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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]].
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.
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 ===
== Straight Examples ==
* [[Cheaper By the Dozen]]
* [[Cheaper By the Dozen]]
* [[Are We There Yet?]]
* [[Are We There Yet?]]
* [[Epic Movie]]
* [[Epic Movie]]
* [[Date Movie]]
* [[Date Movie]]
* [[Fun With Dick and Jane]]
* [[Fun with Dick and Jane]]
* [[Good Luck Chuck]]
* [[Good Luck Chuck]]
* [[Little Man]]
* [[Little Man]]
* [[Norbit]]
* [[Norbit]]
* [[Not Another Teen Movie]]
* [[Not Another Teen Movie]]
* [[Lizzie Mcguire|TheLizzieMcGuireMovie]]
* [[Lizzie McGuire|TheLizzieMcGuireMovie]]
* [[Seventeen Again|17 Again]]
* [[17 Again]]
* [[The Long Weekend]]
* [[The Long Weekend]]
* [[Daddy Day Care]]
* [[Daddy Day Care]]
* [[The Spy Next Door]]
* [[The Spy Next Door]]
* [[You Again]]
* [[You Again]]
* [[I Love You Man]]
* [[I Love You, Man]]
* [[Norbit]]
* [[Norbit]]
* [[Malibus Most Wanted]]
* [[Malibus Most Wanted]]
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* Every [[American Pie]] movie, possibly the [[Trope Codifier]].
* Every [[American Pie]] movie, possibly the [[Trope Codifier]].


=== Parodies/Discussion of this Phenomenon. ===
== Parodies/Discussion of this Phenomenon. ==
* ''[[Show Within a Show|The Wedding Bride]]'' from ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.
* ''[[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]''.
* Parodied by College Humor with ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MoxKXEBRC8 Big Red Text]''.
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[[Category:Paratext]]
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[[Category:Film Posters]]
[[Category:Film Posters]]
[[Category:Red And White Comedy Poster]]
[[Category:Red and White Comedy Poster]]

Latest revision as of 20:52, 14 June 2018

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 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 the movie's target age group.

Such a poster is generally an indicator that the film will be a Guilty Pleasure at best and So Bad It's Horrible at worst.

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 Discredited Trope, thanks to some notable offenders that use this style tainting the audience's expectations.

Examples of Red and White Comedy Poster include:

Straight Examples

Parodies/Discussion of this Phenomenon.

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