History Monster / JoJosBizarreAdventure

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** [[AxCrazy J. Geil]], one of Dio Brando's [[PsychoForHire henchmen]], stands out as one of the vilest, and most sadistic, of the minor villains encountered by [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Jotaro]] and [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusadersTheJoestarGroup his friends]]. Driven by a lust for teenage girls, he [[WouldHurtAChild raped and killed the young Sherry Polnareff]] -- and attempted to murder her friend as well, succeeding in the {{OVA}} -- prompting her brother [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff Jean Pierre]] to join the heroes and seek revenge. He boasts that she was just one of the countless girls that he raped and killed. When confronted by Polnareff and Kakyoin, he shows himself to be a [[DirtyCoward coward of the highest order]], placing his Stand in the eyes of a little boy and telling his opponents that they'll never reach him without gouging out the boy's eyes. When this fails, he escapes and inflicts grievous, potentially fatal wounds on a man to dress him up as a decoy for another sneak attack. Finally, he attracts a crowd of at least 10 people, then hides his Stand among them before trying to goad Polnareff to mow them down by gloating about what he did to his sister. He dies showing nothing but pride in his actions.
** [[LivingDollCollector Terence (Telence) T. D'Arby[=/=] D'Arby the Younger]] is the younger brother of Daniel J. D'Arby, and like him, has the ability to steal a person's soul when they admit defeat in their heart before turning them into dolls. Unlike his [[AffablyEvil affable]] and [[NobleDemon nobler]] brother, any [[FauxAffablyEvil politeness Terence spews is an obvious attempt]] to hide the [[PsychopathicManchild childish psychopath]] he really is, changing anybody who is defeated by him in a video game into a doll, while, unlike Daniel, [[AndIMustScream keeping them fully aware of their situation and powerless to do anything about it]]. Besides having done this to at least 20 people, it is also implied that Terence is very abusive towards his brother, admitting to beating him nearly to death one time [[DisproportionateRetribution after catching him flirt with his girlfriend]]. When the heroes stumble across his path, he traps them in Dio's basement and forces them to play videogames for their souls, while [[FixingTheGame using his Stand to give himself an advantage]]. Through these methods he defeats Kakyoin and adds him to the collection, intending to do the same to Jotaro and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph]], threatening to kill Kakyoin if they attack him. While only a minor villain, Terence manages to be one of the few villains that the heroes show nothing but contempt and disgust for.
* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureCrazyDiamondsDemonicHeartbreak Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak]]'': [[MisanthropeSupreme Kazuki Karaiya]] is a Morioh [[DirtyCop cop]] who holds contempt for all of humanity, believing himself destined to reign as a god with the likes of [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO DIO]] and Kars. Taking on Pet Sounds as a makeshift Stand, Karaiya tests the bird's illusory abilities by causing mass mayhem and murder. He tricks a man into driving on a sidewalk to run over dozens of civilians; forces multiple women to attack others and slash their own throats; and puts dozens of civilians through [[MindRape a terrible illusion]] of them being shot dead in a war, while having an actual killer murder several of them--including a child. When Josuke and Hol Horse close in on him, Karaiya tries to force their ally, teenager Ryoko, to kill the duo and herself.
* ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond Is Unbreakable]]'': Anjuro "[[IronicNickname Angelo]]" Katagiri is a SerialKiller and Japan's most notorious criminal. A robber and rapist since the age of 12, his infamy reached its peak after an incident in which he raped and killed two teenage boys before taking a third one hostage. He arranged a ransom with the boy's rich parents, but revealed at the exchange that he had [[CripplingCastration cut off the boy's penis]] and killed him, and then killed one of the policemen who came for him. After escaping prison, Angelo [[GrandTheftMe body-jacked]] a man, took a woman hostage at knifepoint and tried to stab her to death in a fit of pique. After Josuke thwarts him, he goes on a killing spree with 7 civilian deaths. He attempts to kill Josuke and his mother out of spite, and then kills Josuke's grandfather. He returns for another attempt on their lives, and when defeated, he taunts Josuke with his grandfather's death and the fact that he can't kill Angelo [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim without becoming like him]], before threatening to throttle a young boy to death.

