Why is Tingle so creepy? (Zelda)

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  • @Zeltik
    @Zeltik  2 години тому +17

    Thank you for watching! And a huge thank you to Raycon for sponsoring this video. Go to buyraycon.com/zeltikyt to get up to 30% off sitewide!

    • @ODAWGplays
      @ODAWGplays 2 години тому

      Could you talk about the Termina being a dream and not an parallel reality theory.

  • @CitruhMC
    @CitruhMC 2 години тому +147

    Tingle: proof that even in a fantasy world, midlife crises exist.

    • @starcrysis23
      @starcrysis23 2 години тому +3

      Every time I hear that concept, it’s basically “person doesn’t want to waste their life being boring so we need to insult them until they conform”
      Also… honey sweetie 35 is not mid-life… 10 years after your brain finishes growing ain’t that old lol

    • @caseymcdonald9714
      @caseymcdonald9714 Годину тому +7

      ​@@starcrysis23ah but midlife crisis isn't exactly a "mid-life" issue only and can happen anywhere from 28 all the way to your 50's plus doing a simple search shows that the death rate is highest amongst people in their late 20's to 40's due to either diet or daily habits. A midlife crisis is just an existential anxiety attack

    • @user-qv2mc3dw5o
      @user-qv2mc3dw5o Годину тому

      No that’s bilbo baggins

    • @drake_diangelo
      @drake_diangelo 52 хвилини тому +2

      ​​@@starcrysis23a midlife crisis isn't always a bad thing, it's just a descriptor for a common phenomenon. It's when someone who has an established life, or is of an age where people would expect them to be settling down, realizes they aren't satisfied with some aspect of their lives (or become acutly aware of their age and the passage of time) and seek (often extreme) change, risk, or new experiences. It can also manifest as someone attempting to fit in with younger people or look for ways they can reconnect with their own youth. This isn't bad, but can often have negative effects in someone's life due to risk taking and impulsive actions, or can come off as awkward if they try to appear younger, "how do you do, fellow kids" style.

    • @dvk3n
      @dvk3n 49 хвилин тому +2

      is fantasy limited to imagination?

  • @lilkorok
    @lilkorok 2 години тому +60

    the facial expression when the guardian theme came on 😂 so real for this

  • @Sam_T2000
    @Sam_T2000 2 години тому +51

    I first played _Ocarina of Time,_ my first _Zelda_ game, when I was the same age as Link.
    …I am now the same age as Tingle. I am having an existential crisis.

    • @artey6671
      @artey6671 2 години тому +3

      I'm not looking forward to when this realisation hits me.

    • @arc7375
      @arc7375 2 години тому +1

      Same, man.

    • @markusdied5569
      @markusdied5569 Годину тому

      fuck 😂

    • @YourWaywardDestiny
      @YourWaywardDestiny Годину тому

      Everyone in their 30s is dreaming about happening upon (or being found) by fairies every time we play a Zelda game... They're so nice to have on hand, friendly, and sometimes outright cute. Does that mean we have become Tingle?

    • @gundamwarrior
      @gundamwarrior Годину тому +1

      I"m a year older than you and about to turn 37. Being older than tingle is sobering and horrifying.

  • @davisbowe8668
    @davisbowe8668 2 години тому +32

    I think Wind Waker is what first made Tingle come off as creepy. Like, he was a little strange in Majora's Mask but he was mostly innocuous and just wanted to sell maps and be friends. In WW, he gouges Link for hundreds of rupees and even enslaves other people. Not to mention he apparently makes some really creepy comments in the Tingle Tuner.

    • @abdieljove2011
      @abdieljove2011 Годину тому +6

      Well, WW Tingle is an escaped convict lol

    • @ryancarley8491
      @ryancarley8491 Годину тому

      And was locked up for possible theft and killing cellmates. I don't believe the killer bee was the one responsible for the skulls.

