History YMMV / JoJosBizarreAdventure

*** A lot of long time fans are fans of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. This is because both series starting running in Shonen Jump around the same time. Both series feature [[RatedMForManly manly men doing manly things]] and insane amounts of over the top the violence. It helps that the first three installments's design was inspired by Tetsuo Hara's artstyle.

*** A lot of long time fans are fans of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. This is because both series starting running in Shonen Jump around the same time. Both series feature [[RatedMForManly manly men doing manly things]] and insane amounts of over the top the violence. It helps that the first three main character's design was inspired by Kenshiro.

*** A lot of long time fans are fans of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. This is because both series starting running in Shonen Jump around the same time. Both series feature [[RatedMForManly manly men doing manly things]] and insane amounts of over the top the violence. It helps that the first three JoJos design was inspired by Kenshiro.

*** A lot of long time fans are fans of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. This is because both series starting running in Shonen Jump around the same time. Both series feature [[RatedMForManly manly men doing manly things]] and insane amounts of over the top the violence. It helps that Jonathan was inspired by Kenshiro.

** Death 13 gagging Kakyoin by filling his mouth with eyeballs. Nightmares, man.

** Referring to the series in shorthand as "Jojo's" in the possessive instead of just "Jojo" is a good way to piss off older fans of the series.

*** Part 6, Stone Ocean, is controversial mostly for its ending, [[spoiler:which acts as a huge ResetButton for the entire franchise]]. Some fans applaud the audacity of [[spoiler:killing off the heroes and resetting the universe]] and consider it an emotional sendoff for the original universe (as the next part, Steel Ball Run, is a ContinuityReboot), while others feel it [[ShootTheShaggyDog makes everything that happened up to this point completely pointless]]. It also feature some of the strangest Stand abilities in the series, sometimes bordering on nonsensical, such as Dragon's Dream and Heavy Weather, which some consider to push the "Bizarre" part of the title a bit too far.

* SubbingVSDubbing: While [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing the dub is still praised by many]], several fans prefer to listen to the original language due to the hamminess of the Japanese voice actors.

* FandomBerserkButton:

* CantUnHearIt: Creator/TakehitoKoyasu will ''always'' be famously remembered as Dio's voice.

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* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/JoJosBizarreAdventure here]].

** Many JoJo fans prefer older anime. As such, it’s not uncommon to see them dislike Sword Art Online, the most common example used by people who think anime has decreased in quality.

** ''Battle Tendency'' was where the series went from unintentionally over-the-top, to not only embracing it, but cranking it UpToEleven. It's also where the series' penchant for fights based more on intelligence and clever tricks truly started. Granted, there were a few moments like that in the previous part, usually revolving around Dio, but the sequel went full bore on it by turning the protagonist into a full-on GuileHero and making almost everyone he goes up against not just NighInvulnerable, but extremely clever as well.\\
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In an interesting parallel, ''[=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure: The Animation'' also got noticeably better during this part of the adaptation due to an increase in budget, allowing for more character movement, and a larger number of episodes dedicated to it, allowing for better pacing. It allowed the viewer to feel more emotionally invested in the characters.

** ''Battle Tendency'' was where the series went from unintentionally over-the-top, to not only embracing it, but cranking it UpToEleven. It's also where the series' penchant for fights based more on intelligence and clever tricks truly started. Granted, there were a few moments like that in the previous part, usually revolving around Dio, but the sequel went full bore on it by turning the protagonist into a full-on GuileHero and making almost everyone he goes up against not just NighInvulnerable, but extremely clever as well.
*** In an interesting parallel, ''[=JoJo=]'s Bizarre Adventure: The Animation'' also got noticeably better during this part of the adaptation due to an increase in budget, allowing for more character movement, and a larger number of episodes dedicated to it, allowing for better pacing. It allowed the viewer to feel more emotionally invested in the characters.

*** A theory that's gaining traction is that Jotaro may be afflicted with PTSD after his battle with Dio, thanks to the way the anime has him react to certain things (like when [[http://i.imgur.com/KVLnKWI.jpg he heard Dio's name]] or during [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/176/026/efc.jpg his fight with Kira]].

*** In the same vein, Creator/BrycePapenbrook's performance as Caesar is quite divisive, especially thanks to his Italian accent.

*** Speaking of Joseph, the casting of Creator/BenDiskin isn't being debated as good or bad (most agree that he does a good job), but whether it's appropriate that he sound just like [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh One]] or whether he should've tried for a more unique sounding voice. Others debate whether his [[UpperClassTwit British accent]] was a good fit, or whether he should've used a different kind of accent such as Cockney or Estuary, or none at all. The same goes for all the other characters with accents.

** The recasting of certain characters in Part 4 is a point of contention with some, especially since it applies to way more characters compared to the transition of Part 3's voice actors from ''All-Star Battle'' to the anime. Though back to Part 4; Creator/WataruHatano is replaced by Creator/YukiOno as Josuke, Creator/RomiPark is replaced by Creator/YukiKaji as Koichi, and Creator/HiroshiKamiya is replaced by Creator/TakahiroSakurai as Rohan. Fans are either annoyed since they think the first set of actors portrayed the characters best; happy, as they think the new actors are good choices; or confused as to why they're being replaced while still thinking the new seiyuu will do a good job. It doesn't help that this announcement was made before the release of ''Eyes of Heaven'' (which uses the first cast) and Creator/YukiKaji playing Johnny Joestar in ''All Star Battle'' and ''Eyes of Heaven'' already.
*** In particular Creator/YukiKaji as Koichi has been a divided casting choice. Some don't mind him voicing Koichi and think he's a good fit while others don't think his generic {{shonen}} hero voice works well for Koichi alongside of the fact that he's very overused in Japanese dubs.
*** Even though both performances have been well regarded among fans, whether Creator/RikiyaKoyama or Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa was the better voice for Yoshikage Kira has caused a divide. It also doesn't help that much like Creator/YuukiKaji above, Morikawa was already Diavolo in the Namco Bandai video games.

* CreatorsFavorite. Araki has stated that his favorite [=JoJo=] is Diamond Is Unbreakable's Josuke Higashikata. While he is generally liked by the fandom, he's not the favorite, those being Jotaro Kujo in Japan and Joseph Joestar in the west.

* FanPreferredCouple: Due to the [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys nature of the series]], fans tend to prefer the [=JoJos=] with their {{Heterosexual Life Partner}}s or {{Rival}}s instead of their canon love interests (if they even have one). The top picks for each part seem to be Jonathan/Dio, Joseph/Caesar, Jotaro/Kakyoin, Josuke/Okuyasu (in Western countries) or Josuke/Rohan (in Eastern countries), Giorno/Mista, Jolyne/Ermes and Johnny/Gyro.

*** A lot of long time fans are also fans of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. This is because both series starting running in Shonen Jump around the same time. Both series feature [[RatedMForManly manly men doing manly things]] and insane amounts of over the top the violence. It helps that Jonathan was inspired by Kenshiro.

*** It's also common to see many [=JoJo=] fans who are fans of the bands and artists that Araki has referenced throughout the series. In particular [[Music/RonnieJamesDio DIO]], Music/LedZeppelin, {{Music/ACDC}}, Music/SteelyDan, Music/KingCrimson, {{Music/Yes}}, {{Music/Prince}}, Music/DavidBowie, {{Music/Queen}}, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/SexPistols, Music/FooFighters, and Music/OingoBoingo are all popular among the [=JoJo=] fandom. Likewise there [=JoJo=] fans who are fans of bands and artists Araki hasn't referenced commonly being {{Music/Gorillaz}}, {{Music/Nirvana}}, {{Music/Rush}}, Music/SystemOfADown, and {{Music/Radiohead}}.

* LoveToHate:
** Dio Brando. He is an evil son-of-a-bitch, and he comes with a convenient FreudianExcuse for apologists to latch onto (which he himself eventually denies is the case), but he's so damn cool that he is easily the series' most popular character precisely because of it rather than in spite of it.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** Any of the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis rumbling effects (ゴゴゴ)]] used for other [=Anime/Manga=] will be forever associated with the franchise.
** There is a lot of jokes about Josuke burning down Rohan's house, even though it was mostly Rohan's fault for leaving a magnifying on the ground and ignoring it to catch Josuke for cheating.

* SoBadItsGood: How many view the accents in the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency dubs, which are... inauthentic at best.

* StoicWoobie: Jotaro's had a pretty rough life. His mother falls victim to DIO, [[spoiler: his friends and nearly his grandfather are killed by him and his men]], he spends the rest of his life hunting other Stand users, which lost him the love of his daughter, and [[spoiler:he gives his life trying to save her]]. And yet he hardly displays any outward sadness over any of these things.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''[=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure'' has always been popular in Japan, but it took a while for it to catch on in the West. While it was never hated in Western countries, it was always pushed aside by other Magazine/ShonenJump series and remained a CultClassic at best, thanks to [[NoExportForYou a lack of localization]] (primarily due to the [[ShoutOut/JoJosBizarreAdventure character names]] creating [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a gigantic mess of legal issues]]), although MemeticMutation caused a bump in popularity in the early 2000's. Then it gained a proper anime (as opposed to 13 short [=OVAs=]) in 2012, and because it came nearly 25 years after the manga started, it has no {{filler}} and it doesn't have to worry about [[OvertookTheManga taking a different path in the story]]. Because of this and [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle the tie-in game]], [=JoJo=] became exponentially more popular in TheNewTens, an era where fellow Shonen series started going out of style.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Ranks up there with ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Manga/ApocalypseZero'' as the top candidate for this trope. The sheer frank homoeroticism and casual ''brutality'' of this franchise, tolerable to teenage boys in Japan, would have [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]] doing gymnastics in his grave! ''Vento Aureo'' is probably the worst in this regard, occurring before the shift to a more mature seinen magazine--each and every arc in the series (which is to each of the dozen conflicts with stand users) centers around some aspect of bloody, gory, painful body horror. The next part, ''Stone Ocean'', is also pretty bad with the gore. And has prostitutes, vibrators as currency and people exploding into snails.

* {{Squick}}: Well, when you have a series that has several... unique ways of showing bodily trauma and harm, its best to carry a paper bag whenever your watching this.

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* TheScrappy:
** The [[TagalongKid runaway girl]]/[[NamedByTheAdaptation Anne]] from ''Stardust Crusaders'' is despised by a number of fans for serving no real purpose to the story and [[BrattyHalfPint just for being a nuisance]]. Even Jotaro and the gang can't stand her and eventually trick her onto a flight back to Hong Kong just to get her away from them. While other tagalong characters end up serving a purpose (such as the TagalongKid in Part 1 [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome risking his life and taking a kick from an undead warrior to allow Johnathan to get rescued]]), she never accomplishes anything.
** Tanami and Hazamada in Part 4. While Shigechi is a BaseBreakingCharacter for his unpleasant greediness, he still comes off as a nice guy compared to them, the former for the crap he put through Koichi's family and the latter for his sociopathic behaviour like gouging out a friend's eye. But what makes them especially disliked is how they're EasilyForgiven by the heroes and treated as part of their gang.
** Pocoloco in Part 7. A boring fool with an absurd amount of luck who never grows as a person because of his complacent dependence on his power. No surprise that Araki put him on the sidelines when he kicked off the real plot. [[spoiler:Him winning 1st place in the Steel Ball Run instead of Johnny only spouted more hate for him.]]
** Joshu from part 8, due to him being a petulant, entitled and self-absorbed brat, who's consistently an asshole to the main character and almost takes advantage of Yasuho when she's under the effects of Tsurugi's stand. Most fans admit his Stand power is pretty cool, but it does little to quell the animosity since the character proper is so unlikable. He is slowly becoming better received due to the recent chapters, with people finding his stupidity and ButtMonkey status amusing.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** This is the seventh-longest-running manga, ''ever'', and it seems tired at points (but no less awesome) by today's standards, seeing as it invented most of the current shonen tropes. This ironically played in the 2012 anime's favor, since in these days of deeply flawed heroes, sympathetic villains and many played and subverted shonen fighter tropes, Part 1 ''Phantom Blood'''s by the book IdealHero Jonathan, unambiguously and ObviouslyEvil (yet still having some degree of complexity) Dio and many played seriously straight shonen tropes [[CyclicTrope actually look fresh]].
** As a whole, Part 1 is seen as this due to constant SerialEscalation. [[JustHereForGodzilla Newcomers aniticipating bizarre stand fights from the very start]] are let down when they had to slog through superpowerless chapters of Dio playing Jonathan like a fiddle multiple times despite these chapters being relatively short. Its video game adaptation being SoOkayItsAverage and its movie adaptation being a bomb doesn't help either.

