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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'''s final poster depicts the various ''Mario'' characters stacked on top of each other, with [[EvilOverlooker Bowser evilly glaring down at them]].
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** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/c2/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_2_10.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110310200257 Vol 2 #10]]: The cover depicts a veiled Barbara holding the Oracle mask with Black Canary, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk, ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}, ComicBook/RedRobin, Robin V, Comicbook/HawkAndDove, and both Batmen stacked in fighting stances behind her.
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** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/c2/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_2_10.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110310200257 Vol 2 #10]]: The cover depicts a veiled Barbara holding the Oracle mask with Black Canary, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk, ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}, ComicBook/RedRobin, Robin V, Comicbook/HawkAndDove, ComicBook/HawkAndDove, and both Batmen stacked in fighting stances behind her.
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** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XXIV XXIV]]'' has The Big Show and professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the top, and a V-formation at the bottom: Triple H, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/{{Edge}} and The Undertaker.
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* ''Webcomic/TheLegendOfGenji'': The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_legend_of_genji_cover_art_2.jpg poster for Book One]] features all six main characters stacked in a column with Genji at the bottom, Nami and Aiko in the lower-middle row, Maya and Kalsang in the upper-middle row, and finally Luan at the top.
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* [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzZlZmQyYTgtOWNmMy00NTNhLTgyOTYtNjhiOTllOGU2MDg5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjYxMzY2NDk@._V1_.jpg One of the covers]] for the Book 2 [=DVDs=] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' does this with the entirety of Team Avatar, which also [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] Zuko and Suki's additon to the team later in Book 3.
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* ''Series/MetalHurlantChronicles'' has a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/metal_hurlant_poster.jpg poster]] that showed ALL the characters from the various non-connected episodes stacked together against the backdrop of a planet and outer space.
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** The poster for ''Film/IronMan1'' has all major players stacked upon another.
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'''s poster is composed as a pyramid of the main cast with Star Lord on top.
** The film poster for ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' shows all major characters piled up in a pyramid.
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'''s poster has many of the featured superheroes being put in a stack, with [[BigBad Thanos]] as the EvilOverlooker on top.
** The poster for ''Film/IronMan1'' has all major players stacked upon another.
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'''s poster is composed as a pyramid of the main cast with Star Lord on top.
** The film poster for ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' shows all major characters piled up in a pyramid.
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'''s poster has many of the featured superheroes being put in a stack, with [[BigBad Thanos]] as the EvilOverlooker on top.
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** The posters of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' from the Prequel Trilogy has Boba Fett on bottom, Padme and Obi-Wan above him and Anakin Skywalker on top.
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* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''s posterhave has many of the featured superheroes being put in a stack, plus [[BigBad Thanos]] as the EvilOverlooker.
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A poster style that has been made famous by the [[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars]] franchise where all main characters are montaged into a column or pyramid. Often the characters are sized in proportion to their impact on the plot with the leading cast being shown largest and higher up the stack.
Compare FloatingHeadSyndrome where heads are used instead of full bodies. May also include an EvilOverlooker if the topmost character is an oversized version of the villain's face. Compare ScoobyStack when a similar pose is assumed by characters in-universe.
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* Popular format for covers on team comic books.
* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'':
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/71/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_3_12.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120820191931 #12]]: ComicBook/BlackCanary, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, Oracle, a disguised parademon, and a train are all depicted arranged on the cover at various sizes.
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/7d/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_1_37.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090105202157 Vol 1 #37]]: ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}, Black Canary, and Blue Beetle are stacking in a sort of floating arrangement on the cover.
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/f/ff/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_1_91.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090105203029 Vol 1 #91]]: ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, Oracle and a blindfolded man are stacked at various sizes lighted by a spotlight on the center of the cover.
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/c2/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_2_10.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110310200257 Vol 2 #10]]: The cover depicts a veiled Barbara holding the Oracle mask with Black Canary, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk, ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}, ComicBook/RedRobin, Robin V, Comicbook/HawkAndDove, and both Batmen stacked in fighting stances behind her.
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* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** The TropeCodifier may be the poster for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', which has a strong vertical axis of Leia--Han Solo--Luke Skywalker--[[EvilOverlooker Darth Vader]].
** The posters of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' from the Prequel Trilogy has Boba Fett on bottom, Padme and Obi-Wan above him and Anakin Skywalker on top.
** The Sequel Trilogy is expressively using the style as seen in the poster for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi''
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'''s poster is composed as a pyramid of the main cast with Star Lord on top.
* The poster of ''Film/CloudAtlas'' has all main characters stacked upon another with the face of Tom Hank's character [[FloatingHeadSyndrome floating on top]].
* The poster for ''Film/IronMan1'' does this.
* ''Film/BladeRunner2049'''s poster shows all major players in a stack consisting of the villain Niander Wallace, holographic Joi and the two protagonists K and Deckard.
