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* ForWantOfANail: Quincy P. Morris still dies taking down Dracula.

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* ForWantOfANail: InSpiteOfANail: Quincy P. Morris still dies taking down Dracula.



* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Dracula has long white hair and is a cruel monster.

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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Dracula has long white hair and is a cruel monster.monster.
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* TankGoodness: World War One-era British tanks make an anachronistic appearance in the British Army's arsenal in combatting the undead when they are dispatched to save Holmes, Watson and Mrs. Hudson.

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* TankGoodness: World War One-era British tanks make an anachronistic appearance in the British Army's arsenal in combatting the undead when they are dispatched to save Holmes, Watson and Mrs. Hudson. It is later revealed by Prime Minister Bellinger that the tanks, along with the other technological military advancements, were made in response to fears that the European nations were planning to weaponize the undead virus.

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* TheVirus: The zombie plague created from water contaminated by a fragment of a radioactive comet

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* TheVirus: The zombie plague created from water contaminated by a fragment of a radioactive comet
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* YoureInsane: Moran, who is not on board with Moriarty's real plans, calls out on Moriarty being insane.
-->'''Moran:''' You're insane!
-->'''Moriarty:''' I am a reanimated corpse with a barely reined craving for human flesh--and only now you question my sanity?!

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* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: The British military that contained and purged the 1854 zombie outbreak used medieval era plate armour and melee weapons to combat the undead.



* GovernmentConspiracy: The British government covered up the 1854 zombie outbreak as a cholera outbreak. They once again cover up the second outbreak caused by Moriarty. Holmes and Watson are obligated to not speak of this to the public much to the latter's disappointment.

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* GovernmentConspiracy: The British government covered up the 1854 zombie outbreak as a cholera outbreak. Even Dr. John Snow kept his silence in exchange for the government supporting an extensive sanitation program. They once again cover up the second outbreak caused by Moriarty. Holmes and Watson are obligated to not speak of this to the public much to the latter's disappointment.

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This was followed by a oneshot, ''Victorian Undead Special: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jekyll/Hyde'' set in the aftermath of the first series, featuring Holmes and Watson dealing with the strange case of Dr. Jekyll.

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This was followed by a oneshot, ''Victorian Undead Special: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jekyll/Hyde'' set in the aftermath of the first series, featuring Holmes and Watson dealing with the strange case of [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll.
Jekyll]].



* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The Broad street cholera outbreak was actually a zombie plague and Dr. John Snow and Reverend Henry Whitehead worked to contain it and cover up the truth.

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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The Broad street Street cholera outbreak was actually a zombie plague and Dr. John Snow and Reverend Henry Whitehead worked to contain it and cover up the truth.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Dr. John Snow and the Reverend Henry Whitehead

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* GovernmentConspiracy: The British government covered up the 1854 zombie outbreak as a cholera outbreak. They once again cover up the second outbreak caused by Moriarty. Holmes and Watson are obligated to not speak of this to the public much to the latter's disappointment.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Dr. John Snow and the Reverend Henry Whitehead were involved in combatting a zombie outbreak in 1854 London.



* TheNecrocracy: Moriary plans to turn all England into shambling monsters with himself as emperor.

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* TheNecrocracy: Moriary Moriarty plans to turn all England into shambling monsters with himself as emperor.



* VillainsDyingGrace: Moran infected by the plague spends his last rational moments passing on information to Holmes.

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* TankGoodness: World War One-era British tanks make an anachronistic appearance in the British Army's arsenal in combatting the undead when they are dispatched to save Holmes, Watson and Mrs. Hudson.
* VillainsDyingGrace: Moran is infected by the plague and spends his last rational moments passing on information to Holmes.



* BittersweetEnding: Dracula is dead and the Queen safe, but only Van Helsing and Harker remain of their party. Lucy is still at large and as Holmes bitterly notes this event will only encourage the weaponization of the supernatural.

