History Characters / OnePieceDonquixoteDoflamingo

* AgentPeacock: Doflamingo dresses in a very gaudy and flamboyant manner and acts hammy. He's also a Warlord and famed arms dealer who used his RazorWire to nearly kill Smoker and kick Law's ass.

* {{Foil}}: Donquixote Doflamingo and Bartholomew Kuma are introduced in the same panel at the end of the Jaya arc. Both of them are more-or-less shrouded in mystery throughout the Paradise Saga, but once the reader gets a full perspective on both of their characters, it becomes clear that the two of them are practically mirror images of each other. [[spoiler:One was born as a "god" of the world, fell to the world of humans, and made himself a land where he could once again play God. The other was born a slave, rose to become a hero, but was ultimately forced back into slavery and even had to give up his own free will. Both of them overthrew a king and took the throne, but one did it to satisfy his hunger for malice and uncontested power while the other did it do protect the innocent from suffering. One engineered a "family" that would sacrifice themselves for him should the need arise. The other sacrificed everything without hesitation for the sake of his daughter. Both adopted a terminally-ill child who came to become one of the Worst Generation. One earned his "son's" undying hatred; the other earned his daughter's eternal love. One came to embody the idea of evil, the other the idea of good.]]

* {{Foil}}: Donquixote Doflamingo and Bartholomew Kuma are introduced in the same panel at the end of the Jaya arc. Both of them are more-or-less shrouded in mystery throughout the Paradise Saga, but once the reader gets a full perspective on both of their characters, it becomes clear that the two of them are practically mirror images of each other. [[spoiler:One was born as a "god" of the world, fell to the world of humans, and made himself a land where he could once again play God. The other was born a slave, rose to become a hero, but was ultimately forced back into slavery and even had to give up his own free will. Both of them overthrew a king and took the throne, but one did it to satisfy his hunger for malice and uncontested power while one did it do protect the innocent from suffering. One engineered a "family" that would sacrifice themselves for him should the need arise. The other sacrificed everything without hesitation for the sake of his daughter. Both adopted a terminally-ill child who came to become one of the Worst Generation. One earned his "son's" undying hatred; the other earned his daughter's eternal love. One came to embody the idea of evil, the other the idea of good.]]

* {{Foil}}: Donquixote Doflamingo and Bartholomew Kuma are introduced alongside each other at the end of the Jaya arc. Both of them are more-or-less shrouded in mystery throughout the Paradise Saga, but once the reader gets a full perspective on both of their characters, it becomes clear that the two of them are practically mirror images of each other. [[spoiler:One was born as a "god" of the world, fell to the world of humans, and made himself a land where he could once again play God. The other was born a slave, rose to become a hero, but was ultimately forced back into slavery and even had to give up his own free will. One engineered a "family" that he could exploit and dispose of should the need ever arise. The other sacrificed everything without hesitation for the sake of his daughter. Both adopted a terminally-ill child who came to become one of the Worst Generation. One earned his undying hatred; the other earned her eternal love. One embodied the idea of evil; the other embodied the idea of good.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Sanji of the Straw Hat Pirates. To wit:
** [[spoiler:Both came from wealthy backgrounds, with Doffy being a former World Noble and Sanji being the third son of the Vinsmoke family, a royal family of Underworld assassins and commanders of Germa 66 whose power and affluence are almost on par with the World Nobles.]]
** Both left their cushy lifestyles at a young age. [[spoiler:Sanji did it willingly because his relatives are criminal assassins and because said relatives (save for [[TokenGoodTeammate his older sister Reiju]] and his [[MissingMom deceased mother]]) were abusive assholes. Meanwhile, Doffy had to discard his title as a World Noble because his father wanted him to learn how to live among the commoners their neighbors so often mistreated, which Doffy never quite got over even as an adult and has been trying to be accepted back into Mariejois ever since]].
** Both are very formidable fighters, but Sanji is a physical fighter whose kicks are aided by [[KiManipulation Haki]]. Meanwhile, Doffy is a Devil Fruit user who, while no slouch in direct combat himself, tends to heavily rely on his powers.
** Both have a talent at being TheChessmaster. Sanji uses his talents to help people, while Doffy's entire career lies in using people like puppets (literally and figuratively) and even caused an entire kingdom to suffer for it.
** [[spoiler:Both Sanji and Doffy hate their fathers, but Sanji has a legitimate reason because Vinsmoke Judge is a brutish man and abusive parent who believes in MightMakesRight and conquered the North Blue just to demonstrate his family's strength and power. Meanwhile, Doffy's father was kind and well-meaning, but his idea of making his family leave the World Nobles to live among the commoners made Doffy lash out like a brat who was denied his allowance and kill him (though it's implied the death of Doffy's mother, as well as his father's naivete, provided motivation as well)]].
** [[spoiler:Both have [[CainAndAbel antagonistic relationships with their siblings]]. Sanji's older and younger fraternal quadruplet brothers are assholes who bullied him for being a weak waste of space. Doffy's brother Rocinante opposed him because he believed his sibling was "evil to the core"]].
** [[spoiler:Both had affectionate relationships with their mothers, who died of illness when they were both young. Both incidents were the turning points in Sanji and Doffy's lives; Vinsmoke Sora had secretly pulled a HeroicSacrifice to protect Sanji and his quadruplet brothers from becoming their father's weapons, dying in the process and allowing Sanji to "live" like a normal child. The death of Doffy's mother, however, drove him to "death", specifically, the murder of his father; it's implied he killed his father because if he hadn't moved the family out of Mariejois, his mother's illness would have been cured by the World Nobles' advanced medicine.]]
** Finally, Sanji and Doffy's personalities are basically inversions of each other. Sanji's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who cares deeply for his friends no matter how much he argues with them and is a compassionate, princely (pun intended) young man underneath his abrasive, harsh exterior. Meanwhile, Doffy's kindness, charisma, and father-like treatment of his [[DysfunctionJunction pirate crew]] hides the insane, [[ItsAllAboutMe entitled]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]], [[{{Narcissist}} prideful]] scumbag who psychologically manipulates his "family" into serving as his tools and won't hesitate to discard them when it's convenient. It's even reflected in their powers: Sanji's [[PlayingWithFire use of fire]] can also feed and help his crewmates, while Doffy's seemingly harmless strings are used as tools of manipulation and murder.

* BadBoss: If you're merely a peon (such as Bellamy and Disco) under his wing, expect callousness at the drop of a hat. He can sometimes pretend to be BenevolentBoss to his peons, though.

* TheHyena:It is very rare to see him not laughing, and even rarer to see him without a wicked smile.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: He starts the solo fight against Luffy using his thread in a spider web like fashion which is strong enough to block Luffy's Elephant Gun. At the end of the fight, Luffy's learned from the trick and how tough Doflamingo is, so increases his move to King Kong Gun while in Gear 4th in the final clash while Doffy uses the same move in conjunction with firing spikes of threads at Luffy. This time, Luffy's attack gets through and wallops Doffy.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: His solution to being rattled by a particularly horrible nightmare involving his childhood.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: His solution to being rattled by a particularly horrible nightmare involving his childhood.

* BadBoss: If you're merely a peon (such as Bellamy and Disco) under his wing, expect callousness at the drop of a hat. He can sometimes pretend to be BenevolentBoss to his peons, though.

* AffectionateNickname: His executives and some of his more trusted subordinates call him "Doffy", the cuter sound of the nickname shows how close they are to him.

* TheEndIsNigh: While he doesn't announce TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, in his appearances he often makes speeches about a war that will destroy the current status of the world and bring a new age, all of this with a big smile that imply he's very eager for said war. [[spoiler: Ironically, as he himself says in his rants, it's ''his own defeat'' that sparks the beginning of said war]].

* PastExperienceNightmare: He continued having nightmares, well into adulthood (age 25), about [[spoiler:his childhood past being tortured by angry citizens wanting revenge against the Celestial Dragons.]] It's also revealed that, to cope, he used to[[DrowningMySorrows drink a lot of alcohol]].

* SelfMadeMan: He went from an orphan, to a pirate gang leader, to an underworld arms dealer-cum-Devil Fruit dealer-cum-knowledge broker, to the Warlord of the Sea, to the King of Dressrosa. However, he very much resents that this had to be the case instead of simply being given great fortune [[spoiler:by his status as a World Noble. Even then, though, being a ''former'' one has already helped him a lot]].

