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6	->''"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!'"''
7	-->-- '''Goombella''', ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''
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9	Whenever an adventure far from civilization is needed, a tropical island is where it usually will be set. Typically located in or based on UsefulNotes/TheCaribbean, UsefulNotes/{{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.
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11	Remember that this trope is specifically about TROPICAL islands. Just regular islands do not fit under it.
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13	Compare BeachEpisode, HolidayInCambodia, JungleJapes, JungleWarfare, OceanOfAdventure, PalmtreePanic and VacationEpisode. See also {{Ruritania}}, {{Bulungi}} and {{Qurac}}.
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15	!!Examples:
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19	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
20	* ''Manga/CageOfEden'' has this as its main plot, which is about a class of Japanese high schoolers crash-landing on the way back from a trip from Guam on an unknown tropical island filled with extinct prehistoric creatures (but not dinosaurs) and plants where EverythingIsTryingToKillYou, and trying to survive the hostile environment.
21	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' has Papaya Island, a tropical island based on Bali (where Creator/AkiraToriyama went on holiday with his wife and was impressed with).
22	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has Germany, Italy, and Japan getting shipwrecked on a tropical island in a strip.
23	* ''Manga/OnePiece'', which is set on a Caribbean-like 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.
24	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' is set in the tropical Alola region (basically the Pokémon version of Hawaii), where Ash attends a Pokémon school.
25	* ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' has "The Terror of Prisoner Island", where the Pizza Cats are sent to the titular tropical island by Al Dente to get information. [[spoiler:Turns out the "prison" is actually a resort]].
26	* ''Anime/StarDriver'' is set on a tropical island known as Southern Cross Island.
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29	[[folder:Comic Books]]
30	* ''ComicBook/BuckDanny'' has adventures in the Caribbean, Oceania and Southeast Asia (particularly Borneo), including fictional tropical island countries like Managua in the first and North Sarawak in the last.
31	* ''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.
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34	[[folder:Fan Works]]
35	* The latter half of "Empath's Honeymoon" from ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' becomes this, as Empath and Smurfette search throughout Utopia Island to find the five missing pieces of the Mystic Star.
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38	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
39	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': 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.
40	* The first ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'' 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.
41	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' is set on a series of tropical islands in Polynesia and draws inspiration from the region's culture, history and [[Myth/PacificMythology mythology]].
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44	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
45	* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks: Chipwrecked'' has the titular characters, Dave and the Chipettes getting stranded on a tropical island and trying to find a way off.
46	* ''Film/AnacondasTheHuntForTheBloodOrchid'', set in Borneo, [[MisplacedWildlife even though anacondas don't live in Southeast Asia]].
47	* ''Film/CastAway'' is set on an uninhabited tropical island in the South Pacific where the protagonist, Chuck, tries to survive on after his plane crashes.
48	* ''Film/ClubDread'' takes place on a fictional tropical island in the Caribbean owned by Coconut Pete, a parody of Music/JimmyBuffett. The protagonist, Lars, who is a fan of him, arrives on the island to start his new job.
49	* ''Film/ClubParadise'' is set on a fictional tropical island in the Caribbean called St. Nicholas, where the protagonist, Jack Moniker, settles down to retire after nearly losing his life in a fire.
50	* ''Film/ADangerousLife'', set in the Philippines at the end of the Marcos dictatorship in TheEighties.
51	* ''Film/FantasyIsland2020'', set on the titular tropical island, which twists the fantasies of those who are invited there into nightmares, and the guests have to solve it's mystery in order to escape with their lives.
52	* ''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.
53	* ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996'' takes place on a tropical island in the Java Sea.
54	* ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls'' takes place on a tropical island.
55	* ''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) dinosaurs, [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes or other reptiles]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies spiders and insects]], and of course the eponymous [[KillerGorilla giant ape]].
56	* ''Film/{{Kontrabando}}'' is set in the Philippines, particularly the island of Sulu in the second half, and actually shows local Sulu nobility (possibly even royalty) and some of their traditionally Malay-based Islamic culture.
57	* Tropical island settings are popular in the ''Film/JamesBond'' series. In particular, ''Film/DrNo'' is set in Jamaica, ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' is set on a 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.
