One Piece

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A man's dreams will never die!

In a world of endless oceans and strange, exotic islands, a Golden Age of Piracy has arisen following the demise of the infamous "Pirate King", Gold Roger.

Pirates from across the globe are searching for Roger's ultimate treasure -- known as One Piece -- said to be hidden somewhere in the Grand Line, the most dangerous and unpredictable stretch of ocean in the world.

One Piece, a long-running (over 14 years and 600 chapters and going strong), ridiculously popular manga by Eiichiro Oda which has also been adapted into an anime, movies, image songs and so on; considered the single most popular manga created and translated in history, with over 32,343,809 copies sold in 2010 alone.

This is the story of Monkey D. Luffy, an ambitious but kind young man who has eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi (Gum-Gum Fruit), turning him into a Rubber Man. He dreams of following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Captain "Red-Haired" Shanks, by becoming a great pirate. In fact, he plans to find One Piece and become the new "Pirate King". To that end, he has assembled one of the strongest (not to mention weirdest) crews in the world, consisting of:

  • Roronoa Zoro: Probably second in command. A green-haired, lazy, former Bounty Hunter with impossible bad sense (both common and of direction) and super strength who is the creator of the Santoryu (three sword style), consisting in carrying one in each hand and one in his mouth. His goal is to become the world's greatest swordsman by defeating Dracule "Hawk Eye" Mihawk. Second strongest of the crew along with Sanji.
  • Nami: A sly, spunky female thief, master manipulator, and outstanding navigator who dreams of making a map of the entire world. She's quite greedy and obsessed with cash, often conning other characters, even her own crewmates. Possesses an instinctive ability to predict the weather that borders on the supernatural, which later becomes the basis of her combat techniques.
  • Usopp: A long-nosed, cowardly sharpshooter with a penchant for bragging and telling tall tales. He dreams of becoming a great warrior of the sea, much like his father, with the side goal of visiting Elbaf, an island of giants and a "warrior's paradise".
  • Sanji: A sharp-dressed, snarky, girl-crazy, chain-smoking self-appointed Chef of the crew. Master of the Kuroashi no Waza (Black Leg), with kicks strong enough to shatter boulders into dust and hidden intelligence. He dreams of finding the "All Blue", a sea where the four "regular" seas (not counting the Grand Line) converge, which therefore holds every species of fish in the world. Second member of the "Monster trio" (with Zoro and Luffy).
  • Tony Tony Chopper: A young, naive, and adorable reindeer who consumed the Hito Hito no Mi, giving him sentience. After a series of mishaps, was adopted by quack doctor Hiluluk (and later mentored by grand doctor Kureha), becoming an expert doctor. He joined the Straw Hats to fulfill his dreams of becoming a doctor that can cure any disease, and to become his own man to honor his late "father" Hiruluk.
  • Nico Robin: Mystery lady, archaeologist, former agent/assassin of Baroque Works who ate the Hana Hana No Mi, and only survivor of Ohara, who had been ruthlessly hunted since she was eight by the World Government. She dreams of finding the Rio Poneglyph, an enormous stone block that holds the world's "True History".
  • Franky: The crew's resident shipwright/cyborg/speedo enthusiast. Powers up on cola and dreams of making an invincible ship that can sail to the edge of the world. Word Of God is that he's based on Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura.
  • Brook: A fencing musician skeleton with an afro, a weird sense of humor, an odd obsession with seeing women's panties, and the power to come back from the dead. Once. After he's already decayed to a skeleton. He dreams of reuniting with Laboon, a whale his crew befriended before leaving for the Grand Line, and betrayed by dying before returning to him as promised.

Together, the Nakama of Straw Hat Pirates travel the world, making their way to and through the Grand Line, facing villainous rival pirates, Marine Forces, and corrupted elements of the World Government.

The big gimmick to the show is that many characters, including Luffy, have consumed a "Devil Fruit". Devil Fruits grant the sole consumer incredible powers, at the cost of the consumer losing the ability to swim. Luffy, for example, has eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi (translated as the Gum Gum Fruit), turning him into a RubberMan that is capable of stretching his body like elastic. The powers granted by the other Devil Fruits are a varied bunch, from producing natural soap to transforming into a giraffe-human hybrid, to becoming a being made of living ice.

