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'''???''' is a mysterious hand that first appeared in a minor side quest in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]'', and has appeared in both ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'' since.

{{Quote|In the original Legend of Zelda game, a gigantic hand appears and grabs you at the entrance to a dungeon. Actually, that has nothing to do with Skyward Sword. [Laughs] It's actually something from a Japanese ghost story. Not a specific ghost story. There are some ghost stories in Japan where — when you are sitting in the bathroom in the traditional style of the Japanese toilet — a hand is actually starting to grab you from beneath. It's a very scary story.|[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]{{Ref|[[Interview:Entertainment Weekly February 10th 2012|Entertainment Weekly]], February 10th, 2012||Shigeru Miyamoto}}}}

In ''Skyward Sword'', the toilet hand is called Phoeni, and has a slightly larger role than in previous titles. Additionally, it was confirmed to be female by [[Fi]],{{Ref|name=female}} and looks more like a glove than a hand. Once again, Phoeni in ''Skyward Sword'' is asking for paper from within a toilet{{Ref|SS|3784|Phoeni}}, this time inside [[Knight Academy]]'s [[Restroom]] on [[Skyloft]].If Link gives [[Cawlin's Letter]] to Phoeni, she falls in love with Cawlin after reading it.{{Ref|SS|3793|Phoeni}} If Link visits Cawlin in [[Groose|Groose's]] room at night, Phoeni can be seen stroking Cawlin's back, giving him nightmares. Since Phoeni is so happy at this new found love, she rewards [[Link]] with five [[Gratitude Crystal]]s. Unfortunately, Cawlin is unable to sleep for the rest of the game, as Phoeni stays with him every night.

*In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]'', [[Link]] can tease ??? by throwing different kinds of [[Mystical Seeds]] and [[bomb]]s into the toilet.

*[[Link]] cannot survive the fall into the toilet in which ??? is found in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]''.

*??? was referred to as ''Phoeni'' in the [[Prima Games Skyward Sword Collector's Edition Strategy Guide]]{{Ref|name=phoeni}}, which was later used in-game in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD|Skyward Sword HD]]''

File:Hand-Majoras-Mask.png|??? Model from ''Majora's Mask''

File:Hand-Restroom.png|??? in the [[Stock Pot Inn]] in ''Majora's Mask''

File:Hand-Ages-Animated.gif|??? from ''Oracle of Ages''

File:Toilet-Inside.png|??? inside the [[Toilet]] in ''Oracle of Ages''

File:Hand-Oracle-of-Ages.png|??? Artwork from ''Oracle of Ages''

 

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