Pork Pie Hat Kid
Pork Pie Hat Kid (ポーク・パイ・ハット小僧, Pōku Pai Hatto Kozō) est un antagoniste secondaire de la septième partie de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Steel Ball Run. Il apparait dans l'arc narratif "Tusk".
Pork Pie Hat Kid est l'un des Subordonnés de Funny Valentine. Durant la deuxième étape près de Monument Valley, il attaque Johnny Joestar et Jayro Zeppeli pour essayer de leur prendre le morceau du Corps Saint. Pork Pie Hat Kid est un manieur de Stand qui possède le Stand Wired.
Apparence
Pork Pie Hat Kid est un jeune garçon de petite taille et assez fin. Il est chauve, couvrant son crâne avec des bâtons de bambous rattachés ensemble par des fils. A l'instar de la plupart des personnages, Pork Pie Hat Kid est assez difforme avec des traits singuliers comme de grandes dents, une forte machoire et de gros yeux globuleux avec des iris noirs, ce qui contraste avec le reste des personnages de l'histoire.
Pork Pie Hat Kid porte une combinaison moulante, sans manche. Cette combinaison est décorée des rangées verticales de plaquettes au tibias, aux épaules et de part et d'autre du torse. Il a aussi quelques décorations ressemblan à des feuilles aux épaules. Pork Pie Hat Kid porte des bracelets épais décorés avec des feuilles.
A cause de son Stand Wired, Pork Pie Hat Kid a des renfoncement sur la langues pour placer les deux hameçons dans sa bouche.
Palettes
Personnalité
Pork Pie Hat Kid appears to be a goofy and deranged individual. He seems to have little conception of normalcy and shows several disturbing habits. For instance, he has a tendency to eat and drink anything that comes into his view such as the ink of a pen (finding it delicious) or a whole coffee pot, and even wonders if he could eat his broken teeth. He is also shown hitting a bag with a rock to search it instead of opening it. Like any of Valentine's subordinates, he has little problem with using violence and killing his targets.
Likewise, his speech reflects his eccentricity as he cannot correctly pronounce Johnny's name and regularly utters the indescribable shout "Gwee-Gachang (ギイイーガシャン)".
His motivation of searching for the Corpse Parts is to get a promotion and be acknowledged as being "invincible and smart", hinting that he is aware that people look down on him and is uncomfortable with it.
Despite his quirks, Pork Pie Hat Kid is still shown to be a capable tactician in a Stand fight. Aware of his primary objective of securing the Corpse Parts, he takes the time to analyze the situation and is shown to devise several plans to counter the enemy actions, at one point using Gyro as a bait after having predicted that Johnny would come to save his companion or release Slow Dancer near Johnny to weaponize the horse' instinctual will to go to its rider and then detect the hidden Johnny.
Pouvoirs
Stand
Pork Pie Hat Kid possesses a Stand ability named Wired consisting of two hooks coming out of his mouth, which he can freely control and make appears out of the bottom of miscellaneous objects, allowing him to attack his targets from afar.
Histoire
Pork Pie Hat Kid is one of Valentine's Subordinates. He is first seen standing guard on the roof of Valentine's train. When Lucy Steel almost spills a coffee pot on Valentine, Pork Pie Hat Kid uses Wired to take it and drink the whole pot before returning it to her. Pork Pie Hat Kid is then dispatched to find the Corpse Part.
In the plains just before Monument Valley, Pork Pie Hat Kid sets up his trap. He sets camp on a rocky mound and installs his Stand to hook his targets through the falling feathers of nearby vultures.
Since it is suspected that Gyro has the Corpse Part, Pork Pie Hat Kid targets him first. He hooks Gyro and then his horse right under Johnny's nose. Gyro is hung on a rock nearby by the hair. He finds a broken pen and drinks its ink. However, Pork Pie Hat Kid doesn't find the Corpse Part and thus attacks Johnny. He takes Johnny's horse from under him then tries to hook Johnny. However, Johnny escapes by cutting his cheek. Johnny also sees the method of Wired's attack and manages to hide under a rock.
Pork Pie Hat Kid changes from feathers to beetles, and Johnny knocks a beetle over, allowing Wired's hook to pass through and hook Johnny up close. However, Tusk appears and activates Johnny's toenails. The nails pass through the beetles and almost hit Pork Pie Hat Kid, who's forced to bend backward to avoid the attack and stops his own. When he looks in the bowl again, Johnny has camouflaged himself. He also realizes that Gyro has thrown a Steel Ball in the bowl to give his location. Frustrated, he knocks Gyro with his hooks but Pork Pie Hat Kid is ready for Johnny. As Johnny approaches, Pork Pie Hat Kid scans the land. Frustrated, he sends Slow Dancer back to Johnny so that the horse and sense its owner and go in his general location. Pork Pie Hat Kid then sends oil and a match, setting the ground on fire. He seemingly fires Johnny and tears him apart but Johnny has sculpted a decoy with his nails, Pork Pie Hat Kid is open and Johnny shoots him through the feather.
Pork Pie Hat Kid is wounded but wait for Johnny to come. He turns Gyro into a bait and hooks Johnny through the Neapolitan when Johnny approaches him. Johnny is unable to hit him now. Pork Pie Hat Kid forces Johnny to give him the corpse part, threatening to kill his friend. With the hand obtained, Pork Pie Hat Kid attempts to run away and plans to dispose of the two anyway. However, Gyro has managed to apply the Spin to the Arm's nails; they shoot Pork Pie Hat Kid in the face, marking Pork Pie Hat Kid's defeat.
According to the President's men, Pork Pie Hat Kid did not die, but for the confrontation with Johnny and Gyro, he will remain disabled for the rest of his life.[1]
Chapitres
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 25: Tusk, Part 1
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 26: Tusk, Part 2
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 27: Tusk, Part 3
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 28: Scary Monsters, Part 1 (Mentionné)
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 84: Ball Breaker, Part 2 (Flashback(s))
- Steel Ball Run Chapter 95: The World of Stars and Stripes - Outro (Flashback(s))
Citations
- “Gweeeeee-gachang! (ギイイーガシャン, Gii-Gashan)”—Pork Pie Hat Kid , Steel Ball Run Chapter 26 : Tusk, Part 2
- “The corpse is in Jyawnee Jyawshter’s arm! And so! I’ve finished looking for it! Now I have to swipe it from him! After I kill him, though!”—Pork Pie Hat Kid , Steel Ball Run Chapter 26 : Tusk, Part 2
- “Jyoshterrr! I’ll tear you apart like spitchcock and kill you for sure!”—Pork Pie Hat Kid , Steel Ball Run Chapter 27 : Tusk, Part 3
- “Wow! So this is the Corpse? I don’t know why everyone wants this, but I’m invincible! I proved that I am invincible and smart! Now everybody will approve of me! I’ll be approved and can climb up to a higher rank!”—Pork Pie Hat Kid , Steel Ball Run Chapter 27 : Tusk, Part 3