Postman

The Postman in Majora's Mask
Postman
Species	Hylian
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Black
Debut	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Postman is a recurring character in the The Legend of Zelda games. In most games, he is shown as a workaholic who conforms to a strict schedule. He is often seen jogging around in an attempt to mail all of his letters on time.

Background

Majora's Mask

The Postman first appears in Termina in Majora's Mask, where he lives and works in Clock Town. Every morning he collects the mail, in the afternoon he delivers them, and at night he performs timing exercises and offers anyone who stops by a chance to play with a piece of heart as the prize. He is shown to take his job very seriously and keeps secrets such as Kafei's location.

However, he panics as the Carnival of Time approaches due to a conflict between his duty and his personal interests; he does not want to be caught beneath the moon when it falls from the sky, but he has his schedule for the next day and cannot break his code as a mail employee. But if on the night of the third day Link gives him emergency letter for Madame Aroma (rather than delivering it himself), she would show surprise to find that the Postman was still in town and use her position as post master to dismiss him so he could evacuate. The Postman thanks Link for helping him by giving him his hat. The Postman then left to run in the wild Termina Field, where he could make his own schedule.

Other Games

The Postman apparently exists in Hyrule as well. In Twilight Princess he is constantly on the run, and often meets up with Link to give him letters. On his offtime, the Postman can be seen feeding messy letters to goats in the ranch of Ordon Village or ordering food at Telma's bar in Hyrule Castle Town among several other locations, including surprisingly the forty-ninth level of the Cave of Ordeals after it has been cleared once.

Another Postman lived in the Lynna Village of Labrynna four hundred years into the past of Oracle of Ages. In this game the Postman needs something to keep time. If Link gives him a Poe Clock, the Postman gives Link a free Stationary in return and zips off to deliver the mail. The Postman also runs his route through Hyrule Village in The Minish Cap.

Other Postmen

Additionally, a different Postman appears in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. He appears to be a winged human, implying that he is actually a Rito as seen in the previous game. This postman resembles the Postman of previous games in title and cap only. He comes to Link on several islands and reads his letters to him after having him sign for it. At one point, he accidentally reads Link a letter to Joanne from Jolene and then gives him the letter to give to Joanne.

Another new Postman appears in Spirit Tracks. This one is actually identical to the one from Phantom Hourglass, except for his uniform and his being a non-winged human. He describes himself as "an average guy just working the postman gig to get by" and specifically requested to only be called Postman. He delivers letters similarly to the previous game, except this time he gives them to Link without reading them aloud, claiming the mail system had changed in the century since the previous games due to complaints about postmen reading letters aloud to the recipients.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• In the Super Smash Bros. series, the Postman has been represented as two stickers (from Majora's Mask and Twilight Princes) in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and as a Novice-rank Support Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As a Spirit, his Support effect is for the player fighter to start battles with a Bunny Hood equipped. When fought in a Spirit battle, the Postman's Spirit would possess a male Wii Fit Trainer in a timed stamina battle where he focused on trying to evade the player fighter's attacks.
• In Hyrule Warriors, the Postman's uniform was available as an outfit that Link could wear. It was originally made available as part of a Twilight Princess-based DLC pack and is based on the Postman's appearance in that game.

Trivia

• In Majora's Mask, the Postman acted as the Terminan version of Hyrule's Running Man seen in Ocarina of Time. Like the Running Man, he is associated with rabbits (the Postman being represented by rabbit logos while the Running Man had bought the Bunny Hood from Link) and is capable of suddenly running at high speeds.
• The Rito postman Koboli from The Wind Waker has a strange physical resemblance to the Postman. His figurine states that an ancestor of his in a time long past was also a postman, implying that he is descended from the Postman.