* ShipMates: A lot of fans who ship Jotaro/Kakyoin also ship Polnareff with Avdol, due to their many moments of HoYay, and headcanoning Joseph formally being in a relationship with Caesar. The same applies for Giorno/Mista shippers also going with Abbacchio/Bucellati and Narancia/Fugo. [[OT3 Jolyne/Ermes/Foo Fighters]] fans ship Annasui with Weather Report.

** One of the most popular couple is Dio and Pucci, as they are shown to share many intimate moments, such as one time when both are lying in the same bed reading. Somehow Araki thought that [[http://ls57tiger.freepgs.com/jojo/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6796 it would represent two buddies crashing at each other's place.]] He might as well have Anti Shipping Goggles at this point.
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight:
** Although Jotaro/Kakyoin is [[FanPreferredCouple hugely popular in the fandom]], the two are not very close in the original manga, given that Jotaro does not talk much to anyone in Part 3 aside from his grandfather. In fact, their interaction in the source material is so limited that it actually leans closer to the CrackPairing side. Much of the pairing's popularity appears to stem rather from [[MrSeahorse an infamous doujinshi]] made by Creator/{{CLAMP}} in the early 90's (as well as the two main characters in one of their works, ''Manga/{{Wish}}'', very strongly resembling Jotaro and Kakyoin in both names and appearance). Seeming acknowledged in ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'', where Jotaro and Kakyoin are part 3's 'official' duo similarly to how Joseph and Caesar are part 2's duo.
** Giorno/Jolyne has a fair degree of popularity even though they've never met (despite some [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot teasing of a cameo]] in Stone Ocean) and he's technically her [[TangledFamilyTree great-great-great-uncle]]. Even Araki's drawn art of them getting frisky.

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* SignatureScene: Several...
** ''Phantom Blood'':
*** Dio kicking Danny.
*** Dio kissing Erina.
*** Dio becoming a vampire ("I reject my humanity, [=JoJo=]!").
*** William Zeppeli punching a frog.
*** "[[PowerOfTheSun SUNLIGHT ]][[CallingYourAttacks YELLOW ]][[RapidFireFisticuffs OVERDRIVE]]!"
*** [[HeroicSacrifice Zeppeli's death]]
*** "How many breads have you eaten in your life?".
*** [[spoiler: Johnathan's]] death in the cruise ship.
** ''Battle Tendency'':
*** Joseph pulling a tommy gun out of nowhere and shooting [[spoiler: Straizo]]
*** [[FanNickname Tequila Joseph]] trying to sneak into the Nazi compound.
*** Wamuu awakening the other Pillar Men.
*** Joseph's backup plan and [[spoiler: Straizo]]: Running away. And then later [[spoiler: Kars]].
*** Caesar and Joseph declaring revenge for Mark's death (specifically, [[http://i.imgur.com/HNteJB9.jpg the part where they pose]])
*** Esidisi crying.
*** [[spoiler:Caesar's]] death.
*** [[spoiler: Kars becoming the UltimateLifeForm. Also, [[KillerRabbit Squirrels]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Kars']] [[AndIMustScream final fate]].
** ''Stardust Crusaders'':
*** The fight between Jotaro and Dio, the road roller bit in particular.
*** "Rerorerorerorerorero~".
*** Jotaro's four-page long (20 seconds in the anime) beat down of Steely Dan.
*** [[spoiler: Avdol's]] return.
---> '''Polnareff:''' [[spoiler:Muhammad Avdol!]]
---> '''[[spoiler: Avdol]]:'''[[GratuitousEnglish YES! I AM!]]
*** Individually, [[spoiler: the deaths of Avdol, Iggy, and Kakyoin.]]
*** The game with [=D'Arby=], ending with the latter's epic [[VillainousBreakdown meltdown]].
*** [[https://youtu.be/o5lj1Pgjruo ORAORAORAORAORA]]
** ''Diamond is Unbreakable'':
*** From the Duwang scans: Toshikazu injuring himself after punching his Stand.
--->'''Surface:''' "[[TranslationTrainWreck Are you OK reatard?]] [[MemeticMutation I am wood. Stupid.]]"
*** [[ItMakesSenseInContext Josuke punching Okuyasu's spaghetti.]]
*** Rohan insulting Josuke's hair. [[UnstoppableRage And]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the end result of it.]]
*** Rohan's house burning down.
*** Rohan refusing to lure Josuke to Highway Star's trap.
---> ''"I refuse!"''
*** Josuke disassembling and reassembling the motorcycle he was riding in mid-air.
*** Josuke healing Yuya Fungami... And ''then'' beating the shit out of him since it's a "fair fight."
*** "When I first saw the Mona Lisa's hands, I got... a boner...",
*** Kira's date with one of his victim's hands.
--->"[[TranslationTrainWreck What a beautiful]] [[MemeticMutation Duwang]]!"
*** [[spoiler:Kira's death by an ambulance that accidentally run over his head.]]
** ''Vento Aureo'':
*** "[[MemeticMutation This]] [[HoYay taste]]... [[YouTasteDelicious It's the taste of a liar!]] [[SayMyName Giorno Giovanna]]!".
*** "Giorno Giovanna's dream is to be a Gangstar!".
*** Narancia, Mista and Fugo's dance.
*** Giorno's [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill seven-page long]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Cioccolata.
*** [[spoiler: Giorno awakening Gold Experience Requiem]].
*** The ending shot of [[spoiler:Giorno becoming the Passione Don]].
** ''Stone Ocean'':
*** '''Jotaro:''' "I've always...cherished you."
*** Jolyne flipping off Kenzo in American, French, Japanese and Italian.
*** The [[BodyHorror effects]] of the Green Baby.
*** Jolyne setting herself on fire.
*** [[spoiler: Heavy Weather [[BodyHorror turning people into snails]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Pucci [[CurbStompBattle speedblitzing everyone]] and restarting the universe]].
*** Emporio, bloodied, bruised, and armed with [[spoiler:Weather Report]] mustering the will to fight Pucci at the very end.
** ''Steel Ball Run'':
*** Gyro's Mozarella song.
*** The whole [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Scary Monsters]] encounter.
*** Tusk [[spoiler:Act 4]] forcibly parting the dimensional wall created by [[spoiler:[=D4C=]'s Love Train.]]
*** Johnny's ultimatum with Funny Valentine.
*** [[spoiler:{{A|lternateUniverse}}nother Diego showing up to fight Johnny with [[TheBusCameBack The World]]]].
** ''[=JoJolion=]'':
*** Yasuho and Tsurigi tricking Aishou into [[spoiler:getting hit by a bus]] by using Paper Moon King's ability.
*** The Beetle Battle.
*** Hato's righteous fury against [[spoiler:Damo, impaling him with heel spikes.]]
* SoBadItsGood:
** The [[https://youtu.be/o4eAKOY4wdY English]] [[https://youtu.be/TUei7Uku0s0 dub]] of the [=OVA=]s.
** How many view the accents in the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency dubs, which are... inauthentic at best.
** Before Diamond is Unbreakable got a proper translation, it had a translation known as 'Duwang scans', riddled with numerous errors, sub-par typesetting, and overall awful quality. Unlike Vento Aureo below, however, most key information is preserved, and it enjoys a SoBadItsGood reputation and a degree of MemeticMutation that part 5 lacks.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Or rather, {{Leitmotif}}. Josuke's theme in the Diamond Is Unbreakable Anime sounds incredibly similar to Jotaro's {{Leitmotif}}.
* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing:
** In contrast, opinions of the ''[=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' test dub have been mostly positive, with even non-fans judging it as SoOkayItsAverage at worst.
** The later dub of the first TV series (which seems to be aiming for some level of consistency with the previous SC test dub, retaining Creator/PatrickSeitz as Dio) has gained similar response, though the reaction to the use of accents has been mixed. While there has been some critisicm towards a few voices, generally the dub is seen as fairly good. Notably Creator/PatrickSeitz stands out, generally being praised as being on par with Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, as well as Creator/BenDiskin.

** In the same vain, Risotto uses Metallica to turn ''the iron in your blood'' into sharp, painful blades, making you cough them up.

