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[[WMG:[[center: [- '''[[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]]''' ('''"Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy''', [[Characters/OnePiecePirateHunterRoronoaZoro "Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro]], [[Characters/OnePieceCatBurglarNami "Cat Burglar" Nami]], [[Characters/OnePieceGodUsopp "God" Usopp]], [[Characters/OnePieceBlackLegVinsmokeSanji "Black Leg" Vinsmoke Sanji]], [[Characters/OnePieceTonyTonyChopper "Cotton Candy Lover" Tony Tony Chopper]], [[Characters/OnePieceDemonChildNicoRobin "Demon Child" Nico Robin]], [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]])]]-]]]
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[[header:"Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UraraTakano [OVA], Creator/MayumiTanaka [TV series onwards] ([[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage Japanese]]); Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard [Creator/{{Funimation}} dub], Creator/EricaSchroeder[[note]] (credited as Bella Hudson)[[/note]] [4Kids dub], Chuck Powers [Odex dub] (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Diana Perez [4Kids dub, first voice], Karina Altamirano [4Kids dub, second voice], Ayari Rivera [''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''], Mireya Mendoza [Creator/{{Netflix}} dub] ([[UsefulNotes/SpanishAccentsAndDialects Latin American Spanish]]); Creator/JaimeRoca (UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an Spanish)[[/note]]
!!!'''Age:''' 17 (Pre-TimeSkip), 19 (Post-TimeSkip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 ({{Manga}}), Episode 1 ({{Anime}})
!!!'''Devil Fruit:''' [[RubberMan Gum-Gum Fruit]]
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->''"I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"''
Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscles to gain an explosive boost to strength ''and'' speed.
His dream of becoming the Pirate King comes from an incident in his youth involving mountain bandits and a sea serpent that resulted in his idol Shanks losing his left arm. Before leaving Luffy's village the very next day, Shanks gave him his straw hat, telling him to give it back when he's become a great pirate.
Luffy is quite notorious for battling powerful individuals and organizations wherever he goes, and regularly poses a threat to the balance of the world by challenging the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the World Government and the Emperors and so far has managed to either win completely or escape by a hair's breadth. Through word of his various exploits and victories spreading around, he's already become one of the most infamous and feared pirate captains in the world after the TimeSkip. He's also counted as a member of "The Worst Generation", a group of 10 other rookie pirates plus [[BigBad Blackbeard]] who are all considered to be major figures in shaping the [[DawnOfAnEra New Age of Piracy]] following the Paramount War.
On the other side, Luffy is so amicable and charismatic that he has loyal allies throughout the world, including several countries such as Alabasta, Drum Island, Dressrosa, and Fish-Man Island, or miscellaneous organizations like the Galley-la Company and other similarly benevolent pirates like the Red Hair Pirates.
Following the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, Luffy's successful 'raid' against the Emperor Big Mom[[note]]The whole incident is actually a case of AchievementsInIgnorance and BadassOnPaper, see below.[[/note]], the complete destruction of her castle, and his defeat of her two top Generals was made public knowledge by the journalist "Big News" Morgans. Furthermore, the formation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and the addition of a former Warlord to his main crew (Jimbei) is also revealed to the masses. For this, certain circles now unofficially consider Luffy the Fifth Emperor of the Sea and he has become unambiguously recognized as one of the most powerful individuals in the world with an enormous bounty to match.
He has a bounty of 1,500,000,000 Berries.[[note]]It starts at 30,000,000 after he destroys Arlong Park and inadvertently foils a local Marine Captain's graft; his bounty is raised to 100,000,000 after defeating Crocodile in Alabasta; it triples to 300,000,000 after the incident at Enies Lobby; it's raised to 400,000,000 after the Paramount War for his break-in to Impel Down, his actions during the war, and his relation to Ace and Dragon; it's raised to 500,000,000 shortly after defeating Doflamingo in Dressrosa; it skyrockets to 1,500,000,000 following his successful raid against the Emperor Big Mom on Whole Cake Island.[[/note]] He currently holds several records for his bounties.[[note]]Highest East Blue bounty for his 30,000,000 mark, highest new bounty for an East Blue pirate, largest total increase in bounty amount (from 30,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 over time), largest ''single'' increase in bounty amount ever (he gained a one '''billion''' berry increase at once for his actions in Whole Cake Island), and the most times getting a new bounty, as he's had six.[[/note]]
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* NumberOneDime: His trademark straw hat is a gift from his idol Shanks, and he treasures it to the point where if he gives it to someone else, it's really saying something, and so far he has only given it to Nami and Usopp. Likewise, if someone ever dares damage it, ass will be kicked in great quantities. When he gets struck hard with HeroicBSOD during Marineford arc, he gets so distraught that he doesn't even realize that his hat fell down; Shanks finds it and then tells Buggy to give it back to Luffy. Its importance was elevated when a flashback revealed [[spoiler:that the hat may have belonged to Gold Roger himself]].
* AcheyScars: Shortly before the TimeSkip, Luffy gets a scar on his chest from Admiral Akainu. The first time Akainu is mentioned after the timeskip, Luffy takes a hand to his scar and squints one of his eyes as if in pain, implying that this trope also has affected him and he still remembers Akainu. It doesn't help that he's also the one who killed Ace, his brother.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: This is how, after the Totto Land Arc, he [[spoiler:becomes the "Fifth Emperor"]] and receives his ridiculously high bounty. The Straw Hats only enter [[spoiler:Big Mom's territory to get Sanji back, and only involve themselves in Bege's assassination plot to save Sanji's family]]. The subsequent "raid" on Totto Land is really just collateral damage from having the Big Mom Pirates chase after them all over the archipelago, and Luffy's fights (and ultimately victories) against [[spoiler:Cracker and Katakuri]] are to [[spoiler:get to Sanji]] and protect the crew, respectively. They are so focused on [[spoiler:rescuing Sanji]] and escaping Totto Land, that none of them ([[spoiler:except possibly Jimbei]]) realizes the sheer magnitude of their actions and what the consequences would be.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Because of his fight with [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]] and subsequent healing by Ivankov in Impel Down, his body is highly resistant against poison. However, he's not ''completely'' immune -- a strong enough poison (as in one that would cause instant death in a normal person), or excessive amounts (like enough to kill a giant) is still capable of making him extremely ill.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Vivi teaches Luffy that violence isn’t always the right answer during Drum Island arc. He shows [[CharacterDevelopment he has learned his lesson]] when he begs help for Sanji in Fish-Man Island. PoseOfSupplication is also seen in Impel Down, where Luffy shows his gratitude to an unconscious Bon Clay.
* TheAllegedBoss:
** Luffy's the captain of the Straw Hats but usually doesn't act like it. His crew speak informally to him and address him by his name rather than "Captain". Particularly towards the beginning of the series, he tends to follow orders more than give them, prompting several characters to point out that Nami acts more like the captain than the actual captain.
** In general, Luffy has a very laissez-faire approach to captaining. Everybody on the crew does whatever they want most of the time, and later follow him when he takes action, due to him having earned their admiration and loyalty. Small requests of his can sometimes be ignored, and members of the crew (especially but not exclusively Nami) even physically abuse him sometimes. That said, when it comes to the ''big'' decisions, he has the final word.
** Since the timeskip, Luffy has been more proactive in giving orders and deciding the crew's next actions. This due in no small part because now he can choose where to go now that Nami's log pose points to three islands instead of the next one, and moreso because his goal after entering the New World is to defeat all of the Emperors, while in "Paradise" it was to cross it. Thus, his interactions involve alliance proposals or enemy faction encounter instead of the usual making-friend ones.
* AllForNothing: Impel Down and Marineford make up an entire All For Nothing arc. Luffy breaks into [[HellholePrison Impel Down]] to rescue his brother Ace upon learning he had been captured and sentenced to death. He fights his way down to the bottom level, surviving only due to luck and HeroicWillpower, only to find that Ace has already been removed for execution. Luffy then starts a PrisonRiot to escape, letting hundreds of the world's worst convicts out in the process, and travels to the giant Pirates vs. Marines battle taking forth. Fighting past thousands of soldiers, including the Marines' top fighters, the Admirals, Luffy manages to free Ace from his PowerLimiter handcuffs, and they begin to leave. [[HonorBeforeReason Until Ace turns around in response to one of the Admiral's taunts]], gets into a fight, loses, and dies to protect Luffy. If Luffy's reaction of going into a HeroicBSOD isn't sad enough, the realization that the past 51 chapters have been all for naught makes it so much worse.
* AllLovingHero: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Luffy will only go to the ends of the earth to help the people he "likes"; or, in other words, people who catch his attention for some reason or another (usually just being nice to him, especially by giving him food). Of course, being TheHero, it just so happens that he "likes" most of the people he encounters (generally, anybody that's not trying to kill him and quite a few that have). But if you're someone he ''doesn't'' like, then your best bet is to run in the other direction as fast as possible. Specifically, Luffy only seems interested in helping those who are willing to help themselves. People who sit on the sidelines and hope for things to get better don't interest him, but those who will put themselves in danger to fight for their beliefs earn his respect. He even patently refuses to [[spoiler:help Momonosuke save Wano Country until Momo shows a will to fight,]] caring more about the willingness to act than being begged for help. Still, as said above, he does not like people who hurt his friends, and given his tendency to make friends quickly, there's a good chance that any bad guy Luffy crosses paths with is about to get his ass whooped.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Luffy's [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] is a masterwork combination of his Devil Fruit powers and Haki. In appearance, it resembles Nightmare Luffy. In combat, it combines the principles of Bellamy's Spring powers (with his spring-loaded punches), and shows signs of [[spoiler:the Rokushiki's [[DoubleJump Geppou]], not to mention [[FlashStep Soru]]. The other variants tend to combine the above spring powers with either Gear Third (like Tankman, which makes him nigh immovable but super durable and capable of hitting back with immense power) or Gear Second (Snakeman, which trades some defense for a vast increase in speed)]].
* AlmightyJanitor:
** Before the Enies Lobby arc, he's been regularly defeating people who should ostensibly have been way stronger than him on paper -- yet he would never publicly get credit for it, partially because the World Government has hidden some of his achievements and given to someone else, like Crocodile's defeat. By the midpoint of the series however, this begin to be generally [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as he come to be famed across the world for his [[SinsOfOurFathers heritage]] and exploits as a pirate captain. Still played somewhat straight as he advances in his captaining career though; in particular, [[spoiler:even though Supernovas are still thought to be far too inexperienced to challenge a Yonko's crew and have any hope of success, Luffy has proven himself powerful enough to defeat an Emperor's top fighter (albeit it with considerable effort).]]
** [[spoiler:This is fully subverted after the Whole Cake Island arc. Luffy is now considered the "fifth" Emperor for "defeating" Big Mom, recruiting the Germa 66, Capone, and the Sun Pirates to his crew, and orchestrating a failed assassination attempt on Big Mom's life. All of which is ''technically'' true]].
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:
** He puts his friends before everything else. In fact, prior to the TimeSkip, Luffy's bounty tends to rise whenever there is a crisis involving the women of the crew. He gains his initial bounty when he beats Arlong and liberates Nami from his control, it rises when he defeats Crocodile and helps save Vivi's country, and has another rise after his rescue of Robin at Enies Lobby. Downplayed in his third rise -- the crew's encounter with Camie the mermaid is, indirectly, what causes the Straw Hats to scatter around the world and for Luffy to get the news about Ace's execution, but Luffy's motivation after that isn't for Camie. Instead, his actions over the course of that one week are to save Ace, and while the rescue ''isn't'' successful, Luffy ends up with ''another'' bounty increase – something remarkable, as three hundred million is largely considered the cap for a rookie pirate such as Luffy. Played with in his fourth rise, a result of [[spoiler:beating Doflamingo, with his primary motivation is to avenge his friends (namely Rebecca) who had suffered because of the Warlord, even though the original plan was to just destroy the [=SMILE=] factory and let Kaido's rage do the rest.]]
** [[spoiler:It's also how he become the "Fifth Emperor" -- Luffy and co. entered Big Mom's territory to get Sanji back. That being said, the mission was supposed to be undercover and undetected but they end up getting caught, and a series of incidents and other circumstances (such as Sanji's wedding being a sham to assassinate him and his biological family) caused it to escalate to an assassination attempt on Big Mom and then a full-scale conflict that engulfs the entire archipelago. The crew was so focused on getting Sanji and escaping Totto Land alive that none of them realized the actual magnitude of their actions and what it would mean to the rest of the world]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Eleven Supernovas are a group of infamous pirates who are considered to be the biggest heavy-hitters of the future generation. Yet, despite being the last member of the group to enter the New World, within a few months Luffy manages to outdo several of the already-impressive feats they accomplished over the two years he was training. While many are initially impressed at first, Kid and Law start showing a slight amount of resentment after Jimbei, a former Warlord, joins Luffy's crew as his helmsman.
** Trafalgar Law becomes a Warlord of the Sea and manages to give Donquixote Doflamingo a decent fight, even liquefying Doflamingo's organs at one point; Luffy activates Gear Fourth and completely dominates his fight with Doflamingo, and the latter only manages to last longer than a few minutes because Luffy briefly runs out of energy due to overextending his Haki.
** Urouge defeated Snack, the weakest of Big Mom's Sweet Generals before being driven out of Totto Land by his older brother Cracker, another commander. Luffy not only beats Cracker (albeit with Nami's help), [[spoiler:he beats Katakuri, ''her single strongest subordinate'', on his own and manages to win his respect. And both of these happen within a couple of days of each other to boot]].
** Capone Bege bends the knee to Big Mom [[spoiler:with the intention of eventually assassinating her, and nearly succeeds with Luffy's help]]. Luffy and his crew lead [[spoiler:a crazed, hunger-driven Big Mom]] all across Totto Land, [[spoiler:causing her to destroy a significant portion of her kingdom and allowing their allies to defeat thousands of her subordinates, indelibly weakening her position while boosting their own to the point that their crew is now considered on the same level as hers]]. Their actions outshine Bege's so much that [[spoiler:Morgans attributes his assassination plot to Luffy in order to further sensationalize the incident, much to Bege's anger]].
** During Luffy's two-year long training, none of the Supernovas make a real dent into the status quo or any real blows against the Emperors, achieving minor victories at best. Some have bent the knee to them to avoid total annihilation. As for Luffy himself, [[spoiler:he becomes their ''equal'' after defeating Doflamingo and successfully infiltrating and escaping Linlin's territory, in the process causing so much damage that it will take the Big Mom Pirates ''years'' to fully recover from the humiliation. Once he figures out how to imbue himself with the Color of the Supreme King Haki, he's capable of going toe-to-toe with Kaido, who is considered the most dangerous of all the living Emperors, and a clash between them ''splits the sky''. As that only happens when Emperors (and Emperor-class characters, such as Roger) fight each other, that truly confirms Luffy is on their level]].
* AngstComa: There's a large physical component of exhaustion to it as well, but it's Ace's death that sends him into [[BlankWhiteEyes white-eye]] gape-mouth land. It's actually so bad that Luffy doesn't even notice he's lost his prized straw hat, after it falls off him while Jimbei is rushing him to safety. This actually lasts two whole weeks for him, and when he wakes up, he flips out.
* {{Angrish}}: After losing Ace and waking up from his AngstComa, Luffy screams in agony and rage over what has happened to his brother.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Luffy's main motif is the Monkey, as his name says, especially in his energy and mannerisms.
** [[spoiler:As the name says, Gear Fourth: Snakeman is built entirely around the striking speed and mobility of a snake.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: During childhood Luffy would always follow Ace and Sabo around everywhere they went and wanted to be just like them since he was the youngest and weakest of them.
* AntiHero: [[DownplayedTrope Luffy is a very benevolent person, and would never hurt anyone without a good reason,]] but by his own admission, he ''doesn't want'' to be a hero. This refusal stems from his expectations that he, as a hero, would have to do that would bother him, like sharing meat. He immediately agrees to be one after [[spoiler:Jimbei promises he would get his meat rather than having to divide among the people.]] He helps people, would rather die than leave a comrade behind, and [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything doesn't do typical pirate things like rape and pillage]], but he also doesn't care what people think of him. In a fight, if the situation calls for it, he occasionally [[CombatPragmatist fights dirty]], uses his enemies as human shields or even human weapons once, and destroys public property in his many battles. However, he does admire heroes enormously. His reasons for not wanting to be one is among the lines of him viewing heroes as ''completely'' selfless. When he helps people, is because they're his friends, and nothing more (however, it's very easy to get in good terms with him). He occasionally veers more into TheHero status such as in Wano where he secures a ship of food just for the starving citizens, but is mainly because he empathizes with the being hungry. His goal to become King of the Pirates is ultimately rooted in selfish desires; Luffy wants to be the Pirate King so he can be "the freest man in the world". In other words; so he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and nobody can stop him. This is why he and Blackbeard are such good foils; they have the same ultimate goal, but Luffy showcases what a relatively benevolent individual with that dream would be like, whereas Blackbeard is very much the opposite.
* TheApprentice:
** Part of his role in the TimeSkip is being a student of Silvers Rayleigh. [[TookALevelInBadass The results of training with Gol D. Roger's number two are quite evident.]]
** He also becomes an apprentice under [[spoiler:Hyougoro "of the Flower Capital" to learn Ryuo]] during the Wano Arc.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: [[spoiler:After mastering Ryuo, Luffy can now make his attacks bypass his opponents defenses to damage them from the inside out. He manages to injure [[NighInvulnerable Kaido]] like this.]]
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Despite being an IdiotHero, he sometimes get flashes of lucidity where his straight forward answers just leave the enemy flabbergasted. A good example is this gem against Moria:
--> '''Luffy:''' No one can crush me...\\
'''[[EvilGloating Moria]]:''' The simple fact that you make such a baseless statement shows how inexperienced you a--\\
'''Luffy:''' [[LiteralMinded ...because I'm made of rubber.]]
* ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming: He names most of his attacks after firearms and other weapons: Axe, Sickle, Scythe, Pistol, Bazooka, Cannon, Rifle, Gatling... all with the prefix "Gum Gum" -- or "Gomu Gomu No" in the original Japanese. [[spoiler:Mixes with AnimalThemeNaming for Gear Fourth attacks.]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During his BadassBoast to Arlong, he says he needs his TrueCompanions because they can do things he can't, like using swords, navigating, cooking... and lying.
* ArtifactAlias: Rebecca and most of the populace in Dressrosa refer to him as "Lucy" long after they learn his real identity, out of sheer habit. This also conveniently allows Dressrosa to build a statue of him without getting into trouble for befriending a pirate.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He observes the [=CP9=] members using [[FlashStep Soru]], and he soon begins using an even faster and superior version of the move while in Gear Second.
* AwesomenessIsAForce: Luffy possesses Conqueror's Haki, an extremely rare type of Haki said to only be found in those with the qualities of a king. With Conqueror's Haki, Luffy can knock out anyone who has a weak will. He first unconsciously uses it to scare off Motobaro, Duval's buffalo, and then at Marineford, where he knocks out the two guards who are about to execute Ace (along with hundreds of pirates and marines on the battlefield, much to the horror of the latter). In the latter case, it's officially recognized by the others to be Conqueror's Haki. After training with Rayleigh, Luffy has learned to use it intentionally and, during the war at Onigashima, [[spoiler:he figures out how to imbue his body with Conqueror's Haki like Kaido so that he can fight Kaido on even keel]].
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For all his fear of him, when it comes down to it, Luffy truly does love his grandfather. When Garp stands in his path to Ace during the Paramount War, Luffy shows extreme reluctance at attacking him, all but begging him to get out of the way. It's only when Garp tells him that he has no other choice that Luffy goes through with it.
* BadassAdorable: In just a few short years [[FromZeroToHero he's gone from an unknown with barely a rowboat to his name to one of the most infamous pirates in the world, with one of the highest active bounties]]. He is also a cute and handsome young man. He gets really adorable in his chibi-form after using Gear Third.
* BadassBoast:
** Luffy's catchphrase is "I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES!!!" This statement is considered utterly shocking by One Piece people, as many mere mortals are scared to challenge the world like this. Furthermore, Luffy makes this boast to anyone, no matter who they might be or how strong they are, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Whitebeard]].
** Double Subverted in the Arlong arc. Luffy lists everything he can't do -- using swords, navigating, cooking [[ArsonMuderAndJaywalking and lying]] -- and says that he relies on his crew to do those tasks. Arlong says that Luffy is pathetic and asks what Luffy can do, at which point Luffy says, "I can beat you."
** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy says "I am the man who will surpass you [Crocodile]!" to one of The Seven Warlords of the Sea, right after he rebuffs the above statement.
** In the Thriller Bark arc, he says: "Tell that idiot Moria, that if he lays a hand on my crew, I'll blast this island till there's nothing left!" Important to note that at that point Moria was also a Warlord and had a higher bounty than him.
** In the Wano arc, upon seeing the ill-equipped Akazaya Nine tormented at sea by Kaido's men, Luffy shows up accompanied by both Kid and Law's crew and declare that "When you're at sea, you fight against pirates."
** Later, in the same arc, Big Mom, who already has a severe grudge against him at this point, taunts him, asking if he's here to beat Kaido. Luffy's answer is that Kaido's not his only target; he's here to beat everyone and declares an all-out war against both Emperors.
** And again, in the same arc, when facing both Big Mom and Kaido alongside his fellow supernovas, Kid remarks how facing them both at the same time feels like being in hell, to which Luffy as this to say:
--> '''Luffy:''' That suits me just fine. I've to hell and back a few times already, that's home territory!
* BadassFamily: When your grandfather is "the hero" of the Marine and one of the strongest Marines while your father is the leader of [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] and ''the world's most wanted men'', you cannot be less than one of the most famous pirates. This extends to his foster brothers too: Ace used to be a division commander in the world's strongest crew [[spoiler:while Sabo is the right hand man of the revolutionaries]].
* BadassLongcoat: He wears one in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'' to give him the appearance of a true badass pirate captain.
* BadassOnPaper:
** Luffy gains an infamous reputation over the Time-Skip, where people hear various rumors about him (including that he's an eight-meter tall giant) while he's much more cheerful and dumb than the rumors make him appear to be.
** Another variation happens courtesy of the journalist "Big News" Morgans and his newspaper company. [[spoiler:Reading Morgans' news report on Luffy's conflict with Big Mom, you'd think that Luffy is a {{Chessmaster}} and PersonOfMassDestruction who has orchestrated a full-scale invasion and assassination attempt on Big Mom's territory, beat up her generals, destroyed her country, and left alive. While all of that is technically true, the reality of the situation is that Luffy tried to sneak in and leave undetected, got caught, suffered through some ''grueling'' battles, nearly died several times, and ''just barely'' escaped from Big Mom in the end. He also has nothing to do with planning the assassination; that was all Bege's idea. Though Luffy and his crew are the only reasons it got as far as it did.]]
** Starts leaving the “on paper” part behind during the Wano arc. [[spoiler: Thanks to his training with advanced forms of observation and armament Haki, as well as figuring out how to channel Conquer’s Haki like armament Haki, Luffy is now in the same power bracket as the Emperors, capable of fighting Kaido on even footing]].
* BadLiar: The only way his lies could be more blatant would be if a neon sign appeared on top of his head and flashed "I AM LYING" every time he lied. However, he can act well if he's really serious about it.
* BalloonBelly: It comes with being a BigEater, as his body becomes round whenever he eats too much, which is justified by his elastic body, although he tends to digest the food pretty quickly. He can also inflate his belly with air to become a living airbag and deflect attacks. [[spoiler:Uses it to even better effect with his Gear Fourth forms, where his permanent and seemingly comical balloon belly is actually a ''very'' important part of the transformations; even the mightiest blows simply bounce off him harmlessly if somebody tries attacking his body, and he can use it to launch his enemies with incredible force.]]
* BareFistedMonk: Luffy is a barehanded brawler and attacks mainly with punches, but because he's a RubberMan, he has a very long range and can make a great variety of attacks.
* BearerOfBadNews: In the Land of Wano arc, Luffy befriends Tama and discovers that she met Ace four years earlier. Though Tama is still waiting for Ace's return, Luffy point-blank tells her that Ace has died. Predictably, [[HeroicBSOD Tama does not take it well at all]].
* BenevolentBoss: Luffy is a kind and loving captain to his crew, and doesn't control through fear, but genuinely loves them all. The Straw Hat Grand Fleet is a slightly different story; while he doesn't really seem to mind what the Grand Fleet does, Luffy at least comes around to the idea. This become a {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in the Post-Enies Lobby arc. When Sanji informs the others that Usopp plans to return to the Straw Hat crew, Luffy, Nami, and Chopper are ecstatic and plan to go get Usopp and have him rejoin, but Zoro stops them. Zoro gruffly points out that it doesn't matter who was right or wrong during Luffy and Usopp's argument; they've both fought for their own belief of what was right, Usopp lost, and then ''willingly'' left the crew. Usopp showed disrespect to Luffy for arguing against his ruling on what to do with the ''Going Merry''. And it doesn't matter how much of an IdiotHero Luffy is; he's still the captain, and what he says goes. If Luffy just welcomes Usopp back without getting so much as an apology, it would be a captain letting a crew member walk over him. Luffy [[JerkassHasAPoint begrudgingly concedes Zoro's point]], only allowing Usopp to rejoin the Straw Hats when Usopp admits that he was wrong to disrespect Luffy as his captain.
* BerserkButton: While he's generally nice and is easy to get friendly with him, there are some things that will set him off.
** Get between him and his food, and he will be angry.
** Touch his hat without permission and he will pound you. If you are Nami, then he'll willingly hand it to you.
** He gains a new one during Wano, which is the same button Sanji has: waste of food. After seeing how much his friend and the good people of Wano were suffering due to a famine, just seeing the wasteful party in Onigashima enraged Luffy beyond reason.
* TheBerserker: Luffy mostly relies on this strategy in combat. Rather than planning for the attack he rushes in full force. Especially when he's angry Luffy will demolish opponents and will become very ferocious and brutal.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's nice and kind-hearted, but you ''reeeeally'' don't want to make him angry. Seriously. Try to push any one of the above-mentioned berserk buttons, and he won't be afraid to declare war on you.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Luffy is usually a simple-minded goofball. Just be careful not to get him genuinely angry.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** {{Inverted|Trope}}. Luffy's the ''younger'' brother, but throughout the Marineford arc, he does everything he can to rescue older brother, Ace. This includes breaking in/out of Impel Down, trading years on his lifespan, teaming up with Crocodile, a former enemy, and punching his grandfather.
** Played straight with [[TokenMiniMoe Tama]]. After learning about her life circumstances and connection with Ace, Luffy quickly becomes very protective of her and displays an extremely attitude when she gets hurt.
* BigBrotherWorship: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Luffy clearly idolizes his older adopted brother Ace when they are kids, they do also have a bit of a sibling rivalry and Luffy is not blind to Ace's faults. Nonetheless, it can be argued that Ace is the most important person in Luffy's life, protecting him and practically raising him to be the happy and carefree person he is today. Which is why Luffy is absolutely ''devastated'' when Ace dies to protect him. One of the only reasons why Luffy never crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Ace's death is the realization that Ace has died so he could live and would've wanted him to move on with his life. Naturally, Luffy has a similar relationship his other brother Sabo who [[spoiler:has since been shown alive despite having been shot down by a Celestial Dragon in his youth]].
* BigDamnHeroes: He pulls this trope off several times:
** During the Marineford arc, he manages to pull this trope off as he and the rest of the Impel Down escapees crash down from the sky, ''ship and all!''
** During the Fish-Man Island arc, just as Hody is about to take King Neptune's head, Shirahoshi screams for Luffy to help her father. Out comes Luffy at lightning-fast speed, who kicks Hody away to everyone present's shock.
** During the Dressrosa arc, Luffy is still recovering from [[spoiler:using Gear Fourth]] as Doflamingo comes dangerously close to [[spoiler:making Rebecca cut her aunt down]]. He recovers and manages to [[spoiler:stop Rebecca's blade with his Haki-imbued head]] ''just'' before the impact, partially thanks to Law's help. For extra badass points, the citizens chant his name and count the seconds to his recovery.
* BigEater: The elastic stomach probably helps. At multiple points, he eats until his entire body is horribly distended. He can then digest it in about five seconds. Notably this is a major ''advantage'' when it comes to fighting the Big Mom Pirates as many of their Devil Fruits revolve around food themed abilities. Not only does this let him eat some of their moves, it lets him eat quickly enough to counter [[spoiler: Gear Fourth's]] time limit weakness and keep fighting in that state far longer than he otherwise could.
* {{Bishonen}}: PlayedForLaughs. While not usually drawn as such, in the anime, Boa Hancock's romantic fantasies have him as a tan young boy with a full BishieSparkle and brown glinting eyes, as well as speaking with a more mature voice than he actually speaks with.
* BlatantLies: When Franky asks if Luffy's OK with leaving Usopp behind, Luffy nonchalantly says he's fine with it, and he'll probably see Usopp again someday. The fact that he's sweating bullets shows that he's ''not'' fine with never seeing Usopp again, even if he knows Zoro's right and Usopp needs to apologize for his insubordination.
* BloodBrothers: With Ace and Sabo. None of them are related of course, but they are very close and have made a ceremony of drinking sake and become brothers. Luffy is heartbroken by both their deaths, [[spoiler:so no words can express the joy on his face when he learns that he still has one brother left in the world]].
* BloodKnight: Though not to the extent of Zoro (who can border on NominalHero at times), Luffy loves a good fight – and it doesn't help that it's one of the few things in this world he's ''good'' at, to the point of being considered a genius. Though he doesn't like pointless fights with weaklings, as shown with [[SmugSnake Bellamy]].
* BookDumb: He's not smart when it comes to science and medicine -- he once tries to heal a wounded Zoro by pouring booze on his face because "Zoro likes sake, so it'll make him better". However, he's a genius in combat, social skills, and politics, beating "wittier" enemies like [[ImplacableMan Eneru]].
* BoringButPractical: Luffy mainly fights using punches, the most basic kind of fighting style. However, thanks to his strength and his creative use of the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy is a very strong fighter, being able to turn a simple punch or kick into a long-ranged attack just by stretching a limb. It's also the strategy he uses to counter Cracker's Devil Fruit Power: [[spoiler:since Cracker's "Biscuits Soldiers" are literally made of biscuits, all Luffy needs to do is eat them. It pays off when Cracker, tired of having all his biscuit soldiers eaten, decides to attack, which allows Luffy to counter him.]]
* BornLucky: This is justified by having the "Will of D", which means he's destined to change the world, and he has been described as having the Devil's Luck. While the lightning bolt that saves him on the execution platform may have been Dragon's doing, he's survived a number of encounters due only to extreme good fortune. At one point, Basil Hawkins actually gauges Luffy's luck with his tarot cards. He attempts to create deadly scenarios that Luffy couldn't possibly survive, but no matter what he tries, Luffy's chance of survival ''never'' drops to 0%. Combine this with Luffy's determinator mentality and brilliant luck. This doesn't just apply to surviving certain death either. Even taking into account his MagneticHero qualities Luffy has made some ''very'' helpful allies ranging from former members of the incredibly powerful Shichibukai to current members of the Revolutionary Army and fellow Supernovas are on friendly terms with him. He even has someone that is all but said to be the canonical WorldsMostBeautifulWoman in love with him (though, funnily enough, his UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} means that this goes completely wasted on him).
* BornWinner: Much like his adopted brother, Luffy's heritage means he has a ''lot'' of potential -- the only difference is that his takes a little longer to show. As a trade-off, Luffy was also completely unaware of his heritage when he was younger (unlike Ace) and was therefore more emotionally stable.
* BrattyHalfPint: At the beginning, Luffy is an annoying seven-year-old kid who keeps asking Shanks if he can join his crew and become a pirate. After being kidnapped by Higuma and Shanks sacrificing his arm to save his life, Luffy stops being annoying, although he remains very childish even after he grows up.
* BreakTheCutie: Unlike all his crewmembers, who have a traumatic past that defines their personality, Luffy’s breaking moment happened in the present storyline, with Ace's death. Thanks to Jimbei, he manages to recover remembering he still has his [[TrueCompanions friends]]. Afterwards, he TookALevelInBadass and become even more determined to protect his loved ones.
* BringIt: With the dub version, ''this'' is what goes down after the [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu flag is burnt]]:
--> '''Spandam:''' YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! YOU MORONS CAN'T CHALLENGE THE ENTIRE WORLD AND EXPECT TO WIN!\\
'''Luffy:''' OH, YEAH?!? [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome BRING IT OOOOOOOOOON!!!]]
* BroughtDownToBadass: After he is imprisoned Luffy is placed in sea prism chains, which nullifies his Devil Fruit Powers and weakens him. However, he's still shown to retain his great strength, speed, and durability enough to easily overpower an high-ranking warden.
* BrutalHonesty: Luffy is not one to mince words and sometimes can be unintentionally rude:
** During an argument with Vivi in the Alabasta arc over what course to take next, he harshly but correctly reminds her that people die, and hoping everyone involved in a civil war will survive is naïve.
** There are definitely more tactful ways to inform Tama that [[spoiler:Ace is dead]] rather than bluntly telling her that. [[WhatTheHellHero Tengu and Tama herself call him out for this.]]
* BuildingSwing: He can uses his rubber arms to swing from structures and climb buildings whenever he needs to. Unlike Robin though, who can also do this, Luffy tends to swing around recklessly and at high speeds.
* BullyHunter: In spite of his adamant claims to ''not'' be a hero, Luffy does ''not'' gracefully tolerate over-entitled assholes who use their positions and power to flagrantly bully those weaker than they are; he has a particularly sore spot towards {{Bad Boss}}es who mistreat loyal employees who they should be taking care of. Doing/being either of the above in front of him is a one way ticket to being pounded into the pavement. Note that this attitude of Luffy's is contagious; associate with him long enough and you will also catch his intolerance towards bullies (as shown with the originally cynical and unfeeling Zoro), even if you were once (working for) a bully yourself.
* BullyingADragon: Comes hand-in-hand with his LeeroyJenkins trait, he has a habit of picking fights with opponents ''way'' above his level. While many of these actually become a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, a few goes badly for him, such as picking a fight with [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction Big Mom]] and [[BadassArmy her family.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Luffy is an absolute idiot, having NoSenseOfDirection, constantly eating so much and then falling asleep right afterward, and goes right for danger for no other reason than "FUN FUN FUN!", to the point that those unaware of his fame would never think he's the captain of one of the world's most infamous crews. None of his crew mates deny that he's an idiot and, at the same time, none of his crew mates also deny that he deserves to be their captain, both as a fighter and as a leader.
* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Luffy gets an X-shaped burn scar on his chest after being hit by Admiral Akainu's [[MagmaMan magma punch]]. After the TimeSkip, Luffy is able to generate fire when using his Gum-Gum Red Hawk attack.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: A rare heroic example. He repeatedly annoys people (including [[ClingyComedyVillain recurring villains]]) by forgetting [[AccidentalMisnaming their names]], [[SignatureMove signature moves]] or even that he's met them at all.
* ButtMonkey: Luffy is constantly a victim of comical abuse from his crew mates due to his stupidity, and he frequently ends up in strange situations that keep him from fighting. Since he's made of rubber, Luffy can endure a lot of hits without being too much hurt.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Most notably during the Impel Down arc. He casually tells Ivankov and ''everybody'' standing around in earshot that his father is Dragon the Revolutionary. After escaping, he does it ''again'' by telling everybody that Ace is Gold Roger's son. Both times he remembers that he wasn't supposed to tell that to anybody else. It's implied that he gets this trait from his grandfather Garp who does the exact same thing after telling the Straw Hats (and Marines) that Luffy's father is Dragon the most wanted man in the world.
* CastFromCalories:
** Luffy's Gear Second speeds up his metabolism to a ridiculous degree, granting him SuperSpeed. As a result, it burns calories very quickly and switches over to CastFromLifespan if he doesn't have the necessary energy.
** Luffy's Gear Fourth form, Tankman, works in the same way, only even more powerful and more voracious in its energy consumption. He's only able to safely use it when up against an enemy whose power is creating unlimited amounts of food, with Luffy running around eating that food for 18 hours straight. When he ''does'' use it though, he utterly curb-stomps Cracker with a single attack.
* CatchPhrase:
** Especially at the beginning of the series, he would often boast: "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"
** He also has the habit of referring to whatever odd or strange aspect of the world that's explained to him as "a mystery X," the [[MrExposition explainer]] will generally let that one slide because well, it's Luffy.
* CanNotTellALie: He's an outrageously BadLiar, to the point that almost everyone sees through his attempts at lying right away (The only one who does fall for most of them is Chopper).
* CharacterDevelopment: Prior to the timeskip, he's a typical Shonen Hero. Kind as a saint, strong as an ox, dumb as a rock. After the timeskip, however, he is notably leaps and bounds more composed than at the beginning of the story, now preferring to state what he'll be doing and go through with it rather than scream and shout (except when he's really riled up) and, more importantly, he is actually a respectable and capable leader, listening to his crewmates but never letting himself be questioned (save for in comedic moments) as Captain. All in all, he's gone from Shonen Hero, to Shonen... well, pirate captain. And, while he's still ''definitely'' Luffy as before, Marineford and Rayleigh have beaten some serious growth into him. As if to enforce this, when [[spoiler:Big Mom's ship arrives to capture Caesar, Luffy immediately inquires whether or not Big Mom is on the ship in order to make his next decision of whether or not allowing the Straw Hats at sea to fight.]]
* CharacterTics:
** Luffy has a tendency to suck his lips in and turn his head to the side when an attack or technique fails to affect him, such as Eneru's various electrical attacks or Boa Hancock's Mero Mero no Mi.
** After defeating an enemy, Luffy will smile about his victory.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: From childhood, Luffy was trained by his grandfather, the Marine rival of Gol D. Roger. By the time he starts his journey, Luffy is strong enough to destroy steel with his bare hands, knock out large sea monsters, and ''push apart two buildings he was stuck between''. By Luffy's own admission, his strength is purely the result of training and not the effect of his devil fruit.
* ChasteHero: Though he knows what a romantic relationship ''is'', he just isn't interested. In SBS 88, Oda said that Luffy can tell whether or not a female face is pretty, but it's just a classification for him.
** This becomes a plot point when he ends up on the [[LadyLand island of the Kuja]]. Snake Empress Boa Hancock is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman, able to turn people to stone with her Love-Love Beams if they find her attractive. And Luffy doesn't. When Hancock tries her Love-Love Beam on him, [[NoSell it does absolutely nothing]].
** During Whole Cake Island, despite not being interested in a relationship himself, Luffy shows a surprisingly firm view on why people should get married, and is very against people getting married for any other reason than truly loving each other. He thus voices his complete disgust of Big Mom's modus operandi of forcing marriages on others for her own personal gain.
* ChickMagnet: He's one of the only characters in the series to actively have women falling for him. His reactions range from being suitably creeped-out, complete obliviousness, or platonically appreciative. [[StalkerWithACrush Alvida]] (post-{{Gonk}} phase) only has eyes for him and almost the entirety of [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]] are head over heels for him, especially [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock]] who acts like a lovestruck, teenage girl when around him. Now, he's got the [[BeastMan Minkwoman]] Wanda repeatedly licking his face while commenting that "hairless bodies are quite beautiful". He's not amused.
* ChildLikeVoice: Luffy is in his late teens, but it isn't easy to tell just listening to him speak. Most language dubs, including Japanese and all of the handful of the English ones, make him sound like an energetic kid.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Before the Timeskip, the seemingly scrawny Luffy typically wears a closed vest that hides his surprisingly well built physique. Furthermore, like Zoro, his arm muscles are shown to grow ''much'' larger than you'd think when he flexes. After the timeskip, his vest is open, but he still appears scrawny. Post timeskip, this is somewhat downplayed, because he's now downright ''buff'', having gained a notable physique through his training with Rayleigh. He's also become adorned with a massive red "X" scar across his chest [[spoiler: from Akainu's lava punch just barely grazing his skin]].
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Luffy's outfit consists of very simple clothes that leave most of his limbs free: his iconic straw hat, a sleeveless vest (later traded for a loose shirt), a pair of shorts and sandals. This is in part out of practicality, to let him stretch without problems, and in part to hint at his ''simple'' personality and his desire to be free.
* CloudCuckooLander: When he tries to be at his sharpest outside of battle, he acts like a quirky hairhead. He's also interested in weird individuals like Brook, a living skeleton, and gets easily impressed by the silliest things.
* CombatClairvoyance: After the timeskip, Luffy has mastered Observation Haki, a power that allows one to anticipate an opponent's next move. He has learned it to such an extent that he can [[SpiderSense sense where his enemies are]]. [[spoiler:During his fight with Katakuri, he masters it to the extent he can foresees some minor events.]] During the Wano Arc which he can even help others dodge incoming attacks verbally.
* CombatPragmatist: Luffy is not averse to hitting below the belt or taking {{Human Shield}}s when necessary... or if it's amusing. A notable subversion is his fight with Admiral Fujitora. Luffy absolutely refuses to take advantage of the man's blindness. He doesn't pull his punches, but he does shout out his attacks and where he's aiming to give Fujitora a chance to react. The admiral is not amused to learn of this and is deeply offended.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Luffy's journey is to become the King of the Pirates and leaving his adoptive family behind and during the journey he learns how to become a proper pirate captain.
* CompellingVoice: This trope is a manifestation of his awesomeness. It used to be involuntary and limited to really desperate shouting. He doesn't need to actually speak to use it anymore.
* ConfusionFu: Luffy, unlike the other characters, seems to fight freestyle. Being rubber makes this befitting. It even turns into an advantage against Eneru, who can read minds. Luffy simply ricochets his moves off a wall, making it impossible for anyone, including himself, to predict their path.
* ContagiousHeroism: Luffy is hardly a hero (and doesn't want to be one), but he has a massive problem with powerful people abusing their power and often demonstrates it with his fists. Thanks to his charismatic and caring nature, this attitude quickly takes hold on most of his crew mates, even on the stoic and previously uncaring swordsman Zoro and the emotionally reserved Robin, who betrayed every other organization she was a part of before she met Luffy.
* CripplingOverspecialisation: He's very useless at anything but having fun, eating, sleeping, being happy and amiable, and beating people up. He gathers his crew around him over the course of his adventure because he knows he can't go on without their help. He even acknowledges this during the Arlong arc when Arlong sneers down at him for keeping friends. He retaliates by picking up a pair of swords and waving them wildly in Arlong's face, to no avail. Arlong sneers at him some more, for now trying something he knew he couldn't pull off, and Luffy comes out with this {{Tearjerker}} of a line, while the camera pans over each crew member that fulfills each job:
-->I know! Of course I can't use swords, you idiot! I can't navigate! I can't cook! I can't even tell lies! This is why I need my friends if I want to survive!
* CrossdressingVoices: In Japan, the 4Kids dub, and the Funimation dub, Luffy is voiced by a woman to emphasize his youthfulness.
** Funimation actually wanted a man to voice Luffy initially. However, Toei and Eiichiro Oda himself frowned on that decision, wanting a female voice actor to help capture the spirit of Luffy's Japanese voice actress. Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard got the nod for Funimation's English dub as a result.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's often both a badass ''and'' a moron at the same time. He actually tries to weaponize his idiot nature in the Eneru fight, in order to defeat his mind-reading. It works, but he also becomes too stupid to remember to attack.
* CruelMercy: According to Oda, the reason Luffy doesn't kill his enemies (with the exception of the non-canon BigBad from the sixth movie) is because Luffy feels that letting them live with their dreams destroyed [[FateWorseThanDeath is a worse punishment than killing them]].
* CuddleBug: Luffy shows how much he loves his friends by hugging them, ''regardless of gender or race.'' This can get problematic when the girl in question is actually romantically interested in him; doubly so because he won't return romantic love.
* CursedWithAwesome: Like all Devil Fruit users, he's gained incredible powers at the simple cost of never being able to swim and being branded a freak forever. Since he could hardly swim in the first place and thinks FreakyIsCool, neither of these really bother him. And unlike other Devil Fruit users, this does not scare him away from water sports. Considering how powerful he has become thanks to the Gum-Gum Fruit, eating it was definitely worth the price.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Luffy has black hair ''and'' black eyes.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: All his [[SuperMode Gears]] carry significant drawbacks; Gear Two is CastFromHitPoints and Gear Three had the side effect of making him shrink and lose speed and mobility. After two years of training, he's overcome those weaknesses. [[spoiler:His new Gear, Gear Four, has the biggest drawbacks yet, it's a DeathOrGloryAttack. It [[HourOfPower only lasts so long]], and when it's up, he's drained of his Haki and exhausted to the point that he can't even move for ten minutes. Meaning, he must finish the fight while it lasts, or his enemy will make short work of him after. This is even more evident when you realize that none of his enemies have such downtime when using ''their'' SuperMode[=/=]LimitBreak.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Luffy was abandoned by his parents and abused by his grandfather in training (though both of these experiences are PlayedForLaughs), but was given a relatively stable upbringing with the mountain bandits of Goa and his adoptive brother, Ace. Still, he suffered a traumatic experience after eating his Devil Fruit where his idol, Shanks, lost an arm saving him from a Sea King. He and Ace then suffered an arguably even more traumatic experience during the fire that burned Grey Terminal, which eventually ended with the death of their other best friend and sworn brother, Sabo. Of course, [[spoiler:Sabo turns out to have survived, but that's a moot point considering he doesn't find out until years later, long after the traumatic experience of losing Ace]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Following the timeskip onward, black becomes a color heavily-involved in Luffy's designed as red is, not only employed in his regularly-utilized Armament Haki, but also in the form of the jet-black shockwaves that ensue whenever his Conquerer's Haki clashes with another, and while not another instance of black being used, Luffy's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]] whenever employing Observation Haki, contributing to the menacing imagery. In spite of this, [[NiceGuy Luffy is still a very straightforward, optimistic and downright friendly pirate.]]
* DavidVsGoliath: Luffy has the body of an average teen, and the majority of the main fights of the series have him fighting an enemy visibly larger and more imposing to visually show them as more powerful, both literally and metaphorically. In most of the cases, Luffy has to face them multiple times before he wins:
** Crocodile is a full meter taller than Luffy and with his CoatCape he appears much larger as well. Notably, Crocodile is the first Warlord Luffy faces, and his defeat at Luffy's hands brings a small change in the status quo and a new bounty for Straw Hat, since he's gathered more attention from the World Government.
** Zigzagged with Lucci. Normally, he's just a head taller than Luffy, but in his half-leopard form he towers over him and is much more muscular. Lucci also gives Luffy a very tough fight that forces him to give everything he has to win.
** At nearly seven meters tall, Moria is one of the tallest humans in the series, and this gets turned UpToEleven after he absorbs all of the shadows of Thriller Bark and grows gigantic. However, his fight is notably less tough than most examples, and in his Shadow Asgard form he actually becomes easier to defeat by having him expel all of the shadows.
** Magellan is a huge demonic-looking warden who possesses the tremendously powerful Doku-Doku Fruit, giving him the power to generate poison. He's notable for being one of the very few antagonists to not be defeated by Luffy. The first time Magellan easily beats him, while the second time Luffy is forced to retreat and escape.
** Deconstructed with Hody Jones. He becomes bigger and much more menace-looking by eating energy steroids (literally cheating). However, despite his efforts, Hody remains much weaker than Luffy, who beats him with little difficulty. Shortly after, as a side effect of taking too many energy steroids, Hody becomes a weak old man.
** Don Chinjao is a tall, imposing old man and a former legend of the New World. He also represents Luffy's first true challenge from the New World, as he himself notes, saying Luffy will have to fight much stronger enemies from now on.
** Donquixote Doflamingo is nearly twice as tall as Luffy and, thanks to his knowledge and connections, he holds more power than nearly anyone. His fight with Luffy is long and forces him to use Gear Fourth for the first time. In that form, however, Luffy's size is roughly equal to Doflamingo's.
** Katakuri is five meters tall and is the closest to an Emperor-level combatant Luffy faces at that point. Even in his Gear Fourth, Luffy is still smaller than him and his fight against Katakuri lasts multiple hours, with Katakuri dominating the majority of it until Luffy makes the fight more balanced with his new Gear Fourth form: Snakeman.
** The battle with Kaido is the first time Luffy faces an Emperor and he is multiple times taller and wider than him, [[spoiler:especially in his dragon form. After Luffy lands multiple hits on Kaido (since the latter is drunk), Kaido one shots Luffy with a single blow. In their second confrontantion, despite Kaido using his even larger hybrid form, Luffy manages to hurt the Emperor]].
* DeathGlare: Luffy is usually friendly but, when someone pisses him off, usually by hurting his friends, Luffy stares down at him with an angered glare, often follows a beat up. A particular example is right before he defeats Lucci with his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Jet Gatling]]. Notably, he does one to Jimbei while he's having a freakout at Amazon Lily after realizing his [[spoiler:brother Ace was killed and he's too weak for the New World]]. After the Time-Skip, Luffy learns to use Conqueror's Haki and whenever he uses it, it's often accompanied by a deadly glare.
* DeclarationOfProtection: At the end of the Fish-Man Island arc, he declares the titular island under his protection to protect them from the wrath of Big Mom. Big Mom had taken up protecting the island after Whitebeard's death in return for a monthly tribute of candy; Hody and the New Fish-Man Pirates, however, destroyed the candy factories during their attempted coup, leaving Fish-Man Island unable to fulfill their quota that month (in part due to serving some of what candy they had already made to the Straw Hats during the victory banquet). Upon learning from Big Mom's emissaries that she wouldn't care about the circumstances and would raze the country in return, Luffy claims that it was ''him'' that ate all the candy so she would focus her wrath on him instead.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Some of his opponents are enemies considered out of his league or that have proven to be almost invincible, but he still manages to win against them. However, it should be noted that he never defeats them on his first try.
** The first example is Crocodile, one of the seven Warlords of the sea with a long experience as a pirate, and whose defeat at the hands of a rookie is considered impossible. Yet Luffy manages to beat him, but only after losing to him ''twice''.
** Eneru is probably the best example, as he spend most of the Skypiea arc proving how invincible he is by stomping every fighter he faces and surviving any attack (most of the time thanks to his [[ElementalShapeshifter Devil Fruit's intangibility]]). The only reason Luffy defeats him is because he's the only one able to hit him and is completely immune to his electric attacks, and even then, Eneru manages to have the upper hand most of the time.
** Averted with Magellan. He defeats Luffy the first time they fight. During their second round, all Luffy can do is buy time to escape, and never defeats him. Not much later, during the Paramount War, Luffy finds himself unable to defeat any of the strongest fighters; this becomes a plot point: A big part of the character development of Luffy comes from the realization that it's impossible for him to beat the most powerful Marines and pirates of the New World. Cue 2 years training with the Pirate King's first mate. Following that, Luffy resumes the trend, [[spoiler:starting with bringing down Donquixote Doflamingo, a pirate who's been controlling the underworld]].
** [[spoiler:Charlotte Katakuri in particular is a notable case, as he's straight-up confirmed to be undefeated until Luffy beat him. Katakuri is considered so strong that his family refuses to even consider the remotest possibility that he lost, and when learning the truth after Luffy escapes the Mirror World, they either outright deny it or accuse Luffy of having used a dirty trick to win]].
* DelayedReaction: He's not the brightest bulb, so sometimes he's slow to react. It's used ''a lot'' of times [[RuleOfFunny for comedic effect.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Ace's death]] drives him to despair, to the point of being the only time, after a career of being a {{Determinator}}, where he's about to give up. Fortunately, Jimbei helps him snap out of it reminding Luffy he still has his friends.
* {{Determinator}}:
** Luffy powers through injuries that should have killed him several times over, often without outside assistance. In no particular order, he's been dehydrated to a desiccated husk, skewered, cut, drowned, blown up, bitten (a ''super'' strong shark bite, mind you), beaten to a bloody pulp, stabbed, crushed, covered in arrows (in one of the movies), frozen, burnt, shot by ''lasers'', and poisoned to the point of '''melting''', yet is still alive and kicking.
** The poisoned part is a double subversion, because it all but kills him. He's healed by Ivankov, but the technique used is explicitly reliant on the patient's will to live and Ivankov is especially shocked that Luffy recovered in a few hours, despite his initial estimate that it would take days for Luffy to recover, if he recovers at all.
** A quantifiable example of his Determinator status was shown off at the end of the Thriller Bark arc, when Bartholomew Kuma pushed all of Luffy's pain out of him and into Zoro, and the damage it dealt to Zoro was... not pretty.
* DeusExitMachina: He's the strongest of the crew along with Zoro and Sanji, and the most likely to get lost, trapped or otherwise unable to initially participate in battle until the most powerful enemy remains.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: '''Yes.''' Luffy is prone to this, as he's not afraid to attack any kind of authority.
** At Enies Lobby, when Spandam is gloating about how the World Government is unstoppable, he orders Sogeking (Usopp, but he doesn't realize it) to burn their flag, effectively declaring war on the WG and all 170+ of its member nations.
** After learning that Big Mom of the Four Emperors is going to destroy Fish-Man Island because they are unable to give her her monthly 10-ton delivery of candy (due to Hody destroying the candy factory and the Straw Hats eating the rest), Luffy does what no other pirate would dare do –- [[spoiler:he takes the Transponder Snail (i.e. a phone in the ''One Piece'' world) from Big Mom's subordinate and tells her ''he'' himself ate all 10 tons of her candy and that it's too dangerous to leave her in charge of the island, so when he gets to the New World he's going to kick her ass and ''claim Fish-Man Island as his OWN territory''; [[ThisMeansWar Big Mom declares war on the Straw Hat Pirates]].]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: In his second bout with Kaido, Luffy hits him with a Gear Third punch that, thanks to his newfound mastery of Ryuo, not only knocks him down but causes him to bleed. [[NighInvulnerable Kaido and Big Mom]] are dumbfounded that he could actually manage to injure one of them]].
* TheDitz: As if all the moments of stupidity in the story aren't enough proof of it, [[AllThereInTheManual in one of the data books]], his intelligence score is a whopping 1/5.
* DodgeTheBullet: Despite being ImmuneToBullets, he has extremely sharp reflexes and can also dodge bullets with ease, even light beams.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: A downplayed example. Luffy seems inclined to keep his feet as lightly clad as possible. It is very, very rare for him to don anything beyond straw sandals no matter what outfit he wears.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: It's revealed, while fighting Katakuri, that Luffy hates mochi. He doesn't like when he has to eat through a mountain of it.
* DopeSlap: He is the victim of this a lot due to his stupidity, especially from Nami.
* DragonRider: [[spoiler:He rides Momonosuke, now a fully grown dragon, in order to catch up with a floating Onigashima, and battle against Kaido.]]
* TheDreaded: Due to his actions during the Paramount War, along with his actions while with his crew (such as Enies Lobby and Sabaody), Luffy's become so infamous that anyone who isn't as strong as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea instantly fears him. For instance, at Corrida Colosseum, while incognito, he accidentally gives his real name and everyone immediately freaks out. They only stop once they see the sign on his back that says "Lucy", and start remembering rumors about him being an eight-meter tall giant. [[spoiler:As of the Reverie arc, he is one of the most feared pirates in the world, now considered on par with the ''Four Emperors'' and has the one of the highest bounties revealed so far. It's now a given]].
* DumbassHasAPoint: While Luffy is normally the epitome of the IdiotHero, there have been moments where he surprises his crew by saying something that actually makes sense, usually when there are some conflicts.
** In the Captain Kuro arc, Kuro states he quit being a pirate because he found it a painful annoyance that being a successful pirate means the Marines will always come after him. Luffy points out that Kuro should've taken that fact into consideration ''before'' he chose to become a pirate in the first place.
** In the Baratie arc, when Don Krieg boasts that his crew is the strongest in the East Blue, Luffy points out that they're only considered the strongest because they have the most members which means that they are not truly strong at all, a point that was already proven by Dracula Mihawk who had already sunk 49 out of their 50 ships on his own.
** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy refuse to follow Vivi to Koza's main base as he states that Koza and his rebellion army would never believe her since this is coming from Luffy and his crew who are pirates and instead go after Crocodile at Rainbase instead. He also mentions that people ''will'' die no matter what Vivi does, a surprisingly realistic observation for him that the other crew members agree with. In fact, when Nami calls Luffy out and speaks up for Vivi, Sanji takes Luffy's side, despite usually preferring to side with the ladies.
** After dropping down from Skypiea, Luffy suggests the crew get a shipwright to fix the ''Going Merry'' (despite him suggesting a musician after the crew is surprised by his words).
** In Water 7, upon learning the ''Going Merry'' is on her last legs, Luffy make the tough call to seek out a new ship. And during his argument with Usopp, Luffy make three valid points. First, Luffy points out that Usopp isn't a shipwright and doesn't really know the ''Going Merry's'' condition, unlike a trained shipwright. Secondly, Luffy mentions that he is the captain and his orders are to be followed. Thirdly, when Usopp challenges Luffy to a one-on-one fight for ownership of the ''Merry'', Luffy choses to go through with it; when Nami asks why he isn't trying to stop it, Luffy points out that he knows Usopp is dead serious, and wouldn't be convinced any other way, and that if talking would actually make the situation better, it wouldn't have gotten to this point anyway. Despite her misgivings, she doesn't argue with him anymore.
** At Zou, when asked by Kin'emon to lend the samurai the strength of his crew in order to defeat Kaido, Luffy refuses. His comrades (mainly Usopp) are pissed at his reaction but he turns to Momonosuke, pointing out the fact that he is supposed to be the leader of the samurais, and if anyone should be asking for an alliance with the Straw Hats, it should be him, accusing the young boy of being weak for just standing there and crying. While Nami berates Luffy for being this tough toward a eight-year-old boy, Momonosuke does admit that Luffy's right, and claims his will to see Kaido eat the dust, which prompts Luffy to smile and accept the alliance proposal. Kin'emon then admits than, while his way of putting it is tactless, Luffy was actually the only one to consider Momonosuke's position and to treat him as an adult.
** While infiltrating [[spoiler:Big Mom's home island]], Nami freaks out when a giant crocodile in human clothes speaks to them and walks away. Luffy points out they have seen weird things like that before, pointing to their present company Chopper, a human-reindeer and Carrot, a literal bunny-girl. Chopper is a reindeer who ate the Human Human Fruit while Carrot is a Min, but he's right that talking animals aren't all that strange.
** While he's rightfully [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] for his callousness in telling Tama about [[spoiler:Ace's death]], he does make a good point in why he did -- Tama has been [[spoiler:waiting for Ace in an unhealthy environment when he's obviously not coming back]], so informing her that [[spoiler:Ace is dead]] is [[CruelToBeKind not nice but necessary]].
* DumbIsGood: Luffy is simple-minded, impulsive, and overall not smart but, while he doesn't want to be a hero, he is a very good and mostly pure man. He will go out of his way to help people if they've been kind to him, and recognizes when he is in a situation he needs help in.
* DumbMuscle: There ''is'' a reason that his head has a bounty of 1.5 billion beri; he's so powerful that almost everyone fears him, even experienced pirates who are grown men. Despite this, he's dumb as rocks, and incredibly naïve.
* DynamicEntry:
** How does he get to Marineford? Well, it overlaps with BigDamnHeroes, 'cause he drops a ship out of the sky! (It isn't intentional, but that doesn't make it any less awesome)
** Done again in the Fish-Man Island arc when [[spoiler:he leaps out of a shark's mouth and kicks Hody Jones just as he's about to assassinate the king.]]
* EasilyImpressed: Despite living in a world where eating fruit can give magic powers and sea monsters bigger than the Titanic are aplenty, Luffy often gets wowed by the silliest things. Like Franky's goofy gadgets.
* ElementalPunch: His unique rubber body allows him to do two types, fire and lightning. The first is used in his attack "''Red Hawk''": when the heat from Gear Second is combined with [[KiManipulation Haki]] on his arm, it lights on fire; this attack is also a tribute to Ace. As for the lightning, he can absorb the lighting during a storm into his limbs ([[ElementalRockPaperScissors since rubber is an insulator]]) and attacks with it, this one has only been used in the movie Strong World against Shiki.
* EnemyMine: Played with. Luffy is very friendly and is rarely against the idea of allying with his former enemies or rivals. Notable examples are when he infiltrates in Impel Down and allies himself with Buggy, Galdino, and Crocodile (although he's initially against teaming up with Crocodile and makes it clear he hasn't forgiven him for what he did to Vivi), who help him even during the Paramount War. Luffy allies himself with Capone Bege in the Big Mom assassination plan, despite making clear, in the latter example, that he'll never forgive him for shooting Pekoms, and still helps Bege when the latter is protecting his crew and the Straw Hats from Big Mom's attacks. Notably, Luffy allies with Law and Kid, his two biggest rivals in the race for the One Piece, to defeat Big Mom and Kaido, and the two end up quarrelling while fighting the Emperors.
* EnhancedPunch: Luffy's main attacks are punches, which are given additional range and force by his RubberMan powers and, using Gear Third, he can blow his limbs up to gigantic size for even more force. After the time-skip, he can imbue them with Armament Haki, making them even stronger and able to hit Logias. This is taken to a whole other level with [[spoiler: Gear Fourth.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Two notable ones in the manga. The first is when he stabs his own face at just seven-years-old in order to prove his manliness, showing off his determination to become a pirate (as well as his fearlessness and stupidity), and the second would be when he starts his adventure by punching out a giant monster, yelling out his ambition in triumph, and then laughing it off when he gets sucked into a whirlpool a few minutes later.
** Due to the anime showing Luffy's backstory later, Luffy's pledge to become King of the Pirates, in front of Koby can be seen as this.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Luffy is friendly towards anyone but the Celestial Dragons are so vicious that they're the only group he states to unequivocally hate with a passion. Luffy also despises Crocodile for making Vivi cry and ally with him at Impel Down only because it's convenient.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Luffy gets called "Straw Hat" by everyone not close to him, with rare exceptions.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Luffy displays an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first meets him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard praising Luffy's actions and declaring that pirates' dreams never ends (essentially exposing the entire series' main theme), Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Downplayed, but even before his intense [[TimeSkip two-year training]], Luffy was already a skilled fighter from the start of the series -- having trained for 10 years.
* {{Expy}}: Luffy is inspired by Son Goku from ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Oda said he designed Luffy based on what 'manliness' meant to him as a child and he shares many of Goku's characteristics; such as being a BigEater, BookDumb, naive about the world, simple-minded, and a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass when it comes to fighting. Incidentally, Luffy meets Goku in the ''Dragon Ball x One Piece -- Manga/CrossEpoch'' crossover and he even gets to ride on the Flying Nimbus.
