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* In ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'', Duke and Honey use a small ship to take a group of sightseers to view the British blockade of the Falklands. On the way there they're shipwrecked for ''months'' on what they believe to be a deserted island right up until they are found by some birdwatchers from the mainland, who reveal that it's actually Matagorda Island, right off the coast of Texas.

* Classic ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E15IShotAnArrowIntoTheAir I Shot An Arrow Into The Air]]". The first manned space flight goes off course and crash lands on an astronomical body with breathable air and Earth-normal gravity. The astronauts [[ArtisticLicenseSpace somehow come to the conclusion that they are on an uncharted asteroid]], and without the resources to fix their rocket and limited rations, their hope for rescue or survival looks bleak. With two of the five astronauts having died due to the crash, the remaining three have to try to survive as long as possible. One of them, desperate and scared [[DirtyBusiness feels he has to resort to murder to survive]] and eventually kills the other two survivors for the dwindling water supply. He sets off and shortly finds the sign for the city of Reno, Nevada over a ridge, and [[FreakOut breaks down]] knowing that his partners had died for nothing.

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* The Creator/AmandaBynes ABC Family movie ''Love Wrecked'' has Jenny and her rock star crush, Jason seemingly landing on a desert island after a storm. While exploring, Jenny discovers that they're actually on the other side of the island as the huge resort they had left from. She decides to keep it from Jason in hopes that being "stranded" together for weeks will make him fall in love with her. A complication is when Jenny's rival Alexis finds out and also pretends to be marooned to get Jason herself. Eventually, he finally finds out and is at first outraged but later tries to talk them into supporting the "stranded" story as it's good publicity. Having come to realize what a jerk he really is (and how the co-worker who's been helping her is her true love), Jenny tells the media the truth and leaves Jason and Alexis looking like fools.

* Classic ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E15IShotAnArrowIntoTheAir I Shot An Arrow Into The Air]]". The first manned space flight goes off course and crash lands on an astronomical body with breathable air and Earth-normal gravity. The astronauts [[ArtisticLicenseAstronomy somehow come to the conclusion that they are on an uncharted asteroid]], and without the resources to fix their rocket and limited rations, their hope for rescue or survival looks bleak. With two of the five astronauts having died due to the crash, the remaining three have to try to survive as long as possible. One of them, desperate and scared [[DirtyBusiness feels he has to resort to murder to survive]] and eventually kills the other two survivors for the dwindling water supply. He sets off and shortly finds the sign for the city of Reno, Nevada over a ridge, and [[FreakOut breaks down]] knowing that his partners had died for nothing.

* In Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom's "[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/how-to-ruin-a-kingdom-got-post-s8.753739/page-33?post=59463295#post-59463295 How To Ruin A Kingdom]]," one chapter parodies the ending to ''Series/GameOfThrones'' by showing just how badly Arya's voyage across the Sunset Sea could go. After murdering her entire crew out of [[MemeticPsycho sheer psychopathy]], she's left becalmed, unable to navigate and [[TooDumbToLive unwilling to avoid drinking seawater]]. In the end, Arya dies and her body is eventually discovered by a passing merchant... who is absolutely baffled as to how this happened, [[EpicFail given that she was just a few miles away from the shore]].

* At one point in ''[[Creator/RobertWestall The Wind Eye]]'' Mike washes up on a mist-covered beach, not knowing where or when he is (there's time travel in play). After walking for over an hour and not finding anything but sand dunes and birds he almost loses hope. Finally the mist clears to reveal he's in Ross Links nature reserve.

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'': In the episode [[CampingEpisode "Camp Keep a Good Mac Down"]] Mac and the imaginary friend's camping trip [[HorribleCampingTrip goes south]] when Bloo greedily eats all the food. The group is forced to hunt and trap for survival, and both Harriman and Madame Foster end up going wild. The ends when Frankie shows up out of nowhere with a ringing phone, revealing the entire camping trip was in the backyard of Foster's home all along.

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': "Get Your Kicks on Route 666" has Sam, Frasier, Norm, and Cliff take a road trip. They crash into a ditch somewhere in the desert and get stuck. They spend the rest of the night trying to survive in the middle of nowhere, then go to sleep. Sam, Frasier, and Cliff wake up to find Norm missing. Seconds later, he rolls up in a golf cart. It turns out there was a resort just over the hill.

