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** One had a man readying [[MessageInABottle a message for help]], only for a coconut to fall from a nearby tree and smash his bottle.
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** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolbeinsey Kolbeinsey]], UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}}'s northernmost point, about 100 km off its coast. Has trouble staying above water at high tide with a surface area of less than 200 square meters. It will likely disappear within the next decade. Like Rockall above, it once played an important and controversial role in determining the exclusive economic zone of Iceland before Iceland, Denmark and Greenland came to an agreement.
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* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'' regularly gets stranded on these with Lucky Eddie.
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* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible'' regularly gets stranded on these tiny islands with Lucky Eddie.Eddie that have a palm tree. In one of the comic strips, Hägar asks why is there always just one tree on desert island.
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* A number of ''Caldwell'' strips take place on one of these.
** One man and a mailbox consisting of a post topped by a bottle with a red flag in a hole on its side.
** Two men and a bunch of stones that spell out "H_LP". The first man asks to [[Series/WheelOfFortune buy a vowel]].
** One man and several oysters spitting pearls at him.
** A ''tiny'' palm tree and one man reading a book called ''The Art of Bonsai''.
** One man in a business suit with a briefcase on a coffee table-sized island in a reception room.
** One man and the periscope of a sub that ran aground.
** A leafless palm tree and one disgruntled-looking man holding a rake.
** Two men using dynamite to get coconuts from a palm tree.
** Two men and a portrait hanging from a palm tree. The second accuses the first of keeping all the coconuts [[ConcealingCanvas in a hidden safe]].
** One man who wore a trench around the island while trying to fly a kite.
** Two men, the second of whom is wearing a crown.
--->It may not be much of a kingdom, but show me one with a bigger moat!
** One man and a mailbox consisting of a post topped by a bottle with a red flag in a hole on its side.
** Two men and a bunch of stones that spell out "H_LP". The first man asks to [[Series/WheelOfFortune buy a vowel]].
** One man and several oysters spitting pearls at him.
** A ''tiny'' palm tree and one man reading a book called ''The Art of Bonsai''.
** One man in a business suit with a briefcase on a coffee table-sized island in a reception room.
** One man and the periscope of a sub that ran aground.
** A leafless palm tree and one disgruntled-looking man holding a rake.
** Two men using dynamite to get coconuts from a palm tree.
** Two men and a portrait hanging from a palm tree. The second accuses the first of keeping all the coconuts [[ConcealingCanvas in a hidden safe]].
** One man who wore a trench around the island while trying to fly a kite.
** Two men, the second of whom is wearing a crown.
--->It may not be much of a kingdom, but show me one with a bigger moat!
* ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'': One story arc has Madam, Eve, and Mother abruptly stranded on a small island and find themselves trying to cope with the lack of resources. At the end of the week, a frustrated Mother walks off the island, revealing it to be in the middle of a city park.
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* A number of ''Caldwell'' strips take place on one of these.
** One man and a mailbox consisting of a post topped by a bottle with a red flag in a hole on its side.
** Two men and a bunch of stones that spell out "H_LP". The first man asks to [[Series/WheelOfFortune buy a vowel]].
** One man and several oysters spitting pearls at him.
** A ''tiny'' palm tree and one man reading a book called ''The Art of Bonsai''.
** One man in a business suit with a briefcase on a coffee table-sized island in a reception room.
** One man and the periscope of a sub that ran aground.
** A leafless palm tree and one disgruntled-looking man holding a rake.
** Two men using dynamite to get coconuts from a palm tree.
** Two men and a portrait hanging from a palm tree. The second accuses the first of keeping all the coconuts [[ConcealingCanvas in a hidden safe]].
** One man who wore a trench around the island while trying to fly a kite.
** Two men, the second of whom is wearing a crown.
--->It may not be much of a kingdom, but show me one with a bigger moat!
