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Prince Charming
The Broadway musical Into the Woods ( first produced in 1986 ) explores the character as polygamous , and where there are not one , but two Prince Charmings . Here , they are shown as brothers pursuing Cinderella and Rapunzel , then later , Sleeping Beauty and Snow White , after they have married their first loves . Cinderella 's Prince has an affair with the baker 's wife as well , and when confronted about his womanizing , states `` I was raised to be charming , not sincere . '' In the 2014 Disney film adaptation of Into the Woods , Prince Charming is portrayed by Chris Pine . As implied by the title , the 1991 fantasy novel Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Roger Zelazny and Robert Sheckley includes sharp satire of the traditional fairy tale theme . Prince Charming is a prominent character in the Fables comic book ( 2002 -- 2015 ) . Polygamy is explored again : in that version , he successively married Snow White , Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella with each marriage ending in divorce due to his compulsive womanizing . He himself comments : `` I always truly love a woman when I first pursue her ... I 'm just no good at the happily - ever - after part . '' He parlays his charm into election as the mayor of Fabletown , the underground `` Fable '' community , and finds the job more difficult than he had anticipated . He Died in the Battle for the Homelands by activating a Bomb to End the War . The character of Prince Charming is deconstructed in the 2004 movie Shrek 2 and its 2007 follow - up Shrek the Third , wherein he is the son of the Fairy Godmother and has an unpleasant and ruthless personality unfitting for a fairy - tale prince . In the fantasy novel series The Sisters Grimm ( 2005 -- 2012 ) , Prince Charming is the mayor of Ferryport Landing , a town inhabited by fairy - tale characters - or everafters . He is shown to be rude , arrogant and boastful , but turns out to be a valuable ally to the protagonists of the series . He is shown to have married and slept with many of the girls in this town , among them Cinderella , Snow White and Sleeping Beauty . But he clarifies that he truly loves Snow White and proposes to her . He then separates himself from her for her protection . The concept of the Prince Charming is parodied in the 2007 film Enchanted when Edward is looking for Princess Giselle in the New York City . While knocking the doors he finds a pregnant housewife holding three kids , who tells him , in a scoffing voice , `` You 're too late . '' In the television series Once Upon a Time ( 2011 -- ) , Prince Charming is David ( portrayed by Josh Dallas ) , the husband of Snow White , though neither of them remembers this in Storybrooke , where the character 's name is David Nolan ( `` Charming '' is the nickname given to him by Snow White ) In his previous life , David is actually the brother of the real prince James ( also portrayed by Josh Dallas ) who died and was replaced with his twin . Both brothers were born to a poor farm couple who made a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to save their farm ; they gave up one son to King George , whose wife could not conceive . After James 's death his brother found out the truth and took his place , becoming engaged to Abigail , daughter of King Midas ( reluctantly , after his family is threatened by the real prince 's adoptive father ) in a deal that unites two kingdoms with Midas giving the King George gold in exchange for the prince defeating a dragon . Later , the prince meets and marries Snow White with whom he has a daughter named Emma and finds out he has a grandson named Henry . In Storybrooke , David is a John Doe with amnesia who meets and falls for Mary Margaret , who is really Snow White , before recovering his memory and working at the Storybrooke Sheriff Department . He later has another child with Snow White named Neal . A Charming Affair ( ca 2011 -- 2013 ) by Robert Scott ( 1984 ) is an 8 - minute sketch published by Lazy Bee Scripts portraying Prince Charming as a bigamist . When Snow White , Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty learn the truth , they plan to assassinate him with a poisoned apple . The sketch was performed in 2014 in Short and Sweet Theatre Festival by the American Theatre of Dubai , and the script became the Judges Award Winner . In the book series The Land of Stories ( 2012 ) by Chris Colfer , there are four Prince Charmings , who are brothers . Three of them are married with Snow White , Cinderella , and Sleeping Beauty , the other is lost .
