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== Protagonists ==
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=== [[The Hero|Link]] ===
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The main protagonist and resident of Skyloft. At the outset of the game, he is a knight-in-training, studying at Skyloft's Knight Academy. On the day of his graduation, a mysterious black tornado sweeps Zelda away. He is then chosen to pierce the cloud layer existing between Skyloft and the surface world by the Goddess Sword (and its spirit, Fi), fulfilling a prophecy and searching for Zelda in the harsh world below. His voice samples are provided by Takashi Ohara.
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Zelda refers to him as "sleepy head", due to his inability to wake up early, with her usually being the one to wake him. {{spoiler|It takes a quite emotional turn later in the game, when Zelda goes into her hibernation to contain Demise, she notes that this time, it would be his turn to wake her up}}.
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Til Zelda pushes him off the statue instead.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: For the love of Hylia, do '''NOT''' do anything to hurt [[Implied Love Interest|Zelda]]. At all. You will regret it.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Blow You Away]]: With the Gust Jar.
* [[Bow and Sword
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Zelda and Gaepora both make comments that [[Informed Attribute|suggest Link was this]] as a student. [[Determinator|He drops the "lazy" part real fast]] once Zelda is in danger, though.
* [[Butt Monkey]]/[[The Chew Toy]]: At the beginning, Link gets ''no'' respect.
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* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]: His tunic comes from the Skyloft Knight Academy. Every student in his year wears dark green.
* [[Cool Sword]]
* [[Crazy Prepared]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Some [[Dialogue Tree]] choices can make Link this.
{{quote|'''Link:''' Nice hair.
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* [[Death Glare]]: He gives a few in the game, mostly to Ghirahim. Especially when Ghirahim kidnaps Zelda, and also when Link is confronted with Demise, Link becomes '''furious'''.
* [[The Determinator]]: He will find Zelda, no matter what. She even reveals that she [[Exploited Trope|uses this to her advantage]], though she wasn't happy with doing so.
* [[Dialogue Tree]]: How he communicates, when prompted.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: His [[Grappling Hook Pistol|Clawshots]].
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Even after he's saved her life and powered up his sword, Faron doesn't treat him with respect until after he's completed her [[Fetch Quest]].
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* [[Legacy Character]]: He's currently the chronologically first playable Link in the series. {{spoiler|The prequel manga reveals Goddess Hylia's original Champion from long ago was the precursor to all Links.}}
* [[Leitmotif]]: Shares one with Zelda entitled as "Romance". Also, the main theme of the series comes back as his motif with an arrangement: {{spoiler|Song of the Hero}}.
* [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me]]:
** [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]] this time; the shield in ''Skyward Sword'' has a breaking point. Heap too much abuse on it and it will shatter. Any shield can be fixed up to reset how much damage it can sustain, though, and the Sacred Shield and its upgrades, the basic form of which can be bought after the third dungeon, repair themselves if left idle at the cost of being less durable than the other shields.
*** Not to mention that metal shields don't completely replace wooden ones. Certain enemies have attacks that can actually shatter metal shields on contact, meaning that you have to switch out a wooden one that won't. Electric attacks will also still hit if you're using an metal shield rather than a wooden one. On the flipside, wooden shields are of course flammable, so switching them out and upgrading as needed is key.
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* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Oh Crap]]:
** A brief one at the beginning. After he wins the Bird Statue, Zelda sees him and excitedly jumps off the edge of Skyloft. The look on his face as he swoops in to catch her says it all.
** He gets a hilarious one when [[The Rival|Groose]] is skydiving at a ridiculous speed towards him.
* [[One-Man Army]]: This incarnation of Link is probably the most defining example of all the Links, {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|going through waves of Bokoblins and Moblins to save Zelda.]]}}
* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Before the whole test at the beginning of the game, he was living in a dorm, going to school, studying to become a knight, had an [[Childhood Friend Romance|implied romantic interest with one of his closest friends]] whom could be seen as "the most popular girl in school", was bullied by a [[Jerk Jock]] and like most high school-esque scenarios, has most of the problems from this time solved by the end of the story. In a meta-like direction, this Link is the most ''normal'' Link in the series before the whole [[Took a Level
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Link is a said to be a native of Skyloft but unlike some of the other students, his family does not live there. His origins aren't expanded upon beyond that so this is sort of a "who knows" kind of affair.
