History Film / YoungSherlockHolmes

It was the first film produced by Creator/AmblinEntertainment to receive a PG-13 rating, and notable for including the first fully computer-generated character: a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. The effect was created by Creator/{{Lucasfilms}}' new computer graphics division headed by a then-up-and-coming Creator/JohnLasseter, which would later become Creator/{{Pixar}}. The SFX earned the film an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination, but was beaten by ''Film/{{Cocoon}}''.

It was the first film produced by Creator/AmblinEntertainment to receive a PG-13 rating, and notable for including the first fully computer-generated character: a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. The effect was created by Creator/JohnLasseter, who was chief creative officer at Creator/{{Pixar}} Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. The SFX earned the film an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination, but was beaten by ''Film/{{Cocoon}}''.

A 1985 mystery/adventure film directed by Barry Levinson, Executive produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg, produced by among others Creator/HenryWinkler (yes, [[Series/HappyDays that one]].)and written by Creator/ChrisColumbus, and based on the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An admittedly non-canonical WhatIf story, it depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school.

A 1985 mystery/adventure film directed by Barry Levinson, produced by Creator/StevenSpielberg and written by Creator/ChrisColumbus, and based on the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. An admittedly non-canonical WhatIf story, it depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school.

* FrightDeathTrap: The Run To Your Doom variety is used frequently in Young Sherlock Holmes, as several elder gentlemen [[spoiler:who pissed off the wrong Egyptian cult as younger men]] are drugged with blow-darts, causing them to see terrifying hallucinations and run into traffic, leap out 3rd story windows, etc.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Holmes kills [[spoiler: Mrs. Dribb]] by blowing one of the thorns from her blow gun into her mouth. This causes her to experience the violent hallucinations and [[ManOnFire set herself on fire]].
** Well...maybe the thorn was causing hallucinations. It might just have been producing the screams of a painful throat lodging.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Two famous items associated with Holmes are featured here: the deerstalker cap and the curved pipe. Both are treated as ridiculous in-universe, particularly the pipe, which Watson had to buy so Holmes could get information. Holmes thought the pipe in particular was ridiculous, while he inherited the cap from Waxflatter.
* KidDetective: The movie speculates on what might have happened if Holmes and Watson had first encountered each other as schoolboys. A certain amount of schoolboy detective work is unavoidable.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Elizabeth for Holmes.]]
* MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: Rathe. He is smashed in the head by debris, lands in hot wax, has his head covering set on fire, thrown off a moving carriage and sinks in icy water. He's still alive and, if he is Moriarty, plagues Holmes in years to come.]]

* TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler: Sherlock after Elizabeth dies, vowing he will never love again.]]
* MummyWrap: The evil cult featured in the movie does this as part of some sacrificial rite.
* MushroomSamba: [[spoiler: The peculiar way the victims are killed. Also happens to Holmes, Watson, Elizabeth and Lestrade]]
* MythologyGag: Plenty of them.

* NoodleIncident: We never find out [[spoiler:what hallucinations Lestrade had after pricking his finger on one of the thorns. All he tells Holmes is that he nearly hanged himself.]]
* OopNorth: Where Watson's from, as Holmes deduces from his shoes; Holmes has only encountered that type of shoes in the north of England.

* PoliceAreUseless: Apparently, no one noticed the large crowd of bald people with ponytails, wearing robes and carrying swords that were chasing three teenagers.

* RedHerring: While witnessing the sacrifice in the temple, Holmes removes a square shaped object from one of the members. Most people would think it was important, but it never shows up again.

* RunningGag: Watson's guesses about the color of a bear from a house with an all-southern view. [[spoiler: It's white, a polar bear.]]
* SequelHook: TheStinger reveals that one of the characters in the film would eventually become [[spoiler:Professor Moriarty]]. Shame that there was no sequel (beyond the books, of course), because the flick wasn't that bad.
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler: Two and both are connected; Mrs. Dribb is murdering several men involved in the desecration of a religious site, while Rathe is murdering young girls as replacements for five sacred mummies that were damaged in the desecration.]]

* SiblingTeam: [[spoiler: Rathe and Mrs. Dribb are a villainous example.]]
* SpeechImpediment: Brompton Academy's chemistry professor has a noticeable one.
* SpinoffBabies: A pastiche supposedly telling the early life of Holmes and Watson when they first met as teens -- and apparently before Holmes figured out how to solve crimes by logical deduction. (Unlike most examples, it's actually quite good.)
* SwordCane: Rathe carries one, which he uses during the climax against Holmes.
* TakingTheBullet: Poor, ''poor'' [[spoiler:Elizabeth]].

* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: In this case it's a pedal-powered one that Professor Waxflatter attempts to use to fly. [[ChekhovsGun Holmes uses it later in the film to reach the other sude of London]].

* VillainOpeningScene: The pre-title sequence involves [[spoiler: Mrs. Dribb]] drugging Bentley Bobster by shooting him with a dart tipped with a hallucinogenic substance; this first causes Bobster to see his dinner as alive, and later believe that his room is set on fire, causing him to throw himself out of his window to "escape."
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Rathe: "So my dear, you've discovered our little secret."]]
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: Bald Mrs. Dribb.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Eh Tar and his sister are mostly avenging a massacre perpetrated on their parents and childhood village.

