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{{quote|Konno baka mitai na eiga mitakoto naiyo!|A Japanese patron utters the Japanese equivalent of "I've never before seen such a stupid movie!"|"[[Kremzeek!]]"}}
{{quote|Konno baka mitai na eiga mitakoto naiyo!|A Japanese patron utters the Japanese equivalent of "I've never before seen such a stupid movie!"|"[[Kremzeek!]]"}}


==Meta-commentary==
==Notes==
Hojoni is clearly a fictionalized version of the famous movie monster [[Godzilla]]. Godzilla may actually exist in at least one version of Transformers continuity: in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]] the character [[Nicholas]] refers to a [[That big green, fire-snortin' lizard|big green, fire-snortin' lizard]].  Nicholas himself is a version of Nick Fury, a character from the main (non-Transformers) Marvel comics universe, which does in fact feature a [[Wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]].
* Hojoni is clearly a fictionalized version of the famous movie monster [[Godzilla]].  
 
The Generation 1 comic and cartoon are very close, with many common features, so it's vaguely possible that Godzilla exists in the toonverse and that the movie "Hojoni" was inspired by his rampages. Alternatively, perhaps the movie was inspired by real events within the cartoon universe, and Nicholas was actually referring to a comic-continuity version of Hojoni. Or maybe they have nothing to do with each other at all.
 
To complicate matters slightly further [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]] specifically referenced [[Godzilla]] as a Japanese monster movie when [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] went out of control in [[New York (state)|New York State]]. {{storylink|Inside Story!}} So it's possible that "Hojoni" was just the Japanese name for what was released in the west as "Godzilla", a movie that may or may not have been based on real events.  Alternately, "Hojoni" might have been a ''different'' film.


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Revision as of 23:56, 1 March 2010

Hojoni is a film about a fictional big green, fire-snortin' lizard in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Oh, no! There goes Tokyo!

A billboard in Japan advertises the film Hojoni. Kremzeek!

Konno baka mitai na eiga mitakoto naiyo!A Japanese patron utters the Japanese equivalent of "I've never before seen such a stupid movie!", "Kremzeek!"

Notes

  • Hojoni is clearly a fictionalized version of the famous movie monster Godzilla.