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Luigi DeBorne

The younger brother of Mario DeBorne. He is the first of Joker's targets, having come into possession of The Star of Auldale.

The Bad Guy Wins: Ironically, he's probably the only criminal Joker steals from who does accomplish his goals, since all the people he'd wanted dead were successfully assassinated by Usagi by the time Joker made his move.
Genre Savvy: While he is concerned about Ren snooping around the ship, he doesn't want Usagi to try killing him immediately. Instead he takes things pragmatically, instructing Usagi to only kill Ren if he becomes a witness to Luigi's plans, not wanting to wind up like Sports Maxx.
Shout-Out Theme Naming: Him being named Luigi when his older brother was named Mario does bring to mind a certain gaming franchise.
Small Role, Big Impact: The first target Joker ever targets, and stealing from him quickly gets his name in the papers, thus jumpstarting his career.
Warm-Up Boss: At this point Joker isn't really established as an infamous thief, so other than having Usagi around to assasinate his guests, Luigi only has the bare minimum for security.

Harry Flowers

A known criminal kingpin, he's targeted by both Joker and Lupin due to possessing Southrye's Watch.

Genre Savvy: By the time he gets targeted, he'd heard about Joker's first heist and how he pulled it off, so he tried to compensate for Joker's intangibility by using a pressure weight that would trip an alarm if the watch was removed from its case.
Small Role, Big Impact: He barely appears on-screen, but his appearance is vital as it sets up the friendly rivalry between Joker and Lupin.
Underestimating Badassery: While his scheme to foil both Lupin and Joker was solid, he didn't count on Joker making use of Lupin's attempted heist as a distraction.
Wrong Genre Savvy: He thinks he's got both MI6 and Interpol in his pocket, successfully convincing Zenigata and Agent Nyx to aid the security team. He has no idea that they both intend to use the incident to arrest Flowers once the dust settles.

Giuliani Volpe

Stand: Picasso Baby

The cousin of Massimo Volpe, he was sold the Ancient Figurine from the Joestar Collection.

His Stand, Picasso Baby (named after a Jay-Z song), lets him create legitimate pieces of art using blank canvases and art materials.

Brilliant, but Lazy: The fact that he can use his Stand to create genuine works of art shows he does have artistic talent. But at the same time, it's a shortcut and the pieces hinge on the anchor to his Stand remaining in close proximity to them, hence why he opened his own personal museum.
Didn't See That Coming: His hiring of the Zodiac Assassin Nezumi to deal with Joker was actually a decent idea. Unfortunately he didn't count on Akechi also showing up and having a Stand that could completely scramble Nezumi's Stand.
Didn't Think This Through: He really shouldn't have made his piece of the Joestar Collection the anchor for his Stand.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: At the time Joker targets him, he's the only Volpe still carrying the name (all the others are dead, in prison, or in the case of his cousin Tonio, disowned from the family). When Joker exposes his criminal activity and he gets arrested, the Volpe family loses everything.
Small Role, Big Impact: He doesn't last very long, but his appearance does set up the rivalry Joker now has with Akechi, giving him opponents from both sides of the law.

Jaken Shakkansame

A loan shark who was sold the Morendrum Medal.

Bilingual Bonus: His name translates to "brutal loan shark". Joker even wonders if he's using an alias because of how on-the-nose the name is.
Bullying a Dragon: He honestly thinks it's a good idea to try blackmailing Goemon Ishikawa of all people.
Genre Savvy: He makes sure his men don't become inebriated, knowing it could easily lead to information leaks. He also made sure to put a tracker on the medal in case it got stolen, and that both it and the majority of his riches are kept behind a duralumin safe.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Joker tricks him with his own tracker, putting him in a conflict with Ushii, the assassin he hired. He survives the confrontation, but the bloodbath Ushii creates leaves him mentally broken.
Villainous Breakdown: He's not happy when Joker's calling card is delivered, as it means someone leaked information in spite of his precautions.
Wrong Genre Savvy: He thinks he can pass the Morendrum Medal, a British medal only awarded to notable members of the RFC, as a Japanese medal. Not only is the medal clearly identified as not being of Japanese origin from even a casual glance, Lupin notes Jaken isn't even old enough to have seen WWI, let alone fought in it.

Riccardo Mondini

A small-time crook and jewelry company CEO with a lot of money to throw around. He's in possession of The Insatiable Appetite.

Blackmail: His scheme at the point where Joker crosses paths with him is blackmailing a champion soccer player with drug usage (the drugs are actually a prescription to help with eye complications, but it would still bring up a false positive on doping tests).
Bullying a Dragon: In trying to blackmail Mauro Brozzi into dropping out of the Coppa Italia (so that his recently purchased team, Inter Roma, can win instead), he winds up antagonizing Passione (they placed a large bet on Brozzi's team to win). So Giorno sets things up so that both Joker and Lupin will target Mondini and put him in his place.
Card-Carrying Villain: He doesn't even try to hide that he's evil, mostly because he wants to be seen as bigger and better than Passione.
Defiant to the End: Even with having lost two important items to thieves, having most of his crew taken out and his personal vehicle wrecked, he makes one last effort to stop Joker, Lupin, and Kirei from escaping with a thrown grenade. Joker just nonchalantly shoots it back to him, causing it to completely destroy his van.
Fame Through Infamy: How he intends to put his name out there and get bigger than Passione. He does whatever criminal actions he can think of to draw attention, counting on his goons and money to get him out of trouble as needed.
Small Name, Big Ego: He's infamous, but not that powerful in the criminal underworld. His goal is trying to surpass Passione as the top dogs in Italy.

