History Main / EmbarrassingOldPhoto

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'':
** At the start of an episode Aki, is showing everyone some old photos of Natsumi and Fuyuki when they were kids. She shows an old photo where after having [[EmbarrassingDampSheets wet the bed,]] Fuyuki has been hung on the washing line next to the blanket he soiled. Fuyuki quickly tries to cover up the photo.
** A whole episode revolves around Momoka enlisting the aid of Natsumi and Koyuki to steal a piece of art from her father's collection before Fuyuki can see it. It's a portrait of her as a baby... naked.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Genma shows embarrassing photos of Ranma to Ukyô and Akane as part of Ranma's [[TrainingFromHell training]] at one point. (Ranma is supposed to be learning how to keep his cool.) One of the photos shows a young Ranma crying after [[EmbarrassingDampSheets wetting the bed.]] Another shows him as a teenager running away from a bunch of cats. [[NakedPeopleAreFunny Naked.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'', Hiroomi has several pictures of Sôta as a child where Sôta is dressed as a girl. (As Sôta had only older sisters, and most of his clothes are hand-me-downs).
* In ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh'', Jenny (a.k.a. Miko) is always showing pictures of Yuuri from childhood. She used to dress him up like a girl because she wanted a daughter (but instead got sons).
* In the third volume of the ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' light novel, Issei's mother shows the members of the Occult Research Club a collection of these, including the obligatory "naked toddler at the beach" photo. The funny part, she's actually promised that she would do this when he had a lot of girlfriends, though her hopes dwindled as Issei became quite the pervert.
* Can apply to Jeremy in ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns'', although not in the cute "I'm so embarrassed!" way. It happens when [[spoiler:he finds the photos Greg took of him being tortured which Ian kept in part so that if Jeremy was ever put on trial for MakeItLookLikeAnAccident {{Vehicular Sabotage}}-ing Greg, he could claim self-defense, and partly because he was in shock over the whole thing. This incident leads to one of Jeremy's biggest FreakOut moments and doesn't help his slight case of BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil]].

* Somehow ''weaponized'' in ''Manga/CellsAtWork'':
** Dendritic Cell's ability to activate Naive T Cells is depicted as him showing old photos of the rest of the squadron, which in turn reassures the Naive T he's talking to and allows him to join the fight as a musclebound Effector T Cell. We soon get a shot of the other T cells getting "agitated" (depicted as sudden chills) from sensing this taking place.
** A later arc also plays on the "agitation" angle by having him tossing a whole box of photos into a crowd. The cells get so embarrassed they basically go into overdrive, combating the oncoming threat.
* ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'':
** In Chapter 3, Mariko and Ayumi destroy the boys' reputations as cool boyfriend-material types by taping up a photo of them in UsefulNotes/{{bosozoku}} clothing exposing their penises. One wonders why the hell they agreed to take that photo in the first place, at 15 years old.
** This is the solution to Eikichi and Ryuji's situation with [[spoiler:Yokokawa]]. It turns out they went to junior high together, and have a photo from then of him [[spoiler:pooping in public]]. They offer it to him in exchange for [[spoiler:wiping out the 100 million yen debt they owed him...if he re-enacts the photo and lets them take another]].

* In one issue of ComicBook/{{Viz}}, Sid the Sexist ''actually manages to persuade a girl to come home with him'' - only for his mother to intercept them as they enter the house, drag them into the living room and proceed to totally ruin the whole thing by showing the girl albums upon albums of Sid's baby photos.

* ''Webcomic/BreakingCatNews'': [[http://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2018/01/27 "Mommy's little pirate ballerina!"]] (Elvis is about to scream.)

* In ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds'', Megan, Molly, and Danny have plenty of these of [[spoiler: Luna and Celestia]], since it was the three of them who raised the two.
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': Embarrassing photos of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] the victim was carrying are submitted to the courtroom in for all to see ([[NoodleIncident except the viewers]]); [[TensionCuttingLaughter cue massive laughter from the audience]]. Poor Rainbow Dash...

