Family Guy meme 'Petah, the horse is here' works to summon Epona in Zelda remake
A bizarre trick has players of the Ocarina of Time remake doing their best Lois Griffin impression. According to IGN, saying the line "Petah, the horse is here" in the character's voice while the game's microphone mode is active is recognized as Epona's Song, successfully summoning Link's horse.
The game's new feature lets players hum, whistle, or speak into the Nintendo Switch 2's mic to perform ocarina tunes instead of using button inputs. The system matches the audio input to specific songs, and the viral Family Guy quote was apparently a close enough match to trigger the horse-calling melody.
The discovery, first posted by a user named 'Rubix', was confirmed by other players including the creator 'BungleDungle'. The meme originates from a 2009 episode of Family Guy where Lois announces the arrival of a horse Peter bought.
Other odd audio inputs have also worked. Streamer Lythero reportedly said "Mark Zuckerberg" into the mic and had it recognized as the Song of Passing, which changes the in-game time from night to day.
Separately, Nintendo has defended its decision to remove classic Mario character Easter eggs from the remake. Legendary producer Eiji Aonuma told Game Informer the team wanted to avoid interrupting the player's immersion in Hyrule. Hidden portraits of Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, and Yoshi from the original 1998 release have been scrubbed from the Switch 2 version.
