History FrameUp / WesternAnimation

* The premise behind the ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' episode "Conspiracy". Buzz was framed for an assassination attempt on the Galactic President. Which results in Buzz escaping from custody while in transit to a penal colony, and hunting down the real culprits while being hunted down by his then former comrades.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' where Dr. Doofenshmirtz's plans an action series titled [[ShowWithinAShow "Doof 'N' Puss",]] where the opening explains that Perry is framed for a crime he didn't commit, The 1865 assassination of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln! It even shows a historical drawing of Lincoln at the Ford Theater with a cutout of Perry crudely taped to it.

* In Killer Croc's first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he kidnaps two gangsters while disguised as Detective Bullock to frame him as part as an elaborate revenge plot against all three for getting him arrested in the past.

* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'':
** The 1954 short ''[[HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines Feline Frame-Up]]'' is about [[CatsAreMean Claude]] wanting Pussyfoot's bed all to himself, but each time [[HeroicDog Marc Anthony]] [[BigBrotherInstinct stops him]], their stodgy owner, Filbert, believes he is harassing the cats and gives the dog one final warning to leave them alone. Marc Anthony is then thrown out of the house when Claude frames him for trying to eat Pussyfoot, and he is left to steal her bed and leave her trapped in a vase without him having to stop him. After being beaten up by Marc Anthony several times as the latter tries several unsuccessful attempts at getting back in the house, Claude eventually surrenders, confesses his crimes to Filbert and gives Pussyfoot her bed back. Filbert, now knowing the truth, [[LaserGuidedKarma kicks Claude out of the house]][[spoiler:, where he is promptly run over by a streetcar]].
-->'''Claude''': ''[dazed]'' Just one of those days, I guess...
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Rarity Investigates!", [[spoiler:Wind Rider]] goes as far as to [[DisguisedInDrag disguise himself as a mare]] to frame Rainbow Dash for trying to eliminate Spitfire from a competition. Rarity manages to clear her name.

** In "Rebirth", the people who murdered Warren [=McGinnis=] spray paint "HAHAHA" graffiti all over the place so that everyone thinks the Jokerz gang did it.
** In "Eyewitness", Batman beats up the BombThrowingAnarchist Mad Stan and knocks him out, but Spellbinder uses an illusion to make Barbara Gordon see Batman kill Stan in cold blood.

* John Stewart is framed for destroying an entire planet in season one of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' -- and framed so thoroughly that even he thinks he's guilty. While the few other Green Lanterns who show up for his trial treat him with scorn (except Kilowog), the Leaguers aren't in a hurry to give up on him.
-->'''Superman''': It was all an illusion -- a frame-up, as they say on my planet.

** The [[WesternAnimation/{{LooneyTunes}} 1954 short]] ''[[HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines Feline Frame-Up]]'' is about [[CatsAreMean Claude]] wanting Pussyfoot's bed all to himself, but each time [[HeroicDog Marc Anthony]] [[BigBrotherInstinct stops him]], their stodgy owner, Filbert, believes he is harassing the cats and gives the dog one final warning to leave them alone. Marc Anthony is then thrown out of the house when Claude frames him for trying to eat Pussyfoot, and he is left to steal her bed and leave her trapped in a vase without him having to stop him. After being beaten up by Marc Anthony several times as the latter tries several unsuccessful attempts at getting back in the house, Claude eventually surrenders, confesses his crimes to Filbert and gives Pussyfoot her bed back. Filbert, now knowing the truth, [[LaserGuidedKarma kicks Claude out of the house]][[spoiler:, where he is promptly run over by a streetcar]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The classic episode "Krusty Gets Busted" revolves around Krusty the Clown, Bart's favorite TV personality, getting arrested for armed robbery. Despite seeing [[DepravedKidsShowHost Krusty's jovial on-air persona getting torn down]], Bart and Lisa are convinced Krusty is innocent, and their investigation reveals that [[ItWasHisSled Krusty's sidekick Sideshow Bob framed Krusty so he could take his place as host]].

''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': In "Ordeal in the Darklands", Evil-Lyn and Tri-Klops kidnap Mira and use an illusion to make it look like He-Man and Man-At-Arms did it. As a result, Mira's overprotective father Kor, a very powerful sorcerer, attacks the two. Fortunately, Teela and Orko manage to rescue Mira and Mira tells her father what really happened.

* The premise behind the WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand episode "Conspiracy". Buzz was framed for an assassination attempt on the Galactic President. Which results in Buzz escaping from custody while in transit to a penal colony, and hunting down the real culprits while being hunted down by his then former comrades.

** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E4OneIfByClamTwoIfBySea One if by Clam, Two if by Sea]]" has Peter and his friends being accused of burning down a British pub that took the place of the Drunken Clam following a hurricane, and are sent to prison where they have to contend with an old nemesis of Joe's. Their wives, however, suspect they were framed when the owner, Nigel Pinchley, took out a huge policy the day before the fire, thinking [[InsuranceFraud he did it for the insurance money]] and framed Peter so he could seduce Lois. Lois, Loretta and Bonnie are later able to prove this and clear their husbands' names, ultimately getting Nigel deported back to England and executed by hanging.

** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E4OneIfByClamTwoIfBySea One if by Clam, Two if by Sea]]" has Peter and his friends being accused of burning down a British pub that took the place of the Drunken Clam following a hurricane, and are sent to prison where they have to contend with an old nemesis of Joe's. Their wives, however, suspect they were framed when the owner, Nigel Pinchley, took out a huge policy the day before the fire, thinking he did it for the insurance money and framed Peter so he could seduce Lois. Lois, Loretta and Bonnie are later able to prove this and clear their husbands' names, ultimately getting Nigel deported back to England and executed by hanging.

** "One if by Clam, Two if by Sea" has Peter and his friends being accused of burning down a British pub that took the place of the Drunken Clam following a hurricane, and are sent to prison where they have to contend with an old nemesis of Joe's. Their wives, however, suspect they were framed when the owner, Nigel Pinchley, took out a huge policy the day before the fire, thinking he did it for the insurance money and framed Peter so he could seduce Lois. Lois, Loretta and Bonnie are later able to prove this and clear their husbands' names, ultimately getting Nigel deported back to England and executed by hanging.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': In "Ordeal in the Darklands", Evil-Lyn and Tri-Klops kidnap Mira and use an illusion to make it look like He-Man and Man-At-Arms did it. As a result, Mira's overprotective father Kor, a very powerful sorcerer, attacks the two. Fortunately, Teela and Orko manage to rescue Mira and Mira tells her father what really happened.