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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Moriarty's {{Mooks}} prove entirely unwilling to die for their boss in the burning theater, and promptly [[IncrediblyLamePun exit stage left]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Moriarty's {{Mooks}} prove entirely unwilling to die for their boss in the burning theater, and promptly [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} exit stage left]].
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kincaid's "Holmes" usually fails to understand Watson's chain of reasoning in every case. Additionally, Kincaid fails to realize that the review of his most recent stage performance ("as comical relief") was meant as ridicule rather than high praise.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kincaid's Kincaid most of the time.
**Kincaid's "Holmes" usually fails to understand Watson's chain of reasoning in every case. Additionally, Kincaid fails to realize that the review of his most recent stage performance ("as comical relief") was meant as ridicule rather than high praise.
**Kincaid's "Holmes" usually fails to understand Watson's chain of reasoning in every case. Additionally, Kincaid fails to realize that the review of his most recent stage performance ("as comical relief") was meant as ridicule rather than high praise.
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* AffectionateParody: Of the Holmes stories.
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* AffectionateParody: Of the Holmes stories.stories, particularly their adaptations in ''Film/TheBakerStreetDozen'' films.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Or rather catch-word in the case of Lord Smithwick, who exclaims "Amazing!" at every sentence Kincaid (as "Holmes") utters, even if it's a trivially obvious observation or a verbatim repeat of what Watson had just said.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: Or rather catch-word in the case of Lord Smithwick, who exclaims "Amazing!" at every sentence Kincaid (as "Holmes") utters, even if it's a trivially obvious observation or a verbatim repeat of what Watson had just said.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Watson is gone and presumed dead, Kincaid as "Holmes" decides to take detective work seriously by piecing together the clues available. The best his powers of deduction can come up with is concluding that Moriarty's real name is "Arty Morty." Somewhat averted later in that he does find Moriarty's whereabouts from clues left on half-printed banknotes.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Watson is gone and presumed dead, Kincaid as "Holmes" decides to take detective work seriously by piecing together the clues available. The best his powers of deduction can come up with is concluding that Moriarty's real name is "Arty Morty." Somewhat averted Averted later in that he when Kinkaid does find Moriarty's whereabouts from clues left on half-printed banknotes.banknotes, albeit for the completely wrong reason.
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* {{Flanderization}}: Subverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the ''Film/BakerStreetDozen'' films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (until the final scenes) useless "Holmes".
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* {{Flanderization}}: Subverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the ''Film/BakerStreetDozen'' ''Film/TheBakerStreetDozen'' films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (until the final scenes) useless "Holmes".
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* {{Flanderization}}: Subverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the 1940s films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (until the final scenes) useless "Holmes".
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* {{Flanderization}}: Subverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the 1940s ''Film/BakerStreetDozen'' films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (until the final scenes) useless "Holmes".
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The premise is that Dr. Watson (Creator/BenKingsley) created the fictional character Sherlock Holmes so that he could solve crimes incognito. His published case journals were so popular that he was obliged to hire an out-of-work actor, Reginald Kincaid (Creator/MichaelCaine), to play Holmes. However, Kincaid turned out to be a bumbling, gambling, womanizing drunkard who gladly took all the undeserved credit for solving crimes, and now their relationship is a very rocky one.
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The premise is that Dr. Watson (Creator/BenKingsley) created the fictional character Sherlock Holmes so that he could solve crimes incognito. His published case journals were so popular that he was obliged to hire an out-of-work actor, Reginald Kincaid (Creator/MichaelCaine), to play Holmes. However, Kincaid turned turns out to be a bumbling, gambling, womanizing drunkard who gladly took takes all the undeserved credit for solving crimes, and now their relationship is a very rocky one.
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The premise is that Dr. Watson (Creator/BenKingsley) created the fictional character Sherlock Holmes so that he could solve crimes incognito. His published case journals were so popular that he was obliged to hire an out-of-work actor, Reginald Kincaid (Creator/MichaelCaine), to play Holmes. However, Kincaid turned out to be a bumbling, gambling, womanizing drunkard who gladly took all the undeserved credit for solving crimes, and now their relationship is a very rocky one. Watson is just about ready to ditch Kincaid and strike it out on his own, but no-one will believe that Dr. Watson, the archetypical sidekick, is really a GreatDetective, so the two have to get along for long enough to solve one last big case.
