Silver Chariot
Silver Chariot (シルバーチャリオッツ(銀の戦車), Shirubā Chariottsu) is the Stand of Jean Pierre Polnareff, primarily featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, and briefly in the fifth part, Vento Aureo.
Silver Chariot is a humanoid Stand clad in armor and armed with a rapier. It is particularly deadly at close-range combat due to its speed and precision.
Appearance
Hirohiko Araki stated that Silver Chariot's design was created as a combination of a robot with European armor.[3] It is a slightly thin, robotic humanoid. It is usually clad in silver, heavy plate armor all over its body, giving it a bulkier look. This armor also has spiked shoulder pads and elbow pads. Silver Chariot has a distinctive helmet with a jewel embedded in the forehead and several pointed down projections protecting its mouth and cheeks.
It almost constantly wields a cup-hilted rapier which closely resembles a fencing saber. However, its rapier can be unequipped if the Stand needs to use both hands.
During Polnareff's fight with Vanilla Ice, Cream annihilates a portion of Silver Chariot's left thigh and its left ring and pinky finger, though these injuries seem to fixed by the time of Part 5. After fighting Diavolo in the late nineties, Silver Chariot loses its legs and right forearm. They are replaced with metal spike-like appendages.[4]
Color Schemes
Personality
Like most Stands, Silver Chariot is devoid of any will or personality, only showing limited expression through its eyes. It serves Polnareff without question, though it does display a high learning ability, as Polnareff rarely gives it direct orders. Although it's usually silent, Silver Chariot's battle cry is "Hora Hora Hora",[5] and it seems to have had a tendency to shout "Pami" when Polnareff was a child.[2]
Silver Chariot is a dedicated combat-oriented close-range Stand. It represents the tarot card The Chariot, which symbolizes invasion and victory.[6]
Abilities
Silver Chariot is a powerful, battle-dedicated close-range Stand that primarily fights with its rapier.
It is an incredibly agile Stand, and it usually relies on attacking enemies with barrages of sword slashes and thrusts before the opponent can react. It can also use its deftness to defend and deflect attacks aimed at it or its user with its sword. Silver Chariot usually doesn't stray far away from Polnareff, but still has the ability to move several meters away from him to attack.[7] Unlike some other Stands, Silver Chariot has the distinct weakness of being unable to see whatever Polnareff cannot see, making it weak if Polnareff himself is blinded in some fashion.
- Speed: Silver Chariot is an incredibly quick Stand. Its speed is high enough that it's able to deflect bullets shot at a point-blank range, block light ray energy shots of the Sun, and intercept Hanged Man multiple times, a Stand who is stated to travel between reflective surfaces at the speed of light. As it is weighed down by its armor, Silver Chariot can reach its full speed by shedding its armor plate.[5] In this state, Silver Chariot is able to appear in multiple places at once, due to moving at a speed faster than the human eye can process, thus creating illusory afterimages.[5] While wielding Anubis, it is capable of matching Star Platinum and its barrage of punches. Jotaro states that this physically amplified version of Silver Chariot is the fastest Stand he ever fought at that point and one that he needs to go all out against.[8]
- Power: Although the majority of Silver Chariot's power is in its astonishing speed, it still has great destructive power, as it is able to instantly slice through solid rock and concrete with ease.[9] It was even shown able to shake a good portion of DIO's Mansion when Polnareff was sent into a fit of rage; Jotaro's group feels it in the wine cellar, which is across the hall from the billiard room where Polnareff is fighting.[7] However, Silver Chariot's lifting strength is portrayed inconsistently. It is first shown to be able to lift Polnareff[10] against Muhammad Avdol but then shown to be barely strong enough to slowly pull its user against Vanilla Ice, although this might be because Polnareff was very injured at that point.[11]
- Precision: Having trained his Stand for several years, Polnareff has enough control over Silver Chariot's movements to be able to fight like an experienced fencer, slice through a bullet, and skewer several coins and balls of fire in a single thrust when they align.[6] Its precise swordsmanship is also shown in its fights against Anubis, a Stand which not only gives its user expert skills with a sword through adapting from its experiences, but consistently increases its user's speed and strength during and after a battle.
Techniques
Silver Chariot's most unique property is being clad in a set of silver armor that it can unequip.
The armor lowers its speed but also prevents it from being injured, as the thick armor plates absorb attacks that would have harmed the Stand and Polnareff. Although the armor is even shown to be capable of withstanding extreme heat without melting,[5] it cannot resist Cream's void power which disintegrates anything. Polnareff is able to shed Silver Chariot's armor in order to reach its top speed (enough for multiple afterimages to appear), but doing so renders his Stand more vulnerable to attack as a trade-off.[10]
If Silver Chariot is ever in a situation with a severe range disadvantage, Polnareff can use its only ranged and secret technique: launching the blade off his sword.[12] This launch is extremely powerful and precise, capable of ricocheting off other objects and striking with enough force to pierce a human body. The major drawback of doing this is that Silver Chariot can only materialize one sword, so Polnareff must retrieve the blade before being able to attack again.
