History JoJosBizarreAdventure / TropesLToO

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With one new set of them for every arc (not to mention some of the returning ones), it's no surprise.
** Averted in that individual parts have only about thirty characters on average, and thus a reader doesn't have to know or remember every character from the previous parts.

* MixandMatchCritters: ''Phantom Blood'' has vampire dogs with human heads, ''Battle Tendency'' has [[spoiler:Kars]], and ''Steel Ball Run'' has a dinosaur horse and dinosaur fleas.

** ''Golden Wind'' has Diavolo, whose muscular body, which is only covered by a transparent mesh shirt, as well as his long flowing hair, cause him to look somewhat like a male stripper.

* NasalTrauma: In ''Battle Tendency'', Joseph punches a corrupt cop in the face and calls him a "stupid pig". For added fun, the cop's finger was still up his nose when it happened.

* NextSundayAD: In the second third of the series, when Araki ran out of past periods where to put his series, he began to set his stories in the near future.

* LargeHam: Almost ''[[UpToEleven every single named character]]''.

** Before his proper introduction in ''Stardust Crusaders'', we see memories of Jotaro's childhood during which he was radically different.

*** Star Platinum; A-tier everything except its C-tier range. [[spoiler:Its TimeStop ability, while useful, can't be sustained longer than 5 seconds, dropping to 2 at most due to disuse in ''Diamond is Unbreakable''. Furthermore, it won't be very helpful if he can't get to his target before stopped time ends.]]

* OnceASeason: The anime adaption licenses an era-appropriate pop song for the end credits of each season. ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' both have "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]", the first half of ''Stardust Crusaders'' uses "[[Music/TheBangles Walk Like an Egyptian]]" while the "Battle in Egypt" arc has "[[Music/PatMetheny Last Train Home]]", ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' uses [[Music/SavageGarden I Want You]], the first half of ''Golden Wind'' uses "[[Music/{{Jodeci}} Freekn' You]]", and the second half uses "[[Music/{{Enigma}} Modern Crusaders]]".

*** Jonathan Joestar (Phantom Blood): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7wnG-loPlY
*** Joseph Joestar (''Battle Tendency'') has two recurring themes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtdqnCTRtWI I'm In Control]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nIBZ-mv9yU&t=5s Appearance]]
*** Jotaro Kujo (''Stardust Crusaders''): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjE5A4UAJI
*** Josuke Higashikata (''Diamond is Unbreakable''): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRGrfurZaNQ
*** Giorno Giovanna (''Vento Aureo''): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MtOpB5LlUA

* LongRunner: One of the longest-running manga series in Japan. 124 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 ''Vento Aureo'' with 63 Volumes, now each new part begins with Volume 1.)

*** ''Vento Aureo'': Gold is an ever-present motif connected to Giorno.

** From ''Vento Aureo'' is [[spoiler:Diavolo, who's muscular body that's only covered by a transparent mesh shirt, as well as his long flowing hair causes him to look somewhat like a male stripper]].

** In a similar case to [[spoiler:Diavolo]], Narciso Anasui from ''Stone Ocean'' wears a mesh shirt that heavily exposes his muscular body.

** In ''Vento Aureo'', Giorno introduces his life-giving powers by turning something into a frog, like how Zeppeli showed off Ripple by punching a frog in ''Phantom Blood''. Giorno also says that Koichi is a good person because he didn't try to hit him as hard as he could, like what Speedwagon said to Jonathan when they first met.

*** In ''Vento Aureo'', [[spoiler:there are two of these. The first is Silver Chariot Requiem, whose powers are of a completely different set from its original form. Silver Chariot focused around extreme speed and swordfighting prowess, while its Requiem puts all of Rome to sleep and can manipulate souls, including controlling the Stands of others. Since its user was on the verge of death and wanted the Arrow to be kept away from the ArcVillain, Chariot Requiem moves Polnareff's soul into [[BiggerOnTheInside Mr. President]] to save him, and takes the arrow for itself to protect it.]] [[spoiler:The second and final Requiem stand of Part 5 is Gold Experience Requiem, whose primary power is to reverse time. This power is not only strong in of itself, but it also directly nullifies Diavolo's Stand, whose power is to erase time.]]

