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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': In the pilot episode, "[[Recap/HazbinHotelS1E0ThatsEntertainment That's Entertainment]]", when [[KentBrockmanNews 666 News]] discusses the turf war between Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious, the photo of the latter is of him attempting to act like a [[TotallyRadical cool teenager]] in a reference to the [[Series/ThirtyRock "How do you do, fellow kids?"]] meme. Later when Angel Dust joins in, his file photo is just the censored cover of one of his pornos.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]": After his death at the hands of Homer (possessed by Snake), [[RuleofThree Channel 6]] shows a photo of Moe Syzlak caught hitching up his pants while coming out of an outhouse.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]": After In "Hell Toupée", after his death at the hands of Homer (possessed by Snake), [[RuleofThree Channel 6]] 6 shows a photo of Moe Syzlak caught hitching up his pants while coming out of an outhouse.
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** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E18AnyGivenSundance Any Given Sundance]]", Principal Skinner pulls out a file labeled "Simpson" and brings up a newspaper clipping of Homer fighting a giant octopus with the headline, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy "Aquarium to stop serving beer"]] as Skinner comments on how he's a local character of note.
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** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E18AnyGivenSundance Any Given Sundance]]", Principal Skinner pulls out a file labeled "Simpson" and brings up a newspaper clipping of Homer fighting a giant octopus with the headline, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy "Aquarium to stop serving beer"]] as Skinner comments on how he's a local character of note.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': Per [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "Bojack Hates The Troops"]], Bojack's file photo mishap is him sneezing on Marisa Tomei. This becomes a RunningGag where the default photo used in news stories and other files on [=BoJack=] is "the sneezing picture."
* Jay Sherman of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' is no stranger to this trope. One of his most embarrassing "file photos" is of him in just his undergarments with his foot stuck in a toilet and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his eyes having the "red eye" effect.]]
* Jay Sherman of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' is no stranger to this trope. One of his most embarrassing "file photos" is of him in just his undergarments with his foot stuck in a toilet and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his eyes having the "red eye" effect.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'':
** Per [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "Bojack Hates The Troops"]],Bojack's [=BoJack=]'s file photo mishap is him sneezing on Marisa Tomei. This becomes a RunningGag where the default photo used in news stories and other files on [=BoJack=] is "the sneezing picture."
* Jay Sherman ** To complement [=BoJack=]'s sneezing picture, the news uses a photo of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' is no stranger to this trope. Diane eating a messy sandwich when discussing her controversial crusade in "Hank After Dark."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': One ofhis Jay Sherman's most embarrassing "file photos" is of him in just his undergarments with his foot stuck in a toilet and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his eyes having the "red eye" effect.]]
** Per [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "Bojack Hates The Troops"]],
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* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': Per [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "Bojack Hates The Troops"]], Bojack's file photo mishap is him sneezing on Marissa Tomei.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': Per [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "Bojack Hates The Troops"]], Bojack's file photo mishap is him sneezing on Marissa Marisa Tomei. This becomes a RunningGag where the default photo used in news stories and other files on [=BoJack=] is "the sneezing picture."
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]": After his death at the hands of Snake!Homer, [[RuleofThree Channel 6]] shows a photo of Moe Syzlak caught hitching up his pants while coming out of an outhouse.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]": After his death at the hands of Snake!Homer, Homer (possessed by Snake), [[RuleofThree Channel 6]] shows a photo of Moe Syzlak caught hitching up his pants while coming out of an outhouse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'': The file photo for Candace is of her getting pinched by a crab on the beach.
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** Downplayed with Doofenshmirtz's file photo, which is simply him happily smiling on a beach (or at least a beach background) but is hilariously used when referring to him as an evil doctor.
** A more played straight example is his photo for the planned Doofenshmirtz Bandages, which depicts him looking very sickly.
** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'': The file photo for Candace is of her getting pinched by a crab on the beach.
** Downplayed with Doofenshmirtz's file photo, which is simply him happily smiling on a beach (or at least a beach background) but is hilariously used when referring to him as an evil doctor.
** A more played straight example is his photo for the planned Doofenshmirtz Bandages, which depicts him looking very sickly.
** ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'': The file photo for Candace is of her getting pinched by a crab on the beach.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]": Channel 6 again shows Homer in Red Square, dressed to the nines in a ushanka and fur coat doing ThatRussianSquatDance with a bottle of vodka in one hand. Especially bad considering [[NotHelpingYourCase he's accidentally steered a nuclear submarine into Russian territory]].
