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Following his defeat of Ganon in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
▲{{quote| ''SEA BEARS FOAM, SLEEP BEARS DREAMS. BOTH END IN THE SAME WAY--[[Dream Apocalypse|CRASSSH!]]''}}
▲The fourth game in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series, and the first on the [[Game Boy]].
▲Following his defeat of Ganon in ''[[The Legend of Zelda a Link To The Past|A Link To The Past]]'', the young hero Link left Hyrule to go on a [[Journey to Find Oneself|Journey to Find Himself]] and to train himself to prepare for future threats to Hyrule. After completing his travels, he sails homewards towards Hyrule when his boat is suddenly caught in a violent storm and struck by lightning. When he awakes, he finds himself shipwrecked on the shores of Koholint Island.
Link soon discovers that Koholint Island is the home of a creature known as the Wind Fish, and that as long as the Wind Fish slumbers it is impossible to leave the island. The only way to wake the Wind Fish is to gather and play the [[Plot Coupon|eight Instruments Of The Siren]] hidden around Koholint, guarded by monsters known as Nightmares.
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Interestingly, according to [[Word of God|Takashi Tezuka and Eiji Aonuma]], David Lynch's ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' [http://kotaku.com/5457701/which-legend-of-zelda-game-was-inspired-by-twin-peaks was apparently the main inspiration for this game.]
The game has two [[Updated Rerelease]]s.
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* [[One Hundred Percent Completion]]: If you want to get all of the pictures in the DX version you must steal from the shopkeeper, despite how much of a bad idea that is.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: But whose dream? That's the real question.
** And thanks to the very last scene {{spoiler|after Link wakes up we see the Windfish in the sky}}, so was it ''all'' really a dream?
* [[All Witches Have Cats]]: The witch Link meets in the Mysterious Forest have one.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: If you managed to complete the [[Fetch Quest]] and get the Boomerang, the final boss's final form goes down in '''one hit.'''
** But provided that you don't get/use the Boomerang, it is most likely the hardest battle in the game, and one of the most fun.
** The long, multi-part final battle has its own unique music, but when the actual final boss appears, the music downgrades to the mini-boss theme.
** It's important to note that the bosses in Angler's cave and Turtle Rock are ''ridiculously'' easy. Angler you can just hit with your sword rapid-fire and win with no damage. Hot Head, meanwhile, you can just rapidly-fire the fire rod at them and kill 'em almost as easily as the angler (just ''don't'' let him hit you; 4 hearts of damage is nothing to sneeze at). It even ''STUNLOCKS'' him.
** The Facade of the Face Shrine is rather easily beaten...and even got a [[Degraded Boss|downgrade to a mini-boss]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|Oracle of Seasons]]''.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Tarin, who turns into a raccoon. This may not be a full example, because Tarin remembers it as a dream and comments that "it sure was fun!"
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Link is finally free, but defeating the final boss and awakening the Wind Fish means destroying all the people you've met along the way (at least in the default ending). Alternatively....
** [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Beat the game, and Link causes a [[Dream Apocalypse]]... oh, and he's also ''lost at sea'' (though it is likely he makes it home offscreen; there are seagulls flying about, after all...)}}
*** It is, however, implied in the secret ending animation (unlocked by completing the game without dying) that Marin survived in some fashion and that her wish to be a seabird was granted.
**** Even worse in the manga since Link {{spoiler|[[Did Not Get the Girl]] after inviting Marin to return to Hyrule with him and he even tried to leave the island early with her.}}
* [[Bodyguard Betrayal]]: Richard was driven out of his castle by his treacherous guards.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: The DX version has a color-themed dungeon. Completing it allows you to choose a colored tunic to increase either your '''{{color|red|offensive}}''' or '''{{color|blue|defensive}}''' power.
* [[Bowdlerize]]: They changed cross-shaped grave markers into "RIP" rounded-block gravestones. Also, the bikini top of the Mermaid became a... [[Accidental Innuendo|pearl necklace.]]
