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** Becomes increasingly subverted as the series progresses with Luffy first learning how to eat while unconscious and most recently [[spoiler: [[http://mangasee.co/manga/?series=OnePiece&chapter=796&index=1&page=12 being able to hold a conversation, cry, express anger and eat while still sleeping!]]]]
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* ActorAllusion: When Sabo is introduced in the anime, the character is voiced by Junko Takeuchi, famous for her role as Naruto. What do they do in their third episode together? Eat ramen, obviously.
** A later episode shows him using a fishing rod in battle, referencing Takeuchi's role as [[HunterXHunter Gon]].
---> '''[[Creator/KazukiYao Franky]]''': Pirates Docking Six! Super Combination! [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} YATTE YARUZE]]!
** A later episode shows him using a fishing rod in battle, referencing Takeuchi's role as [[HunterXHunter Gon]].
---> '''[[Creator/KazukiYao Franky]]''': Pirates Docking Six! Super Combination! [[Anime/{{Dancougar}} YATTE YARUZE]]!
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication:
** The anime [[{{Bowdlerise}} cuts out]] a scene from the manga where Luffy as a child [[MachoMasochism scars himself]] to try and impress Shanks, thus it's never explained where he got such a scar.
** During the Baratie arc, as the Straw Hats head towards the titular restaurant, their guide Johnny tells Zoro that the "hawk-eyed man" he's looking for is said to show up there. Later, it's revealed he confused him with "Old Red-Eye, who drank so much, his eyes turned red." The anime keeps the first scene intact, but not the second, leaving Johnny's story hanging.
** The anime adapted only two mini-adventures (Koby/Hermeppo and Bagy's story). This become a problem for who not read the manga and not know how, for example, Jango and Fullbody have become marine or Hatchan escape from the prison and met Kamye.
** The anime [[{{Bowdlerise}} cuts out]] a scene from the manga where Luffy as a child [[MachoMasochism scars himself]] to try and impress Shanks, thus it's never explained where he got such a scar.
** During the Baratie arc, as the Straw Hats head towards the titular restaurant, their guide Johnny tells Zoro that the "hawk-eyed man" he's looking for is said to show up there. Later, it's revealed he confused him with "Old Red-Eye, who drank so much, his eyes turned red." The anime keeps the first scene intact, but not the second, leaving Johnny's story hanging.
** The anime adapted only two mini-adventures (Koby/Hermeppo and Bagy's story). This become a problem for who not read the manga and not know how, for example, Jango and Fullbody have become marine or Hatchan escape from the prison and met Kamye.
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****** ***** This is surprising? These are the Straw Hats we're talking about here. Just about anything outlandish encountered will most likely be eaten later, the only exception being crew members.
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** [[BadBoss Hody Jones]] for the Fishman Island.
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** [[ManipulativeBastard Don Quixote Doflamingo]] for Dressrosa.
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* AffablyEvil: Admiral A fairly common trait, due to the moral ambiguity of many pirates and Marines. Many of the Marines who are incredibly cruel, sadistic individuals in combat behave pretty pleasantly towards their fellow Marines and even the pirates they fight, and the same is true of many pirates.
**Admiral Kizaru casually makes small talk with pirates before kicking them through buildings.
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** In Nami's flashback, Bell-Mere offers to pay for a book by "paying with her body", and at one point, 10-year-old Nami offers the same, apparently having learned to mimic Bell-Mere's feminine wiles a bit ''too'' well. In the Danish translation, Bell-Mere's line is kept, though rephrased to be a bit more subtle ("I'll give you something in return... tonight"), but when Nami parrots it, her line is changed to "I'll pay you with a kiss", probably to avoid the [[PedoHunt unfortunate undertones]] of the original line.
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* TheBechdelTest: Despite being heavy on TheSmurfettePrinciple, the series actually manages to pass the test. Mostly happens when Robin and Nami talk to each other or when Nami fights a female opponent.
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* TheBechdelTest: Despite being heavy on TheSmurfettePrinciple, BeeAfraid: In the series actually manages to pass Jaya arc, the test. Mostly happens when Robin South Bird that Luffy and Nami talk to each other or when Nami fights Chopper are chasing drops a female opponent.beehive and a wasp's nest on them, one after the other.
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** There were two major bowdlerizations done in the Marineford Arc: [[spoiler:when Ace was given the killing blow from Akainu, the carnage done to his torso was heavily reduced to a blank hole and much less blood. Also, most importantly, while Whitebeard got half of his face blown off from one of Akainu's attacks in the manga, the anime changed it to losing half of his moustache.]] Understandably, if the anime kept this gorey detail in, it would definitely change the rating closer to those of more darker anime.
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** There were two major bowdlerizations done in the Marineford Arc: [[spoiler:when Ace was given the killing blow from Akainu, the carnage done to his torso was heavily reduced to a blank hole and much less blood. Also, most importantly, while Whitebeard got half of his face blown off from one of Akainu's attacks in the manga, the anime changed it to losing half of his moustache.]] Understandably, if the anime kept this gorey detail in, it would definitely change the rating closer to those of more darker anime.
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** Admiral Fujitora, a blind old man whose cursed fruit makes him a GravityMaster with enough reach to drop meteors from space. [[spoiler: He's also more than willing to fuck over the world nobles and tell off ''Akainu'' and get away with it.]]
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** [[TheNecromancer Gekko Moriah]] for Thriller Bark.
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* AltarDiplomacy: Don Chinjao has planned to have his grandson Sai, the leader of the Happo Navy, to marry the daughter of the general of the Nippo Navy as a bridge for the two navies to merge and become stronger. Sai in the end decides not to, though.
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* ActOfTrueLove: There are ''many'' of these in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Many, many, many. Some of them are about as flashy as it gets, like when the Strawhats declared war on the entire world for the sake of one comrade, or when the Whitebeards went to rescue Ace in similar circumstances. But just as many are discreet and hidden, like Soldier-san's devotion to his protegee.
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* ActOfTrueLove: There are ''many'' of these in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Many, many, many. Some of them are about as flashy as it gets, like when the Strawhats Straw Hats declared war on the entire world for the sake of one comrade, or when the Whitebeards went to rescue Ace in similar circumstances. But just as many are discreet and hidden, like Soldier-san's devotion to his protegee.
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**** This is taken to its natural extreme in the ''One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2'' videogame, where a 'Dream Scenario' sees the world divided between three factions: The Marines, the Strawhat and Whitebeard Alliance, and the Great Pirate Alliance... led by Buggy the Clown.
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**** This is taken to its natural extreme in the ''One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2'' videogame, where a 'Dream Scenario' sees the world divided between three factions: The Marines, the Strawhat Straw Hat and Whitebeard Alliance, and the Great Pirate Alliance... led by Buggy the Clown.
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* BerserkerTears: Since most of the PeoplePuppets Doflamingo controls can't do jack about it, several of the controlled people cry these tears as Doflamingo forces them to kill each other. Two notable examples include [[spoiler:King Riku being forced to slaughter his people, and Rebecca being forced to charge at and attack her aunt Viola (Though Luffy and Law fortunately saved them both in the nick of time)]].
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---> '''[[Creator/KazukiYao Franky]]''': Pirates Docking Six! Super Combination! [[{{Dancougar}} YATTE YARUZE]]!
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* ArtificialOutdoorsDisplay: Crocus the doctor decorates the giant whale Laboon's inside with paintings of the sky.
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* AccidentallyAccurate: Shortly after the flashback about [[spoiler: Corazon, Doflamingo's brother who wears a black version of his iconic pink coat,]] scientists discovered [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150417-black-flamingo-cyprus-birds-genetics-animals-science/ this.]]
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* AccidentallyAccurate: Shortly after the flashback about [[spoiler: Corazon, Doflamingo's brother who wears a black version of his iconic pink coat,]] scientists discovered [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150417-black-flamingo-cyprus-birds-genetics-animals-science/ this.]]
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* BarefootSuicide: A humorous subversion happens where Nami takes off her sandals before ''pretending'' to jump off a cliff in Weatheria, to trick some old men into letting her stay for two years.
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* BuiltWithLego:Cover 622 has the Straw hats building a lego structure.
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** CP9 is a double example. Despite being a group of wacky and quirky individuals, they are a frighteningly effective group of assassins. Despite being a frighteningly effective group of assassins, they are capable of being legitimately talented shipwrights too, shipwrights who themselves have a number of bizarre characteristics.
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** CP9 [=CP9=] is a double example. Despite being a group of wacky and quirky individuals, they are a frighteningly effective group of assassins. Despite being a frighteningly effective group of assassins, they are capable of being legitimately talented shipwrights too, shipwrights who themselves have a number of bizarre characteristics.
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** Another example is [[spoiler:Coby, who spontaneously ends up developing Haki. Mantra, to be specific, meaning he can hear voices of people from far away and know exactly what they're doing. Cool, right?.... except he develops it right in the middle of the Whitebeard War, meaning his first experience with it is masses of people ''dying.'' And he hears every single one. Oh.... and [[PowerIncontinence he can't control it yet]], meaning he'll keep hearing people's voices and pain until he learns to turn it off.]]
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** Another example is [[spoiler:Coby, who spontaneously ends up developing Haki. Mantra, to be specific, meaning he can hear voices of people from far away and know exactly what they're doing. Cool, right?....right?... except he develops it right in the middle of the Whitebeard War, meaning his first experience with it is masses of people ''dying.'' And he hears every single one. Oh....Oh... and [[PowerIncontinence he can't control it yet]], meaning he'll keep hearing people's voices and pain until he learns to turn it off.]]
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*** ...except for Buggy the Clown, post-Impel Down. After freeing a crew of high-level badass pirates from the prison, a series of misunderstandings leads to both them and the Marines assuming that he's a major player, and he plays along out of a mixture of opportunism and fear of disappointing his new crew. Once the prisoners start idolizing him, however, they creatively interpret his habitual cowardice and stupidity in positive ways, landing Buggy with a dedicated crew who are ALL far more dangerous than himself...
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* AddictionPowered: Franky's case is a bit different: He's a cyborg who uses cola as an energy source, mostly because he loves cola. (He can use other carbonated drinks, juices or even tea, with...mixed results)
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*** Zoro's claim about dragons is made even funnier, when in One Piece: Unlimited Cruise, Zoro's animal themed costume is one of a dragon.
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*** Zoro's claim about dragons is made even funnier, when in One Piece: Unlimited Cruise, ''VideoGame/OnePieceUnlimitedCruise'', Zoro's animal themed costume is one of a dragon.
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!!Tropes for ''Manga/OnePiece''
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Zombie Lola towards Absalom. Subverted when she turns out to be a sympathetic character.
** The real Lola toward any male who crosses her field of vision, though she's not AxCrazy about it like Zombie Lola was toward Nami initially.
** The ugly, friendless psychopath Vander Decken IX to Princess Shirahoshi. [[{{Understatement}} He's not her type.]]
* TheAbridgedSeries: So many it's practically a meme. The most popular one so far is NonePiece.
** For a long time there were so many absolutely horrible ones that Creator/LittleKuriboh made a video parodying the worst trends in abridged series using One Piece, the punchline of which was that it was still the best one so far.
* AbsoluteCleavage: Hancock. Robin has this after the time-skip.
** Tashigi, but not by choice. [[spoiler: In the Punk Hazard Arc, she and Smoker get their bodies switched and since Smoker likes to keep his shirt unbuttoned...]]
** Lately, since the general increase in FanService after the TimeSkip, several female characters sport this on a regular basis.
* AccidentalMarriage: Hancock has [[ShippingGoggles twice mistaken otherwise innocuous actions on Luffy's part]] as a sign that they are married. Nyon sets the record straight.
** Luffy himself seems to finally get it post-timeskip, [[spoiler:enough to tell her he isn't marrying her (not that it has any effect)]].
* AchievementsInIgnorance:
** Monkey D. Luffy lives on this trope. Quite possibly the best example of this is when he dived right into the BigBad [[AGodAmI God]] [[PsychoElectro Eneru's]] ultimate attack: Raigou, [[PersonOfMassDestruction which Eneru was going to use to annihilate the whole of Skypeia]]. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Because Eneru forged a massive golden orb onto his arm]], and Luffy was throwing his punches around him, the golden orb discharged the electrical currents and destabilized the ultimate attack, saving all of Skypeia. WordOfGod claims Luffy had no idea exactly what he was doing.
** A talking starfish that the Straw Hats meet named Pappug learned to speak human tongue because when he was a kid he believed himself to be a human. Why? "Hitode" is Japanese for starfish, and "hito desu" is Japanese for "I'm a human." A ''pun'' convinced him that he was human, and by the time he realized he was not, he had already learned to speak. Even ''[[IdiotHero Luffy]]'' questions how exactly that works.
** Zoro, who can and most likely will get lost under any circumstances, including running down a straight hallway with no exits. He also once got lost on the beginning of a narrow cliff. A trait shared with Ryouga from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', who can get lost trying to go from one room in a house to another room. By going outside, and not noticing this is a problem.
** After the Skypeia arc, one of the side-stories shown on the title page is Gedatsu falling to the surface, where he ends up helping someone dig a hot spring, all while being his usual [[TheDitz ditzy self]] and forgetting such basic human functions as breathing, blinking, eating food with your mouth instead of your ear, and ''not defying gravity and standing on the wall.''
* AchillesInHisTent: This was Usopp's whole deal during the [=CP9=] saga.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: We find out in Fishman Island that ever since [[spoiler:Luffy recovered from Magellan's various toxins, he is now immune to ALL THE POISONS IN THE WORLD]]. This is proven useful when Luffy is fighting [[spoiler:Caesar Clown, Luffy is practically invincible.]]