* ''In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10258420/1/Belonging Belonging]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3249682/writerzero writerzero]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Beast Boy and Raven]] go to Kishar, who used to help raise Beast Boy when he was a kid and is now training him. While he goes flying, she uses the opportunity to show Raven a few of his childhood photos... a good number of them having him naked. Beast Boy is scared out of his wits when he sees that.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' blog ''[[Blog/TheRoyalSketchbook Ask the Royal Sisters]]'' Cadance gets her mother-in-law Twilight Velvet to give her an album of Shining's baby photos in [[http://royalsketchbook.tumblr.com/post/108481656360/teenage-shining-had-thought-he-had-hidden-that one sketch]]. Celestia does the same with Cadance to Shining in [[http://royalsketchbook.tumblr.com/post/108675307824/cadance-wasnt-the-only-one-looking-for-adorable another]]. When Shining and Cadance actually [[http://royalsketchbook.tumblr.com/post/108766834647/s-why-were-we-hiding-these-from-each-other look at the photos]], however, they find them cute and don't remember why they were so embarrassed in the first place.
* In ''Fanfic/MyHuntsmanAcademia'', it's implied that Izuku and Katsuki's moms kept pictures of their sons in their Toshinori onesies from when they were kids. Coco tries to press for details, but Izuku flees into the Mountain Glenn crowd before she can get anything out of him.

* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17330426/chapters/41018222#workskin Midoriya Izuku. Quirk: Cuteness]]'', Inko Midoriya shows [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia All Might/Toshinori Yagi]] an album of photos from Izuku's childhood as well as [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents telling the hero embarrassing stories about her son]].
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30546378 A Convoluted Matter]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Neeko96/pseuds/Neeko96 Neeko96]], Tom gives [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Adrien]] an album for photos, with a few of a younger Marinette already inside. Adrien really laughs at one of her as a toddler after an attempt to help at the kitchen... despite Mari doing her best to snatch the album away.
* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaLegacy'': A RunningGag in the chapter "Aftermath: Blast from the Past" is embarrassing home videos of Cody Jr. as a child being accidentally shown.
* ''Webcomic/NaruHinaChronicles'': Shikamaru really hated it when his mother showed pictures from his childhood to Temari.

[[folder:Films -- Animated]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' has a scene where Gru's mother shows the girl an old photo of Gru as a kid wearing a "traditional" outfit, which is embarrassing as Margo thinks he looks like a girl and his mother agrees, adding that he looks like an ''ugly'' girl.
-->'''Gru''': Mom. Not cool...

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

%%* There's a scene in a French movie from the '70s where one of the characters has an embarrassing old photo on his driving licence. His friends laugh at him but stop when they have to show theirs, which are even worse.
* During the party in the first quarter of ''Film/TheDescent'', Juno brings out a photograph of her, Beth and Sarah; in it, they're obviously fresh from mountain-climbing, and sporting [[TechnicallyASmile utterly manic grins]]. In the laughter that follows, even Beth mutters "look at the state of us." And then Sarah starts reminiscing on something her dead husband used to say and suddenly [[TearJerker the scene isn't quite so funny anymore.]]

* In a non-comic use of this trope, Michéle, the protagonist of ''Film/{{Elle}}'', is dogged by a haunting photograph of her taken as a child, just after her father killed 27 of their neighbors after they objected to something he did related to Christmas, in which she is half-naked and covered with ash, staring vacantly toward the camera, that became the signature image related to her father's crime.

* In ''Penn and Teller's How to Play with Your Food'', Creator/PennAndTeller have a cruel trick to avoid your parents showing embarrassing Halloween photos to your future dates.

* ''[[Literature/LandOfOz The Emerald City of Oz]]'' has an illustration (by long-time illustrator John R. Neill) of Dorothy and her friends (and Aunt Em and Uncle Henry) facing a statue of her as originally illustrated by W. W. Denslow in ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.

