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* In ''Film/BlackHawkDown'', a downed helicopter pilot is holed up while two Navy [=SEALs=] try to protect him. After the two men protecting him are killed, he pulls out a photo of his wife just before he is dragged away, trying and failing to hang onto the photo. [[spoiler: Though it isn't shown in the movie, he is later released and returns home to his wife.]]

* On ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' Right before Oliver left on the ''Queen's Gambit'', Laurel gave him a picture of her. It frequently appears in the flashbacks with Oliver constantly looking at it, and it is made clear that it and the reminder that she was back home [[LivingEmotionalCrutch is what kept Oliver going at various low points]].

* On ''Series/Arrow'' The island flashbacks in the first season reveal that Oliver held on to a picture of Laurel that he would constantly look at.
Yao Fei: You're going to wear that thing out just by looking at it.

* ''WesternAnimation/BuBumLaStradaVersoCasa'': One of the only 2 items Bu-Bum has left after being seperated from his parents, is a family photograph.

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* The photograph of Sarah Connor that John Connor gave to Kyle Reese in ''Film/TheTerminator''. The photo itself is shown being taken at the end of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.

* The photo on Shepard's desk in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. It is also revealed in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' that [[spoiler:Matriarch Aethyta has one of Liara]].
* On ''Series/TimeTrax'' the avatar of Lambert's MagicComputer SELMA was based on the one photo he had of his mother.
* Blankie on ''TheBraveLittleToaster'' keeps a picture of the Master which he hugs for comfort.
* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Lilo keeps a picture of her dead parents under her pillow. She gets angry at Stitch when he touches it, and when [[spoiler:his fight with Jumba destroys her house and Stitch returns the scorched picture, Lilo rejects him and tells him to go away.]]

* Torque from ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'' carries one of the family he's on death row for murdering. Its condition serves as the KarmaMeter that determines whether he did it.
* The photograph of Sarah Connor that John Connor gave to Kyle Reese in ''TheTerminator''. The photo itself is shown being taken at the end of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
* NobleDemon Laharl from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'' keeps a picture of his [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas dead mother hidden in his room]].
* ''Series/ThePretender'': The protagonist carries a photo of his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was abducted as a child.
* Robyn Starling from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' had one. Hers is a locket with a photo of her Indiana Jones-esque dad. Who turns out to be alive in the end.
* In ''Film/BlackHawkDown'', a downed helicopter pilot is holed up while two Navy [=SEALs=] try to protect him. After the two men protecting him are killed, he pulls out a photo of his wife just before he is dragged away, trying and failing to hang onto the photo. [[spoiler: Though it isn't shown in the movie, he is later released and returns home to his wife.]]
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Eddie has a desk full of old photos of him and his brother Teddy having fun together before Teddy was killed.

* The picture Zoisite was looking at in an episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' becomes this after Zoisite's death, Kunzite is seen looking sadly at it after an argument with the brainwashed Endymion.

* In ''LiloAndStitch'', Lilo keeps a picture of her dead parents under her pillow. She gets angry at Stitch when he touches it, and when [[spoiler:his fight with Jumba destroys her house and Stitch returns the scorched picture, Lilo rejects him and tells him to go away.]]

* Torque from ''TheSuffering'' carries one of the family he's on death row for murdering. Its condition serves as the KarmaMeter that determines whether he did it.
* ''TheTerminator'': The photograph of Sarah Connor that John Connor gave to Kyle Reese. The photo itself is shown being taken at the end of ''{{Terminator 2}}''.

* ''ThePretender'': The protagonist carries a photo of his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was abducted as a child.

* In ''BlackHawkDown'', a downed helicopter pilot is holed up while two Navy [=SEALs=] try to protect him. After the two men protecting him are killed, he pulls out a photo of his wife just before he is dragged away, trying and failing to hang onto the photo. [[spoiler: Though it isn't shown in the movie, he is later released and returns home to his wife.]]
* In ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Eddie has a desk full of old photos of him and his brother Teddy having fun together before Teddy was killed.

* NobleDemon [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] from ''{{Disgaea}}'' keeps a picture of his [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas dead mother hidden in his room]].

* On ''TimeTrax'' the avatar of Lambert's MagicComputer SELMA was based on the one photo he had of his mother.

* The photo on Shepard's desk in ''MassEffect2''. It is also revealed in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' that [[spoiler:Matriarch Aethyta has one of Liara]].

* Hughes from ''FullmetalAlchemist'' carries a photo of his daughter and wife 24/7. They aren't dead or far away, just at home, so they aren't personally there for him to point to and declare that they are the most beautiful wife and cute daughter in existence. Hence the photos.

* Robyn Starling from ''TomAndJerryTheMovie'' had one. Hers is a locket with a photo of her Indiana Jones-esque dad. Who turns out to be alive in the end.

* NobleDemon [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] from ''{{Disgaea}}'' keeps a picture of his [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas dead mother hidden in his rom]].

* ''ThePretender'': The protagonist carries a photo of his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was abducted as a child.

This is where a person carries a photo of a loved one who isn't with them around them at all times. This loved one can be somebody who is dead, far away for an extended period of time or the carrier may just be a StalkerWithACrush. If the person is dead, then this symbolizes the attatchment that the carrier still has. If they're far away, then this shows that the carrier is anticipating their return. If the carrier is a stalker then there are thousands more where that came from. Even still, if the photo is ruined, there are two possible outcomes.

If the person in the photo is dead and the story is set in Japanese culture, the photo will be all the more important as a channel for the deceased person's spirit to [[TalkingToTheDead stay in touch with those still living]].

* NobleDemon [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] from ''{{Disgaea}}'' keeps a picture of his [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas dead mother hidden in his rom]].

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* Hughes from FullMetalAlchemist carries a photo of his daughter and wife 24/7. They aren't dead or far away, just at home, so they aren't personally there for him to point to and declare that they are the most beautiful wife and cute daughter in existence. Hence the photos.

* {{Terminator}} - The photograph of Sarah Conner that John Conner gave to Kyle Reese; the photo itself is shown being taken at the end of {{Terminator 2}}.
* NobleDemon [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] from {{Disgaea}} keeps a picture of his [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas dead mother hidden in his rom]].

* {{Terminator}} - The photograph of Sarah Conner that John Conner gave to Kyle Reese; the photo itself is shown being taken at the end of {{Terminator 2}}.

* Torque from ''TheSuffering'' carries one of the family he's on death row for murdering. Its condition serves as the KarmaMeter that determines whether he did it.