Toon Link

Toon Link is a trophy from this world created to fight opponent trophies for sport. His appearance, attacks, and personality are a mirror of the incarnation of Link who saved the Great Sea from Ganondorf after the flooding of Hyrule. Toon Link's name refers to the "toon-shading" animation technique used in both of the video games that he starred in: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Toon Link is a secret playable character. His statistics and move set are based off of Young Link from Super Smash Bros. Melee. Link and Toon Link are very similar characters in the game, having almost the same move set in and the same Final Smash. In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, in one mini-game, Toon Link is using his Deku Leaf to land on an island. This game uses the form "mohawk".

Role in the Subspace Emissary
After beating The Subspace Emissary, in the forest stage, if the player enters the first red door in the beginning of the level, he or she will be taken to the Pirate Ship. There, Toon Link will be looking out to the sea. However, once he sees the player, he's surprised. Thinking the player is an enemy, he attacks the player. The player then fights Toon Link, and if the player beats Toon Link and turns him into a trophy.

Solid Snake Codec conversation

 * Snake: Mei Ling, who is this kid with the cat eyes...?
 * Mei Ling: Oh, they call him Toon Link. Doesn't he look familiar?
 * Snake: Yeah, he looks just like Link.
 * Mei Ling: But you know there've been several people who've gone by that name, right? They all have certain things in common--green clothes, a sword, a shield... But they all came from different lands and lived in different eras. And yet the spirit of the hero of the Triforce is timeless. It's an essence that transcends history.
 * Snake: I think I can relate to that.
 * Mei Ling: Huh? What do you mean?
 * Snake: There's been more than one "Snake," too, you know...