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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.
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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 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]] ==
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** 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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