Line #21 YMMV/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames


1	-> '''King Harkinian:''' Zelda, Duke Onkled is under attack by the YMMV tropes of Ganon! I'm going to Gamelon to aid him.\
2	'''Zelda:''' But father, what if something happens to you?\
3	'''King Harkinian:''' I'll take the Triforce of Tropes to protect me! If you don't hear from me in a month, send [[Administrivia/PermanentRedLinkClub Red Link]]!
4	----
5	* AccidentalInnuendo:
6	** The bad guys are fond of these.
7	--->'''Militron:''' You must be hardened with fire!\
8	'''Hektan:''' YES, Master...
9	** Mostly thanks to YouTubePoop:
10	--->'''Zelda:''' Luckily, my magic pouch can carry as much as you want.
11	** Link gives us this gem:
12	--->'''Link:''' Great, I'll grab my stuff!
13	** Alora's "You're not afraid of dragons, are you?" Given that the quest she gives involves slaying a dragon to retrieve her stolen necklace, the line was meant to be taken literally. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Out of context]], the tone of her voice and swagger in her walk make it appear as though she's referring to [[BigBeautifulWoman herself]] as the "dragon".
14	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
15	** It's not clear if Harlequin's power is invisibility or teleportation, so players tend to form their own opinion.
16	** Did Duke Onkled betray the King out of corruption or was he threatened into doing so? After all, this is Ganon we're talking about here. Judging by his threat to Link in ''Faces of Evil'', he does not take people turning down his offers for them to join him lying down. In addition, Duke Onkled's pleas that Zelda and the King go easy on him can as easily be interpreted as regretting his actions and hoping they won't punish him too harshly as it is a desperate move of saving his own skin.
17	* AngstWhatAngst:
18	** During ''Wand of Gamelon'' (although justified as the Triforce of Wisdom promises The King will safely return):
19	--->'''Impa:''' Oh, my! Your father has been captured!\
20	'''Zelda:''' ...What about Link?
21	** Lord Kiro's reaction to being captured isn't ''quite'' as emotional as you'd expect.
22	--->'''Ganon:''' You are my prisoner!\
23	'''Lord Kiro:''' Hey!
24	** [[AbhorrentAdmirer Alora]] doesn't seem too unhappy about her husband's transformation into an [[AbominableSnowman Abominom]], and is much more concerned with Link getting her necklace back from the dragon Gleeok.
25	* AntiClimaxBoss: Every boss in ''Wand of Gamelon'' (and a few in ''Faces of Evil'') is killed in one hit from the weapon they are specifically weakest against. This includes Ganon, the final boss, who gets sealed in a book in ''The Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon''. Even though the weapon he's weak against is only a book in the former.
26	* AssPull:
27	** ''It is written: Only Link can defeat Ganon.'' The prophecy is unbelievably absurd in its excessive simplicity and exact specification as well as the casual way it gets said by Gwonam. Not to mention that the quote is directly contradicted by ''Wand of Gamelon'', where Zelda easily defeats Ganon using the same method Link does.
28	** The line "Duke Onkled betrayed the king!" comes out of nowhere, yet Zelda says she knew even though this is the first time it's brought up. It feels like there was a scene of Zelda learning about the betrayal elsewhere beforehand that was cut.
29	** At the end of ''Wand of Gamelon'', Link turns out to have been trapped in Alma's mirror with no explanation whatsoever.
30	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Contrasting with the animation quality, [[https://www.robd.com/cdi-1 Rob Dunlavey]] and Thom Curry's hand-painted backgrounds (besides in the intro and endings) are beautiful.
31	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
32	** Say what you will of the rest of the games, but a lot of the music in ''Wand of Gamelon'' and ''Faces of Evil'' is very cool and catchy, if a bit inconsistent with the Zelda series. Check it out [[https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=129497C6AFC310E3 here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1AB884FB0DFC5CB9 here]].
33	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMRetaUI4oA The MIDI track]] that was submitted as the Overworld theme for ''Zelda's Adventure'' which actually isn't that (there isn't one, actually), which was remixed by a different composer for ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdIIAssimilation''.
34	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In ''Zelda's Adventure'', one of the forests has a ''freaky''-looking mushroom character (like a Goomba with a dopey human face) that appears seemingly just to warn Zelda about Moblins... an enemy that Zelda has already encountered numerous times already. Meaning this character is completely pointless, and doesn't become important at any other point in the game.
35	* CommonKnowledge:
36	** Thanks to [[ZeroEffortBoss how infamously easy Ganon is]] in both ''Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon'', it's commonly said that every boss in the games is able to be one-hit killed. This is true for ''Wand of Gamelon'', but every boss in ''Faces of Evil'' can stand multiple hits from their weakness aside from Glutko and Ganon, though they still aren't very challenging compared to their dungeons.
