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A comedic [[Deserted Island]]<ref>And also, by loose definition, a desert island</ref> that is circular with a radius of two metres or so and a single palm, coconut or pineapple tree in the centre. Usually has a single inhabitant. If there's more than one, they'll either be constantly arguing or one will be slowly driving the other insane in a comedic manner ([[Meat
Should not be confused with those larger, seemingly-deserted islands with a resort on the side far from where the characters landed.
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* The [[Trope Namer]] is Gary Larson's ''[[The Far Side]]'', which often includes these islands.
* ''Grin And Bear It'' features these a lot.
* ''[[
* They're frequent in the work of Spanish cartoonist Forges, who prefers the two-character format.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Desert Island Dick from ''[[The Topper]]'' was just a whole comic strip about this trope: one guy lives on a deserted island by himself and never seems to be able to get off or starve. He is friends with the wildlife though. This trope has also been occasionally used in ''The Topper'''s more well known stablemates ''[[The Beano]]'' and ''[[The Dandy (
== Other ==
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** As does Frank Jacobs
* ''[[The Onion]]'' in ''Our Dumb World'' had a wonderful section [[Lampshading]] this, referring to the islands of Kiribati as "An island, a palm tree, and one guy" going through all the clichés of these types of cartoons.
* ''[[Private Eye]]'' did one once complying with gender, race, religion and disability discrimination laws, the comic in question featuring a woman in a burhka and a wheelchair on a desert island reading a message in a bottle rendered entirely in [[As Long
* Regularly featured in ''New Yorker'' cartoons, such as one that has the palm tree replaced by a wind turbine and one castaway saying to another, "I miss the palm tree too, but at least we can have a refrigerator."
** [[Lampshaded]] in [http://www.newyorkerstore.com/2000/ignore-them-theyre-cartoonists/invt/120101/ this one].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* There's a tiny island in the background of one section of Keelhaul Key in ''[[
** ''[[
* Some perfect examples of ''Far Side'' islands (minus the weird colors) appear in the background to the side of the island with the crystal tower in ''[[King's Quest II]]''. Another ''Far Side'' island becomes an actual walkable terrain and part of the story in ''[[King's Quest IV]]''.
* ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]'' has a few of these, especially in Episode 2. When Guybrush encounters one of these for the first time, he [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades this]] with his remark "I didn't know tiny islands like this really existed." He also comments that he's glad he's not stranded there (he got there by sailing to it after choosing the destination from the ship's map) or else he'd have to worry about having something to read.
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* A viewer of ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' once asked Strong Bad what it would be like if he and Homestar were stranded on such an island. Strong Bad first mentioned the [[Meat
** In another episode, we see a flashback of him being saved by The Paper from a sinking version of one.
* A Chinese animation called ''[[See Through]]'' revolves around two fighter pilots from opposing armies becoming friends and forming an [[Ambiguously Gay]] relationship on one such island after downing each other in the middle of combat.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Used in the short ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' side story where Bun-bun gets sidetracked trying to get to Tiajuana to set up a black market Viagra ring. Stoner Gilligan provides Bun-bun with company... for a short time.
* In ''[[
* Played with in [http://xkcd.com/731/ this] [[
* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/danmazur/palindramas/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35235 This] ''[[Palindramas]]'' strip ends up on one.
* Happens in ''[[The Noob]]'' in [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=404 this comic] (along with several [[Shout
* In ''[[Wapsi Square]]'', Monica finds a small tropical island that more or less fits this description, to which she and the golem girls can poit for a bit of peace and quiet. Except that [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/spot-of-heaven/ the last time Bud went there] she found something else {{spoiler|and the island got blown to bits}}.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* One of these showed up on ''[[
* One of these is seen regularly on ''[[
* Showed up in an episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. The only inhabitant was a [[Wicked Weasel|weavil]] Lucius had imprisoned there.
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