This article lists possible references made in popular series and by popular artists to art or concepts defining to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Discussion of the legitimacy of these references can be found here.
References range in nature from tribute to plagiarism. Many are comic, while the "JoJo poses" in particular cross into greater cultural significance, with the greatest examples being those reproduced by a handful of popular Japanese performing artists.
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The idol groups of Hello! ProjectW, like ANGERMEFW, consists of a few JoJo fans. Their girls strike JoJo poses on their blog and sometimes mix JoJo references into their dance choreography.
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Fashion model and musical artist Kyary Pamyu PamyuW often uses JoJo poses in performances. During an interview, she has also mentioned having felt like a Stand user and has named one of her dogs JoJo. In her music video for "PONPONPON", she can be seen doing several different poses referencing different anime throughout the video with the last featuring the aforementioned pose.
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J-pop group, RADIO FISH, featuring Atsuhiko Nakata and Shingo Fujimori of comedy duo Oriental Radio, performed their songs "PERFECT HUMAN" and "ULTRA TIGER" at the Halloween Music Festival 2016. The crew dressed up as characters from Parts 4-6 of JoJo with Fujimori as Narancia and Nakata as Yoshikage Kira. |
Otaku idol Shoko NakagawaW (a.k.a. Shokotan) is a dedicated fan of the manga series and is known to do JoJo poses during interviews and live performances on stage, including breaking her tailbone when doing a Narancia pose on stage during a concert.[1] She often posts about her love of Jotaro Kujo and once interviewed Araki on a Japanese television show, which resulted in the creation of Love Note.
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In the animated music video for the song "SMASH!," performed by American comedy supergroup StarbombW and animated by Studio Yotta, LuigiFW at some point does Dio's infamous "Wryyy" pose. Immediately after he is seen surrounded by Wii Fit TrainerFW, RosalinaFW, and Princess ZeldaFW while mimicking Giorno Giovanna's famous "I have a dream!" pose.[2] Joel C, the director of the music video, has confirmed the references were intentional in his blog.[3] |
Yuka Kashino (a.k.a. Kashiyuka) from Japanese electropop group PerfumeW often talks about her love for JoJo in the media and has struck JoJo pose with other members during photo ops. In addition, the choreography inspired by JoJo poses appear in Perfume’s music video for their 2010 single "Natural ni Koishite".
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Psycho le CemuW is a Visual Rock band formed in 1999 which distinguishes itself via dressing its members in narrative archetypes, like "the monster" and "the hero", mostly inspired by japanese pop culture like anime, manga and videogames. In their PV for Love is Dead, the last before the band hiatus in 2006, Daishi, the vocalist, dressed an outfit which is mainly a reference of Jotaro Kujo.
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Anime/Manga[]
In episode 3, when Toucan imagines himself as a deity, appears an image of him in Kars' freezed pose, and the narrator says he stopped thinking. |
In episode 4, while Mai is wondering if Mi had the courage she suddenly summons a Stand-like figure engraved with the kanji for "courage" (度胸 dokyō) that looks much like Magician's Red. |
When Minami ItsukiFW gropes a naked SimcaFW, Noyamano RingoFW is so furious that a monstrous Star Platinum-shaped shadow appears behind her and Ikki replies "Star Platinum!!?". At one point Ikki even uses one of Jonathan's ability, the "Zoom Punch" from Part 1. |
Hotaru TachibanaFW can be seen doing a JoJo-inspired pose and having her toy-gun depicted in the manner of a Stand behind her in episode 4FW. |
In chapter 176, we see various memories of the students hanging out/trying to kill their teacher KorosenseiFW. In one of them, we can see that one student painted Korosensei being shot at by another student in the same manner as Tohth predicting Jotaro would be shot at by two bullets. |
Several scenes pay homage to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In one scene, Akihisa YoshiiFW is seen trying Mizuki HimejiFW's bento box, only to be dragged into the darkness by a bunch of hands. There is also a scene in episode 7FW where an annoying man with Josuke Higashikata's hair and his girlfriend try to get married at the Kisaragi Grand ParkFW. The scene features JoJo-inspired like frames and the character even does several poses from Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, and Killer Queen.
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As a comedy, it has several brief and subtle references. In episode 1FW, Ichiko SakuraFW has a monologue about her popularity and beauty, while imagining herself posing like Kars. In episode 6FW, there is a scene of Ichiko looking like Josuke after returning Keita TsuwabukiFW his handkerchief. For the same scene, in chapter 9 of the manga, we only find a quote from Josuke's Speech about "wearing new underwear on New Year's Day". In chapter 21 of the manga, Nadeshiko AdenokoujiFW expresses her jealousy and rage with Ichiko and Ranamaru RindouFW, resembling the scene when Josuke and Jotaro are being attacked by Yoshihiro in Kira's house in Diamond is Unbreakable. In Chapter 32, the scene of a random girl attacking BobbyFW resembles the scene of Esidisi attacking Caesar after having taken control of Suzi Q's body, in Battle Tendency. In chapter 40, a Binbōgami Item turns a pumpkin into a horse carriage that resembles one of the chariots used during the chariot race between Joseph and Wamuu, also in Part 2.
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In Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo chapter 23 pg 2,
GaohFW is wearing a stone mask during a fight. |
In chapter 8 (episode 4), Kazuki MutoFW draws a picture of missing school student Koushaku ChonoFW to show to other classmates, this picture is humorously drawn in the artsyle of Hirohiko Araki, much to everyone's surprise. Later on chapter 48 (episode 15), the Warrior Chief Captain BravoFW quotes Avdol's line of "YES I AM!" upon being recognized by the other characters on the beach. In chapter 49 (episode 16), he also mimics Polnareff's "Bravo, oh bravo!" pose (while riding a surfboard).
