History Funny / TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild

* One of the shrines that can be found early in the game is surrounded by beautiful flowers, all planted by one woman named Magda who stands guard at it even amidst the various monsters lurking around. The only way to get into the shrine itself is to ''not'' touch any of the flowers while heading towards it. The comedy comes from Magda herself, who chews you out whenever you attempt to walk through said flowers ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential or cut them on purpose]]). Do it once? She angrily scolds you. Do it twice? She starts getting depressed. [[RuleOfThree Do it a third time?]] She flies into an UnstoppableRage, then proceeds to ''[[DisproportionateRetribution beat three hearts' worth of damage out of Link]]'', regardless of whether or not he's got armor on him.

* As you travel the world, you'll repeatedly run into Pikango, a Sheikah artist who's dedicated his life to braving the dangers of Hyrule in search of beautiful landscapes to paint. If you actually ''look'' at [[TerribleArtits his paintings]] they're [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/709f5c7b7cbd4bad45d1bfb948f0ef08/94055b5afbb5c490-63/s1280x1920/2c5f03f555737a328afeab4f67c85c58cfc89d3f.png somewhat]] [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/97920dcbafcb75fbfe8c90d6aca5bd80/94055b5afbb5c490-58/s1280x1920/62863bafb05f7e96e9627d8bb7b215c84e1cbbac.png less]] [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/74a6d772b8d1ba54662ebd533cb89ecc/94055b5afbb5c490-91/s1280x1920/7257e427dbdce3dbf38b1db1110d614f803addd1.png masterful]] than you'd expect from someone who's dedicated his life to art.

* In one of the Korok trials — in the middle of the foggy, eerie LostWoods — you are given a riddle hinting about how to proceed. Reach the end of the path, and you find a tree with a face and a sign with another cryptically worded riddle. When you "feed" it a nearby shield, its "brother" reveals a chest and more torches light. The final sign is by another faced tree in the center of a foggy lake, and the atmosphere leads you to expect something mysterious and tricky. Instead:

* And at the inn in Gerudo Town (which you have to cross dress to enter), the innkeeper may comment on Link's voe-ish[[note]]masculine[[/note]] figure — while giving Link spa treatment.

* The Barbarian Armor looks freaking ridiculous. It's like a really terrible Dragonborn cosplay made out of bones and fur. And the kicker? It's ''really'' effective.

** If a Bokoblin tries to throw something at you, you can freeze them with Stasis and knock the object out of their hands (unless it's a [[StuffBlowingUp Bomb Barrel]]). When the time freeze wears off, they'll still go through the throwing motion. In the words of [[LetsPlay/VideoGameDunkey a certain donkey:]]
--->'''Dunkey:''' Whaddaya doing with that barrel, huh? [uses Stasis on the barrel] Cause you ain't throwing it.

-->''[[WebVideo/TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon At first, it started out as an annoyance]]...''

* The Ganondorf amiibo has a chance to cause bomb barrels to spawn on the ground right under where the chest is set to land. If the chest lands at a particular angle on top of one of the bomb barrels, it will explode and cause its brehtren to explode with it, causing a huge explosion that will damage Link (and any potential nearby monsters) if he's close enough.

* Link was a stoic and silent knight 100 years ago. The memory loss a century later, however, left him a pretty snarky individual who cracks up the occasional quip. It's understandable, as with the memory loss he '''literally''' forgot the burdens he had back then.

** If you try to open a chest from behind or the side while crouching, he'll punch it...and shake his hand from pain as it opens.

** This is the optimal way to SpeedRun, and some skilled players have pulled it off ''successfully.'' Think of this from the perspective of someone within the world: some guy wearing nothing but swim trunks (or threadbare clothing) flew off of a giant plataeu, immediately dashed to the middle of a ruined town full of Guardians while surviving all of them, stormed a hijacked castle with only basic weapons and shields, and managed to beat the BigBad terrorizing the land for a hundred years. Factoring Amiibo speedruns, he was also aided by a horse that just spawned out of nowhere and some random tools that dropped ''from the sky!''

