The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Characters

Link


The legendary Hero of Time who would be spoken of fondly for years to come. He was raised among the childlike Kokiri as one of their kind. After having a dream about Princess Zelda being attacked in front of the Castle Town, the fairy Navi and the Great Deku Tree send him on a quest to find Zelda and stop a great evil.

He also appeared in Majora's Mask. See here for more information.


 * Adult Child: His gestures and mannerisms are still child-like when older, although it's not really his fault, since his mindset was not given time or the opportunity to age due to being asleep for seven years.
 * Badass
 * Badass Adorable: As a young boy. Even older Link tends to get a "d'aww" out of fans when he gets his cute on.
 * Bishonen: When older.
 * Bow and Sword In Accord
 * Chaste Hero
 * Chick Magnet: Despite the above.
 * Childhood Marriage Promise
 * The Chosen One: He is the Hero of Time.
 * Cool Sword: It's called the friggin' Master Sword!
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Determinator
 * Door Step Baby: His dying mother left him in the care of the Deku Tree.
 * Even the Guys Want Him
 * Fingerless Gloves: As an adult.
 * Hair of Gold
 * He Is All Grown Up: Nabooru certainly seems to enjoy him in his older form...
 * Hello, Insert Name Here
 * The Hero Dies:
 * Heroic Mime: The reason Link says so little, per Word of God, is to further his role as Audience Surrogate.
 * Heroic Spirit
 * Horse Archer: The only thing that he can use while riding Epona was his bow.
 * Hot-Blooded: Have you heard his war cries? He gets this trope purely because of his voice actor.
 * Instant Expert
 * Kid Hero: Though only when he's a kid.
 * Kleptomaniac Hero
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Lady and Knight: The White Knight to Zelda's Bright Lady.
 * Legacy Character: Future Links are considered successors to this one. Also, according to Hyrule Historia, this Link himself is a successor to the Links from Four Swords, The Minish Cap and Skyward Sword.
 * Magic Knight
 * Magic Music: The Ocarina of Time.
 * Nice Hat
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Whoops,
 * Oh Crap: When he meets Ruto in the Water Temple seven years in the future and realizes she still wants to marry him.
 * Parental Abandonment: The Great Deku Sprout actually gives an explanation for this.
 * Player Surrogate: He is, literally, a link between the player and the game.
 * Plot-Relevant Age-Up
 * Rewarding Vandalism: Link's primary source of income is smashing random objects, especially pottery.
 * Sealed Good in A Can
 * The Southpaw
 * Spirit Advisor:.
 * Super Strength: With the Silver and Golden Gauntlets.
 * Took a Level In Badass: After the Time Skip in the Sacred Realm.
 * Younger Than They Look: While Link's body aged 7 years, his mind was frozen in time, so mentally, he's this. Ironic, as the Kokiri are typically Older Than They Look.
 * Younger Than They Look: While Link's body aged 7 years, his mind was frozen in time, so mentally, he's this. Ironic, as the Kokiri are typically Older Than They Look.

Navi


Link's Fairy Companion. She is mainly useful for learning enemy weaknesses and searching for clues around the environment.


 * Anti Poop Socking: The 3DS remake adds a couple of pieces of advice for her to dole out periodically, one of which is telling you that she's tired and you should take a break.
 * Beam Me Up, Scotty: Unless the player is fast with button presses, she doesn't normally say "Listen!" right after "Hey!". Her automatic halts of the gameplay doesn't include the "Hey" at all.
 * But Now I Must Go: In the ending.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Not all that apparent as others but Word of God is she was jealous of Zelda and romantically attracted to Link.
 * Exposition Fairy
 * Fairy Companion
 * I Will Find You: Hinted that, in the beginning of Majora's Mask, Link is looking for her after she left him in Ocarina of Time.
 * Meaningful Name: She helps you Navigate.
 * Stop Helping Me!: Listen!!
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: The few chunks of dialogue that reference Navi (mostly the by the Deku Tree) or are her talking about herself strongly hint at her being meant to be one of these. This is in sharp contrast to every other Fairy Companion in the franchise (Manga and Cartoon counting), who all feature at least a certain degree of temperament.