Quincy Clayton

A minor member of Remnant, he's targeted by Joker due to possessing the City Artifact.

Call-Back: He's situated himself in DIO's mansion from Stardust Crusaders, having long since been repaired after the fight with Vanilla Ice.
He Knows Too Much: He hired Hitsuji to take out any archeologists who could identify the City Artifact as being a discovery of Jonathan Joestar, rather than himself.
Idiot Ball: He knew Joker was coming due to the calling card, and knew Joker could turn intangible. He still tries to knock the Phantom Thief out with a model blunderbuss. Joker is so annoyed he simply knocks Quincy out with a punch.
Small Role, Big Impact: He may not last long once Joker spots him, but he does put Joker on the trail of Remnant, even if the organization wouldn't be named until Phantom Thieves Origins.
Un-Sorcerer: According to him, he's one of the few members of Remnant not to possess a Stand. He's been trying to get his superiors to correct that for safety's sake.

Eric Orujani

An exortionist known as "The Unkiller", he's targeted by Joker due to possessing the Braggart's Memory.

Bullying a Dragon: He met his match when he antagonized Daisuke Jigen, an expert marksman who also happens to be a Heroic Spirit.
Fate Worse than Death: What he gives his victims for daring to use a gun in his territory, having his men trained to shoot nonlethally but still putting the victim into a coma. He also makes sure the local doctors are paid to keep them that way as a message to anyone else.
Karmic Death: He's the first of Joker's targets to actually die, being crushed by a chandelier during a shoot-out with Jigen.
Protection Racket: His whole M.O. He comes to a city with offers of protection and safety, but at a high fee. Once he's bled a town dry, he moves on. And if anyone tries to stop him, he and his men take the person aside for "dancing lessons".
Wrong Genre Savvy: As Zenigata and Akechi note, it's actually much harder to kill a human than one might think.

Antonio de la Castro Jr.

The son of a famous magician. He's in possession of The Octopuss.

Collector of the Strange: The Octopuss is one of the stranger pieces of the Joestar collection, being two cat bodies stitched together to give the appearance of having eight legs, but rather appropriate for a circus worker.
Dramatically Missing the Point: He was enraged when Luca was set to inherit his father's magic secrets, thinking they should stay within the family. Except many circus communities see themselves as family, and Luca did work at the same circus as Tony Jr.
Frame-Up: He killed his own father for his magic secrets, and tried to pin the blame on his father's former assistant Luca.
I Have Your Wife: He picks up on the fact that Luca is in love with Riko (and apparently the feeling is mutual) so he places her in danger in order to coax some of his father's magic secrets from Luca. Too bad all he got was a fake.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's only around for one chapter, but that's long enough to establish that Joker is starting to get a reputation for only stealing from criminals and bad guys.
Wrong Genre Savvy: He convinces himself that the calling card he got from Joker had to be from a copycat, since there's no way a Phantom Thief would come after a piece of worthless taxidermy when they could go after rare and valuable treasures. Normally that would be the case, but Joker is specifically targeting the missing pieces of the Joestar Collection, of which the "worthless" taxidermy belongs to.

Donatello Luciano

A small-time punk hired to kidnap people to research the Dream of Italy. He's targeted for possessing the Watch Station.

Crossover Relatives: He's revealed to be the younger brother of "Leaky-Eye" Luca.
Disc-One Final Boss: He doesn't even last the full chapter he's featured in, as the majority of it revolves around dealing with Agent Nyx.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Joker is so enraged by his kidnapping scheme that he beats him down bare-handed, no Stand power whatsoever.
Small Role, Big Impact: He never even makes it to the end of the chapter he's featured in, but it turns out his most recent target was actually Nyx's daughter...

Boss Mamma

A crime boss paired up with two bumbling sidekicks. She was given six pieces of the Joestar Collection collectively called Whiteridge's Duty.

Fat Bastard: She's a big woman who's a known criminal and is not afraid to make a corpse to get what she wants.
Fatal Flaw: Her pride as a criminal. When Lupin steals a document from her that could lead to a lost treasure, Joker takes advantage of her wounded pride leading her to seek Lupin out to pinpoint her location and swipe her part of the Joestar Collection.
Gatling Good: She's hefty enough to use a minigun as her primary sidearm.
Small Role, Big Impact: She gets very little screentime, but the heist involving her shows that some pieces of the Joestar Collection were grouped together when sold off, shortening Joker's search considerably.
Surrounded by Idiots: Her two chohorts, Dale and Bucci, are probably the dumbest criminals ever. They easily fall for the oldest trick in the book when Joker pretends their "Mamma" is right behind them after they confront him and Lupin.

Leopoldo Fago

A seemingly honest Italian politician, but his possession of the Soldier's Memory makes him suspect...

Didn't See That Coming: He thought he had full control over Belladonna due to the bomb attached to her heart. Unfortunately, he didn't count on Joker finding the bomb just checking Belladonna's body for a possible bullet stuck in her shoulder.
Small Role, Big Impact: His presence shows that while all targets who possess a Joestar Collection piece are criminals, it won't always be obvious what their crimes are.
Spared by the Adaptation: Joker humilitates him so thoroughly that Goemon and Belladonna decide he's Not Worth Killing, especially since his reputation is now in tatters.
Villain with Good Publicity: The first public case of this that Joker tackles. Of course, that starts to change once Joker sends his calling card due to his reputation.

Guido Cesario

A former winemaker who vanished following the disappearance of his wife, a notable bio-engineer. He purchased The Crippled Burrick Tavern through the estate of the late Count McCalman.

