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| 18 | ->''"Pretty unique decorating style you have here, [Jason]. It's like, '12-year-old boy' meets '13-year-old boy'."'' |
| 19 | -->-- '''Eleanor''', ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' |
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| 21 | Giving clues to a person's personality through the decor of their bedroom, particularly wall posters. |
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| 23 | A quick way of giving hints about a person's personality without spending a lot of time on exposition is to show their bedroom. This is particularly true from late childhood to college age, when people tend to have very idiosyncratic decorating tastes. (Before that, the child's parents/guardians tend to choose the decor, and as people mature, many of them feel less compelled to "mark their territory" quite so fiercely. And if a couple is sharing a room, it will tend to blend their tastes to an acceptable medium.) |
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| 25 | The posters and other decorations of a bedroom can often convey such information as gender and approximate age, hobbies, religious affiliation, the region the story takes place in, approximately what year the story takes place, and the tolerance level of the parents if any ([[ParentalAbandonment parents, that is]]). A change in posters can indicate a similar change in the inhabitant's interests or maturity level. (And whether they're torn down or gently put away tells the audience a lot about the feelings of the character.) If the set designers are careless, they can oversell the clutter effect, or create a false impression by putting all the things that were cool when ''they'' were kids on a contemporary teenager's wall. |
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| 27 | For a twist, sometimes the posters will reveal the "true face" of a character, such as a burly JerkJock's room being plastered with [[RealMenWearPink unicorns and rainbows]], while the GirlNextDoor has decorated her room in Frazetta barbarian posters with black curtains and pagan symbols. |
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| 29 | There are a number of poster stereotypes. For example, posters of Einstein, Che, Jim Morrison or some kind of Monet in a college student's dorm room. On the other hand, expect a ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' poster in a gangsta-wannabe's room. In addition, a boy's room will nearly always be rather messy and will have at least one swimsuit model poster, while a girl's room will nearly always feature posters and magazine cut-outs of her favorite singers (heart scribbles optional), plus a vanity with mirror and cosmetics. |
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| 31 | This trope is usually found in visual media, although print media will sometimes describe a bedroom's decor -- and the conclusions the narrator draws from it. |
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| 33 | Compare with EnvironmentalSymbolism and BadBedroomBadLife. If the poster gallery contains one person, the room can double as a StalkerShrine. Extreme examples may count as RoomFullOfCrazy. If the posters are all pinups, you're probably going to see the resident AdmiringThePoster. Commonly crosses over with NerdHoard, which contains hobby objects other than posters. |
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| 42 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 43 | * ''Advertising/CoachLasso'': Even though Lasso was very quickly fired from his coaching job in England, he made England his entire personality when he returned to the US, decorating his apartment with Britishisms like the Union Jack, teacups, "Keep Calm and" posters, and a framed soccer jersey. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
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| 46 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 47 | * Futana, the title character's sister from ''Manga/FutabakunChange'', has a bedroom filled with posters of naked and half-naked women. |
| 48 | * Ohno from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' has posters of bald, muscular, middle-aged men in her bedroom, much to her public embarrassment. |
| 49 | * ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'': Tomoko's and Yoshikawa's rooms are decked out with {{Otaku}} paraphernalia, including posters. (Most, if not all of them are a ShoutOut to other ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' titles.) |
| 50 | * In ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'', Akane had a poster of CoolBigSis (from her perspective) Madoka on the ceiling above her bed. |
| 51 | * ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': The first thing Itadori does with his new school dorm room is put up a poster of an attractive woman in a bikini. Which fits in with him introducing himself as being a fan of women who look like Creator/JenniferLawrence. |
| 52 | * ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Konata has a room covered with many an anime and HGame poster, amongst other miscellaneous anime-related products. This includes various ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' merchandise, natch. |
| 53 | * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' does this with most students of Class 1-A in order to further establish their personalities. Many bring HiddenDepths, but some are so obvious and predictable that a flashy, extravagant character gets criticized for having a flashy, extravagant room. |
| 54 | * ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Tatewaki Kunō has pictures of Akane and the Pigtailed Girl in his room. For a time he replaced them with Nabiki pictures, then all three of them at once. |
| 55 | * ''Anime/YuriOnIce'': Yuri has a room full of posters of [[LivingLegend Victor Nikiforov]]. Which leads to a very awkward situation when that very Victor is trying to enter his room and Yuri keeps him out just long enough to hide all the posters. |
| 56 | * ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': When Ishigami goes to [[LovableJock Kazeno's]] school dorm for love advice, he's shocked to discover that the walls are covered in posters of {{Idol Singer}}s. Kazeno admits that this is actually a fairly recent development and that he had become an Idol Otaku after [[spoiler:[[FormerChildStar Osaragi]] broke up with him.]] |
| 57 | * ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': Marin Kitagawa's room is covered all over in anime posters, pillows, figurines, and any other merchandise related to her favourite shows/games (including a body pillow of Shizuku-tan, the first character she cosplayed). When Gojo visits her home for the first time, his reaction is "[[DullSurprise Yes, this is definitely Kitagawa-san's room]]". |
