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These things about ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.
=== Show Tropes ===▼
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: it's hard not to feel sorry for {{spoiler|Brownbeard, as he is gunned down (And possibly killed) by the Yeti Cool Brothers}}. ▼
▲* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: it's hard not to feel sorry for {{spoiler|Brownbeard, as he is gunned down (And possibly killed) by the Yeti Cool Brothers}}.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Some fans believe that Luffy is only ''acting'' like an [[Idiot Hero]] in order to test himself. This is actually hinted at several times throughout the series.
** Or just [[Smarter Than You Look]].
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* [[Base Breaker]]: Viz's translation. Some are annoyed at the translation choices and usual [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|lack of swearing]], while others tell them "stop whining, nobody cares, it's the same story so read it". It gets messy.
** The Fishmen Island arc has made one section of the fanbase cry RUINEDFOREVER, and the other section say it's perfectly good.
* [[
** Also the royal guards from the Alabasta saga; they show up out of nowhere, having apparently drunken "death water" that gives you superstrength for a few minutes before killing you - a plot device, incidentally, that had never been mentioned before and hasn't been mentioned since. They take a few completely ineffective swings at [[Big Bad]] Crocodile, promptly keel over dead, and no one mentions them ever again.
** Shiki's dance number in the 10th movie.
* [[Breakout Character]]: Currently no character, Straw Hat or not, has nearly the popularity Tony Tony Chopper enjoys in Japan. From the sheer amount of merchandise featuring him - shirts, hats, figurines, watches, candy, underwear, his own spin-off Chopperman - and Luffy sometimes, you'd think both are the only pirates in the series.
* [[Complete Monster]]: A lot of villains in the story are ''really'' nasty. While most of the [[Big Bad]](s) vary, the most generally agreed on are Captain Kuro, Arlong, Spandam, all of the Celestial Dragons shown so far, Hody Jones, Caesar Clown, Admiral Akainu, Shiliew and
* [[Continuity Lock Out]]: '''So very, very much.''' It is a true test of character to try to describe the series to a person who has never heard of it.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]:
** Luffy. Sailing up a geyser and once absorbing a hundred souls, (when most badasses can only hold two or three) are some of his saner plans.
** Franky. Take a guy, dress him up in a Hawaiian shirt and speedo, then watch as Oda consistently (and successfully) challenges himself to make that the ''least'' bizarre thing about him.
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** Well, [[Fan Dumb|only the people]] haven't paid ''any'' attention to a single thing she's done.
*** And then are the people who think she's just a terrible, bland character.
* [[Do We Have This One?]] / [[Truth in Television]]?: Oda has loaded the series with nods to real pirates. Crowner? [[Shrouded in Myth|Legend and Wikipedia has it]] that the notorious pirate <s>Gol D. Roger</s> Olivier Levasseur, nicknamed ''La Buse'', threw a parchment with an encrypted message into the assembled crowd immediately before he was hanged in Saint-Denis on Réunion in 1730, [[Weasel Words|allegedly]] accompanied by the words <s>''"My treasure? Why, it's right where I left it. It's yours if you can find it."''</s> ''"Find my treasure, ye who may understand it!"''
** However, considering {{spoiler|that the cryptogram's history is only tracable back to 1923, there is no hard evidence that the message is original, or that such a message existed in the first place, or that Levasseur ever buried treasure. Spoiler indeed.}}
* [[Dueling Shows]]: With ''[[Naruto]]'', ''[[Bleach]]'' and ''[[Fairy Tail]]''. Along with ''One Piece'', the former two are often referred to as the "big three" of Shonen.
* [[Ear Worm]]: Have you even HEARD the 4Kids' version of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CozVKH4g5Y8&feature=related opening]!?
** More like a [[Piss-Take Rap]]! When [[Marz Gurl]] tried listening to it, she took it quite well
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: [[
** Just the fact that he was usually the most popular non-strawhat makes it that much more shocking when {{spoiler|he becomes the first major character (besides the ''Merry'') to die outside of a flashback. In a series when a minor character can be at the center of a explosion with a 5-km diameter AND NOT DIE, that means a ''lot''.}}
** Trafalgar Law zoomed up to the top ten in the latest popularity poll ''before he even did anything.'' He was a [[Mr. Fanservice|hot guy]] with a fuzzy hat and had a high bounty. That was it. He did turn out to be one of the more interesting of the 11 Supernovas, though.
*** {{spoiler|And he just earned some serious points by showing up at Marineford ''in a submarine'' to save Luffy and Jimbei.}}
** Urouge of the Eleven Supernovas ranked 24th in the 4th popularity poll, above Crocodile and Whitebeard, despite miniscule screen time and plot relevance.
