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7	''Clue'' (''{{TabletopGame/Cluedo}}'' outside of the United States and Canada) is a popular board game in which the players adopt the guise of one of six suspects moving around the board to find out who killed Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in some versions), where and with which weapon. The six main characters are iconic and have been further characterised in various television series, computer games, novels, and films.
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12	!Game version
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14	[[folder:All Characters]]
15	* BlackAndGreyMorality: Many versions of the characters' backstories imply they're all involved in some sort of dirty dealings, even Mr. Boddy/Dr. Black.
16	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Every character in the series has had a [[WorldWidePunomenon punny last name]] based on a color. Originally a holdover from when the game pieces were just differently colored chess pawns, the color theme has become iconic of the game itself. In addition to the core six (red, yellow, white, green, blue, and purple), later editions of the game have added Miss Peach (orange, but sometimes erroneously colored pink), Madame Rose (pink), Monsieur Brunette (brown), any number of Greys (Lord, Sgt., etc.), Prince Azure, Lady Lavender, Mrs. Meadow-Brooke (blue-green), and the gardener Rusty Naylor (orange). The 2016 version replaced Mrs. White with Doctor Orchid (orchid pink).
17	[[/folder]]
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19	[[folder: Miss Scarlet]]
20	Characterized as a FemmeFatale, Miss Scarlet is often considered the leading lady of ''Cluedo'' lore. She sometimes has an extra "t" in her name.
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22	* AlliterativeName: She's named Samantha Scarlet in the ''Clue Junior'' books.
23	* BadBadActing: Her backstory in one of the more recent versions of the game states that she tried to become an actress, but she had a lot more looks than talent.
24	* DragonLady: In the earlier editions, when she's depicted as Asian.
25	* HighHopesZeroTalent: In her backstory in one of the more recent versions of the game, she tried to make it as an actress, but she just didn't have the talent for it.
26	* IntrepidReporter: In the 2023 version, she moonlights as investigative reporter [[PenName Cyan]].
27	* LoveDodecahedron: In the GameShow, Miss Scarlett is... [[UnusualEuphemism a scarlet woman, as the Greeks might say]]. Col. Mustard and occasionally Professor Plum are after her when they're not after Mrs. Peacock, and she's usually sleeping with the victim too.
28	%%* MsFanservice
29	%%* OfCorsetsSexy
30	* RaceLift: She's Caucasian in some versions and Asian in some of the VCR games, and some versions of the game during the 80s and 90s. The cover artwork for the book also depicts her as Asian, at least those from certain printings. The 2023 edition depicts her as African-American.
31	* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
32	** The 2002 version and the ''Clue Mysteries'' spinoffs (game and two books) reimagine her as Mrs. Peacock's daughter. They do not have a good relationship. This is even referenced in the licensed ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' version of the game, where Lisa is Miss Scarlet and Marge is Mrs. Peacock.
33	** She's also Mrs. Peacock's stepdaughter in the GameShow. They don't always have a good relationship.
34	* RhymingNames: Her name in the 1992-1997 book series is Charlotte Scarlet.
35	* SmallNameBigEgo: According to the 1992-1997 book series, she buys two tickets whenever she flies - one for her, one for her ego.
36	%%* {{Sexophone}}
37	* SympatheticMurderer: Whenever she is the murderer in the Sega Genesis/Super NES video game, it states, "[[WomanScorned She had been hurt enough]]."
38	%%* TheVamp
39	[[/folder]]
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41	[[folder: Colonel Mustard]]
42	A big-game hunter and military hero.
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44	* AdventurerOutfit: He's usually portrayed as wearing a stereotypical safari explorer's outfit.
45	* AlliterativeName: Martin Mustard in the 1992-1997 book series; Mortimer Mustard in the ''Clue Junior'' books; Michael Mustard in the 2002 edition of the game, the ''Clue Mysteries'' spinoff game, and the ''Clue Mysteries'' book series.
46	* BloodKnight: In the 1992-1997 book series, he would challenge anyone who offended him to a duel.
47	%%* ButtMonkey: At times.
48	%%* ColonelBadass
49	%%* ColonelKilgore
50	%%* TheDitz
51	%%* DuringTheWar
52	* GreatWhiteHunter: His primary hobby is big game hunting.
53	* HairTriggerTemper: In the 1992-1997 book series, he's known for challenging someone to a duel at the drop of a hat.
54	* HighClassGlass: He's often depicted wearing a monocle.
55	* HotterAndSexier: The 2000 UK version has him looking younger, and in "Discover the Secrets" he's a former athlete named Jack Mustard. One Clue Junior game set at a circus also depicts him as "Mustard the Stuntman" with a full head of red hair.
56	* LargeAndInCharge: His mini-figure towers over the other players in the 2002 version of the game.
57	* PhonyVeteran: In the 2023 version, he owns an award for a battle in which he didn't actually fight.
58	[[/folder]]
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60	[[folder: Mrs. White]]
61	Dr. Black's cook/maid/housekeeper/nanny. Mrs. White is the one character who is a domestic, not a guest, thus providing a chance for a TheButlerDidIt ending.
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63	* AmoralAttorney: In one version of the game, she's a lawyer who "must see justice served, even if that means turning vigilante".
64	* AlliterativeName: Wilhelmina White in the 1992-1997 book series; Wendy White in the ''Clue Junior'' books.
65	%%* ApronMatron
66	* CrossDresser:
67	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' version of the game has Smithers in the role of Mrs. White, dressing him in a maid's outfit.
68	** In TheMusical that nobody admits to seeing, Mrs. White is a drag role.
