- See also: List of References in JoJo
This article lists possible references made in popular series and by popular artists to art or concepts defining to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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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In the 2D platforming game At Least There is Čeda Čedović there is a character named Fugo directly based on Pannacotta Fugo, as well as a character based on C-Moon. There is also an unused power-up based on Oasis and unused alternate forms of Fugo based on his JOJO-D colorings.
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In the Castlevania-inspired indie game, main protagonist Miriam does two JoJo-esque poses if the player holds up on the joystick for a few seconds.
She 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."
Throughout the game there is portraits of Kickstarter backers, in the Forbidden Underground Waterway there is a portrait that shows the person doing the pose of Noriaki Kakyoin from Chapter 123.
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.[4]
According to director Shutaro Iida, the Golden Wind anime was what kept him going during the production of the game.[5]
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Bloons TD 6 is the 6th game in the long-running Bloons TD (Tower Defense) series released for iOS and Google Play Store in 2018. A Steam version was also released later that year.
In the item description for the purchasable "Monkey Village Germany Flag" cosmetic, the game makes a reference to Rudol von Stroheim's infamous quote, "Nazi science is the greatest in the world!", which notably was later changed in the anime to "German science is the greatest in the world!".
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Brawl Stars is a multiplayer online third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell, releasing worldwide on December 12 in 2018 for iOS and Android devices. The game features a variety of distinct game modes which players can compete in with a wide selection of "Brawlers".
In the animation promoting the game's "Starr Toon" season on January 4, 2024, at around 42 seconds into the video, the animation style changes into anime. This switching of animation styles happens many times throughout the video to reference different animation media. During the anime style is a shot that highly resembles the infamous panel from Chapter 256: DIO's World, Part 10 in which Jotaro and DIO walk to towards each other, a panel that has cemented itself in internet meme culture. In DIO's place is Colette in her "Pinku Pawlette" skin which released in the season's update; and Colt, another Brawler, takes Jotaro's place, although sitting down rather than walking like Jotaro does.
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A Stone Mask can be found in the library in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which is where Jonathan and Dio studied the properties of the Stone Mask. It appears again in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, with an appearance much more akin to the one's found in JoJo. In Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin the Stone Mask can only be equipped by Jonathan Morris, a possible reference to Jonathan Joestar.
Also in these two games exist a sub-weapon type called Steel Balls, originally localized as Iron Balls in Symphony of the Night, which are used to be thrown at enemies similar to the identically named Steel Balls used by Gyro Zeppeli.
Kiyoyuki Yanada's performance as Jotaro Kujo in the Stardust Crusaders Drama CD was apparently the reason for his role as Richter Belmont in Symphony of the Night. Toshiharu Furukawa, who worked on the design and writing for Symphony of the Night, had told Shutaro Iida that was how the voice was decided.[8]
In Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, if the Sacred Fist sub-weapon is used without a Spell Book 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 Sorrow, a soul called "Guardian Cagnazzo" can be obtained that makes a Cagnazzo demon appear behind the protagonist and punch wildly whilst shouting "Ora ora ora!" also in another reference to Star Platinum. According to programmer Shutaro Iida, the Killer Mantle enemy was initally called "Mr. Donovan"[9] in reference to Donovan.[10]
In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, one of the boss characters, Zephyr, 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 Tower is another reference to Stardust Crusaders of the manga. According to programmer Shutaro Iida, the Puppet Master boss was inspiried by Surface.[11]
In Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, a boss named Blackmore, likely a reference to Blackmore, attacks with a shadow similar to Sethan. While attacking, he poses like Narancia Ghirga, Guido Mista, and Pannacotta Fugo during their "Torture Dance", as well as Risotto Nero when he first attacks Vinegar Doppio.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
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During the 2022 April Fools event the players were able to change the sprite appearance of the characters using "Shroomies". The transformations parodied various anime, internet culture and historical artwork. Transforming Dark Choco Cookie gave him an appearance parodying the artstyle of the third part of the series with a serious, manly face and exaggerated shoulders.