** [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDiavolo Diavolo]] is the mysterious "[[TheDon boss]]" of [[TheMafia Passione]], defined by [[TheParanoiac paranoia]] and {{ambition|Is Evil}} above all else. Diavolo made his first mark on the world when he buried his mother alive and sewed her mouth shut before callously murdering his foster father and [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed burning down his hometown]]. After selling multiple powerful Stand Arrows to Enya the Hag--causing the events of Parts 3 and 4--Diavolo goes on to found Passione, a criminal organization he rules with an iron fist and uses to addict children to hard drugs. Diavolo further uses his capo Polpo to subject any potential recruits to lethal "tests" with a Stand Arrow that leave many dead. When his agents Sorbet and Gelato tried to discover his true identity, [[BadBoss Diavolo]] had them horrifically tortured and killed to {{make an example|Of Them}} to their fellow teammates, an act that turns La Squadra Esecuzioni against Diavolo out of sheer horror. Upon discovery that his former lover Donatella--whom he abandoned years ago with no visible remorse--birthed a daughter, Trish, Diavolo begins hunting down the teenaged Trish to [[OffingTheOffspring murder her]] out of paranoiac bloodlust. Along the way, Diavolo murders a variety of citizens for petty reasons, and mutilates a child to drink his blood for sustenance. Diavolo later unleashes Cioccolata and Secco onto Rome to eliminate Trish's protectors, the [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTeamBucciarati Bucciarati gang]], once and for all, and Diavolo is flippant to the countless innocents he knows Cioccolata's Stand will kill. In the end, Diavolo personally slays multiple members of Bucciarati's noble gang, and nearly succeeds in his plan to kill Trish and gain the all-powerful Requiem.

* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': [[EvilOldFolks Kenzō]] is an egotistical former {{cult}} leader who was arrested for drugging and burning alive over 30 of his followers, and now [[FauxAffablyEvil hires himself out as an assassin]]. His [[TouchOfDeath preferred method of murder]] involving hitting pressure points that result in his victims drowning in their own fluids, Kenzō introduces himself to [[ActionGirl Jolyne Cujoh]] by killing dozens of prisoners in the area with his drowning technique and then tries to kill her. Kenzō afterwards delivers a painful, vicious fight to Foo Fighters, laughing at her pain and trying to murder her in the agonizing method of an electric chair for sheer sadism.

[[folder:Rebooted continuity]]
* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'':

[[folder:Video games]]
* ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture Heritage for the Future]]'' "[[Platform/PlayStation Super Story Mode]]": [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO DIO]] is a charismatic vampire who desires [[FamilyExtermination the extermination of the Joestar bloodline]]. Having stolen the body of Jonathan Joestar to survive, DIO happily sics many Stand users--some of them enslaved by flesh buds--onto Jonathan's descendants [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph]] and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Jotaro]], knowing that the Stand users will bring down airplanes full of innocents and kill civilians. When Jotaro and his allies make it to DIO's lair, DIO has his minion Iced murder Iggy and Avdol, then personally kills Kakyoin before trying to drain Joseph of his blood to destroy Jotaro once and for all.

* ''Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter 1'' (2017 film): [[SerialKiller Anjuro "Angelo" Katagiri]] shares his manga counterpart's depravity and lust for murder. A vicious murderer--[[{{Patricide}} his own father]] being his first victim -- who is [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] stabbing his latest victim to death in front of the man's lover, Angelo later slaughters his way out of police custody by utilizing his newly-acquired Stand. Using his Stand to continue his killing spree, tearing apart the insides of over half-a-dozen people to kick things off, Angelo develops a seething hatred for the young teenager Josuke Higashikata after the boy saves Angelo's latest victim from a brutal death. Angelo invades the home of Josuke, sadistically murdering the boy's grandfather and attempting the same on his mother, all as payback for thwarting him, and, even when cornered and defeated, Angelo [[NeverMyFault spends his final moments trying to blame all of his crimes on outside forces]] just to escape punishment.

