THE Hustle

THE Hustle
Japanese Name	THE(ザ)ハッスル
Romanized Name	Za Hassuru
User	Paco Laburantes
Namesake*	The Hustle (Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony single)
Type	Integrated
Manga Debut	TJL Chapter 1

“

Do the HUSTLE

”

—Paco Laburantes, The JOJOLands Chapter 10: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 2

THE Hustle (THE(ザ)ハッスル, Za Hassuru) is the Stand of Paco Laburantes, featured in the ninth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, The JOJOLands.

THE Hustle grants Paco expert control over musculature, enabling him to strengthen himself, and hold objects using the muscles anywhere on his body.

Appearance

THE Hustle manifests as an integrated ability for Paco, typically appearing as his muscles bulging out or vibrating.

Abilities

Paco hanging from a ceiling vent

Prehensile Muscles

THE Hustle morphs Paco's muscles to bulge and be able to grab onto things, such as with the backs of his hands or his elbows. He can easily swipe objects such as wallets without even needing to move the joints in his fingers. Jodio describes Paco's muscles as being similar to when people tense up their muscles to trap mosquitoes sucking blood. For example, he is capable of trapping his enemy's limbs or weapons in his muscles.

The Stand allows Paco to be versatile with his movements, as he can hang from a ceiling vent or climb a tree using his back muscles. He can also grab an object such as a chair with his back and throw it at the enemy without using his hands.

Vibrating Muscles

Inflating the muscles of Charming Man

The precise control THE Hustle gives Paco over his musculature allows him to vibrate his muscles independently. He is first seen demonstrating this ability when trapped by Cat Size's wires, as he uses a scissor blade that he manages to wedge between the wire and his ankle and vibrates his muscles to saw through it. The vibration also appears to increase his physical strength, as he announces "Do the HUSTLE" before he begins to vibrate his muscles in the fight against Charming Man. He can also transfer this muscular vibration onto other people through physical contact, either directly with the target or with an object held by the target, causing the target's muscles to begin to unnaturally convulse and expand, immobilizing the affected area. This is also demonstrated in the fight with Charming Man, where Paco grabs onto the blade of Charming Man's knife with the back of his forearm before he punches his own arm, sending the muscle vibrations through the knife's blade and through Charming Man's hand and forearm.

Chapters

Manga Appearances

Chapters in order of appearance

• The JOJOLands Chapter 1: Departure (1st appearance)
• The JOJOLands Chapter 4: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 2
• The JOJOLands Chapter 7: Hualalai - Cat Size, Part 2
• The JOJOLands Chapter 10: Kailua-Kona - Flight Waiting Time, Part 2
• The JOJOLands Chapter 18: Lulu and Bobby Jean, Part 1
• The JOJOLands Chapter 19: Lulu and Bobby Jean, Part 2

Name Variants

THE Hustle (THE(ザ)ハッスル)

Name Variants:

Language	Name	Usage

Romanization

Za Hassuru

N/A

Japanese

The Hustle (The(ザ)ハッスル)

Used in the character pages for TJL Chapter 2 through 6 and 18 in the Ultra Jump serialization.

Japanese

THE(ザ) HUSTLE(ハッスル)

Used in TJL Chapter 4 in the Ultra Jump serialization.

Gallery

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  THE Hustle grabbing a wallet

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  Name Reveal

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  Vibrating Paco's leg muscles to break the string

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  Trapping Rohan's hand in Paco's bicep

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  Paco climbs a tree with his back

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  Paco throwing a chair with his back muscles

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  Paco's muscles do the hustle

Trivia

One of the alternate stylizations of "THE Hustle" in the original serializations in Ultra Jump.

• For the early serialized publication history, the Stand's name has been inconsistently written. The first mention in chapter 1 lists the name as THE Hustle (THE(ザ)ハッスル, Za Hassuru), with "THE" written in English in all caps with a furigana reading guide and "Hustle" written in Japanese katakana. In the summary pages featured in Ultra Jump for chapters 2 through 6, the Stand's name is instead written as "The Hustle" (The(ザ)ハッスル, Za Hassuru), with "The" not written in all caps but "Hustle" still presented in katakana. In one panel of chapter 4, the Stand's name is written entirely in English in all caps as THE HUSTLE(ザ ハッスル), with the furigana reading guide. As of chapter 7 and the release of volume 1 of the collected tankōbon paperbacks, the Stand's name has been returned to the original typography as featured in the first serialized chapter.