History Characters / HarvestMoonANewBeginning

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite [[spoiler:only dating the farmer for the gifts he gives her, she will react exactly the same way as the other bachelorettes if the farmer rejects her reverse confession, or breaks up with her, especially if you do the latter in between her second last and last events. At least, in both cases he still has to wait out the required time before she can then accept the commitment ring from him (7 and 63 days respectively). In addition, those two events still occur regardless of how many Diamonds and Pink Diamonds you've already given (or will give) her, respectively — even if you give her a Pink Diamond right after the former.]]

* ButThouMust: If the player wants to marry Michelle, they will still have to get a Pink Diamond and give it to her, since it's needed to view her last event.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Only started dating the farmer because he kept giving her stuff, but she breaks her mask a bit and begins to awkwardly stutter when proposed to, suggesting that she has developed genuine feelings for him.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: The only bachelorette wearing glasses.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has pale pink hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair : Has lavender hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It's cotton candy pink.

* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Starts out as a rather tame version of this, especially during his early events. Warms up a lot to the farmer later on, though.

* ASpotOfTea: One event has him invite the farmer to have some tea with him, as he just got some new herbs.

* FingerlessGloves: Wears very long, orange-white striped gloves that leave her hands free.

* {{Adorkable}}: Shows this side when romantically pursued. He knows his own shortcomings in social matters, and tries his best to be a good partner. Though even when married, his attempts at telling the farmer that he loves her will make her laugh at his awkwardness.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade B, wearing orange-white striped tights.

* HairDecorations: Wears a hairclip with a clover attachment.

* HairDecorations: The daughter wears a strawberry-patterened headband as a teenager.

* LoveableSexManiac: Loves to flirt with the farmer, and even manages to coerce her into agreeing to give him a piggyback ride. But he tells her to ignore what he says, since he considers himself too old for her. When married to him, Soseki ends up making several sexual innuendos.

* {{Bifxaunen}}: Her design makes her look rather boyish.

* FriendsToAllLivingThings: Loves animals as much as Neil, though Rod also manages to get along well with humans. But he admits to the farmer that he knows that running a farm is different than a pet store.

* TsurimeEeyes: Shares this design with Yuri, the only two bachelorettes to have them.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Claims his father to never have been home, and doesn't even consider him a

father.

* SickenlySweethearts: Romantically pursuing him shows his relationship with the farmer as this. Allen even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this at one point.

* TrademarkFavoriteSoup: Orange Sherbet.

* AmbiugouslyBi: Showing her the blue feather as a female farmer will have Michelle recall that she received dozens of proposals in the past, from men and women.

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!! Felicity
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A waitress at the local restaurant.

* BigEater: She's very fond of food, and she has a not-so-secret hobby as a food critic.
** In one of her dialogues, she says she ''only'' ate three meals today.
* ClingyJealousGirl: It's PlayedForLaughs after marriage; in one of her pregnancy dialogues, she jokingly says that she might get jealous if you pay too much attention to the baby.
* {{Expy}}: Of Maya from ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility Tree of Tranquility]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade Animal Parade]]''; they're both waitresses who love food but aren't very good at cooking.
* {{Meido}}: Her work uniform gives off this vibe.
** The fact that befriending her unlocks maid outfits strengthens it.
* LethalChef: Despite her love of food, she's not very good at making it.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Becomes this if you marry her.

!! Iroha
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A girl who works as the town's blacksmith.

* TheBlacksmith
* FirstGirlWins: If you're playing as a guy and choose to pursue her, since she's the first bachelorette who moves to Echo Village.
* NiceGirl: Very serious and disciplined, but one of the kindest and most mature girls in the village.
* SilkHidingSteel: Don't let her gentle appearance fool you; she's incredibly tough.
* TomboyishPonytail
* TsurimeEyes
* YamatoNadeshiko: Sort of. She's very polite and welcoming, so she does have the characteristics of this. However, [[spoiler: her father wanted her to be one, instead of a blacksmith, so she left home to pursue her own path.]]

!! Michelle

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A magician who moved to town to set up a magic act.

