Steel Ball Run

Pocoloco

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“
Pocoloco is the lucky guy after all !
”
—Pocoloco, Steel Ball Run Chapter 7: Pocoloco and Sandman

Pocoloco (ポコロコ, Pokoroko) is a side character featured in the 7th part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Steel Ball Run.

Pocoloco joins the Steel Ball Run race inspired by the news given him by a fortune-teller of his peaking luck. Through sheer luck, he becomes one of the fiercest competitors of the race. Pocoloco happens to be a Stand User, whose Hey Ya! exists to cheer him up.

Appearance

Pocoloco is a black man of average to above-average height and slim or medium build. He sports a thin horseshoe mustache.

He wears light clothes and a headpiece resembling a classic leather aviator helmet covered with distinctive elliptical pieces.

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Skin(Brown)
Hair(Black)
Eyes(Black)
Outfit
(Yellow hat with orange accessories, yellow shirt, orange pants with yellow knee-pads, blue gloves, gray boots.)

Personality

Pocoloco is happy because he is sure of his luck

Pocoloco is cheerful and carefree. He is introduced in repose, counting clouds, before expressing his elation at the recent news of his peaking fortune, as told by a local fortune teller. His elderly co-worker perceives him as idle and naive.

Pocoloco develops incredible faith in his luck, realizing it where acts that would have otherwise been unfortunate end up saving him and lending him improbable advantages during the race. Thus, he often makes expressions of amazement and joy, including variations of the exclamation "UH OH!".

Abilities

Stand

Main article: Hey Ya!

Hey Ya! cheers Pocoloco on, taking full advantage of its user's absurd amount of luck.

Hey Ya! (ヘイ・ヤー)Link to this section
HeyYaAv.png
Debut
SBR Chapter 9
Type
Close-Range, Artificial Humanoid, Sentient
Ability
Cheering
PWR
E
SPD
E
RNG
E
STA
PRC
E
DEV
E

Horseback Riding

Pocoloco is a competent horserider who, thanks to his luck, becomes a serious competitor in the Steel Ball Run race. During his first appearance, Pocoloco shows an affinity with horses when he is able to guess that a mare is pregnant and at which stage her pregnancy is just by looking at her droppings.[6] While he doesn't have the raw talent or the special skills of other top competitors, Pocoloco has tremendous luck and an absolute confidence, in no small part thanks to Hey Ya!. This gives him the possibility to boldly overcome obstacles in his way and stay a serious competitor throughout the entirety of the race. For instance, he was able to cross a forest by sheer luck and with his eyes closed (which incidentally allowed his horse to navigate through the forest by itself) whereas several other competitors crashed against the branches and fell.[7]

Hey! Ya! (ヘイ！ヤア！)Link to this section
Horse Hey ya Av.png
Debut
SBR Chapter 12
Type
4-year-old Quarter Horse

History

Background

Pocoloco learns about the SBR and decides to try his luck

Pocoloco was born in Georgia in 1869. About one month prior to the Steel Ball Run race, he went down to the city to gamble. After losing, he met a fortune teller who told him that he would be at the highest point in his life for two months. Happy, Pocoloco decided to slack off at work, and his fellow black worker scolded him for this, mentioning that they were given a month to plow a new field in a forest and that he managed to negotiate a pay raise from $1,000 to $1,200. Pocoloco then suddenly remembers reading on a newspaper about the Steel Ball Run and its entry fee. It is implied that Pocoloco completed the job and used his pay to enter the race.

Steel Ball Run

The first Stage

Pocoloco confidently jumps over a cliff to take a shortcut

Excited, Pocoloco cannot sleep the night before the start of the race and sleeps in on the fateful morning. When he wakes up, he nervously looks around the empty camp before learning the truth from a nearby SBR worker. Luckily, the passage of the thousands of horses have smoothed the ground, making his ride extremely comfortable in the first minutes. For a moment, Pocoloco still doubts about his luck. Manure is kicked up onto his face, making Pocoloco think that his luck had ran out, but he then finds a golden coin inside the manure. Seconds later, a female racer wipes manure off her clothes in disgust, exposing her cleavage, and not long after, a wanted criminal wipes the manure off his face, unintentionally creating an impromptu beard that matches the wanted poster nearby and supposedly allowing Pocoloco to denounce him and take the bounty. Pocoloco then follows a group of racers who were misled by Sandman to the edge of a ravine, but, believing in his luck, is undeterred and leaps across the ravine and onto the rock that Sandman was grabbing onto. Just as he is about to slip, Sandman advises him to use the rope at his waist to carry himself and his horse out of danger and Pocoloco is saved again.

