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The Four Emperors (''Yonko'') are the most notorious pirate captains in the [[One Piece]] world, who rule over pieces of the New World like overlords, but none of their bounties are known, and they're all independent of one another (neither friends nor foes). Amongst the four, Shanks is the nicest, while it's a toss-up between Linlin and Kaido for the meanest.
 
In more recent times, the once-dreaded power of the Emperors has been challenged by newer, bolder generations of pirates: {{spoiler|Whitebeard lost his life in a [[War Arc]] with the Marines, and his killer, Blackbeard, has officially replaced his former captain as an Emperor; Kaido had one of his islands attacked by Drake (a Supernova) ''because he knew Kaido would retaliate''; and Linlin lost two of her ally ships to Kidd (another Supernova), while Luffy has openly challenged Linlin for Fishman Island and Trafalgar Law (one more Supernova) is hatching a scheme to bring one of them down.}}
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=== Current members ===
 
== "Red-Haired" Shanks ==
=== "Red-Haired" Shanks ===
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{{quote| "Listen up... you can pour drinks on me, you can throw food at me... you can even spit on me; I'll just laugh that stuff off. But... good reason or not, nobody hurts a friend of mine!"}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by: [[Shuichi Ikeda]] (JP), [[Tom Souhrada]] (EN, 4Kids), [[Brandon Potter]] (EN, Funi)}}
 
Shanks is Luffy's idol, inspiring him to take up a pirate life, and one of the Four Emperors that rule over the New World. Unlike Whitebeard (or presumably Kaido) he doesn't lord this status over everyone else, preferring to travel to different stops and party, with a special fondness for drinking. When Shanks was younger, he and Buggy were both apprentice pirates in the Jolly Roger Pirate Crew, the crew of the late Pirate King, "Gold" Roger, and clashed with Whitebeard's crew several times. They were subordinate to Silvers Rayleigh, the first-mate of the crew, and spent their time fighting each other. Both of them attended their captain's public execution, where they parted ways to form their own crews. Sometime afterward he became the rival of Dracule Mihawk, and their duels are now legend throughout the Grand Line, remembered even by Whitebeard.
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* [[Art Evolution]]: Very drastically. The Straw Hats' changing designs can be chalked up to the fact they're still at a young enough age to physically grow, but it's bizarre to see Shanks become so hunky if you're more familiar with his earlier look.
* [[Awesome McCoolname|Awesome McCool]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Name to Run Away From Really Fast]]: You DO know what it means to ''shank'' someone, right?
* [[Badass]]: Scaring a Sea King by staring at it? Check. Crossing blades with Whitebeard, the [[WorldsWorld's Strongest Man]], and walking away from it? ''Check''. {{spoiler|Stopping a war just by threatening to take down anyone on either side who wants to continue?}} '''Check'''.
** [[Badass Normal]]: The fact that he can swim automatically excludes him from being a Devil Fruit user, meaning his [[Badass|Badassery]] is nothing more than a combination of [[Charles Atlas Superpower]] and [[Pure Awesomeness]].
** [[Handicapped Badass]]: Even with only his right arm, he's strong enough to stand up to the most powerful pirates in the world. Bear in mind that, by all indications, he's left-handed. Because of this, he doesn't interest Mihawk in sword fights anymore, though Mihawk at least visits him from time to time when there's news that may interest him. And according to [[Word of God]], he's still as strong as he was before he lost his arm.
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* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Luffy.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: When he saved Luffy. {{spoiler|Does it again during the Whitebeard War arc, showing up in the middle of the battle to end the war then and there, rescuing both Coby and Luffy (the latter indirectly) in the process}}.
* [[Big Good]]: Very much a contender, but he's in the same boat as Rayleigh - currently inactive to the plot.
* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Seems to be his MO. He always shows up out of nowhere, shakes things up, and then vanishes for yet another long period of time.
* [[Death Glare]]: Even sea monsters are afraid of an angry Shanks staring at them.
* [[Deus Exit Machina]]: Got one ''off-screen''. Even though he hasn't been in the story lately, he did meet Whitebeard in his last appearance. So when the Whitebeard Pirates go off to save Ace, and Kaidou attempts to take more of a piece of the New World, Shanks blocks him, allowing Whitebeard's rescue attempt to go uninterrupted.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: Luffy is becoming more and more like him, rather than Roger, although Shanks notices the similarities in the two's personalities. However, Luffy is more passive while Roger {{spoiler|had a violent temper in battle that led (indirectly) to the deaths of both his [[Friendly Enemy]] Whitebeard and his own son}}.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: The scars across his eye? [[Big Bad|Blackbeard]] gave Shanks those scars before Shanks lost his arm and before Blackbeard gained his Devil Fruit powers.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: He has only one arm, but can defeat an army of men who each have two.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: When you're known to be Mihawk's former sparring partner and said spars are said to have shaken the Grand Line...
** When he and Whitebeard crossed blades, they cut the sky in half. ''The sky!''
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* [[Nice Hat]]: Luffy's straw hat was originally Shanks', and he was likewise known for wearing it.
** {{spoiler|Rayleigh}}, in a flashback, revealed that the Straw Hat was originally {{spoiler|Roger}}'s.
* {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Although stopping the Battle of Marineford was definitely a good thing, allowing Blackbeard to leave unopposed is the exact opposite, and if his [[Foreshadowing]] words mean anything, it may come back to really bite Shanks in the ass later on}}.
* [[One -Man Army]]: Come on. He's one of the Four Emperors.
** [[Ki Attacks]]: He's the series first-seen Haki user.
** [[Pure Awesomeness]]: People faint and ships literally start to crumble in his presence.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: [[The Power of Friendship|When you've saved the life of a little friend]], what's losing an arm to a Sea King anyway?
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: His red to Mihawk's blue.
** He's also the blue to Buggy's red.
* [[The Rival]]: To Mihawk before he lost his arm, though the two are on relatively good terms.
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{{quote| Voiced by: [[Kazuyuki Sogabe]] (JP, episode 4), [[Aruno Tahara]] (JP, episodes 151+), [[Sean Hennigan]] (EN, Funi)}}
 
