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- "Looks like you lured another man in here, you little whore."
- —Jo Slade, on Frank trying to rescue the captive
Jo Slade is a psychopath appearing in Dead Rising and a special zombie appearing in Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.
She is a morbidly obese, corrupt police officer who had captured at least four young women with the intent of sexually assaulting them. It is implied that she has also captured and killed other victims, including both hostages and those who attempted to rescue them, such as Tonya Waters and Ross Folk.
Jo is found in the Lovely Fashion House in Wonderland Plaza during the scoop Above the Law.
Above the Law[]
- Main article: Above the Law (Dead Rising)
Jo is seen entering a women's clothing store with a young woman. As Frank West arrives to investigate, he finds the young woman, Kay, tied to a chair with Jo standing over her.
Jo proceeds to taunt and verbally abuse the young woman, going as far as to threatening to sexually abuse her with a nightstick. Frank attempts to intervene, but Jo demands him not to interfere or be dealt with.
After she is killed, she drops a Stun Gun and the Handcuff Key. Frank frees Kay and the three other hostages, Kelly Carpenter, Lilly Deacon, and Janet Star, and escorts them back to the Security Room.
Chop Till You Drop[]
- Main article: Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
In Chop Till You Drop, psychopath Jo does not appear, along with her scoop and hostages, despite trailers showing her in the game. Instead, Jo appears as two different variants of zombies. The blue-shirted zombie Jo has two Stun Guns and appears at night, and the brown-shirted, brown-hatted, aviator sunglasses-wearing version of zombie Jo has a Handgun and a Stun Gun. Zombie Jo is very powerful and is capable of dealing heavy damage, but can be taken out quickly with a Shotgun blast to the face.
Infinity Mode[]
- Main article: Infinity Mode
In Infinity Mode, Jo first appears on the Rooftop from 1:19:00 to 2:07:00, and is armed with a Stun Gun and a Handgun. In her equipment, she carries a Lettuce, a Melon, a Zombait, and two Nightsticks. Later, Jo appears in Lovely Fashion House in the Wonderland Plaza from 5:00:00 to 5:07:00, and she carries the same items she had before.
Battle Style[]
Jo is unique among the psychopaths (with the exception of Dylan Fuentes from Dead Rising 3) in that she will actively attack her hostages. If Frank is not near her or trying to attack her, she will walk around the store and attack Kay, Lilly, Kelly, or Janet.
| Kick | Jo can lash out with a kick similar to Frank's kick attack. She will also kick her hostages. |
|---|---|
| Stun Gun | Jo can use her stun gun to electrocute Frank. Although this attack is slow, it is devastating when it connects as Frank is knocked to the floor and rendered immobile for several seconds afterward. During this time, Jo can follow up by stomping on Frank's groin, dealing several blocks of damage until Frank recovers. She will also stun her hostages. |
| Bludgeon | If Frank is close to her, Jo will attempt to hit Frank with a swing of her fist. This attack is slow but is capable of dealing heavy damage. |
| Handgun | If Frank is out of her attack range, she will pull out her handgun and shoot at Frank. This attack deals only light damage. |
Trivia[]
- She accuses Kay of luring another man into the store, suggesting that others have tried and failed to rescue her hostages.
- According to one of her hostages, Janet, she has already killed other hostages.
- It is suggested that Jo was responsible for injuring another survivor, Ross Folk, while attempting to abduct his girlfriend, Tonya Waters.
- Jo has the tallest and largest character model in the game.
- According to her badge, Jo holds the title of Law Enforcement Officer, possibly as part of mall security or another law enforcement branch. However, her reference to her actions as "official police business" and the notebook description identifying her as a police officer suggest she considers herself to be a member of the police force.
- It is also possible that Jo promoted herself to the rank of police officer, believing she is the last surviving law enforcement figure in Willamette.
- In the beta version of Dead Rising, Jo holds Sophie Richards hostage instead of Kay.
- On the first Characters page of Dead Rising's game manual, Jo is shown without her glasses. The same image of her is used in Frank's Notebook, except she is wearing her glasses.
- Her theme is "Heaven's Creepin' In", by Supernova Syndicate.
- Sgt. Dwight Boykin, a Dead Rising 2 psychopath, says a line similar to Jo's when being defeated: "I cannot believe a worthless zombie did me in!", except Jo says "prick" instead of "zombie".
- She will only be aggressive towards Frank when he enters the Lovely Fashion House, similar to how Randy Tugman from the next game is only aggressive when the player character is inside the Swept Away chapel.
- A reference to Jo is seen in Dead Rising 2: Off the Record: when Frank is saving Deidre Sanchez, he will say, "You're much nicer than the last female cop I met".
- In the Odd Jobs menu in Chop Till You Drop, Jo makes an appearance in her human form.
- The two zombie Jo's in Chop Till You Drop have different movement animations.
- In Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, when Frank kills a Zombie Jo with a Queen, she will die in the same way as she dies in Dead Rising on the Xbox 360.[Verification needed]
- Jo's uniform does not match those being worn by the zombified members of the Willamette Police Department. Their uniforms consist of a black shirt and black pants, with patches resembling those of the New York City Police Department and a badge similar to that of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- It is possible that she holds a different rank from the other officers, or Security Enforcement could be a specialized division within the Willamette Police Department, designated by a unique uniform to set its members apart.
- Jo is similar to Randy Tugman and Dylan Fuentes, from Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 3, respectively, as all three psychopaths kidnap hostages for sexual motivations.
- When Jo pulls out her nightstick, she says: "Say hello to my little friend," a reference to the movie Scarface.
- The scoop "Above the Law" shares its name with the side mission involving finding Bob's daughter in Dead Rising 2: Case Zero.
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