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== Straw Hat Pirates ==

* Luffy's sole reason for becoming a Pirate, going after One Piece and becoming the Pirate King: Because it would be an interesting adventure, and that the Pirate King has the most freedom in the sea. Heck, even when Rayleigh offers to tell the crew where the One Piece is, Luffy loudly declines and says he'll quit being a pirate if he knows where it is. Why?

** You can't leave that out, while on his adventure to become the Pirate King, he will gladly die in the process, because if he dies on the way he died for what he lived for. He himself states this from the very first episode on.

* During the Thriller Bark Arc, when the Rolling Pirates give him his first shadow power-up (episode 370), they ask him "Can you use a sword?" He replies "No, not one bit." Then they toss a sword towards him, he catches it and then slashes an entire tree to splinters so quickly we can't even see it. Also counts as a CMOF when he realizes what just happened.

** Don Krieg then attacks him with a spear that creates an explosion on impact. Luffy could dodge it easily, but instead he chooses to punch the spearhead repeatedly, meaning his fists were subjected to constant explosions, ''and the spear breaks before Luffy does!''

** Another one in the Kreig Arc: Don Krieg spent the entire arc trying to get the Baratie ship and the log. This log contains a complete description of Red Foot Zeff's travels in the Grand Line, which would be essential in traveling through it. After all is said and done, Zeff offers to give the log to Luffy. Luffy outright refuses. That means Luffy could have gone into the Line, more prepared then any other pirate was, definitely with the upper hand. And he chose not to. Hell. Yes.

** Four Words: "Which one is Arlong?" Luffy didn't even ''know who Arlong was.'' He was going into that fight ''completely blind''.

** Five More Words: "You made my navigator cry!" Luffy's ''sole reason'' for even challenging Arlong in the first place.

** Additional Words: "Nami! You'll always be [[True Companions|my friend]]!"

** It's easy to overlook, but notice when they first enter Nami's room: Luffy grabbing Arlong's sword and Arlong finding it impossible to move. It's the first time Luffy's been truly ''angry''. And it makes him [[Hulk Out|terribly strong]].

** Trashing the map room Nami had been held prisoner in for most of her life as a slave mapmaker, and then finishing off Arlong by literally curb-stomping him so hard that he ''put Arlong through '''five stories of floors''''', from the top to the bottom of Arlong Park. ''Then'' [[Humiliation Conga|it collapsed on top of him]].

** The thing that really sold me on that walk, before the fight started, was the two Pirate Hunters refusing to let anyone in Arlong Park. "We're waiting for those guys. Those guys will change the future."

** You forgot the Lapahns. And avalanches. And saving a little lapahn from an avalanche. And that the 'mountain' was a literal pillar hundreds of feet high with no hand holds, and completely smoothed by gale force winds. Oh, did I mention he is frostbitten to the point where his muscles were freezing? Not that wussy 'frost-bite' frozen, but frozen to the point of actually cracking apart.

** Then taking a direct hit from a mortar shell defending Dr. Hiriluk's jolly roger from Wapol. Cue "Luffy Gets Angry" mode.

** And his recruitment of Chopper. He doesn't care that Chopper is different. Very few times will you find a moment that is Awesome, Funny, Heartwarming AND a Tear Jerker at the same time.

* The final defeat of Sir Crocodile. He is punched through the solid stone roof of an underground chamber so hard an entire city block above him basically explodes. In the anime this happens while Dvorak's [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" 4th movement]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gESjBdyvq4A plays.] The recap movie changes the exploding city block to Crocodile being propelled vertically through a massive tower and rocketing out the top.

* Luffy and Zoro have a chance to be awesome without beating anyone up on Jaya Island. In fact, it's awesome specifically ''because'' they didn't beat anyone up while taking ridicule from Bellamy and the rest of the bar. I'm sure I'm not the only one that was reminded of Shanks during this scene.

** In addition to that, when Luffy DOES fight Bellamy later on, it's wall-to-wall (to turn a phrase) [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. "Do I know how to throw a punch?" indeed.

** And then after Eneru has to visibly collect himself and manages to barely fight off Luffy, Luffy yells at him that even if he gets past Luffy and onto the Blue, he will still have to contend with the 'hundreds of rubber monsters' down there. Given that Eneru has never heard of rubber his entire life and has no clue what's down in the blue seas is terrified.

* How about when Luffy leads the Straw Hats against the Franky Family to get revenge for Usopp? "Don't leave a single bone unbroken."

** When Luffy first uses {{spoiler|[[Deadly Upgrade|Gear Second]]}}, [[Curb Stomp Battle|and hands Blueno his ass]].

** Speaking of the Enies Lobby arc, Luffy has a great [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when he {{spoiler|storms the Marine headquarters and proceeds to beat down hundreds upon hundreds of guards by himself. ''With his bare hands.'' And it is stated that of all the guards taken down, Luffy took down at least ''one thousand'' of them.}}

*** Furthermore, {{spoiler|at least 500 of them were taken down in ''five minutes.''}}

'''Luffy:''' Yeah... and I'm alone. Now step aside!!!! }}

** Luffy essentially told the world government "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT SHES DONE!! YOU GIVE HER BACK RIGHT NOW OR I WILL COME UP THERE AND GET HER MYSELF!!" And he proceeded to do just that.

** Luffy's defeat of Rob Lucci. What makes it so awesome isn't just that {{spoiler|Luffy's finishing move, Jet Gatling, was the result of [[Fandom Nod|Gomu Gomu no Gatling being voted the most popular attack of the series]], it's that the final blow is as much crushing to Lucci mentally as it is to him physically. Lucci [[Villainous BSOD|realized]] that not only did he not win, he could not win - Luffy would [[The Power of Friendship|never stop fighting to protect Robin.]]}}

* One recent [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] came in the end of the Thriller Bark arc, where Luffy {{spoiler|absorbs the shadows of a hundred powerful warriors and becomes Nightmare Luffy, developing crazy power, speed, and resilience. The catch? The shadows only stay inside his body for ten minutes. Luffy wipes the floor with Oars, until the time is up. Oars still isn't beaten. Then he leads the all of the Straw Hats to kick his ass ''anyway''.}}

** The sole reason that Zoro decides he has to beat Oz instead of distract him? Well, he knows that by dawn if they don't get their shadows back, he, Sanji, and Luffy will be useless for fighting in the sun. So he has to defeat Oz to give Luffy his shadow back, because he knows that Luffy is the most powerful member of the crew. This coming from the guy who only ever lost one fight on-screen, and is planning on beating up the murderous giant with Luffy's entire skillset, but he knows Luffy is their best bet.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO54j5Ok88w&feature=related Its even more awesome in the anime.]

** He punched that guy so hard he punched the colors out of the show.

** When Boa Hancock heard about this, she broke down, started to show [[Defrosting Ice Queen|the vulnerable, warmer side of herself]], mentioned only ''one'' other [[Badass]] she heard do such an audacious act (she was freed from the World Nobles' captivity by him and was understandably terrified of him) and helps Luffy understand her [[Jerkass]] behavior. After hearing that Luffy is more likely to do it again as he dislikes them, she pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]].

* {{spoiler|"[[Kiai|I TOLD YOU TO STOP!]]" Luffy just shouting this at Sandersonia and Marigold, managed to knock out a large portion of the audience instantly.}} The ones that weren't commented on him having "the king's disposition", which even scared Boa Hancock (and she has very impressively demonstrated the same ability). This moment was raw (and to Luffy, unintentional) awesomeness.

