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== Anime ==
* [[
== [[Fairy Tales]] ==
* "[[
* In "[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/index.html The Six Swans]", the king meets the [[Wicked Stepmother]] to be in the forest; later, her stepdaughter runs away to find her brothers in the forest; the king finds her there and falls in [[Love At First Sight]].
* [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* "[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/3ourladyschild.html Our Lady's Child]" was abandoned in the forest for refusing to confess to having looked [[Forbidden Fruit|through the forbidden door]]; the king finds her there and falls in [[Love At First Sight]].
* [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/armlessmaiden/stories/onehandedgirl.html The One-handed Girl] hides from her brother in the forest; a prince finds her there and marries her. When her brother tracks her down and convinces the king and queen that she is a witch, she goes back; there she rescues a snake, gets back her hand, and receives a magical ring, with which she wins back her husband.
* In "[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/armlessmaiden/stories/biancabella.html Biancabella and the Snake]", Biancabella's mother-in-law orders servants to kill her. They carry her off into the forest to do so, but only [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|mutilate]] and leave her there.
* In "[[
* "Babes in the Wood". Sometimes combined with ''[[Robin Hood]]'' as a [[Pantomime]].
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== Film ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' had Dagobah and Endor. Also Yavin 4 (the site of the Rebel Base in the first movie) though we don't see much of it, and Kashyyyk, which is so lush with vegetation that it manages to be this ''and'' [[Jungle Japes]].
* ''[[
* The Fire Swamp from ''[[The Princess Bride (
* ''[[The Brothers Grimm (
* That creepy forest from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* The woods through which Tristan travels in ''[[Stardust (
* The Appalachian woods in the first two ''[[Evil Dead]]'' movies. An ordinary forest under normal circumstances, once the [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|Book of the Dead]]'s been read aloud, it transforms into a twisted, fog-shrouded [[Genius Loci]] of [[When Trees Attack|living trees]], [[Mobile Maze|shifting paths]], and roaming, [[Demonic Possession|unseen spirits]]. The spell might have the same effect anywhere: the evil it awakens is said to lie dormant in "the forests and dark bowers of man's domain".
** Two sequel video games have different takes on what happens when the book's read in an urban environment. ''A Fistful of Boomstick'' portrays it as more or less a standard [[Zombie Apocalypse]], but ''Regeneration'' (a [[Continuity Reboot]] sequel) shows a wrecked city engulfed by mist and overrun with giant, living tree roots, as though it were in the process of changing into a Lost Wood.
* ''[[Avatar (
* The headless horseman's burial site in ''[[Sleepy Hollow]]'' is located in a creepy forest completely devoid of animal life.
* ''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy A Musical Adventure]]'' has the Deep, Deep Woods, which the dolls are warned to stay away from by Marcella. While at first it seems to be a normal forest, made spooky by the darkness of night, it ends up being the gateway to [[Eldritch Abomination|The Greedy]] and Loony Land.
* ''[[
* The Hinderlands in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' might possibly be this. Maybe.
* Where Lilli runs away to and meets the miners in ''[[Snow White:
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== Literature ==
* The Old Forest and Fangorn Forest from ''[[
* Garroting Deep, and the other remnants of the One Forest, in The [[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]].
* Ratleaf Forest from ''Tailchaser's Song''. It's old, foreboding and '{{spoiler|The big bad sets up his fortress there.}}
** It's arguable that every Tad Williams book has an example.
* The books of Robert Holdstock's Mythago Cycle make heavy, heavy use of this trope. Ryhope Wood, the focus of the books, is a remnant of very ancient forest that [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|brings to life]] figures from the collective unconscious. From the outside, it's a small wood that's nearly impossible to penetrate. From the inside, it's an [[Bigger
* Both the Deepwoods and the Twilight Woods from ''The Edge Chronicles'' are fitting examples of this trope.
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[
** In ''Straight Silver'', the forests of Aexe Cardinal remind them of Tanith. They also contain a [[Oracular Urchin|mysterious woman]] who makes predictions to Gaunt and lends him a car that just vanishes (along with its keys) when it gets them where they are going.
