History VideoGame / HugosHouseOfHorrors

* LimitedWardrobe: Averted in ''Jungle of Doom'': just after they crash land, Penelope tells Hugo to change his clothes, as they clash with the jungle scenery; he changes into a dark red outfit and straw hat.

* OffTheShelfFX: Of a sort. The exterior of the titular house is borrowed from a common "haunted house" [[http://clipart-library.com/clipart/qTBAy7eAc.htm stock image]].

* StuffBlowingUp: The only way to pass a rockfall is with dynamite.

* TheMaze: In Hugo 2, there is a maze containing various items needed for the game.

the character without the cliché motive.

* ThePeepingTom: Penelope witnesses the murder in Hugo 2 by looking through a keyhole; she does not see the murderer, only the victim.

* AdventureGame
* AmateurSleuth: Penelope.

* ArcNumber: [[spoiler:333]] is the solution to the combination lock in the first game and part of the phone number to dial in the second. Trying it on a safe later in the second game will just result in the game mocking you for thinking that would work ''again''.
** It also appears again in ''{{Nitemare 3D}}''.
* AscendedExtra: Penelope in the second game.

* DamselInDistress: Penelope in the first and third games.
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler: Hugo in the second game.]]

* FunetikAksent: The FrenchMaid in the second game.
* GoFetch: In Hugo 1 and 2, this is the way to get past a dog.

* HenpeckedHusband: [[spoiler: Hugo, once he marries Penelope.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads

** There's also a hilarious one by [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee Croshaw]] and his partner [[spoiler:(not gay)]] Gabriel.
*** It's not with Gabriel; it's with a chimp that's been trained to imitate speech. But it certainly ''sounds'' like Gabriel, doesn't it?
* LockedDoor: A couple.

* MisplacedWildlife: In the third game, the South American jungle has elephants, hyenas, and suspiciously African-looking natives.
** Amusingly enough, the game [[HandWave acknowledges]] the misplaced elephant, claiming it just escaped from a zoo.

* RedHerring: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d every time.
** In the second game, the final bits of evidence are red herrings based on {{Cliche}}s. You instead have to locate them.

* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Typically for its genre and era, experimenting with items has a very high probability of resulting in death.

* UnwinnableByDesign: In the second game, woe betide you if you get those matches wet when they accidentally drop into the water. The solution is to [[ViolationOfCommonSense drop the matches, pick them up, drop them again, pick them up again]]...
** It ''is'' possible to get across the bridge without dropping the matches, if you walk across the bridge ''very'' carefully.

* PhoneBooth: In Hugo 2, Penelope uses a British red phone box to call the police, and then to travel to the planet [[SdrawkcabName Retupmoc]]. However, if she tries to do this a second time, the game replies "You don't have any more quarters!". In Britain?

* OffTheShelfFX: Of a sort. The exterior of the titular house is borrowed from a common "haunted house" [[https://techflourish.com/categories/halloween-haunted-house-clipart.html#overlayGallery9_post_20825_creepy-house-clipart-8.png stock image]].

* PeepingTom: Penelope witnesses the murder in Hugo 2 by looking through a keyhole; she does not see the murderer, only the victim.

** In the second game, it might be death by killer bees (stingeroo!), the venus fly traps, the mechanical monster (exterminate!), a slithery snake (who appears in the list of murder suspects), being blasted by dynamite, falling into a chasm (how careless!).

* PhoneBooth: In Hugo 2, Penelope uses a British red phone box to call the police, and then to travel to the planet [SdrawkcabName Retupmoc]. However, if she tries to do this a second time, the game replies "You don't have any more quarters!". In Britain?

** In the second game, it might death by killer bees (stingeroo!), the venus fly traps, the mechanical monster (exterminate!), being blasted by dynamite, falling into a chasm (how careless!).

* FrenchMaid: Hugo 2 begins with a saucy-looking French maid. However, she is bossy and obstructive. Some of her lines are as follows:

* WhatAnIdiot: In Hugo 3, Penelope wanders off by herself in the jungle while Hugo is fixing the plane, with disastrous consequences.
* WitchDoctor: Hugo 3 features a witch doctor. If you look through the window of his hut, you see "the witch doctor, a cooking pot (big enough to put somebody in), and a cage for imprisoning people.

* RedHerring: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d every time.
** In the second game, the final bits of evidence are red herrings based on {{Cliche}}s. You instead have to locate the character without the cliché motive.

* PaperKeyRetrievalTrick: In Hugo 2, the character you control encounter the locked door in a hallway but can't open it. It is opened in the finale, where Hugo puts the newspaper under the door and pushes the pencil through the keyhole to unlock the door, where you meet with a character in the hallway.