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Episode 16 of Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS CrisisW has the characters imitate the poses of characters from JoJo. Kumi OkazakiFW is doing Josuke's pose, Luna YumizukiFW does Jotaro's, Tokoha AnjouFW does Jonathan's, and Am ChounoFW does Rohan's. |
CLAMPW have been fans of the JoJo series since before becoming well-known themselves. They have done several JoJo-based dōjinshiW, the most notable of which is Clamp in Wonderland and features the heroes of Stardust Crusaders. The JoJo character they created in that doujinshi also appears at the end of their first CLAMP in WonderlandW video,[4] alongside their own series' characters. |
In Chapter 129 of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaW, Inosuke charges through a window yelling "WRYYYYYY", which is the battle cry mainly used by Dio Brando but also a few other characters in JoJo. |
In the first episode DirectorFW is asking to UmioFW what happen between he and HiotanFW, Umio says "nothing", and then, Director come closer to Umio and "licks" his ear, saying that he has the "taste of a liar"; making a reference to the Giorno and Bruno's "taste of a liar" scene from Vento Aureo. In Episode 2, Director an Umio makes JoJo poses (Director as Jonathan, Umio as Joseph). In Episode 7, Director makes a JoJo reference.
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Ropponmatsu2FW is an android who appears in various episodes. In episode 16 is found by ExcelFW in a delivery box and shows the Joestar Birthmark. |
LamyFW, a enemy character from the dark guild TartarosFW in Fairy TailW, is seen doing a JoJo pose in Part 5-Part 6 era art style in Episode 238FW and in the 20th opening to the song "NEVER-END TALEFW". |
While not appearing in the gag manga proper, mangaka Eiichirou Mashin held a contest for which he asked his readers to submit designs for the strongest Servant. He collected the winning drawings and redrew them for the fifth volume. Among these are Mary Stuart with her Noble PhantasmFW being "The Two Loyal Swords". The illustration of Mary shows both Bruford and Tarkus behind her, with the description all but naming them. |
In chapter 22, a character by the name of Rory MercuryFW goes on a rampage against foreign special forces during the Hakone IncidentFW. The Japanese Minister of Defense, an avid of fan of anime, asks if she had "put on the stone mask and feeds on blood". This was omitted from the anime adaptation. |
One of the Tachikomatic DaysFW sketches during Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGW shows that after getting outfitted with a new "Agent" equipment one of the TachikomaFW gets an Araki-style appearance and an ability to summon a stand-like Agent that has time-stopping power "Reset The World".
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One of the arcs has the protagonists entering a haunted inn that services spiritual beings called "stands" (which are actually just ghosts), so that they may attain the happiness necessary for them to reach the afterlife. The "stands" may possess the "stand user" to grant him special abilities, which parody the conventional Stand naming derived from musical themes. The anime equivalent of the arc has Sakata GintokiFW defining a "stand" while Star Platinum appears as an example, donning Gintoki's trademark attire, and includes a reference to Araki Hirohiko as a "backwards-aging fairy". The main antagonist of the arc, OiwaFW, also uses Star Platinum's battle cry "ORAORAORA".
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In the episode 2 of GJ ClubW, [[wikia:c:gj-bu:Kyōya Shinomiya:{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]]FW is reading Volume 14 of the JoJo's Bizarre adventure manga. In the episode 7, he turns into ORE-MAN and does several poses, a couple taken from JoJo.
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In episode 6FW, InugamiFW puts Kohina IchimatsuFW's head in the mouth of a big spirit to change her face, and Inugami is beaten by Kokkuri-sanFW for his actions and Kohina does Risotto Nero's pose over Inugami's body.
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As a gag-series, it features one of the highest amounts of references to JoJo.
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In one episode Klaus SeishirouFW parodies the famous scene of Dio turned into a vampire by the Stone Mask, with the same SFX that arises on the screen, and wearing the same cape Dio wore. Yukiji KatsuraFW also mimics the technique "Sunlight Yellow Overdrive", exclaiming "Violet Overdrive" as her battle cry while attacking him.[8]
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In episode 9, when Connie Christensen calls the others to attention in the school tennis court from the second floor, main character Ayano Hanesaki, standing below Connie, signs to her that she "can see her panties" using the same unconventional signs ("pan-tsu-maru-mie") Polnareff makes during the High Priestess attack.[9] |
In an omake of the manga, one character states that "volume 6" can be read as "ro-kan" while another says that it sounds like "Kishibe Rohan". A picture of Rohan in the Hellsing-omake style is present as well. In an omake for the second volume of Drifters Kouta HiranoFW describes Hirohiko Araki as "an ex-ShinsengumiW vice-commander mangaka who can stop time, is a magic boy and a BT, screams "Baru-baru-baru-baru!", has four testicles in the alternate universe and is under execution, under jailbreak".
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At the end of episode 9, during the next episode preview, HoozukiFW is heard using the battle cry "Ora Ora" (very distinctly an impersonation of OVA Star Platinum) while he punches Enma DaioFW; this is followed by a reference to Fist of the North StarW. |
At the start of Episode 1, the stone mask is seen as one of the hidden treasures. |
In chapter 43, a person cosplaying Johnny can be seen in the background. |
In episode 6, Toka FushimiFW begins to type If I don't rescue Irina from the sinister Deo's clutches seemingly referring to Erina and Dio. Coincidentally, Touka has the same voice actor as Robert E. O. Speedwagon (Yōji UedaW) in the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency anime adaptation. |
After visiting LeenFW,Touya Mochizuki is seen shouting "Nigerundayo" while running away, a reference to Joseph Joestar.
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In Episode 5, Tomoyo KanzakiFW recreates an iconic pose of Kakyoin while playing as a "Chuuni" character. In Episode 8, Hajime KiryūFW talks about Jurai AndōFW's group, which he called Virgin Child, imagining them in JoJo poses (Andō poses as Jonathan, Tomoyo as Jotaro, Hatoko as Josuke, Chifuyu as Giorno and Sayumi as Killer Queen).
