Jojo's Bizarre Explainer

Let's go to the bathroom! This week we learn even more about Polnareff's waking bathroom anxiety nightmare life aka pig sty toilets. Lovable human turd Hol Horse shows up along with his partner in crime (and life?), J Geil. Polnareff shows us all what happens when you try to break up with your affable gang of teen boy world travelers (and Avdol pays the price). And we spend entirely too much time this week talking about Vento Aureo, maybe if we keep it up the anime will be green-lit, that's how The Secret works, right? -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fasci

It is time to once again appreciate that noblest of creatures: the stag beetle. As previously mentioned on this podcast, one of Kakyoin’s defining traits is an abiding love of cherries (other noted loves: the color green, being dramatic, Jotaro Kujo). It’s the return of the JJBX Dog Death Minute, now with introductory jingle...RIP Pocky, we hardly knew ye. And we finally answer the lingering question of where Kakyoin’s family thinks he has been this entire time (spoilers: it’s sad, because it’s JoJo). -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses

This week we meet possibly the most upsetting doll in JoJo history. Somehow we have gone 34 episodes before Courtney mentioned a member of NSync, so this is a landmark moment in JJBX history. Joseph Joestar is physically incapable of not changing clothes every other episode. Even more electronics die in the quest to provide info that moves the plot forward. And please send your "Kakyoin: Traitor or Nay-tor" theories to us at JJBX, The Pirate Club, Ogre Street, London, England. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths,

We learn probably too much about the sexual lives of apes (and monkeys). Dio continues to monologue and we continue to love it. Polnareff is, in fact, a true representative of the behavior and personality of all French people. We add yet another item to our wishlist of Official Merchandise that Doesn't Exist. And it only took seven episodes, but hooray, we've officially broken the rules of how Stands work...hope you weren't too attached to those. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths, and ineffable charm of JoJo's B

Joseph Joestar wears another very important outfit. Jotaro and Kakyoin do some very important sunbathing. Avdol and Polnareff...are around? I guess? We meet Ann, a potentially cool character who is forced into the tedious bullshit Child Role in a JoJo Arc, so she's sadly stuck doing mostly uninteresting things. And Kakyoin's hairstyle: something that great didn't just happen, it took effort, it was workshopped, it *evolved*. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths, and ineffable charm of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure—anime

This week two wizards fight in a capitalist theme park and it's not nearly as interesting as it sounds. A flesh bud is gently, tenderly revealed. We learn that the best way to write a fight scene is to tell rather than to show. Araki finally leans on a tired-ass trope to provide character motivation for Polnareff and we are not! Having! It! We all discover how much Darius knows about 90s commercials featuring rapping animals (too much). And we put to rest the age-old debate about what the hell Jotaro's hat really is. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascina

The legal team of the Stardust Crusaders anime has taken great pains to make sure we, the viewers, never get confused and think that the show we are watching is a documentary about music performers and bands. We make a bunch of video game jokes but don't get excited, because it's one of probably two (2) times it will ever happen on this podcast. Kakyoin gets to use his very subtle, not at all dramatic, weird, and kinda horny stand to fight and kill this week's Random Theme Villain. And we definitely don't mention Iggy, a character who won't show up for at least 20 more episodes, it's fine, it's fine. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtne

We learn about that time Dio visited Avdol in his boudoir and tried to hook up wi--er, recruit him. Jotaro gently extracts Dio's fleshbud from Kakyoin's body...is there a non-homoerotic reading of this? (No.) Holly gets fridged and nobody here at JJBX Industries is very upset about it. Thanks to Star Platinum being a cop, Joseph's Traveling Band of Wayward Teens finally knows to hit the road to Cairo. And dance like there's no one watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like Hermit Purple is always watching and taking semi-nude Polaroids of you. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton

Stardust Crusaders continues to throw way too much information at us! A cubist painting of Jotaro Kujo holds secrets untold. Once again two boys fu--err, fight using a woman's body as a proxy. We meet an extremely gross stand. We get our first ever ora ora ora. A hooligan loses an eye. Joseph gets an outfit change and we proceed to extrapolate way too much information from it. And we get to experience Hirohiko Araki's not-so-subtle commentary on American parenting style. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths, and in

We finally get to talk about Dio’s successful head transplant, the most important thing to retroactively happen in all of JoJo! How many random items from Sharper Image can Star Platinum steal? Why is Holly simultaneously the worst daughter AND mother? Why is Joseph so incredibly available to drop his entire life and fly to Japan? Why doesn‘t Jotaro own any socks? ...We answer none of these questions. But we have 47 more episodes of Stardust Crusaders to get through, so we‘ll probably get to them eventually. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating wei

