The chief inspector of Scotland Yard on Muppet Babies
Scotland Yard is the common term used to refer to the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police (technically "New Scotland Yard" since 1890). The term has also come to be synonymous with the police force itself, particularly in detective fiction and related media. Sherlock Holmes routinely referred to them dismissively, noting in his first case A Study in Scarlet that crimes these days have motives so apparent "even a Scotland Yard official can see through them."
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- The Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard is felled by Baby Bunsen and Baby Beaker (imitating Holmes and Watson) in the third season Muppet Babies episode "The Muppet Broadcasting Company."
- Scotland Yard is one of several law enforcement organizations whose representatives have posed as schoolpups in the Dog City episode "Disobedience School."
- Scotland Yard is featured prominently in the Muppet Sherlock Holmes comic series, with Inspector Lestrade (played by Kermit) as its most frequent representative. The Yard also employs sketch-monkeys, as a predecessor to security cameras.