Episodes 136-138 of Film Reroll. Based on the 1985 comedic murder mystery board game adaptation.
On a dark (but not yet stormy) night on April 10th, 1954, a group of six individuals travel to a secluded mansion, Hill House, to partake in a gathering. It is not a cordial meeting, however; as implied by the invitations each one has received, the host has blackmail material on each one of them, and it is in each guest's best interest to attend a dinner that evening so the whole affair could be put behind them once and for all. However, the guests in attendance must only refer to themselves as an alias rather than their real name.
There are complications at play, however; towards the end of the dinner, a seventh guest, a Mr. Boddy, arrives with a mysterious bag. His butler, Wadsworth, makes known after revealing the blackmail material that the police have been called, and are on their way to arrest everyone. However, Mr. Boddy accuses Wadsworth of bluffing about the cops, and proposes an alternative solution: If Wadsworth is threatening to turn them over to the cops, and will only let them leave "over his dead body", then why not take him up on the offer? He has with him a series of "gifts": six random murder weapons. If the others wish to keep their secrets safe and avoid prosecution, Wadsworth must die. And so, he turns off the lights...
Two mechanics are at play in order to maintain the "murder mystery" aspect of the plot, and also factor how the movie had Multiple Endings: Not only did Lisa randomize the "gifts" the others received, but each player has the opportunity to, at any point during the campaign, sidebar with her (either through text, or in a private call), thus preventing everyone from knowing the same information at the same time.
Notably, this campaign had been stricken with a minor Troubled Production; as admitted in the first episode, they are actually redoing the campaign from the start as the audio for the original session (which spanned an episode-and-a-half) "went the way of the dodo".note The only other case of this happening to date is Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.
Starring Andy Hoover as Colonel Mustard, Kara Strait as Mrs. White, Scott Aiello as Professor Plum, Joz Vammer as Miss Scarlet, Carolyn Faye Kramer as Mrs. Peacock, Paulo Quiros as Mr. Green, and Lisa Kopitsky as the Dungeon Master.
Followed by Galaxy Quest.
Tropes:
- Actor Allusion:
- In the scene where Professor Plum crosses paths with Miss Scarlet on his way to Hill House, Scott makes two references to Back to the Future (which, according to Kara, are out of 27 total): Scott announces he's "[throwing] a blanket over the Flux Capacitor" once he pulls his car over, and when he leaves with Miss Scarlet, he quotes the "you're gonna see some serious shit" line.
- When Plum is yelling about how he, Mr. Green and Colonel Mustard are still at risk of getting arrested by the cops, he abruptly yells "1.21 GIGAWATTS!"
- In the scene where Professor Plum crosses paths with Miss Scarlet on his way to Hill House, Scott makes two references to Back to the Future (which, according to Kara, are out of 27 total): Scott announces he's "[throwing] a blanket over the Flux Capacitor" once he pulls his car over, and when he leaves with Miss Scarlet, he quotes the "you're gonna see some serious shit" line.
- Actually Pretty Funny:
- Downplayed: Mrs. White's first interaction with Colonel Mustard caused her to smirk slightly:Mrs. White: I've never cared for the military.Colonel Mustard: Well, madam, I've never cared for dinner parties, yet here we are.
- Despite having been shot and arrested by the man, Professor Plum can’t help but salute Mr. Green as he drops his Bond One-Liner.Mr. Green: I’m gonna go home and sleep with my wife.
- Downplayed: Mrs. White's first interaction with Colonel Mustard caused her to smirk slightly:
- Adaptational Villainy: While in the movie's third ending, it's confirmed Mrs. White murdered one of her husbands due to having an affair with Yvette, here, Lisa reveals to Kara that there's a coroner report which clarifies that in addition to his penis being chopped off, he was tied up and drugged beforehand.
- Alternative Character Interpretation: After Scott, having already turned off his webcam to method act being in the dark, jokes that he also has taken off his clothes, Paulo openly points out that this wouldn't be out of character for Professor Plum.
- Ambiguous Situation: It is never revealed if Wadsworth was the real Mr. Boddy.