*** {{spoiler|He doesn't end up doing anything to those guys -- they get taken out by Pacifistas instead in chapter 601.}}

* In 601, {{spoiler|Luffy [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomps]] a Pacifista, the same thing it took the entire crew to beat the first time.}}

** What's doubly awesome about this is how Luffy treats it. {{spoiler|The Pacifista tries to shoot him with a laser. Luffy quips "[[Too Slow|Slow.]]" while barely moving his head, activates Gear Second just by ''flexing his arm'' (he had to do the leg-pushing pose to activate it before), and comes down on the Pacifista without missing a beat.}} '''[[Badass|Bad. Ass.]]'''

** {{spoiler|Here's another thing; those beams that the Pacifista use? They're based on Kizaru's ability. The same Kizaru who totally wiped the floor with the crew on their first encounter.}}

** Remember the Pacifista that were beaten by Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji? {{spoiler|''They were the same ones the Straw Hats encountered before Kuma appeared.''}}

** Even more [[Badass]] on TV. Luffy punches the Pacifista so hard, ''he makes a crater under it!''

* A combined [[Crowning Moment Of Awesome/C Mo F|C Mo F]] for Luffy in the Enies Lobby arc. Luffy approaches the Marines standing outside the gates to Enies Lobby. The Marines ready their weapons and prepare to stop him... then Luffy ''stops'', '''bows his head''' and '''''asks them politely to let him in'''''. The Marines are actually stunned. Then they tell him that asking politely won't work... and what Luffy does next probably made them wish they had just let him in when he asked.

* ELEPHANT GUN. {{spoiler|An armament Haki-infused Gear 3rd technique that Luffy uses to knock out a ''Kraken''.}}

* We all knew it was coming, but after {{spoiler|Hody gloats about his evil schemes, poised to slice off King Neptune's head, Luffy exits from Megalo's mouth and gives Hody a Gear 2nd kick right in the solar plexus.}}

** And after that, the citizens of Fishman Island are confused as to where the Straw Hats' allegiance lie. Luffy simply answers:

* {{spoiler|Then Hody tries to send his army of 100,000 men at Luffy's mere crew of ten... and Luffy drops ''50,000'' of them with one burst of Haki.}}

** Made all the more awesome by Zoro's reaction: "That's what I expect from a guy who calls himself my Captain."

* Chapter 645: {{spoiler|Say it with me, Elephant Gatling!}}

* Chapter 647: Luffy is so goddamn badass that he {{spoiler|wins the respect of the motherfucking SEA KINGS, the most powerful sea monsters in the world.}}

* There is a nice one for Luffy in chapter 661. Not that he does something, but when [[Captain Colour Beard|Brownbeard]] finally realizes who he is, he and his centaur lackeys [http://www.mangareader.net/one-piece/661/11 shat their collective pants]. It really shows how infamous Luffy has become.

* Then, in Chapter 667, Luffy shows off a new move that enables him to absorb an enemy's attack and return it with twice the power.

* Chapter 670, Luffy continues to show off his Haki skills by effortlessly grabbing Smoker's arm and pinning him to the ground, the same way Smoker stopped him waaaay back in Loguetown. Granted, {{spoiler|Law's ability switched Smoker and Tashigi's bodies, and he was really fighting Tashigi. But it shows growth.}}

 

* That whole part where he fights {{spoiler|Kuma}}. Especially the part where he {{spoiler|takes all of Luffy's pain into his body}}. Pure unfiltered awesome.

*** That was so much pain, it inverted the colors of the show.

** And in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-juFkb2tME anime]. I don't care what else is on the list: this one not only wins for Zoro, but quite possibly the entire series.

* This troper thought Zoro got his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] ''much'' earlier, when fighting Buggy the Clown's second mate. After ''cutting open his own wound'' to show what a [[Badass]] he is, he gets kicked around a bit by Cabaji. Finally, he complains that he's tired, knocks Cabaji off his unicycle, and, when Cabaji rushes him, Zoro takes him down with one strike. Keep in mind that this is Zoro's ''second fight scene''.

** I still find when he fights [[Made of Iron|Mr. 1]]. Come on, he had '''pity''' for the guy he couldn't defeat. Because when he would be able to do it, he was going to be the man capable of cutting steel.

** How can you count out the end of Zoro's first fight with Mihawk? First, he gets stabbed in the chest nearly to the heart with the Mihawk's knife, but refuses to step back because he'd rather die than lose and break his promise. Then, he goes on to continue to fight Mihawk, only to have two of his three swords broken. He accepts his defeat and faces Mihawk so Mihawk can deliver the final blow to the front of his body because,"It's shameful for a swordsman to be hit from behind." This whole scene is what turned this troper from a Luffy fan into an obsessive Zoro fan.

** Chapter 51 against Mihawk. When preparing his Three Thousand Worlds technique, there is a '''bead of sweat''' by Mihawk's eye. It is true that Mihawk effortlessly defeated Zoro regardless, but I think that it was at that moment that Mihawk saw that Zoro would be the one to surpass him.

* During the conclusion of the Little Garden arc, Mr. 5 (a bomb-man) is about to kill Usopp by detonating his entire body. Suddenly, Zoro leaps out, and defeats Mr. 5 with one attack. ''[[Incendiary Exponent|While on fire]]''.

** And right before that, when he was still trapped, he actually started to CUT HIS OWN FEET OFF to escape.

'''Zoro''': "You've got it wrong, I was cutting off my feet so I could fight them, not escape." }}

** On top of that, while waiting for Luffy to come and free them from the wax, Zoro poses with his sword. Nami asks what is he doing and he replies with ''"In case we become candles, I have a nice pose."''

* Then, his team-up with Sanji in the Groggy Ring. Despite the two of them initially bickering and arguing, they made one fine team at the end, beating the Groggy Monsters.

* Luffy and Zoro have a chance to be awesome without beating anyone up on Jaya Island. In fact, it's awesome specifically ''because'' they didn't beat anyone up while taking ridicule from Bellamy and the rest of the bar. I'm sure I'm not the only one that was reminded of Shanks during this scene.

* How has this gone on so long with no one changing it? What about the time, in Whiskey Peak, where Zoro takes on the entire town by himself. Only to then have to fight Luffy.

** Then, when against Ohm, Zoro does the three-style sword Phoenix Slash, ''right through a wall'' and hitting Ohm, despite not knowing where Ohm was.

* While out sword shopping Zoro is about to make a purchase, but is warned by the shopkeeper that that particular sword is cursed to give its owner bad luck. Zoro proceeds to test out this curse in an awesome fashion by throwing it up into the air and seeing if it will come down on his arm blade-first. {{spoiler|It doesn't.}} That's right, when Zoro goes sword shopping, he doesn't fuck around.

** First of all, Zoro was burning up with a fever and hampered by his previous injuries from Mihawk and yet he still fought. Arlong himself was shocked and amazed that he was still able to stand.

*** Oh, it was more than that. Arlong, probably the single largest human racist in the series, has a complete and utter belief that no human can ever match up to a fishman. Upon seeing the wounds Zoro had been fighting with, it took him all of three seconds to decide that ''he was too dangerous to be left alive.'' To put this into perspective: Arlong, the first true [[Big Bad]] of the series, was more afraid of the unconscious, half-dead swordsman than ''anyone else.''

** While a semi-conscious Zoro was tossed in the air, Hatchan began spinning his six swords like windmill, so that when Zoro fell back down, he would be sliced mercilessly by the rapidly spinning blades. For a minute, it looked too late for Zoro to dodge them. Only for him to land safely to the ground, ''as he cut up Hatchan's hands in midair'', spinning his body so that it matched the rotation of Hatchan's swords.

*** Zoro reminded Hatchan when they met again right before Sabaody that he wasn't able to touch him in their previous fight.

