Quando eu bato punheta eu grito.Translation and ExplanationRoughly translates to "when I jack off, I scream" in Portugese. It's a low-quality video of a picture of manga Jotaro standing still center-screen while an A.I. voice of Jotaro says this line, followed by a spinning .png image of a T-posing Star Platinum softly saying (also iin an A.I. generated voice)"oraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraoraora."
ZA WARUDO!ExplanationThe name of DIO's Stand, "The World", written with its literal katakana spelling (though inaccurately, because it should be "Za Wārudo" or "ZA WAARUDO" with a long "a" sound). It's almost required to use this spelling when quoting or referencing the series in text., WRYYYExplanationDIO’s very unique Kiai scream when he uses said stand. and ROAD ROLLER DA!ExplanationDIO comes out of his final usage of ZA WARUDO attempting to pulverize Jotaro by finding and dropping, of all things, a steamroller on him. The move has become iconic for exemplifying sheer Jojo Narm Charm and for its ridiculousness, that references have spread to other fandoms (e.g. Vocaloid as a character item), and it has been referenced in things like Jump Force as DIO's Limit Break.
As a sub-meme, basically any time someone has a time-stop power in media, expect someone to dub them over with Dio's dialogue or insert the appropriate sound effect.
Similarly, it often seems the case that when quoting JJBA, the spelling used for Stands must be the romanised katakana spellings, rather than the actual English spellings (e.g. Sutā Purachina instead of Star Platinum).
"Some-body once told me, Za Warudo was gonna Road Roll me"ExplanationThe already-memetic song "All Star", popularized by Shrek, received further jokes from its use of "the world" and "roll" in the same opening line. Example here.
Bass-boosted fart. ExplanationA very distinct sound effect plays as The World's time-stopping effect takes place. The first few times you hear it, it's jarring and terrifying, but after it's been memed to hell and back, it becomes quite narmy just from the sheer number of times the average fan has heard the effect.
REROREROREROREROREROExplanationRubber Soul, disguised as Kakyoin, plays with a cherry on his tongue in a creepy and disturbing way to intimidate Jotaro. In an amusing twist, however, it's revealed that the real Kakyoin actually does the exact same thing when eating cherries, which led the fandom to make tons of parodies, most commonly joking that RERO RERO RERO is in fact Kakyoin's Stand cry.
LICKLICKLICKLICKLICKExplanationThe English dub version of the meme. While not as iconic, it's still just as funny for some.
PEROROROROROPEPEROROPEROOOOOOExplanationWhen Polnareff is running from Alessi after the latter turns him into a child, Alessi makes a similar tongue motion to Rubber Soul, complete with Nightmare Face in a clear Shout-Out to The Shining
Jotaro is a JoJo fan.ExplanationWhile in jail at the beginning of part 3, Jotaro is seen reading Shonen Jump, which is notable for publishing...Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. The fandom since has made jokes about the resulting Celebrity Paradox, suggesting that either Jotaro is reading his great-great-grandfather's biography (Phantom Blood was published in real life in 1987, the same year Stardust Crusaders takes place), or he's reading some sort of Bland-Name Product parody of JJBA. This even extends to his Voice Actor, Daisuke Ono, because JJBA was the reason how he got into voice acting, hence him voicing Jotaro.
Guns N' RosesExplanationA common Fan Nickname for Holly's Stand, which takes the form of thorny rose branches and she is unable to contol, resulting in her failing health. Fans were quick to jump on the name due to the music references of Stand names, and some fans have drawn fanart of what Guns N' Roses might have looked like in a humanoid form had Holly been able to wield its power.
Due to his skills at video games being taken out of proportion, "Gamer Kakyoin" is almost as popular as MILF-loving Kakyoin.
"You're gonna need a bigger knife." ExplanationWhen Anne Merlai threatens to "chop off [Kakyoin's] dick" (though this is changed in most translations and dubs), Kakyoin responds with this. Cue the bass boost and sunglasses.
Kakyoin waking up◊ sees popular use as a reaction image, mostly for nightmarish situations.
Polnareff's Bizarre AdventureExplanationAn observation about Stardust Crusaders that a lot of chapters focused more on Polnareff than the titular Jojos..
Never leave Polnareff aloneExplanationFans have also noted that Polnareff always gets in trouble with a stand user whenever he's separated from the rest of the crusaders.
Kakyoin dies.Explanation (spoilers)A troll comment to anime-only watchers and those who are preparing to read the manga. Many other characters are often used instead, but Kakyoin is the most common one.
