Enrico Pucci
Enrico Pucci (エンリコ・プッチ, Enriko Putchi) is a secondary antagonist featured in the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. He is an incarnation of the original Pucci, living in the 37th universe.
Pucci is an American priest, who later becomes a NASA scientist and an astronaut on the H.G. Wells spaceship under the command of Funnier Valentine, attempting to search for Heaven.[1] He wields the Stand Whitesnake, which later evolves into C-MOON and Made in Heaven with Dio Brando's help.[2]
Appearance
The 37th universe's Enrico Pucci is a tall man with a muscular build. He has short, light, closely-cropped hair. There are three shaved lines on the left side of his head. Strands of hair join his eyebrows forming a five-pointed star on his forehead, with his sideburns connecting to his eyes and to his chin. The shaved lines on his head and extra strands of hair on his face were not present when he was younger.
He wears a form-fitting dark astronaut suit with a large cross-shaped emblem on his chest, alongside light circular shoulder pads and light diamond-shaped elbow pads.
Personality
Enrico Pucci is a man driven by an intense ambition to achieve his vision of Heaven. He presents himself as calm, polite, and authoritative, often adopting a rational and composed demeanor, as seen when he politely introduces himself and issues instructions for safety. However, his calm exterior belies a darker nature rooted in obsession and manipulation. Pucci uses Whitesnake to extract memories and control others without remorse, showing little regard for the harm he causes as he pursues his own goals. Jorge Joestar describes him as someone who's so sure that he has good intents that he pays no heed to the evil he commits.[1]
Originally a priest, Pucci's path takes a dramatic turn after Dio Brando kills his family, leaving fourteen words behind on a Giotto probe. He eventually becomes widely known after his desire to "reach Heaven" is publicly disclosed. This quest has consumed him, leading him to interpret events and symbols with religious significance, such as his fixation on the number 36 and its holy associations. He believes everything has divine meaning, often attributing encounters and phenomena to God's will.[2][3] Pucci is so committed to his quest that he rationalizes the suffering he causes as part of a grand, righteous plan, viewing himself as a chosen instrument of divine retribution or enlightenment.[4]
Though Pucci speaks with religious fervor, others perceive his motives as hypocritical and self-serving. He is described as being fundamentally self-absorbed, someone who entered the priesthood more out of personal gratification than genuine compassion. His enemies, like Giorno Giovanna and Funnier Valentine, openly accuse him of being a shallow, vain man whose ambitions are driven by selfish desires rather than true faith or altruism.[1][4] This criticism strikes a nerve, highlighting Pucci's underlying insecurities and frustrations. When confronted with his own flaws, Pucci reacts with anger, revealing the instability that lies beneath his calm exterior.[4]
Pucci idolizes and worships Dio Brando, seeing the vampire as a Christ-like figure. He becomes ecstatic when he believes he has achieved Dio's vision with the power of Made in Heaven.[2] However, this devotion is laced with desperation, suggesting that Pucci's faith is as much a means of validation as it is spiritual. Despite being used by Dio, he interprets his every action as part of a divine plan. Even when faced with criticism and told the truth by Giorno, Pucci clings to the belief that he alone understands God's will.[4]
Abilities
Stand
Pucci has the same Stands and abilities as his original universe counterpart. His first Stand evolves into two other Stands during the course of JORGE JOESTAR.
Whitesnake
Whitesnake is Pucci's first Stand which allows him to steal DISCs from individuals. Pucci steals two DISCs, one containing the target's memories, and the other containing their Stand if they are a Stand user.[1]
C-MOON
After experiencing the fourteen words Dio sent to Pucci on a Giotto probe, Pucci develops C-MOON upon meeting the "Secret Emperor", revealed to be Dio himself. It creates a gravitational field around Pucci, pulling things toward him. He only uses it very briefly before it instantly evolves into Made in Heaven.[2]
Made in Heaven
C-MOON rapidly evolves into Made in Heaven, which steadily accelerates the speed of time by manipulating the universe's gravity. Its ability affects the whole universe, making the universe loop 36 times to bring Pucci and the others back to the 37th universe.[2]
History
Background
When Pucci was seventeen, he had a habit of sleepwalking out of the house. His family moved to Cape Canaveral since it was easier to keep an eye on him there with the air force base, but Pucci still slipped out one night in July 1997, and awoke at the church his father worked at. When he rushed back home, he found he no longer had a home, as it was crushed by a falling meteor. It wasn't a rock which killed his family, but rather a metal plate from the Giotto probe. Besides the ID, fourteen phrases written in Italian and English were scratched onto the metal plate along with an excerpt of how to reach heaven.
