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6	->''"Pretty countryside, ain't it? The grass and the light... there's a lot of ugly in this world, but there sure as hell is a lot of beauty. You'll see it better when you get older. It's tough at your age. Just... land and light, but to me? It's life. I can't explain it."''
7	-->-- '''[[HiddenDepths John Marston]]''' to his son Jack, ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2''
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9	This is about those who love the great outdoors and all that dwell therein.
10	They may be [[GhibliHills a forest dweller]] themselves, or live in [[{{Arcadia}} the countryside along with flocks of sheep]] where they commune with nature. It's also a safe bet that they'll either have a close bond with the local fauna, or at least have extensive knowledge of them. In their view, TheWorldIsJustAwesome, so they want to spend as much time with it as possible and share it with others. Whereas ones who live in the city may often spend time at the park, or just WatchingTheSunset. If they aren't satisfied with living in the city and would prefer living in one of the aforementioned locations, they suffer from BigTownBoredom.
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12	Usually a sign of [[PurityPersonified goodness]], indicating a wholesome character uncorrupted by secularism. May also be exemplfied by a preference for [[EarthyBarefootCharacter going barefoot]]. Mostly a modern trope, found where most members of the audience live in cities and do not have to wrestle with nature's dangers and inconveniences regularly.
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14	Characters of this nature are also fond of outdoor activities such as nature walks and camping, though they may be equally content with tending a flower garden. Hunting is also possible, though not as likely, given their respect for nature. They'll only hunt what they need, never for sport. The ForestRanger and NatureHero are prime examples because they live InHarmonyWithNature and have an intrinsic understanding of its delicate balance. The MountainMan who only hunts to survive may qualify.[[note]]A MountainMan from the early 1800s who hunts and traps large numbers of animals for payments from a big fur company probably doesn't qualify. However, a Mountain Man from the late 1800s (after the fur business declined) to the present is more likely to qualify, as they typically work as a guide and only hunt or trap what they need for food and animal skin clothes. They love nature and respect the natural balance. [[/note]] In modern settings, they'll usually be the [[OnlyOneFindsItFun only one]] to not [[HorribleCampingTrip dislike a camping trip]].
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16	FriendToAllLivingThings is a subtrope having more to do with their altruism, usually in regard to nature. May overlap with NatureHero, which is another subtrope, about those who fight to protect and preserve the wild. See also NatureLovingRobot when the character in question is a robot. Often overlaps with AnimalLover because animals are a part of nature. Contrast with the EcocidalAntagonist, who instead opposes and attempts to pollute and destroy nature, signifying themselves as malicious, destructive, or selfish.
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18	Their PatronGod is usually a NatureSpirit or FertilityGod. Also see and may overlap with the OutdoorsyGal. May occur in ScienceFiction in the PastoralScienceFiction subgenre.
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22	!!Examples
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26	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
27	* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': Yamame not only cares about plants and animals, she cares about ''weeds''.
28	* ''Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps'': As mentioned down below in the Literature section, Heidi manages to live in harmony with animals and feels most comfortable out in nature. She's also the current page image.
29	* [[BewareTheNiceOnes Finland]] of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is one of these, as a startled [[IJustWantToBeNormal Iceland]] finds out when going on a camping trip with him. His ''World☆Stars'' character profile mentions that he "sometimes hides in his forests to daydream, study, or get covered in grass."
30	--> '''Finland:''' ''[suddenly popping out of a bush]'' Nature is amazing, right?
31	* Kars from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' seems to have a stunning respect for natural life, animals and the beauty of the world, to the point of having skewed priorities when it comes to humans. At one point he knocks a car aside to save a wild dog's life even though it (likely) resulted in the death of the driver, and sustains significantly worse wounds after falling off a cliff by knocking himself off the edges because if he had dead dropped, he would have crushed a patch of flowers. [[spoiler: After becoming an UltimateLifeForm, Kars' first show of his new power is to mutate his hand into a squirrel... which then gorily murders and devours another squirrel, showing that he's on such a high from his new godlike power that he doesn't care, because the world's his playground now.]]
32	* ''Anime/TheSecretGarden'': Dickon loves animals and is knowledgable on all sorts of fauna. He teaches Mary how to tend to the titular NeglectedGarden and bring it back to life.
33	* In the manga version of ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', Colonel of the Repliforce has this trait. In a heartwarming flashback, he waxes poetic to Zero about how majestic the tree they are standing under is, and how, in his mind, it "embraces the nature of humanity". He says in times of despair and sorrow, as well as in times of happiness, he remembers the beauty of the tree to keep himself going and mentally sound.
