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''For the first game in the series, which shares the name, [[The Legend of Zelda (
[[Nintendo]]'s video game series that codified the [[Action Adventure]] genre and [[Video Game Long Runners|began in 1986]] on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]].
'''''The Legend of Zelda''''' franchise is, in essence, a mythos in the classical sense of the word: An evil [[Sorcerous Overlord|wizard/warlock]]/thief/[[Humanoid Abomination|monster]] named [[Big Bad|Ganon]] (or Ganondorf, but [[Gannon Banned|not Gannon]]) has cast a great evil over the [[The Kingdom|land of Hyrule]], and a young boy in a sort of green [[Peter Pan]] / [[Robin Hood]] costume must save Hyrule by [[Gotta Catch Them All|recovering powerful artifacts]] that rest in [[Temple of Doom|places tainted]] [[Dungeon Crawling|by Ganon]]. [[Badass Princess|Princess Zelda]] is his resourceful and sometimes [[Implied Love Interest|secretive love interest]]. He either must [[Save the Princess|rescue her]] or is guided by her, if not both at once. The story is repeated in many of the games, showing many eras, generations and [[Alternate Timeline|Alternate Timelines]] for the land of Hyrule, and [[Legacy Character|as many young boys named Link who find themselves forced to become heroes]]. An [[w:The Legend of Zelda#Fictional chronology|official timeline]]
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* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]], 2013)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes]]'' ([[Nintendo 3DS]], 2015)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]'' ([[Wii U]] and [[Nintendo Switch]], 2017)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]], 2023)
Around the time ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
In addition to the main canon, there are also the three Satellaview games released only in Japan for the Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom: ''BS Zelda no Densetsu'' (BS Legend of Zelda) and ''BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban'' (BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets. BS Stands for Broadcast Satellaview) The former is a remake of the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
▲Around the time ''[[The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past (Video Game)|Link to the Past]]'' was released, three more games came out which... haven't made the canon: ''[[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|Link: The Faces of Evil]]'', ''[[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]'' and ''[[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|Zelda's Adventure]]'', the latter two of which are the only games in the franchise in which you play as Zelda throughout the game.
▲In addition to the main canon, there are also the three Satellaview games released only in Japan for the Satellaview add-on for the Super Famicom: ''BS Zelda no Densetsu'' (BS Legend of Zelda) and ''BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban'' (BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets. BS Stands for Broadcast Satellaview) The former is a remake of the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Video Game)|Legend of Zelda]]'' with SNES graphics but the Satellaview mascots (a boy in a baseball cap or a girl with red hair in a ponytail) are playable instead of Link. The latter uses the same characters but is based graphically on ''Link to the Past''. The character chosen appears in Hyrule and defends it while Link is away (during the events of ''[[The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening (Video Game)|Link's Awakening]]''). The third is a full, normal, downloadable version of ''A Link to the Past''. The three Satellaview games were "broadcasted" during a one hour window on a weekly schedule and were designed to self-destruct after that hour was over (with the exception of the Alttp one). Because of this, you can no longer play them on the actual hardware and they can only be played on an emulator.
* ''[[The
* ''[[Cadence of Hyrule]]'' for [[Nintendo Switch]]
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
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▲===== Non-canonical licensed media include: =====
* [[
▲* ''[[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|Link: The Faces of Evil]]'', ''[[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]'' and ''[[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|Zelda's Adventure]]'' for the [[Philips CD-i]]
▲* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Animation)|The Legend Of Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda (Animation)|cartoon]]
▲* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Comic Book)|The Legend Of Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda (Comic Book)|comic book]] published by Valiant
▲* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Manga)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda (Manga)|manga]]
▲* [[Eight Point Eight]]: Indirectly, because of the score ''Twilight Princess'' received in a Gamespot review.
* [[Americans Hate Tingle]]
* [[Boss Subtitles]]
* [[Dark World]]: Used in several of the games.
* [[Death Mountain]]
* [[Gannon Banned]]: Well, somebody forgot to spell-check the main opening of the [[The Legend of Zelda (
* [[Heart Container]]
* [[Hijacked
* [[I Fight for
* [[The Lost Woods]]
* [[Spin Attack]]
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: [[Just for Pun|More for the pun]], but the series does have numerous examples.
* [[Wall Master]]
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Link's catchphrase in the cartoon.
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== A-C ==
* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: Kaepora Gaebora and the other Owls.
** Link himself in ''[[Skyward Sword]]'', under some extreme Wiimote gestures.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Link and Zelda are both normal, if rare, names, but Malon? Midna? Kafei? Laruto? Not to mention, on the "regular" names from Hyrule, the series gleefully mixes Western and Japanese names in a way you probably wouldn't expect from a kingdom trapped in [[Medieval Stasis]]. For the most glaring example, the second-ranked Knight of the Cobble Kingdom in ''[[Phantom Hourglass]]'' is Doylan. The first-ranked is named Max.
* [[All the Worlds Are
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Nintendo released a Japan-only guide to the series called ''Hyrule Historia'' as part of the 25th Anniversary celebration. Among other things, it contains the series' official timeline.
* [[Alternate Timeline]]: According to [[Word of God|Eiji Aonuma]], ''Ocarina of Time'' split the timeline in two, with one timeline leading into ''The Wind Waker'' and the other into ''Majora's Mask'' (and ''Twilight Princess'' 100 years later). The [[All There in the Manual|25th anniversary Japanese guidebook]] revealed it actually split the timeline into ''[http://www.zeldauniverse.net/zelda-news/official-zelda-timeline-100-complete-translated/ three]''. The third branch leads into ''A Link To The Past'' followed by the ''Oracle'' games, ''Link's Awakening'', and the original NES ''Zelda'' games. This branch is the result of Link being defeated by Ganon in ''Ocarina.''
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* [[Amusing Alien]]: Tingle. Oh, so very much.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: The first four games come an indeterminate amount of time after ''Ocarina of Time'' (the fifth), while the sixteenth title, ''Skyward Sword'' is said to come sometime before.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The series absolutely ''explodes'' with this trope. While the core of the games is [[Medieval European Fantasy]], you still have [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** [[Twilight Princess|"The Group"]] has a ''bazooka''. Fortunately, that's the most egregious of anything not-magic...except perhaps [[Majoras Mask|Goht]], the ''mechanical bull''.
