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* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Several theorists have speculated that the killer might have been a woman, possibly another prostitute.
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]/[[Epileptic Trees]]: The various theories as the Jack's identity, with the former particularly true for the conspiracy-theory ones which involve the royal family.
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: All known victims were horribly mangled, and in one case, dismembered. Indeed, what makes the Ripper stand out as a [[Serial Killer]] has always been the sheer brutality of the murders.
* [[Disposable Sex Worker]]: A curious aversion, considering how frequently this trope and serial killers are associated; despite the lowly social status of the victims, the killings so horrified Victorian society that they formed the impetus for numerous social reform movements, and the police's inability to locate the killer (and arguably inept handling of the investigation) spurred numerous reforms in the Metropolitan Police and its methods.
* [[Finger in the Mail]]: A kidney from the Ripper's fourth victim was mailed to the authorities.
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* [[Murderers Are Rapists]]: As far as we know, a notable aversion. Of course, the victims were prostitutes, and they were mutilated so badly it can't be known what was forced and what was not. He may have subjected his victims to something called [[wikipedia:Piquerism|Piquerism]] though.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]
* [[Small Role, Big Impact]]: There were five known victims - while it would be wrong to trivialize such a thing, the Ripper's crimes ironically seem penny-ante when compared to modern [[Serial Killer]]s, including those he inspired.
* [[Victorian London]]
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''—In the episode "Wolf in the Fold", which postulates that the Ripper was—and is, and will be—actually an immortal energy being that feeds on the biological signatures of human fear called Redjac.<ref>Maybe; "Redjac" may have simply been one of its many aliases.</ref> Adapted by Robert (''Psycho'') Bloch from his short story, noted above.
* ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker]]''—In the original series episode "The Ripper".
* ''[[Babylon 5]]''—In the episode "Comes the Inquisitor", the inquisitor Sebastian is revealed to be Jack the Ripper, cryogenically preserved by the Vorlons and revived when needed. An earlyish hint that the Vorlons might not be as good as they want the younger races to think.
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* "[[Forever Knight]]" portrayed the Ripper as a vampire who was somehow tainted, even as a human, so LaCroix was unable to finish draining him. He ordered Nick to kill him, but Nick did not, and the man went on to become Jack the Ripper. Later, he traveled around and was responsible for a number of other serial killer cases. He is eventually killed in a fire after attempting to attack Natalie in a car.
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', which regularly references real-life serial killers, has made several nods to the Ripper, including an episode centering around a gender-flipped reproduction of the murders carried out by a woman against male victims.
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