The Legend of Zelda's Most WEIRD Characters!

[@HyruleGamer]

Who is the WEIRDEST Zelda Character??

[@Cosmosis-86]

The ghost hand in the toilet 😂

[@Croshau]

Tingle

[@mt.crushmore]

​@@Cosmosis-86ppppapper please!!

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

Sayge. That guy has definitely been huffing the fumes.

[@Cosmosis-86]

@@mt.crushmore ✉️ 😂

[@slimcognito383]

I'm surprised you didn't mention how Tingle just kidnapped a random guy named David Jr and forced him to work for him in Windwaker.

[@HyruleGamer]

shhhhhh

[@Joe-ev9ci]

David Snr. Should have paid what he owed.

[@eugenethomas1636]

And even made Him dress up like him

[@Walter-mi7lm]

That’s tingles brother.

[@eugenethomas1636]

@@Walter-mi7lm he's not even related to tingle though

[@Anths_art]

Tingle actually appears in Skyward Sword as a plush doll in Zelda's room, so Tingle, or at least the idea of him, has technically existed from the very start

[@nottheguru]

Milo from Twilight Princess. The baby. That owns. A shop.

[@Aileil]

You bring up a strong contender.

[@HyruletheCheetah]

Yes

[@SethaaSchneegepard]

An the feaking music! I always wonder what they're singing xD

[@Aileil]

@@SethaaSchneegepard Okay, I know this isn't what they are singing, but it always makes me think "Birthday ball, birthday ball, why don't you come to the birthday ball?".

[@Mitzi_DelverVRC]

Malo scared me when I was little.

[@pinkraven7043]

One of my favorite ways to introduce newbie Zelda players to the rest of the franchise's lore is to show them Ooccoo. She never fails to leave people speechless. Unique NPCs are part of what make the Zelda games so charming. If the dungeons dont hook you in, doing side quests for weird but kind NPCs will.

[@tomcurl8034]

Moza is meant to show the player what mistakes can be made with cooking and therefore what not to do and I like how in the second game she goes from being an example of bad cooking to being able to help fix your own bad cooking

[@HyruletheCheetah]

How did you not mention Beetle and how he mutters under his breath that he will hire somebody to steal the energetic beetle if you don't give it to him.

[@duckplushie8421]

And he straight up drops you from a flying house if you don't buy anything from him in SS

[@endlessemptyvoid]

3:30 I swear this kid is a nightmare. When I was a kid, he used to make me wanna puke because of his snot, and it hasn't changed one bit in 15+ years! :D

[@Aileil]

I only ever saw him in Minish Cap and I thought he was wearing a white tie.

[@nyperold]

One thing you might notice about Tingle is that when he gives you that chart, it has four locations marked on it: Windfall Island, Tingle Island, one of the fairy islands... and your home island. Why? Well, Outset Island and the fairy island have something in common: both places are where Great Fairies upgrade your wallet capacity. He really wants you to be able to hold a lot of Rupees, huh?

[@joseybryant7577]

The water in Wind Waker is probably the most beautiful in the entire series

[@ShadowWizard224]

Wind Waker has the smoothest form of travel in the whole series.

[@chrislecount4801]

Unless you don’t live in Japan.

[@JamesDevereuxWebber]

Great video as always. For future reference, the “phonogram man” does have a name: Guru-Guru

[@TheMadSocrates]

Man, no mention of Kilton and Koltin? Especially the way Koltin shrieks line a psychopath when you give him your bubble gems.

[@midnightbluevt]

Link's frickin' face at 10:34 gets me every time

[@steven1946]

"Does that make me weird?" No. Not even close.

[@LunaP1]

I'm glad Moza was brought back in TotK. And she was finally useful by fixing up the Dubious Food/Rock Hard Food so it would be much more useful. Good work Moza.👍

[@varximus]

You should do a honourable mention as well. Kilton and his brother from TOTK deserves a spot in my opinion as well :)!

[@tomkerruish2982]

I like Zill when he's sleeping and his snot bubble pops, momentarily waking him. I'm surprised you didn't mention Agitha (aka Princess of Bugs) from Twilight Princess

[@TheDarkSan666]

FR! The way she was like „Oh I know you still have bugs on you! I can feel/smell them!“ - young me was like yeah-no. Not coming back, I want to live xD

[@jannetlouis103]

The only weird character in Zelda is Tingle. Looks weird, acts weird, sounds weird, is weird. Makes everything weird and the name even means, to an extent, a weird sensation. Nobody asked but I’m not a fan.

[@Windwaker_is_the_goat]

You can't forget about the booger boy

[@TheMadSocrates]

Kilton and Koltin.

[@tomcurl8034]

Zill reminds me of daisy Mae from animal crossing new horizons because they both have a perpetual hanging booger and wow neither of them are bad people. My OCD is screaming at me to get them to wipe their face.

[@ariana1042]

Nothing was more terrifying then snot baby from wind waker little man still haunts me

[@saraross8396]

Tingle has had cameos in every or almost every Zelda game since his first appearance. They just aren't always in person. In Phantom Hourglass, he is on a poster in the Milk Bar. In Spirit Tracks, he appears as a statue in at least one of the shops. As someone mentioned, he is a doll in Zelda's room in Skyward Sword. He appears as Tingel Island in the most recent games, as do his "brothers". While there aren't many who could top Tingle for weirdness, there are three who might, and they all happen to be bosses. First, there's zany Zant from Twilight Princess. His lust for power makes him lose his sanity. Next, and perhaps the weirdest, is Ghirahim from Skyward Sword. I suppose he's overall more creepy than weird, but the way he talks to you and his transformations definitely make him a psycho. Finally, there's my beloved Master Kohga, who is my favorite Zelda boss. I suppose it's his love of bananas and temper tantrums that make him weird, but aside from that, he's just really funny and entertaining. I love his character arc in all his appearances. He goes from a slacking goofball to a fairly competent, calculating leader.

[@emilydefrances5981]

Watching the snot boy section while eating vanilla yogurt was a mistake 🤢

[@Aileil]

And we all just shared a moment of revulsion thinking of those things so close together.

[@xavierwoody5840]

Didn’t Tingle kidnap someone in Windwaker? lol I think he might’ve been in jail for a good reason 😂

[@ZdinoYT2]

5:28 me every night on my piano

[@kymmie_girl]

I did not, in fact, know his name was Zill, lol.

[@melimsah]

I accidentally ran into Magda the moment I got down from the great sky island.... it was terrifying

[@LeithJones]

I appreciate the captions! Thanks HG

[@HyruleGamer]

Of course :D

[@Cyclingismywholelife]

Beedle is my favorite weird character, specifically in skyward sword.

[@Greenknight3]

Honestly surprised master kohga wasn't here.

[@BXtr3m3ty]

HG dropped 2 videos in the last week. My holiday from work is made.

[@HyruleGamer]

Enjoy!

[@ahfcross]

Man I love your videos! Keep up the awesome content man!

[@ndrewmarin]

Weird is not a bad thing in Hyrule!

[@HyruleGamer]

Exaaactly!

[@majesticespeon3126]

I believe the paradox starts with link learning the song of storms when he goes to the parallel world in majoras mask and then when he returns back to Hyrule in the war and everything goes off during his time in Hyrule he teaches the phonogram guy the song

[@majesticespeon3126]

Also the reason I believe this is because when link goes to the parallel world it’s seven years before he comes in adult feel free to correct me lol

[@svenjak5053]

What's even weirder about Ooccoo is that her name in the German version is "Tante" which literally means "aunt" - it never made sense to me, I still don't get it

[@Kahadi]

It's actually not that weird with a bit of research. In the original Japanese, she wasn't really given a name, instead just referred to as "obachan", which technically means "auntie" but is more used by someone referring to an older woman. You can see this a lot if you ever see direct translations for anime or manga, with them similarly using ojichan for an older man (note that older really just means relative to the one speaking), though sometimes they'll use -san instead of -chan. So really, in German, they just continued that. I can't tell if they were trying to keep the syntax, if they were being lazy, or if they thought that was actually her name and directly translated it. We've seen all of those before in other games. You can see this better with her son, Ooccoo Jr., where in Japanese he's called "Auntie's son" and apparently in German it directly translates to "Aunt's darling" Other languages decided to give her an actual name, as far as I can tell. German just copied what she's called in Japanese.

