History Webcomic / LinkedUniverse

* Wild: An amnesiac survivalist and the Link from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''.

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* TapOnTheHead: A (relatively) realistic version occurs early on, when Wild is knocked out for a few minutes by a glancing blow from a monster's sword. Although he comes to fairly quickly, the group still treats the injury with the seriousness it deserves, making camp on the spot and relieving him of his usual cooking duties so he can rest and keep a cold compress on his temple. In later strips, he has a new scar where the blow landed.

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Sky has Zelda, and if it's anything like canon, so do Hyrule & Wind. Wild remembers Mipha fondly (his relationship with his Zelda is awkward), while Twilight and Legend seem to still be coping with their losses of Midna and Marin respectively. The only Links who lack a love interest seem to be Four and Warriors (though the latter alludes to the fact that he's had encounters with some crazy women in the past, referencing Cia, and Jojo confirmed in a Q&A that each Link does have someone they feel strongly towards at home).

** Four's outfit has four colors based on the Links he can split into. Likewise, his headband is green, referencing the fact that green is his dominant color. The headband itself gives Four a design based on the Hero of Men from the backstory of ''The Minish Cap''.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Ganon, who has shaped at least one of every Link's adventures save for Sky, who had to face Ganon's original incarnation.

* AdaptationNameChange: {{Downplayed|Trope}} and {{Justified|Trope}}. Each of the main cast is still named Link, but all are referred to by their hero titles (e.g. Hero of Time is referred to as Time) for simplicity's sake.
** It should be noted that InUniverse, the only Link to have been referred to by title is Sky. Everyone else is referred to by various other nicknames instead, like Time being called "Old Man" and Four "the Smith."

* DramaticIrony: Any viewer who has read the Hyrule Historia knows that Time is Twilight's direct ancestor and mentor, the Hero's Shade. The characters themselves seem not to know. Eventually {{Averted|Trope}} with the finale of the Lon Lon Ranch arc, where it is revealed that sometime offscreen, both Time and Twilight figured out their connection, though Twilight neglects to mention that Time's ghostly self became his mentor. They both keep this a secret from the rest of the Chain.

* KidHero: Though he has noticably aged since his adventures back in the Adult Timeline, Wind is still very much a kid, and thus the other Links have a subconscious need to protect him to the point where [[spoiler:Wild [[TakingTheBullet intercepts a near-fatal blow that almost kills him...again]]]]. Still, this doesn't stop Wind from kicking ass with the best of them.

** Four's outfit has four colors based on the Links he can split into. Likewise, his headband is green, referencing the fact that green is his dominant color.
** Wind is wearing the lobster shirt he wears at the beginning of The Wind Waker and the entirety of said game's NewGamePlus.
** The remaining Links wear their game outfits, minus the hats, although in Wild's case, he never even had a hat to begin with.

** Wild is familiar with Twilight's wolf form, alluding to the fact that Wolf Link can be summoned to help Link in Breath of the Wild.

** Speaking of Majora's Mask, during the Masks arc, Wild pulls out the mask itself from his game's DLC, the story of which Time is all too familiar with having gone toe-to-toe with Majora. When Legend mentions having the same mask, Wild and Time ponder if [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane the Happy Mask Salesman made a bunch of copies of Majora's Mask to turn a profit, or if Majora's Mask itself has]] {{Alternate Self}}s.

** We are never told how Time figured out that Twilight is his descendant. We do see him ''confirming'' it with Twilight on-page, but never how he found out. Especially since Twilight hasn't told him about the Hero's Shade.

* RecursiveFanfiction: There are literally ''thousands'' of fanfics based on this comic.
* SecretIdentity: Though everyone has seen Twilight’s wolf form, only Time, Wild, and Four know that the wolf is actually Twilight and not just a wolf that follows the group around
** Later, [[spoiler:Legend finds out by seeing Wolf-Twilight through the Mirror of Truth.]]
** By [[spoiler:Sunset pt. 11, everyone knows.]]

