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While conceptually based on a UsefulNotes/{{P|layStationPortable}}SP VisualNovel, the series was AnimeFirst. It aired in the fall of 2010 with a sequel starting in January 2012. Available online through [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/milkyholmes Crunchyroll]] and the sequel through [[http://ch.niconico.com/channel/ch60200 niconico]]. A pair of {{OVA}}s which follow the VisualNovel more closely was aired on August 2012 and December 2012. A third season under the name ''Futari wa Milky Holmes'' aired on July 2013. A fourth season was greenlit and aired on January 2015. A movie titled "Milky Holmes's Counter Attack" was released on February 27 2016. After that, 3 special TV episodes were released: one in December 31 2016 titled "Fun Fun Party Night - Ken and Janet's Gift", another in December 31 2017 titled "Arsene's Great Desire" and a final one in December 31 2018 titled "Psycho's Greeting" that works as the franchise's finale.

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While conceptually based on a UsefulNotes/{{P|layStationPortable}}SP Platform/{{P|layStationPortable}}SP VisualNovel, the series was AnimeFirst. It aired in the fall of 2010 with a sequel starting in January 2012. Available online through [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/milkyholmes Crunchyroll]] and the sequel through [[http://ch.niconico.com/channel/ch60200 niconico]]. A pair of {{OVA}}s which follow the VisualNovel more closely was aired on August 2012 and December 2012. A third season under the name ''Futari wa Milky Holmes'' aired on July 2013. A fourth season was greenlit and aired on January 2015. A movie titled "Milky Holmes's Counter Attack" was released on February 27 2016. After that, 3 special TV episodes were released: one in December 31 2016 titled "Fun Fun Party Night - Ken and Janet's Gift", another in December 31 2017 titled "Arsene's Great Desire" and a final one in December 31 2018 titled "Psycho's Greeting" that works as the franchise's finale.
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Bokukko is now def-only


* {{Bokukko}}: Nero and Kate.
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Just For Pun cleanup, cutting misuse.


*** The same episode references [[Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro another Miyazaki work]] near the end. After Kokoro gets "[[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe taken home]]", Hirano remarks that Irene "stole something quite precious. Our Kokoro...[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics -san]]". [[DontExplainTheJoke Because in the original line the precious thing was a heart.]] [[JustForPun And "Kokoro" is Japanese for "heart".]]

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*** The same episode references [[Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro another Miyazaki work]] near the end. After Kokoro gets "[[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe taken home]]", Hirano remarks that Irene "stole something quite precious. Our Kokoro...[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics -san]]". [[DontExplainTheJoke Because in the original line the precious thing was a heart.]] [[JustForPun And "Kokoro" is Japanese for "heart".]]

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* AnimationBump: Very random.

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* AnimationBump: Very random. Even the Alternative [=OVAs=], which clearly had a higher budget than the show, can't maintain high quality the whole time -- Sherlock's jump from the plane in part 2 looks hilariously cheap.
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** Rat is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezumi_Kozo Nezumi Kozo]], a RobinHood-like thief. His surname translates to "mouse", even.

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** Rat is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezumi_Kozo Nezumi Kozo]], a RobinHood-like Myth/RobinHood-like thief. His surname translates to "mouse", even.
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Gag Boobs has been renamed to Boob Based Gag. Changing to the proper trope where appropriate and cutting misuse.


* LikesOlderWomen: Prince Pero fell in love with Miss Marple. It was probably the GagBoobs.

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%% * LikesOlderWomen: Prince Pero fell in love with Miss Marple. It was probably the GagBoobs.Marple.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The eponymous are often at the ''brutal'' end of the slapstick routine.
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* OffModel: Like the animation bumps, these moments will appear at random.
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Commented out Zero Context Examples.


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Whenever someone's toys activate.

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* %%* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Whenever someone's toys activate.



** The driver in Episode 2 of Season 2.

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** %%** The driver in Episode 2 of Season 2.



* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: Kokoro.
* HowWeGotHere: Episode 6 of the second series.

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* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: %%* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kokoro.
* %%* HowWeGotHere: Episode 6 of the second series.
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Nice Hat is being dewicked.


* NiceHat: All the girls have one in their Milky Holmes outfits, but Nero and sometimes Sherlock keep wearing it outside that. Also Twenty and Rat.
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** [[UpToEleven Taken to the logical extreme]] in episode 8 of the second season, in which she dragged the rest of the Milky Holmes and the Gentlemen Thieves into her [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} flower garden of fantasy]] via a literal flood of flowers.

