History MythologyGag / TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword

* The entrances to a good number of the dungeons dip downward in a manner reminiscent of the dungeon entrances from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the first game]]. The Ancient Cistern's entrance even looks like a mouth, or to be more specific, a fish's mouth. Angler Cavern and the Catfish's Maw from LinksAwakening immediately spring to mind.

* And, one to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the very first game:]] "It's a secret to everybody" is uttered by a Kikwi hermit. It's also said by a Parella.

* The Skyward Strike can be executed in a variety of ways that evoke other uses of the SwordBeam, as well as other attacks in the series. Stabbing will create a straight projectile [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda in a similar fashion to the first game,]] Slashing [[MajorasMask will make a crescent]] [[ALinkToThePast -shaped spiraling projectile,]] and Spin-attacking will have a similar effect to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess The Great Spin.]]

** Link's Leitmotif, [[spoiler: the Song of the Hero, is a rearrangement of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the music that started it all.]] The closing credits also contains a less modified version.]]

* The way that [[spoiler:the pieces of the Triforce restore your life energy when you obtain them is very similar to how the shards of the Triforce of Wisdom did the same thing in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the original game]].]]

* The game's cover is colored gold, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda just]] [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink like]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime several]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask games]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker before]] it!

* Zelda's father makes an appearance, named Gaepora, referencing [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Kaepora Gaebora.]] His laugh even sounds like an owl hoot! Helps that he also bears a resemblance to Rauru, who was [[WordOfGod recently confirmed]] to actually be the human form of [[TheOwlKnowingOne Kaepora Gaebora.]]

** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess A later game]] showed that there are, in fact, [[spoiler:''two'' Temples of Time]]. The main one is in Lanaryu Desert, which looks to be in the same location as Arbiter's Grounds. [[spoiler:The second one is in Sealed Grounds, which is in the same place as the Lost Woods. The past version of Twilight Princess' Temple of Time at the top floor is eerily similar to where you get the Master Sword in this game. Piecing this all together, the island where you get the Master Sword was bound to drop at some point.]]

* At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Fi, who has become the Master Sword, has her consciousness fade into the blade, and enter a deep, eternal sleep. So, Fi, not, [[ALinkToThePast the Master Sword, sleeps again, forever]]]]. The line itself is never said, so it is more of a stealth mythology gag, if it was intended at all.

* The birds on the surface look a lot like the ones in the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap Fortress of Winds]].

* Pipit's name in the German version is [[EverythingsBetterWithChickens Cuco]].

** [[spoiler:The place where you actually get the Triforce? [[OcarinaOfTime It's in a blue-colored room in a chest]] ''[[DummiedOut in an alternate dimension.]]'' [[UrbanLegendOfZelda Yup. They apparently haven't forgotten about that one.]]]]

* [[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Stalfos Pirates]] apparently sail in Lanayru Desert.

* Once again, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask there's a hand in the toilet]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames that wants paper.]]

* The recurring symbols in each of the three sections of Hyrule are the icons used to represent songs in the [[TheLegendofZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]].

* Similar to the above, Groose has a lot in common with [[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Ralph]]; both are rather obnoxious, have [[AnimeHair strangely styled]] red hair, and have intimate feelings for the local harp playing girl [[spoiler: that has a special connection to one of the Goddesses]], and due to this feeling become a rival of sorts to Link, until they loosen up later in the game and come to respect Link.

* The conclusion to the Thunder Dragon quest [[spoiler:is similar to two parts of ''OracleOfAges'': you have to plant a tree in the past then travel forward in time to when it's full grown, and you find a character dead in the present who you then have to cure of his illness in the past.]]

** Also, when you meet with the Thunder Dragon, he offers to add serial numbers to your name just like his robots. Namely Link-16, as this is the sixteenth Zelda game if [[TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames the non-canon CD-i titles]] [[CanonDiscontinuity are excluded]].

** [[spoiler:The place where you actually get the Triforce? [[OcarinaOfTime It's in a blue-colored room in a chest ''in an alternate dimension''.]] [[UrbanLegendOfZelda Yup. They apparently haven't forgotten about that one.]]]]

** [[spoiler:The place where you actually get the Triforce? [[OcarinaOfTime It's in a blue-colored room in a chest.]] [[UrbanLegendOfZelda Yup. They apparently haven't forgotten about that one.]]]]

* There is a woman in Skyloft who forces Link to pay for broken pots, just like in [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaWindWaker Wind Waker]]
* Bokoblins have a settlement in Eldin Volcano similar to the Bulblin camp outside Arbiter's Grounds in [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]

* There is a woman in Skyloft who forces Link to pay for broken pots, just like in [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaWindwaker Wind Waker]]

* The second seal you draw for [[spoiler: The Imprisoned]] is [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass an hourglass]].

* At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Fi, who has become the Master Sword, has her consciousness fade into the blade, and enter a deep, eternal sleep. So, Fi, no, [[ALinkToThePast the Master Sword, sleeps again, forever]]]]. The line itself is never said, so it is more of a stealth mythology gag, if it was intended at all.