** While Twilight's wolf form is known by every Link, only three know that Twilight ''is'' the wolf — Four, Wild, and Time. Wild likely knows due to Wolf Twilight being a helpful ally to him, while Time likely knows due to the fact that Twilight trusts Time to know (he ''is'' Twilight's ancestor). Though eventually, in the Divine Dark Reflections arc, [[spoiler:Legend learns the truth as well, and everyone else in the Sunset arc]].
** The fact that Twilight is Time's direct descendant is a secret only the two of them know. While the other Links know that the two often have private conversations, they don't know the full extent. A likely explanation is that Time wants to avoid a situation where the others feel he's playing favorites.

* WhatTheHellHero: Legend calls Twilight out on [[spoiler:his use of Dark Magic]]. Twilight doesn't really see the problem, since [[spoiler:the Twilight Realm ''his'' Dark Magic comes from is very different from the Dark Realm Legend is familiar with]].

** Sunset Part 3: [[spoiler:Fairies cannot heal Twilight's wounds.]]
** Sunset Part 6: [[spoiler:Hyrule's Life spell can't heal Twilight either. Not to mention Twilight giving something that sounds a ''lot'' like a dying speech...]]
** Sunset Part 7: [[spoiler:Four reveals [[MesACrowd the true power of the Four Sword]] to stop an irrational Wild.]]

** The "Divine Dark Reflections" arc [[spoiler:sees Legend find Twilight's shadow crystal, transforming into his rabbit form from LTTP — but since he left his moon pearl back at camp, where Wild and Four would see him if he tried to sneak past, Twilight suggests they ask Sky to use the Master Sword instead. The event causes Legend to deduce that Twilight and Wolfie are one and the same, which Twilight finally admits. Legend also alludes to Marin for the first time in front of another Link, and Twilight does the same in regards to Midna]]. The arc then goes into [[spoiler:Dark Link, in the form of a monster, finding the ruins of a camp that Hyrule & Warriors burned down earlier and raising the monsters from the dead, implying that yet another confrontation with the BigBad is imminent — and that this time he won't just run]].

Each of the Links has their own unique traits that separates them from the other (for instance, the Hero of Time, otherwise called Time, is a no-nonsense mentor to the other Links and is easily the most cynical after all he's been through). Their designs, while also taking cues from canon, have been made to easily distinguish between each of them (only one of the nine Links wears the iconic hat, for example, and it's not even the typical green).

** It should be noted that in universe, the only Link to have been referred to by title is Sky. Everyone else is referred to by various other nicknames instead, like Time being called "Old Man" and Four "the Smith."

* AFatherToHisMen: Time to the other Links. A more literal example emerges with him and Twilight, who is his direct descendant.
* AffectionateNickname: The others call Twilight's wolf form "Wolfie" until they learn that it's really Twilight in his dark form.

* AlternateTimeline: Time's first adventure caused a three-way split in the timeline. Legend & Hyrule come from a branch where Time fell to Ganon (though Time never personally lived through this, as it was an alternate version of Time who fell). A second branch has Ganon never rise to power, meaning Time's adventure in Hyrule never happened there. Twilight and Four[[note]]despite being three Links combined into one character, Four is confirmed to have fought Ganon, which he only did in FSA, a game in the Child Timeline[[/note]] come from this branch, and it is the branch where Time is living out the rest of his life. The final branch includes the Hyrule Time saved before being sent to the Child Timeline, and it is where Wind comes from. Three Links remain uninvolved in the alternate timelines — Sky comes from a point before Time's adventures, Warriors's spot in the timeline is unconfirmed, and Wild comes from a point after the three timelines reconverge, meaning his adventure was unavoidable regardless of timeline.

* AscendedFanboy: Wind gets to fight alongside none other than the Hero of Time, famed in Wind's hometown to the extnt that a tradition revolves around the man. A later comic following the Divine Dark Reflections arc reveals that Wind wasn't originally sure that Time was the same Link as the Hero of Time, and upon confirmation he's pretty happy about it.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Wind is more than capable of holding his own, but the others subconsciously seek to protect him [[spoiler:to the point that Wild nearly gets himself killed taking a blow Wind was about to dodge.]]

* BadassNormal: Twilight is one of the few Links who does not use magic, which is impressive given his strength.