Zelda


The Princess of Hyrule. Despite her young age, she is wise beyond her years. She is aware of Ganondorf's plans to conquer Hyrule the entire world and she has her own plans to stop him.


 * Barrier Maiden:
 * Distressed Damsel:
 * Everything's Better With Princesses
 * Princesses Prefer Pink
 * Ermine Cape Effect
 * Cool Crown
 * Fallen Princess: She was forced to give up her life of royalty to masquerade as a for seven long years, all to hide from Ganondorf until the return of the Hero of Time.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Pins Ganon down with a blast of light magic during the final battle.
 * I Got Bigger
 * Lady and Knight: The Bright Lady to Link's White Knight.
 * Legacy Character
 * Leitmotif: Zelda's theme.
 * Mystical Waif
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Heroine:.
 * She's retroactively established
 * Opera Gloves: When an Adult.
 * Parental Abandonment: Her father was presumably killed right when she runs away with Impa.
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Princesses Prefer Pink
 * Properly Paranoid: Zelda suspects that Ganondorf intends to overthrow her father and locate the Triforce, a suspicion that is implied to not be taken seriously. Turns out, she's right.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Tomboy Princess: An Informed Attribute of hers, coming from a Gossip Stone..
 * Waif Prophet
 * Dreaming of Things to Come
 * The Wise Princess

Sheik


A mysterious Sheikah warrior that claims to be the Last of Their Kind. Sheik teaches Link the various songs to teleport him to the various temples around Hyrule..


 * Ambiguously Brown:
 * Darkskinned Blonde
 * Hammerspace: Where Sheik's harp appears to go when not playing it.
 * I Never Told You My Name: Sheik lets a single "Link" slip at the end of the first "conversation' with Link in the Temple of Time despite being literally the first person to encounter him in the future and no else seeming to recognize him from when he was a child..
 * Japanese Pronouns: Boku.
 * Last of the Sheikah:
 * Leitmotif: Plays whenever Sheik shows up.
 * Purple Prose: Oh yes.
 * Ninja
 * Non-Action Guy: To be fair, we never got to see what did during all those seven years.
 * Sarashi: For good reasons. There are also bandages in other parts of the body to make the Sarashi look less obvious.

Rauru


The last of the original Sages remaining, and the Sage of Light. Rauru explains to Link that he sealed Link away for seven years in the Sacred Realm so he could age into the intended Hero of Time, that Ganondorf has taken over Hyrule, and assigns him to awaken the reincarnations of the remaining sages.


 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: He is the Sage of Light, after all
 * Justice Will Prevail: Even if we wait seven years to act while the King of Evil takes control of Hyrule.
 * Last of Their Kind
 * Light Is Good
 * The Mentor
 * Mr. Exposition
 * The Obi-Wan
 * Precursor: He is one of the original Sages who created the Temple of Time and the Temple of Light to protect the Triforce from evil.
 * Sealed Good in A Can
 * Wizard Beard

Saria


Link's childhood best friend. She is later revealed to be the Sage of Forest.


 * Blue Eyes
 * Leitmotif: Saria's Song.
 * Magic Music: She gives Link his first ocarina.
 * Offscreen Moment of Awesome: It's implied that she managed to get all the way through the monster infested Forest Temple.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Her speech upon becoming a sage seems to indicate feelings for Link. However, sages are obligated to serve the gods without any bounds binding them to the mortal world. Additionally, she's Not Allowed to Grow Up which would make things even more complicated.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Darunia


The chief of the Goron people. He at first rejects Link, but later comes to accept him after he clears Dodongo's Cavern of monsters. He gives Link the Goron Ruby and inducts him in as a member of the tribe. Seven years later, he attempts to rescue his people from the dragon Volvagia by going to the Fire Temple. He is revealed to be the Sage of Fire.


 * The Big Guy
 * Big Yes: His reaction to Saria's Song.
 * Blood Brothers: With Link. He even names his son after him.
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Grumpy Bear: For a while.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy

Ruto


The princess of the Zora Fish People. Link first meets her in the Womb Level, where she is searching for the Zora's Sapphire that Jabu-Jabu swallowed. Later revealed to be the Sage of Water.