Shanks' second-in-command and the First Mate of the Red-Haired Pirates. His skills were displayed in the first chapter where he defeat the gang of mountain bandits using only a cigarette and a rifle (used as a club). In his following appearance he looks older and has more scars, but he hasn't lost the edge.
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: According to [[Word of God]], he's the smartest guy in the series (smarter than Nami or Kuro).
** Smartest guy in the East Blue Saga, actually. Beating out [[Science Hero|Nami]] and [[The Chessmaster|Kuro]] still qualifies him for this trope, though.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: In his later appearance.
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: {{spoiler|He managed to catch '''Kizaru''' off guard of all people!!!}}
* [[Number Two]]: To Shanks.
* [[One -Man Army]]: Demonstrated in the very first chapter.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Apparently.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: After the death of [[Kazuyuki Sogabe]], Aruno Tahara stepped in as Beckman's new voice.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Blue Oni to Shanks' Red Oni.
 
 
=== Kaido ===
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Kaido is the third of the Four Emperors to be mentioned. Very little is known about him, except that Gekko Moriah fought him sometime in the past, lost, and had his crew killed. In the present time, Kaido tried to make a grab for power while Whitebeard was focused on fighting at the Marines' headquarters, {{spoiler|but Shanks prevented him from doing so. With Shanks showing up at Marineford, it is unknown what exactly went down between the two}}.
{{quote| Voiced by: N/A}}
 
{{spoiler|Lost one of his favorite islands to "Red Flag" X. Drake of the Eleven Supernovas, but there's no word on how he reacted to it}}.
Kaido is the third of the Four Emperors to be mentioned. Very little is known about him, except that Gekko Moriah fought him sometime in the past, lost, and had his crew killed. In the present time, Kaido tried to make a grab for power while Whitebeard was focused on fighting at the Marines' headquarters, {{spoiler|but Shanks prevented him from doing so. With Shanks showing up at Marineford, it is unknown what exactly went down between the two}}.
 
