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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''"I'm Chief Superintendent Lookout...Lookout of the Yard."''~~<br />~~ ''"Why, what would we see?"''~~<br />~~ ''"I'm sorry?"''~~<br />~~ ''"What would we see if we look out of the yard?"''~~<br />~~ ''"I'm afraid I don't follow that at all."''\|''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''}} Most detectives in fiction barely get recognition. [[CSI\|Gil Grissom]], [[Without a Trace ~~(TV)~~\|Jack Malone]] and [[The Maltese Falcon\|Sam Spade]] could happily walk into a bookshop in their respective cities, [[Hot Librarian\|seduce the owner]] and leave without being recognized. Not so for Smiths of the Yard. They are very well-known. The newspapers follow their activities. When there is a major crime and they are involved, the papers will say, "Smith of the Yard is on the case". If they're not and the crimes are particularly diabolical, the papers will call for their involvement. In [[Real Life]], the Yard is Scotland Yard, headquarters for the Metropolitan Police of Greater London. The Yard has become synonymous with police to the extent that any police version of the [[Nations of the World Montage]] will feature a shot of the New Scotland Yard sign. Line 14: == [[Anime]] == * Although his real identity is unknown to the vast majority of people, L in ''[[~~Death Note (Manga)\|~~Death Note]]'' is considered the world's best detective and his tackling of the Kira case is covered world-wide. In fact, L uses his status as a [[Smith of the Yard]] to {{spoiler\|narrow his search for Kira by broadcasting his news conference exclusively in Japan. Kira, expecting news about L to be world-wide, responds immediately and falls for the trap.}} == [[Literature]] == * [[Agatha Christie ~~(Creator)~~\|Hercule Poirot]] * [[Sherlock Holmes]] Lampshaded in one story, as Holmes's need for disguises was explained to be a result of criminals recognizing him from all the coverage he was getting... including that from his good friend, Dr. Watson. Line 33: Lampshaded and parodied in the "Flying Fox of the Yard" sketch when Inspector Thompson's Gazelle of the Yard arrests the entire show for, amongst other things, "[[Hypocritical Humour\|always saying it's 'so-and-so of the yard' whenever the fuzz arrives]]." ** And, in one instance, Arthur Lemming...of the British Dental Association! {{quote\| "Lemming, Lemming, Lemming of the BDA! Lemming of the BD, Lemming of the BD, BD BD BDA-A-A!"}} * ''[[Hustle]]'' plays this one relatively straight in the 3rd season finale, with a detective famous for making big busts as the villain. He's not a nice man... * [[Spike Milligan]] wrote a serial for ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' entitled ''the Phantom Raspberry-Blower of Old London Town''. The investigating officer was Corner of the Yard.<ref>aka. Ronnie Corbett</ref>. * Becomes a major plot point in the second season finale of ''[[Sherlock]]''. Sherlock had established a reputation prior to that, but found himself genuinely famous after solving several high profile cases. {{spoiler\|Moriarty ends up using it against him by manipulating public opinion and police suspicions against Sherlock in order to destroy him}} == [[Theater]] == Line 42: == [[Real Life]] == * The Trope Namer is Fabian Of The Yard, the real-life Inspector Robert Fabian, whose autobiography was called [https://web.archive.org/web/20130823212416/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,858224,00.html ''Fabian Of The Yard,''] and who appeared in a TV show based on his life work. * A post 1930s example: Detective Sergeant [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Norman_Pilcher~~:Norman Pilcher\|Norman Pilcher]] of the Drug Squad, who gained a certain level of fame and notoriety in the 1960s by being the police officer at the centre of a number of high-profile celebrity drug busts, including [[Rolling Stones\|Mick Jagger]], Donovan, [[The Beatles\|John Lennon and George Harrison]]. Given that it was nearly always the same man present, this led to accusations that he was either only going after them to increase his profile in the tabloids and / or actively planting drugs on them to secure a conviction (not that they weren't already actively using drugs for the most part, but still). The fact that he was later convicted of perjury and obstructing the course of justice didn't help his credibility when it came to these accusations. * Eugène-François Vidocq was one of these in France for a while, before he was slandered and eventually fired for being a former convict and using informers effectively. However, he started the first private detective agency shortly after and was able to coast on his name-recognition until the police arrested him on trumped-up charges and took all his files. ---- {{quote\| "Ha ha ha! 'Look out of the yard' - very good!" }} {{reflist}} [[Category:The Utterly and Completely Definitive Guide To Cool]]▼ [[Category:Crime and Punishment Tropes]] [[Category:Smith Ofof ~~The~~the Yard]] ▲[[Category:The Utterly and Completely Definitive Guide Toto Cool]]