History Funny / Sherlock

* After Mycroft gets [[DeadpanSnarker John's]] attention by calling every phone he walks past on the street.\\

-->'''Watson:''' That... was amazing!\\

'''John:''' You know, I've got a phone. I mean, very clever and all that... but, uh, you could just phone me. On my phone.

* John's response to Sherlock's [[https://youtu.be/9EbhfRBAWwo first use]] of his mighty SherlockScan, which tells him Watson had served in Afghanistan:

'''Watson:''' Of course it was, it was extraordinary. It was quite extraordinary.\\

'''Watson:''' What do people normally say?\\

* Mrs Hudson fussing about her 'herbal soothers' during the drugs bust is particularly hilarious in hindsight after series three, when we learn she used to work in her husbands drug cartel and the 'pressure point' Magnassun identified was marijuana.

-->'''Anderson:''' Oh, don't pretend you worked that out. Somebody told you that.\\

-->'''Sherlock:''' I knew from your deodorant.\\

'''Anderson:''' Well of course it's for men, I'm wearing it!\\

'''Sherlock:''' Phew, I think it just vaporized...
** From the same scene, Sherlock passes Sergeant Donovan and tells Anderson:
--->'''Sherlock''' And I assume she scrubbed your floor, going by the state of her knees.

* Parody videos -- [[https://youtu.be/vKgtvYS6YVo this one]] by Website/CollegeHumor where Sherlock appears in ''Series/BluesClues'', insults Steve, and exposes Blue as a botched genetic experiment. [[https://youtu.be/vMADukPN57w Another video]] explores what would happen if ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', another modernized Sherlock Holmes adaptation, aired in the ''Sherlock'' universe. In the video, Sherlock is incapable of understanding the US TV ratings, describing the characters of that show in such a way that he's describing himself. Mrs. Hudson shows up briefly with a letter that Sherlock calls the "reddest of herrings" -- a copyright infringement notice from CBS Studios. After John leaves, he says, "Oh, wait! I've got it: it's ''Series/{{Monk}}''! ''[DING!]'' No, wait! It's ''Series/{{House}}'', but without the doctor stuff!" Or [[https://youtu.be/hwJUuN3JUPE this one]] by ''Series/StudioC'' where Sherlock and Moriarty predict each others actions to ridiculous extents.

* John's response to Sherlock's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EbhfRBAWwo first use]] of his mighty SherlockScan, which tells him Watson had served in Afghanistan:

* This is in the weird no-man's-land that is both [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]] and [[TearJerker quite sad-]]

* During Sherlock's BigDamnHeroes [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome moment]], when he arrives JustInTime to save John and Sarah.

* John admitting that he and Mrs. Hudson watch trashy TV. Then he introduces Sherlock to it, and....well, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgjM_2RJzFk it goes as well as you might expect]]:

** And then someone made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36zXOq-qnkw a fan video]] with Sherlock watching ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', with that exact same dialogue.

** In an apparent effort to make Mycroft go away, he makes an awful racket scraping away on his violin. Some commenters on YouTube have decided to name this wonderful piece "Get the Hell Out of My Flat, Mycroft".

* The entire "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WD010vkGe4 Sherlock is naked but for a sheet in Buckingham Palace]]" scene. [[http://beaut.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sheet.jpg Shirtless Sherlock.]] Here come the [[{{Squee}} squees!]] Even Holmes and Watson are cracking up at his [[RefugeInAudacity audacity]].

** The nonverbal exchange when Watson first walks in is hilarious. He catches sight of Sherlock in his sheet, spreads his hands, and gives Sherlock a look like, "WTF?" Sherlock heaves this tremendous, irritated sigh, clearly sulking. Cut to Watson, who gives a short nod, like, "Okay then." This is both extra hilarious and extra [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] because Sherlock has been sulking like the champion sulker that he is so far, and when Watson arrives, he tries to stay grumpy but just can't help himself and cracks up.

** And then when Mycroft pours the tea, saying "I'll be Mother." Sherlock deadpans, "And there is a whole childhood in a nutshell." [[note]] Traditionally, the woman with the highest standing in a group would pour the tea.[[/note]]

* It's a whole conversation, really, but it's beautifully played and just keeps getting funnier and funnier. In the first meeting between Irene, Sherlock and John, Sherlock twice makes a fairly childish attempt to project his own discomfort onto John ("I don't think John knows where to look" "If I wanted to look at naked women, I'd borrow John's laptop.") He's called out both times, first by Irene, then by John. When Irene puts Sherlock's coat on, John is no longer completely [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted]], and joins Irene on the sofa and she starts a conversation with him about how she "likes detective stories, and detectives." Sherlock returns the conversation to how the hiker was killed, [[GibberishOfLove but "the position of the car" comes out as something like "thepezishcar."]] [[WordOfGod Benedict Cumberbatch]] confirms that at that point, Sherlock had become ''jealous'' of the attention Irene was now paying to John (who was starting to put on the charm). Sherlock's comments about John had been his best shot at making John the third wheel, but it looks like ''Sherlock'' is about to become the third wheel for a second. And if this little moment wasn't enough, he then proceeds to actually ''send John out of the room''. [[note]]There was clearly a pre-arrangement for John to trip the smoke alarm, so he would have to have been sent out of the room at some point. Still, the look on John's face sort of implies that he was reluctant to leave and may not have been expecting to get kicked out of things ''that'' early.[[/note]]

'''Lestrade:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny My God, really?!]]''\\
'''Sherlock:''' ''[rolling his eyes]'' My ''phone.''

-->'''Sherlock:''' I'll leave you to your ''deductions.''

* Sherlock makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swbo5w8lRaA his dramatic entrance]] into 221b Baker Street, soaked in blood and wielding a ''[[NoodleImplements harpoon]].'' John's concern, what there is of it, doesn't extend to Sherlock's health and safety, it's this:

* Also functions as a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] moment, but this exchange, where Henry Knight has apparently observed a lot. One can only imagine what he was ''going'' to say about Sherlock's character before catching himself:

* One of the theories as to how Sherlock did it involves [[spoiler:Sherlock and Moriarty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9Ww8aH97Q dangling a Sherlock-sized dummy off the roof]], quietly giggling at John's cries of anguish, and then [[FoeYay leaning in to kiss each other]] to the swell of romantic music, and.....]] Cut to Anderson and the fangirl who suggested it:

** On the other hand, ''Anderson's'' theory on Sherlock's survival involves Sherlock [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkFfctcZgRA bungee jumping off the roof, crashing through a window without a scratch, and planting a big kiss on Molly Hooper, before walking away in slow motion]], while Moriarty's corpse is given a makeover to look like Sherlock, and is planted while John is still lying on the ground after being hit by the bicyclist, after which Creator/DerrenBrown hypnotizes John to sleep for a few seconds while bystanders finish preparing the body, all while epic rock music plays...]] Cut to Lestrade telling Anderson "Bollocks!" [[FridgeLogic Which raises the question]]: is Anderson upset by the absurdity of the dummy scenario, or because he's a [[spoiler:Sherlock/Molly shipper]]?

