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{{ | {{Infobox Character | ||
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| | |Artwork OoS= File:OoS Blossom and Bipsom Artwork.png | ||
| | |Artwork OoA= File:OoA Blossom and Bipsom Artwork.png | ||
| | |Sprite OoS= File:OoS Blossom Sprite.png | ||
|Sprite OoA= File:OoA Blossom Sprite.png | |||
}} | }} | ||
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|race= {{Term|Series|Human|link}} | |||
|gender= Female{{Fact}} | |||
|game= OoS, OoA | |||
|era= {{Term|Series|Era of Light and Dark|link}} | |||
|family= {{List|{{Term|Series|Bipin|link}} {{Small|(husband)}}, {{Term|Series|Bipsom|link}} {{Small|(son)}}}} | |||
}} | |||
{{Term/Store|Blossom||Series, OoS, OoA}} is a recurring character in {{TLoZ|Series}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 250 {{Exp Game|OoS}} & 254 {{Exp Game|OoA}}}}</ref> She lives with her husband, {{Term|Series|Bipin|link}}, and her son, {{Term|Series|Bipsom|link}} in {{Term|Series|Lynna City|link}} and {{Term|Series|Horon Village|link}}, respectively. | |||
== | ==Biography== | ||
{{Manual|OoS|Bipin & Blossom|Bipin is a famed tree planter who grows Gasha Seeds and freely offers information about them to curious travelers. Blossom is his wife. Together they have a young child who is full of promise. What kind of man will this child grow up to be?}} | |||
{{Manual|OoA|Bipin & Blossom|Bipin is a famed tree planter who grows Gasha Seeds and freely offers information about them to curious travelers. Blossom is his wife. Together they have a young child who is full of promise. What kind of man will this child grow up to be?}} | |||
[[Link]] first encounters Blossom cradling her [[Bipsom|newborn baby boy]], whom she names with Link's help.<ref>{{Cite|I am having trouble choosing a name. Can you help me think of one? What would you call him?|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> As the game progresses, Blossom will ask for Link's assistance to raise her child: she first asks Link for [[Rupee]]s to take her son to the doctor when he is ill,<ref>{{Cite|[Our son] looks a little strange. I want to take him to a doctor, but we have no Rupees... Could you please lend us some?|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> then asks for advice on how to put him to sleep,<ref>{{Cite|My baby never sleeps. How can I get him to sleep, Link?|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> and finally asks Link questions about his own childhood.<ref>{{Cite|[Our son] is so hyperactive! Were you a hyperactive child, Link?|Blossom|OoS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|[Our son] is very shy. What kind of child were you, Link? Energetic?|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> At the end of {{OoA}} or {{OoS}}, Blossom and her family move to the next game, where her child's growth will continue in a [[Linked Game]].<ref>{{Cite|Off to Holodrum! Bipin & Blossom|Sign|OoA}}</ref> The choices Link makes while helping with the upbringing of the child (if he decides to help at all) affect the child's growth and eventually determine what he becomes when he reaches adulthood. Blossom exudes pride in her son if he becomes a [[Bipsom#Musician|musician]],<ref>{{Cite|Link! Do you remember naming our son [...]? He's a famed musician now!|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> a [[Bipsom#Warrior|warrior]],<ref>{{Cite|My son is now a great hero, too.|Blossom|OoS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Link! Do you remember naming our son, [...]? He's grown into a fine man!|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> or an [[Bipsom#Arborist|arborist]] like his father,<ref>{{Cite|[Our son] has followed in Bipin's footsteps. We're so happy!|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> but is dismayed if he becomes a [[Bipsom#"Slacker"|slacker]].<ref>{{Cite|He's grown up, but he idles his time away. What am I to do?|Blossom|OoS}}</ref> | |||
[[ | ==Trivia== | ||
[[ | *Blossom and her family are some of the few characters in {{OoS|-}} and {{OoA|-}} who travel between [[Holodrum]] and [[Labrynna]]. | ||
*Blossom is similar in appearance to the mother of the [[Quadruplet Family]] in {{LA}}. | |||
==Nomenclature== | |||
{{Term|Series|Blossom}} is derived from the English word "blossom."<ref>{{Cite Web|published= October 11, 2012 |retrieved= January 15, 2023 |url= https://www.behindthename.com/name/blossom |archive= https://web.archive.org/web/20220701140626/https://www.behindthename.com/name/blossom |title= Meaning, origin and history of the name Blossom |site= Behind the Name}}</ref> As a noun, "blossom" refers to a plant's flowers.<ref>{{Cite Web|published= January 13, 2023 |retrieved= January 15, 2023 |url= https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blossom |archive= https://web.archive.org/web/20230105044639/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blossom |title= Blossom Definition & Meaning |site= Merriam-Webster}}</ref> | |||
{{Nomenclature}} | |||
===Other Names=== | |||
{{Other Names | |||
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| Ramin<ref>{{Cite Guide|quote= |game= OoS |guide= Versus |page= 6 {{Exp Game|OoS}}}}</ref> | |||
| {{OoS}} | |||
| {{Guide|OoS|Versus}} | |||
| {{E}} | |||
}} | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:OoS Blossom Sprite 2.png|{{Term|OoS|Blossom}} without {{Term|OoS|Bipsom}} from {{OoS|-}} | |||
File:OoA Blossom Sprite 2.png|{{Term|OoA|Blossom}} without {{Term|OoA|Bipsom}} from {{OoA|-}} | |||
</gallery> | |||
==See Also== | |||
* {{Term|Series|Bipin's & Blossom's House|link}} | |||
* {{Term|Series|Bipsom|link}} | |||
* {{Term|Series|Quadruplet Family|link}} | |||
{{Ref}} | |||
{{Categories | |||
|Holodrummers, Humans, Labrynnians | |||
|characters= OoS, OoA, OoS (Wessel), OoA (Wessel) | |||
}} | |||
