TheCarpenters are recurring characters inThe Legend of Zelda series.^[1]

Appearances

Ocarina of Time

InOcarina of Time, the Carpenters can be first seen working on a building inKakariko Village, which later becomes theShooting Gallery. They are hired byImpa, who hopes the village will someday become a city.^[2] The Carpenters and their boss are residing at the inn run by the generous woman and can be found inside each night.

Seven years later, the Carpenters set up a tent inGerudo Valley in order to restore the bridge that theGerudo destroyed to ward off intruders.^[3] However,Mutoh is the only one remaining as his employees have all abandoned him to join the Gerudos as thieves.^[4][5] The female bandits reject the Carpenters and hold them prisoner in separate cells throughout theirfortress. OnceLink frees them all, the Carpenters rebuild the bridge in Gerudo Valley.^[6]

The name of the Carpenters is decided depending on the order which they are rescued. The first one is named Ichiro, the second Jiro, the third Sabooro, and the fourth Shiro.

Majora's Mask

InMajora's Mask, the Carpenters are part of theClock Town Carnival Executive Committee, which is in charge of constructing the fireworks-viewing tower for theCarnival of Time. During the first two days, Mutoh is in theMayor's Official Residence while the other Carpenters work inSouth Clock Town. During the night of theFinal Day, Mutoh is the only remaining Carpenter in town, mocking theMoon above.^[7] He indicates that he has some sons who have already fled the town.^[8]

The Carpenter with the green shorts is Brac and the Carpenter with the lumber is Bremor.^[9][10]

Oracle of Ages

InOracle of Ages, Mutoh can be found inNuun Highlands next to the bridge leading to theSymmetry City Ruins. He and the other Carpenter were building the bridge when they decided to take a break.^[11] Once Link finds the three Carpenters around the area with the help of an animal companion, they finish building the bridge.^[12]

The Minish Cap

Descriptionshide ▲

Figurine Gallery

The Carpenters

These carpenters may be rough around the edges, but they do good work.
They may seem tough, but they're in touch with their feminine side.

The Carpenters inThe Minish Cap are first seen inNorth Hyrule Field, repairing damage done byVaati, which preventsLink from enteringHyrule Town. They are later found in theEastern Hills, blocking the path toLon Lon Ranch. After obtaining theFire Element from theCave of Flames, they can be found working in a building with a waterwheel in Hyrule Town. Link can thenFuseKinstones with them. Fusing withBremor after finding a house for eitherDin,Nayru, orFarore will cause them to build a second house for anotherOracle.

Trivia

• InOcarina of Time, one of the Carpenters rescued from the Gerudo's Fortress shares his name withShiro, the invisibleSoldier in the path toIkana Canyon fromMajora's Mask.
• In the Japanese version ofOcarina of Time, all of the Carpenters use female first person pronouns likeあたし (Atashi) andあたい (Atai).^[13][14] They also have a tendency to end their sentences with the particleわ (wa), which is usually only used by women to express emphasis or emotion.^[15] Jiro also calls Link a "カワイイ　ボーヤKawaī Bōya (cute boy)" when he is rescued from the Gerudos.^[16] The last bit was also retained to some extent in the English localization, although it was toned down to "cute kid."^[17]
  • On a related note, the Carpenters in both the Japanese and various localizations ofOcarina of Time are shown to move in a rather effeminate manner, which is made especially evident in the scenes where each carpenter is freed from captivity where they are running in a girly way.
• Brac's name is likely the result of a misinterpretation during localization. In Japanese, no name is mentioned, but it is possible that the localization team mistook the wordテツヤ (Tetsuya) as a name, and thus created an English alternative.^[18]
• InThe Minish Cap, the names of the Carpenters are similar to theKnights, being Bremeur, Brant, Doylan, and Max, which might explainKing Mutoh's name.
• While wearingKafei's Mask in "Majora's Mask", Mutoh's apprentice reacts in a violently angry way. He implies that he has feelings for Anju and wishes for Kafei to remain missing.^[19]

Nomenclature

Ichiro, Jiro, Sabooro, and Shiro are common names to give to sons in Japan. The "-rō" part being a male ending that means "son" and "ichi" and "ji" being the numbers "one," "two," and on.^[20] The German names of the Carpenters inOcarina of Time andThe Minish Cap are a reference toThe Beatles, with each Carpenter sharing their name with one of the four members, John, Paul, George, and Ringo.^[21] However, inOcarina of Time 3D, the names were changed.

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japanese	大工 (Daiku)(OoTOcarina of Time |TMCThe Minish Cap)[26][27]	Carpenter
ChineseSISimplified	木匠 (Mùjiàng)(OoAOracle of Ages)[29]
Italian	Carpentieri(OoTOcarina of Time |OoT3DOcarina of Time 3D |OoAOracle of Ages)[22][23][24] Aiutanti(OoAOracle of Ages)[25]	Carpenters Helpers
SpanishEUEuropean	Carpinteros(OoTOcarina of Time)[28]	Carpenters
This table was generated from Zelda Wiki'stranslation data.

Gallery

• 

  The Carpenters arguing fromMajora's Mask

• 

  The Carpenters fromOracle of Ages

See Also

• Carpenters Shop

References

• Groups
• Carpenters
• Hylians
• Hyruleans
• Kakariko Villagers
• Labrynnians
• Terminans
• Characters
• Characters in Ocarina of Time
• Groups in Ocarina of Time
• Characters in Ocarina of Time 3D
• Groups in Ocarina of Time 3D
• Characters in Majora's Mask
• Groups in Majora's Mask
• Characters in Majora's Mask 3D
• Groups in Majora's Mask 3D
• Characters in Oracle of Ages
• Groups in Oracle of Ages
• Characters in The Minish Cap
• Groups in The Minish Cap

• Web Citations Needing Archival
• Book citations using quotes
• Pages using DynamicPageList3 parser function