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Kazuhito HarumiFW, a high school boy who is obsessed with reading books is killed in the middle of a robbery and resurrected as a dachshund dog. While in his new form, Kazuhito is adopted by a man who owns a pet shop called Iggy (with a symbol of Iggy's face). |
Episode 4 shows the character Y doing a JoJo pose, the sound effect can also be seen.[11] Coincidentally, Y's voice actress also voices Jolyne.This section requires expansion. |
In the ending to the 2nd season of the anime, we can see five stars travelling through the night sky with the 6th one being just behind and catching up at the destination. This most likely references the 3rd JoJo OP STAND PROUD where the same thing happens. |
In Chapter 1 (manga), upon realizing that she can't defeat the Boxing Team Captain, Takaharu FukurodaFW, Ryūko MatoiFW uses her "trump card", which is "Running Away!", surprising all present characters. She even runs in the same manner as Joseph Joestar when he runs away from Straizo and Kars. |
In episode 3 of this anime Ayumu AikawaFW performs a dance to the hip-hop-like music. The lyrics of this song are a clear reference to Jonathan's most famous attack.[12]
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The show has several JoJo references. One in particular appears when Hiyori TamuraFW trips and falls to the ground in a dramatic manner. Her art style changes to that of JoJo and the similar SFX appear around her as well. |
In episode 4, in order to fight Baltia's black giant, Eitaro Sakuma exclaims that he will fight her, meanwhile he makes a pose similar to Risotto Nero; and orders to his assistant Eineus to "launch the thing (a giant robot sized Eineus)!", making Joestar's trademark facehand pose.
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In episode 7, all the main characters are gathered in a park "ready to defeat" the main antagonist. There, the main antagonist, Valko, is admitting her defeat but suddenly random side characters pop up. Valko reacts to this like it was ripped straight out of some kind of battleshounen series, with her hand striking a JoJo-esque pose, her hair resembling weirdly Polnareff from Stardust Crusaders and background effects showing and trembling.
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During a game of Jenga, Chise UmenomoriFW summons a Stand similar to Star Platinum to help her pull a brick out. There is another scene that is in the manga only, where the Stray Cat's Club is at the beach, and they appear to be making a sand sculpture of Iggy's stand, The Fool.
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Towards the end of episode 2, Yukiya MinabeFW finishes his pair of glasses and begins executing both Joseph and Jotaro's poses. In the episode 6, all the Meganebu's members perform famous poses on a train, like a challenge or game.
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One character, Tenga OnigawaraFW, is a reference to Josuke Higashikata from Diamond is Unbreakable, as he has a similar pompadour hairstyle and a special attack where he rapidly punches, not unlike Crazy Diamond's Stand rush. At one point in the manga, the end of chapter illustrations show traits of the Body Improvement ClubFW as a parody of Stand stats. Lastly, in one episode of the anime, Ritsu KageyamaFW strikes the same pose as Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli while trying to activate his psychic powers.
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In Chapter 5 (episode 3FW of the anime adaptation), Centorea ShianusFW explains that as a centaur, her species is known for being valiant knights who honor loyalty above all. She mentions that her various ancestors also served under similar values with visions of them appearing in the background. At this point, Kimihito KurusuFW asks if their images behind her are Stands.[13] |
This manga has a small cameo of a Stone Mask in a panel from it's Chapter 12. |
Being a comedy show, Seto no Hanayome features some JoJo references in a parody fashion.[14]
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In episode 4FW of Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru Hayato HayamaFW mimics Giorno's famous "I have a dream!" pose in Hachiman HikigayaFW's delusion. In episode 7FW, Hachiman is referencing Stand users by comparing them to loners. The complete line is "Just like how Stand users are attracted to each other, it looks like loners are also very adept at finding other loners." |
During a fight in the school tournament, Negi SpringfieldFW's enemy summons a sort of huge puppet. One of the tournament blog comments says "It's a Stand!", making a pun due to the huge resemblance to ordinary evocation mode of Stands.[citation needed] |
* In episode 2, Stephanie Dola makes a fuss of her emotions towards Sora, and amid frustration, she shouts "WRYYYYYYYY!!" while striking a pose, directly referencing DIO in Part 3.
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In episode 3, Kamatori Kei wears a ridiculous swimsuit causing some characters to react much like Dio's friends when witnessing Dio kiss Erina. In the same episode, a scene change occurs referencing a scene from Steel Ball Run. In Episode 5, when Kaoru (Rose) Hanazono finds Ringo, he cites Noriaki Kakyoin's "Saa, oshioki (Rose says oyatsu) no jikanda yo, baby" quote, in English that will be "Now, it's time for punishment (Rose says snacks instead), baby". Also, Kousaku says Jonathan's famous "Furueru zo haato! Moetsukiru hodo hiito!" quote when he almost kisses Kaoru. There's a kiss scene similar to the Dio and Erina kiss between Kousaku and Kaoru where Kaoru says the same quote about Erina (Kousaku)'s first kiss; and Kousaku says the same phrase when Dio was being beaten by Jonathan, imitating Dio's crying scene. Also, Rose cites a couple times the catchphrase of Muhammad Avdol from Part 3 (YES, I AM!), and he loves prime numbers (like Enrico Pucci in Part 6). Kei makes various JoJo poses when he tries to stop Kousaku and Kaoru and when he explains Kaoru's true personality. Kaoru says Melone's Bellissimo and Di Molto! quotes.
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One of the main characters, Masuzu Natsukawa, often brings up JoJo throughout the show. Natsukawa's "boyfiend" also happens to be a fan of JoJo, and whenever Masuzu's temperament gets too unpredictable, he even has the habit of using JoJo related topics to change the subject and brighten the mood.
