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* [[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]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: The crew as a whole are each people who cherish their friends and loved ones. Even the aloof ones like Zoro or Robin place a great worth on personal bonds. Further, each member has suffered great tragedy in their pasts due to personal bonds (they lost someone, someone hurt someone they cared about, etc.) which makes anyone who acts like a real [[Jerkass]] that abuses the bonds of others or the people they are connected to go to the top of the Crew's shit-list with a bullet.
* [[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.
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: Really becomes evident at during the climax of the Arlong arc.
* [[The Idealist]]: A whole crew of them. They're all driven together by collective dreams.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]
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* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The crew consists of a rubber man, a swordsman, a thief and meteorologist, a cowardly sniper, a kick-boxing chef, a shape-shifting reindeer doctor, an archeologist, a soda-run cyborg, and a living skeleton.
* [[True Companions]]: [[Trope Namer]] Emeritus. See: Nakama.
* [[Two Girls to
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Read any chapter and you're likely to find one of them yelling at another one.
== "Straw Hat" {{color|red|Monkey D. Luffy}} ==
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Monkey D. Luffy is [[The Captain]] of the [[True Companions|Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average nineteen-year-old [[Shonen]] [[Idiot Hero]], son of {{spoiler|Dragon, a revolutionary slated as "The Worst Criminal In the World"}} and grandson of {{spoiler|Garp, a humongously powerful marine vice-admiral who had cornered the Pirate King himself on several occasions}}. Wants to find One Piece and [[To Be a Master|become the Pirate King]]. Ate the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'') {{Spoiler|really Human-Human Fruit Model: Nika}}at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite a master of. {{spoiler|Also, after training with Silvers Rayleigh, he has mastered the 3 types of ''Haki'' (literally "Ambition").}}
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.
He has a bounty of
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* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: {{spoiler|Because of his fight with [[Poisonous Person|Magellan]] and subsequent healing by Ivankov in Impel Down, his body was resistant against the poison given by a Merman assassin, two years later}}.
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: At the beginning of the series, he was [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|a criminal in name only.]] He was sometimes [[Innocently Insensitive|a bit rude,]] and beat up [[Knight Templar|"good]] [[The Social Darwinist|guys”]] who really deserved it, but that was all. [[Darker and Edgier|Later on]] he's been skirting around the lines of a Type III, and he's even admitted that he ''doesn't want'' to be a hero.
** Though that was more for nonsensical reasons. He immediately agreed to be one after {{spoiler|Jinbei promised he would get his meat rather than having to divide among the people. Trust me, [[It Makes Sense in Context]].}}
** 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.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|His Gear 2nd technique]] [[Cast
** {{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.
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: He observed the CP9 members using [[Flash Step|Soru]], and he soon began using an even faster and superior version of the move while in Gear Second.
* '''[[Badass]]'''
** [[Badass Adorable]]
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* [[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]].}}
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** Get between him and his food, and he will be angry. Luffy is a [[Big Eater]] and takes his food [[Serious Business|very seriously]].
** Touch his hat without permission and he will pound you. His idol and the man who inspired him the most, Red Haired Shanks, gave him his hat. Even more so now after he found out it originally belonged to the pirate king Gol D. Roger.
** Don't be flippant about claiming the title of the pirate king. Luffy sees going for the title of pirate king as sacred and anyone who casually mouths of about becoming the pirate king is disrespecting all of the passionate strong men who have tried and failed (His bother Ace being one). On the other hand if you seriously claim you will become the pirate king with true spirit and determination he will instead see you as a [[Worthy Opponent]].
** Hurt one of his [[True Companions|friends]], or for that matter, one of your own, and you are '''dead'''. Luffy declared war on the World Government for one of his crew.
* [[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''.
** The same can be said of the sixth movie, the only time when Luffy ''kills'' the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Gets quite a few.
** During the Marineford arc, he manages to pull this trope off as he and the rest of the Impel Down escapees crash down from the sky, ''ship and all!''
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* [[Book Dumb]]: Very much so when it comes to science and medicine -- he once tried to heal a wounded Zoro by pouring booze on his face because "Zoro likes sake, so it'll make him better". However, he's a genius in combat, social skills, and politics, beating "wittier" enemies like [[Implacable Man|Eneru]].
* [[Born Lucky]]: He has been described as having the Devil's Luck. While the lightning bolt that saved him on the execution platform may have been Dragon's doing, he's survived a number of encounters due only to extreme good fortune.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Constantly a victim of (comical) abuse from his crew mates due to his stupidity, and he frequently ends up in strange situations that keep him from fighting.
* [[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]].
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: Thanks to the [[Training
* [[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!
* [[Chick Magnet]]: He's one of the only characters in the series to actively have women falling for him, ranging from [[Stalker
** 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.
* [[The Chosen One]]: As the series progresses, it seems more and more that Luffy is this. He carries the initial D. and it's been stated time and again that everyone who carries that initial will shake the world. More than that, it's heavily implied that he carries the will of Gol D. Roger the previous pirate king who many have stated that he is the spitting image of in terms of attitude and personality. {{Spoiler|It's all but cemented with the revelation that his devil fruit isn't a paramecia type but actually a mythical zoan fruit Human-Human Fruit Model: Nika. The original Joyboy who was a key figure in history also possessed this fruit and managed to awaken it's power becoming the embodiment of the Sun God Nika or The Warrior of Liberation who freed people from tyranny and liberated slaves while putting smiles on the faces of those he met. The Five Elder Stars commented that it hasn't awakened in 800 years since Joyboy possessed until Luffy did so during his fight with Kaido. They also stated that the fruit was conscious and actively evaded the world government's attempts to get hold of it meaning that it chose Luffy as its possessor not the other way around.}}
* [[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.
* [[Compelling Voice]]: A manifestation of his [[Pure Awesomeness]]. It used to be involuntary and basically limited to really desperate shouting. He doesn't need to actually speak to use it anymore.
* [[Confusion Fu]]: Luffy, unlike the other characters, seems to fight freestyle. Being rubber makes this befitting. It even turned into an advantage against Eneru, who can read minds. Luffy simply ricocheted his moves off a wall, making it impossible for anyone, including himself, to predict their path.
* [[Cross
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Often both a badass ''and'' a moron at the same time.
** He actually tries to weaponize his idiot nature in the Eneru fight, in order to defeat his mind-reading. It works, but he also becomes too stupid to remember to attack.
* [[Cursed
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Older Brother]]}}: {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|Twice]]}}.
** {{spoiler|Subverted, now that Sabo is revealed to be alive}}.
* [[Death Glare]]: He always stares down enemies, and when pissed gives these. Two particularly intense faces occur, 1st was right before he defeated Lucci with his [[Rapid
** {{spoiler|Later becomes one of his regular abilities thanks to Haki}}.
* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: Many of his opponents. Eneru is probably the best example, as he spent most of the Skypiea arc proving how strong he was.
** Somewhat subverted too. A big part of the character development of Luffy comes from the realization that it's impossible for him to beat the most powerful marines and pirates of the New World. {{spoiler|Cue 2 years training with the Pirate King's first mate}}.
** A recently big example in the New World is {{spoiler|Donquixote Doflamingo. Up until the Dressrosa Arc Doflamingo had never been shown receiving a single scratch.}}
* [[Delayed Reaction]]: Used ''a lot'' of times for comedic effect.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: After {{spoiler|Ace's death}}, there is a look of despair on Luffy's face that has never been seen before.
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: Seems to have a knack for pulling this off, even in the most unlikely of cases. Mihawk actually considers this his most dangerous ability.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Luffy gets called "Straw Hat" by pretty much everyone he fights, with rare exceptions.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Dragon Ball
* [[Flash Step]]: When using [[Super Mode|Gear Second]].
* [[Freak
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: At one point, he was able to befriend a ''{{spoiler|Kraken}}''.
** {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Skill]] and [[Chekhov's Gun]]}}: {{spoiler|And thanks to that, now said Kraken is helping him in the fight against the New Fishmen Pirates. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Not that he or his crew really needed it, but still.]]}}
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* [[Generation Xerox]]: He has been compared to Gold Roger by multiple people who've encountered him. Given his simple outlook on life and violence towards anyone who hurts his friends, he can also be seen as a [[Generation Xerox]] of Shanks.
