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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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* [[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.
* [[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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* [[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.
 
 
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* [[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.
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** 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}}.
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{{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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** 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 [[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.
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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.
* [[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.
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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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* [[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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* {{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 With 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.
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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 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}}.
* [[Top Heavy Guy]]
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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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