** Frozen meat by the way that Link can eat no problem. ExtremeOmnivore indeed.

--> "It's too gross to even look at. A bizarre smell issues forth from this heap. Eating it won't hurt you, though...probably."
** You ''still'' recover a little bit of health eating it, though. At this point, it should be noted that just about ''anything'' can be cooked into dubious food, even otherwise completely inedible items like gemstones and machine parts... which kind of makes you wonder if Link is an ExtremeOmnivore (if only one that gets squicked with the way the food looks; notice the look he gives after he eats it).

** If you try to cook Tabantha Wheat or Goat Butter on its own, without at least one other ingredient, it just turns into a Dubious Food. Yes, you read that right: you can [[FoodPorn whip up lavish seafood platters out of a couple of fish and snails, meat skewers, candy out of beehives, fruit or mushroom meals that fully heal you out of a single durian/mushroom, and even potions out of the entrails of your enemies...]]but some simple steamed rice or browned/clarified butter? You manage to fuck it up so badly that it's indistinguishable from ''[[CordonBleughChef cooked monster parts.]]''

* The average KleptomaniacHero Link would probably grab anything in sight, until taking a Baked Apple next to the Old Man's bonfire at the beginning causes him to [[WhatTheHellHero shout at the player about stealing]], [[SubvertedTrope only to laugh]], [[TheGadfly and admit he couldn't help himself on that one.]]

** When the Old Man asks Link to go to the top of the Great Plateau Tower, Link climbs all the way up there -- [[OffscreenTeleportation only to see that the Old Man somehow beat him to it.]] One of the dialog options is a nonplussed: "Did you... fly here?" Since the Old Man is actually the spirit of King Rhoam, Link was technically correct.

** A demonstration actually had the player cut down some branches next to a bonfire, only for a small valley's draft to pull them along the ground, into the fire, and [[IMeantToDoThat set fire to the whole area as it overtakes a Bokoblin camp.]]
** One player discovered that BearsAreBadNews, [[IncendiaryExponent but]] [[https://twitter.com/PaperbagTweet/status/839322709213368322 bears on fire…]] Now with [[https://twitter.com/Kukiolworks/status/839392083429507072 bonus]] [[https://forevermedhok.deviantart.com/art/Commission-Link-Mounted-A-Flaming-Bear-682206542 fanart!]]
* Link's inexperience is curiously 1:1 to the player controlling him, and it closely follows the circumstances where a person with no memory is given a great array of weapons, both improvised and forged, and will lead to hilarious deaths. As such, unequivocally, there's a significant chance for Link to die due to miscalculation, underestimating both his opponents and the situation… ''and blowing himself up with bombs'', the latter which happens considerably more frequently than any player of the game would care to admit.

** You can bring a Stal head into a stable, keeping the body from retrieving it, since monsters don't aggro near settlements. If there are [=NPCs=] in the stable, such as when it's raining, they'll all just freeze up at the sight of the Stalmonster head (despite the fact that it's not doing anything in Link's hands). [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential This can go on until morning, when the Stal head dies.]]

-->''[[WebVideo/TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon At first, it started out as an annoyance...]]''

---> '''Hestu:''' You are nekkid! I am nekkid! We are united in exposure! ♪Nekky nokky nakey!♪
* In Impa's house, you can find the "Journal of Various Worries", which contains several entries from villagers detailing their current struggles. The first page is from a guy who recently split up with his wife.

* And at the inn in Gerudo Town (which you have to cross dress to enter), the innkeeper may comment on Link's voe-ish[[note]]masculine[[/note]] figure — while giving Link spa treatment.

* If you toss a round bomb at a stronger Bokoblin, [[ArtificialBrilliance it will kick the bomb away like a soccer ball.]] [[https://twitter.com/aevanko/status/837667468139122688 For example…]]

--->'''Ashai''': That's an interesting approach, Pasha! You could inspire some curiosity in the voe by doing that... Remember: it isn't unrealistic that [[BilingualBackfire the voe may actually speak the language you pretend to know, too]]!

--->'''Ashai''': Ah, good thinking, Dina. Just remember that sometimes all of someone's good clothes are dirty, so they might wear something more casual.