* [[The Quiet One]]: Though he still generally acts as a [[Heroic Mime]], Link has occasional [[BioWare]]-esque text options in certain cutscenes, often when talking with Zelda.
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* [[Sleepyhead]]
* [[The Southpaw]]: Generally [[Averted Trope|averted]]; in a break with ''Zelda'' tradition, this Link is actually ambidextrous, but often holds his sword in his right hand due to gameplay reasons (with the motion control, Link's dominant hand needs to match the player's, and most people are right-handed).
* [[Stab the Sky]]: The Skyward Strike allows him to charge up his sword and perform Sword Beams and other techniques.
* [[Sword Beam]]: The Skyward Strike allows him to turn a normal slash or stab into one. For the player, this is the first time a [[Sword Beam]] existed in a 3D home console ''Zelda'' game since ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]''.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Link versus {{spoiler|the hordes of [[Mooks|Bokoblins]] and other enemies at the end of the game. It's almost impossible to lose against them.}} While in other games Link's most clearly motivated by duty to the kingdom/world, and doing what's right for a Princess he met, at best, a couple weeks before, ''this'' time, the villains have messed with a Zelda who he's been best friends with ([[Implied Love Interest|and perhaps more]]) for years and he is ''pissed''.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Receives a whip in the Ancient Cistern.
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=== [[Cool Sword|The Goddess Sword]]/[[Living Weapon|Fi]] ===
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{{quote|Fi is the name I was given. I was created for a single purpose, long before the recorded memory of your people. I must aid you in fulfilling the great destiny that is your burden to carry.}}
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* [[Chrome Champion]]
* [[Cool Sword]]: She ''is'' the sword.
* [[Critical Annoyance]]: She always tells you to look for hearts when you fall into near-critical health. It is worth noting, though, that it's entirely possible to simply ignore it when she pings you about your health, and the alert will go away in a few seconds if it goes unanswered.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Shows up whenever Link acts stupid.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]: [[Word of God]] states that it has a very icy demeanor, and speaks in a rather [[The Stoic|stoic]] manner. {{spoiler|However, after Demise has been sealed away, she says that she is experiencing happiness.}}
* [[Empathic Weapon]]
* [[Enemy Scan]]: Can pinpoint enemies' weaknesses.
* [[Exposition Fairy|Exposition Sword-Spirit]]: Indubitably the best-informed of the series' Exposition Fairies. She's a fount of backstory factoids and gameplay advice all couched in a charming turn of phrase.
* [[Expy]]:
** Her character design is very reminiscent of the Fairy Queen from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]''.
** Her simlish and overall idea behind the character strongly reflects [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Midna]].
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=== [[Woman in White|Zelda]] ===
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A resident of Skyloft and friend of Link's since their childhood. The daughter of the Knight Academy headmaster, she serves as the goddess surrogate for the Wing Ceremony. She is sucked into a vortex early on in the game, but rescued by Impa. Her voice samples are provided by Yuu Shimamura.
* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]: While not a bad guy, she did take advantage of Link's motivation to find and rescue her. The plan was set into motion back when she was the goddess Hylia, and despite her current self, Zelda, not being conscious of the plan at all, she still blames herself for it. To atone, she puts herself to sleep for thousands of years to seal away Demise in the past until Link finds a way to destroy him in the present.}}
* [[Badass Damsel]]: She managed to make her way through the Faron Woods without getting caught, and got to the Earth Temple's entrance on Eldin Volcano before she was captured.
* [[Barrier Maiden]]
* [[Blue Eyes]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Crystal Prison]]: Self imposed to strengthen the seal on the Imprisoned.}}
* [[Daddy's Girl]]
* [[
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]], she's not a princess this time, but she's clearly still an important figure.
* [[Genki Girl]]: She [[Character Development|starts off]] as one. As a kid, she's described as having thrown a long, unbearable tantrum about Link's special connection with his Loftwing. As a young girl, she's not above pushing Link from possibly lethal heights, leaping in his arms by even higher heights herself and dragging her ''lifelong friends'' around wherever she sees fit.
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* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Although she is technically the Heroine of the Same Story, like Link Zelda made her own journey across the surface alongside Impa facing her own trials.
* [[Holy Child]]
* [[Implied Love Interest]]: Link and Zelda are strongly implied to have romantic feelings for each other. At the ''very'' least, she has them for him.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Ghirahim needs Zelda for his plans because of her "holiness". {{spoiler|Later [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when we find out that she's actually the Goddess Hylia reincarnated. Her "holiness" actually refers to the raw divine power in her soul. She, herself, is actually not.}}
* [[Lady and Knight]]: The Lady with Link as the Knight.
