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*** ''Stardust Crusaders'': A dog is dissolved by Yellow Temperance, another dog's head splits open in Death 13's dreamworld, Pet Shop kills two dogs for accidentally wandering around Dio's citadel and ''eats their eyes out in front of their owner'', and Iggy [[spoiler:is forced to tear his leg off to survive his battle with Pet Shop and is later torn to shreds by NegativeSpaceWedgie]]. The prevalence of dead dogs is practically lampshaded when Jotaro sees a impaled dog, and just thinks "Move on, nothing to see here!"

** The running joke is that Araki has some hatred of dogs, since he has a bad habit of violently killing them in the series. Just check below.

* HumbleBeginnings: The series began as an unremarkable story about half-brothers fighting over their inheritance. It wasn't until ''Stardust Crusaders'' that it would become as successful as it is, even though the manga always had highs and lows. Currently ''[=JoJolion=]'' sells half a million of each volume, and the anime is one of the most financially successful around.

** Earlier in Part 3, Polnareff decides to pick a restaurant by throwing his lit cigarette on the ground and going to the one it points too; later a fire starts due to the same cigarette and Polnareff wonders who could be so careless.

*** ''Diamond Is Unbreakable:'' Angelo bites off a dog's face. Antonio explodes a dog's internal organs, [[spoiler:but it comes back healthier than ever before]], the latter is a rare case in this series [[SubvertedTrope subverted]].

* InvisibleToNormals: Stands themselves, being psychic manifestations, cannot be seen by the non-sensitive. The two best occasions that illustrate this is in ''Stardust Crusaders'', where Holly says she saw a "hand" emerge from Jotaro to stop a bullet, something other people couldn't see, and in ''Steel Ball Run'', Blackmore notes that Lucy can't see his Stand, which takes the form of a mask, while from Lucy's point of view she only sees his face as normal. There are exceptions to this rule, however, such as the huge ship Stand used by Forever.

* InfantImmortality: Subverted in ''Phantom Blood''; one Dio's finest instances of dog kicking. Likewise shows up in ''Stardust Crusaders'' when one of Enya's zombies is a baby which she even uses to get a hit in on Jotaro.

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* GenreShift: Almost all parts are noticeably different. Part one is over-the-top action-horror with ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' elements, part two is over-the-top ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-style action-adventure with FistOfTheNorthStar elements (again), the third part kind of resembles ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', the fourth part ends up being a [[MysteryFiction murder mystery]], part five is a [[TheMafia mob]] {{thriller}}, part six is a [[GirlsBehindBars prison story]], and ''Steel Ball Run'' is a [[EpicRace horse race]]/[[TheWestern western]]. ''[=JoJolion=]'', is a [[MysteryFiction mystery thriller]] about Josuke's identity and the Rock Humans.

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Tends to be used by Araki as an excuse to really beat up on his protagonists, but there's no denying it comes in handy. Josuke's Crazy Diamond is the purest example of this, as its ability is to restore damaged things to their original state (unless he's mad, in which case the results can end up quite distorted). Less directly, Giornio's Gold Experience can turn inanimate objects into living tissue to replace damaged flesh, and Foo Fighters can do the same with plankton for a quick patch job. Since this isn't the intended purpose for those stands, however, the full healing process can take much longer and be more uncomfortable than Crazy Diamond's work. Jolyne can also stitch people up quickly with her strings, but that's more of a stop-gap solution that works better on her than on anyone else.
** In ''Steel Ball Run'', Gyro has a Zombie Horse (healing string) seemingly just to let Araki mutilate him even more.

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** ImpossiblyTackyClothes: That said, not everyone views them the same way, especially with regards to the costumes presented from ''Vento Aureo'' onwards.

** Dio Brando has killed Jonathand and Kakyoin while being indirectly responsible for many other deaths.

** Kakyoin and Polnareff from ''Stardust Crusaders'' were BrainwashedAdnCrazy, serving Dio against their will.

** Subverted for Annasui, who was a child prodigy and has a compulsion to discover and learn things (by taking them apart). He downplays this severely by acting every bit the part of a thug, and it's not even clear if he has to act at all.