** And another is the model Hippo in Animal Village who tells you to go away so the artist can paint her. Originally, she was a nude model (with visible breasts) with a towel which she pulls up when Link enters the studio.
* [[The Cameo]]: Yoshi doll ([[Lampshade Hanging|"Lately, he's been showing up in a lot of games!"]]), a picture of Peach, a pet Chain Chomp<ref> Referred to here as "BowWow", which is closer to his Japanese name "WanWan"</ref>, [[Super Mario Bros.|Goombas, Piranha Plants, Thwomps]], and an evil [[Kirby]] as enemies, Wart from [[Super Mario Bros
* [[Cardboard Obstacle]]: The game ''loves'' throwing these at you, like blocking paths with stones... in areas that you can only get to if you can lift stones. And unlike in [[A Link to The Past]], you have to actively equip a different inventory item for every bit of lifting, jumping, or dashing you do.
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: The Genie boss openly proclaims to be a bad guy before the fight begins.
* [[Chain of Deals]]: Starts with the Yoshi doll in the Trendy Game (which you need 10 rupees to play). A few places, it's actually required to proceed further in the game.
* [[Comic Book Adaptation]]: By Ataru Cagiva, who later did a manga adaptation of ''[[A Link to The Past]]''.
* [[Continuity Cameo]]: Dethl's shapes resemble [[The Legend of Zelda:
* [[Continuity Nod]]: To ''A Link to the Past''. Link is "cursed" by a crazy bat, a monkey helps Link get into a dungeon, Link gets Magic Powder from a witch after giving her mushrooms, and a few bosses from the previous game show up again. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that Koholint seems to be {{spoiler|borrowing from Link's memories}}.
* [[Cursed
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: See the entry for [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]].
* [[Date My Avatar]]: Mr. Write's 'pen pal' mailing him her alleged photo which is actually a photo of Princess Peach. The 'pen pal' is actually an anthropomorphic goat.
* [[Death Is a Slap
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: As said below, if you steal an item, no matter how cheap, from the shopkeeper, he '''kills you'''.
* [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu]]: The fifth dungeon's [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] miniboss goes out of character and steals the dungeon's item from its chest. He then leaves a note behind, taunting Link to come and get it. Especially stupid since he'd already said, "Argh! ''I can't defeat you!''" before [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|giving up and running away]].
* [[Dream Apocalypse]]: {{spoiler|The Ending.}} Easily the most well-known example of this trope.
** The secret ending animation (unlocked by completing the game without dying) teases that the apocalypse may have been somewhat less than total, although it gives no indication of how or why this might be.
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** Entering "ZELDA" as the player's name on the file selection screen changes the music for that screen until it is exited (and only once unless it is entered again).
** Kazumi Totaka worked on the soundtrack, and this time there are three versions programmed into the game, though one never plays in-game and the other required entering "Totakeke" (Totaka's nickname) as the player's name in the Japanese version using kana, after which it would play in the same manner as the other file selection screen [[Easter Egg]]; due to the writing system change this was [[Dummied Out]] in most international versions [[Regional Bonus|except for the German translation]], whose script writer, Claude Moyse, added it back by making it play when his last name is entered in all caps as the player's name in that version.
* [[Epic Flail]]: Obviously, the Ball & Chain Trooper wield this type of weapon.
* [[Escort Mission]]: A large steel ball in the seventh dungeon. It's entirely possible to get the thing stuck in such a way that the game becomes [[Unwinnable]]. Also used when Link escorts Marin around the island, although she's invulnerable to damage.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: The owl.
* [[Expy]]: Tarin, the mushroom-obsessed man with a fabulous mustache? [[Super Mario Bros.|Sounds familiar, doesn't it?]]
** Mr. Write is a pretty obvious Expy of Dr. Wright from the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] port of [[
* [[Fishing Minigame]]: First one of the series!
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: The residents of Animal Village adore Marin.
