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* In ''Manga/HighScoreGirl'', Akira insists on taking a picture with Haruo at a photo booth, much to his annoyance. He tries to undermine her by making a weird face at the camera, which prompts her to uppercut him right when the picture is taken.

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* In ''Manga/HighScoreGirl'', ''Manga/HiScoreGirl'', Akira insists on taking a picture with Haruo at a photo booth, much to his annoyance. He tries to undermine her by making a weird face at the camera, which prompts her to uppercut him right when the picture is taken.
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* In ''Film/WonderWoman,'' after they successfully liberate the town of Veld in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, Diana, Steve, Charlie, and Chief pose for a photograph - which, given the time period, was relatively unusual. Years later, Bruce Wayne manages to acquire the photograph and sends it to Diana as a gift.

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* In ''Film/WonderWoman,'' ''Film/WonderWoman2017,'' after they successfully liberate the town of Veld in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, Diana, Steve, Charlie, and Chief pose for a photograph - which, given the time period, was relatively unusual. Years later, Bruce Wayne manages to acquire the photograph and sends it to Diana as a gift.
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sequence. Sometimes, it's used to give a character or characters some expositions in case of a sequel (or another season).
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* A memory at the end of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild: The Champion's Ballad'' has Link and the other Champions formally sworn in, followed by Purah taking a group photo with the Sheikah Slate. Kass passes a copy of the photo he found on to Link, who can display it in his house.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': A memory at the end of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild: The Champion's ''The Champions' Ballad'' DLC has Link and the other Champions formally sworn in, followed by Purah taking a group photo with the Sheikah Slate. Kass passes a copy of the photo he found on to Link, who can display it in his house.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Mei takes a selfie in her panda form, along with her family, friends and 4*TOWN after the climax.
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* One mission in ''WhiskeyCavalier'' has the team pose for a photo to celebrate their upcoming op where they infiltrate a local university in Europe in order to flush hostile North Koreans.

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* One mission in ''WhiskeyCavalier'' ''Series/WhiskeyCavalier'' has the team pose for a photo to celebrate their upcoming op where they infiltrate a local university in Europe in order to flush hostile North Koreans.
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* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' ends with one, the player character doing so with their Rotom Phone while Arven, Nemona, Penny, and the cover legendary (Koraidon in Scarlet and Miraidon in Violet) gather around them. The photo will be on the player character's desk in the post-game.
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* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': In [[Recap/YoungJusticeS1E12HomeFront Home Front]] Artemis Crock has her first day in Gotham Academy has a random short freshman come up and takes a picture of them. This short dude is ''Robin'' in his civilian identity of Dick Grayson. The picture shows up in the second season episode [[Recap/YoungJusticeS2E7Depths Depths]] when Nightwing reviews their shared past before a particularly dangerous mission.

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* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': In [[Recap/YoungJusticeS1E12HomeFront Home Front]] Front]], when Artemis Crock has her first day in Gotham Academy has Academy, a random short freshman come comes up and takes a picture of them. This short dude is ''Robin'' in his civilian identity of Dick Grayson. The picture shows up in the second season episode [[Recap/YoungJusticeS2E7Depths Depths]] when Nightwing reviews their shared past before a particularly dangerous mission.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': After her grandson Antonio receives his [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual gift]], Abuela Alma gathers the entire Madrigal clan to commemorate the occasion. Notably Mirabel, the only one of her descendants to ''not'' have powers, [[FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization is implicitly excluded, highlighting her status]] as TheUnfavorite. [[spoiler:In the end, after the family has rebuilt their home thanks to Mirabel, resolved to cultivate a healthier emotional environment, and welcomed her outcast uncle Bruno back, they take a complete and less poised family photo.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': After her grandson Antonio receives his [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual gift]], Abuela Alma gathers calls for the entire Madrigal clan to commemorate the occasion. Notably Mirabel, the only one of her descendants to ''not'' have powers, [[FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization is implicitly excluded, hangs back, highlighting her status]] as TheUnfavorite.insecurity about her part in the family]]. [[spoiler:In the end, after the family has rebuilt their home thanks to Mirabel, resolved to cultivate a healthier emotional environment, and welcomed her outcast uncle Bruno back, they take a complete and less poised family photo.]]
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* In chapter 30 (animated in episode 9) of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', the [[ClubStub Earth Sciences Club]] takes [[https://imgur.com/qbkjASU a picture]] outside of their clubroom, on Mikage and Mari's {{last day of school|plot}}. This is a case of it not being a GroupPhotoEnding, as the chapter ends with a conversation between Mikage and Mari after that.