** By ''Twilight Princess'', the Goron people seemed to have not only mastered manipulation of electricity but also understand the principles of electromagnetic attraction. Their mining facility is also remarkably modern-industrial for the ''Zelda'' world.
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** In ''Skyward Sword'', the earliest game in the series' internal chronology, Link encounters the remnants of a civilisation of robots, making robots one of, if not the, oldest races in the world. Based on clues in that game, the world may have undergone a [[Cataclysm Backstory]] caused by the demon invasion of the surface, and the advanced tools that Link finds in the various games are [[Lost Technology]].
* [[Animated Armor]]
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The games had a [[The Legend of Zelda (
* [[The Archer]]: Zelda will often serve this function when she fights. Other times, she's a [[Barrier Warrior]].
* [[Artificial Gill]]: various items are required to swim underwater throughout the series.
* {{spoiler|[[As Long
* [[Ax Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Majora, Zant}} and Ghirahim are possibly the most psychotic characters Link has encountered in his many adventures. The first is an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] who wants to obliterate the world with a moon [[For the Evulz|for kicks]], the second is a deranged, power hungry man willing to do anything to become king and possibly has an unhealthy obsession with Midna, and the third is a creepy [[Blood Knight]] who threatens to torture Link for getting in the way of his plans.
* [[Badass]]: Link in general. [[Badass Adorable]] in his "Toon" incarnations from ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** Young Link from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** And then there's Wolf Link from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
** Give credit to the various Ganons: they do manage to always pose a significant threat. It often requires the best and most holy weaponry in the game to defeat a Ganon as he is in control of many dangerous monsters and is quite powerful himself.
* [[Badass Beard]]: Ganondorf started sporting a chin curtain in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Orca. He wanted to be a great swordsman but suffered a serious injury which put a halt to that, though he is still skilled. He moved on to fishing afterward. You can see his catches along his walls. One set of jaws is larger than Link.
** Hyrule Historia reveals the Hero's Shade qualifies for this, since he is {{spoiler|the Hero of Time, a Link which existed more than a century ago}}.
* [[Badass Princess]]: Zelda in the cartoon and later games, and {{spoiler|Midna}} in ''Twilight Princess''.
** Even as a [[Damsel in Distress]] in the first game, Zelda is pretty badass. Sure, Ganon captured her, but not before she broke the Triforce of Wisdom into 8 pieces and hid them all over the land.
* [[Bag of Holding]]: Implied in the games.
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Variation. It's not with one quote from the game, but rather the title of one of its most famous music themes. Princess Zelda's [[Leitmotif]] is officially titled "''Zelda's Theme''", but most fans know it as "''Zelda's Lullaby''". Although that name was used, it only referred to a very specific version of it: the ocarina tune in [[Ocarina of Time]]. The "normal" version got the former title, and was used in later
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Link is an all-around nice kid. People who end up on his bad side wind up with multiple stab wounds to their everything.
** Princess Zelda as well. Yeah, she gets kidnapped repeatedly but the girl has shown she is a decent archer, knows a bit of magic, has some Sheikah training in ''Ocarina of Time'' and is willing to fight with a sword in ''Twilight Princess''. Even in ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'', as an [[Animated Armor]], when you attack her too much, she'll go berserk on Link, and even safe zones can't protect him from her wrath!
* [[
* [[Big Bad]]: Ganon(dorf) in most cases (8 games), followed at a relatively distant second by Vaati (3 games), with every other villain except Twinrova having one appearance each so far.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: {{spoiler|Demise,}} as ''Skyward Sword'' reveals. {{spoiler|He is responsible for Ganondorf's and every other monster's existence.}}
* [[Big
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: It's been possible to translate the various versions of the Hylian language since ''[[Ocarina of Time|OoT]]''.
* [[Bishounen]]: Link, in his older incarnations.
* [[Black Magic]]: Many of the main villains possess some knowledge of black magic. Even some evil characters mentioned only once or twice use it, like the Interlopers from ''Twilight Princess'' or the tribe which used Majora's Mask.
** Agahnim could send people to the Dark World and control minds. Being a wizard, he also has various magical attacks. Since [[Hijacked
** Ganon can lay death curses, revive ancient terrors from the dead, transform into a beast-like form, create ghostly versions of himself and more.
** Majora (and Skull Kid using Majora's Mask) was able to steal and transfer souls, summon a moon to destroy the land of Termina and inflict curses on people and places.
** Twinrova could brainwash people, use fire and ice attacks and twist the environment to an ice or fire setting in the ''Oracle'' games.
** Vaati could curse beings, turn people into stone, corrupt an area and use various magical attacks. He even manages to {{spoiler|kill Zelda}} in a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] during a timed segment before the [[Final Boss]] battles.
* [[Blackout Basement]]: The lantern stages.
* [[Bold Inflation]]: Just look at the page quote for one particular example.
* [[Bonsai Forest]]: Like many isometric games, the 2D entries in the series have very short trees. To a lesser extent this also occurs in some of the 3D titles, although specific areas may still have tall trees.
* [[Bonus Feature Failure]]: The Bombchus in the ''Oracle'' games, where they are only acquired as a bonus after starting a [[New Game
** However, later games made use of them in interesting ways, mostly as a minigame.
* [[Bootstrapped Theme]] / [[Bootstrapped Leitmotif]]: The title screen / overworld theme from the first Zelda game along with many others are used in later games both as the series' Main Theme and as Link's [[Leitmotif]].
* [[Bow and Sword
▲* [[Bow and Sword In Accord]]: All the Links make use of a variety of ranged weapons as well as a sword.
* [[Bowdlerize]]: ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[A Link to The Past]]'' was named as such in English because of Nintendo of America's aversion to even the most tenuous of religious themes; what the translated title should have been was ''Triforce of the Gods''.
** One game later, in ''[[Links Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'', they changed cross-shaped grave markers into "RIP" rounded-block gravestones. Also the bikini top of the Mermaid became a... pearl amulet.