* ActionBomb: Averted, as the same power that gives Mr. 5 his explosive abilities keeps them from harming him.
* ActionGirl: Hancock, Robin, Nami, Tashigi... and Iva and Inazuma when they're in a "feminine mood".
* ActionSurvivor: Usopp's been this for almost the entire series.
* ActOfTrueLove: There are ''many'' of these in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Many, many, many. Some of them are about as flashy as it gets, like when the Strawhats declared war on the entire world for the sake of one comrade, or when the Whitebeards went to rescue Ace in similar circumstances. But just as many are discreet and hidden, like Soldier-san's devotion to his protegee.
* ActorAllusion: When Sabo is introduced in the anime, the character is voiced by Junko Takeuchi, famous for her role as Naruto. What do they do in their third episode together? Eat ramen, obviously.
** A later episode shows him using a fishing rod in battle, referencing Takeuchi's role as [[HunterXHunter Gon]].
---> '''[[Creator/KazukiYao Franky]]''': Pirates Docking Six! Super Combination! [[{{Dancougar}} YATTE YARUZE]]!
* ActualPacifist: The royal Riku family has not brought a single war upon its country for eight hundred years. Even a [[spoiler:threat of invasion did not get them to take up arms - they had to be [[PeoplePuppets taken over]] in order to force them to do so.]] The former king strikes with the flat of his blade when forced to fight, and his granddaughter has a reputation as undefeated despite never hitting her opponent at all.
* AdaptationDistillation: Movie 9 is an alternate version of Drum Island, seemingly placed after the [=CP9=] arc, and it manages to perfectly retain everything that made the original arc good, while also making some changes to keep things interesting for old fans.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Yasopp's hair goes from being black in the manga to a dirty blonde in the anime.
* AdaptationExpansion: Instead of relying on filler arcs to provide padding, the anime eventually took to following a 1:1 chapter/episode pacing, expanding on and lengthening the already-present material. It also fully covered the fates of the other eight Straw Hats following [[spoiler:their defeat by Kuma]] presented while Luffy was traveling to Impel Down.
** Oda has admitted that despite the manga being so long and stuffed with ideas and happenings, if he had his way there would be even MORE. His editors tend to make him throw out a lot of ideas which aren't essential to keeping the story moving. These concepts often make it into the anime.
** They also show Rob Lucci's backstory in frightening detail.
** The anime also adapts the cover illustrations for chapters 35-37, 39, 42-43, 46-48, and 50-51, which chronicle Buggy after his defeat at the hand of Luffy, from the time he is nearly eaten by a giant bird, to when he meets Gaimon, and the first time he joins forces with Alvida into two/three full-length episodes.
** Many of the major fights Post-TimeSkip have been expanded, most likely for two reasons: 1. padding, and 2. so that the villains don't suffer under TheWorfEffect so badly like they do in the manga.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Plenty of these.
** Zoro gets two in the Warship Island Arc. The first has him remark that he can cut through anything, conflicting with an important plot point where Zoro can't cut steel. The other has the crew meeting a dragon, making Zoro's claim of "not believing in dragons" during Thriller Bark seem silly.
*** Zoro's claim about dragons is made even funnier, when in One Piece: Unlimited Cruise, Zoro's animal themed costume is one of a dragon.
**** [[spoiler: Made even worse now since the crew has run into an actual dragon.]]
***** [[spoiler: And they '''ATE IT''']]
****** This is surprising? These are the Straw Hats we're talking about here. Just about anything outlandish encountered will most likely be eaten later, the only exception being crew members.
** During the Davy Back Fight filler, Chopper is seen eating two Rumble Balls in a short period of time without consequences. It was revealed in Enies Lobby that eating two Rumble Balls within six hours causes him to lose control of his transformations.
** During Fishman Island, Hody Jones' entire reason for hating humans is [[spoiler: nothing but racism, as humans never actually did anything to him]]. This loses meaning in the anime due to a filler scene where [[spoiler: Arlong saves a young Hody from a bunch of humans]].
* AddictionPowered: Franky's case is a bit different: He's a cyborg who uses cola as an energy source, mostly because he loves cola. (He can use other carbonated drinks, juices or even tea, with...mixed results)
* AdiposeRex: Wapol, who is able to eat absolutely anything and is appropriately obese as a result. He can subvert it at will if he needs to, though.
* AdultFear: Brook is a rare case where he was an adult in his flashback. Instead of the usual childhood traumas the other Straw Hats had, Brook's past dealt with a parent/authority figure losing friends and loved ones to tragedy and fighting and Brook ending up old and alone.
** Shanks, while one of the most easygoing and laidback characters, ''freaks'' out when Luffy was kidnapped by a bandit.
** Nami's mother Bellemere facing the decision to either save herself and deny her children's existence or save her children and be killed by [[GeneralRipper Arlong.]] She [[MamaBear chooses the latter.]]
** [[spoiler: Boa Hancock and her sisters]] were the youngest members of their crew and the second their older crewmates took their eyes off of them, they were [[spoiler: kidnapped and sold as slaves. It took them ''years'' to get home.]]
* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: It's implied that there is (or was) one of these prior to the formation of the World Government, complete with superweapons powerful enough to destroy entire islands, during a period known as the "Void Century". Any and all knowledge of it has been suppressed, and anyone attempting to regain that knowledge will be hunted down and annihilated, along with ''any surrounding territory''. Nico Robin's dream is to learn what happened.
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Chief Warden Magellan becomes a rare non-videogame example in the latter part of the Impel Down Arc, once it becomes clear just how overpowered he is.
* AdventureSeries: Pretty self-explanatory, really.
* AdventureTowns: Though usually these are destinations for story arcs, short or long, rather than Place of the Week.
* AerithAndBob: All over the place. Most of the groups tend to have members whose names have diverse linguistic origins. The nine enemy Supernovas actually stand out because the eight captains have a consistent naming theme.
* AffablyEvil: Admiral Kizaru casually makes small talk with pirates before kicking them through buildings.
** Nico Robin was first portrayed this way, but actually [[ReverseMole undermined the]] BigBad [[ReverseMole at every turn]], [[HeelFaceTurn then joined the Straw Hats at the end]].
** BigBad Blackbeard is this to everyone, no matter the circumstance. Yeah, he tried to capture Luffy that one time, and he handed Ace over to be executed, but he doesn't mind if Luffy goes and saves him. Hell, he even praises Luffy for finding Skypeia and growing stronger. He genuinely seems to carry no grudges against people he slaughters/maims.
** Foxy, despite being a DirtyCoward and amassing his crew by winning them from Davy Back Fights he more than likely cheated in, genuinely does care about his crew as much as they care about him.
* AfroAsskicker: Sengoku and Brook. Luffy also wore a fake afro during his fight with Foxy. ''[[spoiler: It actually helped him win]]''.
* AgentPeacock: Emporio Ivankov.
* AirJousting: Taken to its literal trope between Gan Fall and Shura.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: The loss of his crew turned Omatsuri to the most movie evil character so far, yet you consider how much he missed his crew and tried to revive them even as hollow shells and how his voice started cracking at the end as he regretted the loss of his comrades, it's very sad.]]
* TheAlcatraz: Welcome to Impel Down, the most secure prison on the planet and home to its deadliest criminals. Modeled after the Buddhist hell, with multiple levels of torture and imprisonment, each more horrible than the last. Don't even think of escape, convicts, as this prison is built in the Calm Belt, entirely underwater, and surrounded by sea monsters. There's also a secret sixth level, made especially for criminals [[TailorMadePrison too dangerous to exist]], but its existence remains unknown to the public. [[spoiler:Until Blackbeard springs a good chunk of the population of Level Six and adds several of the worst criminals ever to his crew.]] So secure is Impel Down, one character went through the lengthy process of joining the Seven Warlords of the Sea ''just to get in'', while the other had to practically crawl up a Warlord's ass.
* TheAlcoholic: We have Zoro, who loves drinking beer. We also have Nami, who can outdrink pretty much anyone.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: More specifically, [[ItMakesSenseInContext they want your balls]].
** Made more apparent in Ch. 594, where you can see them doing this to ''Jinbe and Rayleigh!''
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Chopper is a send-up of Rudolph, so...
** Less literally, [[spoiler:Robin]] received this treatment as well.
* AllThereInTheManual: Oda often clarifies minor plot details in his letter column which appears in the collected editions of the manga. Sometimes these ideas inspire parts of the story later on.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Paulie of the Galley-La company apparently believes this very strongly, and accuses any woman wearing clothing that shows off her figure (of which there are ''[[FanService many]]'') of being perverted. He even tries to protect his boss Iceberg from seeing Nami in a bikini while at the pool. Making it even funnier, he not only appears to be the only person in the world with this attitude, but he's a MrViceGuy who was introduced while running from creditors over his gambling debts.
* TheAloner: Brook.
* AloofOlderBrother: Flashbacks reveal that [[spoiler:Ace]] was, shockingly, one in the past.
* AlphaStrike: The Buster Call is a villainous version of this. When a situation is so threatening to the World Government that even the slightest leak would cause irreparable damage, the Buster Call is summoned. Ten massive warships headed by five Vice-Admirals essentially [[KillEmAll glass the target island, wiping out any trace of whatever threat they were called to deal with, ]] and make no distinction between innocents and their targets. [[IrrevocableOrder They can't be called off, either.]]
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: One of the most infamous examples to date! When 4Kids dubbed ''OnePiece'' they replaced the adventurous "We Are" opening with a rap about the plot, characters, and basically being a pirate. [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Many fans of the original were not pleased]]. Although some admit it's [[EarWorm catchy]].
** The German version of ''OnePiece'' also has a theme song different from the Japanese version. It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iSPOq9PCqk here]].
* [[AlwaysABiggerFish Always a Bigger Sea King]]: [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v58/c603/11.html Seen Here.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: 99% of the Pirates are really, really ''monsters''. It's Luffy and crew whom are some of the very ''few'' exceptions, which makes [[spoiler:Luffy's liberation of prisoners in Impel Down a [[FridgeHorror very horrible thing to do]]]]. It's on the other side of the Grand Line where things get better, mainly thanks to the 4 Emperors and their crews.
** The World Nobles, the ruling power of the World Government. Not one of them is portrayed sympathetically. If anything, they're even worse than pirates.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Mihawk is this to every other swordsman in the world, as he's the greatest, but especially to Zoro, whose goal is to defeat Mihawk and become the greatest himself.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Robin explains that the reason the Marines can so easily use a [[LeaveNoSurvivors Buster Call]] to wipe an island off the map is because "You can't see people on a map."
* AmusingInjuries: Whenever Nami beats someone up.
** Zoro fought a sword-wielding ape who tried to fix a slash across the chest with spit. It was an injury, and it was very amusing.
* AndIMustScream: What happens to those who [[spoiler: are transformed into toys and forced to obey any command from the Doflamingo family]] in the Dressrosa arc.
** Also from the same arc, [[spoiler: King Riku and his army]] who were controlled by Doflamingo into attacking and killing innocent people.
* {{Angrish}}: [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v45/c436/2.html Sanji's reaction]] ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIy1hdARQo anime version]]) to his bounty poster.
* AnimalMotifs: Oda loves these. Every [=CP9=] member, the three admirals, and the original Seven Warlords of the Sea all have animal themes. The Straw Hats have them too, though theirs are a bit vaguer. However, Oda has stated he's sure of at least one. He ''thinks''.... that Chopper is a [[ShapedLikeItself reindeer]].
* AnimalTalk: Chopper can talk to humans and animals and act as a translator, which has come in handy before.
** Averted with other Zoan fruits. Simply eating, say, the Cat-Cat Fruit does not allow one to speak to cats.
*** [[FridgeLogic Well Chopper did explain he can do it because he was originally an animal himself]].
* AnimateDead: Moria's modus operandi.
* AnimationBump: Comes in several flavors. A handful of episodes are done in a style that is much brighter and more colorful and almost identical to the manga's art. Another handful of episodes are done in a more stylized manner that sacrifices detail for fluidity. The animation in general has over time been employing more detail and fluidity across the board, and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF_5E1wBsVk 10th Opening]] and especially the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldwubOPgMTk 15th Opening]] are exemplary of this.
** The highly-regarded G8 filler arc (Episodes 195-205) has significantly more detailed, on-model animation than anything in the series beforehand. The show jumps to HD immediately afterwards, which also bumps the animation standard up a bit.
** Episode 235 has very detailed lighting and shading, giving the episode a fittingly moody feel.
** Episode 474 brings us the best animation quality yet seen, though a few moments, such as facial expressions, look rather awkward as a result.
** The animation quality bumps up whenever [[PersonOfMassDestruction Whitebeard]] does something awesome.
* {{Animesque}}: Inverted, as evident by the show's cartoonish aesthetic.
* AnimeThemeSong: 17 of 'em, all equally optimistic and catchy! Starting with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dixQJgala3E "We Are!" by Hiroshi Kitadani]], which is nearly classic among fans, and which has been recovered multiple times, such as for the 10th Opening, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ciY4afbwU for some of the movies]], and even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNbPrlUYzzo by the Straw Hats themselves!]] The seventeenth theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBmBJzc7IcE "Wake Up!"]], is currently airing.
** Note, however, that the 13th theme is probably the saddest of all the themes.
*** The themes seem to generally follow the mood of the story. Once [[spoiler:the crew reunites again]], the new song is even more upbeat.
** EndingTheme: Many of these, too. Curiously enough, the first of these ("Memories") is probably the most non-action-y anime ending theme ever; all it features is the first five Straw Hats appearing one-by-one, and standing completely still.