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* In chapter 30 (animated in episode 9) of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', the [[ClubStub Earth Sciences Club]] takes [[https://imgur.com/qbkjASU a picture]] outside of their clubroom, on Mikage and Mari's {{last day of school|plot}}. This is a case of it not being a GroupPhotoEnding, GroupPictureEnding, as the chapter ends with a conversation between Mikage and Mari after that.
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* A memory at the end of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild: The Champion's Ballad'' has Link and the other Champions formally sworn in, followed by Purah taking a group photo with the Sheikah Slate. Kass passes a copy of the photo he found on to Link, who can display it in his house.
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This is sometimes used to symbolize the end of a series/movie, including a character/story arc or even a TV season.

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This is sometimes used to symbolize the end of a series/movie, including a character/story arc or even a TV season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': In [[Recap/YoungJusticeS1E12HomeFront Home Front]] Artemis Crock has her first day in Gotham Academy has a random short freshman come up and takes a picture of them. This short dude is ''Robin'' in his civilian identity of Dick Grayson. The picture shows up in the second season episode [[Recap/YoungJusticeS2E7Depths Depths]] when Nightwing reviews their shared past before a particularly dangerous mission.
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* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure, the Digi-Destined commemorates their victory over the BigBad with a photo including their digimon allies. The photo has been shown occasionally throughout the sequels.

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* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure, ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', the Digi-Destined commemorates their victory over the BigBad with a photo including their digimon allies. The photo has been shown occasionally throughout the sequels.
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* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' has a scene where Jotaro reminisces on his past adventures while looking at a photo of himself and the rest of the ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' team, taken shortly after they arrived in Egypt for their final battle. The anime adaptation of ''Stardust Crusaders'' adds a scene of this picture being taken, and expands the ending to include a shot of Jotaro looking at the picture in remembrance of the friends lost during the adventure.
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* In ''Film/FirstBlood'', after the town posse "kills" fugitive John Rambo in the woods with a rocket launcher [[spoiler: (in the nick of time, he escaped into a cave below)]], they take a few victory pictures of themselves in front of the wreckage of Rambo's makeshift shelter. Of course, the town would be in for an unpleasant surprise later.

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* In ''Film/FirstBlood'', after the town posse "kills" fugitive John Rambo in the woods with a rocket launcher [[spoiler: (in the nick of time, he escaped into a cave below)]], they take a few victory pictures of themselves in front of the wreckage of Rambo's makeshift shelter. Of course, the town would be in for an unpleasant surprise later. Rambo has his own similar group photo of he and his company from Vietnam; the story opens with him learning he's the last one from the picture still alive.

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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': After a dramatic climax where Brittas saves several people from the burning ruins of the leisure centre (leading to him getting a George Medal and his job back) in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E8HighNoon High Noon]]", the episode ends with the cast getting a photo taken of themselves sometime later in front of said centre.

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Something good happened.

Maybe the bad guys are defeated or sent packing. The city is saved. The main characters and their friends are perhaps celebrating something important like the end of school or an important life event of a family member or friend.

Regardless of what happened, the characters group up for a photoshoot to commemorate the event in later years.

Sometimes, the characters do a VictoryPose in the photo. This can also include doing a VSign, BicepPolishingGesture, StabTheSky or even a HappyDance.