    • @MousaThe14
      @MousaThe14 Годину тому +4

      Can’t believe it took two games for them to decide “We’re going to ruin this man’s whole presentation.” That’s so fast.

    • @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement
      @Center-For-I.E.D.Mismanagement 14 хвилин тому

      IIRC, WW Tingle enslaved his own siblings.

  • @Heezi-th2kz
    @Heezi-th2kz 2 години тому +30

    I used to have nightmares of him as a kid

  • @RronKarahoda
    @RronKarahoda Годину тому +3

    Thanks for this deep dive, I had no idea how odd the Tingle spin-offs were!
    The chef in BOTW being Tingle seems intentional, but I also wonder if Nintendo hasn't already replaced Tingle with the monster brothers in BOTW and TOTK, especially as one of them wants to become a spirit creature through the accumulation of gem-like objects, and the other helps you make monster recipes (making him a cook of sorts)!

  • @dotz616
    @dotz616 Годину тому +6

    Never expected a deep social commentary from Tingle's Rosy Ruppeeland, made me giggle.

  • @TheRealNorth21
    @TheRealNorth21 2 години тому +6

    Great video man, can’t wait for the 40 minute character study on Stamp Guy next 😅.

  • @gundamwarrior
    @gundamwarrior 2 години тому +11

    That feel you've been dreading when you've become a year older than Tingle finally. Feels bad man.

    • @chrislevack405
      @chrislevack405 32 хвилини тому

      I was going to post exactly this... lol. Yeah, it feels crappy

  • @Mido-128
    @Mido-128 Годину тому +3

    Kilton and Koltin seem like a clear reference to Tingle and his quirks. Surprised they weren’t mentioned.

  • @ArcaneAvian19
    @ArcaneAvian19 Годину тому +4

    I really didn't expect this video to tell me that the weird fairy guy is a member of the Yakuza

  • @MugenAeternum
    @MugenAeternum Годину тому +7

    Tingle is misunderstood but I don't wanna understand him 😅

  • @milehighgambler
    @milehighgambler 2 години тому +11

    As I get older..... I realize I might be Tingle

    • @midnightnavigator
      @midnightnavigator 2 години тому +2

      😂 Aren't we all?

    • @cristiany140
      @cristiany140 Годину тому +4

      ​@@midnightnavigator except that we probably dont know how to fly with a baloom

    • @cherubin7th
      @cherubin7th Годину тому +1

      @@cristiany140 True, we can't even be a Tingle...

  • @cherrytonshawty9120
    @cherrytonshawty9120 2 години тому +3

    Tingle is very strange, that's for sure. A shame you didn't do a Halloween special this year, but this may as well be Zeltik Halloween 2024. Haha.

    • @Zeltik
      @Zeltik  2 години тому +2

      This was intended to be my Halloween video lol, it just took a lot longer than I thought to make!

  • @KhallidMuhammad-k5j
    @KhallidMuhammad-k5j 2 години тому +6

    Zeltik sprinting because of the Guardian theme was everything! 😂

  • @CZsWorld
    @CZsWorld 35 хвилин тому

    This is basically Horror History: Tingle and I'm here for it.

  • @XxNeonRayxX
    @XxNeonRayxX 2 години тому +7

    Tingle is that guy that knocks on your door and ask for some sugar

  • @arc7375
    @arc7375 2 години тому +13

    I think I must be in the exceptionally small minority that genuinely isn’t bothered by Tingle in the slightest, and never has been.
    I found him to be just a regular NPC in Majora’s Mask. And enjoyed his quirky and whimsical nature (which most NPCs of the game have).
    In Wind Waker, it was a nice surprise to see him. And I thoroughly enjoyed the sidequest where you learn the embellished story of MM Tingle when using the GBA-GC link cable.
    His outrageous bouts in the Tingle series games were wacky and charming.
    (Does Purlo even count?)
    Yeah. I never found him annoying or creepy.

    • @sorryiateyourgoldfish
      @sorryiateyourgoldfish 17 хвилин тому

      did you never talk to his victims in wind waker?