** Every single attack and Stand name is given in English, from Sunlight Yellow Overdrive (which is spelt Sunraito Iero Obadoraibu) in ''Phantom Blood'' through The World (ZA WARUDO!) and up to ''[=JoJolion=]'''s Soft & Wet (Sofuto Ando Wetto).

* HairColorDissonance: Pretty much every character is victim to this, since Araki is partial to using wacky coloring on volume covers and other official art. For example, Yasuho from ''[=JoJolion=]'' is ''probably'' rose-haired but has also appeared with her hair colored purple and green.
* HamToHamCombat: They are everywhere, no character is letting an occasion to gloat about their power or exposing their way of life in the most hammy way possible pass.
* HatesSmallTalk: Jotaro is always straight to the point, and talking with him is an arduous task. Likewise Giorno doesn't say anything until he has something to say.

* HereditaryCurse: A Joestar curse is briefly alluded to in "Battle Tendency" to represent the tragic fate of every Joestar to date. It's not represented as an actual curse though.

** Foo Fighters spends the last of its plankton to heal Anasui, and subsequently dies.

* HighVoltageDeath: Keicho is taken by Red Hot Chili Pepper and run through an electric cable, he dies electrocuted. In ''Stone Ocean'', Thunder Mcqueen tries to kill himself this way.

* IdentityAmnesia: Weather Report from ''Stone Ocean'' has had his memory stolen by Enrico Pucci and doesn't remember who he is. In ''Jojolion'', Josuke's (Josuke being a temporary name) amnesia and his attempt to discover his identity drives much of the plot.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Oingo Boingo brothers are ineffectual goons who are more hilarious and pathetic than threatening.

*** Diavolo wanted to erase all ties to his past and stand alone at the top of humanity. [[spoiler:He ends up stuck in an infinite and continuously changing death loop due to Gold Experience erasing the moment of his death. Afterward, Giorno takes over his organization.]]

* JustAFleshWound: Zigzaged, some gruesome wounds barely register on the characters but others, usually those that truly handicap movement like a leg wound, are treated gravely.
* JustAKid: The younger Stand users hide how dangerous they are by passing as a normal child. Everyone thinks of Mannish Boy as a normal baby while he wields one of the most dangerous Stand of Part 3. In the same vein, Ken Oyanagi acts like a normal kid obsessed with Rock paper scissors to lure people into his game.

*** Buccellati has "ARIARIARIARIARI! ARRIVEDERCI!" (Arrivederci means "Goodbye!" in Italian.)

* {{Kiai}}:
** Dio Brando's "Wryyyyyy!" The most famous version is from the popular flash-movie with it.
** Jotaro's "ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA... ORRAAAAAAAA!".
** In the first two parts, everybody, even oneshot characters, had their own.

* {{Gorn}}: Not as bad as say...''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'' or even ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' since it's mainly blood, not guts or limbs flying. But it ''is'' still one of the more violent shonen series out there...

* GroundhogDayLoop: Kira's final Stand ability, Bite the Dust, is a version of this.
** And Ringo's Mandom.

* GagSub: In homage to the [[SoBadItsGood gloriously terrible]] English translation of ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'', one fansub group released 'DUWANG' subs for the 2012 anime, riffing on the show's over-the-top nature with a generous helping of StylisticSuck. They soon became immensely popular.
* GateGuardian: Pet Shop functions as a feathered guard dog for DIO's mansion, and even gets the moniker "Guardian of Hell".

* GenieInABottle: Judgement passes as one, and even can grant you three wishes. However it is malevolent and makes objects out of clay.