* What about him and Luffy cutting and punching through a ''tidal wave'' through sheer determination?

* And sea trains.

* Zoro exudes awesomeness simply because in every main fight he has ever been in, he has always had a disadvantage. Captain Morgan and marines- starved for 9 days; Cabaji- previous stabbing wound and reopens the wound; Meowban Brother- outnumbered and not hypnotised into super strength; Mihawk- him being a Warlord of the Sea AND the world's greatest swordsman; Hatchan- recovering from Mihawk's attack and outnumbered in terms of swords (6 to 3); Baroque Works @ Whiskey Peak- outnumbered 100 to 1, going against guns and 4 single digit officers, and trying out two new swords; Mr. 5 @ Little Garden- hacked through his ankles with his sword AND on fire; Mr. 1- Cannot cut though steel (but learns how to by the end of the fight); Braham- Blinding guns; Ohm- Ohm's Mantra ability and his iron cloud sword; Groggy Ring- No swords and having to team up with Sanji (this is harder than it sounds); Kaku & Jyabura- Handcuffed to Sogeking; Kaku- He's a Devil's Fruit user and user of ''Yontouryu'' (Four Sword Style, using his kicks from his legs as the two other swords); Ryuuma- Lost one of his swords; Bartholomew Kuma- Warlord, cyborg, AND just finished defeating Oars; Flying Fish Riders- injuries from Kuma; [[PX 4]]- cyborg and injuries from Kuma; Admiral Kizaru- he's an admiral, DF user, AND injuries from Kuma

** Now that we think of it, has Zoro '''''EVER''''' fought a battle where he was physically 100%?

* His whole fight with Ryuuma was undeniably amazing. From exchanging cuts and slashes that completely destroying the room they were in, to fighting up on top of the tower and finishing it with an aerial fight.

** The best part of this fight was this quote from Ryuuma just before the destruction began:

** - This guy, an undead samurai with Brook's entire moveset and an excellent sword, was ''scared'' of Zoro!

* It finally happened. {{spoiler|Zoro pulled off a Mihawk and ''cut a ship in half''.}} And then he decides to up the ante by {{spoiler|cutting a ''[[Made of Iron|Pacifista]]''}}. And a {{spoiler|Kraken}}.

* {{spoiler|Zoro taking the entire Ryugu Palace hostages, and improvisation upon the situation. And being completely non-chalent about it. To one of the three princes.}}

* His [[Badass Boast]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5VGu11Was when asked what he could possibly do against] [[Jerkass God|Eneru]]:

* Chapter 617 {{spoiler|Yes, he has just took on Hody Jones, a ''Great White Shark Fishman'' with enough brute strength to crush down a whole wall with his grip. What's so special you ask? He's fighting [[Underwater Boss Battle|underwater]], where Hody's strength is ''ten times stronger''.}}

** {{spoiler|Even better, in Chapter 618, Zoro [[Curb Stomp Battle|totally owns Hody Jones]]. ''Underwater.'' '''With one slash'''.}}

** {{spoiler|And the damage caused by that one slash was so severe that Hody has been OD'ing on Energy Steroids just to keep standing.}}

* 635 {{spoiler|He creates a tornado of blades that one mook likens to a reaper's scythe. When asked how long the tornado will continue to chase them, this is his response..}}

* In chapter 642, {{spoiler|Zoro cuts Hyouzou's swords in half. ''Lengthwise''}}.

** And in chapter 646 {{spoiler|He procedes to one-shot the deadly poisonous merman, with but what looks to be a variation of a simple move, while quoting a line from his battle with Mihawk. (thats what the whole frog thing was about)}}

** [[Fridge Brilliance]] sets in when you realize {{spoiler|it's this feat that made [[Canon Immigrant|Ryuuma]], who's sort of like a prototype of him, legendary}}.

* Chapter 669: Zoro cuts a mountaintop in half with one hand, effortlesly, while half asslep.

* Sanji's cooking deserves a mention here. After all, it managed to hunger an '''''ENORMOUS''''' sea cow-monster to a crazed state from '''''SEVERAL MILES AWAY''''' and send said sea monster into a high speed pursuit after the Straw Hat's replacement ship (see episode 31).

* Kicking Fullbody's ass and then delivering a couplet "Offending a chef at sea, is one mistake you should never make. Especially when that chef is me, Sanji."

* Or in the Skypiea arc, where Sanji kicks Usopp out of the way of a gigantic lightning blast and takes it himself. To say the shot of his silhouette fading as the lightning rushes toward him is awesome would be a complete understatement.

** And then, standing there, burnt to within an inch of his life by one of the strongest DF powers, he mutters "I was going to ask you for a light, but I guess now I don't need one." [[Badass|Bad. Ass.]]

* Despite being only part of a filler episode and not showcasing Sanji's excellent martial skills, [[This Troper]] found Sanji's impersonation as a Marine chef to be one of his finest moments. After being challenged by the Marine base's staff, who thought that he and Luffy were snobby chefs from Mariejois, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5SK-JDtLzA Sanji showcases not only his fine culinary skills in preparing 100 delicious meals but also his resourcefulness and understanding of cooking with the unused parts of the ingredients previously used by the kitchen staff.] Definitely one of the highlights of the G8 Arc!

* This troper personally found Sanji's fight with Wanze awesome, especially when he took out the knives and chopped up Wanze's noodle armor, as well as having all those cut up noodles land neatly on a plate.

** Sanji then decided the best way to finish the fight would be to beat him ugly. Of course, Wanze's face looking like it did, this didn't leave Sanji with much to do. Not one to be denied, Sanji then took the logical step of ''beating him pretty'' before proceeding to beat him ugly again.

*** And then when he met Duval [[Cerebus Retcon|it was established]] that beating somebody pretty is one of his special abilities.

* It's amazing that these two words are not to be found on this page until now: [[Code Name|Mr. Prince]]

* It's also amazing these two words are not to be found on this page until now: [[Big Damn Heroes|The Hunter]]... dude Sanji has the best entrances EVER.

* 646: {{spoiler|Just by remembering his two years in Hell, Sanji can heat up enough to set Wadatsumi aflame just with a kick.}}

 

* Usopp in Thriller Bark. Four words: "I am already negative!"

** And then he tops that later in the fight ''by being a coward'': {{spoiler|"Somebody save me! Save me...SOGEKING!!!"}}

* This troper feels that Usopp's real [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] came all the way back in the Arlong arc where, after successfully deterring Arlong's henchman off his trail and coming up with all sorts of stories to tell his crewmates to excuse his escape, he says to himself 'this is shameful', gets up and fights. It's the point where he turns away from being a true coward.

** "What did you say was over?" "This fight! Did you know that grog burns?" [[Badass|Bad. Fucking. ASS.]]

**** "I did it! I beat a fishman! YOU SEE THAT, LOSER? I BEAT YOUR ASS! I CAN'T BELIEVE I ACTUALLY DID IT! WHO'S A PIRATE NOW? I AM USOPP THE PIRATE!"

* I'd have to say that the aforementioned Thriller Bark moment was too humorous to count, and that His defeat of Perona was far more awesome. {{spoiler|Defeating someone referred to as "The Ghost Princess" by making her ''faint from fear'' using nothing but adhesive, toys and a giant balloon?}}I find that hard to top.

* In his and Chopper's fight with Mr. 4 and Miss Merry Christmas, Usopp takes a blow from a multi-ton metal bat. [[Badass Normal|To the face]]. While being dragged at ''thirty miles an hour''. '''[[Determinator|And. Kept On. Fighting.]]'''