69	* DarkerAndEdgier: She returns in "The Internationals" DLC of the ''Clue: Classic Edition'' mobile game, where Dr. Black is her brother, and she's estranged from her ex-husband, Mr. White. (Her ex had been a male GoldDigger, and ran out on her when her money had run out.) She must then beg her brother for forgiveness, especially if she wants to access the family trust fund.
70	* DemotedToExtra: The 2016 edition replaces her as a player/suspect with Dr. Orchid. She's still mentioned in the backstory as working at Mr. Black's mansion though, and added being Orchid's nanny to her list of duties. In 2023 she took back Orchid's place in the game.
71	* TheDogBitesBack: If she's the murderer in the Super Nintendo/Genesis version of the game, the narration mentions that "she couldn't take it anymore", perhaps implying that she was fed up with Mr. Boddy's abuse of her. This may also be her motive in the 2008 Classic computer game, where her bio mentions that she's in her early 60s with little to show for it, despite having been Mr. Boddy's nanny when he was a child. If she's used in the ''Clue: Classic Edition'' mobile game, it's mentioned about the family trust fund: "Dr. Black held the purse-strings tightly--perhaps she wanted her birthright?" Which could be her motive for murder.
72	* LethalChef: In Season 4 of the Game show. "Well I thought if I put a lot of cheese on the rat poison nobody would notice." Her ''Clue Mysteries'' (book) counterpart is something of this as well, as she fails to notice smoke billowing from the oven.
73	* RepetitiveName: Her first name in the 2008 Classic computer game is "Blanche", which is the feminine version of the French word for "white" (making her "White White"), albeit pronounced differently than in English.
74	* TheSnarkKnight: Most versions depict her as extremely bitter at serving a rotten master like Black/Boddy, and even more angry that she has to serve the murderous scum he invites to house parties.
75	* StealingFromTheTill: In the 2023 version, Chef White steals money from Mr. Black to [[StartMyOwn fund her own restaurant]].
76	* SupremeChef: In the 1992-1997 book series. She was actually Dr. Black's chef in various versions of the game, including perhaps the most recent one (before she started her own restaurant.)
77	* UltimateJobSecurity: Mrs. White continually steals from and tries to kill Mr. Boddy in the 1992-1997 book series, but she somehow manages to keep her job. It's justified in the introduction to one of the books, when Mr. Boddy says that friends have suggested he get rid of Mrs. White. He says that he would, except that he's afraid she would get rid of ''him'' first.
78	[[/folder]]
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80	[[folder: Rev. Green/Mr. Green]]
81	A Stock type Snake Oil salesman Vicar. He was changed to Mr. Green for the US version and made into a corrupt businessman of dubious legality; players of certain editions can spot the Rev. Green label on the game-piece though.
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83	* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the 2023 board game, Mr. Black blackmails Mayor Green by threatening to reveal that a crime family funded the mayor's campaign. In the corresponding Marmalade game, Mr. Black threatens to fund the mayor's opponent in the next election.
84	* AlliterativeName: Gerald Green in the 1992-1997 book series; Georgie Green (and later [[GenderFlip Greta Green]]) in the ''Clue Junior'' books.
85	%%* ButtMonkey
86	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The SNES and VCR games depict him as a businessman, as does the 1992-97 book series. He's heavily implied to be crooked in the SNES version, and the book version of him does things like embezzle money from Mr. Boddy while helping him with his taxes.
87	* TheDon: Some versions imply that in addition to his substantial business dealings, he runs several mob-like organizations on the side.
88	* HotterAndSexier: He's depicted as younger in the 2000 UK version, as well as since "Discover the Secrets" when he was a young African-American. Later depictions have him as younger than his pre-2000/2003 versions.
89	* LargeHam: His MotiveRant in season 4 of the UK ''Cluedo'' GameShow.
90	* RaceLift: More recent editions depict him as black (Discover the Secrets) or Asian (2023).
91	* SinisterMinister: In the UK version, he's a vicar who is also a potential murderer.
92	* TheStoolPigeon: In the VCR game, he's a mobster who sold out his boss Big Louie to the police. In return, Big Louie put a million-dollar price on Green's head.
93	* UniversallyBelovedLeader: In the 2023 version, Mayor Green is the widely-adored mayor of Hue County.
94	%%* TheVicar: UK version.
95	[[/folder]]
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97	[[folder: Mrs. Peacock]]
98	Originally characterised as the stock type GrandeDame. Mrs Peacock has also been shown as the Lady of the Manor in the game show, serving as the central link between all the characters.
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100	* AlliterativeName: Polly Peacock in the ''Clue Junior'' books; Patricia Peacock in the 2002 edition of the game, the ''Clue Mysteries'' spinoff game, and the ''Clue Mysteries'' book series.
101	* AmoralAttorney: In the 2023 version, Solicitor Peacock tampers with witnesses to win her cases, and is also Mr. Black's murderer in certain endings.
102	* AnimalMotifs: Guess. Reinforced in the 1996 edition, wherein her headdress is adorned with peacock feathers.
103	* BerserkButton: Anything she perceives as rudeness in the book series.
104	* BlackWidow: "Mrs. Peacock, twice widowed" ("dating a French count", but definitely not for long) in the GameShow, 13 mysteriously deceased husbands in the VCR games. The ''Clue: Classic Edition'' Mobile game had said she had 3 deceased husbands with Sir Hugh's death meaning he missed being #4.
105	* HotterandSexier: Her 2012-2013 incarnation puts her in a slinky dress to rival Miss Scarlet's, as well as make her a brunette looking younger (and YMMV if she could rival Miss Scarlet there too) than her portrayal in previous versions.
106	* LargeHam: Joanna Lumley plays her in season 4 of the game show.
