Sing for the Unicorn

"Sing for the Unicorn" is the fifth episode of to be broadcast, but the second in production order. It first aired in the United States and Canada on October 6, 1989.
==Plot==
:See also: Episode transcript
It is evening in . is enjoying the night air while tries to swing in to 's room with a little help from the king. When he lands in her room, the princess is impressed by the flowers that the young hero brought and Zelda offers him a big kiss, which gladly accepts. However, Zelda then hears 's cry for help and rushes off to her window to see that , who is riding on the back of a mysterious , has begun his assault on the castle and is after the king. launches himself over to where and the King are, but he is promptly attacked by . By the time the young hero finishes them off with his and , has already begun to fly away, but jumps off and manages to grab onto the 's tail. Just then, zaps , who loses his grip and begins to fall to his death. Before giving up hope, spots four below and retrains his fall by grabbing two of the ' feet. zaps him again, causing to fall even further to his death, but survives with Zelda's help. 
In the , imprisons the King in a as punishment until Zelda turns and the of Wisdom over to him. Meanwhile, and Zelda enter the but are attacked by when the princess accidentally touches one of the statues. The heroes defeat the with the and but a trap door opens beneath them and plunges them deeper into the dungeon where await them. easily zaps several of the , but one of them sneaks up from behind and knocks his sword off when more ambush the young hero. Although Zelda is helpless since she lost her bow in the previous room fighting the , a mysterious warrior luckily appears and defeats the rest of the using her sai while targeting as well in the process. attempts to shoot the warrior with a but realizes that it is a human since the beam did not cause it to vanish. Zelda then grabs the warrior and removes its mask, revealing that it is a woman who does not speak and Zelda's language. Zelda is able to communicate with her, revealing that her name is and is trying to rescue her that stole. agrees to help her and uses a to blast his way into . 
Due to the blast that caused, hears the group coming and begins to head their way. and the others fight a pair of at the entrance, and the young hero picks up a after he defeats one of them. and run ahead and cross the bridge, where they see two guarding the . After defeats them and gets her back, an appears with a in hand; however, Zelda throws her at its hand, which causes the to explode near him, thus killing the . Because of the explosion, a hole opens beneath where the was and reveals the place where the King is imprisoned. then begins to make his way to where and Zelda are, but before he reaches the end of the bridge, appears before him. is able to zap him once with his , but the evil wizard uses his magic to cut the bridge, which the young hero manages to hold on to while it swings him to the other cliff. Just as is about to deliver the final blow, Zelda defeats using her while and her rescue the king from his fall in the pit room. Seeing the happy ending, blows the magic whistle to call upon a whirlwind that them out of the .
The episode ends with waving goodbye to the King, Zelda and as she's riding away on her .
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==Trivia==
*This episode establishes that 's cannot harm a normal person. Presumably, this was done to tone down the violence in the series, much like how never uses his sword to strike or stab any enemies.
*At some point in the preview for this episode, the word "zip" can be seen instead of the usual zipping animation.
Category: TV Episodes