** Also a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, when Sherlock is alarmed to see he's moved everyone to tears:

* The eventual title drop, combined with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. [[spoiler:Mary's pregnant]] and John's annoyed that he didn't notice it first.

** Though as it turns out on the blog, the woman herself was having the affair... with another woman. The husband had photographic evidence with which he was using to blackmail her by threatening to tell her family about her true sexuality. After Sherlock and John obtain the evidence for her, she dumps his ass and comes out to her family, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming who stick by her.]]

-->'''Mycroft:''' [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Your loss would break my heart.]]\\

* From the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEVgqykJjrg first preview clip]]: Mrs. Hudson complains to John about how she is portrayed in his documentation of Sherlock's cases:

** She was blaring [[AwesomeMusic Ode to Joy]] the entire ride...

* Moriarty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIwRGc8XlM infiltrates]] Sherlock and John's flat while Mrs Hudson is apparently home. NightmareFuel? Definitely! Moriarty pausing while poking around to notice the antelope skull that's on the wall? Completely hilarious!

* Parody videos -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgtvYS6YVo this one]] by Website/CollegeHumor where Sherlock appears in ''Series/BluesClues'', insults Steve, and exposes Blue as a botched genetic experiment. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMADukPN57w Another video]] explores what would happen if ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', another modernized Sherlock Holmes adaptation, aired in the ''Sherlock'' universe. In the video, Sherlock is incapable of understanding the US TV ratings, describing the characters of that show in such a way that he's describing himself. Mrs. Hudson shows up briefly with a letter that Sherlock calls the "reddest of herrings" -- a copyright infringement notice from CBS Studios. After John leaves, he says, "Oh, wait! I've got it: it's ''Series/{{Monk}}''! ''[DING!]'' No, wait! It's ''Series/{{House}}'', but without the doctor stuff!" Or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwJUuN3JUPE this one]] by ''Series/StudioC'' where Sherlock and Moriarty predict each others actions to ridiculous extents.
* [[Main/{{Troll}} Benedict Cumberbatch]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t0nJtwtRGw&feature=youtu.be&t=2m42s explains]] [[ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument how Sherlock survived]] in the Comic-Con video.

* The recently-launched [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh iPhone/iPad]] app ''Sherlock: The Network'' lets you play as a tramp belonging to Sherlock's Homeless Network of spies. The advertisement, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgPtzajEbos shot from your POV]], [[NoFourthWall makes you]] a homeless person asking to be recruited by Sherlock, where he talks with you '''''in the rudest way possible.'''''

* The fan parody "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgJIBKhk93A Do You Wanna Play Deductions?]]" set to the tune of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''.

* A classic hilarious snark from Sherlock when Lestrade has just clued him in [[spoiler: on the fact that it was murder]]:

''(Blood drains from Anderson's face)''\\

'''Sherlock:''' Yes, thank you for your input. ''(slams door in Anderson's face)''
** YMMV, but even better if you've read the first story, because [[spoiler: it actually ''did'' mean revenge in "Study in Scarlet."]]

-->'''Watson:''' That...was amazing!\\

'''Angelo:''' ''[[MistakenForGay (brings a candle, gives Watson a thumbs-up)]]''

--> '''Mrs. Hudson:''' Sherlock! What have you done to my house?\\

* The whole dramatic lead up to [[spoiler: the cabbie shooting Sherlock]], with the dramatic music and shots and all. Then the [[spoiler: cabbie pulls the trigger...to reveal the gun's a lighter.]]

* In summary: this episode was infamous for the fact that the villainous group has been frequently grabbing the IdiotBall. And that doesn't even begin to capture how [[{{Understatement}} unbelievably incompetent they and their leader were]], leading [[spoiler: Moriarty to [[YouHaveFailedMe double-cross]] and [[BoomHeadshot shoot]] their leader]].

* During Sherlock's BigDamnHeroes [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome moment]], when he arrives JustInTime to save John and Sarah.\\
'''Sherlock:''' How would you describe me, John? Resourceful? Dynamic? Enigmatic?\\

* More HilariousInHindsight, but [[spoiler: Moriarty is the perfect criminal counterpart to Sherlock's detective. There's been a whole lot of foreshadowing and buildup, but when they actually meet for the first time?]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Sherlock]]:''' [[spoiler: Gay.]]

'''Sherlock:''' Obviously it's not the same phone but it's supposed to look l- ''(Double-take)'' "A Study in Pink"? You read his blog?\\

---> '''Mrs Hudson:''' You two had a little domestic?

--> '''Sherlock:''' No, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Of COURSE he's not the boy's father!!! Look at the turn-ups on his ''jeans!!!''

--> '''Lestrade:''' Why is he doing this, the bomber? If this woman's death was suspicious, why point it out?\\

'''Sherlock:''' ([[DramaticGunCock clicks off the safety]]) I did.\\
'''Moriarty:''' ''(cheerfully)'' You've come the closest. Now you're in my way.\\

'''Moriarty:''' ''(shrugs)'' Yeah , okay, I did.

'''Moriarty:''' (''high-pitched sing-song voice'') No you won't!

--> '''John:''' ''But it's the solar system!''\\

--> '''John:''' Well, I'm glad no one saw that... \\

---> '''Sherlock:''' Take my hand!
--->{{beat}}
---> '''John:''' ...Now people are definitely going to talk.

--->'''Sherlock:''' How's Sarah, John? How was the lilo?
--->'''Mycroft:''' ''[not even looking at John]'' ''Sofa'', Sherlock. It was the sofa.
--->'''Sherlock:''' ''[gives John a one-second double take]'' Oh yes, of course.

