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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A common turn of phrase on film posters is to have it stated that an actor is the main character. Sometimes, the poster designer wants to convey that the actor is so much like the character that he is the character. It's a slightly odd expression, even with Dyeing for Your Art in play. Often used when the character's name is also the movie's title.
A fairly common parody form, when describing an actor who is both known for always playing the same kind of character to the extent that it qualifies as being As Himself, and is also a big enough star to be starring in a self-centered vanity piece of a film, is to give it as "Actor Name IS Actor Name IN Actor Name!" |
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The poster for Tuca & Bertie states that Tiffany Haddish is Tuca and that Ali Wong is Bertie. |
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The Simpsons episode "Mayored to the Mob", guest-starring Mark Hamill played with this, with two posters in the Dinner Theater performing Guys and Dolls: "Mark Hamill IS Nathan Detroit" and "Pepper Steak IS the Entree". |
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The Stupids: "Tom Arnold is Stupid" *lower down the poster* (Stanley Stupid) |
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Doctor Who Magazine uses this phrase on the front cover every time a new Doctor is announced. When Peter Davison was announced, they famously spelled his name wrong. |
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Air Force One: Harrison Ford IS the President of the United States. |
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In Monty Python's Life of Brian, the Pythons wanted George Lazenby to play Jesus as a cameo, purely so they could say "George Lazenby is Jesus Christ!" They couldn't get him, so it didn't pan out. |
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The poster for Peter Rabbit states that James Corden is PETER RABBIT. |
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The many character posters for Trolls: World Tour featured a variant that didn't only apply to main characters, but rather all of them, reading "(actor name) is (character name)". |
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A variation on Inglourious Basterds, almost all the principal characters had "X is a Basterd" on their character posters. "Brad Pitt IS a Basterd", and so on. |
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| | Inglourious Basterds |
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The Incredible Lou Ferrigno is Hercules. |
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| | The Incredible Hulk (1977) |
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Malavita has four (five if you include the dog...) poster slogans that read: "Robert De Niro is one Killer Dad", "Michelle Pfeiffer is one Bad Mother", "Dianna Agron is the Mobgirl Next Door" and "John D'Leo is the Young Gun". The dogs is "Hitman's Best Friend". |
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On GTA Radio, the radio program within a video game of Grand Theft Auto V, the above-mentioned exaggerated version of the trope is used with Jack Howitzer is Jack Howitzer in Jack Howitzer. (A Reality TV fame vehicle for the titular washed-up celebrity, and the game's resident Ahnold). |
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David Hyde Pierce IS The Perfect Host. |
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Ashens and the Quest for the Game Child: Stuart Ashen IS Ashens (but he's still Stuart Ashen). |
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The teaser trailer for Star Trek: The Motion Picture did this with the whole cast. With Orson Welles narrating. See here. |
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Later episodes of The Hitchhiker bill the title character this way in the credits ("Page Fletcher is The Hitchhiker"). |
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On Broadway and on tour, in many productions across more than 40 years, Cathy Rigby WAS Peter Pan. |
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Star Wars Insider published an issue based around The Force Awakens with a number of individual articles about the characters of the film and the actors playing them, titled variously "Adam Driver is Kylo Ren," "Carrie Fisher is Princess Leia," "Harrison Ford is Han Solo," etc. |
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Disney released a line of posters for The Lion King (2019) stating that "JD McCrary is Simba," James Earl Jones is Mufasa," "John Kani is Rafiki," "Donald Glover is Simba," "Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is Nala," "Seth Rogen is Pumbaa" and "Billy Eichner is Timon." |
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 often spoofs this with their films, such as "Joe Don Baker IS Santa Claus". They spoof it even more if the actor on-screen bears similarity to more than one celebrity: "Jane Curtin IS Kate Moss AS Isadora Duncan!" |
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In the RiffTrax of Captain America: The First Avenger lampshading the Captain's movie serials "Captain America is Captain America in Captain America." Which is how it happens in the movie except we're never shown for sure that the movie serial is actually called Captain America. |
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Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, starring Awkwafina as a woman named Nora, has this in the title. Also counts as a Double-Meaning Title, since her real name is Nora Lum, and she really was raised in Queens. |
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A Saturday Night Live sketch featured a play about Frank Sinatra performed by Danish actors. The announcer proclaims that "Aki Hanenrud is Frank Sinatra", which is then followed up with a review that states "Aki Hanenrud is not Frank Sinatra". |
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Tomb Raider (2018): Alicia Vikander is Lara Croft. |
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One poster design for You Only Live Twice, which was competing with the Casino Royale spoof, had "Sean Connery IS James Bond." Ironically it was this movie where Connery quit the role partially because he wanted to be known as something other than Bond. |
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| | You Only Live Twice |
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Nearly imperceptible, but on the poster it says clear as day "Harrison Ford is Blade Runner" |
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For Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary, the Radio Times released twelve special edition covers, one for each actor to take the title role: William Hartnell IS the Doctor. Articles announcing the next Doctor often run with this format.
Doctor Who Magazine uses this phrase on the front cover every time a new Doctor is announced. When Peter Davison was announced, they famously spelled his name wrong. |
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The Agony Booth recap making fun of the fashions in Toomorrow: "Timothy Dalton is Severus Snape in Harry Potter and the Brownies of Hash!" |
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| | The Agony Booth (Website) |
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Darkest Hour: Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill. |
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| | Darkest Hour (2017) |
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In the South Park episode "The Biggest Douche in the Universe", all the parody trailers close with: "Rob Schneider is The Stapler/A Carrot/Da Derp De Derp Da Teetily Derp Da Derpee Dumb/Kenny! Rated PG-13." |
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Smallfoot was advertised this way, inspiring the memetic "Zendaya is Meechee" song. |
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Speaking of the Casino Royale spoof, which was "too much ... for one James Bond!", Ursula Andress IS James Bond. |
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| | Casino Royale (1967) |
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Three posters of this type were released featuring characters from My Little Pony: The Movie (2017): "Zoe Saldana is Captain Celaeno," "Cathy Weseluck is Spike the Dragon" and "Andrea Libman is Fluttershy." |
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Parodied in the trailer for Pee-wee's Big Adventure: "Pee-Wee Herman is Pee-Wee Herman." |
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On the poster for The Bourne Identity: Matt Damon is Jason Bourne. |
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Author Mickey Spillaine played his own creation, detective Mike Hammer, in the 1963 movie of "The Girl Hunters". The movie's opening credits declare, "Mickey Spillaine is Mike Hammer", while the closing credits list it as, "Mike Hammer is Mickey Spillaine". |
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