CHARACTER PROFILE
Pet Shop
- Primary work
- Stardust Crusaders
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Pet Shop (ペット・ショップ, Petto Shoppu) is a secondary antagonist featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, specifically the " The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop " story arc.
This vicious falcon is the guardian of DIO's mansion, as well as a Stand user. His Stand, Horus of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, allows him to create cryogenic temperatures around itself and form weapons out of solid ice. When Iggy inadvertently stumbles upon the mansion, Pet Shop relentlessly pursues the dog with the intent to kill.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
- Japanese Name
- ペット・ショップ↗
- Romanized Name
- Petto Shoppu↗
- Aliases
- Bird brain (By Iggy)↗
- Stand
- Horus↗
- Gender
- Male↗
- Occupation
- Guard of DIO's Mansion↗
- Species
- Falcon↗
- Affiliation
- Agents of DIO | Egypt 9 Glory Gods↗
- Manga Debut
- Chapter 222↗
- Anime Debut
- SC Episode 5↗
- Game Debut
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (SFC Game) (NPC) | Heritage for the Future (Playable)↗
02Appearance
03Personality
A ruthless sentry who is loyal to his post, Pet Shop almost always bears a menacing glare and does not discriminate against any who trespasses DIO's mansion. He intended to kill a small boy and would have if it wasn't for Iggy 's interference, and showed no remorse in eating the eyes of two dogs he decapitated in front of their owner. He is extremely relentless in hunting down his prey, as shown by his pursuit of Iggy, no matter how risky the path to his prey might be. He is also highly intelligent, having identified the beggar employed by Avdol as a spy and tearing up the photograph of the mansion after killing him to destroy his work.↗
04Abilities
Stand
Pet Shop's Stand Horus gives him the capacity to generate and manipulate ice, which he primarily uses to create ice spikes and propel them as makeshift missiles.↗
Bird Constitution
As a bird, Pet Shop possesses the natural ability to fly, which he does with extreme proficiency. For instance, Pet Shop is able to fly under a moving car. Moreover, because he possesses specialized air sacs to store air, he can breathe underwater and swim longer than even a dog. His eyesight is extremely sharp, which combined with his high-speed flying ability allows him to track targets which try to flee as Iggy did.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
In Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak, it is explained that Pet Shop was raised and trained by a bird trainer, who trained the falcon alongside a parrot. After attempting to escape from DIO 's grasp, he was murdered.↗
Stardust Crusaders (1989)
Pet Shop serves as the guardian of DIO 's mansion in Egypt. He ruthlessly kills any who may trespass or who he deems as suspicious. When he first appears, Pet Shop decapitates two large dogs with ease and crushes a beggar (employed by Avdol to find DIO's mansion) and his car with his Stand. Iggy witnesses this, but doesn't want to be involved, so he plays dumb. Pet Shop, with some suspicion, leaves him alone.↗
Pet Shop freezes the ground, temporarily immobilizing Iggy who is caught by surprise and shoots icicles at the dog. Iggy protects himself with The Fool and flees back to the streets. However, Pet Shop's keen eyes allow him to see Iggy and start bombarding the dog. Iggy is forced to hide in the sewers but Pet Shop follows him again and hits the dog. However, the real Iggy reveals himself: what Pet Shop had killed was merely a sand statue. The Fool leaps out and slashes Pet Shop in the breast.↗
Iggy wants to call off the fight, but Pet Shop's pride is hurt. The bird decides to summon the full power of his Horus and begins to freeze the whole sewer. Iggy flees but the ice catches his foreleg, immobilizing him a second time. As Pet Shop shoots his icicles, Iggy is forced to cut off his leg and flee underwater. Iggy eventually hides at the bottom of the Nile under a dome made of sand. However, Pet Shop still pursues the dog underwater.↗
Pet Shop thus enacts a methodical and ruthless plan. He encases the sand dome in ice and tries to crush it, forcing Iggy to dig underneath it. However, Pet Shop has also dug underground and positions himself so that their tunnels meet and Pet Shop is positioned perfectly to shoot Iggy, who in a do-or-die stratagem, willingly lets the dome behind him collapse.↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Appearances
Chapter 226: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 5 (Death)↗
Stardust Crusaders Episode 39: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 2 (Death)↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 3)↗
Date of Death: January 15, 1989↗↗
Cause of Death: Blown to pieces after his beak is crushed by Iggy↗
Pet Shop also appears as a posthumous tertiary antagonist in the spin-off manga Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak and the light novel Crazy Heartbreakers.↗
07Appearances
Chapter 184: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 185: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 3 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 188: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 6 (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 210: Shooting DIO?! (Mentioned) Mentioned only↗
Chapter 222: The Gatekeeper of Hell, Pet Shop, Part 1↗
08Relationships
| Character | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DIO | Owner | ↗ |
| Unnamed Previous Owner | Spin-Off only | ↗ |
| Pet Sounds (Raised together) | Spin-Off only | ↗ |
09Sources & attribution
- Pet Shop
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