* [[Draconic Demon]]: Kaido's Devil Fruit allows him to transform from an already gargantuan human to a truly titanic Eastern dragon with control over fire, lightning, and wind.
{{spoiler|Lost one of his favorite islands to "Red Flag" X. Drake of the Eleven Supernovas, but there's no word on how he reacted to it}}.
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* [[Bigger Bad]]: He's one of the most powerful pirate captains of all time, but he hasn't made an official appearance yet.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Kaido seems to have dozens of underlings, allies, and islands under his control.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Kaido vs. Moriah, though it's implied Moriah wasn't so bad back then.
* [[Kill 'Em All]]: To the original crew of Gekko Moriah, hence why Moriah is the way he is now.
* [[Gang of Hats]]: He seems to like having cyborgs as his guards, so he might be one himself. Or he just has an island of cyborgs.
* [[Jerkass]]: Based on what he did to Moriah'S [[True Companions]], and the affect it had on Moriah himself, Kaido will most likely turn out to be one.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: His name can translate into "Church" or "Temple". This may or may not be subverted, as we don't know whether or not he has a preacher/knight/temple theme about him.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Even more so than the other Emperors, if only because every time he's mentioned something ''bad'' is happening.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: What exactly happened when {{spoiler|Shanks prevented Kaido from attacking Whitebeard}}?
** What happened when Kaido fought Moriah back in the day?
* [[Slasher Smile]]: He's the lower of the two silhouettes when the Emperors are first mentioned, though it's entirely possible they weren't accurate, given Oda's track record with them. From what we've heard of Kaidou, though, it's a pretty safe bet to assume he does have one anyway.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: The next Emperor shown tends to be more antagonistic than the last. Shanks, the first shown, is a [[Nice Guy]] with a propensity for [[Tranquil Fury]], as well as enough charisma to halt a war. The next to pop up is [[A Father to His Men|Whitebeard]], who follows a [[Jerkass Facade]]. Linlin destroys islands for not satisfying her sweet tooth, and when she first shows up, she ''eats'' one of her crewmates. We have yet to see of Kaido, but looking at [[Kill 'Em All|what he did]] to [[Despair Event Horizon|Moriah]] and his old crew, there's a good chance of Kaido being the worst of the bunch.
* {{spoiler|[[Straw Vulcan]]}}: {{spoiler|Some translations have him trying to stop Whitebeard because there would soon be a battle that could result in his fellow emperor's death. Whitebeard did indeed die and there is indeed much turmoil}}.
** {{spoiler|Also important to know others say he just wanted to wipe out Whitebeard when he was distracted on getting to Marineford}}.
 
=== Charlotte Linlin -- "Big Mam". ===
 
== "Big Mom" -- Charlotte Linlin ==
=== Charlotte Linlin -- "Big Mam". ===
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{{quote| Voiced by: N/A}}
 
The final member of the Four Emperors, Big Mom is the only female member, noted for her sweet tooth. Her protection of islands in exchange for sweets implies a somewhat capitalist mindset.
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* [[A Father to His Men|A Mother to her Men]]: Her men all call her "mama". {{spoiler|She averts the hell out of the SPIRIT of this as she randomly eats her henchmen for no reason.}}
* [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever]]: She's honestly like something out of a horror movie.
* [[Bad Boss]]: She {{spoiler|'''ATE''' one of her subordinates}} for no real reason.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|She's infamous for decimating ''entire islands'' just for not providing enough candy for her. She considers this a perfectly reasonable reaction to someone who failed to hold up their end of a bargain.}}
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: It was implied she's not exactly the nicest person around before her proper introduction. What do we see of her in the chapter when she's actually introduced? {{spoiler|She's an utterly massive behemoth, eats her henchmen, and casually has countries torched over not getting her candy}}.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Inverted. As long as {{spoiler|her [[Sweet Tooth]] is satisfied, she'll leave you alone. If not, you're dead, along with the rest of your island.}}
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Big Mama, a bit of a [[Mondegreen]] of her title.
* [[Gag Lips]]: Possibly. They're on her Jolly Roger, at least.
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* {{spoiler|[[I'm a Humanitarian]]}}: See [[Bad Boss]].
* [[Large and In Charge]]
* [[Mook Maker]]: {{spoiler|Her Devil Fruit can give anything a soul, turning it into an [[Animate Inanimate Object]] (which she calls her "homies"). While she can use this on things like trees, rocks, and houses, she can also use it on meteorological phenomena (like clouds or rainbows) or intangible things like fire. She's even done so with her hat!}}
* [[Nightmare Face]]
* [[Nice Hat]]: Her pink pirate hat, which {{spoiler|she has brought to life with her Devil Fruit power; it's name is "Napoleon".}}
* [[Nightmare Face]]: Especially on her [[Wanted Poster]]; one has to wonder if whoever the photographer was survived taking it.
* [[Slasher Smile]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: The only one of the Four Emperors to be female.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: {{spoiler|Now that Whitebeard is dead, she's taken over protecting Fishman Island in exchange for lots and lots of candy. If you don't give enough candy to her, [[Disproportionate Retribution|well...]]}}
* [[Villainous Glutton]]: When you {{spoiler|eat your own henchmen and destroy islands for not giving you candy}}, you're pretty much this.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: {{spoiler|The power of the ''Soru Soru no Mi'' has no effect on a foe who does not fear death. While most of her subjects are easy prey to it, hardened pirates like the Straw Hats can easily shrug it off.}}
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: {{spoiler|When Luffy stands up to her in defense of Fishman Island missing their scheduled payment of candy, she decides to pursue him instead, despite being fairly sure that he's just taking the blame to spare them. The fact that he's willing to do so at all impresses her.}}
* [[You Don't Look Like You]]: [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120101192607/onepiece/images/9/9b/BigMomGP.jpg Big Mom's silhouette]{{Dead link}} from Garp's explanation of the Emperors looks incredibly different from what we've seen of her final design.
 
