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==Summary==
The Speedwagon Foundation is an organization founded by [[Robert E. O. Speedwagon]] after he made a fortune in oil. The organization dedicates itself to medical research and environmental conservation, but it also secretly investigates and contains supernatural threats. The latest branch is inspired by Speedwagon's own involvement with a [[Vampirevampire]] in his youth and witnessing directly how dangerous such threats could be.
 
The Foundation is rather powerful and its members numerous. They have members and associates from all origins. Among the rank of the Speedwagon Foundation agents are physicians, archaelogists, miscellaneous researchers, pilots, attorneys, and many field agents. Moreover, it has had connections with the underworld, notably gangsters. More importantly, the Foundation is able to deploy its membermembers and assets all over the world. There are two known headquarters of the Speedwagon Foundation located in Washington, D.C. and Dallas, Texas. However, there are also smaller branches in Tokyo and Meguro, Japan. Yet, the Foundation has deployed itself in several continents and many countries, having completed archeological expeditions in Mexico, fought in Switzerland as well as helped the [[Joestar Group|Joestars]] in Egypt.
 
The Speedwagon Foundation possesses advanced technology compared to the rest of the world. Among its assets are advanced prosthetics such as [[Joseph Joestar]]'s metal hand, special chambers meant to contain [[Pillar Men]] in a petrified state, cryogenic capsules to preserve the bodies of people, unmanned submarines. It also managed to miniaturize powerful UV lamps into [[Ultraviolet Ray Blasters]], portable shoulder-mounted lamps used to fight Vampires.
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==History==
{{Quote|At the beginning of the century, a lone Englishman by the name of [[Robert Edward O Speedwagon|Robert E. O. Speedwagon]], arrived in the USA and started his own oil business. Because of this he became one of the world's richest men. Speedwagon decided that after his demise, the large sum of his fortune would be used for medical research and wild animal and plant protection. In this organization exists a department called the Supernatural Research Department, which is responsible for supplying the [[Joestar Family]] with everything they need. This was the will of Speedwagon, who died in 1952.<ref|{{Ch|Chapter name=C312 />312}}}}
 
The Speedwagon Foundation was created in 1910<ref name=C62 /> by Speedwagon. From 1910 to the 1930s, apart from their official missions, the Foundation offered emotional and financial support to [[Erina Joestar]], widowed after [[Jonathan Joestar]] sacrificed himself. During that period, the foundation cooperated with the Ripple warriors to study, locate and neutralize [[Stone Masks]] and [[Vampires]].<ref name=jojomag>[[JOJO magazine 2022 SPRING]], p.124</ref>
Their first noted action was the investigation of the ancient Mexican temple where the [[Pillar Man]] [[Santana]] slumbered. Speedwagon Foundation scientists subsequently sheltered the remains of Santana after his defeat, and uncovered a prediction announcing the awakening of three other Pillar Men in the same year. The foundation's Special Fighting Technological team also fought alongside the Germans against [[Kars]]'s vampire army.▼
 
▲TheirIn first noted action was1938, the investigationFoundation ofexplored the ancient Mexican temple where the [[Pillar Man]] [[Santana]] slumbered. Speedwagon Foundation scientists subsequently sheltered the remains of Santana after his defeat, and uncovered a prediction announcing the awakening of three other Pillar Men in the same year. The foundation's Special Fighting Technological team also fought alongside the Germans against [[Kars]]'s vampire army.
 
The Speedwagon Foundation effectively continued to help the Joestar bloodline throughout the 20th century. In 1988 and 1989, they aided the [[Joestar Group]] in reaching Cairo, through reconnaissance intel and various modes of transportation. Moreover, doctors from the foundation helped with taking care of [[Holy Kujo]] in Tokyo, while agents in Egypt discovered the existence of the [[Egypt 9 Glory Gods]]. They tended to the team's injuries at the end of their journey, most notably in helping revive [[Joseph Joestar]].
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In the 70s, after acting as a special advisor, [[Lisa Lisa]] becomes the head of the Paranormal Phenomena Section of the Speedwagon Foundation, tasked with handling and neutralizing all supernatural threats to society.<ref name="ri3">{{Ch2|El Aleph Chapter 3}}</ref> They learn about [[Fernando Alhorn]]'s supernatural abilities and manage to track him down to Lima, Peru by working with intelligence agencies all over the world. Lisa Lisa heads to Peru with [[Sasha Loggins]] and [[Gustave Shaulo Messina]] many times, certain that Alhorn's base is there.<ref name="ri5">{{Ch2|El Aleph Chapter 5}}</ref>
 