- Anachronism Stew:
- Because of Kara failing to think of an era-appropriate rebuttal for Professor Plum trying to kiss Mrs. White's hand, Andy has his own idea:Andy: "Sir, this is not on fleek."Kara: "Excuse me, very not lit."
- After Colonel Mustard admits to Professor Plum that he's starting to suspect the entire evening is in reality centered around him and everyone is in on it, he compares it to The Game (1997), before admitting that movie hasn't come out yet.
- Because of Kara failing to think of an era-appropriate rebuttal for Professor Plum trying to kiss Mrs. White's hand, Andy has his own idea:
- A Party, Also Known as an Orgy: Invoked: When the Motorist arrives and asks if he can come inside the mansion to warm up from the rain, Mrs. White attempts to make him leave by claiming he is intruding upon a "sex party".Motorist: Oh, ar- uh- you're having a party? Uh, d- do you mind if I at least come in and get dry?Mrs. White: No, sorry, sorry, it's a se- it's a sex party, we're trying to keep a closed container for everyone's privacy and comfort. I'm sorry, you can't come in. It's a rich person thing.Professor Plum: Yes. Big sex party, big sex party.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: When the climax is about to start up, and there's multiple commotions going on, Joz decides to roll a Fright Check for Miss Scarlet on four points: The loud crash coming from the study, the Motorist screaming that someone tried to kill him, the sight of Mr. Green and Mrs. Peacock hugging, and the current location of Yvette.Paulo: (matter-of-factly) You care about Yvette less than you care about the concept of hugging.
- Artistic License – History: After Mrs. White states how ice killed the dinosaurs, Colonel Mustard asks if it wasn't actually a meteor.Mrs. White: I am not a geologist, nor do I care about dinosaurs, I just want a drink!
- As You Know: Miss Scarlet says this verbatim during her private discussion with Yvette, when the two start privately freaking out over being blackmailed over the "business" they are involved with.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Because she had destroyed the carbon copies that would’ve definitively proven she was a Black Widow, Mrs. White is only suspected of murder, and is ultimately allowed to go free. In addition, she killed Mr. Boddy.
- Bait-and-Switch: Upon being offered a drink, Kara (as Mrs. White) demands to know if she's being offered American whiskey. One roll later, Lisa asks if she wants it to be American... which she doesn't, as she is a woman of class. After Lisa says it isn't American, she is forced to admit (because Kara was confused) that because of her own roll, she decided that the alcohol would be whatever Kara wanted it to be.
- The Bard: Parodied with Professor Plum, who is inspired to write a Limerick after meeting a scantily dressed maid.
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: After Scott says he somehow knows everything in every campaign he's in, Andy jokingly claims to be a time traveler "using his powers in the worst possible way".
- Black Comedy: Upon discovering he was given a noose, Colonel Mustard expresses with delight that he can now fix his life.
- Bloodier and Gorier: Zigzagged: For the majority of the campaign, compared to the movie, only two people dienote . And then in the back-half of Part 3, the cop gets crushed by a chandelier, Mr. Green shoots Professor Plum, and Miss Scarlet runs into the FBI while escaping from the mansion, and gets a hail of bullets for her trouble.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Variation: After Lisa reveals that two of the playersnote privately informed her they wanted to do some secret actions while the lights were offnote , Lisa asks everyone to take off their headphones so she can talk directly to the audience about what is transpiring, and so they can make some rolls in secret.
- Call-Back:
- During the intro Paulo added before the start of the first episode, he mentions blue goo.
- Scott describes how Kara plays Mrs. White as being a human Sassy.
- Due to Lisa flubbing on the word "husband", her and Kara briefly mention Mrs. White's favorite second-cousin.
- After a point, following getting shot by Mr. Green, all Professor Plum can say is a woozy “Bleeding out...”
- Rather appropriately, Kara winds up being the one to draw the parallel between Miss Scarlet running into a swarm of bullets and the Home Alone campaign.
- Captain Obvious:
- When Lisa states they need to resolve something after Mr. Boddy turns off the lights, Joz concludes that what needs to be resolved is who turned off the lights.
