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JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesAToB ([[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD ([[DubNameChange/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dub Name Change]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF ([[EvolvingCredits/JoJosBizarreAdventure Evolving Credits]] | [[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK ([[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]] | [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Heart Is An Awesome Power]] | [[Jerkass/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jerkass]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO ([[LogicalWeakness/JoJosBizarreAdventure Logical Weakness]] | [[NiceGuy/JoJosBizarreAdventure Nice Guy]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT ([[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]] | [[StoryBreakerPower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Story-Breaker Power]]) | '''Tropes U To Z''']]]]-]

** In a sense, [[spoiler:Diavolo]] is also one, as if it wasn't for him [[spoiler:selling 5 Stand Arrows to Enya the Hag, Parts 3 and beyond wouldn't have happened, as DIO wouldn't have gained his stand (which kicks off the plot of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]) and Kira wouldn't have obtained Killer Queen, and [[FightingSpirit Stands]] as we know may not have existed.]]

JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesAToB ([[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD ([[DubNameChange/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dub Name Change]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF ([[EvolvingCredits/JoJosBizarreAdventure Evolving Credits]] | [[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK ([[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]] | [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Heart Is An Awesome Power]] | [[Jerkass/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jerkass]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO ([[LogicalWeakness/JoJosBizarreAdventure Logical Weakness]] | [[NiceGuy/JoJosBizarreAdventure Nice Guy]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT ([[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]] | [[StoryBreakerPower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Story-Breaker Power]]) | '''Tropes U To Z''']]-]

JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesAToB ([[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF ([[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK ([[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]] - [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/JoJosBizarreAdventure Heart Is An Awesome Power]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT ([[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]]) | '''Tropes U to Z''']]]]-]

** Diavolo, whose pride defines half of his personality, must experience many deaths and cannot escape from it. The last we see of him is him terrified and begging a little girl to stay away from him.
** Pucci, who spends the part following the instructions of Dio's plan, is foiled at the last step and all because of Jolyne and Weather Report, his two bitterest enemies who contributed to Emporio getting Weather's Stand. Begging Emporio to let him be, Emporio debunks Pucci's view of Fate and Pucci sinks in a deep rage, trying futilely to hit Emporio.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: The English translation of the arcade game is loaded with this, as many of the bad guys have their names romanized differently to avoid copyright infringement (Devo becoming D'bo and Vanilla Ice becoming Iced, for instance).

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Subverted to hell and back.]] No matter how stupid or ridiculously limited a Stand power seems, the user will find a way to make it an advantage.
** Played straight with Highway To Hell, Survivor, Cheap Trick, and Superfly.
*** Highway To Hell causes a person targeted by the user to receive the same damage done to the user. The reason it's such a terrible Stand is because it doesn't protect the user from damage, and thus the user has to die in order to kill anyone (and won't even get to see if they were successful). However, it winds up being an example of HeartIsAnAwesomePower in the series because it's given to a suicidal prisoner.
*** Survivor is derided by DIO as a useless Stand because it's always on, cannot select its targets, and is woefully restrictive in what it does. It makes people fight each other, and relays to them their opponents' weakest points. That's it. It can play off of aggression, but it won't make people fight if they don't have much animosity. Its user didn't even fight, and got quite a large [[DroppedABridgeOnHim bridge dropped on him]].
*** Cheap Trick kills its user if someone sees his back and goes to the person who saw it (even if they already have a Stand, breaking the "one Stand per person" rule). It tries to get people to see the back of the current "user" by whispering and taunting the victim, attempting to drive them into a frantic state where they lose awareness of their surroundings and any people around them.
*** Superfly "protects" its user by keeping him contained in its tower. The user can only escape if a victim is lured inside of Superfly, and even then the user/current victim has to escape before the new victim realizes what happened and tries to escape themselves. Any attempts to destroy Superfly from the inside will [[AttackReflector automatically reflect the exact amount of damage back in the direction of the source]].
*** Generally, nearly all Stands which function independent of the user and can't be turned off get a degree of this treatment just by the virtue that even the user can't control it if they wanted to. They often just try to get the user as close to their target as they can and let it operate naturally under the mentality of "Well, at least it's their problem too now."
* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman: Averted with any non-human members of the protagonists' TrueCompanions, and even their enemies are largely treated the same as their human foes. In ''Stone Ocean'', Foo Fighters (a Stand composed of pond algae) is even given a HeelFaceTurn and joins the core group.

*** Highway To Hell causes a person targeted by the user to receive the same damage done to the user. The reason it's such a terrible Stand is because it doesn't protect the user from damage, and thus the user has to die in order to kill anyone (and won't even get to see if they were successful).

