History Main / MisplacedNamesPoster

* The page image for ''Film/RatRace'' takes this UpToEleven: eight actors, none of which have the correct name beneath them.

* ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'': I thought Freeman was the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olympus_Has_Fallen_poster.jpg black one]]. The sequel ''Film/LondonHasFallen'' takes this UpToEleven as not only are the names [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/london_has_fallen_poster3.jpg still displaced]], they're no longer matching from the first poster either!

* The UK posters for ''Film/{{Red}} 2'', as analysed by Dave Gorman [[http://gormano.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/i-travelled-into-town-yesterday-for.html here]].

You are looking at a film poster. There's the [[PoliceLineup lineup]] of the movie's cast, or their [[FloatingHeadSyndrome floating heads]], or their [[MirroredConfrontationShot mirrored profiles]]. You look up at the names of the actors, and much to the annoyance of your inner {{neat freak}}, the names listed don't match up with the actors!

Why does this happen? Well, there could be a number of reasons. Maybe the text was laid out at a different time than the graphic. Maybe the actor's contracts stipulate whose name goes in which order (and the actor whose name comes first also has to be prominently in the middle of the poster). Maybe it was meant as some sort of joke. It could be that as is the convention for Hollywood posters, the highest paid or top-billed actor is displayed on the poster as the central figure in the image, and all lower-billed actors placed outward; whereas the names of the same actors are arranged in order of prominence from left to right.

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* The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BOSJ_Poster_7710.png promotional poster]] for the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E6TheBellsOfSaintJohn "The Bells of Saint John"]] switches Creator/MattSmith and Creator/JennaLouiseColeman.

* In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', loading screens for joining a server show a movie poster with the four player characters standing side-to-side, with a list of each player below the poster, their names listed in the same order as their characters. However, most creators of custom campaigns forget to set the order correctly for their campaign's poster, leading to, for example, Nick being on the right-hand side of the poster while the person playing him is listed second. The first ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' averted this by having the names listed right above their characters' heads, but also made it [[GoodBadBugs much more apparent (not to mention funny)]] when a campaign's creator got lazy about it.

* This is the premise of [[Website/Botchamania Botchamania]]'s "That's Not My Name" section where the name display doesn't match the wrestler appears on-screen.

* This is the premise of '''[[Website/Botchamania Botchamania's]]'''"That's Not My Name" section where the name display doesn't match the wrestler appears on-screen.

* This is the premise of [[Website/Botchamania Botchamania's]] "That's Not My Name" section where the name display doesn't match the wrestler appears on-screen.

* They Came Together. Possibly a play on the trope, it's almost as if they did it deliberately. https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/posters/800/T/They-Came-Together-2014-movie-poster.jpg

* Some dvd and bluray releases of ''Film/DeathRace2000'' have Frankenstein's (Carradine) and Machine gun joe's (stallone) [[FloatingHeadSyndrome heads on the cover]](in that order), while the text above reads "Stallone vs. Carradine".

* Not technically a poster, but check out [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bve4Xz-IYAIcMRe.jpg:large this gem]] from an early trailer of TheExpendables3.
* The 2011 American The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo film [[http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTczNDk4NTQ0OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDAxMDgxNw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg does this]].

* ''Film/TomorrowIsForever'' is a great example, with the faces of Creator/OrsonWelles, George Brent, and Creator/ClaudetteColbert dominating the poster, while underneath are billed Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and George Brent. The likely reaction is, "Hm... Claudette is looking a bit puffy there." (See it on the film's [[Film/TomorrowIsForever main page]].)

* [[http://inhearitplay.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/when-in-rome-poster.jpg The poster]] for ''Film/WhenInRome'' swaps Creator/KristenBell and Josh Duhamel (who are admittedly unlikely to be confused with each other).

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

* Averted with ''Film/FaceOff'', where the poster [[JuxtaposedHalvesShot juxtaposes John Travolta's and Nicolas Cage's faces]] and the correct name is shown above each actor's respective half. It wouldn't hurt if the names were mismatched, given that while the movie starts with Travolta as Sean Archer and Cage as Castor Troy, the actors switch roles about 50 minutes in and remain that way until the end of the movie.

* [[http://www.movie-poster-artwork-finder.com/posters/the-lucky-one-poster-artwork-zac-efron-taylor-schilling-blythe-danner.jpg This poster]] for ''Film/TheLuckyOne'', starring Creator/ZacEfron and Taylor Schilling.

* The first ''Film/CharliesAngels'' film did this too.

* ''Film/BonCopBadCop'' manages to switch the names of Creator/ColmFeore and Patrick Huard, even though they're the only two people on the poster: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bon_cop_bad_cop.jpg]]

* ''Film/SteelMagnolias'': [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Steel_magnolias_poster.jpg]]. Six names, none of which are over the person to which they belong.