* BeingGoodSucks: Time seems to have this view after having his childhood ripped from him and the horrors he had to view in both Hyrule and Termina. He even views the Master Sword as a curse. However, it doesn't stop him from doing heroic deeds.

* BigBrotherMentor: Twilight to Wild. He aided Wild on his own adventures, referencing the Wolf Link Amiibo's use in Breath of the Wild.

* BilingualBonus: Deciphering the glyphs [[spoiler:Time sees when he uses the mask of truth on Wild's sheikah slate]] show the weather and the time, but most of them just say "updating".
** More sinisterly, a [[ParanoiaFuel small, faint message]] translates to [[spoiler: "someone will die"]]

* BossInMooksClothing: As the series goes on, the Links face enemies much stronger than they usually are. The earliest example is a Moblin that takes the entire team to bring down, with Time noting that it usually shouldn't have taken more than one or two of the Links. It's suggested that this is a result of Dark Link.
* BreakableWeapons: Wild, as expected. Eventually Four decides to make him a sword that ''won't'' break on him. [[spoiler: It does, though it hadn't been finished yet.]]

* BrickJoke: One early snippet had Warriors borrow the Fire Rod from Legend, and declare he's keeping it. Many, ''many'' pages later (and at least one real-life year), he still has it.

* CanineCompanion: Twilight in his wolf form becomes this. Due to most of the Links being unaware of his alternate form at first, it creates the impression that Wolfie (as he is called) periodically shows up to help the Links.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Time's wife is alluded to in an early comic, but no hints are dropped as to her identity. A later comic reveals her to be Malon, who is met early in Ocarina of Time, Time's first journey.

* CompositeCharacter: Legend and Four are composites of multiple Links who were all separate people in the official timeline. Wind too, technically, but since ''Wind Waker'' and ''Phantom Hourglass'' already featured the same person in cannon, it's only ''Spirit Tracks'' that's uniquely added to his backstory.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Twilight has shades of this. It helps that he can transform into an animal himself.

* HypocriticalHumor: In "sailcloth" Hyrule and Warriors tease Sky about the sky cloth he wears as a cape. Then he tells them his Zelda made it, and suddenly they can't get enough of it

* KidHero: Though he has noticably aged since his adventures back in the Adult Timeline, Wind is still very much a kid, and thus the other Links have a subconscious need to protect him to the point where Wild [[TakingTheBullet intercepts a near-fatal blow that almost kills him...again.]] Still, this doesn't stop Wind from kicking ass with the best of them.

** Hyrule and Four are the only Links to have never wielded the Master Sword. Hyrule picks it up at one point to test if he even can, but Four's experience with the Foursword seems to have burned him permanently on the concept of drawing magical swords.
--> **Four:** It might try to, uh, "change" me.

* TheLostLenore: A nonfatal example with Midna, who Twilight seems to be still getting over after she destroyed the only way the two could ever see each other again. A more straight example would be Marin, who Legend keeps alongside the whole of Koholint as his dark secret.

** Speaking of Majora's Mask, during the Masks arc, Wild pulls out the mask itself from his game's DLC, the story of which Time is all too familiar with having gone toe-to-toe with Majora. When Legend mentions having the same mask, Wild and Time ponder if [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane the Happy Mask Salesman made a bunch of copies of Majora's Mask to turn a profit, or if Majora's Mask itself has]] {{Alternate Counterpart}}s.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Time delivers one to Ganondorf, ''who isn't even there'', upon realizing that the demon king is willing to attack future Links (the example prompting the speech being Wind) when they're unprepared simply because Time as a child terrified him that much.

** While Twilight's wolf form is known by every Link, only three know that Twilight ''is'' the wolf — Four, Wild, and Time. Wild likely knows due to Wolf Twilight being a helpful ally to him, while Time likely knows due to the fact that Twilight trusts Time to know (he ''is'' Twilight's ancestor). Though eventually, in the Divine Dark Reflections arc, [[spoiler:Legend learns the truth as well, and everyone else in the Sunset arc.]]

