History Manga / TheLegendOfzelda

** Not to mention Sheik - Link certainly seems panicked when s/he's injured (and later confirms to Nabooru that he viewed him and Zelda as different people at the time).

* HoYay: Link and Sheik (who can be considered a separate character here).

* HoYay: Link and Sheik (who can be considered a separate character) in the later part of ''Ocarina of Time''.

* ''ALinkToThePast'' by Shotaro Ishinomori. Run in ''NintendoPower''.

* FairyCompanion: Navi in ''Ocarina of Time'' (as in the game), Tatl and Tael in ''Majora's Mask'' (ditto), the nameless fairy in Four Swords, and Ephermelda in Ishinomori's ''A Link to the Past''.

* SteamPunk: The hot air ballon Link uses the second time he sneaks into Hyrule Castle looks like it was designed by DrSeuss.
* TalkingInYourDreams: After treking from the desert to Death Mountain, and then sticking his hand into a DarkWorld portal, an exhausted Link begins seeing visions of Sahasrahla and Zelda. Link wonders aloud if these are mirages, but Zelda informs him "We are in our dream ... If two people dream the same thing, they will meet." Link later wakes up on the ground in front of the Tower of Hera, thinking "That was a strange dream," but finding that [[OrWasItADream someone has bandaged his wounded arm]].

* DeadPersonImpersonation: Link blunders through a few of these in order to give the souls whose mask he wears some peace.

* BadassGrandpa: Link has one of these in the ''Oracle'' stories, who raised him and taught him swordplay.

* MarshmallowHell: Link endures this with Impa in the ''Oracle of Seasons'' manga.

* AllThereInTheManual: Why don't all four Link's colors match with the personalities associated with those colors? (Blue is normally a calm color, but Blue Link is anything but.) If you had read the author's note in the second volume Himekawa's OcarinaOfTime manga (published 6 years before), you would know that the authors saw the computer-controlled Links of each color in SuperSmashBros as behaving the way the same color Link does in their Four Swords manga.

* HoYay: One-sided Red to Blue.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The ''Phantom Hourglass'' manga may start pretty meh, but chapter 9 scores a ton of points with a pretty awesome scene involving Tetra's statue and Princess Zelda's [[{{Badass}} butt-kicking spirit]]. Yes.

* SceneryCensor: Yes there is, involving Link in ''Phantom Hourglass''. It's just as ridiculous as it sounds.
* {{Tsundere}}: Tetra from the ''Phantom Hourglass'' manga is arguably Type A of this trope.

* AffectionateParody: It's 4-koma for god's sakes.
* TheDitz: Link from the ''Wind Waker'' 4-koma. However, it's frequently subverted in that he's either a GeniusDitz or a CloudCuckooLander. {{Lampshaded}} by a certain talking boat:

* HeroicMime: Used frequently in ''Wind Waker'' 4-koma.
* LighterAndSofter: Manages to be [[BeyondTheImpossible even more so than the original game it's based on.]]
* RunningGag: A surprising number of people in ''TheWindWaker'' think that "[Link's] clothes look uncomfortably warm ..." [[spoiler: Including Ganondorf.]]

* HeroicMime: Averted in most of the mangas, but used frequently in the ''Wind Waker'' 4-koma.

* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Averted by the ending of the Himekawa ''Link to the Past'', in which Zelda is crowned Queen of Hyrule.

* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: Link wants to be an apple farmer in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past''.

* LoveTriangle: Ghanti the bandit cites this as the reason for her reluctance to help Link rescue Zelda in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past''.
* StabTheSky: The Master Sword actually ''tells'' Link to do this after he draws it from its pedestal in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past''.

* [[IronicHell Ironic]] [[KarmicTransformation Transformation]]: Skull Kid turned Kafei into a child because Kafei (walking home from his bachelor party, late at night) turned down an invitaion to play with the Skull Kid by saying "Kids like you should be in bed!"

* TakeThat: The authors allow Fierce Deity!Link to take a swipe at that creepy [[SlasherSmile Happy]] [[UncannyValley Mask]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Salesman]].

[[folder:OracleOfSeasons and OracleOfAges- Akira Himekawa]]

* CursedWithAwesome: In the Ishinomori version, Roam has come to accept and even depend on his beast form (a hawkman) to aid him in battle. Ghanti in the Himekawa version doesn't mind her beast form (a wolf or fox, it's hard to tell), either. Link himself has a noticably better form compared to the game's rabbit -- he's a wolf. But he doesn't let himself fall victim to it.