** [[PsychoForHire Gray Fly]] was a stand user who uses his stand, Tower of Grey, to commit various mass murders disguised as [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accidents]] such as train crashes and plane accidents [[ForTheEvulz for the fun of it]]. Taking the lives of countless people with his stand, Gray Fly was responsible for a plane crash in London which caused the death of 300 people. Hired by Dio Brando to dispose of the Joestars and their allies, Gray Fly hijacks a plane and used his stand to attack the passengers inside by [[TongueTrauma ripping their tongues]] from their mouths. After being defeated, he kills the pilot in order to have the plane crash and kill everyone inside in his [[TakingYouWithMe last attempt at killing the Joestars]].

** [[LivingDollCollector Terence (Telence) T. D'Arby[=/=] D'Arby the Younger]] is the younger brother of Daniel J. D'Arby, and like him, has the ability to steal a person's soul when they admit defeat in their heart before turning them into dolls. Unlike his [[AffablyEvil affable]] and [[NobleDemon nobler]] brother, any [[FauxAffablyEvil politeness Terence spews is an obvious attempt]] to hide the [[PsychopathicManchild childish psychopath]] he really is, changing anybody who is defeated by him in a video game into a doll, while, unlike Daniel, [[AndIMustScream keeping them fully aware of their situation and powerless to do anything about it]]. Besides having done this to at least 20 people, it is also implied that Terence is very abusive towards his brother, admitting to beating him nearly to death one time [[DisproportionateRetribution after catching him flirt with his girlfriend]]. When the heroes stumble across his path, he traps them in Dio's basement and forces them to play videogames for their souls, while using his stand to give himself an advantage. Through these methods he defeats Kakyoin and adds him to the collection, intending to do the same to Jotaro and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph]], threatening to kill Kakyoin if they attack him. While only a minor villain, Terence manages to be one of the few villains that the heroes show nothing but contempt and disgust for.
* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureCrazyDiamondsDemonicHeartbreak Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak]]'': [[MisanthropeSupreme Kazuki Karaiya]] is a Morioh [[DirtyCop cop]] who holds contempt for all of humanity, believing himself destined to reign as a god with the likes of [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO DIO]] and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureKars Kars]]. Taking on Pet Sounds as a makeshift Stand, Karaiya tests the bird's illusory abilities by causing mass mayhem and murder. He tricks a man into driving on a sidewalk to run over dozens of civilians; forces multiple women to attack others and slash their own throats; and puts dozens of civilians through [[MindRape a terrible illusion]] of them being shot dead in a war, while having an actual killer murder several of them--including a child. When Josuke and Hol Horse close in on him, Karaiya tries to force their ally, teenager Ryoko, to kill the duo and herself.

** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureToru Tōru]] is [[TheDogWasTheMastermind the true mastermind]] of the Locacaca Organization and [[SiliconBasedLife Rock Humans]] of Morioh. An improbably old entity who has cultivated the [[EquivalentExchange Locacaca fruit]] and used it to experiment on and profit off of hapless victims for decades, Tōru would stalk and groom Yasuho since childhood for the purposes of both using her Stand, and disturbingly seducing her for fun. Using his organization and a nightmarish guardrail creature to murder dozens of people who stumble onto his operation over the years while coldly disposing of or abandoning his own allies when it suits him, Tōru uses his Stand Wonder of U to murder the parents of Rai Mamezuku, a reporter investigating him, and plenty of unsuspecting bystanders who get caught up in its effects. When confronted by the heroes, Tōru [[HeroKiller orchestrates the deaths]] of Rai, Kei and Jobin while endangering [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolionTheHigashikataFamily the entire Higashikata family]], and tries to sacrifice Yasuho to save his own life. Tōru plans to flood the BlackMarket with Locacaca and sit back as its effects throw the world into chaos, leaving only himself to rise above the ashes of upheaval as [[AGodAmI a supreme being]], caring only for his power base and belief that his memories will be all that is left of humanity when he is through.

