History YMMV / JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo

** During Doppio vs. Risotto, [[RealityEnsues due to]] Metallica sucking out Doppio's iron, his blood slowly starts turning into a puke-yellow color.

** Fugo it's probably one of the biggest examples in the [=JoJo=] fandom. He's mocked by the fans for his lack of spotlight in the series, since the only battle in which he participated was the one against Illuso, where he was practically defenseless due being separated of Purple Haze [[spoiler:(who was the one who finished Illuso himself, thanks to the efforts of Giorno)]] and in which even Abbacchio (who has a non-combat oriented Stand) had a more active role[[labelnote:*]] Also take in mind that Fugo possibly had the most powerful Stand in the gang, and one of the most powerful ones of Vento Aureo, and possible in the series as a whole. [[/labelnote]], and especially for [[spoiler:[[PutOnABus his exit from the series]] after he decides to not follow Bucciarati's gang in his fight against the Boss, who occasionated more mockery towards the character.]] While there is a spin-off novel dedicated to him trying to redeem his lack of participation in the main series, it has yet to be officially classified as canon.

** Squalo's Stand in the Tizziano/Squalo arc: "There's a shark in the soup!"

* CommonKnowledge: Bucciarati's hairstyle is frequently referred to as a bowl cut. It's actually a bob cut.

** Bucciarati/Abbacchio, Giorno/Mista and Fugo/Narancia shippers all tend to go together because it neatly pairs everyone in the gang with no leftovers (except for Trish). A less common alternative is to simultaneously ship Giorno/Fugo and Narancia/Mista.

** Cioccolata and Secco's Stands being named Music/GreenDay and Music/{{Oasis}} becomes this when taking into consideration the similar memes between the two bands of appealing to people suffering from depression. Mind you, their introductory arc was released in 1998, which was far before the likes of ''Music/AmericanIdiot'', which helped cement this idea in the common masses further. If you look at the comments section of [[https://youtu.be/z-PdV61Z8Mg this mashup]] of ''Boulevard of Broken Dreams'' and ''Wonderwall'', two songs from the respective bands that are infamous for their shared simplistic, moody chord progression, a majority of the comments are ''[=JoJo=]'' references.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: [[MadDoctor Cioccolata]] is despised by [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating absolutely all]] Passione members, including his partner Secco. This doesn't stop him from being one of the most popular villains in this part.

* EvenBetterSequel: Although ContestedSequel is very much present here, as both the story and characters are still at the center of debate whether they match the charm of the previous part, most people certainly agree that in terms of the anime adaptation, Part 5 outshines Part 4 in many ways. While Part 4 anime was a strong package overall and generally has a better pace than Part 3 (especially in later arcs where the flow was significantly better than in the manga), it was criticized for having notable drops of quality when it comes to animation. Part 5 animation has a higher budget and is easily the best looking season so far and puts so much attention and detail to please both fans of the manga and newcomers. Examples include better visuals and sound design, additional scenes of fan favorites such as members of La Squadra interacting with one another, having a magnificent score with each of the characters having their own leitmotifs and most notably, using detailed animation for illustrating King Crimson's powers so that they make some actual sense as the concept of time is generally much more difficult to understand using still images of the original source material. These welcome additions make sense as Part 5 is the most popular part in Japan to this day.

** There is a popular theory that Hol Horse from ''Stardust Crusaders'' is Mista's dad. They have similar gun-related Stands that let them control the direction of their bullets (and they also tend to get hit by their own bullets on multiple occasions). The canonical timeline makes sense for this theory; Mista was born in 1982 and ''Stardust Crusaders'' takes place in 1988-1989, during which Hol Horse appears to be in his late 20s or early 30s. He is also a ladies' man and a mercenary with no permanent residence who travels all over the world to find work, making it possible for him to have ended up in Italy at some point.

** Secco has fans who find him UglyCute and he's often seen as a victim of Cioccolata, or at least significantly less evil than him, even though he willingly worked as the mad doctor's assistant and [[spoiler:filmed Sorbet getting hacked to pieces as Gelato was forced to watch]].

* DracoInLeatherPants:

** There is a popular theory that Hol Horse from ''Stardust Crusaders'' is Mista's dad. They have similar gun-related Stands that let them control the direction of their bullets (and they also tend to get hit by their own bullets on multiple occasions). The canonical timeline makes sense for this theory; Mista was born in 1982 and ''Stardust Crusaders'' takes place in 1988-1989, during which Hol Horse appears to be in his late 20s or early 30s. He is also a ladies' man and a mercenary with no permanent residence who travels all over the world to find work; he could very well have ended up in Italy at some point.

