![]() He even trembles holding it, as if trying to resist putting it on. As he removes his beak, his face is shown to be utterly terrified of the mask. Demonic Possession: Heavily implied to be the case for the Skull Kid when he puts on Majora's Mask.Demonic Dummy: The mask, from visual indications of growing fire and the climactic musical cue, and the fact that it possesses Skull Kid.Dark and Troubled Past: Skull Kid, from his origins to being possessed.Clock Punk: To fit with the time theme, the opening features the Happy Mask Salesman playing piano in what seems to be a clock tower, with some crossovers with Steampunk.Clingy MacGuffin: It's shown that not only will the mask not come off, but that it attached itself to Skull Kid's face by itself.Body Horror: The film features a sequence of the Skull Kid becoming attached to Majora's mask, and it's pretty damn scary.Backstory Horror: Majora's Mask was one of the scarier LOZ games, but parts of this short aren't very kid-friendly at all.And I Must Scream: Quite literally, as while the Skull Kid was being possessed by the mask, he was SCREAMING in agony. ![]() ![]() He also seems to be extremely reluctant to put it on, as if the mask itself is forcing him to do so. But in the short film, the Skull Kid just happened to come across the Salesman who fainted from staring at the Mask. Adaptational Heroism: In the game, the Skull Kid attacked the Happy Mask Salesman in one of his pranks, which is how he came to possess Majora's Mask.Adaptational Attractiveness: The Happy Mask Salesman doesn't look nearly as creepy and weird as he did in the game, looking far cuter here.The music comes from Time's End II, which can be found here. It was released in 2016 and can be viewed here. Though focusing mostly on Skull Kid, it also gives some more story to the Happy Mask Salesman, too. However, it is not produced by Nintendo and so not part of the Legend of Zelda canon. And it uses real settings (in Humboldt, CA) and models for the characters. It features beautiful 3D animation, and music by Theophany. Majora's Mask - Terrible Fate is a short film made by EmberLab, directed by Mike Grier, as a direct prequel to the video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, telling the origin story of Skull Kid.
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