There have been a vast-number of story arcs, not including anime filler.

One Piece anime has suffered much bad luck trying to be (properly) accessible in the English-speaking world. Much to the outrage of fans of the series, 4Kids Entertainment picked up the rights to show in the U.S. to an absolutely horrific extent, even compared to their previous works. Entire arcs and characters were removed, almost all the violence was toned down to pathetic levels, and guns were either laughably passed off as "water pistols" or crudely redrawn into things like slingshots or weird shower-head/hammer things. Having obtained the license to the series mainly so they could market the hell out of it, nobody at 4Kids bothered to watch ahead in the series, either; this resulted in a plethora of characters critical to the plot later on being cut out of the show altogether. So it's probably a good thing that they ended up stopping production of the dub after Alabasta -- the Template:Plot Holes, weird edits, and write-arounds would have simply spun further out of control.

When 4Kids lost the rights to dub One Piece in 2007, Funimation picked up the license and began redubbing the series, with better dialogue and greater overall faithfulness to the source material. Unfortunately, this was not enough to save the badly-wounded franchise's run on Cartoon Network, and the TV broadcast was canceled.

Then in 2009, it was announced that the series would be simul-cast on the internet. And The Fandom Rejoiced... until digital pirates took an episode from Funimation's website, when Funi hadn't yet put up an official link to it, and released it before the episode even aired in Japan. After this, the whole simulcast was delayed for three months to tighten their security and prevent any future leaks. And now it's here! They continue to produce One Piece on DVD, starting from the beginning, uncut and unedited; in May 2010, they finally finished re-dubbing all of the episodes previously done by 4Kids, and are continuing onward to Skypiea and beyond. So at least a happy ending there.

What's more, Viz and the U.S. Shonen Jump released five volumes per month starting from January 2010 through June, allowing the English readers to quickly catch up with the Japanese audience (similar to their treatment of the Naruto manga). The U.S. Shonen Jump has also moved ahead to the Impel Down arc and beyond after finishing the Alabasta arc. The television broadcast in the US and Canada, however, is still long gone.

It has numerous specific pages on TV Tropes, will be imported in due time.

