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1Characters who have appeared in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and the sequels ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS/DS Cute]]''.
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3For characters that debuted solely in ''DS'' or ''DS Cute'', go [[Characters/HarvestMoonDS here]]. For info on the ''AWL'' characters as they appear in the remake, ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsAWonderfulLife'', go [[Characters/StoryOfSeasonsAWonderfulLife here]]. For characters from other entries in the [[VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons]] series or the franchise in general, go [[Characters/StoryOfSeasons here]].
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7[[foldercontrol]]
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9[[folder: Protagonists (Mark and Pony)]]
10
11!!Mark/Pony
12[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/markpony_8068.jpg]]
13The protagonists of ''A Wonderful Life'' and ''Another Wonderful Life''. Having lived their whole lives in the city, they move to Forget-Me-Not Valley after the death of their father to try their hands at running the ranch he founded with Takakura.
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15* AgeInappropriateDress: Even when their face is wrinkled and their hair is gray, the main character's outfit never changes. An old man or woman running around in the clothes they wore as a teenager is... quite an interesting spectacle. Though at the very least, the male main character's outfit looks universally practical. The female version? Less so...
16* AllThereInTheManual: Mark's age is stated to be 25 in the official Japanese guidebook for ''A Wonderful Life''. Pony's age is not revealed, but creator Yasuhiro Wada comments in the official Japanese ''Another Wonderful Life'' guidebook that Pony is meant to evoke a university student, rather than an office worker like Claire.
17* AnimeHair: Mark has perpetually spiky hair.
18* CallToAgriculture: Of course. They lived in the city up until deciding to take over their dad's farm.
19* DeadpanSnarker: Many of Pony's dialogue options are dripping with sardonic overtones.
20-->'''Rock:''' It's surprising how sharp I'm being today.
21-->'''Pony:''' (Choice 1) Yep.
22-->'''Pony:''' (Choice 2) Moron.
23* {{Determinator}}: While the story of ''A Wonderful Life'' begins with Takakura going to visit Mark and telling him about the farm due to Mark's lack of direction in life, Another Wonderful Life has Pony take the initiative, sending Takakura a letter in a bright red envelope that ends with the line "I want to try working on the farm." Takakura remarks that she has her father's strange spirit.
24* DreadfulMusician: Both are noted to be tone deaf, a trait Takakura remarks they inherited from their father, reminiscing on his memories of their late father's voice.
25--> '''Takakura''': You were...terrible...You sounded like a dinosaur...
26* TheHeroDies: The game follows their whole life, and it ends with them dying in their sleep.
27* HelloInsertNameHere: Most people don't even know their default names.
28* HeroicMime: S/he never says a word - every interaction with another character is done with changing facial expressions, nods or shakes of the head, and occasional charade-like actions. The choices you choose count as dialogue though.
29* TheLadette: The reactions Pony gets from the townsfolk suggest that she's this, and her dialogue choices are also notably more sarcastic and brusque than Mark's. This is true in the Japanese version too, where she has the option to use harsh speech in many events, particularly Rock's. When coming across Rock sleeping in her field during his second heart event, one of the responses to his "Oh, what are you doing here?" has her refer to him with the ridiculously insulting pronoun ''[[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns kisama]]''. This is the '''correct''' option to raise his affection.
30* MissingMom: Their dad is deceased, but their mother never even gets mentioned.
31* PassedInTheirSleep: Implied to how the protagonist ultimately dies at the end of the game, with your spouse trying to wake you up before panicking and calling your child to get the doctor. Everyone in Forget-Me-Not recalls their memories of you and mourn your death.
32* PlayfulCatSmile: Pony sports one when her Spirit is high.
33* PurelyAestheticGender: The gender doesn't affect the character's stamina or anything else; the only difference it makes is the choice of love interests.
34* StatuesqueStunner: Pony is the same height as Mark, making her taller than most of the residents and many of the men. The flavor text when examining the stairs to Muffy's room says it's ''much too small for you to enter''.
35* TechnicolorEyes: Pony has purple eyes.
36* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: One of the first outfits you can unlock as Pony is "I Love Bears", a pink and yellow little number with Da-chan on the front.
37* TomboyishPonytail: Pony permanently wears a ponytail to fit her determined personality.
38
39[[/folder]]
40
41[[folder: Your Child]]
42
43!!Your Child (Named [[CanonName Toto/Andy]] in ''My Little Shop'')
44
45[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/awlkids.png]]
46[[caption-width-right:300: Your Son (if you married Celia) and your Daughter. Both with their Toddler, Child and Teen forms.]]
47
48Your child will appear in Chapter 2 after they were born. Their interests and what career they will have can be influenced by your decisions and who your friends are. They can have one of six different careers consisting of: Farmer, Rancher, Artist, Musician, Scholar or Athlete.
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50* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Your daughter can become one of these if she is more rebellious, although it's pretty downplayed. There will be a scene where she gets into an argument with her mother regardless of who you married. She'll eventually grow out of it.
51* BrilliantButLazy: If you marry Nami, your child will have generally high strengths, but generally low interests — meaning he (or she, in ''Special Edition'') could be good at almost any career, but requires a lot of pushing from you to actually try.
52* CheerfulChild: When your child is in their toddler and child phases. Nami's is an exception for being slightly depressed, while Celia's child remains happy well into adulthood.
53* CuttingOffTheBranches: Andy's appearance in ''My Little Shop'' implied that Mark may have married Muffy as he resembles Muffy's son in his child stage. With the difference being [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/hmwikia/images/f/fd/Andy.png/revision/latest?cb=20130823060422 having blue eyes]] instead [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/hmwikia/images/e/ee/Muffy%27s_son.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140907034846 of green eyes]].
54* DemotedToExtra: They play an important role in the ''Wonderful Life'' games, though they lose some focus in the ''DS'' games.
55* DubNameChange: He's called Toto in the Japanese version of ''My Little Shop'', but named Andy outside of Japan.
56* EmoTeen: Your child will become more moody when they're in this phase, but get better when they become an adult. Nami's child in particular will be more depressed.
57* FieryRedhead: Inverted with Nami's son, who is more quiet and reserved like his mother.
58* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Your daughter will sleep with a stuffed rabbit as a child. She outgrows it when she becomes a teenager.
59* HelloInsertNameHere: You will need to name your kid.
60* IntergenerationalFriendship: Hugh and Kate are probably the only people in the Valley closest to your child's age range, but your kid will befriend some villagers relevant to what career they're perusing. For example, befriending Cody if your kid wants to be an artist, or Gustafa (if you're not married to him) if they're interested in music.
61* LamarckWasRight: Sometimes marrying a certain spouse and being friends with some people helps influence your child to a certain career. Celia's and Marlin's kid will be interested in farming and ranching, Lumina's and Gustafa's child will be interested in music, and Muffy's and Rock's child will be interested in athletics. Nami's kid would be more of a an artist or scholar, but they can fit in any career other than athlete.
62* MommasBoy: If you married Nami, Chris's fortune for your child will out him as one. Ironic when your child will hold some resentment towards Nami when they grow to a teen due to her off-hand parenting.
63* [[NiceGuy Nice Guy/Girl]]: Celia's and Marlin's child will be one of these growing up. Not as moody or rebellious as the others.
64* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Refreshingly averted for a change, as your child can grow up from a toddler into adulthood.