** There is a popular theory that Hol Horse from ''Stardust Crusaders'' is Mista's dad. They have similar gun-related Stands that let them control the direction of their bullets (and they also tend to get hit by their own bullets on multiple occasions). The canonical timeline makes sense for this theory; Mista was born in 1982 and ''Stardust Crusaders'' takes place in 1988-1989, during which Hol Horse is an older adult who appears to be in his late 20s or early 30s. It is also noteworthy that Hol Horse is a ladies' man and a mercenary with no permanent residence who travels all over the world to find work; he could very well have ended up in Italy at some point.

** For a supposed ''assassin,'' Pesci is oddly soft-hearted and endearing; he looks up to Prosciutto as a BigBrotherMentor, and his drink of choice is ''milk'' instead of espresso. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Even so, ]] Bruno nearly '''dies outright''' learning what happens when Prosciutto is killed, and we're shown just how much of himself Pesci's been holding back.]]

*** Some claim that Diavolo is not merely a SatanicArchetype, but a ''literal'' demon. This theory grew in popularity thanks to the AdaptationExpansion from the anime: it's mentioned that Doppio's mother suddenly went from normal to heavily pregnant within the span of a day, after spending two years in prison away from any male, and the newborn Doppio's eyes briefly flash [[RedEyesTakeWarning a demonic red]]. Diavolo also demonstrates unusual knowledge of how souls work (for example, instantly being able to tell that [[spoiler:since Bruno is undead, he can only see soul energy, and manipulates his soul to help disguise Doppio's]]). His ability to physically transform Doppio's body when he takes over can be chalked up to a demonic power. All this, on top of the large amount of religious symbolism surrounding him and the part as a whole, makes it easy to interpret Diavolo as a demon, or even {{Satan}} himself.

*** [[spoiler:When Risotto had a weakened Diavolo pinned down and was ready to manipulate Narancia's Aerosmith via Metallica's blood being on it in order to [[TakingYouWithMe kill and the very least take the Boss down with him]], King Crimson suddenly demonstrates the ability to temporally become intangible, allowing the bullets to miss and hit just Risotto. While Diavolo states he erased 0.5 seconds of time and caused the bullets to hit Risotto only, this still flies in the face of how King Crimson works since even when erasing time, Diavolo still has to move or act within it to make the effect occur, as shown by him nearly killing Bruno, Polnareff, and him killing Narancia. By contrast, this moment shows him using his ability to flat out evade an attack by doing nothing, and it gets somewhat contradicted later when he has to use King Crimson to deflect Mista's bullets. It served as a very contrived way for Risotto to lose and have the BigBad remain alive until Giorno finished him off. It also served as a large reason for why King Crimson was so hard to explain due to this additional ability]].

** [[spoiler:Narancia]]'s death. [[spoiler:After everyone gets body swapped due to Silver Chariot Requiem]], Narancia steps a bit away from the group, allowing Diavolo, [[spoiler:who is in Mista's body with Trish, to use King Crimson and Epitaph to kill him by throwing him on a set of spikes. Not only was it established that Diavolo cannot interact or attack people when using Epitaph, but given King Crimson's range and how Trish as Mista was not super close to Narancia, this means that somehow, during the seconds of removed time, Diavolo managed to move close enough, throw Narancia, and then move back to the same spot with nobody being able to tell. Not helping is that Giorno attempts to heal him but states he cannot because there "is no soul left", which stands in contrast to Bruno who did die but was able to be semi-revived by Gold Experience. Compared to Abbacchio, who at least had the justification that he not only was killed while everyone was away, thus meaning by the time Giorno arrived, it was too late, but also had a scene showing him accepting his death, Narancia's death is incredibly messy and only serves to heighten the tension since Aerosmith would have made finding Diavolo much easier. It is possible that Narancia just didn’t have the willpower to hang on after death like Bruno, but that still fails to explain how Diavolo killed him nor why Narancia would lack the willpower to live midway through making a speech about his resolve to win so he can see Fugo again.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRNKTKT6dyw "Fierce Fight"]], the song that plays when Bruno faces off against The Boss's Stand, King Crimson and finds a way to counter its [[StoryBreakerPower almost invincible ability]].

