Rudol von Stroheim (ルドル・フォン・シュトロハイム, Rudoru fon Shutorohaimu) est un allié majeur de la deuxième partie de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Battle Tendency.
Stroheim est présenté comme un Major Nazi effectuant des recherches et expérimentant sur l'Homme du Pilier Santana. Finalement, il devient un cyborg et est promu au rang de Colonel. Son unité coopère avec les utilisateurs de la Fondation Speedwagon et les guerriers de l'Onde pour stopper la menace des hommes du pilier.
Stroheim est un homme grand et bien construit avec des traits faciaux masculins. Il a une coupe de cheveux flattop qui semble particulièrement large.
En tant que soldat Allemand, il porte un uniforme allemand étenue modèle 1936é et une casquette militaire connue sous le nom de "Schirmmütze". Sa casquette est décorée avec un emblème (Parteiadler) sur le centre du front. Il porte aussi un symbole de "SS" sur le col.
Plus tard, il acquiert des implants prothétiques cybernétiques métalliques complexes, tels que la section de son visage entourant son œil droit, qui est en outre recouverte d'une sorte de Monocle. Ses bras et tout son abdomen sont remplacés pas des prothèses en métal, son torse abritant une puissante mitrailleuse.
Lorsque Stroheim est présenté pour la première fois, il est un insensible et cruel Major Nazi de la SS qui a l'idée idiote d'expérimenter avec le Masque de Pierre afin de faire avancer le puissance du Waffen-SS. Au cours de sa mission au Mexique, Stroheim commet plusieurs méfaits odieux tels que capturer des locaux et les transformer de force en cobayes pour ses expériences sur les Vampires (y compris les femmes et les enfants),[1] ou menaçant de couper la langue d'une femme de chambre pour l'avoir légèrement coupé pendant un rasage.[2]
Cependant, lorsque Santana massacre son unité et menace de s'échapper, il fait également preuve de bravoure et n'hésite pas quand il est pris au piège de demander à Joseph de lui couper la jambe, et ensuite de se faire exploser avec une grenade pour tuer Santana.[3] Cela se voit une fois de plus lorsque Stroheim lui donne un coup de main pour vaincre Cars et aide Joseph à le conduire dans le volcan avec un avion. Stroheim a maintenu sa bravoure jusqu'à la bataille de Stalingrad en 1943, où il aurait combattu courageusement et serait mort au combat.[4]
De même, Stroheim respecte le courage des autres, quelle que soit l'appartenance ethnique de l'individu. Son appréciation pour la bravoure se voit quand il épargne un garçon mexicain qui était prêt à se sacrifier pour ses camarades de cellule; d'un autre côté, il a exécuté le reste des prisonniers pour ne pas avoir le même courage, rendant inutile le sacrifice du garçon.[5]
Stroheim est un nationaliste enthousiaste. Il est particulièrement fier de son corps cyborg; louant la "science allemande" et vantant généralement les Allemands à haute voix.[6] Sa fierté se transforme parfois en excès de confiance et en arrogance. À cause de cela, Stroheim a tendance à se surestimer lui-même ou sa technologie et à sous-estimer à quel point les Hommes du Pilier sont formidables. Ainsi, trois fois au cours de l'histoire, un homme du pilier prend le dessus sur lui; Santana s'échappe facilement de sa cellule et l'attaque,[7]puis son corps cyborg est également vaincu par Cars[8] et enfin Stroheim se précipitant pour en finir avec Cars dans la bataille des ruines du Piz Bernina permet à l'homme du pilier d'utiliser la lumière UV contre les humains et de se transformer en forme de vie ultime.[9] De plus, Stroheim rit réguliètement et fort de ses ennemis et pointe son doigt vers eux lorsqu'ils sont en position de faiblesse.
En tant que Major de l'armée allemande, Stroheim est capable de diriger son propre bataillon, ainsi que tous les membres du parti de rang inférieur. Stroheim dirige ses subordonnés avec autorité et la plupart du temps, sa parole fait loi. Il est un leader raisonnablement compétent. Lorsqu'il est acculé, la fierté de Stroheim pour son pays lui permet de se sacrifier sans hésitation pour éliminer sa cible. En termes d'expertise au combat, on peut présumer qu'il connait des tactiques militaires de bases et autres actions militaires, y compris le montage et le démontage et le maniement des armes au combat. Stroheim est un militaire et est donc un homme athlétique, capable de faire de longs bonds.
