Editing Professor Moriarty (section)

==Legacy==
{{See also|Professor Moriarty in other media}}
[[T. S. Eliot]]'s character [[Macavity|Macavity the Mystery Cat]] is based on Moriarty.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dundas|first=Zach|title=The Great Detective|publisher=[[Mariner Books]]|year=2015|page=16|isbn=978-0-544-70521-0}}</ref> Author [[Timothy Zahn]]'s fictional [[Star Wars]] warlord Nuso Esva is also based on the professor; in fact, if each consonant and vowel of the character's name is replaced with the consonants and vowels before them in the [[Latin alphabet]], "Nuso Esva" becomes "Moriarty."<ref name="TZ">{{cite web |url=https://facebook.com/posts/10150348265048713 |title=Timothy Zahn interview |author=[[Timothy Zahn]] |date= |website= [[Facebook]]|publisher= |access-date=September 28, 2011 |quote=*very* perceptive comment. In fact, if you shift each of the consonent [sic] of Nusoesva's [sic] name back one consonent [sic], and shift each vowel one back (and treat "y" as a vowel) ...}}</ref>

A [[Sherlockian society]] was formed by noted Sherlockian John Bennett Shaw<ref name=three>{{cite book|last=Boström|first=Mattias|title=[[From Holmes to Sherlock]]|publisher=Mysterious Press|year=2018|page=386|isbn=978-0-8021-2789-1}}</ref> called "The Brothers Three of Moriarty", in honour of Professor Moriarty and his two brothers.<ref name="Boström405">{{cite book|last=Boström|first=Mattias|title=[[From Holmes to Sherlock]]|publisher=[[Mysterious Press]]|year=2018|pages=405–406|isbn=978-0-8021-2789-1}}</ref> The group held annual dinners in [[Moriarty, New Mexico]].<ref name="Boström405"/>

The action movie "[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]" (2003) has a character named "M", later known as Moriarty.