History Main / WeWillNotUsePhotoshopInTheFuture

* ''MangaNegimaMagisterNegiMagi'':

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

* The prelude to Marvel's "ComicBook/SecretWar" featured Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} agents interrogating Killer Shrike about a robbery they have him on tape committing. This is accepted as infallible evidence despite the fact that the Franchise/MarvelUniverse is filled to the brim with shapeshifters, mind-altering psychics, and technological masterminds; if the Fixer can edit Godzilla into Bogart's role in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', he can frame Killer Shrike with his eyes closed.
* In the "Half a Life" arc of ''Comicbook/GothamCentral'', Two-Face [[ComingOutStory outs]] Renee Montoya by sending pictures of her and her girlfriend to her parents and the GCPD. Her brother, who already knew, convinces their parents that the pictures were faked using computers. They accept his story, although it is clear that they believe him because they so desperately ''want'' to believe him.

* In ''FanFic/TheCommission'': Teams JNPR and CFVY's investigation of the White Fang has Pyrrha look to Weiss for help, after which Winter appears and tries to turn the girl against her sister with pictures that show that Weiss hasn't really improved faunus working conditions in Schnee Dust despite that having been the platform for her takeover. This shakes her until she shows the picture to Velvet on a hunch, who confirms that the picture is real but time stamp is wrong.

* In ''Film/{{District 9}}'', the MegaCorp starts a manhunt for the protagonist by releasing a pixellated image of him supposedly having sex with an alien. They didn't even really bother with Photoshop, since the exact same scene (sans pixelation) appears in Wikus's own documentary film at the beginning, being obviously of the alien ''attacking him.'' It's blatant enough to be seen as BlackComedy.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''

* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series, quite a lot of evidence comes from photographs and video recordings which were conveniently taken by passerbys/witnesses/the police/whoever. Even if the person who provided the evidence has reason to be against the defendant though, the authenticity of such evidence is never called into question. Even when Franziska provides a photograph that supposedly shows Maya Fey shapeshifting into her dead sister (which is real, but no one seems to notice), everyone takes it completely seriously and as a plausible explanation [[spoiler:for Maya's murder charge - that she committed the crime while possessed by a vengeful ghost.]] This becomes even more ridiculous in ''{{VisualNovel/Apollo Justice|Ace Attorney}}'' and ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', when one of the things contributing to the Dark Age of the Law is evidence forgery and yet no one considers tampering with photos or videos to be a possibility. The possibility of altering a timestamp on a security photo is brought up in one case, but is quickly ruled out.

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* In the ''Anime/MaiHiME'' and ''Manga/HellGirl'' crossover ''Fanfic/TheGrinningSnake'', [[OriginalCharacter Konoka]] manages to find a surveillance recording of Shizuru's attack on the First District headquarters, during which Konoka's father was killed. She shows it to the police, but they're convinced it isn't real after seeing Shizuru's Child, a combination between a squid and a multi-headed snake. Konoka is thus left with no other choice than to confront Shizuru and demand that she turn herself in, or use Ai's contract to send Shizuru to hell.

* The Shadow Academy arc from ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' reveals that the supposedly BackFromTheDead Emperor Palapatine [[spoiler: was a combination of props and old holorecordings]]. Of course the reason people would him buy him coming BackFromDead at all would probably be because he did it for real in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''

In reality, it's very difficult to fake these things digitally or otherwise. Not a year goes by without some [[https://youtu.be/up5jmbSjWkw fake UFO video]] appearing and subsequently being torn to pieces by [[https://youtu.be/lLRbTtd8IKM over analyzers]]. Any competent effects artist or Photoshop user will tell the difference quite easily.

* Averted in ''Anime/StarshipOperators''. Advertisements featuring computer-generated but photorealistic models of Amaterasu's crew members are aired on the Galaxy Network, and the ending features [[spoiler:a fake newscast, with the reporter's voice fabricated.]]

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/FrontMission 3'', which takes place in 2112. The explosion that happened in Yokosuka base in the beginning of the game was released to the media as a gas explosion, complete with videos. The media suspects that it's forged. It is. There's also the hilarious scene where an old soldier you run into sends you a picture of himself kicking a [[HumongousMecha Wanzer]] in half. Surprisingly, some of the boys don't recognize it for the obvious edit that it is.

