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2023-12-25T12:20:49Z

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It's that "Show preview" button to the right of "Save Page." --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 04:39, 25 December 2023 (EST)

That's what I did, but then when I did notice the mistakes I tried fixing it. I just filled in infomation concerning Starscream in the episode "Hoist Goes Hollywood", I saw Megatron tore out a box from Starscream's chest which could be his personality component, which makes sense for Starscream to say "I'm too valulable to disable bledisawow..." --[[User:Arrow|Arrow]] ([[User talk:Arrow|talk]]) 07:20, 25 December 2023 (EST)

Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)

2023-12-25T02:04:52Z

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{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg
|caption=Unfortunately, none of these guys made it past Michael Bay.
|series=G1toon
|ep=55
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=45
|prev2=Sea Change
|next2=Aerial Assault
|title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
|season=2
|season ep=39
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production code=700-54
|airdate=[[November 21]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bP3_ADBgdI
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Hoist gets cast in a big [[Hollywood]] movie! Hijinks ensue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Hoist rescue.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie! And that I was the star of the movie.]]
[[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a drive through the countryside inside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when they are overtaken by two speeding vehicles. They pursue and see one of the cars make an improbable crash off a cliff and land on top of the other. Before they can investigate, a man on the top of the cliff yells at them for ruining the shot. It turns out they've driven into the middle of a movie set. Hoist saves the imperiled drivers of the crashed cars, and the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] is so impressed, he hires Hoist on the spot for his next movie. The director invites Spike and Carly along to visit the movie studio.

In the skies, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] is having trouble transporting a mysterious, heavy load. He crashes into the swamp set on the lot of [[Major Pictures]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to shut down, yells at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] for no good reason, then sends [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go after Dirge and retrieve the mysterious cargo.

Hoist arrives at Major Pictures for his big-screen debut, but gets the brush-off from the director. Before filming begins, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] hone in on the set and ham it up for the director's attention. Strangely, the director is impressed by their hi-jinks and decides to hire them all for the action picture.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodmegsseesfilm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Show biz kids Making movies
of themselves'']]

Movie work doesn't prove to be as glamorous as they had hoped. The bots wind up crashing into buildings and playing second fiddle to the human actors, [[Karen Fishook]] and [[Harold Edsel]], while Hoist pulls them out of the smoldering wreckage after each take.

Disgruntled at their bit parts, the Autobots ask Hoist to lobby the director for better roles, but the director tells Hoist to get a bagel and sit tight. The Autobots take off just as Astrotrain and the other [[Conehead]]s show up to pull Dirge and the cargo out of the swamp set, all as the cameras roll.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Megatron looks over the [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|strange device]]. He isn't sure what it does; he only knows that Wheeljack built it, but he's sure that it is some kind of potent, deadly weapon. (He doesn't know [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] very well, does he?) When switched on by Thrust, the device sparks and smokes, but does nothing else. Enraged, Megatron bashes Starscream. Astrotrain then reveals that he and the others were filmed by the humans when they retrieved the device. Megatron orders everyone to the studio to steal or destroy the footage so the device remains a secret.

At the studio, the director is viewing the robot footage and decides to revamp the script into a science fiction epic blockbuster called ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', to the dismay of the human cast. He calls the Autobots to return with the promise of better parts. Once back, the director has the Autobots don googly-eyed, buck-toothed alien masks and stomp around after the female lead. For some reason, the Autobots still don't like their parts as monsters from space.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodevilaliens.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''He's in the best-selling show Is There Life on Mars?'']]

Making their rounds, Spike and Carly find the room where the film negatives are stored and discover that someone has stolen scenes from the movie. That someone was Starscream, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports to Megatron that the original negative still exists. Megatron pounds on Starscream again, this time disabling him by ripping out his [[personality component]] from his chest! Megatron then orders the others to get the negative.

Meanwhile, the Autobots are filming another scene with pyrotechnics, which have been switched for actual explosives by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Spike and Carly are in a screening room watching a new print of the stolen footage of the Decepticons and the device. Midway through the screening, [[:File:HoistGoesHollywood Soundwave movie rip.JPG|Soundwave rips through the screen]] and destroys the projector. Spike and Carly rush to the film vault to get the original before the Decepticons do, but are interrupted by Megatron. Carly fools him by giving him an empty film canister, and they race around the studio lot with the Decepticons close on their heels. They finally meet up with Hoist, who has a plan.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodflesheatinglava.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen'']]

Megatron and the others finally catch up and find the Autobots on a movie set. Hoist threatens to drop the humans and the film into a vat of flesh-eating lava if the ‘Cons don’t withdraw. Megatron says he won’t do it, but Hoist drops them in. Content that the film is gone, the Decepticons retreat. Hoist then lifts Spike and Carly from the “lava”, which is just bubbly, muddy water mixed with special effects.

The Autobots show the film to Wheeljack in the screening room. The Autobot scientist laughs at Megatron because the device Megatron wanted so much is actually worthless. Impressed with Hoist's performance at the lava pit, the director offers him the leading part in a new film, but Hoist declines, saying that his duty as an Autobot comes first, no matter how unglamorous it is.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (1)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (14)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Assistant director|Assistant director]] (4)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]] (5)
*[[Karen Fishook]] (6)
*[[Harold Edsel]] (7)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ready for my big scene, Mr. Director." 
"Huh? Oh, yeah, the robot. Er...okay, Moist, er...pick up a donut from the catering truck and relax until I call for ya." 
"Donut?"
:—'''Hoist''' gets the brush-off from the Major Pictures '''director'''.

"The star has arrived!"
:—'''Sunstreaker''', humble as ever

"Oh, no. The Autobots have gone movie-mad.”
 "And the director's gonna be just plain mad!"
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly'''

"Who would want to steal scenes from ''this'' picture?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', movie critic.

"I'm too valuable to disable bledisawow..."
:—'''Starscream''' the moment Megatron rips his personality component from his chest.

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''Science fiction double feature'']]
"I feel like a fool!" 
"Do you wanna quit?" 
"No, but I still feel like a fool!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Sunstreaker''' aren't enjoying their movie careers.

"He is...no match for the alien robots...I-I mean, the ''evil'' alien robots."
:—'''Warpath''' shows his acting chops.

"Is ''this'' what you're looking for, Megatron? You and the rest of the Decepticons ''get out!'' Or I'll drop them, and your precious film, into this pit of flesh-eating lava!" 
"An Autobot would never hurt a human. You're bluffing!" 
"''Am I?!'' [''drops them''] Maybe ''you'd'' like to follow them, Megatron!" 
:—'''Hoist''' is a bit scary as he bluffs '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script submitted: 31st July 1985
*Dialogue recording: [[August 16|16th August]] [[1985]]

===Continuity notes===
*"Dash Jordon" was referenced in the [[Buzz Dixon]]-penned episode of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' titled "My Brother's Keeper". He was said to be appearing at a science fiction convention.

===Real-world references===
[[File:AotAR.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?]]
*The characters of Harold Edsel and Karen Fishook are obvious parodies of [[Harrison Ford]] and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' films. Karen Fishook is voiced by [[Susan Blu]], who would later voice another Princess Leia parody: [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee.]]
*Upon Powerglide's entrance, he references the {{w|Academy Awards}}, saying "I'll show you some real Oscar-winning material." No Transformers movie has won an Oscar, though [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 film]] was nominated for three awards, [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|its 2009 sequel]] for one, and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|their 2011 sequel]] for three again.
*The role of "Dash Jordon" is an obvious reference to the character {{w|Flash Gordon}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Spike's hair is colored orange in the first shot of him riding in Hoist's cab.
**One of Dirge's smaller fins is gray instead of gold after he crashes into the swamp.
**One panel of Powerglide's face is red instead of gray as he gripes about all the crashes.
**In the swamp, when Ramjet transforms and takes off, he is given Thrust's colors. He's also standing where Thrust had been a moment earlier.
**Ramjet's guns are white instead of dark gray as Thrust activates the device.
**When Megatron grabs Starscream after he learns the negative is still in existence, Starscream's hips turn white, but they immediately turn back to their normal red when he gets picked up.
**After Megatron rips Starscream a new one, Soundwave is colored like [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]].
**Aboard the space ship set, Sunstreaker is [[:file:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|colored light gray]] where he should be yellow.
**When Spike and Carly view the footage, Wheeljack's invention is yellow instead of gray.
**Megatron's "eyebrow" is light gray instead of black as he listens to Hoist's spiel.
**The sides of Megatron's face are black as he runs out following the "destruction" of the negative.
**Tracks' "hood" is dark gray instead of blue during the group pan over the Autobots at the end.

*Warpath "sharpshoots" at nothing! The shot causes some kind of energy effect to radiate out of thin air.
*As the director announces the Autobots will be his stunt vehicles, Spike's "Tracks!" line is randomly played over again.
*As the director notes he wants something "extra," his glasses are missing their earpieces for a moment.
*A number of sound effects are missing or played at oddly low volume:
**Tracks drives off the building set and changes to his flight mode without the transformation sound.
**Thrust and Ramjet land at the swamp set without any sound effect at all.
**The usual "clunk" sound is barely audible as Megatron punches Starscream.
**The electrical sounds of Starscream shorting out after Megatron brutalizes him are almost inaudible.
**When the mechanical dinosaurs explode from Rumble's blasts, there are no explosion sounds.
*Thrust's mouth is missing as he and Ramjet set down the device.
*Tracks' seat says "Trucks" Instead of Tracks.
*Megatron, Starscream (in [[robot mode]]!) and Soundwave leave the Decepticon base; the very next shot shows Megatron, Soundwave and three jets (one could be Starscream, but there was no transformation sound).
*Karen Fishook's attempt to console her co-star is cut off in mid-sentence by the scene edit.
*The "CLOSED" sign on the studio the Decepticons are in reads "CLLOSE".
*When Megatron is examining a reel of film, the reel is out of scale from a normal film reel.
*Sunstreaker is Gray.
*Warpath and Powerglide are missing their face plates after the explosion scene.
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood No Faceplate Error.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess they mouthed off once too often.]]
*Spike yells, "DUCK!" when Soundwave bursts through the theater screen, but he and Carly run away instead.
*Soundwave's hand cannon repeatedly uses a sound effect that's not the usual Decepticon laser noise.
*As usual, human buildings comfortably accommodate a full-size Transformer, such as Megatron or Soundwave.
*Just before they run into Megatron, Spike and Carly appear to be mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*When Soundwave tells Carly and Spike to "Surrender the negative," he appears as if he's sliding forward in the next scene, even though he's walking towards them, as evidenced by the sound of his footsteps.
*Megatron, Soundwave and Rumble tear through a jungle background, but it's still there as they walk through the tear.
*When Spike and Carly emerge from the cave, they are about half the height of Megatron.
*As Megatron jumps out of the cave, his head is about a third the size it should be, but returns to normal size once he lands.
*As the director offers Hoist a role in his next movie, the shots show light brown walls around them, but in the last shot of the episode, the theater is back to dark blue again.
*Near the end of the episode, Warpath says "You tell him Hoist, yeah," but Hoist's mouthplate is moving in sync with the words, and his body language reflects the dialogue. A second later, Hoist is moving around again during Powerglide's line. (Maybe really he ''is'' just that good an actor.)
*During the last shot of the Autobots congratulating Hoist, Sunstreaker is placed too high in the cel, making him appear to be floating (and clipping through the humans!).

===Continuity errors===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Dirge in swamp.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally'']]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**From Decepticon Headquarters, Megatron and Starscream get a quarter-angle shot of Dirge flying along as he calls in his mayday.
**Then they have a nicely-framed view of him crashed in the swamp, seconds after it happens.
*Not an error ''per se'', but we never do find out exactly why Megatron blames Starscream for Dirge's crash.
*Nor is it clear why Dirge struggles to carry the device, while Ramjet seems to have no trouble with it.
*For that matter, why was Dirge the right choice to literally shuttle the device through space to Earth from Cybertron, when the Decepticons have the [[space bridge]] or Astrotrain, whose function is - again, literally - "Decepticon Military Transport"?
*In the time it takes for Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust to arrive at the studio to fish out Dirge and retrieve Wheeljack's gadget, a lot of events took place. Hoist arrives at the studio, four other Autobots arrive, four extra scenes are written and filmed, the director finds Dirge in the swamp set, and a bridge is built around the Conehead, at which point the director calls wrap for the day. Even if the three Decepticons sent to recover the device flew from coast to coast, they could have arrived at the studio in about three hours. Either it was a short work day at the studio, or Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust ran into some problems.
*What exactly is this movie about, anyway? Plane crash, kissing. Car crash, kissing. Another car crash, kissing.
*Why do the Decepticons think it’s a good idea to bring a mystery Autobot machine into their headquarters and turn it on? Without knowing what it does or taking ANY precautions? For all they know, it could be a bomb! (Knowing Wheeljack, it had a decent chance of exploding anyway.)
*The [[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|production assistant]], not to mention the entire rest of the production staff, is surprisingly uninterested in the film theft, despite the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]]'s fear that "somebody is deliberately trying to shut down production. I want to know who it is!" as only Carly and Spike are seen viewing the new print.
*Hoist appears to be unfamiliar with - yet quite adamant about - how actual {{w|lava}}, at 700-1200 °C, interacts with [[human]] flesh. Judging by how he falls for Hoist's bluff, so is Megatron.