** Twilight and Sky are the only two who know that Legend's true animal form is a rabbit. He's sworn them to secrecy.
** As of Sunset pt. 8, [[spoiler:Wild becomes the only member of the Chain besides Four to know about the true power of the Foursword.]] What he'll do with this information, or whether Four will ask him to keep it secret, is uncertain.

** Why Legend is able to identify so easily that Twilight is shapeshifting. Even being turned into a rabbit himself is a bit of a NoSell until he realizes that Twilight doesn't use the same items he does to shift.
* SensoryOverload: Time gets this when [[spoiler:he looks at the Sheikha Slate through the mask of Truth]].

* TriggerPhrase: A downplayed example. After Wind reveals to the group that he has a little sister, the word noticeably has an effect on Wild, the implication being he had a sister that he can't remember clearly. Unused concept art for Breath of the Wild would have revealed the Wild, before the Calamity, had a younger sister like Wind did.

* WhatTheHellHero: Legend calls Twilight out on his use of Dark Magic. Twilight doesn't really see the problem, since the Twilight Realm ''his'' Dark Magic comes from is very different from the Dark Realm Legend is familiar with.

** The "Shady Escape" arc [[spoiler:has the Links finally learn of how they were brought together, with a monster (who is most likely Dark Link himself assuming another form, given the monster's darker coloration) using a portal similar to the ones that each of the Links traveled through before they first met. The arc then ends with each of the Links following the monster through the portal right before it disappears.]]

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler: The Shadow's weapon is capable of inflicting this, at least by the normal means available to the chain.]]

* BigBrotherMentor: Twilight to Wild. He aided Wild on his own adventures, referencing the Wolf Link Amiibo's use in BotW.

** More sinisterly, one [[ParanoiaFuel small, faint message]] translates to [[spoiler: "someone will die"]]

* BabiesEverAfter: Twilight's very existence makes it a ForegoneConclusion that Time's fate involves this. Time himself briefly acknowledges it after the other Links learn he's married; Four asks him if he has any children and Time says he doesn't 'yet,' giving Twilight a pat on the back.

-->''Hyrule:'' Wow, it's just the idea of marriage. Well, I just didn't think we could-
-->''Time:'' -find basic happiness? It took me years to see through that lie.

* BabiesEverAfter: Twilight's very existence makes it a ForegoneConclusion that Time's fate involves this. Time himself briefly acknowledges it after the other Links learn he's married; Four asks him if he has any children and Time says he doesn't *yet,* giving Twilight a pat on the back.

-->**Hyrule:** Wow, it's just the idea of marriage. Well, I just didn't think we could-//
** Time:** -find basic happiness? It took me years to see through that lie.

-->**Hyrule:** Wow, it's just the idea of marriage. Well, I just didn't think we could-
-->**Time:** -find basic happiness? It took me years to see through that lie.

* Time: TheLeader of the Links (also the oldest) and the Link of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' & ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Well nobody ever told Sky that Cuccos are dangerous, so why ''not'' cuddle the tiny fluffy birds?

** It should be noted that in universe, the only Link to have been referred to by title is Sky. Everyone else is referred to by various other nicknames instead, like Time being called Old Man and Four the blacksmith.

* AffectionateNickname: Twilight in his wolf form is dubbed Wolfie by the Links, most of whom have no clue that the wolf is in fact one of them.

* AlternateTimeline: Time's first adventure caused a three-way split in the timeline. Legend & Hyrule come from a branch where Time fell to Ganon (though Time never personally lived through this, as it was an alternate version of Time who fell). A second branch has Ganon never rise to power, meaning Time's adventure in Hyrule never happened there- Twilight and Four[[note]]despite being three Links combined into one character, Four is confirmed to have fought Ganon, which he only did in FSA, a game in the Child Timeline[[/note]] come from this branch, and it is the branch where Time is living out the rest of his life. The final branch includes the Hyrule Time saved before being sent to the Child Timeline, and it is where Wind comes from. Three Links remain uninvolved in the alternate timelines- Sky comes from a point before Time's adventures, Warriors's spot in the timeline is unconfirmed, and Wild comes from a point after the three timelines reconverge, meaning his adventure was unavoidable regardless of timeline.