* The mid-boss fight in the Earth Temple (a fire-based temple where you earn the Bomb Bag) is two Lizalfos, with the room being made up of many hexagons, much like the Dodongo's Cavern from ''Ocarina''.

* The Symbols of the six sages can be found on the arch leading up to the Goddess Statue.

* The game's cover is colored gold, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda just]] [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink like]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime several]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask games]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker before]] it!

* Bokoblins have a settlement in Eldin Volcano similar to the Bulblin camp outside Arbiter's Grounds in [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]

* Groose's theme sounds similar to the Pirates' theme in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]].

* While this is more like [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast continuing]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening the]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime tradition]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Link]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames once]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker again]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords wakes]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures up]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMinishCap to]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess start]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass the]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks game]].

* Fi's face resembles [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Fairy]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Queen]]. [[spoiler: So does Ghirahim's, eventually]].

* Cursed Bokoblins are basically this game's iteration of the [=ReDeads=]. They're somewhat goofy-looking, but they still pounce on you in the same manner and both share a hatred of light. [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker If you hold up something that's shiny in appearance, they cower away in fear just like how [=ReDeads=] are paralyzed by light from the Mirror Shield.]]

* While this is more like [[ALinkToThePast continuing]] [[LinksAwakening the]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime tradition]], [[MajorasMask Link]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames once]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker again]] [[FourSwords wakes]] [[FourSwordsAdventures up]] [[MinishCap to]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess start]] [[PhantomHourglass the]] [[SpiritTracks game]].

** The music in that part also has parts of Zelda's Lullaby, the Clock Town theme from ''Majora's Mask'', the title theme from ''Wind Waker'', and the Hyrule Field theme from ''Twilight Princess''. And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeoPJkY9VG0 orchestra music part]] was also originally composed for ''Twilight Princess'', though never previously used in-game.

* The main melody of the ''Ballad of the Goddess'' is actually ''Zelda's Theme'' played backwards.
** [[spoiler: Which actually is somewhat spoilery if you deduce it, as Zelda is a human incarnation of the Goddess]]
* [[spoiler: Levias is a Wind Fish]]. Hope he [[LinksAwakening doesn't dream]]....

* [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Beedle]]'s [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]] makes an appearance, with the same theme from ''Wind Waker'' and the same grunt when you come in. He also runs the shop from the sky that can only be entered after getting his attention (in this game, by firing a weapon at the bell to get him to lower a rope)... [[TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Sound familiar?]]

* The entrances to a good number of the dungeons dip downward in a manner reminiscent of the dungeon entrances from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the first game]]. The Ancient Cistern's entrance even looks like a mouth, or to be more specific, a fishmouth. Angler Cavern and the Catfish's Maw from LinksAwakening immediately spring to mind.

* The first ''item'' you get in the game is a sailcloth, and you use this in tandem with Link's Loftwing, which is red. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', you had to find a sail for the King of Red Lions, a boat you use to travel in the game's Overworld.

* The Symbols of the six sages can be found on the arch leading up to the Goddess Statue.

* The Gust Bellows was an item in The Minish Cap. As were the Mogma Mitts (Mole Mitts there).

* The intro sequence is very similar to the one from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', narrating a legend that forms the backstory of the game, depicted in an ancient art style (medieval art for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', cave paintings for ''Skyward Sword'').

* The drawing on [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Link's house in Kokiri Forest]] is strikingly similar to [[spoiler: the third form of the Imprisoned.]]

* [[spoiler: The Sky Keep,]] a dungeon consisting of movable square rooms similar to the previous six dungeons, will no doubt remind players of Ganon's Castle from OOT and TWW, as well as the Moon in MM. Not to mention that the layout is similar to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda very first game.]]
* The boss of [[spoiler: Ancient Cistern]] ''requires'' you to pick up his sword and slash him, a call back to using monster's weapons in ''Wind Waker''.
* The [[spoiler: Master Sword before it is blessed by Zelda looks very similar to the depowered Master Sword from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', with the Wings folded in and the colors a darker shade than the True Master Sword.]]

* Loftwings are the birds always depicted on the Hylian shield and other Hylian designs. Of course, Link flies a red one.
* Link's reaction to touching lava- leaping into the air with the seat of his pants on fire- is the same as Toon Link's. Contrast the more realistic actions when he drowns in water or sand.

* If you throw one of the pots in Skyloft close to a person, they will jump and be startled for a second. Fledge's animation really looks like the guy you have to scare in the café in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'' (by throwing down pots, too).
* The ability to grab rupees and hearts with your sword returns from games such as the original and the Gameboy ones.

** The Ballad of the Goddess is, [[ItWasHisSled of course,]] Zelda's Lullaby in reverse. [[spoiler: The original Zelda's Lullaby also returns as an orchestral rearrangement, when Link first meets Zelda in the past.]]
*** Similarly, [[spoiler: Nayru's Wisdom]] is the Serenade of Water's ocarina part in reverse.
** Link's Leitmotif, [[spoiler: the Song of the Hero]] is a rearrangement of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the music that started it all.]] The closing credits also contains a less modified version.