===Trivia===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Starscream offline.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who says celluloid heroes never feel any pain?]]
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Wheeljack's invention.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot'']]
*This is one of four pre-movie episodes that doesn't feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].
*Due to [[Earl Kress|the writer's]] tendency to use Starscream as a [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator-ish]] comedy relief, Megatron is ''incredibly'' abusive toward Starscream in this episode...well, more than usual. He punches him, throws him around, even pulling out his personality component from his chest. Notably, every other Decepticon in the room, who usually hate Starscream's guts, are visibly ''horrified'' at this. Incidentally, Starscream is absent from the next few episodes until Megatron reinstalls his personality component.
**Starscream would later recover the personality components of the "[[renegade Decepticon]]s" from the Decepticon Detention Center on Cybertron in order to create his own army to confront Megatron.{{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}
*When the Autobots are role-playing the aliens chasing the actress, Sunstreaker looks like he's imitating the walk of Frankenstein's monster from early horror movies.
*When the Autobots are sitting in director's chairs with their names written on the backs, Tracks's chair is spelled "Trucks". This ''could'' be an extension of the gag where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong - although on Hoist's chair, his name is spelled correctly! Considering how common [[Japanese language|mangled English]] lettering is in the cartoon's backgrounds, it may be an outright error (presumably stemming from a misunderstanding on the part of Japanese animators, as the English short "a" and short "u" sounds are identical to the Japanese ear). The world may never know.
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].
*We never do find out what [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|Wheeljack's device]] is supposed to do.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Hoist part à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Ça c'est du cinéma'''" ("Now that's Cinema")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist geht zum Film'''" ("Hoist Goes to the Movie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 30]], [[1989]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Cinema!'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The gag about the director costantly misnaming Hoist is entirely removed. Particularly, at the end of the episode, Hoist's line: «Uh... excuse me, but the name's Hoist!» is changed to: «Excuse me, but I think I don't know you!»... wait, what?!
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Hoist conquista Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Conquers Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Hollywood e Iku'''" (ホイストハリウッドへ行く, "Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zài Hǎoláiwù Pāi Diànyǐng '''" (在好莱坞拍电影, "Shooting a Movie in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Vai à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes to Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tyagatch v Hollywoodee'''" (Тягач в Голливуде, "Hoist in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-58-Hoist.jpg|thumb|240px]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:In addition to the standard and alternate (smiling, shouting) faces, ''Masterpiece'' Sunstreaker includes an alien mask from this episode. For an additional homage, he can also stand on one leg.
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-58 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] (TakaraTomy, 2024)'''
:In a similar fashion to Sunstreaker, Hoist comes with an optional alien mask accessory.
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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 12 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8hWCjGXOzXM3zaAM4BAUThrCgOoP_Vm/view?usp=sharing Full episode script]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=158PDU6IbXKZe0G8P94oa56Rax26OtQGb Voice actor call sheet and dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)

2023-12-25T02:03:48Z

Arrow: Undo revision 1737024 by Arrow (talk)

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg
|caption=Unfortunately, none of these guys made it past Michael Bay.
|series=G1toon
|ep=55
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=45
|prev2=Sea Change
|next2=Aerial Assault
|title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
|season=2
|season ep=39
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production code=700-54
|airdate=[[November 21]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bP3_ADBgdI
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Hoist gets cast in a big [[Hollywood]] movie! Hijinks ensue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Hoist rescue.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie! And that I was the star of the movie.]]
[[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a drive through the countryside inside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when they are overtaken by two speeding vehicles. They pursue and see one of the cars make an improbable crash off a cliff and land on top of the other. Before they can investigate, a man on the top of the cliff yells at them for ruining the shot. It turns out they've driven into the middle of a movie set. Hoist saves the imperiled drivers of the crashed cars, and the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] is so impressed, he hires Hoist on the spot for his next movie. The director invites Spike and Carly along to visit the movie studio.

In the skies, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] is having trouble transporting a mysterious, heavy load. He crashes into the swamp set on the lot of [[Major Pictures]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to shut down, yells at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] for no good reason, then sends [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go after Dirge and retrieve the mysterious cargo.

Hoist arrives at Major Pictures for his big-screen debut, but gets the brush-off from the director. Before filming begins, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] hone in on the set and ham it up for the director's attention. Strangely, the director is impressed by their hi-jinks and decides to hire them all for the action picture.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodmegsseesfilm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Show biz kids Making movies
of themselves'']]

Movie work doesn't prove to be as glamorous as they had hoped. The bots wind up crashing into buildings and playing second fiddle to the human actors, [[Karen Fishook]] and [[Harold Edsel]], while Hoist pulls them out of the smoldering wreckage after each take.

Disgruntled at their bit parts, the Autobots ask Hoist to lobby the director for better roles, but the director tells Hoist to get a bagel and sit tight. The Autobots take off just as Astrotrain and the other [[Conehead]]s show up to pull Dirge and the cargo out of the swamp set, all as the cameras roll.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Megatron looks over the [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|strange device]]. He isn't sure what it does; he only knows that Wheeljack built it, but he's sure that it is some kind of potent, deadly weapon. (He doesn't know [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] very well, does he?) When switched on by Thrust, the device sparks and smokes, but does nothing else. Enraged, Megatron bashes Starscream. Astrotrain then reveals that he and the others were filmed by the humans when they retrieved the device. Megatron orders everyone to the studio to steal or destroy the footage so the device remains a secret.

At the studio, the director is viewing the robot footage and decides to revamp the script into a science fiction epic blockbuster called ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', to the dismay of the human cast. He calls the Autobots to return with the promise of better parts. Once back, the director has the Autobots don googly-eyed, buck-toothed alien masks and stomp around after the female lead. For some reason, the Autobots still don't like their parts as monsters from space.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodevilaliens.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''He's in the best-selling show Is There Life on Mars?'']]

Making their rounds, Spike and Carly find the room where the film negatives are stored and discover that someone has stolen scenes from the movie. That someone was Starscream, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports to Megatron that the original negative still exists. Megatron pounds on Starscream again, this time disabling him by ripping out his [[personality component]] from his chest! Megatron then orders the others to get the negative.

Meanwhile, the Autobots are filming another scene with pyrotechnics, which have been switched for actual explosives by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Spike and Carly are in a screening room watching a new print of the stolen footage of the Decepticons and the device. Midway through the screening, [[:File:HoistGoesHollywood Soundwave movie rip.JPG|Soundwave rips through the screen]] and destroys the projector. Spike and Carly rush to the film vault to get the original before the Decepticons do, but are interrupted by Megatron. Carly fools him by giving him an empty film canister, and they race around the studio lot with the Decepticons close on their heels. They finally meet up with Hoist, who has a plan.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodflesheatinglava.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen'']]

Megatron and the others finally catch up and find the Autobots on a movie set. Hoist threatens to drop the humans and the film into a vat of flesh-eating lava if the ‘Cons don’t withdraw. Megatron says he won’t do it, but Hoist drops them in. Content that the film is gone, the Decepticons retreat. Hoist then lifts Spike and Carly from the “lava”, which is just bubbly, muddy water mixed with special effects.

The Autobots show the film to Wheeljack in the screening room. The Autobot scientist laughs at Megatron because the device Megatron wanted so much is actually worthless. Impressed with Hoist's performance at the lava pit, the director offers him the leading part in a new film, but Hoist declines, saying that his duty as an Autobot comes first, no matter how unglamorous it is.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (1)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (14)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Assistant director|Assistant director]] (4)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]] (5)
*[[Karen Fishook]] (6)
*[[Harold Edsel]] (7)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ready for my big scene, Mr. Director." 
"Huh? Oh, yeah, the robot. Er...okay, Moist, er...pick up a donut from the catering truck and relax until I call for ya." 
"Donut?"
:—'''Hoist''' gets the brush-off from the Major Pictures '''director'''.

"The star has arrived!"
:—'''Sunstreaker''', humble as ever

"Oh, no. The Autobots have gone movie-mad.”
 "And the director's gonna be just plain mad!"
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly'''

"Who would want to steal scenes from ''this'' picture?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', movie critic.

"I'm too valuable to disable bledisawow..."
:—'''Starscream''' the moment Megatron rips his personality component from his chest.

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''Science fiction double feature'']]
"I feel like a fool!" 
"Do you wanna quit?" 
"No, but I still feel like a fool!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Sunstreaker''' aren't enjoying their movie careers.

"He is...no match for the alien robots...I-I mean, the ''evil'' alien robots."
:—'''Warpath''' shows his acting chops.

"Is ''this'' what you're looking for, Megatron? You and the rest of the Decepticons ''get out!'' Or I'll drop them, and your precious film, into this pit of flesh-eating lava!" 
"An Autobot would never hurt a human. You're bluffing!" 
"''Am I?!'' [''drops them''] Maybe ''you'd'' like to follow them, Megatron!" 
:—'''Hoist''' is a bit scary as he bluffs '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script submitted: 31st July 1985
*Dialogue recording: [[August 16|16th August]] [[1985]]

===Continuity notes===
*"Dash Jordon" was referenced in the [[Buzz Dixon]]-penned episode of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' titled "My Brother's Keeper". He was said to be appearing at a science fiction convention.

===Real-world references===
[[File:AotAR.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?]]
*The characters of Harold Edsel and Karen Fishook are obvious parodies of [[Harrison Ford]] and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' films. Karen Fishook is voiced by [[Susan Blu]], who would later voice another Princess Leia parody: [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee.]]
*Upon Powerglide's entrance, he references the {{w|Academy Awards}}, saying "I'll show you some real Oscar-winning material." No Transformers movie has won an Oscar, though [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 film]] was nominated for three awards, [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|its 2009 sequel]] for one, and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|their 2011 sequel]] for three again.
*The role of "Dash Jordon" is an obvious reference to the character {{w|Flash Gordon}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Spike's hair is colored orange in the first shot of him riding in Hoist's cab.
**One of Dirge's smaller fins is gray instead of gold after he crashes into the swamp.
**One panel of Powerglide's face is red instead of gray as he gripes about all the crashes.
**In the swamp, when Ramjet transforms and takes off, he is given Thrust's colors. He's also standing where Thrust had been a moment earlier.
**Ramjet's guns are white instead of dark gray as Thrust activates the device.
**When Megatron grabs Starscream after he learns the negative is still in existence, Starscream's hips turn white, but they immediately turn back to their normal red when he gets picked up.
**After Megatron rips Starscream a new one, Soundwave is colored like [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]].
**Aboard the space ship set, Sunstreaker is [[:file:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|colored light gray]] where he should be yellow.
**When Spike and Carly view the footage, Wheeljack's invention is yellow instead of gray.
**Megatron's "eyebrow" is light gray instead of black as he listens to Hoist's spiel.
**The sides of Megatron's face are black as he runs out following the "destruction" of the negative.
**Tracks' "hood" is dark gray instead of blue during the group pan over the Autobots at the end.

*Warpath "sharpshoots" at nothing! The shot causes some kind of energy effect to radiate out of thin air.
*As the director announces the Autobots will be his stunt vehicles, Spike's "Tracks!" line is randomly played over again.
*As the director notes he wants something "extra," his glasses are missing their earpieces for a moment.
*A number of sound effects are missing or played at oddly low volume:
**Tracks drives off the building set and changes to his flight mode without the transformation sound.
**Thrust and Ramjet land at the swamp set without any sound effect at all.
**The usual "clunk" sound is barely audible as Megatron punches Starscream.
**The electrical sounds of Starscream shorting out after Megatron brutalizes him are almost inaudible.
**When the mechanical dinosaurs explode from Rumble's blasts, there are no explosion sounds.
*Thrust's mouth is missing as he and Ramjet set down the device.
*Tracks' seat says "Trucks" Instead of Tracks.
*Megatron, Starscream (in [[robot mode]]!) and Soundwave leave the Decepticon base; the very next shot shows Megatron, Soundwave and three jets (one could be Starscream, but there was no transformation sound).
*Karen Fishook's attempt to console her co-star is cut off in mid-sentence by the scene edit.
*The "CLOSED" sign on the studio the Decepticons are in reads "CLLOSE".
*When Megatron is examining a reel of film, the reel is out of scale from a normal film reel.
*Sunstreaker is Gray.
*Warpath and Powerglide are missing their face plates after the explosion scene.
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood No Faceplate Error.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess they mouthed off once too often.]]
*Spike yells, "DUCK!" when Soundwave bursts through the theater screen, but he and Carly run away instead.
*Soundwave's hand cannon repeatedly uses a sound effect that's not the usual Decepticon laser noise.
*As usual, human buildings comfortably accommodate a full-size Transformer, such as Megatron or Soundwave.
*Just before they run into Megatron, Spike and Carly appear to be mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*When Soundwave tells Carly and Spike to "Surrender the negative," he appears as if he's sliding forward in the next scene, even though he's walking towards them, as evidenced by the sound of his footsteps.
*Megatron, Soundwave and Rumble tear through a jungle background, but it's still there as they walk through the tear.
*When Spike and Carly emerge from the cave, they are about half the height of Megatron.
*As Megatron jumps out of the cave, his head is about a third the size it should be, but returns to normal size once he lands.
*As the director offers Hoist a role in his next movie, the shots show light brown walls around them, but in the last shot of the episode, the theater is back to dark blue again.
*Near the end of the episode, Warpath says "You tell him Hoist, yeah," but Hoist's mouthplate is moving in sync with the words, and his body language reflects the dialogue. A second later, Hoist is moving around again during Powerglide's line. (Maybe really he ''is'' just that good an actor.)
*During the last shot of the Autobots congratulating Hoist, Sunstreaker is placed too high in the cel, making him appear to be floating (and clipping through the humans!).

===Continuity errors===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Dirge in swamp.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally'']]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**From Decepticon Headquarters, Megatron and Starscream get a quarter-angle shot of Dirge flying along as he calls in his mayday.
**Then they have a nicely-framed view of him crashed in the swamp, seconds after it happens.
*Not an error ''per se'', but we never do find out exactly why Megatron blames Starscream for Dirge's crash.
*Nor is it clear why Dirge struggles to carry the device, while Ramjet seems to have no trouble with it.
*For that matter, why was Dirge the right choice to literally shuttle the device through space to Earth from Cybertron, when the Decepticons have the [[space bridge]] or Astrotrain, whose function is - again, literally - "Decepticon Military Transport"?
*In the time it takes for Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust to arrive at the studio to fish out Dirge and retrieve Wheeljack's gadget, a lot of events took place. Hoist arrives at the studio, four other Autobots arrive, four extra scenes are written and filmed, the director finds Dirge in the swamp set, and a bridge is built around the Conehead, at which point the director calls wrap for the day. Even if the three Decepticons sent to recover the device flew from coast to coast, they could have arrived at the studio in about three hours. Either it was a short work day at the studio, or Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust ran into some problems.
*What exactly is this movie about, anyway? Plane crash, kissing. Car crash, kissing. Another car crash, kissing.
*Why do the Decepticons think it’s a good idea to bring a mystery Autobot machine into their headquarters and turn it on? Without knowing what it does or taking ANY precautions? For all they know, it could be a bomb! (Knowing Wheeljack, it had a decent chance of exploding anyway.)
*The [[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|production assistant]], not to mention the entire rest of the production staff, is surprisingly uninterested in the film theft, despite the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]]'s fear that "somebody is deliberately trying to shut down production. I want to know who it is!" as only Carly and Spike are seen viewing the new print.
*Hoist appears to be unfamiliar with - yet quite adamant about - how actual {{w|lava}}, at 700-1200 °C, interacts with [[human]] flesh. Judging by how he falls for Hoist's bluff, so is Megatron.

