History WesternAnimation / SherlockHolmesIntheTwentySecondCentury

* BritainIsOnlyLondon:

** Subverted in "The Sussex Vampire Lot," but the characters still never leave London.

* BaitandSwitch: The Adventure of the Beryl Board has two characters that seem like a disguised Moriarty and Fenwick, including similar voices. They aren't.

* BackFromTheDead: Holmes and Moriarty actually ''did'' die at Reichenbach Falls as per the original Doyle timeline, but Holmes was preserved in a casket of honey and somehow was fresh enough to decant and resuscitate with futuristic technology. Meanwhile, the returned Moriarty is explicitly just a clone using the original's blood, but somehow inherits all of the original's memories of opposing Holmes.

-->'''Moriarty''': "I'll merely use the Mazarin chip to turn this room into a [[BeamMeUpScotty transporter and beam us]] [[JustForPun out]]."

%%* ThreeAmigos: The Irregulars, long before Holmes hired them.

''Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century'' is an animated television series. Produced by Creator/DiCEntertainment and Scottish Television, it originally aired in the UK on CITV from May 1999, and later on Creator/FoxKids and on Syndication in the United States from September 1999 to July 2001 for a total of 26 episodes in two seasons. Hundreds of years after the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Great Detective]]'s time, [[InspectorLestrade Inspector Beth Lestrade]] of New London's Scotland Yard discovers that a MadScientist has created a clone of the infamous Professor James Moriarty from cells taken from his frozen corpse at Reichenbach Falls. Using the latest technology, she has the well-preserved body of Sherlock Holmes rejuvenated and reanimated to help her foil the plans of what they initially believe to simply be a Moriarty-obsessed madman.

* ArtisticLicensePharmacology: In "The Red Headed League," Holmes and Watson notice a foul smell on some paintings, which is attributed to benzodiazepine, described as "a powerful sedative." In reality, benzodiazepines are a class of medications, including Xanax and Valium, not a single medication, and their main purpose is to treat anxiety, though some are used for the very short-term treatment of insomnia. Moreover, they are odorless. They are also administered orally (as pills) or intravenously (as liquid), not by inhalation, meaning that [[spoiler: Moriarty's plan to sedate an entire crowd using benzos embedded in the paint is completely beyond science]].

* BeastAndBeauty: The basic plot of both "The Crooked Man" and "The Creeping Man." The latter bears an additional resemblance to [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the Disney film]] due to the presence of [[spoiler: a rival suitor seeking to ruin the beast and beauty's relationship]].

** In "The Engineer's Thumb" TheReveal is that [[spoiler: Moriarty's organ ring cloned the thumb and eyes of the two inventors whose blood-type changing devices they stole in order to get past their safes' biometric locks.]]

* ElaborateUndergroundBase:[[spoiler: Amanda Wheelwright]]'s hideout kind of strains the willing suspension of disbelief.

%% * 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.

* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Averted in [[spoiler: “Scales of Justice,”]] in which the MadScientist has a daughter, but she is not beautiful.

%%* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: James Morstan.]]

* BadassBaritone: Moriarty, courtesy of Creator/RichardNewman. Moriarty plots evil schemes, wields giant laser cannons, and can still throw a kick with the best of them, all while having the deepest vocal register in the show.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Ironically, Holmes appears to have better people skills that Lestrade.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The zoo in "The Scales of Justice" has a penguin exhibit, which plays a role in the episode's climax, [[spoiler:as Holmes uses the low temperature to incapacitate his cold-blooded attacker]].

* PlayfulHacker: Tennyson, most notably.
** ''And'' Amanda Wheelwright, technically.

* BuildingOfAdventure: 221B, of course!

* ScoobyDooHoax: In "The Hounds of the Baskervilles", Moriarty stages one of these on the moon; using holographic and robotic wolves to force an evacuation of Galileo City so he can put his evil scheme into operation.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Holmes seems to have a predilection for this, as he comes up with a few throughout the series. One was lampshaded by both Lestrade and Watson when they groaned at different points, respectively.

* IKissYourHand: Moriarty kisses Lestrade's hand when they meet as part of his FauxAffablyEvil stylings. As a fan of Holmes stories who knows the depths to which the original Moriarty could sink, Lestrde is less than pleased with the clone's false genteel image.

* InsistentTerminology: Grayson never stops referring to Holmes as the "dead detective".

* OlderThanTheyLook: Holmes, of course. The man has an old soul in a 25-year-old body!

** Holmes ''and'' Moriarty.

* CrazyEnoughToWork:
%%** Holmes's plans, as is fitting, tend to be this.
** However, ''Lestrade''[='=]s idea to bring Holmes ''back to life'' to defeat a Moriarty-like BigBad must take the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for this trope.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: See CarChase and EstablishingCharacterMoment.
** To be fair to Lestrade, Holmes doesn’t even know what he’s ''doing'' when he’s behind the wheel.

%%* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Holmes, though this is soon forgotten.

%%* FlyingCar

* GoodIsNotNice:
** Lestrade can indeed be a FairCop, but she can also be a downright scary one. Consider: she is the only Yarder we ever see overseeing someone in the cryptnosis chair, and her method of handling arrested people leaves something to be desired.

** Or the Irregulars, for that matter!

%%* TwoGuysAndAGirl: See PowerTrio.
** Also the Irregulars: Wiggins, Tennyson, and Deidre.

%%* AndroidsAndDetectives

%%* ArmCannon: Watson, as well as various other robots.

%%* AsteroidThicket: As part of a ''race course'', no less.

%%* BackFromTheDead
%%* BadassBaritone: Moriarty. Indeed.

%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: Watson, as all good [[TheWatson Watsons]] should be.

%%* DaChief: Chief Inspector Grayson.

%%* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: ''Zed'', Lestrade!

%%* IKissYourHand: Moriarty kisses Lestrade's hand. She is less than happy.

%%* InsufferableGenius: Again, this ''is'' the Great Detective we're dealing with.

%%* MasterOfDisguise: Holmes. Holmes, Holmes, ''Holmes''.

%%* ReplacementGoldfish: Watson

%%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Watson.

%%* SherlockScan: As per usual.

%%* SssssnakeTalk: The genetically-modified snake-person in "The Scales of Justice".

%%* TheUnintelligible: Tennyson.

[[caption-width-right:300:300 years later, the game is afoot once again.]]

After about half an episode of being disoriented and disadvantaged by being three hundred years out of his own time, Holmes settles down, moves into a Holmes museum recreation of his old apartment, and the game is, once again, afoot.

%%* ActionGirl: Lestrade. Holmes calls her a "force of nature unto herself."

%%* AmbiguouslyHuman: Martin Fenwick. Just ''look'' at [[http://statici.behindthevoiceactors.com/behindthevoiceactors/_img/chars/fenwick-sherlock-holmes-in-the-22nd-century-19.4.jpg him.]]

%%* ILied: Holmes, faking [[spoiler: insanity]].

%%* TheManBehindTheMan

* LaserBlade: Three punk criminals attack Lestrade with ''[[StarWars lightsabers]]'', she ''[[CurbStompBattle beats the living daylights out of them]]'', and we never see anybody wielding lightsabers again.