Pleasure Island
Paradise for indulgence
Pleasure Island is a fictional place in Carlo Collodi's *Pinocchio* where boys are lured with promises of endless fun—no school, no rules—only to be transformed into donkeys.
The name has become shorthand for any tempting situation that conceals harmful consequences: That job seemed perfect at first, but it turned out to be Pleasure Island.
Disney has also used the name for theme park entertainment districts.
- theme parkEntertainment destination with rides
- dark rideIndoor tracked attraction
- PinocchioLying wooden puppet
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- bad boysMisbehaving young males
real boy · no rules · ride · cautionary tale · swing · hedonism · puppet · indulgence · cigar · pool hall · folklore · resort · transformation · morality · donkey · jackass · consequence · coachman
- PinocchioPinocchio, Geppetto, Blue Fairy, Jiminy Cricket, wooden puppet
- Cape Fear RegionCape Fear, Wilmington, Southport, Leland, Ogden
- Fictional ResortsOverlook Hotel, Bates Motel, Fawlty Towers
Pleasure IslandPilgrim's Progress
Allegorical journey to salvation
Mount Purgatory · school · monastery · reform school · Sunday school
Pleasure IslandAlcatraz
Former island penitentiary
labor camp · gulag · workhouse · purgatory · dungeon
Pleasure Islandsafe harbor
Protected place for vessels
promised land · Eden · Rivendell · the Shire · Narnia
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