On-loan striker Jo scored twice on his debut as Everton eased past Bolton 3-0 at Goodison Park.
The Toffees dominated from the off but had to wait until the 40th minute to go ahead via a Mikel Arteta penalty after Jo had been fouled by Andy O'Brien in the box.
The on-loan striker then doubled Everton's advantage four minutes after the restart with a great turn and shot from the edge of the box.
He then got his second of the day with an injury-time penalty after Mark Davies had handled Dan Gosling's cross.
For Brazilian misfit Jo, this was the perfect day after a season of misery. Manchester City's £18million signing has failed to impress at Eastlands, culminating in his deadline day move to Everton.
City boss Mark Hughes may well watch this performance by the gangling striker and blink in disbelief as Everton rounded off a great week which has also seen them knock Liverpool out of the FA Cup.
Everton have now reached the 40-point mark, losing just three of their last 20 games, while this success enabled them to complete a league double over Bolton for the second season in succession.
The reward for teenager Gosling, fresh from his goalscoring heroics in midweek, was only his second appearance in an Everton starting line-up.
The hosts were without Marouane Fellaini and Steven Pienaar, who picked up muscle injuries in Wednesday's fourth round replay - giving Jo his debut.
Bolton made just one change from the side that beat Tottenham last time out, O'Brien coming in for the injured Ricardo Gardner.
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