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* BittersweetEnding: Dracula is dead and the Queen safe, but only Van Helsing and Harker remain of their party. Lucy is still at large and as large. Holmes bitterly notes this event will only encourage the weaponization of the supernatural.supernatural.
* BodyDouble: Queen Victoria hired an actress to pose as her body double when Dracula gained access to Buckingham Palace. The Queen didn't get turned or killed, but unfortunately her double didn't survived.



* DrivenToSuicide: Mina kills herself after Dracula turns her.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Mina kills herself by exposing herself to the sun after Dracula turns her.



TranshumanTreachery: Lucy Westerna. In each confrontation with the protagonists, she goes on and on to the protagonists how she likes the power that being a vampire has given her. Though she reveals she's not very loyal to Dracula either, [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere leaving in the middle of the conflict with her newfound power rather than be killed]]. Notably, in a reversal of the novel, she's not killed either and still at large in London to spread vampirism at her own pace

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* TranshumanTreachery: Lucy Westerna. In each confrontation with the protagonists, she goes on and on to the protagonists how she likes the power that being a vampire has given her. Though she reveals she's not very loyal to Dracula either, [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere leaving in the middle of the conflict with her newfound power rather than be killed]]. Notably, in a reversal of the novel, she's not killed either and still at large in London to spread vampirism at her own pace

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* TheNecrocracy: Moriary plans to turn all England into shambling monster with himself as emperor.

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* NotUsingTheZWord: Due to the setting the zombies are referred to as "revenants".
* TheNecrocracy: Moriary plans to turn all England into shambling monster monsters with himself as emperor.emperor.
* SequelHook: Moriarty's survived as a head with a new lab and a zombie Moran.



* AbortedArc: The plot thread of Moriarty's survival is left hanging, aside from a brief mention that the last of Moriarty's revenants were destroyed offscreen.



* AlternateContinuity: To the novel. Here Arthur Holmwood was an agent of the Diogenes Club who sought out Dracula as part of British

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* AlternateContinuity: To the novel. Here Arthur Holmwood was an agent of the Diogenes Club who sought out Dracula as part of Britishthe British effort to find supernatural weapons in the wake of the revenant attack.



* {{Dracula}}: The main villain.

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* {{Dracula}}: The main villain.villain and Vlad Tepes himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: Mina kills herself after Dracula turns her.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Dr. Seward is unceremoniously dragged off when the group is ambushed by Lucy and Dracula's brides.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Arthur Holmwood does not get it and get drained by Lucy.



* KarmaHoudini: Lucy escapes and is still at large by the story's end.



* MythologyGag: Harker, Morris, Seward, and Holmwood are drawn to resemble their actors in ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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Harker, Morris, Seward, and Holmwood are drawn to resemble their actors in ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.''Film/BramStokersDracula''.
** Dracula's plan to usurp the throne of Britain and Arthur Holmwood's AdaptationalVillainy allude to ''Literature/AnnoDracula''.



** Dracula's plan to usurp the throne of Britain and Arthur Holmwood's AdaptationalVillainy allude to ''Literature/AnnoDracula''.



* WeUsedToBeFriends: Holmwood was this to Seward and Morris before he betrayed them.

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TranshumanTreachery: Lucy Westerna. In each confrontation with the protagonists, she goes on and on to the protagonists how she likes the power that being a vampire has given her. Though she reveals she's not very loyal to Dracula either, [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere leaving in the middle of the conflict with her newfound power rather than be killed]]. Notably, in a reversal of the novel, she's not killed either and still at large in London to spread vampirism at her own pace
-->'''Lucy:''' ''[after Helsing offers her "peace" in exchange to know Dracula's whereabouts]'' Peace? Do you imagine I am in pain, professor? A tortured soul? Look at me, I'm magnificent! In my warm life, all that expected of pretty little Lucy was to marry well and become a broodmare. Squatting out children and dancing to my husband's whims and fancies. Now I am so much more, I had to die to become fulfilled. I am stronger than all of you, faster,--the things I can see and hear--I am extraordinary!
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Holmwood was this to Seward and Morris before he betrayed them.them.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Dracula has long white hair and is a cruel monster.

