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(Deleted the ACI bit about Daphnes since the game very unambiguously presents him as a benevolent mentor with no real wiggle room for theory-crafting outside of blatant Ron the Death Eater treatment. Likewise, personal honor as his motivation isn't even so much as hinted at, and Link not only helped him of his own accord, but because he had a personal stake in fighting Ganon(dorf).)
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* [[Art Style Dissonance]]: Undoubtedly, the art style is [[Lighter and Softer]]. However, it's debatable if every other aspect of the game is this. For one, all of Hyrule was flooded, leaving few survivors and only the tallest mountains as islands. Two, {{spoiler|Link's grandmother has a nervous breakdown after he leaves}}. Three, {{spoiler|Link ''stabs Ganondorf in the head!''}}.
* [[Art Style Dissonance]]: Undoubtedly, the art style is [[Lighter and Softer]]. However, it's debatable if every other aspect of the game is this. For one, all of Hyrule was flooded, leaving few survivors and only the tallest mountains as islands. Two, {{spoiler|Link's grandmother has a nervous breakdown after he leaves}}. Three, {{spoiler|Link ''stabs Ganondorf in the head!''}}.
* [[Breather Boss]]: Gohdan, the guardian of the Tower of the Gods. For a mid-game boss he's very easy to begin with, only having one real attack that you get plenty of warning of in advance and is fairly easy to avoid. Plus, he'll even snort out extra arrows and bombs from his nostrils if you run out of them during the fight. Makes sense, seeing as how he's meant to test Link's skills.
* [[Breather Boss]]: Gohdan, the guardian of the Tower of the Gods. For a mid-game boss he's very easy to begin with, only having one real attack that you get plenty of warning of in advance and is fairly easy to avoid. Plus, he'll even snort out extra arrows and bombs from his nostrils if you run out of them during the fight. Makes sense, seeing as how he's meant to test Link's skills.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Let's see the Zelda-plot-checklist: Does Link defeat Ganon(dorf)? {{spoiler|Yes.}} Is he saving Hyrule? {{spoiler|...No...}} Does he [[Save the Princess]]? {{spoiler|Yes. The King, however...}}
** {{spoiler|Aryll at the end. You better be back soon, Link, you big jerk. The pirates are actually pretty nice. Bring her with you!}}
** Gets even more bittersweet when you remember that {{spoiler|if Aryll went with Link, their grandmother would be alone again, and look what happened last time...}}
* [[Catharsis Factor]]: The Foresaken Fortress is both a [[No-Gear Level]] and [[Stealth-Based Mission]] (as in, the universally despised type of dungeon that so many otherwise-excellent games need to have) because due to Tetra's horrendous aim, Link loses his weapon in an undignified entrance. It is both a frustrating and tedious dungeon that seems less like an infiltration into enemy territory and more like an exersize in patience, and being caught means starting over. Even worse, the whole thing is pointless storywise, as Link fails to rescue his sister this time around. Catharsis, however, comes later in your ''second'' trip there, where Link ''does'' have his gear and you can dole out well-earned revenge.
* [[Catharsis Factor]]: The Foresaken Fortress is both a [[No-Gear Level]] and [[Stealth-Based Mission]] (as in, the universally despised type of dungeon that so many otherwise-excellent games need to have) because due to Tetra's horrendous aim, Link loses his weapon in an undignified entrance. It is both a frustrating and tedious dungeon that seems less like an infiltration into enemy territory and more like an exersize in patience, and being caught means starting over. Even worse, the whole thing is pointless storywise, as Link fails to rescue his sister this time around. Catharsis, however, comes later in your ''second'' trip there, where Link ''does'' have his gear and you can dole out well-earned revenge.
** Killing the Helmaroc King in particular is ''especially'' satisfying. Not only are you finally fighting the monster that kidnapped your sister, but you get to crush its skull with a ''hammer''!
** Killing the Helmaroc King in particular is ''especially'' satisfying. Not only are you finally fighting the monster that kidnapped your sister, but you get to crush its skull with a ''hammer''!
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** Link's scream when he jumps into a secret cave. Get ready to hear it a lot when you take on the Savage Labyrinth.
** Link's scream when he jumps into a secret cave. Get ready to hear it a lot when you take on the Savage Labyrinth.
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: The melodic choir that sings whenever Link uses the titular Wind Waker.
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: The melodic choir that sings whenever Link uses the titular Wind Waker.
* [[Motive Decay]]: Nothing of what originally motivated Ganondorf is really at play anymore, but he still won't give up on ruling Hyrule, even though it's ''flooded''. Though he does say he only ''supposes'' that's what originally motivated him.
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Back during the game's pre-release "hype" cycle, just about everyone wrote it off as being "Garbage for gay babies!1!!!" thanks to the cutesy art style. The fact that the wide expanse of Hyrule Field and its surrounding areas was replaced with a vast, near-featureless ocean didn't help at all. While these opinions persisted for a while, they've long since died down thanks to this game being [[Vindicated By History]] several times over.
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Back during the game's pre-release "hype" cycle, just about everyone wrote it off as being "Garbage for gay babies!1!!!" thanks to the cutesy art style. The fact that the wide expanse of Hyrule Field and its surrounding areas was replaced with a vast, near-featureless ocean didn't help at all. While these opinions persisted for a while, they've long since died down thanks to this game being [[Vindicated By History]] several times over.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Thanks to being a creepy weirdo who charges you out the ass to decode the Triforce map pieces in what's unanimously considered to be the game's slowest, most boring section, Tingle's scrappy status was set in stone with this game.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Thanks to being a creepy weirdo who charges you out the ass to decode the Triforce map pieces in what's unanimously considered to be the game's slowest, most boring section, Tingle's scrappy status was set in stone with this game.
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