The Triforce Wielders Recurring: Goddesses and Allies, Villains and Enemies, Races Main Series: The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Oracle games, Four Swords, The Wind Waker, Four Swords Adventures, The Minish Cap, Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Skyward Sword, A Link Between Worlds, Tri Force Heroes, Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom Spin-Offs: Philips CD-i Games, Hyrule Warriors, Cadence of Hyrule, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Characters in the game.
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Main Characters
The Tri Force Heroes
The three heroes who try to work together to save the Kingdom of Hytopia. One of them is the legendary hero Link, while the other two either are identical-looking boys or animated statues called Doppels.
- Action Fashionista: Can wear different fashionable costumes to gain new skills.
- Apologizes a Lot: Some players will apologize for almost anything, taking damage, being slow, and even things that aren't their fault. This makes some of the others send a thumbs up to calm them and say that's OK and they'll manage.
- Badass Crew: Not only is one of them the actual Hero of Hyrule, the other two can keep up. They work together to kick much ass.
- The Chosen Many: Legends say that whenever Hytopia is in peril, three young heroes will always arise from nowhere to save the day.
- Chromatic Arrangement: Green, Red, and Blue.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: Easily manages to carry 2 others his own weight, and potentially a bomb the size of him, without even slowing down.
- Clothes Make the Superman: While they are capable heroes in their own rights, the costumes they can collect provide them with various buffs and power-ups.
- Experienced Protagonist: The Link in the game is the same one as in A Link Between Worlds, who has saved the worlds of Hyrule and Lorule from certain demise at the hands of Yuga.
- Griefer: Potentially. Explained in-universe by Mr. Tudor, who refers to them as "false heroes" who answered the same call as Link, but who "act unheroically" in the Drablands.
- Happy Dance: Some players celebrate clearing a stage by tapping the pompom button to the rhythm of the victory music. Other players tend to join in when they catch on to what's going on.
- Hot Blooded Sideburns: One of Hytopia's requisites for a Tri Force Hero.
- Identical Stranger: To each other. The only difference between them is the color of the outfit and hair.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Rare male example, considering he can wear Zelda's dress.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Averted. Even if one Link runs ahead, boss battles will not start until all three Links are in the area.
- Pointy Ears: One of Hytopia's requisites for a Tri Force Hero.
- Puppet Fighter: The single player mode has Link switching between different soulless puppets known as Doppels.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Wearing the Serpent's Toga costume turns their irises red. Subverted in the sense that it doesn’t make them more dangerous per se, just harder to hurt.
- Real Men Wear Pink: Among the outfits they can wear are ones that are frilly, pink, have heart patterns, and are dresses.
- Silent Snarker: Can become this if they respond to mistakes, especially grave ones, with facetious thumbs ups and cheering.
- Team Title: The game's subtitle refers to these dudes.
- Those Two Guys: The other two easily become this when you wait for them, especially if they're strangers and both of them know each other.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: There are plenty of costumes that would be more suited for a girl, but any one of these three can wear them without any issue about it.
- You Don't Look Like You: In A Link Between Worlds, Link resembled his pre-Ocarina of Time look. He now appears in his Toon Link image. Justified as
Word of God is that he's disguised himself.
King Tuft
- Adipose Rex: He's pretty round.
- Camp Straight: We can only assume he's straight because he has a daughter; if he really is is another question. Then again, Hytopia is a pretty camp country overall.
- Collared by Fashion: He wears one of those frilly things.
- The Fashionista: He's not pleased when people drop the fashion in fear of becoming cursed, so he makes sure to dress fashionably himself while his daughter is cursed.
- Giant Poofy Sleeves: Not as big as most, but thicker/poofier than his arm.
- Gonk: Due to Non-Standard Character Design.
- Manly Tears: Parodied. He drops into them at the drop of a hat.
- Non-Standard Character Design: He looks very different from the others' toon designs.
- Playing Card Motifs: He looks a lot like a King playing card
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Princess Styla
Click here for her uncursed.