===Trivia===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Starscream offline.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who says celluloid heroes never feel any pain?]]
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Wheeljack's invention.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot'']]
*This is one of four pre-movie episodes that doesn't feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].
*Due to [[Earl Kress|the writer's]] tendency to use Starscream as a [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator-ish]] comedy relief, Megatron is ''incredibly'' abusive toward Starscream in this episode...well, more than usual. He punches him, throws him around, even pulling out his personality component from his chest. Notably, every other Decepticon in the room, who usually hate Starscream's guts, are visibly ''horrified'' at this. Incidentally, Starscream is absent from the next few episodes until Megatron reinstalls his personality component.
**Starscream would later recover the Personality Components of the "[[renegade Decepticon]]s" from the Decepticon Detention Center on Cybertron in order to create his own army to confront Megatron.{{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}
*When the Autobots are role-playing the aliens chasing the actress, Sunstreaker looks like he's imitating the walk of Frankenstein's monster from early horror movies.
*When the Autobots are sitting in director's chairs with their names written on the backs, Tracks's chair is spelled "Trucks". This ''could'' be an extension of the gag where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong - although on Hoist's chair, his name is spelled correctly! Considering how common [[Japanese language|mangled English]] lettering is in the cartoon's backgrounds, it may be an outright error (presumably stemming from a misunderstanding on the part of Japanese animators, as the English short "a" and short "u" sounds are identical to the Japanese ear). The world may never know.
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].
*We never do find out what [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|Wheeljack's device]] is supposed to do.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Hoist part à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Ça c'est du cinéma'''" ("Now that's Cinema")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist geht zum Film'''" ("Hoist Goes to the Movie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 30]], [[1989]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Cinema!'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The gag about the director costantly misnaming Hoist is entirely removed. Particularly, at the end of the episode, Hoist's line: «Uh... excuse me, but the name's Hoist!» is changed to: «Excuse me, but I think I don't know you!»... wait, what?!
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Hoist conquista Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Conquers Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Hollywood e Iku'''" (ホイストハリウッドへ行く, "Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zài Hǎoláiwù Pāi Diànyǐng '''" (在好莱坞拍电影, "Shooting a Movie in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Vai à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes to Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tyagatch v Hollywoodee'''" (Тягач в Голливуде, "Hoist in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-58-Hoist.jpg|thumb|240px]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:In addition to the standard and alternate (smiling, shouting) faces, ''Masterpiece'' Sunstreaker includes an alien mask from this episode. For an additional homage, he can also stand on one leg.
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-58 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] (TakaraTomy, 2024)'''
:In a similar fashion to Sunstreaker, Hoist comes with an optional alien mask accessory.
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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 12 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8hWCjGXOzXM3zaAM4BAUThrCgOoP_Vm/view?usp=sharing Full episode script]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=158PDU6IbXKZe0G8P94oa56Rax26OtQGb Voice actor call sheet and dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)

2023-12-25T02:00:33Z

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{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg
|caption=Unfortunately, none of these guys made it past Michael Bay.
|series=G1toon
|ep=55
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=45
|prev2=Sea Change
|next2=Aerial Assault
|title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
|season=2
|season ep=39
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production code=700-54
|airdate=[[November 21]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bP3_ADBgdI
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Hoist gets cast in a big [[Hollywood]] movie! Hijinks ensue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Hoist rescue.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie! And that I was the star of the movie.]]
[[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a drive through the countryside inside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when they are overtaken by two speeding vehicles. They pursue and see one of the cars make an improbable crash off a cliff and land on top of the other. Before they can investigate, a man on the top of the cliff yells at them for ruining the shot. It turns out they've driven into the middle of a movie set. Hoist saves the imperiled drivers of the crashed cars, and the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] is so impressed, he hires Hoist on the spot for his next movie. The director invites Spike and Carly along to visit the movie studio.

In the skies, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] is having trouble transporting a mysterious, heavy load. He crashes into the swamp set on the lot of [[Major Pictures]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to shut down, yells at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] for no good reason, then sends [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go after Dirge and retrieve the mysterious cargo.

Hoist arrives at Major Pictures for his big-screen debut, but gets the brush-off from the director. Before filming begins, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] hone in on the set and ham it up for the director's attention. Strangely, the director is impressed by their hi-jinks and decides to hire them all for the action picture.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodmegsseesfilm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Show biz kids Making movies
of themselves'']]

Movie work doesn't prove to be as glamorous as they had hoped. The bots wind up crashing into buildings and playing second fiddle to the human actors, [[Karen Fishook]] and [[Harold Edsel]], while Hoist pulls them out of the smoldering wreckage after each take.

Disgruntled at their bit parts, the Autobots ask Hoist to lobby the director for better roles, but the director tells Hoist to get a bagel and sit tight. The Autobots take off just as Astrotrain and the other [[Conehead]]s show up to pull Dirge and the cargo out of the swamp set, all as the cameras roll.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Megatron looks over the [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|strange device]]. He isn't sure what it does; he only knows that Wheeljack built it, but he's sure that it is some kind of potent, deadly weapon. (He doesn't know [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] very well, does he?) When switched on by Thrust, the device sparks and smokes, but does nothing else. Enraged, Megatron bashes Starscream. Astrotrain then reveals that he and the others were filmed by the humans when they retrieved the device. Megatron orders everyone to the studio to steal or destroy the footage so the device remains a secret.

At the studio, the director is viewing the robot footage and decides to revamp the script into a science fiction epic blockbuster called ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', to the dismay of the human cast. He calls the Autobots to return with the promise of better parts. Once back, the director has the Autobots don googly-eyed, buck-toothed alien masks and stomp around after the female lead. For some reason, the Autobots still don't like their parts as monsters from space.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodevilaliens.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''He's in the best-selling show Is There Life on Mars?'']]

Making their rounds, Spike and Carly find the room where the film negatives are stored and discover that someone has stolen scenes from the movie. That someone was Starscream, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports to Megatron that the original negative still exists. Megatron pounds on Starscream again, this time disabling him by ripping out his Memory Component from his chest! Megatron then orders the others to get the negative.

Meanwhile, the Autobots are filming another scene with pyrotechnics, which have been switched for actual explosives by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Spike and Carly are in a screening room watching a new print of the stolen footage of the Decepticons and the device. Midway through the screening, [[:File:HoistGoesHollywood Soundwave movie rip.JPG|Soundwave rips through the screen]] and destroys the projector. Spike and Carly rush to the film vault to get the original before the Decepticons do, but are interrupted by Megatron. Carly fools him by giving him an empty film canister, and they race around the studio lot with the Decepticons close on their heels. They finally meet up with Hoist, who has a plan.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodflesheatinglava.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen'']]

Megatron and the others finally catch up and find the Autobots on a movie set. Hoist threatens to drop the humans and the film into a vat of flesh-eating lava if the ‘Cons don’t withdraw. Megatron says he won’t do it, but Hoist drops them in. Content that the film is gone, the Decepticons retreat. Hoist then lifts Spike and Carly from the “lava”, which is just bubbly, muddy water mixed with special effects.

The Autobots show the film to Wheeljack in the screening room. The Autobot scientist laughs at Megatron because the device Megatron wanted so much is actually worthless. Impressed with Hoist's performance at the lava pit, the director offers him the leading part in a new film, but Hoist declines, saying that his duty as an Autobot comes first, no matter how unglamorous it is.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (1)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (14)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Assistant director|Assistant director]] (4)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]] (5)
*[[Karen Fishook]] (6)
*[[Harold Edsel]] (7)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ready for my big scene, Mr. Director." 
"Huh? Oh, yeah, the robot. Er...okay, Moist, er...pick up a donut from the catering truck and relax until I call for ya." 
"Donut?"
:—'''Hoist''' gets the brush-off from the Major Pictures '''director'''.

"The star has arrived!"
:—'''Sunstreaker''', humble as ever

"Oh, no. The Autobots have gone movie-mad.”
 "And the director's gonna be just plain mad!"
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly'''

"Who would want to steal scenes from ''this'' picture?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', movie critic.

"I'm too valuable to ''disa-ble'' bledisawow..."personality component from his chest.

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''Science fiction double feature'']]
"I feel like a fool!" 
"Do you wanna quit?" 
"No, but I still feel like a fool!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Sunstreaker''' aren't enjoying their movie careers.

"He is...no match for the alien robots...I-I mean, the ''evil'' alien robots."
:—'''Warpath''' shows his acting chops.

"Is ''this'' what you're looking for, Megatron? You and the rest of the Decepticons ''get out!'' Or I'll drop them, and your precious film, into this pit of flesh-eating lava!" 
"An Autobot would never hurt a human. You're bluffing!" 
"''Am I?!'' [''drops them''] Maybe ''you'd'' like to follow them, Megatron!" 
:—'''Hoist''' is a bit scary as he bluffs '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script submitted: 31st July 1985
*Dialogue recording: [[August 16|16th August]] [[1985]]

===Continuity notes===
*"Dash Jordon" was referenced in the [[Buzz Dixon]]-penned episode of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' titled "My Brother's Keeper". He was said to be appearing at a science fiction convention.

===Real-world references===
[[File:AotAR.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?]]
*The characters of Harold Edsel and Karen Fishook are obvious parodies of [[Harrison Ford]] and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' films. Karen Fishook is voiced by [[Susan Blu]], who would later voice another Princess Leia parody: [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee.]]
*Upon Powerglide's entrance, he references the {{w|Academy Awards}}, saying "I'll show you some real Oscar-winning material." No Transformers movie has won an Oscar, though [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 film]] was nominated for three awards, [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|its 2009 sequel]] for one, and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|their 2011 sequel]] for three again.
*The role of "Dash Jordon" is an obvious reference to the character {{w|Flash Gordon}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Spike's hair is colored orange in the first shot of him riding in Hoist's cab.
**One of Dirge's smaller fins is gray instead of gold after he crashes into the swamp.
**One panel of Powerglide's face is red instead of gray as he gripes about all the crashes.
**In the swamp, when Ramjet transforms and takes off, he is given Thrust's colors. He's also standing where Thrust had been a moment earlier.
**Ramjet's guns are white instead of dark gray as Thrust activates the device.
**When Megatron grabs Starscream after he learns the negative is still in existence, Starscream's hips turn white, but they immediately turn back to their normal red when he gets picked up.
**After Megatron rips Starscream a new one, Soundwave is colored like [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]].
**Aboard the space ship set, Sunstreaker is [[:file:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|colored light gray]] where he should be yellow.
**When Spike and Carly view the footage, Wheeljack's invention is yellow instead of gray.
**Megatron's "eyebrow" is light gray instead of black as he listens to Hoist's spiel.
**The sides of Megatron's face are black as he runs out following the "destruction" of the negative.
**Tracks' "hood" is dark gray instead of blue during the group pan over the Autobots at the end.

*Warpath "sharpshoots" at nothing! The shot causes some kind of energy effect to radiate out of thin air.
*As the director announces the Autobots will be his stunt vehicles, Spike's "Tracks!" line is randomly played over again.
*As the director notes he wants something "extra," his glasses are missing their earpieces for a moment.
*A number of sound effects are missing or played at oddly low volume:
**Tracks drives off the building set and changes to his flight mode without the transformation sound.
**Thrust and Ramjet land at the swamp set without any sound effect at all.
**The usual "clunk" sound is barely audible as Megatron punches Starscream.
**The electrical sounds of Starscream shorting out after Megatron brutalizes him are almost inaudible.
**When the mechanical dinosaurs explode from Rumble's blasts, there are no explosion sounds.
*Thrust's mouth is missing as he and Ramjet set down the device.
*Tracks' seat says "Trucks" Instead of Tracks.
*Megatron, Starscream (in [[robot mode]]!) and Soundwave leave the Decepticon base; the very next shot shows Megatron, Soundwave and three jets (one could be Starscream, but there was no transformation sound).
*Karen Fishook's attempt to console her co-star is cut off in mid-sentence by the scene edit.
*The "CLOSED" sign on the studio the Decepticons are in reads "CLLOSE".
*When Megatron is examining a reel of film, the reel is out of scale from a normal film reel.
*Sunstreaker is Gray.
*Warpath and Powerglide are missing their face plates after the explosion scene.
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood No Faceplate Error.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess they mouthed off once too often.]]
*Spike yells, "DUCK!" when Soundwave bursts through the theater screen, but he and Carly run away instead.
*Soundwave's hand cannon repeatedly uses a sound effect that's not the usual Decepticon laser noise.
*As usual, human buildings comfortably accommodate a full-size Transformer, such as Megatron or Soundwave.
*Just before they run into Megatron, Spike and Carly appear to be mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*When Soundwave tells Carly and Spike to "Surrender the negative," he appears as if he's sliding forward in the next scene, even though he's walking towards them, as evidenced by the sound of his footsteps.
*Megatron, Soundwave and Rumble tear through a jungle background, but it's still there as they walk through the tear.
*When Spike and Carly emerge from the cave, they are about half the height of Megatron.
*As Megatron jumps out of the cave, his head is about a third the size it should be, but returns to normal size once he lands.
*As the director offers Hoist a role in his next movie, the shots show light brown walls around them, but in the last shot of the episode, the theater is back to dark blue again.
*Near the end of the episode, Warpath says "You tell him Hoist, yeah," but Hoist's mouthplate is moving in sync with the words, and his body language reflects the dialogue. A second later, Hoist is moving around again during Powerglide's line. (Maybe really he ''is'' just that good an actor.)
*During the last shot of the Autobots congratulating Hoist, Sunstreaker is placed too high in the cel, making him appear to be floating (and clipping through the humans!).