65* PatchworkKids: Your son will share your spouse's eye and hair color, however your daughter will share Mark's eyes and hair in ''Special Edition''.
66* PrecociousCrush: Your son will either fall in love with Kate (who's about six years older than him), or if you married Nami, Lumina (who's about fourteen to twenty years older)! Your daughter will fall for Hugh (who's about six years older, eight internationally). Granted it's slim pickings for them.
67* StrongFamilyResemblance: Your child takes after your wife if they're male, you if they're female.
68* {{Tomboy}}: Your daughter will be one of these when she's a little girl. Though she'll start to act a bit more feminine as she grows up.
69* TomboyishPonytail: Your daughter will start wearing one when she's a kid and keeps it ever since.
70* [[SheIsAllGrownUp They Are All Grown Up]]: By the end of the game, you child will be a young adult ready to start a career of their own.
71[[/folder]]
72
73!! Bachelorettes
74
75[[folder: Celia]]
76[[quoteright:107:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/celia_gif_7311.png]]
77
78A farm girl who works on Vesta's farm. She's peaceful and sweet. Vesta's brother, Marlin, has his eye on her.
79
80Her DS descendant is "Serena"
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82
83* AgeLift: Received the most drastic one out of the bachelorettes: her age was listed as 19 in the official Japanese guidebook, and as 26 by Natsume in the manuals that came with ''AWL'', ''ANWL'', and ''AWL:SE'' overseas— likely due to the arranged marriage factor as well as the age gap between her and Masshu/Marlin.
84* AllThereInTheManual:
85** Her height is stated in the official Japanese guidebook for ''AWL'' to be 155 cm (~5’1’’)
86** Vesta is noted as her “relative”[[note]]親戚/‘‘shinseki’’[[/note]] in the official Japanese guidebooks for ''AWL'' and ''ANWL''.
87** It’s clarified in the official Japanese ''ANWL'' guidebook that she doesn’t have a particular disease— but rather, a weak constitution.
88* ArrangedMarriage: Vesta sets one of these up for her. Celia never goes through with it though.
89* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The brunette. (Nami's the redhead and Muffy's the blonde.)
90* BreakTheCutie: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'' if you bring her up to four hearts and see all of her events, then choose to marry someone else, it means she left her arranged marriage for nothing and shatters her heart. She, Vesta, and especially Marlin will ''never forgive you.''
91* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has mild traits of this, mostly associated with her love of plants.
92* DubNameChange:
93** In ''AWL''. From Sepilia -> Celia.
94** In ''DS''. From Serena -> Celia.
95* EducationMama: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'' she really wants to see her son grow up to be a scientist and always wants him to be studying.
96* FriendToAllLivingThings: Including her crops.
97* IdiotHair: She has a cowlick.
98* TheIngenue: The kindest bachelorette in the Valley, and has two or three men after her.
99* ShipperOnDeck: In one of Marlin's Heart Scenes, she will pretend to feel tired and leave so Marlin and Pony will have some alone time.
100* TookALevelInJerkass: If you don't marry her, due to Vesta's influence and her previous heartbreak.
101[[/folder]]
102
103[[folder: Muffy]]
104[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/150px-muffy_awl_3180.png]]
105A waitress who works at the [[MyLocal Blue Bar.]] Perennially loveless, she often laments her ill luck with men. (Worse still, she doesn't seem to realize the affection that bar owner Griffin has for her.) She's a rather feminine girl, taking delight in makeup and jewelry.
106
107Her DS descendant is "Muu".
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109
110* AgeLift: Her official age is 27 (with her birth month being June) in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 30 by Natsume in the manuals that came with ''AWL'', ''ANWL'', and ''AWL:SE'' overseas.
111* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Wavy curls of gold. (Nami's got the red and Celia the brown.) Though it is revealed if you marry her that [[spoiler: she uses curlers to get her hair like that every day.]]
112* DubNameChange:
113** In ''AWL''. From [=MuuMuu=] -> Muffy.
114** In ''DS''. From Muu -> Muffy.
115* DumbBlond: Not too strongly, compared to Rock, but it's there.
116* {{Expy}}: Of Eve from the first game in the series. She's a bittersweet blonde bartender in a red dress.
117* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Her ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'' counterpart is a lot less catty than her ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife A Wonderful Life]]'' counterpart.
118* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' Muffy can be seen crying now and then by the river over the latest boyfriend in the city who's broken her heart. Whether he was cheating on her, or secretly using her as his mistress, she always simply convinces herself that she'll find her man one day. [[spoiler: But... since you can't marry her in the game, she never does.]]
119* MayDecemberRomance:
120** Her designated love interest (outside of the player) is Griffin, 16 years her senior. She only marries him in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'', though.
121** She's also several years older than the player character.
122* OlderThanTheyLook: Even amongst the [[ArtisticAge young looking characters]], she is a canon example. It's not easily noticeable that Muffy is in her thirties already.
123* OldMaid: In her Chapter 2 bridge cutscene, she bemoans that being over 30 has caused her love life troubles.
124* StepfordSmiler: She really wants to get married and have a family, but just keeps ending up with the wrong guy. While this does upset her, she's determined to keep a smile on her face. [[spoiler:If the male PC gets her to three hearts and then dumps her, she never really recovers from the heartbreak.]]
125-->'''Muffy:''' [[spoiler:[[WhatTheHellPlayer I thought you were different...]]]]
126* TrueBlueFemininity: Her jacket. Her post-marriage dress in the special edition of ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'' is also blue.
127[[/folder]]
128
129[[folder: Nami]]
130[[quoteright:125:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/125px-namiawl_5582.png]]
131
132A traveler who drifted into Forget-Me-Not Valley and then forgot to leave. She lives at the village's inn but is quickly running out of money.
133
134Her DS descendant is "Nazca"
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136
137* AgeLift: Her official age is listed as 25 in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 28 by Natsume in the manuals that came with ''AWL'', ''ANWL'', and ''AWL:SE'' overseas.
138* AerithAndBob: Not as bad as Takakura, but still.
139* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The latter of the three. (Muffy's the blonde and Celia's the brunette.)
140* BrokenBird: The most aloof bachelorette you'll meet and the most jaded too.
141* TheCameo: Appears in ''Magical Melody'' as a weather girl, presumably in a timeline where Mark/Pony didn't marry her or befriend her. She can't be married in that game.
142* DefrostingIceQueen: She takes a while to warm up to you. Most of the items she likes are either difficult meals or crops to attain in your first year, or flowers or vegetation that don't appear until fall or winter, causing her to be one of the most difficult to romance.
143* DubNameChange: In ''DS''. From "Nazka/Nasuka" -> "Nami".
144* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Her hair was combed and straight in ''A Wonderful Life''. It didn't become messy until the DistaffCounterpart.
145* IcyBlueEyes: She has sharp blue eyes befitting her aloof nature. Her son will have these too.
146* MaternallyChallenged: Fights with her son, goes off to the bar every night and spends most of her days wandering aimlessly outside. The baby will be fine on his own...
147* MessyHair: She has bedhead-looking hair that is only scruffier in ''DS''. It fits her laidback personality.
148* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you're not good enough friends with her, she'll leave the valley permanently. If you ARE, she'll ''claim'' she's leaving the valley forever... but she decides to return. She likes Forget-Me-Not Valley too much.
149* TheSnarkKnight: Nami can be very sarcastic.
150* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's very detached at first but will soften up once you befriend/marry her.
151* UnkemptBeauty: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' and the ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'' games, she has noticeably shaggier hair compared to ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]''.
152* WalkingTheEarth: Has no intention of sticking to one place for long, and had only been lingering in the Valley when you showed up because she liked this place.
153[[/folder]]
154
155[[folder: Lumina]]
156[[quoteright:125:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lumina_991.png]]
157!!!!!![[caption-width-right:125:[[labelnote: Click to see her adult look]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luminafullsize.png[[/labelnote]]]]
158
159A well-to-do orphan who was raised by her grandmother and lives in the villa.
160
161Her DS descendant is "Leona".
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163
164* AllThereInTheManual:
165** According to the [[http://www.hmotaku.net/images/awl/Lumina%202.jpg character profiles]] in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature Friends of Mineral Town]]'', her parents died in a train wreck.
166** The Japanese site for the first game says she was 14. She was aged up in future titles to make her a love interest to Rock and Mark.
167* AgeDownRomance: Her age was increased for 'Another Wonderful Life'' and ''Special Edition'' to make her an adult (sixteen in Japan, eighteen internationally) so she could be a rival love interest for Rock and a marriage candidate for Mark (who are both 25 in Japan-- internationally Rock is 22 while Mark isn't given an age).
168* AgeLift: Was fourteen in the first game, sixteen (eighteen internationally) in ''Another Wonderful Life'' and ''Special Edition''. ''DS'' and ''Cute'' outright use her adult design from the start.
169* AscendedExtra: In the original version of ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife Wonderful Life]]'', she's just a girl in her early teens who develops a PrecociousCrush on the protagonist. In ''Another Wonderful Life'' she is Rock's rival love interest. In the ''Special Edition'' that came out for the [=PS2=], Lumina is aged up and made into a bachelorette.
170* DubNameChange: In ''DS''. "Leona" -> "Lumina".
171* LonelyRichKid: Unless you do anything about it, the only person she will ever have to talk to is her elderly butler, her high maintenance grandma, or ''ROCK''. In the DS games she can befriend Mary if you connect to the ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature Mineral Town]]'' games.
172* MumLooksLikeASister: Being the youngest bachelorette means she still looks youthful as the others reach SilverVixen territory.
173* NoAccountingForTaste: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]'', she eventually marries the playboy Rock. Most of their events afterwards involve them getting into fights with one another. (Heck, even their rival events are SlapSlapKiss!)
174* {{Ojou}}: She's the young, proper granddaughter of the richest woman in town.
175* OlderThanTheyLook: She's fourteen in the original ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife Wonderful Life]]'' game, before being bumped up to being 16 (18 internationally). But even then, she looks like a preteen. ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' rectifies this by using her adult appearance from the start.
176* PlotRelevantAgeUp: In most files Lumina won't turn into her "adult" design until your child is in their Child stage. If you marry her however, when you get to the second chapter she's already changed models.
177* PrecociousCrush: On Mark, though she initially views him like an older brother. She even cries if he marries someone else.
178* PromotedToLoveInterest: For Rock in ''Another Life'', and to Mark in ''A Wonderful Life Special Edition''.
179* ProperLady: Raised to be one of these by Romana.
180* RaisedByGrandparents: Her grandmother took her in after the untimely deaths of her parents.
181* RichBoredom: She's amongst the richest in town but has no actual friends besides the protagonist and doesn't really do much.
182* RichesToRags: If you marry her she happily goes from richest girl in town living in an enormous mansion on top of a hill to farmer's wife down by the river. However it should be noted that the player character can earn a LOT of money as a farmer, so this can be subverted.
183* SailorFuku: Only in the first two chapters. Averted in the ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]'' games.
184* SpoiledSweet: She lives in an enormous house with her own butler and a fountain in the garden, but she's nothing but kind and friendly the vast majority of the time.
185* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: Her favorite gift in ''DS'' is Relax Tea.
186[[/folder]]
187
188[[folder: Flora]]
189[[quoteright:137:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flora_hmds.png]]
190
191Carter's assistant. Though they share a tent together, their relationship is strictly business. While intelligent and strong, she's not a very good cook.
192
193Her DS descendant is "Flayn".
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195* AgeLift: Her official age is 26 in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 34 by Natsume in the manuals that came with ''AWL'', ''ANWL'', and ''AWL:SE'' overseas.
196* ActionGirl: She's a blackbelt, as [[StalkerWithACrush Daryl]] finds out first-hand. In the DS version, she'll teach you some of her signature moves.
197* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's normally nice but in ''DS'' her black belt skills appear when provoked.
198* TheDitz: She was given a slight version of this in the DS games. Not helped by the fact that she speaks with prolonged words and uses ~ at the end of her sentences a lot.
199* HiddenDepths: Would you believe that the nerdy archeologist has a black belt?
200* IronicName: Flora hates plants.
201* OlderThanSheLooks: Internationally, she's around 34 years old, even older than the OldMaid Muffy.
202* OneNoteCook: In ''DS''. Her curry is fantastic, but anything else she makes is barely even edible.
203* PermanentlyMissableContent: In ''DS'', if you don't see her Blue Heart event before you marry, you won't be able to unlock the Hot Spring near the mine.
204* PlatonicLifePartners: With Carter in the ''Wonderful Life'' games. They live together, work together, and never end up getting married. Despite rumors, they're only friends.
205* PromotedToLoveInterest: In ''DS'' she becomes an eligible bachelorette. Her relationship with Carter was also changed in order to have him serve as your romantic rival for her.
206* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Flora is a glasses wearing archaeologist.
207* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She loves curry of all kinds in ''DS'', with her favorite being Rainbow Curry.
208[[/folder]]
209
210!! Bachelors
211[[folder: Marlin]]
212[[quoteright:154:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marlin_awl_1910.png]]
213
214A ranch hand, and Vesta's brother. He moved out to the valley when he was young because of his failing health, and he's still a bit frail. He can be cold at first, but when he warms up, he shows himself to be a kind-hearted person. He does tend to worry, though.
215
216His DS descendant is "Ash".
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218
219* AgeGapRomance: In the ''Wonderful Life'' games, the mid-thirties Masshu harbors romantic feelings for the 19 year old Celia, who he specifically notes is at the age where her femininity is emerging, that she's become lovelier over the last 2 years she's been staying with Vesta, and he expresses his fear that Vesta's influence will cause her to grow into a harsh woman. Averted in the West, where Marlin is 32 and Celia is aged up to 26, but Natsume still kept his lines remarking on how Celia has grown more feminine and mature lately as she's becoming a woman.
220* AllThereInTheManual:
221** His height is listed in the official Japanese guidebook to be 185 cm, or 6’1’’.
222** His age isn’t listed on the Japanese side, but he’s listed as 32 in the English manuals.
223* BerserkButton: If you break Celia's heart, he's only stopped from kicking your ass by Celia's intervention. Even if you try to speak to him afterwards around town, he makes it clear that he will never forgive you for [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten crossing this line]].
224--> '''Marlin''': Never come near Celia again.
225* BrutalHonesty: He doesn't mince his words, and on first meeting he will merely tolerate the player's presence before asking them if they needed anything or leave. This makes him come across as cold to most people.
