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And that's just the first of ''eight'' parts to the wonder that is ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''.
From there, the series becomes a [[Generational Saga|multi-generational epic]], following the adventures of Jonathan's descendants from the 19th century to the present day. Each of the eight (so far) parts of the saga covers the adventures of another generation of the Joestar bloodline, which spreads all over the world, and each features a lead character whose name can somehow be read as JoJo.
Created in 1987 by the mangaka [[Hirohiko Araki]], the series is famous for its original and unique art style, intricate plot, and creative battles. It also features a huge number of allusions to Western rock music, including characters named [[Ronnie James Dio|Dio]], [[REO Speedwagon|Speedwagon]], and [[Led Zeppelin|Zeppeli]], just to name a few. Although ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' has not been able to receive recognition like other imported manga and anime, it is still very well received by fans all over. And with such insane plots as exploding people, 15-year-old gangsters, and epic Rock, Paper, Scissors matches, is it any wonder?
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.
There is a [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure/Characters|Character Sheet]], so post character tropes there.
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** Also the [[Big Bad]] of part 5, Diavolo, is also responsible for all of the insanity that is Stands from part 3 to part 6, as he had the stand arrows which he sold three of and one was bought by Enya, which was then used to give Dio [[Time Stop|The World]]. So he also helped in establishing Dio's status as the [[Big Bad]] (or at least helped in making sure he kept it).
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: Hol Horse knows exactly how underpowered his ability is compared to a lot of other Stand Users. He still does what he can and uses his environment, along with his partners, to the best of his ability. He starts out intimidating, {{spoiler|almost}} killing Abdul, but runs away in the end. Next time he shows up, he's at the mercy of Enya and forms a brief [[Enemy Mine]] situation Jotaro and company. Then in his final appearance with Boingo, where... yeah...
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: [http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q64/Alvinsucks/JoJo%20scans/scan0015.jpg This], taking place as Dio is about to annihilate Polnareff with his mysterious Stand power, both JoJos and Kakyoin burst in through the wall to back him up.
** Polnareff returns the favour during Jotaro's climactic fight against Dio, although he almost dies for his effort.
** Also, Stroheim showing up to bail out Joseph and Lisa Lisa (with [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|NAZI SCIENCE!!!!11!!!1!]]) after the hordes of vampire Mooks decide not to let them fight Cars anymore.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|The end of Part 6. Even though Emporio defeats Enrico Pucci and the other heroes seem to have copies in the new universe, none of them have any memories of their previous life and they are, for the most part, complete strangers to each other. Only Emporio remembers their adventure.}}
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The notorious DUWANG scanlations of Diamond is Unbreakable and Vento Aureo.
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** Also, Joseph enjoys predicting what people are going to say ''out loud'' by saying "Your next words will be ''x''."
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Jotaro's Star Platinum had been mainly used to beat the crap out of anyone with his diamond-hard fists and also to {{spoiler|freeze time}}. In the beginning, it was used to make things appear out of nowhere, and eventually his jail cell was filled with a lot of stuff, ranging from books, clothes, radios, RC cars, and weights. Jotaro used this ability again to throw off Daniel D'Arby in order to win a rigged poker game against him.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Could almost be considered a bloodline trait amongst the Joestars, considering that Joseph was ''still'' a player when he was well into his golden years. Polnareff, Kakyoin, and several other sidekicks are also good with the ladies.
** Weather Report is better than all of them in terms of getting chicks. In terms of ''keeping'' them, however... not so much. Kinda hard to score when all the ladies around you are snails.
* [[Church Militant]]: {{spoiler|Hot Pants is hinted to be a nun sent by the Vatican to retrieve the Corpse parts}}
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** Kira in Part 4, who is so savvy that it's paranoia at times.
* [[Dead All Along]]: {{spoiler|Bruno Bucciarti in Part 5, after his first meeting with Diavolo. In a bit of a twist, it's noticed by several characters that he doesn't have a pulse or temperature, and this is used to stop a Stand User once.}}
* [[Death Seeker]]: Ringo Roadagain in Steel Ball Run.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Speedwagon, Bruford, Polnareff, Kakyoin, and more.
** Gets ''really'' crazy in Part 4: at least 6 of the people Josuke and Koichi fight wind up as friends.
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** And of course, the fact that both Joseph in Part 2 and Gyro in Steel Ball Run have used a pair of balls to fight.