===Continuity errors===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Dirge in swamp.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally'']]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**From Decepticon Headquarters, Megatron and Starscream get a quarter-angle shot of Dirge flying along as he calls in his mayday.
**Then they have a nicely-framed view of him crashed in the swamp, seconds after it happens.
*Not an error ''per se'', but we never do find out exactly why Megatron blames Starscream for Dirge's crash.
*Nor is it clear why Dirge struggles to carry the device, while Ramjet seems to have no trouble with it.
*For that matter, why was Dirge the right choice to literally shuttle the device through space to Earth from Cybertron, when the Decepticons have the [[space bridge]] or Astrotrain, whose function is - again, literally - "Decepticon Military Transport"?
*In the time it takes for Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust to arrive at the studio to fish out Dirge and retrieve Wheeljack's gadget, a lot of events took place. Hoist arrives at the studio, four other Autobots arrive, four extra scenes are written and filmed, the director finds Dirge in the swamp set, and a bridge is built around the Conehead, at which point the director calls wrap for the day. Even if the three Decepticons sent to recover the device flew from coast to coast, they could have arrived at the studio in about three hours. Either it was a short work day at the studio, or Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust ran into some problems.
*What exactly is this movie about, anyway? Plane crash, kissing. Car crash, kissing. Another car crash, kissing.
*Why do the Decepticons think it’s a good idea to bring a mystery Autobot machine into their headquarters and turn it on? Without knowing what it does or taking ANY precautions? For all they know, it could be a bomb! (Knowing Wheeljack, it had a decent chance of exploding anyway.)
*The [[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|production assistant]], not to mention the entire rest of the production staff, is surprisingly uninterested in the film theft, despite the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]]'s fear that "somebody is deliberately trying to shut down production. I want to know who it is!" as only Carly and Spike are seen viewing the new print.
*Hoist appears to be unfamiliar with - yet quite adamant about - how actual {{w|lava}}, at 700-1200 °C, interacts with [[human]] flesh. Judging by how he falls for Hoist's bluff, so is Megatron.

===Trivia===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Starscream offline.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who says celluloid heroes never feel any pain?]]
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Wheeljack's invention.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot'']]
*This is one of four pre-movie episodes that doesn't feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].
*Due to [[Earl Kress|the writer's]] tendency to use Starscream as a [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator-ish]] comedy relief, Megatron is ''incredibly'' abusive toward Starscream in this episode...well, more than usual. He punches him, throws him around, even pulling out his personality component from his chest. Notably, every other Decepticon in the room, who usually hate Starscream's guts, are visibly ''horrified'' at this. Incidentally, Starscream is absent from the next few episodes until Megatron reinstalls his personality component.
**Starscream would later recover the Personality Components of the "[[renegade Decepticon]]s" from the Decepticon Detention Center on Cybertron in order to create his own army to confront Megatron.{{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}
*When the Autobots are role-playing the aliens chasing the actress, Sunstreaker looks like he's imitating the walk of Frankenstein's monster from early horror movies.
*When the Autobots are sitting in director's chairs with their names written on the backs, Tracks's chair is spelled "Trucks". This ''could'' be an extension of the gag where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong - although on Hoist's chair, his name is spelled correctly! Considering how common [[Japanese language|mangled English]] lettering is in the cartoon's backgrounds, it may be an outright error (presumably stemming from a misunderstanding on the part of Japanese animators, as the English short "a" and short "u" sounds are identical to the Japanese ear). The world may never know.
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].
*We never do find out what [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|Wheeljack's device]] is supposed to do.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Hoist part à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Ça c'est du cinéma'''" ("Now that's Cinema")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist geht zum Film'''" ("Hoist Goes to the Movie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 30]], [[1989]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Cinema!'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The gag about the director costantly misnaming Hoist is entirely removed. Particularly, at the end of the episode, Hoist's line: «Uh... excuse me, but the name's Hoist!» is changed to: «Excuse me, but I think I don't know you!»... wait, what?!
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Hoist conquista Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Conquers Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Hollywood e Iku'''" (ホイストハリウッドへ行く, "Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zài Hǎoláiwù Pāi Diànyǐng '''" (在好莱坞拍电影, "Shooting a Movie in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Vai à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes to Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tyagatch v Hollywoodee'''" (Тягач в Голливуде, "Hoist in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-58-Hoist.jpg|thumb|240px]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:In addition to the standard and alternate (smiling, shouting) faces, ''Masterpiece'' Sunstreaker includes an alien mask from this episode. For an additional homage, he can also stand on one leg.
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-58 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] (TakaraTomy, 2024)'''
:In a similar fashion to Sunstreaker, Hoist comes with an optional alien mask accessory.
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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 12 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8hWCjGXOzXM3zaAM4BAUThrCgOoP_Vm/view?usp=sharing Full episode script]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=158PDU6IbXKZe0G8P94oa56Rax26OtQGb Voice actor call sheet and dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Personality component

2023-12-25T02:00:07Z

Arrow: /* The Transformers cartoon */

A '''personality component''' is a part of a [[Transformer]]'s anatomy that, as its name suggests, governs their personality. When it is removed, a Transformer becomes dumb and vacant, though they can still move about and be directed. The process of removal and replacement seems fairly safe; the [[Decepticon]]s have been known to extract them from prisoners and destroy their bodies, storing the personality components in the [[Decepticon Detention Center]]. Installing a personality component in a non-Transformer machine can cause spontaneous reconfiguration, but not always.

Sometimes personality components look like [[energon cube]]s, and sometimes they look like inscrutable technical equipment covered in [[human]]-scale gauges and screens.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:RenegadeDecepticonPersonalityComponents.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|We've replaced Starscream's energon with Combaticon® brand personality components. Let's see what happens.]]

One time, Megatron got so furious with Starscream and his ideas that after collecting all the film containing the Decepticons except the negative, Megatron disables him by ripping his personality component out of his chest.{{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

At some point in the past, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] ordered a group of political prisoners known as the "[[renegade Decepticon]]s" stripped down to their personality components and put into storage on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. In 1985, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] infiltrated the Decepticon Detention Center in search of them, hoping to use them as an army to overthrow Megatron. He found them and took them to [[Earth]], where he installed them in abandoned [[World War II]] military vehicles. Doing so instantly caused the vehicles to reconfigure themselves into different, yet still human-based, forms (such as a {{w|B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17 bomber}} becoming a [[Blast Off (G1)|space shuttle]] and an {{w|F4U Corsair}} becoming a [[Vortex (G1)|helicopter]]). Starscream called them the "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s" and announced their names as they transformed to [[robot mode]], though it's unclear whether he was ''giving'' them these names or just acknowledging them. The Combaticons parlayed with their would-be benefactor, whom they didn't remember and to whom they felt little indebtedness for their freedom. Nevertheless, Starscream was still able to lead them against Megatron (with the help of a little blackmail). {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[File:BrawlPersonalityComponent.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|For Brawl's personality, that actually looks pretty advanced.]]

However, their rebellion ended in failure, and Megatron was able to capture and reprogram the Combaticons' combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] to be loyal to him. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}} This seemed to work, though the Combaticons' individual quirks sometime still caused Megatron headaches. For example, after a disastrous battle against [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] that left all but [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in pieces, the remaining Combaticon sold the wreckage of his comrades to humans across the globe. When Megatron confronted him about it, Swindle pleaded that greed was programmed into his personality component. So Megatron decided to use self-preservation as a more powerful motivator, putting a bomb in Swindle's head that would go off if he didn't reassemble the Combaticons within 15 hours. Swindle succeeded, but the team couldn't merge... because, it turned out, he had neglected to find [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]'s personality component, which had ended up inside [[Martin and Roland|some filthy human youths]]' [[B.O.T. (G1)|science-fair project]]. The personality component turned the kids' robot hostile and potentially deadly, though the havoc he wreaked didn't seem to have a particular goal. Swindle eventually recovered the personality component, but the kids had gleaned enough information from it to use it as an eavesdropping device, overhearing the Decepticons' plans when they reinstalled it in Brawl's body. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

====''Legends'' comic====
The personality component was what retained a Transformer's [[spark]], a fact discovered by [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] in [[2025]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}}

After [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s destruction at the hands of [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]], the integrated [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] was reduced to a personality component, which was recovered by the [[Race Track Patrol]]. They brought it to the [[Metrosquad]], who modified the component into a small robot in the hopes that he could be used to recreate Trypticon. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

====''Wings Universe''====
The ancient Transformers on Cybertron sealed the personality component of [[Brimstone (G1 Decepticon)|Brimstone]], called the [[Heart of the Dragon]], in an urn. It was regarded as a powerful component, being capable of controlling the [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] as a body. {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}} After taking control of the Decepticon army, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] intended to reduce the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s to their personality components and inter them in the Detention Center. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] sent [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] to find some personality components. Runamuck found some, though he complained that all the glowing pink cubes on Cybertron were hard to tell apart. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
While looting the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]], [[Packrat]] stole a personality component that had once belonged to a Combaticon. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

==Notes==
* The idea of a "personality component" is just one of many in the vague and confused world of Transformer sentience. Its relation to the [[spark]] and the [[laser core]], not to mention [[Vector Sigma]], is unclear at best. It doesn't help that the two major portrayals of personality components are different in their physical properties and effects.
* According to the "Starscream's Brigade" shooting script, the thing that Starscream got from the Detention Center was supposed to be glowing ''green'' and labeled "DANGER - CRIMINAL DECEPTION {{sic}} PERSONALITY COMPONENTS. DO NOT REMOVE!" Moreover, when he resurrected the Combaticons, he was supposed to be taking "small ebony cube[s]" out of the glowing box and putting them in the vehicles. Had this been animated accordingly, not only would the strange energon resemblance have been gone, but there would have been less of a discrepancy between that episode and "B.O.T."

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Personal component''' (パーソナルコンポーネント ''pāsonaru konpōnento'')

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Transformer anatomy]]
[[Category:Legends franchise]]
[[Category:Storage media]]
[[Category:Wings Universe]]

Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)

2023-12-25T01:58:46Z

Arrow: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg
|caption=Unfortunately, none of these guys made it past Michael Bay.
|series=G1toon
|ep=55
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=45
|prev2=Sea Change
|next2=Aerial Assault
|title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
|season=2
|season ep=39
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production code=700-54
|airdate=[[November 21]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
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'''Hoist gets cast in a big [[Hollywood]] movie! Hijinks ensue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Hoist rescue.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie! And that I was the star of the movie.]]
[[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a drive through the countryside inside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when they are overtaken by two speeding vehicles. They pursue and see one of the cars make an improbable crash off a cliff and land on top of the other. Before they can investigate, a man on the top of the cliff yells at them for ruining the shot. It turns out they've driven into the middle of a movie set. Hoist saves the imperiled drivers of the crashed cars, and the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] is so impressed, he hires Hoist on the spot for his next movie. The director invites Spike and Carly along to visit the movie studio.

In the skies, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] is having trouble transporting a mysterious, heavy load. He crashes into the swamp set on the lot of [[Major Pictures]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to shut down, yells at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] for no good reason, then sends [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go after Dirge and retrieve the mysterious cargo.

Hoist arrives at Major Pictures for his big-screen debut, but gets the brush-off from the director. Before filming begins, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] hone in on the set and ham it up for the director's attention. Strangely, the director is impressed by their hi-jinks and decides to hire them all for the action picture.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodmegsseesfilm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Show biz kids Making movies
of themselves'']]

Movie work doesn't prove to be as glamorous as they had hoped. The bots wind up crashing into buildings and playing second fiddle to the human actors, [[Karen Fishook]] and [[Harold Edsel]], while Hoist pulls them out of the smoldering wreckage after each take.

Disgruntled at their bit parts, the Autobots ask Hoist to lobby the director for better roles, but the director tells Hoist to get a bagel and sit tight. The Autobots take off just as Astrotrain and the other [[Conehead]]s show up to pull Dirge and the cargo out of the swamp set, all as the cameras roll.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Megatron looks over the [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|strange device]]. He isn't sure what it does; he only knows that Wheeljack built it, but he's sure that it is some kind of potent, deadly weapon. (He doesn't know [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] very well, does he?) When switched on by Thrust, the device sparks and smokes, but does nothing else. Enraged, Megatron bashes Starscream. Astrotrain then reveals that he and the others were filmed by the humans when they retrieved the device. Megatron orders everyone to the studio to steal or destroy the footage so the device remains a secret.

At the studio, the director is viewing the robot footage and decides to revamp the script into a science fiction epic blockbuster called ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', to the dismay of the human cast. He calls the Autobots to return with the promise of better parts. Once back, the director has the Autobots don googly-eyed, buck-toothed alien masks and stomp around after the female lead. For some reason, the Autobots still don't like their parts as monsters from space.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodevilaliens.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''He's in the best-selling show Is There Life on Mars?'']]

Making their rounds, Spike and Carly find the room where the film negatives are stored and discover that someone has stolen scenes from the movie. That someone was Starscream, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports to Megatron that the original negative still exists. Megatron pounds on Starscream again, this time disabling him by ripping out his Memory Component from his chest! Megatron then orders the others to get the negative.

Meanwhile, the Autobots are filming another scene with pyrotechnics, which have been switched for actual explosives by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Spike and Carly are in a screening room watching a new print of the stolen footage of the Decepticons and the device. Midway through the screening, [[:File:HoistGoesHollywood Soundwave movie rip.JPG|Soundwave rips through the screen]] and destroys the projector. Spike and Carly rush to the film vault to get the original before the Decepticons do, but are interrupted by Megatron. Carly fools him by giving him an empty film canister, and they race around the studio lot with the Decepticons close on their heels. They finally meet up with Hoist, who has a plan.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodflesheatinglava.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen'']]

Megatron and the others finally catch up and find the Autobots on a movie set. Hoist threatens to drop the humans and the film into a vat of flesh-eating lava if the ‘Cons don’t withdraw. Megatron says he won’t do it, but Hoist drops them in. Content that the film is gone, the Decepticons retreat. Hoist then lifts Spike and Carly from the “lava”, which is just bubbly, muddy water mixed with special effects.

The Autobots show the film to Wheeljack in the screening room. The Autobot scientist laughs at Megatron because the device Megatron wanted so much is actually worthless. Impressed with Hoist's performance at the lava pit, the director offers him the leading part in a new film, but Hoist declines, saying that his duty as an Autobot comes first, no matter how unglamorous it is.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (1)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (14)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Assistant director|Assistant director]] (4)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]] (5)
*[[Karen Fishook]] (6)
*[[Harold Edsel]] (7)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ready for my big scene, Mr. Director." 
"Huh? Oh, yeah, the robot. Er...okay, Moist, er...pick up a donut from the catering truck and relax until I call for ya." 
"Donut?"
:—'''Hoist''' gets the brush-off from the Major Pictures '''director'''.

"The star has arrived!"
:—'''Sunstreaker''', humble as ever

"Oh, no. The Autobots have gone movie-mad.”
 "And the director's gonna be just plain mad!"
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly'''

"Who would want to steal scenes from ''this'' picture?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', movie critic.