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* FailureHero: He gets hit with this status in the Sabaody, Impel Down, and Marineford story arcs. He is separated from his crew by Bartholomew Kuma, discovers that Ace is to be sentenced to death, is poisoned by Magellan during his rescue attempt on Ace in Impel Down, is forced to leave Bon Clay behind after escaping the prison, gets overpowered by the Marines, witnesses Ace's death at the hands of Akainu, and Jimbei and Law end up rescuing him.
* FamilyOfChoice: Luffy, Ace, and Sabo are not related by blood. They became brothers after sharing cups of sake together as kids, which is all they needed.
* FatalFlaw: His two main ones are his impulsiveness and fearlessness. As both have lead him in taking reckless and stupid decisions or attempting to do things out of his reach, and while sometimes these flaws are played for comedy, they can have some grave results. The worst result is when he punches the celestial dragon, which ends up with Kuma scattering his crew across the world in such a way that it looks like they've been outright atomized to him ([[StealthMentor Of course, this way Kuma has actually helped Luffy and his crew]]).
* FearfulSymmetry: Over the course of his journey, Luffy has occasionally ran into enemies that like to imitate his powers and abilities:
** The first is Oars, a demonic giant that was infused with Luffy's shadow by Gecko Moria's powers. Oars, possessing Luffy's personality and a few vague memories, is given the ability to stretch by Moria and uses some of Luffy's techniques against him. At the time though, Luffy has become "Nightmare Luffy" and completely overwhelms Oars, until the shadows comes out, then Luffy has to cooperate with all his crew to beat him.
** Charlotte Katakuri intentionally mimics Luffy's battle style. As the user of the Mochi-Mochi Fruit, he can stretch and contort his body just like Luffy, but is superior in many ways; Luffy's body only takes on the properties of rubber while Katakuri can ''actually'' transform into mochi; Luffy's [[RapidFireFisticuffs Gatling]] only creates the illusion of growing more arms, while Katakuri can ''actually'' grow more arms; Luffy's Elephant Gun is limited by how much air he can blow into his hand while Katakuri's Elephant Gun can be ''any size he wants''. As such, Luffy has a hard time against him [[spoiler:and wins by developing and becoming stronger during the fight.]]
* FearlessFool: More often than not, he never realizes how strong his opponent/problem in front of him would be, and he'd just punch it until it goes down. It works well for him most of the time because of his Determinator traits and having a very good luck.
* FightingTheLancer:
** PlayedForLaughs in his fight with Zoro during the Alabasta Saga. After being treated to drugged food by a bunch of bounty hunters, Zoro the lancer beats the ever-loving crap out of them. Luffy wakes up, and thinks that Zoro just attacked the people who were nice to him and gave him food; a battle ensues.
** PlayedForDrama in the Water Seven Arc in his fight with Usopp. With a growing conflict between the two, due to emotional problems Usopp starts developing during the arc, and Luffy's decision regarding their ship (which Usopp is very fond of); the conflict grows into fight between them.
** PlayedForDrama, again, in the Totto Land arc. During the mission to retrieve Sanji, when Luffy finds the cook, he fights him to test if Sanji is really willing to leave the crew, or is only doing it to save his mates.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: Two notable occasions: In Alabasta, in Crocodile's ElaborateUndergroundBase which is flooded, he fights off Bananagators with Zoro and Sanji, as half his body is already underwater. Then in Fish-Man Island, most of his fight with Hody Jones has him at major disadvantage as he does it underwater. It was still ridiculously one-sided even before the fight is taken to a bubble-coated giant ship where he can fight with some air.
* FireForgedFriends: He tends to have this relationship with many of the people he encounters, whether it be with his crew members or one-arc allies. When he meets them, they tend to be extremely exasperated with his stupidity. By the end of the arc, they are able to see Luffy's more notable qualities.
* FlashStep: When using [[SuperMode Gear Second]], he becomes even faster than Soru, although he's slow to Kizaru. He has become even faster after the timeskip.
* FoeTossingCharge: He tends to do this whenever enemy forces make the mistake of sending lowly [[{{Mook}} mooks]] at him when he needs to get somewhere, usually sending hundreds or even ''thousands'' of them flying at a time. Notable cases include Enies Lobby, Marineford, and Totto Land, where he's dashing to save his crewmate or his brother.
* {{Foil}}:
** Luffy is this to "[[ArchEnemy Blackbeard]]" [[EvilCounterpart Marshall D. Teach]]. Both are powerful pirates who aim for same goal but they are the polar opposite to each other in different ways:
*** Luffy is a short and leanly muscular {{Keet}}. Teach is a really big, overweight {{Gonk}}.
*** His friends are most important to Luffy and he isn't afraid of death. Teach cares only about himself (and ''maybe'' his original crew) and is a DirtyCoward when push comes to shove.
*** Their Devil Fruit powers also notably contrast each other. Teach's Dark Dark Fruit is a Logia without the NighInvulnerability that normally comes with this type of DF and its abilities possibly make Teach even more vulnerable to physical damage. Luffy's Rubber Rubber Fruit on the other hand give him resistance to physical (specifically blunt) damage, something rather rare for a Paramecia type. Teach's powers also work mostly by attraction and by manipulating his surroundings or his opponents' bodies, while Luffy's powers work by expansion and by changing his own body.
*** Luffy is a genuinely NiceGuy, a BadLiar and prefers a LeeroyJenkins approach (even if someone told him a plan beforehand). Teach is a {{Jerkass}} BitchInSheepsClothing, a ManipulativeBastard and mostly plays XanatosSpeedChess.
*** Luffy detests cherry pies, Teach loves the same.
*** Luffy's reputation was monitored as he quickly rose the ranks in infamy with ever increasingly large incidents. Teach's rise to power was quiet, staying below the radar for years without receiving a bounty, before finally instantly emerging to the world by defeating Whitebeard and claiming his title as Emperor.
*** Both Luffy and Teach want to become King of the Pirates for the sake of ultimate freedom. But Luffy shows what a "nice" guy with this dream would be like, whereas Teach showcases the darker interpretation of this character type.
** He is also a parallel to Sanji in several ways. Luffy is a commoner while Sanji was royalty. Sanji has show great intelligence while Luffy is known for stupidity. Luffy is uninterested in women and yet attracts them and Sanji often flirts with women and they often reject him.
* TheFool: He's got a dream that he works towards, but he has no head for the myriad of politics and criminal conspiracies that infest his world, causing him to blunder into and overcome schemes in his earnest and largely innocent quest for adventure.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Definitely the former when compared to Ace as Luffy is the more reckless of the two. [[spoiler:The same can be said with Sabo.]]
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: He's usually a nice guy who can befriend and forgive nearly anyone, up to and including former antagonists regardless of morality. However, he draws the line upon seeing Crocodile in Impel Down. He ends up releasing him, at his ally Ivankov's suggestion, but unlike all the other former enemies he meets in the arc, Luffy does ''not'' befriend or forgive him for what he's done in Alabasta, despite Crocodile saying that he doesn't care about his old goals anymore.
* ForgotICouldntSwim: This happens to a ''lot'' of DF users, of course, but it's kind of a RunningGag with Luffy. Probably the most hilarious incident is when Chopper and Brook valiantly leap into the sea to rescue him, ''completely'' forgetting that ''their'' Devil Fruits make ''them'' unable to swim too.
* FreakOut: He completely freaks out when Kuma scatters his crew, and when Ace is killed. The latter is so bad, that sends him into an HeroicBSOD for a few days and, after recovering, he still freaks out and destroys everything until Jimbei snaps him out of it.
* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: It's a running gag that Luffy hardly even knows about his family, let alone their infamous reputations, while he shows the utmost care for his friends.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's generally nice to every weird creatures that catches his attention, at one point, he's able to befriend a ''Kraken''.
* FromZeroToHero: He once was a loud, ambitious kid from a small village in the East Blue ocean, which is commonly regarded as "unremarkable" compared to the other big seas in the world. He then forms the Straw Hat Pirates with only a small crew (all of whom have their own humble beginnings) that proceeds to make a name for themselves as they venture between islands in search for the titular One Piece. Post TimeSkip, the crew is considered one of the most infamous, especially as they have tangled with at least 2 major governmental facilities, and Luffy has a very high bounty.
* FunPersonified: Seriously. [[{{Keet}} Along with]] everything else, his powers are genuinely like something taken out from a Creator/TexAvery cartoon.
* FunnyAfro: For the final match of the Davy Back Fight against Foxy, Usopp prepares Luffy like a boxing coach, and gives Luffy an afro saying it would [[RuleOfCool help him win]]. [[spoiler:It does.]]
* FunSize: The after effect of his Gear Third technique causes him to shrink into a chibi version of himself for the same amount time he inflated his body. He overcomes this weakness after the timeskip and can now use Gear Third without any drawback.
* GenderBlenderName: Not Luffy, but his disguise when entering the Corrida Colosseum in Dressrosa is an old man named Lucy.
* GenerationXerox: He has been compared to Gold Roger by multiple people who've encountered him. Given his simple outlook on life and violence towards anyone who hurts his friends, he can also be seen as a GenerationXerox of Shanks. According to Ivankov, Luffy is very similar to his father.
* GeniusDitz: Luffy is childish and naive, but his brilliance is found in fighting, first and foremost. He takes one of more lackluster Devil Fruits, one which his more talented brother told him would amount to nothing in combat, and turns it into one of the most dangerous abilities in the series. Luffy constantly figures out new applications of his RubberMan powers in ingenious ways, showing he is able able to grasp the properties of rubber to the extent that he can learn how to set his arm on fire and create the Gears. He is also very perceptive and adaptive to his environment, being able to figure out Crocodile's weakness of the verge of death and creating a number of counterattacks to Eneru's Mantra on the spot. Mihawk even comments that he's "unusually clear headed" during the Paramount War, implying he's not as much of an airhead as he seems. He has also learned all Rayleigh had to teach him about Haki in just one and a half years, excels at understanding people's emotions and motivations, and possesses a form of wisdom that allows him to see the simplest solution needed (such as knowing that interfering with the Alabasta army won't guarantee anything and what's needed to be done is defeating Crocodile.)
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:He punches Sanji in the face after he repeatedly tries to get him to leave Totto Land by lying about his desire to go back to the crew. Naturally, this finally gets to him to admit that he wants to come back to the crew]].
* TheGift: Luffy's aptitude for combat is remarked upon frequently, and his growth rate as a fighter is insane. He's defeated several warriors with decades of experience on him with his sheer determination and instincts, and has even managed to figure out new techniques and abilities mid-battle. [[spoiler:As seen during his second battle with Kaido, the very moment Luffy figures out what he's doing (coating himself with Conqueror's Haki), he manages to replicate the technique to the point of being able to match Kaido within ''minutes'']]. Something like that takes natural talent that's only seen once in a generation, if that.
* TheGlomp: Luffy is very affectionate and, with his stretchy arms, he can tackle and squeeze his object of affection. During Marineford, Luffy hugs Boa Hancock as a thanks for having given him the keys to Ace's handcuffs and, in Wano, he jumps and hugs Zoro and later Jimbei for seeing them after a long time apart. In Dressrosa, [[spoiler: Luffy jumps out of joy and hugs his foster brother, Sabo, whom he previously believed to be dead]].
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: When [[spoiler:Judge]] lists out every last reason he finds Sanji unworthy, including his lack of royal pride, the sway his emotions have, his foolish need to help others, his love of ''cooking'' like he was some lowly commoner and generally having compassion making him unfit as the SuperSoldier he was intended to be, Luffy just doesn't understand why anyone would see all that as ''bad'', wondering why he listed all of Sanji's good qualities all of a sudden. He simply can't get into the mindset of a man like [[spoiler:Judge]], prideful, royal and hateful of any sort of compassion.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: To go with his simple personality and self-admitted inability at anything except fighting, Luffy can't use any weapon nor doesn't practice any martial arts but resorts to simple punches and kicks, the most basic fighting style. Still, he's such a creative and gifted fighter that he can take on martial artists and win with just his own free-form style.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Luffy has a small scar under his left eye, which he self-inflicted when he was a kid to prove Shanks that he can be manly. After the timeskip, Luffy gets a new X burn scar on his chest from Akainu's attack.
* GoOutWithASmile: Just like anybody else with D. as their middle initial, he's prone to this trope. Notably, although he's saved just in time, he smiles as Buggy is about to cut his head off at Logue Town.
* GratuitousEnglish: Most of his attacks have English names, particularly his Gear-related ones.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: It does not matter that he is badly hurt and freezing to death, or poisoned to the point of ''melting'', his friends come first. He never even asks for himself to be helped, merely begs for whoever is there to aid his companions.
* HatDamage: Though he takes good care of his signature straw hat, this can still happen. [[BerserkButton Woe be to the person that does it, though.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Boa Hancock makes him fight her sisters in an attempts to execute him after he sees the SlaveBrand on her back. It doesn't work, but he understands that he must not reveal it to anyone.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The Gum-Gum Fruit's power seems pretty unimpressive compared to other devil fruits, like the ability to create earthquakes, becoming a dinosaur or manipulating natural elements. However, Luffy's creativity shows it can have a lot of versatility: the ability to stretch can be used for convenience, mobility, or enhancing the range and physical power of attacks; a heart made of rubber can pump blood faster and Luffy can even pump air into his bones or his muscles. Being made of rubber gives Luffy incredible resistance to physical blows, provides insulation from electricity, and appears to be one of the only Fruits that can allow its users to survive underwater (Luffy's head can be stretched above water so that he can continue to breathe, although he will still be powerless if fully submerged). It's implied that a side effect of the Fruit is that Luffy is always in top physical condition, never needing to stretch or loosen up. It's no surprise that Burgess attempts to kill him so he can get the Gum-Gum Fruit.
* TheHero: He ''is'' the main protagonist, after all. In terms of how much of a Hero he actually is, it's complicated, especially because he doesn't want to be one, but generally speaking he finds himself doing what others would call "the right thing" anyway simply because of [[NiceGuy how he is]].
* HeroWithBadPublicity:
** His general reputation to civilians worldwide is this, as they're under the impression he's a ruthless and wild pirate who terrorizes people for the fun of it. Now, he's not TheCape or the IdealHero or anything (and doesn't want to be), but nonetheless he happens to be a morally upright man who wouldn't go out of his way to harm civilians or even cause trouble for no reason. Luffy's entire conflict with the law, going back to the East Blue days, started simply because he calls himself a pirate.
** He quickly goes from being the hero of Dressrosa to being public enemy number one after they mistakenly think he's kidnapped princess Rebecca (he's actually taking her to see her father). Though it turns out to be a subversion, as the citizens of Dressrosa actually know full well where Luffy is taking Rebecca, and chase after him so that Fujitora wouldn't be able to destroy the ships the Straw Hats are using to escape, for fear of catching the civilians in the crossfire.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: He's the main protagonist, and is incapable of fighting with the use of weapons, but his barehanded fighting prowess is so much so that he has been labelled a fighting genius. This is PlayedForLaughs when, at the beginning of the Wano Arc, he starts to fight with a katana because [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai "Samurais are cool"]] but ends up just punching people while holding the sword.
* HeroicBSOD: He gets hit with this hard when Ace gets killed. After Ace's death, there is a look of despair on Luffy's face that has never been seen before and is so traumatized to need to be taken by Jimbei and Law or he would've died. It takes a few days to recover.
* HeroicResolve: Has it in spades. No matter how bad of a beating he gets, he just keeps getting back up, frustrating the opponents he faces on his journey.
** Crocodile beats him down no less than two times. He gets back up, albeit with help the first time and an incredible amount of luck the second time, but during their third and final fight, he absolutely refuses to yield against Crocodile, powerful Warlord or not.
** Rob Lucci gives him an incredible beating comparable to what Crocodile does, but Luffy takes it all, refusing to fall until Lucci does.
** Charlotte Katakuri gave him a beating that tops everything he ever suffered beforehand, but he gets back up again and again. While this resolve initially frustrates Katakuri, he eventually respects Luffy's resolve.
* HeroicRROD:
** His Gear Second pre-TimeSkip shortens his lifespan with each use, and will eventually wear him out if overused. Gear Third also might count, although it only shrinks Luffy temporarily after each use, with no mentioned long-term effect. He overcomes these weaknesses after the TimeSkip.
** When Ivankov gave Luffy his "miracle treatment" to heal Luffy of Magellan's poison, it took an additional ten years off Luffy's lifespan. Add this to Gear Second, and the regular damage Luffy takes, and Oda seems to be strongly implying that Luffy will die young.
** [[spoiler:Even his Gear Fourth has a major drawback: it has a time limit, and when it runs out, Luffy's Haki is unusable for 10 minutes. It gets worse of he overtaxes the time limit, exhausting his body, his Devil Fruit power *and* his Haki for 10 minutes. If his opponent is still going, he's left extremely vulnerable until he recovers. This can be countered by eating sufficient amounts of food to regain his strength, however]].
* HeroicSecondWind: Rob Lucci gives Luffy such an harsh beatdown to bring him on the verge of collapsing, but Usopp spurs him to get up, giving him enough strength to continue and defeat Rob Lucci.
* HiddenDepths: Luffy is dumb, yes, but he is far from ignorant or unobservant. There are numerous times throughout the series where Luffy makes some pretty astute observations about the situation at hand, or otherwise reveals there's more to him than the IdiotHero he seems to be. One of the most important elements to this is that the narration very rarely shows us Luffy's thoughts, leaving it up to speculation how stupid he actually is.
** He makes a pretty strong counterargument to Vivi in the Alabasta Arc that war needs to be taken seriously. People will die, and spending time trying to save every life she can will only result in more deaths.
** When Spandam declares the authority of the World Government via it's flag during the assault on Enies Lobby, he calmly orders Usopp to shoot said flag down, noting how he very much does understand the authority the World Government holds -- he just doesn't care about it. The same thing happens later when he defies Big Mom's authority over Fish-Man Island and declares war on her, too.
** Luffy is far from the forgiving AllLovingHero that some think him to be. He spends most of Impel Down with Crocodile as an ally and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork hates it]], telling Crocodile that he'll ''never'' forgive the monstrous crimes he committed during his time leading Baroque Works.
** While his fun-loving nature and shirking of things like duty may make him seem childish, Luffy actually takes a lot of personal responsibility for his failures. When the ''Merry'' is burning on its funeral pyre, Luffy screams that it's his and the crew's fault that ''Merry'' became irreversibly broken and that she shouldn't be apologizing for their failures. Later on during Dressrosa, [[spoiler: Luffy runs into Sabo and has a heartfelt reunion with him, and notably opens the conversation stating that he "let Ace die" through a waterfall of tears. When Sabo simply states that he almost lost both of his brothers that day and that he's happy that Luffy even survived, Luffy collapses and begins sobbing in relief.]]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He puts on a facade sometimes to help his friends, like when he says he's not Coby's friend and forces the latter to hit him. Allowing Coby to join the Marines.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Child abuse isn't funny... except when it involves [[RefugeInAudacity throwing the child down a ravine, leaving him in the in the wilderness]], and [[CrossesTheLineTwice attaching enough helium balloons to him to make him float into the sky]], all for the purposes of increasing his survival skills. Further adding to the hilarity is the fact that each of these scenarios has Luffy animated in the exact same pose with the exact same scream, with different backgrounds for each. After hearing about it, his crew immediately realizes just where Luffy got his strong will to live from.
* HollywoodHealing: His battles never leave story relevant scars, like his trademark one under his eye he gives himself in Chapter 1, his X shaped scar he gets from Akainu. For instance, he loses a tooth after [[spoiler:taking a direct kick to the face from Sanji]] but, several chapters later when he drinks some milk and his tooth ''grows back on the spot'' and one of Capone Bege's mook comments [[LampshadedTrope that his body is weird]].
* HonorBeforeReason: During the Davy Back Fight, the Straw Hats lose the first round, forcing a member of their crew to join the Foxy Pirates. The Straw Hats win the second round and get to pick a Foxy Pirate to join them. Nami suggests picking Foxy himself, as he would be unable to participate in the third round duel and they would win by default, getting Chopper back without fighting. However, Luffy vetoes the plan, due to disliking Foxy too much to want him on the crew.
* HopeBringer: The series's infamous flashbacks make it clear that just about every person he meets and every place he visits was steeped in hideous tragedy until he showed up. ''One Piece'''s signature cheery, cartoony, light-hearted tone is almost entirely down to him and the people he influences.
* HotBlooded: In fine Shonen fashion. This is usually depicted as his main personality but whenever he gets into a battle or eats a hefty meal he takes this UpToEleven.
* HowDoIShotWeb: As a child who had recently eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy was rather unskilled with his stretching powers -- especially when compared to his mastery at the start of his journey, years later. His signature Gum-Gum Pistol? His first attempt bounced off the ground and back into his own face.
* HulkingOut: His [[spoiler:Gear Fourth consists in him pumping air in his muscles, making them grow. In the Boundman version, he turns into a TopHeavyGuy]].
* HumbleHero: One of Luffy's dominant traits is his humble nature: he does not brag about the powerful foes he's defeated in the past, though he's not above about claiming that no one has ever beaten him in the past (which is not true, having been defeated many times by Ace and Sabo as a child and against most arc villains' in their first encounters). And as always, he loudly proclaims that he's going to become King of the Pirates, though that is something he will do rather than something he has done. He remains humble despite having done outrageous acts like defeating Shichibukai-level pirates and issuing the order to ''burn down the World Government Flag'' back at Enies Lobby (the latter of which Luffy considers nothing to get worked up over, as he and his crew were there only to get back a crew member that has been taken from them). It's also why Sentomaro recognizes the fake Luffy, Demalo Black, as an imposter, since the latter brags about his fame to everyone. When Sengoku tries to cover up Gecko Moria's defeat by ordering Bartholomew Kuma to kill the Straw Hat Crew, Vice Admiral Garp tell him this, practically lampshading the trope:
-->"Ah, do not worry yourself, Sengoku! Luffy is not the sort of guy who'd go around boasting about taking out Moria anyway!".
* {{Hunk}}: [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- [[GlassCannon Snake Man]] turns him into a taller and much more muscular version of his normal self.]]
* IconicOutfit:
** The straw hat, in universe, as seen in the "From the decks of the world" cover story and [[spoiler:at the end of the Fish-Man Island arc. The new shipment to the island will include straw hats. Why? Because the kids want to play heroes!]]
** His first outfit, the red sleeveless vest/blue shorts with sandals combo as well as his first Time skip outfit, which replaced the red vest with an open long sleeved one.
* IdenticalGrandson: Garp looked identical to Luffy when he was a kid. [[http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/d/da/Kid_garp.PNG He even had his scar at a young age.]] Even now you can see the resemblance, as Garp looks like a much older and brawnier Luffy and an SBS in Volume 89 presented a few glimpses at what Luffy could look like at age 40 and 60 and he himself ends up the spitting image of his grandfather "in a future where things go well."
* IdiotHero: Luffy is actually quite smart for a Shonen Hero, and not just in combat; he has shown an understanding of basic physics, social skills, survival skills, and politics. For the most part, however, he's childish, naive, and does things that no-one with common sense would do, more often than not causing big troubles.
* IGaveMyWord: His word is the greatest thing he can give. He takes it seriously. How serious? He promises Robin he'd be her friend forever, so when she's taken from him, he goes on a rampage resulting in the complete annihilation of a World Government island, thousands of unconscious mooks, and a staggering threefold (that would be two hundred MILLION) increase in his bounty. Do note that it's when he has given his word ''willingly'' that he will uphold it to the best of his power; when he's forced by circumstances to do it (such as when Hachi and his crew tell him not to hurt any World Noble or when Law tells him to just capture Caesar), he can break his word if he gets too pissed off.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: His reason for trying to hang out with Ace when they were kids, saying it's painful being alone.
* IJustWantToBeFree: Luffy's reason for wanting to become the Pirate King is because he views the Pirate King as 'the one with the most freedom'. This also, apparently, a trait that comes with the Will of D.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Ace's death is this for Luffy, as he fails save him after all the troubles he's gone through and the sacrifices he has made, and Akainu's [[ElementalPunch magma punch]] is [[TakingTheBullet meant for him]] and the reason why he's gotten handed over to the Marines is because Blackbeard was coming for Luffy, but Ace got to him first.
* ImmuneToBullets: They simply bounce off, though in the beginning of the series he claims to still not like getting shot. Ostensibly he gets used to it pretty quickly, considering the sheer number of times (often on purpose and/or easily avoidable) that he gets shot throughout the series.
* ImNotAHeroIm: He invokes this trope with Jimbei. He says he likes heroes, but his idea of a hero is a completely selfless person (in his own words "A hero shares the meat, and I want all the meat"), and prefers being a pirate so he can have more freedom.
* ImposedHandicapTraining: To learn how to use the [[CombatClairvoyance Color of Observation]] under Rayleigh's wing, Luffy avoids attacks while being blindfolded. Later, in Wano Kuni [[spoiler:while imprisoned in Udon, he is forced to wear sea prism cuffs supposed to weaken him just enough so that he can still work but not fight. [[MadeOfIron Luffy being Luffy]], this doesn't stop him from crushing the prison guards, and he states that by fighting with the cuffs on, he'll be even stronger once they're off, therefore it's a prefect chance to train.]]
* ImprobableAge: While this applies to most of the crew, Luffy is special because he quickly becomes a legendary pirate, his bounty quickly increases until, by the events of Marineford, he earns a bounty of 400,000,000 berry. After the TimeSkip, he's considered by the general public one of the frontrunners for becoming Pirate King and captain of one of the strongest crews on the Grand Line; [[spoiler:later, after escaping from an Emperor's territory, he earns a ''1,500,000,000 berry bounty'' and is considered on the same level as an Emperor by the general public (despite the other Emperors disagreeing with his status)]]. All at the age of 19, while only being a pirate for at most three years, two of which were spent training alone. This trait is even more impressive when compared to his brother Ace who, before his death during the Paramount War, had a bounty of 550,000,000 berry and was considered one of the strongest members of an Emperor's crew at only 20 years old. While Ace's accomplishments are impressive in their own right, post-TimeSkip they only serve to enhance the significance of Luffy's, who has accomplished more than Ace ever did while being a year ''younger'' than his older brother was before he died.
* ImprovFu: Luffy lacks a clear main fighting style and uses anything available to him so he can win. This causes his opponents to underestimate him because, more often than not, it looks like he's fooling around rather than fighting seriously.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: No matter what happens, he will be always carefree and smiling non-stop. He never actually intends anything bad either because of his moral values or his naïveté. Even Hancock's beauty has no effect on him.
* IndyPloy: He uses these quite a few times: notably during his fight with Eneru [[hottip: *:make himself not think and fighting purely on instinct, then using his rubber powers to ricochet his attacks off a wall to beat him up to counter his Color of Observation]], during the assault on Enies Lobby [[hottip: *:charge at the island as his abilities allow him to get there first, and beat up as many of the soldiers and agents there as you can until he gets the attention of one of the [=CP9=]. This actually made the plan the others came up with that much smoother, in the long run]], and later against [[spoiler:Doflamingo [[hottip: *:challenge him with Law, and when he doesn't directly fight him, and uses his puppetry powers instead, pretends to lose his cool and go after Law, prompting him to switch places with Doflamingo, giving Luffy a chance to attack Doflamingo head-on]]]].
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Due to his naivete, he has said something offensive or uncomfortable towards ''everyone'' he has met at some point, but the standout example would have to be the Mermaid Princess, Shirahoshi.
* InstantArmor: One of the many people who can do this using Armament Haki, which turns any affected area of the body black and makes it much, much harder. It can also be used offensively (as the harder body makes for a harder hit) and Luffy is particularly skilled at this type of Haki, able to easily break through most of his opponents' defenses with it. [[spoiler:With Gear Fourth, he can use Armament Haki on his body without losing flexibility.]]
* InTheDreamingStageOfGrief: After a rampage trying to shake off flashbacks of [[spoiler:Ace's death]], Luffy finally comes to accept the fact, saying if it were a dream, he would've already woken up.
* IronicHell: Inverted: Luffy ends up going to [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]], whose leader is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock. The natives end up worshipping him as much as they do their leader, and said leader Luffy ends up seeing her ''naked''. ''Twice''. To top it all off, thanks to his kind nature, Hancock ends up ''falling in love with him''. If it had been anyone else in this situation, they'd be praising the gods and living it up. However, not only is Luffy an IdiotHero, he's also a ''ChasteHero'', making all of this an ironic ''heaven''.
* {{Irony}}: After all the times when he refuses to give in until a person he's trying to recruit joins his crew, he finds himself, after refusing multiple times, 5640 followers who become part of his Grand Fleet without his approval.
* IThoughtItWasForbidden: Even though Gear Second reduces his overall lifespan, he tends to use it more and more often, to the point at which he resorts to it for most of his major fights since Enies Lobby. Before the time-skip Gear Second is activated by Luffy using his legs as a pump. After his training, [[spoiler:he might've just grown so strong that he ''can't not use Gear Second when he flexes a muscle''. Thankfully, though, he also only uses it in short bursts]].
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: And also RuleOfFunny and ArtisticLicenceBiology; he ''completely regrows'' his missing tooth in Chapter 858 after drinking some milk because... calcium! It's good for the bones! And teeth!
* JustFriends: Luffy, in his own pure-hearted way, ''does'' love Hancock back; the same way he would love and lay down his life for ''any'' of his precious friends. Hancock, although aware of this, personally wishes it's something more (and still interprets his acts of kindness as reciprocating her feelings).
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* {{Keet}}: He has a [[NiceGuy friendly]], loud and energetic personality, dresses in bright colors and is easily impressed by the world around him. This is the reason why many characters find him annoying or can't take him serious at first.
* {{Kiai}}: At the end of his fight with Rob Lucci, he hits him with a powerful [[RapidFireFisticuffs Jet Gatling]], screaming at every punch.
* KiManipulation: After the two year time-skip, he has completely mastered Haki and can use it to power up his already strong attacks and [[CombatClairvoyance predict enemy attacks]], just like Eneru and his priests. [[spoiler:During his fight with Katakuri, Luffy learns how to foresee some bits of the immediate future.]] When he uses Armament Haki, his body turns [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130523032936/onepiece/images/thumb/b/b8/Busoshoku_Koka.png/210px-Busoshoku_Koka.png dark and shiny]], as if his rubber body has gone through a form of vulcanization. [[spoiler:During the Wano arc, he figures out how to imbue his attacks with Conqueror's Haki, which is thus far the most advanced Haki technique seen in the series, and allows him to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Kaido]].
* KindheartedSimpleton: Luffy is very cheerful and kind to his friends and anyone nice to him, but not book smart. He tends to be spacey and fueled by his emotions. But when it comes to fighting, he is very good at understanding what is needed to win.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** During the Straw Hats' fight with Sentomaru, Admiral Kizaru, and Kuma, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Luffy makes the uncharacteristic call for them to make a tactical retreat.]] Completely and utterly Averted before that incident and afterwards though, despite facing enemy presumed to be undefeatable for him; in fact, since the Timeskip, he refuses to run away from even the most powerful of foes after realizing that he ''has'' to be stronger than them anyway to be the Pirate King.
** He does this while escaping from Impel Down, as he realizes he cannot defeat Magellan. However, this is also because he has not time to lose and has to go and rescue Ace as soon as possible.
** Does again versus [[spoiler:Katakuri]]. When you exhaust literally every option at your disposal and only manage to gain a temporary advantage that you've lost the moment that he regained his bearings, were otherwise getting wrecked, and temporarily lost your Haki as a result of your final attempt to put the hurt on him, running really is your only shot at staying alive.
* KnuckleCracking: He tends to do this frequently, especially before the beginning of a fight.
* LeeroyJenkins: He does this whenever he's ''not'' trapped somewhere and can't fight, but the most notable straight example is at the beginning of the assault on Enies Lobby, where he actually take off full speed into the heart of Enies Lobby during the middle of planning, causing his allies to nearly be wiped out.
** Pulls another massive one during the Wano arc. [[spoiler:When Kaido shows up in his dragon form and destroys Oden Castle]], Luffy rushes away from the rest of the group. [[OnlySaneMan Law]] catches up with him and tells Luffy he needs to calm down and not ruin their plan, and thinks he's gotten through. Then he realizes that Luffy has disappeared again and is now [[spoiler:punching Kaido in the face. Also Deconstructed as Luffy is ''way'' outclassed by Kaido, who takes him down in one blow.]]
** Luffy reconstructs and deconstructs the LeeroyJenkins. In general, his Leeroy antics work because he has allies who are willing to go along with his charge, distract the enemy forces, and tidy up loose ends even if it's [[IndyPloy improvised.]] [[spoiler:When he tries the same on Kaido and none of his allies go along with this, he gets [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped in a single blow.]]]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCW1WxGAfEo Luffy Eyecatcher]].
* LethalChef: ''Don't ever let him near a kitchen''. His attempt at cooking in Chapter 824 results in the stove exploding since he forgets to turn it off. What he cooks is a complete mess of a "curry" made from jam, uncooked rice, fishbones, and God knows what else that brought tears to everyone and that ''not even he can stomach''. And he messes up so often while making it that he blows the entire group's week's worth of food in one go. This incident has the purpose to show how important Sanji is to the crew.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Luffy is immature, dumb and his Devil Fruit power is one of the least threatening on paper (especially when compared to others like the ability to generate fire, turning the entire body into blades or becoming a dinosaur), but that doesn't stop him from gradually becoming stronger and defeating pirates who are feared across the world. WordOfGod says that such an ability was chosen to keep some levity even in the most intense fights. With Gear Fourth Tankman, Luffy becomes a living balloon, due to [[BalloonBelly having eaten a lot of biscuits soldiers]], and can barely move. Cracker calls this form ridiculous [[spoiler:until it deflects his attack and sends him flying to the other end of the island]].
* LightningBruiser: Possibly the fastest and most agile member of his crew, he also has incredible durability and strength. WordOfGod is that only Zoro matches his physical power. With Gear Second, he becomes even faster and with [[spoiler: Gear Fourth, his speed, durability and strength get turned UpToEleven, but only for ten minutes.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** While not spending any of his childhood with his father, he has nonetheless taken after him with his will and dangerous unpredictability, and both are stakes in the World Government's side. Ivankov, a close ally of Dragon, comments that Luffy strongly resembles his father.
** Luffy also takes a few cues from his grandfather, Garp, primarily their narcolepsy and their tendency to say secrets without knowing the consequences of saying them until after it's done.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch:
** Luffy is this to Ace, to the point that he says that he probably wouldn't want to live if it isn't for him and Sabo.
** [[spoiler:He's also this to the aforementioned Sabo, who thanks him for being alive when they finally meet up again, as if Luffy had died, Sabo would've been left alone (like how Luffy thought he was when Ace died)]].
* TheLoad: During combat and amidst crises, he's a stellar asset and an indispensable companion. During the actual traveling parts of the journey, he's terribly unhelpful to the basic upkeep of the voyage and has nearly starved the crew to death by gorging himself on their ship's food supplies. This also happens during the end of the most intense arc, where he exhausts all of his energies in the fight and needs his crewmates to save him.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Luffy is generally ignorant of global affairs, but most of the Straw Hats are young and mostly unfamiliar with the places they visit, which often gets them into trouble. However, this is especially true of Luffy, who's known to jump in headfirst without knowing or caring about the situation. During the TimeSkip, Luffy's training has made him completely unaware of the major events taking place, some of which even involves his allies and his greatest enemies. These include: [[spoiler:the massive bounty increases of his Supernova rivals; his own bounty increase; the vacated Warlord positions being filled, notably by Buggy and Law; his grandfather leaving active duty in the Marines; the duel between Aokiji and Akainu for the Fleet Admiral of the Marines position; the war between the Blackbeard Pirates and the remainder of the Whitebeard Pirates, which leads to Marco's disappearance and Blackbeard's ascension to Emperor status]]. One wonders if Rayleigh has intentionally prevented such news from reaching him (''especially'' the truth about Kuma and his agenda). Even Jimbei remarks on how harsh it was for Rayleigh to not tell Luffy about these things.
* MagicPants: By the time Luffy starts developing abilities that greatly alter the shape of his body mass, it is shown that whatever Luffy is wearing at the time will adjust itself to his new forms despite his Devil Fruit not applying to his clothes as well. The first notorious case is when Luffy uses his Gear Third, with its drawback forcing Luffy down to a recovery mode after continuous use, transforming him into a tiny version of himself. In that little body Luffy's clothes also magically shrink to his new size, and goes right back to normal size when Luffy recovers. In Gear Fourth, Luffy's whole body increases exponentially, here his clothes seem to be put under heavy pressure, but it never rips, expanding well beyond their ripping point.
* MagneticHero: In every arc, due to his nice nature and personality, he manages to make many allies and friends. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the Dressrosa Arc. Luffy tries his MagneticHero tendencies on the apparently reformed Bellamy, but for the first time... he fails. Bellamy refuses to turn on Doflamingo at this point since he's got nothing else to believe in, and not only does Luffy take some hard hits for his troubles, but wasting his time fighting Bellamy allows Doflamingo to gravely injure Law. However, this is reconstructed at the end of the arc, where many of Corrida Coliseum warriors and their crews, ask to sail under Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirate flag, and becomes his Grand Fleet. Even the aforementioned Bellamy, who still refuses to be Luffy's subordinate, parts on good terms with him and requests a piece of Luffy's Vivre Card just in case. This trait is lampshaded by Mihawk after noticing all the allies that helps him during the Paramount War:
-> "''It's not some kind of special power, but he has the ability to make allies of everyone he meets. And that is the most fearsome power on these high seas!''"
* ManChild: Downplayed. Luffy is not a grown up adult, but his enthusiastic and curious personality is more fitting to a prepubescent child than a boy in his late teens. His particular brand of UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} also serves to hammer this home; he's arguably even ''less'' interested in sex and gender roles then you'd expect even a typical nine-year-old to be.
* ManOfKryptonite: Luffy is this to Eneru, the main antagonist of the Skypiea Arc, and a Logia user with electricity powers who claims to be an actual god. His Devil Fruit is so powerful that anyone considers him invincible, but Luffy's rubber-like body is capable of negating Eneru's [[ShockAndAwe Rumble-Rumble Fruit]] powers completely, resulting in Eneru being [[BreakTheHaughty shocked beyond belief]]. [[spoiler:This also renders him immune to Big Mom's attacks through Zeus.]]
* MeaningfulName: With a name such as "Luffy", he's certainly a born ruffian. And of course, his simplistic, hyperactive, and fun loving nature brings to mind certain species of Monkey.
* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:His second [[NextTierPowerUp Gear Fourth]] form the "Tank Man" is this, as it sacrifices the Boundman form's mobility for even more power and defense. He first gorges himself with food and then inflates his belly (and muscles) to ''massive'' proportions and is able to use its elasticity to harmlessly absorb Charlotte Cracker's sword along with his whole body and shoot him out at high speeds.]]
* MissingMom: His mother is completely unaccounted for. Famously, the subject came up in an SBS, where Oda teased that we've seen her, but he won't say who it is.
* MoralityPet: To Hancock. Until he meets her, Hancock's surrogate mother Nyon is worried that she has become as cold as she appears, but fortunately, Luffy's interactions with her proves that this isn't the case, and brings up Hancock's better qualities.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: The "climax" of the Post War Arc is Luffy going through a terrible HeroicBSoD, nearly giving up his dream for the first time, and dealing with Ace's death. Jimbei helps him by pointing out he still has his crew and that Ace would want Luffy to fulfill his goal of being King of the Pirates for his sake.
* MultiformBalance:
** Normal Luffy is a JackOfAllStats (still a LightningBruiser compared to most people, as he is quite fast, strong and has high endurance).
** Gear Second turns him more into a FragileSpeedster. He's faster and hits harder, but his endurance stays the same.
** Gear Third makes him a MightyGlacier. The offensive and defensive power of the inflated body parts goes through the roof, but Luffy's speed takes a sharp drop.
** [[spoiler: Gear Fourth -- Bounce Man combines the strengths of Gear Second and Gear Third which turns him into a LightningBruiser of the highest degree. He can use this form only for a short time though, and it takes a massive toll on his body in the process]].
** [[spoiler: Gear Fourth -- Tankman transforms Luffy into an even bigger MightyGlacier. It allows him to NoSell attacks that could hurt Bounce Man and he can counter with enough force to send the attacker flying to the other side of an island. But he seems practically immobile in this form. The version we see is the "Stuffed Version" after eating countless cracker soldiers, so the normal version may be different]].
** [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- Snakeman makes him a FragileSpeedster whose lightning-fast, ricocheting fists get even ''faster'' and practically home in on his target. While very hard to predict and counter, even for someone with incredible Observation Haki, the form leaves Luffy wide open for direct attacks, and he lacks the defense of his other Gear Fourth forms. However, it should be noted unlike Tankman, this is only in comparison to the other two Gear Fourth forms, he's still a LightningBruiser compared to his normal form.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Luffy has a lean and defined physique but also built like a twig, yet, he easily overpowers with raw strength opponents much larger and more muscular than him. This is justified because muscle mass is developed due to tears in the muscle fibers that occur when exercising and Luffy’s muscles can’t tear, therefore, since Luffy became a rubber man before Garp began training him, he developed a huge strength without any evident muscle. However, in Wano’s second act, during his time imprisoned in Udon, Luffy realizes he can make greater strides in getting stronger by training under the constraints of seastone, which renders him an non-rubberized with them on, thus allowing his body to develop in training as normal. By the end, his upper body is broadened, with his chest, trapezius and arms all gaining considerable bulk compared to before.
* MyFavoriteShirt: His NiceHat serves as a NumberOneDime for him, and gets easily angered when someone breaks it, since it's a gift from Shanks.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to rescue his brother Ace from the Marines during the Paramount War motivates him to become stronger for the next two years.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: The D in his name, shared with his father and grandfather, is part of the Will of D, a mysterious legacy that somehow connects them all to the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Very early in the series Luffy's prized straw hat gets pierced by Buggy mid-battle, the scene serves as a mean to show how furious Luffy can be when someone he doesn't like touches, and in this case damages, his beloved hat; after the battle is done Nami fixes Luffy's hat and that's that. However, as the series goes in, many battles with Luffy going through severe beatdowns while being thrown around all over the battlefield, many times falling on his back, with the straw hat resting on it to boot, yet the hat no longer has gotten a single scratch on it. All of this happens while Luffy’s clothes ''do'' receive some minor damage from time to time, yet the straw hat stays strong.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Discussed by Kaido during the Onigashima War. After [[spoiler:handily defeating Luffy again despite his new power-up and throwing him off of Onigashima, Kaido immediately regrets not [[DecapitationPresentation decapitating him and announcing his victory]], because he knows that if the Straw Hats and their allies aren't ''absolutely sure'' that Luffy's dead, they'll never stop believing that he can win]].
* NeverGetsFat: Luffy eats comical quantities of food, especially when a feast is involved, but remains always slim. Whenever he gets fat, he always gets back to skinny in no time, like after the fight against Cracker, during which he has eaten enough food to become a gigantic, obese boy, Nami sees Luffy quickly going back to his normal build. Partially justified since he's a RubberMan.
* NextTierPowerUp: Luffy's fighting skills continue to evolve as the series progresses and he learns new creative ways to use the Gum-Gum Fruit:
** In the Enies Lobby arc, he reveals two new fighting techniques called Gears, with Gear Second making him a FragileSpeedster by pumping his blood at a much faster rate and Gear Third which consists of him pumping air in his bones, inflating any body part for a stronger, but slower, attack.
** During the TimeSkip, he learns to utilize the three forms of [[KiManipulation Haki]], especially Emperor's Haki.
** [[spoiler:While fighting Donquixote Doflamingo, he unveils Gear '''''Fourth''''' which is essentially a SuperMode that makes him a LightningBruiser. As the other two forms of Gear Fourth are revealed, it's revealed they're essentially upgraded versions of his Gear Second and Gear Third ''combined'']].
** In preparation for for his rematch with Kaido, [[spoiler: Luffy learns advanced Armament Haki from OldMaster Hyogoro which allows him to emit Haki to strike at a distance and penetrate Kaido's thick skin.]]
** During the match with Kaido, [[spoiler: Luffy learns to imbue his strikes with ''Supreme King'' Haki which put Luffy in the same league as Kaido, Whitebeard and Roger.]]
* NiceGuy: He's usually friendly, cheerful, and amiable and will do anything for his friends, and it's for this reason that, despite his impressive strength, he doesn't have the higher bounty among the Supernovas at Sabaody. Just don't touch [[TrueCompanions any of his friends]], [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his meat]], or [[NiceHat his straw hat]]. He's so nice that when getting betrayed by [[EnemyMine former enemies he formed a temporary alliance with]] he was happy that they were safe.
* NiceHat: It's even on his Jolly Roger! ItWasAGift from Shanks who used to have the hat. [[spoiler:And one flashback shows that it seems to be the same hat Gold Roger himself wore when he started his journey.]]
* TheNicknamer: Luffy has a habit of giving child-like nicknames to those he meets on his journey, and he tends to call them this way even when they say they don't like it.
* NighInvulnerable: His latest SuperMode, [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]], jacks up his LightningBruiser to the extreme, but most notably his durability.
* NoBadassToHisValet: The world sees Luffy as a dangerous pirate with a massive amount of potential and as one of the frontrunners to become Pirate King. His crew also sees him as that, but they also see him as their idiot captain who wouldn't last five minutes in the Grand Line, let alone the New World, without them, not just because he lacks any ability besides fighting, but due to his recklessness and outright stupidity. Rarely does Luffy ever act like he's the captain of the crew with all the abuse he suffers at their hands -- unless when the situation is really dire. However, when he makes a decision, as stupid and dangerous it can be, his crewmates follow it.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Luffy would rather give up being a pirate than have the identity or location of One Piece handed to him because there is no adventure in that. This is why he prevents Silvers Rayleigh from telling them where the One Piece is and scolds Usopp for having asked about the treasure. In the non-canon movie ''Stampede'', the treasure in the end is [[spoiler:an eternal pose that can lead the crew straight to Laugh Tale and the One Piece. Still embracing this trope, Luffy destroys the pose, similar to how Gol. D Roger threw it into the sea in the past when he learned it was created against his wishes.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He begins his then [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything "pirate"]] career by beating up ''four'' officially wanted pirates, (Alvida, Buggy the Clown, Don Krieg, and Arlong) dangerous by the standards of East Blue, and rather than giving him thanks (and the posted reward) for doing so, the Marines go and slap a 30 million berry bounty on him, and continue to antagonize him at every opportunity, raising his bounty if he so much as complains, let alone defends himself, up to and including threatening members of his crew, and framing him for attempted murder. [[ThisMeansWar He completely loses all patience on the last two.]] Ironically, the World Government and Marines think ''he'' is unforgivable despite owing him several favours.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** He's usually subjected to these during the first match against the current ArcVillain, but after he learns his enemies' strengths and weaknesses, he manages to win in subsequent rounds.
** After two years of training, he's been handing them out with impunity to the first enemies he faces in the new world, beating the crap out of Hody Jones with only one major wound (and Jones only manages to land it because Luffy is underwater, has his movements restrained by a ''bubble'', and is trying to prevent a falling mastodontic arc from destroying Fish-Man Island). Caesar Clown similarly gets his ass kicked without even managing to land a ''single'' hit on Luffy, although not after knocking Luffy out the first time they clash.
** With the reveal of [[spoiler:Gear Fourth,]] he delivers one of these to ''[[spoiler:Doflamingo]]'', who can barely defend himself.
* NonchalantDodge:
** Right after coming back from two years of training, just to show how fast he has become, he dodges a ''lightspeed beam'' by simply twisting his head.
** During a sumo match with Urashima, the latter tries to hit Luffy with multiple sumo techniques, but Luffy dodges every single one of them without putting forth any effort.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: In the East Blue, which is considered the weakest among the four seas, Luffy finds little troubles fighting the enemies and gets the highest bounty of East Blue in short time. Once he enters Paradise, the first half of the Grand Line, Luffy faces enemies able to push him to his limits. Come the Marineford Saga though, Luffy gets a taste of New World-level threats and it becomes clear that he's nowhere near as strong as he thinks he is. Cue a mental breakdown, recovery, and two years of training in an effort to catch up to the ''real'' big fishes.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Though to a lesser extent than Zoro, Luffy often suffers what should be fatal injuries and yet lives through them with sheer determination. The most infamous and impressive example would probably be when he's impaled clear through his torso by Crocodile's giant hook hand; a bit of time to rest later and he's ready to fight him again.
* NoSell: Being made of rubber, blunt force attacks generally bounce off of him harmlessly and either have to be imbued with Busoshoku Haki (which bypasses Devil Fruit powers) or just ''ridiculously'' powerful to hurt him (as demonstrated by Rob Lucci). He is also completely immune to electric attacks, no matter how many millions of volts it is or even if it's infused by Haki. And due to his ChasteHero status, he is immune to Boa Hancock's Love-Love Fruit. After his fight with Magellan, he's also become immune to some, but not all, poisons. [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- Bound Man allows him to NoSell Haki-imbued blunt attacks because he combines his normal body's elasticity and the Armament Haki, and Gear Fourth -- Tankman allows him to NoSell attacks that could overpower even Bound Man's defense]].
* NoSenseOfDirection: Not as terrible as Zoro's, but it's still really bad and he gets lost more often than not. For example, his idea of going south is to go in the direction that's warmest.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Due to his naive and cheerful personality, Luffy's is fond of hugging and being close to anyone he considers "friend", without worrying about the latter's reaction. Like when he gives a genuine and loving hug of friendship and gratitude to Hancock, too bad he does not realize that it means a ''lot'' more to the poor woman.
* NoShirtLongJacket: In his post-TimeSkip appearance, Luffy replaces his vest with an open-button jacket which leaves the X-shaped scar on his chest visible.
* NotAfraidToDie: Luffy has no fear of death at all. This is a trait shared by every D. carrier shown thus far (save for Marshall D. Teach aka Blackbeard). Smoker, who witnessed Gol D. Roger's execution, after seeing how close Luffy is to meeting his own end on the same scaffold before his miraculous survival, make his utmost priority to capture Luffy.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Luffy cannot die from a fall, no matter how high he drops from. Justified since he's made of rubber, and no blunt-attack, unless it's ''really'' strong, can hurt him.
* NoTrueScotsman: A pirate variant. He has a brief argument with Nami regarding this trope when discussing Kuro, whom he considers unworthy to be a pirate.
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Possibly, if the AlternateCharacterInterpretation above is the truth. When serious, he shows no signs of his usual daffiness.
* ObliviousToLove: He has ''no'' idea how Hancock feels about him. Subverted after the time-skip, during he learns how she feels and assumes that when Hancock says she has a request, that it's a proposal and he preemptively declines it. To him she is a precious friend he would gladly die for, but JustFriends all the same.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He's 17/19, but because of how adorably goofy and youthful he looks and acts most of the time, you'd be forgiven for believing he's younger than that. He looks even younger as the series goes on thanks to ArtShift.
* OneManArmy: When Robin is being held in a government facility he charged head on into it, well ahead of his crew. The enemies numbered in the ''thousands''. Luffy cuts through them in ''mere minutes''. This is turned UpToEleven after becoming even stronger during the timeskip, as he knocks out '''fifty-thousand''' Fishmen with his Emperor's Haki alone!
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The number of people who call him Luffy is comparatively low to the number of people who call him "Straw Hat", those who knows him only by fame or are his opponents, will likely refer to him with the latter.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Not so much kill, but it's pretty obvious there are opponents that only Luffy has the power to defeat. Eneru is a [[ShockAndAwe notable example]]. His crew members even point out that Luffy seems to have a knack for singling out the single most dangerous opponent in a group that the rest would have no chance against.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Luffy is loud and proud and gives nary a damn if you tell him to clam up. For this exact reason, if he is ''ever'' deathly quiet for ''any'' reason, it's a sign that a fine line has been crossed and ''you want to be '''anywhere''' other than '''there'''.''
** As mentioned under CharacterTics, Luffy usually smiles after defeating an opponent. But, after winning against his battle with Usopp, Luffy just has a look of sadness on his face...right before crying.
** When the crew is confronted by Garp after the events of Water 7, Luffy showed fear and warned the crew to NOT underestimate him, which they immediately took seriously.
** When his entire crew is fighting against [[WakeUpCallBoss Kizaru]], he orders to retreat. For an IdiotHero who has always fought against the enemy, no matter how bad the odds were, this is pretty significant.
** Two of Luffy's main characteristics are his confidence and love of his trademark hat. So, in the aftermath of Ace's death, the former takes a ''huge'' plummet and the he doesn't even take notice that the latter is missing.
** In Chapter 844, [[spoiler:after Luffy's fight with Sanji, Luffy tells his cook that he won't eat a single piece of food that isn't made by Sanji. That's right. ''[[BigEater Luffy]]'' is going on a hunger strike]].
* OutsideContextProblem:
** At the beginning of his pirate career in East Blue, he's an out-context foe for both pirates and the Marines. Devil Fruits in the Blues are so rare that they are often believed to be mere myth and those who do have powers are seen as demons and monsters. So when Luffy, a rubber man, come along able to deflect bullets and absorb blunt blows without taking any damage, most of his early enemies don't know what to do except for Buggy and Arlong, both who have sailed the Grand Line where Devil Fruit users are more common. Buggy also has the extra benefit of being a Devil Fruit user himself.
** Luffy does it again during his battle against Eneru. Before Eneru meets Luffy, he believes himself to be completely unbeatable and most of his fights end in a curb stomp in his favour. That is because Eneru has the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which turns him into living lightning. The Fruit is so powerful that it is classified as unbeatable. However, since Luffy is a rubber man, he is completely immune to lightning. Even better, rubber doesn't even exist on Skypiea, so Luffy is also an out-of-context material, too. Eneru literally has no clue that a foe like Luffy could exist and the face he makes when he realizes that Luffy isn't affected by his powers is priceless.
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* PapaWolf: He loves his crew so much he views them as family. Try to hurt a member of his [[TrueCompanions crew]] -- or for that matter, one of your own subordinates -- and you are in for a complete beatdown.
* PaperThinDisguise: As "Lucy", which is really just him with an old-man beard and shades. Later, he takes off the shades for a gladiator helmet. [[spoiler:However, this works in his favor as it's more than enough to fool Doflamingo and Diamante when he switches out for Sabo to take his place]].
* ParentalAbandonment: While not an integral part of his character, his father willingly left him to go help the rest of the world, his mother hasn't even been mentioned, and his Grandpa made no attempt to at least have him raised near him. Luckily, though, his foster mother and brothers made up for this void, and the only time he ever showed sadness over being lonely was in childhood before meeting Ace.
* PersonalityPowers: Oda commented in an SBS that he gives his hero RubberMan powers to reflect his fun, carefree and out-there personality, as well as to make a contrast to the more "serious" shonen heroes.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Even before he discovers Haki or his Gear abilities, Luffy deals some pretty amazing feats of damage. And it goes on from there as he gets stronger and stronger. With two uses of Gear Third, he destroys the ''top half of the Tower of Justice'' (the first has made the Tower shake a little... and that is just by knocking a massive steel door down). After two years of training, he becomes strong enough to destroy the massive ship ''Noah'' by using a Haki-strengthened Gear Third gatling, the only reasons he doesn't completely destroy it is because the Sea Kings stop ''Noah'' from colliding with Fish-Man Island before he could finish the job. And finally we have [[spoiler:his new form, Gear Fourth, which can split an '''entire city''' into two slabs and forced them upwards into the air with a single strong attack. It'd be damn hard to argue it now]].
* PintsizedPowerhouse: While he's not overly short by RealLife standards, he tends to be rather puny in comparison to most of his opponents. He's 5'8", while his opponents range from above 6' to being freaking giants of 15' and more! Regardless, the large size disparity seems to make no difference for him; he's able to smack around a Pacifista (Cyborgs who are all about 22'6" feet tall) just as easily as he can smack around somebody like, say, Captain Kuro (an average sized human being). During the tournament at Dressrosa, he completely knocks an actual giant (which is about 70 feet tall) unconscious with a ''single punch''.
* PipePain: When he was a child, he would use a metal pipe to fight since he wasn't very skilled with his powers at the time.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Luffy's not interested in the typical "pillaging and plundering" pirate activities, but rather became a pirate for the sake of adventure. He fights with other pirates and the Marines freely, but leaves civilians alone. Also, though he doesn't have any explicitly stated moral codes, he does lean towards only recruiting crew members who share his ideals on what it means to be a pirate. Though he does cause lots of property damage, doesn't care about the laws and he's not opposed to stealing available loot if an opportunity arises. Then there is that prison break...
* PlotArmor: Many times, he manages to survive and achieve things when the odds are completely against him. Lampshaded by Basil Hawkins when tries several times to calculate a scenario which Luffy can't possibly survive, but Luffy always has at least a slim chance. This is justified by having the Will of D., which means he's destined to change the world.
* PocketProtector: In the ''Adventure of Nebulandia'', Foxy gives him a pin shaped like his (Foxy's) own head, and Luffy puts it on his hat; so naturally, it ends up catching a bullet for him later. The bullet in question appears to be a more modern, cone shaped round that may have been capable of penetrating him; so, as the BigBad of the special Lampshaded, Luffy really does have the Devil's luck.
* PowerIncontinence: Before the TimeSkip, Luffy has no control over his Supreme King's Haki. It would just flare up at random moments whenever he lost his temper, knocking out friend and foe alike. During the Paramount War, he accidentally uses it to save Ace, knocking out the guards along with hundreds of pirates and marines on the battlefield. This backfires on him, as while the sheer strength of the blast convinces Whitebeard to back Luffy's charge, it also makes Luffy a priority target to the Marines, equal to if not ''above'' Ace. Naturally, part of his training during the TimeSkip is learning to control it and use it intentionally.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: [[spoiler:Snake Man, the third Gear Fourth form Luffy introduces]], visibly make his hair longer than usual, making him look wilder and more aggressive.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: At least half of everything Luffy has ever done in the series is driven out of the intense love he has for his crew and/or his friends. While undoubtedly selfish, there isn't anything in the world Luffy wouldn't do for their sake. He always believes in his crew, even when they appear to betray or murder one of their own, and when his friends are in danger, '''nothing''' will stop him. This is more evident during his confrontation with Lucci: after a long and exhausting fight, what gives Luffy the necessary strength to stand and defeat Lucci, is Usopp telling him not to give up.
* PowerOfTrust: While Luffy isn't an ''excellent'' judge of character, his blind trust to nearly everyone he meets helps him most of the time, as his charisma and personality [[MagneticHero allows him to make himself many allies, even with former enemies]], either as permanent crewmates (like Nico Robin and Franky) or as temporary allies (like Buggy and Mr 3). This is put to the ultimate test with his alliance with rival Supernova captain-turned-Warlord Trafalgar Law, which proves to be vital in the defeat of Doflamingo and upcoming war with juggernauts like [[spoiler: Big Mom and Kaido]].
* PowerPerversionPotential: Yes, every part of his body can stretch, including his penis, as the inhabitants of [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]] have discovered. Of course, being [[ChasteHero Luffy]] (and this series a Shonen), he never makes any use of this.
* PrimaryColorChampion: He's the hero of the setting and this is his main color scheme.
** Prior to the TimeSkip, his standard outfit is a red waist coat with blue trousers and a yellowish hat.
** After the TimeSkip, he keeps the same hat and trousers, but now wears an open, long-sleeved red cardigan with four yellow buttons and a yellow sash tied around his waist.
** During the Wano arc, he wears a red kimono with blue patterns and a yellow sash.
** However, in nearly every arc, he changes his vest with another one of different color.
* ThePromise:
** At the beginning of the series, he makes one with Shanks, that he'd return his Straw Hat to him one day after he has become a great pirate, and is what motivates him to start his journey. It is for this promise Shanks refuses to see the injured Luffy at Marineford, as Luffy hadn't reached that level yet.
** He made another one with Ace and Sabo when they were children to go out to sea and live their lives free of regrets. After Sabo's [[spoiler:supposed]] death, Ace promised him that he would never die and leave Luffy alone. [[spoiler:He's only able to keep the former, and he admits there's one regret that he did have: he wouldn't able to see Luffy accomplish his dream. However, unbeknown to both of them at the time, Ace hasn't left Luffy alone in this world -- Sabo still lives, and has made a promise to himself to inherit Ace's will and protect Luffy at any cost]].
* TheProtagonist: He's the central or focal character in ''One Piece''.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Given the strengths of his attacks, this happen quite often to his enemies, especially when he uses the ''Gum Gum Bazooka'' and its variations.
** Buggy and Wapol got punched across different timelines.
** A notable example is Caesar Clown who, after getting hit by the ''Grizzly Magnum'', he's sent flying through different rooms reaching the end of his vast laboratory.
** And a particularly effective one against Doflamingo, where he sends the Warlord to the other side of Dressrosa after showing off his [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] for the first time.
*** Almost every attack with [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] has this effect if Luffy manages to hit his target. Even [[spoiler:[[TheAce Charlotte Katakuri]]]] is not safe. [[spoiler:Only Big Mom and Kaido laugh it off.]]
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: [[spoiler:This is how his fight with Kaido goes. Luffy gives him his absolute best, giving him multiple gatling attacks. Kaido comes out almost completely unharmed and responds by knocking Luffy right out in one hit while he's in Gear Fourth.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: He was looked after by his grandfather during his youth, although, since Garp is often busy with his job as a Marine, he spent more time with his foster mother Dadan.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: His ''Gum Gum/ Gomu Gomu no Gatling'' technique and its variations consist in a series of punches to his enemies. They're often used to finish his main opponent once and for all or to get rid of hordes of weak enemies.
* RealMenEatMeat: Meat is his [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favourite food]], to the point he's often seen eating a large chunk of meat, and he's a strong and tough pirate.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted. During the Enies Lobby Arc, when he and the other Straw Hats go to rescue Robin, Luffy changes his outfit -- he stills keeps his red vest but switches to black shorts. He's still the same lovable, IdiotHero.
* RedBaron: He's known as "Straw Hat" (or "Mugiwara") from his IconicItem. After the events of Whole Cake Island, he's also known as [[spoiler:'''''"The Fifth Emperor"'''''. Luffy's new title of the "Fifth Emperor" would be "Gokō" or "Gokou" if written in the same manner as "Yonkō"(四皇), remarkably similar to the Shonen Jump protagonist of Dragonball that served as the inspiration for Monkey D. Luffy, Goku. (the actual Japanese phrasing is "Gobanme no Kōtei", which implies that Luffy is a "fifth emperor" alongside the Yonko, but not counted among their number). ]]
* RedIsHeroic: Luffy's [[ColorMotifs main color scheme]] is red and he's, for the most part, an heroic person willing to do anything for his friend.
