The Rabbit Hole

[brookenstory]

While watching In The Name Of The Brother, I noticed something very interesting. When Regina pulls the car over to talk to Cora, she pulls over at some sort of pub (at least, that’s what it looks like to me) directly off mainstreet. The pub is called The Rabbit Hole.

This is fascinating, because this seems to be a reference to Wonderland, and, of course, none other than the Queen of Hearts is sitting in that “carriage” that pulls into their parking lot. Also, the expression “down the rabbit hole” is a metaphor for adventure into the unknown, from its use in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Could this represent Cora starting to make Regina revert to the dark side?

[Phee]

Yep, it’s the bar where everyone was hanging out on Valentines Day. Think that’s the only time we’ve really seen it before now though. I remember seeing the sign in set pics from The Doctor but don’t recall if it actually made an appearance in the ep.

Thought it very fitting that that’s the spot where Regina and the QoH pulled over for a chat. Regina just got sucked down into that hole. 😕

[Grimmsister]

Oh Yes !!! I never noticed. Great catch Brookenstory. I love, Love, LOVE those little subtle signs.
She is being sucked in by that little fluffy, cutlely white rabbit- Cora (she does put some fluffyness to her words) but watch out Regina, she is only a wolf in rabbitskin.

Now that we are talking about this rabbit hole metaphor. How many times have we seen it used ? There was that time Emma first came to Storybrook, the night she tried to leave, she crashed the car and the books pages was on something to do with Alice in Wonderland wasn’t it ?
And when else ?

[Daniel J. Lewis]

That’s also where Spencer’s car was parked with Ruby’s cloak and the Gus-stained ax.

[lilred]

Was Smee exiting the Rabbit Hole before he was turned into a rat?

Kind of hoping this location comes into play more. I remember the Valentine’s Day episode but then Granny’s seemed to have gotten their liquor license and gotten a monopoly on every other restaurant or bar in town ..might have to rematch that episode because I can’t remember them referring to it as ‘the Rabbit Hole’ but I don’t doubt that’s what it is. 😆

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