- Because of the Motorist frantically asking Professor Plum for "the stuff" while violently scratching at his neck, Mrs. White matter-of-factly identifies him as a drug addict; as such, it's decided that no one needs to roll for that.
- Cool and Unusual Punishment: When the singing telegram girl arrives, the rest of the players basically force Lisa to keep singing rather than continuing the scene.
- Cooldown Hug: After managing to talk Mrs. Peacock down from trying to either take the Motorist hostage or outright killing him, Mr. Green grabs her into a tight hug (which mildly surprises her, since she's not a hugger).
- Cosmic Plaything: Eventually, upon discovering the secret passage, the Motorist starts to openly wonder why he had to have popped a tire right nearby a mansion where there's several people who knows who he is, and where both the police and the FBI have a presence, and starts quietly freaking out.
- Could Say It, But...: Both Professor Plum and Colonel Mustard spend several minutes dancing around outright saying they want to kill the Motorist.
- Crazy Enough to Work: When Mr. Green, Mrs. White and Mrs. Peacock take the Motorist into the next room so he can use the phone, Paulo decides to try and roll for Ventriloquism to trick the latter two that Wadsworth is calling for them so they can leave, so he can also use the phone in private. The second Lisa admits there would be a penalty to the roll, Paulo abandons his plan.
- Cutting Off the Branches: Lisa admits that she considers only one of the film's multiple endings to be the canon ending in order to set up certain developments in the campaign.note
- Cutting the Knot:
- When Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, and Yvette come across the locked weapons cabinet, they decide to just smash it open.
- After the cop gets crushed by the chandelier, Lisa announces he failed his health roll, and decides to just declare him dead, instead of doing consciousness checks for an NPC.
- Damn You, Muscle Memory!:
- In-Universe, Colonel Mustard forgets that he’s driving his own car, and winds up yelling instructions at the nonexistent driver.
- When Miss Scarlet locks up in shock from seeing Yvette, Scott asks if Professor Plum noticed. Paulo then tells Scott to roll for Perception, before abruptly remembering he isn't the DM here.Lisa: Can take the man out of the DM seat, but can't...
- Death by Adaptation: Miss Scarlet gets gunned down by the FBI.
- Destroy the Evidence:
- Upon finding the blackmail material concerning her two ex-husbands, in particular the carbon copies of the coroner reports, Mrs. White takes advantage of everyone being distracted by Mr. Boddy to crumple them up and toss them in the lit fireplace.
- After stabbing the cook, Mrs. Peacock grabs a rag to wipe off any fingerprints.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation:
- Shortform: In the movie, Mr. Boddy was presumed dead after what had transpired when the lights were off, only to reappear in the restroom, after having been bloodily struck in the head with a candlestick. Here, Scott decides to check the body immediately after the lights come on and, because of a failed roll on Lisa's part, Mr. Boddy is just straight up dead from blunt-force head trauma from the start with a wrench.
- Rather than being murdered by anyone in the mansion, the cop is killed by a chandelier.
- Didn't Think This Through:
- After Lisa announces she has multiple replacement NPCs for the others to hijack should they die during the campaign, Carolyn expresses an interest in playing Yvette... or, as Lisa points out, she wants to be actively killed.
- After Lisa draws the murderer and the murder weapon, she says she's going to put the cards in a sealed envelope... but as does so, she first takes a picture of said cards with her phone. As Kara points out, and Lisa begrudgingly acknowledges, that invalidated the need for the envelope.
- After Mrs. Peacock successfully kills the cook with a knife to the back, she abruptly remembers that she could get caught if they identify the fingerprints on the knife.
- Discredited Meme: When talking about her limited range of accents, Kara calls out Scott for expecting Russian, as that's "an outdated meme".
- Discreet Drink Disposal: After being given his drink, Colonel Mustard dumps most of it in the fireplace once Wadsworth leaves the library, to make it seem like he drank it. But after taking a sip of what's left, Mustard tries to salvage his drink from the fireplace, as it was actually good. He opts to instead refill his glass.
