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| 6 | Character sheet for the film series comprising ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' and ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''. |
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| 10 | !!Heroes |
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| 12 | [[folder:Sherlock Holmes]] |
| 13 | !!Sherlock Holmes |
| 14 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmes2.png]] |
| 15 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"The game is afoot!"'']] |
| 16 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RobertDowneyJr [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Creator/BernardGabay (European French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 17 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' | ''Sherlock Holmes 3'' |
| 18 | |
| 19 | ->'''Simza:''' What do you see?\ |
| 20 | '''Holmes:''' [[SherlockScan Everything.]] [[CursedWithAwesome That is my curse.]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | A bohemian amateur scientist and eccentric detective-for-hire. Despite his quirks, he has come to be recognized as one of the foremost authorities in London in the field of criminal deductive reasoning and investigation. Always a man who yearns for a challenge, he takes cases that excite his deductive reasoning ability for the sport, not for personal gain. |
| 23 | ---- |
| 24 | * AbsurdPhobia: Apparently isn't too fond of riding horses. As he puts it "they're dangerous at both ends and crafty in the middle." |
| 25 | * AdaptationalWimp: Unexpectedly, despite the film's notorious increase in action scenes over most adaptations. While the movie's version gets into a lot more fights and makes more gratuitous use of martial arts, he lacks the original's [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower prodigious strength]] and often needs to use his cunning as much as his skill to stay just ahead of his opponents. Conan Doyle's Holmes was a skilled enough boxer and martial artist to never need to stoop to [[CombatPragmatist combat pragmatism]], preferring GoodOldFisticuffs, and was able to beat an extremely skilled boxer in a fair fight. This Holmes does beat a boxer easily, even taunting him before he gets serious, but he only seems to be as strong as a man of his age, size and weight who engages in irregular exercise. In short, while Holmes is in no way a weakling, he needs time to think before fighting. |
| 26 | * AgentScully: Sherlock acknowledges the possibility of supernatural involvement, but does not believe that magic or the supernatural is the correct explanation, [[spoiler: which is why he spends the last few minutes of the first film to [[DoingInTheWizard provide practical solutions to Blackwood defeating his own execution]].]] |
| 27 | * AmazonChaser: Sherlock admires Irene for her intelligence and fighting prowess, and beams with pride when she shows the latter when up against two crooks in the first film. |
| 28 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A byproduct of his HyperAwareness, which he seems unable to turn off. |
| 29 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: An extremely competent martial artist, capable of taking down almost any opponent as long as he has a few seconds to [[SherlockScan analyze them]] before the fight. |
| 30 | * BadassBookworm: While he may be seen as an AdaptationalWimp for his use of combat pragmatism, he's still a highly skilled fighter and a brilliant detective. |
| 31 | * BadassLongcoat: Often seen wearing a trench coat in public. |
| 32 | * BashBrothers: Watson and Holmes often fight side by side. |
| 33 | * BerserkButton: Don't spit on him or you'll spend weeks recovering from his physical and mental beatdown. |
| 34 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Watson's Brawn. Holmes is certainly no slouch in a fight, but he needs proper time to prepare a strategy and tends to fire wildly when using a pistol; Watson, as a trained military man, tends to do better in physical brawls than Holmes does and shows more skill with firearms, picking his shots carefully. Notable in the second film on the train, when they have only one bullet and one opening against Moriarty's men, and Holmes has Watson take the shot. |
| 35 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: As always, Holmes is both a brilliant detective and a peculiar individual, and you must put up with the latter if you want the benefit of the former. |
| 36 | * CharacterDevelopment: He initially disliked Mary, but soon warmed up to her. |
| 37 | * CombatPragmatist: He'll do anything he must to win a fight, including using distractions and {{Improvised Weapon}}s. In contrast with [[LeeroyJenkins Watson]], Holmes always fights like a sneaky bastard, which makes sense, considering he's so familiar with criminals he's half a step away from becoming one himself. |
| 38 | * CoolShades: Holmes wears a few pairs. These existed in Victorian times, but they were rare and considered devices for physical infirmity rather than stylish accessories. Though considering Holmes is best friends with a doctor, this may just be another case of Holmes misusing medical equipment, as with the eye surgery drugs. |
| 39 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Has shades of this towards Watson and his engagement to Mary. |
| 40 | * CrazyPrepared: Anytime Holmes looks like he's in trouble, he's already planned a way out of it. |
| 41 | * CulturedBadass: Holmes is quite cultured; he just refuses to live up to the image and prefers the bohemian eccentric genius lifestyle. |
| 42 | * CursedWithAwesome: Sherlock's eponymous HyperAwareness apparently has no figurative off-switch, as shown in the restaurant scene in the first movie, and is explicitly called a curse by him late into the second. This has led to fan theories that he is a high-functioning autistic. This is a trait of Holmes in both the original and most of adaptations. It's quoted above. |
| 43 | * DatingCatwoman: Played with; despite being a world-famous criminal, Irene's moral alignment is mostly left ambiguous, and while there seems to be mutual attraction it's as though they're too busy one-upping and outwitting each other to act upon it. |
| 44 | * DeadpanSnarker: Particularly to Lestrade, Blackwood and any of Watson's love interests. |
| 45 | * ExtremeOmnivore: Is shown in the sequel happily drinking ''formaldehyde'' despite Watson pointing out it's ''highly toxic''. |
| 46 | * FunctionalAddict: He relies on chemical means to stay stimulated outside of working a case. As a result he has a wealth of eccentricities but it keeps him alert and astute for the minute. |
| 47 | * GeniusBruiser: He uses his SherlockScan to completely and meticulously savage an opponent. Only an opponent capable of doing the same can really counter him. |
| 48 | * GeniusSlob: Watson bemoans his lack of hygiene during his ReasonYouSuckSpeech in the jail from the first film. His room in Baker Street is intimidatingly cluttered with half-completed experiments, paper, models, pictures, and miscellaneous bric-a-brac. |
| 49 | %%* GentlemanAdventurer |
| 50 | * GentlemanSnarker: Unlike many modern adaptations, he has all the manners of late Victorian English gentleman... or perhaps it would be better to say the ''mannerisms''. He can be polite and well-mannered when he makes the effort, but he's usually not - though his rudeness tends to take a more subtly [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] form than most adaptations. |
| 51 | * GoodIsNotNice: Despite being solidly heroic in his actions, he comes across as a jerk, often because he notices ''everything'' about a person, including their flaws and vices, and has few filters when describing what he observes. |
| 52 | * GreatDetective: Since he is Sherlock Holmes, it's elementary. |
| 53 | * GuileHero: While he is a skilled combatant, his real gifts are in observation and deduction. |
| 54 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Watson. |
| 55 | * {{Hikikomori}}: Sherlock spent ''two weeks'' without leaving his room. That's a very hikki thing. |
| 56 | * HyperAwareness: A Holmes staple, required for his iconic SherlockScan. He can determine intimate details about a person by instantly observing and analyzing things that most people wouldn't even notice. The problem is... [[CursedWithAwesome He can't avoid doing it.]] |
| 57 | * IKnowKarate: Holmes is proficient in hand-to-hand fighting. Ironically, when he fights a Chinese mook who also knows kung fu, he doesn't fare so well, apparently being used to opponents who use GoodOldFisticuffs. |
| 58 | * ImprovisedWeapon: Throws a ''rooster'' at his Cossack opponent when they fall into a cockfighting ring, even after the latter very clearly grabbed a knife instead. |
| 59 | * InsufferableGenius: He's not a people person. |
| 60 | * ItsPersonal: As Moriarty rightly points out, he is far from the only warmonger in Europe and that if he doesn't kick off World War I, someone else will. But because Moriarty threatened Watson and Mary, and [[spoiler: murdered Irene]], Holmes puts everything he's got into stopping him. |
| 61 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's an insufferable and intensive jerk at times but does care about his friends (including coming around to Mary in time) and doing the right thing. |
| 62 | * LackOfEmpathy: Ultimately downplayed. Holmes appears to be interested in solving problems and stopping criminals mainly because he enjoys the challenge, and he also admires and respects the cunning and intelligence of the main villains in both movies despite the nature of their crimes. However, he also specifically points out to Blackwood that he wishes he could have caught him sooner in order to save innocent lives, and to Moriarty that he finds his scheme to be both impressive and horrific. Furthermore, while he lacks tact, he's also quite devoted to keeping his friends and companions safe. |
| 63 | * LargeHam: Most because his facial expressions and his gravely voice complete with a fake English accent. |
| 64 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: This is how Robert Downey Jr. described the relationship between his character and Watson. It drives his initial tension with Mary. |
| 65 | * LogicalWeakness: Literally. The title character is a significantly less capable combatant without time to think about his moves and/or SherlockScan his opponent. |
| 66 | * MadScientist: Always tests his drugs on poor Gladstone. |
| 67 | * ManipulativeBastard: A GoodIsNotNice version, being exceptionally adept at manipulating people and situations when he wants to. |
| 68 | * MasterOfDisguise: He's so good he can do it on the fly. |
| 69 | * MrFanservice: In the first movie in particular he has a fighting ShirtlessScene where he shows his well-built torso. |
| 70 | * PermaStubble: Almost always has a few days' growth of beard, unless he shaves or sculpts it for a disguise. The first time Sherlock Holmes has ever been depicted with it. You'll notice Holmes is somewhat more cleaned up after someone tells him to clean up. During the dinner with Watson and Mary, he is nearly clean-shaven... but not quite. In fact, his PermaStubble may be constantly on his face, but it is done realistically. |
