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I just came across this news article not too long ago, and it's a perfect fit for this trope. The actual news article is here: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/04/11/micronesia-men-stranded-help-palm-fronds/7491712869520/
and anyone can look through it if they want to elaborate on this entry even more.
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* In 2024, three mariners in their 40s were stranded on Micronesia's Pikelot Atoll, and were discovered and subsequently rescued after a maritime surveillance aircraft spotted the word "HELP" that they spelled out with palm fronds.
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* Averted in the 1985 Australian mini-series ''A Thousand Skies'' where the help message the crashed aviators write in the desert sand is a [[CasualDangerDialogue request for more cigarettes]] (as their crash made national headlines, anyone looking for them already knows they're in distress).
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* Averted in the 1985 Australian mini-series ''A Thousand Skies'' ''Series/AThousandSkies'' where the help message the crashed aviators write in the desert sand is a [[CasualDangerDialogue request for more cigarettes]] (as their crash made national headlines, anyone looking for them already knows they're in distress).
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': When Gumball and Tobias are stuck on a rooftop and see a nearby helicopter, they attempt to write a help message--using their own bodies. It didn't work because their message ended with a question mark (''NEED HELP?'').
