Jail House Lock
Jail House Rock (ジェイル・ハウス・ロック) (a.k.a Jail House Lock) is the stand of Miu Miu featured in Part VI: Stone Ocean.
Appearance
Jail House Rock is a humanoid Stand with a brain-like head, an emaciated body and conical arms. Its body is patterned as though with stitches, including patterns on the chest resembling those of denim pockets.
Ability
Cycling Short-term Memory Loss: Jail House Rock has the ability to cause a person of Miu Miu's choice to be able to retain a limit of 3 items in their short-term memory. If the target of Jail House Rock learns a fourth "thing", they will forget the first thing they learned. The target may continually learn new things at the cost of forgetting the first item. However, long-term memories attained before Jail House Rock's influence remain.
Trivia
- This appearance may be considered a reference to historical detention or disciplinary techniques such as torture, solitary confinement, and mutilation. In theme with Hirohiko Araki's choice of designer names for his characters, it could refer to psychological, psychosocial, or self-image problems associated with fashion marketing.
- Jail House Rock's effects on Jolyne Cujoh bear similarities with Christopher Nolan's film Memento (2000).
- The pattern on Jail House Rock's body may serve as a reference to historical U.S. prison uniforms, as featured in its motion picture namesake.
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