| 71 | * PrivateDetective: Not employed by the police, but often consulted by them for his unique abilities. |
| 72 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Watson's Red and Red to Moriarty's Blue. |
| 73 | * SensoryOverload: When he's shown waiting for Watson at a restaurant in the first film, Holmes is visibly tense and his eyes are shown constantly flitting back and forth, taking in little details from everyone around him. It's also show that even when he closes his eyes in an attempt to get a bit of peace, he still can't stop himself from ''hearing''. A similar sequence occurs in the sequel during a diplomatic ball, during which he refers to his famous SherlockScan as a curse. |
| 74 | * SherlockScan: As with every adaptation, this is his signature ability. Here it's even applied to combat, as he analyzes his opponent thoroughly enough to predict and counter every move they will make. It's also implied that he's occasionally overwhelmed and resentful that he can't turn it ''off''. Probably goes a long way toward explaining why he has a hard time making friends, as shown when he first meets Mary Morstan. |
| 75 | * ShippingTorpedo: Made every attempt to sabotage John's relationship with Mary for most of the first film, until he realises just how genuinely devoted to him she really is. |
| 76 | * SpiritedCompetitor: Needs to have a challenge or problem to work on. Without one, he becomes reclusive and resorts to drugs and bizarre experiments to occupy his mind. |
| 77 | * TheSpock: He rarely expresses any form of emotion. |
| 78 | * TranquilFury: His usual way of getting angry. In the fighting ring, ''utterly destroys'' his opponent in retaliation for the latter spitting at him. However, his first thought while playing out the fight in his head is, ''"This must not register on an emotional level."'' |
| 79 | * {{Troll}}: Shows shades of this when attempting to bemoan to Watson the doldrums of stagnation and domesticity that come with married life... by hiring a fortuneteller, no less. HilarityEnsues. |
| 80 | --> '''Sherlock''': What of the warts? ...[[LargeHam Are they extensive?!]] |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Dr. John Watson]] |
| 84 | !!Dr. John Watson |
| 85 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmeswatson2.png]] |
| 86 | [[caption-width-right:300:''[[TrustMeImAnX "Relax... I'm a doctor."]]'']] |
| 87 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JudeLaw |
| 88 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' | ''Sherlock Holmes 3'' |
| 89 | |
| 90 | ->''"I’ve been going over my notes of our exploits over the past seven months. Would you like to hear my conclusions? ...I am psychologically '''disturbed'''."'' |
| 91 | |
| 92 | Army wartime veteran and medical doctor, Watson is Holmes's closest confidant and field assistant with a deductive reasoning that has been sharpened with years on the road with the detective. However his impending marriage may see him move away from the crime-solving world. |
| 93 | ---- |
| 94 | * BadassBookworm: Watson counts as very well-read gentleman who knows how to handle himself in a fight. |
| 95 | * BashBrothers: With Holmes. The two make quite the effective team during a scrap. |
| 96 | * BerserkButton: Harming women in general tends to piss him off, as he demonstrates in the very first scene with Blackwood. |
| 97 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Holmes' Brains. Watson is no fool (after all he ''is'' a doctor) and has good deductive reasoning skills in his own right, but of course he can't match the wits of one of the most famous detectives in fiction; on the other hand, whenever the two get in a fight he usually holds his own better than Holmes does, and he's a better shot with a pistol. |
| 98 | * BrosBeforeHoes: Invoked by Sherlock. Thankfully, everything works out in the end for them all, once Sherlock realises that Mary is actually good for Watson after all. |
| 99 | * CaneFu: He needs the cane due to being a HandicappedBadass, and is more than willing to use it in a fight. |
| 100 | * CombatMedic: A doctor who can put you in the hospital. |
| 101 | * CombatPragmatist: Even more so than Holmes. ([[ShownTheirWork Consistent with the books!]]) |
| 102 | * CuttingTheKnot: Holmes loves his tools and complicated plans, while Watson would rather kick a door in than pick the lock. |
| 103 | * DeadpanSnarker: He is more than willing to put Sherlock in his place and is one of the few people who can tolerate him. Most of the time. |
| 104 | * FatalFlaw: Impulsiveness, which is the exact reverse of Holmes' LogicalWeakness. Multiple times, he jumps into a fight without properly observing his surroundings. At the start of the first film, he almost impales himself on a concealed piece of sharpened glass; at the wharf, he chases after Blackwood and sets off a [[LandMineGoesClick trip wire bomb]]. |
| 105 | * TheGamblingAddict: Downplayed somewhat in that it never directly affects the plot. However, as much as he is in denial of the fact, Watson does enjoy a good game of poker, and Holmes implies he frequents boxing matches as well. |
| 106 | %%* GentlemanAdventurer: |
| 107 | * HandicappedBadass: He is a very proficient and agile fighter with a war wound that gives him a limp. The limp seems to conveniently vanish in every action scene, however. (Not necessarily an error; people with limps are often able to run without the limp being apparent, depending on the nature of their leg injury/disability. Also, given the tongue-in-cheek nature of the films, this may indicate Watson's limp is psychosomatic, or maybe even [[ObfuscatingDisability exaggerated]].) Plus, even if it hurts to walk or run normally, when you're in a fight for your life you may find yourself willing to ignore a little pain. |
| 108 | * HeroesLoveDogs: He owns Gladstone the bulldog. Unfortunately, Sherlock repeatedly tests strange things on the poor thing. |
| 109 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Holmes, and their interactions are ''full'' of HoYay. |
| 110 | * ImprovisedWeaponUser: Watson's weapon of choice appears to be his coat combined with whatever he can get his hands on. And he manages quite well at it too. |
| 111 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: It's been shown on multiple occasions that Holmes considers him as such (just never admitting it). It's almost deconstructed, seeing how Holmes actually attempts to sabotage their engagement so he won't have to lose his friend. |
| 112 | * OpenSaysMe: Apparently his standard procedure to open doors while working: it's seen in Reordan's lab in the first movie and in the telegraph office in the second. |
| 113 | * RedOniBlueOni: Red to Holmes's Blue, being much more visibly emotional. |
| 114 | * SecondLove: Before meeting Watson, Mary was previously engaged to another man who sadly passed away. [[BerserkButton She doesn't like to talk about it.]] |
| 115 | * SwordCane: He owns one. |
| 116 | * TheWatson: Downplayed, as Holmes and Watson have both hit their prime after long experience. Watson is himself a decent investigator, though not naturally inclined to be as such, enough that his brief SherlockScan of Mycroft actually impresses the older Holmes brother (who then proceeds to damn him with faint praise by saying he's not the idiot Sherlock had portrayed him as, but even still - we're talking about the guy who routinely corrects Sherlock's analysis). |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:Mrs. Hudson]] |
| 120 | !!Mrs. Hudson |
| 121 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmesmrshudson.png]] |
| 122 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"What will I do when you leave, doctor? He'll bring the whole house down!"'']] |
| 123 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Geraldine James |
| 124 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 125 | |
| 126 | ->'''Mrs. Hudson:''' Tea, Mr. Holmes.\ |
| 127 | '''Holmes:''' Is it poisoned, Nanny?\ |
| 128 | '''Mrs. Hudson:''' [[StealthInsult There's enough of that in you already.]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | The begrudging landlord of Holmes' and Watson's apartment. |
| 131 | ---- |
| 132 | * ServileSnarker: Like Watson, Mrs. Hudson is able to combat Sherlock's snark with her own. |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder:Gladstone]] |
| 136 | !!Gladstone |
| 137 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmesgladstone2.png]] |
| 138 | [-[[caption-width-right:300:'''Mrs. Hudson:''' Oh, he's killed the dog. Again.]]-] |
| 139 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Leo |
| 140 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 141 | |
| 142 | ->'''Mary:''' What's wrong with Gladstone?\ |
| 143 | '''Holmes:''' ...mad honey disease. Oh, he's just demonstrating the very effect I've just described. [[BlatantLies He doesn't mind.]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | Watson's bulldog, which is repeatedly subjected to experimentation by Holmes. |
| 146 | ---- |
| 147 | * ButtMonkey: He's Watson's dog, and as a result he keeps being injected with paralytics and potentially poisoned a lot by Holmes. Lampshaded in ''A Game of Shadows'' when Watson shouts at him to stop killing his dog. |
| 148 | -->"Holmes, how many times must you ''kill'' my dog?!" |
| 149 | * MeaningfulName: A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_bag Gladstone bag]] was often used by doctors to carry medical equipment. This one carries a lot of Sherlock's drugs. |
| 150 | * MythologyGag: Watson mentions having a bull pup back during his introduction to Holmes in Literature/AStudyInScarlet. |
| 151 | * NotQuiteDead: A result of several of the compounds he's injected with. |
| 152 | * PhraseCatcher: ''Watson'': "What have you done to Gladstone now!?" |
| 153 | * TheyKilledKennyAgain: Played with. Holmes never exactly ''kills'' Gladstone and always clarifies this to other characters, but their reactions still assume this trope is in play. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Mary Morstan]] |
| 157 | !!Mary Watson (née Morstan) |
| 158 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmesmary.png]] |
| 159 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Solve this... whatever it takes."'']] |
| 160 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KellyReilly |
| 161 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 162 | |
| 163 | ->''"It does seem a little far-fetched, though. Making all these grand assumptions based on such tiny details..."'' |
| 164 | |
| 165 | John Watson's fiancé and eventual wife. She starts out not all that fond of Holmes, but soon learns to put up with him for Watson's sake. |
| 166 | ---- |
| 167 | * ActionGirl: Generally she's not a person inclined to use force, but she's still not to be underestimated. |
| 168 | -->''(holding a gun on an assassin)'' I think it's time for you to leave [the train]. |
| 169 | * AdaptedOut: The events of ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour'', Mary's introduction in the original canon, don't seem to have happened in the film's continuity. |