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** Strangely enough, the third and eight dungeon actually have a security key for just that case (former in the very last puzzle before the boss and latter hidden in a statue you'd shoot with an arrow). The fourth dungeon however lacks one.
* [[Genre Blindness]]: Despite being [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] in battle (see below), the fifth dungeon's miniboss makes the mistake of stealing the dungeon's item, thus making it mandatory to find and kill him, no matter how much he flees.
* [[Giant Flyer]]: {{spoiler|The Wind Fish}}, albeit with comically-undersized angel wings.
* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: At certain points in the game, Bow-Wow the chain chomp, Marin, a ghost, and a flying blue rooster all accompany Link temporarily.
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Link, upon first meeting Marin, mistakes her for Princess Zelda.
* [[Infinity
** The Boomerang. You can only get it at the end of a sidequest spanning half of the game, but it is well worth it, being able to slaughter almost anything in the game, including otherwise unkillable Anti-Fairies and Sparks, and including {{spoiler|the final boss, Dethl.}}
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Richard has a loose definition of "villa."
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* [[Jump Physics]]: When using the feather.
** [[Not Quite Flight]]: The Flying Rooster required to access the seventh dungeon can be picked up with the Power Bracelet to fly pretty much indefinitely, though he doesn't accompany you into the actual dungeon, and he leaves you after it's completed.
* [[King Mook]]: King Moblin, a mini-boss encountered in the Moblin cave that isn't only the largest but also leads the the moblins that captured Bow-Wow.
* [[Lost Forever]]: Some secret seashells if you don't go to the mansion at the right times, and another one only accessible while you have the Flying Rooster. But there are more than enough to get the level 2 sword, even without those.
* [[Magic Music]]: Your Ocarina has special powers starting in this game. Also, your goal in the game is to collect magical instruments to play along with the Ocarina.
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* [[Mind Rape]]: This is what the {{spoiler|Nightmares are essentially trying to do to the Wind Fish. By invading his mind and hijacking his dream world, they plan to control his mind. In response, the Wind Fish's spirit draws Link into the dream as a means of trying to protect himself.}}
* [[Multiple Endings]]: There's a bonus scene at the end of the credits if you manage to win without a game over.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: "You k-k-k-beat my brothers!"
* [[No Damage Run]]: Well, No Game Over Run anyways--this is required to get the best ending.
* [[Non
* [[Oh Crap]]: From the 5th dungeon on, the dungeon bosses panic when defeated, realizing that Link's coming closer and closer to awakening the Wind Fish and causing the aforementioned [[Dream Apocalypse]]. To say nothing of the [[Villainous Breakdown]] the Wind Fish's Nightmare has when it's defeated.
* [[One
* [[One
* [[Only Shop in Town]]: Mabe Village only has one store. Confusingly, though, the crane-minigame building also has "SHOP" written on the roof in giant letters, but you can't actually buy anything there.
* [[Playing With Fire]]: The Genie boss is able to launch fireballs at Link.
* [[Power
* [[Recurring Riff]]: The Color Dungeon in ''DX'' uses the dungeon theme from the original ''Legend of Zelda'' game.
* [[Recycled Soundtrack]]: The music in the 4th dungeon is a mildly remixed version of the "generic cave" music from this same game.
* [[Regional Bonus]]: As mentioned above, the German translation re-added an [[Easter Egg]] that most other Western translations removed.
* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: The Mad Batter apparently thinks he is this, but considering all we see him doing is helping Link, he's at best a [[Minion with an F In Evil]].
* [[Sequence Breaking]]: Although it's a far more minor example compared to the boatloads of [[Sequence Breaking]] possible in [[The Legend of Zelda:
** There's also a glitch in the original black and white version which allowed the player to "warp" from his current location to the exact same location--one screen away. Not only did this allow for a lot of extra exploration, but could occasionally lead to "Glitch Rooms" that contain later items, and allowed one to clear the second dungeon without either obtaining the power bracelet or beating the boss.
