Stinging a Stinger

"Stinging a Stinger" is the ninth episode of . It first aired in the United States and Canada on November 3rd, 1989.
==Plot==
:See also: Episode transcript
While is riding through the woods with , he hears a man calling for help. The young hero rushes over and sees three men trying to steal money from an old man, and easily defeats them. The old man, who introduces himself as , thanks and offers to give him a free as a sign of gratitude. Although at first hesitates to trade it in for his , explains that anyone who carries his sword is made irresistible to women, especially princesses. This convinces who immediately hands over his old sword when he hears screaming for help. After leaves, it is revealed that had a deal with the three burly men who were harassing him and gives them the money for helping him get the sword from .
When arrives to where Zelda is, he sees that she's being attacked by . The young hero, confident about his new sword, faces an incoming , but one light beam from the foe breaks the sword in half and causes to collapse from the attack. Zelda rushes towards and just then he realizes that he has been robbed. Suddenly, appears with two at his side, who capture the pair and take them into . Once down there, arrives with 's and offers it to for 1000 , but the evil wizard disagrees and simply takes it from 's hands with no reward. Moreover, he orders the to throw , and Zelda into 's lair. With slowly approaching the group, Zelda gets out a from her pouch and a while the young hero orders to use his lockpicks to open the gate. Zelda then ties the rope around one of 's horns, which causes the creature to spin her around the room. takes this opportunity to use the and make a giant stalactite fall on top of , allowing Zelda to continue to spin around until all of the rope is tied around the beast. With now having opened the gate, the group heads to to consult the of Wisdom on what they should do.
Once at the castle, the of Wisdom advises them to use "natural means" to defeat since currently the evil wizard possesses more magic than they do. The group then heads out to collect beehives and ants to use against . When sees that is approaching the castle with the sword in hand and with and at his side, walks towards and pretends to be offering a box with the of Wisdom as a sign of loyalty to him. However, when opens the box, he finds it contains a beehive, and the bees immediately begin to sting him and his minions. Using this opportunity, swings by and takes the sword from 's hands, and shortly after Zelda launches another beehive at the evil wizard with the help of a catapult. , unable to fight back, retreats back into the . With defeated, Zelda surprisingly hugs and asks him for a kiss, but the young hero ruins the moment by making a bad pun, making Zelda change her mind. Just then, realizes that is gone and discovers that he took the of Wisdom while they were fighting . Zelda then reveals that she hid the underneath 's pile of dirty clothes and that she had asked earlier on to cast a spell on the box with the ant hill. The episode ends with and Zelda looking out the window to see carrying the supposed of Wisdom only for him to discover that he had been tricked.
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Category:TV Episodes