* [[Legacy Character]]: The first incarnation of Zelda. This is cemented during {{spoiler|her reveal that she's the Goddess Hylia}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]:
** Has one shared with Link called ''Romance'' and, of course, has her Lullaby.
** {{spoiler|''Ballad of the Goddess'' counts, too, [[Foreshadowing|due to her origin as the goddess Hylia]]}}.
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=== [[The Rival|Groose]] ===
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Link's rival on Skyloft, Groose has a crush on Zelda.
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* [[Idiot Savant]]: He's not all that smart, yet he's able to build a working catapult and railway track that circles the entire Sealed Grounds rather quickly.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: He gets pretty close with "Granny".
* [[Jerk Jock]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[The Lancer]]: After his [[Character Development]], he becomes this to Link.
* [[Leitmotif]]: A [[Stylistic Suck|slightly jerky]] one, usually using the Trombone, which goes flat in instances when Zelda is calling him out on his behavior.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: [[Downplayed Trope|Downplayed]]. He admits that his eventual role in helping Link isn't very action packed, but he doesn't mind it. On top of that, he does help out pretty nicely against The Imprisoned, with his Groosenator.
* [[Redheaded Bully]]
* [[The Rival]]
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=== [[Action Girl|Impa]] ===
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A mysterious Sheikah woman who rescued Zelda from [[Big Bad|Ghirahim]] and becomes her bodyguard. Her voice samples are provided by Rei Shimoda.
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: This one might as well be the [[Ocarina of Time|younger Impa]].
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Zelda
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Considering that the Sheikah are generally associated with shadows.
* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]
* [[Facial Markings]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: She gives a biting [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Link when he manages to catch up to her and Zelda. Link eventually earns her respect after saving her from Ghirahim.
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]
* [[Legacy Character]]: Currently the first Impa in the Zelda series.
* [[Legacy of Service]]
* [[Noodle People]]: She's a lot taller and skinnier than the rest of the cast. [[Lampshaded]] when Ghirahim refers to her as a 'beanpole'.
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* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]
* {{spoiler|[[Two Aliases, One Character]]: She and The Old Woman below? Same person.}}
=== [[Cool Old Lady|The Old Woman]] ===
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An old Sheikah lady who watches over the Sealed Ground. She helps Link and Zelda out in their quests.
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* [[The Mentor]]
* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]: Especially jarring considering {{spoiler|the beanpole she used to be.}}
* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms. Exposition]]
* [[No Name Given]]: At least until the end of the game, where it's revealed that {{spoiler|she's the present-day form of Impa.}}
* [[The Obi-Wan]]
* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]
* {{spoiler|[[Two Aliases, One Character]]: She and Impa above? Same person.}}
== Antagonists ==
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=== [[Big Bad|Demon Lord, Ghirahim]] ===
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{{quote|"Still... it hardly seems fair, being of my position, to take all my anger out on you. Which is why I promise up front not to murder you... No, I'll just beat you within [[Blatant Lies|an inch of your life!]]" }}
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The main antagonist of Skyward Sword, Ghirahim is a white-haired man who claims to be the ruler of the surface. He wishes to revive his master, and seeks out Zelda for that purpose. His voice samples are provided by Anri Katsu.
* [[Agent Peacock]]: He's quite flamboyant, but he's extremely powerful.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]], with an emphasis on ''ambiguous'', {{spoiler|though, he's technically genderless.}}
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: In the third fight, {{spoiler|Link hits him with successive Finishing Blows, creating a diamond-shaped wound in his chest, which serves as a stab target thereafter.}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]: What do you expect from {{spoiler|a demon god's sword?}}
* [[Badass Cape]]: Although he takes it off to fight. It kind of just disintegrates.
* [[Badass Finger-Snap]]: He snaps his fingers whenever he uses magic such as summoning a boss or creating a sword.
* [[Bad Boss]]: {{spoiler|Right before his third fight with Link, he summons hordes of enemies to stall for time, and he tells them that if they fail and live (he's aware Link will kill them), they will suffer for it.}}
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* [[Evil Albino]]
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: {{spoiler|To Fi. They're both swords, Ghirahim being the sword for Demise, and his [[One-Winged Angel]] form in his third fight resembles a black-and-white version of Fi with arms instead of a cloak. Also, their temperaments are complete opposites, with Ghirahim as a [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]] and Fi as a Blue Oni.}}
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Fabulously so.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: He claims to be the ruler of the surface world, only subservient to his master.
