Professor Fox Moriarty

Professor Fox Moriarty is a recurring antagonist in the French cartoon Sherlock Yack. The character is a tribute to Professor James Moriarty by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Background
One day, Sherlock Yack receives an anonymous phone call, telling him that a crime was going to be committed. He wouldn't say who the culprit is; but he can say who the victim will be and where the crime takes place, and by the time Sherlock could get there, it'll be too late. After the case was solve, Sherlock got another call congratulating him. The caller tells him that he admires him as an intellectual and will see him soon. When Sherlock asked who he is, the caller just said that his name is "Moriarty".

His debut was when he introduce himself as simply "Professor Fox" and not the mysterious "Moriarty". The zoo, including Sherlock and Hermione, only knew him as a gentlemanly scholar who is one of the few addition to the zoo. Later on, Sherlock learned that Moriarty has various minions to commit crimes for him, especially for observe Sherlock's detective skills. In later episode, Sherlock finally exposes Professor Fox of being Moriarty, and he openly admits it, revealing his full name to be "Professor Fox Moriarty".

Moriarty is a specialist at commit crimes and cannot be caught. But once he is found out, he always finds a way to escape being punished. He respects Sherlock's talents so much, he decided to make him his personal adversary to match wits with just for the thrills.

It is later reveal that he once a pupil to Master Ball of Purity, just has Sherlock was. He passed all his test with flying-colors, but had completely different intentions.