History Characters / OnePieceMarines

* AdaptationExpansion: Episodes 68 and 69 of the anime adapt the Diary of Koby-Meppo cover story, more thoroughly fleshing out Koby's and Helmeppo's experience in the Marines than the manga did. Sadly this was the last time Toei would adapt a cover story.

* MirrorCharacter: To Shirahoshi. Both Koby and Shirahoshi are introduced as cowardly and prone to crying, and both have pink hair. One of the first things Luffy tells both of them is a blunt "I don't like you", but they manage to befriend Luffy anyway. Additionally, Koby is first friend Luffy makes after setting out to sea, while Shirahoshi is introduced during the first arc after the timeskip.

* BadassNormal: Consistently shown to be one of the most powerful Marine Vice-Admirals in the setting while having no Devil Fruit powers whatsoever. All of his superhuman abilities are based on [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Rokushiki]] and [[KiManipulation Haki]], yet every-time he fights he proves himself to be a very skilled combatant, showing his title of Vice-Admiral is well-earned.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: He uses a katana as his weapon.

* NotSoStoic: While he remains composed most of the time, Hancock's beauty still manages to fluster him a few times.

* ActionGirl: Isuka is a capable swordswoman. However because Ace is a Logia user and she doesn't know haki, she doesn't exactly pose a threat to him.

* InspectorJavert: Spends a lot of time chasing after the Spade Pirates, although she does mellow out a bit later on.

* Irony: Roger inspired many people to become pirates, whereas Smoker was inspired to become a Marine. Furthermore, considering how far Smoker falls into the Garp-esque Moral Justice, Roger would probably be pretty pleased with how he turned out.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: They are cruel towards pirates, and overall rowdy. But when they mistakenly assumed Smoker was accusing them of covering up cases of child kidnappings, they got pissed, saying that even though they are army rejects, they still have their pride as Marines.

* HeroWithAnFInGood: They're known for doing hideous things that on surface are hardly considered "good", but they have a good heart and they do things that they did to help the populace.

* ComedicSociopathy: Most of their acts of cruelty and barbarism towards pirates has been PlayedForLaughs.
* CowboyCop: Led by THE CowboyCop of the Marines: Vice-Admiral Smoker.

[[folder:Ensign Isuka]]
!!Ensign Isuka

* ActionGirl: Isuka is a capable swordswoman. However because Ace is a logia user and she doesn't know haki, she doesn't exactly pose a threat to him.

!!Captains Berry Good, Sharingle and Shu

* SpectacularSpinning: Captain Sharingle ate the Wheel-Wheel Fruit, enabling him to turn various parts of his body into rapidly-spinning wheels for an exceedingly painful-looking attack (unless you happen to be a cyborg, of course). For some reason, he's never seen using this power in the anime.

* DecliningPromotion: He has been offered the promotion to the rank of Admiral multiple times, and rejected all of them, claiming that the rank would only keep him from having the freedom he already has. Part of the reason is because he doesn't want to be a pawn of the Celestial Dragons, which he despises.

* ButtMonkey: Before becoming a Marine, he's a short guy who happens to ends up in many uncomfortable situations for him all these being played for laughs.

* BadassNormal: After training under Garp, Koby begins learning Rokushiki and using Haki to keep up with Devil Fruit users and other dangerous pirates prowling the seas. After the timeskip, he's risen to the rank of Captain, is officially a Rokushiki master, and is powerful enough to [[spoiler:be part of the assault force against Amazon Lily after the Seven Warlords of the Sea are stripped of their political immunity.]]
* ButtMonkey: Before becoming a Marine, he's a short guy who happens to ends up in many uncomfortable situations for him all these being played for laugh.

* [[DamselOutOfDistress Dude Out Of Distress]]: Downplayed. While imprisoned at [[spoiler:Pirate Island, Koby is freed by Perona, however, he makes saving innocent people enslaved by the Blackbeard Pirates his number one priority and organizes a mass escape on his own]].

* AnimalThemeNaming: Many of the vice-captains are named after animals, with most of them being named after different breeds of dogs.

* CollaredByFashion: Wears a metallic spiked choker.

* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks like a young adult, but seeing as to how she used to work with Jaguar D. Saul over 20 years ago...

!!Vice-Admiral Gion "Mamousagi"

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Ginzo Matsuo (JP, episodes 48-79), Mahito Oba (JP, episodes 94+), Joseph Murray (EN, Odex, episodes 48-77), Paul Pistore (En, Odex, episodes 78-104), Russell Velázquez (EN, 4Kids), Greg Dulcie (EN, Funi); Juan Carlos Tinoco (4Kids), Dan Osorio (Netflix) (Latin American Spanish)

* CovertGroup: SWORD is officially more secret than Cipher Pol, since only a handful of marines outside of it know about its existence. [[spoiler:Their secrecy is helped along by the World Government disavowing all knowledge of their existence and the activities of their members if they're caught.]]

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:The SWORD agents are given free reign to ignore marine orders and regulations to do what they feel needs to be done but, on the other hand, should they be in danger, the Marine wouldn't do anything to help them.]]

* {{Goth}}: Doll, working for Aegis, has a goth look complete with a [[CollaredByFashion spiked collar]].

[[folder:Vice-Admiral Draw]]
!!Vice-Admiral Draw
!!!'''Debut:''' ''One Piece: Ace's Story''

A Marine Vice-Admiral who confronts Ace alongside Isuka in the Sabaody Archipelago.

* TheWorfEffect: Vice-Admirals are often used in both Canon and Non-Canon materials to establish the power and threat level of someone opposing the Marines, a stellar example being Whitebeard bulldozing 2 giant Vice-Admirals at Marineford without effort.

* TheWorfEffect: Ronse and Lacroix are nothing more than target practice for Whitebeard to show that a vice-admiral can't even scratch the world's strongest man.

-->"Just look at this mess... Hmph... '''After all these years... I'm losing my edge!!!'''"\\

* BrokenPedestal: She looked up to Dorrow, the Vice-Admiral who brought her into the Marines after she lost her parents. She loses her respect for him when she finds out that he doesn't care if civilians die as collateral damage. In fact, her hometown wasn't destroyed by pirates, but instead as collateral damage from Draw's actions.

* BrokenPedestal: She looked up to Dorrow, the Vice-Admiral who brought her into the Marines after she lost her parents. She loses her respect for him when she finds out that he doesn't care if civilians die as collateral damage. In fact, her hometown wasn't destroyed by pirates, but instead as collateral damage from Dorrow's actions.
* DoomedHometown: Her hometown was burned to the ground, taking her parents' lives. She assumed it was done by pirates, when it was actually done by Dorrow.

* HeroicBSOD: Breaks down crying when she realizes that Darrow was the one who actually killed her parents.

* TheRival: Was Doflamingo's Marine rival before he became a Shichibukai, chasing him for more than a year from North Blue to the Grand Line. Appropriately, she is the one who listens to him make his last speech after his defeat in Dressrossa.