37	** Almost everyone believes that Lord Kiro is one of the king's soldiers when, in reality, he's a nobleman from Gamelon. It's not helped by the fact that barely anyone knows that his name is Lord Kiro (he's called "Fari" in [=YouTube=] Poops) and the fact that he acts loyal to the king the same way you'd expect an underling to be.
38	** It's widely believed that the last cutscene of ''Wand of Gamelon'' takes place in Hyrule, since the background is similar to the intro which does take place in there. In reality, the fact that the cutscene plays right after Zelda defeats Ganon and saves the king means that the characters are still in Ganon's lair, in Gamelon.
39	* CriticalBacklash: [[http://hg101.kontek.net/zeldacdi/zeldacdi.htm Some of the people]] who have actually played the games contend that that they aren't as bad as they're made out to be. They say that the poorly-animated cutscenes distract from the OK gameplay, and that they're actually some of the better titles for the CD-i. Considering the average quality of CD-i games, though, [[DamnedByFaintPraise that may not be saying much]].
40	* CrossesTheLineTwice: When Zelda kills Hektan:
41	-->'''Hektan:''' YOU'VE ''KILLED'' ME!\
42	'''Zelda:''' [[ComedicSociopathy Good]].
43	* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Sort of. It's more or less universally agreed upon the only thing remotely enjoyable about the games (or just the first two games), is the SoBadItsGood cutscenes, which achieved a practically legendary memetic status. The actual gameplay is considered forgettable at best, or unplayably bad if using the original intended control scheme.
44	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
45	** Morshu is very popular, despite having only two lines of dialogue in the entire game. ''[[MemeticMutation Mmmmm!]]''
46	** King Harkinian is only really important to the storyline of ''Wand of Gamelon'', and not very much at that. He only ever shows up in the intros and endings of the games. However, he's one of the staples of [=YouTube=] Poop. People have also taken to appreciating [[NiceGuy his characterization]] in a sincere manner, pointing out that he [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething doesn't hesitate to aid those in need]], doesn't take times of peace for granted, and displays mercy and compassion through punishing high treason with community service when he could easily have had Duke Onkled executed.
47	** Militron is one of the most popular bosses of the game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThXIioyZ5E probably because he actually looks badass and has one of the better voice actors]] [[DamnedByFaintPraise (which, admittedly, is not saying much).]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuJJKDXs0 Well, at least his armour.]]
48	** Suprena, the Ice Queen, since she's one of the few characters that can be taken seriously. If one ignores her [[RhymingWithItself repetitive rhymes]], that is.
49	** From ''Zelda's Adventure'', we have Lort and Pasquinade. The former because [[WebVideo/GameGrumps the Grumps']] fight against him contained some of the [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funniest moments]] of the playthrough, and the latter for being MindScrew personified.
50	** Mayor Cravendish gets plenty of mileage in [=YouTube=] Poops thanks to one line: "This is illegal, you know."
51	* FanNickname:
52	** The games themselves are collectively known as "The Unholy Triforce."
53	** Lord Kiro is mostly known as "Fari", which originated from the YTP [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMs3yJBNjtw "Zelda has a Boyfriend"]]. Also "The Spaniard", because of his looks.
54	** Harbanno the baker is known as "George".
55	** [[SdrawkcabName Ushrom]] for the ''Wand of Gamelon'' shopkeep who don't have a canon name.
56	** Gwonam is sometimes referred to as "Squadallah Guy" or also "Skwalala" among French people.
57	* {{Fanon}}:
58	** A strange example that crosses over with another CD-i game and only occurs in [=YTPs=], but it's basically a staple of the genre to use [[VideoGame/HotelMario Ludwig's Castle Hotel]] as the King's castle, since there are no shots of the actual thing that could be used instead (usually the sign claiming it as Ludwig's Castle Hotel isn't even changed). The King in particular is the subject of a lot of fanon, including his ownership of a 'dinner blaster' (a gun that fires burgers) and his own brand of cereal, Munf Munf.
59	** Lord Kiro is almost always named Fari in videos, stemming from a YTP which named him that so they could reverse Gwonam's "We're off!" line to form the word without needing sentence mixing. Many character names weren't commonly known in the early days of YTP, so it easily caught on. Due to his name not being known, he also usually got depicted as a retainer to the King, rather than a nobleman.
60	* FanonWelding: A ton of [=YouTube=] Poops cross this game over with ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' and ''VideoGame/IMMeen'' due to all three games sharing an animation studio, and therefore [[MemeticMutation meme potential]]. There’s also a ton of people who [[CommonKnowledge incorrectly assume]] I.M. Meen is from the ''Zelda CD-i'' games.