If you are watching the English dub or haven't read the manga Whatever you do, there are spoilers below.
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  • Abhorrent Admirer: Zombie Lola towards Absalom. Subverted when she turns out to be a sympathetic character.
    • The real Lola toward any male who crosses her field of vision.
    • The ugly, friendless psychopath Vander Decken IX to Princess Shirahoshi.
  • Absolute Cleavage: Boa Hancock. Robin has this after the time-skip.
  • Acquired Poison Immunity: We find out in Fishman Island that ever since Luffy recovered from Magellan's various toxins, he is now immune to ALL THE POISONS. Since we all know how much Oda likes a Chekhov's Gun, it is safe to assume that this will prove important.
  • Action Bomb: Averted, as the same power that gives Mr. 5 his explosive abilities keeps them from harming him.
  • Action Girl: Boa Hancock, Robin, Nami, Tashigi... and Iva and Inazuma when they're in a "feminine mood".
  • Actor Allusion: When Sabo is introduced in the anime, the character is voiced by Junko Takeuchi, famous for her role as Naruto. What do they do in their third episode together? Eat ramen, obviously.
  • Adaptation Distillation: Movie 9 is an alternate version of Drum Island, seemingly placed after the CP9 arc, and it manages to perfectly retain everything that made the original arc good, while also making some changes to keep things interesting for old fans.
  • Adaptation Expansion: Instead of relying on filler arcs to provide padding, the anime has recently taken to following a 1:1 chapter/episode pacing, expanding on and lengthening the already-present material. It also fully covered the fates of the other eight Straw Hats following their defeat by Kuma presented while Luffy was traveling to Impel Down.
    • Oda has admitted that despite the manga being so long and stuffed with ideas and happenings, if he had his way there would be even MORE. His editors tend to make him throw out a lot of ideas which aren't essential to keeping the story moving. These concepts often make it into the anime.
    • They also show Rob Lucci's backstory in frightening detail.
  • Adaptation Induced Plot Hole: Plenty of these.
    • Zoro gets two in the Warship Island Arc. The first has him remark that he can cut through anything, conflicting with an important plot point where Zoro can't cut steel. The other has the crew meeting a dragon, making Zoro's claim of "not believing in dragons" during Thriller Bark seem silly.
      • Zoro's claim about dragons is made even funnier, when in One Piece: Unlimited Cruise, Zoro's animal themed costume is one of a dragon.
    • During the Davy Back Fight filler, Chopper is seen eating two Rumble Balls in a short period of time without consequences. It was revealed in Enies Lobby that eating two Rumble Balls within six hours causes him to lose control of his transformations.
  • Adipose Rex: Wapol, who is able to eat absolutely anything and is appropriately obese as a result. He can subvert it at will if he needs to, though.
  • Adult Child: Luffy, in personality. His birthday is even "Children's Day".
  • Advanced Ancient Acropolis: It's implied that there is (or was) one of these prior to the formation of the World Government, complete with superweapons powerful enough to destroy entire islands, during a period known as the "Void Century". Any and all knowledge of it has been suppressed, and anyone attempting to regain that knowledge will be hunted down and annihilated, along with any surrounding territory. Nico Robin's dream is to learn what happened.
  • Advancing Wall Of Doom: Chief Warden Magellan becomes a rare non-videogame example in the latter part of the Impel Down Arc, once it becomes clear just how overpowered he is.
  • Adventure Series: Pretty self-explanatory, really.
  • Adventure Towns: Though usually these are destinations for story arcs, short or long, rather than Place of the Week.
  • Aerith And Bob: All over the place. Most of the groups tend to have members whose names have diverse linguistic origins. The nine enemy Supernovas actually stand out because the eight captains have a consistent naming theme.
  • Affably Evil: Admiral Kizaru casually makes small talk with pirates before kicking them through buildings.
    • Nico Robin was first portrayed this way, but actually undermined the Big Bad at every turn, then joined the Straw Hats at the end.
    • Surprisingly, (probable) Big Bad Blackbeard is this to everyone, no matter the circumstance. Yeah, he tried to capture Luffy that one time, and he handed Ace over to be executed, but he doesn't mind if Luffy goes and saves him. Hell, he even praises Luffy for finding Skypeia and growing stronger. He genuinely seems to carry no grudges against people he slaughters/maims.
    • Magellan may be in charge of LITERAL hell on earth Impel Down, but he's not sadistic, he doesn't enjoy fighting, and he doesn't actively try to mess with the prisoners. He also tends to go easy on people who (foolishly) oppose him, and he could destroy Impel Down and everyone in it by himself if he wanted to.
  • Agent Peacock: Emporio Ivankov.
  • Air Jousting: Taken to its literal trope between Gan Fall and Shura.
