Vento Aureo

Formaggio

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“
It can't be helped. (しょう が ねえなあ---つ。Shō ga neenaa.)
”
—Formaggio's catchphrase.

Formaggio (ホルマジオ, Horumajio) is a minor antagonist featured in the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo, specifically the "Narancia's Aerosmith" story arc.

Formaggio is a member of La Squadra Esecuzioni and the first to be fought. He trails and confronts Narancia Ghirga as the teen goes out to buy supplies and attempts to survive the ordeal while trying to discover where the Boss's daughter, Trish, is being kept. Formaggio is a Stand User and wields Little Feet.

Appearance

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Formaggio is a short-haired man with a buzzcut hairstyle of athletic build and average height. 

Formaggio wears a mesh shirt with assorted arm warmers, over which he wears a leather jacket decorated with studs on the shoulders. He also wears a pair of dark trousers.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Skin(Fair)
Hair(Orange-brown)
Eyes(Pale Brown)
Outfit
(Red jacket with bronze studs, black & purple trousers, gray mesh shirt and arm warmers.)
Skin(Fair)
Hair(Orange)
Eyes(Gray)
Outfit
(Red jacket with silver studs, black shirt, arm warmers and trousers, brown shoes.)
Skin(Slightly Tan)
Hair(Gray)
Eyes(Green)
Outfit
(Orange jacket with silver studs, green shirt and arm warmers, red trousers, blue shoes.)

Personality

Formaggio is unfazed by Narancia's threats
Formaggio comes off as a very relaxed individual. Unlike most of the pursuing assassins, Formaggio introduces himself openly to Narancia, trying to chit-chat, and laughing at his own jokes. In the TV anime adaptation, this side of him is expanded upon by showing him acting the same way toward his teammate Pesci with a dark joke, inviting several teammates to a watch a football match, and taunting Illuso back when being sneered at. His relaxed attitude is highlighted by a verbal tic, as he regularly expresses his bored resignation to bad circumstances by saying "It can't be helped" (しょう が ねえなあ---つ, Shō ga neenaa). Formaggio focuses more during battle and when he is pressured, however.

Like the other assassins, Formaggio shows almost no regard for human life and is quite sadistic in tormenting his enemies. For instance, he has no problem pitting a shrunken Narancia against a spider. Despite this, Formaggio also has some standards, expressing that he doesn't really want to see someone being eaten alive by a spider, and being horrified at Sorbet's gruesome death.

Formaggio's Stand, Little Feet, is sneered at by the rest of his team, leading to Formaggio slightly resenting them for this.

Abilities

Main article: Little Feet

Formaggio possesses the Stand Little Feet, a humanoid Stand that allows him to shrink himself or other items and people.

History

Background

Formaggio was a member of La Squadra Esecuzioni, a team of nine assassins working within Passione. However, the team was frustrated they only received compensation for each kills while the rest of the gang was getting rich from the drug trade. One day their teammates Sorbet and Gelato disappeared while they were trying to investigate the Boss' past. They found Gelato choked on a gag in his house, with a piece of paper on which was written the word "punishment". Later, the team received the sectioned body parts of Sorbet encased in formaldehyde, showing the team the power of the Boss. They despaired of ever finding about the Boss. However, they then heard about Trish Una, and thought that she would be the key to discovering the Boss' Stand ability. The team rebelled and began searching for her.

Vento Aureo

Formaggio's introduction, at home with his cat.
Formaggio first appears in his office when he learns about Polpo's death. Since Polpo would be to go-to capo to handle matters related to Stand Users, Formaggio begins searching for other capos with Stand abilitiers and notices that Bucciarati and his team were absent from Polpo's funeral. He eventually finds Narancia in the middle of shopping and confronts him in his car. Pretending to have a conversation, Formaggio slashes Narancia's cheek by surprise with his Little Feet and interrogates him about Bucciarati's whereabouts. Angry Narancia summons Aerosmith, an aeroplane Stand that begins shooting at Formaggio and drops a bomb inside of the car. Formaggio shrinks to escape the explosion and hides inside of Narancia's pocket. There, he waits for Narancia to shrink small enough to be easily attacked. He notices the make-up Narancia has brought and concludes that his team are indeed protecting the Boss's daughter. He decides to persist with Narancia.
Formaggio in Narancia's pocket.

Despite Formaggio's doubts, Narancia manages to reach a payphone. Unwilling to let Narancia warn his team, Formaggio must cut the phone's cable, making his presence known. Narancia summons Aerosmith and locates Formaggio in his pocket. Formaggio is stuck as Narancia squeezes him in his fist and shows him for Aerosmith to shoot down. However, Formaggio then un-shrinks his pen, the force of the instantaneous growth propelling him towards the street. However, Aerosmith keeps finding him and attacking him, even when Formaggio hides in the sewers, underwater. The assassin sees Aerosmith shoot random rats and realizes that it can track the carbon dioxide lifeforms exhale. To hide, Formaggio stirs a mischief of rats and rides on one of them to ambush Aerosmith. However, Narancia notices that one of the rats is breathing harder than the rest and shoots at it, wounding Formaggio. Thankfully for Formaggio, he returns to full size and the injury is not fatal since Narancia's Stand has shrunk enough to make it weak.