* {{Animorphism}}: The Zoan-type Devil Fruits allow the user to become a fully different species of animal, as well as a [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]] of that animal and their original form.
** There are sub-types of Zoan fruits that turn the user into dinosaurs or even [[SuperPowerLottery invincible mythical creatures]].
* AnnoyingArrows: The Rumbar Pirates were able to spend their last minutes merrily partying and singing away with quivers of poisoned arrows protruding from them, the poison being what brought them down. In the anime, this goes on for nearly five minutes.
** And then, of course, there's Luffy's bedwetting "human pincushion" scene from Movie 6, although those were plant-controlled arrows.
** Completely inverted in Amazon Lily with stone-splitting archery.
** Whitebeard does this with ''swords'', cannonballs, and anything else the Marines throw at him.
*** It eventually takes the entirety of the [[spoiler: Blackbeard Pirates]] attacking in tandem to take him down. ''[[{{Badass}} And he still dies standing up.]]''
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Luffy, whose crew includes a talking reindeer, a singing skeleton, and a cyborg, is shocked that Law has a ''bear'' in his crew.
** To be fair, we're never given an explanation for why the bear can talk. However, the existence of a talking [[UpToEleven starfish]] was properl... eh, somehow explained in-story.
** Also the people from the Grand Line believe Skypiea to be merely a myth. This coming from a sea where islands have lightning rain and a good amount of people have strange abilities.
* ArcNumber: Whenever someone's past is mentioned, terrible events always occur on some multiple of 3 or 10 years ago. Compared to the number of people this does not apply to, it's almost like there's a triennial apocalypse... at least for any named characters.
** For some reason, Oda seems very fond of 16-year-old princesses (no, not in that kind of way). Every time a new princess is properly introduced, she is always 16 years old: Vivi, Shirahoshi, Rebecca, and Scarlet (appears as a 22-year-old in Rebecca's flashback, but first gets an introduction box and becomes fleshed out as a 16-year-old in a later flashback).
* ArcVillain: Many, but most notably Arlong, Jones, Decken, Eneru, Foxy and Morgan.
* ArcWords: The Will of D.
** The One Piece itself could count. It's rarely mentioned in the series (even Luffy talks about his goal being becoming King of the Pirates far more than finding the One Piece,) but just the mention of it sparked two ages of piracy.
* ArchEnemy: Strangely, for a series that is primarily [[ArcVillain arc-driven]], this tends to crop up very frequently. The most notable case however is [[spoiler:the D. carriers and the World Nobles. The conflict between them is implied to have gone on for centuries -- the World Nobles tell their children horror stories about the D, and whenever a D starts to make a name for themselves, all the elders moan and groan about how that D "will surely bring forth another storm!" One society even branded the D as "God's Natural Enemy" with God, of course, being the World Nobles. This has not gone unsupported -- look no further than Luffy's actions throughout the series. His father Dragon is even leading a revolution against the World Government, while Trafalgar Law's enmity and conflict with Donquixote Doflamingo, a former World Noble (who still kinda acts like one), is the driving force behind the Pirate Alliance saga.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: The World Nobles, who take this to downright absurd levels (rape, slavery, and genocide are the ''mildest'' of their misdeeds), the nobility of the Goa Kingdom, and King Wapol. The ruling family of Alabasta averts this.
** The ruling family of Fishmen Island also averts this.
** [[spoiler: Sabo]] averts this as well. He regrets being born into nobility when he witnesses their cruelty.
** [[spoiler: Donquixote Homing]] is [[spoiler: a World Noble]] who does not believe his status makes him better than commoners, and actually went to live among them as a normal person, rejecting his status and all but a small personal amount of wealth. His wife and younger son appear to be the same so far.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Nami; at times Vivi.
* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes: One of the most memorable examples would be Luffy versus the weapon-loving Don Krieg. A good part of the fight revolved around Luffy trying a way to break his armor.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Eneru and Rob Lucci. Both somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]], since the former was literally invincible until [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Luffy came along]], and the latter was a government TykeBomb.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: This lovely quote: “Thanks to you I’ve dealt with humiliation incarceration and being called condoriano”.
* ArtificialHuman: The Pacifistas.
* ArtAttacker: Mr. 3, who uses wax sculptures, and Miss Goldenweek, who uses color to paint on Standard Status Effects or other powers. They are paired together due to their art theme.
* ArtEvolution: Oda's style has changed a lot over the years, becoming less round and cartoony, but also more variable. His panels are also much busier and full of activity, while in early chapters they were sometimes a bit barren.
** This has carried over to the anime, which has tweaked its character designs every now and then. The style has gotten more clean, with fewer superfluous lines and details, in order to make the animation more fluid. Watch any later episode which contains a flashback to an earlier one; the difference can be surprising.
*** Most noticeable with Chopper, who kept getting cuter little by little in the manga. In the anime, he remained the same for several years, then had his design changed to the cuter version all at once. Adorable, but jarring.
** Lest we forget Nami's ever-expanding breasts.
*** Or Usopp's lengthening nose.
*** In all fairness, the original crew are all teenagers (at least until the time skip -- now it's just Luffy, Chopper and Usopp), so there was still some room for... growth.
*** Except Franky, Robin and Brook, of course. Franky and Brook's appearances can easily be explained (radical mechanical additions and an non-aging skeleton) but Robin has had a massive chest expansion, and she's far past puberty.
* ArtShift: Three times in the anime: once in Movie 6 and in a later episode, the art (already done in a radically different style than the rest of the show) shifts to a black-and-white sketchy style. Then a minor shift appears in one of the Impel Down episodes: in the imagination of Hancock, whose fantasy version of Luffy is drawn to look Bishonen in a completely non-Oda style, complete with sparkles.
* ArtStyleDissonance: Even with the zany, cartoony art style, the series can get pretty dark at times. Case in point, [[spoiler:Ace and Whitebeard's deaths]].
* AscendedFanboy: Hodi Jones from the Fishman Island arc started out as a fan of earlier BigBad Arlong before becoming one himself.
** Oda counts somewhat, seeing as he started out as a fan of AkiraToriyama (and DragonBall in particular). Eventually, he impresses the latter enough that they end up doing a one shot crossover between both franchises.
** Bartolomeo the Cannibal: [[spoiler: After hearing of Luffy's exploits in Marineford, Bartolomeo becomes a pirate and managed to amass a high bounty, a reputation as a Super Rookie, and got to the New World in the span of a year, not unlike Luffy himself. And then he gets to fight alongside his idols.]]
* AsleepForDays: Luffy sleeps for three days after defeating Crocodile. After he's told this, he calculates that he missed [[BigEater 15 meals]].
* AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe: It's stated that the best swordsmen can do this: Strike a sheet of paper or a tree branch harmlessly, yet cut rocks or even steel the next second. Zoro reaches this level during [[spoiler:his battle against Mr 1]] in the Alabasta arc.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In one SBS, Oda lampshades the fact that Robin's attack names regularly mix and match English, Spanish, and French. "It's a bit jumbled up, but it sounds nice, so no worries."
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: After Boa Hancock petrifies Vice Captain Momonga's crew, she mockingly states that his crew is down to one. He replies that "one" is not the same as none.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: A common part of Oda's design style:
** Usopp is designed to look like Pinocchio. His long nose recalls Pinocchio instantly, while his large boots, knobby body, and dark skin are specifically designed to look like wooden marionette. Fittingly, he's a constant liar, who desperately wishes to become a real man.
** Most of the male Baroque Works agents have their number integrated into their appearance. On the extreme end, Mr. 7 has a face consisting entirely of 7s.
** Chief Warden Magellan, who runs a [[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]-esque prison, looks like Satan wearing an [[PuttingOnTheReich SS uniform]].
** Hilariously inverted with Commander T-Bone, who is one of the most peace-loving and compassionate human beings in the series, let alone the Marines. [[FaceOfAThug Despite this, he looks like a hideous ghoul.]]
** Prof. Clover's hair looks like an upside-down three leaf clover.
** Let's not forget that Dr. Crocus' head resembles the flower he was named for.
* AttackReflector: Impact Dials can absorb the energy of a blow and store them to be released later. The more powerful Reject Dials return it with ten times the power, [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique but can also hurt or even kill the user]].
** Kuma's Paw-Paw Fruit allows him to repel all attacks with his palms, regardless of how powerful they are.
** Luffy can also do this due to being rubber, but after the timeskip, he's learned to return attacks with twice the power.
* AuthorAppeal:
** It has become increasingly clear over the past few years that Eiichiro Oda really, really, ''really'' likes [[FunnyAfro afros]].
** Apparently, the reason that Nami was [[spoiler:redesigned after the TimeSkip]] is because Oda married a model who portrayed her in cosplay.
* AuthorAvatar:
** In the ''Dream Soccer King!'' special, Creator/EiichiroOda is depicted in it as a soccer player called Odacchi; what's funny is that he's the '''[[TakeThatMe worst]]''' soccer player in the special, [[SmallNameBigEgo despite his claims to the contrary]].
** Also in ''Gigant Battle'' for the NintendoDS, Oda is depicted again as a man with a large pencil and a ''[[ItRunsOnNonSensoleum fish for head]]'' that draws manga panels to trap opponents.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Every high-ranking Marine officer. ''Every one of them.'' Subverted in Smoker's case; he started as a mere captain and reluctantly rose to commodore. It's been said that he'd have a much higher rank if he were more obedient and wouldn't be played straight for him until the TimeSkip, where it was revealed he was promoted to Vice-Admiral.
** Also subverted by Vice-Admiral Garp, who we later find out had actually ''turned down'' a promotion to Admiral multiple times. The one time he's shown fighting that isn't against Luffy (and thus [[ILetYouWin likely wasn't his best effort]]), he was fighting alongside ''Fleet Admiral Sengoku'' himself, indicating that the two are very likely on the same level.
*** In fact, Garp's the marine who was chasing after ''Gold Roger'', and it is repeatedly stated that the two nearly killed each other multiple times, so he's likely close to Whitebeard's level.
** Averted by Spandam, who's weaker than your average {{Mook}} and yet is the undisputed leader of [=CP9=], even though Lucci disdains him and could snap him in half with one finger.
*** Thoroughly averted on the other side by Iceberg as well. All of the Galley-la foremen in his employ are certifiably {{Badass}}, [[spoiler:even those who aren't [[TheMole CP9]]]]. Iceberg himself... is just really good at making and repairing ships.
** Also subverted by the World Nobles, who seem to have virtually-absolute authority over all the people of Sabaody Archipelago, as well as the Holy Land of Mariejois, have the authority to call an admiral and battle fleet if someone ticks them off, and yet they have no fighting ability whatsoever, aside from being allowed to carry guns.
** Played straight with other pirate crews, where the captain is always the most battle-capable member of his or her crew.
*** ...except for Buggy the Clown, post-Impel Down. After freeing a crew of high-level badass pirates from the prison, a series of misunderstandings leads to both them and the Marines assuming that he's a major player, and he plays along out of a mixture of opportunism and fear of disappointing his new crew. Once the prisoners start idolizing him, however, they creatively interpret his habitual cowardice and stupidity in positive ways, landing Buggy with a dedicated crew who are ALL far more dangerous than himself...
**** This is taken to its natural extreme in the ''One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2'' videogame, where a 'Dream Scenario' sees the world divided between three factions: The Marines, the Strawhat and Whitebeard Alliance, and the Great Pirate Alliance... led by Buggy the Clown.
* AuthorAppeal: Crossdressers (''RurouniKenshin'' author NobuhiroWatsuki confirmed that then-assistant Oda was responsible for the creation of crossdressing villain Kamatari) and {{Funny Afro}}es.
* {{Autocannibalism}}:
** In a plot point exclusive to the manga, Zeff cut off and ate his own leg while stranded on a deserted island with Sanji, who he had secretly given all the stockpiled food to.
** Later, a villain gifted with Munch-Munch Fruit [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum eats himself to make himself thinner]] when he gets stuck in an entryway.
* AwardBaitSong: Some of the songs used in the anime and movies could qualify. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2JzLz-PBA Asu wa Kuru Kara]]", "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMUuch7zJwQ One Day]]", "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQ9VFFdkjs Compass]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4wC3siiME Mata ne]]" come to mind.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Like the basic naming requirement.
* AwesomenessIsAForce:
** The mere presence of very powerful people is sufficent to knock out weaker ones.
** Essentially, Haki (the superpower that lets characters like Raleigh, Hancock, Luffy, and Sentomaru pull their more outrageous stunts, including the knocking people out and hitting Logia users) is powered by a person's force of character. So yes, in One Piece, the most impressive superpower is really fueled by [[AwesomenessIsAForce awesomeness]]
* AxCrazy: Most of the Warlords have specific goals (Crocodile, Moria, Blackbeard), and some of them have codes of honor (Jinbe, Mihawk). By contrast, [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiling]] [[RealMenWearPink Donquixote Doflamingo]] appears to be absolutely batshit insane and just enjoys causing havoc and killing people.
** And Magellan locked co-warden Shiliew up in the deepest level of the prison when Shiliew started killing prisoners for fun. The first thing Shiliew does upon being released to help with the prison break? Attack the guards who opened his cell.
** Admiral Akainu responds to almost anything he perceives as a threat with [[NoKillLikeOverkill absolutely ridiculous amounts of force]]... and, considering how many things he sees as threats, he goes from being ruthlessly pragmatic to a complete psychopath.
** "Wet Hair" Caribou, one of the new infamous rookies that arrives on Sabaody around the end of the timeskip, may very well take the cake on this one. To drive the point home, his shirt even looks like an undone straitjacket.