* RedOniBlueOni: Since he's a hyperactive {{keet}} always ready to have an adventure, he's generally the Red Oni to any other, like his crewmates or his allies (like Law), who are more often than not calm and clever compared to him.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Luffy's [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower inhuman strength]] compliments his Devil Fruit powers. The interesting thing though is Luffy gained this independently of the Gum-Gum Fruit, which simply turned his body into rubber. This element is Discussed during his fight with Rob Lucci, who notes that Gear Second is a technique made by and only for a RubberMan like him, as normal human body couldn't withstand the increased metabolism, blood flow and strain.
* RightMakesMight: If one has a strong ambition, one will always prevail in the end.
* RousingSpeech: Gives one to the prisoners of Udon Prison, telling them he intends to defeat Kaido and make sure Wano will never go hungry again. This, followed by him defeating the warden, convinces the prisoners to rebel and conquer Udon.
* RubberHoseLimbs: Since he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, his limbs were transformed into rubber, so they can stretch and inflate any way he likes.
* RubberMan: Thanks to consuming the Gum-Gum Fruit, and he refers to himself as this in exact words. He's more literally rubber than most examples, too. He can't stretch himself without momentum, and when he does, he snaps back into place like real rubber. His powers come with certain bonuses; his clothes automatically stretch with him, it takes incredible force to hurt him with blunt attacks without [[KiManipulation Haki]], bullets and cannon balls bounce off of him, he's immune to electricity (even if its infused with Haki), his rubber bones can't be broken or cracked, and he rarely gets winded because his rubber heart and lungs pump more efficiently. Other characters comment that his power is "weird" even by Devil Fruit standards.
* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:Curiously, Gear Fourth: Boundman. In that form, Luffy just happens to resemble a rubber version of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio Kongorikishi]], a wrathful, protector guardian deity in Japanese Buddhism]]. WordOfGod is that the form actually ''is'' inspired by that deity.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: '''So much'''. He's tough as hell, but he has absolutely ''none'' of the most basic pirating skills. Lampshaded as part of a BadassBoast when he fought Arlong, saying that he can't use swords, navigate, cook [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or lie]].
* SecretLegacy: The mysterious "Will of D." that several characters have mentioned. Goes a bit further when [[spoiler:he's revealed to have Roger's hat and can hear the voices of Sea Kings like the man himself could.]]
* SecretKeeper: He accidentally discovers Boa Hancock's "Hoof of the Rising Dragon" tattoo on her back and later learns of the Gorgon Sisters' secret past as slaves, but doesn't reveal it to anyone and prevents the Kuja from seeing it in one occasion.
* SelfHarm: In his debut appearance, Luffy, still a child, stabs himself under his left eye [[IdiotHero to show off to the Red Hair Pirates that he's tough]], obtaining his characteristic scar under his eye.
* SeriesMascot: Luffy along with Goku from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' are the mascots for ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', both being the protagonists of the most sold and arguably the most popular manga series.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Even before Garp is revealed as Luffy's grandfather, they both show a BunnyEarsLawyer mentality, being more concerned with eating most of the time, often being absent-minded, and having a tendency to randomly fall asleep.
* ShootingSuperman:
** Marines seem to ''love'' firing their guns and cannons at him despite the fact that they ''bounce right off and back at them'' every time. Especially jarring since you'd think that by now it'd be common knowledge that Luffy -- a world famous pirate and most definitely one of the government's number one targets -- is immune to normal firearms.
** However, before he learns Haki, Luffy himself is guilty of this a few times. He has the tendency to charge headfirst into fights with [[{{Intangibility}} Logia users]] even after it's clear he cannot touch them. His very first fight against Crocodile comes to mind, where he spends five minutes punching him to no avail only to get impaled on a hook for his troubles.
* ShowyInvincibleHero:
** Luffy earns the record-breaking bounty of 30 million berries for a rookie in East Blue where he win all his fights. Smoker being an exception to the rule. And the East Blue Saga covers a hundred manga chapters! Even in the early parts of his adventure in the Grand Line, Luffy’s win record continues and it seems like [[{{Determinator}} nothing can stop him until he reaches his goal]]. But then, from the Sabaody arc to the Paramount War, it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Repeatedly]]. [[BreakTheCutie And hard]].
** A more downplayed version appears post-TimeSkip. Every fight Luffy has for the first three arcs are complete [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp battles]] with him on the giving end, and he ''literally'' does not have a serious fight until the Dressrosa arc, [[spoiler:and it's against an old, legendary pirate who used to fight with ''Garp'' back in the day, quickly followed by Donquixote Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea]]. It's downplayed because in spite of this, both the audience and Luffy himself are well aware that he's still got a long way to go before he reaches his dream, and that it only gets harder from here on out. It's worth noting that said pirate, while incredibly strong, is long past his prime as he later admits, and that Luffy takes on Doflamingo with the help of Trafalgar Law, and it's still his toughest fight to the moment until he [[spoiler:engages Gear Fourth]]. After that he has to start taking on [[spoiler:Emperor subordinates]] to risk having his ass kicked again. [[spoiler:Then he barely survives a confrontation with Big Mom and is later pulverized by Kaido, demonstrating that, for all of his gains, he still has an extremely long way to go.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: He has done this numerous times against the [[BigBad Big Bads of the current arc]]. Prominent examples include against Arlong, Crocodile, Bellamy, Spandam, Caesar Clown, and [[spoiler:Doflamingo]].
* SignatureLaugh: ''"Shishishi!"''
* SignatureMove: The Gum-Gum Pistol, Bazooka, Gatling, and Balloon are his four most iconic moves, although he typically uses their different Gears versions now since he's facing stronger enemies.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Luffy's first and greatest crime was being born into the world, for his father is the world-renowned criminal "The Revolutionary" Monkey D. Dragon; a predicament similar to that of his adopted brother Ace, their existences ''alone'' being sins in the eyes of the world. Unlike Ace, however, his parentage doesn't really bother him all that much -- partially because stuff like that never mattered to Luffy, and partially because Luffy doesn't know he even ''has'' a father until Garp, his grandfather, tells him at the age of seventeen. He also suffers this under the fact that his grandfather is Garp, and at least one pirate, Don Chinjao, has a vendetta against the old guy and considers having it at Luffy is enough for revenge.
* SleepModeSize: After using Gear Third, Luffy reverts to a form where he is incapable of using his Devil Fruit ability for an amount of time roughly equal to Gear Third time. This form, of course, is about two feet tall, and somehow, [[MagicPants his clothes and hat shrink with him]].
* SlidingScaleOfLeadershipResponsibility: Depending on the situation, Luffy will go up and down the scale as needed. Most of the time he's the Hammond, simply because due to his CripplingOverspecialization, he knows that it's just better to let Nami or Robin take the reins, (though he will insist on making the final decision himself on where to go, he leaves it to Nami on ''how'' to get there). But when the fighting starts he's standing right in the middle of the Theoden and the Superman, joining his crew in the fighting but also going after the biggest threats.
* SmartBall: While some of the times he's right are the result of his [[CloudCuckoolander bizarre]] or [[DumbassHasAPoint poorly thought out]] guesses being correct, there are times when he's more reasonable than usual, such as when he tells Vivi that people will die no matter what she does, and defeating Crocodile, rather than intercepting the rebels, is the surest way to stop the rebellion.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Whenever Luffy visits a new island, he always happens to stumble across the current ArcVillain's plan, usually just in time to ruin it before it's completed. It should be noted that, more often than not, he never even goes in intending to stop the villain or knowing the villain even has an evil plan. He is literally just an unexpected variable that happened to mess up the scheme because the villain does just ONE thing wrong. That thing is usually trying to preemptively eliminate him. Doflamingo attempts to take advantage of these tendencies in order to screw up Law's plan: he correctly deduces that [[spoiler:Luffy would immediately be sidetracked by a tournament to win the Flame-Flame Fruit, most likely to ensure that his brother's power does not end up in the wrong hands]]. It would've worked, but it backfires magnificently when it creates another Spanner to screw up his plans: [[spoiler:Sabo, who takes Luffy's place in the colosseum in order to the win the Flame-Flame Fruit, being perhaps the ''only'' person outside of his own crew that Luffy would allow to take its power]]. This can be largely blamed on Doflamingo, as the tournament is most likely the main reason [[spoiler:Sabo is in Dressrosa in the first place]]. It's at this point you can honestly say that anything even ''remotely'' related to Luffy has the potential to be this for ''any'' villain.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's known as Rufy in some foreign editions, most notably the German translation.
* SpiderSense: He's one of the many people with Observation Haki, an innate power that allows him to sense imminent danger, see people's "auras" (outline) through walls, and hear the voices of any living creatures around him for at least several miles. [[spoiler:After his fight with Katakuri, he masters it to the point of foreseeing small glimpses of the future.]]
* StockShonenHero: He is the TropeCodifier of the "new generation" of Shonen heroes of this type alongside Manga/{{Naruto}}. Luffy is ''the'' IdiotHero and a LeeroyJenkins of a caliber so major that the rest of the cast tolerate him only because he is very good at fighting and TheHeart of the crew. Still, the only time so far that his incredible drive to keep on fighting and his on-the-spot inventiveness fails him is during the Marineford arc, which is a massive WhamEpisode.
* StraightForTheCommander: While the other Straw Hats fight the subordinates, Luffy usually takes on the BigBad (or strongest opponent) of each arc. The other Straw Hats usually let him do this because they know he's, more often than not, the only one who has a chance against said opponent.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: He's the wise guy for ''everyone else's straight man'', due to his impulsive and naive personality. More commonly, he's the wise guy for ''the entire crew's'' straight man (especially Nami or Usopp). In his recent alliance with the Heart Pirates, he's the Wise Guy to Law's Straight Man: They go on a great tear in 748, with Cavendish and Zoro in the middle of it all.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He and Zoro, despite having very different personalities, are both really quirky and share similar thoughts. For example:
** An anime-only example: Luffy and Zoro both meet Gaimon, a small man whose body is stuck in a box. The first question both of them have upon learning this is "Are you a boxed son?". This is a pun on the Japanese concept of "boxed daughters", referring to the practice of girls with a sheltered upbringing, but since it certainly doesn't refer to a literal box, it's a pretty dumb pun. Luffy and Zoro were both being serious and not trying to make a joke with it.
** In Skypeia, Zoro, while currently in a group with Nami and Robin, gives a Tarzan yell while swinging on a vine, stating that that's just "the right way to swing on a vine". Not long after this, Luffy, who is currently with Usopp and Sanji, also swings on a vine and gives a Tarzan yell.
** After Luffy's explanation on the difference between pirates and heroes -- heroes share meat with others, pirates keep it all for themselves (which Zoro is not present for and doesn't hear) -- Zoro later gives an incredibly similar analogy, except he substitutes booze for meat.
** When Luffy and Nami [[spoiler:are captured, imprisoned, and restrained by Big Mom's crew; Luffy intends to get out by tearing off his arms, which is very similar to something Zoro once did in Little Garden, where he intended to cut off his legs to escape Mr. 3's Giant Candle Service Set.]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: The most common victim of the Devil Fruit users in his crew for [[IdiotHero reasons you can easily guess]]. Of course, he couldn't swim even before getting his Devil Fruit powers, hence why Shanks's crew nicknamed him "Anchor". Ironically, post timeskip he is one of the few Devil Fruit users who can overcome this. He has proven able to utilize Gear Third underwater, albeit far weaker. (He still swims about as well as a block of cement, however.)
* SuperGullible: He is the only one besides Chopper who is gullible enough to fall for Usopp's Sogeking disguise. He later falls for Caesar's disguise despite having recognized him a few moments before. The only aversion is Pekoms's far too obvious one.
* SuperMode: He has a few of these techniques, which he dubs "Gears", that makes him much stronger;
** [[LightningBruiser Gear Second]] is achieved by him pumping his blood with his leg (pre-timeskip) or just by yanking up his limb hard enough (post-timeskip) to highly increase blood flow and metabolism, giving him a glowing pinkish appearance and hot steam coming out of his body; this increases his strength and speed to dramatic levels, at the cost of his lifespan (because his organs work multiple times harder than normal), although this drawback is minimized post-timeskip.
** [[MightyGlacier Gear Third]] is achieved by him blowing air into his bone hole (after biting his finger first). This gives him hardened bone structure (to the point that bullets ricochet off him as opposed to bounce away) as well as enlarged limbs, but this makes him move slower, and he becomes SuperDeformed and weak for a minute after the mode stops. Post timeskip the drawbacks have been minimized; now he can keep the air insides his bones in only the places where he needs it, making him more flexible.
** Gears Second and Third can be combined to become much stronger, but doing so leaves him exhausted after a short use.
** [[spoiler:"Gear Fourth, Boundman" is activated by blowing air into his muscles, combined with Armament Haki. It turns him into a rubber version of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio fighting deity]]. He uses the full potential of his body's elasticity here, and combines it with his Armament Haki, retracting his limbs to launch them with absolute force, fly, ''remotely guide his punches'', and increasing his durability to new levels. He has developed this state in order to continuously fight the powerful beasts in Rusukaina, the island he trained during the 2-year TimeSkip. However, it has a strict time limit and if Luffy goes over it, he'll be unable to use Haki for a good 10 minutes and be barely able to move during that time, leaving him extremely vulnerable. That said, eating a lot of food can easily counter this weakness if the opportunity presents itself]].
** [[spoiler:"Gear Fourth, Snakeman", is a variation of Boundman that is less durable but much faster. It specializes in very fast punches that can change direction, so they can hit the target even after the latter has dodged them. It's fast enough to hit Katakuri, who has CombatClairvoyance.]]
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]], especially thanks to Observation Haki. [[spoiler:The latter becomes advanced enough to become CombatClairvoyance.]]
* SuperToughness:
** His rubber body nullifies all but the most powerful blunt blows (though Haki-imbued attacks strike him as if he were normal). However, though his toughness is certainly partially from his Devil Fruit, knowing [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Luffy]] it's ''highly'' likely he'd be MadeOfIron even without it.
** One of the best examples is what he endures facing [[BigBad Crocodile]]. Three. Times. He's stabbed with a giant hook, drained of all the fluid in his body, poisoned, cut by Crocodile's extremely sharp [[DishingOutDirt sand]], and physically beaten all over the course of 24 hours; yet he survives with just some bruises and cuts (although, without some external help, he would've died after the first match).
** It has to be noted that he's reached completely insane, almost Whitebeard-esque levels of endurance by the time of the Whole Cake Island Arc. First, he takes a beating and fights for ''11 hours straight'' against the 860,000,000 bounty Sweet 3 General Charlotte Cracker, which includes nearly getting his arm cut clean off. ''Then'', he takes an extremely severe, Diable Jambe enhanced beating from Sanji, knocking out his tooth and rendering him briefly unconscious (which almost never happens to Luffy). ''Then'', he almost immediately gets beaten to a pulp again by random Charlotte Family members with Haki-enhanced punches. ''Then'', he draws blood from nearly tearing his own arms off in an attempt to escape Big Mom's prison. ''Then'', he gets set on fire in the process of being freed from prison by Jimbei. ''Then'', he takes more injuries fighting off guys on the way to meet Sanji. ''Then'', after a brief few hours of recovery, he starts taking his ''worst beating yet'' to that point while fighting the [[ImplacableMan implacable]], billion bounty man that is Charlotte Katakuri for another 9+ hours -- including [[spoiler:surviving [[https://i.imgur.com/yL4olzy.png an attack that blows]] a [[https://i.imgur.com/iMC0QPB.png considerable chunk of flesh]] right off his torso]]. He's taken all of this damage in one arc... ''and got back up each and every time''.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: {{Subverted}} with Nightmare Luffy. He's a scary, giant, evil-looking [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk-like]] figure, and Nami and Usopp are initially afraid of him, but he's actually still Luffy on the inside. Just REALLY serious. However, that could be something to do with shadows inside him, since Usopp and Nami notice he behaves differently.
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Towards Katakuri. While Luffy usually sends enemies flying or needs to immediately take off after beating them, once Katakuri finally falls for good he takes a rare pause to cover up the man's face. This is important because Katakuri's rep is based on him hiding his face and never being seen lying on his back, so while Katakuri is on his back now anyway, Luffy at least affords him the respect of keeping his face hidden after seeing how his allies turn on him when they discover what it looks like.]]
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* TagalongKid: Defied. When he's still seven-years-old, Luffy asks Shanks if he can join his crew, composed of grown up men, multiple times, but Shanks always declines, explaining it would be too dangerous for him.
* TakingTheHeat: By telling [[spoiler:Big Mom ''he'' is the one to ruined her candy factory and ate all her candy, he earns her rage, which would have otherwise gone to destroying Fish-Man Island. It's a lie and Big Mom suspects as much but she doesn't try to disprove him and instead accepts his challenge.]]
* TastesLikeFriendship: Although his friendship with them grows for different reasons over time, it only takes Nami and Rebecca some food for him to instantly start to like them, pretty reasonable for a simple-minded BigEater. The latter case is lampshaded when Law expresses annoyance that Luffy's fighting for Rebecca's sake just because she gave him food. It happens again in the Wano Arc when Tama offers him food, especially because she offers him ''her own lunch''.
* TearsOfJoy: He can only burst into tears [[spoiler:when, in Chapter 731, Sabo reveals he is alive. He's really ''that'' happy and surprised to learn he still has one brother.]]
* TeensAreShort: Subverted. Just about every other teenager in ''One Piece'' '''except''' Luffy is tall. Though he's not terribly short by realistic standards, being 5'7 at first and later 5'8, it's obvious the average height for men in ''One Piece'' must be around 6'3 since everybody towers over him. Even civilians are typically much taller than him.
* TeethFlying: Luffy loses a tooth after getting [[spoiler:kicked in the face by Sanji -- and unusually for ''One Piece'', it stays like that for several chapters/episodes. Fortunately though, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum he eventually drinks some milk and it just grows back]]]]. Luffy himself also tends to do this to his opponents, usually after hitting them with the finisher.
* TerribleArtist: In a nutshell, Luffy is a terrible painter: His attempt to paint his Jolly Roger on the ''Going Merry'' isn't very successful and the rest of the crew hates it so much they have Usopp paint over it, even his logo painted on Laboon looks just as bad. After Foxy loses his Jolly Roger, Luffy is nice enough to paint him a new one, and Foxy is moved by his offer, until he sees that the result is terrible and embarrassing to travel with. Luffy's drawing of what the crew's shipwright should look like is so bad it freaks out both Usopp and Sanji.
* ThanksForTheMammary:
** Luffy accidentally gropes Boa Hancock when he's hiding under her dress since how he's latched onto her keeps her from walking straight. The act certainly affects Hancock, but she's forced to hold up her facade in front of the Marines.
** This trope is taken UpToEleven when Luffy is catapulted into the room (and chest) of Princess Shirahoshi... who is one of ''One Piece's'' giant characters. Before he realizes it, Luffy thinks that he's standing on a giant pudding and ''bounces on it''.
* ThirdTimesTheCharm: Luffy fights Crocodile three times, in the first two he loses and almost dies, getting saved by Robin in the first time and by some last drop of water the second time, while in their third and last attempt, Luffy finally beats the Warlord. It also takes him ''four'' separate rounds with Doflamingo before he finally beats him, though in these cases it's not Doflamingo that defeats him but simply finds a way to keep Luffy busy.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: While not a traditional hero, he has a strong, innate sense of justice that causes him to go on furious crusades when he sees someone he's fond of or respects unfairly trampled on.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: By the end of the first half of the series, approx. time around the Sabaody Arc, his skills and power are simply no longer enough to beat anybody or anything stronger than a single Pacifista (with the support of his entire team at that...). Thankfully, he gets better and after two years of training, he can now also defeat a Pacifista in a single hit (along with a giant Kraken, for that matter...).
* TiredOfRunning:
** Before leaving Dressrosa [[spoiler:he takes on Admiral Fujitora instead of escaping as he's tired of having run for two years. As he correctly pieces together, he really has no choice but to face the Admirals and Emperors if he wants to become the Pirate King, after all. Still, he ultimately leaves before the fight could end with a winner.]].
** [[spoiler:He does it again when Nami begs him to run from Charlotte Cracker, an Emperor's right-hand man with an ''860,000,000'' beri bounty. Luffy ''refuses'' and, sure enough, he's eventually able to beat him with her help.]]
* ToBeAMaster: His dream is to become King of the Pirates, which means he has to become the strongest pirate.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While not necessarily a team, the Eleven Supernovas are all notorious pirates who are all morally ambiguous at best and downright cruel at worst. Even Zoro is such a big BloodKnight that at times it's hard to remember that he's one of the good guys. Luffy by comparison is a NiceGuy who would never hurt an innocent and mainly got his high bounty out of self-defense of himself and his friends.
* TooDumbToLive: Indeed. He would have been killed many times if not for incredible strokes of luck and allies who are willing to save his ass; it's worth noting that he began his voyage with fighting ability, modest cunning, boundless enthusiasm, and no other skills that could facilitate his dream (navigation, carpentry, cooking, basic medicine, etc.). In some less dangerous situations he knows what he does, but his problem is that he has no fears and fails to recognize true danger, sometimes, his choices put even his companions in danger.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Invoked. After the death of his brother, Luffy realizes he's too weak for the New World and decides to spend two years of training under Rayleigh's wing, during which he improves his skills and learns about Haki. He comes back to Sabaody as a much more powerful fighter, but claims to still have a lot to learn. It's mostly shown during the fight with Katakuri, where Luffy masters Observation Haki so he can go toe-to-toe with his opponent.
** In Wano, after [[spoiler:training in the Prison Mines under Hyogoro's wing, Luffy goes from being downed in one hit, in Gear Fourth form, by a drunk Kaido to being able to land a hit on the same Emperor with a single Gear Third punch, showing off a new technique.]] In the middle of [[spoiler: his rematch with Kaido]], he also figures out that [[spoiler: he can coat his body with his Conqueror's Haki in the same vein as Armament, which gives Luffy the power to knock down Kaido ''without even touching him or'' '''''[[UpToEleven using any Gears.]]''''']]
* TopHeavyGuy: [[spoiler:When Luffy activates his Gear Fourth Boundman, his upper body gest much larger, while the lower half remains small.]] He also appears like this when using Gum Gum Balloon.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Meat. Any kind of meat (Although he's not as fond of seafood, as revealed by the Fish-Man Island arc). Eating it even makes him stronger, and if he's not fighting or playing, he's always seen eating meat. He's been once put in a sleep that should have lasted for three days but he's woken up when Usopp yells there is meat. He loves it to the point that, in a crossover with Manga/{{Toriko}}, when he orders a 3 course meal, ALL of them consists of meat. Even the ''drinks.''
* TrainingFromHell:
** He went through this in childhood. It involved being thrown into jungles at night and tied to balloons, apparently, and were done by his grandparent, with the genuine intentions to help.
** To get as much strong as possible in the span of two years, he's trained by Silvers Rayleigh on an island inhabited by giant and dangerous animals.
* TranquilFury: If you piss him off enough to make him enter this mode, you're screwed. Luffy usually starts his fights in UnstoppableRage mode, and finishes them in TranquilFury mode, when his enemy has really pissed him off.
* TransformationSequence: In the anime adaptation, [[spoiler:Luffy activating Gear Fourth: Snakeman shows a sequence of the steam coming off his body becoming writhing snakes. The snakes coil around parts of his body then fade away to show his new appearance.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: The Paramount War is one ''huge'' BreakTheCutie moment for our hero, starts during the Sabaody arc, where all his TrueCompanions are scattered, then gets many times worse in [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down]] and Marineford: [[spoiler:he finally rescues his brother only for that brother to lose his life protecting him, he is ''very lucky'' that he is able to return to being himself.]]
* ThroughHisStomach: A surefire and easy way to get Luffy to be your best friend. Just ask Rebecca or Tama.
* TrouserSpace: He keeps the "octopus" in his pants.
* TykeBomb: A technically non-villainous example (well, depending on how you view the Marines); Garp put him through some brutal training as a child so he could be prepared to be a Marine as soon as he was old enough to join. As a result, he was already strong enough to beat up grown men and wild animals at age 7 and could casually shatter stone with a punch by the time he was 14. Of course, he decides to become a pirate instead of a Marine.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Luffy refuses to follow the typical code of pirates, a code that revolves around pirating for treasure rather than your dreams, and does not harm civilians and steal. On one occasion, this even gets him ridiculed and beaten, but [[DoomedMoralVictor he still stands strong by his beliefs.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Luffy not only earns this from his friends he freely gives it as well. Nothing will stop him from helping his friends achieve their dreams. He will protect them with his last breath or even declare war to the entire World Government if needed.
* TheUnfettered: The reason he's gotten as far as he has -- his inability to hold back or restrain himself, is one of his most defining traits. His only fetter is his loved ones, especially his crew and the closest family to him.
* UnskilledButStrong: Initially with regards to Haki; he starts out only being able to make people submit to his power, and only during the TimeSkip does he learn how to properly use its forms. This is also what many tell him InUniverse during the Marineford Saga in regards to his abilities in general. His physical power and natural talent for combat is quite impressive, but... a combination of not having any sort of hardening or observation Haki at all, no knowledge of when they are being used against him, fighting against people even stronger and faster than he is, and most importantly, fighting against people who can actually ''negate'' his strongest attacks (such as [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]]) for the first time lead to a long line of defeats. Thankfully, he's gotten better and is now StrongAndSkilled.
* UnstoppableRage: He switches into this mode fairly frequently at the climax of his battles every arc, and he's ''really'' unstoppable. On Enies Lobby, the soldiers are literally being sent flying by the hundreds from the moment Luffy got there, and it isn't over until 3000 have been defeated and he has made his point -- shit is getting serious.
* VariantPowerCopying: Because Devil Fruit powers are unique, Luffy can't quite exactly duplicate moves, but he learns to emulate [[FlashStep Soru]] with Gear Second, [[ElementalPunch Fire Fist]] with his Red Hawk.
* VictoryByEndurance:
** Rob Lucci is the strongest opponent Luffy fights up until that point, and he's a pure physical fighter just like Luffy, who pushes himself to his absolute limit to knock Lucci out with one final attack when they're both already exhausted.
** He defeats Z this way in ''One Piece: Film Z'', as their fight eventually devolves from using their powers/weapons to just flat out hitting each other until one of them fell.
** [[spoiler:His duel with Katakuri. While Katakuri is faster, stronger, more skilled, and overall the better combatant, if there is one thing Luffy is better than him at, it's taking hits. Luffy takes advantage of that, dodging and tanking Katakuri's hits until his Observation Haki advances far enough for him to start countering and attacking back. Finally, after over ten hours of fighting, the battle ends on a DoubleKnockout -- but when they both get up, Katakuri falls down again while Luffy remains standing, giving him the win]].
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Luffy always wears a waistcoat; he initially only wears red ones, but starting with the Thriller Bark arc, he wears a different color every arc. His waistcoats don't look as stylish as they normally would since he never wears anything underneath them. After the time-skip, Luffy replaces his waistcoat with an unbuttoned jacket.
* WellDoneSonGuy: A younger Luffy wanted to be friends with Ace, the older kid living with him, [[spoiler:and Ace's friend Sabo,]] who found him to be a weak, annoying crybaby, and lead him into tons of deadly situations to escape him, but he kept coming back. Eventually, Luffy shows how tough he really is, and they become brothers.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: As he self-admits, he can only give punches, and most of the situations he's gotten into have been solved through liberal use of punching the right guy ''in the face''. Prior to Marineford, it's typically his ''only'' strategy, many times literally just asking whose ass he has to kick. It's fitting, as one of his stronger techniques is also called Gum Gum Mallet and Gum Gum Giant Mallet, which both mean hammer.
* WildCard: As the Captain of the Straw Hats, an entire crew of Literature/WildCards themselves due to the mangling of the power balance they've done over the past two years, he is one himself. Hell, considering his reputation for being a SpannerInTheWorks and his general [[CloudCuckooLander unpredictability]], he counts greatly. Sometimes he's unpredictable even to his own crew.
* WithMyHandsTied: He one-shots Vander Decken with his arms chained.
* TheWorfBarrage: A side effect of Luffy picking increasingly difficult fights in the New World is that his previous ultimate attacks are often ineffective against the new threat, necessitating a NextTierPowerUp to even scratch them. Luffy's Kong Organ, Gear Fourth equivalent of his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Gatling Gun]], is notable in being used to demonstrate his opponents' strength on every occasion despite being one of his strongest attacks, be it Katakuri's Observation Haki or Kaido and Cracker's resilience.
* TheWorfEffect:
** Generally speaking, every time Luffy grows stronger or gains a new ability, his next opponent will counter or match his new power to show how much [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil more dangerous they are than the last foe.]]
** The Whitebeard War Saga (from the Sabaody Archipelago arc up until the Timeskip) inflicts one continuous Worf Effect on Luffy; from Boa Hancock smashing Pacifistas effortlessly (while Luffy needs his whole crew to barely beat one) to Smoker [[NoSell no selling]] the Jet Gatling Gun (which is his strongest Gear Second move at the time), the entirety of the saga mocks the notion that Luffy is any kind of threat to the top tier powers in the New World. Cue two years of training to catch up, and he effortlessly dodge a lightspeed beam and defeat a Pacifista with. A. Single. Punch.
** Of particular note is Big Mom, one of the four Emperors and most powerful people in the world. [[spoiler:At the time of their first confrontation, Luffy has just recently defeated Donquixote Doflamingo and Charlotte Cracker with [[SuperMode Gear Fourth]], easily overwhelming them with the raw strength of his NextTierPowerUp even though they are perhaps his two toughest opponents yet at that point. Doflamingo, in particular, is sent flying the length of a city despite attempting to block Luffy's punch with his Haki on and both arms up. Now, in comparison, Big Mom blocks the exact same punch with ''one'' Haki-covered elbow and isn't pushed back an ''inch'' from where she stands. She then ''laughs'' at the notion of Luffy being able to defeat her or Kaido, showing how powerful the Emperors really are]].
** [[spoiler:Emperor Kaido shows why he is called "The Strongest Creature" by tanking several of Luffy's most powerful Gear Third and Gear Fourth Haki-empowered attacks without lasting damage before beating Luffy unconscious in a single strike. The kicker? It seems Kaido does all this ''without using any kind of Haki'']].
* TheWonka: He's the captain of the main crew, which has become among the world's most infamous pirate crews, and has accomplished several feats using a lateral or outright insane branch of logic.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Not ''yet'', but his dream is to become King of the Pirates, which by default means wanting to become this.
* WorthLivingFor: After [[spoiler:Ace's death]], the only reason Luffy finds the resolve to keep on living is because of his crew and the fact that Ace would've wanted him to live and move on. Otherwise, Luffy would've probably turned into a DeathSeeker, a clear indication of just how ''bad'' his HeroicBSOD was.
* WorthyOpponent:
** He's one to Smoker. This has become especially apparent when Smoker is willing to transfer into the ''worst'' Marine base on the Grand Line, just so he could wait for Luffy in the New World. He waited ''two years'' for someone that the world thought dead, because he knew that Luffy would return to the sea sooner or later. Luffy sees him this way as well, as when [[FreakyFridayFlip Smoker is stuck in Tashigi's body]] Luffy refuses to fight him until he's at full strength.
** Charlotte Katakuri. Unlike a lot of Luffy's foes, Luffy make no move to insult him and instead purely bases his judgement on Katakuri's abilities as an opponent. [[spoiler:This is even after Katakuri's physical and personality flaws are revealed to him. Eventually, this respect is returned, and after their fight concludes, Katakuri acknowledges that Luffy might very well defeat Big Mom and become the Pirate King. As a final gesture of respect, Luffy takes off the mafia hat he's wearing over his regular one to cover up Katakuri's disfigured and fanged mouth, a feature the man himself is deeply ashamed of, to hide it from the remaining members of his family]].
* WouldHitAGirl: To Luffy, gender makes no difference, and he has faced and punched multiple women. Examples include Alvida, Ms. Valentine's Day, Vivi (as Ms. Wednesday and later a slap in a GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman moment), Boa Marigold, and Sandersonia. Of course, the women he occasionally fights are all dangerous, and it wouldn't be wise to go easy on them.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: Luffy's training during the TimeSkip involves him fighting a variety of beasts such as gorillas, elephants, and lions. [[spoiler: He uses these animals as inspiration for the names he'd give his techniques in his new [[SuperMode Gear Fourth]] form.]]
* XMarksTheHero: He has an X-shaped scar across his chest as a gift from Akainu's attack at Marineford.
* YouAreNotReady: This is the reason Kuma scatters the crew to different islands, so that they can train and become strong enough to face the New World, but it's not clear at first. Marineford is where it's driven home that no matter how lucky or determined Luffy is, there ARE people out there who are still in a whole other league above him, and trying to tackle them head-on is a ''really'' bad idea. He and his crew then spend the next two years GETTING ready.
-->'''Admiral Akainu''': If nothing else, I praise your tenacity.\\
'''Admiral Aokiji''': But you're not ready for this stage yet.\\
'''Admiral Kizaru''': There's no way you can beat us, you know?
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: If Luffy [[TheNicknamer stops calling a character by the nickname he's arbitrarily given them]], you know he's serious.
* YouCanBarelyStand: But he STILL gets up and kicks Lucci's ass. Doesn't work against Magellan, however...
* YouNeverAsked: The main reason why nobody knows that Luffy and Ace are not blood related? Nobody bothered to ask. Whitebeard might have asked Ace, but given Whitebeard's own stance on FamilyOfChoice, he considered it just as valid.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Luffy frequently reminds others of Gol D. Roger, including Rayleigh, Roger's number two. The most clear example is when he almost gets executed by Buggy in Loguetown and [[GoOutWithASmile smiles even when he thinks all hope is lost]], just like Roger had in his execution. This latter similarity is noted by Smoker, and induces him to follow and capture Straw Hat.
* YourSizeMayVary: Luffy is generally human-sized, and is consistently drawn as a normal person. However, in his Gear Fourth he becomes much bigger, but how much his size changes varies often.
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[[header:"Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UraraTakano [OVA], Creator/MayumiTanaka [TV series onwards] ([[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage Japanese]]); Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard [Creator/{{Funimation}} dub], Creator/EricaSchroeder[[note]] (credited as Bella Hudson)[[/note]] [4Kids dub], Chuck Powers [Odex dub] (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Diana Perez [4Kids dub, first voice], Karina Altamirano [4Kids dub, second voice], Ayari Rivera [''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''], Mireya Mendoza [Creator/{{Netflix}} dub] ([[UsefulNotes/SpanishAccentsAndDialects Latin American Spanish]]); Creator/JaimeRoca (UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an Spanish)[[/note]]
!!!'''Age:''' 17 (Pre-TimeSkip), 19 (Post-TimeSkip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 ({{Manga}}), Episode 1 ({{Anime}})
!!!'''Devil Fruit:''' [[RubberMan Gum-Gum Fruit]]
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->''"I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"''
Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscles to gain an explosive boost to strength ''and'' speed.
His dream of becoming the Pirate King comes from an incident in his youth involving mountain bandits and a sea serpent that resulted in his idol Shanks losing his left arm. Before leaving Luffy's village the very next day, Shanks gave him his straw hat, telling him to give it back when he's become a great pirate.
Luffy is quite notorious for battling powerful individuals and organizations wherever he goes, and regularly poses a threat to the balance of the world by challenging the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the World Government and the Emperors and so far has managed to either win completely or escape by a hair's breadth. Through word of his various exploits and victories spreading around, he's already become one of the most infamous and feared pirate captains in the world after the TimeSkip. He's also counted as a member of "The Worst Generation", a group of 10 other rookie pirates plus [[BigBad Blackbeard]] who are all considered to be major figures in shaping the [[DawnOfAnEra New Age of Piracy]] following the Paramount War.
On the other side, Luffy is so amicable and charismatic that he has loyal allies throughout the world, including several countries such as Alabasta, Drum Island, Dressrosa, and Fish-Man Island, or miscellaneous organizations like the Galley-la Company and other similarly benevolent pirates like the Red Hair Pirates.
Following the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, Luffy's successful 'raid' against the Emperor Big Mom[[note]]The whole incident is actually a case of AchievementsInIgnorance and BadassOnPaper, see below.[[/note]], the complete destruction of her castle, and his defeat of her two top Generals was made public knowledge by the journalist "Big News" Morgans. Furthermore, the formation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and the addition of a former Warlord to his main crew (Jimbei) is also revealed to the masses. For this, certain circles now unofficially consider Luffy the Fifth Emperor of the Sea and he has become unambiguously recognized as one of the most powerful individuals in the world with an enormous bounty to match.
He has a bounty of 1,500,000,000 Berries.[[note]]It starts at 30,000,000 after he destroys Arlong Park and inadvertently foils a local Marine Captain's graft; his bounty is raised to 100,000,000 after defeating Crocodile in Alabasta; it triples to 300,000,000 after the incident at Enies Lobby; it's raised to 400,000,000 after the Paramount War for his break-in to Impel Down, his actions during the war, and his relation to Ace and Dragon; it's raised to 500,000,000 shortly after defeating Doflamingo in Dressrosa; it skyrockets to 1,500,000,000 following his successful raid against the Emperor Big Mom on Whole Cake Island.[[/note]] He currently holds several records for his bounties.[[note]]Highest East Blue bounty for his 30,000,000 mark, highest new bounty for an East Blue pirate, largest total increase in bounty amount (from 30,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 over time), largest ''single'' increase in bounty amount ever (he gained a one '''billion''' berry increase at once for his actions in Whole Cake Island), and the most times getting a new bounty, as he's had six.[[/note]]
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* NumberOneDime: His trademark straw hat is a gift from his idol Shanks, and he treasures it to the point where if he gives it to someone else, it's really saying something, and so far he has only given it to Nami and Usopp. Likewise, if someone ever dares damage it, ass will be kicked in great quantities. When he gets struck hard with HeroicBSOD during Marineford arc, he gets so distraught that he doesn't even realize that his hat fell down; Shanks finds it and then tells Buggy to give it back to Luffy. Its importance was elevated when a flashback revealed [[spoiler:that the hat may have belonged to Gold Roger himself]].
* AcheyScars: Shortly before the TimeSkip, Luffy gets a scar on his chest from Admiral Akainu. The first time Akainu is mentioned after the timeskip, Luffy takes a hand to his scar and squints one of his eyes as if in pain, implying that this trope also has affected him and he still remembers Akainu. It doesn't help that he's also the one who killed Ace, his brother.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: This is how, after the Totto Land Arc, he [[spoiler:becomes the "Fifth Emperor"]] and receives his ridiculously high bounty. The Straw Hats only enter [[spoiler:Big Mom's territory to get Sanji back, and only involve themselves in Bege's assassination plot to save Sanji's family]]. The subsequent "raid" on Totto Land is really just collateral damage from having the Big Mom Pirates chase after them all over the archipelago, and Luffy's fights (and ultimately victories) against [[spoiler:Cracker and Katakuri]] are to [[spoiler:get to Sanji]] and protect the crew, respectively. They are so focused on [[spoiler:rescuing Sanji]] and escaping Totto Land, that none of them ([[spoiler:except possibly Jimbei]]) realizes the sheer magnitude of their actions and what the consequences would be.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Because of his fight with [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]] and subsequent healing by Ivankov in Impel Down, his body is highly resistant against poison. However, he's not ''completely'' immune -- a strong enough poison (as in one that would cause instant death in a normal person), or excessive amounts (like enough to kill a giant) is still capable of making him extremely ill.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Vivi teaches Luffy that violence isn’t always the right answer during Drum Island arc. He shows [[CharacterDevelopment he has learned his lesson]] when he begs help for Sanji in Fish-Man Island. PoseOfSupplication is also seen in Impel Down, where Luffy shows his gratitude to an unconscious Bon Clay.
* TheAllegedBoss:
** Luffy's the captain of the Straw Hats but usually doesn't act like it. His crew speak informally to him and address him by his name rather than "Captain". Particularly towards the beginning of the series, he tends to follow orders more than give them, prompting several characters to point out that Nami acts more like the captain than the actual captain.
** In general, Luffy has a very laissez-faire approach to captaining. Everybody on the crew does whatever they want most of the time, and later follow him when he takes action, due to him having earned their admiration and loyalty. Small requests of his can sometimes be ignored, and members of the crew (especially but not exclusively Nami) even physically abuse him sometimes. That said, when it comes to the ''big'' decisions, he has the final word.
** Since the timeskip, Luffy has been more proactive in giving orders and deciding the crew's next actions. This due in no small part because now he can choose where to go now that Nami's log pose points to three islands instead of the next one, and moreso because his goal after entering the New World is to defeat all of the Emperors, while in "Paradise" it was to cross it. Thus, his interactions involve alliance proposals or enemy faction encounter instead of the usual making-friend ones.
* AllForNothing: Impel Down and Marineford make up an entire All For Nothing arc. Luffy breaks into [[HellholePrison Impel Down]] to rescue his brother Ace upon learning he had been captured and sentenced to death. He fights his way down to the bottom level, surviving only due to luck and HeroicWillpower, only to find that Ace has already been removed for execution. Luffy then starts a PrisonRiot to escape, letting hundreds of the world's worst convicts out in the process, and travels to the giant Pirates vs. Marines battle taking forth. Fighting past thousands of soldiers, including the Marines' top fighters, the Admirals, Luffy manages to free Ace from his PowerLimiter handcuffs, and they begin to leave. [[HonorBeforeReason Until Ace turns around in response to one of the Admiral's taunts]], gets into a fight, loses, and dies to protect Luffy. If Luffy's reaction of going into a HeroicBSOD isn't sad enough, the realization that the past 51 chapters have been all for naught makes it so much worse.
* AllLovingHero: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Luffy will only go to the ends of the earth to help the people he "likes"; or, in other words, people who catch his attention for some reason or another (usually just being nice to him, especially by giving him food). Of course, being TheHero, it just so happens that he "likes" most of the people he encounters (generally, anybody that's not trying to kill him and quite a few that have). But if you're someone he ''doesn't'' like, then your best bet is to run in the other direction as fast as possible. Specifically, Luffy only seems interested in helping those who are willing to help themselves. People who sit on the sidelines and hope for things to get better don't interest him, but those who will put themselves in danger to fight for their beliefs earn his respect. He even patently refuses to [[spoiler:help Momonosuke save Wano Country until Momo shows a will to fight,]] caring more about the willingness to act than being begged for help. Still, as said above, he does not like people who hurt his friends, and given his tendency to make friends quickly, there's a good chance that any bad guy Luffy crosses paths with is about to get his ass whooped.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Luffy's [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] is a masterwork combination of his Devil Fruit powers and Haki. In appearance, it resembles Nightmare Luffy. In combat, it combines the principles of Bellamy's Spring powers (with his spring-loaded punches), and shows signs of [[spoiler:the Rokushiki's [[DoubleJump Geppou]], not to mention [[FlashStep Soru]]. The other variants tend to combine the above spring powers with either Gear Third (like Tankman, which makes him nigh immovable but super durable and capable of hitting back with immense power) or Gear Second (Snakeman, which trades some defense for a vast increase in speed)]].
* AlmightyJanitor:
** Before the Enies Lobby arc, he's been regularly defeating people who should ostensibly have been way stronger than him on paper -- yet he would never publicly get credit for it, partially because the World Government has hidden some of his achievements and given to someone else, like Crocodile's defeat. By the midpoint of the series however, this begin to be generally [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as he come to be famed across the world for his [[SinsOfOurFathers heritage]] and exploits as a pirate captain. Still played somewhat straight as he advances in his captaining career though; in particular, [[spoiler:even though Supernovas are still thought to be far too inexperienced to challenge a Yonko's crew and have any hope of success, Luffy has proven himself powerful enough to defeat an Emperor's top fighter (albeit it with considerable effort).]]
** [[spoiler:This is fully subverted after the Whole Cake Island arc. Luffy is now considered the "fifth" Emperor for "defeating" Big Mom, recruiting the Germa 66, Capone, and the Sun Pirates to his crew, and orchestrating a failed assassination attempt on Big Mom's life. All of which is ''technically'' true]].
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:
** He puts his friends before everything else. In fact, prior to the TimeSkip, Luffy's bounty tends to rise whenever there is a crisis involving the women of the crew. He gains his initial bounty when he beats Arlong and liberates Nami from his control, it rises when he defeats Crocodile and helps save Vivi's country, and has another rise after his rescue of Robin at Enies Lobby. Downplayed in his third rise -- the crew's encounter with Camie the mermaid is, indirectly, what causes the Straw Hats to scatter around the world and for Luffy to get the news about Ace's execution, but Luffy's motivation after that isn't for Camie. Instead, his actions over the course of that one week are to save Ace, and while the rescue ''isn't'' successful, Luffy ends up with ''another'' bounty increase – something remarkable, as three hundred million is largely considered the cap for a rookie pirate such as Luffy. Played with in his fourth rise, a result of [[spoiler:beating Doflamingo, with his primary motivation is to avenge his friends (namely Rebecca) who had suffered because of the Warlord, even though the original plan was to just destroy the [=SMILE=] factory and let Kaido's rage do the rest.]]
** [[spoiler:It's also how he become the "Fifth Emperor" -- Luffy and co. entered Big Mom's territory to get Sanji back. That being said, the mission was supposed to be undercover and undetected but they end up getting caught, and a series of incidents and other circumstances (such as Sanji's wedding being a sham to assassinate him and his biological family) caused it to escalate to an assassination attempt on Big Mom and then a full-scale conflict that engulfs the entire archipelago. The crew was so focused on getting Sanji and escaping Totto Land alive that none of them realized the actual magnitude of their actions and what it would mean to the rest of the world]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Eleven Supernovas are a group of infamous pirates who are considered to be the biggest heavy-hitters of the future generation. Yet, despite being the last member of the group to enter the New World, within a few months Luffy manages to outdo several of the already-impressive feats they accomplished over the two years he was training. While many are initially impressed at first, Kid and Law start showing a slight amount of resentment after Jimbei, a former Warlord, joins Luffy's crew as his helmsman.
** Trafalgar Law becomes a Warlord of the Sea and manages to give Donquixote Doflamingo a decent fight, even liquefying Doflamingo's organs at one point; Luffy activates Gear Fourth and completely dominates his fight with Doflamingo, and the latter only manages to last longer than a few minutes because Luffy briefly runs out of energy due to overextending his Haki.
** Urouge defeated Snack, the weakest of Big Mom's Sweet Generals before being driven out of Totto Land by his older brother Cracker, another commander. Luffy not only beats Cracker (albeit with Nami's help), [[spoiler:he beats Katakuri, ''her single strongest subordinate'', on his own and manages to win his respect. And both of these happen within a couple of days of each other to boot]].
** Capone Bege bends the knee to Big Mom [[spoiler:with the intention of eventually assassinating her, and nearly succeeds with Luffy's help]]. Luffy and his crew lead [[spoiler:a crazed, hunger-driven Big Mom]] all across Totto Land, [[spoiler:causing her to destroy a significant portion of her kingdom and allowing their allies to defeat thousands of her subordinates, indelibly weakening her position while boosting their own to the point that their crew is now considered on the same level as hers]]. Their actions outshine Bege's so much that [[spoiler:Morgans attributes his assassination plot to Luffy in order to further sensationalize the incident, much to Bege's anger]].
** During Luffy's two-year long training, none of the Supernovas make a real dent into the status quo or any real blows against the Emperors, achieving minor victories at best. Some have bent the knee to them to avoid total annihilation. As for Luffy himself, [[spoiler:he becomes their ''equal'' after defeating Doflamingo and successfully infiltrating and escaping Linlin's territory, in the process causing so much damage that it will take the Big Mom Pirates ''years'' to fully recover from the humiliation. Once he figures out how to imbue himself with the Color of the Supreme King Haki, he's capable of going toe-to-toe with Kaido, who is considered the most dangerous of all the living Emperors, and a clash between them ''splits the sky''. As that only happens when Emperors (and Emperor-class characters, such as Roger) fight each other, that truly confirms Luffy is on their level]].
* AngstComa: There's a large physical component of exhaustion to it as well, but it's Ace's death that sends him into [[BlankWhiteEyes white-eye]] gape-mouth land. It's actually so bad that Luffy doesn't even notice he's lost his prized straw hat, after it falls off him while Jimbei is rushing him to safety. This actually lasts two whole weeks for him, and when he wakes up, he flips out.
* {{Angrish}}: After losing Ace and waking up from his AngstComa, Luffy screams in agony and rage over what has happened to his brother.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Luffy's main motif is the Monkey, as his name says, especially in his energy and mannerisms.
** [[spoiler:As the name says, Gear Fourth: Snakeman is built entirely around the striking speed and mobility of a snake.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: During childhood Luffy would always follow Ace and Sabo around everywhere they went and wanted to be just like them since he was the youngest and weakest of them.
* AntiHero: [[DownplayedTrope Luffy is a very benevolent person, and would never hurt anyone without a good reason,]] but by his own admission, he ''doesn't want'' to be a hero. This refusal stems from his expectations that he, as a hero, would have to do that would bother him, like sharing meat. He immediately agrees to be one after [[spoiler:Jimbei promises he would get his meat rather than having to divide among the people.]] He helps people, would rather die than leave a comrade behind, and [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything doesn't do typical pirate things like rape and pillage]], but he also doesn't care what people think of him. In a fight, if the situation calls for it, he occasionally [[CombatPragmatist fights dirty]], uses his enemies as human shields or even human weapons once, and destroys public property in his many battles. However, he does admire heroes enormously. His reasons for not wanting to be one is among the lines of him viewing heroes as ''completely'' selfless. When he helps people, is because they're his friends, and nothing more (however, it's very easy to get in good terms with him). He occasionally veers more into TheHero status such as in Wano where he secures a ship of food just for the starving citizens, but is mainly because he empathizes with the being hungry. His goal to become King of the Pirates is ultimately rooted in selfish desires; Luffy wants to be the Pirate King so he can be "the freest man in the world". In other words; so he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and nobody can stop him. This is why he and Blackbeard are such good foils; they have the same ultimate goal, but Luffy showcases what a relatively benevolent individual with that dream would be like, whereas Blackbeard is very much the opposite.
* TheApprentice:
** Part of his role in the TimeSkip is being a student of Silvers Rayleigh. [[TookALevelInBadass The results of training with Gol D. Roger's number two are quite evident.]]
** He also becomes an apprentice under [[spoiler:Hyougoro "of the Flower Capital" to learn Ryuo]] during the Wano Arc.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: [[spoiler:After mastering Ryuo, Luffy can now make his attacks bypass his opponents defenses to damage them from the inside out. He manages to injure [[NighInvulnerable Kaido]] like this.]]
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Despite being an IdiotHero, he sometimes get flashes of lucidity where his straight forward answers just leave the enemy flabbergasted. A good example is this gem against Moria:
--> '''Luffy:''' No one can crush me...\\
'''[[EvilGloating Moria]]:''' The simple fact that you make such a baseless statement shows how inexperienced you a--\\
'''Luffy:''' [[LiteralMinded ...because I'm made of rubber.]]
* ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming: He names most of his attacks after firearms and other weapons: Axe, Sickle, Scythe, Pistol, Bazooka, Cannon, Rifle, Gatling... all with the prefix "Gum Gum" -- or "Gomu Gomu No" in the original Japanese. [[spoiler:Mixes with AnimalThemeNaming for Gear Fourth attacks.]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During his BadassBoast to Arlong, he says he needs his TrueCompanions because they can do things he can't, like using swords, navigating, cooking... and lying.
* ArtifactAlias: Rebecca and most of the populace in Dressrosa refer to him as "Lucy" long after they learn his real identity, out of sheer habit. This also conveniently allows Dressrosa to build a statue of him without getting into trouble for befriending a pirate.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He observes the [=CP9=] members using [[FlashStep Soru]], and he soon begins using an even faster and superior version of the move while in Gear Second.
* AwesomenessIsAForce: Luffy possesses Conqueror's Haki, an extremely rare type of Haki said to only be found in those with the qualities of a king. With Conqueror's Haki, Luffy can knock out anyone who has a weak will. He first unconsciously uses it to scare off Motobaro, Duval's buffalo, and then at Marineford, where he knocks out the two guards who are about to execute Ace (along with hundreds of pirates and marines on the battlefield, much to the horror of the latter). In the latter case, it's officially recognized by the others to be Conqueror's Haki. After training with Rayleigh, Luffy has learned to use it intentionally and, during the war at Onigashima, [[spoiler:he figures out how to imbue his body with Conqueror's Haki like Kaido so that he can fight Kaido on even keel]].
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For all his fear of him, when it comes down to it, Luffy truly does love his grandfather. When Garp stands in his path to Ace during the Paramount War, Luffy shows extreme reluctance at attacking him, all but begging him to get out of the way. It's only when Garp tells him that he has no other choice that Luffy goes through with it.
* BadassAdorable: In just a few short years [[FromZeroToHero he's gone from an unknown with barely a rowboat to his name to one of the most infamous pirates in the world, with one of the highest active bounties]]. He is also a cute and handsome young man. He gets really adorable in his chibi-form after using Gear Third.
* BadassBoast:
** Luffy's catchphrase is "I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES!!!" This statement is considered utterly shocking by One Piece people, as many mere mortals are scared to challenge the world like this. Furthermore, Luffy makes this boast to anyone, no matter who they might be or how strong they are, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Whitebeard]].
** Double Subverted in the Arlong arc. Luffy lists everything he can't do -- using swords, navigating, cooking [[ArsonMuderAndJaywalking and lying]] -- and says that he relies on his crew to do those tasks. Arlong says that Luffy is pathetic and asks what Luffy can do, at which point Luffy says, "I can beat you."
** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy says "I am the man who will surpass you [Crocodile]!" to one of The Seven Warlords of the Sea, right after he rebuffs the above statement.
** In the Thriller Bark arc, he says: "Tell that idiot Moria, that if he lays a hand on my crew, I'll blast this island till there's nothing left!" Important to note that at that point Moria was also a Warlord and had a higher bounty than him.
** In the Wano arc, upon seeing the ill-equipped Akazaya Nine tormented at sea by Kaido's men, Luffy shows up accompanied by both Kid and Law's crew and declare that "When you're at sea, you fight against pirates."
** Later, in the same arc, Big Mom, who already has a severe grudge against him at this point, taunts him, asking if he's here to beat Kaido. Luffy's answer is that Kaido's not his only target; he's here to beat everyone and declares an all-out war against both Emperors.
** And again, in the same arc, when facing both Big Mom and Kaido alongside his fellow supernovas, Kid remarks how facing them both at the same time feels like being in hell, to which Luffy as this to say:
--> '''Luffy:''' That suits me just fine. I've to hell and back a few times already, that's home territory!
* BadassFamily: When your grandfather is "the hero" of the Marine and one of the strongest Marines while your father is the leader of [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] and ''the world's most wanted men'', you cannot be less than one of the most famous pirates. This extends to his foster brothers too: Ace used to be a division commander in the world's strongest crew [[spoiler:while Sabo is the right hand man of the revolutionaries]].
* BadassLongcoat: He wears one in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'' to give him the appearance of a true badass pirate captain.
* BadassOnPaper:
** Luffy gains an infamous reputation over the Time-Skip, where people hear various rumors about him (including that he's an eight-meter tall giant) while he's much more cheerful and dumb than the rumors make him appear to be.
** Another variation happens courtesy of the journalist "Big News" Morgans and his newspaper company. [[spoiler:Reading Morgans' news report on Luffy's conflict with Big Mom, you'd think that Luffy is a {{Chessmaster}} and PersonOfMassDestruction who has orchestrated a full-scale invasion and assassination attempt on Big Mom's territory, beat up her generals, destroyed her country, and left alive. While all of that is technically true, the reality of the situation is that Luffy tried to sneak in and leave undetected, got caught, suffered through some ''grueling'' battles, nearly died several times, and ''just barely'' escaped from Big Mom in the end. He also has nothing to do with planning the assassination; that was all Bege's idea. Though Luffy and his crew are the only reasons it got as far as it did.]]
** Starts leaving the “on paper” part behind during the Wano arc. [[spoiler: Thanks to his training with advanced forms of observation and armament Haki, as well as figuring out how to channel Conquer’s Haki like armament Haki, Luffy is now in the same power bracket as the Emperors, capable of fighting Kaido on even footing]].
* BadLiar: The only way his lies could be more blatant would be if a neon sign appeared on top of his head and flashed "I AM LYING" every time he lied. However, he can act well if he's really serious about it.
* BalloonBelly: It comes with being a BigEater, as his body becomes round whenever he eats too much, which is justified by his elastic body, although he tends to digest the food pretty quickly. He can also inflate his belly with air to become a living airbag and deflect attacks. [[spoiler:Uses it to even better effect with his Gear Fourth forms, where his permanent and seemingly comical balloon belly is actually a ''very'' important part of the transformations; even the mightiest blows simply bounce off him harmlessly if somebody tries attacking his body, and he can use it to launch his enemies with incredible force.]]
* BareFistedMonk: Luffy is a barehanded brawler and attacks mainly with punches, but because he's a RubberMan, he has a very long range and can make a great variety of attacks.
* BearerOfBadNews: In the Land of Wano arc, Luffy befriends Tama and discovers that she met Ace four years earlier. Though Tama is still waiting for Ace's return, Luffy point-blank tells her that Ace has died. Predictably, [[HeroicBSOD Tama does not take it well at all]].
* BenevolentBoss: Luffy is a kind and loving captain to his crew, and doesn't control through fear, but genuinely loves them all. The Straw Hat Grand Fleet is a slightly different story; while he doesn't really seem to mind what the Grand Fleet does, Luffy at least comes around to the idea. This become a {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in the Post-Enies Lobby arc. When Sanji informs the others that Usopp plans to return to the Straw Hat crew, Luffy, Nami, and Chopper are ecstatic and plan to go get Usopp and have him rejoin, but Zoro stops them. Zoro gruffly points out that it doesn't matter who was right or wrong during Luffy and Usopp's argument; they've both fought for their own belief of what was right, Usopp lost, and then ''willingly'' left the crew. Usopp showed disrespect to Luffy for arguing against his ruling on what to do with the ''Going Merry''. And it doesn't matter how much of an IdiotHero Luffy is; he's still the captain, and what he says goes. If Luffy just welcomes Usopp back without getting so much as an apology, it would be a captain letting a crew member walk over him. Luffy [[JerkassHasAPoint begrudgingly concedes Zoro's point]], only allowing Usopp to rejoin the Straw Hats when Usopp admits that he was wrong to disrespect Luffy as his captain.
* BerserkButton: While he's generally nice and is easy to get friendly with him, there are some things that will set him off.
** Get between him and his food, and he will be angry.
** Touch his hat without permission and he will pound you. If you are Nami, then he'll willingly hand it to you.
** He gains a new one during Wano, which is the same button Sanji has: waste of food. After seeing how much his friend and the good people of Wano were suffering due to a famine, just seeing the wasteful party in Onigashima enraged Luffy beyond reason.
* TheBerserker: Luffy mostly relies on this strategy in combat. Rather than planning for the attack he rushes in full force. Especially when he's angry Luffy will demolish opponents and will become very ferocious and brutal.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's nice and kind-hearted, but you ''reeeeally'' don't want to make him angry. Seriously. Try to push any one of the above-mentioned berserk buttons, and he won't be afraid to declare war on you.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Luffy is usually a simple-minded goofball. Just be careful not to get him genuinely angry.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** {{Inverted|Trope}}. Luffy's the ''younger'' brother, but throughout the Marineford arc, he does everything he can to rescue older brother, Ace. This includes breaking in/out of Impel Down, trading years on his lifespan, teaming up with Crocodile, a former enemy, and punching his grandfather.
** Played straight with [[TokenMiniMoe Tama]]. After learning about her life circumstances and connection with Ace, Luffy quickly becomes very protective of her and displays an extremely attitude when she gets hurt.
* BigBrotherWorship: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Luffy clearly idolizes his older adopted brother Ace when they are kids, they do also have a bit of a sibling rivalry and Luffy is not blind to Ace's faults. Nonetheless, it can be argued that Ace is the most important person in Luffy's life, protecting him and practically raising him to be the happy and carefree person he is today. Which is why Luffy is absolutely ''devastated'' when Ace dies to protect him. One of the only reasons why Luffy never crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Ace's death is the realization that Ace has died so he could live and would've wanted him to move on with his life. Naturally, Luffy has a similar relationship his other brother Sabo who [[spoiler:has since been shown alive despite having been shot down by a Celestial Dragon in his youth]].
* BigDamnHeroes: He pulls this trope off several times:
** During the Marineford arc, he manages to pull this trope off as he and the rest of the Impel Down escapees crash down from the sky, ''ship and all!''
** During the Fish-Man Island arc, just as Hody is about to take King Neptune's head, Shirahoshi screams for Luffy to help her father. Out comes Luffy at lightning-fast speed, who kicks Hody away to everyone present's shock.
** During the Dressrosa arc, Luffy is still recovering from [[spoiler:using Gear Fourth]] as Doflamingo comes dangerously close to [[spoiler:making Rebecca cut her aunt down]]. He recovers and manages to [[spoiler:stop Rebecca's blade with his Haki-imbued head]] ''just'' before the impact, partially thanks to Law's help. For extra badass points, the citizens chant his name and count the seconds to his recovery.
* BigEater: The elastic stomach probably helps. At multiple points, he eats until his entire body is horribly distended. He can then digest it in about five seconds. Notably this is a major ''advantage'' when it comes to fighting the Big Mom Pirates as many of their Devil Fruits revolve around food themed abilities. Not only does this let him eat some of their moves, it lets him eat quickly enough to counter [[spoiler: Gear Fourth's]] time limit weakness and keep fighting in that state far longer than he otherwise could.
* {{Bishonen}}: PlayedForLaughs. While not usually drawn as such, in the anime, Boa Hancock's romantic fantasies have him as a tan young boy with a full BishieSparkle and brown glinting eyes, as well as speaking with a more mature voice than he actually speaks with.
* BlatantLies: When Franky asks if Luffy's OK with leaving Usopp behind, Luffy nonchalantly says he's fine with it, and he'll probably see Usopp again someday. The fact that he's sweating bullets shows that he's ''not'' fine with never seeing Usopp again, even if he knows Zoro's right and Usopp needs to apologize for his insubordination.
