Viewtiful Joe (character)
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- This article is about the character. For the video game series in which he is featured, see Viewtiful Joe. For the anime, see Viewtiful Joe (anime).
Joe's last name could be speculated to be Black due to the fact that in the Viewtiful Joe 2 instruction booklet his father is called Jet Black. Black is possibly not Jet's last name and therfore would not be Joe's.
Joe is a movie fanatic who holds Captain Blue as the greatest superhero of all time. One day he is watching a movie with his girlfriend Silvia. Silvia wants to fool around but Joe is only interested in the movie. In the movie Captain Blue is defeated by a shadowy figure later revealed to be a King Blue (the omnipotent form of Captain Blue) who then pulls Silvia into the movie. The Six Machine then falls thrugh the screen and takes Joe with it back into the movie. When Joe gets there he is confronted by Captian Blue who gives him a V-Watch. This allows him to transform into his alter ego Viewtiful Joe. Its not explained why Blue helps Joe since he is the main villian of the story. After that he sets out on his quest to find Silvia with little worry, and doesn't seem to care really what happens to her(he does show he cares about her later in the game however). Joe seams to be a goofy show of but he does have a strong sense of justice.
Viewtiful Joe has the power to slow down time, speed up, and to zoom into the picture, all of which are beneficial to the game.
In his recent Nintendo DS debut '' (In Japan 'Viewtiful Joe Scratch!') Joe gained the additional abilities of Slide, Split and Scratch. Split being mostly for solving puzzles and Scratch for combat. Slide bears a great resemblence to 'Zoom' from the main titles, which, along with mach speed, did not appear in the game.
During Joe's first adventure he had the task of naming himself, (Giving himself a Henshin title) which was later inspired to him by Stylish Alastor, as boss of the game, after his defeat. He was known as Viewtiful Joe thereafter.
Joe's arsenal also includes Voomerangs, boomerang-like blade weapon thrown from Joe's helmet (in which the make up the "V" emblem"); and Shocking Pink, which is a short fused bomb, used instead by Silvia after the first game.
Joe's Family
- Jet - Joe's father. First appeared in Viewtiful Joe 2.
- Junko - Joe's mother, currently deceased. First appeared in .
- Jasmine - Joe's younger sister. First appeared in .
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