- Entertainingly Wrong: While the listeners know that the Cook was killed by Mrs. Peacock, the other guests don’t, leading to speculations that the murderer may be some other visitor they’re unaware of. Once the Motorist arrives, they are quick to accuse him of being the culprit.
- Epic Fail: When explaining how they lost the original recording at the start of Part 1, Lisa states that they managed to have one murder occur within an episode-and-a-half. At the end of the episode, it’s clarified that the murder was of Mr. Boddy; it took them until where they stopped the original recording for the plot of the campaign to actually start.Scott: It took us two episodes to get where we got today.[...]Carolyn: Wait, didn’t we spend a long time... debating about the candlestick, we spent a lot time...Andy: Yeah, “is a candlestick a real thing”, right...
- Eskimos Aren't Real: At the end of Part 1, it is revealed that a factor in how chaotic the original recording had gotten was that there was a long debate over whether or not candlesticks were real, with Kara implying she thought they weren’t.
- Fall Guy: Wadsworth and Mr. Boddy both claim to have been set up as this by the other.
- Falling Chandelier of Doom: The cop gets killed by one right in the middle of trying to get everyone to calm down.
- Fangirl: It has been well established that Carolyn loves this movie. As such, she struggles to maintain her composure all throughout the first episode, up to and including trying to stop herself from outright hijacking Wadsworth. It gets to the point where Kara and Scott, both concerned, tell her to relax.
- By the time of the singing telegram girl's scene, Carolyn's extreme love for the movie gets to the point where Scott openly asks Reddit if they would be willing to listen to a separate podcast where Carolyn talks about Cluenote ; the rest of the players mention they would love to hear it regardless.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: After Lisa announces that a number of armed officers have made their presence known to Miss Scarlet, and Joz decides to just run at them, Kara matter-of-factly announces “We got a Home Alone on our hands.” Cue Lisa rolling for gunfire.
- Formula-Breaking Episode: Lisa openly admits at the start of Part 2 that she's going to be deviating the normal GURPS/Film Reroll style of gameplaying due to the nature of the board game... by implementing the cards from the game; she draws a character and a murder weapon, and then privately lets the murderer know via email. Or, as Paulo explains, they are literally playing Clue.
- Freak Out: Played with: After Mr. Green blows his cover to Mrs. Peacock and admits he knows who she is, Carolyn privately admits to Lisa that she's secretly panicking because he potentially also knows she murdered the cook, but she doesn't totally know.
- Gargle Blaster: After Wadsworth offers him a drink, Colonel Mustard demands three different whiskies, all poured in the same glass.
- Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Miss Scarlet slaps some sense into herself after the Motorist runs out, screaming that Mrs. Peacock was trying to kill him.
- Halfway Plot Switch: Discussed: Midway through the final episode, Lisa openly admits she's considering turning the campaign into The Shining if it were to go on much longer.
- Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: Subverted. The guests suspect that this trope is in play regarding the Motorist, but he really is just weirded out by what he thinks is a strange sex party involving two people he already knows.
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Although the coroner's reports for Mrs. White's husbands mention a wife being involved, because Mrs. White always took the husband's name, the average person wouldn't make the connection to accuse her of being a Black Widow.
- Hostage Situation: The climax of Part 2 sees Mrs. Peacock assume the worst over how much Mr. Green potentially knows, and proceed to grab the Motorist and threaten his life with a fireplace poker, all while Mr. Green threatens to shoot her if she doesn't stand down.
- Hostile Show Takeover: Attempted: Due to how long the intro was getting, Scott threatens to take over if Lisa doesn't wrangle everyone in... and then immediately tries anyway, to Carolyn's genuine anger.
- Implausible Deniability: Mrs. White denying that she has any involvement in the supposed sex party comes across as this In-Universe, given that it was she who claimed it was happening to begin with.
- Implied Rape: The Rerollers worry about what Professor Plum might get up to in a pitch black, crowded room. It’s also indicated that Boddy’s blackmail material on him (as well as Colonel Mustard) were some sort of sexual misdeeds.
- I Need a Freaking Drink:
- Because of how pissed Colonel Mustard was upon arriving at Hill House, Wadsworth offers him whiskey to help him settle down.
