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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: Not in the novel, only the 1932 film. {{spoiler|Lota}} dies in Edward's arms. |
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: Not in the novel, only the 1932 film. {{spoiler|Lota}} dies in Edward's arms. |
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* [[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. |
* [[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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* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Moreau first experimented on a gorilla to produce his first Beast Man. Later on, Prendick meets an Ape Man. |
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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. |
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: Moreau seeks to improve animals by making them more and more human, hoping to eventually make one fully human. |
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* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]: The novel's ape-man is exceedingly proud that he averts this trope, unlike most of the other beastfolk. |
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* [[A God Am I]]: Moreau never outright says it, but the Beastmen certainly view him this way. |
* [[A God Am I]]: Moreau never outright says it, but the Beastmen certainly view him this way. |
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** Played straight in Island of Lost Souls: "Mr. Parker, do you know what it's like to feel like God?" |
** 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. |
* [[The Ishmael]]: Prendick. |
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Moreau. |
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Moreau. |
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* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Only in the movies. |
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* [[Motor Mouth]]: The Ape Man. |
* [[Motor Mouth]]: The Ape Man. |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
* [[Shock Collar]]: In the 1996 film, all Moreau's creations have an implant that induces pain by remote control. |
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* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: Montgomery in ''Island of Lost Souls''. |
* [[Spared By the Adaptation]]: Montgomery in ''Island of Lost Souls''. |
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Moreau has hints of this. |
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* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Prendick. |
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Prendick. |
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* [[Uplifted Animal]]: [[Ur Example|one of the earliest uses]], In the most horrible way possible. |
* [[Uplifted Animal]]: [[Ur Example|one of the earliest uses]], In the most horrible way possible. |