61	* FountainOfMemes: '''Absolutely everyone.''' Nearly every line is quotable for good reason. King Harkinian, Gwonam and Morshu are the most famous.
62	* GoddamnedBats: The awful layout and responsiveness of the CD-i Controller will make many of the enemies in the game into highly stressful annoyances to deal with such as the ones that fly (Arpagos, Jawbees, Keeses) and the ones which are difficult to hit even when you're crouching (Bots, Lowders). Even worse is that some of them respawn indefinitely, forcing you to constantly stay on guard for them.
63	* HamAndCheese: Mark Berry's gloriously hammy performances of King Harkinian and Ganon definitely made the mediocre cutscenes easier to sit through.
64	--> '''Ganon:''' YOU ''DARE'' BRING ''LIGHT'' TO MY LAIR?! ''YOU MUST DIE!!''
65	* HardLevelsEasyBosses: To a ridiculous degree in ''Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon''. Levels have many cheap traps, platforms that are hard to be seen, darkness that forces the players to use the lantern and enemies coming from everywhere to ram you. Bosses are no tougher than normal enemies and some of them die in a single hit.
66	* HilariousInHindsight:
67	** Link's "I'm so hungry, I could eat an Octorok," line is even more hilarious in light of the fact that in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Link can cook the body parts of dead Octoroks to use in elixirs. However, attempting to cook only Octorok parts together to make a whole Octorok will get you Dubious Food.
68	*** One of the melee weapons in that game is a Wooden Mop, meaning Link too can now scrub all the floors in Hyrule.
69	** ''Link: The Faces of Evil'' involves [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind a hero being sent by the ruler of his kingdom to a distant island nation to fulfill a prophecy. While there, he uses magical artifacts to save said island from an evil demigod residing in a mountain, who has been transforming the residents of the island into monsters]].
70	** In ''Wand of Gamelon'', [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime the king of Hyrule stupidly ignores his daughter's advice, trusts a man who betrays him, and nearly dooms all of Hyrule in the process]].
71	** ''Wand of Gamelon'' isn't the last time that Zelda, who is nearly always portrayed as a magic user, would [[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess pick]] up [[VideoGame/HyruleWarriors a sword]].
72	** "My ship sails in the morning" is one of The King's most memetic quotes. In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', [[spoiler:The King of Hyrule takes the form of a sentient boat called "The King of Red Lions"]].
73	** In ''Wand of Gamelon'', Ganon shouts "you must die!" before shooting lightning from his fingertips, well before Palpatine said "you will die!" while shooting lightning from his fingers in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
74	** The King's "MAH BOI" was said in a similar fashion by [[VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked Gleeman Vox]].
75	** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Corrin's]] victory quotes in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' include "I win!" for male Corrin and "Good." for female Corrin. Their voice inflections making them sound like CD-i Link and Zelda respectively has not gone unnoticed by fans. Also, their equivalent quotes in Japanese were both "That's game," making the differently gendered quotes seem like a conscious localization in-joke.
76	** These games wouldn't be the only ones to be [[VideoGame/CadenceOfHyrule made by a developer outside of Japan and feature Zelda as a playable character]].
77	** "That old Ganon is no match for the King!" is incredibly prophetic regarding two different kings of Hyrule:
78	*** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', [[spoiler:Ganondorf's plan to use the whole Triforce is derailed when King Daphnes hijacks Ganondorf's wish shortly after reuniting the three pieces]].
79	*** In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', King Rhoam is playable [[spoiler:and can potentially help defeat Calamity Ganon in the final battle as a result of being SparedByTheAdaptation]].
80	** Gwonam from ''The Faces of Evil'' is an Arabian-looking wizard with green-tinted skin and a large jewel displayed on his forehead, all traits matching [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ganondorf.]] [[note]]Technically, Nintendo developers already conceptualized Ganondorf as coming from a Muslim background as far back as A Link to The Past, but it's unlikely the CDI developers knew this.[[/note]]
81	** The name "Unholy Triforce" fans have made becomes even more hilarious when you realize one game (Faces of Evil) has Link as the hero, backed up by a prophecy (Courage), one game (Wand of Gamelon) has Zelda save both Link and her father at once (Wisdom) and one (Zelda's Adventure) has an intimidating Ganon who can actually put up a fight (Power). This FanNickname is brilliant.
82	** Glutko resembles an anthropomorphic version of the Frox enemies from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'', down to eating people whole and being vulnerable to bombs.
83	* HoYay: A UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} relationship is frequently seen as existing between [[KissingCousins the King and Duke Onkled]]. [[YouTubePoop Poopers]] jump on this quite often with videos such as ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZL6YHLwn9M The King's Secret]]''. Although, to be fair, in that vid ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice everybody]]'' is gay.