Voiced by: Aya Saito (Jappanese), Charlotte Ann (English), The Princess's Tell-All Trailer
The princess of Hytopia who was cursed to wear a drab outfit.
- Compressed Hair: It's a wonder how it all manages to fit within those tights.
- Curiosity Is a Crapshoot: Checking out her gift turns out to be a big mistake.
- Dub Name Change: She goes by very different names depending on the country.
- In Japan her name is Furiru-hime or Princess Frill
- Her French name is Princesse Mousseline, or Princess Muslin
- Her German name is Prinzessin Rüschlinde.
- Her Italian name Principessa Fronzolina.
- Her Spanish name (both from Spain and Latin America) is Princesa Cursilinda. It is derived from the words cursi (corny) and linda (pretty), which in English would mean "pretty corny."
- The Fashionista: Before the curse.
- High-Class Gloves: Wears white opera gloves when uncursed.
- Hikikomori: After the curse. Though she does sneak out of the castle on occasion, and can be found in hiding behind buildings and beneath trees around town.
- Meaningful Name: It's derived from style.
- Missing Mom: Her mother isn't mentioned.
- Ojou Ringlets: Her hairstyle when not in the cursed outfit.
- Princess Classic: Parody of such.
- Regal Ringlets: Has them normally.
- Shrinking Violet: Should Link find and speak to her while she's hiding around town, she'll stammer an apology and some words of encouragement before quickly running off.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Zelda.
- The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: More pleasant to look at than her bizarre looking father.
- World's Most Beautiful Woman: Hytopia's, at least. She's also more "cute" than flat-out gorgeous.
Madame Couture
The seamstress who makes your clothes.
- Brawn Hilda: Parodied. She almost always sings, and most (famous) fashion designers are men in our world.
- Cool Shades: Typical for her tribe apparently.
- Crazy Cat Lady: She is more eccentric than crazy; she owns at least five cats. She even squeezes the cat she is holding when excited.
- The Fashionista: Obviously, given she's the one that makes all the outfits for you and the royal family. It's later revealed that she, like the Lady, is descended from a clan of witches who specialize in imbuing clothing with magic.
- Fat and Skinny: The fat to The Lady's skinny.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Sees herself as this with regards to potential heroes, so to be safe she lets Sir Combsly check them first.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: In the official artwork, where she manages to be a mix of this and an elderly Big Beautiful Woman.
- Opera: Speaks like this. Her shop's music is a cheerful comedy opera as well.
- Stepford Smiler: Is secretly depressed that she has to help Link hunt down her sister, and hopes that the issue of the princess's curse can be resolved peacefully.
Villains
Lady Maud
The witch of the Drablands who cursed Princess Styla.
- Action Fashionista: Justified, since all of the magical prowess she uses in combat is derived from the clothing and accessories she wears.
- Age-Inappropriate Dress: Her purple mini-dress is much too short for a woman her age.
- Anti-Villain: While her exact intentions are still up for debate, the overarching reason she stooped to villainy is because she felt her fashionable talents were underappreciated by the citizens of Hytopia. In addition to hosting a tragic past, the most villainous thing she does without provocation is trap the princess in a hideous outfit that can't be taken off. She's still an ass about it, though.
- Big Bad: She's the one who cursed Princess Styla, and the Links' objective is to defeat her.
- Born in the Wrong Century: Invoked. Her progressive designs are the reason she left Hytopia to begin with, as no one else sought to appreciate them.
- Collared by Fashion: It's one of the materials for her ensemble.
- Cool Shades: They're one of the materials for her ensemble. Doubles as Shared Family Quirks, since Madame Couture also wears a pair.
- Dark Action Girl: She might look like a simple prissy fashion diva, but don't let her looks fool you. She can easily wipe the floor with the Links.