Boring, but Practical: His plan to retrieve his wife's body to hide it was actually brilliant. Just get everyone at the party above where the body was lovestruck with the Lovesick Pig, then use the chaos and his knowledge of the security system to retrieve the barrel and hide it better.
Didn't See That Coming: His plan was genius except for two flaws. Joker felt he was too young to indulge in wine and didn't even taste the Lovesick Pig. Lupin did drink the wine, but since he's a Heroic Spirit, the chemical-based love potion mixed in didn't affect him. Both of them were able to take advantage of this to stop Guido from escaping with the barrel hiding the body of his late wife.
Love Potion: A rumor about the Lovesick Pig wine is that any couple who shares it will find eternal happiness. There's actually a grain of truth to that, since Guido convinced his wife Mimi to mix in a formula that could excite the body's chemical response to love, making whoever drank the wine fall in love with the first person they laid their eyes on.
My God, What Have I Done?: He likely always regreted killing his wife, but it really hits him when Joker and Lupin reveal where he hid her corpse.
A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: He accidentally killed his wife Mimi in a fit of rage when she refused to continue helping him make the Lovesick Pig wine.
Tragic Villain: When he breaks down sobbing at how he ruined his life and business with the murder of his wife, Lupin, Joker, Fujiko, and Rebecca can't help but pity him for the fate he brought upon himself.
You Don't Look Like You: An in-universe example. Fujiko and Rebecca saw Guido's picture of him being rather large, but when we first see Guido, he's rather thin, due to years of guilt eating at him.

Itsuki Inō

A former assassin and the previous Warrior of the Boar. He was given seven jeweled rings collectively called the Serendi Stone Circles.

Adaptational Heroism: Downplayed, but it's hinted that he treated at least Toshiko better than canon.
Adaptational Karma: Since he wasn't as horrible a father as he was in canon, all he gets is humiliation when Joker manages to swipe all seven of his pieces of the Joestar Collection.
Named by the Adaptation: While quite a bit was known about him in canon, he was never named. Here we do find out his name, since Joker always names his targets using his calling cards.
Retired Badass: Downplayed, but he is a former assassin who is apparently still doing mercenary jobs on commission.
Small Role, Big Impact: While his daughter Toshiko would have another appearance later down the story, he himself only shows up this one time. But the heist involving him is so intricate it gets Joker named as the new Lord of Crime.
Underestimating Badassery: He knows that it takes a Stand user to beat a Stand user, but doesn't realize it's more nuanced than the wording would make it appear. Indeed, Joker proves much more skilled with his Stand than Toshiko and actually beats her.

Raphael Montague

A random con man styling himself as a street artist. Except his only real art piece, The Dangers of Seduction, isn't even his.

Disc-One Final Boss: Joker humiliates him within the first few paragraphs of his appearance, the rest of the chapter devoted to Joker confronting Lupin and Niwatori over the theft of the Mona Lisa.
Irony: He passes off a bunch of purchased counterfeit art pieces as his own, not realizing the value of the real art piece from the Joestar Collection.
Uncertain Doom: After Joker humiliates him and takes his collection piece, we see a certain purple butterfly flying near him. It's later revealed to be an Akuma, but we don't know if he was really Akumatized, what sort of villain he became, or how Ladybug and Cat Noir would have fought him (though they most certainly would have defeated him).

Marco Franco

A small-time mafioso who was extorting schoolteachers for money. He's targeted for possessing the Automaton's Heart.

The Corrupter: Mercifully averted. While he was able to convince Ricky to consider joining his gang, Ricky admitted to Joker that he could never kill his own teacher no matter how much of a wuss he was.
Disproportionate Retribution: Apparently a local schoolteacher did something that set him off the handle, so he threatened him with death if he didn't cough up more money than he could possibly pay. Of course, Marco knew the man couldn't afford the amount he was demanding, and planned on killing him anyway, even planning on having one of the teacher's own students do it.
Oh, Crap!: When he realizes Joker is targeting him, he freaks out since the Lord of Crime would tear him apart for threatening a group of schoolteachers.

Adam Duval

Stand: Animal

A serial dognapper who uses his Stand to trick authorities into thinking the dogs actually want to stay with him. He was sold the Stonemarket First Bank.

His Stand, Animal (named after a Def Leppard song), lets him control any animal.

Five-Second Foreshadowing: His presence was hinted at during the beginning of the chapter he's featured in, while Zenigata and Akimi are talking.
Friend to All Living Things: He uses his Stand to make people think he's this.
Small Role, Big Impact: His presence is only there to showcase Ricky's recruitment into Passione and how effective his Stand can be.
Smug Super: He thinks he can fool any officer using his Stand. And then Ricky shows up with a Stand that can negate his...

Angelo Greco

A self-proclaimed philanthropist and cult leader who uses drugs to control his followers. His collection piece is Our Lady of the Iron Litany Chapel.

Irony: For all his ability to hypnotize anyone, he himself is the most susceptible to hypnosis due to it being drug-induced. And as Lupin notes, Angelo is always right in the middle of his own drug-laced smoke.
Moral Myopia: He claims to be an evangelist taking out criminals, but Joker notes that all of his targets have been in a morally grey area, such as assassins and mobsters. No serial killers, kidnappers, or truly dangerous people.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: He has taken out several criminal forces thanks to a combination of drugs and hypnosis, but against supernatural threats he's no match.
Smug Snake: He's completely confident in his plans, which he thinks are foolproof. It's what makes Joker realize this guy isn't taking down criminals for any altruistic reasons.
Wrong Genre Savvy: He has no idea that his current targets, (Joker, Lupin, and Lupin's former gang) all have supernatural powers that eclipse his manipulation abilities.

Percival Gibbons

A top-ranking member of MI6, who hoped to make use of the Dream of Italy for his own ends. He was sold the Mechanical Eye.