** The series' tendency toward [[Laughably Evil]] [[Quirky Miniboss Squad
** After recent events in Impel Down, {{spoiler|Mr. 2 Bon Clay}} certainly has skyrocketed in many fan polls.
** [[Cute Monster Girl|Monet]] from the Punk Hazard arc has also gained quite a fan following.
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** A fairly amusing gag regarding this occurs when the Straw Hats meet Caimie, a younger, much more attractive mermaid. Zoro [[Brain Bleach|literally erases his own memory of Kokoro]], while Sanji [[Blood From the Mouth|spontaneously hemorrhages]] so they can pretend Caimie was the first mermaid they ever met.
** There's also an Island of Transvestites.
* [[Fandom Rivalry]]: With ''[[Naruto]]'' (especially with the [[Dueling Shows]] dynamic), ''[[Bleach]]'' and ''[[Fairy Tail]]''.
* [[Fan Dumb]]: {{spoiler|Ace's death has apparently started up a segment who believe that Ace's death has caused the series to be [[Ruined FOREVER]].}}
** [[Gratuitous Japanese|Nakama]]. Just... nakama. Allegedly, a magical Japanese word that can mean such untranslatable concepts as companion, comrade, friend, crewmember, etc. God forbid fan translators actually use context to pick one of them depending on the situation.
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** {{spoiler|Also, the crew that impersonates the Strawhats after the [[Time Skip]] are referred to collectively as the Flawhats.}}
* [[Foe Yay]]: Surprising absolutely no one, we have Doflamingo, who jokes about how Crocodile siding with the pirates instead of the World Government is "making me jealous".
** Nami and Kalifka were very [[Foe Yay]]-ish. At one point, Nami admires how smooth Kalifka's skin must be and how she would want her to be her own [[Sexy Secretary]]. [[Lampshaded]] when she reminds herself that she isn't a [[Dirty Old Man]].
** Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Law, despite being introduced relatively late to One Piece fandom, have quickly become one of the most popular pairings of the Supernovas due in part to their position as reluctant and snarky [[Strange Bedfellows]].
** A good argument could be made for Zoro/Tashigi.
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Ace's debut scene, sans a flashback a few episodes back, shows him apparently having up and died while eating; it turns out he just fell asleep and [[Hilarity Ensues]]... {{spoiler|except now he ''is'' dead}} so... yeah.
** When you rewatch Ace's Alabasta arc scenes and see him acting fairly cheerfully, he comes off as a [[Stepford Smiler]] if you consider his childhood.
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*** Arlong killing Bellemere has another [[Tear Jerker]] layer to it. {{spoiler|Fisher Tiger gave his crew the command to not harm humans, no matter what. Not only did Arlong rob Nami of her mother, he also broke his promise to his captain.}}
** The Marineford episodes where {{spoiler|Blackbeard gains Whitebeard's quake powers and unleashes them on Marineford, causing Tsunami's to head towards Sadabody}} was aired shortly before the 9.0 Quake and Tsunami disaster in Japan. OUCH.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: One of the most epic and satisfying events in the franchise was when Luffy confronted St. Charloss during the Sabaody Archipelago Arc. Charloss, like most World Nobles, is an [[Royal Brat]] arrogant, uppity jerk and member of an untouchable privledges class due a dubious claim of being decended from the gods who created the world, but after he assaults Hatchan - not the first atrocity Luffy had witnessed - the Straw Hats captain just doesn't give a damn anymore, and gave Charloss the thrashing he deserved. {{spoiler| This scene takes on a whole new meaning for any fan who continued to wwatch up to the Wano County Arc, where it is revealed that Luffy holds the title of Joyboy, and is thus the avatar of [[God of Good| Nika]] - meaning that, while even Luffy did not know it at the time, St. Charloss was in the presence of an ''actual'' [[God in Human Form]].}}
* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: Tends to rise the farther along the Grand Line the Straw Hats sail.
** With a ''very'' sharp increase ever since Amazon Lily, and especially since the start of the Marineford arc.
** Post-timeskip? Off the charts.
* [[Hate Sink]]: Given his actions and revealed backstory as [[Arc Villain]] of the Egghead Arc, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn has quickly gained the reputation of one of the most vile and hated villains of the series.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Nothing needs to be said about Zoro and Sanji, which is steps into [[Foe Yay]] territory. Also, Zoro's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] for Luffy heavily contributes to the fuel.
** Chaka and Pell, seeing how they are usually seen side by side.
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** Brook and Yorki had an awful lot of smiling and touching going on, especially in the anime. Which just makes that flashback even more depressing when you get to all the inevitable tragedy.
** Coby and Helmeppo skirt the edge between very good friends and boyfriends. The filler doesn't really help. Taking Coby's fanboyish adoration of Luffy into account, an argument could also be made for a Helmeppo-Coby-Luffy triangle.
** Calgara and Norland from the Skypeia Arc flashbacks. The entire arc hinged around their tragic separation and the suffering both of their descendants endured as a result.
** Has its [[One Piece/Ho Yay|own page now.]]
* [[I Knew It!]]: It was always a belief among the fanbase that Luffy and Ace were {{spoiler|not directly related}}. However, nobody thought that {{spoiler|Ace <s>is</s> was the son of Gol D. Roger}}.
