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| image = [[File:MM3D-???.png|300px]]

| gender = <u>'''''Majora's Mask'''''</u><br/>Unknown<br/><u>'''''Oracle of Ages'''''</u><br/>Unknown<br/><u>'''''Skyward Sword'''''</u><br/>Female{{Ref|name=female|SS|1927|[[Fi]]}}

| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]''<br/>''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]''

| location = <u>'''''Majora's Mask'''''</u><br/>[[Stock Pot Inn]]{{Ref|name=inn|MM|4351|In-Game Description}}<br/><u>'''''Oracle of Ages'''''</u><br/>[[Toilet]]<br/><u>'''''Skyward Sword'''''</u><br/>[[Knight Academy]]

'''???''' 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}}}}

??? makes its first appearance in ''Majora's Mask''. It can be found inside the rest room of the [[Stock Pot Inn]] in [[Clock Town]].{{Ref|name=inn}} ??? appears as a dull-colored hand that stretches out of the toilet. It is found here on any night from 12 AM to 6 AM. ??? is one of the twenty characters that has a spot in the [[Bombers' Notebook]].

 

If [[Link]] enters the Stock Pot Inn and talks to ??? in the aforementioned timeslot, ??? asks Link for paper.{{Ref|MM|5030|???}}{{Ref|p. 112|Every midnight, the person who lives in the toilet (the hole in the floor) will reach out to grab some toilet paper.|''[[Nintendo Power Majora's Mask Strategy Guide]]''}} Link can satisfy ???'s need for paper by giving it any of the [[Title Deed]]s or [[Letter]]s.{{Ref|pg. 112|Since there isn't any left, offer a title deed or letter.|''[[Nintendo Power Majora's Mask Strategy Guide]]''}} ??? immediately exclaims with joy,{{Ref|MM|5032|???}} and then disappears into the toilet. A few seconds later, ??? re-surfaces, and tells Link that he saved them.{{Ref|MM|5033|???}} As thanks, ??? offers Link a [[Piece of Heart]] which had previously fallen into the toilet.{{Ref|MM|5034|???}} This completes ???'s spot in the Bombers' Notebook.

[[File:Hand-Ages-Sprite.png|left]]

??? resides in the [[Toilet]] in Western [[Lynna City]] in the [[Past]] in ''Oracle of Ages''. Its hand reaches out of a hole in the ground. Link can drop numerous items into the hole, including various [[Mystical Seeds]], a pot, [[Bomb]]s, and [[Bombchu]]s. Depending on which item is dropped into the hole, ??? responds differently, giving a reaction that relates to the item dropped in.  

??? plays a pivotal role in the [[Oracle of Ages Trading Sequence]]. After Link acquires the [[Stationery]] from the [[Postman]], he can give it to ???. After apparently using it to wipe itself, ??? gives Link the much less desired [[Stink Bag]]. Link later uses the Stink Bag in order to clear the sinuses of the [[Tokay Chef]].

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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