* This troper feels that Usopp's biggest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] came during the Water 7 Arc when he fought Luffy ''and held his ground'' with clever tactics and balls-to-the-wall [[Determinator|determination]]. He may have lost, but he got actual blows in, against '''Luffy'''.

** And why is he doing this? {{spoiler|So he can win the ship he loves.}}

*** Even more so because he knows that his captain is right, and he's still willing to fight ''to the death'' for it.

** Lets not forget that during that fight it took two shots from {{spoiler|Luffy}} to bring him down, and both were pretty devastating blows, ''plus'' Usopp got the crap beaten out of him already earlier that day.

* Ahem, Usopp cheering Luffy on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO-7tDtXZO0 folks.]

* No one's mentioned the Little Garden arc? It's not the most substantial arc in the world, but it's Usopp, and not Luffy, that ends up being the hero. Luffy's kick to Mr. 3's spinning candle of doom only managed to make things WORSE, in that it caused the wax to coat Zoro, Nami, and Vivi that much quicker. Not only this, but he also got himself snared by Miss Goldenweek's painting. Usopp, on the other hand, was the one who managed to exploit the wax's weakness by setting the whole thing on fire.

* "RUBBERBAND OF DOOOOOM!"

* 636: Apparently Usopp's arsenal of Pop Greens include {{spoiler|bamboo plants that grow fast enough to stab/impale enemies, and in a recent chapter, we have EXPLODING SKULL GRASS.}}.

* 643: Usopp's fighting {{spoiler|against Daruma, with what seems like no effect, until he suddenly says: "I've just finished laying out my trap. 1...2...3... In three moves you will be sniped by me. IT'S OVER!"}} [[Bad Liar|When he gets called out]] on this he replies with this [[Badass Boast|truely magnificent reply.]]

* And in chapter 646, he makes good on his claim.

* In 661, Usopp manages to keep ''BOTH'' Luffy and Robin afloat in ''freezing'' water while Zoro goes to work on a group of sharks.

 

* Nami's taken down her share of bad guys, but certainly her most stylish moment was leaving her villiage...and stealing everyone's wallets in the process.

** Nami's true crowning moment of awesome comes when she navigates the Going Merry UP a Knock Up Stream, which is capable of tearing up small islands. Anyone can kick ass, but only Nami can predict weather on the Grand Line and sail a ship onto a sky island.

** Nami and Vivi easily achieve theirs in the Little Garden arc by finally taking out that laughing hyena Miss Valentine.

** Nami gets another one during her fight with Miss Doublefinger, where she has her ''foot impaled on a spike'' but says that the pain is nothing compared to Vivi's, before finishing off her opponent.

*** Then, at the end of the game, when Zoro and Sanji won, Nami gave the semi-conscious referee his whistle back and reminded him blow the whistle. With Sanji's red card the only thing in mind, he quickly blew the whistle to signal Sanji's foul ... only for the announcer to proclaim that there was the whistle, making the victory official. The referee could only look on dumbfounded while Nami cheerfully thanked him.

** Nami, when she BRINGS DOWN A FRIGGIN' THUNDERBOLT in the middle of a melee. This prompts the mooks to say, "I thought she was one of the weak ones."

** And in 640 she takes down even more people with what seems to be a {{spoiler|thundercloud melee weapon!}}

 

* Why is there no love for Chopper here? Seriously? Examples of his awesome include defeating two of Wapol's top men in 3 minutes, finding a GIGANTIC crab and piloting it for a getaway vehicle, and almost getting himself killed to get a plant he thought would save lives.

** Two Words: Monster Chopper.

*** Someone [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI0ERM55p8E put an awesome video on youtube]

** Water 7 has him {{spoiler|saving Nami from falling rubble AND bursting out of the building as it burned with 2 more rescues, not including a mouse.}}

* {{spoiler|Chopper protects the Thousand Sunny from a Kraken attack with his Guard Point form!}}

* 636: {{spoiler|Chopper reveals that all but one of his seven transformations can be activated without a Rumble Ball. He's also able to go after [[Tunnel King]] Daruma on even footing.}}

** This [[Badass Boast]] in the same chapter:

* 645: {{spoiler|Chopper can now control Monster Point}}

 

* Nico Robin gets hers when she uses her power to put Frankys "treasure" in a vice grip.

** This troper found Robin's steadfast ''refusal'' to go through the gates of justice, including holding onto a wall ''with her teeth'' and then having to be dragged along to be even more awesome then any time she fought.

* Robin takes [[Curb Stomp Battle]] to a literal extreme in 635. {{spoiler|She uses her powers to create ''gigantic'' legs to stomp (it's actually the name of the attack) her opponents into the ground.}}

 

* As for Franky it comes when he tries to stop a train and then rebuilds himself into a cyborg.

** Later he takes an iron bar to the head without flinching and the bar bends to the shape of his head.

** Franky's defeat of Fukurou. After blasting him from the air straight into the ground with his Coup de Vent, with so much force it causes a giant crater, what does Franky say? SUUUUUUPAAAAAAA! :D

*** Two Words: [[Power Fist|Strong...]] '''[[Megaton Punch|HAMMEEEERRR!!!!]]'''

* Any time Franky busts out his mad building skills. Whether he makes an unusually ornate bridge in less time then it takes somebody to notice, or he's building a staircase in mid-battle so he can punch a giant in the face.

** YMMV, {{spoiler|His post time-skip apperance. I't's just so completely ridiculous - the giant arms that are the size of industrial crates, the ridiculously huge shoulder-pauldrons, and his nose is now a button that controls his hair.}}

* In chapter 646 Franky reveals his ultimate weapon. {{spoiler|A frikken LASER BEAM!}}

 

* Another for Brook is his zombie's fight with Zoro. Ryuuma's body may be stronger than Brooks and that Zoro was a sword down but still, Brook was a close match he might not be able to beat Kaku, but he would still hold his ground.

* He gets another when he slices through and purifies an entire corridor of zombies while still singing. What makes it so awesome is that the zombies start to panic and run JUST from hearing his song in the distance.

* In chapter 643, Brook reveals the true power of the Yomi Yomi Fruit, {{spoiler|the power to be effectively immortal by manipulating the energy of the soul and also channel the cold of the underworld through his body and sword. Talk about [[Creepy Awesome]].}}

* This [[Badass Boast]] in 645, when the ark Noah is threatening to crush the entire island:

* After {{spoiler|Zeo}} brags about his [[Instant Death Radius]], Brook [[You Are Already Dead|does his thing.]]

** Leading up to that, when Zeo was making light of death, [[Berserk Button|Brook gets]] ''[[Berserk Button|pissed]],'' and responds by absolutely ''owning'' Zeo. Thus leading up to the above CMOA.

* What about when he saved Luffy's group from the centaur patrol on Punk Hazard by freezing the barrels of their guns, causing them to blow up.

 

* A recent moment was claimed by the Thousand Sunny, the Straw Hats' ''ship''. Two words: [http://www.mangareader.net/103-2602-12/one-piece/chapter-495.html Gaon Cannon!] In Zoro's own words, it's a little [http://www.mangareader.net/103-2602-13/one-piece/chapter-495.html TOO awesome.]

** For those of you who want to see, the Gaon Cannon attack has been animated. And yes, it's exactly as awesome as many figured it would be.