    • @enecofan888
      @enecofan888 4 хвилини тому

      What do you mean by learning his mm story via the link cable?

  • @DragonaterVR
    @DragonaterVR 57 хвилин тому +1

    Tingle is satisfied

  • @nateB-l7k
    @nateB-l7k 2 години тому +19

    How dare UA-cam hide this from me for a minute

  • @XX-sp3tt
    @XX-sp3tt 2 години тому +6

    Why does everyone call Tingle creepy? He's adorable.

  • @Max-qb5ui
    @Max-qb5ui 41 хвилина тому +1

    I can’t wait until ocarina and majora get remade

  • @AlexandraBoyd-z2k
    @AlexandraBoyd-z2k Годину тому +1

    The immediate running when the guardian theme played is so real

  • @coryjohnson2486
    @coryjohnson2486 2 години тому +3

    Well, just look at him… 😂

  • @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17
    @Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17 2 години тому +5

    2:25 Bro has a Ganondorf nose (/j)

  • @Anonymous_Individual
    @Anonymous_Individual 2 години тому +2

    I love your more long-form content!

  • @GandalfTheTsaagan
    @GandalfTheTsaagan 2 години тому +3

    *checks the calendar*
    Close enough. Happy Halloween.

  • @Horst_Radish
    @Horst_Radish Годину тому +1

    Gotta love any video that talks about the Tingle games! They are VARY strange yet surprisingly quality experiences.

  • @Fugnut-model-No.001
    @Fugnut-model-No.001 2 години тому +4

    Tingle isn't creepy, he's sexy.

  • @bubblgumm8928
    @bubblgumm8928 29 хвилин тому +1

    I love Tingle! The most eccentric characters in Zelda are the best ones! They make the games so much more charming.

  • @snoozepooze2171
    @snoozepooze2171 56 хвилин тому

    The Zeltik intro music is very nostalgic to me. While it is absent, the quality and care put into these masterful videos never fails to entertain me. The wait between videos isn’t most definitely worth it- every time.

  • @fishnewt1331
    @fishnewt1331 2 години тому +2

    2:35 That is what happens when you don’t take your shield.

  • @NotTakenGreatName
    @NotTakenGreatName Годину тому +2

    Nintendo: Here's this goofy character who wears tights
    Also Nintendo: Oh and he also represents human greed and the lengths people will go to acquire more wealth, transforming them into a reviled, twisted caricature, forcing them to live in a hell of their own creation.

  • @weshuiz1325
    @weshuiz1325 2 години тому +1

    Eiji Aonuma: we need a character that sells and draws maps from above
    Zora: *am i a joke to you?*

  • @SSJasonX
    @SSJasonX Годину тому +1

    If Tingle was real, he'd have all kinds of retraining orders against him.

  • @WonderPikachu12
    @WonderPikachu12 39 хвилин тому

    I adore Tingle and I genuinely hope that he gets a chance to return. The series is full of weird characters; BotW/TotK's Kilton and Koltin and EoW's Stamp Guy show there's no shortage of them. Tingle deserves his chance to shine again in a more endearing light.

  • @Nyperold018
    @Nyperold018 8 хвилин тому

    It's notable that the chart he gives you when you free him, Tingle's Chart, shows you not only the sectors where Windfall Island and Tingle Island are, but two others. One is the sector for your home island, which might seem creepy, but not so much in the context of the final sector it shows you... because both of them have Great Fairies, specifically, the ones who increase your Wallet capacity. Which is great for him, because you can't pay what you can't carry, and "anyone who doesn't have a deep wallet won't be reading any maps, that's for sure."

  • @arc7375
    @arc7375 Годину тому

    I greatly appreciate the excellent use of Metroid Fusion music in the video. Very foreboding.

  • @Horst_Radish
    @Horst_Radish 2 години тому +4

    I never found him creepy at all, vary strange but never creepy.
    If anything I just found him kinda funny.