* ''Series/TheMillers''' title sequence is a greatest hits parade of family photo trends over the past several decades. Most haven't aged particularly well. The title sequence is also a FreezeFrameBonus because it's made up of collages of old photos of the cast that zoom out to become Miller family portraits. Freeze-framing the sequence reveals some real-life embarrassing old photos from the cast's past.
* In a ''Series/{{House}}'' episode, there's a photo which shows House as a cheerleader in high school. When Cuddy sees it, she dismisses it as fake; however, at the end of the episode, it's revealed that while that specific photo was faked, House really was a cheerleader.
* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'' the friends are looking at photos from Ross and Monica's childhood. Joey says he's found "Monica naked!" Ross, embarrassed, admits "No, no, that would be me again."

* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
** Jeff's cynical campaign for school office is derailed by opponent Annie, who publicly airs an old audition video he'd done for MTV's "The Real World" where he's playing George Michael.
** One of Colorado's bars has photos showcasing Shirley's past as a barfly plastered all over its walls.
* Not super-embarrassing, but an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' has Kira and Dr. O going through his old Ranger stuff. She finds a picture of him from ten years ago and teases him about his long hair. Dr. O responds "Hey, it was in style at the time!" Of course, this is funnier for long-time fans, since the picture is a promotional image from ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Rangers]]''[='=] second season and depicts Tommy as the White Ranger.
* In ''Series/WhiteCollar'', the infamous time when Peter grew a mustache. As a ContinuityNod, when there's a WholeEpisodeFlashback to that time period, Peter has the mustache until he's convinced to shave it off.
* Sal of ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' has an unfortunate one that periodically crops up as an "Employee of the Year" photo, a slide in a presentation, etc.

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E02DevilMayCare "Devil May Care" (S09, Ep02)]], Kevin uncovers a photo of Sergeant Bates doing jello shots off a naked guy in a Luchador mask.

* On ''Series/That70sShow,'' Eric worries that Kitty will show Donna all his old pictures when they start hanging out (despite the fact that they grew up together and she was ''there'' during the awkward times). They both laugh at his fantasy sequence, and he eventually accepts how ridiculous he's being. Then the stinger is the two women going through a photo album, discussing all the embarrassing pictures of Eric.

* ''Series/{{Jonas}}'' had this trope weaponized in "Frantic Romantic". Macy finally gets rid of Fiona Sky_the celebrity who kept intruding in Joe's life by faking a relationship with him_ by threatening to release an embarrassing 9th grade yearbook photo of her when she was ugly.

* ''Series/KimsConvenience'': Kimchee puts up a childhood photo of Shannon dressed as Theatre/AnneOfGreenGables in the office, with a pun reminding the employees to clean their dishes. Shannon strikes back with a childhood photo of Kimchee, but it becomes awkward when seeing him with his DisappearedDad in the photo makes him consider reconnecting with him.

* In the third volume of the ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' light novel, Issei's mother shows the members of the Occult Research Club a collection of these, including the obligatory "naked toddler at the beach" photo. The funny part, she's actually promised that she would do this when he had a lot of girlfriends, though her hopes dwindled as Issei became quite the pervert.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In the episode "Call of the Cutie", Cheerilee shows a picture of herself from around the time she first got her cutie mark, and the kids all laugh at her [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim outdated '80s fashion]].
--->'''Cheerilee:''' Yes, I know, but honestly, that's how ''everypony'' was wearing their mane back then.
** In "Ponyville Confidential", Apple Bloom tries to interview Granny Smith for a story for the school newspaper, but Granny Smith is more interested in going over old family albums, including a few embarrassing baby pictures of Apple Bloom.
** In "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows", Applejack thinks this of her own baby picture on her birth certificate.
** In "Surf and/or Turf", Ocean Flow offers to show Twilight her children's baby pictures, much to the embarrassment of her son, Terramar.

