History Characters / JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanpierrePolnareff

* BodySurf: Chariot Requiem's power is to transfer the souls of one body to the another, saving Polnareff from dying at the hands of Diavolo, but trapping him inside Mr. President.

* HeroicSacrifice: The only way to kill it is to destroy one's own soul represented by a sphere behind one's head that illuminates the physical form of Chariot Requiem.

** It'll automatically turn one's Stand against its user if they try to go for the Arrow. Polnareff is exempt from this, with three possible explanations: the first is that, his Stand as the turtle is Mr. President, which has no offensive capability. The second is that he doesn't have a Stand as of Chariot Requiem going berserk, and the third is that Chariot Requiem is still his Stand, but isn't bound to his body anymore. Whichever one it is, Polnareff is the only member of the group that can pick up the Arrow without threat of retaliation by their own Stand.

* WeaksauceWeakness: While Chariot Requiem is one of the most powerful Stands in the series, it's also absurdly easy to kill as soon as you figure out the puzzle. Well, aside from the fact that doing so means [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu sacrificing your life.]]

''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]:''''' [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusadersTheJoestarGroup The Joestar Group]] ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Jotaro Kujo]] | '''Jean-Pierre Polnareff''') | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureEgyptNineGloryGods Egypt 9 Glory Gods]]\\

'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTeamBucciarati Team Bucciarati]] ([[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureGiornoGiovanna Giorno Giovanna]]) | [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDiavolo The Boss]]\\

'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph Joestar]] | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureKars Kars]]\\

'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolionTheHigashikataFamily The Higashikata Family]] | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureToru The Mastermind]]\\

* IconicItem: His earrings, each one shaped like half a broken heart. He leaves one with Malena (the woman who took him in after Alessi turned him into a child).

* UndyingLoyalty: Ever since the moment he joins the team, Polnareff is THE most dedicated member to taking care of his buddies. Seeing one of them hurt sends him into full-on RoaringRampageOfRevenge mode. He only lapses once early on, when avenging his sister is on the line, and after Avdol pays the price for that is more loyal than ever.

* DeathOrGlorytAttack: Silver Chariot launching its blade as a projectile is a powerful attack that helps compensate for its short range, but if it misses, Polnareff is left defenseless until he can retrieve it.

* SpamAttack: It can strike with his sword as swiftly as Star Platinum can [[RapidFireFisticuffs throw punches]].

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Polnareff isn't exactly the brightest member of Team Joestar, but whenever danger is present, he can be quite a formidable fighter. The way he's presented in-story is something of an inversion; he's introduced as a threatening enemy stand user [[NobleDemon with a code of honor]] and only after his brainwashing is undone and he joins the heroes do we see his buffoonish side.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Polnareff isn't exactly the brightest member of Team Joestar, but whenever danger is present, he can be quite a formidable fighter.

* CerebusRetcon: At the end of ''Stardust Crusaders'', he's seen leaving Egypt to return home to France. However, ''Golden Wind'' reveals that Polnareff never actually went home, because through his and Jotaro's investigations in Egypt, he instead went to Italy to confront Diavolo, the man who had been peddling Stand Arrows, while Jotaro went to Morioh to confiscate the Stand Arrows that had been distributed there. Polnareff's encounter with Diavolo caused him to be crippled and forced him to go into hiding for 12 years, meaning [[YouCantGoHomeAgain he never got to go back home to France]].

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: In the anime, he's briefly arrested for being the prime suspect in Devo the Cursed's sudden murder (which he did indeed commit, but Devo was an AxCrazy SerialKiller that was trying to kill him, so it evens out), but luckily manages to avoid jail time thanks to lawyers from the Speedwagon Foundation.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Chariot Requiem, without Polnareff to guide it, seemingly decides to change all life on earth into bizarre, alien forms so that there will be no humans left to threaten the Arrow.
* ClippedWingAngel: Zig-zagged. Silver Chariot was a dangerous speed based Stand with some tricks for ranged attacks and afterimage trickery. Its Requiem form lacks any direct offensive powers and once it's weakness is discovered, it's defeated very unceremoniously. The problem is in its defenses, which involve body-swapping that somehow brings about mutative evolution within the switched life forms, causes other users' Stands to turn on their master in self-defense, and the means to destroy it means to destroy one's own existence.

A Stand user hailing from France, and a victim to [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO DIO]]'s mind-controlling flesh buds. Once he is freed by [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Jotaro]] and company, he becomes a member of the [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusadersTheJoestarGroup Joestar Group]], in the hopes of finding J. Geil, the man who [[YouKilledMyFather raped and murdered his sister]] in cold blood. Hot-headed, impulsive, and a bit dim, Polnareff is more often than not on the receiving end of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek current enemy's Stand]] and [[ButtMonkey foreign toilets]]. Nevertheless, his sheer determination and effectiveness in battle make him a valuable addition to the Joestar Group, whether the rest of his teammates admit it or not. He is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Polnareff Michel Polnareff]].

* TheChewToy: If any member of the team ends up in a horrible situation, it's usually Polnareff.

* GratuitousFrench: He ''is'' French. While in the Japanese version he didn't insert those phrases willy-nilly in Japanese language, though he does say a few words here or there, in the dub, he inserts some French phrases at times (e.g: "Merci").

* IconicItem: His earrings, each one shaped like half a broken heart.

* ItsPersonal: His prime motivation is to find his sister's killer.