Formaggio returns to the surface and corners Narancia. He demands that he reveal Trish's location. When Narancia refuses, Formaggio, remembering the fate that befell Sorbet and Gelato, becomes angry and puts Narancia into a bottle in which he is keeping a spider. As Narancia fights the spider, Formaggio notices a map that Narancia had dropped earlier, which reveals Trish's location. Formaggio laughs and points out that Narancia has marked all the roads, so he only has to follow it in reverse. Narancia then reveals that he had shot a hole in the gas tank of a nearby car, and was waiting for it to catch fire. The car explodes, lighting Formaggio on fire, and Narancia returns to his regular size.

Formaggio uses his own blood to douse the fire on his body and shrinks himself to escape. Narancia can’t track him because of all the carbon dioxide being released by the burning car. He decides that since he can’t track Formaggio, he’ll just make the fire bigger, and starts shooting and bombing all the cars on the street to trap him.
Formaggio's death.
 With nowhere left to run, Formaggio returns to his normal size but is badly burned. However, the fires also allowed him to get within range of Narancia; at close range, Formaggio has an advantage because of Little Feet's greater speed. Both call forth their Stands and attack, but unfortunately for Formaggio, Aerosmith is faster and shoots Little Feet's vital spots, inflicting fatal damage.

As he dies, Formaggio takes solace knowing that not only did he make Narancia fail his mission, the other members of Squadra Esecuzioni now have a lead on Trish Una.

Chapters / Episodes

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Chapters in order of appearance
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Episodes in order of appearance

Quotes

Quote.png Quotes
  • “
    Talk, Narancia! If it's impossible to tail you, I'll just have to make you sing!
    ”
    —Formaggio, Chapter 470: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 1
  • “
    I shrank myself! That's my ability, Little Feet! The other guys say it's worthless... hehehe well, whether it's worthless or worth-ful is all up to how you use it...
    ”
    —Formaggio, Chapter 471: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 2
  • “
    It can't be helped (しょう が ねえなあ---つ, Shō ga neenaa)
    ”
    —Formaggio's catchphrase.
  • “
    What a real shame... just going shopping... turned into a huge mess... am I right, Narancia? And from here on out... it'll only get worse... for all of you...
    ”
    —Formaggio, Chapter 477: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 8

Video Games

Vento Aureo (PS2)

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Formaggio appears as the enemy faced in Chapter 4 where the player controls Narancia. During the fight, Formaggio will mostly run away and use his Stand, Little Feet, to make himself smaller as the player needs to track him (with Aerosmith's radar). Formaggio's main form of attack involves using Little Feet to hit the player. If he hits Narancia, the scene will change to a tiny Narancia in the middle of the street, with a giant Formaggio attempting to deal damage. During this period of time, a giant Formaggio will try to either stomp on the player if close enough or grab them and throw them on the floor, dealing a large amount of damage. All the player can do during this time is avoid Formaggio's attacks. Using Little Feet's ability, Formaggio can also throw objects at the player, such as sofas and chairs, by making them small and then big again.

Formaggio himself is unplayable but can be playable with cheats.

Secret Factors

Chapter 4
  1. Narancia must destroy one of the three cars on the stage with Aerosmith. (Value of 2)
  2. Narancia must shoot one of the rats running around. Though the rats can be seen as tiny black spots moving quickly around the stage, using Aerosmith's radar can also help judge where they are. (Value of 2)
  3. Narancia must shoot Formaggio while he's riding on one of the rats. This can only happen when he shrinks himself. The rat that has Formaggio on it has no visibly distinguishable features; It will come up on Aerosmith's radar as a larger blip than other rats. (Value of 2)
  4. Narancia must not take damage when shrunken by Little Feet. The initiation attack also counts, requiring the player to have Aerosmith attacked, as Narancia will not take damage whenever Aerosmith is hit. Getting this Secret Factor also requires that Narancia take no damage prior to shrinking. (Value of 4)

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

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Formaggio
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Steadily Becoming Smaller ver.
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Rarity: PPPSR.png
Max Power: 1198
Favorite Gift and Voiced Gift Reactions:
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Skill: Little Feet
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Replaces random panels with priority on Partner panels, to Formaggio panels.