** Kars, transformed into the Ultimate Lifeform, thinks it would be fitting to go kill Joseph and finish him off with the Ripple. Joseph uses an AmplifierArtifact to cause a volcanic eruption and sends him into space.

* VillainPedigree: Vampires are quickly replaced by Pillar Men, who are quickly replaced by Stand users, mostly out of necessity. At the time, both ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' were running in Shonen Jump, and while [=JoJo=] was more in the vein of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' (which already finished) thanks to vampires and the Ripple power, it was still similar enough, and was behind both of them in popularity. Stands brought something fresh and new to the manga and differentiated it from its peers.

** In ''Phantom Blood'', Dio views Jonathan as this, after [[spoiler:Jonathan uses Ripple to destroy Dio's body]].

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: A number of times in the series. Most blatant with Anasui in ''Stone Ocean'', since he actually ''was'' a woman in his first appearance but was [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] into a man for his second. Then inverted in ''Steel Ball Run'' with [[spoiler:Hot Pants]], who we find out is a woman when Johnny treats her wounds.

* UnclePennybags: Speedwagon is this once he becomes a billionaire, taking Joseph on various trips around the world, sponsoring medical research and charities.
** Joseph is this in Stardust Crusaders, footing the bill for the group's entire globetrotting adventure while putting them up in the best hotels available. He even buys an ultra expensive car to trade in a remote desert town just so he wouldn't have to waste time haggling, and buys an entire luxury submarine for the group to travel in.

** Dio underestimates Jonathan and all humans in general during Phantom Blood; it gets him almost killed and he wises up.

* TheUnfettered: Dio Brando, Kars, Kira Yoshikage, and every other every primary antagonist. Meanwhile [[spoiler: Johnny Joestar]] is an usually civil (if sulky) heroic example, a major part of his character development being his finding out how far he's willing to go to get what he wants.

** ''Stardust Crusaders'' could be considered a narrative equivalent. It introduces the concept of Stand, a GuardianEntity which [[PowersDoTheFighting will fight instead of its user]], whereas in the previous parts, the fighter fought more physically.

* UnsoundEffect: The Stand Echoes gets this in its Act 2 form. Write kaboom, and something will explode. Put zoom on something, it will go fast. Act 1 allows it to paste said sound on someone and force them to hear it over and over, while Act 3 gives Koichi [[AnimeHair Super Saiyan hair]] and the ability to put a gravity well on anything by saying "Freeze"; this can apply to anything from a person's hand to a ''car''.

-->'''Jotaro:''' Yare yare... ''[or "Gimme a break" in English]''\\

** In ''Steel Ball Run'', it is just turned to astronomical levels. The explanation of the first use of the Spin put on top of criminals for execution is not true. The weight was put there so the dead could not be turned into vampires, as an old superstition. Best misleading ever. Just understand that the Spin is a whole problem in itself.

** DIO, instead of using ''Za Warudo'' to immediately kill the helpless heroes in his Egyptian base, uses it to play pranks on them or monologue, when no-one (except Jotaro) can hear him. This gives the heroes time to escape, figure out his power, and for Jotaro to slowly learn how to perform it with Star Platinum and kill DIO with it.
** Of course Kira had to loudly gloat about himself in public. He is overheard by Josuke and this leads to his downfall.

** The "Oingo and Boingo" chapters are all from the point of view of the two Stand users who try to assassinate the crew, but they lamentably (and hilariously) fail.
** The "Kira's new Situation" chapters focus on Kira trying to adapt to his new identity at the Kawajiri household.

** DIO, defeated by Jotaro, screams ThisCannotBe as he dies, while not an hour earlier, he was the most serene man on earth and utterly confident in The World.
** Kira, who constantly thinks of himself as being extremely lucky, is dragged away by the malicious spirit of the ghost alley, his soul and Stands being literally broken in many pieces, and he loses his composure one final time while disappearing.

* VillainousLegacy: Dio leaves the Joestar Family with the consequences of his actions after death such as [[spoiler:turning Jonathan's sacrifice into a boon for himself]], the initial foes of Part 4, his son in Part 5, the reason why Pucci starts his plan in Part 6, and still remaining a thorn to the Joestars in Part 7, to say nothing about ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]''. While Dio remains the ''de facto'' main villain of the series, his legacy is the byproduct of Kars, the ancient Pillar Man from Part 2, who created the stone mask that made Dio into a vampire in the first place and caused Dio's ascent to power. In a way, Kars is TheManBehindTheMan to Dio despite being overshadowed by him.

