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A [[Supervillain Lair]] (or a Hero's Headquarters) At Sea! Isolated from any inference of those pesky heroes, our resident baddies can concoct their schemes of world domination in peace. At least until the third act.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
 
* ''[[Cyborg 009]]'': An [[Island Base]] showed up in the first episode of the anime. It was used by two [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]s like their [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]].
* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': [[Big Bad]] and [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Hell had two [[Island Base|Island Bases]]: Bardos, an ancient Greek island full of underground mazes and labyrinths where he found an army of [[Humongous Mecha]]: and Hell Island, an island near from the Japanese coast where he moved later in the series. It was a barren, rocky islet. A low mountain rose in the center, and several giant faces had been carved on its slopes. [[The Dragon]] Baron Ashura also had an [[Island Base]] doubled like a [[Cool Ship]]: the submarine fortress Salude.
** ''[[Great Mazinger]]'': Marquis Janus' [[Home Base]] was at once a [[Cool Ship]] (it was mobile and could swim or dive underwater), an [[Island Base]] (it was shaped like an island) and a [[Volcano Lair]] (an artificial volcano had been built in the center).
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
 
* Oolong Island served as a think tank for a number of [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]s in the [[DC Universe]]. It is now where the [[Doom Patrol]] are based.
* Monster Isle is the base of operations of the Mole Man in [[Fantastic Four]]
* Titans Tower is on an island in [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]
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* The Triskileon in [[The Ultimates]]
 
== [[Film]] ==
 
* Most notable examples are with ''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]'' villains:
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* ''[[Jurassic Park]]''
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* Most of ''Billy & Howard'' and ''[[Duumvirate]]'' take place on one of these.
* "Lincoln Island" is the headquarters of Captain Nemo and the harbor of the Nautilus in [[The Mysterious Island]]
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** There's also the {{spoiler|Cahill ancestral home}} and {{spoiler|the Gauntlet}}, on an island off the coast of Ireland.
* In ''[[Soon I Will Be Invincible]]'', Dr. Impossible used the same island base for 14 years before the heroes finally cracked it. At the climax of the novel, he returns to construct his new [[Doomsday Device]] in the ruins.
* Gin's hideout in ''[[The Black Saint]]'', "the floating ruins".
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
 
* [[Lost]]
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* Tracy Island from [[Thunderbirds]].
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
 
* ''[[Fur Fighters]]'' has the last level set in a [[James Bond]] parody Island base...just off the coast of your hometown.
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* In ''[[Phantom Brave]]'', [[The Messiah|Marona]] lives on an island all to herself, called Phantom Isle, which she uses as a base. The [[Big Bad]], Sulphur, also has [[Mordor|an island of his own]], called the Island of Evil, which [[Sealed Evil in a Can|he is sealed in]].
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Prison Island]], though that's likely based off the concept of Alcatraz.
* In ''[[Thief]] II: The Metal Age'', the Cetus Project is run from Markham's Isle, a former pirate base taken over by the Mechanists. As you learn when you go there, the administration of the project is a bit complicated, but Markham's Isle certainly fits the [[Island Base]] and [[Elaborate Underground Base]] tropes.
* In ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'', [[Bald Black Leader Guy|King André]] operates out of Skull Island. Subverted in that {{spoiler|Skull Island really looks like a giant duck. It should be called Duck Island. And if you squint and turn your head it looks like a bunny.}} Well, it just says "Skull Island". It doesn't say a human skull.
* ''[[Evil Genius]]'' goes for a twofer, having you [[Elaborate Underground Base|tunnel into the mountain]] on your "Uninhabited Desert Island of Undisclosed Location (tm)". Midway through you're forced to move islands, because if you're going to use [[Kill Sat|satellite-based]] doomsday weapons it's [[Card-Carrying Villain|obligatory]] to [[You Only Live Twice|launch them out the crater of an extinct volcano]].
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* The [[James Bond]] game ''Nightfire''.
* Dr. Nonookie's Nontoonyt Island lair in ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]] II''.
* [[Command and& Conquer: Red Alert 3]] features a secret island base. A secret ''Easter Island'' base. In a volcano. With ''cannons in the Heads''. That shoot ''bears''.
* The Cipher Headquarters in [[Pokémon Colosseum|Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness]]. They even have a machine that generates a constant storm around the island to prevent any unwanted visitors.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
 
* During the spy spoof arc of [[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]], [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Jyrras']] [[Supervillain Lair|base]] is an island with an [[Lampshade Hanging|extinct]] [[Chekhov's Volcano|volcano]]. Filled with orange pillows to simulate lava. It's supposed to be incredibly secret, but the [[Government Agency of Fiction|agency]] has [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_456.php detailed plans].
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'''Dr. Steve''': Do you know how expensive islands are these days? }}
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130607010939/http://www.villainsource.com/lairs.html Villain Source] (formerly Villain Supply) has options of either a Skull Island or a subterranean base on a volcano island.
* ''[[Kate Modern]]'' [[Big Bad]] Michelle Clore's evil lair is located on ([[Real Life]]) Adak Island.
* At the beginning of episodes of the Dr. Steel show, [[Doctor Steel]]'s secret laboratory is shown to be on an island. Supposedly this island is located in the Pacific, near Hawaii.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
 
* Drakken and the Seniors both have island bases in [[Kim Possible]].
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* ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' has [http://images.wikia.com/avatar/images/8/8d/Air_Temple_Island_overview.png Air Temple Island] where Tenzin and his family live.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
 
* [http://www.sealandgov.org/ Principality of Sealand]: A small former UK military installation used by various groups for a number of different purposes -- frompurposes—from radio to server room.
* World War 2 involved a lot of these, which included:
** Pearl Harbor
** Fort Drum (AKA the concrete battleship)
** Corregidor
** the Channel Islands
** Betio
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