| 170 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Mary Morstan was a client of Holmes, before becoming engaged to Watson at the end of her case. Here they never met and have an intially antagonistic relationship. |
| 171 | * AlliterativeName: Before her marriage to Watson. |
| 172 | * DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments. |
| 173 | -->'''Holmes:''' ...Take Watson-\ |
| 174 | '''Mary:''' ''I intend to''. |
| 175 | * FoodSlap: She splashes Sherlock in the face with wine when he deduces her previous engagement, and spins it like [[GoldDigger she dumped the first fiancé for not being rich enough]] ''in front of Watson''. She didn't, and he died. |
| 176 | * HappilyMarried: Despite Holmes's many and varied attempts at [[ShippingTorpedo torpedoing]] her engagement, she and Watson end up getting married in the sequel. It helps that Sherlock eventually comes round to the idea after realising that yes, Mary really does love Watson. |
| 177 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Downplayed, as it was a justified case of self defense, but after having Watson throw their would-be assassin out of the train in the sequel she clearly has a little bit of a freak out over it. |
| 178 | * NeutralFemale: Beautifully subverted in the sequel. |
| 179 | --> '''Mary:''' I think it's time for you to leave. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | [[folder:Irene Adler]] |
| 183 | !!Irene Adler |
| 184 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmesadler2.png]] |
| 185 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I've never been in over my head."'']] |
| 186 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RachelMcAdams |
| 187 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 188 | |
| 189 | ->''"She was the only adversary who ever outsmarted you. '''Twice.''' Made a proper idiot out of you."'' |
| 190 | -->-- '''Dr. John Watson''' |
| 191 | |
| 192 | A cunning and crafty woman with unclear intentions. She and Holmes have acquainted in the past and share a deep relationship. Holmes always has her motives in question when she is involved in his work. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the books, she was nothing more than an unusually clever opera singer who happened to get her hands on a compromising photograph, and was smart enough to prevent Holmes from stealing it back. Here's, she's a full-on professional thief and a FemmeFatale who's able to best Holmes in a fight and has outsmarted him on two previous occasions. |
| 195 | * AntiVillain: She has her own agenda to handle. However, she doesn't want to hurt Sherlock, not even for Moriarty. |
| 196 | * AscendedExtra: Irene Adler only appeared in one of the original Doyle stories ("A Scandal in Bohemia", where she was the antagonist), and Holmes only briefly encounters her in it. Here, she's upgraded to a major supporting character with hints of a romantic interest in Holmes. |
| 197 | * BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:She briefly appears in the sequel's opening scene, only to be killed off by Moriarty.]] |
| 198 | * BlackWidow: She casually mentions how she's "between" husbands again and how she got to keep his wealth. Since divorce was ''extremely'' shameful in the Victorian Era, it implies that she is murdering her husbands. |
| 199 | * DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Oddly the role she ends up filling during ''A Game of Shadows'', despite her prominent stature in the original film. She's killed off right at the beginning of the movie to inspire Holmes to take [[ItsPersonal a personal interest]] in Moriarty and her death doesn't even cast a long shadow over the rest of the movie, with Holmes tossing her handkerchief overboard partway through the story because he anticipates he'll find a TragicKeepsake distracting]]. |
| 200 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She may be a thief whose first priority is herself, but she is understandably terrified of Blackwood's [[spoiler: and Moriarty's]] plans. |
| 201 | * FemmeFatale: Adler is attractive, but ''very'' dangerous. |
| 202 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Wastes her only two shots on the massive Dredger at short range and manages only to hit his hat. Even Dredger lampshades it ("Did you... miss ''me''?"). |
| 203 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: She's often dressed in some very nice - if practical - fashion, and an extremely capable fighter. |
| 204 | * LeeroyJenkins: Seems to have this tendency. In the second act she followed Holmes and Watson into the slaughterhouse and was easily caught, forcing the other two to rescue her and waste time. When confronting Blackwood's men beneath Parliament, Holmes tries to give a plan to Watson, only for Irene to break ranks and kill one of the Mooks. When [[TheBrute Dredger]] shows up she immediately tries to shoot him, only to waste all her shots on his axe and the pipe above his head. |
| 205 | -->'''Holmes''' ''(after Irene runs out of bullets shooting at Dredger)'' I rather wish you hadn't done that, Irene. |
| 206 | * TheMole: Irene is working for [[spoiler:Professor Moriarty]]. The trope doesn't come into full effect until she [[DefectingForLove teams up with Sherlock and Watson]] in the third act after trying (and failing) to call it quits. |
| 207 | * TheMuse: Watson claims Irene is this for Holmes. |
| 208 | -->'''Watson:''' ''(after Irene breaks cover, guns blasting)'' She loves an entrance, your muse. |
| 209 | * NeverASelfMadeWoman: Irene Adler is Holmes' {{Love Interest|s}} and was demoted from being one of the few people ever to outwit Sherlock to being Moriarty's lackey - though, in mitigation, it is mentioned that she's got the better of him twice in the past (per Watson, "made a proper idiot out of you"). |
| 210 | * PromotedToLoveInterest: Irene Adler wasn't a love interest to Holmes in the [[Literature/SherlockHolmes original books]], but she is here, in the tradition of every adaptation ever. |
| 211 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Was killed because of her feelings for Sherlock.]] |
| 212 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Invites Sherlock into her room while only wearing a [[ModestyTowel towel]] and doesn't hesitate to drop it in front of him to get dressed. |
| 213 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: She appears early on in the film, but is [[spoiler:poisoned by Moriarty shortly afterwards.]] |
| 214 | * ToplessnessFromTheBack: When Holmes visits her hotel room in the first film. |
| 215 | * TriggerHappy: "She loves an entrance, your muse..." |
| 216 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: She and Sherlock have been in a battle of wits for quite a long time, but it's very clear she has strong feelings for him. |
| 217 | * VillainyFreeVillain: While she's a world-class thief who has eluded Sherlock for years, the true extent of her villainy is never fully explored, and is nowhere near as dangerous as Blackwood. [[spoiler:Or Moriarty, for that matter.]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Inspector Lestrade]] |
| 222 | !!Inspector Lestrade |
| 223 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmeslestrade.png]] |
| 224 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"In another life, Mr. Holmes, you would have made a excellent criminal."''[[note]]"''And you, Lestrade, would have made an excellent policeman.''"[[/note]]]] |
| 225 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EddieMarsan [[labelnote:Other Languages]] Creator/PatrickBorg (European French)[[/labelnote]] |
| 226 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 227 | |
| 228 | ->'''Lestrade:''' You were told to wait for my orders.\ |
| 229 | '''Holmes:''' If I had, you'd be cleaning up a corpse and chasing a rumour. |
| 230 | |
| 231 | An inspector at Scotland Yard whose cases often intertwine with Holmes. |
| 232 | ---- |
| 233 | * BadCopIncompetentCop: Averted in the sequel, where he helps [[spoiler:expose Moriarty's plans]]. |
| 234 | ** Subverted in the first film, [[spoiler:acting as if he's taking Holmes to Lord Coward when he's actually helping Holmes deceive him.]] |
| 235 | * CaptainObvious: Blackwood's coffin is opened to reveal the midget's corpse. |
| 236 | -->'''Lestrade:''' That's not Blackwood!\ |
| 237 | '''Holmes:''' ''(closing his eyes in exasperation)'' Well, now we have a firm grasp of the obvious. |
| 238 | * DemotedToExtra: In the sequel. In fact, he's only briefly seen a couple of times towards the end. |
| 239 | %%* FriendOnTheForce: To Sherlock and Watson, as usual. |
| 240 | * InspectorLestrade: Of course, though belies his appearance (and archetype, proving to be much more competent than he initially appears). |
| 241 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: He continues to trust Holmes after a warrant is issued for his arrest. He slips Holmes the key to his handcuffs.]] |
| 242 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In the first film, [[spoiler: despite Holmes being a wanted criminal at the time, he acted as if he was bringing Holmes to Lord Coward knowing that Holmes was trying to get information from him, even giving Holmes the keys to the handcuffs. He still gives Holmes a hard punch though, seemingly just because he wanted too.]] |
| 243 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Sherlock, who continuously one-ups him and the rest of Scotland Yard. Despite this, Lestrade respects [[BunnyEarsLawyer Sherlock's talents]] and always trusts him to get the job done. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:PC Clark]] |
| 247 | !!PC Clark |
| 248 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' William Houston |
| 249 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 250 | |
| 251 | A uniformed constable working under the command of Inspector Lestrade. |
| 252 | ---- |
| 253 | * AlwaysOnDuty: Constable Clark shows up in any scene involving the police force, no matter if day or night. |
| 254 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: A downplayed example, but there are some hints that he's smarter than his boss (who himself is SmarterThanYouLook). |
| 255 | -->'''Lestrade:''' [The gravedigger] is over there. Apparently he's cata... cata...\ |
| 256 | '''Clark:''' Catatonic, sir.\ |
| 257 | '''Lestrade:''' ... He's not feeling very well. |
| 258 | * InSeriesNickname: Holmes and Watson, who get on with him better than Lestrade, tend to refer to him as "Clarkie". |
| 259 | * MrExposition: He seems to be the officer that Lestrade sends to summon Holmes to crime scenes, so a significant amount of his dialogue involves telling Holmes and Watson what Blackwood's just done. |
| 260 | * OddFriendship: Clark, a rather strait-laced policeman, and Holmes, a bohemian eccentric, seem to get on quite well. |
| 261 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He continue to trust Holmes after a warrant is issued for his arrest, making sure Holmes escapes the police at the slaughterhouse. |
| 262 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After finding Holmes at the destroyed factory following an arrest warrant being sworn out for him, Clark instead informs Holmes that Watson's okay and tells him to get out of there sharpish. |
| 263 | * {{Troll}}: He gets a certain amount of fun at Holmes's expense after the ChainedToABed incident: |