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* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Obvious joke aside]], several major characters get this treatment, such as [[Chaste Hero|Luffy]], [[Mr. Fanservice|Zoro]], [[Handsome Lech|Sanji]], [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant|Robin]], [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ace]],[[Action Girl|Nami]] and [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Law]].
* [[Like You Would Really Do It]]: After the Marineford Arc, I think it's save to say that Oda's absolutely subverted this one as much as it can be subverted.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: A number of the series' [[Big Bad
** Pretty telling in Doflamingo's case, considering we still don't know all that much about him.
* [[Memetic Molester]]: Caribou
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** Still counts, as he planned the outline, then remembered the [[Chekhov's Gun|finer details of the plot]], [[Xanatos Speed Chess|and may have even came up with new ideas or even improved on original ideas]]. So it's not that stupid.
*** Better term would be "Oda is [[Crazy Prepared|Prep-Time]] [[Memetic Badass|Batman]]"
** X is Sabo.
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: A person wearing blue shorts, a red vest and a hat coincidentally made of Straw? That could only be what Luffy wears all the time. Some of the other characters have them as well.
* [[Memetic Sex God
* [[Narm]]: The show is frequently brutal, sad, depressing, and dark... and has some of the most ridiculous character designs ever seen in manga. It's like watching a version of ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' acted out by circus clowns.
* [[Narm Charm]]: You know how in ''[[Eragon (film)|Eragon]]'' everyone cries "a [[Single Tear]]"? Yeah, just ''try'' that with ''[[One Piece]]'' and see if it works.
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*** As one poster in the comments section pointed out, the reason why the younger generation reading may seem smaller in the figures is because '''entire families''' tend to buy One Piece and read it together.
*** Consider also the fact that this series has been running for over ten years now. If someone has been reading/watching since the very beginning, chances are they'll be adults now. Of course it says something that they'd still be fans as adults.
* [[Rescued
* [[Rewatch Bonus]]: Lot of it! It's amazing how many little details Oda adds in each chapter.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Absalom, to such a degree that Oda was shocked to receive fanart of him. Also, as mentioned above, Usopp after leaving the crew.
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* [[So Bad It's Good]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPilQgpWmY The Singaporean English dub by Odex].
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_NTATwEP-g Yo ho ho,] [[Ear Worm|he took a bite of Gum-Gum.]]''
** A lot of the 4Kids dub's dialogue, if you don't consider it straight up horrible. This gem from Arlong, for example: "If you can't pay the cash, then you're out with the trash! AND FEEL FREE TO QUOTE ME!"
* [[So Cool Its Awesome]]: The Marineford Arc.
** The whole series, pretty much.
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: Minor case with Enies Lobby. {{spoiler|Nico Robin was given the deal of giving up her freedom, in exchange for the rest of the crew's safety. When said crew come to save her, Spandam states that they will be thrown into Impel Down, regardless of the deal.}} However, he kept up his part of the deal, but that doesn't give the Strawhat Pirates the right to beat up around five hundred guards (by that point) and just get off with a slap on the wrists. Regardless, Robin and Frankey claim its just a minor technicality that he is abusing. Though, to be fair, he likely would've chased the crew later, given half the chance.
* [[Squick]]: The thought of {{spoiler|Ace's mother, Portgas D. Rouge, holding him in her womb for twenty months just to keep the Marine from finding out he Gol D. Roger's son}} It's a badass accomplishment without a doubt, but good god is it wince-worthy...
** Dr. Hogback. Pretty much everything he does.
** And then there's the fact that {{spoiler|Vander Decken hasn't washed his hand in 10 years}}. Eww!
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* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: No one could tell what gender Koala was in her initial appearance.
** Actually, it was quite easy to tell due to her having huge, black irises with lights like any other female character. It was just that she had messy hair (due to not being able to have a haircut and combing when she was a slave) and wore boys' clothing (probably the only clothes her temporary village could provide her instead of her slave rags), so readers may have thought the eyes existed only to make "him" look cute.
* [[Wall Banger]]: Many of the changes in the 4K!ds version of the anime. This version of the work was an indirect [[Trope Namer]] to [[Frothy Mugs of Water]].
* [[What an Idiot!]]: {{spoiler|"I SHALL BE THE PIRATE KING!!" Oh, Hodi, you ''really'' shouldn't have said that...}}
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: The Punk Hazard arc, full stop. Giant skulls? Dragons? Flying bird lady things? Gas mask men who {{spoiler|are lamb people}} underneath? Centaurs? Giant kids in a nursery? {{spoiler|Moving, talking blob}} who is the leader of said {{spoiler|lamb}} people? {{spoiler|Giant, frozen corpses}}? Poison gas on the island? {{spoiler|Trafalgar Law}} making and inexplicable appearance? [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Franky's beetle-jaw hairstyle?]]. Didn't they teach Oda in school not to mix LSD with crack? Granted, it will probably make sense later on, but this whole arc is getting to be pretty "out there".