58	* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', set on two fictional tropical Costa Rican islands known as Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna.
59	* ''Literature/Dekada70'' is set in the Philippines in TheSeventies (it's in the name), and whilst most of the action is in and around the capital of Metro Manila, one scene shows the Bartolome family [[BeachEpisode vacationing on a tropical island beach]].
60	* The majority of ''Film/PalmTreesInTheSnow'' takes place on the tropical island of Fernando Pó (AKA Bioko, part of Equatorial Guinea) in the Gulf of Guinea off of Cameroon, where Clarence's family used to raise cocoa and she got a hint about her family's past life, travelling there to find out the mystery of her family's past.
61	* ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': Given the setting, it's no surprise that any islands they land on will be tropical in nature, where treasure, sword fights, supernatural creatures and danger await. And rum. Don't forget the rum.
62	-->'''([[InsistentTerminology Captain!]]) Jack Sparrow''': Welcome to the Caribbean, love.
63	* Several of the ''Film/RoadTo'' series are set on tropical islands, specifically ''Film/RoadToSingapore'', ''Film/RoadToZanzibar'' and ''Film/RoadToBali''.
64	* ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' has the gang invited to Spooky Island, a tropical island resort with a ghostly and mystical theme.
65	* ''Film/SixDaysSevenNights'' is about a young couple crashing landing on a deserted tropical island during a trip to French Polynesia and having to survive, with Makatea also being a prominent location.
66	* ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'' has Carmen and Juni send themselves on a mission originally meant for Gary and Gerti to investigate the titular tropical island, located near Madagascar.
67	* Similar to the book, ''Film/SwissFamilyRobinson'' is about the titular family getting shipwrecked on a tropical island during a hurricane (though this time, they were on a journey to New Guinea and were chased by pirates) and trying to survive.
68	* ''Film/Water1985'' takes place on Cascara, a fictional tropical island and former British colony in the Caribbean.
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72	* A few ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' books have your hero exploring a tropical setting, including Fire Island in ''Literature/IslandOfTheLizardKing'', Solani Island in ''Literature/IslandOfTheUndead'' (which is infested by zombies and skeletons, true to the title), Bone Island and Clam Beach in ''Literature/{{Bloodbones}}'', various locations in ''Literature/SeasOfBlood'' and the isles of Southern Allansia in ''Literature/TheRiddlingReaver''.
73	* ''TabletopGame/IsleOfTheApe'' is an old ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure in which high-level characters [[NintendoHard are brutally tested]] on what is essentially Film/KingKong's island, complete with savage cannibals, nasty diseases, and the giant apes themselves (who it turns out aren't actually carnivorous, but if there's meat in the piles of fruit the natives leave out for them they aren't picky either).
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76	[[folder:Literature]]
77	* Some of the ''Literature/AdventureSeries'' is set on tropical islands, notably the ''South Sea Adventure'' and ''Cannibal Adventure''.
78	* The second half of ''Literature/AnansiBoys'' takes place in the Caribbean, with the main cast themselves being of Caribbean heritage.
79	* Several of the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' series take place on tropical islands. ''The Mauritius Command'' has the protagonist Jack Aubrey and a British convoy tasked with taking over the titular tropical island country as well as Réunion from the French. ''The Far Side of the World'' has Jack and the crews of the Norfolk and Surprise marooned by a typhoon on an island in the Pacific near the equator. ''The Thirteen-Gun Salute'' is set on Java and insular Malaysia, where Jack and Sir Joseph Blaine are required to carry a diplomat to the Sultan of Pulo Prabang, and they are then shipwrecked and stranded on a remote tropical island in the South China Sea in ''The Nutmeg of Consolation'' until they are rescued and brought to Batavia (what is now Jakarta). ''Clarissa Oakes'' has Jack tasked to settle a local dispute on Moahu, a fictional Polynesian island south of Hawaii.
80	* ''Literature/CatsCradle'' is set on a fictional tropical island in the Caribbean called San Lorenzo, which is based on Haiti.
81	* ''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''.