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| 60 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 61 | * ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'': Wilk's bedroom is shown to have a bunch of ''Donut Ranger'' posters on the wall, ''Donut Ranger'' being an in-universe {{tokusatsu}} show Wilk likes. This helps to establish his excitable, kid-like personality. |
| 62 | * ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'': The titular character has a bunch of posters for his favorite professional wrestler, Sumo Momo, on a wall in his bedroom. |
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| 65 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 66 | * ''ComicBook/{{Allergic}}'': Maggie's room starts this way, covered in posters of various animals such as cats, dogs, and bears to show she's an AnimalLover. When she learns she's [[PlotAllergy so severely allergic to animal dander that she can't have the dog she wanted]], she tears down all the posters and gets rid of all her books about animals [[AngerMontage in anger]]. Her room [[BadBedroomBadLife remains undecorated]] as she struggles to find a pet until the end [[spoiler:when, after visiting an aquarium with her mom and baby sister June, she decides she wants to be a marine biologist and re-decorates her room with various images and toys of sea creatures and adds a fishtank.]] |
| 67 | * In ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}: Elegy'', a flashback has a glimpse of the Kane twins' room, showing baseball equipment, an ''Series/UltramanTiga'' plushie, and a gymnastics poster. Kate has a couple posters each for Music/{{Blondie|Band}} and Music/TheSistersOfMercy on her section of the walls next to the bunk bed, while Beth has a soccer poster. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'': Tim Drake had a room filled with band posters when he still lived at his biological father's home. Amusingly his girlfriend had a prominent flattering poster of his close friend ComicBook/{{Superboy}} over her bed to Tim's endless annoyance. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': |
| 70 | ** ''ComicBook/LastSon'': Superman's foster son, Chris, has an entire room full of Superman merchandise. Clark mentions how embarrassed he was buying so much stuff with his own face on it. |
| 71 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlsGreatestChallenge'': [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Linda]]'s friend Margie is president of Midvale's Superman fan club and has her room filled with posters, pictures, statuettes... of Superman. |
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| 74 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 75 | * ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'': One storyline introduced a scary-looking "goth" kid. Eventually, we see his room, which has posters of Goths. As in Visigoths. As in burly bearded men in fur armor wielding axes. Almost certainly intentional, as the [[AnAesop storyline]] was (unusually for ''Dick Tracy'') about not judging by appearances. |
| 76 | * One issue of ''Magazine/{{Mad}} Magazine'' had a "Mad Look At..." strip dealing with teenagers. In one of them, a character's mother rips down all of his SlasherFlick movie posters, and he retaliates by hanging up [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl stripper merch]] instead (presented fully uncensored, if cartoony). His beloved movie posters are promptly returned. |
| 77 | * ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'': Phoebe's bedroom is heavy on pink and unicorns. Unlike many girls with similar decor, she actually knows a unicorn. |
| 78 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'': Jeremy's bedroom, aside from TrashOfTheTitans, has posters of his favorite bands, especially Gingivitis.[[note]]A fictional band and a StealthPun, since his dad's an orthodontist (and it turns out the band members used to be as well).[[/note]] The ''Literature/GoodnightMoon'' parody in one of the collections, "Goodnight Dude", also draws attention to "a poster of a woman with some [[BuxomBeautyStandard big bazooms]]". |
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| 81 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 82 | * The first post of ''Blog/AskBenSolo'' shows him sitting on his bed, with a poster of Darth Vader's helmet on the wall. Also another of [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Max_Rebo Max Rebo]]. |
| 83 | * ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': The decor in Mari Makinami's bedsit only has two actual posters, one for [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Liverpool FC]] and one for [[Literature/HarryPotter Hufflepuff House]], with the rest of the walls being covered up by overstuffed bookshelves and photographs that she's either taken herself or tweaked in [[https://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]]. You can still infer quite a bit about her personality from the description of the place. |
| 84 | * In ''Fanfic/ASagaOfParallelWorlds'', the Angry Video Game Nerd had a bedroom filled with Nintendo Power posters during his childhood. |
| 85 | * Literature/{{Discworld}} witch Irena Politek has an apartment decked out like this, with a twist. Her two-room apartment in Ankh-Morpork is decked out with propaganda posters, both antique survivals and recent reproductions, dating from the days of the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Union of Soviets]]. While she acknowledges the Union of Soviets is long defunct and it looks unlikely it'll be re-established any time soon, and her own faith in the Revolution is very much diminished by contact with everyday reality outside [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Rodinia]], she keeps them on the wall out of respect for her old-time communist family and upbringing, and mainly because it pisses off her lifelong friend, Lady Olga Romanoff. [[note]]Irena views keeping Olga, a powerful Witch, in a state of everyday grounded irritation, performs the same service that Nanny Ogg provided for Granny Weatherwax.(''mayhersoulhavemercyontheGods'')[[/note]] |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Films — Animation]] |
| 89 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'': Rapunzel's tower is filled from top to bottom with paintings that she made the whole 18 years she was there. The growing lack of space is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in her IWantSong [[spoiler:and it's even a plot point, since her bedroom is filled with subconsciously drawn versions of the sun symbol that is the kingdom's insignia and alerts her that she is the lost princess]]. |
| 90 | -->''I'll paint the walls some more — there must be room somewhere...'' |
| 91 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', the {{Western}} posters and decor in Andy's room shift to space-themed items after the arrival of Buzz Lightyear, much to Woody's dismay. Even the bedspread changes! Also consider the DarkerAndEdgier decor of the troubled Sid's room. |
| 92 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', this comes up again when we are shown a fairly wide shot of Andy's room--and how it's changed since his childhood. |
