''Hollywood Hijinx'' is an Creator/{{Infocom}} [[InteractiveFiction text-based game]] from 1987, written by Bob Anderson and Liz Cyr-Jones, which places the player in the Hollywood mansion and grounds of his or her recently deceased aunt and uncle who were big movie insiders. You have one night to complete a ScavengerHunt for old movie props in the house to prove you're [[OnOneCondition worthy to be their heir]].

This comedy-adventure is typically Infocom snarky and has some easy and some tough puzzles.

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!! Contains examples of:

* AlliterativeTitle
* AlreadyUndoneForYou: Directly, in that [[spoiler: the equipment necessary for each use of the elevator is scattered all over the place but the game's only other characters are already on a floor only the elevator can reach]]. Also arises in the FridgeLogic that you're only the ''first'' heir to get a crack at the ScavengerHunt. Who resets (and in some cases ''rebuilds'') all the puzzles for the second heir if you fail?
* BMovie: The primary theme of the game, as your Uncle Buddy was an infamous producer of them.
* BrownNote: The cause of Uncle Buddy's fatal HollywoodHeartAttack -- and, if you're not careful, your own.
* ConveyorBeltODoom: [[spoiler:Aunt Hildegarde is tied to a moving conveyor belt that leads to a buzz saw, and it will be curtains for her if you're not quick enough.]]
* CopyProtection: You're not getting into the house without the documentation.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Your Aunt Hildegarde, who is long thought recently deceased, is captured by your Cousin Herman, and only you can free her from his grasp.]]
* EnterSolutionHere: The combination of a safe and a secret phone number.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Aunt Hildegarde had written her own will to ensure whoever inherited the estate and the studio would be clever enough to handle it, and the only way she could be sure that the stipulations in her will would be carried out was to oversee it herself. She, however, felt certain that she and you were being watched... by Cousin Herman, no doubt.]]
* FeaturelessProtagonist: The game is careful never to refer to you by gender.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Not as frequent as in many InteractiveFiction titles, but when you do find one, it's a doozy.
* TheMaze: A particularly obnoxious one, though at least you're given a map in game.
* MetalDetectorPuzzle: Combined with TheMaze, below.
* ScavengerHunt: The entire game is one, gathering props from Uncle Buddy's films.
* ScoringPoints: As per usual in Infocom games.
* SetPiecePuzzle: A scale model of a city complete with remote-control attacking Atomic Chihuahua.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Cousin Herman, for most of the game, though only in {{Flashback}}. [[spoiler: The game's climax shows that he was actually fully as horrible as you'd thought he was all these days.]]
* SolveTheSoupCans: There's a lot of this, handwaved that Uncle Buddy is testing you. Most of the time, though, anything complex you see has to be messed with because that's what complex things are for.
* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: Randomized every game.
* SurpriseSlideStaircase: The stairs to the second floor flatten when you try to use them, requiring you to find the alternative route up there, [[TheKeyIsBehindTheLock where you can disable the trap]].
* UnexpectedInheritance: You were always the favorite, though that won't stop them from testing your cleverness.
* UnstoppableMailman: Buck Palace, Uncle Buddy's most famous character.
* UnwinnableByDesign: Primarily Nasty, and more so than most Infocom titles. Accidentally destroying the treasures is very, very easy. The beach can be reached early in the game, but go there ''too'' early and you're trapped.
* VideogameObjectives: Collect all treasures. Just having picked them up once (and thus scored the points) is enough.
* AWinnerIsYou: The Prop Vault scene at the end of the game comes completely out of left field, and the ending resolves that scene but not the overall plot of the game.

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