History Main / PhotoMontage

* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'':

** [[Disney/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch Its sequel]] has a quick montage of instant film photos taken by Stitch of Lilo punching up [[AlphaBitch Mertle]], including a selfie of him smiling for the scene, all of which "Kumu" Moses shows to Nani afterwards.

* The credits of ''Disney/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'' uses a variation of this trope by having characters appear in paintings hanging on the castle walls.

* The credits of ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'' uses a variation of this trope by having characters appear in paintings hanging on the castle walls.

* JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E4TaskForceX: Clock King shows the Task Force X team some videos with the heroic exploits of Captain Atom, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter with [[ScareChord ominous music]]

* Used [[TearJerker Tear Jerkingly]] in ''Anime/CodeGeass'', as Lelouch [[LaserGuidedAmnesia removes]] Shirley's memories of him due to her being in both [[LoveHurts pain]] and [[YouKnowTooMuch danger]] from the knowledge they have. It doesn't help that all the while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Masquerade]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjwd5CYITs is playing]]. To some, this scene is worse than [[spoiler: Shirley's death]]

* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce 3'' also uses it on the credits. The first photo is particularly [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments endearing]].

* Both the opening and closing credits from ''Film/TheParentTrap'' features photographs; of the parent's first and second marriages, respectively.

* The Daily Bugle introductory video in ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan'' does this briefly to explain the company's early roots.

* The opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', the feature-length ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit'' movie, features the camera panning over a bunch of framed photos on the wall of the duo over the years.

* Used [[TearJerker Tear Jerkingly]] in ''Anime/CodeGeass'', as Lelouch [[LaserGuidedAmnesia removes]] Shirley's memories of him due to her being in both [[LoveHurts pain]] and [[YouKnowTooMuch danger]] from the knowledge they have. It doesn't help that all the while [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Masquerade]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjwd5CYITs is playing]]. To some, this scene is worse than [[spoiler: Shirley's death]]

* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce 3'' also uses it on the credits. The first photo is particularly [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming endearing]].

[[folder:Anime]]

[[folder:Film]]

* The opening credits of ''Film/{{Sahara 2005}}'' use a variant, with the camera zooming in on pictures, newspaper cuttings and the odd memento in Dirk Pitt's TrophyRoom. It's a sort of EstablishingCharacterMoment, and full of {{ShoutOut}}s to the Literature/NUMASeries.

* The end of ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' has a "pictures on the wall"-style Photo Montage, showing off what all the characters do after the end of the movie. There's several {{Shout Out}}s in the pictures, including to a famous Creator/NormanRockwell painting.
** [[Disney/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch Its sequel]] has a quick montage of instant film photos taken by Stitch of Lilo punching up [[AlphaBitch Mertle]], including a selfie of him smiling for the scene, all of which "Kumu" Moses shows to Nani afterwards.
* The opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', the feature-length ''Franchise/WallaceAndGromit'' movie, features the camera panning over a bunch of framed photos on the wall of the duo over the years.
* The ending of ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' is entirely in scrapbook format. [[spoiler:Said scrapbook has actually been a key plot point for most of the movie. The credits are presumably what gets put in it after the end.]]
* The credits of ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIIATwistInTime'' uses a variation of this trope by having characters appear in paintings hanging on the castle walls.
* The credit sequence for ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'' includes an epilogue montage of Oh and Tip and their friends and family. In one of the photos, Oh and Tip are reading a book with an illegible title but the distinctive cover design of ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday''.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' combines this with the regular ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' credits at the end.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'''s ending. The pictures vary depending on the player's KarmaMeter and what sidequests they completed.

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The TimeSkip that happens between the Sweden segment of the DistantPrologue (a few days into [[HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt the new calendar]]) and the Iceland segment (a few months in) is shown via a series of archive photos taken at various points between those two dates.

[[folder:Web Original]]
* The end of ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Movie]]'' has one of these with farcical Where Are They Now Epilogues for the main characters. By the way, Yami will return in "For Your Cards Only".

* Episode 7 of the {{Hellsing}} OVA has a sequence of photos of one of the characters who died during the episode, although some are also implied to be the character's memories.

* JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E4TaskForceX: Clock King shows the Task Force X team some videos with the heroic exploits of Captain Atom, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter with [[ScareChord ominious music]]

* ''AllMyChildren'' opens with photos of the cast members, always ending with Susan Lucci.

* ''MegaManStarForce 3'' also uses it on the credits. The first photo is particularly [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming endearing]].

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': the Strong Bad E-mail "montage" ends with one of these, after displaying several other types of montage.

* The opening credits of ''Film/{{Sahara}}'' use a variant, with the camera zooming in on pictures, newspaper cuttings and the odd memento in Dirk Pitt's TrophyRoom. It's a sort of EstablishingCharacterMoment, and full of {{ShoutOut}}s to the Literature/NUMASeries.

* In ''TigerAndBunny'', Kotetsu's daughter Kaede and late wife Tomoe are first introduced by way of a long string of framed photographs in his apartment.

* The ending sequence to ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' has an off-screen character flipping through a photo album. The photo album and the hand turning the page are live-action, but the photos in it are cartoons.

Examples

* Episode 7 of the {{Hellsing}} OVA has a sequence of photos of one of the characters who died during the episode, although some are also implied to be the character's memories
* Used [[TearJerker Tear Jerkingly]] in CodeGeass, as Lelouch [[LaserGuidedAmnesia removes]] Shirley's memories of him due to her being in both [[LoveHurts pain]] and [[YouKnowTooMuch danger]] from the knowledge they have. It doesn't help that all the while [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Masquerade]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjwd5CYITs is playing]]. To some, this scene is worse than [[spoiler: Shirley's death]]

** Another photo montage appears in the second opening theme, where Kaede [[note]] (her identity has been officially confirmed)[[/note]] flips through the pictures on Kotetsu's [=iPhone=]; this includes shots of all the heroes, Kaede, Tomoe and Agnes. When she comes across a picture of Barnaby, someone else (most likely Kotetsu) takes the phone away from her.

* Both the opening and closing credits from ''TheParentTrap'' features photographs; of the parent's first and second marriages, respectively.

* ''Film/RaiseTheTitanic'' opens with a montage of black and white photographs of the Titanic.

* The end of ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' has a "pictures on the wall"-style Photo Montage, showing off what all the characters do after the end of the movie. There's several {{Shout Out}}s in the pictures, including to a famous NormanRockwell painting.
* The opening of ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', the feature-length Franchise/WallaceAndGromit movie, features the camera panning over a bunch of framed photos on the wall of the duo over the years.
* The ending of ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' is entirely in scrapbook format. [[spoiler: Said scrapbook has actually been a key plot point for most of the movie. The credits are presumably what gets put in it after the end.]]

* The opening credits of the 1990s Britcom ''AsTimeGoesBy'' features background video footage of various goings-on in Britain and the U.S. from the 1950s to the 1990s (earlier seasons ended with footage of John Major as PM while latter seasons ended with footage of Tony Blair as PM) while, in the foreground, two individual photo frames featuring photos of a young Jean (from the '50s) and a young Lionel (also from the '50s) change to show how they aged throughout the years.

* TheSimpsons episode "Holidays of Future Passed" shows 30 years worth of future Christmas card photos.

May overlap with normal Montages.

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' opened with a montage of pictures (paintings and photographs) depicting the title bar from decades earlier.

* ''Very Nice, Very Nice'', the Arthur Lipsett film is this trope, to the point of NightmareFuel. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY7B2-Wqj6g]]

also, see plain old Main/Montages.

also, see plain old http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Montages.

also, see plain old Montages.

also, see plain old Main/Montages.