226* CreepyUncle: Downplayed-- he's just Celia's older male relative, not an uncle specifically, and they may be NotBloodRelated if they're kin through marriage (the term used when describing them as "relatives," ''shinseki'', is quite generic)-- but the official Japanese guidebooks for ''A Wonderful Life'' and ''Another Wonderful Life'' note that Vesta and Celia are "relatives" while Masshu and Vesta are siblings, making Marlin and Celia related to ''some'' degree. Celia appears unaware of his attractions to her in these games, and instead tries to set Pony up with him during his heart event with her in ''Another Wonderful Life''.
227* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]: He will open up as you befriend him, and he is very protective of Celia.
228* DelicateAndSickly: He was this in his childhood; he's still somewhat fragile. In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' he had to quit his high-powered city career five years prior to the start of chapter one due to failing health. While the cleaner air in Forget-Me-Not Valley is better for him, he still worries that he might not ever recover fully.
229* DubNameChange:
230** In the Japanese ''Wonderful Life'' games he is "Masshu".
231** In the Japanese ''DS'' games his descendant is "Ash".
232* HandsInPockets: His default mode when walking around is to have his hands in his pockets. His official art even shows him in this pose.
233* HeManWomanHater: Many of his lines in the ''Wonderful Life'' games have him complaining about women to an almost cartoonish degree, saying it's always better to hang out with men and giving this line in his "Women Change Over Time" event:
234--> '''Marlin''': Women are creatures of change. No longer do they just bow to our every whim.
235* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Varies depending on the game and actions. In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'' he will ''not'' be nice to you if you pursue Celia, but if you marry someone else he'll be a good drinking buddy. And in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' he becomes more like a very shy guy who just happens to not smile often.
236* NoSocialSkills: He has some difficulty communicating. In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' he fumbles through his high-affection proposal to say the following:
237--> '''Marlin''': And before I knew it... I...uh...Even more than Celia... So...Will you marry me?
238* PerpetualFrowner: Most conversations the player has with him he's never seen without a frown. There are some moments however where he does show a smile, especially if you're looking to marry him in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]''.
239* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Vesta's Red.
240* StalkerWithACrush: In ANWL and AWL:SE, his first rival heart event with Celia shows him watching her from behind a building, while she tends to the crops, unaware of his presence. He's startled when you catch him, and stammers out [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I wasn't watching Celia or anything...!"]]
241* ThisIsUnforgivable: Says this when confronting you in Celia's betrayal scene:
242--> '''Marlin''': Don't try and make any excuses! I won't forgive you for this!!
243* TookALevelInKindness: He is less of a jerk when you try to woo him in ''Another Wonderful Life'', even moreso for his counterpart in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS''.
244* VagueAge: His age is not stated in the Japanese guidebook for the ''Wonderful Life'' games, but a line he can say in Chapter 2 once married in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' makes him being under 30 in Chapter 1 extremely unlikely given the customary ages for Japanese company presidents. The English manuals by Natsume avert this by listing his age as 32.
245--> '''Marlin''': If my health hadn't taken a turn for the worse, there was a good chance I'd be the company president right about now.
246* WhenHeSmiles: Since he's always frowning, when he does start getting more comfortable with the player he seems gentler when he smiles, especially if you're actively courting him.
247* {{Yandere}}: In ''Another Wonderful Life'' and ''AWL:SE'', his first rival heart event ends with him saying "I'll decide who's good for Celia and who's not!"
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder: Rock]]
251[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rock_awl_3446.png]]
252
253The son of Tim and Ruby at the inn, though he looks ''absolutely nothing like them.'' He's a party animal who loves just lounging about and looking for fun stuff to do.
254
255His DS descendant is "Romeo".
256----
257
258* AgeLift: His official age is 25 to match the protagonist's in the official Japanese guidebook; decreased to 22 by Natsume in the manuals that came with ''AWL'', ''ANWL'', and ''AWL:SE'' overseas.
259* AgeDownRomance: Lumina was aged-up to be his his love interest from ''Another Wonderful Life'' onwards. Despite their nine (four internationally) year age difference, the difference is not noted in-universe. The same 9-year age difference is also present between her and Mark, and is not remarked on there either. Their DS descendants are also love interests in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoon DS (Cute)]]'', though it's unclear how old that incarnation of Leona/"Lumina" is since she starts with AWL Lumina's Chapter 2 outfit, and they are explicitly stated to be childhood friends.
260* AllMenArePerverts: Makes a transparently physical invitation to Pony in his first heart event, though the event derails before anything actually happens. If you manage to visit him in his room during the small window of time he's there, the dialogue you have the highest chance of seeing is this:
261--> '''Rock''': Make yourself at home. You want to sleep over? Just kidding.
262* AllThereInTheManual: While all ''Wonderful Life'' titles strongly imply that he isn't Tei and Lou's biological child, Rock is very emphatic that it's none of anyone's business and that if he ''did'' have a sad past, he'd prefer to just forget it, leaving the question unanswered in-game. The official Japanese guidebook for ''Another Wonderful Life'' states in his bio that [[spoiler:he's not their biological son.]]
263* AnimalLover: You can gain bonus affection with him by caring for your animals, despite all other kinds of farm / ranch work lowering his affection. Snuggling them in particular raises his affection by a good amount. This trait is hinted at in his first two heart events-- peeling back his theatrical antics and dramatic storytelling, the first has him distraught over a (seemingly) dead turtle, while the second has him distracted from his romantic pursuit of Pony to play with her dog. After marriage he talks to the pup like an old friend, and asks from time to time if there's any room on the farm for a big turtle. It's a hereditary trait, as his son's second-highest strength and interest is ranching.
264* BewareTheSillyOnes: Calling him a 'moron' in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' is one of the only ways to actually make him angry (as most insults seem to just fly over his head). Making Lumina cry also causes him to get serious as he steps in to say the right words and, for once, leaves without making a fool of himself while whispering a parting shot to you through a smile on his way out.
265* CallingParentsByTheirName: Rock calls his parents by their first names with no honorifics at all in Japanese, which comes across as ''bizarre'', [[spoiler:and serves as a pretty strong clue that he's not their child, both biologically and otherwise.]] This was LostInTranslation as Natsume changed all mentions of them to "Mom" and "Dad."
266* CampStraight: His three favorite things are partying, fashion and women.
267* CasanovaWannabe: He fancies himself quite the catch, but his love interest and even the game itself seem disgusted with him. His mother notes that you’re the first person who’s ever taken a liking to him (despite even the correct dialogue options sounding like Pony’s barely tolerating him at best) and begs you to be with him even if you like him just a little. He even looks the part, wearing a sleazy disco leisure suit.
268* CharacterDevelopment: If married, he grows from being a proud anti-work [[TheSlacker slacker]] to an enthusiastic (if bumbling) farmhand to finally [[spoiler:running the farm himself in memory of you.]]
269* CloudCuckooLander: Not so much in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'', but in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]''...wow. Let's just say he declares your ''dog'' his arch-enemy and reacts to it attacking him by challenging it to a race, which he then loses. After marriage, he admits that he's a bit intimidated by your dog's intelligence.
270* DotingParent: He adores the child he has with the farmer and cheers them on every step of the way, often loudly and embarrassingly so. Even in the parent/son argument scene, Rock remains cheerful and doesn't seem to even realize his son is arguing with him.
271* DubNameChange: His ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]'' incarnation is named "Romeo" in the Japanese versions.