| 93 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the posters in Mei's room advocate studying, working hard and listening to your elders signifying how much of an influence Mei's EducationMama, Ming, has on Mei's life. |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
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| 96 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 97 | * The main character of ''Film/UnderTheSilverLake'' has an early scene where he has sex with a woman under a Nirvana poster. This becomes important later. |
| 98 | * Kat's bedroom in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' is plastered with posters of alternative girl bands. Her sister Bianca's room is rather juvenile in floral and white. |
| 99 | * Jesminder's room in ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'', mostly pictures of David Beckham himself. |
| 100 | * The kid in ''Film/{{CRAZY}}'' is a big David Bowie fan and his walls tell. |
| 101 | * In ''Film/DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead'', the babysitter stumbles into the teenage boy's bedroom and reacts in horror at all the heavy metal posters on the walls. In fact, it gives her a ''fatal heart attack'' and kicks off the plot! |
| 102 | * ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'': We can tell Ferris Bueller is cool (as if there was ever any doubt), because he has a Music/CabaretVoltaire poster. |
| 103 | * In ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'', the teenage protagonist's room is covered in kung fu movie posters and cut-outs. He even has a kung fu movie playing... ''when he wakes up in the morning''. |
| 104 | * ''Film/ImThinkingOfEndingThings'': Played in a way that tips off both the young woman and the audience that something's amiss -- Jake's childhood room is full of literature and films, including [[spoiler:collections by Eva HD, William Wordsworth, and Pauline Kael, which the young woman quotes or he discusses]]. While this shows he's an intelligent loner, it also heavily implies that [[spoiler:the young woman isn't real, characterized instead by the media he consumes.]] |
| 105 | * ''Film/ItShouldHappenToYou'' has Gladys' apartment covered in posters... of herself. |
| 106 | * The titular character of ''Film/{{Juno}}'' has one of these rooms. Covered from wall to wall with band posters, toys, etc. |
| 107 | ** And nametags, don't forget the nametags. One of which reads "Hello I'm Drunk". |
| 108 | * The little brother's room in ''Film/JustOneOfTheGuys'' is covered with ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' centerfolds pinned up. It's hard to tell this when you watch it on TV — the censor blurs obscure essentially the entire room. |
| 109 | * In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', Sarah's room has posters of Broadway musicals, books of fairy tales and girls sent to magical worlds, and something foreshadowing nearly every event in the film. |
| 110 | * In ''Film/LittleSecrets'', Isabelle's room is filled with girly stuff, posters of Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Stone Temple Pilots and Blink-182. |
| 111 | * Not covering all the walls, but hilarious: In ''Film/TheLostBoys'', the first thing Sam does upon moving into their new room is hang up a poster of a [[AmbiguouslyGay shirtless Rob Lowe]]. |
| 112 | * The original ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}''. Susan's bed at camp has photos and magazine clippings of 1960s teen heartthrobs. Sharon isn't so cool, so she has no idea who Ricky Nelson is. "Oh, your boyfriend." Susan gasps in disbelief. "I wish he was! You mean you never heard of him? Where do you come from, outer space?" |
| 113 | ** This is updated for the [[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Lindsay Lohan version]] with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. |
| 114 | * Chris' bedroom in ''Film/RockStar'' is covered in posters of his favorite band, Steel Dragon. |
| 115 | * The walls in Aimee's room in ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' are plastered with posters related to her interests - i.e. sci-fi and manga. |
| 116 | * In the song "Kickapoo" at the beginning of ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'', JB's ultra-religious father, after a vigorous spanking, begins tearing down about a dozen rock and metal band posters from his bedroom walls, forgetting the Dio poster on the door. The poster [[spoiler: [[ItMakesSenseInContext immediately sings to JB to tell him to go form a band.]]]] |
| 117 | * In ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', Holly's room has posters of Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp. Joshua's room is a veritable treasure trove of ProductPlacement. |
| 118 | * ''Film/TheUltimateChristmasPresent'' has Allie's room with consists of posters of boy bands such as *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. |
| 119 | * In the first ''Film/WaynesWorld'' film Garth's bedroom is shown in one scene. As should probably be expected, it's covered in posters of hard rock and HeavyMetal bands. |
| 120 | * PlayedForLaughs in a teen sex comedy (I think it was ''Film/LooseScrews'') where a teenage FilleFatale is seducing a handsome boy when her daddy arrives home unexpectedly. She immediately reverses all the posters on her bedroom to more innocent versions and brings out the teddy bears -- unfortunately the boy isn't as quick on the uptake and is chased away by the outraged father. |
| 121 | * In ''Film/Paddington2014'', typical teenager Judy has an entire wall covered in various posters and pictures; Jonathan, who wants to be an astronaut when he grows up, has a huge mural of a planet seen from space. |
| 122 | * In ''Film/WildInTheStreets'', Senator Fergus's children have all decorated their bedrooms with posters of celebrities, including Max Frost. Once Fergus realizes Max has turned his children against him, he drunkenly rips the posters down. |
| 123 | * In ''Film/Mario1984'', Simon and Mario's bedroom is decorated with pictures of Arab horsemen. |
| 124 | * ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'': Robbie and Carol Anne had posters of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Film/{{Alien}}'' in their bedroom. |
| 125 | * In ''Film/TuffTurf'', Frankie's room is covered in rock posters. |
| 126 | * Coley from ''Film/MackintoshAndTJ'' has decorated his room with pictures of naked or scantily-clad women. Mackintosh disapproves, thinking the pictures turn women into disposable objects. |
| 127 | * In ''Film/WildAmerica'', the Stouffer brothers' room is covered in posters of animals, mixed in with the occasional car or celebrity. |
| 128 | * In ''Film/TheDeadlySpawn'', KidHero Charles' bedroom is filled with posters for old monster movies, establishing him as an UnabashedBMovieFan. ''The Deadly Spawn'' is itself a GenreThrowback to those very same movies. |
