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Does not ''have'' to be male, but [[Always Male|almost always is]].

One common beginning for [[~~The~~ Hero's Journey]]. Rural counterpart of the urban [[Ordinary High School Student]]. Very common in stories set in the past, because pre-industrialization, and for most of the history of human civilization, most people were farmers.

One common beginning for [[Hero's Journey]]. Rural counterpart of the urban [[Ordinary High School Student]]. Very common in stories set in the past, because pre-industrialization, and for most of the history of human civilization, most people were farmers.

This is [[The Oldest Ones in the Book|such an old trope]] it's [[Dead Horse Trope|died]] and [[Undead Horse Trope|been reborn]] several times already<ref>(well, who better to keep a horse in good condition than a farmer?)</ref>, and there are a few traditional ways for the story to pan out. Generally, the kid will either go from [[Rags to Riches]] (or even all the way [[Rags to Royalty|to Royalty]]), or he'll reject the strange new world he's saved and [[But Now I Must Go|return home]] to accept the [[Call to Agriculture]].

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{{quote|'''Cooper''': She was born in 1898 in a barn. She died on the 37th floor of a skyscraper. [[Mad Men/Heartwarming|She's an astronaut]].}}

* Malcolm Reynolds of ''[[Firefly]]'' was a rancher on the rural planet Shadow before he [[Jumped At the Call|joined up with the Independents]] against the encroaching [[The Empire|Alliance]]. He then proceeded to lose everything he cared about except his second in command, his coat, his gun, and [[Knight in Sour Armor|almost broken idealism.]]

* Played with in ''[[Skins]]''. Alo lives on a farm, and Mini's "pet name" for him is "Farm Boy."

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* Lucas in ''[[Mother 3]]''.

** Lucas' twin brother, Claus, counts too. [[Aloof Big Brother|In a different sort of way]].

* Played with in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' in that Welkin acts like a farmboy without actually being one. He also accepts the call without any serious objections. Of course his home-nation has a universal conscription law on its books so he's probably used to the idea of having to enlist if there's an invasion.

* [[Dink Smallwood]] is a pig farmer who dreams about becoming a knight. {{spoiler|His heritage is deliberately left wide open for the [[Fanon]] to explore.}}

* The hero/heroine of ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'' starts as you guessed it, a humble farmer.

** In the [[Uwe Boll]] [[Video Game Movies Suck|movie]], the character is even ''named'' "Farmer".

* ''[[Etrian Odyssey]] III'' has the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Farmer]] class, which is supposed to be the weakest physically, but with plenty of skills useful for explorers to have handy.

* Alex from Lunar: Silver Star for the Sega CD, and later other platforms, is a boy who lives in a small farm community. He gets to fulfill his dreams of going on adventures and becoming a Dragonmaster just like his hero, Dyne.

* Evan in [[Maple Story]]. Just a normal boy living in a pig farm until he had a dream meeting a dragon. Guess what happens to him when he woke up from his dream...

* Hilbert from ''[[Last Scenario]]'', except for the bit about being [[Refusal of the Call|reluctant]] and [[I Just Want to Be Normal|whiny]]; he [[Heroic Wannabe|always wanted to be one]] and [[Jumped At the Call]] when he was told at the beginning of the story that he was the descendant of a legendary hero. {{spoiler|Which, as it happens, is [[Unwitting Pawn|exactly what they were hoping for]].}}

* In a slight subversion of this trope, in the Canon ending for Wing Commander 3, Blair goes off to be a farmboy. It doesn't take as he's recalled to active duty at the start of Wing Commander 4, now being a bitter, lonely man.

* Constantly reminded of, Stahn of [[Tales of Destiny]] from a little village in Lienea is taken for a dolt and doesn't get complimented very well by anyone except for the priestess Philia.

* The Colonist [[Multiple Choice Past|origin]] for Commander Shepard of [[Mass Effect]] is more or less this, in comparison to [[Military Brat|Spacer]] and [[Street Urchin|Earthborn]]. It implies that Shepard grew up in a backwater human colony which conveniently got the [[Doomed Hometown]] treatment.