History Characters / JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanpierrePolnareff

* DubNameChange: The English version of [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle All Star Battle]] renames him "Jean-Pierre Eiffel" (possibly a reference to Music/Eiffel65), a strange case as previous English-licensed [=JoJo=] works used "Polnareff" just fine.
** It's even more confusing when [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]] has "Polnareff" removed from his name altogether, making him ''just'' Jean-Pierre.
** Fortunately averted in the Crunchyroll subs and the dub of Part 3.

!!Chariot Requiem

!!Jean-Pierre Polnareff (Stand: [[KnightInShiningArmor Silver]] [[SuperSpeed Chariot]])

!!Jean-Pierre Polnareff (Stand: [[KnightInShiningArmor Silver Chariot]])

!!Jean-Pierre Polnareff (Stand: Silver Chariot)

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* TheBigGuy: A very weird example of the trope: he's the team's most muscular member (despite being slightly shorter than Avdol, Joseph and Jotaro), and his Stand is the most physical one in terms of fighting ability, but Silver Chariot's actually a FragileSpeedster; still, he fulfills this spot on the team.

* SoulPower: Chariot Requiem's domain as a Requiem Stand is "soul", and thus it can control the souls of ''[[UpToEleven all living beings on earth]]'' given time, forcing them between different bodies, turning peoples' own Stands against them, and, unless promptly dismissed, changing ''all life'' into strange extra-dimensional beings through soul manipulation.

* BishonenLine: Downplayed. In comparison to Silver Chariot- a robotic knight, it has a more humanoid design- resembling the outline of a nobleman with a NiceHat. However, it's just a blackish outline made of an unknown, plastic like material- making it more of a [[ClippedWingAngel blotched attempt at this]]. Assumably, if Polneraff had more control over the Arrow's power, its evolution would likely played it straight.

* NiceHat: The new form replaces Silver Chariot's knightly design with a drifter's clothing, including a wide brimmed hat.

* FireForgedFriends: While he only knew them for less than a day, by the time Diavolo is beaten, Polnareff is considered a full fledged ally of the group, the ending even showing him working alongside Mista under Giorno. ''LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback'' even states that he's the new Underboss of Passione, making him NumberTwo to Giorno. Admittedly, Polnareff has the position since Mista turned it down out of it's number being a [[AbsurdPhobia multiple of four]], but he was still close enough to them to get the position at all.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: He is named after the singer Michel Polnareff, who is Jewish. However he doesn't seem to have any other traits that would imply it.

* HumanoidAbomination: A [[MadeOfPlasticine being made of a black, shadowy, semi-shining plastic like substance that tears apart easily]], but is able to heal itself from reattaching limbs to FromASingleCell at maximum. It’s able to cause enemy Stands to attack their own masters, cause EldritchAbomination horrors to emerge gradually from those affected by the FreakyFridayFlip it indices and can only be destroyed by demolishing one’s own soul represented by a sphere that illuminates the form of Chariot Requiem.

'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]''''' ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO DIO]])\\
'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]''''' ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph Joestar]])\\
'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''''' ([[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusadersTheJoestarGroup The Joestar Group]] [[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Jotaro Kujo]] | '''Jean-Pierre Polnareff'''] | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureEgyptNineGloryGods Egypt 9 Glory Gods]])\\
'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]''''' ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakableHeroes Heroes]] | [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureYoshikageKira Yoshikage Kira]])\\
'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]''''' ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTeamBucciarati Team Bucciarati]] [[[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureGiornoGiovanna Giorno Giovanna]]] | [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDiavolo The Boss]])\\
'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]''''' ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureEnricoPucci Enrico Pucci]])\\
'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'''''\\
'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]''''' ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolionTheHigashikataFamily The Higashikata Family]])\\

* EldritchAbomination: Chariot Requiem [[WrongContextMagic is an abnormality even amongst the unusual powers of Stands]]. It is able to outlive the physical death of its owner unlike the usual {{Synchronization}} that occurs when either is destroyed; causes every living thing in its vicinity enter a ForcedSleep and then have a FreakyFridayFlip that serves as a gradual catalyst for the swapped people to slowly evolve into [[EldritchAbomination alien like horrors]]; has a HealingFactor; [[AttackReflector makes the attacker's Stand attack their own owners]] by [[RealityWarper bending the laws of physics to have it achieved]] and can be only be destroyed by the shadow of one's own soul.
** What comes out eventually to those affected by the FreakyFridayFlip, heavily implied by Polnareff himself to [[GoalOrientedEvolution be the next step in biological evolution for life forms]] with Chariot Requiem speeding up the process. While not fully defined, [[BodyHorror they have elements of additional eyes, mouths and limbs]] and [[DeathOfPersonality erode the personality of the user to nonexistence if not halted]].