* This troper believes that the first ship, Going Merry, deserves a mention as well. Turning up in time to rescue them from Enies Lobby {{spoiler|which was about to be pounded out of existence by cannon fire}} guided only by the spirit of the ship and despite having a keel that had snapped in half. {{spoiler|Then of course we get one of the biggest [[Tear Jerker|tearjerkers]] in the series.}}

* Straw Hats start firing* }}

* Chapter 633. The crew and the ship get {{spoiler|a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment. Franky flies the ship and lands it right in the middle of the square, using the Gaon Cannon to break up the assembled New Fishman Pirates. Luffy is regurgitated by Megalo and takes out Hody. Nami literally appears out of nowhere, having stolen back the letter the queen worked so hard to get, Robin frees all the prisoners and Neptune's whale takes them to safety, which is all topped off by the entire crew (Zoro and co have freed themselves) lined up and ready to kick ass}}. Beatdowns will ensue.

* Chapter 646 can be seen as a single huge moment of awesome composed by the many, above-mentioned moments that merge in a gargantuan one. Is also the chapter with the greatest number of double pages in a row so far.

* YMMV, Chapter 654: In the last two pages, we have this. Straw Hats surfacing into the New World.

'''Luffy:''' '''PERFECT!!!!''' }}

** Really, the best part about this exchange is that most of them are ''smiling'' when they say this.

** Rescuing his crew from the Bear Claw Tribe, especially since he had recently gotten his [[Butt Monkey]] status cemented. And of course, he ends it by firing a Buggy Ball into the village, completely obliterating it.

** Another one for Buggy: {{spoiler|breaking out of his cell in Impel Down. Granted, the Marines weren't aware of his Devil Fruit power, or even that he had one, but given that this is the Marines' top prison, that is still awesome.}}

*** Hell, the entire {{spoiler|Luffy/Buggy/Mr. 3/Mr. 2 teamup is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], especially at the end of chapter 532 when they all work together to take down a minotaur.}}

* Kuro? Effortlessly sneaking behind the rebelling Siam and Buchi and threatening to kill everyone if they can't get past Luffy and Zoro in the next five minutes.

* Krieg? Lifting the Mackerel Head (the Baratie's battleship) out of the water with one hand and tossing it towards the Baratie itself.

** No, Krieg's true [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] came when he opened fire on ''Hawkeye friggin' Mihawk.'' After the swordsman had cut his flagship to ribbons and [[Curb Stomp Battle|easily taken out Zoro,]] he ''still'' had the cajones to fire at the man who could deflect bullets with his blade, without a moment's hesitation.

** This troper thinks his real [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] was when a Marine ship fires a cannon ball at him, and he simply opens his mouth and [http://www.mangareader.net/103-2182-10/one-piece/chapter-75.html DESTROYS IT WITH HIS GODDAMN JAWS].

** In his flashback: {{spoiler|After Tiger's infamous death he went in a berserk rage and it took Vice Admiral [[Hard Light|Borsalino]] (the future Kizaru) himself to knock him down. He surely has balls.}}

* Crocodile? Revealing just how beautifully he [[The Chessmaster|manipulated]] all of Alabasta, and handing Luffy his first ''and'' second total defeats.

** Also, Mihawk attacking and giving chase to Don Krieg's massive crew of over 5,000, with his ''four inch knife'', '''just because they disturbed his nap.''' He also sails the seas alone in a little raft. The same seas that are frequently described as being chocfull of freaky weather, (200 foot tall or more waves,) extremely powerful individuals, and giant monsters. Mihawk has more awesome crammed into him than most powerful crews have put together.

* Rob Lucci cumulates this with his [[Moral Event Horizon]] when he kills a pirate crew and 500 hostages at only 13 years old.

** Incidentally, killing those 500 hostages was Lucci's way of ''resolving a hostage situation.''

** To be clear, he defeats the entire Blackbeard crew without breaking stride. So much as daring to stand against Magellan is considered bad ass.

* Vice Chief Hannyabal, who was presented as the [[The Starscream|Starscream]] of the Impel Down arc, recently had a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CM of A]] when {{spoiler|he tries to take on Straw Hat Luffy and is beaten bloody as a result, but [[The Determinator|refuses time and time again to get out of Luffy's way]] and has a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] when he [[World of Cardboard Speech|explains why he can't let Impel Down fall, as the weak and ordinary citizens of the world who fear pirates depend on Impel Down to keep them safe]]. Mind you, this was the guy who considered letting two pirates escape so as to pin the blame on his boss and get his job.}}

** Blackbeard: "Ace, your body is fire, right? I am... darkness." Swiftly followed by sucking an entire town into a black hole, THEN blasting it back out, THEN defeating Ace despite having a sun essentially thrown at him. This troper firmly believes he'll be the final [[Big Bad]] of the series just from this.

* 603: {{spoiler|Kuma of all people gets one - he makes a deal with Vegapunk so that his human weapon body protects the Thousand Sunny untill The Straw hats get back. When Franky finally finds it, two years later, his body is completely wrecked and can barley function. What is Kuma's reply to this? 'Mission complete' - Cue slow limp away without a word, and the reveal that the Thousand Sunny is absolutley spotless.}}

* New Villain {{spoiler|Vander Decken IX}} gets one. {{spoiler|He's a fishman with a fruit ability... that involves throwing things accuratly at a target. His current target is the Mermaid Princess. So what does he go and do with this ability? Apart from throwing weapons at the love of his life, he allies with the other fishman villain of the arc, Hodi, who is basically Arlong 2.0, and then throws Hodi's strongarmed human pirate captives as human artillery to invade the Palace and open it from the inside.}}

* Chapter 650: {{spoiler|Aokiji, the only Admiral in the marines who exercised moral justice, fought against Akainu, arguably the strongest and most ruthless man in the Marines, for ten days. And when he lost, not wanting to be Sakazuki's underling, he LEFT THE MARINES.}}

** {{spoiler|Later on, we get to see the island where those two fought. Half of it is perpetually on fire, the other half frozen solid. Their battle was so intense it permanently altered the climate.}}

 

== Others ==

* Coby's first [[Moment of Awesome]], which occurred in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VevU-adiou8 the very first episode] by telling off his boss:

** He gets another one when he sees Luffy and Zoro off after they defeat Morgan. He salutes them in respect, and then suddenly, from right behind Coby, ''all of the Marines'' Luffy and Zoro just liberated from Morgan join in the group salute. Let's think about this: ''Marines'' are saluting ''pirates''. This is so far the only time the Marines ever gave such a form of respect to Luffy and his crew.

* Everyone who charged into Enies Lobby defeating a force of 15,000 strong,with approximately hundred people, mainly shipwrights.

* Hiriluk. Oh God, Hiruluk- and it's made arguably more awesome by being his last words. "Sooner or later, I will die anyway. But a man does not die when he is shot. Nor does he die to disease, nor to eating a poison mushroom! He does not die due to a sword! A man dies when he is forgotten!"

** Not to mention that it mirrors perfectly with Gold Roger's own death, right down to the philosophy on death.

* Tom the Fishman standing up, with a huge harpoon in his chest, and outlining his personal philosophy to a bunch of [[Knight Templar]] government agents.

* Captain Smoker: TELL THEM ({{spoiler|his superiors}}) TO EAT SHIT!

** The dubbed version, [[Spice Up the Subtitles|while not as vulgar]], is just as powerful: "Tell them I said '''''[[See You in Hell|go to hell]]'''''."

** He says this twice. Once when he went after the Straw-Hat pirates without orders, and then after being offered a reward by them simply because he was there when the Straw-Hats saved their bacon and they need to reward somebody. Apparantly, he'd previously turned down a promotion, and one imagines he turned them down with those same words.

** It was also one of the most awesome callbacks ever, as it ties in with Dr. Hiriluk's dying speech, where he asserts that a man only dies when he is forgotten. With his last words, Roger ensured that the world would NEVER forget him.

