History Characters / OnePieceSanji

* ABNegative: It turns out Sanji has a rare blood type. This becomes extremely problematic when his constant [[{{Nosebleed}} nosebleeds]] caused him to go through all of Chopper's stock of that specific type. As a result, when a mermaid tries to keep him hidden by stuffing him into [[MarshmallowHell Marshmallow Heaven]], he has such an [[HighPressureBlood epic]] gusher that it becomes life-threatening. Further complicating the situation was the issue that due to some latent racism between humans and merfolks, those who had the blood type refused to donate either out of discrimination or fear of the enforcers of the regime.

* ABNegative: It turns out Sanji has a rare blood type. This becomes extremely problematic when the [[{{Nosebleed}} nosebleed after nosebleed]] he'd been suffering and had been PlayedForLaughs after being exposed to cis women again caused him to go through all of Chopper's stock of that specific type. As a result, when a mermaid tries to keep him hidden by stuffing him into [[MarshmallowHell Marshmallow Heaven]], he has such an [[HighPressureBlood epic]] gusher that it becomes life-threatening. Further complicating the situation was the issue that due to some latent racism between humans and merfolks, those who had the blood type refused to donate either out of discrimination or fear of the enforcers of the regime.

* BigDamnHeroes: A lot.
** "Mr. Prince", followed later by "The Hunter".
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook from '''Doflamingo''' in Dressrosa.
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook ''again'', this time from being trapped in Capone's body, while they are on Zou.
** Saving Nami and Robin from getting attacked by S-Shark while in Egghead.
** Saving Edison and especially Bonney ''multiple'' times in Egghead.

* BrickJoke: One that took a ''very'' long time, and was almost not certainly planned to be this: in Alabasta, Sanji gives the name "Mr. Prince" to Crocodile as his alias. [[ComicBookTime Two in-series years, and over a decade of real-life time, later]], we find out that he actually ''is'' a blood-born prince of the Vinsmoke family, the rulers of Germa Kingdom and an infamous group of Underworld assassins.
** Similarly - and one that WAS very much planned - there was the mystery of Sanji's left eye, which was covered by his fringe. Fans had been asking Oda about it for years, wondering if there was anything unusual about it (like him missing an eye, or having some kind of facial scarring or interesting prosthetic), and Oda always dodged the question. Eventually, the timeskip happened, and the mystery was solved: [[AntiClimax his left eye is fine and the same as his right]], [[UnusualEyebrows except his eyebrow swirl is on the inside corner rather than the outside, like with his right eyebrow.]]

* BigDamnHeroes:

* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows twirl into two big ol' spirals on the ends; and, predictably, they are often the source of ridicule. Oddly enough though, both of his eyebrow spirals curl ''to the right'', meaning his eyebrows are asymmetrical on his face. Which may explain why he chooses to hide one of eyes at all times with his hair. (pre-TimeSkip he covered his left eye, post-Time-skip it's his right). The swirly brows are a trait shred with his brothers; however, theirs twirl in the opposing direction to visually communicate that Sanji is different from them. [[spoiler:In Chapter 1031, during the Onigashima war after Sanji starts manifesting the same durable traits his brothers do, and apparently [[TookALevelInJerkass attacks an innocent woman off-screen]] whilst having an emotional crisis over his transformation, his eyebrows now swirl the same direction as theirs, showing how he's SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. After Sanji solves his inner conflict, his twirly eyebrows face back to their original direction.]]

* MafiaPrincess: [[spoiler:Sanji is revealed to be a literal ''Mafia Prince'' due to the Vinsmoke family being an infamous group of royal Underworld assassins and military commanders with enough political clout to have Big Mom, one of the four Yonkos, to be interested in an alliance with them. He also plays it straight for extremely justified reasons]].

** The only time Sanji manages to score a girl (Pudding) is when he drops his usual perverted tendencies. The rest of the time, he's unable to score any girl no matter how hard he tries. For extra irony, Zoro and Luffy scored girls by basically doing nothing.

** The only time Sanji manages to score a girl (Pudding) is when he drops his usual perverted tendencies. The rest of the time, he's unable to score any girl no matter how hard he tries.

** The only time Sanji manages to score a girl (Pudding) is when he drops his usual perverted tendencies. The rest of the time, he's unable to score any girl no matter how hard he tries. For extra irony, Zoro and Luffy scored girls by basically doing nothing.

** The only time Sanji manages to score a girl (Pudding) is when he drops his usual perverted tendencies. The rest of the time, he's unable to score any girl no matter how hard he tries.

** His shadow and his soul enable weaker bodies to perform superhuman feats, as seen with Dog Penguin and Nami. Dog Penguin's body wasn't modified for combat as it's originally meant to be given a lesser shadow, but Sanji's shadow makes the zombie so powerful that is considered equal to a Zombie General in terms of strength. And during the time his soul is placed into Nami's body, her body is capable of kicking big sharks and performing weaker versions of Sanji's techniques like Blue Walk. While neither Dog Penguin or "Nami" ends up being as strong as Sanji himself, the fact that his shadow/soul is able to empower them that much says a lot about him. On the flip side, Nami in Sanji's body isn't very capable in combat, but his trained bodyis durable enough that she's able to endure and survive fatal attacks that would have normally killed her.

** His shadow and his soul enable weaker bodies to perform superhuman feats, as seen with Dog Penguin and Nami. Dog Penguin's mario wasn't modified for combat is was originally meant to be given a lesser shadow, but Sanji's shadow made the zombie so powerful that it was considered equal to a Zombie General in terms of strength. And during the time his soul was placed into Nami's body, her body was capable of kicking big sharks and performing weaker versions of Sanji's techniques like Blue Walk. While neither Dog Penguin or "Nami" ended up being as strong as Sanji himself, the fact that his shadow/soul was able to empower them that much says a lot about him. On the flip side, Nami in Sanji's body wasn't very capable in combat, but his trained body was durable enough that she was able to endure and survive fatal attacks that would have normally killed her.

** He might have won against Gin, but the wounds he sustained while Pearl beat him up while he was unable to retaliate due to Zeff being held hostage immobilized him at a crucial moment.

** In his fight with Vergo, which ended in more of a draw than a defeat, he didn't use Haki or Diable Jambe aside from his initial attack. His body was also beaten early when Nami was still inside of it.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Considering his legs are strong enough to casually kick away large sea monsters, he definitely qualifies. To the extent that he's become ''stronger'' than his genetically-enhanced siblings, despite lacking those enhancements himself.

** Sanji usually wears [[BlueIsHeroic blue]], which symbolizes masculinity, wisdom, and sorrow. [[spoiler:A very far cry from the CheerfulChild he once was, thanks to suffering a DarkAndTroubledPast with the Vinsmokes]]. It also connects him to [[spoiler:Vinsmoke Niji, his older quadruplet brother who also has blue as his color theme. In this case, blue connects them in how they were both affected by [[AbusiveParents Judge]] growing up (being horrifically abused for having compassion vs. being literally and completely unable to empathize with others) and how Sanji is everything Niji could have become if his empathy wasn't removed by Judge in-utero]].

* MadeOfIron: Sanji can withstand the sea pressure 5000 meters underwater, has survived massive explosions without protection, and basically ate a kamehameha-esque attack ''point-blank'' without dying, among other things. Even in his introductory arc, he fights on just fine even after getting his ribs broken. [[spoiler:When his genetic modifications start to manifest during his fight with Queen, his body becomes ''literally'' made of iron.]]

** In his fight with Vergo, which ended in more of a draw than a defeat, he didn't use Haki or Diable Jambe aside from his initial attack.