The King, also known as Mitchell Herman following the curse, is a character who appears in the ABC fantasy-drama series Once Upon a Time.
He is based on both the character of the same name from Disney's 1950 animated film Cinderella.
Background[]
the King follows a similar storyline to the Disney movie version. He organizes a ball for his son, Prince Thomas in which he falls in love with Cinderella. He also hopes that the Prince and Cinderella will produce an heir to the throne. In Storybrooke, he is Mitchel Herman. He is the strict father of Sean Herman (Thomas), who he forbids to be with his pregnant girlfriend, Ashley. Still, Sean disobeys him and joins Ashley to care for their baby.
After the breaking of the curse, Mitchell regains his memories of his past life as the King. Mitchell along with the rest of Storybrooke is sent home to the Enchanted Forest after the Dark Curse is reset by Pan. When the Wicked Witch of the West threatens the Enchanted Forest, Snow White and Prince Charming cast the Dark Curse to arrive back to Storybrooke, but, due to the Wicked Witch's memory potion, once the curse was cast, the King and everyone who was cursed back into Storybrooke lost their memory of their last year in the Enchanted Forest. After the second curse is broken, Ingrid casts the spell of Shattered Sight over Storybrooke, making nearly all of its residents (including Mitchell) turn dark, though it is shortly broken afterward. Sometime later, Maleficent casts the Sleeping Curse all over Storybrooke so that Mitchell and all the other residents are asleep unless they've been under the sleeping curse before.
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