272* DumbBlonde: A male example, and ''boy is he ever.'' He's as dumb as a... er... well... [[InsultToRocks you]] [[{{Pun}} know.]]
273%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
274* HeyYou: Habitually calls the player "babe" in ''Another Wonderful Life'', and "dude" in ''A Wonderful Life: Special Edition''. These are both renderings of the same Japanese speech habit: he's overusing the second-person pronoun ''kimi'' in a way that comes across as over-familiar and condescending (and flirtatious in a dated, stereotypically cheesy way if used towards a woman).
275* InformedAttribute: He tells you he's a pro skier. Knowing Rock, though...
276* {{Keet}}: An adult, but he still counts: he's shorter than Pony, relentlessly positive, and a total chatterbox.
277* LazyBum: Rather content to live the life of a layabout. This changes when you marry him [[spoiler: when he'll run your farm when you pass away]].
278* MeaningfulName:
279** Rock isn't the smartest guy in town.
280** His ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'' incarnations name is "Theatre/{{Romeo|AndJuliet}}" in Japan, as a CallBack to his ancestor’s LoveConfession in ANWL (saying “You’re my Juliet! And I’m Romeo!”). It also fits given the Shakespearean character’s impulsive, overly idealistic personality which results in his downfall.
281* NotBloodNotFamily: Seemingly inverted, as Tim and Ruby clearly have a closer, more familial relationship with Nami (who is also on strained terms with her biological family) than they do with Rock, their biological child-- who calls them by their first names in return. [[spoiler:Ultimately zigzagged, as [[MistakenForRelated Rock isn't their biological child either]], the wording in the official Japanese guidebook being that he's not the ''"real"'' son of Tei/Tim and Lou/Ruby. While Tim and Ruby see Nami as the "daughter I always wanted", the family photo in their room shows a different ''son'' than Rock, implied to be their "real" son. Rock also goes against this trope in his 2nd rival event with Lumina, advising to treasure the parental figures she has in Romana and Sebastian rather than trying to dig up the ones she never knew. However, he also shows insecurity about [[AdoptionAngst his own lack of blood ties]], nervously laughing off his lack of resemblance to his parents. He also admits after marriage that he felt completely aimless until you and your child became his family, and takes no small amount of pride in saying "my blood is coursing through your veins!" to his adult son.]]
282* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 22 in the Western releases of the ''Wonderful Life'' games, but looks like a young teenager. In the Japanese version he’s 25– same age as Gustafa.
283* TheSlacker: Doubly so in his ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'' incarnation.
284* SurferDude: Claims to be one in ANWL, has the dialect to match. Doubles down on this claim after marriage after Pony implicitly calls him on it, saying he still gets a rush from seeing a great wave. Your child inherits the highest athletic skill from him, so he must get both halves of the DumbJock personality from somewhere...
285* UnreliableNarrator: The 4-heart event in ANWL is largely a series of flashbacks that are relayed to you by Rock. They conveniently cut out right as he starts racing your dog and he instead announces back in the present that he won all three rounds. Your dog begins barking at him and shortly after this he decides he should probably get going.
286
287[[/folder]]
288
289[[folder: Gustafa]]
290[[quoteright:203:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gustafa_awl_314.png]]
291
292A songwriter who lives in the valley, and something of a hippie. He's a loner and a wanderer, but he'll befriend you if you like--he might even show you some of his music. He's pretty in-tune with nature. He likes Nami; he's attracted to fellow loners.
293
294His DS descendant is named "Gusta".
295----
296
297* AgeLift: His official age is 25 in the official Japanese guidebook; increased to 28 by Natsume in the manuals that came with ''AWL'', ''ANWL'', and ''AWL:SE'' overseas.
298* AscendedExtra: He went from being a rather pointless character in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'' to one of the three potential spouses in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]''.
299* DubNameChange: In ''DS''. "Gusta" -> "Gustafa".
300* EruditeStoner: He's [[GRatedStoner not stoned]] as far as we know, but he ''acts'' like it sometimes...
301* FriendToAllLivingThings: Your dog will listen to his music.
302* GagNose: Even when he is supposed to be prettied up as a potential spouse, the artwork for him seems to exaggerate the size of his nose.
303* NewAgeRetroHippie: The original games are implied to take place in the 2000s and the DS ones are a century later, yet Gustafa is still is a hippie living in a tent.
304* NiceGuy: He's a very kind and cheerful man.
305* PrematurelyBald: According to concept art, he's bald under his hat at the age of 25.
306* RoundHippieShades: He wears a pair of glasses that he rarely takes off. They have a purple lenses in ''A Wonderful Life'' while his DS counterpart has black lenses.
307* RummageSaleReject: Green hat, striped shirt, brown vest with tassels with beatnik shades. He easily stands out.
308* WordSaladLyrics: The song he sings throughout his heart events in ''Another Wonderful Life'' doesn't really make sense in English. In Japanese the first character in every part spelled out ''kimi ga suki'', or "I love you." Natsume [[LostInTranslation didn't seem to realize this.]]
309* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's the same age as Rock in the Japanese version (six years older internationally) but people tend to treat him as if he's much older. Must be the beard. To drive this even ''further'', Gustafa is the only bachelor who will never age, and by the end of the last chapter will still look the same as the day you met him, compared to Rock and Marlin whose hair starts to grey by the fourth chapter.
310[[/folder]]
311
312[[folder: Griffin]]
313[[quoteright:193:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/griffin_hmds.png]]
314
315The owner of the [[MyLocal local bar]]. Griffin is a aging, calm and gentle guy who loves to play music and mix up drinks. He's known Muffy for years and has a small crush on Muffy. In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]] [[DistaffCounterpart Cute]]'' he is a marriageable bachelor.
316
317His DS descendant is named "Gared".
318----
319
320* CoolOldGuy: A very easygoing man who'll welcome you to his bar. He also plays the guitar too if you're lucky.
321* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. Garfun -> Griffin.
322%%* GagNose
323* HiddenDepths: If you're lucky, sometimes when walking into his bar you will catch him quietly playing a song on his guitar for whoever wants to listen.
324* MayDecemberRomance: He's pretty surprised that someone as pretty and young as your character would want to marry a gruff looking old man like him. In ''Cute'' he is this to both him and Muffy ''and'' him and the PC. If you go after him, he even asks you if you think you can really be attracted to a man his age.
325* MistakenForCheating: In the DS games. If Muu/Muffy and Gavin/Griffin marry, Griffin will sometimes confide that Muffy screamed at him public for cheating after seeing him talk to the daughter of an old friend, which turned into a big fight. He’s mortified by this behavior but says he doesn’t know what to do.
326* NiceGuy: A very easygoing and responsible bar owner. Even stops you from drinking too much.
327* ParentalSubstitute: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'', he behaves more as a father figure to Muffy, and brings her to you for your wedding. It’s still noted in-game that he harbors romantic feelings for her, but she’s unaware of his interest.
328* PromotedToLoveInterest: He has a crush on Muffy in the original games but can outright marry her in the DS games. He can also marry the protagonist in ''Cute''.
329%%* PornStache
330[[/folder]]
331
332[[folder: Carter]]
333[[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carter_hmds.png]]
334
335The local archeologist who works at the dig site with his assistant Flora.
336
337His DS descendant is named "Cain".
