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How to describe these nut jobs? The Seven Warlords (''Shichibukai'') are former pirates who allied themselves with the World Government in exchange for their bounties being rescinded and a large degree of autonomy in their dealings. Along with the [[One Piece (Manga)/Characters/The Four Emperors/Characters|Four Emperors]] and [[One Piece (Manga)/Characters/The Marines/Characters|Marines]], they are one of the Three Superpowers that define the current era. Oh, [[Enemy Mine|and they all hate each other.]]
 
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=== Current Members ===
 
=== Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk ===
[[File:Mihawk_6529.png|frame]]
{{quote| "There's no strength in swordplay based on force."}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by: [[Takeshi Aono]] (JP), [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (JP, episode 461+), [[Andrew Paull]] (EN, 4Kids), [[John Gremillion]] (EN, Funi)}}
 
The first of the Seven Warlords to be formally introduced, his appearance marking their very first mention in fact, Mihawk carries the reputation of the greatest swordsman in the world. Unlike practically every other Pirate and even the other Warlords, he is a loner, sailing the seas in a small boat and never interacting with others unless absolutely necessary. He is said to have had a rivalry with Shanks in the past, and that their duels were truly titanic. It is Zoro's ultimate goal to defeat him and Mihawk, after seeing his warrior spirit, urged Zoro to become stronger and surpass him one day.
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* [[Badass]]: Being one of the Seven Warlords automatically qualifies you. Scaring the hell out of Shanks' crew just by showing up out of the blue, and being the ''only'' person to soundly curb stomp Zoro after deliberately handicapping ''yourself'', gets you a lifetime membership with benefits.
** [[Badass Boast]]: Two memorable ones so far:
{{quote| ''"You wouldn't kill a fly with a cannon, would you?"''<br />
''"I can't be bothered to remember the name of every worm I cross paths with."'' }}
** [[Badass Normal]]: He's the only Warlord without a Devil Fruit power or some kind of racial bonus. Despite that, he may very well be the most dangerous of them all.
* [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit]]: Not as impressive as Crocodile, but just look at the picture! If the whole Warlord of the Sea thing doesn't work out, he could always go look for work in the next installment of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: With a lovely paisley pattern too.
** [[Creepy Cool Crosses]]: He wears a cross-shaped necklace, and his sword has a very large hilt that resembles one.
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* [[Friendly Enemy]]: To the Straw Hat crew, after a fashion. Specifically, he keeps tabs on Luffy's and Zoro's growth as pirates, boasts that Luffy's goal of becoming Pirate King is more dangerous than surpassing Mihawk himself (which is Zoro's dream), gives a mental apology to Shanks before {{spoiler|fighting Luffy at Marineford}}, and {{spoiler|agrees to train Zoro during the [[Time Skip]] for the sake of Zoro being better able to protect his [[Nakama]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Hilarity Ensues]]}}: {{spoiler|Mihawk coming back to his creepy castle and finding out that ''Perona'' and ''Zoro'' had taken up residence while he was away}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]}}: {{spoiler|Deliberately invoked: He decided it was more beneficial to spend a few years training Zoro, who has stated that his only real goal in life is to defeat Mihawk, rather than wait around for possibly decades before he could get a good match out of him}}.
* [[How Dare You Die Onon Me!]]: Not exactly "die", but he seems slightly bitter about the fact that [[The Rival|Shanks]] lost his arm.
* [[I Need You Stronger]]: Invokes this trope practically word-for-word after he meets Zoro.
{{quote| ''"It's still too early for you to die. My name is Dracule Mihawk! Discover your true self, the true world, become stronger! However long it may take, I shall await you at the top. Surpass this sword! Surpass me! Roronoa Zoro!!!"''}}
* [[Internet Backlash]]: Let's just say that going onto a forum and naming either Mihawk or Shanks as the stronger of the two is a [[Flame War|bad idea]].
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: When Zoro challenged him in East Blue, Mihawk apologized that he didn't have anything smaller than his four-inch dagger.
* [[It Amused Me]]: Mihawk's stated reason for hunting the remainder of Krieg's fleet from the Grand Line all the way to East Blue and utterly destroying it?
{{quote| ''"To kill time."''}}
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: No enemy prior to his introduction and for quite a while afterwards posed as much of a threat to Luffy and the others as Mihawk did during the few brief chapters he appeared in.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Just look at the picture!
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* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Hm... let's see:
** Has a sword with a heavily ornate, cross-shaped design.
** Sails around in a coffin-shaped boat with black sails and eerie green-flamed candles.
** {{spoiler|Lives in a creepy Gothic castle on a creepy, perpetually-twilight island}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]}}: {{spoiler|The moment Shanks shows up at Marineford, Mihawk puts his sword away, says fighting Shanks wasn't part of the deal, and makes his exit}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Sink or Swim Mentor]]}}: {{spoiler|Became one to ''Zoro''}}. [[Didn't See That Coming|We were as surprised as you]].
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: Subverted. His debut marked the first mention of the Seven Warlords, but he may be the most powerful of them (if his former rivalry with one of the Four Emperors is any indication).
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: There's some minor contention on whether his first name is "Dracule" or some variation of "Juraquille", though the former is the spelling almost universally accepted by the western world.
** Ultimately resolved with the release of the One Piece Databook Green. It's "Dracule".
* [[The Stoic]]: One of the most serious characters in the One Piece world, you'll hardly even see this man smile, let alone raise his voice.
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*** [[Sword Lines]]: In the anime, Kokuto Yoru leaves a green (originally purple) trail behind it when it's swung.
** [[Cherry Tapping]]: Uses a knife to fight Zoro, and easily overpowers him.
** [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Effortlessly holds off Zoro's three swords with a knife, deflects bullets with his sword, and slices though a ship the size of an office building with ''just one swing''. ''Without making physical contact with the ship''. Then there's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130302045303/http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101004031517/onepiece/images/f/f4/Mihawk_slash.png this]. There's a reason people (in-universe) call it "the World's Strongest Slash".
** [[Knife Nut]]: Though not to the same extent that the trope is typically applied.
** [[Master Swordsman]]: ... duh.
** [[Razor Wind]] / [[Sword Beam]]: Bonus points for being the same eerie green as the candles on his boat.
*** [[Beam Spam]]: In the anime.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Originally with Shanks, but after Shanks lost his arm Mihawk no longer considered him as such. Once he met Zoro he started hoping the latter would fill the role, after he does some major [[Took a Level Inin Badass|level grinding]] at least.
 
