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While the practice of printing missing persons on milk cartons has become superfluous, many large stores still have a collection of "missing" posters displayed near the doors, where customers entering and exiting can see them, and some trucks and vans will have them on their back windows. In the Internet age, in addition to the Amber alerts, the family of the missing child may post something on the internet. This ''can'' backfire, however: even if the child ''is'' found and the alert post is no longer relevant, it will still be circulated through email inboxes, blogs, and social media. And sometimes, well-meaning people pass them on, even if it turns out that they are misunderstandings, missing information, outdated, or outright hoaxes.
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While the practice of printing missing persons on milk cartons has become superfluous, many large stores still have a collection of "missing" posters displayed near the doors, where customers entering and exiting can see them, and some trucks and vans will have them on their back windows.windows or somewhere on the trailer in the case of 18-wheelers. In the Internet age, in addition to the Amber alerts, the family of the missing child may post something on the internet. This ''can'' backfire, however: even if the child ''is'' found and the alert post is no longer relevant, it will still be circulated through email inboxes, blogs, and social media. And sometimes, well-meaning people pass them on, even if it turns out that they are misunderstandings, missing information, outdated, or outright hoaxes.
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* Even before [[TechnologyMarchesOn systems like Amber Alerts made the practice obsolete]], the actual effectiveness of using milk cartons to promote missing child cases was hotly contested. The first unavoidable issue was that the pipeline for starting a missing child investigation, obtaining a photo of the child, printing it out onto cartons, and then distributing the cartons to customers was a long process that could take up to weeks, a gap which -- if the child truly was abducted by a malicious party -- [[DownerEnding would tragically be far too long to save them]] (in these extremely rare cases where a kidnapper would want the child dead, the deed would usually take place within one or two days after kidnapping). This also resulted in other issues, such as the inability to gather and distribute data regarding the program's ''success'', and the near omnipresent proliferation of missing child reports that may or may not have been resolved on such a common medium [[ParanoiaFuel promoted quite a stressful environment for children, exposing them to a constant fear of being abducted themselves]]. Moreover, it's gradually become more well-known that a vast majority "missing children" tend to be "abducted" by people they already knew (such as parents amidst divorce and custody disputes), usually resulting in litigation between aware parties who know exactly where the child is and thus don't need help from strangers to "find" them.
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* Even before [[TechnologyMarchesOn systems like Amber Alerts made the practice obsolete]], the actual effectiveness of using milk cartons to promote missing child cases was hotly contested. The first unavoidable issue was that the pipeline for starting a missing child investigation, obtaining a photo of the child, printing it out onto cartons, and then distributing the cartons to customers was a long process that could take up to weeks, a gap which -- if the child truly was abducted by a malicious party -- [[DownerEnding would tragically be far too long to save them]] (in these extremely rare cases where a kidnapper would want the child dead, the deed would usually take place within one or two days after kidnapping). This also resulted in other issues, such as the inability to gather and distribute data regarding the program's ''success'', and the near omnipresent proliferation of missing child reports that may or may not have been resolved on such a common medium [[ParanoiaFuel promoted quite a stressful environment for children, exposing them to a constant fear of being abducted themselves]]. Moreover, it's gradually become more well-known that a vast majority of "missing children" tend to be "abducted" abducted by people they already knew (such as parents amidst divorce and custody disputes), usually resulting in litigation between aware parties who know exactly where the child is and thus don't need help from strangers to "find" them.
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* Parodied in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short "WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInACaper" when Private goes missing. Once the other penguins notice that he's gone, Kowalski dramatically turns around an egg nog carton with Private's face on it. This is the same carton seen ''before'' Private ran away when the other penguins performed a chugging contest.
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* Parodied in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short "The Penguins in a Christmas Caper" when Private goes missing. Once the other penguins notice that he's gone, Kowalski dramatically turns around an egg nog carton with Private's face on it. This is the same carton seen ''before'' Private ran away when the other penguins performed a chugging contest.
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* Parodied in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short "The Penguins in a Christmas Caper" "WesternAnimation/TheMadagascarPenguinsInACaper" when Private goes missing. Once the other penguins notice that he's gone, Kowalski dramatically turns around an egg nog carton with Private's face on it. This is the same carton seen ''before'' Private ran away when the other penguins performed a chugging contest.
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* Even before [[TechnologyMarchesOn systems like Amber Alerts made the practice obsolete]], the actual effectiveness of using milk cartons to promote missing child cases was hotly contested. The first unavoidable issue was that the pipeline for starting a missing child investigation, obtaining a photo of the child, printing it out onto cartons, and then distributing the cartons to customers was a long process that could take up to weeks, a gap which -- if the child truly was abducted by a malicious party -- [[DownerEnding would tragically be far too long to save them]] (in these extremely rare cases where a kidnapper would want the child dead, the deed would usually take place within one or two days after kidnapping). This also resulted in other issues, such as the inability to gather and distribute data regarding ''success'', and the near omnipresent proliferation of missing child reports that may or may not have been resolved on such a common medium [[ParanoiaFuel promoted quite a stressful environment for children, exposing them to a constant fear of being abducted themselves]]. Moreover, it's gradually become more well-known that a vast majority "missing children" tend to be "abducted" by people they already knew (such as parents amidst divorce and custody disputes), usually resulting in litigation between aware parties who know exactly where the child is and thus don't need help from strangers to "find" them.
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* Even before [[TechnologyMarchesOn systems like Amber Alerts made the practice obsolete]], the actual effectiveness of using milk cartons to promote missing child cases was hotly contested. The first unavoidable issue was that the pipeline for starting a missing child investigation, obtaining a photo of the child, printing it out onto cartons, and then distributing the cartons to customers was a long process that could take up to weeks, a gap which -- if the child truly was abducted by a malicious party -- [[DownerEnding would tragically be far too long to save them]] (in these extremely rare cases where a kidnapper would want the child dead, the deed would usually take place within one or two days after kidnapping). This also resulted in other issues, such as the inability to gather and distribute data regarding the program's ''success'', and the near omnipresent proliferation of missing child reports that may or may not have been resolved on such a common medium [[ParanoiaFuel promoted quite a stressful environment for children, exposing them to a constant fear of being abducted themselves]]. Moreover, it's gradually become more well-known that a vast majority "missing children" tend to be "abducted" by people they already knew (such as parents amidst divorce and custody disputes), usually resulting in litigation between aware parties who know exactly where the child is and thus don't need help from strangers to "find" them.
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* Even before [[TechnologyMarchesOn systems like Amber Alerts made the practice obsolete]], the actual effectiveness of using milk cartons to promote missing child cases was hotly contested. The first unavoidable issue was that the pipeline for starting a missing child investigation, obtaining a photo of the child, printing it out onto cartons, and then distributing the cartons to customers was a long process that could take up to weeks, a gap which -- if the child truly was abducted by a malicious party -- [[DownerEnding would tragically be far too long to save them]] (in these extremely rare cases where a kidnapper would want the child dead, the deed would usually take place within one or two days after kidnapping). This also resulted in other issues, such as the inability to gather and distribute data regarding ''success'', and the near omnipresent proliferation of missing child reports that may or may not have been resolved on such a common medium [[ParanoiaFuel promoted quite a stressful environment for children, exposing them to a constant fear of being abducted themselves]]. Moreover, it's gradually become more well-known that a vast majority "missing children" tend to be "abducted" by people they already knew (such as parents amidst divorce and custody disputes), usually resulting in litigation between aware parties who know exactly where the child is and thus don't need help from strangers to "find" them.