* StoicWoobie:
** Jotaro's had a pretty rough life. His mother falls victim to DIO, [[spoiler: his friends and nearly his grandfather are killed by him and his men]], he spends the rest of his life hunting other Stand users, which lost him the love of his daughter, and [[spoiler:he gives his life trying to save her]]. And yet he hardly displays any outward sadness over any of these things.
** Erina has lost her first kiss, her newlywed husband, her son(indirectly) and daughter-in-law (while, she did find her again eventually) to Dio by her time in ''Battle Tendency'' where she's in her 70s, Yet keeps a stoic, but kind personality that normally wouldn't be seen from women born in her time.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Plenty of examples from throughout the series' long life. In rough chronological order...
** Santana, the [[DiscOneFinalBoss first Pillar Man encountered and defeated]], while a little slow on the uptake, was still an ''immensely'' quick learner, and was TakenForGranite and brought in for research by the Speedwagon Foundation at the end of his arc, with very few failsafes mentioned to prevent his escape. He never appears again, not even getting a Mode like the other three.
** Hol Horse, who had signs of strongly considering a HeelFaceTurn, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen and even would have had Avdol not returned]], and is generally one of the more popular minor villains in the series. Instead, he suffers heavily from (admittedly hilarious) BadassDecay.
** While Noriaki Kakyoin was a major ally for a good chunk of the story, he was hit hard with this during the Egypt section of Part 3, being PutOnABus to recover until [[BackForTheDead the Crusaders were heading into DIO's place.]] He gets set up to have a cool fight against Telence, [[HopeSpot but]] ends up losing and generally doing nothing more of significance [[spoiler:except for leaving a DyingClue.]]
*** At least the anime adds some scene that gives him some development, such as flashbacks. And if his image song "Goodbye Nostalgia" is anything to go by, may have had a low view on himself.
** Muhammad Avdol gets it even worse. After recruiting Polnareff, he was PutOnABus when the Crusaders reached India (fairly early in the story) and only returned by the end of the Judgment arc. He doesn't do much of significance upon his return, and he only has two fights afterwards; one shared with Joseph and the other [[spoiler:is barely even a fight since he ended up being killed by Vanilla Ice in one shot.]] And all of this is an ''improvement'' on the original gameplan, that he would've just straight died in India and been replaced with his killer. All in all, it's pretty clear that Araki had no clue what else to do with the poor guy.
** Tomoko Higashikata, Josuke's mother in Part 4, shows signs of an interesting personality and dynamic with her son (and is said to still not be over Joseph), but barely ever appears and is explicitly kept away from him for her own sake.
** Tonio Trussardi is the only Stand-using ally in Part 4 who does absolutely nothing after his debut arc, only getting a couple cameos.
** Shizuka Joestar never reappears after the conclusion of Part 4. While not a Joestar by blood, mention of her would've provided interesting insight on what Joseph and the others were up to in the time after Part 4, and an older Shizuka with more control over her invisibility powers would've made a very useful ally to Jotaro and Jolyne.
** Koichi Hirose becomes this in Part 5, seemingly having a prominent role in the first few arcs as a connection to Jotaro and the SPW foundation, only to [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse drop off the face of the story.]]
** Giorno Giovanna himself. Despite being the nominal protagonist of Part 5, the story focuses primarily on Bruno and does little to actually explore the ramifications of Giorno being Dio/Jonathan's son.
** Pannacotta Fugo, who chose to OptOut right when the plot really intensified. The ramifications of doing so are explored in ''Purple Haze Feedback.''
** Risotto Nero was the AntiVillain leader of the assassins Bucciarati's gang had been fighting for the lion's share of the Part, had an absolutely ''devastating'' power (also putting him under TooPowerfulToLive), [[spoiler:and gets beaten [[TheUnfought without them even knowing he was there]], courtesy of Diavolo/Doppio and some timely intervention by Aerosmith.]] He then proceeds to get next to no representation in any of the game-related media.
** Foo Fighters, one of the more popular characters in Part 6, is one of the most unique character concepts in recent history, [[spoiler:is not only the first major ally to go, but due to her nature, has absolutely no counterpart in the ''Steel Ball Run'' verse. She's also pretty shafted from videogame adaptations despite her versatile powers and popularity.]]
** Jolyne’s unnamed mother, from what little we’ve seen of her, she cares deeply for Jolyne. She was also married (and eventually divorced) to Jotaro, which had the potential to show how she and someone like [[TheStoic Jotaro]] got into and acted in an intimate relationship.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** Alessi from ''Stardust Crusaders'' had a Stand that could turn people into younger versions of themselves. There just so happened to be a CoolOldGuy among the Crusaders who kicked a lot of ass in his youth, as documented in ''Battle Tendency''. Too bad Alessi ended up getting pounded into hamburger by Jotaro and Polnareff before he came across Joseph. For what it's worth, ''[[VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture Heritage for the Future]]'' explored this scenario with Joseph's Story, though it was more of an ExcusePlot than anything.
** In ''Stone Ocean'' while Enrico Pucci's actions attracted to Florida three young men who were all DIO's sons, Giorno was nowhere to be seen despite DIO's blood in him. Araki hints that Giorno may be in Florida after all, though the reason he wasn't drawn to the priest is unknown. It would be a good occasion to make the character interact with Jolyne.
* TooCoolToLive:
** [[spoiler:The ultimate fate of anyone in the Zeppeli family. Part 3's SpiritualSuccessor to Will and Caesar, Kakyoin, counts for the same reasons.]]
** [[spoiler:Leone Abbachio and Bruno Bucciarati. Bruno, however, is so cool that he ''keeps "living" anyway'' for most of Part 5.]]
** [[spoiler:Every one of Part 6's heroes besides Emporio, in particular Foo Fighters.]]
* UglyCute:
** Iggy started out like this before ArtEvolution eventually made him more traditionally cute.
** [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121127052340/jjba/images/e/e2/NijimuraPatriarch.png Okuyasu's mutated father]] might count.
* UncannyValley:
** A lot of people find "cute" Iggy's face to be unsettling due to his cartoonier proportions making his face more humanlike, causing them to find his earlier and more realistic appearance cuter.
** Diavolo's [[HellishPupils eyes]] are drawn differently than anyone else's in the manga, and it does look pretty unsettling.
** His stand isn't any better; King Crimson's eyeballs are placed ''outside'' the eye sockets. Its perpetual sadistic glare doesn't help either.
** Oyecomova from ''Part 7''. Seriously, [[http://images.wikia.com/jjba/images/2/28/Oyecomova.jpg just look at him]].
** The animated version of ''Phantom Blood'' often falls into this thanks to the very still and inexpressive characters that resulted from its low animation budget. Jonathan is the most common victim of this, though the Blu-ray/DVD releases fixed most of the faces.
* TropesAreNotBad: Explains why the anime revival is one of the most well-received anime TV series in recent years. Yes the entire franchise is basically a ClicheStorm of tropes from shounen manga and fiction in general, but it's done with such a strong sense of self-awareness that it's refreshing. A lot of praise for the franchise comes from the fact that it is able to be an action-epic while embracing its own campiness. For a lot of people this has made it the antithesis to other popular shounen like ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}'' which lost sight of what made them enjoyable in the first place or series like ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' and ''Manga/FutureDiary'' which are widely criticized for trying to combine shounen tropes with grimdark storytelling.
* ValuesDissonance: Giorno and Bruno are involved in the mafia, which is guilty of a wide swath of terrible deeds, such as the murder of innocents, blackmail, extortion, and assassination. Yet for them the big crossing of the MoralEventHorizon comes from gang members selling drugs to children. While most Westerners can agree that it's terrible, they wouldn't consider it as so much necessarily worse than those other things combined either. Part of this can be explained by Japan and the almost all the Asian continent,[[note]]Barring Yemen, North Korea and Israel, which recently became one of the few Asian countries on legalizing marijuana, albeit culture-wise Israel is considered itself as a westernized country which happens to be located in Asia by everybody else.[[/note]] having a much stronger stigma against drug usage than most countries in western countries ([[AndZoidberg and Israel]]), to the point that even minor marijuana offenses face steep sentences. The anime adaptation of ''Vento Aureo'', while keeping that part intact, makes a difference between selling drugs to adults [[UnacceptableTargets to selling drugs to children in a very justified way for everyone else, regardless the country the viewer is from]]
* ViewerGenderConfusion: [[DudeLooksLikeALady Narancia, L.A. Boomboom, and Yotsuyu Yagiyama]].

** Part 5. Thanks to a proper translation, many people have begun appreciating the Part and see its initial reception as undeserved.
** ''Every time'' a new Opening for the anime comes out. No really, people will hate the opening shown, then when they get the next one, they go and hate that one for different reasons.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The ''Stardust Crusaders'' anime's depiction of DIO and The World's [[TimeStandsStill Time Stop]] [[https://youtu.be/jGW7WvL7LHk looks amazing]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids:
** Ranks up there with ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Manga/ApocalypseZero'' as the top candidate for this trope. The sheer frank homoeroticism and casual ''brutality'' of this franchise, tolerable to teenage boys in Japan, would have [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]] doing gymnastics in his grave!
** ''Vento Aureo'' is probably the worst in this regard, occurring before the shift to a more mature seinen magazine--each and every arc in the series (which is to each of the dozen conflicts with stand users) centers around some aspect of bloody, gory, painful body horror. The next part, ''Stone Ocean'', is also pretty bad with the gore. And has prostitutes, vibrators as currency and people exploding into snails.
* TheWoobie:
** Hayato Kawajiri in Part 4. His parents don't care about him and fight often, and one day his father is [[KillAndReplace murdered and replaced]] by a SerialKiller. His mother becomes absolutely enamored with him, while he can only investigate in horror, having no stand of his own and no context for what has happened. [[spoiler:Towards the part's climax, a GroundhogDayLoop is built around causing him to kill the protagonists off. Shortly afterwards, Kira is killed, leaving Hayato's mother with no knowledge of what happened to her "husband." It's all he can do to comfort her, and we never learn how the rest of his life goes.]]
** Both protagonists of ''[=JoJolion=]'', Yasuho and Josuke, have very compelling personal conflicts--Yasuho's terrible mother and Josuke's lack of family--that cause them considerable angst. The poor guys are just constantly reminded of the shitty aspects of their lives. Yasuho even breaks down crying because of the stress and Josuke tears up a little when he sees a happy family playing around and is reminded that absolutely no one came to look for him when he went missing and lost his memory. The latter is also in the context of the Japanese natural disasters of 2011, wherein it is pointed out that families came together to support and protect each other in that great time of need.
** ''[=JoJolion=]'' eventually reveals that [[spoiler: Josuke is a fusion of two men, Yoshikage Kira and Josefumi Kujo. Josefumi nearly drowned as a child thanks to his negligent mother, which led him to develop major issues. When he's confronted by the fruit selling gang and put in a position where he'll probably die, he cries and asks himself why he's always abandoned, remembering how his mother didn't seem to care for him much and nearly let him die. It's hard not to feel bad for him.]]
** Polnareff gets it pretty hard in Part 3 when he's not just being the designated ButtMonkey. Aside from the whole dead sister thing, how many people [[spoiler: have one of their friends die to protect them ''twice''?]]
** Emporio Alnino, holy shit. Just for starters, the kid grew up in prison with his mother dead, and he's often on the receiving end of the nastier Stand attacks of Part 6. And then, the '''Made In Heaven''' chapters: [[spoiler: Pucci kills everyone he knows and loves before his eyes with his new, terrifying Stand, the last being Jolyne who goes out in a HeroicSacrifice to save his life. Then he watches the universe's DESTRUCTION AND REBIRTH, commits murder with the aid of Weather's Stand, and suddenly finds himself in a universe where all of his friends are reincarnated with no idea who he is.]] Granted, the last part hints at something bittersweet, but Emporio's got it rough.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: Even in the highly glamorous Part 5, Fugo's outfit is incredibly tacky. It has holes all over it, even on the pants, Fugo isn't wearing any undershirts, just a necktie, and if WordOfGod is to believed, he even wears a thong so the underwear wouldn't be shown through the holes.
* WTHCastingAgency: Many people's reactions to Stroheim's [[Creator/DanWoren English VA]] due to being pretty mediocre and instead of being hammy like Atsushi Imaruoka is instead stereotypically German and not having much energy. [[https://youtu.be/fHFtbSZ3KRE Just look what they did to his most famous scene.]]
* WeirdAlEffect: To some of the fans, they can't take the "Morioh is a Beatufiul Town" quote seriously due to the infamous "Duwang" translation.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Due to a lot of instances of the dialogue being odd or GratuitousEnglish, the English dub of Part 1 and 2 changed some of the lines to make more sense.
** Joseph's banter when he meets Santana was translated as best as it could be. Instead of saying a difficult-to-translate Japanese pun[[note]]Basically Joseph is taking the Kanji in the sentence "Happy to meet you!" and moving it around, meaning he's literally not making sense to mock Santana[[/note]], Joseph instead treats Santana like a model just to mess with him.
** References to British culture are more apparent in the Part 1 dub. For example, Speedwagon calls himself the Queen of England in response to seeing Dio survived being lit on fire, and Dio himself references Hamlet at one point.
** In Part 3, Kakyoin's "Rerorerorerorerorero" is translated into "Licklicklicklicklicklick" and somehow it made [[spoiler:Rubber Soul posing as]] Kakyoin much more eerie.

* HarsherInHindsight
** A week or two after Creator/RobinWilliams died, the Judgment episode of ''Stardust Crusaders'' airs in Japan. It features a boisterous, LargeHam of a genie who even sounds somewhat identical to the character from the Disney film. Keep in mind that this particular chapter was published before ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' came out.
** Part 6 has a suicidal prisoner named Thunder [=McQueen=] who attempts to kill himself multiple times. His namesake, Alexander [=McQueen=], hung himself ten years after the chapter featuring his character was released.
** The Tower of Grey battle has the villain attack on a plane, killing the pilots and sending the plane to crash so everyone in it will die. Of course, this was before 9/11. Not helping that one of Tohth's predictions in the Oingo Boingo arc features a man with the numbers "911" on his shirt crashing into a pole while a plane can be seen on the background.
** Could also be considered a Black Comedy version of HilariousInHindsight, but the day the anime episode when [[spoiler:DIO fatally punches a hole into Kakyoin's stomach]] airs also happens to be [[spoiler:National Donut Day]].
*** The [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything fleshbud scene]] between [[Creator/TakehitoKoyasu DIO]] and [[Creator/DaisukeHirakawa Kakyoin]] may become a bit more disturbing once you realize that their Seiyuus [[https://koekara.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/koushounin-series-01/ did a Yaoi Drama CD together]].
** Not to long into ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' airing in Japan [[Music/{{Prince}} Prince]] (one of the biggest influences on the series) dies, not to mention Music/DavidBowie (who the BigBad is modelled on) passing away early that same year.

