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* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Not so much a particular photo, but Kaguya cherished all the pictures she had on her cell phone due to them representing the fact that she actually had things that she wanted to remember. She took it pretty hard when the phone was destroyed due to it being an old model that stored everything on it's internal memory, and didn't recover until the rest of the Student Council uploaded similar photos to a shared album after she got a smartphone.

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* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Not so much a particular photo, but Kaguya cherished all the pictures she had on her cell phone due to them representing the fact that she actually had things that she wanted to remember. She took it pretty hard when the phone was destroyed due to it being an old model that stored everything on it's its internal memory, and didn't recover until the rest of the Student Council uploaded similar photos to a shared album after she got a smartphone.
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* In ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', Jacket keeps a picture with him at all times. The picture's contents is reveled in its sequel.

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* In ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'', Jacket keeps a picture with him at all times. times, but [[spoiler:he discards it]] in the game's finale. The picture's contents is are reveled in its sequel.sequel to be [[spoiler:Jacket himself and another soldier who would later save Jacket's life, and plays critical role in Jacket's headspace.]]
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': Big Bird has a precious ''drawing'' of the late Mr. Hooper. He drew it as a present for him, but never go to give it to him, so instead he keeps it by his nest. In one episode, art collector Leo Birdelli offered to buy it, but Big Bird refused because he couldn't bear to say goodby to Mr. Hooper again.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': In "Patti's Dad Dilemma," Patti has a photo in her room of herself and her parents from when her [[MissingMom mom]] was alive and her dad could still walk.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "The Bad Batch"]], Captain Rex takes the time to look at an old group photo of himself, Commander Cody, and [[spoiler:the late ARC trooper Fives and Echo]] before heading out on a mission. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, it turns out that Echo is NotQuiteDead…]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "The Bad Batch"]], Captain Rex takes the time to look at an old group photo of himself, Commander Cody, and [[spoiler:the late ARC trooper troopers Fives and Echo]] before heading out on a mission. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, it turns out that Echo is NotQuiteDead…]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "The Bad Batch"]], Captain Rex takes the time to look at an old group photo of himself, Commander Cody, and the late ARC trooper Fives and Echo before heading out on a mission. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, it turns out that Echo is NotQuiteDead…]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "The Bad Batch"]], Captain Rex takes the time to look at an old group photo of himself, Commander Cody, and the [[spoiler:the late ARC trooper Fives and Echo Echo]] before heading out on a mission. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, it turns out that Echo is NotQuiteDead…]]

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* 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.]]

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* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', ''WesternAnimation/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.]]



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* On ''Series/TimeTrax'' the avatar of Lambert's MagicalComputer SELMA was based on the one photo he had of his mother.
* ''Series/ThePretender'': The protagonist carries a photo of his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was abducted as a child.

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* On ''Series/TimeTrax'' the avatar of Lambert's MagicalComputer SELMA was based on the one photo he had of his mother.
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* ''Series/ThePretender'': The protagonist carries a photo of his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was abducted as a child.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch "The Bad Batch"]], Captain Rex takes the time to look at an old group photo of himself, Commander Cody, and the late ARC trooper Fives and Echo before heading out on a mission. [[spoiler:By the end of the episode, it turns out that Echo is NotQuiteDead…]]



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* Jinx keeps a photo of her deceased mother in ''Fanfic/ChangingLuck''.
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* ''Fanfic/UniverseFalls'': Dipper is shown to keep some photos of himself and Lapis Lazuli from their adventure in "Dipper & Lapis", as a memento after [[TheStationsOfTheCanon she traps herself and Jasper at the bottom of Lake Gravity Falls as Malachite]]. In "Sock Opera", after Bill Cipher hijacks Dipper's body, Bill tears up the photos just to rub salt in the wounds.
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* ''Fanfic/LinkedInLifeAndLove'': Yang has a single photo of her mother Raven (her father got rid of them all but missed one), which is of Raven happily holding Yang as a baby. Yang's half-sister Ruby uses this as proof that Raven clearly cared for Yang, and [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou must have had a good reason for leaving]]. Later, Raven shows Yang a different picture: [[spoiler:Summer holding Yang while Raven happily holds a baby Ruby. [[HomosexualReproduction Turns out Ruby is the daughter of Raven and Summer]]]].
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Not to be confused with FatalFamilyPhoto, though it can overlap.

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overlap. If the Precious Photo tells us something about the character's family, then it's a FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization.
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* At the end of ''Film/PlanB'', [[spoiler:Pablo makes a non-verbal love confession to Bruno by showing him that he secretly took a photo of Bruno and kept it in his wallet]].
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* In the 2004 version of the ''Manga/Area88'' anime, a flashback shows that Mickey kept two photos taped to his cockpit console in Vietnam: one of his girlfriend Tracy, and the other of himself and his parents when he was a little boy. His fellow Navy pilot Patrick Reed kept a photo of his midwestern home taped in his cockpit.

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-->'''Kaguya:''' [[LampshadeHanging What am I doing, crying over a couple of photographs]]?

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* In the video for "Music/HoldingOutForAHero" by Bonnie Tyler, the photo that Bonnie takes from the nightstand in her bedroom is that of a white-clad hero cowboy, indicating that she is anticipating his return from far away.
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* Roman has two photos in ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'' that he'd kill to protect: one of him holding a newborn Neo and another [[spoiler:of him and the rest of team REDD before he was expelled from Beacon.

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* Roman has two photos in ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'' that he'd kill to protect: one of him holding a newborn Neo and another [[spoiler:of him and the rest of team REDD before he was expelled from Beacon.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': [[spoiler: Donald keeps a single photo of his sister Della, which shows her shoving his face into a birthday cake.]]

