Magic Island

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A 1995 family adventure film with a pirate theme.

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Tropes used in Magic Island include:

• Big Eater: Duckbone, I don't think he actually thinks of anything else.
• Brawn Hilda: Gwyn
• Cloudcuckoolander: Everybody!
• Comically Missing the Point: Duckbone is full of this.
• The Comically Serious: Again, Duckbone.
• Coming of Age Story: For Jack Carlisle.
• Does Not Like Shoes: Lily, she seems to prefer going barefoot when human not bothering to wear shoes during the whole movie.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Duckbone, Supperstein and Jolly Bob. There not very bad guy's, just dumb.
• Fate Worse Than Death: Blackbeard, being tunred into gold will ruin your whole day.
• Fish Out of Water: Lily is a near-literal example.
• French Jerk: Supperstein, at least I think he's french...
• Improbable Weapon User: Jack Carlisle, using bubble gum.
• Killed Off for Real: Blackbeard
• Large Ham: Blackbeard.
• Lovable Coward: Duckbone, Supperstein and Jolly Bob.
• Obviously Evil: Blackbeard.
• Our Mermaids Are Different
• Parental Abandonment: Jack feels like he's been abandoned by both his parents, at first.
• Pinocchio Syndrome: Lily the Mermaid, but she doesn't have it as bad as some mermaids. She's just a little curious about what it's like to be human at first.
• Pirate Girl: Gwyn
• Pirate Parrot: Subverted, no birds this time around.
• Portal Book: The book "Magic Island" given to Jack by Lucretia which transports him to said island.
• "Reading Is Cool" Aesop
• Rescue Romance: Lily saves Jack from drowning. Then he saves her when she turns back into a mermaid at the wrong time.
• Shout-Out: To Treasure Island no doubt.
• Those Two Guys: More like, those villians three.
• True Companions: Morgan, Gwyn and Dumas.