Slow Dancer

Background

Slow Dancer was a farm horse that was sold to Johnny by a horse seller before the Steel Ball Run race begun. Despite being paralyzed from the waist down and struggling to control the horse, Johnny is determined to ride it.↗↗

The Start of the Race

After finishing his preparations for the race, Gyro sees Johnny being dragged to the ground by Slow Dancer. Johnny had been up all night trying to get on his horse. The other racers watching say that he was sold a dobbin, an old horse, and was injured the night before when a piece of wood went through his right leg. They add that he has been threatening to commit suicide if anyone tries to stop him from getting on the horse.↗

During the Steel Ball Run

As a horse, Slow Dancer primarily serves as a mount for Johnny in completing the Steel Ball Run race. According to Johnny, he and Slow Dancer travel an average of 50 to 70 kilometers per day. They take care to rest in the shade during the hottest part of the day to preserve the horses' stamina and allow them to sleep standing up. They also avoid traveling at night to prevent encounters with venomous animals or accidents involving poisonous plants.↗↗

Tusk

During the 2nd Stage, as Johnny and Gyro approach Monument Valley, Pork Pie Hat Kid attacks using his Stand, Wired, which allows him to project hooks from the underside of falling vulture feathers. Using this ability, he captures Gyro, Valkyrie, and Slow Dancer in quick succession, leaving Johnny stranded in the middle of a plain. Johnny awakens his Stand, Tusk, and slowly makes his way toward Pork Pie Hat Kid, camouflaging himself along the way.↗↗↗↗

Scary Monsters

Diego and Dr. Ferdinand transform an entire village into dinosaurs, but Slow Dancer and Valkyrie manage to evade the creatures and return to their masters.↗↗

The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain

Johnny and Gyro are given millions of dollars' worth of valuables, which they must spend by the end of the day. As part of this effort, they pay to have farriers fit their horses with new horseshoes and purchase fancy riding equipment, totaling $805.25.↗↗

Civil War

Johnny and Gyro follow Hot Pants into a garbage dump, leaving their horses outside. They are attacked by the Stand Civil War, which weaponizes past abandoned objects and people. As Slow Dancer is nearby, Johnny manages to crawl back to it and pierce a water canteen, splashing himself with water to counter the Stand's effect.↗↗

D4C

During Johnny's confrontation with Funny Valentine, following Gyro's death, Johnny charges at the President. Valentine hides in the waters of the approaching Atlantic Ocean and ambushes him, slashing Slow Dancer's neck and causing it to collapse. Johnny then uses a Steel Ball on Slow Dancer, triggering a reflexive kick that launches Johnny into the air while transferring the energy of the Golden Spin to him. This awakens Tusk ACT4, enabling Johnny to defeat Valentine.↗↗

High Voltage

Slow Dancer carries Johnny through New York as he battles Parallel World Diego. Johnny is eventually unhorsed after Diego tricks him into absorbing the infinite spin of Tusk ACT4. When Johnny tries to remount, the spin prevents him from getting back on Slow Dancer. He is ultimately saved by Steven Steel.↗↗↗

JoJolion

Slow Dancer's fate after the conclusion of the Steel Ball Run race is unknown. In a flashback in JoJolion, Johnny and Rina Higashikata are seen riding a horse that appears to be Slow Dancer, although it is not explicitly confirmed to be the same horse.↗↗

Personality

When Johnny first attempts to saddle it, Slow Dancer reacts with unpredictability and almost tramples him to death.↗↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Alive (Part 7)↗