107	* LittleOldLadyInvestigates: Some versions of the game depict her as being middle-aged or somewhat elderly. She becomes this if someone decides to play as her.
108	* MsRedInk: Her backstory in one of the more recent versions of the game says that she inherited a substantial amount of money from her late husbands, but her extravagant spending means she's almost broke.
109	* MyBelovedSmother: In one release of the game, she acts as both this and a StageMom to Ms. Scarlet.
110	* NoNameGiven: No first name given for her in the 1992-1997 book series, notable as she's the only one (Mr. Boddy being 'Reginald' and Miss Scarlet being 'Charlotte').
111	* ProperLady: She behaves like this in the books, to the point where the slightest display of rudeness greatly offends her.
112	* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
113	** In the 2002 edition of the game, the "Clue Mysteries" spinoff game and the two "Clue Mysteries" books, she's Ms. Scarlet's mother. They don't get along. This is even referenced in the licensed ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' version of the game, where Marge is Mrs. Peacock and Lisa is Miss Scarlett.
114	** Mrs. Peacock is also Miss Scarlet's step-mother in the GameShow.
115	* TrueBlueFemininity: Associated with the color blue, and in the books she places a very high value on a proper, ladylike demeanor.
116	[[/folder]]
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118	[[folder: Prof. Plum]]
119	The AbsentMindedProfessor stock type.
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121	* AbsentMindedProfessor: Oh so much. He's been known to forget his own name, birthday and hometown; in one book introduction, Boddy remarks that "He once forgot he was talking to me in the middle of a sentence."
122	* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the 2023 board game, Mr. Black blackmails him by threatening to expose his PhonyDegree. In the corresponding Marmalade game, Mr. Black threatens to reveal that the Professor sells counterfeit antiques.
123	* AlliterativeName: Paul Plum in the 1992-1997 book series; Peter Plum in the ''Clue Junior'' books, the 2002 edition of the game, the ''Clue Mysteries'' spinoff game, and the ''Clue Mysteries'' book series.
124	%%* BewareTheSillyOnes: If he turns out to be the killer.
125	%%* CasanovaWannabe
126	%%* CloudCuckooLander: In the 1992-1997 book series.
127	%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Season 1 of the GameShow.
128	%%* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: He smokes one.
129	%%* {{Eagleland}}: Season 1 too.
130	* ForScience: In the VCR version, he ran out of white rats to test his experimental poison on...[[spoiler:so he tested the poison on his wife. It worked.]]
131	* FourEyesZeroSoul: If he turns out to be the murderer.
132	* HotterandSexier: Since the 2000 UK version, he's shown as younger with a full head of darker hair than his previous versions.
133	* MadScientist: He shows signs of this in the 1992-1997 book series. One in particular has him invent a poison [[spoiler:(or so he claims; it was actually a sleeping potion, and he forgot)]] that evaporates as soon as it's drunk, leaving no traces behind (this backfires spectacularly, as he has to sip it himself to remember what it is). Another story has him put a truth serum in the breakfast orange juice for no reason.
134	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: His profile in the 2008 Classic video game mentions that he was fired from the British Museum for having plagiarized a lot of his work from a colleague who died in a freak accident. It's implied that Plum caused the "accident" himself to steal his colleague's work.
135	* MasterForger: In the 2023 version, he both studies and produces counterfeits and forgeries.
136	* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: In exactly ''which'' field he has his degree changes with every game. The book series depicts him as skilled at everything from engineering to chemistry, and his inventions drive several plots.
137	* PlagiarismInFiction: In some versions of the game, his backstory heavily implies he's done this.
138	[[/folder]]
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140	[[folder: Dr. Orchid]]
141	The 2016 edition's replacement for Mrs. White. Dr. Orchid is Mr. Black's adopted daughter, an expert on rare plants and their... "medicinal" properties.
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143	* AsianAndNerdy: She has a Ph.D. in botany.
144	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Absent from the 2023 editions of the game, which brought back Mrs. White as Chef White and {{race lift}}ed Mr. Green into the only East Asian suspect.
145	* PinkMeansFeminine: She has a pink pawn, a pink-lined outfit, a pink(ish) name...
146	* SelfMadeOrphan: Well, Self-''Re''made Orphan, if she's the murderer.
147	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She has more than one similarity to Lady Lavender, originally introduced in 2003's ''Cluedo FX'': they're both Asian women who are represented by a pinkish-purple colour shade, their professions both involve plants (Lavender is a herbalist, Orchid is a plant toxicologist), and may have used said plants to develop poisons for murderous purposes.
148	* TokenMinority: Most of the press reaction to her announcement boiled down to this, although she's not actually the first Asian character in the franchise - Ms. Scarlet has occasionally been Asian in the past, and the occasionally-appearing-in-the-spinoffs Lady Lavender is from the same part of the world.
149	[[/folder]]
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151	[[folder: Dr. Black / Mr. Boddy]]
152	The poor sap stuck with [[DesignatedVictim the worst role to play in this particular murder mystery]].
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154	* AlliterativeName: '''B'''oden "'''B'''oddy" '''B'''lack for his 2023 incarnation.
155	* AssholeVictim: In some incarnations, Dr. Black/Mr. Boddy arguably had it coming. In {{The Movie}}, he was blackmailing the other characters (a trait carried over into the 2023 board and Marmalade games) and sexually harassing his maid, while in the SNES video game it's implied that he had some rather dirty dealings with whoever killed him.
156	* BuriedAlive: In at least one of his not-deaths in the books, he was shut in a tomb/pyramid he bought because it would look nice in the garden.
157	* TheChessmaster: In the puzzle mysteries, where he's out for revenge when his wife, Rose, is killed at Christmas exactly one year prior.