84	-->'''Duke Onkled:''' Please, Your Omnipotence, have mercy!
85	* IconicCharacterForgottenTitle: The game starring Link is actually titled ''Link: The Faces of Evil'' not ''The Legend of Zelda: The Faces of Evil''.
86	* InferredHolocaust: The cutscenes establish that most of the enemies the player fights are civilians brainwashed and transformed by Ganon's minions. But that doesn't stop Link and Zelda from killing every enemy on their path and the game never points out that you are killing brainwashed innocent people.
87	* ItWasHisSled: When [[YouTubePoop poopers]] still went to Quebec Gamers to obtain material to edit, the ''only'' scenes most knew about were the beginning and end. It wasn't until later when the rest of the games went [[FountainOfMemes memetic]]. As a result, everybody knows that Duke Onkled is a traitor and has been secretly working together with Ganon as opposed to being attacked by him. In fact, this is probably the one thing most people know about him.
88	* KarmicOverkill: Despite being a ruthless follower of Ganon and a BadBoss to his men, Hektan can elicit some sympathy from viewers thanks to his rather graphic death, which is only bolstered by Zelda's flippant reaction.
89	* MainstreamObscurity: Mostly known for [=YouTube=] Poops. Very few have actually ''played'' the CD-i games, though this is mostly because they were originally released for [[Platform/PhilipsCDi an unpopular system]] that few owned and sees little in terms of emulation efforts, meaning one has to go out of their way to play them. Of course, it doesn't help that even if one were willing to play them on original hardware, it would be expensive to do so.
90	* MemeticBadass:
91	** Some [=YouTube=] Poops depict King Harkinian as a powerful fighter. One particular [=YouTube=] Poop popularized the idea that he has a big gun called the "Dinner Blaster" which is a futuristic-looking cannon (whose general design [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on the artist]]) that either shoots food or laser beams. There are also people who say half-seriously, half-jokingly that King Harkinian is objectively the best King of Hyrule in the whole ''Zelda'' franchise, and try to prove it by listing all of his qualities.
92	** Morshu's two lines are popular among YTPMV community, and have been sentence-mixed into covers of several rap songs (including [[https://youtu.be/kllk4Dqe8As this cover]] of ''[[Music/{{Eminem}} Rap God]]''). The impressive sentence-mixing combined with the sometimes ''insane'' speeds he raps in has resulted in commenters seeing Morshu as the greatest rapper of all time, with whom even the biggest names in the industry couldn't possibly compete. He's [[https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/comments/kfgawn/cdi_morshu_is_listed_as_a_musical_artist_on_google/ even listed as a "musical artist" on Google]], as well as having his line used in a text-to-speech app that has him [[https://youtu.be/GTh5J0HsIAg?si=VZV_N3e4sy56qH3m read the entirety of the holy bible]].
93	** There exists a small sub-category of [=YouTube=] Poops called "[=YTP RPGs=]", which are animations of fake [=RPG-battles=] that often involve the CD-i characters fighting each other with powerful flashy attacks that they don't have in their source material. The characters' skills are often based on already existing memes about them.
94	* MemeticLoser: ''Wand of Gamelon''/''Faces of Evil'' Ganon.[[note]]His incarnation in ''Zelda's Adventure'', while still basic as a FinalBoss, is actually respectably presented, and thus avoids this trope.[[/note]] Whereas the other characters are interpreted as varying levels of MemeticBadass, Ganon is [[NeverLiveItDown stuck being known as the supposed dark lord]] [[AntiClimaxBoss that's killed in one hit]] [[ThrowTheBookAtThem by a book]]. Along with his [[EvilIsHammy ridiculous acting]] and [[NightmareRetardant pitiful attempts at being intimidating]], he comes of as a ''far'' cry from the embodiment of evil seen in the canon games.
95	* MemeticMolester:
96	** Thanks to one of his lines in ''Wand of Gamelon'' made very questionable via mishearing ("Keep the cunt[[note]]It's supposed to be "the runt"[[/note]] in chains!"), this incarnation of Ganon is seen as one. Not to mention there's the scene where he kidnaps a sleeping Zelda in ''The Faces of Evil''...
97	** Ushrom's rather creepy mannerisms as well as 50% of his dialogue in his only appearance of the CD-i games (as well as the entire ''Zelda'' franchise) being misinterpreted as something '''''much''''' worse has earned him this status as well.
98	** With [=YouTube=] Poop, anyone can be turned into this.
99	* MemeticMutation: This has happened to all of the content from the cutscenes thanks to YouTubePoop.
100	** [[FunetikAksent MAH BOI!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The King is actually saying "My Boy". The King's lines are often a source of parody videos on Website/YouTube. The screenshot often used, with the King raising his pointer finger, is actually from when he says "...strive ''for''".[[/labelnote]]
101	*** "This peace is what all true warriors strive for." [[labelnote:Explanation]]The line said directly after the above, and the source of the King's pointer finger image.[[/labelnote]]
102	** "I wonder what's for dinner?" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another oft-parodied line by the King. It's one of two namers behind the "[=SpaDinner=]" subgenre of YouTubePoop, since many of those videos like to replace random words with "dinner".[[/labelnote]]
103	** "After you've scrubbed all the floors in Hyrule, then we can talk about mercy!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The King's punishment to Duke Onkled after the latter begs for mercy. Typically, the punishment is replaced with something else in [=YouTube=] Poops.[[/labelnote]]
104	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMYgcS53Ezk King Harkinian and Zelda's laugh]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] King Harkinian and Zelda's faces are seriously OffModel and the first part of King Harkinian's laugh has been used as reaction sound effects or remixed into songs. Just like in the game, their laughter is also used to end the video in most Zelda CD-I Youtube Poops.[[/labelnote]]
105	** "Squadala! We're off!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Gwonam, a wizard from ''The Faces of Evil'' as he flies off with his carpet. Gwonam's scenes are some of the most popular to edit in [=YTPs=], with this line being the most popular.[[/labelnote]]
106	** "Lamp oil? Rope? Bombs? You want it? It's yours, my friend, as long as you have enough rubies." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Morshu, the storekeeper from ''The Faces of Evil'', when talking to him.[[/labelnote]]
107	*** "Sorry, Link. I can't ''give'' credit. Come back when you're a little... MMMMM... ''richer''!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Morshu's second line when trying to buy something too expensive. Made famous thanks to his MMMMM being used in plenty of remix videos.[[/labelnote]]
108	*** "[Person] explaining why [they did some humorous and/or offensive thing]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A meme format where a caption along these lines is put above a sped-up GIF animation of Morshu's [[MilkingTheGiantCow greeting cutscene]].[[/labelnote]]
109	** "[[DisproportionateRetribution You DARE bring light to my lair?! YOU MUST DIE!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Line said by Ganon once you face him in ''The Wand of Gamelon''. [=YouTube=] Poops will swap out "light" with anything else.[[/labelnote]]
110	** "Join me, Link, and I will make your face the GREATEST in Koridai! Or else you will '''DIE'''."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Line said by Ganon once you face him in ''The Faces of Evil''. The "die" in this line and the one above are often used in videos whenever someone dies.[[/labelnote]]
111	** "'''NO'''! Not into the pit! IT BUUUUUURNNSSS!!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ganon's last words in ''The Faces of Evil''. Whenever something involves fire or burning, this line can be expected.[[/labelnote]]
112	** "I can't ''wait'' to bomb some Dodongos!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Link's lines at the beginning of ''The Faces of Evil'', which caught on and, like most of these quotes, has been frequently mutated in YTP.[[/labelnote]]
113	** "Gee, it sure is boring around here." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Link's very first line in ''The Faces of Evil'', which is often edited or mutated so Link can call other things boring.[[/labelnote]]
114	** "This is illegal, you know!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Mayor Cravendish, a character in ''The Wand of Gamelon'', which is typically used in [=YouTube=] Poops when something illegal or questionably legal occurs.[[/labelnote]]
115	** [[WebVideo/GameGrumps ♫Looks like you've got]] [[WithLyrics a baby penis...♫]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Lyrics for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GC1MR8q5oM overworld map theme]] from ''The Wand of Gamelon'', courtesy of [[Music/NinjaSexParty Danny Sexbang]].[[/labelnote]]
116	** "[Insert rapper here] has nothing on Morshu" [[labelnote:Explanation]]There's a large amount of videos using Morshu's lines for remixes and even ''covers'' of various songs, some of which feature him rapping at insane speeds (Such as [[https://youtu.be/kllk4Dqe8As this cover]] of ''Music/{{Eminem}}'''s Rap God). This has made him something of a MemeticBadass who can beat anyone in a rap battle.[[/labelnote]]
117	*** "[[https://youtu.be/O5jKUBzz9l4 He's only got two lines in the entire game!]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Related to the above, it's very common to see commenters pointing out that Morshu only has two lines in the entire game - and by extension, the entire series - which can apparently be sentence mixed to just about anything.[[/labelnote]]
118	*** Google actually lists [[https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/comments/kfgawn/cdi_morshu_is_listed_as_a_musical_artist_on_google/ Morshu as a musical artist]].
