Jean Pierre Polnareff
Jean Pierre Polnareff is a male character that features in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
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Biography
Jean Pierre Polnareff (ジャン＝ピエール・ポルナレフ Jan Piēru Porunarefu?) was a male human born in the 20th century in the French country side where he naturally possessed his Stand since birth but had been unaware of it. He had a younger sister named Sherry Polnareff and at some point when he was still young his mother had died leaving him a lonely child. Three years ago, his sister was ambushed, raped and murder by the violent J. Geil with Polnareff vowing revenge to kill the man. Afterwards, he began to constantly train upon manifesting his Stand and sought to use this power to kill Geil to avenge Sherry. Around this time, the power of his Stand attracted the attention of DIO who used his own power to lure Jean into a trap whereupon he brainwashed him. Polnareff was to serve as part of DIO's army of Stand users that he intended to use to conquer the world. A threat later emerged to DIO when members of the Joestar family began to manifest their Stand powers at the same time as DIO as a result of his possession of Jonathan Joestar's body. As a result, Noriaki Kakyoin was sent to Japan to eliminate one of these threats namely Jotaro Kujo but he failed and was freed from DIO's mind control. The Joestar family and their allies set out to destroy DIO with his followers being dispatched to stop them with Polnareff being one of those sent to stop them with him lying in wait in Hong Kong. Under the influence of Dio, he attacked the Joestar party where he was confronted by Muhammad Avdol and was defeated after some difficulty. While conceding in his defeat, Jotaro sensed Dio's cells in Polnareff's forehead and removed the implant. Afterwards, Polnareff joins the Joestar group in their quest to destroy their nemesis, Dio Brando. He got his shot on J. Geil, the murderer of his sister and successfully avenged her death.
He falls again under the side of Dio when he is possessed by Anubis, but once again, Jotaro frees him.
At one point, Polnareff is tricked by Cameo into wishing for his sister, Sherry, and Avdol back to life. These clones attacked Polnareff as clay golems, but this was the point where Avdol reappeared, when they thought that he was killed by Hol Horse. Together the duo defeated Cameo and resumed their quest along with Jotaro and company.
Once they reach Egypt, the party is accompanied by Iggy, a Stand-wielding dog who was tamed by Avdol sometime before Part 3 began. Polnareff and Iggy got on the wrong foot at first, but later became good friends, especially after Iggy sacrificed himself to save Polnareff from Vanilla Ice's assault. Not wanting his two closest friends' deaths to have been in vain, Polnareff defeats Vanilla Ice and then assists the others in fighting Dio. After the vampire meets his end, Polnareff is last seen meeting Jotaro and Joseph at Egypt's airport before going back to France.
Afterwards, they came to discover that special relics called the Arrows were responsible for creating Stand users with multiple such artifacts smuggled from Egypt. Thus, in the 1990s, Polnareff and Jotaro decided to seek out the other Arrows with Jean devoting his efforts to investigating Africa and Europe. In this time, he came to learn of a sudden spike in activity in the region of Italy linked to a criminal organization called Passione. With his skill, he fought these criminals with ease as he continued to track down the individual with the Arrow. This led to a confrontation with the person named Diavolo by the side of a cliff. Jean attempted to kill his foe but Diavolo proved to be the stronger combatant due to his Stand's power that allowed him to skip time. This resulted in Polnareff being heavily injured and falling off the cliff to his apparent death. However, Jean survived though had suffered critical injuries where he lost his lower legs and one of his eyes thus forcing him to be a cripple in a wheelchair. However, he had come to learn the existence of Diavolo who was the mysterious boss of Passione and the nature of his Stand. Thus, Polnareff worked to try to find a means of defeating him and came in possession of the Stand Arrow. Sometime afterwards, he came to learn of a rebel group within Passione that opposed their boss with this being led by Bruno Bucciarrati. Jean became an anonymous ally to them as they sought to uncover the identity of the boss and his power along with a means defeating him. Polnareff arranged for them to meet him at the coliseum in Rome where he intended to show them the hidden power of the Stand Arrow that could be used to defeat Diavolo. Whilst there, Rome fell into chaos as Passione henchmen Cioccolata and Secco had been dispatched to eliminate Team Bucciaratti. After their defeat, a wounded Bucciaratti was aided into the coliseum by Doppio with no one knowing that he was secretly Diavolo. With the threat of exposure, Diavolo decided to make his move to eliminate Polnareff leading to Jean being taken by surprise. Despite his precautions, he was outclassed by Diavolo's Stands with him attempting to send the Arrow to safety but was mortally wounded before the relic could be taken to safety.