 
=== Donquixote Doflamingo ===
[[File:Doflamingo_3216.png|frame]]
{{quote| "The time is almost here. Go and lay the groundwork. A world where only true pirates can survive will soon be upon us. Those without power, flee while you can. The tide will bring those of unmatched power and the New Era will begin!"}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by: [[Hideyuki Tanaka]] (JP), [[Robert McCollum]] (EN, Funi)}}
 
The third of the Seven Warlords to be formally introduced, Doflamingo used to boast the highest known bounty yet revealed in the series at 340 million berries {{spoiler|until Luffy's new 400 million bounty was revealed}}. Sly and rude and disrespectful towards the World Government, Doflamingo is sadistically playful with others, and seems to delight in causing and participating in chaos. He is the head of a massive slaver ring that caters towards the Celestial Dragon nobility, and he is a believer in the New Age, an era where pirates focus on what's around them rather than embark on pursuits of romanticism, making him the anti-thesis of the Great Age of Pirates that Gold Roger set in motion.
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* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Well, that shouldn't be your only clue...
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: In the anime. In the manga he's as pale as everyone else.
* [[The Dragon]]: Seems to be one for the Five Elder Stars.
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: In a world that practically ''runs'' on the power of dreams and love of adventure, Doflamingo is the main proponent of an objectivist movement.
* [[Foe Yay]]: What better setting than right in the middle of a ''giant climactic war'' when hitting on Crocodile?
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: More like Slasher Sneer, or Slasher Smirk.
* [[Social Darwinist]]: During the battle of Marineford, he delivers one particularly [[Badass]] [[Hannibal Lecture]] about how [[Might Makes Right]].
{{quote| '''Doflamingo:''' ''"Pirates are evil!? The Marines are righteous?! Ha! These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war will always grow up with different values! Therefore, those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! Justice will prevail, you say!? ''Damn right'' it will! And that's because whoever wins this war becomes justice!''"}}
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: To [[Asshole Victim|Bellamy]].
 
