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1	[[quoteright:329:[[Film/TheExpendables2 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_expendables_2.jpg]]]]
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3	A poster style that has been made famous by the ''Franchise/StarWars'' 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.
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5	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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7	Not to be confused with posters of characters who are [[BuxomBeautyStandard the other kind of stacked.]]
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10	!!Examples:
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14	[[folder:Comic Books]]
15	* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'':
16	** [[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.
17	** [[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\|1993}}, Black Canary, and Blue Beetle are stacking in a sort of floating arrangement on the cover.
18	** [[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.
19	** [[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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22	[[folder:Fan Works]]
23	* ''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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26	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
27	* A poster for ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfTheTigerProwess'' shows the different characters stacked on top of each other, with Lord Japper as an evil overlooker with lightning near him.
28	* ''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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31	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
32	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
33	** The poster for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' features a strong vertical axis of Leia--Han Solo--Luke Skywalker--[[EvilOverlooker Darth Vader]].
34	** The posters of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' from the Prequel Trilogy has Jango Fett on the bottom, Padme and Obi-Wan above him and Anakin Skywalker on top.
35	** The Sequel Trilogy is expressively using the style as seen in the poster for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi''.
36	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
37	** The poster for ''Film/IronMan1'' has all major players stacked upon another.
38	** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'''s poster is composed as a pyramid of the main cast with Star-Lord on top.
39	** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has some sort of Russian Nesting Doll action going on.
40	** The film poster for ''Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}}'' shows all major characters piled up in a pyramid.
41	** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'''s poster has many of the featured superheroes being put in a stack, with [[BigBad Thanos]] as the EvilOverlooker on top.
42	* The poster of ''Film/CloudAtlas'' has all main characters stacked upon another with the face of Tom Hank's character on top.
43	* ''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.
44	* The poster for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' shows a stack of five major characters with Jack Sparrow in the center and the villain on top.
45	* 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.
46	* [[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.
47	* The [[https://images.gowatchit.com/posters/original/p12286333_p_v8_aa.jpg?1490895827 poster]] for the film adaptation of ''Literature/SameKindOfDifferentAsMe'' has the four main characters stacked upon another.
48	* ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'''s poster has the cast piled up around the [[MacGuffin Easter Egg]].
49	* ''Film/Deadpool2'''s poster has the main cast stacked in a cloud.
50	* The poster for ''Film/{{Mandy 2018}}'' gives us a pyramid filled up with the characters, the protagonist Red (Creator/NicolasCage) in the center and the [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist Mandy]] on top.
51	* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'' has the three main characters in a rough pyramid formation.
52	* 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.
53	* The poster for ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' shows the cast in a column, with the villains on the bottom and the heroes on top.
54	* One of the two main posters for ''Film/TheExpendables2'' (the other, like the other two movies, had just everyone side by side).
55	* ''Film/TheInnocent2022'': The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/innocent.png English-language poster]] positions protagonist Abel at the top and stacks Sylvie/Michel and Clémence below him.
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58	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
59	* ''Series/MetalHurlantChronicles'' has a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/metal_hurlant_poster.jpg poster]] that shows all the characters from the various non-connected episodes stacked together against the backdrop of a planet and outer space.
60	* 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.
61	* 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.
62	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' released [[https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/qBppESpY8e97WfPWVZiU0JdRXw.jpg posters with a pyramid of the main cast with Galadriel being on top]] for the first season.
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65	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
66	* ''Wrestling/WrestleMania'':
67	** 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.
68	** ''[[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.
69	** ''[[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).
70	** 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.
71	** ''[[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\|Wrestler}} and The Undertaker.
72	** ''[[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).
73	** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_33 33]]'' has a lot of superstars, too many to count.
74	** ''[[https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/WrestleMania_34 34]]'' has even more superstars than ''33''.
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77	[[folder:Western Animation]]
78	* 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.
79	%%* [[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 addition to the team later in Book 3.
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