--->'''Ashai:''' [[FlatWhat Wha... You'd...]] Risa... Let's talk after class.
** Ashai asks Link, [[WholesomeCrossdresser who is in vai dress]], if he's interested in taking the class. If he replies no, she inquires if there's [[ShipTease already someone he cares deeply about.]] He responds by [[BadassAdorable looking to the side and visibly blushing even while wearing a mask.]]

** The boss himself, Master Kohga, deserves a mention — a humourous BreatherBoss with some interesting gimmicks (imagine if [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Niftu Cal the Biotic God]] had his own boss fight, then imagine a Nintendo version of ''that''). He summons balls to attack you with, and the main way to harm him is to drop his own balls on his head. Then at the very end, when he tries to kill you with an enormous metal ball, it ''slowly'' rolls back on him ''into the pit''.

* One Zora (Laflat) asks you to take a picture of a red-maned [[BossInMookClothing Lynel]]. [[ButThouMust If you keep saying that you don't understand what she's asking you to do]], she says she'll explain it like you're a child. [[BabyTalk She's not kidding.]] In the Japanese version, she will swap her ending verb speeches "-desu" and "-masu" to "-dechu" and "-machu".

---->'''Mija:''' [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller I was expecting someone...]][[GiantWoman bigger, I guess.]] But a slim little lad like you will do just fine. Yes.

* The trial of Myahm Agana Shrine has you navigating a ball through a maze with gyro controls and then catapulting it once it's out of the maze. However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Uw2wv67P4 some players]] can just [[DungeonBypass completely bypass the maze]] by literally flipping it upside down, then having the replacement ball drop on its underside and rolling the ball across that way.

** Speaking of Kass, if you do the above of trying to take a bear to a stable that Kass is at, while most of the [=NPCs=] are rightfully terrified, Kass just stops playing his accordion and sorta just… stares at Link. One wonders what must be going through the bard's head, particularly when you keep in mind that he knows ''exactly'' who Link used to be.

* To a degree is also how no matter what Link does to save the town, no matter how much their ruler likes him, no matter how many of the ladies in there are aware Link's actually a guy, [[DudeWheresMyRespect you can never enter Gerudo Town without crossdressing]]. You can even be wearing Urbosa's prized Thunder Helm, a gift from their chief that covers most of your face just like the vai's veil does, wielding both Urbosa's sword and shield and the guards will always toss you out ''even if they can't even see you where you tried to enter''. [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy And of course once they kick you out, you can change into the vai's set right in front of them and suddenly they have no issue letting you walk in.]] There are some exceptions to this, however. You can substitute a single piece of the Gerudo set out for one of the following and still enter Gerudo Town: The Thunder Helm (replacing the veil), the Snow Boots, and the Sand Boots (replacing the pants and sandals).

--> '''Kapson''': And do you also vow to...name your children in accordance with the Bolson Construction naming guidelines?\\
'''Rhondson''': Wait a minute. These vows are not traditional by anyone's standards!
** Made funnier by how everyone you helped bring to this town show their support for this unconventional addition to the marriage vows, as if ''they'' are the ones who are agreeing to it in [[OnlySaneMan Rhondson's stead. Which may well mean when, say, Fyson gets himself hitched like he muses about after the wedding, the ThemeNaming vow will become the town's genuine tradition]]. Not to mention how among those present, Greyson's only there because Hudson told him to wait at the center of town, with the implication that even with things explained to him, he was too dense to understand.

-->'''Revali''' (to Link)''':''' Now then, my ability to explore the firmanent is certainly of note... But let's not — pardon me for being so blunt — let's not forget the fact that I am the most skilled archer of all the Rito. Yet despite these truths, it seems that I have been tapped to merely ''assist'' you. All because you happen to have [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive that little darkness-sealing sword]] on your back. I mean, it's just... ''asinine''.
** In his soliloquy following the defeat of Windblight Ganon, it seems like he's finally about to concede to himself that Link was more skilled... [[BaitAndSwitch only to say he has more luck, instead.]]

