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*** In Batman #499, Batman figures out a kidnapper regularly travels to a tropical island country in Latin America by analysing a bloodstained piece of his mask and discovering he was vaccinated against a rare strain of malaria based on the presence of a particular species of protozoans and an increased antibody count in his blood.

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*** In the Court of Owls storyline, Batman finds a secret message written in linseed oil because he noticed that the smell of the paint thinner was unusually strong in the room. Later when he's trapped in the Court's labyrinth, Batman deduces he's near the Gotham River based on the taste of the minerals found in the water he drank from a fountain. After escaping the labyrinth, Batman captures and forensically examines a Talon, a killer that works for the Court. He figures out that the Court freezes and defrosts the Talons using a conductive electrum tooth with an owl carving to preserve them for centuries. He also realizes that Nightwing was meant to be a Talon as Talons were recruited from Haly's Circus, Nightwing's childhood home. Batman punches Nightwing to knock out his electrum tooth and shows it to him.
*** In the Endgame storyline, Joker seems to be immortal with a new Joker toxin but Batman refuses to believe him despite all evidence pointing in Joker's favor. Instead, Batman theorizes that Joker ended up in a cave system after their last fight and found something there that gave him his regenerative abilities. When he searches the same caves, Batman finds a pit of Dionesium,a fluid with immense regenerative capabilities.

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*** In the Court of Owls storyline, Batman finds a secret message written in linseed oil oil, a common paint thinner, because he noticed that the its smell of the paint thinner was unusually strong in the room. Later when he's trapped in the Court's labyrinth, Batman deduces he's near the Gotham River based on the taste of the minerals found in the water he drank from a fountain. After escaping the labyrinth, Batman captures and forensically examines a Talon, a killer that works for the Court. He figures out that the Court freezes and defrosts the Talons using a conductive electrum tooth with an owl carving to preserve them for centuries. He also realizes that Nightwing was meant to be a Talon as Talons were recruited from Haly's Circus, Nightwing's childhood home. Batman punches Nightwing to knock out his electrum tooth and shows it to him.
*** In the Endgame storyline, Joker seems to be immortal with a new Joker toxin but Batman refuses to believe him despite all evidence pointing in Joker's favor. Instead, Batman theorizes that Joker ended up in a cave system after their last fight and found something there that gave him his regenerative abilities. When he searches the same caves, Batman finds a pit of Dionesium,a Dionesium, a fluid with immense regenerative capabilities.capabilities.
*** In Batman #431, the murder of a woman was never reported and the body never found. Batman checks out her apartment while disguised as a janitor to glean clues that may narrow down the FBI's list of Jane Does who turned up in the last couple of days and meet her description, and find out which corpse belongs to her. Batman can tell she's pigeon-toed by the angled wear of her shoe heels, or that she's anemic by the contents of her fridge, among many other details. He tracks down the body to a morgue in Los Angeles, and after examining it while disguised as a mortician, he discovers the method used to kill her and identifies the assassins, then deduces who ordered the hit based on which criminals had the money and contacts to hire those assassins.
*** In Batman #444, Batman unfolds a floor plan from a criminal's wallet and determines it was computer-generated because the angled and circular lines were jagged and not straight, then identifies the laser printer used to print it out by the signature laserjet toner streaks on the paper.

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*** In the Zero Year storyline, Batman deduces that the dust residue from Dr. Death's handprints, which contained a mixture of phosphate and calcium as well as multiple sources of corrupted DNA, comes from old bones and that therefore his hideout must be located somewhere in the city's catacombs.
*** In the Court of Owls storyline, Batman finds a secret message written in linseed oil because he noticed that the smell of the paint thinner was unusually strong in the room. Later when he's trapped in the Court's labyrinth, Batman deduces he's near the Gotham River based on the taste of the minerals found in the water he drank from a fountain. After escaping the labyrinth, Batman captures and forensically examines a Talon, a killer that works for the Court. He figures out that the Court freezes and defrosts the Talons using a conductive electrum tooth with an owl carving to preserve them for centuries. He also realizes that Nightwing was meant to be a Talon as Talons were recruited from Haly's Circus, Nightwing's childhood home. Batman punches Nightwing to knock out his electrum tooth and shows it to him.



*** In the Court of Owls storyline, Batman captures and forensically examines a Talon, a killer that works for the Court. He figures out that the Court freezes and defrosts the Talons using a conductive electrum tooth with an owl carving to preserve them for centuries. He also realizes that Nightwing was meant to be a Talon as Talons were recruited from Haly's Circus, Nightwing's childhood home. Batman punches Nightwing to knock out his electrum tooth and shows it to him.
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** Several sets later, the ''Murders at Karlov Manor'' expansion introduces Alquist Proft, a master detective working on Ravnica who prides himself in untanling strange mysteries and puzzles.
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* Batman's detective skills are regularly put to the test in the overall ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. While he has more of a reliance on technology in Arkham Origins (something the developers said was intentional), in Asylum, City, and Knight he only uses his gadgets to aid him in whatever is humanly impossible for him to do and to store/reference information. One case involves him trying to solve a murder, but the crime scene was cleaned and bleached. [[CrazyPrepared So he calibrates his cowl to track the traces of bleach.]] When a forensic profile doesn't do enough to narrow down where Deadshot's been hiding his equipment, Batman uses the profile to correctly deduce that Deadshot's his hiding his guns in the power substations mentioned in the profile.

