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Ripped Out is an American fantasy drama anthology television series created, written and produced by Drew Hacks and Sara Hess. It was broadcast on FX between September 27, 2015, and November 22, 2020, encompassing six seasons and sixty episodes. The network ordered in July 2014 a pilot for the project, which Dunbar wrote and Sophie Muller directed. The announcement attracted media attention due to Muller being known as a director of music videos, and fast-tracked attention to the series. The project was picked up to series three months later, in September 2014. Filming for the first three seasons took place in New Orleans, whilst the fourth and fifth seasons were filmed in Vancouver, and the sixth was filmed in various locations in Pennsylvania state.

Originally planned as a television film adaptation of German fairy tale Snow White, the project was repurposed into an anthology series based on fairy tales in general. Each season follows a different group of characters, stories, and settings, and incorporates elements from pre-existing film and television works about fairy tales. The story is mainly nonlinear and uses flashbacks, flashforwards and other narrative methods to generate questioning scenarios. The series is known for its social commentary, with many fictitious elements being inspired by, or an adaptation of, real-life happenings. Although each season features a different ensemble cast, some actors have appeared in more than one season, with Troian Bellisario being the only one to appear in all of them.

Despite response to individual iterations has varied, Ripped Out was met with generally positive evaluations by television critics. Praise has been occasionally directed to its story lines, writing, visual effects, themes, and cast (particularly Bellisario, Nicole Kidman, and Tessa Thompson), earning it several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series four times. Commercially, the series has attracted consistent, but average, ratings for FX, with its first and sixth seasons being two of the most-viewed projects in the network's history. Due to contractual obligations, the series is not accessible on streaming platforms outside the Latin America, where it was made available on Star+ after Hacks signed a side contract to easy the series' presence in the region.

Episodes
Mainly based on L. Frank Baum's Oz books, the first season is also inspired by known adaptations, such as television series Once Upon a Time, 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, and 2003 musical Wicked. The season begins in 1976 with Sabrina Jeffrey, an author and rarities collector who buys ruby slippers from a charity shop and, alongside her best friend Leah Doomsday, is magically transported to the colorful and political Land of Oz. The two acquire magic by challenging low-budget witches and eventually make agreements with the two most powerful witches in the Land, founding the Sisterhood of Witches and dividing Oz to better navigate its complex and diverse contexts. The center of the Land, named Emerald City, becomes jointly managed by the Sisterhood, until an unknown man starts labeling himself the Wizard of Oz and acquiring followers. This leads to a political war between him and the Sisterhood and, in the proccess, Leah and Sabrina end up being recognized as "wicked" witches", and the Wizard take over the City. A parallel narrative follows Dorothy Gale, a young girl living in Kansas with her aunt, uncle and dog, who is taken to Oz due to a cyclone. Her arrival causes an upbringing with Leah and Sabrina.

Main cast

 * Troian Bellisario as Sabrina Jeffrey / the Wicked Witch of the West
 * Teri Hatcher as Leah Doomsday / the Wicked Witch of the East
 * Chloe Bailey as Dorothy Gale
 * Max Minghella as Mark Rollins / the Scarecrow
 * Jack Gleeson as Jonathan Cyrus / the Cowardly Lion
 * John Boyega as Tin Woodsman
 * Dichen Lachman as Cathy Rollins / the Good Witch of the North
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar as Phoebe Tammuz / the Good Witch of the South
 * Anthony Hopkins as the Wizard of Oz

Guest cast

 * Riley Smith as Connor Kane, Phoebe's ex-boyfriend

Episodes
In 1984, surgeon Woody Baker forces his oldest daughter, Samantha, to marry a man from a distant land, much to her dismay. The youngest daughter, Alice, still graves their mother's disappearance two years prior and decides to help her sister in order to focus on something else. Alice discovers a mushroom that makes her "dream alive" and is led to a magical place named Wonderland, leaving her family worried and Samantha's marriage postponed. In Wonderland, Alice faces several issues and befriends many residents, mainly Cheshire the Cat. Her adventures eventually show her that her mother is still alive and living in Wonderland alongside other people from her "human" world.