- While she initially wants a drink due to her car breaking down earlier in the evening, one look at Yvette causes Miss Scarlet to request a drink for that.
- Insane Troll Logic: "If you look at it a certain way, everything is sex."
- Insistent Terminology: Eventually, Professor Plum opts to just refer to the Motorist as “Marty”.
- In Spite of a Nail:
- As per the path Lisa used to make the campaign, Mrs. Peacock still murders the cook. Given Carolyn's fanatical love for the movie, however, it's implied she did this deliberately.
- It is eventually revealed that the person who murdered Mr. Boddy was Mrs. White... which Kara gleefully announces was the same result as the original recording. She even admits to assuming Lisa had rigged things to get that to happen.
- Internal Reveal:
- Coupled with The Unreveal: At two separate points, Mr. Green catches Mrs. Peacock off guard by revealing he knows more than he is letting on. Specifically, her husband’s name, and her real name.
- Thanks to a successful Detect Lies roll, Kara learns via a sidebar with Lisa that Mrs. White managed to deduce that Wadsworth isn't the butler.
- Thanks to some successful rolls on Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum's part, they are informed by Lisa that Colonel Mustard knows who the Motorist is. Later on, Mr. Green manages to force the Motorist to admit that he was Colonel Mustard's ex-driver.
- When the Motorist, Mr. Green and Mrs. Peacock are in another room when the cop shows up in regards to the Motorist's car, Mr. Green abandons all pretense and, in short order, says he knows who she is, says he's with the FBI, and informs the Motorist about the murderer.
- After shooting Professor Plum, Mr. Green announces to the rest of the group that he’s with the FBI.
- I Was Just Joking: After Professor Plum notices that there's a spot at the table for the host of the dinner party, but it's empty, he calls attention to this. Colonel Mustard cracks that they might be invisible... prompting Miss Scarlet to walk over and wave her hand around the area where their head might be. After Colonel Mustard points out he was making a joke, Kara makes a note that Miss Scarlet is "fucking crazy".
- Jumping Off Of The Slippery Slope: Eventually, Mrs. Peacock's panic over Mr. Green potentially knowing too much about herself, on top of the fact that he is having the FBI sent over, causes her to decide to try and murder him and take the Motorist as a hostage (while pinning the blame on him). She opts to instead do the second half, as Mr. Green instead stays on the other side of the room, gun drawn.
- Last Stand: Zigzagged: The moment the FBI begins to approach the mansion, Colonel Mustard decides to hide in the secret passage, gun drawn... but, after mulling over whether or not he wants to pull a Suicide by Cop, he opts to instead go back to the study, get a drink, and read a book as he waits to be arrested.
- Locked Out of the Loop: One of the mechanics of the campaign is that any given player can privately converse with Lisa for any action they wish to do, or any information they discover. The consequence is that the other players are kept in the dark.
- Look Behind You: When Mrs. White's trying to sneak behind Wadsworth to steal his collection of papers, a failed Stealth roll means he turns around to see her. Kara then immediately pivots and claims to be trying to remove a spider from his hair. This works to the extent that she gets him to look away long enough for her to steal the papers after all.
- Mass "Oh, Crap!": The moment Lisa announces the death of the cop, everyone has varying degrees of distress over it.
- Mathematician's Answer: When discussing the original campaign, Kara reveals that in the inventory on Mrs. White's character sheet was "Wrench (enough)".
- Method Acting: At the start of Part 2, when Lisa reiterates that Mr. Boddy had just turned off the lights, Kara accuses Scott of having turned off his webcam in the video call so he can method act being in the dark... which Scott admits to being the case, much to Kara's disgust.
- Mind Screw: When Part 2 was originally uploaded, during the extended scene where Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Green, and the Motorist discover the secret passage, Paulo's audio kept cutting out in the recording, so there's extended portions where Carolyn converses with dead air. This was eventually fixed.
- Motor Mouth: Carolyn going off about the boot scraper bit from the movie, and her delight over seeing a real life boot scraper, takes Kara aback.
- Mysterious Employer: Wadsworth claims to have butlered at multiple different locations without ever meeting his employer, only being payed in cash-filled envelopes. The guests don’t buy any of it for a second.