34	--> '''Colonel:''' It feels as though humans and nature are reconciled together.
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37	[[folder:Fan Works]]
38	* In ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'', Vivienne's mother [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Susan Graham]] apparently shares her daughter's love for nature. Vivienne reveals that before the events of the ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' movie kicked off, Susan wanted to see hammehead sharks at Yonaguni.
39	* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7897654/8/Three-to-Triumph Three to Triumph]]'' Luna stated that she was able to talk to trees and sense their needs and that she believed her magic had an affinity with anything green.
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43	* ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'': Queen Tara mentions getting a special feeling from the pods and the leaves, and she chooses an heir by determining who looks after a pod the best.
44	* ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'''s San was literally RaisedByWolves after [[spoiler: her parents threw her at Moro's feet, to save themselves, when they were caught trespassing in Moro's forest.]] She's even the poster child for the NatureHero trope.
45	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', Rapunzel is in ecstasies everything she finds in nature. To be fair, that's part being out of the tower.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Zigzagged for Snow White, who's an AnimalLover and picks a bunch of goldenrods, but is afraid of the trees at night.
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49	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
50	* ''Film/DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold'': Dora is one, though in a little more academic way than most nature lovers in fiction. She enjoys doing outdoor activities and knows lots of trivia about survival tactics and things like the mating habits of scorpions.
51	* Julie Baker in ''Film/{{Flipped}}'' is very attached to the sycamore tree at her bus stop. Ever since Juli retrieved a kite at the uppermost branches, she has loved the view. She tries to stop the workers from cutting it down and once they do she isn't the same for weeks but Juli's spirits are lightened when her father paints her a picture of her sycamore tree.
52	* Eggsy from ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' has a fondness for animals, which twice gets him in trouble. First when he gets arrested after swerving out of hitting a fox and later when [[spoiler:he refuses to shoot his dog as part of Kingsman's final test]].
53	* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
54	** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Mason Weaver]] had a rural upbringing, which gives her an affinity for nature and has convinced her that humanity should be trying to coexist with nature instead of dominate it. Kong seems to form a particular bond with her, [[spoiler:going out of his way to secure her safety during his fight against Ramarak]], and she stands up to [[GeneralRipper Packard]]'s insane quest to kill Kong and prove "that man is king".
55	** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': All three members of the [[Characters/MonsterVerseRussellFamily Russell family (Madison, Mark and Emma)]] have an affinity for nature. Madison enjoys studying insect ecosystems outdoors, and she realizes [[spoiler:what the {{Eco-Terrorist}}s are doing is wrong]] and takes it upon herself to help stop King Ghidorah. Mark has a lifelong interest in animal communication, and (in a cynical take on this trope) he's isolated himself in the Colorado mountains as a wildlife photographer specifically to ''escape'' being faced with his problems, but he also (when he doesn't have his head shoved up his ass from [[HotBlooded raging grief]]) recognizes the unbridled power of the Titans (living forces of nature) and is often one step ahead of Monarch at tracking Godzilla's activities. Emma studies Mothra in the Yunnan rainforest, she has a history of environmentalism, and she recognizes how ecologically-essential Titans are to the world's continued survival [[spoiler:to the point that she's willing to turn to radical eco-terrorism and join [[Characters/MonsterVerseEcoTerrorists Jonah's eco-terrorists]] if she thinks it'll stop mankind from engineering their own extinction event]].
56	* ''Film/WildAmerica'' has three wildlife-obsessed brothers who decorate their room with animal posters and go on a road trip to film rare animals. It's easy to see where they got it - their mother fosters animals, both tame and wild, so the house is always full of wildlife.
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59	[[folder:Literature]]
60	* ''Literature/AngelaNicely'':
61	** Both of the Nicely parents are often seen gardening, especially Mrs. Nicely, who complains about her garden getting messed up.
62	** Mr. Weakly is revealed to like foraging in the woods in “Nature Detectives!”.
63	* Cassie in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' was always the animal person and nature saver, what with her parents being vets running a wildlife rescue service. She has to remind her friends that she doesn't go as far as an AnimalWrongsGroup when they're stranded in the Arctic and debating eating a seal that was recently killed by a polar bear.
64	* Creator/LMMontgomery's Literature/AnneOfGreenGables is familiar with every inch of the woods about Green Gables. At the end of ''House of Dreams'', Gilbert, describing a new home to her, carefully cites all the trees about it.
