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15	Remember when you were taught their names from a picture book?
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17	Woodland Creatures are a group of animals commonly associated with the forest. They are commonly used to symbolize the presence of [[MotherNatureFatherScience Mother Nature]]. Expect to find them in a clearing in an EnchantedForest.
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19	Although they are often several separate species, they will show great affection for each other and will rarely act or appear separately; in point of fact, it's common for species that would normally be predators and prey to appear side by side. [[NatureHero A human being accepted into the group]] is almost always a sign of them being a FriendToAllLivingThings. The animals tend to be very shy and easily startled, but if a character is pure at heart, she will be allowed among them [[AllAnimalsAreDomesticated and they will even come to her aid]]. If they decide to take matters in their own hands then it will inevitably lead to a GaiasVengeance.
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21	They usually appear to have to some degree a [[HiveMind shared consciousness]], or may be a part of [[GeniusLoci the forest's soul itself]].
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23	The EgomaniacHunter and the CorruptCorporateExecutive will constantly be on their tail and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters try to chase them away from their home]]. It will be required that a sympathetic human (usually [[KidsWildernessEpic a plucky kid]], a [[MotherNatureFatherScience female]] [[GranolaGirl green activist]] and/or an [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold initially cynical but ultimately friendly adult male]]) helps them.
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25	How the CarnivoreConfusion is treated depends on the story: sometimes the two groups will make a truce [[HumansAreCthulhu against the common enemy]]; sometimes [[PredatorsAreMean the carnivores are shown to be mindlessly aggressive brutes]], in which case playing them against the humans will be the best option; oftentimes, meat-eaters and plant-eaters simply appear side-by-side with no tension and no mention of what anybody eats. Rarely, PredationIsNatural and accepted without much fuss.
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27	If they are the focus of the story, they might be {{Talking Animal}}s (with the suggestion that they are using an "[[AnimalTalk animal language]]" that each of them can understand), and they may form an UnusualAnimalAlliance.
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29	Even if they have no acting role, they will make an appearance in stories with a GreenAesop.
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31	If this trope is subverted, they will become the DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce.
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33	The group will almost always contain the following animals:
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35	* A deer, which will be either [[{{Bambification}} an innocent fawn]] or [[TheMarvelousDeer a noble stag]].
36	* One or two [[BunniesForCuteness rabbits]].
37	* A flock of small birds.
38	* A bunch of mice, squirrels or chipmunks (cute but [[AMischiefOfMice often]] [[ScrewballSquirrel mischievous]]).
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40	with the additional talent of:
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42	* The [[RascallyRaccoon mischievous raccoon]].
43	* The [[TheOwlKnowingOne wise owl]], or another {{noble bird of prey}}.
44	* The [[BadOlBadger gruff but noble badger]].
45	* The flirty but {{smelly skunk}} (if it's a North American setting).
46	* The [[SturdyAndSteadyTurtles cool, but slow, turtle]].
47	* The [[BusyBeaver hard-working beaver]].
48	* The [[PlayfulOtter fun-loving otter]].
49	* The [[CunningLikeAFox clever fox]].
50	* The [[BearyFriendly friendly bear]] ([[MamaBear unless you mess with her cubs]]).
51	* The [[MooseAreIdiots bumbling moose]].
52	* The [[MoleMiner burrowing]], [[BlindMistake often blind]], mole (sometimes a gopher or groundhog).
53	* The {{noble wolf}} ([[PapaWolf unless you mess with his pups]]).
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55	Rarer members of these ensembles include ferrets/polecats, waterbirds (mostly ducks or geese), opossums, porcupines (or hedgehogs if it's a European setting), frogs, newts, snakes, wild boars, bats, quails and occasionally (if it's a Japanese setting) the mysterious {{Tanuki}}. Insects such as [[PrettyButterflies butterflies]], ladybugs and [[VirtuousBees bees]] may also join the company.