* TheDragon: Agahnim, as in the game.

So far, there are official manga for:

* ''ALinkToThePast'' (Several versions by different artists; the two major ones are by Akira Himekawa, published by Viz like the other ones here; and Shotaro Ishinomori, which was run in ''NintendoPower''.)
* ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'' (2 parts)
* ''OcarinaOfTime'' (2 parts)
* ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''
* ''OracleOfSeasons''
* ''OracleOfAges'' (which is treated as a continuation of ''Oracle of Seasons'', because the games are linked)
* ''FourSwords [Plus]'' (2 parts)
* ''TheMinishCap''
* ''PhantomHourglass''

There is also a Yonkoma (4-panel strip) collection for ''TheWindWaker'', which parodies the story, rather than retelling it.

--->'''King of Red Lions''': "Is he smart or stupid? I don't know."

* ''ALinkToThePast'' (Several versions by different artists)

* FairyCompanion: Navi in ''Ocarina of Time'', Tatl and Tael in ''Majora's Mask'', the nameless fairy in Four Swords, and Ephermelda in Ishinomori's ''A Link to the Past''.

[[folder:ALinkToThePast - Shotaro Ishinomori]]
* AscendedExtra: Sahasrahla
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: The end of Shotaro Ishinomori's version of ''A Link to the Past'' is rather grim compared to the otherwise happy ending of the original game it was based on.]]
* CanonForeigner: Roam and Epheremelda.
* CursedWithAwesome: Roam has come to accept and even depend on his beast form (a hawkman) to aid him in battle. Link himself has a noticably better form compared to the game's rabbit -- he's a wolf. But he doesn't let himself fall victim to it.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Shotaro Ishinomori's version of ''A Link to the Past'' is quite dark in comparison with the game, despite it not taking itself too seriously.
* {{Expy}}: This version of the ''A Link to the Past'' manga features a knight character named Roam who is basically a Hylian version of [[{{Cyborg009}} Jet Link]]. Fitting, as this series was drawn by [[SuperSentai Shotaro]] [[KamenRider Ishinomori]].
* HilariousInHindsight: It's funny that Ishinomori's ''Link to the Past'' depicts Link's Dark World persona as a wolf, considering what happens in ''TwilightPrincess''.
* SpiritBomb: After stunning Ganon with the Master Sword, Link tells Zelda to shoot him with Roam's crossbow, despite not having found the Silver Arrow. The willpower of Link, Zelda, Roam, and the rescued maidens transforms the ordinary arrow into a Silver Arrow, destroying Ganon.

* DarkWorld: The TropeNamer world of ''ALinkToThePast'', of course.

* DarkWorld: The TropeNamer world of ''ALinkToThePast'', of course.
* TheDragon: Agahnim

* PsychicLink: ([[JustForPun No pun intended]].) Link and Zelda are brought together by her telepathic distress call, as in the game, and then continue to maintain their psychic bond throughout much of the story.

* [[SiblingSenioritySquabble Clone Originality Squabble]]: The newly-separated Links have an argument about which of them is the "original" Link.

* PunnyName[=/=]IncrediblyLamePun: While Link's name is probably not meant to be a pun, it hasn't stopped the English translators of ''Four Swords'' from having some fun with it. Some examples:
->Shadow Link: There's a new ''Link'' in this chain!
->Vio (about to duel Green): Green is about to learn who the weak Link is.

* TakeThat: The authors allow Fierce Deity!Link to take a swipe at that creepy [[SlasherSmile Happy]] [[UncannyValley Mask]] [[NightmareFeulStationAttendant Salesman]].

* {{Bishounen}}: Adult Link is depicted as this in the second half of ''Ocarina of Time''.

* ''ALinkToThePast'' (Several versions by different artists; the two major ones are by Akira Himekawa, published by Viz like the other ones here; and Shotaro Ishinomori, which was run in ''NintendoPower''.)

