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[[File:300px-ZeldaLogo_4685.png|frame|~~[[Video Game]], [[Action Adventure]]~~]]
 
''For the first game in the series, which shares the name, [[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|go here]].''
 
[[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]].
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===== Games in the Legend of Zelda canon include: =====
 
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], 1986)
* ''[[Zelda II: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], 1987)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], 1991; [[Polished Port|ported]] for [[Game Boy Advance]], 2002)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening]]'' ([[Game Boy]], 1993; [[Updated Rerelease]] for [[Game Boy Color]], 1998)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' ([[Nintendo 64]], 1998; [[Updated Rerelease|updated]] as a [[Preorder Bonus]] for [[Nintendo Gamecube|GameCube]], 2002; [[Video Game Remake|remade]] for [[Nintendo 3DS]], 2011)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'' ([[Nintendo 64]], 2000)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons and Oracle of Game)Ages|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons and Oracle of Game)Ages|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' ([[Game Boy Color]], 2001)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]]'' (the multiplayer mode for the ''Link to the Past'' remake; [[Game Boy Advance]], 2002; [[Video Game Remake|remade]] for [[Nintendo DS|DSiWare]], 2011)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' ([[Nintendo Gamecube|GameCube]], 2002)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures]]'' ([[Nintendo Gamecube|GameCube]], 2004)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Minish Cap]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]], 2004)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' ([[Nintendo Gamecube|GameCube]] and [[Wii]], 2006)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass]]'' ([[Nintendo DS]], 2007)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' ([[Nintendo DS]], 2009)
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' ([[Wii]], 2011)
 
 
Around the time ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe 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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|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: LinksLink's 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.
 
 
===== 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 (Animationanimation)|The Legend Of Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda (Animationanimation)|cartoon]]
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Comic Bookcomics)|The Legend Of Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda (Comic Bookcomics)|comic book]] published by Valiant
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Mangamanga)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' [[The Legend of Zelda (Mangamanga)|manga]]
 