*** And when the [[Updated Rerelease|DX version]] came out, it crept to the European cartridges.
** The original release of ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'' had Ganondorf [[Blood From the Mouth|cough up blood]] after you beat him and mortally wound him. The blood was turned green and then removed in later-produced cartridges. The vocal track in the Fire Temple was excised as it was a Muslim [[Ominous Latin Chanting|chant]], and the Gerudo symbol of the [
** The 3DS remake of [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
* [[Broken Bridge]]: In addition to literally breaking bridges, the Zelda games have also begun teleporting those bridges [[Ocarina of Time|through time]] and [[A Link to The Past|space]] or [[Twilight Princess|replacing the broken bridge with a broken man cannon]]. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: Tends to happen to the [[Exposition Fairy|Exposition Fairies]]. Even Link does this on from time to time.
* [[But Thou Must!]]
* [[Call a Rabbit
* [[Call to Adventure]]: Has been getting steadily more complex. It used to be a bunch of random (but [[But Thou Must!|extremely insistent]]) strangers ordering poor Link to save the world, but now we have mysterious sidekicks, kidnapped sisters/lovable village scamps/possible love interests, and so on.
* [[Camera Centering]]
* [[Camera Lock On]]
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* [[Cartoon Bomb]]
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: Part of the charm of the 3D Zelda games are seeing what crazy character designs the developers came up with for each and every [[
* [[Cataclysm Backstory]]: Two notable examples are {{spoiler|Demise's fight against the Goddess Hylia in Skyward Sword}} and the battle to seal Ganon in the backstory of ''A Link to the Past''.
* [[Celtic Mythology]]: Just a little bit. The default name of Link's horse, in the games where she appears, is Epona - which is the name of the Celtic goddess of horses.
* [[Chain of Deals]]: Typically for something awesome but optional, like the [[Infinity
* [[Chaos Architecture]]: The realm of Hyrule itself. Landmarks such as Lake Hylia, Hyrule Castle, Death Mountain, Kakariko Village, and the Lost Woods tend to move around from game to game. Often [[Fan Wank|excused]] as corruption introduced in each "telling" of the titular "legend," verging on [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]].
* [[Chest Monster]]
* [[
** Dialogue text will [[Rainbow Speak|often have important words highlighted in a different color than the rest of the words]], sometimes using appropriate colors (like "forest" in green, "lake" in blue, etc).
* [[Commonplace Rare]]: Bottles. In every game that they were featured in, Bottles seem to be something that SHOULD be easy to get. But as it so-happens, the Bottles tend to be only possessed by a few (if that many) people in Hyrule. And these people NORMALLY require some quest or mini-game to be completed. Despite obvious glass windows in quite a few places in the series...are storage containers made from this material THAT sought after? I suppose when you have a kid [[Kleptomaniac Hero|breaking into everyone's houses and smashing their clay pots to steal their hard earned items]], [[Fridge Brilliance|an apparently unbreakable jar seems like the best thing ever]].
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* [[Culture Chop Suey]]: Probably more than one example, but Link's use of a boomerang in a relatively (at least in the earlier games) [[Medieval European Fantasy|medieval]] setting stands out the most.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: Young Link, Kafei, Colin.
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** Other candidates for [[Darker and Edgier]] are ''Majora's Mask'', where impending doom is just for starters, and ''The Adventure of Link'', where the impending doom won't stop ''arriving''.
* [[Dark Reprise]]: Series-wide example. A heroic Hyrule Castle theme heard in ''Link to the Past'' gets a darker reprise in ''Minish Cap''.
* [[Dark
** And Midna takes both dark skinned and redhead to [[Up to Eleven|to a new level]], being a literally ebony-skinned imp with glowing orange hair.
** And ''Skyward Sword'' gives us {{spoiler|Demise, with ebony skin and (literally) flaming hair}}.
* [[Deadly Rotary Fan]]: Peahats attack using these in the N64 games.
* [[Demonic Spiders]]: Enough examples for [[Demonic Spiders/Video Games/Action Adventure/The Legend of Zelda|their own page]].
* [[Despotism Justifies the Means]]: Ganondorf.
* [[Determinator]]: Link's determination is outweighed only by his courage. Curses, giant monsters, long falls, dangerous terrains, being flung across the ocean... the Links go through a lot. Ghirahim comments on this in ''Skyward Sword'': "But instead of scurrying away like any creature with a basic instinct to survive, you just kept coming back. Again...and again...and again."
** Ganon is a tough son of a gun as well and keeps charging forward despite horrible injuries. Rule #1 with Ganon: he never stays sealed permanently and will find a way out eventually.
* [[Die, Chair, Die!|Die Pot Die]]: And boxes and grass, too. [[Twilight Princess|And chairs and tables and couches]] [[Overly Long Gag|and who knows what else]]. All Links have an innate hatred for anything they can destroy, often in the name of finding pickups: items, hearts, and money.
* [[Disc One Final Boss]] / [[Disc One Final Dungeon|Dungeon]]: Agahaim and Hyrule Castle in ''A Link to the Past'', Zant and the Palace of Twilight in ''Twilight Princess'', {{spoiler|Byrne and the 24th floor of the Tower of Spirits}} in ''Spirit Tracks'', and {{spoiler|Ghirahim and Hylia's Realm}} in ''Skyward Sword''.
* [[Doomed
* [[Down the Drain]]: The water dungeons, with the [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]: Clashes with Ganondorf sometimes uses lightning as a backdrop just in case fighting a thirty foot [[South Park|man-bear-pig]] wasn't freaky enough.
** {{spoiler|Apparently it runs in the family. [[Bigger Bad|Demise]] makes some appear during the 2nd part of his battle. He uses it to [[A Worldwide Punomenon|charge]] his sword. You can use it too for the same purpose}}.
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* [[Earth Drift]]: The first games had crosses sprinkled about, and ''[[A Link to The Past]]'' has artwork showing Link kneeling before a crucifix. All of this would be phased out in favor of a more original mythos.
* [[Eat Dirt Cheap]]: The gorons eat rocks.