| 264 | -->'''Sherlock Holmes:''' And chambermaids were once such a liberal breed.\ |
| 265 | '''Clark:''' My wife's a chambermaid, sir.\ |
| 266 | ''[uncomfortable silence]''\ |
| 267 | '''Clark:''' Anyhow, it's a good thing she was offended, sir. Otherwise we'd never have found you.\ |
| 268 | '''Sherlock Holmes:''' Yes.\ |
| 269 | ''[more uncomfortable silence]''\ |
| 270 | '''Clark:''' Just joking about the wife, sir.\ |
| 271 | '''Sherlock Holmes:''' Ah! |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Sir Thomas Rotheram]] |
| 275 | !!Sir Thomas Rotheram |
| 276 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' James Fox |
| 277 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' |
| 278 | |
| 279 | Lord Chief Justice, but actually the leader of the Temple of the Four Orders, an ancient organisation that claims to have guided the world forward for eons. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * ColorCodedEyes: Holmes notes that Sir Thomas has distinctive eyes: a rare dark green with diamond-shaped hazel flecks. It's a trait that he shares with his son Lord Blackwood, allowing Holmes to easily deduce their connection since it's only seen in very close family relations. |
| 282 | * KillItWithWater: [[spoiler:Played with. He drowned in his bathtub, but it was only due to a paralytic taking effect with the combination of the bathtub's material (Copper), along with the water]]. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Ambassador John Standish]] |
| 286 | !!Ambassador John Standish |
| 287 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' William Hope |
| 288 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' |
| 289 | |
| 290 | An American member of the Temple of the Four Orders and another party interested in the capture of Blackwood. |
| 291 | ---- |
| 292 | * BerserkButton: Threatening America. |
| 293 | * CarCushion: His flaming body lands on a carriage after running out a window. |
| 294 | * DestinationDefenestration: After getting himself set on fire, he plunges out of a high window into a carriage. |
| 295 | * {{Eagleland}}: Type 1. He's American, and the only member of the Temple of the Four Orders with the backbone to confront Blackwood. |
| 296 | * KillItWithFire: When Standish tries to confront and shoot Blackwood, he [[ManOnFire spontaneously bursts into flames]] [[spoiler:due to the sparks from his gun (sabotaged by Reardon and planted by Dredger) igniting a flammable compound Blackwood had sprayed on his cloak under the guise of rain]]. |
| 297 | * TokenGoodTeammate: The only member of the Temple to realize that putting Blackwood in charge is a very, very bad idea. He accuses Lord Coward of losing his mind for nominating him ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny and didn't even think he was serious at first]]), but when that doesn't work, he pulls out his pistol and shoots Blackwood. Unfortunately, Blackwood planned for it. |
| 298 | -->''"Well, gentlemen? Someone has to stop him, even if you won't."'' |
| 299 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Averted; he tried, but Blackwood had already thought around that, [[spoiler:with a rigged bullet and a sprinkler full of a special, flammable compound]]. |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Mycroft Holmes]] |
| 303 | !!Mycroft Holmes |
| 304 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmesmycroft2.png]] |
| 305 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm the other Holmes."'']] |
| 306 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/StephenFry |
| 307 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 308 | |
| 309 | ->''"You know, although our time together has been but a brief interlude, I'm beginning to understand how a man of... particular disposition, under certain circumstances, extreme ones, perhaps, might grow to enjoy the company of a... person of your... gender."'' |
| 310 | |
| 311 | Sherlock's elder brother. A man of deep importance to British politics, although it is difficult to ascertain his role therein. |
| 312 | ---- |
| 313 | * AlmightyJanitor: Mycroft is indispensable to the British government, even though no one knows what he exactly does. |
| 314 | %%* AloofBigBrother |
| 315 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Finds nothing wrong with walking around naked with his butler and other men, but is taken aback at the notion that women (i.e. Mary) are creatures to be admired. He even tries to hit on her using this logic, but it fails spectacularly. |
| 316 | * AssInAmbassador: The government must ''really'' need him if they invited this streaker to Switzerland. It's later proven that he can socialise in perfectly normal fashion when he's 'on duty', but even still... |
| 317 | * BrilliantButLazy: It's largely hinted that Mycroft is even ''more'' brilliant than his brother, but nowhere near as intrepid. |
| 318 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Nudist, unsocial, lazy, brilliant, Mycroft is clearly something a weirdo, much like his brother. |
| 319 | * DeadpanSnarker: Rivals his brother in this. Perhaps it runs in the family. |
| 320 | * EmergingFromTheShadows: His first entrance. |
| 321 | * GentleGiant: Played by the tall and bulky Stephen Fry, he's very mildly disposed and polite. |
| 322 | * HandshakeRefusal: He doesn't shake hands as Watson finds out. |
| 323 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: Walking stark naked in a casual way around his house, which his servants don't even bat an eye at. |
| 324 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Watson knows something important must be going on if it forces Mycroft to miss an appointment to dine on potted shrimp at the Diogenes Club. Mycroft is impressed that he picked up on it. |
| 325 | %%* TheStoic |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Madame Simza Heron]] |
| 329 | !!Madame Sinza Heron |
| 330 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmessimza2.png]] |
| 331 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"If you have a specific question, hold it in your mind."'']] |
| 332 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NoomiRapace |
| 333 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 334 | |
| 335 | ->'''Simza:''' Let me know when you're ready.\ |
| 336 | '''Holmes:''' Actually, I'd prefer to read your fortune. Temperance. Inverted. Indicative of volatility. A woman who has recently taken comfort in drink. From what does she seek solace? What does she not wish to see? |
| 337 | |
| 338 | A French [[UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} gypsy]] who eventually becomes acquainted Holmes and Watson due to their investigation into Moriarty. Holmes runs into her when he intercepts a letter that was intended to go to Moriarty. |
| 339 | ---- |
| 340 | * ActionGirl: Though she's a bit outclassed, she nevertheless is far from helpless. It really does her good during her and Holmes's fight with the Cossack assassin. |
| 341 | ** Her back story - told as she led Holmes and Watson to Claude Ravache's den - tells she had been an Anarchist together with her brother for a few years. No stranger to physical violence. |
| 342 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Doesn't look tarnished after the Heilbronn shootout and chase. |
| 343 | * BombThrowingAnarchists: Simza and her brother counted as these a long time ago, but she managed to get out of the job, while Rene was blackmailed into working for Moriarty. |
| 344 | * HotGypsyWoman: Sim's hair, makeup, hygiene, and physical health look way too good considering [[TheDungAges the time period she lives in]] and the fact that she spends a decent chunk of time away from civilization and running water. However, she is ''not'' a MsFanservice. |
| 345 | * SherlockScan: Defied with Holmes, who seems to have a lot of trouble predicting her. Aside from interrupting his SherlockScan beatdown (something no other character has done), most of the conflict during the ensuing fight stems from Sim doing something useful and Holmes [[DidntSeeThatComing having no clue how to take advantage of it]]. |
| 346 | * SkywardScream: Lets out one [[spoiler: when Rene dies in her arms.]] |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | !!Villains |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Lord Henry Blackwood]] |
| 352 | !!Lord Henry Blackwood |
| 353 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmesblackwood.png]] |
| 354 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"You and I are bound together on a journey that will twist the very fabric of nature."'']] |
| 355 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MarkStrong |
| 356 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' |
| 357 | |
| 358 | ->''"Beneath your mask of logic I sense a fragility. That worries me. Steel your mind, Holmes; or by the time you realise you made all of this possible, it'll be the last sane thought in your head."'' |
| 359 | |
| 360 | A disgraced member of England's House of Lords. Suspected in recent times of committing the murders of five young women across London. However after his capture, he seemingly rises from the grave, intent on establishing himself and his order as the sole governing body of England and possibly beyond. |
| 361 | ---- |
| 362 | * AnimalMotifs: Crows. Many of the scenes involving him have a crow cawing and landing near whatever area he's currently in. They serve as a hint for the 'magic' end of the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane spectrum. |
| 363 | * AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:He’s Sir Thomas Rotheram’s son, and wishes to exploit the secrets of the Temple of the Four Orders for his own ends. About halfway through the first film, he kills his father and seizes control]]. |
| 364 | * TheAntiChrist: Blackwood deliberately invokes all the tropes associated with TheAntiChrist -- witchcraft, raising from the dead after three days, grand plans to TakeOverTheWorld, disciples, etc. In one scene, he's reciting from the [[Literature/TheBible Book of Revelation]] about the biblical Beast. Holmes cautions him during their final encounter that [[spoiler:despite Blackwood's lack of genuine dark sorcery, the rituals he performed along the way ''were'' done to a tee, with the exception of the final offering of a soul... and thus he had better hope that what he was getting himself into was just superstition]]. |
| 365 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Arrogant, powerful, and flat-out evil. |
| 366 | * BadassLongcoat: Likes wearing long leather trench coats. |
| 367 | * BastardBastard: He was conceived out of wedlock during a "magical" ritual. |
| 368 | * BigBad: Of the first film. It's his machinations that Holmes has to stop. |
| 369 | * BlackCloak: Shown wearing a rather ornate one with purple highlights and gold trimmings in the opening scene. |
| 370 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: In the opening, he keeps a glass needle in the sleeves of his robe. Watson nearly impales himself before Holmes stops him and breaks it. |
