The World

The World (世界 (ザ・ワールド), Za Wārudo) is the Stand of Dio Brando, featuring primarily in Part III: Stardust Crusaders.

A similar incarnation appears belonging to the second Diego Brando in Part VII: Steel Ball Run.

Appearance
A humanoid Stand, The World is tall with a very muscular build. It wears a headpiece covering its face to below the place of its nose, slanting at a steep angle from the base of its forehead to a peak situated above the rear of its head by about half its height, leaving the face of an inverted triangle visible to the front; somewhat similar to the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.

It wears small, simple twin diving cylinders on its back, connecting via short, twin ridged cables to the rear of its mask; perhaps secured by thick, ridged or puffered straps running from the rear of its waist over both its shoulders to its front. The back of both its hands bear the shape of a simple clock face. Its chin, the base of its abdomen, its crotch and its knees are topped by heart shapes. Plates on its shins, its footwear bears curved, sharply pointed toes, similar to those of Dio's outfit in Part III.

Personality
The World shows no particular personality. Its Stand Cry, seemingly communicated by Dio, is "無駄 無駄 無駄!" ("Muda muda muda!", "Useless, useless, useless!")

Its name is derived from the Tarot Card The World; symbolizing triumph, perfection and fulfilment.

In Part VI: Stone Ocean, it is suggested that if not for Dio's dominant personality, it would somehow go out of control.

Abilities
Super Strength: Like Jotaro's Star Platinum, The World possesses phenomenal strength, senses and stamina. However, with a greater range, it is less durable. Its offense is characterised by rapid, punishing punches, and the occasional kick.

Time Stop: The World's defining power is its ability to stop time, allowing only itself and Dio to act within the duration of stopped time. Given Dio's weakened state during Part III, this ability only works for a few seconds in Dio's frame of reference before time flows again. However, also due to Dio's immortality, the duration of stopped time also increases as Dio becomes more accustomed to The World, reaching a maximum of nine seconds. The only way to counter this skill is with other time-manipulating skills.

Dio's development
The World along with Dio's second Stand awakened post-assimilation with Jonathan Joestar's body, the second Stand belonging to Jonathan while The World belongs to Dio.

Incarnation in Steel Ball Run
In the final chapters of Part VII: Steel Ball Run, a second Diego Brando appears, wielding a version of The World; utilized in many of the same ways as the original.

Due to Diego being human rather than a vampire like Dio, he is only able to stop time for ~5 seconds. It is not known whether this version of The World possesses similar statistics to the original. It also has D-shaped emblems instead of hearts on its body.

Trivia

 * The two oxygen tanks on its back could be a reference to the song Holy Diver by Ronnie James Dio, one of Dio's namesakes.
 * The World has evolved into an internet meme "Za Warudo". This comes from when Dio would stop time in the games and anime. He shouts "The World!", but because of the lack of a "th" sounThe_World_Diego.PNG with The World]]d in Japanese and "n" being the only sound without a following vowel, the pronunciation became "za warudo".
 * Also of note is that "warudo" (ワールド) can be pronounced as Waldo. In Chapter 251: Dio's World (5), Waldo can be seen flying through the air after Dio forces Senator Phillips to drive through the crowd.
 * Josuke's stand Crazy Diamond greatly resembles The World; both stands also share an ability relating to time manipulation In his case, restoring things to how they were.
 * In the manga, The World does not speak or make any noises besides its battle cry of "Muda muda muda", but in the OVA it makes quiet roaring noises whenever its attacking (and lets out a loud one when defeated by Jotaro) but strangely enough only Dio uses the battle cry of "Muda" during the OVA, while The World largely remained silent besides its aforementioned noises.
 * The World as seen in Steel Ball Run is actually not the same design as the one featured in Part 3, but the redesign of it seen in the JoJo A-Go!Go! artbook. The only notable difference are the knee pads that are shaped like the letter "D" instead of hearts.
 * The World along with the Alternate version of Killer Queen are the only stand to exist in both universes.
 * After its defeat, the World is referenced through the names of other stands, such as Underworld and Mandom (Lovers of the World), the former being the stand of one of Dio's sons and the latter being a chronokinetic stand itself.
 * The World's range of A either refers to the universal range of its time stopping ability or is an error in describing the stand's actual range, which is no more than about 10 m from its user, and should reflect in its Precision Attribute.