338----
339
340* AdventurerArchaeologist: He doesn't actually do a lot of adventuring, but he has the ''spirit'' of one at least.
341* DoesNotLikeSpam: In the DS games everyone in the valley really loves curry... except him. He ''hates'' it, [[OneNoteCook especially when Flora makes it.]]
342* FacePalm: One of his favorite expressions in the DS games.
343* INeedToGoIronMyDog: One ''DS'' event has him trying fruitlessly to get out of having to eat Flora's curry. He can't eat it, because... ''[PlayerCharacter walks in]''--he, uh, promised he'd go eat lunch with HelloInsertNameHere! ''Didn't he?'' (Be nice and rescue the man.)
344* MayDecemberRomance: He and Flora aren't too far apart, but he and the PC of ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS Cute]]'' are. His proposal scene has him remark that he could be your father.
345* PlatonicLifePartners: Despite rumors, him and Flora are platonic in the ''Wonderful Life'' games (with the exception of [[https://youtu.be/cQtOghDOXUI?si=uqApUezFD_l44gKk a scene]] where Carter confesses his love to her only for her to push him into the waterfall), and in the DS games if you court either or don't provoke their Rival Events. In ''Cute'' Flora even calms his PanickyExpectantFather tendencies, and she ends up the godmother of your child.
346* {{Precursors}}: He got into archaeology because he thinks he might be descended from them. [[spoiler: In a [[GuideDangIt ridiculously difficult-to-see DS scene]], the Harvest Goddess tells him he's not, but he ignores her because he's not about to give up his life's work.]]
347* PromotedToLoveInterest: To the protagonist in ''Cute'' and Flora in both DS games.
348[[/folder]]
349
350!! Other Villagers
351
352[[folder:Takakura]]
353[[quoteright:142:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/takakura_awl.png]]
354Your father's best friend and mentor figure on your farm.
355
356His DS descendant is also named "Takakura".
357----
358
359* AerithAndBob: In a town full of American-friendly names like Chris, Patrick, Celia, and the (Asian) couple Tim and Ruby... there is Takakura.
360* AllThereInTheManual: His bio in ''Friends of Mineral Town'' mentioned he used to work in construction. This is confirmed to be the case in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonMyLittleShop My Little Shop]]''.
361* BigOlEyebrows: As shown in the picture.
362* CoolOldGuy: Takakura in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'' may be silent and more than a little distant with you, but he has the farm's best interest always in mind, and is a sort of father figure to your character after your own dad died in the beginning of the game.
363* EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes only open when he is surprised, such as when he is shown an unfamiliar item.
364* MentorArchetype: Helps the player out on the farm, and gives important information on how to run the farm.
365[[/folder]]
366
367[[folder: Vesta]]
368Marlin's overbearing sister and owner of Vesta's farm. She takes great joy in her work and is normally quite good-natured and cheerful. Just... don't cross her. We warned you.
369
370Her DS descendant is named "Beth".
371----
372* ApronMatron: Part of her working clothes. It's shown to become more worn as the game progresses.
373* BewareTheNiceOnes: Particularly if you broke Celia's heart.
374* FieryRedhead: Lord help you if you set her off.
375* {{Gonk}}: Less so than most but she has a large chin, husky voice, large size, and very muscular arms.
376* ParentalSubstitute: Serves as a motherly figure for Celia ever since she moved in the Valley prior to the game.
377* RedOniBlueOni: The Red for Marlin's Blue.
378* ShipperOnDeck: In the first chapter, he frequently asks the male protagonist if he's looking for Celia.
379* SiblingYinYang: She's very talkative and loud while her younger brother Marlin is shy and soft-spoken.
380[[/folder]]
381
382
383[[folder:Kassey]]
384[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kassey_awl.png]]
385The self-proclaimed greatest pyrotechnician in the world. Lives in a tower where he makes fireworks with his twin brother Patrick and invites unsuspecting farmers to play territory capture games.
386----
387
388* DirtyOldMan: Showing him an object he dislikes results in him saying he'd rather see pictures of "young girls" instead.
389* DubNameChange: In ''AWL'':
390** Kesaran -> Kassey.
391* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Kassey wears blue overalls with a smiley face, Patrick wears green overalls with a flower. Also Patrick has a single hair on his bald spot where Kassey doesn't have one.
392* PyroManiac: He and his twin brother make fireworks for a living, and reside in a tower that resembles a giant rocket.
393* ThemeTwinNaming: Averted with the brothers' English names, while their Japanese names rhyme and are named after a type of {{Yokai}}
394[[/folder]]
395
396[[folder:Patrick]]
397[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/patrick_awl.png]]
398The self-proclaimed second-greatest pyrotechnician in the world. Lives in a raised house where he makes fireworks with his twin brother Kassey and invites unsuspecting farmers to play territory capture games.
399----
400
401* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Patrick apparently takes pride in being the second best pyrotechnic in the world, with his brother being better than he is.
402* DubNameChange: Both in ''AWL'':
403** Pasaran -> Patrick.
404* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Kassey wears blue overalls with a smiley face, Patrick wears green overalls with a flower. Also Patrick has a single hair on his bald spot where Kassey doesn't have one.
405* PyroManiac: They make fireworks for a living, and reside in a tower that resembles a giant rocket.
406* ThemeTwinNaming: Averted with the brothers' English names, while their Japanese names rhyme and are named after a type of {{Yokai}}
407[[/folder]]
408
409[[folder:Samantha]]
410Grant's wife and Kate's mother who moves into town in the second chapter.
411----
412* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems to be an incredibly high maintenance woman, impatient with guests and her daughter and Grant tries his hardest to avoid coming home from work for as long as possible because of her.
413* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From San -> Samantha.
414* TheGhost: She is noticeably missing in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS''. It's explained that Grant finally got the good sense to divorce her.
415* RedEyesTakeWarning: Considering how she acts towards her husband...
416* YamatoNadeshiko: Wears a kimono, PrimAndProperBun, tends to the house and child-rearing. Someone you don't want to piss off.
417[[/folder]]
418
419[[folder:Grant]]
420Kate's father and Samantha's husband.
421----
422* TheAlcoholic: Heavily implied. He's at the bar a lot when not working, and in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]'' his favorite gift is Wine.
423* AwfulWeddedLife: He's miserable in his marriage to his wife and avoids going home because of her temper as often as he can. In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'', he gets the courage to divorce her.
424* HenpeckedHusband: He comes across as this due to Samantha's arguably domineering personality.
425* {{Salaryman}}: He's styled after one and even gets drunk a lot after working like one.
426* ShrinkingViolet: Very passive compared to his wife and daughter.
427* {{Workaholic}}: He purposely works long hours to avoid meeting his [[BitchInSheepsClothing less-than-nice]] wife and bratty daughter at home. In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]'', he works hard to support him and Kate.
428[[/folder]]
429
430[[folder:Kate]]
431A little girl who loves to torment Hugh. She lives in the village with her father, Grant.
432----
433* BrattyHalfPint: She is not a very pleasant child. Especially in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'', where she's incredibly verbally abusive to Grant, and teases Hugh.
434* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Her relationship with Grant hasn't improved at all by the time she's a teenager.
435* GirlishPigtails: As a child. They're technically braids, though.
436* JerkAss: Shown to be a bully to Hugh and disrespectful to her father in ''DS''.
437* KidsAreCruel: She's a bully towards Hugh, even though they're friends.