 
=== Bartholomew "Tyrant" Kuma ===
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{{quote| "We have no obligation to cooperate with the Marines save where the government is directly involved."}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by: [[Hideyuki Hori]] (JP)}}
 
The fourth of the Seven Warlords of the Sea to be formally introduced. Kuma is a very large man who is always seen carrying a bible. He has a reputation for being an incredibly ruthless pirate who crushed anyone to stand in his way, yet his quiet, calm demeanor and his (in hindsight) merciful actions fly in the face of that. He is also known for following the World Government's orders to the letter, unlike the other Warlords. Yet he also seems to follow the code of Moral Justice, rather than the seemingly more prevalent Absolute Justice, and unlike many other characters, seems to have an idea of what goes on behind the scenes.
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His former bounty was 296,000,000 Beri.
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* [[Animal Motifs]]: The bear, appearing to be frightening and extremely large, and having a Devil Fruit that gives him bear paws. {{spoiler|He's also nicer then the rest of the other members.}}
* [[Badass]]
* {{spoiler|[[Breath Weapon]]}}: {{spoiler|His cybernetic modifications allow him to fire a [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser beam]] from his mouth}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]}}: {{spoiler|It's stated by Donquixote Doflamingo that they slowly replaced his limbs and body from the legs up, and guess what? His head and brain are gone now as well. [[That Man Is Dead|"Tyrant Kuma" is dead]]}}.
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: He's known for following the World Government's orders more than the other Warlords, but it's clear that there's more to him than meets the eye.
* [[Everything's Worse Withwith Bears]]: Played pretty straight the first time.
** Subverted later, as {{spoiler|he actually saved the Straw Hats' lives on Sabaody, even if they didn't realize it}}.
** Played straight with {{spoiler|his cyborg copies, even if they don't have his Devil Fruit power}}.
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** [[Made of Diamond]]: Comes with being a {{spoiler|Pacifista}}.
** [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Played with. {{spoiler|Although the Straw Hats are unable to even ''touch'' him, he's able to use his powers to transport them out of harm's way without physically wounding them. The ''emotional'' damage, on the other hand...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Power Palms]]}}: {{spoiler|His Devil Fruit gives him [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration|powerful paw pad palms]]}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Attack Reflector]]}}: {{spoiler|Any attack that hits his paw pads will just bounce right off, regardless of how much power it has}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Hand Blast]]}}: {{spoiler|His ''Pad Cannon'' which is a paw-shaped [[Blow You Away|air bullet]] created by pushing the air at ''the speed of light''}}.
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=== "Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock ===
[[File:Hancock_armchair_5532.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful|"Whether I kick a kitten... Tear off your ears... Even slaughter innocent people... The world will never cease to forgive my actions! Why, you ask? Why, it is because I am beautiful!"]]}}
 
{{quote| Child Voice: [[Kanae Ito]] (JP)<br />
Adult Voice: [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] (JP) }}
 