** [[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.

* CrackPairing: Some fans jokingly ship Bruno/Kakyoin, based on Kakyoin's supposed preference for mothers and Bruno's motherly attitude toward his team.

** Though Pannacotta Fugo receives a fair amount of development and characterization in the first half of the story, he is the least focused-on of Bruno's gang, only getting to participate in a single fight across the entire story. [[StoryBreakerPower Purple Haze]] only appears once as a result, and [[spoiler:he leaves halfway through the story, long before the next member dies, and never to return outside of a flashback,]] but he was well-liked and developed enough to become the star of his own very well-received light novel.

*** Like already mentioned above, Risotto is possibly the most popular secondary antagonist in the series for being AFatherToHisMen, TragicVillain and a worthy opponent for Diavolo to compete of the leadership of Passione. His memorable arc and fight scene with Doppio is considered one of the best and most intense arcs in the part due to high stakes and Doppio not having the PlotArmor on in a similar way Bruno or Giorno does. Many fans even hoped that Risotto would have [[spoiler: eventually joined Team Bucciarati in a fight against Diavolo]]. Adding to that, Risotto's popularity is certainly helped that he has one of the most terrifying Stand abilities in the series which is named after an influential thrash metal band.
*** Pesci is one of the most popular members of La Squadra, and possibly one of the most popular minor [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]] villains ''period.'' On top of being [[{{Adorkable}} oddly endearing for his un-gangster-like mannerisms and soft-heartedness]], he goes through [[CharacterDevelopment an incredible amount of growth in a short time period]], culminating in him going from a soft-hearted "mammomi" into a stone-cold assassin who nearly '''[[spoiler: [[NearVillainVictory wiped out every member of Bruno's group.]]]]''' And given how likable he was up to that point, [[RootingForTheEmpire it was hard for a lot of people to]] ''[[RootingForTheEmpire not]]'' [[RootingForTheEmpire root for him.]]

*** Another minor theory is that King Crimson is actually a sentient Stand like Anubis or Cheap Trick, and [[spoiler:could also possibly be Diavolo's personality manifested into a Stand]]. This is because how Diavolo always speaks through King Crimson as shown in his fight with Bruno and [[spoiler:having his soul swapped by Chariot Requiem]].

** Bruno's idea of intimidating Giorno involves tasting his sweat by ''licking his face''.

** Diavolo himself in spite of his attempts of being a NoNonsenseNemesis HeroKiller with a SuperPowerLottery ability that should make him unstoppable, often shooting himself in the foot due to either his StupidEvil tendencies of [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption violent actions]] over [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic decisions]]- with only a set of [[ContrivedCoincidence lucky breaks]] saving him until the end of the story, coming across less of a skilled mastermind and deadly force, making him be mocked as the least competent of the [=Jojo=] main villains, in spite of ironically actually being the biggest HeroKiller main villain in the series prior to Pucci. In his first fight alone, he failed to kill his own daughter as her rescuer, Bruno takes her away from him as he mocks him for his incompetence- in spite of '''killing him''' moments earlier- remaining a thorn in his side even after death to twist the nail further; gets in a humiliating one-sided battle with Risotto who nearly kills him until Narancia's accidental intervention- [[NiceJobFixingItVillain due to his brutal execution of the man's teammates getting him determined enough to seek his demise in the first place]]; [[spoiler:Jean-Pierre Polneraff]]- a man that he had personally decided to kill, not only manages to survive comes back years later to be a threat- with his finishing the job resulting in him in a FreakyFridayFlip for his trouble- with the man he killed inadvertently taking his body for an additional measure. And unlike the other main villains before and after him, he doesn't even get an EleventhHourSuperpower Power-up, it's his enemy that does and he ends up being a guinea pig for it due to the man he killed and his own daughter screwing him over.
* MemeticMolester: Due to the "taste of a liar" meme, many fans have portrayed Bruno this way... especially if [[HoYay they ship him with Giorno]].

