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* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's a bit of a misnomer to call them "heroes", but the eldest Vinsmoke sons Ichiji and Niji stopped a 2-year long war at Broccoli Island and got hailed as heroes -- just like what the Straw Hats did in previous arcs. This is despite Germa 66's reputation as a "mythical evil army", a fact that the island's survivors [[LampshadeHanging acknowledge]].
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: It's Only in a bit of a misnomer to call them "heroes", NominalHero capacity, but the eldest Vinsmoke sons Ichiji and Niji stopped a 2-year long war at Broccoli Island and got hailed as heroes -- just like what the Straw Hats did in previous arcs. This is despite Germa 66's reputation as a "mythical evil army", a fact that the island's survivors [[LampshadeHanging acknowledge]].
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* MeaningfulName:
** Her name is also the name of the fictional marine soldier, Sora, the hero who opposed the evil forces of the Germa 66 in a propaganda comic strip the Marines published. Certainly also a bit [[IronicName ironic]], that Judge's wife would bear the same name as the Germa 66's fictional ArchEnemy.
** Sora can mean "sky" in Japanese, which can be associated with freedom; she wanted her children (specifically her then-unborn fraternal quadruplet sons) to grow up normally instead of becoming emotionless {{Tykebomb}}s for Judge to use, so she did everything she could to protect them at the cost of her own life. Only Sanji, her third son, grew up free and untouched by Germa's destructive and violent teachings.
** Her name is also the name of the fictional marine soldier, Sora, the hero who opposed the evil forces of the Germa 66 in a propaganda comic strip the Marines published. Certainly also a bit [[IronicName ironic]], that Judge's wife would bear the same name as the Germa 66's fictional ArchEnemy.
** Sora can mean "sky" in Japanese, which can be associated with freedom; she wanted her children (specifically her then-unborn fraternal quadruplet sons) to grow up normally instead of becoming emotionless {{Tykebomb}}s for Judge to use, so she did everything she could to protect them at the cost of her own life. Only Sanji, her third son, grew up free and untouched by Germa's destructive and violent teachings.
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**MeaningfulName: Sora can mean "sky" in Japanese, which can be associated with freedom; she wanted her children (specifically her then-unborn fraternal quadruplet sons) to grow up normally instead of becoming emotionless {{Tykebomb}}s for Judge to use, so she did everything she could to protect them at the cost of her own life. Only Sanji, her third son, grew up free and untouched by Germa's destructive and violent teachings.
** Her name is also the name of the fictional marine soldier, Sora, the hero who opposed the evil forces of the Germa 66 in a propaganda comic strip the Marines published. Certainly also a bit [[IronicName ironic]], that Judge's wife would bear the same name as the Germa 66's fictional ArchEnemy.
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Downplayed, once she found out Judge was tampering with the genes of their unborn children, she took a dangerous drug to undo its effects. Unfortunately, not only did it fail to work on three of her four sons, resulting in the normal son being ostracized by his siblings and Judge, its side-effects eventually lead to her being bedridden for the rest of her life, and a slow premature death. The one son it did work on, however, was pretty much the opposite of this, as shown by SmallRoleBigImpact below.
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* GracefulLoser: In a twisted fashion for Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji. When Big Mom springs her trap, they can only laugh "good game!" and state they're done for with no sign of fear or resentment. This highly disturbs and distresses their father who doesn't understand that his own experiments to make them sociopaths are to blame for this lack of care to their own deaths.
* AllForNothing: Judge sacrificed his wife, his sons' individuality and any hint of self respect and for what? Not only was Big Mom never going to play him fair, he was little better than a disposable pawn for her with his family and his prized "successes" end up up horrifying him when he realizes how inhuman they really are. Sanji has surpassed him and all his siblings, but because of Judge's actions, he has firmly disowned his father and all of Germa. To add insult to injury. Judge's alliance with Big Mom has made him persona non grata to the entire World Government to boot. Oh, and even his alliance with Caesar Clown to surpass [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Vegapunk]] ends up pointless when Vegapunk is assassinated by the World Government.
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: It's very clear that Judge's pride won't allow him to admit fault and he still views Sanji as the "failure" next to the others, even when it's clear Sanji is everything a proud warrior ''should'' want in a son.
* BerserkButton: The notion of Sanji wanting to cook sets him off because that is ''servant'' work and a Vinsmoke does not ''serve.''
* BerserkButton: The notion of Sanji wanting to cook sets him off because that is ''servant'' work and a Vinsmoke does not ''serve.''
* EnemyMine: He and his former colleague Caesar Clown despise one another and each competes to be the second-best scientist while dreaming of surpassing Vegapunk. They ultimately put their issues aside and form NEO-MADS, a mad scientist partnership to take down their former superior.
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* EvilCounterpart: To Zeff -- both were [[AbusiveDad abusive father]] figures to Sanji during his life (biological for Judge, adoptive for Zeff), but [[ToughLove while Zeff genuinely cares and loves Sanji]], Judge has ''zero'' empathy for his son.
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* EvilCounterpart: To Zeff -- both were [[AbusiveDad abusive father]] figures to Sanji during his life (biological for Judge, adoptive for Zeff), but [[ToughLove while Zeff genuinely cares and loves Sanji]], Judge has ''zero'' empathy for his son. Zeff respects and values dreams and conviction enough to risk his own life while Judge scorns such things in others save when it benefits himself. Zeff deeply respects women and passed this on to Sanji, while Judge viewed his wife as a means to an end for his experiments. No surprise that Sanji denounces Judge by referring to Zeff as his true father in the end.
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* PetTheDog: Gets a brief moment of this in the anime where in an uncharacteristically nice move, he shares the grapes he's eating with a cute little stuffed bear at the wedding ceremony.
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[[folder:"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju]]
!!"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichikoNeya (Japanese); Creator/AlexisTipton (English)
!!!'''Age:''' 24
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 826 (Manga), Episode 783 (Anime)
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->''"You have my most sincere thanks for taking care of my little brother for all this time."''
"Poison Pink" Reiju is the only daughter and oldest child of the Vinsmoke family, as well as Sanji's older sister. A genetically modified SuperSoldier, Reiju possesses enhanced strength, speed, and endurance that are far beyond a normal human's.\\\
She has the ability to generate and control deadly poisons, as well as consume them herself, and suffer no ill side-effects from it afterwards. Additionally, she has eaten an as of yet unrevealed Devil Fruit (according to Oda in an [[AllThereInTheManual SBS issue]]), although whether or not her poison-nullifying abilities are related to it are unknown at present. Although she supports her family's warmongering on the surface, her heart and personal, private actions suggest otherwise, especially when it comes to Sanji.
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!!"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju
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->''"You have my most sincere thanks for taking care of my little brother for all this time."''
"Poison Pink" Reiju is
->''"...Sanji, you are the
Sanji's father, the patriarch of the Vinsmoke family,
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* AbusiveDad: Like Big Mom, he sure as hell isn't going to win any "Parent of the Year" awards. To wit:
** He gave Sanji the same {{Tykebomb}} enhancements his fraternal quadruplet brothers received, but Sanji turned out to be no stronger than a normal kid and remained kind and compassionate when he should have none [[spoiler:because Sanji's mother, Sora, gave up her life by taking a gene modification-reversing drug to protect her sons from Judge's plans and preserve their humanity; it worked with Sanji, but failed with Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji]]; because of that, he forever deemed him a "failure" and a shame to the Vinsmoke legacy. He let his other sons viciously bully Sanji for his weaknesses, and finally forced an iron mask on Sanji and left him in the dungeons to rot, while lying to his Germa subjects that Sanji "[[DeathFakedForYou died in a training accident]]". [[PetTheDog However, he was unwilling to let Sanji die, let alone kill him, so he secretly sent him meals while he was imprisoned, and let him run away from home on the condition that Sanji never reveal his birthright to anyone]]. Years later, Sanji would admit that Zeff, for all his insults and hard hands, [[ToughLove made a better father than Judge ever did]].
** He enabled Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji's ''incredibly'' atrocious behaviors to the point where they became utterly cruel and abusive {{Royal Brat}}s as adults. [[spoiler:He also experimented on them in utero and removed their humanity, against the wishes of their mother, Sora, so they can become efficient warmongers who are literally incapable of feeling compassion, hence why the three became assholes. Sora risked her life by taking a gene modification-reversing drug to protect them, but only succeeded in saving their brother Sanji and ended up killing herself.]]
** He also modified his eldest child and only daughter, Reiju, with similar enhancements [[spoiler:but unlike her brothers, who had their empathy outright surgically removed, she was only programmed to follow her father's orders, with her emotions and ability to understand the morality of her actions still intact. So even if Reiju wants to disobey, she's restricted to doing so in a way that doesn't go completely against what her father asked of her]]. He also, through letting her brother Sanji be severely mistreated his entire childhood, made Reiju so utterly terrified for her life that she became a StepfordSmiler so she wouldn't be singled out for showing weakness, too. [[spoiler:She also became so utterly consumed with guilt and self-loathing that she wished for herself and her family to be killed by Big Mom on the day of Sanji's wedding, seeing her father and brothers (save for her deceased mother, Sora, and Sanji) as heartless murderers who will only blight the world if they continue living.]] ''That's how broken this poor girl is''.
** [[spoiler:He leaves Yonji and Niji to their fates upon escaping Whole Cake Island while he and the remanders of his family escape without even trying to save them.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: To Sanji. Sanji even admits to himself that his birth father never gave him a single decent memory.
* AristocratsAreEvil: He believes that a "proper" member of a royal family should be someone strong and not bend down to help starving and impoverished "rats", as it is beneath the dignity of royalty. He has successfully hammered this belief into all of his children save for two ([[WhiteSheep Sanji]] and [[TokenGoodTeammate Reiju]]).
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Well, he didn't take over the North Blue simply by hugging and befriending everybody...
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: In the anime, when he catches Sanji feeding a mouse, his response (unlike in the manga, where he simply dumps the food on the floor) is to ''throw the mouse out the window,'' with Sanji watching.
* BarbarianLonghair: He has thick, long blonde hair down to his hips.
* BigBadWannabe: For a while, he seems to be one of the main antagonists of the Totland arc. [[spoiler:Except that Big Mom was playing him for a sap and planned on killing his family and taking their assets. The wedding further proves he's not even close as strong as he thinks, proving to be a weakling even by New World standards and a DirtyCoward when his life is at stake]].