* Jack Coleman discussing the most embarrassing roles of his past (complete with a picture of his mulleted 80s haircut) on Website/TelevisionWithoutPity's [[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/blogs/guest/the-hrg-files/the-hrg-files-volume-4.php "The H.R.G. Blog"]]

** When thinking of how to scare the Flying Dutchman while he's trapped inside his mind in the HalloweenEpisode "The Legend of Boo-kini Bottom", [=SpongeBob=] notes that he really gets scared when his mother shows people his naked baby pictures, which gives him the idea to scare the Flying Dutchman by thinking up himself as a giant naked infant.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' has a scene where Gru's mother shows her adopted granddaughters an old photo of him as a kid wearing a "traditional" outfit, which is embarrassing as Margo thinks he looks like a girl and his mother agrees, adding that he looks like an ''ugly'' girl.

* Jack Coleman discussing the most embarrassing roles of his past (complete with a picture of his mulleted 80's haircut) on Website/TelevisionWithoutPity's [[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/blogs/guest/the-hrg-files/the-hrg-files-volume-4.php "The H.R.G. Blog"]]

A SisterTrope to EmbarrassingSlide, EmbarrassingAdGig, and UnflatteringIDPhoto.

* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', there's a Christmas decoration with a photo of Greg and Rodrick as young children bathing in the sink. This embarrasses Greg.

* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', there is a Christmas decoration with a photo of Greg and Rodrick as young children bathing in the sink. This embarrasses Greg.

* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' there is a Christmas decoration with a photo of Greg and Rodrick as young children bathing in the sink. This embarrasses Greg.

* In ''LightNovel/KyouKaraMaou'', Jenny (a.k.a. Miko) is always showing pictures of Yuuri from childhood. She used to dress him up like a girl because she wanted a daughter (but instead got sons).

* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', the treasure that Amelia and Joe find in the café basement turns out to be an old painting of themselves reenacting [[GardenOfEden the story of Adam and Eve]], complete with {{Scenery Censor}}s. When they pose with it for a picture for Eve's new article, Joe covers the painting with his frying pan while Amelia [[CoverInnocentEyesAndEars covers her kid daughter Kate's eyes.]]

* ''Webcomic/Rascals'': Mitzu used one to track down Jazmin for her client. The photo was later revealed to be of a drunk Jazmin [[KissingUnderTheInfluence making out]] with an equally drunk [[IncestIsRelative Reiko]].

* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', the treasure that Amelia and Joe find in the café basement turns out to be an old photo of themselves reenacting [[GardenOfEden the story of Adam and Eve]], complete with {{Scenery Censor}}s. When they pose with it for a picture for Eve's new article, Joe covers the old photo with his frying pan while Amelia [[CoverInnocentEyesAndEars covers her kid daughter Kate's eyes.]]

* Wrestling/DGenerationX managed to [[CrossesTheLineTwice pull this one off twice]] in the same segment. After Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/RandyOrton [[{{Parody}} dressed up]] as DX (complete with a fake nose and sideburns on Edge and leather chaps and a blonde wig on Orton), Wrestling/TripleH showed on the [=TitanTron=] a couple of photos Randy Orton had done in the past -- one with him naked under a ModestyTowel -- and implied the photos were [[GayPanic very popular with the gay community]]. He then [[BlatantLies "accidentally"]] put a picture of Wrestling/ShawnMichaels (his partner) up on the screen; Shawn's [[OldShame Playgirl spread from the late 90s]]. Shawn [[FreakOut is understandably]] ''not'' amused by this.

* There's a scene in a French movie from the '70s where one of the characters has an embarrassing old photo on his driving licence. His friends laugh at him but stop when they have to show theirs, which are even worse.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Genma shows embarrassing photos of Ranma to Ukyô and Akane as part of Ranma's [[TrainingFromHell training]] at one point. (Ranma is supposed to be learning how to keep his cool.)

** At the start of an episode Aki, is showing everyone some old photos of Natsumi and Fuyuki when they were kids. She shows an old photo where after having wet the bed, Fuyuki has been hung on the washing line next to the blanket he soiled. Fuyuki quickly tries to cover up the photo.