* [[Easily
* [[Easing Into the Adventure]]: From ''Ocarina of Time'', though more obvious from ''The Wind Waker''.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [[Sealed Evil in
** Malladus, Bellum, Majora, and Dethl might also count, as they're a demonic, misty skull with a habit of [[Demonic Possession|possessing people]], a [[Combat Tentacles|tentacled]] beast from the deep, an evil, insane [[Trickster]] god, and a giant, [[Living Shadow|shadowy]] manifestation of nightmares, respectively.
* [[Electric Jellyfish]]: The Bari species of jellyfish are electric.
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* [[End of an Age]]: ''The Wind Waker'', although its message is surprisingly positive. It's more about letting go of what's gone and moving on to the new than lamenting what has been lost.
* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]: It's an important plot point if Zelda is not wearing her dress.
* [[
* [[Lava Adds Awesome]]: Any fire-base dungeon, especially volcano dungeons. Usually, you also have to fight burning bats and huge monsters that set themselves on fire.
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Ganon's bachelor pad.
* [[Exposition Fairy]] / [[Fairy Companion]]: In order of appearance:
** [[The Legend of Zelda (
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* [[Eye Scream]]: There's a recurring element throughout the series of shooting arrows into eyes. Find an eye-shaped thing in a dungeon? Shoot an arrow into it to solve the puzzle. Fighting a boss with one large eye? Shoot an arrow into it to beat it. It's easy to forget how disturbing this is.
* [[Fairy Battle]]
* [[Fan Sequel]]: There is a game editor/creator that is for making your own 2D Zelda game that has gained popularity called [[Zelda Classic]].
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* [[Foreboding Architecture]]: Can be spotted on the ''maps'' many of the games have.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Majora is a massive prick whether it is acting through Skull Kid or not.
* [[Four
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: All throughout the series, from laser barriers in ''The Wind Waker'' to Beamos in multiple games which shoot lasers. ''A Link to the Past'' has the enemy called the Laser Eye, [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Attack Its Weak Point|Attack Its Blatant Glowing Red Spot]] [[For Massive
== G-I ==
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Link and Zelda always, and sometimes notable supporting characters (like Marin/Malon, Tingle, Beedle, and Linebeck)
* [[Ghost Butler]]: There are two cases of this: one where iron bars or some similar obstruction blocks regular doors until a [[Mini Boss]] is defeated or a puzzle is solved, and one where the big door to the boss just slams shut and becomes locked for no apparent reason.
* [[Ghost Ship]]: In both ''The Wind Waker'' and ''Phantom Hourglass''.
* [[Giant Eye of Doom]]: Gohma, the first boss in ''Ocarina of Time''. Wart in the sequel as well.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Many examples, particularly [[Mini Boss|Mini Bosses]].
* [[Giant Spider]]: Many enemies and bosses, most notably the various versions of Gohma and the Skulltulas. [[Twilight Princess]] features the largest and most realistic spider in the series so far, Armogohma.
* [[God Is Inept]]: {{spoiler|Hylia's plan was to become human so she could use the Triforce to truly defeat Demise because gods are unable to use the Triforce. So she becomes Zelda and also becomes incredibly weak, nearly helpless, even with a strong guardian in Impa. So she has Link carry on her Triforce plan since she is no longer able to and wishes to strengthen the seal on Demise by entering a deep sleep}}.
* [[Go for
* [[God in Human Form]]: ''[[Skyward Sword]]'' reveals that {{spoiler|Zelda is the human form of Hylia, the goddess who saved human kind from Demise.}}
* [[Good Morning, Crono]]: In every game since A Link to the Past, Link begins the game asleep. Or at least, he is first able to be controlled after he wakes up.
** Twilight Princess and Four Swords are the exceptions here, where in Four Swords, Link is knocked unconscious after a lengthy cutscene, and in Twilight Princess, we first meet Link while he speaks with Rusl. He goes back to his house and falls asleep, only to be woken up by Fado.
* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: Usually, Link's basic colors are green and blue. Zelda's are pink and white. Ganondorf's, black and red. Neat, huh?
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The Triforce pieces/pendants/whatever.
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Hookshot is the most common name, though the Switch Hook is used in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle
* [[Grave Clouds]]
* [[Great Escape]]: In ''Ocarina of Time'', ''The Wind Waker'', and ''Twilight Princess''.
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* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: Once again, the Hyrulean guards.
* [[Hearts Are Health]]
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Although the [[Canon Name|name]] Link is used extensively here and on many a fansite, you get to name the lad in almost every game.▼
▲* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Ingo, Mido, Skull Kid, Linebeck, {{spoiler|Byrne}} and {{spoiler|Groose}}.
* [[The Hero]]: Link is often "[[Exactly What It Says
▲* [[Hello Insert Name Here]]: Although the [[Canon Name|name]] Link is used extensively here and on many a fansite, you get to name the lad in almost every game.
▲* [[The Hero]]: Link is often "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|The Hero]]" in a literal sense -- of [[The Legend of Zelda a Link To The Past|Hyrule]], [[The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Time]], [[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|Winds]], or [[The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess|chosen by the Gods]]. He may start out as an unassuming [[Farm Boy]], but heroism is inevitably [[Because Destiny Says So|his destiny]].
* [[The Hero Dies]]: ''[[All There in the Manual|Hyrule Historia]]'' states that one of the timelines in the series is created when Link fails to stop Ganon in ''Ocarina Of Time'' and creates the Imprisoning War, (aka leads up to ''A Link Into The Past''.)
* [[
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: It is quite possible that Groose {{spoiler|is the physical ancestor of the Gerudo}}. He matches the physical attributes very well (namely the red hair, yellowish gold eyes and dark skin). Worth mentioning is how Groose and his cronies stole Link's loftwing and hid it away. The Gerudo are well known thieves.
▲* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: It is quite possible that Groose {{spoiler|is the physical ancestor of the Gerudo}}. He matches the physical attributes very well (namely the red hair, yellowish gold eyes and dark skin). Worth mentioning is how Groose and his cronies stole Link's loftwing and hid it away. The Gerudo are well known thieves.