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The premise is that Dr. Watson (Creator/BenKingsley) created the fictional character Sherlock Holmes so that he could solve crimes incognito. His published case journals were so popular that he was obliged to hire an out-of-work actor, Reginald Kincaid (Creator/MichaelCaine), to play Holmes. However, Kincaid turned out to be a bumbling, gambling, womanizing drunkard who gladly took all the undeserved credit for solving crimes, and now their relationship is a very rocky one.
Watson is just about ready to ditch Kincaid and strike it out on his own, but no-one will believe that Dr. Watson, the archetypical sidekick, is really a GreatDetective, so the two have to get along for long enough to solve one last bigcase.
case.
Watson is just about ready to ditch Kincaid and strike it out on his own, but no-one will believe that Dr. Watson, the archetypical sidekick, is really a GreatDetective, so the two have to get along for long enough to solve one last big
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''Without a Clue'' is a 1988 comedy film, the premise of which is that Dr. Watson (Creator/BenKingsley) created the fictional character Franchise/SherlockHolmes so that he could solve crimes incognito. His published case journals were so popular that he was obliged to hire an out-of-work actor, Reginald Kincaid (Creator/MichaelCaine), to play Holmes. However, Kincaid turned out to be a bumbling, gambling, womanizing drunkard who gladly took all the undeserved credit for solving crimes, and now their relationship is a very rocky one. Watson is just about ready to ditch Kincaid and strike it out on his own, but no-one will believe that Dr. Watson, the archetypical sidekick, is really a GreatDetective, so the two have to get along for long enough to solve one last big case.
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''Without a Clue'' is a 1988 comedy film, the film {{parody}}ing Literature/SherlockHolmes.
The premiseof which is that Dr. Watson (Creator/BenKingsley) created the fictional character Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes so that he could solve crimes incognito. His published case journals were so popular that he was obliged to hire an out-of-work actor, Reginald Kincaid (Creator/MichaelCaine), to play Holmes. However, Kincaid turned out to be a bumbling, gambling, womanizing drunkard who gladly took all the undeserved credit for solving crimes, and now their relationship is a very rocky one. Watson is just about ready to ditch Kincaid and strike it out on his own, but no-one will believe that Dr. Watson, the archetypical sidekick, is really a GreatDetective, so the two have to get along for long enough to solve one last big case.
The premise
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* {{Flanderization}}: Averted and inverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the 1940s films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (until the final scenes) useless "Holmes".
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* {{Flanderization}}: Averted and inverted Subverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the 1940s films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (until the final scenes) useless "Holmes".
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* ImprovisationalIngenuity: Watson does this more than once to compensate for Kincaid's bungling. When Kincaid comes charging into Baker Street basically dressed as a hobo, Watson pretends that Holmes was dressing that way for a case and bungles him into the bedroom to change back, simultaneously instructing Kincaid in the deductions he had previously made about their current visitors.
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** Similarly, most of Watson's insults (even blatant ones) serve as StealthInsults to Kincaid, as they go over his head:
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** Similarly, most of Watson's insults (even blatant ones) serve as StealthInsults {{Stealth Insult}}s to Kincaid, as they go over his head:
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* ChekhovsGun: Kincaid's production of 'The Shadow Of Death' allows him to finish the case, although it was for totally the wrong reasons.
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* ChekhovsGun: Kincaid's production of 'The ''The Shadow Of Death' Death'' allows him to finish the case, although it was for totally the wrong reasons.reasons.
* ChekhovsSkill: Kincaid was trained in swordplay as a part of his acting career, a skill he gets to use with an impressive flourish against Moriarty. Even Watson, who [[BrutalHonesty isn't shy about sharing what he thinks about him]], is genuinely impressed.
* ChekhovsSkill: Kincaid was trained in swordplay as a part of his acting career, a skill he gets to use with an impressive flourish against Moriarty. Even Watson, who [[BrutalHonesty isn't shy about sharing what he thinks about him]], is genuinely impressed.
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* Malaproper: Due to his lack of general knowledge, Kincaid often botches the lines Watson writes for him, referring to a venomous snake as a "mambo" and stating that a murder victim was beaten to death with a "blunt excrement."
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* Malaproper: {{Malaproper}}: Due to his lack of general knowledge, Kincaid often botches the lines Watson writes for him, referring to a venomous snake as a "mambo" and stating that a murder victim was beaten to death with a "blunt excrement."
