Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice (ヴァニラ・アイス, Vanira Aisu) is a secondary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, specifically in the "The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice" story arc.
Residing in DIO's mansion, Vanilla Ice is a devoted servant to DIO and one of the final vampires and Stand users fought by the Joestar Group in Cairo, Egypt. His Stand Cream can become a portal to a void-like dimension, which he can lurk inside and disintegrate everything in his path.
Appearance
Vanilla Ice is a tall, muscular man with long, wavy, shoulder-length hair and lengthy, thin eyebrows. He has a large bang on his left side, which goes past his chin. On his head is a circlet with a heart locket crossing his forehead and he has a pair of metallic, heart-shaped earrings.
His clothing consists of a leotard with a dark open sleeveless leather vest on top. Like his master DIO, he wears a belt with a heart on the center, which ties the bottom of his vest together. His vest has fabric on the back extending down to his calves, similar to a cloak. Ice's right shoulder has a metallic strap connected to a large heart over his right breast and the letters "VI". The shoulder also has a symbol resembling a shield with rectangular holes in the bottom and a heart in the center, but this mark is not present later on. His legs are exposed, but he wears dark, mid-calf-high boots.
In his first few appearances his leotard is drawn with sleeves. The colored manga and anime portray this detail consistently. He is seen with gloves but this is inconsistent in other depictions as well.
In the anime, his teeth becomes more sharp and pointed after his transformation into a vampire.
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Personality
Vanilla Ice is most notable for his disturbing, unwavering loyalty to DIO, whom he believes to be above all others. He is willing to go as far as to decapitate himself to give DIO blood, which inspires admiration from DIO for the extent of his servitude.[6] Even when on the brink of death, he remains in thrall to DIO and exclaims that he will not let himself die so long as Joseph and his companions are still alive.[7] Although normally cool-headed and calculated, his devotion is great enough to send him into an outrage over being forced to attack a mere likeness of DIO created by The Fool. When infuriated, he prefers to draw out the torture of his victims for as long as he believes necessary to quench his rage. As such, he will abandon his Stand in favor of physically beating someone.[8]
He displays great confidence in the ability of his Stand, Cream. He vows to DIO to kill the Joestar group, even carving a message in a pillar that whoever reads it will die because he believes so greatly in his Stand's ability.[6] Despite being surprised by the speed and range of Silver Chariot and even being injured by it, he continues to boast the capabilities of Cream. He backs up his confidence with cunning, covering up his Stand's weakness by flying in a spiral to cover as much ground as possible in order to kill Polnareff.[7]
His single-minded obedience can lead to him being somewhat oblivious at times. For example, he opts to glide through and obliterate the exit from DIO's room instead of simply opening the door,[6] and he also is unaware of his transformation into a vampire despite his apparent immortality. This later leads to his downfall, as Polnareff took advantage of his obsessiveness to lure him to the sunlight's rays.[9]
Abilities
Stand
Vanilla Ice's Stand, the profoundly destructive Cream, can swallow itself and its master to become a spherical void of nothingness that obliterates everything in its path. Its only weakness is that it cannot see where it is going when in void form, forcing Vanilla Ice to temporarily expose himself in order to plot Cream's course.
Vampire
After being made into a Vampire by DIO, Vanilla Ice adopts a standard set of vampiric powers and weaknesses, such as immortality and the weakness to sunlight.
History
Stardust Crusaders (1989)
Vanilla Ice is introduced as a human, reporting the defeat of Telence T. D'Arby to DIO, outside the door to his chambers. After being allowed to enter, Ice was told the reason for D'Arby's defeat was because he was unwilling to give his life for DIO. He was then asked if he would surrender his blood in order to heal DIO's neck wound. Without hesitation, Vanilla Ice proves his loyalty by cutting off his own head and allowing his blood to spill into an urn for his master to drink.
DIO, amused by this, refuses to take the blood of such a devout servant and decides to heal himself using someone else instead. Vanilla Ice is brought back to life from the blood his master poured into his body. After his revival, he is dispatched to take care of the Joestars. He activates his Stand, Cream, before leaving to do DIO's bidding by making a hole through the wall, prompting DIO to lament that he could have just used the door.[6]
Vanilla Ice's first targets are Iggy, Jean Pierre Polnareff and Muhammad Avdol. He carves a message on the wall saying that the person who is reading this will die the moment they turn around. Although he is aiming to dispatch all of them at once with a surprise attack, he only manages to kill Avdol, who shoved Polnareff and Iggy out of the way before the attack hit.[11]
In a rage, Polnareff retaliates with a barrage from Silver Chariot, wounding Vanilla Ice's shoulder and demolishing the wall of the room they are in. After nearly being killed by another of Ice's attacks, Polnareff and Iggy flee. Instead of pursuing them directly, Vanilla Ice sends Cream to the front door, where he waits in his Stand's void form. Contrary to his expectations, the duo decide to go for DIO instead of fleeing.[12] Thus, Vanilla Ice pursues them, destroying most of the mansion with his Stand's powers. After getting ahead of them, Ice erases part of Polnareff's foot to prevent him from running away again.