 
== {{spoiler|Marshall D. Teach -- "Blackbeard"}} ==
{{quote| See [[One Piece (Manga)/Characters/Major Villains/Characters|Major Villains]]}}
 
 
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=== Former Members ===
 
== "Whitebeard" -- Edward Newgate ==
=== Edward Newgate -- "Whitebeard" ===
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{{quote| "I am only one man with one heart... call me a demon, call me a monster... but I can't be the strongest forever!"}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by: [[Kinryu Arimoto]] (JP), [[R Bruce Elliot]] (EN, Funi)}}
 
Whitebeard, real name Edward Newgate, is the most powerful of the Four Emperors ruling over the New World (the second half of the Grand Line), and the only person to ever battle the Pirate King to a draw. With Roger's death he became the "[[WorldsWorld's Strongest Man|Strongest Man in the World]]", and this reputation makes him the most feared and respected person in the world.
 
However, 22 years have passed since the Pirate King's death and, although Whitebeard is still greatly feared, the world is slowly changing and there are those in the Grand Line are looking to rise to the top and take Whitebeard's place. Whitebeard believes that pirates should have at least some sense of morality and honor, and every member of his crew is treated as his child, and they in turn treat him as their own father.
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* [[A Father to His Men]]: Every pirate in his crew is considered his son, and they consider each other brothers. Strangely enough there doesn't seem to be any daughters/sisters...
** At least one of his captains, Haruta, seems to be a tomboysh girl. And since this habit extends to his allies as well, there are definitely "daughters" like [[Action Girl|White Bay]].
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: He was called "Pops" or "Old Man" (Specifically, ''Oyaji'', an informal variation of "father") by his crew.
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: In his first few appearances in the series, Whitebeard comes off as seeming to think that any decision he makes is the correct one regardless of potential consequences, even brushing off warnings from fellow Emperor Shanks. However, this later turns out to be a [[Jerkass Facade]], as Whitebeard demonstrates that he isn't nearly as full of himself as he would like you to believe. Most likely he wanted to make sure he had a reputation for being fearsome and unreasonable to help keep the islands under his protection safe.
* '''''[[Badass|BADASS]]''''': Indisputably the most [[Badass]] character in the series.
** [[Badass Boast]]: '''"''I. AM. WHITEBEARD''!"''' Let's face it, it's all he needs.
** [[Badass Crew]]: You wouldn't be a member of this guy's crew unless you were pretty badass yourself.
** [[Badass Grandpa]]: ''72'' years old, but still capable of tearing an Admiral several new assholes.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Almost as [[Badass]] as his moustache.
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** [[Brought Down to Badass]]: Blackbeard attacks Newgate with his darkness power, gloating about how it will nullify his earthquake ability... quite forgetting that he is facing the 18 foot tall World's Strongest Man with an even longer bisento.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: In his later years, though he covers it with a bandanna.
* [[Blade Onon a Stick]]: He wields a bisento even taller than he is.
** [[Sword Beam]]: He can infuse his bisento with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's powers to send a massive shockwave towards anything he swings it at. You ''do not'' want to be in the way.
* [[Big Good]]: Considered as much of a threat as "The Revolutionary" Dragon, Whitebeard was known as "The World's Strongest Man" for being the only one that fought on par with the Pirate King Roger. However he's generally less active nowadays compared to the other two (especially given that one of them is dead). That aside, since pirates are one of the two biggest threats to the World Government, his moral foundation counters and conflicts with the WG's ruthless control.
* [[Call Back]]: A Devil Fruit with the power to make tsunamis was first mentioned by Morgan in the very first explanation of Devil Fruits we ever got in-series.
* [[Captain Color Beard]]: Obviously.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: At 72 years old, he was more like the ''coolest'' old guy in the series!
* [[Cooldown Hug]]: After his ally, Squad, stabbed him and accused him of selling out his allies thanks to the Marines [[Batman Gambit|leaking false information to him]], Whitebeard gives him one, reassures him he would never abandon a single one of them, then charges into the fray to kick major ass.
* [[Covered Withwith Scars]]: Whitebeard is covered with scars on every part of his body. Except his back: He never showed it to an enemy once.
* {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Irony]]}}: {{spoiler|All he wanted was a family, and one of his "sons" kills him. Admittedly he had already basically disowned the guy, but the point still stands}}.
* [[Determinator]]
* [[The Dreaded]]: Simply bellowing his name was all it took to send ''most'' of the Marines at Marineford running for cover.
* {{spoiler|[[Died Standing Up]]}}: {{spoiler|To further prove how badass he is}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]}}: {{spoiler|His final action, after spending the previous several chapters being stabbed, shot, bombarded, and having ''half his face melted off by lava'', was to fight Blackbeard one-on-one and [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown|own him so thoroughly]] that the ''entire Blackbeard Pirates crew'' had to jump in before he stomped their captain like a bug. And even though all of that finally killed him... it still [[Died Standing Up|wasn't enough to make him fall]]}}.
** {{spoiler|He even gets one last moment of awesome in his last moments. Even though he cannot move and is seconds from death, the very last thing he says, broadcast to the entire Sabaody Archipelago, is "One Piece exists!" This one phrase has the exact opposite effect that killing him was supposed to have}}.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Didn't have these in his introduction in the anime, but later gains them in the Marineford battle.
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* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]: '''One Piece exists!"'''}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: {{spoiler|Whitebeard's final command was to order his allies to fall back, willing to take down the Marines all on his own}}.
* [[Homage]]: His moustache, which is near-identical to [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090926165945/gundam/images/3/3d/Turn_A_Gundam.jpg the one sported by] the [[Turn aA Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]. The fact that they're both the strongest in their respective categories is probably another one.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Goes to great lengths to avenge murdered crew members that would be downright insane were it not for the fact that he's, you know, '''Whitebeard'''.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: The most recent flashback shows he was a pretty handsome guy when he was young. Of course, he's not so much ugly today as his handsomeness has been replaced by pure [[Badass]].
