| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' '''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventure Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | '''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO DIO]]\ |
| 3 | '''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph Joestar]]\ |
| 4 | ''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]:''''' [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusadersTheJoestarGroup The Joestar Group]] ([[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Jotaro Kujo]] | '''Jean-Pierre Polnareff''') | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureEgyptNineGloryGods Egypt 9 Glory Gods]] | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIOsHousehold DIO's Household]]\ |
| 5 | ''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakableHeroes Heroes]] | [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureYoshikageKira Yoshikage Kira]]\ |
| 6 | '''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTeamBucciarati Team Bucciarati]] ([[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureGiornoGiovanna Giorno Giovanna]]) | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureLaSquadraDiEsecuzioni La Squadra di Esecuzioni]] | [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureDiavolo The Boss]]\ |
| 7 | '''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOceanHeroes Heroes]] | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureEnricoPucci Enrico Pucci]]\ |
| 8 | '''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]''''' \ |
| 9 | '''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolionTheHigashikataFamily The Higashikata Family]]\ |
| 10 | '''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands The JOJOLands]]'''''\ |
| 11 | [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureOneShots One-Shot Characters]] | [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureSpinoffs Spinoff Characters]]]]-]]] |
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| 13 | Character subpage for Jean-Pierre Polnareff, the tritagonist of ''Stardust Crusaders'' and a supporting character later in the series. |
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| 15 | '''Beware of spoilers.''' |
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| 17 | !!Jean-Pierre Polnareff (Stand: [[KnightInShiningArmor Silver Chariot]]) |
| 18 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FuminoriKomatsu (TV anime, ''Eyes of Heaven'', ''Last Survivor'', and ''All-Star Battle R''), Creator/HiroakiHirata (''All-Star Battle''), Ken Yamaguchi (CD drama), Creator/KatsujiMori (OVA), Tsutomu Tareki (''Heritage for the Future'' video game), Akira Negishi (''Vento Aureo'' video game), Mark Atherlay (OVA English), Creator/DougErholtz (TV anime) (English)\ |
| 19 | '''Child Polnareff voiced by:''' Creator/AyumiFujimura (TV anime) (Japanese), Creator/EricaMendez (TV anime) (English) |
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| 21 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7a5afc87_4645_471a_8e86_6a69e57f13b0.png]] |
| 22 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Sherry... Avdol... I suppose you're giving me what I deserved. It's only fitting."'']] |
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| 24 | ->''[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya "My name is Jean-Pierre Polnareff.]] [[YouKilledMyFather On the honor of my dear sister's soul, and so that my good friend may rest in peace...]] [[PrepareToDie I'm going to hurl you into the depths of despair! Prepare yourself!"]]'' |
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| 26 | A Stand user hailing from UsefulNotes/{{France}}, and a victim to [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO DIO]]'s mind-controlling flesh buds. Once he is freed by [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJotaroKujo Jotaro]] and company, he becomes a member of the [[Characters/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusadersTheJoestarGroup Joestar Group]], in the hopes of finding J. Geil, the man who [[YouKilledMyFather raped and murdered his sister]] in cold blood. Hot-headed, impulsive, and a bit dim, Polnareff is more often than not on the receiving end of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek current enemy's Stand]] and [[ButtMonkey foreign toilets]]. Nevertheless, his sheer determination and effectiveness in battle make him a valuable addition to the Joestar Group, whether the rest of his teammates admit it or not. He is named after [[{{Chanson}} French singer]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Polnareff Michel Polnareff]]. |
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| 29 | [[folder:Tropes from ''Stardust Crusaders'']] |
| 30 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: He [[PercussivePrevention knocked]] Kakyoin out prior to the battle with Death Thirteen, which allowed Kakyoin to bring his Stand to the dream and rescue everyone. |
| 31 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the OVA, Polnareff is apparently so consumed by vengeance, he joined DIO of his own free will instead of being brainwashed, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters all so he could have a chance to kill his sister's murderer.]] He still makes a HeelFaceTurn, though; putting two and two together that if DIO knows exactly where to find J. Geil in return for his service, then the killer must ''also'' be on DIO's payroll. |
| 32 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: When fighting Vanilla Ice, Cream manifests under his foot, and shaves off part of it; he's left bleeding and limping for the rest of the fight. |
| 33 | * AlliterativeName: Two-thirds of it anyway; Jean-'''P'''ierre '''P'''olnareff. |
| 34 | * AnimeHair: A column of it, an unusual mixture of flat top and mullet. Also the inspiration for Benimaru from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' and Guile from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. |
| 35 | * AntiVillain: The Villain in Name Only variant just like Kakyoin, though also of the Noble Villain variety when brainwashed due to his chivalry and nobility. |
