History JoJosBizarreAdventure / TropesAToB

'''Tropes A to B''' ([[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD ([[DubNameChange/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dub Name Change]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF ([[EvolvingCredits/JoJosBizarreAdventure Evolving Credits]] | [[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK ([[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]] | [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Heart Is An Awesome Power]] | [[Jerkass/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jerkass]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO ([[LogicalWeakness/JoJosBizarreAdventure Logical Weakness]] | [[NiceGuy/JoJosBizarreAdventure Nice Guy]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT ([[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]] | [[StoryBreakerPower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Story-Breaker Power]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesUToZ]]]]-]

* {{Bishonen}}: Noriaki Kakyoin, who is only this compared to the rest of the main cast due to being the shortest and the least buff, but still drawn noticeably different from the others in style. Part 5 plays this more straight with its CastFullOfPrettyBoys, especially Narancia.

** Jonathan Joestar, Joseph Joestar, Giorno Giovanna, Johnny Joestar.

** Giorno is a RobinHood-like, extremely composed individual, though he is known for occasionally flying off the handle and utterly decimating his opponents. His Stand, Gold Experience, has the ability to give life to objects, reflecting his desire to give endlessly and to make people's lives easier.

* BlessedWithSuck: From ''Stardust Crusaders'' and onwards, having a stand usually gives you a FightingSpirit and/or a cool superpower, but in a few ocassions it can also turn you life into a living hell (Superfly, Survivor, Milagro Man) or even potentially kill you (Cheap Trick, Holly Joestar's unnamed stand). Even stands that doesn't suck per se can backfire and give it's user a FateWorseThanDeath with its power.

'''Tropes A to B''' ([[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]] | [[BigBrotherInstinct/JoJosBizarreAdventure Big Brother Instinct]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD ([[DubNameChange/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dub Name Change]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF ([[EvolvingCredits/JoJosBizarreAdventure Evolving Credits]] | [[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK ([[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]] | [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Heart Is An Awesome Power]] | [[Jerkass/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jerkass]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO ([[LogicalWeakness/JoJosBizarreAdventure Logical Weakness]] | [[NiceGuy/JoJosBizarreAdventure Nice Guy]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT ([[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]] | [[StoryBreakerPower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Story-Breaker Power]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesUToZ]]]]-]

'''Tropes A to B''' ([[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF ([[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK ([[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]] - [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Heart Is An Awesome Power]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT ([[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesUToZ]]]]-]

* AuthorAppeal: Hirohiko Araki is a huge music buff, specially old-school ProgressiveRock, as the myriad references scattered about the series will tell you. There's not even a point in listing them here, there's just way too many.
** However, there is Music/TheBeatles song, "Get Back", which tells the story of a man named [=JoJo=].
** Of special note is Music/PinkFloyd, who Araki must really like to reference with so many Stands in ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'' and ''[=JoJolion=]''.
** He's also rather fond of Italy -- not only do several Italian characters show up, but Italian food and fashion brands are second only to songs when it comes to ThemeNaming, and an entire part was set in Italy.
*** Notably every single part other than ''Stardust Crusaders'' features either at least one Italian character (mainly the Zeppeli family, Tonio Trussardi, everyone but Koichi in Part 5, and the Italian-American Enrico Pucci in Part 6) or some other connection to Italy. Even Part 8 had a travel advertisement for Italy show up briefly.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: DIO and Diavolo are the top dogs of their respective organizations, and of course get the most powerful Stands.

* AntagonistAbilities: A general trend among Stands is that the heroes have powers that [[OutsideTheBoxTactic surprisingly]] [[SwissArmyPower versatile]] abilities, and that they must outwit the powers of the minor villains whose Stands are more potent, but don't have as many tricks up their sleeves or are situational. Star Platinum, Crazy Diamond, and Stone Free are all universally-applicable Stands, while Dark Blue Moon, Super Fly, and Clash aren't.

* ArtEvolution: Compare ''Phantom Blood'' to the others and you'll wonder how it could have gotten so good. Araki even had [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohiko_Araki#2009.E2.80.93present an exhibition at the Louvre in 2009]], [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff at the behest of the French]] (note that the image you see on clicking that link was the one used for the series' first tankoubon cover).
** Even in their own parts, characters tend to change due to artstyle shift. Look at Sandman in ''Steel Ball Run'' chapter 1 and look at him in the end. This was most blatant in Part 4, which saw the radical departure from the ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''-inspired style towards Araki's current distinctive style. Compare Josuke from Part 4's [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/2/2e/JosukeHigashikata.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150607221324 beginning]] to its [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/3/34/209px-Josuke.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150607221347 conclusion]].
*** Another example taking place in the same part: [[TeamPet Iggy]], when he was first introduced, looked like a dim-witted bug-eyed dog. As the story progressed, however, his face started looking more humanlike.
** Among separate parts, just look at the different art styles of Jotaro. It's pretty hilarious that as the Parts go on, the art seems to evolve faster than Jotaro ages, causing him to seem to be aging backwards as he gets older but is drawn more handsome and pretty.

* ArtifactOfDeath[=/=]ArtifactOfDoom: The stone mask has a disturbing propensity for causing/being around terrible events.

* AlternateCharacterReading: Several attack names, especially back in the Ripple era, are written in kanji and given an English reading. This applies to a few Stand names as well, but generally only to ones with names that are simple to translate to Japanese.