- Dub Personality Change: In the Japanese version, the Lady speaks politely at first, with a slight air of condescension. In English, she is ruder and openly hostile towards the Links, like she is when she's defeated. Just compare their opening dialogue!Japanese version: To think you would not knock in a lady's chambers... They call me Sister Lady, the pinnacle of the fashion world. This is my private time, and I'm afraid I must decline an interview without an appointment.English version: Hmph! Entering a lady's room without knocking?! FAUX PAS ALERT! Hooligans! I am Lady Maud, ruler of the fashion world. NEVER come in here without making an appointment first!
- Dub Name Change: From "Sister Lady" in Japanese to "Lady Maud" (or simply "The Lady") in English.
- Enemy Summoner: Rather than fighting her, the Links' confrontation at the Fortress has her summon fashionably-designed versions of Margoma, Arrghus, and Moldorm for them to take down instead.
- Fair-Play Villain: Although she is willing to fight the Links to the death to defend her actions, she never attacks them preemptively and always waits for them to come to her first.
- Grande Dame: A stately older woman who considers her outfits the very height of fashion. However, in the English localization, her dignified air is greatly undercut by her enormous ego and rudeness.
- Gratuitous French: In the English dub, she says "oui" and "talk to le hand". Overlaps with French Jerk, considering how mean she is.
- Hartman Hips: And she loves showing them off.
- Incoming Ham: "Hmph! Entering a lady's room without knocking?! FAUX PAS ALERT!"
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: She styles herself as the undisputed leader of the fashion world and is extremely critical of others, but it's implied she acts this way to compensate for the lack of recognition she received for her talents in the past.
- Jerkass: Is nothing but condescending towards the Links, who she claims know nothing about fashion. She's particularly bad in the English version, where her ego is more pronounced and she's much ruder.
- Meaningful Name: The name Maud means "powerful battler", and she's the Final Boss. It also sounds a bit like "mode", as in fashion.
- Noblewoman's Laugh: Complete with associated pose!
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Yes, a crazed fashionista of all things is the villain of a Zelda game, but she is a powerful summoner and no slouch when it comes to close combat.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: To the bitter end, she acts as though she deserves gratitude for "remedying" Styla's wardrobe woes and even takes offense at the Links insinuating that the tights are cursed, despite the fact that they explicitly cannot be taken off.
- One-Winged Angel: Parodied. As the fight with her goes on, she'll don progressively fancier and gaudier outfits in order to use stronger attacks against the Links.
- Orcus on His Throne: She never moves to confront the Links until they literally show up on her front doorstep, first in the final stage of the Fortress and then again in the temple in the Sky Realm.
- Parasol of Pain: She uses them to channel electricity toward the Links in the final battle, as well as in close combat. It's also the final material needed for her ensemble.
- Purple Is Powerful: Her dress and magic are both a bright lilac purple color, and she's a powerful sorceress.
- Smug Snake: Though she speaks politely, Lady Maud is a very pompous woman who considers herself the "ruler of the fashion world". She even believes the Links are trying to interview her when they first come to her fortress.
- Sore Loser: After the Links defeat her three pets, she flies off the handle and angrily smashes her parasol into the ground.
- Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Instead of dying after you defeat her, she simply decides to teleport away humiliated, leaving behind the last of the materials for her ensemble. This was also Madame Couture's intention all along - to defeat her and break Styla's curse peacefully.
- We Used to Be Friends: It's mentioned that she used to get along well with her sister, Madame Couture. Judging by how she regularly insults the outfits Couture crafts for the Links, that's implied not to be the case anymore.
Bosses
Margoma
The boss of the Forest Temple.
- Bullfight Boss: It needs to be goaded into ramming against a wall, which will expose it to having a bomb thrown into its central hole.
- Go for the Eye: To damage it, the Links need to stun it using a bomb so as to expose and be able to attack its giant eyeball.
- King Mook: It's a giant, eyed, boss-level version of the Mini-Margos found in its dungeon.
Arrghus
The boss of the Water Temple.
- Cyclops: Its body is dominated by its huge central eye.
- Flunky Boss: It uses a swarm of smaller flying eyeballs to attack and defend itself.
- Go for the Eye: In the final phase of its battle, it needs to be stunned by firing the gripshot at its eye.
Moldorm
The boss of the Fire Temple.
