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* Castaway Island: A larger island with enough flora and fauna for [[Robinson Crusoe (Literature)|Robinson Crusoe]] and his [[Robinsonade|marooned imitators]] to strut their stuff.

* Treasure Island: the favourite spot for [[Pirate|Pirates]] to bury [[Pirate Booty|their treasure]], usually found by means of following a map.

* Monster Island: The abode of monsters. If it's a [[Lost World]], the heroes might escape with a dinosaur to show off; if it's covered in [[Cosmic Horror|Eldritch Ruins]], they'll be lucky to escape with their sanity intact.<ref>Also, [[Non Indicative Name|despite the name]], [[The Simpsons|it's actually a peninsula.]]</ref>

* Monster Island: The abode of monsters. If it's a [[Lost World]], the heroes might escape with a dinosaur to show off; if it's covered in [[Cosmic Horror|Eldritch Ruins]], they'll be lucky to escape with their sanity intact.<ref>Also, [[Non-Indicative Name|despite the name]], [[The Simpsons|it's actually a peninsula.]]</ref>

The typical [[Desert Island]] is full of [[Jungle Japes]], involving [[Bamboo Technology|bamboo devices]], coconuts and [[Polly Wants a Microphone|parrots]].

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Grammatical note: these are more classically referred to as [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert desert islands] (see definition 2). This does not, in fact, imply that they are dry places.<ref>This is also not the same definition of "desert" that shows up in the oft-misspelled "just deserts". "Desert," it seems, used to get around a lot.</ref>

== Anime and Manga ==

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== Comics ==

* ''[[Tintin]]'' has ''multiple'' desert islands, all of which fit one or more tropes to a T:

* ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'' has ''multiple'' desert islands, all of which fit one or more tropes to a T:

** The Monster Island in ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)/Recap/The Shooting Star|The Shooting Star]]'' is a [[Baby Planet|sinking asteroid of bare rock]] full of [[Fungus Humongous|giant mushrooms]] & [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|scaled-up animals]];

** The Treasure Island in ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)/Recap/Red Rackham's Treasure|Red Rackham's Treasure]]'' is [[Jungle Japes|jungly]] and [[Pirate|piratey]];

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* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has the episode of ''Das Bus'', which has Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, Nelson, Martin and others stranded on a deserted island. Its a takeoff on ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'', of course.

** Parodied with the episode of ''Lisa On Ice'', where Lisa imagines being sentenced to "Monster Island" for having failed gym class in the second grade.

*** [[Subverted Trope|Luckily]], Monster Island is a [[Non Indicative Name]]. {{spoiler|[[Double Subversion|It's really a peninsula.]]}}

*** [[Subverted Trope|Luckily]], Monster Island is a [[Non-Indicative Name]]. {{spoiler|[[Double Subversion|It's really a peninsula.]]}}

* The [[Metalocalypse|Dethklok Home for Wayward Kittens]] is populated only by handicapped mutants. <small>[[Killer Rabbit|"RELEASE THE KITTENS!"]]</small>

* Originally Dinobot Island in ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', to give the Dinobots somewhere to live away from civilization. By season 3 it's gotten rather crowded, now home to Meltdown's labs, Blackarachnia {{spoiler|until she teleported somewhere}}, and {{spoiler|Scrapper. The other Constructicons are probably around somewhere too.}}