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{{Stand Infobox
|title      = Yo-Yo Ma 
|image      = {{Tabber
|Manga|[[File:Yo-Yo Ma Infobox Manga.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
|Anime|[[File:Yo-Yo Ma Infobox Anime.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
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|ja_kanji   = ヨーヨーマッ
|ja_romaji  = Yō Yō Ma
|engname    = YA-YA MA {{S|[[Netflix]]}}
|user       = [[D an G]]
|namesake   = {{W|Yo-Yo Ma}} {{S|American cellist}}
|type       = {{ST|Auto}}<br />{{ST|NH}}<br>{{ST|Sentient}}
|mangadebut = [[SO Chapter 79]]
|animedebut = [[SO Episode 19]]
|seiyuu     = [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] {{S|[[Stone Ocean (Anime)|Anime]]}}
|voiceactor = {{W|Dino Andrade}} {{S|English Dub}}
|stats      = {{Stats|power=C|speed=D|range=A|stamina=A|precision=D|potential=C|color={{Color|SO2}}}}
|destpower  = C
|speed      = D
|range      = A
|stamina    = A
|precision  = D
|potential  = C
|colors     = StoneOcean
}}
{{Quote|Ohh! Those 'shoes'! They must have gotten dirty, because of me! ...What have I done? Here, please take a seat on this chair. I will polish your shoes.|Yo-Yo Ma|{{Ch|SO Chapter 79}}}}
{{nihongo|'''Yo-Yo Ma'''|ヨーヨーマッ|Yō Yō Ma}} is the [[Stand]] of [[D an G]], featured in the sixth part of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series, ''[[Stone Ocean]]''.

It is an invulnerable {{ST|Auto}} {{ST|Sentient}} Stand that, once ordered by the user, uses saliva to dissolve parts of its target. However, if more than one person is observing it, the Stand acts like a loyal servant and follows every command.

==Appearance==
[[File:Yo-Yo Ma Render 1.png|frameless|left|170px]]
Yo-Yo Ma appears as a short, rotund dwarf with a {{W|Pickelhaube|pickelhaube}} spike protruding from its head, reminiscent of the one worn by its user. It possesses a scaled body and wears overalls holed to show the knees. Its design is based on the various forest fairies in {{W|Grimms' Fairy Tales}}.<ref name="JoJoveller">{{JJV|Yo-Yo Ma}}</ref>

Yo-Yo Ma is shown being able to pocket objects, such as an {{W|R.E.M.}} sticker.<ref name="SO83" />

===Color Schemes===
{{CS
|bg={{Color|SO}}
|{{Palette|Body|#77CE59|#BEC0CF|desc=Green, metal gray bolts and spike.}}
{{Palette|Eyes|#F4ED2D|#F46082|desc=Yellow right eye, pink left eye.}}
{{Palette|Outfit|#395DCB|#E6979C|desc=Blue overalls, pink gloves.}}
|T2=Anime
|{{Palette|Body|#6EB66E|#AAB5BA|desc=Green, metal gray bolts and spike.}}
{{Palette|Eyes|#FAD55B|#D84662|desc=Yellow right eye, red left eye.}}
{{Palette|Outfit|#4585BA|#D696A2|#D1D2D2|desc=Blue overalls, pink gloves, white loincloth.}}
}}

==Personality==
[[File:Yo-Yo Ma personality.png|thumb|Yo-Yo Ma acts servile towards Jolyne]]
Yo-Yo Ma is indestructible, and will even relish its pain in a masochistic fashion.<ref name="SO79">{{Ch|SO Chapter 79}}</ref> It seems to have a fixation with eating things and can often be seen drooling excessively. When it is assigned a target by its user, Yo-Yo Ma will follow them and obsequiously assist them in any way possible.<ref name="SO79" /> This is to make the target drop their guard.<ref name="SO81">{{Ch|SO Chapter 81}}</ref> Yo-Yo Ma also has a speaking habit of referring to its targets as "master"<ref name="SO79" /> and saying its own name randomly.<ref name="SO83">{{Ch|SO Chapter 83}}</ref>
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==Abilities==
Yo-Yo Ma is an Automatic Stand characterized by its high range, autonomy, and resilience, allowing [[D an G]] to sic it on [[Jolyne Cujoh]] and wait from afar until Yo-Yo Ma kills her with its saliva. Yo-Yo Ma is shown capable of consuming and holding objects without harming them.<ref name="SO82">{{Ch|SO Chapter 82}}</ref> Yo-Yo Ma also secretes a repulsive stench when an object is attempted to be retrieved from its stomach, such as when [[Diver Down]] was used in an attempt to remove [[The Green Baby]] from Yo-Yo Ma's stomach.<ref name="SO82" /> In addition, Yo-Yo Ma can store and carry a variety of miscellaneous objects in its pockets.<ref name="SO83" /> Yo-Yo Ma is shown to be near indestructible, taking six shots from a pistol, getting punched multiple times by [[Stone Free]] without taking any damage,<ref name="SO79" /> and wasn't even killed when disabled by [[Narciso Anasui]] with the user instead being beaten.