- Attack Its Weak Point: As is traditional for Moldorm bosses, it can only be damaged by striking its tail.
- Platform Battle: It's fought on a platform high above a pit of lava, and tries to knock the Links down into the molten rock far below.
Blizzagia
The boss of the Ice Temple. It's essentially an ice-based variant of the older series boss Barba/Volvagia.
- Breath Weapon: It breathes streams of icy mist, which it uses to coat its boss arena in ice.
- Broken Armor Boss Battle: As it strikes at them, the Links need to hit Blizzagia's mask with the magic hammer to gradually crack and destroy it. Once the mask is gone, a weak point on its head is revealed that be attacked using any weapon.
- Carbuncle Creature: It has a gem-like organ in its forehead that serves as its weak point, and which it covers with its mask.
- An Ice Person: It breathes out streams of icy wind and can freeze the Links solid by striking them with its tail.
- Underground Monkey: It's a variant of the Barba/Volvagia boss from earlier games. Like the earlier fiery versions, it's fought in a cave where it pops in and out of holes to strike at Link and must be damaged by striking at its head with a hammer, but is ice- rather than fire-themed. Most dubs, including the Japanese, simply call it "Ice Volvagia" or something similar.
Stalchampion
The boss of the Desert Temple.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: A variant. Its left arm ends in a huge spiked mace instead of a hand.
- Flying Face: In the final phase of its battle, it detaches its head and sends it flying after the Links.
- Hurt Foot Hop: If the Links strike it in the back during the first phase of its fight, it will hop around the battle arena while clutching its foot.
- Shielded Core Boss: Its only vulnerable spot is a heart-like organ in its chest. To defeat it, the Links need to stun it, then hit it to make it collapse, and then deal as much damage to the exposed heart as they can before the skeleton can reassemble itself and repeat the cycle.
Prismantus
The boss of the Grim Temple.
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: The three bulbs on its body can only be damaged by the sword of the same-colored Link.
- Go for the Eye: To damage it, the Links need to stun it by striking at its bulbs to make it open its central eye, which can then be attacked.
Minibosses
Electric Blob King and Queen
A pair of giant Buzz Blobs fought in a similar manner. The Electric Blob King is the miniboss of the Woodlands, while the Electric Blob Queen is fought in the Riverside.
- Attack Its Weak Point: To damage them, the Links need to shoot arrows at the red cores inside their heads.
- King Mook: Literally — they're basically just giant versions of the common Buzz Blobs with crowns and royals titles.
- Pink Means Feminine: The Electric Blob Queen is distinguished from the King chiefly by her pink and lilac coloration.
- Shock and Awe: They both have electrified bodies and fight by shooting electric bolts.
Hinox Brothers
A trio of Hinox siblings who are encountered twice. The Links first fight Hinox the Eldest in the Hinox Mine, who is joined by Hinox the Elder partway through its fight. The pair is rematched in the Bomb Storage, after which Li'l Hinox appears to avenge his kin.
- Sibling Team: A trio of Hinox brothers who fight the Links as a group.
Freezlord
A giant Freezard fought in the Snowball Ravine.
- Animate Inanimate Matter: It's a giant mass of living ice, sculpted into a rough face.
- Breath Weapon: Most of its attacks involve breathing gusts of icy air from its mouth.
- Homing Projectile: It can spit out icy spheres that will lock onto the nearest Link and follow him around.
- An Ice Person: It fights using gusts of freezing wind and spitting out balls of ice.
- King Mook: It's a giant, extra-powerful version of the common Freezard enemies, fought as a miniboss.
Vulture Vizier
A giant bird fought in the Stone Corridors.
- Adipose Rex: It's a roundly corpulent King Mook with an aristocratic title.
- Breath Weapon: It attacks by blowing fire at the Links.
- King Mook: It's a giant version of the common vultures found elsehwere in the Dunes.
Grim Repoe
A scythe-wielding specter fought in the Palace Noir.
- By the Lights of Their Eyes: As with common Poes, it hood casts its face into pure blackness except for its glowing white eyes.
