History YMMV / JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders

** Stopping time doesn't stress the user's heart. It's never even hinted to do so in any part. People seem to have picked this up from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and started applying that rule to ''[=JoJo=]'', most likely mistaking [[spoiler:Jotaro's time stop getting shorter in later parts]] as being caused by the strain on his heart (rather than him simply being out of practice).

** Hol Horse in his first appearance [[spoiler:shoots Avdol in the head- seemingly killing him at the time, but [[DisneyDeath actually managed to incapacitate him for the majority of the Pre-Egypt arc]]]] and, alongside J. Geil, proves to be a real threat for Polnareff and Kakyoin. Every appearance afterward? The guy is basically reduced to a walking joke. In his next appearance, he unknowingly walks in on Enya fighting Jotaro and Polnareff and, without standing up to her whatsoever, is affected by her Stand and is left helplessly laying on the floor as Enya repeatedly stabs him. Following that, he tries to assassinate DIO, only for the attempt to unsurprisingly fail. He then finds himself teaming up with [[PluckyComicRelief Boingo]], which results in him getting caught with his finger up Polnareff's nose at the worst time, and ultimately having his plan to eliminate the heroes backfire on him.

** Hierophant Green and Silver Chariot being able to be shrunk down to microscopic size in order to chase after Lovers. Not only is it a spur-of-the-moment revelation, but the ability to shrink one's Stand at will was never seen again for the rest of the part, or for the entire ''series'', for that matter (somewhat justified, however, as the ability wouldn't have been of any use in later fights). It was all for the sake of gaining an edge against Steely Dan. This could ''potentially'' be justified, as Kakyoin and Polnareff state that shrinking their Stands takes a tremendous amount of concentration and energy, but the fact that such a power is never alluded to again makes said justification seem a bit like HandWaving.

** [[LivingDollCollector Telence T. D'Arby[=/=]D'Arby the Younger]] is the younger brother of Daniel J. D'Arby, and like him, has the ability to steal a person's soul when they admit defeat in their heart before turning them into dolls. Unlike his [[AffablyEvil affable]] and [[NobleDemon nobler]] brother, any [[FauxAffablyEvil politeness Telence spews is an obvious attempt]] to hide the [[PsychopathicManchild childish psychopath]] he really is, changing anybody who is defeated by him in a video game into a doll, while, unlike Daniel, [[AndIMustScream keeping them fully aware of their situation and powerless to do anything about it]]. Besides having done this to at least 20 people, it is also implied that Telence is very abusive towards his brother, admitting to beating him nearly to death one time [[DisproportionateRetribution after catching him flirt with his girlfriend]]. When the heroes stumble across his path, he traps them in DIO's basement and forces them to play video games for their souls, while [[FixingTheGame using his Stand to give himself an advantage]]. Through these methods he defeats Kakyoin and adds him to the collection, intending to do the same to Jotaro and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph]], threatening to kill Kakyoin if they attack him. While only a minor villain, Telence manages to be one of the few villains that the heroes show nothing but contempt and disgust for.

** [[LivingDollCollector Telence T. D'Arby[=/=]D'Arby the Younger]] is the younger brother of Daniel J. D'Arby, and like him, has the ability to steal a person's soul when they admit defeat in their heart before turning them into dolls. Unlike his [[AffablyEvil affable]] and [[NobleDemon nobler]] brother, any [[FauxAffablyEvil politeness Telence spews is an obvious attempt]] to hide the [[PsychopathicManchild childish psychopath]] he really is, changing anybody who is defeated by him in a video game into a doll, while, unlike Daniel, [[AndIMustScream keeping them fully aware of their situation and powerless to do anything about it]]. Besides having done this to at least 20 people, it is also implied that Telence is very abusive towards his brother, admitting to beating him nearly to death one time [[DisproportionateRetribution after catching him flirt with his girlfriend]]. When the heroes stumble across his path, he traps them in DIO's basement and forces them to play video games for their souls, while using his Stand to give himself an advantage. Through these methods he defeats Kakyoin and adds him to the collection, intending to do the same to Jotaro and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Joseph]], threatening to kill Kakyoin if they attack him. While only a minor villain, Telence manages to be one of the few villains that the heroes show nothing but contempt and disgust for.

** Mannish Boy being forced to eat his own feces by Kakyoin. It's probably the most karmic fate he can receive that doesn't involve [[WouldHurtAChild killing a baby]], but the detailed nature of the Kakyoin scooping up a portion of his poop and mixing it with Mannish Boy's baby food and feeding it to him against his will is still hard to watch.

