The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages/Characters

Main Characters

Link

While riding through the countryside of Hyrule, the Triforce summons Link to Hyrule Castle, where he is sent to either Holodrum or Labrynna. He has a Triforce mark on his hand, which signifies him as a hero from Hyrule to the natives of those lands. He is apparently the same hero from A Link to The Past.

Badass
- Badass Adorable: This version of him gives even Toon Link a run for his money.
Beware the Nice Ones: He's generally portrayed as a friendly, kindhearted young man who tends to go out of his way to help those in distress. He is also the avatar of Courage, and has a history of beating the hell out of everything from dragons to demigods.
Chick Magnet
The Chosen One
Chronic Hero Syndrome
Clothes Make the Legend
Cool Sword: He only gets the Master Sword in a linked game, though.
Crazy Prepared: Has a weapon/item for every possible situation.
Cute Shotaro Boy
Die, Chair, Die!
Even The Non-Humans Want Him: The Maku Tree wants to marry him when she grows up, and in the manga, his pet chicken Piyoko admits to being in love with him.
Friend to All Living Things: To the point that he can call upon three of his animal friends to help him out: Ricky (a Boxing Kangaroo--who carries Link in his pouch—with great jumping and climbing abilities, as well as the power to summon tornadoes when his punches were fully charged), Moosh (a flying blue bear who can help Link cross chasms), and Dimitri (a Dodongo who can bite and eat enemies and helps Link traverse through aquatic areas, notably strong currents and up waterfalls).
The Hero
Heroic Mime
- Except when he has a Dialogue Tree.
Heroic Spirit
Kid Hero
Kleptomaniac Hero: If it even vaguely looks useful and isn't nailed down, Link will nab it.
Knight in Shining Armor
Legacy Character
Magic Music: In Oracle of Ages, which makes him travel through time.
Nice Hat: Would he really be Link without it?
One-Man Army
Player Surrogate: This is the reason his name is Link.
Plot Tailored to the Party
Raised by Grandparents: In the manga.
Rewarding Vandalism: Link's primary source of income is smashing random objects. Especially pottery.

The Oracles

Nayru, Oracle of Ages

Not to be confused with the goddess of wisdom, who goes by the same name, though this Nayru is more than likely a priestess of the other Nayru. She's a main character in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and has the power to jump through time. She's well known for her beautiful singing voice in the kingdom of Labrynna and wields the Harp of Ages, which holds a part of her powers.

Curtains Match the Window: And for added effect, her clothes are primarily blue hues as well.
Demonic Possession: By Veran.
Damsel in Distress: She's kidnapped and possessed by Veran, who wants to abuse her powers.
- Though, unlike Din, Nayru is actually saved a few dungeons before the Final Boss fight, and aids Link by teaching him a pretty useful song for the harp.
Expy: While many of the female characters in the Oracle games have sprites similar to Marin of Link's Awakening, given their use of the same graphic style, Nayru is especially similar, being a singer and harpist.
Harp of Femininity
MacGuffin Girl
Magic Music: Her harp holds a part of her powers
Princess Classic: Even though she's not a princess, she displays almost more characteristics of this trope than Princess Zelda herself.
Rapunzel Hair
Three Faces of Eve: Mother.
Time Travel: Her powers and her Harp of Femininity.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Din, Oracle of Seasons

Not to be confused with the goddess of power, who goes by the same name, though this Din is more than likely a priestess of the other Din. She's a main character in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and holds the four seasons in their balance. She's a famous dancer in Holodrum and possesses the Rod of Seasons, which holds a part of her powers.

Cannot Spit It Out: Another woman with a crush on Link.
Curtains Match the Window
Dark-Skinned Redhead
Damsel in Distress: Your goal in the game is to free her from the evil general Onox.
Heroes Want Redheads: It's a similar case as with Nabooru here: it's unclear if Link wants her, but she definitely wants him. The feeling is mutual in the manga adaptation, though.
MacGuffin Girl
Magic Wand: The Rod of Seasons
Sassy Black Woman: She had unusually dark skin for a Hylian, which is the reason why some people theorize that she's part Gerudo.
Three Faces of Eve: Seductress.
Weather Control Machine: The whole purpose of her existence. Enclose her in a crystal and watch the seasons go to hell.

