The Zelda CD-i memes stem from a series of three poorly-received games released for the Philips CD-i in the early 1990s: Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, and Zelda's Adventure. Known for their bizarrely animated cutscenes, awkward voice acting, and nonsensical dialogue, these games were a commercial failure but found a second life in the mid-2000s as a cornerstone of YouTube Poop (YTP) culture. Characters like King Harkinian, the merchant Morshu, and a whiny version of Link became legendary internet archetypes. Today, the memes are used to evoke a sense of surrealist nostalgia, often referencing famous lines like 'Mah boy!', 'Enough! My ship sails in the morning!', or 'I can't give credit! Come back when you're a little mmm... richer!'