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| 131 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 132 | * In the ''Literature/AlexRider'' book ''Point Blanc'', students are encouraged to decorate their rooms. [[spoiler:So that the BigBad can impersonate them better]]. |
| 133 | * In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' Cassie notes that everything in Rachel's room is neat and matches, like from a magazine. She also has a bulletin board where she puts up Post-It notes with quotes; Cassie is sad that recently they're all about danger or war. |
| 134 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': |
| 135 | ** In ''Literature/MovingPictures'', Victor discovers that Ginger has decorated her bedroom with posters for the "clicks" she's starred in. |
| 136 | ** In other Discworld novels, some characters are conversely described by how neat and impersonal their bedrooms are. [[Literature/MakingMoney Malvolio Bent's]] room is entirely plain, simple and undecorated except for a closet containing a dark secret, exactly like himself. |
| 137 | ** ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' opens with the narrator mentioning the value of bedrooms to illustrate personality, and then describing the bedrooms of the central characters. For instance, Juliet's bedroom is mentioned as having everything painted pink with little yellow crowns, except for the beer crates holding up the bed. As the color scheme and decorations were picked by [[MissingMom her late mother]], it seems to indicate that Juliet has not yet truly entered adult life. |
| 138 | * {{Subverted}} in ''Literature/{{Everworld}}:'' when [[HeroicWannabe David]] sees [[BarrierMaiden Senna's]] room he's frustrated that it provides ''no'' clue about her personality: the only decorations look like they came from an interior designer, the only books she owns are for school, etc. |
| 139 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 140 | ** Ron's room is entirely orange due to Chudley Cannons Quidditch posters, bedspread, etc., and even more chaotic than usual because, of course, all the players are moving. His sister, Ginny, likewise has posters of her favorite team, the Holyhead Harpies. |
| 141 | ** Sirius Black's teenage bedroom was primarily red and gold (for Gryffindor), broken up by Muggle pin-up girls on motorcycles. Meanwhile, his brother's room was festooned with Slytherin banners and newspaper clippings for a [[GodwinsLaw "Death Eater Youth League" vibe]]. |
| 142 | ** Luna Lovegood painted her bedroom ceiling with portraits of Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Neville linked together with the word "friends" repeated a thousand times in gold ink. Somehow this comes off as more poignant than [[RoomFullOfCrazy unsettling]]. |
| 143 | ** Every year, Dean carefully hangs up his poster for the West Ham UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball team in the boys' dorm room. |
| 144 | * In Isabel Allende's novel ''Literature/TheHouseOfTheSpirits'', Alba Trueba was granted permission to paint the walls of her room as a little girl, and she uses them as a journal of sorts until she is well into teenagehood. The last thing painted is a little heart, meaning that she has fallen in love for the very first time. [[spoiler:Given that she eventually is revealed as the writer/narrator of the whole story, this is kind of prophetic.]] |
| 145 | * Marci Jensen from ''Literature/IAmNotASerialKiller'' has one of these, which John describes as “less decorated than attacked”. In this case, it’s not specified what the posters are of, just that she has a lot of them, sometimes layered messily over each other, establishing her as [[GenkiGirl enthusiastic personality]] and normalcy relative to [[DysfunctionJunction John]]. |
| 146 | * In ''Literature/MyBrotherIsASuperhero,'' Cara's bedroom has two posters of a famous male singer, and another of an artsy French film. Most notably, she has a poster version of the famous photo where Star Guy [[RescueRomance saved her from a runaway bus]] (though of course, [[LovesMyAlterEgo Cara doesn't know that Star Guy is Zack]]). Other than that, though, she doesn't have ''any'' superhero posters, which Luke finds "disturbing." |
| 147 | * In ''Literature/TheSecretsOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'', the wall over Kali's bed in the dormitory is decorated with photos of American gangsters, prize-fighters, and the kind of movie actor who plays gangsters and prize-fighters. In the sequel, ''Literature/TheHauntingOfDrearcliffGrangeSchool'', Kali's wall is still similarly decorated, while her roommate Amy has decorated hers with photographs of costumed crimefighters she aspires to emulate. |
| 148 | * The lodgings of Literature/SherlockHolmes at 221b Baker Street had a number of frequently mentioned decorations, including pictures of General Gordon and Henry Ward Beecher, and VR written in bullet holes, which all give clues to the personalities of the residents. |
| 149 | ** Don't forget the Reichenbach landscape over the fireplace |
| 150 | ** Or the stuck-to-the-mantlepiece-with-a-knife correspondence. |
| 151 | ** Or the chemistry set in the corner. |
| 152 | ** Or the insane amounts of papers from various cases he has lying everywhere. (At one point, Watson even gets annoyed with this one.) |
| 153 | ** Or the initials VR (for [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Victoria Regina]]) which he patriotically inscribed on the wall [[BulletHoleSpelling in bullet holes]]. |
| 154 | * Molly from ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'' has covered an entire wall of her bedroom with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. Petra tries to stop her from using Sellotape, which damages the paint. |
| 155 | * Elizabeth from ''Literature/DogsDontTalk'' has a room covered with dance posters. |
| 156 | * ''Literature/MyDarkVanessa'': Because Vanessa spends most of her time at boarding school, her bedroom at her parents' house is a time capsule of her fourteen-year-old self, complete with poster-covered walls, although it doesn't say what the posters are of. |
| 157 | * When Will from ''Literature/IfIFallIfIDie'' gets into skateboarding, he starts papering his room with pictures from skateboarding magazines. His mother worries that he'll try some of the really unsafe stunts from the pictures. |
| 158 | * In ''Literature/YouLookDifferentInRealLife'', the protagonists attend a college party in a suite whose walls are entirely covered with posters. |
| 159 | * ''Literature/GetAGripVivyCohen'': Nate's walls are covered in posters of baseball players, mostly catchers. |
| 160 | * In ''Literature/HarmonicFeedback'', Naomi's bedroom is lined with posters of various bands, most of which Drea doesn't like. |
| 161 | * ''Literature/TornadoBrain'': Tess's room is decorated with inspirational posters and her own artwork. Frankie's is covered in pictures of tornados. |
| 162 | * In ''Literature/PetaLyresRatingNormal'', Jeb's room is decorated with posters of cars and movies. The car posters used to belong to his BigBrotherBully, but Jeb can't remove them, since it would damage the paint. |