Cherry Donut.Explanation (spoilers) Similarly related to Kakyoin's death, his getting impaled by DIO is iconic in its brutality and shock value, thereby making a go-to point for the character and one of his most defining attributes.
"It's finally a Friday..." "Yes...finally here..." "Friday..." ExplanationBorn on Tumblr involving the release of a new episode of the Part 3 anime every Friday. Usually on that day is a reblog of the 3 panel comic of Joseph, Polnareff, and Jotaro remarking on the day being a Friday, said comic being a text edit of them remarking on having finally arrived in Egypt. There's also been edits poking fun at the meme as well. Nowadays, the most used is "It's finally a Friday...", cue DIO shouting "ZA WARUDO!" and Jotaro freezing in place. During Summer 2017, it was typically used for Made in Abyss as it was the most loved show of the summer season and it came out on every single Friday, the Made in Abyss version replaced Jotaro, Kakyoin, and Joseph with Regu, Riko, and Nanachi respectively. This also gained a resurgence in Part 5, whose anime, again, aired on Fridays.
"Saturday..." ExplanationThe meme was reapplied for the English dub airing on Toonami.
The Kakyoin TreatmentExplanation (spoilers)The method DIO uses to kill Kakyoin. Fans tend to make references to it if a character from another series, JoJo or otherwise, receives a hole in their stomach.
The Eggbaby/"Kakyoin, did you lay this egg?" ExplanationReference to an infamous doujinshi fan manga by CLAMP, where Jotaro and Kakyoin are a married couple whose son came from an egg. Jokes and edits about characters laying eggs, being afraid of laying eggs, or coming from them abound. Meanwhile, the original doujinshi is mocked in the fandom due to the ludicrousness of the events portrayed as well as its lack of resemblance to the original characters either art-wise or personality-wise.
Kakyoin, what happened to you?ExplanationThe two main characters in CLAMP's later manga Wish greatly resemble Jotaro and Kakyoin. Specifically, the sweet-natured, very feminine angel Kohaku has a very similar hairstyle to Kakyoin's. Thus the speculation that CLAMP based their designs on the JJBA characters and aforementioned doujin, creating a sort of chain of Ukefication.
Kakyoin's noodle ExplanationKakyoin's most distinguishing physical feature is the single long lock of hair dangling in front of his face, which fans affectionately nicknamed his "noodle". Many jokes have been made about it, such as Hierophant Green seemingly hiding directly under it ("safe under the noodle"), or portraying it as some sort of prehensile appendage.◊ Some have even tried photoshopping out the noodle, and pointing out that Kakyoin's hairdo is just a mullet.
Uh Oh Stinky/Le MonkeExplanationThe enemy stand user is a sapient (and evil) orangutan named Forever, which has drawn comparisons of the Surreal Humor meme "Le Monke", an image of an obese orangutan with lipstick commonly used in shitposting.
Diglett JotaroExplanation During the Wheel of Fortune battle, Jotaro hides from the enemy by hiding himself underground and then punching his way to the surface while the enemy is gloating. The image of Jotaro popping out of the ground while half-buried drew inevitable comparisons to the Pokemon Diglett, with jokes captioning Jotaro as an "Mega Diglett" or a Diglett bred with superior IVs.
Jotaro loves dolphins Explanation Jotaro's occupation as a marine biologist, as well as an outfit from part 4 featuring dolphins, has lead many to imagine that Jotaro has an intense fondness for dolphins. This has led to much fanart and edits of Jotaro with dolphins, or jokes that he's even zoophilic.
This led to some fans, mainly those from Argentina, adopting the nickname "Delfina" (literally female Dolphin) for Jolyne.
The Japanese JoJo fanbase has a similar meme, but for starfish instead◊.
"I watch JoJo for the plot" Explanation Meant to be sarcastic. Lots of big buff men show their booties in this part, being the "real" reason behind this sarcasm.
Polnareff GYAATExplanationHave you seen how many times Polnareff shoves his assdirectly into the camera?
Jotaro threw a dog to beat up a blind man. Explanation A simplification of how Jotaro defeats N'Doul. In order for Jotaro to get close enough for Star Platinum to attack N'Doul he threw Iggy to temporarily distract him. Don't forget that dogs are often used as companion animals for blind people.
"A hundred years ago, Hamon was a concern." - DIO: The man who just spent most of the last hundred years recovering from the last time he fought a Hamon user. ExplanationDuring the final battle between the main characters and DIO, the latter says that quote, many viewers called him out on his bullshit.