* AmbiguouslyBi: If you show her the blue feather while you're playing as a female character, she notes that she's received dozens of proposals in the past, from both men ''and'' women.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: If you pursue a relationship with her, [[spoiler:you find out that she's only dating you because you're a sucker who's constantly giving her free stuff and will do anything she asks.]]
** BeYourself: On the positive side [[spoiler:she will say that being around you makes her feel true to herself.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She's received proposals from women in the past.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:She may have been dating you because you kept giving her free stuff, but the way she breaks character to awkward stuttering during her proposal scene suggests she's developed genuine feelings for you.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: She's the only potential bride in the game to [[spoiler:not express any real love in her heart events, all of which revolve around you bringing her what she wants and being told that she wants something else as well.]] While you do find out, you still need to bring her what she wants to begin her final heart event.
* NiceHat: A small hot pink top hat.
* PinkMeansFeminine

!! Tina
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The gossipy delivery girl for the local newspaper.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Comes across as friendly and somewhat scatterbrained, but can be quite vicious when provoked...
* IntrepidReporter: Or an aspiring one, at least.
%%* MarriedToTheJob
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She's the oldest of seven children.
* WeightWoe: In one cutscene, she laments that she's gained weight, and has taken up jogging to get rid of it. Toni is [[InnocentlyInsensitive less than helpful]].
%%* ZettaiRyouiki

!! Yuri
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A quiet, aloof girl who works as the town's tailor.

* AmbiguouslyBi: In the "Yuri's Strange Behavior" cutscene, she's rather blunt in [[ItMakesSenseInContext telling Iroha to take off her clothes]]...
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She looks ''very'' much like a boy.
* CloudCuckooLander: Her speech reads as dreamy and halting, and she says some... ''interesting'' things...
* FashionDesigner: She arrives in town after graduating from a fashion school and opens a clothing store.
* {{Meganekko}}
* StoicSpectacles
* SugarAndIcePersonality: To the point where you can't actually see her relationship indicator until you begin dating her.

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A cocky hairstylist, and Rod's best friend.

* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: He starts out as a very tame, G-rated version of this, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold gets better]] as he warms up to you.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's certainly full of himself. He doesn't pull any punches should you lose a contest, and even when complimenting or thanking the female MC, he's condescending. He's a good friend to Rod, however, and will pull his weight as a boyfriend or husband.
* NeverBeHurtAgain: Seems to be his reason for being a jerk, and he encourages others to see things the same way. While everyone else at the Cow Festival comments positively on your happy relationship with your cows, the first thing out of Allen's mouth is, "When it dies, you're gonna cry."
* NotAMorningPerson: He gets up at 6 like most of the townspeople, but if you speak to him in the morning he'll often tell you to go away and come back in the afternoon when he's more awake.
* ThePerfectionist: He gets very upset over mistakes, even when the person he's "wronged" cheerfully brushes it off.
* SmallNameBigEgo
** InsufferableGenius: The townspeople admit that he's good at what he does.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Says that his dad was never home, and that he doesn't consider a man like that a father.

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An adventure-loving young man who runs the pet shop.

* ChastityCouple: In contrast to the other bachelors, his relationship with the protagonist is shown as more innocent. He even mentions ''holding hands'' in bed, as opposed to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar anything else.]] However, he ''is'' also the most forward of the bachelors...
* ChildhoodFriends: With Allen. [[VitriolicBestBuds Somehow.]]
* TheCutie: More or less a male version in that he's sweet, lovable, and adores small animals. Even after he marries the MC, he talks about things like wanting to hold hands in bed, in a rather innocent manner.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud?: "Hints" that he'd like to be the female main character's boyfriend by stating that having a boyfriend who can cook would be useful for a farmer. Then he tells her to forget he said that.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Unlike Neil, he's good with both animals and humans, although he recognizes that running a farm is very different to running a pet shop.
* GogglesDoNothing
* MoeStare: His expression 90% of the time.
* NiceGuy: He's one of the most straightforward bachelors, happy to go out with the female MC on Starry Night and delighted to receive gifts on Spring Harmony Day. He gets along well with the prickly Neil and snobbish Allen as well.
* OlderThanTheyLook
* RummageSaleReject
* SelfDeprecation: Somewhat prone to this.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Once you're with him. Allen {{lampshades}} the fact at one point.

