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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]].
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* 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.
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