By using it, the Boost Lv is raised, and the number of replaced panels increases.
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Skill Lv 1
# of Replaced Panels: 2
Cooldown: 85
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Skill Lv 2
# of Replaced Panels: 3
Cooldown: 85
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Skill Lv 3
# of Replaced Panels: 3
Cooldown: 80
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Skill Lv 4
# of Replaced Panels: 4
Cooldown: 80
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Skill Lv 5
# of Replaced Panels: 4
Cooldown: 75
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Boost Lv 1
# of Replaced Panels: 4
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Boost Lv 2
# of Replaced Panels: 6
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Boost Lv 3
# of Replaced Panels: 8
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Boost Lv 4
# of Replaced Panels: 10
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Boost Lv 5
# of Replaced Panels: 12

Gallery

  • Formaggio and rest of the Squadra Esecuzioni

    Formaggio and rest of the Squadra Esecuzioni

  • Formaggio's first appearance

    Formaggio's first appearance

  • Formaggio talking to Narancia from under Narancia's car

    Formaggio talking to Narancia from under Narancia's car

  • Formaggio enters Narancia's car

    Formaggio enters Narancia's car

  • Formaggio confronts Narancia in Bucciarati's rented car

    Formaggio confronts Narancia in Bucciarati's rented car

  • Formaggio making a humorous expression to fool Narancia

    Formaggio making a humorous expression to fool Narancia

  • Revealing his Stand in a surprise attack

    Revealing his Stand in a surprise attack

  • Attacked by Aerosmith

    Attacked by Aerosmith

  • Using Little Feet deflecting Aerosmith's bullets

    Using Little Feet deflecting Aerosmith's bullets

  • Aerosmith dropping a bomb on Formaggio

    Aerosmith dropping a bomb on Formaggio

  • Hiding from Narancia

    Hiding from Narancia

  • Formaggio begins to realize Team Bucciarati is hiding the boss' daughter

    Formaggio begins to realize Team Bucciarati is hiding the boss' daughter

  • Hiding in Narancia's pocket

    Hiding in Narancia's pocket

  • Formaggio caught by Narancia

    Formaggio caught by Narancia

  • Little Feet slashes a tire, the leaking air blowing Formaggio into a sewer drain

    Little Feet slashes a tire, the leaking air blowing Formaggio into a sewer drain

  • Narrowly avoiding Aerosmith's attack

    Narrowly avoiding Aerosmith's attack

  • Formaggio holding his breath and deducing Aerosmith's weakness

    Formaggio holding his breath and deducing Aerosmith's weakness

  • Formaggio shrinks Aerosmith

    Formaggio shrinks Aerosmith

  • Formaggio attacked by Aerosmith

    Formaggio attacked by Aerosmith

  • Formaggio showing Narancia how he plans to torture him

    Formaggio showing Narancia how he plans to torture him

  • Formaggio finds the map leading to Team Bucciarati's hideout

    Formaggio finds the map leading to Team Bucciarati's hideout

  • Caught in an explosion caused by Aerosmith

    Caught in an explosion caused by Aerosmith

  • Formaggio has Little Feet slash his hand, using his own blood to douse the fire...

    Formaggio has Little Feet slash his hand, using his own blood to douse the fire...

  • ...and shrinking himself to escape

    ...and shrinking himself to escape

  • Formaggio's last showdown with Narancia

    Formaggio's last showdown with Narancia

  • Formaggio tries to finish off Narancia

    Formaggio tries to finish off Narancia


  • Formaggio confirms with Prosciutto that his assassination is complete

    Formaggio confirms with Prosciutto that his assassination is complete

  • Formaggio and the others receive a mysterious package

    Formaggio and the others receive a mysterious package

  • Formaggio helps unwrap the formalin frames, wondering if it's art

    Formaggio helps unwrap the formalin frames, wondering if it's art

  • Formaggio's horror upon seeing the frames form Sorbet's dismembered body

    Formaggio's horror upon seeing the frames form Sorbet's dismembered body

  • Squadra Esecuzioni vs the Boss of Passione

    Squadra Esecuzioni vs the Boss of Passione

  • Formaggio making a humorous expression to fool Narancia

    Formaggio making a humorous expression to fool Narancia

  • Revealing his Stand, Little Feet

    Revealing his Stand, Little Feet

  • Formaggio shrinks himself and hides from Narancia

    Formaggio shrinks himself and hides from Narancia

  • Formaggio reflects on his ability and its worth

    Formaggio reflects on his ability and its worth

  • Formaggio in Narancia's pocket

    Formaggio in Narancia's pocket

  • Formaggio has his Stand slash Aerosmith

    Formaggio has his Stand slash Aerosmith

  • Burned Formaggio

    Burned Formaggio

  • Countdown illustration featuring Formaggio and Illuso

    Countdown illustration featuring Formaggio and Illuso

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References

  1. ↑ [citation needed]
  2. ↑ Golden Wind Model Sheet no CR200-00
  3. ↑ Chapter 475: Narancia's Aerosmith (8)

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