See that? That's Morioh's energy! It's all mine! My power!
”
—Otoishi about the fully charged Red Hot Chili Pepper, Chapter 313
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 the fourth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, 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.
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
The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Colored MangaAll-Star BattleEyes of HeavenAnime
Body(Light Yellow, dark gold beak)
Eyes(Red)
Body(Gold)
Eyes(Red-orange)
Body(Yellow)
Eyes(Orange)
Body(Golden-yellow, copper beak)
Eyes(Salmon)
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 lethality 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
At full power, Red Hot Chili Pepper is more than a match for Crazy Diamond
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
Emerging from a power outlet
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]
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.
Manga Appearances
Anime Appearances
