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* While it's known that by Part 3, Dio has successfully decapitated Jonathan inn order to place his own head- the only thing remaining of his original body- on the corpse. Nothing in the narrative ever tells what happened to Jonathan's original head. [[ImAHumanitarian Given DIO eats people to survive and his strong obsession with Jonathan, there's a particularly nasty implication of what he did afterward to nourish himself over the century underneath the waters]].

** Jonathan, Joseph, and Holly’s Stands manifest as thorny vines and have psychic powers, but Jotaro, Josuke, Giorno, and Jolyne’s Stands do not take the same form or share similar abilities. Note that Jonathan and Joseph married and had children with Caucasian woman, but all the Joestars born after Holly have been half or mixed race. It seems that the mixing of genetics led to Stands taking on different forms and abilities.

* Jonathan unconsciously causes a barren branch to bloom with Hamon energy left over from when Zeppeli healed and unlock his Hamon abilities; when Part 3 comes around, it’s a revealed that Jonathan had a Stand that he never got to use that was similar in function and appearance to Joseph’s Hermit Purple. It appears that the Joestars have green thumbs in their blood.

** Jonathan, Joseph, and Holly’s Stands manifest as thorny vines and have psychic powers, however, Jotaro, Josuke, Giovanni, and Jolyne’s Stands do not take the same form or share the simlar abilities. Note that Jonathan and Joseph married and had children with Caucasian woman, but all the Joestars born after Holly have been half or mixed race. It seems that the mixing of genetics led to Stands taking on different forms and abilities.

* Dio wanting Jonathan's body to replace his own, at the end of ''Phantom Blood'', might not just be a case of WorthyOpponent, but also a case of PragmaticVillainy. Of all his opponents, only Jonathan has ever been capable of actually defeating him in straight combat. Zeppeli, Jonathan's mentor, and Dire, Zeppeli's senior training partner, both of who are far more skilled with the Ripple, also failed miserably against him. Only Jonathan ever actually prevailed against him, every time. It makes perfect sense, even for an insane vampire like Dio, to take the body of the only enemy who has ever defeated him.

* Dio wanting Jonathan's body to replace his own, at the end of Phantom Blood, might not just be a case of WorthyOpponent, but also a case of PragmaticVillainy. Of all his opponents only Jonathan has ever been capable of actually defeating him in straight combat. Zeppli, Jonathan's mentor, and Dire, Zeppli's senior training partner, both of who are far more skilled with the Ripple, also failed miserably against him. Only Jonathan, ever actually prevailed against him, every time. It makes perfect sense, even for an insane vampire like Dio, to take the body of the only enemy who has ever defeated him.

* The opening sequence of "Sono Chi no Sadame" begins with manga screenshots of the first six [=JoJos=], going from Jolyne to Jonathan. But why start with Jolyne when, at the time of the Phantom Blood anime's premiere, 2012, Part 8 was already in full swing, and thus we had eight [=JoJos=]? Well, given that the title of the song translates to "Destiny of that Blood", it's only appropriate to show only the [=JoJos=] directly descended from Jonathan, which chronologically ends with Jolyne. Being [=JoJos=] of an alternate universe, Johnny Joestar and its version of Josuke Higashikata have no lineage at all from Jonathan.

* Just ''how many'' poor frogs had to die for Master Zeppeli to perfect that "frog-punch" trick? (Nervous laugh)
** None. He could've tried with inanimate objects first. And considering that the Ripple travels ''through'' living objects, usually without lasting effects...

* This isn't just horror, but also Squick territory. Where did those tentacles come from, when Dio was reduced to a disembodied head? The ones he used to try and strangle Jonathan wit? There are only three possible sources, he is either projecting, and expanding, his veins, and arteries, the muscles in his head, or he is using the largest organ inside his head, his brain? Take your pick...

* This isn't just horror, but also Squick territory. Where did those tentacles come from, when Dio was reduced to a disembodied head? The ones he used to try and strangle Jonathan with, there are only three possible sources, he is either projecting, and expanding, his veins, and arteries, the muscles in his head, or he using the largest organ inside his head, his brain? Take your pick...

* Speedwagon is the perfect {{foil}} to Dio: both are blond-haired street thugs who were antagonists against Jonathan when they first meet. However, when they were shown kindness by Jonathan, Speedwagon chose to use it to better himself and become an honest, successful person, while Dio chose to see it as a weakness and exploited it against Jonathan. To make the analogy stronger, both end up gaining a form of immortality: Dio through his vampirism and Speedwagon through his legacy and foundation, and while Dio's evil deeds continue to haunt the Joestars many generations later even beyond the grave, Speedwagon's foundation continues to help them in various ways even long after Speedwagon's death.

* Speedwagon is the perfect foil to Dio: both are blond-haired street thugs who were antagonists against Jonathan when they first meet. However, when they were shown kindness by Jonathan, Speedwagon chose to use it to better himself and become an honest, successful person, while Dio chose to see it as a weakness and exploited it against Jonathan. To make the analogy stronger, both end up gaining a form of immortality: Dio through his vampirism and Speedwagon through his legacy and foundation, and while Dio's evil deeds continue to haunt the Joestars many generations later even beyond the grave, Speedwagon's foundation continues to help them in various ways even long after Speedwagon's death.

* Why is Hamon as effective as sunlight against vampires and zombies? The purpose of human sacrifices in ancient Mesoamerican civilizations was to spill the victim's blood, which was believed to be a gift from a ''sun'' god. Hamon is controlled by the user's breath and ''blood circulation''.

* ¿Why is Hamon as effective as sunlight against vampires and zombies? The purpose of human sacrifices in ancient Mesoamerican civilizatons was to spill the victim's blood, which was believed to be a gift from a ''sun'' god. Hamon is controlled by the user's breath and ''blood circulation''.

Why is Hamon as effective as sunlight against vampires and zombies? The purpose of Human sacrifices in ancient Mesoamerican civilizatons was to spill the victim's blood, which was believed to be a gift from a ''sun'' god. Hamon is controlled by the user's breath and ''blood circulation''.

Why is Hamon as effective as sunlight against vampires and zombies? The purpose of Human sacrifices in ancient South American civilizatons was to spill the victim's blood, which was believed to be a gift from a ''sun'' god. Hamon is controlled by the user's breath and ''blood circulation''.