"No one can just deflect the Emerald Splash!"ExplanationOne of Kakyoin's lines in the English dub, which became infamous from how often Emerald Splash fails to do anything meaningful on its own.
"Emerald Splash? More like 'belongs in the trash!'" ExplanationA crossover meme with SpongeBob SquarePants which, like the previous meme, pokes fun at Kakyoin's apparent faith in a memetically-useless attack.
YES YES YES YES YES/NO NO NO NO NOExplanationTerence D'Arby can only read his opponents' thoughts through asking yes-or-no questions, and the response physically manifest to him as YES or NO repeatedly in visible words. The final uses of the ability are where Jotaro dares him to figure out how he'll be punished, and the scenes get used in lieu of a Rapid-Fire "No!" or Big "YES!" response.
"Beautiful Brown Babe with Big Boobs gets sandwiched between a flaming black guy and a one armed man"ExplanationPeople describing the end of the fight between Joseph, Avdol, and Mariah (where Avdol and Joseph get on either side of Mariah and allow the magnetism she imbued them with to drag them and the masses of metal stuck to their bodies together, crushing her between them) in a manner resembling the title of a PornHub video. The listed one is only the highest-rated example from the video, with dozens more variants in the comment field below.
Joseph's eyes ExplanationWhen fighting Mariah, she uses his and Avdol's magnetism to cause several metallic objects stored in her Victoria's Secret Compartment to fly toward them. Joseph's Eye Pop shortly before (as a result of Mariah's chest appearing to grow larger) caught on as a reaction gif.
The Approach ExplanationOne of Part 3's most iconic Signature Scenes — as portrayed in the manga — is the dramatic build-up to the battle between Jotaro and DIO, during which they march towards each other for a Pummel Duel in over-the-top, almost dance-like poses. Most of the time, the scene is used to jokingly exaggerate any animosity or competition between rivals, arch-enemies, or any pair of subjects outside of the series (such as Dueling Works and Dueling Products, among others) by placing each individual in Jotaro and DIO's respective roles and poses, as well as portray any otherwise mundane interaction as the beginning of a grand confrontation in the same way. It is also often used to compare two different characters with similar traits (such as Moveset Clones and Expies) by pitting them against each other in a "There Can Be Only One" context. Other times, shitposters may simply replace either combatant with a joke character, often one who happens to be in a similarly flamboyant pose and/or have a hunky build.
DIO's "Oh? You're approaching me?" and Jotaro's "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer" quotes have become a meme of its own, mostly with edits blacking out some of the letters in the subtitle to make random and hilarious phrases. Some famous ones include:
"Oh? You're me?" "I be you"
"Oh? You're approaching me?" "I can't beat the shit out of you without getting closer."
"Oh? So you still want to fight?" "Your sorry ass."
"Ay, Dio, what's good?" "Not much. Just crossing the street." ExplanationAn edited version of the panels in which Jotaro and Dio's lines are replaced by the ones in question, turning the confrontation between the two into a friendly interaction made absurdly dramatic and filled with tension.
One meme pokes fun at the scene where a wounded DIO crawls to a manhole and opens it only to find Jotaro inside. Many edits replace Jotaro with some other meme video.
FlyingExplanationThe final confrontation between Jotaro and DIO has the two of them jumping across long distances and inexplicably floating in air, which leads to a lot of speculation how they're performing such feats (the most common explanation being that they somehow learned to fly).
DIO's demise by Star Platinum shattering The World's kneecap, expectedly drew connections to the Skyrim meme "Arrow to the Knee".
"Don't kick with your bad leg!"ExplanationPart of an often-quoted rant by a very drunkVinesauce Joel while watching the OVA version of the fight on stream.
Hol Horse respects women.ExplanationHol Horse claims to respect women of all kind... before running off to jump-kick one in the neck. It Makes Sense in Context since she had a scorpion on her neck, but the fans took the scene and ran with it.
Whole Horse / Entire Horse / Complete Equine (and other such variations of Hol Horse's name)
F-MEGAExplanationThe title of a fictional video game played by Kakyoin and D'Arby. It is a variation of "press F to pay respects", used to express condolences for any misfortune.
"That left arm is not a right arm."ExplanationSaid during the search for the enemy stand user J. Geil, whose distinguishing feature was having two right hands. Taken out of context, it was widely memed for its seemingly Captain Obvious content.
Jotaro Plays ______ ExplanationEditing differentvideogamesinto Jotaro vs. Terence T. D'Arby and changing the subtitles to match.