Pucci was in a seminary school at the time. He then served as the priest at a prison.[1] At some point, he got his Stand from the Devil's Palm, a holy spot in America that moves itself from place to place; those that wander into it would either unleash their Stand or die.[3] Trying to find the way to heaven, Pucci became an astronaut and joined Captain Funnier Valentine, Goyathlay Soundman, and Pocoloco Tripleseven on a trip to Mars. His odd career shift became popular news throughout America, especially once he revealed to a reporter that he aims to find Heaven.[1]
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Trip to Mars
Aboard the H.G. Wells Spaceship in 2012, two boys named Jorge Joestar and Narancia Ghirga suddenly arrive from thin air. They are caught and tied up by Funnier and his group of astronauts. Pucci introduces himself and asks for their names. Since Narancia couldn't speak English, Jorge answers for him. Pucci sees the mark of Passione on Narancia's knife and moves onto other questions. The crew is surprised to learn that they somehow appeared there from Morioh and Nero Nero Island. Jorge also recalls that he read about Pucci in the news, due to his sudden change in occupation. Narancia attempts to attack the astronauts but Pucci eventually puts him into an illusion with Whitesnake. He then uses Whitesnake to pull out two DISCs from Narancia's head and one DISC from Jorge's head. Pucci reads their memories before putting Jorge's DISC back in, and then informs Jorge that the boy still doesn't properly understand what Tsukumojuku Kato told him yet.
Pocoloco notices that someone from outside is approaching them, about to destroy the spaceship. He tells Pucci to wake Narancia up to see if he could move his submarine Stand. Pucci inserts Narancia's DISCs back in and tells him that God has forgiven his sins already. Narancia is extremely confused when he wakes up, as he had been seeing an illusion that he killed all of the astronauts already. Pucci manipulates him by saying Narancia has no reason to kill them as they are his friends. Narancia doesn't argue back and Jorge is terrified of Pucci's manipulative capabilities, certain that Pucci must be evil. Narancia explains that he can't move his submarine because it can only move inside living things or other Stands, but Soundman's Dune had gone too far and became ordinary sand again. Narancia enthusiastically suggests blowing up the third moon, causing Pucci to slap him. His DISC ejects but Pucci pushes it back in after saying he hates boys who don't have manners.
When The Funniest Valentine transmits photographs of The Eyed Balloon's interior, Pucci notices the multiple Giotto probes and wonders if it has something to do with the fourteen words. The Funniest then gives them an ultimatum to escape The Eyed Balloon's tentacles in ten minutes or they will detonate the H.G. Wells spaceship remotely to prevent Kars from returning to Earth. Soundman and Pucci go with Narancia on a giant U-Boat submarine toward Kars. A couple of minutes later, Funnier suddenly betrays his crew. He kills Pocoloco, then shoots Narancia as well. He insults Pucci for being a self-absorbed sinner and reveals that he has been negotiating with Kars for eleven years ever since he read the message on the metal plate that fell on Pucci's house. He shoots Pucci and Soundman attempts to fight Funnier, but is killed. As Funnier escapes, Narancia reveals that U-Boat caught the bullet in his forehead so he didn't actually die. He fires a cruise missile which collides with the escape pod, killing Funnier.
