History Main / TropicalIslandAdventure

* ''Literature/TheCoralIsland'', written in 1857, about a trio of plucky British youths shipwrecked on an island in the South Pacific. ''Lord of the Flies'' was written as a TakeThat to it; Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TunnelInTheSky'' was written in turn as a take that to Lord of the Flies.

* ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'' has Episode 3, "Vicious Voodoo", set in the Haitian jungle where Mz. Ruby is hiding out, and ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'' has the final two Episodes, "Dead Men Tell No Tales" and [[TitleDrop "Honor Among Thieves"]], the former set on a series of tropical islands in the Caribbean known as Blood Bath Bay, inhabited by hostile hermits stuck in the pirate traditions of their forefathers, and the latter (as well as the prologue of the game, "Beginning of the End") set in Kaine Island, a tropical island in the South Pacific home to the Cooper Vault and currently taken over by [[BigBad Dr. M]] and his mutant henchmen.

* The second half of ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet2'' consists of the main heroines travelling to the islands of Parusa located in the south, consisting of a beachside, a lush green jungle, a volcano in the brink of an eruption, and even a FloatingContinent.

** ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' has Yoshi's Tropical Island in the first game (which returns in ''Mario Party Superstars''), 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''.

* ''Literature/BubblesInSpace'' by S.C. Jensen has an unusual example where the titular {{Cyberpunk}} detective has to escape her enemies by taking a luxury liner cruise in space. She is completely befuddled by the idle rich and vacationers she has to deal with even as she investigates a weird cult onboard.

* The "The Pen and the Sword" mission of ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' is set in Singapore, where Agent 47 is tasked with eliminating some hostage takers, and the "The Last Resort" DLC mission is set in the Maldives on a fictional island known as Haven Island, where 47 is tasked with eliminating three of HAVEN's higher ups. ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' later added Ambrose Island, a fictional tropical island and pirates nest in the Andaman Sea north of Indonesia.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' is set on a Caribbean-esque 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]].

* The "The Pen and the Sword" mission of ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' is set in Singapore, where Agent 47 is tasked with eliminating some hostage takers, and the "The Last Resort" DLC mission is set in the Maldives on a fictional island known as Haven Island, where 47 is tasked with eliminating three of HAVEN's higher ups. ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' later added Ambrose Island, a fictional tropical island and pirates nest in the Andaman Sea.

* The "The Pen and the Sword" mission of ''VideoGame/Hitman2'' is set in Singapore, where Agent 47 is tasked with eliminating some hostage takers, and the "The Last Resort" DLC mission is set in the Maldives on a fictional island known as Haven Island, where 47 is tasked with eliminating three of HAVEN's higher ups.

* ''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort'' is set on a tropical island resort called Wuhu Island.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'', which is set on a series of tropical islands on the equator known as the Grand Line, with the Straw Hats and other pirates being after the titular treasure hidden there.

** The majority of ''VideoGame/UnchartedDrakesFortune'' takes place on Versteckte Insel, a tropical island in the South Pacific and former Spanish colony where El Dorado is supposedly located. [[spoiler:El Dorado is actually a sarcophagus containing a [[TheVirus deadly plague]] that turns people into [[ZombieApocalypse zombies]], and the descendants of the Spaniards and Nazis that later discovered the island still inhabit the place]].

** The majority of ''VideoGame/UnchartedDrakesFortune'' takes place on Versteckte Insel, a tropical island near Indonesia in the South Pacific and former Spanish colony where El Dorado is supposedly located. [[spoiler:El Dorado is actually a sarcophagus containing a [[TheVirus deadly plague]] that turns people into [[ZombieApocalypse zombies]], and the descendants of the Spaniards and Nazis that later discovered the island still inhabit the place]].

** ''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]].

** ''New Leaf'' has Tortimer Island, reachable by Kapp'n's boat, which you can play minigames on and acts an effective PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling due to exotic fruit and nocturnal beetles there that net the player tons of bells when sold.
** ''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. Then there’s the [=DLC=] which has the player character building vacation homes on even more of these.

* ''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/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', this time in Alola, a region based on Hawaii.

* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumansBigWillyUnleashed'' has Fantasy Atoll, a series of tropical islands located in Southeast Asia near Borneo according to the saucer's navicom.

* Galaxy Galleon in ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' combines this with SpaceZone.

* Galaxy Galleon in ''VideoGame/YookaLayleeTheImpossibleLair'' combines this with SpaceZone.

* Several of the ''Film/RoadTo'' series are set on tropical islands, specifically ''Road to Singapore'', ''Film/RoadToZanzibar'' and ''Road to Bali''.