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In the trailer for the photo mode feature, one of the poses resembles Dio Brando's walk towards Jotaro Kujo.
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In Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc:
- During his initial introduction in the Japanese version of the game, the protagonist, Makoto Naegi, points out that he does not have a Stand.
- The delinquent Mondo Owada is a homage to Josuke Higashikata, sporting a pompadour hairstyle and is easily offended when people make fun of it. He is also the leader of a motorcycle gang named the Crazy Diamonds.
- The villain of the game, Junko Enoshima, has multiple personalities, with one of them acting similar to DIO while also striking a pose similar to one DIO does. In Japanese, she also says "Muda, Muda, Muda" during her Bullet Time Battle.
- One of the items the player can gift is called the Meteorite Arrowhead, a blatant reference to the Arrow.
In Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (also known as Super Danganronpa 2):
- The character Teruteru Hanamura mentions that people can tell if others are lying by the taste of their sweat, a reference to the same tactic used by Bruno Bucciarati.
- During an argument between the two, Monokuma attacks Monomi with a Heaven's Door parody, and in another occasion attacks her with a flurry of punches while screaming "ORA ORA ORA!!!" and launching her into a trashcan.
- While discussing the fictional videogame "Twilight Syndrome Murder Case", Ibuki Mioda states that "Twilight's Hidden Passageway is the world's beeeeest!" The sentence, alongside the mannerisms of speech and dialect she adopts for this sentence, are likely a reference to Rudol von Stroheim and his infamous quote, "German technology is the best in the world!"
In Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (also known as New Danganronpa V3):
- Tsumugi Shirogane states that "thinking logically in these situations is of no use", and that she has decided to "eventually stop thinking altogether", referencing Kars's final fate. Later on, she also remarks "We win! Part 3 is over!", referencing a line said by ZZ.
- Gonta Gokuhara states that a thing he heard gentlemen do is "go on adventures to find stone masks".
- One of the items the player can gift in Killing Harmony resembles one of Giorno’s ladybug brooches.
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According to the interview between Dark Souls' Director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, and Concept Artist, Daisuke Satake, found in Design Works artbook, the design of the Set of Thorns originated from the concept of the trial of the 77 Rings. 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 original idea was to use this design and try adding spikes to the rings, though it deviated along the way.
Just before the Iron Golem boss, you can summon a white phantom named Black Iron Tarkus, which is likely a reference to Tarkus, as along with their matching names, they are both large powerful warriors who carry unwieldy weapons and thick armor.
In the files of Dark Souls II, it was discovered through datamining that numerous enemies in the game had special Japanese reference names. Two of these were the Executioner's Chariot and Darklurker. The Executioner's Chariot's reference name was シルバーチャリオット (Silver Chariot), which is a reference to the Stand Silver Chariot. Darklurker's Japanese reference name on the other hand was アガドゥラン の スタンド (Agdayne's Stand), which is a reference to the concept of Stands and how the Darklurker may have originally been intended to be a Stand like being for Grave Warden Agdayne (a minor NPC in Dark Souls II).
In Dark Souls III, a boss called High Lord Wolnir 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 the players.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
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In the cosmetics store for Destiny 2, players can purchase an emote named "Torturous Dance". It is a reference to the torture scene performed on Mario Zucchero in GW Episode 7 by Narancia Ghirga, Guido Mista, and Pannacotta Fugo. It also quotes the lyrics of the song during the scene, "canzoni preferite", as the description for the emote says "Vocal percussion on a whole 'nother level". The emote was sold for 1,250 Brightdust, the free-to-earn currency of Destiny 2, in the 'Eververse' (The Ingame Cosmetic Store) and was introduced in Season 20.
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- The Hero "Faceless Void" does one of DIO's poses while using his ultimate ability "Chronosphere", which stops time. He also has a green heart for a belt buckle.