* {{Blackmail}}: Judge threatens to kill Zeff, Sanji's father-figure, if Sanji steps out of line or disobeys his orders.
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:He demands that Luffy explain why he rescued Sanji, who is still considered a "failure" to him. But he says this after he's led Germa to HoldTheLine to protect Sanji and his crew from Big Mom, with Judge personally ordering his ships to bombard the ships targeting the ''Thousand Sunny'', making it kinda obvious he's in denial.]]
* BloodKnight: He wants to to wage war with every nation in the North Blue, and [[ArmChairMilitary unlike most kings in the setting]], he fights alongside his army as its commander.
* BreakTheHaughty: In Chapter 864/Episode 834, he goes through one as he not only realizes that [[spoiler:Big Mom and her crew are about to kill him and his family]], but is forced to face this in one of the most humiliating ways possible. The Reverie arc ups the ante by revealing that [[spoiler:the Vinsmokes have lost their position as royals for allying themselves with Big Mom, effectively destroying Judge's dreams of retaking North Blue]].
* ChekhovsGun: Judge's cloning technology is built up quite a bit in the Wholecake Island arc and is the main reason Big Mom arranges a marriage with Germa 66. However, after the Wano arc, [[spoiler:Vegapunk is revealed to have used that same exact technology to create the Seraphim--clones of the Seven Warlords spliced with Lunarian DNA]].
* CombatPragmatist: This man fights so dirty, it would make ''Don Krieg'' blush. He uses any means at his disposal in his fight with Sanji, including [[HumanShield using his own soldiers as human shields]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicking Sanji while he's down]], and utilizing advanced weaponry against the unarmed Sanji to ensure that the fight [[CurbStompBattle ends decisively]]. He does offer to allow Sanji to use weapons, but after the latter refuses, he doesn't hesitate to attack him anyway.
* CoolChair: He has a throne with a horned skull motif, which is kind of cool. He even sits and eats there during meal times!
* CoolMask: He wears a mask that makes him look like he could fit right in the wrestling ring.
* CorneredRattlesnake: At his core, Judge is a coward - he relies on human shields, jetpacks, and other cheap and dirty tactics to win fights, and [[spoiler: pleads and cries for mercy when the Big Mom Pirates hold him at gunpoint. However, when Big Mom herself corners Judge after defeating Yonji and Niji, he unflinchingly attacks her head-on, figuring if he's going to die no matter what, he might as well go down swinging. Judge (''barely'') manages to survive her [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] him, though.]]
* TheCoup: Was involved in the "Four Nation Coup" where he disposed all of the North Blue's rulers and took power for himself. He keeps a portrait of the event in his palace (which Sanji finds extremely distasteful), and plans to do it again.
* CreatingLifeIsBad: [[spoiler:Together with Vegapunk, Queen and the rest of the MADS, he discovered the "Lineage Factor", which allows him to pioneer the usage of cloning and gene modification. His clone armies are programmed to have UndyingLoyalty to their creators so they don't have a problem with being carelessly used as {{Human Shield}}s and discarded by Judge and his family. The clones themselves are also completely unaware of their true nature and happily throw themselves in the line of fire for their bosses if requested]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: He ends up on the receiving end of one when he tries to attack Big Mom, as she shatters his spear ''easily'' with her teeth and [[WeatherManipulation smites him with a bolt of lightning]] for his troubles]].
* DebtDetester: [[spoiler: Though he still has no love for Sanji, Judge decides to risk his life and help him escape from the Big Mom pirates because he hates being indebted to somebody he always considered a "failure"]].
* DirtyCoward: Judge zigzags this trope in a spiritual sense. When totally pushed into a corner, he irrationally breaks down pathetically begging and crying for his life, completely compromising his public image. This moment of weakness also reveals that, at his core, he is nowhere near as tough as he thinks he is. Still, Judge possesses a true sense of honor and conviction when push comes to shove, honoring his debts to Sanji and the Straw Hats and fighting off Big Mom and her army to aid their escape. He is also brave enough to challenge Big Mom herself in one on one combat and later duel Charlotte Snack with no fear or apprehension.
* TheDon: The patriarch of the Vinsmoke family, a BadassFamily of assassins.
* ElementalPunch: He can electrify his special shoe to do a powerful kick.
* EmperorScientist: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:He was once a research colleague of Dr. Vegapunk and Queen in a group called MADS, but his team was condemned by the World Government for their "Lineage Factor" experiments, causing Judge to flee while abandoning Vegapunk and most of his peers to their fates. During his reign as King of Germa, Judge was responsible for the creation of Germa's technology, including the Raid Suits, and pioneering the usage of cloning and gene modification. It gets deconstructed with the way he used his intellect and creations -- Judge wanted to reconquer the North Blue, which used to belong to the Vinsmokes' ancestors, but then they lost it. He bred his clones specifically for cannon fodder and meat shields to protect himself. His alterations of his own children led to Sora killing herself trying to save them, especially her then-unborn quadruplet sons. While Sanji came out completely normal, his brothers are not so lucky, having only a tiny shred of empathy left, while his sister was tormented by the knowledge and understanding of her family's violent actions thanks to the empathy she still has. Judge's warped views and misuse of his skills and technology ultimately led to the Vinsmokes being surrounded, trapped, and nearly executed by the Charlotte family, and the loss of their royal privileges once news of their former alliance with Big Mom gets out. By this point, it's made pretty clear that because of Judge, the Vinsmoke name would have gone extinct, and now it is irreparably ruined]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Though it’s a twisted affection, he does genuinely care about his non-Sanji children. He states that the marriage into Big Mom’s family would be far too dangerous for him to subject any of his children to if he didn’t have Sanji around to offer as a sacrifice. The same cannot be said for his late wife Sora, as it's implied it was an arragened marriage and Judge showed no remorse in forcing her into a surgery against her wishes while pregnant with their sons and completely ignored both her memory and her wishes on how to raise their children. [[spoiler:However, he was responsible for Reiju's altered mind, and irreversibly removed the emotions of Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji while they were in utero, heavily implying that while Judge loves his children, he only loves them because they're strong enough to fight for him and Germa. It's eventually becomes a case of LovingAShadow that he only loves them solely because not only did they turn out the way he wanted them to turn out, but because they do everything he orders to do, unlike Sanji]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Even Judge; who thinks that a painting of himself standing proud over a burnt-out battlefield, with the bruised and (implied-to-be) ''decapitated'' heads of the four kings whose nations he crushed, would look nice in his palace, regards the Emperor Big Mom as "deranged". Thus, he would only agree to a political marriage with one of her daughters, if said son was merely expedient to him. Which is where [[TheUnfavourite Sanji]] came in.
** Also seen in Sanji's backstory. As much as he hated how useless Sanji to him was, [[spoiler:while he did lock Sanji up, he did not try to outright kill him (which may explain how Sanji was still given food from above). He was notably very glad that Sanji wanted to leave out of his own volition, but not before [[IHaveNoSon making sure Sanji would never tell anyone that he is his father.]]]]
** After Sanji rescues Judge and explains his resolve, [[spoiler: Judge promises to never approach Sanji or the East Blue]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When the Straw Hats sail off with Sanji, Judge demands an explanation from Luffy on why he had to rescue Sanji, citing his "flaws" like his compassion, lack of royal pride, and his willingness to put his life on the line to save those weaker than himself. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Luffy instead questions]] why Judge was listing [[TrueCompanions all the]] ''[[TrueCompanions good things]]'' [[TrueCompanions about Sanji]], not that Judge could hear him at the time.
* EvilIsPetty: His primary behavior towards Sanji just shows how spiteful he is to someone just because he didn't turn out like his siblings:
** It was bad enough Judge was an AbusiveDad to Sanji growing up, but once he saw he couldn't keep up with his siblings, Judge left his son in the dungeon with an iron mask on his head only because he didn't want to see his face.
** Anytime his brothers beat the crap out of Sanji, Judge did nothing, seeing as it was Sanji's own fault for being weak and let his brothers do as they please to him.
** He actually ''encouraged'' Sanji to leave the Germa 13 years ago believing he would be too weak to survive on his own yet he hypocritically claims he's not inhuman enough to kill his own child, leaving Sanji in tears over this act.
** He rigs Sanji's [[spoiler:fake]] cuffs to explode, knowing how much he loves to cook.
* EvilCounterpart: To Zeff -- both were [[AbusiveDad abusive father]] figures to Sanji during his life (biological for Judge, adoptive for Zeff), but [[ToughLove while Zeff genuinely cares and loves Sanji]], Judge has ''zero'' empathy for his son.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: [[spoiler:He specializes in CreatingLife and genetically engineering humans at the peak of physical prowess.]]
* ExactWords: He has Reiju put explosive bracelets on Sanji's wrists, knowing that he'll be permanently unable to cook if he survives the initial blast. [[spoiler:However, this worked against him as he never specified that the bracelets should be ''working'', so Sanji instead wore duds the entire time]].
* FatalFlaw: Typical for a power hungry tyrant, his major flaw is his pride. Judge is so determined to reconquer the North Blue that he is willing to do just about anything to achieve that, even if it means turning his own children into emotionless super soldiers by forcing his pregnant wife to undergo gene-altering surgery. To that end, he even struck a deal with the Emperor Big Mom using his least favored son Sanji as a sacrificial pawn to marry him off to her family to seal the deal. [[spoiler:This leads to his entire family, including himself, almost dying after Big Mom tries to backstab him in order to steal the Germa's technology for herself]].
* {{Foil}}: To Big Mom. Both are parents and powerful leaders over their children. And both also have shown themselves to be highly unpleasant to have as an enemy. However, Judge claims to love and values his children ([[TheUnfavorite sans Sanji]]) and gives them an immense level of freedom, and for Sanji, Judge couldn't bring himself to kill him ''despite'' his views on him. Big Mom however, more or less treats all her children as a means to an end, marrying them off to make connections to more power ([[spoiler:including her supposed "favorite" Pudding]]), and she always puts her own happiness first. [[ControlFreak Her children are told that if they want to be as happy as possible, they'll do what she asks/demands of them]]. And if they refuse to marry whoever she wants them to marry, she won't hesitate to wish them dead. As stated above, Judge isn't about to win any "Parent Of The Year" awards... but next to Big Mom, he looks like a model father.