* [[Schizo
** Partially [[Justified Trope|justified]] since it's {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]}}.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: The fifth dungeon's miniboss will flee from the battle after being hurt a few times... and does this two more times after you find him again.
** The boss of the seventh dungeon first appears as a miniboss, but clears the scene once you [[Never Say "Die"|k-k-k-beat]] his batty brothers.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Link basically takes Marin on a date at one point in the game.
* [[Shoplift and Die]]: "I wasn't kidding when I said pay! Now you'll pay the ultimate price!" [[Shock and Awe|*cue the lightning* ]]
* [[Shout
** And there is a whole ''mess'' of Super Mario shout outs. See [[The Cameo]], above.
* [[Sssssnaketalk]]: The boss of the fifth dungeon talks like this.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Sort of. The final boss has a pretty awesome theme, but when you reach his final form, ''the miniboss theme'', of all things, begins to play.
* [[Space
* [[Space Whale|Sky Whale]]: The Wind Fish.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To ''Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru'' ("For the Frog the Bell Tolls") an earlier action-adventure game for the [[Game Boy]]. The main character from ''Kaeru'', Richard, makes a cameo in ''Link's Awakening''
* [[Spoiler Title]]: In the US version, about two-thirds of the way through the game you make the (very unexpected) realization that {{spoiler|the whole of Koholint Island is just a dream of the Wind Fish}}. Meanwhile, the Japanese version of the game's name is ''The Legend of Zelda: {{spoiler|Dream Island}}''. Well that certainly ruins the tension.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The Genie practically yells his weakness to Link.
* [[Trick Arrow]]: Equipping both the bow and the bombs allows Link to fire a [[Rule of Cool|bomb arrow.]]
** Finally duplicated again [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|nine games later.]]
* [[Unique Enemy]]: Almost every enemy found in the DX version's Color Dungeon is found nowhere else, but among them there is only one each of the [[Palette Swap|blue variants]] of the Camo Goblin and Karakoro.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: A [[Game Boy Color]]-enhanced version was later released as ''Link's Awakening DX.'' Sadly a victim to [[Bowdlerize]], see above.
** Now downloadable on the 3DS.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Unusual for a Zelda game, you can ''kill'' Cuccos and dogs with a certain weapon acquired late in the game.
** You can kill them with the [[Kill It
*** The friendly Zora in Animal Village can be killed just like any enemy, though not with the sword.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment]]: If you attack the dog, [[The Dog Bites Back|it attacks you]]. And if you attack a Cucco too many times, it summons up a whole host of its buddies to attack you. However, unlike the other games in the series, you can stop a Cucco attack by using the magic rod or magic powder on the original Cucco. The Cucco will burn to death and the other Cuccos will stop attacking you.
* [[Video Game Settings]]:
** [[Big
** [[Bleak Level]]: Face Shrine
** [[Bonus Level]]: Color Dungeon
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** [[Death Mountain]]: Tal Tal Mountain Range, Mt. Tamaranch
** [[Down the Drain]]: Angler's Tunnel
** [[
** [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Turtle Rock
** [[Lost Woods]]: Mysterious Woods
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Dethl, the final Nightmare, when it's defeated. "[[Famous Last Words|This island is going to disappear...]] [[Dream Apocalypse|Our world is going to disappear...]] Our world... Our...world..."
* [[Whale Egg]]: It's rather self-explanatory. Seriously, it's part of the plot... It IS the plot.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: The Face Shrine. {{spoiler|You learn that the island is the Wind Fish's dream, and that by waking it up, the island and everyone on it will disappear.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: People will call you "THIEF" instead of the name you chose for Link if you steal from the shop in Mabe Village. [[Shoplift and Die|And if you ever return to the shop...]]
** Partial solution: Name your character THIEF to begin with.
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: {{spoiler|The Wind Fish}} speaks it.
* [[You Bastard]]: "You got it for free. Are you proud of yourself?"
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