| 163 | * In ''Literature/{{Underdogs}}'', fourteen-year-old assassin Oliver Roth decorates his room with death metal posters. |
| 164 | * Rosina from ''Literature/TheNowhereGirls'' decorates her room with vintage posters of bands from The90s. Her favorite is Music/SleaterKinney. |
| 165 | * In ''Literature/TheEvolutionOfEmily'', Emily and Olivia's room is covered in posters of male celebrities, including Music/AustinMahone. When August comes over, Emily is embarrassed of the posters and decides to do some redecorating soon. |
| 166 | * In ''Literature/PostHighSchoolRealityQuest'', Buffy's roommates have covered their walls with Music/TaylorSwift posters in an effort to hide the peeling paint. |
| 167 | * ''Literature/CountingToD'': Kaitlyn's bedroom is covered in posters of Music/JustinBieber, Music/JustinTimberlake, and other people who look like they're named Justin. |
| 168 | * In ''Literature/TheMermaidsMirror'', Lena's room is covered with pictures of waves and surfers, some of which she cut out of magazines, and some of which she took herself. |
| 169 | * In ''Literature/EvenIfWeBreak'', Liva's room at the cabin is decorated with posters of [=WyvernCon=] and sewing patterns. |
| 170 | * In ''Literature/NoOneNeededToKnow'', Donald's room is covered in baseball pennants and posters of sports stars. During Heidi's short-lived attempt to teach Donald to stop acting like a KiddieKid, she has him take them all down and tells him to hang up posters of rock musicians and swimsuit models instead. The next morning, she sees that Donald has hung all his old posters back the way they were. |
| 171 | * In ''Literature/AnaOnTheEdge'', Tamar's bedroom is decorated with posters of her and Ana's favorite sports movies. |
| 172 | * Timmo from ''Literature/SmallPersonsWithWings'' is an aspiring astronaut. His room is covered in star charts and nebula posters. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 176 | * In the ''Series/AllThat'' skit, Whateverrr!!, Gina and Jessica had a room with a girly wallpaper filled with posters of rock and pop bands and artists such as Music/Matchbox20, Music/{{Fuel}}, Music/SugarRay, Music/{{Jewel}}, Music/BenFoldsFive, Music/JoeyMcIntyre, etc. |
| 177 | * Lampshaded in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "The Freshman", in which vampires were grabbing college students and making it look as though they'd just dropped out. They'd run a sweep to determine whether the poster left behind was Claude Monet's "Waterlilies" or Creator/GustavKlimt's ''Art/{{The Kiss|Klimt}}'', the two being the most common prints in real-world college dorm rooms. |
| 178 | * This trope was used in a programme on Creator/Channel4 about puberty, where we see the a boy age from being 8 years to his teens (as though it were time-lapse footage) in his bedroom. When he becomes a teenager, his posters suddenly change to those of girls. |
| 179 | %%* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'': When Leo and Paige travel back in time, Paige's room as a teenager reeked of this trope. |
| 180 | * Played with on ''Series/{{Chuck}}''. All through the series, the main character has a ''{{Film/Tron}}'' poster on his wall. We get it: he's a nerd, and very, very rarely has women in a position to see his bedroom. Then, in the last few episodes of season two, he takes it down for the first time and we see that on the back of it he's been drawing a web of notes this whole time about the Intersect, Bryce, Fulcrum, etc. He's been taking a proactive role in his life despite appearances to the contrary, he's been prying into the world of espionage he's so scared of, he's been watching the details of everything that goes on around him... and he's been hiding all that in the one place none of the people spying on him would notice, because it's just part of the scenery. |
| 181 | * Clarissa, from ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'', was both cool and brainy, as evidenced by her Music/TheyMightBeGiants poster. |
| 182 | * In the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "Elephant's Memory" the spree killing youth is partially profiled by the stuff in his room, which included things like a mirror painted black and posters relating to James Dean (Reid notes its kind of disturbing how the killer had more posters of the car accident that killed Dean than Dean himself). |
| 183 | * Max's room in ''Series/DanisHouse'' illustrates that he's a young boy and thus has loads of posters of stuff boys his age would be interested in, such as ''Anime/DuelMasters'' and ''Series/DoctorWho''. |
| 184 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]], what little we see of the title character's bedroom is ''very'' pink. |
| 185 | * ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'': Doogie Howser was obviously a genius, but was also funny and a bit cynical. He has a ''[[Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Save the Humans]]'' poster on his door. He also has posters of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein, among others. |
| 186 | * Played for laughs in a series of sketches on ''Series/TheFastShow'', where the posters plastering a teenage girl's room kept changing to whichever famous person she "really loved" at the moment. |
| 187 | * Paris Gellar of ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' has a poster of ''Noam Chomsky'' on her wall, and Rory has a couple of similar smarty-pants posters as well. |
| 188 | * On ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Eleanor describes Jason's "budhole" as "12-year-old boy means 13-year-old boy", since it's filled with video games, posters of cars, models, and female celebrities, and all-around immature things. Certainly a quick and easy way to prove that Jason is [[spoiler:''nothing'' at all like the wise Buddhist monk he'd been masquerading as up to that episode.]] |
| 189 | * ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'': Alan's dormitory room (which he shares with Bambang and Prima) is full of Ariel Music/{{Noah|Indonesia}} posters to show what a fan of Ariel he is. Later on, it's revealed thath Juna's room is decorated with a lot of his own photos, which the others take as a sign of how narcisstic he is. |
| 190 | * One of these appeared at least once on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', perhaps most notably when Joan Baez sang "Honest Lullaby". Posters included Creator/JohnTravolta and (maybe) Luke Skywalker. |
| 191 | * This was a minor plot point in an episode of ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'': The team is investigating the disappearance of a college student, so they go to check out his dorm room. They quickly realize that the posters in his room are a bit ''too'' calculated, leading them to suspect that he had a double life. |
| 192 | %%* Seth Cohen's room in ''Series/TheOC''. |
| 193 | * In ''Series/RescueMe'', most of Tommy's interaction with his nephew Damian takes place in Damian's room and showcases his many posters proclaiming his love of anime and alt-rock. |