As an automatic Stand, Yo-Yo Ma is given broad instructions by its user and will fulfill them the best it can. The particular trigger for its attack is when its victims are distracted and stop watching it but as long as more than one person looks at it, then it'll keep acting subservient and obey any command.<ref>[[JOJOVELLER]] Stand book</ref> The spike on its head is actually the sensor that allows it to automatically detect when its targets are distracted<ref name="SO83"/> and it can be sabotaged with the right power. Thus, [[Anasui]] connected Yo-Yo Ma's sensor with the brain of a frog via [[Diver Down]] so that Yo-Yo Ma would be constantly distracted by the instincts of the frog.

===High Intelligence===
[[File:Yo-Yo Ma abilities general.png|thumb|left|Yo-Yo Ma is an intelligent autonomous Stand able to converse with others.]]
Unlike most automatic Stands, Yo-Yo Ma possesses a high degree of intellect. It knows a fair deal about survival in the swamps, knows how to pilot a hovercraft, and can craft miscellaneous useless items out of junk, like a chair out of twigs.<ref name="SO79" /> The only instructions it receives are general goals to achieve such as killing its target and retrieving the [[Green Baby]]. It is then free to act as it pleases and will dispose of any person in its way.<ref name="SO83" />

Strangely enough, Yo-Yo Ma as a Stand has demonstrated the ability to urinate.<ref name="SO83" />

===Acid Saliva===
[[File:yoyo ma powa.gif|thumb|270px|Yo-Yo Ma's saliva dissolving Anasui's cheek.]]
On the surface, Yo-Yo Ma appears as a harmless and surprisingly helpful Stand. However, when it is not being watched by more than one person, Yo-Yo Ma can produce an acidic saliva or drool, which it uses to dissolve parts of its targets body.

It is able to dissolve whole chunks of flesh without causing pain or blood loss. The dissolution of flesh is completely silent and abrupt, capable of destroying [[Foo Fighters]]'s jaw in an instant. It has multiple ways of dispersing its saliva, such as inserting it into the bodies of biting mosquitoes and mixing it with water in front of a moving boat to cause it to splash those on-board.<ref name="SO82" /> It can even position vinyl strips so that they rub against the propellers of an airboat and generate static electricity, which will make its spit waft in the air.<ref name="SO83" /> Humans are seemingly the only beings that are affected by its saliva, allowing it to use mosquitoes to spread it.

==History==
After [[Jolyne Cujoh]], [[Narciso Anasui]] and [[Foo Fighters|F.F.]] escape from the maximum punishment ward, Yo-Yo Ma appears suddenly and swallows the sphere containing the still-forming [[The Green Baby|Green Baby]]. The three escapees use their Stands to pummel Yo-Yo Ma into the ground but are unable to retrieve it. Even [[Diver Down]] proves ineffective, as Anasui can "feel" the enemy Stand's stench through his own. Yo-Yo Ma suddenly starts acting overly-friendly - creating a chair out of branches for Jolyne to sit on, offering her a comic book, cleaning her shoes and catching a bee that flew too close. Unable to do anything about the enemy Stand, Anasui and Jolyne take it with them as they flee by motorboat and leave F.F. to find and kill its user. Before parting with her, however, Yo-Yo Ma makes sure to melt part of her face with its acidic saliva while the other two aren't looking.

[[File:frog brain.png|thumb|Yo-Yo Ma's brain is grafted to a frog's, making it inoffensive]]
When the pursuing prison guards almost discover Anasui and Jolyne's motorboat hiding in the marsh, Yo-Yo Ma helps them to camouflage themselves and the boat to look like water rushes. Unfortunately, they are found anyway and, while Jolyne's attention is focused on the guards, Yo-Yo Ma releases a mouthful of mosquitoes containing its acidic spit. Shortly after, Anasui punches him off the boat and into the guards as a distraction. After commandeering the guards' motorboat and resuming their escape, Jolyne comes to realize that she is unable to speak due to the large holes in her tongue and correctly assumes they are the result of the enemy Stand's attack. After Yo-Yo Ma attacks her a second time, incapacitating her, Anasui finally realizes that the enemy Stand is not friendly at all. However, his attempts to discern Yo-Yo Ma's method of attack only result in him receiving the same sort of injuries as Jolyne. Ultimately, he ends up implanting a frog in Yo-Yo Ma's head and connecting its brain to the target sensor - thus causing the Stand to act and think like a frog. Yo-Yo Ma then becomes unable to fulfill its intended function or even to keep its concentration for any longer than a few seconds. Only when F.F. kills D an G does Yo-Yo Ma implode and blow away as dust.