* BloodBrothers: With Ace and Sabo. None of them are related of course, but they are very close and have made a ceremony of drinking sake and become brothers. Luffy is heartbroken by both their deaths, [[spoiler:so no words can express the joy on his face when he learns that he still has one brother left in the world]].
* BloodKnight: Though not to the extent of Zoro (who can border on NominalHero at times), Luffy loves a good fight – and it doesn't help that it's one of the few things in this world he's ''good'' at, to the point of being considered a genius. Though he doesn't like pointless fights with weaklings, as shown with [[SmugSnake Bellamy]].
* BookDumb: He's not smart when it comes to science and medicine -- he once tries to heal a wounded Zoro by pouring booze on his face because "Zoro likes sake, so it'll make him better". However, he's a genius in combat, social skills, and politics, beating "wittier" enemies like [[ImplacableMan Eneru]].
* BoringButPractical: Luffy mainly fights using punches, the most basic kind of fighting style. However, thanks to his strength and his creative use of the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy is a very strong fighter, being able to turn a simple punch or kick into a long-ranged attack just by stretching a limb. It's also the strategy he uses to counter Cracker's Devil Fruit Power: [[spoiler:since Cracker's "Biscuits Soldiers" are literally made of biscuits, all Luffy needs to do is eat them. It pays off when Cracker, tired of having all his biscuit soldiers eaten, decides to attack, which allows Luffy to counter him.]]
* BornLucky: This is justified by having the "Will of D", which means he's destined to change the world, and he has been described as having the Devil's Luck. While the lightning bolt that saves him on the execution platform may have been Dragon's doing, he's survived a number of encounters due only to extreme good fortune. At one point, Basil Hawkins actually gauges Luffy's luck with his tarot cards. He attempts to create deadly scenarios that Luffy couldn't possibly survive, but no matter what he tries, Luffy's chance of survival ''never'' drops to 0%. Combine this with Luffy's determinator mentality and brilliant luck. This doesn't just apply to surviving certain death either. Even taking into account his MagneticHero qualities Luffy has made some ''very'' helpful allies ranging from former members of the incredibly powerful Shichibukai to current members of the Revolutionary Army and fellow Supernovas are on friendly terms with him. He even has someone that is all but said to be the canonical WorldsMostBeautifulWoman in love with him (though, funnily enough, his UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} means that this goes completely wasted on him).
* BornWinner: Much like his adopted brother, Luffy's heritage means he has a ''lot'' of potential -- the only difference is that his takes a little longer to show. As a trade-off, Luffy was also completely unaware of his heritage when he was younger (unlike Ace) and was therefore more emotionally stable.
* BrattyHalfPint: At the beginning, Luffy is an annoying seven-year-old kid who keeps asking Shanks if he can join his crew and become a pirate. After being kidnapped by Higuma and Shanks sacrificing his arm to save his life, Luffy stops being annoying, although he remains very childish even after he grows up.
* BreakTheCutie: Unlike all his crewmembers, who have a traumatic past that defines their personality, Luffy’s breaking moment happened in the present storyline, with Ace's death. Thanks to Jimbei, he manages to recover remembering he still has his [[TrueCompanions friends]]. Afterwards, he TookALevelInBadass and become even more determined to protect his loved ones.
* BringIt: With the dub version, ''this'' is what goes down after the [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu flag is burnt]]:
--> '''Spandam:''' YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! YOU MORONS CAN'T CHALLENGE THE ENTIRE WORLD AND EXPECT TO WIN!\\
'''Luffy:''' OH, YEAH?!? [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome BRING IT OOOOOOOOOON!!!]]
* BroughtDownToBadass: After he is imprisoned Luffy is placed in sea prism chains, which nullifies his Devil Fruit Powers and weakens him. However, he's still shown to retain his great strength, speed, and durability enough to easily overpower an high-ranking warden.
* BrutalHonesty: Luffy is not one to mince words and sometimes can be unintentionally rude:
** During an argument with Vivi in the Alabasta arc over what course to take next, he harshly but correctly reminds her that people die, and hoping everyone involved in a civil war will survive is naïve.
** There are definitely more tactful ways to inform Tama that [[spoiler:Ace is dead]] rather than bluntly telling her that. [[WhatTheHellHero Tengu and Tama herself call him out for this.]]
* BuildingSwing: He can uses his rubber arms to swing from structures and climb buildings whenever he needs to. Unlike Robin though, who can also do this, Luffy tends to swing around recklessly and at high speeds.
* BullyHunter: In spite of his adamant claims to ''not'' be a hero, Luffy does ''not'' gracefully tolerate over-entitled assholes who use their positions and power to flagrantly bully those weaker than they are; he has a particularly sore spot towards {{Bad Boss}}es who mistreat loyal employees who they should be taking care of. Doing/being either of the above in front of him is a one way ticket to being pounded into the pavement. Note that this attitude of Luffy's is contagious; associate with him long enough and you will also catch his intolerance towards bullies (as shown with the originally cynical and unfeeling Zoro), even if you were once (working for) a bully yourself.
* BullyingADragon: Comes hand-in-hand with his LeeroyJenkins trait, he has a habit of picking fights with opponents ''way'' above his level. While many of these actually become a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, a few goes badly for him, such as picking a fight with [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction Big Mom]] and [[BadassArmy her family.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Luffy is an absolute idiot, having NoSenseOfDirection, constantly eating so much and then falling asleep right afterward, and goes right for danger for no other reason than "FUN FUN FUN!", to the point that those unaware of his fame would never think he's the captain of one of the world's most infamous crews. None of his crew mates deny that he's an idiot and, at the same time, none of his crew mates also deny that he deserves to be their captain, both as a fighter and as a leader.
* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Luffy gets an X-shaped burn scar on his chest after being hit by Admiral Akainu's [[MagmaMan magma punch]]. After the TimeSkip, Luffy is able to generate fire when using his Gum-Gum Red Hawk attack.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: A rare heroic example. He repeatedly annoys people (including [[ClingyComedyVillain recurring villains]]) by forgetting [[AccidentalMisnaming their names]], [[SignatureMove signature moves]] or even that he's met them at all.
* ButtMonkey: Luffy is constantly a victim of comical abuse from his crew mates due to his stupidity, and he frequently ends up in strange situations that keep him from fighting. Since he's made of rubber, Luffy can endure a lot of hits without being too much hurt.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Most notably during the Impel Down arc. He casually tells Ivankov and ''everybody'' standing around in earshot that his father is Dragon the Revolutionary. After escaping, he does it ''again'' by telling everybody that Ace is Gold Roger's son. Both times he remembers that he wasn't supposed to tell that to anybody else. It's implied that he gets this trait from his grandfather Garp who does the exact same thing after telling the Straw Hats (and Marines) that Luffy's father is Dragon the most wanted man in the world.
* CastFromCalories:
** Luffy's Gear Second speeds up his metabolism to a ridiculous degree, granting him SuperSpeed. As a result, it burns calories very quickly and switches over to CastFromLifespan if he doesn't have the necessary energy.
** Luffy's Gear Fourth form, Tankman, works in the same way, only even more powerful and more voracious in its energy consumption. He's only able to safely use it when up against an enemy whose power is creating unlimited amounts of food, with Luffy running around eating that food for 18 hours straight. When he ''does'' use it though, he utterly curb-stomps Cracker with a single attack.
* CatchPhrase:
** Especially at the beginning of the series, he would often boast: "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"
** He also has the habit of referring to whatever odd or strange aspect of the world that's explained to him as "a mystery X," the [[MrExposition explainer]] will generally let that one slide because well, it's Luffy.
* CanNotTellALie: He's an outrageously BadLiar, to the point that almost everyone sees through his attempts at lying right away (The only one who does fall for most of them is Chopper).
* CharacterDevelopment: Prior to the timeskip, he's a typical Shonen Hero. Kind as a saint, strong as an ox, dumb as a rock. After the timeskip, however, he is notably leaps and bounds more composed than at the beginning of the story, now preferring to state what he'll be doing and go through with it rather than scream and shout (except when he's really riled up) and, more importantly, he is actually a respectable and capable leader, listening to his crewmates but never letting himself be questioned (save for in comedic moments) as Captain. All in all, he's gone from Shonen Hero, to Shonen... well, pirate captain. And, while he's still ''definitely'' Luffy as before, Marineford and Rayleigh have beaten some serious growth into him. As if to enforce this, when [[spoiler:Big Mom's ship arrives to capture Caesar, Luffy immediately inquires whether or not Big Mom is on the ship in order to make his next decision of whether or not allowing the Straw Hats at sea to fight.]]
* CharacterTics:
** Luffy has a tendency to suck his lips in and turn his head to the side when an attack or technique fails to affect him, such as Eneru's various electrical attacks or Boa Hancock's Mero Mero no Mi.
** After defeating an enemy, Luffy will smile about his victory.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: From childhood, Luffy was trained by his grandfather, the Marine rival of Gol D. Roger. By the time he starts his journey, Luffy is strong enough to destroy steel with his bare hands, knock out large sea monsters, and ''push apart two buildings he was stuck between''. By Luffy's own admission, his strength is purely the result of training and not the effect of his devil fruit.
* ChasteHero: Though he knows what a romantic relationship ''is'', he just isn't interested. In SBS 88, Oda said that Luffy can tell whether or not a female face is pretty, but it's just a classification for him.
** This becomes a plot point when he ends up on the [[LadyLand island of the Kuja]]. Snake Empress Boa Hancock is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman, able to turn people to stone with her Love-Love Beams if they find her attractive. And Luffy doesn't. When Hancock tries her Love-Love Beam on him, [[NoSell it does absolutely nothing]].
** During Whole Cake Island, despite not being interested in a relationship himself, Luffy shows a surprisingly firm view on why people should get married, and is very against people getting married for any other reason than truly loving each other. He thus voices his complete disgust of Big Mom's modus operandi of forcing marriages on others for her own personal gain.
* ChickMagnet: He's one of the only characters in the series to actively have women falling for him. His reactions range from being suitably creeped-out, complete obliviousness, or platonically appreciative. [[StalkerWithACrush Alvida]] (post-{{Gonk}} phase) only has eyes for him and almost the entirety of [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]] are head over heels for him, especially [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock]] who acts like a lovestruck, teenage girl when around him. Now, he's got the [[BeastMan Minkwoman]] Wanda repeatedly licking his face while commenting that "hairless bodies are quite beautiful". He's not amused.
* ChildLikeVoice: Luffy is in his late teens, but it isn't easy to tell just listening to him speak. Most language dubs, including Japanese and all of the handful of the English ones, make him sound like an energetic kid.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Before the Timeskip, the seemingly scrawny Luffy typically wears a closed vest that hides his surprisingly well built physique. Furthermore, like Zoro, his arm muscles are shown to grow ''much'' larger than you'd think when he flexes. After the timeskip, his vest is open, but he still appears scrawny. Post timeskip, this is somewhat downplayed, because he's now downright ''buff'', having gained a notable physique through his training with Rayleigh. He's also become adorned with a massive red "X" scar across his chest [[spoiler: from Akainu's lava punch just barely grazing his skin]].
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Luffy's outfit consists of very simple clothes that leave most of his limbs free: his iconic straw hat, a sleeveless vest (later traded for a loose shirt), a pair of shorts and sandals. This is in part out of practicality, to let him stretch without problems, and in part to hint at his ''simple'' personality and his desire to be free.
* CloudCuckooLander: When he tries to be at his sharpest outside of battle, he acts like a quirky hairhead. He's also interested in weird individuals like Brook, a living skeleton, and gets easily impressed by the silliest things.
* CombatClairvoyance: After the timeskip, Luffy has mastered Observation Haki, a power that allows one to anticipate an opponent's next move. He has learned it to such an extent that he can [[SpiderSense sense where his enemies are]]. [[spoiler:During his fight with Katakuri, he masters it to the extent he can foresees some minor events.]] During the Wano Arc which he can even help others dodge incoming attacks verbally.
* CombatPragmatist: Luffy is not averse to hitting below the belt or taking {{Human Shield}}s when necessary... or if it's amusing. A notable subversion is his fight with Admiral Fujitora. Luffy absolutely refuses to take advantage of the man's blindness. He doesn't pull his punches, but he does shout out his attacks and where he's aiming to give Fujitora a chance to react. The admiral is not amused to learn of this and is deeply offended.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Luffy's journey is to become the King of the Pirates and leaving his adoptive family behind and during the journey he learns how to become a proper pirate captain.
* CompellingVoice: This trope is a manifestation of his awesomeness. It used to be involuntary and limited to really desperate shouting. He doesn't need to actually speak to use it anymore.
* ConfusionFu: Luffy, unlike the other characters, seems to fight freestyle. Being rubber makes this befitting. It even turns into an advantage against Eneru, who can read minds. Luffy simply ricochets his moves off a wall, making it impossible for anyone, including himself, to predict their path.
* ContagiousHeroism: Luffy is hardly a hero (and doesn't want to be one), but he has a massive problem with powerful people abusing their power and often demonstrates it with his fists. Thanks to his charismatic and caring nature, this attitude quickly takes hold on most of his crew mates, even on the stoic and previously uncaring swordsman Zoro and the emotionally reserved Robin, who betrayed every other organization she was a part of before she met Luffy.
* CripplingOverspecialisation: He's very useless at anything but having fun, eating, sleeping, being happy and amiable, and beating people up. He gathers his crew around him over the course of his adventure because he knows he can't go on without their help. He even acknowledges this during the Arlong arc when Arlong sneers down at him for keeping friends. He retaliates by picking up a pair of swords and waving them wildly in Arlong's face, to no avail. Arlong sneers at him some more, for now trying something he knew he couldn't pull off, and Luffy comes out with this {{Tearjerker}} of a line, while the camera pans over each crew member that fulfills each job:
-->I know! Of course I can't use swords, you idiot! I can't navigate! I can't cook! I can't even tell lies! This is why I need my friends if I want to survive!
* CrossdressingVoices: In Japan, the 4Kids dub, and the Funimation dub, Luffy is voiced by a woman to emphasize his youthfulness.
** Funimation actually wanted a man to voice Luffy initially. However, Toei and Eiichiro Oda himself frowned on that decision, wanting a female voice actor to help capture the spirit of Luffy's Japanese voice actress. Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard got the nod for Funimation's English dub as a result.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's often both a badass ''and'' a moron at the same time. He actually tries to weaponize his idiot nature in the Eneru fight, in order to defeat his mind-reading. It works, but he also becomes too stupid to remember to attack.
* CruelMercy: According to Oda, the reason Luffy doesn't kill his enemies (with the exception of the non-canon BigBad from the sixth movie) is because Luffy feels that letting them live with their dreams destroyed [[FateWorseThanDeath is a worse punishment than killing them]].
* CuddleBug: Luffy shows how much he loves his friends by hugging them, ''regardless of gender or race.'' This can get problematic when the girl in question is actually romantically interested in him; doubly so because he won't return romantic love.
* CursedWithAwesome: Like all Devil Fruit users, he's gained incredible powers at the simple cost of never being able to swim and being branded a freak forever. Since he could hardly swim in the first place and thinks FreakyIsCool, neither of these really bother him. And unlike other Devil Fruit users, this does not scare him away from water sports. Considering how powerful he has become thanks to the Gum-Gum Fruit, eating it was definitely worth the price.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Luffy has black hair ''and'' black eyes.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: All his [[SuperMode Gears]] carry significant drawbacks; Gear Two is CastFromHitPoints and Gear Three had the side effect of making him shrink and lose speed and mobility. After two years of training, he's overcome those weaknesses. [[spoiler:His new Gear, Gear Four, has the biggest drawbacks yet, it's a DeathOrGloryAttack. It [[HourOfPower only lasts so long]], and when it's up, he's drained of his Haki and exhausted to the point that he can't even move for ten minutes. Meaning, he must finish the fight while it lasts, or his enemy will make short work of him after. This is even more evident when you realize that none of his enemies have such downtime when using ''their'' SuperMode[=/=]LimitBreak.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Luffy was abandoned by his parents and abused by his grandfather in training (though both of these experiences are PlayedForLaughs), but was given a relatively stable upbringing with the mountain bandits of Goa and his adoptive brother, Ace. Still, he suffered a traumatic experience after eating his Devil Fruit where his idol, Shanks, lost an arm saving him from a Sea King. He and Ace then suffered an arguably even more traumatic experience during the fire that burned Grey Terminal, which eventually ended with the death of their other best friend and sworn brother, Sabo. Of course, [[spoiler:Sabo turns out to have survived, but that's a moot point considering he doesn't find out until years later, long after the traumatic experience of losing Ace]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Following the timeskip onward, black becomes a color heavily-involved in Luffy's designed as red is, not only employed in his regularly-utilized Armament Haki, but also in the form of the jet-black shockwaves that ensue whenever his Conquerer's Haki clashes with another, and while not another instance of black being used, Luffy's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]] whenever employing Observation Haki, contributing to the menacing imagery. In spite of this, [[NiceGuy Luffy is still a very straightforward, optimistic and downright friendly pirate.]]
* DavidVsGoliath: Luffy has the body of an average teen, and the majority of the main fights of the series have him fighting an enemy visibly larger and more imposing to visually show them as more powerful, both literally and metaphorically. In most of the cases, Luffy has to face them multiple times before he wins:
** Crocodile is a full meter taller than Luffy and with his CoatCape he appears much larger as well. Notably, Crocodile is the first Warlord Luffy faces, and his defeat at Luffy's hands brings a small change in the status quo and a new bounty for Straw Hat, since he's gathered more attention from the World Government.
** Zigzagged with Lucci. Normally, he's just a head taller than Luffy, but in his half-leopard form he towers over him and is much more muscular. Lucci also gives Luffy a very tough fight that forces him to give everything he has to win.
** At nearly seven meters tall, Moria is one of the tallest humans in the series, and this gets turned UpToEleven after he absorbs all of the shadows of Thriller Bark and grows gigantic. However, his fight is notably less tough than most examples, and in his Shadow Asgard form he actually becomes easier to defeat by having him expel all of the shadows.
** Magellan is a huge demonic-looking warden who possesses the tremendously powerful Doku-Doku Fruit, giving him the power to generate poison. He's notable for being one of the very few antagonists to not be defeated by Luffy. The first time Magellan easily beats him, while the second time Luffy is forced to retreat and escape.
** Deconstructed with Hody Jones. He becomes bigger and much more menace-looking by eating energy steroids (literally cheating). However, despite his efforts, Hody remains much weaker than Luffy, who beats him with little difficulty. Shortly after, as a side effect of taking too many energy steroids, Hody becomes a weak old man.
** Don Chinjao is a tall, imposing old man and a former legend of the New World. He also represents Luffy's first true challenge from the New World, as he himself notes, saying Luffy will have to fight much stronger enemies from now on.
** Donquixote Doflamingo is nearly twice as tall as Luffy and, thanks to his knowledge and connections, he holds more power than nearly anyone. His fight with Luffy is long and forces him to use Gear Fourth for the first time. In that form, however, Luffy's size is roughly equal to Doflamingo's.
** Katakuri is five meters tall and is the closest to an Emperor-level combatant Luffy faces at that point. Even in his Gear Fourth, Luffy is still smaller than him and his fight against Katakuri lasts multiple hours, with Katakuri dominating the majority of it until Luffy makes the fight more balanced with his new Gear Fourth form: Snakeman.
** The battle with Kaido is the first time Luffy faces an Emperor and he is multiple times taller and wider than him, [[spoiler:especially in his dragon form. After Luffy lands multiple hits on Kaido (since the latter is drunk), Kaido one shots Luffy with a single blow. In their second confrontantion, despite Kaido using his even larger hybrid form, Luffy manages to hurt the Emperor]].
* DeathGlare: Luffy is usually friendly but, when someone pisses him off, usually by hurting his friends, Luffy stares down at him with an angered glare, often follows a beat up. A particular example is right before he defeats Lucci with his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Jet Gatling]]. Notably, he does one to Jimbei while he's having a freakout at Amazon Lily after realizing his [[spoiler:brother Ace was killed and he's too weak for the New World]]. After the Time-Skip, Luffy learns to use Conqueror's Haki and whenever he uses it, it's often accompanied by a deadly glare.
* DeclarationOfProtection: At the end of the Fish-Man Island arc, he declares the titular island under his protection to protect them from the wrath of Big Mom. Big Mom had taken up protecting the island after Whitebeard's death in return for a monthly tribute of candy; Hody and the New Fish-Man Pirates, however, destroyed the candy factories during their attempted coup, leaving Fish-Man Island unable to fulfill their quota that month (in part due to serving some of what candy they had already made to the Straw Hats during the victory banquet). Upon learning from Big Mom's emissaries that she wouldn't care about the circumstances and would raze the country in return, Luffy claims that it was ''him'' that ate all the candy so she would focus her wrath on him instead.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Some of his opponents are enemies considered out of his league or that have proven to be almost invincible, but he still manages to win against them. However, it should be noted that he never defeats them on his first try.
** The first example is Crocodile, one of the seven Warlords of the sea with a long experience as a pirate, and whose defeat at the hands of a rookie is considered impossible. Yet Luffy manages to beat him, but only after losing to him ''twice''.
** Eneru is probably the best example, as he spend most of the Skypiea arc proving how invincible he is by stomping every fighter he faces and surviving any attack (most of the time thanks to his [[ElementalShapeshifter Devil Fruit's intangibility]]). The only reason Luffy defeats him is because he's the only one able to hit him and is completely immune to his electric attacks, and even then, Eneru manages to have the upper hand most of the time.
** Averted with Magellan. He defeats Luffy the first time they fight. During their second round, all Luffy can do is buy time to escape, and never defeats him. Not much later, during the Paramount War, Luffy finds himself unable to defeat any of the strongest fighters; this becomes a plot point: A big part of the character development of Luffy comes from the realization that it's impossible for him to beat the most powerful Marines and pirates of the New World. Cue 2 years training with the Pirate King's first mate. Following that, Luffy resumes the trend, [[spoiler:starting with bringing down Donquixote Doflamingo, a pirate who's been controlling the underworld]].
** [[spoiler:Charlotte Katakuri in particular is a notable case, as he's straight-up confirmed to be undefeated until Luffy beat him. Katakuri is considered so strong that his family refuses to even consider the remotest possibility that he lost, and when learning the truth after Luffy escapes the Mirror World, they either outright deny it or accuse Luffy of having used a dirty trick to win]].
* DelayedReaction: He's not the brightest bulb, so sometimes he's slow to react. It's used ''a lot'' of times [[RuleOfFunny for comedic effect.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Ace's death]] drives him to despair, to the point of being the only time, after a career of being a {{Determinator}}, where he's about to give up. Fortunately, Jimbei helps him snap out of it reminding Luffy he still has his friends.
* {{Determinator}}:
** Luffy powers through injuries that should have killed him several times over, often without outside assistance. In no particular order, he's been dehydrated to a desiccated husk, skewered, cut, drowned, blown up, bitten (a ''super'' strong shark bite, mind you), beaten to a bloody pulp, stabbed, crushed, covered in arrows (in one of the movies), frozen, burnt, shot by ''lasers'', and poisoned to the point of '''melting''', yet is still alive and kicking.
** The poisoned part is a double subversion, because it all but kills him. He's healed by Ivankov, but the technique used is explicitly reliant on the patient's will to live and Ivankov is especially shocked that Luffy recovered in a few hours, despite his initial estimate that it would take days for Luffy to recover, if he recovers at all.
** A quantifiable example of his Determinator status was shown off at the end of the Thriller Bark arc, when Bartholomew Kuma pushed all of Luffy's pain out of him and into Zoro, and the damage it dealt to Zoro was... not pretty.
* DeusExitMachina: He's the strongest of the crew along with Zoro and Sanji, and the most likely to get lost, trapped or otherwise unable to initially participate in battle until the most powerful enemy remains.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: '''Yes.''' Luffy is prone to this, as he's not afraid to attack any kind of authority.
** At Enies Lobby, when Spandam is gloating about how the World Government is unstoppable, he orders Sogeking (Usopp, but he doesn't realize it) to burn their flag, effectively declaring war on the WG and all 170+ of its member nations.
** After learning that Big Mom of the Four Emperors is going to destroy Fish-Man Island because they are unable to give her her monthly 10-ton delivery of candy (due to Hody destroying the candy factory and the Straw Hats eating the rest), Luffy does what no other pirate would dare do –- [[spoiler:he takes the Transponder Snail (i.e. a phone in the ''One Piece'' world) from Big Mom's subordinate and tells her ''he'' himself ate all 10 tons of her candy and that it's too dangerous to leave her in charge of the island, so when he gets to the New World he's going to kick her ass and ''claim Fish-Man Island as his OWN territory''; [[ThisMeansWar Big Mom declares war on the Straw Hat Pirates]].]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: In his second bout with Kaido, Luffy hits him with a Gear Third punch that, thanks to his newfound mastery of Ryuo, not only knocks him down but causes him to bleed. [[NighInvulnerable Kaido and Big Mom]] are dumbfounded that he could actually manage to injure one of them]].
* TheDitz: As if all the moments of stupidity in the story aren't enough proof of it, [[AllThereInTheManual in one of the data books]], his intelligence score is a whopping 1/5.
* DodgeTheBullet: Despite being ImmuneToBullets, he has extremely sharp reflexes and can also dodge bullets with ease, even light beams.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: A downplayed example. Luffy seems inclined to keep his feet as lightly clad as possible. It is very, very rare for him to don anything beyond straw sandals no matter what outfit he wears.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: It's revealed, while fighting Katakuri, that Luffy hates mochi. He doesn't like when he has to eat through a mountain of it.
* DopeSlap: He is the victim of this a lot due to his stupidity, especially from Nami.
* DragonRider: [[spoiler:He rides Momonosuke, now a fully grown dragon, in order to catch up with a floating Onigashima, and battle against Kaido.]]
* TheDreaded: Due to his actions during the Paramount War, along with his actions while with his crew (such as Enies Lobby and Sabaody), Luffy's become so infamous that anyone who isn't as strong as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea instantly fears him. For instance, at Corrida Colosseum, while incognito, he accidentally gives his real name and everyone immediately freaks out. They only stop once they see the sign on his back that says "Lucy", and start remembering rumors about him being an eight-meter tall giant. [[spoiler:As of the Reverie arc, he is one of the most feared pirates in the world, now considered on par with the ''Four Emperors'' and has the one of the highest bounties revealed so far. It's now a given]].
* DumbassHasAPoint: While Luffy is normally the epitome of the IdiotHero, there have been moments where he surprises his crew by saying something that actually makes sense, usually when there are some conflicts.
** In the Captain Kuro arc, Kuro states he quit being a pirate because he found it a painful annoyance that being a successful pirate means the Marines will always come after him. Luffy points out that Kuro should've taken that fact into consideration ''before'' he chose to become a pirate in the first place.
** In the Baratie arc, when Don Krieg boasts that his crew is the strongest in the East Blue, Luffy points out that they're only considered the strongest because they have the most members which means that they are not truly strong at all, a point that was already proven by Dracula Mihawk who had already sunk 49 out of their 50 ships on his own.
** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy refuse to follow Vivi to Koza's main base as he states that Koza and his rebellion army would never believe her since this is coming from Luffy and his crew who are pirates and instead go after Crocodile at Rainbase instead. He also mentions that people ''will'' die no matter what Vivi does, a surprisingly realistic observation for him that the other crew members agree with. In fact, when Nami calls Luffy out and speaks up for Vivi, Sanji takes Luffy's side, despite usually preferring to side with the ladies.
** After dropping down from Skypiea, Luffy suggests the crew get a shipwright to fix the ''Going Merry'' (despite him suggesting a musician after the crew is surprised by his words).
** In Water 7, upon learning the ''Going Merry'' is on her last legs, Luffy make the tough call to seek out a new ship. And during his argument with Usopp, Luffy make three valid points. First, Luffy points out that Usopp isn't a shipwright and doesn't really know the ''Going Merry's'' condition, unlike a trained shipwright. Secondly, Luffy mentions that he is the captain and his orders are to be followed. Thirdly, when Usopp challenges Luffy to a one-on-one fight for ownership of the ''Merry'', Luffy choses to go through with it; when Nami asks why he isn't trying to stop it, Luffy points out that he knows Usopp is dead serious, and wouldn't be convinced any other way, and that if talking would actually make the situation better, it wouldn't have gotten to this point anyway. Despite her misgivings, she doesn't argue with him anymore.
** At Zou, when asked by Kin'emon to lend the samurai the strength of his crew in order to defeat Kaido, Luffy refuses. His comrades (mainly Usopp) are pissed at his reaction but he turns to Momonosuke, pointing out the fact that he is supposed to be the leader of the samurais, and if anyone should be asking for an alliance with the Straw Hats, it should be him, accusing the young boy of being weak for just standing there and crying. While Nami berates Luffy for being this tough toward a eight-year-old boy, Momonosuke does admit that Luffy's right, and claims his will to see Kaido eat the dust, which prompts Luffy to smile and accept the alliance proposal. Kin'emon then admits than, while his way of putting it is tactless, Luffy was actually the only one to consider Momonosuke's position and to treat him as an adult.
** While infiltrating [[spoiler:Big Mom's home island]], Nami freaks out when a giant crocodile in human clothes speaks to them and walks away. Luffy points out they have seen weird things like that before, pointing to their present company Chopper, a human-reindeer and Carrot, a literal bunny-girl. Chopper is a reindeer who ate the Human Human Fruit while Carrot is a Min, but he's right that talking animals aren't all that strange.
** While he's rightfully [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] for his callousness in telling Tama about [[spoiler:Ace's death]], he does make a good point in why he did -- Tama has been [[spoiler:waiting for Ace in an unhealthy environment when he's obviously not coming back]], so informing her that [[spoiler:Ace is dead]] is [[CruelToBeKind not nice but necessary]].
* DumbIsGood: Luffy is simple-minded, impulsive, and overall not smart but, while he doesn't want to be a hero, he is a very good and mostly pure man. He will go out of his way to help people if they've been kind to him, and recognizes when he is in a situation he needs help in.
* DumbMuscle: There ''is'' a reason that his head has a bounty of 1.5 billion beri; he's so powerful that almost everyone fears him, even experienced pirates who are grown men. Despite this, he's dumb as rocks, and incredibly naïve.
* DynamicEntry:
** How does he get to Marineford? Well, it overlaps with BigDamnHeroes, 'cause he drops a ship out of the sky! (It isn't intentional, but that doesn't make it any less awesome)
** Done again in the Fish-Man Island arc when [[spoiler:he leaps out of a shark's mouth and kicks Hody Jones just as he's about to assassinate the king.]]
* EasilyImpressed: Despite living in a world where eating fruit can give magic powers and sea monsters bigger than the Titanic are aplenty, Luffy often gets wowed by the silliest things. Like Franky's goofy gadgets.
* ElementalPunch: His unique rubber body allows him to do two types, fire and lightning. The first is used in his attack "''Red Hawk''": when the heat from Gear Second is combined with [[KiManipulation Haki]] on his arm, it lights on fire; this attack is also a tribute to Ace. As for the lightning, he can absorb the lighting during a storm into his limbs ([[ElementalRockPaperScissors since rubber is an insulator]]) and attacks with it, this one has only been used in the movie Strong World against Shiki.
* EnemyMine: Played with. Luffy is very friendly and is rarely against the idea of allying with his former enemies or rivals. Notable examples are when he infiltrates in Impel Down and allies himself with Buggy, Galdino, and Crocodile (although he's initially against teaming up with Crocodile and makes it clear he hasn't forgiven him for what he did to Vivi), who help him even during the Paramount War. Luffy allies himself with Capone Bege in the Big Mom assassination plan, despite making clear, in the latter example, that he'll never forgive him for shooting Pekoms, and still helps Bege when the latter is protecting his crew and the Straw Hats from Big Mom's attacks. Notably, Luffy allies with Law and Kid, his two biggest rivals in the race for the One Piece, to defeat Big Mom and Kaido, and the two end up quarrelling while fighting the Emperors.
* EnhancedPunch: Luffy's main attacks are punches, which are given additional range and force by his RubberMan powers and, using Gear Third, he can blow his limbs up to gigantic size for even more force. After the time-skip, he can imbue them with Armament Haki, making them even stronger and able to hit Logias. This is taken to a whole other level with [[spoiler: Gear Fourth.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Two notable ones in the manga. The first is when he stabs his own face at just seven-years-old in order to prove his manliness, showing off his determination to become a pirate (as well as his fearlessness and stupidity), and the second would be when he starts his adventure by punching out a giant monster, yelling out his ambition in triumph, and then laughing it off when he gets sucked into a whirlpool a few minutes later.
** Due to the anime showing Luffy's backstory later, Luffy's pledge to become King of the Pirates, in front of Koby can be seen as this.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Luffy is friendly towards anyone but the Celestial Dragons are so vicious that they're the only group he states to unequivocally hate with a passion. Luffy also despises Crocodile for making Vivi cry and ally with him at Impel Down only because it's convenient.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Luffy gets called "Straw Hat" by everyone not close to him, with rare exceptions.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Luffy displays an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first meets him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard praising Luffy's actions and declaring that pirates' dreams never ends (essentially exposing the entire series' main theme), Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Downplayed, but even before his intense [[TimeSkip two-year training]], Luffy was already a skilled fighter from the start of the series -- having trained for 10 years.
* {{Expy}}: Luffy is inspired by Son Goku from ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Oda said he designed Luffy based on what 'manliness' meant to him as a child and he shares many of Goku's characteristics; such as being a BigEater, BookDumb, naive about the world, simple-minded, and a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass when it comes to fighting. Incidentally, Luffy meets Goku in the ''Dragon Ball x One Piece -- Manga/CrossEpoch'' crossover and he even gets to ride on the Flying Nimbus.
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* FailureHero: He gets hit with this status in the Sabaody, Impel Down, and Marineford story arcs. He is separated from his crew by Bartholomew Kuma, discovers that Ace is to be sentenced to death, is poisoned by Magellan during his rescue attempt on Ace in Impel Down, is forced to leave Bon Clay behind after escaping the prison, gets overpowered by the Marines, witnesses Ace's death at the hands of Akainu, and Jimbei and Law end up rescuing him.
* FamilyOfChoice: Luffy, Ace, and Sabo are not related by blood. They became brothers after sharing cups of sake together as kids, which is all they needed.
* FatalFlaw: His two main ones are his impulsiveness and fearlessness. As both have lead him in taking reckless and stupid decisions or attempting to do things out of his reach, and while sometimes these flaws are played for comedy, they can have some grave results. The worst result is when he punches the celestial dragon, which ends up with Kuma scattering his crew across the world in such a way that it looks like they've been outright atomized to him ([[StealthMentor Of course, this way Kuma has actually helped Luffy and his crew]]).
* FearfulSymmetry: Over the course of his journey, Luffy has occasionally ran into enemies that like to imitate his powers and abilities:
** The first is Oars, a demonic giant that was infused with Luffy's shadow by Gecko Moria's powers. Oars, possessing Luffy's personality and a few vague memories, is given the ability to stretch by Moria and uses some of Luffy's techniques against him. At the time though, Luffy has become "Nightmare Luffy" and completely overwhelms Oars, until the shadows comes out, then Luffy has to cooperate with all his crew to beat him.
** Charlotte Katakuri intentionally mimics Luffy's battle style. As the user of the Mochi-Mochi Fruit, he can stretch and contort his body just like Luffy, but is superior in many ways; Luffy's body only takes on the properties of rubber while Katakuri can ''actually'' transform into mochi; Luffy's [[RapidFireFisticuffs Gatling]] only creates the illusion of growing more arms, while Katakuri can ''actually'' grow more arms; Luffy's Elephant Gun is limited by how much air he can blow into his hand while Katakuri's Elephant Gun can be ''any size he wants''. As such, Luffy has a hard time against him [[spoiler:and wins by developing and becoming stronger during the fight.]]
* FearlessFool: More often than not, he never realizes how strong his opponent/problem in front of him would be, and he'd just punch it until it goes down. It works well for him most of the time because of his Determinator traits and having a very good luck.
* FightingTheLancer:
** PlayedForLaughs in his fight with Zoro during the Alabasta Saga. After being treated to drugged food by a bunch of bounty hunters, Zoro the lancer beats the ever-loving crap out of them. Luffy wakes up, and thinks that Zoro just attacked the people who were nice to him and gave him food; a battle ensues.
** PlayedForDrama in the Water Seven Arc in his fight with Usopp. With a growing conflict between the two, due to emotional problems Usopp starts developing during the arc, and Luffy's decision regarding their ship (which Usopp is very fond of); the conflict grows into fight between them.
** PlayedForDrama, again, in the Totto Land arc. During the mission to retrieve Sanji, when Luffy finds the cook, he fights him to test if Sanji is really willing to leave the crew, or is only doing it to save his mates.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: Two notable occasions: In Alabasta, in Crocodile's ElaborateUndergroundBase which is flooded, he fights off Bananagators with Zoro and Sanji, as half his body is already underwater. Then in Fish-Man Island, most of his fight with Hody Jones has him at major disadvantage as he does it underwater. It was still ridiculously one-sided even before the fight is taken to a bubble-coated giant ship where he can fight with some air.
* FireForgedFriends: He tends to have this relationship with many of the people he encounters, whether it be with his crew members or one-arc allies. When he meets them, they tend to be extremely exasperated with his stupidity. By the end of the arc, they are able to see Luffy's more notable qualities.
* FlashStep: When using [[SuperMode Gear Second]], he becomes even faster than Soru, although he's slow to Kizaru. He has become even faster after the timeskip.
* FoeTossingCharge: He tends to do this whenever enemy forces make the mistake of sending lowly [[{{Mook}} mooks]] at him when he needs to get somewhere, usually sending hundreds or even ''thousands'' of them flying at a time. Notable cases include Enies Lobby, Marineford, and Totto Land, where he's dashing to save his crewmate or his brother.
* {{Foil}}:
** Luffy is this to "[[ArchEnemy Blackbeard]]" [[EvilCounterpart Marshall D. Teach]]. Both are powerful pirates who aim for same goal but they are the polar opposite to each other in different ways:
*** Luffy is a short and leanly muscular {{Keet}}. Teach is a really big, overweight {{Gonk}}.
*** His friends are most important to Luffy and he isn't afraid of death. Teach cares only about himself (and ''maybe'' his original crew) and is a DirtyCoward when push comes to shove.
*** Their Devil Fruit powers also notably contrast each other. Teach's Dark Dark Fruit is a Logia without the NighInvulnerability that normally comes with this type of DF and its abilities possibly make Teach even more vulnerable to physical damage. Luffy's Rubber Rubber Fruit on the other hand give him resistance to physical (specifically blunt) damage, something rather rare for a Paramecia type. Teach's powers also work mostly by attraction and by manipulating his surroundings or his opponents' bodies, while Luffy's powers work by expansion and by changing his own body.
*** Luffy is a genuinely NiceGuy, a BadLiar and prefers a LeeroyJenkins approach (even if someone told him a plan beforehand). Teach is a {{Jerkass}} BitchInSheepsClothing, a ManipulativeBastard and mostly plays XanatosSpeedChess.
*** Luffy detests cherry pies, Teach loves the same.
*** Luffy's reputation was monitored as he quickly rose the ranks in infamy with ever increasingly large incidents. Teach's rise to power was quiet, staying below the radar for years without receiving a bounty, before finally instantly emerging to the world by defeating Whitebeard and claiming his title as Emperor.
*** Both Luffy and Teach want to become King of the Pirates for the sake of ultimate freedom. But Luffy shows what a "nice" guy with this dream would be like, whereas Teach showcases the darker interpretation of this character type.
** He is also a parallel to Sanji in several ways. Luffy is a commoner while Sanji was royalty. Sanji has show great intelligence while Luffy is known for stupidity. Luffy is uninterested in women and yet attracts them and Sanji often flirts with women and they often reject him.
* TheFool: He's got a dream that he works towards, but he has no head for the myriad of politics and criminal conspiracies that infest his world, causing him to blunder into and overcome schemes in his earnest and largely innocent quest for adventure.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Definitely the former when compared to Ace as Luffy is the more reckless of the two. [[spoiler:The same can be said with Sabo.]]
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: He's usually a nice guy who can befriend and forgive nearly anyone, up to and including former antagonists regardless of morality. However, he draws the line upon seeing Crocodile in Impel Down. He ends up releasing him, at his ally Ivankov's suggestion, but unlike all the other former enemies he meets in the arc, Luffy does ''not'' befriend or forgive him for what he's done in Alabasta, despite Crocodile saying that he doesn't care about his old goals anymore.
* ForgotICouldntSwim: This happens to a ''lot'' of DF users, of course, but it's kind of a RunningGag with Luffy. Probably the most hilarious incident is when Chopper and Brook valiantly leap into the sea to rescue him, ''completely'' forgetting that ''their'' Devil Fruits make ''them'' unable to swim too.
* FreakOut: He completely freaks out when Kuma scatters his crew, and when Ace is killed. The latter is so bad, that sends him into an HeroicBSOD for a few days and, after recovering, he still freaks out and destroys everything until Jimbei snaps him out of it.
* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: It's a running gag that Luffy hardly even knows about his family, let alone their infamous reputations, while he shows the utmost care for his friends.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's generally nice to every weird creatures that catches his attention, at one point, he's able to befriend a ''Kraken''.
* FromZeroToHero: He once was a loud, ambitious kid from a small village in the East Blue ocean, which is commonly regarded as "unremarkable" compared to the other big seas in the world. He then forms the Straw Hat Pirates with only a small crew (all of whom have their own humble beginnings) that proceeds to make a name for themselves as they venture between islands in search for the titular One Piece. Post TimeSkip, the crew is considered one of the most infamous, especially as they have tangled with at least 2 major governmental facilities, and Luffy has a very high bounty.
* FunPersonified: Seriously. [[{{Keet}} Along with]] everything else, his powers are genuinely like something taken out from a Creator/TexAvery cartoon.
* FunnyAfro: For the final match of the Davy Back Fight against Foxy, Usopp prepares Luffy like a boxing coach, and gives Luffy an afro saying it would [[RuleOfCool help him win]]. [[spoiler:It does.]]
* FunSize: The after effect of his Gear Third technique causes him to shrink into a chibi version of himself for the same amount time he inflated his body. He overcomes this weakness after the timeskip and can now use Gear Third without any drawback.
* GenderBlenderName: Not Luffy, but his disguise when entering the Corrida Colosseum in Dressrosa is an old man named Lucy.
* GenerationXerox: He has been compared to Gold Roger by multiple people who've encountered him. Given his simple outlook on life and violence towards anyone who hurts his friends, he can also be seen as a GenerationXerox of Shanks. According to Ivankov, Luffy is very similar to his father.
* GeniusDitz: Luffy is childish and naive, but his brilliance is found in fighting, first and foremost. He takes one of more lackluster Devil Fruits, one which his more talented brother told him would amount to nothing in combat, and turns it into one of the most dangerous abilities in the series. Luffy constantly figures out new applications of his RubberMan powers in ingenious ways, showing he is able able to grasp the properties of rubber to the extent that he can learn how to set his arm on fire and create the Gears. He is also very perceptive and adaptive to his environment, being able to figure out Crocodile's weakness of the verge of death and creating a number of counterattacks to Eneru's Mantra on the spot. Mihawk even comments that he's "unusually clear headed" during the Paramount War, implying he's not as much of an airhead as he seems. He has also learned all Rayleigh had to teach him about Haki in just one and a half years, excels at understanding people's emotions and motivations, and possesses a form of wisdom that allows him to see the simplest solution needed (such as knowing that interfering with the Alabasta army won't guarantee anything and what's needed to be done is defeating Crocodile.)
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:He punches Sanji in the face after he repeatedly tries to get him to leave Totto Land by lying about his desire to go back to the crew. Naturally, this finally gets to him to admit that he wants to come back to the crew]].
* TheGift: Luffy's aptitude for combat is remarked upon frequently, and his growth rate as a fighter is insane. He's defeated several warriors with decades of experience on him with his sheer determination and instincts, and has even managed to figure out new techniques and abilities mid-battle. [[spoiler:As seen during his second battle with Kaido, the very moment Luffy figures out what he's doing (coating himself with Conqueror's Haki), he manages to replicate the technique to the point of being able to match Kaido within ''minutes'']]. Something like that takes natural talent that's only seen once in a generation, if that.
* TheGlomp: Luffy is very affectionate and, with his stretchy arms, he can tackle and squeeze his object of affection. During Marineford, Luffy hugs Boa Hancock as a thanks for having given him the keys to Ace's handcuffs and, in Wano, he jumps and hugs Zoro and later Jimbei for seeing them after a long time apart. In Dressrosa, [[spoiler: Luffy jumps out of joy and hugs his foster brother, Sabo, whom he previously believed to be dead]].
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: When [[spoiler:Judge]] lists out every last reason he finds Sanji unworthy, including his lack of royal pride, the sway his emotions have, his foolish need to help others, his love of ''cooking'' like he was some lowly commoner and generally having compassion making him unfit as the SuperSoldier he was intended to be, Luffy just doesn't understand why anyone would see all that as ''bad'', wondering why he listed all of Sanji's good qualities all of a sudden. He simply can't get into the mindset of a man like [[spoiler:Judge]], prideful, royal and hateful of any sort of compassion.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: To go with his simple personality and self-admitted inability at anything except fighting, Luffy can't use any weapon nor doesn't practice any martial arts but resorts to simple punches and kicks, the most basic fighting style. Still, he's such a creative and gifted fighter that he can take on martial artists and win with just his own free-form style.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Luffy has a small scar under his left eye, which he self-inflicted when he was a kid to prove Shanks that he can be manly. After the timeskip, Luffy gets a new X burn scar on his chest from Akainu's attack.
* GoOutWithASmile: Just like anybody else with D. as their middle initial, he's prone to this trope. Notably, although he's saved just in time, he smiles as Buggy is about to cut his head off at Logue Town.
* GratuitousEnglish: Most of his attacks have English names, particularly his Gear-related ones.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: It does not matter that he is badly hurt and freezing to death, or poisoned to the point of ''melting'', his friends come first. He never even asks for himself to be helped, merely begs for whoever is there to aid his companions.
* HatDamage: Though he takes good care of his signature straw hat, this can still happen. [[BerserkButton Woe be to the person that does it, though.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Boa Hancock makes him fight her sisters in an attempts to execute him after he sees the SlaveBrand on her back. It doesn't work, but he understands that he must not reveal it to anyone.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The Gum-Gum Fruit's power seems pretty unimpressive compared to other devil fruits, like the ability to create earthquakes, becoming a dinosaur or manipulating natural elements. However, Luffy's creativity shows it can have a lot of versatility: the ability to stretch can be used for convenience, mobility, or enhancing the range and physical power of attacks; a heart made of rubber can pump blood faster and Luffy can even pump air into his bones or his muscles. Being made of rubber gives Luffy incredible resistance to physical blows, provides insulation from electricity, and appears to be one of the only Fruits that can allow its users to survive underwater (Luffy's head can be stretched above water so that he can continue to breathe, although he will still be powerless if fully submerged). It's implied that a side effect of the Fruit is that Luffy is always in top physical condition, never needing to stretch or loosen up. It's no surprise that Burgess attempts to kill him so he can get the Gum-Gum Fruit.
* TheHero: He ''is'' the main protagonist, after all. In terms of how much of a Hero he actually is, it's complicated, especially because he doesn't want to be one, but generally speaking he finds himself doing what others would call "the right thing" anyway simply because of [[NiceGuy how he is]].
* HeroWithBadPublicity:
** His general reputation to civilians worldwide is this, as they're under the impression he's a ruthless and wild pirate who terrorizes people for the fun of it. Now, he's not TheCape or the IdealHero or anything (and doesn't want to be), but nonetheless he happens to be a morally upright man who wouldn't go out of his way to harm civilians or even cause trouble for no reason. Luffy's entire conflict with the law, going back to the East Blue days, started simply because he calls himself a pirate.
** He quickly goes from being the hero of Dressrosa to being public enemy number one after they mistakenly think he's kidnapped princess Rebecca (he's actually taking her to see her father). Though it turns out to be a subversion, as the citizens of Dressrosa actually know full well where Luffy is taking Rebecca, and chase after him so that Fujitora wouldn't be able to destroy the ships the Straw Hats are using to escape, for fear of catching the civilians in the crossfire.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: He's the main protagonist, and is incapable of fighting with the use of weapons, but his barehanded fighting prowess is so much so that he has been labelled a fighting genius. This is PlayedForLaughs when, at the beginning of the Wano Arc, he starts to fight with a katana because [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai "Samurais are cool"]] but ends up just punching people while holding the sword.
* HeroicBSOD: He gets hit with this hard when Ace gets killed. After Ace's death, there is a look of despair on Luffy's face that has never been seen before and is so traumatized to need to be taken by Jimbei and Law or he would've died. It takes a few days to recover.
* HeroicResolve: Has it in spades. No matter how bad of a beating he gets, he just keeps getting back up, frustrating the opponents he faces on his journey.
** Crocodile beats him down no less than two times. He gets back up, albeit with help the first time and an incredible amount of luck the second time, but during their third and final fight, he absolutely refuses to yield against Crocodile, powerful Warlord or not.
** Rob Lucci gives him an incredible beating comparable to what Crocodile does, but Luffy takes it all, refusing to fall until Lucci does.
** Charlotte Katakuri gave him a beating that tops everything he ever suffered beforehand, but he gets back up again and again. While this resolve initially frustrates Katakuri, he eventually respects Luffy's resolve.
* HeroicRROD:
** His Gear Second pre-TimeSkip shortens his lifespan with each use, and will eventually wear him out if overused. Gear Third also might count, although it only shrinks Luffy temporarily after each use, with no mentioned long-term effect. He overcomes these weaknesses after the TimeSkip.
** When Ivankov gave Luffy his "miracle treatment" to heal Luffy of Magellan's poison, it took an additional ten years off Luffy's lifespan. Add this to Gear Second, and the regular damage Luffy takes, and Oda seems to be strongly implying that Luffy will die young.
** [[spoiler:Even his Gear Fourth has a major drawback: it has a time limit, and when it runs out, Luffy's Haki is unusable for 10 minutes. It gets worse of he overtaxes the time limit, exhausting his body, his Devil Fruit power *and* his Haki for 10 minutes. If his opponent is still going, he's left extremely vulnerable until he recovers. This can be countered by eating sufficient amounts of food to regain his strength, however]].
* HeroicSecondWind: Rob Lucci gives Luffy such an harsh beatdown to bring him on the verge of collapsing, but Usopp spurs him to get up, giving him enough strength to continue and defeat Rob Lucci.
* HiddenDepths: Luffy is dumb, yes, but he is far from ignorant or unobservant. There are numerous times throughout the series where Luffy makes some pretty astute observations about the situation at hand, or otherwise reveals there's more to him than the IdiotHero he seems to be. One of the most important elements to this is that the narration very rarely shows us Luffy's thoughts, leaving it up to speculation how stupid he actually is.
** He makes a pretty strong counterargument to Vivi in the Alabasta Arc that war needs to be taken seriously. People will die, and spending time trying to save every life she can will only result in more deaths.
** When Spandam declares the authority of the World Government via it's flag during the assault on Enies Lobby, he calmly orders Usopp to shoot said flag down, noting how he very much does understand the authority the World Government holds -- he just doesn't care about it. The same thing happens later when he defies Big Mom's authority over Fish-Man Island and declares war on her, too.
** Luffy is far from the forgiving AllLovingHero that some think him to be. He spends most of Impel Down with Crocodile as an ally and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork hates it]], telling Crocodile that he'll ''never'' forgive the monstrous crimes he committed during his time leading Baroque Works.
** While his fun-loving nature and shirking of things like duty may make him seem childish, Luffy actually takes a lot of personal responsibility for his failures. When the ''Merry'' is burning on its funeral pyre, Luffy screams that it's his and the crew's fault that ''Merry'' became irreversibly broken and that she shouldn't be apologizing for their failures. Later on during Dressrosa, [[spoiler: Luffy runs into Sabo and has a heartfelt reunion with him, and notably opens the conversation stating that he "let Ace die" through a waterfall of tears. When Sabo simply states that he almost lost both of his brothers that day and that he's happy that Luffy even survived, Luffy collapses and begins sobbing in relief.]]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He puts on a facade sometimes to help his friends, like when he says he's not Coby's friend and forces the latter to hit him. Allowing Coby to join the Marines.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Child abuse isn't funny... except when it involves [[RefugeInAudacity throwing the child down a ravine, leaving him in the in the wilderness]], and [[CrossesTheLineTwice attaching enough helium balloons to him to make him float into the sky]], all for the purposes of increasing his survival skills. Further adding to the hilarity is the fact that each of these scenarios has Luffy animated in the exact same pose with the exact same scream, with different backgrounds for each. After hearing about it, his crew immediately realizes just where Luffy got his strong will to live from.
* HollywoodHealing: His battles never leave story relevant scars, like his trademark one under his eye he gives himself in Chapter 1, his X shaped scar he gets from Akainu. For instance, he loses a tooth after [[spoiler:taking a direct kick to the face from Sanji]] but, several chapters later when he drinks some milk and his tooth ''grows back on the spot'' and one of Capone Bege's mook comments [[LampshadedTrope that his body is weird]].
* HonorBeforeReason: During the Davy Back Fight, the Straw Hats lose the first round, forcing a member of their crew to join the Foxy Pirates. The Straw Hats win the second round and get to pick a Foxy Pirate to join them. Nami suggests picking Foxy himself, as he would be unable to participate in the third round duel and they would win by default, getting Chopper back without fighting. However, Luffy vetoes the plan, due to disliking Foxy too much to want him on the crew.
* HopeBringer: The series's infamous flashbacks make it clear that just about every person he meets and every place he visits was steeped in hideous tragedy until he showed up. ''One Piece'''s signature cheery, cartoony, light-hearted tone is almost entirely down to him and the people he influences.
* HotBlooded: In fine Shonen fashion. This is usually depicted as his main personality but whenever he gets into a battle or eats a hefty meal he takes this UpToEleven.
* HowDoIShotWeb: As a child who had recently eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy was rather unskilled with his stretching powers -- especially when compared to his mastery at the start of his journey, years later. His signature Gum-Gum Pistol? His first attempt bounced off the ground and back into his own face.
* HulkingOut: His [[spoiler:Gear Fourth consists in him pumping air in his muscles, making them grow. In the Boundman version, he turns into a TopHeavyGuy]].
* HumbleHero: One of Luffy's dominant traits is his humble nature: he does not brag about the powerful foes he's defeated in the past, though he's not above about claiming that no one has ever beaten him in the past (which is not true, having been defeated many times by Ace and Sabo as a child and against most arc villains' in their first encounters). And as always, he loudly proclaims that he's going to become King of the Pirates, though that is something he will do rather than something he has done. He remains humble despite having done outrageous acts like defeating Shichibukai-level pirates and issuing the order to ''burn down the World Government Flag'' back at Enies Lobby (the latter of which Luffy considers nothing to get worked up over, as he and his crew were there only to get back a crew member that has been taken from them). It's also why Sentomaro recognizes the fake Luffy, Demalo Black, as an imposter, since the latter brags about his fame to everyone. When Sengoku tries to cover up Gecko Moria's defeat by ordering Bartholomew Kuma to kill the Straw Hat Crew, Vice Admiral Garp tell him this, practically lampshading the trope:
-->"Ah, do not worry yourself, Sengoku! Luffy is not the sort of guy who'd go around boasting about taking out Moria anyway!".
* {{Hunk}}: [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- [[GlassCannon Snake Man]] turns him into a taller and much more muscular version of his normal self.]]
* IconicOutfit:
** The straw hat, in universe, as seen in the "From the decks of the world" cover story and [[spoiler:at the end of the Fish-Man Island arc. The new shipment to the island will include straw hats. Why? Because the kids want to play heroes!]]
** His first outfit, the red sleeveless vest/blue shorts with sandals combo as well as his first Time skip outfit, which replaced the red vest with an open long sleeved one.
* IdenticalGrandson: Garp looked identical to Luffy when he was a kid. [[http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/d/da/Kid_garp.PNG He even had his scar at a young age.]] Even now you can see the resemblance, as Garp looks like a much older and brawnier Luffy and an SBS in Volume 89 presented a few glimpses at what Luffy could look like at age 40 and 60 and he himself ends up the spitting image of his grandfather "in a future where things go well."
* IdiotHero: Luffy is actually quite smart for a Shonen Hero, and not just in combat; he has shown an understanding of basic physics, social skills, survival skills, and politics. For the most part, however, he's childish, naive, and does things that no-one with common sense would do, more often than not causing big troubles.
* IGaveMyWord: His word is the greatest thing he can give. He takes it seriously. How serious? He promises Robin he'd be her friend forever, so when she's taken from him, he goes on a rampage resulting in the complete annihilation of a World Government island, thousands of unconscious mooks, and a staggering threefold (that would be two hundred MILLION) increase in his bounty. Do note that it's when he has given his word ''willingly'' that he will uphold it to the best of his power; when he's forced by circumstances to do it (such as when Hachi and his crew tell him not to hurt any World Noble or when Law tells him to just capture Caesar), he can break his word if he gets too pissed off.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: His reason for trying to hang out with Ace when they were kids, saying it's painful being alone.
* IJustWantToBeFree: Luffy's reason for wanting to become the Pirate King is because he views the Pirate King as 'the one with the most freedom'. This also, apparently, a trait that comes with the Will of D.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Ace's death is this for Luffy, as he fails save him after all the troubles he's gone through and the sacrifices he has made, and Akainu's [[ElementalPunch magma punch]] is [[TakingTheBullet meant for him]] and the reason why he's gotten handed over to the Marines is because Blackbeard was coming for Luffy, but Ace got to him first.
* ImmuneToBullets: They simply bounce off, though in the beginning of the series he claims to still not like getting shot. Ostensibly he gets used to it pretty quickly, considering the sheer number of times (often on purpose and/or easily avoidable) that he gets shot throughout the series.
* ImNotAHeroIm: He invokes this trope with Jimbei. He says he likes heroes, but his idea of a hero is a completely selfless person (in his own words "A hero shares the meat, and I want all the meat"), and prefers being a pirate so he can have more freedom.
* ImposedHandicapTraining: To learn how to use the [[CombatClairvoyance Color of Observation]] under Rayleigh's wing, Luffy avoids attacks while being blindfolded. Later, in Wano Kuni [[spoiler:while imprisoned in Udon, he is forced to wear sea prism cuffs supposed to weaken him just enough so that he can still work but not fight. [[MadeOfIron Luffy being Luffy]], this doesn't stop him from crushing the prison guards, and he states that by fighting with the cuffs on, he'll be even stronger once they're off, therefore it's a prefect chance to train.]]
* ImprobableAge: While this applies to most of the crew, Luffy is special because he quickly becomes a legendary pirate, his bounty quickly increases until, by the events of Marineford, he earns a bounty of 400,000,000 berry. After the TimeSkip, he's considered by the general public one of the frontrunners for becoming Pirate King and captain of one of the strongest crews on the Grand Line; [[spoiler:later, after escaping from an Emperor's territory, he earns a ''1,500,000,000 berry bounty'' and is considered on the same level as an Emperor by the general public (despite the other Emperors disagreeing with his status)]]. All at the age of 19, while only being a pirate for at most three years, two of which were spent training alone. This trait is even more impressive when compared to his brother Ace who, before his death during the Paramount War, had a bounty of 550,000,000 berry and was considered one of the strongest members of an Emperor's crew at only 20 years old. While Ace's accomplishments are impressive in their own right, post-TimeSkip they only serve to enhance the significance of Luffy's, who has accomplished more than Ace ever did while being a year ''younger'' than his older brother was before he died.
* ImprovFu: Luffy lacks a clear main fighting style and uses anything available to him so he can win. This causes his opponents to underestimate him because, more often than not, it looks like he's fooling around rather than fighting seriously.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: No matter what happens, he will be always carefree and smiling non-stop. He never actually intends anything bad either because of his moral values or his naïveté. Even Hancock's beauty has no effect on him.
* IndyPloy: He uses these quite a few times: notably during his fight with Eneru [[hottip: *:make himself not think and fighting purely on instinct, then using his rubber powers to ricochet his attacks off a wall to beat him up to counter his Color of Observation]], during the assault on Enies Lobby [[hottip: *:charge at the island as his abilities allow him to get there first, and beat up as many of the soldiers and agents there as you can until he gets the attention of one of the [=CP9=]. This actually made the plan the others came up with that much smoother, in the long run]], and later against [[spoiler:Doflamingo [[hottip: *:challenge him with Law, and when he doesn't directly fight him, and uses his puppetry powers instead, pretends to lose his cool and go after Law, prompting him to switch places with Doflamingo, giving Luffy a chance to attack Doflamingo head-on]]]].
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Due to his naivete, he has said something offensive or uncomfortable towards ''everyone'' he has met at some point, but the standout example would have to be the Mermaid Princess, Shirahoshi.
* InstantArmor: One of the many people who can do this using Armament Haki, which turns any affected area of the body black and makes it much, much harder. It can also be used offensively (as the harder body makes for a harder hit) and Luffy is particularly skilled at this type of Haki, able to easily break through most of his opponents' defenses with it. [[spoiler:With Gear Fourth, he can use Armament Haki on his body without losing flexibility.]]
* InTheDreamingStageOfGrief: After a rampage trying to shake off flashbacks of [[spoiler:Ace's death]], Luffy finally comes to accept the fact, saying if it were a dream, he would've already woken up.
* IronicHell: Inverted: Luffy ends up going to [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]], whose leader is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock. The natives end up worshipping him as much as they do their leader, and said leader Luffy ends up seeing her ''naked''. ''Twice''. To top it all off, thanks to his kind nature, Hancock ends up ''falling in love with him''. If it had been anyone else in this situation, they'd be praising the gods and living it up. However, not only is Luffy an IdiotHero, he's also a ''ChasteHero'', making all of this an ironic ''heaven''.
* {{Irony}}: After all the times when he refuses to give in until a person he's trying to recruit joins his crew, he finds himself, after refusing multiple times, 5640 followers who become part of his Grand Fleet without his approval.
* IThoughtItWasForbidden: Even though Gear Second reduces his overall lifespan, he tends to use it more and more often, to the point at which he resorts to it for most of his major fights since Enies Lobby. Before the time-skip Gear Second is activated by Luffy using his legs as a pump. After his training, [[spoiler:he might've just grown so strong that he ''can't not use Gear Second when he flexes a muscle''. Thankfully, though, he also only uses it in short bursts]].