* GeniusLoci: Sort of. One mini-arc of ''Stardust Crusaders'' has the cast boarding a giant freighter and coming under attack by a mysterious Stand User, but are unable to locate the Stand, until they realize that the Stand is the freighter itself.
* GenocideFromTheInside: Kars the Pillar Man did this when his race refused to join in attempting to become UltimateLifeform level powers. Only 3 survivors were left, his loyal follower and two infants he raised to be his servants.

* TheGhost: Jotaro's father, Sadao Kujo, is never seen. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as it's stated that he's a musician who's always on tour.
* GiantPoofySleeves: People in "Stardust Crusaders" often sport these for some reason.
* GilliganCut: Part 3. The Crusaders reach India. Joseph says is his first time, but that India gives the impression of "beggars, thieves, curry-eating, disease-ridden people". Avdol assures that all this stories are lies. Cuts to a crowd of beggars surrounding the group, Kakyoin's wallet is stolen, and a man is shown fallen on the street, sick. Avdol apparently is oblivious to all of this.

* GodzillaThreshold: Polnareff uses the Arrow and unleashes Chariot Requiem in Rome, risking everyone's souls in the process because the alternative (Diavolo getting the Arrow) is worse.

* GoingCommando: Jolyne sometimes forgets to wear her panties.

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Joseph cheats on his wife with a Japanese woman, resulting in his bastard son Josuke.

* GrandStaircaseEntrance: DIO's reveal in Stardust Crusaders.

* GratuitousJapanese: In the English dub of the OVA, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBcWcCgSEY Kakyoin addresses Joseph as "Joestar-san"]].
* GroinAttack: In ''Stone Ocean'', Westwood has trapped Jolyne with a headlock, and Jolyne tries to reach for Westwood's testicles to crush them. However Westwood simply changes his position to escape this attack.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Will A. Zeppeli is cut in half by a chain.

* AHandfulForAnEye: At the very end of DIO and Jotaro's climactic fight, Dio splash Jotaro's eyes with his blood, trying to kick his head off at the same time. In ''Steel Ball Run'', Diego sends small dinosaur-fleas on Gyro's horse, perturbating it.
* HandWave: Why did DIO let some women live after having sex with them? The narration says no one knows, which raises the question of why even mention this in the first place.
* HarmlessFreezing: Averted, as Ghiaccio's freezing power does cause frostbites and freezes limbs enough so that he can invoke LiterallyShatteredLives.
* HarmfulToMinors: In Phantom Blood, a baby is devoured by his own mother.
* HassleFreeHotwire: At one point Polnareff tries to hotwire a motorcycle, figuring it must work like in the movies. He fails but Jotaro then plays the trope straight by just kicking the motorcycle.
* HatDamage: N'Doul manages to knock Jotaro's hat off his head, a feat no Stand user has manages before that, and Jotaro acknowledge N'Doul's talent for doing that.

* HealingPotion: The spiky [[spoiler: rokakaka]] fruits that appears in Part 8 are basically this. However...
** EquivalentExchange: [[spoiler: For whatever ailment the fruits cure, they require the subject to "trade" something in return. An elderly man regrows one of his legs at the cost of his eyesight.]]
* HealthcareMotivation: In [=JoJolion=], Yoshikage Kira's motive for stealing a Rokakaka is because it can cure his ill mother from an incurable and rare disease.

* TheHedonist: Guido Mista is described as this, living a simple life full of simple pleasures.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: After being defeated two times, Boingo swears to be a braver and just man, but unwittingly hurts Iggy and is thrown to the hospital.

* {{Henohenomoheji}}: Joseph draws one of those on a decoy dummy for Kars.

* HighDiveEscape: When Jotaro and co. sniff an ambush in the room in which DIO supposedly sleeps, the all jump through the window to escape.

* HijackedByGanon: A mild case, but [[spoiler:Dio Brando (not exactly ''that'' Dio Brando, though) ends up being the final enemy]] in ''Steel Ball Run''.
* HisNameIs: Happens twice when the heroes are chasing after Kira, facilitated by the fact that he [[StuffBlowingUp can make people explode]].

