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** Also, Loone returns from ''Breath of the Wild'', and this time her weird fixation is on the Leviathan Fossils, which she finds adorable. She requests for Link to accompany her as she travels Hyrule to observe and admire the giant skeletons. She is disappointed to find that the fossils are incomplete, but Link can make her happy by using Ultrahand to fix them.
* [[Adorable Evil Minion]]:
** In addition to the Chuchus making a return from the last game, we have the Little Frox, little frog-like rock monsters found in the depths, and curiously the only mobs in the Depths with no Gloom corruption. Unfortunately, it seems the reason they were put there was to foreshadow the appearance of their big brother, who
** Bokoblins. Be honest, it's hard not to love these guys, especially when you gain the Bokoblin Mask and are able to safely get close to them, especially iven how their actions at their strongholds when they don't know Link is watching - like dancing or squabbling with each other over fruit.
** Horriblins; most would agree calling them "horrible" might be a little unfair. They may not be very adorable (and they are certainly ''very'' dangerous), but they can be rather funny at times, like the way bounce around yelping and clutching their buttcheeks when Link knocks them off the ceiling.
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== B ==
* [[Back Stab]]:
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** Ganondorf is shown killing {{spoiler|Sonia not with a backstab, but a back''punch'' judging by the sound effect. It speaks volumes of his freakish strength that he can sever someone's spinal cord with a single bare-handed blow.}}
* [[Bad Moon Rising]]: The Blood Moon, the odd phenomenon that causes monsters to respawn and resources to replenish, returns in this game, but it is easier to anticipate. It occurs every seven days, game time (168 minutes real time) at midnight. However, this means the player cannot cause it to happen faster by having Link camp out for a few days, the 168 minutes must pass before a new Blood Moon occurs. {{spoiler|When Ganondorf intimidates the heroes after the Phantom Ganon [[Wolfpack Boss]] battle in Hyrule Castle, he shows them a vision of the first Blood Moon, which summons a horde of vicious monsters by pelting Hyrule with ''meteors made of Malice''.}}
* [[Bad with the Bone]]: Link was pretty bad in the previous game using the limbs of undead enemies as weapons, but in this game, he’s even badder with it. Bokoblin Arms are fragile and break quickly, but have an Attack power of 20 (pretty much better than anything else available early in the game). Even better, you get two from each slain foe, and Fusing them together gives Link a whopping 40 Attack power.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: [https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Tulin Tulin]. A precocious Rito ''tween'', he’s an [[Adorably Precocious Child]] of the sort you can’t help but want to hug, but his archery skills and gust ability make him arguably Link’s most valuable ally.
* [[Badass Baritone]]: Ganondorf sounds every bit as powerful and authoritative as you'd expect him to to, thanks to the dulcet tones of Matt Mercer.
* [[Badass Finger-Snap]]: Link does this if the player deactivates a Recall effect prematurely.
* [[Badass Transplant]]: Link’s prosthetic arm that replaces the one that is nearly destroyed in the opening cutscene. Formerly belonging to King Rauru, it provides new abilities that replace the runes of the Sheikah Slate.
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* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: The Keese still aren’t very formidable, but swarms of them will often fly out of caves when Link approaches them, giving the player quite a scare.
* [[The Beastmaster]]: One of the Dragon Tear scenes shows that Ganondorf had a glorified snake charmer play an important role in his army. But instead of summoning snakes when she played her flute? She summoned '''Moldugas'''.
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: {{spoiler|Mineru made it perfectly clear that draconification is an irreversible process, and given how scientifically inclined she is, it's not like she was making wild assumptions. Yet at the end of the game, Link is able to turn the Light Dragon back into Zelda through [[The Power of Love]]... as well as a bit of help from Rauru and Sonia.}}
* [[Big Bad]]: Ganondorf takes center stage as the game's main threat, and unlike his previous appearances? He's a flesh-and-blood Gerudo this time instead of a boar monster or an [[Eldritch Abomination]] made of Malice.
