History MagnificentBastard / ClueClub

* "The Walking House Caper": [[{{Shopkeeper}} Mr. Benchley]] is a rural general store owner who--according to Larry--schemes to steal a valuable steel formula to sell it for the money to buy back land that once belonged to his family before an amusement park company can purchase it. The formula is being kept in a safe made of the new steel process and will take days, weeks, or even months to break into. Benchley uses [[KnockoutGas sleeping gas]] to knock out the Clue Club as they guard the formula, then takes them to a nearby house that looks exactly the same inside and outside, while making an empty impression in the floor where the safe is in the original house. When the kids investigate, Benchley acts like an interested, innocent man and a source of useful local lore. Benchley gracefully apologizes and gives Woofer and Wimper dog biscuits when his [[UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople guard lobster]] bites their tails. It is also implied that he has an accomplice and that they take turns scaring people away in a monster costume so that [[PlausibleDeniability Benchley will have an alibi]].

* "The Prehistoric Monster Caper": [[TheDogBitesBack Alan Wolf]] is the former co-owner of a movie production company, [[FallenOnHardTimesJob reduced to working as a prop man]] after his partner, Simmons, swindled him out of his share. He kidnaps Simmons, [[AmbiguousSituation presumably either to exact deadly revenge on him or to get back his shares of the company]], and disguises himself as Simmons to enter a crane hoist before using mountain-climbing gear to sneak down while a fog machine is obscuring everyone's view. Wolf tries to scare the Clue Club away from where he is keeping Simmons, brings up other people's motives, and freely admits that he has a motive to kidnap Simmons while nearly fooling them into thinking he lacks the skills to be guilty. When Larry figures out the truth, Wolf compliments his intelligence while refusing to admit anything and arguing that they need a witness to prove his guilt. Once Simmons is rescued and identifies him, Wolf quietly accepts his defeat.

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Despite its ShortRunner status, ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub'' has many likable and ingenious perpetrators of seemingly impossible crimes. '''Beware of [=SPOILERS=], as this list reveals many culprits in a MysteryOfTheWeek show.'''

* "The Prehistoric Monster Caper": [[TheDogBitesBack Alan Wolf]] is the former co-owner of a movie production company, [[FallenOnHardTimesJob reduced to working as a prop man]] after his partner, Simmons, swindled him out of his share. He kidnaps Simmons, [[AmbiguousSituation presumably either to exact deadly revenge on him or to get back his shares of the company]], and disguises himself as Simmons to enter a crane hoist before using mountain-climbing gear to sneak down while a fog machine is obscuring everyone's view. Wolf tries to scare the Clue Club away from where he is keeping Simmons, brings up other people's motives, and freely admits that he has a motive to kidnap Simmons while nearly fooling them into thinking he lacks the skills to be guilty. When Larry figures out the truth, Wolf compliments his intelligence while refusing to admit anything and arguing that they need a witness to prove his guilt. Once Simmons is rescued and identifies him, Wolf quietly accepts his defeat.

* "The Green Thumb Caper": [[CaringGardener Melinda Carter]] and [[TheButlerDidIt Joseph Wilkins]] are a pair of jewel thieves who pose as a gardener who provides floral arrangements and a butler. At several charity fundraisers they are hired to work at they turn off the lights, then rob the guests while using an ultraviolet flashlight, the beams of which can only be seen with ultraviolet goggles. The duo cover the stolen valuables in gray and feed them to Carter's beloved Venus flytraps to smuggle them out amidst the police searches. When the Clue Club uncovers evidence of their crimes, a disguised Wilkins tries to steal it back before Dotty can analyze it. After discarding his disguise, he acts like a source of helpful information while subtly making Larry suspicious of the ImpoverishedPatrician hosting the charity parties. When the two are exposed, [[NoHonorAmongThieves Carter does an impressive job of acting innocent and accusing Wilkins]] of using her and her poor innocent Venus flytraps before being taken in.

* "Who's To Blame for the Empty Frame": [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Harvey Tobias and Martin Carlottie]] are a clock repairman and a 3-foot tall pantomime artist who conspire to rob one of Tobias's clients, a rich antique collector. Carlottie poses as a clock figure to be able together past Harrison's security system and steal the best items in his collection late at night. He hides a painting in the back of a mirror that Tobias pretends to damage by accident so he can have an excuse to take it off the premises, supposedly for repairs. The two men are exposed and confronted after robbing Harrison a second time, at which point an unfazed Carlottie bows to the investigators when his deception is exposed. They don't panic and deny their guilt, with Carlottie pointing out that the crimes that can be proven against them lack any significant punishment. When the painting is found in Tobias's shop, though, they [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Calottie tells Tobias that denying their guilt is futile]], and Tobias agrees, [[SpannerInTheWorks musing how it is only the unexpected presence of the Clue Club that kept the plan from succeeding.]]

* "One of Our Elephants Is Missing": [[EvilPoacher Chris Carloff]] is an exotic animal supplier for zoos who decides to rob one of his clients to supply the others while also making the zoo he robs come to him for replacement animals. Carloff and an accomplice abduct several zoo animals in the middle of the night. Carloff then dresses up as a gorilla that they stole and remains behind. He uses his gorilla disguise to spy on the investigation, plan a second string of kidnappings, and divert the detectives by acting like a wild and angry animal. He puts a stuffed gorilla in his cage while he sneaks out and meet with the zoo director, [[PlausibleDeniability establishing an alibi for himself]] for when he plans to reveal the gorilla was a human imposter. Upon being confronted with the evidence against him, Carloff responds bitterly, but also recognizes that [[GracefulLoser it's futile to deny the truth]], and confirms Larry's hypothesis is right.* "The Amazing Heist": [[GrandeDame Madame Hortense]] and [[AlmightyJanitor Oslanski]], an elderly convention center owner and her maintience man, are [[TheExile the deposed princess and prime minister of the European nation of Dileria.]] When a Dilerian crown which Hortense sees as her birthright comes through town, Hortense arranges for it to be displayed at her center and the two engineer a blackout and steal it, using Oslanski's skills with electronics and trap doors. They deliberately violate local sanitation laws by leaving a pile of trash in the hall so that Oslanski can smuggle the crown out of the building under the guise of complying with Sheriff Bagley's inevitable order to get rid of the garbage. Hortense works hard to make Oslanski seem BeneathNotice during the investigation, but fails, leading to the pair's exposure. They defiantly reveal their real identities and insist that Hortense is the crown's rightful owner, something that Bagley seems to consider and advises them to argue in court as he arrests them.
* "The Prehistoric Monster Caper": [[FallenOnHardTimesJob Alan Wolf]] is the former co-owner of a movie production company, reduced to working as a prop man after his partner, Simmons, swindled him out of his share. He kidnaps Simmons, [[AmbiguousSituation presumably either to exact deadly revenge on him or to get back his shares of the company]], and disguises himself as Simmons to enter a crane hoist before using mountain-climbing gear to sneak down while a fog machine is obscuring everyone's view. Wolf tries to scare the Clue Club away from where he is keeping Simmons, brings up other people's motives, and freely admits that he has a motive to kidnap Simmons while nearly fooling them into thinking he lacks the skills to be guilty. When Larry figures out the truth, Wolf compliments his intelligence while refusing to admit anything and arguing that they need a witness to prove his guilt. Once Simmons is rescued and identifies him, Wolf quietly accepts his defeat.