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Jyushimatsu prepares for his date in episode 9. In one of his outfits he is wearing the Stone Mask. Also in episode 8 While Jyushimatsu holds Iyami, JoJo-style "menacing" SFX for (ゴゴゴ) flows background. Karamatsu also makes Jonathan's pose in episode 25. |
In episode 7, Koyomi AraragiFW asks Suruga KanbaruFW to resemble a samurai armor, in which she responds by suggesting he put it together while she gives instructions. Araragi gives a senpai's respect speech and does Rohan's pose. Interestingly, Araragi and Rohan have the same voice actor, Hiroshi KamiyaW (at least in the videogames, not in the anime). |
In episode 860 (Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos QuestFW episode 57FW, MeowthFW does Jonathan's Volume 4 pose and Jotaro's Volume 1 pose while mimicking Dio's battle cry, saying "Muda-nya Muda-nya Muda-nya".[15]
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Shusei KagariFW's favorite manga is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure because he wishes he had a special power like Stand or Ripple. |
In episode 1, NabeshinFW fights with Alien#1 who summons Star Platinum making various JoJo references. Nabeshin recognices him as a Stand user.[16] Poemi WatanabeFW also makes reference to the famous Jonathan's spech.
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The series has a number of blatant references to JoJo. One chapter appears to have been inspired by the Tower of Gray arc as the main cast travels to Hong Kong, but is intercepted along the way by an assassin and then survive the plane crash.
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*In Episode 75, Kaido who was leading the way to a restaurant (and having poor sense of direction) says (while performing a JoJo pose) that they (he, Saiki and Nendou) are being attacked with a new Stand Power.
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In Episode 4 of Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, the characters find some "ultimate weapon" buried beneath them, which turns out to be an Ultraman stone mask. Throughout the series one of the characters, Usui, is constantly trying to get attention due to being unnoticeable. In one episode where everyone's character is the opposite of what it normally is, he is very noticeable and appears in the JoJo art style while imitating familiar poses.
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Sugisaki Ken, the main character, claims that all boys have a Stand called Illusion which enables them to fantasize about girls even when blindfolded. After that he makes one of Joseph's poses.
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In Chapter 71, during Megumi & Kurokiba food battle, they invoke their imaginary Stand's and enter a blazing fist battle. The character design of Megumi is similar to Spice Girl, while Kurokiba's Stand has a skin pattern similar to King Crimson (surpisingly, Kurokiba and Ghiaccio has the same voice actor, Nobuhiko Okamoto).
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Aika Tenkuubashi, a high class girl in a private school discovers manga for the first time and comes to the assumption that all kids in normal schools have super powers. In the anime, she imagines showing off her avatar to everyone in a obvious JoJo-esque fashion. During the same scene in the manga, she "stops time" whilst doing a pose and shouting Platina Star. |
One episode features characters striking some famous JoJo poses, such as Jonathan's, Joseph's, Jotaro's and Anasui's.
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In 6th episode Kotori imagines what would happen if the girls of 765 Pro were to open a tamatebako from Urashima Tarō myth. Her fantasies are shown as JoJo-stylized manga pages.
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In the series, there is a restaurant located within Academy City, called Joseph's Coffee and Restaurant, notable for being often frequented by Misaka Mikoto and her friends. The name of the restaurant references the actual restaurant in Japan, Jonathan's Coffee and Restaurant, though in this case, they replaced "Jonathan" with "Joseph".
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In the first volume of the first chapter of the Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel, the narration references JoJo's Bizarre Adventure when it compared the atmosphere in Kamijou ToumaFW's room after he destroyed Index's clothing as when a Stand user has used its attack on someone.
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In the 44.5th chapter of the series, Rito YuukiFW is seen holding a bag of various bizarre items. The logo on the bag reads: Stardust Store - JOJO HAND, featuring pictures of the Lucky Land Communications logo. In Chapter 53, the character YamiFW is seen in the library reading a book whose cover features Oingo and Boingo in Tohth's artstyle. Part of Oingo's name can be seen on the spine and a picture of Iggy is shown on the back cover.
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In attempt to scare off Akari so she can be left to her quiet life, Sophie (a vampire) lifts a road roller above her head to show off her strength, in reference to the final fight with Dio Brando and Jotaro Kujo. This is also a reference to Jonathan Joestar's line "I can even lift this rock" and possibly Yoshikage Kira wanting a quiet life. |
In the series, there is a character named Yuu MomokinoFW who attends Mochizuki High School along with the Arashi MikamiFW. She works as a waitress at the Joestar's Caffee & Restaurant, a reference to Jonathan's namesake. |
In chapter 105, while time is frozen, Touta KonoeFW mimics The World during the flashback where DIO first tests it's ability. The scene even includes Tōta with his arms inside gears, recreating the interlocking wheels of time image. Two panels later Tōta says "and this is more than just five seconds!" referring to how long time has been frozen. |
In episode 6, supporting character Ami Asai, while competiting for Uzaki and Shinichi's relationship, bets on Kakyoin's soul, a reference to Jotaro saying during his fight with Daniel J. D'Arby. |
