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* ''VideoGame/VacationStory'' has the players that survived the plane crash end up on a large, but mostly empty, island to explore.

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* ''Literature/TheCoralIsland'', an 1857 novel about three plucky British boys stranded on a tropical island. ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' was a take that to it; ''Creator/RobertHeinlein'' book''Literature/TunnelInTheSky'' was a take
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* ''Literature/TheCoralIsland'', an 1857 novel about three plucky British boys stranded on a tropical island. ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' was a take that to it; ''Creator/RobertHeinlein'' book''Literature/TunnelInTheSky'' was a take
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* ''Literature/TheCoralIsland'', an 1857 novel about three plucky British boys stranded on a tropical island. ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' was a takethat to it; ''CreatorRobertAHeinlein'' book''Literature/TunnelInTheSky'' was a takethat to ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''

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* ''Literature/TheCoralIsland'', an 1857 novel about three plucky British boys stranded on a tropical island. ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' was a takethat take that to it; ''CreatorRobertAHeinlein'' ''Creator/RobertHeinlein'' book''Literature/TunnelInTheSky'' was a takethat take
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* ''Literature/TheCoralIsland'', an 1857 novel about three plucky British boys stranded on a tropical island. ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' was a takethat to it; ''CreatorRobertAHeinlein'' book''Literature/TunnelInTheSky'' was a takethat to ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies''
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* ''Videogame/MonsterHunter'' has a map ''called'' the Deserted Island. Subverted, in that it's supposed to be devoid of human life, but still has a spot of civilization, Moga Village, thriving on it. This is because during the events of ''Monster Hunter tri'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate]]'', [[spoiler:the village received an order to evacuate the island due to a series of earthquakes threatening to level the village, but the village's inhabitants refused to leave, instead sending out the PlayerCharacter to hunt and defeat the source of the earthquake, which as it turns out is a massive underwater Elder Dragon.]] The map remains named such in ''Monster Hunter Generations'' despite taking place chronologically after ''3'' with several returning characters explicitly stating they're visiting from Moga, but the name was presumably kept for nostalgia purposes.

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* ''Videogame/MonsterHunter'' has a map ''called'' the Deserted Island. Subverted, in that it's supposed to be devoid of human life, but still has a spot of civilization, Moga Village, thriving on it. This is because during the events of ''Monster Hunter tri'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate]]'', [[spoiler:the village received an order to evacuate the island due to a series of earthquakes threatening to level the village, but the village's inhabitants refused to leave, instead sending out the PlayerCharacter to hunt and defeat the source of the earthquake, which as it turns out is a massive underwater Elder Dragon.]] The map [[ArtifactTitle remains named such such]] in ''Monster Hunter Generations'' despite taking place chronologically after ''3'' with several returning characters explicitly stating they're visiting from Moga, but the name was presumably kept for nostalgia or Guild bureaucracy purposes.
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** IslandOfMystery in ''Recap/TintinTheBlackIsland'', which is the location of the long-abandoned ruins of the castle of Benmoor, rumored to be the home of a supernatural monster that devours anyone who sets foot on the island. It's actually a ScoobyDooHoax perpetrated by the evil Dr. Mueller, to hide his counterfitting scheme.
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* The ''[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' episode "Shipwrecked" has Lucky and Scorch end up on one after falling overboard on a cruise.

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* The ''[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' episode "Shipwrecked" has Lucky and Scorch end up on one after falling overboard on a cruise.
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* ''Film/TheLittleHut'' involves three people--husband, wife, husband's buddy who desperately wants sex with the wife--washing up on a deserted island when their yacht sinks. Comic merriment ensues.
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* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon: Island of Happiness'' has your character stranded there with a few other survivors. In a bit of a subversion, other ships DO find them, and there are, in fact, at least two other people already living on the island. The main point of the game is to fix the island up so that it can become populated.

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* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon: Island of Happiness'' ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonIslandOfHappiness'' has your character stranded there with a few other survivors. In a bit of a subversion, other ships DO find them, and there are, in fact, at least two other people already living on the island. The main point of the game is to fix the island up so that it can become populated.



* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Horizons'' is located on a one and Tom Nook has convinced the Player and some of the villagers to purchase some land there. It's a castaway island and can either stay that way or become more civilized if the player so chooses. Unlike many other deserted island stories, there is an easy way off with a sea plane.

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* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Horizons'' ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' is located on a one and Tom Nook has convinced the Player and some of the villagers to purchase some land there. It's a castaway island and can either stay that way or become more civilized if the player so chooses. Unlike many other deserted island stories, there is an easy way off with a sea plane.
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* ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'', B.E.N. is Marooned on a [[strike:desert]] ''planet''. It's [[ThatsNoMoon actually a]] BigDumbObject.
* In Film/{{Castaway}}, Creator/TomHanks's character washes up on one.

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* ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'', ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', B.E.N. is Marooned on a [[strike:desert]] ''planet''. It's [[ThatsNoMoon actually a]] BigDumbObject.
* In Film/{{Castaway}}, ''Film/{{Castaway}}'', Creator/TomHanks's character washes up on one.



* The ''[[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' episode "Shipwrecked" has Lucky and Scorch end up on one after falling overboard on a cruise.

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* The ''[[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' ''[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' episode "Shipwrecked" has Lucky and Scorch end up on one after falling overboard on a cruise.
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* In ''Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag'' Edward Kenway and Charles Vain get stranded this way when one of Vain's men betrays him.

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* In ''Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag'' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'', Edward Kenway and Charles Vain get stranded this way when one of Vain's men betrays him.



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*''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Horizons'' is located on a one and Tom Nook has convinced the Player and some of the villagers to purchase some land there. It's a castaway island and can either stay that way or become more civilized if the player so chooses. Unlike many other deserted island stories, there is an easy way off with a sea plane.
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* In ''Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag'' Edward Kenway and Charles Vain get stranded this way when one of Vain's men betrays him.
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* ''Film/ABCsOfDeath2'': "E is for E[[spoiler:quilibrium]]" features two castaways on a deserted island whose friendship is jeopardized when a woman washes up on the beach.
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* ''Series/MagnumPI'' "Operation Silent Night" has Magnum & friends stranded on one that the Navy uses for gunnery practice. But they're not gonna do that on Christmas Eve... right? Higgins' first survival step is to weave a sun-hat out of palm fronds. He also has some clever ideas for how to leave the island if TC can't fix the radio. Meanwhile Rick is convinced he's going to die in quicksand and imagines his own funeral, and Tom is determined to play Santa for his friends no matter what.


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* Several people have created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKs-kTaKv2o Youtube videos showing how exactly to survive on a deserted island]]. (Protip: Water, shelter, fire, in that order.)
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* ''Series/GeneralHospital''. In the summer of 1992, teens Jason and Karen went out for a boat ride (with Jagger, Jason's rival for Karen's affections, stowing away below deck), got caught in a storm, and ended up on one of these (implausibly in the middle of either Lake Erie or Lake Ontario, given GH's upstate New York setting).
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* ''VideoGame/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnline'' has numerous "wild islands" scattered across the sea. These islands have few, if any, human inhabitants on them, and are mostly used as either weapon training grounds for new pirates or as a hotspot for certain quests.
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* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9299432/1/Solid-Ground Solid Ground]]'' depicts Castle, Beckett, and various [=OCs=] being stuck on a desert island after a plane crash, with the two of them establishing themselves as the leader of the survivors while dealing with [[spoiler:an agent of Senator Bracken who survived the crash and was trying to take Beckett out]].
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* ''JimmyNeutron'' used this plot for shipping between Jimmy and Cindy. The pair argue wether there is an actual line around the equator or not, so they go to check in the hover car... cue falling off of it and ending up on a deserted island and growing closer to each other. By the end of the episode Cindy didn't even ''want'' to leave the island and suggested she and Jimmy stay there forever.