* A moment from the Amazon Lily arc, detailing the background of Hancock. {{spoiler|A fishman, by the name of Fisher Tiger, climbed up the Red Line, bare-handed, and defied the Celestial Dragons, essentially a death sentence that has only been done twice, once by Tiger, once by Luffy, and raged through the city to free the Fishmen enslaved there. And not just the Fishmen, as he freed anyone who was a slave.}} Pretty goddamn high Awesome Quotients from the fishmen in general.

** While this troper doesn't care all that much for Hancock he has to admit that after doing the math based on the figures we were given, becoming a Warlord of the Sea at 16 (roughly) years of age is a pretty extraordinary thing. Let me repeat that: '''A sixteen year old, teenage girl was appointed to a group of seven world-class pirates'''.

*** {{spoiler|In chapter 599, after Luffy is beaten down once again by Smoker, [http://www.manga-access.com/manga/O/One_Piece/chapter/559/13 Hancock comes out of nowhere and saves him, easily swatting aside the Logia user] who has been pretty much an undisputed [[Badass]] up to this point. Yeah, it's becoming pretty clear that she didn't just get into the Warlords [[Incredibly Lame Pun|with her looks]].}}

* Vivi's duck Karoo gets one as well, when he and Vivi are running away from Bon Clay, and Karoo runs straight up a several-hundred-foot tall wall, despite [[Determinator|having gotten heavily injured in a stampede mere moments ago]].

* Let's not forget Pell's speech before {{spoiler|his [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}.

** {{spoiler|Not to mention the fact that he survives an explosion capable of wiping out an entire city, at POINT BLANK RANGE!}}

* Bon Clay has been on a roll since his loss in Alabasta. Not only did he get himself captured to save fellow former Baroque Works members, but in the Whitebeard arc {{spoiler|he teamed up with Luffy and has since helped take out the fearsome (but oddly adorable) Minotauros, impersonated the Vice-Chief after regretfully leaving Luffy to fight Magellan alone, and to atone for running away went down to Level 5, the Freezing Hell, where he rescued Luffy from his cell and [[Badass|fought off killer wolves, that had been too bloodthirsty for the upper levels,while half-naked and bloody]]!}}

** {{spoiler|This couples as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: as soon as Bon Clay learned that Luffy's healing process depended upon his willpower and that it would take over two days, which would cause Luffy to be unable to rescue his brother, he refuses to eat or sleep and stands in front of Luffy's locked recovery room and begins to cheer him on. The other okamas, including even the cynical Iva, join in after seeing his resolve and spend eight hours yelling encouragements to Luffy as he goes through the painful healing procedure.}}

*** And now {{spoiler|he appears to have pulled a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], staying behind while the others escape so he can imitate Chief Warden Magellan to open the Gates of Justice. Magellan comes and confronts him too late to stop him. Just as Luffy realises what he's done and contacts him. The whole thing is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and a bit of a [[Tear Jerker]]}}.

***** This is one of those crosses, as One Piece tends to pull, between a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], and {{spoiler|a [[Tear Jerker]] that had this troper alternately cheering and pumping her fist in the air for his SHEER BADASSERY while simultaneously sobbing incoherently like a baby.}}

*** In this tropers mind, this was the single greatest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in One Piece to date. Let us restate this just to get the impact in. {{spoiler|Bon Clay impersonates the Chief Warden of the most impenetrable prison in the world, enables the first successful escape of this place in history, and then after being caught by the Chief Warden himself- and let us take note that the Chief Warden Magellan singlehandedly defeated Luffy, Luffy & Mr. 3 & CANNONS, Ivankov, Inazuma and THE ENTIRE CREW of the Blackbeard pirates without even breaking a sweat. Bon Clay simply grins at him and gets into his fighting stance.}}

**** Yes, there is. Recent artwork shows that {{spoiler|BON CLAY IS ALIVE AND THE NEW QUEEN OF THE PRISONERS INSIDE OF IMPEL DOWN! HE WAS ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE BIGGEST PRISON ESCAPES IN HISTORY, IF NOT THE BIGGEST, WHICH CULMINATED IN HIM BEING FACE TO FACE WITH A MAN WHO EXCLUDES HAZARDOUS VENOM FROM HIS SKIN, AND TWO YEARS LATER HE IS ALIVE AND STILL IN THE PRISON'S SECRET PASSAGEWAYS, PRESUMEABLY GIVING THE WARDENS ALL OF HIS MIDDLE FINGERS! Also, after the time skip, we see Magellon has one of his wings broken and a scarred face. It's probably too early to assume anything, but the last person we saw him fight was Bon Clay. Satisfaction indeed.}}

* And now there is Emporio Ivankov, {{spoiler|the retired Queen of Kamabakka Island. Don´t let him fool you guys. He may look like a parody of a Drag Queen, but he can repell a CANON BALL BY BATTING AN EYESLASH! And then he turned the poor guy, who attacked him, [[Gender Bender|into a woman]]!}}

** Then we learn in chaper 560 {{spoiler|that he/she knows Kuma...somehow. And Kuma apparently was ''afraid of him/her''.}} When it turns out Kuma doesn't even recognize them anymore, he/she delivers this ball-bustingly awesome line;

** How about in 547 when Ivankov SMASHED THROUGH A SOLID WALL WITH HIS FACE?

** And his underling, Inazuma, when he {{spoiler|uses the powers of the Choki-Choki Fruit to cut up the floor and manipulate it like cloth to block an oncoming wave of knockout gas}}.

* I think that we can safely say that the ''entire'' Impel Down Arc is made of Crowning Moments of Awesome, with {{spoiler|'''''MR. 3, OF ALL PEOPLE'''''}} getting one as well, when he {{spoiler|blocked Magellan's highly poisonous Hydra attack with his Candle Wall, despite being only a quick sprint away from complete freedom, urging Luffy and company to escape.}}

* Here's ten for Luffy, his greatest punches up to his first ''shown'' use of ''Third Gear'' called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zmKhx7hktQ Luffy's Greatest Hits]. Unfortunately, Youtube edited out the soundtrack...

* A huge [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Silvers Rayleigh, he not only blocked a kick/laser beam, he cut a logia user and made him bleed.

*** Namely, the UBER BADASS one from the [[DCAU]].

*** Aquaman in a universe where Aquaman is ''absolutely deadly''.

** Evidence 5: {{spoiler|Moria realizes his zombies are useless against Jinbei's command over the salt water surrounding the area. He pulls out some of his hidden shadows and absorbs them, dramatically increasing his size before he goes after the Fishman with his gigantic pair of scissors. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Jinbei one-shots him.]]}}

** Evidence 6: He blocks an attack from [[Magma Man|Akainu]]. This guy blocks freaking ''lava''.

* Bon-chan gets a combined CMOA/CMOH when he stays behind at Impel Down so that Luffy and the prisoners can get away. An entire ship is shouting at him to come with them, Magellan is ready to kick his ass, and all the guy does is drop into a fighting stance while the "Okama Way" song plays. Bad. Ass.

'''Mr. 2 Bon-Clay:''' I have no regrets. }}

* Hell, One Piece in itself is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. The in-series CMOAs, real life ones - the series should just be renamed Crowning Moments of Awesome with [[Pirate|pirates]].