==Chapters / Episodes==
{{Appearance|BG=SO|BG2=SO2
|Chapters =
*{{Ch|SO Chapter 79}}
*{{Ch|SO Chapter 80}}
*{{Ch|SO Chapter 81}}
*{{Ch|SO Chapter 82}}
*{{Ch|SO Chapter 83}}
*{{Ch|SO Chapter 84}} {{Cover}}
*{{Ch|SO Chapter 85}} {{Death}}
|Episodes =
*{{Ep|SO Episode 19}}
*{{Ep|SO Episode 20}}
*{{Ep|SO Episode 21}} {{Death}}
}}

==Quotes==
{{Quotes|bg=SO|bg2=SO2
|{{Q|Stop treating me like an object... not that I mind.|Yo-Yo Ma|{{Ch|SO Chapter 81}}}}
|{{Q|Yo-Yo Ma... do you still not understand? It doesn't matter if you destroy parts of my body, there is no way you can destroy me or stop me. You cannot destroy my target radar, or prevent me from attacking Jolyne Cujoh... The only way you two could have survived is if you had run away.|Yo-Yo Ma|{{Ch|SO Chapter 83}}}}
}}

==Gallery==
{{Tabber
|Manga|
{{Tabber
|Story|
<gallery>
YoYoMa stats.png|Stand stats page
Stone Free punching Yo-Yo Ma.png|Stone Free punching Yo-Yo Ma
yoyoma bugs.jpg|The stand releases mosquitoes filled with acid
Frog brain manga.png|Yo-Yo Ma's brain rewired with [[Diver Down]]
</gallery>
|Chapter Covers|
<gallery>
SO Chapter 79 Cover A.png|[[SO Chapter 79]] Cover A
SO Chapter 79 Cover B.jpg|[[SO Chapter 79]] Cover B
SO Chapter 80 Cover A.png|[[SO Chapter 80]] Cover A
SO Chapter 80 Cover B.jpg|[[SO Chapter 80]] Cover B
SO Chapter 82 Cover A.png|[[SO Chapter 82]] Cover A
SO Chapter 82 Cover B.jpg|[[SO Chapter 82]] Cover B
SO Chapter 83.jpg|[[SO Chapter 83]] Cover
SO Chapter 84.jpg|[[SO Chapter 84]] Cover
</gallery>
|Sketches|
<gallery>
Yoyo1.jpg|[[SO Chapter 80]] Tailpiece
</gallery>
}}
|Anime|
<gallery>
YoYoMa fisrt appearance.png|Yo-Yo Ma's first appearance
YoYoMa eating the baby.png|Yo-Yo Ma eating the [[Green Baby]]
YoYoMa sucking its thumb.png|Yo-Yo Ma sucking its thumb
YoYoMa licking Jolynes shoe.png|Yo-Yo Ma licking [[Jolyne Cujoh|Jolyne]]'s shoe
YoYoMa driving the boat.png|Yo-Yo Ma driving an Airboat
YoYoMaMenacing.png|Yo-Yo Ma's appearance when Jolyne figures out the true nature of the Stand
YoYoMaName.png|Yo-Yo Ma revealing its name to Jolyne
YoYoMaEmptying.png|Yo-Yo Ma emptying everything its keeping as per Anasui's command
YoYoMaFrogged.png|Yo-Yo Ma acting strangely after Anasui's attack
YoYoMaPropellers.png|Yo-Yo Ma shredding its head against the boat's propeller
Frog brain.png|Yo-Yo Ma's brain rewired by [[Diver Down]]
Yo-Yo Ma Stats.png|Stand Stats
</gallery>
|Figurines|
<gallery>
CharaDanG.jpg|[[Chara Heroes]]; Part 6 Vol.2
</gallery>
|Other|
<gallery>
Yoyomasketch.png|Concept art, [[Interview:Comickers (November 2001)|Comickers]]
J-815.jpg|[[Adventure Battle Card]]
Weiß Schwarz Stone Ocean Booster Pack 90.png|[[Weiß Schwarz]]
Weiß Schwarz Stone Ocean Booster Pack 91.png
Weiß Schwarz Stone Ocean Booster Pack 25.png
</gallery>
}}

==Trivia==

*The essence of horror where you are unable to look away from something is the main idea behind the Stand.<ref name="JoJoveller" />
*Yo-Yo Ma's voice actor in the anime, [[Kappei Yamaguchi]], previously voiced [[Forever]] in ''[[Stardust Crusaders (Anime)|Stardust Crusaders]]'' and [[Shigekiyo Yangu|Shigechi]] in ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable (Anime)|Diamond is Unbreakable]]''.

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