  • @BrownMan-gg7dx
    @BrownMan-gg7dx 2 години тому +1

    @4:50 I don't find it weird he uses a balloon for those purposes. How else is he supposed to get the layout of land to make his maps? Its not like has a satellite or anything

  • @silent_siryn7685
    @silent_siryn7685 Годину тому

    My first Zelda game was Oracle of Ages, six year old me found Tingle adorable and wishing I could take him to woods outside town so he could meet the fairies too.
    Was genuinely kinda sad to later play all the other games where he's depicted as kinda creepy, or greedy, after that.

  • @solidmeboi5487
    @solidmeboi5487 2 години тому +4

    Tbh i dont think Tingle is referring to kokiri when talking about veing a reincarnated forest fairy but more so referring to fairies like tael and tatl

  • @fancymustache3793
    @fancymustache3793 Годину тому

    havent watched yet but id say its his behavior, outfit, and the fact you basicly find him in PRISON in wind waker

  • @ThatOneBlueAllergicBerry
    @ThatOneBlueAllergicBerry 2 години тому +2

    The video I have been waiting for my whole life

  • @baldybald100
    @baldybald100 24 хвилини тому

    I can say this with absolute honesty… NEVER has an ad in a video ever made me laugh as much as this video’s raycon bit! 😂
    (I guess that sound traumatized us all)

  • @ToxicSpinach64
    @ToxicSpinach64 22 хвилини тому

    "Tingle is a 35 year old man" WHY DO I FEEL ATTACKED ALREADY!?!?!?

  • @cherubin7th
    @cherubin7th Годину тому +1

    14:00 But Link also doesn't save the slave. He has the power to defeat ganon, but the slave can stay in slavery...

  • @Robbl
    @Robbl 2 години тому +1

    Not gonna lie Zeltik, this is your magnum opus

  • @Flav_Ice
    @Flav_Ice 2 години тому +2

    another banger guys

  • @SwaggMasta0
    @SwaggMasta0 2 години тому

    Just like tingle, I too am trapped in my own delusions

  • @glidershower
    @glidershower 6 хвилин тому

    I think the creepiest part of all, *is that **_we all become_** a Tingle when we hit our 30's:* We ain't what we wanted to be, our skills are underappreciated in a world tailored for the mute and handsome, _and we need that scratch like bad. _*_Bad._*

  • @JPBrooksLive
    @JPBrooksLive Годину тому

    I'm gonna go with HE ENSLAVED HIS BROTHERS AND ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE SOUL in the Wind Waker.

  • @Ninjafox-lz6jb
    @Ninjafox-lz6jb Годину тому

    Enjoyed this video a lot! Tingle is a very weird character but I have always liked his belief that one day a fairy would find him.
    Despite Tingle selling maps in MM and floating in the air it was only after watching your vid that I realised the reason he was floating was so he could sketch maps for Link. Feel so stupid for never making the connection before, only been 24 years!
    I hated Tingle in WW making you pay so much for the maps to be deciphered, if there was a way to throw him into the great sea like a cuckoo I would happily have done so. At least the Tri force quest was improved massively in WWHD.
    I would be up for Tingle making a cameo in a future mainline Zelda game as a side character as long as his role was something like been the shop owner of a balloon popping mini game where Link can get a heart piece.

  • @thebananapanda1035
    @thebananapanda1035 Годину тому

    I'm English and I loved Tingle! He was one of my faves as a kid. Funnily enough Sanji is also my fave one piece character XD. But I also started watching anime fairly young albeit after playing the zelda games, Tingle was funny to me so perhaps I was just lucky enough to understand it?

  • @artey6671
    @artey6671 2 години тому

    Man, I thought of Rosy Rupeeland maybe two hours ago. I love that game so much. It's so weird and creative that it makes me wonder whether Japan keeps some gems to itself.
    20:09 There's a strange phenomenon where the UK seems to be the only noteworthy country in Europe for some people. I'm not sure what to make of that. But yes, you mentioned Europe later.
    21:19 Yes, it does. For some conversations it says how much you need to give to not be rejected entirely.