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FuminoriKomatsu (TV anime, ''Eyes of Heaven'', ''Last Survivor''), Creator/HiroakiHirata (''All-Star Battle''), Ken Yamaguchi (CD drama), Creator/KatsujiMori (OVA), Tsutomu Tareki (''Heritage for the Future'' video game), Akira Negishi (''Vento Aureo'' video game), Mark Atherlay (OVA English), Creator/DougErholtz (TV anime) (English)\\

* RunningGag: In Part 3, Polnareff is victim of a recurring gag involving bathrooms: every time he goes to one he gets into trouble, be it an attack from the enemy or the bathroom itself; this is noted by Avdol after he has trouble in finding Mariah in a bathroom, as he comments that Polnareff is the expert with incidents regarding them.

* DisneyDeath: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged.]] For all intents and purposes, Diavolo ''did'' kill off Polnareff [[KilledOffForReal for real]]. He only managed to survive via possessing Coco Jumbo through Chariot Requiem, but just like his Chariot Requiem's death didn't place Bucciarati back into his already-dead body, Polnareff doesn't return to his corpse. That said, he also doesn't ascend, as his spirit proceeds to make residence inside of Mr. President.

* {{Unperson}}: Thanks to Diavolo's immense paranoia and the belief he'd successfully killed Polnareff, he had to go into hiding and isolation so Diavolo couldn't track him down and finish what he started. For years this left him on his own, and made him unable to contact the Speedwagon Foundation or even Jotaro himself for aid, only freed from this by the sheer luck of Bucciarati's group looking into Diavolo's identity.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Fuminori Komatsu (TV anime, ''Eyes of Heaven'', ''Last Survivor''), Creator/HiroakiHirata (''All-Star Battle''), Ken Yamaguchi (CD drama), Creator/KatsujiMori (OVA), Tsutomu Tareki (''Heritage for the Future'' video game), Akira Negishi (''Vento Aureo'' video game), Mark Atherlay (OVA English), Creator/DougErholtz (TV anime) (English)\\

->''"My name is Jean-Pierre Polnareff. On the honor of my dear sister's soul, and so that my good friend may rest in peace... I'm going to hurl you into the depths of despair! Prepare yourself!"''

* TheBigGuy: A very weird example of the trope: he's the team's most muscular member (despite being slightly shorter than Avdol, Joseph and Jotaro), and his stand is the most physical one in terms of fighting ability, but Silver Chariot's actually a FragileSpeedster; still, he fulfills this spot on the team.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Is an expert at delivering these, from slicing your stand to pieces and thus making your body look like it’s been thrown into a wood chipper, to impaling your head on a spiked fence, to cutting your head directly in half.

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: His stand lost its high defense after he was freed from [=DIO's=] services, even with the armor intact.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: His stand never again moves so after it leaves afterimages after his fight with Avdol.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Despite being TheHeart of the group, Polnareff has no problem inflicting lethal damage on any stand users that come for him and his friends. Justified, in that Silver Chariot's abilities require him to use a lethal sword, and he is fighting for his life against assassins.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been going on stand-related adventures alone since well before meeting DIO, and would continue to do so for years after the end of Part 3.

* TheLancer: More so once the Joestar Group finally reaches Egypt [[spoiler:and Kakyoin's eyes are almost immediately critically injured by N'Doul's stand Geb and he spends the overwhelming majority of the arc recovering under the care of the Speedwagon Foundation.]]

Silver Chariot, named after the Chariot card, has the ability to move at incredibly high speeds and is exceedingly skilled with its rapier, to the point of generating completely solid after-images, and catching 5 flying coins on its rapier. When it removes its armor, it sacrifices its decent durability for even ''higher'' speeds and can move at the speed of light. However, unlike most close-range humanoid Stands, Polnareff can't see through its eyes and has to be able to watch the combat himself to direct it effectively.

* ArmorIsUseless: Zigzagged. Despite resembling a metal knight, Silver Chariot is actually not the most durable stands, its fight with Devo shows that even a simple knife can break through its armor. That said, it can still take a beating, and its metallic body does have armor that can lessen a blow.

** Unlike most close range stands, Polnareff cannot see through his stand's eyes, therefore if something is observed by Silver Chariot but unobserved by him, he'll have no way of knowing.

* LightningBruiser: One of the fastest humanoid stands in the series, when it sheds its armor, it becomes even ''faster''.

