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[[File:downandout_in_bh_9539.jpg|frame|<small>With this in the title, expect luxury cars, [[Pretty in Mink|furs]], [[Big Fancy House|mansions]], [[The Beverly Hillbillies|swimming pools, movie stars]], and lots of palm trees.</small> ]]
[[File:downandout in bh 9539.jpg|frame|With this in the title, expect luxury cars, [[Pretty in Mink|furs]], [[Big Fancy House|mansions]], [[The Beverly Hillbillies|swimming pools, movie stars]], and lots of palm trees.]]


{{quote|''"I wanna live a life like that

{{quote|''"I wanna live a life like that<br />
''I wanna be just like a king
⚫
''Take my picture by the pool
I wanna be just like a king<br />
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''Cause I'm the next big thing
⚫
Take my picture by the pool<br />
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''Beverly Hills... That's where I want to be!"''|'''[[Weezer]]''', ''Beverly Hills''}}
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Cause I'm the next big thing <br />
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Beverly Hills... That's where I want to be!"''|'''[[Weezer]]''', ''Beverly Hills''}}


[[Hollywood California|Beverly Hills]] is such an iconic place that just putting that in the title of a work is a selling point on its own. Just slap the words "Beverly Hills" in the title and make the city your setting, and you have half the work already made.
[[Hollywood California|Beverly Hills]] is such an iconic place that just putting that in the title of a work is a selling point on its own. Just slap the words "Beverly Hills" in the title and make the city your setting, and you have half the work already made.


For many, the city has become synonymous with a collection of [[Rich People]] stereotypes: wealth, superficiality, frivolity, etc, so using the name helps make titles seem [[High Concept]]. There are [[Rich Bitch|richer and bitchier]] areas than Beverly Hills, but only [[Viva Las Vegas|Vegas]] rivals it as an icon of excess. The only place that rivals it for titles is [[American Title|America at large]].
For many, the city has become synonymous with a collection of [[Rich People]] stereotypes: wealth, superficiality, frivolity, etc, so using the name helps make titles seem [[High Concept]]. There are [[Rich Bitch|richer and bitchier]] areas than Beverly Hills, but only [[Viva Las Vegas|Vegas]] rivals it as an icon of excess. The only place that rivals it for titles is [[American Title|America at large]].

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== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
* ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
* ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]''
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]''
* ''[[Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills]]''
* ''[[Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills]]''
* ''[[Real Housewives]] Of Beverly Hills''
* ''[[Real Housewives]] Of Beverly Hills''
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 8 September 2019

With this in the title, expect luxury cars, furs, mansions, swimming pools, movie stars, and lots of palm trees.

"I wanna live a life like that
 I wanna be just like a king
 Take my picture by the pool
 Cause I'm the next big thing

Beverly Hills... That's where I want to be!"
—Weezer, Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills is such an iconic place that just putting that in the title of a work is a selling point on its own. Just slap the words "Beverly Hills" in the title and make the city your setting, and you have half the work already made.

For many, the city has become synonymous with a collection of Rich People stereotypes: wealth, superficiality, frivolity, etc, so using the name helps make titles seem High Concept. There are richer and bitchier areas than Beverly Hills, but only Vegas rivals it as an icon of excess. The only place that rivals it for titles is America at large.

Examples of It Came From Beverly Hills include:


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