*** "I must know the secret of the steel balls!"
* [[Doing in the Wizard]]
* [[Doing in the Scientist]]
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Part 1, where Jonathan dies to save his wife and unborn child, taking Dio down to the bottom of the sea with him.}}
* [[The Dragon]]: Vanilla Ice (yes, that's his real name) to Dio, Pucci to Dio, Wham to Cars, Kira's father to Kira.
** Part 5 has a subversion. Doppio Vinegar appears to be the most trusted subordinate of [[Big Bad|Diavolo]], to the point that Diavolo has entrusted him with the power to use his stand, King Crimson. {{spoiler|In reality, Doppio is Diavolo's split personality. The two are actually one in the same.}}
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Anubis, being an [[Evil Weapon|Evil Sword]], does this when possessing {{spoiler|Polnareff, using Silver Chariot's rapier as well}}.
* [[Edible Theme Naming]]: Many characters in Part 5 are named after Italian foods. Examples include Pannacotta Fugo, Abbacchio Leone, Risotto Nero, Melone, Cioccolata, Gelato, Sorbet, Prosciutto, Pesci, Formaggio, and Mario Zucchero.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: are nowhere near the focus, nor do they win very often. Back in the day, there was:
** [[An Ice Person]]: Pet Shop (Horus). A bird, and not so "nIce"
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* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: ''literally''. Gyro Zeppeli's ability with his metal spheres involves causing them to spin, then endowing this spin to other objects, enabling him to cut through stone, alter someone's muscular system, and even harden skin enough that bullets bounce off. Wekapipo uses a variant for his Wrecking Ball
* [[Evil Brit]]: Dio Brando. Subverted. Of course Dio is an Evil Brit. Part 1, where he is introduced, is set in England.
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Dio can't get enough of this because he wants to live evilly and gorgeously forever. He says as much too.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: This is a manga about the bizarre adventures of a guy whose nickname is JoJo.
* [[Explaining Your Power to the Enemy]]: Generally averted; half of defeating an enemy Stand is figuring out what it does. Amusingly (and somewhat realistically), the less important a villain is, the more likely they are to give away what their Stand does. (Steely Dan is an exception; he was using his Stand's power as a deterrent.)
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** Also, [[Wish]] is a [[Boys Love]] flavored manga centering two characters who, rumors say, are shojo-style Expies of Jotaro and Kakyoin. CLAMP are known JoJo fans, so...
** Additionally, Rose from the [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter Alpha]] series (and now, [[Street Fighter|Street Fighter 4]]) is very clearly an [[Expy]] of Lisa Lisa from Part 2.
*** Speaking of Street Fighter, Juri Han, who was introduced in
** Stroheim surely inspired [[Street Fighter|Guile's]] design, and Polnareff certainly inspired [[The King of Fighters|Benimaru's]]
*** Even now, Benimaru is still referred as Polnareff by SNK.
** Part 8 is full of this. {{spoiler|''Josuke'' not only is named after his Part 4 counterpart, but also looks like him sans the pompadour. He befriends an expy of Koichi from Part 4. He is initially mistaken for Kira, the main villain of Part 4. He is adopted into a family where two members look a lot like Giorno's fellow gang members from Part 5}}.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Magenta Magenta.
** Happens a LOT actually. Notably in part 2.
** It's present pretty much right from the start - the first time Jonathan and Dio fight, Dio sticks his thumb in JoJo's eye.
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* [[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|Cars in Part 2, Yoshikage Kira in Part 4, and Diavolo in Part 5}}
** {{spoiler|Although Kira's fate going by ''Deadman's Questions'' arguably isn't that bad compared to Cars and Diavolo's fates.}}
* [[Faux Symbolism]]: Recent chapters of ''Steel Ball Run'' have been taking this to the extreme.
* [[Fighting Spirit]]: The Stands introduced in Part 3.
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* [[Gorn]]: With so many gruesome deaths and graphic maiming (enough to easily compete with the likes of [[Gantz]] and [[Berserk]],) it's hard to believe that for the longest time this was a ''shonen'' series.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: ZA WARUDO!, one of the biggest examples. Joseph's catchphrase OH MY GOD! is written in English in the manga whenever he uses it. The Darby family also have a habit of saying GOOD when they confirm an agreement.
** "HAIL 2 U!", quickly parodied when Abdul {{spoiler|returns from the dead and}} says it back to the villain as "HELL 2 U!"
** From part 4, Koichi's Stand, Echoes (Act 3) is capable of speaking, but mostly quoting [[Die Hard|John McLane]] and saying stuff like this: "OK! Master Let's kill da ho! Beeetch!"