82	* ''Literature/CrazyRichAsians'', apart from being set on UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}, also takes many of the cast by exclusive private jet to Bali and other lush Southeast Asian private islands, some of which they personally own as well.
83	* ''[[Literature/{{Flashman}} Flashman's Lady]]'' has the titular character, his wife and father-in-law being kidnapped by pirates in Borneo and taken to Madagascar, where they are enslaved by Queen Ranavalona I.
84	* ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'', which is about the narrator, Edward Prendick, being shipwrecked at sea and being taken to a tropical island where the titular doctor, a MadDoctor obsessed with making [[BeastMan beast men]], works.
85	* ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' is about a group of British schoolboys trying to survive on a tropical island after the plane they were on crashes there.
86	* ''Literature/ThePyrates'' has Madagascar and various tropical islands in the Caribbean as parts of it's setting.
87	* ''Literature/TheSwissFamilyRobinson'' is about a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Swiss family]] being shipwrecked on a tropical island in the East Indies during a journey to Australia.
88	* ''Literature/TheTwistedTaleOfTikiIsland'' is set on the titular tropical island, which you and your cousin have been taken to by your mother and has recently fallen under a curse, with you needing to remove the curse and escape the island alive.
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92	* ''Series/{{Amaya}}'' is set in the pre-colonial Philippines, and explores several ''banwas'' or communities based on several different islands.
93	* ''Series/DeathInParadise'' is set on the fictional tropical island of Saint Marie in the Caribbean, described in Episode 3.3 as a "pretty island" that is "situated in the Eastern Caribbean Sea" and "one-tenth the size of its north-west neighbour Guadeloupe"; this would make Saint Marie about 63 square miles (160 km2) in size. Saint Marie is a British Overseas Territory, but about 30% of its people are of French culture due to previous history, with the language still widely spoken.
94	* ''Series/FantasyIsland'', set on the titular tropical island, of which the owner, Mr. Roarke, invites guests to and twists their fantasies to teach them lessons.
95	* ''Series/GilligansIsland'', set on the titular tropical island.
96	* ''Series/{{Indio}}'' is set in the Philippines during the era of the Spanish colonization, and focuses on the precolonial kingdoms and societies that inhabited the archipelago.
97	* ''Series/LastResort'' takes place on a fictional tropical island in the Indian Ocean called Sainte Marina.
98	* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' is about a group of survivors of a plane crash being stranded on a tropical island and learning to survive by working together.
99	* ''Series/SerangoonRoad'' is an investigation series set in Singapore during the 1960s, soon before the country became independent.
100	* Most of the ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' series is set on tropical islands in Oceania and Southeast Asia, with ''Pearl Islands'', ''All-Stars'' and ''Panama'' also set in the Pearl Islands off the southern coast of Panama.
101	* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' is set on a fictional tropical island in the South Pacific named Bora Gora, itself part of the fictional Marivellas archipelago.
102	* Like Lost, ''Series/{{Wrecked}}'' takes place on a tropical island that the main cast ended up on after a plane crash.
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105	[[folder:Theatre]]
106	* ''Theatre/{{Florodora}}'' has its first act set on the titular fictional tropical island in the Philippines.
107	%%* ''Theatre/SouthPacific''
108	* ''Theatre/TheSultanOfSulu'', set on the Sulu archipelago, part of the modern-day {{UsefulNotes/Philippines}}.
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111	[[folder:Video Games]]
112	* The ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' series is set on a tropical island, as the name suggests.
113	* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'':
114	** ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf 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.
115	** ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons New Horizons]]'' 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.
116	* ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' has the third world, Oceana, in the first game, The Blue Baboon in the second game and Eversummer Island in the third game.
117	* ''VideoGame/ARKSurvivalEvolved'' is set on the titular ARK, a tropical island full of dinosaurs and other giant beasts which you must try to survive on. [[spoiler:Or so it seems...]]
118	* ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}} III'''s expansion ''Apex'' is set in the tropical island of Tanoa in the Pacific, sprawling with a thick jungle.
119	* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' both have prominent Caribbean settings, including Martinique in the former, the Cayman Islands and Cuba in the latter, and Jamaica and The Bahamas in both, with the latter also having São Tomé and Príncipe as an explorable location.
