History Funny / TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom

*** [[CallBack Considering]] the real Zelda had a propensity for adding monster parts to her cooking in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike just like the gourmands did,]] the fact that "Zelda" [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness gave them a valid recipe and ordered them not to deviate from it]] can be [[ImposterForgotOneDetail one of the more amusing ways for Phantom Ganon to blow its own cover.]]

* In the Final Trailer, Link prepares to fight a Bokoblin base mounted on a Stone Talus...with a homemade robot that's just a grey box on wheels with two flimsy arms, which looks more like something made in the early years of ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}''.

* In ''"Sonia is Caught by Treachery"'', seeing Sonia die is definitely not funny, but the [[https://i.imgur.com/ax8NIKW.jpg face Ganondorf makes when starting to laugh]] is very likely to make a heart-wrenching scene [[{{Narm}} incredibly hilarious]] for a moment.

** Mucktorok is by far the most ridiculous and comedic of the Scourges that attacked the temples. Whereas all of the others are giant creatures of immense horror generating deadly weather, the Water Temple's scourge is… a tiny Octorok spewing sludge. It attempts to intimidate you, but it being barely bigger than ''Link'' makes it hard to take seriously. The fact that it waddles away squeaking in terror in the most ridiculous manner possible when it loses all of its offensive advantages only makes it funnier.
** Even funnier is that when Link and Sidon catch up to it, you basically have them delivering a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on it while it’s screaming hilariously.

* After Ganondorf's mummified corpse finally awakens and the Master Sword shatters in the ensuing scuffle, the very first thing Ganondorf does in thousands of years is simply chastise Link for having such a fragile sword. All the while having a thoroughly irritated sneer etched on his ancient and skeletal face that just screams, "Are you fucking KIDDING me???" Despite the sheer terror and direness of the entire situation, it's rather chuckle-worthy thinking that Ganondorf has been [[TheLongGame waiting all this time]] rotting underneath Hyrule Castle anticipating this [[BloodKnight fight with Link]], and is disappointed that the [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe very person that was supposed to defeat him]] didn't even have a good enough sword to stand up to him.

** Given that most other aspects of Ganondorf make him a MirrorBoss (using different weapons he switches on the fly, dodging and Flurry Rushing in response to Link's attacks) it can be seen as payback for the typical Zelda player tendency to go off and gain more Heart Containers when they're struggling to take down a boss. That, or Ganondorf uses a ''really'' potent Hearty Elixir, which players can also use to increase their heart count beyond their regular maximum.

* During the quest 'Impa and the Geoglyphs' you may be inclined to complete the blimp and take off, only for Impa to call out to you.

* One of the members of President Hudson's construction company - a Hylian known as Addison - is periodically seen attempting to erect signs of Hudson around Hyrule. When Link speaks to him for the first time, he gets startled and drops the sign, causing it to topple over. What results is the guy frantically asking the picture of Hudson on the sign if he is OK, and deeming the deed of Link startling him [[ThisIsUnforgivable "unforgivable"]]. There's something that is just ''hysterical'' about him shouting "President Hudson! Are you OK?" at a fallen sign of Hudson's smiling face.

** The actual signs themselves aren't even ''consistent'' in terms of construction, and this is most evident in the actual sign itself - sometimes it's fairly normal, sometimes there's ''two of them for some reason'', the angle can be all over the place, sometimes the sign has weird holes in it or spaced apart in random ways... One has to wonder if Addison just has a bunch of signs and wooden stakes/beams and haphazardly puts the signs together at every location he goes to for whatever reason.

** What further adds to the humor is how this is a member of Hudson's construction company, an operation so eminently skilled that it has Princess Zelda's official endorsement for the rebuilding effort...and yet he's apparently so utterly unskilled at construction that he can't even figure out how to prop up a ''[[EpicFail sign]]'' correctly. On top of also putting up said signs in places that no sane person would ever ''go to'' in the first place! One has to wonder why Hudson would hire this guy...or [[SnipeHunt maybe this whole sign thing is just a means to keep Addison from getting near any actual construction work?]]

** The Gorons' affliction, aside from Death Mountain having massive tendrils of Malice coming out of it...is that they're all hooked on [[GRatedDrug Marbled Rock Roast]]. That's it. Everywhere else is suffering from various environmental hazards (blizzard in the Rito village, toxic sludge in Zora's Domain, and violent sand shroud and zombies in Gerudo Town), but the Gorons are just [[DrugsAreBad addicted to tainted food that makes them lazy and grumpy]]. They've become [[StealthPun literal stoners]]. It's almost comically silly compared to everything else.

** Mucktorok is by far the most ridiculous and comedic of the Scourges that attacked the temples. Whereas all of the others are giant creatures of immense horror generating deadly weather, the Water Temples' scourge is... a tiny Octorok spewing sludge. It attempts to intimidate you, but it being barely bigger than ''Link'' makes it hard to take seriously. The fact that it waddles away squeaking in terror in the most ridiculous manner possible when it loses all of its offensive advantages only makes it funnier.
*** This extends to the rematches with the Scourge bosses in the Depths. Upon defeat, each drops a unique, powerful object for fusion... Except for the Mucktorok, which just drops a big pile of Octorok parts.