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In the United States, starting during the mid-1980's and continuing until about the TurnOfTheMillennium, there was a practice of putting the faces of children who had gone missing (and were presumably kidnapped or abducted) on a milk carton, in an attempt to get neighbors of the person who had abducted the child to notice and report them. If you're wondering why milk cartons in particular, cartons were actually used as a convenient platform to print out advertisements once they gained traction over traditional glass bottles. During the rise of missing child cases in the mid-80's, several independent dairies took it upon themselves to use to the space to promote missing child reports, and the practice very quickly caught on among other dairies in the country, soon becoming a nationalized program with support from the United States government.
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In the United States, starting during the mid-1980's and continuing until about the TurnOfTheMillennium, there was a practice of putting the faces of children who had gone missing (and were presumably kidnapped or abducted) on a milk carton, in an attempt to get neighbors of the person who had abducted the child to notice and report them. If you're wondering why milk cartons in particular, cartons were actually used as a convenient platform to print out advertisements once they gained traction over traditional glass bottles.bottles in decades past. During the rise of missing child cases in the mid-80's, several independent dairies took it upon themselves to use to the space to promote missing child reports, and the practice very quickly caught on among other dairies in the country, soon becoming a nationalized program with support from the United States government.
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In the United States, starting during the mid-1980's and continuing until about the TurnOfTheMillennium, there was a practice of putting the faces of children who had gone missing (and were presumably kidnapped or abducted) on a milk carton, in an attempt to get neighbors of the person who had abducted the child to notice and report them. If you're wondering why milk cartons in particular, as missing child cases were on the rise in the mid-80's, milk cartons were used as platforms to print advertisements. After several independent dairies started using the space to promote missing child reports, the practice very quickly caught on among other dairies in the country, soon becoming a nationalized program with support from the United States government.
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In the United States, starting during the mid-1980's and continuing until about the TurnOfTheMillennium, there was a practice of putting the faces of children who had gone missing (and were presumably kidnapped or abducted) on a milk carton, in an attempt to get neighbors of the person who had abducted the child to notice and report them. If you're wondering why milk cartons in particular, cartons were actually used as a convenient platform to print out advertisements once they gained traction over traditional glass bottles. During the rise of missing child cases were on the rise in the mid-80's, milk cartons were used as platforms to print advertisements. After several independent dairies started using took it upon themselves to use to the space to promote missing child reports, and the practice very quickly caught on among other dairies in the country, soon becoming a nationalized program with support from the United States government.
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In the United States, starting during the mid-1980s and continuing until about the turn of the millennium, there was a practice of putting the faces of children who had gone missing (and were presumably kidnapped or abducted) on a milk carton, in an attempt to get neighbors of the person who had abducted the child to notice and report them.
This practice has fallen out of use by the TurnOfTheMillennium, in large part due to the United States [[TechnologyMarchesOn since developing the Amber Alert system]], where missing child announcements can be broadcast in mere minutes rather than the much more extended timeframe required for printing and distributing milk cartons. As a result, this has become a DiscreditedTrope, if not a DeadHorseTrope, outside of {{Period Piece}}s or parodies, but it's been collectively referenced to the point that while many people nowadays may not have actually seen an actual instance of this trope in their lifetime, they still recognize it. In comedy, adults can make an appearance on the carton.
While the practice of printing missing persons on milk cartons has become superfluous, many large stores also have a collection of "missing" posters displayed near the doors, where customers entering and exiting can see them, and some trucks and vans will have them on their back windows. In the Internet age, in addition to the Amber alerts, the family of the missing child may post something on the internet. This ''can'' backfire, however: even if the child ''is'' found and the alert post is no longer relevant, it will still be circulated through email inboxes, blogs, and social media. And sometimes, well-meaning people pass them on, even if it turns out that they are misunderstandings, missing information, outdated, or outright hoaxes.
This practice has fallen out of use by the TurnOfTheMillennium, in large part due to the United States [[TechnologyMarchesOn since developing the Amber Alert system]], where missing child announcements can be broadcast in mere minutes rather than the much more extended timeframe required for printing and distributing milk cartons. As a result, this has become a DiscreditedTrope, if not a DeadHorseTrope, outside of {{Period Piece}}s or parodies, but it's been collectively referenced to the point that while many people nowadays may not have actually seen an actual instance of this trope in their lifetime, they still recognize it. In comedy, adults can make an appearance on the carton.
While the practice of printing missing persons on milk cartons has become superfluous, many large stores also have a collection of "missing" posters displayed near the doors, where customers entering and exiting can see them, and some trucks and vans will have them on their back windows. In the Internet age, in addition to the Amber alerts, the family of the missing child may post something on the internet. This ''can'' backfire, however: even if the child ''is'' found and the alert post is no longer relevant, it will still be circulated through email inboxes, blogs, and social media. And sometimes, well-meaning people pass them on, even if it turns out that they are misunderstandings, missing information, outdated, or outright hoaxes.
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In the United States, starting during the mid-1980s mid-1980's and continuing until about the turn of the millennium, TurnOfTheMillennium, there was a practice of putting the faces of children who had gone missing (and were presumably kidnapped or abducted) on a milk carton, in an attempt to get neighbors of the person who had abducted the child to notice and report them.
them. If you're wondering why milk cartons in particular, as missing child cases were on the rise in the mid-80's, milk cartons were used as platforms to print advertisements. After several independent dairies started using the space to promote missing child reports, the practice very quickly caught on among other dairies in the country, soon becoming a nationalized program with support from the United States government.
This practice has fallen out of use by theTurnOfTheMillennium, 2000's, in large part due to the United States [[TechnologyMarchesOn since developing the Amber Alert system]], where missing child announcements can be broadcast in mere minutes rather than the much more extended timeframe required for printing and distributing milk cartons. As a result, this has become a DiscreditedTrope, if not a DeadHorseTrope, outside of {{Period Piece}}s or parodies, but it's been collectively referenced to the point that while many people nowadays may not have actually seen an actual instance of this trope in their lifetime, they still recognize it. In comedy, adults can make an appearance on the carton.
While the practice of printing missing persons on milk cartons has become superfluous, many large storesalso still have a collection of "missing" posters displayed near the doors, where customers entering and exiting can see them, and some trucks and vans will have them on their back windows. In the Internet age, in addition to the Amber alerts, the family of the missing child may post something on the internet. This ''can'' backfire, however: even if the child ''is'' found and the alert post is no longer relevant, it will still be circulated through email inboxes, blogs, and social media. And sometimes, well-meaning people pass them on, even if it turns out that they are misunderstandings, missing information, outdated, or outright hoaxes.
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A DiscreditedTrope, if not a DeadHorseTrope. At this point, it has been parodied countless times and has entered the collective subconscious to the point that while people may not have actually seen an actual one in their lifetime, they still recognize it. In comedy, adults can make an appearance on the carton.