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* ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'': [[BigBad Heaven Ascension DIO]] is an alternate version of [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]] who succeeded in his plan to wipe out the Joestar lineage and [[AGodAmI become a god]]. Having slaughtered his way through innocents and enemies alike to achieve godhood, DIO [[YourSoulIsMine absorbed the souls]] of 36 people to power himself up, and altered reality to turn his world into one that worshipped him. Upon learning that there are an infinite number of realities across time and space, DIO begins plotting to conquer them all, starting with the primary timeline. DIO [[TheCorrupter corrupts]] the souls of each [=JoJo's=] friends and family members, forcing them to fight one another before DIO murders them all and steals their souls, and, in the end, DIO shrugs off the death of his "friend" Enrico Pucci, murders Jotaro's daughter in front of him, and proclaims his plans to warp all realities until there is only one, where all worship DIO.

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** [[BewareTheSillyOnes Tōru]] is [[TheDogWasTheMastermind the true mastermind]] of the Locacaca Organization and [[SiliconBasedLife Rock Humans]] of Morioh. An improbably old entity who has cultivated the [[EquivalentExchange Locacaca fruit]] and used it to experiment on and profit off of hapless victims for decades, Tōru would stalk and groom Yasuho since childhood for the purposes of both using her Stand, and disturbingly seducing her for fun. Using his organization and a nightmarish guardrail creature to murder dozens of people who stumble onto his operation over the years while coldly disposing of or abandoning his own allies when it suits him, Tōru uses his Stand Wonder of U to murder the parents of Rai Mamezuku, a reporter investigating him, and plenty of unsuspecting bystanders who get caught up in its effects. When confronted by the heroes, Tōru [[HeroKiller orchestrates the deaths]] of Rai, Kei and Jobin while endangering the entire Higashikata family, and tries to sacrifice Yasuho to save his own life. Tōru plans to flood the BlackMarket with Locacaca and sit back as its effects throw the world into chaos, leaving only himself to rise above the ashes of upheaval as [[AGodAmI a supreme being]], caring only for his power base and belief that his memories will be all that is left of humanity when he is through.

** [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDiavolo Diavolo]] is the mysterious "[[TheDon boss]]" of [[TheMafia Passione]], who was ruthless enough to be able to edge out all the other Mafia families. However, he causes his more conscientious employees to rebel by rejecting the ethics adhered to by other Mafiosi and selling hard drugs to minors. Driven by extreme paranoia, he resolves to erase all traces of his past identity and kill anyone who has seen his face. Years ago he attempted to [[{{Matricide}} kill his mother]] by sewing her mouth shut (a torment he later inflicts [[WouldHurtAChild on a young boy]]) and [[BuriedAlive burying her alive]]. He then [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed burned his village to the ground]], intending to kill everyone and [[FakingTheDead being listed as a casualty]]; at least seven people are killed by this, and Diavolo intended to kill more. He rules his organization with an iron fist and makes a gruesome example of two of his elite assassins, Gelato and Sorbet, when they breach his privacy. He dismembers Sorbet alive -- which causes Gelato to commit suicide to avoid a similar fate -- and then sends the bodies to their comrades as a macabre warning. When he learns that he has a teenage daughter, he responds by [[OffingTheOffspring plotting to murder her]], almost doing it himself before Bruno intervenes. Additionally, it was Diavolo who sold the [[ArtifactOfDoom Stand Arrows]] to Enya Geil, making him responsible for the outbreak of empowered villains that has driven the events of the series from Part III onward. Heartless, paranoid and grandiose, Diavolo believed himself to be a rightful emperor over the whole world and stopped at nothing in pursuit of power.