* [[Evil Tastes Good]]: He licks his lips during his first battle with Link. Though considering how he was acting towards Link earlier, this may be implying [[Sex Is Violence|something else entirely.]]
** It also qualifies as Violence tastes good as well, which also acts as foreshadowing as {{spoiler|he is actually the humanoid form of Demise's sword.}}
* [[Facial Markings]] or [[Guyliner]]
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* [[Flaming Devil]]
* [[Flechette Storm]] : He can summon a flurry of diamond knives to attack Link.
* [[Foil]]:
** [[Word of God|Aonuma]] has said Ghirahim was designed to contrast with Ganondorf's "very masculine, powerful, evil" characteristics. As a result, this makes Ghirahim also somewhat resemble [[The Minish Cap|Vaati]], who is somewhere in the middle of the effeminate/masculine spectrum. {{spoiler|This also makes him contrast his master Demise, who is very masculine.}}
** He also serves as one to {{spoiler|Fi when he transforms into Demise's sword. He is one to Fi overall, his [[Large Ham|over the top]], emotional and flamboyant nature contrasting Fi's [[Emotionless Girl|subdued]] and [[The Stoic|stoic]] manner.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Glamour Failure]]: Ghirahim's face starts to show 'cracks' once he starts to lose his cool towards the end of the game.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: In the last fight with him he initially just uses punches and kicks, though after getting knocked off the platforms he goes back to uses a sword.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: A twisted variation.}}
* [[Happy Dance]]
* [[Heart Light]]: Develops one during his {{spoiler|third}} encounter with Link.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]:
** {{spoiler|After going [[One-Winged Angel]], he tells Link that he'll knock him to the edge and then push him off in a method he calls the "Endless Fall." Guess how Link defeated him?}}
** A more subtle example that serves from the very beginning: he chastises you if you telegraph your attacks, but he does the same thing outrageously, making it comparably easy to counterattack.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: ''Ghira'' is an Arabic word for [[Pride]] (specifically, responding to perceived insults with violence).
* [[Milking the Giant Cow]]: In just about every scene he's in.
* [[
* {{spoiler|[[My Defense Need Not Protect Me Forever]]: He may lose the final fight with Link but that doesn't mean he couldn't complete the revival ritual.}}
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: [[Foe Yay|At least with Link]].
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* {{spoiler|[[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Added to his battle music in his third and final fight.}}
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: Part of his leitmotif and battle music.
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: His true form looks like a dark version of Fi, as well as being about a head taller and is considerably more muscular. Appropriate, considering he is the sword for his master Demise.}}
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: ''Ye gads''.
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Ring Out Boss]]: In the first phase of his third fight, Link must knock him off the platforms on which they fight.}}
* [[Royal Rapier]]: Wields one in his first fight. {{spoiler|Wields another in his second fight}}.
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Definitely not sissy in his fights, but he acts like one [[Large Ham|incredulously]].
* [[Smug Snake]]: Lampshaded by Fi in her scan on him. He displays overconfidence in his ability to beat Link while holding back, even after Link beats him the first time. {{spoiler|After Link beats him twice, however, he stops acting smug and does not hold back in his third fight.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Talking Weapon]]}}
* [[Tennis Boss]]: If you're a pro, you can whack back his drones in the fights perfectly with your sword. This will send the drones back at him, causing him to always defend against them and leaving him open to attack. Note that they are all done in the direction of slashes, going from the floor-up. {{spoiler|You can also do this in the last two parts of the final fight with him by using Skyward Strikes against his red strikes, and the above defend position also happens. Just make sure that they are in the same kind of slash and you don't strafe.}} On a different note, you should have a good idea what this trope references.
* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry|That Makes Me Feel Furious! Outraged! Sick With Anger!]]: Line from his introduction aside, he has a tendency to say how he feels in a very over-the-top manner.
* [[The Gloves Come Off]]: In your second fight against him, he makes his gloves disintegrate, and true enough, he isn't playing around this time.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|Throwing Your]] [[Inverted Trope|Opponent's Sword]] [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|Always Works]]
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: He loses his temper whenever things don't quite go his way. He actually admits it's a flaw of his.
