History Headscratchers / Clue

** In the third ending, it could well be that everything was planned by Wadsworth/Mr. Boddy from the start, including the bringing of the weapons--as implied by his thanking the guests for getting rid of his spies and informants, he may have assumed they would all do whatever they had to do to protect their secrets. So he has the butler bring the weapons, fakes being frightened when "Boddy" reveals the plan to have him killed, all while knowing one or more of the guests would try to kill "Boddy" and then the informants when they showed up. (If they weren't successful, presumably the gun would be used to hold them hostage until the storm ended and he could escape, and then attempted murder could be added to the blackmail.) Then either everything the butler did was all part of the act, or once he realized (after Wadsworth revealed about them being locked in, and the dogs) that he likely wasn't getting out of Hill House alive, this only increased his urgency to bring out the weapons and get one of the guests to kill Wadsworth. As for why he didn't try and reveal his employer's real identity, because he knew they wouldn't believe him, especially after how he'd played the part of the villainous Boddy so well up until that point. In fact, since he and Wadsworth both may have assumed the guests would be more likely to try and kill the man supposedly blackmailing them rather than the one revealing their secrets, they may have ''planned'' for "Boddy" to fake his death, to the point of keeping up the ruse all evening until the cops arrive (depending on the ending, Boddy didn't know someone at the house was an undercover FBI agent who could call in his backup, Wadsworth really did call them, or they had fakes planned to show up), after which the miraculously still-living Boddy would resume the blackmail. (What they didn't expect, or at least the butler didn't, was that someone would try again, and successfully.)

** In the third ending, it could well be that everything was planned by Wadsworth/Mr. Boddy from the start, including the bringing of the weapons--as implied by his thanking the guests for getting rid of his spies and informants, he may have assumed they would all do whatever they had to do to protect their secrets. So he has the butler bring the weapons, fakes being frightened when "Boddy" reveals the plan to have him killed, all while knowing one or more of the guests would try to kill "Boddy" and then the informants when they showed up. (If they weren't successful, presumably the gun would be used to hold them hostage until the storm ended and he could escape, and then attempted murder could be added to the blackmail.) Then either everything the butler did was all part of the act, or once he realized (after Wadsworth revealed about them being locked in, and the dogs) that he likely wasn't getting out of Hill House alive, this only increased his urgency to bring out the weapons and get one of the guests to kill Wadsworth. As for why he didn't try and reveal his employer's real identity, because he knew they wouldn't believe him, especially after how he'd played the part of the villainous Boddy so well up until that point. In fact, since he and Wadsworth both may have assumed the guests would be more likely to try and kill the man supposedly blackmailing them rather than the one revealing their secrets, they may have planned for "Boddy" to fake his death, to the point of keeping up the ruse all evening until the cops arrive (depending on the ending, Boddy didn't know someone at the house was an undercover FBI agent who could call in his backup, Wadsworth really did call them, or they had fakes planned to show up), after which the miraculously still-living Boddy would resume the blackmail. (What they didn't expect, or at least the butler didn't, was that someone would try again, and successfully.)

* When Miss Scarlet and Colonel Mustard find the dead Motorist in the Lounge, it seems rather odd that they somehow aren't able to see him until the flashlight beam shines over him on the floor. The {{Novelization}} states the lights were actually off in the room when they entered, and it does look somewhat dim, but still, everything (including the body) is easily seen by the viewer (and the carpet is white or some other light color, so it's not like it would blend in). So is this the case of a script change, and/or HollywoodLighting, so we're meant to assume the room is actually darker than it appears since we have to be able to see the set while the characters don't? Or is there some other reason why the characters are oblivious in a dim but otherwise visible room? (Perhaps, since Wadsworth was the only one who saw the interior of the Lounge when he took the Motorist there, they were simply looking around at the unfamiliar room to figure out which one it was--as they did at the darkened Ballroom doorway--before the flashlight made them look down?)

** [[spoiler: He did try to signal the cop. He expressly and blatantly disagreed with the others about trouble in the house. And he tried to meet up with the cop only to be horrified by the world's most disturbing FaleOutMakeOut ever. He probably thought backup was on the way when the cop asked to use the phone, only for the cop to end up dead.]]

* In Clue, you can not only not know you're the killer, or how you did it, or where, but also win by finding out that you are the killer and announcing your guilt. Why?

*** Or, perhaps he's far more intelligent than he looks. Think about it- this is how his friends act when on ''good'' terms with him. Imagine how they'd react if he kicked them out and told them to never come back. They'd probably divvy up the weapons and storm the mansion by force.
*** Given the number of times the guests have failed to kill him, the real question is why haven't they given up already?
*** MoneyDearBoy. It has been mentioned that they're all in his will.