** According to [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Ivankov]], Luffy is very similar to his father, Dragon.
* [[Go Out
* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: He fights predominantly with his fists, although he discovered an attack involving blasting [[Pure Awesomeness]].
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Seems to be a family trait.
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** [[Heroic RROD]]: His Gear Second {{spoiler|pre-[[Time Skip]]}} shortens his lifespan with each use, and will eventually wear him out if overused. Gear Third also might count, although it only shrinks Luffy temporarily after each use, with no mentioned long-term effect.
*** When Ivankov gave Luffy his "miracle treatment" to heal Luffy of Magellan's poison, it took an additional ten years off Luffy's lifespan. Add this to the Gear Second, and the regular damage Luffy takes, and Oda seems to be strongly implying that Luffy will die young.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The original one is also [[Dragon Ball
** Italian Luffy was [[Naruto|Gaara of the Desert.]]
** American Luffy took over as Gohan in ''[[
* [[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}}.
* [[Hope Bringer]]: A [[Downplayed Trope]] as Luffy doesn't go out of his way to help people but when he does decide to hero-up he turns out to be damn good at it as in his short career as a pirate he's rescued every member of his crew and gained their [[Undying Loyalty]], freed whole kindoms from war and corrupt rulers, along with fulfilling the hopes of the people he meets along the way in their time of need. {{Spoiler|With the reveal that Luffy's devil fruit is actual the mythical zoan fruit Human-Human Fruit Model: Nika this begins to make a lot of sense. Nika was called the sun god and the one who brought light and happiness to those trapped in slavery. He would fight tyranny and free people were ever he went. Since it was also revealed by the five-elder stars that mythical zoan fruit have a consciousness and influence to world to find their user, it makes sense that the Nika fruit would choose someone like Luffy.}}
* [[Hot
* [[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.
* [[I Gave My Word]]: His word is the greatest thing he can give. He takes it seriously. How serious? He promised Robin he'd be her friend forever, so when she was taken from him, he went on a rampage resulting in the complete annihilation of a World Government island, thousands of dead mooks, and a staggering two hundred MILLION increase in his bounty.
** He also ignores his word when he feels like it. He gave his word to Hachi repeatedly that he would not mess with a World Noble no matter what happened. He totally kept his word.
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* [[Idiot Hero]]: One of the poster boys.
** In a bit of a subversion, Luffy is actually quite smart for a Shonen Hero, and not just in combat; he has shown an understanding of basic physics, social skills, survival skills, and politics. The 'Idiot' part comes from his simple outlook on life; while he understands that the current of Reverse Mountain has a scientific explanation, he prefers to just call it a "Mystery Mountain" because it's easier and more fun. That sort of description extends to several other subjects.
* [[I'm Not a Hero,
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: They simply bounce off, though in the beginning of the series he claimed to still not like getting shot.
** Considering how often it's happened since then, he probably got used to it pretty quickly.
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** {{spoiler|When he uses Armaments Haki, his body turns [http://www.mangareader.net/one-piece/605/11 dark and shiny], as if his rubber body has gone through a form of vulcanization.}}
* [[Kiai]]: See the end of his fight with Rob Lucci.
* [[Knuckle
* [[The Leader]]: A combination of Type III (Headstrong) and Type IV (Charismatic). Has some shades of the Levelheaded Type II, but only when the situation is truly dire.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Does this whenever he's NOT trapped somewhere and can't fight, but the most notable straight example was at the beginning of the assault on Enies Lobby, where he actually took off full speed into the heart of Enies Lobby during the middle of planning, causing his allies to nearly be wiped out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPqKRPU3aXM Perfectly summed up here.]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Possibly the fastest and most agile member of his crew, he also has incredible durability and strength. [[Word of God]] is that only Zoro matches his physical power.
* [[Like Father, Like Son]]: While not spending any of his childhood with his father, he has nonetheless taken after him with his will and dangerous unpredictability, and both are stakes in the World Government's side.
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Directly acknowledged by Mihawk:
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* [[Memetic Outfit]]: The straw hat, in universe, as seen in the "From the decks of the world" cover story and {{spoiler|at the end of the Fishman Island arc. The new shipment to the island will include straw hats. Why? Because the kids want to play heroes!}}
* [[The Messiah]]: Really became obvious during the Whitebeard War, although it was alluded to after the Enies Lobby Incident.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Has plenty of fan girls in-universe and in real-life.
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: {{spoiler|[[Wham! Episode|The Death of Portgas D. Ace]]}}.
* [[Nice Guy]]: [[Berserk Button|Just don't touch]] [[True Companions|any of his friends]], [[Trademark Favorite Food|his meat]], or [[Nice Hat|his straw hat]].
* [[Nice Hat]]: It's even on his Jolly Roger!
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* [[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 Power of Trust]]: Luffy is an ''excellent'' judge of character, successfully allying even with former enemies, both as permanent crewmates (Nico Robin, Franky) and as temporary allies (various other members of Baroque Works). {{spoiler|It will be put to the ultimate test with his alliance with rival supernova captain-turned-Shichibukai Trafalgar Law.}}
* [[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.
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** Hell, after the [[Time Skip]], all he has to do is glare at most weaker opponents and they're on the ground, foaming at the mouth.
** Taken to new, ludicrous extremes when, in chapter 634 of the manga, he {{spoiler|knocks out 50,000 members of the New Fishman Pirates with nothing but a Haki-powered gaze!}}
* [[Rapid
* [[Real Men Eat Meat]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Zoro's blue, although Zoro can be a little red sometimes.
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* [[Signature Move]]: The Gum-Gum Pistol, Bazooka, Gatling, and Balloon are his 4 most iconic moves, although he typically uses their gear 2nd versions now.
* [[Smart Ball]]: While some of the times he's right are the result of his [[Cloudcuckoolander|bizarre]] or [[Dumbass Has a Point|poorly thought out]] guesses being correct, there are times when he's more reasonable than usual, such as when he tells Vivi that people will die no matter what she does, and defeating Crocodile, rather than intercepting the rebels, is the surest way to stop the rebellion
* [[Spanner in
** More often than not, he never even went in intending to stop the villain or knowing the villain even had an evil plan. He is literally just an unexpected variable that happened to mess up the scheme because the villain did just ONE thing wrong. That thing is usually trying to preemptively eliminate him.
** Reversed with Blackbeard's master plan. Everything Luffy did just worked in favor of Blackbeard's plans, even speeding them up significantly, the most obvious example being the Impel Down incident.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: The most common victim of the Devil Fruit users in his crew. Of course, he couldn't swim even before getting his Devil Fruit powers, hence why Shanks's crew nicknamed him "Anchor".
* [[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
* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Seemingly an [[Averted Trope]] as while his fruit giving him a rubber body certainly makes him durable, most of his strength is from his training and natural fighting skills making his fruit more [[Difficult but Awesome]]. {{Spoiler|The it's [[Played Straight]] when it's revealed that Luffy's devil fruit isn't a paramecia type but a mythical zoan fruit that carries the name of a GOD! The world government was hiding the fact that the true name of Luffy's fruit is Human-Human Fruit Model: Nika. Nika was the liberator of slaves also called the warrior of freedom who brought smiles to all. Once Luffy awakened the power of Nika his abilities went from rubber man to [[Toon Physics]] enabling him to warp and affect his himself, surroundings and OTHER PEOPLE like he was in a looney toons episode.}}
* [[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}}.