** Although, to be fair, the same could be said for the entire series. We've seen Islands in the Sky, that habitat giant birds with key-shaped beaks along with bizarre fish such as "Skysharks". We've seen a hypnotist that moonwalks everywhere he goes and a man who tried to turn the main characters into a giant wax cake. That last one gained powers from a mystical fruit, which have been used by over half of the series' characters. Oh, and our heroes include a rubber man, a skeleton with an afro, a cyborg, and a reindeer doctor. One Piece is screwed up.
** Also, [[Fridge Brilliance|Trafalgar Law actually makes the entire arc make sense, given his already-established Devil Fruit ability]].
* [[The Woobie]]: Chopper, Robin and Brook. Also Coby in the beginning.
** Usopp in Water 7. First he gets the crap kicked out of him by a gang of characters Zoro defeated single-handedly, losing two-thirds of the Straw Hat crew's fortune. To make matters worse, the crew doesn't even get angry; they just feel sorry for him. Then he tries to get the money back, but he gets flattened again. His ship, a gift from his girlfriend's dead parents, is broken beyond repair and nobody else seems to care. He challenges Luffy to a duel for the ship and loses, and then Luffy gives him the ship anyway. While spending the last of his money on the repair effort, he gets kidnapped by a vengeful cyborg, told once again that his ship is going to die, kidnapped ''again'' and forced to watch as his beloved ship is callously thrown into the sea. Subsequent [[
** And now Ace, {{spoiler|who spent his life being told his father was a monster and wondered if he should've been born.}}
** After recent events, {{spoiler|Luffy qualifies as well}}.
** Garp. Watching the two boys he raised as his own grandsons grow up to be notorious pirates, and then seeing one of them captured and sentenced to death, sparking the biggest war between pirates and marines in recent memory, you know the poor guy's got to be all kinds of torn up.
*** Especially considering that Garp is a high ranking Marine and is thus obligated to side against them, or at the very least stay out of the way as his coworkers try to kill his grandsons. That is a seriously unpleasant situation to be in.
** Really, if a character isn't a bad guy, or if he/she is a bad guy [[Dark and Troubled Past|for a]] [[Freudian Excuse|solid excuse]], about 95% of the time you'll want to just drop everything and give them a big bear hug. A series full of [[Determinator
* [[World of Woobie]]: A lighter version than most, but increasingly obvious with later arcs.
* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Pirates of the Caribbean]] meets...
** ...''[[Dragon Ball]]''.
** ...''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''.
** ...[[X-Men]].
=== Roronoa Zoro ===
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Is Zoro a [[Badass]] who is determined to keep his promises or is he a [[Heartbroken Badass]] with shades of [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] towards his deceased childhood friend Kuina? And considering his [[Celibate Hero]] status and his particular reaction towards [[Identical Stranger|Tashigi]], it would explain a lot.
* [[Shipping Goggles]]: Oh boy…
** [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Especially Zoro/Nami and Zoro/Sanji.
** [[Foe Yay]]: Zoro/Mihawk, and more regularly Zoro/Kuina.
** [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: His deal with Kuma is Yaoi fuel towards Zoro/Luffy, but it’s also good material for Zoro/Sanji fiction.
** [[Ho Yay]]: Again Zoro/Sanji, but there are many others, most notably Zoro/Luffy.
** [[Interspecies Romance]]: Some fans aren’t satisfied with Zoro and Chopper’s [[Big Brother Instinct|brotherly]] [[Cry Cute|relationship]], and take a step on a slippery slope towards this.
** [[Seme]]: His natural role in gay-relationships, but it’s rarely inverted. Depending on the shipper the relationship is quite balanced or then the partner is exaggerately feminine. Especially Luffy’s [[Wimpification|ukefication]] in some fanarts must be seen to be believed.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Zoro has protected the two [http://www.manga-access.com/manga/O/One_Piece/chapter/190/4 female] [http://www.manga-access.com/manga/O/One_Piece/chapter/275/3 members] in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] / [[Berserk Button]] manner.
** Can't forget the two [[Almost Kiss
=== Usopp ===
* [[The Scrappy]]: Got a bit of hate for his decision to {{spoiler|leave the crew and duel Luffy over his decision to abandon the Going Merry}}
** [[Rescueed From The Scrappy Heap]]: When he [[Took a Level
=== Tony Tony Chopper ===
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Yup, in Japanese, Chopper is [[Pokémon (anime)|Pikachu]].
* {{spoiler|[[Nightmare Fuel]]}}: {{spoiler|His Monster Point form}}.
** {{spoiler|[[Nightmare Retardant]]}}: [
=== Franky ===
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Italian fans instantly recognized his voice as [[Dragon Ball|Majin Bu]]. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Though it doesn't fit him properly...]]
