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Bad Island (Comic Book)

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Bad Island is a Young Adult graphic novel by Doug TenNapel that was published in 2011 by Scholastic.It tells of a group of people who are given the opportunity to overcome their personal flaws after they're marooned on a remote, uncharted island. This isn't just any island, either. This is an island populated with strange creatures, increasingly bizarre phenomena, enigmatic architecture, hostile natives, and a mystery that extends back into the far reaches of the distant past...and there are all these flashbacks too.BeatOkay, that admittedly sounds like very familiar territory. But while this comic and its better-known predecessor do share the same basic elements, Bad Island plays these elements out in an entirely different way.In the case of Bad Island, the castaways are a quirky, semi-dysfunctional family of fournote Lyle, Karen and their kids, Reese and Janie (and their pet snake) who end up on the island as the result of an ill-fated boating trip. Soon after their arrival, they learn that the island is home not only to ferocious beasts not seen anywhere else on the planet, but also to a very ancient and powerful secret, a secret that someone (or something) would kill to keep hidden... Oh, and there's a subplot with giant sentient robots. Hey, it's a TenNapel comic; that sort of thing is a given.
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Aliens Speaking English
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Aliens Speaking English: Averted. The dialogue in the flashbacks are in English, but just for the reader's convenience. With the exception of an instance of telepathy, none of the sentient creatures encountered speak English in the main plot.
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Ambiguously Brown
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Ambiguously Brown: Karen, who could maybe be Latina, Indian or Middle Eastern. Oddly, her kids look 100% white.
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Character Development
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Character Development: Over the course of the story, the family members learn how to work together as a team, not just in contributing toward a common goal but also in learning to trust each other more.
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Curb-Stomp Battle
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Curb-Stomp Battle: The Prince's rematch with The Triangle-Headed Alien.
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Big Good
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Big Good: The Island itself, which makes the title referring to it as bad rather ironic.
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Action Survivor
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Action Survivor: All 4 family members qualify as this.
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The Prince.
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Space Opera
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Space Opera: The flashbacks are essentially this.
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Greater-Scope Villain
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Greater-Scope Villain: The Triangle-Headed Alien's Superior, referred to simply as "Supreme Ruler".
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And I Must Scream
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And I Must Scream: Since The Prince is able to communicate with the family, doesn't that mean he was fully conscious - albeit immobile - during his eons of captivity?
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Apocalyptic Log
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Apocalyptic Log: One is found early on by Lyle
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Deadpan Snarker
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Deadpan Snarker: The entire family, other than Janie, seems adept at this, but Karen stands out the most.
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Coming of Age Story
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Coming of Age Story: Reese's arc is basically this. The same can be said of the Prince, in his case signified by his seemingly-wiser behavior and his new whiskers.
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The Ace
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The Ace: Reese becomes this to the group this very early on, which only heightens Lyle's sense of inadequacy as the head of the household.
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Anti-Hero
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Anti-Hero: Lyle is a Type I who eventually manages to drop the "Anti" as he becomes more competent in leading and protecting his family. Reese is a Type II who also drops the "Anti".
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Pride
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Pride: The very notion of pride is deconstructed with The Prince.
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No Name Given
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No Name Given: Most of the non-Earthlings, regardless of how important some of them wind up being to the plot. The only one who actually gets a name is Johnny, and that's technically just what Janie calls him.
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Chekhov's Gunman
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Chekhov's Gunman: Pickles the Snake.
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Mama Bear
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Mama Bear: One of the monsters after Reese mistreats its baby.
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Indy Ploy
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Indy Ploy: Karen distracting the tribe and buying time so that Lyle can untie himself; it doesn't work, but her efforts did buy them enough time for Reese and Janie to rescue them.
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Humongous Mecha
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Humongous Mecha: Sentient ones exist in the Flashbacks. They protect and rule over a race of smaller creatures that act as the pilots. The Island is actually one of these mechas who was kidnapped and put into forced hibernation.
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Sealed Good in a Can
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Sealed Good in a Can / Sealed Badass in a Can: The Prince, aka the Island.
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Big Damn Heroes
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Big Damn Heroes: The Prince, who intervenes just as the Big Bad is finally about to deliver the killing blow to the family.
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