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* ''Film/FatAlbert'': The poster features a side-shot of the titular character next to text saying ‘[[CharacterCatchphrase Hey! Hey! Hey!]] It’s christmas day!’ In red, with a blank white backdrop. The actual movie title, however, is colored blue and red, rather than the usual plain red.
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* ''Film/SeventeenAgain''

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* ''Film/SeventeenAgain''''Film/SeventeenAgain2009'' has Creator/ZacEfron walking on a white background with the title in red.
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* ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen'': Another family comedy example, most posters feature Creator/SteveMartin and the many actors who play his children, superimposed against a white background with red letters. Gets across that the movie is about a large family without giving too much else away.

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* ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen'': ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen2003'': Another family comedy example, most posters feature Creator/SteveMartin and the many actors who play his children, superimposed against a white background with red letters. Gets across that the movie is about a large family without giving too much else away.
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WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver. See also OrangeBlueContrast for another trend in movie poster design.
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We've all seen them. The posters featuring the unlucky Average Joe protagonist, usually in a compromising position, set against a white background. The title will be written in big, bold, red letters, almost always typeset in either [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} Futura or Impact]].

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We've all seen them. The posters featuring the unlucky Average Joe protagonist, usually in a compromising position, set against a white background. The title will be written in big, bold, red letters, almost always typeset in either [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} Futura or Impact]].
Impact]]. Add touches of green to the poster, and it becomes a Christmas comedy film.
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We've all seen them. The posters featuring the unlucky Average Joe protagonist, usually in a compromising position, set against a white background. The title will be written in big, bold, red letters, almost always typset in either [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} Futura or Impact]].

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We've all seen them. The posters featuring the unlucky Average Joe protagonist, usually in a compromising position, set against a white background. The title will be written in big, bold, red letters, almost always typset typeset in either [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} Futura or Impact]].

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We've all seen them. The posters featuring the unlucky Average Joe protagonist, usually in a compromising position, set against a white background. The title will be written in big, bold red letters, almost always in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} Futura or Impact font]].

Used frequently for adult comedies, although it is becoming increasingly more popular for movies aimed at children as well, sometimes making it difficult to determine [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the movie's target age group]].

A somewhat classier version exists for romantic comedies aimed at a female audience. They share the white background and the unlucky protagonist(s), but the title font is usually Times New Roman, Helvetica Thin or something similar.

Use of this format seems to have declined since the late Noughties, and it may be on the way to becoming a DiscreditedTrope, thanks to some notable offenders that use this style tainting the audience's expectations.

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We've all seen them. The posters featuring the unlucky Average Joe protagonist, usually in a compromising position, set against a white background. The title will be written in big, bold bold, red letters, almost always typset in the either [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} Futura or Impact font]].

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Impact]].

This is used
frequently for adult comedies, although it is it's becoming increasingly more popular for movies aimed at children as well, which sometimes making makes it difficult to determine [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the movie's target age group]].

group]]. A somewhat classier version exists for romantic comedies aimed at a female audience. They share the white background and the unlucky protagonist(s), but the title font is usually Times New Roman, Helvetica Thin or something similar.

similar. Use of this format seems to have declined since the late Noughties, 2000s, and it may be on the way to becoming a DiscreditedTrope, DiscreditedTrope thanks to some notable offenders that use this style tainting the audience's expectations.
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* ''Film/LoveActually''
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* ''Film/DateMovie'': The poster feature's the film's main cast of characters posing against a white background, with the film's title in red above them. Most Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg follow the same format.

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* ''Film/DateMovie'': The poster feature's features the film's main cast of characters posing against a white background, with the film's title in red above them. Most Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg follow the same format.
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* Every ''Film/AmericanPie'' movie, possibly the TropeCodifier.
* ''Film/AntMan1''
* ''Film/AreWeThereYet''
* ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen''
* ''Film/DaddyDayCare''
* ''Film/DateMovie''
* Some ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' print ads are this.
* ''Film/TheDinnerGame''
* ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''
* ''Film/EpicMovie''
* ''Film/FunWithDickAndJane''