** {{spoiler|Apparently, Garp turned down a promotion to ADMIRAL! Which means he isn't just merely as strong as a Vice-Admrial; he's probably one of the few men who can fight Whitebeard one-on-one!}}

*** {{spoiler|Shiki deserves many praises as well. It takes the current Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice-Admiral Garp to take him down, and their battle destroyed half of Marineford! In order to escape from Impel Down, he proceeds to CUT OFF HIS OWN FEET, and then escape! Afterwards, he ties the swords he used to use in battle onto the stumps of his feet. He then uses these to walk around on. To top it off, he is creating a plan he is going to put in motion 20 years from then ie. the present day, which will create HELL ON EARTH! This [[Omnicidal Maniac]] is one to NEVER be underestimated!}}

** {{spoiler|First naturally, we have Luffy, filled with righteous fury and with a little help from the weather, managing to defeat Shiki, a legendary pirate who fought Gold Roger himself. Even Shiki can't believe that he'd been bested by someone from the world's weakest sea, East Blue, not once, but twice.}}

** {{spoiler|Then there's Nami, who works to sabotage Shiki's plans by destroying the beast repellent Daft Green, despite the fact that exposure to the toxic substance poisons her, and Shiki poisons her even further when he discovers what she's been doing. Even after this, she feeds his men false information, so that his floating base gets caught in a giant storm, destabilizing things even further.}}

** {{spoiler|Finally, there's Usopp, who during the crew's second meeting with Shiki, channels his Water 7 self and scathingly chews Nami out for leaving them and joining Shiki's crew and how Luffy wouldn't forgive her, despite the fact that Shiki has a gigantic boulder over his head. Granted, he didn't know her real motivations yet, but coming from Usopp, who's usually comic relief and had left the crew in the past himself, this is a pretty gutsy thing for him to do. Not to mention that he helps set up Luffy's final attack.}}

* Whoah! How has nobody mentioned Shanks here yet? The whole saving-Luffy-as-a-child thing complete with LOSING HIS ARM to a sea king and then scaring it away with a GLARE definatly counts, right?

** What really makes that scene is Shanks telling Luffy, "It's just an arm."

** One thing I'm always impressed with is Lucky Roo, the [[Big Eater]] of Shanks' crew. Why? [[Beware the Silly Ones|Because he's the very first person to score a kill in the entire story]].

** That page is also a crowning moment for Oda himself. Remember that crossed-out 'S' in Ace's tattoo? [http://www.mangareader.net/103-52556-18/one-piece/chapter-587.html Take a look at the flag in the last panel of that page.] Just one more instance where Oda proves that he has planned out ''everything'' '''''years''''' in advance.

*** [[Memetic Mutation|Oda never forgets you know.]]

* The "New World" itself gets this the first time we see it, along with the possible [[Nightmare Fuel]] it brings. What do pirates in the New World call the first half of the Grand Line? "Paradise".

** {{spoiler|Namely, Basil Hawkins sails to [[Smug Snake|Brownbeard's]] island, defeats one his men, then calmly sits down on him and does his tarot card thing, then politely asks Brownbeard to repeat what he said as Brownbeard prattles about his relatively low bounty, then muses that he thought his name was so stupid, he misheard him as muses he doesn't like jokes, and he sees Brownbeard's death as morphs into his Scarecrow form and unsheathes the sword}}. Not bad.

* Silver Rayleigh's very first appearance.

* I think [[Eiichiro Oda]] deserves a little special mention here. He created one of the most awesome manga I have ever read, and upon closer inspection, [[Fridge Brilliance|I learned that he seperated the Straw Hat pirates for two years IRL, and seperated them for two years in-story]]. THIS MAN IS A GENIUS.

* In 602; {{spoiler|''everyone'' the Straw hats were with over their two years of training helps the Straw hats escape in their own way. Points awarded to Heracles-n for ''summoning giant bugs'' from nowhere to take on marines, and to Silvers Rayleigh for style - he drew a line in the ground with his sword and politely advised the marines not to step over it. Oh, and Hancock once again outright defies the marines... and promtly gets away with it, again.}}

* Queen Otohime. Slapping an adult, large fishman in submission? Seen a thousand times. Doing that when you have ''brittle bones'' and a frail body? Now, That, is something.

** Even better when {{spoiler|the people of Ryuugu kingdom stops supporting her cause after Tiger's death, she recovers from her [[Heroic BSOD]] by [[In Vino Veritas|getting motherless drunk]] and calling them all cowards and tossing a [[Rousing Speech]] via broadcast system.}}

** Not only did Otohime {{spoiler|manage to convince the Sunny Pirates to spare the Tennryuubito that they had once been enslaved to, she went with the Tennryuubito to Mariejois and ''convinced the Celestial Dragons, the most tyrannical and villainous nobles to ever be depicted, to sign a peace treaty with Fishman Island!!''}} She is definitely one of the the most [[Badass]] [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] ever!

** And it looks like Shirahoshi takes after her mother, seeing as she {{spoiler|kept the fact that Hody Jones was her mother's killer secret because she was afraid that if people learned about it, they'd get angry at Hody, and it would break her final promise with her mother, which is "to not bear any ill will to the assassin".}}

* The Three Princes {{spoiler|when they charge into the Plaza King Neptune is being held in. Most of Neptune's Army have been stomped by the Sea Beasts (who've been given the strength drugs). These guys? These guys take out ALL OF THEM. While giving a speech.}}

* Jinbe has one when {{spoiler|The now-monster Hody Jones attempts to kill the gigantic mermaid princess Shirahoshi with one of his water shots, that can go as far as the edge of the island. Jinbe blocks it with one of his own.}}

* Chapter 637: {{spoiler|Shirahoshi is basically committing a heroic sacrifice in order to stop a colossal arc from destroying the island. }}

** {{spoiler|And then in the next chapter, nearly all the citizens grab hold of on of Noah's chains to try and stop it. [[Kick the Dog|And then Hody uses his water move on them.]]}}

* 646: Jinbe {{spoiler|hit the now colossal Wadatsumi so hard that the blow came out the other side. He's the size of a freaking palace and Jinbe manages to puncture him on the ''opposite end''.}}

* 647: Shirahoshi {{spoiler|successfully summons the Sea Kings to stop Noah. She even gets in the way of Luffy's Elephant Gatling to stop his assault.}}

** In the same chapter, it is revealed that {{spoiler|''Gold Roger could also understand Sea Kings''.}}

* In 651, it's noted that the Kid Pirates destroyed two of Big Mam's ships. Just to reiterate, they attacked and destroyed two ships belonging to one of the Four Emperors, and this one is known for razing ''countries'' if slighted. This being the second example of such an attack, clearly the Supernovas are either fearless or insane, possibly both.

** {{spoiler|He cut out Smoker's heart. Smoker is a Logia with Haki, and Law cut his heart out. Damn.}}

* Vice-Admiral Jonathan Drake. Despite being the main antagonist of a Filler Arc, he proves himself to be a [[Badass]]. How? He nearly captures all the Stawhat Pirates ''without fighting once.'' Just using careful deduction and being an overall [[Chessmaster]], he figures out where each pirate is. Even better, Sanji notes that no one can be ''that'' relaxed without having a few tricks up his sleeve. This is before we learn that {{spoiler|Haki is required to become a Vice-Admiral}}. When standing face-to-face to Luffy, he cares more about trying to figure out why the hell they'd come to his base and the endless puzzle that is what they had to gain for the Alabasta incident. And finally, when is said and done, he merely notes that, dispite losing, it gave the men something to do. He isn't even that upset when he lost. ''Awesome.'' He probably would have captures them if [[Smug Snake]] Commandeer Shepherd didn't get involved.