Fatal Flaw: His need for absolute security. Not only does it leave him obsessed with using the Dream of Italy to control the minds of the entire world, but it leaves him wide open to those whom he thinks he's in full control of.
Gone Horribly Right: His attempt to resurrect Leonardo da Vinci in order to make use of the Dream of Italy was a success... But then Leonardo decided to usurp that plan for himself.
Taught by Experience: By the time Joker is sent on his trail, he's become a famous Phantom Thief, so Gibbons makes sure to update his security to include a special material that can negate Stand power.
Villain Ball: He knows full well how Nyx's Stand gets triggered, yet he still risks putting his family in jeopardy in order to convince Nyx to retrieve the Dragon's Tail... Only to consider killing them anyway when it looks like Nyx dropped off the face of the earth.

Daisuke Nekogami

A loan shark operating out of Japan. He was given the Elias Northcrest Statue.

Disc-One Final Boss: He's dealt with within a few paragraphs, the rest of the chapter being more about the incident with Akechi Holmes.
The Faceless: He never makes an actual appearance, only his guards are actually confronted on-screen.
Fight Unscene: We don't even see this guy before Joker deals with him. The entire heist is off-screen while Goro and Rin converse about Joker's latest target.

Antonio Diego

A cartel leader that Joker makes use of to train Rebecca as a proper thief. His piece is Compassion Foul.

Adapted Out: Despite his lair being decked out as indicated below, he never set up any Temple Guards. Joker thinks it's because the rooms were remodeled to be death traps instead of fun puzzles.
The Faceless: He never shows up in person, with only his lair being explored. One can only wonder what his face would have been when he realized he was robbed.
Fanboy: Of Legends of the Hidden Temple, to the point where he retrofitted an entire temple he purchased with traps resembling the famous temple run of said game show.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's not even seen, yet his presence serves to improve Rebecca's standing as a thief through Joker's training.

Jacob Norrington

A businessman and hacker who operates under the Medjed name, one of several. He's targeted for carrying the Daisy Brooch.

The Bet: He was making one with da Vinci on whether or not Lupin could steal a banknote hidden within one of the many banks of Italy before Joker could steal the Daisy Brooch. He lost.
Evil Laugh: He briefly indulges in this... Before realizing there's no one around to hear it and petering out.
Genre Savvy: He tried to stack the deck in his favor by using anti-Stand material for his security, knowing Joker's greatest thieving tool is his ability to phase through solid objects.
Informed Attribute: We never actually see him do any hacking, though we can assume Alibaba wasn't lying about him being one, considering who she is.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's there to establish the new partnership between Joker and Alibaba, who would later go on to become Oracle.

Shinji Matou

Stand: Superstition

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The grandson of Zouken Matou through his younger son Byakuya. He stows aboard the Rail Zeppelin and avoids detection by disguising himself as Hishiri Adashino. He's brought to Joker's attention due to his possession of the six Mortal Coils.

His Stand, Superstition (named after a song by Stevie Wonder), lets him absorb magical artifacts and use their powers.

Adaptational Origin Connection: Thanks to Kariya still being alive, Sakura is Shinji's cousin instead of his sister. And Kariya is obviously not going to let Shinji become Kissing Cousins, knowing his role in Zouken's plan.
Logical Weakness: Like most Stands, Superstition stops working if the user is not awake. Normally this isn't an issue since Shinji's Stand makes it so that he doesn't need sleep, but it can't prevent him from being knocked out.
Loophole Abuse: He snuck onto the Rail Zeppelin without an invite, which is dangerous due to it being run by true vampires. To get around this, he knocked out one of the passengers and used one of the artifacts he stole to disguise himself as that person, using their invite to stay undetected.
Required Secondary Powers: Most Stands shut down when their user sleeps, so to make sure Shinji's never in danger of losing the artifacts he's taken, his Stand makes it so that he never needs to sleep.
Small Name, Big Ego: He thinks he's a big shot just because he's a direct descent of the Matou family. He's nothing but a shrimp, and Joseph and Joker make sure to let him know that.
Stupid Evil: His plan to sneak aboard the Rail Zeppelin worked so well even Joker needed time to pinpoint his location. But then Shinji made the mistake of killing Trisha Fellows. It wasn't even to hide from her Mystic Eyes, which can see the future, since he had at least one artifact that could hide him from said eyes. Though Joker does theorize Shinji wanted Trish's Mystic Eyes for himself.

Leonardo da Vinci

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The famous Italian Renaissance Man himself, resurrected in the 21st Century via a combination of cloning and cognitive pscience. After several interactions with Lupin and Joker, he challenges the latter with the promise of the Soul of the Automaton.

Adaptation Expansion: His "First Supper" now includes Joker, Kirei, Akechi, Rin, Giorno, and Maruki as part of his "apostles", making for twelve total like in his famous painting The Last Supper.
Assimilation Plot: He uses the Dream of Italy in an effort to spread his consciousness across a wide number of physical bodies. This is because his intellect can't be contained by his clone body, causing it to break down.
Badass Normal: His feats could be comparable to any Stand user, yet Joker confirms he has no supernatural power of any kind.
Big Bad: The closest thing Phantom Thief Joker has to one due to its episodic nature, but he's the most active in opposing Joker and Lupin so he can claim the title.
Disc-One Final Boss: Despite being the story's Big Bad, he's taken out at the end of the first half of the story with Joker still missing most of the Joestar Collection.
Genius Bruiser: His high intelligence not only helps him adapt to the modern age in as little as a year, but he's also able to develop some martial arts techniques and puts them to good use.

Gendo Morimoto

The head of a Japanese SWAT division with connections to the online smuggling group Marco Polo. Joker targets him to retrieve Moira Asylum.

Conspicuous Consumption: He wastes all his bribe money despite knowing his precinct needs maintenance, and his men take frequent vacations that waste even more money. It's no wonder the commissioner hates them.
Dirty Cop: Very much so. He regularly accepts bribes from Marco Polo to distract his precinct's cybercrimes division.
Small Role, Big Impact: His chapter is meant to set up the new partnership between Joker and Violet.
Taken Off the Case: He wanted to hunt down Joker, but was forcibly removed from duty when his crimes were exposed.

Shinpei Miyama

A member of the Assassin Union hunting Lupin during the Happy Deathday bet. He holds The Talking Skull.

Cruel and Unusual Death: Joker takes him out after claiming his prize by shooting a stick grenade one of Shinpei's goons was holding.
Disc-One Final Boss: He's taken out early in his chapter, with the rest of it dedicated to dealing with the other assassins after Lupin.
Underestimating Badassery: Joker aside, it was a really bad idea to accept a bet to try and kill Lupin on a certain day.

Joe Bronze

A child pornographer with connections to Marco Polo. He's holding The Abudance of Emptiness.

Connected All Along: Ami was one of the kids he grabbed for his business, with her exceptional hacking skills being the reason why she never featured in one of his snuff films.
Hate Sink: He's one of the worst criminals Joker's ever faced, even more than actual supervillains!
Small Role, Big Impact: Besides being just another part of the Marco Polo arc, his chapter is there to showcase what Jose's Stand can do in preparation for his later appearance in Phantom Thieves Origins.

Chuck Glay

The leader of the online smuggling ring Marco Polo, codename Peeca Boo. He and his gang collectively hold the four Northcrests' Obelisks.

Batman Gambit: Joker targeted Joe Bronze, one of Chuck's suppliers, to spook him and get the other two gang members to send him the two obelisk plagues they were holding.
Idiot Ball: He somehow thought Emi was bargaining for her life while somehow speaking underwater (he was looking at a live feed of her supposedly drowning in a water trap, but she'd hacked it to include a video filter).
Locked Out of the Loop: Despite things like Stands being online, Chuck only scratches the surface of what the supernatural is capable of, and thus doesn't know that Lupin is a Heroic Spirit.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: He and his two partners practically rule the Dark Web, but when exposed to both reality and the supernatural, they fold like a bad poker hand.
Out-Gambitted: Lupin and Joker completely outmatch him with the help of their crews in Operation Silk Road.
This Is Reality: For him online is everything, but this leads to him getting screwed over by the world being more than what's online.

Lydia Mergove & Tiberius Holmes

Two diplomats from the warring nations of Bialyia and Pokolistan. One of them holds Lygrove's Jewelled Mask, the other the regular Jewelled Mask. Joker, naturally, wants both.

Batman Gambit: Joker has Violet target one of the diplomats while he targets the other, knowing they'll both send their mask to a shared embassy for safekeeping.
From Bad to Worse: First they get the calling cards from Joker and Violet. Then Sharyu explains that she got a large portion of their forces to rebel and form a third country. Then both masks are stolen, preventing them from hiring a mercenary to punish said rebel force. Then said rebel force gets funding to hire Inoshishi for backup, putting an end to the border dispute in a way that neither of the diplomats' countries come out the winner.
Locked Out of the Loop: They both know about the golden mask created by Lygrove Joestar, but not that he made two masks, meaning while one of them is technically fake, it's also a very real part of the Joestar Collection.
The Reveal: Lydia turned out to have had Lygrove's Jewelled Mask, which means Tiberius was robbed twice over. Not that it mattered to Joker and Violet, since both masks were part of the Joestar Collection.
Sunk Cost Fallacy: One of them sunk an entire war chest into a mask that only has historical worth, being made from iron pyrite and etched glass. They refuse to admit it could be fake since it would invalidate the investment.

Swami Sinbu

An ice mage and hypnotist who fled the Clock Tower to evade the Mage's Association's Policies Department. He sold a particular mansion to a young couple, the McLeans, using the Heart of the Lion as collateral.

An Ice Person: His speciality is ice magic. In fact, he was researching the means to use positive emotions to increase ice production for profit.
Crystal Ball: He uses one to know what's going on outside his ritual chamber.
Dungeon Bypass: Averted. Joker and Violet can't phase through the walls of the mansion like they normally do because it was a former magus home, and the walls were enchanted to repel spirits.
Hypno Pendulum: He was using one to hypnotize Diane to use her positive emotions for his ritual. He even used the Heart of the Lion as a weight.
Whole-Plot Reference: The mansion where he's staying is one to the Snowpeak Ruins from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Marlon Yates

The owner of a pharmaceutical company that's been using human trafficking to get subjects for their drug tests. Among his riches is the Golden Keep.

Disc-One Final Boss: He and Drex are killed by the Tatsumi brothers shortly after Joker and Violet claim their prize, with the rest of the chapter devoted to the brothers trying to grab the Golden Keep for themselves.
Didn't See That Coming: He hired the Dragon for security reasons against Drex, the leader of the human trafficking ring he's been relying on for test subjects, only to learn Drex wound up hiring Elder Tatsumi's twin brother, the Snake. Drex, as it turns out, is in the same boat, as neither Tatsumi brother mentioned they actually had a brother.
From Bad to Worse: Things start going downhill for him even before Joker delivers his calling card, as the pebble that starts the avalanche is actually Drex threatening to come forward with the company's link to human trafficking unless he gets paid. And with the Tatsumi brothers conspiring to kill both men and take the company's loot, things were bound to escalate quickly.