In episode 3, main protagonist Kae punches at the camera repeatedly while scream "muri" several times, just like DIO's "muda", and ends by doing Dio's "WRYYY" pose. In the second eyecatch of the episode 8, the Serinuma family are doing several JoJo poses: the protagonist Kae is doing Joseph's pose, her mother Mitsuko is doing Jonathan's pose and her older brother Takuro is doing Josuke's pose
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In chapter 72, Pierrot shows his hate towards Microwave Bread, and while doing so, He throws a Barrage of Punches at a microwave while screaming his own name like a Stand Cry. On one of the OMAKE 4-Koma comedy serie of Yakitate! Japan, you can see the mangaka commeting how long his manga has been running and that his Art Style changed so much over the years and that Art Style is none other than Jojo's. |
In chapter 45, Manabu comments about Stand Users being attracted to each other. |
In episode 13FW, KeitaFW becomes possessed by the dancing seaweed Yo-Kai Wakame-kun, Konbu-san, and Mekabu-chan during a physical education class on dancing. Throughout the day he is seen doing dance poses, Josuke's being one of them. In episode 87, a yokai named OtonabullFW appears and possesses people, causing them to act like adults. At some point he meets ManjimuttFW and tries to become his apprentice. After he accepts, they decide to go on a bizarre adventure. In episode 7 of the sequel series Yo-kai Watch Shadowside. The protagonists are reading a story of a mans encounter with a Yo-Kai named Kaosake-Onna, recreated in a goofy art style very similar to that of the stand Tohth. |
Volume 7 of the manga features the Stone Mask as one of the exhibits in the Legendary Treasure Museum. In episode 3FW, Salamander KiritakeFW was introducing himself with JoJo-styled SFX effects in the background. |
In the extra chapter of volume 25 of Zatch Bell!W, a parody of the Tonio chapters was done in 3 pages by Mamodo (Demon) Raiku. In those pages, he reenacts the scene between Tonio and Okuyasu by feeding himself a Mozzarella and Tomato Salad while dressed in their attire. |
Video Game[]
Activating auto battles in sorties will show a prompt which features the To Be Continued arrow. The Battleship variant of IJN Kaga has two skills with icons directly referencing the events in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, as seen here. IJN Atago asks in the Lunar New Year Celebration event if Commander is a Stand User because he has 2 right hands. In the Superstar of the Blue Seas event, HMS Jamaica wants to become an Marine Biologist and write a thesis on starfish. In IJN Ooshio`s Secretary Quest IJN Yuudachi claims that she is awake as a Pillar Man. |
Of the many Infernal Demons that can be summoned by Bayonetta during a Climax Attack, the Little Devils are an obscure reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, more specifically Guido Mista's Sex Pistols. Director Hideki Kamiya has mentioned during a commentary that, much like Sex Pistols, each of the five devils have their own personality, and have a number written on their foreheads, with the #4 (or the #2 in the case of the little devils) missing as it may be considered very unlucky by ZeroFW, the King of the Little Devils.[17] |
In the Castlevania-inspired indie game, main protagonist Miriam can obtain an equippable accessory named the "Stone Mask", with its description reading "A stone mask once used by a tribal chief during ritual sacrifices." She can also obtain the "Hyperventilator" which looks like Joseph's training mask from Part 2, with its description "A mask designed to push the wearer to his or her physical limit." The "Voice changer" item is a color swap of the Hyperventilator. The "Gambler's Ring" item has a description which reads "A ring that bestows both luck and pluck to would-be gamblers." Upon acquiring Hair Apparent VI, it resembles Noriaki Kakyoin's hairstyle which is described as "boyish." In the Conjure Shards, two of the shards that can be obtained are "Cerulean Splash" which alludes to Emerald Splash and "Welcome Company" for Bad Company. For the Familiar Shards, one of the shards that can be obtained is "Silver Knight" which alludes to Silver Chariot. If you hold the left analog stick up, Miriam will strike a pose, similar to Jojo posing. If you hold it longer, she'll strike another pose. Late into the game, the player can be challenged by NPC Orlok Dracule, or O.D., to a secret boss fight. Upon his defeat, he gives Miriam a shard with the powerful ability "Standstill" that allows her to stop time. While the spell itself is inspired by the Stopwatch sub-weapon from the Castlevania series, the audiovisual presentation is distinctly different and in clear reference to The World; The visual effect of Standstill's activation resembles The World's time stop from the OVA, while the sound effect replicates that of the time stop from the Stardust Crusaders anime.[18] |
A Stone MaskFW can be found in the library in Castlevania: Symphony of the NightFW, which is where Jonathan and Dio studied the properties of the Stone Mask. It appears again in Castlevania: Curse of DarknessFW, with an appearance much more akin to the one's found in JoJo.
In Castlevania: Harmony of DissonanceFW, if the Sacred FistFW sub-weaponFW is used without a Spell BookFW activated, the protagonist shouts "Ora ora ora!" and unleashes a flurry of extremely fast, blur-like punches (in reference to Star Platinum). In Castlevania: Aria of SorrowFW, a soul called "Guardian CagnazzoFW" can be obtained that makes a CagnazzoFW demon appear behind the protagonist and punch wildly whilst shouting "Ora ora ora!" also in another reference to Star Platinum. In Castlevania: Dawn of SorrowFW, one of the boss characters, ZephyrFW, utilizes time stopping abilities in conjunction with knives (much like DIO). Zephyr even shouts "Toki wo tomare" (Time has stopped). His fight on top of Cursed Clock TowerFW is another reference to Stardust Crusaders of the manga. |
The character Santana is likely a reference to mostly part 3, but also includes some part 2 elements. Appearance-wise, he strongly resembles Muhammad Avdol, with his official artwork mimicking Avdol's 'YES I AM!' pose. His voice actor is also Kiyoyuki Yanada, who voiced Jotaro in the Capcom fighting game. Aside from this, his name is also possibly a reference to the pillar man, Santana. |
The Danganronpa series features many references, scattered all across its three main games.
In Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc:
In Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (also known as Super Danganronpa 2):
In Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony:
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According to the interview found in Design Works artbook, the design of the Set of ThornsFW originated from the concept of the 77 Rings Challenge. In the challenge, combatants must defeat each other and wear the metal rings from each foe, increasing the weight they bear as they continue. The team's idea was to use this design and try adding spikes to the rings. Just before the Iron Golem boss, you can summon a white phantom named Black Iron TarkusFW, which is likely a reference to Tarkus, as they share many similarities. They are both large powerful warriors who carry unwieldy weapons and thick armor, who both fall off a cliff in a similar fashion. In Dark Souls II, you can encounter a boss called Executioner's ChariotFW. During the original network test prior to the games release, this boss instead had the name Silver Chariot, referencing the Stand of the same name from Part 3. In Dark Souls III, a boss called High Lord WolnirFW can be fought in the Catacombs of Carthus. He bears a striking resemblance to Enya Geil's Stand Justice. He is a colossal skeleton wearing a crown, and even uses fog to attack and harm the players. |
In the game exists a secret playable character based off of the character Diavolo, specifically his form as The Boss, named "Solido Naso". While slow, he can summon his Stand, Ruler Red, to deal large amounts of damage and knockback. |
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The female Thief's character design and name (Moriah, if selected her default name) was possibly based on Mariah. |
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In Mirai Mall, an item named "Roadroller" can be purchased on floor 2. The item is described as "It's yellow and flattens stuff. MUDA MUDA MUDA! WRYYYYY!", clearly referencing the attack DIO uses on Jotaro Kujo during the final battle of Stardust Crusaders. |
*In the opening scene of Dreams of Gemina Level 2-3, Rita summoning Argent Knight is a reference to a stand being summoned. Rita poses similarly to Caesar and the sound effects around her are done in a similar font to the iconic "menacing" text.
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In Re;birth1, when the heroes discuss Noire's status as a loner, Neptune says her Stand power tells her Noire has no friends. MAGES.'s victory screen has her pose like Caesar's iconic pose. Rom and Ram have special attacks that open with them posing similar to Caesar. In Megadimension Neptunia VII, Neptune quotes Polnareff's speech from when he was exposed to DIO's The World. In Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, Neptune references the smoke trick Jotaro used to expose the Impostor Captain Tennille.
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One of the boss characters, Azteca, wears a face mask that is very similar to the Stone Mask. Also of note, his character select portrait shows that he has "DIOS" (Spanish for God) tattooed on his arm, which is reminiscent of "DIO", and his pre-fight animation consists of him bursting out of a stone pillar. His pose in the character select screen may be based on Kars' after becoming the Ultimate Life Form. |
Omega RedFW's ending in the crossover game Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street FighterFW shows him having defeated/killed RyuFW, with Ken MastersFW deeply distressed and exalted questioning him shouting "how many lives have you ended?", to which Omega Red only responds grinning "do you count the number of breaths you've taken?".[20] |
In the game there is a magnum-class pistol listed as "Horse", designed similarly to The Emperor, and complete with the description: "Perfect Pistol for a mercenary on a bizarre adventure." |
The game had an event in which you could unlock a hammer based off Crazy Diamond that can heal your allies, and a mask based off Harvest that can be equipped to your Shakalaka and constantly gain money. |
The Astromon Traveler Nezz is a massive homage to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
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For one on the profile picture options, your character, Johnny, poses in a similar fashion to Jonathan's famous pose. |
During Shikamaru NaraFW's Shadow Imitation TechniqueFW Jutsu, characters are forced to perform Jonathan's famous pose with a matching SFX in the background.[21] |
After Chocola and Vanilla had lost consciousness by playing with catnip, their Master took them to the bed. After Vanilla woke up she wonders why it's so late and suspects a Stand user attack. After Chocola, Vanilla and Coconut burn their tongues on hot coffee, they suck on ice cubes and make Kakyoin's "Rero rero rero rero~" sound.
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The character Donovan BaineFW has the ability to summon different spirits during his several attacks. The Vampire Series Official Complete WorksFW artbook includes a conceptual sketch, made by Kanameshi and Takenori KimotoFW for the game Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' RevengeFW, wich showed Donovan summoning Moody Blues instead (p.110), referencing the Stand-like qualities of some of his summons. In the same page of said artbook there is also another (but instead earlier) sketch of Donovan where he appears posing very similar to DIO in Part 3. |
In the background of Round 6 in the arcade versionFW of the game, small Stone Masks can be seen as wall decorations, as well as murals of all four Pillar Men. |
The World is one of the responses to the question "What is the name of the phenomenon where the second hand looks like it stops moving?", asked by one of the teachers in school. This was removed in Royal, a remaster of the game. |
Richard Wong is a Psychiccer with the power to control time. He naturally compliments this ability by swarming the enemy with summoned daggers (usually after immobilizing them with a large sword) and uses teleportation as a highly evasive maneuver and as a means to swarm the opponent with more attacks. |
Hideki KamiyaW admitted that he was inspired to name a character "Joseph Frost" after Joseph Joestar.[22]
The name "JoJo" is also written on a locker in Resident Evil 2.[23] |
Sichte MeisterFW is a homage to DIO . Like DIO, Sichte uses knives to attack and has the ability to manipulate time. She also shouts "Toki wo tomare!!" while freezing time and placing knives that zeros-in on the player in Rosenkreuzstilette.
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In the Love Live rhythm action game, a recruitable character Fumie Nishimura can be seen holding a book (on the level 1 version of her card). The character on the cover of her book seems to closely resemble the younger Joseph with Caesar's triangle-patterned bandana tied around his head. The coloured spheres in the background appear to symbolize the bubbles that Caesar is capable of generating with his ability.
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One of the messages the player receives after killing an opponent in the game is Sunlight Yellow Overdrive while the defeated player's screen says WRYYYYY. |
Senran Kagura 2 Deep Crimson, Mirai has an outfit called "Camisole" with 4 different colors to it. 2 colors have the words "Star Platinum" surrounding a star in the middle of the camisole while the other 2 colors have "The World" surrounding a globe.
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The Cursed Sarai is a weapon described as "The Sword of Anubis that drives people mad.
An enemy-only ability is called Bites The Dust that inflicts the Bomb status on a target. Said target will explode and die instantly next time it is attacked. |
Two playable characters from Skullgirls, ValentineFW and PeacockFW, are an homage to Dio Brando/DIO. Valentine can stop time and throw knives similar to DIO,[24] and Peacock can drop a steamroller on her opponents[25] though it is very rare.