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: And also RuleOfFunny and ArtisticLicenceBiology; he ''completely regrows'' his missing tooth in Chapter 858 after drinking some milk because... calcium! It's good for the bones! And teeth!
* JustFriends: Luffy, in his own pure-hearted way, ''does'' love Hancock back; the same way he would love and lay down his life for ''any'' of his precious friends. Hancock, although aware of this, personally wishes it's something more (and still interprets his acts of kindness as reciprocating her feelings).
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* {{Keet}}: He has a [[NiceGuy friendly]], loud and energetic personality, dresses in bright colors and is easily impressed by the world around him. This is the reason why many characters find him annoying or can't take him serious at first.
* {{Kiai}}: At the end of his fight with Rob Lucci, he hits him with a powerful [[RapidFireFisticuffs Jet Gatling]], screaming at every punch.
* KiManipulation: After the two year time-skip, he has completely mastered Haki and can use it to power up his already strong attacks and [[CombatClairvoyance predict enemy attacks]], just like Eneru and his priests. [[spoiler:During his fight with Katakuri, Luffy learns how to foresee some bits of the immediate future.]] When he uses Armament Haki, his body turns [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130523032936/onepiece/images/thumb/b/b8/Busoshoku_Koka.png/210px-Busoshoku_Koka.png dark and shiny]], as if his rubber body has gone through a form of vulcanization. [[spoiler:During the Wano arc, he figures out how to imbue his attacks with Conqueror's Haki, which is thus far the most advanced Haki technique seen in the series, and allows him to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Kaido]].
* KindheartedSimpleton: Luffy is very cheerful and kind to his friends and anyone nice to him, but not book smart. He tends to be spacey and fueled by his emotions. But when it comes to fighting, he is very good at understanding what is needed to win.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** During the Straw Hats' fight with Sentomaru, Admiral Kizaru, and Kuma, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Luffy makes the uncharacteristic call for them to make a tactical retreat.]] Completely and utterly Averted before that incident and afterwards though, despite facing enemy presumed to be undefeatable for him; in fact, since the Timeskip, he refuses to run away from even the most powerful of foes after realizing that he ''has'' to be stronger than them anyway to be the Pirate King.
** He does this while escaping from Impel Down, as he realizes he cannot defeat Magellan. However, this is also because he has not time to lose and has to go and rescue Ace as soon as possible.
** Does again versus [[spoiler:Katakuri]]. When you exhaust literally every option at your disposal and only manage to gain a temporary advantage that you've lost the moment that he regained his bearings, were otherwise getting wrecked, and temporarily lost your Haki as a result of your final attempt to put the hurt on him, running really is your only shot at staying alive.
* KnuckleCracking: He tends to do this frequently, especially before the beginning of a fight.
* LeeroyJenkins: He does this whenever he's ''not'' trapped somewhere and can't fight, but the most notable straight example is at the beginning of the assault on Enies Lobby, where he actually take off full speed into the heart of Enies Lobby during the middle of planning, causing his allies to nearly be wiped out.
** Pulls another massive one during the Wano arc. [[spoiler:When Kaido shows up in his dragon form and destroys Oden Castle]], Luffy rushes away from the rest of the group. [[OnlySaneMan Law]] catches up with him and tells Luffy he needs to calm down and not ruin their plan, and thinks he's gotten through. Then he realizes that Luffy has disappeared again and is now [[spoiler:punching Kaido in the face. Also Deconstructed as Luffy is ''way'' outclassed by Kaido, who takes him down in one blow.]]
** Luffy reconstructs and deconstructs the LeeroyJenkins. In general, his Leeroy antics work because he has allies who are willing to go along with his charge, distract the enemy forces, and tidy up loose ends even if it's [[IndyPloy improvised.]] [[spoiler:When he tries the same on Kaido and none of his allies go along with this, he gets [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped in a single blow.]]]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCW1WxGAfEo Luffy Eyecatcher]].
* LethalChef: ''Don't ever let him near a kitchen''. His attempt at cooking in Chapter 824 results in the stove exploding since he forgets to turn it off. What he cooks is a complete mess of a "curry" made from jam, uncooked rice, fishbones, and God knows what else that brought tears to everyone and that ''not even he can stomach''. And he messes up so often while making it that he blows the entire group's week's worth of food in one go. This incident has the purpose to show how important Sanji is to the crew.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Luffy is immature, dumb and his Devil Fruit power is one of the least threatening on paper (especially when compared to others like the ability to generate fire, turning the entire body into blades or becoming a dinosaur), but that doesn't stop him from gradually becoming stronger and defeating pirates who are feared across the world. WordOfGod says that such an ability was chosen to keep some levity even in the most intense fights. With Gear Fourth Tankman, Luffy becomes a living balloon, due to [[BalloonBelly having eaten a lot of biscuits soldiers]], and can barely move. Cracker calls this form ridiculous [[spoiler:until it deflects his attack and sends him flying to the other end of the island]].
* LightningBruiser: Possibly the fastest and most agile member of his crew, he also has incredible durability and strength. WordOfGod is that only Zoro matches his physical power. With Gear Second, he becomes even faster and with [[spoiler: Gear Fourth, his speed, durability and strength get turned UpToEleven, but only for ten minutes.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** While not spending any of his childhood with his father, he has nonetheless taken after him with his will and dangerous unpredictability, and both are stakes in the World Government's side. Ivankov, a close ally of Dragon, comments that Luffy strongly resembles his father.
** Luffy also takes a few cues from his grandfather, Garp, primarily their narcolepsy and their tendency to say secrets without knowing the consequences of saying them until after it's done.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch:
** Luffy is this to Ace, to the point that he says that he probably wouldn't want to live if it isn't for him and Sabo.
** [[spoiler:He's also this to the aforementioned Sabo, who thanks him for being alive when they finally meet up again, as if Luffy had died, Sabo would've been left alone (like how Luffy thought he was when Ace died)]].
* TheLoad: During combat and amidst crises, he's a stellar asset and an indispensable companion. During the actual traveling parts of the journey, he's terribly unhelpful to the basic upkeep of the voyage and has nearly starved the crew to death by gorging himself on their ship's food supplies. This also happens during the end of the most intense arc, where he exhausts all of his energies in the fight and needs his crewmates to save him.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Luffy is generally ignorant of global affairs, but most of the Straw Hats are young and mostly unfamiliar with the places they visit, which often gets them into trouble. However, this is especially true of Luffy, who's known to jump in headfirst without knowing or caring about the situation. During the TimeSkip, Luffy's training has made him completely unaware of the major events taking place, some of which even involves his allies and his greatest enemies. These include: [[spoiler:the massive bounty increases of his Supernova rivals; his own bounty increase; the vacated Warlord positions being filled, notably by Buggy and Law; his grandfather leaving active duty in the Marines; the duel between Aokiji and Akainu for the Fleet Admiral of the Marines position; the war between the Blackbeard Pirates and the remainder of the Whitebeard Pirates, which leads to Marco's disappearance and Blackbeard's ascension to Emperor status]]. One wonders if Rayleigh has intentionally prevented such news from reaching him (''especially'' the truth about Kuma and his agenda). Even Jimbei remarks on how harsh it was for Rayleigh to not tell Luffy about these things.
* MagicPants: By the time Luffy starts developing abilities that greatly alter the shape of his body mass, it is shown that whatever Luffy is wearing at the time will adjust itself to his new forms despite his Devil Fruit not applying to his clothes as well. The first notorious case is when Luffy uses his Gear Third, with its drawback forcing Luffy down to a recovery mode after continuous use, transforming him into a tiny version of himself. In that little body Luffy's clothes also magically shrink to his new size, and goes right back to normal size when Luffy recovers. In Gear Fourth, Luffy's whole body increases exponentially, here his clothes seem to be put under heavy pressure, but it never rips, expanding well beyond their ripping point.
* MagneticHero: In every arc, due to his nice nature and personality, he manages to make many allies and friends. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the Dressrosa Arc. Luffy tries his MagneticHero tendencies on the apparently reformed Bellamy, but for the first time... he fails. Bellamy refuses to turn on Doflamingo at this point since he's got nothing else to believe in, and not only does Luffy take some hard hits for his troubles, but wasting his time fighting Bellamy allows Doflamingo to gravely injure Law. However, this is reconstructed at the end of the arc, where many of Corrida Coliseum warriors and their crews, ask to sail under Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirate flag, and becomes his Grand Fleet. Even the aforementioned Bellamy, who still refuses to be Luffy's subordinate, parts on good terms with him and requests a piece of Luffy's Vivre Card just in case. This trait is lampshaded by Mihawk after noticing all the allies that helps him during the Paramount War:
-> "''It's not some kind of special power, but he has the ability to make allies of everyone he meets. And that is the most fearsome power on these high seas!''"
* ManChild: Downplayed. Luffy is not a grown up adult, but his enthusiastic and curious personality is more fitting to a prepubescent child than a boy in his late teens. His particular brand of UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} also serves to hammer this home; he's arguably even ''less'' interested in sex and gender roles then you'd expect even a typical nine-year-old to be.
* ManOfKryptonite: Luffy is this to Eneru, the main antagonist of the Skypiea Arc, and a Logia user with electricity powers who claims to be an actual god. His Devil Fruit is so powerful that anyone considers him invincible, but Luffy's rubber-like body is capable of negating Eneru's [[ShockAndAwe Rumble-Rumble Fruit]] powers completely, resulting in Eneru being [[BreakTheHaughty shocked beyond belief]]. [[spoiler:This also renders him immune to Big Mom's attacks through Zeus.]]
* MeaningfulName: With a name such as "Luffy", he's certainly a born ruffian. And of course, his simplistic, hyperactive, and fun loving nature brings to mind certain species of Monkey.
* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:His second [[NextTierPowerUp Gear Fourth]] form the "Tank Man" is this, as it sacrifices the Boundman form's mobility for even more power and defense. He first gorges himself with food and then inflates his belly (and muscles) to ''massive'' proportions and is able to use its elasticity to harmlessly absorb Charlotte Cracker's sword along with his whole body and shoot him out at high speeds.]]
* MissingMom: His mother is completely unaccounted for. Famously, the subject came up in an SBS, where Oda teased that we've seen her, but he won't say who it is.
* MoralityPet: To Hancock. Until he meets her, Hancock's surrogate mother Nyon is worried that she has become as cold as she appears, but fortunately, Luffy's interactions with her proves that this isn't the case, and brings up Hancock's better qualities.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: The "climax" of the Post War Arc is Luffy going through a terrible HeroicBSoD, nearly giving up his dream for the first time, and dealing with Ace's death. Jimbei helps him by pointing out he still has his crew and that Ace would want Luffy to fulfill his goal of being King of the Pirates for his sake.
* MultiformBalance:
** Normal Luffy is a JackOfAllStats (still a LightningBruiser compared to most people, as he is quite fast, strong and has high endurance).
** Gear Second turns him more into a FragileSpeedster. He's faster and hits harder, but his endurance stays the same.
** Gear Third makes him a MightyGlacier. The offensive and defensive power of the inflated body parts goes through the roof, but Luffy's speed takes a sharp drop.
** [[spoiler: Gear Fourth -- Bounce Man combines the strengths of Gear Second and Gear Third which turns him into a LightningBruiser of the highest degree. He can use this form only for a short time though, and it takes a massive toll on his body in the process]].
** [[spoiler: Gear Fourth -- Tankman transforms Luffy into an even bigger MightyGlacier. It allows him to NoSell attacks that could hurt Bounce Man and he can counter with enough force to send the attacker flying to the other side of an island. But he seems practically immobile in this form. The version we see is the "Stuffed Version" after eating countless cracker soldiers, so the normal version may be different]].
** [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- Snakeman makes him a FragileSpeedster whose lightning-fast, ricocheting fists get even ''faster'' and practically home in on his target. While very hard to predict and counter, even for someone with incredible Observation Haki, the form leaves Luffy wide open for direct attacks, and he lacks the defense of his other Gear Fourth forms. However, it should be noted unlike Tankman, this is only in comparison to the other two Gear Fourth forms, he's still a LightningBruiser compared to his normal form.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Luffy has a lean and defined physique but also built like a twig, yet, he easily overpowers with raw strength opponents much larger and more muscular than him. This is justified because muscle mass is developed due to tears in the muscle fibers that occur when exercising and Luffy’s muscles can’t tear, therefore, since Luffy became a rubber man before Garp began training him, he developed a huge strength without any evident muscle. However, in Wano’s second act, during his time imprisoned in Udon, Luffy realizes he can make greater strides in getting stronger by training under the constraints of seastone, which renders him an non-rubberized with them on, thus allowing his body to develop in training as normal. By the end, his upper body is broadened, with his chest, trapezius and arms all gaining considerable bulk compared to before.
* MyFavoriteShirt: His NiceHat serves as a NumberOneDime for him, and gets easily angered when someone breaks it, since it's a gift from Shanks.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to rescue his brother Ace from the Marines during the Paramount War motivates him to become stronger for the next two years.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: The D in his name, shared with his father and grandfather, is part of the Will of D, a mysterious legacy that somehow connects them all to the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Very early in the series Luffy's prized straw hat gets pierced by Buggy mid-battle, the scene serves as a mean to show how furious Luffy can be when someone he doesn't like touches, and in this case damages, his beloved hat; after the battle is done Nami fixes Luffy's hat and that's that. However, as the series goes in, many battles with Luffy going through severe beatdowns while being thrown around all over the battlefield, many times falling on his back, with the straw hat resting on it to boot, yet the hat no longer has gotten a single scratch on it. All of this happens while Luffy’s clothes ''do'' receive some minor damage from time to time, yet the straw hat stays strong.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Discussed by Kaido during the Onigashima War. After [[spoiler:handily defeating Luffy again despite his new power-up and throwing him off of Onigashima, Kaido immediately regrets not [[DecapitationPresentation decapitating him and announcing his victory]], because he knows that if the Straw Hats and their allies aren't ''absolutely sure'' that Luffy's dead, they'll never stop believing that he can win]].
* NeverGetsFat: Luffy eats comical quantities of food, especially when a feast is involved, but remains always slim. Whenever he gets fat, he always gets back to skinny in no time, like after the fight against Cracker, during which he has eaten enough food to become a gigantic, obese boy, Nami sees Luffy quickly going back to his normal build. Partially justified since he's a RubberMan.
* NextTierPowerUp: Luffy's fighting skills continue to evolve as the series progresses and he learns new creative ways to use the Gum-Gum Fruit:
** In the Enies Lobby arc, he reveals two new fighting techniques called Gears, with Gear Second making him a FragileSpeedster by pumping his blood at a much faster rate and Gear Third which consists of him pumping air in his bones, inflating any body part for a stronger, but slower, attack.
** During the TimeSkip, he learns to utilize the three forms of [[KiManipulation Haki]], especially Emperor's Haki.
** [[spoiler:While fighting Donquixote Doflamingo, he unveils Gear '''''Fourth''''' which is essentially a SuperMode that makes him a LightningBruiser. As the other two forms of Gear Fourth are revealed, it's revealed they're essentially upgraded versions of his Gear Second and Gear Third ''combined'']].
** In preparation for for his rematch with Kaido, [[spoiler: Luffy learns advanced Armament Haki from OldMaster Hyogoro which allows him to emit Haki to strike at a distance and penetrate Kaido's thick skin.]]
** During the match with Kaido, [[spoiler: Luffy learns to imbue his strikes with ''Supreme King'' Haki which put Luffy in the same league as Kaido, Whitebeard and Roger.]]
* NiceGuy: He's usually friendly, cheerful, and amiable and will do anything for his friends, and it's for this reason that, despite his impressive strength, he doesn't have the higher bounty among the Supernovas at Sabaody. Just don't touch [[TrueCompanions any of his friends]], [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his meat]], or [[NiceHat his straw hat]]. He's so nice that when getting betrayed by [[EnemyMine former enemies he formed a temporary alliance with]] he was happy that they were safe.
* NiceHat: It's even on his Jolly Roger! ItWasAGift from Shanks who used to have the hat. [[spoiler:And one flashback shows that it seems to be the same hat Gold Roger himself wore when he started his journey.]]
* TheNicknamer: Luffy has a habit of giving child-like nicknames to those he meets on his journey, and he tends to call them this way even when they say they don't like it.
* NighInvulnerable: His latest SuperMode, [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]], jacks up his LightningBruiser to the extreme, but most notably his durability.
* NoBadassToHisValet: The world sees Luffy as a dangerous pirate with a massive amount of potential and as one of the frontrunners to become Pirate King. His crew also sees him as that, but they also see him as their idiot captain who wouldn't last five minutes in the Grand Line, let alone the New World, without them, not just because he lacks any ability besides fighting, but due to his recklessness and outright stupidity. Rarely does Luffy ever act like he's the captain of the crew with all the abuse he suffers at their hands -- unless when the situation is really dire. However, when he makes a decision, as stupid and dangerous it can be, his crewmates follow it.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Luffy would rather give up being a pirate than have the identity or location of One Piece handed to him because there is no adventure in that. This is why he prevents Silvers Rayleigh from telling them where the One Piece is and scolds Usopp for having asked about the treasure. In the non-canon movie ''Stampede'', the treasure in the end is [[spoiler:an eternal pose that can lead the crew straight to Laugh Tale and the One Piece. Still embracing this trope, Luffy destroys the pose, similar to how Gol. D Roger threw it into the sea in the past when he learned it was created against his wishes.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He begins his then [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything "pirate"]] career by beating up ''four'' officially wanted pirates, (Alvida, Buggy the Clown, Don Krieg, and Arlong) dangerous by the standards of East Blue, and rather than giving him thanks (and the posted reward) for doing so, the Marines go and slap a 30 million berry bounty on him, and continue to antagonize him at every opportunity, raising his bounty if he so much as complains, let alone defends himself, up to and including threatening members of his crew, and framing him for attempted murder. [[ThisMeansWar He completely loses all patience on the last two.]] Ironically, the World Government and Marines think ''he'' is unforgivable despite owing him several favours.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** He's usually subjected to these during the first match against the current ArcVillain, but after he learns his enemies' strengths and weaknesses, he manages to win in subsequent rounds.
** After two years of training, he's been handing them out with impunity to the first enemies he faces in the new world, beating the crap out of Hody Jones with only one major wound (and Jones only manages to land it because Luffy is underwater, has his movements restrained by a ''bubble'', and is trying to prevent a falling mastodontic arc from destroying Fish-Man Island). Caesar Clown similarly gets his ass kicked without even managing to land a ''single'' hit on Luffy, although not after knocking Luffy out the first time they clash.
** With the reveal of [[spoiler:Gear Fourth,]] he delivers one of these to ''[[spoiler:Doflamingo]]'', who can barely defend himself.
* NonchalantDodge:
** Right after coming back from two years of training, just to show how fast he has become, he dodges a ''lightspeed beam'' by simply twisting his head.
** During a sumo match with Urashima, the latter tries to hit Luffy with multiple sumo techniques, but Luffy dodges every single one of them without putting forth any effort.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: In the East Blue, which is considered the weakest among the four seas, Luffy finds little troubles fighting the enemies and gets the highest bounty of East Blue in short time. Once he enters Paradise, the first half of the Grand Line, Luffy faces enemies able to push him to his limits. Come the Marineford Saga though, Luffy gets a taste of New World-level threats and it becomes clear that he's nowhere near as strong as he thinks he is. Cue a mental breakdown, recovery, and two years of training in an effort to catch up to the ''real'' big fishes.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Though to a lesser extent than Zoro, Luffy often suffers what should be fatal injuries and yet lives through them with sheer determination. The most infamous and impressive example would probably be when he's impaled clear through his torso by Crocodile's giant hook hand; a bit of time to rest later and he's ready to fight him again.
* NoSell: Being made of rubber, blunt force attacks generally bounce off of him harmlessly and either have to be imbued with Busoshoku Haki (which bypasses Devil Fruit powers) or just ''ridiculously'' powerful to hurt him (as demonstrated by Rob Lucci). He is also completely immune to electric attacks, no matter how many millions of volts it is or even if it's infused by Haki. And due to his ChasteHero status, he is immune to Boa Hancock's Love-Love Fruit. After his fight with Magellan, he's also become immune to some, but not all, poisons. [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- Bound Man allows him to NoSell Haki-imbued blunt attacks because he combines his normal body's elasticity and the Armament Haki, and Gear Fourth -- Tankman allows him to NoSell attacks that could overpower even Bound Man's defense]].
* NoSenseOfDirection: Not as terrible as Zoro's, but it's still really bad and he gets lost more often than not. For example, his idea of going south is to go in the direction that's warmest.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Due to his naive and cheerful personality, Luffy's is fond of hugging and being close to anyone he considers "friend", without worrying about the latter's reaction. Like when he gives a genuine and loving hug of friendship and gratitude to Hancock, too bad he does not realize that it means a ''lot'' more to the poor woman.
* NoShirtLongJacket: In his post-TimeSkip appearance, Luffy replaces his vest with an open-button jacket which leaves the X-shaped scar on his chest visible.
* NotAfraidToDie: Luffy has no fear of death at all. This is a trait shared by every D. carrier shown thus far (save for Marshall D. Teach aka Blackbeard). Smoker, who witnessed Gol D. Roger's execution, after seeing how close Luffy is to meeting his own end on the same scaffold before his miraculous survival, make his utmost priority to capture Luffy.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Luffy cannot die from a fall, no matter how high he drops from. Justified since he's made of rubber, and no blunt-attack, unless it's ''really'' strong, can hurt him.
* NoTrueScotsman: A pirate variant. He has a brief argument with Nami regarding this trope when discussing Kuro, whom he considers unworthy to be a pirate.
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Possibly, if the AlternateCharacterInterpretation above is the truth. When serious, he shows no signs of his usual daffiness.
* ObliviousToLove: He has ''no'' idea how Hancock feels about him. Subverted after the time-skip, during he learns how she feels and assumes that when Hancock says she has a request, that it's a proposal and he preemptively declines it. To him she is a precious friend he would gladly die for, but JustFriends all the same.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He's 17/19, but because of how adorably goofy and youthful he looks and acts most of the time, you'd be forgiven for believing he's younger than that. He looks even younger as the series goes on thanks to ArtShift.
* OneManArmy: When Robin is being held in a government facility he charged head on into it, well ahead of his crew. The enemies numbered in the ''thousands''. Luffy cuts through them in ''mere minutes''. This is turned UpToEleven after becoming even stronger during the timeskip, as he knocks out '''fifty-thousand''' Fishmen with his Emperor's Haki alone!
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The number of people who call him Luffy is comparatively low to the number of people who call him "Straw Hat", those who knows him only by fame or are his opponents, will likely refer to him with the latter.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Not so much kill, but it's pretty obvious there are opponents that only Luffy has the power to defeat. Eneru is a [[ShockAndAwe notable example]]. His crew members even point out that Luffy seems to have a knack for singling out the single most dangerous opponent in a group that the rest would have no chance against.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Luffy is loud and proud and gives nary a damn if you tell him to clam up. For this exact reason, if he is ''ever'' deathly quiet for ''any'' reason, it's a sign that a fine line has been crossed and ''you want to be '''anywhere''' other than '''there'''.''
** As mentioned under CharacterTics, Luffy usually smiles after defeating an opponent. But, after winning against his battle with Usopp, Luffy just has a look of sadness on his face...right before crying.
** When the crew is confronted by Garp after the events of Water 7, Luffy showed fear and warned the crew to NOT underestimate him, which they immediately took seriously.
** When his entire crew is fighting against [[WakeUpCallBoss Kizaru]], he orders to retreat. For an IdiotHero who has always fought against the enemy, no matter how bad the odds were, this is pretty significant.
** Two of Luffy's main characteristics are his confidence and love of his trademark hat. So, in the aftermath of Ace's death, the former takes a ''huge'' plummet and the he doesn't even take notice that the latter is missing.
** In Chapter 844, [[spoiler:after Luffy's fight with Sanji, Luffy tells his cook that he won't eat a single piece of food that isn't made by Sanji. That's right. ''[[BigEater Luffy]]'' is going on a hunger strike]].
* OutsideContextProblem:
** At the beginning of his pirate career in East Blue, he's an out-context foe for both pirates and the Marines. Devil Fruits in the Blues are so rare that they are often believed to be mere myth and those who do have powers are seen as demons and monsters. So when Luffy, a rubber man, come along able to deflect bullets and absorb blunt blows without taking any damage, most of his early enemies don't know what to do except for Buggy and Arlong, both who have sailed the Grand Line where Devil Fruit users are more common. Buggy also has the extra benefit of being a Devil Fruit user himself.
** Luffy does it again during his battle against Eneru. Before Eneru meets Luffy, he believes himself to be completely unbeatable and most of his fights end in a curb stomp in his favour. That is because Eneru has the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which turns him into living lightning. The Fruit is so powerful that it is classified as unbeatable. However, since Luffy is a rubber man, he is completely immune to lightning. Even better, rubber doesn't even exist on Skypiea, so Luffy is also an out-of-context material, too. Eneru literally has no clue that a foe like Luffy could exist and the face he makes when he realizes that Luffy isn't affected by his powers is priceless.
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* PapaWolf: He loves his crew so much he views them as family. Try to hurt a member of his [[TrueCompanions crew]] -- or for that matter, one of your own subordinates -- and you are in for a complete beatdown.
* PaperThinDisguise: As "Lucy", which is really just him with an old-man beard and shades. Later, he takes off the shades for a gladiator helmet. [[spoiler:However, this works in his favor as it's more than enough to fool Doflamingo and Diamante when he switches out for Sabo to take his place]].
* ParentalAbandonment: While not an integral part of his character, his father willingly left him to go help the rest of the world, his mother hasn't even been mentioned, and his Grandpa made no attempt to at least have him raised near him. Luckily, though, his foster mother and brothers made up for this void, and the only time he ever showed sadness over being lonely was in childhood before meeting Ace.
* PersonalityPowers: Oda commented in an SBS that he gives his hero RubberMan powers to reflect his fun, carefree and out-there personality, as well as to make a contrast to the more "serious" shonen heroes.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Even before he discovers Haki or his Gear abilities, Luffy deals some pretty amazing feats of damage. And it goes on from there as he gets stronger and stronger. With two uses of Gear Third, he destroys the ''top half of the Tower of Justice'' (the first has made the Tower shake a little... and that is just by knocking a massive steel door down). After two years of training, he becomes strong enough to destroy the massive ship ''Noah'' by using a Haki-strengthened Gear Third gatling, the only reasons he doesn't completely destroy it is because the Sea Kings stop ''Noah'' from colliding with Fish-Man Island before he could finish the job. And finally we have [[spoiler:his new form, Gear Fourth, which can split an '''entire city''' into two slabs and forced them upwards into the air with a single strong attack. It'd be damn hard to argue it now]].
* PintsizedPowerhouse: While he's not overly short by RealLife standards, he tends to be rather puny in comparison to most of his opponents. He's 5'8", while his opponents range from above 6' to being freaking giants of 15' and more! Regardless, the large size disparity seems to make no difference for him; he's able to smack around a Pacifista (Cyborgs who are all about 22'6" feet tall) just as easily as he can smack around somebody like, say, Captain Kuro (an average sized human being). During the tournament at Dressrosa, he completely knocks an actual giant (which is about 70 feet tall) unconscious with a ''single punch''.
* PipePain: When he was a child, he would use a metal pipe to fight since he wasn't very skilled with his powers at the time.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Luffy's not interested in the typical "pillaging and plundering" pirate activities, but rather became a pirate for the sake of adventure. He fights with other pirates and the Marines freely, but leaves civilians alone. Also, though he doesn't have any explicitly stated moral codes, he does lean towards only recruiting crew members who share his ideals on what it means to be a pirate. Though he does cause lots of property damage, doesn't care about the laws and he's not opposed to stealing available loot if an opportunity arises. Then there is that prison break...
* PlotArmor: Many times, he manages to survive and achieve things when the odds are completely against him. Lampshaded by Basil Hawkins when tries several times to calculate a scenario which Luffy can't possibly survive, but Luffy always has at least a slim chance. This is justified by having the Will of D., which means he's destined to change the world.
* PocketProtector: In the ''Adventure of Nebulandia'', Foxy gives him a pin shaped like his (Foxy's) own head, and Luffy puts it on his hat; so naturally, it ends up catching a bullet for him later. The bullet in question appears to be a more modern, cone shaped round that may have been capable of penetrating him; so, as the BigBad of the special Lampshaded, Luffy really does have the Devil's luck.
* PowerIncontinence: Before the TimeSkip, Luffy has no control over his Supreme King's Haki. It would just flare up at random moments whenever he lost his temper, knocking out friend and foe alike. During the Paramount War, he accidentally uses it to save Ace, knocking out the guards along with hundreds of pirates and marines on the battlefield. This backfires on him, as while the sheer strength of the blast convinces Whitebeard to back Luffy's charge, it also makes Luffy a priority target to the Marines, equal to if not ''above'' Ace. Naturally, part of his training during the TimeSkip is learning to control it and use it intentionally.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: [[spoiler:Snake Man, the third Gear Fourth form Luffy introduces]], visibly make his hair longer than usual, making him look wilder and more aggressive.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: At least half of everything Luffy has ever done in the series is driven out of the intense love he has for his crew and/or his friends. While undoubtedly selfish, there isn't anything in the world Luffy wouldn't do for their sake. He always believes in his crew, even when they appear to betray or murder one of their own, and when his friends are in danger, '''nothing''' will stop him. This is more evident during his confrontation with Lucci: after a long and exhausting fight, what gives Luffy the necessary strength to stand and defeat Lucci, is Usopp telling him not to give up.
* PowerOfTrust: While Luffy isn't an ''excellent'' judge of character, his blind trust to nearly everyone he meets helps him most of the time, as his charisma and personality [[MagneticHero allows him to make himself many allies, even with former enemies]], either as permanent crewmates (like Nico Robin and Franky) or as temporary allies (like Buggy and Mr 3). This is put to the ultimate test with his alliance with rival Supernova captain-turned-Warlord Trafalgar Law, which proves to be vital in the defeat of Doflamingo and upcoming war with juggernauts like [[spoiler: Big Mom and Kaido]].
* PowerPerversionPotential: Yes, every part of his body can stretch, including his penis, as the inhabitants of [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]] have discovered. Of course, being [[ChasteHero Luffy]] (and this series a Shonen), he never makes any use of this.
* PrimaryColorChampion: He's the hero of the setting and this is his main color scheme.
** Prior to the TimeSkip, his standard outfit is a red waist coat with blue trousers and a yellowish hat.
** After the TimeSkip, he keeps the same hat and trousers, but now wears an open, long-sleeved red cardigan with four yellow buttons and a yellow sash tied around his waist.
** During the Wano arc, he wears a red kimono with blue patterns and a yellow sash.
** However, in nearly every arc, he changes his vest with another one of different color.
* ThePromise:
** At the beginning of the series, he makes one with Shanks, that he'd return his Straw Hat to him one day after he has become a great pirate, and is what motivates him to start his journey. It is for this promise Shanks refuses to see the injured Luffy at Marineford, as Luffy hadn't reached that level yet.
** He made another one with Ace and Sabo when they were children to go out to sea and live their lives free of regrets. After Sabo's [[spoiler:supposed]] death, Ace promised him that he would never die and leave Luffy alone. [[spoiler:He's only able to keep the former, and he admits there's one regret that he did have: he wouldn't able to see Luffy accomplish his dream. However, unbeknown to both of them at the time, Ace hasn't left Luffy alone in this world -- Sabo still lives, and has made a promise to himself to inherit Ace's will and protect Luffy at any cost]].
* TheProtagonist: He's the central or focal character in ''One Piece''.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Given the strengths of his attacks, this happen quite often to his enemies, especially when he uses the ''Gum Gum Bazooka'' and its variations.
** Buggy and Wapol got punched across different timelines.
** A notable example is Caesar Clown who, after getting hit by the ''Grizzly Magnum'', he's sent flying through different rooms reaching the end of his vast laboratory.
** And a particularly effective one against Doflamingo, where he sends the Warlord to the other side of Dressrosa after showing off his [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] for the first time.
*** Almost every attack with [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] has this effect if Luffy manages to hit his target. Even [[spoiler:[[TheAce Charlotte Katakuri]]]] is not safe. [[spoiler:Only Big Mom and Kaido laugh it off.]]
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: [[spoiler:This is how his fight with Kaido goes. Luffy gives him his absolute best, giving him multiple gatling attacks. Kaido comes out almost completely unharmed and responds by knocking Luffy right out in one hit while he's in Gear Fourth.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: He was looked after by his grandfather during his youth, although, since Garp is often busy with his job as a Marine, he spent more time with his foster mother Dadan.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: His ''Gum Gum/ Gomu Gomu no Gatling'' technique and its variations consist in a series of punches to his enemies. They're often used to finish his main opponent once and for all or to get rid of hordes of weak enemies.
* RealMenEatMeat: Meat is his [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favourite food]], to the point he's often seen eating a large chunk of meat, and he's a strong and tough pirate.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted. During the Enies Lobby Arc, when he and the other Straw Hats go to rescue Robin, Luffy changes his outfit -- he stills keeps his red vest but switches to black shorts. He's still the same lovable, IdiotHero.
* RedBaron: He's known as "Straw Hat" (or "Mugiwara") from his IconicItem. After the events of Whole Cake Island, he's also known as [[spoiler:'''''"The Fifth Emperor"'''''. Luffy's new title of the "Fifth Emperor" would be "Gokō" or "Gokou" if written in the same manner as "Yonkō"(四皇), remarkably similar to the Shonen Jump protagonist of Dragonball that served as the inspiration for Monkey D. Luffy, Goku. (the actual Japanese phrasing is "Gobanme no Kōtei", which implies that Luffy is a "fifth emperor" alongside the Yonko, but not counted among their number). ]]
* RedIsHeroic: Luffy's [[ColorMotifs main color scheme]] is red and he's, for the most part, an heroic person willing to do anything for his friend.
* RedOniBlueOni: Since he's a hyperactive {{keet}} always ready to have an adventure, he's generally the Red Oni to any other, like his crewmates or his allies (like Law), who are more often than not calm and clever compared to him.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Luffy's [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower inhuman strength]] compliments his Devil Fruit powers. The interesting thing though is Luffy gained this independently of the Gum-Gum Fruit, which simply turned his body into rubber. This element is Discussed during his fight with Rob Lucci, who notes that Gear Second is a technique made by and only for a RubberMan like him, as normal human body couldn't withstand the increased metabolism, blood flow and strain.
* RightMakesMight: If one has a strong ambition, one will always prevail in the end.
* RousingSpeech: Gives one to the prisoners of Udon Prison, telling them he intends to defeat Kaido and make sure Wano will never go hungry again. This, followed by him defeating the warden, convinces the prisoners to rebel and conquer Udon.
* RubberHoseLimbs: Since he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, his limbs were transformed into rubber, so they can stretch and inflate any way he likes.
* RubberMan: Thanks to consuming the Gum-Gum Fruit, and he refers to himself as this in exact words. He's more literally rubber than most examples, too. He can't stretch himself without momentum, and when he does, he snaps back into place like real rubber. His powers come with certain bonuses; his clothes automatically stretch with him, it takes incredible force to hurt him with blunt attacks without [[KiManipulation Haki]], bullets and cannon balls bounce off of him, he's immune to electricity (even if its infused with Haki), his rubber bones can't be broken or cracked, and he rarely gets winded because his rubber heart and lungs pump more efficiently. Other characters comment that his power is "weird" even by Devil Fruit standards.
* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:Curiously, Gear Fourth: Boundman. In that form, Luffy just happens to resemble a rubber version of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio Kongorikishi]], a wrathful, protector guardian deity in Japanese Buddhism]]. WordOfGod is that the form actually ''is'' inspired by that deity.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: '''So much'''. He's tough as hell, but he has absolutely ''none'' of the most basic pirating skills. Lampshaded as part of a BadassBoast when he fought Arlong, saying that he can't use swords, navigate, cook [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or lie]].
* SecretLegacy: The mysterious "Will of D." that several characters have mentioned. Goes a bit further when [[spoiler:he's revealed to have Roger's hat and can hear the voices of Sea Kings like the man himself could.]]
* SecretKeeper: He accidentally discovers Boa Hancock's "Hoof of the Rising Dragon" tattoo on her back and later learns of the Gorgon Sisters' secret past as slaves, but doesn't reveal it to anyone and prevents the Kuja from seeing it in one occasion.
* SelfHarm: In his debut appearance, Luffy, still a child, stabs himself under his left eye [[IdiotHero to show off to the Red Hair Pirates that he's tough]], obtaining his characteristic scar under his eye.
* SeriesMascot: Luffy along with Goku from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' are the mascots for ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', both being the protagonists of the most sold and arguably the most popular manga series.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Even before Garp is revealed as Luffy's grandfather, they both show a BunnyEarsLawyer mentality, being more concerned with eating most of the time, often being absent-minded, and having a tendency to randomly fall asleep.
* ShootingSuperman:
** Marines seem to ''love'' firing their guns and cannons at him despite the fact that they ''bounce right off and back at them'' every time. Especially jarring since you'd think that by now it'd be common knowledge that Luffy -- a world famous pirate and most definitely one of the government's number one targets -- is immune to normal firearms.
** However, before he learns Haki, Luffy himself is guilty of this a few times. He has the tendency to charge headfirst into fights with [[{{Intangibility}} Logia users]] even after it's clear he cannot touch them. His very first fight against Crocodile comes to mind, where he spends five minutes punching him to no avail only to get impaled on a hook for his troubles.
* ShowyInvincibleHero:
** Luffy earns the record-breaking bounty of 30 million berries for a rookie in East Blue where he win all his fights. Smoker being an exception to the rule. And the East Blue Saga covers a hundred manga chapters! Even in the early parts of his adventure in the Grand Line, Luffy’s win record continues and it seems like [[{{Determinator}} nothing can stop him until he reaches his goal]]. But then, from the Sabaody arc to the Paramount War, it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Repeatedly]]. [[BreakTheCutie And hard]].
** A more downplayed version appears post-TimeSkip. Every fight Luffy has for the first three arcs are complete [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp battles]] with him on the giving end, and he ''literally'' does not have a serious fight until the Dressrosa arc, [[spoiler:and it's against an old, legendary pirate who used to fight with ''Garp'' back in the day, quickly followed by Donquixote Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea]]. It's downplayed because in spite of this, both the audience and Luffy himself are well aware that he's still got a long way to go before he reaches his dream, and that it only gets harder from here on out. It's worth noting that said pirate, while incredibly strong, is long past his prime as he later admits, and that Luffy takes on Doflamingo with the help of Trafalgar Law, and it's still his toughest fight to the moment until he [[spoiler:engages Gear Fourth]]. After that he has to start taking on [[spoiler:Emperor subordinates]] to risk having his ass kicked again. [[spoiler:Then he barely survives a confrontation with Big Mom and is later pulverized by Kaido, demonstrating that, for all of his gains, he still has an extremely long way to go.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: He has done this numerous times against the [[BigBad Big Bads of the current arc]]. Prominent examples include against Arlong, Crocodile, Bellamy, Spandam, Caesar Clown, and [[spoiler:Doflamingo]].
* SignatureLaugh: ''"Shishishi!"''
* SignatureMove: The Gum-Gum Pistol, Bazooka, Gatling, and Balloon are his four most iconic moves, although he typically uses their different Gears versions now since he's facing stronger enemies.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Luffy's first and greatest crime was being born into the world, for his father is the world-renowned criminal "The Revolutionary" Monkey D. Dragon; a predicament similar to that of his adopted brother Ace, their existences ''alone'' being sins in the eyes of the world. Unlike Ace, however, his parentage doesn't really bother him all that much -- partially because stuff like that never mattered to Luffy, and partially because Luffy doesn't know he even ''has'' a father until Garp, his grandfather, tells him at the age of seventeen. He also suffers this under the fact that his grandfather is Garp, and at least one pirate, Don Chinjao, has a vendetta against the old guy and considers having it at Luffy is enough for revenge.
* SleepModeSize: After using Gear Third, Luffy reverts to a form where he is incapable of using his Devil Fruit ability for an amount of time roughly equal to Gear Third time. This form, of course, is about two feet tall, and somehow, [[MagicPants his clothes and hat shrink with him]].
* SlidingScaleOfLeadershipResponsibility: Depending on the situation, Luffy will go up and down the scale as needed. Most of the time he's the Hammond, simply because due to his CripplingOverspecialization, he knows that it's just better to let Nami or Robin take the reins, (though he will insist on making the final decision himself on where to go, he leaves it to Nami on ''how'' to get there). But when the fighting starts he's standing right in the middle of the Theoden and the Superman, joining his crew in the fighting but also going after the biggest threats.
* SmartBall: While some of the times he's right are the result of his [[CloudCuckoolander bizarre]] or [[DumbassHasAPoint poorly thought out]] guesses being correct, there are times when he's more reasonable than usual, such as when he tells Vivi that people will die no matter what she does, and defeating Crocodile, rather than intercepting the rebels, is the surest way to stop the rebellion.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Whenever Luffy visits a new island, he always happens to stumble across the current ArcVillain's plan, usually just in time to ruin it before it's completed. It should be noted that, more often than not, he never even goes in intending to stop the villain or knowing the villain even has an evil plan. He is literally just an unexpected variable that happened to mess up the scheme because the villain does just ONE thing wrong. That thing is usually trying to preemptively eliminate him. Doflamingo attempts to take advantage of these tendencies in order to screw up Law's plan: he correctly deduces that [[spoiler:Luffy would immediately be sidetracked by a tournament to win the Flame-Flame Fruit, most likely to ensure that his brother's power does not end up in the wrong hands]]. It would've worked, but it backfires magnificently when it creates another Spanner to screw up his plans: [[spoiler:Sabo, who takes Luffy's place in the colosseum in order to the win the Flame-Flame Fruit, being perhaps the ''only'' person outside of his own crew that Luffy would allow to take its power]]. This can be largely blamed on Doflamingo, as the tournament is most likely the main reason [[spoiler:Sabo is in Dressrosa in the first place]]. It's at this point you can honestly say that anything even ''remotely'' related to Luffy has the potential to be this for ''any'' villain.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's known as Rufy in some foreign editions, most notably the German translation.
* SpiderSense: He's one of the many people with Observation Haki, an innate power that allows him to sense imminent danger, see people's "auras" (outline) through walls, and hear the voices of any living creatures around him for at least several miles. [[spoiler:After his fight with Katakuri, he masters it to the point of foreseeing small glimpses of the future.]]
* StockShonenHero: He is the TropeCodifier of the "new generation" of Shonen heroes of this type alongside Manga/{{Naruto}}. Luffy is ''the'' IdiotHero and a LeeroyJenkins of a caliber so major that the rest of the cast tolerate him only because he is very good at fighting and TheHeart of the crew. Still, the only time so far that his incredible drive to keep on fighting and his on-the-spot inventiveness fails him is during the Marineford arc, which is a massive WhamEpisode.
* StraightForTheCommander: While the other Straw Hats fight the subordinates, Luffy usually takes on the BigBad (or strongest opponent) of each arc. The other Straw Hats usually let him do this because they know he's, more often than not, the only one who has a chance against said opponent.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: He's the wise guy for ''everyone else's straight man'', due to his impulsive and naive personality. More commonly, he's the wise guy for ''the entire crew's'' straight man (especially Nami or Usopp). In his recent alliance with the Heart Pirates, he's the Wise Guy to Law's Straight Man: They go on a great tear in 748, with Cavendish and Zoro in the middle of it all.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He and Zoro, despite having very different personalities, are both really quirky and share similar thoughts. For example:
** An anime-only example: Luffy and Zoro both meet Gaimon, a small man whose body is stuck in a box. The first question both of them have upon learning this is "Are you a boxed son?". This is a pun on the Japanese concept of "boxed daughters", referring to the practice of girls with a sheltered upbringing, but since it certainly doesn't refer to a literal box, it's a pretty dumb pun. Luffy and Zoro were both being serious and not trying to make a joke with it.
** In Skypeia, Zoro, while currently in a group with Nami and Robin, gives a Tarzan yell while swinging on a vine, stating that that's just "the right way to swing on a vine". Not long after this, Luffy, who is currently with Usopp and Sanji, also swings on a vine and gives a Tarzan yell.
** After Luffy's explanation on the difference between pirates and heroes -- heroes share meat with others, pirates keep it all for themselves (which Zoro is not present for and doesn't hear) -- Zoro later gives an incredibly similar analogy, except he substitutes booze for meat.
** When Luffy and Nami [[spoiler:are captured, imprisoned, and restrained by Big Mom's crew; Luffy intends to get out by tearing off his arms, which is very similar to something Zoro once did in Little Garden, where he intended to cut off his legs to escape Mr. 3's Giant Candle Service Set.]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: The most common victim of the Devil Fruit users in his crew for [[IdiotHero reasons you can easily guess]]. Of course, he couldn't swim even before getting his Devil Fruit powers, hence why Shanks's crew nicknamed him "Anchor". Ironically, post timeskip he is one of the few Devil Fruit users who can overcome this. He has proven able to utilize Gear Third underwater, albeit far weaker. (He still swims about as well as a block of cement, however.)
* SuperGullible: He is the only one besides Chopper who is gullible enough to fall for Usopp's Sogeking disguise. He later falls for Caesar's disguise despite having recognized him a few moments before. The only aversion is Pekoms's far too obvious one.
* SuperMode: He has a few of these techniques, which he dubs "Gears", that makes him much stronger;
** [[LightningBruiser Gear Second]] is achieved by him pumping his blood with his leg (pre-timeskip) or just by yanking up his limb hard enough (post-timeskip) to highly increase blood flow and metabolism, giving him a glowing pinkish appearance and hot steam coming out of his body; this increases his strength and speed to dramatic levels, at the cost of his lifespan (because his organs work multiple times harder than normal), although this drawback is minimized post-timeskip.
** [[MightyGlacier Gear Third]] is achieved by him blowing air into his bone hole (after biting his finger first). This gives him hardened bone structure (to the point that bullets ricochet off him as opposed to bounce away) as well as enlarged limbs, but this makes him move slower, and he becomes SuperDeformed and weak for a minute after the mode stops. Post timeskip the drawbacks have been minimized; now he can keep the air insides his bones in only the places where he needs it, making him more flexible.
** Gears Second and Third can be combined to become much stronger, but doing so leaves him exhausted after a short use.
** [[spoiler:"Gear Fourth, Boundman" is activated by blowing air into his muscles, combined with Armament Haki. It turns him into a rubber version of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio fighting deity]]. He uses the full potential of his body's elasticity here, and combines it with his Armament Haki, retracting his limbs to launch them with absolute force, fly, ''remotely guide his punches'', and increasing his durability to new levels. He has developed this state in order to continuously fight the powerful beasts in Rusukaina, the island he trained during the 2-year TimeSkip. However, it has a strict time limit and if Luffy goes over it, he'll be unable to use Haki for a good 10 minutes and be barely able to move during that time, leaving him extremely vulnerable. That said, eating a lot of food can easily counter this weakness if the opportunity presents itself]].
** [[spoiler:"Gear Fourth, Snakeman", is a variation of Boundman that is less durable but much faster. It specializes in very fast punches that can change direction, so they can hit the target even after the latter has dodged them. It's fast enough to hit Katakuri, who has CombatClairvoyance.]]
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]], especially thanks to Observation Haki. [[spoiler:The latter becomes advanced enough to become CombatClairvoyance.]]
* SuperToughness:
** His rubber body nullifies all but the most powerful blunt blows (though Haki-imbued attacks strike him as if he were normal). However, though his toughness is certainly partially from his Devil Fruit, knowing [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Luffy]] it's ''highly'' likely he'd be MadeOfIron even without it.
** One of the best examples is what he endures facing [[BigBad Crocodile]]. Three. Times. He's stabbed with a giant hook, drained of all the fluid in his body, poisoned, cut by Crocodile's extremely sharp [[DishingOutDirt sand]], and physically beaten all over the course of 24 hours; yet he survives with just some bruises and cuts (although, without some external help, he would've died after the first match).
** It has to be noted that he's reached completely insane, almost Whitebeard-esque levels of endurance by the time of the Whole Cake Island Arc. First, he takes a beating and fights for ''11 hours straight'' against the 860,000,000 bounty Sweet 3 General Charlotte Cracker, which includes nearly getting his arm cut clean off. ''Then'', he takes an extremely severe, Diable Jambe enhanced beating from Sanji, knocking out his tooth and rendering him briefly unconscious (which almost never happens to Luffy). ''Then'', he almost immediately gets beaten to a pulp again by random Charlotte Family members with Haki-enhanced punches. ''Then'', he draws blood from nearly tearing his own arms off in an attempt to escape Big Mom's prison. ''Then'', he gets set on fire in the process of being freed from prison by Jimbei. ''Then'', he takes more injuries fighting off guys on the way to meet Sanji. ''Then'', after a brief few hours of recovery, he starts taking his ''worst beating yet'' to that point while fighting the [[ImplacableMan implacable]], billion bounty man that is Charlotte Katakuri for another 9+ hours -- including [[spoiler:surviving [[https://i.imgur.com/yL4olzy.png an attack that blows]] a [[https://i.imgur.com/iMC0QPB.png considerable chunk of flesh]] right off his torso]]. He's taken all of this damage in one arc... ''and got back up each and every time''.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: {{Subverted}} with Nightmare Luffy. He's a scary, giant, evil-looking [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk-like]] figure, and Nami and Usopp are initially afraid of him, but he's actually still Luffy on the inside. Just REALLY serious. However, that could be something to do with shadows inside him, since Usopp and Nami notice he behaves differently.
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Towards Katakuri. While Luffy usually sends enemies flying or needs to immediately take off after beating them, once Katakuri finally falls for good he takes a rare pause to cover up the man's face. This is important because Katakuri's rep is based on him hiding his face and never being seen lying on his back, so while Katakuri is on his back now anyway, Luffy at least affords him the respect of keeping his face hidden after seeing how his allies turn on him when they discover what it looks like.]]
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* TagalongKid: Defied. When he's still seven-years-old, Luffy asks Shanks if he can join his crew, composed of grown up men, multiple times, but Shanks always declines, explaining it would be too dangerous for him.
* TakingTheHeat: By telling [[spoiler:Big Mom ''he'' is the one to ruined her candy factory and ate all her candy, he earns her rage, which would have otherwise gone to destroying Fish-Man Island. It's a lie and Big Mom suspects as much but she doesn't try to disprove him and instead accepts his challenge.]]
* TastesLikeFriendship: Although his friendship with them grows for different reasons over time, it only takes Nami and Rebecca some food for him to instantly start to like them, pretty reasonable for a simple-minded BigEater. The latter case is lampshaded when Law expresses annoyance that Luffy's fighting for Rebecca's sake just because she gave him food. It happens again in the Wano Arc when Tama offers him food, especially because she offers him ''her own lunch''.
* TearsOfJoy: He can only burst into tears [[spoiler:when, in Chapter 731, Sabo reveals he is alive. He's really ''that'' happy and surprised to learn he still has one brother.]]
* TeensAreShort: Subverted. Just about every other teenager in ''One Piece'' '''except''' Luffy is tall. Though he's not terribly short by realistic standards, being 5'7 at first and later 5'8, it's obvious the average height for men in ''One Piece'' must be around 6'3 since everybody towers over him. Even civilians are typically much taller than him.
* TeethFlying: Luffy loses a tooth after getting [[spoiler:kicked in the face by Sanji -- and unusually for ''One Piece'', it stays like that for several chapters/episodes. Fortunately though, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum he eventually drinks some milk and it just grows back]]]]. Luffy himself also tends to do this to his opponents, usually after hitting them with the finisher.
* TerribleArtist: In a nutshell, Luffy is a terrible painter: His attempt to paint his Jolly Roger on the ''Going Merry'' isn't very successful and the rest of the crew hates it so much they have Usopp paint over it, even his logo painted on Laboon looks just as bad. After Foxy loses his Jolly Roger, Luffy is nice enough to paint him a new one, and Foxy is moved by his offer, until he sees that the result is terrible and embarrassing to travel with. Luffy's drawing of what the crew's shipwright should look like is so bad it freaks out both Usopp and Sanji.
* ThanksForTheMammary:
** Luffy accidentally gropes Boa Hancock when he's hiding under her dress since how he's latched onto her keeps her from walking straight. The act certainly affects Hancock, but she's forced to hold up her facade in front of the Marines.
** This trope is taken UpToEleven when Luffy is catapulted into the room (and chest) of Princess Shirahoshi... who is one of ''One Piece's'' giant characters. Before he realizes it, Luffy thinks that he's standing on a giant pudding and ''bounces on it''.
* ThirdTimesTheCharm: Luffy fights Crocodile three times, in the first two he loses and almost dies, getting saved by Robin in the first time and by some last drop of water the second time, while in their third and last attempt, Luffy finally beats the Warlord. It also takes him ''four'' separate rounds with Doflamingo before he finally beats him, though in these cases it's not Doflamingo that defeats him but simply finds a way to keep Luffy busy.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: While not a traditional hero, he has a strong, innate sense of justice that causes him to go on furious crusades when he sees someone he's fond of or respects unfairly trampled on.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: By the end of the first half of the series, approx. time around the Sabaody Arc, his skills and power are simply no longer enough to beat anybody or anything stronger than a single Pacifista (with the support of his entire team at that...). Thankfully, he gets better and after two years of training, he can now also defeat a Pacifista in a single hit (along with a giant Kraken, for that matter...).
* TiredOfRunning:
** Before leaving Dressrosa [[spoiler:he takes on Admiral Fujitora instead of escaping as he's tired of having run for two years. As he correctly pieces together, he really has no choice but to face the Admirals and Emperors if he wants to become the Pirate King, after all. Still, he ultimately leaves before the fight could end with a winner.]].
** [[spoiler:He does it again when Nami begs him to run from Charlotte Cracker, an Emperor's right-hand man with an ''860,000,000'' beri bounty. Luffy ''refuses'' and, sure enough, he's eventually able to beat him with her help.]]
* ToBeAMaster: His dream is to become King of the Pirates, which means he has to become the strongest pirate.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While not necessarily a team, the Eleven Supernovas are all notorious pirates who are all morally ambiguous at best and downright cruel at worst. Even Zoro is such a big BloodKnight that at times it's hard to remember that he's one of the good guys. Luffy by comparison is a NiceGuy who would never hurt an innocent and mainly got his high bounty out of self-defense of himself and his friends.
* TooDumbToLive: Indeed. He would have been killed many times if not for incredible strokes of luck and allies who are willing to save his ass; it's worth noting that he began his voyage with fighting ability, modest cunning, boundless enthusiasm, and no other skills that could facilitate his dream (navigation, carpentry, cooking, basic medicine, etc.). In some less dangerous situations he knows what he does, but his problem is that he has no fears and fails to recognize true danger, sometimes, his choices put even his companions in danger.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Invoked. After the death of his brother, Luffy realizes he's too weak for the New World and decides to spend two years of training under Rayleigh's wing, during which he improves his skills and learns about Haki. He comes back to Sabaody as a much more powerful fighter, but claims to still have a lot to learn. It's mostly shown during the fight with Katakuri, where Luffy masters Observation Haki so he can go toe-to-toe with his opponent.
** In Wano, after [[spoiler:training in the Prison Mines under Hyogoro's wing, Luffy goes from being downed in one hit, in Gear Fourth form, by a drunk Kaido to being able to land a hit on the same Emperor with a single Gear Third punch, showing off a new technique.]] In the middle of [[spoiler: his rematch with Kaido]], he also figures out that [[spoiler: he can coat his body with his Conqueror's Haki in the same vein as Armament, which gives Luffy the power to knock down Kaido ''without even touching him or'' '''''[[UpToEleven using any Gears.]]''''']]
* TopHeavyGuy: [[spoiler:When Luffy activates his Gear Fourth Boundman, his upper body gest much larger, while the lower half remains small.]] He also appears like this when using Gum Gum Balloon.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Meat. Any kind of meat (Although he's not as fond of seafood, as revealed by the Fish-Man Island arc). Eating it even makes him stronger, and if he's not fighting or playing, he's always seen eating meat. He's been once put in a sleep that should have lasted for three days but he's woken up when Usopp yells there is meat. He loves it to the point that, in a crossover with Manga/{{Toriko}}, when he orders a 3 course meal, ALL of them consists of meat. Even the ''drinks.''
* TrainingFromHell:
** He went through this in childhood. It involved being thrown into jungles at night and tied to balloons, apparently, and were done by his grandparent, with the genuine intentions to help.
** To get as much strong as possible in the span of two years, he's trained by Silvers Rayleigh on an island inhabited by giant and dangerous animals.
* TranquilFury: If you piss him off enough to make him enter this mode, you're screwed. Luffy usually starts his fights in UnstoppableRage mode, and finishes them in TranquilFury mode, when his enemy has really pissed him off.
* TransformationSequence: In the anime adaptation, [[spoiler:Luffy activating Gear Fourth: Snakeman shows a sequence of the steam coming off his body becoming writhing snakes. The snakes coil around parts of his body then fade away to show his new appearance.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: The Paramount War is one ''huge'' BreakTheCutie moment for our hero, starts during the Sabaody arc, where all his TrueCompanions are scattered, then gets many times worse in [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down]] and Marineford: [[spoiler:he finally rescues his brother only for that brother to lose his life protecting him, he is ''very lucky'' that he is able to return to being himself.]]
* ThroughHisStomach: A surefire and easy way to get Luffy to be your best friend. Just ask Rebecca or Tama.
* TrouserSpace: He keeps the "octopus" in his pants.
* TykeBomb: A technically non-villainous example (well, depending on how you view the Marines); Garp put him through some brutal training as a child so he could be prepared to be a Marine as soon as he was old enough to join. As a result, he was already strong enough to beat up grown men and wild animals at age 7 and could casually shatter stone with a punch by the time he was 14. Of course, he decides to become a pirate instead of a Marine.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Luffy refuses to follow the typical code of pirates, a code that revolves around pirating for treasure rather than your dreams, and does not harm civilians and steal. On one occasion, this even gets him ridiculed and beaten, but [[DoomedMoralVictor he still stands strong by his beliefs.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Luffy not only earns this from his friends he freely gives it as well. Nothing will stop him from helping his friends achieve their dreams. He will protect them with his last breath or even declare war to the entire World Government if needed.
* TheUnfettered: The reason he's gotten as far as he has -- his inability to hold back or restrain himself, is one of his most defining traits. His only fetter is his loved ones, especially his crew and the closest family to him.
* UnskilledButStrong: Initially with regards to Haki; he starts out only being able to make people submit to his power, and only during the TimeSkip does he learn how to properly use its forms. This is also what many tell him InUniverse during the Marineford Saga in regards to his abilities in general. His physical power and natural talent for combat is quite impressive, but... a combination of not having any sort of hardening or observation Haki at all, no knowledge of when they are being used against him, fighting against people even stronger and faster than he is, and most importantly, fighting against people who can actually ''negate'' his strongest attacks (such as [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]]) for the first time lead to a long line of defeats. Thankfully, he's gotten better and is now StrongAndSkilled.
* UnstoppableRage: He switches into this mode fairly frequently at the climax of his battles every arc, and he's ''really'' unstoppable. On Enies Lobby, the soldiers are literally being sent flying by the hundreds from the moment Luffy got there, and it isn't over until 3000 have been defeated and he has made his point -- shit is getting serious.
* VariantPowerCopying: Because Devil Fruit powers are unique, Luffy can't quite exactly duplicate moves, but he learns to emulate [[FlashStep Soru]] with Gear Second, [[ElementalPunch Fire Fist]] with his Red Hawk.
* VictoryByEndurance:
** Rob Lucci is the strongest opponent Luffy fights up until that point, and he's a pure physical fighter just like Luffy, who pushes himself to his absolute limit to knock Lucci out with one final attack when they're both already exhausted.
** He defeats Z this way in ''One Piece: Film Z'', as their fight eventually devolves from using their powers/weapons to just flat out hitting each other until one of them fell.
** [[spoiler:His duel with Katakuri. While Katakuri is faster, stronger, more skilled, and overall the better combatant, if there is one thing Luffy is better than him at, it's taking hits. Luffy takes advantage of that, dodging and tanking Katakuri's hits until his Observation Haki advances far enough for him to start countering and attacking back. Finally, after over ten hours of fighting, the battle ends on a DoubleKnockout -- but when they both get up, Katakuri falls down again while Luffy remains standing, giving him the win]].
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Luffy always wears a waistcoat; he initially only wears red ones, but starting with the Thriller Bark arc, he wears a different color every arc. His waistcoats don't look as stylish as they normally would since he never wears anything underneath them. After the time-skip, Luffy replaces his waistcoat with an unbuttoned jacket.
* WellDoneSonGuy: A younger Luffy wanted to be friends with Ace, the older kid living with him, [[spoiler:and Ace's friend Sabo,]] who found him to be a weak, annoying crybaby, and lead him into tons of deadly situations to escape him, but he kept coming back. Eventually, Luffy shows how tough he really is, and they become brothers.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: As he self-admits, he can only give punches, and most of the situations he's gotten into have been solved through liberal use of punching the right guy ''in the face''. Prior to Marineford, it's typically his ''only'' strategy, many times literally just asking whose ass he has to kick. It's fitting, as one of his stronger techniques is also called Gum Gum Mallet and Gum Gum Giant Mallet, which both mean hammer.
* WildCard: As the Captain of the Straw Hats, an entire crew of Literature/WildCards themselves due to the mangling of the power balance they've done over the past two years, he is one himself. Hell, considering his reputation for being a SpannerInTheWorks and his general [[CloudCuckooLander unpredictability]], he counts greatly. Sometimes he's unpredictable even to his own crew.
* WithMyHandsTied: He one-shots Vander Decken with his arms chained.
* TheWorfBarrage: A side effect of Luffy picking increasingly difficult fights in the New World is that his previous ultimate attacks are often ineffective against the new threat, necessitating a NextTierPowerUp to even scratch them. Luffy's Kong Organ, Gear Fourth equivalent of his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Gatling Gun]], is notable in being used to demonstrate his opponents' strength on every occasion despite being one of his strongest attacks, be it Katakuri's Observation Haki or Kaido and Cracker's resilience.
* TheWorfEffect:
** Generally speaking, every time Luffy grows stronger or gains a new ability, his next opponent will counter or match his new power to show how much [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil more dangerous they are than the last foe.]]