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57	They may sometimes be antagonized by [[PredatorsAreMean certain predators]] (unless they are in the crew too, usually as {{Token Evil Teammate}}s, {{Antihero}}es or just [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold gruff but ultimately decent characters]]), such as:
58	* An [[BearsAreBadNews aggressive bear]].
59	* A [[CatsAreMean prowling wild cat]], such as a lynx or cougar.
60	* A pack of {{savage wolves}} or {{cruel coyotes}}.
61	* A sneaky [[WickedWeasel weasel]] or [[FoulFox fox]].
62	* A {{brutal bird of prey}}.
63	* A [[YouDirtyRat malevolent horde of rats]].
64	Occasionally, if the setting is tropical, expect to see jungle creatures such as tropical birds, [[SillySimian monkeys and apes]], [[HonorableElephant elephants]], and [[PantheraAwesome big cats]] to accompany the person.
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66	See also: AnimalStereotypes.
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68	!!Examples:
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71	[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
72	* ''Anime/YamaNezumiRokkiChakku'', based on ''Literature/BurgessBedtimeStories'' and known in English as ''Fables of the Green Forest'', is about a group of cute forest critters in the eponymous Green Forest.
73	* Some of the Pikachu shorts in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' show off a Pokémon version of this, with Pikachu and friends encountering friendly forest Pokémon like Hoothoot, Bellossom, Elekid, and Exeggutor.
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76	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
77	* ''Animation/BoonieBears'' features bears as leads, with a squirrel, a mole, and an owl serving as background characters. The exceptions to the woodland theme are Tiki and Babu, a pair of monkeys from a circus.
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80	[[folder: Eastern European Animation]]
81	* ''Animation/TheLittleMole'': The bulk of the cast consists of these. Beside the eponymous mole, there's a mouse, a hare and a hedgehog as his closest friends, a wise old owl who serves as a mentor, and a broad range of birds, frogs, insects and other animals as minor or background characters. In some shorts they are antagonized by a fox or weasels.
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84	[[folder: Film -- Animated]]
85	* Creator/{{Disney}} makes notorious use of this. ''WesternAnimation/{{Snow White\|AndTheSevenDwarfs}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' both feature their pure-hearted princesses gaily frolicking with assorted woodland animals -- rabbits, birds, squirrels, and so on -- while ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' focuses on the woodland critters themselves, chiefly the titular deer and his rabbit and skunk friends.
86	** Homaged and parodied in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', where in the real world, Giselle summons cockroaches, pigeons, and rats all over New York to help clean Robert’s apartment the way she has done it with forest creatures in her world.
87	** Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', where Meg encounters a talking rabbit and gopher who turn out to be Pain and Panic in disguise.
88	** ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': An assortment of these animals briefly shows up at Tiana and Naveen's wedding in the swamp.
89	** ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' features mostly bears and moose but contains many of the other creatures you'd expect, with the addition of [[MammothsMeanIceAge mammoths]].
90	** Some supporting characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' include a motherly owl, a finch and woodpecker duo, a caterpillar, a porcupine, a grouchy old badger and a vixen, whom the fox protagonist falls in love with.
91	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'': These inhabit the unicorn's forest at the beginning of the film.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986'': The ponies live alongside a number of these, primarily squirrels, chipmunks, a variety of colorful songbirds and the odd raccoon, which participate in their festivals, help them with tasks, and can communicate with them despite being otherwise speechless. Notably, none of these critters appear in the sequel cartoon series.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'' features a trio of woodland creatures (a woodmouse, a hedgehog and a mole) trying to find the cure for their young badger friend (a rare ''cute'' badger) after a truck carrying toxic gas crashes and poisons the forest.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'': The film stars a grizzly bear and a mule deer, with a supporting cast of flirtatious skunks, Scottish squirrels, beavers, ducks, rabbits and a porcupine, who ultimately unite against a group of hunters and other threats in the following sequels.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'': The main cast consists largely of such creatures, counting a raccoon, a turtle, a squirrel, a skunk, an opossum father and daughter and a family of porcupines, who live together and interact in a North American woodland that is converted into suburbs.