120	* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'', ''Battlefield 1943'' and ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' cover the Pacific Theater of World War II, with maps sets in Wake Island, Iwo Jima, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines. ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' also has the USMC unsuccessfully assaulting a PLA-controlled Singapore in it's campaign.
121	* ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyLostInTime'' has the Pirate Years era, which is set entirely on tropical islands.
122	* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar'' features the Pacific Theater of World War II for the American side of it's campaign, with missions set in Kiribati, Palau and Okinawa.
123	* The ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' titles made for Platform/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.
124	* ''VideoGame/CorpseKiller'' is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Cay Noir, with most of the footage for the game being shot in Puerto Rico and around the area.
125	* The main setting of the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series is a tropical island called N. Sanity Island, off the east coast of Australia. This is particularly prominent in the first game, which has you go through a series of three islands known as the Tasmanian Islands to free them from Cortex's control.
126	* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland'' takes place on Banoi, a fictional tropical island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. ''VideoGame/EscapeDeadIsland'' is also set on the island of Narapela, part of the same archipelago as Banoi.
127	* ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumansBigWillyUnleashed'' has Fantasy Atoll, a series of tropical islands located near Malaysia according to the saucer's navicom.
128	* ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' has Sherbet Island, featuring a lot of beach and pirate-themed tracks with a giant octopus named Bubbler the Octopus as it's boss.
129	* ''VideoGame/DonaldInMauiMallard'' is set on a tropical island where Maui Mallard is tasked with recovering the missing idol statue of Shabuhm Shabuhm before it explodes.
130	* The ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' series, with the exception of ''3''. ''1'' and ''Returns'' are set on the tropical Donkey Kong Island with ''64'' and ''Tropical Freeze'' also being set on it and the nearby tropical islands, while ''2'' is set on Crocodile Island, the home of the Kremlings.
131	* The ''Shipwrecked'' DLC of ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' has this as it's setting.
132	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' has Lonalulu, a tropical island based on Okinawa in the original Japanese version and Hawaii in the English localisation.
133	* ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' has the expansion pack ''Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach'', set on a tropical island resort with the weapons and enemies palette-swapped to fit the theme (i.e. a super soaker instead of a shotgun, Pig Cops wearing hula skirts, etc.) and featuring new bouncing dinosaur life preserver enemies.
134	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'' takes place on the island of Vvardenfell, a tropical island off of mainland Morrowind centered around the largest volcano in Tamriel, Red Mountain, home to all sorts of weird exotic beasts and scenery.
135	* ''VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint'' is set on the fictional tropical archipelago of Auroa in the South Pacific.
136	* This is the setting for ''VideoGame/FarCry1'', ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' and ''VideoGame/FarCry6'', all three being set on fictional tropical islands with the Rook Islands of 3 implied to be somewhere near Thailand and 6's Yara being based on Cuba/the Caribbean, and the sequel to the console version of Far Cry 1, ''Far Cry Instincts: Evolution'', takes place in Indonesia.
137	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' have the tropical islands of Besaid and Kilika as two of the places the gang go through, with the former in particular being Lulu, Yuna and Wakka's home.
138	* The second half of ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet2'' focuses on 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.
139	* ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'' and ''Online'' have a fictional tropical island in the Pacific called Huffman Island as their primary setting, ''VideoGame/FrontMission3'' has a large portion of the game set in the Philippines as well as missions in Indonesia, Singapore, Okinawa and Taiwan, and the fifth game has missions in the aforementioned Huffman Island as well as Kiribati.
140	* 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.
141	* The first chapter of ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheEmperorsTomb'' is set in Ceylon (what is now known as Sri Lanka), where Indy is searching for the Idol of Kouru at the ruins of the Lost City and the Temple of the Black River Goddess in Wariyapola.
142	* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine'' has the Palawan levels, taking place on a tropical island chain in the Philippines where a part of the Infernal Machine is hidden in a volcano temple.
143	* The first two ''VideoGame/JustCause'' games are set on tropical islands, with ''VideoGame/JustCause1'' taking place on a fictional Caribbean island called San Esperito, and ''VideoGame/JustCause2'' being set in Panau, a fictional island country in Southeast Asia that is a cultural mishmash of various countries of the region.
144	* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', Sora, Riku and Kairi's home world is Destiny Islands, a set of tropical islands which acts as the tutorial area for [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]] and a late-game world in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'', and has several cutscenes set there in other games in the series. The ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]]'' incarnations of [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Neverland]] are also a series of tropical islands, as are [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Port Royal]] and [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd The Caribbean]] from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' respectively.
145	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
146	** 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:[[DreamLand 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]].
147	** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' has a section where Link is shipwrecked on a tropical island called Crescent Island, where the third dungeon, Moonlit Grotto, is located. Link's equipment is stolen by a race of native lizard-like creatures called Tokay while he's unconscious, and he must search around the island to get it back and be able to access the dungeon.
148	** ''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]].
149	** Being a direct sequel to ''Wind Waker'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'' is also set on a series of tropical islands on a sea, this time called the World of the Ocean King, and like ''Link's Awakening'', [[spoiler:it's also seemingly a dream world, with Link and Tetra winding up back on their boat after Bellum is defeated and the Ocean King regains his strength, though Link finds the Phantom Hourglass on him after waking up and sees Linebeck sailing away in the distance]].
150	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has a trial taking place on Eventide Island. Doubles as a NoGearLevel as any weapons or armor Link has up to this point is stripped away, forcing Link to get new weapons to use until the trial is completed.
151	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' brings back Eventide Island, though this time, your task here is to take out a group of pirates (who had razed Lurelin Village) by attacking them in their cave hidden at the back of the island.
152	* Like the film series it's based on, ''VideoGame/LEGOPiratesOfTheCaribbean'' obviously takes place on tropical islands throughout the Caribbean (particularly Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica), and Singapore is also a prominent location.
153	* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry2LookingForLoveInSeveralWrongPlaces'' and ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry3PassionatePattiInPursuitOfThePulsatingPectorals'' take place on Nontoonyt Island, a tropical island in the South Pacific ruled by the evil Dr. Nonookee. Most of ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarryWetDreamsDryTwice'' takes place on the tropical island of Kalau'a and the surrounding archipelago.
154	* The setting of ''VideoGame/LetsGoIsland'' is a tropical island in the Pacific.
155	* The ''VideoGame/LostInBlue''/''Survival Kids'' series, with the main character being stranded on a tropical island where they have to survive and find a way off it.
156	* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorRisingSun'' and ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorPacificAssault'' take place in the Pacific Theater of World War II, with the former having missions in the Philippines and Singapore, the latter having missions in Kiribati, and both having missions in Hawaii and the Solomon Islands. ''[[VideoGame/MedalOfHonor2010 Medal of Honor: Warfighter]]'' also has a mission about taking down Abu Sayyaf terrorists in the Philippines and rescuing their hostages.
157	* The ''VideoGame/MegamanLegends'' series has this as its main setting, being set on a series of tropical islands created after the world was flooded long ago.
158	* ''VideoGame/{{Miasmata}}'' has you playing as a scientist on a secluded tropical island looking for a cure for his mysterious plague, and being hunted by a strange creature.
159	* The ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series, being set in the Caribbean, takes place on various tropical islands, including the titular Monkey Island.
160	* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter Tri'', and by extension ''3 Ultimate'', are set in the tropical Moga island, though some of the hunting areas are located elsewhere (this includes Misty Peaks, which is part of Yukumo Village from ''Portable 3rd'').
161	* ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' has ''The Creature of Kapu Cave'' and ''Ransom of the Seven Ships'', set in Hawaii and The Bahamas respectively. In the former, Nancy goes there to serve as a research assistant to an entomologist named Dr. Quigley Kim and finds the doctor's camp ravaged and him missing when she arrives, with a devastating scourge destroying the local pineapple crop and residents whispering that a secretive research compound has awoken the legendary Kāne 'Ōkala, a man who was killed in a volcano centuries ago and now prowls the Big Island wreaking havoc, so she teams up with the [[Literature/TheHardyBoys Hardy Boys]] to solve the mystery. The latter has Bess Marvin invite Nancy and George Fayn to go with her there on a five-day vacation she won, with Bess being kidnapped before Nancy arrives, and she has to solve the 300-year old Bahamian mystery of the riches of El Toro's lost fleet of seven ships before time runs out to save her.
162	* ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' is set on Ivoire, a series of tropical islands.
163	* ''VideoGame/PiratesTheLegendOfTheBlackBuccaneer'' is set on La Borge's Isle, an uncharted tropical island accessible by entering TheBermudaTriangle. It's also infested with hostile wildlife and enemy pirates.
164	* ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', set in the Hoenn region, a series of tropical islands based on Kyushu, Japan. ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' 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.
165	* Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}''. Some islands, like the jungle of Monkey Wrench Island or the tropical beach of Shark Tooth Island, do have tropical theming. Others, like the comic convention of [=PoptropiCon=] Island, the deserted wasteland of Steamworks Island, and the vampire castle of Vampire's Curse Island, not so much. Despite all the levels being prefixed with "Island," some of them certainly don't seem like islands.
166	* King Hippo's home country in ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', Hippo Island, is shown to be this in the Wii version, a tropical island located in the South Pacific.
167	* The Glade of Dreams is depicted as a tropical island in ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'', 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.
168	* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', Chapter Five takes place on an island in the Caribbean called Guarma that the protagonists get shipwrecked on. Unfortunately, the owner of the island is already aware that they're wanted men with a large bounty in the US.
169	* The first half of ''VideoGame/Runaway2TheDreamOfTheTurtle'' is set on a fictional tropical island in the Pacific called Mala Island, which the protagonist and his girlfriend crash land on during a private jet ride in Hawaii.
170	* ''VideoGame/SeaOfThieves'' is set on a series of tropical islands somewhere in the upper Caribbean.
171	* As you'd expect, ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates'' takes place on tropical islands throughout the Caribbean.
172	* ''VideoGame/SkylarAndPluxAdventureOnCloverIsland'', as you'd expect from the name, is set on the titular tropical island, located on the Ocean moon of the yellow gas giant Lo.
173	* ''Franchise/SlyCooper'':
174	** ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'' has Episode 3, "Vicious Voodoo", set in the Haitian jungle where Mz. Ruby is hiding out.
175	** ''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.
176	* ''VideoGame/SplinterCellPandoraTomorrow'' has an opening mission in Timor-Leste (AKA East Timor) and a set of three missions in Indonesia. The former has Sam infiltrating a US Embassy under siege by the [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Darah Dan Doa]] through a coastal village in order to rescue Douglas Shetland and recover information from him, while the latter has Sam first infiltrating Kundang Camp in the jungle to plant a bug on [[BigBad Sadono]]'s phone to trace his Pandora Tomorrow calls, then investigating an abandoned shipyard taken over by the Darah Dan Doa on the island of Komodo which the calls have been traced to, before finally heading to a TV station in the capital of Jakarta where Sadono is hiding out and has been making broadcasts in order to capture him and get the locations of the pox boxes.
177	* ''VideoGame/SpyroEnterTheDragonfly'' has the level Laua Island, featuring tourists, killer Tikis and a drum-playing minigame.
178	* As the name implies, a tropical island is the primary setting of the ''VideoGame/{{Startropics}}'' series.
179	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
180	** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'', the Game Gear version of ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog28Bit Sonic 2]]'' and ''VideoGame/SonicChaos'' take place on South Island, a tropical island in the middle of the ocean and Sonic's home.
181	** ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', set on the tropical Floating Island, with the first zone, Angel Island Zone, taking place in it's jungle.
182	** ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' is set on the titular tropical Flicky Island, home to a species of birds known as Flickies who can travel through dimension via giant rings, which Robotnik plans to use to seize the seven Chaos Emeralds and take over the world.
183	** ''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure'' is set on a series of tropical islands, with Sonic and Tails [[YouWakeUpOnABeach waking up on one]] after the Tornado is struck by lightning and crashes.
184	** ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' has Sonic visit Adabat, a country consisting of a series of tropical islands based on a mishmash of various Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
185	** ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' is set on the tropical Northstar Islands, with areas like Bridge Island and Speed Jungle Zones encompassing the theme.
186	* Version 1.5 of ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' added Ginger Island, a tropical paradise, which is unlocked after restoring the Community Center. It has many locations to explore, including a jungle, a volcano, and a pirate cove.
187	* ''VideoGame/StrandedDeep'' is set on various tropical islands in the Pacific, with you playing as a plane crash survivor trying to survive on them.
188	* ''VideoGame/SuperLuckysTale'' has the Gilly Island DLC, set on a tropical island currently being harassed by Lady Meowmalade.
189	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
190	** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'' has World 3, with many ocean and beach themed levels to fit it.
191	** The DS remake of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has Sunshine Isles, a set of small tropical islands that you need to find five Silver Stars to get a Power Star on.
192	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', set on the tropical Delfino Island, where Mario was going on vacation but is framed and not allowed to leave until he has cleaned up the pollution around the island and collected the Shine Sprites.
193	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' has Beach Bowl Galaxy and Sea Slide Galaxy, and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' has Starshine Beach Galaxy.
194	** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' has [[spoiler:Mario crash-landing in the Lost Kingdom, a series of tropical islands over a [[GrimyWater sea of poison]], when the Odyssey is shot down after the first fight with Bowser, and having to explore the islands and find Power Moons to repair it and continue to the Metro Kingdom]]. WordOfGod in the official artbook confirms the kingdom is based on Southeast Asia.
195	** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' has Oho Oasis and Gwarhar Lagoon, the former notably being where Mario & Luigi learn the Firebrand and Thunderhand techniques respectively, and the latter being where they learn the Dash and Tickle techniques and recover one of the pieces of the Beanstar.
196	** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'', set on Pi'illo Island, a tropical island in the middle of the sea where the Mario Bros. and Princess Peach were invited to for vacation.
197	** Chapter 5 of ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', Hot Hot Times on Lavalava Island, as well as Chapter 5 of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', The Key to Pirates, set on Keelhaul Key, a tropical island and former pirate hideout where the Sapphire Star is hidden. ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' has the Great Sea, a ShoutOut to ''The Wind Waker''.
198	** ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' has Yoshi's Tropical Island in [[VideoGame/MarioParty1 the first game]] (which returns in ''VideoGame/MarioPartySuperstars''), 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''.
199	** ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' has Koopa Beach, Shy Guy Beach, Cheep Cheep Island and Cheep Cheep Beach.
200	* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' has the South Pacific Islands, a series of levels set in tropical islands full of cannibal tribesmen and dinosaurs in, judging by the location of the marker on the map, the Philippines (or at least the Sulu Sea).
201	* ''VideoGame/TheTouryst'' is all about this, being set on a series of tropical islands known as the Monument Islands which the titular Tourist explores and vacations at.
202	* The ''VideoGame/{{Tropico}}'' series takes place on a tropical island country in the Caribbean called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tropico]], with you in the role of El Presidente, the dictator of the country.
203	* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Event "Lost in the Book with Stitch", being based on ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', has a group of characters stranded on a tropical island setting and eventually enjoying a nice beach vacation there.
204	* ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' has the levels "Ship Rex" and "Rex Marks the Spot", set on a series of tropical islands. The third game has a series of missions on [=KakaBoom=] Island, another tropical island.
205	* ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'':
206	** The majority of ''VideoGame/UnchartedDrakesFortune'' takes place on Versteckte Insel, a tropical island in the South Pacific near Peru 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]].
207	** Chapters 3 & 4 of ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'' take place in Borneo, with Drake being there in search of the Cintamani Stone, taking down one of [[BigBad Lazarevic's]] camps there and finding a Phurba and map to the location of Shambhala in Nepal.
208	** Part of ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' is set in Madagascar, with Drake searching for pirate Henry Avery's treasure hidden in the pirate colony of Libertalia, and the last few chapters of the game take place in Libertalia itself, also a tropical island in the Indian Ocean.
209	* ''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort'' is set on a tropical island resort called Wuhu Island, and many of the game's sports events take place close to the coast.
210	* ''VideoGame/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' has Singapore and Sri Lanka as two of the locations in the game.
211	* Galleon Galaxy in ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' combines this with SpaceZone.
212	* ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana'' takes place on the deserted Isle of Seiren after the ship the protagonist, Adol, and several castaways were on gets destroyed by a sea monster.
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216	* ''Webcomic/BanzaiGirl'' is set in the Philippines (albeit one mixed with some {{Americasia}} elements), with the protagonist, Jinky, fighting monsters from Filipino folklore.
217	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Jade's Grandpa, an eccentric millionaire and safari-style world explorer, moves to a small tropical island complete with a volcano in order to continue his investigations into ancient ruins related to a game (Sburb) he's building in his business. He and his granddaughter frequently go hunting and exploring ancient ruins there. [[spoiler: In post-scratch earth, Jake, an alternate universe version of the same guy, lives on the same island, where it's also covered in a jungle and filled with dangerous beasts.]] In both cases, the tropical island adventures are out of focus/related to HeroOfAnotherStory, but the setting is present in the background.
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221	* ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'', being a prequel/spinoff to ''Madagascar'', is also set on the same tropical island, chronicling the titular king's life prior to the events of the films.
222	* ''WesternAnimation/ArcherDangerIsland'', the ninth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''. As part of the ongoing AdventuresInComaland the season is set [[ChandlerAmericanTime around]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 1939]] on a South Pacific tropical island that's apparently under French colonial control.
223	* The ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' shorts that take place on a tropical island are "WesternAnimation/BettyBoopsBambooIsle", "Is My Palm Read?" and "Zula Hula".
224	* V.I.L.E.'s base is located on a tropical island in ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', which the titular protagonist escapes from, and the third episode takes her and her two thief friends to Java in Indonesia, where they foil a V.I.L.E. plot to contaminate local rice supplies and corner local markets with their own rice exports.
225	* ''WesternAnimation/CoconutFredsFruitSaladIsland'', being about the adventures of the titular character on his tropical island.
226	* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' has the episodes "Klub Katz", where Courage, Muriel and Eustace end up shipwrecked on a tropical island while going on a vacation cruise, which turns out to be a front for Katz, turning people into machines and having them fight each other for his amusement while under the guise of being the owner of a five star resort, and "Courage Under the Volcano", which has Courage, Muriel and Eustace go on vacation to a tropical island, where the natives attempt to sacrifice Muriel to the volcano to appease their god.
227	* ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'' takes place on Bunny Island, a tropical island owned by VillainProtagonist Hector Con Carne and his henchmen. His rival, Estroy, also has his own tropical island, Skull Island.
228	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendsOfTreasureIsland'' is about a crew of [[FunnyAnimal Funny Animals]] searching for a treasure on the titular tropical island, being hindered by pirates and supernatural forces in their journey.
229	* This is the main setting of ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'', set on a tropical island called Albonquetine.
230	* ''WesternAnimation/{{TaleSpin}}'' spans the world, but the main locations of Cape Suzette and Louie's are definitely in a very Caribbean or South Pacific tropical island setting.
231	** Probably the South Pacific, since the show is apparently based on ''Tales of the Gold Monkey''.
232	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' has the "Island Adventures" arc, which was 5 episodes with the Titans stranded on a tropical island. Each episode focused on some different island-themed pop culture parody like ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Series/GilligansIsland'', and ''Film/{{Predator}}''.
233	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryShiverMeWhiskers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'' are both set on tropical islands.
234	* In a ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' parody of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' called "Larry's Lagoon", Bob and Larry are running a tour-boat service. When Bob goes below deck, he lets Larry takes a turn steering, but Larry forgets his promise not to daydream, wrecking the boat and stranding everyone on a DesertedIsland full of palm trees and bamboo.
235	* The primary setting of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', set on a series of tropical islands created after the world got flooded by the tears of a giant Ogre.
236	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' has the episode "Bogged Down", where the Thornberrys are in The Philippines searching for an angler fish.
237	** One episode is set in the Galápagos Islands where Eliza and Debbie search for buried treasure.
238	* ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'', with the titular antagonist, Zig, living on said tropical island and trying to catch Marina the mermaid to eat her, and her shark bodyguard, Sharko, protecting her from him.
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