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[[caption-width-right:300: The owner of this room might be a bit of a [[OccidentalOtaku fan]] of {{anime}}, ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', and [[CoolCar Ferraris]]. Or they might [[ComicallyMissingThePoint simply be very fond of posters.]]]]

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 pin-ups, you're probably going to see the resident AdmiringThePoster.

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.

** 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 turned UpToEleven [-IN A BEDROOM!-] with ''much'' stronger RoomFullOfCrazy vibes. It even contains a poster identical to Mulder's which simply reads "I Believe".

* {{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.

** 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.]]

* Played with on ''Series/{{Chuck}}''. All through the series, the HollywoodNerd 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.

* In Roleplay/MSFHighForum, pretty much all the [=PCs=] are encouraged to do this, in part because the bedrooms are meant to be reflections of the chars. Mitchell's characters especially tried to invoke this, even with the beds! (Israfel has a bed that looks good, but is bad under the covers, Jess has a military bed, Michelle's is just a bunch of sheets, and Seram's is a large black bed with a curtain.)

* [[OccidentalOtaku Laurie]]'s bedroom in ''Webcomic/YumeHime'', as seen [[http://yumehi.me/comics/5 here]].

* Played straight 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.

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* In ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'', [[SchoolgirlLesbians Akane]] had a poster of CoolBigSis (from her perspective) Madoka on the ceiling above her bed.

* 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 should be Claude Monet's "Waterlilies" or Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss"; the two are the most common prints in real-world college dorm rooms.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', 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.