** [[spoiler:The truly faithful Father Pucci, whose ultimate goal is to reach the "Heaven" he heard his mentor Dio talk about. He'll do anything and sacrifice anyone to get to it, and apparently, he does: he rewinds, remakes, and resurrects the world (that he completely messed up), but is killed before he can join it.]]

** When Dio stabs George Joestar in the back and uses his blood to become a vampire, Phantom Blood goes from a Drama to a Supernatural Action manga. Then it all goes weird from here.

** The Tusk Arc in ''Steel Ball Run''. Here we discover that the ''Steel Ball Run'' [[spoiler:is a cover-up, concealing [[ItMakesSenseInContext a cross-country hunt for the separated pieces of a saint, containing unfathomable power]]. Oh, and the ''President of the United States'' is involved in all of this]].

* WhamShot: In the climax of Stardust Crusaders, we finally see how DIO's Stand works. He activates it, [[spoiler:[[TimeStandsStill stopping time]], and then summarily punches Kakyoin [[TorsoWithAView through the chest]] and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom into a water tower]]]].

*** Superfly "protects" its user by keeping him contained in its tower. The user can only escape if a victim is lured inside of Superfly, and even then the user/current victim has to escape before the new victim realizes what happened and tries to escape themselves.
*** Any attempts to destroy Superfly from the inside will [[AttackReflector automatically reflect the exact amount of damage back in the direction of the source]].

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: Especially in the fourth part which has a SliceOfLife tone. Many a Stand user enhances their daily lives by using their Stands in mundane ways, such as Rohan collecting interesting trivia by transforming people into books or Shigechi collecting extra pocket money with his Stand Harvest.

* TheWorfEffect: The dangers of Sheer Heart Attack is hyped as it manages to defeat Jotaro, the strongest Stand user of the previous part.

** ''Golden Wind'' begins in Naples, but the squad travel throughout Italy, to finish in Rome.

** Jotaro views N'Doul as this, even thinking that they would've been allies if he weren't loyal to Dio. He also seems to regard the elder D'Arby as a Worthy Opponent; acknowledging that, while not powerful, he nearly took them all out in one go. After defeating the younger D'Arby, Jotaro mocks him by pointing out that his elder brother would have easily figured out his and Joseph's cheat.

* {{Yandere}}: Yukako Yamagishi.

** Narsisco Anasui is one as well, given that he's in prison for murdering his ex-girlfiend who cheated on him. He's also violent towards anyone he thinks is getting in the way of him and Jolyne.

** [[spoiler:The recent chapters of ''[=JoJolion=]'' revealed that Johnny still ended up dying young, just as the original Jonathan did to save a child (this time, his son George as opposed to Elizabeth[=/=]Lisa Lisa in the original timeline) as well as his wife after a failed attempt to save Rina from an unknown illness using the Corpse.]]

** During the "Lovers" arc, Kakyoin and Polnareff disclose the ability to shrink their Stands.

** [[spoiler:Dio as well, though it's not just his head.]]

* WidgetSeries: Even before orangutans, dogs, swords, turtles, and ''plankton'' were allowed to be bestowed psychic powers, the series was just plain ''weird''. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Doesn't stop it]] from being [[RatedMForManly manly]], [[CrazyAwesome awesome]], and '''badass as hell'''.

** The "Oingo and Boingo" chapters are all from the point of view of the two Stand users who try to assassinate the crew, but they lamentably fail.

JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesAToB ([[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye-Job]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesCToD | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesEToF ([[FamousLastWords/JoJosBizarreAdventure Famous Last Words]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesGToK ([[HateSink/JoJosBizarreAdventure Hate Sink]]) | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesLToO | JoJosBizarreAdventure/TropesPToT ([[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure Shout-Out]]) | '''Tropes U to Z''']]]]-]

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** In some ways, most of the battles from the series are this. A large part of Stand battles is figuring out what your opponent's Stand does, finding it's weakness, and exploiting it.
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* YouTasteDelicious: ''Vento Aureo''. [[http://www.confusticated.com/ignition-one/JJBA_Part_5_%28Golden_Wind%29/004/10/1100/1 "This taste... it's [the taste] of a liar!"]] To clarify, according to Bruno, sweat tastes sweeter when the person sweating is nervous, indicating they're hiding something. While he was correct in that instance, slipping a severed eyeball into the person's hand and licking the person's face probably doesn't help them keep their cool.

*** There's also his battle with Esidisi, involving the two continuously trying to out-fox and out-trap each other with an unraveled, [[KiAttacks hamon-empowered]] [[ImprobableWeaponUser yarn cap]] and [[BodyHorror prehensile blood vessels]] filled with [[BloodyMurder boiling-hot blood]], respectively.

** Played straight with ''Survivor'', Cheap Trick, and Superfly.