  • The Alcatraz: Welcome to Impel Down, the most secure prison on the planet and home to its deadliest criminals. Modeled after Dante's Seven Layers of Hell, with multiple levels of torture and imprisonment, each more horrible than the last. Don't even think of escape, convicts, as this prison is built in the Calm Belt, entirely underwater, and surrounded by sea monsters. There's also a secret sixth level, made especially for criminals too dangerous to exist, but its existence remains unknown to the public. Until Blackbeard springs a good chunk of the population of Level Six and adds several of the worst criminals ever to his crew. So secure is Impel Down, one character went through the lengthy process of joining the Seven Warlords of the Sea just to get in, while the other had to practically crawl up a Warlord's ass.
  • All Amazons Want Hercules: More specifically, they want your balls.
    • "BALLS OF PURE GOLD!"
    • Played fairly straight later in the same arc. All the Amazons are just dying to touch Luffy.
      • Most of them had never seen a man before. Plus, he's like the ultimate Stretch Armstrong. That alone makes him touch-worthy.
      • Made more apparent in Ch. 594, where you can see them doing this to Jinbe and Rayleigh!
  • All Of The Other Reindeer: Chopper is a send-up of Rudolph, so...
    • Less literally, Robin received this treatment as well.
  • All There In The Manual: Oda often clarifies minor plot details in his letter column which appears in the collected editions of the manga. Sometimes these ideas inspire parts of the story later on.
  • All Women Are Lustful: Paulie of the Galley-La company apparently believes this very strongly, and accuses any woman wearing clothing that shows off her figure (of which there are many) of being perverted. He even tries to protect his boss Iceberg from seeing Nami in a bikini while at the pool. Making it even funnier, he not only appears to be the only person in the world with this attitude, but he's a Mr Vice Guy who was introduced while running from creditors over his gambling debts.
  • The Aloner: Brook.
  • Aloof Older Brother: Flashbacks reveal that Ace was, shockingly, one in the past.
  • Always a Bigger Sea King: Seen Here.
  • Always Chaotic Evil: 99% of the Pirates are really, really monsters. It's Luffy and crew whom are some of the very few exceptions, which makes Luffy's liberation of prisoners in Impel Down a very horrible thing to do. It's on the other side of the Great Line where things get better, mainly thanks to the 4 Emperors and their crews.
    • The World Nobles, the ruling power of the World Government. Not one of them is portrayed sympathetically. If anything, they're even worse than pirates.
  • Always Female: Whenever someone on Amazon Lily has a baby, it always turns out to be a girl for some reason.
  • Always Someone Better: After having his ass handed to him by Mihawk, Zoro now has a goal to become a better swordsman than him.
  • Amusing Injuries: Whenever Nami beats someone up.
    • Zoro fought a sword-wielding ape who tried to fix a slash across the chest with spit. It was an injury, and it was very amusing.
  • And There Was Much Rejoicing: Adieu, Captain Morgan.
  • Angrish: Sanji's reaction to his bounty poster.
  • Animal Motifs: Oda loves these. Every CP9 member, the three admirals, and the original Seven Warlords of the Sea all have animal themes. The Straw Hats have them too, though theirs are a bit vaguer. However, Oda has stated he's sure of at least one. He thinks.... that Chopper is a reindeer.
  • Animal Talk: Chopper can talk to humans and animals and act as a translator, which has come in handy before.
    • [[Averted with other Zoan fruits. Simply eating, say, the Neko-Neko Fruit Fruit does not allow one to speak to cats.
  • Animate Dead: Moria's modus operandi.
  • Animation Bump: Comes in several flavors. A handful of episodes are done in a style that is much brighter and more colorful and almost identical to the manga's art. Another handful of episodes are done in a more stylized manner that sacrifices detail for fluidity. The animation in general has recently been employing more detail and fluidity across the board, and the 10th Opening is exemplary of this.
    • Episode 474 brings us the best animation quality yet seen, though a few moments, such as facial expressions, look rather awkward as a result.
    • The animation quality bumps up whenever Whitebeard does something awesome.
  • Anime Theme Song: 15 of 'em, all equally optimistic and catchy! Starting with "We Are!" by Hiroshi Kitadani, which is nearly classic among fans -- the seventh and tenth themes are actually remixes of that song. The fifteenth theme, We Go!, also by Kitadani, is currently airing.
    • Note, however, that the 13th theme is probably the saddest of all the themes.
      • The themes seem to generally follow the mood of the story. Once the crew reunites again, the new song is probably going to be even more upbeat.
    • Ending Theme: Many of these, too. Curiously enough, the first of these ("Memories") is probably the most non-action-y anime ending theme ever; all it features is the first five Straw Hats appearing one-by-one, and standing completely still.