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** Newgate is also the name of a pair of (both long defunct) prisons in the London and the US (the first state prison in the country). Real life pirate William "Captain" Kidd spent some time in the London one.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: This man ''does not'' look 72 years old.
* [[One -Man Army]]: Let us be blunt. This man did more damage to the Marines than his entire crew and his allies '''combined'''.
** [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: ''Definitely'' the strongest person alive. {{spoiler|Not anymore, though. Alive, that is.}}
** [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: The most extreme example so far.
** [[Foe -Tossing Charge]]: He's the ''One Piece'' world's response to [[The Lord of the Rings|Sauron]], it seems.
** [[Genius Bruiser]]: Turns out Whitebeard's no slouch on [[The Chessmaster|chess playing]]. He saw half of Sengoku's moves during the Marineford Arc coming; had he not, the Whitebeard Pirates and allies would have been finished far earlier than expected. It could also be said that both Sengoku and Whitebeard consider the other their [[Worthy Opponent]] in strategy.
** [[Ki Attacks]]: A confirmed Haki user.
** [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Whitebeard was able to get behind ''a fucking Admiral'' without being noticed. If someone hadn't warned the guy he would have been... no, he ''was'' still turned into paste.
** [[No -Holds -Barred Beatdown]]: The only way to describe what he did to {{spoiler|Akainu after he killed Ace}} in the anime. It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for the bastard.
** [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: The Tremor-Tremor Fruit grants him the power to create shockwaves powerful enough to "break the Earth apart". That means earthquakes on land, tsunamis at sea, and god help you if he wants to give your face a taste of that power.
** [[Physical God]]: When spoken of, it's less as a man and more as a force of nature. And for ''good reason''.
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** [[Superpower Lottery]]: [[Word of God]] is that the powers of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, a Paramecia-class, are '''no less''' than those of a ''Logia''. Even excluding that, the man is downright impressive.
** [[Super Toughness]]: For this man, [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]] is the minimum amount of force required to even make him ''flinch''. Sword to the gut? That tickles. Several more? Tch. Cannon to the face? A pebble. ''{{spoiler|Half his fucking face melted off!}}''? Minor annoyance.
** [[WorldsWorld's Strongest Man]]: Literally referred to as such, and he more than lives up to it. Although, he may have once competed for that title with Gol D. Roger himself.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: {{spoiler| He was once one of the Rock Pirates, a group that included Big Mom and Kaidou. It seems odd that he'd associate with such violent criminals, although "friend" might be the wrong word to use, as that crew didn't get along very well anyway.}}
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: Refers to his stab wound by Squad, after the latter tries to pull a [[Redemption Equals Death]], as "a little scratch", and {{spoiler|having nearly half of his head burnt clean off by Akainu merely gets him to speak one sentence in [[Tranquil Fury]] mode: "I'm just getting started"}}.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Never kill or threaten to kill a member of his crew, unless you want a war you have a high probability of losing.
* {{spoiler|[[Plot -Triggering Death]]: His demise saw the birth of a new era of piracy.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Rasputinian Death]]}}: {{spoiler|Half his face melted off, slashed and stabbed 267 times, hit by more than 152 bullets and 46 cannon shots... but when the jacket came off, there was not a single wound on his back, as he ''never'' showed it to the enemy}}.
** {{spoiler|If the artwork is to be believed, the total includes every injury he ever sustained, not just his last fight; however, different translations have stated different things. The anime will hopefully provide a definite answer one way or another. Either way, he still took an inhuman amount of punishment in this one battle: the face-melting, no less than four different sword wounds, at least one cannon, had to have been shot by bullets at least one hundred times (which incidentally was the final nail in the coffin), and was already near-dead from a terminal illness to start with}}.
** {{spoiler|Technically, there were a few wounds on his back... where the swords went ''clean through'' his front! ''Said swords had been stuck in there for the past ten or so issues''. [[Annoying Arrows]] are nothing compared to Annoying ''Swords''}}.
* [[Rated Mfor"M" for Manly]]: [[Up to Eleven]]
* [[The Rival]]: Used to be this to Gol D. Roger himself.
* [[Red Baron]]: He's either "Whitebeard" or "Pops", never "Edward Newgate".
* {{spoiler|[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]}}: {{spoiler|After Ace's death.}}
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** The people of the One Piece world fear him because of his earthquake powers. Just like the Japanese themselves have a deep-rooted fear of earthquakes and tsunamis, for obvious reasons.
* [[Shockwave Clap|Shockwave]] [[Megaton Punch|Punch]]: He creates shockwaves by punching the air, causing it to ''crack''.
* [[Sphere of Destruction]]: He can create a "Quake Bubble" around his fist or the blade of his bisento [[For Massive Damage]].
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: As with all Devil Fruit users he would sink like a stone in water, but he's not stupid enough to allow himself to be put in such a situation.
* [[That's Gotta Hurt]]: Getting a face full of his Devil Fruit powers.
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* [[The Worf Effect]]: Averted '''hard'''. Not even the ''fans'' were expecting some of the stuff he pulled, and {{spoiler|it took ''a lot'' to kill him. No one who attempted it got away unscathed ([[Nigh Invulnerability|except]] [[Badass|Kizaru]]), and once he did finally die he [[Died Standing Up]]}}. He's the strongest man in the world, period.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: To Sengoku. Also, the commander-in-chief of the Marines says he was the best of the pirates.
* [[Worf Had the Flu]]: Since the beginning of the war, Whitebeard was already foot-and-a-half in the grave thanks to his illness. Reason why he took his time to join the fight: his movements were extremely slow and measured, his dodging abilities non-existent as put by Marco; it should have been impossible for Squard to stab Whitebeard, and in several instances he had to stop to catch his breath, [[Hollywood Heart Attack|his heart barely working right]]. That rampage was done by a half-blind, half-deaf, arthritic 72 year old shadow of its former self. [[WorldsWorld's Strongest Man]] indeed.
* [[Write Who You Know]]: Is based on an old pub owner Oda used to hang around, and Whitebeard's first line was actually something that man always said. Like Whitebeard, he too had medical problems (i.e. hooked up to medical equipment) and is now dead.
** {{spoiler|Whitebeard's own death is probably not a coincidence}}.
 