Albert d'Andresy

Lupin's first ever partner, even before Daisuke Jigen. Joker soon learns that he possesses Cornelius' Ring and the Ritual Book.

Didn't See That Coming: Lupin becoming a dad? Surprising but not out of the question. Learning the reason Lupin wasn't there for his daughter was that he was dead and got resurrected? That's when Albert feels his jaw drop.
Do Wrong, Right: Joker admonishes him for using guns to intimidate a target into talking, since doing so runs the risk of shooting the guy and killing him. Instead Joker recommends placing a blade to the man's ear, since you don't need your ears to talk.
Enemy Mine: He's long split from Lupin and he certainly doesn't find Joker any better. But he's still perfectly willing to work with both of them to deal with the terrorist Jose.
Stating the Simple Solution: When Lupin notes the traps around Jose's estate, Albert points out the terrorist already knows they're in the area, so they might as well bulldoze their way through. Deconstructed when Joker points out that'll just give Jose time to plan a counterattack.

Marcel Regnie

The son of the late billionaire Andre Regnie, seeking to claim a necklace holding a valuable ruby that his father bequeathed to an old friend named Chloe Cazal. His collection piece is The Siren's Rest.

All for Nothing: The woman he was harassing for the necklace was actually Chloe's daughter. Chloe herself was actually in the process of selling off the ruby, which Andre had given her permission to do. So in the end Marcel went to all that trouble for nothing.
Black Sheep: Even by the standards of Andre's other relatives trying to get the ruby, Marcel stands out as the only one willing to resort to criminal action.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He's confused as to why his father would send such a valuable necklace to a close friend instead of his own family. While the situation with his other relatives is vague, in his case it's because he was odious enough that Andre didn't feel he deserved to inherit anything.
Shame If Something Happened: He has his men attack (the fake) Chloe Cazal's bistro, hoping to convince her to give up the necklace.

Rodrick Ryans

The leader of a terrorist group called the Whales of Liberation. He's Violet's first solo target due to his possession of Rutting Out of Season.

All for Nothing: Discussed and ultimately played straight. Violet notes that such an obviously criminal act just to release other members isn't doing his group any favors and could only end with further imprisonment or death. Sure enough, his entire team is wiped out by Violet and Rebecca working together.
Ambiguously Gay: He's either this or asexual, since a Ms. Fanservice like former fashion model Rebecca Rosselini strutting up to him in nothing but her underwear doesn't even get his tongue wagging.
Didn't See That Coming: His plan to keep the private academy locked down was solid, covering almost every base. The two things he didn't account for is that the bathrooms were never monitored properly, and he didn't think to consider a Stand power like Violet's.
Not Distracted by the Sexy: He's either a eunich, homosexual, asexual, or just that damn professional, since he doesn't even react to Rebecca strutting around the room subtly seducing his men in nothing but her undies.
Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Not Rodrick himself, since the name is actually pretty common, but his organization. Violet actually notes that "Whales of Liberation" sounds too silly and stupid to be the name of a terrorist group.

Audrey Bourgeois

Audrey Bourgeois/Style Queen

The mother of Chloé Bourgeois, Audrey Bourgeois is a notable French fashion mogul. She is also the mother of Zoé Lee due to cheating on her husband, Mayor André Bourgeois. She possessed the Sunflower Brooch, which made her a target of Joker and Violet.

Abusive Parents: Like her canon counterpart, she was an emotionally neglectful mother, and her toxic personality is largely the reason why her oldest daughter Chloé was initially an Alpha Bitch herself. She also wasn't much better to her other daughter, Zoé, who was born out of wedlock.
Adaptational Karma: In canon, she received no comeuppance for her misdeeds, whether as an Akumatized villainess or as a civilian, as she goes right back to being a terrible person whenever she's defeated. Here, after she was defeated by the Miraculous heroes and her Sunflower Brooch was stolen by Joker and Violet, she was arrested for her crimes.
Adaptational Origin Connection: She has a more understandable reason for getting Akumatized in this story, since it was due to being targeted by Joker instead of petty anger over a seating arrangement.
Adaptational Villainy: In addition to her canonical Parental Neglect of her daughter Chloé, she also attempted corporate sabotage of Gabriel's fashion business here, whereas in canon she was responsible for his rise as a fashion mogul.
Adaptational Wimp: Canon Style Queen was an Invincible Villain whose power was so dangerous that Marinette/Ladybug only won with Plagg's help. Here, while she's still a dangerous foe, the Miraculous heroes had a much easier time fighting Style Queen thanks to better communications, having more allies, and Joker and Violet being there to provide protection as Stand users.
In Spite of a Nail: She is still Akumatized by Hawk Moth and turned into Style Queen. She also cheated on her husband André with another man, leading to the birth of Zoé.
Like Father, Unlike Son: She's a famous French fashion mogul and a total Rich Bitch who is everything Chloé could have become had Sumire/Violet not helped Chloé turn over a new leaf. Both Chloé and her younger half-sister, Zoé, would be chosen as Miraculous holders, becoming Queen Bee and Hera's Eye, respectively.
Morton's Fork: Unlike canon, she couldn't hide her Akumatized object (the Sunflower Brooch) from the heroes because Joker was after it, so she kept it on her person. Except Joker was Genre Savvy enough to realize the brooch was the Akumatized object and his Stand rendered him invulnerable to Style Queen's power.
Taken for Granite: As Style Queen, her main power involves transforming others into statues of golden glitter. However, her power couldn't affect Stands, which allowed Joker and Violet to help make the fight against her much easier for the Miraculous heroes.