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy and His Horse]]: Link and Epona in ''Ocarina of Time''.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The ''Phantom Hourglass'' manga may start pretty meh, but chapter 9 scores a ton of points with a pretty awesome scene involving Tetra's statue and Princess Zelda's [[{{Badass}} butt-kicking spirit]]. Yes.
* AscendedExtra: Sahasrahla in Ishinomori's ''Link to the Past''.
** Maple the witch in ''Oracle of Ages''.
* BadAss: Link, obviously. Also his ancestor, Sir Raven, in the ''Oracle'' stories.
* BadassGrandpa: Link has one of these in the ''Oracle'' stories, who raised him and taught him swordplay.
* BadFuture: A key plot point in the ''Ocarina of Time'' manga.
* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: Ezlo from ''The Minish Cap'' was turned into a hat by Vaati.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Ghanti the bandit (who has dark hair) is jealous of Link's feelings for blonde Zelda in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past''.

* BigEater: Link in ''Majora's Mask.'' {{Lampshaded}} by his host, who remarks that while he may have the battle skills of an adult, he still has the appetite of a child.
* {{Bishounen}}: Adult Link is depicted as this in the second half of ''Ocarina of Time''.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The end of Shotaro Ishinomori's version of ''A Link to the Past'' is rather grim compared to the otherwise happy ending of the original game it was based on.]]
* CanonForeigner: Din's troupe of traveling performers in ''Oracle of Seasons'', Link's grandparents in both ''Oracle'' stories, and Sir Raven in ''Oracle of Ages'', just for starters.
** Roam and Epheremelda in Ishinomori's ''Link to the Past''.
* TheChessmaster: Possibly Vio in ''Four Swords Plus'', though from Shadow Link's point of view, he probably seems more like a ManipulativeBastard.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Romani and Cremia in ''Majora's Mask''; the Himekawa authors admit that they couldn't work them into the story, and include drawings of them at the end to make up for it.
* CloningBlues: Brought up occasionally in the beginning of ''Four Swords Adventures'', while the four Links are still getting used to working as a team. Which leads to ...
* [[SiblingSenioritySquabble Clone Originality Squabble]]: In ''Four Swords Adventures'', the newly-separated Links have an argument about which of them is the "original" Link.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Done with a twist in ''Four Swords Plus'', given that the illustrations are all black and white; the colored Links are identified by their color in name only and address each other as Green, Red, Blue, and Vio (short for Violet -- the purple one).
** Also, a different texture is used for each Link's tunic.

* CursedWithAwesome: In the Ishinomori ''Link to the Past'', Roam has come to accept and even depend on his beast form (a hawkman) to aid him in battle. Ghanti in the Himekawa version doesn't mind her beast form (a wolf or fox, it's hard to tell), either. In both versions, Link himself has a noticeably better form compared to the game's rabbit -- he's a wolf. But he doesn't let himself fall victim to it.

** Red in "Four Swords Plus" is DEFINITELY one of these.
* CuteWitch: Maple in ''Oracle of Seasons''.
* DarkWorld: "The Shadow World" from ''Four Swords Plus.''
** And the TropeNamer world of ''A Link to the Past'', of course.

** The ''Oracle of Ages'' manga adaptation may qualify as well.
* DemonicPossession: Veran's specialty in ''Oracle of Ages''.
* TheDitz: Link from the ''Wind Waker'' 4-koma. However, it's frequently subverted in that he's either a GeniusDitz or a CloudCuckooLander. {{Lampshaded}} by a certain talking boat:
-->'''King of Red Lions''': "Is he smart or stupid? I don't know."
* [[DontYouDarePityMe Don't You Dare Pity Me]]: Shadow Link to Zelda, in ''Four Swords Plus''.
* TheDragon: Agahnim in ''Link to the Past'', as in the game.

* EvilTwin: Shadow from ''Four Swords Plus.''
** Also Blue, arguably.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Boy, did those soldiers in ''Majora's Mask'' regret thinking a "kid" was weak.
* {{Expy}}: One of the ''Link To The Past'' manga features a knight character named Roam who is basically a Hylian version of [[{{Cyborg009}} Jet Link]]. Fitting, as this series was drawn by [[SuperSentai Shotaro]] [[KamenRider Ishinomori]].
* FairyCompanion: Navi in ''Ocarina of Time''.
** Tatl and Tael in ''Majora's Mask''.
* FiveManBand: The Links in ''Four Swords Plus'':
** TheHero: Green
** TheLancer: Blue
** TheSmartGuy: Vio
** TheChick: Red
** TokenEvilTeammate: Shadow
* FoeYay: Shadow and Vio, in ''Four Swords Plus''.
* HeelFaceTurn: Shadow in ''Four Swords Plus''.
** Ghanti in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past''.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Link has a massive crush on Din in ''Oracle of Seasons''.
* HeroicMime: Averted in most of the mangas, but used frequently in the ''Wind Waker'' 4-koma.
* HilariousInHindsight: It's funny that both versions of ''Link to the Past'' depict Link's Dark World persona as a wolf, considering what happens in ''TwilightPrincess''.

