History ComicBook / TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast

* BadassDamsel: Zelda assists Link in the battle with Ganon, firing the Silver Arrow to kill him. In some later games, Zelda fires Light Arrows to help Link in the same manner. When Zelda deals the final blow in the comic, she does so by aiming at a glowing wound Link carves across Ganon's chest to paralyze him; Ganondorf possesses a similar wound in ''Twilight Princess''.

* LovedINotHonorMore / MarriedToTheJob: [[spoiler:Link grows distant after Ganon's defeat, dedicating his life to guarding the Triforce]].

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Agahnim's "I will make you taste fear like you have never known!"

-->'''Agahnim:''' Not so long ago, another foolish warrior [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied lost his life]] [[ShutUpKirk spouting similar nonsense!]]

A serial comic for ''NintendoPower'' magazine by the acclaimed manga author ShotaroIshinomori, and later collected in graphic novel form, this told an alternate version of the events from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''

* FailureHero: When rushing to put out the library fire ("'''I'll''' save him!"), Link accidentally dumps a pail of water over his own head.
** Actually, he intentionally dumped the water over his head so he could survive running into the burning library and save the librarian.

* EvilHand: On Death mountain, Link sees a vision of his dead parents standing with his uncle. Link reaches for his mother's hand when she extends hers out to him, but Link's hand turns into a werewolf claw when it passes the portal's boundary.

* {{Pun}}: Link's first encounter with Agahnim doesn't go well; a bolt of lightning sends his head bonking into the ceiling, then landing squarely on the stone floor. "Maybe this will knock some heroic sense into me!"

## Interestingly, the Eastern Temple more resembles the game's Great Pyramid. In exchange, Ganon's lair has been modified into a testbook case of SinisterGeometry.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Sahasrahla reveals that Link's parents were Knights of Hyrule who stumbled into the Dark World. After they disappeared, Link's uncle adopted him to shield him from the royal drama.

* LargeAndInCharge: Upon arrival in the Dark World, Link is confronted by three thieves and their "boss," a Hinox. They make trouble by questioning link about a fairy they're hunting.

* TakingTheBullet: Inside Ganon's Castle, the party is swarmed by ghosts of Link's past foes (similar to ''Link to a Past'''s BossRush), with a specter of Agahnim leering dangerously at Zelda. [[spoiler:Roam quickly switches to eagle mode]] and charges at the illusion, electrocuting himself.

* BittersweetEnding In the end, Link saves the day, kills Ganon and wins Zelda's heart...[[spoiler:but they can never be together because he has to guard the Triforce forever, all alone]] Some reward.

* IWillProtectHer

##Agahnim and Ganon are explicitly shown to be different beings, communicating between worlds in one scene. (The Agahnim in Ganon's Castle, however, is just a {{glamour}} used by Ganon himefl.)

* HeroicSacrifice: Inside the Great Pyramid, the party is swarmed by ghosts of Link's past foes (similar to ''Link to a Past'''s BossRush), with a specter of Agahnim leering dangerously at Zelda. [[spoiler:Roam quickly switches to eagle mode]] and charges at the illusion, electrocuting himself.

* TheArcher: Roam is a HotBlooded variant.

* BadassBoast: Agahnim's "I will make you taste fear like you have never known!"

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Roam reveals that he is seeking the Silver Arrow spoken of in the Book of Mudora, which prophesied that Ganon can only be defeated by a sacred arrow. Although he reveals to Link that he has yet to find it, Roam continues to search for the Silver Arrow to defeat Ganon with it and prove himself to be the legendary hero. However, when Link and Zelda arrive to Ganon's Tower, Roam returns and admits he has failed to find the Arrow. After Roam [[spoiler:dies saving Zelda]], the princess uses [[TakeUpMySword Roam's crossbow]] to fire an arrow at Ganon. As it whistles through the air, the power of the Maidens, Zelda, Link, and Roam, turn the arrow into the Silver Arrow.

* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: A solid Type 3. The story hews close to the plot of the video game. Agahnim and Ganon are explicitly shown to be different beings, communicating between worlds in one scene. The events of the Dark World are heavily abridged, and Link only saves two maidens before finding Zelda (Though Link visits Misery Mire and the Ice Palace, no maidens are imprisoned there). The collection of items vital to the game's completion are either changed (the "Bird") or excised entirely, with only the Book of Mudora appearing in the same capacity.

* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Epheremelda doesn't buy into the idea that Zleda has suddenly warped from Turtle Rock to the wasteland, and recommends that they go find the map first. Link, blinded by his devotion, says no way.

* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Epheremelda doesn't buy into the idea that Zleda has suddenly warpedfrom Turtle Rock to the wasteland, and recommends that they go find the map first. Link, blinded by his devotion, says no way.

* BloodlessCarnage: Agahnim cuts down Link's uncle with a [[LaserBlade swath of lightning]] from his sword.

* AncestralWeapon: Sahashrala reveals to Link that he is the son of Hyrilian knights. This puts in the running to wield the Master Sword, like Roam.

* BittersweetEnding [[spoiler: In the end, Link saves the day, kills Ganon and wins Zelda's heart...but they can never be together because he has to guard the Triforce forever, all alone. Some reward.]]

* OrWasItADream: In his dream, Link falls asleep on Zelda's lap, complaining about his misshapen arm. When Link wakes up, he finds that someone has bandaged his arm and is actually standing in front of the Tower of Hera.

* BadassDamsel: Zelda assists Link in the battle with Ganon, firing the Silver Arrow to kill him. In some later games, Zelda fires Light Arrows to help Link in the same manner. When Zelda deals the final blow in the comic, she does so by aiming at a glowing wound Link carves across Ganon's chest to paralyze him - Ganondorf possesses a similar wound in Twilight Princess.

* AWorldwidePunomenon: Link's first encounter with Agahnim doesn't go well; a bolt of lightning sends his head bonking into the ceiling, then landing squarely on the stone floor. "Maybe this will knock some heroic sense into me!"

* AlienGeometries: The Ice Palace is featured in the comic, except it is called the Ice Tower and [[http://www.zeldawiki.org/File:Tower_of_Ice_%28comic%29.png spans both sides of a canyon]].
** Ganon's Tower is replaced by a [[http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/thumb/0/0e/Ganon%27s_Tower_%28comic%29.png/378px-Ganon%27s_Tower_%28comic%29.png creepy, mace-like structure in space]].

* AttackItsWeakpoint: When tangling with one of Agahnim's soldiers, Link zips around him and holds him at swordpoint, demanding to be taken to the Princess. His sword accidentally stabs through a convenient hole in the soldier's armor ("[[BigWhat What?]]"), causing him to explode into light and leaves his armor [[NoBodyLeftBehind clattering to the floor]].

* BlessedWithSuck: Zelda laments that her [[PsychicLink psychic bond]] with Link makes [[spoiler:their separation]] eternally painful.

** CombinedEnergyAttack: Zelda begins to ask for the aid of the maidens and fires an ordinary arrow from the crossbow, but as it approaches Ganon, the power of the maidens, Zelda, Link, and Roam, turn the arrow into the Silver Arrow, destroying Ganon.

* DynamicEntry: Roam plugging two of Trinexx's heads with arrows, just in time to save a hapless Link. May also qualify as a VillainousRescue.

* ExpositionFairy: In the Dark World, Link is accompanied by Epheremelda who offers him the lay of the land. This is before ''OcarinaOfTime'' introduced Navi as the first canon Fairy sidekick.
* {{Expy}}: [[http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/a/ac/Roam.png Roam]] is based on [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cyb002_2097.jpg 002]] from Shotaro Ishinomori's earlier work ''{{Manga/Cyborg 009}}'', whose pre-cyborg name was [[StealthPun Jet Link]].

* GivingTheSwordToANoob: Nobody in Kakariko takes Link very seriously. Even Sahashrala's wife finds it surprising that the pendant was entrusted to him.

* MrExposition: Several, with Sahashrala and the archetypical Old Man being most prominent.
** In the Dark World, Link discovers a shrine where he can rest before going on. As Link begins to fall asleep, a nearby tree sprouts a face and begins to tell him the story of Ganon and the Triforce. The talking trees play a similar role in the game, while the gist of the tree's story appears in the ''LTTP'''s prologue.

* NotQuiteFlight: When Link is about to pack off to the desert, the boy gives him a "bird" that Link can ride on -- actually a sort of hang-glider in the shape of wings woven by the Hylian Sages, replacing the Flute Boy's Bird from the video game.

* PGExplosives: Traditional ''Zelda'' bombs are replaced with pineapple grenades (dubbed "firecorn") in the comic.
* PowerGlows: The Pendants.

* ShortCutsMakeLongDelays: Epheremelda doesn't buy into the idea that Zleda has suddenly warpedfrom Turtle Rock to the wasteland, and recommends that they go find the map first. Link, blinded by his devotion, says no way.

* StuffBlowingUp: Pretty much every temple Link visits.
* TalkingInYourDreams: Shortly after witnessing a vision of his parents, Zelda appears to Link in the desert, causing him to brush it off as another mirage. Zelda claims that they are in a dream, for if two people dream the same thing, they will run into each other.