History Fridge / TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds

* Oh hey, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]] is in Link's house, that's a cool EasterEgg. Wait... this game [[http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18j0yyebco7eqjpg/ku-xlarge.jpg takes place in a different timeline]] from the one in Majora's Mask... so in theory ''it still has all of its evil powers!?'' Link, you have an ArtifactOfDoom hanging on your wall.

** All three of the counterparts had the traits the Hyrulians have, but not quite ''enough'' of it. [[spoiler:Ravio didn't have the courage to stand up to Hilda and Yuga, but he was brave enough to find someone who could save them. Hilda had the intelligence to think of a good plan, but failed to account for everything, such as the fact that Link would be strong enough to beat Yuga and keep them from getting the last Triforce piece. Yuga was strong enough to get all of the sages and Princess Zelda, but before absorbing Ganon, he wasn't strong enough to completely defeat Link.]]

** Him renting and selling his inventory to Link also makes sense once you reach the end of the game -- [[spoiler:he probably plans to use the funds he raised to help reboot Lorule's economy and finance the rebuilding of the kingdom]]!
* Why is it that [[spoiler:Ganon never [[HijackedByGanon hijacked the plot from Yuga]], as per his usual style? Because he was fused with Yuga, and Yuga was pretty much doing exactly what he would have done on his own in that situation already -- namely, try to steal the Triforce and TakeOverTheWorld. What use would he have in resisting Yuga's will when his will had the same aim that was being achieved right then?]] Worse, [[spoiler:Yuga becomes much more violent and stole the Triforce of Wisdom just to kill Link]]. It's pretty clear [[spoiler:Ganon's hate]] is influencing him.

** Furthermore, [[spoiler:Ravio claims to be a coward, but in reality, his actions show markedly the opposite. Rather than kick back and let Hilda consign Hyrule to a slow, decaying demise, he stepped in to help Link stop her, potentially dooming himself in the process. He might not take an active combat position, but he does, in his own way, show courage. Hilda's plan is a bit short-sighted, but does acknowledge her view of a greater good. She clearly doesn't like what she's doing, and sees it as, at best, a necessary evil, and does what she can to help her people. Not to mention, her plan is rather well thought-out, simply not accounting for Yuga and Ravio's respective betrayals. Finally, Yuga, while not even close to as powerful as Ganon was, is still strong... in his own way. I mean, even as a one-trick pony, his one spell, outside of with Link, courtesy of Ravio's bracelet, is a one hit kill/incapacitation. Seriously, the only reason Yuga's not a threat to Link is because he sidesteps Yuga's silver bullet. He merely exercises it differently, relying on guile more than Ganon's brute force. In effect, it's not that they are opposites, but rather similar characters, just viewed through a different lens.]]

* Ravio's pet bird Sheerow is innocuous enough. Its purpose seems to be a way to explain how Ravio gets his items back if you fall in battle. However, [[spoiler:after the reveal that Ravio is Link's Lorule counterpart, it's clear that Sheerow serves another role -- Ravio's ExpositionFairy!]] And given its appearance, a tiny white ball with two wings, [[spoiler:it suddenly looks like a nod to another Link's own ExpositionFairy -- Navi from VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime]]. Along those same lines, [[spoiler:Sheerow works in roughly the opposite way of the fairies that Link can put in bottles. While those fairies bring Link back to life if he falls in battle, Sheerow simply takes advantage of Link's death by retrieving his rented items.]]

* There's something of a BrokenBase over the item renting system, as opposed to Zelda's usual dungeon items. But with the reveal that [[spoiler:Ravio is Link's counterpart, it makes sense -- he's already collected the dungeon items from Lorule!]]
* The Dark World and Lorule have a good share of similarities; for one, while the inhabitants of the Dark World were transformed into monsters, the Loruleans wear monster masks. [[spoiler:Lorule's Ravio wears a rabbit mask; Link transformed into a rabbit in the dark world]].

* But Ravio had been in Kakariko Village before trying to sell his goods, [[spoiler:so he should have known that it was safe. Maybe Ravio just realized that Link was his own AlternateSelf, so he most likely lived in the house corresponding to Ravio's own house in Lorule.]]
* The plot of the game: [[spoiler:Link must travel to an AlternateUniverse version of Hyrule (with counterparts of most of its inhabitants to match). The parallel world seems doomed to fade, and Link stops someone that is not Ganon (though his body is fought in a way).]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Sound familiar?]] As Termina is a counterpart of Hyrule in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]], [[spoiler:Lorule]] is a counterpart of Hyrule in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]. [[spoiler:Both were fated for the end, and were ready to face their demise, but Link (and Zelda in Lorule's case) saved them at the very last minute. Lorule is the Decline timeline's version of Termina.]]

* If the names Zelda and Hilda sound familiar, it's because these two princesses share the same names that Sabrina's aunts of the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch]]

* This is the only game where Ganon appears that averts Hijacked by Ganon, until you actually stop and think about it, since Yuga appears to be Ganons Lorule counterpart it makes sense he would pull the same trick Ganon does, Ganon effectively got Hijacked by Ganon

* If the names Zelda and Hilda sounds familiar, it's because these two princesses share the same names that Sabrina's aunts of the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch

* If the names of Zelda and Hilda sound familiar, it's because these two princesses share the same names that Sabrina's aunts of the sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch