The Legend of Zelda is an American animated television series based on the popular Legend of Zelda video games created by Shigeru Miyamoto. The series lasted only one season, airing in the U.S. from 1989 to 1990. Episodes were shown on Fridays as part of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. The series was produced by DiC Entertainment in association with Nintendo of America. The show has been released as individual DVDs containing a few episodes each, or as a boxed set containing all thirteen episodes, distributed by Sony, released on October 18, 2005. __TOC__

Show premise

The show is loosely based on the first and second Legend of Zelda games, following the adventures of Link as he bravely defends the kingdom of Hyrule from an evil wizard named Ganon and his dim-witted minions. Most episodes consist of Ganon attempting to capture the Triforce of Wisdom from the beautiful Princess Zelda, or Ganon coming up with some other scheme (of varying complexity) to gain total power of Hyrule.

A common running gag of the series was Link’s repeated failure to convince the somewhat-obstinate Zelda that he deserved a kiss for heroic deeds. Link’s fairy sidekick Sprite was always willing to give him a kiss, but he never seemed to notice. This may have influenced the later misconception among gamers that Link and Zelda are a romantic item, something only implied at the conclusion of Zelda II and never addressed again.

Link occasionally met Zelda’s put-upon behavior with a trademark sarcastic phrase, “Well excuuuuuse me, Princess,” which became popularized and entered gamer culture. It was even used in the infamous Zelda games released for the CD-i.

Voice Cast

• Cyndy Preston: Princess Zelda
• Jonathan Potts: Link
• Len Carlson: Ganon, Moblin
• Colin Fox: Harkinian
• Elizabeth Hanna: Triforce of Wisdom
• Allen Stewart-Coates: Triforce of Power
• Paulina Gillis: Sprite

Episodes

1. The Ringer (Originally Aired 9/8/1989)
2. Cold Spells (Originally Aired 9/15/1989)
3. The White Knight (Originally Aired 9/22/1989)
4. Kiss ’N Tell (Originally Aired 9/29/1989)
5. Sing For The Unicorn (Originally Aired 10/6/1989)
6. That Sinking Feeling (Originally Aired 10/13/1989)
7. Doppelganger (Originally Aired 10/20/1989)
8. Underworld Connections (Originally Aired 10/27/1989)
9. Stinging A Stinger (Originally Aired 11/3/1989)
10. A Hitch In The Works (Originally Aired 11/10/1989)
11. Fairies In The Spring (Originally Aired 11/17/1989)
12. The Missing Link (Originally Aired 11/24/1989)
13. The Moblins Are Revolting (Originally Aired 12/1/1989)

External links

• Zelda Universe has information on every episode.
• Episode reviews

The Legend of Zelda | Animated series based on computer and video games | 1980s TV shows in the United States | 1990s TV shows in the United States