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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is a 2015 Creator/{{ITV}} fantasy drama that ran for a single season of ten episodes. Created by [[Literature/TheEnemy Charlie]] [[Literature/YoungBond Higson]] and based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.

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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is a 2015 Creator/{{ITV}} fantasy drama that ran for a single season of ten episodes. Created by [[Literature/TheEnemy Charlie]] [[Literature/YoungBond Higson]] by Charlie Higson (Literature/TheEnemy, Literature/YoungBond) and based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.

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* CollateralAngst: Robert's foster family is killed in episode 1 to motivate him into learning about his past, and also to facilitate his first transformation into Hyde.



* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Robert's foster family is killed in episode 1 to motivate him into learning about his past, and also to facilitate his first transformation into Hyde.
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--> '''Bulstrode''': [[Myth/CanaaniteMythology Baal, Moloch]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Fenrir, Loki]], {{Main/Beelzebub}}, [[WesternZodiac most of the creatures in the Zodiac]].

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--> '''Bulstrode''': [[Myth/CanaaniteMythology Baal, Moloch]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Fenrir, Loki]], {{Main/Beelzebub}}, {{Beelzebub}}, [[WesternZodiac most of the creatures in the Zodiac]].



* PuppeteerParasite: The Reaper Bug is an enormous spider capable of [[Main/FaceFullOfAlienWingWong impregnating a human]] before seemingly dying and allowing its offspring to take over the body and repeat the cycle ad infinitum. [[spoiler:It's the culprit of the Main/SpringHeeledJack murders, whilst the real Jack is a monster-hunter out to stop it and restore his family legacy.]]

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* PuppeteerParasite: The Reaper Bug is an enormous spider capable of [[Main/FaceFullOfAlienWingWong [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong impregnating a human]] before seemingly dying and allowing its offspring to take over the body and repeat the cycle ad infinitum. [[spoiler:It's the culprit of the Main/SpringHeeledJack SpringHeeledJack murders, whilst the real Jack is a monster-hunter out to stop it and restore his family legacy.]]



* SpringHeeledJack: Appears in Episode 6 and 7, although it turns out [[spoiler:he's actually an [[GadgeteerGenius engineer's apprentice]] named Burton, who invented a special suit to hunt monsters like his grandfather, [[Main/HistoricalHeroUpgrade the ''original'' Spring-Heeled Jack]], and restore the family name.]]

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* SpringHeeledJack: Appears in Episode 6 and 7, although it turns out [[spoiler:he's actually an [[GadgeteerGenius engineer's apprentice]] named Burton, who invented a special suit to hunt monsters like his grandfather, [[Main/HistoricalHeroUpgrade [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade the ''original'' Spring-Heeled Jack]], and restore the family name.]]
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* PuppeteerParasite: The Reaper Bug is an enormous spider capable of [[Main/FaceFullOfAlienWingWong impregnating a human]] before seemingly dying and allowing its offspring to take over the body and repeat the cycle ad infinitum.

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* PuppeteerParasite: The Reaper Bug is an enormous spider capable of [[Main/FaceFullOfAlienWingWong impregnating a human]] before seemingly dying and allowing its offspring to take over the body and repeat the cycle ad infinitum. [[spoiler:It's the culprit of the Main/SpringHeeledJack murders, whilst the real Jack is a monster-hunter out to stop it and restore his family legacy.]]
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* PuppeteerParasite: The Reaper Bug is an enormous spider capable of [[Main/FaceFullOfAlienWingWong impregnating a human]] before seemingly dying and allowing its offspring to take over the body and repeat the cycle ad infinitum.
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* SpringHeeledJack: Appears in Episode 6 and 7, although it turns out [[spoiler:he's actually an [[GadgeteerGenius engineer's apprentice]] named Burton, who invented a special suit to hunt monsters like his grandfather, the ''original'' Spring-Heeled Jack, and restore the family name.]]

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* SpringHeeledJack: Appears in Episode 6 and 7, although it turns out [[spoiler:he's actually an [[GadgeteerGenius engineer's apprentice]] named Burton, who invented a special suit to hunt monsters like his grandfather, [[Main/HistoricalHeroUpgrade the ''original'' Spring-Heeled Jack, Jack]], and restore the family name.]]
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** [[SarcasmMode Take a wild guess]] who Robert Jekyll and Louis Hyde are named after.

