History VideoGame / BeTrapped

* BuriedAlive: North's Uncle Mortimer was deathly afraid of this happening to him. So much so that he had an intercom system installed in his tomb and carried bells and mirrors around his neck. What the mirrors were meant to accomplish is anyone's guess.

* ChekhovsGun: Pretty much everything Parker finds and picks up.

* WorthlessYellowRocks: Invoked by North, who went through pains to have the Bloodstone registered in his name and made public that he was its legal owner. This made it worthless on the black market and pointless to steal - no one would be willing to buy such a famous and easily retrievable item.
* YouLookFamiliar: [[spoiler:Countess Rodriguez]] to Phillipa. [[spoiler:She turns out to be Julliette's sister Isabel, and they're the daughters of famous French jewel thief Dirk Chamberlain.]]

''[=BeTrapped!=]'' is a Website/{{Yahoo}}! murder-mystery computer game that combines ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

* FakeNationality: [[spoiler:InUniverse. Fu Ling, whose [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Chinese accent changes at every meeting,]] then speaks perfect English and reveals he went to boarding school with North when Parker confronts his inconsistencies, and Countess Rodriguez, who wears makeup to look Spanish.]]

Gameplay involves finding and disabling traps by standing next to them, then rightclicking them (like {{Minesweeper}}), and interrogating suspects and ultimately deducing who the murderer is (like TabletopGame/{{Clue}}).

''[=BeTrapped!=]'' is a Website/{{Yahoo}} murder-mystery computer game that combines ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

''[=BeTrapped!=]'' is a Creator/{{Yahoo}} murder-mystery computer game that combines ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

''[=BeTrapped!=]'' is a Yahoo murder-mystery computer game that combines ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

* FakeNationality: [[spoiler:Fu Ling, whose [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Chinese accent changes at every meeting,]] then speaks perfect English and reveals he went to boarding school with North when Parker confronts his inconsistencies, and Countess Rodriguez, who wears makeup to look Spanish.]]

''[=BeTrapped!=]'' is a Yahoo murder-mystery computer game that combines ''{{Minesweeper}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

''[=BeTrapped!=]'' is a Yahoo murder-mystery computer game that [[XMeetsY combines]] ''{{Minesweeper}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

* DuringTheWar: It's revealed Ravencourt was used as a supply depot during the FirstWorldWar, which accounts for bomb-making supplies and a manual on booby-trapping.

* GentlemanAdventurer: Edmund Dashalot.

* ReliablyUnreliableGuns: [[spoiler:Julliette pulls a gun on Parker in the Denumont. It jams, and doesn't clear even after she pulls the trigger three more times.]]

* UnexpectedInheritance: May Vandernot, whom North left the bulk of the estate to. She mentions she'd lived with her mother's family in New York after her parents died in a car accident, and hadn't even spoken to the rest of the Vandernots.

* XMeetsY: It's often described as {{Minesweeper}} meets TabletopGame/{{Clue}}

* XMeetsY: It's often described as {{Minesweeper}} meets {{Clue}}

''[=BeTrapped!=]'' is a Yahoo muder-mystery computer game that [[XMeetsY combines]] ''{{Minesweeper}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Franklin Eggerton, expert on entemology and graduate of Eton and Oxford, and quite disinterested in anything else (aside from May).

* BoobyTrap: Every room is rigged, some being reasonable, others being somewhat esotaric, including:
** SpikesOfDoom - a giant metal spike pops out of the floor;
** FallingChandelierOfDoom. Other times it's a flower pot, sometimes it's a Mills bomb, and sometimes it's even an anchor. Yes, an ''anchor'';
** TrapDoor

* {{Curse}}: The Ga-gorib, caused by five men stealing the Bloodstone from an African tribe:
** One man died suddenly;
** One was ripped apart by lions;
** One was burnt alive;
** One was drained of all his blood;
** One was disemboweled.

* DuringTheWar: It's revealed Ravencourt was used as a supply depot during the FirstWorldWar, which accounts for bomb-making supplies and a manual on booby-trapping..

** [[spoiler:It turns out everyone is a RedHerring: Major Gunn wouldn't murder his friend to pay back taxes and is genuinely afraid of the Ga-gorib, Dashalot would more likely try to marry May to solve his money problems, Fu Ling respected the wishes of his friend, Barbara is just putting on airs, and Phillipa had long since moved on. With the ''gardener''.]]
* FakeNationality: [[spoiler:Fu Ling, whose [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Chinese accent changes at every meeting,]] then speaks perfect English and reveals he went to bording school with North when Parker confronts his inconsistincies, and Countess Rodriguez, who wears makeup to look Spanish.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}} / EurekaMoment: Parker's observation that Greek goddesses and sisters Hestia and Demeter look very similar.

* GreatWhiteHunter: Major Gunn, or at least he's dressed this way. Most likely a ShoutOut to [[{{Clue}} Colonel Mustard.]]

* PassedOverInheritance: Barbara Eggerton-Vandernot ''claims'' this is so for her and Phillipa and Franklin, but in truth North [[SubvertedTrope left them all a comfortable inheiritance, and Phillipa and Franklin never expected him to leave them the estate.]]

* YouLookFamiliar: [[spoiler:Countess Rodriguez]] to Phillipa. [[spoiler:She turns out to be Julliette's sister Isabel, and they're the daughters of famous French jewel thief Dirk Chaimberlain.]]

** Fu Ling promised his agent he would have the Bloodstone for his next performance and North refused;

* DuringTheWar: It's revealed Ravencourt was used as a supply depot during the FirstWorldWar.

* DuringTheWar: It's revealed Ravencourt was used a supply depot during the FirstWorldWar.

** Barbara Eggerton-Vandernot complains about being broke and getting nothing in North's will (although it turns out she has a balance of one ''million'' pounds in the bank);

** [[spoiler:It turns out everyone is a RedHerring: Major Gunn wouldn't murder his friend to pay back taxes, Dashalot would more likely marry May, Fu Ling respected the wishes of his friend, Barara is just puttin gon airs, and Phillipa had long since moved on. ''With the gardener''.]]
* FakeNationality: [[spoiler:Fu Ling, whose [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Chinese accent changes at every meeting,]] then speaks perfect English and reveals he went to bording school with North when Parker confronts his inconsistincies, and Countess Rodrigez, who wears makeup to look Spanish.]]

* [[spoiler:HappilyEverAfter: May and Franklin get married afterwards.]]

* YouLookFamiliar: [[spoiler:Countess Rodrigez]] to Phillipa. [[spoiler:She turns out to be Julliette's sister Isabel, and they're the daughters of famous French jewel thief Dirk Chaimberlain.]]

** FallingChandelierOfDoom. Other times it's a flower pot, sometimes it's a Mills bomb, and sometimes it an anchor. Yes, an ''anchor'';

* ForcedTutorial: The first five levels. Thankfully, it's quite understated and can be avoided almost entirely if one wishes.

* ChekhovsNews: A newspaper article detailing Dirk "The Smirk" Chamberlain's parole denial.