96	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSonOfBigfoot'': Dr. Harrison (aka [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]]) befriends creatures such as a squirrel, bear, woodpecker and a family of raccoons during his time in the woods, as he SpeaksFluentAnimal. He encounters a wolf and a moose in the sequel, but since he is unfamiliar with those animals, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome they aren't so friendly to him]].
97	* ''Film/StuartLittle 3: Call of the Wild'': The CGI-animated sequel has Stuart befriending a skunk named Reeko on a family camping trip, later teaming up with him and the other animals to stop a dreaded mountain lion.
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100	[[folder: Film -- Live-Action]]
101	* ''Film/FurryVengeance'' revolves around a real estate developer being plagued by [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin vengeful animals]] as he plans to destroy their forest home.
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104	[[folder: Literature]]
105	* The books of Creator/BeatrixPotter are known to star woodland animals, including rabbits, mice, hedgehogs, squirrels and foxes.
106	* ''Literature/BurgessBedtimeStories'' focused on various animal characters based primarily on the wildlife found in the author's homeland of Massachusetts, accompanied by a GreenAesop.
107	* ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'': A family of foxes star in the books and [[WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox movie adaptation]], with a supporting cast of other animals such as badgers, weasels, moles and rabbits, living in the English countryside.
108	* ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'': The titular turtle and his friends. The village they live in is even named Woodland.
109	* ''Literature/TheGruffalo'' follows a mouse taking a stroll through the forest, encountering a fox, owl, snake and [[RealAfterAll the titular Gruffalo]], who all desire to eat him.
110	* ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy'': When Shasta arrives in Narnia, a group of woodland creatures gathers around him, starting with a hedgehog and including a deer. Because this is Narnia, the last arrival ends up being a dwarf.
111	* ''Literature/LittleBear'': The books and TV adaptation star a [[BearyFriendly young bear]] making various animal friends (and a few TokenHuman ones) around the forest.
112	* ''Literature/TheLorax'': The Bar-ba-loots, Swomee-swans and Hummingfish are the Seuss-esque fantasy equivalents of these, being cute fuzzy mammals, birds and amphibious fish that frolic around in the Truffula forests.
113	* ''Literature/TheMitten'' revolves around different forest animals huddling together for warmth in a discarded mitten, starting from small creatures all the way up to a ''bear'', until one last visitor [[note]]a grasshopper or mouse, depending on the version of the book[[/note]] [[TheLastStraw causes the mitten to burst]].
114	* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': The protagonists of the books are invariably this sort of creatures, albeit anthropomorphic -- mice are the most common and the archetypal heroes, but squirrels, voles, rabbits, hares, shrews, otters, badgers and the like all appear quite often, as do numerous types of birds, all acting in accordance to the usual AnimalStereotypes. In contrast, rats and most other mustelids make up the bulk of the villains.
115	* ''Literature/TheWildRobot'' revolves around a robot encountering and befriending various wild animals as she survives on an island, where [[NatureIsNotNice nature itself isn't as sweet]] as this trope often portrays it.
116	* ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'': The classic children's novel chronicles an anthropomorphic toad, mole, water vole and badger living along a riverbank in late Victorian/early Edwardian England.
117	* ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'': While most main characters are LivingToys (plus a TokenHuman child), Rabbit, Owl and the minor characters referred to as "Rabbit's Friends and Relations" (including other rabbits, mice, a hedgehog, a squirrel, a newt and a handful of bugs) are living animals who qualify for this trope. The Disney adaptations leave the Friends and Relations out, but introduce the new character Gopher.
118	* ''Literature/WyrdSisters'': At one point in the book, Lancre Forest's wildlife comes to pay Granny Weatherwax a visit -- in this case ''with'' the predators in tow. They appear again at the end of the book, where [[spoiler: they finish off the Duchess. "Even the rabbits."]]