** This is the whole reason Franky was created. So Kazuki Yao could voice him. Or, more accurately, the reason he is who he is.
* [[Shipping Goggles]]: He has his share of shipping, but it’s mostly limited to Robin and sometimes Usopp.
** [[Ship Tease]]: Franky/Robin shiptease has peaked up in recent anime episodes. The new [[Opening Narration]] shows Robin helping Franky with his inventions, when the helper’s role is usually given to the crew’s another inventor, Usopp. Additionally, when Franky and Robin meet after two years, their conversation is filled with ship tease starting with Franky openly and loudly complimenting Robin’s appearance. Then there’s Franky’s reaction (or lack of) to [[World's Most Beautiful Woman|Boa Hancock]] when the crew sees her. It seems that the creators of the anime have really taken Franky and Robin’s roles as [[Word of God|official]] [[Team Dad]] and [[Team Mom]] seriously.
=== Buggy ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Boy is he ever. Not so much in Japan (Although he's still popular there). However, outside of Japan and especially in North America [[Fan Nickname|God of Pirates, Buggy-Sama]] has a massive fanbase for being a...
* [[Magnificent Bastard]] and a...
* [[Memetic Badass]].
=== Vivi Nefeltari ===
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Caitlin Glass]] and [[Misa Watanabe]].
* [[Iron Woobie]]
* [[Shipping Goggles]]: Most popular pairings seems to be Vivi/Kohza [[Childhood Friends|(for obvious reasons)]] and Vivi/''any'' Strawhat.
=== Bon Clay ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: If he wasn't before, Impel Down certainly skyrocketed him to the top of many fans' lists.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: A meta example, as his seiyuu is [[Kazuki Yao]], voice of the Straw Hat Franky.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: [[Blatant Lies|* sobs* N-no, I'm not...* sniff*
* [[Woolseyism]]: Okama Way was translated into Crossdresser Kenpo, and was thus [[Bowdlerized]] in American editions. In the manga translation by Viz, it's rendered as Oh Come My Way, a knowing wink towards those familiar with the original word. In fact, Mr. 2 and his flunkies actually say "Oh come my way" in an [[Image Song]].
=== Emporio Ivankov ===
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: A [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] [[Gonk]] [[Gender Bender]] version of [[Rocky Horror Picture Show|Dr. Frank-n-Furter]] with KISS make-up who can switch sex on the fly and fights with [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|weaponized winking]]? If he doesn't [[Squick]] you out, he is this.
=== Captain Morgan ===
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Ordering that ''a little girl be killed'' just for entering his base without permission and even killing the Marine who refused his orders. Even his smug asshole of a son thought he was going too far!
=== Captain Kuro ===
* [[Complete Monster]]: Was actually the first true monster in the series, at least compared to all the other [[Jerkass]] villains before him. Usopp even call him "irredeemable bastard!", to which Luffy replies "Who would ''want'' to redeem ''him''?"
* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Come on, you have to admit that he ''is'' quite stylish. Just look at the picture up there!
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: ''His entire plan.'' When it involves arranging for the murder of the girl to whom you've posed as a father figure, and doing it not just to take her inheritance money but because you hated her for no good reason and want peace of mind, and then you tell that ''right to her face'', there's no doubt you're far over this.
=== Arlong ===
* [[Complete Monster]]: Even though he has some arguable [[Pet the Dog]] moments with his fellow Fishmen (like getting furious when Luffy uses one of them as a shield during their fight), there is no denying that he ''is'' this to all the other species. Just ask [[Missing Mom|Nami.]]
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: When he kills Nami and Nojiko's Mom right in front of them. And if that wasn't bad enough, how about forcing Nami to make all of those maps for him for pretty much her whole childhood? Even worse, how about when he goes back on his word and has a corrupt Marine official confiscate her hard-earned money so he could keep her under his iron grip forever? Needless to say, it's easy to see why many view him as one of the series' biggest scumbags to date.
=== God Eneru ===
* [[Complete Monster]]: Or at least bordering on it, since he cares for nothing but himself.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Planning on destroying Sky Island, killing everyone on it.
=== Rob Lucci ===
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Deduced {{spoiler|Iceburg's relationship with Franky and the ownership of the Pluton blueprints}} ''on heartbeat speed alone'', and single-handedly jeopardized the Straw Hats' entire mission and almost killed them by {{spoiler|breaching the walls of Tower of Justice ''[[Razor Wind|with the air from his kick]]'', allowing water to escape through and drown Luffy's nakama}}... just to piss him off.
=== Spandam ===
* [[Americans Hate Tingle|Americans Despise Spandam]]: One of the [[The Scrappy|absolute least popular characters]] in the West, he managed to crack the top 30 in one Japanese poll.
* [[Complete Monster]]: An interesting case; at first, he couldn't qualify as he was ''very much'' [[Played for Laughs]]. Then, all of a sudden, [[Cerebus Syndrome|he got serious]] and, long story short, ended up surpassing ''Arlong'' as the series's defining scumbag.
