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[[Framing the Guilty Party]] is a subtrope where the party framed is actually guilty. It can be a [[Subversion]] or even a [[Double Subversion]] of the classic Frameup depending on the convolutions of apparent and actual guilt. In a similar vein, in Noir-themed crime dramas the frame can be rehung many times: a white-knuckle version of pass-the-parcel. If the framed party is an animal, [[This Bear Was Framed]]. If the framed party is dead, then it's a [[Deceased Fall Guy Gambit]].

 

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== Literature ==

* In ''[[Honor Harrington (Literature)|At All Costs]]'', the Republic of Haven is framed for several assassinations, this is {{spoiler|so successful that it prevents the peace talks from happening, which leads to the biggest battle in the entire series of books, with the Manticore system itself under attack}}.

* In ''Speaking with the Dead'' by Elaine Cunningham ([[Forgotten Realms|Realms of Mystery]]) Elaith Craulnober ([[Magnificent Bastard|of all people]]) was accused of a murder but swore that <s>[[Not Me This Time|this time]]</s> he didn't do it. And Danilo Thann ([[Vitriolic Best Buds|of all people]]) had to defend him...

{{quote| '''Danilo''': Consider my dilemma. Even under the best of circumstances, "innocent" [[Understatement|is not the first word that comes to mind]] when your name is mentioned.}}

* ''[[Babylon 5]]'': [[Da Chief|Garibaldi]] is framed for sabotaging one of the station's hangar bays, and has to find who is responsible before he gets cornered by the Security staff... [[Scylla and Charybdis|or]] the numerous enemies he's made amongst the criminal world of the station. {{spoiler|The bad guys turn out to be members of a xenophobic "Pro Earth" organization, including the second in command of the security detail sent to capture him.}}

* Every episode ever of ''[[Perry Mason]]'' and ''[[Matlock]]'' (since they're defense attorneys and [[Good Lawyers, Good Clients|all "good" defense attorneys have innocent clients]]...[[Sarcasm Mode|right]]?).

* In two episodes of ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'', Stabler gets falsely accused of being sexually abusive.

** In the episode ''Doubt'', the accusation is made by a emotionally disturbed woman who is either traumatized by a real case of abuse or simply an attention-whore who realized just how much attention a false accusation can give her. In either case, she recants her accusation against Stabler {{spoiler|and the audience never gets to know if the guy she accused of rape got convicted or not - the episode ends as the jury is about to read the verdict.}}

* ''[[Ghost Trick]]'': {{spoiler|Lynne is framed for the murder of Yomiel by Yomiel. He controls her to shoot his immortal shell, makes sure it's caught on tape, then leaves his body to be found by the police. Since few people see the corpse before Cabanela steals it, no one else notices that it's a person who supposedly died ten years earlier.}}

* Happens to the player ''twice'' in ''[[Golden Eye Wii (Video Game)|Golden Eye Wii]]'' {{spoiler|-- first for the death of Valentin Zhukovsky, then later for Russian Defense Minister Mishkin.}}

 

 

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