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* ''JimmyNeutron'' ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' used this plot for shipping between Jimmy and Cindy. The pair argue wether whether there is an actual line around the equator or not, so they go to check in the hover car... cue falling off of it and ending up on a deserted island and growing closer to each other. By the end of the episode Cindy didn't even ''want'' to leave the island and suggested she and Jimmy stay there forever.
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* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. In "Pharsalus", Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo [[PlotArmor survive the sinking of an entire fleet]] and struggle ashore, only for a RevealShot to show they've actually washed up in a tiny island with no food, water or shelter. However as they wait to die of thirst, Vorenus notices that the other bodies have become bloated from the gasses of decomposition and so float easily, so they use the corpses to construct an improvised raft that carries them to the mainland.

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* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. In "Pharsalus", Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo [[PlotArmor survive the sinking of an entire fleet]] and struggle ashore, only for a RevealShot to show they've actually washed up in a tiny island with no food, water or shelter. However as they wait to die of thirst, die, Vorenus notices that the corpses of the other bodies victims have become bloated from the gasses of decomposition and so float easily, so they use the corpses them to construct an improvised raft that carries them to the mainland.
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* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. In "Pharsalus", Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo [[PlotArmor survive the sinking of an entire fleet]] and struggle ashore, only for a RevealShot to show they've actually washed up in a tiny island with no food, water or shelter. However as they wait to die of thirst, Vorenus notices that the other bodies have become bloated from decomposing gasses, so they are able to construct an improvised raft that carries them to the mainland.

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* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. In "Pharsalus", Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo [[PlotArmor survive the sinking of an entire fleet]] and struggle ashore, only for a RevealShot to show they've actually washed up in a tiny island with no food, water or shelter. However as they wait to die of thirst, Vorenus notices that the other bodies have become bloated from decomposing gasses, the gasses of decomposition and so float easily, so they are able use the corpses to construct an improvised raft that carries them to the mainland.
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* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. In "Pharsalus", Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo [[PlotArmor survive the sinking of an entire fleet]] and struggle ashore, only for a RevealShot to show they've actually washed up in a tiny island with no food, water or shelter. However as they wait to die of thirst, Vorenus notices that the other bodies have become bloated from decomposing gasses, so they are able to construct an improvised raft that carries them to the mainland.

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* Frequently used in old adventure strips in ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' a good example being the strip The Shipwrecked Circus.

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* ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'' has one of its StoryArcs set on a deserted island named Cobra Island. [[spoiler: The protagonists were lured there by Medusa as part of a scheme to eliminate them while Shaula ambushes Death City]].

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* ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'' has one of its StoryArcs {{Story Arc}}s set on a deserted island named Cobra Island. [[spoiler: The protagonists were lured there by Medusa as part of a scheme to eliminate them while Shaula ambushes Death City]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheInstituteSaga'', an artificial desert island is created via Holodeck-style technology and is used to help rehabilitate ComicBook/{{X 23}}. It is later used to help Wanda Maximoff learn to control her powers.
* In the second arc of ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal]] and [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] find themselves exploring a deserted island with their respective suitors when the war against ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} breaks out.



** ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' has Jack and Elizabeth marooned on a desert island.

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* In {{Film/Castaway}}, Tom Hanks's character washes up on one.

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* Treasure Island: the favourite spot for {{Pirate}}s to bury [[PirateBooty their treasure]], usually found by means of following a map. Yarrr!

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* Treasure Island: the favourite spot for {{Pirate}}s to bury [[PirateBooty their treasure]], usually found by means of following a map. Yarrr![[TalkLikeAPirate Yarrr!]]
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* ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana'' takes place on a large, uncharted island when the ship Adol is on gets pulled in by a kraken.

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* ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana'' takes place on a large, uncharted island when the ship Adol is on gets pulled in by a kraken. At first it starts off as a castaway island, but as the plot goes on, it turns to a monster island.
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* Crops up in ''Radio/BleakExpectations'' as one of many tropes it parodies when Pip Bin washes up on one. He starts to GoMadFromTheIsolation after a few days until he finds a "primitive" human[[note]]who turns out to be his best friend in need of a bath[[/note]] who saves him from starving by revealing it is a ''dessert'' island and the beach is made of apple crumble. There it veers into {{Robinsonade}} until the BigBad, Gently Benevolent, turns up with an army of dinosaurs and calls it a LostWorld.

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