* HoYay: Red and Blue in ''Four Swords Plus''. Link and Sheik (who can be considered a separate character) in ''Ocarina of Time''.
* InterspeciesRomance: Piyoko the chicken, in ''Oracle of Seasons'', reveals herself to have romantic feelings for Link.
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: In the Himekawa ''Link to the Past'', [[spoiler: Ghanti's earrings]] turn out to be the weapon they will need to defeat their enemy.

* LuminescentBlush: Link has this (complete with hearts in his eyes) when Zelda kisses his cheek in the first half of ''Ocarina of Time''. He also does it repeatedly during the course of the Himekawa ''Link to the Past.''
* MarshmallowHell: Link endures this with Impa in the ''Oracle'' mangas.
* MissingMom[=/=]DisappearedDad: Typical of the ''Zelda'' franchise, although the background of ''Oracle of Seasons'' does show the death of Link's mother. There's no indication of his father's identity, however. Conversely, ''Four Swords Plus'' gives him a father, but no mother. ''Link to the Past'' (Himekawa version) explains the absence of both, as it's plot-relevant.
* {{Moe}}: Red Link has shades of this in ''Four Swords Plus''.
* MyOwnGrampa: At the end of ''Oracle of Ages'', Link discovers that his actions in the past have [[spoiler: changed his family's history, and there is a portrait of ''himself'' hanging in his grandparents' house. His grandfather crossly reminds him that this is Link, their greatest ancestor, after whom he was named. So Link was, in the altered reality, named after himself.]]
* NeatFreak: Blue in ''Four Swords Plus'' is revealed to be one in an omake. He can't sleep at night unless he knows his clothes are neatly folded before he goes to bed.
* {{Prequel}}: The ''Majora's Mask'' manga includes a bonus story illustrating the creation of the titular mask.
* PsychicLink: ([[JustForPun No pun intended]].) Link and Zelda in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past'' are brought together by her telepathic distress call, as in the game, and then continue to maintain their psychic bond throughout much of the story.
* PunnyName[=/=]IncrediblyLamePun: While Link's name is probably not meant to be a pun, it hasn't stopped the English translators from having some fun with it. Some Examples:
-->'''Shadow Link:''' There's a new ''Link'' in this chain!
-->'''Vio:''' ''(about to duel Green)'' Green is about to learn who the weak Link is.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Link, in a few of the stories.
* RebelliousPrincess: Zelda from ''The Minish Cap'' always tries to escape from the castle to hang out with Link.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: Zelda is almost never seen without it (except, of course, when she's Sheik or Tetra).
* ReverseMole[=/=]FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Vio]] in ''Four Swords Plus''.
* RunningGag: A surprising number of people in the ''Wind Waker'' 4-koma think that "[Link's] clothes look uncomfortably warm ..." [[spoiler: Including Ganondorf.]]
* SceneryCensor: Yes there is, involving Link in ''Phantom Hourglass''. It's just as ridiculous as it sounds.
* SequelHook: The ending of the first ''Four Swords Plus'' manga.
** Also the ending of ''Oracle of Seasons'', with [[spoiler:the witches Koume and Kotake]] plotting the events of ''Oracle of Ages''.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Link keeps saying this to Ricky the kangaroo about Din in ''Oracle of Seasons''.
* SpiritBomb: In Ishinomori's ''Link to the Past'', after stunning Ganon with the Master Sword, Link tells Zelda to shoot him with Roam's crossbow, despite not having found the Silver Arrow. The willpower of Link, Zelda, Roam, and the rescued maidens transforms the ordinary arrow into a Silver Arrow, destroying Ganon.