  • @lccafe
    @lccafe Годину тому

    I just turned 35, and my party theme was Tingle.

  • @firstladbro
    @firstladbro Годину тому

    "Ah, a video about tingle being creepy!" *it's 35 minutes long*....oh dang

  • @flintlocke1344
    @flintlocke1344 6 хвилин тому

    I don’t know what to do with the knowledge that Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland pulls the exact same bait-and-switch with nameable protagonists as Deltarune

  • @Randy-yf2sv
    @Randy-yf2sv 12 хвилин тому +1

    Tingle is probably on a list and not allowed around schools lol

  • @Ultimaniacx4
    @Ultimaniacx4 2 години тому +6

    Still bitter after all these years that he got into Hyrule Warriors instead of Groose.

    • @artey6671
      @artey6671 2 години тому

      Tingle has fought many hard battles. He's the man for the job.

    • @SonicTheCutehog
      @SonicTheCutehog 16 хвилин тому

      He has a way bigger presence to the Zelda series than Groose

  • @minirop
    @minirop 57 хвилин тому

    Say YES to Tingle! Friends let friends become a Tingle.

  • @raggzrush6250
    @raggzrush6250 26 хвилин тому

    The creepiest thing in Majora's Mask is either the invisible old man dancing on top a rock in his underwear 🩲🧓, or the ghost hand in the toilet. ☝️🚽

  • @TomGreen99
    @TomGreen99 Годину тому +1

    It's definitely the tights.

  • @gracefulbean9894
    @gracefulbean9894 2 години тому +1

    YES!! These “creepy” Zelda videos are my favorite!!

  • @FreedomDaveX
    @FreedomDaveX 40 хвилин тому

    He looks like a Japanese man who got isekaied into the Zelda world.

  • @CouragelessOne
    @CouragelessOne 5 хвилин тому

    40 minute Tingle documentary on a Saturday morning

  • @Gochen86
    @Gochen86 21 хвилина тому

    One detail I've noticed is almost never touched upon in discussions about Tingle is his red nose. In Japanese media, a character whose nose is bright red is, more often than not, an indicator of someone who is drunk, often times being an extreme alcoholic. At the same time, in various forms of Western media, a red nose tends to indicate someone who uses illegal drugs, usually cocaine or similar nasally-consumed products. I personally believe that Tingle's nose (especially with it being practically crimson) shows that _both_ interpretations apply, as a history of drug and alcohol abuse can readily explain a vast majority (if not all) of the things Tingle does.

  • @Lucas-db2jq
    @Lucas-db2jq 10 хвилин тому

    Well, I think that Kilton and Koltin from the Era of the Wilds have successfully replaced poor Tingle.
    I like those two but I think Tingle is just on a whole other level of charming.

  • @cristiany140
    @cristiany140 2 години тому +1

    Zelda is a franchise with a lot of weird characters. But Tingle is the most disturbing because reasons.

  • @zer0gravity688
    @zer0gravity688 2 години тому

    I just saw Windwaker gameplay and now I want to play it again

  • @mikkaribbe6200
    @mikkaribbe6200 Годину тому

    Now I wonder if Kilton and his Brother where slightly inspired by Tingle. They cant sell maps, because this wouldn't really work for the games they are in. But both are very weird, slightly creepy, fly around in a baloon and are obsessed with either monsters or Bluepees (even want to become one. A creature that.. collects rupees..huh). But the brothers seem much more lighthearted and less malicious than Tingle. Its like they looked at Tingle and said: okay, we want Something similar, bit make it much cuter and harmless so that the people in the west won't freak out.

  • @oddpoppetesq.3467
    @oddpoppetesq.3467 34 хвилини тому

    Hey!!! Why you bagging on Tingle dude, leave him go through his midlife crisis in peace!!...