** {{spoiler|After Link defeats him for the second time he stops pretending to be [[Affably Evil]], and starts acting like the [[Ax Crazy]] demon he really is.}}
* [["Wake
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: He gets increasingly irritated as Link seems to survive everything he throws at him. Ghirahim eventually loses his [[Smug Snake]] demeanor once Link beats him for the second time.
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=== [[Sealed Evil in a Can|The Imprisoned]] {{spoiler|/ [[Bigger Bad|Demon King, Demise]]}} ===
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* [[Armless Biped]]: {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in the second and third incarnations of The Imprisoned, where it actually does gain arms (not to mention a tail and the ability to fly or resist gravity by the third incarnation).}}
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: A very slow-moving one for the first fight, but has a ''ridiculous'' increase in speed by the third time.
* {{spoiler|[[Badass]]: As Demise.}}
* [[Become Your Weapon]]: {{spoiler|Demise uses ''Ghirahim'' as his weapon in the final battle}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Bigger Bad]]: Although he is the [[Final Boss]] of Skyward Sword, [[The Heavy|Ghirahim]] seems to be more of the [[Big Bad|main antagonist]] than Demise. Since he is the source of [[Big Bad|Ganon's]] [[Arch Enemy|countless returns]], he is also this for the entire series}}.
* {{spoiler|[[BFS]]: That wicked, black Master Sword? That's Ghirahim}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Blood Knight]]}}
* [[Continuity Nod]]: As noted on the Main page, this boss references all of the other bosses. It is regarded as the origin of ''all'' monsters, not just {{spoiler|Ganon(dorf)}}.
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** {{spoiler|[[Humanoid Abomination]]: What Demise is once freed.}} Although given that Fi states that {{spoiler|Demise has taken on different forms over the years, it's likely even after absorbing Zelda's soul it still counts as one and that might not have been his true form.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Is Bigger]]: Even in his most humanoid form, he towers over Link.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Overlord]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Sounds Deep]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Weapon]]: Your weapon doesn't get much more [[Obviously Evil]] in the ''Zelda'' franchise than a demonic version of the Master Sword}}.
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** {{spoiler|And more than similar to Berserker from [[Fate/stay night]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss, New Dimension]]: He sets up a pocket dimension battlefield consisting of a reflecting pool and cloudy sky once freed.}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[Flaming Hair]]/[[Fiery Redhead]]}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: At the beginning of the game, Link dreams of this creature swallowing Zelda. {{spoiler|Thanks to Ghirahim, this is essentially what it finally manages to do}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Implacable Man]]: Demise isn't stunned when you shield-bash his attacks}}
* {{spoiler|[[Lightning Bruiser]]: Both forms display this. The Imprisoned much faster than one would expect from it's size an appearance. Demise is faster than Ghiraham despite being several times larger.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** It's a [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] {{spoiler|of the [[Bigger Bad|Demon King Demise]].}}
** On another note, {{spoiler|where Link is the player's "link" to the game world, Demise is the player's "demise" whenever the player loses.}}
* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Imprisoned... sounds pretty pleasant, doesn't it? {{spoiler|And wouldn't you love to have tea with a guy named Demise?}}
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: As well as being a very hard-hitter (The Imprisoned ramps up in difficulty every time you fight it), {{spoiler|the difficulty of Demise's boss fight is this trope, even more so in Hero Mode.}}
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: {{spoiler|Demise's text bubbles are cloudy with flame-like borders.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Someone to Remember Him By]]: Villainous example: It's heavily implied that [[Pig Man|Ganon]] is the reincarnation of Demise. More specifically, his hatred.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Stab the Sky]]: He does this in the 2nd phase of his boss fight. You can do the same.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Stoic]]: Even when he's being sealed away he remains calm.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sword Beam]]: Imbues his blade with lightning during the fight with him to fire blasts of electricity}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Shock and Awe]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Walking Shirtless Scene]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Demise doesn't have any fancy tricks beyond temporarily electrifying his sword with a lightening bolt, but the fact that shield bashing him doesn't stun him, his extremely hard to dodge dash attack, and the complications adding by electrifying his sword, that's all he needs.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Worthy Opponent]]: Views both [[The Hero|Link]] and [[Big Good|Hylia]] as one.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Your Soul Is Mine]]: He plans to absorb [[God in Human Form|Zelda]]'s soul so he can gain immense power. Fortunately for her, that doesn't happen.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Zombie Gait]]: Once The Imprisoned gains arms, it walks this way.}}
=== [[Playing with Fire|Pyroclastic Fiend, Scaldera]] ===
A fiery beast which Ghirahim summons in order to kill Link in the Earth Temple.