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* CasualDangerDialogue: He's able to hold a pleasant work call with Vergo while Baby 5 is trying to murder Doffy, and the latter subdues her like it's nothing.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Even without taking his String powers and Haki attacks into account, Doflamingo is ridiculously strong. No human could replicate half of what he does normally, much less while wearing a feathery jacket.
** To elaborate, here's a little comparison; before the TimeSkip, Kaku of the dreaded CP-9 was able to slice the Tower of Justice at Enies Lobby in two with a RazorWind kick, which was considered one of the most impressive feats in the series at the time. To do it, he had to spin around in place for about a minute, and once the tower was cut, it slid off its base at first before slowly falling apart. Doflamingo, in comparison, kicked without any preparatory spinning at all… and not only cut ''three towers'' in half, but even had enough force to send the buildings flying in the air!
** His endurance is also legendary, since getting a beatdown from Luffy's Gear Four techniques and being sent flying several times across the city and into a mountain was not enough to sufficiently knock him out. And this is ''after'' Law sliced his organs alive.
* CheshireCatGrin: That godawful smile rarely leaves his face, even as he's terrorizing people.
* TheChessmaster: He hides it extremely well. For example, he has [[spoiler:moles (ex-crewmates) like Vergo in high ranking Marine positions and criminals like Caesar Clown under his influence]]. It's implied back on Jaya that he was planning for [=SMILEs=] to become the new thing even then, and then in the timeskip Caesar just so happens to have developed a weapon named Smiley. Oh, and SMILE turns out to be a codename for Artifical Zoan-type Devil Fruits, and he has a factory just for producing those, for his deal with Kaido. He even turned Law's blackmail on its head and used it to trap him. He also [[CrazyPrepared has backup tactics and plans]] in case of major things happening, and is also a good player of XanatosSpeedChess.

** After all of the above fails and everything keeps falling apart, Doflamingo essentially flips the entire chessboard over [[spoiler:by và making the Birdcage shrink so it will kill everyone in Dressrosa.]]

* PersonalityPowers: Doffy ate the String-String Devil Fruit (''Ito Ito no Mi'') that allows him to create and use strings, and is a ManipulativeBastard and ControlFreak who specializes in XanatosSpeedChess and playing people for fools. He also possesses Conqueror's Haki, which is noted to be the rarest form of Haki that is only possessed by people with leadership qualities. Doffy is a (now former) ruler of the Dressrosa kingdom, and he has an entitlement complex ten miles high due to [[spoiler:being a former World Noble]].

** After all of the above fails and everything keeps falling apart, Doflamingo essentially flips the entire chessboard over [[spoiler:by making the Birdcage shrink so it will kill everyone in Dressrosa.]]

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: He ran one for the World Nobles for a time. It was a huge slave ring centered around selling slaves to the Nobles, so they would ignore almost everything else he did. Such as sell weapons to pirates on the side.

** To Luffy. Both care about their crews to the point of violence when they're attacked. Both have had tragic pasts where they lost a brother. Both are condemned by other people because of their ancestry (Luffy because he's Dragon's son and Doflamingo because he [[spoiler: was once a Celestial Dragon]]). Yet their ideologies couldn't be more different: Luffy has been motivated countless times by the dreams others have while Doflamingo dismisses them as delusions. Doflamingo is one of the most cunning enemies in the series while Luffy is an IdiotHero. Luffy will charge into a fight without a second thought while Doflamingo is seen to avoid personally engaging in a fight unless he absolutely has to. [[spoiler:Doflamingo ''murdered'' his brother, while Luffy's gave up his life in order to save him from a ruthless Marine]]. Even their attitudes towards their respective crews have a dark parallel: while both of them genuinely care about their respective crews, Doflamingo puts his goals before them and won't hesitate to demand personal sacrifices from them for his sake, including their lives. Luffy, however, would never demand anything meaningful from his crew to forward his goals, like their dreams, and ''especially'' their lives – he'd rather die than allow such a thing to happen.