438* MissingMom: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'' her mother Samantha is divorced. She is in her father's custody and doesn't seem to ever visit her mom.
439* RedEyesTakeWarning: While not evil, she ''is'' a bully...
440* ShesAllGrownUp: Grows into a pretty young woman that your son can crush on.
441* YouthfulFreckles: She has freckles across her face.
442[[/folder]]
443
444[[folder:Hugh]]
445A young boy who is an exercise fanatic, just like his father. He is the son of Chris and Wally.
446----
447* AgeLift: Starts out as six in Japan, eight internationally.
448* [[ShesAllGrownUp He's All Grown Up]]: Like your child, he grows from a young boy to a young man. Your daughter will have a crush on him.
449* LikeFatherLikeSon: He loves running and sports just like Hugh.
450* PatchworkKids: Takes after his dad but has his mother's red hair.
451* PointlessBandAid: Wears one on his left cheek. It does make sense that he would wear a band aid to cover up a scrape he got from his training, but not so much if he keeps it there well into his teens.
452* YoungerThanTheyLook: Looks eight or nine in the first chapter, but is six. This is because his age was changed to eight in the English version, probably due to his dad's training methods at such a young age.
453[[/folder]]
454
455[[folder:Nina]]
456An old woman who lives in Forget-Me-Not Valley with her husband, Galen.
457----
458
459* CoolOldLady: She races against the turtle that lives by the pond!
460* {{Expy}}: Of Nina from the first game. She has curly hair, though in a shorter style. She also has the same love for flowers and the same name. Considering Ellen appeared as a senior in a [[VideoGame/HarvestMoon64 previous, similarly dark title]], it could be the same character.
461* HappilyMarried: She is Galen's doting wife.
462* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler:She passes away in the gap between the first and second chapters in ''AWL'', or during the three-year timeskip that occurs after the birth of your child in ''DS''.]]
463* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:To Galen after her passing.]]
464* OppositesAttract: She's much kinder and sweet than her gruff husband. [[spoiler: Galen then changes after Nina's passing and becomes a bit gentler himself.]]
465[[/folder]]
466
467[[folder:Galen]]
468Nina's husband. Spends the first part of the game as a somewhat gruff but kindly old man. [[spoiler:Spends the next part of the game a depressed widower]].
469----
470* CoolOldGuy: He gives you his trusty fishing rod when you befriend him.
471* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. Ghali -> Galen.
472* HappilyMarried: He adores his wife. [[spoiler:After her death Nina becomes TheLostLenore]].
473* TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler: He never does get over Nina's death, although in later chapters he's not quite as withdrawn and depressed.]]
474* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: He feels guilty that he couldn't do anything to prevent Nina's death.]]
475* OppositesAttract: He's gruff most of the time, which is opposite to his wife who is nothing but sweet when you first meet them. [[spoiler: After Nina's death, Galen falls into a depression, but soon opens up to the player and becomes gentle as well.]]
476[[/folder]]
477
478[[folder:Daryll]]
479The village MadScientist.
480----
481* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: He looks like he hasn't slept in days and taht also translates to his outfit.
482* EinsteinHair: Wild and unkempt.
483* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'', Daryll persistently tries to capture a thing that looks like an abominable snowman, but guess what the result is. Every. Single. Time.
484* MadScientist: His profession, and he'll give you a free Seed Maker if you befriend him, claiming to be the original inventor.
485* StalkerWithACrush: To Flora, in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]''. Fortunately, she seems blissfully unaware of his affections. In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]'', he attempts to confess his affections for her. For those of you just tuning in, know that Flora is a blackbelt.
486[[/folder]]
487
488[[folder:Cody]]
489A scary looking artist who lives in a trailer. In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'' it was implied he and Nami might have feelings for each other. But in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' Gustafa is Nami's love interest.
490----
491* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From Godey -> Cody.
492* FaceOfAThug: Looks scary, but is actually pretty nice, if quiet.
493* TheQuietOne: He keeps to himself and rarely has anything to say to anyone.
494* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted. He's a large and intimidating-looking fellow with a deep gravelly voice, but he's really just shy and introverted, and loves to receive flowers as gifts.
495* TokenMinority: He's the only black guy in town.
496[[/folder]]
497
498[[folder:Wally]]
499Hugh's dad, and Chris' husband. He's an athlete who moved into town because the valley makes for a great place to run.
500----
501* BishieSparkle: His eyes are always big, blue, and sparkly.
502* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From Suary -> Wally.
503* HappilyMarried: To Chris.
504[[/folder]]
505
506[[folder:Chris]]
507Wally's wife and Hugh's mother. She's a businesswoman and is away from the valley most of the time, but despite this she has a loving and stable relationship with her family.
508----
509* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From Kris -> Chris.
510* FortuneTeller: As a hobby, she'll give your child their fortune.
511* GenderBlenderName: "Chris" is more often used for male characters. It could be short for "Christine" but it's never mentioned.
512* HappilyMarried: To Wally.
513* PinkMeansFeminine: Her business suit, though it'll turn orange when she's older.
514[[/folder]]
515
516[[folder:Murray]]
517A bum that lives in the valley. Not much was known about him before he became homeless, but he occasionally mentions having a family in a place called Po-Po Valley.
518----
519* AintTooProudToBeg: Some days you can find him sitting near where you would set up your shop as he begs for money.
520* TheAlcoholic: Implied. He goes to the bar regularly despite being homeless, and even if he does manage to scrounge up enough money to move back to Po-Po Valley, he always ends up spending all his money on drinks before he can make the move.
521* CloudCuckoolander: He gave names to the flies buzzing around him.
522* CrazyHomelessPerson: Possibly downplayed for a kids game. But he does steal from you and others. Your dog is more than happy to chase him off the property when they catch sight of him.
523* DubNameChange: He is named "Moi" in Japan.
524* IgnoredEpiphany: If you befriend Murray enough and give him money, he will one day tell you he's saved enough money to return to Po-Po Valley. He thanks you and gifts you a gem in appreciation, saying he'll miss being in Forget-Me-Not, but he's ready for a new change as he walks off. The next day, you find he's still in Forget-Me-Not and when you talk to him, he admits he spent all the money on drinks.
525* ThePigPen: He even names his flies.
526* VerbalTic: Has a habit of saying "moi". Also it turns out his Japanese name is Moi.
527[[/folder]]
528
529[[folder:Van]]
530A traveling merchant who often visits Forget-Me-Not Valley to peddle goods to the player.
531----
532* DoesNotLikeSpam: He hates butter. Given that he is trying to ''lose'' weight.
533* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From Bahn -> Van.
534* EyesAlwaysShut: Despite wearing glasses, he still has them closed.
535* {{Gonk}}: Though not to the degree of the Gourmet, his large size makes him one.
536* SecretCharacter: He appears in ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsFriendsOfMineralTown'' after giving 30 gifts to the Harvest Goddess.
537* WeBuyAnything: You can sell your goods to Van, whom will buy just about anything.
538* WeightWoe: He is trying to lose some weight as a cutscene will involve bragging about losing some weight to Tim. You can deliver either congrats or BrutalHonesty.
539[[/folder]]
540
541[[folder:Tim]]
542Runs the Inner Inn with his wife, Ruby. Also Rock's father, he used to be a traveler before settling down.
