Popular Culture References To Sherlock Holmes - Other Media

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• "Searchin'", a song recorded in 1957 by the R&B group the Coasters, makes reference to Holmes and other fictional detectives.

• Sherlock Holmes is the subject matter in the song "Sherlock Holmes" by American rock band Sparks on their eleventh album Angst in My Pants.

• In the manga Shaman King, the character Lyserg Diethel's design is heavily influenced by Sherlock Holmes. In his debut, he is seen reading a book titled The Adventures of Warlock Holmes, a spoofed name of the book. He is also seen in his regular attire wearing a Sherlock Holmes green-plaid cape and desires to become the world's greatest detective. His father Liem Diethel is also seen to have the same look.

• In the Dark Horse Comics two-issue mini series Predator: Nemesis, Sherlock Holmes is mentioned by his older brother, Mycroft Holmes in a cameo appearance. The Diogenes Club also makes an appearance, a fictional investigative agency that is a fixture in the Sherlock Holmes mythos. It is hinted at that the Diogenes Club and, (most likely) that Sherlock Holmes himself is aware of the existence of the Predator race, as Mycroft says "Besides, who else in the Empire has more experience of such creatures as the gallant Captain Soames?" Also, as the Predator's butchery is mistaken in the papers as Jack the Ripper's work, Mycroft states that " is pure journalistic fancy", hinting that the Diogenes Club had dealt with the Ripper but did not elaborate on his identity.

• Sherlock Holmes was spoofed in the Lozenge and Hampshire online adventure game series by James Evans.

• In the Italian comic book Martin Mystère and spin-off series Storie di Altrove/Stories from Elsewhere Holmes is a historical character. In late 1880s he worked on the case of Jack the Ripper and met professor Richard Van Helsing, a vampire who destroyed Count Dracula. Along with professor Challenger, Holmes visited a secret valley of dinosaurs in South America in 1896. The same year he worked with the American Secret Service "Elsewhere" to stop paranormal threats from another dimension. In 1910 he discovered a life extension serum. At the beginning of World War I he had a final confrontation with Professor Moriarty. After the war, he moved to Ukraine, giving Arthur Conan Doyle the task to convince everyone that he was just an imaginary character. With the help of his serum, Holmes prolonged his life for several decades. In 1990s he indirectly helped Martin Mystère to capture a villain who found a formula of his serum.

• In the manga Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein- the characters go to the Diogenes Club to accept a job from Mike Roft, a play on Mycroft Holmes, who remarks that "if you are looking for someone, my younger brother is quite good at that type of thing". Sherlock only makes a very brief appearance.

• The Firesign Theatre's 1974 comedy record, "The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra," parodies Holmes, featuring a character named Hemlock Stones.

• The Korean manhwa Lizzie Newton: Victorian Mysteries is set in the Sherlock Holmes universe, but in an earlier period in history. Set in the year 1864, it features younger versions of characters in the series. These include Inspector Lestrade as a junior police officer, and Professor Moriarty as a student.