| 371 | * ClassicalMovieVampire: Possibly Lampshaded, as Lord Blackwood's entire persona and appearance is dripping with references to the Dark Prince of the Night. There's his widow's peak, pet crow, black coat and robes, resurrection from the grave, occultic powers, enrapturing charisma, calm demeanor and so on. Plus his [[LooksLikeOrlok snaggle tooth is a subtle homage to]] ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''. Then there's the fact that Sherlock Holmes has ''actually'' [[Monster/SherlockHolmes done battle with Dracula himself in literature before]]. |
| 372 | * DarkMessiah: Either he seriously desires to be one to the people of Britain or simply just uses the perception that he is one to establish absolute power. Either way, he plays it up convincingly. [[spoiler: But then, in the end, he actually isn't... probably.]] |
| 373 | * DiabolicalMastermind: Blackwood has the resources and henchmen needed to pull off his tricks of [[spoiler:false]] magic. |
| 374 | * TheDreaded: Invoked by Lord Blackwood who deliberately cultivates an image of himself as a devil-worshipping EvilSorcerer and {{Antichrist}} figure because his plans hinge on using fear to control others. Judging by the terrified crowd of {{Doomsayer}}s that gather outside Parliament on the day when his plan reaches its climax, he did pretty well in that regard. |
| 375 | * EvilBrit: He's one of the most diabolical men in Britain, aside from a certain Professor... |
| 376 | * EvilPlan: [[spoiler:A very complex one that revolves around amassing a cult of powerful politicians that he can use to control England after assassinating the entirety of Parliament.]] |
| 377 | * EvilSorcerer: Invoked, [[spoiler:but he can only fake it. He talks the talk and uses all the proper theatrics, but his "powers" are simply accomplished through science and misdirection]]. However, [[spoiler: that ominous crow and those prophecies coming true are a bit suspect]]. |
| 378 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Blackwood has a deep, eerily intimidating voice which he rarely raises. |
| 379 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He is quite polite, not to mention charismatic. [[spoiler:Which is of course part of his scheme, that he's a showman who makes his scientific feats look like magical conjurations]]. Still a power-hungry SerialKiller. |
| 380 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He staged his execution by hanging, only to inadvertently hang himself for real in the end.]] |
| 381 | * LackOfEmpathy: While talking to Holmes in his prison cell, Blackwood dismisses his five (known) murders as meaningless lives that had no purpose until he gave them one by sacrificing them for a higher cause. |
| 382 | * ManipulativeBastard: Blackwood's entire plan is more or less to inspire terror throughout all of London so he can use the fear of the citizens and awe of his acolytes to establish absolute control of the government. |
| 383 | * TheManTheyCouldntHang: Lord Blackwood is executed by hanging and buried, only to resurrect from the grave three days after. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he accomplished this supernatural feat by paying off the guards to stage his execution with a dummy noose and hidden harness. He only appeared dead because of a heart-slowing paralytic given to him beforehand]]. |
| 384 | ** [[spoiler:Averted at the end of the film, where he accidentally hangs himself for real on the half-completed Tower Bridge]]. |
| 385 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Sherlock ponders this himself, as the nature of his powers [[spoiler:is nothing more than advanced science being masqueraded as dark magic. Despite that, he performed every Satanic ritual perfectly and the number of coincidences that followed was unnatural, even to a man of logic like Holmes]]. |
| 386 | * MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: Invokes this almost word for word, vowing to Holmes that three more will die despite the fact he is meant to be hanged in the coming days. [[spoiler:However his death and resurrection are secretly staged, which allows him to build up the perception he holds otherworldly power]]. |
| 387 | * ObviouslyEvil: With a name like "Lord Blackwood", his introduction being a human sacrifice and the ever-present crow perched nearby make it clear that he's ''far'' from a saint. He lampshades this when he's arrested in the opening. |
| 388 | --> '''Lord Blackwood''': [[DeadpanSnarker You seem surprised.]] |
| 389 | * PuttingOnTheReich: In between his penchant for all-black clothing complete with a slim leather overcoat, his fusing of mystical spiritualism with his clear designs on setting himself up as an authoritarian dictator and his fondness for speechifying about destiny and fear and an empire that will last for millennia, Lord Blackwood appears to be trying to make Nazism happen about forty years early. |
| 390 | * RedRightHand: One of his front teeth is badly crooked, mirroring the nature of his twisted character. It's one of the first recognizable features shown close-up. |
| 391 | * SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:He kills his father, Sir Thomas Rotheram, by drowning him]] and his mother died in childbirth, though the latter obviously wasn't intentional. |
| 392 | * SerialKiller: He murders five young women in ritualistic human sacrifice. After his resurrection from the grave, he sets his sights on powerful politicians and others who impede his goals of domination. Sir Thomas says that death followed wherever he went. |
| 393 | * ShadowDictator: What Blackwood's endgame is, [[spoiler:as he masterminds assassinating Parliament and replacing the deceased with his own acolytes comprised of powerful politicians. Since they bow to his every whim, he'd be controlling Great Britain from the shadows with the country none the wiser]]. |
| 394 | * SwordCane: He carries one during the climax. |
| 395 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Certainly Great Britain, with the British Empire at the height of its power at the time. He also makes reference to extending his reach to the Americas, [[spoiler:though he may have only said this in order to incite Standish to ignite himself with his gun]]. |
| 396 | * UngratefulBastard: After [[spoiler:Holmes saves him from falling off Tower Bridge]], Blackwood [[spoiler:picks up a hatchet with clear intention to kill Holmes with it]]. |
| 397 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When his leg is snagged by debris and begins dragging him off the top of Tower Bridge, he loses it; frantically shouting for Holmes to cut him loose.]] |
| 398 | * VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:When Blackwood is about to fall off Tower Bridge, he's reduced to begging for Holmes to save him while the detective focuses instead on monologuing. Once Holmes actually saves him at the last minute, [[UngratefulBastard Blackwood returns to his usual demeanor and plans to attack Holmes behind his back]].]] |
| 399 | * WouldHitAGirl: He murdered five girls and was about to do the same to another one. He also hits Irene during the climatic fight on Tower Bridge. |
| 400 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He has [[spoiler:Luke Reordan]] murdered and placed in his coffin so that [[spoiler:the ginger midget [[HeKnowsTooMuch can't tell anyone]] about the scientific resources he prepared to give Blackwood's theatrics an image of magic]]. |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[folder:Luke Reordan]] |
| 404 | !!Luke Reordan |
| 405 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Oran Gurel |
| 406 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' |
| 407 | |
| 408 | A short man who's referred to as "the ginger midget" and who's found dead inside Lord Blackwood's coffin. Before dying, he was a scientist working for Blackwood. |
| 409 | ---- |
| 410 | * AnimalTesting: Reordan is shown in a flashback using several amphibians to test a [[spoiler:paralyzing mixture later used in Sir Thomas Rotheram's murder]]. In addition to that, both of his laboratories are filled with various animals that have been dissected and experimented upon, like rats. There are bones as well. |
| 411 | * BeardOfEvil: He's bearded and a willing participant in Blackwood's schemes. |
| 412 | * ClandestineChemist: He uses his scientific knowledge to create several compounds for Blackwood who uses them to [[spoiler:trick people into believing he has real magical powers]]. |
| 413 | * DepravedDwarf: Played with. Reordan was 4'10"[[note]]though his actor Oran Gurel is 5'5"[[/note]], but every time Watson calls him a dwarf, Holmes insists the correct term to be midget[[note]]At the time period, midget referred to a short person who's otherwise physically proportioned in a normal way.[[/note]]. As for the "depraved" part, Reordan is known to have been a drunk as well as an avid practitioner of {{animal testing}}, and he was working for the BigBad, but there isn't anything else known of his personality. |
| 414 | * EvilGenius: Reordan made Blackwood's magic tricks possible with his scientific experiments. Irene Adler's employer [[spoiler:Professor Moriarty]] is not wrong to call Reordan the key of Blackwood's plans. |
| 415 | * EvilRedhead: Reordan is repeatedly called "ginger midget" and his experiments are the key to Blackwood's plans. |
| 416 | * GogglesDoNothing: Averted. Reordan is shown wearing goggles during his experiments. |
| 417 | * MadScientistLaboratory: He had two of these that are visited following his death. One's in his apartment, and the other is in a slaughterhouse. In both places, the walls are adorned with writings and drawings that speak of experiments to combine sorcery with science as well as Reordan's connection with Blackwood. From the first one, Holmes finds most of the clues regarding Blackwood's [[spoiler:conjurer's tricks]]. The second one was where Reordan [[spoiler:created the poison for the mass murder attempt and was killed by Dredger]]. |
| 418 | * NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Killed by Dredger this way.]] |
| 419 | * PosthumousCharacter: He's introduced as a corpse, but his experiments are essential in unraveling Blackwood's "black magic". |
| 420 | * PsychoticSmirk: He has one in a flashback upon the pleasing results of the above-mentioned AnimalTesting of amphibians. |
| 421 | * ShootTheBuilder: TheSummation reveals that [[spoiler:Luke created the various chemical solutions that the villain uses to fake having supernatural powers throughout the movie, and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness was then killed.]]]] |
| 422 | * ToothyIssue: In addition to his short height and red hair, Reordan's identifiable from his lack of front teeth. |
| 423 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Reordan is killed by Dredger and placed in Blackwood's coffin following the Lord's mock execution, after which Blackwood utilises the resources the ginger midget provided him.]] |
| 424 | -->'''Holmes''': Whatever [Reardon] was working on, he clearly succeeded. |
| 425 | -->'''Watson''': How so? |
| 426 | -->'''Holmes''': Otherwise he'd still be alive. |
| 427 | [[/folder]] |
| 428 | |
| 429 | [[folder:Dredger]] |
| 430 | !!Dredger |
| 431 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_shdredger.png]] |
