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After deciding on "Jonathan" as the series' protagonist, Araki also wanted Jonathan's initials to match in a way similar to the American filmmaker, Steven Spielberg (S.S). Him and his first editor, Ryosuke Kabashima, eventually landed on the name, "Jonathan Joestar" (J.J) and thus the nickname "JoJo" was born.[1][5]
In Chapter 9, Dio is unsure of Jonathan's survival and seen drinking on the street. The label on the bottle reads both "Cronenberg," a reference to the Canadian film director, David Cronenberg, as well as "Dead Zone", referencing the movie adaptation Cronenberg had directed of Stephen King's novel The Dead Zone.[6]
The interactions between George Joestar I and Dario Brando parallel that of various interactions in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. George mistakes Dario, who was trying to loot him, as his savior, just as Marius' father mistakes Thenadiers as his savior. George also claims that he gave Dario the ring that Dario himself stole, similar to how the bishop Myriel claims that he had given Jean Valjean the silverware.
The premise of Phantom Blood parallels Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, in that both take place in the closing years of the 19th Century and involve a young adult protagonist named Jonathan interacting with and defeating a charismatic vampire.
The very first page of Volume 1 features the quote "Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and the other stars." from Frederick Langridge's book "A Cluster of Quiet Thoughts".
Will Anthonio Zeppeli's first name possibly comes from the English novelist, William Makepeace Thackeray, who Zeppeli himself quoted in his dying moments, "To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."[7]
In the localized version Devo is called Soul Sacrifice, after the Santanasong.
When Joseph tries to use Hermit Purple on a television in order to detect DIO from Singapore, his Stand shows him random TV programs. One of these shows the cover of Tom Petty's debut solo album, Full Moon Fever, and another shows an advert from MTV's prime in the 1980s.[13] The Tom Petty reference was changed to the performance of an artist who's name is "Putty" in the anime.
In the localized version Midler is called Rose, after the Amanda McBroom song The Rose, which was popularized by Bette Midler in the 1979 film, The Rose.
In the 2005 English paperback printings of Stardust Crusaders and the anime, Oingo and Boingo are called Zenyatta and Mondatta, after the Policealbum. They retain their original names in Part 3's English JoJonium release.
Araki mentions that some of the inspiration for Jotaro's character comes from Hollywood actor, Clint Eastwood.[20]
In the anime when Joseph uses Hermit Purple in Singapore one of the images seen is of a show called "The Vision". This is a reference to "The View" which is a show presented by Whoopi Goldberg .
When Polnareff meets Cameo the genie, he wishes to become a comicbook writer even more famous than Walt Disney.[21]
At some point in the High Priestess (story arc), the crew attempts to take advantage of Midler's infatuation with Jotaro by complimenting her. Kakyoin suggests that she sounds like film icon, Audrey Hepburn.
During Joseph's usage of Hermit Purple on the TV, one of the random programs shows Marlon Brando in his famous film The Godfather, where he played Don Vito Corleone.[13]
When Polnareff hits Devo in his hotel room, Devo falls off the balcony; he is nowhere to be found when Polnareff checks for his body. This is a possible shout-out to the ending of John Carpenter's Halloween.
Strength was possibly inspired by the tale of Mary Celeste, while its user was modeled after Link, a character from a 1986 movie of the same name.[24]
In Chapter 156, Enya says that her hotel was used as a location for a Bond film twenty years ago, but admits it isn't true. The specific movie she is talking about is On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which came out in 1969.
In Chapter 208, when Polnareff is turned into a kid by Alessi's Stand and locks himself behind a wooden door, Alessi tears this door down by using his axe. He then puts his head into the now broken door, saying "Here I come, Polnareff!", dragging out the vowels. The scene is based on the famous scene from Stanley Kubrik's The Shining where the character Jack Torrance, portrayed by Jack Nicholson, is breaking through a door with an axe. After a hole is formed in the door, he places his face through and says the line “Here’s Johnny!”, intentionally dragging out the vowels of both words.
The first half of the Wheel of Fortune part is a reference to Steven Spielberg's first movie, Duel.[24]
Lovers' appearance is that of the robot from Short Circuit, crossed with a tick or a fly.[24]
The events involving Lovers is based on the sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage.
When the heroes talk about riding camels, Joseph says he's learned about camel riding by watching the movie Lawrence of Arabia.[21]
N'Doul is based off Kan Shimozawa's Zatoichi, a long running Japanese film series centered around a blind blademaster of the same name.[24]
While Iggy is fighting Pet Shop in the sewer Iggy uses The Fool to create a wound across the front of Pet Shop's torso. Pet Shop touches the wound with his wing and lick the blood off it, similar to a famous scene in the movie Enter The Dragon.
Jotaro is seen reading Weekly Shonen Jump by the prison guards at one point when he's in his jail cell.[26]
When Joseph tries to use Hermit Purple on a television in order to detect DIO from Singapore, his Stand shows him random TV programs. One of the shows that appears is Doraemon.[13]
Dio's Road Roller move was inspired by an identical move used by Kinnikuman in the first episode of the Kinnikuman anime.
Jotaro's false name during the Justice story arc, Qtaro, may have been in reference to Little Ghost Q-Taro (Obake no Kyutarō), a manga which ran during the late 1960s and inspired the iconic Pac-Man ghosts.
Anubis's concept references tales of cursed swords pushing their owners to shed blood, for instance those made by Muramasa.
Chapter 211 opens with the common version of the riddle, "What walks on four legs at dawn, two legs by day, and three legs in the evening?", that the mythical Sphinx told to travelers before allowing them passage into Thebes and who would devour any who failed to answer her question.
Wally can be seen among the people flying in the air in the car crash scene from Chapter 251.
Magician's Red's appearance is inspired by the character of Horus, a man with the head of a bird featured in the Nikopol trilogy of comics, by the artist Enki Bilal.
In Chapter 155, when the group discovers a dead man full of holes, Polnareff compares him to the cheese from the cartoon series "Tom & Jerry".
Jotaro says to Enya that when he has something on his mind he can't sleep, saying it might be because he watched Columbo as a kid.[27]
When Polnareff asks to become a famous comicbook author, several characters from Western comic books can be seen in the background. One of them is notably Colonel Clifton from the Franco-Belgian comics Clifton.[28]
In the Viz Media localization (from 2012 onward), Steely Dan is called Dan of Steel, a play on the band's name while also being a reference to Detective Comic's Man of Steel, Superman.
When DIO forces Senator Wilson Phillips to drive through the crowd, Wally from the Where's Wally? children's book series can be seen flying through the air.
In SC Chapter 99, the bottle of liquor Joseph uses to fill the glass has a logo resembling the Four Roses bourbon brand.
The OVA reproduces the bottle with a brand that reads "OUR ROSES" with also a rose logo on the side of the bottle.
The anime changes the bottle to a "Two Lillies" brand with a similar yet distinct flower logo and the more generic term "Whisky".
