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** Shanks, while one of the most easygoing and laidback characters, ''freaks'' out when Luffy was kidnapped by a bandit.
** Nami's mother Bellemere facing the decision to either save herself and deny her children's existence or save her children and be killed by [[General Ripper|Arlong.]] She [[Mama Bear|chooses the latter.]]
** {{spoiler|Boa Hancock and her sisters}} were the youngest members of their crew and the second their older crewmates took their eyes off of them, they were {{spoiler|kidnapped and sold as slaves. It took them ''years'' to get home.}}
* [[Advanced Ancient Acropolis]]: It's implied that there is (or was) one of these prior to the formation of the World Government, complete with superweapons powerful enough to destroy entire islands, during a period known as the "Void Century". Any and all knowledge of it has been suppressed, and anyone attempting to regain that knowledge will be hunted down and annihilated, along with ''any surrounding territory''. Nico Robin's dream is to learn what happened.
* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: Chief Warden Magellan becomes a rare non-videogame example in the latter part of the Impel Down Arc, once it becomes clear just how overpowered he is.
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** The German version of ''[[One Piece]]'' also has a theme song different from the Japanese version. It can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIABl_Omc8 here].
* [[Always a Bigger Fish|Always a Bigger Sea King]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/103-58422-11/one-piece/chapter-603.html Seen Here.]
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: 99% of the Pirates are really, really ''[[Complete Monster|monsters]]''. It's Luffy and crew whom are some of the very ''few'' exceptions, which makes {{spoiler|[[Selfish Good|Luffy]]'s liberation of prisoners in Impel Down a [[Fridge Horror|very horrible thing to do]]}}. It's on the other side of the Great Line where things get better, mainly thanks to the 4 Emperors and their crews.
** The World Nobles, the ruling power of the World Government. Not one of them is portrayed sympathetically. If anything, they're even worse than pirates.
* [[Always Female]]: Whenever someone on Amazon Lily has a baby, it always turns out to be a girl for some reason.
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* [[Angrish]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v45/c436/2.html Sanji's reaction] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIy1hdARQo anime version]) to his bounty poster.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Oda loves these. Every CP9 member, the three admirals, and the original Seven Warlords of the Sea all have animal themes. The Straw Hats have them too, though theirs are a bit vaguer. However, Oda has stated he's sure of at least one. He ''thinks''.... that Chopper is a [[Shaped Like Itself|reindeer]].
* [[Animal Talk]]: Chopper can talk to humans and animals and act as a translator, which has come in handy before.
** Averted with other Zoan fruits. Simply eating, say, the Neko-Neko Fruit Fruit does not allow one to speak to cats.
*** [[Fridge Logic|Well Chopper did explain he can do it because he was originally an animal himself]].
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*** It eventually takes the entirety of the {{spoiler|Blackbeard Pirates}} attacking in tandem to take him down. ''[[Badass|And he still dies standing up.]]''
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Luffy, whose crew includes a talking reindeer, a singing skeleton, and a cyborg, is shocked that Law has a ''bear'' in his crew.
** To be fair, we're never given an explanation for why the bear can talk. However, the existence of a talking [[Up to Eleven|starfish]] was properl... eh, somehow explained in-story.
** Also the people from the Grand Line believe Skypiea to be merely a myth. This coming from a sea where islands have lightning rain and a good amount of people have strange abilities.
* [[Arc Number]]: Whenever someone's past is mentioned, terrible events always occur on some multiple of 3 or 10 years ago. Compared to the number of people this does not apply to, it's almost like there's a triennial apocalypse... at least for any named characters.
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* [[Arc Words]]: The Will of D.
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: The World Nobles, who take this to downright absurd levels (rape, slavery, and genocide are the ''mildest'' of their misdeeds), the nobility of the Goa Kingdom, and King Wapol. The ruling family of Alabasta averts this.
** The ruling family of Fishmen Island also averts this.
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Nami; at times Vivi.
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Eneru and Rob Lucci. Both somewhat [[Justified Trope|justified]], since the former was literally invincible until [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|Luffy came along]], and the latter was a government [[Tyke Bomb]].
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* [[Asleep for Days]]: Luffy sleeps for three days after defeating Crocodile. After he's told this, he calculates that he missed [[Big Eater|15 meals]].
* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]]: In one SBS, Oda lampshades the fact that Robin's attack names regularly mix and match English, Spanish, and French. "It's a bit jumbled up, but it sounds nice, so no worries."