| 432 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Run, little rabbit, run."'' (French: Cours, petit lapin, cours.)]] |
| 433 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' [[Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}} Robert Maillet]] |
| 434 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' |
| 435 | |
| 436 | A large French thug working in the employ of Blackwood. |
| 437 | ---- |
| 438 | * AffablyEvil: He is very cordial with his adversaries and speaks as though he means them no ill will, merely business. |
| 439 | -->'''Holmes''': ''(in French)'' One moment, please. \ |
| 440 | '''Dredger''': ''(in French)'' I'm in no hurry. ''(And while he advances after saying so, he ''did'' let Holmes climb to his feet and speak.)'' |
| 441 | * BeardOfEvil: Has the longest beard of the first movie's antagonists and is the most dangerous to the heroes as a physical opponent. |
| 442 | * TheBrute: The largest and strongest of Blackwood's minions as well as the toughest physical opponent to the heroes. |
| 443 | * TheCoatsAreOff: In both of his encounters with Holmes, Dredger takes off his coat. While he's doing this the second time, Watson manages to temporarily trap him from behind. |
| 444 | * CombatPragmatist: Uses a hammer, a [[ThrowABarrelAtIt barrel]], a chain, and a [[NoKillLikeOverkill ship]] during his fight with Holmes at the shipyard. |
| 445 | * DeadpanSnarker: When Irene Adler wastes her ammo on Dredger and manages only to [[HatDamage put a hole through his hat]], Dredger asks "Did you... miss me?" |
| 446 | * EliteMook: Despite his position as TheBrute, he's in the know about, and instrumental in, the setting of some parts of Blackwood's plan. Cases in point, [[spoiler: killing EvilGenius Reordan to make sure he won't break TheMasquerade]], [[spoiler:paying off a cop to pretend to be possessed just so Blackwood could speak with Holmes]], and more strikingly, [[spoiler: planting ambassador Standish's rigged gun. Notable in that despite being virtually impossible to miss, he managed to do it stealthily anyway]]. |
| 447 | * EloquentInMyNativeTongue: We don't hear much English from him, but his subtitled French is surprisingly polite and flowery. |
| 448 | * EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Dredger isn't that sophisticated a conversationalist, but he speaks solely French, so his words, combined with [[EvilSoundsDeep his deep voice]], give him a specific air of refined intimidation. |
| 449 | ** [[KeepItForeign Italian]] is used in the French dub to keep the same feeling. |
| 450 | * EvilIsBigger: Dredger stands well over a foot taller than Sherlock. |
| 451 | * EvilSoundsDeep: The behemoth of a French criminal has a deep voice. |
| 452 | * GiantMook: Stands about 6'11" and can take a hammer being thrown at his chest without flinching. |
| 453 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: The left side of Dredger's face has a scarring that accentuates his face of a thug. |
| 454 | * HatDamage: Adler puts a bullet through Dredger's bowler hat in the climax. |
| 455 | * ImplacableMan: Hounds Sherlock and Watson through the movie. |
| 456 | * TheJuggernaut: Played with. He doesn't shrug off everything Holmes and Watson throw at him, but he does it often enough that they have to resort to CombatPragmatist tactics in place of straightforward strength (and Dredger can play CombatPragmatist just as well as they can if the shipyard fight is any indication). |
| 457 | * KeepItForeign: He speaks Italian in the French dub (at least in the one for France). Italian has for the French people the same feel of refinement and charm their own tongue has for English-speakers. Plus it has the benefit of being easy to sync, as the two tongues are related. |
| 458 | * LightningBruiser: He's strong, resilient, and can run faster than Holmes. It takes Dredger being forced to stop and open a pair of sliding doors with his bare hands for Holmes to catch up. |
| 459 | * MadeOfIron: Takes ''three'' electrical shocks to the chest and gets up after each one (and after the third one he even manages to grab and destroy the thing that was shocking him). |
| 460 | * ManlyFacialHair: He has both the strength and facial hair you'd expect out of a 19th-century strongman. |
| 461 | * NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: After Sherlock dodges his first two blows, Dredger grins. Later in the fight he allows Sherlock to get to his feet instead of rushing in to finish him off, so Sherlock can continue fighting. |
| 462 | * NoKillLikeOverkill: Seriously, using a '''big unlaunched ship''' to try and get rid of/kill two men not even physically on par with you? Logically, this ends up making massive damage to the shipyard, besides destruction the ship herself. |
| 463 | * NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: In the first fight, Holmes briefly drives him down to a knee by clubbing his leg. And in the second - he (just like anyone else) goes down hard from a GroinAttack via sledgehammer, Holmes breaks his arm via submission hold, and Watson finally chokes him out via necktie. |
| 464 | * SlasherSmile: He sports a nasty grin in the flashback that shows him [[spoiler:killing Reordan]]. |
| 465 | * TwoFaced: The left side of his face is noticeably scarred. |
| 466 | * UncertainDoom: It's left unclear whether Watson's choke hold kills or merely incapacitates him. |
| 467 | * {{Woolseyism}}: In the French dub, to make his name more menacing, when his colleagues call him inm, it sounds much more raspy and rough than "Dredger", more akin to "Kratcheurr" (it's not so unusual: Dath Vader's French name is "Dark Vador"). The credits still call him Dredger, though. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Lord Coward]] |
| 471 | !!Lord Coward |
| 472 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmeslordcoward.png]] |
| 473 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:''"It's a shame you made an enemy out of Blackwood, Holmes. You would've made a valuable ally."'']] |
| 474 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Hans Matheson |
| 475 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' |
| 476 | |
| 477 | ->''"How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise."'' |
| 478 | |
| 479 | A British Parliamentary member who reaches out to Holmes in order to track down Lord Blackwood. In actuality, though, he is Blackwood's closest advocate and is simply putting the pieces in place in order to bring about Blackwood's new world order. |
| 480 | ---- |
| 481 | * ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:First appears in the opening scene as a hooded man standing in the shadows during Blackwood's ritual, then leaves as Holmes and Watson attack Blackwood's men.]] |
| 482 | * DirtyCoward: The word "coward" is a part of his name. |
| 483 | * TheDragon: To Blackwood, as well as being his main connection to the British Parliament. In his public job as Home Secretary, he holds authority over the police, and uses them in the second half of the film to turn Holmes into a fugitive. |
| 484 | * JustBetweenYouAndMe: Played with. He tells Holmes nothing of substance when they meet other than Blackwood's plan will commence at noon. However, seeing him has allowed Holmes to SherlockScan him and figure out where Blackwood's next device has been prepared. The two even lampshade this. |
| 485 | -->'''Holmes:''' I just simply wanted to know the location of Blackwood’s final ceremony. And now you've given it to me. \ |
| 486 | '''Coward:''' I've told you nothing. \ |
| 487 | '''Holmes:''' But your clothes say infinitely more than you could ever hope. |
| 488 | * MeaningfulName: With a name like "coward" they might as well have called Lord Blackwood Lord {{Jerkass}}. |
| 489 | * ObviouslyEvil: Maybe someone wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, but ''c'mon'', Lord ''Coward''? |
| 490 | * SmugSnake: He seems to spend most of the movie doing little more than standing around looking rather smug; he does attempt to avert WhyDontYouJustShootHim, but fails miserably. |
| 491 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He believes in the need for strong shepherds who can govern weak masses, and sides with Blackwood out of respect for his authority. |
| 492 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He isn't seen after Blackwood flees Parliament, and is presumably captured and arrested]]. |
| 493 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He tries to avert it; when Holmes is brought to his office in handcuffs, Coward dismisses the officers that brought Holmes, then goes to his desk to get a gun and begins loading it, then locks every door in his office to force Holmes towards the window. His failure was letting Holmes wander the room while he prepared, letting Holmes create a literal smokescreen and escape. |
| 494 | * YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Inverted. When Holmes reveals to Coward that he has figured out the location of Blackwood's weapon of mass murder and gotten himself free of the handcuffs while being concealed by smoke, Coward begrudgingly says that Holmes would have been a valuable ally to Blackwood had Holmes not made himself the Lord's enemy. |
| 495 | [[/folder]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | [[folder:Professor James Moriarty]] |
| 498 | !!Professor James Moriarty |
| 499 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherlockholmesmoriarty2.png]] |
| 500 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"You really think you're the only one who can play this game?"'']] |
| 501 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JaredHarris |
| 502 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'' [[note]][[TheFaceless Only in shadow]][[/note]] | ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 503 | |
| 504 | ->''"The laws of celestial mechanics dictate that when two objects collide, there is always damage, of a collateral nature."'' |
| 505 | |
| 506 | A mathematics professor at the University of Cambridge and a man of high regard in the global political community. Despite his accolade, he conceals a more sinister side that even Sherlock Holmes is wary of... |
| 507 | ---- |
| 508 | * AbstractApotheosis: He chides Holmes for expending such energy trying to take him down, when there are a hundred other warmongers hiding in the woodwork -- so what's the fuss? |
| 509 | -->"You're not fighting ''me''... so much as you are the human condition." |
| 510 | * AdaptationalBadass: |
| 511 | ** Unlike Holmes or Watson, Moriarty wasn't noted to be a man of action in Doyle's books. Here, he was a boxing champion during his studies at Cambridge, and Holmes concedes that he's physically no match for Moriarty, at least not with the shoulder injury he picked up, whereas in the books it is implied that Holmes outfought Moriarty fairly easily. |
| 512 | ** In Doyle's original version, Moriarty was more or less blackballed following a scandal at his university. He was "compelled" to relocate to London, where he held a job as an army coach (a sort of private tutor) despite his obvious mathematical brilliance. In the film, however, not only is Moriarty at the height of his academic prestige, he's an advisor to nations as well. |