Gabriel Agreste

Gabriel Agreste/Hawk Moth

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Adrien's father and the civilian identity of the supervillain Hawk Moth. He is the former holder of the Butterfly Miraculous, which he gave up in exchange for having his wife Emilie healed from her comatose state. He's also holding the Charity's Memory.

Adaptational Heroism: Zigzagged. He was still Hawk Moth in this story, and he did shelter Adrien for years, but the rest of his evils are completely absent.
Demoted to Extra: The Big Bad of Miraculous Ladybug is just another Villain of the Week for Phantom Thief Joker.
Foreshadowing: His presence in the story was first hinted at during the first half, when Joker was in Paris dealing with a random con man. After sending his calling card and exposing the con man to the public, Joker leaves without noticing a certain purple butterfly flying near his latest target.
Happily Married: After Emilie is successfully revived, we see why Gabriel was so determined to get her back. They truly do love each other that much.
Heel–Face Turn: He ultimately gives up the Butterfly Miraculous for a chance of having the Guardian heal his sick, comatose wife, which ultimately succeeded.
Heel Realization: Getting a calling card from Joker, who has a reputation for only stealing from criminals, makes him realize just how far he's fallen. This is in stark contrast to his rival, Audrey Bourgeois, who refused to admit anything she did was wrong when she got a similar calling card.
Hidden Depths: He may seem like The Stoic, but deep down he's as much of a dork as Adrien. Especially if his clichéd antics as Hawk Moth are any indication.
My God, What Have I Done?: He's horrified that his actions as Hawk Moth had unknowingly endangered Adrien as Cat Noir.
Take a Third Option: Convinced to do this by Joker. Rather than let Emilie slip further into her coma or risk universal catastrophe with the Miraculous wish, he contacts Master Fu about possibly reviving his wife. It works out for him.
The Greatest Story Never Told: The world never learns that Gabriel was Hawk Moth, or that Joker targeted him. This is because Joker and the Miraculous heroes know Gabriel is regretful for his actions and just wanted his wife back.

High Priest of Padar

Exactly What It Says on the Tin, though he is planning a coup to gain more power. His collection piece is the Iris Brooch.

Didn't Think This Through: He tries to cut off all external communication in Padar, but this only leaves him with limited information regarding exterior threats.
Dramatically Missing the Point: The Zodiac Assassin Uma tries to explain that Joker is dangerous and has already defeated all the previous Zodiac Assassins, but the priest just thinks he's being modest and has everything under control.
Hypocrite: He wants Padar to eschew technology... Then goes behind his party's back and hires a cybernetic soldier to go to Paris and steal the Miraculouses.
We Can Rule Together: He offers Joker and Lupin all they could desire in exchange for letting him have Padar. They don't take it due to their own principles.

Martin DuBois

The twin brother of successful investor Allen DuBois, both of them conspiring to kill their uncle Phillipe de Monboisont. He holds the six Pinned Castinets.

Always Identical Twins: Which helped Allen, since it allowed him to establish an alibi while Martin did the actual killing of Phillipe.
Bad Luck Charm: His father certainly thought so, believing an old myth that identical twins have two halves of the same soul. This is why he was kicked out of his own home.
Revenge: His uncle refused to bailout his own brother when his business was failing, which caused the elder DuBois to be Driven to Suicide. The two brothers reunited and decided to get revenge.
Spared by the Adaptation: In canon Lupin killed him out of self-defense when he got close to the truth about Phillipe and Isabelle's murder. Here Martin's simply exposed by Joker and arrested alongside his brother.

Bob Roth

A famous and influential music producer who in private is the controlling father of musician XY Roth, as well as a massive plagiarist. He also has possession of the Stonemarket Clock Tower.

Abusive Parents: He's emotionally abusive to his son XY and used him to make money off the industry for years, while forbidding XY from making his own music on the reasoning that it wouldn't "sell", and plagiarizing other musicians' works. He also rejects Lila's suggestion of having XY replicate some of his company's plagiarized songs on live TV, in the process denying XY the chance to show off his musical chops and keeping his son from getting a word in.
Adaptational Karma: In canon, he's outed as a serial plagiarist after being Akumatized and defeated, but season 4 reveals that he still has his job and media influence as a music producer intact. Here, he is taken down by Joker and Violet with help from both the Miraculous heroes and his own son, XY, and is arrested for his crimes.
Adaptational Villainy: While still a greedy serial plagiarist here, he's also an emotionally abusive father who constantly forces XY to make music he deems profitable, and he had a private military under his employ, which is highly illegal.
Adaptational Wimp: He is never Akumatized into the villain Moolak by Hawk Moth here, so when confronted by Joker and Violet, he goes down rather easily.
Conspicuous Consumption: Joker and Violet start to realize Roth is more than a little evil once they learn he used his money to hire a private military company for security reasons.
Greed: Like his canon counterpart, greed is what motivates him to plagiarize multiple musicians and bands like Kitty Section, as well as make his son XY create music based on what he thinks is profitable. This is what eventually does him in — XY, who greatly resents him for stifling his musical creativity, betrays him as soon as Monarch offers him a chance to become a hero, and with XY's help, the Phantom Thieves apprehend him while his PMC forces are held off by the Miraculous heroes.
Hypocrite: He forbids his son XY from making his own music because it wouldn't "sell", while having no problem with other musicians like Jagged Stone doing the same. Understandably, this led to XY deeply resenting him behind closed doors.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Despite attempting to stop Joker and Violet's theft of the Stonemarket Clock Tower plaque, his plans go belly-up when the Miraculous heroes plus XY/Soundwave aid the Phantom Thieves in their quest. As a last resort, he attempts to flee with the plaque in hand, but Violet steals the plaque from him, and Joker ties him up to be dealt with by local police.
Small Role, Big Impact: Like most of the one-shot villains, he only exists as largely a plot device. In this case, his actions ultimately lead to Lila being given the Butterfly Miraculous to become Monarch.

