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* ''Franchise/MetalGear'': Raiden, whose first name is Jack, was called "Jack the Ripper" during his days as a (very effective) child soldier during the First Liberian Civil War. In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', he succumbs to his repressed bloodlust and rage, which unlocks "[[AxCrazy Ripper]] [[SuperMode Mode]]" in-game, increasing damage dealt and causing every attack to break armor and dismember enemies.

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* ''Franchise/MetalGear'': ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': Raiden, whose first name is Jack, was called "Jack the Ripper" during his days as a (very effective) child soldier during the First Liberian Civil War. In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance]]'', he succumbs to his repressed bloodlust and rage, which unlocks "[[AxCrazy Ripper]] [[SuperMode Mode]]" in-game, increasing damage dealt and causing every attack to break armor and dismember enemies.
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[[folder:Leopold and Loeb]]
Two college students who thought they were smart enough to plan and carry out a murder without getting caught. Their attorney Clarence Darrow became famous for his sentencing defense against the death penalty.

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* ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': In one episode, Dharma mentions that Greg calls her breasts Leopold and Loeb because "they're a couple of killers."
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'': A OneShotCharacter mentioned his pet dobermans were named Leopold and Loeb.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' had Quack the Ripper, a demon duck who eats alligators, and unlike regular ducks, has ''[[ToothyBird fangs]]!''

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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' had Quack the Ripper, who is an {{expy}} of Jack the Ripper. He is the boogeyman of Swampwood due to the fact that he is a demon duck who eats alligators, and unlike regular ducks, has ''[[ToothyBird fangs]]!''
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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' had Quack the Ripper, a demon duck who eats alligators, and unlike regular ducks, has ''fangs!''

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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' had Quack the Ripper, a demon duck who eats alligators, and unlike regular ducks, has ''fangs!''''[[ToothyBird fangs]]!''

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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' had Quack the Ripper, a demon duck who eats alligators, and unlike regular ducks, has ''fangs!''



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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' had Quack the Ripper, a demon duck who eats alligators, and unlike regular ducks, has ''fangs!''
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* ''WesternAnimation/SittingDucks'' had Quack the Ripper, a demon duck who eats alligators, and unlike regular ducks, has ''fangs!''
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* Bruticus, a particularly, um, brutal CombiningMecha in ''{{Transformers}}''

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* Bruticus, a particularly, um, brutal CombiningMecha in ''{{Transformers}}''''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''

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* Lucrezia Mongfish from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', who before she married a hero was an evil scientist. She also [[AmbiguousSituation is either]] ''tied to'' or perhaps outright ''is'' "the Other" (the elusive BigBad of the setting).

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* Lucrezia Mongfish from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', who before she married a hero was an evil scientist. She also [[AmbiguousSituation is either]] ''tied to'' ''in league with'' or perhaps outright ''is'' "the Other" (the elusive BigBad of the setting).
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* Lucrezia Mongfish from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', who before she married a hero was an evil scientist. She also [[AmbiguousSituation is either]] ''tied to'' or perhaps outright ''is'' "the Other" (the elusive BigBad of the setting). To add? She's our heroine's ''[[EvilMatriarch mom]]''.

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* Lucrezia Mongfish from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', who before she married a hero was an evil scientist. She also [[AmbiguousSituation is either]] ''tied to'' or perhaps outright ''is'' "the Other" (the elusive BigBad of the setting). To add? She's our heroine's ''[[EvilMatriarch mom]]''.
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* Lucrezia Mongfish from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', who before she married a hero was an evil scientist [[spoiler: and is the Other]].

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* Lucrezia Mongfish from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', who before she married a hero was an evil scientist [[spoiler: and scientist. She also [[AmbiguousSituation is either]] ''tied to'' or perhaps outright ''is'' "the Other" (the elusive BigBad of the Other]].
setting). To add? She's our heroine's ''[[EvilMatriarch mom]]''.
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not an example; he's not named "Frankenstein" for atmosphere, but because he's literally a descendant of the original Frankenstein


%%* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': It's pronouned 'Fronkensteen'. %%Zero context example. Please provide context before uncommenting.

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%%* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': It's pronouned 'Fronkensteen'. %%Zero context example. Please provide context before uncommenting.
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* In ''Film/KillBill'', one target in the Bride's RoaringRampageOfRevenge--played by Creator/LucyLiu--is named O-Ren Ishii, the same surname as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii scientist]] infamous for his gruesome experiments on human subjects in service of UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan.
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* Before the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Adolf was one of the most popular names that German parents chose for a baby boy. After the end of World War II, very few parents [[OneMarioLimit in Germany named their son Adolf any more.]] (And many German men suddenly started to use the nickname "Adi".)

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* Before the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Adolf was one of the most popular names that German parents chose for a baby boy. After the end of World War II, very few parents [[OneMarioLimit [[JustForFun/OneMarioLimit in Germany named their son Adolf any more.]] (And many German men suddenly started to use the nickname "Adi".)
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* Ted Chikatilo of ''Manga/KillerKiller'' gets a double dose by having his name reference two different serial killers: Ted Bundy and Andrei Chikatilo.
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* Jack the Ripper from ''Manga/BlackClover'' likes to slice up strong foes, using Severing Magic to cut anything to ribbons.

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