History Manga / JoJosBizarreAdventure

* FreudWasRight: Quite a few examples, but the most egregious probably being the overwhelming subtext in Pucci's flashbacks of Dio.
--> "Do you believe in ''gravity'', Enrico?"
** Also, Dio Brando's [[http://www.onemanga.com/JoJos_Bizarre_Adventure_-_Stone_Ocean/59/01/ "bone"]].

* ChekovsGun: Jotaro's Star Platinum had been mainly used to beat the crap out of anyone with his diamond-hard fists and also to [[spoiler: freeze time]]. In the beginning, it was used to make things appear out of nowhere, and eventually his jail cell was filled with a lot of stuff, ranging from books, clothes, radios, RC cars, and weights. Jotaro used this ability again to throw off Daniel D'Arby in order to win a rigged poker game against him.

** Also the BigBad of part 5, Diavolo, is also responsible for all of the insanity that is Stands from part 3 to part 6, as he had the stand arrows which he sold three of and one was bought by Enya, which was then used to give Dio [[TimeStop The World]]. So he also helped in Dio's BigBad status establishment (or at least helped in making sure he kept the it).

** The mother goat produced by Bohemian Rhapsody is a case of fridge horror logic. It's just bad to see until you notice that she has ''breast for eyes''.

** MakingASplash: Angelo (Aqua Necklace),N'Dour (Geb) in a smaller scale.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: ''literally''. Gyro Zeppeli's ability with his metal spheres involves causing them to spin, then endowing this spin to other objects, enabling him to cut through stone, altering someone's muscular system, and even hardening the skin enough that bullets bounce off. Wekapipo uses a variant for his Wrecking Ball

** And that time in Part 4 when one of Fatty's Harvests punched a hole in Okuyasu's eye, then ''[Squick tore out a handful of the ocular tissue]''.

* LegacyCharacter: Each of the protagonists are in someway, shape, or form, related to the Joestar Family, and have a Jo, or in Giorno's case Gio, in their first and last name, making them all the titular [=JoJo=].

** Not to mention he had a pile of books on mysticism when he trying to figure out his "evil spirit" in prison. He's pretty quiet as well so that does somewhat fit in with the traditional bookworm image.

** Also, Stronheim showing up to bail out Joseph and Lisa Lisa (with [[StupidJetpackHitler NAZI SCIENCE!!!!11!!!1!]]) after the hordes of vampire Mooks decide not to let them fight Cars anymore.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Sports max's Limp Bizkit. Not only it brings back the dead back as zombies, they come back INVISIBLE.

* PetTheDog: Cars, who is to vampires what vampires are to humans, slaughters a bunch of people driving past who were going to run over a puppy, making this a dog-petting ''and'' a dog-kicking.

* ThePowerOfTheSun: The Ripple uses energy from the sun's rays to vaporise objects, make objects more volitile and destroy vampires.

* PsychicPowers: Stands, which can have pretty damn crazy abilities at times. It's not just humans who can have them either; Iggy, a dog, faces off against Dio's pet falcon Pet Shop. Other stand users include a rat (who can melt organic tissue), an orangutan (with telekinetic control over every last piece of a boat) and a cat that died and grew into a flower (who can use the air to fire "bullets"). Araki's insane.

* SherlockScan: Joseph does this to his enemies,along with predicting exactly what his foe is going to say next, which completely catches them off guard.

-->'''Zeppelli:''' ''Bastard...How many lives have you sucked to heal those wounds?''
-->'''Dio:''' ''Do you remember every piece of bread you've eaten?''

** In it's first stage it actually makes the sound just continually blare into your mind if it's written on you, until you pass out or go insane...or shrink five feet. And in the third stage it gives Koichi [[AnimeHair super saiyan hair]] and the ability to put a gravity well on anything by saying "Freeze"; this can apply to anything from a person's hand to a ''car''.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: This is Enrico Pucci's motivation in part 6. [[spoiler: His plan involves using the fusion of his Stand and a homonculus of Dio to accelerate time to the point where the cosmos undergoes both a Big Crunch and a Big Bang, and everything repeats as before, just without anyone who died during the acceleration. The utopia is supposed to come from the fact that those who got to live through the singularity will subconsciously remember everything that ever happened to them in the previous, ''identical'' cycle. This means that they will be imbued with a kind of fatalism, immensely dampening any shock, horror, agony, etc. that they would otherwise experience. Basically, Pucci's idea of "paradise" is "world without surprises".]]

