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Removed Ambiguous Disorder example as part of a clean-up effort, as it seemed to be just a shoehorn.


* AmbiguousDisorder: Practically every "idiot" trope applies to him, but his actions don't appear to resemble any kind of actual disorder.



* TheHero: Unfortunately, he's an...

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* DropTheHammer



* DropTheHammer: Uses Barinade's Megaton Hammer for some tasks after a teleportaion accidentally steals it from him.

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* DropTheHammer: Uses Barinade's Megaton Hammer for some tasks after a teleportaion accidentally steals it from him.

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* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm



* SarcasmBlind



* [[spoiler:TheBusCameBack: Unlike in the actual game.]]

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* [[spoiler:TheBusCameBack: Unlike TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Unlike in the actual game.]]



* TheBigGuy



* TheBigGuy
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts]]

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* TheBigGuy
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To to Be Ghosts]]
Ghosts?]]



* CloudCuckooLander: Not usually the case, but her processors get scrambled briefly by the industrial magnets in the Goron Mines, resulting in this.

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* CloudCuckooLander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Not usually the case, but her processors get scrambled briefly by the industrial magnets in the Goron Mines, resulting in this.



* [[GirlsWithMoustaches Girls With Beards]]: Justified, since Goht is technically a machine anyway, and the beard is just part of the design.

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* [[GirlsWithMoustaches Girls With with Beards]]: Justified, since Goht is technically a machine anyway, and the beard is just part of the design.



* TheDragalong: Literally.

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* TheDragalong: TheDragAlong: Literally.



* SirSwearsalot
* [[spoiler:TerrifiedOfGerms: As revealed when Odowla uses the Mask of Truth to read his mind.]]

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* SirSwearsalot
SirSwearsALot
* [[spoiler:TerrifiedOfGerms: As TerrifiedOfGerms: [[spoiler:As revealed when Odowla uses the Mask of Truth to read his mind.]]



* CloudCuckooLander

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* CloudCuckooLander{{Cloudcuckoolander}}



* ShipTease: Diababa kisses him when she thinks he complimented her, and unlike Link he doesn't mind.



* ShipTease: Diababa kisses him when she thinks he complimented her, and unlike Link he doesn't mind.

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* ShipTease: Diababa kisses him when she thinks he complimented her, and unlike Link he doesn't mind.



* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: Not necessarily ''evil'', but he does get sealed away with Ganondorf at the end of Ocarina of Time, and no one is upset about it. Except Ganondorf.]]

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* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: Not SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Not necessarily ''evil'', but he does get sealed away with Ganondorf at the end of Ocarina of Time, and no one is upset about it. Except Ganondorf.]]
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The Chick is no longer a trope.


* TheChick: She does not provide as much exposition here, mainly serving to snark at Link or get abused due to her small size.
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an axe to grind was disambiguated. This example isn't actually a trope.


* AnAxeToGrind: King Bulbin wields an utterly ''massive'' one in his second battle with Link.
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* [[spoiler:BalefulPolymorph: Both get turned into fairies by Majora.]]


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* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Both get turned into fairies by Majora.]]
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Many, ''many'' times. One example is thinking something's wrong with the flaming, burning, smoking Death Mountain because it looks ''a few inches shorter''.

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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint: Many, ''many'' times. One example is thinking something's wrong with the flaming, burning, smoking Death Mountain because it looks ''a few inches shorter''.
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* TheSmartGuy: Shows traces of this by remarking how he analyzed the other members of the group's dialogue to discern their various personalities and figure out if they truly needed his help. ([[CaptainObvious They did.]])

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* TheSmartGuy: Shows traces of this by remarking how he analyzed the other members of the group's dialogue to discern their various personalities and figure out if they truly needed his help. ([[CaptainObvious They (They did.]]))
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* AdaptationalDumbass: The canonical Hero of Time was certainly no idiot.
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* BadassGrandma
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Has nothing to do with familiarity with in-universe fiction.


