This article refers to the Ocarina of Time dungeon. For the Oracle of Ages dungeon, see Jabu-Jabu's Belly.

Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly,^[1] also known as Lord Jabu-Jabu's Belly,^[2] is the third Dungeon in Ocarina of Time.

Entrance to the Belly[]

The dungeon is set inside the body of Lord Jabu-Jabu, who spends every day on Zora's Fountain. To enter, Link must drop a Fish from his Bottle in front of Jabu-Jabu, causing him to widely open his mouth and suck both the fish and Link inside. His mission here, while he is looking for the third Spiritual Stone, the Zora's Sapphire, is to rescue Princess Ruto.^[3]

Themes and Navigation[]

While inside, Link must initially avoid the vast variety of parasitic enemies, including an especially large tentacle-like organism with electrified appendages in the shape of unstable pillars and jellyfish-like creatures called Bari and Biri,^[4] since they are hazardous to kill without the Boomerang, the weapon found inside the dungeon. Shortly thereafter, Link locates Princess Ruto inside what appears to be the stomach, who initially refuses to accept any help from Link,^[5] and accidentally falls into a hole.^[6] Once found again by the young hero, she commands him to help her recover the Spiritual Stone. Link must carry Ruto throughout many rooms to help her find it.^[7] These rooms include areas where Link must fight numerous tentacles with the help of the Boomerang, so that new areas can be explored. He eventually enters a large room that has a central platform with the Zora's Sapphire on it. When thrown to the platform, the young Zora princess obtains it for herself.^[8]

After taking the Zora's Sapphire, the platform abruptly rises with Ruto still on it, and Link is ambushed by a Big Octo that must be defeated in order to continue.^[9] After defeating it, the princess is nowhere to be found and Link continues until he locates the creature causing Jabu-Jabu's discomfort: a parasite called Barinade, the dungeon's Boss. Link eventually defeats Barinade, rescues Princess Ruto (who is visibly shaken and scolds him), and receives the Zora's Sapphire as a reward.^[10]

The dungeon has many strange changes in the Master Quest version of the game. Instead of uvula-like switches on the ceilings of Jabu Jabu's intestinal tract, there are now cow head switches attached to walls that operate the opening of doors. As for enemies, Lizalfos and Like Likes were added to several rooms, the Parasitic Tentacles were dispersed evenly and in larger quantities throughout Jabu-Jabu's insides, and invisible Keese were supplied to one room that includes an extra Gold Skulltula. Only three Tailpasarans appear in an optional room with a Gold Skulltula, and Business Scrubs were deleted from the Master Quest version. In terms of items, the Dungeon Map, Compass, and Boomerang can be obtained much earlier; the room that contained the Boomerang in the original version now contains the Compass, and vice versa. Other changes include the placement of a grown cow in a room, the addition of a water pillar in the suckhole room, and the presence of Bombchus, which are used to complete various new puzzles throughout the dungeon. Princess Ruto is utilized much less as a gameplay mechanic, as she is only required to hit one switch.

Minor Enemies and Traps[]

Master Quest[]

Trivia[]

• A remixed version of the dungeon's theme was used in The Wind Waker as Jabun's theme.

Nomenclature[]

Names in other regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	ジャブジャブ様のお腹 (Jabujabu-sama no Onaka) (OoT)[11]	Inside Lord Jabu-Jabu
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Gallery[]

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  Entering Lord Jabu-Jabu's mouth

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  The interior of Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly from Ocarina of Time

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  Ruto obtaining the Zora's Sapphire

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  Princess Ruto about to be pulled from the platfrom

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  Link fighting Big Octo

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  Barinade, the boss of the dungeon

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  An angry Princess Ruto scolding Link after defeating Barinade

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  Dungeon Map of Jabu-Jabu's Belly

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  Inside Jabu-Jabu's Belly development plan

References