The best part is when you remember that the Skull Kid says that anyone who goes into the woods without a fairy becomes a Stalfos.
Combine that with the popular MM theory that Link going in search of Navi results in him dying/becoming a Stalfos, and you end up with his skeletal appearance in TP.
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Falcon Punch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw