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* CaptivityHarmonica: While in the prison camp, Herbert plays a harmonica.
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* DrunkenSong: Pencroft's tipsy rendition of "Yo-Yo-Ho and a Bottle a' Rum."
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* IntoxicationEnsues: PlayedForLaughs when Pencroft samples Ayrton's (apparently ''very'' strong) bottle of booze they find inside the cave.
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* ObsessedWithFood: No matter what new development occurs, if it involves something edible, Neb will usually be sure to point it out to his comrades. "Look, Captain! Food!"
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* GiantFood: Behold! The world's largest drumstick and crab legs!
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* FeminineWomenCanCook / StayInTheKitchen: Lady Mary and Elena end up falling into this particular role after joining the group. Despite Mary's insistence that she knows how to use a rifle, the menfolk still handle most of the "dirty work" while she and Elena perform more "womanly" tasks like sewing new clothes.
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: The castaways' reward for slaying the giant crab by knocking it into a gigantic hot spring? The thing boils to death and they have crab meat for weeks! This also proves to be the case with the giant chicken [[spoiler:although they didn't kill it, Nemo did.]]
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* MookFaceTurn: Pencroft does a relatively quick one.
* NobleConfederateSoldier: Pencroft, after the aforementioned MooKFaceTurn. Despite the occasional snark, he gets along relatively well with his Union comrades, even saving the life of Neb, despite the fact he's black (and in fact, Neb's race never comes up at all where Pencroft is concerned).
* NobleConfederateSoldier: Pencroft, after the aforementioned MooKFaceTurn. Despite the occasional snark, he gets along relatively well with his Union comrades, even saving the life of Neb, despite the fact he's black (and in fact, Neb's race never comes up at all where Pencroft is concerned).
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one. Initially, it's purely self-serving (as he doesn't want his captors to throw him out of the balloon). Over time, however, it becomes a genuine one as he learns to cooperate with the group.
* NobleConfederateSoldier: Pencroft, after the aforementionedMooKFaceTurn.MookFaceTurn. Despite the occasional snark, he gets along relatively well with his Union comrades, even saving the life of Neb, despite the fact he's black (and in fact, Neb's race never comes up at all where Pencroft is concerned).
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* NobleConfederateSoldier: Pencroft, after the aforementioned MooKFaceTurn. Despite the occasional snark, he gets along relatively well with his Union comrades, even saving the life of Neb, despite the fact he's blacksoldier Neb.(and in fact, Neb's race never comes up at all where Pencroft is concerned).
* NobleConfederateSoldier: Pencroft, after the aforementioned MooKFaceTurn. Despite the occasional snark, he gets along relatively well with his Union comrades, even saving the life of Neb, despite the fact he's black
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* ChehhovsGun: The sunken pirate ship. [[spoiler:With the Nautilus out of action, it becomes the castaways' only means of escape. They're able to devise a means of floating it to the surface so they can escape aboard it.]]
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* ChehhovsGun: ChekhovsGun: The sunken pirate ship. [[spoiler:With the Nautilus out of action, it becomes the castaways' only means of escape. They're able to devise a means of floating it to the surface so they can escape aboard it.]]
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* ChehhovsGun: The sunken pirate ship. [[spoiler:With the Nautilus out of action, it becomes the castaways' only means of escape. They're able to devise a means of floating it to the surface so they can escape aboard it.]]
* ChekhovsVolcano: Early on, the castaways climb the mountain for... some reason, and discover it's actually an active volcano. [[spoiler:Guess what chooses to blow its top at the climax?]]
* ChekhovsVolcano: Early on, the castaways climb the mountain for... some reason, and discover it's actually an active volcano. [[spoiler:Guess what chooses to blow its top at the climax?]]
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* TheGoodCaptain: Harding definitely fits this trope. He's AFatherToHisMen and AnOfficerAndAGentleman throughout the film.
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* PermaStubble: Justified in that the men are stranded on an island without shaving utensils. Oddly, this really only seems to apply to Harding, Spilett and Pencroft; Herbert and Neb remain mostly cleanshaven (especially dreamboat Herbert).
* {{Pirate}}: The pirates featured in the film are definitely Type 1 examples. In addition to sinking the ship Lady Mary and Elena were on, they also [[spoiler:cut out Ayrton's tongue and stranded him on the island ForTheEvulz.]] They're not missed when [[spoiler:Captain Nemo sinks their ship.]]
* {{Pirate}}: The pirates featured in the film are definitely Type 1 examples. In addition to sinking the ship Lady Mary and Elena were on, they also [[spoiler:cut out Ayrton's tongue and stranded him on the island ForTheEvulz.]] They're not missed when [[spoiler:Captain Nemo sinks their ship.]]
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* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Nemo's experiments to create larger animals to increase the world's food stock have done precisely that - but now the embiggened creatures roam the island freely and cause havoc.]]
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* FakeNationality: Confederate soldier Pencroft is played by the English Percy Herbert, which leads to not a few incidents of OhMeAccentsSlipping.
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* TrueNeutral: Spilett. Not that the Confederates care much, throwing him into prison apparently just to be jerks. This is why he throws in his lot with Harding.
