Line #22 TearJerker/TheLegendOfZelda


1	[[index]]
2	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast
3	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening
4	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime
5	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask
6	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames
7	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker
8	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap
9	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess
10	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass
11	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks
12	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword
13	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds
14	* TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild
15	** TearJerker/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom
16	* Tearjerker/HyruleWarriors
17	* Tearjerker/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity
18	[[/index]]
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20	!!Four Swords Manga
21	* Shadow Link being genuinely saddened when he learns that [[spoiler: Vio]] was never on his side.
22	* When Link's father found his son unconscious in the castle. [[spoiler:It's Shadow Link]].
23	* [[spoiler:Shadow Link's]] death. [[spoiler:He knew that by sacrificing himself for a world that would never appreciate what he'd done, would never care for a "shadow" like him. That he was casting away his life for a bunch of ungrateful and unknowing people who would celebrate the four Heroes, and yet he still did it because he wanted to show them he was a hero, too; that [[DarkIsNotEvil not all dark things were bad]].]] The most heart-breaking part of this was when the four Links are gathered around the [[spoiler:dying Shadow]], and they talk about him. Violet even refers to them, the four heroes of light, as [[spoiler:Shadow's]] family. Despite him being what he was and what he did.
24	* When the time comes for the Link's to return the Four Swords back into one. The boys are sad after having come to see each other as more like brothers, rather than just facets of one person.
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26	!!Skyward Sword Manga
27	* The death of [[spoiler:the first Link.]] Although Skyloft was successfully lifted away to the sky, [[spoiler:Link, who suffered betrayal and imprisonment for years, is mortally wounded and chooses not to join his comrades. As Link lays dying on the surface, he admits that he wanted to go up to the sky and fly with the Loftwings, but his wounds made it impossible for him to do so.]] The scene becomes even more heartbreaking when Goddess Hylia discovers [[spoiler:the recently-deceased Link lying nearby and mourns for her hero's passing, revealing that Link's imprisonment was intentional as a means to turn him into [[TheChampion her chosen hero]]. [[TheAtoner Regretting her actions]], she swears to Link that his spirit shall be reborn while [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword she shall shed her divinity so that they shall meet each other again as simple humans.]]]]
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29	!!Ocarina of Time Manga
30	* When Link has to kill Volvagia even though [[spoiler:it was his childhood pet that he bought before drawing the Master Sword]]. This, along with the cuteness of [[spoiler:Volvagia in Link's childhood]], finishing with Volvagia's dying words being [[spoiler:"Link"]], it's enough to make an adult man cry.
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32	!!Others
33	* The Game Over screens in any of the 3D games. Seeing Link fall down while depressing music plays in the background and the words "Game Over" fade into the screen is especially bad in games [[DeathOfAChild where Link is established to be a young child]]. Spirit Tracks' game over screen is the worst because the overworld theme is suddenly being slowed down and symbolizing your failure, rather than your adventure throughout the land.
34	** Also from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', getting a Game Over while on the train needs special mention. Think about it: The train is blowing up, Link is (probably) laying unconscious, and Spirit-Zelda is is shrieking "AAAAAAAHH! LINK!", completely unable to do anything about it due to her status as a ghost. Even though the game has no real voice acting, Zelda's shriek can still echo on the mind. Things get even worse when you have Teacher with you, who is so frantically worrying over Zelda and searching for her endlessly when you could assure him that he's fretting too much, but won't. And things get even worse than that if you crash while he's on the train. During the resulting explosion, he'll state a final line in which he can actually see Princess Zelda. Who happens to be a ghost. '''''Christ.'''''
35	*** Should you run out of time to finish a phase during the fight with the Demon Train, the tracks will end and the Spirit Train will fall into the abyss of darkness below. Something about the camera zooming out from the empty spirit tracks as the sad music starts is actually worse than it zooming out from the burning wreckage of the train.
36	** The Game Over screen from VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThXvLA4IcfU is basically telling you to cry.]]
37	* Ataru Cagiva's Link's Awakening manga has quite a moment. It's bad enough in the game when [[spoiler:[[DreamApocalypse the island disappears and everyone on it vanishes]]]], but the manga does it one better. [[spoiler:[[YouCantFightFate Link KNOWS the island will disappear when he wakes the Wind Fish]], so once he gets all the instruments, he goes back to the village and spends the whole day with hanging out with Marin in a completely silent montage scene. When he's leaving to wake the Wind Fish the next morning, Marin comes out to say goodbye to him. [[CannotSpitItOut Link grabs her shoulders and just looks into her face for a moment with a pained expression on his face, saying nothing.]] It's the last time he'll ever see her.]] Geez Cagiva, was the game too warm and sunny for ya?
38	* The ''Zelda II'' manga by Ran Maru runs into this quite a few times. It's bad enough that [[spoiler: the first game's Zelda]] is crucified and killed off midway through the story, but later on the body reappears in a brief HopeSpot, only to be dissolved in a lava pit shortly after.
39	** On a slightly less tragic note, [[spoiler: a large monster Link befriends]] suffers a similar fate after performing a HeroicSacrifice. When Link looks over the cliff, only its burning ribbon remains. However, they [[DisneyDeath reappear at the very end]], with the implication that the Triforce was involved.
40	* [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 The cartoon]] has "[[Recap/TheLegendOfZelda1989E12TheMissingLink The Missing Link]]", where Ganon captures Link when he was aiming for Zelda, leaving the princess distraught. Worse is that only Link's body was captured, leaving his spirit to wander as a ghost until Zelda can reunite them. Zelda, who's unaware at first that he's still alive, can actually be seen ''[[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther mourning his loss]]'' after the battle is over.
41	* The timeline in general can be this for certain games; specifically those that involve another world entirely like Majora's Mask and A Link Between Worlds. You may have saved Termina and Lorule in one timeline, but their fate in the other timelines is left entirely ambiguous due to there being no game in the other timelines involving those places. Who's going to stop the moon from crashing in the decline timeline? What's become of Lorule without its Triforce in the child timeline? Until we get a definitive answer, it's likely to assume the worst for these two...
42	** And what of Hyrule itself? Even if the hero of a respective era manages to clean up the messes left behind, each of the three timelines involves the fall of the kingdom in some way. In the Decline timeline, the Hero of Time is defeated and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast the sages are forced to seal Ganon away, resulting in the Sacred Realm's century-long corruption]]. In the Adult timeline, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Ganon returns and the gods themselves see no choice but to flood the entire kingdom, creating the Great Sea in the process]]. And the Child timeline, though it went the longest without a true fall, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild still has the potential to end with the Guardians and Sacred Beasts being corrupted by Calamity Ganon, leaving its Hero, its king, its champions, and several innocent lives dead]]. And that last one applies to to ''[[FromBadToWorse all three timelines, anyway]]''. No matter what timeline you're in, Hyrule is bound to suffer its decline, and in most of the timelines, twice.
43	* The tragic character that is Ganondorf. This is a man who, no matter what he does or where he's born, is destined to be evil. It's never a question of if but a question of when. Any time you possibly see him in a game happy with a family or trying to be a good king.... it won't matter because in the end, due to Demise's curse, he'll never be free from his dark desires.
44	** It becomes worse [[FridgeHorror when you realise]] that somewhere in the timeline, there had to have been at least one version of Ganondorf [[ScrewDestiny who knew what would inevitably happen to him and tried to escape or fight it]], only to succumb anyway BecauseDestinySaysSo.

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