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[[File:dwall9 mononoke hime wolf w cIiem 16834 7519.jpg|link=Princess Mononoke|frame|The '''Nature Hero''' respects the forest and the forest respects her in return.]]

 

{{quote|''Ahhh, the great outdoors!''|'''The Dryad''', ''[[Warcraft]] 3''}}

 

Contrast with [[Science Hero]].

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* Ikuto (Keenan in the English dub) of ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' (Data Squad). As an infant, he was accidentally sucked into the Digital World {{spoiler|as a result of being too close to his parents' experimental Digital Gate}}. He was raised by Digimon (most notably Frigimon) to the point of thinking he was one. He sports a 'tribal' sort of look, carries a boomerang, and uses [[Hulk Speak]], despite the fact that most digimon talk normally.

* Sul from [[Kiss Wood]]. Too bad this jungle really doesn't welcome him warmly and he needs to get the fuck out of there.

* Despite the title of the movie, San from ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' is more Nature Hero than [[Jungle Princess]].

* A milder verison if Woli from ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]''.

* In the Asgard filler of the [[Saint Seiya]] anime, Albrerich was a Nature Villain.

 

* ''Jann of the Jungle''

* ''Sheena, Queen of the Jungle''

* ''[[Swamp Thing]]''

* ''[[Man-Thing]]''

 

* ''[[The Beastmaster]]''

* Tom Cruise as Jack o' the Green in ''[[Legend]]''. Ironically, he seemed to have no idea his forest was full of fairies until after his misguided attempt at romancing a princess backfired catastrophically...

* ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'' has one of these in the person of Garrett, a blind hermit, complete with a song all about how he's no good with people.

 

* Daine from ''[[Tortall Universe|The Immortals]]'' series starts out this way, but [[She Cleans Up Nicely]].

* ''The Beast Master''

* Not exactly heroes, but the wild men led by Ghan-buri-Ghan in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' come close. Beorn, the shapechanging bear-man from ''[[The Hobbit]]'', fits the trope much better.

** Also, the [[Immortal Immaturity|carefree]] [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Master of the Forest]], Tom Bombadil, and his wife Goldberry, [[Nature Spirit|Daughter of the River]].

* Firekeeper in Jane Lindskold's (sp) books. Raised by oversize, sentient wolves.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Mullet Fingers]], from ''[[Hoot]]'' by [[Carl Hiaasen]]. He doesn't have egregious amounts of hair growing from his knuckles or anything. He got his nickname by having reflexes fast enough to catch a mullet with his bare hands. He lives in the woods by himself and protects the local wildlife from habitat loss in any way that he can.

 

* ''[[Kamen Rider Amazon]]'', who's basically Tarzan if he had super sharp claws that cut into monsters and cause lots of "blood" to fizz out of them.

* Maya of ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' and Cole of ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]''. Both have animal (including animals of the transform-by-magic-into-[[Humongous Mecha]] sort) communication and [[The Empath|empathy]] powers ''without'' the [[Blessed with Suck|Deanna Troi head-clutching factor]], as well as high jumping ability and somewhat enhanced strength. Maya's an alien, but Cole's just [[Rule of Cool]]-powered.

 

 

* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' features The Woodsman, who can control plants and summon animals to fight for him. His evil [[Alternate Universe|Praetorian]] version is Shadowhunter, who can turn his skin to stone and is super strong, while commanding large packs of werewolves.

* Gau from ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''.

* Elanee and the rest of the Druids of the Mere in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''.

* Nakoruru and her sister Rimururu in ''[[Samurai Shodown]]''. Subverted that although they are very much aware that they fight for the preservation of nature, they are much more intelligent and aware of the outside world.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' started as this, although he embraced technology more and more as the series progressed. He is still a nomadic character who disdains Dr. Eggman's work, however.

* [[Token Evil Teammate|Morrigan]] of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' is either subverting this trope or playing it straight to a horrendous degree. She grew up in the swamplands, and found peace in living amongst the animals for short periods of time when not with her mother, and yet she lacks any sort of compassion for anything, will not hesitate to kill things that stand in her way, and strongly upholds her mother's [[Social Darwinist]] beliefs.

* The Naturalist in ''[[Twilight Heroes]]'', although operating in primarily an urban environment, is capable of taming rather than defeating their foes, and uses skills inspired by animals (from such staples as wolves and sharks, to more obscure choices such as echidnas and starfish).

* Most ranger and druid characters from the ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' series, including Jaheira, Minsc, Kivan, Valygar and Cernd. Faldorn was this in the first game, but underwent a [[Face Heel Turn]] and became an extremist that ended up doing more damage to her local grove than she was saving it from.

* In ''[[Avadon]]'' there's no collective Gaia, and none of the animals are very bright, so Shamans rule over nature rather than seeking unity with it. However, the Shaman party member does talk about the importance of protecting nature against the various forces that would corrupt it.

 

* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [http://endstone.net/2010/07/19/4-07/ Kyri was raised like this.]

 

* ''[http://www.p-synd.com/ketrin/ketrinp.htm Ketrin]'' fits this trope to some extent. He is telepathically linked to his wolflike companions and wants to save both them and humanity from an evil force - when he isn't being [[Taken for Granite|worshipped as a paralysed idol]], that is. (NB: stories contain sexual content).

 

* Tigatron and Airazor from ''[[Beast Wars]]''.

* Moss Man from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''.

** Beast Man is a villainous example.

* Wild Smurf in ''[[The Smurfs]]''.

 

* ''[[Dersu Uzala]]''.

 

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[[Category:Solitary Tropes]]

[[Category:Older Than Dirt]]

[[Category:Tropes of Nature]]

[[Category:The Utterly and Completely Definitive Guide to Cool]]