Main cast

 * Troian Bellisario as the Queen of Hearts
 * Alexis Knapp as Alice Baker
 * Armie Hammer as the Executioner
 * Hannah Kasulka as Bill the Lizard
 * Thomas Dekker as the King of Hearts
 * John Boyega as the Knave of Hearts / Sean Bailey / the Big Bad Wolf
 * Domhnall Gleeson as the White Rabbit
 * Michael Caine as Cheshire the Cat / Percival Montgomery
 * Nicole Kidman as the Red Queen / Kathleen Baker

Recurring cast

 * Torrey DeVitto as Samantha Baker, Alice's older sister

Main cast

 * Troian Bellisario as Queen Guinevere
 * Douglas Booth as Sir Meechum / Johnny O'Connors
 * John Boyega as King Arthur
 * Riley Smith as Sir Percival
 * John Francis Daley as Kimbly
 * Tessa Thompson as Morgana le Fay / Elizabeth Hills
 * Paul Rudd as Sir Lancelot
 * Nicole Kidman as Merlin

Special guest stars

 * Liam Neeson as Sir Gawain
 * Gabriel Byrne as Uther Pendragon

Main cast

 * Zoey Deutch as Wendy Darling
 * Rory Culkin as Peter Pan / Peter van Streeten
 * Cameron Boyce as John Darling
 * Gabriel Bateman as Michael Darling
 * Devan Leos as Tootles / Samuel St. Germain
 * Spencer List as Jimmy Nibs / Jimmy Barnes
 * Jacob Artist as Slightly / Jacob McDonald
 * Troian Bellisario as Tiger Lily / Lilith Frank
 * Tessa Thompson as Tinker Bell / Cecily Eddie
 * Paul Rudd as Captain James Hook

Special guest stars

 * Jeff Bennett voices Mr. Smee
 * Teri Hatcher as the Wicked Witch of the East
 * Max Minghella as the Scarecrow

Recurring

 * Ava Acres as the Black Angel

Main cast

 * Max Minghella as Caspian X / Prince Caspian III
 * Ava Acres as Lucy Pevensie
 * Griffin Gluck as Edmund Pevensie
 * Yara Shahidi as Susan Pevensie
 * John Boyega as Peter Pevensie
 * André Holland as Mr. Tumnus
 * Ed Speleers as Digory Kirke
 * Rory Culkin as Eustace Scrubb
 * Zoë Kravitz as the Black Queen / CeCe Wheeler
 * Nicole Kidman as the White Witch / Jade Krusty

Special guest stars

 * Liam Neeson voices Aslan
 * Troian Bellisario as Taylor McQuinney

Episodes
The sixth and final season is set far from Neverland, Wonderland, Oz, Narnia, and Camelot, in the Enchanted Forest, where at least eight big kingdoms exist, with different rulers. Chronologically, it follows three events: the Big Bad Wolf's attempt on killing Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother; the birth and then curse of King Malcolm and Queen Briar Rose's daughter Aurora and subsequent war with Fay, the Purple Fairy; and the rule of Ruth, the Evil Queen, Snow White's stepmother, and her challenge against the Godmother, a storyteller who travels through time and is able to defeat the villains and prevent other events from happening. This season is also the first not to feature real-life counterparts of the characters, thus taking place exclusively in fictitious settings.

Main cast

 * Troian Bellisario as the Godmother / Megan Holland
 * Tessa Thompson as Tinker Bell
 * Chloe Bailey as Molly Fields, also known as Little Red Riding Hood
 * Zoey Deutch as Aurora, also known as Little Briar Rose
 * Alison Brie as Snow White
 * Elliot Knight as Dick, also known as the Woodcutter or the Huntsman
 * Teri Hatcher as Fay, formerly the Purple Fairy, also known as Maleficent
 * Zoë Kravitz as Ariel, the soon-to-be Princess of Atlantica
 * Nicole Kidman as Ruth, the Evil Queen

Special guest stars

 * Dichen Lachman as Merryweather, the Blue Fairy, Fay's sister
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar as Hermione, the Purple Fairy
 * Amy Adams as Calypso, the Pink Fairy
 * Lady Gaga as Flora, the Red Fairy
 * Anthony Hopkins as the Magic Mirror, an entity trapped inside Ruth's mirror who advises her