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* TheAlcoholic: Kincaid always keeps bottles of liquor hidden around the house and drinks away most of his money at the local pub.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Or rather catch-word in the case of Lord Smithwick, who exclaims "Amazing!" at every sentence Kincaid (as "Holmes") utters.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Or rather catch-word in the case of Lord Smithwick, who exclaims "Amazing!" at every sentence Kincaid (as "Holmes") utters.utters, even if it's a trivially obvious observation or a verbatim repeat of what Watson had just said.
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* Malaproper: Due to his lack of general knowledge, Kincaid often botches the lines Watson writes for him, referring to a venomous snake as a "mambo" and stating that a murder victim was beaten to death with a "blunt excrement."
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* Catchphrase: Or rather catch-word in the case of Lord Smithwick, who exclaims "Amazing!" at every sentence Kincaid ("Holmes") utters.
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* Catchphrase: {{Catchphrase}}: Or rather catch-word in the case of Lord Smithwick, who exclaims "Amazing!" at every sentence Kincaid ("Holmes") (as "Holmes") utters.
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* BadassBookworm: Watson is a medical doctor and a man of science. He's also quite fearless as a crime-solver, risking his life on many occasions, such as his shoot-outs with Moriarty's thugs and his effort to track Moriarty to his hide-out by clinging to the hull of the getaway boat.
* Catchphrase: Or rather catch-word in the case of Lord Smithwick, who exclaims "Amazing!" at every sentence Kincaid ("Holmes") utters.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Watson, almost in every conversation with Kincaid.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Watson, almost in every conversation with Kincaid. For instance:
-->'''Kincaid''': I'm touched.
-->'''Watson''': I'll say.
-->'''Kincaid''': I'm touched.
-->'''Watson''': I'll say.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Lestrade is explaining the case to Watson, "Holmes" is in his room digging through his closet for a bottle of booze he stashed. We just see, through the open door, articles of clothing and item items being thrown around wildly like in a cartoon, thoroughly mystifying Lord Smithwick who is trying to pay attention to what Lestrade is saying.
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** Watson is explaining how Moriarty's thugs came to wear the imported Italian shoes, noting that as men of no moral character, they would have helped themselves to the crates of shoes. Meanwhile, Kincaid his trying on some of the shoes from the crates, obviously hoping to pilfer some for his own use.
** While Lestrade is explaining the case to Watson, "Holmes" is in his room digging through his closet for a bottle of booze he stashed. We just see, through the open door, articles of clothing and item items being thrown around wildly like in a cartoon, thoroughly mystifying Lord Smithwick who is trying to pay attention to what Lestrade is saying.
** Watson is explaining how Moriarty's thugs came to wear the imported Italian shoes, noting that as men of no moral character, they would have helped themselves to the crates of shoes. Meanwhile, Kincaid his trying on some of the shoes from the crates, obviously hoping to pilfer some for his own use.
** While Lestrade is explaining the case to Watson, "Holmes" is in his room digging through his closet for a bottle of booze he stashed. We just see, through the open door, articles of clothing and item items being thrown around wildly like in a cartoon, thoroughly mystifying Lord Smithwick who is trying to pay attention to what Lestrade is saying.
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** Similarly, most of Watson's insults (even blatant ones) serve as StealthInsults to Kincaid, as they go over his head:
-->'''Kincaid''': You mean [Moriarty]'s not trying to kill me?
-->'''Watson''': Of course not. He knows you're an idiot.
-->'''Kincaid''': Oh, thank God!
-->'''Kincaid''': You mean [Moriarty]'s not trying to kill me?
-->'''Watson''': Of course not. He knows you're an idiot.
-->'''Kincaid''': Oh, thank God!
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* DeadpanSnarker: Watson, almost in every conversation with Kincaid.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The opening scenes with Holmes and Watson foiling the gallery robbery appear as though we're watching a standard Sherlock Holmes story, with Holmes as the brilliant detective. In the next scene, Watson calls Holmes an idiot for not keeping his lines and story straight, revealing the role of "Holmes" as a front and figurehead for Watson, the real crime-solver.
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* {{Flanderization}}: Averted and inverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the 1940s films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (mostly) useless "Holmes".
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* {{Flanderization}}: Averted and inverted with respect to Dr. Watson. In Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Watson is an intelligent and competent man who lacks Holmes' genius. In many film and TV adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories (particularly the 1940s films with Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Creator/NigelBruce as Watson), this difference in ability is inflated to the point where Watson is portrayed as an incompetent, bumbling idiot and a comic foil to Holmes. This movie inverts the trope with a brilliant Watson and a ridiculous and (mostly) (until the final scenes) useless "Holmes".