See also the series' [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)/Characters|character sheet]].
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* [[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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|original game]].
* [[Heart Container]]
* [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]
* [[I Fight for Thethe Strongest Side]]
* [[The Lost Woods]]
* [[Spin Attack]]
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** 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 Aa Stage]]: In all the 3D titles--Ganon's Tower type in [[Ocarina of Time|the]] [[Majoras Mask|first]] [[The Wind Waker|three]] and [[Skyward Sword|the fifth]], Zant Stage Rush in [[Twilight Princess|the fourth]]. Also the source of the names of those two types.
* [[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 (Video Game)|ranches]] and [[Twilight Princess|ghost towns stripped straight from the Old West]], [[Battle Boomerang|boomerangs]], [[Phantom Hourglass|steamboats]], [[Spirit Tracks|trains, chancellors with 19th-century top hats]], [[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening|ca]][[Majoras Mask|me]][[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|ras]], and even [[Links Awakening|telephones]]. And that's just ''barely'' touching how [[Egregious]] the anachronisms get in this franchise.
** [[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 (Animationanimation)|cartoon series]] back in [[The Eighties]], along with Super Mario Bros.
* [[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 Asas There Is Evil]]: It is revealed at the end of ''Skyward Sword'' that it's because of Demise that someone like Ganondorf is always after Link and Zelda.}}
* [[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: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|Phantom Hourglass]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|Spirit Tracks]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap (Video Game)|The Minish Cap]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|Four Swords]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (Video Game)|Four Swords Adventures]]''.
** Young Link from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|Majora's Mask]]'' is also a [[Badass Adorable]].
** And then there's Wolf Link from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]'', which is a [[Big Badass Wolf]].
** 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: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]''.
* [[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}}.
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* [[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 Byby Ganon|Agahnim is Ganon's alter ego]], these feats apply to Ganon himself.
** 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.
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*** 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 [[wikipedia:Star and crescent|star-and-crescent]] was replaced with [http://zeldawiki.org/Gerudo_Symbol a symbol resembling a stylized face], again for its association with Islam.
** The 3DS remake of [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]] gave Princess Ruto an extra layer of scales that end in a small ridge just above her chest, in order to suggest clothing.
* [[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 Aa Smeerp]]: Chicken? Cucco. Bats? Keese. [[Dem Bones|Skeletons]]? Stalfos. [[Mummy]]? Gibdo. Zombie? Redead. Dinosaur? Dodongo. Venus Flytrap? Deku Baba or [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|later in the timeline,]] Boko Baba.
* [[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]]
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* [[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 Byby Canon]]: ''Skyward Sword'' is the first game in the chronology, according to the official release of the timeline. There's a ''lot'' of [[Foreshadowing]] within the game that suggests {{spoiler|a very bad ending}}.
* [[Down the Drain]]: The water dungeons, with the [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Water Temple]] as its most well-known (read: notorious) example.
* [[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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* [[Easily-Conquered World]]
* [[Easing Into the Adventure]]: From ''Ocarina of Time'', though more obvious from ''The Wind Waker''.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|Bongo-Bongo]] qualifies. An ancient, cyclopic spirit of darkness that manifests as a [[Nightmare Fuel|hanging, decapitated corpse]] with severed hands.
** 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.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]: Somehow, Zelda is [[hottip:usually:The two exceptions are ''Twilight Princess'', which one Player's Guide states that her coronation has been put off by Zant's rise, and the manual for ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' Brawl, where her bio refers to her as the queen of Hyrule; and ''Skyward Sword'' which takes place before the founding of the Kingdom of Hyrule, so she's not royalty, and at most referred to as "Her Grace" for . . . [[God in Human Form|other reasons.]] never referred to as ''Queen'' Zelda, even in the games without token cameos by parents.
* [[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 (Animationanimation)|The cartoon]]: Spryte, making the concept of the Fairy Companion a [[Canon Immigrant]] with...
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'': Navi, the [[Trope Codifier]].
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|Majora's Mask]]'': Tatl.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]'': The King of Red Lions.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (Video Game)|Four Swords Adventures]]'': Whichever maiden you've just rescued, who takes the form of an actual fairy.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap (Video Game)|The Minish Cap]]'': Ezlo.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]'': Midna.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|Phantom Hourglass]]'': Ciela, Leaf, Neri and Linebeck.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|Spirit Tracks]]'': Zelda.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|Skyward Sword]]'': Fi.
* [[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]]
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* [[For the Evulz]]: Majora is a massive prick whether it is acting through Skull Kid or not.
* [[Four-Element Ensemble]]: The Earth, Fire, Water and Wind elements from ''The Minish Cap'', ''Four Swords'' and ''Four Swords Adventures''.
* [[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 Onon the Tin|which is an eye that shoots lasers]].
* [[Attack Its Weak Point|Attack Its Blatant Glowing Red Spot]] [[For Massive Damage|For MASSIVE Damage]]
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* [[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 Thethe Eye]]: A perennial favorite.
* [[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.
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* [[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 Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]'', and the Clawshot in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' takes it to extreme levels, as you [[Dual-Wielding|can use two of them in tandem]].
* [[Grave Clouds]]
* [[Great Escape]]: In ''Ocarina of Time'', ''The Wind Waker'', and ''Twilight Princess''.
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Ingo, Mido, Skull Kid, Linebeck, {{spoiler|Byrne}} and {{spoiler|Groose}}.
* [[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 Onon the Tin|The Hero]]" in a literal sense -- of [[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto Thethe Past|Hyrule]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Time]], [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe 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''.)
* [[The Hero's Journey]] - In almost every game, with the possible exception of ''Majora's Mask''.
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* [[Inescapable Ambush]]
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]:
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Magical Sword in the first game, the Level 2 Sword in ''[[Links Awakening]]'', Biggoron's Sword in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'', and the Great Fairy's Sword in ''[[Majoras Mask]]''.
* [[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.
** [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 (Videovideo Gamegame)|two]] [[Zelda II: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|titles]] even had keys that worked in ''any'' dungeon.
* [[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 Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|Oracle]]'' games and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening (Video Game)|Link's Awakening]]'' are set between ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|A Link to the Past]]'' and [[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|the original game]], while ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]'' is this to ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|Majora's Mask]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (Video Game)|Four Swords Adventures]]''.
* [[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.|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.
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* 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 Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Tetra, Midna, Linebeck.
* [[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 Onon the Fourth Wall|leaning on the fourth wall]] a bit.
* [[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: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]'' ([[Super Smash Bros]], once again, counting) literally goes out of its way to make sure that everybody knows about {{spoiler|Tetra's heritage}}.
* [[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 (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'', this always overlaps with the eponymous [[Death Mountain]] trope.
* [[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 (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]] has at least ''three'' different girls who qualify, and [[Chick Magnet|that's only counting the ones roughly his age]].
 
