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** Alice notices her classmate Carol had disappeared from their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. Carol dies shortly afterwards in suspicious circumstances. David then disappears from the picture and dies too. One by one, Alice's classmates disappear until she's the last one. She ultimately realises her teacher was the SerialKiller.

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** Alice notices her classmate Carol had disappeared from their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. Carol dies shortly afterwards in suspicious circumstances. David then disappears from the picture and dies too. One by one, Alice's classmates disappear until she's the last one. She ultimately realises her old teacher was the SerialKiller.

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** Alice is seen naked with clothed students in a school photo, but whether she willingly posed or if she was still a student back then in unknown.



** Alice is driven insane by her yearbook's constant changes and becomes a SerialKiller targeting her classmates.
** Alice realises she’s naked in her yearbook photo. She is later raped during her class reunion.

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** Alice is driven insane by her yearbook's constant changes and becomes a SerialKiller targeting her classmates.
** Alice realises she’s
sees herself naked in her yearbook photo. She is later raped during her class reunion.



** Alice notices her classmate Carol has a SlasherSmile and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] in their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. She later reunites with and befriends Carol, who turns out to be a PsychoLesbian who kills Alice's husband and kidnaps and rapes her. Alice escapes, gets Carol arrested and throws out the book. Another old classmate, David, becomes her therapist and helps her recover from her trauma. She slowly falls in love with him. A look at her discarded yearbook shows her with the smile and the eyes.
** Alice notices her classmate Carol had disappeared from their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. Carol dies shortly afterwards in suspicious circumstances. David then disappears from the picture and dies too. One by one, Alice's classmates disappear until she's the last one. She ultimately realised her teacher was the SerialKiller.

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** Alice notices her classmate Carol has a SlasherSmile and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] in their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. She later reunites with and befriends Carol, who turns out to be a PsychoLesbian who kills Alice's husband and kidnaps and rapes her. Alice escapes, gets Carol arrested and throws out the book. Another old classmate, David, becomes her therapist and helps her recover from her trauma. She slowly falls in love with him. A look at her discarded yearbook shows her with the smile and the eyes.
** Alice notices her classmate Carol had disappeared from their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. Carol dies shortly afterwards in suspicious circumstances. David then disappears from the picture and dies too. One by one, Alice's classmates disappear until she's the last one. She ultimately realised realises her teacher was the SerialKiller.
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** The camera's focus settings were misconfigured.

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** In her class yearbook photo, Alice is standing naked over a puddle of urine as her classmates point and laugh at her.
** Alice appears naked in every photo is the yearbook.



* '''Invoked''': For some reason, Bob intentionally tries to take a bad photo for his ID.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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For some reason, Bob intentionally tries to take a bad photo for his ID.ID.
** Carol zaps Alice with TheNudifier just before the class photo is taken.



** Alice is seen naked with clothed students in a school photo, but whether she willingly posed or if she was still a student back then in unknown.



** Alice realises she’s naked in her yearbook photo. She is later raped during her class reunion.



** Alice notices her classmate Carol had disappeared from their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. Carol dies shortly afterwards in suspicious circumstances. David then disappears from the picture and dies too. One by one, Alice's classmates disappear until she's the last one.

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** Alice notices her classmate Carol had disappeared from their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. Carol dies shortly afterwards in suspicious circumstances. David then disappears from the picture and dies too. One by one, Alice's classmates disappear until she's the last one. She ultimately realised her teacher was the SerialKiller.
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** In her class yearbook photo, Alice is standing naked over a puddle of urine as her classmates point and laugh at her.
** Alice appears naked in every photo is the yearbook.
** Every photo ever taken of Alice has her naked.

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** Bob is a slasher who targets photographers.
** Alice realises that her yearbook photo shows her without a left arm, which she assumes in a photo error. She ends up losing her left arm in a car accident.
** Alice notices her classmate Carol. She reunites with and befriends Carol. All is well until Carol turns out to be a PsychoLesbian who kills Alice's husband and attempts to kidnap and rape her.

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** Bob is a slasher who targets photographers.
the people responsible for taking and approving his ID.
** Alice is driven insane by her yearbook's constant changes and becomes a SerialKiller targeting her classmates.
** Alice realises that her yearbook photo shows her without a left arm, which she assumes in is a photo error. She ends up losing her left arm in a car accident.
** Alice notices her classmate Carol. Carol has a SlasherSmile and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] in their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. She later reunites with and befriends Carol. All is well until Carol Carol, who turns out to be a PsychoLesbian who kills Alice's husband and attempts to kidnap kidnaps and rape her.rapes her. Alice escapes, gets Carol arrested and throws out the book. Another old classmate, David, becomes her therapist and helps her recover from her trauma. She slowly falls in love with him. A look at her discarded yearbook shows her with the smile and the eyes.
** Alice notices her classmate Carol had disappeared from their class yearbook, which she again assumes is a photo error. Carol dies shortly afterwards in suspicious circumstances. David then disappears from the picture and dies too. One by one, Alice's classmates disappear until she's the last one.