** [[spoiler: Narancia [[NiceJobBreakingItHero gunning down Risotto Nero with Aerosmith before he was able to kill The Boss]] was this for some. As he unwittingly saved the very enemy they were supposed to kill, this made him indirectly responsible for Abbacchio's and his own death later on. Never mind that in the context of the situation, Risotto is going after Bruno's gang anyway for killing his team, Metallica's power made Doppio invisible to Aerosmith's radar due to the lack of [=CO2=] exhaled (otherwise Narancia would have [[AchievementInIgnorance gunned The Boss down without even realising it]]) and Risotto himself had the misfortune of [[ContrivedCoincidence placing his severed foot in the same trajectory as Bruno's gang]] when Doppio threw the knives effectively giving away their position in the first place which caused his downfall.]]

* RootingForTheEmpire: There are a lot of fans who would have liked to see the members of La Squadra take down The Boss or become an ally force to the protagonists. This isn't due to fans disliking the protagonists, but rather because the antagonists are very well-written, with distinct and memorable personalities and designs. The best example of this is during Bruno's fight with Pesci, where he nearly succeeds in [[NearVillainVictory completely wiping out the gang]]. Combine this with his [[{{Adorkable}} endearing personality]], [[HeterosexualLifePartners strong friendship with his teammate Prosciutto]], and the incredible amount of CharacterDevelopment he undergoes in these few short chapters or episodes, and some fans end up finding themselves rooting for the assassin and even joking that Pesci is the "real" protagonist of Part 5.

** People who like Bruno/Trish tend to also be fans of Giorno/Mista or vice versa.
** Bruno/Abbacchio, Giorno/Mista and Fugo/Narancia shippers all tend to go together because it neatly pairs everyone in the gang with no leftovers (except for Trish). A less common alternative is to simultaneously ship Giorno/Fugo and Narancia/Mista.

** Bruno licking Giorno's face.

** [[spoiler:Bruno]] goes through some skin crawling punishment throughout the story which his newfound lack of pain allows him to treat casually. It starts with him accidentally running a nail through his hand without noticing and goes even further with him at one point having a broken wrist with the bone sticking out and him still using the hand freely.

** When Pannacotta Fugo was first introduced, he was established as a mentor figure towards Narancia and the serious guy in the group. This opened up a lot of potential for an interesting dynamic between him and Narancia and having a major role among the protagonists. Also, the abilities of his Stand Purple Haze are ridiculously powerful. Unfortunately, Fugo only gets '''ONE''' major fight in the whole story and is [[spoiler: PutOnABus after Bruno betrays Diavolo]].

* VanillaProtagonist: Part 5 notably scaled back the importance of the main Jojo and put forth much more of an EnsembleCast. Giorno is still important and his motivations play a major role in the story, but he's also very much a SupportingProtagonist with a lot of fights having the main focus on his teammates. Bruno's status as the {{Deuteragonist}} is the most notable, however as his character arc and role in the story as the team's leader often pushes him into the spotlight.

'''Instead''': [[spoiler: Trish immediately reveals on what she did to Diavolo]].\\
'''Result''': [[spoiler: An enraged Diavolo wishes that Trish was never born, and mortally wounds her soul, with the force of the impact sending Mista's body (which he was inhabiting too) to fly towards the arrow. If it wasn't for Bruno's HeroicSacrifice, Trish's spirit would have passed to the great beyond and Diavolo would have most probably unlocked King Crimson Requiem]].

** Narancia's mother died of eye infection when he was very young and was then left growing up with his neglectful father. Trying to live his new life as a hoodlum with his "friends", Narancia's life was then turned upside down when said friends betrayed him and made him a scapegoat to one of their robberies. Beaten up by police officers, Narancia lived for a year in correctional facility, where his untreated eye wound worsened. After being released, his friends had turned their backs even more to him, claiming that he got his infection from his late mother. He then lives for a year in the street before being picked up by Bruno. It only gets worse for Narancia when [[spoiler: he has to leave Fugo behind following the betrayal and after all he's gone through he's killed by Diavolo when all he wanted was to return home.]]

** During Bruno and Secco's fight, Secco mentions how the word "Colosseum" sounds similar to "Koroseyo" (Japanese for "kill them") before trying to kill Bucciarati. Because this wouldn't work when directly translated into English, Secco instead points out how the former instead sounds similar to "Mausoleum", which is what he says he'll put Bucciarati in. Helps that both of them are buildings associated with death, the Colosseum being where people die in battle and the Mausoleum being where the dead are buried.

