Red Hot Chili Pepper
Red Hot Chili Pepper (レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパー, Reddo Hotto Chiri Peppā) is the Stand of Akira Otoishi, featured in Diamond is Unbreakable. It is a small humanoid Stand with reptilian features that feeds on electricity and grows more powerful the more charged it is.
Appearance
Red Hot Chili Pepper resembles a short alien with a beak and a lizard-like tail. Its head bears a resemblance to a Pachycephalosaurus. Its body is covered in a radiant electrical glow that slowly diminishes the longer the Stand is in use without electricity. It possesses a codpiece of varying length which is given a consistently less prominent appearance in the TV anime adaptation. Its design is a combination of the strong head-butting dinosaurs from Kyouryuu Daikikou and Frieza from Dragon Ball Z.[2]After Otoishi's fight with Josuke & Crazy Diamond, Red Hot Chili Pepper was thrown into the ocean, dispersing its electrical power as well as its body. The Stand itself was effectively broken, with a dismembered look, as most of its body was left in the ocean.[3]
Color Schemes
Personality
In order to hide his identity, Otoishi speaks and is able to express various emotions through his Stand and its facial features (giving the strong impression that the Stand is responsible).
Abilities
Red Hot Chili Pepper is a long range Stand based on electricity whose dangerousness increases dramatically when it is near electricity. Not only does its range and ability to pass through electrical systems make Otoishi impossible to find, when powered-up, it can physically overwhelm and outpace Crazy Diamond.[4][5] On the other hand, it is very dependent on its power source to act.
Electricity Absorption
Red Hot Chili Pepper is capable of absorbing electricity to increase its raw strength and speed[6] and heal its wounds.[7] It is shown that it can absorb the full power of Morioh's electrical grid.[5]
However, the downside of that ability is that these power-ups consume a lot of electricity and Red Hot Chili Pepper must remain near sources of electricity to keep its stamina.[8] If Red Hot Chili Pepper ever falls into water, its electricity will also disperse and disable it.[5]
Upon depleting the electricity it has absorbed, it will weaken and take upon a rusted look instead of its shiny gold coat and slowly begins to vanish, threatening Otoishi's life.[7][8]
Electrical Transfer
Red Hot Chili Pepper can persist inside and pass through flows of electricity, and thus is able to hide inside power wires[9] or batteries[10] and quickly travel from one position to another through electrical cables. If Red Hot Chili Pepper holds on to an object, it can turn it into electricity and move it where it desires[9] and if this move is used on a living person, they are also dragged inside the electrical system, electrocuted, and eventually killed, as was the case with Keicho Nijimura.[9] Otoishi uses this ability to steal about 5 billion yen worth of goods throughout Morioh,[11] but also spy on his enemies.[6]
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 283: The Nijimura Brothers, Part 10
- Chapter 284: Koichi Hirose (Echoes), Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 294: Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 307: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 1
- Chapter 308: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 2
- Chapter 309: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 3
- Chapter 310: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 4
- Chapter 311: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 5
- Chapter 312: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 6
- Chapter 313: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 7
- Chapter 314: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 8
- Chapter 325: Let's Go Hunting!, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 412: Cheap Trick, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Steel Ball Run Extra Chapter 3: Untitled Stand Chapter (Mentioned only)
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 5: The Nijimura Brothers, Part 3
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 7: Toshikazu Hazamada (Surface)
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 8: Yukako Yamagishi Falls in Love, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 11: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 1
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 12: Red Hot Chili Pepper, Part 2
- Golden Wind Episode 1: Gold Experience (Flashback)
In Video Games
Cult Jump (GB)
Red Hot Chilli Pepper appears without its Stand user, Otoishi, as one of the ten characters representing JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in the game.
All Star Battle (PS3)
Red Hot Chili Pepper appears in All Star Battle with Otoishi.
Eyes of Heaven (PS3/PS4)
Red Hot Chili Pepper appears once again in Eyes of Heaven with Otoishi. If it comes in contact with any live electrical appliance, such as the electric chair in the Boing-Boing Cape stage, instead of taking damage, Chili Pepper will automatically charge Otoishi's Electric Gauge by two-thirds of a meter.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Love Deluxe - Vol.14 "Shueisha Jump Remix Diamond is Unbreakable Edition" P83 The origin of STANDS! Part 2
- ↑ Artbook: JOJOVELLER
- ↑ Chapter 314, Red Hot Chili Pepper (8)
- ↑ Chapter 312, Red Hot Chili Pepper (6)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 313, Red Hot Chili Pepper (7)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 307, Red Hot Chili Pepper (1)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 310, Red Hot Chili Pepper (4)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 309, Red Hot Chili Pepper (3)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chapter 283, The Nijimura Brothers (10)
- ↑ Chapter 308, Red Hot Chili Pepper (2)
- ↑ Chapter 315, I Found Something Dangerous! (1)