Irene Adler - References in Popular Culture

References in Popular Culture

• In the short story "Angels of Music" by Kim Newman (in Tales of the Shadowmen Vol. 2), Erik from The Phantom of the Opera gathers his own Charlie's Angels-like team of female agents — the eponymous "Angels of Music". The team consists of Christine Daaé, Trilby O'Ferrall, and Irene Adler.
• Irene Adler appears in the short story "Tiger! Tiger!" by Elizabeth Bear in Shadows Over Baker Street.
• Irene Adler is in the short story "The Adventure of the Retiring Detective" by Michael Mallory, from the collection The Adventures of the Second Mrs. Watson.
• In the graphic novel series, Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars by Franklin Watts, Irene Adler is brought back to London by Mycroft Holmes. Adler assists the Baker Street Irregulars in solving crimes during the "missing Holmes years" between the Conan Doyle short stories, The Final Problem and The Empty House.
• DC Comics featured Irene Adler as a character within the shared DC Universe in a story arc involving Eclipso, a fictional supervillain. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson also appear, and Watson subsequently prevents Adler from killing Holmes after she is possessed by one of Eclipso's black diamonds. Adler eventually dies.
• Irene Adler is referenced as one of the inspirations for Irene, the central character in Joanna Russ's 1978 novel, The Two of Them.
• Irene Adler is the name of the female backpacker character in the novel The Club Dumas, written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
• Marvel Comics created a villain named Irene Adler, featured with the codename "Destiny", a character exclusive to the X-Men universe.
• In the season 4 episode of Leverage, "The 10 Li'l Grifters Job", the character of Sophie dresses as Irene Adler for a murder mystery gala. Later in the episode, the character describes her costume as a serious detective costume, based on the only woman smarter than Sherlock Holmes.
• In the Past Doctor Adventures novel The Murder Game, the Second Doctor encounters weapon designers Neville and Dorothy Adler, using the name as an alias while posing as mystery writers; the Doctor notes that Adler was the name of a character created by his friend Arthur Conan Doyle, with another character suggesting that the name reflects Dorothy's ego.
• In the 11th episode of season 5 of House MD, James Wilson pretends that House used to date a woman named "Irene Adler".