The Legend of Zelda (Western Animation)Zelda: This is the Triforce of Wisdom, Link. The evil wizard, Ganon, has the Triforce of Power. Whoever gets both Triforces will rule this land forever!
You must help me, Link! Link: Hey, for you, Zelda, anything!— Opening sequence exposition. In 1. 98. 9, right around the time of airing of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Di. C had also produced a short series of cartoons based on the NES Zelda games.
The cartoons include elements of both The Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link). Like the games, the animated series features Link's continuing adventures in the kingdom of Hyrule, battling the evil forces of Ganon alongside Princess Zelda and a Fairy Companion named Spryte. It shared a number of details in common with the comic book series produced by Valiant Comics around the same time.
Thirteen cartoons were aired in total, and they would usually run during the Friday afternoon episodes. There presumably would have been more, but when SMBSS was cancelled, the Zelda segments went with it. The characters of Link and Zelda, along with their respective voice actors, were then adopted into the cast of Captain N: The Game Master, where Link had a rivalry- turned- friendship with the titular Captain. The thirteen original episodes can be purchased in a DVD box set. Absent- Minded Professor: King Harkinian has a hard time remembering Link's name. Accidental Aiming Skills: In .
She uses Link's shield to deflect the wand's magic fireball, which ricochets off the castle walls while Link watches, until it falls onto its accidental target. Although he tries to dodge, parts of the fireball hit Link, but because of the magic being weakened, only his body is zapped to the underworld. Action Girl: Zelda, usually in the form of She- Fu, archery, and boomerangs. The one- shot character Sing also counts, using laser- shooting sais in battle. Adaptation Dye- Job: Zelda is depicted in the sprite and manual art of the first two games as red- haired, but the cartoon makes her blonde. Adaptational Badass: This incarnation of Zelda is more like Link's partner in battle than someone he has to rescue (she even had the will to search for adventure on her own with Link following her in certain episodes). In The Legend Of Zelda they were The Goomba, and in Zelda II they weren't much tougher.
Find The Legend of Zelda: The Complete Animated Series at Amazon.com Movies & TV, home of thousands of titles on DVD and Blu-ray. Based on the popular Nintendo game of the same name. Link and Princess Zelda protect the mystical artifact, the Triforce of Wisdom, from falling into the hands of the. Browse Legend Of Zelda pictures, photos, images, GIFs, and videos on Photobucket. While a new Zelda game is in the works for Nintendo's Wii U, the franchise may see its live-action television debut at the hands of Netflix. The Legend of Zelda cartoon provides examples of the following tropes: Absent-Minded Professor: King Harkinian has a hard time remembering Link's name.
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They only appear a few times in the cartoon and are powerful, dangerous adversaries when they do. Adaptational Wimp: Compared to the Ganon of the games, Ganon here is pretty incompetent. And to an extent, most monsters - in the cartoon, everything takes one hit from any weapon to get defeated, except for Ganon. He takes 3, but from any weapon, not just the Magical Sword and the Silver Arrows.
In one episode, Zelda delivers the third hit with a boomerang. All Webbed Up: Zelda's tied up by spiders' webs in . Whenever she accepts, they're always interrupted. Anachronism Stew: Hyrule is generally presented as the Medieval Stasis world from the games; however, in .
Most of the female characters are depicted as wearing Day- Glo makeup. They Really Do Love Each Other: These moments are rare, but they do happen. It's even a plot point in . Zelda is the only one who can see Link because she's the only one who loves him. The main reason she didn't tell Link was because she didn't want it to go to his head.
Back- to- Back Badasses: Link and Zelda in the first episode, when they tie themselves together with Link's belt. Badass Princess: Sometimes Zelda gets kidnapped, but other times she is just as good a fighter as Link, and other times she even tops him. Bag of Kidnapping: In . Just don't expect her to admit it. Link: (handing Zelda some weapons) Better take these, Princess.
We've got some party- poopers to pulverize. Beach Episode: Or water park episode, as the case was. Bewitched Amphibians: Happens to Link on one occasion.
Bomb Jump: Link does one during a chase scene. Bungling Inventor: Doof, the castle handyman, in . He also repeatedly demands that she .
He's chatty and flirtatious. Chekhov's Gun: If a particular item is found or otherwise presented in the story (i. Power Bracelet), it'll be used by the time the episode is over. Among them is an anthill that's placed in a covered box, but it doesn't get used during the main attack. Later, it turns out that Spryte disguised the anthill box as the Triforce of Wisdom while the real one was hidden, in case Sleezenose tried to steal it - which he did, while the others were fighting.
Clingy Jealous Girl: Spryte frequently complains to Link that Zelda is a . It will only do this for her, as proven in the episode with the Evil Twin.
