Grandma Yahoo

Grandma Yahoo is an elderly woman and the wife of Old Man Ulrira. She only appears in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and resides in Mabe Village with her husband. She is the counterpart of the Sweeping Lady from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

Unlike her shy husband, Grandma Yahoo has an outgoing personality. She has an obsession with sweeping with her broom, going as far to other areas just to sweep. Her name is derived from her catchphrase "YAHOO!", which she says at the start of most of her quotes.

Grandma Ulrira has a role in the game's trading sequence. After Link obtains the broom from Mr. Write, he can find Grandma Yahoo in the Animal Village. When Link talks to Grandma Yahoo, she says that her broom has worn out from overuse. If Link gives her the new broom, she trades it for the Fishing Hook, which she found while sweeping around the riverbank (presumably one of the Fishing Ponds).

Trivia

 * In the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console re-release of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX, most instances of Grandma Yahoo saying "YAHOO!" were changed to "YIPPEE!", though one of her quotes changes it to "HELLO!" instead. This change is most likely because "YAHOO!" is trademarked by a famous web company of the same name, . Her catchphrase was reinstated in the Nintendo Switch remake, which is also the first game where she is officially named Grandma Yahoo. The name went unchanged in the Japanese Virtual Console re-release because the language uses a different word for her catchphrase and the web company itself.
 * In earlier releases, there are a few screen transition glitches where some enemy sprites are replaced with that of Grandma Yahoo's.