The Broadway musical Into the Woods ( first produced in 1986 ) explores the character as polygamous , and where there are not one , but two Prince Charmings . Here , they are shown as brothers pursuing Cinderella and Rapunzel , then later , Sleeping Beauty and Snow White , after they have married their first loves . Cinderella 's Prince has an affair with the baker 's wife as well , and when confronted about his womanizing , states `` I was raised to be charming , not sincere . '' In the 2014 Disney film adaptation of Into the Woods , Prince Charming is portrayed by Chris Pine . As implied by the title , the 1991 fantasy novel Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Roger Zelazny and Robert Sheckley includes sharp satire of the traditional fairy tale theme . Prince Charming is a prominent character in the Fables comic book ( 2002 -- 2015 ) . Polygamy is explored again : in that version , he successively married Snow White , Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella with each marriage ending in divorce due to his compulsive womanizing . He himself comments : `` I always truly love a woman when I first pursue her ... I 'm just no good at the happily - ever - after part . '' He parlays his charm into election as the mayor of Fabletown , the underground `` Fable '' community , and finds the job more difficult than he had anticipated . He Died in the Battle for the Homelands by activating a Bomb to End the War . The character of Prince Charming is deconstructed in the 2004 movie Shrek 2 and its 2007 follow - up Shrek the Third , wherein he is the son of the Fairy Godmother and has an unpleasant and ruthless personality unfitting for a fairy - tale prince . In the fantasy novel series The Sisters Grimm ( 2005 -- 2012 ) , Prince Charming is the mayor of Ferryport Landing , a town inhabited by fairy - tale characters - or everafters . He is shown to be rude , arrogant and boastful , but turns out to be a valuable ally to the protagonists of the series . He is shown to have married and slept with many of the girls in this town , among them Cinderella , Snow White and Sleeping Beauty . But he clarifies that he truly loves Snow White and proposes to her . He then separates himself from her for her protection . The concept of the Prince Charming is parodied in the 2007 film Enchanted when Edward is looking for Princess Giselle in the New York City . While knocking the doors he finds a pregnant housewife holding three kids , who tells him , in a scoffing voice , `` You 're too late . '' In the television series Once Upon a Time ( 2011 -- ) , Prince Charming is David ( portrayed by Josh Dallas ) , the husband of Snow White , though neither of them remembers this in Storybrooke , where the character 's name is David Nolan ( `` Charming '' is the nickname given to him by Snow White ) In his previous life , David is actually the brother of the real prince James ( also portrayed by Josh Dallas ) who died and was replaced with his twin . Both brothers were born to a poor farm couple who made a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to save their farm ; they gave up one son to King George , whose wife could not conceive . After James 's death his brother found out the truth and took his place , becoming engaged to Abigail , daughter of King Midas ( reluctantly , after his family is threatened by the real prince 's adoptive father ) in a deal that unites two kingdoms with Midas giving the King George gold in exchange for the prince defeating a dragon . Later , the prince meets and marries Snow White with whom he has a daughter named Emma and finds out he has a grandson named Henry . In Storybrooke , David is a John Doe with amnesia who meets and falls for Mary Margaret , who is really Snow White , before recovering his memory and working at the Storybrooke Sheriff Department . He later has another child with Snow White named Neal . A Charming Affair ( ca 2011 -- 2013 ) by Robert Scott ( 1984 ) is an 8 - minute sketch published by Lazy Bee Scripts portraying Prince Charming as a bigamist . When Snow White , Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty learn the truth , they plan to assassinate him with a poisoned apple . The sketch was performed in 2014 in Short and Sweet Theatre Festival by the American Theatre of Dubai , and the script became the Judges Award Winner . In the book series The Land of Stories ( 2012 ) by Chris Colfer , there are four Prince Charmings , who are brothers . Three of them are married with Snow White , Cinderella , and Sleeping Beauty , the other is lost .