History Main / Clue

* PunBasedTitle: "Cluedo" is a pun on "Ludo" (an abbreviation of the Latin for "game"), the British name for the game known to the rest of the world (minus Brazil) as Parcheesi/Pachisi.

** Also, in the film, [[spoiler:Communism.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.cluedofan.com/movie/movie_fourth_ending.htm The FOURTH ending.]]

* Depending on what version you're playing, there may be various characters added in besides the main six. Such as Emily Peach, or Graham Slate-Grey.

* BlowingARaspberry: (film) Mrs. White gives a very demure and ladylike one to Wadsworth.

** Clearly there has been more than one series of books then. This troper, in his youth, read one where Boddy was friends with his guests because, chronically murderous though they were, he was well aware that he was several orders of magnitude smarter than they were, and was thus in far less danger than the Mr. Boddy of the board game (some of the puzzles were similarly harmless, such as one where the challenge was to determine who, at the end of the story, had been eating which fairground snack while riding which ride; the answer key goes on to point out that when they returned to the mansion all the guests went straight to bed, to sleep off the stomachaches they'd gotten from eating too much junk food). He was basically friends with them because their antics (attempted murder included) amused him to no end, and in the foreword of each book, he would cheerfully blow off his supposed death at the end of the previous one, laughing about what a wacky guy his supposed murderer was.
** You both seem to be thinking of the same series. There is a later series of books but in that one NegativeContinuity applied, as every story has Boddy being killed. I think this is AlternateCharacterInterpretation.

* PunBasedTitle: "Cluedo" is a pun on "Ludo" (an abbreviation of the Latin for "game"), the British name for the game known to the rest of the world as Parcheesi/Pachisi.
** It's known as Ludo in Brazil as well.

** Yvette in the movie.
* FrenchMaid: (movie) Yvette.

* MeaningfulName: The six suspects have their last names associated with the color they're wearing (peacocks are blue, scarlet is a shade of red,
and so on). And of course, there's [[IncrediblyLamePun Mr. Boddy]]. The British victim, Dr. Black, is sometimes illustrated as wearing black.

** It's known as Ludo here in Brazil as well.

* EagleEyeDetection: A necessary tool to weed out the killer, especially in the SNES video-game version (you'll ''need'' pen and paper for that one).

* MagnificentBastard: In one alternate ending, Wadsworth [[spoiler: who manipulates the guests into disposing of his spies ''and'' turns out to be the real Mr. Boddy.]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The 2008 "modernized" version of the game as some fans found that the original version aged just fine and didn't need to be more up-to-date. Thankfully, the original version is still being sold.

* UndercoverCopReveal: * In the final ending of the movie, [[spoiler:Mr. Green]] reveals himself as an FBI agent, just after shooting [[spoiler:Mr. Boddy]].

Created in 1949 in Britain, ''Cluedo'' (''Clue'' in North America) is ''the'' iconic mystery board game. Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in North America) has been murdered in his own mansion and the six people that were present are now considered suspects. Players take the role of any of the six suspects and receive cards containing illustrations of the suspects, the rooms or the weapons. One card of each category is placed in an envelope. To play, the suspects must enter a room in the mansion and make a suggestion such as, "It was '''Miss Scarlet''' in the '''kitchen''' with the '''knife'''." A different player can reveal a card that matches the suggestion to disprove it. To win the game, a player must make an accusation that matches all three cards contained in the envelope. If the accusation is wrong, the player must sit out for the rest of the game. Note that a player can accuse his own character if he believes himself to be the murderer. [[FridgeLogic It doesn't make much sense if you think about it.]]

* FemmeFatale: Miss Scarlet

* LadyInRed: Miss Scarlet
* MarketBasedTitle
* MeaningfulName: The six suspects have their last names associated with the color they're wearing (peacocks are blue, scarlet is a shade of red, and so on). And of course, there's [[IncrediblyLamePun Mr. Boddy]]. The British victim, Dr. Black, is sometimes illustrated as wearing black.

* MsFanservice: Miss Scarlet

* PunBasedTitle: "Cluedo" is a pun on "Ludo" (an abbreviation of the Latin for "game"), the British name for the game known to the rest of the world as Parcheesi or Pachisi.

Created in 1949 in Britain, ''Cluedo'' (''Clue'' in North America) is ''the'' iconic mystery board game. Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in North America) has been murdered in his own mansion and the six people that were present are now considered suspects. Players take the role of any of the six suspects and receive cards containing the suspects, the rooms, or the weapons. One card of each category are placed in an envelope. To play, the suspects must enter a room in the mansion and make a suggestion such as, "It was '''Miss Scarlet''' in the '''kitchen''' with the '''knife'''." A different player can reveal a card that matches the suggestion to disprove it. To win the game, a player must make an accusation that matches the cards contained in the envelope. If the accusation is wrong, the player must sit out for the rest of the game. Note that a player can accuse their own character if they believe themselves to be the murderer. [[FridgeLogic It doesn't make much sense if you think about it.]]

The popularity of the game has caused it to be remade into a plethora of different locations and decades over the years. It was popular enough to have its own [[Film/{{Clue}} film]], book series, video game adaptations, and game show. The film itself (starring TimCurry) is considered a cult classic. It has its own [[Characters/{{Cluedo}} character page]].

* FridgeBrilliance: How can you win if you are the murderer/ess? [[spoiler: Because the premise is figuring out the murderer by way of evidence. If you can find the evidence of your guilt before anyone else does, that means you can destroy it and get away with it.]]

* TheMovie: One in that rare genre, board-game-to-movie adaptations. What next, ''Man to Queen: A Pawn's Journey''?

* BlowingARaspberry: Mrs. White gives a very demure and ladylike one to Wadsworth.

* FridgeBrilliance: How can you win if you prove that you did it? [[spoiler: Because the premise is figuring out the murderer by way of evidence. If you have the proof you did it before anyone else does, that means you can destroy it and get away with it.]]

* MeaningfulName: The six suspects have their last names associated with the color they're wearing (peacocks are blue, scarlet is a shade of red, and so on). And of course, there's [[IncrediblyLamePun Mr. Boddy]].

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The 2008 "modernized" version of the game as some fans found that the original version aged finely and didn't need to be more up-to-date. Thankfully, the original version is still being sold.