Midler
Midler (ミドラー, Midorā) is a tertiary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, specifically the "High Priestess" story arc.
Midler is the last of DIO's assassins the heroes encounter before entering Egypt. She is a Stand User, and her High Priestess attacks the group as they travel by submarine in the Red Sea.
Appearance
Midler is only briefly seen after her defeat. She appears as a woman of average height and build with a plain dress and long hair. Polnareff notes that her face is unbearable to look at since Jotaro broke all of her Stand's teeth.
In the Super Famicom game's instruction manual artwork, Midler has fair skin, blonde hair, and a teal dress.
Midler received a complete redesign for Heritage for the Future. She is a slim woman of average height wearing an outfit in the minimal style of a belly dancer. Her long hair is held together by a headscarf and five pins with a large star on each sticking out of the headscarf. A gemstone hangs on her forehead in addition to elaborate earrings consisting of several teardrop-shaped gemstones, each ending in one small orb. A veil covers her mouth. She wears a bikini-style bra with star-shaped cups, a fishnet-style band on her right arm, bracelets with frills, a loincloth, and high heels.
Color Schemes
Personality
Midler is a ruthless mercenary of DIO who does not hesitate to kill the Joestar Group with High Priestess, both sinking their submarine and attempting to kill them directly with her Stand. She tends to laugh when she injures any of them.[3] She is clever with her Stand, nearly killing both Polnareff and Jotaro.[4][5]
Despite her brutality, Midler is romantic and flirtatious, as she flippantly laments that she has to kill Jotaro, who is her kind of guy. She even seems somewhat touched by Jotaro's lie that he likes her. However, she is easily angered by men who lie about being attracted to her.[5]
Abilities
Stand
Midler's Stand is High Priestess, possessing mineral materials in order to form shapes large and complex with which she may attack. Due to its long-range, Midler was capable of using it from ashore, while it attacked the group on the ocean floor.
History
Stardust Crusaders (1988)
Midler is a famous Stand user (as Avdol knew about her) hired by DIO to kill the Joestar group, infiltrating her Stand on Muhammad Avdol's submarine to trap them in a closed space. Taking the form of different things, her Stand continuously attacks and escapes from the group, while Midler taunts them talking through her Stand. Eventually trapping them in her own Stand's mouth, Midler claims that her teeth are harder than diamonds and tries to crush Jotaro with them, but instead has her teeth punched out by Star Platinum. Jean Pierre Polnareff, wanting to take a look at her, goes to her convulsing body but says it isn't worth to look, because of her now toothless face.
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 179: High Priestess, Part 1 (Voice only)
- Chapter 180: High Priestess, Part 2 (Voice only)
- Chapter 181: High Priestess, Part 3 (Voice only)
- Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4 (Retired)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 23: High Priestess, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Stardust Crusaders Episode 24: High Priestess, Part 2 (Retired)
Quotes
- “You guys are so stupid! All of you didn't even realize that the entire seabed is full of minerals!”—Midler, Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4
- “I am on the shore seven meters from here! But High Priestess will chew you to bits, so you will never see my face!”—Midler, Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4
- “Jotaro, you're my kind of guy... I regret that I have to destroy you...”—Midler, Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4
- “Shut up, you lying bastards! You don't mean any of that! I'll kill you all!”—Midler, Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4
- “These teeth are as hard as diamonds! You'll never break them! I'll crush you first!”—Midler, Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4
Creation and Development
Hirohiko Araki made High Priestess's user a woman, though he didn't make her very feminine so that "it would be more unexpected".[6]
In Weekly Shonen Jump 1990 Issue #33, Midler's name was spelled as "Shidler" (シドラー, Shidorā).
When Capcom produced Heritage for the Future, they wanted to use Midler. However, as her face was never shown, they asked Araki to redesign her into something like a belly-dancer. Since then, as shown in the JOJO A-GO!GO! artbook, this new look is now her standard appearance. Most of the art featured in-game of her is based on Yukako Yamagishi, from character portrait, close-up, and defeat sprites. In addition, some of Midler's lines are borrowed from Mariah; the most obvious example is "Unfortunately, you have to die." (残念だけど死んでもらうわ, Zan'nen dakedo shinde morau wa), used for Midler's appearance in the game.