* ''[[Discworld]]'' has Skund Forest, home of gnomes, witches and talking trees. There's also Cutshade Forest in "Troll Bridge", which Cohen the Barbarian calls "proper darksome" and full of giant spiders ... at least before it was sold to a lumber mill, chopped down and replanted with spruce.
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* The Forbidden Forest in [[Harry Potter]] is filled with [[Our Centaurs Are Different|centaurs]], unicorns, [[Giant Spider|giant spiders]], and other magical beasts to the point that students are punished by having to go in it at night.
* ''The Forests of Silence'', an example of this trope are a major plot point in the first book of the ''[[Deltora Quest]]'' book series; it's also the name of the first book.
* In [[Patricia
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[Literature/B Beyond The Black River|B Beyond The Black River]]", the setting. With raiding Picts and a swamp demon.
* In [[Josepha Sherman]]'s ''[[The Shining Falcon]]'', the forest. Exactly how evil depends on whether the ''leshy'' like you.
* The eponymous protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" is a [[The Colonial Period|colonial]] Puritain who ventures into these and learns [[Deal
* The ''[[Saga of Recluce]]'' has the Accursed Forest (later Naclos), a [[Starfish Alien|sort-of-sentient being]] whose massive [[Order Versus Chaos|Order and Chaos flows]] ties all of its animals and plants together into a single entity. While no more dangerous to simply pass through than any other forest, it fights back with deadly force against anyone attempting to tame, cultivate or cut it.
* The [[Enchanted Forest Chronicles]] take place in an unpredictable, but ''usually'' benign, enchanted forest. (At least, the later three do; ''Dealing with Dragons'' takes place in the Mountains of Morning, where the dragons live.)
* The Forest in ''[[
* [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Stardust (
* The eponymous wood of [[Hexwood]] - either it's a small piece of wooded land near a housing estate where the local kids go to play (littered with crisp packets, and you can see through to the other side in places) or it's a vast forest containing a rushing river with waterfalls, caves, an Arthurian-style castle {{spoiler|and dragons}}. Or both. And that's not all that's going on, either.
* The Black Oaks in ''[[The Sword of Shannara]]''.
* [[
* [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower]]'': ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Wind Through the Keyhole|The Dark Tower]]'' has "The Endless Forest".
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== Tabletop RPG ==
* ''[[Changeling: The
* ''[[
* [[Ravenloft]] has Lost Woods in spades. Much of the southeastern Core (the main landmass) is covered in thick, primeval forests. Notable areas include Verbrek (full of savage werewolves), Kartakass (full of intelligent wolves that hunt humans by shapeshifting into seductive human forms), and Tepest (where the goblins are the least of your worries compared to [[The Fair Folk]] and the hags).
* [[Legend of the Five Rings]] has the Shinomen Forest, which is almost completely unexplored and seemingly full of mysterious ruins that predate humanity. Legend holds that these were built by a race of snake-people who sleep within the forest. This turns out to be true, but is actually a good thing, as the snake-people are quite heroic.
* In [[Warhammer]], much of the Old World is covered by vast forests full of Beastman, Minotaurs, and worse things.
* Indie RPG ''Summerland'' has this as a central motif-the world has been spontaneously covered by a [[Spirit World|supernatural]] forest called the Sea of Leaves, inhabited by [[Intellectual Animal|sentient beasts]], eccentric hermits called the Lost, and [[Barbarian Tribe|savage Wild tribes]], who have forgotten they were once human. Those last two were normal people, but had their personalities overwritten by the [[Charm Person]] effect the Sea has on normal people (the Lost are treatable, the Wild are not). You play as a Drifter, a person immune to the call...[[Blessed
* Usually one fifth of every [[Magic:
== Theater ==
* The musical ''[[Into the Woods]]'', which is based on [[Fairy Tale|fairy tales]], is set it one of these forests.
* ''[[A Midsummer
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Forest of Illusion in ''[[Super Mario World (
** World 2 in ''Super Mario World 2: [[
* Mushroom Hill Zone in ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles
** Green Forest and White Jungle in ''[[
** In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' there was a level called Wood Zone that was removed late in development, some fan mods of the game include it.
