Starlock Polmes

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Starlock Polmes (スタロック ポームズ) is the identity of a detective that assumedly looks much like Starfy, as characters across different games mistake him for this genius detective. He is analogous to Sherlock Holmes, a famous literary detective, and could be of similar fame in Starfy. However, it is safe to assume that because characters like Funazou and Rabiarty mistake Starfy for him, that he is an actual figure in their world.

In Densetsu no Starfy 2

This is the first mention of Starlock Polmes. Funazou mistakes Starfy for Starlock, calling him スターロック先生/Starokku-sensei, or “Detective Starlock”, and calling Moe his sidekick “Moeston” (キョトスン/Kyotsun, analogous to Sherlock’s friend, Watson) to his initial chagrin.

He asks the two to solve the mystery of Ressie’s disappearance. Starfy eventually finds a bruised Ressie, who then asks him to find his kidnapped daughter (later revealed to be Savako).

In Densetsu no Starfy 3

While not as a major role, Funazou returns in Starfy 3 and still refers to Starfy as “Detective Starlock” and Moe as “Moeston”, and gives them some Jungle Manjuu. If he is talked to again during the main game, he asks Starfy if he is here investigating a case.

In Densetsu no Starfy 4

While Starfy, Starly, and Moe venture through Millennium Mountain, Burudad and Buruda-sama ask if Starfy is the famous detective Starlock Polmes, and ask him to find their missing Prayer Beads. Later on, when Mattel joins the trio, Rabiarty appears and refers to Starfy as スタロックくん/Starlock-kun and kidnaps Mattel, as per King Owlrun's orders. Interestingly, none of these characters acknowledge Moe as Moeston, despite his potentially real counterpart being famous.

Trivia

• In spite of Starly being present to hear Funazou call Starfy Starlock Polmes, she is confused when Burudad calls her brother the same name.
• While we never directly see Starlock Polmes or Moeston, some of the locations in which Starfy and Moe are confused for them have (albeit most likely coincidental) parallels to places Sherlock himself have gone

• In Starfy 2, Starfy gets confused for Starlock at Loch Ress. In 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock and Watson flee to Loch Ness, where Watson apparently sees the Loch Ness monster, which Ressie could be considered a stand in for.

• In Starfy 4, Rabiarty is confronted by Starfy at Millennium Mountain. This somewhat parallels Sherlock’s “death” at Reichenbach Falls, where he meets his end fighting Moriarty. While Starfy does not die, he fights Rabiarty in a mountain setting and is the last time Starlock Polmes, Moeston, or Rabiarty are referenced. However, this is most likely due to Starfy 5’s direction and setting, and not intentional.

• Starlock Polmes and Moeston are not the only characters based on famous personalities (fictional or non-fictional).
  • Another example is Mr. Mafic, who appears to be a play on the famous real-world Japanese magician Mr. Maric. Unlike Starlock, Mr. Maric may have only appeared in the Densetsu no Starfy R manga and the manga is ambiguously canon (despite the fact that Mattel had an official romanization present within chapter 12 (coincidentally, the same one that features Mr. Mafic) which was later used in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Mattel spirit in the selection of The Legendary Starfy (universe) characters).
  • A third Starfy-like character based on an influential person/archetypical figure is Hostarō (Japanese: 星太郎) from chapter ten (Starfy Fairytale!!). He is a play on Momotarō from Japanese folklore or the fairy tale. The name Hostarō is a combination of "Hoshi" (Japanese: 星, star) and "Momotarō".