History Main / HollywoodCalifornia

* The city of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' contains a reference to the San Francisco skyline (most notably the [[=TransAmerica=]] "pyramid" building), which makes sense considering Pixar studios is located in nearby Alameda County.
** Toward the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', Mr. Incredible's GPS shows a map of Emeryville, CA. Based on the street names shown, he drives right past the Pixar Studios lot.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' features the ice cream store Fenton's, which has a location in Oakland.

* Capital City of the VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog franchise is based heavily on San Francisco, featuring streetcars, winding sloping roads, and an almost tropical climate.

* Same goes for Bayview in ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground 2]]'', Palmont from ''Carbon'', and Ventura Bay from the 2015 subtitle-less reboot.

'''South Central''': Basically, [[{{Gangsterland}} Gangstaland]]. Made famous by {{hood film}}s like ''Film/BoyzNTheHood'' and the GangstaRap scene, South Central is forever known in the hearts of concerned parents and rap aficionados alike as a hellish battleground between rival {{gangbangers}}. Like some of the other HollywoodAtlas examples, South Central's plight [[TruthInTelevision really happened]]. Recently, the Los Angeles government tried to rename the neighborhood "South Los Angeles" due to the negative connotations associated with South Central. Seeing as how we're still calling it South Central, it didn't take. The two most well-represented 'hoods in South Central -- [[Film/DontBeAMenaceToSouthCentralWhileDrinkingYourJuiceInTheHood in neither of which should you be a menace while drinking your juice]] -- are Watts (part of Los Angeles) and Compton (a suburb). Which one appears in a movie or TV show depends on whether it was made before or after the early '90s. Before the '90s it was Watts, as the race riots of 1965 were still in the audience's memory; after, it's Compton, thanks to the rap scene and the 1992 Rodney King riots. See also: East Los Angeles, a.k.a. the Eastside, a.k.a. South Central [[RecycledINSPACE WITH HISPANICS!]] (And by Hispanic, we mean Mexican, because [[SmallReferencePools where else do Hispanics in California come from]]?) Which, incidentally, is becoming increasingly true of South Central itself, due to immigration. On the rare chance that UsefulNotes/{{Oakland}} (located in Northern California, across the bay from San Francisco) shows up in movies and TV, expect it to play into many of the same tropes despite geographical and cultural differences.