543
544His ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' counterpart does not appear in the game, though Louis (Ruby in English) mentions her unnamed husband is off traveling the world.
545----
546* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From Tei/Tay - Tim.
547* EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes are always closed for some reason.
548* ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: Played for drama in Harvest Moon DS: Tim is one of the two AWL characters (the other being Samantha) whose IdenticalGrandson is not present in the Valley. Talking to DS!Ruby in her bedroom, she explains that her husband is traveling the world (which is something AWL!Tim often considers leaving to do). Or that’s what he said he was leaving to do, anyway— she says he never even writes her, and she’s very worried. Wherever he is, he never returns, and his disappearance is a topic both Rock and Ruby avoid otherwise.
549* WalkingTheEarth: Used to be a traveler before settling down as an innkeeper, and confesses that after all this time he still doesn’t feel like an innkeeper and doesn’t think he’ll ever shake the urge to pack up and travel again. His DS descendant is doing this according to Louis, but he hasn’t even written her back in some time and is presumed missing.
550[[/folder]]
551
552[[folder:Ruby]]
553Rock's mother, and runs the Inner Inn with her husband Tim. She is the Inn's cook, and will give you her signature spice if you befriend her.
554
555Her DS descendant is Louis.
556----
557* AccentAdaptation: Averted-- Lou and her DS descendant Louis both have a [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseDialects Kansai regional accent]] in the Japanese versions, but Natsume gave her no unique speech patterns in English. This is in contrast to Tsurutan/Tartan, whose Kansai accent in ''A Wonderful Life'' was rendered as slangy, casual speech by Natsume... but confusingly, they kept Tartan's line about Ruby speaking just like him.
558* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a darker skintone than most of the cast, but it's unclear whether she's meant to be foreign compared to the Japanese countryside-inspired setting. Her Kansai accent is noted by Tsurutan, who remarks that they're likely from the same region, suggesting she's Japanese.
559* DubNameChange:
560** ''AWL:'' Lou -> Ruby.
561** Her DS descendant: Louis -> Ruby.
562** Averted in the ''Friends of Mineral Town'' remake where she returned as Lou.
563* SecretCharacter: She appears in ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsFriendsOfMineralTown'' after giving 75 gifts to the Harvest Goddess.
564* SupremeChef: Her cooking is second to none. She also gives you her special spice.
565* WalkingTheEarth: Like her husband, she also traveled with him before deciding the settle down.
566[[/folder]]
567
568[[folder:Romana]]
569Lumina's grandmother and caretaker. She lives in the Villa on the top of the hill. She also happens to be the first villager in Forget-Me-Not Valley.
570
571Her DS descendant is Panama.
572----
573* BerserkButton: She is very sensitive about her age.
574* CoolOldLady: She tends to act much younger than she is.
575* IntrovertedCatPerson: She has an extroverted personality but doesn't leave her mansion often, partly because she has trouble walking around in her old age. Romana has two pet cats.
576* KindHeartedCatLover: She has two cats in her mansion, she will give you a black cat if you befriend her.
577* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lost her child and in-law to a trainwreck, which leads to her raising Lumina.
578* SoleSurvivor: If you're good friends with Romana, she'll tell you that she was the only survivor of a boat wreck. It also claimed her husband.
579[[/folder]]
580
581[[folder:Sebastian]]
582Romana and Lumina's loyal butler.
583----
584* ButtMonkey: His attempt to [[ItMakesSenseInContext get Mukumuku's hair]] ended in vain.
585* TheJeeves: A faithful butler for Romana and Lumina.
586* PlatonicLifePartners: Had served many years to Romana and remained close friends.
587[[/folder]]
588
589[[folder:Hardy]]
590The town's doctor who regularly comes to check on Romana. He will move in permanently in Chapter 2 since he only makes visits from Town to the Villa in Chapter 1.
591----
592* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. Badog -> Hardy.
593* ExposedToTheElements: Apparently he wears shorts and sandals all year, even the winter.
594* FaceOfAThug: He's a sweet man despite looking like a super-villain. (Must be his fake eye).
595* HiddenDepths: He lost one of his eyes from a disease that he caught from a patient and is a little self conscious about how his fake eye looks, but he's proud of it because to him it's a symbol that he saved that patient's life at all costs.
596* RuggedScar: Has a scar going across where he now has his robotic eye.
597[[/folder]]
598
599!!Unusual Villagers
600
601[[folder:Mukumuku]]
602A creature that lives in the forest, it will appear every winter.
603----
604* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Abominable Snowman flavor.
605* GentleGiant: Mukumuku towers over all the other characters, but he is nothing but gentle and sweet.
606* PokemonSpeak: The words he speaks sound similar to his name.
607* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fish.
608* TheUnintelligible: "Mofa" being the only word he can say.
609* WasOnceAMan: Rumored to have once been a man that lived in a forest before turning to a beast.
610[[/folder]]
611
612[[folder:Tartan]]
613[[quoteright:124:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tartan.png]]
614A two-headed plant that [[ItMakesSenseInContext Takakura grew in his house]]. If you get the chance to befriend him, he can let you create hybrid crops.
615----
616* DoesNotLikeSpam: Carrots in their crop form, though he doesn't mind their seeds.
617* DubNameChange: Tsurutan -> Tartan.
618* LuckBasedMission: How trying to make hybrid crops work. You'll need to feed him two different seeds to create a brand new seed. However it's not guaranteed that'll work so you need to keep trying. Though fusing seeds and certain flowers (Gemsoils, Happy Lamps and Upseeds) has much more success by giving it a special benefit (Grow on any soil, grow in any season and crop rank is S respectively).
619* MotorMouth: Tartan always tends to talk his heads off.
620* PlantPerson: More plantlike than most examples, but the fact he's capable of speech and sentience still applies.
621* WeaksauceWeakness: He's allergic to carrots. However you can let him analyze carrot seeds.
622[[/folder]]
623
624[[folder:Daachan]]
625[[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daachan_awl.png]]
626A strange teddy bear that you can buy from Van for your child. But there is something about it that makes it off-putting.
627
628Daachan reappears (now called "Daniel" in English versions) in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'')
629----
630* CreepyDoll: Rather homely looking, rather UglyCute though.
631* DubNameChange: From "Daa-chan" to "Daniel" in ''DS''.
632* LivingToys: Moves around when no one is around, though your child knows his secret.
633* TheVoiceless: In the ''Wonderful Life'' sub-series it's mute. It can talk in ''DS''
634[[/folder]]
635
636[[folder:Harvest Sprites]]
637A trio that resides in the big tree at the spring. They've also appeared in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonSaveTheHomeland''.
638----
639* AlliterativeFamily: In the English translations their names rhyme.
640* BigThinShortTrio: Flak is the biggest one, Nic is the smallest one, and Nak is the one in the middle.
641* ChromaticArrangement: Nak wears red, Flak wears yellow and Nic wears blue.
642* DubNameChange:
643** Ebony -> Nic
644** David -> Nak
645** Flat -> Flak
646* SirSwearsALot: The biographies obtained from connecting Friends Of Mineral Town and A Wonderful Life claim that Flat/Flak has a "dirty mouth".
647* {{Youkai}}: Like all Harvest Sprites, they're explicitly ''korpokkur'' in the Japanese version: fairy-like little sprites originally from Ainu folklore, somewhere between a youkai and a cryptid.
648
649[[/folder]]

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