119	*** [[https://youtu.be/GTh5J0HsIAg?si=VZV_N3e4sy56qH3m Morshu Reads The Entire Bible!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]a [=YouTuber=] by the name of Competitive and Casual made a video of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Morshu reading the entire bible]], which gotten notoriety on the internet for it's extremely long runtime and showing up on people's reccomendation feeds, yet also being impressively well done despite using a Text-to-Speech program that uses sentence-mixing.[[/labelnote]]
120	** It is written: "Only Link can defeat Ganon".[[labelnote:Explanation]]Gwonam's explanation of why Link is the one who must, well, defeat Ganon. This meme is especially popular in France as a "translation" of unreadable text.[[/labelnote]]
121	*** No, what's written is "Nothing at all, fish, nothing at all".[[labelnote:Explanation]]An answer to the previous meme, following ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'''s reaction to the scene.[[/labelnote]]
122	* MemeticPersonalityChange: Memes and YouTubePoop (''WebAnimation/TheKingsEpicAdventure'' and ''WebAnimation/AdventuresInHyrule'' for example) tend to give different personalities to almost every character:
123	** Link can either be a [[AllLovingHero competent hero]], a BloodKnight, a PsychoForHire, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, a DumbassTeenageSon, or a DepravedHomosexual. Or even all six.
124	** Zelda is, for the most part, depicted as either the OnlySaneMan or a BrattyTeenageDaughter, fueled by her "You've ''got'' to be kidding" line, and tends to have the dynamic of WackyParentSeriousChild with the King. Whether or not she ReallyGetsAround is the part of her alternate interpretation that gets tossed around among poopers. Other times, particularly when she appears alongside Hektan or Lady Alma, she appears as a heartless sociopath.
125	** The King can either be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, a jovial {{Manchild}}, a [[PapaWolf protective parent]], an [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood abusive parent]], a PointyHairedBoss, or [[TheCaligula a tyrant]]. He also is [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]], talking about dinner and his "boi" at every given opportunity.
126	** Gwonam, like Zelda, is usually the OnlySaneMan who often has to put up with the stupidity of Link, the King, or both of them (helped considerably by his many animation frames looking annoyed or exasperated). If not, then he's either NotSoAboveItAll or outright just as silly as everyone else. He's also commonly depicted as an EvilChancellor to the king, wanting to usurp his throne.
127	** Ganon can be AffablyEvil, FauxAffablyEvil, LaughablyEvil, an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, surprisingly an AntiVillain, or just a glorified {{Troll}}, frequently invading kingdoms and islands left and right just because [[ForTheEvulz he thinks it's funny]].
128	** Morshu is either a regular shopkeeper, a BadassNormal [[BigFun overweight buffoon]], a MadBomber, a FatBastard, an [[UnclePennybags extremely wealthy entrepreneur]], or a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
129	** Impa is either a [[GrannyClassic classic grandmother-archetype]], a CoolOldLady, a [[DirtyOldWoman massive pervert]], or an EldritchAbomination.
130	** Thanks to YouTubePoop, the common portrayal for Duke Onkled is a ButtMonkey who betrays the King every other day of the week, which is taken as seriously as his appearance. He's also seen as DepravedHomosexual, often with the King.
131	** Memes tend to portray Lord Kiro as some kind of embodiment of UndyingLoyalty, since most cutscenes he appears in either have him calling the Duke Onkled a traitor or saying he'll keep an eye on him.
132	** Thanks to his most famous line, Mayor Cravendish tends to be portrayed as an ObstructiveBureaucrat, objecting to anyone breaking even the smallest of rules due to it being "illegal, you know". His effectiveness at stopping people varies.
133	* MemeticPsychopath:
134	** ''The Faces of Evil/Wand of Gamelon'' Link gets this treatment, mostly due to his infamous "bomb some Dodongos" quote.
135	** The Zelda from these games is given it as well. A good chunk of it has to do with the "You've killed me..." "Good!" exchange, complete with Zelda's PsychoticSmirk.
136	* MisBlamed: A lot of people don't realize that many of the game's flaws came from the fact that it had NoBudget, rushed development, and was on a system with severe technical limitations (it only had two buttons, for starters, thus explaining why the buttons for talking and using the sword were the same.)
137	* {{Moe}}: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. [[{{Keet}} Link]] and [[ActionGirl Zelda]] could be seen as this, however, the art-style makes them look UglyCute at best. Fanartists tend to use a different art-style, [[SelfFanservice so they end up looking a lot cuter]].
138	** In spite of the wonky art style, the fairies that help Link and Zelda manage to be this.
139	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Morshu's glorious "MMMMMM!!!!" Especially when remixed into [=YTPMVs=].
140	* NarmCharm:
141	** In all fairness, Ganon's "You ''dare'' bring ''light'' into my lair? YOU MUST DIE!!" is [[EvilIsHammy pretty damn bombastic]].