Recurring cast

 * Roark Critchlow as King Malcolm, Aurora's father and ruler of Wishmouth
 * Laura Leighton as Queen Briar Rose, Aurora's mother and Malcolm's wife
 * Max Minghella as Arion Charming, Aurora's lover
 * Rachel McAdams as Fauna, the Green Fairy
 * Christina Perri as Avery, the Orange Fairy
 * Mila Kunis as Giselle, the Black Fairy
 * Patrick Schwarzenegger as Prince Flynn, son of King Leopold from the Northeast Lands and Snow's lover
 * Adina Porter as Gabrielle Fields, Molly's mother and counselor
 * John Boyega as Big Bad Wolf
 * L. Scott Caldwell as Wendy, Molly's grandmother and Gabrielle's mother
 * Isabel Lucas as young Ruth
 * Joe Morton as King Triton
 * Javier Bardem as King Leopold, ruler of the Northeast Lands, who maintains a spiteful rivalry with Malcolm

Main cast

 * Jennifer Hudson as Demetria "Demi" Packson / the Snow Queen
 * Tessa Thompson as Gerda Puckett
 * Troian Bellisario as Taylor McQuinney
 * a|Shees Sajjad Gul as Kai Finnland
 * Elden Henson as Satan
 * Nicco Annan as June Prescott-Hill
 * Ed Speleers as Father Stefan Love
 * John Boyega as Mark Prescott-Hill
 * Laura Leighton as Ella Lapperman / the Water Queen
 * Julianne Moore as Rachel Finnland

Special guest stars

 * Nicole Kidman as the Earth Queen: A sorcerer able to control earth-related elements and one of the Snow Queen's rivals.
 * Jack Gleeson as the Fire King
 * Jacob Artist as the Air King

Recurring cast

 * Torrey DeVitto as Miranda McQuinney: Taylor's sister, an internet celebrity who asks her public to look out for Kai.
 * Hannah Kasulka as Carly Stewart: A police officer who believes June and the existence of magical entities.

Main cast

 * Hailie Sahar as A|Liz Beth Gaynor / the Yellow Fairy
 * Elliot Page as A|Princess Ella Yelich
 * Anna Cathcart as A|Eleanor Gellar
 * a|Shees Sajjad Gul as A|Jack Harpoon
 * Laura Leighton as A|Queen Lena
 * Tara Strong voices the Golden Bird
 * Matt Bomer as A|Stephan Cole / the Smart Fox
 * Nicco Annan as A|Tom Briggs / Rumpelstiltskin
 * Gabriel Byrne as A|King Ezequiel III

Special guest stars

 * Troian Bellisario as Florence: A florest witch who advises Jack and Eleanor in separate moments.
 * Mila Kunis as Giselle, the Black Fairy: One of the Color Fairies, who maintains a close relationship with Melissa.
 * Amy Adams as Calypso, the Pink Fairy: One of the Color Fairies, who received Melissa after she was enlisted to join the group.
 * Michael Caine as A|Percival Montgomery: A businessman who, before becoming Cheshire the Cat, maintained deals with King Ezequiel III.
 * Glenn Close as Aurora: Ezequiel's mother, known for having slept for almost hundred years in Wishmouth, alongside its townpeople.

Supporting cast

 * Tony Leung as Brice Gellar: Eleanor's father, a greedy miller who constantly brags about his daughter's nonexistent abilities.
 * Jeffrey Wright as Korr the Giant: An unfriendly giant who lives in a big house above the clouds and has historically stolen meaningful things from many people.
 * Poorna Jagannathan as Melody Harpoon: James' wife and Jack and Stacie's crude-yet-passionate mother.
 * Faysal Quraishi as James Harpoon: Melody's husband and Jack and Stacie's father, who works away from home and leaves most of the duties to his wife.
 * Mariyam Khalif as Stacie Harpoon: Jack's dreamy sister and James and Melody's oldest daughter, who believes she will live among riches.
 * Jack Gleeson as Prince Hayworth: King Ezequiel and Queen Lena's oldest son, who dreams of following his father's footsteps one day.
 * Spencer List as Prince Felix: King Ezequiel and Queen Lena's middle son, who does not want to rule the kingdom, but would do so just to prove he's better than Hayworth.

Main cast

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