JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Difference between revisions

 

Western audiences are likely more familiar with the [[Memetic Mutation|memes]] the series has produced because of the series' general theme (read: [[World of Badass|badassery]]), as well as the [[Fighting Game]] from [[Capcom]] released in 1999 and the 10-episode OVA. Speaking of the fighting game, a leaked Xbox Live Arcade release list has revealed the existence of an HD port of it, which came as a big surprise to many as [[Capcom]] had lost the license after their endeavors with the series shifted to adventure games which did not sell well in Japan.{{not current}}

 

* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: At least, that's how Joseph reacts to the old woman who gets a crush on him during the Mariah sequence. She quickly switches gears though when Joseph and Abdul are [[Not What It Looks Like|trying to get themselves unstuck from each other]]...

* [[The Abridged Series]]: [http://www.youtube.com/user/AntfishTAS#p/u/0/v_GbKz0E8Nk A pretty damn funny one, too.] Now also has an entry here: [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged]].

** Another set of OVAs were later made that started from the beginning of the third series, ending back to where the old OVA's starts.

* [[Continuity Reboot]]: ''Steel Ball Run'' is set in an alternate universe in the time period of Part 1 {{spoiler|created by Stairway to Heaven speeding up time to the point where the universe ended. Pucci/Dio was killed before it was completed (which would have let him create his own perfect universe) which led to a new universe where things fated to happen occurred}}.

* [[Cool Sword]] + [[Evil Weapon]]: The Stand Anubis which is bound to an <s>scimitar</s> ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Egyptian]]'' ''[[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]]''. Anubis' ability is to remember attacks and countering the same attack if used the second time. Anubis can also selectively phase through objects. Anubis, however, can possess the wielder if the user draws the sword from its sheath.

* [[Cultural Cross-Reference]]: With character names like Robert E.O. (or REO) Speedwagon, Tom Petty and Dire Straits, it's obvious that Hirohiko Araki LOVES 1980s rock.

** One of Dio's special surprise attacks in Part 1 is to shoot vitreous humor (aka eye goop) from his eyes at the speed of a bullet. And whenever it happens, the reader is given a close-up as his eyes ''split open''.

* [[The Faceless]]: In Part 3, Dio's face is not shown until the final battles begin... even though he's clearly identified as Dio (the fighting game calls this version "Shadow Dio"). Midler, meanwhile, is never clearly seen at all. When ''she'' appeared in the fighting game, Araki had to design her from scratch.

* [[Faking the Dead]]: How does Jotaro do it against Dio? By having Star Platinum ''grab and stop his heart''. He is saved when Jean Pierre distracts Dio, allowing Star to massage Jotaro's heart and revive him.

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: {{spoiler|Kars in Part 2, Yoshikage Kira in Part 4, and Diavolo in Part 5}}.

** One can only wonder about the poor bastard White Snake got the Stand disc from [[Mundane Utility|that makes all water the user touches boil on contact]].

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Averted with any non-human members of the protagonists' [[True Companions]], and even their enemies are largely treated the same as their human foes. In ''Stone Ocean'', Foo Fighters (a Stand composed of pond algae) is even given a [[Heel Face Turn]] and joins the core group.

** More exactly, this is a simple [[Shout-Out]]. It's [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] when he and Kakyoin are finally facing J. Geil and losing (badly). J.P. calmly explains to a desperate Kakyoin that, when the moment of revenge arrives, you don't just shout random insults. There's a certain code you have to follow, and there are some precise phrases that have to be spoken. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|You know]] [[You Killed My Father|how]] [[Prepare to Die|it ends]].

* [[Widget Series]]: Its called "Jojo's ''Bizarre'' Adventure" for a reason.

 

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