158	* DesignatedVictim: Black/Boddy is the official victim in the board game, and is murdered as part of the game's premise.
159	* EccentricMillionaire: In the books, he inherited a large fortune and so spends most of his time entertaining the same five guests (and one maid) with various distractions, such as random sports (Badminton, croquet, tennis and the like) or game (Parcheesi, tiddly-winks, Monopoly, etc.) competitions, showing off various expensive possessions (which inevitably get stolen) or just relaxing, rather than doing actual work.
160	* HesJustHiding: {{Invoked\|Trope}} in the book series. The books always end with Mr. Boddy's murder, and then the next one always begins with Mr. Boddy explaining how he survived.
161	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The book series characters are (usually) not too malicious, but they've still (nearly) killed Mr. Boddy about a dozen times, and -- as Boddy himself lampshades- he still hangs out with these people. He does make note though that after everything they've done, he doesn't entirely trust them, and always asks the reader to keep an eye (and sometimes an ear and a nose) on them.
162	* IdleRich: He spends most of his time just enjoying his time with his friends (even when they're all plotting his or one another's grisly deaths or robbing him or one another blind). The 1992-1997 book series does occasionally show him managing his funds though.
163	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: In the books, he's always dead by the final act, but explains in the first chapter of the next that he managed to survive by a ridiculous stroke of luck.
164	* PunnyName:
165	** Mr. Boddy.
166	** Mr. Black's surname also has a pun related to blackmail.
167	[[/folder]]
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169	[[folder: Miss Peach]]
170	One of the few ExpandedUniverse characters with any staying power, Miss Peach is a SouthernBelle who was introduced in the Clue VCR Game as an uninvited guest to the Boddy Manor, and subsequently made it into the main series with Super Cluedo Challenge (UK, 1986) and Clue Master Detective (US, 1988). She's appeared more times than any other character who isn't one of the main six, most of whom rarely last more than two games before... disappearing.
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172	* BlatantLies: A pathological liar, she's claimed to be everything from Mr. Boddy's long-lost daughter, to his long-lost great-step-niece, to an innocent motorist who just "happened" to arrive on Boddy's doorstep.
173	* ConArtist: Sometimes working with M. Brunette.
174	* DropInCharacter: In the Clue VCR game she was a motorist whose car broke down (intentionally or not) just outside Mr. Boddy's manor.
175	* EdibleThemeNaming: In the VCR game her name is Melba Peach, an inversion of the dessert, Peach Melba.
176	* FilleFatale: Usually the youngest of the cast; rarely portrayed as older than her mid-twenties.
177	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Turned good long enough to act as a detective character in 2003's Clue FX, trying to solve the mystery of Mr. Meadow-Brook's murder. By the time Clue Mysteries came out two years later, she was back to being a villain.
178	* LongLostRelative: Supposedly, at least, in ''Master Detective'', where she claims to be Boddy's long-lost great-step-niece.
179	%%* MsFanservice
180	%%* ParasolOfPrettiness
181	%%* PrettyInMink
182	* PunnyName: Her full name was once "Miss Georgia Peach".
183	%%* TheRival: To Miss Scarlet.
184	* SouthernBelle: Her main characterization. She pretends to be a Bonne Belle, but in truth she's a particularly devious Mauvaise Belle.
185	%%* TheVamp
186	[[/folder]]
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188	!Movie version
189	'''WARNING: Spoilers ahead!'''
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191	[[folder: Wadsworth]]
192	!!Wadsworth
193	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bodg3ntq5mjq4ov5bml5banbnxkftztgwntmxnda4mte_v1.jpg]]
194	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TimCurry
195
196	The butler of the house, serving as MrExposition.
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198	* ActuallyIAmHim: In ending 3 he does this in a roundabout way [[spoiler: by pointing out nobody else in the cast had ever met Mr. Boddy until that night and asking how they could be sure that Mr. Boddy was the one killed. Mr. Green puts it together quickly that Wadsworth ''is'' Mr. Boddy.]]
199	* BattleButler: In endings 1 and 2, [[spoiler:he's an undercover FBI agent sent to entrap a particular suspect]].
200	%%* BigGood: Of the first two endings.
201	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of the third ending.]]
202	* TheButlerDidIt: Subverted in the third ending, where he's [[spoiler:the blackmailer and a murderer -- but also the ''real'' Mr. Boddy rather than a butler]]. In the novelization, [[spoiler:he murdered all of the victims out of pure insanity after failing to be the perfect butler and husband]].
203	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: The third ending reveals that he's the film incarnation of [[spoiler:Mr. Boddy]].
204	* CanonForeigner: Wadsworth has no board game equivalent. [[spoiler:Except in the third ending, where he's the actual Mr. Boddy.]]
205	%%* TheChessmaster: In the third ending.
206	* DeadpanSnarker: Along with the snark that is shared along with the rest of the cast he tells the sins of the house guests with a certain snarky disdain.
207	* DrivenToMadness: His motivations for killing everyone in the deleted Ending D.
208	* EvilIsPetty:
209	** In the third ending, it's revealed that he [[spoiler:had all of his former staff killed so that he could have no loose ends about his blackmailing schemes, having invited the people he had been blackmailing so that they could do the dirty work]]. He then admits that he intends to [[spoiler:keep blackmailing them further]].
210	** The same applies to his motivations in the deleted Ending D.
211	* FreudianExcuse: He explains why he performed all the murders in the deleted Ending D:
212	--> "And you'd be quite right. No-- all my life has been spent in a struggle for perfection. I tried to be the perfect husband, but my wife killed herself. I strove to be the perfect butler, but I was driven to killing my employer. So I resolved that, in doing so, I would commit the perfect murder. But there is no pleasure in my triumph without an audience to admire it-- and, as none of you had the brains to expose me, I decided I must expose myself."