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A former reporter looking for a more peaceful life.

* BigEater: Of the "eating his emotions" variety.
* CoolOldGuy: Constantly calls himself an old man and is worried about starting a relationship with you because he thinks [[MayDecemberRomance there's too much of an age gap]].
* {{Hypochondria}}
* IntrepidReporter: Formerly.
* LovableSexManiac: He loves to flirt with the female player, and in his second heart event, he even coerces her into giving him a (literal) piggyback ride. He then tells her to ignore what he just said, because he believes he's too old for her. As a husband, he also tends to make [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar several sexual innuendos.]]
* NotAMorningPerson: Implied; he wakes up later in the day than most other villagers, and stays up late at night.
* PermaStubble
* PunnyName: In the US version, with a side order of StealthPun: Natsume is the company that handles the US translations of the games, and Soseki Natsume is a famous Japanese writer.
* {{Troll}}: He's far more of a tease than the other bachelors, even as a friend. He even calls the main character gullible at one point for believing everything he tells them... though given his insecurities, it's also likely he's covering for himself.
* VagueAge: Although he often talks about being older than the protagonist (and worrying about it should you choose to date him), he noticeably lacks the AnimationAnatomyAging common to the other older bachelors in the series, aside from just being less PuniPlush. Due to his status as a known hypochondriac, it's a common fan-theory that he's not actually ''that'' much older than the main characters; he's just extremely self-conscious about it.

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Amir's polite butler.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde
* TheJeeves
* LastGuyWins: Shares this aspect with Amir in this game, since the Exotic Mansion, their home, isn't available to build until you work on the last Town Restoration Plan, making those two the last available bachelors to move into the village.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* MotherlySidePlait: He has this despite being male, and he fits the personality that goes with it since he's very devoted and caring towards Amir.
* NiceGuy
* OrphanageOfLove: He was raised in one of these.

!! Neil
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A reserved and somewhat irritable young man who runs the animal shop.

* {{Adorkable}}: Although he will forever be curt with you if you don't start dating him, he will try his best to be a good boyfriend/husband if you do choose to court him. His best isn't so good at first, and even after marriage his attempts to say something loving to the female MC will apparently make her laugh at his awkwardness.
* {{Expy}}: Of Gray and Vaughn.
* FirstGuyWins: If you're playing as a girl and choose to pursue him, since he's the first bachelor who moves to Echo Village.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As stated above and below, he's not the nicest bachelor but he doesn't like to hurt the main character's feeling and is instantly apologetic when he does. Does even better once you start dating him and he promises (and follows through with it) to be a little better. He also really cares about animals.
* NotAMorningPerson: He might be awake, but he doesn't have to like it...
* NotGoodWithPeople: Type 2. At high affection levels, he'll tell the MC to treat animals kindly, because they will return the favour -- unlike treacherous humans.
* PerpetualFrowner
* RealMenHateSugar: His absolute most hated item is chocolate cake, followed by just about every dessert item in the game and ''[[SkewedPriorities then]]'' things like fish bones and manure. He actually doesn't hate it due to manly reasons, but because of [[spoiler:overexposure. His mother loved sweets, his father didn't care either way, and so he grew up in a house where every meal was sweet]]. Becomes a funny instance of GameplayAndStorySegregation during the Pumpkin Festival and Winter Harmony Day where he'll accept your sweets, but complain about eating them anyway.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Can be cutting and rude, even when asked out to do something nice (like Starry Night), but will instantly backpedal if he suspects he's hurt the female MC's feelings.
* TroubledButCute: Like a few other candidates he has a bad relationship with his father, [[spoiler:which is the reason why he ran away to Echo Village in the first place.]] But he's also the grumpiest candidate.
* {{Tsundere}}: It's not like he wanted to give you a cow or anything. It was definitely all Dunhill's idea. His heart events are much the same, especially the one where he gets CutenessProximity to Rod's dog.
* VerbalTic : Expect to hear "geez" and "sheesh" a lot (especially when he's embarrassed). He also says "forget what I just said/forget I said that" so much it borders on being his catchphrase. To a lesser extent, "such a pain/what a pain".