* The poster for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' shows as stack of five major characters with jack Sparrow in the center and the villain on top.
* The movie poster for ''Film/{{Arrival}}'' shows the three major characters stacked into a column where the size of the characters indicates the importance to the plot.
* [[http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/x-men-apocalypse-final-poster.jpg This]] theatrical poster for ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' shows the X-Men and the Horsemen of Apocalypse grouped in the center, with the main villain himself as an EvilOverlooker.
* The poster for the film adaptation of ''Literature/SameKindOfDifferentAsMe'' has the four main characters stacked upon another.
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''s poster have many of the featured superheroes being put in a stack, plus [[BigBad Thanos]] as the EvilOverlooker.
* The film poster for ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' shows all major characters piled up in a pyramid.
* ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'''s poster has the cast piled up around the [[MacGuffin Easter Egg]].
* The film poster for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' shows the entire cast as a pyramid with the EvilOverlooker Thanos on top.
* ''Film/Deadpool2'''s poster has the main cast stacked in a cloud.
* The poster for ''Film/{{Mandy 2018}}'' give us a pyramid filled up with the characters, the protagonist Red (Creator/NicolasCage) in the center and the [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist Mandy]] on top.
* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' has the three main characters in a rough pyramid formation.
* The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amistad01.jpg film poster]] for ''Film/{{Amistad}}'' shows the main characters piled up on the left hand side.
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* ''Series/MetalHurlantChronicles'' has a [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/metal_hurlant_poster.jpg poster]] that showed ALL the characters from the various non-connected episodes stacked together against the backdrop of a planet and outer space.
* The [[https://i2.wp.com/www.dreadcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/StrangerThings2.jpg?ssl=1 season 2 poster]] for ''Series/StrangerThings'' depicts the entire cast aligned in a column, with the alien BigBad hovering above them.
* The poster of ''Series/BlackMirror'''s Star-Trek-parody episode "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]" looks like an homage to the Star Wars posters with all the characters stacked into a column with the villain right in the center.
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* ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'':
** The poster from ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XV XV]]'' has three rows: [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Wrestling/TheBigShow and Wrestling/TheUndertaker in the top row, Wrestling/TripleH and [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] in the middle row, and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin in the bottom row.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_2000 2000]]'' has two rows: The Big Show, Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon, Triple H and Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon in the top row, and Mick Foley, Linda [=McMahon=], The Rock, and Wrestling/VinceMcMahon in the bottom row.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XIX XIX]]'' has also several stacked wrestlers: The Rock, Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Wrestling/{{Sable}} (?), Wrestling/TrishStratus (?), Triple H (top), Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Vince [=McMahon=], Wrestling/HulkHogan (top-middle), Wrestling/BookerT, The Undertaker (bottom-middle), Stone Cold Steve Austin, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Wrestling/KurtAngle (bottom).
** The upper half of ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_23 23]]'' has two rows: Wrestling/BobbyLashley, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Wrestling/{{Umaga}} at the top, and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and Vince [=McMahon=] at the bottom.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XXIV XXIV]]'' has The Big Show and professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the top, and a V-formation at the bottom: Triple H, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/{{Edge}} and The Undertaker.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XXX XXX]]'' has Hulk Hogan (top), [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Wrestling/BrayWyatt (top-middle), Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Wrestling/{{Batista}} (bottom-middle), Triple H, The Undertaker and Randy Orton (bottom).
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_33 33]]'' has a lot of superstars, too many to count.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_34 34]]'' has even more superstars than ''33''.
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* The poster for ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCatsRoar'' takes this to its literal conclusion: everyone is stacked on top of each other in a big tower of violence, with Lion-O at the top holding the Sword of Omens.
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A poster style that has been made famous by the [[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars]] franchise where all main characters are montaged into a column or pyramid. Often the characters are sized in proportion to their impact on the plot with the leading cast being shown largest and higher up the stack.
Compare FloatingHeadSyndrome where heads are used instead of full bodies. May also include an EvilOverlooker if the topmost character is an oversized version of the villain's face. Compare ScoobyStack when a similar pose is assumed by characters in-universe.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:Comic Books]]
* Popular format for covers on team comic books.
* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'':
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/71/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_3_12.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120820191931 #12]]: ComicBook/BlackCanary, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, Oracle, a disguised parademon, and a train are all depicted arranged on the cover at various sizes.
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/7d/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_1_37.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090105202157 Vol 1 #37]]: ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}, Black Canary, and Blue Beetle are stacking in a sort of floating arrangement on the cover.
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/f/ff/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_1_91.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090105203029 Vol 1 #91]]: ComicBook/{{Huntress}}, Oracle and a blindfolded man are stacked at various sizes lighted by a spotlight on the center of the cover.
** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/c/c2/Birds_of_Prey_Vol_2_10.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110310200257 Vol 2 #10]]: The cover depicts a veiled Barbara holding the Oracle mask with Black Canary, Huntress, Lady Blackhawk, ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}, ComicBook/RedRobin, Robin V, Comicbook/HawkAndDove, and both Batmen stacked in fighting stances behind her.
[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** The TropeCodifier may be the poster for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', which has a strong vertical axis of Leia--Han Solo--Luke Skywalker--[[EvilOverlooker Darth Vader]].
** The posters of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' from the Prequel Trilogy has Boba Fett on bottom, Padme and Obi-Wan above him and Anakin Skywalker on top.
** The Sequel Trilogy is expressively using the style as seen in the poster for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi''
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'''s poster is composed as a pyramid of the main cast with Star Lord on top.
* The poster of ''Film/CloudAtlas'' has all main characters stacked upon another with the face of Tom Hank's character [[FloatingHeadSyndrome floating on top]].
* The poster for ''Film/IronMan1'' does this.
* ''Film/BladeRunner2049'''s poster shows all major players in a stack consisting of the villain Niander Wallace, holographic Joi and the two protagonists K and Deckard.
* The poster for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' shows as stack of five major characters with jack Sparrow in the center and the villain on top.
* The movie poster for ''Film/{{Arrival}}'' shows the three major characters stacked into a column where the size of the characters indicates the importance to the plot.
* [[http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/x-men-apocalypse-final-poster.jpg This]] theatrical poster for ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' shows the X-Men and the Horsemen of Apocalypse grouped in the center, with the main villain himself as an EvilOverlooker.
* The poster for the film adaptation of ''Literature/SameKindOfDifferentAsMe'' has the four main characters stacked upon another.
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''s poster have many of the featured superheroes being put in a stack, plus [[BigBad Thanos]] as the EvilOverlooker.
* The film poster for ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' shows all major characters piled up in a pyramid.
* ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'''s poster has the cast piled up around the [[MacGuffin Easter Egg]].
* The film poster for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' shows the entire cast as a pyramid with the EvilOverlooker Thanos on top.
* ''Film/Deadpool2'''s poster has the main cast stacked in a cloud.
* The poster for ''Film/{{Mandy 2018}}'' give us a pyramid filled up with the characters, the protagonist Red (Creator/NicolasCage) in the center and the [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist Mandy]] on top.
* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' has the three main characters in a rough pyramid formation.
* The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amistad01.jpg film poster]] for ''Film/{{Amistad}}'' shows the main characters piled up on the left hand side.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/MetalHurlantChronicles'' has a [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/metal_hurlant_poster.jpg poster]] that showed ALL the characters from the various non-connected episodes stacked together against the backdrop of a planet and outer space.
* The [[https://i2.wp.com/www.dreadcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/StrangerThings2.jpg?ssl=1 season 2 poster]] for ''Series/StrangerThings'' depicts the entire cast aligned in a column, with the alien BigBad hovering above them.
* The poster of ''Series/BlackMirror'''s Star-Trek-parody episode "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]" looks like an homage to the Star Wars posters with all the characters stacked into a column with the villain right in the center.
[[AC:Professional Wrestling]]
* ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'':
** The poster from ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XV XV]]'' has three rows: [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Wrestling/TheBigShow and Wrestling/TheUndertaker in the top row, Wrestling/TripleH and [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] in the middle row, and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin in the bottom row.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_2000 2000]]'' has two rows: The Big Show, Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon, Triple H and Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon in the top row, and Mick Foley, Linda [=McMahon=], The Rock, and Wrestling/VinceMcMahon in the bottom row.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XIX XIX]]'' has also several stacked wrestlers: The Rock, Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Wrestling/{{Sable}} (?), Wrestling/TrishStratus (?), Triple H (top), Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, Vince [=McMahon=], Wrestling/HulkHogan (top-middle), Wrestling/BookerT, The Undertaker (bottom-middle), Stone Cold Steve Austin, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Wrestling/KurtAngle (bottom).
** The upper half of ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_23 23]]'' has two rows: Wrestling/BobbyLashley, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Wrestling/{{Umaga}} at the top, and UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump and Vince [=McMahon=] at the bottom.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XXIV XXIV]]'' has The Big Show and professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the top, and a V-formation at the bottom: Triple H, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/JohnCena, Wrestling/{{Edge}} and The Undertaker.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_XXX XXX]]'' has Hulk Hogan (top), [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Wrestling/BrayWyatt (top-middle), Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Wrestling/{{Batista}} (bottom-middle), Triple H, The Undertaker and Randy Orton (bottom).
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_33 33]]'' has a lot of superstars, too many to count.
** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_34 34]]'' has even more superstars than ''33''.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* The poster for ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCatsRoar'' takes this to its literal conclusion: everyone is stacked on top of each other in a big tower of violence, with Lion-O at the top holding the Sword of Omens.
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