One Piece/Trivia


 * The Marine that Jango hypnotized into thinking that he had captured Captain Kuro went on to become Captain Axe Hand Morgan, one of the first villains in the series.
 * Whitebeard's full name is Edward Newgate. Blackbeard's full name is Marshall D. Teach. If you take Whitebeard's first name and Blackbeard's last name, you get Edward Teach, which is the historical Blackbeard's real name. On a related note, Oda has stated the discovery of one of Blackbeard's ships was what inspired him to make a manga about pirates.
 * Thatch, Whitebeard's 4th Division Commander, and the guy who Blackbeard killed for the Yami Yami no Mi, is based of an alias the real-life Blackbeard used.
 * The way Luffy activates Gear Third, by putting a thumb in his mouth, biting into the joints, and blowing to inflate his arm's bones, is visually similar to one of the more common ways Popeye the Sailor would bulk up after eating spinach.
 * Given that Franky's character design is 50% Popeye with 50% Jim Carrey, this was likely intentional.
 * In one SBS column for volume 56, Oda answered where each of the Strawhats would live in the real world: Luffy: Brazil, Zoro: Japan, Nami: Sweden, Usopp: Africa, Sanji: France, Chopper: Canada, Robin: Russia, Franky: America, Brook: Austria.
 * Gecko Moria is the tallest (22'8) and oldest (48) out of all the known Warlords of the Sea, while Hancock is both the youngest (29) and shortest (6'3").
 * One Piece was originally only supposed to run for 5 years.
 * Oda based the concept of One Piece on manliness, since Dragon Ball already did everything a kid could be happy about.
 * Channel Hop: The U.S. dub from FOX to Cartoon Network. The series got higher ratings on Toonami, and they aired the remaining episodes of the 4Kids dub after 4KidsTV stopped airing it and let the license expire. Then FUNimation picked it up and rescued it.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: The series is populated with veteran seiyuu/voice actors who have had numerous roles. It's hard not to notice.
 * Luffy is Krillin, Yajirobe, Koenma, and Pazu.
 * Funimation: DBZ Kai Gohan and Riza
 * Zoro is Mugen, Hijikata and Date Masamune.
 * Funimation: Yamcha, Piccolo, and Vegeta. Also, he's Alex Armstrong.
 * 4Kids: Guts
 * Nami is Risa Koizumi and Shuzo Matsutani.
 * Funimation: Miss Yukari, Haruko Kamio, Kaname Chidori
 * Usopp is Ranma ½, and Inu-Yasha, and L. And Tombo. Oh, and the live-action voices of Artemis and Son Goku
 * He's also Nin-Nin. Try getting that image out of your head
 * Funimation: Krillin, Maes Hughes, and Skinn Bolic
 * 4Kids: Sonic the Hedgehog (2005-2010)
 * Sanji is Sha Gojo and Leomon. Oh, and the Japanese voice of Johnny Depp.
 * Also, Balthier!. Clearly, Hiroaki Hirata is the go-to man for voicing charismatic pirates.
 * Don't forget Pip Bernadotte!
 * Funimation: Future Trunks, America, and Canada.
 * Chopper is Pikachu and Gash Bell. And his mentor, Dr. Kureha, is Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Son Goten.
 * 4KIDS: Amy Rose
 * Funimation: Ennis
 * Robin is Dr. Ritsuko Akagi.
 * 4KIDS: Ash Ketchum.
 * Funimation: Clare
 * Franky's voice previously appeared as Jango and Mr. 2 Bon Kurei from this series, and has played Dark Schneider, Fujiwara Shinobu and Judau Ashta elsewhere.
 * Funimation: Dracula, Germany, and Isshin.
 * Brook is Shin-chan's grandfather Ginnosuke and Vice Principal Uchiyamada.
 * Ace is Ataru, Kai Shiden, and Piccolo.
 * Funimation: Roy Mustang and Yu Kanda
 * Shanks is Char Aznable and Hiko Sejuro.
 * Aokiji is voiced by Takehito Koyasu, who's been in every anime ever since he started voice acting.
 * Hancock is Sailor Moon, Excel, and Misato. Cue fanservice and shotacon joke.
 * ... You know what? I should stop before this gets out of hand.
 * Funimation Vivi is interesting.... Whatever do you mean, out of hand?
 * Honestly though, it's Winry Rockbell.
 * Hey, is Koza in the funimation dub one of the twins from Ouran?
 * Todd Haberkorn, yes.
 * He's also a basketball genius!!!
 * Funimation's version of Bellamy is voiced by Yusuke Urameshi.
 * Luffy's friend Sabo is Naruto Uzumaki himself.
 * Italian Kuma is voiced by a much calmer Kratos. Luffy was Edd, then he became Johnny Test.
 * A meta example, as Mihawk's seiyuu has had a role in every One Piece movie to date, be they minor or major ones.
 * His first Italian voice actor is Arthas Menethil.
 * The Other Darrin: Said seiyuu was recently hospitalized, so he had to be replaced for the Marineford arc.
 * Trafalgar Law is in despair and likes to stomp on cellphones.
 * Brock narrates the 4Kids intro.
 * Really? To this troper, it seemed more like Kaiba.
 * In European Spanish, Luffy is Don Patch, while Zoro is ZIM.
 * In Germany, Luffy is Danny Phantom.
 * In Italian, Nami is Jessie; in French, she's Isabella, Helga, and Katniss.
 * Relationship Voice Actor: In the Funimation dub, Ace and Luffy are voiced by Travis Willingham and Colleen Clinkenbeard, who are most famous for voicing Roy Mustang and Riza Hawkeye.
 * Not many people know of Singapore's English dub, done by Odex. Not even Singaporeans. Mainly due to the fact that it only did the first 104 episodes. Even fewer people know that Odex got their license before 4Kids did.
 * TOEI Just Didn't Care: Contrary to popular rumors, 4Kids never wanted to acquire the show. The true reason why it landed in their hands was because Toei desperately wanted to sell a license for their smash-hit One Piece to anyone who would air it on American TV. Thus, when 4Kids came over to Toei with the intent of licensing Ultimate Muscle and Ojamajo Doremi, they wound up receiving One Piece in addition to the two series they were shopping for. They never watched a single episode before agreeing to the deal, and as the masters rolled in, they became increasingly shocked at what they'd gotten themselves into -- Toei's control-freaking over the series couldn't have helped. The result of this was overreaction on 4Kids' part (even more than usual), which led to the notorious Macekre.
 * What Could Have Been: Sanji was originally supposed to be named Naruto, but the launch of that series caused a necessary name-change (it does explain his swirly eyebrows).
 * Preview showings of the 4Kids version apparently had a different opening, one that used the overall music of We Are, but used new, different lyrics. It was uploaded to Youtube for all to see.
 * In the Fishman Island arc, citizens were coerced into stepping on a picture of Otohime. Something similar happened in real life Japan when authorities wanted to root out christians.