"I'm too valuable to ''disa-ble'' bledisawow..."
:—'''Starscream''' the moment Megatron rips his Memory Component from his chest.

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''Science fiction double feature'']]
"I feel like a fool!" 
"Do you wanna quit?" 
"No, but I still feel like a fool!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Sunstreaker''' aren't enjoying their movie careers.

"He is...no match for the alien robots...I-I mean, the ''evil'' alien robots."
:—'''Warpath''' shows his acting chops.

"Is ''this'' what you're looking for, Megatron? You and the rest of the Decepticons ''get out!'' Or I'll drop them, and your precious film, into this pit of flesh-eating lava!" 
"An Autobot would never hurt a human. You're bluffing!" 
"''Am I?!'' [''drops them''] Maybe ''you'd'' like to follow them, Megatron!" 
:—'''Hoist''' is a bit scary as he bluffs '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script submitted: 31st July 1985
*Dialogue recording: [[August 16|16th August]] [[1985]]

===Continuity notes===
*"Dash Jordon" was referenced in the [[Buzz Dixon]]-penned episode of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' titled "My Brother's Keeper". He was said to be appearing at a science fiction convention.

===Real-world references===
[[File:AotAR.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?]]
*The characters of Harold Edsel and Karen Fishook are obvious parodies of [[Harrison Ford]] and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' films. Karen Fishook is voiced by [[Susan Blu]], who would later voice another Princess Leia parody: [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee.]]
*Upon Powerglide's entrance, he references the {{w|Academy Awards}}, saying "I'll show you some real Oscar-winning material." No Transformers movie has won an Oscar, though [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 film]] was nominated for three awards, [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|its 2009 sequel]] for one, and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|their 2011 sequel]] for three again.
*The role of "Dash Jordon" is an obvious reference to the character {{w|Flash Gordon}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Spike's hair is colored orange in the first shot of him riding in Hoist's cab.
**One of Dirge's smaller fins is gray instead of gold after he crashes into the swamp.
**One panel of Powerglide's face is red instead of gray as he gripes about all the crashes.
**In the swamp, when Ramjet transforms and takes off, he is given Thrust's colors. He's also standing where Thrust had been a moment earlier.
**Ramjet's guns are white instead of dark gray as Thrust activates the device.
**When Megatron grabs Starscream after he learns the negative is still in existence, Starscream's hips turn white, but they immediately turn back to their normal red when he gets picked up.
**After Megatron rips Starscream a new one, Soundwave is colored like [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]].
**Aboard the space ship set, Sunstreaker is [[:file:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|colored light gray]] where he should be yellow.
**When Spike and Carly view the footage, Wheeljack's invention is yellow instead of gray.
**Megatron's "eyebrow" is light gray instead of black as he listens to Hoist's spiel.
**The sides of Megatron's face are black as he runs out following the "destruction" of the negative.
**Tracks' "hood" is dark gray instead of blue during the group pan over the Autobots at the end.

*Warpath "sharpshoots" at nothing! The shot causes some kind of energy effect to radiate out of thin air.
*As the director announces the Autobots will be his stunt vehicles, Spike's "Tracks!" line is randomly played over again.
*As the director notes he wants something "extra," his glasses are missing their earpieces for a moment.
*A number of sound effects are missing or played at oddly low volume:
**Tracks drives off the building set and changes to his flight mode without the transformation sound.
**Thrust and Ramjet land at the swamp set without any sound effect at all.
**The usual "clunk" sound is barely audible as Megatron punches Starscream.
**The electrical sounds of Starscream shorting out after Megatron brutalizes him are almost inaudible.
**When the mechanical dinosaurs explode from Rumble's blasts, there are no explosion sounds.
*Thrust's mouth is missing as he and Ramjet set down the device.
*Tracks' seat says "Trucks" Instead of Tracks.
*Megatron, Starscream (in [[robot mode]]!) and Soundwave leave the Decepticon base; the very next shot shows Megatron, Soundwave and three jets (one could be Starscream, but there was no transformation sound).
*Karen Fishook's attempt to console her co-star is cut off in mid-sentence by the scene edit.
*The "CLOSED" sign on the studio the Decepticons are in reads "CLLOSE".
*When Megatron is examining a reel of film, the reel is out of scale from a normal film reel.
*Sunstreaker is Gray.
*Warpath and Powerglide are missing their face plates after the explosion scene.
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood No Faceplate Error.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess they mouthed off once too often.]]
*Spike yells, "DUCK!" when Soundwave bursts through the theater screen, but he and Carly run away instead.
*Soundwave's hand cannon repeatedly uses a sound effect that's not the usual Decepticon laser noise.
*As usual, human buildings comfortably accommodate a full-size Transformer, such as Megatron or Soundwave.
*Just before they run into Megatron, Spike and Carly appear to be mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*When Soundwave tells Carly and Spike to "Surrender the negative," he appears as if he's sliding forward in the next scene, even though he's walking towards them, as evidenced by the sound of his footsteps.
*Megatron, Soundwave and Rumble tear through a jungle background, but it's still there as they walk through the tear.
*When Spike and Carly emerge from the cave, they are about half the height of Megatron.
*As Megatron jumps out of the cave, his head is about a third the size it should be, but returns to normal size once he lands.
*As the director offers Hoist a role in his next movie, the shots show light brown walls around them, but in the last shot of the episode, the theater is back to dark blue again.
*Near the end of the episode, Warpath says "You tell him Hoist, yeah," but Hoist's mouthplate is moving in sync with the words, and his body language reflects the dialogue. A second later, Hoist is moving around again during Powerglide's line. (Maybe really he ''is'' just that good an actor.)
*During the last shot of the Autobots congratulating Hoist, Sunstreaker is placed too high in the cel, making him appear to be floating (and clipping through the humans!).

===Continuity errors===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Dirge in swamp.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally'']]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**From Decepticon Headquarters, Megatron and Starscream get a quarter-angle shot of Dirge flying along as he calls in his mayday.
**Then they have a nicely-framed view of him crashed in the swamp, seconds after it happens.
*Not an error ''per se'', but we never do find out exactly why Megatron blames Starscream for Dirge's crash.
*Nor is it clear why Dirge struggles to carry the device, while Ramjet seems to have no trouble with it.
*For that matter, why was Dirge the right choice to literally shuttle the device through space to Earth from Cybertron, when the Decepticons have the [[space bridge]] or Astrotrain, whose function is - again, literally - "Decepticon Military Transport"?
*In the time it takes for Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust to arrive at the studio to fish out Dirge and retrieve Wheeljack's gadget, a lot of events took place. Hoist arrives at the studio, four other Autobots arrive, four extra scenes are written and filmed, the director finds Dirge in the swamp set, and a bridge is built around the Conehead, at which point the director calls wrap for the day. Even if the three Decepticons sent to recover the device flew from coast to coast, they could have arrived at the studio in about three hours. Either it was a short work day at the studio, or Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust ran into some problems.
*What exactly is this movie about, anyway? Plane crash, kissing. Car crash, kissing. Another car crash, kissing.
*Why do the Decepticons think it’s a good idea to bring a mystery Autobot machine into their headquarters and turn it on? Without knowing what it does or taking ANY precautions? For all they know, it could be a bomb! (Knowing Wheeljack, it had a decent chance of exploding anyway.)
*The [[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|production assistant]], not to mention the entire rest of the production staff, is surprisingly uninterested in the film theft, despite the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]]'s fear that "somebody is deliberately trying to shut down production. I want to know who it is!" as only Carly and Spike are seen viewing the new print.
*Hoist appears to be unfamiliar with - yet quite adamant about - how actual {{w|lava}}, at 700-1200 °C, interacts with [[human]] flesh. Judging by how he falls for Hoist's bluff, so is Megatron.

===Trivia===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Starscream offline.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who says celluloid heroes never feel any pain?]]
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Wheeljack's invention.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot'']]
*This is one of four pre-movie episodes that doesn't feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].
*Due to [[Earl Kress|the writer's]] tendency to use Starscream as a [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator-ish]] comedy relief, Megatron is ''incredibly'' abusive toward Starscream in this episode...well, more than usual. He punches him, throws him around, even pulling out his personality component from his chest. Notably, every other Decepticon in the room, who usually hate Starscream's guts, are visibly ''horrified'' at this. Incidentally, Starscream is absent from the next few episodes until Megatron reinstalls his personality component.
**Starscream would later recover the Personality Components of the "[[renegade Decepticon]]s" from the Decepticon Detention Center on Cybertron in order to create his own army to confront Megatron.{{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}
*When the Autobots are role-playing the aliens chasing the actress, Sunstreaker looks like he's imitating the walk of Frankenstein's monster from early horror movies.
*When the Autobots are sitting in director's chairs with their names written on the backs, Tracks's chair is spelled "Trucks". This ''could'' be an extension of the gag where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong - although on Hoist's chair, his name is spelled correctly! Considering how common [[Japanese language|mangled English]] lettering is in the cartoon's backgrounds, it may be an outright error (presumably stemming from a misunderstanding on the part of Japanese animators, as the English short "a" and short "u" sounds are identical to the Japanese ear). The world may never know.
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].
*We never do find out what [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|Wheeljack's device]] is supposed to do.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Hoist part à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Ça c'est du cinéma'''" ("Now that's Cinema")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist geht zum Film'''" ("Hoist Goes to the Movie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 30]], [[1989]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Cinema!'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The gag about the director costantly misnaming Hoist is entirely removed. Particularly, at the end of the episode, Hoist's line: «Uh... excuse me, but the name's Hoist!» is changed to: «Excuse me, but I think I don't know you!»... wait, what?!
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Hoist conquista Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Conquers Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Hollywood e Iku'''" (ホイストハリウッドへ行く, "Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zài Hǎoláiwù Pāi Diànyǐng '''" (在好莱坞拍电影, "Shooting a Movie in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Vai à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes to Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tyagatch v Hollywoodee'''" (Тягач в Голливуде, "Hoist in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-58-Hoist.jpg|thumb|240px]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:In addition to the standard and alternate (smiling, shouting) faces, ''Masterpiece'' Sunstreaker includes an alien mask from this episode. For an additional homage, he can also stand on one leg.
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-58 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] (TakaraTomy, 2024)'''
:In a similar fashion to Sunstreaker, Hoist comes with an optional alien mask accessory.
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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 12 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8hWCjGXOzXM3zaAM4BAUThrCgOoP_Vm/view?usp=sharing Full episode script]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=158PDU6IbXKZe0G8P94oa56Rax26OtQGb Voice actor call sheet and dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)

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Arrow: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg
|caption=Unfortunately, none of these guys made it past Michael Bay.
|series=G1toon
|ep=55
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=45
|prev2=Sea Change
|next2=Aerial Assault
|title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
|season=2
|season ep=39
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production code=700-54
|airdate=[[November 21]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bP3_ADBgdI
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Hoist gets cast in a big [[Hollywood]] movie! Hijinks ensue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Hoist rescue.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie! And that I was the star of the movie.]]
[[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a drive through the countryside inside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when they are overtaken by two speeding vehicles. They pursue and see one of the cars make an improbable crash off a cliff and land on top of the other. Before they can investigate, a man on the top of the cliff yells at them for ruining the shot. It turns out they've driven into the middle of a movie set. Hoist saves the imperiled drivers of the crashed cars, and the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] is so impressed, he hires Hoist on the spot for his next movie. The director invites Spike and Carly along to visit the movie studio.

In the skies, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] is having trouble transporting a mysterious, heavy load. He crashes into the swamp set on the lot of [[Major Pictures]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to shut down, yells at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] for no good reason, then sends [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go after Dirge and retrieve the mysterious cargo.

Hoist arrives at Major Pictures for his big-screen debut, but gets the brush-off from the director. Before filming begins, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] hone in on the set and ham it up for the director's attention. Strangely, the director is impressed by their hi-jinks and decides to hire them all for the action picture.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodmegsseesfilm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Show biz kids Making movies
of themselves'']]

Movie work doesn't prove to be as glamorous as they had hoped. The bots wind up crashing into buildings and playing second fiddle to the human actors, [[Karen Fishook]] and [[Harold Edsel]], while Hoist pulls them out of the smoldering wreckage after each take.

Disgruntled at their bit parts, the Autobots ask Hoist to lobby the director for better roles, but the director tells Hoist to get a bagel and sit tight. The Autobots take off just as Astrotrain and the other [[Conehead]]s show up to pull Dirge and the cargo out of the swamp set, all as the cameras roll.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Megatron looks over the [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|strange device]]. He isn't sure what it does; he only knows that Wheeljack built it, but he's sure that it is some kind of potent, deadly weapon. (He doesn't know [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] very well, does he?) When switched on by Thrust, the device sparks and smokes, but does nothing else. Enraged, Megatron bashes Starscream. Astrotrain then reveals that he and the others were filmed by the humans when they retrieved the device. Megatron orders everyone to the studio to steal or destroy the footage so the device remains a secret.

At the studio, the director is viewing the robot footage and decides to revamp the script into a science fiction epic blockbuster called ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', to the dismay of the human cast. He calls the Autobots to return with the promise of better parts. Once back, the director has the Autobots don googly-eyed, buck-toothed alien masks and stomp around after the female lead. For some reason, the Autobots still don't like their parts as monsters from space.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodevilaliens.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''He's in the best-selling show Is There Life on Mars?'']]

Making their rounds, Spike and Carly find the room where the film negatives are stored and discover that someone has stolen scenes from the movie. That someone was Starscream, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports to Megatron that the original negative still exists. Megatron pounds on Starscream again, this time disabling him by ripping out his Memory Component from his chest! Megatron then orders the others to get the negative.

Meanwhile, the Autobots are filming another scene with pyrotechnics, which have been switched for actual explosives by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Spike and Carly are in a screening room watching a new print of the stolen footage of the Decepticons and the device. Midway through the screening, [[:File:HoistGoesHollywood Soundwave movie rip.JPG|Soundwave rips through the screen]] and destroys the projector. Spike and Carly rush to the film vault to get the original before the Decepticons do, but are interrupted by Megatron. Carly fools him by giving him an empty film canister, and they race around the studio lot with the Decepticons close on their heels. They finally meet up with Hoist, who has a plan.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodflesheatinglava.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen'']]

Megatron and the others finally catch up and find the Autobots on a movie set. Hoist threatens to drop the humans and the film into a vat of flesh-eating lava if the ‘Cons don’t withdraw. Megatron says he won’t do it, but Hoist drops them in. Content that the film is gone, the Decepticons retreat. Hoist then lifts Spike and Carly from the “lava”, which is just bubbly, muddy water mixed with special effects.