** One man and a mailbox consisting of a post topped by a bottle with a red flag in a hole on its side.
** Two men and a bunch of stones that spell out "H_LP". The first man asks to [[Series/WheelOfFortune buy a vowel]].
** One man and several oysters spitting pearls at him.
** A ''tiny'' palm tree and one man reading a book called ''The Art of Bonsai''.
** One man in a business suit with a briefcase on a coffee table-sized island in a reception room.
** One man and the periscope of a sub that ran aground.
** A leafless palm tree and one disgruntled-looking man holding a rake.
** Two men using dynamite to get coconuts from a palm tree.
** Two men and a portrait hanging from a palm tree. The second accuses the first of keeping all the coconuts [[ConcealingCanvas in a hidden safe]].
** One man who wore a trench around the island while trying to fly a kite.
** Two men, the second of whom is wearing a crown.
--->It may not be much of a kingdom, but show me one with a bigger moat!
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** ''VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland'' has Barebones Island, its only resident being an accountant who's in hiding.
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* A number of ''Caldwell'' strips take place on one of these.
** One man and a mailbox consisting of a post topped by a bottle with a red flag in a hole on its side.
** Two men and a bunch of stones that spell out "H_LP". The first man asks to [[Series/WheelOfFortune buy a vowel]].
** One man and several oysters spitting pearls at him.
** A ''tiny'' palm tree and one man reading a book called ''The Art of Bonsai''.
** One man in a business suit with a briefcase on a coffee table-sized island in a reception room.
** One man and the periscope of a sub that ran aground.
** A leafless palm tree and one disgruntled-looking man holding a rake.
** Two men using dynamite to get coconuts from a palm tree.
** Two men and a portrait hanging from a palm tree. The second accuses the first of keeping all the coconuts [[ConcealingCanvas in a hidden safe]].
** One man who wore a trench around the island while trying to fly a kite.
** Two men, the second of whom is wearing a crown.
--->It may not be much of a kingdom, but show me one with a bigger moat!
** One man and a mailbox consisting of a post topped by a bottle with a red flag in a hole on its side.
** Two men and a bunch of stones that spell out "H_LP". The first man asks to [[Series/WheelOfFortune buy a vowel]].
** One man and several oysters spitting pearls at him.
** A ''tiny'' palm tree and one man reading a book called ''The Art of Bonsai''.
** One man in a business suit with a briefcase on a coffee table-sized island in a reception room.
** One man and the periscope of a sub that ran aground.
** A leafless palm tree and one disgruntled-looking man holding a rake.
** Two men using dynamite to get coconuts from a palm tree.
** Two men and a portrait hanging from a palm tree. The second accuses the first of keeping all the coconuts [[ConcealingCanvas in a hidden safe]].
** One man who wore a trench around the island while trying to fly a kite.
** Two men, the second of whom is wearing a crown.
--->It may not be much of a kingdom, but show me one with a bigger moat!
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* Tiny, sandy islands like a "Far Side" island are impossible, as they obviously can't withstand waves and tide. The closest thing in nature are tiny ''rocky'' islands.
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* Tiny, sandy islands like a "Far Side" island are impossible, as they obviously can't withstand waves and tide. The closest thing in nature are tiny ''rocky'' islands. While there certainly are sandy islets which resemble this trope, they're actually just raised parts of a much bigger atoll that's visibly cut off from the main part by shallow water.
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** The world's smallest inhabited island is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Room_Enough_Island Just Room Enough Island]] in the Thousand Islands of UsefulNotes/NewYork. About 3,300 square feet (310 m[[superscript:2]]), it consists solely of a house, a tree, some shrubs, and a small beach.
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** The world's smallest inhabited island is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Room_Enough_Island Just Room Enough Island]] in the Thousand Islands of UsefulNotes/NewYork.UsefulNotes/{{New York|State}}. About 3,300 square feet (310 m[[superscript:2]]), it consists solely of a house, a tree, some shrubs, and a small beach.
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** In UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, thousands of soldiers would fight over strategic coral islands the size of a good sized city park.
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** In UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, thousands of soldiers would fight over strategic coral islands islands - often just barely big enough to build a functional airfield on - the size of a good sized city park.
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*** It also wasn't always deserted; rumrunners used it as a secret cache before the British navy cracked down on them.
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*** It also wasn't always deserted; rumrunners used it as a secret cache before the British navy Royal Navy cracked down on them.