* AnAxeToGrind:
** Dr. Vegapunk's bodyguard, Sentomaru, wields a giant battle-axe, though he boasts that he doesn't even need it to take Luffy down. He does need it for Monster Chopper, though.
** Very much earlier, the less formidable Captain Morgan had an axe in place of a hand.
* BackStory: ''Everyone.'' If a character is fighting one of the Straw Hats for more than two chapters, expect them to have some sort of BackStory.
* BackToBackBadasses: For some -- or perhaps many -- [[spoiler:Luffy and Ace at Marineford... unfortunately, not for long enough... and never to be seen again]].
** And to one up that, we've got none other than Whitebeard and Roger on the cover page of Chapter 597.
** Usopp, Nami, and Brook pull a [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v58/c613/14.html three way version]] of this trope when they're fighting off the palace guards on Fishman Island.
* {{Badass}}: Read the next ten or so entries.
** The entire fight against Shiki in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'' is badass. There are badass outfits, a badass entrance, a badass royal palace, and a badass final boss fight. The entire last quarter of the movie is made of pure badass.
* BadassAdorable: [[PettingZooPeople Chopper]], [[FieryRedhead Nami]], [[TheHero Luffy]], [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Vivi]] and [[{{Meganekko}} Tashigi]], among others.
** Robin and [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Hancock]] also count, to a lesser extent (They're definitely badass and cute, but they're not as cute as the aforementioned examples).
* BadassBoast: Luffy's declaration of war on the World Government.
--->'''Spandam''': You really think you can survive now that the entire world's your enemy?!
--->'''Luffy: Bring it on!!'''
** [[spoiler:After taking out 50,000 New Fishman Pirate warriors after hearing Hody]] declare his intentions to be the Pirate King.
--->You can play at being a regular king all you want. But there's only room in this world for one... Pirate King!! I don't care how many of you there are! Come on!
** '''I AM WHITEBEARD'''.
** Luffy at Enies Lobby.
---> '''Marines''': "We have ten thousand men guarding this island! This is the greatest fortress of justice in the world!"
---> '''Luffy''': "Yeah and I'm alone so GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
** Trafalgar Law, to [[spoiler:Virgo]]
---> '''Law''': "Payback... is gonna be a bitch."
* BadassBookworm: Nico Robin.
** And Chopper shows signs of this, once he gets over his initial freak-out.
*** According to anime filler, he already was. Part of that whole doctor training thing.
** And a flashback during the Skypiea arc reveals that [[spoiler:Montblanc Norland]] was an awesome example in his day as well.
* BadassCrew: The Straw Hats, natch, although Whitebeard's Pirates have cemented themselves as one of the best examples of this trope. Blackbeard's crew are a delightfully evil example, recruiting not only ''four'' global terrorists but also the [[AxCrazy insane]] swordsman who once guarded them. Shanks and his men qualify for ''stopping a feckin' war''.
** On that last one, note that they stopped the war just by showing up and giving everybody involved a stern talking-to.
* BadassFamily: The Monkey D. clan; this might extend to other [=Ds=] like Saul and Teach as well.
* BadassGrandpa: [[spoiler:Luffy's]] ''actual grandpa'', Vice-Admiral Garp "The Fist". He will get you punks off his lawn, by ''pitching cannonballs with his bare hands''.
** And Whitebeard, obviously. {{Badass}} indeed.
** Silvers Rayleigh definitely counts. Aside from fending off a dude packing light-speed reflexes and a ''lightsaber'', he also ''swam the freaking Calm Belt'', which is infested with colossal sea monsters. Also, he punched out an elephant ''with his mind''.
** [[FailureKnight Gan Fall]].
** Don Chin Jao [[spoiler:Even after Garp punched his head in, he could still match Luffy's Haki]]
* BadassInANiceSuit: [=CP9=]. Carrying out assassinations and government conspiracies while looking absolutely sharp.
** But it's also important to note that several members of [=CP9=] look really ridiculous wearing suits like that, especially the fat Fukurou and the hyperactive Kabuki actor Kumadori.
** This seems to be spread to the Marines as well. Just look at Admiral Kizaru.
** The entire Straw Hat crew get into the art in the tenth movie. Probably the only time in the series outside of colorspreads that you are going to see Luffy wearing a dress shirt, suit, and tie. And they all look damn sexy to boot.
** How has Sanji not been mentioned? That's basically all he wears!
* BadassInDistress: Every main crew member (and [[GuestStarPartyMember Vivi]]) goes through this during their focus arcs in some respect[[note]]Zoro in the Morgan Arc, Nami in the Arlong Arc, Usopp in the Kuro Arc, Sanji in the Baratie Arc, Vivi in the Alabasta Arc, Chopper in the Drum Arc, Robin and Franky in Enies Lobby, and Brook in Thriller Bark, to clarify.[[/note]]. Additionally, and despite ([[DeusExitMachina or due to]]) being the two more powerful members of the crew, Luffy and Zoro get captured/restrained/incapacitated a lot, usually it gives other characters the chance to shine.
** Luffy was thrown to a pool by Arlong (rescued by Nojiko, Genzo, and Sanji), nearly executed by Buggy twice (saved by Nami and Zoro, and then by a lucky flash of lightning), thrown to a seastone cell with the rest of the crew by Crocodile (saved by Vivi and Sanji), buried alive by, again, Crocodile (rescued by one of [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal his]] [[HighHeelFaceTurn subordinates]]) and he was also rescued by Law after he [[spoiler: lost the will to fight or live after Ace's death]].
** Zoro was about to be executed when Luffy met him (although to be fair, he could have probably escaped anytime, and was there to spare a young girl from the literally AxCrazy Morgan's wrath), and Mr. 3 almost made him, Nami, and Vivi wax figures (in this case, they were saved not solely by Luffy, but by Usopp and Carue).
** The Monster Trio was captured by Moria and all of them got their shadows stolen.
** Aside from the above, though, Sanji is almost ''never'' captured, thus averting this trope.
** Luffy and Ace also go through this ''badly'' in Impel Down and Marineford, respectively. Luffy gets better with help from Bon Clay, Mr. 3, Buggy, Crocodile, Mr. 1, Ivankov, Jinbei, and numerous others. [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal Ace doesn't.]]]]
* BadassLongcoat: Most high-ranking Marine officers and upper tier pirate captains sport these, as does Mr. 5 of Baroque Works and, of all people, Alvida.
** Should be stated that 97% of all the BadassLongcoat wearing characters' arms are NEVER within their coat's sleeves and just have them hang from their shoulders while they fight (or many cases [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]]) as per RuleOfCool.
** Gold Roger seems to have been the only character badass enough to actually wear his badass longcoat with his arms in the sleeves.
*** So did John Giant.
** Eustass Kid wears a coat sleeve on his right arm, but not his left.
** Luffy wears one in [[{{Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld}} the tenth movie]], as do Z and Ain in [[{{Anime/OnePieceFilmZ}} the 12th]].
* BadassMustache: '''WHITEBEARD'''. The misleading name ([[LostInTranslation which is because that part of his name in Japanese means any kind of facial hair]]) detracts nothing from its awesome manliness.
** [[WordOfGod Oda]] [[BlatantLies claims]] it also [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum stores bananas, and can be used as a boomerang to play fetch with WB's dog Stefan]], who sports an identical 'stache.
** Pirate King Roger's slick old-school handlebar ain't so bad, either.
* BadassNormal: Usopp, hands down. Sanji and Zoro would also qualify, were it not for their ''superhuman strength''.
** Nami has very little physical power or fighting skill to speak of, and no Devil Fruit powers, but still manages to take down fairly tough opponents (and cuts large swathes through the Marines' RedShirtArmy) with her Clima Tact, a WeatherControlMachine that her navigational skills allow her to do things with that not even Usopp, its original creator, could think of.
** Mihawk is kinda this compared to the other Seven Warlords of the Sea, being the only one to so far possess neither Devil Fruit powers or Fishman abilities.
** Surrounded by guys who shoot lasers, freeze oceans, and turn into Buddha, Garp stands out as a Marine capable of extreme {{badass}}ery (he was the Pirate King's nemesis) despite having no apparent Devil Fruit power.
** Roger himself also counts. To the best of our knowledge so far, he had no Devil Fruit powers. He appears to have had the ability to understand any language, but that isn't what made him the greatest pirate to ever live.
*** It helps that his crew also seems to have been this. Out of the former members of Gold Roger's crew that we've seen so far, only Buggy has been shown to have a Devil Fruit power, and he ate his entirely by accident. In Buggy's flashback, the crew express the opinion that losing the ability to swim isn't worth the power, and when Buggy, probably one of the lowest-ranked people on the ship, declares that he's going to eat it, no one really seems to care. In fact, the rest of the crew comment on how stupid he's being.
** '''Red-Hair Shanks.''' Full stop. The man parried a ''fist of lava'' with a ''sword.'' (Note that Shanks [[HandicappedBadass only has one arm.]])
* BaddieFlattery: Foxy complimented Luffy on his [[FunnyAfro new look]] before their fight.
** Rob Lucci in the anime commended Luffy during their battle for standing up to the [[TheGovernment World Government]], but was too haughty to admit that a [[strike:rebel]] [[YouRebelScum pirate]] could actually be a WorthyOpponent for him.
** Blackbeard does this constantly.
* BadLiar: Usopp, Luffy, and Sanji at one point during Thriller Bark.
** Though it's important to note that Sanji is usually [[TheStrategist a pretty good liar,]] even able to trick [[TheChessmaster Crocodile.]]
* BaitTheDog: Blackbeard is first introduced as a rather jolly BoisterousBruiser and AffablyEvil type. Fast forward to the Marineford battle where he [[spoiler: gleefully and brutally murders Whitebeard who he once called "father" for twenty years and steals Whitebeard's Devil Fruit abilities, revealing himself to be always a power-hungry megalomaniac.]]
** Eustass Kidd is first seen [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusted]] with the World Government slave auctions and setting himself as a WorthyOpponent to Luffy and Law. A hundred chapters later, he's seen crucifying pirates attempting to flee the most dangerous sea of the New World.
** Law himself isn't as mellow as he was once thought to be. In chapter 659, it's revealed he [[spoiler: sent 100 hearts of pirates to the World Government to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.]]
** Completely inverted with Jinbe. When he was first mentioned by Yosaku as Arlong's former captain and the one who set Arlong into East Blue, everyone assumed that Jinbe would be set up as a major villain later on. Who would have thought that he was in fact a honorable and decent person, became one of the Straw Hats' biggest allies and [[spoiler: be invited by Luffy to join the crew]]?
* BalanceOfPower: Marine Headquarters + the Seven Warlords of the Sea vs. the Four Emperors.
** However, the Four Emperors aren't allied with each other, so that makes the balance even more precarious, to the point where the World Government was shitting itself at the prospect of Shanks and Whitebeard simply ''talking''.
** Essentially, the Whitebeard war arc shows that Marine Headquarters + the Seven Warlords of the Sea are about equal to ''one'' of the Emperors and their allies. Luckily, the Four Emperors contend with each other too. Also, smaller pirate crews and groups (kept in check by all of these factions) are always trying to upset the balance. When Whitebeard died, smaller crews and the other Emperors rushed to fill the void, at the expense of civilians.
* [[spoiler: BalefulPolymorph: Kinemon's son Momonosuke, who ate an experimental Devil Fruit that transformed him into an eastern dragon.]]
* BalloonBelly: Three words: "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Gum, Gum,]] [[LargeHam '''BALLOON!!!''']]".
* BareYourMidriff: Almost every female main character at one point or another. The Movie 10 tie-in episodes also give us Largo, the ''male'' mariachi-themed aspirant for a position amongst Gold Lion Shiki's armada.
** Kaku's half-giraffe form also pulls this off, managing to show that Zoan's clothing deformation has limits.
* TheBaroness: Kalifa. The sexpot kind.
* BaseOnWheels: Capone "Gang" Bege is a base on ''legs''. His insides appear to be more like a fortress, where an army of tiny people, cannons, and horses reside. And while they may look puny from inside his body, they grow to normal size instantly after moving a foot or two away from him.
* BastardGirlfriend: Hancock, of course. She can kick a kitten, she can insult pretty much anyone she wants and she can turn people into stone without anyone caring. Why? Because [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful she is ]]''[[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful beautiful]]''.
* BatmanGambit: Blackbeard is the man with a plan. Check the page entry for details.
* BattleInterruptingShout: Happens not one, but many times. First, it is subverted by Princess Vivi as per RuleOfDrama when she tried to stop the revolutionary army from attacking the royal palace. Played remarkably straight by Luffy later on: when he screams for a crowd to ''stop'', he can actually cause an entire battlefield to ''faint and froth at the mouth.''
* BattleTops: Captain Buggy's First Mate uses spinning tops in one of his attacks.
* BattleTrophy: Impressed by Shuusui, Zoro stated that he will claim it as his own. When the battle was over, Ryuuma acknowledged his loss by giving the sword voluntarily to Zoro.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When [[spoiler: the Toy Soldier/Kyros was human and no one let him forget he was murderer]], he wished that people would simply forget his existence. After building a happy life for himself, his wish came true where everyone including his loved ones forgot they existed.
* BeamSpam: When he feels up to it, Kizaru can unleash an absolute hail of laser blasts.
* BearsAreBadNews: Bartholomew Kuma. Also a subversion, as [[spoiler:he's spared the Straw Hats ''twice'', even though he had orders to kill them the first time, and he's supposedly the Warlord who's most loyal to the World Government]].
** [[spoiler:Played straight as of the arrival of the World Government's [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Pacifista Army]].]]
