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* ''[[Cyborg 009]]'': An [[Island Base]] showed up in the first episode of the anime. It was used by two [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]] like their [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]].
* ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|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).
 
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== Film ==
 
* Most notable examples are with ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'' villains:
** [[Dr. No (Film)|Dr. No]]'s Base was on Crab Key, albeit more of an [[Elaborate Underground Base]]
** Blofeld held headquarters on an oil rig in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'', technically an island.
** Kananga's island of San Monique in ''[[Live and Let Die (Filmfilm)|Live and Let Die]]'', but it isn't really isolated: it has a tourist trade. Too bad - poppy fields, voodoo totems with guns, Baron Samedi and a [[Shark Pool]].
** Fransisco Scaramanga's private island is probably the best example of the trope in ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man Withwith the Golden Gun]]''.
* [[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 ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. More submarine docks, and an area where you can perform Jewish rituals. Watch out for [[Your Head Asplode|exploding heads]].
* Baron von Frankenstein's island in ''Mad Monster Party''.
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. The Man's island fortress.
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* [[Lost]]
* The island of [[Mad Scientist]] Dr. Boris Balinkoff in the ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]'' episode "The Friendly Physician".
* Tracy Island from [[Thunderbirds]].
 
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* ''[[Fur Fighters]]'' has the last level set in a [[James Bond]] parody Island base...just off the coast of your hometown.
* ''[[MegamanMega Man Battle Network]] 3'', the WWW has their base on an island, across the Demon Waters.
* [[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 Aa 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 (Video Game)|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 (Film)|launch them out the crater of an extinct volcano]].
* 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 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 MabsMab'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].
* Subverted in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
{{quote| '''Dr. Steve''': It was your mistake to trespass on... [[[Dramatic Pause]]]... '''the Isle of Doctor Steve!'''<br />
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* Drakken and the Seniors both have island bases in [[Kim Possible]].
* Science Island is the headquarters for Jarvis Kord in [[Batman: theThe Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]].
* Heroic Example: Tracy Island in [[Thunderbirds]]
* The bunny-shaped island known as Bunny Island is the primary setting for ''[[Evil Con Carne (Animation)|Evil Con Carne]]''.
* ''[[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]]
* ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|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 ==
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