142	** "After you've scrubbed all the floors in Hyrule, ''then'' we can talk about mercy!" Keep in mind that Hyrule doesn't just have homes, offices, and stores, it also has dungeons full of killer monsters. It would be safe to assume that the King wants those floors scrubbed too. Suddenly, that punishment doesn't seem so laughably minor...
143	* NeverLiveItDown:
144	** King Harkinian mentions '''DINNER''' once in the opening to ''Wand of Gamelon''. It's the one thing he's most known for, to the point that most fans see him as a BigEater (a characterization which is actually given to Link in the games). Also, the reason why he says "I wonder what's for dinner" is because he hears the dinner bell ring; the sound of the bell is so faint (especially in the original low-quality video clips) that most people don't hear it and assume he just started talking about food out of the blue.
145	** Similarly, Morshu mentions selling bombs when you talk to him. Though he only says it once, [=YouTube=] Poopers often depict him as a MadBomber because of this. Since he only has two lines, this makes it even more noticeable.
146	* NightmareRetardant: Ironically, ''many'' of the bosses in the game fall victim to this. It's hard to be scared of the villains when all of them have {{Narm}}ful designs, [[LargeHam bombastic acting]] and just plain ''weird'' methods of terrorizing people. Hilariously, the ordinary citizens are often truly frightening thanks to odd expressions and movements and their habit of moving in closer and invading your personal space.
147	* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Zelda's Adventure'' was the first game in the franchise that defined the value of Yellow Rupees to be worth 10 Rupees, which predates ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' by eight years.
148	* OnceOriginalNowCommon: From a technical standpoint, the games were actually rather impressive for the time they were released, being one of the first games in 1993 on a console to feature animated cutscenes ''with'' voice acting. However, most of these technical achievements were lost on players due to the fact that most people weren't aware of their existence until the mid-2000s, which by that point, people were already used to more professional cutscenes in games, causing the cutscenes here to be judged as [[SoBadItsGood ridiculous]].
149	* OneSceneWonder: Many of the minor characters are very popular despite their small roles and few dialogues. One of the most popular ones, if not ''the'' most popular is Morshu, who's just a shopkeeper with two lines.
150	* PopularityPolynomial: The Zelda CD-i games were very popular as [=YouTube=] Poop sources on the early days of Website/YouTube, and the majority of content on this page derives from those interpretations. However, with the increasing diversification of the "meme" side of [=YouTube=] as well as the decline of the classic WebAnimation/WalrusGuy and WebAnimation/{{Waxonator}}-style [=YTPs=], the use of the series as a meme became less and less common, usually only being referenced as a way to harken back to the original [=YTPs=]. But since 2020, Morshu (who was already a meme previously) once again rose to viral popularity due to memes such as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdquYEw36TU Morshu Beatbox]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Rj9mHj79E Morshu - RTX On]], to the point that the former popularity of Zelda CD-i memes has essentially returned.
151	* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: They're not inherently awful ideas, a side-scrolling Zelda action game are actually a fine idea that the franchise isn't [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink unfamiliar]] with, and a game where you play as Princess Zelda herself for once is another idea that many fans can get on board with. Unfortunately, the games' general lack of polish doomed these otherwise great ideas to mediocrity.
152	* RetroactiveRecognition: Mark Berry, who voiced the King and Ganon, continued acting after voicing in the games, and he can be found in TV shows such as ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' and ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
153	* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Some people ship Gwonam and Impa, due to both being old and wise and [[MrExposition a source of exposition]], despite not even appearing in the same game.
154	* SoBadItWasBetter: ''Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon'' are more well-known today than ''Zelda's Adventure'', no doubt due to their freakish animations. ''Adventure'' went for live-action cutscenes, and though by no means stellar, they weren't bad enough to provide good riffing material. That, combined with the gameplay still not being good enough to make up the difference, means that ''Zelda's Adventure'' is generally considered the weakest of the three.
155	* SoBadItsGood: It's ''very'' hard to sit through ''Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon''[='s=] [[DerangedAnimation cut]][[OffModel scenes]] without laughing.
156	* SoOkayItsAverage:
157	** The gameplay of ''Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon'' is considered more solid than the cutscenes, but not so much as to make the games must-play titles nowadays. What's more, accurate CD-i emulation is notoriously difficult, and CD-i consoles & physical copies of the games themselves can go for up to a few hundred bucks on auction sites, meaning even ''Zelda'' fans who would otherwise be willing to give the CD-i games a chance consider them more trouble than they're worth to actually track down and play. You better have a proper gaming-oriented controller with the console itself, because as the WebVideo/GameGrumps will attest (their playthrough of ''Wand of Gamelon'' makes the game's various gameplay flaws in the sidescrolling games rather apparent), the regular "remote" controller for the CD-i makes ''Link: The Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon'' (at least) ''damn near unplayable''.