** Played straight with Kumacy, Perona's pet {{Zombie}} Teddy Bear.
** Also played straight with Bear King, BigBad of the second movie.
** Bepo, of the Heart Pirates, is a ''Kung-Fu Bear.'' Subverted, as he's a pretty nice guy... er, bear.
* BeardOfEvil: A new character, Brownbeard, manages to take this trope UpToEleven. He has a evil beard which splits into ''three additional beards''.
* BeastMan: Anyone who eats the Zoan class of Devil Fruit applies to this trope.
* BeatStillMyHeart: In chapter 662, [[spoiler: Law literally pokes out Smoker's heart. Law then is seen holding Smoker's heart as Smoker himself slumps down.]]
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The Davy Back Fight, where one pirate crew challenges another to a series of games with crew members as the prize. Naturally, the Straw Hats win.
** Also with [=CP9=] who, confident in their skills, make a game out of rescuing Robin by dividing five keys between themselves, one of which unlocks Robin's handcuffs. Of course, we all know what happened there. And even earlier in the Arlong arc, when the titular fishman throws Luffy into the water and proclaims to Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp that it's a game to save him by beating the QuirkyMinibossSquad. Three fishmen beatdowns later (as well as some CPRCleanPrettyReliable on the part of Nojiko and Genzo; the crew didn't ''quite'' get to their captain in time), and Luffy is freed to deliver some much overdue pain onto Arlong.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Double subverted in Nami's case. Her skin sometimes shows pretty serious damage during her more intense fights, but in the long run, it is still [[strike:practically]] flawless, despite the fact that she's been slashed or stabbed more than any character besides Luffy or Zoro. Hell, this trope might count for everyone besides Zoro, who's the only one in the entire [[strike:crew]] series to retain the scars from his battles. It should be mentioned, though, that in the illustrations from an old light novel set in Loguetown, Nami does have a rather noticeable scar on her shoulder where she stabbed out her Arlong tattoo.
** An especially egregious case is Rebecca, a gladiator forced to fight repeatedly in the Corrida Colosseum. Whereas her male colleagues have all sorts of terrible scars and disconfigurations, her body is totally devoid of them. Justified, as it is mentioned that she has never been hit in a fight.
** The anthropomorphic personification of this is the Slip-Slip Fruit, which makes the eater so slippery that attacks slide right off them.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: During the Baratie arc, Gin of Don Krieg's crew ends up fighting Sanji and having the chance to kill him. Gin can't bring himself to, though, since Sanji was the one who gave him the food he asked for. Apparently, it was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for him up to that point.
* TheBechdelTest: Despite being heavy on TheSmurfettePrinciple, the series actually manages to pass the test. Mostly happens when Robin and Nami talk to each other or when Nami fights a female opponent.
* BehemothBattle: On Little Garden Island, there are 2 giants who have battled against each other for about a century. They've forgotten the cause for their battle, and now they just do it for fun.
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: God Eneru was aware that "God" was merely a title, but was so powerful he convinced himself he was the real thing.
* BequeathedPower: Whenever a Devil Fruit user dies, their powers are reborn into a new Devil Fruit, which is the case of [[spoiler:Ace's Flame Flame fruit]].
* BerserkButton: [[BerserkButton/OnePiece Has its own page.]]
* BestHerToBedHer: Alvida is infatuated with Luffy because of this trope, though she's apparently okay with killing him. Luffy doesn't really care.
** She explains this. If he's able to be killed, then he wasn't the man she was looking for. She has faith in his ability to survive.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Dr. Hiriluk
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Luffy is a pretty nice guy. There are just some things [[http://i.imgur.com/nMluA.jpg he won't tolerate]].
* BeyondTheImpossible:
** Sanji's "Diable Jambe" works ''underwater''.
** Blackbeard [[spoiler: has ''two'' devil fruit powers and hasn't exploded.]]
** There's a BigBad who has a sword THAT ATE A DEVIL FRUIT!
* {{BFS}}: Mihawk's sword, the Kokutou Yoru, is nearly as tall as he is, and about five times as wide, due to the cross-like hilt.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in Squad's case, since he only used it to [[spoiler:stab the shit out of Whitebeard]].
* BigBad: Every arc has one, but the saga villains are the ones that stand out the most.
** [[FantasticRacism "Sawtooth" Arlong]] for East Blue.
** [[TheChessmaster Sir Crocodile]] for Baroque Works.
** [[AGodAmI Eneru]] for Skypiea.
** [[GeneralFailure Spandam]] with [[DragonInChief Rob Lucci]] for the [=CP9=].
** [[EvilCounterpart Marshall D. "Blackbeard" Teach]] for the Whitebeard War.
** [[BadBoss Hody Jones]] for the Fishman Island.
* BigBadEnsemble: It's taken quite a while, but it's finally official. At present, the series' top villains are [[AffablyEvil Marshall D]]. [[EvilCounterpart "Blackbeard"]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare Teach]] and [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Fleet Admiral]] "[[GeneralRipper Akainu]]" [[KnightTemplar Sakazuki]]. Also arguably [[ImAHumanitarian Big Mom]], and [[ManipulativeBastard Buggy]] [[ConsummateLiar the]] [[MonsterClown Clown]]. Although the last one is probably more of a BigBadWannabe.
** The jury's still out if any combination of [[TheChessmaster Crocodile]], [[SlasherSmile Kaido]], [[TheSociopath Eustass Kid]], [[TyrannosaurusRex X. Drake]], [[TheFatalist Basil Hawkins]], or [[AxCrazy Donquixote Doflamingo]] will end up within this category, but we can rule out [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Trafalgar Law]], since he's more of a WildCard than an actual villain.
* BigBallOfViolence: Played straight. Mr. 2 sacrifices his freedom for Luffy and the Impel Down escapees. Luffy cries, Buggy mocks him, Luffy punches Buggy on the nose, Buggy retaliates.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Ace, the older brother, is rather protective of his younger brother, Luffy. On a not-literally-siblings note, Zoro tends to be most protective of the crew's youngest member, Chopper.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: Thanks to his extremely advanced Mantra power, [[AGodAmI Eneru]] is able to sense the movements and thoughts of EVERYONE on Skypeia. And thanks to his Devil Fruit power, he's able to punish anyone he wants with a [[WaveMotionGun giant frickin']] [[DeathFromAbove lightning bolt]] (That move is essentially a human version of the KillSat). It seems like the only reason he doesn't just single-handedly wipe out all resistance completely is that he would get bored.
* BigBrotherMentor: Ace and Zoro to Luffy, as well as Marco to Ace.
* BigBulkyBomb: The bomb at the end of the Alabasta arc.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: The forests of Jaya are swarming with 'em. Shiki's also got a number of giant insects among his beasts.
* BigDamnHeroes: The Straw Hat Pirates, more often than not.
** If one of the weaker Straw Hats are in jeopardy, you can expect Sanji to materialize from nothing to deliver a kick to a villain's face.
** Right in the middle of the war between Whitebeard's Pirates and the World Government, Luffy and the Impel Down escapees fall in from the sky.
** At the Enies Lobby [[spoiler:Merry]] saves the crew when they get trapped between Marine battleships. That's right, in OnePiece [[spoiler: a ''Boat'' can be this trope.]]
** In chapter 578, Trafalgar Law [[spoiler:pops up at Marineford to save Luffy's life.]]
*** Moments later, [[spoiler:Shanks steals Law's thunder by '''ENDING THE WHOLE DAMN WAR WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT''']].
*** [[spoiler:[[http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece/chapter-580/page010.html Holy Crap]]]] Possibly the biggest damn heroes moment of the series.
** A particularly strong example was in ''[[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Strong World]]'' when the whole crew, minus Nami, marched into Shiki’s HQ carrying cannons, which never appeared anywhere else in canon yet, and then proceeded to use them against the rather large force of Pirate Captains and mooks gathered there as a way of saying “hello” before the action '''really''' started.
** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v41/c390/18.html The Straw Hats showing up to save Robin and Franky.]]
** All together now: [[TookALevelInBadass OUR SHARPSHOOTER RULES!]]
** All together again: Chapter 633!
** The entire crew seems to constantly be doing this on the large scale as well. They arrive at an island JUST in time to be around as the various events come to a head.
* BigEater: Luffy; Ace; Garp; Jewelry Bonney
** And Lucky Roux, one of Shanks's crewmates, who is notably the only big eater in the series who is actually fat (or indeed, in anything but amazing shape).
** [[RoyalBrat Crappy king]] Wapol, whose Devil Fruit allows him to eat everything, from planks of wood to cannonballs, and take on their proprieties. And yet his powers enable him to become as slim as the aforementioned examples.
** Luffy took this UpToEleven at the end of the Arabasta arc. He was given an entire cartful of fruit to snack on while he waits for dinner to be prepared. He eats ALL the fruit, ''WITHIN A NANOSECOND'', literally if you blink you'll miss it. Also added that he didn't even bother to peel said fruit or that he ate two cardboard boxes along with it. Zoro and Sanji shout out of what Luffy just did was some kind of trick.
* BigEntrance: Invoked by Monkey D. Garp. How does he make his entrance? Busting straight through a wall when ThereWasADoor. Why? Because it's [[RuleOfCool cooler that way.]] He then goes on to have his men fix the wall.
* BiggerBad: Three examples.
** Kong is the commander in chief of the Marines, but he's not nearly as involved in the story as the Fleet Admiral.
** The Five Elder Stars are the leaders of the World Government, but they leave most of the anti-piracy policies to the Marines.
** Kaido is one of the Four Emperors, but he hasn't made an official appearance just yet.
* BigGood: Shared and switched amongst various contenders throughout the story. Chronologically speaking, Gold Roger kickstarted the Golden Age of the Pirates, but he's a PosthumousCharacter, while Dragon remains the most powerful opponent to the World Government, as head of the Revolutionaries. An old rival to Roger, Garp, Sengoku, and Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate had this role thrown upon his shoulders during the Marineford arc, while "Red-Haired" Shanks (a former crewmate of Roger) operates as something of a Bigger Good. After the Whitebeard War, Silvers Rayleigh (Roger's first mate) briefly worked as Luffy's mentor and trainer prior to the TimeSkip, but there's a chance he'll return once again.
* BigNever: Uttered by pretty much everyone aside from Luffy in Thriller Bark, when [[spoiler: Kuma offered to let them live if they handed Luffy over]].
* BilingualBonus: Many and numerous.
* BillingDisplacement: In universe example:
** [[spoiler:After escaping from Impel Down, the marine holds Luffy and [[LaughablyEvil Buggy]] responsible -- completely ignoring the two former Warlords that were involved.]]
*** [[spoiler:To be fair, both the warlords were firmly locked in the most secure portion of Impel Down, and had it not been for Luffy and Buggy, who actually was instrumental in getting Luffy down the first few floors without too much damage and later causing enough chaos by freeing other prisoners on different levels while Luffy's group began moving from the bottom level, the entire escape probably would have failed.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Parodied with Sanji's [[GratuitousFrench Parage Shot]], which is capable of literally beating people pretty. Iron Mask Duval was grateful, Wanze of [=CP7=] was not.
** In the anime, we get to see Luffy from Hancock's [[http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2038/vlcsnap2009092017h37m54.png point of view]], where he is very, ''very'' {{Bishounen}}, complete with [[BishieSparkle sparkles]].
** And as of the Dressrosa arc , we got the nobelman pirate Cavendish .
* BishonenLine: Rob Lucci uses Seimei Kikan to make his half-leopard form smaller and more maneuverable, but he has to change back to normal to use his strongest attack.
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler:The ending of Marineford. Ace and Whitebeard have been killed, Luffy stays without his nakama for about two years (though it was his choice), and the world is now under a new age of even more piracy. Despite this, Luffy and his crew resolve to continue their adventure with high spirits and never give up on their dreams.]]
* BlankWhiteEyes: Happens to every villain who has been deafeated by Luffy and won't be getting back up again (For the moment). Also happens to Luffy when [[spoiler:he realizes that Ace died right in front of him.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: A highly uncommon trait in this series, since important characters tend to be very good at exploiting their strengths, no matter how weak they may seem (see WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway).
** Perhaps the most notable case is Brook, whose Revive-Revive Fruit allows nothing more than coming back from the dead. His soul took so long finding his body that it had rotted to only bones by the time Brook fully revived. Plus, it's implied this power only works ''once'', so Brook is now left with the negative effects of a Devil Fruit. Regardless, even Brook has found ways to put his light, bones-only body to good use.
*** The Revive-Revive fruit also keeps you in whatever state you were in when it kicked in permanently, essentially bestowing semi-immortality; the user can't age or die of natural causes, but they can be killed by other means. This turned out to be more of a curse for Brook since it led to him spending ''fifty years'' all alone on a deserted ship.
*** And the most horrific side-effect of all: if someone cuts off Brook's afro, it will [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking never grow back]]. Though it does mean a lot in Brook's case, as his afro is the only thing that will allow Laboon to ever recognize him. Hence why he's so protective of it.
**** Possibly averted post-timeskip as he can separate his soul from his body (bones?) to relay messages or put himself back together again, and use the '''cold embrace of death itself''' to deliver a freezing sword slice.
** Another example is [[spoiler:Coby, who spontaneously ends up developing Haki. Mantra, to be specific, meaning he can hear voices of people from far away and know exactly what they're doing. Cool, right?.... except he develops it right in the middle of the Whitebeard War, meaning his first experience with it is masses of people ''dying.'' And he hears every single one. Oh.... and [[PowerIncontinence he can't control it yet]], meaning he'll keep hearing people's voices and pain until he learns to turn it off.]]