* In ''Literature/MostlyHarmless'', Tricia [=McMillian=] is filming an interview with an alien aboard his spaceship (on the way to Pluto) and occasionally moves the camera to show the window with the stars whizzing past, noting that the effect is impressive and would have taken all of five minutes to fake at home.

** The protagonist notes that teenage FashionModel Junko Enoshima looks different than she does on her cover photos, which she explains is because they are all Photoshopped. [[spoiler:The ''real'' reason is that "Junko" is actually her fraternal twin sister Mukuro Ikusaba]].]]

* In ''FanFic/TheCommission'': Teams JNPR and CFVY's investigation of the White Fang has Pyrrha look to Weiss for help, after which Winter appears and tries to turn the girl against her sister with pictures that show that Weiss hasn't really improved faunus working conditions in Schnee Dust despite that having been the platform for her takeover. This shakes her until she shows the picture to Velvet on a hunch, who confirms that the picture is real but that the subject of that particular one died before Weiss' reforms.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'': To make Twilight Sparkle look bad, the villains took a picture of her when she was playing soccer, ''cut her out of the picture'' and glued her into another picture to make it look like she was destroying the decorations in the cafeteria.

** The episode "The Illusion of Truth" is based around an Earth Alliance propaganda operative acquiring interviews and other video footage to create a fake news story. There was no need to fake actual footage, but a lot of responses were moved around and taken out of context to sound incriminating.

* ''ComicBook/XWingSeries''

[[caption-width-right:350:An [[BlatantLies in-depth Vox News investigation]] reveals that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Ratchet skipped leg day.]][[note]]Btw, this takes place in the future of 5357.[[/note]]]]

!!Since the trope is so prevalent, only exceptions or particularly egregious examples are worth mentioning:

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-->'''CG Sinon:''' (referring to exercise machine) ''"I use it every day!"''
-->'''Real Sinon:''' ''"I DO NOT USE IT EVERY DAY!"''

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-->'''Officer''': "Man, that was some impressive CG. If I hadn't known any better, I'd swear it was real!"

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* ''Film/MinorityReport'' plays it straight at first when the protagonist finds a photo apparently of [[spoiler:his abducted son and his kidnapper]] and does not stop to question its veracity, despite the fact that 100% accurate virtual reality was depicted as being available in shopping malls in only the previous scene; averted when [[spoiler:it transpires the photo WAS faked and it was a setup to drive him to murder.]]
** Somewhat justified considering [[spoiler: his obsession with his lost son, and the fact that his only relation to the man was that he knew he would kill him more than likely made him not question the authenticity of the photo.]]

--> "That won't convince anyone."
--> "We don't need to convince them, just ''confuse'' them long enough for that ship to reach Vulcan."

* In ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', a woman accuses Baltar of collaborating with the Cylons and planting a bomb prior to the Cylon attack of Caprica. Baltar gets thrown in the brig based on the security camera footage she provides. He is then released when Lt. Gaeta examines the image and finds it has been altered.
** This particular incident had even deeper layers, as the forged evidence was deliberately made to look realistic on first glance, but be recognized as a forgery upon more detailed examination. ThePlan was to convince people that Baltar (someone who actually HAD collaborated with the Cylons, albeit unknowingly - a traitor who didn't know who he was really working for) couldn't possibly be a collaborator, because why would the Cylons attempt to frame one of their own?

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* In the original ''VideoGame/{{Command and Conquer|TiberianDawn}}'', a journalist is covering an attack on civilians by The Good Guys - we then cut to a scene with that very same reporter in front of a green screen in a small studio. The BigBad comes walking in, starts discussing how to spread the lie - then notices that the camera is still on and shoots it, ending the scene. Also of note is that the game takes place in 1995 or so, so it's ''not'' the future, and green screens are the best we've got.

