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* '''Defied''': The news station takes a new, non-embarrassing picture of Hiro to use as their file photo.

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The news station takes a new, non-embarrassing picture of Hiro to use as their file photo.
** Hiro is ''always'' submitting non-embarrassing pictures of himself to use as the news station's file
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* '''Played for Laughs''': The file photo is of Hiro doing something completely absurd. [[NoodleIncident The actual incident is never mentioned]], aside from Hiro offhandedly claiming that the picture was taken out of context.



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* '''Deconstructed''': Hiro is very, ''very'' upset at the fact that they used a terrible photo of him, and promptly sues the News Station.
* '''Reconstructed''': Problem is, the News Station didn't have any other photo of Hiro, let alone an actually decent one. Hiro loses the case.



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'''Basic Trope''': File photos (usually on the news) being used for comical effect.
* '''Straight''': After [[TheHero Hiro]] saves the city, he appears on the news. The file photo used to represent him is an EmbarrassingOldPhoto of him [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim with horrible fashion sense]].
* '''Exaggerated''':
** The file photo of Hiro is him [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]]... or worse, [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown caught with his pants down]].
** The news station has horrible file photos of ''everyone''.
** The file photo isn't even a picture of Hiro at all!
* '''Downplayed''': The file photo of Hiro shows him blinking at the wrong time.
* '''Justified''':
** There aren't any better pictures of Hiro in their system.
** Hiro is a HeroWithBadPublicity.
** Hiro hasn't done any notable heroic acts since he had the aforementioned horrible fashion sense.
* '''Inverted''': The news uses an awesome picture of Hiro, such as showing him rescuing people.
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* '''Averted''':
** There is no file photo.
** The file photo of Hiro is normal.
* '''Enforced''':
** "Fans made fun of [[WTHCostumingDepartment Hiro's bad fashion sense]] in [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference the first few seasons]], let's make fun of it by showing a picture of that as his file photo."
** Hiro is a ButtMonkey, so there needs to be ''something'' to humiliate him.
** To set up a NoodleIncident, if the situation behind the file photo is never revealed.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Oh come on, they had to use ''that'' photo!"
* '''Invoked''': Hiro is a HeroWithBadPublicity - the news station is trying to make him look bad, so they use a bad photo of him.
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* '''Defied''': The news station takes a new, non-embarrassing picture of Hiro to use as their file photo.
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* '''Conversed''': "Usually when someone shows up on the news in fiction, there's a file photo of them doing something embarrassing or weird."
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