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* [[Ear Worm]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_bFLwB0WY The Overworld theme] a.k.a the theme that usually plays while riding on the train.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: This game's Zelda is one of the titular princess' most popular incarnations thanks to her spunky go-getter attitude, adorable demeanor, and her ''ridiculously'' cute [[Ship Tease]] with this game's Link. While the game she hails from is far from the most popular Zelda game, even its most outspoken detractors consider this Zelda to be one of the best-written versions of the character in the franchise and love her chemistry with Link.
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Thanks to his final form heavily resembling {{spoiler|Demise's true form}} and the fact that he's explicitly called a Demon King, it's widely believed that Malladus is supposed to be {{spoiler|a reincarnation of Demise's hatred much like Ganondorf}}. Some however believe that it's all a coincidence, since {{spoiler|Ganondorf was still alive and active while Malladus was alive but sealed away. With that being said, there's nothing outright saying that only one incarnation can exist at a time...}}
** Alternatively, Malladus isn't {{spoiler|Demise's hatred incarnate. It's Cole! Yeah, he's a tiny, yappy, smug little prick who isn't much of a physical fighter, but consider this: Malladus' Demise-esque final form is a result of him possessing Chancellor Cole, who himself is explicitly a wrathful and malicious demon. He also infiltrated Hyrule's court, is well-versed in black magic, and is an [[Evil Redhead]], all of which are traits he shares with Ganondorf and by extension, Demise.}}
* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Byrne {{spoiler|before his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}. He's basically Hyrule's answer to Darth Vader, fights like Vega from [[Street Fighter]], and is an imposing physical threat responsible for one of the game's best boss fights.
* [[Fan Dumb]]: Possibly the largest backlash since ''[[The Wind Waker]].'' Some of the objections were petty, of course, and included:
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** The fact that it meant that the then-unnamed Zelda Wii would come out later than 2009. Some viewed this as a mere stop-gap game to keep the fans from complaining.
* [[Freud Was Right]]: Anyone else feel something with the very end? {{spoiler|Namely that Link drives his sword (an ever popular symbol for this trope) into the [[Big Bad]]'s head, and then you must ''rub'' the screen. Zelda then comes along to help, er, rub Link's sword. Then when the sword actually pierces the boss' skull they give out a rather... ecstatic cry.}}
* [[Goddamned Boss]]: Quite a few fights can ''really'' drag on for a bit. Which is a shame, because many of these fights qualify as [[Best Boss Ever|some of the franchise's best]] when everything goes according to plan.
** Cragma's weak spots usually aren't hard to hit, but the exception is his eye. For such a big and obvious target, lining up your shot can be a lot tougher than it looks. And if you run out of arrows trying to hit it, he'll knock you off the minecart track you were riding, forcing you to dodge several of his attacks, pick up the arrows that they create, and then take a different mine cart up to his eye all over again.
** If you're at least good at dodging his rocks and lasers, Skeldritch can qualify as this as opposed to [[That One Boss]] thanks to how finnicky the Sand Wand is when you try to use it to move the rocks he shoots onto the catapults in his arena. And when he does his long-lasting, sweeping laser attacks, he can end up destroying the rocks you've got in reserve, kicking you back to square one.
** ''Every single phase of Malladus' fight is this.'' Whether it's {{spoiler|trying to lead Zelda towards Malladus while Cole keeps summoning annoying ghost mice to scare and possess her, having to protect Zelda from a storm of meteors as she slowly charges up magic, trying to pull off the hardest Spirit Flute duet yet, or trying and failing to get Zelda to line up her shots with Malladus' back}}, it's like the devs went out of their way to make every aspect of this guy a real headache to deal with.
* [[Love to Hate]]: While not the series' most ''popular'' villain, Chancellor Cole is still well-liked for being an entertaining baddie who manages to be a surprisingly savvy and effective threat despite his [[Smug Snake]] trappings.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Chancellor Cole. For a guy who seems like he'd be an overconfident [[Smug Snake]], he's actually fairly smart as far as Zelda villains go. In order to resurrect Malladus, {{spoiler|he realizes that while he needs Zelda's body to serve as a vessel, he doesn't need her to be ''alive''. And thus he decides to forgo any sort of complex master plan and isolates her before simply killing her, separating her spirit from her body while he resurrects his master}}. Much like Ganondorf in several games, he actually ''wins'' and gets exactly what he wants. {{spoiler|At least, he does until Zelda takes her body back and kicks Malladus out of it, which causes the Demon King to possess Cole instead. Still, he ''did'' accomplish what he set out to do all the same!}}
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