** Pierre is a giant bird that ate the Horse-Horse Fruit, which gave him the power to transform into a horse or into a hybrid form that (supposedly) resembles a pegasus. Since he can already fly and is big enough to carry his owner, the Horse-Horse Fruit only made him unable to swim. On the other hand, since Pierre doesn't have flippers, he probably could never swim anyways.
* BlindingBangs: Carrot of the now disbanded Usopp Pirates. Also Sadi-Chan from Impel Down, and Killer when he was a child.
* BloodBrothers: [[spoiler: When Luffy, Ace and Sabo were kids, they shared a drink together. Because of some tradition, this meant that they were all now brothers. This explains why Luffy always called Ace his older brother.]]
* BloodierAndGorier: All of Zoro's fights compared to his last ones.
** The Paramount War contains the most graphic injuries in the series thus far.
* BloodKnight: Whenever Zoro gets in a swordfight, he's pretty much always seen smiling. Really makes you wonder how much he's enjoying it while it lasts.
* BloodlessCarnage: Rather odd example from one of the filler arcs when an amnesiatic Luffy and Zoro get into a fight. Luffy gets hit with Zoro's ''Oni Giri'' attack, which tears his vest and leaves visible cut marks that remain for the rest of the episode, but there's no blood, despite the fact that he was previously shown bleeding from a cut on his cheek.
** All fights are this way in the 4Kids version, replacing any blood with dirt and bruising, or nothing at all.
** Even the main series, which doesn't shy away from showing blood, has suprisingly little of the stuff when [[spoiler:the dragon on Punk Hazard]] is beheaded.
* BloodUpgrade: Pearl from Don Krieg's crew, who becomes more unpredictable when he realizes he's bleeding.
* BloodyHilarious: In an early Fishman Island chapter, Sanji ended up [[spoiler:having his face squeezed into a mermaid's breasts whilst hiding from the three mermaid princes. The result is that Sanji has a nosebleed so powerful that it erupts into the air in the shape of a mermaid.]] This proves disastrous because just moments ago, Chopper told everyone that Sanji has a rare blood type and he had just run out. So if Sanji had another high-pressure nosebleed, he would be in big trouble.
* BloodyMurder: Crocodile's [[AchillesHeel only weakness]] is liquid, as getting wet prevents him from using his sand powers. What does Luffy use when he has no water? His own blood.
** In the 4Kids version, this was [[BloodlessCarnage changed to sweat]].
* BlushSticker: Hancock of all people gets some.
** And she's the ''only'' one.
*** Well, not if you account for Bon Clay's natural blush.
*** Miss Goldenweek also has these.
*** So does the mermaid princess Shirahoshi.
* BoisterousBruiser: The giants of Elbaf are a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]] in this vein from what we've seen so far. Blackbeard fits the trope to a T despite being a villain. If anything, his cheerful big guy attitude is what makes his evil actions unsettling. His crewmate Burgess is one with a little bit of BloodKnight mixed in.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Hilariously enough, BigBad Gold Lion Shiki from the tenth movie and his assistant doctor Indigo have this going on. The OAV of "Chapter 0" shows they were going at it over 20 years back as well.
** Often happens between Nami, Usopp, and Luffy.
* BondVillainStupidity: The CP 9 agents, attempting to eliminate people who know of their existence, tie up Paulie and Iceburg and leave them in a burning building. This is after they've fully explained how they can kill a man with no more than their index finger.
* BoobsOfSteel: More often than not, if there's a female in the series who's a deadly fighter, they're bound to have large breasts as well. The only exceptions are those who are too young or too old (or too ugly).
** If a female character starts getting stronger, expect their bust size to increase as well, just look at Nami [[spoiler: and Tashigi]].
** At first, Princess Shirahoshi looks to be an exception, then you realize that [[spoiler: she's the modern incarnation of the Ancient Weapon Poseidon and possesses to control Sea Kings and possibly use them to tear islands apart - fitting considering she has the largest pair in the series]].
* BookEnds: Many individual story arcs have a consistent theme, and begin and end with a similar event.
** In the Arlong Arc, the first flashback we see of Nami's childhood has her stealing from the villagers. At the end of the arc, as she's leaving with the Straw Hats, she pickpockets a number of them on the way to the ship.
* BoomHeadshot: In Luffy's flashback to his time with Shanks, Shanks is held at gunpoint by a mountain bandit. Shanks calmly tells the man that guns are for killing, not threatening, at which point the big guy in Shanks's crew headshots the bandit point blank.
* BootstrappedLeitmotif: Franky's theme music.
* BouncingBattler: Bellamy fights by bouncing around until he's fast enough to hit enemies hard.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: 4Kids North American dub.
** The Japanese anime also did this occasionally, with respect to the manga. When Luffy gets hit by Jango's chakram, it originally goes straight [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat into the back of his head]]; the anime changes this into a [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth mouth catch]] that slightly cuts the corners of his lips. Bellemere is [[spoiler:shot ''between the eyes'']] in the manga, while the anime has her [[spoiler:shot in the chest]]. There are various other incidences as well, though they're relatively minor.
*** ... Except for one: According to the anime guide ''One Piece RAINBOW'', Sanji is 20. WordOfGod in the manga states unequivocally that he's 19, and [[NotAllowedToGrowUp none of the characters are getting any older]]. This may have to do with Japanese broadcast TV standards, which allow ''adults'' to be shown smoking ("adults" being defined as anyone age 20 or over), but not minors.
** Another instance in the anime. During Sanji's fight with Absalom, Absalom stabs him in the back with a knife, and Sanji manages to locate him thanks to him stepping in a pool of his blood. However, thanks to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara_massacre Akihabara Massacre]] about a week prior, [[TooSoon the knife and blood was hastily edited out in the anime]], resulting in Sanji apparently getting hit with a normal blow and locating Absalom without help. Foreign broadcasts, and presumably the [=DVDs=], remain unedited.
** There were two major bowdlerizations done in the Marineford Arc: [[spoiler:when Ace was given the killing blow from Akainu, the carnage done to his torso was heavily reduced to a blank hole and much less blood. Also, most importantly, while Whitebeard got half of his face blown off from one of Akainu's attacks in the manga, the anime changed it to losing half of his moustache.]] Understandably, if the anime kept this gorey detail in, it would definitely change the rating closer to those of more darker anime.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Fruits don't change, the users just get more creative in how to apply them.
* BraidsOfAction: Rebecca.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
** Zoro in the anime filler episode 223.
** Also Luffy in the Syrup Island arc briefly, though in this case it didn't work so well for the villains.
* BreakTheCutie: Nami, Robin, Zoro, Chopper, and Franky's backstories all have at least elements of this.
** The Impel Down and Marineford arcs are all one long and painful line of BreakTheCutie for [[spoiler:Luffy]].
* BreakingTheFellowship: As of [[WhamEpisode Chapter 513]], [[spoiler:the Straw Hats are scattered by Kuma. After two years, they are finally beginning to reunite.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Currently no character, Straw Hat or not, has nearly the popularity Tony Tony Chopper enjoys in Japan. From the sheer amount of merchandise featuring him - shirts, hats, figurines, watches, candy, underwear, his own spin-off Chopperman - and Luffy sometimes, you'd think both are the only pirates in the series.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario:
** Nami [[spoiler:left with the Going Merry to try and pay off her debt to Arlong.]]
** When Robin leaves the crew and they go after her [[spoiler:in the [=CP9=] arc. She was coerced into leaving in exchange for keeping the Straw Hats safe.]]
** [[spoiler:Earlier in the [=CP9=] arc, Usopp leaves the crew when he fights Luffy over what should be done with the crippled Going Merry. It was a brutal fight with Usopp losing. Later at the end of the arc, after spending much of the time fighting with the crew under a pseudonym, he hopes to be EasilyForgiven with him saying nothing about his actions, but Zoro puts his foot down to stop it as unlike what Robin went through, it was his choice. Until he apologizes, he shouldn't be allowed back in the crew.]]
* BreastExpansion: As mentioned before, breasts just seem to get bigger and bigger. Nami's have morphed from small and perky into literally larger than her head and probably several watermelons.
* BreathWeapon: Several, including Franky's ability to literally breathe fire and Kuma's ability to shoot lasers from out of his mouth.
* BrickJoke: There's one every now and then. One that isn't entirely a joke but becomes funny through the effect: Luffy lunges at Wapol, saying "Gum Gum Bul--" right before a three-chapter flashback. Once the flashback is over, it cuts right back to Luffy finishing the "--let!" as he punches Wapol. Even funnier is that it lands on the last page of the volume and comes out of nowhere after all that flashback.
** There's a RunningGag about Sanji's wanted poster not resembling him in the least. Then, [[spoiler:they encounter Duval, a poor sap who perfectly resembles the poster, and has been pursued by bounty hunters due to mistaken identity.]]
*** And in chapter 495, it's revealed he was born that way.
** At the start of the Fishman Island arc, Luffy complains to Jinbe that he is not a hero, because heroes have to share their meat. At the near end, Zoro says the same thing, but with booze.
* BringMyBrownPants: Usopp tends to balance out Luffy's [[{{Bring My Red Jacket}} red shirt moments]] nicely, to the point it [[{{Anvilicious}} just gets funnier]] when you notice they wear the garments in question. Though currently, Buggy had almost done this when Whitebeard called him out on wanting to take his head.
* BrokenBird: Robin's detached nature is due to years of being a fugitive from [[TheGovernment the World Government]] and persecution due to her ability to read Poneglyphs. It wasn't until the Straw Hats actually ''declared war'' on [[TheGovernment the World Government]] to prove how they considered her one of their own that she realized that she had found her place.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: This happens to Wyper, who is exhausted from "[[NotQuiteDead killing]]" Eneru, who restarted his own heart, and eliminated the former.
** Subverted in the case of Luffy ([[{{Determinator}} naturally]]), who should've been completely exhausted from taking in 100 shadows to pulverize Oars, but when the former rises up to fight again, Luffy prepares to get up, ready for action, merely stating "Damn, I'm too tired for this!", then leading the Straw Hats to defeat him anyway, with him giving the finishing blow.
** In the same battle, the BigBad Gekko Moriah took in ''a thousand shadows'' and Luffy simply went into Gear Second, made Moria spit some of the shadows out, before using Gear Third on top of it and knocking him into the mast, defeating him. Using either one of the Gears puts great strain on him, so you can imagine how stacking them worked out.
** Played painfully straight one arc later. When confronted with Impel Down's Chief Warden Magellan, whose entire body is covered in paralyzing, flesh-melting poison, Luffy decides to strike him down with one Gear Second-enhanced attack, hoping that poisoning can be resisted with sheer willpower. Magellan takes the attack head-on, seems knocked out for a brief second, then swiftly recovers and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] Luffy, who is nearly disabled by poison.
** And let's not forget Luffy's battles with Crocodile, the first two fights go without saying. During the third fight, Luffy had been bleeding profusely, only when covered in his own blood was he able to hit Crocodile. Coupled with that Crocodile's poison hook had infected Luffy with a lethal poison ''multiple times'' throughout the fight. By the time Crocodile had finally been knocked ''unconscious'', Luffy was laying there ''dying'' of poison.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Over the course of the series, Luffy, Nami, Sanji, and some others can be seen with shirts that have numbers on them. Not surprisingly, Luffy's number is 1. Also, Nami's number is 57.
* BuiltWithLego:Cover 622 has the Straw hats building a lego structure.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The author, Odacchi. Seriously, the fans wouldn't put up with all the [[HandWave unexplained]] [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum nonsense]] he comes up with if he wasn't so darn good at it!
** Luffy is quite a bit of this too. Considering [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law]]'s willingness to [[spoiler:team up]] with Luffy, even with knowledge of Luffy's immaturity.
** CP9 is a double example. Despite being a group of wacky and quirky individuals, they are a frighteningly effective group of assassins. Despite being a frighteningly effective group of assassins, they are capable of being legitimately talented shipwrights too, shipwrights who themselves have a number of bizarre characteristics.
* BuriedAlive: "Wet Hair" Caribou and "Blood Splatterer" Coribou have a reputation for doing this to Marines.
* BurningWithAnger: Sanji.
* ButtMonkey: Usopp and Sanji at times.
** When they were learning about dials, Luffy is told to speak into a tone dial to record his voice. What does Luffy say? "Usopp's an idiot!"
** Sanji also tends to get the worst of things. [[spoiler:His wanted poster picture is a hand drawn piece of crap]], [[spoiler:someone who looks ''JUST LIKE THE PICTURE'' tries to kill him because of it]], not to mention [[spoiler:getting blasted to an island of [[LaserGuidedKarma TRANSVESTITES]] -- oh, and later he gets [[WholesomeCrossdresser turned into one]]]].
*** One Word, and a letter: Pirate A.
** Mohmoo. Every appearance he's made on this show has resulted in some new trauma for him.
!!Tropes for ''Manga/OnePiece''
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Zombie Lola towards Absalom. Subverted when she turns out to be a sympathetic character.
** The real Lola toward any male who crosses her field of vision, though she's not AxCrazy about it like Zombie Lola was toward Nami initially.
** The ugly, friendless psychopath Vander Decken IX to Princess Shirahoshi. [[{{Understatement}} He's not her type.]]
* TheAbridgedSeries: So many it's practically a meme. The most popular one so far is NonePiece.
** For a long time there were so many absolutely horrible ones that Creator/LittleKuriboh made a video parodying the worst trends in abridged series using One Piece, the punchline of which was that it was still the best one so far.
* AbsoluteCleavage: Hancock. Robin has this after the time-skip.
