Where's Waldo in Hollywood by Martin Handford is the fourth book in the main Where's Waldo? series. It was first released in 1993. Waldo travels to movie and film sets in Hollywood, California, an area where a number of high-budget films are produced. The book was re-released in a "Special Edition" version in 1997, moving Waldo and inserting new characters and objects to find. Each scene also includes a missing can of film in addition to the recurring missing objects of the key, camera, scroll, bone, and binoculars.
Scenes[]
- A Dream Come True
- Shhh! This is a Silent Movie
- Horseplay in Troy
- Fun in the Foreign Legion
- A Tremendous Song and Dance
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- The Wild, Wild West
- The Swashbuckling Musketeers
- Dinosaurs, Spacemen, and Ghouls
- Robin Hood's Merry Mess-up
- When the Stars Come Out
- Where's Waldo? The Musical
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Waldo, Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw, the Waldo Watchers, and the 11 travelers
Objects[]
- Waldo's key, Wizard Whitebeard's scroll, Woof's bone, Wenda's camera, Odlaw's binoculars and can of film
Later editions and re-releases[]
- See also: Changes in Where's Waldo? re-releases
The book was originally published as a 12.5" × 10.1" hardback. Since then, it has been reissued in several formats and sizes, including paperback editions and "mini" editions that included a magnifying glass.
1997 "Special Edition" cover
Where's Waldo in Hollywood was re-released in 1997 along side the other original Waldo books in an updated "special edition" to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the series. The special edition moved the location of Waldo in each scene, updated various items and inserted new characters to spot – including a "person who appears in every scene." This version became the standard second edition – replacing the original for subsequent releases while dropping the "Special Edition" branding.
A third edition was released in 2014 as an anniversary "Deluxe Editions." This edition featured "new searches," updated artwork, and a collectable poster. Each page had fold out flaps to reveal additional checklists of things to spot in each scene; this also revealed what was behind the the clapperboard in the upper-left corner of each scene. The “Deluxe Edition” revised some of the original artwork to remove or modify some culturally insensitive content. The most notable change for the third edition is that "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" scene was changed to "Cave of the Plundering Pirates."