Like Like

Like Likes are cylindrical monsters that have the ability to suck in something as big as a human and consume items that they carry. They are present in nearly every Zelda game. They especially love shields, considering them a delicacy. When killed, they will usually drop your shield. Like Likes are generally yellowish in color and dissolve into a puddle when killed, although sometimes they simply disappear when killed. Like Likes have been found in Hyrule, Koholint Island, Termina, Holodrum, and Labrynna.

Like Likes appear in later versions of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past in only one room in the Palace of the Four Swords. As in other Zelda games, the Like Likes in A Link to the Past steal your shield. Like Likes do not normally appear anywhere in this game.

Their name's origin is suggested in the fictional proverb "Shield eaters and world leaders have many likes alike."

Rupee Like
Rupee Likes are a new species of Like Like, and are found in Four Swords Adventures and The Minish Cap. The Rupee Like dangles a Rupee or a Force gem above its body like an angler fish]. It lies in wait completely invisible, looking merely like a single red, blue, or green Rupee lying on the ground, but if the player touches the Rupee or swings their sword or throws their boomerang or does any other action that would normally collect the Rupee, the Rupee Like strikes. When it swallows the player it slowly sucks Rupees out of them. The amount taken is determined by the color of the rupee on the Rupee Like (green 1, blue 5, red 20) If the player kills the Rupee Like, they get the Rupee the Rupee Like was dangling, and can also recover some of the Rupees that were eaten. Link can also use the Pegasus Boots to grab the Rupee before the Rupee Like has time to emerge from the ground.