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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: Not in the novel, only the 1932 film. {{spoiler|Lota}} dies in Edward's arms.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Wells repeatedly mentions the fact that Captain Davis, the drunken, abusive schooner captain, has red hair. Admittedly Davis isn't so much "evil" as he is just a bully, but the repeated mentions of his hair color brings him close to this trope.
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* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: Moreau seeks to improve animals by making them more and more human, hoping to eventually make one fully human.
* [[Four
* [[A God Am I]]: Moreau never outright says it, but the Beastmen certainly view him this way.
** Played straight in Island of Lost Souls: "Mr. Parker, do you know what it's like to feel like God?"
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* [[The Ishmael]]: Prendick.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Moreau.
* [[Mad
* [[Motor Mouth]]: The Ape Man.
* [[No Party Like a Donner Party]]: Subverted in the opening chapter, when Prendick's fellow castaways fight over who's to be eaten and they both fall out of the lifeboat to drown.
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* [[Shock Collar]]: In the 1996 film, all Moreau's creations have an implant that induces pain by remote control.
* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: Montgomery in ''Island of Lost Souls''.
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* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Prendick.
* [[Uplifted Animal]]: [[Ur Example|one of the earliest uses]], In the most horrible way possible.
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