The United States has since developed the ''Amber Alert'' system, so within a few hours of an abduction, a report of a missing child can be broadcast on TV or radio, sent via text message, or in some cases posted on Expressway notice signs. This means that in some cases the announcement can be passed on to the public in mere minutes, which makes the several weeks notice it would take to get a photograph on a milk carton superfluous. They are supplemented by ADVO cards, which have an ad on the front and a picture of a missing child on the back, and are mailed regularly to homes. Many large stores also have a collection of "missing" posters displayed near the doors, where customers entering and exiting can see them, and some trucks and vans will have them on their back windows. In the Internet age, in addition to the Amber alerts, the family of the missing child may post something on the Internet. This ''can'' backfire, however: even if the child ''is'' found and the alert post is no longer relevant, it will still be circulated through email inboxes, blogs, and social media. And sometimes, well-meaning people pass them on, even if it turns out that they are misunderstandings, missing information, outdated, or outright hoaxes.
May also be used to [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] a character's [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappearance]] or have part in a MythologyGag, but is hardly ever played straight anymore unless it's a PeriodPiece.
The United States has since developed the ''Amber Alert'' system, so within a few hours of an abduction, a report of a missing child can be broadcast on TV or radio, sent via text message, or in some cases posted on Expressway notice signs. This means that in some cases the announcement can be passed on to the public in mere minutes, which makes the several weeks notice it would take to get a photograph on a milk carton superfluous. They are supplemented by ADVO cards, which have an ad on the front and a picture of a missing child on the back, and are mailed regularly to homes. Many large stores also have a collection of "missing" posters displayed near the doors, where customers entering and exiting can see them, and some trucks and vans will have them on their back windows. In the Internet age, in addition to the Amber alerts, the family of the missing child may post something on the Internet. This ''can'' backfire, however: even if the child ''is'' found and the alert post is no longer relevant, it will still be circulated through email inboxes, blogs, and social media. And sometimes, well-meaning people pass them on, even if it turns out that they are misunderstandings, missing information, outdated, or outright hoaxes.
May also be used to [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade]] a character's [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappearance]] or have part in a MythologyGag, but is hardly ever played straight anymore unless it's a PeriodPiece.
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* While the effectiveness of the system is heavily contested, there exists at least one story of a child's face on a milk carton ''directly'' contributing to a child's rescue, that being the story of Bonnie Lohman. Bonnie was deemed missing after being abducted by her mother and stepfather at the age of three, but one day at the grocery store at the age of seven, she saw her own face on a milk carton, but didn't know how to read and thus didn't recognize it saying "MISSING CHILD" above her head. Her stepfather -- seeing Bonnie recognizing her own face and finding only mild curiosity from it -- bought the carton and allowed her to keep the photo so long as she kept it secret. She would end up accidentally leaving it in a box of toys that she brought to a friend's house, and when the friend's parents discovered the photo, police were called, Bonnie's mother and stepfather were arrested, and she was successfully reunited with her birth father.
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* The Creator/{{Funimation}} GagDub of Manga/CrayonShinChan has an episode when Mitsy has to buy 20 milk cartons.
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* The Creator/{{Funimation}} GagDub of Manga/CrayonShinChan has an episode when Mitsy has to buy 20 milk cartons.
-->'''Shin:''' Look! I can make the missing children fight each other!
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* Seven in ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' had a BrotherChuck moment which was [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] this way after he was written out for being TheScrappy in the episode "Ride Scare".
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* Seven in ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' had a BrotherChuck PutOnABus moment which was [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] this way after he was written out for being TheScrappy in after the episode "Ride Scare".
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while are shown on milk cartons.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while are shown on milk cartons.
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* The only cameo [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Tooty]] has in ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' is appearing like this on a giant milk box in a trash can in CloudCuckooland. It wasn't until ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' that she appeared in the flesh again.
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* The only cameo [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Tooty]] has in ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'' is appearing like this on a giant milk box in a trash can in CloudCuckooland. It wasn't until ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' that she appeared in the flesh again.
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* On the ''Website/GameFAQs'' Summer Contest Character Battle of 2004, the picture for [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] vs. VideoGame/DukeNukem had Duke's face pasted on a milk carton (instead of the regular full-body pic like Cloud and the other characters had that round). Everyone had a good laugh and Duke did a bit better than everyone expected.
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* On the ''Website/GameFAQs'' Website/GameFAQs Summer Contest Character Battle of 2004, the picture for [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] vs. VideoGame/DukeNukem had Duke's face pasted on a milk carton (instead of the regular full-body pic like Cloud and the other characters had that round).round) to acknowledge his MIA status due to [[Videogame/DukeNukemForever an infamous case of]] {{Vaporware}}. Everyone had a good laugh and Duke did a bit better than everyone expected.
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* Creator/ROnWhite: During the climax of ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road'', when the Blue Collar quartet are doing a slideshow of old, embarrassing pictures of themselves (organized by their wives), one of them is Ron as a little boy with his face on a milk carton. Ron claims that if they'd put his photo on a bottle of scotch, they'd have found him sooner.
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* Creator/ROnWhite: During the climax of ''Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One For the Road'', when the Blue Collar quartet are doing a slideshow of old, embarrassing pictures of themselves (organized by their wives), one of them is Ron as a little boy with his face on a milk carton. Ron claims that if they'd put his photo on a bottle of scotch, they'd have found him sooner.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'': In "Bleep", [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scrappy-Doo]] is shown on a milk carton, [[PutOnABus indicating that he has gone missing]].
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* Hopey in the comic ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets'', despite being in her mid-20s. Turns out some fans of her band thought it was a cool idea.
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* Another Batman example can be found in ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s One Year Later storyline. Not only have milk cartons with [[CostumeCopycat Jason Todd]]'s image on them sprang up overnight but GIANT POSTERS ON BUILDINGS and [[ItMakesSenseInContext mock movie posters]] as well.
* The cover of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' #11 uses this trope with Spider's face on the carton.
* The cover of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' #11 uses this trope with Spider's face on the carton.
* In the comic strip ''ComicBook/FunWithMilkAndCheese'' by Evan Dorkin, one of the titular characters is a carton of milk, and a picture of him as an infant appears on his own back in one storyline.
* Hopey in the comic ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets'', despite being in her mid-20s. Turns out some fans of her band thought it was a cool idea.
* Hopey in the comic ''ComicBook/LoveAndRockets'', despite being in her mid-20s. Turns out some fans of her band thought it was a cool idea.
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* In the comic strip ''ComicBook/FunWithMilkAndCheese'' by Evan Dorkin, one of the titular characters is a carton of milk, Another Batman example can be found in ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s One Year Later storyline. Not only have milk cartons with [[CostumeCopycat Jason Todd]]'s image on them sprang up overnight but GIANT POSTERS ON BUILDINGS and a picture of him [[ItMakesSenseInContext mock movie posters]] as an infant appears on his own back in one storyline.well.
* The cover of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' #11 uses this trope with Spider's face on the carton.
* ''ComicStrip/MotherGooseAndGrimm'' featured one with Amelia Earhart.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'', Robin's aunt has Robin's face printed on milk cartons when she runs away, which is how she finds her.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'', Robin's aunt has Robin's face printed on milk cartons when she runs away, which is how she finds her.
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* The movie ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' has four kids shrink to the size of ants and end up in the back yard, and their parents report them missing. Ron says to Amy, "I hope your face ends up on a milk carton."