* [[Groundhog Day Loop]]: Kira's final Stand ability, Bite the Dust, is a version of this.
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* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: The picture on this page is a pretty good indication how swank the average character dresses. And the [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]] factor evolves as the series progresses.
* [[Improbable Age]]: Several examples, particularly Abbacchio's police work.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Zeppeli and WINE. His grandson uses soap bubbles. And his Alternate Timeline version uses Steel Balls.
* [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: Polnareff sheds some very un-manly tears after {{spoiler|Abdul's (apparent) death.}}
* [[I Never Told You My Name]]: Enya Gail, one of Dio's most loyal followers, pretends to be an innkeeper in order to lure Jotaro and company in to be killed by the effect of her Stand, Justice. However, she inadvertently gives herself away by addressing Jotaro by his correct name, when in fact he had registered to the inn under a false name.
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senator: ''But, but there are people there!''
Dio: ''So? Do it.'' }}
** Hell, Dio's first act upon meeting Jonathan is to kick Danny when he comes over to him.
** The running joke is that Araki has some hatred of dogs, since he has a bad habit of violently killing them in the series. Ones that come to mind are {{spoiler|Danny (less [[Kick the Dog]] and more [[Kill It with Fire|set the dog on fire]]), a dog getting it's head split in a stand's dreamworld, Iggy (have the dog die from exhaustion or be torn to shreds by [[Negative Space Wedgie]], all this following being forced to tear off its own leg to survive)}}, the nameless dog that is dissolved by Yellow Temperance, the dog that gets killed during the final battle of Part 6 by Pucci's Stand, and the wolf pup shot by Magenta in Part 7.
** Then there's the pair of dogs killed by Pet Shop just for being curious. Its owner was forced to watch as the bird ''ate their eyes'', even.
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* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lampshaded in Part 3.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: With one new set of them for every arc (not to mention some of the returning ones), it's no surprise.
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Yoshikage Kira.
* [[Long Runner]]: One of the longest-running manga series in Japan. 104 volumes and still going! (Although it doesn't share the joy of extensive numbering as other manga long runners, the volume account is constantly reset as of Part 5 with 63 Volumes, now each new part begins with Volume 1).
* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: With ''souls''. D'arby's brother Terrence does it with video games.
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* [[Mix-and-Match Man]]: Giorno Giovanna
* [[Mon]]
* [[Monster Clown]]: Death 13. Made even worse by the fact that he attacks people in their dreams.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Because it takes a strong, fighting spirit to control one's Stand, the vast majority of Stand users throughout the series are psychos, delinquents, and/or heroes. Part 4, however, being more about (relatively) normal people tapping their Stand powers, introduces a chef who only uses his Stand to produce miraculously healthy food and a beautician who uses hers to alter the features of her customers.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: D'ARBY!!
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* [[Unorthodox Reload]]: Mista's hat bullets, though he reloads the normal way as well.
* [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]: A number of times in the series. Most blatant with Annasui, since he was originally ''planned'' to be a woman and was then retconned into a man. Then inverted in Steel Ball Run with {{spoiler|Hot Pants}}, who we find out is a woman when Johnny treats her wounds.
* [[Unsound Effect]]: The Stand Echoes has this as its power. Write kaboom, and something will explode. Put zoom on something, it will go fast.
** In its first stage it actually just makes the sound continually blare inside your head if it's written on you, until you pass out or go insane...or shrink five feet. And in the third stage it gives Koichi [[Anime Hair|Super Saiyan hair]] and the ability to put a gravity well on anything by saying "Freeze"; this can apply to anything from a person's hand to a ''car''.
** {{spoiler|Sandman from part 7, real name Soundman,}} has something similar.
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** Wham, Cars' [[The Dragon|dragon]], plays it completely straight just before, though.
* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: The end of part 2. Technically it was all coincidence, but that didn't stop Joseph from taking credit for it and saying he planned it all along.
* [[Yandere]]: Yukako Yamagishi
** One example of her crazy love is when she discovers that the one she loves (Koichi) isn't exactly an upstanding individual. Of course, this was a plot set up by Koichi's friends in order to make her stop liking him. This fails, however, because it instead makes her kidnap him in order to make him the perfect man. Then [[It Got Worse]]....
** Daiya Higashikata from Part 8 seems to be yandere as well, {{spoiler|seeing as she steals her new brother Josuke's memories because she wanted to share his experiences and be with him forever}}
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