* [[Iconic Item]]: Link's green tunic and hood and, to a lesser extent, the Master Sword. The Triforce also serves as the [[Iconic Item]] for the entire series.
* [[Iconic Logo]]: The page image.
* [[Immortality]]: Ganon from ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' is both Type VII External and Type I Perfect (In addition to his obvious Joker Immunity), as he can't be killed as long as he holds the Triforce of Power (though he has shown a few signs of slow aging, before he turned from a human to a [[Pig Man]] form). There are also several incarnations of fellow Triforce bearers Link and Princess Zelda, definite cases of [[Legacy Character]] and [[Generation Xerox]] at least, and a few [[Epileptic Trees]] extend this into Type IV Reincarnation Immortality (which would also be Type VII External), but the series has never gone into the details.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' has dropped some hints. {{spoiler|It's suggested that Link and Zelda do have Reincarnation Immortality, though it's not caused by the Triforce; instead the Demon King Demise cursed them into an endless cycle of conflict. In addition, Zelda is the mortal reincarnation of the goddess Hylia and Ganon is the manifestation of the hatred of Demise.}}
* [[Implied Love Interest]]: Link and Zelda in many (but not all) of the games. The biggest examples are ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'' and ''[[Skyward Sword]]''.
* [[Impossible Item Drop]]: Most enemies (and [[Die, Chair, Die!|random objects like pots or bushes]]) drop rupees, arrows, bombs, magic potion vials, and hearts at random. Even better, whenever you get a new item (bow, bomb bag, slingshot, etc...) that consumes something, whatever it is suddenly starts appearing everywhere in spite of its not showing up before.
* [[Inescapable Ambush]]
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]:
* [[Infinity
* [[Insurmountable Waist High Fence]]: Though Link has no problems at all with ladders, steep mountain trails, and vine-covered walls, he is unable to pass man-made fences without the aid of his horse.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120817000619/http://wii.ign.com/articles/117/1175200p1.html However], this gets averted in [[Skyward Sword]], where Link is actually able to move around it automatically. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]], indeed.
* [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]]: A staple of the series since Day One. The first [[The Legend of Zelda (
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: If there are empty spots in your item and quest menu, rest assured that they will be filled up later on. Notably [[Averted Trope|averted]] in ''[[Oracle of Seasons]]'' and ''[[Oracle of Ages]]'' in which you get several more item spaces than you actually need, and ''[[Twilight Princess]]'', where the item menu is a circle where the items are evenly spaced, and the quest menu puts all the [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]] in one space where they float around. ''[[Links Awakening]]'' actually has more items than inventory spaces-- one has to be traded away for another (and traded back if you need it again, as buying a new one will make the game [[Unwinnable]]).
* [[Interquel]]: According to ''[[All There in the Manual|Hyrule Historia]]'', the ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Gets mentioned (and usually poked fun at) in several games.
** In ''Link's Awakening'', there's a subquest where you have to deliver a picture from a shy man and his female penpal. Said penpal turns out to be a talking goat in Animal Town (who sends him back a photo of [[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Princess Peach]] to boot).
** In ''Majora's Mask'', Treasure Chest Shop Owner (a female Terminan) will flirt with you while you're wearing the Zora Mask.
** In ''Oracle of Seasons'', Link need to go on a date with a Subrosian (mysterious, subterranean people who wear cloaks, eat metal and bathe in molten lava) in order to proceed and can ask her for further dates as well.
** Vaati, a Picori who used black magic to assume humanoid form and first introduced in ''The Minish Cap'', is explicitly stated as kidnapping Hylian girls because he's attracted to them.
** In ''Ocarina of Time'', Link gets an [[Accidental Marriage]] to Princess Ruto of the Zoras.
** In ''The Wind Waker'', there a subquest about a Hylian girl falling in love with a moblin.
** In ''Twilight Princess'', there's the hinted romantic attraction between Link (Hylian) and Midna (imp/Twili). Not to mention Link spending one-third of the game as a wolf (though Midna treats him more like a pet dog at this stage).
** In ''Oracle of Ages'', Link gets [[Accidental Marriage|propositioned]] by a ''tree''. A tree wearing ganguro-gal makeup.
* [[Invincible Villain]]: Ganon has shades of this. After being pelted with holy arrows, exposed to powerful magics and stabbed lord knows how many times with the ultimate sword of good, Ganon tends to stay alive through it all.
** To scary limits at the end of ''Ocarina'' when he is shown after being sealed away. He showed no signs of being harmed at all despite receiving a stab wound ''to the face'' moments earlier.
* [[Irony]]: The game with the best ending is probably in ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'', where Ganon is truly defeated for good and Link and Zelda are truly together. The irony is, this is the conclusion of the "Hero Defeated" timeline, the timeline that is created should ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' end with Link's ''failure'' to defeat Ganon.
* [[Item Get]]: Link reacts to new items and treasures in the most enthusiastic way possible (and [[Fanfare|the music agrees]]) in every game. Increasingly [[Lampshaded]] as the series goes on.
== J-L ==
* Jerkass: Skull Kid before he found Majora's Mask (more so afterward). Mido remains a jerkass until he puts his jealousy of Link aside. Groose is arguably the best example in ''Skyward Sword''. {{spoiler|He kidnaps Link's loftwing at the beginning of the game and becomes both a friend and hero at the end}}.
* [[Jerk
* [[Just Eat Him]]: Like-Likes don't seem to be able to keep Link down, and usually opt instead to strip him of his shield or clothes (or rupees for some varieties). No idea why those would be more nutritional than Link. Originally, they only "ate magic", and devoured Link's Magic Shield because it was the only easily-accessible edible item.
* [[Killer App]]: It's pretty much guaranteed that a Zelda release will coincide with a massive spike in Nintendo console sales. It (along with Mario) is basically Nintendo's home console equivalent to [[Pokémon]].
* [[Lady of War]]: Applies to Zelda in later games (''Ocarina of Time'', ''Twilight Princess'', etc.)