** The ''Phantom Blood'' ending. [[spoiler:Two lovers are boarding a ship to New York? Check. Something (or someone in ''[=JoJo's=]'' case) wrecks said ship? Check. The man sacrifices himself in the dire situation so that the woman can survive?]] This played out similarly to the ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' film 10 years later, only without [[spoiler:the zombies led by a vampire with eye beams]].
** The fact that Creator/RyotaOhsaka (Mark in the ''Battle Tendency'' anime) later voiced Marco Bodt in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', due to the remarkable similarities between their names, backgrounds, personalities, appearance, role in the plot, and relationship with the other main characters. [[spoiler:They even die in almost the same exact way from [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe having the same half of their bodies]] eaten by a group of {{Humanoid Abomination}}s, down to the identical use of CensorShadow on their corpses]].
** During his fight with Kars, Joseph sets up a dummy with a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henohenomoheji henohenomoheji face]] on it as a decoy. One of the most famous roles of Creator/KazuhikoInoue, Kars' VA, is Kakashi in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', whose namesake refers to scarecrows which in Japan are often marked with a henohenomoheji on their faces.
*** Part 2 also contains an internal example; during his fight with a Pillar Man (Santana), Joseph appears to lose his hand, only to reveal it was a joke. [[spoiler: In his last fight with a Pillar Man (Kars), he gets the other one cut off for real.]]
** During the fight with Hanged Man in Part 3, Polnareff thinks that it attacks from "a world inside the mirror". Kakyoin dismisses it, saying that there is no such thing as a world inside a mirror. Cut to Part 5 where Illuso and his Stand, Man in the Mirror, attacks by dragging people into a world inside a mirror.
*** Then the series gets adapted into anime, with Creator/YasukoKobayashi writing the script - which might not sound that funny at first, but then you remember she wrote ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'', which has a mirror world as a plot point.
** Telence Trent D'Arby's Stand -- [[Anime/YuGiOh named Atum, which is all about different sorts of games?]] This one might actually be intentional, as Kazuki Takahashi, the writer/artist of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', was influenced by Araki's work. It's obvious especially in his earlier artwork.
*** Telence reads Jotaro's mind during the baseball videogame match to counter his moves, but suddenly Jotaro's character starts doing moves that he didn't intend to. When Jotaro wins, it is revealed that he had secretly swapped controls with Joseph. Years later, one way to harm mindreader Psycho Mantis in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' is to confuse him by putting the controller on the P2 port.
** Literature/TheLovelyBones: Serial killer, victim trapped between worlds. Sounds like Part 4. Alas, it has no punches.
*** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': Serial Killer, DefeatMeansFriendship, FightingSpirit, small Japanese town, and a flighty protagonist in an open school uniform. Also sounds like Part 4.
*** The villain of Part 4: a {{bishonen}} {{serial killer}} looking to make the world adapt to his will. His name: Kira. [[Manga/DeathNote Just as planned...]] [[spoiler:And just like the latter Kira, he is also defeated by announcing his victory a little too early.]]
*** Even better? Both Kiras have the power to kill their enemies with a "[[IncrediblyLamePun sheer heart attack]]".
*** The bomb-using villain of part 4 [[spoiler: swaps faces with someone else, and the child of the man he's disguised as aids in his defeat]]. ''Film/FaceOff'' came out one year later.
*** [[PurpleIsPowerful Associated with the color purple]]? Check. Accompanied by a cat-looking creature? Check. Preference for explosives? Check. Mental instability masked with the facade of stoicism? Check. [[spoiler:Ability to create {{Groundhog Day Loop}}s]]? Check. Kira did the whole [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi]] shtick over fifteen years prior to the actual Homura. If only [[spoiler:[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion he ended up becoming]] [[MeaningfulName Diavolo]]]]...
** In the very first chapter of ''Vento Aureo'', the first person Koichi stumbles upon after landing in Italy turns out to be Giorno. Creator/RomiPark first voiced Giorno in the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] ''Vento Aureo'' game, and then she voiced Koichi in ''All-Star Battle''.
** "KOICHI REALLY STEALS? NO DIGNITY" was already one of the more popular and quotable lines from Duwang. Then [[http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/16/man-steals-600-female-outfits-from-schools-including-cheerleading-uniforms-and-wears-them-at-home-4763371/ this happens]]. Perhaps Araki has a time-travel stand.
** [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] fighting [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]]... now why should that sound [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} familiar?]]
** During his initial fight with Wamuu Ceasar criticizes Joseph's fighting abilities, stating "All you did was throw some metal balls." [[spoiler:And then comes ''Steel Ball Run'', where not only are metal balls used as weapons, but they're used mainly by ''Caesar's'' AlternateSelf.]]
** Alessi is a child murderer whose Stand is a purple silhouette with a stylised face, and his Part takes place in 1987. [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Hmm...]]
** The real-life Vanilla Ice [[https://twitter.com/vanillaice/status/556975824520617987 has been to Egypt!]]
** Rohan dismissing the Americans as "having no taste" because they won't publish him. ''Rohan At The Louvre'' [[http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rohan-at-the-louvre-hirohiko-araki/1106586060?ean=9781561636150 was translated into English in America]] (who have also gotten Part 3, the Anniversary editions of Parts 1 and 2, the anime thus far, and several of the video games). Americans actually seem to love ''[=JoJo=]''!
** Dub only example, but: Joseph's [[CombatPragmatist ability to use completely otherwise mundane tools as powerful weapons (including a set of clackers, a Coke bottle, and a headband)]], his [[{{Troll}} almost childlike mischievous attitude]], and English descent all call to mind [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor a certain kid squadron leader and his adult fighting organization.]] Creator/BenDiskin played both Numbuh 1 in ''KND'', and the dubbed voice of Joseph.
*** Another CastingGag example: [[OfficialCouple Jonathan and Erina's]] [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch voice]] [[Creator/MichelleRuff actors]] voiced [[Manga/{{Bleach}} another male and female duo]], who are stated as PlatonicLifePartners in-canon.
*** In a Japanese dub example, Creator/TakehitoKoyasu previously played Ryo Kuroyanagi in ''Manga/YakitateJapan'', where he judged baking competitions. "How many breads have you eaten in your life" takes on a whole new meaning after that.
** Jotaro's later career choice of a marine biologist, despite the fact that the Moon, Strength, and High Priestess cards all attacked Jotaro and his TrueCompanions on a boat or submarine.
** The infamous 1994 CLAMP doujinshi where [[MrSeahorse Kakyoin gives birth]] to a baby whose stand is a mixture of his and Jotaro, with the ability to unravel its body into tentacles and RapidFireFisticuffs. 6 years later, Stone Ocean stars Jotaro's daughter, Jolyne, and she has the ability to unravel her stand into string, has RapidFireFisticuffs, and even a battle cry of "Ora ora ora!". This is lampshaded in a [[https://youtu.be/uKL2mituEgo fan video.]]
*** In both the doujinshi and canon, Jotaro's kids have a rocky relationship with him while they adore their mother, so take what you will from that.

** As mentioned in HarsherInHindsight above, the episode where [[spoiler:Kakyoin gets a hole punched through his stomach by DIO's STAND]] was released on National Donut Day. The episode where Josuke and Okuyasu eat at Tonio's restaurant and Okuyasu's spaghetti gets punched by Josuke's STAND aired exactly one year later.
** In the early parts of Stardust Crusaders he comments on how terrible Japanese coffee tastes, then fast-forward to Part 4 where he comments about how good Japanese coffee tastes. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1139917-jojo-s-bizarre-adventure He really must be going senile...]]
** This [[https://youtu.be/oOUxS9eqxuA fake, fan-made, Toonami-style promo]] for the 2012 anime, uploaded on [[AprilFoolsDay April 1st, 2015]] and using footage from the ''Stardust Crusaders'' arc. About a year later, Creator/{{Toonami}} officially announced that the anime really would be airing, though starting with the ''Phantom Blood'' arc instead.
** In ''Manga/DragonBall'', which ran in the same magazine that ''JJBA'' did prior to the latter moving to Ultra Jump, Guldo, who had the ability to stop time, was introduced, and he is widely seen as a JokeCharacter, since he had to hold his breath while using said ability, and he was unceremoniously killed off by [[TheRival Vegeta]][[note]]to be fair, he did give Gohan and Krillin a hard time, but it's worth noting that at the time, Gohan was a child, and Krillin was (and still is) a human[[/note]]. A few years later in ''Stardust Crusaders'' DIO gets the same ability, but ends up being one of the most powerful characters in the part!

** Nazis pulling a HeelFaceTurn.
** Part 2 near the ending: Nazi-eating, Vampire Squirrels [[spoiler:that's actually the hand of [[AGodAmI Kars]]]].
** During Jotaro and DIO's fight, it escalates into near-DBZ tier when both of them start flying, but what tops the "Holy Shit" cake is when [[spoiler: DIO drops a motherfucking STEAMROLLER onto Jotaro.]]
** Start from chapter one of ''Stone Ocean'' -- and you'll still go "WTF???!!!!" trying to figure out the freaky basis of the latest enemy Stand! [[spoiler: And then the universe ends.]]
** Whitesnake, a Stand who can open your head ''like it was a DISC player'' and take out [=DISCs=] containing either your PsychicPowers or your [[OurSoulsAreDifferent soul]].
** In the opening of Chapter 47 of the ''Stardust Crusaders'' anime [[spoiler:DIO breaks the fourth wall and interrupts the opening to have a duel with Jotaro]]. The cherry on the top of the cake is ''that David Production planned it from the beginning.''
** Part 8 starts off with the protagonist who is discovered to have four testicles, and it only gets more and more bizarre from there, even by [=JoJo's=] standards, which, considering everything else listed here, is saying ''a lot''.
** Similar to episode 47 of ''Stardust Crusaders'' above, the opening of episode 36 of ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' has [[spoiler:Kira using Bites the Dust to ''rewind'' the opening!]]