A distraction from Silver Chariot allows Iggy to use The Fool to hide and to create a replica of DIO to trick Vanilla Ice.[13] Although briefly shocked by his master's appearance, Vanilla Ice quickly destroys the clone. He explains that he saw through the ruse because of the sunlight in the room and knew that DIO trusts him too much to interfere in the battle. Enraged because he had to destroy DIO's image in self-defense, Vanilla Ice exits from Cream and viciously beats Iggy to the point of near-death. After turning his attention to Polnareff, he is skewered in the mouth by Silver Chariot's sword, as Polnareff used the sand in the room to track Cream's movements.[8] However, due to Ice's newfound immortality, he survives the attack and destroys part of Polnareff's left hand by drawing it into Cream's mouth.
Ice then wounds Polnareff in a quick succession of attacks, breaking his right arm and absorbing part of his leg and cheek. He begins moving in a spiral pattern around the room with Polnareff and Iggy at the center. By doing so, Vanilla Ice could kill them without leaving himself vulnerable.[7] Unable to escape, Polnareff tells Iggy to use his powers to escape and warn the others, but the dog's pride causes him to save Polnareff instead. Iggy thus dies from over-exertion, prompting an enraged Polnareff to skewer Vanilla Ice through the head and snap his neck.[14]
However, Vanilla Ice rises once again, more determined than ever to finish off his enemy. Unfortunately for him, Polnareff had finally deduced that Vanilla Ice was turned into a vampire by DIO, due to Vanilla Ice's ability to recover from several fatal injuries. With that in mind, Polnareff avenges his fallen comrades by taking advantage of Vanilla Ice's newfound fatal weakness to sunlight, using Silver Chariot to slice a nearby curtain and flood the room with sunlight, which vaporizes much of Vanilla's right arm and right leg. After curtly goading Vanilla to attack him, Polnareff uses Silver Chariot to nudge the crippled vampire into the light, disintegrating him instantly.[9]
Vanilla Ice appears in the 1993 OVA with the same role as in the manga, but with a few differences to his fight with the heroes. Unique to the OVA, Ice slices Iggy in half and kicks the dying dog's corpse into a wall out of anger for the dog daring to defy DIO.
His death in the OVA also differs heavily from the manga. Polnareff repeatedly stabs Ice in a rage after seeing him murder Iggy, before slicing Ice's head horizontally in half.
Eyes of Heaven
When Heaven-Attained DIO starts to rewrite reality, Vanilla Ice is resurrected and resumes working for DIO.
Thus, Ice reappears alongside a brainwashed Bruno Bucciarati and attacks the heroes at the Naples Train Station in 2001. However, they are defeated and escape. Ice doesn't reappear in the story.
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 238: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1
- Chapter 239: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 2 (Message only)
- 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 (Death)
- Chapter 247: DIO's World, Part 1 (Flashback)
Anime Appearances- 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 (Death)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 11 (OVA): DIO's World: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice (Death)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 12 (OVA): DIO's World: Kakyoin - The Duel in the Web (Mentioned)
Novel AppearancesQuotes
Quotes- “Lord DIO... I will not... let you down. I promise. I will... finish them off. (DIO……様 あなたの期待は満たされるでしょう………必ずや仕留めて…………ごらんに…………いれます)”—Vanilla Ice, Chapter 238: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1
- “If you can read this carving... The moment you turn around, you will die. (このラクガキを見て 後ろを振り向いた時 おまえらは死ぬ)”—Vanilla Ice's carving on the wall, Chapter 239: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 2
- “Avdol is dead, ripped to shreds. My mouth leads to a void... A dark dimension. Even I don't know where it goes... Your friend was sucked in. You two are next. How dare you think that you can defeat Lord DIO... I'll put you in your place... (アヴドゥルは…………こなみじんになって死んだ 私の口の中はどこに通じているのか自分でも知らぬが暗黒の空間になっている…………… 吹っ飛ばしてやったのだ 次は おまえらだ…… DIO様を倒そうなどと思い上がった考えは…………正さねばならんからな…………)”—Vanilla Ice, Chapter 240: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 3
- “One by one, one after the other, I, Vanilla Ice, will scatter your atoms across my void... (ひとりひとり順番に順番にこのヴァニラ・アイスの暗黒空間にバラまいてやる。)”—Vanilla Ice, Chapter 240: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 3
- “You damn dog! How dare you make me destroy Lord DIO's likeness! (よくも！このクソ犬がッ！わたしにDIO様の「姿」を破壊させたなァああっーッ！)”—Vanilla Ice to Iggy, Chapter 242: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 5
- “It would only take a second to absorb you into my darkness! That's too quick! I'd still be angry! It's your fault! You're making me do this! It's your fault for making me angry! It's your fault! Do you like it? Do you? Well?! (暗黒空間にのみ込むのは一瞬だッ！それでは私の怒りがおさまらんッ！キサマが悪いんだ！キサマがッ！わたしを怒らせたのはキサマだッ！キサマが悪いんだ！ 思い知れッ！どうだッ！思い知れッ！どうだッ！どうだッ！)”—Vanilla Ice to Iggy, Chapter 242: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 5
