louis tomlinson was in agatha christies poirot
 parodies and references parodies of hercule poirot have appeared in a number of movies including revenge of the pink panther where poirot makes a cameo appearance in a mental asylum portrayed by andrew sachs and claiming to be the greatest detective in all of france the greatest in all the world neil simons murder by death where milo perrier is played by american actor james coco the 1977 film the strange case of the end of civilization as we know it 1977 the film spice world where hugh laurie plays poirot and in sherlock holmes the awakened poirot appears as a young boy on the train transporting holmes and watson
 poirot himself noted that he wanted to kill his victim shortly before his own death so that he could avoid succumbing to the arrogance of the murderer concerned that he might come to view himself as entitled to kill those whom he deemed necessary to eliminate