- One of the loading screens features the character Phantom Assassin doing Jonathan's pose, not only that, but the previews in the Steam Workshop of the whole set (Bloodroot Guard) features various JoJo poses (Giorno, Jotaro, Caesar and DIO)
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One of the achievements is called "Golden Wind". Its icon contains a "whirl of air"[14] similar in look to Giorno Giovanna's hair.
Another achievement is called "Stardust Crusaders". Its icon show characters from the game walking the same way as the Joestar Group in STAND PROUD.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
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Additionally, there is a mouth modeled after the scene where Dio kisses Erina during Phantom Blood and shouts "It was I, Dio!".
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The achievements "Abyssal Crusader" and "Hilichurl Champion" used to be named "Stardust Crusader" and "Gold Experience Requiem"; they have been renamed in Version 1.1.
In the first act of Yae Miko's story quest "Divina Vulpes Chapter", the player obtains the quest item "The Miraculous Adventures of the Traveler", also titled Traveler's Bizarre Adventure (旅人の奇妙な冒険, Tabibito no kimyōna bōken) in the Japanese translation of the game. At the front cover, the character Paimon can be seen posing in reference to Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in Chapter 66. Similarly, an event entitled "A Muddy Bizarre Adventure" in the English translation was released in Version 2.7 for a limited time.[17]
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Zappa, introduced in Guilty Gear XX, has a very similar design to Vanilla Ice, and the "Raoh" ghost possessing him manifests similarly to Star Platinum.
Robo-Ky has a move where he punches rapidly while shouting his vocal tic of "DAMEDAMEDAME", a reference to Stand Cries.
In Guilty Gear -Strive-, Axl Low has a move called "One Vision", where he mimics Jotaro's famous pose and stops time briefly, with similar effects to how frozen time is depicted in JoJo.
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Choosing "Diversion" in the Triple Threat route will play a cutscene where Henry and Ellie manage to distract a room full of Toppat Clan members by dancing. During this, three TC members can be seen doing the Torture Dance performed by Narancia Ghirga, Guido Mista and Pannacotta Fugo from Vento Aureo. The name of the members are "Pasta Primavera", "Figaro Mulligatawny", and "Parmezza Lasagne", likely a reference to the fact that most of the characters in Vento Aureo are named after food.
Choosing "Spirit Mode" in the Revenged route will play a cutscene in which Henry and the Right Hand Man battle with Stand-like entities named "Spirits". Henry's Spirit is named "Reference" with the Stand Cry "Failure! Failure! Failure!" a possible reference to DIO's Stand Cry "Useless! Useless! Useless!". The Right Hand Man's Spirit is named "Time in a Bottle", a reference to the Jim Croce song of the same name, and is localized to "Bottled Time" in the subtitles, referencing localization of musical references in JoJo. The cutscene ends as a typical episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure would, with the endcard arrow instead reading "Mission Failed".
In the endcard of the Cleaned 'em Out route, the Stone Mask can be seen on the wall behind Henry as an item that he steals from the Toppat Clan.
The fail message displayed when attempting to bribe Mr. Macbeth in the Little Nest Egg route reads, "Henry really bribes? No dignity." referencing a quote from the "Duwang" translation of Diamond is Unbreakable, where Josuke Higashikata secretly attempts to dissuade Yukako Yamagishi from falling in love with Koichi Hirose.
In the Special BROvert Ops route, one of the members of the Toppat Clan, Ken Janpon, is a reference to Ken Oyanagi, as both are seen with a hole in their cheek and play rock, paper, scissors. In his bio it is also stated that "People feel weaker after losing to him." referencing Ken's stand Boy II Man.
In the Just Plain Epic route, one of the security guards is named Joseph Jo, a reference to Joseph Joestar.