119	-->"I don't know what this spell is," [Granny Weatherwax] said. "But I'll tell you this for nothing -- when it wears off, some of you little buggers had better get moving."
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122	[[folder: Newspaper Comics]]
123	* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': In one strip, two people come across a large crowd of woodland critters... who in this case seem [[SlasherSmile a bit]] [[{{Yandere}} too happy]].
124	* ''ComicStrip/OverTheHedge:'' Like its animated film counterpart, the strip involves woodland creatures (specifically a raccoon, a turtle and a squirrel) adapting to suburbia.
125	* ''ComicStrip/RoseIsRose'':
126	** These creatures accompany Pasquale and his grandmother on a nature walk.
127	** After Pasquale thinks his echo must be lonely when he's gone, we see the echo surrounded by creatures and rainbows and other "good emotions" bits.
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130	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
131	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': The "Conjure Animals" spell lets the caster summon a number of animals (it's recommended the DM make the creatures in accordance with the environment), with the number increasing the weaker the creatures are. A high-level caster could in theory summon 24 squirrels, badgers, wolves, moles, etc. with a single spell. "Conjure Woodland Beings" instead summons TheFairFolk.
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134	[[folder: Toys]]
135	* ''Franchise/SylvanianFamilies'' is a toy line that features a host of anthropomorphic families consisting of rabbits, bears, foxes and other common woodland animals.
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138	[[folder: Video Games]]
139	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'': Featured as a level 1 ability called "Animals" or "Critt", a ranger can summon animals with various effects, from rabbits and squirrels to more formidable examples like wild boars and unicorns.
140	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'': In the fifth case, [[spoiler:Queen Amara]] summons a deer, birds, a chipmunk, and a tiger before giving testimony.
141	* In the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games, most regions have at least one early-route forest where the majority of the {{Mon}}s that appear are based on these sort of animals. They tend to be small, cute rodents (Rattata, Pikachu, Bidoof, etc.), songbirds (Pidgey, Spearow, Tailow), and the occasional hoofed mammal (Stantler, Deerling). The majority of them tend to be Normal-types.
142	* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'': When [[spoiler:Mono]] wakes up in the end credits, numerous wild animals appear and visit her.
143	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
144	** The early installments revolved around Sonic stopping Dr. Robotnik from using woodland creatures to power his 'badniks'. These "Animal Friends" as they're called were DemotedToExtra as the games developed larger plots.
145	** In fact, most of the cast are woodland animals, with exceptions being Knuckles the Echidna, Blaze the Cat, Espio the Chameleon, and Vector the Crocodile.
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148	[[folder: Web Animation]]
149	* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': The cast mainly consists of forest animals - a rabbit, a moose, a chipmunk, a skunk, a squirrel, an anteater, a couple of beavers and raccoons, a mole, a porcupine, a deer, several bears, a marmot and a flying squirrel - along with a sea otter and a sheep. The show, however, is a ''[[BloodyHilarious gruesome]]'' [[SubvertedKidsShow subversion]] of what you'd expect.
150	* ''WebAnimation/NaturalHabitatShorts'' is an EdutainmentShow that teaches animal facts within a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. The show's main setting as well as many of the animals fall into this.
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153	[[folder: Webcomics]]
154	* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': Despite the title, arcs occasionally shift focus from the housepets to the residents of the forest behind Babylon Gardens and their lower stake antics, featuring PredationIsNatural and AnimalReligion among other themes. The cast contains all of the usual suspects; Magpies, deer, possums, raccoons, badgers, foxes, and the like.
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157	[[folder: Western Animation]]
158	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Up A Tree", Finn is met by a porcupine and a squirrel, each of whom trying to stop him from climbing up a tree to retrieve a flying disc. He eventually finds out [[DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce the animals are part of a creepy cult]] that keeps anything that winds up in the tree, shortly before being imprisoned by them. However, he manages to befriend the squirrel, who in turn helps him escape with the disc.