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* BackfromTheDead: James Moriarty returns after

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* BackfromTheDead: Prof. James Moriarty returns afterafter Reichenbach. Here he was mortally crippled and only survived by injecting himself with the revenant formula he developed, allowing him to retain his mind.


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* TheNecrocracy: Moriary plans to turn all England into shambling monster with himself as emperor.


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* VillainsDyingGrace: Moran infected by the plague spends his last rational moments passing on information to Holmes.

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* BackfromTheDead: James Moriarty returns after



* MrExposition: Mycroft explains the history of the revenant plague.



* AdaptationalVillainy: Arthur Holmwood betrays his friends to side with Dracula, and before that was responsible for bring Dracula to England.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Arthur Holmwood betrays his friends to side with Dracula, and before that was responsible for bring bringing Dracula to England.England.
* AlasPoorVillain: Despite his betrayal, Morris and Seward still mourn Holmwood when they find his body.
* AlternateContinuity: To the novel. Here Arthur Holmwood was an agent of the Diogenes Club who sought out Dracula as part of British



* ForWantOfANail: Quincy P. Morris still dies taking down Dracula.
* KickTheDog: Lucy mocks Mina for being a fool in not embracing vampirism.



* ShoutOut: Holmes quotes Dr. Pretorius' lines "here's to a new world of gods and monsters" from ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein.''

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* ShoutOut: MythologyGag: Harker, Morris, Seward, and Holmwood are drawn to resemble their actors in ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.
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** Dracula's plan to usurp the throne of Britain and Arthur Holmwood's AdaptationalVillainy allude to ''Literature/AnnoDracula''.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Holmwood was this to Seward and Morris before he betrayed them.
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[[caption-width-right:325: Once you have eliminated the impossible, what remains however improbable must be the truth]]
''Victorian Undead'' is a comic series by written by Ian Edginton, with art by Davide Fabbri that sees Literature/SherlockHolmes battling a number of supernatural threats in Victorian London.

The first six issue series ''Victorian Undead:Sherlock Holmes vs Zombies'' pits Holmes and Watson against a Zombie plague that threatens London while dealing with the return of an old adversary.

This was followed by a oneshot, ''Victorian Undead Special: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jekyll/Hyde'' set in the aftermath of the first series, featuring Holmes and Watson dealing with the strange case of Dr. Jekyll.

A second series ''Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula'' would pit the detective against the good count after the [[Literature/{{Dracula}} novel's events]] go off the rails.


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!!Tropes from Sherlock Holmes vs Zombies
* AgeLift: Watson is older than Holmes as in many adaptations.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The Broad street cholera outbreak was actually a zombie plague and Dr. John Snow and Reverend Henry Whitehead worked to contain it and cover up the truth.
* BigGood: Mycroft Holmes, who organizes the defense against the zombies.
* BittersweetEnding: London is bombed by the Navy and many people have died, but the zombies are eradicated and the city begins rebuilding.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sebastian Moran is a cold-blooded killer but even he is horrified by Moriarty's true plans, believing he just intended to hold the city for ransom.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Dr. John Snow and the Reverend Henry Whitehead
* ShoutOut: As in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'', space radiation is implied to have spawned the virus.
* TheVirus: The zombie plague created from water contaminated by a fragment of a radioactive comet

!!Tropes from Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula
* AdaptationalVillainy: Arthur Holmwood betrays his friends to side with Dracula, and before that was responsible for bring Dracula to England.
* BittersweetEnding: Dracula is dead and the Queen safe, but only Van Helsing and Harker remain of their party. Lucy is still at large and as Holmes bitterly notes this event will only encourage the weaponization of the supernatural.
* DeathByAdaptation: Mina Harker, Arthur Holmwood, John Seward all survived in the original.
* {{Dracula}}: The main villain.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Implied to be the ultimate reason why Holmwood fell.
* ShoutOut: Holmes quotes Dr. Pretorius' lines "here's to a new world of gods and monsters" from ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein.''

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