 * Childhood Marriage Promise: Link unwittingly promises to marry her in exchange for the Zora's Sapphire.
 * Fish Person
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: Subverted, Ruto's "developments" have been censored in Ocarina of Time 3D; she has scales that looks like she's wearing a dress.
 * I Got Bigger
 * Interspecies Romance: She's got a crush on Link.
 * Non-Mammal Mammaries
 * Rebellious Princess
 * She's All Grown Up: Let's just say that in the seven years since Link saw her, she grew up quite nicely indeed.
 * Tsundere: Type A.
 * Ugly Guys Hot Daughter

Impa


Zelda's nursemaid who is a Sheikah warrior who helps Zelda escape the castle when Ganondorf invades. She is later revealed to be the Sage of Shadow.


 * Dark Is Not Evil: She's the Sage of Shadow, and one of the good guys.
 * Faux Action Girl: Despite her reputation as being tough, we don't see her do any actual fighting in the game. Then again, like Sheik, we never got to see what she did during all those seven years.
 * Hot Amazon
 * It May Help You On Your Quest: Teaches Link "Zelda's Lullaby", probably the most useful piece of music in the game.
 * Last of Her Kind
 * Legacy Character: Impa is a name given to all of Zelda's caretakers in the series.
 * Ninja Maid: Without the costume, but seeing that she is Zelda's nursemaid, she still qualifies.
 * Team Mom: She's Zelda's nursemaid.

Nabooru


The second-in-command of the all-female Gerudo thieves who secretly despises Ganondorf. She attempts to break into the Spirit Temple to retrieve the Silver Gauntlets, but is captured and brainwashed by Twinrova instead. She is revealed to be the Sage of Spirit.


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Black Knight: Involuntarily trapped inside a suit of armor by Twinrova.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: By Twinrova. It's also strongly implied that her Brainwashed and Crazy status is the reason why she served as Ganondorf's second in command in the Adult Timeline.
 * Classy Cat Burglar: Although unabashedly a thief, she refuses to steal from women and children.
 * Cleopatra Nose
 * Commander Contrarian / The Starscream: To Ganondorf, before she becomes a Sage. Zig Zagged Trope by the fact that her misgivings about Ganondorf are legitimate concerns and that her motivations aren't fundamentally evil, unlike his.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Even Evil Has Standards: While she is a thief, she's disgusted by the fact that Ganondorf is perfectly willing to kill innocent people as well as rob from those who can't afford it.
 * Lady Thief
 * Heroes Want Redheads: According to Link/Nabooru shippers. Of course, her flirting indicates that it may be Redheads Want Heroes.
 * Hot Amazon
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Overlord Understudy: To Ganondorf.
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: As she stated to Link, she knows that Gerudo law requires that she bow down to Ganondorf due to his being the first male born in a century to the group, but she doesn't care and will not acknowledge Ganon as her king due to the atrocities he committed.

Great Deku Tree


The guardian spirit of the Kokiri tribe. He is cursed by Ganondorf at the beginning of the game, and dies shortly after Link breaks the curse. A new Deku Tree grows in his place when Link is older, which retains all memories from the first, who tells Link that he is a Hylian and not a Kokiri.


 * Fisher King: Once the Deku Tree dies, Kokiri Forest goes to seed.
 * Genius Loci
 * Legacy Character
 * Mentor Occupational Hazard
 * Nature Spirit
 * Sacrificial Lamb: Is killed off early in the game.
 * Secret Test of Character
 * World Tree
 * Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: Loses this trait upon reincarnating into the new Deku Tree Sprout.

The Kokiri
The children of the forest who are under the protection of guardian fairies and the Great Deku Tree. They aren't allowed to leave the forest. They don't age, keeping the appearance of children.


 * Hidden Elf Village
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up
 * Meaningful Name: Mido. It sounds like the Japanese word for green (midori). As in, green with envy.

