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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The backstory, and a sealed booklet explaining how to beat some of the tougher puzzles. It should be mentioned that [http://www.zeldalegends.net/files/text/z3translation/z3_manual_story.html the translators of the American manual took a few liberties with the text] - it was arguably a [[Woolseyism]] at the time, but [[Dub-Induced Plot Hole|it created a few inconsistencies with later titles]].
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Some of the trees in the Dark World are ''actually people'' and
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: An adaptation of the manga is [http://zeldamotion.webs.com/ currently in the works], starring [[Todd Haberkorn]] as the voice of Link.
* [[Arc Number]]: Seven Wise Men and their seven descendants
* [[Arc Words]]:
* [[Bad Future]]: The timeline included in the ''[[Hyrule Historia]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia]]'' books published by [[Dark Horse]] contain [[Word of God|commentary indicating]] that ''A Link to the Past'' - and by extension the ''Oracle'' games, the first ''Legend of Zelda'', and ''The Adventure of Link'' - occupy a timeline where Link failed to defeat Ganondorf in the Adult Timeline of ''Ocarina of Time''. While the sages still manage to seal Ganondorf away, the Imprisoning War presumably cost many more lives than would have been lost if Link had won.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]:
** In Kakariko, use Magic Powder on the Cucco hiding in a pot inside the house of the informant woman in the blue dress that sics a guard onto you - this turns it into a spitting image of the woman, who uses her newfound speech to tell you off for [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|teasing her fellow Cuccos]] and express discomfort at her new form, [[Verbal Tic|all while still clucking occasionally]].
** Most residents of the Dark World are at least somewhat displeased with having been transformed against their will. Link the pink bunny arguably handles it well, but given his [[Heroic Mime]] status, it's hard to know what he really thinks of the situation
** Thankfully, the Moon Pearl is an item that allows Link to avert this trope and maintain his true form. Unfortunately, starting from Skull Woods you begin to encounter star-shaped "Rabbit Beams" that will temporarily disable the Moon Pearl if they hit you, leaving Link bunnified until he takes damage or the effect wears off.
** The missing [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarven]] blacksmith who works near Kakariko Village ended up in the Dark World, trapped as a frog within a wall of heavy stones. Link can optionally [[Escort Mission|escort him back to his partner in the Light World]] - doing so is recommended, since he can then pay the pair 10 Rupees and wait a while for them to upgrade his Master Sword into the twice-as-powerful Tempered Sword.
* [[Bladder of Steel]]: This trope only comes into play with the original release if you want to have a file with "000" for the "Total Games" count - dying or using the "save and quit" option will increase this count, so you'd better have a few hours of time set aside. Re-releases avert this trope generally: the GBA [[Updated Rerelease]] only increases the count whenever you die, and the [[Virtual Console]] uses save states whenever you quit the game using the Wii's Home button.▼
▲* [[Bladder of Steel]]: This trope only comes into play if you want to have a file with "000" for the "Total Games" count - dying or using the "save and quit" option will increase this count, so you'd better have a few hours of time set aside. Re-releases avert this trope generally: the GBA [[Updated Rerelease]] only increases the count whenever you die, and the [[Virtual Console]] uses save states whenever you quit the game using the Wii's Home button.
* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: Link's strongest sword is made out of (presumably magical) gold.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]/[[Bonus Boss]]: The GBA [[Updated Rerelease]] has the Palace of the Four Sword, unlocked only by completing the multiplayer ''Four Swords'' game on the same save file. The bosses include rematches against stronger versions of the first four Dark World bosses, and culminates in a [[Boss Rush]] against four differently-colored Dark Links.
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