Frame-Up in Western Animation.
- In the Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "The Crimson Avenger", a thief frames Cavin for stealing the king's ruby studs by slipping one of them into the boy's pocket, leading to Cavin's arrest. After a few false starts (including Calla being accused of being a crook after she's caught dressing as the Crimson Avenger), Cavin's innocence is eventually proven and the true thief is imprisoned.
- Arcane: Silco has Marcus frame the Firelights for Jinx's attack on Jayce's workshop both to take heat off himself and to give the Enforcers an excuse to go after the Firelights.
- In Killer Croc's first appearance in Batman: The Animated Series, "Vendetta", 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.
- Batman Beyond:
- 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 Mad Bomber Mad Stan and knocks him out, but Spellbinder uses an illusion to make Barbara Gordon see Batman kill Stan in cold blood.
- The premise behind the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 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.
- This was how Danny Phantom became a Hero with Bad Publicity thanks to an old enemy of his creating a thorough version of one of these.
- Ghostwriter also did it to Danny in the Christmas Episode. Fortunately, thanks to his continuous good deeds, everyone got over them except for Jack and Maddie who didn't think there was such a thing as good ghosts. At least until the Grand Finale.
- The plot of the Defenders of the Earth episode "The Defense Never Rests" revolves around Ming creating android clones of all the Defenders except Kshin and using them to create fake news footage in order to convince the Ilyrians, a race of staunch pacifists, that the Defenders are a terrorist organisation. As a result, the Defenders are put on trial, but Rick, LJ and Jedda (along with Kisa) manage to escape and head for Ice Station Earth, where they find Ming's androids. Having obtained proof that Ming faked the evidence he presented to the Ilyrians, they return to the trial, arriving just in time to prevent their elders from being banished to a distant galaxy. (Though Mandrake appears to have been banished already, he's actually casting one of his illusions.)
- Ed, Edd n Eddy: In the episode "If It Smells Like an Ed", after receiving a humiliating wedgie in front of everybody by Eddy, Jimmy pulls off a revenge scheme by framing the Eds for various acts of mischief, including tying Jonny up with candy to make it look like another one of their scams, enough to rile the others up and treat the trio to a Produce Pelting.
- Family Guy:
- "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 so he could seduce Lois with Peter out of the way. 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.
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983): 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.
- Hey Arnold!:
- In the episode "False Alarm," Eugene is put on trial for pulling the fire alarm and could face expulsion if convicted. While everyone else thinks he is guilty, Arnold believes he was framed. Moments after Arnold pulls the classic 12 Angry Men pencil stab on the table, Curly breaks down and confesses he's responsible. His motive? Revenge after Eugene borrowed his Wanky Land pencil, chewed on it and sharpened it all the way down to the eraser nub.
- In "Helga and the Nanny," Helga's family hires a nanny, Inga, to do chores and look after Helga. While she succeeds at this, Helga, who dislikes the new dynamics, hides Big Bob's belt in Inga's room, making Inga out as a thief.
- John Stewart is framed for destroying an entire planet in the Justice League story "In Blackest Night" — 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.
- Kaeloo: Played for Laughs. In Episode 18, Mr. Cat is working as a security guard at a fruit market, and Stumpy steals all the apples and bribes Mr. Cat to keep silent about it. Mr. Cat plants an apple on Quack Quack's (his most hated enemy's) person to frame him for stealing just so he can have an excuse to beat him up.
- The 1954 Looney Tunes short Feline Frame-Up is about Claude wanting Pussyfoot's bed all to himself, but each time Marc Anthony 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, kicks Claude out of the house, where he is promptly run over by a streetcar.Claude: [dazed] Just one of those days, I guess...
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: In "Rarity Investigates!", Wind Rider goes as far as to disguise himself as a mare to frame Rainbow Dash for trying to eliminate Spitfire from a competition. Rarity manages to clear her name.
- Parodied in Phineas and Ferb where Dr. Doofenshmirtz's plans an action series titled "Doof 'N' Puss", where the opening explains that Perry is framed for a crime he didn't commit, The 1865 assassination of Abraham Lincoln! It even shows a historical drawing of Lincoln at the Ford Theater with a cutout of Perry crudely taped to it.
- The Simpsons: The classic episode "Krusty Gets Busted" revolves around Krusty the Clown, Bart's favorite TV personality, getting arrested for armed robbery. Despite seeing Krusty's jovial on-air persona getting torn down, Bart and Lisa are convinced that Krusty is innocent, and their investigation reveals that Krusty's sidekick Sideshow Bob framed Krusty so he could take his place as host.
- The events of Skysurfer Strike Force start out when the Big Bad blows up an artificial intelligence lab and pins the blame on the main character's father.
- In the season 2 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Captain Freeman is framed for the destruction of Pakled Planet, and the episode ends with her being arrested by Starfleet. In reality, Starfleet knew all along that she was innocent, but they convince her to go along with sham trial so the actual culprits could be captured without being alerted and exonerate her.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars:
- In the movie, Dooku frames the Jedi in front of Jabba for the kidnapping of his son, Rotta.