This is sometimes used to symbolize the end of a series/movie, including a character/story arc or even a TV season.

Overlaps with GroupPictureEnding. The resulting picture can later become a FormerFriendsPhoto if things go very bad for the cast.

The trope is used for in-universe events and not for behind the scene events such as the cast/crew posing for a photo to celebrate the end of production, etc.

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* In chapter 30 (animated in episode 9) of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', the [[ClubStub Earth Sciences Club]] takes [[https://imgur.com/qbkjASU a picture]] outside of their clubroom, on Mikage and Mari's {{last day of school|plot}}. This is a case of it not being a GroupPhotoEnding, as the chapter ends with a conversation between Mikage and Mari after that.
* In ''Manga/HighScoreGirl'', Akira insists on taking a picture with Haruo at a photo booth, much to his annoyance. He tries to undermine her by making a weird face at the camera, which prompts her to uppercut him right when the picture is taken.
* In ''Manga/{{Loveless}}'', Ritsuka makes a habit bordering on obsession of taking photos of ''everything'' saying he's "making memories" with people. Since he has amnesia, this is justified.
* At the end of ''Anime/ScarletNexus'', Yuito sends a photo of himself and his teammates (which includes his mother Wakana) to his brother Kaito, who was locked up for crimes against humanity via brain comms. The photo was taken in a safehouse prior to closing the Kunad Gate when the team first celebrated extracting Wakana from the past to protect her from Togetsu forces.
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* After the events of the Black Island arc in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', some photographers took photos of Scottish Police escorting the apprehended counterfeit ring members in Kiltoch. One photographer took a photo of Tintin posing with Ranko, the gorilla used by the gang to scare any bystander from venturing to the Black Island. The others were too scared to do so and fled when the gorilla showed up.
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* Penny from ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'' routinely takes a photo of herself and Bolt after filming an episode of the ShowWithinAShow, declaring the Polaroid that emerges: "That's a keeper!" The wall of her trailer is plastered with these photos. The last time Penny is seen doing this is after she and her mother have retired from show business and moved to the countryside. On the couch, she snaps one of herself, Bolt, Mittens and Rhino, as a GroupPictureEnding as well as a memento.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': After her grandson Antonio receives his [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual gift]], Abuela Alma gathers the entire Madrigal clan to commemorate the occasion. Notably Mirabel, the only one of her descendants to ''not'' have powers, [[FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization is implicitly excluded, highlighting her status]] as TheUnfavorite. [[spoiler:In the end, after the family has rebuilt their home thanks to Mirabel, resolved to cultivate a healthier emotional environment, and welcomed her outcast uncle Bruno back, they take a complete and less poised family photo.]]
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* In ''Film/FirstBlood'', after the town posse "kills" fugitive John Rambo in the woods with a rocket launcher [[spoiler: (in the nick of time, he escaped into a cave below)]], they take a few victory pictures of themselves in front of the wreckage of Rambo's makeshift shelter. Of course, the town would be in for an unpleasant surprise later.
* In ''Film/WonderWoman,'' after they successfully liberate the town of Veld in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, Diana, Steve, Charlie, and Chief pose for a photograph - which, given the time period, was relatively unusual. Years later, Bruce Wayne manages to acquire the photograph and sends it to Diana as a gift.
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* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': After a dramatic climax where Brittas saves several people from the burning ruins of the leisure centre (leading to him getting a George Medal and his job back) in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E8HighNoon High Noon]]", the episode ends with the cast getting a photo taken of themselves sometime later in front of said centre.
** In "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E6ShallWeDance Shall We Dance?]]", Laura gives Brittas some photographs from the time he spent building an arbor for her, with the intention that he keeps these photos as a memento of the hard work he did.
* In the middle of the episode "Monkey Dory" in ''Series/Peacemaker2022'', the team (Minus Murn) get in a photo taken by Emilia after they successfully raided the Glen Tai factory used by the Butterflies as a food distribution hub. The photo gets called the ''11th Street Kids''. James Gunn revealed that the photo was taken and later used by the cast in group chats.