* In book 6, chapter 2 ("A Dynamite Dinner"), it's said that a demolition crew came and planted a huge bomb in one of the nine downstairs rooms so the mansion could be blown up the next day to make way for a huge golf course, leaving a message for Mr. Boddy with one of his guests on their way out to let him know that he had a day to clear out. And yet, Boddy was completely unaware of this until he heard about it from an article in the newspaper. ''How in the heck'' did whomever was responsible for this get away with it? Because even if the laws of eminent domain came into play, they should have notified the land's owner well in advance of the whole thing, and it's clear that never happened.

* In book 6, chapter 6 ("Caught Blue-Handed"), Boddy stores his collection of rare and priceless ballroom dance records in a cabinet in the Ball Room, and then locks the doors, which the guests find out about and promptly go to a lot of effort to try and steal them. However, the solution reveals that they're not actually worth a dime. So why go to all the effort of hiding them?
** Sentimental value? Maybe Boddy's just really into vinyl.

* So [[LetMeGetThisStraight Let me get this straight.]] There is a piece of evidence that somehow has all the evidence that can convict the criminal, [[IdiotPlot and NONE of them figure to look inside?]]

* Mr. Boddy's behavior makes no sense no matter how you slice it. At first, he's as oblivious to the reason for the meeting as everyone else, and he tries to break out of the mansion when Wadsworth detains them all. But only a few moments afterwards, he reveals that he knows exactly why he's there, and that he's also come prepared with weapons that the guests can use to ensure Wadsworth's silence. It beggars belief that Boddy's too stupid to realize that the guests have a much stronger motive to kill ''him'' (which they do, either directly or indirectly), but the third ending makes it even worse because it establishes that "Boddy" was only the butler the whole time. If "Boddy" is an unwilling participant in Wadsworth's scheme, that'd sort of explain why he attempts to flee the mansion, and why he tries to redirect the guests' ire towards Wadsworth later, but if he hates Wadsworth that much, the obvious solution would be to reveal "Wadsworth's" identity. And if he's a willing accomplice (presumably because Wadsworth bribed him to play the role of scapegoat without telling him that his death would be part of the ruse), that still raises the same questions as in the other endings, especially the question why of he goes from trying to run away to planning ahead.

** It's possible that the second the killer, uh, kills the poor Mr [[UnfortunateName Boddy]], they cover the wound so no blood can be left behind. It's possible to use every single weapon bar the rope as a blunt object (the candlestick, the lead pipe, the wrench, the knife, and the revolver, provided you use the butt of the revolver and the non-pointy end of the knife). Then again, there was a pretty clear case of strangulation in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' that was classified as blunt-force trauma (Stolen Turnabout; look at the picture of his corpse, he was totally asphyxiated with his tie). Further, hitting someone hard enough with the blunt object or smashing someone's head in post-mortem would leave it pretty ambiguous as to what actually killed him, even if it was strangulation or a gunshot wound. Most weapons, again bar the rope, can be used to pierce Mr Boddy with either enough force or just outright shooting him. Presumably to cover up what killed him, most versions of the game leave Boddy's, er, boddy on the steps. They push the corpse down to cause a few post-mortem contusions. I suppose no matter how you look at it, the rope is the odd weapon out since it's got nothing in common with the other weapons (except the poison used in other versions, where neither leave obvious signs of usage if the strangulation marks are left under his collar). I suppose it could be used to trip Mr Boddy or beat him to death if used like a whip (which would take far too long), but since it's usually depicted as a noose on the box art and in the card pictures, you're supposed to assume it's used to strangle. [[TakeAThirdOption Or the guests don't dare approach the body at all, and that's why nobody knows how he died]].

* Minor nitpick for both the Movie and Game. If the UNO WHO occupation and psychiatrist occupation for Professor Plum is true, why exactly is he called PROFESSOR Plum? Should it not be Doctor Plum? He has a PhD, presumably, so he would be a doctor. He does not teach at a college campus though, and has never been mentioned to do so. He's also never been mentioned to teach at a campus before in any other iteration of a game, last time I checked.

** The '''real''' question (for the third ending) is, [[spoiler: why didn't Mr. Green come clean with the ''police officer'' while the two of them were alone in the dining room? The cop wasn't a suspect, having arrived after Mr. Boddy and the cook were dead, and would have certainly assisted a federal agent upon request. Between the pair of them, they could've taken all the suspects into custody, prevented the last three murders, ''and'' taken [[spoiler: Wadsworth]] alive]].

** The '''real''' question is, why didn't he come clean with the ''police officer'' while the two of them were alone in the dining room? The cop wasn't a suspect, having arrived after Mr. Boddy and the cook were dead, and would have certainly assisted a federal agent upon request. Between the pair of them, they could've taken all the suspects into custody, prevented the last three murders, ''and'' taken [[spoiler: Wadsworth]] alive.