Après avoir été ressuscité en tant que Cyborg, les capacités physiques de Stroheim ont augmenté et avec lui son rang au statut Colonel. En tant que Cyborg, sa force augmente considérablement, ayant été conçue avec la capacité d'écraser un objet avec sa main à une pression de 1,950 kg/cm2 (à peu près le double de celui de Santana.) Sous cette forme, Stroheim avait également acquis une durabilité accrue car il pouvait survivre même lorsqu'il était réduit à l'état d'un torse et pouvait ignorer les dommages à ses membres. Avec ces membres mécaniques, il est capable de plier son corps de manière anormale et de dévier les attaques ennemies. Sur le côté du visage de Stroheim, un monocle qui sert de lentille grossissante permet à Stroheim de zoomer sur les objets à un tel point qu'il peut voir des objets de très petite taille.
Stroheim est un nazi allemand qui accepte la mission d'aller au Mexique et d'étudier l'un des Hommes du Pilier, pensant que c'est un moyen rapide de gagner une promotion. Reprenant une luxueuse hacienda dans le désert, Stroheim en fait sa forteresse personnelle et son laboratoire, où il est libre de tourmenter les domestiques. Stroheim retrouve Robert E. O. Speedwagon dans une rivière et l'emmène à sa base pour le faire prisonnier. Pour acquérir rapidement les informations nécessaires concernant les Hommes du Pilier, il utilise un sérum de vérité sur Speedwagon.
Stroheim orders preparation for the experiment to begin. He orders a Vampire starved and locked to test the Pillar Man and visits the prisoners' cell, where locals are put to be later used as food. One prisoner tries to attack him but Stroheim puts a broken pencil in his mouth and uppercuts him. Impressed when a young boy wants to sacrifice himself, Stroheim congratulates him and spares him; instead he orders his guards to execute everyone else. Showing off the cell that is specially designed to contain the Pillar Man, Stroheim begins the injection of blood in the pillar, waking up the man. Dubbing the individual "Santana" after the warm winds of Mexico, Stroheim is initially amused to see him sip on the wet ground and thinks of him as a primitive being. He sics the starved Vampire on Santana, but witness with fear Santana effortlessly absorb the Vampire. Still confident in his cell, Stroheim is nonetheless shocked to hear Santana speak the modern language. Suddenly, Santana disappears. It is shown that the Pillar Man could twist his body to fit inside of a small opening leading to an air duct.
Santana reappears in the control room and possesses a German soldier. Seeing that the experiment is now out of his control, Stroheim orders his men to fire but the possessed soldier shoots the bullets back at them with his fingers. Thankfully, Joseph Joestar reveals himself and protects both Stroheim and Speedwagon. Stroheim witnesses Joseph battle Santana but eventually, Joseph is too tired to drag the Pillar Man to the surface. Stroheim steps in and leaps to open the door, only to be hindered by pieces of Santana. Out of options, Stroheim tells Joseph to cut off his leg with an axe hanged on the wall nearby to free him and allow him to open the door to the surface, and the sun. Joseph reluctantly does so, allowing Stroheim to expose Santana to the sun. However, Santana then enters his body through his leg stump. Cornered, Stroheim eventually sacrifices himself by setting off a grenade against him. Before this, Stroheim takes the take to warn Joseph about three other Pillar Men hidden in Rome and of a contact Speedwagon knows.
Thanks to Nazi science, Colonel Stroheim is revived with cybernetic parts, which heavy weaponry and a strength designed to take on someone like Santana. He is deployed in Switzerland with another unit of soldiers and intercepts the Red Stone of Aja during a train delivery; satisfied, he puts the Stone in his pocket. He also spots the heroes and invites them to his chalet, keeping his identity a secret for the moment. That night, Kars enters the chalet. Stroheim confronts him in the living room just as Joseph barges in. Showing off his strength, Stroheim confidently takes on the Pillar Man and uses his stomach machine gun. However, Kars decides to fight seriously and easily cuts the cyborg in half. Kars takes the Red Stone of Aja, but Stroheim reveals an eye laser he shoots Kars with, making him drop the Stone. Thankfully, Joseph and the Ripple User manage to keep it. Stroheim is sent away for repairs.
Stroheim appears yet again after being reconstructed with the help of the Speedwagon Foundation science division and saves Joseph from Kars' impending vampire army just in the nick of time. Kars is defeated by Joseph soon after and is sent falling onto a spikes below, where Stroheim and his division blast him with ultraviolet light. They fail to realize, however, that Kars had donned a Stone Mask with the Aja and are dumbstruck when he achieves his ultimate form and begins killing them off with a squirrel formed from his right hand.
After Joseph hijacks a Nazi aircraft to lure Kars away, Stroheim reveals himself in the side wing of the plane just before it goes plummeting into an active volcano. After pinning Kars to the front end of the aircraft by shooting his rocket fist at him, he pulls Joseph out of the plane and cushions their fall by sacrificing his cybernetic legs. Stroheim is left helpless as Kars is shown to survive the crash in the lava, but fortunately, Joseph makes the volcano erupts when Kars' Ripple collides with the Red Stone of Aja, launching both Joseph and him into the air. Stroheim eventually returns to the rest of the group and reports Joseph's supposed death.