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* In ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'' the climax of Volume 15 occurs on this type of island at the center of the Bermuda Triangle. Aside from the tree, there is also a beat-up refrigerator [[spoiler:which houses the "breaker" for the Capulet AI system]].
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* In ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'' ''Literature/HeavyObject'' the climax of Volume 15 occurs on this type of island at the center of the Bermuda Triangle. Aside from the tree, there is also a beat-up refrigerator [[spoiler:which houses the "breaker" for the Capulet AI system]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': Played with in [[http://xkcd.com/731/ this]] strip, which contrasts the drabness of the tiny desert island with [[SceneryPorn the vibrant sea-scape just beneath the waves]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': Played with in [[http://xkcd.[[https://xkcd.com/731/ this]] strip, which contrasts the drabness of the tiny desert island with [[SceneryPorn the vibrant sea-scape just beneath the waves]].
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* Can be an exaggerated TruthInTelevision for many of the countless [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_atoll coral atolls]] scattered around the globe. Atolls form from the remains of old undersea volcanoes which result in a ring shaped series of coral islands around where the mountain previously emerged from the sea. A single Atoll can be comprised of many small islands, some remarkably similar to the trope in its most literal sense, but even where the islands are large they are still small by any land-based means of comparison. Atolls are found mainly in tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, because they are sustained by corals that grow only in warm areas.
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* Can be an exaggerated TruthInTelevision for many of the countless [[http://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_atoll coral atolls]] scattered around the globe. Atolls form from the remains of old undersea volcanoes which result in a ring shaped series of coral islands around where the mountain previously emerged from the sea. A single Atoll can be comprised of many small islands, some remarkably similar to the trope in its most literal sense, but even where the islands are large they are still small by any land-based means of comparison. Atolls are found mainly in tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, because they are sustained by corals that grow only in warm areas.
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** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall Rockall]] is perhaps the best real life example, although it is a single large rock jutting out of the North Atlantic, 162 miles away from the nearest landmass and sporting no palm trees. Most useful as a means to claim exclusive economic rights in the surrounding ocean, Rockall is normally uninhabited, but claimed by the UK, Ireland, Iceland and Denmark. Longest duration anyone has spent on the island is 42 days.
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** [[http://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall Rockall]] is perhaps the best real life example, although it is a single large rock jutting out of the North Atlantic, 162 miles away from the nearest landmass and sporting no palm trees. Most useful as a means to claim exclusive economic rights in the surrounding ocean, Rockall is normally uninhabited, but claimed by the UK, Ireland, Iceland and Denmark. Longest duration anyone has spent on the island is 42 days.
** The world's smallest inhabited island is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Room_Enough_Island Just Room Enough Island]] in the Thousand Islands of UsefulNotes/NewYork. About 3,300 square feet (310 m[[superscript:2]]), it consists solely of a house, a tree, some shrubs, and a small beach.
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* A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cay Cay]] is the term for a small, flat island that forms around coral reefs, when sediments pile up in one spot on the reef.
* Can be an exaggerated TruthInTelevision for many of the countless [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_atoll coral atolls]] scattered around the globe. Atolls form from the remains of old undersea volcanoes which result in a ring shaped series of coral islands around where the mountain previously emerged from the sea. A single Atoll can be comprised of many small islands, some remarkably similar to the trope in its most literal sense, but even where the islands are large they are still small by any land based means of comparison. Atolls are found mainly in tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, because they are sustained by corals that grow only in warm areas.
* Can be an exaggerated TruthInTelevision for many of the countless [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_atoll coral atolls]] scattered around the globe. Atolls form from the remains of old undersea volcanoes which result in a ring shaped series of coral islands around where the mountain previously emerged from the sea. A single Atoll can be comprised of many small islands, some remarkably similar to the trope in its most literal sense, but even where the islands are large they are still small by any land based means of comparison. Atolls are found mainly in tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, because they are sustained by corals that grow only in warm areas.
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* A [[http://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cay Cay]] is the term for a small, flat island that forms around coral reefs, when sediments pile up in one spot on the reef.