* [[As Long as There Is One Man]]: After Boa Hancock petrifies Vice Captain Momonga's crew, she mockingly states that his crew is down to one. He replies that "one" is not the same as none.
* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: A common part of Oda's design style:
** Usopp is designed to look like Pinocchio. His long nose recalls Pinocchio instantly, while his large boots, knobby body, and dark skin are specifically designed to look like wooden marionette. Fittingly, he's a constant liar, who desperately wishes to become a real man.
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** Played straight with other pirate crews, where the captain is always the most battle-capable member of his or her crew.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Crossdressers (''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' author [[Nobuhiro Watsuki]] confirmed that then-assistant Oda was responsible for the creation of crossdressing villain Kamatari) and [[Funny Afro|Funny Afroes]].
* [[Auto Cannibalism]]:
** In a plot point exclusive to the manga, Zeff cut off and ate his own leg while stranded on a deserted island with Sanji, who he had secretly given all the stockpiled food to.
** Later, a villain gifted with Munch-Munch Fruit [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum|eats himself to make himself thinner]] when he gets stuck in an entryway.
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* [[Base on Wheels]]: Capone "Gang" Bege is a base on ''legs''. His insides appear to be more like a fortress, where an army of tiny people, cannons, and horses reside. And while they may look puny from inside his body, they grow to normal size instantly after moving a foot or two away from him.
* [[Bastard Girlfriend]]: Hancock, of course. She can kick a kitten, she can insult pretty much anyone she wants and she can turn people into stone without anyone caring. Why? Because [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful|she is ]]''[[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful|beautiful]]''.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Blackbeard is the man with a plan. Check the page entry for details.
* [[Battle-Interrupting Shout]]: Happens not one, but many times. First, it is subverted by Princess Vivi as per [[Rule of Drama]] when she tried to stop the revolutionary army from attacking the royal palace. Played remarkably straight by Luffy later on: when he screams for a crowd to ''stop'', he can actually cause an entire battlefield to ''faint and froth at the mouth.''
* [[Battle Tops]]: Captain Buggy's First Mate uses spinning tops in one of his attacks.
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*** Though it's fine if you're up for being a [[Worthy Opponent]]/[[The Rival|rival]], as seen during his team-up with Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Law.
** Zoro
*** Not many, but hurting his nakama is definitely one.
*** Particularly if it was Chopper, as Ohm had found out.
** Nami
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*** After the CP9 arc, you wouldn't want to mess with her nakama. They're all she has in the world.
*** Being called "The Demon Child." Tashigi ''really'' learned this the hard way.
*** Being a lackey of the World Government. {{spoiler|It was because of them she lost her hometown and ruined her childhood.}}
** Franky:
*** Hurting the Franky Family is ill advised.
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* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Dr. Hiriluk
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Luffy is a pretty nice guy. There are just some things [[media:youmadethemcry.jpg|he won't tolerate]].
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]:
** Sanji's "Diable Jambe" works ''underwater''.
* [[Black Beard]] {{spoiler|has ''two'' devil fruit powers and hasn't exploded.}}
** There's a [[Big Bad]] who has a sword THAT ATE A DEVIL FRUIT!
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** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in Squad's case, since he only used it to {{spoiler|stab the shit out of Whitebeard}}.
* [[Big Bad]]: Every arc has one, but the saga villains are the ones that stand out the most.
** [[Fantastic Racism|"Sawtooth" Arlong]] for East Blue.
** [[The Chessmaster|Sir Crocodile]] for Baroque Works.
** [[A God Am I|Eneru]] for Skypiea.
** [[General Failure|Spandam]] with [[Dragon-in-Chief|Rob Lucci]] for the CP9.
** [[Evil Counterpart|Marshall D. "Blackbeard" Teach]] for the Whitebeard War.
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: Jyabara.
* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: It's taken quite a while, but it's finally official. At present, the series' top villains are [[Affably Evil|Marshall D]]. [[Evil Counterpart|"Blackbeard"]] [[From Nobody to Nightmare|Teach]] and [[Tyrant Takes the Helm|Fleet Admiral]] "[[General Ripper|Akainu]]" [[Knight Templar|Sakazuki]]. Also arguably [[I'm a Humanitarian|Big Mom]], and [[Manipulative Bastard|Buggy]] [[Consummate Liar|the]] [[Monster Clown|Clown]]. Although the last one is probably more of a [[Big Bad Wannabe]].
