CHARACTER PROFILE
Poor Tom
- Primary work
- JoJolion
Poor Tom (プアー・トム, Puā Tomu) is a secondary antagonist featured in the eighth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, JoJolion, specifically in the " Ozon Baby's Pressure " story arc.
He is a member of the TG University Hospital Research Team within the Locacaca Organization, and the supervisor of Urban Guerrilla. He meets with Jobin Higashikata, instructing him to seal off the Higashikata orchard so he can attack.
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Poor Tom. Source illustration via JoJoWiki; copyright remains with the original rights holders.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
Poor Tom is a short, overweight man, who can easily be mistaken for a child due to his height and youthful face. Despite his child-like appearance, Tom is covered in wrinkles and is seen smoking cigarettes. His hair is flat with a small bang over his forehead. Most of his hair is notably shaved in a curved shape with short spikes of hair protruding from it, leaving only a small circular patch of hair on the center.↗
Aside from his shorts and sandals, a majority of Tom's attire appears to be drawn onto his body with certain parts shaded in. Other drawn-on accessories include a tie with his name on it, a " Coda " pin, referencing the Led Zeppelin album, and a pocket watch.↗
03Personality
Poor Tom is a vulgar and devious Rock Human.↗
Belying his appearance, Tom has a rather vulgar personality. He claims to have a girlfriend and still eyes other women, using his size to look under their skirts. He also speaks in a familiar tone. Poor Tom smokes as well.↗↗↗
Poor Tom is also quite devious and has some tactical acumen. He accurately analyzes the situation after Urban Guerrilla doesn't report to him and quickly goes to Jobin to enlist him. In a bold move, he reveals a part of his Stand's secret to Jobin and decides to completely close off the entirety of the Higashikata's orchard to simply make Josuke unable to approach the Locacaca. Poor Tom is additionally malicious in his intent, withholding information from Jobin that his Stand would not only target Josuke and Rai Mamezuku but the entire Higashikata family too.↗↗↗↗
04Abilities
Stand
Poor Tom's Stand Ozon Baby has the power to seal off an entire area once its physical representation, a LEGO White House replica, is buried underground. Once buried, the area will be affected by an intense depressurization that attacks indiscriminately.↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Poor Tom is a Rock Human, but his youth is unknown. At one point, he integrated an organization of fellow Rock Humans and became Urban Guerrilla and Doremifasolati Do 's handler. In addition, Poor Tom was working at the TG University Hospital as a doctor in obstetrics, specializing in infertility treatment.↗
JoJolion
Learning of a brand new variety of Locacaca tied to a hidden branch and which could make people immortal, Poor Tom instructs Urban and Doremifasolati Do to capture Rai Mamezuku and eliminate his bodyguards. After their failure to report back, Tom deduces they have been killed and phones Jobin Higashikata to get into contact. He meets up with Jobin and tells him to bury a LEGO White House replica within the Higashikata Family 's orchard.↗
In truth, Poor Tom has tricked Jobin into attacking the whole Higashikata estate, which gravely wounds most of the family and traps Jobin and Tsurugi. Tom's plan is derailed when Jobin calls him to inform him that he's set the orchard on fire. Panicking, Tom hurries to the orchard and unearths Ozon Baby. It is then that he accidentally meets with Mamezuku.↗
The plant appraiser breaks up the famed Locacaca branch, revealing it to Tom, but also begins to attack him. Tied to Doggy Style's wire and his neck threatening to break, Poor Tom is saved as Ozon Baby's full power crushes Mamezuku. Unfortunately for him, Josuke intervenes and the pair forces him to swallow a poisonous yew seed. Poor Tom finishes Mamezuku off, takes the branch and tries to flee despite the poison infecting his body. Josuke still pursues him and launches a multi-layered bubble.↗
Poor Tom flees from Josuke's bubble. He disables Ozon Baby to change the course of the bubble, it pops, showing nothing inside. Poor Tom, after grabbing what he thinks to be the Locacaca branch, runs towards the ambulance before he is suddenly shot to death by an unknown assailant. It is later revealed that due to his pursuit of his ally inside the ambulance with Wu Tomoki, their Stand ability brought about Poor Tom's demise.↗↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
Planning to take his time once Jobin and everyone in his way is dead, Tom would search for the Locacaca at his leisure.↗↗↗↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 8)↗
Date of Death: September 10, 2011↗↗
Cause of Death: Fatally shot through the head as a result of pursuing Toru↗
07Sources & attribution
- Poor Tom
Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
Source bibliography (8)
- JoJolion Chapter 83: The New Locacaca Open ↗
- JOJO magazine 2023 WINTER: JoJo by Generations Open ↗
- Timeline for JoJolion Open ↗
- JoJolion Chapter 70: Urban Guerrilla and Doremifasolati Do, Part 3, p.34-35 Open ↗
- JoJolion Chapter 70: Urban Guerrilla and Doremifasolati Do, Part 3, p.35 Open ↗
- JoJolion Chapter 70: Urban Guerrilla and Doremifasolati Do, Part 3, p.36-42 Open ↗
- JoJolion Chapter 73: Ozon Baby's Pressure, Part 1, p.8 Open ↗
- JoJolion Chapter 104: The Wonder of You, Part 21 Open ↗
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