- Mythology Gag: After Kara flips out over everyone talking over her as she tries to get Lisa to resolve her act of calling for the chef, Paulo cues up the "flames on the side of my face" moment for her.
- Nepotism: Due to how successful Paulo rolled to give his superior the rundown, it’s decided that Mr. Green snuck in a promotion request.
- The Nicknamer: Since Mr. Green is off-put by the fact that Wadsworth won’t give a first name, and no one at the party is going by their God-given names, he decides to call Wadsworth "Ignacious" before he decides to actually enter the mansion.
- Noodle Incident: One of the aspects of playing Professor Plum is that Scott has to keep rolling to resist his lecherous nature. According to both Scott and Paulo, he kept failing to do so in the original campaign, and as a result, things got very out of hand.
- Not Helping Your Case: When Professor Plum assumes that Mrs. Peacock tried to murder the Motorist, Mr. Green clarifies that she threatened to murder him.
- Not What It Looks Like:
- Right at the top, Paulo had to add a mini-intro before the episode proper to make it clear that Rogue Two didn't end abruptly; this is just a case of a shorter campaign interrupting a longer one, like they've done in the past.
- Because of Carolyn deciding to play a dog when Professor Plum and Miss Scarlet meet Wadsworth, the latter assumes Wadsworth growled at her.
- When the soup is served, Professor Plum immediately assumes that the soup is poisoned, even after Mr. Green already ate some. As it happens, no, it isn't poisoned, but it is really spicy.
- When the Motorist announces that Mrs. Peacock tried to murder him while the two of them and Mr. Green were in the lounge, Professor Plum concludes that the two of them (since Mr. Green and Mrs. Peacock were seen hugging) are secretly the murderers and tries to shoot Mr. Green.
- Obligatory Joke: Because of how impatient and confrontational Colonel Mustard was being upon arriving at Hill House, everyone starts referring to him as "Spicy Mustard".
- One Degree of Separation: The guests all recognize the cook and are shocked to see her, though they do not voice their surprise out loud.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Invoked: At one point, Colonel Mustard decides to have a private conversation with Yvette while Professor Plum runs around from room to room in the background. Since Colonel Mustard is okay with her dropping the French accent, but Professor Plum isn't, Lisa decides to take a page from her Renaissance Fair days and have Yvette speak normally every time it's just the two of them present.
- Out of Focus: By the climax of Part 3, through a combination of everyone admitting from the outset that they know they’re being blackmailednote and everyone repeatedly splitting off into separate groups to converse in privatenote , Wadsworth basically becomes a borderline non-entity. In fact, Mr. Green winds up being the one to explain what had happened in the mansion and how everyone knew each other.
- Point of Divergence:
- Because Colonel Mustard made it clear from the start everyone was being blackmailed, the party-goers in-effect stonewall Wadsworth from bringing up why they're being blackmailed in the first place.
- In particular, Mr. Green comes forward and openly admits he's a closeted homosexual man. This winds up biting Carolyn in the ass in Part 2 when, in trying to force Mr. Green to follow her into the secret passage after she takes the Motorist hostage, she asks Lisa if she can make him do so by using the fact he's closeted against him... whereupon Lisa reminds her that the blackmail scene played out different in the campaign, meaning she had no leverage.
- Funnily enough, because everyone is more paranoid about the Motorist's presence here, and more people decide to stick around with him when he tries to call AAA for his broken down car, he's still alive when the cop shows up to ask about said car.
- Because Colonel Mustard made it clear from the start everyone was being blackmailed, the party-goers in-effect stonewall Wadsworth from bringing up why they're being blackmailed in the first place.
- Prolonged Prologue: The description of the plot at the top of the page doubles as a summary of the entirety of the first episode. After Mr. Boddy hands out his gifts, once he turns out the lights, Lisa calls it for the episode.
- Randomly Generated Loot: Wadsworth’s gifts to the guests, which are chosen out-of-universe through dice rolls from the players.
- Miss Scarlet gets a wrench.
- Mr. Green gets a dagger.
