@Masem
 
OH HAI MORIARTY!

“And there she was, little Miss Chai. She had her share of skeletons in the closet, but she made the best tea in this part of town. A mare after my own heart.”

@Background Pony Number 17  
“But you have retired, Holmes. We heard of you as living the life of a hermit among your bees and your books in a small farm upon the South Downs.”
 
“Exactly, Watson. Here is the fruit of my leisured ease, the magnum opus of my latter years!” He picked up the volume from the table and read out the whole title, Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with Some Observations upon the Segregation of the Queen. “Alone I did it. Behold the fruit of pensive nights and laborious days when I watched the little working gangs as once I watched the criminal world of London.”
 
–Exchange Between Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes in the short story His Last Bow

@VermiIIion  
Ah! That would explain it! I thought they looked familiar but I could put my finger on it. Now I am kicking myself for not recognizing them sooner. Perfect cameo for a detective story!

HOLY. BUCKING. SHET.

Best chokkies in the house!

@Masem  
Okay, so they have both the main antagonists of Dr.Who and Sherlock living in Canterlot, plus Starlight Glimmer is hiding there…how many more villains are in the capital of Equestria?

Also later  
They are chasing Moriarty.

@RIG  
It’s Holmes and Watson from the BBC series Sherlock.
 

I really need to get around to watching that show.  
(looks at his long list of shows yet to have watched)  
OH I already have it on my list, number 26… and 40…

for those of you who are wondering what she looks like in color, she’s visible in >>941901 next to stormy flare. she actually looks strikingly similar to brownie bun!

hooray, we finally get a cameo from martin freeman and bandersnatch snozzcumber! … i mean i’m still holding out hope for a voice cameo but beggars can’t be choosers, eh?

@RIG  
it’s shulock homes

Those two in the BG… i am sure they aren’t simple BG ponies…

hope we get a colored edit for this.

BRB, Moving to Canterlot!

@RyuSpike  
Sherlock and John Watson from SHERLOCK.

Is that Sherlock and Watson in the background?

@Background Pony Number 17  
Oh, okay! XD

I wonder if the two guys in the back are suppose to be a reference? Their designs stick out too much to be just standard background ponies.

Of all the bakeries, of all of Equestria, she had to walk into mine.

@Background is Best Pony  
In the original Sherlock Holmes stories, when he retired from investigating, he took up bee-keeping.

@Shydale  
Dumb OC in the way. :P

@Background is Best Pony  
Sherlock’s - a bee  
Watson’s - can’t tell for sure. Kettle?

@Trahzo  
I don’t watch the series, so what does that represent?