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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~Screen_shot_2011~~Screen shot 2011-01-~~05_at_10_57_13_PM_2059~~05 at 10 57 13 PM 2059.jpg\|frame]] 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. Line 12: == [[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]] Line 66: * 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]]. Line 105: == 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 -- from~~purposes—from radio to server room. * World War 2 involved a lot of these, which included: ** Pearl Harbor

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