# Well, Excuse Me, Princess! Snapped by Link at Princess Zelda in the 1989 Legend of Zelda cartoon on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the line stuck with viewers who found Link's constant irritation funnier than his heroism. Fans turned it into one of the earliest video game catchphrase memes, fueling YTMND pages, YouTube supercuts and YouTube Poops across the 2000s. ## Origin On September 8th, 1989, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! aired the first Legend of Zelda animated segment, with Link voiced by Jonathan Potts and Zelda voiced by Cyndy Preston[1]. In the opening sequence, Link and Zelda leap from a cliff; Link lands on solid ground while Zelda plunges into a lake. Treading water, she mutters "Nice job, hero," and Link snaps back, "Hey, excuse me, princess"[4]. Link kept using variants of the line throughout the show's 13 episodes, cementing it as his verbal tic. Nintendo and DIC Entertainment produced the cartoon; no individual fan is credited with creating the meme format, and the catchphrase traveled via grassroots YTMND and YouTube uploads rather than a single viral post[3]. - **Platform:** The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (TV) / YTMND (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 1989 ## Overview Well, Excuse Me, Princess! is the catchphrase Link throws back at Princess Zelda whenever she criticizes him in the Legend of Zelda cartoon segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![1]. Delivered with a nasal, exasperated whine by voice actor Jonathan Potts, the line reads less like a hero's quip and more like a teenager rolling his eyes, which is exactly why fans latched onto it decades later[5]. Online, the quote works as a snotty comeback to any correction or nitpick, with the audio clip itself doing most of the heavy lifting. Early 2000s uses leaned on the sheer repetition of Link's voice, pairing the audio with looping GIFs on YTMND or splicing it into unrelated cartoons for YouTube Poop edits[3][6]. The joke is partly the delivery and partly the dissonance of a sword-swinging hero sounding this petulant. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Well, Excuse Me, Princess!? It is a catchphrase Link says to Princess Zelda in the 1989 Legend of Zelda cartoon on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, later used online as a snotty reply to criticism[1][3]. ### Where did Well, Excuse Me, Princess! come from? The line first aired on September 8th, 1989, in the show's opening sequence after Zelda sarcastically called Link "hero" for letting her fall in a lake[1][4]. ### What does Well, Excuse Me, Princess! mean? Online, it works as a dismissive comeback to a nitpick or correction, with the whiny delivery doing most of the sarcasm[3]. ### How do you use Well, Excuse Me, Princess!? People drop the audio clip, GIF or text as a reply to any pedantic correction, often pairing it with Link's cartoon reaction frame[2][6]. ### Is Well, Excuse Me, Princess! still popular? It is a classic 2000s meme that lives on in retro Zelda and YouTube Poop circles rather than fresh viral posts, though old supercuts still rack up views[3][6]. ## References 1. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0713303/?ref_=ttep_ep5]() 2. [https://wellexcusemeprincess.ytmnd.com/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/well-excuse-me-princess]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec6YrD4myII]() 5. [https://link-wellexcusemeprincess.ytmnd.com/]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjmd5JnLWIE]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/well-excuse-me-princess Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library