* [[Big Beautiful Woman]]: Kiana, the Great Fairies, and the middle-aged Gerudo count once again. And as far as new examples go, there's Hateno Village's resident fashionista Cece. Being very visibly overweight doesn't make her any less attractive, and her form-fitting wardrobe does a good job at highlighting her... um, ''[[Baby Got Back|assets.]]''
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** The Master Sword too, at least by an in-story standpoint. Ganondorf effortlessly destroys it in the opening scene; Link then {{spoiler|sends it 10,000 years into the past where Zelda, after becoming the Dragon of Light, attaches it to her scales and takes The Slow Path to return it to Link. The Sword previously took 100 years to repair itself on its own after the Calamity, and now it has spent ten-thousand years absorbing her power. When Link finally confronts Ganondorf, those Gloom attacks aren’t going to work as well the second time around.}}
* [[The Cameo]]:
** It's not immediately obvious, but ''Twinrova'' (or rather, Koume and Kotake) of all characters is present in the Dragon's Tear memories. Two Gerudo with the exact same skintone as Ganondorf can be seen flanking him in a few scenes, and they wear muted reds and blues that correspond with the elements they wield.
** In one of the memories that shows Zelda receiving the Master Sword via Recall, she hears a female voice, assuring her that Link is still alive and urging her to find a way to fix the sword. It is heavily implied that this is Fi, the personification of the Master Sword, who appeared in ''Skyward Sword''.
* [[Cartoon Cheese]]: A new food ingredient, Hateno Cheese, a typical wedge of cheese with holes. It isn’t exactly the most useful ingredient, but one of the more interesting, as you can use it to make things like pizza and cheesecake.
* [[Cast From Hit Points]]: Gloom Weapons, dropped by {{spoiler|Phantom Ganon}}, can be used by Link and are among the strongest in the game for base attack power. However, they not only damage Link, they inflict Gloom Damage, meaning you cannot heal said damage while using the weapon and apply the usual methods to cure Gloom.
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* [[Critical Status Buff]]: Weapons with the “Knight” nomenclature grant more attack power when Link has only one Heart Container remaining.
* [[Curb Stomp Cushion]]: The opening scene is a Curb-Stomp in Ganondorf’s favor, wrecking the Master Sword and mauling Link. ''However'', it seems Ganondorf did not escape unscathed, as a shard of the Master Sword is embedded in his arm, possibly the reason he could not kill the two heroes right there.
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Yona, Sidon's fiancee. She looks more visibly bestial than the more conventionally attractive Zora women thanks to her wide manta ray face and tendency to show off her fangs, yet she's still incredibly pretty despite, or perhaps even ''because'' of it.
* [[Cutting Off the Branches]]: Many implications in the game show that questlines that were optional in the previous game are considered canon:
** It is possible in ''Breath of the Wild'' to fight Calamity Ganon immediately after leaving the Great Plateau - the developers even confirm that it is possible. This game, however, confirm that Link canonically fought all four of the Divine Beasts and freed the Champions’ spirits before doing so.
** The
** Building a house in Hateno, helping construct Tarrey Town, and helping a couple plan their wedding are all part of an optional questline. The house and Tarrey Town are there, with Hudson and Rhondson still happily married, so the questline has canonically been finished. Again, try not to think too hard about how Bolson could have possibly forgotten about Link.
** Wabbin and Perdo are now also married with a young child, meaning the sidequest where Link reunited them at Lovers’ Pond was canonically completed. Finley and Sasan are still together, indicating that sidequest was completed too.
** One odd aversion is the group photo that Link receives if the player completes the "Champion's Ballad" DLC in Breath of the Wild. In this case, it is tied to an [[Old Save Bonus]] and is only in his house if the player has completed the DLC.