* GoalInLife: His dream is to take over the North Blue once again, and make his family's rule permanent this time.
* GoneHorriblyRight: When faced with the prospect of death [[spoiler:by being surrounded by Big Mom's crew's guns]], witnessing his sons' react to the situation without any concern or worry prompts him to cry out "What's wrong with you?!". Ironically enough, there's absolutely nothing wrong with them, as far as Judge intended them to be. [[spoiler:He wanted emotionless child soldiers, he got them. Their lack of emotion means they don't feel panic or fear, even when staring death right in the face.]]
* GoodParents: Subverted; he was shown to treat his other sons lovingly in childhood while still referring to them as "precious" in the present day, and he also refused to let any of his other three sons marry into the Charlotte family on the grounds that Big Mom is "a mad woman"... But as said above, he clearly enabled their worst behaviors (whereas an actually good father would immediately put a stop to such things) and later it's shown that [[spoiler:he experimented on them ''before'' they were born]], meaning that '''he's the reason why Ichiji, Niji and Yonji are assholes to start with'''. That's something a mildly good parent would never ''ever'' do.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]], a flashback depicted him [[OffWithHisHead beheading]] the four kings of the North Blue with his spear in one fell swoop, though it only shows lightning flashing and the spear blade being covered in blood afterwards.
* HalfTruth: When his family meet up with Big Mom for lunch, he talks about how the lasting happiness of children is first priority. He's right... only for his children not named Sanji.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** [[spoiler: When his sons not named "Sanji" respond to learning of Big Mom's wedding plans for them by laughing and scolding him for having his VillainousBreakdown, he berates them for being so indifferent. Reiju quietly lampshades how it was Judge's own experiments that made her brothers act the way they did.]]
** Because Judge was such a horrible father to Sanji growing up and made him leave when given the chance, Sanji would go on to meet Zeff, who he considers his real father, and grow ''significantly'' stronger as a result -- to the point that Sanji is now likely leagues stronger than Judge, who is forced to use underhanded tactics just to win a duel with him. [[spoiler:It's made even more apparent during the Onigashima War after the Sanji's SuperSoldier modifications activate and increase his skills significantly, that he's the strongest of all of Judge's children. Meaning that, in the end, all of Judge's actions have led him to alienate his most powerful child]].
* HonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler: He believes in this stridently, even quoting the trope word for word when he discovers the Charlotte Family's betrayal. Unfortunately for him, [[NoHonorAmongThieves such a rule doesn't really apply to ruthless, psychopathic pirates like Big Mom]]]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
** {{Pun}} aside, he still sees Sanji as the weakling he was as a child, despite him [[TookALevelinBadass becoming a lot more powerful]] during the years spent in Baratie and sailing with the Straw Hat Pirates. If not for his technology and rather underhanded yet pragmatic tactics, the fight between him and Sanji would have gone on much longer.
** There's also a Downplayed case of this in terms of how he views Big Mom. Though he doesn't trust her and plans to give himself some leverage in their deal, he underestimates just ''how'' untrustworthy she really is and has no idea that [[spoiler:she's planned on murdering him and his family from the very start. And when he finds out, he's so shocked by this betrayal that he could do nothing but cry for her in frustration]].
* IgnoredEpiphany: {{Invoked|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Even after Sanji has proven the importance of his compassion by saving Judge and the other Vinsmokes from Big Mom, he still demands an explanation from Luffy about how he would risk so much to rescue a "failure" like Sanji, only to be quickly ignored. He says this ''after'' he's already committed his army to defending the Straw Hats, making it clear he's in denial.]]
* IHaveNoSon: He doesn't see Sanji as his son anymore, though he still calls Sanji out on attacking his own father, and refers to as him "my son" whenever it's convenient. It's not much better on Sanji's end, as he decided long ago that he would have nothing to do with his blood family (especially the father).
* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler:He breaks down crying when he realizes that the Big Mom pirates intend to kill the Vinsmokes, much to the mockery of everyone around him.]]
* InsultBackfire: When Judge confronts [[spoiler:Luffy and asks him why he went so far to rescue Sanji, when Sanji has so many flaws, like showing compassion to others, protecting the weak, having no royal pride, wasting his time with cooking and being in general soft -- in short, being a failure -- Luffy just thanks him for helping the Straw Hats escape and]] asks himself why Judge just listed all of Sanji's best qualities.
* IRejectYourReality: No matter how many times it's shown that Sanji has grown far stronger than his siblings, Judge still adamantly referes to Sanji as a failure.
* {{Irony}}: He disowned Sanji for not inheriting the same genetic enhancements as his siblings, making him the weakest of his children and thus a failure. Not only does Sanji grow up to be the unambiguously strongest of his children, [[spoiler:it turns out he ''did'' inherit Judge's genetic enhancements, which finally awaken during the Onigashima War. Meaning that, because of his own hypocrisy and arrogance, Judge permanently alienated his strongest potential soldier for nothing]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: While he claims his actions are to regain the honor and glory of the Germa and the Vinsmoke name, it becomes painfully obvious all of Judge's actions are really for himself and his ambitions. His treatment of Sanji is proof enough of that, as the reason he hates Sanji is because he didn't turn out the way ''Judge'' wanted.
* IWantThemAlive: He uses his connections to the World Government to change Sanji's bounty from "Dead or Alive" to "Only Alive" after the Dressrosa arc, having finally discovered his missing third son's whereabouts. This isn't out of any fatherly love, but desiring to use Sanji as part of an ArrangedMarriage to Big Mom. He doesn't want to sacrifice any of his "precious" sons to Big Mom.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The reason he wants Sanji back alive, despite abusing him years ago? He needed a son to cement his alliance with Big Mom through a marriage, and he doesn't want to use his more "precious" sons. Beside that, Sanji doesn't mean anything to him.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Judge has gotten away with quite a bit over the course of his life. His unethical experiments, vicious coups, child abuse, etc... It all comes crashing down after the Whole Cake Island Arc. As punishment for his attempt at an alliance with Big Mom, he ends up being exiled from the Reverie, meaning that his claim over North Blue can never be recognized as legitimate, and his actions end up totally alienating Sanji, who is far and away the strongest of his children [[spoiler:especially after his Germa 66 Enhancements awaken]].
* LackOfEmpathy: Had no reservations about severely abusing his own son both psychologically and physically when he was just a child. Even in present day, he's completely unable to see anything wrong with how he treats Sanji, or about his plans for dominating other nations. As Sanji himself puts it, it's in one ear and out the other with him.
* LargeAndInCharge: Judge is a very large and imposing man. He once ruled the entire North Blue with an iron fist. He possesses incredible influence in the Underworld, and is also the current ruler of the Germa Kingdom, an ocean-based kingdom where its territories are supported by interlocking ships and its size depends on the number of ships used at any moment. In the anime flashback that depicted the "Four Nation Coup" he started, he is shown to be ''gigantic'' compared to the four kings he killed.
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** In Chapter 864/Episode 834, as [[spoiler:the death for his family becomes imminent]], he breaks down when faced with the reality of the situation and [[spoiler:Big Mom's betrayal]], screaming for someone to save him. Not only do his "precious" sons and daughter ridicule him (with Ichiji calling him "pathetic" and Reiju essentially thinking, "Serves you right"), [[spoiler:Big Mom's children/crew-members and the tea party guests]] join in the fun, with [[spoiler:Perospero]] taking particular delight in giving him a BreakThemByTalking speech about how he [[BadBoss belittled and discarded those who were under his employ]], and he will soon meet the same fate as his victims.
** By the time of the Reverie, the Germa Kingdom lose their position in the World Government because of the incident with Big Mom, which effectively foils Judge's dream of reconquering the North Blue.
* LifesWorkRuined: He has spent virtually his entire life to carry on his family's legacy by reconquering the North Blue as his ancestors did 300 years ago, even modifying his own kids [[spoiler:and irreversibly removing their emotions]]. By the end of the Whole Cake Island arc, however, [[spoiler:his goals are foiled when Big Mom turns on the Vinsmokes during the failed wedding ceremony between Sanji and Pudding, and the World Government revokes the Vinsmokes' status as royalty for allying themselves with an Emperor]].
* LightningBruiser: Thanks to his technology, he's a fast and powerful warrior.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: His sons Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji take after him pretty closely both in philosophy and behavior [[spoiler:because Judge programmed them to be that way. Judge wanted ruthless killing machines that'll help him win wars and conquer the North Blue, so he experimented on his quadruplet sons while they were in utero by surgically removing their ability to feel compassion, against the wishes of their mother, Sora, who intended to avert the trope by taking a gene modification-reversing drug in hopes of preserving her sons' humanity, at the cost of her own life. Sanji was a success, but Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji weren't so lucky; the drug that slowly killed Sora only managed to save what little humanity they had left.]]
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Judge is a warmongering king, a BadBoss, and a brutish man who believes in MightMakesRight and VirtueIsWeakness. Sanji however, is a low-class pirate and, [[HandsomeLech while]] he has [[HotBlooded his faults]], is a hero who refuses to be associated with his family or their Underworld activities, and is willing to help others in need. [[spoiler:It's later revealed to be justified; Sanji was genetically altered along with his then-unborn quadruplet brothers with the intention of turning them into ruthless killing machines, but his dead mother, Sora, took a dangerous drug that reversed gene modifications to save her sons, at the cost of his own life. Sanji was the only one who was born a normal kid who still retained his empathy as the result of the drug; Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji weren't so lucky.]]
* MadScientist: Sanji learns that prior to proclaiming himself royalty, Judge used to be a companion of Vegapunk, and they did scientific research together. Judge managed to escape being arrested by the World Government for their discovery of the Lineage Factor, while Vegapunk wasn't so lucky. [[spoiler:Queen, while also part of the research team, spent the next years as a pirate under the leadership of Kaido, one of the Emperors]].
* ManlyFacialHair: Judge has a pointy black mustache and is the former ruler of the North Blue. Like them, Judge is a powerful fighter as well.
