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Clue (Tabletop Game)
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I think Professor Plum Described Clue Here, in the office, with the laptop!Created in 1949 in Britain, Cluedo (Clue in North America) is the iconic mystery board game. Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in North America) has been murdered in his own mansion and the six people that were present are now considered suspects. Players take the role of any of the six suspects and receive cards containing illustrations of the suspects, the rooms or the weapons. One card of each category is placed in an envelope. To play, the suspects must enter a room in the mansion and make a suggestion such as, "It was Mrs. Peacock in the kitchen with the candlestick!" A different player can reveal a card that matches the suggestion to disprove it. To win the game, a player must make an accusation that matches all three cards contained in the envelope. If the accusation is wrong, the player must sit out for the rest of the game. Note that a player can accuse their own character if they believe themselves to be the murderer. It doesn't make much sense if you think about it, though they could have had amnesia. Another way to look at it is they actually get away with the murder and escape.The popularity of the game has caused it to be remade into a plethora of different locations and decades over the years. See Themed Stock Board Game. It was popular enough to have its own film, book series (each chapter therein involves Mr. Reginald Boddy and his color-coded guests participating in some activity or another, which would form the basis of a puzzle for the reader to solve, and the final story always involves Mr. Boddy's murder), video game adaptations, a VHS game, a game show, and a Teen Drama miniseries on The Hub. The film itself (starring Tim Curry) is considered a cult classic. There is even an unofficial inversion of the game, Kill Dr. Lucky. Most recently, a comic book adaptation was announced for June 2017 from Hasbro partner IDW Publishing set in Hasbro Comic Universe.Compare Ten Little Murder Victims, And Then There Were None. | |
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Hotter and Sexier | |
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Hotter and Sexier: In later editions, Mrs. White is depicted as a young woman. Granted, she doesn't look exactly "sexy", but considering that her older incarnation was an overweight Apron Matron... It can be argued in the UK 2000 version, as well as the 2012 version, Rev./Mr. Green and Professor Plum also got this as their Younger and Hipper forms in those games were easier on the eyes. The UK 2000 version also gave Colonel Mustard one too. Fully embraced with the 2023 edition, which makes the whole cast more attractive and more diverse, with Chef White in particular catching the attention of the internet. The Mobile Edition has Madame Rose (DLC character) also get made over into a younger, leaner and sexier Fortune Teller, where her previous versions had her much older and overweight. The 2012 version has Mrs. Peacock look almost as young as Miss Scarlet despite her three late husbands. | |
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Unexpected Gameplay Change | |
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Unexpected Gameplay Change: Done in a weird way with the SNES and Genesis adaptations, which have quite a few crucial differences from the physical game. Instead of deducing the killer, weapon, and location through other players' cards, you instead do it through clues given to you about who did or didn't have each weapon, or where each of them was or wasn't. Other players' cards don't come into play unless one makes an Interrogation, of which each player has a limited amount and are more intended as a safe means of testing out possible hypotheses once a firm person/weapon/room relationship has been established, since like in the normal game, a single wrong accusation instantly knocks you out. The harder difficulty settings don't even change the AI and/or luck of the computer players, but rather the vagueness of the clues the game provides. | |
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The Movie | |
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The Movie: Clue is a screwball comedy based on the American version of the game. | |
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Gender-Equal Ensemble | |
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Gender-Equal Ensemble: Three men (Green, Mustard, and Plum) and three women (White, Peacock, and Scarlet). Master Detective adds two men (Brunet and Gray) and two women (Rose and Peach). Some newer versions replace Mrs. White with Dr. Orchid, but the others remain unchanged, maintaining the equality. The film does this as well, in addition to the six regular suspects, there is one other man (Wadsworth, the butler), and one other woman (Yvette, the maid, as Mrs. White is a guest in this version). In Clue FX, not only are there the regular six suspects, but one other man (Rusty, the gardener), and one other woman (Mrs. Meadow-Brook, wife of this game's victim) as well, while the players are the ones investigating the crime, and include two women (Miss Peach and Lady Lavender) and two men (Prince Azure and Lord Gray). In the prequel to this, Clue Mysteries, the eight suspects from this game are the suspects, along with the four detectives. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: the comic miniseries - and how! Upton, Mr. Boddy's butler, breaks it on the first page of the first issue with the first spoken line, addressed to the reader. He then demolishes it by telling the reader not to judge the other characters too harshly: "It's not like they know they're in a comic book. Much less a murder-mystery one!" He then crushes the rubble of the wall by repeatedly leaning outside the frame to argue with the Editor of the Comic book! In the final scenes, the remains of the Fourth Wall are atomised when as part of the grand conspiracy, Upton eliminates all witnesses including the editor, artist, letterer and writer of the comic book... and the last frame shows him coming for the reader. | |