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* Batman's detective skills are regularly put to the test in the overall ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''. While he has more of a reliance on technology in Arkham Origins (something the developers said was intentional), in Asylum, City, and Knight he only uses his gadgets to aid him in whatever is humanly impossible for him to do and to store/reference information. One case involves him trying to solve a murder, but the crime scene was cleaned and bleached. [[CrazyPrepared So he calibrates his cowl to track the traces of bleach.]] When a forensic profile doesn't do enough to narrow down where Deadshot's been hiding his equipment, Batman uses the profile to correctly deduce that Deadshot's his hiding his guns in the power substations mentioned in the profile.
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In Japan, where Main/TheGoldenAgeOfDetectiveFiction never quite ended, this type of character is called "Meitantei".

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In Japan, where the Golden Age of detective fiction never quite ended, this type of character is called "Meitantei".

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In Japan, where the Golden Age of detective fiction Main/TheGoldenAgeOfDetectiveFiction never quite ended, this type of character is called "Meitantei".
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* ''Anime/AgathaChristiesGreatDetectivesPoirotAndMarple'' is a 2004 anime teaming up Literature/HerculePoirot and Literature/MissMarple through the device of Marple's great-niece Mabel West. Aimed at older teens.

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* ''Anime/AgathaChristiesGreatDetectivesPoirotAndMarple'' is a 2004 anime teaming up Literature/HerculePoirot Franchise/HerculePoirot and Literature/MissMarple through the device of Marple's great-niece Mabel West. Aimed at older teens.



* Literature/HerculePoirot, Creator/AgathaChristie's fussy Belgian refugee with his immaculate moustache and incisive "little grey cells", has a pretty good claim to being the second most famous of literary Great Detectives just behind Sherlock Holmes. Which, given Poirot's legendary vanity, has to rankle just a little bit.

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* Literature/HerculePoirot, Franchise/HerculePoirot, Creator/AgathaChristie's fussy Belgian refugee with his immaculate moustache and incisive "little grey cells", has a pretty good claim to being the second most famous of literary Great Detectives just behind Sherlock Holmes. Which, given Poirot's legendary vanity, has to rankle just a little bit.
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* ''Literature/JackReacher'': A key part of Reacher and his KnightErrant wandering is his ability to make complicated deductions to learn information about people, communities, and conspiracies. He is only human and can make wrong deductions at important points, but the number of correct AwesomeByAnalysis moments he has easily make up for this.

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* ''Film/{{Insomnia}}'': While also fairly action-oriented, and a bit [[HardBoiledDetective hard-boiled]] veteran LAPD Frank Dormer is introduced this way,, having thirty years of prestigious cases under his belt, and picking up all kinds of useful details that the initial investigation had missed in the victims room and on her body, while conducting a clever trap against the killer which only fails due to a clumsy mistake.

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* ''Film/{{Insomnia}}'': While also fairly action-oriented, and a bit [[HardBoiledDetective hard-boiled]] veteran LAPD Frank Dormer is introduced this way,, way, having thirty years of prestigious cases under his belt, and picking up all kinds of useful details that the initial investigation had missed in the victims victim's room and on her body, body while conducting a clever trap against the killer which only fails due to a clumsy mistake.mistake.
* ''Film/QuickChange'': Chief Rotzinger is quick to try and plan ahead to anticipate Grimm's moves throughout the bank robbery and getaway, quickly realizes how some of the hostages (the disguised robbers) have disappeared, and does a good job of tracking them throughout the film. He's also mentioned as having broken tough cases like "The Peruvian Connection" and "The Subway Psycho."
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* In ''Recap/TheShadowPulpsS129CrimeInsured Crime, Insured'', Stampf is a brilliant and respected insurance company investigator who has cracked some very tough cases. He finds out the Shadow’s main alias, where his hideout is, and who most of his regular agents (save a few like Jericho) are after just ten days of shadowing people, planting listening devices, and analyzing newspaper reports, when many people have spent years vainly searching for a fraction of that information. Unfortunately, Stampf is OnlyInItForTheMoney and he turns his findings over to the underworld.