** While a lot of them are forgettable one-shot enemies, many of DIO's minions and assassins from Part 3 have gotten their fair share of love from the fanbase. In particular, most of the Egypt-arc minions (especially [[BlindWeaponmaster N'Doul]], [[SelectiveMagnetism Mariah]], [[FeatheredFiend Pet Shop]] and [[TheCollector the D'Arby Brothers]]) are agreed to be significantly more interesting than those that came before; and bar them, [[TheGunslinger Hol Horse]], [[EnfanteTerrible Mannish Boy]] and [[ExtraOreDinary Midler]][[note]]who never appeared onscreen in either the manga or anime, but received an attractive, BellyDancer-inspired redesign exclusively for [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture the Capcom fighting game.]][[/note]] are also very well-liked by the fans.

*** Jotaro being half-deaf. No seriously, [[https://twitter.com/josukelovemail/status/1148228586861662209 a Reddit user]] discovered that since Jotaro has problems hearing from time to time. Jotaro shot a revolver at his head from basically point blank range in the first chapter just to show Star Platinum's reaction time [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistically would have given him this problem]] due to a ruptured ear drum.

** Telence T. D'Arby's setup of having multiple televisions set up to one (copyright-friendly) [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]] looks surprisingly similar to a LAN party, which was unheard of among gaming consoles back in 1991, not being recognized until the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn; the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] for Nintendo consoles.

** DIO retains this status from his appearance in Part 1, however he brings it UpToEleven here. His LargeHam tendencies are somehow even bigger, his Stand is widely considered one of the best Stands in the entire series [[spoiler: along with its [[TimeStandsStill power to stop time]]]], he successfully [[HeroKiller kills one of the main characters,]] and his amazingly epic fight with Jotaro [[FountainOfMemes is a grand source of memes.]]

** DIO continues his monstrous trend of being irredeemably evil by having a senator run over people on a street, [[spoiler:killing Kakyoin, and mocking Jotaro for letting Joseph [[DisneyDeath temporarily]] die at his hands]]. However, due to his over-the-top nature taken up to eleven within the part, the amount of memes born from his fight, and his impressive Stand, he's well-loved by the fans due to these traits.

** The idea of a character with [[ComboPlatterPowers both Hamon and Stand powers]] is interesting on paper considering the variety of Hamon techniques in prior parts, but Joseph, the only character with such abilities, doesn't get many opportunities to combine both powers, other than conducting Hamon through Hermit Purple to discourage Dio from hitting him. Furthermore, Hamon is completely phased out by the next part, closing the door on further Stand–Hamon interactions.

** Anne the runaway girl, despite only appearing in the early arcs, was heavily disliked by readers of the manga because of how frequently she got the Joestar team into trouble with DIO's henchmen and didn't really do anything useful for the group.[[note]]Of the four Stand Users the group faced while she was with the group, the only one she didn't end up hindering the team with was Rubber Soul, whereas the other three she had to be saved from by Jotaro[[/note]] It is somewhat alleviated when Joseph brought her a plane ticket back home and she was removed from the story, and when the anime eventually came, the viewers came to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap warm up to her somewhat]].

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Jotaro/Kakyoin itself may count despite being the most popular ship in Part 3; the two interact very little throughout the series after Kakyoin's introduction, even before Kakyoin is PutOnABus. Much of the pairing's popularity appears to stem rather from [[MisterSeahorse 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.

** Cautiously averted with the English dub of the anime adaptation, at least with the {{Kiai}}. It's been mentioned that, whenever appropriate, any use of "ora" and "muda", instead of being translated to "come on" and "useless" respectively, shall be left untranslated. Presumably, other Stands' {{Kiai}} will receive the same treatment.

** Enya and J. Geil. The former was DIO's [[TheDragon Dragon]], and the latter was Polnareff's motivation for joining Jotaro. However, they both [[spoiler: die relatively early in the story]]. It would have been interesting for Enya to have been the penultimate boss before the battle with DIO, but her role instead gets taken by Vanilla Ice.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Alessi 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 [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Part 2]]. Too bad Alessi ended up getting pounded into hamburger meat 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.

** Considering how long Anne, the runaway girl, stayed with the Crusaders and how abrupt her removal from the series was, it's almost certain that Araki had bigger plans for her before he decided to stop using her for whatever reason. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Much like how Hol Horse was initially intended to replace Avdol after his death]], a popular theory is that she was originally supposed to be the sixth Crusader instead of Iggy, only Araki scrapped the idea after the [[TheScrappy negative reception]] her character got.