=== The Whitebeard Pirates ===
The Whitebeard pirates are considered to be the strongest pirate crew in the ''One Piece'' world, as their captain, Whitebeard, is one of the Four Emperors and literally called the [[WorldsWorld's Strongest Man]]. Whitebeard's crew is segmented into divisions and a lot of the New World Pirates are also allied with him. Both his own crew and the New World Pirates are shown to be fiercely loyal to the pirate captain, and he, in turn, considers every single one of them [[A Father to His Men|to be his sons]].
 
==== Marco "The Phoenix" ====
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{{quote| Voiced by: [[Masakazu Morita]] (JP)}}
 
The commander of the first division, he is first seen when one of Shanks' subordinates delivers a message to Whitebeard, and then later when Shanks himself visits their ship, the Moby Dick. Marco is depicted as being a patient and mild-mannered man, often looking rather sleepy and bored. In the past, he helped Ace get acclimated to the Whitebeard Pirates when he was first brought on board.
 
{{spoiler|By eating a Devil Fruit he has gained the powers of a phoenix. His short confrontations with Aokiji and Kizaru indicate that he may also possess a certain amount of Haki. This was later confirmed by Akainu}}.
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* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Other than Whitebeard himself, he's the only one to take on all three of the Admirals on separate occasions during the war, with two of them being [[Big Damn Hero]] moments for Luffy. This is partly due to his Devil Fruit, which is of a type that's even more rare than the Logias.
** There's also the fact that [[Cosmopolitan Council|the Five Elder Stars]] believe even with {{spoiler|Blackbeard stealing Whitebeard's power}} to add to his already devastating abilities, Marco is one of the only people in the world that has a chance to stopping him.
** Lets put it this way, when you make ''[[The Ace|Portgas D. Ace]]'' look weak in comparison, you're this trope.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Marco seemed to fill this position towards Ace. Being the one of the crew members to reach towards Ace and the one that explained the [[True Companions]] family dynamic the Whitebeard Pirates. He also has shades of [[Big Brother Instinct]] as when a dismayed Ace screamed at his family why where they virtually sacrificing themselves for him, Marcus, normally [[The Stoic]], ''roars'' back everyone needed to know that NOBODY messed with a member of their family, and the Marines would learn that lesson, the ''hard way''
* [[Extremity Extremist]]: Every one of his attacks so far have been kicks.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: You'd be forgiven for expecting Marco to yell out "[[Bleach|Getsuga Tensho]]!"...
* [[Ki Attacks]]: A confirmed user of Haki.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
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{{quote| Child Voice: [[Daisuke Sakaguchi]] (JP)<br />
Adult Voice: [[Toshio Furukawa]] (JP), [[Frank Frankson]] (EN, 4Kids), [[Travis Willingham]] (EN, Funi) }}
 
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Insult or harm anyone he cares about about and he won't hesitate to drop you. {{spoiler|Unfortunately this trait leads straight to his downfall, wasting the effort Luffy and his comrades put into saving him}}.
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]/[[Cool Big Sis|Cool Big Bro]]: Fills both roles exceptionally.
* [[Brought to You Byby The Letter "S"]]: Ace's belt has the letter A on the buckle.
* [[Character Development]]: There's a lot behind that friendly face that you wouldn't expect. Just trace his backstory from him as a child to a rookie on Whitebeard's crew to how he is now.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Determinator]]: Other than continuing to fight Blackbeard, he tried to kill ''Whitebeard''. And even when most people wouldn't even go after his sons, he made at least ''a hundred attempts on his life''. Granted, he failed every time, but it sure takes balls to do that. He later became one of Whitebeard's most loyal commanders.
* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]}}: Poor Luffy...
* [[Distress Ball]]: After getting captured by Blackbeard and handed over the the World Government, he becomes the focal point for a huge battle as the government publically announces his execution and provokes Whitebeard into attacking them. Luffy and others also get involved, thus invoking an epic [[Rescue Arc]] as Luffy journeys to [[The Alcatraz|Impel Down]] to rescue him. Needless to say, Ace is less than pleased with this turn of events and doesn't seem to be enjoying his role as [[Distressed Dude in Distress]] in the newest arc!
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Known as "Trace" in the 4Kids dub.