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== D ==
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: This game puts an extra twist on it. Link and Zelda are separated in the beginning, but Link (and the player) are constantly kept guessing as to where she is, whether she is there via her own free will or at the villain’s mercy, what she is doing there, or why the villain wants her (if indeed he does). All Link knows is, he must find her to
** Played straight however with three of the fashionable NPCs {{spoiler|
* [[Damage Sponge Boss]]: {{spoiler|The Final Boss is this. Ganondorf is a Sequential Boss, the first stage being a strict one-on-one, though it is easy to tell he is pulling his punches. When he truly lets loose in stage two, his Life Bar seems the same as the other
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: Draconification. A Sage who willingly swallows his or her Secret Stone undergoes an instantaneous and painful transformation into an immortal dragon, gaining incredible might and immortality, at the cost of their soul and memory, cursed to wander Hyrule forever as a mindless beast. {{spoiler|Despite knowing the cost, Zelda willingly undergoes this process, as it is the only way to give Link a fighting chance.
** {{spoiler|In the final battle, when his defeat seems eminent, Ganondorf decides to do the same thing, swallowing his Stone, and turning himself into the dark demon dragon.}}
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Ganondorf, who spreads an even deadlier strain of Malice called Gloom around Hyrule, and is so in tune with unholy dark magic that he comes off as a demon in human form.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]:
** The Bargainer entities speak through creepy statues that are found in the Depths, but they at least claim that the reason they want Link to collect Poes (which are lost souls) in order to send them to the afterlife to receive their rightful reward (or punishment). Because they can also speak through a Goddess statue, they may be her allies, servants, or even darker aspects of the Goddess. This may, however, be a case of [[Good Is Not Nice]], as {{spoiler|the Yiga journals say the statues stole the souls of their comrades, which at very least suggests the Bargainers killed them.}}
*** The same goes for many of the items they sell, including the Dark and Depths Armor sets.
** Link himself can gain many sinister-looking armor sets, like the Evil Spirit Armor, Dark Armor (makes him look like Dark Link), Phantom Set, Radiant Set, and Depths Set, but he uses them for good purposes.
** King Rauru is a tall, intimidating [[Beast Man]] with black skin, horns, and bony spurs on his face, who wields incredibly powerful magic. But he is [[The Good King]] and a potent ally. Though as the [[Flashback]]s show, [[Good Is Not Soft]] with him.
** Also in the Depths are shadowy entities that give Link a weapon if he interacts with them; their basic shape seems to resemble Hyrulian Soldiers from previous games like ''Ocarina of Time''. {{spoiler|They don’t like the Yiga either, as the clan members can only see the weapon when they look towards them.}}
* [[Dark Reprise]]: The first time you visit any given area, the background music is gloomy and morose to reflect the crisis at hand. When the crisis is resolved, the music returns to the cheerier upbeat score.
* [[Dark World]]: In many ways, the depths are a negative image of the surface of Hyrule. First off, the place is dark, infested with Gloom, and Ganon’s minions are more aggressive and more dangerous. There are also weird trees and other twisted plant life, plus giant fungus. No fruit grows here, but many useful plants like Bomb Flowers, Muddle Buds, and Puff Shrooms are common. Many places in the Depths are often geographically the opposite of the surface directly above. A mountain on the surface might have a chasm under it in the depths (and vice versa) while bodies of water on the surface are impassible floor-to-ceiling cliffs in the depths. Also, certain landmarks also have vertical correlations. Each Shrine has a Lightroot directly under it (making one easier to find if you have registered its counterpart), towns are above abandoned mines, while each Bargainer Statue is underneath a Goddess statue on the surface. Stables on the surface are right over Lionel lairs in the depths, and commemorative monuments on the surface have groups of the dark spirit warriors underneath in the Depths.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The game's pre-release trailers really made the game's tone out to be this way, what with the creepy reversed music, zombie Ganondorf rising from the dead, and lifting Hyrule Castle into the sky in the crimson light of the Blood Moon. While Ganondorf is an intimidating villain who is a force to be reckoned with, the game's tone isn't that much different from ''Breath of the Wild'' (if anything it's a bit ''lighter'', since aside from the issues caused by Ganondorf and the Upheaval, post-restoration Hyrule has a much more optimistic and hopeful vibe than the more overt post-apocalyptic Hyrule from the first game).
