William being mobbed by his crew once he finally reunites with them, telling him how incredibly happy they are to see him alive again.

Lampshaded in A Scandal in the British Empire, when Adler's underwear was drawn in a much more modern fashion than any woman would've worn in the time, with commentary from the creators and a small strip at the end of the chapter showing what it properly should've looked like. A commoner is chased down by a hunter and his dogs before being shot. The ocean liner Noahtic begins its maiden voyage and Count Blitz Enders, an openly arrogant noble, heavily criticizes that commoners are allowed aboard. Days previously, William shared his plan to slowly remake society by plunging London into an era of crime, all while committing murders designed to educate commoners in exactly how the nobility have been abusing them, starting with Blitz. Onboard, Sebastien pays Thomas Michaelson, a rapist and murderer, to provoke Blitz, hoping Blitz will overreact against Thomas, reasoning that the death of a man like Thomas can be put to good use. Fred further enrages Blitz by delivering a telegram claiming his home burned down and one of his coal mines closed after an industrial accident. William meets a man who instantly deduces William is a mathematician, so William responds by deducing the man's hobbies, amusing the man who leaves without introducing himself. Blitz, revealed to be the hunter who hunts commoners for fun, lures Thomas to his cabin and murders him. With his plan a success, William enters Blitz's cabin, pretending to catch Blitz in the act. The Moriarty brothers' first murder was mentioned by William as needing to be planned as "the perfect crime" Sheath Strike: After William takes on his quest of atonement, he keeps his sword neatly in the cane during fights to keep from killing anyone while he bats them around.

Anime

In The Man with the Golden Army, after evacuating everyone from a mansion set to explode, Moran and Moneypenny then throw the bodies of their victims into the fire to cover up the crime.

Bayonet Ya: Moran uses a bayonet on a pistol of all things to Knife Fight with Louis in The Adventure of the Empty Hearts. Played with a bit in that he doesn't switch to a knife because he's out of ammo, as he proves later—he just doesn't want to shoot Louis. Shout-Out: A safe deposit box retrieved by Moran in the anime is numbered 2501, a reference to the Puppet Master from Ghost in the Shell, also animated by Production I.G. The safe deposit box in the manga is 197, so the animation staff changed it to include the reference. Moires Baskerville is based on Hugo Baskerville from Hound of the Baskervilles, but makes Hugo look like a saint in comparison. Whereas Hugo "merely" kidnapped a girl he's enamoured with and had her chased by hounds when she escaped, Moires regularly rounds up street children and has them horribly mutilated, hunted, then killed for sport. Shoot the Fuel Tank: Moran is tasked in The Final Problem to shoot a can of oil so it explodes and takes out the edge of the Tower Bridge and William with it. Several arcs from the manga are cut entirely: The Case of the Noble Kidnapping, The Hunting of Baskervilles, The Man with the Golden Army, The Adventure of the One Student, The Tea Party, and The Dark Night of London. Much of what remains is also compressed due to time constraints and to cover the missing gaps.

Manga

in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on March 28, 2021 . Retrieved February 22, 2021. Late for School: Ironically, William, the professor, is guilty of this in Grapefruit Pie. One of his future clients helps him get to the university and initially doesn't believe he's actually a professor because of his young age. Holmes has a nightmare where he willingly kills Jefferson. He later admits to Watson that despite his fame thanks to the Drebber case, he prefers to solve a bigger mystery. While he is alone, Holmes wonders whether or not he should have accepted Jefferson's offer. He then fires a gun which draws Mrs. Hudson, Watson, and Lestrade's attention. When Lestrade mentions that the Viscount of Redshire died on a lakefront in York, Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade go there to investigate. Following the investigation, Holmes and Watson have an argument. In the dining car, Holmes spots William and Louis. When he approaches them, he claims that he has figured out that William is the mastermind behind the aristocrat murders. While Louis is worried that Holmes knows the truth, William calls Holmes' bluff, stating that he would have to prove it. Later, as Lestrade introduces himself to the Moriarty brothers, they are informed there is a dead body. After Holmes proposes a contest to William to see who can solve the case first, Watson shows up while covered in blood. Prochronic Product: Von Herder invents both a revolver that shoots paint bullets and radio earpieces for communication...in the Victorian era. in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021 . Retrieved October 8, 2020.

Show Hodo Suteki na Shoubai wa nai (ショウほど素敵な商売はない Shou Hodo Suteki na Shoubai wa nai lit. There's No Business Like Show Business) The Merchant of London arc shows Louis telling a story of his and William's life before they even met Albert in chapter one.The French Revolution is actually engineered by the British government and Maximilien Robespierre, one of the popular figures of the revolution is actually a British agent named Sherrinford Holmes, the ancestor of the Holmes brothers. In real history, Britain supported the new constitutional monarchy during the beginning of the revolution until Louis XVI's regicide. By then, the majority of the British public opposed the revolution with some lending and funding support on coalitions that attempted to restore the Bourbons. Gotta Kill Them All: William keeps a list of "demons" of society to murder, which he asks Louis to give him at the end of The Two Criminals so he can finish off the list in a final murder spree. in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020 . Retrieved October 8, 2020. The Anti-Pinkerton Act was moved earlier in history for convenience and their role in history is even more sinister than the one they occupy in actual American history.

Caught Up in a Robbery: In The Adventure of the Four Servants, William sends Louis, Bond, Moran, and Fred out to retrieve the contents of a safe deposit box. While they're on the errand, the bank is held up by robbers and they have to find a way to accomplish each of their objectives and save the civilians. It becomes clear later that William set up the robbery as a way for Bond to prove what they can do in a real situation and show their worth. Op.1 - Musical Moriarty the Patriot • Op.2 - A Scandal in British Empire • Op.3 - The Phantom of Whitechapel •

Stage Play

Utopia Justifies the Means: Oh, William and his ridiculous plan to rid the world of monsters so the world will be better, even if hates what he's doing and knows it's wrong, evil, and can never be atoned for. Hazra, Adriana (December 5, 2022). "Moriarty the Patriot Novels Get Manga Adaptation". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022 . Retrieved December 5, 2022. Billy's choice to hand McGinty over to the law instead of killing him himself extrajudicially is portrayed as not truly taking harmful revenge and instead as the proper course of action.