Grytpype often introduces him ("and I quote from his death certificate") with a middle name such as "Thighs", "Knees", "Kidney Wiper", etc., along with an appropriate sound effect (e.g. rattling bones,
swannee whistle) or Moriarty's catch-phrase "Oooowwwwww", and descriptions of his prowess in various fields: • "Who has played the male lead in over 50
French postcards" • "
Minister Without Underpants to the Principality of
Monte Carlo" • "Champion barbed-wire hurdler until his tragic accident" • "
Gypsy Saxophonist to the
House of Romanoff" • "Schlapper Royal and noted amateur
postman" • "Husband extraordinary by appointment to the House of
Rita Hayworth" There is also some suggestion that the character is a parody of the Sherlock Holmes villain,
Professor Moriarty. In
The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan, a preface by Milligan explains that Sherlock "did not stay dead for long", and after chasing him up a mountain did in fact kill Professor Moriarty, but he "later became a character in
The Goon Show".