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* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': After the Kettleman family suddenly disappears in the night, Nacho is arrested and implicated in the crime due to numerous extenuating circumstances. Although Nacho is at this point a high-level cartel member, and was in fact preparing to rob the Kettleman family (the reason he was arrested was because a neighbour caught him casing the house), their disappearance was unrelated. Saul is forced to prove Nacho's innocence within twenty-four hours ''because'' Nacho ''is'' a cartel member, since, even if he's not guilty of ''this'' crime, he is guilty of a lot of other crimes and if the police put him under further investigation he'll end up being implicated with ''those'' crimes, and when that happens, Nacho's associates will turn Saul into a "meat piñata". [[spoiler:It turns out the Kettleman family disappeared ''themselves'' because they were being investigated for embezzlement and decided to fake a kidnapping to escape the consequences.]]

* A comedic version occurs in ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'': The heroes face a MonsterOfTheWeek modeled on a director who has the power to scan peoples' minds and then trap them in a movie genre they like. The first two times this happens, he scans [[ActionGirl Amy]] and sticks the team in a [[CopsAndDetectives cop movie]] and a [[JapaneseDelinquents school delinquents movie]]; [[RuleOfThree the third time]], [[TheHero King]] tells everyone to clear their minds... but they still end up in a {{Kaijuu}} movie anyhow.

** The trope happens to the same man in the season 3 finale and season 4 premiere. Sherlock believes Jonathan Bloom may have murdered a missing female junkie because he was a suspect in two similar murder as well as the earlier murder of his wife. Bloom claims the woman attacked him and stole his stash, which is supported by his arm being in a sling and confirmed when Sherlock finds the woman dead of an overdose. Later, a sort of reverse chronological variation happens. Bloom tells Sherlock he has a predilection for beating young women in exchange for supplying them with drugs and that he had accidentally beaten of these women to death, but insists he didn't kill his wife. [[spoiler:He shoots himself in front of Sherlock immediately afterwards. Sherlock and Watson investigate and determine that Bloom's wife was killed by a human trafficker she was targeting in a failed revenge plot.]]

* The trope happens to the same man in the season 3 finale and season 4 premiere. Sherlock believes Jonathan Bloom may have murdered a missing female junkie because he was a suspect in two similar murder as well as the earlier murder of his wife. Bloom claims the woman attacked him and stole his stash, which is supported by his arm being in a sling and confirmed when Sherlock finds the woman dead of an overdose. Later, a sort of reverse chronological variation happens. Bloom tells Sherlock he has a predilection for beating young women in exchange for supplying them with drugs and that he had accidentally beaten of these women to death, but insists he didn't kill his wife. [[spoiler:He shoots himself in front of Sherlock immediately afterwards. Sherlock and Watson investigate and determine that Bloom's wife was killed by a human trafficker she was targeting in a failed revenge plot.]]

* In one episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', Tony is framed for a crime. One of the first people he suspects is Ziva.
-->'''Ziva:''' I would ''never'' do that!\\
'''Tony:''' ''[looks at her]''\\
'''Ziva:''' All right, I could. '''But''' I didn't.

* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'':

--> "'Bob'": Well, [[DownplayedTrope I'm not saying it might not have come to that]], but [[DrivenToSuicide he beat us to the punch]].