Robert E. O. Speedwagon

“	Your face seems to be saying "who the hell is that?" allow me to introduce myself. I'm Speedwagon the meddler! I was worried about Mr. Joestar here, so I followed him back from the slums of London!	„
	~ Robert E.O Speedwagon to Dio Brando

“	Your face seems to be saying "who the hell is that?" allow me to introduce myself. I'm Speedwagon the meddler! I was worried about Mr. Joestar here, so I followed him back from the slums of London!	„
	~ Robert E.O Speedwagon to Dio Brando

Background

Robert E. O. Speedwagon is a primary ally to Jonathan Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood. Formerly a thug living in Ogre Street, he befriends Jonathan after their first battle and joins him on his quest to defeat Dio Brando and destroy the Stone Mask.

In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency Speedwagon returns as an old wealthy business man who aids the Joestar family as if they were his own family. His company The Speedwagon Foundation would continue to aid the Joestars for generations even after his passing.

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Pre-Phantom Blood (1863-1888) Robert E. O. Speedwagon was born on October 16th, 1863 and grew up in Ogre Street, one of the worst parts of London. Living his life in darkness Speedwagon became a thief in order to survive and would learn how to tell if a person is good or evil. Sometime in his life he would travel around the world and see all kinds of rare animals. Speedwagon also would learn a technique on how to use his body heat in order to cure frostbite. Phantom Blood (1888-1889) In 1888, Speedwagon and his fellow Ogre Street gang members would try to ambush a British noblemen named Jonathan Joestar. In their battle Jonathan Joestar would show true courage by proving that he would lose limbs for his cause and would spare Speedwagon and his gang after defeating them. Speedwagon, humbled by this would order his gang to not attack Jonathan anymore as he realized that Jonathan was a good man. Speedwagon would then help Jonathan track down Wang Cahn the man who sold poison to his brother Dio Brando which he used to try to slowly kill their father. After finding Wang Chan, Speedwagon would follow Jonathan back home worrying that something might happen to him. While Jonathan was confronting Dio, Speedwagon would reveal himself to the two and would tell Jonathan that Dio is truly evil and that Jonathan should not trust him. Speedwagon's suspicious would be proven right as while Dio was getting arrested he attempted to stab Jonathan but would instead stab his father, George Joestar I who moved in front of the blade to save his son. After Dio used the Stone Mask and was gunned down by the police, Speedwagon would voice his respect for the Joestars stating that they are noble people with good hearts. Soon after this a now vampirized Dio would attack the police and the others. Jonathan would help Speedwagon escape the mansion before battling and defeating Dio. Speedwagon would take the injured Jonathan to a hospital where he would meet Erina Pendleton, a nurse who was a childhood friend of Jonathan. Speedwagon would allow Erina to take care of Jonathan's injuries knowing that he was in good care. Using his underground connections Speedwagon would find out that Dio was now hiding in Windknight's Lot and would accompany Jonathan and Will Anthonio Zeppeli in their journey to defeat Dio and destroy the Stone Mask. Speedwagon would witness the use of Hamon during Jonathan and Will's fight with Jack the Ripper and would ask Will to teach it to him. Will would state that Speedwagon would never be able to use Hamon but tried to teach him anyway by striking his diaphragm in order to force Speedwagon to start using the Ripple breathing technique. However Will would hit the wrong spot and would just injure Speedwagon. Soon after a kid named Poco would try to steal the group's money but was stopped by Jonathan. The group would learn the kid was hypnotized to steal from them and that they fell into Dio's trap. Dio would reveal himself to the group and brings an army of zombies with him. The group would take down most of the zombies with Will and Jonathan attempting to attack Dio. During the brief encounter Dio would flash freeze Will's arm making him unable to fight Dio's new minions, Bruford and Tarkus. While Jonathan was fighting off Bruford Speedwagon was able to use his body heat technique to defrost Will's arm allowing him to heal his injuries. Once Jonathan defeated Bruford, Tarkus began to attack the group but they where able to escape with Poco to a medieval training ground. It is at this training ground that Tarkus and Jonathan begin to battle with Will soon joining in the fight. After the fight Will would succumb to his injuries and died in Jonathan's hands. To honor his friend's sacrifice, Speedwagon would begin to wear Will's hat as a sign of respect. Speedwagon and Jonathan would soon make it to Windknight's Lot where they would meet Dire, Straizo, and Tonpetty. They would explain that Will had written them a letter to them asking for help to fight against the Dio and Stone Mask. With their new allies the group make their way towards Dio's castle. Once inside they confronted Dio who would command his minions to attack the group. Speedwagon and the Hamon users would take down the zombies while Jonathan would face of against Dio. Following Dio's defeat, Speedwagon smashed the Stone Mask with a sledge hammer putting an end to its reign of terror. One year later in 1889, Speedwagon would say his goodbyes to Jonathan and his now wife Erina Joestar as they brooded a boat to America for their honeymoon. Little did Speedwagon know that this would be the last time he would see Jonathan as he would be killed by Dio, who survived his defeat in 1888, during his voyage to America. Post-Phantom Blood (1889-1938) Sometime after Jonathan's death Speedwagon would travel to America and would become a oil business man where he would found the Speedwagon Foundation. During the early 1920s, unbeknownst to Speedwagon one