History Main / DesertedIsland

Grammatical note: these are more classically referred to as [[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert desert islands]] (see definition 2). This does not, in fact, imply that they are dry places.[[note]]This is also not the same definition of "desert" that shows up in the oft-misspelled "just deserts". "Desert," it seems, used to get around a lot.[[/note]]

* A princess and an ambassador flee to an island in the fairy tale "''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/princessmayblossom.html The Princess Mayblossom]]''. The island is full of plants and animals that offer food to the princess. However, the ambassador is desperate to get food - and the princess must keep her food gifts away from him. But when she does, the ambassador decides to [[ImAHumanitarian eat the princess]], which results in the princess stabbing him in the eye and dying. Unlike most examples, this island seems to be in a temperate climate.

* A princess and an ambassador flee to an island in the fairy tale "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/princessmayblossom.html The Princess Mayblossom]]". The island is full of plants and animals that offer food to the princess. However, the ambassador is desperate to get food - and the princess must keep her food gifts away from him. Unlike most examples, this island seems to be in a temperate climate.

** ''Literature/ColdDays'' establishes that the GeniusLoci psychically broadcasts an inexplicable feeling of overwhelming dread that increases the closer you get to the island, effectively causing anyone who might stumble across the island to steer well clear of it without ever knowing why.

* A princess and an ambassador flee to an island in the fairy tale "[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/princessmayblossom.html The Princess Mayblossom]]". The island is full of plants and animals that offer food to the princess. However, the ambassador is desperate to get food - and the princess must keep her food gifts away from him.

In the novel ''Literature/{{Beyond}}'' this is subverted. The island they encounter is [[spoiler: populated by castaways.]]

* ''{{Tintin}}'' has ''multiple'' desert islands, all of which fit one or more tropes to a T:

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' takes place on a "deserted" island that's about as deserted as NewYorkCity.
* ''GilligansIsland''

* The ''WesternAnimation/GerryAndersonsNewCaptainScarlet'' episode [[IncrediblyLamePun "Fallen Angels"]] saw Destiny and two other pilots [[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard on a Deserted Island]] after being shot down.

* The ''CaptainScarlet'' reboot episode [[IncrediblyLamePun "Fallen Angels"]] saw Destiny and two other pilots [[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard On A Deserted Island]] after being shot down.

* In Bryan Miranda's ''The Journey to Atlantis,'' the main characters end up on one when their ship sinks. It's actually [[spoiler: not deserted, in two fashions. There is one other human that they meet, a boy who has been living there for three years. And also Loki, a malicious deity in the form of a red wolf, who scours the island causing trouble for Mickello, and also the others when they arrive.]][[/folder]]

* ''TheBlueLagoon''
* The TomHanks movie ''CastAway''
* ''Film/KingKong''

** ''TheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' has Jack and Elizabeth marooned on a desert island.
** The titular Dead Man's Chest is housed on another.
* ''TreasureIsland''.
* ''TreasurePlanet'', B.E.N. is Marooned on a [[strike:desert]] ''planet''. It's [[ThatsNoMoon actually a]] BigDumbObject.
* ''Film/HouseOfTheDead''
* ''Film/{{Zombi 2}}''

* ''Franchise/PiratesOfheCaribbean'':

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' has Jack and Elizabeth marooned on a desert island.

Grammatical note: these are more classically referred to as [[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert desert islands]] (see definition 2). This does not, in fact, imply that they are dry places.[[hottip:* :This is also not the same definition of "desert" that shows up in the oft-misspelled "just deserts". "Desert," it seems, used to get around a lot.]]

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' has Jack and Elizabeth marooned on a desert island.

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* Monster Island: The abode of monsters. If it's a LostWorld, the heroes might escape with a dinosaur to show off; if it's covered in Eldritch Ruins, they'll be lucky to escape with their sanity intact.[[note]]Also, [[NonIndicativeName despite the name]], [[TheSimpsons it's actually a peninsula.]][[/note]]

* Done in the WoodyWoodpecker short ''Fair Weather Fiends''.
* ''TheSimpsons'' has the episode of ''Das Bus'', which has Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, Nelson, Martin and others stranded on a deserted island. Its a takeoff on ''LordOfTheFlies'', of course.

* The [[{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok Home for Wayward Kittens]] is populated only by handicapped mutants. [-[[KillerRabbit "RELEASE THE KITTENS!"]]-]

*** [[SubvertedTrope Luckily]], Monster Island is a NonindicativeName. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion It's really a peninsula.]]]]

Often found on TheSpanishMain, spectacularly uncharted as it is.

* One shows up in the ''WesternAnimation/Jem'' episode "Island of Deception".