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{{trope}}
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A quiet character, from a rural location, commonly [[Arcadia]], often found as a [[Fish Out of Water]] in the Big City. Frequently depicted as having an inherent superiority in morality, ethics or common sense compared to the people around her. Often used as an authorial voice to deliver [[An Aesop]], or simply to provide a contrast to the "sophisticated" people with whom she lives or works.
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On the first arrival at the city, may be dazzled by the luxury of city life. [[Welcome to the Big City]] or discovering the shallowness of the [[Life of the Party]] will soon cure her; in a single story, she will wisely head back to the countryside, or tragically die, trapped by disease, pregnancy, or despair, but in a continuing one, she will mature into the level-headed version.
The female '''Country Mouse''' often becomes the target of the [[Rich Bitch]].
Frequently overlaps with [[Naive Newcomer]].
Compare with [[City Mouse]] and [[The City vs. the Country]] when this is an actual plot.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
▲== [[Anime]] ==
* Soah from the manhwa ''[[The Bride of the Water God]]'', literally a country girl forced to live with the palace intrigues of both Habaek the Water God, and the Emperor's Court.
* Hagumi of ''[[Honey and Clover]]'' is actually nicknamed "Nezumi" (mouse) by one of the other characters. While it is mostly a reflection of her artist's character that she cannot properly socialize in the university environs, her deficiency is made greater by her back-country origins, and despite prodigious talent and constant encouragement towards fame, she wants nothing more than to return to the countryside.
* Sora in ''[[Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora]]'', although she adapts rather well to Tokyo.
* Arika Yumemiya in ''[[Mai-Otome]]''
* To a smaller degree, Nana "Hachi" Komatsu from ''[[Nana]]''.
* Sakura Shinguuji in ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''
* Aurelia Hartwick from ''[[Victorian Romance Emma]]''. She falls for the good-looking city boy, marries him, and relocates to London, where high society enjoys gossip at her expense.
* Kanata Sorami from ''[[
* Houki from [[Fushigi Yuugi]], born to a very poor family from the country. Her [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|gorgeous looks]] get her a place in Emperor Hotohori's harem, {{spoiler|and then she becomes Hotohori's wife.}}
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]''. The first half has the [[City Mouse]] reporter in the wilds of Australia, while the second half has
* Joe Buck from [[Midnight Cowboy]].
* Many [[Frank Capra]] protagonists, most notably Longfellow Deeds from ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'' and Jefferson Smith from ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Beatrix Potter retold Aesop's fable as ''The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse''. A country mouse is accidentally brought to the city, finds it too dangerous, and returns home; a city mouse visits him there, is frightened by the weather and prospect of a cow stepping on him, and returns home. Potter draws the Aesop that people like different things (and ignore different disadvantages).
* Louisa May Alcott's novel ''An Old-Fashioned Girl'' has this as its basic premise. Poor country girl Polly Milton befriended wealthy city girl Fanny Shaw when the latter was visiting a mutual friend, and after several months of correspondence, goes to visit her friend in the city. During the two months of her visit, she [[Pollyanna
* Sylvia Plath's ''The Bell Jar'' centres around Esther Greenwood and her failure to cope with New York City.
* José Antonio from the Chilean novel ''Golondrina de Invierno'' ("Winter Swallow").
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** An element of Carrot's personality in ''[[Guards! Guards!]]'', before he starts fitting into the city [[Rightful King Returns|as if he was born to it]].
** Imp in the first few scenes of ''[[Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''.
** Noticeably absent on Granny Weatherwax's visits to the Great Wahoonie, since she assumes it's the city's job to fit round ''her'', not the other way round.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Kenneth the page from ''[[30
* Fred on ''[[Angel]]'' definitely qualifies.
* Woody Boyd from ''[[Cheers]]'', from rural Indiana.
* Although being the engineer of a spaceship has broadened her quite a bit, there's still a fair amount of
** In "Shindig" she attends a formal ball. At first, she's completely out of place. Eventually, she finds a crowd of engineers (or, at least, elite socialites with tinkering hobbies) and spends the rest of the ball talking engines with them.
** Saffron appears to be this at first.
* Gomer Pyle, of ''[[Gomer Pyle,
* Radar O'Reilly from ''[[
* ''[[Remember WENN]]'' had Betty Roberts of Elkhart, Indiana.
* Penny from ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', from Nebraska. The contrast here is not so much urban/rural as it is book smarts/street smarts.
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== [[Music]] ==
* [[Elton John]]'s "Honky Cat" finds the singer warned by his relatives that "living in the city, boy, is gonna break your heart".
** "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" finds the singer at the 'disillusioned by all the empty shallowness' part of one of these stories, and consequently more than a little bit bitter.
== Mythology ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Quina in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' forms a definite contrast to the sophisticated princess Dagger, though s/he is played mostly for laughs
* Mami in ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV''. An innocent farm girl who momentarily took care of [[God-Emperor|Fou-lu]] and promptly fell for him (and it's implied Fou-lu feels the same, although it's kinda [[The Stoic|hard to tell]]). [[Love Hurts|Then]] [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|things]] [[Fantastic Nuke|go]] [[Tear Jerker|horribly]] [[It's All My Fault|wrong]]. [[
* Nephenee from ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius|Fire Emblem 9/10]]'' is a shy country girl who rarely speaks, mostly to hide her country accent.
** Also the [[Dragon Rider
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The page picture is from the [[Silly Symphonies]] short ''The Country Cousin'', featuring a literal country mouse.
* [[Tom and Jerry|Jerry]] becomes a ''literal''
* [[Parody Sue|Lila]] from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''. Compare her to Rhonda, and you'll know she fits.
** Stinky lacks the closer to Earth qualities but plays the country stereotypes much harder. He even lives in a simply little shack incongruously placed amidst tall brick buildings.
* Max from ''[[Capitol Critters]]'' is is a literal example.
* The "city and country mouse" were played by a pair of wolf cousins in Tex Avery's ''[[Little Rural Riding Hood]]''.
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* An oldish kid's TV show, ''Country Mouse & City Mouse''.
* [[Pocahontas]] in ''Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World''.
* Korra of ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' has this trait highlighted in "Welcome to Republic City," when she travels from her remote home at [[
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* A Real Life Example is Kondo Isami, Commander of [[The Shinsengumi]]. While far from uncultured, Kondo is reported to often find himself out of his depth in political matters and the bureaucracy that heading up the capital's police force entailed. He is also described as having a great sense of honor and an inherent and very humble moral superiority.
* Another [[Real Life]] example: Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, better known as [[The Pope|Pope Pio X.]]
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