** When Mrs. Hudson notices the bullet-hole smiley face on the wall and he turns to look at it, the ''way'' he turns practically says 'The wall? What's wrong with the wall I've got no idea what you're talking about.'\\
'''Mrs Hudson:''' What have you done to my wall?!\\

-->'''Moriarty:''' "Ohhh, the missile plans. ''({{beat}}) (sing-song voice)'' Boring! I could've gotten those anywhere! ''(throws the plans into the pool)''

--> '''John:''' Fantastic!\\

-->'''Palace Employee:''' People do come to you for help, don't they, Mr Holmes?\\

** Finally, on the way back to Baker Street, Watson asks Sherlock how he knew that “their client” is a smoker when so much effort had been taken suppressing that fact: Sherlock reveals that he stole an ashtray - [[BrickJoke just as Watson admitted he was tempted to do]].

* Also during the Christmas scene. When Sherlock begins his rant about Molly, John murmurs "take a day off". Lestrade's just been told his wife is sleeping with a PE teacher, and he's off-duty and has started drinking. So he says what John won't by slapping a drink down in front of Sherlock and telling him straight.\\
'''Lestrade:''' Oh, ''shut up'' and have a drink!

-->'''Jeanette:''' And Sherlock Holmes is a ''very'' lucky man!

-->'''Molly:''' ''[mortified]'' Ah, no! That wasn't... I didn't...\\

* Sherlock hiding behind his newspaper in embarrassment, as John points out that he's not, in fact, stupid, and that he knows the phone was in Sherlock's coat pocket, the coat was on Irene, and the texts are from her.\\
'''Sherlock:''' I'll leave you to your ''deductions.''

* Sherlock decides to call the police by [[EpicHail shooting a gun into the air]] outside Irene's house.\\
'''John:''' Oh for God's sake...\\

'''Sherlock:''' Do give her my love. (''Begins playing "God Save The Queen"'')

* The delivery of the last line makes the whole exchange.\\
'''Lestrade:''' Have you heard of Sherlock Holmes?\\

* Sherlock's insistence that he doesn't need a public image - with his collar turned up and wearing the trademark deerstalker cap, as the page image.

'''Moriarty:''' (''mouthing while on the phone'') I'm sorry.\\
'''Sherlock:''' (''mouthing back'') Oh, it's fine.

* John comes up with a brilliant, long-winded plan about how to get Irene's phone from the safety-deposit box to Baker Street using Molly Hooper, Barts and one of Sherlock's homeless network. The plan is so air-tight in its logic and precautions that even Sherlock sincerely compliments John for coming up with it - before casually revealing that he already has the phone on him. John's dejected groan is what makes it hilarious.

* [[spoiler: [[BreakingTheFourthWall Moriarty]] ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall spitting away]]'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall his message to Mycroft]]]].

-->'''Sherlock:''' Is that why you're calling yourself "Greg?"\\

'''Sherlock:''' ''(surprised)'' It is?\\
'''Lestrade:''' ''(very offended)'' YES, if you'd bothered to find out!

'''Sherlock:''' ''(sounding a bit miffed)'' None of the cabs would take me.
** The best part - that often has to be pointed out and is then impossible to ignore - is all of this gives John a FascinatingEyebrow so potent his forehead goes HD.

-->'''Sherlock:''' [[spoiler: Why did Bluebell have to die?]]

* Sherlock's announcement of his mind palace - he turns slowly to face John and Dr. Stapleton with this ridiculously intense expression on his face and snaps "Get out. I need to go to my mind palace." Talk about random....
** And John's long suffering eye roll. As one commenter on tumblr noted - that is the face of a man who has to do it ALL the time. Imagine how often John has to get locked out of Baker Street while Sherlock Mind Palace's.

-->'''Sherlock:''' [[LiteralMetaphor I've got to see a man about a dog.]][[note]]A euphemism for taking a dump, and his smile shows he knows as much. Also a euphemism for going to spend an evening in the local pub.[[/note]]

-->[[spoiler: '''John:''' Just so you're aware, the gun was his idea. I'm just...just...you know\\

-->'''Judge''' (to Sherlock having been warned that he risk being found in contempt) Do you think you could survive for just a few minutes WITHOUT SHOWING OFF!

'''John:''' "Bachelor John Watson." ''Bachelor'' - what the hell are they implying?\\

'''Sherlock:''' It's got flaps. Ear flaps - it's an ''ear hat'', John!

'''Sherlock:''' ''(flips his coat collar down)''

* It's less funny when we learn about [[spoiler: Kitty Riley's exlusive interview with Richard Brook]], but we get a wonderful suggestion that [[http://sc.aithine.org/sherlock/203/09/sherlock-203-08601.jpg Mycroft reads The Sun]].

* [[spoiler: Anderson trying to convince Lestrade that Sherlock is alive.]]

[[spoiler:'''Lestrade:''' (HeadDesk)]]]
* [[spoiler: Apparently Sherlock once gave John an essay for his birthday. About how people hide their hatred of others in close proximity. Based on John's friends.]]

'''Lestrade:''' ''(deadpan)'' You said you had a ''thing''.\\

* One of the theories as to how Sherlock did it involves [[spoiler: Sherlock and Moriarty [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9Ww8aH97Q dangling a Sherlock-sized dummy off the roof]], quietly giggling at John's cries of anguish, and then [[FoeYay leaning in to kiss each other]] to the swell of romantic music, and.....]] Cut to Anderson and the fangirl who suggested it:

** [[spoiler: The dummy in question is so unconvincing it's hilarious. For starters, the face is a [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/01/02/article-2532304-1A60D90800000578-488_634x478.jpg photo of Sherlock]] that has been glued on by kindergarteners.]]