** With the rest of his upbringing revealed, he became this to his younger brother – from their [[CainAndAbel nature and personality]] to their mentor and their life choices. [[spoiler:Despite their shared tragedy, Rocinante took after their parents and grew up to be an altruistic, compassionate man. Doflamingo, on the other hand, was deemed to have been born evil, his miseries just served to reinforce the worst traits in him; he never grew out of the bitterness of having been denied his birthright and wanted to destroy the world for it. In their childhood, Rocinante was taken in by Sengoku and became a Marine, while Doflamingo was taken in by the four executives and turned to a life of piracy, growing up with a conviction that his new 'family' fostered that he had the makings to become the Pirate King. In the end, Rocinante abandoned his mission and sacrificed his life for a boy unrelated to him. In contrast, Doflamingo would sacrifice anyone for his goals and all his actions are ultimately for the sake of himself, and the people he keeps calling 'family' are just means to an end]].

** You know how Bellamy turning out to be alive in Dressrosa -- after supposedly being killed back at Jaya -- seemed to reveal that Doflamingo was a BenevolentBoss? Turns out that he not only ordered his minions to kill Bellamy in the colosseum because he lost his match and then failed to kill Luffy, but he had been intending on doing so from the beginning since he already considered Bellamy an "eyesore".

** To elaborate, here's a little comparison; before the TimeSkip, Kaku of the dreaded CP-9 was able to slice the Tower of Justice at Enies Lobby in two with a RazorWind kick, which was considered one of the most impressive feats in the series at the time. To do it, he had to spin around in place for about a minute, and once the tower was cut, it slid off its base at first before slowly falling apart. Doflamingo, in comparison, kicked without any preparatory spinning at all... and not only cut ''three towers'' in half, but even had enough force to send the buildings flying in the air!

* DarkAndTroubledPast: As it turns out, he does not lie when he talks about how bad his life was. [[spoiler:When he was a kid, his father had his family live the simple lives as commoners, forfeiting their World Noble privileges and tried to live in a relatively more modest (but still wealthy) home. However, the citizens caught wind of a family of World Nobles living alongside them, and their home was eventually burned down. His family was forced into a dingy home near a garbage dump, and indeed, he and his brother ate garbage just to survive. His mother's health declined and she passed away, while the remaining family was nearly killed many times whenever angry citizens caught them. Both times the family tried to go back to Mariejois -- the first by his father asking them politely, and the second by Doffy killing his father and attempted to return -- they were refused, so he vowed vengeance against them. The worst part is that it's implied to be a SelfInflictedHell, he was so rotten and arrogant as a child and kept trying to act like a World Noble that it's his fault the normal people cottoned up to the fact of his family's lineage and they took their retribution for the abuses of the World Nobles out on his family]].

* DefectorFromDecadence: According to him during his talk with Law. He mentions that he's not really with [[spoiler:the Celestial Dragons]] anymore. As it turns out, it was not by his own choice -- though his father apparently played it straight.

** Subverted. When Doflamingo begins his "Birdcage Plan," he assigns the highest bounty to ''Usopp'' -- 500 million berries, almost twice that of the enemy leaders (300 million each). This is way overblown strength-wise, but justified by the fact that Usopp [[spoiler:knocked Sugar out]], causing the truth behind Dressrosa to be revealed to the public and the Marines, and putting Doflamingo in serious trouble.