* [[Death Mountain]]: The iconic [[Trope Namer]] is still there, and it plays a more important role in this game than last time. During the fire temple quest, Link and
* [[Decoy Damsel]]: Princess Zelda is allegedly sighted by plenty of people all around Hyrule, sometimes doing uncharacteristically cruel things, sometimes doing uncharacteristically ''bizarre'' things. {{spoiler|Naturally, this isn't Zelda at all, but Phantom Ganon and members of the Yiga Clan disguising themselves as her.}}
** The {{spoiler|Yiga clan}} does this many times in order to trap Link:
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*** In "The Beckoning Woman" the woman pleads for Link to follow her so he can help her friend, the claim that this friend has blonde hair suggesting it is Zelda. {{spoiler| Again, this is a ploy by the Yiga to ambush Link.}}
*** There is also {{spoiler| a disguised Yiga outside the Shrine of Resurrection (where you met King Rhoam in the previous game) crying because she can't remember who she is. Again, talking to her results in an ambush.}}
* [[Delicious Distraction]]: Anyone who has played the previous game might remember how Yiga could be distracted by Mighty Bananas. {{spoiler|
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Poor, poor Teba. He was already the least fleshed-out of the new champions in ''Breath of the Wild''. But here, he's the only one to ''not'' awaken as a Sage. That honor goes to his son Tulin, while Teba himself stays in Rito Village to keep things running as its new chief.
* [[Determined Defeatist]]: {{spoiler|As the flashbacks show, when Zelda finally realizes that Ganondorf is, in fact, the mummy she and Link encountered at the beginning of the game and the arm that was on its chest was Rauru’s, she puts two-and-two together and realizes that leading the Sages into battle against him would be a pointless endeavor, as they could not slay him and Rauru would be killed in the attempt. When she tells Rauru this, he still decides to fight, as he has to at least try, as even if they fail, they can at very least give Link a chance to succeed.}}
* [[Deus Est Machina]]: {{spoiler|It is repeated many times that draconification is irreversible and that doing so would render Zelda a mindless, soulless beast - forever. However, after defeating Ganondorf, she is indeed restored, as Rinyu and Sophia appear, amplifying the Recall power to reverse the process, later claiming this was made possible by channeling their magic through Link, his [[Undying Loyalty]] (and [[True Love's Kiss|
* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: Put
* [[Discard and Draw]]: Even before he and Zelda first encounter Ganondorf, Link no longer has access to the Sheikah Slate, and thus can no longer use the Cryonic, Stasis, Remote Bombs, or Magnesis runes he used in the previous game. The replacement device - which Zelda is seen using in the opening cutscene - is the newly invented Purah Pad; when Link obtains it, he still lacks access to his old runes, but can upgrade it to use new abilities granted by the Sage of Light - Fuse, Ultrahand, Ascend, and Recall, plus Autobuild after upgrading it later. Robbie also programs it with new features later, the Sensor, Hero’s Path, and Travel Medallion features.
** Link also no longer has the Champion’s Blessings, replacing them with the Sages Vows, which not only give him new abilities but summons avatars of his allies to fight by his side.
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]:
** The Sages in this game have roles and powers more specific and individualized than they were before. In previous games, they were generic wizards who only used their magic in cutscenes, such magic limited to rays of magical energy. Here, each Sage has unique powers and have both story and gameplay elements, including abilities used to aid Link as Assist Characters. The four dungeon sages have assist Link in combat and use elemental powers (for instance, Tulin, Sage of Wind, can create horizontal gusts of wind that can propel Link further on his glider without losing altitude); Zelda, as Sage of Time, ends up traveling back to the past and experiencing ten millennia of linear time as the Dragon of Light in order to restore the Master Sword, while Mineru, Sage of Spirit, {{spoiler|transfers her soul to the Purah Pad, waiting the same long eons for Link to pick it up so as to fight alongside him}}.
