Lisa Lisa

**Lisa Lisa** (リサリサ *Risa Risa*), real name **Elizabeth Joestar** (エリザベス・ジョースター *Erizabesu Jōsutā*), is a core ally in *Battle Tendency*.

Lisa Lisa is a Ripple master and mentor to Caesar Zeppeli and Joseph Joestar, and leads the Ripple user's efforts in battling the Pillar Men. Later, it is revealed that she is Joseph's mother.

## APPEARANCE

Lisa Lisa is a tall and fit woman. Beautiful and poised, she has light eyes and long, dark hair.

Her most known clothes were worn during the last fight with Kars, She wears earrings, a dark Strapless dress with shorted-skirt, black pantyhose, a pair of high heels and a long, Ripple-conducting scarf. Occasionally she also wears a pair of aviator sunglasses.

## PERSONALITY

Lisa Lisa is like any Ripple Master, a dignified and courageous woman, facing the Pillar Men without fear, and confidently confronts any challenge she encounters, especially in regards to fighting someone. Lisa Lisa takes some pride in her fighting ability, and tells Joseph that she doesn't need a youngster like him to win. Lisa Lisa is constantly portrayed as a brave woman, being able to bluff Kars into sparing her and Joseph when they are surrounded by vampires without letting any emotion transpire and in the past, immediately killed the zombie who murdered her husband George II, forcing her to hide in Europe.

As the master of Caesar and Joseph, she skilfully employs harsh and apparently life-threatening training for her students, and is severe to Joseph, whose antics she doesn't tolerate during his training. Being the de facto leader of the Ripple Users, she is an authoritative leader and reminds everyone that their emotions are secondary to their goal of defeating the Pillar Men. After Caesar's death, Lisa Lisa tries to maintain an insensitive facade, telling Joseph to immediately focus on the fight. However Joseph points out her loss of composure, upon which she breaks down in tears, illustrating her deep feelings for Caesar as a student and comrade.

## ABILITIES

### RIPPLE

Lisa Lisa is a Ripple master, trained by Tonpetty's successor, Straizo.

Illustrating her talent and skill, she first appears standing on an oar on a surface of water, turning it into a high bar on charged pillars of water. It is mentioned during the events of the chariot arc that her Ripple is at least three times more powerful than Joseph's.[2] Her ability for training others results in Caesar and Joseph's rapid growth into Ripple masters in their own rights.

**Snake Muffler** ( *Sunekku Mafurā*): Lisa Lisa's primary method of fighting involves a scarf made with the yarn of the Satiporoja beetle (サティポロジアビートル *Satiporojia Bītoru*), which can conduct the Ripple at 100%. She can channel her Ripple through her scarf to stand upside down, leaving the now rigid scarf the only part of her in contact with the ground. She may also use the sensitivity of the scarf to detect life signs and know the direction of incoming attacks, even when out of sight.

## TMNT X POKEMON

Lisa Lisa helps the Turtles from time to time depending on how serious the situation is. During missions, she works with Es and Ibaraki.

## TRIVIA

* Araki personally admits that he's fond of female characters who are capable of fighting for themselves. He commented on his intents to have Lisa Lisa portrayed with "uncommon realism" for women in shonen comics, but he was held back from going as far as he would have liked with her.[4]
* Rose from the *Street Fighter* series is based off of Lisa Lisa; Rose's outfit is almost identical to Lisa Lisa's and both share a similar fighting style that consists of channeling energy into their scarfs (Soul Power in the case of Rose and Ripple in the case of Lisa Lisa).[5] Additionally, both characters like to take baths and Rose's stage in Street Fighter Alpha 2 is Venice, which is the same city where Joseph Joestar meets Lisa Lisa in the story.
* Iku Nagae from Touhou Project fights with a scarf that emits (electric) sparks in an homage to Lisa Lisa.
* At one point during *Diamond is Unbreakable*, Josuke tells Rohan that his grandmother was hit by the same car twice in the same day and lived.[6] It's been joked that this refers to Lisa Lisa being attacked by Kars.