CHARACTER PROFILE
Dr. Ferdinand
- Primary work
- Steel Ball Run
Dr. Ferdinand (フェルディナンド博士, Ferudinando-hakase) is a secondary antagonist featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run, specifically the " Scary Monsters " story arc.
A geologist by trade and also working as one of President Funny Valentine 's henchmen, Dr. He is a Stand user and controls hordes of dinosaurs through his Scary Monsters.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
Dr. Ferdinand is a man with light hair, that is parted with long bangs on the right side of his face. Most of his head is hidden under a thick hood.↗
His outfit's most notable feature is the several roses near the top of his long main garment, which appears to be only slightly shorter than his coat and resembles a dress or tunic. He dons a long, hooded coat, gloves, kneepads, pants, and boots.↗
03Personality
Dr. Ferdinand is a geologist and a paleontologist with a very flamboyant personality. For him, the most important thing in the world is respect; he has a great respect for the planet, to the point he'd get senselessly furious should he see somebody spitting on the ground or littering.↗
Dr. Ferdinand is also the first Steel Ball Run antagonist to be truly devoted to Funny Valentine, and not just a mercenary. He plans to recover them for the President, the only one who can actually exploit this power for the glory of a nation.↗
04Abilities
Stand
Ferdinand uses Scary Monsters to turn Diego Brando into a dinosaur and have him affect an entire village. By directing orders to Diego, he is able to command an army of dinosaurs to do his bidding.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Dr. Ferdinand is a geologist and a paleobiologist by trade. Two years before the events of Steel Ball Run, Ferdinand obtained his Stand while searching for the Devil's Palm in Arizona. Ferdinand also entered Funny Valentine 's service and learned about the Saint's Corpse.↗
Steel Ball Run
Dr. Ferdinand is dispatched during the course of the 3rd Stage of the Steel Ball Run race, in the Rocky mountains. Preparing his ambush, he attacks Diego Brando but leaves him be, planning to let Diego turn an entire village into dinosaurs when the night comes. He also turns several mountain cougars into raptors for him to ride. Ferdinand then awaits for Diego to finish off Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli, but the duo lead him to the next Corpse Part and thus he comes and shows himself.↗
He orders Diego to retrieve the left arm from Johnny, but the latter has briefly abandoned it, using his partial transformation into a dinosaur to jump at Dr Ferdinand. Johnny strikes him with his tail, recovering the Saint's eyes. Whilst being pinned down by dinosaurs, he passes the eyes to Gyro.↗
Dr. Ferdinand asks Dio to finish off Johnny, but they are both struck by a Steel Ball. Gyro pilots his Steel Ball remotely and sends it at Ferdinand's face, wounding him despite Diego's protection. Gyro acquires a supernatural vision, and thanks to it, is able to hit the enemy even through a crowd of dinosaurs. When Ferdinand hides inside of one of his raptors, Gyro throws his Ball at the ground and sees through their bodies thanks to the vibrations.↗
Gyro has acquired the right eye, but the duo sees Diego with the left eye. Diego disappears, having kept the dinosaur powers with him.↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
He's convinced that Earth brings prosperity only to those who respect the soil and has come to believe that dinosaurs, the once undisputed rulers of the world, died because their small brains couldn't understand this basic ideal.↗
He tries to obtain the Saint's Corpse, as he believes the completed body would bring not only respect and prosperity to whoever obtains all the pieces, but true power and an eternal kingdom.↗
Appearances
Steel Ball Run Chapter 31: Scary Monsters, Part 4 (Death)↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 7)↗
Date of Death: October 18, 1890↗↗
Cause of Death: Devoured alive by mountain lions↗
Ferdinand ambushes Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli alongside a transformed Diego Brando in the Rocky Mountains to take the Saint's Corpse 's eyes from them.↗
07Appearances
08Sources & attribution
- Dr. Ferdinand
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