Polpo

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Once we feel that our trust has been insulted, we have a sanction to put lives on the line. I feel that even God would permit murder, in this situation!
—Polpo, Chapter 455: Joining the Gang, Part 6

Polpo (ポルポ, Porupo) is a minor antagonist featured in the 5th part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Vento Aureo, specifically the "Joining the Gang" story arc.

Polpo is the first of Passione's capo that Giorno Giovanna encounters. Kept in prison in a luxurious cell, Polpo is responsible for recruiting new members in his division. He then tasks Giorno to keep a lighter lit for 24 hours as a test. Polpo is a Stand User and his Black Sabbath automatically attacks Giorno during said test.

Appearance

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Polpo is a massive and morbidly obese man easily towering over regular people, having an exaggeratedly large head proportional to the rest of his body. His most recognizable features are his black eyes with bright pupils and pointy nose.

Polpo wears a cap with multiple mushroom-shaped protrusions, a bracelet on his right wrist and a two-layered tunic laced at the bottom. The anime adaptation replaces the lacing with a motif repeating the crest symbol found on each side of his chest.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
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Skin(Fair)
Eyes(Black sclera, red irises)
Outfit
(Yellow top, white trousers, brown and blue hat)
Skin(Fair)
Eyes(Black sclera, green irises)
Outfit
(Yellow outfit with violet trims, green accessories, red hat, brown boots)

Jolyne, Fly High with GUCCI

Polpo makes an appearance in the one-shot with a changed appearance. He is now one head shorter than average.

Polpo wears a bright blue jacket and dotted white shirt and brown trousers. His hat is portrayed as green.

Personality

At the surface level, Polpo is an affable capo
Polpo acts like a stereotypical Mafia don, showing an affable side and an appreciation for various works of art, quoting philosophers and gastronomy. His table manners are, however, lacking, showing that his sophistication is superficial.[2]

On the surface, Polpo places great emphasis on one's trustworthiness and says that it is the most important characteristic of a good gangster.[3] In reality, he only thinks of his subordinates as pawns and is revealed to be thinking about how to exploit Giorno once the lighter was returned. Likewise, he preaches that giving due respect is paramount and argues that even God wouldn't object to murdering someone for not showing proper respect, linking it to his ideal of trustworthiness.[4]

He shows a very keen sense of awareness, deducing Giorno's injury from the marks on his hands and even how Bruno Bucciarati "told him" that Giorno wanted to join, despite not meeting him prior and Giorno proclaiming his initiation moments before meeting him.[2]

Abilities

Polpo's status in the Passione hierarchy: a Caporegime
Main article: Black Sabbath

Polpo's Black Sabbath is a long-range automated Stand that can travel in an object's shadows.

Illusionism: Polpo shows a talent for illusionism, hiding in his room despite his size and seemingly eating his fingers to suddenly pull out a lighter from his hand.

History

Little is known about Polpo's past. It is known that he was at one point recruited into Passione and then became a capo, considered rather trustworthy within the organization and responsible for handling matters related to Stands.

After becoming capo, he then was imprisoned for an undisclosed crime but his influence was such that he turned his cell into a relatively luxurious room. He then kept overseeing his territory from the safety of his cell and also became responsible for recruiting people into the gang and turning them into Stand Users. It is known that he was Bucciarati's superior and that Narancia passed Polpo's test.

Vento Aureo

Polpo is first seen serving fifteen years in prison when Giorno Giovanna approaches and tells him that he wants to join Passione. Being in the high ranking position of capo in Passione, his job is giving orders, from the Boss to other subordinates, as well as testing new recruits who want to join the gang. Polpo's means of initiation into Passione is keeping a flame lit for 24 hours; with that, he gives Giorno the lighter.

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Polpo unwittingly shoots himself in the mouth with a gun which Giorno had disguised as a banana. This was an act of vengeance for having his Stand, Black Sabbath, carelessly cause the death of an innocent old man. This also destroys the Arrow in his Stand's mouth. As Polpo dies, Giorno, far removed from the scene, tells him to "savor [his] last meal".


Chapters / Episodes

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Chapters in order of appearance
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Episodes in order of appearance

Quotes

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  • Humans often... say something and do the opposite. That's the beauty of humans, though it can just as often be the ugly side of them...
  • When one has to choose from a list of candidates... what do you think is the most importatnt quality to note, Giorno Giovanna. [...] That is trust, Giorno Giovanna! When one has to chosse from a list of candidates, the most important element to note is trust. Compared to trust, someone being smart or talented is as significant as this piece of chewed-up cracker scum between my teeth.
  • I'll give you a chance... to see the two paths that you can follow... the first path for the chosen ones who will life... and the other! The path of death!
    —Black Sabbath, Chapter 451: Joining the Gang, Part 2
  • If the most important thing in this world is trust, then, conversely, the most detestable thing in the world is to insult that trust. Do you understand? Whe you insult someone's trust, not only do you tarnish their good name, you interrupt their lives and back them into an inescapable corner. We don't fight for money or profit nor do we risk our lives or start riots because some fool took our seat on the bus or our concert tickets. However! Once we feel that our trust has been insulted, we have a sanction to put lives on the line. I feel that even God would permit murder, in this situation!
    —Polpo, Chapter 455: Joining the Gang, Part 6

Video Games

Vento Aureo (PS2)

Polpo makes his game debut in the PS2 title. He only appears in the two cutscenes involving his introduction and suicide at the hands of Giorno. Black Sabbath, however, is faced in Chapter 3.

JoJo's Pitter-Patter Pop! (Android/iOS)

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Skill Lv 5
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Gallery

Trivia

  • The two particular paintings Polpo has are Van Gough's The Church at Auvers, and Gauguin's Vairumati.
  • Polpo biting off the tips of his right index and middle finger might be a reference to Tony Iommi, the founding member of the Black Sabbath, a namesake of Polpo's Stand: namely, on his last day of work in a steel factory, before going on a tour with his newly-founded band, Tony had the tips of his fingers completely chopped of by a machine in an accident, and replaced them with homemade prostheses made out of plastic bottle caps, requiring him to downtune his guitar to play it, creating their signature sound and helping to define modern metal music.
  • It is possible that he bites his finger to create the lighter with his Stand, since it appeared right after this scene and Giorno thought it was Stand related.
  • The manga showed that one capo was in charge of both the assassination and bodyguard teams. Since the anime revealed that the Bucciarati Team was the bodyguard section of the gang, it means that Polpo was also in charge of the Squadra Esecuzioni Stand team and no other.

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