** On the other hand, ''Anderson's'' theory on Sherlock's survival involves Sherlock [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkFfctcZgRA bungee jumping off the roof, crashing through a window without a scratch, and planting a big kiss on Molly Hooper, before walking away in slow motion]], while Moriarty's corpse is given a makeover to look like Sherlock, and is planted while John is still lying on the ground after being hit by the bicyclist, after which Creator/DerrenBrown hypnotizes John to sleep for a few seconds while bystanders finish preparing the body, all while epic rock music plays...]] Cut to Lestrade telling Anderson "Bollocks!" [[FridgeLogic Which raises the question]]: is Anderson upset by the absurdity of the dummy scenario, or because he's a [[spoiler: Sherlock/Molly shipper]]?
* A series of {{Twisted Echo Cut}}s - John dealing with regular humdrum patients intercut with scenes of Sherlock dealing with regular humdrum clients. Sherlock learns from a client that her email pen-pal has broken it off with her and that she's now too heartbroken to date anyone else; he realises (in a ShoutOut to the original Holmes story "A Case of Identity") that the woman's stepfather has been posing as her online boyfriend in order to break her heart and ensure that she won't leave the household and take her income with her:

'''John:''' "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar --cough]]".
* Many viewers were wondering how hard John was going to punch Sherlock after he realised that Sherlock was still alive. Since Sherlock staged his meeting with John at a spectacularly inappropriate time and place [[spoiler: namely, in a restaurant when John was on a date with his girlfriend and was in fact about to propose to her]], the answer turns out to be not "how hard" but "how many times", and the answer is approximately three: [[spoiler: firstly in the restaurant itself, then again some time later in a humdrum cafe, and finally in an even more downmarket kebab shop, except that the third one wasn't a punch but a full-on Glasgow Kiss (AKA a headbutt)]].
** After all this, another crowning moment was John's exasperated glare when - after being thrown out of several establishments due to his venting his rage at Sherlock - Mary simply says with an impish smile, "I like him."

* Sherlock and Mycroft discussing something while playing a game, apparently [[SmartPeoplePlayChess chess]]. And then the camera pans out and you see that [[spoiler: it's [[SubvertedTrope Operation]].]]

** The two of them are dressed very similarly to Sherlock and John. So, either they're showing their support for Sherlock by cosplaying... or the great Sherlock Holmes unconsciously dresses like [[spoiler: his mother]].
** Sherlock very quickly booting them out of the flat the moment John shows up. All that's missing is a whiney [[spoiler: MUM, you're EMBARRASSING me in front of my friend!]].

* As tense as the moment is, Sherlock and Watson's panicked, hilariously childish argument when [[spoiler: the bomb starts going off and they (seemingly in Sherlock's case) have absolutely no idea what to do.]] Especially Sherlock's tone, because he has such an amusingly useless "why do I have to be the one to deal with everything" tone of voice even though every other time something like this comes up he demands to be in control - meanwhile, John is clearly trying to force himself to not lose it and deal with the situation:

---> "Why didn't you call the police? ''Why do you never call the police?"''

* Sherlock being an utter bastard to John [[spoiler: in tricking him to express himself]] when [[spoiler: it looks like they were going to die]] in the train. Afterwards, Sherlock laughs so hard, he actually has ''tears'' coming out of his eyes.

** When Sherlock is demonstrating how much of a total arsehole he is, there's a quick shot of Lestrade - laughing as Sherlock casts his ego on everyone else.

* The bridesmaid latching onto Sherlock and, after finding out that he's not interested, forming an OddFriendship and using him to weed out potential one night stands that she'd end up regretting. And occasionally still flirting.\\
'''Janine:''' Do you always carry handcuffs?\\

* The eventual title drop, combined with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. [[spoiler: Mary's pregnant]] and John's annoyed that he didn't notice it first.

** And him confidently assuring John and Mary that they'll be [[spoiler: fantastic parents because they've already had practice... with [[ManChild him]].]]

* During John and Sherlock's break-in at Magnussen's office, when they found [[spoiler: Janine]] lying out cold. Sherlock surmises that Magnussen is still around, as well as the person who took the security out. John proposes to call the police for help:

* When Sherlock [[spoiler: got shot by Mary and needed to be hospitalized Watson and Lestrade gives him a visit, the latter intends to take a video of Sherlock babbling under the influence of hospital-given morphine.]] Unfortunately he wasn't there anymore much to our dismay.

-->'''Mummy:''' "Are you two smoking?"\\

** [[spoiler: Made more hilarious by the fact that Sherlock did have the punch spiked, though with a drug to knock everybody out, not alcohol.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''(in sign language) "Yes. Needs work, Watson. Too much time spent on dancing lessons."'']]

* One of the readers of 1895 Watson's stories asks the writer himself if "There will be any [[BlackComedy murders]] next week?" Ah yes, [[TakeThatAudience we've all been there]]...\\

-->'''Mrs. Hudson''': You ask her!\\

--> '''John:''' Blame the illustrator, he's out of control! I've had to grow this mustache just so people will recognize me!

--> '''John:''' Here's one ''[passes Sherlock his infamous deerstalker]''\\

* Proving that some things don't change, at one point Holmes is talking to (or at) Watson, with Lestrade in the room. [[spoiler:Only Watson isn't there, because he moved out. Three months ago. And Sherlock never noticed.]]\\
'''Sherlock:''' [[spoiler:I thought he'd been improving...]]

** Made funnier when [[spoiler: it is being caused by the Suffragists.]]

-->'''Mycroft:''' So, what do you think of [[spoiler: MI-5]] security?\\

-->'''Lestrade:''' You at the beck and call of a screaming, demanding baby woken up all hours to obey his every whines. [[StealthInsult Must feel very different!]] [''looks at Sherlock'']\\

-->'''Sherlock:''' If you want to keep the rattle, do not throw the rattle. ''(gives back the rattle, at which point baby Rosie throws it at him again)''

* When Sherlock confronts Mycroft with A.G.R.A, Mycroft starts to recite random facts about [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant the city in India]]. \\
-->'''Sherlock:''' What are you, Wikipedia?
-->'''Mycroft:''' [[BluntYes Yes.]]\\

'''Rosie:''' [''starts crying from the next room'']\\
'''Mary:''' [''gets out of bed''] Oh, can't she?
** Leaving behind [[spoiler: a disk labelled "MISS ME"]] in the ending.
-->'''Mary:''' Thought it'd get your attention.

'''Sherlock:''' ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny Chuckles]])

-->'''John''': It's very touching how you can hijack the machinery of the state to look after your own family.

--->'''Policeman''': Do you have any idea [[spoiler:what speed you were going]]?\\
'''Hudson''': Of course not! [[DiggingYourselfDeeper I was on the phone]].

-->'''Mary:''' [[HypocriticalHumor Oh, married an assassin!]]

* Sherlock being a complete troll at the beginning of the episode and terrifying his brother by hijacking his projector and having a deranged clown chase him around his house. You get the feeling he was a little annoyed to find out that [[spoiler: he had a secret sister.]]