As his body dies, it leaves Silver Chariot Requiem on a rampage through the city until it is stopped by Diavolo. After the mafia boss is finally brought down at the hands of Giorno's Gold Experience Requiem, Polnareff, although his body is no more, lives the remainder of his life as a spirit inside Coco Jumbo. It is claimed that the turtle's Stand is strong enough to safeguard even spirits, allowing them to linger once more.
Overview
Personality and attributes
He was presented with blondish white hair that stands on end, tight sleeveless shirt and pants, and with broken hearts as earrings.
Polnareff is the stereotypical "good natured klutz"; he is heroic and protective of those he loves, but is not very bright (although he has shown lots of cunning and strategy throughout the series). He is very impulsive and loud, and is quick to jump into action without considering the risk, character traits that have landed him in lots of trouble. However, he is sincerely dedicated to doing good, and is a good man to watch your back. He also fancies himself as a ladies man, but this is possibly just him overestimating his actual prowess.
Out of all the characters in the series, Polnareff is the one that has the least problems showing his feelings, and he adds a lot of humor and warmth to what would otherwise be a pretty cold team (Kakyoin and Jotaro in particular are very cold characters). Indeed, while he may sometimes be seen as the comic relief of the series, Polnareff's companions appreciate his good nature and trust him to help them win when a tough battle arrives.
Interestingly, Polnareff's best friends during the course of the series are Mohammed Avdol and Iggy, both of whom he couldn't stand when they first met. In fact, no character mourns the deaths of his companions like Polnareff does, and no other character is as dedicated to avenging them. Later on, his body is destroyed, and thus his soul is transferred to a turtle, Coco Jumbo, which implies that he lives well into the next century.
Powers and abilities
His Stand was present with him since he was a child but it never manifested completely until adulthood.
Silver Chariot is Polnareff's original Stand. It is a very powerful, battle-dedicated Stand; all its powers are destructive in nature and assist him in battle. In appearance, it looks like a thin, robotic humanoid clad in medieval armor, armed with a rapier. Silver Chariot is an incredibly agile Stand, able to attack enemies with barrages of sword slashes and thrusts before the opponent can react. It can also use this agility, along with its sword, to defend and deflect attacks aimed at it (he has been able to slash fire attacks from Avdol's Magician's Red away from him without any harm). If necessary, Polnareff can also shed Silver Chariot's armor away, exposing its robotic form. In this form, Silver Chariot is even faster, to the point it can actually move fast enough to create doubles of itself. These doubles are not illusory; the Stand is moving at faster-than-the-eye-can-see speed between different positions. As such, were all the doubles to attack at once, it'd mean that the Stand is attacking from all those positions simultaneously, giving it incredible destructive power. Similarly, because of this same speed, attacking the doubles would be futile, as the Stand can easily move away before being harmed. Polnareff's "secret attack" is called "shooting the sword", in which the blade of his sword detaches at high speed. He uses this only when he is certain it will strike, because the blade has to be reattached before Silver Chariot can fight effectively again.
Silver Chariot Requiem is the Stand that Polnareff develops when Silver Chariot is stabbed with the Requiem Stand arrow. Polnareff died shortly after creating Requiem, so the Stand survived his death but became uncontrollable (much like Notorious B.I.G., a Stand that activated after the user died and was never really defeated). Requiem possessed the power to control the spirits of people. Its primary method of attack was to switch the spirits of people between bodies, usually after inducing a deep sleep. It also possessed the ability to turn Stands against their users, but only when its objective was directly threatened. It also has the ability to accelerate evolution around it, affecting anything in its range.
Notes
- Jean Pierre Polnareff was created by Hirohiko Araki.
- His name seems to be based on Michel Polnareff, a famous French singer notorious for his eccentricity.
In other media
Video games
- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, Jean Pierre Polnareff appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Hiroaki Hirata.
- In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven, Jean Pierre Polnareff appeared as a playable character in the video game where he was voiced by actor Fuminori Komatsu.
Appearances
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventures: Stardust Crusaders:
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventures: Vento Aureo:
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