* In the episode "Purple Rain" in ''Series/Titans2018'', the Titans pose with Dr. Artie Kind after they were able to disperse the poison clouds over Gotham City via selfie. Rachel does a VSign in the photo.
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* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'': During the Hawaiian conflict, Evan Wright takes a photo of Beard and Jacket, which Beard later gives to Jacket to keep as a memento after rescuing him from a power plant explosion at the end of the war, so Jacket could remember "who saved his life". A year later, Beard calls Jacket to tell him to make a copy of the photo for him, shortly before a nuke drops in San Francisco, where Beard was at the time. This photo was the object that Jacket threw into the wind at the end of his storyline in the [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami first game]], presumably when he believed that he managed to repay the favor to Beard and thus completed his RedemptionQuest.
* ''[[VideoGame/MarySkelter Mary Skeler Finale]]'' has the Blood Team take a group photo in the True Ending after they save the world and restore it to its natural beauty [[spoiler:by wishing away the Jails and [[BroughtDownToNormal turning them into normal people]]]]. Notably all members of the Blood Team, including the new members[[note]]Charlotte, Mary, and Pyre. [[spoiler:Toh sacrificed himself to help the Blood Team save the world.]][[/note]] take part in the photo.
* The surviving cast of the original ''Franchise/MassEffect'' trilogy takes a commemorative group picture after getting together for one last party in the ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' DLC "Citadel". As this is also the final story beat of the DLC (though not of the entire game), it partially overlaps with a GroupPictureEnding.
* ''[[VideoGame/Persona4 Persona 4: Golden]]'': The true ending has an additional cutscene where the player character returns to Inaba and reunites with his friends, Nanako, and Dojima. The Investigation Team, along with their HonoraryTrueCompanion Marie, all take part in a group photo to celebrate this reunion.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', when you successfully complete your Galaxy Team entry trial, Professor Laventon takes a photo of you to commemorate the occasion.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'': Early on in the game, the player character, Hau, and Lillie get a photo taken by the Rotom-Dex to commemorate the start of the journey. In the post-game, if the player goes into any of the participant's rooms, they'll find that same photo in each one.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', the STARS office inside Raccoon City Police Department has a photo of the entire team posing for a shot, commemorating the establishment of the unit. The photo was taken prior to Rebecca joining.
* The ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' series has the assault teams end their mission by doing victory poses in their photos. Some hijinks do ensue.
* In ''VideoGame/SeriousSamII'', the end of the level [[HoldTheLine M'Keke Village]] has Sam and the locals celebrating the defeat of the invaders. The cinematic is mostly composed of photos taken during the celebration where we see Sam going through the conga line, getting drunk and the like.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': In the Torna DLC the whole party takes a picture together as a momento of their time together. [[spoiler:The credits have Jin as a Flesh Eater burn it, his journal, and a similar picture taken with his last Driver to ash in the ruins of his Driver's old house to represent him cutting ties with his past.]]
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* The ending of the first season in ''WebAnimation/GenLock'' has the team pose for a photo done by Cammie after they defended Chicago from a Union-led invasion. Things don't last long though...
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', when teams RWBY and JNPR earn their huntsman licenses, Yang takes a grinning selfie with Blake during the celebration.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "No Loan Again, Naturally", the Simpsons' house is put up for auction and Ned Flanders buys it back. To celebrate, the Simpsons and Flanders families take a picture together in the newly-recovered house, as the Simpsons sing a song praising Ned. Towards the end, when the Simpsons abuse Ned's kindness, they are kicked out and made to live in a homeless shelter. As Ned is about to sell the house off to some perfect tenants, he [[ChekhovsGun sees the photo again]] and feels guilty (complete with the Simpsons in the photo [[IronicEcho singing the song again]]), and finally gives it back to its rightful owners.
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