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'''Sherlock:''' Yes. But I'm not my brother, remember? I am ''you''. Prepared to do anything. Prepared to burn. Prepared to do what ordinary people won't do. You want me to shake hands with you in hell, I shall not disappoint you.<br />
''' Moriarty:''' Nah. You talk big. Nah. You're ordinary. You're ordinary. You're on the side of the angels. <br />
'''Sherlock:''' [[Anti -Hero|Oh, I may be on the side of the angels. But don't think for one second that I am one of them.]] }}
* [[Big Bad Friend]]: It's revealed that Moriarty got his information about Sherlock from {{spoiler|Mycroft}}.
* [[Break His Heart to Save Him]]: {{spoiler|Right before jumping off St. Bart's, Sherlock tells John that Moriarty's version of the story is true, so that John, Lestrade and Mrs. Hudson won't get offed by snipers.}}
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** "This phone call, it's - it's my note." In the original story, Holmes left an actual note.
** {{spoiler|At Sherlock's grave,}} John calls Sherlock "the best man, and the most human human being, that I've ever known." In the closing words of "The Final Problem," Watson writes that he will always regard Holmes as "the best and wisest man I've ever known."
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In "The Reichenbach Fall", it's revealed that Mycroft, while trying to get Moriarty's computer key ({{spoiler|which turned out not to exist anyway}}) ended up {{spoiler|telling Moriarty Sherlock's entire life story -- which he proceeds to use as ammunition against him}}. It's only in hindsight he realises what a terrible idea this was.
* [[Not So Different]]: Moriarty taunts Holmes with this repeatedly. It's not until the climax that he realises how right he was.
* [[OccamsOccam's Razor]]: {{spoiler|There is no supercode for hacking into all of the world's systems; Moriarty simply used expertly-placed inside men}}.
* [[Please Wake Up]]: {{spoiler|John to Sherlock's grave. After his goodbye monologue about his undying faith in Sherlock, he turns around and...}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|"Please, there's just one more thing, one more thing, one more miracle, Sherlock, for me. Don't...be...dead. [[Tear Jerker|Would you do- just for me, just stop it. Stop this."]]}}}}
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* [[Wham Line]]: John ''opens'' the episode with one.
{{quote| '''John''': My best friend, Sherlock Holmes, is dead.}}
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]] Why the little girl was so terrified of Holmes was never addressed.
** The implication is that {{spoiler|Moriarty somehow made himself look like Sherlock when he abducted the kids}} but exactly what he did isn't mentioned.
* [[What You Are in The Dark]]: Sherlock's decision to {{spoiler|tarnish his own reputation to save the lives of his friends, who for their own safety cannot know that he saved them.}}
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** Exactly like how the more sweets the child hostages in this episode ate, {{spoiler|the faster they died.}}
** [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Sherlock and Moriarty are playing like nobody's business.
* [[You're Insane!]]
{{quote| '''Moriarty''': [[Insult Backfire|You're just getting that]] ''[[Insult Backfire|now]]''?}}
* {{spoiler|[[Zero Approval Gambit]]}}: The crux of Moriarty's [[Evil Plan]] is to force Sherlock to do this.
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