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** [[UpToEleven Taken to the logical extreme]] extreme in episode 8 of the second season, in which she dragged the rest of the Milky Holmes and the Gentlemen Thieves into her [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} flower garden of fantasy]] via a literal flood of flowers.
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* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:Henriette]] before her DespairEventHorizon, only with [[DrunkOnMalts Oolong Tea]].

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* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:Henriette]] before her DespairEventHorizon, only with [[DrunkOnMalts [[DrunkOnMilk Oolong Tea]].
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hercule has purple hair and Sherlock has pink hair.
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** The OVA is full of it, including Sheryl making remark how the room is lonely without Kokoro, which is a parody of the [[UnCanceled (not-)ending]] of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''. Of course, the room is cramped with other characters and isn't anywhere close to lonely.

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** The OVA is full of it, including Sheryl making remark how the room is lonely without Kokoro, which is a parody of the [[UnCanceled (not-)ending]] of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''.''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. Of course, the room is cramped with other characters and isn't anywhere close to lonely.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Only in the two anime and the [=OAV=] series, doubles as serious MindScrew. Want examples?
** Sheryl whipping and dripping hot wax upon Prince Pero, who is dressed in nothing but a thong.
** Whenever Twenty starts overacting. Which is all the time he's onscreen.
** In Season 2, Twenty[[spoiler:'s nipples are upgraded into longer ones and function like a whip.]]

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Only GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the two anime and future, please check the [=OAV=] series, doubles as serious MindScrew. Want examples?
** Sheryl whipping and dripping hot wax upon Prince Pero, who is dressed in nothing but a thong.
** Whenever Twenty starts overacting. Which is all
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** In Season 2, Twenty[[spoiler:'s nipples are upgraded into longer ones and function like a whip.]]
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*BookEnd: The first episode begins with a Detective and a Phantom Thief clashing against each other as the narrator explains what Toys are. The final special episode, Psycho's Greeting, ends the same way.
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->''"Toys. They are miraculous buds that swell from the hearts of the chosen.''
->''Some flowers are born pure, while others bloom laced with poison.''
->''The Age of Detectives.''
->''These two flowers, vying for beauty.''
->''Their names are Detectives and Phantom Thieves."''

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** In Episode 8 of Season 2, Milky Holmes and the Phantom Thief Empire are trapped inside Cordelia's delusion. At one point, Stone River suspects that he's no longer in the real world and how does he verify that? [[Film/{{Inception}} He rests the tip of his sword on the ground and makes it spin like a top.]]
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Mori Arti does appear later. And the reason for Kobayashi's absence is explained in the game's ending.


* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mori Arty vanishes without a word at the start of season 2, only to [[TheBusCameBack inexplicably reappear]] for a gag at the end of episode 8.
** And Opera Kobayashi is nowhere to be seen.
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** In the second episode of TD, when Marine is fighting Capriccio, [[Manga/SaintSeiya she wears an armor and assumes a very familiar fighting pose while a constellation shines in the background.]]
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While conceptually based on a UsefulNotes/{{P|layStationPortable}}SP VisualNovel, the series was AnimeFirst. It aired in the fall of 2010 with a sequel starting in January 2012. Available online through [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/milkyholmes Crunchyroll]] and the sequel through [[http://ch.niconico.com/channel/ch60200 niconico]]. A pair of {{OVA}}s which follow the VisualNovel more closely was aired on August 2012 and December 2012. A third season under the name ''Futari wa Milky Holmes'' aired on July 2013. A fourth season was greenlit and aired on January 2015.

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While conceptually based on a UsefulNotes/{{P|layStationPortable}}SP VisualNovel, the series was AnimeFirst. It aired in the fall of 2010 with a sequel starting in January 2012. Available online through [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/milkyholmes Crunchyroll]] and the sequel through [[http://ch.niconico.com/channel/ch60200 niconico]]. A pair of {{OVA}}s which follow the VisualNovel more closely was aired on August 2012 and December 2012. A third season under the name ''Futari wa Milky Holmes'' aired on July 2013. A fourth season was greenlit and aired on January 2015.
2015. A movie titled “Milky Holmes’s Counter Attack” was released on February 27 2016. After that, 3 special TV episodes were released: one in December 31 2016 titled “Fun Fun Party Night - Ken and Janet’s Gift”, another in December 31 2017 titled “Arsene’s Great Desire” and a final one in December 31 2018 titled “Psycho’s Greeting” that works as the franchise’s finale.
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As of both the second season and the movie, her arc did get developed and wrapped.


* SequelHook: The introduction of Mori Arty. [[AbortedArc It's never referred again later.]]

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* SequelHook: The introduction of Mori Arty. [[AbortedArc It's never referred again later.]]Arty at the end of the first season.

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