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{{quote|''Composition wise this cover is actually more interesting than the ones we're used to seeing. We actually have something that catches the readers attention, with the menacing villain holding the symbols of the heroes by knives.''|[[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]], [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/6209-dd306 Daredevil #306].}}
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** And ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' has Malak glaring down at Bastila
** The sequel does the same with Nihilus.
* The poster of ''[[Star Trek:
** The poster to ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country]]'' shows the very large, very angry eyes of General Chang glaring down at the Enterprise-A from the background.
** [http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/star_trek_poster08.jpg And one poster] for the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' film does this with Nero.
** Oddly, most of the posters and DVD covers for the 2009 film do this with ''Kirk''; one could be forgiven for assuming that Christopher Pine plays the villain (although that film's Kirk is arguably an [[Anti-Hero]]).
* ''[[28 Days Later]]'' has a poster with just the [[Faceless Eyes|eyes]] of an Infected hanging in the sky over a silhouetted Jim.
* ''[[Fright Night]]'' uses [http://toassistindo.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/fright_night.jpg a variation]: villain as an evil cloud.
* [http://dannylim.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/inglourious-basterds-new-poster1.jpg This] movie poster for ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''.
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* The poster for ''[[The Haunting of Molly Hartley]]'' does this with {{spoiler|Joseph, who is revealed in the last ten minutes to be part of a Satanic cult}}.
* The poster for ''[[The Untouchables]]'' has a giant Al Capone in shades, smoking a cigar and smirking over the Untouchables.
* The Poster for the film "Lion of the Desert", about the life of Libyan anti-colonial rebel Omar Mukhtar, depicts Benito Mussolini glowering over his troops and tanks as they clash with the rebels, with central villain General Rodolfo Graziani in the [http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/images/cd/large/Lion_of_desert_TADLOW008.jpg foreground.]{{Dead link}}
* And also with the zombie nazis flick "Horrors of War", which [http://www.moviesonline.ca/movie-gallery/albums/userpics//poster_HorrorsOfWarPoster061007.jpg does this] with Adolf Hitler and his zombie hordes.
* The posters for ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]: [http://i.imgur.com/6N8XZ.jpg H20]'' and ''[http://i.imgur.com/kQcnf.jpg Halloween Resurrection] do this with Michael Myers' [[Black Eyes of Evil]] looming over the frightened-looking protagonists.
* ''[[Battlefield Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth]]'', as seen [[Media:200px-Battlefield earth poster.jpg|here]].
== [[Literature]] ==
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* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', the Season 1 graphic novel collection has 2 different front covers, both of which feature Sylar's head looming over the main cast of Heroes.
** On the cover for the Season 2 DVD, the main cast of Heroes stands in the foreground at Times Square while Sylar's head grins down at them from an overhead billboard.
* The Troll King is doing this on the DVD cover for ''[[The Tenth Kingdom]]''
* Every ''[[Angel]]'' DVD case has Angelus looking over Angel's shoulder.
* An inversion: Upon opening it, the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': Season One box set features the main cast looking down at you in a circle with a surgical light over all of their heads, as if you were a patient.
== [[Music]] ==
* Likewise, [[Iron Maiden]]'s ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20161110034829/http://allmusic.galeon.com/caratulas/i/ironmbnw1.jpg Brave New World]'' and ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190915130338/http://allmusic.galeon.com/caratulas/i/Iron_Maiden-Rock_In_Rio-Frontal.jpg Rock in Rio]'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20161204050215/http://mob135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/skjack99/Iron%20Maiden%20Rock%20In%20Rio/Poster.jpg specially the DVD]) turn the band's mascot Eddie into an overlooking cloud.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The cover of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' features both the Judge and Edgeworth as possible examples ({{spoiler|even if Edgeworth stops being that much of a villain in case 3}}).
** The [[Ace Attorney|games]] themselves feature this with the artwork unlocked after beating each case. This can in fact spoil who the guilty party is for people who haven't played the games before.<ref>You can erase saved data on the cartridges to avoid this. See the manual on how to do it; it involves holding certain buttons pressed when loading the game from the DS start screen.</ref>
** A piece of promotional artwork for ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations'' shows Godot in this role.