[@corrinflakes9659]

I better see weirdo characters in the movie or else is it really getting those intended “Ghibli vibes” the director cited.

[@ZdinoYT2]

2:34 SHES IN TOTK

[@InsomniacDoe]

Fun fact. the Song of Storms paradox is a specific kind called a bootstrap paradox in which information, or an object, is sent back in time and creates a causal loop where the information or object have no clear origin. like going back in time to give yourself a letter telling you how to build a time machine. where did the designs for the machine originally come from?

[@RikuMcduck]

Why isn’t anyone talking about the one lady that is obsessed with guardians

[@bensell982]

While Link learning the Song of Storms is a paradox, the Song of Storms itself was written by the composer brothers. The same characters that wrote the Sun's Song.

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 82 of mentioning that on 6/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@drewlane7678]

Surprised Kamaro from Majoras Mask isn't mentioned. His odd dancing and weird design always creepes me out as a kid.

[@matthewclark5668]

Hey HG, I have an idea for a video if you're interested. I think it's pretty safe to say that Link and Zelda both reincarnate through the ages. What I wonder is, are there other "special souls" who also reincarnate when they have a mission to fulfill? For instance, Beedle. He always looks the same in every game. He is always a merchant that can provide useful stuff to Link. Another that I think might reincarnate is never seen or mentioned. That would be someone who I'll refer to as the Architect. Just who exactly built all of the dungeons or temples that Link has conquered? Who came up with all of the puzzles he'd have to solve? I'm sure there are probably more examples of possible reincarnies, but these were the only two I could think of off the top of my head.

[@nyperold]

Of course, there's Loone, who loves ancient things... in a seemingly weird way. She's first seen cuddling up to one of those orbs that activates a pedestal, and won't let you take it -- sorry, HIM -- away... unless you bring her pictures of three kinds of Guardians. (The Decayed ones don't count.) She could literally see a Stalker Guardian up the beach, and if she could agree to let you take the orb earlier and just ride down the lift with you, she could see a Guardian Scout. Skywatchers would be harder to see in person, though.

[@devcrom3]

Whenever I hear Groose's theme I can't not think "you forgot the cookies?!"

[@TheZebbga]

Malo. Like, what do I have to say? He is a super intelligent baby who starts a business in Castle Town, probably crazy rich.

[@jonesthemoblin1400]

"Ooccoo walked so the travel medallion can run" Just gonna ignore that Oocoo is just functionally a creepier version of Farore's wind, huh? Lol

[@HyruleGamer]

👀

[@dcbandit]

Weirder still, the Song of Storms not only comes from nowhere in OoT, but it is also invented in the parallel world of Termina in Majora's Mask, which brings the question of how did it cross over to Hyrule, and how did it yet attached to the timeloop? Maybe some weird timey wimey reverse memory stuff, like Link somehow remembering learning the song from his future or something? Idk, makes the most Weird sense in a weird way.

[@GetYourPhilUp]

Ive always believed that in the 7 years you seal the master sword, you are battling through Termina. It may not be canon but it is how I choose to follow along. This would bridge the paradox given that Link could have learned the song in Termina and returned to Hyrule to teach Guru-Guru outside of the OoT setting. We do know that the Hero’s Shade is the future of your Young Link in OoT. So he obviously returned to Hyrule after the Termina adventure since this is the very same Link chronologically. If that’s hard to follow or if I’m wrong let’s discuss it.

[@dcbandit]

​@GetYourPhilUp The problem with Link from Majora's Mask teaching the song is Zelda at the end of OoT sends Link to before the events of the game, aka, spliting the timeline and making it impossible for Link to continue with tampering the adult era from the child era. This is why I believe there would have to be some timey wimey nonsense to make it work, and why it is a weird problem.

