History Characters / JojosBizarreAdventure

* GuileHero: They defeat their enemies not by pure physical force, but by outsmarting their opponents and finding clever ways to get around their abilities. ''Then'' they beat the hell out of them.

** A Stand that has a radar to track people from far away: Narancia Ghirga's Aerosmith (Part 5) and Johngalli A.'s Manhattan Transfer (Part 6).

%%* FightingSpirit: The TropeCodifier in Japanese media.

** Part 5: Near the end, the gang's souls get switched around as result of [[spoiler:a crippled Polnareff using the Requiem arrow to evolve Silver Chariot into a powerful form as a desperate effort to keep the arrow away from the Boss]]; Due to the unique situation revealed about the Boss ([[spoiler:that he has two souls within one body, one of which is dominant over the other]]), [[spoiler:Diavolo]] is able to [[spoiler:hide his soul within the same body Trish's soul is currently in (Mista's), technically leading to one body having two souls, though each soul controls their own Stand]].

* PowersDoTheFighting: Most of the time the Stands are the ones who do the fighting, with their users rarely even lifting a finger.
* PsychoactivePowers: There seems to be a rough correlation between the user's level of willpower and the strength of their Stand. The Joestars and their arch-enemies have the strongest Stands in terms of raw power, while side-characters are more likely to have unusual, less powerful or non-combative Stands. The evolution of Koichi Hirose's Echoes in Part 4 also shows that a Stand can increase in power as its user's resolve grows.

** A Stand that can steal the souls of enemies who admit defeat: Daniel J. D'Arby's Osiris and Telence T. D'Arby's Atum (Part 3).

** A Stand that predicts the short-term future: Boingo's Thoth (Part 3) and Vinegar Doppio's Epitaph (Part 5).

** Part 5:
*** King Crimson has a Sub-Stand on its forehead called Epitaph, which allows the Boss to gaze into the future before skipping time. [[spoiler: Possibly a result of the ''extremely'' odd circumstances of Diavolo's birth, as he explcitly has two souls within his one body that he can swap back and forth between as needed. Since a Stand is tied to one's soul, having two souls would logically result in a Stand User gaining two Stands; in this case, King Crimson would be Diavolo's and Epitaph would be Doppio's.]]
*** Near the end, the gang's souls get switched around as result of [[spoiler:a crippled Polnareff using the Requiem arrow to evolve Silver Chariot into a powerful form as a desperate effort to keep the arrow away from the Boss]]; Due to the unique situation revealed about the Boss ([[spoiler:that he has two souls within one body, one of which is dominant over the other]]), [[spoiler:Diavolo]] is able to [[spoiler:hide his soul within the same body Trish's soul is currently in (Mista's), technically leading to one body having two souls, though each soul controls their own Stand]].

# ''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''[[note]](Holly Kujo, Roses, Anne Merlai, Suzi Q; DIO, Gray Fly, "Captain Tennille", Forever, Devo the Cursed, Rubber Soul, Hol Horse, J. Geil, Nena, ZZ, Enya Geil, Steely Dan, Arabia Fats, Mannish Boy, Cameo, Midler; Kenny G., Vanilla Ice, Nukesaku; Sadao Kujo, Sherry Polnareff, Malèna, Senator Wilson Philips)[[/note]]

* BoringButPractical: Compared to Stands, Hamon requires ''very'' intense training to master, and failure to complete the training can undoubtedly lead to death, but the results of someone keeping up their training could easily even stand users a run for their money, and is far more flexible than Stands can be.

# ''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]''[[note]](Polpo, Pericolo; Risotto Nero, Sorbet and Gelatto, Formaggio, Illuso, Prosciutto, Pesci, Melone, Ghiaccio; Squalo, Tiziano, Carne, Cioccolata, Secco; Leaky-Eye Luca, Mario Zucchero, Sale; Giorno's Mother, Giorno's Stepfather, Jotaro Kujo, Koichi Hirose, Giorno's Hero, Paolo Bucciarati, Mela Ghirga and Narancia's Father, Narancia's Friend, Anita, Abbacchio's Partner, Fugo's Teacher, [[spoiler:Jean-Pierre Polnareff]], Scolippi)[[/note]]

# ''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]''[[note]](Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, Lisa Lisa aka [[spoiler:Elizabeth Joestar, née Straizo]], Rudolf von Stroheim; Erina Pendleton, Robert E.O. Speedwagon, Smokey Brown, Mark, Loggins and Messina, Suzi Q, George Joestar II; The Pillar Men [Esidisi, Wamuu, Santana])[[/note]]

** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureKars Kars]]

** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureToru The Mastermind]]

** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiavolo The Boss]][[note]]Vinegar Doppio[[/note]]
# ''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]''[[note]](Gwess, Johngalli A., Thunder [=McQueen=], Miraschon, Lang Rangler, Sports Maxx, Viviano Westwood, Kenzō, D an G, Guccio, The Green Baby, Miuccia "Miumiu" Miuller, Ungalo, Rikiel, Donatello Versus; DIO, Jolyne's Lawyer, Romeo Jisso, Loccobarocco, Atroe, Jolyne's Mother, Gloria Costello, Sonny Likir, Perla Pucci, [[spoiler:Racist]] Private Detective; [[spoiler:Irene]], [[spoiler:Anakiss]], [[spoiler:Eldis]])[[/note]]

# ''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]''[[note]](Jonathan "Johnny" Joestar, [[spoiler:Iulius Caesar]] "Gyro" Zeppeli; Lucy Steel (née Pendelton), Stephen Steel, Mountain Tim, Hot Pants; Sandman/[[spoiler: Soundman]], Pocoloco, Sugar Mountain, Norisuke Higashikata, Urmd Abdul, Gaucho, Scarlet Valentine, Dario; Funny Valentine, Diego "Dio" Brando, Mrs. Robinson, Andre Boomboom, L.A. Boomboom, Benjamin Boomboom, Oyecomova, Fritz von Stroheim, Pork Pie Hat Kid, Dr. Ferdinand, Ringo Roadagain, Blackmore, The Eleven Riders, Mike O., Wekapipo, Magent Magent, Axl RO, D-I-S-C-O)[[/note]]

# ''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands The JOJOLands]]''[[note]](Jodio Joestar, Dragona Joestar, Paco Laburantes, Usagi Aloha'oe, Meryl May Qi, Barbara Ann Joestar, Japanese Tourist[[spoiler:/Rohan Kishibe]])[[/note]]

# ''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]''[[note]](Vinegar Doppio, Leaky-Eye Luca, Polpo, Pericolo, Mario Zucchero, Sale; Sorbet and Gelatto, Formaggio, Illuso, Prosciutto, Pesci, Melone, Ghiaccio, Risotto Nero; Squalo, Tiziano, Carne, Cioccolata, Secco; Giorno's Mother, Jotaro Kujo, Koichi Hirose, Giorno's Hero, Paolo Bucciarati, Mela Ghirga and Narancia's Father, Narancia's Friend, Anita, Abbacchio's Partner, [[spoiler:Jean-Pierre Polnareff]], Scolippi)[[/note]]

** [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiavolo The Boss]]

* DumbMuscle: Automatic Stands, at least the ones that are seen to be taking inputs from their users, display basic intelligence that could be mistaken as sentience.

*** Kira has the Stand Killer Queen, who can blow up targets and leave no trace of their bodies, but can also detach part of his hand into a new bomb type, the Sub-Stand, Sheer Heart Attack, a mobile bomb that hunts down targets autonomously by tracking their heat signature. Then after [[spoiler:Yoshihiro Kira's Stand arrow pierces Kira]], Kira gains a new bomb type called [[spoiler: "Bites the Dust", which manifests a mini-Killer Queen who detonates a literal time bomb that reverses time to a specific point in order to reverse a negative action, such as someone uncovering Kira's identity]].

* TheArtifact: Hamon used to be the key focus of combat as the serialization progressed, but with the introductions of Stands in Part 3, it was quickly phased out and forgotten about entirely come Part 4. To be fair, the martial art was already noted to be rare due to all known vampires/undead being dead before Dio put on the Stone Mask, by the time the Pillar Men were beaten by Joseph, ''all'' known undead threats were believed to be gone from the world which justifies this somewhat.

* TheArtifact: Hamon used to be the key focus of combat as the serialization progressed, but with the introductions of Stands in Part 3, it was quickly phased out and forgotten about entirely come Part 4.

* InTheBlood: If someone is pierced by a Stand Arrow and acquires a Stand, all their living descendants will either get one as well or at least have the potential to gain one.

** A glaring weakness is that if a Hamon user cannot properly control their breathing for whatever reason, their Hamon will weaken and falter. Similarly, it requires the body to have proper blood flow to channel this solar based energy, if blood flow to a certain area is restricted or lost for any reason, the Hamon user will be helpless.
** Hamon is channeled through the body as a conductor, and like most conductors, does so without harm. However, because of this, any ability that effects the body cannot be effected by Hamon except if it was something already very weak to Hamon itself.
** Hamon revolves around organic life being used as a source of energy, but it cannot be conducted through inorganic materials effectively such as Joseph having to coat his metal clackers in vegetable oil to be dangerous.

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Zigzagged. Hamon is not an innately destructive force, but it can do some terrifying things to an unsuspecting person, such as control the nerves of a person's body to manipulate their corpse, hypnotize people to recall what they couldn't before, and even use it to stop someone's heart. But almost every practitioner of Hamon is a morally sound person.

* AnyoneCanDie: Unlike other Shonen series, not even the heroes are safe from this; [[spoiler: Jonathan, Jotaro, Jolyne, and Johnny die during or after their stories. Joseph's the only one who actually gets to live to old age out of the other half that survives before the universe resets.]]