* GenreSavvy: He knows it's a bad idea to [[YouHaveToBurnTheWeb burn down a web]] attached to a ''wooden'' tree, and cuts it instead.
** This also happens at other times; see his quote above for a good example.



* GenreSavvy: He's usually the first to come up with a solution to puzzles; he's usually ignored in favor of just [[DungeonBypass smashing the puzzle]].



* GenreSavvy: Whenever Link tries to one-up him or otherwise attack him, Kae Gae is always one step ahead of him.
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** [[spoiler:It's been heavily hinted that he's the reason OoT Link is dead.]]

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** [[spoiler:It's been heavily hinted that he's the reason OoT ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' Link is dead.]]
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Pie, according to her BossSubtitles.

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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pie, according to her BossSubtitles.
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* DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome: In-universe example; it's ''him'' who wonders why he's the hero.

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* DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome: DesignatedHero: In-universe example; it's ''him'' who wonders why he's the hero.

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* LosingYourHead: A few times.

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* LosingYourHead: LosingYourHead / PullingYourselfTogether: A few times.



* PlayingTennisWithTheBoss: He's not very good at it, but he gets better, eventually [[spoiler:holding out and defeating the ''real'' Ganondorf at it.]]




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* TennisBoss: He has a tendency to engage his enemies in this once they reflect his projectiles. He's not very good at it, but he gets better, eventually [[spoiler:holding out and defeating the ''real'' Ganondorf at it.]]




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* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Inexplicably, he's capable of breathing underwater, something he himself forgot about until preparations for the Water Temple.



* DreadfulMusician: Morpha's singing is beyond dreadful.



* MakingASplash

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* MakingASplashMakingASplash: The few times Morpha actually gets to ''use'' his hydrokinesis, it proves to be very powerful. Such as the time he turned puddle from Link spilling a water bottle into a DeadlyDisc to slice up a Stalfos with.



* MadLibsCatchPhrase: Kotake becomes enthralled with gathering the 15 fairies in each dungeon in ''Majora's Mask'', and gleefully announces "[X] down, [15-X] to go!" with every fairy she bags, X being the fairies found so far. EVERY time. Tatl is quickly driven insane by this.



A robotic goat guarding the second Giant. It's actually a she despite the beard...

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A robotic goat goat/bull guarding the second Giant. It's actually a she despite the beard...



* HeelFaceTurn: Goht does not seem to really consider herself affiliated with anyone, and simply follows whom she feels like.
* RoboSpeak
* SamusIsAGirl

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* [[GirlsWithMoustaches Girls With Beards]]: Justified, since Goht is technically a machine anyway, and the beard is just part of the design.
* HeelFaceTurn: Goht Goht's programmed to guard the second Giant. Once she fails at that, she has no reason to oppose Link and is intrigued by the group.
* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: She
does not seem take kindly to really consider herself affiliated with anyone, water getting into her circuitry, though she doesn't short out as easily as most examples.
* RoboSpeak: Downplayed. Goht is capable of relatively normal speech, though she'll provide robotic analyses of situations,
and simply follows whom she feels like.
has robotic error messages.
* RoboSpeak
* SamusIsAGirl
SamusIsAGirl: To the extent that a machine can be, anyway.



* {{Determinator}}: Proves to be very resilient in his boss battle, continuing to fight even after having an arrow lodged in his eye and being slashed up and battered around, and dragging himself up out of the water just to keep going at them.
--> '''Gyorg''': You're all dead! I'll fucking slaughter each and every one of you!



* KillItWithFire: His weakness, causing him to shrink.

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* KillItWithFire: His weakness, causing him to shrink.shrink to a more manageable size.
* RecurringBoss: In addition to his actual boss battle, he's also briefly fought in the sequence leading up to Majora after Link stupidly brings him into water, and again as backup during the actual fight with Majora.




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* UndyingLoyalty: To Majora, though as shown in the "battle" against the Skull Kid he will not hesitate to yell at and threaten his master if he feels he's mistreated.



