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“ | Just wait till' I get out of here, Zelda and Link! You'll pay for this!! | „ |
~ Ganon after being defeated in "The Ringer". |
Ganon is the main antagonist of The Legend of Zelda TV series. An incarnation of Ganondorf, he is an evil wizard who seeks to conquer Hyrule. He is the archenemy of both Link and Zelda.
He was voiced by the late Len Carlson.
Description[]
Appearance and Abilities[]
Ganon has a face of a boar with yellow/greenish skin and red eyes. He wears a hat with spikes and a purple cloak around his body.
He has great dark magical powers. He can cast lightning bolts, teleporting, levitating and summon minions from his Evil Jar. However, his power is only great in the underworld, and if he ever leaves, he becomes severely weakened.
Personality[]
Ganon is incredibly power-hungry, underhanded, assertive, strategic and will not tolerate failure. He is also very cruel to both his enemies and his minions, prior to his zeal.
Regardless of his cruelty and intimidating moments, however, most of his plans and schemes tend to be very hare-brained, and his occasional cowardliness and lack of premeditation generally makes him out to be incredibly incompetent at the end of the day.
He can also act like a goofy and childish clown at times, to the point where it's played for the show's comedy. The best and most prominent example of this is the episode "The Ringer"; where he was teaching one of his ineffective swordsmen how to do shadow boxing after Ganon made skeletons charge at Link and Zelda with Ganon's throne chair and then attacking them, Ganon teaches the minion this by punching the air, making silly-sounding laughs, and moving awkwardly like a video game character from a fighting game, and it results in his usual bumbling.
Even though his actions are palpable like teleporting in his lair for his speedy convenience, however, his actions can be rather random at times. A good example is the episode "Underworld Connections", where he was telling his minions why he wants them to bring him the Tri-Force, and he was snapping his fingers constantly to teleport at two multiple areas from four to six feet in his own lair while he was explaining, making him seem eccentric and a little hyperactive.
His failures, overall, are either played for comedic effect to make him look pathetic and awkward, as discussed earlier, or it can also be played for dramatic effect. A decent example of this was his appearance in the crossover episode "Quest for the Potion of Power" from Captain N: The Game Master. Where his defeat came from his own laser he zapped at Link and the latter dodging Ganon's attack with his shield, his backfired attack led to him being defeated and making him brutally skyrocket through the roof, being presumably killed off to say the very least.
Biography[]
At some point in the past, Ganondorf acquired the Triforce of Power, which he used to increase his magic. Now he seeks to obtain the Triforce of Wisdom with the aid of his minions in order to become unstoppable and conquer the kingdom of Hyrule. But he is constantly thwarted by Hyrule's princess, Zelda and her hired hero, Link.