* Subtly used in the ''Film/SinCity'' movie: To get a more 'old-timey' feel to their sets, they used things like steel trashcans instead of dumpsters, and old fashioned milk cartons instead of plastic jugs -- and as a finishing touch, there's a small panel of Nancy, as she appears in the comics, stamped on the side.
* Happens in ''Film/TheLostBoys''. When Sam's mother picks up a dropped milk carton the face of Laddie, the youngest vampire, is clearly seen.
* Subtly used in the ''Film/SinCity'' movie: To get a more 'old-timey' feel to their sets, they used things like steel trashcans instead of dumpsters, and old fashioned milk cartons instead of plastic jugs -- and as a finishing touch, there's a small panel of Nancy, as she appears in the comics, stamped on the side.
* Happens in ''Film/TheLostBoys''. When Sam's mother picks up a dropped milk carton the face of Laddie, the youngest vampire, is clearly seen.
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* The movie ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' has four kids shrink to the size of ants and end up in the back yard, and their parents report them missing. Ron says to Amy, "I hope your face ends up on a milk carton."
* Happens in ''Film/TheLostBoys''. When Sam's mother picks up a dropped milk carton the face of Laddie, the youngest vampire, is clearly seen.
* Happens in ''Film/TheLostBoys''. When Sam's mother picks up a dropped milk carton the face of Laddie, the youngest vampire, is clearly seen.
* Subtly used in the ''Film/SinCity'' movie: To get a more 'old-timey' feel to their sets, they used things like steel trashcans instead of dumpsters, and old fashioned milk cartons instead of plastic jugs -- and as a finishing touch, there's a small panel of Nancy, as she appears in the comics, stamped on the side.
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* In ''Literature/Blackbird1986'', a disturbed Claire is found in the store, having put pictures of Chrissie on all the milk cartons, when Randy arrives on the scene.
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* Creator/MegCabot's ''Literature/OneEightHundredWhereRYou'': Main character Jess Mastriani gains psychic powers - now, she can look at pictures of people, go to sleep, and know exactly where they are when she wakes up. She discovers this when she dreams about the whereabouts of two kids and then recognizes them from their pictures on a milk carton. She tracks down additional kids in the same manner, but by book 2, she's mostly switched to having someone in the "Missing Persons" department send her pictures of kids who are genuinely in need of help.
* In ''Literature/Blackbird1986'', a disturbed Claire is found in the store, having put pictures of Chrissie on all the milk cartons, when Randy arrives on thescene. scene.
* ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'' claims that Sir Walter Raleigh's LostColony remains lost to this day and is sometimes seen pictured on milk cartons.
* In ''Literature/Blackbird1986'', a disturbed Claire is found in the store, having put pictures of Chrissie on all the milk cartons, when Randy arrives on the
* ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'' claims that Sir Walter Raleigh's LostColony remains lost to this day and is sometimes seen pictured on milk cartons.
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* ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'' claims that Sir Walter Raleigh's LostColony remains lost to this day and is sometimes seen pictured on milk cartons.
* Creator/MegCabot's ''Literature/OneEightHundredWhereRYou'': Main character Jess Mastriani gains psychic powers - now, she can look at pictures of people, go to sleep, and know exactly where they are when she wakes up. She discovers this when she dreams about the whereabouts of two kids and then recognizes them from their pictures on a milk carton. She tracks down additional kids in the same manner, but by book 2, she's mostly switched to having someone in the "Missing Persons" department send her pictures of kids who are genuinely in need of help.
* Creator/MegCabot's ''Literature/OneEightHundredWhereRYou'': Main character Jess Mastriani gains psychic powers - now, she can look at pictures of people, go to sleep, and know exactly where they are when she wakes up. She discovers this when she dreams about the whereabouts of two kids and then recognizes them from their pictures on a milk carton. She tracks down additional kids in the same manner, but by book 2, she's mostly switched to having someone in the "Missing Persons" department send her pictures of kids who are genuinely in need of help.
* On an early episode of ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' Richard goes through the [[EmptyFridgeEmptyLife few items in Caroline's fridge]], picks up a milk carton, and says, "Hey, didn't they find this kid?"
* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': In "The Lost Hour", the Tellers see Janet Donner's face on a milk carton and realize that she has been missing for exactly a year, since the last time that the clocks went back an hour. Marshall later enters a parallel dimension as a result of setting his watch back an hour even though Eerie does not observe daylight savings time. While there, he discovers that he can communicate with Simon in the regular Eerie through the face on the milk carton.
* Lampshaded on a Back in Black segment of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', where when talking about a contest involving racing boats made of milk cartons, Lewis Black's voiceover for the footage was "This guy's actually thinking, 'where have I seen that kid before? Oh, that's right, on the stern!"
* In ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' episode "Fuzzy Logic" Section One kidnap a TeenGenius TechnoWizard hacker because he is the only one able to decode messages from the bad guys. Unfortunately, he finds out too much about Section One and has to stay with them permanently. The episode ends with Nikita seeing the kid's face on a milk carton, which she throws away.
* As part of the MindScrew, Walt's face appears on the side of a milk carton Hurley drinks in a dream sequence in ''Series/{{Lost}}''; it's particularly screwy in this case, as at this point, Hurley would have no idea Walt was missing...
* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': In "The Lost Hour", the Tellers see Janet Donner's face on a milk carton and realize that she has been missing for exactly a year, since the last time that the clocks went back an hour. Marshall later enters a parallel dimension as a result of setting his watch back an hour even though Eerie does not observe daylight savings time. While there, he discovers that he can communicate with Simon in the regular Eerie through the face on the milk carton.
* Lampshaded on a Back in Black segment of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', where when talking about a contest involving racing boats made of milk cartons, Lewis Black's voiceover for the footage was "This guy's actually thinking, 'where have I seen that kid before? Oh, that's right, on the stern!"
* In ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' episode "Fuzzy Logic" Section One kidnap a TeenGenius TechnoWizard hacker because he is the only one able to decode messages from the bad guys. Unfortunately, he finds out too much about Section One and has to stay with them permanently. The episode ends with Nikita seeing the kid's face on a milk carton, which she throws away.
* As part of the MindScrew, Walt's face appears on the side of a milk carton Hurley drinks in a dream sequence in ''Series/{{Lost}}''; it's particularly screwy in this case, as at this point, Hurley would have no idea Walt was missing...
* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', while at the convenience store, Earl encounters his ex-girlfriend Natalie Duckworth, whom he broke up with years earlier by FakingTheDead to spare her feelings. He hides in the fridge next to several cartons with missing kids alerts on them. Made even funnier because his face isn't even ''on'' a milk carton, just next to several...and Natalie walks right by!
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* ''Series/EerieIndiana'': In "The Lost Hour", the Tellers see Janet Donner's face on a milk carton and realize that she has been missing for exactly a year, since the last time that the clocks went back an hour. Marshall later enters a parallel dimension as a result of setting his watch back an hour even though Eerie does not observe daylight savings time. While there, he discovers that he can communicate with Simon in the regular Eerie through the face on the milk carton.
* The ''Series/SmallWonder'' episode "Girl on the Milk Carton" fits the spirit of the trope, as Vicki learns that Chrissy, the new girl in class, was previously reported missing.