| 36 | * ArchEnemy: Becomes this to Enya after he kills her son, but [[SmugSnake given]] [[SerialKiller what]] [[{{Jerkass}} he]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil was]], and what ''[[EvilOldFolks she]]'' is, it's hard to feel that Polnareff was in the wrong. Polnareff's personal archenemy is the aforementioned J. Geil, who killed his sister. |
| 37 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Oddly enough, the ButtMonkey of the Joestar Group is the one most willing to actively ''murder'' his opponents. And has done so in brutal fashion, as Devo, J. Geil, and Vanilla Ice can attest to. |
| 38 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He cares very much for Sherry, especially after her life was cruelly cut short, and getting his revenge for her death was his primary motivation until J. Geil's death. Even after avenging her, he jumps at the opportunity to bring her back and cannot bring himself to (initially) fight against a copy of her that's trying to eat his flesh. |
| 39 | * TheBigGuy: A very [[{{Pun}} bizarre]] example of the trope: he's the team's most muscular member (despite being slightly shorter than Avdol, Joseph and Jotaro), and his Stand is the most physical one in terms of fighting ability, but Silver Chariot's actually a FragileSpeedster; still, he fulfills this spot on the team. |
| 40 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: When the submarine attacked by High Priestess crashes into the seafloor he screams Joseph's famous [[BigOMG "OH MY GOD!!!"]]. Considering Joseph was knocked out somebody had to scream it. Also, during the time he's turned to a kid, he also yelled in English, [[BigNo "OH NO!!!"]], another of Joseph's phrases. |
| 41 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: DIO's second mind slave, though he did a much better job fighting back than Kakyoin, given that he resisted the DIO compulsion to KickTheDog. |
| 42 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Though he's by no means a straight-up NiceGuy (he is far too crass, vulgar and perverted for that), Polnareff is nevertheless a big-old warm, kind and sentimental softie who wears his heart on his sleeves, expresses all emotions with 120% honesty, and is the member of the Joestar Group most prone to ManlyTears as a result. |
| 43 | * ButHeSoundsHandsome: When fighting Vanilla Ice, one of his three options is worded as "The Handsome Polnareff will devise the perfect counterattack just in the nick of time." |
| 44 | * ButtMonkey: The first comedic example in the series, often being the butt of many jokes and being the first to get victimized by an enemy's Stand. |
| 45 | * CasanovaWannabe: It's only shown occasionally though. |
| 46 | * CaptainObvious: If Joseph isn't the one taking on this role, Polnareff does it. Kakyoin especially hates it, and calls that habit out constantly. |
| 47 | * CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: While under the influence of one of DIO's flesh buds, he has the personality of one, inserting GratuitousFrench into his sentences and making some rather [[DirtyCoward foul plays]]. Once the flesh bud is removed, however, it's completely {{averted|trope}}, as his French heritage is rarely commented on, and him being HotBlooded leaves him with massive determination. |
| 48 | * TheChewToy: If any member of the team ends up in a horrible situation, it's usually Polnareff. Iggy attacks him more than anyone else in the group, constantly ripping out his hair and farting in his face. |
| 49 | * ChivalrousPervert: While he (in Joseph's words) "thinks with his dick", he's rarely disrespectful towards women; this character trait also tends to be [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] since Part 3 focuses more on fighting than the rest. |
| 50 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Polnareff isn't exactly the brightest member of Team Joestar, but whenever danger is present, he can be quite a formidable fighter. The way he's presented in-story is something of an inversion; he's introduced as a threatening enemy stand user [[NobleDemon with a code of honor]] and only after his flesh bud is removed and he joins the heroes do we see his buffoonish side. |
| 51 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Is an expert at delivering these, from slicing your Stand to pieces and thus making your body look like it's been thrown into a wood chipper, to impaling your head on a spiked fence, to cutting your head directly in half. |
| 52 | * DeathSeeker: He admits that he didn't care if he died killing J. Geil, but thanks to Avdol and Kakyoin, Polnareff learns to fight to live. |
| 53 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: In the OVA, he wasn't even possessed by one of DIO's buds. |
| 54 | * DesignatedVictim: Part of the reason that Polnareff gets so much screentime in Part 3 is his habit of blundering into trouble and being saved by the others. |
| 55 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''Stardust Crusaders'', receiving the most character development as well as a similar number of fights to Jotaro. He also has multiple character arcs, each with their own payoff -- killing J. Geil to avenge his sister, grieving over [[spoiler:Avdol seemingly sacrificing himself to save his life and his sister's death]], [[spoiler:avenging both Avdol and Iggy by killing Vanilla Ice]], and [[spoiler:paying DIO back for taking over his mind]]. |
| 56 | * DubNameChange: The English version of ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle All-Star Battle]]'' renames him "Jean-Pierre Eiffel" (possibly a reference to Music/Eiffel65), a strange case as previous English-licensed ''[=JoJo=]'' works used "Polnareff" just fine. It's even more confusing when ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' has "Polnareff" removed from his name altogether, making him ''just'' Jean-Pierre. It's fortunately averted in the Crunchyroll subs and the dub of Part 3, and ''[[UpdatedRerelease All-Star Battle R]]'' finally adds "Polnareff" [[OrwellianRetcon back to his name]]. |
| 57 | * EmotionalBruiser: He's ''very'' in touch of his emotions, so much so that he dedicated his fight over his emotions of vengeance over the death of his sister (though he got better and replaced it with fighting for his friends later), and is very Hot-Blooded with occasionally dumb or perverted moments. The bruiser part is more highlighted in how he's one of the close range/physical-oriented fighters of the group. And most of the time, he's the supplier of ManlyTears of the team. |