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Tampering with Food and Drink | |
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Tampering with Food and Drink: In Master Detective, one of the possible weapons is poison. | |
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What Did I Do Last Night? | |
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What Did I Do Last Night?: Clue: Lost in Vegas is a tongue-in-cheek version of the game that swaps out a murder mystery with an attempt to track down a missing friend after a wild night in Las Vegas. In the basic game, if a player realizes they are the culprit, it's an unpleasant answer to the question. | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser | |
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Wholesome Crossdresser: In the Simpsons version of the game, Mrs. White is played by Smithers in a maid's outfit. | |
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Non-Indicative Name | |
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Non-Indicative Name: In many editions, the weapon referred to as the Revolver is actually a semi-automatic. The original "Revolver" in the game's 1949 edition was a Dreyse M1907 (in the UK) and a Colt M1911 (in the US). It has been an actual revolver in some versions, however (particularly Passport to Murder and the 50th Anniversary Edition). | |
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French Jerk | |
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French Jerk: Monsieur Brunet from Master Detective. Even if he doesn't turn out to be the murderer, he's still an arrogant jerk. | |
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Tomato in the Mirror | |
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Tomato in the Mirror: When the winning player realizes that they were the actual culprit. | |
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The Killer in Me | |
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The Killer in Me: Your character has a one in six chance of this trope. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: Licensed versions that have the player characters as a separate group from the suspects must necessarily jettison the game mechanic allowing players to pull each other around the board by making suggestions. The 2016-2022 mass-market reprint, perhaps to make up for a lack of diversity in previous versions, replaced Mrs. White with the Asian "Dr. Orchid". One version of Clue Jr. cut out Mrs. White and Colonel Mustard—probably because the player characters were all reimagined as children, making it difficult to fit in a maid and a military officer. | |
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Fortune Teller | |
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The Mobile Edition has Madame Rose (DLC character) also get made over into a younger, leaner and sexier Fortune Teller, where her previous versions had her much older and overweight. The 2012 version has Mrs. Peacock look almost as young as Miss Scarlet despite her three late husbands. | |
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High-Class Glass | |
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High-Class Glass: Some editions depict Colonel Mustard wearing a monocle. | |
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Pun-Based Title | |
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Pun-Based Title: "Cluedo" is a pun on "Ludo" (an abbreviation of the Latin for "game"), the British name for the game known to most of the rest of the world as Pachisi (or Parcheesi, or Sorry!). | |
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Updated Re-release | |
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Updated Re Release: 1988's Clue: Master Detective, which gives background information on the game and characters (both in the game and around the world), as well as new characters (all of whom show up in the VCR game), new weapons and new rooms. | |
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Dragon Lady | |
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For a while in the '90s, some editions of the American version portrayed Miss Scarlett as an Asian Dragon Lady known as "The Mercenary of Macao". | |
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Improvised Weapon | |
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Improvised Weapon: In a pinch, a pipe, candlestick or wrench can inflict enough blunt force trauma to kill a person. | |
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Great White Hunter | |
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Great White Hunter: Colonel Mustard. | |
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Player Elimination | |
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Player Elimination: If you make an incorrect accusation, you're out. This happens because you have to look at the correct answer after making an accusation, so if you got to keep playing, you'd get a free win on your next turn. The 2008 edition Clue: Discover the Secrets features an Intrigue deck that contains Clock Cards. If you're unlucky enough to draw the 8th Clock Card, you become the murderer's next victim and are out of the game. The Harry Potter version of the game eliminates players if they run out of House Points. Ravnica: Clue Edition averts elimination for making an incorrect accusation, though you still have only one opportunity for that path to victory. Instead you can eliminate other players simply by killing them off and win by being the only player left. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
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In the Marmalade 2023 mobile version if a player is the killer and they manage to weed themselves out they'll win... by surrendering to the police. | |