65	* In Creator/LMMontgomery's ''Literature/TheBlueCastle'', Valancy loves rambles in the woods.
66	* ''Literature/BrotherEagleSisterSky'': Seattle speaks of his people as being taught to see themselves and their ancestors reflected in nature, to be grateful for the bounties provided by nature and to preserve the grasslands and forests, keep the waters clean and appreciate the sweet air.
67	* In Creator/AndreNorton's ''Literature/{{Catseye\|1961}}'', the Rangers. They carefully cultivate Tikil as a luxury port for the rich because it helps them protect the wild.
68	* Both Ivy Carson and Martha Abbott rescue animals throughout Creator/ZilphaKeatleySnyder's ''The Changeling''. When they think there's a [[StockNessMonster Loch Ness Monster]] in the swamp, they take to hiding in the reeds with a camera. Ivy ''is'' this trope; she is an EarthyBarefootCharacter, almost a FriendToAllLivingThings, [[CountryMouse at peace only in forests and rural settings]]; one of Snyder's most jarring [[EsotericHappyEnding Esoteric Happy Endings]] comes when we learn that Ivy has gone to study ballet in ''New York City''.
69	* In ''Literature/TheChangeover'', it's implied that all witches have a closer relationship with nature. As a child, it was one of the things that set Sorry apart from his foster parents, and later on was an excuse for the abuse he suffered.
70	* ''Literature/DirtyBertie'' has Eugene Clark and his father. As shown in the story "Twitter", they have an affinity for birdwatching and love spending time in the woods.
71	* Amadahy Love in ''Dying Embers'' by Creator/BettyAdams. She is actually an ecologist by trade. Her brothers [=Drake McCarty=] and Donnigan [=McCarty=] are both nature lovers as well and their cousin Em is a rabid environmentalist (or rather thinks he is).
72	* In Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TheFourLoves'', he analyzes it as part of treating subhuman affection before human.
73	* Freckles in Creator/GeneStrattonPorter's ''Literature/{{Freckles}}'' once he gets over his fear of the swamp, comes to love it and insist on learning.
74	* [[TroubledButCute Rafael]] from ''Literature/GivesLight'', who lives on an Indian reservation. He loves nature to such a degree that he knows everything there is to know about the wildlife and hates being indoors for too long (even in his own house).
75	* ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'': The title character actually becomes literally homesick to the point of sleepwalking while living in the city.
76	* Dan in Creator/LouisaMayAlcott's ''[[Literature/LittleWomen Little Men]]'' shows a love of wilderness despite his rough manner.
77	* Radagast the Brown in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was certainly this trope, constantly described as being close to nature and caring for the plants and animals.
78	* In Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/LoveAndFreindship'', how Laura came to meet Augusta and the others with her.
79	-->''She told me that having a considerable taste for the Beauties of Nature, her curiosity to behold the delightful scenes it exhibited in that part of the World had been so much raised by Gilpin's Tour to the Highlands, that she had prevailed on her Father to undertake a Tour to Scotland and had persuaded Lady Dorothea to accompany them.''
80	* In Creator/DevonMonk's ''Literature/MagicWithoutMercy'', Allie quips about the "great outdoors" when they have to hike somewhere.
81	* ''Literature/MansfieldPark'': Miss Fanny Price loves nature and often gushes how gorgeous plants or trees are. She also loves star-gazing. She was somewhat sickly as a child, and other characters often advise her to go outside for a walk or to go horse-back riding because it's beneficial to her health and well-being. When Fanny stays with her family in Portsmouth, she is sorry to "lose all the pleasures of spring" as she spends the time in a confined, noisy house with bad air.
82	-->''"She had not known before what pleasures she had to lose in passing March and April in a town. She had not known before how much the beginnings and progress of vegetation had delighted her. What animation, both of body and mind, she had derived from watching the advance of that season which cannot, in spite of its capriciousness, be unlovely, and seeing its increasing beauties from the earliest flowers in the warmest divisions of her aunt's garden, to the opening of leaves of her uncle's plantations, and the glory of his woods."''
83	* ''Literature/MillyMolly'': Both of the eponymous girls seem to be Nature Lovers. They love spending time with animals, enjoy going to the forest, and one book has them worrying about the environment.
84	* In Creator/PoulAnderson's "The Pirate", Trevelyn finds the alien ruins a bit odd, because they had no gardens or parks, even though they obviously loved and had a care for landscapes, and used floral motifs extensively. He reminds himself that they were, after all, aliens.
85	* In Creator/JohnVarley's ''Literature/SteelBeach'', humanity has been kicked off of Earth, and nature is only available in small, artificial "disneylands". David Earth, the leader of the Earthists, loves nature so much that he has bio-engineered grasses growing on his head; has giant breast implants to represent Mother Earth, with more plants growing on them; has animal skin cells that grow fur implanted on his arms and legs; and has several varieties of insect, and even a few rodents living (and going to the bathroom) on him at all times. He brings nature (or as close as one can get) with him wherever he goes.
86	* Shallan Davar in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' loves to get out of the house and sketch animals, and seems to be the first person to notice the principle of symbiosis (or at least she'd never heard of the concept before, though the repeated extinction of 90+% of humanity has resulted in a certain loss of knowledge).
87	* ''Literature/{{Swindle}}:'' After working in a coal mine for decades, Eli Mulrooney loves to sit outside and take in the sky and fresh air, only going back inside for long enough to sleep, use the bathroom, or microwave meals.
88	* In Creator/RobinMcKinley's ''Literature/{{Sunshine}}'', Constantine's stated reason for living near New Arcadia was the natural beauty about it.
89	%%* Creator/HenryDavidThoreau's ''Walden''
90	* In Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Literature/WithATangledSkein'', Niobe is quite eloquent about it.
91	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' has Ebenezar [=McCoy=], an old farmer who is described as having taught Harry woodcraft, navigation, and other similar skills, and gone on several hikes with him.
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94	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
95	* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'': Zigzagged for Morticia Addams. She owns a carnivorous plant and is heard enthusing about ravens, bats, and other such animals, but there are some animals, such as robins, that she dislikes, and while she does pick flowers, she cuts the blooms off.
96	* Oliver Wendell Douglas from ''Series/GreenAcres''. Before moving to the country, he tried growing crops in his New York apartment.
97	* Subverted in a sketch on ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' about mosquito hunters.
98	-->I've been a hunter all my life. I love animals, that's why I like to kill 'em.
99	* This is one of Sadie's major personality traits in ''Series/NaturallySadie''. Her ambition is to become a famous naturalist.
100	* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Keiko O'Brien is a botanist, and she owns many houseplants. She likes her job so much that she became cranky when she didn't have the chance to do it, and was sent on a six-month business trip to cheer her up.
101	* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Captain Archer loves doing outdoor activities, such as camping and hiking.
102	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
103	** One of Kes's jobs is to grow plants, and she's shown working in a garden as a child.
104	** Neelix self identifies as a nature lover in "Tuvix" and enjoys appreciating the different plants and animals on the planets the crew visits. Some of the plants he adds to his recipes.
105	** Tuvok stated in "Tuvix" that he appreciates nature, and he is seen growing orchids in several episodes.
106	** While Janeway has never been into gardening, she grew up on a farm and feels nostalgic for it. She mentions having climbed a tree as a kid, and in one episode she bonds with a monkey-like alien.
107	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In Season 7, Castiel absorbs all Sam's memories from Hell and has a nervous breakdown. He emerges from his catatonia as a CloudCuckoolander obsessed with nature and evolution, especially bees. This annoys his allies, especially Dean, who need him for the fight against the Leviathans.
108	* Arushka from ''Series/{{Thunderstone}}'' loves nature as a whole and adores animals, to the point of obsession. The rest of her group seem to believe that she cares about animals more than them, and they might be right. The fact that she lives in a barren wasteland that was utterly void of any animal life until Noah brought it to her hasn�t stopped her in the slightest. Once she does get to see real animals, she instantly shows an almost supernatural ability to understand and calm them. In fact, one of her first displays of this was to calm an enraged circus lion.
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111	[[folder:Music]]
112	* The song "I'm on Top of the World Looking Down on Creation" seems to be sung by a nature lover, if the lyric "In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze, there's a pleasing sense of happiness for me" is anything to go by.
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115	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
116	* In ''ComicStrip/{{Frazz}}'', Frazz loves his running and biking in the great outdoors, and deplores the kids who stay inside all the time.
117	* In ''ComicStrip/RoseIsRose'', Pasquale and his grandmother go for a nature walk -- and Pasquale assures the WoodlandCreatures they can come.
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120	[[folder:Poetry]]
121	* A Signature Trope of the [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic Movement]] was writing poetry in this vein
122	%%** Creator/WilliamWordsworth
123	%%** Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge
124	** Creator/JohnKeats
125	--->''The poetry of the earth is never dead.''