** {{spoiler|He may not have the drawback post-time skip. Still this trope though, as he doesn't ''need'' to go [[Super Mode]].}}
* [[Third
* [[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...)}}
** {{Spoiler|During his fight with Kaido, when it seemed like Luffy DIED, his devil fruit finally awoke. Usually when this happens, it greatly augments the fruits abilities. For a paramecia, it means affecting the surroundings as like Daflamingo creating strings from the environment. For a zoan it means becoming a bigger and stronger version of the animal you transform into. Luffy's fruit is actually a mythical zoan fruit that embodies the sun god Nika. Only Joy Boy 800 years earlier accomplished this. Luffy goes from rubber man to [[Toon Physics]] being able to manipulate himself, the surroundings and other people like they were in a looney toons cartoon. It makes him damn near invulnerable, change sizes and shape at will and mess with physics like running on air. It's even called the most ridiculous power in the world both figuratively and literally but makes Luffy the most unpredictable and versatile fighter in the series.}}
* [[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.
* [[Training
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: {{spoiler|The Paramount War is one HUGE [[Break the Cutie]] moment for our hero, starts during the Sabaody, [[It Got Worse|gets many times worse in]] [[The Alcatraz|Impel Down]], AND he finally rescues his brother only to lose his life protecting you, he is VERY LUCKY that he is able to return to being himself.}}▼
** Gets another one from Rayleigh, this time to learn how to control Haki.
▲* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: {{spoiler|The Paramount War is one HUGE [[Break the Cutie]] moment for our hero, starts during the Sabaody, [[It Got Worse|gets many times worse in]] [[The Alcatraz|Impel Down]], AND he finally rescues his brother only for said brother to lose his life protecting
* [[Trouser Space]]: Where he keeps the "octopus"...
* [[Ubermensch]]: Luffy refuses to follow the typical code of pirates, a code that revolves around pirating for treasure rather than your dreams, and does not harm civilians and steal.
** 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.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]:
** Post-timeskip, Luffy receives training under Rayleigh on Haki control and learns to master it, but he's still totally dependent on his fruit powers to fight his way through enemies. He also has no skill with weapons or swords, and is a terrible tactician.
* [[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}}.
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* [[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}} ==
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Adult Voice: [[Kazuya Nakai]] (JP), [[Wataru Takagi]] (OVA), [[Marc Diraison]] (EN, 4Kids), [[Christopher Sabat]] (EN, Funi), Gabriel Basurto (Latin American Spanish) }}
Roronoa Zoro is the twenty-one-year-old swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates; he utilizes ''Santoryu'' (literally "Three Sword Style") in battle, wielding one in each hand along with one in the mouth. Mostly drinks and sleeps in his spare time (when he's not training his ass off), but becomes a real demon in battle that can defeat five hundred [[Mooks]] in two seconds. Often wears a green bandanna on his forearm that he ties around his head when he [[Let's Get Dangerous|gets dangerous]].
Similar to Luffy's goal, Zoro wishes to [[To Be a Master|become the greatest swordsman in the world]]. Unlike Luffy, however, he needs only to defeat Dracule "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk, the current greatest swordsman in the world, to do so. He actually meets up with Mihawk fairly early in the story, but failed to land a single hit and was sliced by Mihawk's [[BFS]] for his trouble. Mihawk, however, held back just enough to leave Zoro alive, and told him to challenge him again when he was ready. {{spoiler|Ironically he is ''trained'' by Mihawk to be a stronger swordsman.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]}}: {{spoiler|After defeating the Humandrills, he has to beg Mihawk to teach him to get stronger for the Straw Hats' sake}}.
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** Swings into Type II and III territory occasionally.
* [[Badass]]: One of the more prominent examples in the series.
** [[Badass Arm
** [[Badass Baritone]]: He has the deepest voice in the crew, and is undeniably [[Badass]].
** [[Badass Boast]]: From chapter 642:
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** [[Badass Longcoat]]: After the two-year timeskip.
*** [[The Coats Are Off]]: {{spoiler|Zoro removed the top part of his coat when he got serious in the battle on Fishman Island}}.
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* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Has an infinite supply of it.
* [[Hollywood Healing]]: [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=226 "Band-aids heal everything."]
* [[How Dare You Die
* [[Improbable Age]]: One of the biggest badasses in the series is 19?
* [[Jerk
* {{spoiler|[[Ki Attacks]]}}: {{spoiler|As revealed by Luffy, he can now use Haki after the time-skip. We don't know yet which type of Haki he specializes in, though.}}
* [[The Lancer]]: To Luffy, again.
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** {{spoiler|Post time skip: He's faster than a Fishman, ''while underwater''.}}
* [[Made of Iron]]: To a mind-blowing extent. He refuses to be incapacitated even after Mr. 1 practically puts him through a meatgrinder. This is most noticeable in the anime, which often downplays how badly Luffy and others are hurt in their fights -- it is kinda hard to do with Zoro, as he almost always fights swordsmen.
* [[Mangst]]: He still carries [[Memento MacGuffin|Wado]] [[Tragic Keepsake|Ichimonji]] everywhere.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: His surname is based on that of real life pirate Francois L'olonois.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Qualifies in most areas, most notably that he looks ''great'' with his shirt off, which happens [[Shirtless Scene|more often than not]].
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* [[Number Two]]: In times of emotional crisis for the crew, he's taken responsibility of the crew and reminds Luffy of his duties as a captain, solidifying his position as this. This is most obvious in regards to Luffy's duel with Usopp.
* [[One-Man Army]]: {{spoiler|Post [[Time Skip]], he managed to defeat most of the Neptune Army soldiers by himself, and after his capture, he plans to do the same with Hordy's men now. Even Usopp [[Lampshade Hanging|calls him one.]]}}
** Much earlier, in one of the more awesome moments of the series, he single-handedly defeated 100 expert bounty hunters in Whiskey Peak.
* [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank]]: To [[Serial Escalation|an increasingly ridiculous degree]].
** In the 5th movie, the villain says his Cursed Sword will drink all of Zoro's blood. Poor thing probably would have exploded from overfill.
** They made fun of this in Episode 523. They showed Zoro looking at ''nine pint bags of blood'' that were being transfused into Sanji, angling as if ''he had given it all''.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: There has been no mention of his parents at all. All we know is that he trained at the dojo at a young age.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Zoro used to smile and laugh quite frequently in early arcs. This changed after his defeat at the hands of Mihawk. Since then, he kind of developed a bad temper as pointed out by Sanji in the Arlong arc.
** Debatable, but it seems he got better post-Time Skip.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: He has his moments with kids. He's not usually ''trying'', but they're there.
* [[Power Glows]]: Occasionally, he will glow when he performs any of his more potent attacks as well as creating illusions, thought of by Kaku as being the power of his spirit.
* [[Quit Your Whining]]: Says this to Chopper after he gets forcibly taken into Foxy's crew as a result of the Straw Hats losing the first round of the Davy Back Fight.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: Taken as far as possible.
* [[Razor Wind]]: His Tatsumaki and Pound Hou techniques.
** {{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.
** {{spoiler|Post-[[Time Skip]]: In an extended scene in episode 519 of the anime, when [[Vitriolic Best Buds|he and Sanji]] [[Volleying Insults|start fighting]], Zoro has a blue aura and Sanji has a red one. The [[Played for Laughs|battle fury is so intense]] that all that is seen are the two [[Battle Aura|Battle Auras]] colliding with each other. [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|A shame we don't see the actual fight]], since it would've spoiled the [[Canon]] reveals of their new post-[[Time Skip]] [[Took a Level
* [[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, in Movie 5, in his fight against Saga, Saga stabbed Zoro's left hand after telling him that he had "lost his dominant sword hand in battle."
* [[Spell My Name
* [[The Stoic]]: He's a lot more reserved than most of the crew, often taking negative events without losing his composure. He's often the crew's voice of reason.
** [[Not So Stoic]]: However, [[The Comically Serious|this doesn't stop keep him from getting mad at]] [[Idiot Hero|Luffy]], [[Cowardly Lion|or]] [[Chivalrous Pervert|the]] others.
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* [[Trash Talk]]: Zoro is the Straw-Hat Pirates' resident trash talker in a fight. He enjoys telling his opponents things like "The reason you've never lost is because you've never met me", and of course, he always gives out a "Post Asskicking One-Liner", in which he usually comments on how his opponents were a mere stepping stone for him.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Never outright stated, but sure would [[Celibate Hero|explain a lot]]. Kuina was pretty much the only girl Zoro ever really related to, and if it's true that the attachment was that deep, it would squish the idea that Zoro got off easy compared to the other crew members flat.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Sanji. The two make quite an impressive team... When they're not fighting, arguing, or hurling insults at each other (which is to say, most of the time).