** The Whitebeard War Saga (from the Sabaody Archipelago arc up until the Timeskip) inflicts one continuous Worf Effect on Luffy; from Boa Hancock smashing Pacifistas effortlessly (while Luffy needs his whole crew to barely beat one) to Smoker [[NoSell no selling]] the Jet Gatling Gun (which is his strongest Gear Second move at the time), the entirety of the saga mocks the notion that Luffy is any kind of threat to the top tier powers in the New World. Cue two years of training to catch up, and he effortlessly dodge a lightspeed beam and defeat a Pacifista with. A. Single. Punch.
** Of particular note is Big Mom, one of the four Emperors and most powerful people in the world. [[spoiler:At the time of their first confrontation, Luffy has just recently defeated Donquixote Doflamingo and Charlotte Cracker with [[SuperMode Gear Fourth]], easily overwhelming them with the raw strength of his NextTierPowerUp even though they are perhaps his two toughest opponents yet at that point. Doflamingo, in particular, is sent flying the length of a city despite attempting to block Luffy's punch with his Haki on and both arms up. Now, in comparison, Big Mom blocks the exact same punch with ''one'' Haki-covered elbow and isn't pushed back an ''inch'' from where she stands. She then ''laughs'' at the notion of Luffy being able to defeat her or Kaido, showing how powerful the Emperors really are]].
** [[spoiler:Emperor Kaido shows why he is called "The Strongest Creature" by tanking several of Luffy's most powerful Gear Third and Gear Fourth Haki-empowered attacks without lasting damage before beating Luffy unconscious in a single strike. The kicker? It seems Kaido does all this ''without using any kind of Haki'']].
* TheWonka: He's the captain of the main crew, which has become among the world's most infamous pirate crews, and has accomplished several feats using a lateral or outright insane branch of logic.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Not ''yet'', but his dream is to become King of the Pirates, which by default means wanting to become this.
* WorthLivingFor: After [[spoiler:Ace's death]], the only reason Luffy finds the resolve to keep on living is because of his crew and the fact that Ace would've wanted him to live and move on. Otherwise, Luffy would've probably turned into a DeathSeeker, a clear indication of just how ''bad'' his HeroicBSOD was.
* WorthyOpponent:
** He's one to Smoker. This has become especially apparent when Smoker is willing to transfer into the ''worst'' Marine base on the Grand Line, just so he could wait for Luffy in the New World. He waited ''two years'' for someone that the world thought dead, because he knew that Luffy would return to the sea sooner or later. Luffy sees him this way as well, as when [[FreakyFridayFlip Smoker is stuck in Tashigi's body]] Luffy refuses to fight him until he's at full strength.
** Charlotte Katakuri. Unlike a lot of Luffy's foes, Luffy make no move to insult him and instead purely bases his judgement on Katakuri's abilities as an opponent. [[spoiler:This is even after Katakuri's physical and personality flaws are revealed to him. Eventually, this respect is returned, and after their fight concludes, Katakuri acknowledges that Luffy might very well defeat Big Mom and become the Pirate King. As a final gesture of respect, Luffy takes off the mafia hat he's wearing over his regular one to cover up Katakuri's disfigured and fanged mouth, a feature the man himself is deeply ashamed of, to hide it from the remaining members of his family]].
* WouldHitAGirl: To Luffy, gender makes no difference, and he has faced and punched multiple women. Examples include Alvida, Ms. Valentine's Day, Vivi (as Ms. Wednesday and later a slap in a GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman moment), Boa Marigold, and Sandersonia. Of course, the women he occasionally fights are all dangerous, and it wouldn't be wise to go easy on them.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: Luffy's training during the TimeSkip involves him fighting a variety of beasts such as gorillas, elephants, and lions. [[spoiler: He uses these animals as inspiration for the names he'd give his techniques in his new [[SuperMode Gear Fourth]] form.]]
* XMarksTheHero: He has an X-shaped scar across his chest as a gift from Akainu's attack at Marineford.
* YouAreNotReady: This is the reason Kuma scatters the crew to different islands, so that they can train and become strong enough to face the New World, but it's not clear at first. Marineford is where it's driven home that no matter how lucky or determined Luffy is, there ARE people out there who are still in a whole other league above him, and trying to tackle them head-on is a ''really'' bad idea. He and his crew then spend the next two years GETTING ready.
-->'''Admiral Akainu''': If nothing else, I praise your tenacity.\\
'''Admiral Aokiji''': But you're not ready for this stage yet.\\
'''Admiral Kizaru''': There's no way you can beat us, you know?
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: If Luffy [[TheNicknamer stops calling a character by the nickname he's arbitrarily given them]], you know he's serious.
* YouCanBarelyStand: But he STILL gets up and kicks Lucci's ass. Doesn't work against Magellan, however...
* YouNeverAsked: The main reason why nobody knows that Luffy and Ace are not blood related? Nobody bothered to ask. Whitebeard might have asked Ace, but given Whitebeard's own stance on FamilyOfChoice, he considered it just as valid.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Luffy frequently reminds others of Gol D. Roger, including Rayleigh, Roger's number two. The most clear example is when he almost gets executed by Buggy in Loguetown and [[GoOutWithASmile smiles even when he thinks all hope is lost]], just like Roger had in his execution. This latter similarity is noted by Smoker, and induces him to follow and capture Straw Hat.
* YourSizeMayVary: Luffy is generally human-sized, and is consistently drawn as a normal person. However, in his Gear Fourth he becomes much bigger, but how much his size changes varies often.
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[[header:"Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UraraTakano [OVA], Creator/MayumiTanaka [TV series onwards] ([[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage Japanese]]); Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard [Creator/{{Funimation}} dub], Creator/EricaSchroeder[[note]] (credited as Bella Hudson)[[/note]] [4Kids dub], Chuck Powers [Odex dub] (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Diana Perez [4Kids dub, first voice], Karina Altamirano [4Kids dub, second voice], Ayari Rivera [''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''], Mireya Mendoza [Creator/{{Netflix}} dub] ([[UsefulNotes/SpanishAccentsAndDialects Latin American Spanish]]); Creator/JaimeRoca (UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an Spanish)[[/note]]
!!!'''Age:''' 17 (Pre-TimeSkip), 19 (Post-TimeSkip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 ({{Manga}}), Episode 1 ({{Anime}})
!!!'''Devil Fruit:''' [[RubberMan Gum-Gum Fruit]]
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->''"I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"''
Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscles to gain an explosive boost to strength ''and'' speed.
His dream of becoming the Pirate King comes from an incident in his youth involving mountain bandits and a sea serpent that resulted in his idol Shanks losing his left arm. Before leaving Luffy's village the very next day, Shanks gave him his straw hat, telling him to give it back when he's become a great pirate.
Luffy is quite notorious for battling powerful individuals and organizations wherever he goes, and regularly poses a threat to the balance of the world by challenging the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the World Government and the Emperors and so far has managed to either win completely or escape by a hair's breadth. Through word of his various exploits and victories spreading around, he's already become one of the most infamous and feared pirate captains in the world after the TimeSkip. He's also counted as a member of "The Worst Generation", a group of 10 other rookie pirates plus [[BigBad Blackbeard]] who are all considered to be major figures in shaping the [[DawnOfAnEra New Age of Piracy]] following the Paramount War.
On the other side, Luffy is so amicable and charismatic that he has loyal allies throughout the world, including several countries such as Alabasta, Drum Island, Dressrosa, and Fish-Man Island, or miscellaneous organizations like the Galley-la Company and other similarly benevolent pirates like the Red Hair Pirates.
Following the events of the Whole Cake Island Arc, Luffy's successful 'raid' against the Emperor Big Mom[[note]]The whole incident is actually a case of AchievementsInIgnorance and BadassOnPaper, see below.[[/note]], the complete destruction of her castle, and his defeat of her two top Generals was made public knowledge by the journalist "Big News" Morgans. Furthermore, the formation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and the addition of a former Warlord to his main crew (Jimbei) is also revealed to the masses. For this, certain circles now unofficially consider Luffy the Fifth Emperor of the Sea and he has become unambiguously recognized as one of the most powerful individuals in the world with an enormous bounty to match.
He has a bounty of 1,500,000,000 Berries.[[note]]It starts at 30,000,000 after he destroys Arlong Park and inadvertently foils a local Marine Captain's graft; his bounty is raised to 100,000,000 after defeating Crocodile in Alabasta; it triples to 300,000,000 after the incident at Enies Lobby; it's raised to 400,000,000 after the Paramount War for his break-in to Impel Down, his actions during the war, and his relation to Ace and Dragon; it's raised to 500,000,000 shortly after defeating Doflamingo in Dressrosa; it skyrockets to 1,500,000,000 following his successful raid against the Emperor Big Mom on Whole Cake Island.[[/note]] He currently holds several records for his bounties.[[note]]Highest East Blue bounty for his 30,000,000 mark, highest new bounty for an East Blue pirate, largest total increase in bounty amount (from 30,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 over time), largest ''single'' increase in bounty amount ever (he gained a one '''billion''' berry increase at once for his actions in Whole Cake Island), and the most times getting a new bounty, as he's had six.[[/note]]
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* NumberOneDime: His trademark straw hat is a gift from his idol Shanks, and he treasures it to the point where if he gives it to someone else, it's really saying something, and so far he has only given it to Nami and Usopp. Likewise, if someone ever dares damage it, ass will be kicked in great quantities. When he gets struck hard with HeroicBSOD during Marineford arc, he gets so distraught that he doesn't even realize that his hat fell down; Shanks finds it and then tells Buggy to give it back to Luffy. Its importance was elevated when a flashback revealed [[spoiler:that the hat may have belonged to Gold Roger himself]].
* AcheyScars: Shortly before the TimeSkip, Luffy gets a scar on his chest from Admiral Akainu. The first time Akainu is mentioned after the timeskip, Luffy takes a hand to his scar and squints one of his eyes as if in pain, implying that this trope also has affected him and he still remembers Akainu. It doesn't help that he's also the one who killed Ace, his brother.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: This is how, after the Totto Land Arc, he [[spoiler:becomes the "Fifth Emperor"]] and receives his ridiculously high bounty. The Straw Hats only enter [[spoiler:Big Mom's territory to get Sanji back, and only involve themselves in Bege's assassination plot to save Sanji's family]]. The subsequent "raid" on Totto Land is really just collateral damage from having the Big Mom Pirates chase after them all over the archipelago, and Luffy's fights (and ultimately victories) against [[spoiler:Cracker and Katakuri]] are to [[spoiler:get to Sanji]] and protect the crew, respectively. They are so focused on [[spoiler:rescuing Sanji]] and escaping Totto Land, that none of them ([[spoiler:except possibly Jimbei]]) realizes the sheer magnitude of their actions and what the consequences would be.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Because of his fight with [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]] and subsequent healing by Ivankov in Impel Down, his body is highly resistant against poison. However, he's not ''completely'' immune -- a strong enough poison (as in one that would cause instant death in a normal person), or excessive amounts (like enough to kill a giant) is still capable of making him extremely ill.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Vivi teaches Luffy that violence isn’t always the right answer during Drum Island arc. He shows [[CharacterDevelopment he has learned his lesson]] when he begs help for Sanji in Fish-Man Island. PoseOfSupplication is also seen in Impel Down, where Luffy shows his gratitude to an unconscious Bon Clay.
* TheAllegedBoss:
** Luffy's the captain of the Straw Hats but usually doesn't act like it. His crew speak informally to him and address him by his name rather than "Captain". Particularly towards the beginning of the series, he tends to follow orders more than give them, prompting several characters to point out that Nami acts more like the captain than the actual captain.
** In general, Luffy has a very laissez-faire approach to captaining. Everybody on the crew does whatever they want most of the time, and later follow him when he takes action, due to him having earned their admiration and loyalty. Small requests of his can sometimes be ignored, and members of the crew (especially but not exclusively Nami) even physically abuse him sometimes. That said, when it comes to the ''big'' decisions, he has the final word.
** Since the timeskip, Luffy has been more proactive in giving orders and deciding the crew's next actions. This due in no small part because now he can choose where to go now that Nami's log pose points to three islands instead of the next one, and moreso because his goal after entering the New World is to defeat all of the Emperors, while in "Paradise" it was to cross it. Thus, his interactions involve alliance proposals or enemy faction encounter instead of the usual making-friend ones.
* AllForNothing: Impel Down and Marineford make up an entire All For Nothing arc. Luffy breaks into [[HellholePrison Impel Down]] to rescue his brother Ace upon learning he had been captured and sentenced to death. He fights his way down to the bottom level, surviving only due to luck and HeroicWillpower, only to find that Ace has already been removed for execution. Luffy then starts a PrisonRiot to escape, letting hundreds of the world's worst convicts out in the process, and travels to the giant Pirates vs. Marines battle taking forth. Fighting past thousands of soldiers, including the Marines' top fighters, the Admirals, Luffy manages to free Ace from his PowerLimiter handcuffs, and they begin to leave. [[HonorBeforeReason Until Ace turns around in response to one of the Admiral's taunts]], gets into a fight, loses, and dies to protect Luffy. If Luffy's reaction of going into a HeroicBSOD isn't sad enough, the realization that the past 51 chapters have been all for naught makes it so much worse.
* AllLovingHero: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Luffy will only go to the ends of the earth to help the people he "likes"; or, in other words, people who catch his attention for some reason or another (usually just being nice to him, especially by giving him food). Of course, being TheHero, it just so happens that he "likes" most of the people he encounters (generally, anybody that's not trying to kill him and quite a few that have). But if you're someone he ''doesn't'' like, then your best bet is to run in the other direction as fast as possible. Specifically, Luffy only seems interested in helping those who are willing to help themselves. People who sit on the sidelines and hope for things to get better don't interest him, but those who will put themselves in danger to fight for their beliefs earn his respect. He even patently refuses to [[spoiler:help Momonosuke save Wano Country until Momo shows a will to fight,]] caring more about the willingness to act than being begged for help. Still, as said above, he does not like people who hurt his friends, and given his tendency to make friends quickly, there's a good chance that any bad guy Luffy crosses paths with is about to get his ass whooped.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Luffy's [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] is a masterwork combination of his Devil Fruit powers and Haki. In appearance, it resembles Nightmare Luffy. In combat, it combines the principles of Bellamy's Spring powers (with his spring-loaded punches), and shows signs of [[spoiler:the Rokushiki's [[DoubleJump Geppou]], not to mention [[FlashStep Soru]]. The other variants tend to combine the above spring powers with either Gear Third (like Tankman, which makes him nigh immovable but super durable and capable of hitting back with immense power) or Gear Second (Snakeman, which trades some defense for a vast increase in speed)]].
* AlmightyJanitor:
** Before the Enies Lobby arc, he's been regularly defeating people who should ostensibly have been way stronger than him on paper -- yet he would never publicly get credit for it, partially because the World Government has hidden some of his achievements and given to someone else, like Crocodile's defeat. By the midpoint of the series however, this begin to be generally [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as he come to be famed across the world for his [[SinsOfOurFathers heritage]] and exploits as a pirate captain. Still played somewhat straight as he advances in his captaining career though; in particular, [[spoiler:even though Supernovas are still thought to be far too inexperienced to challenge a Yonko's crew and have any hope of success, Luffy has proven himself powerful enough to defeat an Emperor's top fighter (albeit it with considerable effort).]]
** [[spoiler:This is fully subverted after the Whole Cake Island arc. Luffy is now considered the "fifth" Emperor for "defeating" Big Mom, recruiting the Germa 66, Capone, and the Sun Pirates to his crew, and orchestrating a failed assassination attempt on Big Mom's life. All of which is ''technically'' true]].
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:
** He puts his friends before everything else. In fact, prior to the TimeSkip, Luffy's bounty tends to rise whenever there is a crisis involving the women of the crew. He gains his initial bounty when he beats Arlong and liberates Nami from his control, it rises when he defeats Crocodile and helps save Vivi's country, and has another rise after his rescue of Robin at Enies Lobby. Downplayed in his third rise -- the crew's encounter with Camie the mermaid is, indirectly, what causes the Straw Hats to scatter around the world and for Luffy to get the news about Ace's execution, but Luffy's motivation after that isn't for Camie. Instead, his actions over the course of that one week are to save Ace, and while the rescue ''isn't'' successful, Luffy ends up with ''another'' bounty increase – something remarkable, as three hundred million is largely considered the cap for a rookie pirate such as Luffy. Played with in his fourth rise, a result of [[spoiler:beating Doflamingo, with his primary motivation is to avenge his friends (namely Rebecca) who had suffered because of the Warlord, even though the original plan was to just destroy the [=SMILE=] factory and let Kaido's rage do the rest.]]
** [[spoiler:It's also how he become the "Fifth Emperor" -- Luffy and co. entered Big Mom's territory to get Sanji back. That being said, the mission was supposed to be undercover and undetected but they end up getting caught, and a series of incidents and other circumstances (such as Sanji's wedding being a sham to assassinate him and his biological family) caused it to escalate to an assassination attempt on Big Mom and then a full-scale conflict that engulfs the entire archipelago. The crew was so focused on getting Sanji and escaping Totto Land alive that none of them realized the actual magnitude of their actions and what it would mean to the rest of the world]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Eleven Supernovas are a group of infamous pirates who are considered to be the biggest heavy-hitters of the future generation. Yet, despite being the last member of the group to enter the New World, within a few months Luffy manages to outdo several of the already-impressive feats they accomplished over the two years he was training. While many are initially impressed at first, Kid and Law start showing a slight amount of resentment after Jimbei, a former Warlord, joins Luffy's crew as his helmsman.
** Trafalgar Law becomes a Warlord of the Sea and manages to give Donquixote Doflamingo a decent fight, even liquefying Doflamingo's organs at one point; Luffy activates Gear Fourth and completely dominates his fight with Doflamingo, and the latter only manages to last longer than a few minutes because Luffy briefly runs out of energy due to overextending his Haki.
** Urouge defeated Snack, the weakest of Big Mom's Sweet Generals before being driven out of Totto Land by his older brother Cracker, another commander. Luffy not only beats Cracker (albeit with Nami's help), [[spoiler:he beats Katakuri, ''her single strongest subordinate'', on his own and manages to win his respect. And both of these happen within a couple of days of each other to boot]].
** Capone Bege bends the knee to Big Mom [[spoiler:with the intention of eventually assassinating her, and nearly succeeds with Luffy's help]]. Luffy and his crew lead [[spoiler:a crazed, hunger-driven Big Mom]] all across Totto Land, [[spoiler:causing her to destroy a significant portion of her kingdom and allowing their allies to defeat thousands of her subordinates, indelibly weakening her position while boosting their own to the point that their crew is now considered on the same level as hers]]. Their actions outshine Bege's so much that [[spoiler:Morgans attributes his assassination plot to Luffy in order to further sensationalize the incident, much to Bege's anger]].
** During Luffy's two-year long training, none of the Supernovas make a real dent into the status quo or any real blows against the Emperors, achieving minor victories at best. Some have bent the knee to them to avoid total annihilation. As for Luffy himself, [[spoiler:he becomes their ''equal'' after defeating Doflamingo and successfully infiltrating and escaping Linlin's territory, in the process causing so much damage that it will take the Big Mom Pirates ''years'' to fully recover from the humiliation. Once he figures out how to imbue himself with the Color of the Supreme King Haki, he's capable of going toe-to-toe with Kaido, who is considered the most dangerous of all the living Emperors, and a clash between them ''splits the sky''. As that only happens when Emperors (and Emperor-class characters, such as Roger) fight each other, that truly confirms Luffy is on their level]].
* AngstComa: There's a large physical component of exhaustion to it as well, but it's Ace's death that sends him into [[BlankWhiteEyes white-eye]] gape-mouth land. It's actually so bad that Luffy doesn't even notice he's lost his prized straw hat, after it falls off him while Jimbei is rushing him to safety. This actually lasts two whole weeks for him, and when he wakes up, he flips out.
* {{Angrish}}: After losing Ace and waking up from his AngstComa, Luffy screams in agony and rage over what has happened to his brother.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Luffy's main motif is the Monkey, as his name says, especially in his energy and mannerisms.
** [[spoiler:As the name says, Gear Fourth: Snakeman is built entirely around the striking speed and mobility of a snake.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: During childhood Luffy would always follow Ace and Sabo around everywhere they went and wanted to be just like them since he was the youngest and weakest of them.
* AntiHero: [[DownplayedTrope Luffy is a very benevolent person, and would never hurt anyone without a good reason,]] but by his own admission, he ''doesn't want'' to be a hero. This refusal stems from his expectations that he, as a hero, would have to do that would bother him, like sharing meat. He immediately agrees to be one after [[spoiler:Jimbei promises he would get his meat rather than having to divide among the people.]] He helps people, would rather die than leave a comrade behind, and [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything doesn't do typical pirate things like rape and pillage]], but he also doesn't care what people think of him. In a fight, if the situation calls for it, he occasionally [[CombatPragmatist fights dirty]], uses his enemies as human shields or even human weapons once, and destroys public property in his many battles. However, he does admire heroes enormously. His reasons for not wanting to be one is among the lines of him viewing heroes as ''completely'' selfless. When he helps people, is because they're his friends, and nothing more (however, it's very easy to get in good terms with him). He occasionally veers more into TheHero status such as in Wano where he secures a ship of food just for the starving citizens, but is mainly because he empathizes with the being hungry. His goal to become King of the Pirates is ultimately rooted in selfish desires; Luffy wants to be the Pirate King so he can be "the freest man in the world". In other words; so he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and nobody can stop him. This is why he and Blackbeard are such good foils; they have the same ultimate goal, but Luffy showcases what a relatively benevolent individual with that dream would be like, whereas Blackbeard is very much the opposite.
* TheApprentice:
** Part of his role in the TimeSkip is being a student of Silvers Rayleigh. [[TookALevelInBadass The results of training with Gol D. Roger's number two are quite evident.]]
** He also becomes an apprentice under [[spoiler:Hyougoro "of the Flower Capital" to learn Ryuo]] during the Wano Arc.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: [[spoiler:After mastering Ryuo, Luffy can now make his attacks bypass his opponents defenses to damage them from the inside out. He manages to injure [[NighInvulnerable Kaido]] like this.]]
* ArmorPiercingResponse: Despite being an IdiotHero, he sometimes get flashes of lucidity where his straight forward answers just leave the enemy flabbergasted. A good example is this gem against Moria:
--> '''Luffy:''' No one can crush me...\\
'''[[EvilGloating Moria]]:''' The simple fact that you make such a baseless statement shows how inexperienced you a--\\
'''Luffy:''' [[LiteralMinded ...because I'm made of rubber.]]
* ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming: He names most of his attacks after firearms and other weapons: Axe, Sickle, Scythe, Pistol, Bazooka, Cannon, Rifle, Gatling... all with the prefix "Gum Gum" -- or "Gomu Gomu No" in the original Japanese. [[spoiler:Mixes with AnimalThemeNaming for Gear Fourth attacks.]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During his BadassBoast to Arlong, he says he needs his TrueCompanions because they can do things he can't, like using swords, navigating, cooking... and lying.
* ArtifactAlias: Rebecca and most of the populace in Dressrosa refer to him as "Lucy" long after they learn his real identity, out of sheer habit. This also conveniently allows Dressrosa to build a statue of him without getting into trouble for befriending a pirate.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He observes the [=CP9=] members using [[FlashStep Soru]], and he soon begins using an even faster and superior version of the move while in Gear Second.
* AwesomenessIsAForce: Luffy possesses Conqueror's Haki, an extremely rare type of Haki said to only be found in those with the qualities of a king. With Conqueror's Haki, Luffy can knock out anyone who has a weak will. He first unconsciously uses it to scare off Motobaro, Duval's buffalo, and then at Marineford, where he knocks out the two guards who are about to execute Ace (along with hundreds of pirates and marines on the battlefield, much to the horror of the latter). In the latter case, it's officially recognized by the others to be Conqueror's Haki. After training with Rayleigh, Luffy has learned to use it intentionally and, during the war at Onigashima, [[spoiler:he figures out how to imbue his body with Conqueror's Haki like Kaido so that he can fight Kaido on even keel]].
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For all his fear of him, when it comes down to it, Luffy truly does love his grandfather. When Garp stands in his path to Ace during the Paramount War, Luffy shows extreme reluctance at attacking him, all but begging him to get out of the way. It's only when Garp tells him that he has no other choice that Luffy goes through with it.
* BadassAdorable: In just a few short years [[FromZeroToHero he's gone from an unknown with barely a rowboat to his name to one of the most infamous pirates in the world, with one of the highest active bounties]]. He is also a cute and handsome young man. He gets really adorable in his chibi-form after using Gear Third.
* BadassBoast:
** Luffy's catchphrase is "I'M GONNA BE KING OF THE PIRATES!!!" This statement is considered utterly shocking by One Piece people, as many mere mortals are scared to challenge the world like this. Furthermore, Luffy makes this boast to anyone, no matter who they might be or how strong they are, including [[WorldsStrongestMan Whitebeard]].
** Double Subverted in the Arlong arc. Luffy lists everything he can't do -- using swords, navigating, cooking [[ArsonMuderAndJaywalking and lying]] -- and says that he relies on his crew to do those tasks. Arlong says that Luffy is pathetic and asks what Luffy can do, at which point Luffy says, "I can beat you."
** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy says "I am the man who will surpass you [Crocodile]!" to one of The Seven Warlords of the Sea, right after he rebuffs the above statement.
** In the Thriller Bark arc, he says: "Tell that idiot Moria, that if he lays a hand on my crew, I'll blast this island till there's nothing left!" Important to note that at that point Moria was also a Warlord and had a higher bounty than him.
** In the Wano arc, upon seeing the ill-equipped Akazaya Nine tormented at sea by Kaido's men, Luffy shows up accompanied by both Kid and Law's crew and declare that "When you're at sea, you fight against pirates."
** Later, in the same arc, Big Mom, who already has a severe grudge against him at this point, taunts him, asking if he's here to beat Kaido. Luffy's answer is that Kaido's not his only target; he's here to beat everyone and declares an all-out war against both Emperors.
** And again, in the same arc, when facing both Big Mom and Kaido alongside his fellow supernovas, Kid remarks how facing them both at the same time feels like being in hell, to which Luffy as this to say:
--> '''Luffy:''' That suits me just fine. I've to hell and back a few times already, that's home territory!
* BadassFamily: When your grandfather is "the hero" of the Marine and one of the strongest Marines while your father is the leader of [[LaResistance the revolutionaries]] and ''the world's most wanted men'', you cannot be less than one of the most famous pirates. This extends to his foster brothers too: Ace used to be a division commander in the world's strongest crew [[spoiler:while Sabo is the right hand man of the revolutionaries]].
* BadassLongcoat: He wears one in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'' to give him the appearance of a true badass pirate captain.
* BadassOnPaper:
** Luffy gains an infamous reputation over the Time-Skip, where people hear various rumors about him (including that he's an eight-meter tall giant) while he's much more cheerful and dumb than the rumors make him appear to be.
** Another variation happens courtesy of the journalist "Big News" Morgans and his newspaper company. [[spoiler:Reading Morgans' news report on Luffy's conflict with Big Mom, you'd think that Luffy is a {{Chessmaster}} and PersonOfMassDestruction who has orchestrated a full-scale invasion and assassination attempt on Big Mom's territory, beat up her generals, destroyed her country, and left alive. While all of that is technically true, the reality of the situation is that Luffy tried to sneak in and leave undetected, got caught, suffered through some ''grueling'' battles, nearly died several times, and ''just barely'' escaped from Big Mom in the end. He also has nothing to do with planning the assassination; that was all Bege's idea. Though Luffy and his crew are the only reasons it got as far as it did.]]
** Starts leaving the “on paper” part behind during the Wano arc. [[spoiler: Thanks to his training with advanced forms of observation and armament Haki, as well as figuring out how to channel Conquer’s Haki like armament Haki, Luffy is now in the same power bracket as the Emperors, capable of fighting Kaido on even footing]].
* BadLiar: The only way his lies could be more blatant would be if a neon sign appeared on top of his head and flashed "I AM LYING" every time he lied. However, he can act well if he's really serious about it.
* BalloonBelly: It comes with being a BigEater, as his body becomes round whenever he eats too much, which is justified by his elastic body, although he tends to digest the food pretty quickly. He can also inflate his belly with air to become a living airbag and deflect attacks. [[spoiler:Uses it to even better effect with his Gear Fourth forms, where his permanent and seemingly comical balloon belly is actually a ''very'' important part of the transformations; even the mightiest blows simply bounce off him harmlessly if somebody tries attacking his body, and he can use it to launch his enemies with incredible force.]]
* BareFistedMonk: Luffy is a barehanded brawler and attacks mainly with punches, but because he's a RubberMan, he has a very long range and can make a great variety of attacks.
* BearerOfBadNews: In the Land of Wano arc, Luffy befriends Tama and discovers that she met Ace four years earlier. Though Tama is still waiting for Ace's return, Luffy point-blank tells her that Ace has died. Predictably, [[HeroicBSOD Tama does not take it well at all]].
* BenevolentBoss: Luffy is a kind and loving captain to his crew, and doesn't control through fear, but genuinely loves them all. The Straw Hat Grand Fleet is a slightly different story; while he doesn't really seem to mind what the Grand Fleet does, Luffy at least comes around to the idea. This become a {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in the Post-Enies Lobby arc. When Sanji informs the others that Usopp plans to return to the Straw Hat crew, Luffy, Nami, and Chopper are ecstatic and plan to go get Usopp and have him rejoin, but Zoro stops them. Zoro gruffly points out that it doesn't matter who was right or wrong during Luffy and Usopp's argument; they've both fought for their own belief of what was right, Usopp lost, and then ''willingly'' left the crew. Usopp showed disrespect to Luffy for arguing against his ruling on what to do with the ''Going Merry''. And it doesn't matter how much of an IdiotHero Luffy is; he's still the captain, and what he says goes. If Luffy just welcomes Usopp back without getting so much as an apology, it would be a captain letting a crew member walk over him. Luffy [[JerkassHasAPoint begrudgingly concedes Zoro's point]], only allowing Usopp to rejoin the Straw Hats when Usopp admits that he was wrong to disrespect Luffy as his captain.
* BerserkButton: While he's generally nice and is easy to get friendly with him, there are some things that will set him off.
** Get between him and his food, and he will be angry.
** Touch his hat without permission and he will pound you. If you are Nami, then he'll willingly hand it to you.
** He gains a new one during Wano, which is the same button Sanji has: waste of food. After seeing how much his friend and the good people of Wano were suffering due to a famine, just seeing the wasteful party in Onigashima enraged Luffy beyond reason.
* TheBerserker: Luffy mostly relies on this strategy in combat. Rather than planning for the attack he rushes in full force. Especially when he's angry Luffy will demolish opponents and will become very ferocious and brutal.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's nice and kind-hearted, but you ''reeeeally'' don't want to make him angry. Seriously. Try to push any one of the above-mentioned berserk buttons, and he won't be afraid to declare war on you.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Luffy is usually a simple-minded goofball. Just be careful not to get him genuinely angry.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** {{Inverted|Trope}}. Luffy's the ''younger'' brother, but throughout the Marineford arc, he does everything he can to rescue older brother, Ace. This includes breaking in/out of Impel Down, trading years on his lifespan, teaming up with Crocodile, a former enemy, and punching his grandfather.
** Played straight with [[TokenMiniMoe Tama]]. After learning about her life circumstances and connection with Ace, Luffy quickly becomes very protective of her and displays an extremely attitude when she gets hurt.
* BigBrotherWorship: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Luffy clearly idolizes his older adopted brother Ace when they are kids, they do also have a bit of a sibling rivalry and Luffy is not blind to Ace's faults. Nonetheless, it can be argued that Ace is the most important person in Luffy's life, protecting him and practically raising him to be the happy and carefree person he is today. Which is why Luffy is absolutely ''devastated'' when Ace dies to protect him. One of the only reasons why Luffy never crosses the DespairEventHorizon after Ace's death is the realization that Ace has died so he could live and would've wanted him to move on with his life. Naturally, Luffy has a similar relationship his other brother Sabo who [[spoiler:has since been shown alive despite having been shot down by a Celestial Dragon in his youth]].
* BigDamnHeroes: He pulls this trope off several times:
** During the Marineford arc, he manages to pull this trope off as he and the rest of the Impel Down escapees crash down from the sky, ''ship and all!''
** During the Fish-Man Island arc, just as Hody is about to take King Neptune's head, Shirahoshi screams for Luffy to help her father. Out comes Luffy at lightning-fast speed, who kicks Hody away to everyone present's shock.
** During the Dressrosa arc, Luffy is still recovering from [[spoiler:using Gear Fourth]] as Doflamingo comes dangerously close to [[spoiler:making Rebecca cut her aunt down]]. He recovers and manages to [[spoiler:stop Rebecca's blade with his Haki-imbued head]] ''just'' before the impact, partially thanks to Law's help. For extra badass points, the citizens chant his name and count the seconds to his recovery.
* BigEater: The elastic stomach probably helps. At multiple points, he eats until his entire body is horribly distended. He can then digest it in about five seconds. Notably this is a major ''advantage'' when it comes to fighting the Big Mom Pirates as many of their Devil Fruits revolve around food themed abilities. Not only does this let him eat some of their moves, it lets him eat quickly enough to counter [[spoiler: Gear Fourth's]] time limit weakness and keep fighting in that state far longer than he otherwise could.
* {{Bishonen}}: PlayedForLaughs. While not usually drawn as such, in the anime, Boa Hancock's romantic fantasies have him as a tan young boy with a full BishieSparkle and brown glinting eyes, as well as speaking with a more mature voice than he actually speaks with.
* BlatantLies: When Franky asks if Luffy's OK with leaving Usopp behind, Luffy nonchalantly says he's fine with it, and he'll probably see Usopp again someday. The fact that he's sweating bullets shows that he's ''not'' fine with never seeing Usopp again, even if he knows Zoro's right and Usopp needs to apologize for his insubordination.
* BloodBrothers: With Ace and Sabo. None of them are related of course, but they are very close and have made a ceremony of drinking sake and become brothers. Luffy is heartbroken by both their deaths, [[spoiler:so no words can express the joy on his face when he learns that he still has one brother left in the world]].
* BloodKnight: Though not to the extent of Zoro (who can border on NominalHero at times), Luffy loves a good fight – and it doesn't help that it's one of the few things in this world he's ''good'' at, to the point of being considered a genius. Though he doesn't like pointless fights with weaklings, as shown with [[SmugSnake Bellamy]].
* BookDumb: He's not smart when it comes to science and medicine -- he once tries to heal a wounded Zoro by pouring booze on his face because "Zoro likes sake, so it'll make him better". However, he's a genius in combat, social skills, and politics, beating "wittier" enemies like [[ImplacableMan Eneru]].
* BoringButPractical: Luffy mainly fights using punches, the most basic kind of fighting style. However, thanks to his strength and his creative use of the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy is a very strong fighter, being able to turn a simple punch or kick into a long-ranged attack just by stretching a limb. It's also the strategy he uses to counter Cracker's Devil Fruit Power: [[spoiler:since Cracker's "Biscuits Soldiers" are literally made of biscuits, all Luffy needs to do is eat them. It pays off when Cracker, tired of having all his biscuit soldiers eaten, decides to attack, which allows Luffy to counter him.]]
* BornLucky: This is justified by having the "Will of D", which means he's destined to change the world, and he has been described as having the Devil's Luck. While the lightning bolt that saves him on the execution platform may have been Dragon's doing, he's survived a number of encounters due only to extreme good fortune. At one point, Basil Hawkins actually gauges Luffy's luck with his tarot cards. He attempts to create deadly scenarios that Luffy couldn't possibly survive, but no matter what he tries, Luffy's chance of survival ''never'' drops to 0%. Combine this with Luffy's determinator mentality and brilliant luck. This doesn't just apply to surviving certain death either. Even taking into account his MagneticHero qualities Luffy has made some ''very'' helpful allies ranging from former members of the incredibly powerful Shichibukai to current members of the Revolutionary Army and fellow Supernovas are on friendly terms with him. He even has someone that is all but said to be the canonical WorldsMostBeautifulWoman in love with him (though, funnily enough, his UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} means that this goes completely wasted on him).
* BornWinner: Much like his adopted brother, Luffy's heritage means he has a ''lot'' of potential -- the only difference is that his takes a little longer to show. As a trade-off, Luffy was also completely unaware of his heritage when he was younger (unlike Ace) and was therefore more emotionally stable.
* BrattyHalfPint: At the beginning, Luffy is an annoying seven-year-old kid who keeps asking Shanks if he can join his crew and become a pirate. After being kidnapped by Higuma and Shanks sacrificing his arm to save his life, Luffy stops being annoying, although he remains very childish even after he grows up.
* BreakTheCutie: Unlike all his crewmembers, who have a traumatic past that defines their personality, Luffy’s breaking moment happened in the present storyline, with Ace's death. Thanks to Jimbei, he manages to recover remembering he still has his [[TrueCompanions friends]]. Afterwards, he TookALevelInBadass and become even more determined to protect his loved ones.
* BringIt: With the dub version, ''this'' is what goes down after the [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu flag is burnt]]:
--> '''Spandam:''' YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! YOU MORONS CAN'T CHALLENGE THE ENTIRE WORLD AND EXPECT TO WIN!\\
'''Luffy:''' OH, YEAH?!? [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome BRING IT OOOOOOOOOON!!!]]
* BroughtDownToBadass: After he is imprisoned Luffy is placed in sea prism chains, which nullifies his Devil Fruit Powers and weakens him. However, he's still shown to retain his great strength, speed, and durability enough to easily overpower an high-ranking warden.
* BrutalHonesty: Luffy is not one to mince words and sometimes can be unintentionally rude:
** During an argument with Vivi in the Alabasta arc over what course to take next, he harshly but correctly reminds her that people die, and hoping everyone involved in a civil war will survive is naïve.
** There are definitely more tactful ways to inform Tama that [[spoiler:Ace is dead]] rather than bluntly telling her that. [[WhatTheHellHero Tengu and Tama herself call him out for this.]]
* BuildingSwing: He can uses his rubber arms to swing from structures and climb buildings whenever he needs to. Unlike Robin though, who can also do this, Luffy tends to swing around recklessly and at high speeds.
* BullyHunter: In spite of his adamant claims to ''not'' be a hero, Luffy does ''not'' gracefully tolerate over-entitled assholes who use their positions and power to flagrantly bully those weaker than they are; he has a particularly sore spot towards {{Bad Boss}}es who mistreat loyal employees who they should be taking care of. Doing/being either of the above in front of him is a one way ticket to being pounded into the pavement. Note that this attitude of Luffy's is contagious; associate with him long enough and you will also catch his intolerance towards bullies (as shown with the originally cynical and unfeeling Zoro), even if you were once (working for) a bully yourself.
* BullyingADragon: Comes hand-in-hand with his LeeroyJenkins trait, he has a habit of picking fights with opponents ''way'' above his level. While many of these actually become a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, a few goes badly for him, such as picking a fight with [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction Big Mom]] and [[BadassArmy her family.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Luffy is an absolute idiot, having NoSenseOfDirection, constantly eating so much and then falling asleep right afterward, and goes right for danger for no other reason than "FUN FUN FUN!", to the point that those unaware of his fame would never think he's the captain of one of the world's most infamous crews. None of his crew mates deny that he's an idiot and, at the same time, none of his crew mates also deny that he deserves to be their captain, both as a fighter and as a leader.
* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Luffy gets an X-shaped burn scar on his chest after being hit by Admiral Akainu's [[MagmaMan magma punch]]. After the TimeSkip, Luffy is able to generate fire when using his Gum-Gum Red Hawk attack.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: A rare heroic example. He repeatedly annoys people (including [[ClingyComedyVillain recurring villains]]) by forgetting [[AccidentalMisnaming their names]], [[SignatureMove signature moves]] or even that he's met them at all.
* ButtMonkey: Luffy is constantly a victim of comical abuse from his crew mates due to his stupidity, and he frequently ends up in strange situations that keep him from fighting. Since he's made of rubber, Luffy can endure a lot of hits without being too much hurt.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Most notably during the Impel Down arc. He casually tells Ivankov and ''everybody'' standing around in earshot that his father is Dragon the Revolutionary. After escaping, he does it ''again'' by telling everybody that Ace is Gold Roger's son. Both times he remembers that he wasn't supposed to tell that to anybody else. It's implied that he gets this trait from his grandfather Garp who does the exact same thing after telling the Straw Hats (and Marines) that Luffy's father is Dragon the most wanted man in the world.
* CastFromCalories:
** Luffy's Gear Second speeds up his metabolism to a ridiculous degree, granting him SuperSpeed. As a result, it burns calories very quickly and switches over to CastFromLifespan if he doesn't have the necessary energy.
** Luffy's Gear Fourth form, Tankman, works in the same way, only even more powerful and more voracious in its energy consumption. He's only able to safely use it when up against an enemy whose power is creating unlimited amounts of food, with Luffy running around eating that food for 18 hours straight. When he ''does'' use it though, he utterly curb-stomps Cracker with a single attack.
* CatchPhrase:
** Especially at the beginning of the series, he would often boast: "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"
** He also has the habit of referring to whatever odd or strange aspect of the world that's explained to him as "a mystery X," the [[MrExposition explainer]] will generally let that one slide because well, it's Luffy.
* CanNotTellALie: He's an outrageously BadLiar, to the point that almost everyone sees through his attempts at lying right away (The only one who does fall for most of them is Chopper).
* CharacterDevelopment: Prior to the timeskip, he's a typical Shonen Hero. Kind as a saint, strong as an ox, dumb as a rock. After the timeskip, however, he is notably leaps and bounds more composed than at the beginning of the story, now preferring to state what he'll be doing and go through with it rather than scream and shout (except when he's really riled up) and, more importantly, he is actually a respectable and capable leader, listening to his crewmates but never letting himself be questioned (save for in comedic moments) as Captain. All in all, he's gone from Shonen Hero, to Shonen... well, pirate captain. And, while he's still ''definitely'' Luffy as before, Marineford and Rayleigh have beaten some serious growth into him. As if to enforce this, when [[spoiler:Big Mom's ship arrives to capture Caesar, Luffy immediately inquires whether or not Big Mom is on the ship in order to make his next decision of whether or not allowing the Straw Hats at sea to fight.]]
* CharacterTics:
** Luffy has a tendency to suck his lips in and turn his head to the side when an attack or technique fails to affect him, such as Eneru's various electrical attacks or Boa Hancock's Mero Mero no Mi.
** After defeating an enemy, Luffy will smile about his victory.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: From childhood, Luffy was trained by his grandfather, the Marine rival of Gol D. Roger. By the time he starts his journey, Luffy is strong enough to destroy steel with his bare hands, knock out large sea monsters, and ''push apart two buildings he was stuck between''. By Luffy's own admission, his strength is purely the result of training and not the effect of his devil fruit.
* ChasteHero: Though he knows what a romantic relationship ''is'', he just isn't interested. In SBS 88, Oda said that Luffy can tell whether or not a female face is pretty, but it's just a classification for him.
** This becomes a plot point when he ends up on the [[LadyLand island of the Kuja]]. Snake Empress Boa Hancock is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman, able to turn people to stone with her Love-Love Beams if they find her attractive. And Luffy doesn't. When Hancock tries her Love-Love Beam on him, [[NoSell it does absolutely nothing]].
** During Whole Cake Island, despite not being interested in a relationship himself, Luffy shows a surprisingly firm view on why people should get married, and is very against people getting married for any other reason than truly loving each other. He thus voices his complete disgust of Big Mom's modus operandi of forcing marriages on others for her own personal gain.
* ChickMagnet: He's one of the only characters in the series to actively have women falling for him. His reactions range from being suitably creeped-out, complete obliviousness, or platonically appreciative. [[StalkerWithACrush Alvida]] (post-{{Gonk}} phase) only has eyes for him and almost the entirety of [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]] are head over heels for him, especially [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock]] who acts like a lovestruck, teenage girl when around him. Now, he's got the [[BeastMan Minkwoman]] Wanda repeatedly licking his face while commenting that "hairless bodies are quite beautiful". He's not amused.
* ChildLikeVoice: Luffy is in his late teens, but it isn't easy to tell just listening to him speak. Most language dubs, including Japanese and all of the handful of the English ones, make him sound like an energetic kid.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Before the Timeskip, the seemingly scrawny Luffy typically wears a closed vest that hides his surprisingly well built physique. Furthermore, like Zoro, his arm muscles are shown to grow ''much'' larger than you'd think when he flexes. After the timeskip, his vest is open, but he still appears scrawny. Post timeskip, this is somewhat downplayed, because he's now downright ''buff'', having gained a notable physique through his training with Rayleigh. He's also become adorned with a massive red "X" scar across his chest [[spoiler: from Akainu's lava punch just barely grazing his skin]].
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Luffy's outfit consists of very simple clothes that leave most of his limbs free: his iconic straw hat, a sleeveless vest (later traded for a loose shirt), a pair of shorts and sandals. This is in part out of practicality, to let him stretch without problems, and in part to hint at his ''simple'' personality and his desire to be free.
* CloudCuckooLander: When he tries to be at his sharpest outside of battle, he acts like a quirky hairhead. He's also interested in weird individuals like Brook, a living skeleton, and gets easily impressed by the silliest things.
* CombatClairvoyance: After the timeskip, Luffy has mastered Observation Haki, a power that allows one to anticipate an opponent's next move. He has learned it to such an extent that he can [[SpiderSense sense where his enemies are]]. [[spoiler:During his fight with Katakuri, he masters it to the extent he can foresees some minor events.]] During the Wano Arc which he can even help others dodge incoming attacks verbally.
* CombatPragmatist: Luffy is not averse to hitting below the belt or taking {{Human Shield}}s when necessary... or if it's amusing. A notable subversion is his fight with Admiral Fujitora. Luffy absolutely refuses to take advantage of the man's blindness. He doesn't pull his punches, but he does shout out his attacks and where he's aiming to give Fujitora a chance to react. The admiral is not amused to learn of this and is deeply offended.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Luffy's journey is to become the King of the Pirates and leaving his adoptive family behind and during the journey he learns how to become a proper pirate captain.
* CompellingVoice: This trope is a manifestation of his awesomeness. It used to be involuntary and limited to really desperate shouting. He doesn't need to actually speak to use it anymore.
* ConfusionFu: Luffy, unlike the other characters, seems to fight freestyle. Being rubber makes this befitting. It even turns into an advantage against Eneru, who can read minds. Luffy simply ricochets his moves off a wall, making it impossible for anyone, including himself, to predict their path.
* ContagiousHeroism: Luffy is hardly a hero (and doesn't want to be one), but he has a massive problem with powerful people abusing their power and often demonstrates it with his fists. Thanks to his charismatic and caring nature, this attitude quickly takes hold on most of his crew mates, even on the stoic and previously uncaring swordsman Zoro and the emotionally reserved Robin, who betrayed every other organization she was a part of before she met Luffy.
* CripplingOverspecialisation: He's very useless at anything but having fun, eating, sleeping, being happy and amiable, and beating people up. He gathers his crew around him over the course of his adventure because he knows he can't go on without their help. He even acknowledges this during the Arlong arc when Arlong sneers down at him for keeping friends. He retaliates by picking up a pair of swords and waving them wildly in Arlong's face, to no avail. Arlong sneers at him some more, for now trying something he knew he couldn't pull off, and Luffy comes out with this {{Tearjerker}} of a line, while the camera pans over each crew member that fulfills each job:
-->I know! Of course I can't use swords, you idiot! I can't navigate! I can't cook! I can't even tell lies! This is why I need my friends if I want to survive!
* CrossdressingVoices: In Japan, the 4Kids dub, and the Funimation dub, Luffy is voiced by a woman to emphasize his youthfulness.
** Funimation actually wanted a man to voice Luffy initially. However, Toei and Eiichiro Oda himself frowned on that decision, wanting a female voice actor to help capture the spirit of Luffy's Japanese voice actress. Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard got the nod for Funimation's English dub as a result.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's often both a badass ''and'' a moron at the same time. He actually tries to weaponize his idiot nature in the Eneru fight, in order to defeat his mind-reading. It works, but he also becomes too stupid to remember to attack.
* CruelMercy: According to Oda, the reason Luffy doesn't kill his enemies (with the exception of the non-canon BigBad from the sixth movie) is because Luffy feels that letting them live with their dreams destroyed [[FateWorseThanDeath is a worse punishment than killing them]].
* CuddleBug: Luffy shows how much he loves his friends by hugging them, ''regardless of gender or race.'' This can get problematic when the girl in question is actually romantically interested in him; doubly so because he won't return romantic love.
* CursedWithAwesome: Like all Devil Fruit users, he's gained incredible powers at the simple cost of never being able to swim and being branded a freak forever. Since he could hardly swim in the first place and thinks FreakyIsCool, neither of these really bother him. And unlike other Devil Fruit users, this does not scare him away from water sports. Considering how powerful he has become thanks to the Gum-Gum Fruit, eating it was definitely worth the price.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Luffy has black hair ''and'' black eyes.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: All his [[SuperMode Gears]] carry significant drawbacks; Gear Two is CastFromHitPoints and Gear Three had the side effect of making him shrink and lose speed and mobility. After two years of training, he's overcome those weaknesses. [[spoiler:His new Gear, Gear Four, has the biggest drawbacks yet, it's a DeathOrGloryAttack. It [[HourOfPower only lasts so long]], and when it's up, he's drained of his Haki and exhausted to the point that he can't even move for ten minutes. Meaning, he must finish the fight while it lasts, or his enemy will make short work of him after. This is even more evident when you realize that none of his enemies have such downtime when using ''their'' SuperMode[=/=]LimitBreak.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Luffy was abandoned by his parents and abused by his grandfather in training (though both of these experiences are PlayedForLaughs), but was given a relatively stable upbringing with the mountain bandits of Goa and his adoptive brother, Ace. Still, he suffered a traumatic experience after eating his Devil Fruit where his idol, Shanks, lost an arm saving him from a Sea King. He and Ace then suffered an arguably even more traumatic experience during the fire that burned Grey Terminal, which eventually ended with the death of their other best friend and sworn brother, Sabo. Of course, [[spoiler:Sabo turns out to have survived, but that's a moot point considering he doesn't find out until years later, long after the traumatic experience of losing Ace]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Following the timeskip onward, black becomes a color heavily-involved in Luffy's designed as red is, not only employed in his regularly-utilized Armament Haki, but also in the form of the jet-black shockwaves that ensue whenever his Conquerer's Haki clashes with another, and while not another instance of black being used, Luffy's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes turn red]] whenever employing Observation Haki, contributing to the menacing imagery. In spite of this, [[NiceGuy Luffy is still a very straightforward, optimistic and downright friendly pirate.]]
* DavidVsGoliath: Luffy has the body of an average teen, and the majority of the main fights of the series have him fighting an enemy visibly larger and more imposing to visually show them as more powerful, both literally and metaphorically. In most of the cases, Luffy has to face them multiple times before he wins:
** Crocodile is a full meter taller than Luffy and with his CoatCape he appears much larger as well. Notably, Crocodile is the first Warlord Luffy faces, and his defeat at Luffy's hands brings a small change in the status quo and a new bounty for Straw Hat, since he's gathered more attention from the World Government.
** Zigzagged with Lucci. Normally, he's just a head taller than Luffy, but in his half-leopard form he towers over him and is much more muscular. Lucci also gives Luffy a very tough fight that forces him to give everything he has to win.
** At nearly seven meters tall, Moria is one of the tallest humans in the series, and this gets turned UpToEleven after he absorbs all of the shadows of Thriller Bark and grows gigantic. However, his fight is notably less tough than most examples, and in his Shadow Asgard form he actually becomes easier to defeat by having him expel all of the shadows.
** Magellan is a huge demonic-looking warden who possesses the tremendously powerful Doku-Doku Fruit, giving him the power to generate poison. He's notable for being one of the very few antagonists to not be defeated by Luffy. The first time Magellan easily beats him, while the second time Luffy is forced to retreat and escape.
** Deconstructed with Hody Jones. He becomes bigger and much more menace-looking by eating energy steroids (literally cheating). However, despite his efforts, Hody remains much weaker than Luffy, who beats him with little difficulty. Shortly after, as a side effect of taking too many energy steroids, Hody becomes a weak old man.
** Don Chinjao is a tall, imposing old man and a former legend of the New World. He also represents Luffy's first true challenge from the New World, as he himself notes, saying Luffy will have to fight much stronger enemies from now on.
** Donquixote Doflamingo is nearly twice as tall as Luffy and, thanks to his knowledge and connections, he holds more power than nearly anyone. His fight with Luffy is long and forces him to use Gear Fourth for the first time. In that form, however, Luffy's size is roughly equal to Doflamingo's.
** Katakuri is five meters tall and is the closest to an Emperor-level combatant Luffy faces at that point. Even in his Gear Fourth, Luffy is still smaller than him and his fight against Katakuri lasts multiple hours, with Katakuri dominating the majority of it until Luffy makes the fight more balanced with his new Gear Fourth form: Snakeman.
** The battle with Kaido is the first time Luffy faces an Emperor and he is multiple times taller and wider than him, [[spoiler:especially in his dragon form. After Luffy lands multiple hits on Kaido (since the latter is drunk), Kaido one shots Luffy with a single blow. In their second confrontantion, despite Kaido using his even larger hybrid form, Luffy manages to hurt the Emperor]].
* DeathGlare: Luffy is usually friendly but, when someone pisses him off, usually by hurting his friends, Luffy stares down at him with an angered glare, often follows a beat up. A particular example is right before he defeats Lucci with his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Jet Gatling]]. Notably, he does one to Jimbei while he's having a freakout at Amazon Lily after realizing his [[spoiler:brother Ace was killed and he's too weak for the New World]]. After the Time-Skip, Luffy learns to use Conqueror's Haki and whenever he uses it, it's often accompanied by a deadly glare.
* DeclarationOfProtection: At the end of the Fish-Man Island arc, he declares the titular island under his protection to protect them from the wrath of Big Mom. Big Mom had taken up protecting the island after Whitebeard's death in return for a monthly tribute of candy; Hody and the New Fish-Man Pirates, however, destroyed the candy factories during their attempted coup, leaving Fish-Man Island unable to fulfill their quota that month (in part due to serving some of what candy they had already made to the Straw Hats during the victory banquet). Upon learning from Big Mom's emissaries that she wouldn't care about the circumstances and would raze the country in return, Luffy claims that it was ''him'' that ate all the candy so she would focus her wrath on him instead.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Some of his opponents are enemies considered out of his league or that have proven to be almost invincible, but he still manages to win against them. However, it should be noted that he never defeats them on his first try.
** The first example is Crocodile, one of the seven Warlords of the sea with a long experience as a pirate, and whose defeat at the hands of a rookie is considered impossible. Yet Luffy manages to beat him, but only after losing to him ''twice''.
** Eneru is probably the best example, as he spend most of the Skypiea arc proving how invincible he is by stomping every fighter he faces and surviving any attack (most of the time thanks to his [[ElementalShapeshifter Devil Fruit's intangibility]]). The only reason Luffy defeats him is because he's the only one able to hit him and is completely immune to his electric attacks, and even then, Eneru manages to have the upper hand most of the time.
** Averted with Magellan. He defeats Luffy the first time they fight. During their second round, all Luffy can do is buy time to escape, and never defeats him. Not much later, during the Paramount War, Luffy finds himself unable to defeat any of the strongest fighters; this becomes a plot point: A big part of the character development of Luffy comes from the realization that it's impossible for him to beat the most powerful Marines and pirates of the New World. Cue 2 years training with the Pirate King's first mate. Following that, Luffy resumes the trend, [[spoiler:starting with bringing down Donquixote Doflamingo, a pirate who's been controlling the underworld]].
** [[spoiler:Charlotte Katakuri in particular is a notable case, as he's straight-up confirmed to be undefeated until Luffy beat him. Katakuri is considered so strong that his family refuses to even consider the remotest possibility that he lost, and when learning the truth after Luffy escapes the Mirror World, they either outright deny it or accuse Luffy of having used a dirty trick to win]].
* DelayedReaction: He's not the brightest bulb, so sometimes he's slow to react. It's used ''a lot'' of times [[RuleOfFunny for comedic effect.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Ace's death]] drives him to despair, to the point of being the only time, after a career of being a {{Determinator}}, where he's about to give up. Fortunately, Jimbei helps him snap out of it reminding Luffy he still has his friends.
* {{Determinator}}:
** Luffy powers through injuries that should have killed him several times over, often without outside assistance. In no particular order, he's been dehydrated to a desiccated husk, skewered, cut, drowned, blown up, bitten (a ''super'' strong shark bite, mind you), beaten to a bloody pulp, stabbed, crushed, covered in arrows (in one of the movies), frozen, burnt, shot by ''lasers'', and poisoned to the point of '''melting''', yet is still alive and kicking.
** The poisoned part is a double subversion, because it all but kills him. He's healed by Ivankov, but the technique used is explicitly reliant on the patient's will to live and Ivankov is especially shocked that Luffy recovered in a few hours, despite his initial estimate that it would take days for Luffy to recover, if he recovers at all.
** A quantifiable example of his Determinator status was shown off at the end of the Thriller Bark arc, when Bartholomew Kuma pushed all of Luffy's pain out of him and into Zoro, and the damage it dealt to Zoro was... not pretty.
* DeusExitMachina: He's the strongest of the crew along with Zoro and Sanji, and the most likely to get lost, trapped or otherwise unable to initially participate in battle until the most powerful enemy remains.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: '''Yes.''' Luffy is prone to this, as he's not afraid to attack any kind of authority.
** At Enies Lobby, when Spandam is gloating about how the World Government is unstoppable, he orders Sogeking (Usopp, but he doesn't realize it) to burn their flag, effectively declaring war on the WG and all 170+ of its member nations.
** After learning that Big Mom of the Four Emperors is going to destroy Fish-Man Island because they are unable to give her her monthly 10-ton delivery of candy (due to Hody destroying the candy factory and the Straw Hats eating the rest), Luffy does what no other pirate would dare do –- [[spoiler:he takes the Transponder Snail (i.e. a phone in the ''One Piece'' world) from Big Mom's subordinate and tells her ''he'' himself ate all 10 tons of her candy and that it's too dangerous to leave her in charge of the island, so when he gets to the New World he's going to kick her ass and ''claim Fish-Man Island as his OWN territory''; [[ThisMeansWar Big Mom declares war on the Straw Hat Pirates]].]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: In his second bout with Kaido, Luffy hits him with a Gear Third punch that, thanks to his newfound mastery of Ryuo, not only knocks him down but causes him to bleed. [[NighInvulnerable Kaido and Big Mom]] are dumbfounded that he could actually manage to injure one of them]].
* TheDitz: As if all the moments of stupidity in the story aren't enough proof of it, [[AllThereInTheManual in one of the data books]], his intelligence score is a whopping 1/5.
* DodgeTheBullet: Despite being ImmuneToBullets, he has extremely sharp reflexes and can also dodge bullets with ease, even light beams.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: A downplayed example. Luffy seems inclined to keep his feet as lightly clad as possible. It is very, very rare for him to don anything beyond straw sandals no matter what outfit he wears.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: It's revealed, while fighting Katakuri, that Luffy hates mochi. He doesn't like when he has to eat through a mountain of it.
* DopeSlap: He is the victim of this a lot due to his stupidity, especially from Nami.
* DragonRider: [[spoiler:He rides Momonosuke, now a fully grown dragon, in order to catch up with a floating Onigashima, and battle against Kaido.]]
* TheDreaded: Due to his actions during the Paramount War, along with his actions while with his crew (such as Enies Lobby and Sabaody), Luffy's become so infamous that anyone who isn't as strong as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea instantly fears him. For instance, at Corrida Colosseum, while incognito, he accidentally gives his real name and everyone immediately freaks out. They only stop once they see the sign on his back that says "Lucy", and start remembering rumors about him being an eight-meter tall giant. [[spoiler:As of the Reverie arc, he is one of the most feared pirates in the world, now considered on par with the ''Four Emperors'' and has the one of the highest bounties revealed so far. It's now a given]].
* DumbassHasAPoint: While Luffy is normally the epitome of the IdiotHero, there have been moments where he surprises his crew by saying something that actually makes sense, usually when there are some conflicts.
** In the Captain Kuro arc, Kuro states he quit being a pirate because he found it a painful annoyance that being a successful pirate means the Marines will always come after him. Luffy points out that Kuro should've taken that fact into consideration ''before'' he chose to become a pirate in the first place.
** In the Baratie arc, when Don Krieg boasts that his crew is the strongest in the East Blue, Luffy points out that they're only considered the strongest because they have the most members which means that they are not truly strong at all, a point that was already proven by Dracula Mihawk who had already sunk 49 out of their 50 ships on his own.
** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy refuse to follow Vivi to Koza's main base as he states that Koza and his rebellion army would never believe her since this is coming from Luffy and his crew who are pirates and instead go after Crocodile at Rainbase instead. He also mentions that people ''will'' die no matter what Vivi does, a surprisingly realistic observation for him that the other crew members agree with. In fact, when Nami calls Luffy out and speaks up for Vivi, Sanji takes Luffy's side, despite usually preferring to side with the ladies.
** After dropping down from Skypiea, Luffy suggests the crew get a shipwright to fix the ''Going Merry'' (despite him suggesting a musician after the crew is surprised by his words).
** In Water 7, upon learning the ''Going Merry'' is on her last legs, Luffy make the tough call to seek out a new ship. And during his argument with Usopp, Luffy make three valid points. First, Luffy points out that Usopp isn't a shipwright and doesn't really know the ''Going Merry's'' condition, unlike a trained shipwright. Secondly, Luffy mentions that he is the captain and his orders are to be followed. Thirdly, when Usopp challenges Luffy to a one-on-one fight for ownership of the ''Merry'', Luffy choses to go through with it; when Nami asks why he isn't trying to stop it, Luffy points out that he knows Usopp is dead serious, and wouldn't be convinced any other way, and that if talking would actually make the situation better, it wouldn't have gotten to this point anyway. Despite her misgivings, she doesn't argue with him anymore.