** His final defeat once again has his final attack going horribly wrong: he summons a rocket - that starts to point down and fly at him, and sends him [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries blasting off again]].

** These quests come in four flavors: Phantom Zelda doing something evil (like the Golden Horse being an [[EvilDetectingDog evil-detecting horse]] and bolting from her), someone mishearing something or making a mistake with wacky results (like the lady singing in a well who gets mistaken for an angry spirit demanding others to drop their weapons or die), something the real Zelda did prior to her disappearance (which often overlaps with the previous flavor) or the Yiga setting a trap for Link (like the fake Zelda on the Dueling Peaks).

** Speaking of, the infamous [[FanNickname Flowerblight]] has managed to calm down some despite having most of her garden destroyed to the point where she no longer would attack Link, and even is happy if you use a hydrant to water the plants - unless you do so while it's raining. What's funny is how she manages to keep herself calm - while she still rants, she claims it's what the flowers or the equipment would say at the end.

** One tablet discusses how the latest fashion trend in the kingdom has become mushroom theming, since Zelda worked with a seamster to reflect the trends of her own time. That's right-- Cece's fashion spread all the way to ancient Hyrule, and may indeed have created a StableTimeLoop where Cece's fashion was inspired by... Cece's fashion! It also puts a hugely ironic spin on Cece reflecting modernity, since her fashion is really repeating the past in its efforts to create the future. The tablet is capped off perfectly, as well.

** The second step is to gather some logs for the buildings' foundations - specifically logs from trees not local to the village. The player may be tempted to make use of their horse's towing harness to help them with the lifting and travel to the nearby stable, which happens to have a useable cart. However, the first roadside set of trees on the path from the stable to the village may well be the player's introduction to the game's new Yiga traps. Even if the obviously-placed bananas are avoided, attempting to harvest the "trees" will reveal them to be disguised Yiga assassins and trigger the trap anyway, leaving the player with no logs for their effort.
** Moving further towards Lurelin, there is a small but lush grove of trees nearby the village which even has a few axe-shaped rocks nearby for Fusion purposes. Of course, several of these trees are Evermean monsters; though thankfully once they are slain Evermean logs still count as logs and are happily accepted by the questgiver. Of course, if one forgets to be careful when killing the Evermeans, one may wind up accidentally losing or destroying a log or two.
** If the player still has their horse and cart, attaching the logs to the cart via Ultrahand would be the natural method to finally get them the rest of the way to the village. Except that the cart from the stable was not even remotely designed to be stacked with such weight, and piling up the logs in the most obvious fashion will result in the cart tipping over and becoming unmovable. Even if you carefully distribute the weight using Ultrahand to fuse logs to the back and sides of the cart, the path to the village is steep and bumpy and can easily topple the cart again - potentially harming or even killing your horse!
** Finally getting the collected logs to the village will result in the questgiver thanking you for the effort, and - if the player only collected from the grove - noting that there aren't enough to complete the quest. Some AntiFrustrationFeatures both soften the blow and play part of the joke - firstly, the logs don't need to be collected all at once, but the player isn't assured of that until after they make their first delivery. Secondly, the drop-off point is just far enough from the grove to respawn the trees for another delivery - but that also includes the Evermeans.

* The ancient Zonai civilization is presented as mysterious and powerful, but a few things are a little intentionally ridiculous about their tech when we learn more--primarily, their device dispensers that hand out sums of Zonai parts to build with are framed, with very little ''Zelda'' stylization, as giant gachapon machines with prize capsules that come down from a glass globe on the top (with Link even doing a little happy jump every time they pop out)! Furthermore, various Hylians are frustrated and bemused by the dispensers, making the framing of them as unknown and ancient even more obviously ironic.
* During the tutorial with Purah on the Skyview Towers (this game's version of the Sheikah Towers), it's increasingly clear that her means of making it work are a bit...dangerous. Namely having Link stand on a platform that rockets upwards, ''flinging him into the sky and feeding data down a line while he scans the surrounding environment, while eventually paragliding after he's finished to stop him from splatting against the ground.'' Compared to the regality and mystery of the Sheikah Towers, this variation is just downright hilarious by comparison.

** Of course, being able to craft such magnificent weapons of destruction and ingenuity also comes with the very large number of ''failed experiments'' that don't work out so well. Every now and then some genius will attempt to create something that either unintentionally self destructs (like a flamethrower car made of wood), backfires in some hilarious way like something out of a cartoon (such as the machine falling apart within seconds of usage, or [[https://twitter.com/JonComms/status/1659656160486760448 creating a balloon rocket that fires the flames into your face due to physics]]), or attach a flower bomb to a spear or stick and take it for a jab [[TooDumbToLive with expected results]].