of Dio's zombies from decades ago had managed to evade him and Straizo and was now disguising himself as an RAF major. As it just so happens George Joestar II the son of Jonathan Joestar and member the Royal Air Force had began to suspect the major was hiding something. George would figure about that the major was a zombie but before he do anything about the major he was murdered by him. George's death was covered up as an night flight accident but Speedwagon doubted the story and began to investigate it with Straizo. They would find out the truth and would tell George's wife Elizbeth the truth as well. Elizbeth being trained in Hamon rushed of the the major's office and killed him as revenge for the death of her husband. Unfortunately for her she was spotted with the burning body of the zombie major being confused as Elizbeth destroying the evidence. Elizbeth would be marked a traitor to her country and would flee the country with the help of the Speedwagon Foundation covering her tracks with Elizbeth getting a new identity for herself. Speedwagon would talk to Erina about the situation being told not to tell Joseph Joestar, the son of George and Elizbeth the truth about his parents. Sometime later Speedwagon became an uncle figure to Joseph and would help raise the young boy whenever he could. Even later in life Speedwagon's plane would be hijacked with him and Joseph inside it. The hijackers would try to kidnap Speedwagon for ransom money but would be stopped by Joseph who used his Hamon, inherited from his grandfather Jonathan, to force the plane to crash. Speedwagon, Joseph, and the plane pilot would survive the crash by jumping out the plane and using it's seats to cushion the fall. In 1938, Speedwagon would learn of the existence of a Pillar Man along with multiple Stone Masks. He would contact Straizo, who would bring his Hamon disciples with him to a meet up spot with Speedwagon. Battle Tendency (1938-1939) Speedwagon would meet up with Straizo and his Hamon disciples and take an airplane to Mexico, the location of the cite where they would find various stone masks and the inactive Pillar Man. While investing the cite Straizo would ask a question about how Joseph was doing, bringing up how he is aware he used his Hamon to save Speedwagon. Speedwagon would question why Straizo was bringing up Joseph but before he could get an answer Straizo would kill his disciples in front of Speedwagon. Straizo then attacked Speedwagon, greatly injuring his head with a kick and would then explain to Speedwagon that he is tired of growing older by the day and will use the Stone Mask to become a vampire like Dio. Straizo would use the blood of Speedwagon to activate to Stone Mask turning himself into a vampire. Straizo, believing Speedwagon had died from blood lost would dump his body near the Rio Dada River. Speedwagon would be found by Nazi soldiers and would be taken to a nearby Nazi information post to be interrogated as they had learned of Straizo's actions and of the Pillar Men's existence. Speedwagon would beg the Nazi major, Rudol von Stroheim to not awaken the Pillar Man, telling him the war would be for nothing if the entire world was at stake. Stroheim wouldn't listen and would use the blood of other prisoners to awaken the Pillar Man they named Santana. Santana would soon escape containment and try to attack Speedwagon and the Nazis but would be stopped by Joseph Joestar, who had learned of Speedwagon and the Pillar Man's location. After Santana was defeated and contained, Speedwagon and Joseph would travel to Rome to meet Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, the grandson of William Zeppeli. Speedwagon would disappointingly watch Joseph and Caesar bicker and fight for some time during the meet up. Soon after the meet up the three would be invited by the Nazis to investigate the Pillar Men in a cavern under the Roman Colosseum. Once at the Colosseum the group would find all the Nazis in the area dead and would find the three awaken Pillar Men: Kars, Esidisi, and Wamuu. While Joseph and Caesar where battling the three, Speedwagon would watch the fight as an bystander. After the fight Speedwagon would spend the rest of the story accompanying Erina Joestar and Smokey Brown. During Joseph's battle with Kars, Speedwagon and Smokey joined by members of the Speedwagon Foundation and the now cyborg Stroheim with other SS soldiers would come to save Joseph and Lisa Lisa from Kars and his army of vampires. Speedwagon would watch to ongoing battle and explain the backstory of Lisa Lisa to Smokey telling him that she was actually Joseph's mother, Elizabeth Joestar and that he couldn't tell Joseph about the situation. When Kars became the ultimate being Speedwagon would tell Joseph to just try to run from Kars telling him that he can't defeat Kars but Joseph would ignore the warnings telling Speedwagon that now was the best chance he has to defeat Kars. After the battle Joseph was believed to have sacrificed his life to defeat Kars and a funeral was arranged for him. Speedwagon along with others who knew him would attend the funeral expressing great sorrow of Joseph's supposed death. However during the funeral Joseph would show up without knowing his friends and family thought he was dead, much to everyone's joy and relief. Post-Battle Tendency (1939-1952) Speedwagon would continue to further America business and medical developments as a oil magnate and as the head of the Speedwagon Foundation. In 1952, Speedwagon would die of a heart attack at the age of 89,as a lifelong bachelor, he left no family behind. Legacy After Speedwagon's death the Speedwagon foundation became dedicated to screeching to biochemical science and technology. They would continue to assist the Joestar Family for generations up until the year 2012. They would create new protistic hands for Joseph Joestar, assist the Stardust Crusaders during their battle against DIO, research the Stand Arrow as well as the son of DIO, Giorno Giovanna, and would maintain Jotaro Kujo's health after the removal of his memory and stand disc.