- Colonel Mustard gets a noose.
- Professor Plum gets a golden candle stick.
- Mrs. Peacock gets a revolver.
- Mrs. White gets a lead pipe, though as she doesn’t pick it up, Mr. Boddy instead seizes it for himself.
- "Rashomon"-Style: Wadsworth claims to be Just Following Orders from his Mysterious Employer, purportedly Mr. Boddy. Meanwhile, Mr. Boddy claims to be just another guest and that Wadsworth might well be the mastermind himself.
- Remembered Too Late: As Lisa is introducing Mrs. White as she arrives to the mansion, Kara abruptly remembers she is Mrs. White, and not Carolyn.Kara: (explaining her thought process) "I can't wait to see what Carolyn does with this scene- wait. ...that can't be right..."
- Rhymes on a Dime: In his mini-intro explaining Rogue Two being interrupted:Paulo: So now, enjoy Clue, and then back to "Rogue Two", with me and the crew... watching out for blue goo. Alright, that's enough of that. With no further aideu... the episode.
- Running Gag:
- Early on in the campaign, people keep saying it's a dark and stormy night, while the latter isn't true yet.
- For yet one more time, Carolyn mistakes a bit for something actually happening in a scene.
- Sadistic Choice: Subverted: When Mr. Boddy is giving out his "gifts", when trying to give Mrs. White one, he also tries to take the papers she stole out of her hand. Because she refuses to give them up, he decides to not give her a "gift"... a trade that Kara is more than happy to abide by.
- Sanity Slippage:
- Mrs. Peacock’s kidnapping/threat-of-murder towards him fully breaks the Motorist, causing him to run to Professor Plum to try and score drugs to calm him down.
- With a combination of a Crit Failed Fright checknote , a Crit Success Fright result roll, and a Crit Failed Perception checknote , Miss Scarlet ultimately concludes that everyone at the mansion is out to get her, and grabs a shattered piece of wood to use as a weapon, swinging it wildly before fleeing out of the mansion.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- The singing telegram girl winds up fleeing the mansion after Professor Plum tells her to run away.
- Miss Scarlet soon follows after fully succumbing to the madness of the evening, only to wind up tackling the “preacher”, discovering the FBI, and going down in a hail of bullets as she flees.
- Self-Deprecation: Downplayed: In his intro, Scott says his role in the show is to play "slightly creepy psychologists".
- Ship Tease: Mrs. White and Colonel Mustard's amicable first meeting causes the players to suggest a "White Mustard" ship, prompting Lisa to admit she didn't anticipate needing a love mechanic.
- Shout-Out: The chandelier incident prompts Kara to crack that "there's a phantom at this opera".
- Skewed Priorities:
- While Professor Plum is freaking out about the soup potentially being poisoned, and that Mr. Green might be at risk since he consumed some, Colonel Mustard just keeps eating the soup.
- After the cook, Mrs. Ho, is discovered dead in the kitchen while she was in the middle of making desert, Mr. Green's immediate concern is said dessert.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Yvette, the Motorist, the singing telegram girl, and Wadsworth all manage to avoid getting killed.
- Stealing the Credit: After the prospect of Mr. Green being poisoned by the soup is raised, Mrs. White tries to summon the cook while everyone else is distracted. Once Mr. Green starts to sweat, Miss Scarlet calls for the cook, which Kara aggressively congratulates her for, before openly calling Joz out for her stunt.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: When the Motorist uncomfortably asks if Mr. Green's interrogation of him is "helping the sex", both Paulo and Kara accidentally say at the same time that "technically, [they're] having sex right now."Kara: (bemused) Paulo... We've known each other for too long.
- Stronger Than They Look: Yvette winds up being the one to break open the weapons cabinet... by swinging a chair into it hard enough that it explodes.
- Take a Third Option:
- Inverted: After Mrs. Peacock takes the Motorist hostage, and attempts to get Mr. Green to come closer (so she can try to murder him), Mr. Green says there's only three paths out of the situation she's now in: either he shoots and/or arrests her for attempted murder and kidnapping, or she stands down, and they remain friends. He then sheepishly admits he lied about there being a third option.