* Can be an exaggerated TruthInTelevision for many of the countless [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_atoll coral atolls]] scattered around the globe. Atolls form from the remains of old undersea volcanoes which result in a ring shaped series of coral islands around where the mountain previously emerged from the sea. A single Atoll can be comprised of many small islands, some remarkably similar to the trope in its most literal sense, but even where the islands are large they are still small by anyland based land-based means of comparison. Atolls are found mainly in tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, because they are sustained by corals that grow only in warm areas.
* Can be an exaggerated TruthInTelevision for many of the countless [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_atoll coral atolls]] scattered around the globe. Atolls form from the remains of old undersea volcanoes which result in a ring shaped series of coral islands around where the mountain previously emerged from the sea. A single Atoll can be comprised of many small islands, some remarkably similar to the trope in its most literal sense, but even where the islands are large they are still small by any
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* In ''Literature/TheCoralIsland'', the titular island is surrounded by a lagoon that contains many tiny islets, some of which have one or two coconut trees growing on them. The castaways visit some of the islets after they build a boat for themselves.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'': The predicament the player character starts the game in is a ScienceFiction spin on this trope. You're in an EscapePod the approximate size of a minivan, floating in the open ocean on an alien planet with no land in sight, and nobody to talk to but the digital assistant on your tablet that's only slightly more of a conversationalist than Siri or Alexa. Fortunately, unlike most examples on this page, you have [[StarterEquipment a basic set of diving gear.]]
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** UsefulNotes/{{Nauru}} is a small atoll country. While other countries consist of hundreds or thousands of coral islands, Nauru has just ''one'' island, measuring 21 km[[superscript:2]] in area. You can get around the country in under five hours on foot, and probably see all it has offer in a day.
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** UsefulNotes/{{Nauru}} is a small atoll country. While other countries consist of hundreds or thousands of coral islands, Nauru has just ''one'' island, measuring 21 km[[superscript:2]] in area. You can get around the country in under five hours on foot, and probably see all it has to offer in a day.
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* Desert Island Dick from ''ComicBook/TheTopper'' was just a whole comic strip about this trope: one guy lives on a deserted island by himself and never escapes but never starves either. He is friends with the wildlife though. This trope has also been occasionally used in ''The Topper''[='=]s better-known stablemates ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy''.
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* Desert Island Dick from ''ComicBook/TheTopper'' was just a whole comic strip about this trope: one guy lives on a deserted island by himself and never escapes but never starves either. He is friends with the wildlife though. This trope has also been occasionally used in ''The Topper''[='=]s better-known stablemates ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy''.
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* One of these is seen regularly on ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' as an establishing shot for the city Bikini Bottom. The cast even went there in the episode "Pressure".
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* One of these is seen regularly on ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' (to the point of literally being featured in the title sequence) as an establishing shot for the city Bikini Bottom. The cast even went there in the episode "Pressure".
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Sun Scream", the Powerpuff Girls get sunburns so the mere touch of the villains causes pain. When a pair of bad guys later surrender, instead of taking them to jail, [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment the girls strand them on an island to suffer the same fate]]. The girls left them sunscreen, but just like everyone else in Townsville, they deem it to be "for nerds" and prefer to burn in the sun.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Sun Scream", the Powerpuff Girls get sunburns so the mere touch of the villains causes pain. When a pair of bad guys later surrender, instead of taking them to jail, [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment the girls strand them on an island to suffer the same fate]]. The girls left them sunscreen, but just like everyone else in Townsville, they deem it to be "for nerds" and prefer to burn in the sun.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Sun Scream", the Powerpuff Girls get sunburns so the mere touch of the villains causes pain. When the bad guys later surrender, instead of taking them to jail, [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment the girls strand the pair on an island to suffer the same fate]]. The girls left them sunscreen, but just like everyone else in Townsville, they deem it to be "for nerds" and prefer to burn in the sun.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "Sun Scream", the Powerpuff Girls get sunburns so the mere touch of the villains causes pain. When the a pair of bad guys later surrender, instead of taking them to jail, [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment the girls strand the pair them on an island to suffer the same fate]]. The girls left them sunscreen, but just like everyone else in Townsville, they deem it to be "for nerds" and prefer to burn in the sun.