- "Duchess of Mandalore": Satine is framed for murder when the Death Watch assassin hunting her shoots the informant she was having a meeting with.
- In the final arc of season 5, Ahsoka is framed for the bombing of the Jedi temple and the murder of Letta, who was used as a proxy to deliver the bomb. She's then aided in escaping but further framed with the murder of several clones. On top of that, the real bomber then knocks out Ventress and borrows her helmet and lightsabers, in order to fool Ahsoka into thinking that Ventress is the bomber.
- "Orders": Chancellor Palpatine claims that ARC trooper Fives, who is trying to uncover a conspiracy surrounding mysterious chips in all the clone troopers' brains, tried to kill him. How convenient that the holo-footage doesn't show the start of the confrontation, only the part with Fives on the offensive. (Also, to be clear, Fives did try to kill Palpatine. The frame-up is that he's made to look like he tried to do this because he's gone dangerously insane, not because he was defending himself.)
- Star Wars Rebels: In "Through Imperial Eyes", The Mole Agent Kallus frames Lieutenant Lyste as being Fulcrum. It doesn't quite go as planned, however, as Thrawn was already suspicious that Lyste wasn't smart enough to pull something like what happened in the episode, and ends up figuring out Kallus is Fulcrum thanks to something completely different. However, Thrawn and Yularen let the other Imperials, including Governor Pryce, believe that Lyste is the traitor in order to lull Kallus into a false sense of security, leaving Lyste's fate uncertain.
- Superman Theatrical Cartoons: In "Showdown", a criminal goes around committing crimes in a Superman costume. Even though he is short, scrawny, and has no superpowers, this fools everyone into thinking Superman has gone bad, until he manages to clear his name by capturing the imposter.
- Tom and Jerry:
- The 1957 short Tom's Photo Finish is when Tom sneaks a bite of chicken in a refrigerator and when their owners see someone ate the chicken, they're determined to find out who it was if they have to x-ray them. Tom frames Spike for his crimes, and Spike is kicked out of the house, but Jerry took a picture of the whole thing and tries several attempts to make the owners see the photos and clear Spike's name, and Tom is determined to make sure the owners don't know the truth, from hiding, destroying to even eating the evidence. After several tries, Jerry finally succeeds, and Tom is kicked out of the house. Spike is let back in and forgiven by his owners, just before Jerry shows him a photo he took of Tom being booted out of the house just as the kick makes contact.
- Total Drama:
- Heather feels threatened by the romance-alliance of Gwen and Trent in "Search and Do Not Destroy" and so sets out to break them up. To this end, she arranges for first Trent and later Gwen to come to the Dock of Shame. Heather keeps Trent busy until Gwen approaches and forces a kiss on him for Gwen to witness and assume that Trent is cheating on her. Gwen leaves in tears and while by the end of the day Heather's manipulations come to light, it isn't until after Trent has already been voted off for being a two-timer (Heather has immunity that day and couldn't be voted off).
- In "Awwwwww, Drumheller", Alejandro forges a picture of Cody and Heather sleeping next to each other in the jet's economy class. He hands it over to Sierra to turn her against Heather and is successful for much of the day's challenge until Cody gets his hands on the photo. Cody argues to Sierra that she never leaves him alone, so the photo can only be edited. Sierra sees reason and the two go gunning for Alejandro.
- B becomes the target of Scott's Team Killer strategy in "Ice Ice Baby". Scott sabotages his ice mirror to melt down the Toxic Rats' own snow fort and blames it on B. Because it's a fragile frame-up, he continues with other stories to get the required votes against B. He tells Sam that someone who doesn't talk must have something to hide, Dawn that B hates nature, and Lightning that B calls him "Fizzle" behind his back. B is voted out that evening, but his name gets cleared by the time of the finale.
- Brick and Dawn become the targets of Scott's Team Killer strategy in "Backstabbers Ahoy!". Scott goes around stealing various possessions of both teams with the intent to frame Brick for it later that day, but Dawn makes the mistake of not keeping quiet about her discovery of Scott's scheming. So, he blames the thefts on her instead, putting everything he stole and his own shark tooth in the bag Dawn had earlier gone beachcombing with. Dawn doesn't get a chance to defend herself and is voted off, although her name gets cleared by the time of the finale.
- Amy causes Pimâpotew Kinosewak to lose the challenge in "Twinning Isn't Everything", but as always blames it on Samey. Except for Jasmine, who witnessed the event, Amy convinces the entire team of Samey's guilt and to vote her off. Samey counters her sister's slander by tricking Amy into eating a poisonous apple that causes her throat to swell up and her to lose her speech. Then Samey claims to be Amy and gets Amy removed from the island in her place.
- On the Wallace & Gromit short A Close Shave Preston frames Gromit for sheep rustling. It even involves a literal frame-up, tricking Gromit into sticking his head through a picture of a butcher and taking an incriminating photo with one of the sheep.