* [[Breath Weapon]]
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* [[Feed It a Bomb]]
* [[Go for the Eye]]
* [[Our Monsters Are Weird]]: It's a [[Buffy-Speak|giant... rock... lava... monster... thing]].
* [[Playing with Fire]]
=== [[Scary Scorpions|Thousand-Year Arachnid, Moldarach]]
A scorpion-like boss located in the Lanayru Mining Facility.
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* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
* {{spoiler|[[Degraded Boss]]: Another Moldarach shows up in the Shipyard later in the game as a Mini-boss, but the battle goes by faster since the sword deals twice as much damage as the original encounter.}}
* [[Expy]]:
** Of Gohma, a staple enemy of the Zelda series.
** Her name also calls to mind [[Majoras Mask|Twinmold]] and [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Molgera]], two sand-burrowing bosses from earlier games.
*** And, by extension, Moldorm, which had appeared in previous games.
* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: She has eyes in her claws.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: If you ask Fi for advice on an Aracha she will note that they can live to be 1000 years old.
** Moldarach is the only boss in the game that {{spoiler|dies in the same small explosion as any common enemy.}}
* [[Go for the Eye]]: Link has to slash at her eyes in her claws.
* [[King Mook|Queen Mook]]: Of her offspring.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: It telegraphs which claw it will attack with by having the eye in it glow red.
* [[Scary Scorpions]]
=== [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|Ancient Automaton, Koloktos]]
A huge, golden statue which Ghirahim brings to life with his dark magic. It is located in the Ancient Cistern.
* [[BFS]]: In the second stage of the battle, it has six swords in its hands, which Link can take advantage of.
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* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]
* [[Cthulhumanoid]]
* [[Combat Tentacles]]
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: While most of the other bosses are indicated to Ghirahim's monsters, this thing doesn't actually appear in the Sandship, it just suddenly appears out of nowhere and attacks the ship.
* [[Go for the Eye]]: Link has to shoot him in the eye.
* [[Prehensile Hair]]: Eel-like head tentacles in the vein of [[Medusa]].
=== [[Body Horror|Ocular Parasite, Bilocyte]] ===
A parasite who seems to have lodged itself inside the whale deity Levias.
* [[Body Horror]]: No wonder Levias was acting irritable-the thing's tentacles are the size of small buildings!
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* [[Action Girl]]: Implied to be this in the prologue due to her wielding a sword, most likely Fi.
** Even moreso by the fact that the three goddesses had her protect the Triforce.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Knowing her chosen hero would stop at nothing to save her, she orchestrates Zelda's descent to the surface.}}
* [[Big Good]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|Sets up more or less the entire game, including most of the dungeons, with the intent for her destined hero to create the Master Sword and claim the Triforce}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bitch]]: Zelda thinks so, given that Hylia's plans for her and Link never took into account their feelings on the matter}}.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Hyrule and Lake Hylia, as seen in later games, are named for her. Also, a very specific and ''very'' subtle one that connects it to the [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|original game]]: In the first game, the manual explains that the pointy-eared Hylian people are said to be ''descended from the gods''.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: {{spoiler|Is seen as this by [[Bigger Bad|Demise]]. He finds her human reincarnation, Zelda, to be rather underwhelming in comparison.}}
=== [[Cool Old Guy|Gaepora]] ===
[[File:
Zelda's father, and the headmaster of the Knight school.
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=== [[Gang of Bullies|Cawlin and Stritch]] ===
Groose's lackeys.
* [[Beetle Maniac]]: Stritch, who is probably a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Twilight Princess|Agitha]], considering both of them have a fascination with bugs and can give Link ridiculous amounts of money.
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=== [[Cute Ghost Girl|Phoeni]] ===
A ghostly hand that haunts the Academy's toilet.
* [[Cute Ghost Girl]]: We actually only see her hand, but it's a pretty cute hand.
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=== [[Giant Flyer|Link's Bird]] ===
A Loftwing of a rare red color who has a bond with Link.
