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'''Mycroft''': How would ''you'' know? }}

* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type V. Sherlock solves crime for fun and not justice. He's fully aware that he's not very heroic and tells John that there's no such thing as heroes and if there were he wouldn't be one. It is hinted that with time and the right company, however, he may lose the 'anti' part.

{{quote|'''Sherlock:''' Decent? Who cares about decent when there's finally something interesting going on?

** [[Tranquil Fury|And you will not realize he's angry until after he's beaten the crap out of you.]]

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Happens to Sherlock in the climax of both "The Great Game" and "A Scandal in Belgravia". In the first, he dismisses the lives put on the line by Moriarty, ecstatic about the puzzles set before him and the pleasure of unraveling the mystery of Moriarty's overall plan. But then {{spoiler|Moriarty puts [[It's Personal|John's life on the line.]] And it turns out that the entire game was not what Sherlock had guessed, and was only used to get Sherlock out in the open so that Moriarty could get rid of him and John.}} Then in "Scandal in Belgravia," {{spoiler|Irene Adler played Sherlock for a fool and got valuable government information from him for Moriarty and a terrorist cell. Also as it turned out, Moriarty did ''not'' consider Sherlock his greatest enemy and considered his brother the greater threat, nicknaming Mycroft "The Iceman" and Sherlock "The Virgin". All of this coldly revealed by Irene Adler right in front of him and Mycroft!}}

* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]:

** In "A Study in Pink", is too lazy to lift his hand about three inches to grab the phone John offers him, forcing John to actually place it in his palm. Sheesh. However this may be less Sherlock being lazy and more him being a [[Manipulative Bastard]]- testing how much bossing around John is going to take from him.

** This ultimately causes {{spoiler|him to be arrested in the Reichenbach Fall. He just appears too odd to be trusted.}}

* [[Byronic Hero]]

** "Not Good?"

* [[Celibate Hero]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Over the course of Series 2.

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even High-Functioning Sociopaths Love Their Mamas:]]

** "The Reichenbach Hero" for his most famous case to date.

** "Sir Boasts-A-Lot", which Moriarty alludes to while telling a fairytale.

** From the unaired pilot:

{{quote|(John and Sherlock are in a restaurant)

'''John''': ...Wednesday.

'''Sherlock''': I'm okay for a bit. }}

* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Just a bit, yeah. Though it's also likely he was deliberately correcting the prisoner in Minsk just to test his control of his temper.

** In all likelihood he was also doing it to irritate the guy making the errors {{spoiler|while confessing to murdering his girlfriend}}.

{{quote|'''Sherlock:''' (on the "drugs bust") This is childish.

'''Lestrade:''' Well, I'm dealing with a child. }}

{{quote|''"Careful."''}}

* [[Married to the Job]]: Ambiguous (a?)sexuality aside, this is the reason he gives for why dating (or human social interaction in general) isn't "his area". You can count the number of people close to him in any sense on one hand.

{{quote|"Why is it always the hat photograph?"}}

* [[Motor Mouth]]: It's entirely possible that Cumberbatch does not need to breathe; for example, just listen to his explanation of Watson's phone or much of "Hounds of Baskerville".

* [[Must Have Nicotine]]: It's impossible to sustain a smoking habit in London nowadays, so Sherlock confines himself to patches. It just might end up being "a three-patch problem".

** Goes absolutely ''haywire'' in "Hounds of Baskerville" when he's detoxing, turning the entire flat upside down and outright ''begging'' John to give him a cigarette.

** Sherlock's stolen security guard hat.

** {{spoiler|The deerstalker}} in "A Scandal in Belgravia", which also doubles as a [[Mythology Gag]].

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]

* [[No Social Skills]]: Yet again, high-functioning sociopath here..

* [[Pet the Dog]]: His apology to Molly for verbally tearing her apart on Christmas, complete with a sincere kiss on the cheek.

{{quote|'''Sherlock''': Merry Christmas, Molly Hooper.}}

* [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]]: Sherlock's brilliant deductive reasoning comes at the expense of practical knowledge and ability to interact socially.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

{{quote|'''Sherlock:''' I'm not a psychopath, Anderson, [[Insistent Terminology|I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research.]]}}

* [[The Spock]]: John even calls him "Spock" in "The Hounds of Baskerville."