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 124: Silver Chariot, Part 1
- Chapter 125: Silver Chariot, Part 2
- Chapter 126: Silver Chariot, Part 3
- Chapter 127: Dark Blue Moon, Part 1 (Cover only)
- Chapter 129: Dark Blue Moon, Part 3
- Chapter 133: Devil, Part 1
- Chapter 134: Devil, Part 2
- Chapter 135: Devil, Part 3
- Chapter 140: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 1
- Chapter 142: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 3
- Chapter 143: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 4
- Chapter 144: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 5
- Chapter 145: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 6
- Chapter 146: Empress, Part 1
- Chapter 151: Wheel of Fortune, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 157: Justice, Part 4
- Chapter 158: Justice, Part 5
- Chapter 161: Lovers, Part 2
- Chapter 162: Lovers, Part 3
- Chapter 163: Lovers, Part 4
- Chapter 164: Lovers, Part 5
- Chapter 165: Lovers, Part 6
- Chapter 167: Sun, Part 2
- Chapter 169: Death Thirteen, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 171: Death Thirteen, Part 4
- Chapter 172: Death Thirteen, Part 5 (Death Thirteen's ability)
- Chapter 175: Judgement, Part 2
- Chapter 176: Judgement, Part 3
- Chapter 177: Judgement, Part 4
- Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4
- Chapter 183: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 1
- Chapter 185: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 194: Anubis, Part 2
- Chapter 195: Anubis, Part 3
- Chapter 196: Anubis, Part 4
- Chapter 197: Anubis, Part 5
- Chapter 198: Anubis, Part 6
- Chapter 205: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 1
- Chapter 206: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 2 (Child only)
- Chapter 207: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 3 (Child only)
- Chapter 208: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 4 (Child only)
- Chapter 209: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 5
- Chapter 218: Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 2
- Chapter 219: Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 3
- Chapter 227: D'Arby the Player, Part 1
- Chapter 239: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 2
- Chapter 240: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 3
- Chapter 241: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 4
- Chapter 242: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 5
- Chapter 243: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 6
- Chapter 244: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 7
- Chapter 245: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 8
- Chapter 248: DIO's World, Part 2
- Chapter 250: DIO's World, Part 4
- Chapter 259: DIO's World, Part 13
- Chapter 569: A Little Story from the Past (Flashback)
- Chapter 570: His Name is Diavolo, Part 2
- Chapter 571: What Lies Beyond the Arrow (Death/Evolution)
- Chapter 574: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 3 (Flashback)
- Steel Ball Run Extra Chapter 3: Untitled Stand Chapter (Mentioned only)
- Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak: Chapter 15 (Flashback)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 4: Tower of Gray
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 5: Silver Chariot
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 6: Dark Blue Moon
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 8: Devil
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 10: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 11: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 15: Justice, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 16: Lovers, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 17: Lovers, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 18: Sun
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 20: Death Thirteen, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 21: Judgement, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 22: Judgement, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 23: High Priestess, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 24: High Priestess, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 25: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 28: Anubis, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 29: Anubis, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 32: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 1 (Regular/Child)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 33: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 2 (Regular/Child)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 36: Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 37: Hol Horse and Boingo, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 40: D'Arby the Player, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 42: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 43: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 2
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 44: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 3
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 45: DIO's World, Part 1
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 47: DIO's World, Part 3
- Golden Wind Episode 29: Destination: Rome! The Colosseum (Silhouette/Photo only)
- Golden Wind Episode 33: His Name is Diavolo (Death/Evolution)
- Golden Wind Episode 34: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 1 (Flashback)
- Golden Wind Episode 35: The Requiem Quietly Plays, Part 2 (Eyecatch only)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 3 (OVA): Silver Chariot and Strength
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 4 (OVA): The Emperor and the Hanged Man
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 5 (OVA): The Judgement
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 6 (OVA): The Mist of Vengeance
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 7 (OVA): Justice
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 8 (OVA): "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 1
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 11 (OVA): DIO's World: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 13 (OVA): DIO's World: Farewell Friends
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Novel)
- JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE OVER HEAVEN
- Crazy Heartbreakers Chapter 7: DIO (Mentioned only)
Video Games
Puzzle & Dragons (Android/iOS)
Silver Chariot was obtainable for a limited time as an Assist Evolution in the mobile game Puzzle & Dragons.
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Trivia
- As a contrast to Star Platinum's human appearance, Araki made Silver Chariot look more robotic, as well as contrasting Star Platinum's punching fighting style with Silver Chariot's swords.[3]
- Silver Chariot is seen holding 2 rapiers instead of one in the JoJo: The Memories of That Blood ~end of THE WORLD~ opening sequence of the anime adaptation of the Battle in Egypt arc of Stardust Crusaders, likely as a nod to its possession by Anubis.
- Silver Chariot's head resembles the mask worn by Jagi in Fist of the North Star.
- Silver Chariot's Stand Cry of "HORAHORAHORA...!" can be translated as either "Hey" or "Come on", possibly meaning that the cry acts as a taunting statement of sorts.
- In the Brazilian Portuguese dub and Latin Spanish dub, the term "Toma" is used instead and can be translated as "Take that".
References
- ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: STANDS, p.104
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 206: "Sethan" Alessi, Part 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Silver Chariot
- ↑ Chapter 569: A Little Story from the Past
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Chapter 125: Silver Chariot, Part 2
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 124: Silver Chariot, Part 1
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 240: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 197: Anubis, Part 5
- ↑ Chapter 241: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 4
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 126: Silver Chariot, Part 3
- ↑ Chapter 244: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 7
- ↑ Chapter 194: Anubis, Part 2