California

California
Planet	Earth
Continent	North America
Country	United States
First appearance	HW: "A Star is Bored" (1961)

California is a state in the Western United States, located near the Pacific Coast. It is the third largest US state by land area (after Alaska and Texas) with 163,696 square miles (or 423,970 km²). Its capital city is Sacramento, while its most populous is Los Angeles. It is the 31st state of the country.

The state was originally a part of Mexico, and as such, is a host to a large Mexican-American population, in addition to its highly dense and diverse demographic. It is also the home of many attractions and landmarks, including Hollywood, Disneyland, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Griffith Observatory.

Appearances

TV series

• Hokey Wolf
  • 1.4 "Which Witch Is Which" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 1.21 "A Star is Bored"
• Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har
  • 1.8 "Flim Flam"
• Wacky Races
  • 1.1A "See-Saw to Arkansas" (indirectly mentioned)
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies
  • 1.7 "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde"
  • 2.5 "The Exterminator"
• Super Friends
  • 1.1 "The Power Pirate"
• The Addams Family
  • 1.6 "Follow That Loaf of Bread"
• The Scooby-Doo Show
  • 2.4 "The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller"
• Laff-a-Lympics
  • 1.11 "Africa and San Francisco"
• Heyyy, It's the King!
  • 1.13 "Go for It, King" (mentioned)
• Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
  • 1.4 "The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!"
  • 1.10 "I Left My Neck in San Francisco"
  • 1.12 "The Ghoul, the Bat and the Ugly" (mentioned)
  • 1.16 "The Ransom of Scooby Chief" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 2.1C "The Chinese Food Factory"
• Richie Rich
  • 4.3A "The Snowman Cometh"
• Laverne & Shirley
  • 1.1 "Invasion of the Booby Hatchers" (indirectly mentioned)
• The Little Rascals
• The Gary Coleman Show
  • 1.2A "You Oughtta' Be in Pictures" (indirectly mentioned)
• Teen Wolf
  • 1.7 "Wolf Pride" (indirectly mentioned)
• Popeye and Son
  • 1.6B "Surf Movie" (indirectly mentioned)
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
• Super Secret Secret Squirrel
  • 1.11 "Doctor O."
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  • 1.10 "Gum, Disease" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 2.5 "Fire Drill" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 2.6 "Sleeper" (mentioned)
  • 3.11 "Jacksonville" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 3.12 "Late Show" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 4.8 "Zorak" (mentioned)
  • 4.10 "Mayonnaise" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 4.15 "Pavement" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 5.2 "Toast" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 5.7 "Rio Ghosto" (indirectly mentioned)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?
  • 1.1 "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 2.8 "The San Franpsycho"
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 1.8 "Deadomutt Part 2"
  • 3.6 "Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs" (mentioned)
  • 4.1 "Shazzan"
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
• Mike Tyson Mysteries
  • 2.19 "The Farmer's Daughter" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 3.19 "Real Bitches of Newport Beach"
  • 3.20 "The Pigeon Has Come Home to Roost"
  • 4.7 "The Death of Lyle Victor Linkus" (indirectly mentioned)
  • 4.8 "San Juan Puerto Rico Blows but San Juan Capistrano..."
  • 4.17 "Landon's End"
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
  • 1.11 "Now You Sia, Now You Don't!"
  • 1.15 "The Sword, the Fox and the Scooby-Doo!"
  • 1.17 "Hollywood Knights!"
  • 1.24 "I Put a Hex on You!"
  • 1.23 "A Run Cycle Through Time!"
  • 2.1 "The Phantom, the Talking Dog and the Hot Hot Hot Sauce!"
  • 2.13 "The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll & Hyde!"
  • 2.20 "Total Jeopardy!"
• Birdgirl
  • 1.2 "ShareBear" (indirectly mentioned)

Movies

• Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park
• Scooby Goes Hollywood
• The Dreamer of Oz
• Big Top Scooby-Doo! (indirectly mentioned)
• Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
• Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (indirectly mentioned)
• Scoob!
• Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob

Specials

• Harvey Birdman: Attorney General
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!

Shorts

• Duffy's Dozen

History

Real Life

The region of what is now California was first settled by various indigenous tribes. It was explored by Europeans in the 16th to 17th century, and led to colonization by the Spanish Empire. In 1804, it was in the Alta California province within the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821, following its successful war for independence, but was ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican–American War. The western portion of Alta California was then admitted as the 31st state two years later in 1850.

Fictional

In Heyyy, It's the King!, the Guinness Book of Records has a record on a guy in California who shot two hundred baskets in a row at a high school gym.

Behind the scenes

• Hanna-Barbera produced all their cartoons in this state. The former studio was repurposed as real estate, minus the main studio, which is being preserved.
• The pilot of ...Where's Rodney? was filmed at Hollywood Center Studios in Hollywood, California.

In popular culture

Main article: List of pop culture references to Flintstones

• In the TV special The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special, in a nightclub that is supposed to be in Hollyrock, California, Joe Piscopo plays Fred Flintstone presenting The Flintstones: The Lost Episodes, with Danny DeVito as his co-host, Barney Rubble. They show a clip from one of their favorite never-before-seen episodes, which involves Fred and Barney discussing Fred's anger over 18-year-old Pebbles dating a Neanderthal. Back in the present, Fred and Barney say, "Yabba-dabba-doo," and get the audience to sing along with them a very truncated version of the "(Meet) The Flintstones" theme song.