* HonestAxe: Sugar Mountain, the guardian of The Saint's ears. If you throw something in the spring, she'll ask what it is that you lost among a selection of choices. Answer honestly and you get it all. [[spoiler:Gyro and Johnny find out very quickly that there's a catch even to that. You have to "use up" whatever you got before sundown of that day, or else you'll be assimilated by a "tree". Only so many people can be assimilated at any point in time, and Sugar Mountain deliberately strung Gyro and Johnny along simply because she'll get her parents back if they get assimilated.]]
* HopeSpot: At the end of Stone Ocean, Pucci is surrounded by the heroes, and it looks like his plan will fail. However, Pucci pulls out a DiabolusExMachina and unlocks the ultimate Stand Made in Heaven, then kill the near entirety of the party.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: George Joestar somehow thought of Dario as a savior just as he was robbed by him and even after he sees that Dario stole his late wife's ring.

* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: Resident dumbass Okuyasu is confronted by two Speedwagon Foundation agents, one of which is Akira Otoishi an evil Stand user, claiming each other to be the enemy in disguise. He punches Akira, and when he is asked how he could deduce the identity of the enemy, he reveals that he planned on punching both of them.
* HumanSacrifice: A {{Mayincatec}} tribe is seen sacrificing a woman in the first chapter so their leader can transform into a Vampire.

* HumbleGoal: Kira, who unlike many other villains, is content with living an ordinary life. Except he cannot resist the urges to kill people.
* HyperAwareness: Joseph is uncannily sharp about noticing things right away about his enemies.

* IconicSequelCharacter: The cast of Stardust Crusaders is more iconic than those of the two previous parts.

* IDieFree: Bruno Bucciarati tells this to Giorno from beyond the grave, saying that he freed himself from being a slave of Fate and took his own path.

* IdiotHero: Okuyasu. While Polnareff may be dense at times and Narancia may be really BookDumb, Okuyasu manages to hurt himself with his stand and doesn't even use its full potential. However, considering its power, it may be the best for the story.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Valentine has Lucy in his power and tries to rape her. He quickly backs down once he sees that she's the host for the entire Corpse. [[spoiler: Alternate Universe Diego does the same, but he's killed before acting on it]].
* IKnowMortalKombat: In 'Stardust Crusaders', more specifically The Sun arc, Joseph tells his companions that he knows all there is to know about camel riding. Except he can't even make the camel sit and ridicules himself. Finally he admits to Polnareff that his so-called 'experience' about camels comes from watching LawrenceOfArabia two or three times. He even slept throught the latter watchings.
* IfWeGetThroughThis: During the final fight of ''Vento Aureo'', Narancia dreams of returning to school after getting through this fight; of course, he is the first casualty. In ''Stone Ocean'' Anasui also mentions making his marriage proposition to Jolyne after the fight, and is the first to die to Made in Heaven.
* ILied
** A rare heroic example in ''Vento Aureo''. [[spoiler:After shooting [[AxCrazy Cioccolata]] in the head, Giorno [[GenreSavvy suspects]] that he's still alive and says that he won't attack so long as Cioccolata doesn't move. When Cioccolata springs back into action and tries taking Giorno's friends hostage, Giorno reveals that he'd already planted what was essentially a time bomb in Cioccolata's head. Now dying for real, Cioccolata complains that Giorno broke his previous word. Giorno's response: "You should know better than that."]]
** Another heroic example in ''Stardust Crusaders''. [[spoiler:When Avdol was killed by Hol Horse and J. Geil, Joesph and Jotaro said that they buried him off-screen. When he turns up alive again, they reveal that they lied about that, knowing that he survived, but pretending that he died so that he could recover in secret.]]
* ImmunityDisability: In Part 2, the villain Kars ends up gaining immortality and an auto-evolution ability after combining the Stone Mask and Red Stone of Asia. Joseph uses this ability against him by throwing him into an active volcano where he hardens in defense as it's about to erupt. He gets launched into space and is stuck floating around forever; eventually his mind shuts down completely.

