History Characters / HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife

* CallingParentsByTheirName: AWL's Rock only ever 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." Averted by Romeo, his Harvest Moon DS incarnation, who always calls Louis "mom" properly in both Japanese and English.

* 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."

* [[FarmBoy Farm Boy/Girl]]: If your child decides on running your farm, most often Celia's or Marlin's kid as they'll be more interested in farming than any other profession (helps that you've married a farmer).

His ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' counterpart does not appear in the game, though Louis mentions her unnamed husband is off traveling the world.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He (or his ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' counterpart) is absent in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS''.
* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From Tai/Tay - Tim.

* WalkingTheEarth: Used to be a traveler before settling down as an innkeeper. His DS descendant is doing this according to Louis

* FarmBoy: They decide to leave the city to become one, and quickly get the hang of it.

* 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 ''Another Wonderful Life'' guidebook that Pony is meant to evoke a university student, rather than an office worker like Claire.

* 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 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''.

* HandsInPockets: His default mode when walking around is to have his hands in his pockets. His official art in the small guidebook even shows him in this pose.

* {{Precursors}}: He got into archaeology because he thinks he might be descended from them. [[spoiler: In a [[GuideDangIt ridiculously difficult-to-see-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.]]

* ApronMatron: Part of her working clothes. It shown to be worn as the game progresses.

* HeroesWantRedHeads: If you choose her.

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[[folder:Patrick & Kassey]]

Twins who make fireworks.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Patrick apparently takes pride in being the second best pyrotechnic in the world, with his brother being better than he is.
* DubNameChange: Both in ''AWL'':
** Pasaran -> Patrick.

* PyroManiac: They make fireworks for a living, and reside in a tower that resembles a giant rocket.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Averted with their English names, while their Japanese names rhyme and are named after a type of {{Yokai}}

[[folder:Samantha]]
Grant's wife and Kate's mother who moves into town in the second chapter.

[[folder:Nina (''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'')]]

[[folder:Daachan (named Daniel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'')]]

[[folder: Bachelorettes]]

!!Celia

!!Muffy

!!Nami

!!Lumina

!!Flora

[[folder: Bachelors]]
!!Rock
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The 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.

His DS descendant is "Romeo".

* 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.
* 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.
* 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:
--> '''Rock''': Make yourself at home. You want to sleep over? Just kidding.
* 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.]]
* 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.
* 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.
* 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."
* CampStraight: His three favorite things are partying, fashion and women.
* 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.
* 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.]]
* 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.
* 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.
* DubNameChange: His ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS]]'' incarnation is named "Romeo" in the Japanese versions.
* DumbBlonde: A male example, and ''boy is he ever.'' He's as dumb as a... er... well... [[InsultToRocks you]] [[{{Pun}} know.]]
%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* 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).
* InformedAttribute: He tells you he's a pro skier. Knowing Rock, though...
* {{Keet}}: An adult, but he still counts: he's shorter than Pony, relentlessly positive, and a total chatterbox.
* 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]].
* MeaningfulName:
** Rock isn't the smartest guy in town.
** 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.
* 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.]]
* 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.
* TheSlacker: Doubly so in his ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'' incarnation.
* 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...
* 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.

!!Marlin
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A 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.

His DS descendant is "Ash".
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!!Gustafa
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A 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.

His DS descendant is named "Gusta".

!!Griffin

!!Carter

[[folder: Other Villagers]]

!!Takakura

!!Vesta

!!Patrick & Kassey

!!Samantha

!!Grant

!!Kate

!!Hugh

!!Nina (''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'')

!!Galen

!!Daryll

!!Cody

!!Wally

!!Chris

!!Murray

!!Van

!!Tim

!!Ruby

!!Romana

!!Sebastian

!!Hardy

[[folder: Unusual Villagers]]

!!Mukumuku

!!Tartan

!!Daachan (named Daniel in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'')

!!Harvest Sprites

* AllMenArePerverts: Makes a transparently physical invitation 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 he's there, the dialogue you have the highest chance of seeing is this:

* BewareTheNiceOnes: 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.

* CasanovaWannabe: He even wears a sleazy leisure suit.
* CharacterDevelopment: If married, he grows from being a proud anti-work [[TheSlacker slacker]] to an enthusiastic (if bumbling) farmhand to finally running the farm himself in memory of you.

* DumbBlonde: He may be a guy, but ''boy is he ever.'' He's as dumb as a... er... well... [[InsultToRocks you]] [[{{Pun}} know.]]