** [[spoiler: Rathe]] is perfectly willing to douse young girls in hot wax in a HumanSacrifice ritual. He also guns down [[spoiler: Elizabeth]].

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: Holmes and Watson have foiled Rathe's plans by keeping Cragwitch alive, saving Elizabeth and destroyed his cult's temple. Now Holmes, Watson and Elizabeth are walking back to school. Then Rathe appears and shoots Elizabeth.]]

* AllThereInTheStinger: TheStinger at the end shows Rathe (a.k.a. Eh-Tar) signing into a hotel in Switzerland. He signs the register as [[spoiler:Moriarty]].

* ForceFeeding: The sequence where John Watson hallucinates that his legs are bound with sausages and that pastries are trying to force him to eat them. On Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SZrHgS1Dss here.]]

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: After Chester Cragwitch is affected by a hallucinogenic drug that causes violent and self-destructive actions, Holmes tries to talk him down by reminding him of his name and that he's a banker. It just works long enough for Cragwitch to tell the entire story before he tries to strangle Holmes.

* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines

It was the first film produced by Creator/AmblinEntertainment to receive a PG-13 rating, and notable for including the first fully computer-generated character: a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. The effect was created by Lucasfilm's John Lasseter, who was chief creative officer at Creator/{{Pixar}} Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. The SFX earned the film an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination, but was beaten by ''Film/{{Cocoon}}''.

It was the first film produced by Creator/AmblinEntertainment to receive a PG-13 rating, and notable for including the first fully computer-generated character: a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. The effect was created by Lucasfilm's John Lasseter, who is now chief creative officer at Creator/{{Pixar}} Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. The SFX earned the film an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination, and was beaten by ''Film/{{Cocoon}}''.

It was the first film produced by AmblinEntertainment to receive a PG-13 rating, and notable for including the first fully computer-generated character: a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. The effect was created by Lucasfilm's John Lasseter, who is now chief creative officer at Creator/{{Pixar}} Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. The SFX earned the film an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination, and was beaten by ''Film/{{Cocoon}}''.

* BatmanColdOpen: The pre-title sequence involves [[spoiler: Mrs. Dribb]] drugging Bentley Bobster by shooting him with a dart tipped with a hallucinogenic substance; this first causes Bobster to see his dinner as alive, and later believe that his room is set on fire, causing him to throw himself out of his window to "escape."

** [[spoiler: Rathe}]] is perfectly willing to douse young girls in hot wax in a HumanSacrifice ritual. He also guns down [[spoiler: Elizabeth]].

* {{Flanderization}}: This film does use the Flanderized version of Watson who's overweight and rather clueless, but it's somewhat {{justified|Trope}} by being Watson as a ''schoolboy''. Presumably he's got years (and a stint in the military) yet to grow into the more fit and savvy Watson the original was. [[spoiler: And in the end, Watson narrates that [[ComingOfAgeStory this first adventure with Holmes IS part of what helped him go from a weak, easily frightened boy to a man]].]]* ForceFeeding: The sequence where John Watson hallucinates that his legs are bound with sausages and that pastries are trying to force him to eat them. On Website/YouTube [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SZrHgS1Dss here.]]

* DawsonCasting: Nicholas Rowe, who plays Sherlock Holmes, is several years older than most of the other actors playing students. This was probably intentional to give Holmes his necessary height and appearance of superior intellect.

* {{Flanderization}}: This film does use the Flanderized version of Watson who's overweight and rather clueless, but it's somewhat {{justified|Trope}} by being Watson as a ''schoolboy''. Presumably he's got years (and a stint in the military) yet to grow into the more fit and savvy Watson the original was. [[spoiler: And in the end, Watson narrates that [[ComingOfAgeStory this first adventure with Holmes IS part of what helped him go from a weak, easily frightened boy to a man]].]]
* FollowTheLeader: From two different ends.
** What does Franchise/HarryPotter have to do with ''Young Sherlock Holmes''? [[http://harryholmes.blogspot.com/ A lot, actually!]]
** From the other end, ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' takes its cues from ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' - so much so that the UK release was called ''Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear''.
** From the ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' satire "Young Sureschlock Homely":
-->'''Indiana Jones''': Hmm, this scene seems familiar, but not the dialogue! Am I in the right movie, Mr. Spielberg?
-->'''Steven Spielberg''': Go back a few pages, Indy - ''[[Film/TheJewelOfTheNile Fool Of The Nile]]'' needs you more than Sureschlock!
* ForceFeeding: The sequence where John Watson hallucinates that his legs are bound with sausages and that pastries are trying to force him to eat them. On Website/YouTube [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SZrHgS1Dss here.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Played straight with Holmes, as he sees experiences expulsion from his school due to a FrameUp, the death of one mentor, the murderous intentions of another, and [[spoiler: the death of the girl he loved.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Holmes kills [[spoiler: Mrs. Dribb]] by blowing one of the thorns from her blow gun into her mouth.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: After Chester Cragwitch is affected by a hallucinogenic drug that causes violent and self-destructive actions, Holmes tries to talk him down by reminding him of his name and that he's a banker.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Two famous items associated with Holmes are featured here: the deerstalker cap and the curved pipe. Both are treated as ridiculous in-universe, particularly the pipe, which Watson had to buy so Holmes could get information. Holmes thought the pipe in particular was ridiculous, while he inherited the cap from Waxflatter..