| 58 | * EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: He is French, and he is a pretty boy. |
| 59 | * {{Expy}}: Let's see. A [[ImplausibleFencingPowers skilled fencer]], on a [[YouKilledMyFather quest for revenge for a murdered family member]], with the murderer responsible having [[RedRightHand a deformed left hand]]. [[Film/ThePrincessBride Where has this story been heard before?]] |
| 60 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:After failing to escape from Vanilla Ice's spiral attack, Polnareff accepts that [[ThisIsReality "reality isn't that nice"]], bids farewell to Iggy, and tells him to flee[[HeroicSacrifice ; but then, Iggy uses his remaining strength to save Polnareff.]]]] |
| 61 | * FashionableAsymmetry: His top only has one shoulder strap. |
| 62 | * {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:When fighting Vanilla Ice, Cream disintegrates two of Silver Chariot's fingers causing two of Polnareff's to be sliced off. Though after the fight the wound comes and goes, sometimes Polnareff has them and sometimes he doesn't. When he reappears in Part 5, he has a prosthetic pinkie but his ring finger is fine. In the flashbacks however his hand is completely intact and he only loses the finger to Diavolo]]. |
| 63 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 64 | ** To both Avdol and Kakyoin, and for roughly the same reason: they're the calm strategists, while Polnareff always goes headfirst into combat. |
| 65 | ** To Jotaro as well. While both can be hot-blooded and impulsive, Polnareff is far more goofy and tends to be a CasanovaWannabe who tends to flirt with women as opposed to Jotaro would would rudely rebuff them. |
| 66 | * FamousNamedForeigner: He and his sister are the only French characters in the series and only ones to have a French namesake. |
| 67 | * ForgottenPhlebotinum: His Stand lost its high defense after he was freed from DIO's services, even with the armor intact. |
| 68 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: His Stand never again moves so fast that it leaves afterimages following his fight with Avdol. |
| 69 | * FrenchJerk: He is French, and comes off as arrogant, confrontational and can be rather impulsive. |
| 70 | * GoodIsDumb: Everyone in the group ''except'' him [[spoiler: knew that Avdol survived getting shot by Hol Horse]] specifically for this reason; they all agreed that he's not good at [[spoiler: keeping a secret.]] He ''has'' had moments of brilliance in more than one fight, but it's generally buried by his bullheadedness everywhere else. |
| 71 | * GoodIsNotSoft: Despite being TheHeart of the group, Polnareff has no problem inflicting lethal damage on any Stand users that come for him and his friends. Justified, in that Silver Chariot's abilities require him to use a lethal sword, and he is fighting for his life against assassins. |
| 72 | * GratuitousFrench: He ''is'' French. While in the Japanese version he didn't insert those phrases willy-nilly in Japanese language, though he does say a few words here or there, in the dub, he inserts some French phrases at times (e.g: "Merci", calling Iggy a p'tit con, or describing himself with "je ne sais quois"). |
| 73 | * TheHeart: Polnareff is very much the emotional core of the group, being the most light hearted, jovial, and most likely to weep openly. |
| 74 | * HeroicBuild: He is very buff, even more so than his teammates. |
| 75 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: He's been going on Stand-related adventures alone since well before meeting DIO, and would continue to do so for years after the end of Part 3. |
| 76 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: If anyone in the Joestar Group is closest to Jotaro (bar Joseph, his grandfather), it's him, especially during the Egypt arc when they wind up paired against the likes of Anubis, Alessi, and DIO himself, each of which only reaffirms how deeply they respect one another. |
| 77 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Starts out as this in the OVA, as part of his early AdaptationalVillainy. There, [[NotBrainwashed he joins DIO of his own free will without any form of brainwashing]], on the promise that the vampire will help him track down and kill the two-right-handed man responsible for murdering his sister. Polnareff eventually snaps out of it after [[BigDamnHeroes saving the Joestar group from Forever]]; out of both gratitude for sparing his life, and realizing that if DIO knows where to find the killer (J. Geil), then ''he'' must also be one of his minions. |
| 78 | * HonorBeforeReason: He's very honorable even to his own detriment, and in his first appearance he purposely handicaps himself out of honor by explaining his Stand and fighting Avdol in a terrain more suitable for him. Even under DIO's control, he refuses to attack someone from behind. |
| 79 | * HotBlooded: In a series stuffed to the gills with hot-blooded characters, Polnareff is a constant fountain of ManlyTears, IdiotHero saves, and goofy moments; it's very hard not to like a guy who's so incredibly motivated. |
| 80 | * IconicItem: His earrings, each one shaped like half a broken heart. He leaves one with Malèna (the woman who took him in after Alessi turned him into a child). |
| 81 | * IdiotHero: PlayedWith. Polnareff suffers from GenreBlindness thus is prone to be fooled by women, and also [[HotBlooded tends to act before thinking]]; however, Polnareff is a perceptive and formidable combatant against male opponents and has outsmarted his enemies more than once. He can make stupid mistakes, but he'll show flashes of brilliance in a pinch just as often. |
| 82 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: During Enya's attempts at revenge on him, Polnareff repeatedly inquires about things like where her son or family might be, [[spoiler:oblivious to the fact that he killed him.]] |
| 83 | * {{Irony}}: His favorite color is gold, but his Stand is '''Silver''' Chariot. |
| 84 | * ItsPersonal: His prime motivation in joining the Joestar Group is to find his sister's killer. |
| 85 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be very abrasive and hot-headed, but he means well. |