** ''Vento Aureo'' took place in 2001 but ran from 1996 to 1999

** ''Vento Aureo'': [[spoiler:Diavolo successfully gets rid of La Squadra and most of the members of Passione, along with Polnareff. Then he's defeated thanks to the three biggest thorns in his side denying him the Arrow: Bucciarati, Trish, and Giorno.]]

* NoOntologicalInertia: The effects of a Stand's power tend to immediately dissipate when their user is defeated or dead. This is an especially common trope in ''Vento Aureo''. [[spoiler: Ironically, that part introduced [[EldritchAbomination Notorious B.I.G.]], whose ability is a complete [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: It activates when its user is killed, and it cannot be slain itself because its user is already dead.]]

** In ''Vento Aureo'', Pesci seems the least dangerous compared to Prosciutto, but he soon reveals himself as a frighteningly competent Stand user whose almost kills the entirety of the team, with a [[ImprobableWeaponUser fishing pole]]!

** In ''Vento Aureo'' with Giorno and Mista where Giorno uses Gold Experience to heal a critically wounded Mista, which was a very painful process. Narancia spotted them, but with Giorno's head blocking the view around Mista's midsection, not to mention how and what he was screaming that could definitely be taken the wrong way, [[BrainBleach Narancia gets the wrong idea]].

** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', Koichi Hirose starts out at fifteen years old, but [[TinySchoolboy resembles an elementary schooler due to his short height]]. He's eighteen by the time of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]]'' but he's barely half the height of Giorno Giovanna, who's fifteen years old.
** ''Vento Aureo'' has Narancia, who was sick as a child looks and acts like the youngest of the group. He's always quick to point out that at 17, he's actually two years older than the main character.

* OnceASeason: The anime adaption licenses an era-appropriate pop song for the end credits of each season. ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' both have "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]", the first half of ''Stardust Crusaders'' uses "[[Music/TheBangles Walk Like an Egyptian]]" while the "Battle in Egypt" arc has "[[Music/PatMetheny Last Train Home]]", ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' uses [[Music/SavageGarden I Want You]], the first half of ''Vento Aureo'' uses "[[Music/{{Jodeci}} Freekn' You]]", and the second half uses "[[Music/{{Enigma}} Modern Crusaders]]".

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Downplayed. The series has a roughly "Monster of the Week" format since ''Phantom Blood'' and Dio sending his zombie minions one by one, with the minor antagonists appearing one at a time, being dealt with during their own arcs, and rarely ever returning again. However, the overall story still follows a StoryArc, with the protagonist(s) battling a singular known main antagonist's side and the series overall being about the Joestar's struggle against Dio and his legacy.

** Yoshikage Kira counts too, as Yoshikage means "lucky shadow", and Kira is a pun on the word "KILLER".

** The elderly Enya wields one of the most terrifying Stands among Dio's minions. Justice is a gigantic fog Stand which can control you through any wound.
* NasalTrauma: In ''Battle Tendency,'' Joseph Joestar punches a corrupt cop in the face and calls him a "Stupid Pig". For added fun, the cop's finger was still up his nose when it happened.

** Every Stand created by a second piercing of the arrow induces this.
*** The first [[spoiler:Requiem stand, Killer Queen Bites the Dust]], is an especially ''specific'' example of this trope: [[spoiler:Hayato has told Kira he has discovered his identity, and has evidence of it, causing Kira to kill Hayato in a panic--despite shutting Hayato up, Kira now has a dead child to explain. Kira now needs a way to deal with the deceased Hayato ''and'' keep his identity secret. The answer? Bites the Dust. First off, time is reset to immediately before Hayato's death. Then Killer Queen converts to a remote stand and hides on Hayato, resulting in a bomb that will go off whenever Hayato tells anyone about Kira or if anyone tries to ask Hayato questions about the same. After that, time will rewind to the morning after Hayato's original death. In each permutation of the time loop, deaths from the previous loops will be carried over--even if Hayato deliberately alters his actions, the people who have died previously will simply spontaneously explode. Not only is Hayato trapped and kept quiet, but even those who interrogate him will die ''randomly'' without any evidence linking them to Hayato or Kira. The tiny remote Killer Queen will also protect Hayato from any significant harm, meaning the poor kid can't even kill himself.]] Despite some small weaknesses--[[spoiler:it's implied that Kira can't choose to activate the ability, it leaves Kira vulnerable since he can only have one active bomb at a time, and Kira doesn't actually know about the GroundhogDayLoop element at first]]--the ability is perfectly tailored to the situation and close to invincible.
*** In ''Vento Aureo'', [[spoiler:there are two of these. The first is Silver Chariot Requiem, whose powers are of a completely different set from its original form. Silver Chariot focused around extreme speed and swordfighting prowess, while its Requiem puts all of Rome to sleep and can manipulate souls, including controlling the Stands of others. Since its user was on the verge of death and wanted the arrow to be kept away from the ArcVillain, Chariot Requiem moves Polnareff's soul into [[BiggerOnTheInside Mr. President]] to save him, and takes the arrow for itself to protect it.]] [[spoiler:The second and final Requiem stand of Part 5 is Gold Experience Requiem, whose primary power is to reverse time. This power is not only strong in of itself, but it also directly nullifies Diavolo's Stand, whose power is to erase time.]]