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** [[SarcasmMode Take a wild guess]] who [[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson who]] Robert Jekyll and Louis Hyde are named after.
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* SettingUpdate: From the [[YearX vague 19th Century]] of the original to the mid-1930s.
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** The way the [[PuppeteerParasite Reaper Bug]] - effectively a giant spider - exits its hosts: by crawling, very slowly and unnerving, ''out of their mouths''.

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** The way the [[PuppeteerParasite Reaper Bug]] - effectively a giant spider - exits its hosts: by crawling, very slowly and unnerving, slowly, ''out of their mouths''.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Robert was abandoned as a baby and raised by a foster father.
** Additionally, [[spoiler:his sister Olalla]] was abandoned as by their father, who could only save one when Tenebrae cornered them both.

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* ParentalAbandonment: Robert was abandoned as a baby and raised by a foster father.
father. [[spoiler:This turns out to be (somewhat) untrue, as he was definitely older when delivered to the Najarans, although he can't remember it.]]
** Additionally, [[spoiler:his sister Olalla]] was also abandoned as by their father, [[spoiler:their father]], who could only save one when Tenebrae cornered them both.
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** [[TheMenInBlack Bulstrode]] is apparently named after Charlie Higson's character in the Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased remake.

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** [[TheMenInBlack Bulstrode]] is apparently named after Charlie Higson's character in the Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased remake. remake from 2000.

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* SettingUpdate: From the [[YearX vague 19th Century]] of the original to the mid-1930s.



** Olalla is one to a short story by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson that has hints of vampirism.

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** Olalla is one to a short story by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson that has hints elements of vampirism.


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** [[TheMenInBlack Bulstrode]] is apparently named after Charlie Higson's character in the Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased remake.

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* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Amelia Bullmore has starred in a TV show episode [[Recap/SherlockS02E02TheHoundsOfBaskerville taking place in a creepy country town said to be haunted by a giant black dog.]]



* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Episode 8 revolves around Robert finding his sister, who can also become Hyde]].

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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Episode 8 revolves around Robert finding his sister, who can also become a Hyde]].



** Additionally, [[spoiler:his sister Olalla]] was abandoned as by their father, who could only save one when Tenebrae cornered them both.



* ShoutOut: The JekyllAndHyde drug is colloquially referred to as monocane, like the drug from [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man.]]

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The JekyllAndHyde drug is colloquially referred to as monocane, just like the drug from [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man.]]]]
** Olalla is one to a short story by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson that has hints of vampirism.
** [[SarcasmMode Take a wild guess]] who Robert Jekyll and Louis Hyde are named after.

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* AllMythsAreTrue: And most of them appear to be evil, according to Bulstrode:
--> '''Bulstrode''': [[Myth/CanaaniteMythology Baal, Moloch]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Fenrir, Loki]], {{Main/Beelzebub}}, [[WesternZodiac most of the creatures in the Zodiac]].



* BullyingADragon: Some local ruffians accosting Hyde under the belief he's [[SpringHeeledJack Spring-Heeled Jack]] in Episode 6 get what's coming to them. One of them even flips almost 360 degrees because Hyde hits him so hard.
* CallBack: In Episode 5, Robert muses about seeing "[[Literature/TheGreatGodPan the face of the Great God Pan]]," after finding the Pan mural in the Jezequiel Crypt, something Dance said to him in the previous episode.



* {{Flashback}}: Flashbacks to the original story are sometimes shown, such as Edward Hyde's murder of Sir Danvers Carew.

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* {{Flashback}}: Flashbacks to the original story are sometimes shown, such as Edward Hyde's murder of Sir Danvers Carew.Carew and Henry Jekyll changing his will.



* JekyllAndHyde: Robert becomes Hyde if he ''doesn't'' take a certain drug, much to his consternation.

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* JekyllAndHyde: Robert becomes involuntarily transforms into Hyde if he ''doesn't'' take a certain drug, much to when his consternation.emotions (especially negative ones) peak. He later discovers he can both suppress and induce this transformation via his grandfather's monocane potion.