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Sequel Hook | |
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Sequel Hook: In the miniseries. | |
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Gameplay and Story Segregation | |
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Gameplay and Story Segregation: It is possible for a player to accuse themselves. This is obviously to prevent the game from becoming unwinnable for that player. This is lampshaded rather humorously in the Sega Genesis version. | |
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He Knows Too Much | |
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He Knows Too Much: A possible reason for Dr. Black's/Mr. Boddy's murder. The Steam version of the Marmalade videogame has associated trading cards that portray Reverend/Mr. Green and Colonel Mustard as dodgy characters (explicitily calling the former a Con Man and descriping the latter as being a man accused of treason and of dealing in the black market) who are ready to kill to keep their secrets, and who may have killed the victim to avoid being reported to the police (although Mustard's card does suggest the Colonel thought Boddy was blackmailing him). There are trading cards for three other characters (another con man, a foreign prince selling a fake mine and a Dirty Cop) who the cards say may have killed the victim to prevent him from exposing them. | |
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Designated Victim | |
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Designated Victim: Dr. Black / Mr. Boddy / Mr. Black / Dr. Boddy (his name changes depending on where the edition you're playing was published). | |
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Improbable Weapon User | |
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Improbable Weapon User: Lead Pipes, Candlesticks, and wrenches don't exactly come to mind as murder weapons. | |
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Digital Tabletop Game Adaptation | |
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Digital Tabletop Game Adaptation: The game has had several over the years, including an MS-DOS version of Clue: Master Detective. Multiple versions are available on Steam and mobile app stores. Downloadable Content is available that reskins the game into other settings such as Wild West or Sherlock Holmes, but with no actual change in gameplay. | |
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Punny Name | |
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Punny Name: Mr. Boddy - Body. In the US Spanish editions/rules, he's Señor Cadáver! In the editions where Green is a banker instead of a priest: Green/greenback. Many editions have Miss Scarlett/Scarlet in a seductive pose or expression, playing off of the phrase "scarlet woman". | |
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Wrench Whack | |
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Wrench Whack: One of the traditional six weapons, usually portrayed as an open-ended spanner in the U.K. versions and a monkey wrench in the U.S. versions. | |
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Genteel Interbellum Setting | |
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Genteel Interbellum Setting: Most versions of the game take place here, befitting the plot and setting of a murder in a country house. | |
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Secret Underground Passage | |
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Secret Underground Passage: There are two connecting diagonally the rooms in each corner. How they don't intersect is anyone's guess. | |
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Junior Variant | |
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Junior Variant: Clue Junior moves over the murder mystery theme to mysteries like The Case of the Missing Cake to The Case of the Broken Toy. This is achieved by the bases (replacing the clue cards) you snap onto the characters which have times on the bottom, and also furniture that details what they had. | |
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Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_75b669d7 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_842426f3 | type |
Grande Dame | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_842426f3 | comment |
Grande Dame: Most versions of Mrs. Peacock. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_842426f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_842426f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_842426f3 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_8e0430ab | type |
Non-Standard Game Over | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_8e0430ab | comment |
Non-Standard Game Over: If all players accuse incorrectly, the game ends with no winner. Therefore, the last player standing must collect all the evidence before accusing to avert this. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_8e0430ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_8e0430ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_8e0430ab | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_90b66e22 | type |
Femme Fatale | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_90b66e22 | comment |
Femme Fatale: Miss Scarlett | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_90b66e22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_90b66e22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_90b66e22 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_9245d989 | type |
Sinister Minister | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_9245d989 | comment |
Sinister Minister: Reverend Green (the implications of this don't sit well for American audiences, supposedly, which is why he's turned into a Corrupt Corporate Executive "Rev. Green"). | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_9245d989 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_9245d989 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_9245d989 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_938e9bc0 | type |