** Even the simplest weapons have added functions that cause them to stand out from their equivalents in ''BotW''. For example, a weapon with “Soldier” in its name has faster charged attacks and “Royal” weapons strengthen Flurry Rush. There are also racial weapons that have special bonuses, like the Gerudo weapons, which increase bonuses bestowed by items fused to them.
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Everyone is barefoot in King
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:
** A once prosperous city has fallen on hard times thanks to a sinister figure circulating a highly addictive substance that messes with people's minds around the community, turning them into lazy oafs at best and violent thugs at worst. The kids are scared, the elders are disappointed, and
** In the Regional Phenomena quest line, the Zora are plagued by black goo falling from the sky that pains them and impairs their ability to swim, not unlike an oil spill would affect aquatic wildlife.
** The towers in this game look disturbingly like rocket silos, and indeed, activating them requires using Link as the rocket. Hard to blame him for looking so scared when he first does so.
* [[Draconic Demon]]: {{spoiler|A literal example that nearly matches this trope word for word: when Ganondorf swallows his Sacred Stone during the final battle, he transforms into a mindless, obscenely powerful, downright Satanic-looking dragon called the Demon Dragon.}}
** As far as lesser examples go, there are the Gleeoks: powerful, frightening-looking three-headed dragons who can generate dangerous elemental auras when they initiate combat. They're easily the toughest overworld bosses, and are widely feared by players and in-game characters alike.
* [[Draconic Divinity]]: The Spirit Dragons from ''Breath of the Wild'' return, this time with a fourth dragon in tow. The mysterious Light Dragon {{spoiler|(a transformed, (mostly) mindless Princess Zelda)}} is eerily beautiful and serene even by their standards, and the way she isolates herself high in the sky truly makes her feel like an unknowable divine being.
* [[Double Meaning Title ]]: Triple meaning, actually. Tears of the Kingdom could either refer to the tear-shaped motif, or the fact that Hyrule Kingdom has been torn apart by the Upheaval. It also could refer to the three “tiers” of Hyrule itself, the surface, Depths, and Sky Kingdom.
* [[Double Take]]:
** Happens when Hoz first sees Link - it takes him a few moments to realize who it is.
** {{spoiler|Master Kohga does this at least once when Link encounters him attempting to use a piece of Zonai technology. He mistakes Link for a Yiga
**[[Drama-Preserving Handicap]]: It is stated repeatedly how in the past Ganondorf was far too powerful to defeat, and that not even the seven greatest warriors of Hyrule could slay him. It seems, however, that ten millennia of imprisonment in that tomb has reduced him to a withering husk, and he requires some time to regain his full health and power. Riju notes that the reason they survive the encounter in Hyrule Castle’s throne room is because he is still not strong enough to face them all, which means they still have a chance.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: When the Zonai ruins appeared among the clouds and started falling from the sky a massive effort was started to study and research them. However, from the point of view of the player, this research becomes obsolete fast, between Link’s ability to use the Zonai devices and the flashbacks from the geoglyphs. They do help a little due to their translations of the steles (which Link cannot read) but Link barely needs that to uncover the mysteries of the Zonai of his own.
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: {{spoiler|Once Link obtains the full Yiga set, he can pass as a Yiga and enter their hideout unnoticed, plus he can use it to prevent disguised Yiga attacks and ambushes. In fact, switching to the armor after a random ambush starts causes the attackers to cease and despawn.}}
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: It is possible to get the Champions Leathers armor very early in the game, once you finish the quest that activates the tower to Lookout Landing.{{spoiler| Simply brew a few Stamina Elixirs (easily done by finding a few Crickets) then use the Tower to launch Link into the air, and then use the Glider to fly to the front gate of Hyrule Castle. There are no enemies or traps there (yet), despite its significance to the end game, it’s perfectly safe now. Enter the throne room and light the braziers, and this opens a secret compartment where you will find the Champions Leathers.}}
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: {{spoiler|Wearing a Yiga Clan uniform and talking to Sheikah NPCs will have them remark how Link's outfit is of incredibly poor taste and strongly recommend that he change into something more respectable. Trying it in Gerudo Town will result in the guards ''arresting'' Link, and refusing to let him out of jail until he takes it off.}}
* [[Dying Race]]: The Zonai are quite likely an extinct race judging by Ganondorf's passive-aggressive statements during one of the memories - {{spoiler|only Rauru and Mineru are still around, and both are spirits.}}
== E ==
* [[Early Game Hell]]: Just like in ''Breath of the Wild'', even the lower-tier enemies do a ''ton'' of damage to you thanks to the meager equipment you have access to. The higher-tier ones, as a consequence, will most definitely one-shot you the second you walk into their line of fire. But once you get your hands on better gear, craft better weapons, and get used to making Zonai constructs, you'll even the odds before you know it.