  • @ViewtifulBeau
    @ViewtifulBeau Годину тому

    The fact that I now know its fans' fault we didn't get the Tingle games localized pisses me off. He's an awesome character

  • @GabePuratekuta
    @GabePuratekuta Годину тому

    Well, he is the Triforce of Wisdom...

  • @ScarletImp
    @ScarletImp 35 хвилин тому

    He weirded me out as a kid when I first saw him in 2000. I mean, I get quirky oddballs exists (I'm one of them) but there's that and there's legit mental illness and I was convinced then, as I am now, that he might actually have had a mental illness.

  • @TheLemonsims
    @TheLemonsims Годину тому

    He’s perfect, I love him

  • @PanicGun
    @PanicGun Годину тому

    Its weird that it never came out state side 'cause I distinctly remember seeing at the store

  • @SamLinDuer
    @SamLinDuer Годину тому

    Classic Zeltik W, making great videos for us

  • @Anonymous-pc3qk
    @Anonymous-pc3qk 35 хвилин тому

    Thats Crazy ive never heard of that tingle game

  • @Warrior-Of-Virtue
    @Warrior-Of-Virtue 40 хвилин тому

    The fact that multiple incarnations of Tingle exist, something which only Link, Zelda, and Ganondord can also boast, is a collosal red flag that he is not an ordinary person. (As well as a sign that Termina being a figment of Link's imagination is ridiculous because that would mean that Link dreamed up a real person before meeting him in any form.)

    • @MysteriousTomJenkins
      @MysteriousTomJenkins 13 хвилин тому

      Tingle isn't the only NPC like that. There have been at least two Malons and three Beedles. Some npcs do get brought back in later games.

  • @nssfleahedgehog
    @nssfleahedgehog 2 години тому +4

    I honestly think Tingle is over-hated. He's meant to be a character that one simultaneously hates and likes because of his weirdness, silliness, creepiness, and pitiability. He's actually seemingly hated within the Zelda Universe itself, which I think makes him all the more pitiable. As a contrarian, I like him partially BECAUSE he's so hated in the west. Of course, I also do hate him because he's creepy and has some dark character traits, but I also enjoy his weirdness because I like weird things. A complicated opinion for a complicated character.

  • @neydoprojects
    @neydoprojects 2 години тому

    Hey @Zeltik ! Did you explore the idea that the dude from Twilight pincess who is stuck in a golden form, with alot of fortune is actually the real identity of tingle? and what if in the ''real'' zelda universe, its actually darker and more like in Twilight princess where after all these adventure, it conclude to be a dark selfish greedy dude that need souls to buy back his soul...all of this because of a pact or whatever from a certain obscur deity... :p what if !? anyway. good thought !

  • @relicturtle7373
    @relicturtle7373 2 години тому

    Scry thoight either you live to be as old as tingle or be you forevermore getting older then tingle.

  • @killerfaithfish
    @killerfaithfish 2 години тому

    A 36 minute video about Tingle! amazing

  • @Kurenai-chan1993
    @Kurenai-chan1993 Годину тому

    Tingle is my favorite character from the series. I just love the guy!
    I never found him creepy at all, just weird and funny.
    I think he was ahead of the time for the western audience. They were not ready for Tingle back in the day.
    Hopefully he comes back in the future. He deserves it. ❤

  • @AstarasCreator
    @AstarasCreator Годину тому

    I did not know about Oichu-Kabu game being the origin for the word Yakuza...
    Never expecet TINGLE of of all people to be the way I learn this.

    • @AstarasCreator
      @AstarasCreator Годину тому

      Now I am imagining Tingle being in the Sega Yakuza Franchise as some sort of bizzare crossover. from what I seen of the series he'd weirdly fit in there.

  • @YourWaywardDestiny
    @YourWaywardDestiny Годину тому

    We all hate Tingle because we're all slowly becoming him.

