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Description
Overall
Tingle is a very strange, 35 year old man. He wears a green outfit similar to what the Kokiri wear, and he desperately wants to become a fairy of the forest himself. (Though of course this never happens.) He has a pointed hat as a part of his green tights, wears red shorts, and has a clock around his neck. He has his own magic words: "Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!" which he warns you not to steal. He is very accentric and demanding, and sometimes can seem a little bit paranoid and delusional. But his map making and deciphering skills are next to none, so he's not all bad.
Majora's Mask
Oracle of Ages
The Wind Waker
Four Swords Adventures
The Minish Cap
Relevant Quotes
Majora's Mask
When you first meet him:
What's this? Green clothes...White fairy... Sir, could you, by chance, be a forest fairy? Oh my!
My name is Tingle! I think I am the same as you, sir. A forest fairy!
Alas, though I am already age 35, no fairy has come to me yet...
My father tells me to grow up and act my age, but why?
I tell you...Tingle is the very reincarnation of a fairy!
Now while I stand here waiting for a fairy of my own, I sell maps to help out my father.
Lucky! Lucky! You're so lucky to have a fairy! I know! I know! We should be friends! Yes! Yes! In exchange, I will sell you a map for cheap as a sign of my friendship.
Will you buy one of Tingle's maps?
Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!
...These are the magic words that Tingle created himself.
Don't steal them!
Tingle's father:
Blimey! Where is he? That spoiled child is off playin' hooky again!
A child his age has no business searching for fairies...!
Tingle's Father after showing a picture of his son:
Wha!!! That's my son! Eesh...Is he still doing that sort of thing?
Urgh...How humiliating! This guy... He's my son...
As old as he is, he's still doing some pretty silly stuff.
I guess I spoiled him too much when I was raising him...But he really is a kindhearted boy.
Well, thank you for going to all that trouble. This is just a small token of my gratitude!
But could you tell my son something for me?
...Could you, uh, please ask him not to go outside in that outfit anymore?
Oracle of Ages
When you first meet him:
What's this? Green clothes... Sir, are you smitten with forest fairies? My name is Tingle, the one and only! I am a true fairy! The villagers say that at 35, I should open my eyes... But I say Tingle is the very reincarnation of a fairy! How'd you like Tingle the fairy for a friend?
Then from today, you and Tingle are friends! Yes! Yes! As a sign of our friendship, Tingle will give you his chart that shows the way to the secret island!
Tingle, Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah! ...These are the magic words that Tingle created myself. Don't steal them!
The Wind Waker
When you first meet him:
Hoo hoo hoooooooooo! If my appearance does not surprise you... then you, sir, must be a fairy, just like Tingle!
Goodness! Did you feel my telepathy?! That's why you saved me, isn't it? Isn't it? Isn't it?
Do not worry! Tingle knows without you telling him, sir! Yes, sir!
Tingle is my name! I have been looking for you and your kind, for I, too, long to be one of the fairy folk!
And yet, I was mistaken for some kind of troublemaker and put into this dreadful sort of place!
How disrespectful!
Please, Mr. Fairy... Rescue poor Tingle from this place and take him to where you and your kind live in splendor!
(free him)
Hoorayyyy! Thank you oh so VERRRY much! Here is Tingle's heartfelt gift of thanks!
Tingle! Tingle! Kooloo-limpah! Become an item!
(get Tingle Tuner)
Now, no matter how far we travel from this dingy cell, our souls will be as one!
Splendid! Tingle is going to get ready to go to the realm of the fairies, so you just wait here, OK, sir?
Ahhh! I was forgetting something important!
Oh, Mr. Fairy! You want to come to my island, don't you? Don't you? Don't you?
(get Tingle's Chart)
When you go out to sea, open it!
If you ever need any help with your charts, just leave it to Tingle! Don't ever forget it!
If you ever need help with charts...
Don't forget it!
Nintendo Gallery description:
Birthplace: Unknown Favorite Things: Fairies, deciphering maps
It's been several years since Tingle first became enchanted with deciphering maps in the hopes it would help him find fairies, and he's lost many things during that time.
He's raising funds to begin his search for fairies, hoping to embark sometime in his thirties, while the lust of life is still upon him. At the age of 35, the pressure's on!
Tingle on the Tingle Tuner after using Tingle Shield:
Tingle was a good bodyguard! I am not to be messed with! Use that anytime!
Tingle on the Tingle Tuner after using Tingle Balloon:
Was your in-flight service satisfactory? Tingle Air can't wait to serve again!
Tingle on the Tingle Tuner giving a description of the Seagull Pen:
Use this to mark your sea charts. It also points you to your destination. Tingle drew his first map with it at the age of three!
Translation
| Country | Name |
| Japanese | チンクル "CHINKURU" |
| All Other Languages | Tingle |
Notes
Tingle's original Japanese name (from MM) is "CHINKURU." This could be transliterated into English as either "Tinkle" or "Chinkle." I don't know why the English translators decided to go with "Tingle." The original name makes more sense when put next to his brothers' names: Ankle and Knuckle rather than Angle and Nuggle. As funny as may be the Spanish version has Angle and Nangle as Tingle's brother; which complies to the "K/G" issue.
Miscellaneous Notes
We have several interview quotes which give more insight into the Tingle character.
N.O.M. interview with the Director of Majora's Mask, Eiji Aonuma (2000)
In this game a lot of the characters have a a great deal of personality, such as Tingle....
When I asked the Art Director "I want you to make me a strange character that has a balloon on his back," he drew me Tingle. Of course, depending on what he does or what he says, a character can change a bit. At least for a game in a 3D world. That actually didn't happen much when making a 2D game.
Why is that?
Well, in the case of 3D there are life-size characters. Talking to them is one thing, but a single gesture they make can change your whole image of a character. In a 2D world the amount of graphics we can put in is small, and images will appear only as we exactly have programed them to. In a 3D game the feature is expanding the image. Of course, this means it will take up more time to make.
So is it your goal to balloon out the image of the game?
Yes. Though it would be an exaggeration to say that "Majora" came out as all of us staff members had planned. Some characters seemed to evolve without me even realizing it.
EGM issue 167, The Wind Waker Afterthoughts (2003)
EGM:
Speaking of the GBA link-up, what's the deal with that guy Tingle? Is he gay?
Eiji Aonuma:
[Laughs] He's not really gay. He's just a 35-year-old man who, for whatever reason, seems to think he's a fairy. On our team, we have a lot of guys over 30 who still seem to think that they're children [laughs].
Tingle RPG
The people at Nintendo have decided to create an RPG about Tingle. Indeed this will make him the star of his own game. Other than this there is not much known about it.
Acknowledgements
Entry submitted by gkopw, edited by davogones.
See also
- Ankle
- Knuckle
- David Jr.
- Tingle Island
- Tingle Tuner
- Tingle Siblings
- Tingle Trophy
- Labrynna
- Lynna City
- Termina
- Island Chart
- Rafton
- Seed Satchel
- Kokiri
- Tingle Statues
- Dragon Tingle Statue
- Forbidden Tingle Statue
- Goddess Tingle Statue
- Earth Tingle Statue
- Wind Tingle Statue
- Seagull Pen
- Tingle Bomb
- Tingle Balloon
- Tingle Shield
- Kooloo-Limpah
- Tingle Watch
- Hand-Me-Down Tingle Tuner
- Red Ting
- Green Ting
- Blue Ting