** Yoshikage Kira's existence, considering he only debuts or receives significant buildup shortly before the halfway point of the story. On that note, Akira Otoishi being a DiscOneFinalBoss.
** Due to his and his stand's infamously poor reputation, Diavolo and King Crimson are pretty well-known. This makes his desire to make himself come off as TheGhost and an UltimateEvil even more inept.
* IronWoobie:
** Jonathan's life became horrible when Dio entered the scene. He loses his dog, his girlfriend, and all his friends. He somehow makes it to adulthood without a single noticeable emotional scar.
** Joseph's life was also bad, thanks to Dio's influence. His father was killed by one of Dio's surviving zombies, his mother [[spoiler:had to go into hiding after killing that zombie]], he grew up a lonely child, and it's heavily implied his [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold colorful]] personality developed as a defense mechanism, [[spoiler:his best friend was killed by a near immortal vampire-like being]], by Part 3, most of the people who had been his allies have died, his daughter was on the verge of death due to Dio's influence, Dio even [[spoiler:succeeded in killing]] him for a time, and it takes nearly bleeding himself to death before his attempts to bond with his grandson work. Yet, he's still one of the more optimistic [=JoJo=]s.
** All the shit Jolyne goes through at the beginning of ''Stone Ocean'', living most of her life with her father absent even during times where she was in critical health. It makes her determination to save her father all the more heartwarming.
** Kakyoin has a FriendlessBackground, [[spoiler:never having any friends for his whole life, as it was his own choice since he's aware that he'll never connect with anyone, not even his own parents, due to having a Stand]]. But yet shows no hints of it until the episode where [[spoiler:he dies, and it's pretty heartbreaking to know that the first friends he ever made are also his last]]. This [[TearJerker gets even more sadder]] if you listen to his ImageSong ''Goodbye Nostalgia''.
** Okuyasu. Lost his mother at an early aged and regularly abused by his grieving father. Then, his father gets mutated into a disfigured monster, and his older brother Keicho would often bully him and put him down. [[spoiler:Just when there's hope of him reconciling with his brother, Keicho gets killed by Akira Otoishi]]. Despite that, he still pushes on and tries to make the best out of what he has.
* JerkassWoobie:
** Caesar is a bit of a showoffy jerk and rival to Joseph, but the HeroicSacrifice of his father, pent-up resentment towards Joseph for his grandfather's sacrifice for ''his'' grandfather, and his desire to prove himself in everyone's eyes are what draw fans to him and his bond with Joseph.
** Keicho Nijimura debuts as a cold bastard who attacks people with the Bow and Arrow to draw Stands out of them; uncaring if people die or if the new users hurt others. He's abusive to his brother and even tries to dispose of him when Okuyasu gets in his way. Then we learn his backstory where in his childhood he was kinder and more protective of his younger brother especially after they lost their mother and their father turns abusive. [[spoiler:Upon seeing his father devolve into a pitiful and barely human monster, Keicho would rather ShootTheDog and put him out of his misery than let him continue as a pitiful shell of a man]]. In the end [[spoiler:his past comes back to bite him when one of the people he gave powers to returns to kill him, but Keicho's last action is to save his younger brother]]. Upon seeing his remains Okuyasu breaks down.
--->'''Okuyasu''': My Big Bro... deserved to end up like that. There's no way he could have lived a decent life. That was his fate. But you know... In the end, in the very end my big bro defended me didn't he?
** Shigechi is a FatBastard who tries to screw his friends out of money in their introductory arc, but he becomes their close friend regardless. Ultimately, he's a middle-schooler with no friends besides Okuyasu and Josuke, very protective of his family, and [[spoiler:his death at the hands of Kira Yoshikage is absolutely heart-rending.]]
** The members of Bucciarati's gang in part 5 are gangsters, and much of what that entails, but all of them have sympathetic qualities which shine on through, and their TrueCompanions nature, [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic backstories]], and [[BlackAndGrayMorality the depravity of the real villains]] make it easy to root for them. When some of them die, [[RealityEnsues it's nearly always sudden, meaningless, and painful]], and even [[spoiler:Fugo choosing to OptOut, and the rest of the scene being the rest of the group leaving him behind, right down to [[MoralityPet Narancia]], is a massive TearJerker.]]
*** Their opposition, La Squadra di Esecuzione, are a group of TrueCompanions and {{Anti Villain}}s who got screwed over by Diavolo, which is the reason why they're trying to kill Trish and the rest of Bruno's gang. Nero himself has faced tragedy not unlike the protagonists, and once he gets a good chance to get back at Diavolo, the rest of his gang has already been killed.
** Enrico Pucci in Part 6. Despite cementing himself as the franchise's most [[spoiler:famous HeroKiller]], you can't deny that he definitely had a lot of baggage on him. From the discovery of [[spoiler:his long-lost twin whom he believed to be dead to witnessing the suicide of his beloved sister because of his [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom mistakes]]]], you can see why he fell into DIO's clutches.
* JustHereForGodzilla: In Part 3, people most remember the Jotaro vs. Dio, fight as it is very unique and epic. Especially true for the 1993 OVA; while people's opinions vary on whether it's a good adaptation as a whole, nearly everybody agrees that the final episode of Jotaro and Dio's fight was pulled off near-flawlessly and a must-see.

** Kira Yoshikage. As one of the most popular [=JoJo=] villains, he actively and unrepentantly serial-kills for 15 years, and after his initial defeat, runs circles around the protagonists without even trying. And when he ''does'' try...
* MagnificentBastard: [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yoshikage Kira]] and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Enrico Pucci]]. See those pages for details.

* MemeticLoser:
** Okuyasu is remembered as [[IdiotHero the guy]] who never used [[PortalCut his]] [[StoryBreakerPower Stand]] to the best of its abilities. That said however he does at the end to defeat Kira and it makes Kira's chances of winning go from really high to almost nothing in an instant.
** Anasui is often a ButtMonkey in fancomics. ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' furthered this by making Jolyne have unique intros and [=DHAs=] with Ermes and Weather Report, but not him.
* MemeticMolester:
** Noriaki Kakyoin. Thanks to an off-handed comment on his admiration of [[StacysMom Holly]] plus the infamous cherry scene, fans like to portray him as a MILF-hunter who's out stalking older women.
** Tusk ACT 4. No matter what doors or walls you put up to protect yourself, it will break them down trying to get you while crying "chumimi~in".

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: While by no means unpopular in the series' native Japan, [[BigBad Funny Valentine]] sees a lot of love in America, mainly thanks to his genuine patriotism (which can be spun into endless jokes) and [[CloudCuckooLander quirkiness.]]
* MisaimedMarketing:
** "Bizarre Adventure" sounds like the title of a work that's totally harmless, right? That's probably what an employee of the French store chain "Fnac" thought when they decided to put the DVD of the first season of the anime in the category "Youth, Children." It gets better: if you go to the bottom of [[http://video.fnac.com/a9638261/Les-aventures-bizarres-de-Jojo-Saison-1-DVD-DVD-Zone-2 the article's page]], you'll see that it's in the ''3-6 years'' category! Seems that seeing Dio get shot by 5 bullets at the beginning of each episode is totally appropriate for children that young...
* {{Moe}}:
** Speedwagon, for his exuberant supportiveness towards Jonathan (and the fact that he continues supporting the Joestars financially and emotionally by following Joseph on his adventures, and then financially through the Speedwagon Foundation after Speedwagon himself passes on).
** Koichi Hirose, a genuinely NiceGuy who at times shows signs of being a NervousWreck, especially in the anime. The anime adaptation ended up endearing him even to fans who had felt neutral or even negative towards him when reading the original manga.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Dio pretty much crosses it by tying up Jonathan's beloved pet dog Danny in steel wire, putting him in a wooden box, and putting the box in the Joestar estate's incinerator, so that when the butler [[KillItWithFire lights it up]]... [[DisproportionateRetribution all because Jonathan beat him in a fight.]] Plus, there's the business of the captive mother who lets herself be turned into a zombie by Dio if ''[[LoopholeAbuse he]]'' will spare her baby's life...
** Tarkus crushing the remains of his friend Bruford after his death and mocking his weakness, revealing that he'd given himself over to Dio's control entirely (whereas Bruford at least remained a NobleDemon) surely counts. Goes into an in-universe edition when he [[spoiler:killed Zeppeli]], so as far as Jonathan is concerned, all bets are off.
** Kars [[spoiler:when he goes back on his word on fighting fairly with Lisa Lisa, by striking her from behind because it was more convenient than fighting head on]]; not only does it reveal that he's completely dishonorable, but it besmirches the memory of his two comrades, the latter of which gave his life in a life-threatening battle moments before this. He then goes further with the genocide of his race, as well as attempting with humankind.
** J.Geil broke it when he raped Polnareff's sister and [[SerialRapist other girls]]. He just got worse and worse later on.
** It's unknown when Steely Dan broke it. Was it when he killed Enayba for [[{{Greed}} the money]]? Was it when he held that child as hostage and attempted to kill her with his stand? Was it when he tortured Jotaro and Joseph? Either way, the protagonists and readers despise him.
** Alessi broke it when he turned that women assisting Polnareff into a fetus.
** As soon as his first appearance Vanilla Ice [[spoiler:killed Avdol]] but ultimately crosses it when he decides to top that. How does he top something like that you ask? [[spoiler:Kicking a downed Iggy to death just because a quick death at the hands of Cream wouldn't have been enough for him because Iggy forced Ice to destroy a [[DisproportionateRetribution sand doppelganger of DIO in self defence]].]]
** Angelo crosses it way back in the past when [[KidsAreCruel he was 12]], where he mutilated a couple of people and raped them.
** Serial killers garner little sympathy in the first place, but at least at first Kira limits his murders to his usual targets and witnesses. [[spoiler: Then he [[KickTheDog turns his adopted son, Hayato, into a bomb to destroy anyone who wants to question him]], and then repeats the process over and over again--a [[ForTheEvulz completely mean spirited act]] that causes the reader to outright despise him.]]
** Diavolo crosses this for Bruno when he reveals that the reason for bringing Trish to him was [[spoiler:to kill her himself, since she was his daughter, on the miniscule possibility that people would discover his identity through her]]. Bruno immediately went from curious to wanting him dead.
** Ciocolatta wastes no time in activating his stand Green Day, which spreads a deadly mold that injures anyone caught in it, including civilians. His rampage ends up killing several people across Rome, all while he takes sadistic glee in it.
** Pucci crosses it for Jotaro when he decides to pull Dio's signature knife move on Jolyne to anger him.
** Funny Valentine crosses it after trying to rape Lucy. In Johnny's eyes, he crosses it when he backs out of his promise to [[spoiler: revive Gyro when he decides to kill him.]]
* MostAnnoyingSound: It doesn't come across very well in English, but Magenta Magenta's voice is supposed to be incredibly whiny and nasal.
* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound:
** [[https://youtu.be/ze6hZEIF824 The sound The World makes in the anime when it stops time.]]
** Any rendition of Jotaro's [[{{Kiai}} ORAORAORAORA]], but especially Creator/DaisukeOno's version in the anime.
** Same with Dio's MUDAMUDAMUDA, especially by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu and Creator/NorioWakamoto in the anime and CD drama respectively.
** In the 2016 anime, whenever Jotaro's Star Platinum lands a punch, it is accompanied by a sound not unlike a gun firing off. When launching into RapidFireFisticuffs, it sounds like a machine gun. Dio's The World makes a similar sound, as well.
** Any time Joseph breaks into {{Engrish}}, young or old.
** Yoshikage Kira's {{Leitmotif}} in the anime. You can hear [[Music/{{Queen}} Killer Queen]] in it!
* {{Narm}}:
** "[[CaptainObvious Even Speedwagon is afraid!]]"
** Speaking of Speedwagon, his extremely [[LargeHam hammy]] reaction to Kars [[spoiler:becoming the Ultimate Being]] takes all the drama out of the scene.
-->'''Website/YouTube Commenter:''' Speedwagon has been waiting to go full Speedwagon for lord knows how many episodes.
** Mark's CruelAndUnusualDeath at the hands of the Pillar Men? Horrifying and dramatic. Caesear and Joseph's immediate reaction afterwards? [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/50480/2boys-araki_hirohiko-caesar_anthonio_zeppeli-cars_ Not as much]].
** One early installment has [=JoJo=] declare his current nemesis a CompleteMonster… for [[FelonyMisdemeanor chipping a girl’s tooth]].
** Johnny Joestar's scream of "I MUST KNOW THE SECRET OF THE BAAAAALLLLSSSS" is more hilarious (or ridiculous -- take your pick) than the serious and emotionally impacting line it's supposed to be.
** The [[http://i.imgur.com/MJggub2.jpg face Polnareff makes in the anime]] when he hesitates to answer the woman who took care of him as a child from Alessi.
** While DIO's World is just as fearsome and powerful in the anime, the sound that plays when it stops time is...anything but. While the OVA went for a more distinct ambient sound, the Capcom game went with an impressively imposing roar and hum and All Star Battle played an ominous small chime, the anime instead plays an odd electronic sound that sounds more like ''[[{{Fartillery}} farting]]''.
** Jotaro's one-liners during his fight with Kira are hilariously bad and completely out of place for [[TheComicallySerious someone like him]].
--->''"Nice watch. Too bad it won't be able to tell time after I break it. Break your face that is."''
--->''"Yare, Yare. Now that I look at it up close your watch looks like crap, but you dont have to worry about that. After all, I am about to make it much worse, your face that is."''
** The name of the eye beam attack that Dio and other vampires use is Space Ripper Stingy Eyes.
** [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/e28cbe4bad613a0de8db35d1077cc98d/tumblr_n7c76lrFiZ1ro5pngo1_r1_500.gif OVA Vanilla Ice appearing out of a void in the ground]] is supposed to be menacing, but is more likely to elicit plenty of giggles (especially out of context).
** "His nails, flesh and bones are all floppy like a condom."
* NarmCharm: All the CrazyAwesome makes the ridiculous names somehow great instead of pure corn. The manga and anime are full of constant grit and {{Gorn}}. However, take that, throw in some of Japan's best voice actors, as well as bright colors, strong art direction, and acting and narrative that is so over-the-top it's awesome, and you can see why so many are hooked.
** What other series could make you take a villain dressed in hearts named Vanilla Ice with his stand Cream seriously?
** [[spoiler:Caesar]]'s death is played for all the melodrama it's worth, ''especially'' in the anime, where they even break out the opera music. It's still one of the most tragic scenes in the series.
** As mentioned before, the sound The World makes when it stops time. While it does sound like a dubstep fart, it also means that all is about to break loose.