* The complete works rereleases for ''[[Mega Man 5]]'' and ''[[Mega Man 6]]'' feature this.
** ''[[Mega Man 9]]'' does this on its "[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Megaman9cover.jpg cover]" (it's download-only), in order to emulate the cheesy box art the games had in the NES era.
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* The covers for all of the ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' series games show the main characters being watched by evil-looking Pokemon with glowing red eyes and are completely covered in shadow.
* The box art for [[Advance Wars]] 2 shows the Orange Star Commanders (main heroes) in the foreground, the Black Hole Commanders (bad guys) behind them looming over them, and a giant [[Big Bad]] behind and above ''them''.
* The [[X
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler|While the original box art avoided this]], [[Resident Evil Code: Veronica|Resident Evil Code Veronica X]]'s box art features Wesker in the background.
* [[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)|Fahrenheit]]/[[Fahrenheit (2005 video game)]]'s title screen has the Oracle [http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/184429-indigo-prophecy-xbox-screenshot-the-start-screens.jpg overlooking the main cast.]
* [[Professor Layton]] examples:
** Occurs in the box art for [https://web.archive.org/web/20130404015703/http://www.bigbadbob113.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/professor-layton-and-the-diabolical-box-ds-boxart.jpg the Diabolical Box].
** And again with [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401062001/http://lusipurr.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Professor-Layton-and-the-Last-Specter-Box-Art.jpg the Last Specter].
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* A widely circulated fan poster of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' Season 3 features the head of [[Big Bad]] O'Malley doing some Evil Overlooking of the main cast. A similar fan poster of Season 4 featured the Alien in a similar position, although it was revealed rather early in the season that the Alien was actually ''not'' the new villain (it was still O'Malley).
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** The poster for [[All Dogs Go to Heaven]] 2 has Red attempting to grab Gabriel's Horn.
* The interior art for ''[[The Venture Bros]]'' season two DVD features the Monarch looming over portraits of the main characters.
* Plenty of Disney movies, including ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]], [[The Little Mermaid]]'', and ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|The Return of Jafar]]''.
** By the same vein, so does [[Affectionate Parody]] ''[[Enchanted]]''.
** Used to great effect on ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'''s [http://www.logoi.com/pastimages/img/hunchback_of_notre_dame_4.jpg poster]. [[media:hunchback-disney.png|A video cover]] practically shoehorns it in, to the point of Frollo being almost shunted off the top of the cover.
** One of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'s'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20190915130349/http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/1/A70-901 original posters] used the Beast as the overlooker, making it a case of [[Covers Always Lie]] since he's not the villain.
** One of the posters for ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''. [http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/248267.1020.A.jpg had one of these.]{{Dead link}}
** And since it was a clear case of [[Follow the Leader]], the non-Disney effort ''[[The Swan Princess]]'' [http://somepeoplelikemovies.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/sss1.jpg did this] with Rothbart.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': the poster for Season One depicts the Gaang down the front, with Zuko looming over them evilly. This is also shown prominently in one of the last episodes "The Ember Island Players", when the in-universe poster showing the [[Show Within a Show]] is pretty much exactly the same as the poster for Season one.
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* The American cover of ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]'''s DVD case features the Colonel's ethereal head looking over his shoulder at the heroes. Thing is, his expression and the semi-transparency makes him look downright benevolent...
* The film poster/VHS cover of ''[[Tom and Jerry]]: [[The Movie]]'' features Tom chasing Jerry (which only happens for a few minutes in-film) while the face of the [[Big Bad|villainous]] [[Fat Bastard|fat lady]] watches them with utter rage in cloud-form (much as the Beast did in the aforementioned ''Beauty and the Beast'' poster).
* A variation on the cover of [[Filmation]]'s animated movie ''Happpily Ever After.'' Snow White and the Dwarfelles are front in center, with The Shadow Man glaring malevolently at them from behind a tree. This is a case of [[Covers Always Lie]], as the character in question is actually Snow White's very-harmless, mute [[Stalker with a Crush]] ({{spoiler|actually the prince under an enchantment}}), and the film's ''actual'' villain is nowhere to be seen on the cover.
* One of the posters for the [[Hanna-Barbera]] feature film ''Heidi's Song'' features two of them.
* The film poster/video/DVD cover of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]: The Movie''
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