* ''WesternAnimation/FosterHomeForImaginaryFriends: In the episode [[CampingEpisode "Camp Keep a Good Mac Down"]] Mac and the imaginary friend's camping trip [[HorribleCampingTrip goes south]] when Bloo greedily eats all the food. The group is forced to hunt and trap for survival, and both Harriman and Madame Foster end up going wild. The ends when Frankie shows up out of nowhere with a ringing phone, revealing the entire camping trip was in the backyard of Foster's home all along.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': In "Jay of Arabia", Jay and some [=POWs=] are lost in the Iraqi desert and losing hope when they run across an International House of Couscous.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "Road to Europe," Brian and Stewie are in the middle of the Arabian desert and their camel has died. Just as they've cut it open to use as an improvised shelter Brian notices a Comfort Inn over the next dune.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' episode "Just the Two of Us", Dodgers and the Martian Commander find themselves reliant on each other for survival on a deserted island, after the Cadet and the Centurions go on vacation. Eventually, the Cadet chases a volleyball through a thick clump of ferns and finds them.
* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'': "The Canine Mutiny" revolved around Cat, Dog, and some of their friends getting LostAtSea, with their only sign of civilization being a very distant light from a lighthouse. They decide to become pirates under the leadership of Cat, who quickly becomes DrunkWithPower. In the end, it turns out they weren't at sea at all, but floating around in a fountain in a parking lot--and the "lighthouse" that they saw was actually a traffic light.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Stan mistakes a nuclear attack drill for the real thing and rushes his family out to what he believes is a secluded wilderness. Not only does [[MountainMan somebody]] already live there, it turns out to be a short walk from a diner, a summer camp and [[spoiler:a cliff overlooking a bustling cityscape]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MadJackThePirate'': in the episode "Shipwhacked", Snuk's blunders results in Jack and Snuk washed ashore on an island. They endure several hardships while trying to survive. Just as Jack gives up and begins a lengthy, dramatic monologue about his oncomming demise, Snuk discovers they are sitting next to a luxurious hotel (as in, there are only some bushes between them and the hotel).

* The Literature/CliveCussler ''Numa Files'' novel ''Nighthawk'' ends with hero Kurt Austin, buddy Joe and a couple of Russians having bailed out of a runaway rocket craft and landing on an island. They spend a night keeping themselves warm by a fire while playing poker with the gold coins they had recovered. A man in a uniform shows up by boat to ask where they came from and if they're guests of the Ritz-Carlton on the other side of the island. The group all laugh as they use the gold to get the best suites at the place.

* The Creator/AmandaBynes ABC Family movie ''Love Wrecked'' has Jenny and her rock star crush, Jason seemingly landing on a desert island after a storm. While exploring, Jenny discovers that they're just a couple of miles away from the huge resort. She decides to keep it from Jason in hopes that being "stranded" together for weeks will make him fall in love with her. A complication is when Jenny's rival Alexis finds out and also pretends to be marooned to get Jason herself. Eventually, he finally finds out and is at first outraged but later tries to talk them into supporting the "stranded" story as it's good publicity. Having come to realize what a jerk he really is, Jenny tells the truth and leaves Jason and Alexis looking like fools.

* The music video for the ''Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews'' song ''Stuck With You'' shows Huey and a woman apparently get stranded on a deserted tropical island and undergo all sort of mishaps trying to survive. It ends with them discovering that they're right next to a large resort and relaxing with the guests.

** In the episode "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" Zapp and Leela crash land on an unknown planet with no way of returning home. Here, they witness the Earth's destruction at the hands of the V-Giny, a rogue death sphere hell bent on "censoring" indecent planets. Later, it turns out that they were on [[EarthAllAlong Earth the entire time]] and the Earth being destroyed was actually a hologram as part of an elaborate scheme to get Leela to like Zapp.

* On episode of ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' revolved around Cat, Dog, and some of their friends getting LostAtSea, with their only sign of civilization being a very distant light from a lighthouse. They decide to become pirates under the leadership of Cat, who quickly becomes DrunkWithPower. In the end, it turns out they weren't at sea at all, but floating around in a fountain in a parking lot--and the "lighthouse" that they saw was actually a traffic light.

* ''WesternAnimation/MadJackThePirate'': in the episode "Shipwhacked", Snuk's blunders results in Jack and Snuk washed ashore on an island. They endure several hardships while trying to survive. Just as Jack gives up and begins a lenghty, dramatic monologue about his oncomming demise, Snuk discovers they are sitting next to a luxurious hotel (as in, there are only some bushes between them and the hotel).

** In "The Cryonic Woman," Fry and his ex-girlfriend freeze themselves again and woke up in a ''Franchise/MadMax''-esque wasteland that they thought must be the year 4,000. Turns out it's just suburban Los Angeles a few days after they froze themselves.

* On episode of ''[[CatDog CatDog]]'' revolved around Cat, Dog, and some of their friends getting LostAtSea, with their only sign of civilization being a very distant light from a lighthouse. They decide to become pirates under the leadership of Cat, who quickly becomes DrunkWithPower. In the end, it turns out they weren't at sea at all, but floating around in a fountain in a parking lot--and the "lighthouse" that they saw was actually a traffic light.