** Tashigi, but not by choice. [[spoiler: In the Punk Hazard Arc, she and Smoker get their bodies switched and since Smoker likes to keep his shirt unbuttoned...]]
** Lately, since the general increase in FanService after the TimeSkip, several female characters sport this on a regular basis.
* AccidentalMarriage: Hancock has [[ShippingGoggles twice mistaken otherwise innocuous actions on Luffy's part]] as a sign that they are married. Nyon sets the record straight.
** Luffy himself seems to finally get it post-timeskip, [[spoiler:enough to tell her he isn't marrying her (not that it has any effect)]].
* AchievementsInIgnorance:
** Monkey D. Luffy lives on this trope. Quite possibly the best example of this is when he dived right into the BigBad [[AGodAmI God]] [[PsychoElectro Eneru's]] ultimate attack: Raigou, [[PersonOfMassDestruction which Eneru was going to use to annihilate the whole of Skypeia]]. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Because Eneru forged a massive golden orb onto his arm]], and Luffy was throwing his punches around him, the golden orb discharged the electrical currents and destabilized the ultimate attack, saving all of Skypeia. WordOfGod claims Luffy had no idea exactly what he was doing.
** A talking starfish that the Straw Hats meet named Pappug learned to speak human tongue because when he was a kid he believed himself to be a human. Why? "Hitode" is Japanese for starfish, and "hito desu" is Japanese for "I'm a human." A ''pun'' convinced him that he was human, and by the time he realized he was not, he had already learned to speak. Even ''[[IdiotHero Luffy]]'' questions how exactly that works.
** Zoro, who can and most likely will get lost under any circumstances, including running down a straight hallway with no exits. He also once got lost on the beginning of a narrow cliff. A trait shared with Ryouga from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', who can get lost trying to go from one room in a house to another room. By going outside, and not noticing this is a problem.
** After the Skypeia arc, one of the side-stories shown on the title page is Gedatsu falling to the surface, where he ends up helping someone dig a hot spring, all while being his usual [[TheDitz ditzy self]] and forgetting such basic human functions as breathing, blinking, eating food with your mouth instead of your ear, and ''not defying gravity and standing on the wall.''
* AchillesInHisTent: This was Usopp's whole deal during the [=CP9=] saga.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: We find out in Fishman Island that ever since [[spoiler:Luffy recovered from Magellan's various toxins, he is now immune to ALL THE POISONS IN THE WORLD]]. This is proven useful when Luffy is fighting [[spoiler:Caesar Clown, Luffy is practically invincible.]]
* ActionBomb: Averted, as the same power that gives Mr. 5 his explosive abilities keeps them from harming him.
* ActionGirl: Hancock, Robin, Nami, Tashigi... and Iva and Inazuma when they're in a "feminine mood".
* ActionSurvivor: Usopp's been this for almost the entire series.
* ActOfTrueLove: There are ''many'' of these in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Many, many, many. Some of them are about as flashy as it gets, like when the Strawhats declared war on the entire world for the sake of one comrade, or when the Whitebeards went to rescue Ace in similar circumstances. But just as many are discreet and hidden, like Soldier-san's devotion to his protegee.
* ActorAllusion: When Sabo is introduced in the anime, the character is voiced by Junko Takeuchi, famous for her role as Naruto. What do they do in their third episode together? Eat ramen, obviously.
** A later episode shows him using a fishing rod in battle, referencing Takeuchi's role as [[HunterXHunter Gon]].
---> '''[[Creator/KazukiYao Franky]]''': Pirates Docking Six! Super Combination! [[{{Dancougar}} YATTE YARUZE]]!
* ActualPacifist: The royal Riku family has not brought a single war upon its country for eight hundred years. Even a [[spoiler:threat of invasion did not get them to take up arms - they had to be [[PeoplePuppets taken over]] in order to force them to do so.]] The former king strikes with the flat of his blade when forced to fight, and his granddaughter has a reputation as undefeated despite never hitting her opponent at all.
* AdaptationDistillation: Movie 9 is an alternate version of Drum Island, seemingly placed after the [=CP9=] arc, and it manages to perfectly retain everything that made the original arc good, while also making some changes to keep things interesting for old fans.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Yasopp's hair goes from being black in the manga to a dirty blonde in the anime.
* AdaptationExpansion: Instead of relying on filler arcs to provide padding, the anime eventually took to following a 1:1 chapter/episode pacing, expanding on and lengthening the already-present material. It also fully covered the fates of the other eight Straw Hats following [[spoiler:their defeat by Kuma]] presented while Luffy was traveling to Impel Down.
** Oda has admitted that despite the manga being so long and stuffed with ideas and happenings, if he had his way there would be even MORE. His editors tend to make him throw out a lot of ideas which aren't essential to keeping the story moving. These concepts often make it into the anime.
** They also show Rob Lucci's backstory in frightening detail.
** The anime also adapts the cover illustrations for chapters 35-37, 39, 42-43, 46-48, and 50-51, which chronicle Buggy after his defeat at the hand of Luffy, from the time he is nearly eaten by a giant bird, to when he meets Gaimon, and the first time he joins forces with Alvida into two/three full-length episodes.
** Many of the major fights Post-TimeSkip have been expanded, most likely for two reasons: 1. padding, and 2. so that the villains don't suffer under TheWorfEffect so badly like they do in the manga.
* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Plenty of these.
** Zoro gets two in the Warship Island Arc. The first has him remark that he can cut through anything, conflicting with an important plot point where Zoro can't cut steel. The other has the crew meeting a dragon, making Zoro's claim of "not believing in dragons" during Thriller Bark seem silly.
*** Zoro's claim about dragons is made even funnier, when in One Piece: Unlimited Cruise, Zoro's animal themed costume is one of a dragon.
**** [[spoiler: Made even worse now since the crew has run into an actual dragon.]]
***** [[spoiler: And they '''ATE IT''']]
****** This is surprising? These are the Straw Hats we're talking about here. Just about anything outlandish encountered will most likely be eaten later, the only exception being crew members.
** During the Davy Back Fight filler, Chopper is seen eating two Rumble Balls in a short period of time without consequences. It was revealed in Enies Lobby that eating two Rumble Balls within six hours causes him to lose control of his transformations.
** During Fishman Island, Hody Jones' entire reason for hating humans is [[spoiler: nothing but racism, as humans never actually did anything to him]]. This loses meaning in the anime due to a filler scene where [[spoiler: Arlong saves a young Hody from a bunch of humans]].
* AddictionPowered: Franky's case is a bit different: He's a cyborg who uses cola as an energy source, mostly because he loves cola. (He can use other carbonated drinks, juices or even tea, with...mixed results)
* AdiposeRex: Wapol, who is able to eat absolutely anything and is appropriately obese as a result. He can subvert it at will if he needs to, though.
* AdultFear: Brook is a rare case where he was an adult in his flashback. Instead of the usual childhood traumas the other Straw Hats had, Brook's past dealt with a parent/authority figure losing friends and loved ones to tragedy and fighting and Brook ending up old and alone.
** Shanks, while one of the most easygoing and laidback characters, ''freaks'' out when Luffy was kidnapped by a bandit.
** Nami's mother Bellemere facing the decision to either save herself and deny her children's existence or save her children and be killed by [[GeneralRipper Arlong.]] She [[MamaBear chooses the latter.]]
** [[spoiler: Boa Hancock and her sisters]] were the youngest members of their crew and the second their older crewmates took their eyes off of them, they were [[spoiler: kidnapped and sold as slaves. It took them ''years'' to get home.]]
* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: It's implied that there is (or was) one of these prior to the formation of the World Government, complete with superweapons powerful enough to destroy entire islands, during a period known as the "Void Century". Any and all knowledge of it has been suppressed, and anyone attempting to regain that knowledge will be hunted down and annihilated, along with ''any surrounding territory''. Nico Robin's dream is to learn what happened.
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Chief Warden Magellan becomes a rare non-videogame example in the latter part of the Impel Down Arc, once it becomes clear just how overpowered he is.
* AdventureSeries: Pretty self-explanatory, really.
* AdventureTowns: Though usually these are destinations for story arcs, short or long, rather than Place of the Week.
* AerithAndBob: All over the place. Most of the groups tend to have members whose names have diverse linguistic origins. The nine enemy Supernovas actually stand out because the eight captains have a consistent naming theme.
* AffablyEvil: Admiral Kizaru casually makes small talk with pirates before kicking them through buildings.
** Nico Robin was first portrayed this way, but actually [[ReverseMole undermined the]] BigBad [[ReverseMole at every turn]], [[HeelFaceTurn then joined the Straw Hats at the end]].
** BigBad Blackbeard is this to everyone, no matter the circumstance. Yeah, he tried to capture Luffy that one time, and he handed Ace over to be executed, but he doesn't mind if Luffy goes and saves him. Hell, he even praises Luffy for finding Skypeia and growing stronger. He genuinely seems to carry no grudges against people he slaughters/maims.
** Foxy, despite being a DirtyCoward and amassing his crew by winning them from Davy Back Fights he more than likely cheated in, genuinely does care about his crew as much as they care about him.
* AfroAsskicker: Sengoku and Brook. Luffy also wore a fake afro during his fight with Foxy. ''[[spoiler: It actually helped him win]]''.
* AgentPeacock: Emporio Ivankov.
* AirJousting: Taken to its literal trope between Gan Fall and Shura.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: The loss of his crew turned Omatsuri to the most movie evil character so far, yet you consider how much he missed his crew and tried to revive them even as hollow shells and how his voice started cracking at the end as he regretted the loss of his comrades, it's very sad.]]
* TheAlcatraz: Welcome to Impel Down, the most secure prison on the planet and home to its deadliest criminals. Modeled after the Buddhist hell, with multiple levels of torture and imprisonment, each more horrible than the last. Don't even think of escape, convicts, as this prison is built in the Calm Belt, entirely underwater, and surrounded by sea monsters. There's also a secret sixth level, made especially for criminals [[TailorMadePrison too dangerous to exist]], but its existence remains unknown to the public. [[spoiler:Until Blackbeard springs a good chunk of the population of Level Six and adds several of the worst criminals ever to his crew.]] So secure is Impel Down, one character went through the lengthy process of joining the Seven Warlords of the Sea ''just to get in'', while the other had to practically crawl up a Warlord's ass.
* TheAlcoholic: We have Zoro, who loves drinking beer. We also have Nami, who can outdrink pretty much anyone.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: More specifically, [[ItMakesSenseInContext they want your balls]].
** Made more apparent in Ch. 594, where you can see them doing this to ''Jinbe and Rayleigh!''
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Chopper is a send-up of Rudolph, so...
** Less literally, [[spoiler:Robin]] received this treatment as well.
* AllThereInTheManual: Oda often clarifies minor plot details in his letter column which appears in the collected editions of the manga. Sometimes these ideas inspire parts of the story later on.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Paulie of the Galley-La company apparently believes this very strongly, and accuses any woman wearing clothing that shows off her figure (of which there are ''[[FanService many]]'') of being perverted. He even tries to protect his boss Iceberg from seeing Nami in a bikini while at the pool. Making it even funnier, he not only appears to be the only person in the world with this attitude, but he's a MrViceGuy who was introduced while running from creditors over his gambling debts.
* TheAloner: Brook.
* AloofOlderBrother: Flashbacks reveal that [[spoiler:Ace]] was, shockingly, one in the past.
* AlphaStrike: The Buster Call is a villainous version of this. When a situation is so threatening to the World Government that even the slightest leak would cause irreparable damage, the Buster Call is summoned. Ten massive warships headed by five Vice-Admirals essentially [[KillEmAll glass the target island, wiping out any trace of whatever threat they were called to deal with, ]] and make no distinction between innocents and their targets. [[IrrevocableOrder They can't be called off, either.]]
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: One of the most infamous examples to date! When 4Kids dubbed ''OnePiece'' they replaced the adventurous "We Are" opening with a rap about the plot, characters, and basically being a pirate. [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Many fans of the original were not pleased]]. Although some admit it's [[EarWorm catchy]].
** The German version of ''OnePiece'' also has a theme song different from the Japanese version. It can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iSPOq9PCqk here]].
* [[AlwaysABiggerFish Always a Bigger Sea King]]: [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v58/c603/11.html Seen Here.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: 99% of the Pirates are really, really ''monsters''. It's Luffy and crew whom are some of the very ''few'' exceptions, which makes [[spoiler:Luffy's liberation of prisoners in Impel Down a [[FridgeHorror very horrible thing to do]]]]. It's on the other side of the Grand Line where things get better, mainly thanks to the 4 Emperors and their crews.
** The World Nobles, the ruling power of the World Government. Not one of them is portrayed sympathetically. If anything, they're even worse than pirates.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Mihawk is this to every other swordsman in the world, as he's the greatest, but especially to Zoro, whose goal is to defeat Mihawk and become the greatest himself.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Robin explains that the reason the Marines can so easily use a [[LeaveNoSurvivors Buster Call]] to wipe an island off the map is because "You can't see people on a map."
* AmusingInjuries: Whenever Nami beats someone up.
** Zoro fought a sword-wielding ape who tried to fix a slash across the chest with spit. It was an injury, and it was very amusing.
* AndIMustScream: What happens to those who [[spoiler: are transformed into toys and forced to obey any command from the Doflamingo family]] in the Dressrosa arc.
** Also from the same arc, [[spoiler: King Riku and his army]] who were controlled by Doflamingo into attacking and killing innocent people.
* {{Angrish}}: [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v45/c436/2.html Sanji's reaction]] ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luIy1hdARQo anime version]]) to his bounty poster.
