History Characters / JojosBizarreAdventurePart2

* IdiotBall: He sees Straightz take a hostage and assumes he's bluffing. This is despite the fact that for all he knew, Straightz murdered Speedwagon in cold blood, and he outright said he planned to killed Erina. He found out the hard way he wasn't bluffing.

* ImprovisedWeapon[=/=]ImprobableWeaponUser: Weaponizes everything from bottlecaps to cacti.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: During CharacterDevelopment phase, which contrasts greatly with his NiceGuy grandfather. That said, he might have been an obnoxious loudmouth as a teenager, but held deep respect for others nonetheless.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He beats up a man for making his grandma cry, because he had to give her the bad news about [[spoiler:Speedwagon's]] supposed passing. The man was a Mafia member though.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: His [[http://mangable.com/jojos_bizarre_adventure/chapter-50/15/ final super special plan]] consists of basically making the best use of his legs. In other words, to run the hell away while coming up with a better plan. His funny walk is referenced in the Capcom fighter and ''All-Star Battle'', which has his retreat movement be ''much'' faster than everyone else's.

* BarbarianLonghair: His mane is glorious only for it's [[RapunzelHair sheer lenght]], otherwise it's unkempt and warrior like..

* {{Expy}}: Of [[IndianaJones Professor Henry Walton Jones Junior]] in ''Stardust Crusaders'', right down to the iconic fedora; even moreso ever since the release of [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull the fourth film]], wherein Henry has aged enough to match ''Joseph'' in appearance; he even has Joseph's delightful tendency to [[spoiler:sire illigitimate children.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Went from having poor Ripple control and barely being able to beat a normal (albeit skilled) vampire, to being able to [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] a Pillar Man with ease and [[spoiler: out smart and defeat a PhysicalGod]].

* RaisedByGrandparents: After his fathers death and his mother disappearing [[spoiler:after avenging that death lead to her being wanted]], Joesph was left to be raised by his grandma Erina and HonoraryUncle Speedwagon.

** Played for laughs. He kicks a young man in the shin at JFK Airport for bumping into him after finding out that he's Japanese, but it's explained as just a grudge stemming from his OverprotectiveDad nature. His heart doesn't seem to be in it normally, though, as he easily tolerates his half-Japanese grandson Jotaro as well as the fully Japanese Kakyoin, and most likely got over his prejudice altogether by Part 4 with [[RetCon another Japanese descendent, Josuke]]. At the least, he states that while he's not fond of the Japanese, he does like his Sony Walkman.

* CrazyPrepared: With a healthy does of IndyPloy as he always has a dozen plans, usually disguising a trap with a more obvious to see plan, but is able to come up with a new scheme on the fly. [[spoiler:However, he got really lucky in his fight with Kars. He said he planned everything in the beginning [[{{Troll}}just to piss Kars off]]]]

Old Joseph voiced by: Creator/UnshoIshizuka (TV anime (''Part 3'') and ''Eyes of Heaven''), Creator/TomokazuSugita (TV anime (''Part 2'') and ''All-Star Battle''), Creator/KenjiUtsumi (CD drama parts 1 and 3), Creator/GoroNaya (CD drama part 2), Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (OVA), Creator/ToruOkawa (''Heritage for the Future'' video game) (Japanese), Michael Bennett (OVA), Creator/RichardEpcar (TV anime) (English)

->Voiced by: Takuya Sato (TV anime, ''All-Star Battle'', ''Eyes of Heaven'') (Japanese), Creator/BrycePapenbrook (English)

* {{Troll}}: [[spoiler: When he accidentally causes Kars to get blown to space, he decides to lie to Kars and tell him that it was all part of his plan just because he figures it'll piss him off.]]
** [[spoiler: The first thing he does when Jotaro uses Star Platinum to revive him is play a prank on Jotaro and claim that he's DIO possessing Joseph's body.]]

* GeniusBruiser: By far the smartest of the Pillar Men, even if his [[WeakButSkilled special abilities are less powerful than the others]]. [[spoiler:And he was the one who invented the Stone Masks, after all]].

!! Santana (Mode: Flesh)

** BadassBaritone: Being voiced by Creator/AkioOhtsuka tends to make you one.

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* [[GuileHero Guile Heroine]]: She had a plan waiting to trick Kars and Wamuu into letting her and Joseph leav a trap that had them dead to rights by claiming she had rigged the stone to explode if she and Joseph weren't back in time to stop it. It works, since she's so [[NervesOfSteel cool under pressure]] that even Kars can't tell if she's bluffing.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Two in quick succession. He's introduced covering for a pickpocket, then breaking the finger of the cop that tries to hassle him by a clever use of the ripple. However, we first get an idea of just how crazy he actually is when he's accosted by Straizo in the middle of a crowded street... and immediately pulls a tommy gun out of {{Hammerspace}} and starts blasting away.

* YoureInsane: Caesar calls him 'insane' for [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext using some clackers]] to fight Wamuu. Kinda hard to argue with.

* CrazyPrepared: with a healthy does of IndyPloy as he always has a dozen plans, usually disguising a trap with a more obvious to see plan, but is able to come up with a new scheme on the fly. [[spoiler:He tells Kars that he planned out every move of the fight but in actuality he made a lot up and got really lucky and just said that [[TheTroll to piss Kars off]]

* BerserkButton: Wamuu doesn't like it when people step on his shadow, and he'll reflexively attack anyone who does.

* CastingGag: Creator/AkioOhtsuka already voiced a character [[Videogame/StreetFighterIV who can use wind-based attacks at his will]] and a [[LightNovel/FateZero badass chariot driver]].

* CastingGag: His voice actor already voiced a BlackBestFriend role before as Pete Ross in the Japanese dub of ''{{Smallville}}''.

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* CastingGag[=/=]CounterpartComparison: His voice actor's role as the similarly-named Marco in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' might be one. Like Mark, Marco is also a freckled young and naive new soldier-to-be in a vaguely Germanic setting who ([[spoiler:gets half of his body devoured by {{Humanoid Abomination}}s, providing his best friend with a motive to fight against said {{Humanoid Abomination}}s.]]).

* DeadlyDistantFinale: [[spoiler:Is said to have died during the Battle of Stalingrad... ''[[NoodleIncident Somehow.]]'' The anime implies that he sacrificed himself to cover a German retreat, ultimately falling against massive Allied forces.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonistic: In contrast to Dio's [[ItsAllAboutMe egotism]] and ForTheEvulz tendencies, Kars is a much more [[BlueAndOrangeMorality amoral figure]] who [[TheUnfettered cares only for his goal being achieved]], cares deeply for his comrades, and goes out of his way to protect parts of nature that aren't human. In a more literal example, whereas Dio prefers to [[KickTheDog kick dogs]], Kars would rather [[PetTheDog pet them]]. He's also more [[TheStoic reserved]] than [[SmugSmiler Dio]] was, at first at least anyway.