| 513 | ** Heck, even his credentials have seen an upgrade. Classic Holmes mentioned Moriarty's former base of operations being one of England's "smaller" schools, possibly Leeds. Now it's Cambridge. |
| 514 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Moriarty was a bad guy in the books too, but he never plotted to start wars, and his better qualities were [[AffablyEvil far more genuine]]. |
| 515 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In the finale, Moriarty demonstrates that he has the same AwesomenessByAnalysis as Holmes, ''and stays one step ahead''. |
| 516 | -->''Come now...you really think you are the'' '''''only''''' ''one who can play this game?'' |
| 517 | * ArmsDealer: He's secretly taken control of most of the industries across Europe that profit from war, "everything from bullets to bandages" as Holmes puts it. As since he controls the supply, his EvilPlan is to create demand... |
| 518 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: He's a ''scarily perfect'' match for Holmes in that regard. |
| 519 | * BadassBookworm: Of the pure evil kind. |
| 520 | * BadassTeacher: A professor at Cambridge, with a boxing background. |
| 521 | * BeardOfEvil: Undeniably evil, with a full, thick beard. |
| 522 | * BerserkButton: ''Don't'' question this nutcase's sanity. Or simply don't spoil his plans. |
| 523 | * BigBad: The villain of ''A Game of Shadows''. |
| 524 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Manages to keep up the facade of a gentlemanly scholar and intellectual, but Holmes knows that he's a deadly criminal mastermind and quickly learns that he's certainly no gentleman. |
| 525 | * BoxingBattler: Relies on straightforward boxing techniques when fighting, in comparison to Holmes' modified Bartitsu fighting style. |
| 526 | * CardCarryingVillain: Moriarty is under zero illusions about his evil nature and never pretends he's anything but a sociopathic monster trying to start a world war solely for his own benefit and who regards human life with utter disinterest. |
| 527 | * TheChessmaster: He's an extraordinarily skilled planner who is always ten steps ahead of everyone and even Holmes struggles to keep up with him. |
| 528 | * CleanFoodPoisonedFork: Implied to have killed [[spoiler:Irene Adler]] by applying poison to her tea strainer. |
| 529 | * CombatPragmatist: In their final confrontation, his strategy is very simple: [[spoiler:he brutally and repeatedly attacks Holmes' wounded shoulder.]] |
| 530 | * ComplexityAddiction: In his schemes, which is his downfall. In combat, however, [[CombatPragmatist he tends to play it much more simply]]. |
| 531 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: His use of the VillainWithGoodPublicity trope and preference for low profile manipulation contrast him with Blackwood, who intentionally uses the ObviouslyEvil trope to turn himself into TheDreaded. |
| 532 | * CopKiller: Late in the first film, he guns down a cop in the sewers and steals a part of the cyanide machine. |
| 533 | * CrazyPrepared: Suppose he sends you one of his bombs. Were you quick enough to prevent its explosion? Too bad! He had a failsafe mechanism that would set it off just the same. And assuming you survive even ''that'', he's almost certainly placed Moran nearby to hit you with a poison dart. The Professor doesn't leave much to chance. |
| 534 | * CruelMercy: |
| 535 | ** Having a sort of twisted grudge/respect towards Holmes; instead of simply killing him, he targets his friends and allies, most likely with the hope of breaking him. |
| 536 | ** Before their "game" begins in earnest, Moriarty implies that he's willing to let Holmes live so long as he gives up any further investigations into his criminal empire. Of course he does this right after revealing that he had Irene Adler murdered... |
| 537 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: Moriarty is already a rich genius and can invest in the capital which will be used to fuel the next war without killing off the existing management. By his own admission, he doesn't even need to go about having people killed to make the war happen sooner. He's already loaded and has the power to advise the British government itself. He could have legitimately gained everything he covets without committing a single crime. He just finds doing so illegally far more thrilling. |
| 538 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Jared Harris is one of the evilest and creepiest versions of Moriarty in fiction. |
| 539 | * DiabolicalMastermind: Of the first World War. He also demonstrates an almost supernatural control over the inner workings of London. |
| 540 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: [[NeverFoundTheBody Perhaps.]]]] |
| 541 | * TheDreaded: He is feared by the criminal underworld and many influential politicians and businessmen all over Europe. Even Sherlock Holmes gets terrified when he has a first-hand look at his plans for causing a war that is capable of engulfing all of Europe. |
| 542 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: |
| 543 | ** During his final confrontation with Holmes, the one aspect of the encounter he fails to take into account is [[spoiler:Holmes' willingness to perform a HeroicSacrifice, [[TakingYouWithMe if it means that Moriarty will die with him.]] Even though Holmes ''explicitly'' told Moriarty at Cambridge.]] |
| 544 | ** He also seems confused about why Holmes would bother to stop him from starting [[spoiler: World War I]], since it would happen with or without his criminal enterprise. What he doesn't get is that, in addition to stopping a war being a worthwhile endeavour for its own sake, Holmes just wants to make sure he can't profit off it. |
| 545 | * EvilCounterpart: To Holmes himself. It's even mentioned in the first by movie by Adler, as she explains that Moriarty is just as brilliant as Holmes but infinitely more devious. |
| 546 | * EvilGenius: A renowned mathematician and astrophysicist who has little regard for human life and plots crimes and murders the way other guys do crossword puzzles. |
| 547 | * EvilTeacher: Although not towards his students - in fact [[PetTheDog he's shown to be quite kindly towards them.]] However when he's not teaching, he soon reveals the sociopathic monster inside. |
| 548 | * TheFaceless: In the first movie he is only seen from behind or in shadow, to preserve his mystery as a SequelHook. |
| 549 | * FailedASpotCheck: Ultimately [[spoiler:ruined because he keeps a gardening book without bothering to actually care for his flowers, which clues Holmes in immediately that the book is actually a cover for something else.]] |
| 550 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's quite polite, he's also a sociopathic mastermind who was planning [[spoiler: and actually set up the conditions for World War I to happen.]] |
| 551 | * ForTheEvulz: You can see a look of pure fiendish glee when he tortures Holmes on meat hooks. |
| 552 | * GeniusBruiser: He's a world-renowned Mathematics professor at Cambridge and was the university's boxing champion in his youth and is still very formidable in middle age. |
| 553 | * GreaterScopeVillain: For the first film. He's the brains behind most of Irene's actions (specifically finding one of Blackwood's henchmen), but takes a more direct stance in the second movie, [[spoiler: after disposing of her and]] focusing his plans directly on Holmes. |
| 554 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:After killing Irene]]. Every time he runs into one of the main cast, he either kills or horribly injures someone. |
| 555 | * HiddenInPlainSight: He hides the codebook for his financial records [[spoiler:out in the open on the drawing board in his office, which would have gone completely unnoticed by anyone had it not been for Holmes detecting a discrepancy between what the book is supposed to be about (horticulture) and Moriarty's complete lack of skill in it.]] |
| 556 | * IKnowKarate: Moriarty reveals he knows some Bartitsu as well aside from his boxing expertise. This allows him to turn the tide of the fight to his favor by armlocking [[spoiler:Holmes's injured shoulder]] and hitting it. |
| 557 | %%* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Maybe]] |
| 558 | * KnightOfCerebus: Moriarty is on the same level of Blackwood, or maybe even worse. |
| 559 | * LackOfEmpathy: Holmes quickly writes him off as "morally insane", a neurological term of the day. Basically, his mind is sound, his methods totally insane. It definitely comes across in his complete disinterest in the millions that will die because of his plans. |
| 560 | * LightningBruiser: Seriously, witness his fight against Holmes. The man moves like a bullet. |
| 561 | * LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: He wears a soft, contented smile while [[spoiler: dangling Holmes from the ceiling on a meathook, and even sets up a speaker system to broadcast the sounds throughout his factory.]] |
| 562 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Moriarty orchestrated the theft of Blackwood's radio wave device, which he likely puts to use with his bombs. |
| 563 | * ManipulativeBastard: To put it mildly. He's pulled the strings of multiple governments, criminal groups, industrialists and law enforcement all to achieve his goals of starting a war for his own benefit. |
| 564 | %%* MirrorCharacter: To Sherlock Holmes himself. |
| 565 | %%* MysteriousEmployer: Was this to Adler in the first film. |
| 566 | %%* {{Narcissist}} |
| 567 | * NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:He goes over the falls with Holmes and is presumed dead, but then again, ''Holmes'' survived...]] |
| 568 | %%* NightmareFuelStationAttendant |
| 569 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: After Holmes reveals that he's utterly ruined his organization, the final battle is waged... in his imagination. Holmes thinks he can just paste this nerd in the jaw and be done with it, but Moriarty instantly recovers and clamps on Holmes' bad arm like a cobra. It's downhill from there. |
| 570 | * NoSell: Sherlock's fight analysis/planning is useless against him because Moriarty can think as fast and fight even faster. They both conclude in their {{Sherlock Scan}}s that Moriarty would tear Holmes a new one (in part due to Holmes' injury). |
| 571 | * NothingUpMySleeve: Has a small gun with specialized ammunition hidden in his sleeve in the first film, used once to scare away a disguised Holmes, the second to kill a police officer. This firearm, despite [[SmallRoleBigImpact helping put Holmes back on the case of Moriarty after some inspectors find the officer's dead body]], [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse doesn't show up at all in the second movie]]. |
| 572 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Moriarty tries to potray his motivations as an AbstractApotheosis that Holmes can never stop... but Holmes isn't ''trying'' to stop such an abstract eventuality, just Moriarty. [[spoiler:Moriarty gets dragged back down to Earth when Holmes' machinations see all of the Professor's ill-gotten war profiteering funds confiscated, and he is [[TranquilFury coldly furious]] over it. When Holmes enacts his (believed-to-be) HeroicSacrifice to dispose of Moriary himself, the latter is [[VillainousBreakdown screaming in impotent rage]] as the two tumble down the Reichenbach Falls.]] |
