History YMMV / JoJosBizarreAdventure

* IdiotPlot: Product endorsement or not, "Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci" is one. Rohan could've easily gotten out of his predicament if he had just used Heaven's Door at any point, but for whatever reason, he never calls it out once.

* ItWasHisSled: Everything about Dio in Part 1 and Part 3 is common knowledge with most people with a casual awareness of the series. You'd have to live under a rock in another universe to ''not'' know that he was reduced to just a head, then kills Jonathan and steals his body. Also, he's the BigBad of ''Stardust Crusaders'' and can also [[TimeStandsStill stop time]]. (For many Western internet dwellers from a much older era of the internet, [[https://dagobah.net/flash/mudah.swf the fanmade Mudah.swf animation]] -- which showcased Dio's powers and the infamous steamroller drop -- posted on flash-supporting sites like Albino Black Sheep was their ''first exposure'' to the series.) It sort of makes all the buildup leading to the reveal for naught. However, due to the series' longtime CultClassic status there are some newer ''[=JoJo=]'' fans that only discovered the series thanks to the AnimatedAdaptation that began in 2012. By some miracle, these fans are just now learning about those aforementioned facts concerning Dio as they're revealed in the anime.

* ItWasHisSled: Everything about Dio in Part 1 and Part 3 is common knowledge with most people with a casual awareness of the series. You'd have to live under a rock in another universe to ''not'' know that he was reduced to just a head, then kills Jonathan and steals his body. Also, he's the BigBad of ''Stardust Crusaders'' and can also [[TimeStandsStill stop time]]. (For many Western internet dwellers from a much older era of the internet, [[https://dagobah.net/flash/mudah.swf the fanmade Mudah.swf animation]] -- which showcased DIO's powers and the infamous steamroller drop -- posted on flash-supporting sites like Albino Black Sheep was their ''first exposure'' to the series.) It sort of makes all the buildup leading to the reveal for naught. However, due to the series' longtime CultClassic status there are some newer ''[=JoJo=]'' fans that only discovered the series thanks to the AnimatedAdaptation that began in 2012. By some miracle, these fans are just now learning about those aforementioned facts concerning Dio as they're revealed in the anime.

* ItWasHisSled: Everything about Dio in Part 1 and Part 3 is common knowledge with most people with a casual awareness of the series. You'd have to live under a rock in another universe to ''not'' know that he was reduced to just a head, then kills Jonathan and steals his body. Also, he's the BigBad of ''Stardust Crusaders'' and can also [[TimeStandsStill stop time]]. It sort of makes all the buildup leading to the reveal for naught. However, due to the series' longtime CultClassic status there are some newer ''[=JoJo=]'' fans that only discovered the series thanks to the AnimatedAdaptation that began in 2012. By some miracle, these fans are just now learning about those aforementioned facts concerning Dio as they're revealed in the anime.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some fans tend to think that Dio Brando 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]]).

** ''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.

* MemeticBadass: [[EnsembleDarkhorse Speedwagon]], despite being a BadassNormal, has a massive following within the fandom who like to portray him as all-powerful god who an [[CurbStompBattle defeat]] any character in and out of the franchise.

* DiscreditedMeme: "Araki Forgot" was one of the more popular memes in the community, mostly as a joke about Araki forgetting abilities or plot points, or at the very least seemingly not using certain ideas again. Due to the anime adaptations bringing in a large number of new viewers who don't read the manga, which on some occasions do reference things that were seemingly forgotten, the meme went from a mostly just used for jokes, to being used as legitimate criticism of the writing from some viewers. Nowadays, saying "Araki forgot" earns a lot of scorn from the community, and the joke largely is avoided by many older viewers.

** According to Hirohiko Araki, many fans were not on-board with the shift from Hamon to Stands when the latter were first introduced. It goes without saying that [[PopularityPolynomial this changed quickly in subsequent years]], as the element is known to be one of the features of ''[=JoJo=]'' that help it stand out from other action manga. [[CyclicTrope However]], thanks in part to ''Battle Tendency'' anime adaptation there are new fans who are angry once again by the battle dyanmic Hamon being replaced.

* HypeBacklash: As of the end of TheNewTens and the start of TheNewTwenties, the fanbase seems to be approaching critical mass to the same extent as the ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', and ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' fandoms before it. An increasing number of people have voiced complaints that it's become difficult to get into and/or enjoy ''[=JoJo=]'' because of the sheer extent to which fans praise and meme (including having a meme that infamously exists only to point out another meme) about it, to the point where many have begun to point out the franchise's faults and argue that it's nowhere near as good as said fans claim it is.

