NPCs · first: NA E4
Fox & Rabbit
In a clearing in the woods Pib finds a fox with a trap crushing its back ankle and a rabbit hanging captured in a net, and a card names them Fox & Rabbit, Tricksters of Tales NA E4·00:37:35 NA E4·00:37:50. Both smile and greet him as "Cat", and the Fox says "It is good to see you again." NA E4·00:38:00 NA E4·00:38:06 The Rabbit asks him to give them a hand out of the net NA E4·00:38:22. The Fox says "We are your fellow tricksters." NA E4·00:39:07
Pib is about to cut the Rabbit down and open the Fox's trap when a net swings at him, he dodges, and the two release themselves, saying they thought it would be funny to catch him in a trap too NA E4·00:39:39 NA E4·00:40:12 NA E4·00:40:29. The Rabbit says they have died constantly, which is part of the trickster thing NA E4·00:41:36. They show him a stream in which he sees many stories and versions of his companions, and the Fox asks whether one of them should go back instead of Pib NA E4·00:41:49 NA E4·00:44:49. The Fox sneers at Pib and says he wants to take a bite of Tomas's body and that he himself should go back to the adventure NA E4·00:48:22 NA E4·00:49:01 NA E4·00:49:20.
Pib insists that he is the one who goes, the Fox accepts ("Very well!") and the Rabbit says "Good on ya, Cat." NA E4·00:51:02 NA E4·00:51:11 NA E4·00:51:12 The Fox tells him to try not to die so quickly this time NA E4·00:51:18. They take him to new boots and a cape, and at a marble slab the Rabbit says the spider-silk ring and two fang daggers are his and both animals scramble for them, though Pib leaves with them NA E4·00:51:39 NA E4·00:53:36 NA E4·00:53:42. The Fox names the Ring of the Web and the Fangs of Isengrim and warns him to be careful, and Brennan says Isengrim is a name the Fox often uses for the wolf NA E4·00:54:40 NA E4·00:54:53.
In the eighteenth episode Pib suspects a dead fox is not really dead, and the "dead" fox moves its eyes to him NA E18·01:41:58 NA E18·01:42:09. A dead rabbit hanging from a snare turns and says "Well, that's no fun at all." NA E18·01:42:29 NA E18·01:42:41 The mangled fox says "Looks like you're one step ahead, Pib. Just around the corner." NA E18·01:42:46
By episode
NA E4: Once Upon a Time
- The Fox and the Rabbit (he/him each) — frame card text Fox & Rabbit, Tricksters of Tales (00:37:50); trapped in a trap and a net, they call themselves Pib's "fellow tricksters" and say they have died constantly; the Fox sneers, wants to eat Tomas's body and wants to go back himself; the Rabbit keeps the peace and claims the spiderweb items — 00:37:35, 00:39:07, 00:41:36, 00:49:20, 00:53:36
"We are your fellow tricksters." — 00:39:07
"Good on ya, Cat." — 00:51:12