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The protagonist, Okabe Rintarou, while talking with Suzuha Amane, references The World in an allusion that he sensed the time had stopped. In the visual novel, the group built a device called "Is it, ORAORAORA?!" which is a very basic lie detector; so basic that in reality it can only read people's sweat levels. They also like using Rohan's "I refuse" quote, which eventually outed someone as an otaku. |
Lead designer of Street Fighter II, Akira NishitaniFW, stated in a interview with Polygon that the concept of Dhalsim's ability to stretch his limbs comes from the Ripple "Zoom Punch" technique.[27] This is reconfirmed in the comment section of Dhalism's bio in the Street Fighter X Tekken Artworks artbook.
In an interview with producer Noritaka Funamizu, he reveals that GuileFW's overall appearance was modeled after Jean Pierre Polnareff.[28] Guile's page in Street Fighter X Tekken Artworks goes into detail, explaining that early designs included Polnareff's vertical, yet modest hairstyle, but at the time the sprites were being made for Street Fighter II, the pixel artist jokingly stretched Guile's hair out to the sides. The team found it amusing and decided to give him "the always distinctive Stroheim look" instead. Noritaka also explains that Guile's name was derived from Polnareff's archenemy, J.Geil, though this was apparently the result of a mix up from the development staff at the time. RoseFW was inspired by Lisa Lisa, her outfit is almost identical to Lisa Lisa's and both share a similar fighting style that consists of channeling energy into their scarves (Soul PowerFW in the case of Rose and Ripple in the case of Lisa Lisa). Additionally, both characters like to take baths and Rose's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2FW is Venice, which is the same city where Joseph meets Lisa Lisa in the story. Furthermore, in Capcom Fighting Evolution, the Midnight BlissFW attack would turn her into either Lisa Lisa with her gondolier outfit or Enya the Hag with a tweaked sprite from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future. In Street Foghter V, her "Nostalgia" alternate costume is the same gondolier outfit. Juri HanFW has hair and clothes similar to Jolyne's. In addition, Juri has a spider motif and cleaves a butterfly in her official artwork; Jolyne has a butterfly motif and her Stand turns her body into threads and webs + she has spiderweb-patterned clothes. Juri even has the same "ora ora ora" battle cry as Jolyne. SethFW, in Street Fighter V reuses moves from other Capcom game characters, including some from DIO and Jotaro in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future. |
In the first Suikoden game the emperor Barbarossa RugnerFW gives a sword named Pluck (mistranslated as "Prakk" in the English version) to one of his generals, Teo McDohlFW. |
Several user-submitted in-game items pay homage to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The "Starboard Crusader" and "Tsar Platinum" cosmetic items are Jotaro Kujo's hat and jacket, while the War Paint "Skull Study" has designs based on Yoshikage Kira.
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In his interview with EDGE magazine, Katsuhiro Harada, director of the Tekken series, admits that Paul PhoenixFW's hairstyle and first name are based on Jean Pierre Polnareff's. Masamichi Abe, now at Nintendo but back then a member of the Tekken planning team, was a fan.[29]
Kazuya MishimaFW's combat gloves, strongly resemble Star Platinum's. In Tekken 3, Jin KazamaFW has the same combat gloves as both of them, but longer. Kazuya's DevilFW form in the original Tekken game bore a strong resemblance to Star Platinum, down to the purple skin, hairstyle, clothing and the aforementioned gloves. In Tekken 7, Claudio SerafinoFW poses similarly to DIO in one of his moves, and as a customization item labeled as the "Ancient Mask" which is clearly modeled after the Stone Mask. |
In Terraria, there is a weapon called "Vampire Knives" which are likely to be a reference to Dio Brando; Specifically, to Shadow Dio's knife throw from the arcade fighter of the same name, whose knives fan out in a manner similar to this weapon.
There is a set named the Stardust armor that allows the player to summon a Stardust guardian when all the pieces are worn. The guardian will follow by floating directly behind them, and the player can order the guardian to move and attack enemies. Added in the 1.4 (Journey's End) update, the Stardust guardian now rapidly punches nearby enemies, similar to the attack rushes of The World and Star Platinum. In fact, the patch notes states that "All resemblance to a certain anime is purely coincidental." |
Within the popular tower-defense mobile game, there is a Super Rare CatFW unit referred to as "Delinquent CatFW". Unlocked by playing the Cat CapsuleFW; Delinquient Cat's appearance resembles that of a banchōW and it's main form of attack involves pointing in a manner akin to Jotaro Kujo and summoning a creature similar to Star Platinum to bombard the enemy with flying fists. |
The appearances of the "Pompadour Baby" and the "Crazy Ghost Baby" co-op Babies from the Afterbirth † expansion are directly based on Josuke Higashikata and Crazy Diamond.
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In Completing The Mission, one of the game's failure scenes has Henry activate his Spirit Forme, "Reference" (トリビュート translated as "Tribute") with the ability to swap positions with its user instantaneously, or swap appearances with each other in order to deceive the enemy. Reference can also punch an enemy into an alternative timeline they see fit. The Right Hand Man defeats him with "Bottled Time" (Time in a Bottle), which charges energy when summoned and freezes time indefinitely when flipped. The dialogue during this scene is in Japanese and the names displayed by subtitles do not mach the names spoken by the voice actors in order to avoid copyright, as Time in a Bottle is a reference to one of Jim Croce's songs, and Tribute may be a reference to one of Tenacious D's songs. [30] In a different scene, three goons mimic the Torture Dance from Vento Aureo [31] |
Benimaru NikaidoFW's appearance was loosely based on Polnareff, right down to his outfit in The King of Fighters '94 and The King of Fighters '95. Even after Benimaru's name was decided, the game developers continued to refer to him as Polnareff.[32] Additionally, his taunt in The King of Fighters XI mirrors Polnareff's stature from the manga.
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In the sixth game of the Touhou Project "The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil", the final boss Remilia Scarlet quotes Dio's famous bread phrase in Marisa's Scenario.