213	* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:He set up everything in hopes of putting Mr. Boddy behind bars, but things turn sour once Mr. Boddy gives the blackmail victims their weapons.]] In the third ending, however, everything ''does'' go according to plan, as [[spoiler:he's actually Mr. Boddy, although Mr. Green turns out to be a SpannerInTheWorks by being an undercover FBI agent who shoots the real Mr. Boddy in the Hall]].
214	* GuiltByAssociation: [[spoiler:He and his wife were forced to serve Mr. Boddy like slaves when she refused to rat out on her socialist friends.]] This is actually untrue in ''all'' the endings that wound up in the finished film. When it's revealed in the first two endings that [[spoiler:he is working for the FBI]], one can assume this story to be completely fictitious (unless the suicide of his wife drove him to work with the FBI in the first ending), while in the third ending, when he's revealed to [[spoiler:have been Mr. Boddy all along, it's implied that ''he'' is the one blackmailing his butler over the above-mentioned "crime"]]. Only in the deleted fourth ending this can definitely be true.
215	* LargeHam: Creator/TimCurry is clearly having a blast in the role.
216	* MotorMouth: When summarizing the evening's events at the end of the film, he rattles through his summary at a breakneck pace.
217	* MrExposition: He explains the reason the house guests are assembled and reads out all of their transgressions.
218	* SlasherSmile: He gets off a nasty one [[spoiler:when revealing he's Mr. Boddy]].
219	* SuddenlyShouting: In one of the movie's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKOmGhBOJZI most famous scenes]].
220	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In the third ending, he [[spoiler:had his entire staff systematically murdered -- having invited all of the guests because they each had personal stakes to have them dead as well -- so that he could have his various informants killed, ensuring that there could be no loose ends]].
221	[[/folder]]
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223	[[folder: Mrs. Peacock]]
224	!!Mrs. Peacock
225	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrs_peacock_1985.jpg]]
226	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/EileenBrennan
227
228	->''Mrs. Peacock was a handsome matron with more than her share of jewels and bosom. She wore one of those dresses that is expensive and tasteful without being in the least fashionable or flattering, and over it a fox stole with several of the creatures’ heads resting on her bosom, and their claws digging at her ample waist.''
229	-->--Michael [=McDowell=]'s description of Mrs. Peacock
230
231	Wife to a corrupt U.S Senator, accused of accepting bribes to deliver her husband's vote.
232	----
233	%%* BadLiar: [[spoiler:Except in the second ending, where she's the killer.]]
234	* BewareTheSillyOnes: In the second ending. She's, as mentioned below, a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but also [[spoiler:the murderer]].
235	%%* TheChessmaster: In the second ending.
236	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} Everyone has their moments]], but she's probably the worst offender out of them all. She spends a lot of time babbling about irrelevant things, especially when the atmosphere gets a bit too quiet for her tastes.
237	* KarmaHoudini: In the ending where she isn't one of the killers, it's implied she gets away with bribery.
238	* LadyDrunk: Strongly implied. She has an unsteady walk and slightly slurs her words. Tellingly, she "sobers up" in the second ending, wherein [[spoiler:she committed all the murders -- implying that she was employing ObfuscatingStupidity]] -- but remains relatively addle-brained in the third, wherein [[spoiler:she (and all the others) only killed one person]].
239	* LargeHam:
240	** She has her moments when she's particularly agitated:
241	--->''Oh, [the motorist] doesn't even matter! LET HIM STAY locked up for another half-an-hour! THE POLICE WILL BE HERE BY THEN, AND THERE ARE TWO DEAD BODIES IN THE STUDYYYYY!"
242	** In the second ending, she screams "TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME! I'M A SENATOR'S WIFE!" when [[spoiler:being arrested by the FBI]].
243	* MotorMouth: Especially in the beginning, where she tries to "break the ice" by talking non-stop. Plum theorizes that she has a fear of silence.
244	%%* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In the second ending.
245	* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the second ending, her foolish and panicked person is a ruse meant to disguise the fact that [[spoiler:she's a cold-blooded killer who's methodically assassinated several people over the night]].
246	* PrettyInMink: She's introduced wearing a fur wrap. While she only wears it for a few minutes in the film, she's often seen with it in promotional shots.
247	* ScreamingWoman: When it's suggested that the brandy she was drinking might be poisoned. In the fourth ending, it ''was'' poisoned.
248	* SparedByTheAdaptation: A post-production example. Mrs. Peacock was shot by the evangelist in the original cut of Ending B. This explains why she is arrested offscreen.
249	[[/folder]]
250
251	[[folder: Miss Scarlet]]
252	!!Miss Scarlet
253	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miss_scarlet_1985.jpg]]
254	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/LesleyAnnWarren
255
256	->''A ravishingly beautiful woman dressed in emerald-green.''
257	-->--Michael [=McDowell=]'s description of Miss Scarlet
258
259	The FemmeFatale owner of a DC brothel.
260	----
261	* AtLeastIAdmitIt: Unlike the other guests (though Mr. Green later decides to reveal the truth as well), Miss Scarlet makes no attempt to deny that she's guilty of what she's being blackmailed for, running a brothel (although in the first ending, that’s not the only secret she has to hide). As such, she freely mocks the other guests when Wadsworth reveals what they're hiding.
262	* DepravedBisexual: She's subtly portrayed as being interested in Yvette. How depraved she is [[spoiler:(and whether she winds up killing the object of her affection)]] depends on the specific ending.
263	%%* TheChessmaster: In the first ending.