* [[Volleying Insults]]: Gets into this quite frequently with Sanji.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: His three [[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]]: Wado Ichimonji, Sandai Kitetsu, and Shuusui. He's consistently had Wado Ichimonji, but had gone through several other swords before getting his current remaining pair.
** [[I Like Swords]]
*** [[Cutlass Between the Teeth]]: His fighting style relies on it.
*** [[Evil Weapon]]: Sandai Kitetsu's curse has lead all it's previous owners to violent deaths. Zoro sees it as a problem child, but he is too sword-crazy to back away from the challenge.
*** [[Flaming Sword]]: Yaki Oni Giri (Flaming Demon Slash). Used once with actual fire, and in one of the [[The Movie|movies]] with magic fire. He also stated that he would love a flaming sword as a weapon.
*** [[Licking the Blade]]: He does this a couple of times. Not surprisingly, there was much [[Squee|squeeing]] from the [[Fan Girl|female fanbase]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9zuB6IhU3c=related See here].
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* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: His attacks often contain references to Buddhism and mythical demons. Ironically, Zoro himself claims to be atheist.
** Also, references to sushi. Like Oni Giri (Demon Slash).
* [[What Exactly Is His Job?]]: [[Fanon]] typically pegs him as the First Mate, but this has yet to be explicitly stated in-story.
* [[What You Are in
* [[Wisdom
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Often loses to main villains of the arc, especially Buggy, Arlong, Eneru, Oars and Moria, and Kuma in order to show how powerful they are.
** [[Worf Had the Flu]]: On the other hand, a good chunk of those opponents were immune to swords, to varying degrees. Buggy can't be cut at all because swords only disconnect his floating body parts. In Arlong's case, Zoro was recently really run through the gauntlet, had already been in a fight, and was using a type of sword he wasn't used to, so it was hardly surprising there. Eneru is made out of [[Shock and Awe|pure electricity]], so he couldn't be touched. Kuma doesn't count: he didn't just beat Zoro, he ''curbstomped the entire Straw Hat crew and everyone else.''
* [[You Can Barely Stand]]: Happens to him ALL the time, with his [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank|fight with Mr. 1]] being a defining example.
** 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.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Can you believe that somebody who [[Mr. Fanservice|looks]] [[Shirtless Scene|like]] [[Rule of Sexy|that]] is 19; of course, he drinks like a fish, and has been [[Training
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Sanji likes to make fun of him this way, calling him "Marimo" (Moss Head).
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== "Cat Burglar" {{color|orange|Nami}} ==
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The twenty-year-old navigator of the Straw Hats, Nami was initially introduced as a thief who detested pirates and stole from them. Her years of thievery have given her a sly and wily personality, as she isn't above taking advantage of or blackmailing her own crew mates. Despite these greedy personality traits, she is still very loyal to the crew, [[Only Sane Woman|though they do get on her nerves from time to time]], and their journey would have been nigh impossible without her near-supernatural abilities to read the ocean currents and predict weather phenomena, leading some to wonder if she's actually a witch. She uses a weapon called the Clima-Tact, later upgraded to the Perfect Clima-Tact {{spoiler|and currently the Sorcery Clima-Tact}}.
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Her dream is to draw a map of the world, which she was unable to realize until Luffy managed to free her and her island from the tyrannical rule of the [[Fish People|Fishman]] pirate Arlong. She owes a great deal to the others and especially Luffy for this, and is often the only member of the crew other than Zoro to personally confront or remind him of the deep, gut-wrenching choices that he must face.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Not at first, but starts growing into the role after being given her Clima Tact.
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* [[Brown Eyes]]
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Usopp somewhat fixes this problem for her. She's not quite as strong as her crewmates, but she's got a respectable record, taking out Miss Double Finger from Baroque Works and Kalifa from CP9.
* [[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
* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Less than Chopper and Usopp, but she does not have the fear immunity that the rest of the crew have.
* [[Dangerously
* [[Elemental Powers]]
** [[Blow You Away]]: {{spoiler|Enemy face, meet tornado in a stick.}}
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* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: In the manga, as of recently.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: One of the more [[Punchy Love|emotional]] members of the crew.
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: The [[Weather Control Machine|Clima-Tact's]] most basic function is to create three types of air bubbles named the Heat Ball, Cool Ball, and Thunder Ball.
** Slight subversion in that the Heat and Cool Balls are useless as attacks, and tend to be used for weather manipulation only.
* [[Gainaxing]]: In the 7th movie sometimes they bounce wildly when she moves very little.
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* [[Money Fetish]]: She's such a [[Trope Codifier|classic case]] that she's the Page picture. See [[Mr. Vice Guy|Ms. Vice Girl]] below.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Most conventional in the world, as she's: stacked, [[Gainaxing|bouncy]], [[The Tease|flirtatious]], and [[Bare Your Midriff|rarely covers her stomach]].
** Now after the time skip we have: bikini top, hot pants with visible pelvic bones, [[Combat Stilettos]], long hair, and capable of [[Hot Amazon|taking 100 thousand Pirates like garbage]].
* [[Mr. Vice Guy|Ms. Vice Girl]]: She is obsessed with money and often cons other characters (including her own crewmates) out of their hard-earned cash. Despite this, her good qualities still outweigh her greed. In the Arlong Park arc, it's shown exactly why she's so fixated on getting rich. The habit doesn't exactly die after the fact, but she slowly gets better about it, at least.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Weather control makes a great weapon. It also makes showering anywhere a lot easier.
* [[Never Gets Drunk]]: Nami can hold her liquor just fine. She out-drinks fifteen people and goes on like it was nothing.
** Somewhat of a subversion. She actually DOES get drunk, but only after outdrinking over a dozen people first. She wakes up an hour or so later sober with no hangover.
* [[Not So Above It All]]: Gets her fair share of this. She can be just as goofy as the rest of the crew.
* [[Only Sane Woman]]: Has bemoaned how their crew always seems to attract the weird ones.
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* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[Ship Tease]]: She's been seen to be quite fond of Usopp from times to times. She wept after he left during the Enies Lobby arc and was the most adamant to defend him against Zoro when he came back. She also {{spoiler|buried his face in her chest when they meet each other after the [[Time Skip]]. Keep in mind she would have never do that for any other male of the crew.}}
* [[Shouldn't You Stop Stealing?]]
* [[Surrounded
* [[Tattooed Crook]]: Very important to her backstory, and hot.
* [[The Tease]]: Two words. HAPPINESS PUNCH. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc0KjmZjuXg Observe!]
* [[Teen Genius]]: When we are first introduced to her, she is eighteen and knows the ins-and-outs of sailing various kinds of ships, an almost entirely instinctive knowledge of climatology and meteorology, and an incredible knack at cartography that she had been refining since she was only ten years old. [[Word of God]] states she was the third smartest character introduced in the East Blue Saga. The other two were pirates with years of experience, one being the first-mate of one of the most powerful men in the world. So yeah, she's smart.
* [[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
* [[Took a Level
* [[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.
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== "The King of Snipers" {{color|gold|Usopp}} ==
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Usopp serves as the crew's sharpshooter. He had a reputation on his home island of being a serial liar who claimed that pirates were attacking, which came back to haunt him when pirates ''[[Crying Wolf|actually attacked]]''. He's a rather boastful nineteen year-old who likes to tell tall tales (several of which actually do come true, after a fashion), though he's more prone to hiding behind the stronger crew members such as Zoro when he actually gets into a fight. However, when push comes to shove he is very dependable. He specializes in the use of a slingshot, called the Galaxy Slingshot (''Ginga Pachinko''), which he replaced with the Kabuto {{spoiler|and later the Black Kabuto}}.
