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{{trope}}
Oh no! '''Picture
Either way, [[Hilarity Ensues|you are screwed.]]
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May result in a character being [[Forced Into Their Sunday Best]].
{{examples
== [[Comic Books]] ==
== Comics ==▼
* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Calvin has Hobbes use Crisco in his hair to give him big hair spikes "like... like... [[Astro Boy]]."▼
* The subject of several ''[[FoxTrot]]'' strips. One of the best has Peter ending up with a faceful of mud while retrieving his trademark baseball cap.▼
* In Europe, we have no yearbooks: class pictures are [http://www.k-netweb.net/blog/datas/2005/05/09/classe_2005.jpg collective]. You can still play with that single picture as in "Le Petit Spirou" (Little Spirou), the [[Spinoff Babies]] of [[Spirou and Fantasio]]. The day the photographer came, he found the class costumed in ridiculous fancy-dresses. On purpose.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* Used in a chapter of the ''[[Horrible Harry]]'' series of books.
* ''[[Lizzie
▲== Live Action TV ==
* An episode of ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' dealt with Picture Day. Among other items, he points out that it's unnecessary to dress up from the waist down.▼
▲* ''[[Lizzie Mcguire]]'' also had an episode based around Picture Day. Lizzie wanted to find a way out of being forced to wear the [[Homemade Sweater From Hell|hideous green unicorn sweater]] her grandmother gave her for Christmas, and [[Alpha Bitch|Kate]] had a classmate throw paint at Miranda because she didn't want her to be photographed wearing the same trendy outfit she was. {{spoiler|Lizzie [[Taking the Bullet|Took The Bullet]], metaphorically speaking, and ended up posing in the paint-splattered blouse she had borrowed while holding up the sweater. Her parents reluctantly admitted that she ''did'' have the sweater in the photo, and at least they'll be able to save money on buying prints this year.}}
* ''[[Unfabulous]]'' also had an episode based on Picture Day, where the main character messed up her hair while trying to dye it.
▲* An episode of ''[[Ned's Declassified]]'' dealt with Picture Day. Among other items, he points out that it's unnecessary to dress up from the waist down.
▲* ''[[Unfabulous]]'' also had an episode based on Picture Day, where the main character messed up her hair while trying to dye it.
* ''[[Degrassi Junior High]]'' had one.
* ''[[Clarissa Explains It All]]'' had an episode like this where Clarissa wanted to wear her trademark cool clothes instead of the conservative navy cardigan, pleated skirt and knee socks all the girls were required to wear.
* On ''[[Even Stevens]]'', Ren was excited to get her braces off on picture day. Unfortunately, some dental medication caused her cheeks to swell up enormously.
* ''[[Malcolm in
* In ''[[That '70s Show]]'', the picture day showed the gang's history. And Eric got a zit.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': all regular characters are shown striking characteristic poses for the photographer... except for the heroine herself, who is busy Slaying and ends up left out of the yearbook altogether.
** Cordelia was supposed to tell her it was picture day but didn't, which lead to Buffy competing against her for the Homecoming Queen crown.
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* ''Raising Dad'' had an episode set on Picture Day but instead of being the main setting, it led into a plot about Sarah being uncomfortable about her appearance and considering getting a nose job.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Calvin has Hobbes use Crisco in his hair to give him big hair spikes "like... like... [[Astro Boy]]."
▲* The subject of several ''[[FoxTrot]]'' strips. One of the best has Peter ending up with a faceful of mud while retrieving his trademark baseball cap.
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' has a particularly odd example: in the 14th "Teen Girl Squad", we learn the yearbook picture was scheduled for the same day as "Tape-a-dead-thing-to-your-face day".
** But oddly enough (and it even says this in the wiki), the other pictures don't have a dead thing taped to ''their'' faces.
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080607232134/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/index.php?comicID=105 This strip] of ''[[Loserz]]''.▼
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
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▲* [http://bukucomics.com/loserz/index.php?comicID=105 This strip] of ''[[Loserz]]''.
▲* In ''[[Ozy and Millie (Webcomic)|Ozy and Millie]]'', Millie tried to dye her hair band because she didn't like the color for Picture Day, and ended dyeing her entire face black (which, Millie being Millie, she thought was COOL).
▲* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', Sarah was stuck as a catgirl during picture week. This was never seen, merely referred to as the [[Noodle Incident]], and only much later explained.
* ''[[Recess]]'' had one where Gus tried to remain clean long enough to take his first class picture. The episode becomes a grand send-up to bodyguard films as his friends try valiantly to protect him through the day.
* ''[[
* Done on ''[[Arthur]]'', based around Muffy's attempts to keep Francine neat and tidy for Picture Day. However, it seems Francine is unable to resist playing kickball.
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' has one in episode "Missing Link", complete with Sissi pretending to be Yumi so that the latter isn't absent on the photo.
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* In ''[[Braceface]]'', the heroine's braces broke the camera.
* It also turned up on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' a few times.
** Bart had lice and Milhouse got some disease from being bitten by a monkey...
** Not to mention Lisa's archaic braces in ''"Last Exit to Springfield". "There is no God!"
* ''[[South Park]]'' has Butters getting grounded for putting a stupid face. Initially, you think it's because his [[Idiot Hair]] sprung up at the wrong moment. Then you find out that's because his dad thinks Butters' face is stupid by default.
** It's also the first (?) time we see Kyle's Jewfro.
* ''[[
** The
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', "Smile for the Ed": Eddy tries to get a good school picture, so his mom will let him move into his big brother's old bedroom. Unfortunately, an ill-timed cry of "Dork!" from [[Jerk Jock]] Kevin puts a crimp in his plans.
* An episode of ''Ozzy and Drix'' involves the titular characters to kill the acne causing germ in order to prevent the human host, Hector from getting an embarrassing school photo with a pimple on his forehead.
* [[Doug]] was afraid to get his picture because he thought he had a big nose.
* ''[[As Told
* ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' episode literally called "Picture Day" features the usual problems of the trope (zit on the forehead, etc.) with [[Evil Twin|evil clones]] of June and her friends and her younger brother dressed as Abe Lincoln for his photo. neither of which was unusual for the [[Urban Fantasy]] it takes place in. [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Ray-Ray]] apparently has a history of acting up on picture day, [[Keet|like most days.]]
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