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17	''Note: This page is about the MiniSeries on Creator/TheHub. If you're looking for the film, go [[{{Film/Clue}} here.]] If you're looking for the original board game, go [[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} here.]] Nor does this have anything to do with the British Cluedo Series, which was a GameShow.''
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19	''Clue'' is a 5-episode MiniSeries based on [[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} the board game]] that debuted on ''Creator/TheHub'' on November 14, 2011. At a charity event, six teenagers witness what they believe to be a murder, but when they tell the authorities they're surprised that [[CassandraTruth no one believes them.]] So, the teens decide to solve the mystery themselves.
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24	* AdaptationalHeroism: The main characters a virtually the teenage versions of the six classic suspects of the board game, where any one of them could be the murderer. In the series, none of them is the killer and are all working together to solve the murder.
25	* AdultsAreUseless: Except for when [[spoiler: they're in on the conspiracy.]]
26	** [[spoiler:Whittaker's henchmen are so clueless that they unintentionally get a bunch of kids doing the legwork, while Whittaker himself fails to figure that Sarah Ellis may have a brain in her head. Wheeler gets so careless that he leads the kids right to Kroger.]]
27	* BigBadEnsemble: Between [[spoiler: Whittaker, who wants to the Tesla device to make a profit, and Kroger, who at least claims to be a WellIntentionedExtremist.]]
28	* ClearMyName: A LighterAndSofter variation. They're not accused of the crime themselves, but the main characters are suspended from school for allegedly pulling a hoax and ruining a charity event. They all try to solve the crime themselves to restore their good standings.
29	* ColorCodedCharacters: Liz's hair is dyed red and most of the other characters wear something of their corresponding color most of the time. A relatively subtle example, but it's there.
30	* {{Cult}}: [[spoiler: The Order of Black]]
31	* {{Expy}}: All of the main characters are based off of characters from the board game.
32	** Seamus: Mr. Green
33	** Lucas: Professor Plum
34	** Liz: Miss Scarlet
35	** Whitney: Mrs. White
36	** Dmitri: Colonel Mustard
37	** Agnes: Mrs. Peacock
38	** Adam Ellis: Mr. Boddy (referred to as "Mr. No Boddy" in the show)
39	* HighSchoolAU: The premise is the traditional board game Clue set in a high school.
40	* KidDetective: The cast from the game are children.
41	* LostTechnology: [[spoiler: A free energy device created by UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.]]
42	* ObliviousToLove: Lucas is unaware of Whitney's crush on him. [[spoiler: He quickly catches on]].
43	%%* OrphansPlotTrinket: Liz has one.
44	* OutGambitted: [[spoiler: Sarah Ellis does this to ''both sides!'']]
45	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:It turns out that Adam Ellis was kidnapped, not murdered.]]
46	* SecretLegacy: [[spoiler: Each of the main characters have a connection with one of the six secret houses of The Order of Black.]]
47	* SequelHook: That secret room they've been hanging out in? [[spoiler: Somebody's watching it, and them.]]
48	%%* TwinBanter: Between Whittaker's two henchmen.

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