Farore, Oracle of Secrets

Not to be confused with the goddess of courage, who goes by the same name, though this Farore is more than likely a priestess of the other Farore. She's a side character in both of the Oracle games. She resides in the Maku Tree that connects Labrynna and Holodrum, and Link must bring a secret he finds in one region to her so he can use new equipment in the other.

Curtains Match the Window
Demoted to Extra: There were initially going to be three Oracle games with her playing a large role in the third, but the developers decided it'd be too complicated to link three games so they made her the Oracle of Secrets instead.
Giant Poofy Sleeves
Mythology Gag: Din, Nayru, and Farore all make an appearance in The Minish Cap, and Farore gets the short end of the stick again since Link could only help the other two to their satisfaction.
- Well, you can choose to help Farore instead of Nayru or Din, but this will result in one of the two others staying behind in the hotel.
- Her trophy also mentions how much it bothers her that people take advantage of her kind nature.
Odango Hair: Is she trying to compete with Doremi?! Seriously...
Three Faces of Eve: Maiden.
What Could Have Been: Farore was supposed to have her own game as well, but complications with creating and linking three games compared to two caused hers to be Dummied Out.
Wise Beyond Their Years: Farore seems to be the youngest out of the three Oracles, but she seems to be the most knowledgeable. The one who's carrying a Great Big Book of Everything around and enables you to fight the real Big Bad, simply by collecting secrets.
You Gotta Have Green Hair

Villains

Onox

The main villain of Oracle of Seasons, who actually resembles the regular enemy Iron Knuckle. He shows up to kidnap Din, the Oracle of Seasons, and throw the seasons in Holodrum for a loop. Later shown to be The Dragon to Twinrova.

Black Knight
Card-Carrying Villain: "Onox: General of Darkness".
Co-Dragons: With Veran. Ironically, he's also literally a dragon.
Epic Flail: He attacks with one.
Flat Character: They might both be Filler Villains, but at least Veran has the decency to show up sporadically throughout the game to somewhat flesh out her motivations. Onox doesn't reappear until it's time for the final battle.
Hijacked By Twinrova: Although if you're playing a Linked Game you'll know this even before you meet him.
Human Shield: He uses Din as one during the boss battle. Use the Rod of Seasons to gently knock her away to safety.
Large and In Charge: Definitely one of the more physically imposing villains Link's had to face.
Officer and a Gentleman: He claims to be this in the official manga, but it hardly shows.
One-Winged Angel: His draconian true form.
- Our Dragons Are Different: His wyvern transformation resembles your typical European dragon, but has a horned skeleton for a face.
Shout-Out: The battle with his One-Winged Angel form is remarkably similar to Sigma's final form in the first Mega Man X game—he floats in the background and snaps his claws down at you, you ride them up high enough to strike the gem on his head. The game was developed by Capcom, so it's not surprising they'd throw in some kind of reference such as this.
Stalker with a Crush: The manga shows him as being this for Din.
Tin Tyrant
Weather Control Machine: He throws the seasons out of whack when he imprisons Din.

Veran

The main villain of Oracle of Ages, who goes back in time to screw up the history of Labrynna, forcing Link to go back and try and stop her. Like Onox, she is revealed to be The Dragon to Twinrova.

Bare Your Midriff
Bee-Bee Gun: One form of her One-Winged Angel forms is a bee.
Card-Carrying Villain: "Veran: Sorceress of Shadows". She happens to have a bit more of her character developed than Onox, though.
Cleavage Window/Impossibly Low Neckline
Co-Dragons: With Onox.
Demonic Possession: Used three times - against Impa before the start of the game, Nayru early on, and later Queen Ambi. She tries to use it against Link after the first phase of her final battle with him, but he jumps out of the way.
- She has a curious comment in the game about having possessed Ralph at one point, which only happens in the manga.
Evil Chancellor
Evil Sorceress
Evil Tower of Ominousness: Black Tower.
Giant Spider: One of her OWAs and the least humanoid of them all.
Green-Skinned Space Babe: Ok, so she's actually blue, she's not from outer space (we think), and her true race is unknown (speculation usually concludes that she has a connection with the Gerudo or, possibly, the Twili), but you should get the general idea.
- In a linked game, onox says that Twinrova summoned the two of them from the dark realm...
Hijacked By Twinrova: In a Linked Game you'll know it before you even meet Veran, though.
Hot Witch
Impossible Hourglass Figure
Kryptonite Factor: Mystery Seeds.
Ms. Fanservice
One-Winged Angel: Her true appearance is that of a fairy. Veran has an additional three she doesn't want anyone to see (bee, beetle, and spider).
Our Fairies Are Different: A demonic-looking fairy who summons four Dark Links to aid her in battle and pelts you with magical fireballs. Still somehow manages to come across as Fairy Sexy.
Peek-a-Bangs
Pimped-Out Dress: Complete with Giant Poofy Sleeves.
Sequential Boss
Terminator Twosome: Veran and Link.
Vain Sorceress: Shades of it.

