The Legend of Zelda (television series)

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A preview for Friday's The Legend of Zelda episode

The Legend of Zelda was a short-lived animated television series chronicling the adventures of Link, Princess Zelda and Ganon in Hyrule, which was based off the first two The Legend of Zelda games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. While the series is unrelated to the Mario franchise, it was part of the same syndication package as the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and, as with the Mario cartoons, was produced by DiC Entertainment.

While The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! was broadcast five days a week, Mario cartoons only aired from Monday through Thursday. The Legend of Zelda, still accompanied by live-action segments with Mario and Luigi, aired on Friday. Some of these segments were included as part of The Legend of Zelda's later DVD release because Mario, Luigi, and/or the guest star would speak out to the audience to promote that week's The Legend of Zelda episode, showing a preview consisting of scenes from the upcoming episode.

As the characters in the live-action segments are aware of the The Legend of Zelda cartoon, the animated series itself actually exists in the overall Mario series.

As of 2014, the series has been made available for streaming on WildBrain's YouTube Channel "WildBrain - Cartoon Super Heroes", though the live action segments have yet to be included by the channel.

Trivia[edit]

  • The episode "Stars in Their Eyes" of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! has aliens known as the Quirks playing the theme song of The Legend of Zelda on their trumpet-like noses near the episode's end. Similarly, The Legend of Zelda episode "Doppelganger" depicts Link whistling the Super Mario Bros. theme while practicing with his sword.
  • According to Mario, The Legend of Zelda is Mama Mario's favorite show.
  • Both this and The Super Mario Bros. have the "Do the Mario" ending song for the credits, considering they were both part of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.

External links[edit]

The Legend of Zelda coverage on other NIWA wikis:
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Television series and films
Animated series Saturday Supercade (1983) • Captain N: The Game Master (1989) • The Legend of Zelda (1989) • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) • Super Mario World (1991) • Captain N & The Video Game Masters (1993) • Mario All Stars (1994) • Donkey Kong Country (1996)
Live action / mixed format The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) • Mario Ice Capades (1989) • King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (1989) • Club Mario (1990) • The Super Mario Challenge (1990) • Donkey Kong Planet (1996)
Films and OVAs Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) • Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (1989) • Super Mario no Kōtsū Anzen (1989) • Super Mario no Shōbōtai (1989) • The Wizard (1989) • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land (1991) • Super Mario Bros. (1993) • Mario Kirby Meisaku Video (1995) • Pixels (2015) • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Web videos Finding Luigi - Legend of Parkour (2013) • The Cat Mario Show (2014) • Mario Kart 8 From the Pit (2014) • Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto (2015)
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