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Not to be confused with a [[The Fall Guy (TV)|television series]].
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* In the finale of ''[[The Maltese Falcon (Film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', as Sam Spade is negotiating the terms for handing over the Falcon, one of his conditions is that someone needs to take the fall for the murder of his partner (since the police suspected Spade himself of having done the deed).
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{{quote| '''Tracer Bullet:''' The dame had set me up! She didn't want me to solve the case at all! She just wanted a patsy to pin the crime on!}}
* ''[[Following]]'': Cobb knows he's the prime suspect in the murder of an elderly woman, so he sets up the unnamed protagonist to take the fall for it. Or does he?
* In ''[[Persepolis]]'', in order to avoid being arrested by the [[Culture Police|Guardians of the Revolution]] for wearing makeup in public, Marjane focuses their attention elsewhere by accusing a man who happened to be nearby of saying "something indecent" to her. ([[What the Hell, Hero?|Later, Marjane's grandmother calls her out on this.]])
* Sidney Glass (formerly the Magic Mirror) does this for Regina in ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV)|Once Upon a Time]],'' admitting to kidnapping Katherine and going to jail. The town sheriff realizes it's total bull, but the true culprit is virtually untouchable.
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