“Im worried about Morarty cuz I thnik hes going 2 return and cause destroyction”
—"Shelrock Homes"
Sherlock Season 4
is a Sherlock fanfic by ballistic dolphin, which begins with Sherlock and Watson learning of Moriarty's return, and shows them solving several crimes along the way. The story gets more insane over time as the two of them (along with “David Camaroon”) eventually battle the Joker over control of “Bigben”'s clock, which contains an atom bomb that Britain used on the Nazis in World War II.
Has a Dramatic Reading here
Not to be confused with the actual series 4 of Sherlock.
This story provides examples of:
- Aborted Arc: The story description states "so Moriarty is come back and he's doing bad things like KILING PEOPLE and Sherlock must solve crime scene B4 IS TOO LATE". Moriarty dies in the first episode and is only briefly mentioned in the second, so most of the story does not feature him.
- Artistic License – Geography: Somehow, the Joker manages to drive from London to Paris in a few minutes, and the bomb he throws off the Eiffel tower misses and falls in the “England Channel”.
- Artistic License – History: David Cameron believes that England "blew up the Nazis in WW2" with atomic bombs.
- Back from the Dead: Moriarty and Watson.
- The Bad Guys Are Cops: Revealed at the end of Episode 3 that the police who arrested the Joker were actually corrupt cops working with him.
- Beige Prose
- Big Bad Ensemble: Sephiroth assembled a "Council of Eivil" consisting of himself, Mao Zedong, Kim Jong-Un, Clone Hitler and Mitt Romney.
- Calling Your Attacks: "I will stab clocwn in neck"
- Celebrity Paradox: In the fifth chapter, Martin Freeman makes a brief appearence.
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Crack Pairing: Sherlock/Barack Obama and David Cameron/Clone Hitler - Driven to Suicide: The cowboys in Episode 5 after they hear Morgan Freeman's voice.
- Face–Heel Turn: In Episode 14, David Cameron betrays Sherlock and becomes Clone Hitler's lover. He says this is because he's jealous of Sherlock.
- High School AU: The first chapter is this.
- Insane Troll Logic: Sherlock uses this in Episode 1 to "prove" Lestrade's innocence:"Nope your wrong" Sherlock was saying "There was blood on fingprint but theres no blood on Lestrade hads so couldn't be murder"
- Intercontinuity Crossover: The Joker's appearance in Episode 3.
- Large Ham: Every character.
- Monster Clown:
- Moriarty's clown minion.
- The Joker
- Narrating the Obvious: Sherlock and Watson do this all the time.
- No Name Given: Sherlock's girlfriend in the first chapter is only ever referred to as "the girlfriend".
- Non-Indicative Name: This fic goes through Series 4, 5, 6 and 7, before becoming a Dead Fic.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Played straight with David Cameron. Averted with every other authority.
- Although later, he becomes Clone Hitler's lover.
- Rouge Angles of Satin: The entire story.
- The Sociopath: Sherlock outright calls himself one when he manages to No-Sell The Joker’s laughing gas, on the grounds that sociopaths have no sense of humour.
- Take Our Word for It: The author admits at the end of Sherlock's chess game with Clone Hitler that he "don remember excatly how u win in chess but just pretend [Sherlock] did a move that wins"
- Token Black: A black guy is mentioned as standing in the corner when Sherlock fights The Joker, as the story needs a black guy to not be racist.
- Too Dumb to Live: Mao Zednog, upon learning that "THE GOOD GUYS ARE ATTACKING", grabs as much food as he can. He is killed shortly afterwards.
- Unexplained Recovery: Barely averted. The only explanation we get for Watson's reappearance is this:Watson: "No I survived by hiding in basement."
- Viewers Are Goldfish: In Chapter 2, the narrator explains to the audience that Watson "died in episode 1 in case u cant remember".
- You Cloned Hitler!: Episode 6 ends with Hitler's genetic material getting stolen, so he gets cloned.
