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* The American {{supergroup}} Eyes Adrift had to use a MarketBasedTitle in Australia due to there already being an Australian group using the name - they went with Bud, Curt And Krist, that being the members' first names in alphabetical order. However, the original album cover depicted the faces of [[{{Music/Sublime}} Bud Gough]], [[{{Music/Nirvana}} Krist Novoselic]] and [[Music/MeatPuppets Curt Kirkwood]] in that order - in order to avert this trope, they also altered the cover art of the Australian edition so that Curt was in the middle and everyone's name would match up with their faces.
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* ''Creator/GregoryAustinMcConnell'': Discussed in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?!]] where he explains that it's caused by actors wanting their names to be as close to the top left as possible.

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* ''Creator/GregoryAustinMcConnell'': ''Creator/GregoryAustinMcconnell'': Discussed in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?!]] where he explains that it's caused by actors wanting their names to be as close to the top left as possible.
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* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', [[http://www.razorfine.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/pirates-curse-of-the-black-pearl-poster.jpg starring Johnny Depp as Elizabeth Swann, Geoffrey Rush as Will Turner, Orlando Bloom as Jack Sparrow, and Keira Knightley as Captain Barbossa]].

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* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', [[http://www.razorfine.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/pirates-curse-of-the-black-pearl-poster.[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/piratesofthecarribbean1.jpg starring Johnny Depp as Elizabeth Swann, Geoffrey Rush as Will Turner, Orlando Bloom as Jack Sparrow, and Keira Knightley as Captain Barbossa]].
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* {{Justified}} with the ''Film/FreakyFriday2003'' poster, which shows Creator/JamieLeeCurtis and Creator/LindsayLohan below each other's names, in reference to their characters spending most of the movie [[FreakyFridayFlip trapped in each other's bodies]].

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* {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} with the ''Film/FreakyFriday2003'' poster, which shows Creator/JamieLeeCurtis and Creator/LindsayLohan below each other's names, in reference to their characters spending most of the movie [[FreakyFridayFlip trapped in each other's bodies]].
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* ''Film/{{Bandidas}}'': Most of the posters feature the two main stars being BackToBackBadasses, but often mix up their names. The one featured at the top of the work page is an exception.
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* French posters for ''Series/SpecialOpsLioness''show Creator/NicoleKidman's name over Creator/MorganFreeman's face.
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* ''GregoryAustinMcConnell'': Discussed in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?!]] where he explains that it's caused by actors wanting their names to be as close to the top left as possible.

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* ''GregoryAustinMcConnell'': ''Creator/GregoryAustinMcConnell'': Discussed in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?!]] where he explains that it's caused by actors wanting their names to be as close to the top left as possible.
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* ''AustinMcConner'': Discussed in [[Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz]] where he explains that it's caused by actors wanting their names to be as close to the top left as possible.

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* ''AustinMcConner'': ''GregoryAustinMcConnell'': Discussed in [[Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?! https://m.[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz]] com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?!]] where he explains that it's caused by actors wanting their names to be as close to the top left as possible.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The front of the [[http://whoovesnassistant.tumblr.com/post/26245974913/at-brony-con-2012-the-pre-release-of-mlp-cards Mayor Mare & Time Turner]] [[TheMerch trading card]] does this with the names of the two characters on the card.


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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The front of the [[http://whoovesnassistant.tumblr.com/post/26245974913/at-brony-con-2012-the-pre-release-of-mlp-cards Mayor Mare & Time Turner]] [[TheMerch trading card]] does this with the names of the two characters on the card.
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* ''AustinMcConner'': Discussed in [[Why Don't Movie Poster Names EVER Line Up?! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhC1Kfrs3o&pp=ygUhd2h5IGRvbnQgbmFtZXMgbGluZSB1cCBpbiBwb3N0ZXJz]] where he explains that it's caused by actors wanting their names to be as close to the top left as possible.
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* ''Film/MorningGlory'''s [[http://img.soundtrackcollector.com/movie/large/Morning_glory_(2011).jpg poster]] puts Creator/HarrisonFord's name over Creator/RachelMcAdams' face and vice versa. It gets Diane Keaton right, though.

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* ''Film/MorningGlory'''s If you look across the posters for ''Film/MorningGlory'' you can observe that they are more likely to get Creator/HarrisonFord's name misplaced. For example, this [[http://img.soundtrackcollector.com/movie/large/Morning_glory_(2011).jpg poster]] puts Creator/HarrisonFord's name over him under Creator/RachelMcAdams' face name and vice versa. It gets Diane Keaton right, though.versa.



* ''Film/TicketToParadise'', starring Creator/JuliaRoberts as Creator/GeorgeClooney and George Clooney as Julia Roberts.

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* ''Film/TicketToParadise'', starring Creator/JuliaRoberts as a woman named Creator/GeorgeClooney and George Clooney as her ex-husband Julia Roberts.
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* Imagine how neat and organized the ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'' [[https://originalvintagemovieposters.com/shrek-1-sheet-movie-poster/ poster]] would be if the names of the voice actors lined up in accordance to how each character is positioned below. Farquaad is the only character who lines up with the name of his respective actor.

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* Imagine how neat and organized the ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' [[https://originalvintagemovieposters.com/shrek-1-sheet-movie-poster/ poster]] would be if the names of the voice actors lined up in accordance to how each character is positioned below. Farquaad is the only character who lines up with the name of his respective actor.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Creator/RachelMcAdams was clearly having a tough day.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Creator/RachelMcAdams [[caption-width-right:300:[[Creator/HarrisonFord Rachel McAdams]] was clearly having a tough day.]]
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* The American ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'' [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTczNDk4NTQ0OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDAxMDgxNw@@._V1_.jpg trades the girl with the guy next to her]].

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* The American ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo'' ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011'' [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTczNDk4NTQ0OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDAxMDgxNw@@._V1_.jpg trades the girl with the guy next to her]].



* The ''Film/InspectorGadget'' [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Inspector_gadget_ver2.jpg poster]] has Creator/MatthewBroderick and Creator/RupertEverett's names swapped around not matching the respective actors.

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* The ''Film/InspectorGadget'' ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'' [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Inspector_gadget_ver2.jpg poster]] has Creator/MatthewBroderick and Creator/RupertEverett's names swapped around not matching the respective actors.
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* Imagine how neat and organized the ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'' [[https://originalvintagemovieposters.com/shrek-1-sheet-movie-poster/ poster]] would be if the names of the voice actors lined up in accordance to how each character is positioned below.

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* Imagine how neat and organized the ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'' [[https://originalvintagemovieposters.com/shrek-1-sheet-movie-poster/ poster]] would be if the names of the voice actors lined up in accordance to how each character is positioned below. Farquaad is the only character who lines up with the name of his respective actor.
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* ''Film/Ticket to Paradise'', starring Creator/Julia Roberts as Creator/George Clooney and George Clooney as Julia Roberts.

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* ''Film/Ticket to Paradise'', ''Film/TicketToParadise'', starring Creator/Julia Roberts Creator/JuliaRoberts as Creator/George Clooney Creator/GeorgeClooney and George Clooney as Julia Roberts.
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* ''Film/Ticket to Paradise'', starring Creator/Julia Roberts as Creator/George Clooney and George Clooney as Julia Roberts.
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* Look at the poster of ''Film/TheMuppets'': apparently Creator/AmyAdams is playing Walter (the little Muppet) and Chris Cooper is playing a chick.

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* Look at the poster of ''Film/TheMuppets'': ''Film/TheMuppets2011'': apparently Creator/AmyAdams is playing Walter (the little Muppet) and Chris Cooper is playing a chick.



* Any fan of ''{{Series/The Inbetweeners}}'' will see that [[Film/TheInbetweeners its film]]'s poster suffers from terminal transposition.

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* Any fan of ''{{Series/The Inbetweeners}}'' ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' will see that [[Film/TheInbetweeners its film]]'s poster suffers from terminal transposition.



* Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash: their first album, the photo used for the cover has from left to right: Nash, Stills, and Crosby. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], apparently: According to Website/TheOtherWiki, the photo was taken at an abandoned house, and at the time, the three had not yet decided on a name. By the time they settled on "Crosby, Stills and Nash", the house had been torn down.

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* Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash: their first album, the photo used for the cover has from left to right: Nash, Stills, and Crosby. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], {{Justified|Trope}}, apparently: According to Website/TheOtherWiki, the photo was taken at an abandoned house, and at the time, the three had not yet decided on a name. By the time they settled on "Crosby, Stills and Nash", the house had been torn down.
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* [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Double_Take_%282001%29_film_poster.jpg Double Take]], starring Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones. There is at least one review of ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' that [[CriticalResearchFailure referred to Eddie Griffin as Orlando Jones]] likely due to this trope.

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* [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Double_Take_%282001%29_film_poster.jpg Double Take]], starring Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones. There is at least one review of ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' that [[CriticalResearchFailure referred to Eddie Griffin as Orlando Jones]] Jones likely due to this trope.
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* ''Film/FortyEightHours'': [[https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/3315/33155379_sa.jpg This DVD cover]] manages to get the ''two'' leads' names each placed over the other's picture.

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* ''Film/FortyEightHours'': ''Film/FortyEightHrs'': [[https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/3315/33155379_sa.jpg This DVD cover]] manages to get the ''two'' leads' names each placed over the other's picture.
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* Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash: their first album, the photo used for the cover has from left to right: Nash, Stills, and Crosby. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], apparently: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the photo was taken at an abandoned house, and at the time, the three had not yet decided on a name. By the time they settled on "Crosby, Stills and Nash", the house had been torn down.

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* Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash: their first album, the photo used for the cover has from left to right: Nash, Stills, and Crosby. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], apparently: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Website/TheOtherWiki, the photo was taken at an abandoned house, and at the time, the three had not yet decided on a name. By the time they settled on "Crosby, Stills and Nash", the house had been torn down.

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