| 194 | * Used as a minor plot point on ''Series/{{Skins}}'' when Katie, faced with her twin sister Emily's blossoming homosexuality, has a good look at Emily's side of the room comparing it to her own: While Katie's side has posters of hot boys, including Daniel Craig, Emily's side is covered in art and photos of ''women'', including Audrey Hepburn, possibly Fergie, and a particular focus on a Blondie poster. With a wall full of chicks, Katie finally has the physical evidence that yes, Emily's gay. Astute viewers may notice that Emily's posters have actually changed from the first appearance of their room in the first episode, when they was more musical (the most prominent poster was the Plain White Ts). |
| 195 | * Jackie's bedroom in ''Series/That70sShow'' had posters of 1970s bands. Eric's bedroom has ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes|1968}}'' posters and, most notably, the iconic Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit pin-up. |
| 196 | * Jake on ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' decorated his room at Charlie's house with pin-ups. This is not what bothers Charlie; what bothers him is that he ''nailed'' them on the wall. His father, Alan, expresses disappointment with the fact that to make way for them Jake tore down his formerly precious (but now uninteresting to him) ''Literature/HarryPotter'' posters. It turns out Jake hasn't quite grown out of it though. |
| 197 | -->'''Jake:''' ''[dons Harry Potter glasses and toy wand, smiles at posters]'' 'Ello ladies, I'm 'Arry Potter. |
| 198 | * ''Series/{{Underbelly}}'' Benji is introduced with a tour of his room, which includes such oddities as a ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' picture, kickboxing trophies in a cluttered mess, a cross, and gym equipment which he is currently using. |
| 199 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': |
| 200 | ** Mulder's office is a non-bedroom example with mild RoomFullOfCrazy and StringTheory overtones. It is completely covered in photos, clippings, and posters of paranormal phenomena (mostly [=UFOs=] and aliens), including the iconic "I Want to Believe" poster, and a slight smattering of books and memorabilia on the topic. |
| 201 | ** ConspiracyTheorist Blaine Faulkner's bedroom in the episode ''Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space''' would also qualify. Notable in that it is basically Mulder's office [-IN A BEDROOM!-] with ''much'' stronger RoomFullOfCrazy vibes. It even contains a poster identical to Mulder's which simply reads "I Believe". |
| 202 | * On ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', George's bedroom was decorated in a disturbingly childish way, with a cartoony dinosaur lampshade and baseball-printed bedsheets. Note that this was ''not'' his childhood bedroom at his parents' house, but his own apartment. This indicated his general immaturity. |
| 203 | ** Newman's apartment has a gigantic poster of a "Tyrannosaurid" and generally a bunch of weird odds-and-ends, suggesting he was some sort of a hoarder. |
| 204 | * ''Series/{{Unriddle}}'': A father's insistence that he left his missing daughter's bedroom "exactly as it was", combined with it not reflecting her personality as reported by her friends, tips off the cops to the father's overly-controlling nature. A sports poster in the room (the father picked the sport she was allowed to play) gives a further clue to what actually happened. |
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| 206 | |
| 207 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 208 | * In ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', the walls of the smokehouse where Jud lives are plastered with pink pictures of women from old covers of ''Police Gazette''. |
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| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 212 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', Jimmy's room changes over time, gaining a new wall ornament for each major mission he completes. |
| 213 | * In ''[[VideoGame/LegoStarWars Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'', you get to see Kylo Ren's bedroom... which is covered in Darth Vader posters and memorabilia. |
| 214 | * In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', in one of their many codec conversations, Rose complains to Jack about how bare his bedroom is, there's "not even a poster". Jack had been little more than a tool of his controllers up to that point. He claims to remember little of his past. |
| 215 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Travis Touchdown, another {{Otaku}}, also has many posters plastering his walls and shelves full of plastic figurines. |
| 216 | * ''VideoGame/TheSims'' naturally has posters and wall art for your virtual doll houses, in particular, there will often be an item that consists of ''multiple'' posters and other wall hangings with various themes that would suit a child or teen bedroom, to invoke this trope. |
| 217 | * ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': Fort Francis. Okay, sure, if you want to get technical, it's more of an entire fortress than just a ''bedroom'', per se, but still... |
| 218 | * Most of the bedrooms in ''VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch'' give strong indications of their occupants' personality. The most straight example is Lewis' room, which is literally lined with posters. |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/{{Unpacking}}'': Consistently, though decreasingly so as time goes on, the protagonist decorates her bedrooms with posters of her favorite shows and games [[spoiler:including the ones she's worked on]]. |
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| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 223 | * Discussed in ''VisualNovel/{{Psycholonials}}''. Z. comments that a person's posters are an important reflection on who they are, as most people's personalities these days are defined solely by what media and things they like. The only decoration her entire house is a wall of posters near her bed that represent things that were once important to her: an Music/InsaneClownPosse poster representing her {{UsefulNotes/Juggalo}} past, a Music/PostMalone poster representing her perfect man, and a picture of [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Karkat]], representing another past obsession. Together these represent her obsession with clowns and weird cantankerous goblins. |
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| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 227 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. Antimony's dorm room is [[EmotionlessGirl rather spartan]]. Kat's is decorated with posters (and action figures) reflecting her [[OtakuSurrogate interests]]: ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', ''The Goonies'', [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Lobster Johnson]] and the techno band Orbital. |
