221B Baker Street - Satire and Homage

Satire and Homage

The fictional address has been satirised in the following pastiches of Sherlock Holmes:

• Basil of Baker Street resides in 221½ Baker Street, a mouse-hole beneath 221B Baker Street.

• Private detective Louie Knight moves into an office at 22/1B Stryd-y-Popty (which translates as Baker Street in Welsh) in Malcolm Pryce's Welsh Noir parody The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth, ISBN 978-0-7475-7894-9.

• The 1987 CBS movie The Return of Sherlock Holmes (not to be confused with the 1986 British television series of the same name) features Holmes, cryogenically frozen in 1899 and awakened in modern times, trying to adapt with the aid of Watson's granddaughter, Jane. He seeks out his old residence and finds the spot occupied by a McDonald's franchise.

• Dr. Gregory House, the protagonist of House, M.D., lives at 221 Baker Street, Apartment B, Princeton, NJ, 08542, as shown on the character's driver license seen in the episode "Two Stories" first aired 21 February 2011. This address previously appears on the $5,000 check he writes (and eventually slides through the mail slot) to Lorenzo Wibberly in Season 6, Episode 11: "Remorse." Address also appears in a letter approving citizenship of Dominika House in season 8, Episode 17: "We need the eggs". The first appearance of the address was in Season 2, Episode 7: "Hunting". Dr. House and Dr. Wilson leave House's apartment and in the background a sign saying "221B" can be seen.

• Danger Mouse, in the cartoon show of the same name, is said to live in a post box near 221b Baker Street. However, Danger Mouse is a loose parody of Danger Man and James Bond, rather than Sherlock Holmes.

• Shinichi Kudo, the protagonist of the Detective Conan series by Gosho Aoyama, resides in 2/21B Beika ("Baker" when transcribed to English) Street. Most landmarks and brand names in the series pay homage to this famous address as well, including the Beika Elementary School where Conan Edogawa studies.

• In the Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood, the detective Hon. Phryne Fisher resides at 221 The Esplanade, St Kilda (Melbourne, Australia), which she renumbers to 221B in homage to Holmes.

• In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Data tells another crew member that Geordi LaForge can be found at 221b Baker St, episode 29 "Elementary, Dear Data", and 221b Baker St. is again referenced in episode 137 "Ship in a Bottle".

• In the MMORPG Wizard101, a detective named Sherlock Bones lives in an apartment at 221B Barker Street in Marleybone, a spoof of 19th century London populated by dogs.