One Piece/Characters/The Four Emperors: Difference between revisions

* [[Determinator]]

* {{spoiler|[[Died Standing Up]]}}: {{spoiler|To further prove how badass he is}}.

** {{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.

** [[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.

** [[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''.

* [[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|[[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''}}.

* [[Red Baron]]: He's either "Whitebeard" or "Pops", never "Edward Newgate".

* {{spoiler|[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]}}: {{spoiler|After Ace's death.}}

* [[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.

* [[Ki Attacks]]: A confirmed user of Haki.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]

* [[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.

* [[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]]

** {{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|[[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]]}}

* [[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|[[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}}.

** {{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).}}

==== "Diamond" Jozu ====

* [[Spell My Name With 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}}.

==== "Flower Sword" Vista ====

* [[Red Baron]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] as "Flower Sword" isn't much for intimidation.

* [[Something About a Rose]]

* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: {{spoiler|Alongside his fellow Commander and Captain allies on making sure Akainu does not go kill Luffy}}.