History Literature / TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau

* BeastMan

* BioPunk: A prototype of the genre, even though it pre-dated the discovery of [=DNA=] by 60 years and the idea of genetic engineering by almost a century.

* ScienceMarchesOn: Wells states that the changes to the animals are the result of various surgical techniques. Later adaptations of the same story state that [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetic engineering]] is responsible for altering the animals.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Moreau has hints of this.

[[Film/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau It was adapted several times for the screen]]; the earliest was in 1932 as ''Island of Lost Souls'', starring Charles Laughton as the eponymous doctor. The most recent was released in 1996 (a full century after the book), with Creator/MarlonBrando as Moreau.

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* EvilutionaryBiologist: Moreau seeks to ''improve'' animals by making them more and more human, hoping to eventually make one animal eventually fully human.
** Actually averted in the novel, where Moreau is more concerned with perfecting his surgical techniques than their products. He even remarks that he could just as well have turned sheep into llamas as animals into humans; the latter was simply more artistically-satisfying to him.

* FourFingeredHands: The novel's ape-man is exceedingly proud that he averts this trope, unlike most of the other beastfolk.

[[Film/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau It was adapted several times for the screen]]; the earliest was in 1932 as ''Island of Lost Souls'', starring Charles Laughton as the eponymous doctor. The most recent was released in 1996, with Creator/MarlonBrando as Moreau.

''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is an 1896 novel by Creator/HGWells. Its story centers on Edward Prendick, the narrator, who is shipwrecked at sea and rescued by Dr. Montgomery. The good doctor takes Edward to the island where he works, a land so ominous that they ''quickly abandon him''. Edward is soon introduced to the island's ruler, the MadDoctor Moreau, and discovers Moreau's horrifying society of surgically-altered animal beasts that walk, speak, and struggle to live like men. The more he's around these [[BeastMan beast-men]], the more uncomfortable he becomes in his own society.

''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is an 1896 novel by Creator/HGWells. Its story centers on Edward Prendick, the narrator, who is shipwrecked at sea and rescued by Dr. Montgomery. The good doctor takes Edward to the island where he works, a land so ominous that they ''quickly abandon him''. Edward is soon introduced to the island's ruler, the MadDoctor Moreau, and discovers Moreau's horrifying society of surgically-altered animal beasts that walk, speak, and struggle to live like men. The more he's around these [[PettingZooPeople beast-men]], the more uncomfortable he becomes in his own society.

''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is an 1896 novel by Creator/HGWells. Its story centers on Edward Prendick, the narrator, who is shipwrecked at sea and rescued by Dr. Montgomery. The good doctor takes Edward to the island where he works, a land so ominous that they ''quickly abandon him''. Edward is soon introduced to the island's ruler, the MadDoctor Moreau, and discovers Moreau's horrifying society of surgically-altered animal beasts that walk, speak, and struggle to live like men. The more he's around these [[LittleBitBeastly beast-men]], the more uncomfortable he becomes in his own society.

''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is an 1896 novel by Creator/HGWells. Its story centers on Edward Prendick, the narrator, who is shipwrecked at sea and rescued by Dr. Montgomery. The good doctor takes Edward to the island where he works, a land so ominous that they ''quickly abandon him''. Edward is soon introduced to the island's ruler, the MadDoctor Moreau, and discovers Moreau's horrifying society of surgically-altered animal beasts that walk, speak, and struggle to live like men. The more he's around these [[ALittleBitBeastly beast-men]], the more uncomfortable he becomes in his own society.

* BioPunk: A prototype of the genre, even though it pre-dated the discovery of [=DNA=] by 60 years, ad the idea of genetic engineering by almost a century.

''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' is an 1896 novel by Creator/HGWells. Its story centers on Edward Prendick, the narrator, who is shipwrecked at sea and rescued by Dr. Montgomery. The good doctor takes Edward to the island where he works, a land so ominous that they quickly abandon him. Edward is soon introduced to the island's ruler, the mad Doctor Moreau, and discovers Moreau's society of surgically-altered beasts that walk, speak, and struggle to live like men. The more he's around these beastmen, the more uncomfortable he becomes in his own society.

* BioPunk: A prototype of the genre, even though it predated the discovery of [=DNA=] by 60 years, ad the idea of genetic engineering by almost a century.
* BodyHorror: In the original book, the creatures aren't mutated, simply mutilated; anesthetic-free surgery has forced them into humanoid forms.

* EvilRedhead: Wells repeatedly mentions the fact that Captain Davis, the drunken, abusive schooner captain, has red hair. Admittedly Davis isn't so much "evil" as he is just a bully, but the repeated mentions of his hair color brings him close to this trope.

* EvilutionaryBiologist: Moreau seeks to improve animals by making them more and more human, hoping to eventually make one fully human.

* ScienceMarchesOn: Wells states that the changes to the animals are the result of various surgical techniques. Later adaptations of the work state that genetic engineering is responsible for altering the animals.

* {{Animorphism}}: Although the beast people are transformed into anthropomorphic forms they gradually regress back into animalistic forms, despite Moreau's best efforts.

* HumanityEnsues: Subverted with the Beast Men; although they are transformed into anthropomorphic forms they gradually regress back into animalistic forms, despite Moreau's best efforts.

* DesertedIsland: The titular Island.