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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 [[Useful Notes/Fonts|Futura or Impact font]].
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Use of this format seems to have declined since the late Noughties, and it may be on the way to becoming a [[Discredited Trope]], thanks to some notable offenders that use this style tainting the audience's expectations.
 
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=== Straight Examples ===
* [[Cheaper By the Dozen]]
* [[Are We There Yet?]]
* [[Epic Movie]]
* [[Date Movie]]
* [[Fun Withwith Dick and Jane]]
* [[Good Luck Chuck]]
* [[Little Man]]
* [[Norbit]]
* [[Not Another Teen Movie]]
* [[Lizzie McguireMcGuire|TheLizzieMcGuireMovie]]
* [[Seventeen Again|17 Again]]
* [[The Long Weekend]]
* [[Daddy Day Care]]
* [[The Spy Next Door]]
* [[You Again]]
* [[I Love You, Man]]
* [[Norbit]]
* [[Malibus Most Wanted]]
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* Every [[American Pie]] movie, possibly the [[Trope Codifier]].
 
=== Parodies/Discussion of this Phenomenon. ===
* ''[[Show Within a Show|The Wedding Bride]]'' from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.
* Parodied by College Humor with ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MoxKXEBRC8 Big Red Text]''.
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[[Category:Film Posters]]
[[Category:Red Andand White Comedy Poster]]