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** Martin Kahn cries "[[Film/BackToTheFuture great scott]]" at one point.

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** Martin Kahn cries "[[Film/BackToTheFuture "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture great scott]]" at one point.
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* TheButlerDidIt: An enforced example from the viewers on the East Coast, as they voted for the butler to be the killer in the 100th episode. In contrast, the West Coast viewers chose a different suspect to be the murderer.

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** The actors who play Martin Kahn (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) and Leslie Ann (Creator/LesleyAnnWarren) played Professor Plum and Miss Scarlet in ''Film/{{Clue}}''.

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** The actors who play Martin Kahn (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) (Creator/ChristopherLloyd), Highway Harry (Creator/MartinMull) and Leslie Ann (Creator/LesleyAnnWarren) played Professor Plum Plum, Colonel Mustard and Miss Scarlet in ''Film/{{Clue}}''.


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** Additionally, Martin's last name is likely a nod to actress Creator/MadelineKahn, who played Mrs. White in ''Film/{{Clue}}''.

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* ActorAllusion:
** The actors who play Martin Kahn (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) and Leslie Ann (Creator/LesleyAnnWarren) played Professor Plum and Miss Scarlet in ''Film/{{Clue}}''.
** Martin Kahn cries "[[Film/BackToTheFuture great scott]]" at one point.



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* WhamShot: For the first half of the episode, everyone believes Rip is the murderer. Then

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* WhamShot: For the first half of the episode, everyone believes Rip is the murderer. Then

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[[caption-width-right:350:"...How the hell did you all get out of your rooms?!"]]



Shawn and Gus attend a secret party at the historical mansion of an aging former rockstar, and when a murder occurs all the suspects point fingers at each other.

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Shawn and Gus attend Juliet are invited to a secret mysterious party at the historical a mansion of an aging outside Santa Barbara. Juliet can't make it, due to a missing person case, so Shawn invites Gus, instead. It seems the party is being hosted by Billy Lipps, a former rockstar, rockstar who was convicted of murdering his groupie, thanks to Shawn's evidence. Billy claims that his time in prison let him turn his life around, and he's invited Psych, Clizby (his cook and butler), Highway Harry (his band manager), Martin Kahn (who wrote Billy's biography), and Leslie Ann (a former groupie) for a celebration. Then the lights go out, and when a murder occurs all the suspects point fingers at each other.
they come back on, Highway Harry is dead. But who could have done it? Or maybe it's not just one person...



* AbsurdPhobia: Gus is terrified of toupees and wigs. Largely because his grandfather wore one, and he beat Gus for being afraid of it, which made it worse.



* CasualKink: Lassiter threatens to interrogate everyone. Billy replies that if anyone's to be bound and denied oxygen, some safe words might be in order.
* ClosedCircle: Everyone is initially stuck in the mansion due to a combination of a massive thunderstorm, and Billy's pet panther broken loose outside. When Juliet and Lassiter show up, there's a dead body on their hands and nobody is allowed to leave now anyway.



* TheTeaser: We see the outcome of Psych's third case, which is what got Billy thrown in prison.

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* TheTeaser: We see the outcome of Psych's third case, case back in 2007, which is what got Billy thrown in prison.

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* ButtMonkey: Curt Smith.

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* AsHimself: [[Music/TearsForFears Curt Smith]] turns up halfway through the episode, having been shot.
* BookcasePassage: Several are scattered throughout the mansion; Shawn and Gus find one that leads into a room with multiple wigs and a mirror. One is said to lead to a hidden "chocolate room", but the one character who finds it promptly forgets where it was.
* ButtMonkey: Curt Smith. He's shot before he even makes it to the mansion, then gets mauled by Billy's panther.
* DramaticThunder: There's a massive thunderstorm going on outside.



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* RedHerring:PantheraAwesome: Billy has a large, extremely aggressive pet panther that's broken loose, and is roaming around the grounds, initially keeping anyone from leaving.
* RedHerring: Shawn initially believes that Rip is the killer, and is hiding somewhere in the mansion... until his body is found stuffed into the mansion's meat freezer.



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* WhamShot:TheTeaser: We see the outcome of Psych's third case, which is what got Billy thrown in prison.
* TheUnintelligible: Highway Harry, who mumbles random phrases, and needs Billy to be his TranslatorBuddy.
* WhamShot: For the first half of the episode, everyone believes Rip is the murderer. Then
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'''Season 7, Episode 5'''
!100 Clues

-> Directed by Matt Shakman
-> Written by Todd Harthan

Shawn and Gus attend a secret party at the historical mansion of an aging former rockstar, and when a murder occurs all the suspects point fingers at each other.

This is the series' {{Homage}} to ''Film/{{Clue}}'' and thus essentially synonymously named.

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* AffectionateParody: The episode as a whole is one for ''Film/{{Clue}}''.
* ButtMonkey: Curt Smith.
* {{Homage}}: There's '''numerous''' shots and references to ''Clue'' throughout the episode.
* MilestoneCelebration: The one-hundredth episode of the series.
* MultipleEndings: As befitting any {{Homage}} to ''Clue''.
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* RunningGag: The doorbell for the mansion is shaped like a pineapple.
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* WhamShot:
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