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.

In Densetsu no Starfy 4

While Starfy, Starly, Moe, and Mattel venture through Millennium Mountain, Rabiarty appears and refers to Starfy as スタロックくん/Starlock-kun and kidnaps Mattel. Somewhat interestingly, he does not acknowledge Moe as Moeston, despite his potentially real counterpart being famous.

“Trivia”

• 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".