  • Animorphism: The Zoan-type Devil Fruits allow the user to become a fully different species of animal, as well as a hybrid of that animal and their original form.
  • Annoying Arrows: The Rumbar Pirates were able to spend their last minutes merrily partying and singing away with quivers of poisoned arrows protruding from them, the poison being what brought them down. In the anime, this goes on for nearly five minutes.
    • And then, of course, there's Luffy's bedwetting "human pincushion" scene from Movie 6, although those were plant-controlled arrows.
    • Completely inverted in Amazon Lily with stone-splitting archery.
    • Whitebeard does this with swords, cannonballs, and anything else the Marines throw at him.
  • Arbitrary Skepticism: Luffy, whose crew includes a talking reindeer, a singing skeleton, and a cyborg, is shocked that Law has a bear in his crew.
  • Arc Number: Whenever someone's past is mentioned, terrible events always occur on some multiple of 3 or 10 years ago. Compared to the number of people this does not apply to, it's almost like there's a tri-annual apocalypse... at least for any named characters.
  • Aristocrats Are Evil: The World Nobles, who take this to downright absurd levels (rape, slavery, and genocide are the mildest of their misdeeds), the nobility of the Goa Kingdom, and King Wapol. The ruling family of Alabasta averts this.
  • Armor Piercing Slap: Nami; at times Vivi.
  • Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Eneru and Rob Lucci. Both somewhat Justified, since the former was literally invincible until Luffy came along, and the latter was a government Tyke Bomb.
  • Artificial Human: The Pacifistas, though the reason for their appearance is still a mystery.
  • Art Attacker: Mr. 3, who uses wax sculptures, and Miss Goldenweek, who uses color to paint on Standard Status Effects or other powers. They are paired together due to their art theme.
  • Art Evolution: Oda's style has changed a lot over the years, becoming less round and cartoony, but also more variable. His panels are also much busier and full of activity, while in early chapters they were sometimes a bit barren.
    • This has carried over to the anime, which has tweaked its character designs every now and then. The style has gotten more clean, with fewer superfluous lines and details, in order to make the animation more fluid. Watch any recent episode which contains a flashback to an eariler one; the difference can be surprising.
      • Most noticeable with Chopper, who kept getting cuter little by little in the manga. In the anime, he remained the same for several years, then had his design changed to the cuter version all at once. Adorable, but jarring.
    • Lest we forget Nami's ever-expanding breasts.
      • In all fairness, the original crew are all teenagers (at least until the time skip -- now it's just Luffy and Usopp), so there was still some room for... growth.
      • Or Usopp's lengthening nose.
        • Funny case of Inversion: he has probably less reasons to lie about his adventures now than before. Maybe his past lies are catching up to him...
  • Art Shift: Three times in the anime: once in Movie 6 and in a later episode, the art (already done in a radically different style than the rest of the show) shifts to a black-and-white sketchy style. Then a minor shift appears in one of the more recent episodes: in the imagination of Boa Hancock, whose fantasy version of Luffy is drawn to look Bishonen in a completely non-Oda style, complete with sparkles.
  • Ascended Fanboy: Hordi Jones from the Fishman Island arc started out as a fan of earlier Big Bad Arlong before becoming one himself.
    • Oda counts somewhat, seeing as he started out as a fan of Akira Toriyama (and Dragon Ball in particular). Eventually, he impresses the latter enough that they end up doing a one shot crossover between both franchises.
  • Asleep For Days: Luffy sleeps for three days after defeating Crocodile. After he's told this, he calculates that he missed 15 meals. Zorro's no better either.
  • Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: A common part of Oda's design style:
    • Usopp is designed to look like Pinocchio. His long nose recalls Pinocchio instantly, while his large boots, knobby body, and dark skin are specifically designed to look like wooden marionette. Fittingly, he's a constant liar, who desperately wishes to become a real man.
    • Most of the male Baroque Works agents have their number integrated into their appearance. On the extreme end, Mr. 7 has a face consisting entirely of 7s.
    • Chief Warden Magellan, who runs a Dante's Infernoesque prison, looks like Satan wearing an SS uniform. Though that's how he's perceived by the inmates, he's actually a decent Anti Villain.
    • BRUTALLY and hilariously inverted with Commander T-Bone, who is one of the most peace-loving and compassionate human beings in the series, let alone the Marines. Despite this, he looks like a hideous ghoul.
    • Prof. Clover's hair looks like an upside-down three leaf clover.