** Kakyoin's status as a sex god originates from an offhand line early in Part 3, where he mentions that he admires Jotaro's mom and would want to one day marry a woman like her. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It comes rather out of the blue, moments before they set out to find Dio]].
** Kakyoin will also never live down the creepy tongue thing [[spoiler: a thing he only did once, as the other two times it was Rubber Soul simply impersonating him.]]
** A lot of fans still can't get over the fact that the TV airing for ''Stardust Crusaders'' had to censor scenes that involved Jotaro smoking since he is a minor, but didn't censor Anne's nudity during the fight with Forever or even Mannish Boy's genitals. Especially because none of these moments are major scenes but rather smaller parts of much bigger scenes.
** Pretty much any instance where Araki has a villain pull off a KickTheDog moment. The most notable example was Vanilla Ice [[spoiler: beating Iggy to death in ''Stardust Crusaders'']] so much so that any discussion on Vanilla Ice will most likely refer to him as a [[spoiler: "dog kicker" and some even overlook the fact that he killed Avdol beforehand just because the beatdown he gave Iggy was so brutal.]]

* NoYay: The real traction of some of Diavolo's quotes have this going with him and Doppio, calling his other personality "My Doppio... Oh, Doppio... My cute little Doppio!" It sounds either endearing or creepy considering how insane he is.
* OneTrueThreesome: Joseph/Caesar/Suzie Q and [[LesYay Jolyne/Ermes/Foo Fighters]] are common {{OT3}}s within the fandom.
** There's a small fandom for Kakyoin/[[BiTheWay Jotaro]]/Jotaro's Wife, too, especially among those who believe the younger Mrs. Kujo was short-changed by canon. Presumably, this takes place in a universe post-Part 3, where Kakyoin never [[spoiler: died]].
** [[OfficialCouple Jonathan/Erina]]/Speedwagon, the latter for his UndyingLoyalty to Jonathan that many fans interpret as LoveAtFirstPunch. Fans like to think of Speedwagon as the [[JustForPun third wheel]] in the relationship.
* ParanoiaFuel:
** Hanged Man. It can attack from ''any'' reflective surface. This includes eyes..
** Teranosuke Miyamoto -- his powers only work on a person if that person gets scared. This is easier for him to do than you would think.
** Pray to god that ''nobody'' looks at your back if Masazo Kinato's Cheap Trick is attached to you...
** Polpo's shadow ability. It's to the point where he can come out of the shadows of ''flying birds''.
** It's Zucchero's sheer effectiveness with his Stand in staying hidden while attacking that makes him paranoia-inducing. It takes Moody Blues to actually find out why the rest of the team is disappearing one by one.
** Squalo's Stand in the Tizziano/Squalo arc: "There's a shark in the soup!"
** Going Underground/Born This Way, at least until Josuke figure out how it works. ''It just keeps showing up out of nowhere!''
** [[https://youtu.be/tK77U7ACc8I This video]] was made to show what DIO's time-stopping abilities would look like to an in-universe character in ''real-time''. Watching it will drive home just how utterly ''terrifying'' the events of the DIO's World arc were to the heroes.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
** Part 4 for Jotaro, who was divisive [[AmericansHateTingle outside Japan]]. The JerkAss and NinetiesAntiHero aspects that make him TheScrappy for a lot of Part 3 fans are heavily dialed down, positive traits like his nerdy animal-loving side become a lot more prominent, his stepping down from the protagonist role makes him less of overly perfect, and his reticence makes him {{Adorkable}} rather than hard to empathize with this time around. It also helps that he serves as a BigBrotherMentor to both Josuke and Koichi. Further rescued in Part 6, which deconstructs the character traits used to try to make him seem "cool" in Part 3, acknowledging them as character flaws which have damaged his relationship with his daughter.
** Thanks to new fan translations of ''Vento Aureo'', Giorno has started getting a lot of more love. While Giorno was originally perceived as a FlatCharacter due to the poor Chinese translation, better translations make him feel more multi-dimensional. The anime adds onto this by giving more layers to his personality.

** The 1993 OVA of ''Stardust Crusaders'', which started InMediasRes and was a CompressedAdaptation that cut out most of the fights and humor of the original. Are the changes to some of the fights and Dio's character design an improvement or do they make things worse? Or is it all just SoOkayItsAverage and only worthwhile for serious fans?

*** When Creator/VizMedia announced that they would release the first season of the anime on Blu-Ray (Warner Bros. still own the rights to distribute the show on DVD), they stated that the release would include an english dub... but didn't specify whether it would be the same english dub from Warner's DVD release or a brand new english dub, leading to debates on whether Viz should actually bother redubbing the first season or simply include the Warner Bros. english dub.
*** Whether or not Creator/BangZoomEntertainment was a good choice to produce the English dub is yet another debate entirely. Some felt that a lot of the issues with the dub fell mostly on Bang Zoom's involvement. In particular many Bang Zoom detractors feel as if the studio has become notorious for constantly reusing the same voice actors in leading roles (especially in non-union dubs) and as such the dub played it safe. It especially didn't help that the detractors felt that Bang Zoom's usual talent pool now donning fake accents to be eye-rolling. There's also the fact that Creator/NewGenerationPictures is based in Los Angeles and their work on ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' proves that there are British voice actors in the area and non-British voice actors can pull off solid accents. This has led the detractors to believe that New Generation Pictures would have been a much better choice. Others however didn't mind Bang Zoom's involvement seeing as how many of their fans find that their recent dubs have been relatively strong and have been pleased with the recent talent pool that Bang Zoom has been using in the past few years.

** The first opening of the Part 4 anime 'Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town', is divisive: fans are either appreciating it for its vibrant colors and light hearted theme, or disappointed for not being in the heavily actioned CGI animations with loads of symbolism and foreshadowing elements that the previous four openings had. Although despite all this, the fans have agreed that the song itself is really catchy.
*** The second opening, 'chase', is equally divisive for the complete opposite reasons: the visuals are much more drab, with a lot of gray dulling the colors, while the song has been accused by some of sounding like a generic anime rock theme song. The opening does have its fans, who find that the darker tone fits with the CerebusSyndrome that kicks in shortly after the OP switch.
*** The third opening, 'Great Days', shows that ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' just can't seem to catch a [[IncrediblyLamePun break]] here. This time, the arguments presented from both sides seem to [[HistoryRepeats mirror]] those for 'Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town': some like it for its catchy tune and fun, vibrant visuals, while others dislike how its upbeat nature directly contrasts that of 'chase' and the darker portion of the manga that the latter applied to (despite 'Great Days' being applied to the point where the manga underwent ReverseCerebusSyndrome). Unlike 'Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town', however, the song itself also seems to be pretty divisive, as fans are split on whether 'Great Days' is either a well-written and catchy song or another generic J-pop track in an industry littered with them.
** The 2012 anime airing on Toonami. That alone isn't an issue (after all, the anime was one of the most highly requested shows for the block), but it was announced at a time when Toonami was airing ''four'' other long-running shows (specifically ''[[Anime/DragonBallKai Dragon Ball Z Kai]]'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', ''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto: Shippuden]]'', and ''Manga/OnePiece''). Add in the block currently having little room for other shows, and this naturally lead to some fans groaning that Toonami should've saved ''[=JoJo=]'' for a later date instead of filling up with long-runners. Others are completely fine with this, being quick to point out that the announcement was made when ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' was nearing the end of its own run, and that ''[=JoJo=]'' making it onto Toonami at all after the issues with Warner Bros. is itself nothing short of a miracle.
*** Speaking of ''[=JoJo=]'' on Toonami, there's also the argument on what part of the anime they should have started airing at. Some argue that Toonami should've began at ''Stardust Crusaders'', due to it being the most well-known part in the U.S. and audiences getting to see what is arguably [[EvilIsCool DIO at his coolest]] earlier. Others defend Toonami's decision to begin at ''Phantom Blood'', as viewing it would give context to DIO's character and allow audiences to appreciate his portrayal in ''Stardust Crusaders'' more, as well as the fact that Toonami would have been skipping over the highly enjoyable ''Battle Tendency''.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: What do Narancia, Mista, and Fugo do after they disassemble Zucchero's body, hang his head, and roast his eye? [[http://i2.mangareader.net/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-5-vento-aureo/3/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-5-vento-aureo-1703481.jpg They dance!]]

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some fans tend to think that Dio is less monstrous than he actually is, going so far as to draw him as a caring father to Giorno (sometimes raising him alongside Jonathan as his husband, despite [[spoiler:Dio decapitating Jonathan at the end of Phantom Blood]].

* EarWorm: [[https://youtu.be/EOjrfCdhD_I The special ED]] for episode 27 of Stardust Crusaders. OINGO! BOINGO! BROTHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERS!
** [[https://youtu.be/oNAchRlQBAA The reprise featuring Hol Horse]] from episode 36 is just as catchy.
** Part IV's anime adaptation opens over a catchy radio jingle, and fans seemed to immediately fall in love with it. ''Mori-Mori-Morioooooh-cho Radiooooo!'' [[spoiler: The fact that it's paired with a SurpriseCreepy scene that wasn't in the manga helps, as well.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: As a long running franchise with multiple parts that each bring in LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, there are many secondary and minor characters in each part that gain a lot of attention among the fandom.
** Robert Edward O. Speedwagon, whom many fans find to be extremely adorable if they're overlooking how silly his last name is. The love from the fans was so great that his status was the driving factor behind him being in ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]''.
** Caesar is considered to be the most popular Zeppeli next to Gyro himself.
** Stroheim is such a fun LargeHam that people are willing to overlook the fact that he's still a freaking [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi]].
** Wamuu is the most liked of the Pillar Men for being the AntiVillain of the group and his sense of honor towards Caesar and Joseph. In fact he's the only secondary antagonist in the series that is more popular than the main antagonist of the part he's in.
** Muhammad Avdol, to the point that he was [[spoiler:spared an early death.]]
** Noriaki Kakyoin gets PutOnABus during the Egypt Arc and suffers from TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter (See below) as he [[spoiler:dies at the end]]. It doesn't stop him from having a massive number of fanart in Website/{{Pixiv}} and having his own share of memes that are popular within the fandom. It's not much of a surprise to see him be the only character along with Jotaro to appear in all demos of ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' and the [[AdaptationExpansion Anime adding in extra scenes to expand his character]].
** While a lot of them are forgettable oneshot enemies, many of Dio's minions/assassins from Part 3 have gotten their fair share of love from the fanbase. In particular, most of the Egypt-arc minions are agreed to be significantly more interesting than those that came before, and bar them, Hol Horse is also very well-liked.
*** Aside from Hol Horse, Daniel J. D'Arby is the most popular of DIO's minions. His AffablyEvil qualities and how he chose to fight the protagonists not because DIO wanted him to but for his passion of gambling have gained him a lot of respect among fans. It also helps that his fight was considered one of the best in ''Stardust Crusaders'' for the high tension and how it broke away from the action of previous fights and was more logic driven. He was so well liked among fans that his fight in the OVA shifted to Araki's art style, he got his own figure, and even appeared as a boss in Eyes of Heaven.
*** The Oingo Boingo Brothers have become popular among fans of recently for their hilarious chapter and how unlike DIO's other henchmen they weren't particularly villainous and had other character traits outside of following DIO. So much so that they got a figure, a one-shot that reveals Boingo tried to become a successful author after the events of ''Stardust Crusaders'', a reference to Tohth in ''Stone Ocean'' and both arcs involving Boingo had alternate credits in the anime.
*** Midler is probably the most defining example out of all of DIO's minions, due to her being TheFaceless. Her FoeYay with Jotaro plus her [[MsFanservice bellydancer redesign]] in the games, have made her a BreakoutVillain.
** Rohan Kishibe, one of the few cases where the lead [=JoJo=] is NOT the most popular character from their part. The fact that so many spinoffs centre around him doesn't hurt.
** Yoshikage Kira seems to be the most popular main antagonists after Dio despite his first appearance being halfway into Part 4. His stand, Killer Queen, is also a fan favorite among stands designs and powers. [[spoiler: The fact both characters ([[AlternateContinuity kinda]]) appear in [=JoJolion=] doesn't hurt]].
** Yukako Yamagishi from Part 4 only has two arcs where she is the focus and only makes a few minor appearances but among the fandom is as synonymous with it as the protagonists are. A lot of fan art centered around Part 4 often features her alongside the protagonists with some fans even labeling her as the "heroine" of Part 4. With the advent of the {{Yandere}} trope in recent years she's also been labeled by some fans as the "first yandere". She's even playable in ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' and in the third opening of the anime, is quite majorly featured, even alongside Rohan.
** Yuya Fungami was only a villain for one arc and then later an ally in another, but his stand is a fan-favorite and the Highway Star arc in general being one of the most beloved arcs of part 4; being the one that the fans were the most hyped to see in the anime. Partially because he was responsible in making [[SignatureScene Rohan say the memetic line "However, I refuse/Daga Kotowaru." and getting one of the most epic beatings by Josuke]].
** Part 5 has one in Bruno [[{{Determinator}} Bucciarati]]. In fact, many fans prefer him over Giorno himself, even going so far to say that Bucciarati is the ''real'' main protagonist of that story.
** The entirety of La Squadra di Esecuzione, especially Risotto Nero and Prosciutto, are given the most attention out of any part's minor antagonists, possibly due to their status as TrueCompanions and {{anti villain}}s. Even Sorbet and Gelato, who had no lines, showed up for a ''handful'' of pages, and were victims of a PlotTriggeringDeath have their fans in some circles.
** [[BadassAdorable Foo Fighters]], to the point that she was one of the most requested DLC characters for All-Star Battle and the most common complaint about ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' is that she doesn't have any major appearances.
** At least in the English-speaking fandom, Ringo Roadagain is the subject of a great deal of awe, respect, and adulation. He was even intended to be playable in ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' but [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the idea was scrapped]].
** [[KnightOfCerebus Tamaki]] [[{{Gonk}} Damo]] has developed a notable fanbase in the last few chapters he's appeared in as well.
** Josefumi Kujo became slightly popular upon the flashback arc in ''[=JoJolion=]'', before ''skyrocketing'' to ''adored'' after Chapter 52 established him as TheWoobie.

