One of a few posters Joe_Cracker made to promote the movie.
Before it was a series of intentionally bad animated shorts, The Legend Of Zelda: The Light of Courage was a serious attempt by Robert "Joe_Cracker" McGee to write an official The Legend of Zelda movie, specifically based on the animated series.Seven years after the events of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Link is plagued by recurring nightmares about the moon falling and destroying Hyrule, which, of course, are meant to be a warning. To save the world, Link must explore the temples of the three goddesses to obtain the power to create the Master Sword. Meanwhile, Ganon travels to an alternate universe to seek a powerful magical weapon.
The thread containing the script was lost to time, but an archived copy can be read here
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Tropes found in the script
- 10-Minute Retirement: After the first run-in with Majora's Mask, Link gives up any hope on trying to save the world and views himself as a failure to Zelda and Hyrule, causing him to give the distraught princess his sword and leave. He ends up regaining his courage and motivation to stop Majora after Rauru speaks to him in his dream, and he later reunites with Zelda.
- Auto-Revive: Link receives a heirloom ring from his grandmother which will protect its bearer from death, but it will only work if a woman wears it. Link gives it to Zelda, which allows her to survive being crushed by falling rocks during the battle with Ganon.
- Beware the Silly Ones: For most of the script, Eian's role is just to tell jokes and drive Link and Zelda to the next temple, but he still manages to steal Ganon's Triforce of Power.
- Carry a Big Stick: As with its appearance in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Volvagia, the boss of Din's Temple, is defeated by Link with the use of the Megaton Hammer.
- Catapult Nightmare: Whenever Link has a nightmare, he will jump out of bed screaming.
- Cats Are Mean: Majora's Mask is repeatedly described as having a cat-like face, and it's so evil that even Ganon is willing to team up with Link to destroy it.
- Cave Behind The Waterfall: Nayru's Temple is located behind a waterfall.
- Colony Drop: As with The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, the Moon falling and destroying the world is a plot point. Majora's Mask curses the moon to make it start falling towards Hyrule in an attempt to coerce Hyrule's denizens into forking over the Triforces of Power and Courage, giving everybody one day to do so before it destroys the world.
- Dreaming of Things to Come: Link's nightmares about the Moon destroying Hyrule are meant to warn him about Ganon's plans to find and use Majora's Mask. Later, he also has a nightmare about Zelda being crushed by falling rocks, which also happens (although Zelda manages to survive thanks to the magic ring Link gave her).
- Even Evil Has Standards: Ganon is horrified after Majora informs him that the Moon will destroy the world within a few hours.
- Feed It a Bomb: Link finds some bombs while fighting the giant frog in Nayru's Temple, and throws them in its mouth to kill it.
- Fountain of Youth: Majora turns the king of Hyrule into a baby to scare Impa into revealing the location of the Triforce of Courage.
- Lava Surfing: When Link, Zelda, and Eian arrive in Dochoth, Link uses the power of the Triforce of Courage to create two surfboards to surf across an ocean of lava to get to Din's Temple while Eian stays behind.
- Make a Wish: Combining the three Triforces and touching them will grant a wish, which is how Zelda defeats Majora's Mask and stops the Moon from falling.
- Mirror Monster: Shadow Link, the boss of Farore's Temple, emerges from a mirror that Link finds in the boss room, shattering it while doing so. He's easily defeated with three zaps to the mirror when it reassembles.
- Mooks Ate My Equipment: The giant frog that is the boss of Nayru's Temple eats Link's sword.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Eian often cracks jokes in most of his lines.
- Sealed Evil in Another World: Using the powers of the combined Triforce, Zelda manages to have Majora's Mask be sent to another dimension where it can't cause any more trouble again.
- Sword Beam: As with the cartoon, Link mostly uses his sword to zap monsters rather than slash them.