** ''Stardust Crusaders'': [[spoiler:Dio succeeds in attaining the blood needed for his perfect body and killing off almost all of Jotaro's allies. Unfortunately, he forgot about [[BigDamnHeroes Polnareff.]]]]

** ''Vento Auero'': [[spoiler:Diavolo successfully gets rid of La Squadra and most of the members of Passione, along with Polnareff. Then he's defeated thanks to the three biggest thorns in his side denying him the Arrow: Bucciarati, Trish, and Giorno.]]
** ''Stone Ocean'': [[spoiler:Pucci actually restarts the universe and kills off the heroes except the TagalongKid. While he gets points for trying to tie up that loose end, Emporio ends up defeating him by using the stand power of Weather Report that was gifted to Jolyne.]]
** ''Steel Ball Run'': This actually happens ''twice''. [[spoiler:Funny Valentine succeeds in obtaining the power of the Corpse and killing off Gyro Zeppeli. He didn't count on Johnny unlocking the full power of the Golden Spin... by watching Gyro's [[DesperationAttack last Golden Spin himself]].]] Afterwards, [[spoiler:the alternate universe Diego Brando actually renders Johnny helpless, wins the race, and is about ensure complete possession of the Corpse when Lucy arrives with the first Diego's head, which merges with him, and blows him up.]]

*** Crazy Diamond can heal and restore anything to peak condition and even merge objects together, on top of being one of the fastest and strongest stands around, but it can't resurrect the dead (more specifically it can't restore life), certain ailments like the Nijimura Brothers' father's condition can't be fixed, and it can't heal its user.

** Gappy wears a 'dixie-cup' style sailor hat, constantly. He even gets pulled out of the ground in it.

** In ''Phantom Blood'', Dio lures Jonathan and his friends into a graveyard where he summons every zombie available to overwhelm them. Fortunately, zombies are vulnerable to the Ripple.
** In ''Battle Tendency'', Kars unleashes his army of Vampires on an exhausted Joseph, but a battalion of Nazi soldiers save the day.
** Enya takes control of the corpses in a graveyard to mimick a foggy town. The mob are simply puppets controlled by Enya, but the imagery is invoked. Although Star Platinum takes visible pleasure pummeling away the whole graveyard, it misses one dead baby who creeped up Jotaro's pant.

** The seventh part features Civil War which materializes a crowd of dead people to attack Johnny.
** In ''[=JoJolion=]'', Dolomite's Stand creates a TechnicallyLivingZombie who chases after Josuke. The effect is contagious, and it ends up creating a horde of Zombies who go after Josuke and eventually infect him.

** [[spoiler:Gold Experience Requiem]] in a nutshell. [[spoiler:All of Giornio's enemies' aspects are brought to zero the moment they oppose him.]]

** In the same way, Jobin Higashikata is actually interested that Josuke could cheat in a beetle fight undetected and praises his ability. In fact he cheats too but unless you can say how he cheats, he won't forfeit.

** In ''Golden Wind'', Pesci seems the least dangerous compared to Prosciutto, but he soon reveals himself as a firghteningly competent Stand user whose almost kills the entirety of the team, with a [[ImprobableWeaponUser fishing pole]]!
** In ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', Shigechi looks like a dumb kid whose Harvest is only good for collecting small object, but in reality, he is a cunning fighter, and not even Josuke can defend against a whole swarm of Stands able to punch straight into the flesh.