** Though he himself would never admit it, Law is very much alike to former mentor/current ArchEnemy Doflamingo. Both are cunning, charismatic men with a cruelty streak a mile wide and a severe case of misanthropy. However, Law, beneath all his cruelty, has genuine empathy and care for others -- he doesn't hesitate when protecting some of his weaker allies, he shows great benevolence to his crew, and he expresses outright disgust for Caesar after he revealed his experiments on children and his method for keeping them from running away. Compare this to Doflamingo, who only shows fondness for his closest crew mates yet isn't above ordering them to sacrifice themselves for him and his goals, and ''facilitated'' the kidnapping of children for the experiments of the MadScientist on his payroll. Law ultimately lives the sake of another, his goal of stopping Doflamingo ultimately to fulfill the wishes of the man who saved his life. Doflamingo lives for the sake of himself, to wrought his vengeance on the world to get back at those who denied him what he perceives as his "birthright". Thus, Law has no fear of death -- he knows his quest to end Doflamingo's madness may very well end in his demise, but while he does not long for it, he won't hesitate to face it if it means accomplishing his goal. Doflamingo, in turn, is an ImmortalitySeeker who fears his death, to the point that he won't hesitate to send the "family" he supposedly cherishes so much to ''their'' deaths if it means prolonging his life and/or furthering his own goals.
** With the rest of his upbringing revealed, he became this to his younger brother -- from their [[CainAndAbel nature and personality]] to their mentor and their life choices. [[spoiler:Despite their shared tragedy, Rocinante took after their parents and grew up to be an altruistic, compassionate man. Doflamingo, on the other hand, was deemed to have been born evil, his miseries just served to reinforce the worst traits in him; he never grew out of the bitterness of having been denied his birthright and wanted to destroy the world for it. In their childhood, Rocinante was taken in by Sengoku and became a Marine, while Doflamingo was taken in by the four executives and turned to a life of piracy, growing up with a conviction that his new 'family' fostered that he had the makings to become the Pirate King. In the end, Rocinante abandoned his mission and sacrificed his life for a boy unrelated to him. In contrast, Doflamingo would sacrifice anyone for his goals and all his actions are ultimately for the sake of himself, and the people he keeps calling 'family' are just means to an end]].

* EvilPuppeteer: Doflamingo is a thoroughly {{sadist}}ic person with RazorFloss powers that he mainly use for PeoplePuppets -- he can manipulate people's bodies, usually to harm each other.

* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Averted. Pre-time skip, no one had any idea why or how Doflamingo could manipulate people to his whims. In the Dressosa Arc, Law had intel on his Devil Fruit abilities due to previously being a part of his crew. Although, near the end of the arc, Doffy did reveal Devil Fruits could affect their surroundings with experience called "Awakening", but didn't really go into detail.

--->'''Giolla:''' ''[Boasting out loud]'' That's right Law... If it's for the young master, I would gladly lay down my lif-
--->'''Law:''' ''[Law uses Room to switch her out with a rock and we see Giolla running away]'' If by "lengths", you mean running... as fast and as far in the opposite direction, then I do know...
--->'''Doflamingo:''' ...

* FourEyesZeroSoul: He has yet to remove his sunglasses (except once in flashback, and we only see one of his eyes, in an extreme closeup), but is definitely the most amoral of the Warlords, especially with Moria, Crocodile and Blackbeard who were very malevolent people. [[spoiler: And being an epic scumbag seems to be par for the course for the Celestial Dragons...]]
* FreudianExcuse: This is {{zigzagged|Trope}}. He claims to have had the most unfortunate life imaginable and that claim has a decent amount of substance to it. [[spoiler:He and his family were World Nobles who tried to live as ordinary humans rather than gods and were hunted like animals by those who had been wronged by other World Nobles. Doflamingo had to eat out of trash cans, his mother died from disease related to them living in a dump and when they're finally caught, he, his father and brother were crucified and tortured with the express purpose of keeping them alive to prolong their suffering. However, a big reason all that happened was Doflamingo acting like a SpoiledBrat, such as demanding people kneel before him because he's a World Noble, which outed his family as former World Nobles. That could possibly be attributed to being raised in the environment where people in it thought themselves as beings superior to mere humans, except his brother Rocinante had the same upbringing and remained a grounded and emphatic individual as his parents taught him to be. Rocinante himself was of the opinion Doflamingo was just born evil.]] Also, a case could be made for his inner circle aiding and abetting his worst tendencies and deliberately feeding his ego and senses of entitlement and moral infallibility, but, at best, they were a contributing factor to what made him become as awful as he did, ''not'' a deciding factor.

** Doflamingo says to Law that "weaklings cannot decide how they die" -- the same thing Law himself previously stated to Tashigi in Punk Hazard.