* The Viridian Forest, Ilex Forest, Petalburg Woods, Eterna Forest, Pinwheel Forest, and Lostlorn Forest in ''[[Pokémon]]'', particularly the second, fourth, and sixth.
* Vine Valley in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', Gloomy Gulch in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 2'' (which is [[Hailfire Peaks|also]] a [[Big Boo's Haunt]]), Kremwood Forest in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 3'', and Forest in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''.
* Fungi Forest in ''[[
* Mazewood in ''[[Romancing
* Boggly Woods in ''[[
** ''[[Paper Mario (
* Wood Man's stage in ''[[Mega Man (
* Gaoracchia Forest from ''[[
** [[Tales
* World 1: Magic Forest from ''Superfrog''
* [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/The_Distant_Woods The Distant Woods] from ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''.
* There are many of these in ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games:
** ''[[
** ''[[
** Ancient Forest in ''[[
*** There's also the Sleeping Forest, which is integral to the plot, and cannot advance unless you have a magic harp in your possession.
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
*** The forest is implied to be made out of crystal which, somehow, is caused by the Fayth.
** Jugner Forest in ''[[
** ''[[
* Rainbow Butterfly Woods in ''[[
* The Black Forest [[Bonus Dungeon]] in ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: Covenant''. Listen to the flowers and you'll get through...but remember that you want to get ''out'' when you reach the last junction, [[Nonstandard Game Over|or you'll never get out again.]]
* Zelda:
** The [[Trope Namer]] is the Lost Woods from ''[[The Legend of Zelda (
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** The Lost Woods are also present in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** The Forbidden Woods make up the second major dungeon in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* ''[[
* [[World of Warcraft]] features a few of these, typically anywhere [[Our Elves Are Different|Night Elves]] make their abode. Ashenvale is the most prominent example, with the lighting always at essentially night-time levels and full of things like giant wolves and big, stompy four-story walking trees.
** Also present in a small part of the Blade's Edge Mountains where the night elves have set up their lone town (versus Cenarion Expedition outposts) in Outland, which they've terraformed into a small slice of [[The Lost Woods]].
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** Northrend adds The Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord.
* ''[[Lusternia]]'' has the Glomdoring forest (which in the tongue of [[The Fair Folk|the fae]] means "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Forest Without Mercy]]"), populated by the prerequisite living trees, harpies, and ''angry sentient grass''. There's an underground commune consisting primarily of Drow-esque crossbreeds between [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]] and [[The Fair Folk]].
* ''[[
** Well, both of the 'forests' are like a mix between forest and hill zone, with big open sunny skies and the general upbeatness. Gusty Garden seems more like a hill zone, too. At least it's not Evil Garden or some such.
** Tall Trunk Galaxy from [[Super Mario Galaxy 2
* Forest Maze from ''[[
* Several stratums in ''[[
* Wiese Forest (Chapter 3) in ''[[Riviera the Promised Land]]'' has an area like this. Cierra leads you in this direction, thinking it's a shortcut to the next area, only to have Serene berate her for getting lost. Furthermore, you have to navigate through ''two'' different sequences to get out.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Shadow Forest, like most of ''[[
** Gaea's Navel is far more remote and inaccessible, located on a plateau island with steep cliffs on all sides, complete with an unspoilt [[Lost World]] on top.
* Nearly ever ''[[World of Mana]]'' game has at least one of these, owing to the series' central environmental theme. The most pristine, ancient and undisturbed of these forests usually is home to the game's [[World Tree|Mana Tree]] plot device.
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*** And in Carlie/Kevin's routes, the final dungeon is hidden beyond the [[The Maze|Jungle of Illusion]].
** In ''[[Legend of Mana]]'', Vadise lives in such an ancient forest, and the first time you go through it, Larc sniffs out the correct direction. (In subsequent visits, you're on your own.)
** In ''[[Dawn of Mana]]'', the [[Hidden Elf Village]] on the Island of Illusia where Keldy grew up is in such a forest, and you discover that it, in turn, is sitting on the [[World Tree|Mana Tree]], which also happens to hold [[Sealed Evil in
* The unofficial remake of ''[[King's Quest II]]'' had a swamp like this, but not the original game.