* As part of the MindScrew, Walt's face appears on the side of a milk carton Hurley drinks in a dream sequence in ''Series/{{Lost}}''; it's particularly screwy in this case, as at this point, Hurley would have no idea Walt was missing...
* Lampshaded on a Back in Black segment of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', where when talking about a contest involving racing boats made of milk cartons, Lewis Black's voiceover for the footage was "This guy's actually thinking, 'where have I seen that kid before? Oh, that's right, on the stern!"
* ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' devotes an episode to this, when Punky, Cherie, Henry, and Betty learn that their new friend's father kidnapped her and renamed her. The kids see her picture on a milk carton, and it makes her realize that everything he's told her about their life on the run is a lie.
* The ''Series/SmallWonder'' episode "Girl on the Milk Carton" fits the spirit of the trope, as Vicki learns that Chrissy, the new girl in class, was previously reported missing.
* As part of the MindScrew, Walt's face appears on the side of a milk carton Hurley drinks in a dream sequence in ''Series/{{Lost}}''; it's particularly screwy in this case, as at this point, Hurley would have no idea Walt was missing...
* Lampshaded on a Back in Black segment of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', where when talking about a contest involving racing boats made of milk cartons, Lewis Black's voiceover for the footage was "This guy's actually thinking, 'where have I seen that kid before? Oh, that's right, on the stern!"
* ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' devotes an episode to this, when Punky, Cherie, Henry, and Betty learn that their new friend's father kidnapped her and renamed her. The kids see her picture on a milk carton, and it makes her realize that everything he's told her about their life on the run is a lie.
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* Played straight in an episode of ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Veronica and her dad are investigating the "Mooncalf Collective", a hippie group near their town. After returning home, VM pours herself a glass of milk and recognizes a teen she met at the Collective, giving her dad the evidence he needs to bring the authorities into the matter (The story takes place ~2005, making it an anachronism).
* [[http://i.cdn.hbo.com/assets/images/series/true-blood/downloads/season-3-missing.jpg A poster]] for the third season of ''Series/TrueBlood'' features [[spoiler:Bill]] on a bottle of blood.
* [[http://i.cdn.hbo.com/assets/images/series/true-blood/downloads/season-3-missing.jpg A poster]] for the third season of ''Series/TrueBlood'' features [[spoiler:Bill]] on a bottle of blood.
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* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', while at the convenience store, Earl encounters his ex-girlfriend Natalie Duckworth, whom he broke up with years earlier by FakingTheDead to spare her feelings. He hides in the fridge next to several cartons with missing kids alerts on them. Made even funnier because his face isn't even ''on'' a milk carton, just next to several...and Natalie walks right by!
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS10E12AboutABoy "About A Boy" (S10, Ep12)]], the witch no longer abducts children because of the Amber Alert system. Instead, she deages adults with a hex bag, fattens them up, and eats them.
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS10E12AboutABoy "About A Boy" (S10, Ep12)]], the witch no longer abducts children because of the Amber Alert system. Instead, she deages adults with a hex bag, fattens them up, and eats them.
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* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', while at the convenience store, Earl encounters his ex-girlfriend Natalie Duckworth, whom he broke up with years earlier by FakingTheDead ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' devotes an episode to spare this, when Punky, Cherie, Henry, and Betty learn that their new friend's father kidnapped her feelings. He hides in the fridge next to several cartons with missing and renamed her. The kids alerts see her picture on them. Made even funnier because his face isn't even ''on'' a milk carton, just next to several...and Natalie walks right by!
* Init makes her realize that everything he's told her about their life on the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS10E12AboutABoy "About A Boy" (S10, Ep12)]], the witch no longer abducts children because of the Amber Alert system. Instead, she deages adults with run is a hex bag, fattens them up, and eats them.lie.
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* In ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' episode "Fuzzy Logic" Section One kidnap a TeenGenius TechnoWizard hacker because he is the only one able to decode messages from the bad guys. Unfortunately, he finds out too much about Section One and has to stay with them permanently. The episode ends with Nikita seeing the kid's face on a milk carton, which she throws away.
* The ''Series/WonderShowzen'' episode "History" featured a ParodyCommercial for Tragedy Farms, who boasted that their milk cartons had five pictures of missing children instead of just one.
* In the seventh episode of ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda picks up a bottle of almond milk from the fridge, which suddenly transforms into a carton of whole milk with an old black-and-white picture of a missing child on it.
* On an early episode of ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' Richard goes through the [[EmptyFridgeEmptyLife few items in Caroline's fridge]], picks up a milk carton, and says, "Hey, didn't they find this kid?"
* The ''Series/WonderShowzen'' episode "History" featured a ParodyCommercial for Tragedy Farms, who boasted that their milk cartons had five pictures of missing children instead of just one.
* In the seventh episode of ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda picks up a bottle of almond milk from the fridge, which suddenly transforms into a carton of whole milk with an old black-and-white picture of a missing child on it.
* On an early episode of ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' Richard goes through the [[EmptyFridgeEmptyLife few items in Caroline's fridge]], picks up a milk carton, and says, "Hey, didn't they find this kid?"
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* In ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' The ''Series/SmallWonder'' episode "Fuzzy Logic" Section One kidnap a TeenGenius TechnoWizard hacker because he is "Girl on the only one able to decode messages from Milk Carton" fits the bad guys. Unfortunately, he finds out too much about Section One and has to stay with them permanently. The spirit of the trope, as Vicki learns that Chrissy, the new girl in class, was previously reported missing.
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episodeends with Nikita seeing [[Recap/SupernaturalS10E12AboutABoy "About A Boy" (S10, Ep12)]], the kid's face on a milk carton, which she throws away.
* The ''Series/WonderShowzen'' episode "History" featured a ParodyCommercial for Tragedy Farms, who boasted that their milk cartons had five pictures of missingwitch no longer abducts children instead because of just one.
* Inthe seventh episode of ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda picks up a bottle of almond milk from the fridge, which suddenly transforms into a carton of whole milk Amber Alert system. Instead, she deages adults with an old black-and-white picture of a missing child on it.
* On an early episode of ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' Richard goes through the [[EmptyFridgeEmptyLife few items in Caroline's fridge]], picks up a milk carton,hex bag, fattens them up, and says, "Hey, didn't they find this kid?"eats them.
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* The ''Series/WonderShowzen'' episode "History" featured a ParodyCommercial for Tragedy Farms, who boasted that their milk cartons had five pictures of missing
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* On an early episode of ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'' Richard goes through the [[EmptyFridgeEmptyLife few items in Caroline's fridge]], picks up a milk carton,
* [[http://i.cdn.hbo.com/assets/images/series/true-blood/downloads/season-3-missing.jpg A poster]] for the third season of ''Series/TrueBlood'' features [[spoiler:Bill]] on a bottle of blood.
* Played straight in an episode of ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Veronica and her dad are investigating the "Mooncalf Collective", a hippie group near their town. After returning home, VM pours herself a glass of milk and recognizes a teen she met at the Collective, giving her dad the evidence he needs to bring the authorities into the matter (The story takes place ~2005, making it an anachronism).
* In the seventh episode of ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda picks up a bottle of almond milk from the fridge, which suddenly transforms into a carton of whole milk with an old black-and-white picture of a missing child on it.
