A hero who lives largely in isolation from human civilization in the wild. He has an uncanny [[FriendToAllLivingThings affinity]] with the local wildlife and can communicate with them easily and have them obey his commands. This kind of hero spends time helping visitors survive the region and protecting the region and its wildlife from those who would exploit or destroy it. Quite likely to have been RaisedByWolves. Sometimes literally. Could be either male or female.

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

Often has WildHair.

See also JunglePrincess, MountainMan, WildChild. Sometimes connected to IdiotHero.

Looking to merge the redundant WildMan into this trope.

Contrast with ScienceHero.
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!Examples
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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* Ikuto (Keenan in the English dub) of ''DigimonSavers'' (Data Squad). As an infant, he was accidentally sucked into the Digital World [[spoiler:as a result of being too close to his parents' experimental Digital Gate]]. He was raised by Digimon (most notably Frigimon) to the point of thinking he was one. He sports a 'tribal' sort of look, carries a boomerang, and uses HulkSpeak, despite the fact that most digimon talk normally.
*''[[DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s'' [[IdiotHero Goku]] plays this to a T.
* Despite the title of the movie, San from ''Mononoke Hime'' (''PrincessMononoke'') is more NatureHero than JunglePrincess.

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* In ElfQuest, Teir in relation to the Wolfriders when they first meet him, in general the Wolfriders in relation to everyone else, particularly humans.
*''Jann of the Jungle''
*''Sheena, Queen of the Jungle''
*Sub-Mariner and, in some instances, Aquaman
*''Swamp Thing''
* ''[[XMen Wolverine]]'' subverts the trope in that his childhood was as a rich boy, but he then became an orphan wandering with his sort-of girlfriend, before retreating fully into the wilderness after she was killed. He's never lost his bestial side since.

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[[folder: Films ]]

*''The Beastmaster''
* Tom Cruise as Jack the Forest Boy in ''Legend''. Ironically, he seemed to have no idea his forest was full of fairies until after his misguided attempt at romancing a princess backfired catastrophically...
* ''QuestForCamelot'' has one of these in the person of Garrett, a blind hermit, complete with a song all about how he's no good with people.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Daine from ''[[TortallUniverse The Immortals]]'' series starts out this way, but [[SheCleansUpNicely she cleans up nicely]].
* {{Tarzan}}
*''The Beast Master''
* Not exactly heroes, but the wild men led by Ghan-buri-Ghan in ''TheLordOfTheRings'' come close. Beorn, the shapechanging bear-man from ''TheHobbit'', fits the trope much better.
*Firekeeper in Jane Lindskold's (sp) books. Raised by oversize, sentient wolves.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* KamenRiderAmazon, who's basically Tarzan with superpowers.
*Maya of ''PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' and Cole of ''PowerRangersWildForce''. Both have animal (including animals of the transform-by-magic-into-HumongousMecha sort) communication and [[TheEmpath empathy]] powers ''without'' the [[BlessedWithSuck Deanna Troi head-clutching factor]], as well as high jumping ability and somewhat enhanced strength. Maya's an alien, but Cole's just RuleOfCool-powered.
* "Grizzly Adams" (played by [[WildHair wild-haired]] Dan Haggerty) was the hero of two TV movies (1976 and 1982) and a two-season (1977-1978) series on NBC; the eponymous trapper lived in the wilderness with his pet [[EverythingsWorseWithBears bear]].

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[[folder: Mythology ]]

*Enkidu in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', making this OlderThanDirt.

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[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

*The druid and ranger classes (and their derivatives and enhancements) from ''DungeonsAndDragons'' (and its derivatives).
** In the new edition, the Ranger has deemphasized this, becoming a mix of the StraightArrow and the DualWielding swordsman. On the other side, there's now an entire power source (Primal) for NatureHero characters: Shaman, Barbarian, Druid and Warden.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* ''CityOfHeroes'' features The Woodsman, who can control plants and summon animals to fight for him. His evil [[AlternateUniverse Praetorian]] version is Shadowhunter, who can turn his skin to stone and is super strong, while commanding large packs of werewolves.
*Gau from ''[[FinalFantasy Final Fantasy VI]]''.
* Elanee and the rest of the Druids of the Mere in ''NeverwinterNights2''.
* Nakoruru and her sister Rimururu in ''SamuraiShodown''. Subverted that although they are very much aware that they fight for the preservation of nature, they are much more intelligent and aware of the outside world.
* SonicTheHedgehog started as this, although he embraced technology more and more as the series progressed. He is still a nomadic character who disdains Dr. Eggman's work, however.
* Rexxar from the {{Warcraft}} universe. Druids and Shamans can count as well.

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

* This troper's hero ''[[http://www.p-synd.com/ketrin/ketrinp.htm Ketrin]]'' fits this trope to some extent. He is telepathically linked to his wolflike companions and wants to save both them and humanity from an evil force - when he isn't being [[TakenForGranite worshipped as a paralysed idol]], that is. (NB: stories contain sexual content).

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Moss Man from ''HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse''.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* J. C. "Grizzly" Adams
* ''DersuUzala''.

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