* [[Neopets]] contains a browser-based RPG called Neo Quest II, and the fourth act of that game takes place in the Haunted Woods. The Haunted Woods are home to a [[Demonic Spider]] living in a cave, ''two'' [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampires]] living in (very) [[Haunted Castle|isolated]] [[Storming the Castle|castles]], a boss ([[Puzzle Boss|or bosses]]) that is widely considered to be the game's [[That One Boss]] right outside of a haunted house (and there's a [[World Tree]] of sorts nearby to boot), and an [[Eldritch Abomination]] living in a bog.
* The forest of Yoshpet in ''[[
* Perez Park in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' is an abandoned, overgrown, gang-infested city park that's a [[Scrappy Level]] for a number of reasons. One of which is that there's no reason to go there, thankfully. Villainside there's Nerva, and all forest areas in the game tend to be infested with the [[Path of Inspiration|Circle of Thorns]].
** While Croatoa isn't entirely covered in forest, it does fit the trope better with the perpetual night/twilight, fog, and various magical creatures running about. Then there is Eden, which has tree mazes filled with various mutant plant life, including trees that suddenly come to life.
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** One of the dropped levels was Fungus Forest, which was put in Donkey Kong 64 instead as Fungi Forest. There's a framed photo in Banjo's house of Banjo standing in what is presumably Fungus Forest.
* The Living Forest from [[Mortal Kombat]]; it's a forest made up of trees with '''faces''' that frequently growl. Deceptions Konquest mode also implies that they may bleed red blood (as you can see some cut down trees with red stuff inside of them).
* ''[[
* The Dark Woods of the Serpent from ''[[Shadow Warrior]]''.
* ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'' has the Brecilian Forest, inhabited by many dangerous spirits due to being the site of an ancient massacre of elves by a human army. However, the player party will be sent in to deal with a werewolf problem.
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* 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+|map]].
* Played straight in ''[[
* The second level of ''[[Bujingai Swordmaster]]''. Made all more interesting by the fact that it's actually a bamboo forest.
* ''[[
* ''Star Wars: [[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' has the Shadowlands of Kashyyyk (already mentioned under film above; also, probably not the [[Shadowland|trope]]), the dark and dangerous ground level beneath the homes of the wookiees on the trees.
* ''[[Wario World
* ''[[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
* 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 the Phantasmal Forest
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series has a number of these scattered through its games. Go into a thick one with mist curling around the roots of the trees, half-light the only light to see by, and the odd sight of an Ayelid ruin peeking out of the trees, and you have a good example.
* ''[[Digimon World]]'' has the Misty Trees. Native Forest is really more of a [[Green Hill Zone]] or [[Ghibli Hills]].
* There are two in ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The Skull valley in ''[[
* Gillitie Wood from ''[[
* ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (
* The characters in ''[[College Roomies
* In ''[[
{{quote| "[[Alt Text|Doctor McNinja was not informed about the ghosts when he bought the property]]."}}
* ''[[Wooden Rose]]'' [http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter2/39.html The forest]
* ''[[
* ''[[Bird Boy]]'':
** [http://bird-boy.com/volume-1-page-3 The legendary hero was caught in the Liminal Wood] in the [[Backstory]].
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* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', where [http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue3/ib053.html Roan was growing up in one] before his capture.
* In ''[[Endstone]]'', [http://endstone.net/2010/06/28/4-01/ even Kyri finds some woods dark and foreboding].
* In ''[[Rusty and Co
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Doodze]]'', [http://seguemediagroup.com/doodze/?p=497 outside the gates.]
* In ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'', [http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00683.html the squire hopes to take refuge in one.]
* The Everwood Forest and the much larger Silverfronds Forest in ''[[
* In ''[[Erstwhile]]'', [http://www.erstwhiletales.com/maidmaleen-10/#.T292otm6SuI Maid Maleen and her servant have to sleep in one.]
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== Western Animation ==
* The Everfree Forest in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** To the ponies, the scariest thing about the Everfree Forest is that the plants grow, animals take care of themselves, and the clouds move -- ''all on their own!'' For those unfamiliar with the show, the ponies [[Painting the Frost
* ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' episode "The Picnic" has Gumball and Darwin getting lost in the Forest of Doom on a school picnic. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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