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His dream is to better himself and become a brave warrior like his father, who serves on board the ship captained by Shanks, Luffy's idol. According to [[Word of God]], he is the physically weakest member of the crew, and his worries about not being able to [[Can't Catch Up|keep up]] with the stronger members and resulting inner turmoil put him at odds with Luffy during one story arc, and ultimately resulted in the creation of an alter ego dubbed Sogeking which he uses to draw on his inner strength and courage.
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: It was one thing to be shooting hot sauce and gas bombs, among other things. {{spoiler|Now he's shooting seeds which instantly grow into ''man-eating plants''}}.
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* [[Genius Ditz]]: He knows nothing outside of making things and fighting. ''Nothing.''
* {{spoiler|[[Green Thumb]]:}} {{spoiler|After the [[Time Skip]], he's able to fire off things ranging from man-eating plants, to seaweed, to bamboo spears.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Fantastic Flora]]}}: {{spoiler|Some of the Pop Green plants are quite strange, such as a plant that has a bouncy bubble on it and a wolf-shaped bushes, the bulbs of which release ''shock waves''.}}
* [[She
* [[Heavy Voice]]: Has one after gaining weight on the Bowin Islands.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: He's able to take out soldiers several hundred yards away while standing on the roof of a building that's a good couple hundred feet tall. While it was very windy. With a goddamn slingshot/staff thing.
** 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.
* [[Insanity Immunity]]: If you replace 'being insane' with 'having a low self esteem', this is why he is not impacted by Perona's negative hollows.
* [[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.
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* [[Miles Gloriosus]]: In his introduction chapter.
* [[Never Bareheaded]]: He always has some kind of headgear on.
* [[Overshadowed
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Sogeking. Only Luffy and Chopper failed to realize that it was actually him.
* [[Possession Implies Mastery]]: Played straight. Usopp can operate or make wondrous inventions out of anything he can put his hands on, including a cannon (which he's never operated before), advanced fireworks, and the bizarre "Dials" of Skypiea (which he could never, ever, have seen or researched). His immediate understanding of any object in his possession would border on [[Heroes (TV series)|intuitive aptitude]] if he weren't so miserable at making repairs to the ship.
* [[Punny Name]]: It's a cross between "uso", the Japanese word for lie, and "[[Aesop]]".
* [[Running Gag]]: The "Rubber Band of Doom" attack, consisting of Usopp simply flicking a rubber band at the enemy. Whenever Usopp gets in a long string of attacks, expect the Rubber Band of Doom attack to show up right in the middle.
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* [[The Storyteller]]: He frequently tells stories, and his name is a reference to Aesop.
** 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]].
* [[Took a Level
** {{spoiler|Post-timeskip, damn! He has broader shoulders, large biceps, and [[Department of Redundancy Department|muscles]], oh my!}}
* [[Trick Bullet]]: all of his ammunition.
* [[Troubled Fetal Position]]: Ended up here at the beginning of the Skypiea saga. Drowning, then falling, might do that to somebody.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Post [[Time Skip]].
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Physically the weakest of the crew ([[Word of God]] says, no matter what, he always will be), but he's able to come out on top through a wide array of tools and gadgets.
** The best example of this for <s>Usopp</s> Sogeking would be sniping soldiers on top of the tower at Enies Lobby... where the wind was against him and not even guns can fire accurately. At a range guns can't even reach!
** {{spoiler|His tools and gadgets now include summoning man-eating plants. Not to mention he's actually pretty buff now}}.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]
** [[Brats
** [[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}} ==
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Sanji has also shown some [[Butt Monkey]] tendencies lately, as he's become the butt of an ever-increasing list of jokes, including a ugly, poorly drawn bounty poster that no one has any trouble identifying him with, a man who ''resembles'' said bounty poster coming for revenge, and most recently, {{spoiler|Kuma blasting him to an island filled with, of all things, transvestites, leading him to declare that [[Ironic Hell|he is in Hell]]}}. {{spoiler|While there, he learns of a special recipe to make the consumer stronger and trains with the 99 Newkama Kenpo masters.}}
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* [[AB Negative]]: It turns out Sanji has a rare blood type. {{spoiler|This becomes extremely problematic when the [[Nosebleed]] after [[Nosebleed]] he'd been suffering and had been [[Played for Laughs]] after being exposed to real women again caused him to go through all of Chopper's stock of that specific type. As a result, when a mermaid tries to keep him hidden by stuffing him into [[Marshmallow Hell|Marshmallow Heaven]], he has such an [[High-Pressure Blood|epic]] gusher that it becomes life-threatening}}.
* [[All According to Plan]]: He's the tactical mastermind of the crew and pretty much all of his plans work out the way he wants them to. But the most notable incident still is his Mr. Prince, complete with him saying those exact words while smiling deviously.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: The chances of him actually scoring with anyone he's wooed are practically nonexistent.
** {{spoiler|Although the Mermaids seem to like him a lot. Too bad he developed a [[Weaksauce Weakness]] to them. Until meeting Shirahoshi, that is}}.
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: At least at first. During the Alabasta Arc, he goes around kicking ass without even being recognized as a Straw Hat. He wasn't as well known as even Usopp at that point, but he'd still in the top three.
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass in
** [[Badass Normal]]: Not normal by our standards, but he's the only Strawhat to not use either a Devil Fruit or a weapon, so he's literally just going with the rest of the crew and fighting with his bare feet.
*** [[Badass Abnormal]]: {{spoiler|During the timeskip he discovered Haki}}.
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* [[Bishonen]]: A masculine example.
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Has a habit of giving these after winning major fights.
* [[Brooklyn Rage]]: In the 4Kids dub, Sanji was given a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV-XdyuQngM&feature=related thick Brooklyn accent and an angry disposition].
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Crap" as a prefix (e.g. his nickname for Zeff, "Kuso Jijii", means "Shitty Old Man"). It's almost a tic, since he uses it when describing non-crappy things, like 'dates' with Nami. This pisses her off enormously.
** '''
*** For a while after the time skip: "IIIII NEEEEED LADYYYYY!"
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: It's strange to think that he once (in the manga at least) almost shot Nico Robin, albeit an instinctive reaction to Vivi being threatened. [[What Happened to
** He knows he can't hit her, so he grabbed a pistol hoping it would intimidate her. It doesn't work.
** As for the pistol, either it was just owned by the whole crew or Nami took it or had it given to her, because at one point (at least in the anime), Nami is seen holding it while preparing to fend off a possible attack.
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* [[Cooking Duel]]: Gets into a few in anime [[Filler]]. [[Supreme Chef|He always wins, of course]].
* [[Dance Battler]]: Uses only his feet to fight, resulting in this on occasion.
* [[Defeat
* {{spoiler|1=[[Double Jump]]: After the [[Time Skip]], he can replicate CP9's Geppou, except he calls it "Sky Walk", and fly; that's what you get for running away from [[Creepy Crossdresser|Creepy Crossdressers]] [[Training
* [[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.
** ARMEE DE L'AIR ROBO SHOT!!! sounds better than "Air Force Robot Shoot".
* [[Extremity Extremist]]: His legs, of course.
* {{spoiler|[[Flash Step]]: One of the skills he obtained during his stay on Momoiro Island.}}
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** {{spoiler|Seems to be going back the other way. Both the [[Creepy Crossdresser|Newkamas]] and the Mermaids seem to like him a lot}}.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: He seemed like this back when Nami was the only girl around he could try to woo most of the time. This changed once other ladies joined the crew and it became more and more apparent he'd hit on anything with shapely hips and a nice rack.
* [[Hot
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: To sum up, {{spoiler|he was defeated by Kuma, sent on a island full of Drag Queens, is accidentally mistaken for a crossdresser by the inhabitants, chased along the whole island, forced to fight the "Queen" in dress and make up, humiliated and tricked into becoming a crossdresser himself. Thankfully, he got better.}}
** {{spoiler|Let's not forget how he was forced to admit that his poorly drawn Wanted Poster is actually him in order to get Ivankov to tell him about what happened to Luffy. This is such a monumental strain for him it actually results in ''[[Blood From the Mouth]]''.}}
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: Weaponized, via his ''Diable Jambe'' technique.
