Formaggio
Formaggio (ホルマジオ, Horumajio) is a tertiary antagonist featured in the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo, specifically the "Narancia's Aerosmith" story arc.
Formaggio is a member of La Squadra Esecuzioni and the first to be fought. He trails and confronts Narancia Ghirga as the teen goes out to buy supplies and attempts to survive the ordeal while trying to discover where the Boss's daughter, Trish, is being kept.
Formaggio is a Stand User and wields Little Feet.
Appearance
Formaggio is a short-haired man with a buzzcut hairstyle of athletic build and average height.
Formaggio wears a mesh shirt with assorted arm warmers, over which he wears a leather jacket decorated with studs on the shoulders. He also wears a pair of dark trousers.
Color Schemes
Personality
Formaggio comes off as a very relaxed individual. Unlike most of the pursuing assassins, Formaggio introduces himself openly to Narancia, trying to chit-chat, and laughing at his own jokes. In the TV anime adaptation, this side of him is expanded upon by showing him acting the same way toward his teammate Pesci with a dark joke, inviting several teammates to a watch a football match, and taunting Illuso back when being sneered at. His relaxed attitude is highlighted by a verbal tic, as he regularly expresses his bored resignation to bad circumstances by saying "It can't be helped" (しょうがねーなぁーーー。, Shō ga nēnaaa.). Formaggio focuses more during battle and when he is pressured, however.
Like the other assassins, Formaggio shows almost no regard for human life and is quite sadistic in tormenting his enemies. For instance, he has no problem pitting a shrunken Narancia against a spider. Despite this, Formaggio also has some standards, expressing that he doesn't really want to see someone being eaten alive by a spider, and being horrified at Sorbet's gruesome death.
Formaggio's Stand, Little Feet, is sneered at by the rest of his team, leading to Formaggio slightly resenting them for this.
Abilities
Stand
Formaggio possesses the Stand Little Feet, a humanoid Stand that allows him to shrink himself or other items and people.
History
Background
Formaggio was a member of La Squadra Esecuzioni, a team of nine assassins working within Passione. However, the team was frustrated they only received compensation for each kills while the rest of the gang was getting rich from the drug trade. One day their teammates Sorbet and Gelato disappeared while they were trying to investigate the Boss's past. They found Gelato choked on a gag in his house, with a piece of paper on which was written the word "punishment". Later, the team received the sectioned body parts of Sorbet encased in formaldehyde, showing the team the power of the Boss. They despaired of ever finding about the Boss. However, they then heard about Trish Una, and thought that she would be the key to discovering the Boss's Stand ability. The team rebelled and began searching for her. Just after Trish was taken in by Pericolo, La Squadra Esecuzioni ransacked Donatella and Trish's apartment in search for clues, missing a crucial picture of Donatella that was taken by the Boss himself.
The anime adaptation expands on his activities. The night Sorbet and Gelato disappeared, he was on an assignment with Melone, Pesci and Prosciutto. Formaggio was tasked with killing an official and slipped a shrunk car in his drink, then eventually let it grow to its full size in the official's stomach. Formaggio was also the one to find Gelato's corpse in the anime.
Vento Aureo
Formaggio first appears in his office when he learns about Polpo's death. Since Polpo would be to go-to capo to handle matters related to Stand Users, Formaggio begins searching for other capos with Stand abilities and notices that Bucciarati and his team were absent from Polpo's funeral. He eventually finds Narancia in the middle of shopping and confronts him in his car. Pretending to have a conversation, Formaggio slashes Narancia's cheek by surprise with his Little Feet and interrogates him about Bucciarati's whereabouts. Angry Narancia summons Aerosmith, an aeroplane Stand that begins shooting at Formaggio and drops a bomb inside of the car. Formaggio shrinks to escape the explosion and hides inside of Narancia's pocket. There, he waits for Narancia to shrink small enough to be easily attacked. He notices the make-up Narancia has brought and concludes that his team are indeed protecting the Boss's daughter. He decides to persist with Narancia.
Despite Formaggio's doubts, Narancia manages to reach a payphone. Unwilling to let Narancia warn his team, Formaggio must cut the phone's cable, making his presence known. Narancia summons Aerosmith and locates Formaggio in his pocket. Formaggio is stuck as Narancia squeezes him in his fist and shows him for Aerosmith to shoot down. However, Formaggio then un-shrinks his pen, the force of the instantaneous growth propelling him towards the street. However, Aerosmith keeps finding him and attacking him, even when Formaggio hides in the sewers, underwater. The assassin sees Aerosmith shoot random rats and realizes that it can track the carbon dioxide life forms exhale. To hide, Formaggio stirs a mischief of rats and rides on one of them to ambush Aerosmith. However, Narancia notices that one of the rats is breathing harder than the rest and shoots at it, wounding Formaggio. Thankfully for Formaggio, he returns to full size and the injury is not fatal since Narancia's Stand has shrunk enough to make it weak.
Formaggio returns to the surface and corners Narancia. He demands that he reveal Trish's location. When Narancia refuses, Formaggio, remembering the fate that befell Sorbet and Gelato, becomes angry and puts Narancia into a bottle in which he is keeping a spider. As Narancia fights the spider, Formaggio notices a map that Narancia had dropped earlier, which reveals Trish's location. Formaggio laughs and points out that Narancia has marked all the roads, so he only has to follow it in reverse. Narancia then reveals that he had shot a hole in the gas tank of a nearby car, and was waiting for it to catch fire. The car explodes, lighting Formaggio on fire, and Narancia returns to his regular size.
Formaggio uses his own blood to douse the fire on his body and shrinks himself to escape. Narancia can’t track him because of all the carbon dioxide being released by the burning car. He decides that since he can’t track Formaggio, he’ll just make the fire bigger, and starts shooting and bombing all the cars on the street to trap him. With nowhere left to run, Formaggio returns to his normal size but is badly burned. However, the fires also allowed him to get within range of Narancia; at close range, Formaggio has an advantage because of Little Feet's greater speed. Both call forth their Stands and attack, but unfortunately for Formaggio, Aerosmith is faster and shoots Little Feet's vital spots, inflicting fatal damage.
As he dies, Formaggio takes solace knowing that not only did he make Narancia fail his mission, the other members of Squadra Esecuzioni now have a lead on Trish Una.
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 469: Capo Bucciarati; The First Order from the Boss
- Chapter 470: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 1
- Chapter 471: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 2
- Chapter 472: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 3
- Chapter 473: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 4
- Chapter 474: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 5
- Chapter 475: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 6
- Chapter 476: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 7
- Chapter 477: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 8 (Death)
- Chapter 486: Express Train to Florence, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 516: The Boss's Last Orders (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 544: King Crimson vs. Metallica, Part 1 (Cover only)
Anime Appearances- Golden Wind Episode 9: The First Order from the Boss
- Golden Wind Episode 10: The Hitman Team
- Golden Wind Episode 11: Narancia's Aerosmith (Death)
- Golden Wind Episode 14: Express Train to Florence (Mentioned only)
- Golden Wind Episode 13.5: Inizio del vento aureo
- Golden Wind Episode 21.5: determinazione
- Golden Wind Episode 27: King Crimson vs. Metallica (Flashback)
- Golden Wind Episode 28: Beneath a Sky on the Verge of Falling (Mentioned only)
- Golden Wind Episode 28.5: destino
Quotes
Quotes- “Talk, Narancia! If it's impossible to tail you, I'll just have to make you sing!”—Formaggio, Chapter 470: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 1
- “I shrank myself! That's my ability, Little Feet! The other guys say it's worthless... hehehe well, whether it's worthless or worth-ful is all up to how you use it...”—Formaggio, Chapter 471: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 2
- “It can't be helped (しょうがねーなぁーーー。, Shō ga nēnaaa.)”—Formaggio's catchphrase.