* [[Forgot Flanders Could Do That]]: Only ever received a handful of scenes (not counting a short period of anime [[Filler]]), none of which delved very far into his character. However, some fans still came to imprint a completely straight image of [[The Ace]] on him, to the point that when he actually got a little backstory and turned out to be more of a [[Broken Ace]], they complained about the whole affair.
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** {{spoiler|According to Garp, Ace is more similar to Roger than ''Luffy'', of all people, who's constantly compared to him!!}}
** {{spoiler|Also, the fact that Ace [[Honor Before Reason|never backs down from a fight]] was revealed to be a trait that Roger also had, and for the same reasons. Guess it really is [[In the Blood]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out Withwith a Smile]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Gwen Stacy]]: Could be this for Luffy, as Akainu's [[Rocket Punch]] was [[Taking the Bullet|meant for him]] and the reason why he got handed over to the Marines is because Blackbeard was coming for Luffy, but Ace got to him first}}.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: He's got a [[Running Gag]] of falling asleep at random intervals and making everyone around him panic.
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Bastard]]}}
* [[Hot -Blooded]]: Subverted. Contrary to what one might expect, despite his [[Playing Withwith Fire|ample firepower]] he is one of the more cool-headed characters in the story. That is, unless, you murder one of his [[True Companions]] or threaten to hurt his little brother...
* [[I Have No Son]]: Inverted. Ace totally disavows ''his birth father'', using his mother's name and claiming Whitebeard is the only father he has. {{spoiler|His dad was dead before he was born, anyway}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Ki Attacks]]}}: {{spoiler|Capable of using the King's Ambition Haki}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: {{spoiler|With a [[Really Dead Montage]] to boot}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]}}: {{spoiler|Roger isn't Luffy's dad....He's ACE"S!!!}}
* {{spoiler|[[Men Don't Cry]]}}: {{spoiler|Ace would always try to remind the young Luffy of this trope, [[Manly Tears|but couldn't back his own tears]] when he read Sabo's last letter to Luffy and himself}}.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: [[Walking Shirtless Scene|Permanently shirtless]]. ''Permanently''.
** In the anime his fight with Blackbeard includes some pretty gratuitous shots of his toned back and chest.
* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: Ate a Logia Devil Fruit, so natch. Too bad he had to face someone who could [[Brought Down to Normal|nullify]] that, then someone with [[Elemental Rock -Paper -Scissors|a superior element]].
* [[One -Man Army]]: He took out multiple Marine ships with one attack, with no effort.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: He's known as "Fire Fist" for a reason.
* [[The Promise]]: He made one with Luffy when they were children to go out to sea and live their lives free of regrets.
* {{spoiler|[[The Reveal]]}}: [[Epileptic Trees|As many fans theorized]], {{spoiler|Ace is NOT directly related to the Monkey family. He is in fact ''Gold Roger's'' son}}. Bet ya never saw ''that'' coming, did ya?
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* {{spoiler|[[Warrior Prince|Pirate Prince]]}}: {{spoiler|He's actually the son of the Pirate King, Gold Roger, though he's not exactly proud of it}}.
* {{spoiler|[[The Worf Effect]]}}: {{spoiler|Despite being hailed as one of the greatest warriors in the world (see above) his main role in the series has boiled down to being a stepping stone for Blackbeard and a convenient excuse to demonstrate Blackbeard's power first and carrying [[Distress Ball]] later. Then after being set free and kicking ass for about two chapters, he's instantly defeated by Akainu by jumping in front of him to protect Luffy, taking the worst injury ever seen in the series so far}}.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: {{spoiler|Him being Roger's son}} is a shocker.
** {{spoiler|His death is one as well, since it was the first time anyone in One Piece had been [[Killed Off for Real]] outside of someone's back-story}}.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Oh, boooooy.
* {{spoiler|[[When She Smiles|When He Smiles]]}}: {{spoiler|You know that it's a big step forward for him when he cracks that big, adorable grin at Luffy and Sabo when they were kids (keeping in mind that Ace didn't have much reason to do so to anyone else).}}
* [[Youthful Freckles]]: He actually doesn't fall into any of the archetypes {{spoiler|though he fit the [[Bratty Half -Pint]] type like a glove when he was a kid.}}
 
