History ShoutOut / JoJosBizarreAdventure

** Wheel of Fortune was inspired by the films ''Film/{{Christine}}'' and ''Film/{{Duel}}''. It also resembles the car from the album artwork of ''Music/{{Eliminator}}'', which ties into ZZ's namesake.

** Wheel of Fortune was inspired by the films ''Film/{{Christine}}'' and ''Film/{{Duel}}''.

* '''Rocco Barocco''', named after a well-known fashion designer.

** Tama is a blue British Shorthair who dies, is buried, then comes back to lifine supernaturally, meaner than before, similar to Church from ''Film/PetSematary1989''.

* The dialogue in ''Sleeping Slaves'' with the florist asking Buccerati to avenge his daughter is a probable reference to the iconic opening scene of [[Film/TheGodfather ''The Godfather'']], where an undertaker begs a Mafia don to avenge his raped daughter.

* The pigeon sent to retrieve Jotaro's disc, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Garden Savage Garden]].

* The cuff links used to prevent prisoners from escaping are called '''[[Music/{{Madonna}} Like a Virgin]]'''.

** Gwess outright sings Dolly Parton's Jolene after Goo Goo Dolls affects Jolyne in the anime.

* '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_%28clothing%29 Gwess]]''''s Stand: Music/GooGooDolls

* '''Jousuke Higashikata''''s (and '''Josefumi Kujo''''s) Stand: [[Music/{{Prince}} Soft & Wet]]

** Killer Queen's Second Bomb Sheer Heart Attack and final form Killer Queen Bites The Dust are both named after Queen songs.

* '''Shigekiyo Yanguu'''[='=]s Stand: [[Music/NeilYoung Harvest]].

* '''Gatta's''' Stand: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Cats Stray Cat]].
** Gatta is a blue British Shorthair who dies, is buried, then comes back to lifine supernaturally, meaner than before, similar to Church from ''Film/PetSematary1989''.

** Biggie's [[ShortLivedBigImpact two]] album titles [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the Stand's status as a DeathActivatedSuperpower: "Music/ReadyToDie" indicates Carne's willingness to give himself to Mista's bullets to call his Stand into action, and the posthumous "Music/LifeAfterDeath" signifies that Notorious B.I.G. handily outlived its User, wreaking deadly havoc on Giorno and company.

** Additionally, Biggie's [[ShortLivedBigImpact two]] album titles [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the Stand's status as a DeathActivatedSuperpower: "Music/ReadyToDie" indicates Carne's willingness to give himself to Mista's bullets to call his Stand into being, and the posthumous "Music/LifeAfterDeath" signifies that Notorious B.I.G. handily outlived its User, wreaking havoc on Giorno and company.

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* Nu Mikitakazzo N'shi is an alien who finds loud noises intolerable, just like ComicBook/{{Venom}}.

* '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermès Ermes]] [[Music/ElvisCostello Costello]]''', and her Stand, Music/{{KISS}}.

* '''Lang [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrangler_%28jeans%29 Wrangler]]''''s Stand: [[Music/TheRollingStones Jumpin' Jack Flash]]

* In the dub of the final episode, Jotaro's comparison to the Wild West is modified into saying "It's high noon." A phrase popularized in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' by a Wild West-inspired character Jesse [=McCree=], [[ActorAllusion voiced by]] [[Creator/MatthewMercer Jotaro's dub actor.]]

** Surface is also a reference to Perman's (a work of ''Creator/FujikoFujio'') eponymous copy-robots. In the series, the copy-robot transforms into an identical clone to help the main character keep his secret identity during missions. Hazamada himself points this out to Josuke, [[LampshadeTheObscureReference who has no clue what he's even talking about]].

* '''Narciso [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sui Anasui]]''''s Stand: [[Music/VanHalen Diver Down]]

** Vittoria [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianna_Cataldi Cataldi]]'s Stand: Dolly Dagger.