Clue (game): Difference between revisions
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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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