Professor Plum

**Professor Plum** is a prominent character from the Clue franchise.

## Characterzation

Professor Plum is a highly-intelligent yet absent-minded academic. Often portrayed as a scientific jack-of-all-trades, Plum is most commonly depicted as an archaeologist, but he has been also shown to be an chemist or a physicist.

In earlier psychical appearances of the character, Professor Plum was often shown to be a middle-aged to elderly eccentric-looking academic wearing

## Incarnations

### Clue Master Detective

**Professor Edgar Plum**, Ph.D., is the head of the Archaeology Department at a correspondence school. He came to Boddy Manor to see if Mr. Boddy could provide financial backing for an expedition to the Middle East in discovery of a unique prehistoric skeleton.

### Cluedo (1996 edition)

Professor Plum is a keen archaeologist who is currently looking for finance for his next venture in Egypt. Plum is an associate of Dr. Black since they attended the same school. The professor claims to have been cleaning his artifacts at the time the crime was committed.

### Clue (2002 edition)

*Main article: Professor Plum (2002)*
**Professor Peter Plum** is a Egyptologist whose expeditions to Egypt were funded by Sir Hugh Black, the uncle of John Boddy (a.k.a. Dr. Black). He was the former curator of the Egyptian antiquities department of the British Museum, until his sudden dismissal after allegations of plagiarism.

### Clue (2016 edition)

Professor Plum is an archaeologist with a thirst for adventure. His expeditions were funded by Sir Hugh, until a huge disagreement ended their partnership. With the invitation to Tudor Mansion from Sir Hugh's nephew, Dr. Black (UK)/Mr. Boddy (US), Plum arrives at the party with hopes for the future.

### Clue (2023 edition)

*Main article: Professor Plum (2023)*
Professor Plum is an antiquary with an uncanny perceptive eye. His incredible attention to detail aids him identifying counterfeits, and occasionally creating them. Only Black knows about his most convincing forgery: Plum's PhD, which hangs proudly above the desk. With the right incentive, the professor could likely fabricate anything—even a land deed proving Black has claim to the park he plans to build his hotel on.

## Alternative versions

### Clue: Discover the Secrets

**Victor Plum** is a self-made video-game design billionaire, who moved out of the dingy basement and into a life of luxury. Now part of the "In Crowd," he questions his new friends' intentions. But hey, let's face it, attention is good no matter where it's coming from… and he's going to make the most of it while it lasts.

### Clue (2012 edition)

**Nikolas Maksimov**, a.k.a. **Plum**, is an inventor and a renowned mathematical genius. He is part of the brilliant House of Plum, which holds the key secrets of invention.

## Adaptations

### Literature

In *Cluedo Armchair Detective*, **Professor Albert Plum**, formerly of Wentbridge College, was the history master of Rondo Academy in Abbington Frith, where he was born and raised. He’s a childhood friend of Colonel Ivor Mustard. He has three siblings: Wilmot Plum, Mavis Plum, and Mrs. Penelope Peacock. He was married to a cousin of his, and has three children. Allegedly, he had an affair with a young woman named Daphne Woodcock, and plans to marry her after arrangements of his late wife’s funeral have been made.

In the 1990s children book series, Professor Paul Plum is a jack-of-all-trades professor who is *extremely* forgetful.

In Diana Peterfreund's *A Clue Mystery* trilogy series, Phineas "Finn" Plum is a student of Blackbrook Academy who created a special type of dye.

### Comics and graphic novels

In the 2017 *Clue* comic miniseries, Professor Plum is a genius polymath and described as “the smartest and dumbest man in every room”. A man with an endless supply of trivia for any situation, he is shown constantly distracted and unable to read a room.

In *Clue: Candlestick*, Professor Plum is an associate of Mr. Boddy, examining his collection of antiques and art.

### Film and television

In the 1985 film, Professor Plum is an alias given to a psychiatrist working for the World Health Organization. His medical license was revoked after it was discovered that he slept with one of his patients.

In the British game show *Cluedo*, **Professor Peter Plum** is a nuclear physicist working for the government. In the first series, Plum was a Harvard graduate and businessman from the United States.

### Computer and video games

In *Clue VCR Mystery Game*, Professor Plum is a former chemistry teacher of a non-accredited college. He researches and experiments of various types of poisons.

In the 1994 video game, Professor Peter Plum's absent-mind and eccentric personality disguises a degree of stubbornness that may lead him into dangerous situations.

In the 1998 PC game, *Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion*, Professor Plum is an inventor, archaeologist, professor, and explorer. Plum is all of these and continues his quest for knowledge and innovation. In more recent times, Mr. Boddy has provided financial backing for some of the Professor's projects.

In the 2000 point-and-click adventure game, *Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion*, **Professor Jonathan Plum** is an archaeologist who formerly served as the curator for the Egyptian Antiquities department of the British Museum. He published an article in the *Sunday London Times*—which caused a stir in the academic field—where he claims that major unexplained holes in the Egyptian historical records are to be filled with a major discovery yet to come.