Kaepora Gaebora


The wise old owl who shows up around Hyrule. He appears to give the player hints as to where to go next and what to do. However, his long-winded text conversations and Exposition Break manner of speaking made him annoying in any playthrough but the first one.


 * Abnormal Limb Rotation Range: He's an owl.
 * Exposition Break: "Would you like me to repeat that?"
 * Exposition Fairy
 * Giant Flyer: He can even cary child Link at a few points.
 * The Owl-Knowing One
 * Stop Helping Me!: "Would you like to hear what I said again?" [Yes is highlighted by default and you would most likely have been button mashing to get through his spiels. Do the math.]
 * Stop Helping Me!: "Would you like to hear what I said again?" [Yes is highlighted by default and you would most likely have been button mashing to get through his spiels. Do the math.]

Malon


This is the girl from Lon Lon Ranch. She teaches Epona's Song to Link.


 * Childhood Marriage Promise: Her father offers to let Link marry her, although he's only teasing.
 * Expy: Quite a few attached to her--Malon is an Expy of Marin from Links Awakening, who was an expy of the Zelda from A Link to The Past.
 * Farm Girl
 * Friend to All Living Things: She introduces Link to Epona as her friend.
 * I Got Bigger
 * Informed Ability: A Gossip Stone informs us that she set the record for the horseback obstacle course. At no point in the actual game does she ride a horse, though.
 * Missing Mom
 * Shout-Out: Wears a broach of Bowser's face on her ascot.
 * Ugly Guys Hot Daughter

Talon and Ingo

 * Brainwashed and Crazy: Ganondorf brings out Ingo's resentment toward Talon and makes him evil in the adult years. He gets better after you defeat him in a race and get Epona.
 * Bumbling Dad: Talon.
 * Expy: Talon and Ingo look a bit like Mario and Luigi. Talon also counts as an expy of Marin's father Tarin from Links Awakening.
 * Lazy Bum: Talon, though he changes his ways later.
 * Shipper On Deck: Talon asks Link if he'd like to marry Malon.
 * Shout-Out: Talon, like his daughter, wears a broach of Bowser's face.

Sharp and Flat

 * Driven to Suicide: It's implied that the reason they died is they killed themselves in order to maintain the secret of their work, as Ganondorf was going to steal their work.
 * Expy: Like Talon and Ingo, they're this for Mario and Luigi design-wise given that they're a pair of mustached brothers who dress in red and green respectively.
 * Let's You and Him Fight: Sharp and Flat will attack you on sight, believing you to be a follower of Ganondorf. They'll only realize you're not after being defeated.
 * Magic Music: Together they composed the Sun's Song, which can summon the day and the night.
 * Meaningful Name: Sharp and Flat are musical terms, thus fitting names for composers.
 * Posthumous Character: Not that that stops them from fighting and chatting it up with Link.

The Gorons
The people who dwell inside the mountains. They are, or at least appear to be, made of stone.
 * Big Fun: As a whole, the Gorons are quite large, yet very sociable and friendly race, even Darunia once you've improved his mood.
 * Eat Dirt Cheap: They eat rocks.
 * The Glomp: The Gorons love giving hugs to their friends, which freaks Link out for obvious reasons.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy: The Gorons as a whole exhibit this trait.
 * Verbal Tic: They commonly tack "-goro" onto the ends of their sentences or words.

The Zora

 * Adipose Rex: King Zora.
 * And I Must Scream: The entire race gets frozen by Ganondorf.
 * Fish People
 * Non-Mammal Mammaries: Judging by Ruto and the Zora females seen in other games, this is typical of the race.

Lord Jabu-Jabu
A giant fish. To acquire the Zora Sapphire, which he swallowed, Link must go into his belly and find both it and Princess Ruto.