* [[Bond Creatures]]
* [[Expy]]: of Epona
* [[Giant Flyer]]
* [[Horse of a Different Color]]
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]
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=== [[Gadgeteer Genius|Gondo]], [[Honest John's Dealership|Rupin]], Luv, [[Henpecked Husband|Bertie]], [[Fortune Teller|Sparrot]], [[Team Chef|Piper]], [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Peatrice]], and [[Overprotective Dad|Peater]] ===
These eight people are located in the Skyloft Bazaar, offering various services to Link
* [[Acrofatic]]: Peater is rotund and looks incredibly out of shape, but is quick enough with his tiny sword (much smaller than Link's, even at the beginning of the game) to cut a stalk of bamboo upwards of 30 times before it falls.
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* [[Crystal Ball]]: Sparrot uses one to foresee the future. In his sidequest it breaks and Link has to get him a new one.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: The more you visit her at the Item Check, the more Peatrice will loosen up and become enamoured with Link. She is a classic [[Tsundere]], starting out tsun-tsun (with lines like "not that I care, anyway") and becoming dere-dere, gushing everytime she sees Link.
* [[Expy]]:
** Rupin is like the [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Happy Mask Salesman]] with his creepiness removed, mainly because his "shop smile" drops pretty frequently, and isn't present at all if you meet him at night.
** Gondo has similarities to Wind Waker's Gonzo, both being loud and boisterous, but good at heart.
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Gondo, who along with upgrading your items likes to tinker with things in all his spare time. {{spoiler|Becomes helpful when he needs to repair his grandpa's robot for Link.}}
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Piper.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Bertie, to Luv.
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Rupin, though he isn't dishonest about his wares, just puts on an overly-friendly demeanor to sell his stuff.
* [[I Was Quite
* [[The Insomniac]]: Bertie, thanks to his crying kid. The typical crankiness that comes with this trope is averted though.
* [[Smitten Teenage Girl]]: Peatrice, towards Link.
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=== [[Purple Prose|Beedle]] ===
A shopkeeper who continuously pedals on a bike to keep his airship afloat.
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Beedle has a pet beetle.
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* [[Purple Prose]]: Beedle's "real persona", which he assumes only outside of work hours, ''is'' this trope.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: Beedle, being a merchant, keeps his shop flying by generating electricity with a stationary bicycle. What's another word for merchant? {{spoiler|He's a peddler.}}
* [[Took a Level
=== [[Nice Guy|Batreaux]] ===
A demon in Skyloft who wishes to become human.
* {{spoiler|[[Ascended Demon]]: If you collect all the Gratitude Crystals, he becomes a human. Mostly.}}
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=== [[Adventure Archaeologist|Gorko]] ===
A Goron archeologist who is trying to uncover the history of the surface and sky worlds.
* [[Adventure Archaeologist]]: Gorko is fascinated with Skyloft culture, and asks Link for help on his research. He also likes to travel to dangerous places just to get some research.
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=== [[Large and In Charge|Bucha]] ===
Bucha is the elder of the Kikwi who gives Link a slingshot if he is able to find four of the missing Kikwi.
* [[Expy]]: Of the Great Deku Tree from Ocarina of Time.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: The other Kikwis are smaller than Link, he's larger than most of the game's enemies.
* [[Leitmotif]]
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=== Machi, Oolo, Lopsa, and Erla ===
They are Kikwi who Link has to find in order to get the Slingshot from Bucha.
* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: [[In-Universe]], Lopsa can't stop thinking bad things will happen to the forest {{spoiler|even after Faron flooded it to get rid of the monsters}}. He lets it go after commenting on it, though.
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter
* [[Verbal Tic]]: They cap off their sentences with their names.
=== Ledd and Cobal ===
Two Mogmas that Link first meets in Eldin Volcano. Ledd seems to be the [[Smart Guy]] of the two.
* [[Leitmotif]]
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* [[Continuity Snarl]]: Oddly, she looks nothing like the Faron of ''[[Twilight Princess]].'' How did she go from a water dragon to a monkey-like light spirit?
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] with [[Name's the Same]], as the only prominent lake in Hyrule before Lake Floria is Lake Hylia, which is in the Northern middle section of Hyrule as opposed to ''[[Twilight Princess]]'' Faron's domain of Central South Hyrule. This could be corroborated with Faron's resemblance to a Zora, which underlines the parallels to Lake Hylia more than the light spirit of Faron province.