- Grim Reaper: A hooded, scythe-wielding spectre whose name is a pun on the Reaper and the ghostly Poe enemies.
- King Mook: It's a giant version of the common Poes found throughout the Ruins.
- Punny Name: Its name is a fusion of "Grim Reaper", which it strongly resembles, and "Poe", the name of the common ghost enemies found in its area.
- Spin Attack: It fights by spinning wildly around the room with its scythe.
- Step into the Blinding Fight: In its battle's second phase, it puts out all the torches to plunge the room into darkness and tries to snuff them back out with its scythe if the Links re-light them.
Gigaleon
A star-shaped... thingy... found in the Deception Castle.
- Go for the Eye: Its only vulnerable point is the eye on its underside. In the first phase, the Links must use the fans to propel a bomb into it; in the second, they will need to launch themselves onto the creature and strike its eye directly.
- Playing with Fire: It attacks primarily by dropping or throwing fireballs around its arena.
Secondary Characters
Sir Combsly
The tough but noble leader of the Witch-Hunting Brigade.
- Anime Hair: It looks like a mustache.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: Subverted; while serious about his work, he seems like a decent guy, and is always encouraging towards Link's efforts.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice. He has one and works for the King.
- Meaningful Name: His hair certainly looks combed.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: His outfit has no sleeves, which lets him show off his hairy, muscular arms.
Stylish Woman
A large lady who is remains in Madame Couture's shop.
- Big Beautiful Woman: Is very fat and, as her title implies, still very pretty.
- The Fashionista: Apart from Link, she's Madame Couture's only customer, being the only one in Hytopia bold enough to look fashionable now that the witch has cursed the princess. Unfortunately, this also means that she's unable to leave the shop, so she remains there throughout the entirety of the game.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Not from her regular outfit, but seeing Link wearing the Cheetah Costume (which has the male version of this trope) has her state that it's just what she has in mind to add a bit more oomph to her appeal.
- No Name Given: Nor even a nickname. The "Stylish Woman" was the name of a similar character who appeared in A Link Between Worlds, so it stuck.
- The Tease: Whenever Link emerges from the dressing room, she'll crack a flirtatious joke about whatever outfit he has on.
Bearded Baron
A bearded man who came up with a very weird way of getting around the witch's curse: cutting his outfit in half.
- The Fashionista: Used to be a very eager one but only wears them on the front these days as he's afraid that he'll become cursed like the princess.
- Mr. Exposition: Tells you everything you need to know in the beginning.
- Sexy Backless Outfit: Parodied. He cut it off to look less fashionable.
Mimi
A little girl who is the daughter of a street merchant.
- Girlish Pigtails: Has her red hair up as this.
- Third-Person Person: Has a habit of speaking like this.
Faux Hero
A young boy who is denied in the Witch-Hunting Brigade because of not meeting the Tri Force Hero criteria.
- Heroic Wannabe: Wants to be the hero, but doesn't meet the requirements.
- Hot Blooded Sideburns: He has sideburns, and is very hot blooded.
- Mythology Gag: He looks like the Link from A Link to the Past. His ears however, as one of the other townsfolk point out, are round, which disqualifies him from being a hero.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: Subverted; he's pretty loud, and tends to ramble on to the point of being annoying. This is probably another parody the game brings, seeing as how Link is usually a Heroic Mime.
Doppel Master
A guide that lets you venture to the Drablands with Doppels.
Mr. Tudor
The tutor of Hytopia castle.
- Meaningful Name: His name is derived from the style of dress worn in England in the 16th century.
- Punny Name: Sounds like tutor.
- Retired Badass Action Survivor: Is hinted at being the writer of the Drablands Diaries, Four Eyes.
The Great Tripini
A clownish looking guy who appeared when the Den of Trials were foundnote .
- Mr. Exposition: Tells you what you need to know about the Den of Trials.
- Verbal Tic: Fills his speeches with "uhs", "ums", and "ahs", as if he's not sure of himself.