** He genuinely cares about his gang, whom he calls his family, but even then he puts himself and his goal above them and would not hesitate to demand their sacrifices for his sake. To his credit, ''many'' of them would do it willingly, like Vergo and Monet. [[spoiler:In Law's flashback, we found out that this attitude also extended to his only remaining relative by blood -- his younger brother Rocinante, as Doflamingo wanted Rocinante to consume the Op-Op Fruit and die to give him immortality (though it's unknown how Doflamingo's emerging suspicion of Rocinante ratting out his family to the Marines factored in this scheme). In keeping with this extreme selfishness and egoism, once he knew Law had eaten the Fruit, Doflamingo immediately demanded to retrieve the boy, so that he could "educate him the importance of dying for [Doflamingo]". He would likely have gone through with it too, had Rocinante not pulled a HeroicSacrifice to ensure Law could get away from him.]]
** Law eventually calls bullcrap on Doflamingo's definition of "family", claiming that Doflamingo only calls them family when they're convenient to him. And Law might have a point -- flashbacks reveals that [[spoiler:the Donquixote Family started when the four who'd later become his chief executives noticed Doflamingo's charisma and will to survive, particularly the Conqueror's Haki, appointed him their leader, and were fanatically loyal to him, under the belief he was the future Pirate King]]. Given how his 'family' was founded, and how his upbringing from that point on had over and again reinforced his already unhealthy mindset, it's no wonder that Doflamingo's ego and selfishness grew to what it became. Law goes further and calls Trebol's reasons for following Doflamingo and their "family" to be delusional and pathetic; while Trebol may consider Doflamingo and the executives to be "equals", Law says that Doflamingo just considers them to be stupid, willing puppets who does what he wants. The above point also contributes to Law's argument.

* LargeHam: He's actually been slightly mellower since the Timeskip, but make no mistake -- Donquixote Doflamingo ''loves'' to ham it up. Especially when he's happy and excited about something (like during the Whitebeard War or when he starts getting the upper hand in his fight with Luffy and Law or when [[spoiler: he goes on another Whitebeard War-esque rant about the New Age while being transferred to prison]]).

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: He probably should have died after having several of his internal organs ruptured by Law, regardless of his ability to sew them back up. He also probably should have died after taking a severe beating from a Gear Four enhanced Luffy while in this state. He ''definitely'' should have died after being knocked unconscious by the [[MegatonPunch King Kong Gun]] due to the fact that the strings holding his torn organs together should have dissolved immediately. But he doesn't die, because... he just... well... ''doesn't''.

** Doflamingo laughs at Luffy's new Gear Four form and tells him that if he's trying to simply intimidate him, he's failing. Then Luffy starts attacking and Doflamingo is suddenly not laughing anymore...

* RazorFloss: He has the String-String Fruit which lets him shoot out strings from his fingertips, or occasionally other parts of his body. The string can slice clean through many things larger than its width, even meteors. Considering he has a vast empire (both literal and underground) and many connections and moles in Marines and World Government, it's a StealthPun -- he's the man pulling the strings in both figurative and literal level.

** Doflamingo has immense knowledge of how the ''One Piece'' world works, allowing him to be incredibly well-connected. This includes the World Government, thanks to his position as a Warlord and insider knowledge of Mary Geoise, and the Four Emperors, thanks to his high-profile status in the underworld as a broker. He is so well-embedded that he can sell arms to forces encouraging regional instability, employ a renegade World Government scientist and supply his creations to none other than one of the Emperors themselves, and set up an illegal (or at least extra-legal) slave ring and receive no repercussions purely because it caters to the World Nobles, while he himself is acting officially as the World Government's privateers, assigned to take care of its problems...despite being the source of its many headaches! He can provide succor from pirates and underworld brokers to political leaders and the global elite, and most aren't even aware of it.

--->'''Doflamingo:''' Are the pirates the bad guys?! Is the Navy the good guys?! Things like that change with the seasons!! Kids who've never known peace... and kids who've never known war... have complete different ideas of right and wrong! It's the job of those at the top to decide what's good and what's evil! Right now, it could go either way! Justice will prevail?! Of course it will!! Because the side of justice... will be whichever side wins!!

* ThickerThanWater: Averted. [[spoiler:Go ask his old man and his brother Corazon how much he cared about them. No wait, you can't -- as they're dead. However, he did care for Corazon... until finding how his brother was a mole]].

-->'''Law:''' "Will you be one of the countless many... that have come to regret underestimating them?"