* OddShapedPanel: The manga uses a lot of slanted panels. The end of Part 5 gets especially hectic. Though Araki makes pretty good use out of this. Instead of entire panels to show character reactions like he did before part 4, he later uses only small, circular panels to show character reactions, possibly a lampshading of how quick such reactions would be in real life, therefore it'd be just as quick to look at them.

** "Steel Ball Run" has Gyro's cheese song where he sings about different types of cheese.
** At one point in "[=JoJolion=]", Yasuho asks Josuke to sing and he sings about how he loves large fries but not fried chicken.

** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', Koichi Hirose starts out at fifteen years old, but [[TinySchoolboy resembles an elementary schooler due to his short height]]. He's eighteen by the time of''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]]'' but he's barely half the height of Giorno Giovanna, who's fifteen years old.

* OnceASeason: The anime adaption licenses an era-appropriate pop song for the end credits of each season. ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' both have "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]", the first half of ''Stardust Crusaders'' uses "[[Music/TheBangles Walk Like an Egyptian]]" while the "Battle in Egypt" arc has "[[Music/PatMetheny Last Train Home]]", ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' uses [[Music/SavageGarden I Want You]], the first half ''Golden Wind'' uses "[[Music/{{Jodeci}} Freekn' You]]", and the second half uses "[[Music/{{Enigma}} Modern Crusaders]]".

*** The protagonists of Part 4 and 8 share the name "Josuke Higashikata", but the kanji used to write their names are different.

* OnlyOneFemaleMold: It's Exaggerated, basically 99% of the named characters fit one body type according to their gender and one for children (it gets especially funny when Araki had to draw a full model for Midler for the Capcom arcade; he ended up cribbing most of her look from Yukako Yamagishi). However since the series underwent a continuous ArtEvolution, it should be noted that the standard female silhouette didn't change that much while males went from very muscled to more slender and muscled anyway. Rare exceptions include babies of both gender and fat people, which are extremely rare to come by.
* OnlyOneName: Several character do not have their surname revealed or may not have surname at all, most prominently the Pillar Men, or in part 3, DIO who is only refered to as such even though his surname Brando should be known.

** In one of the redrawn covers for [=JoJonium=] (and many other Part-8 era illustrations), [[http://media.tumblr.com/886d0cd20a236551133acb9cedf2af40/tumblr_inline_n513dnszMC1ryu3hd.jpg Jonathan for]] [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121129122036/jjba/images/thumb/9/98/Exhib1.jpg/500px-Exhib1.jpg some reason]] [[http://cgworld.jp/images/feature/making/jojo/jojo_d17.jpg gets Caesar's headband]] to complement the aforementioned scarf making him look more like [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120215015902/jjba/images/3/34/Volume_11.jpg Joseph]], who is recently depicted with an aviator hat as of late.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: ''In its own series!'' Due to the widely different plots, locations and characters of each part, they can all be considered "sequels" of a sort. This means that knowing something about the other parts, like plot developments (i.e in part 3, [[spoiler: DIO re-animates and possesses Jonathan's body]], which will spoil the ending of part 1) or characters ( i.e Giorno, the protagonist of part V is [[spoiler: Dio's son]], or how ''Diamond is Unbreakable'''s Josuke [[spoiler: is the son of Joseph, and therefore Jotaro's uncle]]), it's safe to say you should DEFINITELY read this series in order.

** Every time Jotaro makes a decisive punch, ''Stardust Crusaders'' begins.
** Josuke's in the same situation with ''Diamond is Unbreakable''.

*** Joseph Joestar (Battle Tendency) has two recurring themes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtdqnCTRtWI I'm In Control]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nIBZ-mv9yU&t=5s Appearance]]
*** Jotaro Kujo (Stardust Crusaders): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjE5A4UAJI
*** Josuke Higashikata (Diamond is Unbreakable): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRGrfurZaNQ
*** Giorno Giovana (Golden Wind): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MtOpB5LlUA
* LemonyNarrator: Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency used to feature one. In later parts, narration is given to the characters themselves or is absent.

* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: The world of the series is pretty much the same as ours, owing to Araki's interest in keeping the story grounded in reality (despite the sheer eccentricity of the whole series). Despite the vampires, Stand Users, other magical artefacts and the occasional HumanSubspecies, they've never interfered with the population at large so they all remain unnoticed. It helps that villains are rarely visionary enough to want to change the world and prefer to abuse their powers without being seen. Likewise, the heroes and the Speedwagon Foundation don't really go all messiah with their powers and magical artefacts in their possession and prefer to let humanity do its thing without interference.
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted in the first two parts and select few characters in Steel Ball Run. Lampshaded in ''Stardust Crusaders'', where Jotaro mentions that it was pretty convenient to have run into a tailor in Pakistan that knew how to weave a Japanese school jacket out of sheep wool that looks exactly like his old one.

** Averted in that individual parts have only about thirty characters on average,and thus a reader doesn't have to know or remember every character from the previous parts.

* LongRangeFighter: Stand-users with long range Stands, such as Hierophant Green or Highway Star, and automated Stands, such as Black Sabbath and Killer Queen's Sheer Heart Attack.

** With ''souls''. Daniel D'arby's modus operandi. His brother Terrence does it with video games. And a running theme.

* TheMagicTouch: A few Stands across the series can only affect things they touch with their hands. For instance, Crazy Diamond and Gold Experience will only repair or give life to objects they are touching at the moment. In becomes a plot point when Giorno slices off his hands and is now unable to heal his allies while an enemy Stand attacks them.
** In [=JoJolion=], Yotsuyu Yagiyama and Dolomite can only activate their powers on people they touch. Dolomite is notably able to control people he touches, from any part of him. So he sends a tooth in an envelope to Josuke in an attempt to control him.
** In Diamond is Unbreakable, [[spoiler:Killer Queen's bomb ability can only be armed and detonated by Kira or KQ touching the target with their right hand.]]
** In JJBA: Eyes of Heaven, [[spoiler:Heavenly Ascended DIO's reality rewrite ability can only be activated by his stand "The World Over Heaven" punching the target first. There is no other way for him to access that power.]]

* MascotVillain: Dio Brando. If there's a parody of this series, either him or Jotaro will be involved. Being a recurring villain and a FountainOfMemes helps.

*** ''Stardust Crusaders'': The whole plot is a crusade towards Cairo to save Holly's life.
*** "Stardust" itself is a reference to Johnathan's descendants (Joseph/Holly/Jotaro), the "dust" or remnants of his branch of the Joestar family line.
*** ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'': More than anything, this is true of Josuke's resolve. The final arc of the story is even named ''Crazy Diamond Is Unbreakable''.
*** It also can be alternatively understood as ''(Crazy) Diamond Unbreaks (stuff)''.

*** '' Stone Ocean'': [[TitleDrop Stated in-series]], it's what prison is to Jolyne.

** Before his proper introduction in Stardust Crusaders, we see memories of Jotaro's childhood during which he was radically different.
* MindScrew: It may be the ultimate mind screwing anime, with [[JigsawPuzzlePlot completely crazy plots]]. [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders One part]] you have to beat some steamroller-summoning [[TimeStandsStill time-stopping]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire that stole your ancestor's body]] (and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean later]] find out that he had plans to create another universe), and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun the other]] you have to [[EverythingIsBetterWithDinosaurs fight dinosaurs]] and [[PresidentEvil stop the President of the United States from taking over the world]] [[spoiler: using [[RuleOfSymbolism the power of Jesus' body parts]].]] Some powers are absurd even by Jojo standards; the greatest offender is probably the stand Heavy Weather, who has the power to "alter the atmosphere and hence the projection of light, creating various rainbows to fill a vicinity. If someone were to gaze at the projected light, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs their bodies would morph into snails due to subliminal messages.]]"
* MixandMatchCritters: ''Phantom Blood'' has vampire dogs with human heads, ''Battle Tendency'' has [[spoiler:Kars]], and ''Steel Ball Run'' has dinosaur horse and dinosaur fleas.
* MomentKiller: When Jolyne and her Dolphin Prison crew take a breather after the Heavy Weather incident and [[spoiler:Weather Report's death]], Jolyne ends up [[SleepCute falling asleep on Annasui's shoulder]]. Realizing that he probably won't get another chance, Annasui decides that he's going to properly confess his feelings when she wakes up and quietly slips a ring that he bought for her on her finger to surprise her. He is then immediately cockblocked by, as Ermes likes to call them, "[[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/28fc7dd28296a7ad4acbfabc5e36c19d/x5.png fuckin']] [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/28fc7dd28296a7ad4acbfabc5e36c19d/x6.png alligators.]]"
** A more tragic example is Jonathan's Honeymoon coming to a screeching halt when he realizes Dio is still alive and the boat is now doomed.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Downplayed. The series has a roughly the "Monster of the Week" format since ''Phantom Blood'' and Dio sending his Zombie minions one by one, with the minor antagonists appearing one at a time, being dealt with during their own arcs, and rarely ever returning again. However, the overall story still follows a StoryArc, with the protagonist battling a singular known main antagonist's side and the series overall being about the Joestar's struggle against Dio and his legacy.
* MoodWhiplash: Joseph is a master at this, causing a number of comedic moments like this during the otherwise-tense fight with Santana, [[spoiler:as well as pretending to be Dio as a prank after he's resurrected in ''Stardust Crusaders''.]]

