History Series / TheAdventuresOfShirleyHolmes

** "The Case of the Dead Debutante", Shirley asks Meghan's ghost where Alicia's parents live. It's telling that Shirley automatically moves on to the next question (how many designer shoes Alicia owns) instead of demanding a straight answer when she repsonds with:

** "The Case of the Dead Debutante", in response to Shirley asking where Alicia's parents live. It's telling that Shirley automatically moves on to the next question (how many designer shoes Alicia owns) instead of demanding a straight answer.
---->'''Alicia:''' Seven years of summer camp is finally paying off.

[[caption-width-right:330:Elementary, my dear Bo.]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Shirley and Bo.

* ClearTheirName: Shirley has to do this four times. In "The Case of the Burning Building," she has to prove against the belief of the Redington police and Sussex Academy that Bo isn't the arsonist in the neighborhood. In "The Case of the Doggone Cats," she works to prove that Stink's dog Barf isn't eating the neighborhood cats. She does it again in "The Case of the Left Thumbprint" when her father gets accused of abusing his diplomatic status to sell information to another country. She later saves Ned Crawford in "The Case of the Miraculous Mine" when someone tricks him into being wrongfully arrested for InsuranceFraud.

* ClearTheirName: Shirley has to do this four times. In "The Case of the Burning Building," she has to prove against the belief of the Redington police and Sussex Academy that Bo isn't the arsonist in the neighborhood. In "The CAse of the Doggone Cats," she works to prove that Stink's dog Barf isn't eating the neighborhood cats. She does it again in "The Case of the Left Thumbprint" when her father gets accused of abusing his diplomatic status to sell information to another country. She later saves Ned Crawford in "The Case of the Miraculous Mine" when someone tricks him into being wrongfully arrested for InsuranceFraud.

* ClearTheirName: Shirley has to do this three times. In "The Case of the Burning Building," she has to prove against the belief of the Redington police and Sussex Academy that Bo isn't the arsonist in the neighborhood. She does it again in "The Case of the Left Thumbprint" when her father gets accused of abusing his diplomatic status to sell information to another country. She later saves Ned Crawford in "The Case of the Miraculous Mine" when someone tricks him into being wrongfully arrested for InsuranceFraud.

* NiceHat: Shirley has a plethora of them; they're her signature look.

* CoolHat: Shirley has several, wearing a different one every episode.

* TheCaseOf: Except for season 4's "The Basket Case," all the episode titles follow this format.

* AdultFear: The amount of times Shirley has gotten captured and/or locked up by unstable people.

* VisionaryVillain: It's implied that Molly plans to use her job at the United Nations, her budding social media presence, and other connections to end up controlling the tastes and trends of her entire generation. [[spoiler: Thanks to Shirley, she fails in getting the first item.]]

The show aired for four seasons in YTV. It was well received by both the audience and the critics, winning several awards during its run. It aired in over 80 countries, and was dubbed in eight languages. There was buzz of a movie possibly being made, but it never materialized. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes As of now, there hasn't been an official DVD release.]] However, all the episodes have been uploaded to [=YouTube=].

A Canadian kids' show from TheNineties about Shirley, [[InTheBlood the great-grandniece]] of the legendary SherlockHolmes, who solves crimes in the fictional town of Redington, where she lives with her father Robert, a British diplomat, and her grandmother Peggy.

* HeirClubForMen: As revealed in the intro, SherlockHolmes expected a "young ''man''" to solve his puzzle. Shirley didn't seem to mind.

--> "The Case of the Dead Debutante", in response to Shirley asking where Alicia's parents live. It's telling that Shirley automatically moves on to the next question (how many designer shoes Alicia owns) instead of demanding a straight answer.

--> "The Case of the Mysterious Message", all but confirming that Alicia has spent much of her childhood being shipped back and forth between various summer camps and private academies (Note: There are real life boarding academies which accept students as young as five, so this is not entirely unbelievable).

-->-- "The Case of the Dead Debutante", in response to Shirley asking where Alicia's parents live. It's telling that Shirley automatically moves on to the next question (how many designer shoes Alicia owns) instead of demanding a straight answer.

-->-- "The Case of the Mysterious Message", all but confirming that Alicia has spent much of her childhood being shipped back and forth between various summer camps and private academies (Note: There are real life boarding academies which accept students as young as five, so this is not entirely unbelievable).

-->'''Meghan as Alicia:''' Not with me.

-->'''Alicia:''' Seven years of summer camp is finally paying off.

* AlienAbduction: "The Case of the Alien Abductions" featured a faked one. [[spoiler: Still, you have to wonder how Peggy got that scar on the back of her neck.]]

* RecapEpisode: "The Case of the Puzzle from the Past."

The show aired for four seasons in [=YTV=]. It was well received by both the audience and the critics, winning several awards during its run. It aired in over 80 countries, and was dubbed in eight languages. There was buzz of a movie possibly being made, but it never materialized. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes As of now, there hasn't been an official DVD release.]] However, all the episodes have been uploaded to [=YouTube=].

* OfficialCouple: Shirley and [[spoiler:Matt Harris. Although they go their separate ways in "The Case of the Virtual Zeus," Shirley does say she is still interesting in a relationship with him]].

* SmallNameBigEgo: Molly's major weakness. "The Case of The Broken Oath" is a good example of this. Molly [[spoiler:creates an anonymous internet account using the name "Y" and blackmails up-and-coming rock band Oath into performing the terrible song that she wrote.]] When Shirley gets a copy of the lyrics to the song, she discovers that the first letter of the first word in each verse spells out "Molly Hardy." When Shirley confronts Molly, she points out that if she could have gotten away with the scheme if she'd resisted the impulse to literally put her name on it. Molly ends up getting away with it anyway, by blackmailing Shirley with the threat of exposing her detective work, which would obviously make it much more difficult.

