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== Live-Action TV ==
* Not murder, but an episode of [[Drake and Josh]] has Josh playing a robber in a TV reenactment, and subsequently and repeatedly being mistaken for the robber.
* In the second season ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' episode "Murder She Roast", Brian sees a woman who resembles Fay on an ''[[
{{quote|'''Helen:''' Fay's the sweetest, kindest, gentlest person I've ever met.
'''Brian:''' Oh, that's what every homicidal maniac's neighbor says about them. "He was the sweetest, kindest, gentlest man I have ever met. Was very quiet. Always said 'Hello.' Helped me build a dog pen." Just once I would like to hear them say: "He was a raving lunatic. I feared for my life. ''I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE CHAIN-SAW TO COME RIPPING THROUGH THE WALL!!!"'' }}
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* It happened twice in Seinfeld. When Kramer moves to Los Angeles, there's a whole story arc based on the police there mistaking him for a serial killer. Also, there's one episode where a guy who owns Seinfeld money gets his toes broken by him (acidentally), ends up in the trunk of his car (acidentaly), and assumes from a conversation he hears between Jerry and Elaine that they're planning on killing a woman.
* P.J. and Gabe of ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'' misinterpret their next door neighbor Mrs. Dabney's outburst at her soap operas, and her attempts to get rid of a bad smell and a large, heavy trunk as evidence that she murdered her husband.
* An episode of ''[[The Wayans Bros]]'' had Grandma Ellington dating a new beau, Fred, thanks to Shawn and Marlon playing matchmaker to get her out of their hair. Everything is fine until the gang gets together to watch their favorite crime show, "Unsolved Violent Crimes", an ''[[
* When Nikki breaks her leg at Prof. Oglevee's apartment on ''[[The Parkers]]'', she decides to convalesce there and becomes even more annoying. He gives her a pair of binoculars which she uses to spy on the neighbors. She sees a man strangling a woman and then sees him carrying a suspicious bundle out of his apartment. The killer sees her and decides to come after her. In the end, {{spoiler|it was all a set-up by the Professor with an actor friend of his to teach Nikki a lesson about spying}}.
* In one episode of ''[[My Family]]'', a patient of Ben's is under sedation in the dental chair and confesses to murdering his wife. Susan, who has recently developed an obsession with ''[[Inspector Morse]]'', appoints herself as detective and breaks into the man's house to find evidence. When she discovers his wife is still alive, Susan admits she knew it wasn't true but wanted it to be because of her love for TV crime dramas. The man turns out to have made it up because ''he'' is a huge fan of ''[[A Touch of Frost]]''.
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* Brendon mistakenly believes his neighbor is a murderer in ''[[Home Movies]]'' in another ''Rear Window'' knock-off.
* In one episode of ''[[The Flintstones]]'', Fred suspects his [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Hitchcock-like]] new neighbor has bumped off his overbearing wife. Oddly enough, after the "harmless coincidence" explanation at the end, it was hinted not-so-subtly that the man actually ''had'' killed his wife.
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'': Plucky Duck thinks Elmer Fudd is growing clones of himself, in a ''Rear Window''/''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' fusion. In another episode, Plucky confuses Hampton with a criminally inclined [[Identical Stranger]] he sees on an ''[[
** In yet another episode, Elmyra's brother (who has been watching ''[[Rear Window]]'') believes his neighbor is a murderer when he thinks he spots parallels between the movie and said neighbor.
* In "Spookyfish", a ''[[South Park]]'' Halloween episode, Stan is mistaken for a murderer by his mother, when in fact the murderer is his pet goldfish. Instead of being afraid of him, she attempts to protect him by burying the bodies and locking a police officer in the basement (without any pants, for some reason). Stan's father takes everything surprisingly well.
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