 * The Voiceless
 * Womb Level

The Gerudo

 * Amazon Brigade: The entire race is female, and it is required by law that they obey their king, the sole male born in 100 years.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy: Shortly after, one of the carpenters would tell Link when spoken to that with the Gerudo are no longer scary anymore, implying that their earlier actions were the result of Twinrova brainwashing the race or keeping them in line with fear.
 * Camp Straight: The carpenters they imprison.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead: Their usual appearance.
 * Defeat Means Friendship: After realizing that Link is a Worthy Opponent, they agree to let him join their group and give him access to their fortress.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: It's subtly implied that the Gerudo may not have actually wanted to serve Ganondorf in the adult years, as they were seen celebrating Ganondorf's defeat at Lon Lon Ranch. Granted, they weren't quite as open as Nabooru about it, but still.
 * Fantasy Counterpart Culture: They have a vaguely Middle Eastern culture (being desert-dwellers) with a star and crescent as their symbol.
 * One-Gender Race: Save for the exception noted above.

Ganondorf
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""As I thought, you held the keys to the Door of Time! You have led me to the gates of the Sacred Realm...Yes, I owe it all to you, kid!""

Ganondorf, King of the Gerudos, and, not much later, Great King of Evil. He seeks the power of the Triforce, but, due to his unbalanced heart, causes it to split into its three basic components, and is only able to seize one of them: The Triforce of Power, the one virtue most prevalent in his heart. Of course, one third of the power of the goddesses isn't a bad share on it's own, granting him tremendous physical and magical power and making him nearly immortal, and with it he easily takes over Hyrule in the seven years of Link's absence. However, just one piece of the Triforce still isn't enough to grant him his wish. And so, his search for the remaining pieces continues...

"Great King of Evil: Ganondorf"
 * Ambiguously Brown: Him and all the Gerudo people. They live in deserts, so it's probably justified. Ganondorf himself, however, has a sickly green tone to his skin. By the end of the game, it has already turned into full-blown green skin.
 * Arch Enemy: This is where his centuries-long antagonism to many Links and Zeldas to come began.
 * Badass:
 * Badass Baritone
 * Badass Cape: Wears one in the future.
 * Badass Long Hair: After the Time Skip.
 * Big Bad
 * Boss Subtitles:

"Ganon"
 * Subverted to great effect to indicate this is the final fight when he assumes his monstrous form, which plainly states:


 * Card-Carrying Villain: "The Great King of Evil", anyone?
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: How exactly did Ganondorf know Link would be in the Temple of Time on that day? He's just that devious.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead: Due to his Gerudo heritage.
 * Death-Activated Superpower:.
 * Dual Wield: Does this when he finally transforms into Ganon in the final battle.
 * Evil Gloating
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Evil Laugh: Almost a Verbal Tic.
 * Evil Overlord
 * Evil Redhead
 * Evil Sorcerer
 * Evil Tower of Ominousness: Ganon's Castle. It's tall, black, and just in case that wasn't enough, floats above a pit of lava.
 * Final Boss
 * Full Boar Action: His Ganon form.
 * Genius Bruiser: He's an incredibly powerful sorcerer, and also a powerful warrior. In addition, he is also a pretty good strategist. It's heavily implied that he used both Zelda and Link to access the Sacred Realm. And then years later he uses Link to.
 * Hellish Horse: With glowing red eyes. The German version even claimed that it was from Hell.
 * Humanoid Abomination: He was human (or very close to it) to start with, but after finding the Triforce, he's become something much, much worse.
 * Hotblooded Sideburns
 * Impaled With Extreme Prejudice: Variation: Link, after Ganon was pinned down by Zelda, delivers the final blow by impaling his mouth.
 * In the 3DS remake, the final blow was changed to impaling his forehead instead of the mouth.
 * I Shall Taunt You: See Evil Gloating.
 * Leitmotif: He even plays it on his Ominous Pipe Organ while you travel through his castle. It gets louder the closer you get to him.
 * Large and In Charge: Hyrule Historia states his humanoid form as 7 foot 6. And lets not get started on Ganon
 * Load-Bearing Boss
 * Nigh Invulnerability: Granted by the Triforce of Power. You can count all weapons that were ever able to hurt him on one hand.
 * Nothing Can Stop Us Now: After he gets the Triforce of Power.
 * Obviously Evil: Even as a girl, Zelda can tell he's up to no good. The King of Hyrule seems to be rather oblivious to him, though.
 * Orcus On His Throne: What exactly did he do for seven years besides sitting in his tower playing the organ?
 * One-Winged Angel: He transforms into Ganon as one last effort to defeat you.
 * Physical God: Almost literal considering what powers him now.
 * Pig Man: The rare Big Bad example of this trope.
 * Although how much he resembles a pig is open to interpretation. The artwork for the game (see above) gives him a slightly piggish nose, but even his in-game model doesn't look so much like a humanoid pig as some kind of demonic, non-descript Beast Man.
 * A Plague On Both Your Houses: He swears to destroy all of Link and Zelda's descendants just as he is being sealed.
 * Prongs of Poseidon: The Trident of Power. Though he himself doesn't use it in this game, his minion, Phantom Ganon, does.
 * Raised By Grandparents: He was raised by the witches Twinrova. Navi calls them "Ganondorf's surrogate mothers" if you ask her about them in battle.
 * Sealed Evil in A Can: His fate at the end of the game.
 * Sinister Schnoz
 * Shock and Awe: His electric attacks.
 * Squishy Wizard: In contrast to his later appearances, he relies exclusively on magic and doesn't even carry a shown weapon.
 * Taking You With Me: After you defeat him at the top of his tower, he uses his last breath to destroy the whole castle, with you and Zelda in it. It doesn't work. However, that wasn't quite his last breath either...
 * Tennis Boss
 * Wicked Cultured: Only a classy villain would play the organ.
 * You Killed My Father: It's strongly implied that Ganondorf murdered Zelda's father, the king, around the time Link retrieved the Zora Sapphire.
 * You Killed My Father: It's strongly implied that Ganondorf murdered Zelda's father, the king, around the time Link retrieved the Zora Sapphire.

