A quick way to reduce the number of recurring cast.
But might have just been some unknown peasants and they will lift a glass to them off the camera at Granny’s diner some day.
Or the monkeys weren’t killed but when injured automatically get poofed to somewhere else.
Or TPTB thought, hey, cool CGI, let’s do it – without thinking any further than that.
And maybe we get a cute little baby flying monkey thanks to Aurora being turned into a monkey. Regina should reconsider her pets policy.
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