264	* DeadpanSnarker: She is always quick with a quip or sarcastic response to the insanity and inane comments around around.
265	-->'''Col. Mustard:''' How can you make jokes at a time like this?
266	-->'''Miss Scarlet:''' It's my defense mechanism!
267	* FemmeFataleSpy: In the first ending, this is [[spoiler:played out as she reveals her true trade is not just running a brothel, but also in discovering government secrets she can sell to the highest bidder.]]
268	* GenkiGirl: More subdued than most, but other than Wadsworth she's the most animated member of the cast. During the climax, she clearly gets more excited the deeper they go into the summation, even leaping in and stepping on Wadsworth's lines at one point. In the first ending, [[spoiler:it practically comes down to HamToHamCombat vs Wadsworth when he exposes her.]] In the third ending, she's so exhilarated about the complicated plot that [[spoiler:when Wadsworth finally fingers her for the cop's murder [[WorthyOpponent she cheerfully confesses, congratulates him on his sleuthing and only stops listening avidly when Wadsworth reveals himself to be Mr. Boddy.]]]]
269	-->'''Scarlet:''' ''(brightly)'' '''''True!''''' Who are you, Series/PerryMason?
270	* HitchhikersLeg: At the beginning of the film she does a FootPopping version of this to get Professor Plum to stop for her when her car's broken down.
271	* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Her dress stops a while below her armpits, and it's hard to see what's keeping it up sometimes.
272	* KarmaHoudini: In the ending where she isn't one of the killers, it's implied she gets away with bribery.
273	* MissKitty: She runs an illegal brothel in Washington, D.C. (in her words, a "specialized hotel and telephone service").
274	* MsFanservice: Not as much as Yvette, but she's still quite a looker.
275	* ReallyGetsAround: Implied. Her being a brothel madam compounds the issue, as someone in that line of work probably needs to maintain some degree of division between their personal and professional lives. This is used to justify her making out with Professor Plum when trying to hide the bodies of the murdered informants from The Cop. This leads to a gem of a line in the {{Novelization}}: in the scene where Mrs. White reveals her BlackWidow nature, her recitation of how men are like Kleenex is corrected by Miss Scarlet thusly: "Their slogan is Soft, Strong, and [[RagingStiffie Pops Up]], Too."
276	[[/folder]]
277
278	[[folder: Mr. Green]]
279	!!Mr. Green
280	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/904fe31068b5d4bec49efdd4f07c701f.jpg]]
281	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichaelMcKean
282
283	->''A young man, tall, dapper, slim and splendidly turned out stood nervously at the entranceway of Hill House.''
284	-->--Michael [=McDowell=]'s description of Mr. Green
285
286	A closeted State Department employee.
287	----
288	* AgentPeacock: [[MultipleEndings Depending on the ending in question]], he's actually [[spoiler:an FBI agent who spent the whole movie (plus whatever setup time the sting required) ''[[FauxYay pretending]]'' to be gay to get into Mr. Boddy's blackmail ring. He is the one who finally killed Mr. Boddy. In the hallway. With the revolver.]]
289	* BewareTheSillyOnes: In the third ending, [[spoiler:where he kills the real Mr. Boddy.]]
290	* CatchPhrase: He tends to yell "I didn't do it!" whenever he ends up in a compromising position with a body.
291	* CharacterTic: Mr. Green pushes his glasses up his nose frequently as one of his nervous tics.
292	* FauxYay: In the third ending, [[spoiler:he's an FBI agent pretending to be homosexual in order to trick Boddy into blackmailing him and thus give him an in into his illegal activites]].
293	* GlassesPull: One of his nervous tics. In the third ending, [[spoiler:this is more significant, as pulling off his glasses signifies ending the FBI agent's charade as a gay State Department employee]]. With this in mind, he is possibly pulling off the glasses because wearing the wrong prescription -- or any prescription when your eyesight doesn't need correction -- can result in severe eyestrain and a massive headache.
294	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: His last line in the third ending has him [[spoiler:making a point of mentioning he's looking forward to having sex with his wife]].
295	* HiddenDepths: For all his cowardice Mr. Green is still usually the first one to rush in to help such as prying Mr. Boddy off of Mrs. Peacock when he thought he was attacking her or running past a gun welding Miss Scarlet to let the FBI into the house. [[spoiler: This foreshadows his personality being an act in the third ending]].
296	* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the third ending, he turns out to be [[spoiler:a good shot with a service revolver]].
297	* PluckyComicRelief: He's nervous, accident prone and always the most innocent-looking and sounding of the crew.
298	* StraightGay: Except in the third ending, where [[spoiler:he's [[TheMole a plant]] ("A plant? I thought men like you were usually called a fruit.") from the FBI [[FauxYay pretending to be gay]] so that he would be blackmailed, and is in fact [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday "going home to sleep with [his] wife"]].]]
299	* TokenGoodTeammate: He's the only one who hasn't done anything illegal he's being blackmailed on. The only thing he's "guilty" of is being gay. [[spoiler:He's not the murderer in any of the endings]]. In the third ending, [[spoiler:not only was he the ''only'' one who didn't murder anyone (until he shoots Mr. Boddy when he threatens to escape), but he's revealed to be an FBI agent assigned to stop Mr. Boddy. And he's NOT gay after all. Maybe.]]
300	--> [[BrickJoke I told you I didn’t do it.]]
301	* WouldHitAGirl: He isn't afraid to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slap Mrs. Peacock]] when she freaks out over the brandy being potentially poisoned.