* WidgetSeries: Even before orangutans, dogs, swords, turtles, and ''plankton'' were allowed to be bestowed psychic powers, the series was just plain ''weird''. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Doesn't stop it]] from being [[RatedMForManly manly]], [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]], and '''badass as hell'''.

** Part 6 has [=Jolymes=] for Jolyne/Ermes.

** While most fans take kindly to Jonathan's relationship with Erina, he is more often paired up with Dio due to the strong FoeYay between the two, both acting as [[{{Foil}} Foils]] to each other, and [[spoiler:their final moments together where Jonathan is still shown to care about Dio, and the latter being visibly shocked by the former's death]].

** Kakyoin has it big in Japan, where he's been paired up with all the crusaders (including Jotaro from future time periods and Joseph in his younger years), [[FoeYay Dio, Telence T. D'Arby]], [[LikesOlderWomen Holy]], [[ScrewYourself himself]], Stands, [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight to even characters he's never met]] like Caesar, Lisa Lisa, or Josuke. [[CrackPairing To the truly bizarre]] such as Kars, Diego, or Kira.
** Rohan has been shipped with [[FoeYay Josuke]], Okuyasu, Koichi, Jotaro, Reimi, Yuya, Mikitaka, Kira... pretty much the entire Part 4 cast.

** Part 1 has [[FoeYay JonaDio]] for Dio/Jonathan and [[HappilyMarried JonaEri]] for Jonathan/Erina

** Part 4 has Josuyasu for Josuke/Okuyasu and [[FoeYay [=JosuHan=]]] ([=JoRo=] for the Japanese fandom) for Josuke/Rohan.

** Part 7 has [=GyJo=] for Gyro/Johnny, [=DieJo=] for [[FoeYay Diego/Johnny]], played with for Diego/Hot Pants however, where it's [=DinoPants=].

* ShipToShipCombat: The [=JoJo=] shipping fandom is a surprisingly friendly one considering all the possible HoYay and ship combinations that are out there, but it does exist. Mostly between Josuke/Okuyasu and Josuke/Rohan shippers, with particularly heated debates about how the latter, which has a lot of fans due to FoeYay, is ephebophilia because of how Josuke is 16 and Rohan is 20.

** The ContinuityReboot of the series, meanwhile, inverts this. ''Steel Ball Run'' is near-universally regarded as the greatest work in the entire ''franchise'' for its emotional depth, morally complex characters, gorgeous artwork, and ability to consolidate an action-heavy series with heavily introspective and metaphysical themes. Meanwhile, ''JoJolion'' is incredibly divisive for its slow-burning and convoluted plot, with many accusing series author Creator/HirohikoAraki of [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants making everything up on the fly]] even more than usual, and for having artwork that sometimes suffers from OnlySixFaces and DullSurprise.

* LGBTFanbase: Unsurprising since the entire series is utterly drenched in HoYay and {{Camp}}, and appeals to a wide spectrum of queer audiences. The first parts are filled with Creator/TomOfFinland-esque manly designs popular with BaraGenre fans, while later ones appeal to fans of {{Bishonen}}. On the female side of things there's Part 6 which takes place in GirlsBehindBars and includes strong, sometimes even ButchLesbian looking women in its cast, as well as Scarlet Valentine in Part 7 who is openly bisexual.

** A lot of ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' fans are also ''Jojo'' fans, due to both series being a GenerationalSaga against a powerful vampire, and the ''Castlevania'' games themselves being filled with many overt {{Shout Out}}s to ''Jojo''.

* ShippingGoggles: Especially prevalent in a series ripe with HoYay. Fans may interpret Dio and Jonathan's relationship as FoeYay, or use one character's opinion that Caesar Zeppeli is "worse than a woman with Joseph" to support their Ship.