* 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 if used towards a woman).

* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 22 in the Western releases of the ''Wonderful Life'' games, but looks like a young teenager.

* 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 does have both halves of the DumbJock personality from somewhere...

* AllThereInTheManual: His height is listed in the official Japanese guidebook to be 185 cm, or 6’1’’.

* PrematurelyBald: According to concept art, he's this under his hat.

* 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 second chapter.

* ParentalSubstitute: In ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AWL]]'', he behaves more as a father figure to Muffy, and brings her to you for your wedding.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Of all the rival marriages in the DS games, he and Muffy are certainly the happiest. While they aren't overly lovey-dovey around each other, they give off this vibe when comparing them to the other unhappy couples.

* MayDecemberRomance: He and Flora aren't too far apart, but he and the PC of ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS Cute]]'' are.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Despite rumors, him and Flora are platonic in the ''Wonderful Life'' games, 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.

** Her height is stated in the official Japanese guidebook for **AWL** to be 155 cm (~5’1’’)
** Vesta is noted as her “relative”[[note:親戚/‘‘shinseki’’]] in the official Japanese guidebooks for **AWL** and **ANWL**.
** It’s clarified in the official Japanese **ANWL** guidebook that she doesn’t have a particular disease— but rather, a weak constitution.

* 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 9-year age difference is also present between her and Mark) , the difference is not noted in-universe. 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.

** 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.

* ArrangedMarriage: Celia's parents want one of these for her. She never goes through with it though.

** His ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS (Cute)]]'' incarnations name is "Theatre/{{Romeo|AndJuliet}}" in Japan.

* 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.

* BusCrash: [[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''.]]

Characters who have appeared in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and the sequels ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS/Cute]]''.

Characters who have appeared in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and their ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS/Cute]]'' descendants.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: She strongly appears to be Polynesian.

Characters who have appeared in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' and ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS DS/Cute]]''.

For characters that debuted solely in ''DS'' or ''DS Cute'', go [[Characters/HarvestMoonDS here]]. For info on the 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]].

The protagonists of the games. A city mouse that was brought to the country.

** In ''DS''. From Sapele/Sepilia/Sepiria/Serena -> Celia.

* WalkingTheEarth: Used to be a traveler before settling down as an innkeeper.

* DubNameChange: In ''AWL''. From Lou -> Ruby. Averted in the ''Friends of Mineral Town'' remake where she returned as Lou.

* AgeGapRomance: In the ''Wonderful Life'' games, the mid-thirties Marlin 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. Downplayed significantly 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.
* BerserkButton: If you break Celia's heart, he's only stopped from kicking your ass by Celia's intervention.

* 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 for "relative," ''shinseki'', is quite generic)-- but the official 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''.

** In the Japanese ''DS'' games he is "Ash".

* 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 biological child.]] This was LostInTranslation as Natsume changed all mentions of them to "Mom" and "Dad."

* 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. 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.

* 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 real son.]]

* 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 real child.]] This was LostInTranslation as Natsume changed all mentions of them to "Mom" and "Dad."

* {{Keet}}: An adult, but he still counts: he's shorter than Pony, cheerfully positive, and

* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 22, but looks like a young teenager.

* SurferDude: Claims to be one, 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 does have both halves of the DumbJock personality from somewhere...
* UnreliableNarrator: The 4-heart event 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.

* Playful Cat Smile: Pony sports one when her Spirit is high.

* AgeDownRomance: Lumina was aged-up to be his his love interest from ''Another Wonderful Life'' onwards, despite their nine (four internationally) year age difference. 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. In ANWL and SE, no age gap is acknowledged within

* AnimalLover: You can gain bonus affection with him by caring for your animals, despite all other kinds of farm / ranch work lowering his affection
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Calling him a 'moron' in ''[[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife AnWL]]'' may not be the best choice to make. Neither is making Lumina cry.

* 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.
* DotingParent: He adores the child he has with the farmer and cheers them on every step of the way, often loudly and embarassingly so. Even in the argument scene, Rock remains cheerful and doesn't seem to even realize his son is arguing with him.

* {{Keet}}: An adult, but he still counts.

* SurferDude: Claims to be one, has the dialect to match. Doubles down on this claim after marriage after Pony implicitly calls him on it. Your child inherits the highest athletic skill from him, so he does have both halves of the DumbJock personality from somewhere...