** At Zou, when asked by Kin'emon to lend the samurai the strength of his crew in order to defeat Kaido, Luffy refuses. His comrades (mainly Usopp) are pissed at his reaction but he turns to Momonosuke, pointing out the fact that he is supposed to be the leader of the samurais, and if anyone should be asking for an alliance with the Straw Hats, it should be him, accusing the young boy of being weak for just standing there and crying. While Nami berates Luffy for being this tough toward a eight-year-old boy, Momonosuke does admit that Luffy's right, and claims his will to see Kaido eat the dust, which prompts Luffy to smile and accept the alliance proposal. Kin'emon then admits than, while his way of putting it is tactless, Luffy was actually the only one to consider Momonosuke's position and to treat him as an adult.
** While infiltrating [[spoiler:Big Mom's home island]], Nami freaks out when a giant crocodile in human clothes speaks to them and walks away. Luffy points out they have seen weird things like that before, pointing to their present company Chopper, a human-reindeer and Carrot, a literal bunny-girl. Chopper is a reindeer who ate the Human Human Fruit while Carrot is a Min, but he's right that talking animals aren't all that strange.
** While he's rightfully [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] for his callousness in telling Tama about [[spoiler:Ace's death]], he does make a good point in why he did -- Tama has been [[spoiler:waiting for Ace in an unhealthy environment when he's obviously not coming back]], so informing her that [[spoiler:Ace is dead]] is [[CruelToBeKind not nice but necessary]].
* DumbIsGood: Luffy is simple-minded, impulsive, and overall not smart but, while he doesn't want to be a hero, he is a very good and mostly pure man. He will go out of his way to help people if they've been kind to him, and recognizes when he is in a situation he needs help in.
* DumbMuscle: There ''is'' a reason that his head has a bounty of 1.5 billion beri; he's so powerful that almost everyone fears him, even experienced pirates who are grown men. Despite this, he's dumb as rocks, and incredibly naïve.
* DynamicEntry:
** How does he get to Marineford? Well, it overlaps with BigDamnHeroes, 'cause he drops a ship out of the sky! (It isn't intentional, but that doesn't make it any less awesome)
** Done again in the Fish-Man Island arc when [[spoiler:he leaps out of a shark's mouth and kicks Hody Jones just as he's about to assassinate the king.]]
* EasilyImpressed: Despite living in a world where eating fruit can give magic powers and sea monsters bigger than the Titanic are aplenty, Luffy often gets wowed by the silliest things. Like Franky's goofy gadgets.
* ElementalPunch: His unique rubber body allows him to do two types, fire and lightning. The first is used in his attack "''Red Hawk''": when the heat from Gear Second is combined with [[KiManipulation Haki]] on his arm, it lights on fire; this attack is also a tribute to Ace. As for the lightning, he can absorb the lighting during a storm into his limbs ([[ElementalRockPaperScissors since rubber is an insulator]]) and attacks with it, this one has only been used in the movie Strong World against Shiki.
* EnemyMine: Played with. Luffy is very friendly and is rarely against the idea of allying with his former enemies or rivals. Notable examples are when he infiltrates in Impel Down and allies himself with Buggy, Galdino, and Crocodile (although he's initially against teaming up with Crocodile and makes it clear he hasn't forgiven him for what he did to Vivi), who help him even during the Paramount War. Luffy allies himself with Capone Bege in the Big Mom assassination plan, despite making clear, in the latter example, that he'll never forgive him for shooting Pekoms, and still helps Bege when the latter is protecting his crew and the Straw Hats from Big Mom's attacks. Notably, Luffy allies with Law and Kid, his two biggest rivals in the race for the One Piece, to defeat Big Mom and Kaido, and the two end up quarrelling while fighting the Emperors.
* EnhancedPunch: Luffy's main attacks are punches, which are given additional range and force by his RubberMan powers and, using Gear Third, he can blow his limbs up to gigantic size for even more force. After the time-skip, he can imbue them with Armament Haki, making them even stronger and able to hit Logias. This is taken to a whole other level with [[spoiler: Gear Fourth.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Two notable ones in the manga. The first is when he stabs his own face at just seven-years-old in order to prove his manliness, showing off his determination to become a pirate (as well as his fearlessness and stupidity), and the second would be when he starts his adventure by punching out a giant monster, yelling out his ambition in triumph, and then laughing it off when he gets sucked into a whirlpool a few minutes later.
** Due to the anime showing Luffy's backstory later, Luffy's pledge to become King of the Pirates, in front of Koby can be seen as this.
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Luffy is friendly towards anyone but the Celestial Dragons are so vicious that they're the only group he states to unequivocally hate with a passion. Luffy also despises Crocodile for making Vivi cry and ally with him at Impel Down only because it's convenient.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Luffy gets called "Straw Hat" by everyone not close to him, with rare exceptions.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Luffy displays an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first meets him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard praising Luffy's actions and declaring that pirates' dreams never ends (essentially exposing the entire series' main theme), Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Downplayed, but even before his intense [[TimeSkip two-year training]], Luffy was already a skilled fighter from the start of the series -- having trained for 10 years.
* {{Expy}}: Luffy is inspired by Son Goku from ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Oda said he designed Luffy based on what 'manliness' meant to him as a child and he shares many of Goku's characteristics; such as being a BigEater, BookDumb, naive about the world, simple-minded, and a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass when it comes to fighting. Incidentally, Luffy meets Goku in the ''Dragon Ball x One Piece -- Manga/CrossEpoch'' crossover and he even gets to ride on the Flying Nimbus.
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* FailureHero: He gets hit with this status in the Sabaody, Impel Down, and Marineford story arcs. He is separated from his crew by Bartholomew Kuma, discovers that Ace is to be sentenced to death, is poisoned by Magellan during his rescue attempt on Ace in Impel Down, is forced to leave Bon Clay behind after escaping the prison, gets overpowered by the Marines, witnesses Ace's death at the hands of Akainu, and Jimbei and Law end up rescuing him.
* FamilyOfChoice: Luffy, Ace, and Sabo are not related by blood. They became brothers after sharing cups of sake together as kids, which is all they needed.
* FatalFlaw: His two main ones are his impulsiveness and fearlessness. As both have lead him in taking reckless and stupid decisions or attempting to do things out of his reach, and while sometimes these flaws are played for comedy, they can have some grave results. The worst result is when he punches the celestial dragon, which ends up with Kuma scattering his crew across the world in such a way that it looks like they've been outright atomized to him ([[StealthMentor Of course, this way Kuma has actually helped Luffy and his crew]]).
* FearfulSymmetry: Over the course of his journey, Luffy has occasionally ran into enemies that like to imitate his powers and abilities:
** The first is Oars, a demonic giant that was infused with Luffy's shadow by Gecko Moria's powers. Oars, possessing Luffy's personality and a few vague memories, is given the ability to stretch by Moria and uses some of Luffy's techniques against him. At the time though, Luffy has become "Nightmare Luffy" and completely overwhelms Oars, until the shadows comes out, then Luffy has to cooperate with all his crew to beat him.
** Charlotte Katakuri intentionally mimics Luffy's battle style. As the user of the Mochi-Mochi Fruit, he can stretch and contort his body just like Luffy, but is superior in many ways; Luffy's body only takes on the properties of rubber while Katakuri can ''actually'' transform into mochi; Luffy's [[RapidFireFisticuffs Gatling]] only creates the illusion of growing more arms, while Katakuri can ''actually'' grow more arms; Luffy's Elephant Gun is limited by how much air he can blow into his hand while Katakuri's Elephant Gun can be ''any size he wants''. As such, Luffy has a hard time against him [[spoiler:and wins by developing and becoming stronger during the fight.]]
* FearlessFool: More often than not, he never realizes how strong his opponent/problem in front of him would be, and he'd just punch it until it goes down. It works well for him most of the time because of his Determinator traits and having a very good luck.
* FightingTheLancer:
** PlayedForLaughs in his fight with Zoro during the Alabasta Saga. After being treated to drugged food by a bunch of bounty hunters, Zoro the lancer beats the ever-loving crap out of them. Luffy wakes up, and thinks that Zoro just attacked the people who were nice to him and gave him food; a battle ensues.
** PlayedForDrama in the Water Seven Arc in his fight with Usopp. With a growing conflict between the two, due to emotional problems Usopp starts developing during the arc, and Luffy's decision regarding their ship (which Usopp is very fond of); the conflict grows into fight between them.
** PlayedForDrama, again, in the Totto Land arc. During the mission to retrieve Sanji, when Luffy finds the cook, he fights him to test if Sanji is really willing to leave the crew, or is only doing it to save his mates.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: Two notable occasions: In Alabasta, in Crocodile's ElaborateUndergroundBase which is flooded, he fights off Bananagators with Zoro and Sanji, as half his body is already underwater. Then in Fish-Man Island, most of his fight with Hody Jones has him at major disadvantage as he does it underwater. It was still ridiculously one-sided even before the fight is taken to a bubble-coated giant ship where he can fight with some air.
* FireForgedFriends: He tends to have this relationship with many of the people he encounters, whether it be with his crew members or one-arc allies. When he meets them, they tend to be extremely exasperated with his stupidity. By the end of the arc, they are able to see Luffy's more notable qualities.
* FlashStep: When using [[SuperMode Gear Second]], he becomes even faster than Soru, although he's slow to Kizaru. He has become even faster after the timeskip.
* FoeTossingCharge: He tends to do this whenever enemy forces make the mistake of sending lowly [[{{Mook}} mooks]] at him when he needs to get somewhere, usually sending hundreds or even ''thousands'' of them flying at a time. Notable cases include Enies Lobby, Marineford, and Totto Land, where he's dashing to save his crewmate or his brother.
* {{Foil}}:
** Luffy is this to "[[ArchEnemy Blackbeard]]" [[EvilCounterpart Marshall D. Teach]]. Both are powerful pirates who aim for same goal but they are the polar opposite to each other in different ways:
*** Luffy is a short and leanly muscular {{Keet}}. Teach is a really big, overweight {{Gonk}}.
*** His friends are most important to Luffy and he isn't afraid of death. Teach cares only about himself (and ''maybe'' his original crew) and is a DirtyCoward when push comes to shove.
*** Their Devil Fruit powers also notably contrast each other. Teach's Dark Dark Fruit is a Logia without the NighInvulnerability that normally comes with this type of DF and its abilities possibly make Teach even more vulnerable to physical damage. Luffy's Rubber Rubber Fruit on the other hand give him resistance to physical (specifically blunt) damage, something rather rare for a Paramecia type. Teach's powers also work mostly by attraction and by manipulating his surroundings or his opponents' bodies, while Luffy's powers work by expansion and by changing his own body.
*** Luffy is a genuinely NiceGuy, a BadLiar and prefers a LeeroyJenkins approach (even if someone told him a plan beforehand). Teach is a {{Jerkass}} BitchInSheepsClothing, a ManipulativeBastard and mostly plays XanatosSpeedChess.
*** Luffy detests cherry pies, Teach loves the same.
*** Luffy's reputation was monitored as he quickly rose the ranks in infamy with ever increasingly large incidents. Teach's rise to power was quiet, staying below the radar for years without receiving a bounty, before finally instantly emerging to the world by defeating Whitebeard and claiming his title as Emperor.
*** Both Luffy and Teach want to become King of the Pirates for the sake of ultimate freedom. But Luffy shows what a "nice" guy with this dream would be like, whereas Teach showcases the darker interpretation of this character type.
** He is also a parallel to Sanji in several ways. Luffy is a commoner while Sanji was royalty. Sanji has show great intelligence while Luffy is known for stupidity. Luffy is uninterested in women and yet attracts them and Sanji often flirts with women and they often reject him.
* TheFool: He's got a dream that he works towards, but he has no head for the myriad of politics and criminal conspiracies that infest his world, causing him to blunder into and overcome schemes in his earnest and largely innocent quest for adventure.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Definitely the former when compared to Ace as Luffy is the more reckless of the two. [[spoiler:The same can be said with Sabo.]]
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: He's usually a nice guy who can befriend and forgive nearly anyone, up to and including former antagonists regardless of morality. However, he draws the line upon seeing Crocodile in Impel Down. He ends up releasing him, at his ally Ivankov's suggestion, but unlike all the other former enemies he meets in the arc, Luffy does ''not'' befriend or forgive him for what he's done in Alabasta, despite Crocodile saying that he doesn't care about his old goals anymore.
* ForgotICouldntSwim: This happens to a ''lot'' of DF users, of course, but it's kind of a RunningGag with Luffy. Probably the most hilarious incident is when Chopper and Brook valiantly leap into the sea to rescue him, ''completely'' forgetting that ''their'' Devil Fruits make ''them'' unable to swim too.
* FreakOut: He completely freaks out when Kuma scatters his crew, and when Ace is killed. The latter is so bad, that sends him into an HeroicBSOD for a few days and, after recovering, he still freaks out and destroys everything until Jimbei snaps him out of it.
* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: It's a running gag that Luffy hardly even knows about his family, let alone their infamous reputations, while he shows the utmost care for his friends.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's generally nice to every weird creatures that catches his attention, at one point, he's able to befriend a ''Kraken''.
* FromZeroToHero: He once was a loud, ambitious kid from a small village in the East Blue ocean, which is commonly regarded as "unremarkable" compared to the other big seas in the world. He then forms the Straw Hat Pirates with only a small crew (all of whom have their own humble beginnings) that proceeds to make a name for themselves as they venture between islands in search for the titular One Piece. Post TimeSkip, the crew is considered one of the most infamous, especially as they have tangled with at least 2 major governmental facilities, and Luffy has a very high bounty.
* FunPersonified: Seriously. [[{{Keet}} Along with]] everything else, his powers are genuinely like something taken out from a Creator/TexAvery cartoon.
* FunnyAfro: For the final match of the Davy Back Fight against Foxy, Usopp prepares Luffy like a boxing coach, and gives Luffy an afro saying it would [[RuleOfCool help him win]]. [[spoiler:It does.]]
* FunSize: The after effect of his Gear Third technique causes him to shrink into a chibi version of himself for the same amount time he inflated his body. He overcomes this weakness after the timeskip and can now use Gear Third without any drawback.
* GenderBlenderName: Not Luffy, but his disguise when entering the Corrida Colosseum in Dressrosa is an old man named Lucy.
* GenerationXerox: He has been compared to Gold Roger by multiple people who've encountered him. Given his simple outlook on life and violence towards anyone who hurts his friends, he can also be seen as a GenerationXerox of Shanks. According to Ivankov, Luffy is very similar to his father.
* GeniusDitz: Luffy is childish and naive, but his brilliance is found in fighting, first and foremost. He takes one of more lackluster Devil Fruits, one which his more talented brother told him would amount to nothing in combat, and turns it into one of the most dangerous abilities in the series. Luffy constantly figures out new applications of his RubberMan powers in ingenious ways, showing he is able able to grasp the properties of rubber to the extent that he can learn how to set his arm on fire and create the Gears. He is also very perceptive and adaptive to his environment, being able to figure out Crocodile's weakness of the verge of death and creating a number of counterattacks to Eneru's Mantra on the spot. Mihawk even comments that he's "unusually clear headed" during the Paramount War, implying he's not as much of an airhead as he seems. He has also learned all Rayleigh had to teach him about Haki in just one and a half years, excels at understanding people's emotions and motivations, and possesses a form of wisdom that allows him to see the simplest solution needed (such as knowing that interfering with the Alabasta army won't guarantee anything and what's needed to be done is defeating Crocodile.)
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:He punches Sanji in the face after he repeatedly tries to get him to leave Totto Land by lying about his desire to go back to the crew. Naturally, this finally gets to him to admit that he wants to come back to the crew]].
* TheGift: Luffy's aptitude for combat is remarked upon frequently, and his growth rate as a fighter is insane. He's defeated several warriors with decades of experience on him with his sheer determination and instincts, and has even managed to figure out new techniques and abilities mid-battle. [[spoiler:As seen during his second battle with Kaido, the very moment Luffy figures out what he's doing (coating himself with Conqueror's Haki), he manages to replicate the technique to the point of being able to match Kaido within ''minutes'']]. Something like that takes natural talent that's only seen once in a generation, if that.
* TheGlomp: Luffy is very affectionate and, with his stretchy arms, he can tackle and squeeze his object of affection. During Marineford, Luffy hugs Boa Hancock as a thanks for having given him the keys to Ace's handcuffs and, in Wano, he jumps and hugs Zoro and later Jimbei for seeing them after a long time apart. In Dressrosa, [[spoiler: Luffy jumps out of joy and hugs his foster brother, Sabo, whom he previously believed to be dead]].
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: When [[spoiler:Judge]] lists out every last reason he finds Sanji unworthy, including his lack of royal pride, the sway his emotions have, his foolish need to help others, his love of ''cooking'' like he was some lowly commoner and generally having compassion making him unfit as the SuperSoldier he was intended to be, Luffy just doesn't understand why anyone would see all that as ''bad'', wondering why he listed all of Sanji's good qualities all of a sudden. He simply can't get into the mindset of a man like [[spoiler:Judge]], prideful, royal and hateful of any sort of compassion.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: To go with his simple personality and self-admitted inability at anything except fighting, Luffy can't use any weapon nor doesn't practice any martial arts but resorts to simple punches and kicks, the most basic fighting style. Still, he's such a creative and gifted fighter that he can take on martial artists and win with just his own free-form style.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Luffy has a small scar under his left eye, which he self-inflicted when he was a kid to prove Shanks that he can be manly. After the timeskip, Luffy gets a new X burn scar on his chest from Akainu's attack.
* GoOutWithASmile: Just like anybody else with D. as their middle initial, he's prone to this trope. Notably, although he's saved just in time, he smiles as Buggy is about to cut his head off at Logue Town.
* GratuitousEnglish: Most of his attacks have English names, particularly his Gear-related ones.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: It does not matter that he is badly hurt and freezing to death, or poisoned to the point of ''melting'', his friends come first. He never even asks for himself to be helped, merely begs for whoever is there to aid his companions.
* HatDamage: Though he takes good care of his signature straw hat, this can still happen. [[BerserkButton Woe be to the person that does it, though.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Boa Hancock makes him fight her sisters in an attempts to execute him after he sees the SlaveBrand on her back. It doesn't work, but he understands that he must not reveal it to anyone.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The Gum-Gum Fruit's power seems pretty unimpressive compared to other devil fruits, like the ability to create earthquakes, becoming a dinosaur or manipulating natural elements. However, Luffy's creativity shows it can have a lot of versatility: the ability to stretch can be used for convenience, mobility, or enhancing the range and physical power of attacks; a heart made of rubber can pump blood faster and Luffy can even pump air into his bones or his muscles. Being made of rubber gives Luffy incredible resistance to physical blows, provides insulation from electricity, and appears to be one of the only Fruits that can allow its users to survive underwater (Luffy's head can be stretched above water so that he can continue to breathe, although he will still be powerless if fully submerged). It's implied that a side effect of the Fruit is that Luffy is always in top physical condition, never needing to stretch or loosen up. It's no surprise that Burgess attempts to kill him so he can get the Gum-Gum Fruit.
* TheHero: He ''is'' the main protagonist, after all. In terms of how much of a Hero he actually is, it's complicated, especially because he doesn't want to be one, but generally speaking he finds himself doing what others would call "the right thing" anyway simply because of [[NiceGuy how he is]].
* HeroWithBadPublicity:
** His general reputation to civilians worldwide is this, as they're under the impression he's a ruthless and wild pirate who terrorizes people for the fun of it. Now, he's not TheCape or the IdealHero or anything (and doesn't want to be), but nonetheless he happens to be a morally upright man who wouldn't go out of his way to harm civilians or even cause trouble for no reason. Luffy's entire conflict with the law, going back to the East Blue days, started simply because he calls himself a pirate.
** He quickly goes from being the hero of Dressrosa to being public enemy number one after they mistakenly think he's kidnapped princess Rebecca (he's actually taking her to see her father). Though it turns out to be a subversion, as the citizens of Dressrosa actually know full well where Luffy is taking Rebecca, and chase after him so that Fujitora wouldn't be able to destroy the ships the Straw Hats are using to escape, for fear of catching the civilians in the crossfire.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: He's the main protagonist, and is incapable of fighting with the use of weapons, but his barehanded fighting prowess is so much so that he has been labelled a fighting genius. This is PlayedForLaughs when, at the beginning of the Wano Arc, he starts to fight with a katana because [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai "Samurais are cool"]] but ends up just punching people while holding the sword.
* HeroicBSOD: He gets hit with this hard when Ace gets killed. After Ace's death, there is a look of despair on Luffy's face that has never been seen before and is so traumatized to need to be taken by Jimbei and Law or he would've died. It takes a few days to recover.
* HeroicResolve: Has it in spades. No matter how bad of a beating he gets, he just keeps getting back up, frustrating the opponents he faces on his journey.
** Crocodile beats him down no less than two times. He gets back up, albeit with help the first time and an incredible amount of luck the second time, but during their third and final fight, he absolutely refuses to yield against Crocodile, powerful Warlord or not.
** Rob Lucci gives him an incredible beating comparable to what Crocodile does, but Luffy takes it all, refusing to fall until Lucci does.
** Charlotte Katakuri gave him a beating that tops everything he ever suffered beforehand, but he gets back up again and again. While this resolve initially frustrates Katakuri, he eventually respects Luffy's resolve.
* HeroicRROD:
** His Gear Second pre-TimeSkip shortens his lifespan with each use, and will eventually wear him out if overused. Gear Third also might count, although it only shrinks Luffy temporarily after each use, with no mentioned long-term effect. He overcomes these weaknesses after the TimeSkip.
** When Ivankov gave Luffy his "miracle treatment" to heal Luffy of Magellan's poison, it took an additional ten years off Luffy's lifespan. Add this to Gear Second, and the regular damage Luffy takes, and Oda seems to be strongly implying that Luffy will die young.
** [[spoiler:Even his Gear Fourth has a major drawback: it has a time limit, and when it runs out, Luffy's Haki is unusable for 10 minutes. It gets worse of he overtaxes the time limit, exhausting his body, his Devil Fruit power *and* his Haki for 10 minutes. If his opponent is still going, he's left extremely vulnerable until he recovers. This can be countered by eating sufficient amounts of food to regain his strength, however]].
* HeroicSecondWind: Rob Lucci gives Luffy such an harsh beatdown to bring him on the verge of collapsing, but Usopp spurs him to get up, giving him enough strength to continue and defeat Rob Lucci.
* HiddenDepths: Luffy is dumb, yes, but he is far from ignorant or unobservant. There are numerous times throughout the series where Luffy makes some pretty astute observations about the situation at hand, or otherwise reveals there's more to him than the IdiotHero he seems to be. One of the most important elements to this is that the narration very rarely shows us Luffy's thoughts, leaving it up to speculation how stupid he actually is.
** He makes a pretty strong counterargument to Vivi in the Alabasta Arc that war needs to be taken seriously. People will die, and spending time trying to save every life she can will only result in more deaths.
** When Spandam declares the authority of the World Government via it's flag during the assault on Enies Lobby, he calmly orders Usopp to shoot said flag down, noting how he very much does understand the authority the World Government holds -- he just doesn't care about it. The same thing happens later when he defies Big Mom's authority over Fish-Man Island and declares war on her, too.
** Luffy is far from the forgiving AllLovingHero that some think him to be. He spends most of Impel Down with Crocodile as an ally and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork hates it]], telling Crocodile that he'll ''never'' forgive the monstrous crimes he committed during his time leading Baroque Works.
** While his fun-loving nature and shirking of things like duty may make him seem childish, Luffy actually takes a lot of personal responsibility for his failures. When the ''Merry'' is burning on its funeral pyre, Luffy screams that it's his and the crew's fault that ''Merry'' became irreversibly broken and that she shouldn't be apologizing for their failures. Later on during Dressrosa, [[spoiler: Luffy runs into Sabo and has a heartfelt reunion with him, and notably opens the conversation stating that he "let Ace die" through a waterfall of tears. When Sabo simply states that he almost lost both of his brothers that day and that he's happy that Luffy even survived, Luffy collapses and begins sobbing in relief.]]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: He puts on a facade sometimes to help his friends, like when he says he's not Coby's friend and forces the latter to hit him. Allowing Coby to join the Marines.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Child abuse isn't funny... except when it involves [[RefugeInAudacity throwing the child down a ravine, leaving him in the in the wilderness]], and [[CrossesTheLineTwice attaching enough helium balloons to him to make him float into the sky]], all for the purposes of increasing his survival skills. Further adding to the hilarity is the fact that each of these scenarios has Luffy animated in the exact same pose with the exact same scream, with different backgrounds for each. After hearing about it, his crew immediately realizes just where Luffy got his strong will to live from.
* HollywoodHealing: His battles never leave story relevant scars, like his trademark one under his eye he gives himself in Chapter 1, his X shaped scar he gets from Akainu. For instance, he loses a tooth after [[spoiler:taking a direct kick to the face from Sanji]] but, several chapters later when he drinks some milk and his tooth ''grows back on the spot'' and one of Capone Bege's mook comments [[LampshadedTrope that his body is weird]].
* HonorBeforeReason: During the Davy Back Fight, the Straw Hats lose the first round, forcing a member of their crew to join the Foxy Pirates. The Straw Hats win the second round and get to pick a Foxy Pirate to join them. Nami suggests picking Foxy himself, as he would be unable to participate in the third round duel and they would win by default, getting Chopper back without fighting. However, Luffy vetoes the plan, due to disliking Foxy too much to want him on the crew.
* HopeBringer: The series's infamous flashbacks make it clear that just about every person he meets and every place he visits was steeped in hideous tragedy until he showed up. ''One Piece'''s signature cheery, cartoony, light-hearted tone is almost entirely down to him and the people he influences.
* HotBlooded: In fine Shonen fashion. This is usually depicted as his main personality but whenever he gets into a battle or eats a hefty meal he takes this UpToEleven.
* HowDoIShotWeb: As a child who had recently eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit, Luffy was rather unskilled with his stretching powers -- especially when compared to his mastery at the start of his journey, years later. His signature Gum-Gum Pistol? His first attempt bounced off the ground and back into his own face.
* HulkingOut: His [[spoiler:Gear Fourth consists in him pumping air in his muscles, making them grow. In the Boundman version, he turns into a TopHeavyGuy]].
* HumbleHero: One of Luffy's dominant traits is his humble nature: he does not brag about the powerful foes he's defeated in the past, though he's not above about claiming that no one has ever beaten him in the past (which is not true, having been defeated many times by Ace and Sabo as a child and against most arc villains' in their first encounters). And as always, he loudly proclaims that he's going to become King of the Pirates, though that is something he will do rather than something he has done. He remains humble despite having done outrageous acts like defeating Shichibukai-level pirates and issuing the order to ''burn down the World Government Flag'' back at Enies Lobby (the latter of which Luffy considers nothing to get worked up over, as he and his crew were there only to get back a crew member that has been taken from them). It's also why Sentomaro recognizes the fake Luffy, Demalo Black, as an imposter, since the latter brags about his fame to everyone. When Sengoku tries to cover up Gecko Moria's defeat by ordering Bartholomew Kuma to kill the Straw Hat Crew, Vice Admiral Garp tell him this, practically lampshading the trope:
-->"Ah, do not worry yourself, Sengoku! Luffy is not the sort of guy who'd go around boasting about taking out Moria anyway!".
* {{Hunk}}: [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- [[GlassCannon Snake Man]] turns him into a taller and much more muscular version of his normal self.]]
* IconicOutfit:
** The straw hat, in universe, as seen in the "From the decks of the world" cover story and [[spoiler:at the end of the Fish-Man Island arc. The new shipment to the island will include straw hats. Why? Because the kids want to play heroes!]]
** His first outfit, the red sleeveless vest/blue shorts with sandals combo as well as his first Time skip outfit, which replaced the red vest with an open long sleeved one.
* IdenticalGrandson: Garp looked identical to Luffy when he was a kid. [[http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/d/da/Kid_garp.PNG He even had his scar at a young age.]] Even now you can see the resemblance, as Garp looks like a much older and brawnier Luffy and an SBS in Volume 89 presented a few glimpses at what Luffy could look like at age 40 and 60 and he himself ends up the spitting image of his grandfather "in a future where things go well."
* IdiotHero: Luffy is actually quite smart for a Shonen Hero, and not just in combat; he has shown an understanding of basic physics, social skills, survival skills, and politics. For the most part, however, he's childish, naive, and does things that no-one with common sense would do, more often than not causing big troubles.
* IGaveMyWord: His word is the greatest thing he can give. He takes it seriously. How serious? He promises Robin he'd be her friend forever, so when she's taken from him, he goes on a rampage resulting in the complete annihilation of a World Government island, thousands of unconscious mooks, and a staggering threefold (that would be two hundred MILLION) increase in his bounty. Do note that it's when he has given his word ''willingly'' that he will uphold it to the best of his power; when he's forced by circumstances to do it (such as when Hachi and his crew tell him not to hurt any World Noble or when Law tells him to just capture Caesar), he can break his word if he gets too pissed off.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: His reason for trying to hang out with Ace when they were kids, saying it's painful being alone.
* IJustWantToBeFree: Luffy's reason for wanting to become the Pirate King is because he views the Pirate King as 'the one with the most freedom'. This also, apparently, a trait that comes with the Will of D.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Ace's death is this for Luffy, as he fails save him after all the troubles he's gone through and the sacrifices he has made, and Akainu's [[ElementalPunch magma punch]] is [[TakingTheBullet meant for him]] and the reason why he's gotten handed over to the Marines is because Blackbeard was coming for Luffy, but Ace got to him first.
* ImmuneToBullets: They simply bounce off, though in the beginning of the series he claims to still not like getting shot. Ostensibly he gets used to it pretty quickly, considering the sheer number of times (often on purpose and/or easily avoidable) that he gets shot throughout the series.
* ImNotAHeroIm: He invokes this trope with Jimbei. He says he likes heroes, but his idea of a hero is a completely selfless person (in his own words "A hero shares the meat, and I want all the meat"), and prefers being a pirate so he can have more freedom.
* ImposedHandicapTraining: To learn how to use the [[CombatClairvoyance Color of Observation]] under Rayleigh's wing, Luffy avoids attacks while being blindfolded. Later, in Wano Kuni [[spoiler:while imprisoned in Udon, he is forced to wear sea prism cuffs supposed to weaken him just enough so that he can still work but not fight. [[MadeOfIron Luffy being Luffy]], this doesn't stop him from crushing the prison guards, and he states that by fighting with the cuffs on, he'll be even stronger once they're off, therefore it's a prefect chance to train.]]
* ImprobableAge: While this applies to most of the crew, Luffy is special because he quickly becomes a legendary pirate, his bounty quickly increases until, by the events of Marineford, he earns a bounty of 400,000,000 berry. After the TimeSkip, he's considered by the general public one of the frontrunners for becoming Pirate King and captain of one of the strongest crews on the Grand Line; [[spoiler:later, after escaping from an Emperor's territory, he earns a ''1,500,000,000 berry bounty'' and is considered on the same level as an Emperor by the general public (despite the other Emperors disagreeing with his status)]]. All at the age of 19, while only being a pirate for at most three years, two of which were spent training alone. This trait is even more impressive when compared to his brother Ace who, before his death during the Paramount War, had a bounty of 550,000,000 berry and was considered one of the strongest members of an Emperor's crew at only 20 years old. While Ace's accomplishments are impressive in their own right, post-TimeSkip they only serve to enhance the significance of Luffy's, who has accomplished more than Ace ever did while being a year ''younger'' than his older brother was before he died.
* ImprovFu: Luffy lacks a clear main fighting style and uses anything available to him so he can win. This causes his opponents to underestimate him because, more often than not, it looks like he's fooling around rather than fighting seriously.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: No matter what happens, he will be always carefree and smiling non-stop. He never actually intends anything bad either because of his moral values or his naïveté. Even Hancock's beauty has no effect on him.
* IndyPloy: He uses these quite a few times: notably during his fight with Eneru [[hottip: *:make himself not think and fighting purely on instinct, then using his rubber powers to ricochet his attacks off a wall to beat him up to counter his Color of Observation]], during the assault on Enies Lobby [[hottip: *:charge at the island as his abilities allow him to get there first, and beat up as many of the soldiers and agents there as you can until he gets the attention of one of the [=CP9=]. This actually made the plan the others came up with that much smoother, in the long run]], and later against [[spoiler:Doflamingo [[hottip: *:challenge him with Law, and when he doesn't directly fight him, and uses his puppetry powers instead, pretends to lose his cool and go after Law, prompting him to switch places with Doflamingo, giving Luffy a chance to attack Doflamingo head-on]]]].
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Due to his naivete, he has said something offensive or uncomfortable towards ''everyone'' he has met at some point, but the standout example would have to be the Mermaid Princess, Shirahoshi.
* InstantArmor: One of the many people who can do this using Armament Haki, which turns any affected area of the body black and makes it much, much harder. It can also be used offensively (as the harder body makes for a harder hit) and Luffy is particularly skilled at this type of Haki, able to easily break through most of his opponents' defenses with it. [[spoiler:With Gear Fourth, he can use Armament Haki on his body without losing flexibility.]]
* InTheDreamingStageOfGrief: After a rampage trying to shake off flashbacks of [[spoiler:Ace's death]], Luffy finally comes to accept the fact, saying if it were a dream, he would've already woken up.
* IronicHell: Inverted: Luffy ends up going to [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]], whose leader is the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock. The natives end up worshipping him as much as they do their leader, and said leader Luffy ends up seeing her ''naked''. ''Twice''. To top it all off, thanks to his kind nature, Hancock ends up ''falling in love with him''. If it had been anyone else in this situation, they'd be praising the gods and living it up. However, not only is Luffy an IdiotHero, he's also a ''ChasteHero'', making all of this an ironic ''heaven''.
* {{Irony}}: After all the times when he refuses to give in until a person he's trying to recruit joins his crew, he finds himself, after refusing multiple times, 5640 followers who become part of his Grand Fleet without his approval.
* IThoughtItWasForbidden: Even though Gear Second reduces his overall lifespan, he tends to use it more and more often, to the point at which he resorts to it for most of his major fights since Enies Lobby. Before the time-skip Gear Second is activated by Luffy using his legs as a pump. After his training, [[spoiler:he might've just grown so strong that he ''can't not use Gear Second when he flexes a muscle''. Thankfully, though, he also only uses it in short bursts]].
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: And also RuleOfFunny and ArtisticLicenceBiology; he ''completely regrows'' his missing tooth in Chapter 858 after drinking some milk because... calcium! It's good for the bones! And teeth!
* JustFriends: Luffy, in his own pure-hearted way, ''does'' love Hancock back; the same way he would love and lay down his life for ''any'' of his precious friends. Hancock, although aware of this, personally wishes it's something more (and still interprets his acts of kindness as reciprocating her feelings).
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* {{Keet}}: He has a [[NiceGuy friendly]], loud and energetic personality, dresses in bright colors and is easily impressed by the world around him. This is the reason why many characters find him annoying or can't take him serious at first.
* {{Kiai}}: At the end of his fight with Rob Lucci, he hits him with a powerful [[RapidFireFisticuffs Jet Gatling]], screaming at every punch.
* KiManipulation: After the two year time-skip, he has completely mastered Haki and can use it to power up his already strong attacks and [[CombatClairvoyance predict enemy attacks]], just like Eneru and his priests. [[spoiler:During his fight with Katakuri, Luffy learns how to foresee some bits of the immediate future.]] When he uses Armament Haki, his body turns [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130523032936/onepiece/images/thumb/b/b8/Busoshoku_Koka.png/210px-Busoshoku_Koka.png dark and shiny]], as if his rubber body has gone through a form of vulcanization. [[spoiler:During the Wano arc, he figures out how to imbue his attacks with Conqueror's Haki, which is thus far the most advanced Haki technique seen in the series, and allows him to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Kaido]].
* KindheartedSimpleton: Luffy is very cheerful and kind to his friends and anyone nice to him, but not book smart. He tends to be spacey and fueled by his emotions. But when it comes to fighting, he is very good at understanding what is needed to win.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** During the Straw Hats' fight with Sentomaru, Admiral Kizaru, and Kuma, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Luffy makes the uncharacteristic call for them to make a tactical retreat.]] Completely and utterly Averted before that incident and afterwards though, despite facing enemy presumed to be undefeatable for him; in fact, since the Timeskip, he refuses to run away from even the most powerful of foes after realizing that he ''has'' to be stronger than them anyway to be the Pirate King.
** He does this while escaping from Impel Down, as he realizes he cannot defeat Magellan. However, this is also because he has not time to lose and has to go and rescue Ace as soon as possible.
** Does again versus [[spoiler:Katakuri]]. When you exhaust literally every option at your disposal and only manage to gain a temporary advantage that you've lost the moment that he regained his bearings, were otherwise getting wrecked, and temporarily lost your Haki as a result of your final attempt to put the hurt on him, running really is your only shot at staying alive.
* KnuckleCracking: He tends to do this frequently, especially before the beginning of a fight.
* LeeroyJenkins: He does this whenever he's ''not'' trapped somewhere and can't fight, but the most notable straight example is at the beginning of the assault on Enies Lobby, where he actually take off full speed into the heart of Enies Lobby during the middle of planning, causing his allies to nearly be wiped out.
** Pulls another massive one during the Wano arc. [[spoiler:When Kaido shows up in his dragon form and destroys Oden Castle]], Luffy rushes away from the rest of the group. [[OnlySaneMan Law]] catches up with him and tells Luffy he needs to calm down and not ruin their plan, and thinks he's gotten through. Then he realizes that Luffy has disappeared again and is now [[spoiler:punching Kaido in the face. Also Deconstructed as Luffy is ''way'' outclassed by Kaido, who takes him down in one blow.]]
** Luffy reconstructs and deconstructs the LeeroyJenkins. In general, his Leeroy antics work because he has allies who are willing to go along with his charge, distract the enemy forces, and tidy up loose ends even if it's [[IndyPloy improvised.]] [[spoiler:When he tries the same on Kaido and none of his allies go along with this, he gets [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped in a single blow.]]]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCW1WxGAfEo Luffy Eyecatcher]].
* LethalChef: ''Don't ever let him near a kitchen''. His attempt at cooking in Chapter 824 results in the stove exploding since he forgets to turn it off. What he cooks is a complete mess of a "curry" made from jam, uncooked rice, fishbones, and God knows what else that brought tears to everyone and that ''not even he can stomach''. And he messes up so often while making it that he blows the entire group's week's worth of food in one go. This incident has the purpose to show how important Sanji is to the crew.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Luffy is immature, dumb and his Devil Fruit power is one of the least threatening on paper (especially when compared to others like the ability to generate fire, turning the entire body into blades or becoming a dinosaur), but that doesn't stop him from gradually becoming stronger and defeating pirates who are feared across the world. WordOfGod says that such an ability was chosen to keep some levity even in the most intense fights. With Gear Fourth Tankman, Luffy becomes a living balloon, due to [[BalloonBelly having eaten a lot of biscuits soldiers]], and can barely move. Cracker calls this form ridiculous [[spoiler:until it deflects his attack and sends him flying to the other end of the island]].
* LightningBruiser: Possibly the fastest and most agile member of his crew, he also has incredible durability and strength. WordOfGod is that only Zoro matches his physical power. With Gear Second, he becomes even faster and with [[spoiler: Gear Fourth, his speed, durability and strength get turned UpToEleven, but only for ten minutes.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** While not spending any of his childhood with his father, he has nonetheless taken after him with his will and dangerous unpredictability, and both are stakes in the World Government's side. Ivankov, a close ally of Dragon, comments that Luffy strongly resembles his father.
** Luffy also takes a few cues from his grandfather, Garp, primarily their narcolepsy and their tendency to say secrets without knowing the consequences of saying them until after it's done.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch:
** Luffy is this to Ace, to the point that he says that he probably wouldn't want to live if it isn't for him and Sabo.
** [[spoiler:He's also this to the aforementioned Sabo, who thanks him for being alive when they finally meet up again, as if Luffy had died, Sabo would've been left alone (like how Luffy thought he was when Ace died)]].
* TheLoad: During combat and amidst crises, he's a stellar asset and an indispensable companion. During the actual traveling parts of the journey, he's terribly unhelpful to the basic upkeep of the voyage and has nearly starved the crew to death by gorging himself on their ship's food supplies. This also happens during the end of the most intense arc, where he exhausts all of his energies in the fight and needs his crewmates to save him.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Luffy is generally ignorant of global affairs, but most of the Straw Hats are young and mostly unfamiliar with the places they visit, which often gets them into trouble. However, this is especially true of Luffy, who's known to jump in headfirst without knowing or caring about the situation. During the TimeSkip, Luffy's training has made him completely unaware of the major events taking place, some of which even involves his allies and his greatest enemies. These include: [[spoiler:the massive bounty increases of his Supernova rivals; his own bounty increase; the vacated Warlord positions being filled, notably by Buggy and Law; his grandfather leaving active duty in the Marines; the duel between Aokiji and Akainu for the Fleet Admiral of the Marines position; the war between the Blackbeard Pirates and the remainder of the Whitebeard Pirates, which leads to Marco's disappearance and Blackbeard's ascension to Emperor status]]. One wonders if Rayleigh has intentionally prevented such news from reaching him (''especially'' the truth about Kuma and his agenda). Even Jimbei remarks on how harsh it was for Rayleigh to not tell Luffy about these things.
* MagicPants: By the time Luffy starts developing abilities that greatly alter the shape of his body mass, it is shown that whatever Luffy is wearing at the time will adjust itself to his new forms despite his Devil Fruit not applying to his clothes as well. The first notorious case is when Luffy uses his Gear Third, with its drawback forcing Luffy down to a recovery mode after continuous use, transforming him into a tiny version of himself. In that little body Luffy's clothes also magically shrink to his new size, and goes right back to normal size when Luffy recovers. In Gear Fourth, Luffy's whole body increases exponentially, here his clothes seem to be put under heavy pressure, but it never rips, expanding well beyond their ripping point.
* MagneticHero: In every arc, due to his nice nature and personality, he manages to make many allies and friends. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the Dressrosa Arc. Luffy tries his MagneticHero tendencies on the apparently reformed Bellamy, but for the first time... he fails. Bellamy refuses to turn on Doflamingo at this point since he's got nothing else to believe in, and not only does Luffy take some hard hits for his troubles, but wasting his time fighting Bellamy allows Doflamingo to gravely injure Law. However, this is reconstructed at the end of the arc, where many of Corrida Coliseum warriors and their crews, ask to sail under Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirate flag, and becomes his Grand Fleet. Even the aforementioned Bellamy, who still refuses to be Luffy's subordinate, parts on good terms with him and requests a piece of Luffy's Vivre Card just in case. This trait is lampshaded by Mihawk after noticing all the allies that helps him during the Paramount War:
-> "''It's not some kind of special power, but he has the ability to make allies of everyone he meets. And that is the most fearsome power on these high seas!''"
* ManChild: Downplayed. Luffy is not a grown up adult, but his enthusiastic and curious personality is more fitting to a prepubescent child than a boy in his late teens. His particular brand of UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} also serves to hammer this home; he's arguably even ''less'' interested in sex and gender roles then you'd expect even a typical nine-year-old to be.
* ManOfKryptonite: Luffy is this to Eneru, the main antagonist of the Skypiea Arc, and a Logia user with electricity powers who claims to be an actual god. His Devil Fruit is so powerful that anyone considers him invincible, but Luffy's rubber-like body is capable of negating Eneru's [[ShockAndAwe Rumble-Rumble Fruit]] powers completely, resulting in Eneru being [[BreakTheHaughty shocked beyond belief]]. [[spoiler:This also renders him immune to Big Mom's attacks through Zeus.]]
* MeaningfulName: With a name such as "Luffy", he's certainly a born ruffian. And of course, his simplistic, hyperactive, and fun loving nature brings to mind certain species of Monkey.
* MightyGlacier: [[spoiler:His second [[NextTierPowerUp Gear Fourth]] form the "Tank Man" is this, as it sacrifices the Boundman form's mobility for even more power and defense. He first gorges himself with food and then inflates his belly (and muscles) to ''massive'' proportions and is able to use its elasticity to harmlessly absorb Charlotte Cracker's sword along with his whole body and shoot him out at high speeds.]]
* MissingMom: His mother is completely unaccounted for. Famously, the subject came up in an SBS, where Oda teased that we've seen her, but he won't say who it is.
* MoralityPet: To Hancock. Until he meets her, Hancock's surrogate mother Nyon is worried that she has become as cold as she appears, but fortunately, Luffy's interactions with her proves that this isn't the case, and brings up Hancock's better qualities.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: The "climax" of the Post War Arc is Luffy going through a terrible HeroicBSoD, nearly giving up his dream for the first time, and dealing with Ace's death. Jimbei helps him by pointing out he still has his crew and that Ace would want Luffy to fulfill his goal of being King of the Pirates for his sake.
* MultiformBalance:
** Normal Luffy is a JackOfAllStats (still a LightningBruiser compared to most people, as he is quite fast, strong and has high endurance).
** Gear Second turns him more into a FragileSpeedster. He's faster and hits harder, but his endurance stays the same.
** Gear Third makes him a MightyGlacier. The offensive and defensive power of the inflated body parts goes through the roof, but Luffy's speed takes a sharp drop.
** [[spoiler: Gear Fourth -- Bounce Man combines the strengths of Gear Second and Gear Third which turns him into a LightningBruiser of the highest degree. He can use this form only for a short time though, and it takes a massive toll on his body in the process]].
** [[spoiler: Gear Fourth -- Tankman transforms Luffy into an even bigger MightyGlacier. It allows him to NoSell attacks that could hurt Bounce Man and he can counter with enough force to send the attacker flying to the other side of an island. But he seems practically immobile in this form. The version we see is the "Stuffed Version" after eating countless cracker soldiers, so the normal version may be different]].
** [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- Snakeman makes him a FragileSpeedster whose lightning-fast, ricocheting fists get even ''faster'' and practically home in on his target. While very hard to predict and counter, even for someone with incredible Observation Haki, the form leaves Luffy wide open for direct attacks, and he lacks the defense of his other Gear Fourth forms. However, it should be noted unlike Tankman, this is only in comparison to the other two Gear Fourth forms, he's still a LightningBruiser compared to his normal form.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Luffy has a lean and defined physique but also built like a twig, yet, he easily overpowers with raw strength opponents much larger and more muscular than him. This is justified because muscle mass is developed due to tears in the muscle fibers that occur when exercising and Luffy’s muscles can’t tear, therefore, since Luffy became a rubber man before Garp began training him, he developed a huge strength without any evident muscle. However, in Wano’s second act, during his time imprisoned in Udon, Luffy realizes he can make greater strides in getting stronger by training under the constraints of seastone, which renders him an non-rubberized with them on, thus allowing his body to develop in training as normal. By the end, his upper body is broadened, with his chest, trapezius and arms all gaining considerable bulk compared to before.
* MyFavoriteShirt: His NiceHat serves as a NumberOneDime for him, and gets easily angered when someone breaks it, since it's a gift from Shanks.
* MyGreatestFailure: His failure to rescue his brother Ace from the Marines during the Paramount War motivates him to become stronger for the next two years.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: The D in his name, shared with his father and grandfather, is part of the Will of D, a mysterious legacy that somehow connects them all to the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Very early in the series Luffy's prized straw hat gets pierced by Buggy mid-battle, the scene serves as a mean to show how furious Luffy can be when someone he doesn't like touches, and in this case damages, his beloved hat; after the battle is done Nami fixes Luffy's hat and that's that. However, as the series goes in, many battles with Luffy going through severe beatdowns while being thrown around all over the battlefield, many times falling on his back, with the straw hat resting on it to boot, yet the hat no longer has gotten a single scratch on it. All of this happens while Luffy’s clothes ''do'' receive some minor damage from time to time, yet the straw hat stays strong.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Discussed by Kaido during the Onigashima War. After [[spoiler:handily defeating Luffy again despite his new power-up and throwing him off of Onigashima, Kaido immediately regrets not [[DecapitationPresentation decapitating him and announcing his victory]], because he knows that if the Straw Hats and their allies aren't ''absolutely sure'' that Luffy's dead, they'll never stop believing that he can win]].
* NeverGetsFat: Luffy eats comical quantities of food, especially when a feast is involved, but remains always slim. Whenever he gets fat, he always gets back to skinny in no time, like after the fight against Cracker, during which he has eaten enough food to become a gigantic, obese boy, Nami sees Luffy quickly going back to his normal build. Partially justified since he's a RubberMan.
* NextTierPowerUp: Luffy's fighting skills continue to evolve as the series progresses and he learns new creative ways to use the Gum-Gum Fruit:
** In the Enies Lobby arc, he reveals two new fighting techniques called Gears, with Gear Second making him a FragileSpeedster by pumping his blood at a much faster rate and Gear Third which consists of him pumping air in his bones, inflating any body part for a stronger, but slower, attack.
** During the TimeSkip, he learns to utilize the three forms of [[KiManipulation Haki]], especially Emperor's Haki.
** [[spoiler:While fighting Donquixote Doflamingo, he unveils Gear '''''Fourth''''' which is essentially a SuperMode that makes him a LightningBruiser. As the other two forms of Gear Fourth are revealed, it's revealed they're essentially upgraded versions of his Gear Second and Gear Third ''combined'']].
** In preparation for for his rematch with Kaido, [[spoiler: Luffy learns advanced Armament Haki from OldMaster Hyogoro which allows him to emit Haki to strike at a distance and penetrate Kaido's thick skin.]]
** During the match with Kaido, [[spoiler: Luffy learns to imbue his strikes with ''Supreme King'' Haki which put Luffy in the same league as Kaido, Whitebeard and Roger.]]
* NiceGuy: He's usually friendly, cheerful, and amiable and will do anything for his friends, and it's for this reason that, despite his impressive strength, he doesn't have the higher bounty among the Supernovas at Sabaody. Just don't touch [[TrueCompanions any of his friends]], [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his meat]], or [[NiceHat his straw hat]]. He's so nice that when getting betrayed by [[EnemyMine former enemies he formed a temporary alliance with]] he was happy that they were safe.
* NiceHat: It's even on his Jolly Roger! ItWasAGift from Shanks who used to have the hat. [[spoiler:And one flashback shows that it seems to be the same hat Gold Roger himself wore when he started his journey.]]
* TheNicknamer: Luffy has a habit of giving child-like nicknames to those he meets on his journey, and he tends to call them this way even when they say they don't like it.
* NighInvulnerable: His latest SuperMode, [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]], jacks up his LightningBruiser to the extreme, but most notably his durability.
* NoBadassToHisValet: The world sees Luffy as a dangerous pirate with a massive amount of potential and as one of the frontrunners to become Pirate King. His crew also sees him as that, but they also see him as their idiot captain who wouldn't last five minutes in the Grand Line, let alone the New World, without them, not just because he lacks any ability besides fighting, but due to his recklessness and outright stupidity. Rarely does Luffy ever act like he's the captain of the crew with all the abuse he suffers at their hands -- unless when the situation is really dire. However, when he makes a decision, as stupid and dangerous it can be, his crewmates follow it.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Luffy would rather give up being a pirate than have the identity or location of One Piece handed to him because there is no adventure in that. This is why he prevents Silvers Rayleigh from telling them where the One Piece is and scolds Usopp for having asked about the treasure. In the non-canon movie ''Stampede'', the treasure in the end is [[spoiler:an eternal pose that can lead the crew straight to Laugh Tale and the One Piece. Still embracing this trope, Luffy destroys the pose, similar to how Gol. D Roger threw it into the sea in the past when he learned it was created against his wishes.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He begins his then [[PiratesWhoDontDoAnything "pirate"]] career by beating up ''four'' officially wanted pirates, (Alvida, Buggy the Clown, Don Krieg, and Arlong) dangerous by the standards of East Blue, and rather than giving him thanks (and the posted reward) for doing so, the Marines go and slap a 30 million berry bounty on him, and continue to antagonize him at every opportunity, raising his bounty if he so much as complains, let alone defends himself, up to and including threatening members of his crew, and framing him for attempted murder. [[ThisMeansWar He completely loses all patience on the last two.]] Ironically, the World Government and Marines think ''he'' is unforgivable despite owing him several favours.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** He's usually subjected to these during the first match against the current ArcVillain, but after he learns his enemies' strengths and weaknesses, he manages to win in subsequent rounds.
** After two years of training, he's been handing them out with impunity to the first enemies he faces in the new world, beating the crap out of Hody Jones with only one major wound (and Jones only manages to land it because Luffy is underwater, has his movements restrained by a ''bubble'', and is trying to prevent a falling mastodontic arc from destroying Fish-Man Island). Caesar Clown similarly gets his ass kicked without even managing to land a ''single'' hit on Luffy, although not after knocking Luffy out the first time they clash.
** With the reveal of [[spoiler:Gear Fourth,]] he delivers one of these to ''[[spoiler:Doflamingo]]'', who can barely defend himself.
* NonchalantDodge:
** Right after coming back from two years of training, just to show how fast he has become, he dodges a ''lightspeed beam'' by simply twisting his head.
** During a sumo match with Urashima, the latter tries to hit Luffy with multiple sumo techniques, but Luffy dodges every single one of them without putting forth any effort.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: In the East Blue, which is considered the weakest among the four seas, Luffy finds little troubles fighting the enemies and gets the highest bounty of East Blue in short time. Once he enters Paradise, the first half of the Grand Line, Luffy faces enemies able to push him to his limits. Come the Marineford Saga though, Luffy gets a taste of New World-level threats and it becomes clear that he's nowhere near as strong as he thinks he is. Cue a mental breakdown, recovery, and two years of training in an effort to catch up to the ''real'' big fishes.
* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Though to a lesser extent than Zoro, Luffy often suffers what should be fatal injuries and yet lives through them with sheer determination. The most infamous and impressive example would probably be when he's impaled clear through his torso by Crocodile's giant hook hand; a bit of time to rest later and he's ready to fight him again.
* NoSell: Being made of rubber, blunt force attacks generally bounce off of him harmlessly and either have to be imbued with Busoshoku Haki (which bypasses Devil Fruit powers) or just ''ridiculously'' powerful to hurt him (as demonstrated by Rob Lucci). He is also completely immune to electric attacks, no matter how many millions of volts it is or even if it's infused by Haki. And due to his ChasteHero status, he is immune to Boa Hancock's Love-Love Fruit. After his fight with Magellan, he's also become immune to some, but not all, poisons. [[spoiler:Gear Fourth -- Bound Man allows him to NoSell Haki-imbued blunt attacks because he combines his normal body's elasticity and the Armament Haki, and Gear Fourth -- Tankman allows him to NoSell attacks that could overpower even Bound Man's defense]].
* NoSenseOfDirection: Not as terrible as Zoro's, but it's still really bad and he gets lost more often than not. For example, his idea of going south is to go in the direction that's warmest.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Due to his naive and cheerful personality, Luffy's is fond of hugging and being close to anyone he considers "friend", without worrying about the latter's reaction. Like when he gives a genuine and loving hug of friendship and gratitude to Hancock, too bad he does not realize that it means a ''lot'' more to the poor woman.
* NoShirtLongJacket: In his post-TimeSkip appearance, Luffy replaces his vest with an open-button jacket which leaves the X-shaped scar on his chest visible.
* NotAfraidToDie: Luffy has no fear of death at all. This is a trait shared by every D. carrier shown thus far (save for Marshall D. Teach aka Blackbeard). Smoker, who witnessed Gol D. Roger's execution, after seeing how close Luffy is to meeting his own end on the same scaffold before his miraculous survival, make his utmost priority to capture Luffy.
* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Luffy cannot die from a fall, no matter how high he drops from. Justified since he's made of rubber, and no blunt-attack, unless it's ''really'' strong, can hurt him.
* NoTrueScotsman: A pirate variant. He has a brief argument with Nami regarding this trope when discussing Kuro, whom he considers unworthy to be a pirate.
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Possibly, if the AlternateCharacterInterpretation above is the truth. When serious, he shows no signs of his usual daffiness.
* ObliviousToLove: He has ''no'' idea how Hancock feels about him. Subverted after the time-skip, during he learns how she feels and assumes that when Hancock says she has a request, that it's a proposal and he preemptively declines it. To him she is a precious friend he would gladly die for, but JustFriends all the same.
* OlderThanHeLooks: He's 17/19, but because of how adorably goofy and youthful he looks and acts most of the time, you'd be forgiven for believing he's younger than that. He looks even younger as the series goes on thanks to ArtShift.
* OneManArmy: When Robin is being held in a government facility he charged head on into it, well ahead of his crew. The enemies numbered in the ''thousands''. Luffy cuts through them in ''mere minutes''. This is turned UpToEleven after becoming even stronger during the timeskip, as he knocks out '''fifty-thousand''' Fishmen with his Emperor's Haki alone!
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The number of people who call him Luffy is comparatively low to the number of people who call him "Straw Hat", those who knows him only by fame or are his opponents, will likely refer to him with the latter.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Not so much kill, but it's pretty obvious there are opponents that only Luffy has the power to defeat. Eneru is a [[ShockAndAwe notable example]]. His crew members even point out that Luffy seems to have a knack for singling out the single most dangerous opponent in a group that the rest would have no chance against.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Luffy is loud and proud and gives nary a damn if you tell him to clam up. For this exact reason, if he is ''ever'' deathly quiet for ''any'' reason, it's a sign that a fine line has been crossed and ''you want to be '''anywhere''' other than '''there'''.''
** As mentioned under CharacterTics, Luffy usually smiles after defeating an opponent. But, after winning against his battle with Usopp, Luffy just has a look of sadness on his face...right before crying.
** When the crew is confronted by Garp after the events of Water 7, Luffy showed fear and warned the crew to NOT underestimate him, which they immediately took seriously.
** When his entire crew is fighting against [[WakeUpCallBoss Kizaru]], he orders to retreat. For an IdiotHero who has always fought against the enemy, no matter how bad the odds were, this is pretty significant.
** Two of Luffy's main characteristics are his confidence and love of his trademark hat. So, in the aftermath of Ace's death, the former takes a ''huge'' plummet and the he doesn't even take notice that the latter is missing.
** In Chapter 844, [[spoiler:after Luffy's fight with Sanji, Luffy tells his cook that he won't eat a single piece of food that isn't made by Sanji. That's right. ''[[BigEater Luffy]]'' is going on a hunger strike]].
* OutsideContextProblem:
** At the beginning of his pirate career in East Blue, he's an out-context foe for both pirates and the Marines. Devil Fruits in the Blues are so rare that they are often believed to be mere myth and those who do have powers are seen as demons and monsters. So when Luffy, a rubber man, come along able to deflect bullets and absorb blunt blows without taking any damage, most of his early enemies don't know what to do except for Buggy and Arlong, both who have sailed the Grand Line where Devil Fruit users are more common. Buggy also has the extra benefit of being a Devil Fruit user himself.
** Luffy does it again during his battle against Eneru. Before Eneru meets Luffy, he believes himself to be completely unbeatable and most of his fights end in a curb stomp in his favour. That is because Eneru has the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which turns him into living lightning. The Fruit is so powerful that it is classified as unbeatable. However, since Luffy is a rubber man, he is completely immune to lightning. Even better, rubber doesn't even exist on Skypiea, so Luffy is also an out-of-context material, too. Eneru literally has no clue that a foe like Luffy could exist and the face he makes when he realizes that Luffy isn't affected by his powers is priceless.
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* PapaWolf: He loves his crew so much he views them as family. Try to hurt a member of his [[TrueCompanions crew]] -- or for that matter, one of your own subordinates -- and you are in for a complete beatdown.
* PaperThinDisguise: As "Lucy", which is really just him with an old-man beard and shades. Later, he takes off the shades for a gladiator helmet. [[spoiler:However, this works in his favor as it's more than enough to fool Doflamingo and Diamante when he switches out for Sabo to take his place]].
* ParentalAbandonment: While not an integral part of his character, his father willingly left him to go help the rest of the world, his mother hasn't even been mentioned, and his Grandpa made no attempt to at least have him raised near him. Luckily, though, his foster mother and brothers made up for this void, and the only time he ever showed sadness over being lonely was in childhood before meeting Ace.
* PersonalityPowers: Oda commented in an SBS that he gives his hero RubberMan powers to reflect his fun, carefree and out-there personality, as well as to make a contrast to the more "serious" shonen heroes.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Even before he discovers Haki or his Gear abilities, Luffy deals some pretty amazing feats of damage. And it goes on from there as he gets stronger and stronger. With two uses of Gear Third, he destroys the ''top half of the Tower of Justice'' (the first has made the Tower shake a little... and that is just by knocking a massive steel door down). After two years of training, he becomes strong enough to destroy the massive ship ''Noah'' by using a Haki-strengthened Gear Third gatling, the only reasons he doesn't completely destroy it is because the Sea Kings stop ''Noah'' from colliding with Fish-Man Island before he could finish the job. And finally we have [[spoiler:his new form, Gear Fourth, which can split an '''entire city''' into two slabs and forced them upwards into the air with a single strong attack. It'd be damn hard to argue it now]].
* PintsizedPowerhouse: While he's not overly short by RealLife standards, he tends to be rather puny in comparison to most of his opponents. He's 5'8", while his opponents range from above 6' to being freaking giants of 15' and more! Regardless, the large size disparity seems to make no difference for him; he's able to smack around a Pacifista (Cyborgs who are all about 22'6" feet tall) just as easily as he can smack around somebody like, say, Captain Kuro (an average sized human being). During the tournament at Dressrosa, he completely knocks an actual giant (which is about 70 feet tall) unconscious with a ''single punch''.
* PipePain: When he was a child, he would use a metal pipe to fight since he wasn't very skilled with his powers at the time.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Luffy's not interested in the typical "pillaging and plundering" pirate activities, but rather became a pirate for the sake of adventure. He fights with other pirates and the Marines freely, but leaves civilians alone. Also, though he doesn't have any explicitly stated moral codes, he does lean towards only recruiting crew members who share his ideals on what it means to be a pirate. Though he does cause lots of property damage, doesn't care about the laws and he's not opposed to stealing available loot if an opportunity arises. Then there is that prison break...
* PlotArmor: Many times, he manages to survive and achieve things when the odds are completely against him. Lampshaded by Basil Hawkins when tries several times to calculate a scenario which Luffy can't possibly survive, but Luffy always has at least a slim chance. This is justified by having the Will of D., which means he's destined to change the world.
* PocketProtector: In the ''Adventure of Nebulandia'', Foxy gives him a pin shaped like his (Foxy's) own head, and Luffy puts it on his hat; so naturally, it ends up catching a bullet for him later. The bullet in question appears to be a more modern, cone shaped round that may have been capable of penetrating him; so, as the BigBad of the special Lampshaded, Luffy really does have the Devil's luck.
