Basic Trope: Someone is accused of a crime that they did not commit due to faked evidence.
- Straight: Bob is apparently caught on doctored security footage committing a bank robbery, but he didn't do it.
- Exaggerated: Bob is apparently caught on doctored security footage committing a bank robbery, arson, genocide, and driving over the speed limit.
- Downplayed: Bob is apparently caught jaywalking.
- Justified:
- Inverted:
- The police are framed for robbing a bank.
- Due to falsified evidence, Bob is believed to have rescued Dave from a burning building. It was actually Alice who did that.
- Subverted:
- Right before Bob is arrested, evidence turns up implicating the actual culprit.
- Bob shows the cops the true security footage of the robbery.
- Double Subverted:
- Then Bob's charged for a different crime.
- It's assumed to be another forgery and they arrest Bob anyway.
- Parodied: The cops frame Bob for robbing the donut shop.
- Zig-Zagged: The cops arrest Bob for robbing a bank, and then they let him go after realizing he didn't do it... then they arrest him for murder.
- Averted:
- Bob is not arrested for a crime.
- The police are smart and they don't accuse Bob of a crime without conclusive evidence that he did it.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Why did the cops arrest Bob? Wasn't the security footage altered?" "Yeah, and they must be really damn stupid."
- Invoked: Bob frames himself for a crime he masterminded to be found innocent.
- Exploited:
- The cops use false evidence as grounds for arresting everyone until they get the one who actually did it.
- The true culprit kills Bob and then frames him for their preceding crime.
- Defied: The cops look at the evidence and conclude Bob is innocent, therefore not taking him into custody.
- Discussed: "You better look out for the police, because they'll take any evidence at face value, and who knows if you will get arrested or not?"
- Conversed: "Why the hell did the cops arrest Bob?! HE DIDN'T DO IT!" "I know, but wasn't there a gun with his fingerprints on it?" "He was wearing gloves!"
- Deconstructed:
- Multiple arrests made using false evidence leads to a loss of trust within the police.
- Bob is subjected to Police Brutality while in custody.
HEY YOU! YOU'RE UNDER ARREST! COME WITH US AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT! Bu-but it wasn't me, I swear!