* SpringHeeledJack: Spring-heeled Jack was a shapeshifter who could leap over buildings and terrorised London, killing multiple people decades previously. Long thought to be dead he seems to make a return in "Spring-heeled Jack" with multiple people turning up dead with their [[OrganTheft organs missing]]. However, it turns out the person everyone thought was the killer, is really [[GadgeteerGenius Jack Burton]], an engineering assistant and the grandson of the original Spring-heeled Jack, who has invented a special suit that allows him to replicate his ancestors abilities, and is hunting the killer in an attempt to restore his family name.

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* ShoutOut: The JekyllAndHyde drug is colloquially referred to as monocane, like the drug from [[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man.]]
* SpringHeeledJack: Spring-heeled Jack was a shapeshifter who could leap over buildings Appears in Episode 6 and terrorised London, killing multiple people decades previously. Long thought to be dead he seems to make a return in "Spring-heeled Jack" with multiple people turning up dead with their [[OrganTheft organs missing]]. However, 7, although it turns out the person everyone thought was the killer, is really [[spoiler:he's actually an [[GadgeteerGenius Jack Burton]], an engineering assistant and the grandson of the original Spring-heeled Jack, engineer's apprentice]] named Burton, who has invented a special suit that allows him to replicate hunt monsters like his ancestors abilities, grandfather, the ''original'' Spring-Heeled Jack, and is hunting the killer in an attempt to restore his the family name.]]
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** The way the Reaper Bug - effectively a giant spider - exits its hosts: by crawling, very slowly and unnerving, ''out of their mouths''.

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** The way the [[PuppeteerParasite Reaper Bug Bug]] - effectively a giant spider - exits its hosts: by crawling, very slowly and unnerving, ''out of their mouths''.

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* BodyHorror: The Harbinger in the first episode is quite literally a grotesque dog-like creature with a human head.

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The Harbinger in the first episode is quite literally a grotesque dog-like creature with a human head.


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** In Episode 2, we get a lovely shot of Captain Dance stripping off his shirt, only to reveal a skeletal, translucent torso, complete with a visible beating heart.
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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is 2015 Creator/{{ITV}} fantasy drama that ran for a single season of ten episodes. Created by [[Literature/TheEnemy Charlie]] [[Literature/YoungBond Higson]] and based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.

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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is a 2015 Creator/{{ITV}} fantasy drama that ran for a single season of ten episodes. Created by [[Literature/TheEnemy Charlie]] [[Literature/YoungBond Higson]] and based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.
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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is an Creator/{{ITV}} show created in 2015 that ran for a single season of ten episodes. Based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.

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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is an 2015 Creator/{{ITV}} show created in 2015 fantasy drama that ran for a single season of ten episodes. Based Created by [[Literature/TheEnemy Charlie]] [[Literature/YoungBond Higson]] and based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.
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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is an Creator/{{ITV}} show created in 2015 that ran for 1 season with 10 episodes. Based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.

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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is an Creator/{{ITV}} show created in 2015 that ran for 1 a single season with 10 of ten episodes. Based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.
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* SpringHeeledJack: Spring-heeled Jack was a shapeshifter who could leap over buildings and terrorised London, killing multiple people decades previously. Long thought to be dead he seems to make a return in "Spring-heeled Jack" with multiple people turning up dead with their [[OrganTheft organs missing]]. However, it turns out the person everyone thought was the killer, is really [[GadgeteerGenius Jack Burton]], an engineering assistant and the grandson of the original Spring-heeled Jack, who has invented a special suit that allows him to replicate his ancestors abilities, and is hunting the killer in an attempt to restore his family name.
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* FemmeFatale: Olalla appears to be portraying one, being the [[spoiler:'vampire' from the beginning of Episode 8, reducing and murdering young men.]] However, she soon drop this.

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* FemmeFatale: Olalla appears to be portraying one, being the [[spoiler:'vampire' from the beginning of Episode 8, reducing seducing and murdering young men.]] However, she soon drop drops this.
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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is an Creator/{{ITV}} show created in 2015 that ran for 1 season with 10 episodes.
Based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.

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''Jekyll & Hyde'' is an Creator/{{ITV}} show created in 2015 that ran for 1 season with 10 episodes. \n Based on ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', it follows Robert Jekyll, grandson of the late Dr. Henry Jekyll, as he grapples with his violent alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Vowing to discover the secrets of his identity and his family legacy, Jekyll becomes entangled in a web of secrecy that threatens his life as well as those he loves.

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