* The ''Series/WonderShowzen'' episode "History" featured a ParodyCommercial for Tragedy Farms, who boasted that their milk cartons had five pictures of missing children instead of just one.
* Played straight in an episode of ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Veronica and her dad are investigating the "Mooncalf Collective", a hippie group near their town. After returning home, VM pours herself a glass of milk and recognizes a teen she met at the Collective, giving her dad the evidence he needs to bring the authorities into the matter (The story takes place ~2005, making it an anachronism).
* In the seventh episode of ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda picks up a bottle of almond milk from the fridge, which suddenly transforms into a carton of whole milk with an old black-and-white picture of a missing child on it.
* The ''Series/WonderShowzen'' episode "History" featured a ParodyCommercial for Tragedy Farms, who boasted that their milk cartons had five pictures of missing children instead of just one.
* "Standing In The Rain" by Music/BillyTalent:
-->Standing in the rain, milk carton mugshot baby, missing since 1983.
* Music/BloodhoundGang "A lap dance is so much better when the stripper is crying", which could be retitled CrossingTheLineTwice: The Song. The narrator describes seeing the prostitute he was just with on the milk he's drinking and being turned on by it.
* In the song "Choke" by Music/BowlingForSoup, the singer eventually claims "You're going to be on, like, a milk carton, of people who suck!"
-->Standing in the rain, milk carton mugshot baby, missing since 1983.
* Music/BloodhoundGang "A lap dance is so much better when the stripper is crying", which could be retitled CrossingTheLineTwice: The Song. The narrator describes seeing the prostitute he was just with on the milk he's drinking and being turned on by it.
* In the song "Choke" by Music/BowlingForSoup, the singer eventually claims "You're going to be on, like, a milk carton, of people who suck!"
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* In the song "Choke" by Music/BowlingForSoup, the singer eventually claims "You're going to be on, like, a milk carton, of people who suck!"
* "Standing In The Rain" by Music/BillyTalent:
-->Standing in the rain, milk carton mugshot baby, missing since 1983.
* "Standing In The Rain" by Music/BillyTalent:
-->Standing in the rain, milk carton mugshot baby, missing since 1983.
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* Music/BloodhoundGang "A lap dance is so much better when the stripper is crying", which could be retitled CrossingTheLineTwice: The Song. The narrator describes seeing the prostitute he was just with on the milk he's drinking and being turned on by it.
* The music video for the Music/DixieChicks' "[[MurderBallad Goodbye Earl]]" features a kid stomping a milk carton with Earl's face on the side.
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* The music video for the Music/DixieChicks' "[[MurderBallad Goodbye Earl]]" features a kid stomping a milk carton with Earl's face on the side.
* The music video for Mikas "Rain" opens with the singer lying in a tent in the middle of a forest and then shows a milk carton with his picture and the text "Missing", his name and a phone number, thus implying that he has run away.
* The music video for Mikas "Rain" opens with the singer lying in a tent in the middle of a forest and then shows a milk carton with his picture and the text "Missing", his name and a phone number, thus implying that he has run away.
* The music video for Mikas "Rain" opens with the singer lying in a tent in the middle of a forest and then shows a milk carton with his picture and the text "Missing", his name and a phone number, thus implying that he has run away.
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* In the computer game ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 2]]'', the missing resident Bella Goth's face can be seen on a milk carton.
* In the computer game ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Sims 2]]'', the missing resident Bella Goth's face can be seen on a milk carton.
* PlayedWith in ''Webcomic/DisneyHighSchool.'' The milk carton has an advertisement for the Memorial Light Festival, held every year to commemorate a girl who was kidnapped as a baby. Gothel seems annoyed by this, [[IllegalGuardian for some reason]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' has a filler comic that makes this joke about a missing character.
* ''Earthward-Ho!'' [[http://www.dummcomics.com/index?sid=157 spends an entire page making this joke.]]
* ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'' did a ShoutOut to ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' with a milk carton picture and caption reading "Have You Seen This Girl? Last Seen In Snow, May Be Sad".
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' has a filler comic that makes this joke about a missing character.
* ''Earthward-Ho!'' [[http://www.dummcomics.com/index?sid=157 spends an entire page making this joke.]]
* ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'' did a ShoutOut to ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' with a milk carton picture and caption reading "Have You Seen This Girl? Last Seen In Snow, May Be Sad".
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* ''Earthward-Ho!'' [[http://www.dummcomics.com/index?sid=157 spends an entire page making this joke.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' has a filler comic that makes this joke about a missing character.
* ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'' did a ShoutOut to ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' with a milk carton picture and caption reading "Have You Seen This Girl? Last Seen In Snow, May Be Sad".
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' has a filler comic that makes this joke about a missing character.
* ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'' did a ShoutOut to ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' with a milk carton picture and caption reading "Have You Seen This Girl? Last Seen In Snow, May Be Sad".
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* PlayedWith in ''Webcomic/DisneyHighSchool.'' The milk carton has an advertisement for the Memorial Light Festival, held every year to commemorate a girl who was kidnapped as a baby. Gothel seems annoyed by this, [[IllegalGuardian for some reason]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Uter's face was seen on the side of one after he was killed during a field trip. He later showed up alive again as a result of the show's NegativeContinuity.
** Another episode had Milhouse's face on the carton before it was pasted over with a picture of Mr. Burns' bear Bobo.
** Apparently, Sherry Bobbins was missing in 1984.
* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Heffer, a steer, runs away from his wolf family when he realizes he's adopted, they consider putting his picture on milk cartons. Then they realize that, [[CarnivoreConfusion as a bovine]], his image is already ''on'' milk cartons.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in the episode "How to Eat With Your Butt": Initially it was a joke where Kenny had a school picture taken while he was in his snow-suit upside down, so his butt was where his face should be. But then a couple who have buttocks for faces due to a fictional genetic disorder actually come looking for their long-lost son. Turns out? [[spoiler:It's Ben Affleck.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while are shown on milk cartons.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. An [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Scrooge [=McDuck=] goes to a milk carton factory, hoping to see his picture on a carton. He gets kicked out for being a "wise guy".
** Another episode had Milhouse's face on the carton before it was pasted over with a picture of Mr. Burns' bear Bobo.
** Apparently, Sherry Bobbins was missing in 1984.
* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Heffer, a steer, runs away from his wolf family when he realizes he's adopted, they consider putting his picture on milk cartons. Then they realize that, [[CarnivoreConfusion as a bovine]], his image is already ''on'' milk cartons.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in the episode "How to Eat With Your Butt": Initially it was a joke where Kenny had a school picture taken while he was in his snow-suit upside down, so his butt was where his face should be. But then a couple who have buttocks for faces due to a fictional genetic disorder actually come looking for their long-lost son. Turns out? [[spoiler:It's Ben Affleck.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while are shown on milk cartons.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. An [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Scrooge [=McDuck=] goes to a milk carton factory, hoping to see his picture on a carton. He gets kicked out for being a "wise guy".
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* Rita and Runt show up as "Missing" on a milk carton in an ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' sequence spoofing ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. Appropriately, this was around the time that [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the characters themselves stopped appearing in the show]]...
* In''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Uter's face was seen on the side of one after he was killed during a field trip. He later showed up alive again as a result of the show's NegativeContinuity.