Twinrova

The twin sisters Koume and Kotake, who were Ganon's adoptive parents in Ocarina of Time, are the true villains of the Oracle games. They intend on reviving their surrogate son with Princess Zelda's sacrifice.

Big Bad Duumvirate
Crystal Ball
The Dragon: The twin sisters were Ganondorf's adoptive parents. That probably explains a lot.
Dual Boss: You fight both witches at the same time, they eventually fuse together.
Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors/Combo-Platter Powers: In their fused form, Twinrova will randomly switch between using the elements of fire and ice, with her appearance changing accordingly.
Evil Matriarch
Fusion Dance
Hijacked by Ganon: They do this to Onox and Veran.
Mama Bear: To the point of sacrificing themselves to resurrect Ganon when the ritual went awry.
Tennis Boss
The Women Behind The Man: For both Onox and Veran
Wicked Witches: Twinrova could be considered a Hot Witch, though.
Unexplained Recovery/Deader Than Dead: Word of God stated that the Oracle Games take place in the event that Ganon managed to kill Link during their final battle in Ocarina of Time, so how Twinrova managed to return from the dead is unknown. Likewise, assuming they are in fact still dead, their sacrificing themselves to ensure Ganon's resurrection makes them eligable for the Deader Than Dead trope.

Ganon

The Final Boss of the game, whom Twinrova was trying to resurrect by sacrificing Zelda but since Link was able to stop the sacrifice from happening, Twinrova sacrificed herself instead. This made him return as a mindless killing monster instead of his usual intelligent self.

Ax Crazy
Back from the Dead: Kind of. Twinrova planned to resurrect him after he had died. Word of God stated that the death in question was his defeat in A Link to The Past.
Badass Cape
Bigger Bad: He's not directly involved in the plot, staying a dead body for most of the game. The real Big Bads of the linked game are his surrogate mothers, and the plot is driven by them trying to resurrect him.
Came Back Wrong: Thanks to an improper sacrifice.
Dying as Yourself: It is implied from Ganon's final words after being vanquished by Link ("Gwa Ha Ha! I am the Evil King Ganon...!") that he at least regained some clarity of who he is upon the final blow.
Full Boar Action
Omnicidal Maniac: "Destroy...all...Kill ALL!!!"
Prongs of Poseidon
Shoulders of Doom: Decked out with Spikes of Villainy.
What Could Have Been: Concept art included in the Hyrule Historia indicated that Ganondorf, Ganon's human form, would have appeared in the game, implying that Link failed to save Zelda from being sacrificed.

Other Characters

The Maku Trees

Expies: Of Ocarina of Time's Great Deku Tree.
Fisher King: Inverted, their welfare is directly linked to the spiritual state of the land they reside in.
Nature Spirit
The Ditz: The Ages one certainly is.
World Tree

Impa

Impa is Zelda's nursemaid.

Demonic Possession: Veran does it to her before the start of Oracle of Ages.
Depending on the Artist: In this incarnation, she is presented as a heavily overweight middle-aged woman, in extra contrast to her previous two incarnations.
Legacy Character: One who actually looks different in each of her incarnations, as noted above.
Ms. Exposition

Ralph

An obnoxious young man first seen as Nayru's bodyguard. When the Oracle is kidnapped by Veran, he goes tearing off after them, screaming for Nayru. He occasionally shows up to give Link hints, usually nagging him for stopping to help others instead of rescuing Nayru.