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: While other handheld Zelda games have done this, the [[Phantom Hourglass|two]] [[Spirit Tracks|Nintendo DS]] games are most well known for doing this to extreme levels. They also enjoy [[Leaning
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Crosscheck with ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'' and ''Brawl'' - Sheik is {{spoiler|actually Zelda}}, and {{spoiler|Ganondorf is the [[Man Behind the Man]] in ''Twilight Princess''.}}
** Also, literally ''any'' game in any connection with ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* [[Legacy Character]]: Due to the sprawling (and branching) timeline of the series, [[Word of God]] has it that there are multiple Links and Zeldas. In the case of Zelda, this is simply because ''all'' princesses of Hyrule are named Zelda; Link is more of a wild card, and seems to appear by lucky happenstance (or, more likely, divine intervention).
* [[Leitmotif]]: Music is reused throughout the series. The most common examples:
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** ''Kakariko Village''. It has had several arrangements, depending on the setting of the titular village. [[Running Gag|Guess in which game appeared first]].
** ''Inside a House''. A homely theme that has almost never missed an entry ever since its first appearence in ''[[Ocarina of Time]]''.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Starting with ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
* [[Level Map Display]]: The world map can be viewed at any time via the menu screen. From Ocarina of Time onwards, a mini map display -- complete with arrows marking your point of entry (represented in blue) and your current heading (the yellow one) -- usually occupies the lower left corner of the screen for faster, easier navigation.
* [[Limited Sound Effects]]: There are only three sounds your sword makes when it hits something, but more than three materials.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: When you put ''Legend'' in the title, it's just begging for [[Fan Wank]].
* [[Love Interests]]: Although it's generally accepted that Link ends up with Zelda at the end of most games, along the way Link often meets other girls with whom he has chemistry with as well. [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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* [[Marathon Level]]
* [[The Maze]]: [[The Lost Woods]] overlap with this, in every incarnation.
* [[Medieval Stasis]]: With occasional [[Schizo
* [[Missing Mom]]: Even in the games where Zelda's father is present, she never ever has a mother.
* [[Mistaken for Granite]]: [[Mooks]] called Armos and Darknut.
* [[Money for Nothing]]
* [[Money Spider]]: One could be forgiven for thinking the trope was named for the tektites of the original game. However, here the trope refers to another enemy altogether.
* [[Mook Bouncer]]: The Wall Masters aren't just a type of [[Wall Master]].
* [[Mooks Ate My Equipment]]: Like-Likes
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: The Master Sword. The manual for ''A Link to the Past'' says it was forged by the people of Hyrule. Princess Zelda in ''Twilight Princess'' says the Master Sword was forged by the ancient sages. ''Skyward Sword'' {{spoiler|has Link forge the Skyward Sword into the Master Sword}}.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [[Word of God]] says the titular princess is named after F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife.
** Zelda Williams, daughter of [[Robin Williams]], was named after Princess Zelda and appears in commercials for ''[[Ocarina of Time]] 3D''.
* [[Natural Spotlight]]: Wherever the Master Sword is.
* [[New Game
* [[Ninja]]: The Sheikah and the Garo.
* [[No Export for You]]: ''Tetra's Trackers'' from the Japanese version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
** The Sattelaview games for the Super Fmicom: the first being a remake of Zelda 1 (with different map layouts), and the second being a [[Timed Mission]] in the ''[[A Link to The Past]]'' engine, where your hero (not Link, who's caught in Windfish Island) must collect the 8 stone tablets to seal Ganon again, after his seal weakened.
** The three Tingle [[Spin
* [[No Hero Discount]]: You can save the world as long as you have enough rupees.
* [[No Hugging, No Kissing]]: In (almost) every game, Link and Zelda never express romance, though there's an undercurrent in several games.
* [[Non
* [[Notice This]]
* [[Oddball in
* [[Ominous Fog]]
* [[One
** It also appears as though all Gorons are male. Every Goron is referred to as a "brother" by each other and so far, no definitely female Gorons have come forth.
* [[One Head Taller]]: [[Gender
* [[One
* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: [[The Legend of Zelda (
* [[Our Monsters Are Weird]]: The four biggest examples are the Like Likes, Pols Voces, Octorocks and Digdogger.
* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: Moblins.
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== P-R ==
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Has anyone ''ever'' seen Link's parents or Zelda's mother? In ''A Link to the Past'', ''The Wind Waker'' and ''The Minish Cap'', Link is raised by other relatives. In ''Ocarina of Time'' we find out that both of Link's parents died during a great war. Link's father presumably died in battle (the game never says what happened to him), and his mother was killed while trying to hide Link in the Kokiri Woods. In ''Twilight Princess'' Link lives in a small village with several families, but he has his own house and no one claims him as a relative. In ''Skyward Sword'', Link is in the same situation, inhabiting a dorm room in the Skyloft Knights academy, but he's not alone; all of the other students are also missing their parents, except for Pepit's mother and Zelda's father.
* [[Personal Space Invader]]: ReDeads and Like-Likes, quite [[Nightmare Fuel|infamous]] among the fandom.
* [[Pimped
* [[Pint
* [[Plot Coupon]]: The Legend of Zelda eats this trope up. Every game in the franchise uses it.
** ''The Legend of Zelda'': Eight Pieces of the Triforce.
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** ''Spirit Tracks'': Four Force Gems (or, more precisely, the energy from them, which reattaches the broken segments of the Tower of Spirits) and the four glyphs to find them, followed by the Bow of Light, and then the Compass of Light.
** ''Skyward Sword'': Two surface maps (one is given for free), then the three flames (and accompanying harp songs), next the four parts of the Song of the Hero, and finally {{spoiler|the three pieces of the Triforce}}.
* [[Plot Tailored to
* [[Plot Tumor]]: The Master Sword didn't even appear until ''Link to the Past'' when you needed it to battle Agahnim, but it was emphasized that even then it only repelled his magic, it couldn't actually harm his body. To defeat Ganon you had to strike him with the Master Sword to stun him, then shoot him with a Silver Arrow. And you could even have blacksmiths temper the sword to power it up. Ever since ''Ocarina of Time'' though, the Master Sword is a [[Cosmic Keystone]] that is just as important as the Triforce to the cosmology and fate of Hyrule, its usage determining the fate of entire dimensions, races, and the space-time continuum. It's the only weapon that can harm Ganon(dorf), and if you're looking at powering it up it's going to take divine intervention.