** [[BigBad Dio Brando]], whose charisma and beauty are stated by many of his more loyal subjects to be their reason for following him. His outfits are usually designed to show off his muscular body (and that's not even counting the scenes where he's [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]] or just straight up naked), and his [[EvilSoundsDeep baritone]] [[ArousedByTheirVoice voice]] probably helps.

** From ''Manga/VentoAureo'' is [[spoiler:Diavolo, who's muscular body that's only covered by a transparent mesh shirt, as well as his long flowing hair causes him to look somewhat like a male stripper]].

** In a similar case to [[spoiler:Diavolo]], Narciso Anasui from ''Manga/StoneOcean'' wears a mesh shirt that heavily exposes his muscular body.
** Ringo Roadagain from ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' is a handsome man whose [[AbsoluteCleavage outfit shows off a lot of chest]].
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Any instance in which the heroes are challenged to a game instead of a battle. The game will still be treated with all the drama as a life-and-death battle. This leads to things like an overly dramatic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, or a game of poker where the players are betting each others souls.

* TheMultiverse: The entire [=JoJo=] setting [[spoiler:/settings]] takes place within a multiverse in which all possible events [[spoiler:from [[VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven DIO being victorious in Stardust Crusaders]] to [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Jonathan Joestar being an american horse racer]]]] have or will have occurred in alternate timelines. Some Stands can even interact with different iterations of the multiverse, and [[spoiler: Steel Ball Run and [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]] take place in a drastically different yet somewhat similar universe from parts 1-6]].

* MythologyGag: Mixed in with FridgeBrilliance. Joseph Joestar's Stand, Hermit Purple, allows him to use some unique methods of divination. It's basically an expansion of his ability to predict what his opponent will say next.

*** Jotaro's hat from ''Stardust Crusaders'' is seen in the hat shop Josuke and Yasuho visit.

** Vanilla Ice is voiced by the same voice actor from the [=PS1=] fighting game, and when he does a kick he makes the same noise he did for the game.
** In Vento Aureo, Giorno introduces his life-giving powers by turning something into a frog, like how Zeppeli showed off Ripple by punching a frog in Phantom Blood. Giorno also says that Koichi is a good person because he didn't try to hit him as hard as he could, like what Speedwagon said to Jonathan when they first met.

* MrFanservice: The heroes and even most of the ''villains'' in the series look like they're models, given that they're all [[HeroicBuild incredibly buff]], have [[BadassBaritone manly voices]] and [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys very attractive]] in their own special ways. For some standout examples:

* MookChivalry: Averted, zombies and vampire minions always try to overwhelm the heroes by attacking all at once.

** Miraschon averts this, Marylin Manson detects cheating automatically and forfeits the cheater. LoopholeAbuse don't count.

* OlderThanTheyLook: The Vampires go without saying, being anywhere from over 100 to several thousand years old. Jotaro doesn't age physically after ''Stardust Crusaders'', despite the rest of the series spanning about 30 years in-world time. Apparently, extrapolating from various comments, Stand Users age slower than normal people.
** Plus, because he was sick as a child, Narancia looks and acts like the youngest of the group in ''Vento Aureo'', but he's always quick to point out that at 17, he's actually two years older than the main character.
** Also, Lisa Lisa, who keeps herself youthful at her fifties thanks to her mastery of Hamon.
** Also, Hirohiko Araki himself. [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/343/315/b9c.jpg He does not look like 60 no matter how you slice it]].