** {{spoiler|A Post-[[Time Skip]] cover seems to imply that he went to [[Playing
* [[Ironic Hell]]: Blasted to an island of {{spoiler|transvestites}} at the end of Sabaody and forced to join in. {{spoiler|Kuma}} must have a twisted sense of humor... Also see [[Training
* [[Jerk
* [[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.
* {{spoiler|[[Ki Attacks]]}}: {{spoiler|Post time-skip, he has awakened Haki. However, we still don't know which type he specializes in}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Mistaken for Gay|Mistaken For]] [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Crossdresser]]: By a whole flock of crossdressers}}.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Unfortunately for straight male [[One Piece]] fans, looking for art of him on the internets will cause pages and pages of [[Ho Yay]] and Bishonen pictures with Zoro. And unfortunately for him, none of his fan girls in real life can reach him through the computer screen.
* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: His torso became fairly well built after the time-skip, developing more defined abs than he previously had; but his overall physique remains very skinny, with his limbs actually being just about on par in lack of bulk or muscle with Nami's arms and legs. But, regardless, he can still send men twice his size and muscular-build flying with a single kick and launch giant monsters into the air like nothing.
* [[Nosebleed]]: It happens so much during a period of shock after being separated from women he actually needs a blood transfusion.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Usually calm and composed, he had an epic one {{spoiler|when he realize who exactly are the inhabitants of Momoiro.}}
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: His left eye has always been covered by his hair, though [[Word of God]] says that it's perfectly functional under there. He's even held a pair of binoculars up to it before. Later on, {{spoiler|he switched the bangs to the other side, revealing that both his eyebrows swirl in the same direction}}.
* [[Playing
** {{spoiler|Confirmed to be canon in chapter 646. Sanji, [[It Runs
* [[Princely Young Man]]: You could sort of consider him one, not to much by virtue of him thinking he's a prince, but the fact that he treats Nami and Robin like princesses and sort of thinks of himself as their knight.
* [[Punny Name]]: His name is a pun on the way the Japanese say "3 o'clock". However, it can also refer to a terrible, horrible incident that makes one want to avert their eyes and break out the [[Brain Bleach]]. Veeeerry appropriate...
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: He cooks with a pink panda decorated apron.
** It's funny you... *cough* *cough* [[Wholesome Crossdresser|mentioned pink]]...
* [[Sharp
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Both TV English dubs dealt with this by either editing his cigarette out altogether ([[FUNimation]]), or by turning it into a lollipop ([[
* {{spoiler|[[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]}}: {{spoiler|He has an underwater version of [[Double Jump|Sky Walk]] called "Blue Walk" and is said to be as fast as a fishman, which is pretty fast considering they're the ''third fastest swimmers in the sea''}}.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Makes some of the best damn food you'll find on the Grand Line. And he joined the crew to fulfill his dream of finding some mysterious and awesome ingredients that can only be found in the All Blue, so he can cook even ''better''.
* [[Taken for Granite]]: [[Played for Laughs]]. After his two years in "Hell", he is so susceptible to women's looks that just LOOKING at Hancock does this to him. {{spoiler|Shirahoshi as well.}}
* [[Team Chef]]: It's a good idea to not insult his cooking skills. He'll beat you up for it. And probably suspend your eating privileges.
* [[Throw the Dog
** 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.
* [[Training
** He also gained the skill to run on air. So, yeah, he can fly.
* [[Unusual Eyebrows]]
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* [[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.
** Made 100 times worse as a side effect from the [[Training
*** {{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.
** On a more serious note, {{spoiler|kicks Luffy and tells him to think before he speaks after he tells Usopp, in a fit of anger, to leave if he disagrees with his decision. Luffy apologizes, but it's too late.}}
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: As a result of a "strict upbringing". See also [[Weaksauce Weakness]] above.
** According to an [[Word of God|SBS]], it's not that Sanji won't hit a girl, it's that he can't hit a girl for some reason. Apparently it frustrates him.
*** Also deconstructed once, when a [[Genre Savvy]] female enemy used it against him so he wouldn't be able to help {{spoiler|Robin.}}
** [[Averted]] ''one time'', when the crew first met Robin as a member of Baroque Works after Whiskey Peak. When they all drew weapons on her, he held her up with a pistol. Usopp even [[Lampshade Hanging|hung a lampshade]] on how out-of-character the act was; he reasoned she was a threat to Vivi.
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== "Cotton Candy Lover" {{color|pink|Tony Tony Chopper}} ==
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Tony Tony Chopper serves as the ship's doctor. He's a reindeer who was cast out of his herd for having a blue nose, later compounded by eating the Human-Human Fruit (''Hito Hito no Mi'') and being feared by the people of Drum Island as a monster. Although he initially mistrusted humans, after having met and joined the Straw Hats, he has become very curious about the world and is eager to please.
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His dream is to become a doctor capable of curing all disease, due to his accidentally hastening the death of his already sickly father-figure, Dr. Hiruluk. He has also resolved to prove himself as a man worthy of being a pirate, which sometimes seems at odds with his child-like behavior and gullible personality.
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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: A send-up of Rudolph.
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* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Just check out his introduction.
* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Like Usopp, he can be a scaredy-cat at times. Once push comes into shove, however...
** {{spoiler|Not so much after the [[Time Skip]], it seems. He's already faced down a particularly vicious [[Everything's Even Worse
** {{spoiler|Luffy raising the fear level to one of the four emperors was too much even for the new Chopper.}}
* [[Cross
* [[Cry Cute]]: Being a bit of a scaredy-cat, and very, very cute, he does this a lot.
** {{spoiler|He seems to have to gotten over this Post-[[Time Skip]].}}
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* [[Eat the Dog]]: Sanji jokes about him being their emergency rations.
* [[Enemy Scan]]: Brain Point gives him the power to scan for his enemy's weak points. [[Remembered I Could Fly|He doesn't use it much anymore]].
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Rudolph the Red
* [[Foreshadowing]]: A minor case at best, but the hat that he wears in the 10th movie is what he eventually wears after the [[Time Skip]].
* [[Genius Ditz]]: He's a doctor and really knows his craft, but he may be even more excitable than Luffy (he believes Usopp's tall tales, for one). {{spoiler|He also didn't seem to be able to know the Fake!Strawhats were fake right away.}}
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* [[The Medic]]: His role in the crew as doctor.
** [[Combat Medic]]
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: His ''[[Top
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: When his mentor/father figure Dr. Hiriluk fell ill, Chopper tried to nurse him back to health. He only succeeded in getting him killed.
** Possibly [[Subverted]]: Apparently, Dr. Hiriluk ''knew'' the mushroom was poisonous, but used it anyway to hasten his death, as he had a terminal illness, in addition to making his adoptive "son" feel good about himself. Then he [[Heroic Sacrifice|blew himself up at Wapol's castle]] before the mushroom could kill him.
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** When somebody gets injured, Chopper has a tendency to call for a doctor, only for someone nearby to remind him that ''he's'' the doctor.
** See [[I Am Not Weasel]] above.
* [[Screaming Warrior]]: He hollers and screams like [[Bruce Lee]] while in Kung Fu Point.
* [[So Last Season]]: While his Rumble Ball transformations are fairly versatile, they've been getting noticeably less and less effective as the series has worn on. It got an upgrade, so he has fresh, new transformations now.
** {{spoiler|It seems that all of his original forms have become stronger. Even better, he doesn't even need the Rumble Ball for most of them anymore.}}
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*** [[Fridge Logic|But... He still doesn't have a tail.]]
*** [[MST3K Mantra|So what?]]
* [[Super
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: He likes to jump in the water to save Luffy, forgetting that ''he can't swim either''.
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Brought on by using three Rumble Ball [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|transformations]] in a short period of time.
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** {{spoiler|After the timeskip he can control it, albeit only for three minutes.}}
* [[Talking Animal]]: His Devil Fruit gives him the intelligence and abilities of a person. Maybe even moreso, considering [[Doogie Howser, M.D.|he was an experienced doctor]] [[Improbable Age|at age 15]].
