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** Suprisingly, (probable) [[Big Bad]] Blackbeard is this to everyone, no matter the circumstance. Yeah, he tried to capture Luffy that one time, and he handed Ace over to be executed, but he doesn't mind if Luffy goes and saves him. Hell, he even praises Luffy for finding Skypeia and growing stronger. He genuinely seems to carry no grudges against people he slaughters/maims.
** Magellan may be in charge of LITERAL hell on earth Impel Down, but he's not sadistic, he doesn't enjoy fighting, and he doesn't actively try to mess with the prisoners. He also tends to go easy on people who (foolishly) oppose him, and he could destroy Impel Down and everyone in it by himself if he wanted to.
*** Magellan is really more of a [[Hero Antagonist]]. He's not actually evil and has never done anything evil, his goals [[Protagonist
* [[Agent Peacock]]: Emporio Ivankov.
* [[Air Jousting]]: Taken to its literal trope between Gan Fall and Shura.
* [[The Alcatraz]]: Welcome to Impel Down, the most secure prison on the planet and home to its deadliest criminals. Modeled after the Buddhist hell, with multiple levels of torture and imprisonment, each more horrible than the last. Don't even think of escape, convicts, as this prison is built in the Calm Belt, entirely underwater, and surrounded by sea monsters. There's also a secret sixth level, made especially for criminals [[Tailor
* [[A Lesson in Defeat]]: Mihawk gives Zoro one at the Baratie.
* [[All Amazons Want Hercules]]: More specifically, [[It Makes Sense in Context|they want your balls]].
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* [[The Aloner]]: Brook.
* [[Aloof Older Brother]]: Flashbacks reveal that {{spoiler|Ace}} was, shockingly, one in the past.
* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: One of the most infamous examples to date! When 4Kids dubbed ''[[One Piece]]'' they replaced the adventurous "We Are" opening with a rap about the plot, characters, and basically being a pirate. [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|Many fans of the original were not pleased]]. Although some admit it's [[Ear Worm|catchy]].
** 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.]
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*** The themes seem to generally follow the mood of the story. Once {{spoiler|the crew reunites again}}, the new song is even more upbeat.
** [[Ending Theme]]: Many of these, too. Curiously enough, the first of these ("Memories") is probably the most non-action-y anime ending theme ever; all it features is the first five Straw Hats appearing one-by-one, and standing completely still.
* [[Animorphism]]: The Zoan-type Devil Fruits allow the user to become a fully different species of animal, as well as a [[Half
** There are sub-types of Zoan fruits that turn the user into dinosaurs or even [[Superpower Lottery|invincible mythical creatures]].
* [[Annoying Arrows]]: The Rumbar Pirates were able to spend their last minutes merrily partying and singing away with quivers of poisoned arrows protruding from them, the poison being what brought them down. In the anime, this goes on for nearly five minutes.
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* [[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
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Eneru and Rob Lucci. Both somewhat [[Justified Trope|justified]], since the former was literally invincible until [[Elemental Rock
* [[Artificial Human]]: The Pacifistas, though the reason for their appearance is still a mystery.
* [[Art Attacker]]: Mr. 3, who uses wax sculptures, and Miss Goldenweek, who uses color to paint on Standard Status Effects or other powers. They are paired together due to their art theme.
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** Very much earlier, the less formidable Captain Morgan had an axe in place of a hand.
* [[Backstory]]: ''Everyone.'' If a character is fighting one of the Strawhats for more than two chapters, expect them to have some sort of [[Backstory]].
* [[Back
** And to one up that, we've got none other than Whitebeard and Roger on the cover page of Chapter 597.
* [[Badass]]: Read the next ten or so entries.
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* [[The Baroness]]: Kalifa. The sexpot kind.
* [[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.''
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* [[The Bechdel Test]]: Despite being heavy on [[The Smurfette Principle]], the series actually manages to pass the test. Mostly happens when Robin and Nami talk to each other or when Nami fights a female opponent.
* [[Believing Their Own Lies]]: God Eneru was aware that "God" was merely a title, but was so powerful he convinced himself he was the real thing.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Almost every Straw Hat has one. And if you harm one of their own... ''[[This Is Unforgivable!|RUN]]. RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN.''
** Luffy:
*** Don't touch his hat, EVER. Unless, you know, you're part of the crew. But even then, it's best not to do it unless he gave it to you to hold on to.
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** [[The Chessmaster|Sir Crocodile]] for Baroque Works.
** [[A God Am I|Eneru]] for Skypiea.
** [[General Failure|Spandam]] with [[Dragon
** [[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
* [[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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** Perhaps the most notable case is Brook, whose Yomi-Yomi Fruit allows nothing more than coming back from the dead. His soul took so long finding his body that it had rotted to only bones by the time Brook fully revived. Plus, it's implied this power only works ''once'', so Brook is now left with the negative effects of a Devil Fruit. Regardless, even Brook has found ways to put his light, bones-only body to good use.
*** The Yomi-Yomi fruit also keeps you in whatever state you were in when it kicked in permanently, essentially bestowing semi-immortality; the user can't age or die of natural causes, but they can be killed by other means. This turned out to be more of a curse for Brook since it led to him spending ''fifty years'' all alone on a deserted ship.
*** And the most horrific side-effect of all: if someone cuts off Brook's afro, it will [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|never grow back]].
**** Possibly averted post-timeskip as he can seperate his soul from his body(bones?) to relay messages or put himself back together again, and use the COLD EMBRACE OF DEATH ITSELF to deliver a freezing sword slice.
** A much more recent example is {{spoiler|Coby, who spontaneously ends up developing Haki. Mantra, to be specific, meaning he can hear voices of people from far away and know exactly what they're doing. Cool, right?.... except he develops it right in the middle of the Whitebeard War, meaning his first experience with it is masses of people DYING. And he hears every single one. Oh....and [[Power Incontinence|he can't control it yet]], meaning he'll keep hearing people's voices and pain until he learns to turn it off.}}
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** 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}}.
* [[Boom Headshot]]: In Luffy's flashback to his time with Shanks, Shanks is held at gunpoint by a mountain bandit. [[What Do You Mean
* [[Bootstrapped Leitmotif]]: Franky's theme music.
* [[Bowdlerise]]: 4Kids North American dub.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Usopp and Sanji at times.
** When they were learning about dials, Luffy is told to speak into a tone dial to record his voice. What does Luffy say? "Usopp's an idiot!"
** Sanji also tends to get the worst of things. {{spoiler|His wanted poster picture is a hand drawn piece of crap}}, {{spoiler|someone who looks ''JUST LIKE THE PICTURE'' tries to kill him because of it}}, not to mention {{spoiler|getting blasted to an island of [[Laser
*** One Word, and a letter: Pirate A.
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