The Outsider (Once Upon a Time)
| "The Outsider" | |
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| Once Upon a Time episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | David Solomon |
| Written by |
Andrew Chambliss Ian Goldberg |
| Original air date | January 13, 2013 |
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"The Outsider" is the 11th episode of the second season of the American ABC fantasy/drama television series Once Upon a Time, and the show's 33rd episode overall, which aired on January 13, 2013.\
In this episode Belle goes up against Hook, while flashbacks show Belle befriending Mulan.
It was co-written by Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss, while being directed by David Solomon.
A Yaoguai is featured in the forest.
Belle (Emilie de Ravin) sits in a tavern and takes note of a group of men organizing an expedition to hunt a monster called the Yaoguai that terrorizes a distant kingdom. Dreamy (Lee Arenberg) arrives to thank her for the advice she gave him the previous night; he and Nova plan to run away together. He realizes that Belle yearns for adventure and is interested in the hunt for the Yaoguai. She insists she finds adventure enough in her books, but ultimately goes along with his suggestion that she join the hunters. Dreamy gives her a pouch of fairy dust.
Belle reads a book, written in a foreign language (Chinese), as the hunting party travels in a wagon and the others—all men—mock her. After she tells them that the book identifies a lake as the Yaoguai's likely location, they abandon her in the road. However, she lied to them; mountains are the Yaoguai's preferred habitat, and she quickly locates its lair. But she is unable to sneak up on the creature's cave, and it emerges; it is a large quadruped with a mane of fire. Arrows are fired and the Yaoguai flees. Belle thanks her savior, who turns out to be a female warrior, Mulan (Jamie Chung), who is angry that Belle has spoiled the two weeks she spent tracking the Yaoguai. Belle explains that she found the creature much more quickly than that and offers to help find it again, but Mulan rejects the offer.
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