  • Author Appeal: It has become increasingly clear over the past few years that Eiichiro Oda really, really, really likes afros.
  • Author Avatar: In the Dream Soccer King! special, Eiichiro Oda is depicted in it as a soccer player called Odacchi; what's funny is that he's the worst soccer player in the special, despite his claims to the contrary.
    • Also in Gigant Battle for the Nintendo DS, Oda is depicted again as a man with a large pencil and a fish for head that draws manga panels to trap opponents.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Every high-ranking Marine officer. Every one of them. Subverted in Smoker's case; he started as a mere captain and reluctantly rose to commodore. It's been said that he'd have a much higher rank if he were more obedient.
    • Also subverted by Vice-Admiral Garp, who we later find out had actually turned down a promotion to Admiral multiple times. The one time he's shown fighting that isn't against Luffy (and thus likely wasn't his best effort), he was fighting alongside Fleet Admiral Sengoku himself, indicating that the two are very likely on the same level.
    • Averted by Spandam, who's weaker than your average Mook and yet is the undisputed leader of CP9, even though Lucci disdains him and could snap him in half with one finger.
      • Thoroughly averted on the other side by Iceberg as well. All of the Galley-la foremen in his employ are certifiably Badass, even those who aren't CP9. Iceberg himself... is just really good at making and repairing ships.
    • Also subverted by the World Nobles, who seem to have virtually-absolute authority over all the people of Sabaody Archipelago, as well as the Holy Land of Mariejois, have the authority to call an admiral and battle fleet if someone ticks them off, and yet they have no fighting ability whatsoever, aside from being allowed to carry guns.
    • Played straight with other pirate crews, where the captain is always the most battle-capable member of his or her crew.
      • Lampshaded many times between Zorro and Luffy. People who only witness Zorro's fighting are surprised that he's not the captain, invoking and generally being Genre Savvy about this trope.
  • Ax Crazy: Most of the Warlords have specific goals (Crocodile, Moria, Blackbeard), and some of them have codes of honor (Jinbe, Mihawk). By contrast, Slasher Smiling Donquixote Doflamingo appears to be absolutely batshit insane and just enjoys causing havoc and killing people.
    • And Magellan locked co-warden Shiliew up in the deepest level of the prison when Shiliew started killing prisoners for fun. The first thing Shiliew does upon being released to help with the prison break? Attack the guards who opened his cell.
    • Admiral Akainu responds to almost anything he perceives as a threat with absolutely ridiculous amounts of force... and, considering how many things he sees as threats, he goes from being ruthlessly pragmatic to a complete psychopath.
    • "Wet Hair" Caribou, one of the new infamous rookies that arrives on Sabaody around the end of the timeskip, may very well take the cake on this one. To drive the point home, his shirt even looks like an undone straitjacket.
  • An Axe To Grind: Dr. Vegapunk's bodyguard, Sentomaru, wields a giant battle-axe, though he boasts that he doesn't even need it to take Luffy down. He does need it for Monster Chopper, though.
    • Very much earlier, the slightly less formidable Captain Morgan had an axe in place of a hand.
  • Backstory: Everyone. If a character is fighting one of the Strawhats for more than two chapters, expect them to have some sort of BackStory.
  • Back To Back Badasses: For some -- or perhaps many -- Luffy and Ace at Marineford... unfortunately, not for long enough... and never to be seen again.
    • And to one up that, we've got none other than Whitebeard and Roger on the cover page of Chapter 597.
  • Badass: Read the next ten or so entries.
    • The entire fight against Shiki in Strong World is badass. There are badass outfits, a badass entrance, a badass royal palace, and a badass final boss fight. The entire last quarter of the movie is made of pure badass.
  • Badass Abnormal: Kaku and Kalifa, who were already top assassins and spies before earning Devil Fruit powers.
  • Badass Adorable: Chopper.
  • Badass Boast: This page.
    Spandam: Do you really think that you'll stand a chance against the entire world?!!!!
    Luffy: YEAH----!!!!
  • Badass Bookworm: Nico Robin.
    • And Chopper shows signs of this, once he gets over his initial freak-out.
    • And a flashback during the Skypiea arc reveals that Montblanc Norland was an awesome example in his day as well.
  • Badass Crew: The Straw Hats, natch, although Whitebeard's Pirates have cemented themselves as one of the best examples of this trope. Blackbeard's crew are a delightfully evil example, recruiting not only four global terrorists but also the insane swordsman who once guarded them.
  • Badass Family: The Monkey D. clan; this might extend to other Ds like Saul and Teach as well.
  • Badass Grandpa: Luffy's actual grandpa, Vice-Admiral Garp "The Fist". He will get you punks off his lawn, by pitching cannonballs with his bare hands.
    • And Whitebeard, obviously. Badass indeed.