Before the H.G. Wells ship explodes, Jorge jumps into the hole of the submarine and Narancia immediately pilots it away. However, Kars also enters the submarine. Kars declares that he can finally go back home but with the three of them there, the oxygen in the submarine would only last four hours. The Eyed Balloon is revealed to be 36 different versions of Kars, who sacrifice themselves to make a new spaceship as well as fuel. Kars then carries the submarine into his spaceship after ordering Narancia to shrink it. Jorge wonders why Kars said there were three of them since Kars doesn't need to breathe, and then notices Pucci lying on the ground. Pucci had been saved by Soundman's sand, so Funnier's bullet did not reach his head.[1]
Traveling with Kars
Narancia tries sneakily putting U-Boat inside Kars, but Kars feels it inside him and pulls it out. After dismantling it and learning how it works, Kars creates his own version. Experimenting with his new Stand, Kars generates an extremely loud sonar sound from within Jorge and Pucci's bodies. Kars discovers that Pucci has a Stand as well and drags Whitesnake out of Pucci's back. Pucci has Whitesnake punch Kars, but rather than one or two DISCs emerging, a whole flood of DISCs spill out of Kars's head. Understanding how Whitesnake works, Kars develops his own version, Whitesnake Ultimate. Whitesnake Ultimate pulls out Pucci's Stand and memory DISCs. Kars then watches Pucci's memories and is disappointed at how dull human memories are and slams the DISC back into Pucci's head. However, he reveals that thanks to Pucci's memories, their six month trip back to Earth will only take four hours. Kars projects an image from Pucci's memories showing a vampire in the sky at the time Pucci's house was destroyed. Kars wasn't the one who threw the metal plate that killed Pucci's family, but instead this vampire did.
At Earth's orbit, Pucci informs the deaths of Funnier, Sandman, and Pocoloco to the communications officer over the radio. As Pucci stares at the islands and Arrow Cross House out the window, he points out the "Rhinoceros Beetles" and the "Via Dolorosa", which are part of the fourteen words carved on the Giotto plate.[3]
Crashing into London
The spaceship of Kars smashes into the Arrow Cross House as Jorge assumes that they all are about to die. However, Kars saves them by transforming his body into a sphere. Kars returns to his humanoid form, albeit in a damaged state. The extra Kars that were covering the spaceship burned up just above the surface of Earth. Kars thinks that they were short of one extra version of him for a proper landing but Pucci states that 36 should have been enough, believing the number to have holy significance. As they step outside, Jorge realizes that they are actually in England from the original universe rather than the 37th universe's Morioh.
Jorge tells Narancia that they should check out the other Jorge's home but Pucci says that they should go to the capital, London, as something waits for them in 'Desolation Row'. However, Narancia then sees three zombie men fighting to eat a little girl. Narancia kills the three men but the girl becomes a zombie herself. Jorge, Narancia, and Pucci fight off the zombies with their Stands. Riding a large U-Boat, they decide to flee to the Joestar mansion and take Kars with them.
After Jorge talks with Penelope de la Rosa, she decides to join their group and heads back with him to U-Boat. Penelope introduces herself to Kars and Pucci and then explains everything that happened so far in England, as well as her abilities. After talking with Jorge, Pucci is happy to learn that all they need now is one more 'Rhinoceros Beetle', a 'Spiral Staircase', two 'Singularities', and the 'Secret Emperor'. He reveals that the 'Fig Tart' was the sweet scent made from Kars's body burning during their reentry to Earth.
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The group arrives at London, where Pucci is greeted by Funny Valentine. Funny reveals that Manhattan Island is the final 'Rhinoceros Beetle'. With Funny's help, Pucci learns that the two 'Singularities' is his connection with himself. Pucci knows Funny Valentine well in his own universe, but not this version of Funny from another universe, thus creating a 'Spiral Staircase'. Finally, Funny introduces them to the 'Secret Emperor', Dio Brando. Seeing holes in Dio's hands and feet, Pucci weeps for his lord as arrows appear all over Whitesnake's body. Pucci levitates and becomes the center of gravity, unleashing his new Stand C-MOON. However, C-MOON's body then cracks and Made in Heaven emerges from it.
