Scary Monsters

Scary Monsters (スケアリー・モンスターズ) is the Stand of Dr. Ferdinand featured in Steel Ball Run.

Following Ferdinand's death, Diego Brando retains the transformation ability through the power of the Saint's Left Eye and, as a result, develops his own version of the Stand.

Appearance/Personality
Transforming into the dinosaur Utahraptor; Diego gains stripes spelling out "DIO" all over his body. His hair turns into spikes that end in round, ball-shaped tips on the back of his head. Traces of his checkered shirt are still visible on his chest.

After being under the influence of the Stand for a while, Diego is able to turn into a more human-shaped form while still retaining sharp teeth, claws, dinosaur legs and a tail, with a deranged, mad expression on his face.

As the Stand is bound to Diego's body, its appearance is based on the form he takes.

Abilities
Scary Monsters deploys in various ways the might and agility of the ancient dinosaurs, and also can take control of people through simple contact, making facing it a dangerous endeavour.

Dinosaur Infection
Scary Monsters' main ability is to infect other living beings with a virus which transforms them into dinosaurs but also allow the user to control the dinosaurs.

The User may only touch a victim to begin the transformation into a dinosaur, for instance Diego grazing the horsehair of his Silver Bullet to transform the fleas into small dinosaurs. Likewise, the dinosaurs may infect others with the virus by biting or scratching them. However, should the user be severely injured, his powers will disappear and all dinosaurs will revert to their original form.

The transformation is portrayed inconsistently, Diego's first transformation being gradual while subsequent ones are instantaneous. Scary Monsters seems to have no limits in terms of range or number of individuals infected, as it is able to transform a whole village of humans into a group of dinosaurs. It is also free to create any type of dinosaurs, from raptors to small dinosaurs to T-Rex.

The original user, Dr. Ferdinand would exploit his power to transform people and animals into conventional dinosaurs, using his subordinates' power to travel, either by riding them or by getting swallowed and lying in the body of one of the dinosaurs and fight for him. Diego typically uses this ability to create armies of miniature carnivorous hybrids out of birds, rats or fleas or turn his own horse into a dinosaur for support while he personally fights the enemy.

Dinosaur Morph
Unlike Ferdinand, Diego is capable of changing his own body into a dinosaur, either completely or as a hybrid of the two. Being bound to Diego's body, Scary Monsters grants him allows him to fight against other Stands and physically damage them with his bare hands.

By partially transforming, Diego can use the enhanced senses and strengths of a dinosaur. He possessess increased stamina, strength and speed, enough to compete with Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap ; moreover transforming into a dinosaur grants him vision based on movement: the faster something moves, the better Diego can perceive it and thus the better he can avoid it although on the other side, he becomes vulnerable to slow attacks.

During the race, Diego uses his sense to gauge his surrounding and deduce the optimal route for his horse.

Fossilization
Introduced later in the story, Diego demonstrates the ability to alter beings transformed by his Stand into a hardened dormant state much like a fossil. The ability can be used a variety of ways, from fusing a being into a structure like a rock or tree as a camouflage to shaping the fossilized being into something more creative like candle holders.

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Trivia

 * Araki was inspired to create the Stand from the film,.