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* SecretlyWealthy: Mycroft, in the canon (''The Bruce-Partington Plans''), is said to be a relatively low-ranking official, drawing a salary of 450 pounds per year[[note]]Which was a respectable amount of money back then, a [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] Captain made about 375 pounds per year in 1893 and an Admiral maybe double that[[/note]] and too lazy to seek high public positions. In this film, he owns a majestic country house. One so secretly placed it's the ideal hiding place for Mary.

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* SecretlyWealthy: Mycroft, in the canon (''The Bruce-Partington Plans''), is said to be a relatively low-ranking official, drawing a salary of 450 pounds per year[[note]]Which was a respectable amount of money back then, a [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] Captain made about 375 pounds per year in 1893 and an Admiral maybe double that[[/note]] that. In 2024 money, Mycroft made about £45,000/$56,000 USD.[[/note]] and too lazy to seek high public positions. In this film, he owns a majestic country house. One so secretly placed it's the ideal hiding place for Mary.
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** Irene reasonably expects that she might suffer a sudden case of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness when meeting with Moriarty. She meets him in a crowded restaurant and has her drink switched for a fresh pot. [[spoiler:She wasn't paranoid enough, though, because Moriarty had the entire restaurant in his pocket.]]

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** Irene reasonably expects that she might suffer a sudden case of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness when meeting with Moriarty. She meets him in a crowded restaurant and has her drink switched for a fresh pot. [[spoiler:She wasn't paranoid enough, though, because Moriarty had the entire restaurant in his pocket. Including someone involved with that second pot.]]
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Back again with Holmes' ability to play out a fight in his head before it begins to achieve victory. He even has a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind with Moriarty as they predict and counter-predict their movements in this fashion. Both times after the first, however, are subverted. [[spoiler:Simza interrupts by throwing a knife at the Cossack assassin, and Sherlock goes off script by blowing ash in Moriarty's face, grabbing him, and [[TakingYouWithMe leaping over the balcony]].]]

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Back again with Holmes' ability to play out a fight in his head before it begins to achieve victory. He even has a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind with Moriarty as they predict and counter-predict their movements in this fashion. Both The times after the first, however, are subverted. [[spoiler:Simza interrupts by throwing a knife at the Cossack assassin, and Sherlock goes off script from his BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind with Moriarty by blowing ash in Moriarty's face, grabbing him, and [[TakingYouWithMe leaping over the balcony]].]]



* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Holmes and Moriarty have an AwesomenessByAnalysis-off as they plan their attacks. Though the twist is that it's showing exactly how a real fist-fight ''would'' go if they went for it. They just both happen to be predicting the same sequence of events [[spoiler:in which Moriarty wins and throws Holmes off the balcony. To avoid this, Holmes blows the ashes of his pipe into Moriarty's eyes, temporarily blinding him and giving Holmes enough time to send them both over the balcony]].

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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Holmes [[spoiler:Holmes and Moriarty have an AwesomenessByAnalysis-off as they plan their attacks. Though the twist is that it's showing exactly how a real fist-fight ''would'' go if they went for it. They just both happen to be predicting the same sequence of events [[spoiler:in in which Moriarty wins and throws Holmes off the balcony. To avoid this, Holmes blows the ashes of his pipe into Moriarty's eyes, temporarily blinding him and giving Holmes enough time to send them both over the balcony]].
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''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' is a 2011 British-American action mystery film directed by Creator/GuyRitchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin. It is a sequel to the 2009 film ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'', and likewise features the Franchise/SherlockHolmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle. The screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/JudeLaw reprise their roles as Holmes and Watson and were joined by Creator/NoomiRapace as Simza, Creator/StephenFry as Mycroft Holmes and Creator/JaredHarris as Professor Moriarty.

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''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' is a 2011 British-American action mystery film directed by Creator/GuyRitchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin. It is a sequel to the 2009 film ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes|2009}}'', and likewise features the Franchise/SherlockHolmes Literature/SherlockHolmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Creator/ArthurConanDoyle. The screenplay was written by Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney. Creator/RobertDowneyJr and Creator/JudeLaw reprise their roles as Holmes and Watson and were joined by Creator/NoomiRapace as Simza, Creator/StephenFry as Mycroft Holmes and Creator/JaredHarris as Professor Moriarty.



* AmbiguouslyGay: Mycroft Holmes thoughtfully explains that he can understand how a man of a particular disposition could enjoy the company of women. He's also completely unashamed to walk around naked in front of one. However he's also a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, so it could be that.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Mycroft Holmes thoughtfully explains that he can understand how a man of a particular disposition could enjoy the company of women. He's also completely unashamed to walk around naked in front of one. However However, he's also a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, so it could be that.
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'''Holmes:''' ''Everything''. That is my curse.

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'''Holmes:''' ''Everything''.''[[SherlockScan Everything]]''. That is my curse.
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* HitThemInThePocketbook: Sherlock Holmes reveals to his arch-nemesis James Moriarty, that while he he was being tortured at Moriarty's weapon and munitions factory in Germany, he stole Moriarty's pocketbook detailing his operations and finances and had it sent to London, where it was deciphered and the information passed along by Mary to Inspector Lestrade, who seized all of Moriarty's fortune, which would be donated to charities which benefit widows and orphans of war.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Moriarty could have avoided so many troubles if he had just had someone (like Colonel Moran) kill Holmes any number of times before their "game" began in earnest.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Moriarty could have avoided so many troubles if he had just had someone (like Colonel Moran) kill Holmes any number of times before their "game" began in earnest. Moriarty himself admits to this, stating that he didn't directly have Holmes dealt with because he considered him a peer.
--> '''Moriarty''': My respect for you, Mr. Holmes, is the only reason you're still alive.
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* SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: While the firstt movie featured a CanonForeigner as the movie, this movie's BigBad is the ''Sherlock Holmes''-franchise's BreakoutVillain, Sherlock's EvilCounterpart Professor James Moriaty.

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* SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: While the firstt first movie featured a CanonForeigner as the movie, antagonist, this movie's BigBad is the ''Sherlock Holmes''-franchise's BreakoutVillain, Sherlock's EvilCounterpart Professor James Moriaty.
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* SequelAdaptationIconicCharacter: While the firstt movie featured a CanonForeigner as the movie, this movie's BigBad is the ''Sherlock Holmes''-franchise's BreakoutVillain, Sherlock's EvilCounterpart Professor James Moriaty.

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* SequelAdaptationIconicCharacter: SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: While the firstt movie featured a CanonForeigner as the movie, this movie's BigBad is the ''Sherlock Holmes''-franchise's BreakoutVillain, Sherlock's EvilCounterpart Professor James Moriaty.

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