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]": Channel 6 again shows Homer in Red Square, dressed to the nines in a an ushanka and fur coat doing ThatRussianSquatDance with a bottle of vodka in one hand. Especially bad considering [[NotHelpingYourCase he's accidentally steered a nuclear submarine into Russian territory]].
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E22MargeAndHomerTurnACouplePlay Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]": Yet another Channel 6 appearance, with a distressed Marge holding a drunken, drooling, beer-hat wearing Homer in the famous position of [[PietaPlagiarism Michaelangelo's La Pieta]].
** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E18AnyGivenSundance Any Given Sundance]]", Principal Skinner pulls out a file labeled "Simpson" and brings up a newspaper clipping of Homer fighting a giant octopus with the headline, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy "Aquarium to stop serving beer"]] as Skinner comments on how he's a local character of note.
** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E18AnyGivenSundance Any Given Sundance]]", Principal Skinner pulls out a file labeled "Simpson" and brings up a newspaper clipping of Homer fighting a giant octopus with the headline, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy "Aquarium to stop serving beer"]] as Skinner comments on how he's a local character of note.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E22MargeAndHomerTurnACouplePlay Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]": Yet another Channel 6 appearance, with a distressed Marge holding a drunken, drooling, beer-hat wearing beer-hat-wearing Homer in the famous position of [[PietaPlagiarism Michaelangelo's La Pieta]].
** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E18AnyGivenSundance Any Given Sundance]]", Principal Skinner pulls out a file labeled "Simpson" and brings up a newspaper clipping of Homer fighting a giant octopus with the headline, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy "Aquarium to stop serving beer"]] as Skinner comments on how he's a local character ofnote.note.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Starting from "[[Recap/Ben10UltimateAlienS1E01Fame Fame]]" and then turning into a RunningGag, whatever [[KentBrockmanNews Will Harangue]] tries to slander Ben Tennyson with his news, he is using a Ben's blurred profile photo. Double points for Ben having a stupid face like someone just hit him (which what probably happened when this photo was taken).
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Starting from "[[Recap/Ben10UltimateAlienS1E01Fame Fame]]" and then turning into a RunningGag, RunningGag: whatever [[KentBrockmanNews Will Harangue]] tries to slander Ben Tennyson Tennyson, with his news, he is using a uses Ben's blurred profile photo. Double points for Ben having a stupid face like someone just hit him (which what probably happened when this photo was taken).him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E3TheBalladOfDukeBaloney The Ballad of Duke Baloney]]" shows a news report about Glomgold's disappearance with a photo of him stuffing his mouth with shrimp during a charity auction.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E3TheBalladOfDukeBaloney The Ballad of Duke Baloney]]" shows a news report about Glomgold's disappearance with a photo of him stuffing his mouth with shrimp during a charity auction.
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->''"I told him that photo would come back to haunt him."''
-->-- '''Lisa Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
File photos are used by news organizations to represent the subject of a broadcast story. They're usually selected from a photo library, which means they aren't recent, which in some cases means they can show off a side of somebody that hasn't been seen for a long time.
If you're the writer, this is a prime opportunity for [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]], usually in the form of a one-off gag about just how big a [[IWasQuiteALooker looker]] or [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim fashion victim]] the person in question was. If you're more sadistic, it can also be a prime opportunity to humiliate the local ButtMonkey a little more by showing an embarrassing incident they were a victim of.
This may not exclusively be a news media trope. File photos may appear in any archiving field, and are used for any information needs.
Similar to the UnflatteringIDPhoto and EmbarrassingOldPhoto, but from a more public angle.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'': During the Red Ribbon Army's briefing, a file photo of Vegeta is seen wearing his infamous pink shirt.
[[AC: Film: Live-Action]]
* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': In the TV news report about Spider-Man stopping the ATM robbery, they show a file photo of "the Spider-Man" which is a shot of him emerging from a porta potty with toilet paper stuck to his boot.
* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': A broadcast uses a photo of Happy Hogan from the [=90s=] when he had a [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim horrible mullet]]. He visibly cringes at the picture when he sees it.
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* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'': Discussed when Dan gets arrested for beating up Jackie's abusive boyfriend. Darlene says that the news called for a picture of Dan to run with the story, and snarks "Should I send the one of you dressed as Baby New Year or do you want them to just use your mugshot?"
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* ''VideoGame/NotForBroadcast'': One of Day 8's headlines announces Sophia Rymmington's appointment as CEO of Rymmington-Svist. Alex has the choice of picking two file photos - a formal graduation photo, or an informal photo of her playing billiards at a party. Picking either will show Sophia as an innovative, cut-throat CEO or a HardDrinkingPartyGirl with outlandish inventions respectively.