* AscendedFanboy: Wind gets to fight alongside none other than the Hero of Time, famed in Wind's hometown so much a tradition revolves around the man. A later comic following the Divine Dark Reflections arc reveals that Wind wasn't quite sure that Time was the same Link as the Hero of Time, and upon confirmation he's pretty happy about it.
* AssassinationAttempt: Warriors meets a merchant who turns out to be a member of the Yiga Clan in disguise. Wild sees through it before the assassin can even reveal his true appearance, countering the Yiga's attempt to stab Warriors with his own blade.

* BabiesEverAfter: Twilight's very existence makes it a ForegoneConclusion that Time's fate involves this. Time himself briefly acknowledges it after the other Links learn he's married; Four asks him if he has any children and Time says he doesn't- yet, emphasizing the yet while giving Twilight a pat on the back.

* BadassAdorable: Wind is still very much a child. That doesn't change the fact that he's very skilled in combat.

* BigBrotherMentor: Twilight to Wild. It's heavily implied that he (as Wolf Link) aided Wild on his own adventures, referencing the Wolf Link Amiibo's use in BotW.

* TheCameo: Several Zelda characters have smaller comics they appear in, including Linkle, Ravio, and Tingle.
* CanineCompanion: Twilight in his wolf form becomes this. Due to most of the Links being unaware of his alternate form, it creates the impression that Wolfie (as he is called) periodically shows up to help the Links.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Twilight in particular- he doesn't use strength-boosting magic items like many other Links, but he's naturally strong enough that he wouldn't need any.

* ChickMagnet: Most of the Links, but Warriors in particular has the most “lady troubles”

* CompositeCharacter: Legend and Four are composites of multiple Links who were all separate people in the official timeline. Wind too, technically, but since ''Wind Waker'' and ''Phantom Hourglass'' already featured the same person in cannon, it's only ''Spirit Tracks'' that's uniquely added to his backstory. The author has yet to reference Spirit Tracks in the comic

* CoolHorse: Epona, as always
* CoolMask: One two-part comic shows Time, Wild, and Wind showing off their various mask collections

* CoveredWithScars: Unlike his game, where the scars [[InformedDeformity are mentioned to exist but never actually seen]], Wild's body is layered in scars and Guardian burns.

** In his game, Wild is given the option to return the affections of his era's incarnation of Zelda, Mipha, neither of them, or both of them. While he seems to be on good (if awkward) terms with his Zelda, it's suggested that it's Mipha whose feelings he seems to reciprocate.

* DoomedByCanon: An odd example. Time is not doomed to die in this series (and in fact, at this point he seems to be the only Link with PlotArmor due to the fact that he has to father a child to continue the family line, as evidenced by Twilight- when and if he will in the series is unrevealed so far). But when he does eventually die, whether that be in Linked Universe or not, he has to die with enough regret and emotional baggage to tether him to the world of the living as the Hero's Shade.
* DoomedPredecessor: An alternate version of Time fell against Ganon, creating the timeline Legend & Hyrule come from. However, while they know a hero fell, the latter two have no clue their leader (or rather, their leader's counterpart from an alternate timeline) is said hero.
* DramaticIrony: Any viewer who has read the Hyrule Historia knows that Time is Twilight's direct ancestor and mentor, the Hero's Shade. The characters themselves seem not to know. Eventually {{Averted|Trope}} with the finale of the Lon Lon Ranch arc, where it is revealed that sometime offscreen, both Time and Twilight figured out the former (though Time likely remains unaware of the latter), with the two Links deciding to keep it a secret from the others.

* ExcusePlot: Dark Link's causing mayhem, which brings the nine Links to (eventually, once they learn of his meddling) try and stop him. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} by the author, who describes the story as "the most general plot." Considering the circumstances, however, the simplicity is somewhat more {{Justified|Trope}}, as originally Linked Universe was supposed to simply be a series of one-shot comics about the Links, with the story idea coming later and also meaning the plot takes a backseat to showing how the Links interact (the main reason behind the work's existence in the first place).