In the eleventh game Subterranean Animism, Yuugi, an oni, fights Marisa "without spilling a drop of sake" (stated by Patchouli). Two of Kaguya Houraisan's Spellcards have references to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the first one being Divine Treasure "Salamander Shield", which has in its comments a blatant reference to Esidisi. And the other one being New Impossible Request "Red Stone of Aja" referencing the valious stone in Battle Tendency, the Red Stone of Aja. Sakuya Izayoi is a maid who is the servant of the vampires Remilia and Flandre Scarlet. It's generally assumed that she's a tribute to DIO, as she employs the same style of combat (stopping time and using throwing knives) and even has attacks named after DIO's Stand power: Illusion World "The World" and Sakuya's World. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has been referenced several times in the official games. In Double Dealing Character, one of Sakuya's Spell Cards erases the time (respectively the present and future) of the surrounding bullets and thus erases the bullets. This might be a reference to Diavolo's Stand and implies that Sakuya might not be only a reference to Dio. In the seventh game Perfect Cherry Blossom, once Marisa defeats Ran (a shikigami), she asks her if she is a Long-distance Type, because her master is far away and she is quite strong. This is a clearly reference to the Stand Types in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In Symposium of Post-mysticism, an official Touhou Fanbook, Toyosatomimi no Miko says that Koishi Komeiji "stopped thinking", using the phrasing of the famous line After a while, he stopped thinking (そのうち、考えるのをやめた。 Sono Uchi Kangaeru no wo Yameta) referencing Kars. In the fan game Touhou Genso Wanderer, there is a weapon simply called "Useless!" with the description simply reading "WRYYYYYY!", granting its user the Vampire ability. These are all clearly references to Dio Brando. |
In Transformice, Jotaro Kujo's hat and Josuke Higashikata's hair appear in the shop. |
The Mad DummyFW's trademark quote, "Futile!" is similar to DIO's "Muda", in that both mean "useless". Mad Dummy also repeatedly throws knives during the battle against him, which can be a tribute to Dio Brando, MettatonFW's dancing similar to JoJo's Pose and have heart-shaped bracelet which similar to DIO's. |
The DLC Operative, WrenchFW, has a few trademark guns with special textures/paintjobs unique from the rest of the in-game weapons. Notably, his modified MP5, "Princess Rat-tat-tat", has the iconic ドドド (dododo) onomatopoeia painted on the side.
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DioFW/Neo DioFW is based on Dio Brando and Araki's earlier work Baoh: The Visitor. Neo Dio's visual design is based on the protagonist of the manga, Baoh, while the dialogue in World Heroes Perfect is a reference to Dio Brando, such as the famous "Muda Muda!" and "Wryyy!" (in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, his dialogue is more like Santana's). Dio's dialogue from World Heroes is also a reference to Dio Brando's lines. He also takes inspiration from Kars as he can form blades from his arms in certain moves, as well as how said moves are named "Sonic Saber" and "Grand Saber" reminiscent of Kars' "Bright Saber" title. |
World of Warcraft One of the achievements in the Antorus, The Burning ThroneFW raid in World of Warcraft is called Stardust Crusaders. |
In Yakuza 0W, one of Goro MajimaFW's boss fights is against a character named Jo AmonFW. After defeating him, Majima remarks what that "Jo" guy's problem was and how overall the experience was a "bizarre adventure". |
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The 270th issue of the Archie's Sonic the HedgehogFW comic book series, features an Off PanelFW comic strip in the back of the issue portraying SonicFW and KnucklesFW as KenshiroFW of Fist of the North StarW and Jotaro respectively. The theme of the strip refers to the manliest of anime and concludes with Knuckles and Sonic engaging while shouting "OraOraOra" and "MudaMudaMuda". |
American comic book Diesel was conceived as an Americanized version of episode 8 of the 1990s/2000s Stardust Crusaders OVA. |
Several items in Gaia OnlineW reference JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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In the NBC drama HeroesW, the character Hiro NakamuraFW is a fan of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In his blog, he states that he wants to "be like JoJo and Vaan and go on adventures" and that Part 3 is his favorite, especially the fights against the D'Arby brothers. One of his powers includes time manipulation, a gift shared with both Jotaro and DIO. In his blog he also mentions Joseph, Suzi Q and Boingo, whom he compares with Isaac MendezFW. Isaac was an artist and comic book author whose works predicted the future just like Boingo's Thoth. Hiro later manages to stop time for more than 5 seconds and says that "JoJo was wrong" and posts on his blog under the pseudonym Jotaro Kujo. In the episode "LizardsFW", Hiro uses DIO & The World's battle cry "Muda Muda" during the Battle of Twelve SwordsFW. He uses it again to taunt Daphne MillbrookFW while using his time manipulation ability to escape after taking her medalFW. |
In the Ep.29 of online webtoon Live with Yourself! by Shen, Tomo discovers Babs can pull objects into his timeline by observing them which results to said objects into aging rapidly, such as growing a tree from a seed. And when Todd came back, Tomo strikes this pose with Babs as a Stand. |
As noted by JoJo's Posing School, figure skater Mao Asada and real-life runner Usain Bolt may have influenced or have been influenced by poses featured in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.[33] |
In X-Man Annual Vol 1 1998FW, the Hulk gains an armor that is likely based off of the design for DIO's Stand, The World. |
In the 9th episode of Adult Swim's Ballmasterz:9009. One of the rivaling teams members can be seen striking one of Jonathan Joestar's iconic poses. |
A species of tardigrade (water bear) discovered by Japanese scientist Shinta Fujimoto and Katsumi Miyazaki in 2013. The name is in reference to Love Deluxe as the scientists joked on how "it looked as if the stand was controlling the creature's hair." |
As confirmed by one of the show's lead concept artists[34], the newest look of the character Neon Katt (unveiled in the show's seventh season) is directly inspired by Part VI protagonist Jolyne Kujo." |