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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
* ''[[
** ''[[Great Mazinger]]'': Marquis Janus' [[Home Base]] was at once a [[Cool Ship]] (it was mobile and could swim or dive underwater), an
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Oolong Island served as a think tank for a number of [[Mad Scientist
* 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 (
** [[
** Blofeld held headquarters on an oil rig in ''[[
** Kananga's island of San Monique in ''[[Live and Let Die (
** Fransisco Scaramanga's private island is probably the best example of the trope in ''[[The Man
* [[Stealth Pun|Nomanisan]] in ''[[The Incredibles]]''.
* Dr. Totenkopf's island base in ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'' (2004), complete with robots, {{spoiler|prehistoric animals and a space ship}}.
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* Captain Nemo's island headquarters in the Disney version of ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''. Volcanic crater, submarine docking facilities and [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]].
* ''Yellowbeard''. El Nebuloso's island, with a castle full of murderous monks.
* The Nazi-controlled island in ''[[
* Baron von Frankenstein's island in ''Mad Monster Party''.
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. The Man's island fortress.
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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
* [[Lost]]
* The island of [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Boris Balinkoff in the ''[[
* 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.
* ''[[
* [[Metal Gear Solid]]'s Shadow Moses Island is indeed an island - something the players (and at one point even Snake) needed to be reminded of.
* 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
* [[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
* In ''[[
* ''[[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
* In ''[[Knuckles Chaotix]]'', Dr. Eggman builds his latest [[Supervillain Lair]] on an island in order to get himself one step closer to several Chaos Emerald-like objects rumored to be hidden there.
* Used and [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''; after [[Arch Enemy|your Nemesis]] pulls a [[Villain Exit Stage Left]] after your first battle with them, your class leader says they probably have a secret tropical island volcano lair. Sure enough, you eventually find a map to a secret tropical island volcano lair on one of your Nemesis's thugs and have a final showdown [[Convection, Schmonvection|in the heart of the volcano]], first with your Nemesis's [[Sequential Boss|normal form]] and then with its [[One-Winged Angel|Demonic form]]. [[Troperrific]]!
* The [[James Bond]] game ''Nightfire''.
* Dr. Nonookie's Nontoonyt Island lair in ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]] II''.
* [[Command & 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
* Subverted in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
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'''Torg''': "Isle"? We're in the woods. I never left the mainland!
'''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]].
* Science Island is the headquarters for Jarvis Kord in [[Batman:
* Heroic Example: Tracy Island in [[Thunderbirds]]
* The bunny-shaped island known as Bunny Island is the primary setting for ''[[
* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' TOS. Dr. Benton Quest's island of Crab Key.
* [[Phineas and Ferb]] Dr. Doofenshmirtz had a secret-hideout shaped island with the letter "D" carved into it.
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* [[Sesquipedalian Smith|Prometheus Black]] AKA, Meltdown has a underground lab on Dinobot Island in [[Transformers Animated]]. {{spoiler|Blackarachnia}} moves into it later in the series. [[All There in the Manual|Apparently]] it used to belong to the government.
* Cobra Island in [[G.I. Joe]]
* ''[[
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [http://www.sealandgov.org/ Principality of Sealand]: A small former UK military installation used by various groups for a number of different
* 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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