** [[Not So Stoic]]: Whenever John is genuinely threatened or in danger. Strap a bunch of bombs to or point a gun at the good doctor's head, and Sherlock's cool mask will evaporate in two seconds flat.

* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]

{{quote|'''Sherlock''': I may be on the side of the angels... but ''don't'' think for one ''second'' that I am one of them!}}

* [[The Unfettered]]: Most of Scotland Yard seem to think he's this.

==== John Watson ([[Martin Freeman]]) ====

* [[Combat Medic]]: He is a military doctor, after all.

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Almost every episode. Most memorably in 'The Great Game', when he {{spoiler|opens the fridge in 221B and finds himself staring at a severed head inside}}.

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Frequently. At Buckingham Palace, he gets so carried away imagining that he nearly drops the fine china.

* [[Foil]]: To Sherlock. Pretty much an obligatory aspect of his character.

* [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]]: A variant; John says "Nothing ever happens to me" to his psychologist's suggestion that he blogs everything that happens to him. And then a couple of scenes later, he meets Sherlock…

* [[Not So Stoic]]: In ''The Hounds of Baskerville,'' the audience finally sees what happens when [[The Stoic|John]] freaks the everloving hell out. It's not pretty. {{spoiler|We later find out he was drugged with a chemical that makes the subject extraordinarily suggestible and induces panic, but still.}}

* [[Only Friend]]: To Sherlock — and everyone who knows Sherlock is amazed that he's even managed that much. And as Sherlock almost affectionately points out in "The Hounds of Baskerville":

{{quote|'''Sherlock:''' I don’t have friends. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|I've just got one.]]}}

* [[Guile Hero]]: It comes with the territory of being a [[Knowledge Broker]] and [[The Spymaster]].

* [[Ice Queen]]: A true male example - Moriarty's code name for him is "The Iceman". Mycroft's feelings only extend to Sherlock's well-being; everyone else is expendable.

* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Though to a lesser degree than his brother.

* [[The Kindnapper]]: To John, usually when he's concerned about Sherlock.

* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]

* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]}}

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Besides his "constant" worrying about Sherlock, it's made fairly clear in ''Scandal'' that Sherlock regards him as this:

* [[The Unfettered]]: Ultimately a deconstruction. Having absolutely no empathy and no limits, Jim's one and only concern is to try and stave off his endless boredom...even if that means putting his own plans and well-being at risk to do it. Best illustrated in the second series finale {{spoiler|where Moriarty gleefully '''shoots himself in the head''' for no reason other than he thinks it's the best way to "win" his game with Sherlock and believes that with Sherlock dead his life will have no further meaning.}}

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Makes one out of Molly Hooper, Sally Donovan, and arguably {{spoiler|the entire British legal system and tabloid press in "The Reichenbach Fall".}} Such is his [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bastardy]] that he even makes pawns out of ''{{spoiler|the Holmes brothers themselves}}''.

* [[You're Insane!]]: Sherlock says this to Moriarty in ''The Reichenbach Fall.''

{{quote|'''Moriarty''': You're [[Insult Backfire|just getting that now?]]}}

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: At one point, her occupation is described as "recreational scolding".

* [[Man of Wealth and Taste|Woman Of Wealth And Taste]]: The phone everybody was fighting for in "A Scandal in Belgravia" was a Vertu Constellation Quest smart phone, with a price tag of £17,300. There was more than one reason she was fighting tooth and nail to get it back.

==== Detective Inspector Greg Lestrade (Rupert Graves) ====

* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: Does ''not'' approve of Sherlock's consulting. To her, he's always "Freak".

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Fair Cop]]

* [[The Lancer]]: To Lestrade.

** Also has it with Sherlock. She wants his body; he wants her dead bodies.

* [[Lab Rat]]: The coroner at St. Bart's.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: In a jaw-dropping black and white dress in "A Scandal in Belgravia". Even Lestrade is [[Distracted by the Sexy]].

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: {{spoiler|Moriarty}} uses her to get close to Sherlock.

==== Harriet "Harry" Watson ====

* [[Tomboyish Name]]: During his investigation of Watson's phone, Sherlock notices the name "Harry" on it. {{spoiler|Turns out it's Watson's ''sister'', Harriet.}}

* [[The Unseen]]: While mentioned in the show, Harry has yet to show up. She is, however, a frequent poster on John's blog.

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