History Awesome / JojosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood

** Erina was the first person to show such defiance to Dio, even before Johnathan. The first JoJo to stand against Dio found an equally brave woman to stand beside him.

* The entire castle fight in general. Jonathan and Dio engage in a battle of wits between equals. Dire creates a blind spot and hints Jonathan how to beat Dio. Jonathan does so and severs Dio's arm before slashing him nearly in half. But Dio heals and starts drinking blood while freezing Jonathan, though there is a flaw in their combination Jojo exploits by setting his blade on fire.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3kdyR2deJM The anime adaptation]] takes the awesomeness of the moments before Zeppeli's demise UpToEleven: Speedwagon calls out the baron to kick Tarkus' ass, having been the group's greatest fighter. However Zeppeli doesn't move, instead looking around the room, taking it all in as he remembers his mentor's words, all with the subtle guitar of Roundabout playing in the background. Zeppeli then accepts that this is his demise and proceeds to walk between Tarkus and Jonathan, his words and movement oozing [[FaceDeathWithDignity dignity.]]

--->'''Jonathan:''' '''''[[SayMyName DIOOOOOOOOO!!]]'''''

-->'''Dio''': ''[[SarcasmMode Really.]]'' The "let's do battle" stance? [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You're not serious.]] No matter how you prepare, human ability is extremely limited and finite! Your Hamon training avails you ''nothing''. It's USELESS, USELESS, '''USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, ''UUUUUUSELEEEEEEESS!''''' A mere ''monkey can never defeat a lion!'' In comparison to ''my'' power... (''leaps at Jonathan'') ...'''YOU ARE BUT A MERE ''MONKEY,'' JOJO!'''

** Even further, they show all the [=JoJos=], showing them at their most iconic before Jonathan moves, punching the screen with special emphasis on him. The opening then goes on to show an epic clash between him and Dio with the both of them surrounded in BattleAura, something that is not done for another [=JoJo=]. The opening gives Jonathan special emphasis and treatment befitting the first ([[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement and possibly greatest]]) Joestar.

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*** Even ''with'' his vampire powers, Dio doesn't have an easy time of it. In their fight in the Joestar mansion, Jonathan managed to fight the newly vampirized Dio to a standstill, impaling him on the statue of Venus, while heavily injured and ''on fire''. All this [[BadassNormal before he even learned about the Ripple]].
** His battle with Jack the Ripper was his coming of age as a Ripple Warrior, vaporizing Britain's most infamous serial killer through a stone wall.
** In his battle against Bruford, instead of falling for Bruford's underwater gambit, he was able to find an air pocket underwater and fire off a Ripple attack that launched Bruford onto the land.

** Jonathan using his last moments to stop Dio's takeover after suffering a fatal wound to the neck, after using his last Ripple to have Dio's assistant cause the boat to go down. Counts as a major TearJerker as well since it allowed Dio to get a body after decapitating himself after being beaten by Jonathan, but for 100 years, Jonathan took the threat of Dio Brando to his watery grave.

* The very nature of the Ripple powers is itself a CMOA. Through special breathing techniques, the characters change the flow of energy through their body to match the wavelength of sunlight. Then they use this power to ''punch vampires to death'' with fists that '''literally''' burn with the glory of the Sun herself.

* Dire, despite being frozen and shattered, manages to spit a Ripple-infused rose in Dio's eye. This helps Jonathan figure out a way to beat him and creates a temporary weak point.

** [[AnIcePerson Using his ice powers]] in order to reduce heat so the Ripple can't touch him. In fact, he makes Dire and his [[MemeticMutation Thunder Cross Split Attack]] look worthless with his Ionic Freeze.

* Bruford and Tarkus getting the heroes in situations where they can't use the Ripple. Not bad for two zombies from a far begone era. Tarkus even gets Zeppeli killed, though he regrets it shortly after.

*** Even ''with'' his vampire powers, Dio doesn't have an easy time of it. In their fight in the Joestar mansion, Jonathan managed to fight Dio to a standstill, impaling him on the statue of Venus, while heavily injured and ''on fire''. All this [[BadassNormal before he even learned about the Ripple]].

*** Even ''with'' his vampire powers, Dio doesn't have an easy time of it. In their fight in the Joestar mansion, Jonathan managed to fight Dio to a standstill, managing to impale him on the statue of Venus, while heavily injured and ''on fire''. All this [[BadassNormal before he even learned about the Ripple]].

*** Even ''with'' his vampire powers, Dio doesn't have an easy time of it. At one point, Jonathan manages to fight the newly vampirized Dio to a draw without his Ripple powers and while heavily injured and ''on fire'', impaling him with the statue of Venus.

** Even when Dio breaks the sword and fully heals himself, Jonathan '''sets his hand on fire''' and actually manages to punches through the mighty icy defense of Dio, reducing him to a head. Dio inflicts a last wound with his Space Ripper Stingy Eyes, but still got his first permanent damage. If not for Wang Chan, Dio would be dead. Even with Wang Chan, he can no longer freeze people and [[VillainousRespect respects Jonathan]] after this fight.

