Robert E. O. Speedwagon

Robert Edward O Speedwagon is a fictional character from the Japanese manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. The character is portrayed a friend of the protagonist.

Part 1
Robert Edward O Speedwagon AKA just Speedwagon, is probably the most loyal friend to the Joestar family that ever lived. He first appeared as an Ogre Street thug boss, attacking Jonathan Joestar, but soon realized the young man's worthiness and dedication, becoming his good friend.

He helped uncover Dio Brando's plot to poison George Joestar, and from that point onward he remained by Jonathan's side, helping in whatever way he could to defeat Dio. According to Zeppeli, Speedwagon could never master the art of hamon, a fact that greatly distressed Speedwagon. While Speedwagon can hold his own in a fight, as initially demonstrated during his fight against Jonathan, when he used his hat with a hidden buzz-saw.

After joining the team he sits back as he is not a hamon user and can't fight in the same league as the zombies and vampires. He does however offer words of encouragement through the entire adventure. After William Antonio Zeppeli's death, he takes on wearing Zeppeli's hat as a remembrance of their fallen ally.

Part 2
By the 1930's, Speedwagon had traveled to America where he would discover oil and form the powerful Speedwagon Foundation by the start of the Battle Tendency. His team would discover the Pillar Men and during the discovery of the Pillar Men, Santana. Straights, one of the old hamon masters, would betray them turning into a vampire himself, but did this after he killed several researchers whose blood would awaken the remaining Pillar Men in the near future. Speedwagon would've died from his wounds if it had not been for his rescue by Rudolph von Stroheim, a Nazi general conducting experiments with the Stone Mask and Santana. He would much later help Joestar family with the Speedwagon Foundation and even after his death in 1952 from a heart attack at the age 89. His influence would be felt in how his corporation continues to help the Joestar Family during the Series 2-6. His men would go on to help Jotaro destroy the remains of Dio and create the prosthetic hand for Joseph Joestar. In Steel Ball Run, Speedwagon Foundation is mentioned as a sponsor of the race, but its origin is not revealed.

Trivia

 * Speedwagon's original hat had buzz-saws built into it which he used to fight Jonathan during their first encounter. From there on he never uses them again.


 * After Zeppeli's death he wears his hat.
 * His name is taken from an American rock band called REO Speedwagon.


 * There are several similarities between him and Dio; like Dio he came from a poor family, fights with dirty moves and believes Jonathan to be a foolish man. However unlike Dio his heart was right and he eventually changed for the better, becoming a better person. Ironically enough he obtained all that Dio wanted, as by the end he discovered oil in America making him rich and becoming one of the most recognized persons in the world after Jonathan himself.


 * He never married but Joseph believe him to have something of an attraction to Erina.