Framed

Any situation where the whumpee is accused of something, but is actually innocent.

They might be arrested as a result, or forced to be on the run while tries to clear their name.

Maybe they embrace the lie, believing that the punishment is deserved, or lead by the angst of loved ones believing in all that in the first place.

Doesn't have to be part of a conspiracy, but it's always exciting when it does.

Lots and lots of emotional hurt (and many other tropes).

Check the **complete Tropes index** for more.

## Animes

**Boku Dake ga Inai Machi | Erased**

* **Ep 1: Fujinuma Satoru** comes home to find his mother dead, murdered with a knife at his apartment. Upon seeing her, he falls on his back, shocked, and when a neighbour enters and sees him like that, he is immediately considered by her - and consequently by the police - as the culprit. He manages to run away and spends many moments throughout the episodes hiding.

## TV Shows

**Atiye | The Gift**

* **1x07: (SPOILER) Atiye** (Beren Saat) gets home and finds Cansu - her sister - dead on the floor, but since someone had already called the police and left Cansu's phone with a possible motive for the crime, Atiye gets incriminated.

**Carnival Row**

* **1x05:** **(SPOILER)** The police finds out that **Rycroft Philostrate** (Orlando Bloom) is only half human, so of course he MUST be the serial killer they are looking for, right? Right?! Philo is arrested, manhandled and beaten on the process, and then taken to one of the police station's cells.

**C.B. Strike**

* **2x02:** Someone puts in motion a elaborated plan to frame **Cormoran Strike** (Tom Burke) for pedophilia and murder. He is taken in for interrogation - not arrested though -, looses all his clients and is exposed on the news.

**Lucifer**

* **1x12/1x13:** On the first one we have the setup for **Lucifer** (Tom Ellis) being framed for murder, and on the next one him and Amenadiel out on a quest to clear his name. Lucifer definitely feels betrayed, with Chloe apparently believing he's guilt, and he even provokes the others cops to shot him.

**Prison Break**

* It's how the whole story begins, also a recorrent event throughout the series. At season 1, **Lincoln Burrows** (Dominic Purcell) is in prison being framed for the murder of the vice-president's brother, giving the conspiracy tone to the show.

**Sense8**

* **1x06: Sun Bak** (Bae Doona) is arrested for stealing from her father's company, and is locked away at a female prison. She actually took the fall for her brother, to honor a promise she made to their mother.

**The Flash**

* **1x19:** The team is trying to catch a shapeshifter meta human, and at some point it transforms into **Eddie Thawne** (Rick Cosnett) , shooting two cops. Eddie is arrested for this.

## Movies

**The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)**

* **Edomond Dantes** (Jim Caviezel) is imprisioned at the Châteu d'If for 21 years for a crime he didn't commit.

## Dramas

**The Untamed**

* The main chain of events during the flashback arc, is the development of **Wei Wuxian's** (Xiao Zhan) reputation as a "bad seed", the one who is arrogant and evil, using demon cultivation to obtain power over others. Ultimately he is accused of murder and another great number of evil acts, by rumors and schemes of others. At the present part of the story, he still faces the consequences of it all. Part of him believes he deserves it.

**W (2016)**

* **Ep 10:** The antagonists take over the story's narrative and **Kang Chul** (Lee Jong Suk) - once again - gets framed for the murder of his family (from 10 years back) with the "discovery of new evidence"; oh yeah, he is also being framed for the death of a friend at the hospital. He is forced to run away.