Whitesnake

"You were one move...too late... (「一手」遅カッタ…ナ…)"

- Whitesnake to Jotaro Kujo

Whitesnake (ホワイトスネイク) is the Stand of Enrico Pucci, featured in the sixth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stone Ocean.

Whitesnake possesses the ability to create illusions and extract mainly two types of DISCs from a person's psyche which can then be inserted into someone else's head, allowing them to either see the DISC owner's memories or use their Stand.

Appearance
Whitesnake is a humanoid Stand of a height and build similar to Pucci's. It is sparsely clothed in black, with a mask covering its face to the bottom of where its nose would be, in a piece that rises above its head by half its height in a row of peaks, like a crown.

Its attire is based on Araki's image of an executioner. Its light skin is marked by horizontal stripes of roughly an inch's height, with "GΔCT" (after the four of ) repeatedly written on every other stripe. Its irises are also unique, appearing as if they are melting.

Personality
Despite being controlled by Pucci, Whitesnake moves with its own sense of self-awareness and will often portray a cold, scornful, and hateful personality. It acts as Pucci's mouthpiece and avatar throughout Green Dolphin Street Prison, serving to enforce his dominance over the other guards and personnel while Pucci himself watches from afar.

Abilities
As a long-distance Stand, Whitesnake possesses an extended range (about 20 meters ), allowing its user, Enrico Pucci, to act undetected within the boundaries of Green Dolphin Street Prison. Despite this, it displays strength similar to that of close-range Stands and is capable of performing precise and deadly movements like stabbing Diver Down and Foo Fighters with its hands, due to having its own strong ego.

It's strong enough to fight Stands like Stone Free head-on, though not necessarily overpower them. Thus, Pucci relies on Whitesnake's esoteric set of powers to ambush enemies and take them down in one strike.

The stand is seemingly capable of controlling people's minds through direct contact. During the Heavy Weather fight, Whitesnake takes control of Anasui's mind forcing him to guide Pucci through dangerous blood spikes. It's unclear whether this is a separate ability or an extension of DISC creation.

DISC Extraction
Whitesnake's primary ability is to manipulate spirits through the use of special DISCs.

Whitesnake can first and foremost extract a portion or the entirety of a person's psyche out of their bodies in the form of tangible DISCs and then put them into people. To do so, Whitesnake must touch its victim and take the time to physically "extract" the DISC from them; as such, partial extraction is ineffective.

There are two main types of DISCs: Memory DISCs contain a person's memory and Stand DISCs contain a person's Stand. DISCs may be inserted into another person's head, allowing them to either freely consult the memories inside or use the corresponding Stand, much like the original user. Pucci can use this mechanic to force a detrimental power into someone, for example putting a water-boiling Stand DISC inside Foo Fighters despite its dependency on the water to survive. In certain instances, those with inserted DISCs can eject them, presumably through enough force to the head.

People whose Stand and Memory DISCs are extracted will fall unconscious and may die, their bodily functions stopping and having to be maintained through machines. Putting a Memory DISC back inside their rightful owner will restore them, however, the same does not apply with Stand DISCs. A Stand User with only a Stand DISC can regain consciousness and be capable of learning, but the loss of their will to live results in muscle atrophy and eventual death of the body. Weather Report is an exception to this degradation for unknown reasons.

Whitesnake also demonstrates the ability to insert and extract DISCs of miscellaneous use. DISCs can contain instructions the host will instinctively obey without question, and enables them to do seemingly impossible feats like exploding, showcasing the power of suggestion over a physical body. Pucci has also inserted a music CD into Guccio's head, causing him to function as a music player. Whitesnake is shown to be able to extract senses, depriving Pucci of his sight, for instance, to protect him from Heavy Weather.

Whitesnake is born from Pucci's desire to preserve Perla's memories after her death, so this manifests into its ability to extract DISCs able to preserve the memories and soul of a person.

JORGE JOESTAR
Whitesnake also appears in the novel , although it belongs to an incarnation of Enrico Pucci from the 37th universe. Kars develops his own enhanced copy of the Stand, known as Whitesnake Ultimate.

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Trivia

 * Hirohiko Araki states that Whitesnake extracts large amounts of information as discs because digital media had become standard. He also likes the Stand's design.
 * Whitesnake and C-Moon's voice actor in All-Star Battle, Takuya Kirimoto, also voiced J. Geil and Hanged Man in the Part 3 TV Anime and Eyes of Heaven.
 * In order to distinguish his voice for Whitesnake from his Pucci voice, Pucci's English voice actor, Yong Yea, uses from the  series as a reference.