* ForcedTransformation: Technically speaking Twilight's transformation into a wolf is a curse- one he can lift at will, but still a curse brought on by handling an amulet from the Twilight Realm. [[spoiler:When Legend picks it up, he gets [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter stuck as a pink bunny]] until they can figure out how to remove the curse from him.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the Links first learn Time is married, Twilight is implied to have already known. It's later revealed after the debut of Time's wife that Twilight has figured out that Time is his ancestor- of course he'd already know, his entire existence hinges on it!
* TheGadfly: Legend
* TheGhost: Ganon, Midna, various incarnations of Zelda, Ilia, Aryll, Talon, Ingo, Sidon, and Mipha (a literal ghost) are all alluded to, but never shown.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Ganon, who has shaped at least one of every Link's adventures- save for Sky, who had to face Ganon's original incarnation.

* HumbleHero: Hyrule and Sky in particular. Legend and Warriors are the only ones with anything approaching big egos, but even they aren't very arrogant given all they've accomplished

* IconicOutfit: {{Averted|Trope}}. A major part of the Links' designs is that most of them lack the green tunic, and even the ones that do keep the green tunic have a major detail added to make them more diverse (Twilight wears a fur coat on top of his tunic, and Sky has the Sailcloth wrapped around his shoulders).
* IdenticalStranger: All of the Links look rather alike. {{Exploited|Trope}} by Time, who uses the resemblances to send Malon on a guessing game- he tells her that one of them is their descendant (it's Twilight), but refuses to give any details, leaving her to figure it out.

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Sky has Zelda, and if it's anything like canon, so do Hyrule & Wind. Wild remembers Mipha fondly (his relationship with his Zelda is awkward), while Twilight and Legend seem to still be coping with their losses of Midna and Marin respectively. The only Links who lack a love interest seem to be Four and Warriors (though the latter alludes to the fact that he's had encounters with some crazy women in the past, referencing Cia).
* InMediasRes: The Links have already been traveling together for a while when the story begins, with no details being given to how they reacted to meeting each other. Whether their meeting will be shown or not is unknown.

* JustForPun: The reason why the Chosen Hero (Skyward Sword) is the best swordsman of the group
--> '''Author's Notes''': It takes special skill to be able to completely improvise with lighting fast '''motion''' and '''control'''
* KidHero: Though he has noticably aged since his adventures back in the Adult Timeline, Wind is still very much a kid, and thus the other Links have a subconscious need to protect him to the point where Wild [[TakingTheBullet intercepts a near-fatal blow that almost kills him... again.]] Still, this doesn't stop Wind from kicking ass with the best of them.

** Hyrule and Four are the only Links to have never wielded the Master Sword.

** A more ambiguous example with Navi- her fate is unknown, but Time still remembers her, leaving bowls of sugar water outside the ranch in hopes of finding her.
* MeaningfulName: The Links' nicknames refer to their titles, explaining some of the odder ones, such as Hyrule and Warriors.

* MorphicResonance: An inverted example in that transformations leave marks on the ''original'' form if held for too long.
** Time's armor matches the armor he will wear as the Hero's Shade, and he is also missing his eye. It doesn't go unnoticed--the armor is a dead giveaway to Twilight that Time is Twilight's ancestor and eventual SpiritAdvisor. He also has facial marking that match those of the Fierce Deity.
** Twilight has the same markings on his face as his wolf form. He implies that it's because of his continuous transformations.
** When [[spoiler:Legend turns back into a human after being transformed into a rabit, his hair is still pink]]. Twilight says that since he wasn't transformed for long it will fade over time, which it slowly does over the following chapters.

** Time is missing an eye and is wearing a suit of armor- both in reference to the Hero's Shade. He also has facial markings matching the Fierce Deity mask.

** Speaking of Majora's Mask, during the Masks arc, Wild pulls out the mask itself from his game's DLC, the story of which Time is all too familiar with, having done toe-to-toe with Majora, subtly hinting at his fear of the Fierce Deity's Mask Majora had given him right before their fight. When Legend mentions having the same mask, Wild and Time ponder if [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane the Happy Mask Salesman made a bunch of copies of Majora's Mask to turn a profit, or if Majora's Mask itself has]] {{Alternate Counterpart}}s.

** We never actually see or are told how the Links met each other. By the point the comic starts - and even in the doodles posted beforehand - they have all been traveling together for a while.