Dan the Man from the Convict Allies route has his bio reference Steely Dan's localized name of "Dan of Steel". His bio states "He wanted to go by "Dan of Steel" but it was taken."![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
In his first appearance during a video call, he performs Killer Queen's pose from Chapter 362. During the mission briefing before entering his area, he is depicted pointing at the screen while the ゴ katakana vibrates around him. Upon meeting Chai in person, he performs Jonathan Joestar's pose from the cover of Volume 4, then performs several poses in succession, including Giorno Giovanna's pose from Chapter 440, saying "Let's give it a GO GO GO!", referencing the katakana's sound effect. Zanzo can later be seen performing the "Torture Dance" that Narancia Ghirga, Guido Mista, and Pannacotta Fugo do in Chapter 462 while ordering his robots to make his hologram more elaborate. During the final confrontation against Zanzo, he performs Josuke Higashikata's pose from Volume 36 and Jotaro Kujo's pose from Volume 13. After connecting with his robot, he does a pose that, while not directly taken from a specific character, is drawn in an art style extremely similar to that of Stardust Crusaders.
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The character Fu Hua is shown yelling "ORAORAORA" repeatedly, which is likely a homage to the various battle chants of JoJo, where "Ora" is the most iconic.
The characters Rozaliya and Liliya are depicted doing the iconic poses of Josuke and Kakyoin respectively.
On a stigma card "Carlo Collodi (T)" a face similar in style to the Stardust Crusaders anime adaptation version of Jotaro's can be seen on one of the characters.
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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 Imposter Captain Tennille.
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In Kamen Rider : Climax Heroes W and all subsequent versions, Double can use a move stretching his arm in his form "LunaJoker".
In the menu, the move is called Zoom Punch(ズームパンチ Zūmu Panchi), referencing the eponymous Ripple technique.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
The same achievement is in the game's sequel Koumajou Remilia II: Stranger’s Requiem with the slightly altered name "Can you remember the number of times you've eaten bread?" with the same unlock condition.
Additionally, one of the things Reimu will say upon dying is "OH MY GOD! HOLY SHIT!" in English, mimicking Joseph's repeated catchphrase in Stardust Crusaders.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
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The champion spotlight video for Sett makes two references to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. When showcasing Sett's ability to rapidly throw several punches, the announcer shouts "Muda muda muda!". At the end of the video, the scene where Dio Brando and Jotaro Kujo dramatically walk toward each other is also recreated.
Sett also has an emote in-game which references to Dio's "It was me!" pose.
Sett's Japanese voice actor is also Takehito Koyasu, the iconic voice for the villanous Dio Brando.
In his Soul Fighter skin, Viego's 3rd taunt is very similar to the Torture Dance performed by Narancia Ghirga, Guido Mista and Pannacotta Fugo from Vento Aureo. One of his idle poses is also similar to DIO's "WRRYYYYY" pose from the Capcom Fighters.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
In Mad Father, the character Robin, referred to as just "Blond Boy" prior to the game's remake, resembles young Dio Brando in many ways, notably with his clothes, haircolor, and hairstyle. In the game's remake initial Steam announcement, Robin was also referred to by the name "Dio".[19]
At the end of the game, Robin burns down the Drevis Mansion mirroring the burning of the Joestar Mansion during Jonathan and Dio's fight when he has first changed into a vampire.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
As a special arena on October 29, 2020 to get the exclusive character "Platinumpool". The banner art is a reference to "Jotaro and DIO prepare for their final battle" panel in Chapter 256 and the title "Platinum is Unbreakable" is a callback to Part 4 Diamond is Unbreakable
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One of the many events held in the kid friendly MMO game, Mundo Gaturro, was centered around a war of "animus" (guerra de animus), an intentional misspelling of the word anime, with the protagonists of each side being Qhotaro Yuyol, a clear reference to Jotaro Kujo, and Lord PIO, a reference to DIO mixed with Magician's Red's design.