* MeetTheNewBoss: He's one for Don Krieg in the East Blue saga. Both are leaders of a military group who's obsessed with military equipment and personnel numbers, and they used to be active at a certain sea (the East Blue for Krieg, the North Blue for Judge). Both are also spear-wielders. They're also [[SmallNameBigEgo blowhards]] that hide behind large armies, their loyal and capable subordinates, that they abuse, rig fights in their favor by using hostages, and artificially boost their personal strength with a bunch of fancy toys. In addition, they're both ungrateful bastards who despise chefs.
* MoralMyopia:
** Judge never once displayed an ounce of fatherly love toward Sanji, outright disowning him as he escaped. When they start fighting in the present (a fight which Judge called for), he condemns Sanji for kicking his own father. He even goes on to claim that ''Sanji'' is the one disrespecting their familial bonds by potentially angering Big Mom.
** The leader of a family of assassins who wholeheartedly believes MightMakesRight and VirtueIsWeakness [[spoiler:tearfully begs for mercy when the Big Mom Pirates betray and get ready to kill the Vinsmokes.]]
* NeverBareheaded: Judge is never seen with his helmet off, save for when he's gone to sleep. Even then he's shown obscured in the darkness. Oda is literally keeping us in the dark about his actual appearance for some reason. [[spoiler:When Big Mom destroys his helmet with a jolt of Zeus's lightning, we still don't get to see what's behind the mask.]]
* NeverGetsDrunk: Big Mom sent barmaids to drink and entertain them. The Vinsmokes easily out-drink all the girls.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:When his wife, Sora, falls gravely ill, growing weaker by the day and ultimately dying, thanks to the fact that she secretly overdosed the "anti-human modification drug" that slowly kills her, he ''blames Sanji for it'' because he was born perfectly normal unlike his quadruplet brothers, i.e just what his wife wanted. She wouldn't have done it if Judge hadn't forced the modifying operation onto her womb because she didn't want her children to be emotionless killing machines.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: Despite hating Sanji for turning to be a failure on all counts as a child and wishing he was dead, Judge ultimately averts it with the reason that he couldn't bring himself to murder his own child. He was, however, perfectly fine with leaving Sanji to rot in the family dungeons and making things like the boy never existed. When Sanji escapes the dungeon and attempts to run away, Judge makes no attempt whatsoever to stop him and lets him take the key to remove his mask. He's rather relieved that his "failure" who he couldn't bring himself to kill is willing to leave on his own.
* OffWithHisHead: [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]], he beheads the four kings of the North Blue after launching a successful coup. He had the moment painted and framed, and hung on the wall for all to see.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A cover story following the Whole Cake Island arc shows Judge alive and well, meaning he not only escaped the wrath of the Big Mom Pirates but also defeated or eluded Charlotte Snack, a former Sweet Commander.
* OhCrap:
** He realizes his fate the moment [[spoiler:Big Mom and her family pull guns on his family]] to the point where he desperately pleads to be saved, causing both Big Mom's children, his own children, and some guests, to ridicule him.
** He has another moment when [[spoiler:the Kingdom's main castle is attacked, and former Sweets Commander Charlotte Snack is leading the attack]].
* PapaWolf: Zigzagged. The first subversion comes with Sanji, whom Judge sees as a failure for retaining his compassion and displaying the same level of strength and capabilities as a normal kid's, and let his other "successful" children bully him viciously throughout most of his childhood. [[PetTheDog While he doesn't kill Sanji outright or abandon him to die despite how much he hates him]], he did treat him as a throwaway and a tool for sealing Germa 66's alliance with Big Mom, which was why he changed Sanji's pirate bounty from "Dead or Alive" to "Only Alive". Then he subverts it again with his displays of love and affection towards Ichiji, Yonji, Niji, and Reiju, and his forbidding them to marry anyone of Big Mom's family on the grounds that she's a "madwoman". [[spoiler:The final subversion comes with TheReveal that Judge gave Reiju some mind alterations that made her loyal to her father, while genetically experimenting on his then-unborn quadruplet sons to turn them into the perfect emotionless killing machines against the wishes of his wife, Sora, hence why Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji are complete assholes who are literally unable to feel empathy. As mentioned above, his behavior towards his children as a parent is based on how "useful" they are to him as warriors.]]
* PaperTiger: This huge, burly beast of a man who has a picture of the four kings of the North Blue's heads adorned in his chambers [[spoiler: cries and begs for his life like a complete coward when staring death in the eye, and with none of his dirty tricks to save him.]]
* PetTheDog: An extremely small one; despite wishing little Sanji was dead for being a failure to him, he couldn't bring himself to kill his own son. He did force Sanji into wearing an iron mask and left him in the dungeons to rot... but he still provided Sanji with exquisite meals (causing his subordinates to speculate there was a secret guest VIP or mistress).
* PunnyName: His Japanese name Jajji, when spoken, sounds extremely similar to "Judge"; so much so that the English translation by Viz does call him Judge.
* RocketBoots: He can use this to fly and boost his kicks.
* ShockAndAwe: Channels electricity through his kicks and his spear, thanks to the weaponry he's armed with.
* TheSocialDarwinist: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. He believes so fervently that VirtueIsWeakness and MightMakesRight, that he [[spoiler:physically and psychologically modified his own children to follow his values]]. He sees Sanji as his greatest disappointment and wishes he never existed because he was weaker than his siblings (i.e "like a normal human" according to one of Judge's scientists), despite [[spoiler:receiving the same modifications as his quadruplet brothers]]. Naturally, Judge ended up destroying his family, with his wife [[spoiler:dying because she disagreed with the treatment of their sons, and in a moment of great irony, he later outright begs for someone to save him in Chapter 864/Episode 834, when he and his family find himself surrounded by Big Mom's children/crew on all fronts with no way out, restrained by hard candy to their chairs and their weapons/raid suits secretly confiscated. Not only do his own children ridicule him and accept the inevitable, but his would-be killers (and some of the wedding attendees) join in as well, with Perospero in particular relishing in giving him a BreakingSpeech. As the final nail in the coffin, Judge is further humiliated when he's saved from death by Sanji, forever indebting the Vinsmoke patriarch to his "failure" of a son.]]
* SoreLoser: He ''really'' doesn't take it well when [[spoiler:he realizes that Big Mom's going to assassinate him and his family, throwing his decades-long revenge plan under the bus]].
* TooCleverByHalf: For all that he hates Sanji for not inheriting the gene modifications his brothers had, [[spoiler:it never once occurs to him to somehow give Sanji those modifications when he was growing up, and or activate them if they had been somehow dormant. As it turns out, the gene modifications ''are'' dormant (something that Judge never bothered to ''check''), and begin to awaken during the Onigashima War thanks Sanji's continued use of the raid suit Niji gave him. Because of Judge's arrogance, he lost out on having Sanji, now unquestionably his strongest child, as a potential ally, let alone as a soldier]].
* ThisIsUnforgivable: The narrative thoroughly conveys that what Judge did to his children to be an especially heinous crime even for this CrapsackWorld. Queen, a fellow MadScientist, later mentions to Sanji that he believes Judge's actions qualify him as genuinely insane.
* UglyGuyHotWife: He may not be {{Gonk}}, but he is ugly and brutish. His deceased wife Sora, however, was a stunningly beautiful young woman.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: During their duel, he can't believe Sanji is capable of using Haki, as Sanji had been the weakest of his children the last he saw him. In general, he didn't believe Sanji was going to amount to anything when his son was growing up due to not inheriting the genetic enhancements Judge gave to the quadruplets in-utero. Not only does Sanji indeed grow up to be strong, he flat-out becomes the strongest member of the family. [[spoiler:Especially after he awakens the aforementioned genetic enhancements]].
* UngratefulBastard: Although Judge had his life saved by Sanji and agreed to leave him and his loved ones alone as promised, Judge remains frustrated about the whole situation. As while he does defend the Straw Hats during their escape, he unsuccessfully asks Luffy why he would risk his life to save Sanji while listing his "flaws".
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:As of TheReveal in Chapter 850/Episode 816. With the ArrangedMarriage between Sanji and Charlotte Pudding, Big Mom has planned on killing Sanji and his entire family from the start and taking their technology for her own exclusive use]].
* VicariouslyAmbitious: Implied to be the reason [[spoiler:why he experimented on all his children and caused so much dysfunction in his family. Judge conquered North Blue in the past, then lost the territory. So he altered his children's Lineage Factors so they would become strong, merciless warriors that would reconquer North Blue and lead Germa 66 to greatness. This led to Reiju becoming severely suicidal as an adult, and Yonji, Ichiji, and Niji literally being unable to understand both positive human emotions and the depravity of their actions. Only Sanji escaped his siblings' fate thanks to his mother, and he suffered for it]].
* VillainousBreakdown: Upon discovering Big Mom's betrayal, Judge [[VillainsWantMercy screams for mercy]], not wanting to die until he achieves his dream of conquering the North Blue again. He then is ridiculed by his "precious" sons, his daughter silently lampshades how he did this to himself, the guests all mock him and Morgan's takes photos of Judge [[TearsOfFear crying]] and [[FaceDeathWithDespair begging for his life]] while Perospero gleefully taunts him for his [[DirtyCoward cowardliness]]. [[spoiler:He further becomes ashamed over being saved by Sanji and being forced into his demands in order to survive.]]
* VillainousValour: For all his horrific flaws and actions towards his family, Vinsmoke Judge is shown to have some bravado deep down. [[spoiler:After being rescued, he took on Big Mom, single-handedly, to protect the rest of his family and the rest of the escaping pirates. Granted part of that might be arrogance as he did think him and the rest of Germa would actually win if they had their suits (a fact proven ''very'' wrong)]] .
* VillainsWantMercy: When karma catches up to him, and he finds [[spoiler:Big Mom's guns all pointed at him]], realizing his decades-long plans suddenly came down in a fiery crash, ''he [[FaceDeathWithDespair starts pleading for his life]] and [[TearsOfFear crying]] for somebody to save him.'' Not only do his own "perfect" sons ridicule him (with [[NervesOfSteel Ichiji]] calling it pathetic), but [[spoiler:Big Mom's top enforcers]] go out of their way to remind him of his own policies, actions, and ideals. They also taunt him with how [[MoralMyopia he treated people in his current position]], just to drive home how much he deserves what's coming.