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* [[The Scrappy]]: As noted above in the [[Americans Hate Tingle]] entry, he's widely reviled in the states for [[Smug Snake|all]] [[Dirty Coward|sorts]] [[Never My Fault|of]] [[Complete Monster|reasons.]]
=== Kaku ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]
=== Blackbeard ===
* {{spoiler|[[I Knew It!]]}}: {{spoiler|Since the Whitebeard War began, there were numerous fan predictions and fake spoilers of him showing up with the [[Chekhov's Gunman|Level Six prisoners]]. Sure enough, he did, but not when they thought, him stealing Whitebeard's power and with Avaro Pizaro either}}.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: He's no Crocodile, but still pretty damn cunning and effective.
=== Shiki ===
* {{spoiler|[[What an Idiot!]]}}: {{spoiler|Has two good opportunies to finish Luffy, but didn't rather just going into [[Hannibal Lecture]] mode and leaving him to die. During the final moments of his last battle, he could've stopped Luffy anytime he wanted. But figured the lightning storm would do him in. Apparently no one taught him that rubber doesn't conduct electricity. By the time he realized his mistake he got a Gigant Thor Axe smashed down on him}}.
** {{spoiler|To be fair, a few characters forget what the advantages of being a [[Rubber Man]] is to Luffy. Even Nami is reminded time to time}}.
=== Vander Decken ===
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: What he does in chapter 626 qualifies. {{spoiler|He takes advantage of the confusion of the burning of the signatures and Queen Otohime being fatally shot so he can get close enough to Princess Shirahoshi to use his Target-Target ability on her. Just so he could later marry her and get a hold of her powers to summon the Sea Kings.}}
* [[Squick]]: {{spoiler|Decken hasn't washed his right hand in over ten years}}. That's just gross.
** Pfft, that's nothing when you consider how old Shirahoshi was when he touched her and wanted to marry her. {{spoiler|She was six}}.
=== Hody Jones ===
* [[Breather Boss]]; He's possibly stronger than most of the early series villains, but he's nowhere near the foes Luffy faced at Marineford or will face in the New World.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Basically, he's Arlong minus his sole decent quality ([[Pet the Dog|his care of his fellow Fishmen crew members]]), with his evilness and racism turned [[Up to Eleven]] with a nice dash of a [[The Caligula|Caligula]] complex. As of now, he's probably the single most vile character to show up in the series. Most other exceptionally disgusting individuals have at least one slightly vindicating thing to their names. ''He has none''.
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* [[Warmup Boss]] : Of the post-timeskip
=== Sengoku ===
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Not him, but rather the pet goat he is often seen with, often called "Pwngoat", who is obviously [[The Man Behind the Man]].
=== Akainu ===
* [[Complete Monster]]: Perhaps the most vicious one in the whole series.
** Even then, though, it's kind of telling when a). one of your own allies resigns rather than serve under you, and b). one of the most powerful men in the world wants nothing to do with you and calls off a hostage exchange the minute your name comes up.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The way his powers are depicted in the anime is downright terrifying. It doesn't help that the sound effects that come with said power are usually the ones you hear when something rather... unpleasant... happens to a human body in anime.
=== Smoker ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]
=== Tashigi ===
* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: Arguably subverted. She may be a tomboy in looks and personality, and care more about being respected as a fighter, [[Faux Action Girl|yet as far as on screen wins go]], so far she isn't as effective as certain other female characters who embrace their beauty and femininity more than she does, such as Robin, and and especially Boa Hancock.
** This seems to have changed with the timeskip, however; having ascended to rank of Captain, one of her first post-timeskip actions is to ''deflect a goddamn cannonball''. Also, given that the Marines ''run'' on [[Asskicking Equals Authority]], it's highly likely that she's fallen out of that tendency.
=== Dracule Mihawk ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: The most recent character poll placed him at 12. To put this in perspective, Whitebeard came in at 69!
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: There's a theory among certain circles of the fandom that {{spoiler|Mihawk and Shanks conspired to stop the Whitebeard War}}.
** Quite a few people believe he has [[Pure Awesomeness|Color of the Supreme King]] [[Ki Attacks|Haki]], despite being unable to injure Buggy, which he should have been able to do if he was using a technique that explicitly cancels out Devil Fruit based defenses.
*** Understandable, as Buggy managed to hide the fact that he is a Devil Fruit user from the Marines when prisoned in Impel Down, so naturally a loner like Mihawk had not such information of him. Besides, [[MST3K Mantra|we shoud forgive these minor details]] for the [[Rule of Cool]].
=== Crocodile ===
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Starting to attract these after recent events in the manga.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Screws with Princess Vivi's head by giving her multiple impossible [[Sadistic Choice
** He actually veers away from this trope in his later appearances due to showcasing some flashes of humanity. But barely.
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: What most guesses are about his third weakness.