| 86 | * KarmicDeath: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Polnareff ''thinks'' this is what's going to happen to him in his fight with Cameo, as punishment for [[spoiler:getting Avdol killed.]] [[spoiler:But Avdol isn't dead, and he saves him.]] |
| 87 | * KnightInShiningArmor: How he sees himself, and it's the form Silver Chariot takes. |
| 88 | * TheLancer: More so once the Joestar Group finally reaches Egypt [[spoiler:and Kakyoin's eyes are almost immediately critically injured by N'Doul's Stand Geb and he spends the overwhelming majority of the arc recovering under the care of the Speedwagon Foundation.]] |
| 89 | * LastNameBasis: After his introduction he is simply just called Polnareff. Some media, for legal reasons however call him Jean-Pierre, inverting this trope. |
| 90 | * LargeHam: As the comic-relief of the band, Polnareff expresses each and every emotion with 120% purity and honesty, be it rage, sorrow, love or joy. |
| 91 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:He's the only member of the team kept in the dark about Avdol being NotQuiteDead (because the others feared he might accidentally blab about it to the enemy.)]] |
| 92 | * ManlyTears: Of the whole Joestar Group, these flow the easiest from his big, warm, and kind heart. |
| 93 | * MeaningfulName: "Jean" means "God is gracious", which fits with Polnareff being an honorable, noble guy whose Stand appears as a KnightInShiningArmor. |
| 94 | * MyGreatestFailure: With Sherry, who he feels he failed to protect as per his duty as a brother and seeks to avenge her above all else. [[spoiler: Also with both of Avdol's deaths, as he's so affected by the first he thinks a zombified copy killing him is fair. And when both Avdol and Iggy sacrifice themselves to save him, he collapses berates himself for not stopping Vanilla Ice beforehand.]] He's driven to tears every time when confronted about it. |
| 95 | * NoBrows: He apparently was born without eyebrows. |
| 96 | * NoIndoorVoice: Unless forced to utilize stealth, each and ''every'' line of Polnaref's dialogue is screamed out full-gusto on the gop of his lungs. |
| 97 | * NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: If it weren't for the [[GratuitousFrench occasional peppering of French phrases]], Polnareff might as well be Japanese or American. |
| 98 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After defeating Alessi, [[CasanovaWannabe Polnareff]] actually has a chance to pursuit the romance he always wanted with the woman who took care of him when he was de-aged (named Malèna in the anime). Knowing that sticking with his group without a Stand means danger (which is why the group put Anne on a flight home), [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Polnareff turns her down, pretending not to know her]], and for once, he's very serious about not pursuing romance. |
| 99 | * OddFriendship: Avdol and Polnareff could not be anymore different, and yet they're shown to be genuinely fond of each other when they first meet, and their bond grows ''greatly'' and become probably the tightest knit of the group, which is saying something. [[spoiler:Especially evident once Avdol makes his glorious return.]] |
| 100 | * OverlyLongTongue: He's fully capable of using his tongue to try to signal to his friends that [[spoiler:Hol Horse had him at gunpoint]]. |
| 101 | * ProneToTears: Polnareff isn't so much a crybaby as he is really easily emotionally worked up, and therefore cries more than his compatriots and quite possibly more than any other main character in the series. He cries in anger, sorrow, happiness and almost cries in embarrassment a couple times, with tears forming in his eyes. |
| 102 | * ReturningTheHandkerchief: {{Defied|Trope}}. When Alessi is defeated, Malèna attempts to return his heart earring to him that he had lost during the battle, with her coming to the realization that he was the child who saved her life. Polnareff, attempting to show to Jotaro how he's matured past being a ChivalrousPervert, refuses to take the earring back and [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denies that he was the one who saved her]], leaving Malèna to keep the earring. |
| 103 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Falls into this trope during his fight with J. Geil. After spotting the reflection of the man who killed his sister, he falls into an obvious trap, and ends up outnumbered two to one against J. Geil and Hol Horse. He would have died if not for Avdol and Kakyoin's intervention. |
| 104 | * RunningGag: In Part 3, Polnareff is victim of a recurring gag involving bathrooms: every time he goes to one he gets into trouble, be it an attack from the enemy or the bathroom itself. Joseph notes that Polnareff is usually the one to run into bathroom trouble after his run-in with the sand toilet in Egypt; so does Avdol after he has trouble in finding Mariah in a bathroom, as he comments that Polnareff is the expert with incidents regarding them. |
| 105 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: In the anime, he's briefly arrested for being the prime suspect in Devo the Cursed's sudden murder (which he did indeed commit, but Devo was an AxCrazy SerialKiller that was trying to kill him, so it evens out) and the hotel employee that Devo killed, but luckily manages to avoid jail time thanks to lawyers from the Speedwagon Foundation. |
| 106 | * SpannerInTheWorks: His going off to try confront DIO on his own after the remaining group escape from the mansion ends up throwing a wrench into DIO's endgame as if the group had tried to attack DIO en masse, ''all'' of them would've been killed by DIO's power right then and there. Thanks to him, the group end up splitting up and slowly managed to find out how DIO's power worked: by the time Jotaro finally confronts DIO head on, he's able to start getting around DIO's power; what's more, [[spoiler: him saving Jotaro when DIO was about to kill him]] allowed Jotaro to get a fatal blow in on DIO. |
| 107 | * SurvivorsGuilt: He's racked with guilt over [[spoiler:Avdol apparently dying to save him - both times]]. |
| 108 | * TarotMotifs: The Chariot card is all about being goal-driven and determined to achieve victory: Polnareff is driven by his determination to avenge his sister's murder, and from a more meta standpoint, some fans claim that he outshines the other Crusaders because of how many enemies he comes across by himself and eventually defeats. |