** [[HeroKiller Killing Jonathan as a head and later taking his body.]]

* Dire, despite being frozen and shattered, manages to spit a Ripple-infused rose in Dio's eye.

** And, let us not forget, coming along for the ensuing journey despite not having any CharlesAtlasSuperPower or SupernaturalMartialArts to protect himself. He's that determined to be there for his friend.

** [[AnIcePerson Using his ice powers]] in order to reduce heat so the Ripple can't touch him.

* Bruford and Tarkus getting the heroes in situations where they can't use the Ripple. Not bad for two zombies from a far begone era.

** Jonathan showing his smarts in finding out that Dio was poisoning his father. He does this by having him swear on Dario Brando’s honor as a gentleman that he didn’t poison Jonathan's father. This is meant to test if Dio had any murderous intention or hatred towards Dario of any kind... Sure enough, Dio’s lie catches in his throat and he snaps, punching him in the face. [[NoSell All it did was royally piss off Jonathan and confirmed his suspicions]]. Then Dio tries to gouge his eye like in their boxing match from when they were kids. [[PunchCatch Jonathan obviously wasn't gonna have any of that shit]], and hurls Dio down stairs. Until Dio became a vampire, Jonathan's tormentor was no threat to him anymore.
*** Even WITH his vampire powers, Dio doesn't have an easy time of it. At one point Jonathan manages to fight the newly vampirized Dio to a draw without his Ripple powers and while heavily injured and ON FIRE, impaling him with the statue of Venus.

* The very nature of the Ripple powers is itself a CMOA. Through special breathing techniques the characters change the flow of energy through their body to match the wavelength of sunlight. Then they use this power to ''punch vampires to death'' with fists that '''literally''' burn with the glory of the Sun herself.

** Jonathan using his last moments to stop Dio's takeover after suffering a fatal wound to the neck, after using his last Ripple to have Dio's assistant cause the boat to go down. Counts as a major TearJerker as well since it allowed Dio to get a body after decapitating himself after being beaten by Jonathan.

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** He beat Bruford, a master swordsman who could strangle you with his hair into being a good-hearted knight again, in spite of his zombification.

** His audaciousness in using ExactWords when his victims tries to make deals with him, such as promising that in exchange for turning a woman into a zombie Dio and his men wouldn't harm her child. Well, that didn't include the recently zombified mother...

-->'''Dio''': (''smirks'') [[ButForMeItWasTuesday I don't know.]] How many ''loaves of bread have you eaten in your lifetime?''

** Actually, him not being as badass as he would be in Part 3 is up for debate. In Part 3, the main character doesn't have Hamon, which is a weakness so great to Dio that even with a certain borderline StoryBreakerPower in his possession, he's still wary and fights the main hero (for the most part) alone. Here in Part 1, Dio is outnumbered and facing the greatest Hamon users and beats them through sheer cleverness.

** His [[https://youtu.be/c5jb9rw2eW8 deliciously-evil comeback]] to Zeppeli and Jonathan demanding to know how many victims he's killed as a vampire.

-->'''Dio''': [[ButForMeItWasTuesday I don't know.]] (''smirks'') How many ''loaves of bread have you eaten in your lifetime?''

** Jonathan using the HeroicSacrifice of Will Zeppeli in order to [[CurbStompBattle easily kill Tarkus, who had dominated the fight because the former couldn't attack metal]]. [[TookALevelInBadass Jonathan breaks the chain, and a whole lot of bones, too!]] It's even better in the anime because of the music, as seen when Tarkus finally disintegrates into nothing, leaving only his armor behind. The grand soundtrack goes silent as we witness this defeat... Then the camera cuts to Jonathan's stern expression, with blood on one side of his face and a SingleTear streaked down his other eye, all while an ominous horn blares and the screen tints magnenta for the {{eyecatch}}. We learn from this that if you push the kind Jonathan too far, he may bend his gentleman tactics to ensure '''your''' destruction.

** By the time he approaches Dio in his hideout, all he can do is say this: ''[[PreAsskickingOneLiner "Guess who survived their time in hell."]]''

** He [[CurbStompBattle dominates every vampire]] after Zeppeli's death because he's strong enough to handle anything less than Dio. What once seemed like implacable monsters now seem like pests to him.

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* "''[[PreAsskickingOneLiner Guess who survived their time in hell.]]''"

** Jonathan using the HeroicSacrifice of Will Zeppeli in order to [[CurbStompBattle easily kill Tarkus, who had dominated the fight because the former couldn't attack metal]]. [[TookALevelInBadass Jonathan breaks the chain, and a whole lot of bones, too!]]

* Erina washing out her mouth with muddy water after Dio steals her first kiss. It's a surprisingly direct show of disrespect from a woman raised in Victorian times. Cemented when she glares defiantly at him as he loses his cool and slaps her.