* SchmuckBait: When you pick up the whistle in the first game, the game asks, "I wonder what the whistle does?" But if you blow it right away and go into the next room, [[spoiler:you get killed by the dog]]. However, the whistle actually ''does'' have an important, positive use in the game.

* TheUnseen: Penelope is only seen as a silhouette in the first game, but gets an actual sprite in the second and third games. The end of the first game shows a {{Heartwarming}} silhouette of Hugo and Penelope together.

* TheUnseen: Penelope is only seen as a silhouette in the first game, but gets an actual sprite in the second and third games.

* [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist: Hugo in the second game.]]

* ExcusePlot: the entire first game. Penelope has been kidnapped! By...someone. And taken to a house! For...some reason. Save her!

* [[spoiler:HenpeckedHusband: Penelope certainly nags Hugo a lot.]]

* AngryGuardDog

* AscendedExtra: Penelope in the Second Game.

* MadScientist

* AmateurSleuth: Penelope

There's also a film called {{Film/Hugo}} that has nothing to do with the games.

** In the sequel Hugo's girlfriend Penelope saves [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] from a Dalek, confusing the hell out of a lot of stateside players who weren't familiar with British programming (the BBC America channel wouldn't exist for another seven years after the game; ''Doctor Who'' was very much a niche fandom until then). In fact, a few strategy guides written at the time treat it as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

** In the sequel Hugo's girlfriend Penelope saves [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] from a Dalek, confusing the hell out of a lot of stateside players who weren't familiar with British programming (the BBC America channel wouldn't exist for another seven years after the game). In fact, a few strategy guides written at the time treat it as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

* FunetikAksent: The FrenchMaid in the second game

* TheUnseen: Penelope is only seen as a silhouette in the first game, but gets an actual sprite in the second game.
* UnwinnableByDesign: in the second game, woe betide you if you get those matches wet when they accidentally drop into the water. The solution is to [[ViolationOfCommonSense drop the matches, pick them up, drop them again, pick them up again]]...

A short adventure game from 1990. You play Hugo in a quest to rescue your girlfriend from a house inhabited by monsters. Followed up by two sequels, ''Whodunnit?'' and ''Jungle of Doom'', and the basic premise was retooled as a ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' clone called ''{{Nitemare 3D}}'' in 1994.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:

* DistressedDamsel: Penelope in the first and third games

* HappilyMarried [[spoiler:Hugo and Penelope from the end of the first game, onward]].

* JungleJapes - The third game takes place there, where you must save Penelope from a poisonous demise.
* LetsPlay: PushingUpRoses and her companion PawDugan tackle this adventure with innuendos all around!

* LockedDoor - A couple.

* MonsterMash - Several monsters appear in the first game, most of which are having dinner.
* RedHerring - [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] every time.

* OffWithHisHead - If the butler from the first game approaches you while you're wearing the monster mask, he'll give you a pork chop. Let him catch you without it on, and you'll get ''this'' kind of chop instead.

* SchmuckBait - When you pick up the whistle in the first game, the game asks, "I wonder what the whistle does?" But if you blow it right away and go into the next room, [[spoiler:you get killed by the dog]]. However, the whistle actually ''does'' have an important, positive use in the game.
* ShoutOut - The old man in the basement/cave asks you several questions relating to ''LordOfTheRings'', ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', and ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. Thankfully if you never saw them, then [[ReadTheFreakingManual the help text will tell you the answers.]]

* TrialAndErrorGameplay - Typically for its genre and era, experimenting with items has a very high probability of resulting in death.

* UnwinnableByDesign - in the second game, woe betide you if you get those matches wet when they accidentally drop into the water. The solution is to [[ViolationOfCommonSense drop the matches, pick them up, drop them again, pick them up again...]]

* YouCantGetYeFlask - Parodied:

** In the sequel Hugo's girlfriend Penelope saves [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] from a Dalek, confusing the hell out of a lot of stateside players who didn't get the BBC America channel. Especially because the game was released seven years before the channel existed (in fact, a few strategy guides treat it as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment).

* LetsPlay: PushingUpRoses and her companion PawDugan tackle this adventure with innuendoes all around!

** In the sequel Hugo's girlfriend Penelope saves [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]] from a Dalek, confusing the hell out of a lot of stateside players who didn't get the BBC America channel (in fact, a few strategy guides treat it as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment).

* TheUnseen: Penelope is only seen as a silhouette in the first game, but get's an actual sprite in the second game.
* UnwinnableByDesign - in the second game, woe betide you if you get those matches wet when they accidently drop into the water. The solution is to [[ViolationOfCommonSense drop the matches, pick them up, drop them again, pick them up again...]]