This is it. The end of Battle Tendency. Basically the end of JoJo as we know it. And it's an exciting time. We encounter the world's most pointless funeral at the world's most dubious cemetery. Our friends become politicians, get cleared of treason, engage in light xenophobia, have their memory wiped, die of gay heart attacks, and just plain old stop thinking. Not in that order. And not the same person. Anyway we can't believe you've stuck with us through the whole journey. Thank you, intrepid listener! -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdness

Let us all gather and live vicariously through Kars as he fulfills the universal human dream of turning your hand into a squirrel. Joseph stays on #brand by first trying to outrun his problems and then trying to crash into them with an airplane. Kars demonstrates the ongoing correlation between evilness and glamorousness in the JoJo universe. Eliz writes another chapter of her StroheimBot fan fiction for us. And when all else fails,throw your enemies into a g-d volcano! -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths, and ine

Ah, yet another week where we entertain our listeners with sleight-of-hand, the noblest form of radio entertainment. We learn that sometimes a zombie just wants a mid-level management job with good benefits. And when it comes to Jorge Joestar, yes, with a J... we're sorry. There's time to save yourselves. You don't have to listen to this episode. And if you can explain the difference between vampires and zombies, please write to us at JJBX, The Pirate Club, Ogre Street, London, England. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional do

This week we absolutely ruin the idea of Caesar Zepelli's erotic aroma for no reason (well...I mean...it's canon). Wamuu joins the esteemed ranks of Powerful Heads of JoJo. Kars finally ~unleashes~ his hair and all the zombie henchmen swoon. Erina Pendleton's later years are one long stretch of loneliness and small batch beer testing. And Lisa Lisa spends this entire episode just hanging out. On account of how she's literally hanging...upside dow--I'll show myself out. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths, and ine

We at JJBX apologize for ruining your ability to read and say "lmao" forever. The real lesson from this chariot race is to never play any sort of game with Araki. For the second time in as many seasons, someone hides inside of a horse as a strategic move (and it works?). And the gang realizes what Santana's ultimate fate actually was, leading to a head canon cottage industry that's absolutely absurd, even for us. Who's thirsty? -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths, and ineffable charm of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure—an

Good morning, it's time for Problematic Gay Discourse! Delicious! Thank goodness the Pillar Men never get bored and just start putting the stone mask on other random animals, since it makes horses terrifying (what would it do to moose?). Joseph Joestar cannot stay off his bullshit, and his bullshit is always sleight of hand string tricks. If nothing else convinces you to not be a peeping tom, let the threat of incest do it. And we unlock a new layer of why the opening credits are so great! Spoilers: it's due to grieving! -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fas

We finally answer the question, "What does a Zeppeli patriarch eat before abandoning his family?" A pattern begins to form of what Araki thinks "bad teens" look like and, spoiler, they're hot and they dress well (unlike...everyone else in JoJo). Caesar was obviously a Pirate Club intern for Ruth Bader Ginsberg Prime in his youth. HOBviously. Caesar vs. Wamuu: Dad Vengance Showdown...which ends very, very badly for Caesar. And therefore the rest of the gang. And therefore us. Because death is sad, especially when it's Joseph's One True Love. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the

This is yet another episode where we have to talk about Nazis, forcing us to vote into law further canon corrections so please update your head canons accordingly. Going to to dinner with Kars is probably insufferable. Joseph and Caesar are in love to a degree that everyone else around them is getting a little tired of it, like either stop making out or make out already, jeez. And we finally see the consequences of punching as the primary tool of communication in a relationship, gentlemen. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional

Esidisi lives on as a brain backpack and nobody here is sad about it. Lisa Lisa takes a bath and it almost murders her. We here at JJBX continue to teach the controversy about Danny's true killer. In a series devoted to homoerotic battles, this episode's battle is...Quite Something, ahem. And Joseph would do very poorly in the modern gig economy, based on how he handles the one very basic errand to the post office Lisa Lisa gives him. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running motifs, fascinating weirdnesses, occasional dog deaths, and ineffable charm of JoJo's Bizarre Adven

Who designed the work spaces of the Pillar Men? How many abdominal muscles do you even NEED, Joeseph Joestar, Jesus E O Christ, give some of those away to the abdominal-less. Esidisi has had some extremely good therapy and processes trauma like a champ. It turns out there are levels of homoeroticism on this show that Eliz had not noticed somehow, so Courtney and Darius get to point those out to her. And if you can explain why yeast-based aliens have bones, please write to us at JJBX, The Pirate Club, Ogre Street, London, England. -- JoJo’s Bizarre Explainer JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Either you love it, or you've never seen it. But what exactly is JoJo? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is it so great? Whether this is your first foray into Hirohiko Araki's decades-spanning masterpiece, or you're a seasoned JoJo Opinion Haver looking for more of your kind, JoJo's Bizarre Explainer is here for you! Hosted by Elizabeth Simins, Courtney Stanton, and Darius Kazemi, this podcast will tease out the running mo