[@GetYourPhilUp]

@@dcbandit yes I knew that much, but the 7 years Link is sealed still have to “Happen” right? I’m saying, of course this is just my own interpretation, that the events in Termina are happening in those 7 years making MM more of a Bridge than a sequel. If we galaxy brain this, everytime you switch between Child/Adult Link you could be resetting the Days in Termina. This would still allow for Child Link to return to Guru-Guru at some point in those 7 Years(likely at the end of MM given I just provided a paralell correlation). This would eliminate the “Paradox” since Child Link taught Guru-Guru in the 7 years we don’t play him in Hyrule, he teaches Adult Link who given the power of time travel brings the song back with him when Zelda resets the timeline upon Ganondorfs defeat. Like I said, it’s not canon and I didn’t read this anywhere I just came up with it on my own as a huge time travel/majoras mask fan of the series.

[@nathrob2437]

What the hell did you just call kakariko village ?

[@HyruleGamer]

huh?

[@nathrob2437]

@@HyruleGamer the part where you talk about monograph man. That is not how you say kakariko village

[@SmashardGG]

@@nathrob2437 he meant kakariko village i didnt hear him say something else and it is not a big deal.

[@mythologigi]

​@@nathrob2437how do you pronounce it? 🤨

[@AetherialMelody]

He said Kakariko, he just has a different accent than you normally hear it in and/or he spoke fast

[@TheOctoJules]

Ganondorf is weirder (He wants to take over Hyrule)

[@ianmcallister1066]

I feel that both Kilton and Kolton are meant as spiritual successors to Tingle. They are loners/outcasts obsessed with being something they are not. They travel by balloon. They have the head shape of Tingle with his hood on. I haven't seen anyone else talking about this, but I feel like it becomes obvious once you start to compare them. Thoughts?

[@fireembliam9090]

There need to be a part two of this please.

[@jacintacapelety9600]

I'mma be honest, I find Tingle SIGNIFICANTLY creepier than Ooccoo. Ooccoo looks weird, but they are perfectly pleasant in their dialogue, behavior, and implied actions. Tingle on the other hand has a number of lines and mannerism that just make me uncomfortable, he randomly forced David Jr to work for him in Windwaker (and that's without getting into any of the theories about why there's skulls in the room where the pictobox is stashed), and I still haven't forgiven him for charging me an arm and a leg to translate those charts in the gamecube version of Windwaker!

[@ungenbunyon5548]

Windmill guy is reocurring too he turns up in oracle of seasons i think

[@blackwingred3473]

Did you ever do a theory as to why Zill's picture was in thr private cabana in WW? I think that would be a cool mini discussion.

[@Delphae111]

Tingle is so disturbing and weird overall, but physically it is Ooccoo. has anyone else noticed that the bird hasboobs?

[@chrislecount4801]

With the exception of the Palace of Twilight and Hyrule Castle.

[@albertog747]

Expecting toilet hand and probably at number1 😂😂

[@elliotgandersen]

I like how positive he talks about the weird people. Something we as humanity should take and learn.

[@Clyde-S-Wilcox]

Am I the only one who realizes that Hestu is Tingle?

[@mythologigi]

Hold on, you may be on to something..

[@Kahadi]

His replacement, yes, but he is not actually Tingle.

[@Clyde-S-Wilcox]

@@Kahadi I disagree.

[@Minochu96]

I'd go with Zant, just cause of his personality alone (even tho I wouldn't call him weird, but he's still a very interesting and amazing villain to the series) tho the Happy Masked Salesman is also a very strange character even the hand in the toilet from Skyward Sword was also kinda strange or...how about the lady from Breath of the Wild that has a very strange connection to Guardians the Sheikah orb she takes care of don't know if she is in Tears of the Kingdom as I haven't come across her, but she kinda needs to be in a part 2 of this video

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

Dampe the Grave keeper, and the Poe Collector from OoT.

[@DavidStowers-o7k]

12:00. I'm sorry, but anything that looks like it has a claw where its nipples should be is just really F-ing bizarre!

[@ZeldaLilly330]

I think of Snot-nose kid whenever I see Cubchoo in Pokemon

[@anthares96]

the sales guy at malo mart haunts my dreams

[@ginpachi1]

Finally, the Tingle video is here! 😂

[@Sam_T2000]

how many of the wells in _TOTK_ could actually function as water wells, rather than dank little hideouts?

