Ripper
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Ripper or The Ripper may refer to:
People
- Jack the Ripper, a pseudonym for an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in London in the latter half of 1888
- Brandon Vedas, a man who died of a drug overdose on IRC
- Tim "Ripper" Owens, a heavy metal singer
- "The Ripper" Paul Burchill, professional wrestler based on Jack the Ripper
- "The Ripper", nickname of Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist in the heavy metal band Metallica
- Ripper Jayanandan, Indian serial killer
- Ripper (surname)
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
- Rupert Giles, a major character from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer also known as "Ripper"
- General Jack D. Ripper, in the movie Dr. Strangelove, played by Sterling Hayden
- 'Ripper', the villain in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero
- Rippers, a type of creature in the Metroid video game franchise
- A race of mutant kangaroo–human hybrids in the graphic novel and film Tank Girl
- Ripper (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
- Stefan Salvatore, a character from The Vampire Diaries also known as "Ripper"
- Raiden, from the Metal Gear franchise, who has the alias of Jack the Ripper during his time as a child soldier in the Liberian civil war
Other
- Ripper (film), a 2001 horror film, starring A. J. Cook and Bruce Payne
- Ripper (television), a proposed spin-off series or made-for-TV movie from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Ripper (video game), a computer game released in 1996
- Ripper, the fourth novel in Michael Slade's long-running Special X series
- Ripper (El juego de Ripper), a novel by Isabel Allende
- "The Ripper" (song), a song by Judas Priest, from the album Sad Wings of Destiny
Devices
- CD ripper, a piece of software that reads compact discs and extracts audio data and stores it in an audio format computer file
- DVD ripper, a computer application that copies the contents of a DVD to a hard disk
- A slater's tool with a blade and a hook, used for removing broken slate
- A moveable hard steel hook on the back of a bulldozer used to break up hard soil or pavement
Other
- Operation Ripper, a United Nations Korean War operation
- Ripper (hot dog), a variety of hot dog served in New Jersey
- Ripper (racquet), a racquetball racquet from Wilson Sporting Goods
- Ripper, a Houston heavy metal band, and recording artists for Black Widow Records
- Gibson Ripper, a model of electric bass guitar
- A colloquialism for flatulence
- London Rippers, a former professional baseball team based in London, Ontario, Canada
- Grand Rapids (baseball team), known as the Rippers in 1894 and 1896
See also
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