Amelie Graham de Vanily

Stand: My Child

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Emilie's twin sister, who apparently is seeking the Miraculouses. Her collection piece is Living a Lie.

Her Stand, My Child (named after a song by Disturbed), is also her son Felix. In addition to being an independent Stand, he can grow and change just like a normal human. That said, his physical capabilities are greater than average.

Adaptational Villainy: Amelie in canon did some questionable things, but she wasn't really an enemy of the main heroes. Here her actions are much more dangerous.
Always Identical Twins: To the point where everyone thought they were seeing double when she was seen in the same room as her sister Emilie.
Become a Real Boy: Her plan for Felix, since for all his similarities to a human there are things about him that make it clear he's not human.
Contrived Coincidence: She somehow avoided encountering another Stand user for years, catching Felix off-guard when Joker unleashed his. And it's not like neither of them didn't know a Stand could damage another Stand, since Felix was shown to be aware of it (then again, as a Stand himself, he'd probably already be aware of the rules).
Know When to Fold 'Em: When she learns that Ladybug and Cat Noir have the Miraculouses she's seeking, she decides she has no chance of getting them when a literal supervillain tried and failed to do the same thing time and again and decides to seek other means of giving Felix humanity.
Wrong Genre Savvy: She somehow thought Emilie and Gabriel's wedding rings were the Miraculouses she's been looking for. She has reason to think this, since their old wedding rings were damaged while in Tibet and they had to get new ones.

Sasuke Mineta

A corrupt land developer seeking to marry a goddess. His collection piece is the Lilac Brooch.

Breaking Old Trends: He's part of the Inaba storyline, but doesn't count as one of the Inaba villains since he's not part of Angel Blue Versus' schemes.
Divine Date: What his intentions are, though the goddess in question doesn't like the idea.
Do Not Taunt Cthulhu: It turns out the nature goddess he wants to marry is a daughter of Izanami-no-Mikoto, who has recently resurrected as Marie. And she's rightly pissed that such a creep is after her daughter. Considering what a creation goddess is capable of, sending Joker and Violet after Mineta is a mercy.
Irony: Marie implies that Sasuke's descendent is Minoru Mineta/Grape Juice, who will become a much more honorable (albeit perverted) superhero.
Shame If Something Happened: He threatens to turn the nearby sacred forest into condos unless he gets what he wants.

Mike Rochip

Mike Rochip/Techno Pirate/Miracle Pirate

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A supervillain with a meta-gene that lets him hijack any technology. After his arrest, someone from Remnant hands him the Eagle Miraculous to go wild. They also give him the Customs House Bridge.

Amazing Technicolor Population: He's noted to have blue skin, likely a side effect of his meta-gene.
Brought Down to Normal: With his only power being hijacking technology, he's not very tough once the Eagle Miraculous is taken from him.
The Brute: He's not really much of a thinker, just going for whatever technology he can get his hands on. This gets him caught quickly in his first appearance.
Hidden Depths: For all his brutishness, he does seem to have enough intelligence to know how to effectively use the Eagle Miraculous to stop the heroes from coming after him.
Generic Doomsday Villain: His only plan involves launching a nuclear missile and turning the United HeroeZ into dark reflections of themselves with the Eagle Miraculous.
Small Role, Big Impact: His chapter shows that DIO's formula for creating a Heaven Stand was overly complicated, and that a simple two-part combination of the Butterfly and Eagle Miraculouses can allow a Stand user to achieve Heaven power without going through all the various steps DIO discovered.

Enzo Bron

The CEO of the ShakeHanz corporation, and Emi's father. He has the Child's Memory.

Didn't Think This Through: He wanted to create a world without lies. He didn't realize how far people would be willing to go to protect those lies.
Genre Blindness: He had no idea just how important lies are to the world, since fiction itself counts as lying.
He Who Fights Monsters: He wanted to use PeopleLog to remove all crime and lies, only to go off the deep end when it turned out his own app was capable of exposing political secrets better left buried.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's not as prominent as canon, but his chapter does showcase something important... Lupin finally retiring from thieving and Joker officially taking his role as the Emperor of Thieves.
Wrong Genre Savvy: He thought he could use pure data to learn everything and make the world better. Not possible in a JoJo story, where everything hinges on personal growth and supernatural power, which can easily outstrip any data.

Murdoc Niccals

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The bassist for the band Gorillaz, and something of an infamous hedonist. He holds the final piece of the Joestar Collection, The Glittering Plumage.

Adaptational Origin Connection: In real life the Gorrilaz are a virtual band, the characters being stand-ins for the actual artists performing the music. In this story all four band members are real people.
Even Evil Has Standards: He insists his abuse towards 2D is just being tough but fair, but does agree with Russel that 2D's ex-girlfriend was a toxic individual.
Final Boss: He's the last Villain of the Week stolen from in Phantom Thief Joker.
Implausible Deniability: He tries to assure his bandmates that Joker's not targeting him... While he still has the calling card on his person.
Shipper on Deck: He doesn't have a problem with 2D possibly getting together with Noodle.
Small Role, Big Impact: The heist involving him turns out to take place in a special casino, which leads into Phantom Thieves Origins.
Wrong Genre Savvy: He assumed that since Joker and Violet sent the calling card to the Spirit House, the home base of the Gorillaz, they'll be searching there and he can safely keep The Glittering Plumage with him. He has no idea the two Phantom Thieves have just been given his exact location.

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