[@Redeadwalker13]

Snot boy is by far the weirdest and most memorable to me 😂 the way he sucks it up every once in awhile and it moves when he bumps into you is wild Edit: I made this comment before I even made it past the intro and loved that you also called him Snot Boy 😂😂😂

[@-inFinity05-]

Shoutout to the captions!

[@jarrodnisly3333]

Lol his "friend" David Jr.

[@JuanDavidRoa-wb8iy]

Bro how was Malo [Twilight Princess] not on here? He works hard to run a small business... and he is a baby.

[@k_boo8232]

NO I LOST MY STREAK 😭😭 I was reading and didn’t check my KZbin 😢💔

[@HyruleGamer]

Ay you're good!

[@BurnticeeVR]

Hey HG 👋

[@FatherMurph]

Tingle is basically the Wario of this series.

[@chrislecount4801]

In Majora’s Mask, his name is Guru-Guru.

[@kevinchong5424]

12:09 Yes, it does

[@travisflint7616]

How is Agitha not on this list... "I know you have bugs"...

[@fudgecameron_]

more quality content!!!

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks! :D

[@ratedexploited]

Every weird "LOZ" character, AND Counting...

[@thelastwindwaker7948]

8:24 Or just climb a tree on the cliff behind the shrine and glide over. Cause what is game design when all a game cares about is freedom?

[@Thenewbagman]

So Tingle make it to the list but no Kilton or his brother or both of them?...

[@lynnh.3367]

My favourite wierd character in Zelda is definitely Loone.

[@ShepherdsCreek]

Tingle 😍

[@HyruleGamer]

The man himself!

[@brandedswdsman]

Nice vid :D

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@vianabdullah2837]

America has bad tastes because we need Tingle in the next Zelda game. Put him in Smash Bros too for good measure.

[@Kahadi]

It's hard to say it's that America has bad taste. Could actually just be Nintendo being mistaken about their fans. It happened with the Mother series, thinking the US wouldn't enjoy games like that, which is part of why we didn't get the original until the Wii U virtual console, got Mother 2 as Earthbound, not mentioned as being a sequel, and never got Mother 3. Among other times Nintendo has misjudged what their American fans would or would not like.

[@vianabdullah2837]

@@Kahadi Maybe, but they also hated Wind Waker's artstyle and wanted something more 'realistic' like the SpaceWorld demo so I don't know what people were smoking back then.

[@vianabdullah2837]

@@Kahadi Maybe, but they also hated Wind Waker's artstyle and wanted something more 'realistic' like the SpaceWorld demo so I don't know what people were smoking back then.

[@mangakamaiden]

I find Tingle to be the Mr Bean of Zelda

[@leonamatsumoto1997]

Hi There Hyrule Gamer I thought You Might Be Interested to know that Phonogram Man From Ocarina Of Time Has A Name His Name Is Guru-Guru.

[@tomkerruish2982]

Captions? I dinna ken why ye think anyone would need those! (One-fourth Scot here)

[@Sam_T2000]

I don’t like Kilton or new Kilton at all… it’s like they were trying way too hard to make a weird character, because that’s just what _Zelda_ games do 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SuperRangerGuy1]

I'm not a fan of the City in the Sky Area of Twilight Princess

[@Connorstalions23]

Happy mask salesman

[@ndrewmarin]

I always thought Oocoo was a she?

[@thelittlebosniaexperience8181]

I mean it’s pretty obvious…. She doesnt hide those things

[@Kahadi]

Oocoo is a she. The game frequently says so.

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 217 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@CrashDiesel23]

You will probably never see this but will you please do a theory about what links life would have looked like and how Totk would have gone if the champions never died.

[@Master-of-Spirits]

Mailman from TP?

[@ensuena5461]

dj weed pizza?!

[@chrislecount4801]

Personally, I pronounce it as “oak Ari a”

[@lilkorok]

💜

[@HyruleGamer]

[@SethaaSchneegepard]

I'm older than Tingle now x.x sh*t!

[@aricheec7722]

whimsical ahh franchise....

[@brysongiba3975]

Dude, I love your channel, and love your work... But you'd better have a part 2 coming for this... AGITHA?!!?? How can you be a TP fan making a strange characters list and leave off the tween bug fanatic possible orphan living alone in a near mansion of a home in downtown castle town?! I'm not mad, just disappointed