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* [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Green Arrow]]'s origin is wholly taken from Robinson Crusoe, at least, up until he actually leaves the island and becomes a bow-wielding vigilante.
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* ''Manhua/LittleCherry'': In episode 9, Cherry attempts to cook dinner for her mother by utilizing a pot because she was inspired by Robinson's self-determination in the novel she recently read in school. It wasn't until she [[EpicFail smokes the kitchen]] and is halted by her parents when she finally discloses to them the novel she was referring to.
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* WebVideo/BritishCryptids: "The Woodwose Of Cannock Chase" has a segment where ''Robinson Crusoe'' is discussed in the context of the real-life inspiration Alexander Selkirk, who in the show's setting encountered a giant humanoid being he classifies as a Woodwose (the episode's subject); the beast later became the human character of Friday.

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* WebVideo/BritishCryptids: ''WebVideo/BritishCryptids'': "The Woodwose Of Cannock Chase" has a segment where ''Robinson Crusoe'' is discussed in the context of the real-life inspiration Alexander Selkirk, who in the show's setting encountered a giant humanoid being he classifies as a Woodwose (the episode's subject); the beast later became the human character of Friday.
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* WebVideo/BritishCryptids: "The Woodwose Of Cannock Chase" has a segment where ''Robinson Crusoe'' is discussed in the context of the real-life inspiration Alexander Selkirk, who in the show's setting encountered a giant humanoid being he classifies as a Woodwose (the episode's subject); the beast later became the human character of Friday.

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* ''Literature/TheStoryOfABadBoy'': In chapter 1, Tom Bailey says Wibird Hawkins was "half so nice as Robinson Crusoe".

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* In ''Literature/AreYouSeeingMe'' Justine has an old copy of ''Robinson Crusoe'' that she reads on and off during the road trip.
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*''Literature/TheMysteryOfAHansomCab'': In chapter 30, according to a writer "a female Robinson Crusoe would have gone mad for want of something to talk to".
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* The ending theme of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' has the lyrics "Like Robinson Crusoe, it's primitive as can be".
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* In ''Literature/TheLastContinent'', one of the wizards says he read a book where a castaway found a single footprint in the sand. The Dean asks if the island's other inhabitant was "a crazed one-legged long-jump champion".
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* In the ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'' series of strips where Gaston dreams that he and Jeanne are castaways on an island, he compares their situation to Robinson Crusoe's.




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* In ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsMysteriousIsland'', we learn that during his world travel, Uncle Albert got stranded on an island, he even says that his predicament is like Robinson Crusoe's.



* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': In the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment, "The Discount of Monte Cristo", Orson tries to tell the story of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' to Roy and Wade, but Aloysius keeps [[CuttingCorners cutting the show's budget]] to the point where Orson is unable to tell the story. At the end of the segment, Roy helps Orson get back at Aloysius by having him tell the story of Robinson Crusoe with Aloysius in the title role. Aloysius is stranded on a desert island, and Orson, Roy, and Wade refuse to pay for any possible chance of him getting off it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': In the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment, "The Discount of Monte Cristo", Orson tries to tell the story of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' to Roy and Wade, but Aloysius keeps [[CuttingCorners cutting the show's budget]] to the point where Orson is unable to tell the story. At the end of the segment, Roy helps Orson get back at Aloysius by having him tell the story of Robinson Crusoe with Aloysius in the title role. Aloysius is stranded on a desert island, and Orson, Roy, and Wade refuse to pay for any possible chance of him getting off it.it.
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*''Literature/DesperateRemedies'': In chapter 5, the coachman says Miss Aldclyffe is "as solitary as Robinson Crusoe".
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*''Literature/TheStoryOfABadBoy'': In chapter 1, Tom Bailey says Wibird Hawkins was "half so nice as Robinson Crusoe".
**In chapter 5, Tom Bailey finds a ''Robinson Crusoe'' book.

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* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Scrooge's younger self is reading the book when he sees himself in Christmas Pasts. A convincing argument has been made (helped by the knowledge that Creator/CharlesDickens found the character Crusoe revolting and cruel) that the story is an intentional, scathing, reflection of ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' with Scrooge [[https://brightlightsfilm.com/robinson-crusoe-ethnic-sidekick/ "a money-hungry man shipwrecked on a desert island of his own greed".]]

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* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Scrooge's younger self is reading the book when he sees himself in Christmas Pasts. A convincing argument has been made (helped by the knowledge that Creator/CharlesDickens found the character Crusoe revolting and cruel) that the story is an intentional, scathing, reflection of ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' ''Robinson Crusoe'' with Scrooge [[https://brightlightsfilm.com/robinson-crusoe-ethnic-sidekick/ "a money-hungry man shipwrecked on a desert island of his own greed".]]


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*''Literature/TheMoonstone'': Gabriel Betteredge believes that ''Robinson Crusoe'' contains all of the world's wisdom and solutions, it is mentioned and quoted throughout the plot as a RunningGag.
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* ''Animation/MezgaCsalad'': In the episode ''Lakatlan sziget'' (''Desert island''), Paula says she could choose a native to server them like Robinson did with Friday.

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* ''Animation/MezgaCsalad'': In the episode ''Lakatlan sziget'' (''Desert island''), Paula says she could choose a native to server serve them like Robinson did with Friday.
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*''Animation/MezgaCsalad'': In the episode ''Lakatlan sziget'' (''Desert island''), Paula says she could choose a native to server them like Robinson did with Friday.
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*''Literature/JustDavid'': In chapter 9, the narrator mentions David had a ''Robinson Crusoe'' book.
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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=286 Crusoe is depicted as a bit of an annoying nutcase]], who keeps trying to take advantage of Friday despite the help Friday gives him.

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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=286 Crusoe is depicted as a bit of an annoying nutcase]], who keeps trying to take advantage of Friday despite the help Friday gives him.him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': In the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment, "The Discount of Monte Cristo", Orson tries to tell the story of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' to Roy and Wade, but Aloysius keeps [[CuttingCorners cutting the show's budget]] to the point where Orson is unable to tell the story. At the end of the segment, Roy helps Orson get back at Aloysius by having him tell the story of Robinson Crusoe with Aloysius in the title role. Aloysius is stranded on a desert island, and Orson, Roy, and Wade refuse to pay for any possible chance of him getting off it.
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* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Scrooge's younger self is reading the book when he sees himself in Christmas Pasts. A convincing argument has been made (helped by the knowledge that Creator/CharlesDickens found the character Crusoe revolting and cruel) that the story is an intentional, scathing, reflection of ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' with Scrooge [[https://brightlightsfilm.com/robinson-crusoe-ethnic-sidekick/ "a money-hungry man shipwrecked on a desert island of his own greed".]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', Pablo spots Robinson Crusoe on his island while looking through his telescope.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', Pablo spots Robinson Crusoe on his island while looking through his telescope.telescope.

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* Creator/MarkTwain, who recognized ''Crusoe'' was written as an endorsement of capitalization, had his title character in ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'' compare himself to Crusoe as he works to reorganize the court in the likeness of the systems he is used to.

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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=286 Crusoe is depicted as a bit of an annoying nutcase]], who keeps trying to take advantage of Friday despite the help Friday gives him.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', Pablo spots Robinson Crusoe on his island while looking through his telescope.

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