- Meanwhile, Mrs. Peacock tries to insist the real third option is that he comes with her and the Motorist into the secret passage, or she stabs the Motorist. Mr. Green bluntly points out that would only work if he was suddenly stupid.
- Inverted: After Mrs. Peacock takes the Motorist hostage, and attempts to get Mr. Green to come closer (so she can try to murder him), Mr. Green says there's only three paths out of the situation she's now in: either he shoots and/or arrests her for attempted murder and kidnapping, or she stands down, and they remain friends. He then sheepishly admits he lied about there being a third option.
- Take That!:
- Paulo cracks that if Kara had crit-failed her drink roll, she would've gotten Nattie Ice.
- Kara considers the fact that the board game is called Cluedo over in Britain to be "one of the most infuriating things in the world".
- Downplayed: Lisa briefly complains about how the film included an L-shaped secret passage way in the mansion in order to translate how the board game had a similar secret passage mechanic. She has to reconcile it as being a partially underground passage to make any sense of it. The same logic is used to justify the other secret passage from the kitchen to the study.
- Technobabble: Because Professor Plum doesn't know shit about cars, he "concludes" that Miss Scarlet's car broke down because the "discombobulator" broke.
- Tempting Fate: Lisa attributes Andy's slightly-salty behavior to the fact that, prior to the original recording, the two of them had a text thread where he guessed he would be playing "anyone other than Colonel Mustard".
- That Came Out Wrong:
- Lisa mentioning how there were "various problematic things" going on while Mrs. White and Miss Scarlet were occupied causes Paulo to crack that something racist was going on.
- When Lisa mentions how the others are seeing Mr. Green and Mrs. Peacock hugging, Paulo clarifies they actually aren't hugging anymore. The accidental implication of that line causes Scott to crack if Mrs. Peacock is pregnant now.
- There Are No Coincidences: Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum get rather suspicious when people already familiar to several of the guests just “happen” to show up, and strongly suspect that the whole thing is a big conspiracy.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Sandwich: Despite being promised a three course meal, the guests are taken to another room once Mr. Boddy arrives, nevermind that dessert hasn’t been served yet. This does not go unnoticed by the players. The Cook was planning to serve it later, but she gets murdered before that can happen.
- Too Dumb to Live: It’s heavily implied the Falling Chandelier of Doom was caused due to the cop firing his gun into the ceiling.
- Waxing Lyrical: “Shot through the heart, we’re all to blame! Don’t make movies on a board game!”
- Weaksauce Weakness: Thanks to a failed Fright Check over Mr. Boddy's corpse, Professor Plum develops a fear of blood... which does not help one out with a medical profession.
- What the Hell Is That Accent?: Scott's attempt at Christopher Lloyd is accused of being more akin to Jimmy Stewart.
- With Friends Like These...:
- In regards to the lost recording, Kara calls out Andy for saying she ruined said session. While Andy calls her out for exaggerating, Scott just cracks that this meant it was a normal recording session.
- Kara openly wishes death upon Scott after he jokingly anticipates her doing a Russian accent.
- Would Hit a Girl: As Lisa mirthfully reveals to the audience, Mr. Green decided to box Mrs. White in order to knock the papers out of her hands.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Parodied: Eventually, Yvette gives up on the French accent (due to it being tiring to keep doing for a prolonged period), which causes Professor Plum to go on a long spiel about how strong she is for "embracing" her true self, and hugs her... mainly so he can grope her ass.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!:
- As Miss Scarlet and Mrs. White were privately conversing with the cop, Mrs. Peacock, the Motorist and Mr. Green were dealing with a potential Hostage Situation while Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum and Yvette were violently smashing open the weapon cabinet. As such, when the commotion of everything else happening starts making itself known, Kara (taken aback) asks Joz "[D]id we have the calmest scene?"
- When Professor Plum decides to point a gun at Mr. Green, Paulo announces he’s firing his own gun at him. When Scott tries to state he didn’t have his gun out, both Paulo and Lisa confirm that he was still holding his gun, much to Scott’s shock over how no one noticednote .