    • Silvers Rayleigh definitely counts. Aside from fending off a dude packing light-speed reflexes and a lightsaber, he also swam the freaking Calm Belt, which is infested with colossal sea monsters. Also, he punched out an elephant with his mind.
    • Don't forget Gan Fall.
  • Badass In A Nice Suit: CP9. Carrying out assassinations and government conspiracies while looking absolutely sharp.
    • But it's also important to note that several members of CP9 look really ridiculous wearing suits like that, especially the fat Fukurou and the hyperactive Kabuki actor Kumadori.
    • This seems to be spread to the Marines as well. Just look at Admiral Kizaru.
    • The entire Straw Hat crew get into the art in the tenth movie. Probably the only time in the series outside of colorspreads that you are going to see Luffy wearing a dress shirt, suit, and tie. And they all look damn sexy to boot.
    • How has Sanji not been mentioned? That's basically all he wears!
  • Badass Longcoat: Most high-ranking Marine officers and upper tier pirate captains sport these, as does Mr. 5 of Baroque Works and, of all people, Alvida.
    • Should be stated that 97% of all the Badass Longcoat wearing characters' arms are NEVER within their coat's sleeves and just have them hang from their shoulders while they fight (or many cases Curb Stomp) as per Rule Of Cool.
    • Gol D. Roger seems to have been the only character badass enough to actually wear his badass longcoat with his arms in the sleeves.
      • So did John Giant.
  • Badass Mustache: WHITEBEARD. The misleading name (which is because that part of his name in Japanese means any kind of facial hair) detracts nothing from its awesome manliness.
  • Badass Normal: Usopp, hands down. Sanji and Zoro would also qualify, were it not for their superhuman strength.
    • Nami has very little physical power or fighting skill to speak of, and no Devil Fruit powers, but still manages to take down fairly tough opponents (and cuts large swathes through the Marines' Red Shirt Army) with her Clima Tact, a Weather Control Machine that her navigational skills allow her to do things with that not even Usopp, its original creator, could think of.
    • Mihawk is kinda this compared to the other Seven Warlords of the Sea, being the only one to so far possess neither Devil Fruit powers or Fishman abilities.
    • Surrounded by guys who shoot lasers, freeze oceans, and turn into Buddha, Garp stands out as a Marine capable of extreme Badassery (he was the Pirate King's nemesis) despite having no apparent Devil Fruit power.
    • Gol D. Roger himself also counts. To the best of our knowledge so far, he had no Devil Fruit powers. He appears to have had the ability to understand any language, but that isn't what made him the greatest pirate to ever live.
      • It helps that his crew also seems to have been this. Out of the former members of Gol D. Roger's crew that we've seen so far, only Buggy has been shown to have a Devil Fruit power, and he ate his entirely by accident. In Buggy's flashback, the crew express the opinion that losing the ability to swim isn't worth the power, and when Buggy, probably one of the lowest-ranked people on the ship, declares that he's going to eat it, no one really seems to care. In fact, the rest of the crew comment on how stupid he's being.
        • This may actually count as Fridge Brilliance: A Devil Fruit, used properly, can take you to the top of the food chain, but after you've learned the tricks of the trade there, and if you survived as a badass normal until then, there's nothing left to kill you except the sea. Which won't harm a Badass Noral.
    • Red-Hair Shanks. Full stop. The man parried a fist of lava with a sword.
  • Baddie Flattery: Foxy complimented Luffy on his new look before their fight.
    • Rob Lucci in the anime commended Luffy during their battle for standing up to the World Government, but was too haughty to admit that a rebel pirate could actually be a Worthy Opponent for him.
    • Blackbeard does this constantly.
  • Bad Liar: Usopp, Luffy, and Sanji at one point during Thriller Bark.
  • Balance Of Power: Marine Headquarters + the Seven Warlords of the Sea vs. the Four Emperors.
    • However, the Four Emperors aren't allied with each other, so that makes the balance even more precarious, to the point where the World Government was shitting itself at the prospect of Shanks and Whitebeard simply talking.
  • Bare Your Midriff: Almost every female main character at one point or another. The Movie 10 tie-in episodes also give us Largo, the male mariachi-themed aspirant for a position amongst Gold Lion Shiki's armada.
    • Kaku's half-giraffe form also pulls this off, managing to show that Zoan's clothing deformation has limits.
  • Base On Wheels: Capone "Gang" Bege is a base on legs. His insides appear to be more like a fortress, where an army of tiny people, cannons, and horses reside. And while they may look puny from inside his body, they grow to normal size instantly after moving a foot or two away from him.
  • Batman Gambit: Blackbeard is the man with a plan.
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