Statistics

Key: Phantom Blood | Battle Tendency

Tier: 10-A, 9-C with weapons | 10-B

Name: Robert E. O. Speedwagon

Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood

Sex: Male

Age: 25 during Phantom Blood (Born on October 16th, 1863 making him this age as Phantom Blood ends in February 9th, 1889), 75 during Battle Tendency (It is the year 1938, 49 years since Jonathan Joestar's death. His birthday being in October means he didn't turn 76 during Battle Tendency's ending as the whole story takes place over six months), 89 by the time of his death (Was this age in 1952, the year he died)

Classification: Human, Former Thief ,Oil Businessman

Status: Deceased (Died of a heart attack in 1952)

Alignment: Initially Chaotic Neutral (Speedwagon was a violent criminal who tried rob Jonathan Joestar. However once Speedwagon knew Jonathan was a good man he told his men to not attack Jonathan and even helped him find the man he was looking for), eventually becomes Neutral Good (Speedwagon joined Jonathan on his quest to defeat Dio Brando and the Stone Mask and by the end of journey he is shown to be a better person than before. When Elizabeth Joestar was believed to be a traitor he used his company to help her flee the country. Helped raise Joseph Joestar with Joseph considering Speedwagon to be one of the only two people he considers family. Came to reuse Joseph and Lisa Lisa during their battle with Kars)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Athlete level (Show to have an athlete like physique), Peak Human level with weapons (His sawblade hat is able to cut through skin down to the bone. Used a sledgehammer to harm a zombie. Zombies can also easily break through wood and smash human skulls) | Human level (Speedwagon is now a old man who doesn't fight in battles)

Durability: Athlete level | Human level

Striking Strength: Athlete Class | Human Class

Lifting Strength: Average Human | Average Human

Travel Speed: Average Human | Average Human

Combat Speed: Superhuman (Can tag his own hat which is fast enough to create afterimages), Supersonic with a gun (Used a gun to shoot Dio Brando) | Average Human

Reaction Speed: Superhuman (Dodged a knife kicked by Jonathan Joestar who can spin spear fast enough to create afterimages. A younger Jonathan can create afterimages with his punches) | Average Human

Stamina: Average Human | Average Human

Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with his sledgehammer, Several Meters with his sawblade hat (Can through his hat his far)

Intelligence: Above Average (Was able to survive as a thief in Ogre Street, one of the worst places to live in London. Learned how detect if someone is good or evil. Learned how to heat up his body to thaw out ice. Created a successful oil company)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Speed, Weapon Usage & Penetration Damage (Uses his sawblade hat and sledgehammer in combat. Used a gun to shoot Dio Brando), Body Control & Heat Manipulation (Able to heat up his body to thaw out ice), Fire Manipulation (Has access to matches)

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Standard Equipment

* Sawblade Hat: Speedwagon owns a hat that his sawblades within it which can can activate by flicking the rim of his hat. This hat is able to spin and fly in the air with enough speed to create afterimages and can be thrown by Speedwagon to cut their skin down to the bone.

• Sledgehammer: A standard sledgehammer which Speedwagon used during his adventures with Jonathan Joestar and Will Anthonio Zeppeli.

None Notable.

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Notable Techniques

* Street Fighting: Being raised in Ogre Street Speedwagon learned how to defend himself as a thief. He usually uses his sawblade hat or sledgehammer to attack his opponents when fighting.

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Other

Standard Tactics: He usually uses his sawblade hat or sledgehammer to attack his opponents when fighting. | Unknown.

Weaknesses: Speedwagon has succumbed to his fear during battle. He has picked fights with people like Jonathan Joestar ultimate underestimating him which lead to him losing the fight. | Is now an old man who no longer fights like he used to.

Trivia

He shares a similar design to Mike Harper from Poker Under Arms, a manga like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure was also created by Hirohiko Araki.

• His name, Robert E. O. Speedwagon is a reference to the English rock band REO Speedwagon
• His voice actor for the Phantom Blood PS2 game Masaya Onosaka, also voices Alessi in the Anime Adaption for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.

Gallery

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  A younger Speedwagon as he appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

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  A older Speedwagon as he appeared in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation

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  Speedwagon in the 2007 Phantom Blood movie

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  Sppedwagon as he appears in JORGE JOESTAR

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  Speedwagon as he appears in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R

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