History Characters / JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It's suggested that Jesus was a Stand user. It's also suggested he was ''legitimately divine'', and Stands are just how his power manifests when someone else has his corpse.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Implied, but very heavily downplayed. At one point, Hey Ya! tells Pocoloco that he was "not supposed to fall off [his] horse yet", implying that it has either precognition or some planning ability, but it's not the main draw of the Stand.

* InvincibleHero: Arguably a ShadowArchetype for Gyro and Johnny. While all three seek to win the race (and Johnny's main goal isn't so much the money as figuring out Gyro's spin secrets), Pocoloco's absurd luck means the race has no personal meaning to him, and he never grows as a person because of his complacent dependence on his power. So while he may have [[spoiler:won the race and the money]], it pales in comparison to Gyro and Johnny's struggles and personal growth, represented by their greater cause to stop Funny Valentine from obtaining the whole Corpse.

* MeaningfulName: The (non-canon) ''Jorge Joestar'' novel gives his full name as Pocoloco ''[[LuckySeven Tripleseven]]'', emphasizing his ridiculous luck.

* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:When she becomes The Holy Corpse, Funny Valentine keeps her captive in order to make himself unstoppable with Love Train's ability. The final battle involves Gyro and Johnny having to rescue her]]. When she [[spoiler:reappears in 1941 near the end of ''JoJolion'', she nearly gets killed by a Rock organism called Radio Gaga, but gets saved by none other than Johnny's grandson, Joseph "Josefumi" Joestar]].

* BusCrash: Implied; [[spoiler: Lucy, in the 1941 scenes of ''JoJolion'', says that she was married once, but not anymore, implying that Stephen had died in between the fifty year gap between 1890 and 1941. He was in his 50's in SBR, so it's likely he died of old age]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Valentine's main motivation for obtaining the Corpse is patriotism, as he wants to use the Corpse's [[WindsOfDestinyChange ultimate power]] for the sake of the United States. His main fear, as he explains to Johnny and Diego, is that the corpse falls into the hands of another country's leader. His intentions are so noble, even Jesus himself approved of his action. However, his cruel actions throughout the story (a lot that don't line up with his goals) and the ramifications of the Holy Corpse's power on upon the rest of the world, he falls into NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist.

* PsychoPink: Is depicted wearing purple and pink clothing, but engages in acts such as nearly raping a 14 year-old girl, murder, torture, and plans to use the powers from body of Jesus Christ himself to redirect all misfortune from him and his country to ''the rest of the world''.

* ManipulativeBastard: On the verge of being defeated, Valentine puts off a RousingSpeech at Johnny, mixed with FreudianExcuse and MotiveRant, at least convincing him that Valentine had the moral upper ground, and almost convincing him that he would spare the latter. If only Valentine [[ISurrenderSuckers didn't bring in that pistol....]]

** He manages to convince Johnny to let him live and undo the Infinite Spin that keeps burying him alive. But when Johnny [[SecretTestOfCharacter presents Valentine with a revolver]] to makes sure that he won't betray him, Valentine shows his true colors and tries to kill Johnny, only to get fatally shot by the former.

His given name is shared with Ringo Starr of Music/TheBeatles fame, his surname is named after the Music/WillieNelson song "On the Road Again", and his Stand is named after the recurring word "mandom" from the song "Lovers of the World" by Jerry Wallace.

* AssholeVictim: Johnny combines the Spin and his newly awakened Stand, Tusk to slice him clean in two. Given how horrible he was to his own kids (especially [[TheUnfavorite poor L.A.]), it's really difficult to cry for him.

* AssholeVictim: Johnny combines the Spin and his newly awakened Stand, Tusk to slice him clean in two. Given how horrible he was to his own kids (especially [[TheUnfavorite poor Andre]]), it's really difficult to cry for him.

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:Dio's decapitated head kills a main character once more.]] In ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', he killed [[TheHero Jonathan Joestar]]. In ''Steel Ball Run'', [[spoiler: Lucy uses his head to kill [[FinalBoss his alternate self]].]]

* CallBack: Another Universe Diego has more nods to the original Dio than the original Diego did. His Stand is THE WORLD, he attacks via [[FlechetteStorm knife spam]] during TimeStandsStill, he makes his final fight on a bridge against the main protagonist who can act during stopped time just like the climax of ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', he forces himself on Lucy Pendleton (albeit via AttemptedRape instead of stealing her first kiss), and his ultimate fate is that he gets beheaded.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In Japanese, even! In the first chapter his name is spelled ジョニー, but afterward it's ジョニィ.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the French official translation, "Gyro" becomes "Jayro". It becomes "J Lo" in Italy, but that's pronounced the same way. His real name is also divided between [[spoiler:Julius or Iulius or Yulius.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His first name is sometimes spelled "Steven" in some translations.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the original Japanese, the Stand's name is indeed written: "TATOO YOU!", without the second T in "tattoo" like how it's usually spelled.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Many people translated his name as "Magenta Magenta", as his namesake is a SOUL'd OUT song by that name; however, the Japanese translation of his name doesn't have an A at the end.

* UndingifiedDeath: It doubles as karmic death, but there's no dignity to be had in being reduced to a terrified mess of a man as a small teenager comes closer and closer to killing you while being absolutely helpless to stop it.

His Stand is Tusk, named for [[Music/{{Tusk|1979}} an album]] by Music/FleetwoodMac, which allows him to imbue his fingernails with the Spin, which then can be shot out like bullets. Throughout the course of the story, it gains more powers as Johnny increases his mastery of the Spin and evolves as a character; see NextTierPowerUp for more information. He rides the horse "Slow Dancer" named after the Boz Scaggs song/album.

His Stand is Tusk, named for [[Music/{{Tusk}} an album]] by Music/FleetwoodMac, which allows him to imbue his fingernails with the Spin, which then can be shot out like bullets. Throughout the course of the story, it gains more powers as Johnny increases his mastery of the Spin and evolves as a character; see NextTierPowerUp for more information. He rides the horse "Slow Dancer" named after the Boz Scaggs song/album.

* {{Bokukko}}: Tended to use Japanese male pronouns to keep up her SweetPollyOliver facade. After the reveal, she started to use gender-neutral pronouns instead.

* NeutralNoLonger: [[spoiler:Although he appears at the very beginning of part 7 as a sympathetic character, and even seems like he may become an ally of Johnny and Gyro, his dedication to saving his homeland and people ultimately aligns him with Valentine.]]

** [[spoiler:In Part 8, with Joseph Joestar, whom she takes under her wing when he is trapped in the US during WW2. He becomes her assistant and looks after her in the three last years of her life.]]

* StealthPun: Jesus' supposed real name was Joshua, and since he was raised by Mary and Joseph he would be '''Jo'''shua ben (son of) '''Jo'''seph. In other words, Jesus was a [=JoJo=].

* ScarsAreForever: After getting hit with Gyro's Ball Breaker, half of Valentine's body gets de-aged and D4C's head gets flayed open, causing the Stand to lose his "horns" and revealing a new head with a asterisk shaped marking on his face. Even after Valentine heals himself from the de-aging, [=D4C=] still looks fucked up.