** The jury's still out if any combination of [[The Chessmaster|Crocodile]], [[Slasher Smile|Kaido]], [[The Sociopath|Eustass Kid]], [[Tyrannosaurus Rex|X. Drake]], [[The Fatalist|Basil Hawkins]], or [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Trafalgar Law]] will end up within this category, but we can possibly rule out [[Ax Crazy|Donquixote Doflamingo]], since he's more of [[The Dragon]] to the Gorosei.
* [[Big Ball of Violence]]: Played straight. Mr. 2 sacrifices his freedom for Luffy and the Impel Down escapees. Luffy cries, Buggy mocks him, Luffy punches Buggy on the nose, Buggy retaliates.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Ace, the older brother, is rather protective of his younger brother, Luffy. On a not-literally-siblings note, Zoro tends to be most protective of the crew's youngest member, Chopper.
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** Luffy took this [[Up to Eleven]] at the end of the Arabasta arc. He was given an entire cartful of fruit to snack on while he waits for dinner to be prepared. He eats ALL the fruit, ''WITHIN A NANOSECOND'', literally if you blink you'll miss it. Also added that he didn't even bother to peel said fruit or that he ate two cardboard boxes along with it. Zoro and Sanji shout out of what Luffy just did was some kind of trick.
* [[Big Entrance]]: Invoked by Monkey D. Garp. How does he make his entrance? Busting straight through a wall when [[There Was a Door]]. Why? Because it's [[Rule of Cool|cooler that way.]] He then goes on to have his men fix the wall.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Three examples.
** Kong is the commander in chief of the Marines, but he's not nearly as involved in the story as the Fleet Admiral.
** The Gorosei are the leaders of the World Government, but they leave most of the anti-piracy policies to the Marines.
** Kaido is one of the Yonko, but he hasn't made an official appearance just yet.
* [[Big Good]]: Shared and switched amongst various contenders throughout the story. Chronologically speaking, Gold Roger kickstarted the Golden Age of the Pirates, but he's a [[Posthumous Character]], while Dragon remains the most powerful opponent to the World Government, as head of the Revolutionaries. An old rival to Roger, Garp, Sengoku, and Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate had this role thrown upon his shoulders during the Marineford arc, while "Red-Haired" Shanks (a former crewmate of Roger) operates as something of a Bigger Good. After the Whitebeard War, Silvers Rayleigh (Roger's first mate) briefly worked as Luffy's mentor and trainer prior to the [[Time Skip]], but there's a chance he'll return once again.
* [[Big "Never!"]]
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Many and numerous.
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* [[Blood Upgrade]]: Pearl from Don Krieg's crew, who becomes more unpredictable when he realizes he's bleeding.
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]: In a recent chapter, Sanji ended up {{spoiler|having his face squeezed into a mermaid's breasts whilst hiding from the three mermaid princes. The result is that Sanji has a nosebleed so powerful that it erupts into the air in the shape of a mermaid.}} This proves disastrous because just moments ago, Chopper told everyone that Sanji has a rare blood type and he had just run out. So if Sanji had another high-pressure nosebleed, he would be in big trouble.
* [[Bloody Murder]]: Crocodile's [[Achilles' Heel|only weakness]] is liquid, as getting wet prevents him from using his sand powers. What does Luffy use when he has no water? His own blood.
** In the 4Kids version, this was [[Bloodless Carnage|changed to sweat]].
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Hancock of all people gets some.
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* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Hilariously enough, [[Big Bad]] Gold Lion Shiki from the tenth movie and his assistant doctor Indigo have this going on. The OAV of "Chapter 0" shows they were going at it over 20 years back as well.
** Often happens between Nami, Usopp, and Luffy.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: More often than not, if there's a female in the series who's a deadly fighter, they're bound to have large breasts as well. The only exceptions are those who are too young or too old (or too ugly).
** If a female character starts getting stronger, expect their bust size to increase as well, just look at Nami {{spoiler|and Tashigi}}.
** At first, Princess Shirahoshi looks to be an exception, then you realize that {{spoiler|she's the modern incarnation of the Ancient Weapon Poseidon and possesses to control Sea Kings and possibly use them to tear islands apart - fitting considering she has the largest pair in the series}}.
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