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is the TP: of the TP: in.

Biography
Morpheel becomes the Boss of the Lakebed Temple in Twilight Princess, after it is exposed to a piece of the TP:.

Characteristics
Morpheel is a large, eel-like animal that lives underwater. It has a slender body that is covered in red and green scales. Its body is segmented into vertebrae-like sections that are largest near the head and taper towards the tail. Each of these sections have a set of longer fins that protrude perpendicular to its back and underbelly. The tail has a large fan-like fin. Two other similar fins are located on opposite sides of the head. On its head, Morpheel has an outer mouth-like opening with twelve sharp, white barbs. This protects an inner sphincter-like opening that has finer barbs on its surface. Morpheel has eight long, iridescent tentacles around its head, as well. These can be retracted completely into the head or extended at will. Finally, Morpheel has a single eyeball that is free to move throughout each tentacle. This eyeball may also rest in a socket on Morpheel's back near the head.

Morpheel has a protective temperament, especially with regards to its eyeball. During the battle in Twilight Princess, Morpheel protects its eyeball with its tentacles and TP: when the rest of its body is buried in the sand. The eyeball moves to the socket on its back when Morpheel swims around in the water. As it swims, the tentacles on the top side of the head drag behind and cover the eyeball. Morpheel, like TP: and TP:, is also aggressive in its battle with Link, but this is likely in part due to influence from the Fused Shadow.

Morpheel is one of the largest known members of the part of the Series: family.

Encounter
TP: enters from the top of TP:'s water chamber and sinks to the bottom, where he finds a single tentacle waving back and forth in the water. When TP: touches the sand, an eyeball rises up through the tentacle, looks at him, and returns below the sand. The ground shakes and seven other tentacles emerge from the sand. Between them, a large mouth opens.

To defeat TP:'s first form, TP: equips the TP: and avoids TP: that are released from its mouth. The eyeball moves between the different tentacles. Link uses the TP: to grab and bring the eyeball close for TP: attacks. After enough damage is dealt, the eye returns to the mouth.

After two rounds of close attacks, Morpheel swallows the eyeball, retracts its tentacles into the sand, and rises into the chamber. The eyeball now sits in a small socket near the mouth, on its backside. If TP: moves near TP:'s mouth, it will suck him in, damage him, and spit him out. Link latches onto the eyeball using the TP:. This queues a Critical Point and Link attacks the eyeball with his sword while standing on Morpheel's back. After some time, TP: shakes Link off, and he repeats this process until TP: is defeated. In its last moments, TP: wails, swims around the chamber, and levels several pillars. TP: eventually crashes into and punctures the outer wall, which drains the water in the chamber.

Upon defeating TP:, TP: receives the third and final TP: and a TP:.

Nomenclature
TP:'s name is a combination of morph- and eel, sharing the prefix with TP:, a similar boss in.

Trivia
There are several notable similarities between TP: and TP:.
 * Both are the boss of the Water dungeon in their respective games.
 * Both have an eye-like weakness that is protected by a membrane-like object at some point during the fight.
 * Both are defeated using a retractable device (i.e. TP: or TP:).