One Piece/Characters/Straw Hat Pirates: Difference between revisions

* [[Anti-Hero|Anti-Heroes]]: They generally don't care about the politics of the island they visit and won't do much to fight an oppression. That said, if the oppressing institution attacks them or a person they befriended, [[It's Personal|odds are they will take up the fight as payback.]]

* [[Badass Crew]]

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Even the relatively saner ones have their quirks.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: All of the crew members have a painful past that makes you wanna give them a hug. Robin may have the most painful of the crew, though.

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Mayumi Tanaka]] (JP), [[Urara Takano]] (OVA), [[Bella Hudson]] (EN, 4Kids), [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]] (EN, Funi), Diana Perez (Latin American Spanish)}}

 

 

His dream of becoming the Pirate King comes from an incident in his youth involving mountain bandits and a sea serpent that resulted in his idol Shanks losing his left arm. Before leaving Luffy's village the very next day, Shanks gave him his straw hat, telling him to give it back when he's become a great pirate.

** For the curious, the specific instance that caused many fans to believe he'd slid further down [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|the scale]] was when he released half the inmates of Impel Down in his quest to save his brother, ignoring [[Anti-Villain|Magellan]]'s frankly very good arguments as to why they should stay locked up. Course at the time he was desperate and, as Ivankov's mentions, they needed as much of a force as possible to get out of Impel Down. Especially when your fighting your way from the bottom level to the surface with millions of Marines in your way.

* [[Asexuality]]: One of the closest examples for the trope that Shonen manga is probably ever going to get. [[Word of God]] mentions that Luffy is more interested in adventure than women, and that there will be no real romance in ''One Piece''. See [[Chaste Hero]] below.

** {{spoiler|After the [[Time Skip]], he seems to have improved it by having only single a body part(s) under Gear 2nd's effects at one time.}}

** A much straighter example would be Gear 3rd, which slowed him down and left him completely vulnerable to Rob Lucci when he tried an extensive use of it. He gets around this later by using it almost exclusively for finishing blows.

* [[Bad Liar]]: The only way his lies could be more blatant would be if a neon sign appeared on top of his head every time he lied.

* [[Balloon Belly]]: Comes with being a [[Big Eater]] and his elastic nature. Actually uses it in combat to great effect. {{spoiler|After the [[Time Skip]], he has learned to more accurately return the projectiles upgrading his belly into an [[Attack Reflector]].}}

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: You ''reeeeally'' don't want to make him angry. Seriously.

** ''[[One Piece Strong World]]'' should have been called ''Luffy Gets Angry: Shit Goes Down''.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm gonna be Pirate King!"

* [[Cement Shoes]]: Arlong did this to him in their fight. Surprisingly, the [[Kryptonite Factor|normal vulnerability to water of a Devil Fruit user]] did not stop his stretching abilities, allowing townspeople to stretch his head out of the water so [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable|they could give him CPR when he drowned]].

* [[Chaste Hero]]: Though he knows what romantic relationships are, he just isn't interested... [[Epileptic Trees|maybe]].

** And, believe it or not, it becomes a plot point!

** He's funny, strong-willed, enthusiastic, ''insanely nice to nearly everybody he meets'', and incredibly righteous. Naturally, [[Truth in Television|he has plenty of real life fangirls]].

*** He's also young, cute, and seriously well-toned. The girls don't go gaga just because of his personality.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: When he tries to be at his sharpest outside of battle, he can only pull this off. Most of the time he's something between [[The Ditz]] and [[The Fool]].

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Luffy is not adverse to hitting below the belt or taking [[Human Shield|Human Shields]] when necessary... or if it's amusing.

* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Child abuse isn't funny... except when it involves [[Refuge in Audacity|throwing the child down a ravine, leaving him in the in the wilderness]], and [[Crosses the Line Twice|attaching enough helium balloons to him to make him float into the sky]], all for the purposes of increasing his survival skills. After hearing about it, his crew immediately realizes just where Luffy got his strong will to live from.

* [[Hollywood Healing]]: His battles only leave story relevant scars, like his trademark one under his eye he got in Chapter 1 or {{spoiler|the new X shaped scar Akainu gave him}}.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: In fine Shonen fashion. He's a more tranquil version, however.

* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: As a child who had recently eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy was rather unskilled with his stretching powers -- especially when compared to his mastery at the start of his journey. His signature Gum-Gum Pistol? His first attempt bounced off the ground and back into his own face.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: He always believes in his crew, even when they appear to betray or murder one of their own.

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Yes, everything stretches, as the inhabitants of [[Lady Land|Amazon Lily]] discovered.

* [[The Promise]]: He made one with Ace and Sabo when they were children to go out to sea and live their lives free of regrets.

** Not to mention the one with Shanks, that he'd return his Straw Hat to him one day after he became a great pirate.

* [[Super Mode]]: His [[Lightning Bruiser|Gear Second]] and [[Mighty Glacier|Gear Third]] techniques.

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Subverted with Nightmare Luffy. He's a scary, giant, evil-looking [[Incredible Hulk|Hulk-like]] figure, and Nami and Usopp were initially afraid of him, but he's actually still Luffy on the inside. Just REALLY serious. However, that could be something to do with shadows inside him, since Usopp and Nami noticed he behaves differently.

* [[Terrible Artist]]

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: {{spoiler|Lately, after the timeskip, he uses Gear Second attacks for ''everything''. Considering how strong he already is and the fact that he has Haki, his normal Gum Gum attacks should be more than enough to solve his problems, rather than senselessly shorten his lifespan to beat a few minor enemies}}.

* [[Third Time's the Charm]]: Against Crocodile, though there is a case to be had in his confrontations with Eneru and Rob Lucci.

* [[Time to Unlock More True Potential]]: By the end of the first half of the series, approx. time around the Sabaody Arc, his skills and power are simply no longer enough to beat anybody or anything stronger than a single Pacifista, (with the support of his entire team at that...) and considering Hancock, his "Love Interest" ([[No Hugging, No Kissing|I use that term lightly]]) could smash dozens of them in one hit, that really, really was quite pathetic. {{spoiler|Thankfully, he got better and after two years of training, he can now also defeat a Pacifista in a single hit (along with a giant KRAKEN, for that matter...)}}

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Meat. Any kind of meat. ({{spoiler|Although he's not as fond of seafood, as revealed by the Fishman Island arc.}}) Eating it even makes him stronger, and if he's not fighting or playing, he's always seen eating meat.

* [[Trouser Space]]: Where he keeps the "octopus"...

** Although he's not completely opposed to stealing available loot when an opportunity arises (see Skypiea). Granted, they were gonna give him the gold anyway, but he didn't know that.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: On Enies Lobby, the soldiers were literally being sent flying by the hundreds from the moment Luffy got there, and it wasn't over until 3000 had been defeated and he had made his point -- shit was getting serious.

** {{spoiler|On Fishman Island, Luffy has recently began annihilating a massive amount of [[Mooks]] without discretion. He has currently taken out 50,000 without even touching them (which is, mind you, more than ''16 times'' the amount he defeated on Enies Lobby), using his Haki, and now he has begun actually attacking them physically. By the looks of things, and considering there was only 100,000 Mooks to start, the rest of his crew might not even be necessary to win the battle}}.

* [[Your Size May Vary]]: Luffy's iconic Straw Hat, through the many [[Art Evolution]] phases Oda went and experimented on, our hero's hat has gone from ''fedora sized'' to ''sombrero sized'', though it's not an increasing constant, it may get smaller or bigger depending on the arc.

** Luffy himself is also an example. He's never been tall, but at the start of the series he was mostly average-sized, especially compared to the civilians in the background. Nowadays, he is the shortest character in the series who is not a [[Gonk]], an animal, a child or a woman (though most female characters are still taller than him). His body shape also changes from arc to arc. During East Blue and from Skypiea to Water 7, Oda has went for his signature lanky, long-legged signature. In other arcs, like the more recent ones, Luffy is drawn with rather short legs and the head-to-body ratio of a young child, which makes him look much shorter than he actually is. His height is 172 cm (5'7") for the record.

 

== "Pirate Hunter" {{color|green|Roronoa Zoro}} ==

** Swings into Type II and III territory occasionally.

* [[Badass]]: One of the more prominent examples in the series.

** [[Badass Baritone]]: He has the deepest voice in the crew, and is undeniably [[Badass]].

** [[Badass Boast]]: From chapter 642:

** {{spoiler|After the [[Time Skip]], his Tatsumaki gets mixed with [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud]] as well.}}

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to Luffy's red.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: He shows a great deal of enthusiasm when it comes to getting into fights.

* [[The Southpaw]]: While it is clear that Zoro is ambidextrous, he seems to be predominantly left-handed. He keeps all of his swords sheathed next to his right hip, meaning it would be easier to pull a sword with his left hand. When wielding a single sword, Zoro usually uses his left hand. His single sword techniques have nearly always been executed with his left hand.

** Also the Kuma Incident at Thriller Bark.

* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: It's not that Zoro can't go home. It's just that he doesn't know the way, seeing how he's got a lousy sense of direction.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Sanji likes to make fun of him this way, calling him "Marimo" (Moss Head).

 

* [[Cat Fight]]: Gets into these all the time, but her fight with Kalifa in which Nami herself is scantily clad and getting rubbed all over [[Fan Service|by the buxom, fishnet-fond Kalifa using her]] [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum|"Slippery wet soap powers"]] takes the cake.

* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Less than Chopper and Usopp, but she does not have the fear immunity that the rest of the crew have.

* [[Elemental Powers]]

** [[Blow You Away]]: {{spoiler|Enemy face, meet tornado in a stick.}}

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Tomboy to Vivi's Girly Girl, though it's all relative as neither is very tomboyish or girly.

** Also the more [[Hot-Blooded|passionate]] and [[Tomboy|headstrong]] of the two ladies aboard the Thousand Sunny, although her hobbies are much more girly than Robin's, whose are just... ''weird''.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: Gradually as the series has gone on, but especially after the timeskip. {{spoiler|From forgiving Hachi, to immediately hugging Usopp and Chopper when they reunite, to even immediately forgiving Jinbei for letting Arlong loose on East Blue,}} she's come a pretty long way from the [[Jerkass Facade]] she started out with.

** Not to mention, she almost never hits her crewmates anymore, starting after the timeskip.

** Notably, the soldiers he's shooting at point out that even if they were able to aim reliably at this distance, their rifles ''couldn't shoot that far''.

* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: He often alternates between bragging and being either cowardly (when played for laughs) or deeply insecure in his skills (when it isn't). This has lessened with [[Character Development]] during and after the Water 7 arc.

* [[Kiddie Kid]]: Usopp was introduced as a 17 year old young man who spent his time hanging out with a bunch of 8 year olds and told outrageous lies for no real reason other than the fun of it. Part of his character development is him turning from this into a true man like his father.

* [[Large Ham]]: He gets a little theatrical when boasting, but it's when he's being Sogeking that he really begins to ham it up.

** There's actually a [[Running Gag]] throughout the series of Usopp's stories actually coming true.

* [[Team Normal]]: Along with Nami. Causes some self-worth issues at one point, but he eventually gets over it and becomes an ever-increasingly [[Badass Normal]].

** {{spoiler|Post-timeskip, damn! He has broader shoulders, large biceps, and [[Department of Redundancy Department|muscles]], oh my!}}

* [[Trick Bullet]]: all of his ammunition.

** [[Brats with Slingshots]]: It's his primary weapon, after all. Later, he upgrades to the Kabuto, a [[X on a Stick|slingshot/staff hybrid]].

** [[Drop the Hammer]]: The few attacks that don't involve his slingshots seem to be this; a slight subversion in that two of his hammers are anything but deadly. Although both of them seem to have some sort of psychological effect on the target.

 

== "Black Leg" {{color|blue|Sanji}} ==

* [[Dance Battler]]: Uses only his feet to fight, resulting in this on occasion.

* [[Defeat by Modesty]]: {{spoiler|During his (filler) duel against the substitute "Queen" of Kamabakka, he's soon forced to resort only to weak, low kicks because his opponents keeps peeping at his bloomers when he tries to kick him.}}

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Duval's slip of the tongue reveals he's got a crush on Sanji. And he had the drag queens on Okama Island hitting on him and dressing him up for two years. Poor guy.

* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French]]: His attack names.

* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: Weaponized, via his ''Diable Jambe'' technique.

** {{spoiler|A Post-[[Time Skip]] cover seems to imply that he went to [[Playing with Fire]] as well.}}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Towards the male members of the crew.

* [[Jizzed in My Pants]]: Though with massive nosebleeds. After spending 2 years on an island full of transvestites, it's become rather easy'' to set him off.

* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: Sanji finally meets mermaids, and they ''like'' him. He's even able to resist nosebleeds for a while to play with them.

** Similarly, Oda ocassionally decides to spare him and let him at least touch a woman, and on two seperate occasions he has had his face stuffed in into a girl's breasts. Nosebleeds ensue.

** He also gained the skill to run on air. So, yeah, he can fly.

* [[Unusual Eyebrows]]

* [[Volleying Insults]]: Quite often with Zoro, as well as his surrogate father Zeff.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|He refuses to harm women in any way]], though he is capable of blocking their attacks. This causes near-fatal problems during the fights with Bon Clay and Califa. Nami even criticizes him on this trait.

*** {{spoiler|After seeing Shirahoshi, he made a full recovery.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Again played for laughs when he learns about [[Lady Land|exactly where]] Luffy got sent to by Kuma.

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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: A send-up of Rudolph.

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[Barefoot Cartoon Animal]]: Except for when he's Chopperman.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Her look after the timeskip may remind people of [[Tomb Raider|another]] [[Adventurer Archaeologist]].

* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: She's 6'2 (6 feet and 2 inches tall), dwarfing all of the other Strawhats except Franky and Brook, who keep in mind are themselves 7'5 and 8'8, respectively. This is not a very impressive height in the One Piece world (see the [[Our Giants Are Bigger]] trope for a full diagnostic on height variations in the One Piece world), but would be ''huge'' if she were a real life woman.

** Perhaps not the same ending theme, but one involves shots of each of the crew looking normally, before switching over to a crazy expression, with two exceptions; Zoro, who simply falls asleep, and Robin, who goes from reading books to... reading more books.

** [[Not So Stoic]]: Enies Lobby. That's all.

* [[The Aloner]]: It's implied that Brook developed his bizarre humor and [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] tendencies as a means to entertain himself while he was stuck alone on a ship full of (inanimate) dead people for half a century.

* {{spoiler|[[Astral Projection]]}}: A power he developed {{spoiler|over the [[Time Skip]]}}.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: He's ''90 years old''.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't belittle the pain and emptiness of death. He lost everything to it, and he can't stand people just simply throwing their lives away.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Yes, yes, yes, and no. Brook isn't a robot. That's Franky.

* [[Nobody Touches the Hair]]: He'll try to prevent enemy combatants from contact with his hair at any cost. This is because being a skeleton, he considers it his only visible trait still the same from when he was still alive, and it won't grow back if it gets cut off again(and considering his sole purpose now is to meet up with [[Team Pet|Laboon]] again, he kinda needs Laboon to still be able to recognize him somehow). He protects it to such an extent that he loses his very first real fight in the series in order to avoid damage to his hair.

* [[Officer and a Gentleman]]: Simultaneously played straight and subverted to humorous effect.

* [[Our Souls Are Different]]: Due to the effect of his Devil Fruit. {{spoiler|Even more so after the [[Time Skip]]}}.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Even 52+ years later and with all his flesh gone, whatever head injury he once suffered remains visible.

* {{spoiler|[[Soul Power]]}}: {{spoiler|During the [[Time Skip]], he learned the true power of his Devil Fruit: the power to control the inexhaustable energy of his soul.}}

* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: As with all Devil Fruit users, he sinks like a stone in water. Though one would assume, since he has no organs, that this wouldn't be as inconvenient for him, his body still seems to act as if it has the organs even if they don't physically exist. Like Chopper, he also forgets he can't swim, but he can at least run on the surface of the water.

* [[Undead]]: Of the [[Dem Bones]] variety.

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