** The other Links are similarly freaked out when Time starts ''laughing'' uncontrollably. As it turns out, Time's amusement is in disbelief at the thought of his adventures as a kid instilling so much fear in ''[[TheDreaded Ganondorf]]'' that the demon king becomes so unwilling to take chances by the time Wind comes around.

-->'''Time''': As a child, [[SelfDeprecation I was an inconvenience at best]]. Yet here I learn he became so paranoid... Afraid of ''children''... How bitter your humiliation is, Ganondorf. You really ''were'' cowardly enough to curse the generations that come after us. You ''pig''.

* SecretKeeper: Several:
** While Twilight's wolf form is known by every Link, only three know that Twilight ''is'' the wolf- Four, Wild, and Time. Wild likely knows due to Wolf Twilight being a helpful ally to him, while Time likely knows due to the fact that Twilight trusts Time to know (he ''is'' Twilight's ancestor). Though eventually, in the Divine Dark Reflections arc, [[spoiler:Legend learns the truth as well.]]

* SelfImposedChallenge: InUniverse. Four had enough with World's destructive tendencies and says that he'll make an unbreakable sword, with the exact phrase "Challenge accepted". [[spoiler:Wild breaks it before the blade was even completed.]]

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Wild mentions having once had to sneak into the Gerudo community during his quest. Time reveals he also snuck into the community before being granted free access due to impressing the Gerudo with his great stealth (claiming he could sneak in and out as he pleased, escaping capture from the thieves like it was child's play). When he asks Wild how ''he'' snuck into the Gerudo community, Wild, who could only sneak in undetected by ''crossdressing'' as a Hylian woman, simply says he did the same.
* ThousandYardStare: Wild lapses into one of these whenever he has a flashback involving his missing memories.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Legend’s house is just he place where he keeps all the equipment he’s picked up over the years, since he hardly ever visits it.
* TriggerPhrase: A downplayed example. After Wind reveals to the group that he has a sister, the word noticeably has an effect on Wild, the implication being he had a sister that he can't remember clearly. Unused concept art would have revealed the Wild originally had a sister.

** The "Divine Dark Reflections" arc [[spoiler:sees Legend find Twilight's shadow crystal, transforming into his rabbit form from LTTP--but since he left his moon pearl back at camp, where Wild and Four would see him if he tried to sneak past, Twilight suggests they ask Sky to use the Master Sword instead. The event also causes Legend to deduce that Twilight and Wolfie are one and the same, which Twilight finally admits. Legend also alludes to Marin for the first time in front of another Link, and Twilight does the same in regards to Midna]]. The arc then goes into [[spoiler:Dark Link, in the form of a monster, finding the ruins of a camp that Hyrule & Warriors burned down earlier and raising the monsters from the dead, implying that yet another confrontation with the BigBad is imminent- and that this time he won't just run]].

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler: The Shadow's weapon is capable of inflicting this...at least by the normal means available to the chain.]]

** When Wild lapses into a ThousandYardStare while having a flashback involving one of his missing memories, Time laments that his counterpart has "met with a terrible fate," much like he himself did when he first crossed paths with Skull Kid and Majora and was [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a Deku Scrub.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Technically speaking Twilight's transformation into a wolf is a curse- one he can lift at will, but still a curse brought on by handling an amulet from the Twilight Realm. [[spoiler:When Legend picks it up, he gets [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter stuck as a pink bunny]] until they can figure out how to remove the curse from him.]]

* HypocriticalHumor: In "sailcloth" Legend and Warriors tease Sky about the sky cloth he wears as a cape. Then he tells them his Zelda made it, and suddenly they can't get enough of it

* KillerRabbit: The cuccos, as usual. On the Lon Lon Ranch, Legend offers a bag of Rupees (that he stole from Warriors) to anyone willing to handle them. Nobody except Sky (who has never seen a cucco and confuses them for relatives to the peaceful Loftwings) is willing to take him up on his offer.

** WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler: The Shadow's weapon is capable of inflicting this...at least by the normal means available to the chain.]]