** One example of her crazy love is when she discovers that the one she loves(Koichi) isn't exactly an upstanding individual. Of course this was a plot made by Koichi's friends in order to make her stop liking him, this fails however because it instead makes her kidnap him in order to make the perfect man than {{It Got Worse}}....

* YouTasteDelicious: Part 5. [[http://www.confusticated.com/ignition-one/JJBA_Part_5_%28Golden_Wind%29/004/10/1100/1 "This taste... it's of a liar!" ]]

** Sandman plays with this. His running style is one of the things that got him thrown out of his village; it's based on Western practices but altered and perfected so he can run for indefinite periods of time without ever tiring. [[spoiler: His ''Stand'', however, is pretty darn Magical.]]

* MythologyGag: Mixed in with FridgeBrilliance. Joseph Joestar's stand, Hermit Purple, allows for some ability in divination. It's basically an expansion of his ability to predict his opponent's next phrase.

** ...Or, that prediction quality was coming from Hermit Purple being only mostly dormant back in 1939...

** Sandman plays with this. His running style is one of the things that got him thrown out of his village; it's based on Western practices but taken to its absolute perfection so he can run for indefinite periods of time without ever tiring. [[spoiler: his ''Stand'', however, is pretty darn Magical, however.]]

* InformedAbility: Kakyoin's Stand, Hierophant Green, is supposed to love both enclosed spaces to a fault, and have a passion for ripping things apart. It never really demonstrates these qualities, as HG is used mostly as a long-range Stand, and its ability is firing gemstones at the enemy.

-> ''This story depicts the mysterious [[ArtifactOfDoom Stone Mask]] from Mexico, and its raveling of destinies of two youngsters and their [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Bizarre Adventures!]]''

* LongRunner: One of the longest-running manga series in Japan. 104 volumes and still going! (Although it doesn't share the joy of extensive numbering as other manga long runners, the volume account is constantly reset as of Part 6 with 76 Volumes, now each new part begins with Volume 1).

* LongRunner: One of the longest-running manga series in Japan. 100 volumes and still going!

* BattleOfWits

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: A number of times in the series. Most blatant with Annasui, since he was originally ''planned'' to be a woman and was then retconned into a man. Then inverted in Steel Ball Run with [[spoiler: Hot Pants]], who we find out is a woman when Johnny treats her wounds.

* TheAbridgedSeries: [[http://www.youtube.com/user/AntfishTAS#p/u/0/v_GbKz0E8Nk A pretty damn funny one, too.]] Now also has an entry here: [=~Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Abridged~=]

There is a [[Characters/{{ptitleviaitwmfb2hh}} Character Sheet]], so post character tropes there.

* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/{{Ptitleviaitwmfb2hh}} With its own page.]]

Created in 1987 by the mangaka HirohikoAraki, the series is famous for its original and unique art style, intricate plot, and numerous Western rock music references. It is also known for the use of thought and planning over violence in its many battles. Although ''[=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure'' has not been able to receive recognition like other imported manga and anime, it is still very well received by fans all over. And with such plots as exploding people, 15-year-old gangsters, and epic Rock, Paper, Scissors matches (not to mention the infamous [[MemeticMutation Za Warudo meme]]), is it any wonder?

Created in 1987 by the mangaka HirohikoAraki, the series is famous for its original and unique art style, intricate plot, and numerous Western rock music references. It is also known for the use of thought and planning over violence in its many battles. Although ''[=JoJo's=] Bizarre Adventure'' has not been able to receive recognition like other imported manga and anime, it is still very well received by fans all over. And with such plots as exploding people, 15-year-old gangsters, and epic Rock, Paper, Scissors matches, is it any wonder?

** Also in Steel Ball Run, [[spoiler: Diego does this to Hot Pants, although he was actually trying to suffocate her after she tried to suffocate ''him''.]]