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3''My Scene Goes Hollywood'' is a Franchise/{{Barbie}} direct-to-DVD movie which as based on the Toys/{{My Scene}} sub-playline. It was the third and final animated production in the franchise, and the only one that was full-length.
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5Barbie, Madison, Chelsea and Nolee are four [[BigApplesauce New York]] highschoolers. During their summer vacation they're visited by Delancey, Chelsea's cousin. One day they find themselves walking around a movie set of the upcoming production ''Spy Society'', when they visit their favorite cafe, The Dish.
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7They all pretend to be extras on the set and find themselves with a (small) part in the movie, but Madison finds herself playing a main character after the actress who was supposed to play her breaks both legs while rollerskating. Getting a bigger and bigger head and not hanging out with her friends, Barbie confronts her and Madison is forced to make a decision, her normal friends or her new celebrity friends.
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9!!''My Scene Goes Hollywood'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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11* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Harvey Weinstein is shown with a full head of hair instead of balding, and he appears to be stocky rather than overweight.
12* [[AnimatedActors Animated]] ActorAllusion: Barbie's fantasy in the "Feel Like L.A." sequence involves her dressed as a knight in front of a [[WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel tall tower as a purple dragon passes in the background]].
13* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: Creator/LindsayLohan and [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany Harvey Weinstein]].
14%%* BigApplesauce: The movie's setting.
15* {{Blooper}}: In-universe. Madison and Ryan's characters' kiss scene goes through several takes until it's done right.
16%%* ButtMonkey: Poor Chelsea...
17* CoversAlwaysLie: In most of the merchandise, the girls all wear fancy shawls to the premiere as part of their finale outfits. In the actual flick, only Barbie wears one.
18* TheFashionista: Chelsea, who can create an outfit from a single piece of fabric and a pair of scissors.
19* FriendOrIdolDecision: Madison has to make this decision, and she ultimately chooses her lifelong friends over fame and fortune.
20* LimitedSocialCircle: The girls don't seem to know anybody outside their group of TrueCompanions or Madison's father.
21* NeverTrustATitle: The movie’s title suggests a trip to Hollywood, yet the entirety of the movie is set in New York City, where the girls live.
22* OfficialCouple: Chelsea and Hudson, Barbie and River.
23* TheShowGoesHollywood: The five main characters are cast as extras in a Hollywood movie being filmed all over New York, and Madison gets picked to fill for one of the roles.
24* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Madison or [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Westley?]]
25* SpyFiction: The [[ShowWithinAShow Movie Within a Movie]] ''Spy Society''.
26* TeamPowerWalk: The five girls walk together in a V-formation towards the screen at the beginning of the movie.
27* ThemeNaming: Every main character not named Barbie or [[Creator/LindsayLohan Lindsay]] is named after a place in New York.
28* ThemeTuneRollCall: During the opening song, each girl gets their own title card.
29%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Delancey and Chelsea.
30* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers and promos completely spoil the movie premiere scene at the very end of the movie, even the back of the DVD uses such a scene.
31* TrueCompanions: A surprisingly big group made up of all the main characters.
32%%* UnlimitedWardrobe: Yes.
33* UntranslatedTitle: Several dubs such as Dutch, Danish, Spanish, Portuguese and Finnish left the title in English. The only dub to translate the title was Estonian.
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