** One can only feel that Araki was somewhat self-conscious with his characters designs this time around. Bruno states early on that most members of Passione like to remain passive and to not draw focus to themselves. This is immediately contrasted with the rest of Bucci's group, who wear some of the most out-there costumes in the franchise. Special note to Fugo's... latex suit with holes in it? And whatever the hell Mista is wearing on his head. [[spoiler: He even keeps spare bullets in there!]]

** In a non-Stand-related example, when Abacchio first meets Giorno, he pees into a teapot, pours Giorno a cup and makes him drink it. Granted, Giorno turns out to have used Gold Experience to make a jellyfish absorb the urine, but it's still rather disgusting to see him drink it.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Illuso. While he's seen as one of the more ruthless and unpleasant members of La Squadra, a lot of fans thought that [[spoiler:his gruesome and horrifying death at the hands of Purple Haze was undeserved]] since he's nowhere as nasty as {{Hate Sink}}s like Cioccolata or Diavolo.

** Doppio. He might be a JerkassWoobie considering the fact that he's the underboss of Passione and [[spoiler: rather brutally kills Abbachio.]], but he's [[spoiler: the split personality (or perhaps twin) of Diavolo and doesn't realize it, and dies in an extremely painful and sad way.]]

** When activating Moody Blues for the first time in the dub, Abbachio says "Let's jam" after saying his Stand's name. Since his Stand contains a genre of music in its name, even if changed to Moody Jazz, it fits his character and was seen as a good addition by the script writers.

*** [[LazyBum Sloth]]: Pesci. He has an incredibly versatile Stand, but doesn't ever muster up the courage to use it on a frequent basis. That, and he's very willing to give up on a task very early into it.

** Diavolo himself and Doppio by extension can be read very differently depending on how you view their relationship and with others.
*** Was Diavolo always a [[CardCarryingVillain bad person]] who came up with Doppio as a guise, but with [[EvilCannotComprehendGood with a very flawed perspective on what makes a normal person]] given how much of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Doppio is? Was Doppio the original personality and Diavolo himself is an [[SuperPoweredEvilSide embodiment of all of Doppio's suppressed negative emotions from a traumatic event]] [[SplitPersonalityTakeover that gradually began to usurp the original until he was a shell of his former self to be used a guise to go out in public.]] Or were they always there in the same body with Diavolo being the EvilTwin and Doppio being the more unassuming positive personality? Or perhaps neither were, with the original having aspects of both until a traumatic event in his childhood split the psyche into two in order to coupe with the aftermath. The fact that Doppio and Diavolo end up in different bodies during the Silver Chariot Requiem encounter, but Diavolo ends up more or less a secondary spirit inside Trish and can only act by using King Crimson, makes it possible Doppio ''was'' the original person, but had a split personality that become its own being in the form of Diavolo after he was pierced by the Stand Arrow. The ambiguous nature of their background makes the actual aspect of their relationship and what each is mysterious, enough to be pointing to all suggestions at once.
*** Does Diavolo simply speak through King Crimson like other Stand users, allowing him to communicate [[UltimateEvil without revealing his own appearance]]? Or is King Crimson some type of [[NotEvenHuman sapient Stand]] and the true "Diavolo" personality [[DemonicPossession controlling Doppio]]? It's simple to argue for the former; notably, Diavolo stops speaking through King Crimson once his identity is revealed. There is some evidence for the latter, however. [[FreakyFridayFlip Notably, when Chariot Requiem switches the souls of everyone and puts them into different bodies]], it is revealed that Doppio and Diavolo are [[SharingABody separate souls in the same body]], and there are several depictions of Diavolo carrying on internal monologue with the appearance of King Crimson, even after Diavolo's reveal.

*** [[VillainousGlutton Gluttony]]: Illuso. Being a SerialKiller, he can never get enough out of killing others, even if he were to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
*** {{Pride}}: Prosciutto. He takes extreme pleasure in touting how The Grateful Dead Stand as being end-all be-all, and while he does care for Pesci, he insists that he's overall better than him.

*** {{Lust}}: Melone. He's incredibly aroused by the sight of women's legs, licking his lips whenever he sees any, and his Stand Baby Face [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil is analogous to a rape case]].

** Outside the series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7f3lDAHRHg "Feel The Wind"]] is a summary of Giorno and the gang's journey and resolve, set to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} "Go The]] [[Music/MichaelBolton Distance"]], created as part of a project to create ''JJBA''-based versions of Creator/{{Disney}} songs.