* VirtueIsWeakness: He's a firm believer in this - he considers feeding common folk to be disgusting, as "royalty should never serve commoners" in his mind, and believes that only those with power have a right to brutalize the weak. Even worse, he considers ''being a chef'' a worthless profession, which makes the fact that he has chefs under his employment and he allied himself with the food-centric Charlotte Family rather hypocritical. It's deconstructed in that his utter disdain for weaknesses was the main source of the Vinsmokes' dysfunction - [[spoiler:he experimented on his own children to ensure they'll fulfill his dreams of reconquering North Blue, leaving Reiju a suicidal mess, while Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji were robbed of all chances to be good people since they're literally unable to feel compassion]]. When Sanji [[spoiler:retained human empathy thanks to an extremely desperate gambit made by Sora to save her sons]], he was horrifically abused and left to rot in the dungeons for it. Plus, [[spoiler:if Judge actually succeeded in making Sanji act like his brothers, the Vinsmokes would've been rendered extinct by the Charlotte Family, as Sanji's compassion saved them from being massacred by their former allies]].
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:He was built up as a legitimate threat during his fight with Sanji, but his "fight" with Big Mom was literally just her shattering his spear and knocking him out in one Zeus-aided punch. He didn't even get a single hit in, not that it would have mattered.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: He believes his alliance to Big Mom is something similar to ''Series/GameOfThrones'', where he can marry off a son he considers worthless to try and gain a powerful ally. [[spoiler:He does not take into account that a pirate like Big Mom would have no interest in honoring her agreements if she thinks she can just kill him and take what he has.]]
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:After he and his family are rescued and put into Bege's custody, Bege's group is in danger due to Big Mom attacking Bege's castle form; Judge and his children (other than Sanji) decide to cover Bege's escape plan. Immediately after Bege turns into his normal body and Caesar is lifting him away, Judge and his children shields them from the Big Mom Pirates' assault.]]
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[[folder:"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju]]
!!"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichikoNeya (Japanese); Creator/AlexisTipton (English)
!!!'''Age:''' 24
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 826 (Manga), Episode 783 (Anime)
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->''"You have my most sincere thanks for taking care of my little brother for all this time."''
"Poison Pink" Reiju is the only daughter and oldest child of the Vinsmoke family, as well as Sanji's older sister. A genetically modified SuperSoldier, Reiju possesses enhanced strength, speed, and endurance that are far beyond a normal human's.\\\
She has the ability to generate and control deadly poisons, as well as consume them herself, and suffer no ill side-effects from it afterwards. Additionally, she has eaten an as of yet unrevealed Devil Fruit (according to Oda in an [[AllThereInTheManual SBS issue]]), although whether or not her poison-nullifying abilities are related to it are unknown at present. Although she supports her family's warmongering on the surface, her heart and personal, private actions suggest otherwise, especially when it comes to Sanji.
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** He gave Sanji the same {{Tykebomb}} enhancements his fraternal quadruplet brothers received, but Sanji turned out to be no stronger than a normal kid and remained kind and compassionate when he should have none [[spoiler:because Sanji's mother, Sora, gave up her life by taking a gene modification-reversing drug to protect her sons from Judge's plans and preserve their humanity; it worked with Sanji, but failed with Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji]]; because of that, he forever deemed him a "failure" and a shame to the Vinsmoke legacy. He let his other sons viciously bully Sanji for his weaknesses, and finally forced an iron mask on Sanji and left him in the dungeons to rot, while lying to his Germa subjects that Sanji "[[DeathFakedForYou died in a training accident]]". [[PetTheDog However, he was unwilling to let Sanji die, let alone kill him, so he secretly sent him meals while he was imprisoned, and let him run away from home on the condition that Sanji never reveal his birthright to anyone]]. Years later, Sanji would admit that Zeff, for all his insults and hard hands, [[ToughLove made a better father than Judge ever did]].
** He enabled Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji's ''incredibly'' atrocious behaviors to the point where they became utterly cruel and abusive {{Royal Brat}}s as adults. [[spoiler:He also experimented on them in utero and removed their humanity, against the wishes of their mother, Sora, so they can become efficient warmongers who are literally incapable of feeling compassion, hence why the three became assholes. Sora risked her life by taking a gene modification-reversing drug to protect them, but only succeeded in saving their brother Sanji and ended up killing herself.]]
** He also modified his eldest child and only daughter, Reiju, with similar enhancements [[spoiler:but unlike her brothers, who had their empathy outright surgically removed, she was only programmed to follow her father's orders, with her emotions and ability to understand the morality of her actions still intact. So even if Reiju wants to disobey, she's restricted to doing so in a way that doesn't go completely against what her father asked of her]]. He also, through letting her brother Sanji be severely mistreated his entire childhood, made Reiju so utterly terrified for her life that she became a StepfordSmiler so she wouldn't be singled out for showing weakness, too. [[spoiler:She also became so utterly consumed with guilt and self-loathing that she wished for herself and her family to be killed by Big Mom on the day of Sanji's wedding, seeing her father and brothers (save for her deceased mother, Sora, and Sanji) as heartless murderers who will only blight the world if they continue living.]] ''That's how broken this poor girl is''.
** [[spoiler:He leaves Yonji and Niji to their fates upon escaping Whole Cake Island while he and the remanders of his family escape without even trying to save them.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: To Sanji. Sanji even admits to himself that his birth father never gave him a single decent memory.
* AristocratsAreEvil: He believes that a "proper" member of a royal family should be someone strong and not bend down to help starving and impoverished "rats", as it is beneath the dignity of royalty. He has successfully hammered this belief into all of his children save for two ([[WhiteSheep Sanji]] and [[TokenGoodTeammate Reiju]]).
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Well, he didn't take over the North Blue simply by hugging and befriending everybody...
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: In the anime, when he catches Sanji feeding a mouse, his response (unlike in the manga, where he simply dumps the food on the floor) is to ''throw the mouse out the window,'' with Sanji watching.
* BarbarianLonghair: He has thick, long blonde hair down to his hips.
* BigBadWannabe: For a while, he seems to be one of the main antagonists of the Totland arc. [[spoiler:Except that Big Mom was playing him for a sap and planned on killing his family and taking their assets. The wedding further proves he's not even close as strong as he thinks, proving to be a weakling even by New World standards and a DirtyCoward when his life is at stake]].
* {{Blackmail}}: Judge threatens to kill Zeff, Sanji's father-figure, if Sanji steps out of line or disobeys his orders.
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler:He demands that Luffy explain why he rescued Sanji, who is still considered a "failure" to him. But he says this after he's led Germa to HoldTheLine to protect Sanji and his crew from Big Mom, with Judge personally ordering his ships to bombard the ships targeting the ''Thousand Sunny'', making it kinda obvious he's in denial.]]
* BloodKnight: He wants to to wage war with every nation in the North Blue, and [[ArmChairMilitary unlike most kings in the setting]], he fights alongside his army as its commander.
* BreakTheHaughty: In Chapter 864/Episode 834, he goes through one as he not only realizes that [[spoiler:Big Mom and her crew are about to kill him and his family]], but is forced to face this in one of the most humiliating ways possible. The Reverie arc ups the ante by revealing that [[spoiler:the Vinsmokes have lost their position as royals for allying themselves with Big Mom, effectively destroying Judge's dreams of retaking North Blue]].
* ChekhovsGun: Judge's cloning technology is built up quite a bit in the Wholecake Island arc and is the main reason Big Mom arranges a marriage with Germa 66. However, after the Wano arc, [[spoiler:Vegapunk is revealed to have used that same exact technology to create the Seraphim--clones of the Seven Warlords spliced with Lunarian DNA]].
* CombatPragmatist: This man fights so dirty, it would make ''Don Krieg'' blush. He uses any means at his disposal in his fight with Sanji, including [[HumanShield using his own soldiers as human shields]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicking Sanji while he's down]], and utilizing advanced weaponry against the unarmed Sanji to ensure that the fight [[CurbStompBattle ends decisively]]. He does offer to allow Sanji to use weapons, but after the latter refuses, he doesn't hesitate to attack him anyway.
* CoolChair: He has a throne with a horned skull motif, which is kind of cool. He even sits and eats there during meal times!
* CoolMask: He wears a mask that makes him look like he could fit right in the wrestling ring.
* CorneredRattlesnake: At his core, Judge is a coward - he relies on human shields, jetpacks, and other cheap and dirty tactics to win fights, and [[spoiler: pleads and cries for mercy when the Big Mom Pirates hold him at gunpoint. However, when Big Mom herself corners Judge after defeating Yonji and Niji, he unflinchingly attacks her head-on, figuring if he's going to die no matter what, he might as well go down swinging. Judge (''barely'') manages to survive her [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] him, though.]]
* TheCoup: Was involved in the "Four Nation Coup" where he disposed all of the North Blue's rulers and took power for himself. He keeps a portrait of the event in his palace (which Sanji finds extremely distasteful), and plans to do it again.
* CreatingLifeIsBad: [[spoiler:Together with Vegapunk, Queen and the rest of the MADS, he discovered the "Lineage Factor", which allows him to pioneer the usage of cloning and gene modification. His clone armies are programmed to have UndyingLoyalty to their creators so they don't have a problem with being carelessly used as {{Human Shield}}s and discarded by Judge and his family. The clones themselves are also completely unaware of their true nature and happily throw themselves in the line of fire for their bosses if requested]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: He ends up on the receiving end of one when he tries to attack Big Mom, as she shatters his spear ''easily'' with her teeth and [[WeatherManipulation smites him with a bolt of lightning]] for his troubles]].
* DebtDetester: [[spoiler: Though he still has no love for Sanji, Judge decides to risk his life and help him escape from the Big Mom pirates because he hates being indebted to somebody he always considered a "failure"]].
* DirtyCoward: Judge zigzags this trope in a spiritual sense. When totally pushed into a corner, he irrationally breaks down pathetically begging and crying for his life, completely compromising his public image. This moment of weakness also reveals that, at his core, he is nowhere near as tough as he thinks he is. Still, Judge possesses a true sense of honor and conviction when push comes to shove, honoring his debts to Sanji and the Straw Hats and fighting off Big Mom and her army to aid their escape. He is also brave enough to challenge Big Mom herself in one on one combat and later duel Charlotte Snack with no fear or apprehension.