In around 1972-73, a team of investigators led by an agent named [[J.D. Hernández]] go to Guatemala to investigate a series of mysterious murders. During the investigation, they discover that the culprit, a man named [[Fabio Ubuh]], seems to have a supernatural power like Alhorn's as well. These abilities later come to be known as [[Stand]]s, but the Foundation initially calls them {{Nihongo|{{MobilePopPop|"las Maravillas"|the Wondrous (Power)Wonder}}|{{Ruby|驚異の力|ラ・マラビジャス}}}}.<ref name="ri1">{{Ch2|El Aleph Chapter 1}}</ref> Lisa Lisa could not ignore J.D.'s report, so she leaves the investigation of Alhorn to Sasha and Gustave, while she goes to Antigua.<ref name="ri5" /> During the Speedwagon Foundation's investigation, they also hire two local helpers, [[Octavio Luna Kan]] and [[Joaquín Ruiz-Jorruda]], to help find the criminal. With Lisa Lisa's personal intervention, Fabio is eventually arrested.<ref name="ri1" />
 
After begging to join the Foundation, Octavio and Joaquín pass a challenge that Lisa Lisa gives them, and they are hired as apprentice paranormal investigators. Octavio and Joaquín were tasked with tracking the origin of Fabio's powers, and they eventually discover from [[Izahela Mena-Mena]]'s testimony that a group of human traffickers led by Alhorn are using [[Arrows]] to turn people into Stand Users before enslaving them.<ref name="ri3" />
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In ''Purple Haze Feedback'', the Speedwagon Foundation has made contact with [[Passione]]. The two sides are wary of each other due to their respective power and influence, as well as the fact that they stand on opposite sides of the law. As a token of good will, Giorno agrees to help destroying a [[Stone Mask]] hidden in Syracuse. However, Giorno cannot approach the mask as it would be considered a red flag to the Foundation and thus [[Cannolo Murolo]] is sent to secretly destroy it as part of the mission to eliminate the [[Narcotics Team]]. The Speedwagon Foundation have also sent a blimp to oversee a meeting between [[Guido Mista]] and [[Pannacotta Fugo]] in Milan during which Mista assigned Fugo his mission.
 
===[[OverOVER HeavenHEAVEN]]===
''OVER HEAVEN'' is presented as the result of an in-universe restoration of [[DIO's Notebook]] conducted by the Foundation, in hopes of discovering a way to free [[Jotaro Kujo]] from his comatose state following the theft of his [[DISC]]s. In a foreword, a translator from the Speedwagon Foundation discloses that the book's restoration was conducted by [[Josuke Higashikata]]. Most of the proper nouns throughout the book were encoded, but the translator was able to decipher them by comparing them to the facts surrounding DIO's life. The translator is unable to fully understand DIO's idiosyncrasies and theories, however, and so decides to translate them literally and leave their interpretation to the reader.
In ''Over Heaven'', a translator from the Speedwagon Foundation contacted [[Josuke Higashikata]] and asked him to restore the remains of [[DIO's Diary]] to find a possible clue on how to free [[Jotaro Kujo]] from his comatose state following Jotaro's encounter with [[Whitesnake]]. The translator managed to decipher the book, although he is not sure if the content is genuine.
 
===[[Blackstar.]]===
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Although its origins are unknown, the Speedwagon Oil Company is present in the new continuity. During the events of ''[[Steel Ball Run]]'', the Speedwagon Oil Company has no connection to the Joestars except for helping to fund [[Steven Steel]]'s [[Steel Ball Run (raceRace)|Steel Ball Run race]].<ref name=SBRC1>{{Ch|SBR Chapter 1}}</ref>
 
In ''[[JoJolion]]'', it is revealed that [[Lucy Steel]] has become a member of the foundation some time after the events of ''Steel Ball Run'', specializing in {{W|botany}} and {{W|geomorphology}}.<ref name="JJL109">{{Ch|JJL Chapter 109}}</ref> In 1911, she's shown in [[Morioh (JoJolion)|Morioh]] carrying a suitcase with the Speedwagon Foundation's logo.<ref name=JJL99>{{Ch|JJL Chapter 99}}</ref> In 1941, she investigates Morioh once again.<ref name="JJL109"/>
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