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==Pols Voice== Pols Voices are an unusual breed of rabbit-like enemies that have become common throughout many of the 2-D games of ''[[The Legend of Zelda series]]''. They hop around rooms in search of prey and can only be killed by loud noise (in the Japanese ''Zelda no Densetsu'', see below), thrown objects (''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''), Arrows, sometimes enough hits with the Sword, or in rare cases, bombs (''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons|Oracle of Seasons]]'' and '' [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''). A passage in the manual for ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' states that Pols Voices hate loud noises. However, for non-Japanese players, this has been a source of confusion. The only item in the game that produces a sound, the recorder, has no effect on Pols Voice. The passage actually describes a feature of the Japanese [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] version of the game; if the player made a sound into the Famicom controller's built-in microphone, Pols Voice would be slain. Possibly to compensate for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]'s lack of any audio input, Pols Voices are also instantly killed by arrows, which pass through them (instead of disappearing upon impact), allowing the player to slay many Pols Voices at once. (Pols Voices in ''The Legend of Zelda'' are often found in long line formations for this reason.) Using the recorder actually worked in the remake, ''[[BS Zelda]]'', even though that game was never released outside of Japan, so it used the Super Famicom. Pols Voices are instantly destroyed by playing musical instruments in the Game Boy ''Zelda'' games. It should be noted that a possible meaning of the name "Pols Voice" refers to a common programming term "to poll." "Polling" means to collect data or a value from some source, often hardware. So, essentially, the character Pols Voice actually "polls voice" from the microphone. The way "pols" is spelled in Japanese (porusu) can also mean "pulse", possibly suggesting its weakness to sudden loud noise. [[HORSE the band]] have a song on their album ''R. Borlax'' (2003) titled "Pol's Voice". The song describes Pols Voice as "a worthless beast born to violence". Recently a Pols Voice called Doug is seen in the web-comic [[Rabite Season]].
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