History Main / FarmBoy

* Ironically, Superman's ComicBook/KingdomCome rival Magog started out a farmboy too, albeit from Iowa rather than Kansas. He blew up Kansas.

* Zed from TotalDramaLetterz, who interestingly enough befriends a girl from the city.

* The ''StarWars'' films have Luke, who was raised as a "moisture farmer" by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru before answering the CallToAdventure.

* Richard from Terry Goodkind's ''SwordOfTruth'' novels started off as a humble woodsman, before saving the Mother Confessor. [[spoiler: He is the son of TheObiWan's daughter and the BigBad, which also makes him the first War Wizard in a thousand years. He is also the first one to turn the Sword of Truth White, the Seeker of the Truth, and so on.]] Again, just in case you didn't know he was special. Despite all this, he insists he's a "simple woodsman."

* In LloydAlexander's ''PrydainChronicles'' (and Disney's [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation of the second book]], ''TheBlackCauldron''), a young boy, profession '''assistant''' pig-keeper, [[JumpedAtTheCall ran headlong into adventures]] (and a thornbush) when Hen Wen, his oracular charge, ran away from [[BigBad Arawn's]] new lieutenant [[TheDragon the Horned King]]. Special bonus points must be awarded as he is often called FarmBoy (or, more often, pig-boy) in a derogatory way.

* ''{{Smallville}}'', being the story of Clark before he became Superman, has shown him like this a lot.

* Not a hero, nor a boy, but the idea of the trope is invoked by [[MadMen Bert Cooper]] upon the death of the secretary Miss Blankenship:

* Malcolm Reynolds of ''{{Firefly}}'' was a rancher on the rural planet [[DoomedHometown Shadow]] before he [[JumpedAtTheCall joined up with the Independents]] against the encroaching [[TheEmpire Alliance]]. He then proceeded to lose everything he cared about except his second in command, his coat, his gun, and [[KnightInSourArmor almost broken idealism.]]

* Basically gemderflipped with Lindsay Messer on ''{{CSI NY}}'' ,who grew up on a farm in Montana before heading to New York to become a crimefighting detective/investigator.

* The main character of ''BaldursGate'' is an ordinary person living in a library fortress with their adoptive father. However, being [[spoiler:the Child of Bhaal, the late god of murder]] doesn't really allow a person to refuse the CallToAdventure.

* The hero of the ''{{Summoner}}'' game.

* The hero/heroine of ''DungeonSiege'' starts as you guessed it, a humble farmer.

* Evan in ''MapleStory''. 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...

* Constantly reminded of, Stahn of VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny 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.

* ''[[FireEmblem Fire Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow]]'' has PlayerPersonalityQuiz concerning Your Character's background which one of the preset choices is "farmer's child." Selecting this background provides some changes in character's stats, personality, and some in-game dialogues.
** ''[[FireEmblem Fire Emblem: Awakening]]'' has the Villager class character, Donnel. He starts off as a weak, but keen, character and his skill Aptitude ([[GameplayAndStoryIntegration justified]] in his Supports as him being a fast learner) allows him to have great stat growth in any of his offence-orientated class options.

* Juinn of ''{{Juathuur}}'' [[spoiler: (son of the Salamander King.)]]
* In ''WapsiSquare'' [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/not-going/ Bud disclaims responsibility for her culture on the ground she was the equivalent of a Mid-West farm girl with common sense.]]

* Megan from the original ''MyLittlePony'' cartoon. Not the daughter of anyone important (her parents don't ever come up, actually), but she ''definitely'' fits.

* Alvin York famous American soldier in World War I, was from a farming family and was born in a two-room log cabin near Pall Mall, Tennessee.

** HarrySTruman grew up on various farms near UsefulNotes/KansasCity; even when his family lived in relatively more urban Independence (so he could go to school), he spent much of his time on his grandfather's farm in nearby Grandview.

** WarrenGHarding grew up in part on a farm--when his dad wasn't busy trying to be something else.

** Inverted with {{Superboy}}, his younger clone, who went to go live with the Kents for a "proper upbringing". Superboy has quite a bit more hubris than his progenitor, though...
** Downplayed by the SilverAge and BronzeAge continuity, where the Kents sold the farm before Clark started school and bought a general store in Smallville, as well as Clark becoming {{Superboy}} at age 8. Smallville's still a one-horse town, however.

