Why is the Pond owner scratching himself in Ocarina of Time?

  • You know the owner of the fishing pond near lake Hylia in Ocarina of Time. Does anyone know why he keeps scratching himself? I heard that this is a reference to another relative of his that does the same thing. And in one of his dialogues, when he mentions about why he is scratching, he says that it's nothing really.

  • About that relative he might have, that would actually be a descendant from Twilight Princess and it is sort of an easter egg tying back to OoT. So sadly, we can't really use this person to get any closer to the truth as she also doesn't know why she gets itchy sometimes.

    Noise alert. The audio static is strong with this recording I found on YT.



    It definitely is interesting to theorize how come he has such a strong itch.

    For starters there's something called "swimmer itch" caused by bites of certain parasites from contaminated waters. Even though humans are not the usual hosts they can get in the skin, and I don't know if this is related or not but one of the shapes are the flat worms. It is probably just a coincidence but the sinking lure kind of looks like a worm, so, who knows, maybe that lure belonged to the fisherman and he actually has been spending too much time in areas without properly washing and drying himself afterwards. So yeah, maaaaaybe Link shouldn't be using the Iron Boots when he goes fishing on that pond in Lake Hylia.

    I WORRY ABOUT YOU, FAIRY BOY!
    I already feel itchy just seeing this water level...


    That being said, it would be odd Hena also shares the same itch problem. If this was to tie her as a descendant, then this suggest the itch could be more some sort of genetic medical condition. Perhaps this condition gets exacerbated in this line of work these two share. Hahah.

  • I am just saying. Sexual innuendos have always been in some Nintendo games. Look at the Pokemon games....You will figure it out.

    There are female trainers in Bikinis who hide their pokeballs, male/female double battles with an Onix and Cloyster, and more. I bet Zelda has some too.

  • I am just saying. Sexual innuendos have always been in some Nintendo games. Look at the Pokemon games....You will figure it out.

    Hahaha. Yeah. I am not exactly ruling it out. Can't be denying there have been some "interesting" choices and innuendos through different Nintendo games. If you are correct, I guess that doesn't do any favours for our gal Hena from TP either, .

    It could be just because of recycled assets, but in Majora's Mask the item shop owner that looks like the fisherman of OoT also scratches his back.