* [[Fish People]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: She's far from the most personable or considerate of dragons, but she is one of the Goddess' chosen servants and does prove a valuable ally.
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* [[Making a Splash]]
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: You first encounter her in a basin tending her wounds, which as she is quick to inform you came from Ghirahim. Prior to those injuries, she was eating her way through his Bokoblin hordes - literally, with some of them. Even jerk dragons know what evil is, apparently.
* [[Old Master]]
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Her response to the rising monster population in Faron Woods is to {{spoiler|flood the entire place, regardless of the Kikwi living there. Though in her defense the Kikwi don't seem to mind it, Bucha even enjoying the change of scenery.}}
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Inverted, since we see the 'beware' side first when he causes Eldin Volcano to erupt, presumably to chase away the rising Bokoblin population.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: His eruption knocks out Link, causing him to lose his sword and adventure pouch, and while he's unconscious the Bokoblins steal everything except his sail.
* [[Old Master]]
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]
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* [[Boss Rush]]: He runs it.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: The eldest of the dragons with a love of helping to train heroes.
* [[Glowing Eyelights of
* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: The reason why he's deceased in the present.
** [[And I Must Scream]]: The eyes of his skull are glowing when he's first encountered. Unclear if he's still alive or it's just remnants of his power. From a gameplay point of view it's solely to clue you in to the identity of the skeleton.
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=== Great Spirit of the Skies, Levias ===
A huge whale-like deity.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Is a victim of it by Bilocyte.
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* [[Leitmotif]]
* [[Master of Disguise]]: Their ability to look like a normal piece of grass is quite effective.
* [[Planimal
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter
* [[Verbal Tic]]: They cap off their sentences with their names.
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A race of lava dwellers that seemingly take the place of the Gorons as the resident fire-themed race. All of them seemingly took fashion tips from [[Happy Days|Fonzie]].
* [[
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerks With Hearts of Gold]]: They all come off as rather gruff when first meeting Link, but they're really nice guys who are more than willing to help him out.
* [[Leitmotif]]: When you talk to them, a particularly jazzy track plays in the background.
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=== [[Mechanical Lifeforms|Ancient Robots]] ===
A tribe of small robotic creatures that live mainly in the past version of Lanayru region.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: They are still partially active and possibly aware even while they are rusted pieces of junk. And they're stuck that way unless Link is around to hit a Timeshift stone for them, but worse of all, considering their durability, they may still be there in subsequent games, trapped under the desert with no hope of escape.
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The most prominent enemy race in the game, and one of the most common. They have a loose society, mostly traveling in gangs looking for places to pillage, or being under the command of Ghirahim.
* [[
* [[The Archer]]: Some of them fulfill this role - some of them even use [[Arrows on Fire]].
* [[Call Back]]: One of the Bokoblins in {{spoiler|the final face-off with Ghirahim}} plays the flute song from [[Link to The Past]] on his monster horn.
* [[Fake Ultimate Mook]]: The Bokoblin leaders, encountered early in the game, seem to be the ultimate type of Bokoblin. They're soon overshadowed by Blue Bokoblins, Moblins, and Technoblins.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: They're rather fat, and none of them have redeeming qualities. Taken to [[Up to Eleven|extreme levels]] with the [[Giant Mook|Moblins]], [[Squick|which are fat enough to have]] [[Jiggle Physics]] in their gut.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: The Moblins are huge, fat, and wear nipple rings and thongs.
* [[Elite Mook]]: Blue Bokoblins. The guide even refers to them as "the truly elite of the Bokoblin family."
* [[Giant Mook]]: Moblins forgo their usual [[Pig Man|pig]]/bulldog look for this, though it's worth noting that they still make very pig-like snorts while patrolling.
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: ''Leopard'' print, to be specific.
* [[Gonk]]: Especially the Moblins.
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* [[Panty Shot]]: [[Fan Disservice|Unfortunately frequent]]. Even as decaying zombies.
* [[Running Gag]]: Their undergarments are always mentioned in Fi's scans of them.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Despite being [[Took a Level
** To give you an idea, throwing a bomb at them will make them take cover... even if that "cover" is lava.
** When fighting the army of them, some of them will use lit bombs. If you don't get within their throwing range they won't throw them, and will blow themselves up.
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* [[Segmented Serpent]]: As in every game, you can kill a Beamos by nicking it in its eye with an arrow, but until you get a bow, you'll have to settle for slashing its segments off and then stabbing the eye.
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