Ink Noir

In a dark and stylistic noir setting, a beloved cartoon character is marked as a prime suspect.

Consider a beloved, usually innocent, cartoon character tangled up in an old-fashioned crime noir, framed for a crime they didn’t commit. How might the goodwill they’ve built with their audience translate into this new setting? How would their specific skills or traits lend to their innocence? And what twists or revelations might occur along the way?