After the battle with Kars, Stroheim had Joseph Joestar's severed left hand replaced with an mechanical one as a gift but never meets Joseph again. He died honourably offscreen at the battle of Stalingrad in 1943.
Manga Appearances
Anime Appearances
QuotesStroheim makes his first video game appearance in the PS3 title. Appearing as one of the Campaign Surprise Support Characters, where he shoots the opponent's profile with his machine gun (in the same way he attacked Kars during the events of Part 2), decreasing their health bar by 40% before the fight.
Stroheim appears as one of the several Part 2 characters who possess a Metal Striker. His FINISH move makes him shooting several bullets of his Torso-Machine Gun at the defeated opponent and his Level 3 special ability allows him to destroy himself after defeat, damaging any Metal Striker near him (enemy or ally).
Stroheim was one of the first characters confirmed to be playable in the game (alongside Jotaro Kujo, Joseph Joestar, Noriaki Kakyoin, Josuke Higashikata, and Diego Brando).
Stroheim has the exclusive Style fully named My body! It's the pride of the German people, and the prime example of our superior German Science! (ゲルマン民族の最高知能の結晶, Geruman Minzoku no Saikō Chinō no Keshō, German's Highest Intelligence Crystallize), shortened to The Prime Example of Superior German Science.
While in Heavy Machine Gun Mode:
While in UV Radiation Mode:
As in the anime, he's voiced by Atsuhi Imaruoka. Eyes of Heaven also marks the first time Stroheim appears in a video game as a playable character.
In the Western release of the game, Stroheim's default outfit (with his military uniform) was removed, most likely due to sensitivity regarding the display of Nazi symbols.
He is paired with Okuyasu Nijimura in the Eyes of Heaven Tournament, but was eliminated in the preliminaries by Mariah and Esidisi.
Stroheim appears in Diamond Records as a playable character, both in his initial appearance and as a cyborg.
Stroheim's first iteration is playable in both the Action Battle and Tactical Battle game modes. He has a few unlockable statues under the 'Fighting Spirit' type, ranging from 3 stars to 5 stars.
Stroheim's moveset in both game modes is comprised of various attacks taking advantage of his arsenal from the anime.
Stroheim's cyborg form is playable in both the Action Battle and Tactical Battle game modes. He has one 'Courage' type 5 star statue.
Cyborg Stroheim's moveset in both game modes is comprised of attacks that use his various cyborg abilities and weapons, as well as being able to summon Nazi soldiers to assist him.
Stroheim in full uniform
Close-up
Cover, Chapter 53
Cover, Chapter 84; prior to revealing himself to Joseph, resurrected
Cyborg Stroheim revealed!
Stroheim and his machinegun
Stroheim's eye beam
UV Lights against the Vampire
Expressing delight over being the one to kill Kars
Witnessing Joseph running away after Kars becomes the ultimate being
Stroheim's last appearance in the manga
Strohiem's first appearance
"SpeedwaGONnnnnnnnn."
Stroheim saluting to Germany's superior science
Attacked by a squirrel made from Kars' hand
Stroheim's final appearance
"Our technology is the GREATEST!"
Key art for the anime
Stroheim in the ending credits
Cyborg Stroheim in the ending credits (Episode 19; Abdominal Machine Gun)
Cyborg Stroheim in the ending credits (Episode 23; Ultraviolet Shoulder Cannons)
Stroheim As He Appears In The Part 3 OVA's Timeline Video
Stroheim Sacrificing Himself To Destroy Santana (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Stroheim In Switzerland With His Face Hidden Before His Reveal (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Stroheim Revealed As A Cyborg With a Gatling Gun In His Stomach (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Stroheim Arrives To Josephs Aid In His Fight With Kars (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Stroheim Looks In Horror As Kars Becomes The Perfect Being (Part 3 OVA Timelines)
Stroheims Final Appearance In Stalin Grad in the Part 3 OVA Timelines
Stroheim's Heavy Machine Gun Mode render, Eyes of Heaven
Stroheim's UV Radiation Mode render, Eyes of Heaven
Stroheim in EoH
Stroheim in Diamond Records, activating "DoDoDo Mode"
3-star statue, DR
4-star statue, DR
5-star statue, DR
Cyborg 5-star statue, DR
Stroheim's model in DR
Cyborg Stroheim's model in DR
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Chara Heroes; Part 2 Vol.1
Statue Legend (Wonderfest)
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