The Ringer

"The Ringer" is the first episode of . It was broadcast in the United States and Canada on September 8, 1989.
==Plot==
:See also: Episode transcript
 reluctantly gets out of bed, complaining about his "boring" life in and reminiscing about the days when he would roam the world and constantly fight monsters. He looks out the window and sees in a nearby balcony and whistles at her. Annoyed, Zelda leaves and shortly after, a sneaks behind and attacks him while more come into his room. One of the minions tries to steal the of Wisdom in 's room, but the young hero manages to defeat them and sends them back to 's . then notices that one of the dropped a Magic , and stores it in his pocket before Zelda knocks on his door. After the young hero tries to kiss her, Zelda greets him with a smack to his cheek for having whistled at her before. then tells her of the that attacked him earlier, and the princess notices that this was the third attack by in the same month. Much to 's dismay, Zelda orders to stay in his room and guard the while she goes off to judge the .
Meanwhile, in the , punishes the and concludes that if he wants the of Wisdom, he will have to get it himself. He begins his plans to spoil the by appearing in cognito: since his teleportation powers are limited in the "upper world," he disguises four in robes and makes them carry him on a platform. eventually arrives to and asks to be let in the contest. When Zelda asks him if he is an amateur magician, the evil wizard answers by making a bird appear out of his hands, which the princess approves of but asks that he wait his turn. Zelda continues to judge the contest while makes the bird turn into an and orders it to go see who is guarding the of Wisdom. The , having seen and next to the , later comes back to and informs him that the young hero is guarding the sacred relic. When one of the magicians makes a lizard appear on Zelda's hand, uses his magic to turn the lizard into a that promptly turns towards the princess, causing her to scream in fear. hears Zelda's scream and rushes down from his room to help the princess. Although the young hero tries to defend himself from the dragon's fire using his , the flame is too strong. In order to make an opening for 's attacks, Zelda throws a nearby plate in his direction, and the young hero fires several at it which reflect back at the dragon, promptly defeating it. However, Zelda and soon learn that the dragon was just a diversion and had managed to steal the of Wisdom.
 quickly grabs a seed that was sitting on a nearby table and asks one of the magicians from the contest to use their growing spell, causing the seed to immediately grow into a giant tree. The princess then ties a rope around the tip of the tree, and after and Zelda climb on top of it, snaps the rope with his sword so that the two are launched out of the castle. Zelda falls on top of , who tries to get her to kiss him, but Zelda pushes him away and warns him that is coming. Although is quickly approaching a secret entrance, zaps one of the carrying the evil wizard, resulting in falling over, who commands his minions to attack the young duo while he calls for reinforcements. gives Zelda the Magic that he found earlier, and when he sees that more are coming from the entrance, he takes his belt off and ties it around both him and Zelda to fight back-to-back. The pair easily defeats the together, and when there is only one left, it takes out a from underneath its chest and throws it at and Zelda; however, the young hero blocks it with his and zaps the foe. attempts to make a quick getaway with the of Wisdom in hand, but uses the that the threw at him and knocks it back at , causing the to be knocked from his hands.
With the of Wisdom now safe, tells Zelda that he will not get the belt off around them until she kisses him. Just as they are about to kiss, comes in and interrupts them, using her magic to get the belt off. The episode ends with inside the threatening that and Zelda will pay for what they have done.
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==Trivia==
*The cartoon series establishes that Link's entire inventory is actually shrunk inside his magic pouch. When is fighting the , he pulls a miniaturized shield from the pouch, which then grows to normal size.
*This episode marks the only time the of Power speaks.
Category:TV Episodes