''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has, during its [[LongRunners extraordinarily long run]], showcased a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters great variety]] of antagonists. These run the gamut from mere jerks; to [[AntiVillain sympathetic]] ones with [[FreudianExcuse understandable]] or [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned motives]]; to [[TragicVillain tragic]]. Then there are [[CompleteMonster these guys]], who commit horrific actions with no justification.

* [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]], debuting in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', is the primary villain of the entire series, [[FromNobodyToNightmare rising from humble beginnings]] to become a global threat. After murdering his abusive father, Dio is taken in by the kind-hearted George Joestar and starts to covet his wealth, so Dio goes about ruining his adopted brother Jonathan's life, attempting to gouge out an eye, stealing the [[SacredFirstKiss first kiss]] from his girlfriend Erina, and burning his beloved dog alive. Dio later poisons George in an attempt to claim his inheritance, and after being thwarted, stabs him fatally as a blood sacrifice to activate the [[ArtifactOfDoom Stone Mask]] and become a vampire. Dio then renounces his humanity and sets up a base in a nearby medieval town, draining its inhabitants of life one-by-one. When a mother agrees to let Dio zombify her on the condition that he doesn't lay a hand on her baby, he watches with amusement as [[ExactWords the zombified woman eats her own child]]. After being defeated by Jonathan and reduced to a disembodied head, Dio stalks and murders Jonathan on his honeymoon cruise, before [[BodySnatcher stealing Jonathan's body]]. Returning in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', Dio tries to prevent Jotaro and his friends from reaching him by having a hitman bring down the passenger plane they're on, and murdering his loyal right-hand woman Enya Geil to ensure that she doesn't divulge his powers. In the climactic confrontation with Jotaro and company, Dio abducts a man, forces him to drive at lethal speeds through crowds of pedestrians in pursuit of his foes, and then kills him by using him as a projectile. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' reveals details about the now-deceased Dio's grand plan: he manipulated his fanatically loyal follower Enrico Pucci into seeking to rewrite reality into Dio's warped vision of "heaven", meaning nothing but [[AGodAmI unchecked power]] for Dio and more grovelling support from his underlings.

* [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]], debuting in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', is the OverarchingVillain of the entire series, [[FromNobodyToNightmare rising from humble beginnings]] to become a global threat. After murdering his abusive father, Dio is taken in by the kind-hearted George Joestar and starts to covet his wealth, so Dio goes about ruining his adopted brother Jonathan's life, attempting to gouge out an eye, stealing the first kiss from his girlfriend Erina, and burning his beloved dog alive. Dio later poisons George in an attempt to claim his inheritance, and after being thwarted, stabs him fatally as a blood sacrifice to activate the [[ArtifactOfDoom Stone Mask]] and become a vampire. Dio then renounces his humanity and sets up a base in a nearby medieval town, draining its inhabitants of life one-by-one. When a mother agrees to let Dio zombify her on the condition that he doesn't lay a hand on her baby, he watches with amusement as [[ExactWords the zombified woman eats her own child]]. After being defeated by Jonathan and reduced to a disembodied head, Dio stalks and murders Jonathan on his honeymoon cruise, before [[BodySnatcher stealing Jonathan's body]]. Returning in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', Dio tries to prevent Jotaro and his friends from reaching him by having a hitman bring down the passenger plane they're on, and murdering his loyal right-hand woman Enya Geil to ensure that she doesn't divulge his powers. In the climactic confrontation with Jotaro and company, Dio abducts a man, forces him to drive at lethal speeds through crowds of pedestrians in pursuit of his foes, and then kills him by using him as a projectile. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' reveals details about the now-deceased Dio's grand plan: he manipulated his fanatically loyal follower Enrico Pucci into seeking to rewrite reality into Dio's warped vision of "heaven", meaning nothing but [[AGodAmI unchecked power]] for Dio and more grovelling support from his underlings.