* PowerIncontinence: Before the TimeSkip, Luffy has no control over his Supreme King's Haki. It would just flare up at random moments whenever he lost his temper, knocking out friend and foe alike. During the Paramount War, he accidentally uses it to save Ace, knocking out the guards along with hundreds of pirates and marines on the battlefield. This backfires on him, as while the sheer strength of the blast convinces Whitebeard to back Luffy's charge, it also makes Luffy a priority target to the Marines, equal to if not ''above'' Ace. Naturally, part of his training during the TimeSkip is learning to control it and use it intentionally.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: [[spoiler:Snake Man, the third Gear Fourth form Luffy introduces]], visibly make his hair longer than usual, making him look wilder and more aggressive.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: At least half of everything Luffy has ever done in the series is driven out of the intense love he has for his crew and/or his friends. While undoubtedly selfish, there isn't anything in the world Luffy wouldn't do for their sake. He always believes in his crew, even when they appear to betray or murder one of their own, and when his friends are in danger, '''nothing''' will stop him. This is more evident during his confrontation with Lucci: after a long and exhausting fight, what gives Luffy the necessary strength to stand and defeat Lucci, is Usopp telling him not to give up.
* PowerOfTrust: While Luffy isn't an ''excellent'' judge of character, his blind trust to nearly everyone he meets helps him most of the time, as his charisma and personality [[MagneticHero allows him to make himself many allies, even with former enemies]], either as permanent crewmates (like Nico Robin and Franky) or as temporary allies (like Buggy and Mr 3). This is put to the ultimate test with his alliance with rival Supernova captain-turned-Warlord Trafalgar Law, which proves to be vital in the defeat of Doflamingo and upcoming war with juggernauts like [[spoiler: Big Mom and Kaido]].
* PowerPerversionPotential: Yes, every part of his body can stretch, including his penis, as the inhabitants of [[LadyLand Amazon Lily]] have discovered. Of course, being [[ChasteHero Luffy]] (and this series a Shonen), he never makes any use of this.
* PrimaryColorChampion: He's the hero of the setting and this is his main color scheme.
** Prior to the TimeSkip, his standard outfit is a red waist coat with blue trousers and a yellowish hat.
** After the TimeSkip, he keeps the same hat and trousers, but now wears an open, long-sleeved red cardigan with four yellow buttons and a yellow sash tied around his waist.
** During the Wano arc, he wears a red kimono with blue patterns and a yellow sash.
** However, in nearly every arc, he changes his vest with another one of different color.
* ThePromise:
** At the beginning of the series, he makes one with Shanks, that he'd return his Straw Hat to him one day after he has become a great pirate, and is what motivates him to start his journey. It is for this promise Shanks refuses to see the injured Luffy at Marineford, as Luffy hadn't reached that level yet.
** He made another one with Ace and Sabo when they were children to go out to sea and live their lives free of regrets. After Sabo's [[spoiler:supposed]] death, Ace promised him that he would never die and leave Luffy alone. [[spoiler:He's only able to keep the former, and he admits there's one regret that he did have: he wouldn't able to see Luffy accomplish his dream. However, unbeknown to both of them at the time, Ace hasn't left Luffy alone in this world -- Sabo still lives, and has made a promise to himself to inherit Ace's will and protect Luffy at any cost]].
* TheProtagonist: He's the central or focal character in ''One Piece''.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Given the strengths of his attacks, this happen quite often to his enemies, especially when he uses the ''Gum Gum Bazooka'' and its variations.
** Buggy and Wapol got punched across different timelines.
** A notable example is Caesar Clown who, after getting hit by the ''Grizzly Magnum'', he's sent flying through different rooms reaching the end of his vast laboratory.
** And a particularly effective one against Doflamingo, where he sends the Warlord to the other side of Dressrosa after showing off his [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] for the first time.
*** Almost every attack with [[spoiler:Gear Fourth]] has this effect if Luffy manages to hit his target. Even [[spoiler:[[TheAce Charlotte Katakuri]]]] is not safe. [[spoiler:Only Big Mom and Kaido laugh it off.]]
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: [[spoiler:This is how his fight with Kaido goes. Luffy gives him his absolute best, giving him multiple gatling attacks. Kaido comes out almost completely unharmed and responds by knocking Luffy right out in one hit while he's in Gear Fourth.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: He was looked after by his grandfather during his youth, although, since Garp is often busy with his job as a Marine, he spent more time with his foster mother Dadan.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: His ''Gum Gum/ Gomu Gomu no Gatling'' technique and its variations consist in a series of punches to his enemies. They're often used to finish his main opponent once and for all or to get rid of hordes of weak enemies.
* RealMenEatMeat: Meat is his [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favourite food]], to the point he's often seen eating a large chunk of meat, and he's a strong and tough pirate.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted. During the Enies Lobby Arc, when he and the other Straw Hats go to rescue Robin, Luffy changes his outfit -- he stills keeps his red vest but switches to black shorts. He's still the same lovable, IdiotHero.
* RedBaron: He's known as "Straw Hat" (or "Mugiwara") from his IconicItem. After the events of Whole Cake Island, he's also known as [[spoiler:'''''"The Fifth Emperor"'''''. Luffy's new title of the "Fifth Emperor" would be "Gokō" or "Gokou" if written in the same manner as "Yonkō"(四皇), remarkably similar to the Shonen Jump protagonist of Dragonball that served as the inspiration for Monkey D. Luffy, Goku. (the actual Japanese phrasing is "Gobanme no Kōtei", which implies that Luffy is a "fifth emperor" alongside the Yonko, but not counted among their number). ]]
* RedIsHeroic: Luffy's [[ColorMotifs main color scheme]] is red and he's, for the most part, an heroic person willing to do anything for his friend.
* RedOniBlueOni: Since he's a hyperactive {{keet}} always ready to have an adventure, he's generally the Red Oni to any other, like his crewmates or his allies (like Law), who are more often than not calm and clever compared to him.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Luffy's [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower inhuman strength]] compliments his Devil Fruit powers. The interesting thing though is Luffy gained this independently of the Gum-Gum Fruit, which simply turned his body into rubber. This element is Discussed during his fight with Rob Lucci, who notes that Gear Second is a technique made by and only for a RubberMan like him, as normal human body couldn't withstand the increased metabolism, blood flow and strain.
* RightMakesMight: If one has a strong ambition, one will always prevail in the end.
* RousingSpeech: Gives one to the prisoners of Udon Prison, telling them he intends to defeat Kaido and make sure Wano will never go hungry again. This, followed by him defeating the warden, convinces the prisoners to rebel and conquer Udon.
* RubberHoseLimbs: Since he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, his limbs were transformed into rubber, so they can stretch and inflate any way he likes.
* RubberMan: Thanks to consuming the Gum-Gum Fruit, and he refers to himself as this in exact words. He's more literally rubber than most examples, too. He can't stretch himself without momentum, and when he does, he snaps back into place like real rubber. His powers come with certain bonuses; his clothes automatically stretch with him, it takes incredible force to hurt him with blunt attacks without [[KiManipulation Haki]], bullets and cannon balls bounce off of him, he's immune to electricity (even if its infused with Haki), his rubber bones can't be broken or cracked, and he rarely gets winded because his rubber heart and lungs pump more efficiently. Other characters comment that his power is "weird" even by Devil Fruit standards.
* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:Curiously, Gear Fourth: Boundman. In that form, Luffy just happens to resemble a rubber version of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio Kongorikishi]], a wrathful, protector guardian deity in Japanese Buddhism]]. WordOfGod is that the form actually ''is'' inspired by that deity.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: '''So much'''. He's tough as hell, but he has absolutely ''none'' of the most basic pirating skills. Lampshaded as part of a BadassBoast when he fought Arlong, saying that he can't use swords, navigate, cook [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or lie]].
* SecretLegacy: The mysterious "Will of D." that several characters have mentioned. Goes a bit further when [[spoiler:he's revealed to have Roger's hat and can hear the voices of Sea Kings like the man himself could.]]
* SecretKeeper: He accidentally discovers Boa Hancock's "Hoof of the Rising Dragon" tattoo on her back and later learns of the Gorgon Sisters' secret past as slaves, but doesn't reveal it to anyone and prevents the Kuja from seeing it in one occasion.
* SelfHarm: In his debut appearance, Luffy, still a child, stabs himself under his left eye [[IdiotHero to show off to the Red Hair Pirates that he's tough]], obtaining his characteristic scar under his eye.
* SeriesMascot: Luffy along with Goku from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' are the mascots for ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', both being the protagonists of the most sold and arguably the most popular manga series.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Even before Garp is revealed as Luffy's grandfather, they both show a BunnyEarsLawyer mentality, being more concerned with eating most of the time, often being absent-minded, and having a tendency to randomly fall asleep.
* ShootingSuperman:
** Marines seem to ''love'' firing their guns and cannons at him despite the fact that they ''bounce right off and back at them'' every time. Especially jarring since you'd think that by now it'd be common knowledge that Luffy -- a world famous pirate and most definitely one of the government's number one targets -- is immune to normal firearms.
** However, before he learns Haki, Luffy himself is guilty of this a few times. He has the tendency to charge headfirst into fights with [[{{Intangibility}} Logia users]] even after it's clear he cannot touch them. His very first fight against Crocodile comes to mind, where he spends five minutes punching him to no avail only to get impaled on a hook for his troubles.
* ShowyInvincibleHero:
** Luffy earns the record-breaking bounty of 30 million berries for a rookie in East Blue where he win all his fights. Smoker being an exception to the rule. And the East Blue Saga covers a hundred manga chapters! Even in the early parts of his adventure in the Grand Line, Luffy’s win record continues and it seems like [[{{Determinator}} nothing can stop him until he reaches his goal]]. But then, from the Sabaody arc to the Paramount War, it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Repeatedly]]. [[BreakTheCutie And hard]].
** A more downplayed version appears post-TimeSkip. Every fight Luffy has for the first three arcs are complete [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp battles]] with him on the giving end, and he ''literally'' does not have a serious fight until the Dressrosa arc, [[spoiler:and it's against an old, legendary pirate who used to fight with ''Garp'' back in the day, quickly followed by Donquixote Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea]]. It's downplayed because in spite of this, both the audience and Luffy himself are well aware that he's still got a long way to go before he reaches his dream, and that it only gets harder from here on out. It's worth noting that said pirate, while incredibly strong, is long past his prime as he later admits, and that Luffy takes on Doflamingo with the help of Trafalgar Law, and it's still his toughest fight to the moment until he [[spoiler:engages Gear Fourth]]. After that he has to start taking on [[spoiler:Emperor subordinates]] to risk having his ass kicked again. [[spoiler:Then he barely survives a confrontation with Big Mom and is later pulverized by Kaido, demonstrating that, for all of his gains, he still has an extremely long way to go.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: He has done this numerous times against the [[BigBad Big Bads of the current arc]]. Prominent examples include against Arlong, Crocodile, Bellamy, Spandam, Caesar Clown, and [[spoiler:Doflamingo]].
* SignatureLaugh: ''"Shishishi!"''
* SignatureMove: The Gum-Gum Pistol, Bazooka, Gatling, and Balloon are his four most iconic moves, although he typically uses their different Gears versions now since he's facing stronger enemies.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Luffy's first and greatest crime was being born into the world, for his father is the world-renowned criminal "The Revolutionary" Monkey D. Dragon; a predicament similar to that of his adopted brother Ace, their existences ''alone'' being sins in the eyes of the world. Unlike Ace, however, his parentage doesn't really bother him all that much -- partially because stuff like that never mattered to Luffy, and partially because Luffy doesn't know he even ''has'' a father until Garp, his grandfather, tells him at the age of seventeen. He also suffers this under the fact that his grandfather is Garp, and at least one pirate, Don Chinjao, has a vendetta against the old guy and considers having it at Luffy is enough for revenge.
* SleepModeSize: After using Gear Third, Luffy reverts to a form where he is incapable of using his Devil Fruit ability for an amount of time roughly equal to Gear Third time. This form, of course, is about two feet tall, and somehow, [[MagicPants his clothes and hat shrink with him]].
* SlidingScaleOfLeadershipResponsibility: Depending on the situation, Luffy will go up and down the scale as needed. Most of the time he's the Hammond, simply because due to his CripplingOverspecialization, he knows that it's just better to let Nami or Robin take the reins, (though he will insist on making the final decision himself on where to go, he leaves it to Nami on ''how'' to get there). But when the fighting starts he's standing right in the middle of the Theoden and the Superman, joining his crew in the fighting but also going after the biggest threats.
* SmartBall: While some of the times he's right are the result of his [[CloudCuckoolander bizarre]] or [[DumbassHasAPoint poorly thought out]] guesses being correct, there are times when he's more reasonable than usual, such as when he tells Vivi that people will die no matter what she does, and defeating Crocodile, rather than intercepting the rebels, is the surest way to stop the rebellion.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Whenever Luffy visits a new island, he always happens to stumble across the current ArcVillain's plan, usually just in time to ruin it before it's completed. It should be noted that, more often than not, he never even goes in intending to stop the villain or knowing the villain even has an evil plan. He is literally just an unexpected variable that happened to mess up the scheme because the villain does just ONE thing wrong. That thing is usually trying to preemptively eliminate him. Doflamingo attempts to take advantage of these tendencies in order to screw up Law's plan: he correctly deduces that [[spoiler:Luffy would immediately be sidetracked by a tournament to win the Flame-Flame Fruit, most likely to ensure that his brother's power does not end up in the wrong hands]]. It would've worked, but it backfires magnificently when it creates another Spanner to screw up his plans: [[spoiler:Sabo, who takes Luffy's place in the colosseum in order to the win the Flame-Flame Fruit, being perhaps the ''only'' person outside of his own crew that Luffy would allow to take its power]]. This can be largely blamed on Doflamingo, as the tournament is most likely the main reason [[spoiler:Sabo is in Dressrosa in the first place]]. It's at this point you can honestly say that anything even ''remotely'' related to Luffy has the potential to be this for ''any'' villain.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's known as Rufy in some foreign editions, most notably the German translation.
* SpiderSense: He's one of the many people with Observation Haki, an innate power that allows him to sense imminent danger, see people's "auras" (outline) through walls, and hear the voices of any living creatures around him for at least several miles. [[spoiler:After his fight with Katakuri, he masters it to the point of foreseeing small glimpses of the future.]]
* StockShonenHero: He is the TropeCodifier of the "new generation" of Shonen heroes of this type alongside Manga/{{Naruto}}. Luffy is ''the'' IdiotHero and a LeeroyJenkins of a caliber so major that the rest of the cast tolerate him only because he is very good at fighting and TheHeart of the crew. Still, the only time so far that his incredible drive to keep on fighting and his on-the-spot inventiveness fails him is during the Marineford arc, which is a massive WhamEpisode.
* StraightForTheCommander: While the other Straw Hats fight the subordinates, Luffy usually takes on the BigBad (or strongest opponent) of each arc. The other Straw Hats usually let him do this because they know he's, more often than not, the only one who has a chance against said opponent.
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: He's the wise guy for ''everyone else's straight man'', due to his impulsive and naive personality. More commonly, he's the wise guy for ''the entire crew's'' straight man (especially Nami or Usopp). In his recent alliance with the Heart Pirates, he's the Wise Guy to Law's Straight Man: They go on a great tear in 748, with Cavendish and Zoro in the middle of it all.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: He and Zoro, despite having very different personalities, are both really quirky and share similar thoughts. For example:
** An anime-only example: Luffy and Zoro both meet Gaimon, a small man whose body is stuck in a box. The first question both of them have upon learning this is "Are you a boxed son?". This is a pun on the Japanese concept of "boxed daughters", referring to the practice of girls with a sheltered upbringing, but since it certainly doesn't refer to a literal box, it's a pretty dumb pun. Luffy and Zoro were both being serious and not trying to make a joke with it.
** In Skypeia, Zoro, while currently in a group with Nami and Robin, gives a Tarzan yell while swinging on a vine, stating that that's just "the right way to swing on a vine". Not long after this, Luffy, who is currently with Usopp and Sanji, also swings on a vine and gives a Tarzan yell.
** After Luffy's explanation on the difference between pirates and heroes -- heroes share meat with others, pirates keep it all for themselves (which Zoro is not present for and doesn't hear) -- Zoro later gives an incredibly similar analogy, except he substitutes booze for meat.
** When Luffy and Nami [[spoiler:are captured, imprisoned, and restrained by Big Mom's crew; Luffy intends to get out by tearing off his arms, which is very similar to something Zoro once did in Little Garden, where he intended to cut off his legs to escape Mr. 3's Giant Candle Service Set.]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: The most common victim of the Devil Fruit users in his crew for [[IdiotHero reasons you can easily guess]]. Of course, he couldn't swim even before getting his Devil Fruit powers, hence why Shanks's crew nicknamed him "Anchor". Ironically, post timeskip he is one of the few Devil Fruit users who can overcome this. He has proven able to utilize Gear Third underwater, albeit far weaker. (He still swims about as well as a block of cement, however.)
* SuperGullible: He is the only one besides Chopper who is gullible enough to fall for Usopp's Sogeking disguise. He later falls for Caesar's disguise despite having recognized him a few moments before. The only aversion is Pekoms's far too obvious one.
* SuperMode: He has a few of these techniques, which he dubs "Gears", that makes him much stronger;
** [[LightningBruiser Gear Second]] is achieved by him pumping his blood with his leg (pre-timeskip) or just by yanking up his limb hard enough (post-timeskip) to highly increase blood flow and metabolism, giving him a glowing pinkish appearance and hot steam coming out of his body; this increases his strength and speed to dramatic levels, at the cost of his lifespan (because his organs work multiple times harder than normal), although this drawback is minimized post-timeskip.
** [[MightyGlacier Gear Third]] is achieved by him blowing air into his bone hole (after biting his finger first). This gives him hardened bone structure (to the point that bullets ricochet off him as opposed to bounce away) as well as enlarged limbs, but this makes him move slower, and he becomes SuperDeformed and weak for a minute after the mode stops. Post timeskip the drawbacks have been minimized; now he can keep the air insides his bones in only the places where he needs it, making him more flexible.
** Gears Second and Third can be combined to become much stronger, but doing so leaves him exhausted after a short use.
** [[spoiler:"Gear Fourth, Boundman" is activated by blowing air into his muscles, combined with Armament Haki. It turns him into a rubber version of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nio fighting deity]]. He uses the full potential of his body's elasticity here, and combines it with his Armament Haki, retracting his limbs to launch them with absolute force, fly, ''remotely guide his punches'', and increasing his durability to new levels. He has developed this state in order to continuously fight the powerful beasts in Rusukaina, the island he trained during the 2-year TimeSkip. However, it has a strict time limit and if Luffy goes over it, he'll be unable to use Haki for a good 10 minutes and be barely able to move during that time, leaving him extremely vulnerable. That said, eating a lot of food can easily counter this weakness if the opportunity presents itself]].
** [[spoiler:"Gear Fourth, Snakeman", is a variation of Boundman that is less durable but much faster. It specializes in very fast punches that can change direction, so they can hit the target even after the latter has dodged them. It's fast enough to hit Katakuri, who has CombatClairvoyance.]]
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]], especially thanks to Observation Haki. [[spoiler:The latter becomes advanced enough to become CombatClairvoyance.]]
* SuperToughness:
** His rubber body nullifies all but the most powerful blunt blows (though Haki-imbued attacks strike him as if he were normal). However, though his toughness is certainly partially from his Devil Fruit, knowing [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Luffy]] it's ''highly'' likely he'd be MadeOfIron even without it.
** One of the best examples is what he endures facing [[BigBad Crocodile]]. Three. Times. He's stabbed with a giant hook, drained of all the fluid in his body, poisoned, cut by Crocodile's extremely sharp [[DishingOutDirt sand]], and physically beaten all over the course of 24 hours; yet he survives with just some bruises and cuts (although, without some external help, he would've died after the first match).
** It has to be noted that he's reached completely insane, almost Whitebeard-esque levels of endurance by the time of the Whole Cake Island Arc. First, he takes a beating and fights for ''11 hours straight'' against the 860,000,000 bounty Sweet 3 General Charlotte Cracker, which includes nearly getting his arm cut clean off. ''Then'', he takes an extremely severe, Diable Jambe enhanced beating from Sanji, knocking out his tooth and rendering him briefly unconscious (which almost never happens to Luffy). ''Then'', he almost immediately gets beaten to a pulp again by random Charlotte Family members with Haki-enhanced punches. ''Then'', he draws blood from nearly tearing his own arms off in an attempt to escape Big Mom's prison. ''Then'', he gets set on fire in the process of being freed from prison by Jimbei. ''Then'', he takes more injuries fighting off guys on the way to meet Sanji. ''Then'', after a brief few hours of recovery, he starts taking his ''worst beating yet'' to that point while fighting the [[ImplacableMan implacable]], billion bounty man that is Charlotte Katakuri for another 9+ hours -- including [[spoiler:surviving [[https://i.imgur.com/yL4olzy.png an attack that blows]] a [[https://i.imgur.com/iMC0QPB.png considerable chunk of flesh]] right off his torso]]. He's taken all of this damage in one arc... ''and got back up each and every time''.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: {{Subverted}} with Nightmare Luffy. He's a scary, giant, evil-looking [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk-like]] figure, and Nami and Usopp are initially afraid of him, but he's actually still Luffy on the inside. Just REALLY serious. However, that could be something to do with shadows inside him, since Usopp and Nami notice he behaves differently.
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Towards Katakuri. While Luffy usually sends enemies flying or needs to immediately take off after beating them, once Katakuri finally falls for good he takes a rare pause to cover up the man's face. This is important because Katakuri's rep is based on him hiding his face and never being seen lying on his back, so while Katakuri is on his back now anyway, Luffy at least affords him the respect of keeping his face hidden after seeing how his allies turn on him when they discover what it looks like.]]
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* TagalongKid: Defied. When he's still seven-years-old, Luffy asks Shanks if he can join his crew, composed of grown up men, multiple times, but Shanks always declines, explaining it would be too dangerous for him.
* TakingTheHeat: By telling [[spoiler:Big Mom ''he'' is the one to ruined her candy factory and ate all her candy, he earns her rage, which would have otherwise gone to destroying Fish-Man Island. It's a lie and Big Mom suspects as much but she doesn't try to disprove him and instead accepts his challenge.]]
* TastesLikeFriendship: Although his friendship with them grows for different reasons over time, it only takes Nami and Rebecca some food for him to instantly start to like them, pretty reasonable for a simple-minded BigEater. The latter case is lampshaded when Law expresses annoyance that Luffy's fighting for Rebecca's sake just because she gave him food. It happens again in the Wano Arc when Tama offers him food, especially because she offers him ''her own lunch''.
* TearsOfJoy: He can only burst into tears [[spoiler:when, in Chapter 731, Sabo reveals he is alive. He's really ''that'' happy and surprised to learn he still has one brother.]]
* TeensAreShort: Subverted. Just about every other teenager in ''One Piece'' '''except''' Luffy is tall. Though he's not terribly short by realistic standards, being 5'7 at first and later 5'8, it's obvious the average height for men in ''One Piece'' must be around 6'3 since everybody towers over him. Even civilians are typically much taller than him.
* TeethFlying: Luffy loses a tooth after getting [[spoiler:kicked in the face by Sanji -- and unusually for ''One Piece'', it stays like that for several chapters/episodes. Fortunately though, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum he eventually drinks some milk and it just grows back]]]]. Luffy himself also tends to do this to his opponents, usually after hitting them with the finisher.
* TerribleArtist: In a nutshell, Luffy is a terrible painter: His attempt to paint his Jolly Roger on the ''Going Merry'' isn't very successful and the rest of the crew hates it so much they have Usopp paint over it, even his logo painted on Laboon looks just as bad. After Foxy loses his Jolly Roger, Luffy is nice enough to paint him a new one, and Foxy is moved by his offer, until he sees that the result is terrible and embarrassing to travel with. Luffy's drawing of what the crew's shipwright should look like is so bad it freaks out both Usopp and Sanji.
* ThanksForTheMammary:
** Luffy accidentally gropes Boa Hancock when he's hiding under her dress since how he's latched onto her keeps her from walking straight. The act certainly affects Hancock, but she's forced to hold up her facade in front of the Marines.
** This trope is taken UpToEleven when Luffy is catapulted into the room (and chest) of Princess Shirahoshi... who is one of ''One Piece's'' giant characters. Before he realizes it, Luffy thinks that he's standing on a giant pudding and ''bounces on it''.
* ThirdTimesTheCharm: Luffy fights Crocodile three times, in the first two he loses and almost dies, getting saved by Robin in the first time and by some last drop of water the second time, while in their third and last attempt, Luffy finally beats the Warlord. It also takes him ''four'' separate rounds with Doflamingo before he finally beats him, though in these cases it's not Doflamingo that defeats him but simply finds a way to keep Luffy busy.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: While not a traditional hero, he has a strong, innate sense of justice that causes him to go on furious crusades when he sees someone he's fond of or respects unfairly trampled on.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: By the end of the first half of the series, approx. time around the Sabaody Arc, his skills and power are simply no longer enough to beat anybody or anything stronger than a single Pacifista (with the support of his entire team at that...). Thankfully, he gets better and after two years of training, he can now also defeat a Pacifista in a single hit (along with a giant Kraken, for that matter...).
* TiredOfRunning:
** Before leaving Dressrosa [[spoiler:he takes on Admiral Fujitora instead of escaping as he's tired of having run for two years. As he correctly pieces together, he really has no choice but to face the Admirals and Emperors if he wants to become the Pirate King, after all. Still, he ultimately leaves before the fight could end with a winner.]].
** [[spoiler:He does it again when Nami begs him to run from Charlotte Cracker, an Emperor's right-hand man with an ''860,000,000'' beri bounty. Luffy ''refuses'' and, sure enough, he's eventually able to beat him with her help.]]
* ToBeAMaster: His dream is to become King of the Pirates, which means he has to become the strongest pirate.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While not necessarily a team, the Eleven Supernovas are all notorious pirates who are all morally ambiguous at best and downright cruel at worst. Even Zoro is such a big BloodKnight that at times it's hard to remember that he's one of the good guys. Luffy by comparison is a NiceGuy who would never hurt an innocent and mainly got his high bounty out of self-defense of himself and his friends.
* TooDumbToLive: Indeed. He would have been killed many times if not for incredible strokes of luck and allies who are willing to save his ass; it's worth noting that he began his voyage with fighting ability, modest cunning, boundless enthusiasm, and no other skills that could facilitate his dream (navigation, carpentry, cooking, basic medicine, etc.). In some less dangerous situations he knows what he does, but his problem is that he has no fears and fails to recognize true danger, sometimes, his choices put even his companions in danger.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Invoked. After the death of his brother, Luffy realizes he's too weak for the New World and decides to spend two years of training under Rayleigh's wing, during which he improves his skills and learns about Haki. He comes back to Sabaody as a much more powerful fighter, but claims to still have a lot to learn. It's mostly shown during the fight with Katakuri, where Luffy masters Observation Haki so he can go toe-to-toe with his opponent.
** In Wano, after [[spoiler:training in the Prison Mines under Hyogoro's wing, Luffy goes from being downed in one hit, in Gear Fourth form, by a drunk Kaido to being able to land a hit on the same Emperor with a single Gear Third punch, showing off a new technique.]] In the middle of [[spoiler: his rematch with Kaido]], he also figures out that [[spoiler: he can coat his body with his Conqueror's Haki in the same vein as Armament, which gives Luffy the power to knock down Kaido ''without even touching him or'' '''''[[UpToEleven using any Gears.]]''''']]
* TopHeavyGuy: [[spoiler:When Luffy activates his Gear Fourth Boundman, his upper body gest much larger, while the lower half remains small.]] He also appears like this when using Gum Gum Balloon.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Meat. Any kind of meat (Although he's not as fond of seafood, as revealed by the Fish-Man Island arc). Eating it even makes him stronger, and if he's not fighting or playing, he's always seen eating meat. He's been once put in a sleep that should have lasted for three days but he's woken up when Usopp yells there is meat. He loves it to the point that, in a crossover with Manga/{{Toriko}}, when he orders a 3 course meal, ALL of them consists of meat. Even the ''drinks.''
* TrainingFromHell:
** He went through this in childhood. It involved being thrown into jungles at night and tied to balloons, apparently, and were done by his grandparent, with the genuine intentions to help.
** To get as much strong as possible in the span of two years, he's trained by Silvers Rayleigh on an island inhabited by giant and dangerous animals.
* TranquilFury: If you piss him off enough to make him enter this mode, you're screwed. Luffy usually starts his fights in UnstoppableRage mode, and finishes them in TranquilFury mode, when his enemy has really pissed him off.
* TransformationSequence: In the anime adaptation, [[spoiler:Luffy activating Gear Fourth: Snakeman shows a sequence of the steam coming off his body becoming writhing snakes. The snakes coil around parts of his body then fade away to show his new appearance.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: The Paramount War is one ''huge'' BreakTheCutie moment for our hero, starts during the Sabaody arc, where all his TrueCompanions are scattered, then gets many times worse in [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down]] and Marineford: [[spoiler:he finally rescues his brother only for that brother to lose his life protecting him, he is ''very lucky'' that he is able to return to being himself.]]
* ThroughHisStomach: A surefire and easy way to get Luffy to be your best friend. Just ask Rebecca or Tama.
* TrouserSpace: He keeps the "octopus" in his pants.
* TykeBomb: A technically non-villainous example (well, depending on how you view the Marines); Garp put him through some brutal training as a child so he could be prepared to be a Marine as soon as he was old enough to join. As a result, he was already strong enough to beat up grown men and wild animals at age 7 and could casually shatter stone with a punch by the time he was 14. Of course, he decides to become a pirate instead of a Marine.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Luffy refuses to follow the typical code of pirates, a code that revolves around pirating for treasure rather than your dreams, and does not harm civilians and steal. On one occasion, this even gets him ridiculed and beaten, but [[DoomedMoralVictor he still stands strong by his beliefs.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Luffy not only earns this from his friends he freely gives it as well. Nothing will stop him from helping his friends achieve their dreams. He will protect them with his last breath or even declare war to the entire World Government if needed.
* TheUnfettered: The reason he's gotten as far as he has -- his inability to hold back or restrain himself, is one of his most defining traits. His only fetter is his loved ones, especially his crew and the closest family to him.
* UnskilledButStrong: Initially with regards to Haki; he starts out only being able to make people submit to his power, and only during the TimeSkip does he learn how to properly use its forms. This is also what many tell him InUniverse during the Marineford Saga in regards to his abilities in general. His physical power and natural talent for combat is quite impressive, but... a combination of not having any sort of hardening or observation Haki at all, no knowledge of when they are being used against him, fighting against people even stronger and faster than he is, and most importantly, fighting against people who can actually ''negate'' his strongest attacks (such as [[PoisonousPerson Magellan]]) for the first time lead to a long line of defeats. Thankfully, he's gotten better and is now StrongAndSkilled.
* UnstoppableRage: He switches into this mode fairly frequently at the climax of his battles every arc, and he's ''really'' unstoppable. On Enies Lobby, the soldiers are literally being sent flying by the hundreds from the moment Luffy got there, and it isn't over until 3000 have been defeated and he has made his point -- shit is getting serious.
* VariantPowerCopying: Because Devil Fruit powers are unique, Luffy can't quite exactly duplicate moves, but he learns to emulate [[FlashStep Soru]] with Gear Second, [[ElementalPunch Fire Fist]] with his Red Hawk.
* VictoryByEndurance:
** Rob Lucci is the strongest opponent Luffy fights up until that point, and he's a pure physical fighter just like Luffy, who pushes himself to his absolute limit to knock Lucci out with one final attack when they're both already exhausted.
** He defeats Z this way in ''One Piece: Film Z'', as their fight eventually devolves from using their powers/weapons to just flat out hitting each other until one of them fell.
** [[spoiler:His duel with Katakuri. While Katakuri is faster, stronger, more skilled, and overall the better combatant, if there is one thing Luffy is better than him at, it's taking hits. Luffy takes advantage of that, dodging and tanking Katakuri's hits until his Observation Haki advances far enough for him to start countering and attacking back. Finally, after over ten hours of fighting, the battle ends on a DoubleKnockout -- but when they both get up, Katakuri falls down again while Luffy remains standing, giving him the win]].
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Luffy always wears a waistcoat; he initially only wears red ones, but starting with the Thriller Bark arc, he wears a different color every arc. His waistcoats don't look as stylish as they normally would since he never wears anything underneath them. After the time-skip, Luffy replaces his waistcoat with an unbuttoned jacket.
* WellDoneSonGuy: A younger Luffy wanted to be friends with Ace, the older kid living with him, [[spoiler:and Ace's friend Sabo,]] who found him to be a weak, annoying crybaby, and lead him into tons of deadly situations to escape him, but he kept coming back. Eventually, Luffy shows how tough he really is, and they become brothers.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: As he self-admits, he can only give punches, and most of the situations he's gotten into have been solved through liberal use of punching the right guy ''in the face''. Prior to Marineford, it's typically his ''only'' strategy, many times literally just asking whose ass he has to kick. It's fitting, as one of his stronger techniques is also called Gum Gum Mallet and Gum Gum Giant Mallet, which both mean hammer.
* WildCard: As the Captain of the Straw Hats, an entire crew of Literature/WildCards themselves due to the mangling of the power balance they've done over the past two years, he is one himself. Hell, considering his reputation for being a SpannerInTheWorks and his general [[CloudCuckooLander unpredictability]], he counts greatly. Sometimes he's unpredictable even to his own crew.
* WithMyHandsTied: He one-shots Vander Decken with his arms chained.
* TheWorfBarrage: A side effect of Luffy picking increasingly difficult fights in the New World is that his previous ultimate attacks are often ineffective against the new threat, necessitating a NextTierPowerUp to even scratch them. Luffy's Kong Organ, Gear Fourth equivalent of his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Gatling Gun]], is notable in being used to demonstrate his opponents' strength on every occasion despite being one of his strongest attacks, be it Katakuri's Observation Haki or Kaido and Cracker's resilience.
* TheWorfEffect:
** Generally speaking, every time Luffy grows stronger or gains a new ability, his next opponent will counter or match his new power to show how much [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil more dangerous they are than the last foe.]]
** The Whitebeard War Saga (from the Sabaody Archipelago arc up until the Timeskip) inflicts one continuous Worf Effect on Luffy; from Boa Hancock smashing Pacifistas effortlessly (while Luffy needs his whole crew to barely beat one) to Smoker [[NoSell no selling]] the Jet Gatling Gun (which is his strongest Gear Second move at the time), the entirety of the saga mocks the notion that Luffy is any kind of threat to the top tier powers in the New World. Cue two years of training to catch up, and he effortlessly dodge a lightspeed beam and defeat a Pacifista with. A. Single. Punch.
** Of particular note is Big Mom, one of the four Emperors and most powerful people in the world. [[spoiler:At the time of their first confrontation, Luffy has just recently defeated Donquixote Doflamingo and Charlotte Cracker with [[SuperMode Gear Fourth]], easily overwhelming them with the raw strength of his NextTierPowerUp even though they are perhaps his two toughest opponents yet at that point. Doflamingo, in particular, is sent flying the length of a city despite attempting to block Luffy's punch with his Haki on and both arms up. Now, in comparison, Big Mom blocks the exact same punch with ''one'' Haki-covered elbow and isn't pushed back an ''inch'' from where she stands. She then ''laughs'' at the notion of Luffy being able to defeat her or Kaido, showing how powerful the Emperors really are]].
** [[spoiler:Emperor Kaido shows why he is called "The Strongest Creature" by tanking several of Luffy's most powerful Gear Third and Gear Fourth Haki-empowered attacks without lasting damage before beating Luffy unconscious in a single strike. The kicker? It seems Kaido does all this ''without using any kind of Haki'']].
* TheWonka: He's the captain of the main crew, which has become among the world's most infamous pirate crews, and has accomplished several feats using a lateral or outright insane branch of logic.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Not ''yet'', but his dream is to become King of the Pirates, which by default means wanting to become this.
* WorthLivingFor: After [[spoiler:Ace's death]], the only reason Luffy finds the resolve to keep on living is because of his crew and the fact that Ace would've wanted him to live and move on. Otherwise, Luffy would've probably turned into a DeathSeeker, a clear indication of just how ''bad'' his HeroicBSOD was.
* WorthyOpponent:
** He's one to Smoker. This has become especially apparent when Smoker is willing to transfer into the ''worst'' Marine base on the Grand Line, just so he could wait for Luffy in the New World. He waited ''two years'' for someone that the world thought dead, because he knew that Luffy would return to the sea sooner or later. Luffy sees him this way as well, as when [[FreakyFridayFlip Smoker is stuck in Tashigi's body]] Luffy refuses to fight him until he's at full strength.
** Charlotte Katakuri. Unlike a lot of Luffy's foes, Luffy make no move to insult him and instead purely bases his judgement on Katakuri's abilities as an opponent. [[spoiler:This is even after Katakuri's physical and personality flaws are revealed to him. Eventually, this respect is returned, and after their fight concludes, Katakuri acknowledges that Luffy might very well defeat Big Mom and become the Pirate King. As a final gesture of respect, Luffy takes off the mafia hat he's wearing over his regular one to cover up Katakuri's disfigured and fanged mouth, a feature the man himself is deeply ashamed of, to hide it from the remaining members of his family]].
* WouldHitAGirl: To Luffy, gender makes no difference, and he has faced and punched multiple women. Examples include Alvida, Ms. Valentine's Day, Vivi (as Ms. Wednesday and later a slap in a GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman moment), Boa Marigold, and Sandersonia. Of course, the women he occasionally fights are all dangerous, and it wouldn't be wise to go easy on them.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: Luffy's training during the TimeSkip involves him fighting a variety of beasts such as gorillas, elephants, and lions. [[spoiler: He uses these animals as inspiration for the names he'd give his techniques in his new [[SuperMode Gear Fourth]] form.]]
* XMarksTheHero: He has an X-shaped scar across his chest as a gift from Akainu's attack at Marineford.
* YouAreNotReady: This is the reason Kuma scatters the crew to different islands, so that they can train and become strong enough to face the New World, but it's not clear at first. Marineford is where it's driven home that no matter how lucky or determined Luffy is, there ARE people out there who are still in a whole other league above him, and trying to tackle them head-on is a ''really'' bad idea. He and his crew then spend the next two years GETTING ready.
-->'''Admiral Akainu''': If nothing else, I praise your tenacity.\\
'''Admiral Aokiji''': But you're not ready for this stage yet.\\
'''Admiral Kizaru''': There's no way you can beat us, you know?
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: If Luffy [[TheNicknamer stops calling a character by the nickname he's arbitrarily given them]], you know he's serious.
* YouCanBarelyStand: But he STILL gets up and kicks Lucci's ass. Doesn't work against Magellan, however...
* YouNeverAsked: The main reason why nobody knows that Luffy and Ace are not blood related? Nobody bothered to ask. Whitebeard might have asked Ace, but given Whitebeard's own stance on FamilyOfChoice, he considered it just as valid.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Luffy frequently reminds others of Gol D. Roger, including Rayleigh, Roger's number two. The most clear example is when he almost gets executed by Buggy in Loguetown and [[GoOutWithASmile smiles even when he thinks all hope is lost]], just like Roger had in his execution. This latter similarity is noted by Smoker, and induces him to follow and capture Straw Hat.
* YourSizeMayVary: Luffy is generally human-sized, and is consistently drawn as a normal person. However, in his Gear Fourth he becomes much bigger, but how much his size changes varies often.
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** Urouge defeated Snack, the weakest of Big Mom's Sweet Generals before being driven out of Totto Land by his older brother Cracker, another commander. Luffy not only beats Cracker (albeit with Nami's help), [[spoiler:he beats Katakuri, ''her single strongest subordinate'', on his own and even manages to win his respect. And both of these happen within a couple of days of each other to boot]].
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** Urouge defeated Snack, the weakest of Big Mom's Sweet Generals before being driven out of Totto Land by his older brother Cracker, another commander. Luffy not only beats Cracker (albeit with Nami's help), [[spoiler:he beats Katakuri, ''her single strongest subordinate'', on his own and even manages to win his respect. And both of these happen within a couple of days of each other to boot]].
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** At nearly seven meters tall, Moria is one of the tallest humans in the series, and this gets turned UpToEleven after he absorbs all of the shadows of Thriller Bark and grows gigantic. However, his fight is notably less tough than most examples, and even in his Shadow Asgard form he actually becomes easier to defeat by having him expel all of the shadows.
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** At nearly seven meters tall, Moria is one of the tallest humans in the series, and this gets turned UpToEleven after he absorbs all of the shadows of Thriller Bark and grows gigantic. However, his fight is notably less tough than most examples, and even in his Shadow Asgard form he actually becomes easier to defeat by having him expel all of the shadows.
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** [[spoiler:Charlotte Katakuri in particular is a notable case, as he's straight-up confirmed to be undefeated until Luffy beat him.. Katakuri is considered so strong that his family refuses to even consider the remotest possibility that he lost, and even when learning the truth after Luffy escapes the Mirror World, they either outright deny it or accuse Luffy of having used a dirty trick to win]].
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** [[spoiler:Charlotte Katakuri in particular is a notable case, as he's straight-up confirmed to be undefeated until Luffy beat him.. him. Katakuri is considered so strong that his family refuses to even consider the remotest possibility that he lost, and even when learning the truth after Luffy escapes the Mirror World, they either outright deny it or accuse Luffy of having used a dirty trick to win]].
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* ObliviousToLove: He has ''no'' idea how Hancock feels about him. Subverted after the time-skip, during he learns how she feels and even assumes that when Hancock says she has a request, that it's a proposal and he preemptively declines it. To him she is a precious friend he would gladly die for, but JustFriends all the same.
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* ObliviousToLove: He has ''no'' idea how Hancock feels about him. Subverted after the time-skip, during he learns how she feels and even assumes that when Hancock says she has a request, that it's a proposal and he preemptively declines it. To him she is a precious friend he would gladly die for, but JustFriends all the same.
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* SecretKeeper: He accidentally discovers Boa Hancock's "Hoof of the Rising Dragon" tattoo on her back and later learns of the Gorgon Sisters' secret past as slaves, but doesn't reveal it to anyone and even prevents the Kuja from seeing it in one occasion.
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* SecretKeeper: He accidentally discovers Boa Hancock's "Hoof of the Rising Dragon" tattoo on her back and later learns of the Gorgon Sisters' secret past as slaves, but doesn't reveal it to anyone and even prevents the Kuja from seeing it in one occasion.
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** [[spoiler:His duel with Katakuri. While Katakuri is faster, stronger, more skilled, and overall the better combatant, if there is one thing Luffy is better than him at, it's taking hits. Luffy takes advantage of that, dodging and tanking Katakuri's hits until his Observation Haki advances far enough for him to start countering and even attacking back. Finally, after over ten hours of fighting, the battle ends on a DoubleKnockout -- but when they both get up, Katakuri falls down again while Luffy remains standing, giving him the win]].
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** [[spoiler:His duel with Katakuri. While Katakuri is faster, stronger, more skilled, and overall the better combatant, if there is one thing Luffy is better than him at, it's taking hits. Luffy takes advantage of that, dodging and tanking Katakuri's hits until his Observation Haki advances far enough for him to start countering and even attacking back. Finally, after over ten hours of fighting, the battle ends on a DoubleKnockout -- but when they both get up, Katakuri falls down again while Luffy remains standing, giving him the win]].
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** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy refuse to follow Vivi to Koza's main base as he states that Koza and his rebellion army would never believe her since this is coming from Luffy and his crew who are pirates and instead go after Crocodile at Rainbase instead. He also mentions that people ''will'' die no matter what Vivi does, a surprisingly realistic observation for him that the other crew members agree with.
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** In the Alabasta arc, Luffy refuse to follow Vivi to Koza's main base as he states that Koza and his rebellion army would never believe her since this is coming from Luffy and his crew who are pirates and instead go after Crocodile at Rainbase instead. He also mentions that people ''will'' die no matter what Vivi does, a surprisingly realistic observation for him that the other crew members agree with. In fact, when Nami calls Luffy out and speaks up for Vivi, Sanji takes Luffy's side, despite usually preferring to side with the ladies.
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** At Zou, when asked by Kin'emon to lend the samurai the strength of his crew in order to defeat Kaido, Luffy refuses. His comrades (mainly Usopp) are pissed at his reaction but he turns to Momonosuke, pointing out the fact that he is supposed to be the leader of the samurais, and if anyone should be asking for an alliance with the Straw Hats, it should be him, accusing the young boy of being weak for just standing there and crying. While Nami berates Luffy for being this tough toward a eight-year-old boy, Momonosuke does admit that Luffy's right, and claims his will to see Kaido eat the dust, which prompts Luffy to smile and accept the alliance proposal. Kin'emon then admits than, while his way of putting it is untactful, Luffy was actually the only one to consider's Momonosuke's position and to treat him as an adult.
** While infiltrating [[spoiler:Big Mom's home island]], Nami freaks out when a giant crocodile in human clothes speaks to them and walks away. Luffy points out they have seen weird things like that before, pointing to their present company Chopper, a human-reindeer and Carrot, a literal bunny-girl.
** While he's rightfully [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] for his callousness in [[spoiler:telling Tama about Ace's death, he does make a good point in why he did -- Tama has been waiting for Ace in an unhealthy environment when he's obviously not coming back, so informing her that Ace is dead is not nice but necessary]].
** While infiltrating [[spoiler:Big Mom's home island]], Nami freaks out when a giant crocodile in human clothes speaks to them and walks away. Luffy points out they have seen weird things like that before, pointing to their present company Chopper, a human-reindeer and Carrot, a literal bunny-girl.
** While he's rightfully [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] for his callousness in [[spoiler:telling Tama about Ace's death, he does make a good point in why he did -- Tama has been waiting for Ace in an unhealthy environment when he's obviously not coming back, so informing her that Ace is dead is not nice but necessary]].
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** At Zou, when asked by Kin'emon to lend the samurai the strength of his crew in order to defeat Kaido, Luffy refuses. His comrades (mainly Usopp) are pissed at his reaction but he turns to Momonosuke, pointing out the fact that he is supposed to be the leader of the samurais, and if anyone should be asking for an alliance with the Straw Hats, it should be him, accusing the young boy of being weak for just standing there and crying. While Nami berates Luffy for being this tough toward a eight-year-old boy, Momonosuke does admit that Luffy's right, and claims his will to see Kaido eat the dust, which prompts Luffy to smile and accept the alliance proposal. Kin'emon then admits than, while his way of putting it is untactful, tactless, Luffy was actually the only one to consider's consider Momonosuke's position and to treat him as an adult.
** While infiltrating [[spoiler:Big Mom's home island]], Nami freaks out when a giant crocodile in human clothes speaks to them and walks away. Luffy points out they have seen weird things like that before, pointing to their present company Chopper, a human-reindeer and Carrot, a literalbunny-girl.
bunny-girl. Chopper is a reindeer who ate the Human Human Fruit while Carrot is a Min, but he's right that talking animals aren't all that strange.
** While he's rightfully [[WhatTheHellHero called out]] for his callousness in[[spoiler:telling telling Tama about Ace's death, [[spoiler:Ace's death]], he does make a good point in why he did -- Tama has been waiting [[spoiler:waiting for Ace in an unhealthy environment when he's obviously not coming back, back]], so informing her that Ace [[spoiler:Ace is dead dead]] is [[CruelToBeKind not nice but necessary]].
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Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscular system to gain an explosive boost to strength ''and'' speed.
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Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscular system muscles to gain an explosive boost to strength ''and'' speed.
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Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscular system to gain an explosive boost to both strength and speed.
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Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery muscular system to gain an explosive boost to both strength and ''and'' speed.
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Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]]: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery body.
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Monkey D. Luffy is TheCaptain of the [[TrueCompanions Straw Hat Pirates]]; your average seventeen/[[TimeSkip nineteen]]-year-old {{Shonen}} IdiotHero whose actions form the basis of ''One Piece'' as a whole. He's the son of Monkey D. Dragon, a revolutionary considered "The Worst Criminal In the World"; and the grandson of Monkey D. Garp, a humongously powerful Marine Vice Admiral who had cornered the late Pirate King himself on several occasions. He seeks to find One Piece and [[ToBeAMaster become the new Pirate King]]; to accomplish this, he founded the Straw Hat Pirates and set out on the high seas at age 17 in search of the elusive treasure, beginning a series of increasingly odd and dangerous adventures. Physically speaking, Luffy is exceptionally strong, fast and tough, and fights barehanded, in GoodOldFisticuffs. He has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi'', lit. "Rubber Rubber Fruit") at the age of seven, giving him stretching powers that he has become quite creative with. Aside from simple stretchy punches, his mastery and creative use of his rubber body has resulted in three unique [[PowerUp power ups]]: ups]] that complement his hand-to-hand combat style: Gear Second, which makes him much faster by increasing his blood pressure, Gear Third, where he inflates his steel-strong bones for a stronger attack and Gear Fourth, developed after the TimeSkip, which combines his mastery of ''[[KiManipulation Haki]]'' (literally "Ambition") with his inflated rubbery body.
muscular system to gain an explosive boost to both strength and speed.
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** Double Subverted in the Arlong arc. Luffy lists everything he can't do -- using swords, navigating, cooking [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and lying]] -- and says that he relies on his crew to do those tasks. Arlong says that Luffy is pathetic and asks what Luffy can do, at which point Luffy says, "I can beat you."
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** Double Subverted in the Arlong arc. Luffy lists everything he can't do -- using swords, navigating, cooking [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers [[ArsonMuderAndJaywalking and lying]] -- and says that he relies on his crew to do those tasks. Arlong says that Luffy is pathetic and asks what Luffy can do, at which point Luffy says, "I can beat you."
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The first part is not quite true, is just that Luffy is friendly towards anyone who is nice to him, he can be easily fooled (like in Whiskey Peak or by Pudding); present tense
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter:
** Despite his naïveté and being easily fooled at times, Luffy seems to have a good judge of character given the people he befriends will almost always become loyal to him.
** Though he was fooled by the Whiskey Peak bounty hunters at one point, he also displayed an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first met him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard ostensibly shouting a bunch of idealistic stuff about “following your dreams” that you’d think Luffy would agree with, Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness. Excellent judge indeed.
** Despite his naïveté and being easily fooled at times, Luffy seems to have a good judge of character given the people he befriends will almost always become loyal to him.
** Though he was fooled by the Whiskey Peak bounty hunters at one point, he also displayed an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first met him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard ostensibly shouting a bunch of idealistic stuff about “following your dreams” that you’d think Luffy would agree with, Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness. Excellent judge indeed.
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter:
** Despite his naïveté and being easily fooled at times,ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Luffy seems to have a good judge of character given the people he befriends will almost always become loyal to him.
** Though he was fooled by the Whiskey Peak bounty hunters at one point, he also displayeddisplays an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first met meets him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard ostensibly shouting a bunch of idealistic stuff about “following your dreams” praising Luffy's actions and declaring that you’d think Luffy would agree with, pirates' dreams never ends (essentially exposing the entire series' main theme), Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness. Excellent judge indeed.
** Despite his naïveté and being easily fooled at times,
** Though he was fooled by the Whiskey Peak bounty hunters at one point, he also displayed
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Despite his naïveté and being easily fooled at times, Luffy seems to have a good judge of character given the people he befriends will almost always become loyal to him.
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter:
** Despite his naïveté and being easily fooled at times, Luffy seems to have a good judge of character given the people he befriends will almost always become loyal tohim.him.
** Though he was fooled by the Whiskey Peak bounty hunters at one point, he also displayed an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first met him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard ostensibly shouting a bunch of idealistic stuff about “following your dreams” that you’d think Luffy would agree with, Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness. Excellent judge indeed.
** Despite his naïveté and being easily fooled at times, Luffy seems to have a good judge of character given the people he befriends will almost always become loyal to
** Though he was fooled by the Whiskey Peak bounty hunters at one point, he also displayed an appropriate distrust for [[BigBad Blackbeard]] when he first met him. Despite their meeting ending with Blackbeard ostensibly shouting a bunch of idealistic stuff about “following your dreams” that you’d think Luffy would agree with, Luffy glares at him coldly throughout and does not return friendliness. Excellent judge indeed.
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** If you were to put his relative strength level and improbable feats on paper, Luffy is a ''very'' dangerous pirate. However, paper doesn't account for his kind, cheerful behavior, or the fact [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass that he's an idiot]]. This frequently crops up after the TimeSkip, where people hear various rumors about Luffy (including that he's an eight-meter tall giant) and have a hard time connecting such an infamous pirate with... well, [[IdiotHero Luffy]].
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** If you were to put his relative strength level and improbable feats on paper, Luffy is a ''very'' dangerous pirate. However, paper doesn't account for his kind, cheerful behavior, or gains an infamous reputation over the fact [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass that he's an idiot]]. This frequently crops up after the TimeSkip, Time-Skip, where people hear various rumors about Luffy him (including that he's an eight-meter tall giant) while he's much more cheerful and have a hard time connecting such an infamous pirate with... well, [[IdiotHero Luffy]].dumb than the rumors make him appear to be.
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!All spoilers regarding the Super Rookies era are unmarked. Examples relating to the New World era can be spoiler-tagged if deemed necessary.
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!All spoilers {{spoiler}}s regarding the Super Rookies era are unmarked. Examples relating to the New World era can be spoiler-tagged if deemed necessary.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UraraTakano [OVA], Creator/MayumiTanaka [TV series onwards] (Japanese); Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard [Funimation dub], Creator/EricaSchroeder[[labelnote:note]] (credited as Bella Hudson)[[/labelnote]] [4Kids dub], Chuck Powers [Odex dub] (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Diana Perez [4Kids dub, first voice], Karina Altamirano [4Kids dub, second voice], Ayari Rivera [''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''], Mireya Mendoza [Netflix dub] (Latin American Spanish); Creator/JaimeRoca (European Spanish)[[/note]]
!!!'''Age:''' 17 (Pre-Timeskip), 19 (Post-Timeskip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
!!!'''Age:''' 17 (Pre-Timeskip), 19 (Post-Timeskip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1 (Manga), Episode 1 (Anime)
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UraraTakano [OVA], Creator/MayumiTanaka [TV series onwards] (Japanese); ([[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage Japanese]]); Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard [Funimation [Creator/{{Funimation}} dub], Creator/EricaSchroeder[[labelnote:note]] Creator/EricaSchroeder[[note]] (credited as Bella Hudson)[[/labelnote]] Hudson)[[/note]] [4Kids dub], Chuck Powers [Odex dub] (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Diana Perez [4Kids dub, first voice], Karina Altamirano [4Kids dub, second voice], Ayari Rivera [''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold''], Mireya Mendoza [Netflix [Creator/{{Netflix}} dub] (Latin ([[UsefulNotes/SpanishAccentsAndDialects Latin American Spanish); Spanish]]); Creator/JaimeRoca (European (UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an Spanish)[[/note]]
!!!'''Age:''' 17(Pre-Timeskip), (Pre-TimeSkip), 19 (Post-Timeskip)
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!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1(Manga), ({{Manga}}), Episode 1 (Anime)({{Anime}})
!!!'''Age:''' 17
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
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** After learning that Big Mom of the Four Emperors is going to destroy Fish-Man Island because they are unable to give her her monthly 10-ton delivery of candy (due to Hody destroying the candy factory and the Straw Hats eating the rest), Luffy does what no other pirate would dare do –- [[spoiler:he takes the Transponder Snail (i.e. a phone in the ''One Piece'' world) from Big Mom's subordinate and tells her ''he'' himself ate all 10 tons of her candy and that it's too dangerous to leave her in charge of the island, so when he gets to the New World he's going to kick her ass and ''claim Fish-Man Island as his OWN territory''; [[ThisMeansWar Big Mom declares war on ]][[TooDumbToLive the Straw Hat Pirates]].]]
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** After learning that Big Mom of the Four Emperors is going to destroy Fish-Man Island because they are unable to give her her monthly 10-ton delivery of candy (due to Hody destroying the candy factory and the Straw Hats eating the rest), Luffy does what no other pirate would dare do –- [[spoiler:he takes the Transponder Snail (i.e. a phone in the ''One Piece'' world) from Big Mom's subordinate and tells her ''he'' himself ate all 10 tons of her candy and that it's too dangerous to leave her in charge of the island, so when he gets to the New World he's going to kick her ass and ''claim Fish-Man Island as his OWN territory''; [[ThisMeansWar Big Mom declares war on ]][[TooDumbToLive the Straw Hat Pirates]].]]
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** Luffy is this to [[ArchEnemy "Blackbeard"]] [[EvilCounterpart Marshall D. Teach]]. Both are powerful pirates who aim for same goal but they are the polar opposite to each other in different ways:
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** Luffy is this to [[ArchEnemy "Blackbeard"]] "[[ArchEnemy Blackbeard]]" [[EvilCounterpart Marshall D. Teach]]. Both are powerful pirates who aim for same goal but they are the polar opposite to each other in different ways:
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* FunPersonified: Seriously. [[IdiotHero On top]] [[{{keet}} of]] everything else, his powers are genuinely like something taken out from a Creator/TexAvery cartoon.
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* FunPersonified: Seriously. [[IdiotHero On top]] [[{{keet}} of]] [[{{Keet}} Along with]] everything else, his powers are genuinely like something taken out from a Creator/TexAvery cartoon.
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** Luffy earns the record-breaking bounty of 30 million berries for a rookie in East Blue where he win all his fights. Smoker being an exception to the rule. And the East Blue Saga covers a hundred manga chapters! Even in the early parts of his adventure in the Grand Line, Luffy’s win record continues and it seems like [[{{Determinator}} nothing]] [[InvincibleHero can stop him]] [[ToBeAMaster until he reaches his goal]]. But then, from the Sabaody arc to the Paramount War, it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Repeatedly]]. [[BreakTheCutie And hard]].
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** Luffy earns the record-breaking bounty of 30 million berries for a rookie in East Blue where he win all his fights. Smoker being an exception to the rule. And the East Blue Saga covers a hundred manga chapters! Even in the early parts of his adventure in the Grand Line, Luffy’s win record continues and it seems like [[{{Determinator}} nothing]] [[InvincibleHero nothing can stop him]] [[ToBeAMaster him until he reaches his goal]]. But then, from the Sabaody arc to the Paramount War, it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Repeatedly]]. [[BreakTheCutie And hard]].
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* WouldHitAGirl: To Luffy, gender makes no difference, and he has faced and punched multiple women. Examples include Alvida, Ms. Valentine's Day, Vivi (as Ms. Wednesday and later a slap in a GetAHoldOfYourselfMan moment), Boa Marigold, and Sandersonia. Of course, the women he occasionally fights are all dangerous, and it wouldn't be wise to go easy on them.
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* WouldHitAGirl: To Luffy, gender makes no difference, and he has faced and punched multiple women. Examples include Alvida, Ms. Valentine's Day, Vivi (as Ms. Wednesday and later a slap in a GetAHoldOfYourselfMan GetAHoldOfYourselfWoman moment), Boa Marigold, and Sandersonia. Of course, the women he occasionally fights are all dangerous, and it wouldn't be wise to go easy on them.
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** Starts leaving the “on paper” part behind during the Wano arc. [[spoiler: Thanks to his training with advanced forms of observation and armament Haki, as well as figuring out how to channel Conquer’s Haki like armament Haki, Luffy is now in the same power bracket as the Emperors, capable of fighting Kaido on even footing]].
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** In Water 7, upon learning the ''Going Merry'' is on her last legs, Luffy make the tough call to seek out a new ship. And during his argument with Usopp, Luffy make three valid points. First, Luffy points out that Usopp isn't a shipwright and doesn't really know the ''Going Merry's'' condition, unlike a trained shipwright. Secondly, Luffy mentions that he is the captain and his orders are to be followed. Thirdly, when Usopp challenges Luffy to a one-on-one fight for ownership of the ''Merry'', Luffy choses to go through with it; when Nami asks why he isn't trying to stop it, Luffy points out that he knows Usopp is dead serious, and wouldn't be convinced any other way, and that if talking would really things wouldn't have gotten to this point anyway. Despite her misgivings, she doesn't argue with him anymore.
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** In Water 7, upon learning the ''Going Merry'' is on her last legs, Luffy make the tough call to seek out a new ship. And during his argument with Usopp, Luffy make three valid points. First, Luffy points out that Usopp isn't a shipwright and doesn't really know the ''Going Merry's'' condition, unlike a trained shipwright. Secondly, Luffy mentions that he is the captain and his orders are to be followed. Thirdly, when Usopp challenges Luffy to a one-on-one fight for ownership of the ''Merry'', Luffy choses to go through with it; when Nami asks why he isn't trying to stop it, Luffy points out that he knows Usopp is dead serious, and wouldn't be convinced any other way, and that if talking would really things actually make the situation better, it wouldn't have gotten to this point anyway. Despite her misgivings, she doesn't argue with him anymore.
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* BurnScarsBurningPowers: Luffy gets an X-shaped burn scar on his chest after being hit by Admiral Akainu's [[MagmaMan magma punch]]. After the TimeSkip, Luffy is able to generate fire when using his Gum-Gum Red Hawk attack.
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: All his [[SuperMode Gears]] carry significant drawbacks; Gear Two is CastFromHitPoints and Gear Three had the side effect of making him shrink and lose speed and mobility. After two years of training, he's overcome those weaknesses. [[spoiler:His new Gear, Gear Four, has the biggest drawbacks yet, it's a DeathOrGloryAttack. It only lasts so long, and when it's up, he's drained of his Haki and exhausted to the point that he can't even move for ten minutes. Meaning, he must finish the fight while it lasts, or his enemy will make short work of him after. This is even more evident when you realize that none of his enemies have such downtime when using ''their'' SuperMode[=/=]LimitBreak.]]
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: All his [[SuperMode Gears]] carry significant drawbacks; Gear Two is CastFromHitPoints and Gear Three had the side effect of making him shrink and lose speed and mobility. After two years of training, he's overcome those weaknesses. [[spoiler:His new Gear, Gear Four, has the biggest drawbacks yet, it's a DeathOrGloryAttack. It [[HourOfPower only lasts so long, long]], and when it's up, he's drained of his Haki and exhausted to the point that he can't even move for ten minutes. Meaning, he must finish the fight while it lasts, or his enemy will make short work of him after. This is even more evident when you realize that none of his enemies have such downtime when using ''their'' SuperMode[=/=]LimitBreak.]]