The characters in this event make frequent use of the word "bizarre". The story consists of Qhotaro looking for his archnemesis, PIO, who crushed a man with a road roller when flying and plans on dominating the world by turning everyone into birds. Qhotaro is near a pier and described as a bizarre man with blue hair, who says that his haircut is unforgettable, referencing Josuke's infatuation with his hair. Lord PIO is described as a bird man capable of flying and can be seen with his subordinates near a haunted hotel. His appearance is a mix of DIO's shirt and jacket but without sleeves, and Magician's Red's body. The idle poses of both characters seem to be based on one of DIO's promotional illustrations for the anime.
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In the same page of said artbook there is also another sketch of Donovan where he appears posing very similar to DIO in Part 3. Fujioka later did the sprites and animations for Jotaro and DIO in Heritage for the Future.
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A To Be Continued arrow similar to the one used in the anime can be seen at the end of the first two boss fights against DK West.
Retdex's pose in the promotional art is a reference to the Torture Dance in Part 5.
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One of the sprays for the hero Lifeweaver shows him doing Josuke's pose from the cover of WSJ 1994 Issue #1/Volume 36.
In a livestream from Overwatch developers, artwork of the hero Junker Queen doing Dio's "It was me!" pose could be seen when they were showing off the then unreleased map "New Junk City."[24] The artwork was designed by concept artist Allison Yu.[25] However, the artwork was removed in the final released version of the map.
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In Persona 5, 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 reference is omitted in Persona 5 Royal.
In Persona 5 Strikers, the Shadow form of the boss Ango Natsumi strikes DIO's signature pose. Another interesting note is that the boss appears in Sendai, the town Araki grew up in, but it is unknown if that detail is intentional.
in Persona 5: The Phantom X, Merope will pose like Killer Queen during a dialogue.
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In the fan-made continuation the defunct Cartoon Network MMO FusionFall, one of the possible items obtained from the game's third anniversary "Birthday Bash" event (held on June 18th, 2024) is the Cool Delinquent's Cap, a level 6 cosmetic headwear. It is a clear imitation of Jotaro Kujo's cap without the back half being torn.
Its item description reads "A very cool cap, fashioned by traveling delinquents who are on a crusade to... beat the snot out of vampires? Good grief!"
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Sichte Meister 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.
- In the sequel Rosenkreuzstilette ~Freudenstachel~, she crushes the character with a giant block similar to how DIO dropped a road roller on Jotaro.
- Sichte also shares resemblance of Kakyoin Noriaki's signature Emerald Splash attack, referenced by her emerald-shooting. Her stage Rosenkreuzstilette ~Freudenstachel~ is a clock tower, refers to where Kakyoin dies.
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There is also an enemy-only ability that is called Bites The Dust, which is likely a reference to the ability of the same name. It inflicts the Bomb status on a target and said target will explode and die instantly next time it is attacked. This ability also appears in Soul Hackers 2.
In Shin Megami Tensei V when attempting to recruit either Jack Frost or Jack-o'-Lantern, the demon can strike a pose, followed by the game prompting the player for a response. The options are to strike the same pose, leave them be, or strike a more fierce pose. If you choose to strike a more fierce pose, there is a chance for the demon to respond with "I see real bizarre adventure in our future, ho!" and join the player's party unconditionally.
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Daru quotes Dio's admirers by saying "I've got shivers!" (そこにシビれる!, Soko ni shibireru!) about the protagonist, Rintaro Okabe, but Kurisu Makise responds by saying "I don't admire him, though." (憧れないけどね, Akogarenaikedo ne).
While talking with Suzuha Amane, Okabe 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.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
A star in the game is named the "Higashik-Ata". This is likely a reference to Josuke and the Higashikata Family.
A random event in the game is named Crystalline Entities Are Unbreakable, this is likely a reference to Part 4,Diamond is Unbreakable.