* TheAce: They take a rundown farm and turn it into a successful business, are able to build multiple-story houses and other architectural structures with no prior experience and no help beyond a blueprint, end up creating beautiful gardens to behold, and otherwise prove themselves amazing at cooking and fishing by winning festivals.

* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: Nothing is known about them, not even a reason why they wanted to become a farmer.

Upon helping Rebecca build her house, Dunhill gets the idea to revitalize the town and asks for the farmer's help, seeing the potential they have in themselves.\\

!! Henry/Rachel
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The main character.

* AnimalsHateHim: Animals run in fear from them (even normally predatory ones like bears). Although you can work at making them comfortable around you.
* CharacterCustomization: You can fully customize their appearance, a first for the series.
* DubNameChange: Known as Hart and Rio, respectively, in Japan.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: They revitalize a town that has been stagnating for years, jump start its economy in a way that would make politicians weep with envy, build houses ''for free'' despite spending a fortune in time and money on the components, meet increasingly difficult requirements to aid the growth of the town, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking run their own farm]] all the while. Yet certain townsfolk will still berate you if you lose a honey-making contest or fail to construct a garden that is up to their standards.
* {{Expy}}: Rachel is a clear expy of Claire from the earlier games; the only major difference is a hat. Henry looks a lot like a remake of Pete.
* InnerMonologue: Shows up in certain cutscenes.
* TheHero
* HeroicMime
* NiceHat: In their default/official designs, at least. Henry wears a puffy cap, and Rachel has a cowboy hat with a Holstein cow spot pattern.
* RenaissanceMan: Farmer, miner, carpenter, chef, fisherman, sculptor, artist, landscaper...

See also:

* Characters/HarvestMoon1: The [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon1 original]] UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} game
* Characters/HarvestMoonGameBoy: The Game Boy/Game Boy Color series (VideoGame/HarvestMoon3)
* Characters/HarvestMoon64: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon64 64]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonMineralTown: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature Back to Nature, and Friends of Mineral Town]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife A Wonderful Life, Another Wonderful Life and AWL: Special Edition]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonSaveTheHomeland: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonSaveTheHomeland Save the Homeland]] and [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonHeroOfLeafValley Hero of Leaf Valley]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody Magical Melody]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonDS: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS and DS Cute]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness Island of Happiness]], [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonSunshineIslands Sunshine Islands]] and [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonFranticFarming Frantic Farming]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility Tree of Tranquility]] and [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade Animal Parade]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonGrandBazaar: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonGrandBazaar Grand Bazaar]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonMyLittleShop: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonMyLittleShop My Little Shop]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns The Tale of Two Towns]]
* Characters/StoryOfSeasons: VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons
* Characters/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns: [[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns Trio of Towns]]

* For Amir, see ''[[Characters.HarvestMoonGrandBazaar Grand Bazaar]]''. For the Witch Princess, see [[Characters.HarvestMoon characters appearing across multiple games]].

* Characters/HarvestMoon1: The [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon1 original]] {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} game

* Characters/HarvestMoon64: VideoGame/HarvestMoon64

* Characters/HarvestMoonSaveTheHomeland: Save the Homeland and [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonHeroOfLeafValley Hero of Leaf Valley]]

* Characters/HarvestMoonDS: Harvest Moon [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS and DS Cute]]
* Characters/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness Island of Happiness]], Sunshine Islands and [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonFranticFarming Frantic Farming]]

* Characters/HarvestMoonGrandBazaar
* Characters/HarvestMoonMyLittleShop
* Characters/HarvestMoonTheTaleOfTwoTowns

* Characters/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns

* Characters/HarvestMoon1: The [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon1 original]] {{SNES}} game

* BigSisterBully: Often bossed her younger brother.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: They revitalize a town that has been stagnating for years, jump start its economy in a way that would make politicians weep with envy, build houses ''for free'' despite spending a fortune in time and money on the components, meet increasingly difficult requirements to aid the growth of the town, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking run their own farm]] all the while. Yet certain townsfolk will still berate you if you lose a honey making contest or fail to construct a garden that is up to their standards.
* {{Expy}}: Rachel is a very clear expy of Claire from the earlier games; the only major difference is a hat. Henry looks a lot like a remake of Pete.
* InnerMonologue: shows up in certain cutscenes.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Becomes this quite a bit if you marry her.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Sort of. She's very polite and welcoming, so she does have the characteristics of this. However, [[spoiler: her father wanted her to be one, instead of a blacksmith, so she left home to pursue her own path. Really she just hated it as a career choice.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: She may have been dating you because you kept giving her free stuff, but the way she breaks character to awkward stuttering during her proposal scene suggests she's developed genuine feelings for you.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: In the "Yuri's Strange Behavior" cutscene, she is rather blunt in [[ItMakesSenseInContext telling Iroha to take off her clothes]]...

