Gayest Episode Ever

The Cartoons That Made Us Gay: The Legend of Zelda

Added 2022-05-24 07:03:08 +0000 UTC

“The White Knight” and “Kiss ’n‘ Tell” (September 22 and September 29, 1989)

Zelda had an animated series for all of thirteen episodes in 1989, and while most people’s memories of it amount to “Excuse me, princess,” it’s at least a better show than the Mario cartoons it was shoehorned in with in that The Legend of Zelda actually embraced the fantasy world of Hyrule and seemed to want to fill in the blanks left by Zelda 1 and Zelda 2. We’re focusing on two episodes that do more interesting things with gender than you might expect from something from the depths of DiC. They’re queer enough, we sear.

Watch these episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3UUUEgmfVw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVOwhAFe-yE

Read:

The Ringer’s history of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show

Bob Forward recalling what it was like writing the Zelda cartoon

Hey, listen:

The Book of Mudora podcast’s episode about the cartoons

And in case you’re wondering how Twin Peaks ended up shaping a Zelda game, listen to Drew’s episode of Singing Mountain all about it.

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