This shortcut enables Pocoloco to easily reach the head of the group, where he rides neck to neck with Johnny Joestar, taking time to call his riding "lazy". When Gyro Zeppeli decides to head into the forest to cut down on his riding distance, Pocoloco follows suit, confidently shutting his eyes and riding straight into the forest, believing that his luck will carry him all the way.[8] Soon after Johnny passes him, however, Pocoloco is grazed by a tree branch, which forces him to open his eyes, gasp in fear at a large incoming branch and be slammed off his horse. Still, his luck remains strong, as Pocoloco is instead dragged by his horse, his left boot having been caught in its stirrup, and completely escapes the harm that the higher branches could have caused him. He is then bounced back onto the saddle by the trees that Gyro moved with his steel balls to clear a path and soon catches up to Gyro. Pocoloco then challenges the Napolitan racer.[9]

During the stage, Pocoloco discovers his Stand Hey Ya!

Around the downhill dash segment of the first stage of the race, Pocoloco means to endure the slope and build up his energy. However, his Stand, Hey Ya!, appears and criticizes his idealistic strategy, telling him to "remember the cow", have faith in his luck, and charge forward. Seeing the hand of his Stand sink into his own gives him confidence, and Pocoloco begins by taunting Gyro and charging forward in the downhill dash. However, soon after the downhill dash, he and his horse trip and tumble, though it is revealed that both had landed directly onto a dead cow's hide. Pocoloco then uses it to slide downhill.[10]

Pocoloco abandons the hide and resumes riding his horse with the advantage of having his horse rested somewhat. During the final stretch, Hey Ya! tells Pocoloco to swerve to the left and inadvertently uses a hidden branch as a springboard, seemingly taking the advantage. However, it is Gyro who crosses the finish line first. Then, Gyro is demoted to 21st place for interfering with Sandman's run and Pocoloco is happy to be placed better than Gyro.

The rest of the Race

Pocoloco continues the Steel Ball Run, being one of the top competitors and always being in the top ten racers of any given stage. He notably finishes first at the Fifth Stage. Near the end of the Sixth Stage, Pocoloco reappears to challenge Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli. Pocoloco is still encouraged by Hey Ya! and it seems his luck continues to shine as Johnny and Gyro discover that they're heading into a crevice hidden by the snow. However, Johnny and Gyro use their abilities to cross the stage, finishing the stage at the 1st and 2nd place, leaving a shocked Pocoloco behind at the 3rd place.

Nonetheless, Pocoloco manages to finish the race unscathed. During the final stage, Pocoloco places second at this stage and overall. However, Diego Brando disappears without a trace. It is mentioned in JoJolion that he was named winner of the Steel Ball Run race after the 2nd Diego Brando's death.

Race Stats

Steel Ball Run Race Statistics
Stage Placement Points
First 3rd 40
Second 9th 13
Third 5th 30
Fourth 2nd 50
Fifth 1st 100
Sixth 3rd 40
Seventh 3rd 40
Eighth 4th 35
Ninth 2nd 50

Pocoloco finishes the race with a total of 398 points.

Chapters

Book Icon.png Manga Appearances
Chapters in order of appearance

Quotes

Quote.png Quotes
  • “
    The lowest point in your life is called "tenchusatsu". But listen. I'm the opposite! The opposite of the worst! Starting next month, I'm going to be at the happiest point in my life for two months! Hee hee!
    ”
    —Pocoloco, Steel Ball Run Chapter 2: Gyro Zeppeli
  • “
    Pocoloco is on a roll!
    ”
  • “
    Pocoloco is the lucky guy after all!
    ”
    —Pocoloco, Steel Ball Run Chapter 7: Pocoloco and Sandman
  • “
    I have that "1 out of 5,000,000,000 good luck"... I'll believe in that... I came to San Diego believing that... If I was wrong, it's all over right here... I'm gonna win it. I'll win it... and then I'll go back home and live a happier life!
    ”
    —Pocoloco, Steel Ball Run Chapter 7: Pocoloco and Sandman
  • “
    Is that all you can do? I proclaim, once I pass you, you will never be able to take the lead from me, Pocoloco.
    ”
    —Pocoloco to Gyro Zeppeli, Steel Ball Run Chapter 9: Long, Long Downhill

Video Games

All Star Battle (PS3)

Pocoloco appears as a random support character in Campaign Mode. He has an extremely low chance to appear after the player completes a fight; should he appear, he'll use his Stand, Hey Ya!, to share some of his luck with the player, restoring their energy gauge completely.