159	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': The episode "Buck, Wild" involves Stan bringing Steve on an annual hunting trip, where the latter is ridden with guilt for orphaning two fawns and runs off to raise them himself. A year later, he rallies the deer and all the forest animals to fight back against Stan and the other hunters.
160	* ''WesternAnimation/AndyPanda'': The short "Life Begins for Andy Panda" features typical forest animals, plus kangaroos and, of course, the titular panda, whose birth is the center of their attention.
161	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': The beaver brothers Daggett and Norbert and the supporting animal cast. [[HumansAreMorons Humans are portrayed more as dimwitted in this case]].
162	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title implies]], follows the adventures of a band comprising most of the small wildlife common in British woods -- a fox, a badger, a pair of hedgehogs, a pair of newts, assorted birds and rodents, and an adder. The series, however, goes with the NatureIsNotNice interpretation and is full of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence.
163	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBluffers'': The heroes are a squirrel, a mouse, an owl, a fox, a bear, a snake, a porcupine, an eagle ([[InformedSpecies though he looks more like a buzzard]]), and a goose. There are also two rabbits who get billing in the credits, but almost never show up in the actual show.
164	* The [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Pixar short]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Burrow}}'' features a rabbit, moles, mice, hedgehogs, newts, frogs, beetles, chipmunks and a badger living as neighbors in an underground network of burrows.
165	* In ''WesternAnimation/ChristopherTheChristmasTree'', a group of woodland creatures take up residence in Christopher, making him feel not so bad about not being picked to be a Christmas tree. They include a deer, a raccoon, a rabbit, a squirrel, a chipmunk, a couple of mice, a couple of birds, a beaver, and yes, a flirty skunk. (And an owl, but he was there first.)
166	* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'': Princess Clara (a parody of the PrincessClassic) has the ability to summon woodland creatures to join her when she sings a song. This is exploited in the episode "Requiem for a Reality Show", after half the cast is denied food privileges after losing a contest. Spanky and Wooldoor eventually resort to tricking Clara into singing her song again [[BlackComedy so they can hunt the gathering animals for food]]. She then finds out that her singing also [[RaisingTheSteaks reanimates the animals' cooked remains]], and [[LeaveNoWitnesses kills the last of the critters so he won't tell the others]].
167	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': A bunch of woodland critters shows up during a musical number in "If It Smells Like an Ed".
168	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
169	** In "Vicky Loses Her Icky", [[BabysitterFromHell Vicky]] is turned nice and summons many woodland creatures to help her clean Timmy's room. Unfortunately, she ends up reverting to her nasty self and drives away the animals with her shrieking.
170	** A bunch of these animals is briefly shown [[AnimalsHateHim chasing after Crocker]] at the end of "The Secret Origin of Denzel Crocker".
171	** In "Squirrely Puffs" where Timmy's dad and mom lead competing camping trips for respective expies of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the latter (called the Creampuffs) are joined by singing woodland creatures. The Creampuffs eventually end up being trapped by a storm, and the animals refuse to stop singing, not to mention weaving poisonous berries into their hair; when they finally snap, the animals turn on them.
172	** In "Force of Nature", Timmy wishes that the animals living in a park were able to clean up the trash left by humans. The animals eventually become fed up with all the littering and seek revenge.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In the episode, "Camp Keep a Good Mac Down", both Herriman and Madame Foster become one with nature during the HorribleCampingTrip; the former reverting to a feral state among wild rabbits and the latter forming her own army of animals (including the bear and bees that previously attacked the campsite). They go back to their normal ways by the end, with Herriman rejecting the rabbits when they ask for a place to stay. [[spoiler: They manage to steal his wallet and head to the mall with it]].
174	* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'': Much of the cast, including the titular protagonist, who is a bluebird. There are a few exceptions such as Fee and Foo, who are imps.
175	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kissyfur}}'': The animals live in a swamp rather than a forest, but are otherwise a fairly standard mix of bears, boars, rabbits, beavers, mice and chickens.
