9th Hero

And the 9th Hero is:



















Sherlock Holmes

Points: 72

# of voters: 6

Range: 18th - 3rd place

The most popular fictional detective characters ever, Sherlock Holmes has received legendary status. Being around for over a hundred years, he is one of the most well known fictional character of our age. Holmes has appeared in books, magazines, movies, television shows, and made references and cameos in all and more. Sherlock Holmes has captured the attention and imagination of people all over the world (example, Japanese anime characters who have obsession with the Holmes character). He was created by the British author Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle but many other authors have written about the character.

Holmes is a private detective that lived in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Sherlock uses logic, observation, and deductive reasoning to solve crimes that others cannot. He is a brilliant detective that can deduce with amazing speed, talent, genus, and grace. He can piece the evidence together, crack coded messages, predict people reactions and responses and outright outsmart everyone. He can examine a scene like no one else and notice things that others overlook or not even notice. His examine skills include tracking footprints and even study finger prints. He also is a superb scientist. He studies chemistry and uses it to help solve some cases. Furthermore, he is a great master of disguise and can even fool his good friend Dr. John H. Watson.

Holmes is somewhat of a British gentleman, but he is more odd than anything else. He lives for the case and the hunt of the criminal. He can even get depressed when there is no challenging foe for him to capture. He can be very cold at time. Holmes doesn’t care much for the social circles and activities of the outside world (my Hero). Instead he has the behavior of thinking he is superior to others. His great ego is not undeserving, he is smarter than most everyone else. He can even be a bit showy when capturing the villains. However he can be quite exited when he is on a hard case. He can also be honorable. He hates evil and has a great desire to undo wrongdoings of criminals and make sure that those criminals received their due justice.

Character flaws? He has an addiction to cocaine and morphine. Though it counts as a flaw it really just gives him more character (though he already had a lot of character) so it’s not really a flaw to the character.

So why is Sherlock Holmes so cool? Well he’s brilliant. He’s the first type of detective to use such amazing thinking and logic to solve his cases. Who wouldn’t want to be smart enough to out smart his enemies at every turn. His sly attitude and ego also makes him a memorial character. All in all, Sherlock Holmes just rocks.