*** The dichotomy between all the tiers of Bokoblin horns. Horns for Red, Blue, and Black variants grow and fork into what could be used as spear heads...while the Silver variant's horn grow into what's essentially an antenna with a pom-pom on the end of it, making it look like they're wearing cute tall elf hats which are somehow one of the strongest Fuse item in the game.

* There's something very amusing about the fact that the famous roadblock of the rockslide and flood in the staircase between the Great Plateau and the ground can now be destroyed to open the stairs after 100+ years...and it's well after that would have been useful, since Link is no longer trapped up there and must elect to visit the Great Plateau this time. Furthermore, the rocks are destroyed from the bottom, meaning their destructibility wouldn't have helped Link even if he ''was'' stuck on top again.

* Another funny reversal-- the first game starts with Link falling to his death off the starting area if he doesn't have a paraglider. This game features Link falling very far multiple times during the intro, including from the sky all the way to the surface with no glider at all...but this time, he has water below him that allows him to get through the intro glider-free.

* Normally it is very hard to get thrown into jail in Gerudo Town. But if you take off your shirt ''even once'', you're immediately imprisoned.

** If you take the Blademaster test, the Yiga Blademaster in charge helpfully marks them on your map...despite the fact that Link's map is the Purah Pad which perpetually has [[ArchEnemy the Sheikah]] emblem on it, yet the Blademaster [[FailedASpotCheck makes no remark of this]]. Even better, changing out of the Yiga outfit and talking to him afterwards has him merely note that Link looks familiar - he's Kohga's opposite in that way, how he will never recognize Link.

** Even some of the Zonai schematics are rather simple and blatantly obvious constructs that a lot of players would make on their own anyway - especially the "Long Bridge". Which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's just a very long set of stone slabs that will bridge a lot of gaps. Same to a lesser degree with the "Instant Scaffold", which is just a convenient platform for use with the Ascend ability that some players might put together a variation of in certain situations.

** Speaking of which, Link's height becomes [[https://www.tumblr.com/weirdmageddon/718392308390903809/umm-compilation?source=share another recurring joke]] within this game. Several Gerudo women talk about how the hero of legend must be even taller than them ''directly in front of Link'' who barely comes up to their shoulders, a Gerudo guard assures her colleague that Link doesn't pose a threat because he's too short to see through the peephole in the door "even on his tiptoes", the Great Fairy Mija complains that she'd have liked to be saved by [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller someone bigger]], an NPC at the Dueling Peaks stable calls Link a pipsqueak and tells him that a group of monsters would eat him for lunch, and one of the books in Gerudo Town is too high up for Link to read while standing on the floor, forcing him to either drag a box over to use as a stepstool, or climb onto the counter, the former of which can also be done to see in the Gerudo peep hole. Also, once Link is let in, if he wants to talk the voe, er man, in the Jail without being thrown in or using Ascend under it, he has to stack ''two'' boxes to be tall enough to look into the prison's window.

* You have to hit Zonai tech to activate it, which can destroy what it’s attached to if you’re not using a small weapon. Example: the lift in Tarrey Town. If you hit the Zonai tech with a broadsword+large boulder, the wooden platform shatters. Even better is if Link was standing on the platform, he freezes in midair while the lift operator yells at him.

* You have to hit Zonai tech to activate it, which can destroy what it’s attached to if you’re not using a small weapon. Example: the lift in Tarrey Town. If you hit the Zonai tech with a broadsword+large boulder, the wooden platform shatters. Even better is that if Link is standing on it, he freezes in midair while the lift operator yells at him.
* In the Ancient Zora Waterworks, it’s possible to skip part of the dungeon by gathering boards and gluing them together to make an absurdly long bridge. Then just mosey on over and activate the seal that starts the waterfall. And that’s just one way players can cheese the dungeon.

* You have to hit Zonai tech to activate it, which can destroy certain types of it if you’re not using a small weapon. Example: the lift in Tarrey Town. If you hit the Zonai tech with a broadsword+large boulder, the wooden platform shatters. Even better is that if Link is standing on it, he freezes in midair while the lift operator yells at him.

* At the end of the Wind Temple, the Sage of Winds shows up to explain the Imprisoning War, Tulin’s role in it, and the apocalyptic stakes, and apologizes for the burden he's placed on Tulin. No sooner does he leave than Tulin [[{{Keet}} enthusiastically squee]] over how [[JumpedAtTheCall he gets to be a hero and help his idol save the world]], and begins showing off the power boost his secret stone gave.

* At the end of the Wind Temple, the Sage of Winds shows up to explain the Imprisoning War, Tulin’s role in it, and the apocalyptic stakes, and apologizes for the burden he's placed on Tulin. No sooner does he leave than Tulin [[{{Keet}} enthusiastically squee]] over how he gets to be a hero and help his idol save the world, and begins showing off the power boost his secret stone gave.

** Furthermore, Addison's rewards for Link helping him occasionally consist of stuff that comes exclusively from the Depths, such as Puffshrooms or Muddle Buds. Though we never see him do it, the implication that Addison managed to get down ''there'' of all places to put up signs is a sight worth imagining.