In Ocarina of Time, there is a Skull Kid in the Lost Woods; he is located in the area to the immediate left of the first room. Whenever Link comes near the Skull Kid will vanish from that particular region.
Instead of this, you can try to befriend the Skull Kid, by playing “Saria’s Song” at the stump opposite to this kid. He will then get a Piece of Heart as a surprise gift.
In using Z Targeting, Navi says that the Skull Kid looks sad for not having any face or something like that.
Skull Kid’s Origins and Backstory
Children knew him as Skull Kid from the Ocarina of Time game, and although the character executed various mean pranks in the game, the player only saw a lonely playful creature from the Lost Woods.
It is said that the Skull Kids are kids who wandered off into the woods and were changed. In Majora’s Mask, the depicted character is a familiar figure tied to the world of Termina yet a greatly more sinister in the darkness of Majora’s Mask skulking about.
1. A Tragic Outcast
The trusted company of Skull Kid was the Four Giants who decided to evacuate Termina to save it. This abandonment of Skull Kid harmed him soulfully, he did not have friends and became rather bitter.
In his desperation, he begins to strike out at the people in his environment and he feels abandoned and unwanted.
2. The Theft of Majora’s Mask
To be more precise the main protagonist’s fate changes when Skull Kid decides to steal Majora’s Mask from the Happy Mask Salesman.
The mask’s darkness takes over and changes him from humorous to all-out villain, at least in terms of behavior. His new abilities are manipulator of times, master of the moon, and destroyer of Termina.
3. The Moon and Impending Doom
Taking control of his actions the Majora’s Mask, Skull Kid moves the moon closer to the world of Termina and now threatens to crush everything in three days.
As Link the player moves through these dangers to save Termina and at the same time attempts to understand the plight of Skull Kid.
4. Redemption and Resolution
For example, Skull Kid, who begins as a major enemy in the game, is not evil but becomes a lesser villain at the very end of the game.
He is not bad, as the movie’s audience realizes, he is a man tormented by the very mask. There are some changes in the look of the leading characters: Skull Kid becomes a good person and is friends with his companions, the Four Giants, again after Majora’s Mask is destroyed.
The Significance of Majora’s Mask
Majora’s Mask is one of the many mascots of the Zelda series and is one of the strongest artifacts out there. It is not even just a symbol of chaos and confusion, which is very much present, but also a metaphor for what may happen when power goes rogue.
Skull Kid’s Personality
Skull Kid, off his costume, is portrayed as fun-spirited, jovial, and loved to pull pranks. Coming from the background of feeling abandoned, he has to get attention by doing funny things, but when sinful, his playfulness becomes sinful.
Thus, the actions of the protagonist when under the influence of Majora represent conflict within him.
Friendship with Link
Skull Kid has subtle emotional moments with links which can still be seen before Majora’s Mask and even in Ocarina Of Time. In the game Ocarina of Time, to befriend Skull Kid just blow into the ocarina and play some tune.
In Majora’s Mask, this bond is important as the player reforms the Shelby, Link rescues Skull Kid and actually, the player’s love and affection towards the character saves the day.
Themes of Loneliness and Corruption
Skull Kid is associated with loneliness and the impact it brings with it or rather the theme of the movie seems centered on loneliness.
His behavior is reminiscent of a child making some sort of scene after being left by friends. The antagonistic roles embodied by Majora’s Mask paraphernalia the effects of rampant negative emotions on society at large.