| 573 | * OhCrap: His expression when [[spoiler:Holmes tackles him into the waterfall below. He just can't ''believe'' this gumshoe has beaten him in a matter of weeks.]] |
| 574 | * PsychoticSmirk: Can't suppress one when he confirms his plans to kill Watson. Also has one after his and Holmes' game of blitz chess, milliseconds before attempting to brutally beat his opponent. |
| 575 | * RevengeByProxy: Plans on killing Watson and Mary even though they were not going to be part of Holmes' investigations. See the character quote above. |
| 576 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: War with Germany is inevitable - that's why the British government will always come to Moriarty's aid in the end. They need arms dealers like him. |
| 577 | * SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: After the first film had CanonForeigner Lord Blackwood as the BigBad, Holmes' ArchEnemy from the novels takes center stage in the sequel. |
| 578 | * SlasherSmile: He often has a small grin on his face, usually while plotting something extraordinarily evil. |
| 579 | * TheSociopath: Leading to Holmes referring to him as "morally insane", a contemporary term for this trope. |
| 580 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Rarely raises his voice above "polite chat" level, not even after he's eventually thwarted. It just makes him even more frightening. |
| 581 | * SoreLoser: How does Moriarty react to Holmes completely checkmating him? He threatens to kill Holmes and then find a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath creative ending]] for the [[AndYourLittleDogToo Dr. and Mrs. Watson]]. [[DissonantSerenity Though he's very cordial as he says it.]] |
| 582 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Part of his redesign from the first movie, where he was [[TheFaceless an ominous, shadowy figure]]. When you see him in the sequel, he's obscured by the shadows of some blinds. But he pulls them back to look at [[spoiler:Irene]] face to face, and we are introduced to... an ordinary man. An ordinary Moriarty who manipulates, tortures, and kills untold numbers of people without a second thought. |
| 583 | * TranquilFury: Sherlock didn't foresee this, and as such had no real advantage over Moriarty in their fight. |
| 584 | * TunelessSongOfMadness: Thoroughly demonstrates his psychopathy by singing along with Schubert's ''Die Forelle'' just before torturing Sherlock. |
| 585 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: As much as Moriarty likes to think of Holmes as a WorthyOpponent, he still clearly considers himself his superior. It's for this reason that he invites Holmes into his own office, where he keeps one of his most valuable assets, confident that there's no way Holmes would be able to detect it. [[spoiler:He's proven dead wrong as Holmes casually detects it within seconds and uses it to dismantle his empire right under his nose.]] |
| 586 | * UnskilledButStrong: Subverted because [[spoiler:his (hypothetical) fisticuffs are little more than haymakers, Holmes describes them as "feral, but experienced". They are only only "feral" because he is so consumed with rage over Holmes foiling his plans. In the pre-fight planning stage, he's still Holmes' intellectual peer, and could readily counter a number of Homes' moves with dirty fighting. It was to the point where the only way Holmes could imagine defeating him was via a HeroicSacrifice that involves dragging the both of them off to plummet to their collective doom]]. |
| 587 | * VillainousBreakdown: An extremely subtle one, more to do with his actions than any expression or anger. His rage is restrained, but he makes the decision to go all-out on Holmes. And then that goes out the window after [[spoiler: Holmes pulls off his TakingYouWithMe HeroicSacrifice. His facial expression as he plummets to his death is of impotent rage.]] |
| 588 | * VillainousFriendship: Type One with Colonel Moran. |
| 589 | * VillainsOutShopping: He takes time out of his villainous schemes to feed the pigeons and attend a performance of Theatre/DonGiovanni. |
| 590 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: To everyone except Holmes and his allies, Moriarty is a kindly and respected professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, and a personal friend to the Prime Minister. The British government even invite him to the peace summit, not realising that it's Moriarty's fault France and Germany are at each other's throats in the first place. |
| 591 | * VisionaryVillain: Moriarty foresaw the rise of the war economy, and is angling to occupy the ground floor. |
| 592 | * WarForFunAndProfit: Utilizing a variety of shell companies, the Professor is arming France and Germany for the war to end all wars. He's also buying bandages to patch everyone up (at considerable cost, no doubt), so Moriarty is going to profit one way or another. [[spoiler:...At least until Sherlock pilfers both his personal ledger on the whole thing as well as the crypto-key for it, and has agents [[InvoluntaryCharityDonation seize all of it]].]] |
| 593 | * WickedCultured: Has an appreciation of Opera, particularly the work of Schubert, which he sings during the torture scene. Also, attending ''Don Giovanni'' right before the Meinhart shooting. |
| 594 | * WorthyOpponent: Holmes admits respect but can barely hide the sheer hatred he feels towards him. In turn, Moriarty is grudgingly impressed by Holmes. |
| 595 | * WouldHitAGirl: He murdered [[spoiler:Irene]] and threatened to harm Mrs. Watson. |
| 596 | * YouCannotKillAnIdea: He barely bats an eyelash when Holmes derails his plans, because the framework he put in place still exists. War ''will'' come, and it will become a business. |
| 597 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To the point where it's odd that anyone agrees to work with him. You have to wonder what Moran's pension plan is. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Colonel Sebastian Moran]] |
| 601 | !!Colonel Sebastian Moran |
| 602 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sebastian-moran_4346.jpg]] |
| 603 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PaulAnderson |
| 604 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' |
| 605 | |
| 606 | An ex-military sniper of great renown for his impeccable aim. Veteran of the same war (Afghanistan) that John Watson served in. Following a dishonorable discharge, he became a hired assassin. |
| 607 | ---- |
| 608 | * AgeLift: In the books, Moran was in his early fifties when Holmes disappeared. Paul Anderson was 33 when he played Moran. |
| 609 | * BadBoss: Shoots one of his own men to get a clear shot at Watson whilst sarcastically "warning" the man to back away far out of earshot. Then later, when Sherlock and company attempt to make an escape, he tells the commander of several mooks that if he fails to kill or capture them, [[YouHaveFailedMe he'll be killed for his failure]]. |
| 610 | * BeardOfEvil: His looks a lot like Moriarty's, if a little thicker and neater, which alludes to his more disciplined, militaristic form of evil. |
| 611 | * CaneFu: Moran has an unorthodox example; instead of being used as a blunt weapon, Moran's cane conceals a poison dart gun. |
| 612 | * ColdSniper: Moran uses both a poison dart gun concealed in a walking cane, and a good sniper's rifle. |
| 613 | * ColonelBadass: He's one when shouting orders to the German soldiers in the train yard during the Heilbronn shootout. |
| 614 | * TheDragon: To Moriarty. |
| 615 | * EvilCounterpart: To Watson. Both are the right hand men behind Holmes (Watson) and Moriarty (Moran) and use a [[CaneFu cane]] as a weapon, and were part of an army. However, while Watson is a good-hearted hero, Moran is dangerous killer. |
| 616 | * HeroKiller: Watson describes him as the best marksman in the British Army. He is responsible for the deaths of Hoffmanstahl, Meinhard, Andrzej, Marko and Rene and almost kills Watson twice. |
| 617 | * HypercompetentSidekick: Is on the scene of Moriarty's crimes to make sure no loose ends are left. And also arranges the Professor's travel plans, always careful to schedule enough time for him to indulge his habit of feeding the pigeons. |
| 618 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Seems rather outraged when Watson resorts to using a [[spoiler: cannon]] to try and kill him... despite the fact that he was trying to do much the same: shooting a man from long-range without any chance of his target effectively fighting back. |
| 619 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: He can hit a target at a 650 yards range with a 7-8mph wind, a feat which Watson claims could only have been reliably pulled off by about half a dozen men in Europe. He proves pretty good on the fly, too, taking a crack shot at Watson with a rifle he scooped up while ''running'' and missing by only the slightest degree, and later shooting a Gypsy from a fair distance while suffering from a bullet wound himself. |
| 620 | * KarmaHoudini: Outside of [[spoiler:losing his employer]], Moran gets off pretty good and is never arrested or brought to justice at all. |
| 621 | ** Of course given his fate in the original stories' ''Adventure of the Empty House'', it's likely he'll [[SequelHook face justice eventually...]] |
| 622 | * KickTheDog: He shoots a random German soldier who happened to be standing in front of Watson, sarcastically "warning" him to move while lining up his shot. |
| 623 | -->'''Moran''': You were warned. |
| 624 | * MadeOfIron: Takes a shot to the gut from Watson during the forest chase and manages to gun down Marko as the gypsy boards the train. Moran is seen perfectly fine about a week later. |
| 625 | * OhCrap: Has one when he realizes that [[spoiler: Watson is pointing a cannon at him.]] |
| 626 | -->'''Moran''': That's not fair! |
| 627 | %%* ProfessionalKiller |
| 628 | * PsychoForHire: Subverted in that his boss is probably ''more'' of a psycho, but his behavior in the factory proves Moran is a little too gung-ho about killing his marks. |
| 629 | * SociopathicSoldier: Former war hero in Afghanistan, now personal assassin for the Napoleon of Crime. |
| 630 | * StealthHiBye: Does this to Holmes when he kills Hoffmanstahl. |
| 631 | * TheDeterminator: The Heilbronn shootout. |
| 632 | * UndyingLoyalty: Runs into a collapsed building to ensure Moriarty is alright, and after ensuring he is, goes out for Holmes' and Watson's blood. |
| 633 | * VillainExitStageLeft: After killing Rene. |
| 634 | * VillainousFriendship: With Moriarty. |
| 635 | * WickedCultured: At the Paris book signing, when Moriarty informs Moran that he won't need his opera ticket, Moran says, "It's a shame, professor. I was looking forward to ''Theatre/DonGiovanni''." |
| 636 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Shoots Rene with a poisoned dart when the latter fails to kill the German ambassador. |
| 637 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Throughout the film, it's his job to kill those who are no longer useful to Moriarty, such as Dr. Hoffmanstahl, Alfred Meinhard, and Rene Heron. |
| 638 | [[/folder]] |
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