Bruno uses them to do stuff like rappel buildings, extend his limbs, unzip heads to dodge blows… as one does. It has explosive short range power, sure, but its main gimmick is… zippers? It’s all in how you use it though, and Bucciarati’s creative mastery over his Stand’s ability to open inter-dimensional zips leads to some particularly bonkers imagery. Speaking of Bucciarati, his Stand Sticky Fingers is improbably one of the most powerful in the series. Beach Boy could probably be considered as a punchline to the hitman team, but he does put up quite a fight before being blown to bits by Bucciarati… Sticky Fingers It’s especially funny after seeing all the sleek and stylish designs of the Stands belonging to Giorno’s comrades. It’s gross - a few members of Giorno Giovanna’s team get hooked by their vital organs - but it’s also, well, just a fishing rod. Wielded by the hitman, Pesci (“fishes” in Italian!), Beach Boy is a fishing rod that can phase through anything and hook onto anything. Both its versatility - she implants hair in his scalp to control him - and the sheer amount of it - let’s just say it’s enough to fill a house - make for some wild visuals, though they’re used to disturbing effect in the context of the episodes themselves, which occur as a kind of spin on Stephen King’s Misery. Yukako obsesses over Koichi Hirose and uses that hair to restrain him in her house. Love Deluxe, named for the Sade album, is the Stand of Yukako Yamagishi from Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable. These guys frequently fight with each other - or demand salami from him before they do anything. They’re goofy-looking, but also kinda cute, and hilariously fussy, landing somewhere between being Mista’s employees and his children. These things guide the bullets to where they need to go and cheer as they do. Sex Pistols is actually a group of small and somewhat autonomous Stands that act when Mista, one of the protagonists of Golden Wind, fires his revolver. It also has the ability to control the shape of the air around it, but it continues to act like a normal cat, which makes it a hostile and dangerous foe indeed. As a weird… carnivorous plant thing, Stray Cat has leaves that operate as arms, petals acting like ears, and so on. This Stand was activated after the death of Tama, a street cat that was hit by the Stand Arrow (a magic arrow which activates Stand powers in those pierced by it).
Though a number of animals have wielded Stands throughout JoJo - including the French Bulldog Iggy and the sinister eagle Pet Shop - Stray Cat lands on the more disturbing side. The visuals already make for an entertaining foe, but then the show goes a step further by having the one controlling the Stand be the “evil genius baby” named Mannish Boy. Jotaro and the gang are ensnared in their dreams by the childish and sadistic Death 13 - with its appearance landing somewhere between clown and Grim Reaper (that constantly yells “lali-ho!”). With those words Death 13 became one of JoJo’s all-time most outrageous Stands, combining some uncanny Freddy Krueger-esque terror with the kind of sublime ridiculousness that made Part 3: Stardust Crusaders so fun to watch. Here they are, in no particular order… Death 13
With JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean now debuting on Netflix, we’re taking a look at the most bizarre Stands to have appeared in the anime.