Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly
Template:Dungeons Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly is the third dungeon in Ocarina of Time.
Entrance to the Belly
The place is set inside Lord Jabu-Jabu's body. To enter, Link must drop a fish from his bottle in front of Jabu-Jabu, causing him to open his mouth and suck both the fish and Link inside. His mission here, while he is looking for the third Spiritual Stone, Zora's Sapphire, is to rescue Princess Ruto.[1]
While inside, Link must initially avoid the vast variety of parasitic enemies, including an especially large tentacle-like organism with electrified appendages in the shape of unstable pillars and jellyfish-like creatures called Bari,[2] since they become much harder to kill without the Boomerang, the weapon found inside the dungeon. Shortly thereafter, Link locates Princess Ruto, inside what appears to be the stomach, who initially refuses to accept any help from Link, and accidentally falls into a hole.[3][4] Once found again by the young hero, she commands him to help her recover the Sapphire. Link must carry Ruto throughout many rooms to help her find it.[5] These rooms include areas where Link must fight numerous tentacles with the help of the boomerang, so that new areas can be explored. He then enters a large room with the Zora's Sapphire in the middle.[6]
After taking the Zora's Sapphire, Ruto is captured, and Link is ambushed by a Big Octo that must be defeated in order to continue.[7] After defeating it, Link continues until he eventually locates the creature causing Jabu-Jabu's discomfort: a parasite called Barinade, the dungeon's boss. Link eventually defeats Barinade, rescues Princess Ruto, and along with her, the Zora's Sapphire.[8]
Master Quest
The dungeon has many strange changes in the Master Quest version of the game. Instead of uvula-like switches on the ceilings of Jabu Jabu's intestinal tract, now cow head switches that are attached to walls operate the opening of doors. As far as enemies go, Lizalfos and Like Likes were added to several rooms, the Parasitic Tentacles were dispersed evenly and in larger quantities throughout Jabu Jabu's insides, and invisible Keese were supplied to one room that includes an extra Gold Skulltula. Only three Tailpasarans appear in an optional room with a Gold Skulltula, and Business Scrubs were deleted from the Master Quest version. In terms of items, the Dungeon Map, Compass, and Boomerang can be obtained much earlier; the room that contained the Boomerang in the original version now contains the Compass, and vice versa. Other changes include the placement of a grown cow in a room, the addition of a water pillar in the suckhole room, and the presence of Bombchus, used to complete various new puzzles throughout the dungeon.
Minor Enemies and Traps
Shaboms
Biri
Octoroks
Business Scrubs
Stingers
Bari
Tailpasaran
Parasitic Tentacles
Trivia
- In the room where Link fights Big Octo, if he attempts to enter the room without Ruto, he cannot get to the Zora Sapphire on his own. He must throw Ruto into the circle to get it.
- A similar dungeon called Jabu-Jabu's Belly can be found in Oracle of Ages.
- In the first room after fighting the Big Octo, there is a ramp to the right. If the player changes the camera angle so that it goes through the wall for a few seconds, a Hookshot target can be seen.
- This is the only dungeon in the game where Link is accompanied by another character (Princess Ruto) when he is warping to the dungeon's exit after defeating a boss. Interestingly, it's unknown how she arrived there, since she was taken to the second floor after taking the sacred Sapphire, and the boss's arena is in the first floor.
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- ↑ "The evidence seems clear. Of course, you'll go find Ruto. You can pass through here to the altar of Lord Jabu-Jabu." — King Zora (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Lord Jabu-Jabu is very strange today... There are electrified jellyfish and strange holes around..." — Princess Ruto (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "You! Who are you?! I am Ruto, Princess of the Zoras. What?! Are you saying my father asked you to come here to save me? I'd never ask anyone to do such a thing! "Letter in a Bottle?" I have no idea what you're talking about! My father is worried about me? I don't care! Anyway, I can't go home right now. And you... Get out of here! understand?!" — Princess Ruto (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Ooooh Noooooo!" — Princess Ruto (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "You're that worried about me? Then I will give you the honor of carrying me! However...I won't leave until I find the thing I'm looking for. You'd better believe me!" — Princess Ruto (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "That's it! That's what I've been looking for!Throw me up there! Onto the platform!" — Princess Ruto (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Oh my goodness! I finally found... My mother's stone... [...] Keeeyaaaah! What is this?! An octopus?!" — Princess Ruto (Ocarina of Time)
- ↑ "Well, anyway, you saved me, so I guess I'll reward you. What do you wish? Just tell me... [...] My mother gave it to me and said I should give it only to the man who will be my husband. You might call it the Zora's Engagement Ring! All right! I'll give you my most precious possession: Zora's Sapphire!" — Princess Ruto (Ocarina of Time)
