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** "Amish Paradise" [[note]]a parody of "Gangsta's Paradise" by Music/{{Coolio}}[[/note]] directly quotes the theme song: "No phone, no lights, no motorcar, not a single luxury/Like Robinson Crusoe, it's as primitive as can be."
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* ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'': One episode has the gang helping Sponge cram for a radio contest and his exhaustion eventually causes him to miss a question by naming characters from the show.


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** Another episode has Screech and Sylvester request during a student council meeting that the anniversary of the show's cancelation should be an official day of mourning.
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** Al recorded a song called "Isle Thing" [[note]] a parody of "Wild Thing" by Music/ToneLoc [[/note]] which is about him bonding with a prospective date over her love for the show. It appears on the soundtrack to ''Film/{{UHF}}''.
** ''Gilligan's Island'' is name-dropped in the song "Couch Potato" [[note]] a parody of "Lose Yourself" by Music/{{Eminem}} [[/note]].

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** Al recorded a song called "Isle Thing" [[note]] a parody of "Wild Thing" by Music/ToneLoc [[/note]] which is about him bonding with a prospective date over her love for the show. It appears on the soundtrack to ''Film/{{UHF}}''.
** ''Gilligan's Island'' is name-dropped in the song "Couch Potato" [[note]] a parody of "Lose Yourself" by Music/{{Eminem}} [[/note]].
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** ''Gilligan's Island'' is name-dropped in the song "Couch Potato" [[note]] a parody of "Lose Yourself" by Music/{{Eminem}} [[/note]].
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** In "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" [[note]] a parody of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Music/StevieNicks [[/note]], the narrator watches ''Gilligan's Island'' before his car gets repossessed.

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** In "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" [[note]] a parody of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Music/StevieNicks and Music/TomPetty and the Heartbreakers [[/note]], the narrator watches ''Gilligan's Island'' before his car gets repossessed.

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* Music/WeirdAlYankovic recorded a song called "Isle Thing" [[note]] a parody of "Wild Thing" by Music/ToneLoc [[/note]] which is about him bonding with a prospective date over her love for the show. It appears on the soundtrack to ''Film/{{UHF}}''.

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** In "Stop Draggin' My Car Around" [[note]] a parody of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Music/StevieNicks [[/note]], the narrator watches ''Gilligan's Island'' before his car gets repossessed.
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recorded a song called "Isle Thing" [[note]] a parody of "Wild Thing" by Music/ToneLoc [[/note]] which is about him bonding with a prospective date over her love for the show. It appears on the soundtrack to ''Film/{{UHF}}''.
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-->'''Killian:''' Look, if you want to people in front of the televisions instead of on the picket lines? Well, you ain't gonna get that with reruns of ''Gilligans Island''. ''[{{beat}}]'' ''Gilligan's Island?'' ''[hums a few bars of the theme from ''Gilligan's Island'']'' Yeah, yeah, the one with the ''boat''.

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-->'''Killian:''' Look, if you want to people in front of the televisions instead of on the picket lines? Well, you ain't gonna get that with reruns of ''Gilligans ''Gilligan's Island''. ''[{{beat}}]'' [{{beat}}] ''Gilligan's Island?'' ''[hums [hums a few bars of the theme from ''Gilligan's Island'']'' Island''] Yeah, yeah, the one with the ''boat''.
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-->'''Killian:''' Look, if you want to people in front of the televisions instead of on the picket lines? Well, you ain't gonna get that with reruns of ''Series/GilligansIsland''. [{{Beat}}] ''Gilligan's Island''. [Killian hums a few bars of the theme from ''Gilligans Island''] Yeah. Yeah, the one with the ''boat''." [Hangs up.]

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-->'''Killian:''' Look, if you want to people in front of the televisions instead of on the picket lines? Well, you ain't gonna get that with reruns of ''Series/GilligansIsland''. [{{Beat}}] ''Gilligans Island''. ''[{{beat}}]'' ''Gilligan's Island''. [Killian hums Island?'' ''[hums a few bars of the theme from ''Gilligans Island''] Yeah. ''Gilligan's Island'']'' Yeah, yeah, the one with the ''boat''." [Hangs up.]
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* ''Film/TheRunningMan''. The future dictatorship of America has replaced most TV shows with DeadlyGame shows as BreadAndCircuses. This has led to something of a generation gap where entertainment is concerned. One scene has Damon Killian on the phone to an unseen government official.
-->'''Killian:''' Look, if you want to people in front of the televisions instead of on the picket lines? Well, you ain't gonna get that with reruns of ''Series/GilligansIsland''. [{{Beat}}] ''Gilligan's Island''. [Killian hums a few bars of the theme from ''Gilligans Island''] Yeah. Yeah, the one with the ''boat''." [Hangs up.]



* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In one of the flashbacks to when Oliver Queen was marooned on the island, Slade Wilson sarcastically suggests they look for bamboo so they can build a boat like on ''Gilligan's Island''.

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* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In one of the flashbacks to when Oliver Queen was marooned on the island, island of Lian Yu, Slade Wilson sarcastically suggests they look for bamboo so they can build a boat like on ''Gilligan's Island''.



* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In "[[Recap/KimPossibleS1E7NumberOne Number One]]", Kim, Ron, and an agent named Will Du have to stop Duff Killigan's evil scheme. When they arrive on the latter's island, Ron says "Check it out: Killigan's Island." [[LamePunReaction Kim frowns at Ron upong hearing that comment, while Will is similarly unamused by it]], leading to Ron making a DefensiveWhat.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': In "[[Recap/KimPossibleS1E7NumberOne Number One]]", Kim, Ron, and an agent named Will Du have to stop Duff Killigan's evil scheme. When they arrive on the latter's island, Ron says "Check it out: Killigan's Island." [[LamePunReaction Kim frowns at Ron upong upon hearing that comment, while Will is similarly unamused by it]], leading to Ron making a DefensiveWhat.
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* The ''Series/{{ALF}}'' episode "Somewhere Over the Rerun" sees ALF becoming infatuated with ''Gilligan's Island'' and bothering the Tanners with minutiae about the show and its characters. Eventually ALF has a dream where he hangs out with the actual cast.

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** Another episode has Roseanne daydreaming about being a castmember of various classic TV shows, including ''Gilligan's Island''.

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** Another episode has Fittingly, "Sherwood Schwartz: A Loving Tribute" features an extended ImagineSpot of Roseanne's that casts the various family members as ''Gilligan'' characters: Jackie as Gilligan, Dan as the Skipper, Leon and Bev as the Howells, Roseanne daydreaming about being a castmember of various classic TV shows, including ''Gilligan's Island''.as Ginger, Mark as the Professor, and Darlene (to her irritation) as Mary Ann. David remains himself in this sequence and is quite confused by his new surroundings. The end credit scene returns the favor with Bob Denver as Jackie, Tina Louise as Roseanne, Russell Johnson as Mark, and Dawn Wells as Darlene, all also to David's confusion.


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* ''Series/{{Sliders}}'': Season 1's "The King is Back" features a quick reference by way of DifferentWorldDifferentMovies. On the featured world, Quinn and Wade watch ''Skipper's Island'', where he [[JustEatGilligan botches yet another rescue attempt]] (setting fire to a weather balloon to see if it was flammable) and is unable to perform Gilligan and Mary Ann's wedding ceremony.

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