* [[spoiler: Moriarty's entrance into the episode: riding on a helicopter [[BlackComedy to a prison]], listening to Queen's "I Want To Break Free" on his iPod. Oh Jim, in the end, we DID miss you.]]

* A possibly unintentional example, but when [[spoiler: Moriarty]] is delivering his messages to John, Sherlock, and Mycroft, he's acting like a train conductor, which could be seen as a very subtle pun: [[RailRoading they're being railroaded]].

** [[DeadpanSnarker Sherlock's]] response to one of Moriarty's comments after their pool confrontation: [[spoiler: "Still alive, then?"]]

--> "I thought that what he'd done was pretty clever but Sherlock described as disappointingly simple. The next day he spent so much time going on about how he'd have got away with it that I went to the pub and left him talking to a frozen turkey."

--> Sherlock, then, had an idea. He decided to relive Julia's last night. He wanted to spend a night in her bedroom and he wanted me to join him. Yes. You can all stop sniggering. I was going to sleep on the floor.

I'd taken Sherlock out Christmas shopping which, looking back, wasn't the best of ideas. He'd shouted at a Father Christmas that he was bored and wanted a nice juicy murder for Christmas - in front of a bunch of kids and their parents. Escorted back to the flat by the police, we found a student, Sally Barnicot, waiting for us.

--> The number of comments on this post caused my blog to crash so I've had to delete them. If you want to know what people had to say, then visit Scotland Yard where apparently a print-out is framed in the canteen.

--->'''Harry Watson 01 April 12:24'''\\

--->'''John Watson 01 April 12:30'''

--> It was about a series of comic books based on the adventures of some superhero terrorist-fighting organisation called KRATIDES. They were your average karate-kicking, moral-spouting group of spandex-wearers.

--->'''Mike Stamford 15 September 23:21'''\\

--->'''John Watson 15 September 23:23''' \\

--->'''Mike Stamford 15 September 23:25'''

--> It sounds as if the dog's bark was worse than its bite!
---> '''Bill Murray 16 March 12:38'''\\

---> '''Jacob Sowersby 16 March 12:40'''\\

---> '''Mike Stamford 16 March 13:32'''\\

---> '''Jacob Sowersby 16 March 13:34'''\\

---> '''Sherlock Holmes 16 March 13:36'''\\

---> '''Bill Murray 16 March 13:47'''\\

---> '''Sherlock Holmes 16 March 13:50'''

--->'''Sherlock Holmes 12 March 12:25'''\\

--->'''John Watson 12 March 13:28'''\\

--->'''Mrs Hudson 12 March 13:30'''\\

--->'''Sherlock Holmes 12 March 13:32'''
* In the Hounds entry itself, we have this gem: [[spoiler: He'd used me as an experiment.]] One day, I will kill him.
** In hindsight, this is a bit of a {{Tearjerker}}. The episode and entry after Hounds is Reichenbach, in which [[spoiler: John really ''does'' kill Sherlock]], in a roundabout sort of way. Well, at least, he's the reason for Sherlock's [[spoiler: (fake) suicide]].

** [[http://www.mollyhooper.co.uk/blog/30march This page]] is particularly hilarious. [[spoiler: Who'd've thought Jim Moriarty liked Glee? And given some of his mannerisms, he's probably being sincere when he says he loves it.]]

-->'''Molly:''' Thanks for lunch!\\

''(And just as we're starting to cringe....)''\\

--> But, got to stay positive. Nobody wants an unhappy person working in a morgue.\\

-->'''Creator/MarkGatiss''': [[CampGay Tell us about Rupert Graves, Benedict.]]\\
'''Creator/BenedictCumberbatch''': [[MemeticMutation Rupert Graves is good at football and has five children.]]\\
'''Mark Gatiss''': Oooh, why don't you marry him?!\\
'''Benedict Cumber batch''': Olivia won't let me!

-->'''Lara Pulver''': ''(Laughing)'': But at one point I was straddling your knee, naked, with my boobs in your ''face...''\\

-->'''Sherlock:''' You're keeping A SCRAPBOOK. Only old ladies and pre-pubescent girls keep scrapbooks, John,\\

-->''Best. Date. Ever.''

-->Don't buy this book. The author has transformed what should have been a series of lectures into a gross and tasteless entertainment. The science of deduction is a branch of human achievement requiring serious analysis and yet her I find it lavishly illustrated, disfigured with humour and infested with gossip. Apparently, this kind of sensationalism is required to engage the interest of the reading public, but it is rather like working an office romance into a paper on quantum physics. Only an idiot would be impressed. Help yourself.

-->'''Sherlock:''' I'm a consulting detective. The only one in the world. ''I invented the job.''\\

-->According to 'Raz', (Sherlock's expert on graffiti), the paint 'is like Michigan, hardcore propellant, I'd say zinc.' Whatever that's supposed to mean.\\

-->'''Sherlock's Yellow Post-It:''' A jade pin valued at nine million pounds, no wonder Van Coot gave into temptation! Found the Tong, found the pin, case closed!\\

-->'''Sherlock's Yellow Post-It:''' (On Dimmock's police report on the case) Yes! Idiot! [[MindScrew She shot herself in the forehead with a sniper rifle!]] How is this man able to get dressed in the morning, let alone function as a police officer?

-->'''Mycroft's Orange Post-It:''' You should have seen him when we were boys. All I had to do was walk into the room and he'd be [[DisproportionateRetribution flinging his dinner at me.]] Mother despaired.

-->'''Sherlock's Yellow Post-It:''' Are you sure it wasn't the cat?\\

-->'''Sherlock's Yellow Post-It:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic It was too green. And there were cows. Loose. The country is hell.]]

* Parody videos - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgtvYS6YVo this one]] by Website/CollegeHumor where Sherlock appears in ''Series/BluesClues'', insults Steve, and exposes Blue as a botched genetic experiment. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMADukPN57w Another video]] explores what would happen if ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', another modernized Sherlock Holmes adaptation, aired in the ''Sherlock'' universe. In the video, Sherlock is incapable of understanding the US TV ratings, describing the characters of that show in such a way that he's describing himself. Mrs. Hudson shows up briefly with a letter that Sherlock calls the "reddest of herrings" - a copyright infringement notice from CBS Studios. After John leaves, he says, "Oh, wait! I've got it: it's ''Series/{{Monk}}''! ''(DING!)'' No, wait! It's ''Series/{{House}}'', but without the doctor stuff!" Or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwJUuN3JUPE this one]] by ''Series/StudioC'' where Sherlock and Moriarty predict each others actions to ridiculous extents.