* TheDon: The patriarch of the Vinsmoke family, a BadassFamily of assassins.
* ElementalPunch: He can electrify his special shoe to do a powerful kick.
* EmperorScientist: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:He was once a research colleague of Dr. Vegapunk and Queen in a group called MADS, but his team was condemned by the World Government for their "Lineage Factor" experiments, causing Judge to flee while abandoning Vegapunk and most of his peers to their fates. During his reign as King of Germa, Judge was responsible for the creation of Germa's technology, including the Raid Suits, and pioneering the usage of cloning and gene modification. It gets deconstructed with the way he used his intellect and creations -- Judge wanted to reconquer the North Blue, which used to belong to the Vinsmokes' ancestors, but then they lost it. He bred his clones specifically for cannon fodder and meat shields to protect himself. His alterations of his own children led to Sora killing herself trying to save them, especially her then-unborn quadruplet sons. While Sanji came out completely normal, his brothers are not so lucky, having only a tiny shred of empathy left, while his sister was tormented by the knowledge and understanding of her family's violent actions thanks to the empathy she still has. Judge's warped views and misuse of his skills and technology ultimately led to the Vinsmokes being surrounded, trapped, and nearly executed by the Charlotte family, and the loss of their royal privileges once news of their former alliance with Big Mom gets out. By this point, it's made pretty clear that because of Judge, the Vinsmoke name would have gone extinct, and now it is irreparably ruined]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Though it’s a twisted affection, he does genuinely care about his non-Sanji children. He states that the marriage into Big Mom’s family would be far too dangerous for him to subject any of his children to if he didn’t have Sanji around to offer as a sacrifice. The same cannot be said for his late wife Sora, as it's implied it was an arragened marriage and Judge showed no remorse in forcing her into a surgery against her wishes while pregnant with their sons and completely ignored both her memory and her wishes on how to raise their children. [[spoiler:However, he was responsible for Reiju's altered mind, and irreversibly removed the emotions of Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji while they were in utero, heavily implying that while Judge loves his children, he only loves them because they're strong enough to fight for him and Germa. It's eventually becomes a case of LovingAShadow that he only loves them solely because not only did they turn out the way he wanted them to turn out, but because they do everything he orders to do, unlike Sanji]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Even Judge; who thinks that a painting of himself standing proud over a burnt-out battlefield, with the bruised and (implied-to-be) ''decapitated'' heads of the four kings whose nations he crushed, would look nice in his palace, regards the Emperor Big Mom as "deranged". Thus, he would only agree to a political marriage with one of her daughters, if said son was merely expedient to him. Which is where [[TheUnfavourite Sanji]] came in.
** Also seen in Sanji's backstory. As much as he hated how useless Sanji to him was, [[spoiler:while he did lock Sanji up, he did not try to outright kill him (which may explain how Sanji was still given food from above). He was notably very glad that Sanji wanted to leave out of his own volition, but not before [[IHaveNoSon making sure Sanji would never tell anyone that he is his father.]]]]
** After Sanji rescues Judge and explains his resolve, [[spoiler: Judge promises to never approach Sanji or the East Blue]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When the Straw Hats sail off with Sanji, Judge demands an explanation from Luffy on why he had to rescue Sanji, citing his "flaws" like his compassion, lack of royal pride, and his willingness to put his life on the line to save those weaker than himself. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Luffy instead questions]] why Judge was listing [[TrueCompanions all the]] ''[[TrueCompanions good things]]'' [[TrueCompanions about Sanji]], not that Judge could hear him at the time.
* EvilIsPetty: His primary behavior towards Sanji just shows how spiteful he is to someone just because he didn't turn out like his siblings:
** It was bad enough Judge was an AbusiveDad to Sanji growing up, but once he saw he couldn't keep up with his siblings, Judge left his son in the dungeon with an iron mask on his head only because he didn't want to see his face.
** Anytime his brothers beat the crap out of Sanji, Judge did nothing, seeing as it was Sanji's own fault for being weak and let his brothers do as they please to him.
** He actually ''encouraged'' Sanji to leave the Germa 13 years ago believing he would be too weak to survive on his own yet he hypocritically claims he's not inhuman enough to kill his own child, leaving Sanji in tears over this act.
** He rigs Sanji's [[spoiler:fake]] cuffs to explode, knowing how much he loves to cook.
* EvilCounterpart: To Zeff -- both were [[AbusiveDad abusive father]] figures to Sanji during his life (biological for Judge, adoptive for Zeff), but [[ToughLove while Zeff genuinely cares and loves Sanji]], Judge has ''zero'' empathy for his son.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: [[spoiler:He specializes in CreatingLife and genetically engineering humans at the peak of physical prowess.]]
* ExactWords: He has Reiju put explosive bracelets on Sanji's wrists, knowing that he'll be permanently unable to cook if he survives the initial blast. [[spoiler:However, this worked against him as he never specified that the bracelets should be ''working'', so Sanji instead wore duds the entire time]].
* FatalFlaw: Typical for a power hungry tyrant, his major flaw is his pride. Judge is so determined to reconquer the North Blue that he is willing to do just about anything to achieve that, even if it means turning his own children into emotionless super soldiers by forcing his pregnant wife to undergo gene-altering surgery. To that end, he even struck a deal with the Emperor Big Mom using his least favored son Sanji as a sacrificial pawn to marry him off to her family to seal the deal. [[spoiler:This leads to his entire family, including himself, almost dying after Big Mom tries to backstab him in order to steal the Germa's technology for herself]].
* {{Foil}}: To Big Mom. Both are parents and powerful leaders over their children. And both also have shown themselves to be highly unpleasant to have as an enemy. However, Judge claims to love and values his children ([[TheUnfavorite sans Sanji]]) and gives them an immense level of freedom, and for Sanji, Judge couldn't bring himself to kill him ''despite'' his views on him. Big Mom however, more or less treats all her children as a means to an end, marrying them off to make connections to more power ([[spoiler:including her supposed "favorite" Pudding]]), and she always puts her own happiness first. [[ControlFreak Her children are told that if they want to be as happy as possible, they'll do what she asks/demands of them]]. And if they refuse to marry whoever she wants them to marry, she won't hesitate to wish them dead. As stated above, Judge isn't about to win any "Parent Of The Year" awards... but next to Big Mom, he looks like a model father.
* GoalInLife: His dream is to take over the North Blue once again, and make his family's rule permanent this time.
* GoneHorriblyRight: When faced with the prospect of death [[spoiler:by being surrounded by Big Mom's crew's guns]], witnessing his sons' react to the situation without any concern or worry prompts him to cry out "What's wrong with you?!". Ironically enough, there's absolutely nothing wrong with them, as far as Judge intended them to be. [[spoiler:He wanted emotionless child soldiers, he got them. Their lack of emotion means they don't feel panic or fear, even when staring death right in the face.]]
* GoodParents: Subverted; he was shown to treat his other sons lovingly in childhood while still referring to them as "precious" in the present day, and he also refused to let any of his other three sons marry into the Charlotte family on the grounds that Big Mom is "a mad woman"... But as said above, he clearly enabled their worst behaviors (whereas an actually good father would immediately put a stop to such things) and later it's shown that [[spoiler:he experimented on them ''before'' they were born]], meaning that '''he's the reason why Ichiji, Niji and Yonji are assholes to start with'''. That's something a mildly good parent would never ''ever'' do.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]], a flashback depicted him [[OffWithHisHead beheading]] the four kings of the North Blue with his spear in one fell swoop, though it only shows lightning flashing and the spear blade being covered in blood afterwards.
* HalfTruth: When his family meet up with Big Mom for lunch, he talks about how the lasting happiness of children is first priority. He's right... only for his children not named Sanji.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** [[spoiler: When his sons not named "Sanji" respond to learning of Big Mom's wedding plans for them by laughing and scolding him for having his VillainousBreakdown, he berates them for being so indifferent. Reiju quietly lampshades how it was Judge's own experiments that made her brothers act the way they did.]]
** Because Judge was such a horrible father to Sanji growing up and made him leave when given the chance, Sanji would go on to meet Zeff, who he considers his real father, and grow ''significantly'' stronger as a result -- to the point that Sanji is now likely leagues stronger than Judge, who is forced to use underhanded tactics just to win a duel with him. [[spoiler:It's made even more apparent during the Onigashima War after the Sanji's SuperSoldier modifications activate and increase his skills significantly, that he's the strongest of all of Judge's children. Meaning that, in the end, all of Judge's actions have led him to alienate his most powerful child]].
* HonorAmongThieves: [[spoiler: He believes in this stridently, even quoting the trope word for word when he discovers the Charlotte Family's betrayal. Unfortunately for him, [[NoHonorAmongThieves such a rule doesn't really apply to ruthless, psychopathic pirates like Big Mom]]]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
** {{Pun}} aside, he still sees Sanji as the weakling he was as a child, despite him [[TookALevelinBadass becoming a lot more powerful]] during the years spent in Baratie and sailing with the Straw Hat Pirates. If not for his technology and rather underhanded yet pragmatic tactics, the fight between him and Sanji would have gone on much longer.
** There's also a Downplayed case of this in terms of how he views Big Mom. Though he doesn't trust her and plans to give himself some leverage in their deal, he underestimates just ''how'' untrustworthy she really is and has no idea that [[spoiler:she's planned on murdering him and his family from the very start. And when he finds out, he's so shocked by this betrayal that he could do nothing but cry for her in frustration]].
* IgnoredEpiphany: {{Invoked|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Even after Sanji has proven the importance of his compassion by saving Judge and the other Vinsmokes from Big Mom, he still demands an explanation from Luffy about how he would risk so much to rescue a "failure" like Sanji, only to be quickly ignored. He says this ''after'' he's already committed his army to defending the Straw Hats, making it clear he's in denial.]]
* IHaveNoSon: He doesn't see Sanji as his son anymore, though he still calls Sanji out on attacking his own father, and refers to as him "my son" whenever it's convenient. It's not much better on Sanji's end, as he decided long ago that he would have nothing to do with his blood family (especially the father).
* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler:He breaks down crying when he realizes that the Big Mom pirates intend to kill the Vinsmokes, much to the mockery of everyone around him.]]
