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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: In the [[TheNineties 90's]], garden gnomes actually tended to vanish sometimes( In France for instance, they were stolen by The Garden Gnome Liberation Front).
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* FurryReminder: Irene (mostly by having real hair) is the most human-looking character in the main cast; in the scene where her doll joints are covered, she's drinking pretend tea and apparently believing it's real, like a doll would.
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** In the climax, [[spoiler: Moriarty and Holmes fall over the waterfall.]]


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* ShoutOut: Moriarty says he was 'deaded', that someone is 'misrebable'... Radio/TheGoonShow, anyone?
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Tybalt and Featherstone are absent without being mentioned. The house ornament Benny fell in love with in the first film is also absent and he has moved on to being infatuated with Nanette.

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* ActionisedSequel: There are higher stakes than the first film which leads to more chase and fight sequences. While the first film's climax was a full scale battle between the two gardens, the protagonists themselves have a far more active role in the fighting this time.
* AngstWhatAngst: InUniverse and PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler: Watson is supposedly killed]], and Juliet berates Sherlock for seemingly not caring. Truthfully, he is just as shocked and upset as she is, though he's trying to focus on his mission rather than his grief.
-->'''Sherlock:''' Emotion is the enemy of logic.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Tybalt and Featherstone are absent without being mentioned. The house ornament Benny fell in love with in the first film is also absent and he has moved on to being infatuated with Nanette.



* ContinuityNod: There is a thin but only just noticeable line where Benny's hat has been fixed after it was smashed by Tybalt in the first film.



* MythologyGag: The name on the moving van that moves the gnomes to London is Sherrinford Movers. Sherrinford Bell was Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's originally proposed name for Sherlock Holmes.

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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The name on the moving van that moves the gnomes to London is Sherrinford Movers. Sherrinford Bell was Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's originally proposed name for Sherlock Holmes. Holmes.
** Irene lives in ''Doyle's Doll Museum'', named after Creator/ArthurConanDoyle.
** When calling out for Gnomeo, Watson reluctantly calls out "wherefore art thou, Gnomeo" [[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure Though "wherefore" actually means "why", not "where".]][[/note]]
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* DescendingCeiling: Moriarty plans to crush the kidnapped gnomes beneath the base of the Tower Bridge drawbridge, which descends as the bridge opens.
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* SwarmOfRats: When their boat is stranded by the falling water level in the sewer, Sherlock and Watson start uses ropes to haul the boat of the floor of the tunnel. Gnomeo and Juliet are confused as to why, but quickly learn it is to get the boat (and them) out of the way of the swarm of rats that is approaching.

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* SwarmOfRats: When their boat is stranded by the falling water level in the sewer, Sherlock and Watson start uses ropes to haul the boat of off the floor of the tunnel. Gnomeo and Juliet are confused as to why, but quickly learn it is to get the boat (and them) out of the way of the swarm of rats that is approaching.
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-->'''Sherlock:''' Do you see what I'm doing? (begins mimicking the way a squirrel moves it's behind)

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-->'''Sherlock:''' Do you see what I'm doing? (begins mimicking the way a squirrel moves it's its behind)
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* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife: Watson's cane displays a plethora of functions. These include a grapple line, a map case, and a laser pointer/garage door opener. At the end of the film, Sherlock even uses it as a walking stick.

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* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife: Watson's cane displays a plethora of functions. These include a grapple line, a map case, and a laser pointer/garage door opener. At [[spoiler: After his leg is broken by Moriarty in the end of the film, climax, Sherlock even uses spends the rest of the film using it as a walking stick.stick]].
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* IronicEcho: During their first big fight, Juliet tells Gnomeo "The garden can't wait! You can!". Later, she gets angry at Sherlock for not showing more concern over what has happened to Watson and Sherlock replies "The case cannot wait. Watson can".
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* SuicidalGotcha: When Gnomeo is cornered by Moriarty atop Tower Bridge, he takes a single step backwards and plummets out of sight towards the river. [[spoiler:Where he is caught by Juliet who hovering just below on the drone.]]
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* TwoMenOneDress: Sherlock and Juliet disguise themselves as a squirrel.
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* RollingPinOfDoom: Moriarty's primary weapon is a rolling pin. (He was originally the mascot of a pie company.) During the climax, he fences Sherlock with him using his rolling pin and Sherlock using his magnifying glass.
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* GrapplingHookPistol: Watson's cane doubles as a grappling-hook gun.
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* ImprovisedParachute: The gnomes use Chinese lanterns as parachutes when they jump from Curly Fu's to the roof of the bus.
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* SwarmOfRats: When their boat is stranded by the falling water level in the sewer, Sherlock and Watson start uses ropes to haul the boat of the floor of the tunnel. Gnomeo and Juliet are confused as to why, but quickly learn it is to get the boat (and them) out of the way of the swarm of rats that is approaching.
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* ((Ramprovisation}}: While trying to escape the hound in the park, Juliet drives the ride-on lawnmower up a pile of deckchairs that launches the mower into a tree.

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* ((Ramprovisation}}: {{Ramprovisation}}: While trying to escape the hound in the park, Juliet drives the ride-on lawnmower up a pile of deckchairs that launches the mower into a tree.
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* ((Ramprovisation}}: While trying to escape the hound in the park, Juliet drives the ride-on lawnmower up a pile of deckchairs that launches the mower into a tree.
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* PantomimeAnimal: Sherlock and Juliet disguise themselves as a squirrel so they can move about a park in daylight.
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* HighClassGlass: Irene's giant teddy bear bouncer/bodyguard wears a tuxedo and a monocle when he accompanies her to the Awakenings ceremony at the end of the film. A nice touch is that he is wearing his monocle over his missing eye.

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* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Mortiarty is not seen in either of the film's main trailers. Aside from a few brief shots in the TV Spots, he is barely in any of the film's marketing.

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* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Mortiarty Moriarty is not seen in either of the film's main trailers. Aside from a few brief shots in the TV Spots, he is barely in any of the film's marketing.marketing.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: Moriarty flings his plastic hat to take out the drone at Tower Bridge. Particularly creepy as his hat is actually part of him, and still has a piece of his head attached when he throws it.
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* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife: Watson's cane displays a plethora of functions. These include a grapple line, a map case, and a laser pointer/garage door opener. At the end of the film, Sherlock even uses it as a walking stick.


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* IndyHatRoll: Gnomeo and Juliet desperately slide under the descending manhole cover as they follow Sherlock and Watson into the sewer.
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* LiteralDisarming: Irene Adler rips the arm of Big Boy Gorilla while arm-wrestling him.
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* MythologyGag: The name on the moving van that moves the gnomes to London is Sherrinford Movers. Sherrinford Bell was Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's originally proposed name for Sherlock Holmes.
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-->'''Gnomeo:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar No ''ship'', Sherlock...]]

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-->'''Gnomeo:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar No ''ship'', Sherlock...]]]]
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Mortiarty is not seen in either of the film's main trailers. Aside from a few brief shots in the TV Spots, he is barely in any of the film's marketing.
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* ArtShift: There are four brief sequences in the film inside of Sherlock's mind that use hand-drawn animation instead of CGI, one scene where paper cut-outs are used, and another where flash animation is used.
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-->'''Gnomeo:''' No ''ship'', Sherlock...

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-->'''Gnomeo:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar No ''ship'', Sherlock...]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Both Moriarty and Watson.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Watson appears to pull one, but it's revealed that he doesn't plan to harm the gnomes, only to show Sherlock that he deserves more credit than he gets.]]

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