| 109 | * UndyingLoyalty: Ever since the moment he joins the team, Polnareff is THE most dedicated member to taking care of his buddies. Seeing one of them hurt sends him into full-on RoaringRampageOfRevenge mode. He only lapses once early on, when avenging his sister is on the line which causes him to attempt to split from the group, and after Avdol pays the price for that is more loyal than ever. |
| 110 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Kakyoin. The former constantly chastises Polnareff for being reckless and a huge CaptainObvious sometimes, but they're very close - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4m42HOdsUc as proven by their handshake.]] |
| 111 | * WastefulWishing: Zig-zagged. His first wish to Cameo is to make himself rich, but that ends up proving that Judgment can seemingly grant wishes. After considering a few frivolous wishes, and narrowly avoids inadvertently wasting a wish on getting Cameo to answer his questions, he asks Cameo to bring his sister and Avdol BackFromTheDead. Unfortunately, the former of the two returns as a flesh-eating zombie, and when Polnareff tries to use his third wish to undo the second, he learns that isn't possible, partly because he wasted it. |
| 112 | * WorthyOpponent: He is willing to explain his abilities to Avdol during their fight, and while he is burning alive, he honors Avdol's skill, leading to him being spared and befriended. |
| 113 | * YouthfulFreckles: When de-aged by Alessi, he is shown to have freckles as a kid. |
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| 116 | [[folder:Silver Chariot]] |
| 117 | !!Silver Chariot |
| 118 | [[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silverchariot_animeav_8.png]] |
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| 120 | Silver Chariot, named after the Chariot card, has the ability to move at incredibly high speeds and is exceedingly skilled with its rapier, to the point of generating completely solid afterimages, and catching 5 flying coins on its rapier. When it removes its armor, it sacrifices its decent durability for even ''higher'' speeds and can move at the speed of light. However, unlike most close-range humanoid Stands, Polnareff can't see through its eyes and has to be able to watch the combat himself to direct it effectively. |
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| 122 | * AbnormalAmmo: As one of Polnareff's trump cards, Silver Chariot can eject his rapier's blade from the hilt, turning it into a sudden projectile. |
| 123 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: This is its main selling point—its rapier is so sharp and strong that it can cut through ''fire.'' |
| 124 | * ArmorIsUseless: Zig-zagged. Despite resembling a metal knight, Silver Chariot is actually not the most durable Stand, as the fight with Devo shows that even a simple knife can break through its armor. That said, it can still take a beating, and its metallic body does have armor that can lessen a blow. |
| 125 | * BadassAdorable: Even in child form, Chariot's rapier can sting, as Alessi found out. |
| 126 | * BladeSpam: It can strike with his sword as swiftly as Star Platinum can [[RapidFireFisticuffs throw punches]]. |
| 127 | * DeathOrGloryAttack: Silver Chariot launching its blade as a projectile is a powerful attack that helps compensate for its short range, but if it misses, Polnareff is left defenseless until he can retrieve it. |
| 128 | * DoppelgangerSpin: It has the power to create multiple copies of itself thanks to its super speed; they're actually just afterimages, because his Stand is that fast. |
| 129 | * ImplausibleFencingPowers: It is capable of [[CuttingThroughEnergy skewering flames on its blade]], cutting [[AbsurdCuttingPower through solid rock]], and [[ParryingBullets slicing bullets in half]], along with [[BladeSpam moving so fast it appears there are eight copies of it at once]]. |
| 130 | * {{Kiai}}: It doesn't have one in base form, being completely mute, but when Polnareff is turned into a kid, its battle cry is "Pami". |
| 131 | * LogicalWeakness: |
| 132 | ** Unlike most close-range Stands, Polnareff cannot see through his Stand's eyes. Therefore, if something is observed by Silver Chariot but unobserved by him, he'll have no way of knowing. |
| 133 | ** Once it has used the blade of its rapier as a projectile, Polnareff must retrieve it before Silver Chariot can use its sword again, leaving him defenseless if it fails. For this reason, Polnareff treats this technique as a DesperationAttack. |
| 134 | * LightningBruiser: One of the fastest humanoid Stands in the series, when it sheds its armor, it becomes even ''faster''. |
| 135 | * PokemonSpeak: It is silent for the most part, but it made "chamii" noises when Polnareff was a kid. |
| 136 | * RoyalRapier: Fitting the image of a French knight, its weapon of choice is a long thin rapier with a deadly thrust. |
| 137 | * ShedArmorGainSpeed: It can eject its armor, revealing its true form, which comes with a massive speed boost. |
| 138 | * ShoutOut: It resembles Jagi from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', especially its helmet. |
| 139 | * SlasherSmile: Despite its head being a faceless helmet, it gives an unmistakable smirk alongside Star Platinum before they [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown team up to utterly demolish Alessi]]. |
| 140 | * SuddenlyVoiced: It almost never speaks, but lets out a "Pamiiiii!" when reduced to child form. |
| 141 | * SuperSpeed: its main power is its speed, with its attacks being close to the speed of light. |
| 142 | * {{Synchronization}}: Unlike many conventional Stands, Silver Chariot [[PlayedWith plays with this]]. Silver Chariot usually doesn't transfer its damage to its depending on where its hit (as there are pieces of armor that protect the Stand's actual body, but if Polnareff sheds its armor, then it becomes entirely PlayedStraight. [[spoiler:Polnareff's dismemberments are reflected on Silver Chariot when they both appear in Part 5, as Chariot has spikes where the lost limbs once were.]] |
| 143 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Polnareff's ace in the hole is its ability to shoot out the blade from its handle like a pressurized air gun. |