* ChastityCouple: In contrast to the other bachelors, his relationship with the protagonist is shown as more innocent. He even mentions ''holding hands'' in bed, as opposed to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar anything else.]] However, he ''is'' also by far the most forward of the bachelors...

* TheCutie: More or less a male version in that he's sweet, lovable, and does indeed adore small animals. Even after he marries the MC, he talks about things like wanting to hold hands in bed, in a rather innocent manner.

* NiceGuy: He's one of the most straightforward of the bachelors, happy to go out with the female MC on Starry Night and delighted to receive gifts on Spring Harmony Day. He gets along well with the prickly Neil and snobbish Allen as well.

* LovableSexManiac: He loves to flirt with the female player, and in his second heart event, he even coerces her into giving him a (literal) piggyback ride. He then without fail tells her to ignore what he just said, because (he believes) he's too old for her. As a husband, he also tends to make [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar quite a bit of sexual innuendo.]]
* NotAMorningPerson: Implied, he wakes up later in the day than most other villagers, and stays up late at night.

* PunnyName: In the US version, with a side order of StealthPun: Natsume is the company that handles the US translations of the games, and Soseki Natsume (Natsume Soseki, in Japanese order) is a famous Japanese writer.
* {{Troll}}: He's far more of a tease than the other bachelors, even as a platonic friend. He even calls the main character gullible at one point for believing everything he tells them... though given his insecurities, it's also likely he's covering for himself.

* {{Adorkable}}: Although he will forever be curt with you if you don't start dating him, he will try his best to be a good boyfriend/husband if you do choose to court him. His best isn't so good at first, and even after marriage his attempt to spontaneously say something loving to the female MC will apparently make her laugh at his awkwardness.

* FirstGuyWins: If you're playing as a girl and choose to pursue him, since he's the first bachelor (and first marriage candidate overall) who moves to Echo Village.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As stated above and below, he's not the nicest bachelor but he doesn't like to hurt the main character and is instantly apologetic when he does. Does even better once you start dating him and he promises(and follows through with it) to be a little better. He also really cares about animals.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Type 2. At high affection levels. he'll tell the MC to treat animals kindly, because they will return the favour -- unlike treacherous humans.

* RealMenHateSugar: His absolute most hated item is chocolate cake, followed by just about every dessert item in the game and ''[[SkewedPriorities then]]'' things like fish bones and manure. He actually doesn't hate it due to manly reasons, but because of [[spoiler:overexposure. His mother loved sweets, his father didn't care either way and so he grew up in a house where every meal was sweet]]. Becomes a funny instance of GameplayAndStorySegregation during the Pumpkin Festival and Winter Harmony Day where he'll accept your sweets but complain about eating them anyway.

* PrecociousCrush: She likes Allen and Charles better not forget that.
* SweetTooth: Her most favorite food is Pudding a la Mode.

* CloudCuckoolander: In one cut scene, the main character has to rescue Clement from Klaus' monologue on just why macaroni has a hole in it. Clement starts getting freaked out when Klaus decided that [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory macaroni is a commentary on the human condition.]]
* DrJerk: He doesn't have much of a brain-to-mouth filter and he doesn't like people wasting his time. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Although he genuinley does care about his patients]], it irritates when when he thinks that they aren't taking care of their health, thus is always ready to lecture them. It gets to the point that players and the main character alike start to panic when collapsing from exhaustion since Klaus will now spend a minute or two lecturing ''them''.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: It's cotton candy pink!

Characters appearing in ''[[Franchise/HarvestMoon Harvest Moon]]: [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonANewBeginning A New Beginning]].''