Just before Pucci could activate Made in Heaven, Dio holds up his hand. The giant wall surrounding Great Britain formed the upside-down upper half of a giant version of Antonio Torres. The giant Antonio looks down at them and grabs Pucci, swallowing him to send him outside of the barrier. Pucci then activates Made in Heaven within Antonio's belly, speeding up time outside England. The universe loops 36 times, bringing the island of Great Britain to 2012 in the 37th universe. Jorge wonders if their six month journey from Mars back to Earth only took four hours because of Pucci, but Kars reveals that the priest had a complicated flow of time compressed within him. At the same time he was on the spaceship with them, he was also in another universe killing someone.[2]
Battle in Arrow Cross House
In the 37th universe, Pucci lures Yoshikage Kira (actually Kosaku Kawajiri) and Diavolo to Arrow Cross House after setting the two against each other. As time loops from Bites the Dust and King Crimson constantly activating, Pucci speeds up time with Made in Heaven and compresses it until neither of them could move at all, then slits their throats.
At night, the original universe's George Joestar deduces how the two criminals were killed in Arrow Cross House. After learning that Diavolo is actually an alternate personality of Giorno Giovanna, Pucci arrives, stating that Giorno shouldn't blame God for abandoning him. Pucci divulges that Giorno couldn't bear the burden of his sins and created an alternate personality in his mind, so he could play the hero while his alter ego, Diavolo, was punished for his dirty deeds. Giorno smiles, revealing that manipulating Pucci was all part of his father's plan and now the priest no longer has any use to him. Flustered, Pucci tells Giorno to shut up and rapidly speeds up time, threatening to slaughter all of Giorno's men.
Giorno points to a rhinoceros beetle flying in the air, turning it back into an Arrow with his Gold Experience. He had turned Reimi Sugimoto's Arrow into a living being to prevent the flow of time from damaging it. Giorno then explains that there are actually three more Arrows, causing Reimi to violently eject the remaining ones out of her as well. Giorno laughs about these Arrows being the real four rhinoceros beetles. With the Arrow, he evolves his Stand into Gold Experience Requiem. His evolved Stand immediately sends Pucci to a world where he'll wander for eternity with all his desires and actions being in vain.[4]
Chapters
Novel Appearances- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells (1st appearance)
- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12: Rhinoceros Beetle
- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 14: Desolation Row
- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15: Beyond (Death)
- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 16: Beyond II (Mentioned only)
Quotes
Quotes- “Very well...for the moment, you'll have to stay put. For your own safety.”—Enrico Pucci, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
- “Detectives are a wonderful thing. Everything has meaning, huh?”—Enrico Pucci, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
- “God is the word. The word has meaning. Thus, everything in this world has meaning.”—Enrico Pucci, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
- “Why would you try to kill us? There is no need. We are your friends, and if you do as we say, we won't have to throw you off this space ship.”—Enrico Pucci, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
- “The end of the world draws nigh. The end of the world is but the prelude to the arrival of Heaven.”—Enrico Pucci, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 14: Desolation Row
- “What a shameful tale. Thus God forsake you. You can feel it, right? He hates sad stories like that more than anything. He won't have anything more to do with you. That's why he sent me to take care of you. You will never see his face again, but if you have any last words for him, say them now.”—Enrico Pucci, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15: Beyond
- “Silence, boy...! You're going to die! But first I'm going to slaughter all your men!”—Enrico Pucci, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15: Beyond
Gallery
Pucci along with other astronauts in JORGE JOESTAR
Close up
Pucci and Whitesnake
Funnier Valentine, Goyathlay Soundman, Pocoloco Tripleseven, and Pucci
Pucci slaps Narancia
A younger Pucci sleepwalking
Whitesnake Ultimate takes Pucci's DISCs
Pucci reveals the "Fig Tart"
Meeting the "Secret Emperor"
Pucci and C-MOON
Made in Heaven appears
Pucci with Made in Heaven
Pucci reveals himself in Arrow Cross House
Angry at Giorno mocking him
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 14: Desolation Row
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12: Rhinoceros Beetle
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15: Beyond