He pretends to be a merchant under attack by thugs, and Link comes to the rescue. Sleezenose gives him a fancy- looking sword as a gift and takes Link's sword in return, telling him the fancy one makes the bearer irresistible to ladies, especially princesses. Figuring it will up his chances at wooing Zelda, Link agrees - only to discover that his new sword is a worthless fake that breaks easily and doesn't have the Sword Beam ability of his own sword. Cool Crown: Zelda's main outfit includes a tiara. Cool and Unusual Punishment: In .
Also, when Ganon sends two football- sized spiders against him, Link eats them with his frog tongue. Damsel in Distress: Zelda is occasionally captured, but is just as often shown fighting alongside Link.
One time, when Link ditches a promise to go riding with Zelda, she sees a damsel and decides to do the rescuing, both for the fun of it and because Link would be sorry he missed it. Damsel out of Distress: On the occasion that she is captured, Zelda escapes on her own half the time. Demoted to Extra: Spryte.
In later episodes, she is sometimes completely absent, with no explanation at all. One of the episodes that doesn't feature her explains her absence with her being on vacation. Depending on the Writer: Ganon's goals vary from getting Zelda's hand in marriage to getting the Triforce to getting Zelda's hand in marriage and getting the Triforce. Zelda is either a sassy action girl or a sassy damsel in distress.
The Ditz: Ganon employs an entire army of ditzes, as proven in . King Harkinian often has moments like this, as suggested above under Absent- Minded Sovereign. Dude, Where's My Respect?: When things are quiet in Hyrule, Zelda forces Link to earn his keep by doing chores and maintenance around the castle. Early Installment Weirdness: The first episode is the only time the Triforce of Power speaks.
Episode Title Card: At the start of every show, there's the the title. Everybody Laughs Ending: More than once and usually because of a lame kiss scheme. Everything's Better with Princesses: Zelda, of course, but also Spryte; in . Spryte is the one who kisses him back to normal. Failure Is the Only Option: Link's quest for a kiss always ends in failure. Even when he makes an effort to be romantic and Zelda is willing, something will interfere.
Fairy Companion: Spryte was the first character to serve as a fairy companion to Link, predating Navi by very nearly a decade. Interestingly, the inclusion of a Fairy Companion was popular, as it showed up both in an ALtt. P comic book and a LA manga, as well as in the Valiant Comic. Navi was at best the fifth Fairy Companion Link had, though the first in- game one. Fairy Sexy: Spryte wears a mini dress over her Tinkerbell- like figure.
Fanfare: The Hyrule overworld theme got played as a full fanfare for the first time here. Family- Unfriendly Violence: Normally the show's fights are pretty safe, but in one episode, Link kicks two snakes, and blood spurts out of their mouths. Fighting a Shadow: If Ganon is hit three times by either Link or Zelda's weapons, he is . One episode involves them trying to prevent the resurrection of Ganon; in another, Link finally got his long- awaited kiss from Princess Zelda. Getting Crap Past the Radar: Link, Spryte, and even occasionally Zelda each have their share of pervy comments throughout the series that went over the kids' heads. Spryte: . Especially from this angle! Link: ! In the same episode: Link: You swing like a girl!
Zelda: I am a girl! Link: . Zelda's Evil Twin was noticeably more promiscuous than her good counterpart, especially as seen in the end.
Kissing him without a moment's hesitation earlier in the episode was relatively tame and really just to shut him up. Happily throwing herself at him when he suggests an equally radar- dodging makeout contest?
Little bit more naughty. The Glomp: Zelda tackles Link with intent to kiss in .
However, he would primarily use the sword for the Sword Beam. Guttural Growler: Ganon's voice sometimes lowers in pitch, becoming this.
It's pretty jarring. Hammerspace: The cartoon is one of the few times in the whole of Zelda history that an attempt is made to show just how Link carries around so much equipment. He has a pouch of holding on his belt which can store just about anything. This has more or less been adopted by fans as canon, and entered canon to a certain degree as of Wind Waker, though Link in that game has more than one Bag of Holding.
Handsome Lech: Played straight with Link and gender flipped with Spryte. Both of them perv on their love interests. Heavy Sleeper: Link ties a rope to an arrow, shoots it from his own tower to Zelda's, and tightrope- walks over to her balcony - in his sleep. He Is Not My Boyfriend: Invoked by Zelda in .
She introduces Link as a string of titles, causing his status to deteriorate down to . He even talks to himself if there's no one else around. Horseback Heroism: In a few episodes Link rides a horse. Hypnotize the Princess: In . His plan is a simple one: marry the princess and get her Triforce. Hypno Trinket: The necklace that hypnotizes Zelda.
Idiot Ball: In . It doesn't work. Improbable Aiming Skills: Part of Link's battle repertoire, which also includes Improbable Jumping Skills, Improbable Gymnastics Skills, Improbable Breathing Underwater Skills, Improbable Talking Underwater Skills, and Improbable Flame Surfing Skills. Instant Expert: Averted.