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== Anime & Manga ==

 

 

* ''[[Batman]]'', or rather Bruce Wayne, had to deal with this in ''[[Bruce Wayne Murderer]]'' and ''[[Bruce Wayne Fugitive]]'' after his ex-girlfriend Vesper Fairchild was found dead in Wayne Manor. Lex Luthor had hired the assassin David Cain to frame Bruce Wayne for a murder after Bruce ruined his scheme to acquire Gotham's real estate in the aftermath of ''No Man's Land''. The frameup went even further than that though: since Cain had deduced that Bruce and Batman were one and the same, he also planted fake evidence suggesting that Vesper had discovered Bruce's secret and was about to expose him. This actually made some of Bruce's allies (except Dick and Alfred who remain convinced that Bruce is innocent) briefly suspect that Bruce had snapped and killed Vesper to hide his secret. The story arc went on for as long as it did because Bruce didn't even try to [[Clear My Name|clear his name]]; rather, he used this as an opportunity to ditch his identity as Bruce Wayne and become Batman full time.

* ''[[Sin City]]'' has two protagonists framed: Marv and John Hartigan. In a rare [[Gang War]] example, Dwight framed one crime family for attacking another in order to protect the Old Town girls.

* ''Manor de Sade'' starts out with the protagonist bragging to herself about how she managed to advance in her career by backstabbing his boss with a trumped-up accusation of sexual harassment. He had simply been friendly, but she had pretended to feel harassed. This resulted in him getting fired and her getting his job, just as she had planned. Only the audience (and her mirror) gets to know the truth. {{spoiler|Or maybe not.}}

 

* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', {{spoiler|Rorschach is framed for the murder of Moloch}}.

* ''The Hurricane'', 1999 American biographical film starring Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

* Subverted in ''Framed'', because the title would make you expect it to happen but it doesn't. (At least according to the [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/framed.php review] at ''[[Something Awful]]''.)

 

 

== Literature ==

* [[Dashiell Hammett]]'s detective the [[No Name Given|Continental Op]] treats all investigations as a [[Frame-Up]]: he gathers evidence, discovers likely victims and then attempts to get one into the frame. If they are guilty, well that's nice but incidental to getting paid.

* 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.}}

* In the ''[[Transformers Trans Tech]]'' story "Gone Too Far", Jackpot & Hubcap are framed by the actual killer for the murder of a popular revolutionary, putting them in danger from the victim's gangster friends. To make matters even more fun for the duo, the police know they're innocent but play along with pretending they're guilty anyway, because they hope the duo will come across the real killer while trying to escape/[[Clear My Name|clear their name]].

 

 

** Probably also applies to Mac, when Clay Dobson jumped of a building and framed Mac for pushing him

* ''[[Forever Knight]]'' in one of the early season 2 eps, Nick is framed for murder by [[La Croix]], whom Nick still thought was dead. [[It Got Worse|Things got worse]] when the DNA Natalie substituted for Nick's vampire blood turned out to belong to the real killer.

 

 

** Case or two? You'd have more trouble trying to find cases where someone wasn't framed.

* ''[[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.}}

* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'': Subverted. Sunry is accused of murdering a Sith woman and he says that the case is a complete [[Frame-Up]]. {{spoiler|Evidence reveals that he did do it, and when you confront him with this, he will explain himself. It's up to you if you want to get him free or send him to his death}}.