One of the names of the pirate ships, "Oh, That's a Pirate!" is likely a referance to the videogame Oh! That's a Baseball! from Stardust Crusaders.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
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In the Brazilian Portuguese and French versions of Team Fortress 2, the Starboard Crusader goes by different names which directly reference JoJo; those being Capitão Dito-Kujo (a pun that involves wordplay between the portuguese word "dito-cujo" -which literally translates as "said person" - with Jotaro's surname) and Héritage du futur (literally translated as "Heritage for the Future", a direct reference to the Capcom JoJo game of the same name which itself is named after the original name of the Stardust Crusaders arc during serialization at Weekly Shonen Jump) respectively.
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Kazuya Mishima's combat gloves, strongly resemble Star Platinum's. In Tekken 3, Jin Kazama has the same combat gloves as both of them, but longer.
Kazuya's Devil 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 Serafino 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 Tekken (mobile), there is an act featuring Leo Kliesen titled "It was me, Leo!", referencing Dio's famous line from Phantom Blood.
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The game also features an armor set called the "Stardust armor" that allows the player to summon a spiritual guardian when all the pieces are worn. The guardian will float directly behind the player, and the player can order the guardian to move and attack enemies. The animation for the guardian's attack bears a strong resemblance to the infamous beatdown of Steely Dan. The armor was intended as a reference to Algalon The Observer from the game World of Warcraft, but Re-Logic embraced the guardian's striking similarity to a Stand, changing its attack to a Stand barrage in update 1.4. The changelog for the Journey's End update also states that "all resemblance to a certain anime is purely coincidental."
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In another encounter with the Train Conductor character, before entering a battle, there is a random chance he will reference DIO's famous dialogue before his fight with Jotaro begins, "Oh? You're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me?".
Finally, there is also a purchasable hat item called "Speedwagon's Hat" which directly resembles the hat Robert E. O. Speedwagon dons after Will Anthonio Zeppeli's death.
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Benimaru Nikaido'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.[31] Additionally, his taunt in The King of Fighters XI mirrors Polnareff's stature from the manga.
- Also from King of Fighters, Rugal Bernstein, the main villain of the first two games, wears an outfit which is clearly a toned-down version of DIO's final Stardust Crusaders get-up, with a black tank top, loose pants, and even belt loops which come down past his hips. Rugal does omit the headband, kneepads, and other elements of DIO's outfit which bore the heart insignia, however, as well as having more ordinary shoes.
- Leona's "Earring Bomb 2: Heart Attack sees her attaching a bomb to her opponent. Afterwards, she may either wait until it explodes on its own or detonate it with a secondary command, saying 負けて終わり ("Makete owari." ~ "You lose, it's over."), referencing Bites The Dust (transcribed in Japanese as , 負けて死ね, "Makete shine." = "You lose, now die.").
- Leona Heidern's Grateful Dead is a (Super) Desperation Move during which she drains the opponent of his/her life force while surrounded by wisps of steam or smoke.
- Mian's Rangurenbu is a (Super) Desperation Move which she performs a series of attacks ending with a fire breath from her Bian Lian mask. While performing such a series of attacks, she utters "Ariariariariariariari", but due to her being Chinese, she doesn't say "Arrivederci" at the end.
- Shun'ei's Demolish Dimension is a Climax Desperation Move where he summons manifestations of his inner fire and ice monsters and punch his opponent repeatedly while uttering "Dorararararararara!"
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The DLC character, Texas, has a special move reminiscent of a Stand Rush during which they yell "MUDA" several times during. Likely a reference to the catchphrase of Dio Brando and Giorno Giovanna.[32]
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Mettaton's dancing resembles JoJo poses and he has heart-shaped bracelets which are similar to DIO's. Also, his concept art might be a Shadow Dio's pose reference.
The punch card item can be used to strengthen punching attacks in battle, and when used it says "OOOORAAAAA!!! You rip up the punch card! Your hands are burning!", which is a reference to the iconic stand cry used by multiple characters in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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In Vexx, the character Darby is named after Daniel J. D'Arby.
