Topic on Talk:Exiled to an Island
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IMO it could! There is only a few adjusts in the description to clarify that the trope works as long it was an clear exile to a far away and isolated place out of the main character's original realm of expertise - they have the example of the Law & Order film where the "island" the main character is "exiled" isn't unpopulated for any means but it works as a place of isolation so the metaphor sticks.