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Is the name Ripley significant(from Alien) a reference to 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not'?

To someone over a certain age, "Ripley" reminds us of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" which was a sort of cartoon strip about amazing "facts" (not too worried about authentication) like a man in China living to 250, etc. Sort of a Guinness Book but as mentioned, much more sensational and not really records. I guess also there is a character from a series of novels named "Ripley." Given not only what happens to Ellen Ripley in Alien and especially subsequent films, the "Believe It or Not""Believe It or Not" idea seems possible to me.

Is the name Ripley significant?

To someone over a certain age, "Ripley" reminds us of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" which was a sort of cartoon strip about amazing "facts" (not too worried about authentication) like a man in China living to 250, etc. Sort of a Guinness Book but as mentioned, much more sensational and not really records. I guess also there is a character from a series of novels named "Ripley." Given not only what happens to Ellen Ripley in Alien and especially subsequent films, the "Believe It or Not" idea seems possible to me.

Is Ripley (from Alien) a reference to 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not'?

To someone over a certain age, "Ripley" reminds us of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" which was a sort of cartoon strip about amazing "facts" (not too worried about authentication) like a man in China living to 250, etc. Sort of a Guinness Book but as mentioned, much more sensational and not really records. I guess also there is a character from a series of novels named "Ripley." Given not only what happens to Ellen Ripley in Alien and especially subsequent films, the "Believe It or Not" idea seems possible to me.

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To someone over a certain age, "Ripley" reminds us of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" which was a sort of cartoon strip about amazing "facts" (not too worried about authenticatingauthentication) like a man in China living to 250, etc. Sort of a Guinness bookBook but as mentioned, much more sensational and not really records. I guess also there is a character from a series of novels named "Ripley." Given not only what happens to Ellen Ripley in Alien and especially subsequent films, the "Believe It or Not" idea seems possible to me.

To someone over a certain age, "Ripley" reminds us of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" which a sort of cartoon strip about amazing "facts" (not too worried about authenticating) like a man in China living to 250, etc. Sort of a Guinness book but as mentioned, much more sensational and not really records. I guess also there is a character from a series of novels named "Ripley." Given not only what happens to Ellen Ripley in Alien and especially subsequent films, the "Believe or Not" idea seems possible to me.

To someone over a certain age, "Ripley" reminds us of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" which was a sort of cartoon strip about amazing "facts" (not too worried about authentication) like a man in China living to 250, etc. Sort of a Guinness Book but as mentioned, much more sensational and not really records. I guess also there is a character from a series of novels named "Ripley." Given not only what happens to Ellen Ripley in Alien and especially subsequent films, the "Believe It or Not" idea seems possible to me.

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Is the name Ripley significant?

To someone over a certain age, "Ripley" reminds us of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" which a sort of cartoon strip about amazing "facts" (not too worried about authenticating) like a man in China living to 250, etc. Sort of a Guinness book but as mentioned, much more sensational and not really records. I guess also there is a character from a series of novels named "Ripley." Given not only what happens to Ellen Ripley in Alien and especially subsequent films, the "Believe or Not" idea seems possible to me.