History Film / EnolaHolmes2

* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer makes it seem like the scenes of Sherlock's bad violin playing and him kicking the bin were the result of his frustration from being stumped, in fact neither has to do with his case: the music didn't sound right due to the song being a cipher rather music composition and he kicks the bin when he is unable to simply walk in and demand Enola's release.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Mae and Sarah both perform in drag shows for a music hall, and are both firmly heroic characters. There's also a one-off character who swaps clothes with Enola to help her evade police, and seems to enjoy wearing her dress.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/KKXNmYoPkx0 Trailer Part 1]], [[https://youtu.be/0DIftINqIjo Trailer Part 2]]

* BaitAndSwitch: After the reveal that [[spoiler: Moriarty]] is involved, there are a few hints that Grail might be him. As it turns out, he's just being used by the real BigBad.

* CannotSpitItOut: Both Enola and Tewkesbury are guilty of this. Enola is seemingly in total denial of her obvious feelings for Tewkesbury, while he cannot find the right way to tell her, devolving into a babbling mess at one point. [[spoiler: They both get better, eventually confessing their love for one another.]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: Seemingly so. [[spoiler: Superintendent Grail appears right as Enola discovers Mae's body, which she later figures is because he was already following her on orders from the conspiracy's mastermind.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Superintendent Grail and his men]] are all corrupt and in the pocket of [[spoiler: Moriarty]]. They act as the main threat for most of the film, pursuing Enola and even framing her for [[spoiler: Mae's murder.]] Enola actually points out that [[spoiler: Grail is dressed too elegantly for any man on a policeman's salary, cluing her in that someone is paying him.]]

* GroinAttack: Enola twice performs this on [[spoiler: Superintendent Grail, the second time with a ''hook.'']]

** [[spoiler: In the books, Lady Cecily was the missing person in Enola's second case, which offers a major clue to book readers about her true identity in the film.]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film's story takes some inspiration from the real life [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchgirls%27_strike Matchgirls' Strike of 1888]], with the fictional Lyon Matchstick Company taking the place of the actual company, Bryant & May. In fact, Enola is initially hired to find Sarah Chapman, [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Chapman who was the leader of the strikes in real life]]. [[spoiler:Sarah's disappearance was actually her going into hiding as she, another matchgirl named Mae, and William Lyon, the son of the factory owner, worked to uncover the factory's efforts to disguise the illnesses among their factory workers caused by the the phosphorus used to make the matches as Typhus. While the evidence is destroyed and William and Mae are killed, Enola, Sarah, and Bessie return to the factory and provoke a mass walk-out, beginning the strike.]]
%%* TheWatson: [[spoiler: The man himself, as played by {{Creator/Himesh Patel}} in the mid-credits sequence.]]

* MythologyGag: "Where did you get that hat?", the song sung by the chorus girls at the Paragon, previously appears in the Sherlock parody film ''Film/WithoutAClue''.