* [[http://www.johnwatsonblog.co.uk/blog/21july This.]] [[spoiler: "Three Continents", indeed.]]

'''Sherlock''': Putting on weight again?

'''Sherlock:''' You--you had a row with a machine?\\

--> '''John:''' You said 'circus.' This is ''not'' a circus. Look at the size of this crowd. Sherlock, this is... ''art.''

-->'''Sherlock:''' ''[[SeriousBusiness (grabs John's head)]]'' Shh! John, concentrate! I need you to concentrate. Close your eyes.\\

'''Sherlock:''' ''(grips his shoulders and starts spinning them in a circle)'' I need you to maximize your visual memory. Try to picture what you saw. Can you picture it?\\

-->'''Sherlock''': This case is a ''six'', at best. There's no point in me leaving home for anything less than a ''seven''. We agreed.\\

--->'''Mycroft''': Oh, ''bugger!''\\

-->'''Mycroft''': (out of breath) Yes? What, Sherlock?\\
'''Sherlock''': Why are you out of breath?\\
'''Mycroft''': Filing.\\
'''Sherlock''': Either I've caught you in a compromising position or you've been working out again. ...I favour the latter.

"I have a list. ''({{Beat}})'' Mycroft has a file."

'''Sherlock:''' ''(simultaneously)'' It's funny.\\

-->'''Sherlock''': Let's play a game, let's play murder... Imagine someone is going to get murdered at a wedding. Who exactly would you pick?\\
'''Mrs. Hudson''': I think you're a popular choice at the moment, dear.\\
'''Sherlock''': If someone could move Mrs. Hudson's glass just slightly out of reach, that would be lovely.

-->'''Sherlock''': Now John I'd poison. Sloppy eater. Dead easy. I've given him chemicals and compounds that way and he's never even noticed. He missed an entire Wednesday once, didn't have a clue. Lestrade's so easy to kill, it's a miracle nobody's succumbed to the temptation. I have a set of keys to my brother's house, and I could sneak in and ''asphyxiate'' him should the... whim arise...

-->'''Sherlock''': Though in fairness, he's a drama queen, too.\\
'''Mary''': Yeah, I know.

-->'''Isaac''': (Slurry) Have you come for me?\\
'''John''': Do you think I know a lot of people here?\\
[[spoiler: '''Sherlock''': ''(gets up from behind, looking no better than Isaac)'' Oh, hello, John. Have you come to get me too?]]

--->'''Sherlock''': I'm undercover!\\
'''John''': No, you're not!\\
'''Sherlock''': ''(so much like a bratty teenager it's uncanny)'' WELL I'M NOT ''NOW!!!''

--->'''John''': ''Shezza?''\\
'''Sherlock''' ''(whining)'': I ''was'' undercover!\\
'''Mary''' ''(grinning mischievously)'': Seriously, ''Shezza'', though?

--->'''John''' ''(to his neighbor, of her son)'': He's the drugs one, yeah?\\
'''Mary''': Yeah, nicely put, John.

-->'''Sherlock''': During our own burglary? You're really not a natural at this, are you?

-->'''Sherlock's Mother''': Somebody's put a bullet in my boy and if I ever find out who, I shall turn ''absolutely monstrous''-oh, this was for Mary!

-->'''Mycroft''': How are you enjoying [[spoiler: exile]]?\\
'''Sherlock''': I've only been gone four minutes!\\
'''Mycroft''': Well, I certainly hope you've learned your lesson.

* Mary and John going from [[spoiler: hugging each other out]] to bickering about who's going to choose the baby's name. Mary's reaction says it all.

-->'''Sherlock's Mother:''' (pointing to her husband) If he starts humming, just poke him in the bum!

'''Anderson:''' (hastily) I ''[[InsistentTerminology followed]]'' him.

-->'''Watson''': [[CasualDangerDialogue I'll have a word with the criminal classes.]]

'''Sherlock''': Why didn't ''you'' ask her?!\\
'''Mrs. Hudson''': How could I? What with me not talking and everything!\\
'''Sherlock''': (To Watson) For God's sake, give her some lines! She's perfectly capable of starving us.

-->'''Sherlock''': ...allow me to make some trifling observations. You have an impish sense of humour which currently you’re deploying to ease a degree of personal anguish. You have recently married a man of a seemingly-kindly disposition who has now abandoned you for [[SelfDeprecation an unsavoury companion of dubious morals.]] You have come to this agency as a last resort in the hope that reconciliation may still be possible. ...All of this is, of course, perfectly evident from your perfume... yes, her perfume, which brings insight to me and disaster to you... because I recognized it and you did not.

-->'''Watson''': "Extraordinary."\\
'''Mary''': "Impossible."\\
'''Sherlock''': ''(Stands up)'' "Superb!"

'''Sherlock''': Why?\\

-->'''Mycroft''': So, what do you think of [[spoiler: MI-5]] security?\\
'''Mary''': I think it would be a great idea.

-->'''Lestrade''': [[AskAStupidQuestion Are you for or against]]?\\
'''Mary''': Get out.

-->'''John''': You're a living, breathing man. You've lived a life. You have a past. \\
'''Sherlock''': A what?\\
'''John''': Well, you must have had...\\
'''Sherlock''': Had what?\\
'''John''': You know.\\
'''Sherlock''': No.\\
'''John''': ....Experiences\\
'''Sherlock''': Pass me your revolver, I have a sudden need to use it. \\
'''John''': Damn it, Holmes, you are flesh and blood. You have feelings, you have...You must have...impulses. \\
'''Sherlock''': Dear God, I have never been so impatient to be attacked by a murderous ghost.

-->'''Moriarty''': "Is this noticeable?", "Or maybe I could back-comb?"

-->'''John''': It's not moving.\\
'''Sherlock''': It's thinking.\\
'''John''': It's really not moving.\\
'''Sherlock''': Slow but sure, John.

-->'''Mary''': Thought it'd get your attention.

