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Hair(Brown)
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(Green coat, yellow skarf, brown straps, blue trousers.)
Jack the Ripper
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“
You are like pigs in a slaughterhouse! I will warm my pale flesh with your fresh blood!... Prepare to despair, insects!
”
—Jack the Ripper, Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5
Jack the Ripper (切り裂きジャック , Kirisaki Jakku) is a minor antagonist featured in the first part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Phantom Blood.
Jack is a serial killer who meets Dio Brando and is transformed into a Zombie sent to fight the Joestar Group. He was inspired by the historical figure of the same name.
Appearance
Jack the Ripper was an adult man of average height and muscular build. He possesses a regular haircut and a full short beard.
First seen with a full suit, he would go bare-chested when transformed into a Zombie and hide a number of daggers in his body.
Color Schemes
The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Skin(Fair)
Hair(Brown)
Eyes(Gray)
Outfit
(Purple coat, light purple wristbands, bluish-gray trousers, yellow and red belt buckle.)
Personality
Jack the Ripper is shown to have a gentlemanly facade, able to convince a woman to walk with him on a dark night. When he reveals his true colors, he does not hesitate to stab the unarmed woman to death. This trait becomes even worse when he's turned into a Zombie as he becomes even more cruel and insane. Jack is shown to have a desire only to cut things and cause pain.
Abilities
After being turned into a Zombie, Jack becomes even more insane than he was as a human. Incapable of feeling pain in his undead state, Jack uses this to his advantage - inserting sub-dermal scalpels all over his body. Jack also has incredible speed, demonstrated by his being able to kill a man, decapitate two horses, and hide inside the body of one in a matter of seconds.
Scalpels: With the scalpels buried in his body, Jack is able to expel them merely via muscle contraction. He then throws these knives with pinpoint accuracy over great distances.
Monstrous Knife: Re-modeled from a Dark Ages torture instrument, Jack uses the knife to cut his foes to shreds.
History
Phantom Blood
After killing his final victim as a human, Jack was approached by a then-incapacitated Dio Brando who saw the evil in the man's heart and decides to make him the first of his zombie minions. Refusing at first, Jack accepted after a failed attempt to kill Dio. (In the anime, Dio instead hypnotizes Jack to come forward so that the former could suck his blood to turn him into a loyal zombie servant.)
Later, he corners Jonathan Joestar, Robert E. O. Speedwagon and Will Anthonio Zeppeli in a tunnel on their way to Windknight's, decapitating their coachman along with the horses as he hid in one of them. Once revealing himself, Jack proceeded to throw the coach wagon into the mouth of the tunnel to prevent Jonathan and his companions from escaping. Zeppeli, fighting Jack to prove a point about Ripple energy and courage, manages to wound the zombie as he escapes into a labyrinth hidden in the tunnel, intending to attack from the darkness. Zeppeli gives Jonathan the task to finish off Jack as his final test, giving the youth a wine glass to pinpoint Jack's location on the other side of a wall. In the dark tunnels, Jack acquires a giant pincer with which he intends to cut Jonathan. His first attack fail and Jonathan is forced to abandon his torch. JoJo finally understands that the glass of wine acts as a detector and eliminates Jack with a huge Overdrive, surging through the brick wall and melting Jack.
Chapters / Episodes
Manga AppearancesChapters in order of appearance
- Chapter 6: A Letter from the Past, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1
- Chapter 21: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 4
- Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5
- Chapter 23: Ripple Overdrive, Part 1 (Death)
- Chapter 24: Ripple Overdrive, Part 2 (Corpse only)
- Chapter 25: Ripple Overdrive, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 26: Tarkus and the Dark Knight Bruford, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
Anime AppearancesEpisodes in order of appearance
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 2: A Letter from the Past (Mentioned only)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 4: Overdrive (Death)
Quotes
Quotes- “You've been playing too late, dirty harlet!”—Jack The Ripper, Chapter 18: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 1
- “You are like pigs in a slaughterhouse! I will warm my pale flesh with your fresh blood!... Prepare to despair, insects!”—Jack The Ripper, Chapter 22: Jack the Ripper and Zeppeli the Strange, Part 5
Video Games
Phantom Blood (PS2 Game)
Jack appears as the enemy faced in Chapters 09 and 10. His special move allows him to launch all the scalpels in his body at the opponent. In Chapter 10, Jack acquires a medieval torture device, which he uses to perform surprise attacks on the player. Jack is playable during some battles in Extra Battle Mode, and can be selected in 77 Rings Knights Mode, albeit without his torture device in either instance.
during damage
(LV0-3)
Jack the Ripper
Commands
Name
Normal Combo
Full Power Slash
Slice Off
Scalpel Firing
Rotation Slash
Chopping Up
Running
Mad Tackle
Running
Body Press
Evading Forward Roll
during damageMega Crush
(LV0-3)Charged Slice
Available Stages: Extra Battles 08, 11
- 77 Rings Knights Mode: Living Corpses
Stardust Shooters (ANDROID/iOS Game)
Jack appears as one of the several Part 1 characters who possess a metal striker. His FINISH Move has him using the torture device on the defeated opponent. If defeated, Jack's metal striker will drop a knife, if any other metal striker gets near it, they'll lose some health points.
Gallery
Jack murdering a woman
Jack enthralled by Dio
Jack as a zombie
Jack hiding in a horse
Jack's insanity in plain view
Jack and his knives
Jack disfigured by Will A. Zeppeli
Jack ambushing Jonathan
Jack's death from Jonathan's Ripple
Newspaper headline of Jack the Ripper (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Jack The Ripper holding a knife to a woman's throat (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Jack The Ripper Ejecting Knives From His Body
Jack finished off with a Ripple Punch by Jonathan (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Jack The Rippers PB Movie Appearance
- 60.1 JackTheRipperFrontMovieSheetEdit.jpg
Jack's front body perspective model sheet from the PB Movie
- 60.2 JackTheRipperBackMovieSheetEdit.jpg
Backside of Jack's Body perspective model sheet from the PB Movie
Murdering a woman in the streets of Whitechapel in the Phantom Blood PS2 game
Deformed by Zeppeli's Sendo Wave Kick
Trivia
- In the original Weekly Shonen Jump publication of Chapter 22, Jack compares the protagonists to "mice trapped underwater" (罠とともに水に沈められるネズミ). This is changed to "pigs in a slaughterhouse" (屠所のブタ) in the volume release.[2]
- Jack's seiyuu, Naomi Kusumi, would later go on to also voice Father Nijimura in the Diamond is Unbreakable TV Anime.
- Jack's English voice actor, Paul St. Peter, would later go on to also voice Wamuu in the Battle Tendency adaptation.
References
- ↑ Chapter 41: Fire and Ice, Jonathan and Dio (3) (No earlier than December 1st)
- ↑ ジョジョの奇妙な誤植 その⑥