| 228 | * Character introductions in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' are typically handled with a wide shot of the character's bedroom accompanied with a short biography. Naturally, many of the rooms have posters reflecting their interests, such as John's room having posters of films most people would consider {{Guilty Pleasure}}s that he genuinely enjoys. The most extreme example is almost certainly [[spoiler:Jake English]]'s room, which is so plastered by movie posters you can't see the wall. |
| 229 | * The first panel of [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/324 this strip]] from ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' gives a good indication of Molly's eclectic tastes and indeterminate age. |
| 230 | * Rets' room in ''Webcomic/MistakesOfYouth'', in which every inch of the wall has been taken up by anime posters, most of which display little girls. |
| 231 | %%* [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/memberimages/091302.jpg This]] ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' strip. |
| 232 | * ''Webcomic/NextSoundOfTheFuture'': Music/HatsuneMiku superfan Shine has an apartment filled with Miku merch, including expensive albums, posters, and a life-sized standee of a Miku behind her TV, which shows how much she defines herself through loving Miku idols in place of becoming one herself. |
| 233 | * Miko of ''Webcomic/PragueRace'' has a bunch of [[http://www.praguerace.com/comic/daily-gasp overlaying posters on the walls]] in the corner of his room where he keeps his desk. While several of them look like concert posters there are a number of art posters in the mix as well. |
| 234 | %%Which work does this go to?%%* Given a chance by ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX'' to portray the room of Nanoha FanGirl [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee Subaru]], the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' {{Fan Webcomic|s}} ''[[http://ashitahadocchida.sakura.ne.jp/strikers_nano.html StrikerS Nano]]'' [[http://ashitahadocchida.sakura.ne.jp/strikers_nanox08.html took the obvious interpretation]].%%Which work does this go to?%% |
| 235 | * The lack of any such personal touches for the protagonist teenaged girl's bedroom in ''Transcerebral'' is the first big clue that most of her purported background is false. |
| 236 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': The {{prequel}} volume ''Start of Darkness'' has a scene in teenaged Xykon's room, which is decorated by a couple of band posters, a swimsuit pinup,... and [[{{Foreshadowing}} a picture of a skull]]. |
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| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 240 | * WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd has a variation-his game room is covered in video game posters culled from his issues of Nintendo Power. The two-part review of ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' also displays posters of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' and ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' prominently in the beginning. |
| 241 | * Twisted in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Disney Afternoon'', as the point is not that he has posters on the (studio) wall, but that he's delusional and gets really angry at any intrusion of reality. |
| 242 | * Both [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] and Creator/AllisonPregler (who even used her wall as the background for title cards before hiring an artist). |
| 243 | * While not much detail has gone into it, the interior of [[PerkyGoth Anna Chase's]] room in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' is implied to be this on a few occasions. It's mentioned that she has a lot of posters and figurines in her bedroom, of course relating to her interests (horror media and anime). [[spoiler: In post-game, it's revealed that before she came home that her parents removed her posters and figurines from the room, out of a concern that she would be triggered by them, much to her mild annoyance.]] |
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| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 247 | * In ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko''. Jérémie, the computer geek, has the obligatory Einstein poster in his room[[hottip:*:but for whatever reason, the famous picture of him sticking his tongue out is edited to just a grin instead]]. Ulrich, the martial art jock, has pencak silat posters on his half of the dorm he shares with Odd. And Sissi, the AlphaBitch, has fashion models and girl bands poster in her bedroom -- along with the aforementioned vanity with mirror and cosmetics. |
| 248 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' |
| 249 | ** Tiffany's room is covered with poster-sized pictures of ''herself'', showing exactly how narcissistic she is. |
| 250 | ** Daria, on the other hand, has a poster of Franz Kafka and another that seemingly portrays a human skeleton protruding from the earth. Perhaps an archeological dig? Her room had very few posters besides that one, since it was formerly occupied by someone psychotic and still had the padding on the walls, which she thought was cool enough by itself. |
| 251 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Sleight of Hank", Bobby (who's twelve or thirteen) wants to paint his blue bedroom walls with "white, fluffy clouds." Hank naturally dislikes the idea but eventually gives in. |
| 252 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', All of the Loud siblings' bedrooms, excluding Lola and Lana's and Lisa and Lily's, have some of the posters. Even Luna had rock music posters on her room. |
| 253 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', [[BornUnlucky Milo]]'s room is decorated with various warning and road signs. There's also a photo of some firefighters hanging right next to his loft bed (''why'' someone so accident-prone has one is a mystery), a [[PolkaDork music stand]] and a dog bed for [[HeroicDog Diogee]]. |
| 254 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In case her [[CuteClumsyGirl actions]] around him aren't enough of a reminder, Marinette's bedroom is filled with photos and pictures of her crush Adrien. Doubles as something of a StalkerShrine, since she's also got his schedule written down somewhere. |
| 255 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Homer re-enrolled in college, he briefly turned his bedroom into a dorm room with the use of cinder block bookshelves and the poster of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue. |
| 256 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' |