 

== The Marineford Arc ==

**** {{spoiler|Not just an Admiral. Sengoku, the freaking FLEET ADMIRAL, was the one who said that.}}

**** {{spoiler|Whitebeard taking out a marine Vice Admiral (who is also a giant) effortlessly with a single punch.}}

*** {{spoiler|And remember, Mihawk and Kizaru are two people the Straw Hats haven't even managed to hurt yet, let alone defeat.}}

**** {{spoiler|Forget about his crew, his allies are even more awesome. "Go Get em Oars JR!". Of course Kuma, Moria and Doflamingo all get a collective one for taking him out as soon as he showed up.}}

** Chapter 564 Whitebeard pretty much proved he could do this himself at this point with the amount of damage he's done {{spoiler|regardless of silly things like being stabbed though the heart or health problems. It took even more so that all the three admirals to stop his attack. The said attack? Earthquake on the island and sea around him to the point where ''the sea itself was splitting like rocks.''}}

* Donquixote gets one in the Marineford Arc after {{spoiler|helping to kill Oars Jr.}} and setting the invading captains against their crews. He gives a massive [[Genre Savvy]] [[Hannibal Lecture]] on how flimsy and warped the ethics of the world are, and almost [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] by noting how the roles of good and evil in regards to the marines and pirates are always shifting:

* In chapter 560, Boa Hancock {{spoiler|breaks Smoker's Seastone Jutte with a simple ''kick''.}} Remember that Hancock is a fruit user. She {{spoiler|broke a weapon made out of her [[Kryptonite Factor]] with a ''kick''.}} Without a scratch. And afterwards can still look down on {{spoiler|Smoker}} so far she's actually looking up. Bad. Ass.

** Oh, and by the way it was stated before that seastone is as hard as diamond...

*** Not only that, but she's later confronted by Sentoumaru for for destroying quite a few Pacifistas. Remember that it took the ''entire'' Straw Hat crew to bring down just '''one''' of these things.

**** Well, the Pacifista though were programmed not to attack her because she was their ally. Still shows she has a ton of raw power though, especially since her fruit powers are useless against emotionless beings.

* Chapter 562 {{spoiler|not only has the army of Pacifista turned the tides of the battle in favor of the Marines, but Whitebeard is betrayed by one of his own men and ''stabbed clear through his chest''.}}

*** {{spoiler|1=Whitebeard's reaction to this is definitely awesome. Despite having just been impaled by a BFS, he calmly asks what the attacker's problem was, and, after finding out it was due to a ploy by the Marines to turn his allies against him, he tells the guy that they are all his sons anyway, and gives said allies an escape route in case they really felt he was going to sell them out. He then turns around and attacks the Marines by himself, head on, completely ignoring the wound.}}

* Marco further proves why he is the 1st divison comander by {{spoiler|kicking Aokiji in a way that would make Sanji jealous when he was about to finish Luffy off.}}

** Kizaru effortlessly intercepting and kicking gear 2 luffy.

* Whitebeard gets another one for {{spoiler|concealing another '''freaking''' ship underneath the water, in case of anything}}.

** That said, give {{spoiler|Oars for ''being alive'' much less carry an entire ship smashing though a wall that whitebeard himself couldn't break though.}}

** Doflamingo? That's not the crown of badassery, considering that Doflamingo's power comes from his manipulation ability. The way he dinks away Mihawk's BFS with his hook handed arm because he notices that Mr. 1 is"taking a nap" and because he's not in the best mood because he is disappointed that Whitebeard isn't STRONG enough, and then goes to only become important when needed, such as {{spoiler|saving Luffy and stopping Akainu}} for pretty much no reason except that that Impel Down prison place was getting pretty boring.

* What no CMOAs for the latest chapter? It's a huge [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the World Government... and Luffy. {{spoiler|Marco is defeated by Kizaru after a vice admiral puts seastone cuffs on him and Kizaru fires straight through him. Jozu is frozen solid. Whitebeard is on his deathbed impaled by several vice admirals and marines while his commanders and the pirates are getting cut down all around him. Coby and Luffy fight and Luffy one-shots Coby like it's nothing. Finally the biggest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in the chapter, Ace is seconds away from being executed when Luffy screams out with his king's haki knocking out hundreds of marines and stopping them from beheading Ace.}}

* The latest chapter is a huge [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. {{spoiler|Luffy defeats Garp (though Garp actually threw the fight), Luffy tries to free Ace, Sengoku attacks Luffy whilst turning into a giant Buddha that effortlessly beat Gear 3 Luffy, destroying the platform. Luffy is then rescued by a now freed Ace!}}

** And that would have been impossible without {{spoiler|Mr. 3. Yeah, the wimpy [[Smug Snake]] actually disguised himself as one of the execution soldiers and crafted the key to Ace's cuffs. And then his Candle Wall managed to absorb the blow of Sengoku's Buddha punch. And why is he doing all this? To repay Mr. 2!}}

*** His quote alone makes it his greatest [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* Chapter 572. Whitebeard shouting his {{spoiler|[[Last Request|final order]], and then prepares himself to fuck up the marines ''is simply the most badass thing he's done this whole battle.''}}

* Akainu mocking Whitebeard just so Ace will lose control and attack him, then Akainu nails Ace while telling him that fire can not possibly defeat magma.

** {{spoiler|Kinda dark, but he should get another one just for negating the series' infamously thick [[Plot Armor]].}}

**** Somebody mentioned Crowning Moment Of Evil. Maybe it'll work?

** In one hit.

** Earlier, Akainu made the statement of how he aimed to defend Marineford against tyrants like Whitebeard. So guess what Whitebeard does? He purposely directed attacks towards the buildings, destroying them, while mocking Akainu about protecting it. And {{spoiler|after Akainu had killed Ace, [[Tranquil Fury|in a brutal and calm fashion]], Whitebeard smashed and utterly pounded Akainu to the ground in two blows and at the same time, he managed to split the entire island and everything in it in half}}. ''[[Papa Wolf|Don't mess with Whitebeard.]]''

*** That was after he {{spoiler|1=made Blackbeard crap his pants in fear. After BB taunts him, Whitebeard starts beating the ever loving shit out of Blackbeard. Including a Quake to the face. And in the end it took Blackbeard's entire crew attacking all at once to take down GARbeard.}}

**** And his {{spoiler|last words? [[Thanatos Gambit|"The One Piece is out there!"]]}}. And they were being broadcast to ''the entire Shabondy Archipelago!'' Sucks to be Sengoku, as the world's pirates just had their ambitions ''jump-charged''.

** Also Jinbei {{spoiler|pretty much tells Akainu to go to hell when he insists on killing Luffy. Mind you, this is a man made of magma vs a fishman}}. Followed shortly by Ivankov {{spoiler|using his Hell Wink to get Akainu out of the way}}.

** The true [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] came when Blackbeard {{spoiler|declared, "This is...'''my age!'''"}} So, pretty much for all technical reasons, he's {{spoiler|declared himself to be Pirate King.}} God. Damn.

* With the arrival of chapter 579, what sort of awesome will they pull off this t- {{spoiler|''JESUS CHRIST IT'S SHANKS! GET IN THE CAR!''}}

** Not to forget Coby's display of both courage and compassion {{spoiler|defying Akainu because he wishes to stop the war and end this senseless violence since the Marines already completed their objective.}}

**** Wanna know what's even more epic? Coby, according to {{spoiler|Shanks, changing the FATE OF THE ENTIRE WORLD DUE TO HIS SECONDS OF COURAGE.}} Now that is awesome.

**** What's also awesome is that it goes to show [[Character Development|just how far Coby has come ever since we first met him]]. He started off as a boy who trembled before Alvida and has become {{spoiler|someone brave enough to stand up against someone as scary and ruthless as Akainu}}.

* And now, a cross between [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] when we're shown the crew's (sometimes tearful) realization of their own lack of strength. Usopp puts it best {{spoiler|when he says that he's always thought somewhere inside that Luffy was powerful enough that he could just sit back and watch him just become Pirate King}}. And then watching their conviction and dedication to becoming stronger so that they can help Luffy as well. It brings a happy tear to this troper's eyes.