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    The King 
King Harkinian, ruler of Hyrule.
  • Abusive Parent: Takes on a fatherly role to Link, and often throws him out of the castle for saying his catchphrase. It's Played for Laughs, though.
  • Adaptational Dumbass: From the original CD-i games, where he's portrayed as The Good King. Here, he's an idiot.
  • Adipose Rex: Just like the original game, he's a king and he's fat.
  • The Alcoholic: The first thing he says when on vacation is, "Who wants to watch me drink?" It's to the point where Zelda is concerned for his health.
  • Big Eater: Of course! The man loves dinner.
  • Big Fun: Always ready to have a good time and go on lighthearted capers.
  • Cloudcuckoolander: Tries to sail to Tennessee to vote even though the election is over, fears going to Hell because he saw himself in Hell in a YouTube Poop, and goes nuts when his favorite cereal is taken off the market.
  • Fat Bastard: He's a hedonistic fat man and on his worst days treats people like shipt.
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Gwonam; whenever he sees him he screams with joy.
  • Impoverished Patrician: Downplayed; he's the King of a large realm with multiple city-states, seemingly in modern times, but lives life more like a middle-class American. One may think he's just saving money, but given his impulsive nature and constant complaints about his shit house, shit car, etc. That's a stretch to believe.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's selfish and irritable, but he dotes on Zelda and deep down loves Link.
  • Mad Libs Catchphrase: "My shit (car/house/job/boyfriend)".
  • Nervous Wreck: "Developed an anxiety disorder" since Link moved in, has an existential crisis when he sees a YTP of himself going to Hell, frequently calls out "Wii wii! Emergency" when bothered, is horrified by Mario Head, and freaks out when his favorite cereal stops production. This might explain some of his more dickish moments.
  • The Nicknamer: "My boy" for Link, "Gwo" or "Gwony" for Gwonam.
  • Speech Impediment: Sometimes pronounces his Rs as Ws. ("We want wadio")
  • Straight Gay: Well, bisexual. He had a wife, bangs HOAHs, is dating Morshu, and according to Gwonam's scroll he's queer. He's not stereotypical at all.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: As much as he loves Gwonam, the two get on each other's nerves sometimes.

    Link 

  • Affectionate Nickname: "My boy".
  • Big Eater: Possibly moreso than Harky. He's constantly complaining about being hungry. This may be less about gluttony and more because he's a boy in his early teens working as a warrior, and really does require a lot of fuel.
  • Butt-Monkey: Frequently dissed and slapped around by other characters.
  • Catchphrase: "Gee, it sure is boring around here..." Much to the King's dismay.
  • Creepy Child: Lampshaded by Gay Luigi in episode 12 when he goes into too much detail with a toilet metaphor; "He's one creepy kid!" Zelda agrees.
  • Dogged Nice Guy: To Zelda, although there are hints she may feel the same way.
  • Dumb Is Good: The dumbest character by far, and also the sweetest.
  • The Gadfly: In the first few episodes, before his Too Dumb to Live characterization took over.
  • Kiddie Kid: In his last year of middle school/first year of high sCOOL; but still plays with his toiis and in general talks like a young child. Lampshaded by Gwonam.

    Zelda 

  • Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Living with the likes of Harkinian and Link, it's a full-time job.
  • Daddy's Girl: Loves her father and worries about his health. Also enjoys laughing with him in almost every episode.
  • Jerkass Ball: "We were just about to have a feast. ... Without you."

    Gwonam 
Harkinian's herald and best friend with a flying carpet and a penchant for Koridian lingo.

The King's Court

    Impa 

    Fari 
  • Ambiguously Brown: Hyrule Gang continues a common YTP trend of portraying Fari as Hispanic. ("Si, Senior King!")
  • Jerkass Ball: Normally a loyal servant to the King, willing to indulge his strange hobbies in, in Episode 12 he tells him to "Piss off, your Majesty!" when all the King wanted was to hang out with somebody.
  • Motor Mouth: "Dukeonkledbeyrayedthekingdukeon..."

Around the Kingdom

    Morshu 
A shopkeeper, and Harkinian's on-off boyfriend.
  • Catchphrase: Mmmmmmmmmmm...
  • Domestic Abuser: Openly admits to this and has no remorse; in Episode 12 he humiliates Harkinian For the Lulz.
  • Jerkass: "Yes I'm a dick to Kingy, but I can't give a shit."
  • Lack of Empathy
  • Laser-Guided Karma: Along with Ganon, they humiliated the King for "teh lulz", so he humiliates them back.
  • Fat Bastard: The biggest (literally and figuatively) asshole in the show.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: Everyone agrees he's a dick, he doesn't seem to like them much either, yet he still dates the King and hangs out in the castle.
  • No Accounting for Taste: Sure, Harkinian has his... eccentricities. But why a powerful, fun-loving monarch willingly dates an ugly merchant-class man with an awful personality who hates his guts is anyone's guess.
  • Sitcom Archnemesis: To Link, and strangely enough, the King.
  • Slap-Slap-Kiss: We ONLY see the slap, however; he and Harkinian never really hang out onscreen and are pretty hostile to each other, but apparently they are dating.
  • Straight Gay
  • Those Two Guys: With Ganon in Episode 12.
  • Troll: Likes to mess with Link.

    Ganon 
The Kingdom's greatest enemy, who also sometimes shows up to chill.

    Fat Mario 

    Gay Luigi 

    Duke Onkled 
  • Adaptational Heroism: In his original game, he's a sniveling, cowardly traitor. Here, he's shown as nothing but loyal to the King. However, see Ambiguously Evil.
  • Ambiguously Evil: Fari goes on and on about how he "betrayed" the King, but we never see him punished for it. Perhaps he IS plotting against him, but Fari's warnings fall on deaf ears?
  • Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: If Fari is correct about him.
  • Nice Guy: When the King takes the cinnamon challenge, he gives him water instead of laughing like Morshu and Ganon.

High sCOOL

    Michael Rosen 
  • Ambiguously Gay: If his rap in Episode 7 is canon and he did, indeed, fuck the King. However, this was in a YTP the King made in-universe.
  • The Gadfly: Seems to exist to make things more difficult for everybody.
  • Jerkass
  • Sadist Teacher: -After sending Link to the Principal's office- "I love my job!"
  • The Sociopath

    Principal Frollo 

    Mary-O 

Other

    Mario Head 

    Weegee 

    Spob 

    Prick 

    Phil 

    Basil Marceaux-dot-com 

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