Joanne

"I'm going to pretend to be a mermaid for a bit and let him think I'm the real thing! Shhhh! Keep it between us, OK?"

- Joanne pretending to be a mermaid in front of the Old Wayfarer.

Joanne is a Hylian girl that loves to dress up as a mermaid in the game The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. She lives in Bannan Island, but she will only appear by the coast if the player defeats all enemies found on the island first.

Biography
Joanne is a Hylian that loves mermaids so much that she even dress up and acts like one in a regular basis. In contrast, her sister Jolene feels the same passion but about pirates.

She is on the waters of Bannan Island, the same island where the Old Wayfarer lives. This wayfarer claims that mermaids exist, and that his life dream is to catch one. The player can accept the sidequest and try to help the wayfarer find a mermaid.

The "mermaid" will only appear once there are no more monsters around, hinted while talking to the old wayfarer. However, every time the player gets near her, she will duck down into the water and appear in another spot. The only way to talk to this mermaid is to aim the Boomerang at her. Once it hits her, she will reveal that she is just a girl who loves dressing up like a mermaid and demands an apology, but upon hearing about the dream of the old wayfarer, she agrees to visit him.

She only appears later in the old wayfarer's house after some confusion, mistaking the wayfarer with another person. Once this is resolved, she will then be found in a pool bought by the old wayfarer for this occasion. Both of them are delighted to meet each other, Joanne hearing the old wayfarer's sea adventures, and the old wayfarer being able to hear the "mermaid" sing for him.

The old wayfarer thanks the protagoist for his part in capturing the mermaid and gives him the Fishing Rod he used to try and catch her in the past, which he doesn't need anymore. Once the sidequest is completed, Joanne will now live with the old wayfarer in his house.

Appearance
Joanne is a really beautiful girl with deep tan skin (possibly for being outside on the water for so long) and black oval-shaped eyes with pronounced eyelashes, a trait she shares with her sister. She also wears a lot of make-up, with light blue eyeshadow around her eyes and even three dots acting as small gems under each eye, two red dots and the bigger one at the side pink. It seems that she's also wearing a cream colored lipstick.

She has loose long copper hair with straight bangs and a little ponytail on the side held up with an orange and yellow flower. She wears a blue mermaid tail and a white seashell bikini. She also has small round green earrings. Despite wearing this costume, she also has with her a green inflatable rubber ring around her waist, which hints that she is not a real mermaid.

Personality
She loves everything related to mermaids, and she has even made a costume for herself. She's never seen without her costume in the game, implying that she could be wearing it daily for long periods of time. Joanne's costume is so realistic that it has already accidentally fooled different people into thinking she was a real mythical creature.

Even if she likes to pretend to be a mermaid, she acknowledges that she is actually Hylian and this is just a hobby of hers. She is really surprised to discover that so many people believed that she was the real deal, and decides to pretend to be one just for a little while before revealing the truth to make the old wayfarer happy and hear his stories, which she finds fascinating as well.

She appears to be shy and fearful, as she will not appear when there are monsters nearby and will also hide whenever the protagonist approaches her. Still, she has quite a temper and will defend her pride, as she will also get angry and give a talk to the protagonist for throwing a boomerang at her.

Links
Joanne's page Zelda Wiki.