* NeverMyFault: Yes, his past actually was pretty horrifying and traumatic, but to be perfectly honest, odds are that none of it would have happened if he hadn't [[spoiler:continued to act like a stereotypical World Noble and hadn't called attention to his family as a result, and the rest of his rationale reads like something akin to "Daddy made me stop hanging out with the cool kids and now they won't let me back into their club"]]. While he may have experienced genuine tragedy and great misfortune, he has completely failed to take any responsibility for his part in it. It's especially glaring when you consider that [[spoiler:his brother Rocinante]] went through the exact same thing as he did (through no fault of his own, to boot) and wound up being one of the most genuinely kind characters in the series, which renders no small amount of credence to [[spoiler:his]] theory that Doflamingo genuinely was just a bad seed.
** Every single time a character calls him out on his actions and tries to get him to think about the shit he's done to others, Doflamingo keeps falling back on the excuse that since he's "royalty" he can do whatever he wants and it's the ''victim's'' fault due to being born a "commoner". Luffy knocks him out after hearing this reason for the umpteenth time.
** This is subverted in the anime, where it's instead his father who outed to the surroundings about their [[spoiler:former World Noble heritage.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** His murder of Rosinante drove Law to betray him and embark on a 13 year revenge campaign. A campaign that leads to the end of his empire within a day. If Doflamingo didn't murder him, he could have sweet talked Law into being his crewmember.
** His announcing of the Mera Mera no Mi and subsequently turning the losers into toys drove lots of gladiators against him. Most of these warriors will go on to defeat his crewmembers and aid Luffy and Law in defeating him.
** His defeat also leads to the salvation of the Mink Tribe, as Jack diverted all his resources to attempt a VillainousRescue on him rather tend to searching Raizo and massacring Zou.
** And most importantly, his actions spanning up to 10 years led to a massive chain of events which undermined the World Government at large by exposing the flaws and dangers of the Warlords. The newly reinstated King Riku, who was one of the persons harmed the most by Doflamingo's actions, suggested to abolish the Warlords using his case and King Cobra's case. The rest of the Kings understanding the seriousness, passed the move by a majority vote.

* MiseryBuildsCharacter:
** He believes no one is more entitled than he is because of the sole reason that no one compares to the struggles he's experienced. To the point, Law and Luffy's struggles are childish games to him.
** It's also a requirement for those in his crew, who he calls his family. When he met Law, he thought the young boy would grow into his right hand man for all the struggles he's experienced and the boy's desire for destruction. According to an SBS, he took in Monet and Sugar, knowing they came from a terrible environment. Baby 5 and Senor Pink have confirmed backstories exploring their loss. It's implied that he might also consider Bellamy as weak for being a punk who became a pirate out of boredom, which is why he coldly rejects him. Law points out that Doflamingo uses the misery of his crew to establish loyalty and manipulation, under the front that they are his "family" who only have each other.

* MrExposition: Almost all of his lines are this in full.

* WhipItGood: His Overheat attack, which involves him shooting a long rope-like whip out of string from his hand and pulverizing things with it. It's so long it cuts a building miles away from Doflamingo.

* OedipusComplex: [[spoiler:He [[{{Patricide}} killed his father]], Homing, directly because Homing caused the events ([[RichesToRags losing their nobility]]) that led to [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas his mother]] dying of illness. Plus Oda implies that he had relationship with Viola who was ex-royal just like his mother.]]

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[[WMG:[[center: [- '''[[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]]''' ([[Characters/OnePieceMonkeyDLuffy Monkey D. Luffy]], [[Characters/OnePieceRoronoaZoro Roronoa Zoro]], [[Characters/OnePieceNami Nami]], [[Characters/OnePieceUsopp Usopp]], [[Characters/OnePieceSanji Sanji]], [[Characters/OnePieceTonyTonyChopper Tony Tony Chopper]], [[Characters/OnePieceNicoRobin Nico Robin]], [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]])]]-]]]

[[WMG:[[center: [- '''[[Characters/OnePieceWorldGovernment World Government]]''' ([[Characters/OnePieceMarines Marines]] [[[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]], [[Characters/OnePieceMarinesSpecialScienceGroup Special Science Group]]], [[Characters/OnePieceCipherPol Cipher Pol]])]]-]]]