302	[[/folder]]
303
304	[[folder: Mrs. White]]
305	!!Mrs. White
306	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madeline_kahn_movies_ranked_clue1.jpg]]
307	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MadelineKahn
308
309	->''She was beautiful as Desdemona on the night that lady was murdered, pale as Isabella the day she learned her lover was dead, and her hair was as black as Judith the morning she struck off the head of Holofernes. Her eyes were lustrous, her lips as red as if they had been pricked and bled. She was dressed head to heel in black. She held a shiny black pocketbook before her and a tiny corner of stiff, white paper peeked through the top.''
310	-->-- Michael [=McDowell=]'s description of Mrs. White
311
312	An alleged "black widow", who has had five husbands, the latest of whom were an illusionist (disappeared) and a nuclear physicist (who died under mysterious circumstances).
313	----
314	* {{Angrish}}: She lapses into this as part of her VillainousBreakdown.
315	* BlackWidow: She's had five husbands, and all of them either died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Mr. Boddy blackmails her on suspicion of murdering them. She denies killing any of them, but didn't want those rumors to be known to the public. She and one of them (the one talked about the most) had a humiliating public confrontation, which added further suspicion. In the third ending, she [[spoiler:indeed murdered at least that particular husband because he had an affair with Yvette, which apparently was the last straw]].
316	%%* DoesNotLikeMen: She has some male issues. She has had two husbands who died under mysterious circumstances.%%Not the trope by itself.
317	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Her pale skin contrasts well with her dark hair and black outfit to give her something describing her alias.
318	* IronicNickname: A black widow, fully dressed in black, whose alias is Mrs. White. Although the inside of her black coat is white.
319	* KarmaHoudini: In the endings where she isn't one of the killers, it's implied she gets away with murdering her husbands (assuming she actually did).
320	* PetTheDog: Surprisingly given her own backstory, of all the guests she is the most sympathetic to Wadsworth story about [[spoiler:his wife's suicide]], handing him a tissue and actually looking near tears herself.
321	* ReallyGetsAround:
322	-->'''Col. Mustard:''' How many husbands have you had?
323	-->'''Mrs. White:''' Mine, or other women's?
324	* TheStoic: She doesn't speak much normally and is quite terse with her snark, however [[TheComicallySerious her breakdown is hilarious]].
325	* VillainousBreakdown: Downplayed in the third ending, since it's more like mindlessly stammering instead of throwing a tantrum. [[spoiler:When describing her hangups with her husband's infidelity and her murder of Yvette]], she's so angry at the very mention of Yvette, she can barely get the words out on how much she hated her. Fl-Flames... on the side of my face..."
326	[[/folder]]
327
328	[[folder: Professor Plum]]
329	!!Professor Plum
330	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bmta5mzi0ndu0mjzeqtjeqwpwz15bbwu3mdq1nti4mtq_v1.jpg]]
331	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChristopherLloyd
332
333	->''A man was driving, hunched over the steering wheel, peering out into the blackness.''
334	-->--Michael [=McDowell=]'s description of Professor Plum
335
336	A former professor of psychiatry and current member of the World Health Organization, whose medical license was revoked because he had an affair with one of his female patients.
337	----
338	* KavorkaMan: Somehow Miss Scarlet is interested in him, and he scored with [[spoiler:the singing telegram girl]] who can't be past her twenties.
339	* LovableSexManiac: He shamelessly hits on all of the female characters and [[spoiler:usually]] isn't a killer.
340	* NotThatKindOfDoctor:
341	** When Mr. Green demands that Plum explain how Boddy died, Plum angrily retorts that he's a psychiatrist, not a medical specialist.
342	--->'''Mr. Green:''' ''How did he die?''\
343	'''Professor Plum:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! DON'T! KNOW!]] I'm ''NOT'' a forensic expert!
344	** Later subverted, though, in the third ending, when Plum [[spoiler:is only pretending he didn't know what happened. As pointed out by Wadsworth, "even a psychiatrist can tell the difference between patients who are ''alive'' or ''dead''!"]]
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder: Colonel Mustard]]
348	!!Colonel Mustard
349	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mustard_x.jpg]]
350	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MartinMull
351
352	->''The man at the door was 45 years old, perhaps 50 if he had been taken care of himself and it looked as if he had been. He was smartly turned out in a suit of quietly expensive cut material and fit and out in the darkness behind him, the mustard-yellow 1954 Cadillac convertible he'd driven up in was new and rather more obviously expensive than his clothes. In his own element, he was probably hale and hardy and if he had a wife then the prone was probably trampled on psychologically speaking.''
353	-->--Michael [=McDowell=]'s description of Colonel Mustard
354
355	A military man who's used the services of Miss Scarlet's brothel.
356	----
357	* ArmchairMilitary: A rather unstated joke surrounding the character. A RunningGag has him constantly try to take supervising positions in various situations, but balk at actually ''doing'' anything -- like sitting back while the others are struggling to move the cook, or when he leaves Ms. Scarlet to search a room alone. He gets more daring over time, but the only major exception is when they find the secret passage to the Lounge which he charges through without fear -- but [[spoiler: in one ending he already knew about it, as he used it to kill the Motorist.]]
358	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: "Good God, man, there are ladies present!" cries Colonel Mustard when Wadsworth tells the others he had "decided I must expose myself" in Endings C and D.
359	* TheDitz: He has the tendency to take things literally and is confounded early on by the library's disguised door.
360	* JerkassHasAPoint: The mini-arc where the characters split up to search the house is his idea. It's possibly callous ("Whoever's alone with the murderer might get killed!") and ultimately unsuccessful (three other people get killed during it), but Mustard ''does'' have a point; Hill House is four stories (including the cellar and attic) and it would be very easy for an unknown third party to conceal themselves in the house and sneak around to kill the cast.
361	* KarmaHoudini: In the endings where he isn't one of the killers, it's implied he gets away with war profiteering.
