Toon Link

Template:SSB Infobox 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

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Toon Link's snapshot in The Subspace Emissary.

Toon Link's role begins with him walking through a forest with his fairy companion (possibly Navi). Upon reaching the Master Sword's resting place, Toon Link pulls the sword from its pedestal, wielding it once more. In a clearing of the forest is a napping Yoshi, who Toon Link and his fairy companion at first pay no mind to. However, the Halberd soon flies over the clearing, dropping Shadowbugs which soon form into Primid. At this point, Toon Link and Yoshi form a team and battle through the enemies while in pursuit of the Halberd, only to lose their aforementioned target as it flies far off into the distance, though they quickly continue their pursuit.

Toon Link's next appearance plays out depending on which princess is saved earlier on in the story. If Peach was saved, Toon Link and Yoshi do battle with a Shadowbug clone of Peach (who had recently been turned into a trophy by Bowser) after it attempted to turn an unsspecting Mario and Pit into trophies until Toon Link prevented the attack by slicing the Trophy Gun in half. Upon defeating the clone of Peach, Toon Link is attacked by Mario, who witnessed the defeat of Peach's copy as it reverts into Shadowbugs and drifts away, apparently mistaking it for the real Peach. Then Toon Link and Yoshi fight him and Pit. If Zelda is saved earlier on, then it is she who is cloned, and Mario and Pit fight the clone of her, and must then fend off an attack by Toon Link and Yoshi. After the defeat (and subsequent trophification) of Mario and Pit/Toon Link and Yoshi, King Dedede arrives in a cargo, and snatches the trophies of the fallen duo with an arm attached to it. Fortunately, Kirby (who had accompanied Peach/Zelda earlier) appears and frees the two trophies, and revives them as well. Upon revival, Pit/Toon Link fires an arrow at the incoming cargo, slowing it down a little. The five characters then form an alliance and pursue Dedede.

During their pursuit, they find Dedede's cargo (now empty) parked outside of a cave, and decide to enter it. After getting out of the cave, they find Dedede's trashed hideout, and, upon finding a hole in the wall, they decide to enter it. After they get out of the hole, they find Bowser, who Mario tries to attack until Bowser raises Peach/Zelda's trophy as a shield, forcing him to miss. Pit then fires an arrow at Bowser, whom he barely dodges, before escaping in his Koopa Clown Car.

They then pursue the Ancient Minister in a desert, trying to stop him from detonating another Subspace Bomb. Mario and Toon Link begin to approach the Minister while dodging the lasers he fires at them. Despite their best efforts, the Subspace Bomb still explodes while the heroes barely escape the blast.

Toon Link later appears after the team makes its way to the desert, where they aid another group (consisting of Marth, Ike, the Ice Climbers, Lucas, and the Pokémon Trainer) in fighting off the Subspace Army. If Toon Link and Zelda's tropy forms are retrieved after the initial attack by Tabuu, they will both be shown agreeing to revive Ganondorf (who was turned into a trophy earlier on when he tried to attack Tabuu on his own), at which point they show him where their common target is. Toon Link helps the other heroes throughout the rest of the story.

Official Profiles and Statistics

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Trophies

#	Name	Image	Appearance(s)	Description
	Toon Link	File:TrToon link.jpg		Link as he appeared in The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, with big eyes and an expressive face. He lived peacefully on Outset Island until a bird captured his little sister, and he came to her rescue. In The Wind Waker, he had to crawl, press up to walls, and the like. His green clothes were worn on his 12th birthday and are the lucky outfit of the hero of legend.
	Triforce Slash (Toon Link)	File:TrTriforce slash toon link.jpg	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Toon Link's Final Smash. Hit an enemy with the light emanating from the Triforce mark on his hand to initiate the move. The enemy will be trapped within the Triforce and be unable to move--Toon Link will then rush in close and carve up his foe at lightning speed. The final blow will break the Triforce prison and send the opponent off the screen.
	Outset Link	File:Outset linktrophy.jpg		Link in his traditional clothing. He wears a blue, V-neck, long-sleeved top with a shrimp pattern, coordinated with slender orange pants. It makes you think that, even on his home, Outset Island, Link was quite the fashion leader, and suggests that he may have changed into his green hero's clothing somewhat grudgingly.

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...