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* Every ''Film/AmericanPie'' movie, possibly the TropeCodifier.
TropeCodifier, features all the characters crammed together on a white background with a bold red title above them.
* ''Film/AntMan1''
Some ''Film/AntMan1'' posters feature the title character in his suit superimposed against a giant red A with a white background, highlighting that the film is more comedic than other Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies. Other versions have a more conventional FloatingHeadSyndrome layout.
* ''Film/AreWeThereYet''
''Film/AreWeThereYet'': One poster featured Music/IceCube looking frustrated, surrounded by his screaming kids, against a white background with red lettering above them. A family comedy example.
* ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen''
''Film/CheaperByTheDozen'': Another family comedy example, most posters feature Creator/SteveMartin and the many actors who play his children, superimposed against a white background with red letters. Gets across that the movie is about a large family without giving too much else away.
* ''Film/DaddyDayCare''
''Film/DaddyDayCare'': Another family comedy example, the title features a prone Creator/EddieMurphy lying on a white background while being crushed by both the title and a pile of mischievous children. Gets across the main premise of a man struggling to care for children.
* ''Film/DateMovie''
''Film/DateMovie'': The poster feature's the film's main cast of characters posing against a white background, with the film's title in red above them. Most Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg follow the same format.
* Some ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' print ads featured the title character making snarky poses against a white background, with red letters. The poster format serves to highlight that the film is a comedy despite having a superhero as the main character. Other posters featured a more conventional action movie design.
* ''Film/TheDinnerGame'': Another early example. In most versions of the poster, the giant red title letters takes up most of the screen, while full-body shots of the two main characters
are this.
superimposed on top.
* ''Film/TheDinnerGame''
''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory'': Lots of different versions, but all feature either Creator/BenStiller or Creator/VinceVaughn (supporting characters optional), the two leads, staring at the camera looking determined while holding a dodgeball against a white background, highlighting that this is a movie where dodgeball is SeriousBusiness.
* ''Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory''
''Film/EpicMovie'': Like the ''Date Movie'' above, features all the main characters making silly faces against a red title and white background. It's hard to derive much about the film's premise from the poster alone, but the faces and poster format guarantee that this is a comedy.
* ''Film/EpicMovie''
* ''Film/FunWithDickAndJane''
''Film/FunWithDickAndJane'': The 2005 remake poster features Creator/JimCarrey, the lead, (some versions also include his co-star) running around zanily against a white background next to a red title, highlighting that this is a movie about a happy idiot.
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Used frequently for adult comedies, although it is becoming increasingly more popular for movies aimed at children as well, sometimes making it difficult to determine [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids the movie's target age group]].

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Used frequently for adult comedies, although it is becoming increasingly more popular for movies aimed at children as well, sometimes making it difficult to determine [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the movie's target age group]].
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Such a poster is generally an indicator that the film will be a GuiltyPleasure at best and DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible at worst.
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No relation to WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver.
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* ''Film/AntMan''

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* ''Film/AntMan''''Film/AntMan1''
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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''[='=]s original theatrical release poster, although its protagonist is anything ''but'' an Average Joe, the film itself is actually a comedy-drama instead of a straight comedy, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the logo uses an original font]].

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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''[='=]s ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''[='=]s original theatrical release poster, although its protagonist is anything ''but'' an Average Joe, the film itself is actually a comedy-drama instead of a straight comedy, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the logo uses an original font]].
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* Some ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'' print ads are this.

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* Some ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'' ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' print ads are this.
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Such a poster is generally an indicator that the film will be a GuiltyPleasure at best and [[LowestCommonDenominator So Bad It's Horrible]] at worst.

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Such a poster is generally an indicator that the film will be a GuiltyPleasure at best and [[LowestCommonDenominator So Bad It's Horrible]] DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible at worst.
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* ''Film/TheDinnerGame''
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* ''WebVideo/IHateEverything'' mentions it in his review of ''Film/NotCool''.
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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''[='=]s original theatrical release poster, although its protagonist is anything ''but'' an Average Joe and the film itself is actually a comedy-drama instead of a straight comedy.

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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''[='=]s original theatrical release poster, although its protagonist is anything ''but'' an Average Joe and Joe, the film itself is actually a comedy-drama instead of a straight comedy.comedy, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the logo uses an original font]].



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* ''Film/TheLongWeekend''
* ''Film/MadeOfHonor''

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* ''Film/TheLongWeekend''
''The Long Weekend''
* ''Film/MadeOfHonor''''Made of Honor''

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* ''Film/SeventeenAgain''



* ''Film/AntMan''



* ''Film/SeventeenAgain''
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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''[='=]s original theatrical release poster, although its protagonist is anything ''but'' an Average Joe and the film itself is actually a comedy-drama instead of a straight comedy.


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* The poster for ''Film/AntMan'' plays with this.
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* ''[[LizzieMcGuire The Lizzie McGuire Movie]]''

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* ''[[LizzieMcGuire ''[[Series/LizzieMcGuire The Lizzie McGuire Movie]]''
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* ''Film/{{Hitch}}''

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