* [[Easter Egg]]:
** {{spoiler|Wearing the Yiga Mask around Kara Kara Bazaar will result with unique dialogue from the Gerudo in the area. Wearing it inside Gerudo Town will result with Link getting arrested.}}
** Shooting a Zonai Beam Emitter into a Zonai Stake will create a sound effect whose pitch can be changed by altering the stake's orientation, how deep it's inserted, and attaching/removing another stake. Arrange them right and Link can play a song!
** The Lightning Helm is a duplicate of the Gerudo Thunder Helm created by {{spoiler|
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The terrifying Malice hands that will seek you out and try to kill you when you visit certain areas. {{spoiler|Their true form, Phantom Ganon, is more of a [[Humanoid Abomination.]]}}
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Like in Breath of the Wild, enemies with a fire element are weak to a weapon with an ice element and vice-versa. This is pretty much required for fighting Gleeoks, as one hit from an arrow of the opposite element will instantly disable that head.
* [[Escort Mission]]: Several sidequests, most notably the quests to unlock the Great Fairies, will have Link having to use a horse to pull a cart with Hylian NPCs in order to get them to their destination. The Stable Trotters sidequests mainly involve their troupe's horse cart (which they seem unable to keep from wrecking), where Link has to fix it, hitch it to horse and/or modify it with Zonai Devices. Unfortunately, the Trotters tend to get motion sick very easily…
** Some Koroks can be found wearing huge backpacks that make them exhausted and unable to move on their own. Each of them is trying to reach another Korok a fair distance away from where they're found and often in dangerous territory. Seeing as there is no way to kill or otherwise harm the little guys, and you can stick them to your vehicle with Ultrahand to make it much easier to bring them to the other Korak’s camp; doing so earns Link two Korak seeds. (Fuse does not work on them, however, so you cannot simply Fuse them to your shield to carry them that way.) Unfortunately, this imperviousness has also resulted in quite a lot of [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]…
* [[Eternal English]]: Zigzagged. While the Zonai clearly had a different language than the one spoken in modern Hyrule (which Link is unable to read), some of the millennia-old steles are inscribed with modern Hyrulean. This is easy to explain, as {{spoiler|Zelda probably wrote them in order to leave messages for Link. What is not explained however, is how Zelda was so easily able to communicate with the ancient Zonai herself.
* [[Ethereal Choir]]: Much like the previous games in the franchise, the soundtrack in the trailers use this to perform the series original theme
* [[Every Ten Thousand Points]]: In the Depths, Link can collect crystallized charges, either via drops, chests, or trading Zonaite to forge constructs; gather 100 of these charges, and you can add a new energy well to the battery he uses to power The zone I devices. The battery can hold a total of 27 energy walls maximum (including the three you start with) but after maxing it out, the crystallized charges can be treated for Zonai devices directly.
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: The Gerudo section of the regional phenomena quest line involves defending
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Or in this case, a horse. One of the
* [[Evil Makes You Monstrous]]: While Ganondorf's evil creations were pretty monstrous to begin with, they become far more so this time around. Many of them have sharp, twisted horns on their skulls, which seem to have been put there through self-mutilation. The ones in the depths are far more savage and scary, due to gloom literally growing on their skin like a horrible rash.