* TearJerker: This troper is not prone to crying, but still found herself in tears over the ending of ''Four Swords Plus''.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Thinking that waking the Wind Fish will result in a DreamApocalypse ([[CaptainObvious which it does]]), Link in ''Link's Awakening'' abandons his quest and tries to leave the island his own way.
* {{Tsundere}}: Tetra from the ''Phantom Hourglass'' manga is arguably Type A of this trope.
** Tatl from the ''Majora's Mask'' manga is also a Type A example, as in the game.
* TwinDesynch: Although he is meant to be a reflection/shadow of Link, Shadow in ''Four Swords'' looks very different from Link.
** A non-evil-twin version of this is employed when Link later [[LiteralSplitPersonality splits into four]]. You can tell each one apart by looking at their eyes and sleeves (a bit later), which are done differently. Green has black sleeves, his eyes have two shiny spots, and he has prominent dark pupils and smaller white (or light grey) irises. Red has white sleeves, eyes have one shiny spot (when he's not crying...), and his eyes are dark all over (like a puppy). Blue has grey sleeves, two shiny spots in his eyes, and he has black pupils, smaller than Red's and Green's, with more of his white iris showing. Vio has white sleeves, and depending on the scene, either one very small shiny spot in his eyes or none at all. In addition, his pupils are the smallest and sometimes even slit-like, and his white iris dominates majority of his eyes.

* [[TheWisePrince The Wise Princess]]: Zelda, whose wisdom is even sought and deferred to by adults when she's a child, such as Link's father in ''Four Swords Plus''.
* [[YouKilledMyFather Your People Killed My Parents]]: Ghanti the bandit, in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past'', declares Link her enemy because he's the last of the Hylian knights, whom she has been raised to believe killed her parents. She's therefore surprised to find that [[spoiler: her guardian lied to her and she herself is, in fact, also descended from the Hylian knights.]]

* ''ALinkToThePast'' (Several versions by different artists)

* CursedWithAwesome: In the Ishinomori ''Link to the Past'', Roam has come to accept and even depend on his beast form (a hawkman) to aid him in battle. Link himself has a noticably better form compared to the game's rabbit -- he's a wolf. But he doesn't let himself fall victim to it.

--->'''King of Red Lions''': "Is he smart or stupid? I don't know."

* TheDragon: Agahnim in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past''.

* HilariousInHindsight: It's funny that Ishinomori's ''Link to the Past'' depicts Link's Dark World persona as a wolf, considering what happens in ''TwilightPrincess''.

->Shadow Link: There's a new ''Link'' in this chain!
->Vio (about to duel Green): Green is about to learn who the weak Link is.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Done with a twist in ''Four Swords Plus'', given that the illustrations are all black and white; the colored Links are identified by their color in name only and address each other as Green, Red, Blue, and Vio (short for Violet -- the purple one).

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Vio]] in ''Four Swords Plus''.

* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: Zelda is almost never seen without it (except, of course, [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready when she's Sheik or Tetra]]).

* ''A Link to the Past'' (Several versions by different artists)
* ''Link's Awakening'' (2 parts)
* ''Ocarina of Time'' (2 parts)
* ''Majora's Mask''
* ''Oracle of Seasons''
* ''Oracle of Ages'' (which is treated as a continuation of ''Oracle of Seasons'', because the games are linked)
* ''Four Swords [Plus]'' (2 parts)
* ''The Minish Cap''
* ''Phantom Hourglass''

There is also a Yonkoma (4-panel strip) collection for ''The Wind Waker'', which parodies the story, rather than retelling it.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Done with a twist in ''Four Swords Plus'', given that the illustrations are all black and white; the colored Links are identified by their color in name only and address each other as Green, Red, Blue, and Vio (the purple one).
* CourtlyLove: Some of the stories, ''Ocarina of Time'' and ''Link to the Past'' in particular, depict varying shades of this between Link and Zelda. ''Four Swords Plus'' presents them in a ToyShip variant, with gifts of flowers and holding hands.

** The Oracle of Ages manga adaptation may qualify as well.

* MissingMom / DisappearedDad: Typical of the ''Zelda'' franchise, although the background of ''Oracle of Seasons'' does show the death of Link's mother. There's no indication of his father's identity, however. Conversely, ''Four Swords Plus'' gives him a father, but no mother. ''Link to the Past'' (Himekawa version) explains the absence of both, as it's plot-relevant.

* PsychicLink: Link and Zelda in the Himekawa ''Link to the Past'' are brought together by her telepathic distress call, as in the game, and then continue to maintain their psychic bond throughout much of the story.

* RunningGag: A surprising number of people in the Wind Waker 4-koma think that "[Link's] clothes look uncomfortably warm ..." [[spoiler: Including Ganondorf.]]

* HoYay: Red and Blue in ''Four Swords Plus''.