Eyes of Heaven (PS3/PS4)

Pocoloco appears as a support in Eyes of Heaven, having one voice line performed by Yasuhiko Kawazu.

JORGE JOESTAR

The information below derives from a source not written by Araki. As such, it may or may not be considered canon.

In the light novel JORGE JOESTAR, an incarnation of Pocoloco appears named Pocoloco Tripleseven (ポコロコ・トリプルセブン, Pokoroko Toripurusebun). Pocoloco Tripleseven is a scientist, who also becomes an astronaut on the H. G. Wells spaceship. Pocoloco (Universe 37) wields the stand Right Stuff, a group of seven tiny humanoids that will efficiently perform any task Pocoloco asks of them.

Right Stuff (ライトスタッフ)Link to this section
JorgeRightStuffAv.png
Debut
JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
Type
Close-Range, Reconnaissance, Natural Humanoid, Colony
Ability
Accelerated Task Management
Pocoloco Tripleseven and Right Stuff

He is bald and wears a beanie cap that says "HAPPY GO LUCKY" and a neck cuff that says "777". He also has a bullseye on the center of his uniform.

Pocoloco as an astronaut

Pocoloco is the first to point out that someone from outside is approaching them, about to destroy the spaceship. He asks Enrico Pucci (Universe 37) to wake up Narancia (Universe 37) to see if Narancia can move his submarine away. Pocoloco is amazed at what kind of torture Narancia must have went through to be capable of controlling a massive fleet of submarines at his young age. Pocoloco later points out to the other astronauts that the sand of Goyathlay Soundman (Universe 37) has reached the moon. He suddenly sees a giant balloon with an eyeball out the window and screams.

Jorge 10-10.jpg

Pocoloco worries when The Funniest Valentine calls them and can't believe when The Funniest tells them about seven duplicate Giotto probes floating above the moon, when there should only be one. After the call, Funnier Valentine orders Pocoloco to think of a way to have their ship escape from the grasp of The Eyed Balloon's tentacles. Pocoloco's Stand discovers a method and then also locates the explosive device hidden in the spaceship.

After Pocoloco manages to have the tentacles release their grip, he asks Funnier over the ship's loudspeaker whether he's ready to start the engines. However, Funnier ignores him and then suddenly uses his Stand Rear Window to murder Pocoloco with a gunshot.[11]

Gallery

  • First appearance

    First appearance

  • Poco loco 50 million good luck.jpg

    Prideful of his "One out of 50 million good luck"

  • "It's true! I really am a lucky guy!"

    "It's true! I really am a lucky guy!"

  • Pocoloco's Stand gives him even more confidence

    Pocoloco's Stand gives him even more confidence

  • Riding a corpse in order to stay upright while racing downhill

    Riding a corpse in order to stay upright while racing downhill

  • Johnny and Gyro spot Pocoloco and the other racers

    Johnny and Gyro spot Pocoloco and the other racers

  • Pocoloco races to the next stage

    Pocoloco races to the next stage

  • SBR Volume 2 Cover

    SBR Volume 2 Cover

  • SBR Volume 2 Illustration

    SBR Volume 2 Illustration

  • Ultra Jump 2005 Issue #4 (Title Page)

    Ultra Jump 2005 Issue #4 (Title Page)

  • Pocoloco01.jpg

Trivia

  • Pocoloco's racing number is A-777. This reflects his complete reliance on and victory through sheer luck throughout the race.
  • In addition to his musical namesakes, Pocoloco's name translates from Spanish to "little crazy," which nods to his usage of risky tactics during the Steel Ball Run race that still manage to work out for him.

References

  1. ↑ [citation needed]
  2. ↑ [citation needed]
  3. ↑ SBR Chapter 6: The Dried-Up River; Diego Brando p.24
  4. ↑ SBR Chapter 12: First Stage: Disqualified from Victory
  5. ↑ JOJOVELLER: STANDS, p.266
  6. ↑ Steel Ball Run Chapter 2: Gyro Zeppeli
  7. ↑ Steel Ball Run Chapter 8: Crossing the Forest
  8. ↑ SBR Chapter 7: Pocoloco and Sandman
  9. ↑ SBR Chapter 8: Crossing the Forest
  10. ↑ SBR Chapter 9: Long, Long Downhill
  11. ↑ JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells

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