==== "Diamond" Jozu ====
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{{quote| Voiced by: [[Takashi Nagasako]] (JP)}}
 
Jozu, the commander of the third division, first made his appearance when Shanks' subordinate delivered a message to Whitebeard. When Shanks later came to meet them in person, Jozu commented on his immense Haki, but is shown being unaffected himself. Despite his massive size, he is a very calm man that seems to care a lot about his crewmates and his captain.
 
{{spoiler|It is later revealed that Jozu ate a Devil Fruit himself. Because of that, he is able to turn his entire body into diamonds, making him very difficult to hurt}}.
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* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: While he ''does'' have Devil Fruit powers, they should not affect his physical strength. Despite this, he {{spoiler|is shown lifting and tossing a huge ass iceberg many hundreds of times his size(estimated to weigh around a million tons)}}.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: He's well over 20 feet tall, but is incredibly fast.
* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: {{spoiler|Not to the same extent as other characters, but he ''is'' literally [[Made of Diamond]], so..}}.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Jozu? Jose? Joss? Jaws? The One Piece Green: Secret Pieces book finally confirms this with just Jozu.
* {{spoiler|[[The Worf Effect]]: Despite showing capable of blocking one of Mihawk's slashes and wounding Crocodile with a punch, he is quickly 'controlled' for a period by Doflamingo and then quickly removed from the Marineford War in quick order to Aokiji, as the battle moves to the plaza}}.
* [[Top -Heavy Guy]]
 
==== "Flower Sword" Vista ====
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{{quote| Voiced by: [[Masaya Onosaka]] (JP)}}
 
Vista, the commander of the fifth division makes his appearance during Ace's flashback, and subsequently during the Marineford arc. Always calm and polite, he doesn't have a Devil Fruit but is one of the most skilled swordsman in the world, so much so that his prowess is acknowledged by Dracule Mihawk.
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* [[Ki Attacks]]: A confirmed Haki user.
* [[Master Swordsman]]: Well, when you can {{spoiler|fight Mihawk on even grounds}}...
** [[Dual -Wielding]]
** [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]
** [[Petal Power]]: In the anime, rose petals appear when he attacks.
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* [[Red Baron]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] as "Flower Sword" isn't much for intimidation.
* [[Something About a Rose]]
* [[Top -Heavy Guy]]
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: {{spoiler|Alongside his fellow Commander and Captain allies on making sure Akainu does not go kill Luffy}}.
 
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