A subtrope of
Vacation Episode, where the characters go to Hollywood, California. It allows for potential celebrity cameos and advertising for the studio or network. Since most American shows are filmed in LA, it allows the show to use real LA locations instead of
faking other parts of the US. It frequently involves the characters getting temporary gigs in the entertainment industry. It is likely a case of the writers
writing what they know. Sister trope of
Aloha Hawaii and
Viva Las Vegas.
Examples:
Anime
- Pokémon did this in the season 1 episode "Go West Young Meowth"
Comic Books
- Surprisingly popular in old Silver Age comics, especially Marvel.
- Issue 10 of Fantastic Four has Namor pretending to make a movie out of the Fantastic Four as a ruse to try to win Sue over.
- Issue 14 of Amazing Spider-Man *
(better known as the first appearance of the Green Goblin)
has Spider-Man agreeing to star in a movie with The Hulk.
- A more recent example is the 10th arc of Ultimate Spider-Man, in which a movie is made about Spider-Man without his consent (and featuring several celebrity cameos.
Film
Live Action TV
Western Animation
- Family Guy: "Brian Does Hollywood", where Brian goes to Los Angeles to become a writer but ends up becoming a porn director.
- The Simpsons have done this several times. One example is "Beyond Blunderdome".
- The Flintstones had a few episodes where they go to Hollyrock, including the television special "Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby".
- Felix the Cat had a short film where he goes to Hollywood.
- Flip The Frog has a Hollywood episode.
- The Looney Tunes short "You Ought to Be in Pictures."
- South Park has had several: The episode "AWESOME-O" has a third act in Hollywood. In another episode Cartman, pursued by Kyle, went there to try and get Family Guy canceled. In another, the boys went there as talent agents to try and get their client on American Idol.
- The television special Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood.
- Jackie Chan Adventures: "And He Does His Own Stunts" is this with the addition of a Thunder Demon.
- In the cartoon short The Autograph Hound, Donald Duck sneaks into a Hollywood studio lot in order to get autographs of movie stars. He eventually receives one from Shirley Temple. In exchange for his own autograph.
- Men In Black The Series has one, where Jay and Kay go to Hollywood to investigate an alien up to no good. While the agents take care of business, the Worms secretly tag-a-long and sell an idea about a secret government organization that deals with aliens on Earth.
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "The Sweet Stench of Sucess", where Bloo becomes famous after becoming a deoderant mascot, though his manager treats him badly and won't let him see Mac. Famous for the Tear Jerkers.
- The Powerpuff Girls: "Film Flam". Shortly after the episode first aired, The Movie was announced.
- Duck Dodgers in "Hooray for Hollywood Planet".