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* [[Accidental Marriage]]: Luffy, please never, ''ever'' hug and offer a vaguely romantic sounding promise to a hot, semi-delusional Amazon when she is madly in love with you. Now you have to deal with the consequences, though to pretty much anyone else in the ''One Piece'' universe it wouldn't be "deal with the conquences" so much as "hit the jackpot".
** Not really, though. He ends up turning her down. Twice.
* [[Action Girl]]: She ''really'' lives up to her title.
** [[Badass]]: As of chapter 560, the reason she got the title of Warlord of the Sea is revealed to be more than the result of her Devil Fruit, {{spoiler|as Smoker's Jutte ''and'' face can testify}}.
** [[Badass Adorable]]: The adorable side isn't as prominent as in other characters in the series, but she does have moments where she looks pretty damn cute.
** [[Dance Battler|Battle-Dancing]] [[Kick Chick|Kicking]] [[Lady of War]]: She fights with graceful, whirling, face-breaking kicks against the strongest pirates in the world and is quite likely the deadliest hand to hand fighter of the Shishibukai.
** [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: {{spoiler|She's capable of ''pulverizing'' multiple [[Taken for Granite|petrified enemies]], and later a [[Mecha -Mooks|Pacisfista's]] head, with ''a single kick from her bare leg'', [[Super Speed|not to mention]] [[Super Reflexes|being insanely fast]] and she was one of the few (including Mihawk and Doflamingo ) to leave unscated from the War. This came as a [[Meaningful Echo]], since it was constantly stated that strength is beauty for the Amazons and even Sengoku considered her monstrously strong.}}.
** [[Taken for Granite]]: Her Devil Fruit power can turn people to stone if their mind is filled with lewd thoughts. As a result of her beauty this includes pretty much anyone in her general vicinity other than Luffy, who is immune thanks to the power of sheer weapons-grade obliviousness. She can even petrify inanimate objects in some cases, for some reason.
* [[Adult Child]]: Has her moments of this, ''especially'' when it comes to Luffy. Much more apparent in the Anime.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: The snake, being beautiful and vain. She also resides on an island where serpents are the pet of choice.
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Yep.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not, I repeat ''do not'' threaten Luffy's life if she's there to see it.
* [[Broken Bird]]: The World Nobles are responsible to why she's such a [[Jerkass|bitch]].
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* [[Love Hurts]]: Or in her case, causes physical illness.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Luffy is 19. She is [[Older Than They Look|31]].
* [[One-Man Army|One Woman Army]]: She was in the tick of the war and shown facing wave after wave of the strongest New World and White Beard pirates calling for her blood ... and came out without a single hair out of place.
* [[Running Gag]]: Her habit of looking down on others so much that it gets reversed and she starts looking ''up''.
* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]: Her snake Salome can track ships on the ocean floor. Apparently there's nowhere in the world Luffy can go that she can't or won't be able to find him.
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=== {{spoiler|Trafalgar "Surgeon of Death" Law}} ===
{{quote| See [[One Piece (Manga)/Characters/The Eleven Supernovas/Characters|The Eleven Supernovas]]}}
 
=== Former Members ===
 
=== "Mr. 0" Crocodile ===
[[File:Crocodile_TV_Tropes.png|frame]]
{{quote| "Justice is only for the people who take it."}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by: [[Ryuzaburo Ohtomo]] (JP), [[David Brimmer]] (EN, 4Kids), [[John Swasey]] (EN, Funi)}}
 
Crocodile is the second of the Seven Warlords of the Sea to be formally introduced. During his early travels, he eventually became disillusioned and began to view those who sailed for fortune and glory to be two-bit upstarts. He secretly formed a criminal organization called Baroque Works, whose public aim was to [[Utopia Justifies the Means|take over the prosperous country of Alabasta and create a utopia]]. To accomplish this he worked to undermine Alabasta's King's influence by [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity|defeating criminals before the army could]], [[Gambit Roulette|and by exploiting a drought in order to pit the kingdom against an army of rebels]]. His Devil Fruit, the Sand-Sand Fruit (''Suna Suna no Mi''), lets him turn into and control sand, a very useful ability in the desert kingdom.
 
