History Main / MysteryEpisode

* Parodied in "Manga/SpyXFamily": Mission 94 is a classic TenLittleMurderVictims plot in a ski lodge [[ClosedCircle isolated]] by a blizzard... but with [[BadassFamily the Forgers]] involved, it's quickly wrapped up after the attempted murder of the first victim, courtesy of [[PsychicChild Anya's telepathy]], [[UpliftedAnimal Bond's precognition]], and [[TheAce Loid's sheer competence]].

* Parodied in "Manga/SPY×FAMILY": Mission 94 is a classic TenLittleMurderVictims plot in a ski lodge [[ClosedCircle isolated]] by a blizzard... but with [[BadassFamily the Forgers]] involved, it's quickly wrapped up after the attempted murder of the first victim, courtesy of [[PsychicChild Anya's telepathy]], [[UpliftedAnimal Bond's precognition]], and [[TheAce Loid's sheer competence]].

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* One episode of ''Manga/{{Magi}}'' sees Sinbad being accused of raping Princess Kougyoku, but he has no memory of the night before, and thus the cast must determine what happened. [[spoiler:It later turns out that Kougyoku's attendant put her and Sinbad together in Sinbad's bed, hoping to pressure Sinbad into marrying Kougyoku.]]

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': The chapter "Remote Island Syndrome" sees the SOS Brigade stay overnight at an island villa belonging to Itsuki's distant relative, when their host is suddenly murdered in the middle of a storm and they scramble to find the killer. [[spoiler:It all turns out to be a [[FakeMystery hoax]], designed to keep them (and Haruhi in particular) entertained.]]

* "A Murder Case in the Area", one of the stories from the eighth volume of the ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' light novel, has Kirito and Asuna investigate two mysterious in-game murders. The murders seem impossible, because the victims have been killed with a safe zone where the game mechanics prevent player-killing. It turns out [[spoiler:the "victims" have faked their deaths, to scare a third person into confessing to their role in an older murder]]. In the anime adaptation of ''Sword Art Online'', the story was adapted into two episodes "Murder in the Safe Zone" and "Illusionary Avenger".

* In the third episode of the first season of the Marvel series ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'', things seemed to be playing out as they did before, but then Tony Stark keels over dead from a supposed curative. Then Thor is killed by an arrow to the heart from Hawkeye that he says he didn't shoot. Then Hawkeye dies without a word or sound in his prison cell. Then the Hulk ''inflates like a balloon and goes '''pop'''''. Then Black Widow is thrashed by an unseen foe and dragged away screaming. The race is on to find out who's behind the murders of the Avengers. We eventually learn that [[spoiler:Hope van Dyne, daughter of the Ant-Man Hank Pym, died on a SHIELD mission. This drove Hank mad and so he decided to get payback by becoming the villainous Yellowjacket and destroying the Avengers Initiative and those involved to spite Nick Fury (fortunately, Steve Rogers survived due to still being on ice at the time).]] [[spoiler:Too bad his actions inadvertently led to Loki having a ''much'' easier time taking over the Earth than he did in the ''Avengers'' movie.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2ETheBigClamUp The Big Clam-Up]]" has the Planeteers go to San Francisco to find out why several locals came down with several forms of food poisoning at once. Overlaps with NoirEpisode because Ma-Ti is reading a pulp detective novel and imagining himself as a detective working the case. The culprit? [[spoiler:The locals ate at a seafood restaurant run by Verminous Skumm who has been deliberately harvesting the fish from heavily polluted waters.]]

** "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" involves an investigation into a local hoodlum called the Ass Crack Bandit, whose "crime" is inserting quarters into the butt cracks of Greendale students. Also a ParodyEpisode, this one of ''Film/{{Zodiac}}''. The culprit is [[spoiler:never revealed, although a later episode implies that it's Annie.]]

* An episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' saw perennial loser Al Bundy become mistaken for a famous detective as he's trying to earn extra money for the family. He winds up getting framed for the theft of a ''titanic'' diamond by a group of rich clients (and murdering their patriarch but that's not important) and goes on the lamb for a bit trying to clear his name. In the end, his intricate knowledge of cheap shoes allows him to finger the real culprit and be awarded a massive reward for recovering the diamond, as well as the fawning attention of an attractive heiress. Too bad it was AllJustADream.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': "The Big Clam-Up" has the Planeteers go to San Francisco to find out why several locals came down with several forms of food poisoning at once. Overlaps with NoirEpisode because Ma-Ti is reading a pulp detective novel and imagining himself as a detective working the case. The culprit? [[spoiler:The locals ate at a seafood restaurant run by Verminous Skumm who has been deliberately harvesting the fish from heavily polluted waters.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' once had the Planeteers go to San Francisco to find out why several locals came down with several forms of food poisoning at once. Overlaps with NoirEpisode because Ma-Ti is reading a pulp detective novel and imagining himself as a detective working the case. The culprit? [[spoiler:The locals ate at a seafood restaurant run by Verminous Skumm who has been deliberately harvesting the fish from heavily polluted waters.]]

* "Radio/OurMissBrooks" has at least three:

** ''Mr. Conklin Plays Detective'': Someone sneaks into Mr. Conklin's office one Friday afternoon, steals his typewriter and makes a long-distance call to Rockaway, Minnesota. [[spoiler: It's Mr. Boynton. But he left the money for the call, along with an explanation. He oiled the typewriter and put it away in Mr. Conklin's closet]]

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' has at least three:

** ''Postage Due'': Miss Brooks wants to return the ten cents postage due the friendly old neighborhood postman. When a postman delivers a letter with postage due, he's deducted the money from his salary. Unfortunately, the postman has retired and apparently disappeared. Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton and Mr. Conklin are worried about his well-being and try to find him. [[spoiler: the postman is a crook about to board a ship to South America. Miss Brooks' honesty and concern actually prompted the US post office to investigate his whereabouts to help their former employee. To everybody's surprise, he's been embezzling cheques and cash placed in his trust]]
** ''The Jewel Robbery'': Miss Brooks mistakenly believes Mr. Boynton robbed a jewelry store [[spoiler: It's actually a dishwasher in the school cafeteria. The dishwasher was also stealing cafeteria funds]]

* A filler episode of ''Anime/OnePunchMan'' has the S-class heroes having to solve the murder of fellow S-Class [=ZombieMan=] while staying at a hot spring. Bonus points for Child Emperor, who is doing the sleuthing here, being voiced by the same actor who did [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan Edogawa]].