King Harkinian

King Harkinian is a King of Hyrule and father of Princess Zelda. He appears several times early in the life of the Zelda franchise: in the Valiant Comics, the animated series, and the video games Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon for the Philips CD-i.

Animated series
King Harkinian makes an appearance in the Legend of Zelda animated series. In the show, he is depicted to be a tall, rotund king bearing a snow white beard and a gold crown. Personality-wise, he is a benevolent and charismatic King of Hyrule, wishing to build his citizens a waterpark that they can all enjoy. Deeply loved and cared by his daughter, the king seems to have trouble remembering certain things,  and is somewhat dimwitted as a father. However, he is still loyal to his country and also refuses to willingly give up the Triforce of Wisdom to Ganon, even though he fears of the Underworld ruler.

King Harkinian often gives Link tips on wooing his daughter, Princess Zelda, such as in "Sing for the Unicorn", where he tells Link to give flowers to his daughter in order to have a better chance of getting a kiss from her. The king only appears in four episodes of the twelve animated series episodes: "The White Knight", "Sing for the Unicorn", "That Sinking Feeling", and "Fairies in the Spring." In all of his episode appearances, he only plays a small role, in which two of those episodes he gets kidnapped, prompting Link and Princess Zelda to rescue him.

Philips CD-i Games
Harkinian also appears in the video games Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon. Although not having much of a role in The Faces of Evil, he plays a bigger role in The Wand of Gamelon when he leaves Hyrule to help his cousin, Duke Onkled, whose lands of Gamelon are being attacked by the evil forces of Ganon. After a month of absence, Princess Zelda, Harkinian's daughter, decides to go to Gamelon to find her father. It is later revealed that Onkled betrayed his cousin, had him imprisoned, and sided with Ganon in exchange of power. Link was sealed into a mirror by Ganon with the use of magic. Zelda then manages to free both her father and Link, and Onkled is made to "scrub all the floors in Hyrule".

These games are often used to create "YouTube Poop" remix videos, and as a Harkinian is often used as a character in them. Most of his dialogue has become an internet meme, with such phrases as "Dinner," "My boy" (often intentionally misspelled as "Mah boi"), and "Scrub all the floors in Hyrule" being especially popular.

Valiant Comics
In the Valiant Comics, Harkinian is the king who is currently ruling Hyrule. In one of the issues, he reunites with his old friend Seline, who is the ruler of Calatia.