Dark Link


Link's Doppelganger who first appeared as "Shadow Link" in Zelda II the Adventure of Link as the final boss, he appears as the mini-boss in the Water Temple.


 * Blade Run: Dark Link is capable of doing this if you use the stab move to attack him by freezing Link in place somehow and jumping onto the blade. This can be used to your advantage, however; if you use a broken "Giant's Knife" he falls off.
 * Doppelganger
 * Duel Boss
 * Evil Counterpart
 * Evil Twin
 * Evil Sounds Deep: His voice is very noticeably lower-pitched than Link's.
 * Fearful Symmetry: One of his favorite combat tactics.
 * Giant Space Flea From Nowhere
 * He Was Right There All Along: Appears from behind a tree to challenge Link.
 * Mini Boss
 * Mirror Match
 * Paint It Black
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Visible Invisibility

Gohma
"Parasitic Armored Arachnid: Gohma"
 * Boss Subtitles


 * Giant Spider: Not as spiderlike as later incarnations, but still counts.
 * Go for The Eye: In classic Zelda fashion.
 * He Was Right There All Along
 * King Mook: Queen Mook to be exact, to the smaller Gohma you see in the Deku Tree.
 * Mook Maker: Can give birth to larvae during her boss fight.
 * Starter Villain
 * Warmup Boss

King Dodongo
"Infernal Dinosaur: King Dodongo"
 * Boss Subtitles


 * Breath Weapon
 * Dinosaurs Are Dragons: Is referred to by his boss subtitle as a dinosaur, yet he breathes fire and looks quite draconic as well.
 * Feed It a Bomb: His weakness, obviously.
 * Kill It With Fire: Funnily enough, this is both his fighting style and the way he die: he breathes fire yet dies by rolling into lava.
 * King Mook: To the Dodongos.
 * Rolling Attack

Barinade
"Bio-Electric Anemone: Barinade"
 * Boss Subtitles


 * Electric Jellyfish: Or anemone.
 * Everything's Better With Spinning: As noted in Spin Attack, it uses spinning for most of it's attacks.
 * King Mook: For the various electric jellyfish inside of Jabu-Jabu.
 * Spin Attack: Most of its attacks involve it spinning its limbs or itself.
 * Shock and Awe

Phantom Ganon
"Evil Spirit from Beyond: Phantom Ganon"
 * Boss Subtitles


 * Doppelganger Spin: As the first phase of the fight continues he summons fakes in the other pictures to distract you.
 * Final Boss Preview: The real Ganondorf fights like Phantom Ganon once he loses the horse, though with a few twists thrown in.
 * Hellish Horse
 * Prongs of Poseidon
 * Shock and Awe: Blasts Link with electricity if not shot as he emerges.
 * Tennis Boss
 * You Have Failed Me: After Link kicks its ass, the real Ganondorf banishes it to 'the gap between dimensions'.