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* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar: Plays a large role in the beginning, but is more or less forgotten about after they arrive at the island.
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Featuring special effects by Creator/RayHarryhausen, ''Mysterious Island'' was based on the book ''Literature/TheMysteriousIsland'' by Jules Verne (no word on why they dropped the "The" from the title). In addition to Harryhausen's wonderful stop-motion animal used for the creatures of the island, the film also boasts a typically bombastic score by Creator/BernardHerrmann, who'd worked with Harryhausen previously on ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad''.
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* DressingAsTheEnemy: To get out of the prison camp, Harding and the gang jump some Confederate soldiers and steal their uniforms.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Pencroft does a relatively quick one. Despite the occasional snark, he gets along relatively well with his Union comrades, even saving the life of black soldier Neb.
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* {{Mooks}}: The Confederates in the beginning, and later on, the pirates.
* {{Mooks}}: The Confederates in the beginning, and later on, the pirates.
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* ActionPrologue: The escape from the Confederate prison camp.
* CombatTentacles: Deployed by the giant ammonite when it attacks the divers.
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* OfCorsettsSexy: Both Mary and Elena.
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* PeekABooCorpse: [[spoiler:Ayrton's skeleton in the cave.]]
* PeekABooCorpse: [[spoiler:Ayrton's skeleton in the cave.]]
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* MisplacedWildlife: The ammonite. Almost all of the giant creatures are explained as being [[spoiler:the results of Captain Nemo's experiments to solve world hunger by making giant versions of ordinary animals]], except for the ammonite. It appears to be a prehistoric survival instead of [[spoiler:one of Nemo's experiments gone wrong]].
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* MeaningfulName: Gideon ''Spilett'' is a reporter. He also later serves as the cook, where his name takes on a more humorous meaning (i.e. "spill it").
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Very quickly, the castaways discover that the island isn't so uninhabited after all! Giant versions of ordinary animals live there, and naturally prey on the new arrivals. In addition, the place turns out to be a hangout for a pirate crew, as well as (unbeknownst to the pirates, of course) the secret base of the infamous Captain Nemo. Oh, and the island's central volcano is due to erupt, meaning their stay will have to be drastically shortened unless they wanna get barbecued.
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Very quickly, the castaways discover that the island isn't so uninhabited after all! Giant versions of ordinary animals live there, and naturally prey on the new arrivals. In addition, the place turns out to be a hangout for a pirate crew, as well as (unbeknownst to the pirates, of course) the secret base of the infamous Captain Nemo. Oh, and the island's central volcano is due to erupt, meaning their stay will have to be drastically shortened unless they wanna get barbecued.barbecued.
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*TheAtoner: Nemo. [[spoiler:He's left behind his violent ways and decided to try and solve the problem of war through feeding the starving nations of the world.]]
*AdaptationalVillainy: Pencroft. Sort of. At least at first. In the novel, he's a Northern sailor. Here, he's a Confederate soldier and the heroes' enemy at the beginning.
*DeathByAdaptation / PosthumousCharacter: Ayrton.
*GiantEnemyCrab: One of these attacks the castaways, but ends up being boiled in a hot spring and eaten.
*SparedByTheAdaptation: Herbert.
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*TheAtoner: Nemo. [[spoiler:He's left behind his violent ways and decided to try and solve the problem of war through feeding the starving nations of the world.]]
*AdaptationalVillainy: Pencroft. Sort of. At least at first. In the novel, he's a Northern sailor. Here, he's a Confederate soldier and the heroes' enemy at the beginning.
*DeathByAdaptation / PosthumousCharacter: Ayrton.
*GiantEnemyCrab: One of these attacks the castaways, but ends up being boiled in a hot spring and eaten.
*SparedByTheAdaptation: Herbert.
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During the American Civil War, a group of Union soldiers find themselves imprisoned in a Confederate prison camp. They stage a daring escape and steal an enemy observation balloon, but they end up being blown out to sea, where they wind up stranded on a seemingly deserted island. The gang includes Captain Cyrus Harding, his men Herbert Brown and Neg Nugent, war correspondent Gideon Spilett, and a Confederate soldier named Pencroft who cooperates with the Yankees mostly out of mutual benefaction. They're soon joined by two survivors from a sunken ship, Lady Mary Fairchild and her niece Elena Fairchild (who quickly begins making goo-goo eyes at the virile young Herbert).
Very quickly, the castaways discover that the island isn't so uninhabited after all! Giant versions of ordinary animals live there, and naturally prey on the new arrivals. In addition, the place turns out to be a hangout for a pirate crew, as well as (unbeknownst to the pirates, of course) the secret base of the infamous Captain Nemo. Oh, and the island's central volcano is due to erupt, meaning their stay will have to be drastically shortened unless they wanna get barbecued.
Very quickly, the castaways discover that the island isn't so uninhabited after all! Giant versions of ordinary animals live there, and naturally prey on the new arrivals. In addition, the place turns out to be a hangout for a pirate crew, as well as (unbeknownst to the pirates, of course) the secret base of the infamous Captain Nemo. Oh, and the island's central volcano is due to erupt, meaning their stay will have to be drastically shortened unless they wanna get barbecued.