Avdol found a spoon menacing. ExplanationWhen Holly collapses after her Stand awakens, Avdol stares for a few seconds at a spoon that fell on the ground while the "menacing" Unsound Effect plays. While the effect is played due to Holly's situation, fans have quickly jumped to the conclusion that Avdol was more afraid of the utensil itself than Holly's Stand. Cue memes about how the spoon was an enemy Stand or how Avdol has spoon-phobia.
"So it's the same kind of Stand as Star Platinum." ExplanationA line said by Jotaro during his fight with DIO, when Jotaro could seemingly suddenly stop time like DIO. This is typically seen as an Ass Pull by the fandom, although there's actual hints in the story about Jotaro being able to pause time before his fight with DIO. Jotaro was also talking about how Star Platinum and The World don't have "much range, but immense power and precise movements", and not about how they have the same power. Nonetheless, fans ran with it and started claiming every Stand to be the same type as Star Platinum and depicting random Stands such as Ratt or Made in Heaven as edits of it, or thought that saying that phrase allows Star Platinum to copy the opponent's Stand ability on the spot.
Joker KakyoinExplanation In an illustration◊ for the 2019 Ripples of Adventure exhibition, Kakyoin has green hair and purple clothes. This combined with the "Gamers Rise Up" Joker and "Gamer Kakyoin" memes to inspire depictions of Kakyoin with Joker makeup.
Egypt doesn't exist ExplanationAt the beginning of each episode there's a disclaimer that states that characters, places, groups, laws and names have no connection to real life, this has resulted in fans claiming that anything mentioned in JJBA (mainly Egypt) do not exist in the real world.
You truly are the lowest scum in history. Explanation Said by Jotaro as he finally gained the upper hand against Steely Dan, right before the 20 second Ora. It has been used to call out assholish behavior on the Internet, as well as Disproportionate Retribution for Felony Misdemeanor. Examples include bullying, supporting Fortnite, using Tiktok, and skipping parts. This was lampshaded in the dub where Jotaro said to Steely Dan "You really are a piece of work."
Dan of Steel ExplanationSteely Dan's Dub Name Change and its similarity to Man of Steel, itself a Fountain of Memes, let to a lot of parodies combining the two and incorporating Steely Dan into the latter.
The Greatest Ass Pull in anime history. Explanation (spoilers)The semi-joking Fan Nickname for Jotaro stopping time at the end of his fight with DIO. While it does possess some foreshadowing, it's generally agreed to be thin and hard to notice on your first time experiencing Part 3.
I've seen enough. I'm satisfied. ExplanationStated by DIO as he believes he had finally killed Jotaro as he prepares for a Double Tap, this meme has been mostly used as DIO shows happiness for the JoJo references that show up in other anime as well as the Internet, or when you got other gold level memes while ignoring the one you were searching for. Also used for stealth references to porn.
"The sidewalk is wide enough. Go." ExplanationYet another exploitable line from DIO. Originally uttered when DIO tells Senator Philips to pursue the Crusaders on the sidewalk when traffic got in the way. It's used for Black Comedy situations, where fans would describe a situation that is allegedly worth running tons of people over in order to get somewhere as fast as possible.
Polnareffland! Explanation (spoilers) As Cameo tried to trick him by posing as a genie and asking him the regular three wishes, Polnareff said it as his second wish. Fans run abound with the 'theory' that Dio tricked him in the first place by luring him with promises to build the amusement park if he killed the Joestars, as well as saying he was busy managing the park in the gap between Stardust Crusaders and Vento Aureo, stating it as reason why he was unable to help them earlier.
Jotaro is definitely possessed by an evil spirit Explanation The first thing that Jotaro does when he noticed his stand is to lock himself in a jail cell, claiming that he has an evil spirit, even though the only thing his stand did at that point is to help him beat up a bunch of thugs and to conveniently give him a bunch of stuff. Fans, of course, begun to poke fun at Jotaro's paranoia.
He said it! He said the thing!ExplanationDuring Old!Joseph's battle against Empress, he taunts the enemy with a "Your next line is—", which he was famous for back in Part 2 when he was younger. Fans who were disappointed with Joseph losing much of his playful, mischievous personality in old age rejoiced, with many wishing he'd pulled off more of his old tricks from Battle Tendency.
It's also become popular to depict Joseph being involved in the battle against Alessi, whose stand de-ages Polnareff and Jotaro back into toddlers. Many fans considered it a wasted opportunity that Joseph didn't get de-aged back to his younger Part 2 self once again. Ironically, it is possible to do this in Capcom's game adaptation as Part 2 Joseph is his own character separate from Part 3 Joseph. The SNES adaptation also has Joseph involved in the battle with Alessi, but he isn't able to do much in combat, as he has been reverted to a much younger age than in Part 2.