** Another''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' episode had Milhouse's face on the "To Sleep, Perchance to Burp", a shot of a milk carton before it was pasted over with a picture of Mr. Burns' a teddy bear Bobo.
** Apparently, Sherry Bobbins wasreported as missing in 1984.
* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Heffer, a steer, runs away from his wolf family when he realizes he's adopted, they consider putting his picture on milk cartons. Then they realize that, [[CarnivoreConfusion as a bovine]], his imageis already ''on'' milk cartons.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in the episode "How to Eat With Your Butt": Initially it was a joke where Kenny had a school picture taken while he was in his snow-suit upside down, so his butt was where his face should be. But then a couple who have buttocks for faces due to a fictional genetic disorder actually come looking for their long-lost son. Turns out? [[spoiler:It's Ben Affleck.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while areshown on milk cartons.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. An [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Scrooge [=McDuck=] goes to a milk carton factory, hoping to see his picture on a carton. He gets kicked out for being a "wise guy".when Molly Coddle warns Mr. Bumpy that every toy that entered the domain of the Closet Monster hasn't returned.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Heffer, a steer, runs away from his wolf family when he realizes he's adopted, they consider putting his picture on milk cartons. Then they realize that, [[CarnivoreConfusion as a bovine]], his image
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in the episode "How to Eat With Your Butt": Initially it was a joke where Kenny had a school picture taken while he was in his snow-suit upside down, so his butt was where his face should be. But then a couple who have buttocks for faces due to a fictional genetic disorder actually come looking for their long-lost son. Turns out? [[spoiler:It's Ben Affleck.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while are
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. An [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Scrooge [=McDuck=] goes to a milk carton factory, hoping to see his picture on a carton. He gets kicked out for being a "wise guy".
* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'''s penultimate episode "Remembrance of Courage Past", Courage sees this on a milk carton regarding missing dogs, triggering his memory of [[spoiler:his parents' abduction]] and leaving him catatonic.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episodes "Lane Miserables" and "Psycho Therapy," you can briefly see "[[http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Head_(backgrounder) The Head]]," a memorable RecurringExtra who had a few lines in the first episode, as a MythologyGag.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. An [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Scrooge [=McDuck=] goes to a milk carton factory, hoping to see his picture on a carton. He gets kicked out for being a "wise guy".
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'' gave [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Philip J. Fry]] a cameo of this nature due to a reference to their show in his own.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episodes "Lane Miserables" and "Psycho Therapy," you can briefly see "[[http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Head_(backgrounder) The Head]]," a memorable RecurringExtra who had a few lines in the first episode, as a MythologyGag.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. An [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Scrooge [=McDuck=] goes to a milk carton factory, hoping to see his picture on a carton. He gets kicked out for being a "wise guy".
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'' gave [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Philip J. Fry]] a cameo of this nature due to a reference to their show in his own.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'' gave [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Philip J. Fry]] a cameo of this nature due to a reference to their show in his own.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Ezekiel (the first contestant voted off) is visible on a milk carton when Duncan and Courtney are raiding Chris and Chef's fridge.
* Rita and Runt show up as "Missing" on a milk carton in an ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' sequence spoofing ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. Appropriately, this was around the time that [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the characters themselves stopped appearing in the show]]...
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Happens to the Platypus Brothers when they get lost searching for Taz in their attic in "Never Cry Taz".
* In the cartoon "Little Dog Lost" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "A Cat's Eye View", Byron Basset runs away from Elmyra, who puts his picture on milk cartons to try to get him back. The picture of Byron she uses looks like he's trying to break out of jail. When Byron sees this milk carton, he eats it so his new owner won't notice.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'''s penultimate episode "Remembrance of Courage Past", Courage sees this on a milk carton regarding missing dogs, triggering his memory of [[spoiler:his parents' abduction]] and leaving him catatonic.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' episode "New Kid", Uncle Grandpa first appears to Tommy as this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episodes "Lane Miserables" and "Psycho Therapy," you can briefly see "[[http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Head_(backgrounder) The Head]]," a memorable RecurringExtra who had a few lines in the first episode, as a MythologyGag.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Ezekiel (the first contestant voted off) is visible on a milk carton when Duncan and Courtney are raiding Chris and Chef's fridge.
* Rita and Runt show up as "Missing" on a milk carton in an ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' sequence spoofing ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. Appropriately, this was around the time that [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the characters themselves stopped appearing in the show]]...
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Happens to the Platypus Brothers when they get lost searching for Taz in their attic in "Never Cry Taz".
* In the cartoon "Little Dog Lost" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "A Cat's Eye View", Byron Basset runs away from Elmyra, who puts his picture on milk cartons to try to get him back. The picture of Byron she uses looks like he's trying to break out of jail. When Byron sees this milk carton, he eats it so his new owner won't notice.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'''s penultimate episode "Remembrance of Courage Past", Courage sees this on a milk carton regarding missing dogs, triggering his memory of [[spoiler:his parents' abduction]] and leaving him catatonic.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' episode "New Kid", Uncle Grandpa first appears to Tommy as this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episodes "Lane Miserables" and "Psycho Therapy," you can briefly see "[[http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Head_(backgrounder) The Head]]," a memorable RecurringExtra who had a few lines in the first episode, as a MythologyGag.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'' gave [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Philip J. Fry]] a cameo of this nature due ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': While Harold, Sid, and Stinky try to a reference run away from the law in "On the Lam", the police are able to locate them when a trainyard attendant notices their show in his own.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Ezekiel (the first contestant voted off) is visiblefaces being identical to those on a the milk carton when Duncan and Courtney are raiding Chris and Chef's fridge.
* Rita and Runt show up as "Missing" on a milk carton in an ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' sequence spoofing ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. Appropriately, this was around the time that [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the characters themselves stopped appearing in the show]]...
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Happens to the Platypus Brothers when they get lost searching for Taz in their attic in "Never Cry Taz".
* In the cartoon "Little Dog Lost" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "A Cat's Eye View", Byron Basset runs away from Elmyra, who puts his picture on milk cartons to try to get him back. The picture of Byron she uses looks likehe's trying to break out of jail. When Byron sees this milk carton, he eats it so his new owner won't notice.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'''s penultimate episode "Remembrance of Courage Past", Courage sees this on a milk carton regarding missing dogs, triggering his memory of [[spoiler:his parents' abduction]] and leaving him catatonic.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' episode "New Kid", Uncle Grandpa first appears to Tommy as this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episodes "Lane Miserables" and "Psycho Therapy," you can briefly see "[[http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Head_(backgrounder) The Head]]," a memorable RecurringExtra who had a few lines in the first episode, as a MythologyGag.drinking.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Ezekiel (the first contestant voted off) is visible
* Rita and Runt show up as "Missing" on a milk carton in an ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' sequence spoofing ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. Appropriately, this was around the time that [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the characters themselves stopped appearing in the show]]...
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Happens to the Platypus Brothers when they get lost searching for Taz in their attic in "Never Cry Taz".