| 257 | ** Luz's video diary in "Thanks to Them" uses this trope to show both the passage of time and her descent into the realm of fandom, starting off with a blank wall when her family first moved into the house and slowly gaining more and more posters of various books, anime, movies, and video games (along with some of her own hand drawn artwork) until the wall is almost enitirly covered by the time it reaches the present day. [[spoiler:Vee took all of the posters down while she was living Luz's life, and they never appear to be put back up even after Luz comes home (though Vee did at the very least return all of Luz's action figures to their proper place).]] |
| 258 | ** [[FantasticAnthropologist Gus's]] room is unsurpisingly full of random human junk. |
| 259 | ** [[GreenThumb Willow]] has various plants and plant themed furniture, along with a poster and newspaper clipping about Flyer Derby. |
| 260 | ** [[JerkJock Boscha's]] entire room is full of various trophies and awards that she's won playing grudgby. There's also a large poster of herself right next to her vanity. |
| 261 | |
| 262 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Kyle has the classic "Einstein sticking his tongue out" poster, and sometimes a poster of the Jewish rapper Matisyahu. Stan has a poster for ''Street Warrior'', an obvious knock-off of ''[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Road Warrior]].'' Cartman's room sometimes has a pin-up of Mel Gibson in his ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' costume ([[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Cartman]] admires him for his anti-Semitism). Wendy is seen to have a pin-up of Russell Crowe in her bedroom or bathroom. |
| 263 | ** In season 18 Shelly has a poster of the singer Lorde, [[spoiler:[[LovesMyAlterEgo though she doesn't realize that Lorde is actually her father]]]]. |
| 264 | ** In Season 20, Stan's ''Street Warrior'' poster has been switched with a ''[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Fury Road]]'' poster, with the {{Tagline}} changed to "What a Sweet Day." |
| 265 | ** Fans have noticed that [[DeadpanSnarker Craig]] has an assortment of space-related decorations in his room, creating {{Fanon}} that he's into astronomy and/or sci-fi. |
| 266 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 267 | ** [[KidHero Steven]]'s room has various action figures, a few books, a TV and video games. He also has posters for shows/movies called ''Star Battlers'' and ''Ninja Squad'' (the latter of which was replaced with the [[DarkerAndEdgier more depressing]] ''New Ninja Squad'' when Steven was trying to act more mature). You can also see a copy of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' on his nightstand, which makes sense for someone being raised by {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s from space. |
| 268 | ** Each of the Crystal Gems have their own room in the Temple, where the ''environment'' actually is designed to fit their personalities. [[BigFun Amethyst]]'s is a total pigsty with many large puddles that you can swim in; [[TheSmartGuy Pearl]]'s is more elegant, with tall pillars of water you can stand on. {{Averted}} with [[MissingMom Rose]]'s old room: it's basically a magical holodeck, so it could have theoretically been just about anything when she was around to use it. |
| 269 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama,'' you can sometimes see characters' bedrooms [[AllThereInTheManual in their audition tapes]]: |
| 270 | ** From the ''Island'' cast, [[TheDividual Katie and Sadie]]'s have pictures of male models on the wall; Cody has a swimsuit model and a man in front of a microphone (a comedian, maybe?); [[{{Geek}} Beth]] has [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed animals]], as does [[LovableAlphaBitch Lindsay]], plus various pictures of [[MsFanservice herself in swimsuits]]; and [[GentleGiant DJ]] has sports awards, a lot of [=CDs=] and [[MommasBoy a picture of his mother]]. |
| 271 | ** From the ''Revenge of the Island'' cast, [[GadgeteerGenius B]] has a bunch of computers, books and a periodic table; [[IKnowMortalKombat Sam]] has video games, snacks and trash everywhere; [[SilkHidingSteel Zoey]] has arts and crafts, most notably a sewing machine; and [[SplitPersonality Mike]] has something hinting at each of his split personalities from that season. |
| 272 | ** The ''Pahkitew'' cast has this for almost everyone. [[JokeCharacter Beardo]] has sound equipment and a vinyl record on the wall; [[{{LARP}} Leonard]]'s room looks like a wannabe wizard's lair; [[HarmlessVillain Max]]'s looks like a wannabe MadScientist's lair; [[PrincessPhase Ella]] has ''tons'' of stuffed animals; [[AscendedFanboy Topher]] has a picture of [[BigBad Chris]] and [[AwesomeAussie Jasmine]] has jungle wallpaper and a picture of Ayer's Rock. [[ExtremeDoormat Sammy]]'s is mostly nondescript, but there's a [[AlwaysSecondBest second-place]] ribbon on the wall. [[TheSmartGuy Scarlett]] has a bunch of science equipment and, in an interesting bit of {{Foreshadowing}}, a globe [[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong embedded with meat cleavers]]]]. [[PassionateSportsGirl Sky]] room's can be seen in the show itself, with a dreamcatcher that hints at her Native American ancestry. |
| 273 | * On ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', [[{{Animorphism}} Beast Boy]]'s rooms (in Qurac and Mount Justice) are decorated with pictures of animals (including dinosaurs) and superheroes (including [[MakingASplash Aqualad]] and ComicBook/{{Martian Manhunter}}). |
| 274 | ** [[http://aceofdevils.tumblr.com/post/115622999408/lets-dissect-jaimes-room-shall-we-first-of-all Here]]'s an interest analysis of [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Jaime]]'s room that points out how little sense it makes. |
| 275 | ** Wally's room has a poster with Comicbook/TheFlash's symbol, another which might be Comicbook/{{Batman}}, an unidentified burly man (maybe a wrestler?) and, of course, a bikini model. |
| 276 | ** Artemis is an interesting example, as the main feature of her room is an ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' poster left behind by her runaway sister, [[spoiler:the supervillain Cheshire]]. She also has a poster on her side of the room, but it's just a vaguely-designed symbol with no apparent meaning. |
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| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 280 | * The ubiquity of this trope with students is why universities around the world hold regular poster sales. College/university dorm rooms are often extremely dull and institutional-looking, and housing rules usually prevent students from making permanent modifications to the room like painting the walls or nailing up proper paintings, mirrors, wall hangings, or picture frames. Posters, which can be taken down at the end of the year or semester, serve as a substitute for the ability to really decorate. Sometimes annoyingly pointless in British universities, where many halls of residence will prohibit the hanging of posters, flags etc. In this regard, blue painter's tape is a university student's best friend because it can be used to hang lots and lots of posters without damaging the walls in any way. |
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