "Lady of the Lake": | "The Crocodile": | "The Doctor": | "Tallahassee": | "Child of the Moon": | "Into the Deep": | "Queen of Hearts": | "The Cricket Game": | "The Outsider": |
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"In the Name of the Brother": | "Tiny": | "Manhattan": | "The Queen Is Dead": | "The Miller's Daughter": | "Welcome to Storybrooke": | "Selfless, Brave and True": | "Lacey": | "The Evil Queen": | "Second Star to the Right": | "And Straight On 'Til Morning": |
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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": |
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"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": |
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Once Upon a Time: Season Four | ||||||||||
"A Tale of Two Sisters": |
"White Out": |
"Rocky Road": |
"The Apprentice": |
"Breaking Glass": |
"Family Business": | "The Snow Queen": |
"Smash the Mirror": |
"Fall": | "Shattered Sight": |
"Heroes and Villains": |
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"Darkness on the Edge of Town": |
"Unforgiven": | "Enter the Dragon": | "Poor Unfortunate Soul": |
"Best Laid Plans": | "Heart of Gold": | "Sympathy for the De Vil": |
"Lily": | "Mother": | "Operation Mongoose Part 1": |
"Operation Mongoose Part 2": |
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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": | |
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"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": |
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | ||||||||||
"Down the Rabbit Hole": | "Trust Me": | "Forget Me Not": | "The Serpent": | "Heart of Stone": | "Who's Alice": | "Bad Blood": | ||||
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"Home": | "Nothing to Fear": | "Dirty Little Secrets": | "Heart of the Matter": | "To Catch a Thief": | "And They Lived...": | |||||
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Notes:
- In the Season Five episode "Our Decay", Robin Hood says "I lived for years in the forest."