Arabia Fats
Arabia Fats (アラビア・ファッツ, Arabia Fattsu) is a tertiary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, specifically the "Sun" story arc.
He is an Agent of DIO, who ambushes the Joestar Group in the middle of the Arabian desert with his Stand, Sun.
Appearance
Arabia Fats is a short, overweight man with short, spiky hair and a receding hairline. He has a T-shirt bearing a sun resembling the Rising Sun Flag of Japan. He also sports an unbuttoned coat, cargo pants, and loafers.
Color Schemes
Personality
Arabia Fats's personality is never fully shown because of how quickly he is defeated, but he is shown to be a well-prepared, patient, immoral Stand user who is willing to wait as long as it takes for the Joestar Group to die from his Stand. He made sure his hiding spot was comfortable since his Stand dramatically increases the temperature of the environment, giving himself a seat, drinks, and air conditioning. He is also shown to be clever in that he attached a large mirror to a small vehicle to take advantage of the desert's barren landscape. However, this ingenuity was not enough to prevent his defeat as the mirror unfortunately reflected a large rock, exposing him. Jotaro calls him an initially formidable but actually rather shabby opponent.[2]
Abilities
Stand
Arabia Fats's Stand is a great fiery sphere akin to the sun itself, which can heat the surrounding area to dangerous levels, give the impression of daylight, and shoot rays of energy. However, Arabia himself is not immune to his Stand, and he must stay within a certain range of his targets to continue exposing them to its effects.
History
Stardust Crusaders (1988)
Arabia Fats was one of the Stand users tasked with defeating the Joestar Group. He followed the group up into the Arabian desert.
Suffering from the heat produced by Arabia's ability, the group eventually deduce the sun itself to be a Stand.[3] As the temperature continues to increase, the group is holed up strategizing. Noriaki Kakyoin hastily manifests Hierophant Green but the Sun bursts out rays of energy. Jotaro reacts by plunging into the ground with Star Platinum, and giving the group some sort of cave to hide in. Desperation runs high, but suddenly they began to maniacally laugh. Arabia Fats is then dispatched when Jotaro throws a rock towards his kart. Finding Arabia Fats, it's revealed he had been camouflaged by using a mirror attached to a kart that reflected the sand's image in the desert, so that the group wouldn't notice him. Jotaro comments that Arabia might've been menacing, but after discovering his trick he was another idiot along the way. Joseph is simply shocked at how simple the exchange was. It is unknown if Fats survived the blow, but given the comical appearance of his bruise, it's likely he was merely knocked unconscious.[4]
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Chapter 167: Sun, Part 2 (Retired)
- Chapter 185: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 3 (Mentioned only)
Anime Appearances- Stardust Crusaders Episode 18: Sun (Retired)
Novel AppearancesCreation and Development
Araki created Arabia Fats to appear as a very strong, intimidating enemy to trick readers into thinking the battle would last several weeks only to see him defeated nearly instantly after the Joestar Group discovers his Stand's trick.[5]
Arabia Fats was not given a proper name until several years after Part 3's publication, where it was revealed in the PlayStation port of Heritage for the Future and eventually documented in JOJO A-GO!GO!.
Casting
Arabia Fats's voice actor in Heritage for the Future, Wataru Takagi, also voiced Cameo, Boingo and Kenny G. in the same game. He would eventually voice Okuyasu Nijimura in multiple media since 'All-Star Battle'.
Video Games
JoJo RPG (SFC)
Arabia Fats is one of the many bosses featured in the game. When the group reaches Egypt, they will be stuck in the desert endlessly and the player must trigger the fight by checking the sun. When he does so, the Sun will come to attack the group. Afterward, Arabia Fats will surrender, give the group money, and tell them about Iggy who is dwelling in a nearby desert town.
Heritage for the Future (PS1/DC/Arcade)
Arabia Fats appears in a special mini-game. The player takes control of Star Platinum in first-person. The objective is to find his hideout and throw a rock at it before Arabia Fats hits the player with Sun's rock; the player needs to do this four times to deplete Arabia Fats's life bar. After the mini-game, Arabia Fats appears in a cutscene, knocked out as the group states that his Stand was rather childish.
Gallery
Crusaders solve where Arabia Fats was hiding
Arabia Fats "Retired"
Arabia Fats "Retired"
Arabia Fats in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (SFC Game)
Arabia Fats in the JoJo SFC Manual
Arabia Fats in Heritage for the Future
JoJo's Bizarre Mini Figure Another Color
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Adventure Battle Card; Arabia Fats
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Arabia Fats
References
- ↑ Death 13 - Vol.5 "Shueisha Jump Remix Stardust Crusaders Edition" P152 The Secret of JOJO Characters
- ↑ Chapter 167: Sun, Part 2
- ↑ Chapter 166: Sun, Part 1
- ↑ Chapter 167: Sun, Part 2
- ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - Sun