** AndrewJackson was born on a small "plantation" somewhere in North or South Carolina, and grew up rural.
** JamesKPolk is borderline: his father grew his "plantation" from relatively small to quite large and his house from "log cabin" to "proper plantation house" during Polk's childhood.
** AbrahamLincoln grew up in the backwoods; however, he eventually took up town living as a lawyer.

** For that matter, Jean-Luc Picard grew up on his family's vinyard, although he shed himself of this trope as soon as he was old enough to enlist as a Starfleet cadet.

* The ''StarWars'' films have Luke, who was raised as a "moisture farmer" by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru before answering the Call to Adventure.
* In an urban variant in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Po the Panda was just a noodle vendor and cook until he was picked to be the Dragon Warrior seemingly out of the blue. Partially subverted in that his father does not object to Po accepting this destiny, just initially disappointed his son did not follow his footsteps in a calling he sincerely considers fulfilling.

* Hideki from {{Manga/Chobits}} moved away from his family's farm at the very start of the series to AVOID becoming this trope. He just wants to live a normal life and experience the thrills and modern marvels of the city while he pursues his own future. He certainly gets far more than what he expected, to be sure.

* 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.

* Don't forget Franchise/{{Superman}}, who was raised as naive farmboy Clark Kent.

** Subverted somewhat by the SilverAge and BronzeAge continuity, where the Kents sold the farm before Clark started school and bought a general store in Smallville, as well as Clark becoming {{Superboy}} at age 8. Smallville's still a one-horse town, however.

* AbrahamLincoln also grew up in the backwoods.

* Before being elected Governor of Georgia, and later President of the United States, JimmyCarter was a peanut farmer.

* 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.

** In the UweBoll [[VideoGameMoviesSuck movie]], the character is even ''named'' "Farmer".

* [[FireEmblem Fire Emblem: Heroes of Light and Shadow]] has PlayerPersonalityQuiz concerning Your Character's background which one of the preset choices is "farmer's child." Selecting this background provides some changes in character's stats, personality, and some in-game dialogues.
** [[FireEmblem Fire Emblem: Awakening]] has the Villager class character, Donnel. He starts off as a weak, but keen, character and his skill Aptitude ([[GameplayAndStoryIntegration justified]] in his Supports as him being a fast learner) allows him to have great stat growth in any of his offence-orientated class options.

* Evan in MapleStory. 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...

* Don't forget Franchise/{{Superman}}, who was raised as naive farmboy Clark Kent. Last son of Krypton.

* The main character of ''BaldursGate'' is an ordinary person living in a library fortress with their adoptive father. [[spoiler: However, being the Child of Bhaal, the late god of murder,]] doesn't really allow a person to refuse TheCall.

* In ''TheLordOfTheRings'', Frodo is the equivalent of a [[BlueBlood nobleman]] (i.e. rich enough to live a comfortable life of leisure) but Samwise Gamgee is a gardener. Unlike most Farm Boys, though, Sam does not [[RefusalOfTheCall resist being chosen]], but rather forces himself into the quest when others are chosen. [[spoiler: Son of his Gaffer.]]

* Gilbert Markham, the hero of ''TheTenantOfWildfellHall'':

* Subverted thoroughly by ElizabethMoon in ''TheDeedOfPaksenarrion:'' Paks is A) a girl, and B) a sheepfarmer's daughter who is... actually the daughter of the sheepfarmer and the sheepfarmer's wife too. She gets all her power through hard slogging, not having been born to it. (The first book in the trilogy is actually called ''Sheepfarmer's Daughter.'')

* The Colonist [[MultipleChoicePast origin]] for Commander Shepard of MassEffect is more or less this, in comparison to [[MilitaryBrat Spacer]] and [[StreetUrchin Earthborn]]. It implies that Shepard grew up in a backwater human colony which conveniently got the DoomedHometown treatment.
** In ''MassEffect3'', it's revealed that an agricultural unit was the first to pick up a weapon to protect it's fellow units after the Quarians turned on them. [[spoiler: It's heavily implied this was one of ''[[RobotBuddy Legion's]]'' memories.]]