History Main / TropicalIslandAdventure

* The ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' titles made for UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 (''[=ClayFighter=] 63 1/3'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Sculptor's Cut]]'') got as their setting the Klaymodo Island, a paradise island where the meteorite "Betsy" is found, primordial for [[BigBad Dr. Kiln]] to make his clay formula and TakeOverTheWorld. In fact, various of the characters went to Klaymodo for vacations without knowing this to later find this scheme and then choose to help Kiln or stop him.

Whenever an adventure far from civilization is needed, a tropical island is where it usually will be set. Typically located in or based on the Caribbean, Oceania or Southeast Asia, tropical islands are a very popular location for adventures due to their exotic environment and wildlife, remoteness and disconnection from the rest of the world, allowing for more fantastic elements than would be seen in a more civilized setting, and being popular places for vacations, due to their usually sunny weather, warm climate and pristine beaches. The protagonist could be there on a vacation, exploring the island due to rumors of treasure or be shipwrecked there and looking for a way off the island. [[{{Pirate}} Pirates]] (of either the [[APirate400YearsTooLate classic]] or [[RuthlessModernPirates modern]] type) and [[PirateBooty their loot]], [[HungryJungle dense jungles]], [[CoconutMeetsCranium coconut trees]], [[ManEatingPlant carnivorous plantlife]], {{temple|OfDoom}}s, [[ChekhovsVolcano volcanoes]], {{mad scientist}}s, [[TerrifyingTiki killer tikis]] and [[ChasedByAngryNatives angry]] {{cannibal|Tribe}}istic HollywoodNatives tend to be common in these settings, and the island can potentially overlap with DesertedIsland, IslandOfMystery and IsleOfGiantHorrors. Caribbean examples can also overlap with BananaRepublic and LatinLand if they are Spanish or French-speaking. Pacific examples meanwhile often come with {{Americasia}} overlaps.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' is set on a series of tropical islands, with Sonic and Tails waking up on one after the Tornado is struck by lightning and crashes.

->''"This is Keelhaul Key. The sun's brutal, as you'd expect on a southern isle. Blue skies... White clouds... I've always wanted to take an island vacation. Don't you just wanna yell, "Hey, stupid ocean! Look at me! I'm on vacation!""''

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' story [[Recap/TintinFlight714 Flight 714]] is set in Sondonesia, a tropical island in the South Pacific featuring an active volcano, mysterious ruins and Komodo dragons.

->''"This is Keelhaul Key. The sun's brutal, as you'd expect on a southern isle. Blue skies... White clouds... I've always wanted to take an island vacation. Don't you just wanna yell, "Hey, stupid ocean! Look at me! I'm on vacation!"''

* ''Film/FatherGoose'' takes place on Matalava Island somewhere in the South Pacific, where the main character, Walter Eckland, is left as a lookout for Japanese planes. Eventually, a French diplomatic staffer and her entourage of schoolgirls are stranded there as well, and have to learn to get by in the island jungle. HilarityEnsues.

Whenever an adventure far from civilization is needed, a tropical island is where it usually will be set. Typically located in or based on the Caribbean, Oceania or Southeast Asia, tropical islands are a very popular location for adventures due to their exotic environment and wildlife, remoteness and disconnection from the rest of the world, allowing for more fantastic elements than would be seen in a more civilized setting, and being popular places for vacations, due to their usually sunny weather, warm climate and pristine beaches. The protagonist could be there on a vacation, exploring the island due to rumors of treasure or be shipwrecked there and looking for a way off the island. [[{{Pirate}} Pirates]] (of either the [[APirate400YearsTooLate classic]] or [[RuthlessModernPirates modern]] type) and [[PirateBooty their loot]], [[HungryJungle dense jungles]], [[CoconutMeetsCranium coconut trees]], [[ManEatingPlant carnivorous plantlife]], {{temple|OfDoom}}s, [[ChekhovsVolcano volcanoes]], {{mad scientist}}s, [[TerrifyingTiki killer tikis]] and [[ChasedByAngryNatives angry]] {{cannibal|Tribe}}istic HollywoodNatives tend to be common in these settings, and the island can potentially overlap with DesertedIsland, IslandOfMystery and IsleOfGiantHorrors. Caribbean examples can also overlap with BananaRepublic and LatinLand if they are Spanish or French-speaking.

* Tropical island settings are popular in the ''Film/JamesBond'' series. In particular, ''Film/DrNo'' is set in Jamaica, ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' is set on another fictional island in the Caribbean called San Monique, ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'' has a segment set in Cuba, ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' has Scaramanga's base located on a tropical Chinese island ([[CaliforniaDoubling really an island in Thailand called Khao Phing Kan]], which has often been nicknamed "The James Bond Island" as a result), ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' has a segment in Madagascar, ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' has a segment in Haiti, and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' is partially set in Jamaica.

** ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' has Yoshi's Tropical Island in [[VideoGame/MarioParty1 the first game]] (which returns in ''Mario Party Superstars''), Pirate Land in ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'', Castaway Bay in ''VideoGame/MarioParty6'', Goomba's Booty Boardwalk in ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', Blooper Beach in ''VideoGame/MarioParty9'', and Megafruit Paradise in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Syndrome establishes his SuperVillainLair on [[PunnyName Nomanisan]] Island, located in an unspecified sea and covered with thick jungle foliage to keep prying eyes from seeing what exactly is going on there. He uses the island to test his super-killing robot, the Omnidroid, against any super who is lured there by his assistant, Mirage.
* The first ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' features the main crew getting stranded on the titular tropical island after the Penguins take over the ship transferring them to Africa and send the crates they are in careening into the ocean.

Compare BeachEpisode, HolidayInCambodia, JungleJapes, JungleWarfare, OceanOfAdventure, PalmtreePanic and VacationEpisode. HulaAndLuaus, WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon and EastIndies are Hawaiian, Caribbean and Southeast Asian-specific subtropes respectively. See also {{Ruritania}}, {{Bulungi}} and {{Qurac}}.

* ''Franchise/KingKong'', specifically ''Film/KingKong1933'', ''Film/KingKong1976'', ''Film/KingKong2005'' and ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', with most of the movies following a group of humans exploring the eponymous tropical Skull Island, located west of Sumatra, [[IsleOfGiantHorrors inhabited by a number of giant animals]] such as (depending on the film) [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes or other reptiles]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies spiders and insects]], and of course the eponymous [[KillerGorilla giant ape]].