* DifficultYetAwesome: Compared to Stands, Hamon requires ''very'' intense training to master, and failure to complete the training can undoubtedly lead to death, but the results of someone keeping up their training could easily even stand users a run for their money, and is far more flexible than Stands can be.
* GlassCannon: With few exceptions like Johnathan and Joseph, Hamon users do ''not'' gain any extra durability and for the most part are just as vulnerable as an ordinary human, their defensive options tend to be limited but they have very effective and devastating weapons at their disposal.

** Hamon is channeled through the body as a conductor, and like most conductors, does so without harm. However, because of this, any ability that affects the body cannot be effected by Hamon except if it was something already very weak to Hamon itself.

*** King Crimson has a Sub-Stand on its forehead called Epitaph, which allows the Boss to gaze into the future before skipping time.

** Hamon is channeled through the body as a conductor, and like most conductors, does so without harming the user. However, because of this, any ability that affects the body cannot be effected by Hamon except if it was something already very weak to Hamon itself.

* ItCanThink: While most Stands are non-sentient and fully controlled by their users, some Stands have a separate consciousness from their users. They range from Stands that protect or act as advisors to their users, from Stands that act by their own interests, to even Stands that actively attempt to harm their users.

** A glaring weakness is that if a Hamon user cannot properly control their breathing for whatever reason, their Hamon will weaken and falter.
** Hamon revolves around organic life being used as a source of energy, but it cannot be conducted through inorganic materials effectively.

Introduced in Part 1, Ripple (波紋 Hamon, lit. Ripples), also commonly referred to by its Japanese name of Hamon, is an energy used in the ancient form of martial arts, Sendō (仙道, lit. "Way of The Hermit/Wizard"). Through self-controlled respiration, a trained person can produce an energy manifesting as ripples throughout their body and that is identical to the energy of the Sun. Though it sees constant use in Part 2 minimal use in Part 3, it is eventually phased out in favor of Stands.

* GlassCannon: With few exceptions like Johnathan and Joseph, Hamon users do ''not'' gain any extra durability and for the most part are just as vulnerable as an ordinary human, their defensive options tend to be limited.

** Part 3: Due to the unique situation of DIO attaching his head to [[spoiler:Jonathan Joestar's]] body, DIO was able to gain ''two'' Stands: an unnamed Hermit Purple-like Stand with the ability of spirit photography, that would have been used by [[spoiler:Jonathan, had he not died so young,]] and The World, a Stand with nearly the same level of strength of Star Platinum and [[spoiler:could stop time]].

** Part 4: This part introduced the concept of a user having Stands with multiple forms; it’s technically one Stand, but the Stand can take different forms for specific tasks or as the result of evolution. Kochi's Stand, Echoes, evolves via "Acts" as he becomes a stronger person; starting as an egg, Echoes hatches into Act 1, which can create written words from its tail that makes sounds in real life (writing the kanji for "I hate you" causes "I hate you" to repeat out loud over and over), Act 2 does the same, but instead of sounds, creating a word will cause its effect to manifest (writing the kanji for "hot" causes the word to become hot), and Act 3's power is making a target super heavy that they can't attack people (the weight of words).

** Part 5: King Crimson has a Sub-Stand on its forehead called Epitaph, which allows the Boss to gaze into the future before skipping time.

** Part 7: Johnny's Stand, Tusk, evolves via "Acts", like Koichi, resulting in Act 1, who provides him with the ability to spin and shoot his toe and finger nails like bullets, Act 2, who gives him the abilty to shoot drilling bullets that can follow their target even if they miss, Act 3, which allows him to travel via wormhole by shooting himself, and finally, [[spoiler:''Act 4'', a combat Stand that uses the power of the Golden Spin phenomenon, which allows it to punch his targets and imbue them with an infinite spinning rotation that disintegrates them and sends the remains to another dimension and the ability to break through barriers like the ground and even D4C's Love Train ability]].

* FightingSpirit: The TropeCodifier in Japanese media.

** Part 4: This part introduced the concept of a user having Stands with multiple forms; it’s technically one Stand, but the Stand can take different forms for specific tasks or as the result of evolution. Kochi's Stand, Echoes, evolves via "Acts" as he becomes a stronger person; starting as an egg, Echoes hatches into Act 1, which can create written words from its tail that makes sounds in real life (writing the kanji for "I hate you" causes "I hate you" to repeat out loud over and over), Act 2 does the same, but instead of sounds, creating a word will cause its effect to manifest (writing the kanji for "hot" causes the word to become hot), and Act 3's power [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers is making a target super heavy that they can't attack people]] (the weight of words).

* DefeatMeansFriendship: It is practically series tradition that the first opponent defeated in their part becomes a loyal friend. This happens with Speedwagon in Part 1, Caesar in Part 2, Kakyoin and Polnareff in Part 3, Okuyasu in Part 4, Bucciarati in Part 5, and Kei in Part 8.

* DyingClue: Some of the Jobros manage to leave vital information for their allies after being fatally wounded by the villain of the part.