His former bounty was 81,000,000 Beri.
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Is every bit as powerful (and then some) as he lets on.
* [[Badass]]: Hits the qualification line and keeps on running.
* [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit]]: Goes to battle while dressed like a blinged-out mafia don, complete with a ring on almost every finger and a pimpin' green fur coat. In fact, after being broken out of prison by Luffy and Ivankov, he actually takes the time to get similar clothing before making their escape in earnest. He now sports an all-black version of his Alabasta outfit, which is universally considered to be much more [[Badass]] than his old one.
* [[Bad Boss]]: Regardless of how well you've served him, it's ''very'' unlikely that you'll survive working for him.
* [[Big Bad]]: Of the Baroque Works Saga and arguably the most widely recognized in the series.
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* [[Evil Plan]]: His [[Plan]] to take over Alabasta, from beginning to end, as its what drives the arc. It's hinted that he's pulling another one with his decision to go to Impel Down. It involves
** [[Batman Gambit]]: Turning the people against the king by making them think he's behind the draught
** [[Gambit Roulette]]: Some changes events.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Just look at his seiyuu.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Seems like a cool-enough man to have a beer with. 'Tis all an act, though.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: It's been heavily implied there's a reason he went from what was described as being very similar to Luffy in outlook to the cynical [[Jerkass]] he is now, and it's probably a [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[For the Evulz]]: Even with his all his intricate plans and important work to do, he still takes time out of his day to torture a determined old man trying to save his destroyed town by sending him regular destructive sandstorms. And his mind raping of Princess Vivi was largely unnecessary, but he still found it highly entertaining.
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* [[Hook Hand]]: It's even golden. {{spoiler|The hook is also removable. Underneath is... [[The Untwist|another hook]]}}.
** {{spoiler|Though the second hook is also poisonous. And underneath ''that'' hook is a dagger}}.
* [[How Dare You Die Onon Me!]]: Though he wasn't actually killed by the attack, Crocodile gets absolutely livid when Whitebeard {{spoiler|is stabbed by one of his misguided crew mates}}.
* [[Large and In Charge]]
* [[Left for Dead]]: This seems to be a poor habit of his when he gets too angry with his foes as he does this then, takes off. This lead to his downfall in Alabasta against a [[Determinator]] like Luffy.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: He's the first villain to give Luffy a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] in their first fight to the point that Luffy could only make him mad and not even hit him properly! Oh, and unlike most villains he's the only one so far to beat Luffy ''twice'' in one arc.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: Just look at his outfit. Oh, and he prepares a feast for Vivi when he's holding her captive.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Has a surprisingly large female fan base. Might be the [[Evil Genius|brains]], might be the [[Large and In Charge|build]], might be the [[Badass in Aa Nice Suit|awesome suits]], or maybe it's just because chicks dig guys who are overflowing with [[Evil Is Cool|cool]].
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
** As well, his main man, a [[Badass|previous bounty hunter who is also really tall, super strong, can turn his body parts into blades]], is named Daz Bones.
* [[Never Smile At a Crocodile]]: His obvious [[Animal Motifs]]. He also keep several gargantuan Bananadiles as pets.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: He's a [[Pirate]], [[Knight in Sour Armor|knight]], [[Pimp Duds|pimp]], [[Dishing Out Dirt|sandman]], [[Bad Boss|boss]], [[Samurai]], [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity|hero]], [[Big Bad|villain]], [[The Mafia|crime lord]], [[Handicapped Badass|amputee]], ex-con and [[The Gunslinger|cowboy]], [[Young Gun|as of the SBS]].
** [[Epileptic Trees|Not to mention that he might either be a woman or a crocodile.]]
*** [[Poison Oak Epileptic Trees|Or both.]]
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: Prepares a feast for a captured Vivi.
* [[Not So Different]]: With Doflamingo. Both had the position as one of the Seven Warlords, [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|neither of them believe in dreams]] (especially those seen in the Age Of Pirates), both have little desire [[You Have Failed Me...|to keep subordinates who fail them]], and both are downright sadistic. {{spoiler|However, when Doflamingo offers to help Crocodile kill Whitebeard, Crocodile told him to get out of his face, ''and threatened to kill him''}}.
** In a way, he's also similar to Luffy, and when he talks to him, mentions that he was just as naive as him, and even wanted to (and still does want to) become King of the Pirates; the scar on his face may further cement this, as his personality is hinted to have been like Luffy's. In all likelihood, his experiences in the Grand Line changed him.
*** His recent decision to {{spoiler|become a pirate again and head for the New World, meaning that he is once again chasing his dream}} brings him closer to Luffy and even further away from Doflamingo.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: In their first encounter, he gave Luffy a few minutes to mess around before swiftly impaling him and [[Left for Dead|burying him alive]].
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Oda tends to draw him appearing more treacherous than any other character in the series. Seriously. If there's a close-up on his face, expect it to be at an ominous angle, with plenty of creepy facial shadows. If he gets beat up, his hair will dangle in front of his face, making him look even creepier. If he's in a good mood, he'll give a [[Slasher Smile]] that'll put Doflamingo to shame. Hell, in his last appearance before {{spoiler|the time skip}}, he's in a close-up panel giving the most sinister looking [[Slasher Smile]] the series has ever seen. Even the anime depicts him as having skin so pale he's two shades of grey away from being a full-blown ''Vampire''.
* [[Off Withwith His Head]]: Being a [[Nigh Invulnerability|Logia]], this is a minor annoyance to Crocodile.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: He can turn entire cities into barren deserts if he wants to, and sometimes [[Omnicidal Maniac|he does]].
* [[Technicolor Toxin|PurplePoison]]: His hidden hook has this.
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*** And the winner of the OP character contest in 2011.
** He's killed anyone who's had the balls to try to humiliate him.
* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]]: His front as Alabasta's guardian made him revered in the country he was secretly trying to take over.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: He's an amazing strategist and has one of the deadliest powers in the series, but his fruit powers are more susceptible to water and other liquids than other devil fruit users because of the element it uses. It's even weak enough to the point a nice drizzle or being hit with any wet object (such as fists) will nullify his logia powers temporarily. Good thing he is prepared for such events by being skilled in other combat arts.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]
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=== Jinbe, "First Son of the Sea" ===
{{quote| See [[One Piece (Manga)/Characters/Major Allies/Characters|Major Allies]]}}
 