Absent-Minded Professor | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_938e9bc0 | comment |
Absent-Minded Professor: Professor Plum, in most versions. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_938e9bc0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_938e9bc0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_938e9bc0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_96553833 | type |
Eagle-Eye Detection | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_96553833 | comment |
Eagle-Eye Detection: A necessary tool to weed out the killer, especially in the SNES video game version (you'll need pen and paper for that one). | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_96553833 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_96553833 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_96553833 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a0955420 | type |
She's a Man in Japan | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a0955420 | comment |
She's a Man in Japan: A few characters change sex in foreign versions. A particularly major example is Chile's. Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum are female, and Mrs. White and Miss Peacock are males. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a0955420 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a0955420 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a0955420 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a4414a05 | type |
Adaptation Dye-Job | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a4414a05 | comment |
Adaptation Dye-Job: Miss Scarlett was originally blonde, then in the 1970s she had black hair (as she had a Race Lift to being Asian). The 1996 version had her brunette, black-haired in 2004, and then return to blonde in the 2010s before her next Race Lift to being African-American. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a4414a05 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a4414a05 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a4414a05 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a734c20 | type |
Black Widow | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a734c20 | comment |
Black Widow: In Clue Mysteries, Mrs. Peacock married three times to rich men, and outlived all three. Sir Hugh, Dr. Black's/Mr. Boddy's late father, just missed being #4. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a734c20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a734c20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_a734c20 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ad9fbc1e | type |
Pyrrhic Victory | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ad9fbc1e | comment |
Pyrrhic Victory: In the Marmalade 2023 mobile version if a player is the killer and they manage to weed themselves out they'll win... by surrendering to the police. In the SNES version, if you out yourself as the killer you get a special ending slide where you gloat a bit about it. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ad9fbc1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ad9fbc1e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ad9fbc1e | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b032e4ed | type |
Ms. Fanservice | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b032e4ed | comment |
Ms. Fanservice: Miss Scarlett. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b032e4ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b032e4ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b032e4ed | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b219ac90 | type |
ReTool | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b219ac90 | comment |
Retool: Every few years, there is a new attempt to modernize the setting. It rarely ever lasts long, and it inevitably reverts to the Genteel Interbellum Setting. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b219ac90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b219ac90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b219ac90 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b5e5d9e9 | type |
Uniqueness Rule | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b5e5d9e9 | comment |
Uniqueness Rule: The Discover the Secrets release gives each character a one-time power that needs to be used carefully. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b5e5d9e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b5e5d9e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b5e5d9e9 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b64b1fc1 | type |
Left for Dead | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b64b1fc1 | comment |
A newer version of Clue gives each of the suspects a personal motive against Mr. Boddy. Mrs. White is changed from one of Boddy's maids to Boddy's scorned wife, while Colonel Mustard hates Boddy due to being Left for Dead in a South American expedition gone wrong. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b64b1fc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b64b1fc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b64b1fc1 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b81191d7 | type |
Amnesiac Protagonist Catalyst | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b81191d7 | comment |
Amnesiac Protagonist Catalyst: Given one of you is the culprit, this naturally applies. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b81191d7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b81191d7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_b81191d7 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ba46585b | type |
Adaptational Backstory Change | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ba46585b | comment |