** The "Divine Dark Reflections" arc [[spoiler:sees Legend find Twilight's shadow crystal, transforming into his rabbit form from LTTP--but since he left his moon pearl back at camp, where Wild and Four would see him if he tried to sneak past, Twilight suggests they ask Sky to use the Master Sword instead. The event also causes Legend to deduce that Twilight and Wolfie are one and the same, which Twilight finally admits. Legend also alludes to Marin for the first time in front of another Link, and Twilight does the same in regards to Midna]]. The arc then goes into [[spoiler: Dark Link, in the form of a monster, finding the ruins of a camp that Hyrule & Warriors burned down earlier and raising the monsters from the dead, implying that yet another confrontation with the BigBad is imminent- and that this time he won't just run]].

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Wind is more than capable of holding his own, but the others subconsciously seek to protect him [[spoiler: to the point that Wild nearly gets himself killed taking a blow Wind was about to dodge.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Technically speaking Twilight's transformation into a wolf is a curse- one he can lift at will, but still a curse brought on by handling an amulet from the Twilight Realm. [[spoiler: When Legend picks it up, he gets [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter stuck as a pink bunny]] until they can figure out how to remove the curse from him.]]

* BerserkButton: Talk shit about Zelda in front of Wild. Go ahead, we dare you.

* BilingualBonus: Deciphering the glyphs [[spoiler: Time sees when he uses the mask of truth on Wild's sheikah slate]] show the weather and the time, but most of them just say "updating".

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Time is shown to have several love interests throughout his first adventure, namely Saria, Malon, Zelda, Ruto, and Nabooru. Twilight is living proof he gets with ''somebody'' eventually, and that the somebody is likely from Hyrule, but the games never confirm who, or even if it's one of the love interests mentioned above. This series has Time settle down with Malon.

* SecretIdentity: though everyone has seen Twilight’s wolf form, only Time, Wild, and Four know that the wolf is actually Twilight and not just a wolf that follows the group around
** Later, [[spoiler: Legend finds out by seeing Wolf-Twilight through a magic mirror.]]

* SensoryOverload: Time gets this when [[spoiler: he looks at the Sheika Slate through the mask of Truth]]

** Shifting Shadow Part 7: [[spoiler: Twilight in wolf form has the black Lizalfos pinned and is on the verge of killing it when it suddenly transforms into a huge Iron Knuckle, slashing Twilight across the belly with its axe and gravely wounding him.]]

* MorphicResonance: Time's armor matches the armor he will wear as the Hero's Shade. It doesn't go unnoticed--the armor is a dead giveaway to Twilight that Time is Twilight's ancestor and eventual SpiritAdvisor.

** Time is missing an eye and is wearing a suit of armor- both in reference to the Hero's Shade.

** Speaking of Majora's Mask, during the Masks arc, Wild pulls out the mask itself from his game's DLC, the story of which Time is all too familiar with, having done toe-to-toe with Majora, subtly hinting at his fear of the Fierce Deity's Mask Majora had given him right before their fight. When Legend mentions having the same mask, Wild and Time ponder if [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane the Happy Mask Salesman made a bunch of copies of Majora's Mask to turn a profit, or if Majora's Mask itself has]] AlternateCounterparts.
* NoodleIncident: According to Time, the loss of his eye (the reason of which is in and of itself a mystery) is not even the worst injury he's gotten.

** While Twilight's wolf form is known by every Link, only three know that Twilight ''is'' the wolf- Four, Wild, and Time. Wild likely knows due to Wolf Twilight being a helpful ally to him, while Time likely knows due to the fact that Twilight trusts Time to know (he ''is'' Twilight's ancestor). Though eventually, in the Divine Dark Reflections arc, [[spoiler: Legend learns the truth as well.]]

* BreakableWeapons: Wild, as expected. Eventually Four decides to make him a sword that ''won't'' break on him. Time will tell if he succeeds.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Twilight in particular- he doesn't use strength-boosting magic items like many other Links, but he's naturally strong enough that he wouldn't need any

* ImpairmentShot: Just before Twilight collapses in "Sunset pt. 3," his wooziness is depicted via warped speech balloons from the other characters and a pale, fuzzy POV image.