 
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* [[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 (Video Game)|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-Off]] games: the first one, ''[[Freshly Picked Tingles Rosy Rupee LandRupeeland]]'', was released only in Japan and Europe; the US version was cancelled under popular demand from an online NOA poll. It has greed as a game mechanic. The latter two, only released in Japan, are a Ballon Fight clone, and a sequel to the first game but with [[Dating Sim]] elements, of all things.
* [[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-Linear Sequel]]: Half, maybe two-thirds of the time. Part of why the timeline is such a mess.
* [[Notice This]]
* [[Oddball in Thethe Series]]: ''Zelda II'', ''Majora's Mask'', and ''Four Swords Adventures''; to various degrees.
* [[Ominous Fog]]
* [[One-Gender Race]]: Well, almost. The Gerudo (most prominent in ''Ocarina of Time'') are ''almost'' all female. One man is born to the race every hundred years, and the only known male Gerudo in the whole series is Ganondorf. It's implied by a Gossip Stone that the Gerudo mate with Hylians.
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* [[One Head Taller]]: [[Gender Inverted Trope|Gender inverted]]; Zelda is often depicted as being a bit taller than Link.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Often Ganondorf.
* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: [[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|In]] [[Zelda II: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|so]][[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto Thethe Past|me]] [[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening (Video Game)|ti]][[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|tl]][[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap|es]], they're depicted as female [[Winged Humanoid|winged humanoids]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|whi]][[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask|le]] [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|in]] [[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|ot]][[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|he]][[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|rs]], they're depicted as winged orbs of lights.
* [[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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** ''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 Thethe Party]]: Most of the items in the game have to have certain markings or items in the wall to be useful.
* [[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.
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* [[Redshirt Army]]: The entire Hyrulean army. It's a wonder that they still bother.
* [[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: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|A Link to the Past]]'', almost every game has had at least one of these, ranging from "oh, that's pretty interesting" to '''"HOLY CRAP, DID THAT JUST HAPPEN?!"'''
** ''A Link to the Past'': {{spoiler|Agahnim is actually Ganon's alter ego}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening (Video Game)|Link's Awakening]]'': {{spoiler|The whole game is the product of the Wind Fish dreaming; defeating the Nightmares will result in the Wind Fish waking and, thus, the disappearance of Koholint Island}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'': {{spoiler|Sheik is Zelda, and Ganondorf only obtained ''part'' of the Triforce}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|Majora's Mask]]'' : {{spoiler|Skull Kid was the "human" puppet of the titular mask.}}
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages / Seasons]]'': {{spoiler|The evil plans of the villains in both games were part of a plot to resurrect Ganon}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]'': {{spoiler|The King of Red Lions is King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule, and Tetra is Zelda}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (Video Game)|Four Swords Adventures]]'': {{spoiler|Ganon had been manipulating Vaati behind the scenes}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap (Video Game)|The Minish Cap]]'': {{spoiler|Ezlo was Vaati's mentor before Vaati turned him into a hat, and the Light Force is within Princess Zelda}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]'': {{spoiler|Ganondorf gave Zant his powers, and Midna is the Twilight Princess}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|Phantom Hourglass]]'': {{spoiler|Oshus is the Ocean King}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|Spirit Tracks]]'': {{spoiler|Byrne used to be a Lokomo}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|Skyward Sword]]'': {{spoiler|Zelda herself is the goddess Hylia in human form, [[Big Bad|Ghirahim]] is essentially the [[Evil Counterpart]] to Fi, [[Bigger Bad|Demise]] creates Ganon as the manifestation of his own hatred, and the Old Woman at the Sealed Temple is actually Impa.}}