* [[Tap
* [[Team Pet]]: What the Marines assume him to be, hence his ridiculously low bounty of 50 Berries. He'd probably have a much higher one if they took him seriously.
* [[Token Non-Human]]
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== "Demon Child" {{color|purple|Nico Robin}} ==
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Her dream is to learn the history of the Lost One Hundred Years, a passage of time blacked out by the World Government, which is said to be written in a lost language scribed onto huge stone cubes called Poneglyphs<ref>Moreover, she believes that the "Rio Poneglyph" has the information she's looking for</ref>. Simply learning the language of the Poneglyphs is a capital crime, and is the reason that everyone on her island, including her mother, were killed by the Marines. She is now one of only a handful of people in the world who can read them, allowing her to not only discover the true history of the world, but also to potentially revive a lost superweapon.
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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Depends on the outfit, but it shows up quite a bit.
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Also skilled at assassination.
* [[Affirmative Action Girl]]: Let's face it, that's what she is, even though she is ''much'' more developed and less blatant than usual.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: She was treated as an outcast on Ohara after eating a Devil Fruit.
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* [[Blue Eyes]]: In the anime.
** [[Icy Blue Eyes]]
* [[Bond Breaker]]: Her leaving with the CP9 really soured things for the Straw Hats.
* [[Broken Bird]]: Thanks to being pegged for death due to {{spoiler|a [[Government Conspiracy]]}}, it wasn't until the Straw Hats came to save her from Enies Lobby that she realized that she had finally found her place.
* [[Brown Eyes]]: In the manga and ''[[One Piece Strong World|Strong World]]''.
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* [[Cool Shades]]: Part of her post timeskip attire. Usually wears it [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs|over her head]], but she was recently seen wearing it during the fight in Fishman Island.
* [[Creepy Good]]: Robin is one of only two members of the Strawhats to have killed in the past (she used to be an assassin and [[The Dragon]]). She is the only member who still uses her powers to kill, and frequently makes morbid comments about death. Her power to grow body parts from any surface also adds to her creep factor.
* [[Dangerously
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Her powers enable her to break your back or neck with very little effort, even if you beg or cry for mercy.
* [[Distress Ball]]: Slammed with this one. A full fifth of the series is spent on a storyline involving the Straw Hats trying to save her from a life of imprisonment and inevitable death at the hands of the World Government. And on the off-chance that ''that'' wasn't enough, {{spoiler|Kuma}} blasts her to a frozen and inhospitable island where she's {{spoiler|made a slave of the World Government anyway}}, and forced to work on the construction of a massive bridge. [[Designated Victim|The poor woman just can't get a break]].
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* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: When [[Calling Your Attacks|calling up her devil fruit powers]], she does so in three different languages -- none of which are Japanese. "Fleur" is the French for flower petals. Before that, the number of appendages she wants to use in Spanish. After, the act she is performing in English.
* [[Groin Attack]]: "Dos Fleur... Grab!" [[Share the Male Pain|Poor, poor Franky]].
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* [[Guile Hero]]: Doesn't show often, but it's true. It's too bad on the occasions it does show, it's against pretty ''good'' [[Chessmaster|Chessmasters]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]] / [[Reverse Mole]]: Started out as the [[The Dragon|Dragon]] before [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|she outlived her usefulness]].
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* [[Heroic Willpower]]: Having her shadow ripped out took about 15 minutes, tops, for her to get back on her feet. To put this in perspective, the average person would be incapacitated for ''three days''.
* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]: Post-timeskip.
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: After her hopes of finding the Rio Poneglyph were crushed in Alabasta, she decides to stay inside the crumbling Royal Tomb. She is wounded, but considering her powers she could have escaped if she had wanted so. The [[Unwanted Rescue]] comes in form of Luffy. It takes some time and the [[Power of Friendship]], but this becomes [[Happily-Failed Suicide]].
* [[Lady of Adventure]]
* [[Large Ham]]: It turns out that Robin is the biggest overactor of the crew. Subversion in that she only does this for musicals.
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* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms. Exposition]]: As the resident [[Badass Bookworm]] of the Straw Hats crew, she's often the one explaining the world of One Piece for [[Idiot Hero|Luffy's]] and consequently the audience's benefit.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Oh yeah. Wears somewhat [[Hell-Bent for Leather|fetishistic]] [[Of Corsets Sexy|outfits]]? Check. A tendency to end up bound (if not gagged)? Check. [[Go-Go Enslavement|Sporting]] [[Absolute Cleavage]] on a [[Violation of Common Sense|frigid island in the middle of a blizzard]]? Check. In all fairness, that last one wasn't really her fault or intentional.
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: Her most common use of her [[Touched
* [[Nerves of Steel]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: As Miss All Sunday, she always wore a white cowboy hat. She still occasionally does, or sometimes a purple one.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Robin rarely address her crewmates by name, ''any name'', she's very fond of [[Hey, You]]; when she does go by name, it will be a simple nickname like Long-nose-kun (Ussop), Bushido-san (Zoro), Cook-san (Sanji) & etc. The only crewmate she will always call by name is Luffy, the captain himself, and this was after she found her place with the Straw Hats, before that she addressed him as Straw Hat, like all his foes.
** Considering her past, this is her defense mechanism. It prevent her to be attached to people. In Enies Lobby event however she found herself a Nakama that is willing to travel with her despite all the burden she carries, and from there on she is willing to call the Strawhats by name, starting with Luffy.
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Possibly the only one besides Luffy who can find a monstrous, three-headed, decaying zombie dog ''cute''.
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* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Her hair, black with [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue]] highlights.
* [[Shout
* [[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.
* [[The Stoic]]: Like Zoro, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004172107/http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v46/c442/13.html she is much more reserved than most of the crew], and unlike the others, has not had a single [[Face Fault]] -- this is lampshaded in one of the anime's ending themes.
** 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.
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* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: As a Devil Fruit user, she is affected by this, though the only times she's ever been in danger of this was during the seventh [[The Movie|movie]] and the climax of the Enies Lobby arc.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Robin is this trope; she's the third tallest member of the crew (6'2"), has long flowing dark locks, is widely considered to be the most attractive member of the crew, and has an austere and sophisticated personality.
** Heck, she won a poll run by [[The Wiki Rule|the One Piece Wiki]] for the single most attractive woman in the setting, ''beating out Hancock and Shirahoshi'', who ''canonically'' hold that title.
* [[Team Mom]]: [[Word of God]] described her as being like this.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Her somewhat macabre sense of humor often unnerves her companions.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us|There's a Wrestler in All of Us]]: Robin specializes in submission locks and her most common form of attack is taking down an enemy from a distance in this manner using her powers. After the [[Time Skip]], she even takes it up a notch and one of her moves involves making a [[Doppelganger Attack|clone]] of herself to take down the legs in a submission hold while she herself performs a diving-neck snap. [[Muscles Are Meaningless|On a Fishman twice her size]]. A Fishman who, like all Fishmen, is said to naturally be 10 times stronger than the average human. [[Precision F-Strike|Damn]].
* [[Thigh
* [[Tsurime Eyes]]
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Robin is no stronger than your average athletic human woman. However, skillful use of her Devil Fruit powers enables her to take on foes much bigger and/or much more powerful than she is.
== "Cyborg" {{color|cyan|Franky}} ==
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Franky, real name Cutty Flam, is the crew's shipwright. His eccentric behavior ([[Catch Phrase|SUUUPPERRR!!]]) and habit of wearing speedos lead many to brand him a pervert (which he takes pride in), yet he is loyal and protective of his friends, often calling them his "little bros". He's also prone to striking poses and breaking out into torrents of [[Manly Tears]] at the slightest provocation. Initially, he was the leader of the Franky Family, a gang of villainous dismantlers who provoked the Straw Hats' wrath by mugging Usopp and stealing most of their money. As his epithet implies, he is a cyborg known as ''BF-36'' ([[Fun
His past is tied to Nico Robin's, as while she can read the location of the superweapon Pluton, he actually owns the blueprints themselves, having been passed down among the shipwrights of Water 7 for generations. After being captured by the World Government along with Robin, he burned the blueprints and fought alongside the rest of the Straw Hats to save her, and eventually joined them after being blackmailed through theft of his speedos.