** Jonathan is TheDeterminator, a NiceGuy, and is as tall as he is masculine. He is a defender of the weak, and is undeniably the softest [=JoJo=] in the series. He fights with the Ripple, a weird sort of magic energy/martial art that can be channeled into the {{power of the sun}}.
** Joseph is a GuileHero JerkWithAHeartOfGold who is slightly less burly than Johnathan. A CombatPragmatist at heart, Joseph is not above using every single dirty trick in the book to outfox his opponents. However, he deeply values familial ties and shows respect for people who are honorable at heart, or had a good reason to do what they did. Joseph also uses the Ripple, though is much more adept at using it practically.

** Stroheim may be a Nazi officer who wastes countless lives experimenting on Santana (including having roughly a dozen Mexican prisoners executed for their blood), but he's ultimately doing it to find a way to defeat the Pillar Men and prevent them from threatening the world. He's also willing to aid Joseph when it becomes clear that the Ripple is a significant weapon against the Pillar Men, and [[spoiler:heroically sacrifices himself with a grenade to prevent Santana from escaping. Although he survived thanks to NAZI SCIENCE!]]

* BattleAura: The Ripple. It is made from energy generated whenever a person breathes in, and is transferred out through natural means - the hands and feet are most obvious, but wool, metal and vegetable oil are all used to conduct the Ripple at points. Because all energy on Earth comes ultimately from the Sun, the Ripple has the same devastating effect on vampires as sunlight.
** In a different vein, the Stands from the third part on are essentially anthropomorphic Battle Auras. (Or, in Jotaro's case, Battle [[{{Kiai}} Ora]]). It is particularly visible in the Jotaro vs DIO final battle from the animated series that, at times, seems a battle from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
** Or in the case of old man Joseph, literally by using both -- channeling the Ripple through his Stand wrapped around his body like a vampire-killing live wire.

** [[spoiler:Anime-wise, the first OP shows the main characters of each part in Manga form in reverse chronological order from Jolyne to Jonathan and the OP ends with Jonathan throwing a punch at Dio. The final OP of the original universe is altered in the final episode where the back half of the OP shows the main characters of each part in Manga form in chronological order from Jonathan to Jolyne and the OP ends with Jolyne's stand throwing a punch at Pucchi, a close acquantance of DIO.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Just look at the main characters.

** As well as Jotaro's hair somehow growing ''over'' his CoolHat, to the point that it's hard to tell where the hair ends and the hat begins (the few times he removes the hat show that it's actually just torn in the back, giving the illusion of merging with his hair).

* AnyoneCanDie:

*** Volume 3 has Gyro doing a bow to the crowd, the cover of volume 22 has Johnny doing the same bow.

** Dio and Jonathan are twelve in the first few chapters of the series, but appear to be twenty.

*** ''[=JoJolion=]'' has Tooru.

** Josuke is a young teenager with a HairTriggerTemper who is just starting high school. Though he gets mad quickly, Josuke is very amicable and quite kind. His Stand, Crazy Diamond, has the ability to repair objects and people, reflecting his kind heart and desire to make friends. Jotaro even notes on it.

* AdultFear:
** Joseph has to deal with the possible death of his daughter Holly in ''Stardust Crusaders''.
** Similarly, Norisuke Higashikata's family is plagued by an incurable disease in ''[=JoJolion=]''.

* TheAbridgedSeries: [[WebVideo/JoJosBizarreAdventureAbridged JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged]] and [[WebVideo/DiamondIsUnabridgable [=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure Abridged: Diamond is Unabridgable]].

* BadPowersBadPeople: It's hard to imagine [[EnfantTerrible Melone, Mannish Boy]], [[SerialKiller Yoshikage Kira]] and [[BodyHorror Cioccolata]]'s powers belonging to anyone other than a staunch villain.
** This is actually lampshaded in the series. Since a Stand reflects the user's soul and true self, it often leads to malicious people having deadlier or disturbing abilities.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the ''[=JoJolion=]'' version of Yoshikage Kira, who [[BadPowersGoodPeople uses his extremely precise explosions]] to [[HealItWithFire destroy the blood clots without harming patient's arteries]].

** In the end of ''Battle Tendency'' (which may as well be the prologue to ''Stardust Crusaders'' due to an extensive TimeSkip), Joseph is in an airport, listening to music in a cassette player. At the end of ''Stardust Crusaders'', we see a similar scene, but it is revealed that he's listening to Music/TheBeatles' "Get Back" - the song that may be the inspiration for the "[=JoJo=]" nickname.

** Three bullies try to pick on Josuke at the beginning of Part 4. Josuke is kind enough not to react violently, until they insult his hair.

** Leaky-eye Luca attacks Giorno Giovanna over a matter of unpaid Mafia tithe. His head is gruesomely bashed.

* TheBusCameBack: Polnareff leaves for France at the end of Part 3 without being heard of again, but he comes back to help Giorno and co. at the end of Part 5.
* ButtMonkey: Jonathan. The poor bugger can't catch a break. First, Dio torments him during his childhood, ostracizing him from any potential friend, ruins Jonathan's relationship with Erina, and kills his dog. After a seven-years respite, Dio kills his father, then finally manages to kill him ''on his honeymoon''.

** Also Narancia, who is almost always the first person subjected to the newest enemy's Stand, especially if the effects are particularly embarrassing to him. In the rare instances where the entire team is affected, he will ''always'' get the worst of it.
** Nukesaku and Senator Wilson Phillips in ''Stardust Crusaders''.