* FirstTimeFeeling: Even many years later, [[spoiler:Red Twinmold is still freaked out by and dismayed about having hands]].



* ThePigpen

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* ThePigpen
ThePigpen: He hasn't bathed since gaining the mask, as Link finds out in an uncomfortable hug after the final battle.
* UnwittingPawn: Ultimately, the Skull Kid was little more than a host for Majora's Mask.



An evil mask, it intends to crush Termina under a moon. It serves as the villain of Majora's Mask.

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An evil mask, it intends to crush Termina under a moon. It serves as the villain of Majora's Mask.
Mask. Like how Ganondorf was the first to join Link in Majora's Mask, Majora is the first to join Link in Twilight Princess.



* BerserkButton: In Twilight Princess, no amount of insults or physical abuse anger it or even perturb it, instead provoking laughter or advice on how to hurt more. However, it admits that the Hero's Shade (The spirit of the Link that defeated him) pisses him off.



* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: Mainly in Twilight Princess.
* TheGadfly: Majora has barbs for everyone and everything, and takes delight in making outrageous suggestions or mean-spirited jokes.



* FaceOfAThug: She's probably the nicest of any of the bosses in the series, being one of the few bosses to not indiscriminately kill or eat humans, but she's also one of the ugliest.



* LargeHam

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* LargeHamLargeHam: He picks up some of this from Barinade.



* ThirdPersonPerson: He has been shown to actually be ''physically incapable'' of referring to himself in first person. Whenever someone tries to get him to refer to himself as "I", he screws it up.

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* ThirdPersonPerson: He has been shown to actually be ''physically incapable'' of referring to himself in first person. Whenever someone tries to get him to refer to himself as "I", he screws it up.
up. He even has trouble saying "eye", instead substituting "ocular organ" or other more elaborate synonyms.



Morpha from the first two fics, returned as Morpheel. His eye is separated from his giant body by Majora, and from that point on his eye follows the group around. His personality remains pretty much the same from before.

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Morpha from the first two fics, returned as Morpheel. His Though introduced as a massive eel-like monster, his eye is separated from his giant body by Majora, and from that point on his disembodied eye follows the group around. His personality remains pretty much the same from before.



* ShipTease: Diababa kisses him when she thinks he complimented her.

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* ShipTease: Diababa kisses him when she thinks he complimented her.
her, and unlike Link he doesn't mind.




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* DropTheHammer: Uses Barinade's Megaton Hammer for some tasks after a teleportaion accidentally steals it from him.



!'''Zelda/Sheik'''

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!'''Zelda/Sheik'''
!'''Zelda/Sheik (Ocarina of Time)'''



* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Zelda thinks up some extremely disturbing threats when provoked.




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* {{Ninja}}: Sheik.


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!'''Lord Bulbo and King Bulbin'''

A recurring miniboss. King Bulbin rides into battle on Lord Bulbo, but the latter is seemingly the one in command, and the only one who speaks.

* AnAxeToGrind: King Bulbin wields an utterly ''massive'' one in his second battle with Link.
* BoisterousBruiser: Lord Bulbo.
* IncomingHam:
-->'''Lord Bulbo''': WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DICKHOLES DOING IN THE HOUSE OF KING BULBIN AND LORD BULBO?
* NoIndoorVoice: Lord Bulbo SPEAKS ENTIRELY IN ALLCAPS.
* RecurringBoss
* SapientSteed: In fact, Lord Bulbo is possibly more sapient than King Bulbin.
* SirSwearsALot: Lord Bulbo has even more foul a mouth than Gyorg.
* TheVoiceless: King Bulbin does not speak (At least, not yet. He ''is'' the TropeNamer for IFightForTheStrongestSide, after all).

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* NamesTheSame: He and TP Link share the same name. This confuses Volvagia when he meets the TP Link in the Goron Mines.



* OneSteveLimit: He and Twilight Princess-era Link share the same name. This confuses Volvagia when he meets the latter in the Goron Mines.