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His dream is to build and sail on what he deems the greatest sailing ship on the seas, which resulted in the construction of the Straw Hats' new ship, the Thousand Sunny.
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* [[A Father to His Men|A Big Bro to His Men]]: Back when he was in charge of the Franky Family, he cared greatly for his underlings including the King Bulls Sodom and Gomorrah (although he pretends to care about his men less than he does). After being captured by the government, his followers went with the Straw Hats to rescue Franky while they rescued Robin.
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Abnormal]]
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** {{spoiler|1=[[Big Fancy Sword]]/[[Katanas Are Just Better]]: The Marauder's sword, the [[Punny Name|Franken]].}}
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Weaponized. His "Franky Triangle Jacker" consists of him plucking off his sideburns and throwing them like sharp boomerangs.
* [[Important Haircut]]: He got one of these after the [[Time Skip]], but can revert to his old style or change to a new one by pressing his nose for more than three seconds.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: How he fits everything inside his body is probably best left unanswered.
* [[Large Ham]]: Natch. He once responded to a sad backstory by playing a somber tune on his guitar.
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** His post-[[Time Skip]] body seems to modeled after [[Black Flag|Henry Rollins]].
** He was also created after Eiichiro Oda heard all of Kazuki Yao's voice work as Jango and Bon Clay, specifically designed to give him a permanent casting role.
* [[It Runs
** It may also serve as an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] and a joke on [[Steampunk]], since the most popular brand of cola is [[Real Life|Coke]] and [[
* [[Only Known
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Abandoned by his pirate parents and adopted by Tom, who died when he was a young adult.
* [[Power Source]]: He's gotta have his Cola.
* [[Ridiculously
* [[Shout
* [[Sand in My Eyes]]: Often brought to ([[Manly Tears|manly]]) tears by sentimental backstories. He always denies it.
** Dammit, he ain't crying!
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*** [[Rocket Punch]]: [[Calling Your Attacks|Strong Right!]]
*** [[Shoulder Cannon]]: Has a couple of 'em that [[Squick|dislocate his shoulder blades]]. {{spoiler|He gets a Shoulder Rocket Launcher and a more functional [[Shoulder Cannon]] after Time-skip.}}
** [[Fighting
** {{spoiler|[[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: After the time skip, he's developed this as a finishing move as a replacement to his Coup de Vent.}}
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Styled after Ace Ventura's, even.
== "Humming"/"Soul King" {{color|grey|Brook}} ==
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Brook is the crew's musician. He ate the Revive-Revive Fruit (''Yomi Yomi no Mi''), which enabled his spirit to reanimate his corpse after he died. [[Blessed
His dream is to reunite with Laboon, a whale who lives at the entrance to the Grand Line, whom the Straw Hats had previously met. Fifty years ago, the baby whale had befriended the pirate crew Brook was a part of, but they had to leave him behind as their travels became more dangerous. After his shadow was recovered from Gecko Moria, Brook happily accepted Luffy's invite to join the crew, pleased to have finally found new friends to call his own.
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* [[Afro Asskicker]]
* [[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]]}}.
* [[Back
* [[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.
** Don't dare attack his crew. "I already lost a crew once. You won't make me lose another!"
** {{spoiler|He can't stand throwing away the lives of others either, as exemplified by his response to [[Bad Boss|Zeo]] in Chapter 645 when the New Fishman Pirates commanders begin killing off their soldiers:}}
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* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]
* [[Blessed
** Also, he can instantly heal himself by drinking milk. [[Rule of Funny|Yeah, right]].
*** Partly subverted, as he shows that he's not 100% recovered after making the above claim.
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*** Plus, he doesn't really suffer the same effect of internal damage as the rest of the crew. Stabbing him in the eye just chips his skull, stabbing in the ribs notches them, and a blow to the gut does nothing unless it hits his spine. All three happen within what is probably no more than thirty seconds in universe during his fight to retrieve his shadow.
** {{spoiler|After the [[Time Skip]], he's learned how to remove his soul from his body. Both the women's baths and getting messages to people when he's locked up are now within his reach.}}
*** The [[Time Skip]] further reveals that {{spoiler|there's an inexhaustible energy that allows his soul to continue living in the world. Depending on additional revelations in the future about what this means, his power may well border [[Cursed
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "[[Dirty Old Man|Excuse me Miss, may I see your panties?]]"
** "SKULL JOKE!!!"
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* {{spoiler|[[An Ice Person]]: One of his new abilities is freezing things with his sword, by channeling ''[[Creepy Awesome|the chills of ]] [[The Underworld]]''.}}
* [[I Gave My Word]]:
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* [[Immortal Immaturity]]: Brook has a serious side, but is very quick to join in on the unnecessary playfulness that the younger members make. He claims to just love having fun.
** Considering he was [[The Aloner|alone for over 50 years]], he's probably making up for lost time.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: They are his favotite types of jokes -- they really bust his gut. But... WAIT! [[Self-Demonstrating Article|HE DOESN'T HAVE A GUT!!! YOHOHOOOOOOO!!!! SKULL JOKE!!!]]
* [[Insane Equals Violent]]: Greatly subverted. As described by some of the [[The Aloner|other]] tropes [[Go Mad From the Isolation|listed]], Brook is not entirely well. As [[Gentle Giant|described]] by still [[Nice Guy|other]] tropes, he is also the [[The Pollyanna|least likely]] to even act like a jerk, let alone be particularly violent as pirates go.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Brook is old enough to be Franky’s grandfather or Luffy’s greatgrandfather!
* [[It Runs
** Acording to the [[Other Wiki]], his Devil Fruit allows him to function like a normal human despite not having the necessary organs to do so.
** He's finally given an explanation. It's not organs, or muscles, {{spoiler|it's his ''soul''}}!
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* [[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.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Brook is undoubtedly based on famous guitarist [https://web.archive.org/web/20110305153730/http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/nov2008/6/0/677F22B0-D9A0-3C76-E668D24B6D686263.jpg Saul "Slash" Hudson.] The resemblance is more noticeable in his [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090801031852/onepiece/images/thumb/c/c3/Brooklivethumb.jpg/120px-Brooklivethumb.jpg younger appearances.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Officer and
* [[Our Souls Are Different]]: Due to the effect of his Devil Fruit. {{spoiler|Even more so after the [[Time Skip]]}}.
* [[The Pollyanna]]: [[Tear Jerker|"If we're going to die,]] [[Heroic Spirit|we might as well]] [[Crowning Music of Awesome|enjoy it..."]]
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* [[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.}}
* [[Stealth Pun]]: (Combined with [[Punny Name]] and [[Fridge Brilliance]]) His becoming the Soul King, because (apart from [[Dem Bones|his skeleton]] and [[Funny Afro|his hair]]) that's the only part of him remaining after he [[Back
* [[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.
* [[
** Up for debate. His background implies he held the position of captain of an unnamed kingdom's army before becoming a pirate, so it's equally possible that he was upper class first and the twit part developed from being [[The Aloner]].
*** Hey, if he wasn't before, "Soul King" definitely is.
* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: He's a living skeleton with creepy (and downright horrific) abilities. Yet his voice is amazingly soft, calm and musical. In fact, most of time he sounds as if he were about to burst into a good, healthy laughter anytime.
* [[
* [[Weapon of Choice]]
** [[Magic Music]]: He has used violin chords to put people to sleep.
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** [[Sword Cane]]: His primary weapon.
*** {{spoiler|During the timeskip, the longarms sharpened the blade and it was given the name Soul Solid.}}
* [[You Are Already Dead]]: His signature attack, ''Hanauta Sancho: Yahazu Giri'', involves slicing his opponent once at [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form|incomprehendible]] speeds (literally -- unlike [[Fist of the North Star
* [[Your Size May Vary]]: Brook is ridiculously tall, but sometimes sloppy animators forget this fact while others exaggerate it. In other words, his height depends on the art director of an episode.
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