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', the protagonist notes that teenage FashionModel Junko Enoshima looks different than she does on her cover photos, which she explains is because they are all Photoshopped. [[spoiler:The ''real'' reason is that "Junko" is actually her fraternal twin sister Mukuro Ikusaba]].]]
** Later in the game, the protagonist finds pictures of dead students together in the school without the iron plates on the windows, which he initially believes are faked even though Monokuma insists they aren't. [[spoiler:They're real, taken during their time at Hope's Peak Academy that they forgot due to the mastermind giving them LaserGuidedAmnesia.]]

* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series, quite a lot of evidence comes from photographs and video recordings which were conveniently taken by passerbys/witnesses/the police/whoever. Even if the person who provided the evidence has reason to be against the defendant though, the authenticity of such evidence is never called into question. Even when Franziska provides a photograph that supposedly shows Maya Fey shapeshifting into her dead sister (which is real, but no one seems to notice), everyone takes it completely seriously and as a plausible explanation [[spoiler:for Maya's murder charge - that she committed the crime while possessed by a vengeful ghost.]] This becomes even more ridiculous in ''{{VisualNovel/Apollo Justice|Ace Attorney}}'' and ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', when one of the things contributing to the Dark Age of the Law is evidence forgery and yet no one considers tampering with photos or videos to be a possibility. The possibility of altering a timestamp on a security photo is brought up in one case, but is quickly ruled out.

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-->'''Schlock''': That's not the guy who interviewed me.
-->'''Schlock''' (on-screen): No problem. I wasn't in a killing mood anyway.
-->'''Ennesby''': Yeah, the interview has been edited pretty heavily.
-->'''Schlock''': I'm in a killing mood now. Let's invite them back.

--> '''Terry Fitzgerald:''' This is bullshit!
--> '''Merrick:''' Of course it is.

* Alejandro from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'' used photo manipulation to trick Sierra into thinking Cody and Heather slept together.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013'': To make Twilight Sparkle look bad, the villains took a picture of her when she was playing soccer, ''cut her out of the picture'' and glued her into another picture to make it look like she was destroying the decorations in the cafeteria.

-->'''Sam:''' This is a photo I have of the three of us, from 8th grade. This is the same one you have in your locker. Notice anything?
-->'''Danny:''' Yeah -- you broke into my locker and doctored an old photo of me. ''(flattered)'' [[StalkerWithACrush You must really like me...]]

* In Creator/DanAbnett's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''Literature/{{Titanicus}}'', a member of Adeptus Mechanicus reveals something from sealed records which declares that the Omnissiah and the Emperor are not one, nearly [[DividedWeFall causing civil war even in the face of invasion]]. When an adept escapes with video evidence showing that it was a power ploy on part of one member, the evidence is denounced as fraud -- which, others point out, shows that things can be fraudulent, and so they do not know if the original evidence is true.

* In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', the protagonist notes that teenage FashionModel Junko Enoshima looks different than she does on her cover photos, which she explains is because they are all Photoshopped. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a lie; the real reason she looks different is because the "Junko" you meet at the beginning and is killed just before the first trial [[TwinSwitch is actually her non-identical twin sister Mukuro Ikusaba]].]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode "Megatron's Master Plan" has Megatron frame the Autobots for crimes via faked video footage. In a bit of a subversion, he didn't fake the footage digitally; he actually disguised ths Decepticons as Autobots and got a human stooge to videotape them in action.

* Inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' when Sam [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wasn't careful what she wished for]] and (with help from the [[RealityWarper Reality warping Genie Desiree]]) has changed history so that Danny never met her, and therfore, the events that led to Danny becoming Danny Phantom never happened. She still has a photograph of her with Danny and Tucker, identical to a photo of Danny's in every way except that she's now in it, and tries to use this to prove that her crazy story about them being best friends and him having super powers is true.

* Inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' when Sam [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wasn't careful what she wished for]] and has changed history so that Danny never met her. She still has a photograph of her with Danny and Tucker, identical to a photo of Danny's in every way except that she's now in it, and tries to use this to prove that her crazy story about them being best friends and him having super powers is true.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' had [[SpacePirate Hondo Onaka]] hold Count Dooku for ransom with Palpatine sending Anakin Obi-Wan and to travel to his base confirm he does have Dooku and didn't actually forge the message to make it look like he did.