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** Actually, it's totally possible for someone to be both a [[Magnificent Bastard]] ''and'' a [[Complete Monster]].
=== Bartholomew Kuma ===
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Is Kuma merely loyal, or {{spoiler|does his selective obedience to missions to the World Government, not to mention his refusal to ally himself with the Marines without direct orders from the former, and the fact he spared the Straw Hats ''twice'', [[Batman Gambit|mean he's secretly trying to orchestrate]] [[Reverse Mole|the WG's downfall]]? [[Stealth Mentor|And does his interest in Luffy, and scattering of the Straw Hats have a hidden purpose]]}}?
** Chapter 591 finally reveals what Kuma said to Rayleigh. {{spoiler|He's one of the leaders of the Revolutionaries, and he chose to save the Straw Hats as one of his last acts of free will}}.
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]: In the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Pj6I8gWOg anime], he and Moria make a strange but cool stomping sound when they walk.
=== Boa Hancock ===
* [[Base Breaker]]: While things have settled down a bit due to lack of screentime, she can be a rather controversial character. However, judging by the amount of merchandising for her, as well as frequent playability in the video games, she's certainly a popular character in Japan. Oda hasn't held a popularity poll since 2008 (prior to her introduction), though, so it's not entirely easy to gauge.
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Kicking a kitten? Cliche but amusing way to establish a villain as a [[Jerkass]]. Having said character {{spoiler|pull a [[Heel Face Turn]]}} and subsequently kick a puppy and a ''baby seal'' at the same time? Hilarious.
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* [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]]: The message that Luffy does not return her feelings (or is even ''aware'' of them) is about as subtle as a brick to the head. But then, that's the point. Oda throws a lot of [[Ship Tease]] in, before shooting it down, then throws a lot of it back in, just to shoot it down again. Expect that cycle to keep repeating for however long Hancock plays any role in the story. And for it to be hilarious.
=== Jinbe ===
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Jinbe is one in a long line of characters who've been speculated to be the next new addition to the Straw Hat crew, and he's one of the most recent additions to that list following the Impel Down arc. The information that's been revealed so far about him {{spoiler|(including his guilt at Arlong's actions in East Blue, his promise to Ace to protect Luffy in case anything happens to Ace, his discarding of his Warlord title despite said title being part of what protected Fishman Isle from outside attacks, his mutual grief with Luffy over Ace's death, and his promise to wait for Luffy at Fishman Isle shortly before the [[Time Skip]] begins)}} and the fact that Luffy willingly let him out of his cell in Impel Down after only a moment of consideration seems to support it thus far, but only the outcome of the current Fishman Island arc will tell whether he will in fact join them or not.
** As of chapter 649, {{spoiler|Luffy has officially asked Jimbei to join but Jimbei has declined at the moment, stating there is some business he needs to take care of first (we later find out it relates to his crew and Fishman Island's assocation with Big Mom) and then he will join.}}
=== Whitebeard ===
* {{spoiler|[[Too Cool to Live]]}}: {{spoiler|Given that he was based on [[Write Who You Know|a late pub-owner Oda knew]] (being old, crotchety, and having a [[Badass]] history), it shouldn't come as a surprise that Whitebeard is the second major character to kick the bucket}}.
=== Portgas D. Ace ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Very little screen time. VERY popular character.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: During his cover story, he hilariously blows his cover by punching the daylights out of a Marine who talked smack about Whitebeard. {{spoiler|This happens again in Marineford, with heartbreaking results.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Jerkass Woobie]]}}: {{spoiler|When he was a kid. Sure, he had a [[Sins of Our Fathers|damn good reason]] for it, but that doesn't excuse the fact that he left a young Luffy to fend for himself in the forest. Even more so since Luffy just wanted to be his friend}}.
=== Big Mom ===
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Loads of it, mostly her identity, and whether she's [[Chekhov's Gunman|Lola's mother]].
** Some people also assume that she has [[Green Thumb|plant-related powers]] seeing that her jolly roger is decorated with plants and trees.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Easily one of the series' most terrifying characters. She hasn't done a whole lot so far but her disgustingly fat and bloated body, creepy looking face, and the fact that she ''eats one of her own crew-members alive'' is quite telling of how scary she is.
=== Fisher Tiger ===
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110413144440/onepiece/images/5/5f/Fisher_Tiger..png Frog? No_ HIPPO.]{{Dead link}}
=== Gaimon ===
* {{spoiler|[[The Woobie]]: When he eventually finds out that the treasure chests he was guarding were empty.}}
=== Montblanc Noland ===
* [[The Woobie]]
=== Hannyabal ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Went from [[Butt Monkey]] [[Comic Relief]] to [[Supporting Leader]] [[Badass Normal]] of Impel Down in the minds of readers over the course of a single [[Rousing Speech]] ''in a single chapter''.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: {{spoiler|Seeing Hannyabal getting the crap kicked out of him by Luffy, and going through a flashback on how he got so far in his job, but continue to keep fighting, and giving a [[World of Cardboard Speech]], before downed by Blackbeard in the anime}} was certainly this, for many. At least it was balanced out by a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] from Magellan.
