1 | Tropes for covers of books, comics, music albums, film posters, [=DVDs=] and others. |
2 | |
3 | Compare FilmPosters. |
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5 | [[index]] |
6 | * AlternateAlbumCover: A popular music album with multiple versions of its album cover. |
7 | * AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: A work with a cutesy-looking cover has a more badass-looking cover in an overseas release. |
8 | * BilledAboveTheTitle: Famous actor or writer gets top billing for their work's cover. |
9 | * TheBreakfastClubPosterHomage |
10 | * ClandestineCover: Covers that disguise the content of the work. |
11 | * ClickbaitGag: '''YOU WON'T BELIEVE ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THIS ARTICLE!!! (GONE SEXUAL)''' <-- |
12 | * CopycatCover: Cover shamelessly imitates another. |
13 | * CoverDrop: The cover art gets dropped somewhere in the work. |
14 | * CoversAlwaysLie: The cover does not match what happens within the work. |
15 | * DesignStudentsOrgasm: Overly artsy cover. |
16 | * DetailHoggingCover: The cover of an animated work has more detail added to the characters than the actual animation. |
17 | * EstablishingTeamShot: Where TheTeam is shown together on the cover. |
18 | * EvilOverlooker: The cover shows the villain's face looming over the heroes. |
19 | * FaceOnTheCover: Using a celebrity's face to sell product. |
20 | * FanserviceCover: Including fanservice on the cover to boost sales. |
21 | * FloatingHeadSyndrome: Cover features shots of the cast's disembodied heads. |
22 | * IdiosyncraticCoverArt: The cover of multiple volumes share a theme. |
23 | * JuxtaposedReflectionPoster: Reflecting the focal character of your poster but changing something about the reflection to emphasize something about them. |
24 | * LadyNotAppearingInThisGame: Using an attractive person (usually female) to advertise one's game- despite said person having little or nothing to do with the game's actual ''content''. |
25 | * MinimalisticCoverArt: There's not much in this cover. |
26 | * MirroredConfrontationShot: The cover depicts two opposing people or groups facing one another. |
27 | * MusicalSquares: Cover features panels with individual musicians in each one. |
28 | * OneCastMemberPerCover: A series has a different member of the cast on the cover of each volume. |
29 | * OrangeBlueContrast: Hollywood loves contrasting orange-ish objects in a blue environment, and vice-versa. |
30 | * PietaPlagiarism: The cover depicts a dead character being carried in the arms of someone grieving them. |
31 | * ReachingTowardsTheAudience: Cover character extending their arm towards the FourthWall. |
32 | * SceneCover: A specific scene of the work is featured in the cover. |
33 | * SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: Cover character is shown pointing their weapon at the FourthWall, as if they were threatening the audience. |
34 | * SoundtrackCoverCharacterJam: A soundtrack release features a work's character(s) playing or listening to music in the cover. |
35 | * SpoilerCover: Work doesn't care about including its twists in the cover. |
36 | * SuperDickery: The cover depicts a scene that, without the proper context, makes it look like the hero is being a jerk. |
37 | * TeamShot: Cover features TheTeam posing to the audience. |
38 | * TextlessAlbumCover |
39 | * TrendCovers: Cover becomes so popular other works start emulating it. |
40 | * TyopOnTheCover: The title is misspelled on the title card or the episode list. |
41 | * VariantCover: Comic books have limited printings of an issue where the issue has a different cover to try and get people to buy multiple copies of the same comic. |
42 | * VFormationTeamShot: Cover features TheTeam walking in a V-formation. |
43 | * WolverinePublicity: A character is prominently featured on the cover regardless of how big their actual role in the story is. |
44 | [[/index]] |
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