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** Another example: If you read the ''Millennium World'' Manga, Yugi's Grandpa Sugoroku could be classified as this {{spoiler|the combination of James Bond and Indy Jones has him investigating a a pyramid containing the Millennium Puzzle ''in a tuxedo!!!''}}

* ''[[One Piece]]''

** "Dark King" Rayleigh certainly qualifies. He was the first mate of the former Pirate King, and even after about 20 years is able to fight toe to toe with a Marine Admiral Kizaru, one of the strongest fighters in the World Government (and in the case of this particular Admiral, capable of moving at the speed of light). ~~Also,~~ in one episode, his ship goes down in a storm (created by the Sea King himself) thousands of miles from land, and he ''swims the rest of the way''. As impressive as that sounds, the fact he is able to swim at all proves he ''has no Devil Fruit power''. Think about that for a minute. Rayleigh has no Devil Fruit power, but was able to stand up to Kizaru, who has one of the most powerful Logia Fruit powers.

** "Dark King" Rayleigh certainly qualifies. He was the first mate of the former Pirate King, and even after about 20 years is able to fight toe to toe with a Marine Admiral Kizaru, one of the strongest fighters in the World Government, and in the case of this particular Admiral, capable of moving at the speed of light.

** And recently, {{spoiler|he swam across the Calm Belt. A strip of ocean filled with giant sea creatures that even the most hardened Marines & Pirates avoid}}. Why would he do this? Because {{spoiler|His boat sank in the Grand Line, so he had to swim through part of the ''Grand Line'' in order to ''get'' to the Calm Belt. No problem for him, of course. He had a message to deliver.}}

** And recently, {{spoiler|he swam across the Calm Belt. A strip of ocean filled with giant sea creatures that even the most hardened Marines & Pirates avoid}}. Why would he do this? Because {{spoiler|His boat sank in the Grand Line, so he had to swim through part of the ''Grand Line'' in order to ''get'' to the Calm Belt. No problem for him, of course. He had a message to deliver. As impressive as that sounds, the fact he is able to swim at all proves he ''has no Devil Fruit power''. Think about that for a minute. Rayleigh has no Devil Fruit power, but was able to stand up to Kizaru, who has one of the most powerful Logia Fruit powers.}}

** Vice Admiral Garp, {{spoiler|the grandfather of the protagonist,}} who likes to attack people with a ball on chain the size of a boat, or throw/punch cannonballs at them. And like Rayleigh, he has no Devil Fruit power.

** Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate, called "The Strongest Man in the World" {{spoiler|has the power to create earthquakes and massive tidal waves.}} He controls a massive fleet of pirate ships, and is stated to have the power to destroy the world. Unlike many of the examples on this page, whose fighting abilities seem unaffected by aging in the slightest, the story makes it clear that age has ''already'' more than caught up with Whitebeard. He pulls off some of the most destructive and [[Badass]] stunts seen in ''[[World of Badass|One Piece]]'' yet, and he does it all as a [[Handicapped Badass|sluggish, half-dead shadow of the man he used to be]].