=== Shiliew ===
* [[Complete Monster]]: Killed prisoners and later killed fellow Impel Down workers for simple fun. It says a lot that [[Even Evil Has Standards|Magellan]] ''loathes'' him.
=== Sabo ===
* [[The Woobie]]: Poor kid just can't catch a break, can't he? He's raised by a family who only sees him as a tool to advance their social status, fears being forced to become part of that corrupt society and {{spoiler|ultimately is killed while trying to escape to freedom... or so everyone thought}}.
* {{spoiler|[[I Knew It!]]: Lot's of fans noticed that Dragon found someone lost at sea shortly after Sabo's disappearance, causing them to believe that the castaway was Sabo which meant that he could possibly be alive. As of the Dressrosa arc, Sabo has been shown in the flesh, and is now a member of the Revolutionaries.}}
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: X is Sabo.
=== Shirahoshi ===
* [[Moe]]: A rare breed in a series filled with [[Action Girl
* [[Most Annoying Sound]]: Shirahoshi's Crying/Wailing simply gets old very fast.
* {{spoiler|[[The Woobie]]}}: {{spoiler|As if having a violent [[Stalker with a Crush]] who relegated her life to a lonely tower for 10 years wasn't enough, the poor girl had to endure with bearing the secret of the identity of ''her mother's assassin'' all that time. All the while struggling to ''not'' hate said assassin because of her promise to her mother.}}
* [[The Scrappy]]: She was simply disliked by Many fans, due to her Whiny personality, enraged by Luffy.
=== Pandaman ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]
* [[Memetic Badass]]
=== Shuraiya Bascud ===
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: With the way he displayed himself in a fight it isn't surprising.
=== Baron Omatsuri ===
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: {{spoiler|The loss of his crew turned him to the most movie evil character so far, yet you consider how much he missed his crew and tried to revive them even as hollow shells and how his voice started cracking at the end as he regretted the loss of his comrades, it's very sad.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon]]: As tragic as he may be, there's no doubt that he's ''beyond this''. Luring pirate crews to your island so you can feed them to the local eldritch plant monster and breaking the spirit of the final survivor while you're at it is nothing short of horrible, especially when it's done out of pure spite and pettiness towards other pirates for being happy.}}
=== Lily Carnation ===
* {{spoiler|[[Nightmare Fuel]]}}: {{spoiler|Her true form (see above) is probably the most horrifying thing in the entire series...Thus Far}}
** {{spoiler|Then there's the parts that if you focus on Lily that you actually see her chewing which you realize she's digesting Luffy's crew slowly on her HUGE LOWER STALK}}.
=== Kuina ===
* [[Jerkass Woobie]] : Insulted Zoro a lot and generally acted rather arrogant, but that was covering up huge self esteem issues about her femaleness. Also, [[Missing Mom|her mother apparently isn't around by the time she's a kid/in her early teens]], and while her father loved her, he was clearly spotty on how to be an encouraging parent to a young girl.
=== Mr. 3 ===
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Attempting to kill Brogy, Vivi, Zoro and Nami by encasing them with wax is this, purely due to the fact that they'd die slowly by suffocation.
=== Mr. 5 ===
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|He blows up Dorry's ale, nearly killing him, and ruins a 100 year battle of honor. And HE JUST LAUGHS ABOUT IT. He's pure evil, no joke.}}
=== Caesar Clown ===
* [[Complete Monster]]: VERY MUCH one. But of course, it comes with the territory when you're essentially Josef Mengele with poison gas powers and allied with the likes of Kaido and Doflamingo.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Gassing his own man in an experiment, causing hallucinations, headaches and nausea, then finally incinerating his test subject is bad enough. He then goes further, when it is revealed that he gets LITTLE KIDS hooked on a drug so they won't run away from the facility where he's experimenting on them. Chopper is NOT amused. For that matter, neither is Law.}}
=== Jack ===
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: What this psycho did to the Mokomo Dukedom is nothing short of sickening. He burnt the place to the ground, slaughtered and tortured its inhabitants, and even blew the place to hell with a chemical weapon all because he didn't feel like finding Raizo in a far more peaceful manner when the inhabitants presented one to him.
=== Imu ===
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Just ''looking'' [https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Im at this... being] is enough to assure most fans they are up to no good, but its cruelty is confirmed when it obliterates the entire nation of Lulusia simply to prevent Sabo (who has sought refuge there) from reporting Imu's existence. While the Five Elder Stars at least showed ''some'' remorse for having to destroy Ohara - and at least did so as part of their overall goal of quashing information relating to the Void Century - Imu shows no emotion whatsoever for this act of genocide done simply to protect its pride.}}
** This becomes even worse {{spoiler| when Sabo is discovered to be alive many episodes later, meaning this atrocity had been committed for nothing.}}
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