 
=== Marshall D. Teach -- "Blackbeard" ===
{{quote| See [[One Piece (Manga)/Characters/Major Villains/Characters|Major Villains]]}}
 
 
=== Gekko Moriah ===
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{{quote| "Straw Hat... Ughah!... Then you go see for yourself... What a real nightmare is...! In the New World!"}}
 
{{quote| Voiced by: [[Katsuhisa Houki]] (JP)}}
 
The fifth of the Seven Warlords to be formally introduced. Gekko Moriah resides on a massive island/ship known as Thriller Bark, where he kidnaps unsuspecting travelers and uses the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit (''Kage Kage no Mi'') to strip them of their shadows and utilizes them to raise an army of zombies. He believes the undead to be superior to the living, as they can just be replaced when destroyed and do not possess souls. This way of thinking is due to his entire crew being wiped out by the Emperor Kaidou some time in the past.
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* [[Adult Child]]: He spent at least half of his screen time during the Thriller Bark Arc acting like this. [[It Got Worse|Then he got serious]].
* [[Ambiguously Human]]: He's a giant horned albino with a body shaped like a bowling pin.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: The gecko, his clothing and overall features resembling a gecko, and a bat.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Subverted as he used others to fight him, and as soon as he fights, {{spoiler|he's a glorified punching guy}}.
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Moriah is indeed a badass competitor worthy of his title of Warlord. He's also currently a lazy bum whose motto is "You do it!" {{spoiler|which made him rusty.}}
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: His Devil Fruit lets him manipulate and even steal someone's shadow.
** {{spoiler|[[Attack of the Fifty 50-Foot Whatever]]: Himself in Shadows Asgard form}}
** [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: His Devil Fruit works by ripping off people's shadows, also leaving them without a reflection. Oh, and they disintegrate in direct sunlight. He then takes these shadows and either absorbs them to make himself stronger or ''makes an army of zombie slaves''. The zombie doesn't even have the personality and will of the original person it's made from. Honestly, what morally good use could a power like this be put to?
** [[Dual-Wielding]]: The scissors he uses to cut off peoples' shadows can be split in two to be used as swords. And if he absorbs the shadows of several swordsmen, he can even become a [[Master Swordsman]] himself.
** [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]: His Lizard Horn Spear impaled {{spoiler|even a colossal beast like Oars Jr.}} with ease.
** [[Impossible Shadow Puppets]]: Inverted with his Shadow Revolution, in which he controls the shape of the shadow to change the shape of the body casting it, due to the fundemental law of nature that the object and the shadow must '''always''' be the same shape. He demonstrated this by turning Oars into a [[Rubber Man]] and a giant ball.
** [[Living Shadow]]: He can animate his shadow, which he calls Doppelman, to fight for him while he lazes around, make a legion of sharp-toothed bats, or a large spear with a lizard-shaped hilt out of said shadow.
** [[The Necromancer]]: revives the undead by implanting shadows of his victims within them.
** [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: His shadow can be attacked, but will completly reform without much trouble.
** [[Ninja Log]]: He can switch locations with his shadow at any time, giving him a defense similar to [[Elemental Shapeshifter|Logia]] [[Nigh Invulnerable|users]].
** {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}: {{spoiler|Shadows Asgard; this also counts as [[Clipped-Wing Angel]] since this form can be defeated by beating the shadows out of him. Also crosses over into [[The Last Dance]] territory}}.