* InsultBackfire: When Judge confronts [[spoiler:Luffy and asks him why he went so far to rescue Sanji, when Sanji has so many flaws, like showing compassion to others, protecting the weak, having no royal pride, wasting his time with cooking and being in general soft -- in short, being a failure -- Luffy just thanks him for helping the Straw Hats escape and]] asks himself why Judge just listed all of Sanji's best qualities.
* IRejectYourReality: No matter how many times it's shown that Sanji has grown far stronger than his siblings, Judge still adamantly referes to Sanji as a failure.
* {{Irony}}: He disowned Sanji for not inheriting the same genetic enhancements as his siblings, making him the weakest of his children and thus a failure. Not only does Sanji grow up to be the unambiguously strongest of his children, [[spoiler:it turns out he ''did'' inherit Judge's genetic enhancements, which finally awaken during the Onigashima War. Meaning that, because of his own hypocrisy and arrogance, Judge permanently alienated his strongest potential soldier for nothing]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: While he claims his actions are to regain the honor and glory of the Germa and the Vinsmoke name, it becomes painfully obvious all of Judge's actions are really for himself and his ambitions. His treatment of Sanji is proof enough of that, as the reason he hates Sanji is because he didn't turn out the way ''Judge'' wanted.
* IWantThemAlive: He uses his connections to the World Government to change Sanji's bounty from "Dead or Alive" to "Only Alive" after the Dressrosa arc, having finally discovered his missing third son's whereabouts. This isn't out of any fatherly love, but desiring to use Sanji as part of an ArrangedMarriage to Big Mom. He doesn't want to sacrifice any of his "precious" sons to Big Mom.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The reason he wants Sanji back alive, despite abusing him years ago? He needed a son to cement his alliance with Big Mom through a marriage, and he doesn't want to use his more "precious" sons. Beside that, Sanji doesn't mean anything to him.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Judge has gotten away with quite a bit over the course of his life. His unethical experiments, vicious coups, child abuse, etc... It all comes crashing down after the Whole Cake Island Arc. As punishment for his attempt at an alliance with Big Mom, he ends up being exiled from the Reverie, meaning that his claim over North Blue can never be recognized as legitimate, and his actions end up totally alienating Sanji, who is far and away the strongest of his children [[spoiler:especially after his Germa 66 Enhancements awaken]].
* LackOfEmpathy: Had no reservations about severely abusing his own son both psychologically and physically when he was just a child. Even in present day, he's completely unable to see anything wrong with how he treats Sanji, or about his plans for dominating other nations. As Sanji himself puts it, it's in one ear and out the other with him.
* LargeAndInCharge: Judge is a very large and imposing man. He once ruled the entire North Blue with an iron fist. He possesses incredible influence in the Underworld, and is also the current ruler of the Germa Kingdom, an ocean-based kingdom where its territories are supported by interlocking ships and its size depends on the number of ships used at any moment. In the anime flashback that depicted the "Four Nation Coup" he started, he is shown to be ''gigantic'' compared to the four kings he killed.
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** In Chapter 864/Episode 834, as [[spoiler:the death for his family becomes imminent]], he breaks down when faced with the reality of the situation and [[spoiler:Big Mom's betrayal]], screaming for someone to save him. Not only do his "precious" sons and daughter ridicule him (with Ichiji calling him "pathetic" and Reiju essentially thinking, "Serves you right"), [[spoiler:Big Mom's children/crew-members and the tea party guests]] join in the fun, with [[spoiler:Perospero]] taking particular delight in giving him a BreakThemByTalking speech about how he [[BadBoss belittled and discarded those who were under his employ]], and he will soon meet the same fate as his victims.
** By the time of the Reverie, the Germa Kingdom lose their position in the World Government because of the incident with Big Mom, which effectively foils Judge's dream of reconquering the North Blue.
* LifesWorkRuined: He has spent virtually his entire life to carry on his family's legacy by reconquering the North Blue as his ancestors did 300 years ago, even modifying his own kids [[spoiler:and irreversibly removing their emotions]]. By the end of the Whole Cake Island arc, however, [[spoiler:his goals are foiled when Big Mom turns on the Vinsmokes during the failed wedding ceremony between Sanji and Pudding, and the World Government revokes the Vinsmokes' status as royalty for allying themselves with an Emperor]].
* LightningBruiser: Thanks to his technology, he's a fast and powerful warrior.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: His sons Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji take after him pretty closely both in philosophy and behavior [[spoiler:because Judge programmed them to be that way. Judge wanted ruthless killing machines that'll help him win wars and conquer the North Blue, so he experimented on his quadruplet sons while they were in utero by surgically removing their ability to feel compassion, against the wishes of their mother, Sora, who intended to avert the trope by taking a gene modification-reversing drug in hopes of preserving her sons' humanity, at the cost of her own life. Sanji was a success, but Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji weren't so lucky; the drug that slowly killed Sora only managed to save what little humanity they had left.]]
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Judge is a warmongering king, a BadBoss, and a brutish man who believes in MightMakesRight and VirtueIsWeakness. Sanji however, is a low-class pirate and, [[HandsomeLech while]] he has [[HotBlooded his faults]], is a hero who refuses to be associated with his family or their Underworld activities, and is willing to help others in need. [[spoiler:It's later revealed to be justified; Sanji was genetically altered along with his then-unborn quadruplet brothers with the intention of turning them into ruthless killing machines, but his dead mother, Sora, took a dangerous drug that reversed gene modifications to save her sons, at the cost of his own life. Sanji was the only one who was born a normal kid who still retained his empathy as the result of the drug; Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji weren't so lucky.]]
* MadScientist: Sanji learns that prior to proclaiming himself royalty, Judge used to be a companion of Vegapunk, and they did scientific research together. Judge managed to escape being arrested by the World Government for their discovery of the Lineage Factor, while Vegapunk wasn't so lucky. [[spoiler:Queen, while also part of the research team, spent the next years as a pirate under the leadership of Kaido, one of the Emperors]].
* ManlyFacialHair: Judge has a pointy black mustache and is the former ruler of the North Blue. Like them, Judge is a powerful fighter as well.
* MeetTheNewBoss: He's one for Don Krieg in the East Blue saga. Both are leaders of a military group who's obsessed with military equipment and personnel numbers, and they used to be active at a certain sea (the East Blue for Krieg, the North Blue for Judge). Both are also spear-wielders. They're also [[SmallNameBigEgo blowhards]] that hide behind large armies, their loyal and capable subordinates, that they abuse, rig fights in their favor by using hostages, and artificially boost their personal strength with a bunch of fancy toys. In addition, they're both ungrateful bastards who despise chefs.
* MoralMyopia:
** Judge never once displayed an ounce of fatherly love toward Sanji, outright disowning him as he escaped. When they start fighting in the present (a fight which Judge called for), he condemns Sanji for kicking his own father. He even goes on to claim that ''Sanji'' is the one disrespecting their familial bonds by potentially angering Big Mom.
** The leader of a family of assassins who wholeheartedly believes MightMakesRight and VirtueIsWeakness [[spoiler:tearfully begs for mercy when the Big Mom Pirates betray and get ready to kill the Vinsmokes.]]
* NeverBareheaded: Judge is never seen with his helmet off, save for when he's gone to sleep. Even then he's shown obscured in the darkness. Oda is literally keeping us in the dark about his actual appearance for some reason. [[spoiler:When Big Mom destroys his helmet with a jolt of Zeus's lightning, we still don't get to see what's behind the mask.]]
* NeverGetsDrunk: Big Mom sent barmaids to drink and entertain them. The Vinsmokes easily out-drink all the girls.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:When his wife, Sora, falls gravely ill, growing weaker by the day and ultimately dying, thanks to the fact that she secretly overdosed the "anti-human modification drug" that slowly kills her, he ''blames Sanji for it'' because he was born perfectly normal unlike his quadruplet brothers, i.e just what his wife wanted. She wouldn't have done it if Judge hadn't forced the modifying operation onto her womb because she didn't want her children to be emotionless killing machines.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: Despite hating Sanji for turning to be a failure on all counts as a child and wishing he was dead, Judge ultimately averts it with the reason that he couldn't bring himself to murder his own child. He was, however, perfectly fine with leaving Sanji to rot in the family dungeons and making things like the boy never existed. When Sanji escapes the dungeon and attempts to run away, Judge makes no attempt whatsoever to stop him and lets him take the key to remove his mask. He's rather relieved that his "failure" who he couldn't bring himself to kill is willing to leave on his own.
* OffWithHisHead: [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]], he beheads the four kings of the North Blue after launching a successful coup. He had the moment painted and framed, and hung on the wall for all to see.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A cover story following the Whole Cake Island arc shows Judge alive and well, meaning he not only escaped the wrath of the Big Mom Pirates but also defeated or eluded Charlotte Snack, a former Sweet Commander.
* OhCrap:
** He realizes his fate the moment [[spoiler:Big Mom and her family pull guns on his family]] to the point where he desperately pleads to be saved, causing both Big Mom's children, his own children, and some guests, to ridicule him.
** He has another moment when [[spoiler:the Kingdom's main castle is attacked, and former Sweets Commander Charlotte Snack is leading the attack]].
* PapaWolf: Zigzagged. The first subversion comes with Sanji, whom Judge sees as a failure for retaining his compassion and displaying the same level of strength and capabilities as a normal kid's, and let his other "successful" children bully him viciously throughout most of his childhood. [[PetTheDog While he doesn't kill Sanji outright or abandon him to die despite how much he hates him]], he did treat him as a throwaway and a tool for sealing Germa 66's alliance with Big Mom, which was why he changed Sanji's pirate bounty from "Dead or Alive" to "Only Alive". Then he subverts it again with his displays of love and affection towards Ichiji, Yonji, Niji, and Reiju, and his forbidding them to marry anyone of Big Mom's family on the grounds that she's a "madwoman". [[spoiler:The final subversion comes with TheReveal that Judge gave Reiju some mind alterations that made her loyal to her father, while genetically experimenting on his then-unborn quadruplet sons to turn them into the perfect emotionless killing machines against the wishes of his wife, Sora, hence why Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji are complete assholes who are literally unable to feel empathy. As mentioned above, his behavior towards his children as a parent is based on how "useful" they are to him as warriors.]]
