The White Knight

"The White Knight" is the third episode of the Zelda animated series to be broadcast, but was the ninth in production order.

Plot

 * See also: Episode transcript

While Link and Princess Zelda are in an unnamed village of Hyrule, Tinsuits rise from the Underworld and begin to attack the young hero and the princess. Although Link and Zelda are successful in defeating several Tinsuits, one of them calls an Octorok from the Underworld and grabs the now-swordless Link since Zelda has run out of ammunition for her crossbow. Suddenly, a man known as Prince Facade appears just in time to help Link and Zelda defeat the Octorok with a quick hit from his crossbow, sweeping Zelda off her feet. Link, used to being the hero, doesn't like being outdone by this handsome stranger, and quickly becomes jealous. Meanwhile, Zelda is enchanted by Facade and forgets all about Link, leaving him to walk back to North Castle while she and the prince go by horse. When they arrive back at the castle, King Harkinian and Zelda are fascinated by Facade and his tales of heroism, with the princess not caring about Link anymore. Link, feeling left out, decides to try and match Facade, and attempts to dress more like him. What he fails to realize, despite Spryte's warnings, is that the outfit he has chosen looks completely ridiculous. When Link makes his appearance in front of Zelda and the King, he embarrasses himself further by tripping over. They burst out laughing, causing Link to storm out, feeling angry and humiliated. Thinking that Prince Facade can protect the Triforce of Wisdom for Zelda, he decides to leave the castle.

Ganon, having learned that Prince Facade has arrived in Hyrule, knows that the Prince has a fatal flaw - his vanity - and decides to take advantage of this in his latest bid to steal the Triforce of Wisdom. When Link leaves the castle, Ganon summons several enemies from the Evil Jar to cause chaos in the castle. Tektites arrive and attack Facade while Moblins throw Zelda out the window, where a Zola readily catches her. Zola carries Zelda out of the castle, with Facade in pursuit, but when the Zola jumps into the water, Facade hesitates on the bank, not wanting to get his clothes wet and muddy. Zelda screams at him to save her, but he refuses.

However, all is not lost as Link was still in earshot of Zelda's screams. He mutters that Zelda is not worth saving, but he'll do it anyway, and hurries to save the princess. He defeats the Zola with three Sword Beams and rescues Zelda. Prince Facade quickly tries to make up with the angry Zelda, but she has none of it, and makes him fall into the mud. The episode ends with Link and Zelda walking back towards the castle with the young hero once again trying to get the princess to kiss him.

Characters

 * Link
 * Princess Zelda
 * Ganon
 * Spryte
 * Prince Facade
 * King Harkinian
 * Catherine

Enemies

 * Tinsuits
 * Octorok
 * Tektites
 * Moblins
 * Zola

Items

 * Crissword
 * Crossbow
 * Rope
 * Rupee