* The levels of ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' are introduced with newspapers whose headlines set up the story for that level. One has the player character continuing Marge's investigation which is criticized by the paper. Marge's picture shows her giving birth.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Starting from "[[Recap/Ben10UltimateAlienS1E01Fame Fame]]" and then turning into a RunningGag, whatever [[KentBrockmanNews Will Harangue]] tries to slander Ben Tennyson with his news, he is using a Ben's blurred profile photo. Double points for Ben having a stupid face like someone just hit him (which what probably happened when this photo was taken).
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': Per [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "Bojack Hates The Troops"]], Bojack's file photo mishap is him sneezing on Marissa Tomei.
* Jay Sherman of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' is no stranger to this trope. One of his most embarrassing "file photos" is of him in just his undergarments with his foot stuck in a toilet and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his eyes having the "red eye" effect.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E3TheBalladOfDukeBaloney The Ballad of Duke Baloney]]" shows a news report about Glomgold's disappearance with a photo of him stuffing his mouth with shrimp during a charity auction.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E20GideonRises Gideon Rises]]", Grunkle Stan's file photo at the local news station is him dressed in a BigRedDevil costume surrounded by flames. He protests that the photo was "taken out of context".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'' episode "It's a Mad Mad Mad Rat Race," the news broadcasts a story about the town-wide race to get Lippy and Hardy's treasure. The file photo is of them making out.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'': The file photo for Candace is of her getting pinched by a crab on the beach.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E15SanctuaryWhatsEatingPatrick What's Eating Patrick?]]", a file photo of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick shows [=SpongeBob=] sitting in a chair while Patrick is wearing a chair around his neck.
* A perennial joke on LongRunner ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. To wit:
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E5HomerDefined Homer Defined]]", when Smithers pulls up an old file photo of Homer on hand at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in which he still has hair.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge Vs. The Monorail]]": A photograph of Homer [[MouthFullOfSmokes with his mouth stuffed with dozens of cigarettes]] somehow became his file photo at the local news station.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E1WhoShotMrBurnsPartTwo Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part Two]]", the file photo the police have of Homer shows him with a black eye, a bandage on his head, and wearing a "Haig in '88" t-shirt.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]": Channel 6 News uses a file photo of Homer that shows him with his tongue stuck to a lamppost.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]": Channel 6 again shows Homer in Red Square, dressed to the nines in a ushanka and fur coat doing ThatRussianSquatDance with a bottle of vodka in one hand. Especially bad considering [[NotHelpingYourCase he's accidentally steered a nuclear submarine into Russian territory]].
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]": After his death at the hands of Snake!Homer, [[RuleofThree Channel 6]] shows a photo of Moe Syzlak caught hitching up his pants while coming out of an outhouse.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E2ATaleOfTwoSpringfields A Tale of Two Springfields]]", the "file photo" of Homer and his friends sitting on a stoop spoofs Music/TheWho's album cover of ''Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E6TheGreatLouseDetective The Great Louse Detective]]", it shows a picture of Homer angrily shaking his fist at a Gorilla in his cage at a zoo, who has somehow gotten a hold of Homer's pants.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E22MargeAndHomerTurnACouplePlay Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]": Yet another Channel 6 appearance, with a distressed Marge holding a drunken, drooling, beer-hat wearing Homer in the famous position of [[PietaPlagiarism Michaelangelo's La Pieta]].
** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E18AnyGivenSundance Any Given Sundance]]", Principal Skinner pulls out a file labeled "Simpson" and brings up a newspaper clipping of Homer fighting a giant octopus with the headline, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy "Aquarium to stop serving beer"]] as Skinner comments on how he's a local character of note.
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->''"I told him that photo would come back to haunt him."''
-->-- '''Lisa Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
File photos are used by news organizations to represent the subject of a broadcast story. They're usually selected from a photo library, which means they aren't recent, which in some cases means they can show off a side of somebody that hasn't been seen for a long time.
If you're the writer, this is a prime opportunity for [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]], usually in the form of a one-off gag about just how big a [[IWasQuiteALooker looker]] or [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim fashion victim]] the person in question was. If you're more sadistic, it can also be a prime opportunity to humiliate the local ButtMonkey a little more by showing an embarrassing incident they were a victim of.
This may not exclusively be a news media trope. File photos may appear in any archiving field, and are used for any information needs.
Similar to the UnflatteringIDPhoto and EmbarrassingOldPhoto, but from a more public angle.
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!!Examples:
[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'': During the Red Ribbon Army's briefing, a file photo of Vegeta is seen wearing his infamous pink shirt.
[[AC: Film: Live-Action]]
* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': In the TV news report about Spider-Man stopping the ATM robbery, they show a file photo of "the Spider-Man" which is a shot of him emerging from a porta potty with toilet paper stuck to his boot.
* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': A broadcast uses a photo of Happy Hogan from the [=90s=] when he had a [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim horrible mullet]]. He visibly cringes at the picture when he sees it.
[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'': Discussed when Dan gets arrested for beating up Jackie's abusive boyfriend. Darlene says that the news called for a picture of Dan to run with the story, and snarks "Should I send the one of you dressed as Baby New Year or do you want them to just use your mugshot?"
[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/NotForBroadcast'': One of Day 8's headlines announces Sophia Rymmington's appointment as CEO of Rymmington-Svist. Alex has the choice of picking two file photos - a formal graduation photo, or an informal photo of her playing billiards at a party. Picking either will show Sophia as an innovative, cut-throat CEO or a HardDrinkingPartyGirl with outlandish inventions respectively.
* The levels of ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun'' are introduced with newspapers whose headlines set up the story for that level. One has the player character continuing Marge's investigation which is criticized by the paper. Marge's picture shows her giving birth.
[[AC: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Starting from "[[Recap/Ben10UltimateAlienS1E01Fame Fame]]" and then turning into a RunningGag, whatever [[KentBrockmanNews Will Harangue]] tries to slander Ben Tennyson with his news, he is using a Ben's blurred profile photo. Double points for Ben having a stupid face like someone just hit him (which what probably happened when this photo was taken).
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': Per [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E02BojackHatesTheTroops "Bojack Hates The Troops"]], Bojack's file photo mishap is him sneezing on Marissa Tomei.
* Jay Sherman of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' is no stranger to this trope. One of his most embarrassing "file photos" is of him in just his undergarments with his foot stuck in a toilet and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking his eyes having the "red eye" effect.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E3TheBalladOfDukeBaloney The Ballad of Duke Baloney]]" shows a news report about Glomgold's disappearance with a photo of him stuffing his mouth with shrimp during a charity auction.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E20GideonRises Gideon Rises]]", Grunkle Stan's file photo at the local news station is him dressed in a BigRedDevil costume surrounded by flames. He protests that the photo was "taken out of context".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'' episode "It's a Mad Mad Mad Rat Race," the news broadcasts a story about the town-wide race to get Lippy and Hardy's treasure. The file photo is of them making out.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'': The file photo for Candace is of her getting pinched by a crab on the beach.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E15SanctuaryWhatsEatingPatrick What's Eating Patrick?]]", a file photo of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick shows [=SpongeBob=] sitting in a chair while Patrick is wearing a chair around his neck.
* A perennial joke on LongRunner ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. To wit:
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E5HomerDefined Homer Defined]]", when Smithers pulls up an old file photo of Homer on hand at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in which he still has hair.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge Vs. The Monorail]]": A photograph of Homer [[MouthFullOfSmokes with his mouth stuffed with dozens of cigarettes]] somehow became his file photo at the local news station.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E1WhoShotMrBurnsPartTwo Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part Two]]", the file photo the police have of Homer shows him with a black eye, a bandage on his head, and wearing a "Haig in '88" t-shirt.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]": Channel 6 News uses a file photo of Homer that shows him with his tongue stuck to a lamppost.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E19SimpsonTide Simpson Tide]]": Channel 6 again shows Homer in Red Square, dressed to the nines in a ushanka and fur coat doing ThatRussianSquatDance with a bottle of vodka in one hand. Especially bad considering [[NotHelpingYourCase he's accidentally steered a nuclear submarine into Russian territory]].
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse of Horror IX]]": After his death at the hands of Snake!Homer, [[RuleofThree Channel 6]] shows a photo of Moe Syzlak caught hitching up his pants while coming out of an outhouse.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E2ATaleOfTwoSpringfields A Tale of Two Springfields]]", the "file photo" of Homer and his friends sitting on a stoop spoofs Music/TheWho's album cover of ''Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy''.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E6TheGreatLouseDetective The Great Louse Detective]]", it shows a picture of Homer angrily shaking his fist at a Gorilla in his cage at a zoo, who has somehow gotten a hold of Homer's pants.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E22MargeAndHomerTurnACouplePlay Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play]]": Yet another Channel 6 appearance, with a distressed Marge holding a drunken, drooling, beer-hat wearing Homer in the famous position of [[PietaPlagiarism Michaelangelo's La Pieta]].
** In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E18AnyGivenSundance Any Given Sundance]]", Principal Skinner pulls out a file labeled "Simpson" and brings up a newspaper clipping of Homer fighting a giant octopus with the headline, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy "Aquarium to stop serving beer"]] as Skinner comments on how he's a local character of note.