* EvilIsCool:
** Dio Brando is the poster boy of this trope for all of manga.
** The Pillar Men for their cool offensive abilities, FashionVictimVillain be damned.
** Yoshikage Kira's FanNickname is "Japanese Music/DavidBowie", and "Killer Queen" is one of the most popular Stands due to its design and power.
* EvilIsSexy: A good lot of evil characters in this series are quite attractive -- especially in [[BishonenJumpSyndrome Part 5.]]

* FandomNickname:
** Fastcart - Robert E.O. Speedwagon, as per his proposed DubNameChange in a hypothetical Creator/FourKidsEntertainment localization.
*** From the [[GagSub Duwang subs]] for the anime, Speedwagon is also occasionally nicknamed Speedbump.
** Moewagon - Also Speedwagon, because 4chan's idea of adorable is a bit odd.
** Oldwagon - Part 2 Speedwagon, on account of being, well, old.
** Tequila Joseph - Joseph in his not entirely successful HarmlessLadyDisguise. Eventually [[AscendedMeme ascended]] as that costume's name in ''Eyes of Heaven''.
** [=Jo2uke=] - Part 8 Josuke, to distinguish him from the one in Part 4.
** Gappy - Also Part 8 Josuke, as his DistinguishingMark is a small gap between his two front teeth.
** Cheese Boi - Fugo, for his choice of clothing.
** 195cm組/195cm group - A collective name for Jonathan, Joseph and Jotaro coined by the Japanese fandom based on their mutually shared height.
** Aztec Gods of Fitness - The Pillar Men, all of which are absurdly muscular [[WalkingShirtlessScene Walking Shirtless Scenes.]]
** Cherry Boy - [[TheLancer Noriaki Kakyoin]], due to his SignatureScene where he licks a cherry in an... odd way.
** [[spoiler:Donut - Also Kakyoin, due to his death scene, where he gets fatally pierced through the stomach by [[BigBad DIO]].]]

* FashionVictimVillain:
** The Pillar Men in Part 2, who seem to emphasize wearing as little clothing as possible. Esidsi at one point had what looked like leather pads sewn onto his skin and the manga even has him GoingCommando in his debut.
** Dio and Vanilla Ice in Part 3 seem to share a lot of clothing styles, namely leotards and heart decorations. Dio always has his pants loose and Vanilla Ice doesn't wear pants at all. [[http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/812/949/791.png the fandom has come up with their theories on Dio's fashion]]
** Diavolo stands out for looking incredibly garish even in the highly glamorized Part 5. He appears to wear what looks like lipstick, a body net, and trailing nets attached to his pants.
** This applies to a good deal of the other villains in Part 5, with special notice given to Risotto Nero. With an even more {{Stripperiffic}} version of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth's]] outfit, and a hat that looks like a piece of cloth with little balls dangling from it
** Aishou Dainenjiyama looks like he doesn't know how to wear clothes, with him wearing a sweater on his head among other things.
* FauxSymbolism: Some chapters of ''Steel Ball Run'' take this to the extreme, what with all the Biblical references and what not. Though given the Saint's Corpse parts are implied to belong to Jesus...
* FirstInstallmentWins: Averted -- thanks to MemeticMutation and the FightingGame, everyone knows the ''third'' Part best. In fact, ''Phantom Blood'' is generally considered to be one of the weaker parts, mainly due to SequelEscalation enforced by the other parts.
* FoeYay: Occasionally overpowering.
** In Part 1, Dio wants Jonathan's body. [[spoiler:In order to "live gorgeously forever".]]
** In Part 2, two of the Pillar Men actually become engaged to Joseph, with rings and everything. It's an engagement ''of Death'', but an engagement nonetheless.
** The anime adaption of Part 3, added a flashback scene in which Kakyoin first meets Dio (and in turn get the flesh bud). Watching the scene feels like the poor guy is getting molested.
** Telence D'Arby touching Kakyoin after storing his soul into doll, as well as looking under his coat and rubbing his cheek against his.
** Josuke/Rohan is a pretty popular pairing even though Josuke doesn't care for Rohan and WordOfGod is that Rohan flat-out hates Josuke's guts for [[spoiler:burning his house down]]. Then again, Rohan is pretty {{Tsundere}}, and is willing to endanger himself to protect Josuke against Highway Star, so there is a limit to his antipathy.
* FoodPorn: Pops up often, especially in Part 4. Yoshikage Kira/[[spoiler: Kosaku Kawajiri]]'s [[http://aidoru-ojisan.tumblr.com/post/150512011602 cooking]] is given a lot of detail in the anime, with soft music and lots of close-ups to empasize how mouth-watering it is. But then you remember [[{{SerialKiller}} why he's so good with knives]]...
* FountainOfMemes: The series is often famous amongst casual fans for coining dozens of memes by the truckload.
** If Dio doesn't inspire this, nobody does.
** Joseph Joestar in Part 2.
** The Duwang scans in Part 4, due to their SoBadItsGood translations.

** While mostly overshadowed by the later parts of the series in Japan due to being before Stands and [[MinorityShowGhetto featuring a completely non-Japanese main character at a time when such was viewed as anathema]], Part 2 is widely considered to be one of the best by [=JoJo=] fans outside Japan, who enjoy its protagonist's absurd levels of HotBlooded and CrazyAwesome. In fact, Joseph being regarded as the best main character is one of the few things that the English-speaking fandom can come close to a consensus on. Some StupidSexyFlanders may or may not also be involved with Part 2's popularity, what with all the the memetic degree of MachoCamp and HoYay / LGBTFanbase resulting from having the testosterone-enriched equivalent of a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, plus all the hilariously [[{{Stripperific}} oversexualized male designs]] and fabulous posing involved.
** Despite Josuke being a pretty popular [=JoJo=], having the 2nd most popular villain (behind Dio), and being one of the most popular parts overseas, Part 4 is one of the least popular in Japan (ironic since it's one of the few parts that actually engages in CreatorProvincialism). However, since it's Araki's favorite section of the manga, he pushes for merchandise of it.
** Part 7 is near-universally praised in the West for its fantastic storytelling as a strong start to the new continuity, but Japan seems to outright ignore it the most compared to every other part, due in part to residual bitterness to the end of part 6 and no small amount of TheyChangedItNowItSucks. Oddly enough, Part 8 has, so far, been perfectly well-received there.
** Italy remains the only western country where has been fully released and has significant popularity. The series has a strong cult following around the world though. 1/5 of the cast is Italian, one of the 8 parts takes place in Italy and all parts with the exception of 3 references Italy to an extent. Italians love [=JoJo=], and [=JoJo=] returns the favor.

* GeniusBonus:
** Whitesnake/C-Moon has "GΔCT" written all over its body to represent the four nucleobases that bond DNA. [[spoiler:Astute geneticist readers will notice that the delta sign (Δ), where A should be, is the sign of gene deletion aka a missing genome, foreshadowing that Whitesnake/C-Moon aren't the "complete" forms of Pucci's stand.]]
** A fairly depressing one regarding the second ED of part 3's anime. In it, you can see a section that has Joseph, Jotaro and Polnareff on one side of the river, and Abdul, Iggy and Kakyoin on the other side. [[spoiler: In Japanese mythology, it's believed that the dead have to cross a river named the Sanzu River in order to make it to the afterlife, much like the Greek mythologies River Styx. In addition, the New Kingdom era of ancient Egypt traditionally buried the dead on the other side of the Nile, opposite Thebes. Kakyoin, Iggy and Abdul have already crossed the river, foreshadowing their tragic deaths.]]

* AlasPoorScrappy
** Many people felt bad when [[spoiler:Shigechi got brutally murdered by Kira]] in Part 4. It helps that [[spoiler: his last moments had him wanting to protect his parents and that he gave the clue that starts the hunt for Kira.]] This is even lampshaded by Josuke, who notes that [[spoiler: even though Shigechi was annoying and greedy, his death still affects him and Okuyasu]].
** Even for a relatively unliked ([[TheScrappy for the wrong reasons]]) main villain, some readers felt that Diavolo's fate [[spoiler:of being subjected to an infinite death loop]] is too excessive. Considering his track record, that's something.