* PaperTiger: This huge, burly beast of a man who has a picture of the four kings of the North Blue's heads adorned in his chambers [[spoiler: cries and begs for his life like a complete coward when staring death in the eye, and with none of his dirty tricks to save him.]]
* PetTheDog: An extremely small one; despite wishing little Sanji was dead for being a failure to him, he couldn't bring himself to kill his own son. He did force Sanji into wearing an iron mask and left him in the dungeons to rot... but he still provided Sanji with exquisite meals (causing his subordinates to speculate there was a secret guest VIP or mistress).
* PunnyName: His Japanese name Jajji, when spoken, sounds extremely similar to "Judge"; so much so that the English translation by Viz does call him Judge.
* RocketBoots: He can use this to fly and boost his kicks.
* ShockAndAwe: Channels electricity through his kicks and his spear, thanks to the weaponry he's armed with.
* TheSocialDarwinist: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. He believes so fervently that VirtueIsWeakness and MightMakesRight, that he [[spoiler:physically and psychologically modified his own children to follow his values]]. He sees Sanji as his greatest disappointment and wishes he never existed because he was weaker than his siblings (i.e "like a normal human" according to one of Judge's scientists), despite [[spoiler:receiving the same modifications as his quadruplet brothers]]. Naturally, Judge ended up destroying his family, with his wife [[spoiler:dying because she disagreed with the treatment of their sons, and in a moment of great irony, he later outright begs for someone to save him in Chapter 864/Episode 834, when he and his family find himself surrounded by Big Mom's children/crew on all fronts with no way out, restrained by hard candy to their chairs and their weapons/raid suits secretly confiscated. Not only do his own children ridicule him and accept the inevitable, but his would-be killers (and some of the wedding attendees) join in as well, with Perospero in particular relishing in giving him a BreakingSpeech. As the final nail in the coffin, Judge is further humiliated when he's saved from death by Sanji, forever indebting the Vinsmoke patriarch to his "failure" of a son.]]
* SoreLoser: He ''really'' doesn't take it well when [[spoiler:he realizes that Big Mom's going to assassinate him and his family, throwing his decades-long revenge plan under the bus]].
* TooCleverByHalf: For all that he hates Sanji for not inheriting the gene modifications his brothers had, [[spoiler:it never once occurs to him to somehow give Sanji those modifications when he was growing up, and or activate them if they had been somehow dormant. As it turns out, the gene modifications ''are'' dormant (something that Judge never bothered to ''check''), and begin to awaken during the Onigashima War thanks Sanji's continued use of the raid suit Niji gave him. Because of Judge's arrogance, he lost out on having Sanji, now unquestionably his strongest child, as a potential ally, let alone as a soldier]].
* ThisIsUnforgivable: The narrative thoroughly conveys that what Judge did to his children to be an especially heinous crime even for this CrapsackWorld. Queen, a fellow MadScientist, later mentions to Sanji that he believes Judge's actions qualify him as genuinely insane.
* UglyGuyHotWife: He may not be {{Gonk}}, but he is ugly and brutish. His deceased wife Sora, however, was a stunningly beautiful young woman.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: During their duel, he can't believe Sanji is capable of using Haki, as Sanji had been the weakest of his children the last he saw him. In general, he didn't believe Sanji was going to amount to anything when his son was growing up due to not inheriting the genetic enhancements Judge gave to the quadruplets in-utero. Not only does Sanji indeed grow up to be strong, he flat-out becomes the strongest member of the family. [[spoiler:Especially after he awakens the aforementioned genetic enhancements]].
* UngratefulBastard: Although Judge had his life saved by Sanji and agreed to leave him and his loved ones alone as promised, Judge remains frustrated about the whole situation. As while he does defend the Straw Hats during their escape, he unsuccessfully asks Luffy why he would risk his life to save Sanji while listing his "flaws".
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:As of TheReveal in Chapter 850/Episode 816. With the ArrangedMarriage between Sanji and Charlotte Pudding, Big Mom has planned on killing Sanji and his entire family from the start and taking their technology for her own exclusive use]].
* VicariouslyAmbitious: Implied to be the reason [[spoiler:why he experimented on all his children and caused so much dysfunction in his family. Judge conquered North Blue in the past, then lost the territory. So he altered his children's Lineage Factors so they would become strong, merciless warriors that would reconquer North Blue and lead Germa 66 to greatness. This led to Reiju becoming severely suicidal as an adult, and Yonji, Ichiji, and Niji literally being unable to understand both positive human emotions and the depravity of their actions. Only Sanji escaped his siblings' fate thanks to his mother, and he suffered for it]].
* VillainousBreakdown: Upon discovering Big Mom's betrayal, Judge [[VillainsWantMercy screams for mercy]], not wanting to die until he achieves his dream of conquering the North Blue again. He then is ridiculed by his "precious" sons, his daughter silently lampshades how he did this to himself, the guests all mock him and Morgan's takes photos of Judge [[TearsOfFear crying]] and [[FaceDeathWithDespair begging for his life]] while Perospero gleefully taunts him for his [[DirtyCoward cowardliness]]. [[spoiler:He further becomes ashamed over being saved by Sanji and being forced into his demands in order to survive.]]
* VillainousValour: For all his horrific flaws and actions towards his family, Vinsmoke Judge is shown to have some bravado deep down. [[spoiler:After being rescued, he took on Big Mom, single-handedly, to protect the rest of his family and the rest of the escaping pirates. Granted part of that might be arrogance as he did think him and the rest of Germa would actually win if they had their suits (a fact proven ''very'' wrong)]] .
* VillainsWantMercy: When karma catches up to him, and he finds [[spoiler:Big Mom's guns all pointed at him]], realizing his decades-long plans suddenly came down in a fiery crash, ''he [[FaceDeathWithDespair starts pleading for his life]] and [[TearsOfFear crying]] for somebody to save him.'' Not only do his own "perfect" sons ridicule him (with [[NervesOfSteel Ichiji]] calling it pathetic), but [[spoiler:Big Mom's top enforcers]] go out of their way to remind him of his own policies, actions, and ideals. They also taunt him with how [[MoralMyopia he treated people in his current position]], just to drive home how much he deserves what's coming.
* VirtueIsWeakness: He's a firm believer in this - he considers feeding common folk to be disgusting, as "royalty should never serve commoners" in his mind, and believes that only those with power have a right to brutalize the weak. Even worse, he considers ''being a chef'' a worthless profession, which makes the fact that he has chefs under his employment and he allied himself with the food-centric Charlotte Family rather hypocritical. It's deconstructed in that his utter disdain for weaknesses was the main source of the Vinsmokes' dysfunction - [[spoiler:he experimented on his own children to ensure they'll fulfill his dreams of reconquering North Blue, leaving Reiju a suicidal mess, while Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji were robbed of all chances to be good people since they're literally unable to feel compassion]]. When Sanji [[spoiler:retained human empathy thanks to an extremely desperate gambit made by Sora to save her sons]], he was horrifically abused and left to rot in the dungeons for it. Plus, [[spoiler:if Judge actually succeeded in making Sanji act like his brothers, the Vinsmokes would've been rendered extinct by the Charlotte Family, as Sanji's compassion saved them from being massacred by their former allies]].
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:He was built up as a legitimate threat during his fight with Sanji, but his "fight" with Big Mom was literally just her shattering his spear and knocking him out in one Zeus-aided punch. He didn't even get a single hit in, not that it would have mattered.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: He believes his alliance to Big Mom is something similar to ''Series/GameOfThrones'', where he can marry off a son he considers worthless to try and gain a powerful ally. [[spoiler:He does not take into account that a pirate like Big Mom would have no interest in honoring her agreements if she thinks she can just kill him and take what he has.]]
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:After he and his family are rescued and put into Bege's custody, Bege's group is in danger due to Big Mom attacking Bege's castle form; Judge and his children (other than Sanji) decide to cover Bege's escape plan. Immediately after Bege turns into his normal body and Caesar is lifting him away, Judge and his children shields them from the Big Mom Pirates' assault.]]
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[[folder:"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju]]
!!"Poison Pink" Vinsmoke Reiju
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichikoNeya (Japanese); Creator/AlexisTipton (English)
!!!'''Age:''' 24
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 826 (Manga), Episode 783 (Anime)
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->''"You have my most sincere thanks for taking care of my little brother for all this time."''
"Poison Pink" Reiju is the only daughter and oldest child of the Vinsmoke family, as well as Sanji's older sister. A genetically modified SuperSoldier, Reiju possesses enhanced strength, speed, and endurance that are far beyond a normal human's.\\\
She has the ability to generate and control deadly poisons, as well as consume them herself, and suffer no ill side-effects from it afterwards. Additionally, she has eaten an as of yet unrevealed Devil Fruit (according to Oda in an [[AllThereInTheManual SBS issue]]), although whether or not her poison-nullifying abilities are related to it are unknown at present. Although she supports her family's warmongering on the surface, her heart and personal, private actions suggest otherwise, especially when it comes to Sanji.
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* RedHotMasculinity: His main color theme is red, and as the oldest of the Vinsmoke quadruplets, he is the one who fits his [[TheSocialDarwinist father]]'s definition of "strength" the most -- in addition to being a strong warrior who performed the best of all his siblings, he is very cool-headed and the most dedicated to fulfilling any task. It's implied that his other siblings (barring Sanji) treat him as TheLeader as they often defer to him. However, he is a dark example, as the only reason why he's this way is because [[spoiler:Judge made him literally incapable of empathy with his in-utero experimentation, and indoctrinated him and his siblings to follow the same toxic beliefs that ultimately nearly got the entire family killed.]]
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* RedHotMasculinity: His main color theme is red, and as the oldest of the Vinsmoke quadruplets, he is the one who fits his [[TheSocialDarwinist father]]'s definition of "strength" the most -- in addition to being a strong warrior who performed the best of all his siblings, he is very cool-headed and the most dedicated to fulfilling any task. It's implied that his other siblings (barring Sanji) treat him as TheLeader as they often defer to him. However, he is a dark example, as the only reason why he's this way is because [[spoiler:Judge made him literally incapable of empathy with his in-utero experimentation, and indoctrinated him and his siblings to follow the same toxic beliefs that ultimately nearly got the entire family killed.]]
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* PeekABangs: Has one eye frequently covered by her hair. Her sons and daughter (save for Yonji) would later inherit her trademark fringe.
