Pols Voice


 * This article is about the enemy. For the HORSE the Band song, see Pol's Voice (song).

Pols Voice is the name given to a species of rabbit-like monsters that hop along the ground in their native habitat, often a dungeon. With their debut in for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Pols Voice is one of the few common enemies with a distinct, unique weakness.

Characteristics and Weaknesses
Pols Voice's head boasts two floppy ears and whiskers like that of a rabbit or hare, but the similarities end there. They have evil, black, beady eyes and a lower torso that spreads out into short "legs" or simply opens up to a wide, tooth-filled maw underneath.

The ears of a Pols Voice are hyper-sensitive to loud sound and territorial intrusion.

In The Legend of Zelda, they can be destroyed with sword blows but take many hits. In the Famicom Disc System and Famicom cartridge releases of the game, all Pols Voice in the room die if the Famicom's built-in microphone in the player 2 controller detects sound; in the Japanese Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console release, all Pols Voice in the room will die if the Nintendo 3DS microphone detects a loud noise while the player has the second controller selected. Due to the lack of a built-in microphone on the NES, in the NES version they will die instantly if hit by an Arrows; it is possible to kill many with a single arrow if they are properly aligned. Japanese versions of re-releases on systems without microphones also include workarounds: in the Japanese Game Boy Advance release, it is triggered by pressing Select four times; in the Japanese Wii Virtual Console release, it is triggered by rotating the right control stick of the Classic Controller or the C-stick of the GameCube Controller.

In, Pols Voice also are invulnerable to sword blows and vulnerable to arrows, but take several shots to defeat. However, they can also be defeated quickly by throwing Jars at them or using Bombs, a weakness that is also shared in and. Playing a melody from an instrument such as the Ocarina or the Harp of Ages in the Game Boy games will cause these foes to spontaneously explode.

Pols Voices also appear in ; they are much larger than their contemporaries, and similar to previous concept art. As a nod to the built-in microphone on the Famicom, the only way to expose their weakness is to sound into the Nintendo DS Mic; this action stuns them and provides a window of time in which Link has the opportunity to attack. However, without knowledge of their weakness, these enemies may prove to be amongst the toughest in the game. In Phantom Hourglass, they attack by flipping forward and attempting to hit Link with their large mouths, hidden under their bodies.

Trivia

 * The Bunny Hood bears a slight resemblance to the Pols Voice enemy, and when Link sells the mask to the wandering Running Man in, he says upon seeing the mask: "I bet with those long ears you can hear the voices..."
 * The Toppo is another hopping rabbit-like enemy who appears in.
 * The American metalcore band HORSE the Band released a song entitled  on their 2003 album R. Borlax. The song's title and lyrics refer to the enemy as it appears in the original The Legend of Zelda game.
 * The English language instruction manual for refers to its weakness to sound, despite the NES not possessing the microphone of the Famicom.