---> '''Dunkey''': Whaddaya doing with that barrel, huh? [uses Stasis on the barrel] Cause you ain't throwing it.

** Lizalfos (and by extension Stalizalfos) don’t just flick their tongues, either. Uniquely among all monsters, they will ''actually try to hold a conversation with you.'' A chatty Lizalfos’ body language clearly speaks of someone just talking to one of his mates, and since it’s still just “[[TheUnintelligible reep-reep]],” one has to wonder just ''what'' it’s trying to tell you.

* The four gifts from the Champions make ''everything'' a joke. [[DemonicSpiders Well, except Lynels.]]
** On the contrary, [[ShockAndAwe Urbosa's]] [[BadassFingersnap Fury]] will knock their health down quite a bit and stun them. Though sneaking up on a Lynel to do so is difficult. Alternatively, using Stasis+ on one charging right at you can work.

--> '''Yolero:''' Nice baby sword, pal. I bet it can't even keep a flame going. What's its name?\\

** If you found the treasure chest in question by feeding a stable dog and having it lead you to it, the dog will sit next to the chest once you get to it, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere only to get up and bolt once you unearth the chest.]]

* Freezing a metal box or a boulder with the Stasis rune, storing as much energy in it as possible, and then clinging to it just as it gets launched can be a handy way to get around… or be sandwiched between said box/boulder and whatever it hits. (This is sometimes referred to as the [[Manga/DragonBall "Tao Pai Pai strategy."]])

* There is an NPC named Bozai who sprints a constant circle around Gerudo city because he heard that Gerudo women find it attractive when men show they are capable of sprinting on sand — needless to say, it's not working.
** If Link talks to him in the Gerudo clothes, he will assume Link is a woman and decides "she" is his type. Following through with the below sidequests will have him fall madly in love with Link, while Link is single-mindedly focused on getting his cool boots.
** Speaking with him in any other clothing, even after Link has spoken to him in Gerudo clothes and changed right in front of him... he will talk to him none the wiser that Link is the very person he'd just attempted to flirt with.

--->'''Bayge:''' This is where we come to get [[PunctuatedForEmphasis RIPPED. AND. SHREDDED.]] It's where Goron boys become Goron men, brother!

--->'''Link (option 2):''' Riiight. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Leaving now.]]
* In one of the Korok trials — in the middle of the foggy, eerie LostWoods — you are given a riddle hinting about how to proceed. Reach the end of the path, and you find a tree with a face and a sign with another cryptically worded riddle. When you "feed" it a nearby shield, its "brother" reveals a chest and more torches light. The final sign is by another faced tree in the center of a foggy lake, and the atmosphere leads you to expect something mysterious and tricky. Instead:

** And what does she do when one rides an ''actual'' Guardian to her location? Runs away just like everyone else. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential Also leaving you free to snatch the orb as you desire]][[HoistByHisOwnPetard ...so long as you don't get taken out by your own "steed".]]

* The design of the Guardians is based in part on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jōmon_pottery Jōmon pottery]]. What does this mean? '''[[RussianReversal The pottery is having its revenge.]]'''

** Elaborating on the last point: yes, this does defeat the Lynel, but whatever you were expecting it to drop just… doesn't. You obtained an ultra-high OP weapon to be able to do this, only to not be able to savor the spoils.

--> '''Pepp''': Zzz... No! Vegetarians everywhere! STOP! THAT'S MY FACE!

* According to Daruk's diar- sorry, ''[[InsistentTerminology training journal]]'', Link once ate [[EatDirtCheap rock roast]]. [[ExtremeOmnivore And liked it.]]
* Speaking of the diary... Beating the challenge fights against the Divine Beast bosses multiple times gets you additional dialogue from the Champions. In the case of Revali, he ''immediately'' [[BlatantLies denies ever writing said diary.]] Possibly because he's ''embarrassed'' by the notion of Link reading it... A feeling shared by ''Mipha'', who, when she brings up the subject, [[SuddenlyShouting immediately yells at Link to not read it]], before apologising for doing so. Daruk calls his a "training journal", even if he encourages Link to find it.

