JoJo's References
It is widely known that the manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is influenced by multiple origins. This article presents a list and a summary of each.
Music Influences
In part One:
Dio
Tom Petti
Dire Straits
REO Speedwagon
In part Two:
AC DC
Santana
Wham
Cars
Real People Influences
Jack The Ripper
Culinary influences
Movies Influences
In Battle Tendency, the cave in which Santana is discovered in looks very similar to the interior of the wrecked derelict spacecraft on LV-426 from the movie Aliens.
Battle Tendency also draws influence from the Hellraiser movie series. In Hellraiser, evil spirits are trapped in "living" statues that consume blood, and when enough blood has been offered the evil spirits are released from the statues - similar to the modus operandi of the "Pillar Men". Also, in Hellraiser the evil spirits summon chains with hooks on the end to hold and draw blood from the victim - something the "Pillar Men" uses frequently.
Other Mangas References
Media Featuring JJBA Influences/References
SNK
Benimaru from King of Figthers based on Polnareff.His appeareance was loosely based on Jean Pierre Polnareff right down to his outfit in The King of Fighters '94 and The King of Fighters '95. Even after Benimaru's name was decided on, the game developers continued to refer to him as Polnareff. Additionally, his taunt in The King of Fighters XI mirrors Polnareff's stature from the manga.
Dio and Neo Dio from World Heroes based on Dio Brando and Baoh. Neo Dio's visual design is based on the protagonist of the manga Baoh(Another manga from Hirohiko Araki, while his lines in his first appearance (in World Heroes Perfect) were references to Dio Brando (in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, they are more like Santana's). Dio from World Heroes were also references to Dio Brando lines.
Street Fighter
Guille is based on Rudolph von Stroheim. Although some surmise that Guile could also be based on Dire from Phantom Blood, since they share a similar hairstyle, Stroheim seems more logical given both characters' military background.
Rose from the Street Fighter Alpha/Zero series is based on Lisa Lisa from Battle Tendency. Rose's outfit is almost identical to that of Lisa Lisa, and she also channels her "Soul Power" into her scarf to fight. One of Rose's alternate costumes available in Street Fighter 4 is Lisa Lisa's outfit.
Rose also references Mohammed Avdol: she is a fortune teller and many of her animations feature tarot cards. One of Rose's win poses is also her waving her finger in a "Tch-tch-tch" manner, a favorite of Avdol's.
Guilty Gear
The main character, Sol Badguy, is draws influences from Jotaro Kujo. Several of Sol's moves are influenced by Jotaro's moves from JoJo's Venture. Both of them also share the same "cooler-than-thou" attitude and the same catchphrase ("Yare yare daze.").
Other characters that draws influences from Jotaro are Order-Sol, an "alternate history" Sol Badguy who has an attack called Fafnir that shares the same animation as Jotaro's Star Finger attack from JoJo's Venture, and Johnny, who has several moves that share similar animations from Jotaro's attack from JoJo's Venture.
Zato-1/Eddie's in-game win pose is the similar to Jotaro's. Eddie also fights by summoning a "living shadow" that sometimes takes over his body, similar to a Stand.
Chipp Zanuff is a character with an arm-blade that looks and functions identically to the one used by Cars.
Zappa is a character whose clothing is a strange combination of outfits worn by Narancia Ghirga, Vanilla Ice, and Dio Brando. Zappa's walking animation is also the same as Dio's walk animation from JoJo's Venture. In the Guilty Gear story, Zappa is possessed by multiple spirits, and he is seeking a doctor to help cure his condition. The spirits that possess him hover around him in wraith-like forms, similar to a Stand. Zappa's most powerful "summon", Raoh, looks very similar to Star Platinum.
When Zappa is possessed, he twitches wildly and strikes increasingly bizarre poses, a subtle references to Araki's notable style of drawing his characters striking poses.
Dio Brando is also referenced by the characters Robo-Ky and Justice, who both utters WRYYYYYYYYYYYY during certain attacks. Robo-Ky also has an Overdrive move where he unleashes a rapid barrage of punches while the words "dame dame" (駄目駄目) appears repeatedly in comic text bubbles. In Japanese, "dame" and "muda" share the same meaning (useless).