* In the cartoon "Little Dog Lost" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "A Cat's Eye View", Byron Basset runs away from Elmyra, who puts his picture on milk cartons to try to get him back. The picture of Byron she uses looks like
* In ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'''s penultimate episode "Remembrance of Courage Past", Courage sees this on a milk carton regarding missing dogs, triggering his memory of [[spoiler:his parents' abduction]] and leaving him catatonic.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' episode "New Kid", Uncle Grandpa first appears to Tommy as this.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episodes "Lane Miserables" and "Psycho Therapy," you can briefly see "[[http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Head_(backgrounder) The Head]]," a memorable RecurringExtra who had a few lines in the first episode, as a MythologyGag.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' episode "To Sleep, Perchance to Burp", a shot of a milk carton with a picture of a teddy bear reported as missing is shown when Molly Coddle warns Mr. Bumpy that every toy that entered the domain of the Closet Monster hasn't returned.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Heffer, a steer, runs away from his wolf family when he realizes he's adopted, they consider putting his picture on milk cartons. Then they realize that, [[CarnivoreConfusion as a bovine]], his image is already ''on'' milk cartons.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Uter's face was seen on the''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' side of one after he was killed during a field trip. He later showed up alive again as a result of the show's NegativeContinuity.
** Another episode"To Sleep, Perchance to Burp", a shot of a milk had Milhouse's face on the carton before it was pasted over with a picture of a teddy Mr. Burns' bear reported as Bobo.
** Apparently, Sherry Bobbins was missingis in 1984.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in the episode "How to Eat With Your Butt": Initially it was a joke where Kenny had a school picture taken while he was in his snow-suit upside down, so his butt was where his face should be. But then a couple who have buttocks for faces due to a fictional genetic disorder actually come looking for their long-lost son. Turns out? [[spoiler:It's Ben Affleck.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Happens to the Platypus Brothers when they get lost searching for Taz in their attic in "Never Cry Taz".
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while are shown on milk cartons.
* In the cartoon "Little Dog Lost" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "A Cat's Eye View", Byron Basset runs away from Elmyra, who puts his picture on milk cartons to try to get him back. The picture of Byron she uses looks like he's trying to break out of jail. When Byron sees this milk carton, he eats it so his new owner won't notice.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Ezekiel (the first contestant voted off) is visible on a milk carton whenMolly Coddle warns Mr. Bumpy that every toy that entered Duncan and Courtney are raiding Chris and Chef's fridge.
* In thedomain of the Closet Monster hasn't returned.''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' episode "New Kid", Uncle Grandpa first appears to Tommy as this.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Uter's face was seen on the
** Another episode
** Apparently, Sherry Bobbins was missing
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', in the episode "How to Eat With Your Butt": Initially it was a joke where Kenny had a school picture taken while he was in his snow-suit upside down, so his butt was where his face should be. But then a couple who have buttocks for faces due to a fictional genetic disorder actually come looking for their long-lost son. Turns out? [[spoiler:It's Ben Affleck.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Happens to the Platypus Brothers when they get lost searching for Taz in their attic in "Never Cry Taz".
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon had a gag in which season-long villains who had not made an appearance in a while are shown on milk cartons.
* In the cartoon "Little Dog Lost" from the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode "A Cat's Eye View", Byron Basset runs away from Elmyra, who puts his picture on milk cartons to try to get him back. The picture of Byron she uses looks like he's trying to break out of jail. When Byron sees this milk carton, he eats it so his new owner won't notice.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'', Ezekiel (the first contestant voted off) is visible on a milk carton when
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* Since 2019, the Italian football club Roma has included pictures of missing children in their transfer announcement videos posted on social media. This has led to [[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/aug/28/romas-transfer-video-campaign-has-helped-to-find-12-missing-children 12 missing children being found.]]
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* Music/{{Gwar}} had an especially tasteless song (even for them!) entitled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrw6k6v1qXk Have You Seen Me]]. Featured on the 1992 album ''America Must Be Destroyed'', this first-person song explored the abduction, rape, and murder of children by members of the band. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Perhaps as repentance for the song's content, royalties from that album were supposedly donated to charities set up to find missing children]].
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* Music/{{Gwar}} had an especially tasteless song (even for them!) entitled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrw6k6v1qXk Have "Have You Seen Me]]. Me?"]] Featured on the 1992 album ''America Must Be Destroyed'', this first-person song explored the abduction, rape, and murder of children by members of the band. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Perhaps as repentance for the song's content, royalties from that album were supposedly donated to charities set up to find missing children]].
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* In ''Film/{{Blackbird}}'', a disturbed Claire is found in the store, having put pictures of Chrissie on all the milk cartons, when Randy arrives on the scene.
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* In ''Literature/Blackbird1986'', a disturbed Claire is found in the store, having put pictures of Chrissie on all the milk cartons, when Randy arrives on the scene.
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* Milk cartons are a minor RunningGag on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''. In every case, the picture used is just a silhouette, which obviously wouldn't be very helpful in an actual disappearance, but Strong Bad's and Homestar's silhouettes at least are distinctive.
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* The music video for Music/{{Blur}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCe5yiMWPbA ''Coffee and TV'']] sends this one up wonderfully. Singer/guitarist Graham Coxon's face is on a sentient milk carton... which manages to track him down and return him to his parents. Alas, Graham drinks the milk on the bus ride home, killing the faithful carton and sending him to heaven as a little milk-carton angel.
** At least he was reunited with his true love, a little strawberry milk carton.
*** This video became a FunnyAneurysmMoment when Graham quit the band in 2002.
** At least he was reunited with his true love, a little strawberry milk carton.
*** This video became a FunnyAneurysmMoment when Graham quit the band in 2002.
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* The music video for Music/{{Blur}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCe5yiMWPbA ''Coffee and TV'']] sends this one up wonderfully. Singer/guitarist Graham Coxon's face is on a sentient milk carton... which manages to track him down and return him to his parents. Alas, Graham drinks the milk on the bus ride home, killing the faithful carton and sending him to heaven as a little milk-carton angel.
**angel. At least he was reunited with his true love, a little strawberry milk carton.
*** This video became a FunnyAneurysmMoment when Graham quit the band in 2002.carton.
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*** This video became a FunnyAneurysmMoment when Graham quit the band in 2002.
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->''"This girl looks so familiar. It's on the tip of my brain. Well, she sure is an ugly thing."''
-->-- '''Dad''', ''Series/{{Roundhouse}}''
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* In ''Literature/{{Trollhunters}}'', back in 1967, so many children went missing in San Bernardio that the sheer number of them that appeared on milk cartons gave the incident the name "Milk Carton Epidemic".
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* Referenced in ''Series/TheWonderYears'' by Adult Kevin's narration.
-->'''Narrator!Kevin:''' That night I decided to go for a walk. The days were still long, and back then kids could still go for walks at dusk without the fear of ending up on a milk carton.
-->'''Narrator!Kevin:''' That night I decided to go for a walk. The days were still long, and back then kids could still go for walks at dusk without the fear of ending up on a milk carton.
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* Parodied in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short "The Penguins in a Christmas Caper" when Private goes missing. Once the other penguins notice that he's gone, Kowalski dramatically turns around egg nog carton with Private's face on it. This is the same carton seen before Private ran away when the other penguins performed a chugging contest.
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* Parodied in the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' short "The Penguins in a Christmas Caper" when Private goes missing. Once the other penguins notice that he's gone, Kowalski dramatically turns around an egg nog carton with Private's face on it. This is the same carton seen before ''before'' Private ran away when the other penguins performed a chugging contest.