| 144 | * WeakButSkilled: While durable with its armor on, Silver Chariot's physical strength pales in comparison to other Stands like Star Platinum and Magician's Red, but is easily one of the most skilled with both its blade and its other physical abilities such as its speed. |
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| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Post-''Stardust Crusaders'' Tropes ('''SPOILERS''')]] |
| 148 | [[quoteright:273:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/polnareff_part_5_anime_0.png]] |
| 149 | [[caption-width-right:273:''"I should clarify, only'' one ''of you may learn this secret. Because it is imperative that no one else ever comes to know the true power this Arrow holds."'']] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'', Polnareff reemerges in Rome in a weakened state to assist Team Bucciarati in taking down Diavolo, seemingly knowledgeable in the secret of the Stand Arrow. |
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| 153 | * EleventhHourRanger: For the Part 5 gang; in fact, him contacting them and them seeking him out is the impetus for the entire endgame. |
| 154 | * AnArmAndALeg: King Crimson severs off his legs and his right arm. He had to get a humanoid prosthetic for his arm and more metallic prosthetics for his legs, but even so he's still unable to move without a wheelchair. The corresponding limbs on Silver Chariot have been similarly "amputated", with pegs replacing its hands and feet. |
| 155 | * BittersweetEnding: Poor Polnareff's got it tough. All indications in the final stages of ''Golden Wind'' were that he was a DoomedProtagonist who would be DeaderThanDead after the day was saved. After getting his body killed by Diavolo, Requiem's soul-switching shenanigans popped him into Coco Jumbo right before his soul could pass on, the effect being strictly temporary. However, after Diavolo's defeat, it was revealed that Polnareff managed to get his soul stay attached to Jumbo's body, so he gets to live on as a turtle. Could be better, could be worse, and he took the whole situation in stride; at least the Stand, Mr. President, lets him hang out as his normal human self in a well-furbished trans-dimensional hotel room that anyone can visit whenever he wants, [[RunningGag the only drawback being its lack of a toilet]]. Taking ''Literature/PurpleHazeFeedback'' as canon, he's even NumberTwo to Giorno in Passione's new hierarchy. |
| 156 | * CurbStompCushion: His second fight against Diavolo is as one-sided as the first one, but he actually puts up a better fight, figures a way around King Crimson's ability and came close to severely wounding Diavolo despite having lost an arm and his legs. Diavolo is genuinely impressed and notes that age hasn't dulled him one bit. If anything, Polnareff only ''improved''. |
| 157 | * DentedIron: He can still use his Stand, but he's been so badly injured by battling that he can no longer walk. |
| 158 | * DevelopersForesight: He's playable in his appearance for the ''Golden Wind'' [=PS2=] game, still bound to a wheelchair. Since he's unable to right himself if he's knocked down, he gets Silver Chariot to assist him; if he's unable to summon Silver Chariot due to his Stand meter running out, he suffers from an extended knockdown until his meter regenerates and he can start using Silver Chariot again. |
| 159 | * DisneyDeath: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged.]] For all intents and purposes, Diavolo ''did'' kill off Polnareff [[KilledOffForReal for real]]. He only managed to survive via possessing Coco Jumbo through Chariot Requiem, but just like how Chariot Requiem's defeat didn't place Bucciarati back into his already-dead body, Polnareff doesn't return to his corpse. That said, he also doesn't ascend, as his spirit proceeds to make residence inside of Mr. President. |
| 160 | * DyingDream: After his body is killed by King Crimson, his last moments are thinking of the 50-day journey to Egypt, specifically the Joestar Group and his encounter with Judgement. |
| 161 | * EyeScream: During his past fight with Diavolo, King Crimson impales Polnareff's right eye, leaving a {{scar|sAreForever}} over it. In the present, he wears a translucent EyepatchOfPower over it, the translucency showing it ''is'' intact, but faded to indicate it being blind. |
| 162 | * EyepatchOfPower: Wears an eyepatch after Diavolo takes his eye. The translucency of it makes it more closely resemble a tattoo. |
| 163 | * FireForgedFriends: While he only knew them for less than a day, by the time Diavolo is beaten, Polnareff is considered a full fledged ally of the group, the ending even showing him working alongside Mista under Giorno. ''Literature/PurpleHazeFeedback'' even states that he's the new Underboss of Passione, making him NumberTwo to Giorno. Admittedly, Polnareff has the position since Mista turned it down out of its number being a [[AbsurdPhobia multiple of four]], but he was still close enough to them to get the position at all. |
| 164 | * HandicappedBadass: Courtesy of Diavolo, in Part 5, Polnareff uses a wheelchair; this doesn't actually make him any weaker, in large part because his Stand doesn't need legs to be powerful. Diavolo even lampshades it. |
| 165 | * HappyEndingOverride: At the end of ''Stardust Crusaders'', he's seen leaving Egypt to return home to France. However, ''Golden Wind'' reveals that Polnareff never actually went home, because through his and Jotaro's investigations in Egypt, he instead went to Italy to confront Diavolo, the man who had been peddling Stand Arrows, while Jotaro went to Morioh to confiscate the Stand Arrows that had been distributed there. Polnareff's encounter with Diavolo caused him to be crippled and forced him to go into hiding for 12 years, meaning [[YouCantGoHomeAgain he never got to go back home to France]]. |
| 166 | * HollywoodHacking: He's able to hack into Passione's computer system in order to communicate with Bruno's gang. |
| 167 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 168 | ** His Stand's main special ability is its SuperSpeed. At the end of Part 5, his soul is trapped inside of a turtle, an animal known for being slow. |
| 169 | ** He was introduced as a minion of DIO and later joins the quest to kill him. In Part 5, he becomes an ally of his son Giorno Giovanna. |
