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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, 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.

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]], [[TempleOfDoom temples]], [[ChekhovsVolcano volcanoes]], [[MadScientist mad scientists]] and [[ChasedByAngryNatives angry]] [[CannibalTribe cannibalistic]] [[HollywoodNatives natives]] 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.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', set in the Hoenn region, a series of tropical islands based on Kyushu, Japan. [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green]] adds the Sevii Islands to the original game.This is also the setting of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon'', this time in Alola, a region based on Hawaii.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', set in the Hoenn region, a series of tropical islands based on Kyushu, Japan. This is also the setting of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon'', this time in Alola, a region based on Hawaii.

* ''VideoGame/DonaldInMauiMallard'' is set on one of these, where Maui Mallard is tasked with recovering the missing idol statue of Shabuhm Shabuhm before it explodes.

** ''New Horizon'' has a tropical island as the main setting of the game, with the player also being able to visit other tropical islands inhabited by other players or smaller ones for resource gathering.

** In a departure from the MedievalEuropeanFantasy setting of the rest of the series, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' takes place on the tropical Koholint Island as the page image shows, where Link is shipwrecked after a storm while at sea, and the adventure is about him trying to wake the Wind Fish so he can escape it. [[spoiler:[[DreamWorld The island and its inhabitants aren't actually real, being manifestations of the Wind Fish's dreams]], and once he awakens, [[DreamApocalypse they disappear]], with Link waking up on the wreckage of his ship in the middle of the sea]].

* ''VideoGame/SpyroEnterTheDragonfly'' has the level Laua Island, featuring tourists, killer Tikis and a drum-playing minigame.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is set on a series of tropical islands on a sea known as the Great Sea, being another departure from the Medieval European setting. [[spoiler:These islands are actually the mountaintops of Hyrule, which was flooded by the Gods in a desperate attempt to stop Ganon after he returned and Ocarina of Time Link disappeared, and the inhabitants are the descendants of survivors of the flood]].

** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', the Game Gear version of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' and ''VideoGame/SonicChaos'' take place on South Island, a tropical island in the middle of the ocean and Sonic's home.

** ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' has Yoshi's Tropical Island in the first game, Pirate Land in ''Mario Party 2'', Castaway Bay in ''Mario Party 6'', Goomba's Booty Boardwalk in ''Mario Party 8'', Blooper Beach in ''Mario Party 9'', and Megafruit Paradise in ''Super Mario Party''.

* The Glade of Dreams is depicted as a tropical island in ''VideoGame/Rayman2'', as seen in the official map that came with the N64 and PC versions and the level select of the Dreamcast and 3DS versions. It is taken over by the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Robo-Pirates]] in this game, and Rayman has to find the Four Masks of Polokus hidden in temples around the island to awaken Polokus so he can defeat the pirates.

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

* 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 the upcoming ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' is partially set in Jamaica.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' has Papaya Island, a tropical island based on Bali (where Akira Toriyama went on holiday with his wife and was impressed with).

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry2LookingForLoveInSeveralWrongPlaces'' and ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry3PassionatePattiInPursuitOfThePulsatingPectorals'' take place on Nontoonyt Island, a tropical island in the South Pacific ruled by the evil Dr. Nonookee.

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]], [[TempleOfDoom temples]], [[ChekhovsVolcano volcanoes]], [[MadScientist mad scientists]] and [[ChasedByAngryNatives angry]] [[CannibalTribe cannibalistic]] [[HollywoodNatives natives]] 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.

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]], [[TempleOfDoom temples]], [[ChekhovsVolcano volcanoes]], [[MadScientist mad scientists]] and [[ChasedByAngryNatives angry]] [[CannibalTribe cannibalistic]] [[HollywoodNatives natives]] tend to be common in these settings, and the island can potentially overlap with DesertedIsland, IslandOfMystery and IsleOfGiantHorrors.

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

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

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

* The setting of ''VideoGame/LetsGoIsland'' is a tropical island.

* ''VideoGame/StrandedDeep'' is set on various tropical islands in the Pacific, with you playing as a plane crash survivor trying to survive.