Puzzle Solved for Greg Mendell’s name/license plate/phone

I realize there are other threads regarding Greg’s phone or Greg’s identity or Greg’s license plate. Seeing as I’m dealing with all 3 topics, I thought I’d make one thread dealing with all 3 clues.

I have a theory that Greg Mendell is the writer of Henry’s book and creator of Storybrooke and all the characters within it.

Clues that support this theory:

1) Greg’s license plate was 2TFL138. George Lucas’ first full feature film was THX1138. The numbers 1138 and 138 are quite often referenced in other Lucas’ films. We see it numerous times in Star Wars movies and in American Graffiti where Milner’s car is THX 138. Many songs by groups like Queen have referenced the movie or title. Same goes for TV series. In the animated cartoon, Pinky and the Brain, in the opening intro, we see the equation THX=1138 on the blackboard.

2) In THX1138, all the characters in this movie were given 7 digit full formal names consisten of 3 letters and 4 numbers. However, they were all called by their first three letters. Main characters were THX, SEN and LUH. When we see HER on Greg’s phone, it is another shout out to the George Lucas movie. Not saying that HER isn’t someone we may know and they don’t want to give it away, just saying that’s it’s another nod to the writer and the movie. We also see a 4 digit numeric code (1670) that Emma enters. Another nod to the 4 numbers 1138.

3) More nods to George Lucas and Sci-Fi. In episode 2×12, In the Name of the Brother, we see Star War references such as Greg’s cell phone ringtone starts playing the Star Wars theme; his charger that Emma plugs into the phone has a huge star on it; and one of the hospital rooms is R2-42 (4th letter of the alpha. is D thus R2-D2). In a live blog, Jane Espenson said to remember that ring tone.

4) Ethan Embry’s 1998 movie, Can’t Hardly Wait, is a teenage cult movie. It propelled many young unknowns to the front lines. Seth Green, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Peter Facinelli to name a few. The story takes place at a high school graduate party somewhere in PENNSYLVANIA. So the plates are a nod to Ethan and his teen cult movie.

5) In Can’t Hardly Wait, we have characters who are called: Watermelon Guy, Stoned Guy, Crying Drunk Girl, Girl Whose Party It Is, Headbanger, Hippie Girl, Yearbook Girl, Reminiscing Guy, etc. Amanda, who is the girl Preston (Ethan) is so enamored with, it often referred to as HER, thus another nod to the name HER.

6) In the movie, we find out that Ethan’s character Preston, is an aspiring writer who ends up leaving to go and join a workshop with true life, American Sci-Fi writer, Kurt Vonnegut. More nods to a Sci-Fi writer.

7) On Greg Mendell’s phone we see many pictures of him dining out along with a picture of a seafood menu, while standing outside the restaurant. He tends to tweet about his dining experiences and travel quite a bit. This leads me to believe that he is making a living writing as a food critic or writing a travelers guide. This is the third clue pointing to him being a writer. We have nods to George Lucas, a Sci-Fi writer; Preston in Can’t Hardly Wait/aspiring writer joining a workshop with Sci-Fi writer Kurt Vonnegut; and Greg in and out of restaurants tweeting about food/restaurants.

8) The name Greg Mendell is a nod to the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel. Genetics meaning creation/heredity/genesis. Is the writer of the Henry’s book not the creator of all fairy tale characters that resided in his version of their stories?

In 2×12, In the Name of the Brother, Greg is quick to deny seeing anything as Emma questions him. He seems uneasy and frightened. He would rather be charged for driving and texting than to admit he saw magic. Later, during his telephone phone to call to HER, he says: “You’re not going to believe what I saw!” I believe that he was frightened and very much on guard. I think they showed us his OMG moment when he realized that 3 characters from a fantasy book he had written, called Once Upon a Time, were actually alive.

When we put everything together, all the nods to Sci-Fi writers and to the father of genetics/creation, we have the writer of Henry’s book.

I’ll even go one step further in suggesting he may also turn out to be Peter Pan based on HER being Wendy or Moira and Greg having seen his nemesis, Captain Hook. That would definitely account for him being so upset at what he saw. So maybe instinct had him plainly run Hook down with his car. Let’s remember his casting call name Barrett and all the clues surrounding that name leading us to Peter Pan as well. The screenplay The Never Never Land by Wilson BARRETT from which J.M. Barrie got the name Neverland; Brent BARRETT currently staring as Hook in the Peter Pan alongside Cathy Rigby.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE that I still haven’t given up on Neal not only being Bae but also Peter Pan. However, I’ve got to be open to other possibilities 😉