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''[[The Legend of Neil]]'' is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the original 8-bit ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' game for the NES, taking the "sucked into a video game" concept of quite a few kids TV shows and turning it on its head by introducing a grown man (in this case also a loser), and throwing him into the often nonsensical world of Hyrule. [[Hilarity Ensues]], of course. Written by Sandeep Parikh and Tony Janning, it stars the latter as Neil, while the former sings the theme song accompanied by a mandolin. An ensemble cast (including [[Felicia Day]], of ''[[
Each episode is around seven or eight minutes long and begins with a cold opening, followed by the theme song, followed in turn by a sung description of what happened previously on the show, which grows longer and longer as each season progresses. The first season serves mainly to set up the plot and deals with Neil's efforts to beat Level 1, while the second season opens with a flashback of Neil's life before getting sucked into the game, and his continuing impatience and reluctance with his quest; the third and final season shows Neil accepting his role as Link, the hero of Hyrule, and overcoming various trials to finally defeat Ganon.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: In the musical episode, Felicia Day claims she's not really into online musicals before immediately bursting into song. The line is an apparent reference to her starring role in [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]].
* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]: The Store <ref>which is actually just a criminal front for [[Shell Game|Money Making Game]]</ref> has ridiculous prices, which the clerk is oddly willing to haggle down... [[Do You Want to Haggle?|with himself]]. Subverted with most of the other items, as following game mechanics, Neil either collects them in dungeons or is just given them for free.
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]
* [[Autoerotic Asphyxiation]]: Apparently it can get you sucked into a [[Video Game]]:
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* [[Call Back]]: You finally learn what "Dragon Style" is in "Restart of the King."
** By season 3, the Old Man has also perfected his ability to go *poof* and disappear.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: The fairy is very.... insistent on her claim to Neil.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Played straight in the first episode, subverted in two second season episodes where one ends on a cliffhanger like this and the other opens with the completion of said curse.
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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Just a tiny one, but worth mentioning nontheless: Hylians are called "Elves" in the show, for obvious reasons. However, given that it has never been officially stated that Hylians aren't the same thing as Elves (and that Hyrule has a tendency to [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]]) it could actually be correct.
** Then again, this IS Legend of Zelda from NES, before we knew they were Hylians. Back then, we did just call them elves.
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*** The ninth triforce piece appears {{spoiler|after Neil/Link beats Ganon and saves Zelda as the key to her chastity belt, which the other eight pieces inside Neil/Link then unlock.}}
**** Except that the Triforce from Ganon in the game is a different, whole one.
** Neil's Link outfit appears to be based on Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess, not the green and brown one from the first few titles.
** When Neil {{spoiler|gets a gameover and later tries to restart the game, he hits select instead of start.}}
* [[Drunken Montage]]: "Gettin' High in Hyrule"
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* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: {{spoiler|Season 2 finale}}
* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: Fairies have litters, apparently. And eat their young within the first day if not stopped.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: For most, if not all of season's 1 and 2, Neil really doesn't care about the quest, and just wants to get home. Princess Zelda being hot is a bit of an incentive, however.
* [[Sequence Breaking]]: Neil attempts this. {{spoiler|It does not end well for him.}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: The show has many, especially in the final episode.
* [[Sink or Swim Mentor]]: Both Old Men.
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* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: Invoked, Wizrobe is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to wander why he lured Neil to level 1, when he could have lured him to level 7 instead and had him face the much tougher evil minions that live there.
* [[Stunt Double]]: In the final episode, during the hand-to-hand fight with Ganon:
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* [[The Game Come to Life]]: Deconstructed. All the usual aspects are there, with Neil taking the role of the hero character, and the quest being generally the same (Get Triforce! Defeat "GANNON"! Save Princess). However, Neil isn't as entranced by this notion as much as a kid would be, and often reacts to the general weirdness around him the way any normal person would: as a [[Deadpan Snarker]]. Also, the seedier underbelly of Hyrule, not explicitly referred to in the game, is emphasized by places like the "Money Making Game!" bar and Mirth's Pub. In addition, most of the characters are given much more characterization beyond what the capabilities of the NES could express. The Old Man with the sword is a jerk, the Moblins are a bunch of drunk fratboys, Ganon is a "mental invalid", etc.
* [[Token White]]: Tod, he even calls himself one.
* [[Tough Love]]: Definitely Old Man, who spends half of his time giving Neil helpful items and half of his time floating in a little bubble above Neil's head tormenting him, comparing him to a girl scout and advising him to go buy a training bra.
** It gets to the point where the one time he was genuinely trying to be helpful in a non-sarcastic way, Neil blows him off by saying that he just wants to get a drink, not be lectured to about "queefing in the wind, or whatever."
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* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Neil/Link
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Subverted and played for laughs from day one. Lampshaded by the Old Man, "Eat the heart cookie, it's delicious. You deserve it after committing murder."
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