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** Alice appears naked in her yearbook photo

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** Alice appears naked in her yearbook photo photo.



* '''Played for Drama''': Bob’s ID photo is of him being raped.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Drama''':
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Bob’s ID photo is of him being raped.raped.
** Alice is hallucinating herself nude in her yearbook due to repressing memories of bullying and sexual abuse at the hands of her classmates and teacher.


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** Alice realises that her yearbook photo shows her without a left arm, which she assumes in a photo error. She ends up losing her left arm in a car accident.
** Alice notices her classmate Carol. She reunites with and befriends Carol. All is well until Carol turns out to be a PsychoLesbian who kills Alice's husband and attempts to kidnap and rape her.
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** Alice appears naked in her yearbook photo

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* '''Straight''': Bob's ID photo shows him making a weird face.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Bob's ID photo shows him making a weird face.face.
** Alice’s yearbook photo shows her picking her nose.



* '''Downplayed''': Bob feels his ID photo could've turned out better.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob feels his ID photo could've turned out better.better.
** Alice’s makeup runs a little during her photo.
** Alice was still in her emo phase during the picture.

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** Bob’s ID photo is a head-to-toe photo of him naked.



* '''Played for Drama''': Bob’s ID photo is of him being raped.
* '''Played for Horror''':
** Bob curses his ID photo so that anyone who looks at it is met with a CruelAndUnusualDeath.
** Bob is a slasher who targets photographers.



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** Bad CCD, lens or stock. [[labelnote: question]][[WhatAreRecords Do they even have good/fresh stock these days?]][[/labelnote]]
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** ID-laws [[GoneHorriblyWrong meant to ensure that ID-photos are relatively neutral]], [[UncannyValley instead forced people (including Bob) to assume an unnatural pose]] instead of their actual neutral pose.

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** ID-laws ID laws (now rescinded) [[GoneHorriblyWrong meant to ensure that ID-photos ID photos are relatively neutral]], [[UncannyValley instead forced people (including Bob) to assume an unnatural pose]] instead of their actual neutral pose.
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** ID-laws [[GoneHorriblyWrong meant to ensure that ID-photos are relatively neutral]], [[UncannyValley instead forced people (including Bob) to assume an unnatural pose]] instead of their actual neutral pose.

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* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob feels his ID photo could've turned out better.
** The actual picture isn't shown, but is implied to have turned out badly.

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* '''Downplayed''':
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'''Downplayed''': Bob feels his ID photo could've turned out better.
** The actual picture isn't shown, but is implied to have turned out badly.
better.


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** Bob only shows his ID when absolutely necessary.
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'''Basic Trope''': Someone's ID photo (or in some cases, yearbook photo) is noticeably terrible.
* '''Straight''': Bob's ID photo shows him making a weird face.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Even though Bob was making a completely normal face when the picture was taken, it still turns out terrible somehow.
** Bob's ID photo [[EpicFail isn't even a picture of him!]]
** Everyone's ID and yearbook photos are terrible.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob feels his ID photo could've turned out better.
** The actual picture isn't shown, but is implied to have turned out badly.
* '''Justified''':
** Bob sneezed, got distracted, or something similar when the photo was being taken.
** Bob isn't very photogenic.
* '''Inverted''': Bob's ID photo is the best photo of him.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is worried that his ID photo will turn out badly, but after the photo is taken, he finds that it went over well.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...Until he gets the photo back, and finds that it somehow turned out badly.
* '''Parodied''': Bob doesn't even show up on the ID; somehow, the ID is a picture of the chair he sat in while taking the photo.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Multiple instances of ID/yearbook photos are seen; some of them look good, and some of them look bad.
* '''Averted''':
** There is nothing noteworthy about anyone's ID/yearbook photos.
** No ID/yearbook photos are mentioned.
* '''Enforced''':
** WriteWhatYouKnow
** To throw in some CringeComedy.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob, this may be your [[SarcasmMode greatest]] ID photo yet!"
* '''Invoked''': For some reason, Bob intentionally tries to take a bad photo for his ID.
* '''Exploited''': Bob appears drunk in his ID, because [[InsaneTrollLogic if the police pull him over for drunk driving, he will look normal.]]
* '''Defied''': Bob realizes his photo is bad and asks for a retake.
* '''Discussed''': "Your ID is almost certainly gonna turn out bad."
* '''Conversed''': "Someone's getting an ID photo taken? I bet it's gonna turn out badly; it often does on these kinds of shows."
* '''Implied''':
** Alice looks into Bob's wallet and starts laughing at something.
** Bob mentions the time he had a bad ID photo.
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