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** A well done example is the episode of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' featuring Martin Short. It's never in question that he's the guilty party, and the entire episode is a battle of wits between Short and the detectives as he taunts them to prove it.
** Also, the celebrity unsubs are sometimes under so much make-up that it takes a few minutes before [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] kicks in. Prime example: Jamie Kennedy.
** A similar ''SVU'' example involved guest star [[Jerry Lewis]]. Producers must've been particularly aware of the trope this time as even the ''promos'' gave away that he did it, and indeed the crime ultimately committed by his character was done right in front of the eyes of the star
** Just plain [[Averted Trope|averted]] in the episode {{spoiler|Trade}} with guest stars {{spoiler|Matthew Davis and Stephen Collins}}. Neither one of them did it.
** Averted in an original flavour ''[[Law and Order]]'' episode, in which [[Kevin Smith]]
*** In "An Evening With [[Kevin Smith]] 2", he says that he wanted to play "the guy who leads them to the guy, who leads them to the guy, who leads them to the guy that did it". And he did.
** Also averted in an episode of ''SVU'' in which Karen Allen is the murderer's wife, but played straight in an earlier episode of the original ''[[Law and Order]]'' in which Allen is the killer.
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* Happens so often on [[Castle]] that lately they've taken to casting at least two familiar faces an episode, so even though you know one of them did it, they at least keep you guessing between which. For the most part it seems to enjoy zigzagging this trope.
* ''[[Psych]]''
** The first episode has the father of the kidnapped {{spoiler|and then murdered}} young man played by Don S.
** One of the season finales had the guy who played Cameron in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Bueller]]'' as a bank robber. {{spoiler|Turns out he was being forced into it; the real baddies had his wife held hostage.}}
** Double subverted in a different episode guest-starring Rachael Leigh Cook as an old flame of Shawn's who agrees to go on a date with him...the same day he is taunted by a [[Criminal Mind Games|clue-leaving serial killer]]. {{spoiler|Cook ends up nearly being a ''victim''; the killer turns out to be played by Ally Sheedy, who the viewer had not seen yet, and didn't even realize until later had been hiding in nearly every scene of the episode.}}
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** Semi-subversion in that Close's character was up against Bill Fichtner for the job. The twist was that the White House staff found a way to {{spoiler|hire both of them}}.
* One episode of ''[[Burn Notice]]'' had Lucy Lawless play a grieving woman looking for her husband. {{spoiler|...until about halfway through the episode when she's revealed to be a spy looking to kill the man Michael unwittingly guided her to.}}
** Subverted in the Season 1 cliff-hanger finale, where Richard Schiff shows up as a guest star, {{spoiler|and is killed off after just a couple of minutes of screen time}}. The DVD commentary says they specifically hired a big name so the audience would see him as the ultimate bad
* When you see ''[[Leonard Nimoy]]'' in an episode of ''[[Columbo]]'', it's only logical to assume he did it. Even before the [[Perp Sweating]] sets in.
** Especially since, like nearly all ''Columbo'' murderers, he's shown committing the crime before Columbo even appears.
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