* Of course, Daruk grabbing everyone into a gigantic hug just in time for the Sheikah Slate to take the group photo at the end of ''Ballad of the Champions.'' Everyone's look of either shock or annoyance is priceless — with the single exception of Urbosa, who looks quite pleased that Link and Zelda were [[ShipperOnDeck pushed closer together]]. It's especially funny when you [[FunnyBackgroundEvent pay attention to Daruk]] as Purah gets everyone into place. He's actually looking between the other characters and ''planning'' the photo-bomb. You can practically visualize the gears turning in his head.

** For extra funny, you can use the One-Hit Obliterator, a weapon that kills whatever it touches in a single blow... to [[MundaneUtility chop down trees for firewood.]]
* At Riverside Stable, you can ask Parcy about various ways to get into [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Hyrule Castle]]. Most of the methods are named after the various races of Hyrule, namely the Zoras, Rito, Gorons, Sheikah, and Gerudo. If you pick "my own way," then Parcy will suggest that you could just charge through the front door smashing Guardians as you go like the Hero of old, but that would be [[LeeroyJenkins suicidally stupid]]. She's completely unaware that [[ObliviousMockery you are said Hero of old,]] that you might be capable of [[CrazyEnoughToWork doing exactly what she suggested,]] or that taking on way too many Guardians at once was [[IResembleThatRemark how you got killed the first time 100 years ago.]]
* [[https://twitter.com/kure4_aoi/status/1160843983997685760 "I WILL TAKE YOUR—"]][[note]][[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Meep meep! [teleports off using the Sheikah Slate]]][[/note]]

** He then proceeds to ask Link, in his thoughts, if he's receiving him — before realising that it didn't work.

* A scene in John Boyne's historical fiction book ''A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom'' required a recipe for red dye, so he Googled one such recipe and hastily put it in. The problem: Said recipe was straight out of ''Breath of the Wild'', meaning that the book has mostly serious fare... and then a section describing red dye made from keese wings, Octorok eyeballs, red Lizalfos tails, and Hylian shrooms. The best part is that Boyne decided to [[ThrowItIn leave it as is]] in the printed version, with an acknowledgement to ''Breath of the Wild''!

* [[ShmuckBait Go ahead]], [[ExplosiveStupidity try to use bomb arrows while on Death Mountain]]. RealityEnsues.

* In Death Mountain, a Goron asks you to find his brother, who went off investigating a legend in the mines. When you find him, he's passed out from hunger, and then his brother arrives, telling you to go find a Rock Roast for him at the bottom of the large hill they're on top of.
When you find one, it's exactly as what you'd expect; a CartoonMeat made out of rock. Even better, when you avoid the sudden influx of enemies and hazards trying to prevent you from delivering it, and then the brothers dig up a shrine after eating it, you'd expect this to be a 'Blessing' shrine for all the trouble you've been through, right? Nope! It's a task shrine called ''[[HereWeGoAgain Greedy Hill]]''.

* Riju putting on the Thunder Helm... only for it to then slide down her head since it's too big for her.
* If you look closely, you can see that Riju isn't actually sitting on the throne, but on a ''booster seat'' that's been put on the throne.

* If you visit Riju n her room at night, you will find her talking to her stuffed sand seal toys. She gets flustered when she sees you and urges you to ignore the toys.

** If you try to cook Tabantha Wheat or Hylian Rice on its own, without at least one other ingredient, it just turns into a Dubious Food. Yes, you read that right: you can [[FoodPorn whip up lavish seafood platters out of a couple of fish and snails, meat skewers, candy out of beehives, fruit or mushroom meals that fully heal you out of a single durian/mushroom, and even potions out of the entrails of your enemies...]]but some simple steamed rice, browned/clarified butter, or baked bread? You manage to fuck it up so badly that it's indistinguishable from ''[[CordonBleughChef cooked monster parts.]]''

* If a fire is set next to a lit cooking pot, the grass will catch fire and sometimes create an updraft. If ingredients are accidentally thrown near the fire instead of in the pot, they will catch the updraft and shoot into the air, showering down moments later as cooked food.