SHINE, KAKYOIN!ExplanationA corruption of what DIO says to Kakyoin. "SHI NE!" meaning "die" but people like to omit the space between the two words, creating "SHINE".
Two Rocks.ExplanationIn the manga chapter/episode "The Sun", it turns out that the villain's plan was to use a mirror so they could cool themselves from their own stands heat. This mirror image ended up making two rocks. Upon realizing that, everyone except Joseph started laughing as now the opponent was very easy to defeat. The joke has been memed to get rid of any context other than "laughing at two rocks".
This is the greatest high! Explanation (spoilers) After killing Joseph and draining his blood, DIO loses whatever composure he had and becomes a full-blown maniac, drilling his fingers into his brain and screaming this line. This scene is immensely popular as it shows DIO jumping into Villain Ball, and stating how his son Giorno will come from the future to beat the crap out of him for mentioning drugs.
"Monsieur Joestar, I'd like to ask you a very bizarre question." [question] "That is indeed a very bizarre question." Explanation This is the dialogue from the scene where Polnareff asks Joseph if he has two right hands. In meme format, the question usually draws attention to either Fridge Logic or semantics of the English language.
"This must be the work of an enemy Stand!" note Often said in reference to the main Villain of the Week encounters in this part and how this line is uttered whenever something strange happens to the heroes.
"If this were the wild west, the hero would say...'It's high noon.'note This line uttered by Jotaro to DIO in the English dub, is a hilarious case of Actor Allusion, as Matthew Mercer plays both Jotaro and Cole Cassidy from Overwatch.
YAMERO ExplanationIn the original, Polnareff repeatedly says this line while begging Vanilla Ice to stop kicking Iggy to death. Naturally, it started popping up in Vanilla Ice-related memes.
Jotaro and DIO reading the Bible Explanation (spoilers) Even when DIO and later Jotaro both gain Time Stands Still abilities for precarious few seconds, it doesn't actually last for that period, and the time-stop goes on for longer durations. It's more exaggerated in the anime, due to adaptation reasons. For example - the time-stop where DIO incapacitates Joseph lasted for 95 seconds in the anime, where DIO could stop time for '5 seconds'. This has been memed to the point that many legitimately believe DIO has truly lost all sense of time while in the coffin, and he wasted valuable seconds monologuing. The name of the meme comes from a highly-upvoted Reddit post where the poster sarcastically claimed that the DIO was "reading an entire bible scripture before landing a hit."
Shadow Jotaro Explanation During Jotaro's poker match against D'Arby, the cigarette Jotaro smokes is censored out by having a shadow over his mouth in censored versions of the anime in certain countries (as Jotaro at the time is 17 years old, and thus technically under legal age, and therefore not allowed to be portrayed smoking cigars in those countries). The so "shadowed" Jotaro is thus likened to "Shadow DIO", which is how DIO is portrayed before the Joestar group invades his mansion, having his face obscured by shadow.
"Oh, they can show a naked 12-year-old girl on TV, but not Jotaro smoking?" ExplanationIn the US, smoking is considered less offensive than nudity on TV, so the censorship of Jotaro's cigarette was mocked by American fans because of certain other scenes that weren't, including Anne wearing only a towel or Mannish Boy's genitals (and he's a baby).
Vanilla Ice in EgyptExplanationIn 2015, rapper Vanilla Ice posted a tweet showing him on vacation in Egypt. Cue the JoJo fans immediately pulling out all the stops, including the infamous, "Iggy, get out of here! He's still alive!"
Jotaro is sometimes jokingly compared to Charlie Brown, due to his "Yare yare daze..." being translated into English as "Good grief..."
Hired.ExplanationPointing out that many of Dio's minions have very strange Stand abilities, but he hired them anyway.
"What's your ability?" "Goo goo gaga." "Hired."ExplanationAsking how Dio was able to recruit Mannish Boy, who is a baby and can't talk outside the dream world created by Death 13.
"I'm hired." "You're hired." "Told you."ExplanationImagining Boingo using Thoth to predict that Dio would hire him, which he does.
The StairExplanationThe confrontation between Polnareff and DIO at the stair has been widely referenced or parodied in any scene where the two persons are facing each other from the opposing side of the stair.
◊ sees popular use as a reaction image, mostly for nightmarish situations.