-->'''Faith''': Amazing.\\
'''Sherlock''': I know.\\
'''Faith''': I meant the chips.\\
'''Sherlock''': ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny Chuckles]])

-->'''Faith''': Are we going to walk all night?\\
'''Sherlock''': Possibly. It's a long word.\\
'''Faith''': What is?\\
'''Sherlock''': "[[spoiler:Bollocks.]]"

-->'''Sherlock''': ...Napoleon Bonaparte. Actually, just Napoleon would do.\\
'''Faith''': Or Elvis?\\
'''Sherlock''': Look, [[DeaderThanDead I think we can rule both of them out as his (Faith's father) target.]]

--<'''John''': Er, sometimes, can I borrow your [[spoiler:car]]?\\
'''Hudson''': No.

-->'''Policeman''': Do you have any idea [[spoiler:what speed you were going]]?\\

-->'''Culverton''': Was that me? Was I too good?

-->'''Mary''': [[HypocriticalHumor Oh, married an assassin!]]

-->'''Mary''': Well, sounds about right to me. Possibly, I'm biased. (grins)

-->'''Sherlock''':I'm Sherlock Holmes - [[spoiler:I wear the damn hat!]]

-->'''John''': Middle child. That explains a lot.\\
'''John''': So did she have it too? The deduction thing?
* Mycroft has a [[ParasolOfPain sword-umbrella.]] ''[[UpToEleven Gun]]''-[[UpToEleven sword-umbrella.]]

-->'''Moriarty''': He's put a pair of ''headphones'' on it... ''[[FlatWhat God!]]''

-->'''Molly''': Thanks for lunch!\\
'''Jim''': Thank YOU for last night!! Xxx\\
'''Molly''': Did you like it then? Was it all right?\\

'''Jim''': Yeah! I can't believe I've never seen Glee before! LOVED IT!

-->'''Sherlock''': "[[ButtMonkey Anderson]], don't talk out loud, you lower the IQ of the entire street."

-->'''Sherlock:''' "Shut up everybody, shut up! Don't move, don't speak, don't breathe, I'm trying to think. Anderson, face the other way, you're putting me off."\\
'''Anderson:''' "What, my face is?"\\
'''Lestrade:''' "Everybody, quiet and still. Anderson, turn your back."\\
'''Anderson:''' "Oh, for God's sake..."\\
'''Lestrade:''' "Your back! Now, please!"

--> '''Anderson''': ''Rache!'' German word for revenge. She could be trying to tell us-\\
'''Sherlock''': Yes, thank you for your input. ''(slams door in Anderson's face)''

--> '''Sherlock:''' It's a three-patch problem.

--> '''Sherlock:''' I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, I'm a high-functioning sociopath; do your research.

---> '''Sherlock:''' BRILLIANT! YES! Four serial suicides, and now a note! Oh, it's Christmas!

'''Anderson:''' ''(smug)'' Oh, I volunteered.\\

'''Sherlock:''' [taken aback] A friend?\\

'''Sherlock:''' [calmly] Oh. Which one?\\

'''[[spoiler: Mycroft]]:''' [sighs heavily] He's always been so resentful. You can imagine the Christmas dinners...\\

'''Sherlock:''' ''(sighs)'' So the shooter? No sign?\\

-->'''Sherlock:''' Are you all right?\\

'''John:''' Yes, I...[pause] That's true, isn't it? [Another pause] But, he wasn't a very ''nice'' man.\\

'''Sherlock:''' [Smiles] That's true, he was a bad cabbie. You should have seen the ''route'' he took to ''get'' us here!\\
'''John:''' [laughing] Shh, we can't giggle, it's a crime scene, stop it!\\
'''Sherlock:''' Yeah, well, you're the one that [[spoiler: shot him]], don't blame me.\\

-->'''Mycroft:''' Did it ever occur to you that we belong on the same side?\\

-->'''John:''' So, dim sum?\\

'''Sherlock:''' [matter-of-factly] Nothing wrong with your house, Mrs. Hudson, [[spoiler:which is more than can be said for the dead serial killer on your first floor.]]\\

'''John:''' [laughs] Good night, Mrs. Hudson.

-->'''[[spoiler: Mycroft]]:''' If you asked, [Sherlock], he'd probably say his "arch-enemy", but he does ''love'' to be dramatic...\\

'''Sherlock:''' ''(skeptical)'' Really?\\
'''John:''' ''(shakes himself free of Sherlock's grasp, annoyed)'' Yeah! Well, at least I ''would'' if I could get to my ''pockets!'' [[MugglesDoItBetter I took a photograph!]] ''(shows Sherlock the picture of the graffiti he took on his phone)''

'''John:''' ''(Gives a look of extreme stark staring disbelief):'' You ''are'' joking!

--> '''John''': Fantastic!\\
'''Sherlock''': Meretricious. [[note]] (Superficially significant)[[/note]]\\
'''Lestrade''': [[{{Mondegreen}} And a Happy New Year]]...

'''John''': When did we agree on that?\\
'''Sherlock''': We agreed on it yesterday.\\
'''John''': I wasn't even at home yesterday, I was in Dublin.\\
'''Sherlock''': It's hardly my fault you weren't listening.\\
'''John''': Do you just carry on talking when I'm away?\\
'''Sherlock''': I don't know. How often are you away?

-->'''Molly''': How's the hip?\\
'''Mrs. Hudson''': Oh, it's atrocious. But thanks for asking.\\
'''Molly''': I've seen much worse. But then, I do post-mortems...\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Molly''': [[DidISayThatOutLoud Oh God, sorry!]]

-->(Watson is escorted in, where Sherlock is sitting grouchily, still wrapped in his sheet. Watson sits, looks around, looks at Sherlock and seems to consider something)\\
'''Watson''': Are you wearing any pants?\\
'''Sherlock''': No.\\
'''Watson''': Okay.\\
'''Sherlock/Watson''': (Glance at each other. Look forward. {{Beat}}. Start giggling like schoolgirls.)\\
'''Watson''': At Buckingham Palace, fine. Oh, I’m seriously fighting an impulse to steal an ashtray.\\
'''Sherlock''': (giggles some more)\\
'''Watson''': What are we doing here, Sherlock? Seriously, what?\\
'''Sherlock''': (still smiling): I don’t know.\\
'''Watson''': Here to see the Queen? \\
'''Mycroft''': (walks in) \\
'''Sherlock''': Oh! [[AmbiguouslyGay Apparently, yes]]. \\
'''Sherlock/Watson''': (burst out laughing) \\
'''Mycroft''': (TranquilFury. {{Beat}}) Just once, can you two please act like grown-ups?\\
'''Watson''': We solve crimes, I blog about it, and he forgets his pants. So, I wouldn't hold out too much hope. [[note]]Mark Gatiss who plays Mycroft is openly gay, making this an even larger joke.[[/note]]

-->'''Mycroft''': I can put maximum surveillance on her.\\
'''Sherlock''': Why bother? You can follow her on Twitter. I believe her username is "The Whip Hand".

