Zelda Fart: the Internet’s Strangest Legend of Zelda Meme Explained

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Like many great memes, the “Zelda fart” didn’t start as a deliberate joke. It began with a glitch. In the original 1986 The Legend of Zelda for the NES, players occasionally encountered a strange, low-pitched sound effect when Link used certain items or when enemies were defeated. To modern ears, that sound—a short, guttural burst—sounds remarkably like a fart.

This wasn’t intentional. The NES’s sound chip was limited, and the audio was often compressed or distorted. But the internet, being what it is, latched onto this accidental audio artifact. Early YouTube videos from the mid-2000s began compiling these “fart sounds” from the game, often set to comedic captions or edited into scenes of Link walking around Hyrule Field. The seed was planted.

From Glitch to Gold: The Rise of the Meme

The real explosion came with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in 2017. The game’s physics engine and open-world design gave players unprecedented freedom. And with that freedom came chaos. Players quickly discovered that if you dropped a heavy metal weapon on a flat surface, or if you used the Magnesis rune to slam a crate into a wall, the resulting sound effect was often a loud, resonant “thud” that many interpreted as a fart.

But it didn’t stop there. The game’s cooking system, where Link tosses ingredients into a pot, produces a satisfying “sizzle.” However, if you cook a dubious food item—like a “Rock-Hard Food” made from wood and rocks—the sound becomes a dull, wet “plop.” The internet went wild. Clips of Link cooking “fart stew” became viral sensations on TikTok and Twitter, often accompanied by the caption “Zelda fart.”