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5	[[caption-width-right:350:"Damn it, Ganondorf, this is a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] game, not VideoGame/RavingRabbids!"]]
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11	->''"Straight up, the only reason [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames the Phillips CD-i Zelda titles]] are considered to have exceptionally bad dialogue is because they're fully voiced. There's dialogue in the mainline Zelda titles that'd be far more [[YouTubePoop YTP]]-worthy than anything in Faces of Evil if it were to be spoken by an actual human being, and deep down I think we all know it.\
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13	People in the notes are acting like I must be talking about the [[BlindIdiotTranslation broken English]] in the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI NES]] [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink games]] as though literally everything that comes out of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Sidon’s]] mouth doesn’t qualify."''
14	-->--'''[[https://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/189901554027/prokopetz-straight-up-the-only-reason-the David J Prokopetz]]'''
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16	* This goes all the way back to the original Famicom Disk System version of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''. As seen on [[https://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda/Console_Differences#Audio this comparison page]], most of the sound effects in the Japanese version starting with "Sword Shooting" sound rather goofy in comparison to the NES versions.
17	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''
18	** You have Ganondorf's last bit of dialogue: "CURSE YOU ZELDA!!! CURSE YOU SAGES!!! CURSE YOU... LINK!!!" Not helped by the face he makes, which is even somewhat reminiscent of ''[[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h3k5EAN97wE/hqdefault.jpg CD-i Ganon's infamous face.]]'' Unless you used all-caps for your name (which would go against the game's naming convention), his last sentence is actually written as "CURSE YOU...Link!"
19	** Sheik getting tossed around like a rag doll in the scene where Kakariko is on fire. It's otherwise a very serious part of the game, but that animation just looks ''ridiculous''.
20	** Adult Link's default spawn on starting up the game is at the Temple of Time. If you turned off the game after releasing the last Sage, it will automatically start the cutscene with Sheik in the Temple when you start the game up again. If you were still wearing your Iron Boots when you saved and turned off, Link will still be wearing them in the cutscene. Complete with loud clanking footsteps, all the time.
21	* In the [=3DS=] remake of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', an additional bit of text was added when you run out of time and the Moon destroys Termina. "And so the angry moon fell from the sky, annihilating this world and its many inhabitants. All items and such gained these last three days are lost." The first sentence on its own would have served as a powerful final curtain, really illustrating just how badly the player has bungled it. However, the fact that the game mixes the devastating narrative with the gameplay consequences unintentionally sound like an ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gag: "The world's been destroyed! Everyone died! And I lost all my items, too!" Not only that, but ''it even advises that you [[SaveScumming exit the game and reboot it]]'' in order to reverse the effects of the apocalypse.
22	* Even ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', despite the humor relying heavily on slapstick anyway, managed to have a short narm scene in the final boss battle, when Ganondorf attacks Tetra. Upon seeing it, Link snaps into a weird, somewhat angry-ish, facial expression for a split second... It's obviously meant to look badass because now ItsPersonal, but ended up looking more like Link just saw him [[StuffedIntoALocker cramming someone into a locker]] at school and is about to run and tell a teacher, not like Ganondorf smacked his closest friend brutally to the ground.
23	* In an effort to punctuate the [[HijackedByGanon totally unsurprising fact]] that he is, [[TheManBehindTheMan in fact]], TheDragon, and not the BigBad: [[spoiler:Zant, the Twilight King of]] ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' shifts from his excellent creepiness of all previous scenes to [[spoiler:''jumping around and clucking like a chicken'' during his boss fight]].
24	** There was actually quite a bit of this in ''Twilight Princess''. The example that comes to mind is the scene (which [[NarmCharm straddles the line]] between Narm and NightmareFuel) where one of the spirits is [[spoiler:warning Link that the fused shadows could corrupt him]]; it brings to mind cardboard props in a god-awful 3rd-grade school play. Not to mention the moment during said scene where a Link who appears to be suffering from cataracts lets loose TheScream.
25	** The best part? At the end of that scene, a bunch of laughing Ilias start raining from the sky while Link watches on, wearing an expression on his face that clearly shows he's high as a kite.
26	** Midna getting ragdolled into the outer walls of Hyrule Castle by the Fused Shadows (which are way too big for her imp form) stuck around her head happens to look very silly.
27	** The anguished scream [[spoiler:Ganondorf]] lets out after receiving the CoupDeGrace is rendered unintentionally funny by the closeup on [[spoiler:his]] ridiculous, wide-open "Muppet" mouth.
28	* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'':
29	** Ghirahim's little "ThatMakesMeFeelAngry" tirade during your first meeting with him. FURIOUS! OUTRAGED! SICK WITH ANGER!
30	** Not helping matters is his over-the-top feminine look resembling Music/LadyGaga, which works against the seriousness of his scenes.
31	** The scene where [[spoiler:Link and Zelda finally reunite after going through the Gate of Time]] is very heartwarming and tear-jerky... except for the fact that in one of the expressions Link uses his eyes get ''very'' wide, to the point that he looks like he's high as a kite.
32	* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'': Any scariness [[spoiler:Ganon's beast form]] might have had is instantly killed by his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ragYtsaAScc#t=1270 ridiculous walking animation]]. Slamming his fists into the ground, bobbing his head up and down, cheerfully sending {{mooks}} flying as he goes, he looks like he's trying to prance!
33	** Volga the DragonKnight becomes a bit harder to take seriously when his voice actor actually yells "RAWR!" out loud.
34	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'', after [[spoiler:killing Sonia]], Ganondorf breaks out into a glorious, ear-to-ear troll smile that would give ''[[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Beatrice]]'' a run for her money, and [[EvilLaugh laughs]].
35	* The [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CD-i games]] have so much of this that they're hard to take seriously. Among the more famous goof-ups are the [[LargeHam hammy voice acting]], [[OffModel the bad animation]] and quite a few silly lines. Take for example...
36	** "I'm so hungry, I could eat an Octorok!"
37	** "You DARE bring LIGHT to my LAIR? You must DIE!"
38	** "Join me, Link, and I will make your face[[note]][[ItMakesSenseInContext referring to the giant Rushmore-esque faces Ganon built for each of his minions]][[/note]] the grrrrrrrreatest in Koridai... or else you will DIE!" Ganon's WeCanRuleTogether speech loses what menace it had immediately afterwards when he lunges at the camera while making what is probably [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ganon_die.jpg the single most narmish face in the entire game]]. It seems to have been intentionally drawn as ridiculously as possible.

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