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{{trope}}
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.
Bonus points if the island, or part of it, is shaped like a skull. Extra points for [[Volcano Lair|having an active volcano form part of the base]], despite the [[Convection, Schmonvection|obvious problems with heat]] keeping such things from being practical in real life.
Often equipped with a [[Den of Iniquity]]. See also [[Elaborate Underground Base]], [[Underwater Base]].
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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}}.
* Galaxy Island in ''[[Our Man Flint]]''. Brainwashed women, a [[Weather Control Machine]] and an anti-American eagle.
* Captain Nemo's island headquarters in the Disney version of ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''. Volcanic crater, submarine docking facilities and [[Self
* ''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
* 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
* 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
** Iwo Jima
* [
** In a true supervillain fashion, forty years ago, its people, the Chagossians, were [[Doomed Hometown|unceremoniously removed from their homeland]] by a joint operation of the United Kingdom and the United States, and [[You Can't Go Home Again|essentially left beached in Mauritius as human detritus.]] This was detailed in David Vine's book ''Island of Shame: the Secret History of the US Military Base on Diego Garcia''.
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