Meaningful Echoes

[romantic_sheep]

Let me know if someone has already started this thread somewhere, but especially after the most recent episode in which we got a lot of callbacks to early episodes, I thought it would be neat to keep track of all the lines and phrases that get repeated both within and across episodes.

A couple to get started:
Regina: “Love is weakness, Malificent. I thought you knew that” (1×02)
Cora: “Love is weakness, Regina” (1×18)

Or for a Storybrooke/FTL comparison
Regina: “I’ve always believed that evil isn’t born, it’s made.” (1×16)
Rumpelstiltskin: “Evil isn’t born dearie, it’s made.” (1×16)

There are definitely a lot more out there, let’s see what we can come up with.

[Phee]

Pilot
Snow (crouched over her presumed dead true love): Why did you do this?
Regina: Because this is my happy ending!

The Stable Boy
Regina (crouched over her dead true love): Mother, why have you done this?
Cora: Because this is your happy ending.

[romantic_sheep]

That’s a good one. It definitely seems that Regina likes to repeat herself/other people.
A couple more:
Pilot:
Regina to Snow and Charming: “I shall destroy your happiness if it is the last thing I do”
Regina to Emma: “Because if you don’t, I will destroy you if it is the last thing I do.”

The Thing You Love Most:
Regina: “Don’t underestimate me, Miss Swan. You have no idea what I’m capable of.”
Emma: “Because, sister, you have no idea what I’m capable of.”

[mia]

I didn’t recall that Emma actually says sister! She had already met Leroy, though. Funny.

[romantic_sheep]

Haha, that was my thought exactly. I think that anybody calling someone “sister” is going to make me think of Leroy now.
Speaking of…
Dreamy:
Astrid: “You know, someone once told me, you can do anything as long as you can dream it.”
Dreamy: “I believe you can do anything you want, as long as you can dream it.”

[lorem ipsum]

Pilot:

Archie: Henry, what did I tell you about lying? Giving in to one’s dark side never accomplishes anything.
Jiminy Cricket to Charming: Fighting is a bad idea. Giving in to one’s dark side never accomplishes anything.

[obisgirl]

Rumpelstiltskin: Love is the most powerful magic (Heart of Darkness)
Regina to young Snow: Love, true love is magic and not just any magic but the most powerful magic of all. (The Stable Boy)

[romantic_sheep]

A couple more from another Stable Boy rewatch:
Leopold (to Snow): Who like you, truly was the fairest in all the land” (1×11)
Snow (to Regina): “Wow, you are most certainly the fairest of them all” (1×18)

And a more subtle one:
Emma: “We got her” (1×18)
Regina: “We got her, Daniel. We got her.” (1×18)

[obisgirl]

@romantic_sheep wrote:

A couple more from another Stable Boy rewatch:
Leopold (to Snow): Who like you, truly was the fairest in all the land” (1×11)
Snow (to Regina): “Wow, you are most certainly the fairest of them all” (1×18)

Rumpelstiltskin also said that to Snow White the first time he met her in 7:15 am.

[Slurpeez]

Snow White: We have to believe she’ll come back for us. We have to give [Emma] her best chance. (1X01)
Henry [to Emma]: I know why you gave me away. You wanted to give me my best chance. (1X01)
Emma [to Henry]: You were right about one thing, though: I wanted you to have your best chance (1×01)
Emma [to Mary Margaret]: And then when I wanted to leave SB, because I thought it was best for Henry, you told me I needed to stay because that was best for him. (1×17)

Graham: She’s going to keep coming at you. And, I know you. You’re going to keep coming at her. And you will do whatever it takes to get her out of here. And you may succeed. (1×02)
Regina: No, I will succeed! He’s my son. It’s what’s best for him. (1×02)
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Rumpel: How far are you willing to go? (1X02)
Regina: As far as it takes. (1×02)

Mr. Gold: And you’re willing to go as far as it takes? (1×16)
Emma: Farther. (1×16)
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Regina: People don’t change. They only fool themselves into believing they can. (1×04)
Emma: You want to change things? You’re going to have to go out there and change them yourself, because there are no fairy godmothers in this world. (1×04)
Jiminy’s father: You are what you are. There’s no changing it, Jiminy. (1×05)
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Emma: When you bailed me out, you said that you trusted me. Why? (1×02
Mary Margaret: It’s strange, ever since you arrived here, I’ve had the oddest feeling like we met before. (1×02)

Emma: I have faith in you, and now I need you to have faith in me. Can you do that? (1×16)
Mary Margaret: Of course. (1×16)

Mary Margaret: Why is it so important to you what happens to me? (1×17)
Emma: Because when Regina framed me, and you bailed me out, I asked you why, and you said you trusted me…I cannot lose my family! (1×17)
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Mr. Gold (to Emma): How would you like a benefactor? (1×08)
Zoso (to Rumpel): You just feed me whatever you can, and I’ll be your benefactor. (1×08)

Zoso (to Rumpel): I know how to recognize a desperate soul. (1×08)
Mr. Gold (to Emma): I know how to recognize a desperate soul. (1×08)
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Prince Charming: I don’t have a choice, do I? (1×06)
Rumpelstiltskin: Oh, everyone has a choice, deary. Just make sure it’s the right one. (1×06)

Zoso: You need to choose a different path. (1×08)
Rumple: Choose? What choice do I have? (1×08)
Zoso: Everyone has a choice.(1×08)
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Mary Margaret: But, Emma, that wall of yours may keep out pain, but it may also keep out love. (1×07)

Emma: I realized all my life I have been alone. Walls up. No one’s ever been there for me except for you. And I cannot lose that. I cannot lose my family! (1×17)
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Mr. Gold (to Mary Margaret): Let’s just say, I’m invested in your future. (1×16)
Rumpel (to Snow White): Let’s just say, I’m invested in your future. (1×16)
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Graham (to Emma): I remember. (1×08)
Jefferson (to Emma): I remember. (1×17)
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Mary Margaret: Guess if true love was easy, we’d all have it. (1×03)
Prince Charming: True love isn’t easy, but it must be fought for. Because once you find it, it can never be replaced. (1×13)

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