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==Popular themes==
There are some well-established themes which recur regularly in gag cartoons. These themes are often adapted to suit the context of the cartoon. Popular themes include:
*Marooned on a [[desert island]]. Ininitially the island was quite large, with a shipwreck shown, to deliver the setup of the narrative. Eventually the setup has shrunk to an iconic image of a sand heap with a palm in the middle. <ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/history-of-the-desert-island-cartoon "A Guy, a Palm Tree, and a Desert Island: The Cartoon Genre That Just Won’t Die"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|]]'' (retrieved January 8, 2018)</ref>
*[[Talking animal]]s
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