The Ocarina of Time Remake is taking over social media as players share their experiences traversing through the well-worn paths of Hyrule three decades after the first game was released — but it’s got a few new features that are sending fans into a tizzy.
For one, the new Ocarina remake has an option that lets players use the Nintendo Switch 2’s built-in microphone to hum, whistle, sing, or play an actual instrument to produce the tunes that Link plays on his Ocarina, rather than pushing corresponding buttons on the console’s controller. This feature isn’t exactly fine-tuned, as players have uploaded oodles of videos showing themselves singing completely different songs that somehow seem to work.
One of these humorous videos has gone viral on social media, leaving players totally shocked that it actually gets the intended result. On Twitter/X, a user named ‘Rubix’ discovered that a well-known meme from Family Guy is close enough to Epona’s Song that it actually summons Link’s trusty steed.
As it turns out, saying, “Petah, the horse is here,” in the voice of Lois Griffin while the game is in microphone mode gets recognized as Epona’s Song, allowing you to successfully call your pony. It’s worth noting that the console matches a specific song to the tune of whatever you’re singing or humming (or, in this case, saying in a nasally Long Island accent), provided it’s a close enough match — and apparently, this famous line was a dead ringer for Epona’s Song.
It’s not just a one-off, either; one half of the content creator duo ‘BungleDungle’ also tried this trick and was left totally stunned after it worked for him, too.
For those out of the loop, this meme comes from Season 7, Episode 8 of Family Guy, which aired in 2009. In the episode, Peter buys a brain-damaged racehorse at an auction. In the specific scene being referenced, the horse peeks its head into the dining room as the Griffin family is having dinner, prompting Lois to say, “Petah, the horse is here.”
IT ACTUALLY DID https://t.co/ejF1c6rtys
— BungleDungle_YT – TheOnePhun211🇨🇦🇮🇹🇵🇭 (@BungleDungle_YT) November 11, 2026
It’s a fairly innocuous line that has become an in-joke for Family Guy fans over the years, eventually evolving into a meme that continues to live on nearly 20 years later.
Other hilarious clips from players saying wild things into their Nintendo Switch 2’s microphones have also gone viral, like this video from streamer Lythero saying “Mark Zuckerberg” into the mic in a vague approximation of the Song of Passing that actually got recognized as the short ditty, turning night to day.
So you can sing songs to your controller and it’s the best streamer gag
https://t.co/qIU0Oai1C0 https://t.co/bPxqzecs9U
— Lythero 🎮 (@Lythero) November 9, 2026
The Ocarina of Time remake has been a standout success for Nintendo, selling over five million copies in just four days. It’s also garnered rave reviews from both fans and critics alike, with IGN’s Logan Plant scoring the game a glowing 9 out of 10, praising it for “skillfully melding the world and dungeon design of classic Zeldas with the movement and presentation of its more recent games, creating both a beautiful retelling of a legend and a rich adventure that stands on its own.”
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