During conceptual work on a sequel for the game, the team started to work with the concept of Vexx being able to summon and control spirit creatures akin to Stands.[33] These concepts were derived from Stardust Crusaders, due to some members of the staff being fans of the Stardust Crusaders OVA from 1993/2000.[34]![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
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Patch 10.0.5 of the game introduced a time-related NPC named Zawarudu, referencing The World.
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In Yakuza 0, one of Goro Majima's boss fights is against a character named Jo Amon. After defeating him, Majima remarks what that "Jo" guy's problem was and how overall the experience was a "bizarre adventure".
In "Yakuza Kiwami", Kazuma Kiryu's Rush style Kiwami heat action involves him yelling "ORA ORA ORA" while punching an enemy rapidly with glowing purple fists, similar to Jotaro Kujo's Star Platinum.![Link to this section](https://static.jojowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6e/latest/20191015213055/JJLSymbol.png/20px-JJLSymbol.png)
While the stand is activated, Yandere-chan also gains a new idle animation where she strikes Jonathan Joestar's signature pose from Volume 4. When the stand goes in to attack, Yandere-chan poses similarly to Jotaro.
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References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AmongUsGame/status/1488977216134270976
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDIb4oOUzFc#t=2m50s
- ↑ https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/983325394819403781
- ↑ https://youtu.be/hqvEcElt4Gw?t=209
- ↑ @CurryHermit (April 4, 2021), "ジョジョ6部アニメ化来たか! ブラッドステインド制作中、私の心を支えたのは5部のアニメだった。これでまた頑張れそう。", on Twitter.
- ↑ @BrawlStars (January 21, 2024), "The #StarrToon season has only explored a few of the different possible cartoon styles!", Twitter.
- ↑ https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_Knuckle
- ↑ @CurryHermit (July 2, 2021), "ジョジョ3部のドラマCDでDIOを若本さん、承太郎を梁田さんがCVされてますよね。月下のゲームデザインをされた古川さんから「これで声決めたよ」と昔、教えていただきました。", on Twitter.
- ↑ @CurryHermit (September 24, 2021), "ソウル図鑑がありがたい。私が最初に敵の一覧書いた時、キラーマントはドノヴァンさんって名前にしてたな", on Twitter.
- ↑ @CurryHermit (September 24, 2021), "The answer is in JOJO Part 2.", on Twitter.
- ↑ @CurryHermit (April 13, 2023), "位置を入れ替える人形というソウルをジョジョ4部のサーフィスから閃いたので、敵側でも使えないかと思考しながらゲームデザインした記憶があります。", on Twitter.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/CRKingdomEN/status/1509418877230346243
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2IuF3oKgnA
- ↑ https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/eu4-development-diary-9th-of-november-2021.1497038/
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ HoYoLAB | "A Muddy Bizarre Adventure" Event: Mines Cleanup Challenge
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zAj55HQYv/
- ↑ Steam Remake Announcement Screenshot
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyh61GbMA5U
- ↑ http://asylums.insanejournal.com/rockman_elysium/27991.html#cutid1
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20010405045728/bbs.capcom.com/messages/355/16284.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4NZinUqbU4
- ↑ https://youtu.be/qCXnzDf6Twg?t=1984
- ↑ https://x.com/OWCavalry/status/1671645744044863489
- ↑ https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/111019261526413312
- ↑ https://twitter.com/pg_kamiya/status/906147362350833664
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eER2I2dR5FI
- ↑ https://twitter.com/oscar_coen/status/1653933263793303552
- ↑ http://www.gamesradar.com/making-tekken/
- ↑ http://kofaniv.snkplaymore.co.jp/english/character/index.php?num=benimaru
- ↑ https://youtu.be/XzZnTSwOLgo?t=32
- ↑ http://subtractivedesign.blogspot.com/2012/12/vexx-making-of-part-1.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v9R_VD7h9Q
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