[[folder:Six Sages]]

!'''Rauru'''

* BuffySpeak: When trying to explain how to seal Ganon away to the other sages, he slips into this, either because he just wants to get it done now, or because he himself doesn't even understand how it works.
* NiceGuy: Subverted. He is ''very'' patient with Link when he wakes up. After it turns out Link hadn't caught a single word of his speech, he finally gives in and coldly wishes a painful death upon him.

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[[folder:Six Sages]]

!'''Rauru'''

* BuffySpeak: When trying
[[folder:Supporting Characters]]

!'''Zelda/Sheik'''

Princess Zelda herself. She is prone
to explain how to seal Ganon away to violent fits at the other sages, he slips drop of a hat. In the future, she dons a Sheikah disguise and shows up several times to aid Link.

* HairTriggerTemper

!'''Great Deku Tree'''

The large, sapient tree looking over Kokiri Village. His infestation by Gohma sets Link's quest
into this, either because action. Despite Link's efforts to rid him of the parasite, he just wants to get it done now, or because he himself doesn't even understand how it works.
dies from excessive alcohol consumption.

* NiceGuy: Subverted. He is ''very'' patient with Link when he wakes up. After it turns out Link hadn't caught a single word of TheAlcoholic
* ToiletHumour: Gohma takes up residence in
his speech, ass.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Like in the game,
he finally gives in and coldly wishes a painful death upon him.
dies pretty early. Though this is due to alcohol poisoning, not Gohma.



One of Link's childhood friends, and later the Forest Sage. Whenever Link mocks the Fairy Ocarina, whether she's in earshot or not, she winds up flinging something at Link via catapault.



!'''Darunia'''

* BoisterousBruiser

!'''Ruto'''

* PsychoLesbian: Since Navi took the Zora's Sapphire from her, she considers herself legally engaged to Navi, and nothing will stop her from fulfilling that engagement.

!'''Impa'''


!'''Nabooru'''

* DarkSkinnedRedhead

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[[folder:Other Characters]]

!'''Great Deku Tree'''

* TheAlcoholic
* ToiletHumour: Gohma takes up residence in his ass.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Like in the game, he dies pretty early. Though this is due to alcohol poisoning, not Gohma.

!'''Jabu Jabu'''

* BizarreAlienBiology: One thing to Lampshade numerous times within the dungeon that is his stomach.
* FlatCharacter: Like in the original game, he doesn't really do much except sit there and be a dungeon.
* TheVoiceless
* WombLevel



A wise old owl who serves as an exposition source and in-game tutorial. Beyond that, he serves to antagonize Link and his party to a degree, being rather mocking and tiresome.



!'''Gate'''

* AscendedExtra: Saria's unnamed fairy.
* ButtMonkey
* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: Not necessarily ''evil'', but he does get sealed away with Ganondorf at the end of Ocarina of Time, and no one is upset about it. Except Ganondorf.]]
* TalkativeLoon



A ranchhand. He doesn't play a large role in the story, but he's essentially a walking joke, being on the receiving end of Link's antics.



For whatever reason, a random Tektite encountered on Death Mountain refused to die no matter how much of a beating Link and Gohma gave it. It continued to show up throughout Link's quest, as unkillable as ever.

* EatenAlive: Gohma seems to stop it by just eating it, but it survives even that. Volvagia does it later, as well.




!'''Zelda/Sheik'''

* HairTriggerTemper

!''Epona''

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\n!'''Zelda/Sheik'''\n\n* HairTriggerTemper

!''Epona''
RecurringTraveler: Link encounters it a few times, even in areas where Tektites are not native and have no reason to be.

!'''Ruto'''

The princess of the Zoras and Sage of Water. Link first meets her inside Jabu Jabu. Her culture dictates that handing over the Zora's Sapphire means she's engaged to its recipient, but Navi is the one to retrieve the Sapphire, complicating things.

