Jiminy Cricket, also known as Archie Hopper, following the Dark Curse, is a character featured in the ABC fantasy-drama series, Once Upon a Time. He is portrayed by Raphael Sbarge.
Jiminy was the son of con artists, Myrna and Martin. After inadvertently causing the demise of a young couple, Jiminy attempts to make ammends, by guiding their young son, Geppetto. He is transformed into a cricket by the Blue Fairy, and later goes on to serve Geppetto's son, Pinocchio. Following the Dark Curse, he is given the new identity of Dr. Archie Hopper, a psychiatrist, living in Storybrooke.
History[]
Jiminy in Once Upon a Time.
Jiminy is the son of unscrupulous con artists in the ABC television series. Disapproving his parents' treachery, he desires to live an honest life, but was too weak-willed to leave his family. Eventually, he receives a potion from Rumplestiltskin that will free Jiminy from his parents. However, he inadvertently gives the potion to a young couple, transforming the pair into puppets. He wishes on a star in the hopes that the couple will be transformed back, but the Blue Fairy appears and tells him she cannot undo Rumplestiltskin's work. Instead, he wishes to make things right, and she transforms him into a cricket so that he can be free from his parents and guide the couple's son Geppetto for as long as the boy lives. He later helps the dwarves confront Snow White about her mean-spirited behavior after she drinks a potion and forgets about her true love Prince James. However, the confrontation drives her to want to kill the Evil Queen. He later tells James that the only way for her to remember James as if she remembers her true self. Much later, he is seen advising the residents of the Enchanted Forest against waging war with the Queen and urges them to find a more peaceful solution.
In Storybrooke, he is Dr. Archie Hopper, the town's psychotherapist. He owns a Dalmatian named Pongo and is frequently seen carrying an umbrella-like he does as a cricket in the Enchanted Forest. He is also good friends with Marco, who is actually Geppetto. Archie is asked by Regina (who is actually the Queen) to convince Henry that his ideas about the curse and the true identities of the Storybrooke residents are "crazy." He makes little progress, and Regina becomes impatient and asks him to take a more radical approach. Although it violates his conscience, he initially complies with her demands. Archie later confides to Henry that he wants to be free to do as he wants, and Henry tells him that Jiminy Cricket was a man who took a long time deciding what the right thing to do was. Archie then stands up to Regina and threatens to declare her an unfit mother if she continues to interfere with his sessions with Henry. Archie later puts David under hypnosis to help David remember his actions during his blackouts, causing David to remember some of his memories from the Enchanted Forest.
After the curse was broken, Archie reunites with the other characters and tries to help find out what to do. With Regina regaining her magic and the new curse of leaving Storybrooke, Archie becomes part of the group who attempts to leave Storybrooke and sacrifice his fairy tale memories to get away from Regina, but David's speech encourages him and the others to stay. Regina later visits him, where he encourages Regina to allow her to help him. Regina tells him she has not used magic in two days and it has become a struggle. Archie then asks Regina if there is anything she is holding onto, and she confesses that she preserved her love Daniel's corpse upon his death in the hopes that he could be brought back to life. Archie then states Regina will not be able to move on until she lets go of the past. Regina storms off, but she later returns and confesses to Archie that she used magic that same day. Archie helps her into his office. Much later, Archie is kidnapped by Cora, Regina's mother, and holds him captive in Captain Hook's ship, while leaving the body of another in his place disguised to look like him so everyone else will think he is dead. Cora plans to use him to gain information from others in the town. He is later found by Belle on Captain Hook's ship, from which he is rescued.
He is transported back to the Enchanted Forest when Regina undid her curse and later transported back to Storybrooke when the curse was cast again. Shortly after their return to Storybrooke and the subsequent defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West, Archie officiated the wedding of Rumplestiltskin and Belle, with Maurice's being the only other present. After the Snow Queen nearly killed Maid Marian (secretly the Wicked Witch in disguise) and framed Elsa, Archie advised the others not to jump to conclusions, then later counseled Snow White about her son Neal.
Emma Swan later visited Dr. Hopper about her visions of her dying against an unknown enemy. Following the Oracle's death, Dr. Hopper was abducted by the Evil Queen after he refused to help her take advantage of Emma's secret; during his capture, the Queen impersonated him and forced Emma to tell her visions to her family. Later, the Queen and Zelena reverted Dr. Hopper to the form of a cricket and locked him in a cage. While Regina distracted her Evil Queen counterpart and Zelena, Snow White and David rescued Archie.
Later, Hook sought counseling from Archie after he decided to propose to Emma, fearing that David still did not approve of him. After Hook learned of his complicity in David's father Robert's death, Archie advised him to tell Emma the truth and seek her forgiveness. Much later, Archie officiated Hook and Emma's wedding. Many years later, during the seventh season, it is mentioned that Archie officiated many other weddings beyond Gold and Belle and Emma and Hook, though no specific couples were mentioned.
Trivia[]
- Archie's surname being Hopper is a reference to his Enchanted Forest counterpart, a cricket. Crickets are sometimes known as hoppers.
- Archie sometimes carries an umberella, which is another reference to his Enchanted Forest counterpart.