* NonFatalExplosion: Averted, explosions hurt a lot, especially the ensuing shrapnel.

* NocturnalMooks: Zombies, vampires, and Pillar Men all have a weakness to sunlight, necessitating that they act at night.
* NoDelaysForTheWicked: Actually averted, which is unusual for a series that plays itself straight. The villains of this part aren't immune to mundane problems that can hinder their plans. Dio of all people is caught in a traffic jam in the middle of his final battle (although he orders his chauffeur to drive on the sideways and run over the crowd). Likewise, Diavolo's travels are impeded by the fact that his alter ego Doppio is often victimized and unlucky, barely missing to be run over by a truck and being scammed by a taxi driver. Kira has to feed his new family and is thrown in an uncomfortable work as he hides from the heroes in part 4.
* NoOntologicalInertia: The effects of a Stand's power tend to immediately dissipate when their user is defeated or dead. This is an especially common trope in ''Vento Aureo''. [[spoiler: Ironically, that part introduced [[EldritchAbomination Notorious B.I.G.]], whose ability is a complete [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: It activates when its user is killed, and it cannot be slain itself because its user is already dead.]]

** Averted in that individual parts have only about thirty characters on average,and thus a reader doesn't have to know or remember every character from the previous parts.

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** Also, Hirohiko Araki himself. [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/343/315/b9c.jpg He does not look like 59 no matter how you slice it]].

* OlderThanTheyLook: The Vampires go without saying, being anywhere from over 100 to several thousand years old. Jotaro doesn't age physically after ''Stardust Crusaders'', despite the rest of the series spanning about 30 years in-world time. Also, Hirohiko Araki himself. Apparently, extrapolating from various comments, Stand Users age slower than normal people. [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/343/315/b9c.jpg He does not look like 59 no matter how you slice it]].

* OnceASeason: The anime adaption licenses an era-appropriate pop song for the end credits of each season. ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' both have "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]", the first half of ''Stardust Crusaders'' uses "[[Music/TheBangles Walk Like an Egyptian]]" while the "Battle in Egypt" arc has "[[Music/PatMetheny Last Train Home]]", ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' uses [[Music/SavageGarden I Want You]], and ''Golden Wind'' uses "[[Music/{{Jodeci}} Freekn' You]]".

* OnceASeason: The anime adaption licenses an era-appropriate pop song for the end credits of each season. ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' both have "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]", the first half of ''Stardust Crusaders'' uses "[[Music/TheBangles Walk Like an Egyptian]]" while the "Battle in Egypt" arc has "[[Music/PatMetheny Last Train Home]]", ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' uses [[Music/SavageGarden I Want You]], and ''Golden Wind''  uses [[Music/{{Jodeci}} Freekn' You]]".

* OnceASeason: The anime adaption licenses an era-appropriate pop song for the end credits of each season. ''Phantom Blood'' and ''Battle Tendency'' both have "[[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]]", the first half of ''Stardust Crusaders'' uses ''[[Music/TheBangles Walk Like an Egyptian]]" while the "Battle in Egypt" arc has "[[Music/PatMetheny Last Train Home]]", ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' uses [[Music/SavageGarden I Want You]], and ''Golden Wind''  uses [[Music/{{Jodeci}} Freekn' You]]".

** From Manga/VentoAureo is [[spoiler:Diavolo, who's muscular body that's only covered by a transparent mesh shirt, as well as his long flowing hair causes him to look somewhat like a male stripper]].

** The entirety of Team Bucciarati from ''Manga/VentoAureo'' is made up of good looking {{Pretty Boy}}s (with the exceptions of [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Trish Una]] and [[TeamPet Coco Jumbo]]).
** Also from Part 5 is [[spoiler:Diavolo, who's muscular body that's only covered by a transparent mesh shirt, as well as his long flowing hair causes him to look somewhat like a male stripper]].

** Noriaki Kakyoin from ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' is an extremely handsome {{Bishounen}}, with his body best shown off while he's in his [[AbsoluteCleavage pajamas]].

* MrFanservice:The heroes and even most of the ''villains'' in the series look like they're models, given that they're all [[HeroicBuild incredibly buff]], have [[BadassBaritone manly voices]] and [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys very attractive]] in their own special ways. For some standout examples: