History Main / TreetopTown

* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'': In ''Wizardry 8'', Trynton, home of the Trynnie, is an uber-example of the Treetop Town: seven "boughs" (varying areas), with one of the boughs being infested by the Rattkin. To some extent, VideoGame/{{Wizardry}} VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant did this as well with the "Rattkin Ruins," although the effect is far less dramatic.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korowai Korowai]] from the Indonesian province of Papua, the southeastern part of the western part of New Guinea, live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators. ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' has covered the Korowai in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed.]] In 2018 it was revealed by the BBC that the Korowai do not actually reside in tree houses, but had constructed them for the benefit of "overseas programme makers".

* ''Webcomic/DriveDaveKellet'': The rhinn, a species of diminutive aliens native to the planet Ashteet, live in houses built in the treetops of the forests that cover their world.

* ''An Empress and the Warriors'' have the titular Empress, Fei-er, being rescued from an ambush by Duan Lan-quan, a Robin Hood-esque warrior living in the jungles, who then took her to his secret treetop hideout. Late into the film several assassins tries infiltrating the forest, leading to Fei-er and Lan-quan fighting enemies on treetop catwalks and suspended corridors and several enemies falling to their deaths.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Rito Village is built around a number of trees with huts that sit close by large stones.

* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'': The Tree Tops level is set on a highly-placed forest with trees, hilltops, treehouses that could only be reached by using [[NitroBoost quick speed]] to jump off at the platform.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'': Tall Trunk Galaxy has the starting area, the Big Tree Planet, having wooden platforms that Mario needs to climb up to head towards the next area.

* The Forest Kingdom of Forlock in ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to Phantomile'' is a series of platforms built on trees so high up that it's impossible to see the ground. The natives can jump incredibly high.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'': The Treetop Kingdom. It is a society that is composed entirely of Amazonian women; also known as Warrior Maidens. Queen Willa is the ruler of the Treetop Kingdom.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'':

%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'': Kilka Town appears like this.

* The Forest Kingdom of Forlock in ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: DoorToPhantomile'' is a series of platforms built on trees so high up that it's impossible to see the ground. The natives can jump incredibly high.

%%* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'': The infamous Tree Tops level.

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** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': The Ewoks' village is built in the canopy of one of their world's vast forests, with rope bridges connecting its homes and platforms. While unlike the much larger Wookiees (see below), Ewoks don't seem to be particularly adapted for tree-dwelling and would've been unable to do so before they developed rudimentary technology, the ExpandedUniverse shows that the forests of Endor have many predators and it would make perfect sense for the diminutive Ewoks to build their homes out of reach of them.
** The Wookiee homeworld, Kashyyyk, is covered in global forests of mile-tall trees, and all Wookiee cities are built in their canopies, far above the lightless forest floor. ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' shows that there ''are'' portions of Kashyyyk (along riverbanks, for example) where the trees are lower to the ground, but Wookiees are arboreal by nature (for example their hands and feet have retractable claws specifically adapted to climbing trees) and don't ''want'' to live on the ground even if they can (another contrast to the Ewoks).

Compare TreehouseOfFun and ArborealAbode. TreeTrunkTour is the sister trope that takes place ''in'' the trees instead of ''on'' them. For a more extreme variant, where entire civilizations can exist purely within tree canopies, see TreeTopWorld. For the logical extreme, see WorldTree.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korowai Korowai]] from the Indonesian province of Papua, the southeastern part of the western part of New Guinea, live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators. ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' has covered the Korowai in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed]].
** In 2018 it was revealed by the BBC that the Korowai do not actually reside in tree houses, but had constructed them for the benefit of "overseas programme makers."

* ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': In their village, beastmen live in circular huts standing on platforms around giant tree trunks. Buildings are connected by suspended bridges, forming a spiral around the trunk from the ground towards the top.

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': A variation is shown. When Dewey is transferred out of the special education program, the other students run away from home because they need his leadership, since Dewey was the only one mentally capable of standing up to the teacher and getting what was needed from the school. They begin living in the neighborhood trees, and he's able to provide them with food and other amenities they need. The reason Dewey doesn't tell on them is because they [[{{Blackmail}} blackmailed]] him into not saying anything, though when they get found out, their teacher heavily implies they will be severely punished when they get back to school, and Dewey gets himself brought back into the program to stand up for them.

%%* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'': The TropeNamer is one of two levels in this setting.

A common form of BambooTechnology, although more magical versions can be seen as well. This can often be found within TheLostWoods and the HungryJungle.

* ''LightNovel/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'': In their village, beastmen live in circular huts standing on platforms around giant tree trunks. Buildings are connected by suspended bridges, forming a spiral around the trunk from the ground towards the top.

* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': The timbercats like in a town built directly into the trunks of sequoia-like trees, carved to resemble giant cat trees.

* ''Fanfic/ADragonInShiningArmour'': In sequel, ''Holy War'', the city of Evergrowth is a LayeredMetropolis version of this. The upper level of the city is just below the canopy and home to the city's businesses and government functions. Stairs that wind around the enormous trees the city is built around lead to the forest floor where the residential parts of town are.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'': The Treetop Kingdom. It is a society that is composed entirely of Amazonian women; also known as Warrior Maidens. Queen Willa is the ruler of the Treetop Kingdom.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'': Frontier Village, a treetop village literally within a tree.

* ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'': Depicts a Celebi worshipping society that lives in treehouses.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'': Frontier Village, a treetop village literally within a tree.

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%%* ''VideoGame/KlonoaDoorToPhantomile'': Several stages are set in one of these.

* ''Fanfic/ADragonInShiningArmour'': In sequel ''Holy War'', the city of Evergrowth is a LayeredMetropolis version of this. The upper level of the city is just below the canopy and home to the city's businesses and government functions. Stairs that wind around the enormous trees the city is built around lead to the forest floor where the residential parts of town are.

* A variation is shown in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. When Dewey is transferred out of the special education program, the other students run away from home because they need his leadership, since Dewey was the only one mentally capable of standing up to the teacher and getting what was needed from the school. They begin living in the neighborhood trees, and he's able to provide them with food and other amenities they need. The reason Dewey doesn't tell on them is because they [[{{Blackmail}} blackmailed]] him into not saying anything, though when they get found out, their teacher heavily implies they will be severely punished when they get back to school, and Dewey gets himself brought back into the program to stand up for them.

** In the first worked example setting in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine's "Dungeoncraft" column, the players' home base of Ironoak is built into the trees, in keeping with the concept that Aris is a world of forests. In the centre of town is a magic-powered elevator.

* The [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/32/16/fc3216feb661212ffae6a35744b803de.jpg Ewok Village playlet]].

* ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'':
** The elven town in the Tularean forest in ''Might and Magic VII''.
** The sprites' dwellings in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' I and II were a variant of this -- seemingly too small for most humanoids (since sprites are rather diminuitive creatures), and lacking both rope bridges and ladders (since sprites fly and therefore don't need them). Of course, only the ones found in the wild are technically ''villages'' (since the ones in towns are a part of a larger settlement where most dwellings don't look like that), but [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible treetop neighbourhoods fit the spirit, if not the alliteration, of the trope close enough]].

%%* ''Website/UniCreatures'': There 's a place like this in the Pet Adventures section.

** In the first worked example setting in ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine's "Dungeoncraft" column, the player's home base of Ironoak is built into the trees, in keeping with the concept that Aris is a world of forests. In the centre of town is a magic-powered elevator.