- “I cannot die... I don't have time to feel pain... I will kill you no matter what! I will swallow Iggy, the Joestars, and everyone else! I can die after that! (おれは死なん……苦痛を意に介しているヒマもない…………必ずきさまを仕留めるッ！必ずイギーを飲み込みジョースターどもを殺すッ！わたしが死ぬのはその後でいいッ！)”—Vanilla Ice, Chapter 243: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 6
- “You will not...! (キサマなああんぞにィィィィィィーッ……)”—Vanilla Ice's last words, Chapter 245: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 8
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Vanilla Ice's first appearance
Vanilla Ice with his Stand, Cream
Vanilla Ice decapitates himself to offer his blood
Revived by DIO
Hiding within Cream's body
About to be attacked by The Fool disguised as DIO
Vanilla Ice uppercutting Iggy for mocking his master
Vanilla Ice kicking Iggy
Ignoring his wounds to achieve his goal
Barely alive after seemingly killing Polnareff
Noticing Polnareff and The Fool
Vanilla Ice impaled through the mouth by Silver Chariot
Silver Chariot breaks Vanilla's neck
Still alive
Vanilla Ice's sneak attack
Vanilla Ice, now a vampire
Vanilla Ice disintegrates in the sunlight
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Vanilla Ice's initial appearance
Vanilla Ice informs his master of the Joestar's situation
Summoning his Stand, Cream
Sacrificing his blood to help DIO, Vanilla Ice decapitates himself
Vanilla Ice inside Cream's mouth
Vanilla Ice, appearing halfway out of Cream's mouth
A fake DIO is created by The Fool, which prepares to strike Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice punches Iggy for insulting his master
Losing his cool demeanor
Vanilla Ice brutally kicks Iggy into a crumpled heap
Silver Chariot stabs Vanilla Ice through the mouth
Silver Chariot breaking Vanilla Ice's neck after impaling his head
Making one final attempt on Polnareff's life
Because of his recently acquired vampirism, Vanilla Ice dies, disintegrating in the sunlight
Vanilla Ice's bizarre introduction after killing Avdol (Ep. 11)
Vanilla Ice decapitates himself to prove his absolute loyalty to DIO
Brought back to life by DIO
Emerges from Cream
"You're so persistent!"
Surprisingly attacked by The Fool
Stands before Iggy's semi-conscious body
Kicks Iggy's corpse out of spite
Filled full of holes by Silver Chariot
Head sliced in twos by Silver Chariot
Colored Concept art (2000s Re-color)
Laserdisc Vol. 4
Adventure 11 Clean DVD/VHS Cover
Model Sheet #1
Model Sheet #2
Model Sheet #3
Vanilla Ice as the penultimate boss
Boss Vanilla Ice's defeat in Story Mode
Character Design
Vanilla Ice render in All-Star Battle
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Vanilla Ice, Normal
Win Pose A
Win Pose B
Win Pose C
Win Pose D
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Stylish Evade 2
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Executing his Great Heat Attack
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Cream Attack
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Kicking Polnareff
Vanilla Ice render in Eyes of Heaven
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Vanilla Ice [Shiny]
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[EX] Swallowed in Dark Space
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[EX] Immortal Follower
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![[EX] Swallowed in Dark Space](/File:PPPStickerVanillaIceEX.png)
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Vanilla Ice's intro
Vanilla Ice taunting
Vanilla Ice's Throw
Polnareff VS Vanilla Ice
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Anime 10th Anniversary Exhibition Can Badges
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Trivia
- Vanilla Ice was one of Araki's least favorite characters, as he couldn't stand the idea of drawing him.[15]
- Vanilla Ice is the only character to have a voice actor reprise a prior role from an adaptation dating to as far back as Heritage for the Future for the Part 3 Anime and Eyes of Heaven. That same voice actor, Sho Hayami, also voiced Noriaki Kakyoin in the Stardust Crusaders Drama CD and Enrico Pucci in All-Star Battle.
- Vanilla Ice is incorrectly classified as a zombie rather than a vampire in JoJo 6251.
References
- ↑ The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice - Vol.9 "Shueisha Jump Remix Stardust Crusaders Edition" P170 The Secret of JOJO Characters
- ↑ Stardust Crusaders Model Sheet No.SC-MC000-40-42
- ↑ JJBA Artbook: JoJo 6251
- ↑ Stone Ocean Chapter 152: Made in Heaven, Part 4 (Note: Originally 1988; changed in later chapters)
- ↑ Yuji Kishi "CODE RED" Official Website - Biography of Yuji Kishi
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Chapter 238: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 1
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 243: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 6
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 242: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 5
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 245: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 8
- ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: STANDS, p.104
- ↑ 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 244: The Miasma of the Void, Vanilla Ice, Part 7
- ↑ Kappa Magazine (December 1996)