* AssPull:
** In Part 2, Joseph suggests the completely reasonable proposal to stop the villains' plan by destroying the MacGuffin they're chasing after, the Red Stone of Aja, which Lisa Lisa already possesses. To keep the story from ending prematurely on such a boringly mundane note, Araki has Lisa Lisa explain that according to a legend, without the Stone, the Pillar Men would ultimately be impossible to defeat. One can argue that this is true because [[spoiler:Ultimate Kars is only defeated due to his own Aja-amplified Ripple causing a volcano to erupt]], but that would require one to forget that [[spoiler:the Red Stone of Aja is the only reason Kars became the Ultimate Lifeform in the first place, and that he was moments away from being killed by Joseph and Stroheim before he transformed]]. Subverted when you realize that Kars had intended to kill Joseph and Lisa Lisa with his army of vampires as soon as they entered his chambers. The only reason that they'd even gotten to have their one on one duels instead is because Lisa Lisa was able to use the Red Stone as a bartering chip, which they then had to prove was real before said duels. Additionally, the Red Stone's continued existence caused Kars to act in a more direct fashion. Without its presence, he likely would have gone into hiding until he could find a substitute, possibly creating an even larger vampire army.
** [[spoiler:Kars suddenly getting the mask with the stone inserted without anyone knowing, just as he's about to be fried by ultraviolet rays.]] The anime alleviates this somewhat due to a bit of AdaptationExpansion in which [[spoiler:Kars makes a seemingly futile leap after first landing on the spikes, giving him a more plausible opportunity to grab the mask and put the jewel in.]]
** In Part 3, [[spoiler:Avdol surviving out of nowhere. He was clearly shot in the head several chapters ago with the rest of the cast confirming his status, but was brought back due to fan demand. Now, when it is revealed he is back, the cast tries to make it look like they kept his identity a secret.]] The anime tries to alleviate this by [[spoiler:actually showing Avdol moving in the way he described when the bullet gashed his forehead.]]
** In Part 4, the plot needs Jotaro to pass the torch to Josuke and become a more vulnerable character, so it has Angelo and other villains know about a [[StoryBreakerPower certain little trick]] he learned to do at the end of Part 3. However, it's never explained how they figured out such a huge secret. Especially when you remember Jotaro himself said that, for whatever reason, he never used that power between the battle against DIO and his arrival to Morioh.

* BaseBreakingCharacter:
** Polnareff. Is he a fleshed out character deserving of main protagonist status or a SpotlightStealingSquad whose ButtMonkey antics are stealing onscreen/on-panel time from characters who need it more like Avdol or Kakyoin?
** Jotaro gets this to a lesser extent. There are fans who admire him for being the cool, calm, and collected badass one of the [=JoJos=]. But there are also fans who find his stoic personality boring compared to more popular and animated [=JoJos=], such as Joseph Joestar.
** Shigechi, a fat, greedy kid who's quick to blame his friends when something goes wrong and has a tendency to go back on his word. He is one of the least liked characters in Part 4, [[spoiler:[[AlasPoorScrappy but his death at Kira's hands still warrants some pity]]]]. That being said, he's still a 14 year old, two years younger than Josuke and Okuyasu, plus he has no real concept on how friendships work, considering he gave half a billion to Josuke, indicating he's socially stunted. Also, while he is greedy, [[NotSoDifferent so is Josuke]].
** Giorno is this in spades, with fans often either citing him as one of the best [=JoJos=] or the absolute worst depending on who you're speaking too. Fans in favor of him often cite his cold, tactical personality, while those who are against him find that personality flat and boring in favor of the more upbeat [=JoJos=] like Joseph or Josuke. His lack of front-line fighting compared to most of the other [=JoJos=] also ties into the base breaking, as does the nature of Golden Experience and how overpowered it is especially by the end.
** Narciso Anasui of Part 6, either beloved as a hilarious and badass JerkWithAHeartOfGold and one of the most competent main characters bar ''maybe'' Jolyne, or hated as an overbearing StalkerWithACrush.
** Joseph after part 2. Either the previously mentioned BadassDecay is justified, as he's not the main character anymore and he's still a decent character, or his depiction in parts 3 and 4 is a complete disgrace that makes him a total joke.
** While Dio, Kira, Pucci, and Valentine have all been viewed favorably and Diavolo is generally disliked, Kars is the most divisive main villain among the fandom. To some he's one of the most interesting villains in the entire franchise since he was one of the more sinister and intelligent villains, wasn't a villain ForTheEvulz but rather had understandable motivations, and [[spoiler: ultimately lived up to outclassing Dio and became the strongest villain in the entire franchise with a climatic battle to follow.]] Others however see him as a boring villain who was way too mysterious and didn't have enough presence in the narrative, got overshadowed by his subordinates Wamuu and Esidisi in terms of fights and overall character, and came off as plain unlikable after [[spoiler: dishonoring Wamuu and Esidisi by greivously wounding Lisa Lisa and refusing to fight her.]]

*** Then again, this is a song based around [[FridgeBrilliance Yoshikage Kira]].

** In ''Battle Tendency'', after Wamuu released his masters Kars and Esidisi from their emprisonment, Kars accidentally steps on Wamuu's shadow. This caused the latter to instinctively attack the former. He quickly apologizes to his master and Kars does the same. That being said, stepping on Wamuu's shadow comes across as a [[ChekhovSGun Chekhov's Gun]], but no. It's never mentioned again.
** In the anime of ''Battle Tendency'', while monologuing to [=JoJo=] over the unconscious Lisa Lisa, Kars... starts strumming her legs to air guitar. According to rumours, Creator/KazuhikoInoue decided to joke while making that scene, but Creator/DavidProduction decided to ThrowItIn because it was funny.

* CanonDefilement: Kakyoin is notorious in anime fandoms as a poster boy for the {{Wimpification}} trope. The manga explicitly [[DefiedTrope defies]] this, mentioning early on that despite his [[{{Bishonen}} feminine]] appearance he's very strong-willed and the complete opposite of an {{Uke}}, but it's not uncommon for fanworks to depict him as [[TheIngenue extremely sweet and innocent]] or [[ExtremeDoormat slavishly submissive]] to Jotaro anyway. Unfortunately it's this characterization that became more famous with the YaoiFangirl PeripheryDemographic, not helped by the fact that popular mangaka like Creator/{{CLAMP}} indulged in it (and may have even kicked it off).
** It's even worse if he's paired with Dio, [[LoveMartyr where he falls for him despite everything Dio has been trying to do to kill him and the crusaders]]. Often these stories paint Kakyoin as giving himself to Dio [[MoreThanMindControl willingly]], giving him something that resembles StockholmSyndrome.
** Jotaro doesn't come out smelling like roses either. It's not uncommon in Japanese fanworks at least to raise Jotaro's aggression/and or possessiveness to Yandere levels at times.

* CommonKnowledge: There is a surprisingly high number of casual fans, and critics, that say that Jonathan was the father of Joseph. This isn't true as Part 2 clearly explains that Joseph is Jonathan's grandson. Even if you discount the TangledFamilyTree that is the Joestar lineage its still ridiculous that so many people believe this when one of the main arcs of Part 2 [[spoiler:was the reveal of who Joseph's mother is.]]

%% * CreatorsPet: Jotaro himself is also an example, since he is by far [[SpotlightStealingSquad the most]] [[WolverinePublicity likely]] [[CharacterFocus to be featured]] in [=JoJo=]-related media, and being one of the most recognizable aspects of the series due to PopCulturalOsmosis only exacerbates this tendency, despite being one of the most controversial [=JoJos=] due to having a personality considered unlikeable. This causes many fans to go from indifference or or mere dislike to downright despising him, at least for his Part 3 incarnation (see RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap).
* CreepyAwesome: Yoshikage Kira is one of the most popular villains in the series, despite (or rather because of) the fact that he's a [[AmbiguousDisorder mentally unstable]] MadBomber and SerialKiller with a hand fetish. His [[spoiler: time-travel shenanigans]] and [[WouldHurtAChild complete nonchalance]] towards murder probably help matters.

* DracoInLeatherPants:
** Some fans tend to think that Dio is less monstrous than he actually is, going so far as to draw him as a caring father to Giorno.
** You would be surprised at how many people attempt to rationalize and justify Yoshikage Kira's actions around the fanbase despite him being a SerialKiller and MadBomber.
** A sizeable part of the fandom likes Funny Valentine because of his patriotism.
** Some of the enemy Stand users from Part 3, particularly N'Dhoul, Mariah, Midler, and frighteningly the D'Arby brothers (especially Telence) often have their evil qualities toned down in fan works. Some fans even go as far as believing that they're just regular people when not fighting for DIO.
** While La Squadra Di Esecuzione was portrayed as a group of {{anti villain}}s, it's not uncommon to see their humanizing traits played up in the fandom and/or portraying them as having a family-like bond. Risotto Nero tends to get the blunt of this; despite being a cold, calculating assassin in canon, it's very common to see him characterized as an emotional and caring leader, if not outright [[AFatherToHisMen dad-like]] in fanworks.

** One early instalment has [=JoJo=] declare his current nemesis a CompleteMonster… for [[FelonyMisdemeanor chipping a girl’s tooth]].

** Thanks to the new anime series, many an anime fan automatically correlates the various licensed songs used in the show's credits sequences with ''[=JoJo=]''. So far, we've got Yes' classic prog-rock song "[[https://youtu.be/-Tdu4uKSZ3M Roundabout]]", the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian", Pat Menthy Group's "Last Train Home", Savage Garden's "I Want You", and Jodeci's "Freek'n You". Humorously enough, when "I Want You" was revealed to be Part 4's ending theme, one of the first ''[=JoJo=]''-related comments on Savage Garden VEVO's upload of the song's music video read "KNOCK KNOCK IT'S THE JOJO FANDOM." The same thing happened to "Freekn' You". When you search these music videos, [=JoJo=]-related comments and references will definitely be commonplace.

** Cherry Boy - [[TheLancer Noriaki Kakyoin]], due to his SignatureScene where he licks a cherry in an... [[UnderStatement odd]] way.

** In the anime of ''Battle Tendency'', while monologuing to Jojo over the unconscious Lisa Lisa, Kars... starts strumming her legs to air guitar. According to rumours, Creator/KazuhikoInoue decided to joke while making that scene, but Creator/DavidProduction decided to ThrowItIn because it was funny.

** While La Squadra Di Esecuzione was portrayed as a group of AntiVillains, it's not uncommon to see their humanizing traits played up in the fandom and/or portraying them as having a family-like bond. Risotto Nero tends to get the blunt of this; despite being a cold, calculating assassin in canon, it's very common to see him characterized as an emotional and caring leader, if not outright [[AFatherToHisMen dad-like]] in fanworks.

** The entirety of La Squadra di Esecuzione, especially Risotto Nero and Prosciutto, are given the most attention out of any part's minor antagonists, possibly due to their status as TrueCompanions and AntiVillains. Even Sorbet and Gelato, who had no lines, showed up for a ''handful'' of pages, and were victims of a PlotTriggeringDeath have their fans in some circles.

** Tequila Joseph - Joseph in his not entirely successful HarmlessLadyDisguise.
** Jo2uke - Part 8 Josuke, to distinguish him from the one in Part 4.

** A good number of JJBA fans are also fans of other Creator/ShonenJump properties.

** The anime has created this in regards to the franchise and music artists and their fans, due to the anime getting the ending themes from various bands. [[Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]] fans are happy to have a new group of people to explain what the franchise is about and gaining new followers. Music artists and their fans are happy to have a new group of people to introduce music to and give friendly recommendations that "this band had other songs you know". Reached it's zenith when Music/SavageGarden released a Greatest Hits album and one of the album covers was of Josuke Higashikata from Part 4 as a way to thank the anime fans for beings such huge fans of the song used as the ending for the Part 4 anime.

** While mostly overshadowed by the later parts of the series in Japan due to being before Stands and [[MinorityShowGhetto featuring a completely non-Japanese main character at a time when such was viewed as anathema]], Part 2 is widely considered to be one of the best by Jojo fans outside Japan, who enjoy its protagonist's absurd levels of HotBlooded and CrazyAwesome. In fact, Joseph being regarded as the best main character is one of the few things that the English-speaking fandom can come close to a consensus on. Some StupidSexyFlanders may or may not also be involved with Part 2's popularity, what with all the the memetic degree of MachoCamp and HoYay / LGBTFanbase resulting from having the testosterone-enriched equivalent of a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, plus all the hilariously [[{{Stripperific}} oversexualized male designs]] and fabulous posing involved.

** One early instalment has JoJo declare his current nemesis a CompleteMonster… for [[FelonyMisdemeanor chipping a girl’s tooth]].

* SubbingVSDubbing: While the [[SuperlativeDubbing dub is still praised by many]], several fans prefer to listen to the original language due to the hamminess of the Japanese voice actors.

* WatchItForTheMeme: JoJo has attracted a lot of casual fans simply because they want to find the origin of many popular memes.