** The horns that Bokoblins blow creates a hilariously mangled version of [[ALinkToThePast the Flute Boy's song.]]

* Similar to in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', there are tornados on the overworld that send you flying off your loftwing.

* At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Fi, who has become the Master Sword, has her consciousness fade into the blade, and enter a deep, eternal sleep. So, Fi, no, [[ALinkToThePast The Master Sword, sleeps again, forever]]]]. Although the line itself is never said, so it is more of a stealth mythology gag, if it was intended at all.

* The way Fi leads you to the Goddess Sword for the first time is very reminescent of following the ghost of Darmani in MajorasMask.

* Professor Owlan, with his white hair and dark skin, looks similar to the Rito tribe in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]''.

* Throwing bombs into baskets is a common way to progress during the Lanayru region. The idea was first used in a mini-game in MajorasMask, and throwing a bomb into a basket held by a statue to knock it down was used in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]''.
* At the beginning of the game, Zelda acts similarly to Marin from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', being a cheerful girl who plays the harp, lives on an isolated island, and wants to explore a part of the world that is blocked by a barrier and is considered by most people to have nothing worth seeing even if they could reach it. Of course, Marin was originally that game's equivalent to Zelda, so it makes sense that they would act similarly.

* Planting a bomb next to a Gossip Stone will cause it to blast off into the sky, similar to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'s'' and ''MajorasMask's'' Gossip Stones.

** [[spoiler: They are also found in the blue-tinted Silent Realm, which happens to be the same color scheme as the dungeons from the first game.]]

* A bit of a stretch, but in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]], a common UrbanLegendofZelda was that [[spoiler:you could obtain the Triforce. Now, you can.]]
** Debatable, seeing as he was able to in several other games as well.

** Not to mention that Ghirahim's chest gem looks quite a bit like [[spoiler:the gem on the Kokiri Sword, the sword that is eventually turned into the Gilded Sword. [[EpilepticTrees And you DO find the Kokiri Sword in the Kokiri Forest, which is said to be very close to the Sealed Grounds...]]]]
* You get an item from a high place in a building by running into the wall and knocking it down, like you get the book from the library in [[TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast Link to the Past]]. The building's owner is not happy about this.

* A river god behind the waterfalls gives Link an item that helps him breathe underwater, in the same way you gain the flippers from the zora in Link to the Past.

* Cursed Bokoblins are basically this game's iteration of the [=ReDeads=]. They're somewhat goofy-looking appearance wise, but they still pounce on you in the same manners and both share a hatred of light. [[TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker If you hold up something that's shiny in appearance, they cower away in fear just like how [=ReDeads=] are paralyzed by light from the Mirror Shield.]]

** Also, when you meet with the Thunder Dragon, he offers to add serial numbers to your name just like his robots. Namely Link-16, as this is the sixteenth Zelda game if [[TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames the non-canon CD-i titles]] are excluded.

* Zelda's father makes an appearance, named Gaepora, referencing [[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Kaepora Gaebora.]] His laugh even sounds like an owl hoot! Helps that he also bears a resemblance to Rauru, who was [[WordOfGod recently confirmed]] to actually be the human form of [[TheOwlKnowingOne Kaepora Gaebora.]]

* Once again, [[spoiler: [[ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda goes into a deep sleep]], and is [[OcarinaOfTime locked into]] [[LinkToThePast a crystal]].]]

* The Goddess Harp is the same one that [[OcarinaOfTime Sheik]] uses.

* The pit of bones in the Ancient Cistern have a striking resemblance to similar rooms in the Shadow Temple in ''[[OcarinaOfTime OOT]].''

** The song that plays [[spoiler: before you enter the fourth Silent Realm]] is an arrangement of the Hyrule Field theme from ''OcarinaOfTime.''

* A puzzle in the Lanayru Mine has a solution that involves triggering three things in the order 2-3-1. [[OcarinaOfTime Twenty-three is number one!]]

* [[OcarinaOfTime You can collect bugs and]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess give them to someone for rupees]].

* Planting a bomb next to a Gossip Stone will cause it to blast off into the sky, similar to ''OcarinaOfTime's'' and ''MajorasMask's'' Gossip Stones.

* A bit of a stretch, but in OcarinaOfTime, a common UrbanLegendofZelda was that [[spoiler:you could obtain the Triforce. Now, you can.]]

* Just like in OcarinaOfTime, our first introduction to Link is seeing him have a nightmare about the BigBad.
* When you rescue the Mogmas from the Fire Sanctuary, their dialogue is similar to the carpenters you had to rescue from the Gerudo Fortress in OcarinaOfTime.

* The Watchers in the Silent Realms bear a striking resemblance to the [[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Poe Collector]].
* While this is more like [[ALinkToThePast continuing]] [[LinksAwakening the]] [[OcarinaOfTime tradition]], [[MajorasMask Link]] [[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames once]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker again]] [[FourSwords wakes]] [[FourSwordsAdventures up]] [[MinishCap to]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess start]] [[PhantomHourglass the]] [[SpiritTracks game]].