Tears of the Kingdom: Everyone Loves the Man With the Bucket on ...

Jeez oh man. That Tears of the Kingdom trailer, right? Rockets, mechs, hot Ganondorf, Prince Sidon, swimming, Link in a flying squirrel suit, and of course, the new best friend of the Tears of the Kingdom community: Bucket Head.

If you somehow missed Bucket Head during the trailer, I can't blame you. Take a look again; he crops up at roughly 3:12 in the trailer:

Still missing him? Let's check in with the community for a closer look.

Not enough people talking about the best new character from the new #TearsoftheKingdom trailer Bucket Helmet Guy pic.twitter.com/vNybpvhynX

— ????????Hylian Hero???????? (@HylianH3ro) April 13, 2023

There he is! Who is he? We've never seen this man before. He's just a regular dude, weaponless, who figured he needed some armor for whatever epic battle he and Link and the others were about to go into, and grabbed the nearest object for a helmet. I'm so proud of him, and it looks like Tears of the Kingdom fans are too:

Bucket Blight Ganon is my new favorite character pic.twitter.com/CWfRXUWeFz

— Deebeegeek (@Deebeegeek26) April 13, 2023

yoooo i can't wait to fight ganon with my ragtag bucket-head crew pic.twitter.com/bRggTkpptW

— André (@AndreSegers) April 13, 2023

man pulled up with a bucket helmet, he’s that serious pic.twitter.com/E7pTI7RxCv

— ???? • 28 (@zeldatalk) April 13, 2023

man pulled up with a bucket helmet, he’s that serious pic.twitter.com/E7pTI7RxCv

— ???? • 28 (@zeldatalk) April 13, 2023

The Bucket Man hype isn't just on Twitter. The Tears of the Kingdom community on Reddit is also having a field day with him.

What is it about this guy that's so relatable? Maybe it's that in Breath of the Wild, Link's adventure felt very solitary, even when he was in towns. But in Tears of the Kingdom, he seems to recruit a whole army of not just champions, but also dorks like this fellow who genuinely just want to show up and help save the world with you with whatever they have lying around.

Or maybe it's because all of us who will play the game are probably closer on the heroism scale to Bucket Head than we are to Link - we're all just ordinary people doing our best with what we have, but we're showing up for what matters anyway.

Or maybe it's just that he looks silly in a trailer that's largely pretty serious. Whatever the case, I'm your fan, Bucket Head Man.

Today brought a deluge of Tears of the Kingdom content thanks to a new (and final) story trailer, which we've broken down so that you don't miss a detail. Nintendo's official site has already revealed where Tears of the Kingdom's adventure will start, and we got a look at a Zelda 1 callback boss, too.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.