| 170 | * NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Before the events of ''Golden Wind'', he receives King Crimson's [[RazorSharpHand hand chop]] through the right side of his face, then gets all but one of his limbs severed, before promptly being dropped off a cliff onto a hard rock. He survived, but is left in a ''much'' poorer state. He's confined to a wheelchair with a broken spine, his legs are replaced with prosthetics, his arm was reattached but needs a brace over it, and the eye King Crimson impaled is implied to be blind thanks to the EyepatchOfPower despite its translucency. |
| 171 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Despite his no-nonsense attitude in ''Golden Wind'', there's still some ''Stardust Crusaders'' left in him. During a particularly tense standoff with Diavolo (who to Bucciarati is presumed to be Trish), he feels the need to drop this simile: |
| 172 | -->'''Polnareff:''' Move slowly! Like you're lifting up your skirt! |
| 173 | * NumberTwo: ''Literature/PurpleHazeFeedback'' mentions that Polnareff serves as the second-in-command of Passione. |
| 174 | * OlderAndWiser: When he reappears in ''Golden Wind'', he came a long way from the goofball he was in ''Stardust Crusaders''. |
| 175 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Unbeknownst to Diavolo, his survival in their past battle ultimately allowed him to provide the heroes with the method capable of defeating Diavolo. |
| 176 | * StayingAlive: Who else in the [=JoJo=] universe has faced both DIO and Diavolo and lived to tell the tale? He even survives death itself by his soul ending up in the turtle's body. |
| 177 | * StealthPun: He's now confined to a silver wheelchair, which could also be called a Silver Chariot. |
| 178 | * UnexplainedRecovery: In Part 5, during the flashback, not only were Polnareff's legs severed by Diavolo, one of his arms gets hacked off as well. Despite that, he still has it when he's seen in the present. The anime shows none of his severed limbs fell into the ocean the cliff was facing, so while his arm was likely reattached with appropriate medical care, he ''could'' have reattached his legs as well... if it weren't for the fact that the fall ''broke his spine'', if the SickeningCrunch was of any indication. |
| 179 | * UnPerson: Thanks to Diavolo's immense paranoia and the belief he'd successfully killed Polnareff, he had to go into hiding and isolation so Diavolo couldn't track him down and finish what he started. For years this left him on his own, and made him unable to contact the Speedwagon Foundation or even Jotaro himself for aid, only freed from this by the sheer luck of Bucciarati's group looking into Diavolo's identity. |
| 180 | * VocalEvolution: In both Japanese and English, Polnareff's voice is far more subdued compared to the HotBlooded fighter we knew from Part 3. |
| 181 | * WalkingSpoiler: He only shows up near the end of ''Golden Wind'', and the return of a major ally from Part 3 is intended to be a big surprise. His appearance also brings along the revelation of the power of Requiem Stands. |
| 182 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Because Diavolo knew of his existence due to their encounter, and had managed to cripple him, Polnareff was unable to leave Italy and return home to France because attempting to do so would put him in Passione's sights after Diavolo had thought he killed him, as well as the fact that communications and travel are firmly in Passione's pocket. Polnareff effectively spent 12 years stuck in a foreign country, hiding so that he wouldn't get killed. |
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| 184 | !![[FreakyFridayFlip Chariot Requiem]] |
| 185 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d989b8fa_1a06_4662_a81c_8a465588bb37.png]] |
| 186 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Requiem Plays Quietly]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | After being trapped by Diavolo and prepared to be killed off, Silver Chariot touched the Stand Arrow, evolving into a new kind of Stand. Chariot Requiem has the power to transfer the souls of people to another body, alongside the ability to put them to sleep. Is not considered a sentient Stand, but it has a determination to stop anyone from touching the Arrow, just as Polnareff wanted. |
| 189 | ----- |
| 190 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Chariot Requiem, without Polnareff to guide it, seemingly decides to change all life on earth into bizarre, alien forms so that there will be no humans left to threaten the Arrow. |
| 191 | * BodyHorror: |
| 192 | ** Any attempt to threaten Chariot Requiem as a humanoid Stand user will result in the Stand violently erupting from the user's body. The severity of this is [[PayEvilUntoEvil proportional to how severe the attempt is]]; gently reaching for the Arrow resulted in Golden Experience's fingertips breaking out of Giorno's hand while the rest of it [[DeathGlare stared him down from a crack in the ground]], while attempting to punch Chariot Requiem itself resulted in Sticky Fingers brutally ripping its forearm out of Bruno's own and strangling him. The actual emergence appears to be painless, as is the case for Chariot Requiem's other abilities that cause this trope (see below.) |
| 193 | ** Chariot Requiem's ultimate ability is to induce grotesque mutations in all life on Earth, which would have transformed them into bizarre lifeforms that would eventually replace those already on the planet. Strangely, it seems to be painless, but Trish makes the point of the possibility of a DeathOfPersonality or LossOfIdentity. |
| 194 | * BodySurf: Chariot Requiem's power is to transfer the souls of one body to the another, saving Polnareff from dying at the hands of Diavolo, but trapping him inside Coco Jumbo. |
| 195 | * ClippedWingAngel: Zig-zagged. Silver Chariot was a dangerous speed based Stand with some tricks for ranged attacks and afterimage trickery. Its Requiem form lacks any direct offensive powers and once its weakness is discovered, it's defeated very unceremoniously. The problem is in its defenses, which involve body-swapping that somehow brings about mutative evolution within the switched life forms, causes other users' Stands to turn on their master in self-defense, and the means to destroy it means to destroy one's own existence. |