Volvagia
"Subterranean Lava Dragon: Volvagia"
 * Boss Subtitles


 * Breath Weapon
 * Chasing Your Tail
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Calls down a rockslide as an attack.
 * Drop the Hammer: His weakness: you have to send your Megaton Hammer crashing down on his head.
 * Evil Is Burning Hot: Is a lava dragon who, surprise surprise, is the boss of the Fire Temple.
 * Improbable Weapon User: Sweeps its hair around to attack.
 * Or at least, it looks like hair.
 * Our Dragons Are Different: Has the appearance of an Oriental dragon, but the temperament of a European one.

Morpha
"Giant Aquatic Amoeba: Morpha"
 * An Ice Creature: It's strongly implied that it bore the brunt of the responsibility of maintaining the frozen state of Zora's Domain.
 * Attack Its Weak Point
 * Boss Subtitles


 * Combat Tentacles
 * Evil Is Deathly Cold: As mentioned above, it's primarily responsible for Zora's Domain freezing over.
 * Making a Splash
 * Mega Microbes
 * Murder Water

Bongo Bongo
"Phantom Shadow Beast: Bongo Bongo"
 * Boss Subtitles


 * Curb Stomp Battle/No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Its first appearance has it flailing Sheik around shortly after escaping the well, and throwing the hapless Sheikah down hard enough to induce unconsciousness. The exact result of Link's failed encounter with it is unknown (the screen blacks out right when it approaches Link), although the vocal grunts imply that Bongo Bongo managed to defeat Link easily in a similar manner, and it was implied that Link was knocked out for several hours as a result.
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Giant Hands of Doom: You need to disable them if you want to...
 * ...GoForTheEye
 * Invisibility
 * Tremor Trampoline: He pounds on a giant drum that happens to your only footing in the room you fight him in, making your character bounce. Equipping the Hover Boots can lessen it slightly, though.

Twinrova (Koume and Kotake)


Ganondorf's surrogate parents. Koume uses fire magic and Kotake uses ice magic. Their Fusion Dance forms a composite being that can use both.

"Sorceress Sisters: Twinrova"
 * Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence: When they're defeated (bickering all the way up).
 * Boss Subtitles:


 * Crystal Ball
 * The Dragon: The twin sisters were Ganondorf's adopted parents. That probably explains a lot.
 * Dual Boss: You first fight both witches at the same time, and they eventually fuse together.
 * Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors
 * Evil Is Burning Hot/Evil Is Deathly Cold
 * Evil Matriarch
 * Evil Old Folks
 * Fusion Dance: Their Twinrova form.
 * Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!: After the Fusion Dance...yowza. Link has a Jaw Drop, and Twinrova winks at him.
 * The 3DS remake went as far as to add Jiggle Physics.
 * Hot Witch: When combined, of course.
 * Kill It With Fire: Koume.
 * Kill It With Ice: Kotake.
 * Mind Control: They use this on Nabooru (with the Hypno Trinket variety). It's also implied from one of the carpenters after her that the Gerudo as a whole may have been brainwashed by her as well.
 * Magic Staff: That transform into their broomsticks.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Most certainly not in their base forms, but in their combined form... dear god.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Actually 400 years old, but one of the twins insists that she's only 380. The Twinrova fusion really doesn't look it.
 * Single-Minded Twins
 * Tactical Suicide Boss: If they didn't fight together, you wouldn't have one's magic to reflect at the other.
 * Tennis Boss: A variation, you reflect their magic into the other one. Twinrova plays it straight, though you need to absorb three blasts before you can turn them back.
 * Wicked Witches