History Headscratchers / TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass

** Because the Black Rupoor isn't actually a stone, it's a solidified black hole in magical stasis. It activates itself only when in contact with air, so it will only be effective when Link digs it out. And once it's out, it'll suck in any Rupees in its effect radius, and the rupees closest to it will be, invariably, the ones in Link's... uh... pockets? Anyway, it then destroys itself, taking the Rupees away. So it's not a matter of "taking or not taking", it's about finding any at all. Hey, ''you'' asked.
** A black rupoor is a [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]]? [[FridgeLogic What would happen if there were too many of them]]?
** But if it's true that they react with air, what about the cavern on the Isle of The Dead where the floor is covered in Rupoor? They're obviously exposed to air...
** Maybe the magical stasis isn't activated by air, it's triggered by Link's presence.
** I've always imagined Rupoors as made of antimatter, which would cause a massive explosion upon contact with matter--Link's hand or shovel in this case. Why don't they react to air or dirt, which is also matter? Why do they only destroy Rupees? Answer: [[AWizardDidIt Magic!]]
** But when Link does his ItemGet pose, the item just floats in midair. Link doesn't touch it at all.
** [[InsaneTrollLogic Maybe they react to Item Get poses as well.]]

** Hey, if [[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} The King of Hyrule Is a Jerk]], I don't see why King Mutoh doesn't have to be a jerk.

** Oshus may've retrieved them from inside the temple. He says on board the Ghost Ship that he originally created the Phantom Hourglass so that he could enter the temple in search of Bellum's weakness -- when he found that he couldn't get any deeper than the first floor without the spirits' help, though, he might've gathered all the remains he could get to and left them outside in the entrance hall, possibly to keep Bellum from draining any more energy from them (if their spirits are still around, they could probably be worth some life force to him), and to offer advice to any genuine hero who might happen to come along.

* Leaf is the Spirit of Power, and he's red. Neri is the Spirit of Wisdom and she's blue. With those two in mind, why is Ciela yellow once she's restored as the Spirit of Courage? Shouldn't she be green? I used to think as a kid that it was because she was still weak from Bellum's attack, and that maybe she would change color once you collected all 20 spirit gems...but no, I achieved that upon replaying the game recently, and her color doesn't change at all.

** Because the Black Rupoor isn't actually a stone, it's a solidified black hole in magical stasis. It activates itself only when in contact with air, so it will only be effective when Link digs it out. And once it's out, it'll suck any Rupees in its effect radius, and the rupees closest to it will be, invariably the ones in Link's... uh... pockets? Anywhat, then it destroys itself taking the Rupees away. So it's not a matter of "taking or not taking", it's about finding at all. Hey, ''you'' asked.
** A black rupoor is a [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]]? [[FridgeLogic What would happen if there were too much of them]]?

** I've always imagined Rupoors as made of antimatter, which would cause a massive explosion upon contact with matter- Link's hand or shovel in this case. Why don't they react to air or dirt, which is also matter? Why do they only destroy Rupees? Answer: [[AWizardDidIt Magic!]]

** Hey, if [[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} The King Of Hyrule Is a Jerk]], I don't see why King Mutoh doesn't have to be a jerk.
** Brant was kept on the Isle of the Dead because his temple was there and so he could guard the Regal Necklace, the only key to the Isle of Ruins. As for why his temple was built there, perhaps when the Cobble Kingdom was still alive and thriving, Brant's home was located somewhere on or near the Isle of the Dead, and he wanted to do something that would bring some great honor to it. After he died, King Mutoh and the other Knights could have figured being buried there is what he would've wanted.

** The idea is that [[spoiler: it's ''not'' AllJustADream]] - Link's possession of the Phantom Hourglass in the end, as well as the sight of Linebeck sailing on the horizon, was meant to clarify that point.

** ArtisticLicenseShips. I'm more confused as to why they chose to include the S.S. Linebeck at all, instead of just bringing back the King of Red Lions. Isn't that like having Link ride Epona in ''Ocarina of Time'' and then just giving him an entirely new horse with no explanation in ''Majora's Mask''.

* Why don't Leaf and Neri remember that Ciela is the Spirit of Courage? Even if she's supposed to be yellow instead of white, she still has the same name and the same voice, and when she does finally refuse with her other half, the other two seem to recognize her instantly. So what gives?

** There's much more to recognize. As is mentioned, they should recognize her voice, and her spunky, courageous personality, and her ability to sense evil, and her name is still the same, too. Plus, Ciela's line "You look just like me!" when her other half is freed would imply that there's some difference between her appearance and that of most other fairies - otherwise, she wouldn't compare it specifically to herself.

** Because the temple goes extremly far below the earth and the cracks would either just let the sun pass at one specific moment of the day or you'd have to destroy half of every floor you pass on the way down.

** Hey, if [[{{Hiimdaisy}} The King Of Hyrule Is a Jerk]], I don't see why King Mutoh doesn't have to be a jerk.

** Well, so did the Earth Temple in ''The Wind Waker". (True, that dungeon had less floors, but the floors in ''Phantom Hourglass'' are a lot smaller, vertically, than TWW's.)

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* What world did Linebeck hail from originally? He have a history with Jolene, and a lot of people on Mercay Island seem to know him, but on the other hand, he also seems surprised when he hears Neri's line about the two worlds, and the ending shows him having travelled into Link's world as well. If he was from Link's world originally, then this begs the question of how he entered upon the waters of the Ocean King, but if he was from the waters of the Ocean King, then I have to ask...Why did the Ocean King send him out of his homeworld to live and settle in one that he knows nothing about? Linebeck never asked to be returned to the world of the Great Sea with Link, and judging by ''Spirit Tracks'', the two of them apparently didn't end up staying in contact with each other after this game.
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** There's probably not any real reason, but I like to think that the witnessing the death of the King of Red Lions has traumatized Link, making it so that he can't enter deep water lest he flash back to that moment.

** There's probably not any real reason, but I like to think that the witnessing the death of the King of Hyrule has traumatized Link, making it so that he can't enter deep water lest he flash back to that moment.