** [[Shaping Your Attacks]]: Can turn his shadow in a flock of bats, a lizard-like spear and anything else he could imagine probably...
** [[Weakened Byby the Light]]: People who have had their shadows stolen by Moriah will be vaporised in the sunlight. Although if their shadow returns to them before they're completely vaporised they'll return to normal (see [[Impossible Shadow Puppets]]).
** [[Zerg Rush]]: His Brick Bat technique.
** [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: His Devil Fruit powers enable him to revive dead bodies by implanting shadows within them. When the Straw Hats showed up he had collected roughly a thousand of them.
** [[Zombie Mooks]]: He uses his Devil Fruit power to make them in place of a traditional crew.
* [[Evil Albino]]: He's a white skinned giant.
* [[Expy]]: Possibly of the Disney version of [[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hades]], especially 20 years ago.
* [[Flunky Boss]]: A non-video game example, as he prefers to have his underlings do the work for him. {{spoiler|His first fight with Luffy has him literally sitting on his ass, laying out, and offering commentary while Luffy tried, and failed, to get past Moriah's shadow}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Freudian Excuse]]}}: {{spoiler|After his [[Nakama]] were wiped out, he began avoiding new attachments and surrounding himself with completely replaceable -- and nigh-indestructible -- zombies}}.
* [[Gonk]]: Is he even supposed to be human?
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: His entire face and neck seem to be sliced vertically in half and stitched back again. Although 20-odd years ago, he had considerably fewer stitches, implying that it's more likely just a [[Fashion Victim Villain|fashion choice]].
* [[How the Mighty Have Fallen]]: Not even taking into consideration {{spoiler|losing his Warlord status and nearly dying because he'd become too weak}}, just compare his current self to how he [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008010139/http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/3/37/Young_Moria.png used] [http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/5/59/Kid_moria.PNG to be]{{Dead link}}. {{spoiler|Having all of his [[Nakama]] slaughtered and chin torn off ''really'' fucked him up.}}
* [[Horned Humanoid]]: He's one of the three giant characters to have some.
* [[Jerkass]]: Although his minions are very loyal to him, all he cares about is his giant, Oars. He also seems to an ass to everyone he contacted with.
** You can blame Kaido for that.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: So very much to the zombies, but is weak compared to the other Warlords. {{spoiler|Not anymore.}}
* [[Made of Iron]]: He may lack strength, but think about it: he got up after being totally pummeled by ''Nightmare Luffy'', alias Luffy with the skills and fighting power of 100 people combined to his own. He got up (though after some time), went [[One-Winged Angel]] and then {{spoiler|survived two [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Gom Gom Giant Jet Shell]] in a row ''and'' a '''falling tower''' before finally fainting.}} He may be weak and spineless, but he surely has one hell of a stamina!
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "''Gekko''" is Japanese for "moonlight" and also refers to his [[Animal Motif]], the gecko. Moria is a very creepy and dangerous location in [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|Middle-earth]].
* [[Monster Clown]]: Сheckered trousers and ridiculous boots he wears don't exactly fit your typical image of a fearsome necromancer. Plus, the whole attitude.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Nothing screams "I'm evil!" more than a demonic appearance.
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