* [[Rewarding Vandalism]]: Such a perennial favorite that it is a minor shock when someone calls you out for destroying scenery for your own benefit:
{{quote| '''[[Skyward Sword|Lumpy Pumpkin]] Owner: Why would you do that!'''<br />
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** 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 Eleven|Up To Eleven]] in [[Skyward Sword]], where an entire ''area of the game'' is based on technology. And keep in mind that the game only has 3 main areas (four if you count Skyloft) that you frequently revisit, so that means ''one third of the game'' is technology-based. Ironic, as not only is it chronologically the first Zelda game, but you actually have to ''travel to the past'' in order to see the technology.
* [[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 Aa Can]]:
** 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: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|Adventure Of Link]]'', full stop. The first game was already a certain level of [[Nintendo Hard]], but the second game took that and added [[Platform Hell]] and a hard-to-master combat system. ''[[Majoras Mask]]'' may count as well, as it can be hard to keep track of everything that resets with each [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. (Though an in-game "appointment book" helps.)
* [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Since the beginning, typically termed the Gerudo Desert.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Mostly to [[Mario]].
* [[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: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'' couldn't be beaten without it.
* [[Sliding Scale of Realistic Versus Fantastic]]: Fantastic.
* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]
* [[Songs in Thethe Key of Panic]]: Since the 3D games, minigames and timed switches use this method to tell you to hurry up. Then there's ''[[Majoras Mask]]'', which takes the whole concept of limited time and uses it to mess with your head.
* [[Sound of No Damage]]: Used for both Link's shield deflecting projectiles and enemies getting hit in armored areas.
* [[Spin-Off]]: Link's Crossbow Training (of ''Twilight Princess''), ''[[Freshly Picked Tingles Rosy Rupee LandRupeeland]]'' (not of a specific game, but starring a recurring character) and an actual board game.
* [[Spoiler Title]]: ''Link's Awakening'' and ''Twilight Princess''.
* [[Stab the Sky]]: Almost every time Link gets a sword.
* [[Sticks to Thethe Back]]: Jarring in ''Ocarina of Time'', where Link is often depicted with his sword strapped to his back, but has no such strap in-game. ''Majora's Mask'' fixes this, as does the 3DS remake of ''Ocarina of Time''.
** 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 (Video Game)|Four Swords Adventures]]''. Needless to say, they speak in Japanese.
* [[Surprise Creepy]]: There's a lot of foreboding and horror for a series that's [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|ostensibly]] [[Media Classifications|rated E]].
* [[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.
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* [[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 (Animationanimation)|Princess Zelda in the Animated Adaptation]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Princess Ruto,]] [[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask|Tatl,]] [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Tetra]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Midna]], and [[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Linebeck]].
** 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: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]''.
* [[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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** 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: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]''.
** 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.
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* [[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 [[Distressed Damsel]], in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'' she gained the badass {{spoiler|([[Sweet Polly Oliver|though in drag]] alter-ego Sheik, who}} admittedly didn't do much against the actual [[Big Bad]]. But in the later games, starting with ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'', it became her schtick to fire Light Arrows at Ganon during the final battle, and in ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'' she even {{spoiler|helps Link push his sword into Malladus' head}}.
 
 
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* [[You Have to Burn Thethe Web]]: ''Ocarina of Time'' was one of the first video games to do this, showing up in the first dungeon. Later games have used the mechanic as well.
* [[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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