* [[Power Floats]]: Many instances throughout the series, from [[Mooks]] to bosses. The Triforce itself hovers over its pedestal, turning slowly.
* [[Power
* [[Powerup Mount]]: Riding Epona allows the player to jump over fences.
* Precursors: The series is a fan of this trope. Enemies like the Armos and Beamos (any robotic enemy, really) are leftovers from a more advanced group, one example being the Minish.
* [[Prequel]]: By [[All There in the Manual|Hyrule Historia's]] reckoning, ''A Link to the Past'', ''Ocarina of Time'', ''Four Swords'', ''The Minish Cap'' and ''Skyward Sword'' each go successively further back into the original game's past.
* [[Prison Episode]]: Prison settings are presented in ''[[The Wind Waker]], [[Ocarina of Time]], [[Twilight Princess]],'' and ''[[A Link to The Past]]''.
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* [[Puzzle Reset]]
* [[Pyromaniac]]: Bombs are one of Link's all-time favorite problem-solvers. In the first game, he also started several forest fires.
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* [[Rainbow Speak]]:
** {{color|green|
** Most plot-important items or events are highlighted as well.
* [[Recurring Element]]: The "Link" and "Zelda" characters are, excepting for the direct sequels, different people in each game (they just happen to look exactly alike and wear the same clothes and have the same name).
** ''Adventure of Link'' actually explains the multiple Zeldas as tribute to an ancient Zelda whose brother trapped her with a sleeping spell.
* [[Recurring Riff]]: The main motif of overworld theme of the first Zelda game can be heard in numerous songs throughout the series.
* [[Redshirt Army]]: The entire Hyrulean army. It's a wonder that they still bother.
* [[Reincarnation (trope)|Reincarnation]]: In ''Spirit Tracks'', the Lokomo [[Ascend To A Higher Plane]] at the end of the game and say they will return in a new form without memories of their previous life. In ''Skyward Sword'', {{spoiler|the goddess Hylia is reborn as that game's Zelda.}}
* [[The Reveal]]: Ever since ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''A Link to the Past'': {{spoiler|Agahnim is actually Ganon's alter ego}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* [[Rewarding Vandalism]]: Such a perennial favorite that it is a minor shock when someone calls you out for destroying scenery for your own benefit:
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'''Link:''' ''(Picks up Heart Piece from chandelier wreckage)''
'''Player:''' TOTALLY [[Worth It|WORTH IT!]] }}
** Also sometimes you get money from people for keeping their secret places that you just discovered for yourself. Subverted in the first game and the Oracle games, where you sometimes have to pay for the door you just destroyed.
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** Bosses usually die after 3 rounds of a battle.
** There are 3 Golden Goddesses of the Triforce: Din, the Goddess of Power; Nayru, the Goddess of Wisdom; and Farore, the Goddess of Courage.
** Link occasionally must collect 3 items for the plot. ''A Link to the Past'' has the pendants of virtue, ''Ocarina of Time'' has the 3 Spiritual Stones, ''The Wind Waker'' has the 3 Goddess Pearls, ''Phantom Hourglass'' has the 3 pure metals. ''Twilight Princess'' has two instances of this with 3 pieces of the Fused Shadow and 3 pieces of the Mirror of Twilight.
* [[Running Gag]]: Since [[A Link to The Past]], bosses in subsequent games tended to have a [[Weaksauce Weakness]] of some sort. it happens so often that it can't just be a [[Good Bad Bug]]. In short order:
** [[A Link to The Past|Aghanim's]] [[Playing Tennis With the Boss|energy balls]] can be reflected with the Bugcatching Net.
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* [[Save the Princess]]: It's been getting better as the series has progressed in terms of plot complexity. The games started with the simple [[Excuse Plot|"save Zelda from Ganon"]], but in some games, the Princess doesn't even get kidnapped until later in the plot. This is even completely [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'', where the princess is actually your [[Exposition Fairy]]. Nevertheless, in every game in which the Princess appears she is a captive at some point and Link has to save her.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The console games after the leap to 3D indulge heavily in this. Even the N64 games were considered this before [[Technology Marches On|technology marched on]].
* [[Schizo
** It's like a mish-mash of Medieval, Pirate and Arabian themes, with a few borderline [[Easter Egg]] modern inventions ([[Game Boy Advance]], telephones, colour film cameras and locomotives) thrown in for good measure.
** [[Majoras Mask|Majora's Mask]] had a ''mechanical bull''. Not as an [[Easter Egg]], as a ''boss''. The mind boggles.
** Taken [[Up to
* [[Steampunk]]: Elements of this have started to appear in the more recent titles. Spirit Tracks had a train, Phantom Hourglass had a steamboat, and Termina in Majora's Mask was borderline Industrial Revolution, especially with the Great Bay temple.
* [[Sealed Evil in
** While Ganondorf apparently has met his final end a few times, the end of ''Ocarina of Time'' and the backstory to ''A Link to the Past'', ''The Wind Waker'' and ''Twilight Princess'' has him sealed in a [[Dark World]] due to his immense power. Of course, his long isolation there gives him plenty of time to gather his strength, allowing him to break the seal and unleash havoc upon Hyrule once more.
** There's also Vaati, except he's sealed in the Four Sword rather than any alternate dimension.
** Malladus, Bellum and ''Ocarina'''s Bongo Bongo are sealed deep beneath the worlds of their respective games.
* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike]]: ''[[Zelda II:
* [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Since the beginning, typically termed the Gerudo Desert.
* [[Shout
* [[Sigil Spam]]: The Triforce is only the most prominent example. This series loves its recurring symbols. An incomplete but extensive list can be found [http://zeldawiki.org/Symbols here].
* [[Silver Bullet]]: The Silver Arrow plays a crucial part in slaying Ganon in both the original ''Legend of Zelda'' and ''A Link to the Past''. Stab him as many times as you want with any sword in those games. Without the Silver Arrow finishing him off, Ganon will keep coming for more.