The Autobots show the film to Wheeljack in the screening room. The Autobot scientist laughs at Megatron because the device Megatron wanted so much is actually worthless. Impressed with Hoist's performance at the lava pit, the director offers him the leading part in a new film, but Hoist declines, saying that his duty as an Autobot comes first, no matter how unglamorous it is.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (1)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (14)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Assistant director|Assistant director]] (4)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]] (5)
*[[Karen Fishook]] (6)
*[[Harold Edsel]] (7)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ready for my big scene, Mr. Director." 
"Huh? Oh, yeah, the robot. Er...okay, Moist, er...pick up a donut from the catering truck and relax until I call for ya." 
"Donut?"
:—'''Hoist''' gets the brush-off from the Major Pictures '''director'''.

"The star has arrived!"
:—'''Sunstreaker''', humble as ever

"Oh, no. The Autobots have gone movie-mad.”
 "And the director's gonna be just plain mad!"
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly'''

"Who would want to steal scenes from ''this'' picture?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', movie critic.

"I'm too valuable to ''disa-ble'' bledisawow..."
:—'''Starscream''' the moment Megatron rips his Memory Component from his chest.

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''Science fiction double feature'']]
"I feel like a fool!" 
"Do you wanna quit?" 
"No, but I still feel like a fool!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Sunstreaker''' aren't enjoying their movie careers.

"He is...no match for the alien robots...I-I mean, the ''evil'' alien robots."
:—'''Warpath''' shows his acting chops.

"Is ''this'' what you're looking for, Megatron? You and the rest of the Decepticons ''get out!'' Or I'll drop them, and your precious film, into this pit of flesh-eating lava!" 
"An Autobot would never hurt a human. You're bluffing!" 
"''Am I?!'' [''drops them''] Maybe ''you'd'' like to follow them, Megatron!" 
:—'''Hoist''' is a bit scary as he bluffs '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script submitted: 31st July 1985
*Dialogue recording: [[August 16|16th August]] [[1985]]

===Continuity notes===
*"Dash Jordon" was referenced in the [[Buzz Dixon]]-penned episode of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' titled "My Brother's Keeper". He was said to be appearing at a science fiction convention.

===Real-world references===
[[File:AotAR.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?]]
*The characters of Harold Edsel and Karen Fishook are obvious parodies of [[Harrison Ford]] and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' films. Karen Fishook is voiced by [[Susan Blu]], who would later voice another Princess Leia parody: [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee.]]
*Upon Powerglide's entrance, he references the {{w|Academy Awards}}, saying "I'll show you some real Oscar-winning material." No Transformers movie has won an Oscar, though [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 film]] was nominated for three awards, [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|its 2009 sequel]] for one, and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|their 2011 sequel]] for three again.
*The role of "Dash Jordon" is an obvious reference to the character {{w|Flash Gordon}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Spike's hair is colored orange in the first shot of him riding in Hoist's cab.
**One of Dirge's smaller fins is gray instead of gold after he crashes into the swamp.
**One panel of Powerglide's face is red instead of gray as he gripes about all the crashes.
**In the swamp, when Ramjet transforms and takes off, he is given Thrust's colors. He's also standing where Thrust had been a moment earlier.
**Ramjet's guns are white instead of dark gray as Thrust activates the device.
**When Megatron grabs Starscream after he learns the negative is still in existence, Starscream's hips turn white, but they immediately turn back to their normal red when he gets picked up.
**After Megatron rips Starscream a new one, Soundwave is colored like [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]].
**Aboard the space ship set, Sunstreaker is [[:file:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|colored light gray]] where he should be yellow.
**When Spike and Carly view the footage, Wheeljack's invention is yellow instead of gray.
**Megatron's "eyebrow" is light gray instead of black as he listens to Hoist's spiel.
**The sides of Megatron's face are black as he runs out following the "destruction" of the negative.
**Tracks' "hood" is dark gray instead of blue during the group pan over the Autobots at the end.

*Warpath "sharpshoots" at nothing! The shot causes some kind of energy effect to radiate out of thin air.
*As the director announces the Autobots will be his stunt vehicles, Spike's "Tracks!" line is randomly played over again.
*As the director notes he wants something "extra," his glasses are missing their earpieces for a moment.
*A number of sound effects are missing or played at oddly low volume:
**Tracks drives off the building set and changes to his flight mode without the transformation sound.
**Thrust and Ramjet land at the swamp set without any sound effect at all.
**The usual "clunk" sound is barely audible as Megatron punches Starscream.
**The electrical sounds of Starscream shorting out after Megatron brutalizes him are almost inaudible.
**When the mechanical dinosaurs explode from Rumble's blasts, there are no explosion sounds.
*Thrust's mouth is missing as he and Ramjet set down the device.
*Tracks' seat says "Trucks" Instead of Tracks.
*Megatron, Starscream (in [[robot mode]]!) and Soundwave leave the Decepticon base; the very next shot shows Megatron, Soundwave and three jets (one could be Starscream, but there was no transformation sound).
*Karen Fishook's attempt to console her co-star is cut off in mid-sentence by the scene edit.
*The "CLOSED" sign on the studio the Decepticons are in reads "CLLOSE".
*When Megatron is examining a reel of film, the reel is out of scale from a normal film reel.
*Sunstreaker is Gray.
*Warpath and Powerglide are missing their face plates after the explosion scene.
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood No Faceplate Error.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess they mouthed off once too often.]]
*Spike yells, "DUCK!" when Soundwave bursts through the theater screen, but he and Carly run away instead.
*Soundwave's hand cannon repeatedly uses a sound effect that's not the usual Decepticon laser noise.
*As usual, human buildings comfortably accommodate a full-size Transformer, such as Megatron or Soundwave.
*Just before they run into Megatron, Spike and Carly appear to be mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*When Soundwave tells Carly and Spike to "Surrender the negative," he appears as if he's sliding forward in the next scene, even though he's walking towards them, as evidenced by the sound of his footsteps.
*Megatron, Soundwave and Rumble tear through a jungle background, but it's still there as they walk through the tear.
*When Spike and Carly emerge from the cave, they are about half the height of Megatron.
*As Megatron jumps out of the cave, his head is about a third the size it should be, but returns to normal size once he lands.
*As the director offers Hoist a role in his next movie, the shots show light brown walls around them, but in the last shot of the episode, the theater is back to dark blue again.
*Near the end of the episode, Warpath says "You tell him Hoist, yeah," but Hoist's mouthplate is moving in sync with the words, and his body language reflects the dialogue. A second later, Hoist is moving around again during Powerglide's line. (Maybe really he ''is'' just that good an actor.)
*During the last shot of the Autobots congratulating Hoist, Sunstreaker is placed too high in the cel, making him appear to be floating (and clipping through the humans!).

===Continuity errors===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Dirge in swamp.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally'']]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**From Decepticon Headquarters, Megatron and Starscream get a quarter-angle shot of Dirge flying along as he calls in his mayday.
**Then they have a nicely-framed view of him crashed in the swamp, seconds after it happens.
*Not an error ''per se'', but we never do find out exactly why Megatron blames Starscream for Dirge's crash.
*Nor is it clear why Dirge struggles to carry the device, while Ramjet seems to have no trouble with it.
*For that matter, why was Dirge the right choice to literally shuttle the device through space to Earth from Cybertron, when the Decepticons have the [[space bridge]] or Astrotrain, whose function is - again, literally - "Decepticon Military Transport"?
*In the time it takes for Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust to arrive at the studio to fish out Dirge and retrieve Wheeljack's gadget, a lot of events took place. Hoist arrives at the studio, four other Autobots arrive, four extra scenes are written and filmed, the director finds Dirge in the swamp set, and a bridge is built around the Conehead, at which point the director calls wrap for the day. Even if the three Decepticons sent to recover the device flew from coast to coast, they could have arrived at the studio in about three hours. Either it was a short work day at the studio, or Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust ran into some problems.
*What exactly is this movie about, anyway? Plane crash, kissing. Car crash, kissing. Another car crash, kissing.
*Why do the Decepticons think it’s a good idea to bring a mystery Autobot machine into their headquarters and turn it on? Without knowing what it does or taking ANY precautions? For all they know, it could be a bomb! (Knowing Wheeljack, it had a decent chance of exploding anyway.)
*The [[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|production assistant]], not to mention the entire rest of the production staff, is surprisingly uninterested in the film theft, despite the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]]'s fear that "somebody is deliberately trying to shut down production. I want to know who it is!" as only Carly and Spike are seen viewing the new print.
*Hoist appears to be unfamiliar with - yet quite adamant about - how actual {{w|lava}}, at 700-1200 °C, interacts with [[human]] flesh. Judging by how he falls for Hoist's bluff, so is Megatron.

===Trivia===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Starscream offline.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who says celluloid heroes never feel any pain?]]
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Wheeljack's invention.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot'']]
*This is one of four pre-movie episodes that doesn't feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].
*Due to [[Earl Kress|the writer's]] tendency to use Starscream as a [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator-ish]] comedy relief, Megatron is ''incredibly'' abusive toward Starscream in this episode...well, more than usual. He punches him, throws him around, even pulling out his Memory Component from his chest. Notably, every other Decepticon in the room, who usually hate Starscream's guts, are visibly ''horrified'' at this. Incidentally, Starscream is absent from the next few episodes until Megatron reinstalls his Memory Component.
*When the Autobots are role-playing the aliens chasing the actress, Sunstreaker looks like he's imitating the walk of Frankenstein's monster from early horror movies.
*When the Autobots are sitting in director's chairs with their names written on the backs, Tracks's chair is spelled "Trucks". This ''could'' be an extension of the gag where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong - although on Hoist's chair, his name is spelled correctly! Considering how common [[Japanese language|mangled English]] lettering is in the cartoon's backgrounds, it may be an outright error (presumably stemming from a misunderstanding on the part of Japanese animators, as the English short "a" and short "u" sounds are identical to the Japanese ear). The world may never know.
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].
*We never do find out what [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|Wheeljack's device]] is supposed to do.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Hoist part à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Ça c'est du cinéma'''" ("Now that's Cinema")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist geht zum Film'''" ("Hoist Goes to the Movie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 30]], [[1989]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Cinema!'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The gag about the director costantly misnaming Hoist is entirely removed. Particularly, at the end of the episode, Hoist's line: «Uh... excuse me, but the name's Hoist!» is changed to: «Excuse me, but I think I don't know you!»... wait, what?!
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Hoist conquista Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Conquers Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Hollywood e Iku'''" (ホイストハリウッドへ行く, "Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zài Hǎoláiwù Pāi Diànyǐng '''" (在好莱坞拍电影, "Shooting a Movie in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Vai à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes to Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tyagatch v Hollywoodee'''" (Тягач в Голливуде, "Hoist in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-58-Hoist.jpg|thumb|240px]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:In addition to the standard and alternate (smiling, shouting) faces, ''Masterpiece'' Sunstreaker includes an alien mask from this episode. For an additional homage, he can also stand on one leg.
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-58 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] (TakaraTomy, 2024)'''
:In a similar fashion to Sunstreaker, Hoist comes with an optional alien mask accessory.
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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 12 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8hWCjGXOzXM3zaAM4BAUThrCgOoP_Vm/view?usp=sharing Full episode script]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=158PDU6IbXKZe0G8P94oa56Rax26OtQGb Voice actor call sheet and dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)

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{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg
|caption=Unfortunately, none of these guys made it past Michael Bay.
|series=G1toon
|ep=55
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=45
|prev2=Sea Change
|next2=Aerial Assault
|title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
|season=2
|season ep=39
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production code=700-54
|airdate=[[November 21]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bP3_ADBgdI
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Hoist gets cast in a big [[Hollywood]] movie! Hijinks ensue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Hoist rescue.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie! And that I was the star of the movie.]]
[[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a drive through the countryside inside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when they are overtaken by two speeding vehicles. They pursue and see one of the cars make an improbable crash off a cliff and land on top of the other. Before they can investigate, a man on the top of the cliff yells at them for ruining the shot. It turns out they've driven into the middle of a movie set. Hoist saves the imperiled drivers of the crashed cars, and the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] is so impressed, he hires Hoist on the spot for his next movie. The director invites Spike and Carly along to visit the movie studio.

In the skies, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] is having trouble transporting a mysterious, heavy load. He crashes into the swamp set on the lot of [[Major Pictures]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to shut down, yells at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] for no good reason, then sends [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go after Dirge and retrieve the mysterious cargo.

Hoist arrives at Major Pictures for his big-screen debut, but gets the brush-off from the director. Before filming begins, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] hone in on the set and ham it up for the director's attention. Strangely, the director is impressed by their hi-jinks and decides to hire them all for the action picture.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodmegsseesfilm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Show biz kids Making movies
of themselves'']]

Movie work doesn't prove to be as glamorous as they had hoped. The bots wind up crashing into buildings and playing second fiddle to the human actors, [[Karen Fishook]] and [[Harold Edsel]], while Hoist pulls them out of the smoldering wreckage after each take.

Disgruntled at their bit parts, the Autobots ask Hoist to lobby the director for better roles, but the director tells Hoist to get a bagel and sit tight. The Autobots take off just as Astrotrain and the other [[Conehead]]s show up to pull Dirge and the cargo out of the swamp set, all as the cameras roll.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Megatron looks over the [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|strange device]]. He isn't sure what it does; he only knows that Wheeljack built it, but he's sure that it is some kind of potent, deadly weapon. (He doesn't know [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] very well, does he?) When switched on by Thrust, the device sparks and smokes, but does nothing else. Enraged, Megatron bashes Starscream. Astrotrain then reveals that he and the others were filmed by the humans when they retrieved the device. Megatron orders everyone to the studio to steal or destroy the footage so the device remains a secret.

At the studio, the director is viewing the robot footage and decides to revamp the script into a science fiction epic blockbuster called ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', to the dismay of the human cast. He calls the Autobots to return with the promise of better parts. Once back, the director has the Autobots don googly-eyed, buck-toothed alien masks and stomp around after the female lead. For some reason, the Autobots still don't like their parts as monsters from space.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodevilaliens.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''He's in the best-selling show Is There Life on Mars?'']]

Making their rounds, Spike and Carly find the room where the film negatives are stored and discover that someone has stolen scenes from the movie. That someone was Starscream, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports to Megatron that the original negative still exists. Megatron pounds on Starscream again, this time disabling him by ripping out his Memory Component from his chest! Megatron then orders the others to get the negative.