* PsychoLesbian: Since Navi took the Zora's Sapphire from her, she considers herself legally engaged to Navi, and nothing will stop her from fulfilling that engagement.

!'''Jabu Jabu'''

The lord of the Zora people. He eats Link and his entourage, and inside they find a dungeon, Ruto, and BARINADE.

* BizarreAlienBiology: One thing to Lampshade numerous times within the dungeon that is his stomach.
* FlatCharacter: Like in the original game, he doesn't really do much except sit there and be a dungeon.
* TheVoiceless
* WombLevel

!'''Rauru'''

The Sage of Light. He is the first person Link meets after waking up seven years after drawing the Master Sword.

* BuffySpeak: When trying to explain how to seal Ganon away to the other sages, he slips into this, either because he just wants to get it done now, or because he himself doesn't even understand how it works.
* NiceGuy: Subverted. He is ''very'' patient with Link when he wakes up. After it turns out Link hadn't caught a single word of his speech, he finally gives in and coldly wishes a painful death upon him.

!'''Epona'''

Link's horse, who is stubborn every step of the way when it comes to carrying Link.


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!'''Gate'''

Saria's fairy companion. He briefly joins Link's party for the early part of the second half.

* AscendedExtra: Saria's unnamed fairy.
* ButtMonkey
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: NOBODY likes Gate, though Gate is entirely oblivious to this fact.
* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: Not necessarily ''evil'', but he does get sealed away with Ganondorf at the end of Ocarina of Time, and no one is upset about it. Except Ganondorf.]]
* TalkativeLoon
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* BerserkButton: Being called Kae Gae or any other sort of nickname, though he prefers it over Kilogram[[hottip:*:Kaepora Gaebora -> KG -> Kilogram]].

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* BerserkButton: Being called Kae Gae or any other sort of nickname, though he prefers it over Kilogram[[hottip:*:Kaepora Kilogram[[note]]Kaepora Gaebora -> KG -> Kilogram]].Kilogram[[/note]].

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Milk, to an extent.



** [[spoiler: It's been heavily hinted that he's the reason OoT Link is dead]]

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** [[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's been heavily hinted that he's the reason OoT Link is dead]]dead.]]



* BigBad: Of Ocarina of Time.

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* BigBad: Of Ocarina ''Ocarina of Time.Time'' and ''Twilight Princess''.
* CharacterDevelopment: Is surprisingly lax in ''Twilight Princess'' compared to his previous anger and fanatacism. He even chides Zant for being too serious and constantly offers him dessert.



* [[spoiler: BalefulPolymorph: Both get turned into fairies by Majora.]]

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* [[spoiler: BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:BalefulPolymorph: Both get turned into fairies by Majora.]]



* AmbiguousGender: Gets lampshaded even. Link decides it's female, but the story still refers to it as an "it".

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* AmbiguousGender: Gets lampshaded even. Link decides it's female, but the story still refers to it as an "it". Majora itself simply claims it has no gender.



* TeamMom: She's very protective and nurturing of her teammates, especially Link.



* OddFriendship: With Barinade.

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* OddFriendship: With Barinade. Barinade found someone who feeds his ego, and Fyrus found someone who can shout loudly.




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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Milk, again. Expanded on more here, where he practically kills Link trying to steal his glass of milk.



* HeelFaceTurn: He was under Zant's control for the battle, so once freed he joins Link.

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* HeelFaceTurn: He was under Zant's control for the battle, so once freed he joins Link.Link to revel in the bloodshed.


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!'''Zant'''

The primary antagonist of ''Twilight Princess'' before Ganondorf.

* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Unusually for this dynamic, Zant is the one who would rather just work even when his boss offers him relaxation or indulgence.
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* DoesntKnowHisOwnStrength: When he tries to help Link, he usually makes the situation worse, or solves it but injures Link in the process.

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* DoesntKnowHisOwnStrength: DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: When he tries to help Link, he usually makes the situation worse, or solves it but injures Link in the process.

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