-->'''Sherlock''': Don't worry, this is just stupid.

-->'''Mycroft''': Certainly not. They all spy on people for money.

--> '''John''': That's his ''name.''\\
'''Sherlock''': Is it?\\
'''Lestrade''': Yes! If you'd ever bothered to find out!

** [[spoiler: And then after there's Sherlock's point-of-view of the experiment, where he's just chilling out in the comfy security booth while John is freaking out.]]
* Lestrade's chirpy attitude after he's just finished interviewing two suspects.\\
'''Lestrade''': It's nice getting London out of your lungs! =D

-->'''Sherlock''': It was true, what I said. I don't have friends. I've just got one.\\
'''John''': Right. ''[walks away]''\\
'''Sherlock''': ''[thrown]'' ...John? ...John! You are amazing! You are fantastic!\\
'''John''': All right, don't overdo it.

-->'''Sherlock''': Mr. Windibank, you are a complete and utter-\\

'''John''': ''[holding up an empty urine sample jar to a patient]'' Pisspot.

-->'''Sherlock''': I tried talking to him. He made his position quite clear.\\
''(cut to John inserting his hand into a pair of surgical gloves, middle finger first)''\\

'''Mrs. Hudson''': What did he say?\\
'''Sherlock''': "[[CurseCutShort Fu-]]"\\
'''John''': "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar -cough]]".

-->'''Mycroft''': Oh, ''bugger!''\\

-->'''Sherlock''': Oh, yes. ''That'' was a mistake.\\
'''Mycroft''': Ghastly, what ''were'' they thinking of?\\

-->'''John''': (refering to the wine) Oh surprise me.\\
'''Sherlock''': (under his breath) Certainly endeavoring to, sir.
* Lestrade's first initial reaction to Sherlock. "''({{Beat}})'' You bastard."

---> '''Mycroft''': You don't understand the pain of it. The horror... ''(Sherlock hangs up)''

-->'''Watson''': Think of something.\\
'''Sherlock''': Why do you think I know what to do?\\
'''Watson''': ''(testily)'' Because you're Sherlock Holmes. You're as clever as it gets!\\
'''Sherlock''': Doesn't mean I know how to [[spoiler: defuse a giant bomb!]] What about ''you?''\\
'''Watson''': ''(getting increasingly annoyed)'' I wasn't in [[spoiler: bomb disposal.]] I'm a bloody doctor!\\
'''Sherlock''': ''(childishly)'' And a soldier! As you keep reminding us all.\\
'''Watson''': Can't we [[spoiler: rip the timer off]] or something?\\
'''Sherlock''': That would set it off!\\
'''Watson''': ''(panicking)'' You see? You know things!

--> "Why didn't you call the police? ''Why do you never call the police?"''
** And of course, this time [[spoiler: Sherlock ''did'' call the police. He just didn't tell Watson about it. John is, let us say, rightfully irritated.]]

-->'''John''': I am ''not'' gay!

-->'''Sherlock''': I'm not saying a word.

-->'''Sherlock''': (cracking up) Oh, your ''face''!

--->'''Sherlock''': I have an international reputation! Do ''you'' have an international reputation?\\
'''John''': No, I don't have an international reputation.\\
'''Sherlock''': No. And I can't even remember what for...'s...crime...somethingorother.

--->'''Sherlock''': The game is... ''[[SubvertedCatchphrase something?]]''\\
'''John''': ''[thinks for a moment]'' ...On!\\
'''Sherlock''': Yeah! That, that!

-->'''Sherlock''': [[ThinkUnsexyThoughts Out of my head]], I am ''busy''...

-->'''David''': They were right about you. You're a...bloody psychopath!\\
'''Sherlock''': [[InsistentTerminology High-functioning sociopath]]...''with'' your number! ''[[[SlasherSmile grins]]]''

** Mrs.Hudson [[spoiler:pedal to the metal in Aston Martin, pulling sick drift with police in hot pursuit? What.]]

** She was blaring AwesomeMusic Ode to Joy the entire ride...

** She was blaring Ode to Joy the entire ride...

* The entire fight with the Golem. It technically shouldn't be so funny, but there's something amusing about seeing John and Sherlock struggling with a seven, eight-foot tall giant. Especially considering that Sherlock, one of the tallest, if not the tallest character in the show, looks like a dwarf next to the assassin. All the while a monologue about the solar system is playing in the background.

** Funnier for Les Mis fans: they're actually playing Do You Hear the People Sing from the recording of the cast of the ''movie'' over the phone. [[note]]The fandom is divided over whether the quality of that version is good.[[/note]]

-->"And please, make sure that he doesn't wake up in a pool of his own vomit. It makes for a very unattractive corpse."
* [[spoiler: [[BreakingTheFourthWall Moriaty]] ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall spitting away]]'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall his message to Mycroft]]]].

'''Watson''': ''(getting increasingly annoyed) I wasn't in [[spoiler: bomb disposal.]] I'm a bloody doctor!\\

'''Watson''': ''(testily) Because you're Sherlock Holmes. You're as clever as it gets!\\

'''Watson''': ''(getting increasingly annoyed) "I wasn't in [[spoiler: bomb disposal.]] I'm a bloody doctor!\\

'''Sherlock:''' You've been a while.\\

* When Sherlock confronts Mycroft with A.G.R.A, Mycroft starts to recite random facts about [[IThoughtItMeant the city in India]]. \\

* [[http://www.mollyhooper.co.uk/ Molly Hooper's blog]] is funny because it's such an {{egregious}} [[StylisticSuck violation]] of every rule of web design. A pastel background, pictures of kittens, images that block off vital links if the page isn't formatted right, ''Comic Sans''...

** Followed by something which ought to stand as one of the funniest one-liners ever written for television. \\
'''Mycroft:''' We are in Buckingham Palace, the very heart of the British nation. Sherlock Holmes, ''put your trousers on''.