Meanwhile, the Autobots are filming another scene with pyrotechnics, which have been switched for actual explosives by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Spike and Carly are in a screening room watching a new print of the stolen footage of the Decepticons and the device. Midway through the screening, [[:File:HoistGoesHollywood Soundwave movie rip.JPG|Soundwave rips through the screen]] and destroys the projector. Spike and Carly rush to the film vault to get the original before the Decepticons do, but are interrupted by Megatron. Carly fools him by giving him an empty film canister, and they race around the studio lot with the Decepticons close on their heels. They finally meet up with Hoist, who has a plan.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodflesheatinglava.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen'']]

Megatron and the others finally catch up and find the Autobots on a movie set. Hoist threatens to drop the humans and the film into a vat of flesh-eating lava if the ‘Cons don’t withdraw. Megatron says he won’t do it, but Hoist drops them in. Content that the film is gone, the Decepticons retreat. Hoist then lifts Spike and Carly from the “lava”, which is just bubbly, muddy water mixed with special effects.

The Autobots show the film to Wheeljack in the screening room. The Autobot scientist laughs at Megatron because the device Megatron wanted so much is actually worthless. Impressed with Hoist's performance at the lava pit, the director offers him the leading part in a new film, but Hoist declines, saying that his duty as an Autobot comes first, no matter how unglamorous it is.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (1)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (14)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Assistant director|Assistant director]] (4)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]] (5)
*[[Karen Fishook]] (6)
*[[Harold Edsel]] (7)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ready for my big scene, Mr. Director." 
"Huh? Oh, yeah, the robot. Er...okay, Moist, er...pick up a donut from the catering truck and relax until I call for ya." 
"Donut?"
:—'''Hoist''' gets the brush-off from the Major Pictures '''director'''.

"The star has arrived!"
:—'''Sunstreaker''', humble as ever

"Oh, no. The Autobots have gone movie-mad.”
 "And the director's gonna be just plain mad!"
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly'''

"Who would want to steal scenes from ''this'' picture?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', movie critic.

"I'm too valuable to ''disa-ble'' bledisawow..."
:—'''Starscream''' the moment Megatron rips his Memory Component from his chest.

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''Science fiction double feature'']]
"I feel like a fool!" 
"Do you wanna quit?" 
"No, but I still feel like a fool!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Sunstreaker''' aren't enjoying their movie careers.

"He is...no match for the alien robots...I-I mean, the ''evil'' alien robots."
:—'''Warpath''' shows his acting chops.

"Is ''this'' what you're looking for, Megatron? You and the rest of the Decepticons ''get out!'' Or I'll drop them, and your precious film, into this pit of flesh-eating lava!" 
"An Autobot would never hurt a human. You're bluffing!" 
"''Am I?!'' [''drops them''] Maybe ''you'd'' like to follow them, Megatron!" 
:—'''Hoist''' is a bit scary as he bluffs '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script submitted: 31st July 1985
*Dialogue recording: [[August 16|16th August]] [[1985]]

===Continuity notes===
*"Dash Jordon" was referenced in the [[Buzz Dixon]]-penned episode of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' titled "My Brother's Keeper". He was said to be appearing at a science fiction convention.

===Real-world references===
[[File:AotAR.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?]]
*The characters of Harold Edsel and Karen Fishook are obvious parodies of [[Harrison Ford]] and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' films. Karen Fishook is voiced by [[Susan Blu]], who would later voice another Princess Leia parody: [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee.]]
*Upon Powerglide's entrance, he references the {{w|Academy Awards}}, saying "I'll show you some real Oscar-winning material." No Transformers movie has won an Oscar, though [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 film]] was nominated for three awards, [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|its 2009 sequel]] for one, and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|their 2011 sequel]] for three again.
*The role of "Dash Jordon" is an obvious reference to the character {{w|Flash Gordon}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Spike's hair is colored orange in the first shot of him riding in Hoist's cab.
**One of Dirge's smaller fins is gray instead of gold after he crashes into the swamp.
**One panel of Powerglide's face is red instead of gray as he gripes about all the crashes.
**In the swamp, when Ramjet transforms and takes off, he is given Thrust's colors. He's also standing where Thrust had been a moment earlier.
**Ramjet's guns are white instead of dark gray as Thrust activates the device.
**When Megatron grabs Starscream after he learns the negative is still in existence, Starscream's hips turn white, but they immediately turn back to their normal red when he gets picked up.
**After Megatron rips Starscream a new one, Soundwave is colored like [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]].
**Aboard the space ship set, Sunstreaker is [[:file:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|colored light gray]] where he should be yellow.
**When Spike and Carly view the footage, Wheeljack's invention is yellow instead of gray.
**Megatron's "eyebrow" is light gray instead of black as he listens to Hoist's spiel.
**The sides of Megatron's face are black as he runs out following the "destruction" of the negative.
**Tracks' "hood" is dark gray instead of blue during the group pan over the Autobots at the end.

*Warpath "sharpshoots" at nothing! The shot causes some kind of energy effect to radiate out of thin air.
*As the director announces the Autobots will be his stunt vehicles, Spike's "Tracks!" line is randomly played over again.
*As the director notes he wants something "extra," his glasses are missing their earpieces for a moment.
*A number of sound effects are missing or played at oddly low volume:
**Tracks drives off the building set and changes to his flight mode without the transformation sound.
**Thrust and Ramjet land at the swamp set without any sound effect at all.
**The usual "clunk" sound is barely audible as Megatron punches Starscream.
**The electrical sounds of Starscream shorting out after Megatron brutalizes him are almost inaudible.
**When the mechanical dinosaurs explode from Rumble's blasts, there are no explosion sounds.
*Thrust's mouth is missing as he and Ramjet set down the device.
*Tracks' seat says "Trucks" Instead of Tracks.
*Megatron, Starscream (in [[robot mode]]!) and Soundwave leave the Decepticon base; the very next shot shows Megatron, Soundwave and three jets (one could be Starscream, but there was no transformation sound).
*Karen Fishook's attempt to console her co-star is cut off in mid-sentence by the scene edit.
*The "CLOSED" sign on the studio the Decepticons are in reads "CLLOSE".
*When Megatron is examining a reel of film, the reel is out of scale from a normal film reel.
*Sunstreaker is Gray.
*Warpath and Powerglide are missing their face plates after the explosion scene.
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood No Faceplate Error.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess they mouthed off once too often.]]
*Spike yells, "DUCK!" when Soundwave bursts through the theater screen, but he and Carly run away instead.
*Soundwave's hand cannon repeatedly uses a sound effect that's not the usual Decepticon laser noise.
*As usual, human buildings comfortably accommodate a full-size Transformer, such as Megatron or Soundwave.
*Just before they run into Megatron, Spike and Carly appear to be mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*When Soundwave tells Carly and Spike to "Surrender the negative," he appears as if he's sliding forward in the next scene, even though he's walking towards them, as evidenced by the sound of his footsteps.
*Megatron, Soundwave and Rumble tear through a jungle background, but it's still there as they walk through the tear.
*When Spike and Carly emerge from the cave, they are about half the height of Megatron.
*As Megatron jumps out of the cave, his head is about a third the size it should be, but returns to normal size once he lands.
*As the director offers Hoist a role in his next movie, the shots show light brown walls around them, but in the last shot of the episode, the theater is back to dark blue again.
*Near the end of the episode, Warpath says "You tell him Hoist, yeah," but Hoist's mouthplate is moving in sync with the words, and his body language reflects the dialogue. A second later, Hoist is moving around again during Powerglide's line. (Maybe really he ''is'' just that good an actor.)
*During the last shot of the Autobots congratulating Hoist, Sunstreaker is placed too high in the cel, making him appear to be floating (and clipping through the humans!).

===Continuity errors===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Dirge in swamp.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally'']]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**From Decepticon Headquarters, Megatron and Starscream get a quarter-angle shot of Dirge flying along as he calls in his mayday.
**Then they have a nicely-framed view of him crashed in the swamp, seconds after it happens.
*Not an error ''per se'', but we never do find out exactly why Megatron blames Starscream for Dirge's crash.
*Nor is it clear why Dirge struggles to carry the device, while Ramjet seems to have no trouble with it.
*For that matter, why was Dirge the right choice to literally shuttle the device through space to Earth from Cybertron, when the Decepticons have the [[space bridge]] or Astrotrain, whose function is - again, literally - "Decepticon Military Transport"?
*In the time it takes for Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust to arrive at the studio to fish out Dirge and retrieve Wheeljack's gadget, a lot of events took place. Hoist arrives at the studio, four other Autobots arrive, four extra scenes are written and filmed, the director finds Dirge in the swamp set, and a bridge is built around the Conehead, at which point the director calls wrap for the day. Even if the three Decepticons sent to recover the device flew from coast to coast, they could have arrived at the studio in about three hours. Either it was a short work day at the studio, or Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust ran into some problems.
*What exactly is this movie about, anyway? Plane crash, kissing. Car crash, kissing. Another car crash, kissing.
*Why do the Decepticons think it’s a good idea to bring a mystery Autobot machine into their headquarters and turn it on? Without knowing what it does or taking ANY precautions? For all they know, it could be a bomb! (Knowing Wheeljack, it had a decent chance of exploding anyway.)
*The [[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|production assistant]], not to mention the entire rest of the production staff, is surprisingly uninterested in the film theft, despite the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]]'s fear that "somebody is deliberately trying to shut down production. I want to know who it is!" as only Carly and Spike are seen viewing the new print.
*Hoist appears to be unfamiliar with - yet quite adamant about - how actual {{w|lava}}, at 700-1200 °C, interacts with [[human]] flesh. Judging by how he falls for Hoist's bluff, so is Megatron.

===Trivia===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Starscream offline.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who says celluloid heroes never feel any pain?]]
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Wheeljack's invention.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot'']]
*This is one of four pre-movie episodes that doesn't feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].
*Due to [[Earl Kress|the writer's]] tendency to use Starscream as a [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator-ish]] comedy relief, Megatron is ''incredibly'' abusive toward Starscream in this episode...well, more than usual. He punches him, throws him around, pulls wires from his chest, and pretty much does everything short of killing him. Notably, every other Decepticon in the room, who usually hate Starscream's guts, are visibly ''horrified'' at this. Incidentally, Starscream is absent from the next few episodes; Megatron must have done some ''real'' damage.
*When the Autobots are role-playing the aliens chasing the actress, Sunstreaker looks like he's imitating the walk of Frankenstein's monster from early horror movies.
*When the Autobots are sitting in director's chairs with their names written on the backs, Tracks's chair is spelled "Trucks". This ''could'' be an extension of the gag where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong - although on Hoist's chair, his name is spelled correctly! Considering how common [[Japanese language|mangled English]] lettering is in the cartoon's backgrounds, it may be an outright error (presumably stemming from a misunderstanding on the part of Japanese animators, as the English short "a" and short "u" sounds are identical to the Japanese ear). The world may never know.
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].
*We never do find out what [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|Wheeljack's device]] is supposed to do.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Hoist part à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Ça c'est du cinéma'''" ("Now that's Cinema")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist geht zum Film'''" ("Hoist Goes to the Movie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 30]], [[1989]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Cinema!'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The gag about the director costantly misnaming Hoist is entirely removed. Particularly, at the end of the episode, Hoist's line: «Uh... excuse me, but the name's Hoist!» is changed to: «Excuse me, but I think I don't know you!»... wait, what?!
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Hoist conquista Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Conquers Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Hollywood e Iku'''" (ホイストハリウッドへ行く, "Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zài Hǎoláiwù Pāi Diànyǐng '''" (在好莱坞拍电影, "Shooting a Movie in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Vai à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes to Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tyagatch v Hollywoodee'''" (Тягач в Голливуде, "Hoist in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-58-Hoist.jpg|thumb|240px]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:In addition to the standard and alternate (smiling, shouting) faces, ''Masterpiece'' Sunstreaker includes an alien mask from this episode. For an additional homage, he can also stand on one leg.
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-58 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] (TakaraTomy, 2024)'''
:In a similar fashion to Sunstreaker, Hoist comes with an optional alien mask accessory.
{{-}}

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 12 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8hWCjGXOzXM3zaAM4BAUThrCgOoP_Vm/view?usp=sharing Full episode script]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=158PDU6IbXKZe0G8P94oa56Rax26OtQGb Voice actor call sheet and dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]

Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)

2023-12-25T01:40:22Z

Arrow: /* Synopsis */

{{disambig2|the cartoon episode|the mobile game event|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)}}
{{episode
|image=Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg
|caption=Unfortunately, none of these guys made it past Michael Bay.
|series=G1toon
|ep=55
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=45
|prev2=Sea Change
|next2=Aerial Assault
|title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
|season=2
|season ep=39
|written by=[[Earl Kress]]
|production code=700-54
|airdate=[[November 21]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bP3_ADBgdI
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Hoist gets cast in a big [[Hollywood]] movie! Hijinks ensue.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Hoist rescue.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie! And that I was the star of the movie.]]
[[Carly]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] are on a drive through the countryside inside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] when they are overtaken by two speeding vehicles. They pursue and see one of the cars make an improbable crash off a cliff and land on top of the other. Before they can investigate, a man on the top of the cliff yells at them for ruining the shot. It turns out they've driven into the middle of a movie set. Hoist saves the imperiled drivers of the crashed cars, and the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] is so impressed, he hires Hoist on the spot for his next movie. The director invites Spike and Carly along to visit the movie studio.

In the skies, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] is having trouble transporting a mysterious, heavy load. He crashes into the swamp set on the lot of [[Major Pictures]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to shut down, yells at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] for no good reason, then sends [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go after Dirge and retrieve the mysterious cargo.

Hoist arrives at Major Pictures for his big-screen debut, but gets the brush-off from the director. Before filming begins, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] hone in on the set and ham it up for the director's attention. Strangely, the director is impressed by their hi-jinks and decides to hire them all for the action picture.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodmegsseesfilm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Show biz kids Making movies
of themselves'']]

Movie work doesn't prove to be as glamorous as they had hoped. The bots wind up crashing into buildings and playing second fiddle to the human actors, [[Karen Fishook]] and [[Harold Edsel]], while Hoist pulls them out of the smoldering wreckage after each take.

