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[[The Lost Woods]] are no ordinary forest. They are a vast old-growth forest where the trees reach into the heavens. Their canopies cover the sky, leaving only shafts of sunlight steaming between the branches. Even the [[Fungus Humongous|normally tiny mushrooms are huge and imposing]]. (Whatever size they are, it's probably not a good idea to eat them. [[Magic Mushroom|Probably.]]) Nature has run wild, and man is not welcome here. If you are forced to enter, it's best to [[The Lord of the Rings|lower your axe]] or else [[When Trees Attack|risk the attention]] of the [[Plant Person|Ents]].
Besides your usual forest creatures, all manner of strange things lurk in the shadows. In any setting, it may be home to a [[Tree
Okay, the Lost Woods may not always be dangerous, but they're shadowy and creepy and only a [[Crazy Survivalist]] (or [[Nature Hero]] / [[Jungle Princess]]) would actually try to live in this place. Thus, they serve as a closer-to-home (for Europeans and North Americans, at least) version of [[Jungle Japes|the Jungle]]. (When very dangerous, may edge into [[Garden of Evil]].)
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** ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'' had the Chocobo Holy Land, which was not actually a dungeon but was very old-growth, very remote and very hard to reach (except by chocobo).
** ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IX]]'' had the Evil Forest, which was actually [[Everything Is Trying to Kill You|quite evil]].
** ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' had Macalania Forest, which was rather unusual in that it was also [[Slippy
*** The forest is implied to be made out of crystal which, somehow, is caused by the Fayth.
** Jugner Forest in ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]''. There's a twist, however, in that you actually ''can'' go back to [[Time Travel|ye olden days.]] As such, it's incredibly dangerous.
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** ''[[The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'' sees the return of the Lost Woods, as well as the establishment of it being a common resting place for the Master Sword.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening]]'' also features the Mysterious Forest (''it's a little bit mysterious'', says a signpost), a dream version of the Lost Woods from ''A Link to the Past''.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' has a setting called Kokiri Forest, where the protagonist grows up as an outsider. Connected to the Kokiri Forest by a "Cave Tree" is the Lost Woods, where visitors, upon travelling in the wrong direction or staying too long, would become Skull Kids. Link and the Kokiri are immune to this because they all have a fairy with them but that doesn't protect you from just appering into the entrance if you take a wrong turn.
** The Lost Woods are also present in ''[[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]''. But instead of having to navigate them yourself, you get to follow a [[Everything's Better With Monkeys|cute monkey]] through them.
** The Forbidden Woods make up the second major dungeon in ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' has the Sacred Grove, where you follow a Skull Kid from ''Ocarina of Time'' to find [[Sword of Plot Advancement|the Master Sword]] in a clearing similar to the one in ''Link to the Past'', and also very reminiscent of (and structurally identical to) the Temple of Time in ''Ocarina of Time'', for good reason.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'' has a brief forest area you have to navigate, with intersections where you must look at the direction the nearby tree's branch is pointing to choose where to turn. Top it off with the LAST intersection in the puzzle being accompanied by a tree designed to point OPPOSITE of where you're supposed to go, because...well, why the hell not? This is [[Nintendo Hard|Nintendo]] we're talking about here after all.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' features Faron Woods, the place that comes to be known in later games as the Lost Woods. The main area is rather maze-like, the inhabitants are [[Plant People]], and {{spoiler|the Master Sword ends up resting there}}.
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* [[The Path]] takes place in one of these.
* Jolly Roger Island and Bowish Island from ''[[Dubloon]]'' consist mainly of forests.
* ''[[Brave Soul]]'' has a forest called the "Lost Woods" because people get lost in it easily. Unless they have a [[New Game
* Played straight in ''[[Three D Dot Game Heroes (Video Game)|Three D Dot Game Heroes]]'', where the first dungeon is called the Grass Temple and the second dungeon is called the Forest Temple.
* The second level of ''[[Bujingai Swordmaster]]''. Made all more interesting by the fact that it's actually a bamboo forest.
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* ''[[Cosmos Cosmic Adventure]]'' has a few levels set in forests, but the fourth level of episode 1 best exemplifies this trope, with its creepy-looking trees (with eyes looking out of them), ghosts, and thunderstorm.
* There are multiple sequences of traveling through a special zone of the forest in [[Brave Fencer Musashi]].
* LJN's [[The Problem With Licensed Games|NES adaptation]] of ''[[Friday the
* Darkroot Garden and Basin in ''[[Dark Souls]]'', poorly-lit, surrounded by rock walls and long drops, and home to the [[Wild Hunt|Forest Hunters.]]
* The entirety of ''[[Magical Whip Wizards of Phantasmal Forest (Video Game)|Magical Whip Wizards of Phantasmal Forest]]'' takes place in the eponymous forest the wizards are trying to escape.
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== Real Life ==
* Probably the best example for the Japanese, [
* Anywhere that counts as part of the Boreal Forest, especially in Canada. A 10-minute drive out of your local Northern town, and you find yourself literally facing the same countryside that the first settlers had to deal with. Great for hiking and hunting. Can overlap with the [[Ghibli Hills]], especially in summertime.
** The Trans-Taiga Highway in Quebec is 362 miles of unpaved road through the taiga forests.
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