  • @chrispysaid
    @chrispysaid 23 хвилини тому

    We think it's odd that Tingle knows about the Kokiri...but we don't find it odd that the world knows about Tingle?
    If he's from Termina, *what is he doing in Hyrule?*

  • @victorhinojosa7370
    @victorhinojosa7370 Годину тому

    Zeltik video on day off? Nice. Could you cover the Legend of Zelda comic books? One has a story about the origin of the Majoras mask and I think its really interesting, but dont know if they're canon

  • @elvisg2410
    @elvisg2410 2 години тому +1

    Because he is...

  • @raggzrush6250
    @raggzrush6250 35 хвилин тому

    Anyone that says Tingle is creepy is the same person that plays Valdo in Soulcalibur

  • @ryancarley8491
    @ryancarley8491 Годину тому

    Wow the uncle rupee game hit hard. Are we all tingle?

  • @detectivewiggles
    @detectivewiggles 2 години тому +5

    As a 36 year old fairy boy, i appreciate the representation

  • @midnightnavigator
    @midnightnavigator 2 години тому

    Having no tingle in Botw or Totk is a crime against humanity.

  • @danielhundley9348
    @danielhundley9348 Годину тому

    So does this yakuza connection make Tingle the Zelda version of Goro Majima? 😂

    • @abdieljove2011
      @abdieljove2011 Годину тому +1

      We both know Majima would dress like that and float around in a balloon if Sega let him.

    • @danielhundley9348
      @danielhundley9348 50 хвилин тому

      @abdieljove2011 with the Pirate game coming up, I could see RGG making a substory about this 😂

  • @tynbwilliams
    @tynbwilliams 2 години тому

    He’s not creepy he’s just drawn that way 🤣

  • @markusdied5569
    @markusdied5569 Годину тому

    2:19 the GALOSHES on this mf 🤘😤

  • @tomoerpong9980
    @tomoerpong9980 Годину тому +1

    At least wario is not a pedo

  • @buddyzilla4557
    @buddyzilla4557 26 хвилин тому

    Kolton and Koltin replaced him and his brothers as anti-tingle in the newer games. They share a lot of similarities with their Kotaku behavior and off-putting looks. They also use a balloon for their business and share a similar base appearance to Tingle under their costumes. They however, obsess over monsters instead of fairies, seem malicious by overtly intimidating looks but are genuinely polite and thoughtful (opposite of tingle who wears clothes that SHOULD make him seem harmless and innocent, hiding darker bahaviors)and are much more pragmatic. They make genuine and practical efforts toward their goals in more scientific methods, don't pressure Link to help in an entitled way, fairly compensate him when he assists and despite some better connections between the magical elements for he land and Rupees, they dont directly deal in them. They famously work in their own barter system and never accept rupees as payment (unless you count bauble gems but that seems to be a specific rupee related monster part.) They also seem to share a genuinely good brotherly bond unlike common portrayals of the Tingle Bros. When Kilton introduces his brother pretty positively and when Kolton turns into a Blupee, Kilton seems genuinely sad at the loss of his brother but also understanding of his wishes and happy he was able to successfully pursue them. They are much more mature and adult versions of the Tingle Brothers despite keeping some childhood love for certain things. They also seem a bit of a blend between the Tingles and another group in the game, the -sons. The brothers are -tons, and have a similar proud work ethic that the -sons do. Kilton even winds up helping out at the town as a personal consultant for one of the big art installation projects, becoming well accepted despite the unfounded prejudice he got in the last game. There may be a link between the Tingles, main -son family and the -tons. If the chef was in fact a Tingle it could be that the -sons and/or tons are related. Considering BotW and TotK take place way far down the Zelda timeline, it makes poetic sense that the archetypical character itself has grown up and evolved into a more mature and world accurate representation. They are much more like genuine Otaku you see at conventions or in small enthusiast groups and less like the negative side of Peter Pan or a stereotypical comic nerd in his mom's basement. They are reformed representation.