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The classic [[Fair Play Whodunit]] mystery, where you have to discern Whodunit, where he done it, and with which weapon he... done it ''with.''
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 Scarlett''' in the '''kitchen''' with the '''lead piping'''." 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. [[Fridge Logic|It doesn't make much sense if you think about it,]] though [[Fridge Brilliance|they could have had amnesia]], leading to a [[Tomato in the Mirror]] moment.
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 [[Clue (film)|film]], book series, video game adaptations, a game show and a [[Teen Drama]] [[Clue (TV series)|miniseries]] on [[The Hub]]. A sequel was released in 1988 (and re-released in 2018) called ''[[Clue Master Detective]]'', basically the same game but larger, with more suspects, weapons, and rooms. The film itself (starring [[Tim Curry]]) is considered a cult classic. It has also had many [[Film Fic]] style adaptations, such as with characters from ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[Disney]] villains, and ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' characters replacing the main cast.
Compare [[Ten Little Murder Victims]], ''[[And Then There Were None]]''.
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* [[Guile Hero]]: Wadsworth
* [[The Killer in Me]]: Your character has a one in six chance of this trope.
* [[Knife Nut]]: A potential murder weapon. Many questions have been asked how knife wounds can't be immediately distinguished from the various blunt weapons or gun.
* [[Lady in Red]]: Miss Scarlett
* [[Market-Based Title]]: "Clue" in North America, with Miss Scarlett losing a "T", Rev. Green being defrocked and the distinguished Dr. Black reduced to dull Mr. Boddy.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Miss Scarlett
* [[Novelization]]: There's a series of books based on the game. All of them give clues in the story and invite the reader to try to guess who did whatever crime occurred in the story. The crimes ranged from figuring out who stole something, to figuring out who ate a piece of pie, to (at least once per book as the [[Grand Finale]]) trying to find out who murdered Mr. Boddy. [[Status Quo Is God]] in these stories, so Mr. Boddy would always somehow survive and the criminal would either be forgiven or undiscovered entirely.
* [[Old Dark House]]
* [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]]: During the dinner scene in the ''Clue VCR Mystery Game''.
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: "Cluedo" is a pun on "Ludo" (an abbreviation of the Latin for "game"), the British name for the game known to most of the rest of the world as Pachisi (or Parcheesi, or Sorry!).
* [[Race Lift]]: For a while in the 90's Miss Scarlett looked Asian.
** In some recent editions, Mr Green is black.
** There's at least one Japanese release [https://web.archive.org/web/20071112060140/http://rm7guy.co.uk/2192.JapCatSus.jpg where the player character/suspects are Japanese with their own color puns]
* [[Red Herring]]: Sometimes wily players will suggest one of their own cards in their investigation in an attempt to mislead the other players into thinking he/she doesn't have it.
* [[Retool]]: Every few years there is a new attempt to modernize the setting. It rarely ever lasts long.
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