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* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': Not so much a particular photo, but Kaguya cherished all the pictures she had on her cell phone due to them representing the fact that she actually had things that she wanted to remember. She took it pretty hard when the phone was destroyed due to it being an old model that stored everything on it's internal memory, and didn't recover until the rest of the Student Council uploaded similar photos to a shared album after she got a smartphone.

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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. It may also be an OrphansPlotTrinket, usually when kept in a locket. Even still, if the photo is ruined, there are two possible outcomes:

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->''"I don't see the big picture. I have a little picture. I take it out and look at it... every day."''
-->-- '''Pietro Maximoff''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

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 attachment 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. It may also be an OrphansPlotTrinket, usually when kept in a locket. Even still, if the photo is ruined, there are two possible outcomes:
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* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' has a fairly heartwarming example, though the identity of the person is a major spoiler. [[spoiler:During the epilogue it's revealed that the talisman that Maya's recently deceased MissingMom was supposed to wear at all times contained a photo of Maya and Mia when they were children.]]
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* ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'': In "Snake-Eyes: The Origin", Snake-Eyes carried a photo of his twin sister during his tour in Vietnam. He kept it on his boonie hat as a good-luck charm, but after his patrol unit was ambushed and he was wounded, the photo was clipped by a bullet. Snake-Eyes was subsequently sent home, but his sister, along with their parents, were killed while on the way to the airport to greet him by a drunk driver.

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* Logan is shown to carry a photo of Jean Grey in ''Film/TheWolverine.'' However, considering his MadLove for her and the FridgeLogic that he most likely stole the photo from [[OfficialCouple Scott and Jean's]] possessions after [[spoiler:their deaths]] in the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand,'' it comes across as quite creepy, especially as he barely knew her.[[note]] They spent about five days in each other�s company across the whole of the original trilogy. [[/note]]

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* Logan is shown to carry a photo of Jean Grey in ''Film/TheWolverine.'' However, considering his MadLove for her and the FridgeLogic that he most likely stole the photo from [[OfficialCouple Scott and Jean's]] possessions after [[spoiler:their deaths]] in the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand,'' it comes across as quite creepy, especially as he barely knew her.[[note]] They spent about five days in each other�s other's company across the whole of the original trilogy. [[/note]]

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* Logan is shown to carry a photo of Jean Grey in ''Film/TheWolverine.'' However, considering his MadLove for her and the FridgeLogic that he most likely stole the photo from [[OfficialCouple Scott and Jean's]] possessions after [[spoiler:their deaths]] in the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand,'' it comes across as quite creepy, especially as he barely knew her.[[note]] They spent about five days in each other’s company across the whole of the original trilogy. [[/note]]

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* Juror #3 in ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'' tears up his photo of himself with a young man (assumed to be his son, who has either left home after a fight or died) in a fit of rage, and quickly regrets it.
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* In ''VideoGame/Hotline Miami'', Jacket keeps a picture with him at all times. The picture's contents is reveled in its sequel.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': [[spoiler: Donald keeps a single photo of his sister Della, which shows her shoving his face into a birthday cake.]]
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* Blankie on ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' keeps a picture of the Master which he hugs for comfort.

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* Blankie on in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' keeps a picture of the Master which he hugs for comfort.



* 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.

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



* Logan is shown to carry a photo of Jean Grey in ''Film/TheWolverine.'' However, considering his MadLove for her and the FridgeLogic that he most likely stole the photo from [[OfficialCouple Scott and Jean's]] possessions after [[spoiler:their deaths]] in the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand,'' it comes across as quite creepy. Especially as he barely knew her.[[note]] They spent about five days in each other’s company across the whole of the original trilogy. [[/note]]

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* Logan is shown to carry a photo of Jean Grey in ''Film/TheWolverine.'' However, considering his MadLove for her and the FridgeLogic that he most likely stole the photo from [[OfficialCouple Scott and Jean's]] possessions after [[spoiler:their deaths]] in the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand,'' it comes across as quite creepy. Especially creepy, especially as he barely knew her.[[note]] They spent about five days in each other’s company across the whole of the original trilogy. [[/note]]




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* It's only mentioned in party banter with Cole, but in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Cassandra has a locket which belonged to her grandmother, and inside is a portrait of her deceased brother Anthony, whom she idolized.



* ''WesternAnimation/BooBoomTheLongWayHome'': One of the only 2 items Boo-Boom has left after being seperated from his parents, is a family photograph. He can get very angry or upset if someone takes it from him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BooBoomTheLongWayHome'': One of the only 2 items Boo-Boom has left after being seperated separated from his parents, parents is a family photograph. He can get very angry or upset if someone takes it from him.



* Prince Louis of Battenberg (later known as Lord Louis Mountbatten) met his first cousin, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna "Marie" of Russia, when he was a teenager and was instantly and undeniably smitten with her from that point on, even decades after she was murdered with the rest of her family. He kept a photo of her on the mantelpiece of his bedroom until the end of his life.

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* Prince Louis of Battenberg (later known as Lord Louis Mountbatten) met his first cousin, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna "Marie" ("Marie") of Russia, when he was a teenager and was instantly and undeniably smitten with her from that point on, even decades after she was murdered with the rest of her family. He kept a photo of her on the mantelpiece of his bedroom until the end of his life.
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* 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]].

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* The ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' There is a photo of your love interest from the previous game on Shepard's desk in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.desk. If you remain faithful to him/her, Shpeard will pick it up and stare at it right before launching the SuicideMission. If you get a new Love Interest, the photo is turned face down. It is also revealed in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' that [[spoiler:Matriarch Aethyta has one of Liara]].

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