** Also in the English dub, one-off villain Devo the Cursed's VA, Edward Bosco, was largely unknown at the time but would later gain fame for being the voice of [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Alastor]].

** Mariah and her Stand, Bast, make for a truly unusual fight, as it falls in the genre of CringeComedy due to Joseph being turned into a living magnet and getting into all sorts of embarrassing situations.

** In the anime series, Jotaro and DIO being shown flying during the final battle ends up being something quite random that no one comments on, nor is it mentioned or even shown again. This whole sequence largely came about due to the animators overly relying on the manga imagery and drawing out the final arc leading to cases where characters were simply jumping in the manga to flying and hovering in place in the anime.

** In the anime series, Jotaro and DIO being shown flying during a the final battle ends up being something quite random that no one comments on nor is it mentioned or even shown again. This whole sequence largely came about due to the animators overly relying on the manga imagery and drawing out the final arc leading to cases where characters were simply jumping in the manga to flying and hovering in place in the anime.

** Steely Dan kills [[spoiler:Enya]] for the sake of money, attempts to kill Joseph ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and scammed him earlier into paying a little extra for a kebab by making him think he successfully haggled for it]]) for his own personal amusement, beats a child to demonstrate how his Stand works, forces Jotaro to rub his back, polish his shoes, and act as a bridge, and frames him for stealing a necklace. There's a good reason why Jotaro [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating him down]] and then tossing a bill at him is one of the best and most memorable parts of ''Stardust Crusaders''.

*** Aside from Hol Horse, [[TheGambler Daniel J. D'Arby]] is the most popular of DIO's minions. His AffablyEvil qualities and how he chose to fight the heroes 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'' arc for the high tension and how it broke away from the action of previous fights and was more logic driven; even Jotaro seems to have considered him a WorthyOpponent, noting later on that Daniel would never have fallen for the simple trick that they used to defeat his SmugSnake of a younger brother. 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''; which gave him a rematch against Jotaro in a game of poker, and expanded more on D'Arby's backstory as well as his recovery and thoughts since his VillainousBreakdown in their first game.

** DIO retains this status from his appearance in Part 1, however he brings it up to eleven here. His LargeHam tendencies are somehow even bigger, his Stand is widely considered one of the best Stands in the entire series [[spoiler: along with its [[TimeStandsStill power to stop time]]]], he successfully [[HeroKiller kills one of the main characters,]] and his amazingly epic fight with Jotaro [[FountainOfMemes is a grand source of memes.]]

** Kakyoin being romantically interested in Jotaro is a major one as the two don't interact much throughout the part. The only reason Kakyoin is even labeled as this part's "[=BroJo=]" is because he is the same age as Jotaro, while Polnareff fits more of the criteria (brash, more offensively-oriented, prone to misfortune) but is slightly older.

** It is often believed that Jotaro is a fan of Creator/ClintEastwood and his movies which is where he gets his one-liners and fashion-sense from.

** Stopping time doesn't stress the user's heart. It's never even hinted to do so in any part. People seemed to have picked this up from Anime/CodeGeass and started talking about the jojo series as if it were true here as well, most likely mistaking Jotaro's lesser power over time stopping as his human heart being unable to take it.

** The TV anime adaptation as a whole received criticism for this. With the exception of the "Tower of Gray" arc, all of the arcs are at least one episode long. Many fans were not happy with how short, insignificant arcs such as "Wheel of Fortune," "The Sun," and "Dark Blue Moon" were stretched out for an entire episode's runtime when they could have been half as long. With the ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' anime portraying its final arcs simultaneously, some fans now believe that arcs that took place at the same time, like "Ebony Devil" and "Yellow Temperance" and "Bastet" and "Sethan," could have shared episodes instead.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: When Vanilla Ice is closing in on Polnareff with Cream's [[PowerOfTheVoid void ball]], a random multiple-choice quiz pops up, [[FakeInteractivity asking the readers/viewers what will end up happening to Polnareff]]. This quiz ultimately has no bearing on the plot, and in the anime adaptation, it causes everything to come to an abrupt standstill.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Some fans admit to watching the [=OVAs=] for the simple fact that Creator/SatoshiKon directed the final fight with DIO. 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. Some even go as far as saying that the final fight in the OVA was better than the one in the TV anime that suffered from [[OffModel less than stellar and stilted animation]].