362	* MoralMyopia: He may have sold stolen radio components to the black market, but he's no murderer.
363	-->'''Mrs. Peacock:''' [[AvertedTrope Well, a lot of our airmen died because their radios didn't work!]]
364	* RedHerring: The movie likes to imply that [[NotSoHarmlessVillain he's the murderer]]. [[spoiler:He's indeed responsible for one of the murders]] in the third ending.
365	* SuspiciousSpending: He drives a very expensive car for someone who lives on a colonel's paycheck. His explanation is that he inherited the money during the war. [[spoiler:He actually stole and sold airplane parts on the black market during the war.]]
366	* WarForFunAndProfit: The real reason he was being blackmailed. He stole essential Air Force radio components and sold them on the black market, which is how he became rich.
367	[[/folder]]
368
369	[[folder: Mr. Boddy]]
370	!!Mr. Boddy
371	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' [[Music/{{Fear}} Lee Ving]]
372
373	The blackmailer and the first victim of the night.
374	----
375	* AssholeVictim: He's revealed early on to be blackmailing everyone -- in addition to being shown shamelessly groping Yvette -- and quickly earns everyone's murderous ire, ensuring that there's little chance of sympathy for his impending demise.
376	* BodyDouble: The third ending reveals that [[spoiler:he had switched places with his butler before the movie started, and since none of his blackmail victims had met him in person before...]]
377	* CrazyPrepared: He offers his blackmail victims their weapons, gift-wrapped, knowing full well that Wadsworth was planning to expose him. [[spoiler:Except in the third ending, where he pretends to be Wadsworth and intended to have his victims murder his accomplices.]]
378	* {{Eagleland}}: Flavor 2: America the Boorish. The stated reason why he blackmailed everyone is because he considers them "Un-American". Instead of reporting them, however, he decided to get money by blackmailing them. What could be more American than that?
379	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:He only pretends to be dead in the first murder scene, having been grazed by the bullet and deciding to play possum and sneak out when the others are distracted. Someone (varies with the ending) catches this and subsequently kills him off for real.]]
380	* HateSink: Throughout his short screentime, he's shown to do some detestable things. Groping Yvette, blackmail, and trying to get someone to kill Wadsworth so he can keep blackmailing everybody. [[spoiler: Subverted in the third ending when he turned out to be Mr. Boddy's butler.]]
381	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gives his blackmail victims weapons with the intent of killing Wadsworth. However, his victims end up turning on him instead, murdering him with the same implements he provided.
382	* PunnyName: Mr. "Boddy", which sounds like "body" as in "dead body".
383	[[/folder]]
384
385	[[folder: Yvette]]
386	!!Yvette
387	!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ColleenCamp
388
389	The maid of the house.
390	----
391	* CanonForeigner: She's not represented in the main board game but sort of takes the maid role from Mrs. White who is sometimes the maid of the estate.
392	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: While most of the other victims receive relatively quick deaths they don’t see coming, Yvette is slowly strangled with the noose, her final moments filled with terror and agony.]]
393	* DisposableSexWorker: [[spoiler:She was one of Miss Scarlet's employees at her brothel and is murdered for knowing secrets gained from sleeping with people or due to being TheMistress of Mrs. White's nuclear physicist husband. When the guests find her strangled, they simply leave her corpse lying on the billiard table without a word, though that might just be because they had SeenItAll by then, as she was the fourth person murdered by that point.]]
394	* TheDragon: [[spoiler:She's Miss Scarlet's agent and original means of killing her victims]] in the first ending.
395	* TheFakeCutie: She's first introduced charmingly bopping along to rock & roll while polishing glasses, and acts like a slightly bubbleheaded, but innocent and friendly MsFanservice. In truth, she's [[spoiler: actually one of Miss Scarlet's hookers who also doubles as a blackmailer and spy. Depending on the ending shown, she's one of the killers, too]].
396	* {{Fauxreigner}}: She speaks with an exaggerated French accent, although [[spoiler:it seems to disappear shortly before dying, implying she was faking it]].
397	* FrenchMaid: She wears a skimpy Hollywood French maid outfit complete with heels, stockings, short, frilly skirt and apron and a very low-cut top, [[spoiler:That said, she isn't really French or a maid. But [[{{Fanservice}} that's okay]]]]. This is currently the image for the trope.
398	* HighClassCallGirl: She used to be [[spoiler:one of Miss Scarlet's call girls]].
399	* MaleGaze: Nearly every shot where the male characters interact with her involves them staring at either her cleavage or rear.
400	* TheMistress: She used to have an affair with [[spoiler:(one of) Mrs. White's husbands]]. In the first two endings, the cuckolded party flinches when she first sees Yvette but otherwise doesn't seem to hate her. In the third ending, however, [[spoiler:she hates Yvette so much that she murders her]].
401	* MsFanservice: This is especially true in-universe with Prof. Plum, Col. Mustard and Wadsworth sneaking or overtly peeking at her cleavage. [[spoiler:This is even justified, as she's actually one of Miss Scarlet's prostitutes.]]
402	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Many early scenes show her as being airheaded but [[spoiler:she shows herself to be a good shot with a revolver and is involved with two of the guests.]]
403	%%* OfCorsetsSexy: Part of her Maid uniform.
404	* ReallyGetsAround: She's slept with [[spoiler: Colonel Mustard, Mr. Boddy, one of Mrs. White's husbands, possibly the cop and numerous clients at Miss Scarlet's brothel, including perhaps Professor Plum or one of his contacts according to the first ending]].
405	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In the first ending, [[spoiler:she's killed when Mrs. Scarlet no longer has any need of her]].
406	[[/folder]]

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