176	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
177	** Fluttershy's talent and passion is caring for animals, and she lives in a house full of her animal friends -- squirrels, white mice, rabbits, ferrets, ducks and colorful songbirds are the most commonly seen, but goats, tropical birds, chipmunks, hedgehogs, raccoons, owls, skunks and Harry the bear have all shown up. Notably, Fluttershy's woodland critter collection also include some creatures which don't appear in this category terribly often -- there's at least one spider among them, and snakes and bats appear with some regularity. More exotic animals like the occasional monkey also appear.
178	** The ponies in general, with their whole "custodians of nature" schtick, deal with woodland creatures on a regular basis, especially when it's time to change the seasons (for example, they tell the animals when to hibernate and when to wake up). This is actually related to one of the things that scares the ponies about the Everfree Forest; forget the fact that it's home to dangerous mythological beasts, ''perfectly ordinary woodland creatures go about their woodland business without the ponies telling them to!'' It ain't right!
179	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMysteriesOfAlfredHedgehog'': The show provides an odd mix of non-sapient animals, [[TalkingAnimal talking animals]] and [[FunnyAnimal humanoid animals]] living together in a woodland town, offering nature lessons with a detective twist.
180	* ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'': [[CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth Woodland creatures inherit the Earth]] once humans kill themselves off, building a far kinder society.
181	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Parodied when one of the woodland critters accidentally becomes Bullet the Powerpuff Squirrel.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': {{Deconstructed\|Trope}}. At first it seems to be like this but in reality the tone of the series was more like a sitcom setting with some dramatic overtones.
183	* ''WesternAnimation/ScrewballSquirrel1944'' seems like it's going to follow this trope at first with chirping birds and a cute squirrel collecting nuts in a basket, [[FakeOutOpening until Screwy appears on the scene and beats up the cute squirrel]].
184	%%* ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'': Any number of shorts, [[WesternAnimation/HappyHarmonies as well]] [[WesternAnimation/ColorClassics as their imitators]].%%
185	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': {{Subverted}} in the episode "Woodland Critter Christmas", where the woodland critters are trying to raise the AntiChrist. [[ShowWithinAShow As characters in a story made up by Cartman]], they show up again in the Imagination Land episodes, where they [[BlackComedyRape rape]] and kill things.
186	* Creator/TexAvery, who was definitely not a fan of this trope, plays with it in the short ''WesternAnimation/LittleTinker'', about a skunk looking for a mate and being constantly rejected.
187	* ''WesternAnimation/TumbleLeaf'' follows an all animal cast living in the titular forested island. Fig the fox and Stick the caterpillar fall under this trope, as do most of the other characters.
188	* Creator/VanBeurenStudios: The bird protagonists of ''A Little Bird Told Me'', who live in a forest village.
189	* A few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' feature alien versions of woodland creatures. A notable example: in "The Breakfast", [[AllLovingHero Wander]] feeds a group of these animals a loaf of bread he baked for a sleeping Sylvia. These same animals would later chase and attack [[ArchEnemy Lord Hater]] when he tries to steal Sylvia's breakfast.
190	* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'':
191	** Charlie the sasquatch frequently makes friends with forest animals, especially snakes.
192	** The Bear Trio themselves could count, living together in a cave just outside the forest. Although since their species (grizzly, panda and polar bear) are [[MisplacedWildlife out of place]] in the show's California setting[[note]]grizzlies are now extinct in this state[[/note]], they [[ZigzaggingTrope zigzag this trope]].
193	* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'': In the series, the "LivingToys" idea is much more ambiguous than in the books and movies, and Pooh and his friends largely appear as a mix of talking animals living and having adventures in an idyllic wood.
194	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfDavidTheGnome'': Many episodes revolve around David helping local woodland creatures.
195	* ''WesternAnimation/ZipZip'' revolves around a group of animals consisting of a fox, two wild boar siblings and a blackbird who grow tired of their tough wilderness life and seek refuge by living as domestic pets.
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