* [[Skeleton Key]]: The first two Zelda games both had a key item that basically served as infinite keys for the remainder of the game. The sixth palace in ''[[Zelda II:
* [[Sliding Scale of Realistic Versus Fantastic]]: Fantastic.
* [[Slippy
* [[Songs in
* [[Sound of No Damage]]: Used for both Link's shield deflecting projectiles and enemies getting hit in armored areas.
* [[Spin
* [[Spoiler Title]]: ''Link's Awakening'' and ''Twilight Princess''.
* [[Stab the Sky]]: Almost every time Link gets a sword.
* [[Sticks to
** And yet not one game in the series explains how his shield stays put. In real life, they're usually strapped across the chest. Link apparently Velcros it to his scabbard.
* [[Stock Video Game Puzzle]]: Every single one in the blasted book, what with the series basically being the [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]] for a large portion of them.
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** Enter dungeon. Get item. Beat boss with item. Use item to enter next dungeon. Repeat.
** And there's the other formula of "visit three dungeons, villain gains upper hand/escapes, visit 3-7 more dungeons, final boss" that has been present since ''A Link To the Past.'' ''Skyward Sword'' is said to be mixing this up a little, but whether this means an actual new approach will be made or that the first three dungeons will just be on the field can only be speculated on.
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: Tetra and her crew in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhZccQ4_Bb0 Navi Trackers]'', a puzzle game mode in the Japanese version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
* [[Surprise Creepy]]: There's a lot of foreboding and horror for a series that's [[What Do You Mean
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: In the 2D games Link cannot touch water without certain items or he'll drown. Tanken to the logical extreme in ''Oracle of Ages'' where you needed two separate items in game for two different depths of water.
* [[Sword Beam]]: In the first game and some of the others, usually only when you are at full health, as well as in the [[Animated Adaptation]].
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Master Sword in most games where it appears; the Phantom Sword in ''Phantom Hourglass''.
▲* [[Technicolor Blade]]: The Master Sword is bluish.
* [[Temple of Doom]]
* [[Tennis Boss]]
* [[Themed Cursor]]: In the Wii and DS games they use these to show off the new controls. [[Twilight Princess]] has Navi as the Wiimote pointer. ''[[Phantom Hourglass]]'' used the [[Exposition Fairy|Exposition Fairies]] as indicators of where you touch.
* [[Theme Naming]]
* [[Time Travel]]: Everywhere in the series and has been the central mechanic of two games (''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Oracle of Ages'').
* [[Translation Convention]]: Whenever a character talks we're supposed to think they're speaking Hylian. Jarringly apparent when a voiced character talks.
* [[Thriving Ghost Town]]: To the extent that Hyrule itself could be called a Thriving Ghost ''Kingdom''.
* [[Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction]]: Throughout the series, the size of your average rupees has varied up to the size of Link himself.
* [[Tsundere]]: In order of appearance and type:
** Type A's: [[The Legend of Zelda (
** Type B's: [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Ilia]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Ciela,]] and [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Princess Zelda]].
* [[Underground Monkey]]: They're usually not elemental, but different colored enemies indicate different strengths, especially in early games.
* [[Underwater Ruins]]: Pretty much every single [[Down the Drain|water-themed dungeon]], most notably {{spoiler|the ''entire Kingdom of Hyrule''}} in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* [[Unstoppable Mailman]]: Aside from ''Majora's Mask'', where he doesn't deliver letters to you, the mailman in the games will always be able to find you to deliver letters.
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** ''The Legend of Zelda'': Death Mountain Labyrinth.
** ''The Adventure of Link'': Great Palace.
** ''A Link to the Past'': Ganon's Tower.
** ''Link's Awakening'': The Wind Fish's Egg.
** ''Ocarina of Time'': Ganon's Tower.
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** Also possible in ''Spirit Tracks'' if you hit Zelda with a boomerang, whip, etc.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''Spirit Tracks'' when {{spoiler|Rael asks you to bring Cuccos to the Sand Sanctuary. Apparently, they're needed for research. "They are flightless. But, when cornered, they can call their friends to unleash an amazing power."}}
** Also the pigs in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** Steal from the merchant in [[Links Awakening]]? Prepare to be zapped.
*** Steal from the [[It Makes Sense in Context|afro-wearing merchant bird]] in [[Twilight Princess]]? Prepare to be continuously pecked any time you enter the "shop" until you pay up.
* [[Video Game Tools]]: Many of the iconic items are these: Boomerang, Bombs, Bow and Arrow.
* [[Villain-Beating Artifact]]: Most of the games requires Link to use the Master Sword to defeat Ganon.
* [[Visible Silence]]
* [[Voice Grunting]]: The games with any "voice acting" use this exclusively, with the exceptions of the Tetra and the pirates in "Navi Trackers", Midna in ''[[Twilight Princess]]'', and in ''Skyward Sword'' Zelda's singing voice and Fi, the last three [[Speaking Simlish|speaking (or singing) Simlish]].
* [[The Walls Have Eyes]]: All over the damn place. You would be hard-pressed to find a Zelda game where there aren't eyes as switches.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: ''The Minish Cap'' made mention of Vaati's swordplay skills. A couple NPC's discuss how skilled he is and how Vaati won the swordsman tournament easily. Unfortunately, Vaati only uses magic on screen and in the battles against him.
* [[Wise Tree]]: The Great Deku Tree serves as the page image.
* [[Womb Level]]
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Most bosses follow the "expose the weak point with the dungeon's item, then whack it with your sword" schema.
* [[Xenafication]]: Zelda has progressively become more active in the games as the series went on. Originally just a classic [[
== Y-Z ==
* [[You Have to Burn
* [[You Shouldn't Know This Already]]: There's the Ocarina Songs from ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Majora's Mask'', the ''Wind Waker'''s songs, and the sword fighting moves from ''Minish Cap'', ''Twilight Princess'', and ''Zelda II''.
* [[Zip Mode]]: The games feature a variety of ways to speed your trek across the land of Hyrule.
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