Featured fairy tales: * Season 1: Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, and Hansel & Gretel. * Season 2: Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella.
Dania Ramirez and Michael Raymond-James are both characters in Once Upon a Time series, although they didn't share any scenes together. Ramirez's character, Cinderella, was Raymond-James's character's (Baelfire) daughter in law.
Jack and the Beanstalk was originally one of the featured fairy tales in season 1, but was replaced with Hansel and Gretel.
Paul Wesley starred as Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017), which was also created by Tell Me A Story creator Kevin Williamson. Danielle Campbell and Eka Darville both starred in spin-off The Originals (2013-2018) as Davina Claire and Diego, respectively.
In Season 1 Episode 4, when Nick gives Kayla her shoe, he calls her Cinderella, which is one of the fairy tales featured in Season 2.