| 196 | * DiscardAndDraw: Trades out Silver Chariot's "too fast to be seen" speed, durable armor, and rapid cutting power for agility about on par with a normal human, being MadeOfPlasticine but with the ability to reattach limbs, and a lack of direct offensive power in favor of controlling the soul itself. |
| 197 | * ForcedSleep: It had put anyone and everyone to sleep in its vicinity before it swaps the souls of all, which allows Chariot Requiem to take the Arrow from Diavolo easily. |
| 198 | * FreakyFridayFlip: This is one of Chariot Requiem's main abilities, to swap people's souls into other bodies. |
| 199 | * GodzillaThreshold: Chariot Requiem's existence is one itself. Since Polnareff's body was destroyed thanks to his battle with Diavolo years prior he hadn't been in a true fight in years and as such knew he couldn't control the power of the Arrow. However, once Diavolo found him Polnareff knew he couldn't allow him to gain the Arrow's power and instead used it on his Silver Chariot to transform it into Chariot Requiem and keep the Arrow away from Diavolo. |
| 200 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Chariot Requiem has exactly one purpose given to it by its dying master; to protect the Arrow at all costs from Diavolo. It works, but since Polnareff can no longer control his Stand anymore, Chariot Requiem now protects the Stand from ''everyone'' trying to get it including the good guys and his former master. Not only that but its soul swapping powers indiscriminately target anyone they can find and slowly mutate them via rapid evolution. |
| 201 | * HatePlague: In order to protect the Arrow, Chariot Requiem possesses the ability to turn Stands against their masters. It made the cheerful Sex Pistols No.1 into a violent nut who tried to kill Mista. |
| 202 | * HumanoidAbomination: A [[MadeOfPlasticine being made of a black, shadowy, semi-shining plastic like substance that tears apart easily]], but is able to heal itself from reattaching limbs to FromASingleCell at maximum. It’s able to cause enemy Stands to attack their own masters, cause EldritchAbomination horrors to emerge gradually from those affected by the FreakyFridayFlip it induces and can only be destroyed by demolishing one’s own soul represented by a sphere that illuminates the form of Chariot Requiem. |
| 203 | * LogicalWeakness: |
| 204 | ** It'll automatically turn one's Stand against its user if they try to go for the Arrow. Polnareff is exempt from this, seeing how Chariot Requiem is still his Stand, but isn't bound to his body anymore. As such, Polnareff is the only member of the group that can pick up the Arrow without threat of retaliation by their own Stand outside of Chariot itself. |
| 205 | ** As Diavolo notes, it manifests itself as a shadow of the soul, meaning it needs a light source in order to exist. It does so by creating a marble of light that exists behind the observer's head invisible to everyone but the observer. Destroying it will destroy Chariot Requiem, but it bears keeping in mind that destroying the marble will end your life as well. |
| 206 | * LossOfIdentity: Trish points out that while Chariot Requiem's mutation ability is completely painless to the point of being easily ignored despite the BodyHorror that ensues, this is the real threat caused by it and the Stand's manipulation of the soul. |
| 207 | * NighInvulnerability: Like with Notorious B.I.G, a Stand surviving its master is unkillable and will heal any harm done to it. The only way to defeat Chariot Requiem is to destroy a marble of light behind your head, as Requiem is the "shadow of one's soul". |
| 208 | * OminousWalk: It spends most of its lifetime slowly wandering around Rome. If someone's holding the Arrow or about to obtain it, however, it'll start charging straight towards that person, which is arguably just as scary. |
| 209 | * OutsideContextProblem: A Stand Arrow being able to affect an existing Stand was only hinted at with Killer Queen Bites the Dust, but Chariot Requiem's existence singlehandedly changes the climax of ''Golden Wind''. |
| 210 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Any attempt to interfere with Chariot Requiem is paid back proportionately. For example, simply standing in its way will have it either walk around the obstacle or gently push it aside. A direct attack, or worse, an attempt at the Arrow, will be met with attempted murder via said nuisance's own Stand turning against them. |
| 211 | * PuzzleBoss: There's only one way to destroy it, and that's by finding and sacrificing one's own soul. |
| 212 | * SentientCosmicForce: The nature of Chariot Requiem (and Requiem Stands in general) is obscure, but it seems to represent the very concept of "souls" embodied into a corporeal being and given a single goal ("Protect the Arrow") by the dying will of its former master. |
| 213 | * ShoutOut: Chariot Requiem's design is deliberately based on the mysterious man who visited Mozart to commission the unfinished piece ''Requiem''. |
| 214 | * SinisterSilhouettes: Subverted. At first it seems to be another case of FaceFramedInShadow, a trope used quite a bit in Part 5. Bruno gets close to it and reveals that what seemed to be an abstract silhouette is actually its features and Requiem looks like it was made from black plastic. |
| 215 | * SoulPower: Chariot Requiem's domain as a Requiem Stand is "soul", and thus it can control the souls of ''all living beings on earth'' given time, forcing them between different bodies, turning peoples' own Stands against them, and, unless promptly dismissed, changing ''all life'' into strange extra-dimensional beings through soul manipulation. |
| 216 | * SquishyWizard: Chariot Requiem loses most of its old combat abilities, with one weakness that can be quickly destroyed; the trade off is the ability to control souls, turn Stands against their users, and even the ability to evolve lifeforms beyond their current state. |
| 217 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to bring up Chariot Requiem's existence without spoiling the final stretch of Part 5, especially the fact that Polnareff returns. |
| 218 | * WeaksauceWeakness: While Chariot Requiem is one of the most powerful Stands in the series, it's also absurdly easy to kill as soon as you figure out the puzzle. |
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