Video Games
JoJo RPG (SFC)
The events from HIGH PRIESTESS appear in the game with some alterations, with Midler being a stewardess on the same plane the team is attacked by DEATH 13, and her Stand taking on the shape of the restroom's doorknob.
Heritage for the Future (PS1/DC/Arcade)
Midler appears as a playable character in the Capcom games. She was part of the original roster in JoJo's Venture, and is an Active Stand user, wielding High Priestess. Midler was redesigned for the game, as she only briefly appears towards the end of her fight unconscious.
Command List & Gameplay
Story Mode
Midler is an assassin sent by DIO to destroy Jotaro Kujo and his companions.
In Super Story Mode on the PS1 version, Midler is the 17th Stage and the battle mirrors the manga.
Midler wields the Stand of the High Priestess.
She stalks Jotaro and company, intending to carry out DIO's orders to kill them.
Midler: Jotaro, my High Priestess Stand will eat you alive! Hee hee hee!
Polnareff: Hey! How long will it take to get to Cairo from here?
Joseph: We'll reach Cairo within three to four days.
Joseph: The enemy could appear at any time and attack from any place... Be careful!
Midler: Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Midler: What a bunch of fools...!
Joseph: You must be a new Stand wielder!
Midler: I'll finish you all!
Joseph: Young lady, learn some manners or you'll lose much more than this battle!
Midler: Sir DIO... Why...?
DIO: With the fresh blood of one more person, the body of Jonathan will be mine!
DIO: Midler, will you give your fresh blood to me?
Midler: ...Yes Sir...
Zukyu Zukyuuuunnn!
DIO: I can feel it! Now... this body fits me perfectly!!
DIO: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...!
(ダイヤモンドの奥歯 Daiyamondo no Okuba)
After arriving at Jiddah, the group takes a well-deserved coffee break. However, the group soon realizes they are holding six cups instead of five, and Joseph is taken out by a Stand within the extra cup named High Priestess. As the Stand can possess metal objects, the group deduces that the Stand is hiding underground and splits up. Soon after, Jotaro finds the Stand's user, Midler. After the fight, Jotaro narrowly dodges an attack from High Priestess, who claims that its teeth are as hard as diamond; Jotaro proceeds to smash the Stand's teeth, soundly defeating it.
Secret Factor: Those teeth were hard, but I knocked them all out. (硬い歯だったがたたき折ってやったぜ)
Palettes
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Victory Lines
- “A worthy experience, to say the least! (あなた なかなかステキだったわよ)”
- “How long have your eyes been deceiving you? (このドサンピン)”
- “You would have lived longer if you knew when to quit! (しつこいよ、バカ)”
- “Don't fall asleep on me now! Get up! (頭のトロイ奴よのーッ)”
- “The urges I have to destroy you are just too powerful! I'm sorry! (残念だけど死んでもらうわ)”
- “Maybe you're my type after all. It's a shame that I must slay you! (おまえは私好みの タイプだから心苦しいわね…)”
- “I'm not laughing with you... I'm laughing at you! Kya ha ha! (キャハハハ)”
- “Oops! I had to think I bit too hard! (ホホ ホホホホホ 勝ちましたDIO様…)”
Stardust Shooters (Android/iOS)
Despite not appearing in the game herself, Midler's Stand, High Priestess, appears as one of the several Metal Strikers available to choose. Its FINISH move is a regular scratch done on the defeated opponent's Metal Striker.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Death 13 - Vol.5 "Shueisha Jump Remix Stardust Crusaders Edition" P152 The Secret of JOJO Characters
- ↑ Midler - Character Introduction
- ↑ Chapter 180: High Priestess, Part 2
- ↑ Chapter 181: High Priestess, Part 3
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 182: High Priestess, Part 4
- ↑ JOJOVELLER: Araki's Stand Commentaries - High Priestess