Ugo DiRinaldi was the vice president of the Scungimondo Corporation, undercover as a security guard stationed in Pompeii.
Physical appearance[]
Ugo is an muscular and middle-aged Italian man with short black hair. He wears a security guard uniform consisting of a blue collared shirt over a white undershirt with short sleeves and a grey cap. He also wears a pair of blue jeans held up by a grey belt, black shoes, and a black walkie-talkie attached to his waist. In a later appearance, after suffering a whiplash injury, he wore a cervical brace around his neck.
Personality[]
Ugo was initially presented as a dutiful security guard who followed the orders of his superiors to restrict access to Pompeii. However, he was revealed to be a greedy man most interested in growing his company. His methods of obtaining land are unethical and illegal, involving the destruction of ancient artifacts and terrorizing visitors.
History[]
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Season one[]
Ugo DiRinaldi was the vice president of the Scungimondo Corporation, a construction company known for building modernized buildings across Italy. However, as Italian law forbade him from building on lands with ancient artifacts, DiRinaldi began an operation to destroy the artifacts and acquire the land. He collaborated with garbage boat captain Guzman, disguising himself as a zombie gladiator to scare tourists away at night while Guzman collected and dumped artifacts into the mouth of Mount Vesuvius.
He was first seen undercover as a nighttime security guard, attempting to stop Mystery Inc. from entering the city of Pompeii. Despite claiming to be under strict orders to restrict access to the city, as Pompeii could not be closed to the public, he was unable to stop Mystery Inc. from entering. He then chased them away as the zombie gladiator with the help of Guzman, who likewise disguised himself as the ghost emperor Caesar Saladicus. During the chase, however, Ugo suffered a whiplash injury while riding a motorboat, and Velma noted that Ugo was seen wearing a cervical brace not long after the incident.
Ugo unmasked.
DiRinaldi was finally subdued as the gladiator at the mouth of Mount Vesuvius, where his illegal dumping operations nearly caused the volcano to erupt. After Daphne stopped the eruption, DiRinaldi and Guzman were exposed for their crimes and handed over to the police.