126	** Creator/LordByron
127	--->There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,\
128	There is a rapture on the lonely shore,\
129	There is society, where none intrudes,\
130	By the deep sea, and music in its roar:\
131	I love not man the less, but Nature more.
132	* Gerald Manley Hopkins
133	-->What would the world be, once bereft\
134	Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,\
135	O let them be left, wildness and wet;\
136	Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
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139	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
140	* ''Series/FraggleRock'': One reason Mokey loves her job of gathering radishes is that she delights in being among the plants and trees of the Gorgs' garden. She even has a [[ContemplationLocation secret place]] there, under a tree, some distance away from the Gorgs' castle and vegetable patch, where she likes to write in her diary.
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143	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
144	* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' This is a near-universal trait among the Court of Clubs (whose ruling value is living in harmony with each other and the world around you), and is far from rare among other Courts.
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147	[[folder:Theater]]
148	* In Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', the exiled duke professes this in the [[GhibliHills Forest of Arden]]. To be sure, everyone except one goes back to the StandardRoyalCourt the first chance they get.
149	-->''And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.''
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152	[[folder:Video Games]]
153	* Nature loving is the [[MechanicalLifeform Automaton's job]] in ''VideoGame/EndlessSpace''; originally built as simple [[ClockworkCreature clockwork robots]] by a dying race to restore their {{polluted w\|asteland}}orld [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture after their death]], when the Automatons were enhanced by contact with [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum Dust]], they used their enhanced intelligence to restore the planet. Automatons reside on flying cities to lessen their impact on the planets ecosystem.
154	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': According to official supplemental material, Ilia spends much of her time at the spring, just outside the village, where she bathes Epona. She also pitches in at the ranch, on occasion.
155	* In ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'', [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ethan]] is described this way.
156	* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', forest rangers [[PunnyName Forrest]] and Bubble are in-tune with nature and ensure that Moonbury's environment is being taken care of. Bubble also tends to her garden and gives you seeds for your Grow Box.
157	* ''VideoGame/ShiningResonance'': According to Lestin, he and the other elves of Wellant share a natural inclination to preserve nature, each in their own way. He explains that it's likely the reason that Rinna gathers flower seeds and runs a flower shop. Whereas he keeps track of rare butterfly species to help preserve their numbers.
158	* In ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'', two factions turn their affinity for nature into a powerful strategy, since the ecosystem is sentient and the most common life form is a swarm of psychic mind-eating worms.
159	* "Loves the Outdoors" is among the traits a Sim can have in ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' and ''VideoGame/TheSims4''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Unsurprisingly]], said Sim receives a mood boost for being outdoors.
160	* ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' has [[CountryMouse Kinnison]] and [[BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins Ayda]], a pair of archers who [[NatureHero defend their native woodlands.]] The former inhabits the forest surrounding Ryukei Village, while the latter hails from the Forest Village. Needless to say, they have [[FriendToAllLivingThings strong ties to nature]].
161	* Amber Rose, driver of Flower Power, from the third ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' game. She wants the world to be covered in flowers.
162	* ''VideoGame/{{Unpacking}}'': When the protagonist[[spoiler:'s girlfriend]] moves in for the 2015 level, she has a fair amount of potted plants and gardening equipment amongst her possessions.
163	* In ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', there are two types: the Nature Lover, like Welkin (or Country Bred, like Alicia), who can get a temporary boost from being in a natural setting, and the Child of Nature, like Largo, who can temporarily lose effectiveness when ''not'' in a natural setting.
164	* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Members of the Gardening Club are nature lovers by default. The leader Uekiya Engeika sees beauty in flowers, to which she sometimes refers as 'children'.
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167	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
168	* Lily from ''VisualNovel/DaughterForDessert'' is perfectly capable of surviving in the wild, even in the desert.
169	* Downplayed with Becca in ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}''. While she likes hiking, she seems to be comfortable spending most of her time indoors.
170	* The character Misa in ''VisualNovel/{{Sickness}}'' definitely seems her happiest when Suoh takes her into nature settings.
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173	[[folder:Webcomics]]
174	* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01213.htm Sam enjoys the limited subset of nature that terraforming's brought about -- and then subverts it with the reveal that he can't stomach any more of it.]]
175	* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0271.html the dryad comments on the lack of this -- so why are they in the forest?]]
176	%%* Norway in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld''.
177	* Interest in nature appears to be a good sign in ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''. In particular, [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2000-08-01 Pooch loves the outdoors -- sights, smells, etc. -- he has everything!]]