** And of course, {{spoiler|
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Ganondorf, as usual. The same goes for the mean, edgy-looking Gerudo who served him in the distant past, with a new incarnation of Twinrova being among their ranks.
* [[Exact Words]]: A side quest you can take involves a Seward construct on the roof of the Temple of time, challenging Link to light four bonfires in the Sky Kingdom, without eating anything or touching any part of the ground except that roof. {{spoiler| The solution is to use the waterfalls and Zora Armor to fly from Island to island, and light the bonfires with arrows. It does not say you can't touch water.}}
* [[Expansion Pack World]]: Hyrule is much bigger this time around, but rather than literally expanding it, new maps are added above and below the surface, with the Depths underneath and the Sky Kingdom above.
* [[Exploding Barrels]]: Much like the previous game, these red barrels are often found in enemy encampments, causing damage to Link (or the enemies) if they explode. In addition to throwing them or triggering them with arrows, Link can Fuse them to his shield, giving any of the mobs trying to strike him in melee combat a nasty surprise. There are also cube-shaped explosives that go off after a few seconds after being struck by a weapon.
== F ==
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: When Ganondorf swears fealty to Rauru, he speaks politely to the honorable king... but that politeness is insincere and ''dripping'' with poorly-hidden contempt for the man, his wife, and his kingdom. Unsurprisingly, Rauru knows that he's full of shit, but plays along so he can keep a closer eye on him.
* [[Fat Bastard]]:
** Hinoxes are as grotesquely fat and brutish as ever, but now we have Boss Bokoblins thrown into the mix. They're the bigger, fatter, meaner [[King Mook|King Mooks]] of the Bokoblins and lead hordes of their lesser brethren into battle. When they're not patrolling the Hylian wilderness, Boss Bokoblins can be seen lazily lounging around and doing nothing.
** And of course, {{spoiler|Master Kohga turns out to be [[Not Quite Dead]] and is an active threat once more.}}
** While it doesn't last, [[Stout Strength|Yunobo]] goes from a [[Cowardly Lion]] and bonafide [[Nice Guy]] to an abrasive, slimy [[Jerkass]] who gladly spreads the highly-addictive [[G-Rated Drug|Marbled Rock Roast]] throughout Goron City {{spoiler|because of Phantom Ganon's brainwashing via cursed mask}}.
* [[Feed It a Bomb]]: Much like Dodongos, you can do some serious damage to Froxes by hurling bombs into their open maws.
* [[Flunky Boss]]: Queen Gibdo. Like any queen insect worth her salt, she sics hordes of Gibdo drones on Link and Riju during her boss fights.
* [[Free-Fall Fight]]: Colgera's boss fight mostly takes place in the sky, where a powerful updraft keeps Link afloat. Bonus points for being able to hurt the colossal monster ''through free-falling!'' {{spoiler|The final battle against Ganondorf's Demon Dragon form also takes place high in the sky and through near-constant free-falling.}}
* [[Fungus Humongous]]: Towering stalks of fungi grow like trees in the Depths.
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* [[The Ghost]]: Bizarrely, [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Kass]] of all characters is nowhere to be seen, but is instead alluded to by his daughters and Penn at the end of his sidequest chain.
* [[Ghost Town]]: {{spoiler|This is the state Gerudo Town is in when you first arrive: unrelenting sandstorms and ferocious Gibdo have forced the native Gerudo into an underground shelter, allowing the creepy zombie-bugs to roam freely above ground as they try to think of a way to drive them off for good.}}
* [[Giant Spider]]: Marbled Gohma, who combines this trope with [[Giant Enemy Crab]] in true Gohma fashion.
* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Marbled Rock Roast, a suspicious-looking cut of maroon-colored Rock Roast that messes with the minds of Gorons that eat it. They tend to either become lazy and lethargic, or aggressively try to push it onto other people, but the unifying thread is that they can't stop eating the stuff, and end up with red eyes to coincide with their addiction.
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