Saturday, January 7, 2012

AS SEEN ON TV: RUMPELSTILTSKIN

RUMPELSTILTSKIN

AS SEEN IN:
'Once Upon A Time'

AS PLAYED BY:
Robert Carlyle

TV DIMENSION:
TBD

STATUS:
Recastaway

SOURCE:
"Children's And Household Tales"

ADAPTED BY:
The Brothers Grimm

From Wikipedia:
Rumpelstiltskin is the eponymous character and antagonist of a fairy tale which originated in Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen). The tale was collected by the Brothers Grimm, who first published it in the 1812 edition of Children's and Household Tales. It was subsequently revised in later editions.

Rumpelstiltskin is one of the characters in the TV show 'Once Upon a Time' from ABC, where he is the pawn-shop owner Mr. Gold in the town of Storybrooke, Maine, where fairy tales characters are trapped with no memory of their true selves. He is played by Robert Carlyle.

Flashbacks to the fairy tale realm that the characters came from regularly reveal that Rumpelstiltskin plays a role in the backstories of nearly every major fairy tale character, serving as a Faustian figure who constantly enacts costly deals with the characters that they think are to their advantage.

Examples of his actions include playing the role of Cinderlla's fairy godmother (whom he had killed, claiming that she was to enact a horrible price from Ella for her magic night. He later demands her firstborn child as repayment.), arranging for the secret adoption of Prince Charming and his twin brother by the king (the first brother was raised as a prince and died in combat. Unable to admit this to King Midas, the king traded the location of Cinderella's fairy godmother to arrange for the other twin to step into the prince's shoes.), tricking Jiminy Cricket into turning Gepeto's parents into dolls, and giving the evil queen the curse that sends everyone to the real world (at the price of forcing her to accede to any demand he makes of her if he says 'please' while the curse is in effect.). The series's pilot episode reveals that he is considered to be one of the most dangerous beings in the realm.

Maktoob!

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