Adaptational Backstory Change: A newer version of Clue gives each of the suspects a personal motive against Mr. Boddy. Mrs. White is changed from one of Boddy's maids to Boddy's scorned wife, while Colonel Mustard hates Boddy due to being Left for Dead in a South American expedition gone wrong. Marmalade Game Studio's "The Internationals" DLC for the Clue: Classic Edition Mobile Game has Mrs. White as Boddy's/Black's sister, whose Gold Digger husband left her broke. She needs her brother's forgiveness to get to the family trust fund. The 2023 update has her as Chef White, who was caught by Boddy skimming funds for a restaurant she had planned but he had panned. The update had Colonel Mustard found out by Boddy the battle for which Mustard earned his most prestigious medal for was one he wasn't actually in—and Mustard's cooperation is what keeps Boddy from disclosing the truth and ruining Mustard. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ba46585b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ba46585b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ba46585b | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Professor Plum. Depending on the edition, Clue Jr has Samantha Scarlet, Mortimer Mustard, Peter Plum, Georgie Green, Wendy White, and Polly Peacock. The first seven books have these characters, while the next six have the first three (drawn differently) and a female character named Greta Green to maintain Gender-Equal Ensemble. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_be009bbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_be009bbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_be009bbc | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c489934e | type |
Apron Matron | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c489934e | comment |
Apron Matron: Mrs. White, who works as Boddy's maid in most versions. In the comic miniseries, she's a US Senator who is also the CEO of the country's largest and most successful maid service. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c489934e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c489934e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c489934e | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c513249 | type |
Harder Than Hard | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c513249 | comment |
Harder Than Hard: The Detective difficulty setting in the SNES/Genesis video game adaptations. In lesser difficulties, when you make a suggestion, it tells you a fact about the person, weapon, or room you guessed (e.g. if you guess "Mrs. Peacock with the knife in the Ballroom", you'll get something like "The knife was in the Library"). In Detective difficulty, it just basically tells you that your guess was wrong (e.g. that same guess would get you something like "Mrs. Peacock was NOT in the Ballroom"). Expect to tear your hair out trying to solve the murder with hints like that. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c513249 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c513249 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c513249 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c54d550d | type |
Novelization | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c54d550d | comment |
Novelization: There's a series of books based on the game. All of them give clues in the story and invite the reader to try to guess who did whatever crime occurred in the story. The crimes ranged from figuring out who stole something, to figuring out who ate a piece of pie, to (at least once per book as the Grand Finale) trying to find out who murdered Mr. Boddy. Status Quo Is God in these stories, so Mr. Boddy would always somehow survive and the criminal would either be forgiven or undiscovered entirely. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c54d550d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c54d550d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c54d550d | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c5835f29 | type |
Ghostly Goals | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c5835f29 | comment |
Ghostly Goals: The early 2000's computer version (distributed in boxes of cereal) had the Murderer, Location, and Weapon cards secreted away by Mr. Boddy's ghost (a pair of hands glowing with blue fire). | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c5835f29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c5835f29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c5835f29 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c8cdde7c | type |
Spin-Off Babies | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c8cdde7c | comment |
One version of Clue Jr. cut out Mrs. White and Colonel Mustard—probably because the player characters were all reimagined as children, making it difficult to fit in a maid and a military officer. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c8cdde7c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c8cdde7c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_c8cdde7c | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | type |
Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Corrupt Corporate Executive: A North American version made Rev. Green an oil tycoon, making his name into a subtle pun on his wealth. The comic book made him 'a pharmaceutical bro': | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ce2969d8 | type |
Spiritual Antithesis | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ce2969d8 | comment |
Spiritual Antithesis: To Kill Dr. Lucky. In Clue, you solve a murder mystery with no witnesses. In KDL, you cause one. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ce2969d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ce2969d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ce2969d8 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d7c3ba61 | type |
Race Lift | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d7c3ba61 | comment |