** At least [[AmericansHateTingle in the west]], the odd-numbered parts of the original continuity tend to be more contentious than the even-numbered ones. ''Phantom Blood'' is notably shorter than its successors (to the point where it doesn't even occupy ''half'' of the anime adaptation's first season) and [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness hardly feels like JJBA]] while ''Stardust Crusaders'' and ''Golden Wind'' are criticized for being an endless string of repetitive MonsterOfTheWeek fights. Their respective protagonists tend to be BaseBreakingCharacter divisive]] and less well-regarded by fans, with Jonathan being seen as a likeable-enough IdealHero but also bland and uncompelling, Jotaro being a NinetiesAntiHero whose JerkAss traits have significant portions of the Western audience outright [[BaseBreakingCharacter despising]] him, and Giorno being considered a boring lead who is overshadowed by everyone else. ''Battle Tendency'' and ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'', meanwhile, are almost universally regarded by western fans as the best parts in the original series for their ability to refine their direct predecessors' formulas, and while ''Stone Ocean'' tends to be overlooked compared to other parts, Western fans tend to respond to it with general praise as well for its efforts at tackling deeper themes and character development (though its ending sees more mixed reception). All three protagonists in these even-numbered parts (Joseph, Josuke, and Jolyne, respectively) also frequently butt heads among fans for the distinction of the series' best protagonist, with each one of them being praised for their in-depth and memorable characterization.

* 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.
** Part 5, ''Golden Wind'' was an especially strong example of the series struggling to find its footing in the West. Poor scanlations meant that much of the flavor of the characters, Giorno especially, was lost, leaving the characters sounding far flatter and boring than intended. The poor translation also meant Stands like Gold Experience and King Crimson were confusingly explained, leading to King Crimson becoming a meme of people trying to figure out how it works. Better translations in the West, alongside the Part 5 anime, finally showed the series as it was meant to be shown, and nowadays Part 5 ranks very high for most fans.

* 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.
** The only major exception to this trend would be Josuke/Yasuho, due to Yasuho essentially serving as the "[=JoBro=]" of her part in addition to being the love interest, as well as their endearing and well-written chemistry together. It helps that the next closest contender for "[=JoBro=]", Joshu, is hugely divisive.
** Besides that, Diego/Hot Pants, Rohan/Reimi, and Bucciarati/Trish seem to be the most popular non-canon straight ships in the fandom.

** The only major exception to this trend would be Josuke/Yasuho, due to their endearing and well-written chemistry together. It helps that Joshu, the considered "[=JoBro=]" of Part 8, is heavily disliked by fans.

** It's common even for people who don't engage in slash shipping to take it for granted that Joseph is bisexual. This possibly stems from his [[HoYay interactions with his companion, Caesar.]]

* {{Starboarding}}: Speedwagon → Jonathan. Speedwagon's extraordinary devotion to Jonathan is obviously very commonly interpreted as HoYay, but Jonathan ends up in an OfficialCouple with Erina, and [[spoiler:gets killed by Dio on the first night of their honeymoon]], so there's no way that a relationship between the two can fit in canon. Because of this, fans commonly interpret Speedwagon as having a one-sided crush on Jonathan, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy supporting his relationship with Erina]] despite the heartbreak. This is further supported by ''Manga/BattleTendency'''s epilogue, which states that [[spoiler:Speedwagon died of a heart attack at an old age, while having never married ("[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_never_married he never married]]" was used in England as an euphemism for homosexuality)]], implying that Speedwagon was never able to move on from his feelings for Jonathan.

* StarTrekMovieCurse: At least [[AmericansHateTingle in the west]], the odd-numbered parts of the original continuity tend to be more contentious than the even-numbered ones. ''Phantom Blood'' is notably shorter than its successors (to the point where it doesn't even occupy ''half'' of the anime adaptation's first season) and [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness hardly feels like JJBA]] while ''Stardust Crusaders'' and ''Golden Wind'' are criticized for being an endless string of repetitive MonsterOfTheWeek fights. Their respective protagonists tend to be less well-regarded by fans, with Jonathan's IdealHero traits being regarded as bland, Jotaro being a NinetiesAntiHero whose JerkAss traits have significant portions of the Western audience outright [[BaseBreakingCharacter despising]] him, and Giorno, are also [[BaseBreakingCharacter divisive]] among fans, with Jotaro being accused of being a generic and considered a boring lead who is overshadowed by everyone else. ''Battle Tendency'' and ''Diamond Is Unbreakable'', meanwhile, are almost universally regarded by western fans as the best parts in the original series for their ability to refine their direct predecessors' formulas, and while ''Stone Ocean'' tends to be overlooked compared to other parts, Western fans tend to respond to it with general praise as well for its efforts at tackling deeper themes and character development (though its ending sees more mixed reception). All three protagonists in these even-numbered parts (Joseph, Josuke, and Jolyne, respectively) also frequently butt heads among fans for the distinction of the series' best protagonist, with each one of them being praised for their in-depth and memorable characterization.

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