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* In 2016, an accident on the Rollo Coaster at Idlewild theme park saw a 3 year old child be flung from the ride on a sharp turn; thankfully the boy would make a full recovery. A crucial piece of evidence for what happened turned out to be the on-ride photo. Originally built in 1938, the relatively low-intensity ride lacked any restraints[[note]]many similar rides from the same era had later installed seatbelts, but Rollo Coaster had not done this at the time[[/note]] and instead asked riders to hold on to a grab bar in front of them. The ride photo showed that the victim was noticeably struggling to do so, the foam padding around the bar being too wide for a small child to hold it without leaning forward and trying to wrap their arms around it. When the ride reopened with brand new trains, it did so with seatbelts along with a grab bar that doubled as a lap restraint, along with a new height requirement.

* In 2016, an accident on the Rollo Coaster at Idlewild theme park saw a 3 year old child be flung from the ride on a sharp turn; thankfully the boy would make a full recovery. A crucial piece of evidence for what happened turned out to be the on-ride photo. Originally built in 1938, the relatively low-intensity ride lacked any restraints[[note]]many similar rides from the same era had later installed seatbelts, but Rollo Coaster had not done this at the time[[/note]] and instead asked riders to hold on to a grab bar in front of them. The ride photo showed that the victim was noticeably struggling to do so, the foam padding around the bar being too wide for a small child to hold it without leaning forward and trying to wrap their arms around it. When the ride reopened with brand new trains, it did so with seatbelts along with a grab bar that doubled as a lap restraint.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', when Randall asks Mike about the human, Boo, that was spotted in the sushi restaurant, Mike lies that he was nowhere near the restaurant and throws suspicion at a coworker, so that he and Sully can get Boo back home before the authorities bust them for illegally harboring a human. As they walk towards the scare floor to get Boo's door, Celia, Mike's girlfriend angrily berates him for running away [[ConeOfShame and leaving her to get processed]] when the authorities burst into the restaurant. Hearing the scolding, Randall then notices that the newspaper has picture taken inside the restaurant that shows Mike making a break for it.

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* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga:'' DownplayedTrope. [[spoiler:Okoba finds photos of all of [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Franchouhcou]]'s members when they were alive, piecing together that they must have all been revived somehow. It's not until he catches video of Tae's head coming off that he suspects they're zombies.]]

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* ''Fanfic/ANewHopeDanganronpa'': [[spoiler:Mahiru, who was merely wandering around the school taking pictures, accidently takes several depicting the location of a later story and Killing Game. Namely, ''House of Horrors''. In a rare use of this trope, not only is this quickly found out by the villains, the photos are also destroyed by Mahiru's killer.]]

* In ''Film/AHauntingInVenice'', there is a pair of photographs that help Poirot realize [[spoiler: the change in the garden's contents.]]
** The first was a photo of Maxine and Alicia during their engagement. The night of the breakup, Alicia torn the photo in two. Alicia kept the half featuring Maxine in her room while likewise Maxine kept his half of Alicia in his pocket, a hint that despite being engaged to a wealthy woman, he was still in love with the dead Alicia. Put together, it can be seen in the background that [[spoiler: the garden is planted entirely of rhododendrons, placed after Rowena tore up the garden and concocted a plan to keep Alicia ill and under her control.]]
** The second is a photo of Alicia when she was a young child. At first glance, it seems to identify the child that Poirot had hallucinated who matches Alicia's appearance. [[spoiler: But it's actually visual proof that there used to be a garden of different wildflowers when it ''actually'' used to make honey, suggesting the change to a single plant is far more sinister.]]

* ''Film/GetOut'': An entire box of them, no less. [[spoiler:[[BondVillainStupidity Rose keeps]] photographs of all her victims, which also reveals that she dated and seduced all of them.]] Although Chris finds this out too late for it to be much use to him.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'': Bruce finds a photo of a crime mob fronted by Salvatore Vakestra and notices a man that looked vaguely familiar. Doctoring it with a red felt pen, he discovers it's the Joker and learns of his ties with councilman Arthur Reeves.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'': Bruce finds a photo of a group of politicians fronted by councilman Arthur Reeves and notices a man that looked vaguely familiar. Doctoring it with a red felt pen, he discovers it's the Joker and learns of his ties with Reeves.