Race Lift: For a while in the '90s, some editions of the American version portrayed Miss Scarlett as an Asian Dragon Lady known as "The Mercenary of Macao". In some later editions, Rev. Green is black. In the comic mini-series, Mr Boddy is black, as is Colonel Mustard. Professor Plum is Pakistani and the now Senator White is Cuban. The 2023 release of the game make Prof. Plum and Miss Scarlett black. Miss Peacock is "Solicitor Peacock," and Hispanic. Mr./Rev. Green is now Asian, as well as Mayor of Hue County. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d7c3ba61 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d7c3ba61 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d7c3ba61 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d80a8085 | type |
Younger and Hipper | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d80a8085 | comment |
It can be argued in the UK 2000 version, as well as the 2012 version, Rev./Mr. Green and Professor Plum also got this as their Younger and Hipper forms in those games were easier on the eyes. The UK 2000 version also gave Colonel Mustard one too. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d80a8085 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d80a8085 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_d80a8085 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: Sometimes wily players will suggest one of their own cards in their investigation in an attempt to mislead the other players into thinking he/she doesn't have it, and/or decrease their chances of being shown a card they've already seen. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dbca2c99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dbca2c99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dbca2c99 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dc057cf3 | type |
Adaptation Name Change | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dc057cf3 | comment |
Adaptation Name Change: The character names used in some versions of Clue Jr. are slightly different from those used in the Clue Jr. book series released a few years earlier. Specifically: Mr. Green goes from "Georgie Green" to "Johnny Green", Mrs. Peacock goes from "Polly Peacock" to "Liz Peacock", and Miss Scarlett goes from "Samantha Scarlett" to "Vivienne Scarlett". | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dc057cf3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dc057cf3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_dc057cf3 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_e2c4b927 | type |
Dub Name Change | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_e2c4b927 | comment |
Dub Name Change: More like "Localization Name Change". A few different characters and other elements had their names changed between different versions, particularly between the UK and US version(s): Murder victim Dr. Black became Mr. Boddy; his home, Tudor House, became Boddy Manor; Reverend Green became Mr. Green; the Spanner and Dagger became the Wrench and Knife, etc. And, of course, there's the name of the game itself. The UK name, Cluedo, is a portmanteau of the words "clue" and "ludo" (Latin for "I play"). Ludo is also a cross-and-circles type board game in the UK. However, due to that game's obscurity in the US, Parker Brothers opted to go with the simpler Clue. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_e2c4b927 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_e2c4b927 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_e2c4b927 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb251937 | type |
Dirty Cop | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb251937 | comment |
Dirty Cop: Sergeant Gray from Master Detective, potentially - his card even asks which side of the law he's on. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb251937 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb251937 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb251937 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb9afb9d | type |
Evil Old Folks | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb9afb9d | comment |
Evil Old Folks: Some versions depict Mrs. Peacock as a decrepit hag. Also Colonel Mustard, if he's guilty. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb9afb9d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb9afb9d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_eb9afb9d | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ec4b148 | type |
Old, Dark House | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ec4b148 | comment |
Old, Dark House: Mr. Boddy's mansion. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ec4b148 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ec4b148 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ec4b148 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ee21e406 | type |
Roll-and-Move | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ee21e406 | comment |
Roll-and-Move: Players roll a die to move around in the hallway, moving exactly that many steps, but may enter a room even if the die roll is higher. In general, it takes two rolls to reach the next room. The version that adds bonus tiles also allows stopping directly on them without an exact roll. In the 2015 edition, the player rolls two dice. The lowest number on the die is replaced by a bonus icon, where the player draws a card and follows its effect, and the number still counts for movement. This edition also requires rolling the dice, then permits the player to instead take a secret passage or remain in the current room. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ee21e406 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ee21e406 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_ee21e406 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f51c5f3c | type |
Never Say "Die" | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f51c5f3c | comment |