178	* In ''Webcomic/SquidRow'', [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=3517 Beebs has her wedding in the forest.]] [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=3534 At a stump.]]
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181	[[folder:Web Original]]
182	* ''WebVideo/BreakingTrail'': Coyote Peterson. There is ''no'' animal out there that he doesn't love or is really, really fascinated by. Even the ones that have inflicted some terrible pain on him. As an example, during a video with a snapping turtle, it clamped down on his hand to the point of actual tearing and ''refused to let go'', getting so bad the cameramen needed to pour rubbing alcohol on its mouth to get it to let go. Coyote's reaction (while still yelling in pain) was to ''gently'' return his "little buddy" back to water with his non-mauled hand so it could wash the alcohol off.
183	* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Autmn. What do you expect with a name like a season?
184	* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' has Illusen. She lives in a glade, is often seen playing with rabbit-like creatures, and gives out prises related to leaves and flowers. Being a nature lover comes in handy when [[GreenThumb your superpower is making plants grow]].
185	* Instantly {{Deconstructed}} with ''[[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1692236/ Randomness FTW]]'' on Website/{{Scratch}}.
186	--> '''Charlie''': I sure love nature. (giant bee lands on his head) [[TheScream AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-]]
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189	[[folder:Western Animation]]
190	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Kaeloo absolutely loves nature, especially plants. The easiest way to piss her off is to [[BerserkButton crush a flower]].
191	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lana. She loves animals, is often playing outside, and likes to go to the park.
192	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], to the point of being a FriendToAllLivingThings. Her special talent is the ability to commune with animals and she spends most of her time outdoors - even her [[CoolHouse house]] is a beautiful cottage covered with flowers in the middle of nowhere.
193	* ''WesternAnimation/NatureCat'': The titular character loves to explore nature and have outdoor adventures with his friends. Despite the obstacles that he regularly has to face, such as [[CatsHateWater his fear of water]], he still has his instincts and sticks up to others around him.
194	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': Nat Smurf was this type of character, both as an adult and as a Smurfling.
195	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [[Characters/SpongeBobSquarePantsTitularCharacter The title character]] in the episode "Nature Pants", where he decides to leave his "cold, industrial life" and live among the jellyfish. [[HorribleCampingTrip After one disastrous night in the wild]], he returns to civilization [[NegativeContinuity and the subject was never mentioned again]].
196	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': One of Henry's favorite places on Sodor is a forest along the main line. Most notably, in "Henry's Forest," Henry is devastated when the forest is ravaged during a storm. Thomas and Toby take pity on him, and they convince The Controller to help replant them.
197	* Vanilla Why Why, mother of Baby Victor in Creator/SabanEntertainment's ''The Why Why Family'', [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Speaks Fluent Bird]] with her feathered friends, Kwik and Kwak, and is an expert on nature, plant and animal biology, and agriculture.
198	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Flora, the fairy of nature. She can literally hear and speak to nature. [[note]] One episode suggests all fairies can learn this, but it's [[{{Pun}} natural]] the fairy who uses the element is who does it most.[[/note]]
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202	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir John Muir]] was definitely this as were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enos_Mills Enos Mills]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Shore Emily Shore]].
203	* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt started out as this. He was known for being something of an EgomaniacHunter, but even then, most hunters (including him) are generally fervent conservationists, and Roosevelt was certainly that trope, establishing a number of national parks.
204	* [[https://www.storiesbysteve.com/opal-whiteley/ Opal Whiteley]] was a born naturalist. Her ''Diary'', begun around age five, describes her observations of the fields and woods around her home in Oregon. At fourteen, she was giving lectures about the Wonders of Nature in churches and schools. By 18, she was Oregon state superintendent of Junior Christian Endeavor, which embraced all denominations. Opal also planned a film career and had publicity shots taken in "child of nature" poses, of which [[https://www.storiesbysteve.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/opal-butter.jpg this is probably the most famous]]. [[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54f099f9e4b017f56bd48aa4/1434151173798-UU9U2PUXZL4B609JM8S6/image-asset.jpeg?format=1500w Here's the memorial wall painting in her home town]], [[https://www.cottagegroveor.gov/ Cottage Grove, Oregon]], done by Connie Huston. There is a statue of Opal, created by Ellen Tykeson, in the Cottage Grove Library, and another at the Knight Library at the University of Oregon, which she attended for two years.
205	* Nemophilists are those fond of forest and forest scenery, and are most likely a majority of this trope.
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