* VillainousBreakdown: Downplayed, but starting with "The Case of the Crooked Comic", Shirley ups her game and starts outsmarting Molly more and more. She doesn't full-out win most of the time, but she ruins Molly's plans and prevents her from advancing in her goals. Molly becomes increasingly angry over the course of Season 3, and her normal facade starts to show cracks.

The show aired for four seasons in [=YTV=]. It was well received by both the audience and the critics, winning several awards during its run. It aired in over 80 countries, and was dubbed in eight languages. There was buzz of a movie possibly being made, but it never materialized. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes As of now, there hasn't been an official DVD release.]] However, all the episodes have been uploaded to Youtube and are viewable [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmsYAPce1a9UWR9UKfHgSMDpvtd7AZv-F here]].

* ClearTheirName: Shirley has to do this three times. In "The Case of the Burning Building," she has to prove against the belief of police and school that Bo isn't the arsonist in the neighborhood. She does it again in "The Case of the Left Thumbprint" when her father gets accused of abusing his diplomatic status to sell information to another country. She later saves Ned Crawford in "The Case of the Miraculous Mine" when someone tricks him into being wrongfully arrested for InsuranceFraud.

* GoodWithNumbers: Matt. He went to a special school for genius kids and everything. Bo is a [[EverybodyHatesMathematics complete aversion]], Matt even helps him with the answers in a math-based Game Show so he'll be able to get in as well.

* OfficialCouple: Shirley and [[spoiler:Matt Harris]].

** Shirley's grandmother goes on a trip to Fiji near the end of season 3.
** Inspector Markie is never seen again after season one and is replaced by Detective Tremain starting in season two.

* SympathyForTheDevil: At the end of "The Case of the Crooked Comic", Shirley says that she feels pity for [[TheSociopath Molly]], because she's so empty inside that she'll never know true friendship.

* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Great-granddaughter, but still. Shirley certainly didn't inherit Mycroft Holmes' looks.

* VillainousBreakdown: Downplayed, but starting with "The Case of the Crooked Comic", Shirley ups her game and starts outsmarting Molly more and more. She doesn't full-out win most of the time, but she ruins Molly's plans and prevents her from advancing in her goals. Molly becomes increasingly angry over the course of the third season, and her normal facade starts to show cracks.

* ShoutOut: In "The Case of the Dead Debutante", Alicia mentions that she [[TaughtByTelevision learned how to cast spells on people]] by watching [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]].

* DiplomaticImpunity: Robert Holmes was once accused of abusing his diplomatic status to sell information to another country. In another episode, it was believed he was harboring a suspected murderer, ([[spoiler:a woman who turned out to be innocent]]). The police officer interrogating him acknowledged he couldn't arrest Holmes but warned he could lose his job over that. That risk was quite real.

* DiplomaticImpunity: Robert Holmes was once accused of abusing his diplomatic status to sell information to another country. In another episode, it was believed he was harboring a suspected murderer ([[spoiler:a woman who turned out to be innocent]]). The police officer interrogating him acknowledged he couldn't arrest Holmes but warned he could lose his job over that. That risk was quite real.

* PlotAllergy: Shirley is allergic to bee stings. In "The Case of the Puzzle from the Past" she falls unconscious after being stung and we follow her dreams for the rest of the episode.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Molly's major weakness. "The Case of The Broken Oath" is a good example of this. Molly [[spoiler:creates an anonymous internet account using the name "Y" and blackmails up-and-coming rock band Oath into performing the terrible song that she wrote.]] When Shirley gets a copy of the lyrics to the song, she discovers that the first letter of the first word in each verse spells out "Molly Hardy." When Shirley confronts Molly, she points out that if she could have gotten away with the scheme if she'd resisted the impulse to literally put her name on it. Molly ends up getting away with it anyway, by blackmailing Shirley with the threat of exposing her detective work (which would obviously make it much more difficult).

* FirstLove: Matt is this for Shirley.

* VisionaryVillain: It's implied that Molly plans to use her job at the United Nations, her budding social media presence and other connections to end up controlling the tastes and trends of her entire generation. [[spoiler: Thanks to Shirley, she fails in getting the first item.]]

Shirley's Dr. Watson is Bo Sawchuk, a street-smart former gang-member whom Shirley meets in detention; she helps him get out of trouble and they become [[OddCouple best friends and sleuthing partners]]. Likewise, her Moriarty counterpart is Molly Hardy, a scheming, sociopathic mastermind of a teenage girl that is admired by everybody who doesn't know her true nature.

* BottleEpisode: "The Case of the Left Thumbprint" is set entirely inside and outside the Holmes residence.

* NiceHat: Shirley has a plethora of them, they're her signature look.

* PlotAllergy: Shirley is allergic to wasp stings. In "The Case of the Puzzle from the Past" she falls unconscious after being stung and we follow her dreams for the rest of the episode.
** Her hay fever is revealed in "The Case of the Flim Flam Farm."

* PutOnABus: Stink is expelled from school in "The Case of the Crooked Comic," thanks to Molly. He's never seen again, and is presumably following his new career as a stand-up comedian.

* VisionaryVillain: It's implied that Molly plans to use her job at the United Nations, her budding social media presence and other connections to end up controlling the tastes and trends of her entire generation.

For a another 90s take on a teen girl taking up the mantle of a classical hero she's descended from see ''Series/BackToSherwood'' for its take on the Robin Hood myth with fantasy and time travel.