Never Say "Die": Several of the Themed Stock Board Game adaptions of the game mentioned below replace the murder aspect with other mysteries. The weapons are replaced with evidence of some sort. Some versions have the "suspect" be the actual victim of the crime while the "weapon" is a representation of the criminal or some important object. The Big Bang Theory: Who betrayed Sheldon in some nerd-related way and where? The Haunted Mansion: Which Mickey Mouse character was spooked by which Haunted Mansion ghost and where? The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: Which Mickey Mouse character disappeared in the Hollywood Tower Hotel with which prop and in which room? Scooby-Doo: Which member of the Scooby-Doo cast (and Mrs. White)note The main cast of Scooby-Doo only contains five members, Mrs. White is included to retain the six "suspect" formula of the base game. was kidnapped by a Scooby-Doo monster and where? The Golden Girls: Who ate the cheesecake, where, and what evidence did they leave? (Stan and Miles are used along with the four title characters.) | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f51c5f3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f51c5f3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f51c5f3c | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f6b2bfb7 | type |
Gold Digger | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f6b2bfb7 | comment |
Marmalade Game Studio's "The Internationals" DLC for the Clue: Classic Edition Mobile Game has Mrs. White as Boddy's/Black's sister, whose Gold Digger husband left her broke. She needs her brother's forgiveness to get to the family trust fund. The 2023 update has her as Chef White, who was caught by Boddy skimming funds for a restaurant she had planned but he had panned. The update had Colonel Mustard found out by Boddy the battle for which Mustard earned his most prestigious medal for was one he wasn't actually in—and Mustard's cooperation is what keeps Boddy from disclosing the truth and ruining Mustard. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f6b2bfb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f6b2bfb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f6b2bfb7 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f70710ae | type |
Blackmail Backfire | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f70710ae | comment |
Blackmail Backfire: The motive for Boddy Black's murder per the Instagram page of Marmalade Game Studio's version of the 2023 mobile version of Clue: | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f70710ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f70710ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f70710ae | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f8702398 | type |
Economy Cast | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f8702398 | comment |
Economy Cast: Supplementary material and adaptations in other media will frequently try to explain why there are six and only six suspects in a Big Fancy House where only one man lives that should have multiple servants at any given time. The most common is something to the effect of: Mr. Boddy was an eccentric millionaire who inherited the house from his parents but has no surviving family. One weekend, while the rest of the servants had the weekend off (with the exception of live-in maid Ms. White), he decides to throw a private party for his closest friends. While there, they become trapped in the house by a thunderstorm knocking trees over the road, blizzard, etc. While they're isolated on Boddy's estate, only then does one decide to kill him. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f8702398 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f8702398 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f8702398 | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f9a49c92 | type |
Random Event | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_f9a49c92 | comment |
Random Event: The version with the bonus tiles, or the 2015 version with the bonus symbol on the dice, require drawing from a deck of random effects. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Themed Stock Board Game | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fa59e782 | comment |
Themed Stock Board Game: Many iterations of Clue were made based on popular franchises, including The Office (US), 24, Harry Potter, The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, Sponge Bob Squarepants, Scooby-Doo, Alfred Hitchcock, Sherlock Holmes, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, The Haunted Mansion and The Golden Girls. For April Fool's Day 2015, ThinkGeek created a mock-up for a fake Game of Thrones version, with 35 possible suspects and weapons. But it gets better; an official Game of Thrones cluedo was released later, with a double-sided board (the Red Keep and Mereen) with two sets of setting-appropriate characters. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Asian and Nerdy | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fb4e0f18 | comment |
The 2016-2022 mass-market reprint, perhaps to make up for a lack of diversity in previous versions, replaced Mrs. White with the Asian "Dr. Orchid". | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fb4e0f18 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Detective Mole | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fc75f1cb | comment |
Detective Mole: It's possible for one of the players to be the murderer. Strangely, they won't know it and still win by finding evidence to convict themselves. Police Sergeant/Inspector Gray is added as a character to several versions of the game. It's possible for him to be the murderer as well. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fd7f0823 | comment |
Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe: A few of the male characters (Mustard and Plum in particular) have been seen smoking pipes in some versions. | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fd7f0823 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fd7f0823 | |
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Lady in Red | |
| Clue (Tabletop Game) / int_fdf7d23d | comment |
Lady in Red: Miss Scarlett, who's characterized as a beautiful seductress. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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