History Anime / DeadEndAdventure

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: With no USA release, the UK DVD was translated by different people, and it shows:
** Gomu-Gomu no (Gum-Gum) is left untranslated, [[BoldInflation and in all caps]].
** Willy is referred to as a merman instead of a fishman (two different species in the One Piece universe)
** The cover uses 'Gasparde', while the subtitles use 'Gusparday'.
** Shuraiya's name is romanized as "Shryer".

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:At the film's climax, Luffy dispatches Gasparde by hitting him with a Gum-Gum Bazooka and launching him straight into an oncoming cyclone, with the viewer's last sight of him being the flying pirate's body being snatched away by the raging winds. Given Gasparde's SuperDrowningSkills as a Devil Fruit user, he probably drowned when the wind dropped him in the ocean, but he's never explicitly stated to have died, so there's a chance he's still alive.]]

* [[IllGirl Ill Guy]]: Biera, Anaguma's grandfather.

* BerserkButton: Nami gets upset when Anaguma was recklessly risking his life and given up on living.

* BadBoss: Gasparde, he has no reservations for his crew and would sooner sacrifice them for his own amusement.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Began the trend continued with the two films following it of the ''One Piece'' films being generally darker, more atmospheric affairs than the general series proper. and Gasparde is a more intimidating antagonist.

Notable for being the first full length One Piece movie after the [[ShortFilm first three were one hour movies paired together with another Anime film.]]

** Gomu-Gomu No (Gum-Gum) is left untranslated, [[SpiceUpTheSubtitles and in all caps]].

* HeroicSacrifice: Biera does this in the climax by blowing up the boiler on Gasperde's ship and sinking it [[spoiler: He not only manages to survive but save Luffy and Shuraiya as well.]]
** ExactWords: [[spoiler: Then again he did tell Shuraiya he was going to "end it" but didn't necessarily mean he was going to kill himself]].

* GiantEqualsInvincible: Subverted: there are two giants among the participants, and are among the firsts to be eliminated from the race.

* [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather Luke I Am Your Sister]]: Anaguma turns to be Shuraiya's little sister whom he thought was killed when Gasparde raided his hometown. Turns out when she got knocked into the river during the attack. Biera, who was watching from a distance, managed to save her. She's been with him ever since. Biera manages to piece their relation together when he hears Shuraiya's last name was the same as Anaguma's real name, Adelle Biscud.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Tomboy}}: Anaguma / Adelle]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Began the trend continued with the two films following it of the ''One Piece'' films being generally darker, more atmospheric affairs than the general series proper.

Notable for being the first full length One Piece movie after the [[ShortAnimeMovie first three were one hour movies paired together with another Anime film.]]

Desperate for cash, the Straw Hats enter a secret race only known to pirates called the Dead End Competition. There, they must face the ex-Marine-turned-pirate Captain Gasparde and a bounty hunter who's after his head. However, Gasparde has a deadly scheme planned. Are all of his opponents doomed from the start?

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Its revealed near the end that Anaguma is a girl after getting knocked out by Zoro. Chopper however knew thanks to his nose.]]

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Gasparde who [[spoiler: not only rigged the race so that the Eternal Poses would lead the racers to a Marine fortress where they were promptly destroyed. But even betrayed the race coordinator, who was in on his plan (he handed out the Eternal Poses), by sending him directly into a typhoon.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Played both way with Gasparde and Luffy. When Luffy first confonts him on his ship, Gasparde easily manhandles Luffy as Luffy can't harm him due to his Logia fruit absorbing his blows. However once Sanji gives Luffy flour and he uses it against Gasparde, Luffy quickly subjects Gasparde to this since the flour negates Gasparde's Syrup powers and allows Luffy to hit him.

* DoomedHometown: Shuraiya's
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Needles is one to Gasparde, following reluctantly his orders and stating that one day he'll go after him instead.

* NightmareFace: Zoro gets freaked out by an old man who he suddenly appeared right in front of him.

** One of the giants when his friend tells him they didn't jump far enough to land back in the waterway, resulting in them crashing into a part of the city of the island.
** Anaguma gets one when Luffy dare him to shoot him after the crew find him on the ship, only to find out Luffy has rubber powers.

* SmallNameBigEgo: The pirate Bigalo "The Hanged Man", who boastfully challenges the Strawhats during the race only to be one-shotted by Usopp, of all people.

* WouldHurtAChild: Zoro twice in this film, the first time he didn't realize it was a child just that there was a intruder onboard and Anaguma attacked first. Luckily for Anaguma, Zoro didn't draw his sword. The second time was intentional to quiet the hysterical kid who was begging to go back for his grandfather [[spoiler: leading to the SamusIsAGirl moment.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: The person in charge of signing up is {{Gonk}} but the woman with him was very pretty.