* ImpendingClashShot: See the image in the main page. Invoked again in the final episode of the ''Stardust Crusaders'' anime.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Silver Chariot and anyone possessed by Anubis will have these thanks to their supernatural nature.

* IncendiaryExponent: Jolyne sets herself on fire so her heat-sucking opponent cannot kill her. Interestingly Rykiel does the same to prove himself and find a weakness for this move. Jonathan also does this to counteract Dio's snap-freezing powers

* INeverToldYouMyName: Enya Gail, one of Dio's most loyal followers, pretends to be an innkeeper in order to lure Jotaro and company in to be killed by the effect of her Stand, Justice. However, she inadvertently gives herself away by addressing Jotaro by his correct name, when in fact he had registered to the inn under a false name, which he does so after he gets suspicious when she calls Joseph "Mr. Jostar" which she passes off as having heard Polnareff say his name

* InformedAbility: Kakyoin's Stand, Hierophant Green, is supposed to both love enclosed spaces to a fault, and have a passion for ripping things apart. It never really demonstrates these qualities, as HG is used mostly as a long-range Stand, and its ability is firing gemstones at the enemy.

* InsaneEqualsViolent: Kira is an insane sociopath with a sexual fixation on hands, and is one of the most unhinged characters of the series.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Jotaro and Koichi like and admire each other.

* InvulnerableKnuckles: Averted when Star Platinum breaks its fist trying to punch Sheer Heart Attack.

* ISurrenderSuckers: When the police and Jonathan surround Dio after discovering his murder attempt, Dio seemingly surrenders and asks Jonathan to cuff him. However Dio only planned to stab Jonathan with a hidden dagger.

* JabbaTableManners: Polpo cannot eat a simple cracker without spilling half of it on his cheeks.
* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: VAMPIRE JACK THE RIPPER!!!!
* JailBait: Lucy Steel is sexualized a lot for a 16 years old girl. May be {{Values Dissonance}} though since Japanese place sexual majority at 13.
* JesusTaboo: Averted, though he's not named, the Holy Corpse is explicitely Jesus.
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: ''[=JoJolion=]'' juggles between at least four critical mysteries at its most confuse.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In Phantom Blood, Dio was a simple ambitious asshole, but the discovery of his paricide made him drop any pretense of good.

* JustAsPlanned: The end of ''Battle Tendency''. Technically, it was all coincidence, but that didn't stop Joseph from taking credit for it and saying he planned it all along.

* KillerRabbit: After [[spoiler:Kars achieves his goal of godhood]], the first thing he does is turn his hand into a squirrel, much to the confusion of everyone present. Said squirrel through plows a hole through Stronheim's stomach and rips off another soldier's face.
* TheKingdom: Gyro Zeppeli comes from the Kingdom of Naples. Unlike other examples of the tropes, this isn't shown as a particularly good place:
** Gyro himself is the successor of a long lineage of executioners who [[OffWithHisHead regularly decapitate]] [[AllCrimesAreEqual criminals and political prisoners alike]], Naples being repressive enough to consider a hapless servant boy an enemy of the King by simple association with a traitor.
** One woman casually talks about how her adultery with Gyro would lead to a [[DisproportionateRetribution death sentence]].
** Wekapipo was exiled because his ex-brother-in-law pulled some strings to get rid of him.
** The people eventually revolt and a Republic is installed.
* KirbyDots: When manga artist Rohan Kishibe is feeling passionate or emotional about something in the anime, sometimes the shading on his body will gain these, or they'll appear in the background. He's also been framed by "ink splotches", black and white speed lines, and even rulers. [[https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/749006240307617793/photo/1 Here's a few examples.]]
* KlingonPromotion: Giorno eventually becomes the Boss of Passione by killing Diavolo.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In Stardust Crusaders, the group doesn't even bother facing DIO directly at night, knowing that fighting him without the slightest hint of his power is suicide, thus opt to flee, despite Polnareff's protests.

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