History Main / NatureHero

!'''Subtropes'''

* JunglePrincess: An outsider ActionGirl, who was RaisedByNatives or sometimes animals, who protects it's wildlife and people.

Subtrope of NatureLover, [[MotherNatureFatherScience Contrast]] with ScienceHero.

See also MountainMan, WildChild,, and LiminalBeing,

* JunglePrincess: An outsider ActionGirl, who was [[RaisedByNatives]] or sometimes animals, who protects it's wildlife and people.
* ScienceHero (As an ecologist)

* {{Druid}}: A mage that sources their power from nature and can control nature.

Subtrope of the larger NatureLover tropes. The common subtropes of this are the JunglePrincess and TarzanBoy. ForestRanger is a subtrppe as well, and is often a variation of the other two. This can also overlap with {{Druid}} mages. [[MotherNatureFatherScience Contrast]] with ScienceHero, although overlap may be present in the case of more ecological-minded scientists.

Subtrope of NatureLover. See also {{Druid}}, JunglePrincess, TarzanBoy, MountainMan, WildChild, ForestRanger, and LiminalBeing, all of which frequently overlap with this. [[MotherNatureFatherScience Contrast]] with ScienceHero, although overlap may be present in the case of more ecological-minded scientists.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Fluttershy lives on the edge of the woods, has a special talent for communicating with animals, greatly prefers the company of animals to that of intelligent beings, and has saved the lives of her friends and other ponies by using her talent on a number of occasions.

*** ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' reveals that the Hand has an environmentalist wing... called [[IncrediblyLamePun the Green Thumb]].
*** ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Logan was born a rich boy, but became an orphan wandering with his sort-of girlfriend before retreating fully into the wilderness after she was killed. He's never lost his bestial side since, except for that one time when a psychic assault reverted his mentality back to that of the little pampered rich boy. He went back to normal after drinking some beer.

* ''VideoGame/KnuckHeads'': Claudia Silva is a more mundane example (appearing so at first). She is an ecologist who has entered the tournament in order to win the prize of ten billion dollars towards protecting the Amazon Rainforest. Her ending in the game gives her a cryptic epilogue stating that "She disappeared into the Amazon and was never seen again. Maybe she was just the spirit of [the] great Amazon itself?" Thus, it is [[MaybeMagicMabyeMundane deliberately vague]] as to how far this archetype applies to her.

A hero who lives largely in isolation from human civilization in the wild. They have an uncanny [[FriendToAllLivingThings affinity]] with and [[AnimalLover appreciation for]] the local wildlife and can communicate with them easily and have them listen to their requests. This kind of hero spends time helping visitors survive the region and protecting the region and its wildlife from those who would exploit or destroy it. Quite likely to have been RaisedByWolves. Tends to have NoSocialSkills or become a SociallyAwkwardHero if they leave the wilds. Could be either male or female.

Sometimes this hero isn't quite as friendly as some others, and openly admits that [[NotGoodWithPeople most people get on his nerves]].

* ''Film/JurassicWorld'': ''Velociraptor''-trainer Owen Grady lives off the grid despite being well-paid at a luxury resort park and has a big dose of NotGoodWithPeople. His dilapidated trailer/shack implies that he spends far more time at the raptor paddock than at home and every aspect of his life appears to revolve around [[DomesticatedDinosaurs Blue, Delta, Echo, and Charlie.]]
** in the sequel, Owen is in the process of constructing a second cabin that is fairly isolated in Sierra, Nevada.

-->-- '''The Dryad''', ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''

!!Examples

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*** ''Comicbook/AllNewXMen'' reveals that the Hand has an environmentalist wing... called [[IncrediblyLamePun the Green Thumb]].

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%%* ''Film/Legend1985'': Tom Cruise as Jack o' the Green. Ironically, he seems to have no idea his forest is full of fairies until after his misguided attempt at romancing a princess backfires catastrophically.

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* Lewa from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', a [[VineSwing vine-swinging]] bio-mechanical [[NatureLovingRobot bot]] who sees the jungles of Mata Nui as home and considers the rahi (animals) his friends.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The druid and ranger classes, and most of their derivatives and enhancements, tend to focus on living InHarmonyWithNature, doing everything alongside their loyal {{Animal Companion}}s, and watching over and protecting the pristine wilderness from evil, undeath and civilization. In 4th Edition, there's an entire power source (Primal) for NatureHero characters-- shamans, barbarians, druids, and wardens. The [=PHB3=] adds the seeker class, whose skill at ranged weapons invokes the Ranger of earlier editions.
** 5th Edition also introduces the 'Oath Of The Ancients' subclass for Paladins, also known as "[[Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight Green Knights]]," which is less about seeking out evil on behalf of a god, and more about defending nature from unholy forces.

* ''{{Franchise/Extrapower}}'': Hero Zophy, whose adventures usually take him through the wilderness. He exists as part of nature enough that, [[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist when a cursed bracelet made every animal in range rampage]], his attacks would merely [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan wake them up to run away safely]], a courtesy not granted to his human enemies. He even knows some of the wild animals by name and doesn't need to think about it when his friends ask him to go easy on them.

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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Keyleth, as is to be expected of a Druid. Contrasts her with her Foil and best friend, ScienceHero Percy.

Subtrope of NatureLover. See also {{Druid}}, JunglePrincess, TarzanBoy, MountainMan, WildChild, and ForestRanger, all of which frequently overlap with this. [[MotherNatureFatherScience Contrast]] with ScienceHero, although overlap may be present in the case of more ecological-minded scientists.

* ''Literature/TheImmortals'': Daine series starts out this way. With her AnimalTalk, she's able to solve a lot of problems with four-legged (or winged) helpers, and she's much more comfortable with animals than she is with people. She's frequently described as being having animal hair, feathers, and occasionally bird crap on her clothes.

* ''{{Franchise/Extrapower}}: Hero Zophy, whose adventures usually take him through the wilderness. He exists as part of nature enough that, [[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist when a cursed bracelet made every animal in range rampage]], his attacks would merely [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan wake them up to run away safely]], a courtesy not granted to his human enemies. He even knows some of the wild animals by name and doesn't need to think about it when his friends ask him to go easy on them.

** in the sequel, Owen is seen in the process of constructing a second cabin that is fairly isolated in Sierra, Nevada.

** in the sequel, Owen is seen in the process of constructing a second cabin that is fairly off grid in Sierra, Nevada.

* ''Anime/DigimonSavers'': Ikuto (Keenan in the English dub). 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 HulkSpeak, despite the fact that most digimon talk normally.

* ''Literature/TheHouseWithoutWindows'': Eepersip (the name comes from the sound of a birdcall) ran away from home to "live wild", incidentally gaining [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower almost superhuman abilities]] via lots of dancing, climbing and running around. She [[FriendToAllLivingThings communes with animals]], becomes spiritually attuned to her environment, and finally [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence dissolves into a cloud of butterflies]].