- “What a real shame... just going shopping... turned into a huge mess... am I right, Narancia? And from here on out... it'll only get worse... for all of you...”—Formaggio, Chapter 477: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 8
Video Games
GioGio's Bizarre Adventure (PS2)
Tackle (while moving)
(Heavy)
Tackle (while moving)
(Heavy) (Heavy)JoJo's Pitter-Patter Pop! (Android/iOS)
By using it, the Boost Lv is raised, and the number of replaced panels increases.
Cooldown: 85
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Cooldown: 70
Date: June 18, 2021 - September 2, 2021
Gallery
Formaggio and rest of the La Squadra Esecuzioni
Formaggio's first appearance
Formaggio talking to Narancia from under Narancia's car
Formaggio enters Narancia's car
Formaggio confronts Narancia in Bucciarati's rented car
Formaggio making a humorous expression to fool Narancia
Revealing his Stand in a surprise attack
Attacked by Aerosmith
Using Little Feet deflecting Aerosmith's bullets
Aerosmith dropping a bomb on Formaggio
Hiding from Narancia
Formaggio begins to realize Team Bucciarati is hiding the boss' daughter
Hiding in Narancia's pocket
Formaggio caught by Narancia
Little Feet slashes a tire, the leaking air blowing Formaggio into a sewer drain
Narrowly avoiding Aerosmith's attack
Formaggio holding his breath and deducing Aerosmith's weakness
Formaggio shrinks Aerosmith
Formaggio attacked by Aerosmith
Formaggio showing Narancia how he plans to torture him
Formaggio finds the map leading to Team Bucciarati's hideout
Caught in an explosion caused by Aerosmith
Formaggio has Little Feet slash his hand, using his own blood to douse the fire...
...and shrinking himself to escape
Formaggio's last showdown with Narancia
Formaggio tries to finish off Narancia
Cover B, Chapter 471
Cover, Chapter 473
Cover A, Chapter 477
Cover B, Chapter 477
Cover B, Chapter 544, with La Squadra Esecuzioni members
La Squadra Esecuzioni silhouette, Episode 5
Formaggio confirms with Prosciutto that his assassination is complete
Formaggio and the others receive a mysterious package
Formaggio helps unwrap the formalin frames, wondering if it's art
Formaggio's horror upon seeing the frames form Sorbet's dismembered body
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Formaggio discusses Polpo's death with the other members of the rogue group
Narancia is ambushed by Formaggio
Formaggio making a humorous expression to fool Narancia
Revealing his Stand, Little Feet
Formaggio shrinks himself and hides from Narancia
Formaggio reflects on his ability and its worth
Formaggio in Narancia's pocket
Aerosmith pursues Formaggio in the sewers
Formaggio has his Stand slash Aerosmith
Formaggio interrogates Narancia under his shoe
Formaggio traps Narancia in a bottle with a spider
Burned Formaggio
Aerosmith swiftly shoots down Formaggio
Formaggio and Little Feet in GioGio's Bizarre Adventure
Fighting Narancia
Chara Heroes; Part 5 Vol.2
Super Action Statue; one of Naracia's accessories
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Adventure Battle Card; Formaggio
Questioning Formaggio
Weiß Schwarz; Fear of Shrinking, Formaggio & Little Feet
Fear of Shrinking, Formaggio & Little Feet (JoJo Rare)
Resourceful Assassin, Formaggio
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Adventure Battle Card; Formaggio
Questioning Formaggio
Countdown illustration featuring Formaggio and Illuso
References
- ↑ Chapter 470: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 1, p11; Formaggio says that Polpo died yesterday.
- ↑ Golden Wind Model Sheet no CR200-00
- ↑ Chapter 475: Narancia's Aerosmith, Part 6