[[WMG:[[center: [- '''[[Characters/OnePieceSevenWarlordsOfTheSea Seven Warlords of the Sea]]''' ([[Characters/OnePieceDraculeMihawk Dracule Mihawk]], [[Characters/OnePieceSirCrocodile Sir Crocodile]] [[[Characters/OnePieceBaroqueWorks Baroque Works]]], '''Donquixote Doflamingo''' [[[Characters/OnePieceDonquixotePirates Donquixote Pirates]]], [[Characters/OnePieceThrillerBarkPirates Thriller Bark Pirates]], [[Characters/OnePieceBoaHancock Boa Hancock]] [[[Characters/OnePieceKuja Kuja]]], [[Characters/OnePieceSunPirates Sun Pirates]])]]-]]]

[[WMG:[[center: [- '''[[Characters/OnePieceFourEmperors Four Emperors]]''' ([[Characters/OnePieceWhitebeardPirates Whitebeard Pirates]], [[Characters/OnePieceKaido Kaido]] [[[Characters/OnePieceAnimalKingdomPirates Animal Kingdom Pirates]], [[Characters/OnePieceLeadPerformers Lead Performers]]], [[Characters/OnePieceBigMom Big Mom]] [[[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] ([[Characters/OnePieceSweet3Generals Sweet 3 Generals]], [[Characters/OnePieceCharlotteKatakuri Charlotte Katakuri]], [[Characters/OnePieceCharlottePudding Charlotte Pudding]])], [[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeard Blackbeard]] [[[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeardPirates Blackbeard Pirates]]])]]-]]]

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** Surprisingly, [[spoiler: with Vivi]] of all people. [[spoiler: Both are descendants of the 20 kings who formed the World Government, both of them do not have the title of Celestial Dragon because someone in their bloodline decided to live alongside normal people (Vivi by a distant ancestor, Doflamingo by his parents), and both of them were popular with their respective kingdoms. But while Vivi is honest in her desire to help her kingdom, Doflamingo uses his image of a good king as a way to hide his underground operations.]]
** To Luffy. Both care about their crews to the point of violence when they're attacked. Both have had tragic pasts where they lost a brother. Both are condemned by other people because of their ancestry (Luffy because he's Dragon's son and Doflamingo because he [[spoiler: was once a Celestial Dragon]]). Yet their ideologies couldn't be more different: Luffy has been motivated countless times by the dreams others have while Doflamingo dismisses them as delusions. Doflamingo is one of the most cunning enemies in the series while Luffy is an IdiotHero. Luffy will charge into a fight without a second thought while Doflamingo is seen to avoid personally engaging in a fight unless he absolutely has to. [[spoiler:Doflamingo ''murdered'' his brother, while Luffy's gave up his life in order to save him from a ruthless Marine]]. Even their attitudes towards their respective crews have a dark parallel: Doflamingo genuinely cares about his crew, but puts his goals before them and won't hesitate to demand personal sacrifices from them for his sake, including their lives. Luffy, however, is selfless to a point, and would never demand anything meaningful from his crew to forward his goals, such as their dreams, and ''especially'' their lives -- he'd rather die than allow such a thing to happen.

** He has become this for Sanji as well. Both Doffy and Sanji are extremely intelligent, care about their crew, and are very powerful and competent fighters. However, as much as he is flawed, Sanji is very compassionate and will come to anyone's aid (especially women). Doffy treats his crew kindly, but only as convenient tools and slaves that he won't hesitate to throw away when it's convenient. [[spoiler:Both Sanji and Doffy are also children of royalty, who lost their mothers at an early age, and had siblings who antagonized them all their lives, except Sanji had the sheer misfortune of growing up in an abusive household that forbids virtues like compassion and kindness, and was constantly beaten and demeaned for showing said virtues. The only difference was that Sanji grew up surrounded by loving and caring people who taught him morals and disciplined him when neccesary, allowing him to grow up with a strong moral compass; while Doffy's actually GoodParents died and his "caretakers" (his executives) only followed him around because of his Conquerer's Haki and enabled his bratty behavior and god complex, believing he was destined for greatness, until both traits grew to horrifically monstrous proportions.]]

* EvilUncle: He's this to Law in a sense, due to being the older brother of Rosinante, his ParentalSubstitute.