Aerith and Bob: Nayru and Ralph.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: Forked eyebrows. They run in the family.
Bishounen: Apparently androgynous enough to give at least one NPC Viewer Gender Confusion.

"I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman! It was scary!"

Camp Straight: He's pretty fabulous in his flares with purple trim, flippy hair, hip-accenting pose, and (look closely) green nail polish. But he spends most of his screen time worrying about Nayru, and the manga makes it clear that his interest in her is romantic.
Catch Phrase: "NAYRU!!!"
Character Development: He comes to realize that he needs to help all of Labrynna, not just Nayru. He also warms up to Link, and in the end credits is taking swordsmanship lessons from him.
Fiery Redhead
Grandmother Paradox: As Queen Ambi's eventual descendant, he would cease to exist if Ambi was harmed or killed. During his confrontation with Veran (possessing Ambi's body), he acknowledges this and resolves to fight her anyway. He then gets pwned.
Green Eyed Red Head
Heroic Sacrifice: Just narrowly subverted. Although he acknowledges that killing Ambi, his ancestor, will result in his existence being erased, he decides to go through with it anyway just to save Nayru and Labrynna from Veran. Veran-as-Ambi proceeds to kick his ass and leave him incapacitated, but alive.
Hot-Blooded
Peek-a-Bangs
The Reveal: He is the descendant of Queen Ambi, and presumably the present-day ruler of Labrynna.
The Rival: He finally mellows out at the end, though.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Well, at least he tried.
Stop Helping Me!: He'll give hints, but more often he just nags Link for wasting time helping other people instead of trying to save Nayru.
Time Travel: Follows Veran back in time after she kidnaps Nayru.
Victorious Childhood Friend: The manga implies that he wants to be this to "my beloved Nayru."

Malon

Talon

Malon's father.

Bumbling Dad
Expy: Of Tarin from Link's Awakening and by extension, of Mario. It seems he gets more Mario like with each successive game. In Link's Awakening, Tarin's sprite looked a lot like Mario, but his character art was somewhat different. In Ocarina of Time he has the blue overalls and red shirt. In Oracle of Seasons, he has Mario's "M" logo on his hat, Mario's exact mustache, sideburns, nose, ears, and eyes. He even gives Link a mushroom as part of the trading sequence.
Heavy Sleeper: A Fetch Quest involves finding an item to wake him up.
Lazy Bum
Sleepyhead: Frequently found napping during the day.

Tingle

The goofy-looking man who rides around by tying a balloon to his belt, floating in.

Catch Phrase: "Kooloo-Limpah!"
Cloudcuckoolander: He's a 35-year-old ballooning map salesman who thinks he's a fairy.
Gonk

Maple

Granddaughter of Syrup, the witch who sells you potions in the previous games. She appears after you defeat a certain number of enemies, triggering a sort of mini-game where you bump into each other and lose some of your items. You then have to race with her to collect each other's items.

Ascended Extra: She plays a large role in the Oracle of Seasons manga.
Cute Witch
Heel Face Turn: In the manga adaptation, she originally only helps Link so she can get the Rod of Seasons for herself, but eventually switches over to his side for real.
Orwellian Retcon: In the Game Boy Advance port of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, she replaces the generic witch's assistant from the original game.

Princess Zelda

The Princess of Hyrule, she sends Link to Labrynna and Holodrum to aid the endangered oracles. The joined game reveals that the true aim of Koume and Kotake is to sacrifice her in order to resurrect Ganondorf. She is apparently the same princess from A Link to The Past.

Continuity Snarl: Word of God says this is the same Zelda from A Link to the Past (and also the same Link), but when she is introduced her lines imply that they are meeting for the first time.
Demoted to Extra: Kind of. She's really only seen in the joined game, although the manga indicates that she's the one who sends Link to the aid of Din and Nayru.
Heroes Want Redheads: She's got red hair in this incarnation, and the hearts that erupt from Link after her Smooch of Victory would suggest that this is the case.
Human Sacrifice: What she's intended to be, but Link saves her.
Implied Love Interest: Again, as suggested by the Smooch of Victory.
Incorruptible Pure Pureness: The fact that she has this is the reason she'll make an ideal sacrifice.
Smooch of Victory: She gives one to Link when the joined game is won.
The Wise Princess: The manga gives her this role.

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