History Main / ThisBearWasFramed

* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Film/AceVentura'', a [[MonsterOfTheWeek villain of the week]] frames a gorilla.

* The premise of the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'': the murder of an aquarium's owner is pinned on an orca. [[spoiler:The owner actually slipped and fell to his death when trying to stop the "murderer" from killing the orca by draining her tank, since he blamed her for his girlfriend's death. And turns out not only his girlfriend's death had nothing to do with the whale, but the orca is a different one from the one his girlfriend used to train.]]

* Mr. Peevly frames WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch pre-emptively when statues of Wonderland Zoo's founders disappear (issue #9 "The Vanishing Zoo Heroes"). The bears do some intensive detective work to clear themselves and discovers some jealous gophers as the culprits.

* A variant in ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' episode "[[Recap/WishboneS1E08TheSlobberyHound The Slobbery Hound]]." The titular Jack Russell ended up blamed for a variety of incidents that were clearly caused by a dog given the paw prints and teeth marks found at the scenes, not to mention the garbage cans being knocked over, but when the main trio investigates, they discover that Wishbone couldn't have caused the problems because A) the paw prints and teeth marks were way too big to have come from Wishbone and B) he's too short to knock over the trashcans, not to mention that when they're full, they're too heavy for him to push. Ultimately they find the dog (a giant bloodhound, as befits a WholePlotReference to ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'') responsible and use the evidence they collected to clear Wishbone.

* A variant in ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' where the titular Jack Russell ended up blamed for a variety of incidents that were clearly caused by a dog given the paw prints and teeth marks found at the scenes, not to mention the garbage cans being knocked over, but when the main trio investigates, they discover that Wishbone couldn't have caused the problems because A) the paw prints and teeth marks were way too big to have come from Wishbone and B) he's too short to knock over the trashcans, not to mention that when they're full, they're too heavy for him to push. Ultimately they find the dog (a giant bloodhound, as befits a WholePlotReference to ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'') responsible and use the evidence they collected to clear Wishbone.

** There are a few variations in some other episodes, mostly by authorities attributing the deaths or injuries of various characters to mundane animals rather than cryptids, like the deaths caused by the [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Fouke Monster]] or [[ImAHumanitarian Wendigo]] being attributed to bear attacks, or an attack by the [[PrehistoricMonster White River Monster]] being taken as being done by an alligator instead. How much of that is an insidious cover-up or them simply not believing that some dangerous is out there is up to interpretation.

* An episode of ''Series/MidsomerMurders'' has a killer use a saber tooth tiger skull to make marks on the body to hide the real cause of death.

The catch is that some animal lover (or unusually perceptive detective) may come along and try to [[ClearMyName Clear His Name]]. Compare AnimalAssassin and FedToTheBeast, where the killer ''actually'' uses the animal as a weapon to kill the victim, and HuntingAccident and ObfuscatingPostmortemWounds , which can overlap. See also FedToPigs, when the killer lets animals make a meal of the corpse to dispose of it.

* ''{{Series/Castle}}'': In "The Fast and the Furriest", evidence at a crime scene suggests that a murderous Bigfoot is stalking the streets of New York City. Castle is only too willing to believe that a Bigfoot is the culprit, but Beckett, Ryan, and Esposito are convinced the murderer is more mundane. They are, of course, correct.

** The "Mysterious Campsite Event" case has this trope PlayedForLaughs. A flock of crows try to take the food Kindaichi and co. have with them and a wristwatch Miyuki is wearing, and later on they're blamed for filching said watch when it goes missing, though it's found in their nest soon afterwards. [[spoiler:In truth, Kindaichi serves as the MoleDetective here, as he secretly put the wristwatch in the crows' nest in order to pin the blame on them for any disturbance ''he'' causes by peeping at the girls of the group and [[PantyThief stealing Miyuki's panties]]. Unfortunately for him, the girls discover the truth before the night ends and promptly beat the snot out of him for his perverted scheme.]]

* ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'': In the Murder in the Forest of the Demon Dog case, people are trapped in a building surrounded by rabid dogs led by a genetically modified giant dog called Cerberus. Several people are found dead covered in claw marks. [[spoiler:Cerberus doesn't actually exist and all evidence of his existence was fabricated by the culprit. Furthermore, the existing dogs aren't actually rabid but are being controlled by the culprit who trained them. All the murders were personally done by the culprit.]]

* The premise of the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'': the murder of an aquarium's owner is pinned on an orca. [[spoiler:The owner actually slipped and fell to his death when trying to stop the "murderer" from killing the orca by draining her tank, since he blamed her for his girlfriend's death.]]

** There are a few variations in some other episodes, mostly by authorities attributing the deaths or injuries of various characters to mundane animals rather than cryptids, like the deaths of three hunters who are killed by the [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Fouke Monster]] are attributed to bear attacks.

* In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''[[WesternAnimation/AceVenturaTheAnimatedSeries Ace Ventura]]'', a VillainOfTheWeek framed a gorilla.

* ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'': In the Murder in the Forest of the Demon Dog case, people are trapped in a building surrounded by rabid dogs led by a genetically modified giant dog called Cerberus. Several people are found dead covered in claw marks.[[spoiler:Cerberus doesn't actually exist and all evidence of his existence was fabricated by the culprit. Furthermore, the existing dogs aren't actually rabid but are being controlled by the culprit who trained them. All the murders were personally done by the culprit.]]

The catch is that some animal lover (or unusually perceptive detective) may come along and try to [[ClearMyName Clear His Name]]. Compare AnimalAssassin and FedToTheBeast, where the killer ''actually'' uses the animal as a weapon to kill the victim, and HuntingAccident, which can overlap. See also FedToPigs, when the killer lets animals make a meal of the corpse to dispose of it.

** "Mr. Monk and the Panic Room": A monkey is framed for murder. It is then up to Monk to figure out how.

The catch is that some animal lover (or unusually perceptive detective) may come along and try to [[ClearMyName Clear His Name]]. Compare AnimalAssassin and FedToTheBeast, where the killer ''actually'' uses the animal as a weapon to kill the victim, and HuntingAccident, which can overlap. See also FedToPigs, when the killer lets animals dispose of the corpse by eating the whole thing.

The catch is that some animal lover (or unusually perceptive detective) may come along and try to [[ClearMyName Clear His Name]]. Compare AnimalAssassin and FedToTheBeast, where the killer ''actually'' uses the animal as a weapon to kill the victim, and HuntingAccident, which can overlap.

** Happens in an episode, with a serial killer masking his murders in a natural park as accidents -- including a grizzly attack. The bear sure did partially eat the corpse, but during the autopsy, Ducky finds a stab wound in the heart that is too neat to have been done by bear claws.
** In another episode, "Dog Tags", Abby clears the name of a German Shepherd she has named Jethro.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', Scar uses stampeding wildebeests to murder Mufasa -- an odd example of [[FurryConfusion an animal using other animals to make the murder of another animal look like an (accidental) animal attack]].