Spring-heeled Jack (also Springheel Jack, Spring-heel'd Jack, etc.) is a Victorian character, notorious for his frightening leaps.
Spring-heeled Jack may also refer to:
Fictional entities
edit- Springheel Jack, a minor villain in the WB animated series Jackie Chan Adventures
- Springheel Jack, a serial killer central to the plot of the Stephen King short story "Strawberry Spring"
- Spring-heeled Jack, a villainous character in Derek Landry's series Skulduggery Pleasant.
- Springheel Jak, a legendary thief in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for which the "Boots of Springheel Jak" item is named.
Literature and comics
edit- Spring-Heeled Jack (play), a 1950 British play by Geoffrey Carlile
- Springheeled Jack (comics), a comic based on the figure from folklore
- Spring-Heeled Jack (1989), a children's novel by Philip Pullman
Music
edit- Spring Heel Jack, an English electronic music group
- Spring Heeled Jack (band), a third-wave American ska band
See also
edit- The Curse of the Wraydons (1946), a 1946 British film featuring Spring-Heeled Jack