Disgruntled at their bit parts, the Autobots ask Hoist to lobby the director for better roles, but the director tells Hoist to get a bagel and sit tight. The Autobots take off just as Astrotrain and the other [[Conehead]]s show up to pull Dirge and the cargo out of the swamp set, all as the cameras roll.

Back at Decepticon headquarters, Megatron looks over the [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|strange device]]. He isn't sure what it does; he only knows that Wheeljack built it, but he's sure that it is some kind of potent, deadly weapon. (He doesn't know [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] very well, does he?) When switched on by Thrust, the device sparks and smokes, but does nothing else. Enraged, Megatron bashes Starscream. Astrotrain then reveals that he and the others were filmed by the humans when they retrieved the device. Megatron orders everyone to the studio to steal or destroy the footage so the device remains a secret.

At the studio, the director is viewing the robot footage and decides to revamp the script into a science fiction epic blockbuster called ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', to the dismay of the human cast. He calls the Autobots to return with the promise of better parts. Once back, the director has the Autobots don googly-eyed, buck-toothed alien masks and stomp around after the female lead. For some reason, the Autobots still don't like their parts as monsters from space.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodevilaliens.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''He's in the best-selling show Is There Life on Mars?'']]

Making their rounds, Spike and Carly find the room where the film negatives are stored and discover that someone has stolen scenes from the movie. That someone was Starscream, but [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports to Megatron that the original negative still exists. Megatron pounds on Starscream again, this time disabling him by ripping out his Memory Component from his chest! Megatron then orders the others to get the negative.

Meanwhile, the Autobots are filming another scene with pyrotechnics, which have been switched for actual explosives by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Spike and Carly are in a screening room watching a new print of the stolen footage of the Decepticons and the device. Midway through the screening, [[:File:HoistGoesHollywood Soundwave movie rip.JPG|Soundwave rips through the screen]] and destroys the projector. Spike and Carly rush to the film vault to get the original before the Decepticons do, but are interrupted by Megatron. Carly fools him by giving him an empty film canister, and they race around the studio lot with the Decepticons close on their heels. They finally meet up with Hoist, who has a plan.

[[File:Hoisthollywoodflesheatinglava.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''Now is the time For you and I to cuddle close together All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen'']]

Megatron and the others finally catch up and find the Autobots on a movie set. Hoist threatens to drop the humans and the film into a vat of flesh-eating lava if the ‘Cons don’t withdraw. Megatron says he won’t do it, but Hoist drops them in. Content that the film is gone, the Decepticons retreat. Hoist then lifts Spike and Carly from the “lava”, which is just bubbly, muddy water mixed with special effects.

The Autobots show the film to Wheeljack in the screening room. The Autobot scientist laughs at Megatron because the device Megatron wanted so much is actually worthless. Impressed with Hoist's performance at the lava pit, the director offers him the leading part in a new film, but Hoist declines, saying that his duty as an Autobot comes first, no matter how unglamorous it is.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (1)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (14)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (16)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (8)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (11)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (20)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] (2)
*[[Carly]] (3)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Assistant director|Assistant director]] (4)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]] (5)
*[[Karen Fishook]] (6)
*[[Harold Edsel]] (7)
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ready for my big scene, Mr. Director." 
"Huh? Oh, yeah, the robot. Er...okay, Moist, er...pick up a donut from the catering truck and relax until I call for ya." 
"Donut?"
:—'''Hoist''' gets the brush-off from the Major Pictures '''director'''.

"The star has arrived!"
:—'''Sunstreaker''', humble as ever

"Oh, no. The Autobots have gone movie-mad.”
 "And the director's gonna be just plain mad!"
:—'''Spike''' and '''Carly'''

"Who would want to steal scenes from ''this'' picture?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky''', movie critic

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''Science fiction double feature'']]
"I feel like a fool!" 
"Do you wanna quit?" 
"No, but I still feel like a fool!"
:—'''Tracks''' and '''Sunstreaker''' aren't enjoying their movie careers.

"He is...no match for the alien robots...I-I mean, the ''evil'' alien robots."
:—'''Warpath''' shows his acting chops.

"Is ''this'' what you're looking for, Megatron? You and the rest of the Decepticons ''get out!'' Or I'll drop them, and your precious film, into this pit of flesh-eating lava!" 
"An Autobot would never hurt a human. You're bluffing!" 
"''Am I?!'' [''drops them''] Maybe ''you'd'' like to follow them, Megatron!" 
:—'''Hoist''' is a bit scary as he bluffs '''Megatron'''

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script submitted: 31st July 1985
*Dialogue recording: [[August 16|16th August]] [[1985]]

===Continuity notes===
*"Dash Jordon" was referenced in the [[Buzz Dixon]]-penned episode of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' titled "My Brother's Keeper". He was said to be appearing at a science fiction convention.

===Real-world references===
[[File:AotAR.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|What do you mean, 'Flash Gordon approaching'?]]
*The characters of Harold Edsel and Karen Fishook are obvious parodies of [[Harrison Ford]] and {{w|Carrie Fisher}} from the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' films. Karen Fishook is voiced by [[Susan Blu]], who would later voice another Princess Leia parody: [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee.]]
*Upon Powerglide's entrance, he references the {{w|Academy Awards}}, saying "I'll show you some real Oscar-winning material." No Transformers movie has won an Oscar, though [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 film]] was nominated for three awards, [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|its 2009 sequel]] for one, and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|their 2011 sequel]] for three again.
*The role of "Dash Jordon" is an obvious reference to the character {{w|Flash Gordon}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Coloring errors:
**Spike's hair is colored orange in the first shot of him riding in Hoist's cab.
**One of Dirge's smaller fins is gray instead of gold after he crashes into the swamp.
**One panel of Powerglide's face is red instead of gray as he gripes about all the crashes.
**In the swamp, when Ramjet transforms and takes off, he is given Thrust's colors. He's also standing where Thrust had been a moment earlier.
**Ramjet's guns are white instead of dark gray as Thrust activates the device.
**When Megatron grabs Starscream after he learns the negative is still in existence, Starscream's hips turn white, but they immediately turn back to their normal red when he gets picked up.
**After Megatron rips Starscream a new one, Soundwave is colored like [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]].
**Aboard the space ship set, Sunstreaker is [[:file:Sunstreaker-diaclone.jpg|colored light gray]] where he should be yellow.
**When Spike and Carly view the footage, Wheeljack's invention is yellow instead of gray.
**Megatron's "eyebrow" is light gray instead of black as he listens to Hoist's spiel.
**The sides of Megatron's face are black as he runs out following the "destruction" of the negative.
**Tracks' "hood" is dark gray instead of blue during the group pan over the Autobots at the end.

*Warpath "sharpshoots" at nothing! The shot causes some kind of energy effect to radiate out of thin air.
*As the director announces the Autobots will be his stunt vehicles, Spike's "Tracks!" line is randomly played over again.
*As the director notes he wants something "extra," his glasses are missing their earpieces for a moment.
*A number of sound effects are missing or played at oddly low volume:
**Tracks drives off the building set and changes to his flight mode without the transformation sound.
**Thrust and Ramjet land at the swamp set without any sound effect at all.
**The usual "clunk" sound is barely audible as Megatron punches Starscream.
**The electrical sounds of Starscream shorting out after Megatron brutalizes him are almost inaudible.
**When the mechanical dinosaurs explode from Rumble's blasts, there are no explosion sounds.
*Thrust's mouth is missing as he and Ramjet set down the device.
*Tracks' seat says "Trucks" Instead of Tracks.
*Megatron, Starscream (in [[robot mode]]!) and Soundwave leave the Decepticon base; the very next shot shows Megatron, Soundwave and three jets (one could be Starscream, but there was no transformation sound).
*Karen Fishook's attempt to console her co-star is cut off in mid-sentence by the scene edit.
*The "CLOSED" sign on the studio the Decepticons are in reads "CLLOSE".
*When Megatron is examining a reel of film, the reel is out of scale from a normal film reel.
*Sunstreaker is Gray.
*Warpath and Powerglide are missing their face plates after the explosion scene.
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood No Faceplate Error.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Guess they mouthed off once too often.]]
*Spike yells, "DUCK!" when Soundwave bursts through the theater screen, but he and Carly run away instead.
*Soundwave's hand cannon repeatedly uses a sound effect that's not the usual Decepticon laser noise.
*As usual, human buildings comfortably accommodate a full-size Transformer, such as Megatron or Soundwave.
*Just before they run into Megatron, Spike and Carly appear to be mouthing something, but there's no dialogue.
*When Soundwave tells Carly and Spike to "Surrender the negative," he appears as if he's sliding forward in the next scene, even though he's walking towards them, as evidenced by the sound of his footsteps.
*Megatron, Soundwave and Rumble tear through a jungle background, but it's still there as they walk through the tear.
*When Spike and Carly emerge from the cave, they are about half the height of Megatron.
*As Megatron jumps out of the cave, his head is about a third the size it should be, but returns to normal size once he lands.
*As the director offers Hoist a role in his next movie, the shots show light brown walls around them, but in the last shot of the episode, the theater is back to dark blue again.
*Near the end of the episode, Warpath says "You tell him Hoist, yeah," but Hoist's mouthplate is moving in sync with the words, and his body language reflects the dialogue. A second later, Hoist is moving around again during Powerglide's line. (Maybe really he ''is'' just that good an actor.)
*During the last shot of the Autobots congratulating Hoist, Sunstreaker is placed too high in the cel, making him appear to be floating (and clipping through the humans!).

===Continuity errors===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Dirge in swamp.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|''They're gonna put me in the movies They're gonna make a big star out of me We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely And all I gotta do is act naturally'']]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**From Decepticon Headquarters, Megatron and Starscream get a quarter-angle shot of Dirge flying along as he calls in his mayday.
**Then they have a nicely-framed view of him crashed in the swamp, seconds after it happens.
*Not an error ''per se'', but we never do find out exactly why Megatron blames Starscream for Dirge's crash.
*Nor is it clear why Dirge struggles to carry the device, while Ramjet seems to have no trouble with it.
*For that matter, why was Dirge the right choice to literally shuttle the device through space to Earth from Cybertron, when the Decepticons have the [[space bridge]] or Astrotrain, whose function is - again, literally - "Decepticon Military Transport"?
*In the time it takes for Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust to arrive at the studio to fish out Dirge and retrieve Wheeljack's gadget, a lot of events took place. Hoist arrives at the studio, four other Autobots arrive, four extra scenes are written and filmed, the director finds Dirge in the swamp set, and a bridge is built around the Conehead, at which point the director calls wrap for the day. Even if the three Decepticons sent to recover the device flew from coast to coast, they could have arrived at the studio in about three hours. Either it was a short work day at the studio, or Astrotrain, Ramjet, and Thrust ran into some problems.
*What exactly is this movie about, anyway? Plane crash, kissing. Car crash, kissing. Another car crash, kissing.
*Why do the Decepticons think it’s a good idea to bring a mystery Autobot machine into their headquarters and turn it on? Without knowing what it does or taking ANY precautions? For all they know, it could be a bomb! (Knowing Wheeljack, it had a decent chance of exploding anyway.)
*The [[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|production assistant]], not to mention the entire rest of the production staff, is surprisingly uninterested in the film theft, despite the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]]'s fear that "somebody is deliberately trying to shut down production. I want to know who it is!" as only Carly and Spike are seen viewing the new print.
*Hoist appears to be unfamiliar with - yet quite adamant about - how actual {{w|lava}}, at 700-1200 °C, interacts with [[human]] flesh. Judging by how he falls for Hoist's bluff, so is Megatron.

===Trivia===
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Starscream offline.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Who says celluloid heroes never feel any pain?]]
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Wheeljack's invention.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|''The movie wasn't so hot It didn't have much of a plot'']]
*This is one of four pre-movie episodes that doesn't feature [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].
*Due to [[Earl Kress|the writer's]] tendency to use Starscream as a [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator-ish]] comedy relief, Megatron is ''incredibly'' abusive toward Starscream in this episode...well, more than usual. He punches him, throws him around, pulls wires from his chest, and pretty much does everything short of killing him. Notably, every other Decepticon in the room, who usually hate Starscream's guts, are visibly ''horrified'' at this. Incidentally, Starscream is absent from the next few episodes; Megatron must have done some ''real'' damage.
*When the Autobots are role-playing the aliens chasing the actress, Sunstreaker looks like he's imitating the walk of Frankenstein's monster from early horror movies.
*When the Autobots are sitting in director's chairs with their names written on the backs, Tracks's chair is spelled "Trucks". This ''could'' be an extension of the gag where the director constantly gets Hoist's name wrong - although on Hoist's chair, his name is spelled correctly! Considering how common [[Japanese language|mangled English]] lettering is in the cartoon's backgrounds, it may be an outright error (presumably stemming from a misunderstanding on the part of Japanese animators, as the English short "a" and short "u" sounds are identical to the Japanese ear). The world may never know.
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].
*We never do find out what [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|Wheeljack's device]] is supposed to do.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''Hoist part à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''Ça c'est du cinéma'''" ("Now that's Cinema")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist geht zum Film'''" ("Hoist Goes to the Movie")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 30]], [[1989]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Cinema!'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The gag about the director costantly misnaming Hoist is entirely removed. Particularly, at the end of the episode, Hoist's line: «Uh... excuse me, but the name's Hoist!» is changed to: «Excuse me, but I think I don't know you!»... wait, what?!
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Hoist conquista Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Conquers Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Hollywood e Iku'''" (ホイストハリウッドへ行く, "Hoist Goes Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zài Hǎoláiwù Pāi Diànyǐng '''" (在好莱坞拍电影, "Shooting a Movie in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hoist Vai à Hollywood'''" ("Hoist Goes to Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tyagatch v Hollywoodee'''" (Тягач в Голливуде, "Hoist in Hollywood")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-58-Hoist.jpg|thumb|240px]]
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-39 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Sunstreaker]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2017)'''
:In addition to the standard and alternate (smiling, shouting) faces, ''Masterpiece'' Sunstreaker includes an alien mask from this episode. For an additional homage, he can also stand on one leg.
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-58 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hoist]] (TakaraTomy, 2024)'''
:In a similar fashion to Sunstreaker, Hoist comes with an optional alien mask accessory.
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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2003]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 12 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] [[2007]] — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8hWCjGXOzXM3zaAM4BAUThrCgOoP_Vm/view?usp=sharing Full episode script]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=158PDU6IbXKZe0G8P94oa56Rax26OtQGb Voice actor call sheet and dialogue script]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]