* {{Synchronization}}: Unlike many conventional Stands, Silver Chariot [[PlayedWith plays with this]]. Silver Chariot usually doesn't transfer its damage to its depending on where its hit (as there are pieces of armor that protect the stands' actual body, but if Polnareff sheds its armor, then it becomes entirely PlayedStraight. [[spoiler: Polnareff's dismemberments are reflected on Silver Chariot when they both appear in Part 5, as Chariot has spikes where the lost limbs once were.]]

* WeakButSkilled: While durable with its armor on, Silver Chariot's physical strength pales in comparison to other stands like Star Platinum and Magician's Red, but is easily one of the most skilled with both its blade and its other physical abilities such as its speed.

* BittersweetEnding: Poor Polnareff's got it tough. All indications in the final stages of ''Golden Wind'' were that he was a DoomedProtagonist who would be DeaderThanDead after the day was saved. After getting his body killed by Diavolo, Requiem's soul-switching shenanigans popped him into Coco Jumbo right before his soul could pass on, the effect being strictly temporary. However, after Diavolo's defeat, it was revealed that Polnareff managed to get his soul stay attached to Jumbo's body, so he gets to live on as a turtle. Could be better, could be worse, and he took the whole situation in stride; at least the stand, Mr. President, lets him hang out as his normal human self in a well-furbished trans-dimensional hotel room that anyone can visit whenever he wants, [[RunningGag the only drawback being its lack of a bathroom]]. Taking ''LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback'' as canon, he's even NumberTwo to Giorno in Passione's new hierarchy.

After being trapped by Diavolo and prepared to be killed off, Silver Chariot touched the Stand Arrow, evolving into a new kind of stand. Chariot Requiem has the power to transfer the souls of people to another body, alongside the ability to put them to sleep. Is not considered a sentient stand, but it has a determination to stop anyone from touching the arrow, just as Polnareff wanted.

** Any attempt to threaten Chariot Requiem as a humanoid Stand user will result in the Stand violently erupting from the user's body. The severity of this is [[PayEvilUntoEvil proportional to how severe the attempt is]]; gently reaching for the arrow resulted in Golden Experience's fingertips breaking out of Giorno's hand while the rest of it [[DeathGlare stared him down from a crack in the ground]], while attempting to punch Chariot Requiem itself resulted in Sticky Fingers brutally ripping its forearm out of Bruno's own and strangling him. The actual emergence appears to be painless, as is the case for Chariot Requiem's other abilities that cause this trope (see below.)

* 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.

* ForcedSleep: It had put anyone and everyone to sleep in its vicinity before it swaps the souls of all, which allows Chariot Requiem to take the arrow from Diavolo easily.

* GodzillaThreshold: Chariot Requiem's existence is one itself. Since Polnareff's body was destroyed thanks to his battle with Diavolo years prior he hadn't been in a true fight in years and as such knew he couldn't control the power of the arrow. However, once Diavolo found him Polnareff knew he couldn't allow him to gain the arrow's power and instead used it on his Silver Chariot to transform it into Chariot Requiem and keep the arrow away from Diavolo.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Chariot Requiem has exactly one purpose given to it by its dying master; to protect the arrow at all costs from Diavolo. It works, but since Polnareff can no longer control his Stand anymore, Chariot Requiem now protects the Stand from ''everyone'' trying to get it including the good guys and his former master. Not only that but its soul swapping powers indiscriminately target anyone they can find and slowly mutate them via rapid evolution.
* HatePlague: In order to protect the arrow, Chariot Requiem possesses the ability to turn stands against their masters. It made the cheerful Sex Pistols No.1 into a violent nut who tried to kill Mista.

* LogicalWeakness: 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.

* NighInvulnerable: Like with Notorious B.I.G., a stand surviving its master is unkillable and will heal any harm done to it. The only way to defeat Chariot Requiem is to destroy a marble of light behind your head, as Requiem is the "shadow of one's soul".
* OminousWalk: It spends most of its lifetime slowly wandering around Rome. If someone's holding the arrow or about to obtain it, however, it'll start charging straight towards that person, which is arguably just as scary.
* OutsideContextProblem: A stand arrow being able to affect an existing stand was only hinted at with Killer Queen Bites the Dust, but Chariot Requiem's existence singlehandedly changes the climax of ''Golden Wind''.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Any attempt to interfere with Chariot Requiem is paid back proportionately. For example, simply standing in its way will have it either walk around the obstacle or gently push it aside. A direct attack, or worse, an attempt at the arrow, will be met with attempted murder via said nuisance's own Stand turning against them.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Oddly enough, the ButtMonkey of the crusaders is the one most willing to actively ''murder'' his opponents. And has done so in brutal fashion, as Devo, J. Geil, and Vanilla Ice can attest to.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Though he's by no means a straight-up NiceGuy (he is far too crass, vulgar and perverted for that), Polnareff is nevertheless a big-old warm, kind and sentimental softie who wears his heart on his sleeves, expresses all emotions with 120% honesty, and is the crusader most-prone to ManlyTears as a result.