158	** Compared to ''Faces of Evil'' and ''Wand of Gamelon'', ''Zelda's Adventure'' is much less popular, especially in the context of parody. Its cutscenes are live-action and fairly competent, which means they aren't nearly as easy to riff on. Since the gameplay isn't good enough to make up for the missing SoBadItsGood factor (with the biggest issue being LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading between every screen, which is frustrating since its gameplay is much closer to the traditional top-down ''Zelda'' games than the side-scrollers), it doesn't have nearly as many fans as the other two.
159	* SpecialEffectFailure: In order to keep disc space used by the animations down, they had the characters and backgrounds load as different layers. Unfortunately, the system's slow CD drive means that this quite often results in the backgrounds loading a split-second after the characters, which ends up being pretty distracting.
160	* SpiritualAdaptation: ''The Faces of Evil'' and ''The Wand of Gamelon'' can be seen as a crossover between ''Zelda'' series and ''VideoGame/BelowTheRoot'' (often called one of the ''best'' Commodore 64 games ever). Same lead developer, similar gameplay style.
161	* {{Squick}}: The big-lipped blonde woman in ''Faces of Evil'', who seems to be hitting on Link to get him to recover her stolen necklace and briefly feels herself up when he does.
162	* ThatOneBoss:
163	** Militron in ''Faces of Evil''. He is a proper boss fight, having to be struck in close range and a weak point while shooting fireballs.
164	** Ganon in ''Zelda's Adventure'' doesn't die in one hit, and he keeps spamming teleport and very damaging disks. With a hitbox that allows him cheap hits if you are close, he is a hard foe to put down.
165	* ThatOneLevel:
166	** Firestone Lake in ''Faces of Evil'', short as it may be. It opens with Octoroks, the most aggressive enemy in the game since they can move ''and'' shoot. All the rest are fire-type, meaning they can only be harmed with snowballs. The platforming is tricky, with a precarious boat ride and falling rocks in the first area, then darkness and flying enemies in the second. Worst of all is that you need three spare snowballs to defeat the enemy guarding the exit, so if you exhaust your supply then you're screwed.
167	** Washubi Swamp in ''Wand of Gamelon'. Also short, but you're supposed to platform along the trees to get across, leaving you only half a screen's worth of space to work with. Arpagos are everywhere, and at this point in the game you have very few tools to defend yourself.
168	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
169	** Both ''Wand of Gamelon'' and ''Faces of Evil'' have {{Plot Twist}}s that would have been surprisingly effective had the writing actually worked:
170	*** ''Wand of Gamelon'' has Duke Onkled's betrayal of King Harkinian. As explained in [[https://youtu.be/L1JZo1rf0T4?t=505 this]] video, it's botched in its delivery: it's never shown how he betrayed King Harkinian, why he did it (a simple explanation like {{Greed}} or {{Lust}} for power would have sufficed), or [[PlotHole how Zelda knew about it before Lord Kiro's revelation]].
171	*** ''Faces of Evil'' has the inexplicable ability of Ganon's henchmen to [[RecurringBoss rise from the dead to rematch Link]], which the game [[UnexplainedRecovery never bothers to explain]] even as a HandWave. This could have been used to establish Ganon as a credible threat to the player, that no matter how many times they strike down his henchmen, that he could simply resurrect them as though nothing had happened. The first rematch, against [[MasterOfIllusion Goronu]], is even set up as a WhamShot!
172	* ViewerNameConfusion: Plenty of characters have their names revealed in an obscure Dutch magazine. While a few of their names are heard in the games themselves, the correct spelling is ambiguous if you don't read the magazine. As such, it's not uncommon to see [=YouTube=] Poopers or YouTubePoop fans write Hektan's name as "Hectan" or Cravendish's name as "Kravindish".
173	* VindicatedByHistory: Zig-zagged. These games were usually held up as the worst games ever made - being some of the most requested games for angry reviewers like the WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd. Nowadays, people are a little more understanding that the system they were made on was just ''not'' made for action games and appreciate that there was at least an honest effort made. That said, most people [[WatchItForTheMeme play it for the memes]] anyway.
174	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome:
175	** ''Zelda's Adventure'' had some [[http://www.nintendoplayer.com/interview/zeldas-adventure-jason-bakutis/ pretty good miniature model and prosthetic work]], with special mention to the Gaspra costume managing to convincingly age-up an actor who was ''23''.
176	** While most of the animation is creepy, Hektan from ''Wand of Gamelon'' is [[AnimationBump weirdly fluidly animated]] for a one-off boss--literally so with his impressive "melting" death.
177	* {{Woolseyism}}: In the Dutch version of ''Faces of Evil'', Morshu speaks with a very overt Bavarian accent, which fits [[{{Oktoberfest}} his outfit]] quite well.

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