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* In ''Recap/TheShadowPulpsS129CrimeInsured Crime, Insured'', ''Recap/TheShadowPulpsS129CrimeInsured'', Stampf is a brilliant and respected insurance company investigator who has cracked some very tough cases. He finds out the Shadow’s main alias, where his hideout is, and who most of his regular agents (save a few like Jericho) are after just ten days of shadowing people, planting listening devices, and analyzing newspaper reports, when many people have spent years vainly searching for a fraction of that information. Unfortunately, Stampf is OnlyInItForTheMoney and he turns his findings over to the underworld.
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* In ''Recap/TheShadowPulpsS129CrimeInsured Crime, Insured'', Stampf is a brilliant and respected insurance company investigator who has cracked some very tough cases. He finds out the Shadow’s main alias, where his hideout is, and who most of his regular agents (save a few like Jericho) are after just ten days of shadowing people, planting listening devices, and analyzing newspaper reports, when many people have spent years vainly searching for a fraction of that information. Unfortunately, Stampf is OnlyInItForTheMoney and he turns his findings over to the underworld.
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* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'': [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=379-stakeout As part]] of a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' {{expy}}. Flying Fox Man. Also is TheWorldsBestCharacter.

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* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'': [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=379-stakeout As part]] of a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' {{expy}}. Flying Fox Man. Also is TheWorldsBestCharacter.Man]], as part of being a BatmanParody.
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** Batman. Yes, he is a top martial artist. Yes, he is a great chemist. But first, he's the world's greatest detective and a world class forensic scientist. Here are some standout examples:

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** Batman. Yes, he is a top martial artist. Yes, he is a great chemist. But first, he's the world's greatest detective and a world class forensic scientist.scientist who has unravelled criminal conspiracies time and again. Here are some standout examples:
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* [[AffectionateParody Parodied with love]] by ''Literature/PiecPrzygodDetektywaKonopki'' whose protagonist is an InvincibleHero among detectives and good friends with his own LemonyNarrator, despite the latter never actually taking part in adventures.
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* Inspector Lunge in ''{{Anime/Monster}}'' seems heavily inspired by Holmes. Working on cases seems to be his entire life and he is shown repeatedly to be unable to stop, even using his forced vacation to continue the investigation.

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* Inspector Lunge in ''{{Anime/Monster}}'' ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' seems heavily inspired by Holmes. Working on cases seems to be his entire life and he is shown repeatedly to be unable to stop, even using his forced vacation to continue the investigation.
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* Naturally, Edogawa Ranpo in Manga/BungoStrayDogs is a perfect execution of this trope. Being named after Japan's most famous novelist, he lives up to his namesake by solving mysteries [[PoliceAreUseless the police can't]] and outwardly being referred to as the smartest character. Of course, he's also often accompanied by [[HistoricalInJoke Edgar Allan Poe]] as well.
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** Oh and then there's also [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], who Batman has said will one day surpass him, in addition to being one of two people ComicBook/RasAlGhul calls "Detective". So some nice recommendations for the position.

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** Oh and then there's also [[Comicbook/RobinSeries [[Comicbook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]], who Batman has said will one day surpass him, in addition to being one of two people ComicBook/RasAlGhul calls "Detective". So some nice recommendations for the position.
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* Temenos from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'' is an Inquisitor who analyzes a series of murder scenes and solve the mysteries in the Church of the Sacred Flame. He even has a fitting {{Catchphrase}} when he uses his SherlockScan!

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* Temenos from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'' is an Inquisitor who analyzes a series of murder scenes and solve the mysteries in the Church of the Sacred Flame. He even has a fitting {{Catchphrase}} catchphrase when he uses his SherlockScan!
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*''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': This is Serris of Tides' main characterization, with a healthy dose of GadgeteerGenius on top thanks to his levels in artificer.
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* Benoit Blanc in ''Film/KnivesOut'' is an AffectionateParody, being a rather flamboyant and eccentric private investigator with his own personal methods and philosophy of crime-solving attached to investigate a bizarre crime alongside [[InspectorLestrade a rather exasperated police officer]], who is described in a ''New Yorker'' profile as "The Last of the [[GentlemanDetective Gentleman Sleuths]]". [[spoiler: It's initially unclear whether he's just a bumbling clown or is ObfuscatingStupidity, but he turns out to have genuine chops by the end.]]

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* Benoit Blanc in ''Film/KnivesOut'' and its sequel ''Film/GlassOnion'' is an AffectionateParody, being a rather flamboyant and eccentric private investigator with his own personal methods and philosophy of crime-solving attached to investigate a bizarre crime alongside [[InspectorLestrade a rather exasperated police officer]], who is described in a ''New Yorker'' profile as "The Last of the [[GentlemanDetective Gentleman Sleuths]]". [[spoiler: It's initially unclear whether he's just a bumbling clown or is ObfuscatingStupidity, but [[spoiler:but he turns out to have genuine chops by the end.]]
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* In ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'', Tensai gives herself the title Master Detective. While people laugh at her for it, she does actually live up to her claims, being able to figure out just about any mystery.

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* In ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'', ''Literature/NananasBuriedTreasure'', Tensai gives herself the title Master Detective. While people laugh at her for it, she does actually live up to her claims, being able to figure out just about any mystery.

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