* 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.")

* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been going on stand-related adventures alone since well before meeting DIO, and would continue to do so for years after the end of part 3.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: If anyone on the Crusaders is closest to Jotaro (bar Joseph, his grandfather), it's him, especially during the Egypt arc when they wind up paired against the likes of Anubis, Alessi, and DIO himself, each of which only reaffirms how deeply they respect one another.

* HonorBeforeReason: He's very honorable even to his own detriment, and in his first appearance he purposely handicaps himself out of honor by explaining his Stand and fighting Avdol in a terrain more suitable for him. Even under Dio's control, he refuses to attack someone from behind.

* DyingDream: After his body is killed by King Crimson, his last moments are thinking of the 50 day journey to Egypt, specifically the Crusaders and his encounter with Judgement.

* {{Irony}}: His Stand's main special ability is its SuperSpeed. At the end of part 5, his soul is trapped inside of a turtle, an animal known for being slow.
** He was introduced as a minion of DIO and later joins the crusade to kill him. In part 5, he becomes an ally of his son Giorno Giovana.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Before the events of ''Golden Wind'', he receives King Crimson's [[RazorSharpHand hand chop]] through the right side of his face, then gets all but one of his limbs severed, before promptly being dropped off a cliff onto a hard rock. He survived, but is left in a ''lot'' poorer state. He's confined to a wheelchair with a broken spine, his legs are replaced with prosthetics, his arm was reattached but needs a brace over it, and the eye King Crimson impaled is implied to be blind thanks to the EyepatchOfPower despite its translucency.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite his no-nonsense attitude in ''Golden Wind'', there's still some ''Stardust Crusaders'' left in him. During a particularly tense standoff with Diavolo (who to Buccarati is presumed to be Trish), he feels the need to drop this simile:

Another victim to DIO's mind-control buds. Once he is freed by Jotaro and company, he tags along, in the hopes of finding the man who 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]].

* AchievementsInIgnorance: He [[PercussivePrevention knocked]] Kakyoin out prior to the battle with Death XIII, which allowed Kakyoin to bring his Stand to the dream and rescue everyone.

!! Silver Chariot

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Fuminori Komatsu (TV anime, ''Eyes of Heaven'', ''Last Survivor''), Creator/HiroakiHirata (''All-Star Battle''), Ken Yamaguchi (CD drama), Creator/KatsujiMori (OVA), Tsutomu Tareki (''Heritage for the Future'' video game), Akira Negishi (''Golden Wind'' video game), Mark Atherlay (OVA English), Creator/DougErholtz (TV anime) (English)\\

* BittersweetEnding: Poor Polnareff's got it tough. All indications in the final stages of Golden Wind were that he was a DoomedProtagonist who would be DeaderThanDead after the day was saved: after getting his body killed by Diavolo, Requiem's soul-switching shenanigans popped him into Coco Jumbo right before his soul could pass on, the effect being strictly temporary. However, after Diavolo's defeat, it was revealed that Polnareff managed to get his soul stay attached to Jumbo's body, so he gets to live on as a turtle. Could be better, could be worse, and he took the whole situation in stride; at least the stand, Mr. President, lets him hang out as his normal human self in a well-furbished trans-dimensional hotel room that anyone can visit whenever he wants, [[RunningGag the only drawback being its lack of a bathroom]]. Taking ''LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback'' as canon, he's even NumberTwo to Giorno in Passione's new hierarchy.

->''"Move slowly! Like you're lifting up your skirt!"''
* NumberTwo: ''Purple Haze Feedback'' mentions that Polnareff serves as the second-in-command of Passione.
* OlderAndWiser: When he reappears in Golden Wind, he came a long way from the goofball he was in ''Stardust Crusaders''.

'''Child Voice:''' Creator/AyumiFujimura (TV anime) (Japanese), Creator/EricaMendez (TV anime) (English)

!!!'''Child Voice:''' Creator/AyumiFujimura (TV anime) (Japanese), Creator/EricaMendez (TV anime) (English)\\
'''Adult Voice:''' Fuminori Komatsu (TV anime, ''Eyes of Heaven'', ''Last Survivor''), Creator/HiroakiHirata (''All-Star Battle''), Ken Yamaguchi (CD drama), Creator/KatsujiMori (OVA), Tsutomu Tareki (''Heritage for the Future'' video game), Akira Negishi (''Golden Wind'' video game), Mark Atherlay (OVA English), Creator/DougErholtz (TV anime) (English)

* 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.")