* AnimalMotifs: Oda loves these. Every [=CP9=] member, the three admirals, and the original Seven Warlords of the Sea all have animal themes. The Straw Hats have them too, though theirs are a bit vaguer. However, Oda has stated he's sure of at least one. He ''thinks''.... that Chopper is a [[ShapedLikeItself reindeer]].
* AnimalTalk: Chopper can talk to humans and animals and act as a translator, which has come in handy before.
** Averted with other Zoan fruits. Simply eating, say, the Cat-Cat Fruit does not allow one to speak to cats.
*** [[FridgeLogic Well Chopper did explain he can do it because he was originally an animal himself]].
* AnimateDead: Moria's modus operandi.
* AnimationBump: Comes in several flavors. A handful of episodes are done in a style that is much brighter and more colorful and almost identical to the manga's art. Another handful of episodes are done in a more stylized manner that sacrifices detail for fluidity. The animation in general has over time been employing more detail and fluidity across the board, and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF_5E1wBsVk 10th Opening]] and especially the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldwubOPgMTk 15th Opening]] are exemplary of this.
** The highly-regarded G8 filler arc (Episodes 195-205) has significantly more detailed, on-model animation than anything in the series beforehand. The show jumps to HD immediately afterwards, which also bumps the animation standard up a bit.
** Episode 235 has very detailed lighting and shading, giving the episode a fittingly moody feel.
** Episode 474 brings us the best animation quality yet seen, though a few moments, such as facial expressions, look rather awkward as a result.
** The animation quality bumps up whenever [[PersonOfMassDestruction Whitebeard]] does something awesome.
* {{Animesque}}: Inverted, as evident by the show's cartoonish aesthetic.
* AnimeThemeSong: 17 of 'em, all equally optimistic and catchy! Starting with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dixQJgala3E "We Are!" by Hiroshi Kitadani]], which is nearly classic among fans, and which has been recovered multiple times, such as for the 10th Opening, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ciY4afbwU for some of the movies]], and even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNbPrlUYzzo by the Straw Hats themselves!]] The seventeenth theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBmBJzc7IcE "Wake Up!"]], is currently airing.
** Note, however, that the 13th theme is probably the saddest of all the themes.
*** The themes seem to generally follow the mood of the story. Once [[spoiler:the crew reunites again]], the new song is even more upbeat.
** EndingTheme: Many of these, too. Curiously enough, the first of these ("Memories") is probably the most non-action-y anime ending theme ever; all it features is the first five Straw Hats appearing one-by-one, and standing completely still.
* {{Animorphism}}: The Zoan-type Devil Fruits allow the user to become a fully different species of animal, as well as a [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]] of that animal and their original form.
** There are sub-types of Zoan fruits that turn the user into dinosaurs or even [[SuperPowerLottery invincible mythical creatures]].
* AnnoyingArrows: The Rumbar Pirates were able to spend their last minutes merrily partying and singing away with quivers of poisoned arrows protruding from them, the poison being what brought them down. In the anime, this goes on for nearly five minutes.
** And then, of course, there's Luffy's bedwetting "human pincushion" scene from Movie 6, although those were plant-controlled arrows.
** Completely inverted in Amazon Lily with stone-splitting archery.
** Whitebeard does this with ''swords'', cannonballs, and anything else the Marines throw at him.
*** It eventually takes the entirety of the [[spoiler: Blackbeard Pirates]] attacking in tandem to take him down. ''[[{{Badass}} And he still dies standing up.]]''
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Luffy, whose crew includes a talking reindeer, a singing skeleton, and a cyborg, is shocked that Law has a ''bear'' in his crew.
** To be fair, we're never given an explanation for why the bear can talk. However, the existence of a talking [[UpToEleven starfish]] was properl... eh, somehow explained in-story.
** Also the people from the Grand Line believe Skypiea to be merely a myth. This coming from a sea where islands have lightning rain and a good amount of people have strange abilities.
* ArcNumber: Whenever someone's past is mentioned, terrible events always occur on some multiple of 3 or 10 years ago. Compared to the number of people this does not apply to, it's almost like there's a triennial apocalypse... at least for any named characters.
** For some reason, Oda seems very fond of 16-year-old princesses (no, not in that kind of way). Every time a new princess is properly introduced, she is always 16 years old: Vivi, Shirahoshi, Rebecca, and Scarlet (appears as a 22-year-old in Rebecca's flashback, but first gets an introduction box and becomes fleshed out as a 16-year-old in a later flashback).
* ArcVillain: Many, but most notably Arlong, Jones, Decken, Eneru, Foxy and Morgan.
* ArcWords: The Will of D.
** The One Piece itself could count. It's rarely mentioned in the series (even Luffy talks about his goal being becoming King of the Pirates far more than finding the One Piece,) but just the mention of it sparked two ages of piracy.
* ArchEnemy: Strangely, for a series that is primarily [[ArcVillain arc-driven]], this tends to crop up very frequently. The most notable case however is [[spoiler:the D. carriers and the World Nobles. The conflict between them is implied to have gone on for centuries -- the World Nobles tell their children horror stories about the D, and whenever a D starts to make a name for themselves, all the elders moan and groan about how that D "will surely bring forth another storm!" One society even branded the D as "God's Natural Enemy" with God, of course, being the World Nobles. This has not gone unsupported -- look no further than Luffy's actions throughout the series. His father Dragon is even leading a revolution against the World Government, while Trafalgar Law's enmity and conflict with Donquixote Doflamingo, a former World Noble (who still kinda acts like one), is the driving force behind the Pirate Alliance saga.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: The World Nobles, who take this to downright absurd levels (rape, slavery, and genocide are the ''mildest'' of their misdeeds), the nobility of the Goa Kingdom, and King Wapol. The ruling family of Alabasta averts this.
** The ruling family of Fishmen Island also averts this.
** [[spoiler: Sabo]] averts this as well. He regrets being born into nobility when he witnesses their cruelty.
** [[spoiler: Donquixote Homing]] is [[spoiler: a World Noble]] who does not believe his status makes him better than commoners, and actually went to live among them as a normal person, rejecting his status and all but a small personal amount of wealth. His wife and younger son appear to be the same so far.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Nami; at times Vivi.
* ArmoredVillainsUnarmoredHeroes: One of the most memorable examples would be Luffy versus the weapon-loving Don Krieg. A good part of the fight revolved around Luffy trying a way to break his armor.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Eneru and Rob Lucci. Both somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]], since the former was literally invincible until [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Luffy came along]], and the latter was a government TykeBomb.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: This lovely quote: “Thanks to you I’ve dealt with humiliation incarceration and being called condoriano”.
* ArtificialHuman: The Pacifistas.
* ArtAttacker: Mr. 3, who uses wax sculptures, and Miss Goldenweek, who uses color to paint on Standard Status Effects or other powers. They are paired together due to their art theme.
* ArtEvolution: Oda's style has changed a lot over the years, becoming less round and cartoony, but also more variable. His panels are also much busier and full of activity, while in early chapters they were sometimes a bit barren.
** This has carried over to the anime, which has tweaked its character designs every now and then. The style has gotten more clean, with fewer superfluous lines and details, in order to make the animation more fluid. Watch any later episode which contains a flashback to an earlier one; the difference can be surprising.
*** Most noticeable with Chopper, who kept getting cuter little by little in the manga. In the anime, he remained the same for several years, then had his design changed to the cuter version all at once. Adorable, but jarring.
** Lest we forget Nami's ever-expanding breasts.
*** Or Usopp's lengthening nose.
*** In all fairness, the original crew are all teenagers (at least until the time skip -- now it's just Luffy, Chopper and Usopp), so there was still some room for... growth.
*** Except Franky, Robin and Brook, of course. Franky and Brook's appearances can easily be explained (radical mechanical additions and an non-aging skeleton) but Robin has had a massive chest expansion, and she's far past puberty.
* ArtShift: Three times in the anime: once in Movie 6 and in a later episode, the art (already done in a radically different style than the rest of the show) shifts to a black-and-white sketchy style. Then a minor shift appears in one of the Impel Down episodes: in the imagination of Hancock, whose fantasy version of Luffy is drawn to look Bishonen in a completely non-Oda style, complete with sparkles.
* ArtStyleDissonance: Even with the zany, cartoony art style, the series can get pretty dark at times. Case in point, [[spoiler:Ace and Whitebeard's deaths]].
* AscendedFanboy: Hodi Jones from the Fishman Island arc started out as a fan of earlier BigBad Arlong before becoming one himself.
** Oda counts somewhat, seeing as he started out as a fan of AkiraToriyama (and DragonBall in particular). Eventually, he impresses the latter enough that they end up doing a one shot crossover between both franchises.
** Bartolomeo the Cannibal: [[spoiler: After hearing of Luffy's exploits in Marineford, Bartolomeo becomes a pirate and managed to amass a high bounty, a reputation as a Super Rookie, and got to the New World in the span of a year, not unlike Luffy himself. And then he gets to fight alongside his idols.]]
* AsleepForDays: Luffy sleeps for three days after defeating Crocodile. After he's told this, he calculates that he missed [[BigEater 15 meals]].
* AsLethalAsItNeedsToBe: It's stated that the best swordsmen can do this: Strike a sheet of paper or a tree branch harmlessly, yet cut rocks or even steel the next second. Zoro reaches this level during [[spoiler:his battle against Mr 1]] in the Alabasta arc.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In one SBS, Oda lampshades the fact that Robin's attack names regularly mix and match English, Spanish, and French. "It's a bit jumbled up, but it sounds nice, so no worries."
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: After Boa Hancock petrifies Vice Captain Momonga's crew, she mockingly states that his crew is down to one. He replies that "one" is not the same as none.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: A common part of Oda's design style:
** Usopp is designed to look like Pinocchio. His long nose recalls Pinocchio instantly, while his large boots, knobby body, and dark skin are specifically designed to look like wooden marionette. Fittingly, he's a constant liar, who desperately wishes to become a real man.
** Most of the male Baroque Works agents have their number integrated into their appearance. On the extreme end, Mr. 7 has a face consisting entirely of 7s.
** Chief Warden Magellan, who runs a [[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]-esque prison, looks like Satan wearing an [[PuttingOnTheReich SS uniform]].
** Hilariously inverted with Commander T-Bone, who is one of the most peace-loving and compassionate human beings in the series, let alone the Marines. [[FaceOfAThug Despite this, he looks like a hideous ghoul.]]
** Prof. Clover's hair looks like an upside-down three leaf clover.
** Let's not forget that Dr. Crocus' head resembles the flower he was named for.
* AttackReflector: Impact Dials can absorb the energy of a blow and store them to be released later. The more powerful Reject Dials return it with ten times the power, [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique but can also hurt or even kill the user]].
** Kuma's Paw-Paw Fruit allows him to repel all attacks with his palms, regardless of how powerful they are.
** Luffy can also do this due to being rubber, but after the timeskip, he's learned to return attacks with twice the power.
* AuthorAppeal:
** It has become increasingly clear over the past few years that Eiichiro Oda really, really, ''really'' likes [[FunnyAfro afros]].
** Apparently, the reason that Nami was [[spoiler:redesigned after the TimeSkip]] is because Oda married a model who portrayed her in cosplay.
* AuthorAvatar:
** In the ''Dream Soccer King!'' special, Creator/EiichiroOda is depicted in it as a soccer player called Odacchi; what's funny is that he's the '''[[TakeThatMe worst]]''' soccer player in the special, [[SmallNameBigEgo despite his claims to the contrary]].
** Also in ''Gigant Battle'' for the NintendoDS, Oda is depicted again as a man with a large pencil and a ''[[ItRunsOnNonSensoleum fish for head]]'' that draws manga panels to trap opponents.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Every high-ranking Marine officer. ''Every one of them.'' Subverted in Smoker's case; he started as a mere captain and reluctantly rose to commodore. It's been said that he'd have a much higher rank if he were more obedient and wouldn't be played straight for him until the TimeSkip, where it was revealed he was promoted to Vice-Admiral.
** Also subverted by Vice-Admiral Garp, who we later find out had actually ''turned down'' a promotion to Admiral multiple times. The one time he's shown fighting that isn't against Luffy (and thus [[ILetYouWin likely wasn't his best effort]]), he was fighting alongside ''Fleet Admiral Sengoku'' himself, indicating that the two are very likely on the same level.
*** In fact, Garp's the marine who was chasing after ''Gold Roger'', and it is repeatedly stated that the two nearly killed each other multiple times, so he's likely close to Whitebeard's level.
** Averted by Spandam, who's weaker than your average {{Mook}} and yet is the undisputed leader of [=CP9=], even though Lucci disdains him and could snap him in half with one finger.
*** Thoroughly averted on the other side by Iceberg as well. All of the Galley-la foremen in his employ are certifiably {{Badass}}, [[spoiler:even those who aren't [[TheMole CP9]]]]. Iceberg himself... is just really good at making and repairing ships.
** Also subverted by the World Nobles, who seem to have virtually-absolute authority over all the people of Sabaody Archipelago, as well as the Holy Land of Mariejois, have the authority to call an admiral and battle fleet if someone ticks them off, and yet they have no fighting ability whatsoever, aside from being allowed to carry guns.
** Played straight with other pirate crews, where the captain is always the most battle-capable member of his or her crew.
*** ...except for Buggy the Clown, post-Impel Down. After freeing a crew of high-level badass pirates from the prison, a series of misunderstandings leads to both them and the Marines assuming that he's a major player, and he plays along out of a mixture of opportunism and fear of disappointing his new crew. Once the prisoners start idolizing him, however, they creatively interpret his habitual cowardice and stupidity in positive ways, landing Buggy with a dedicated crew who are ALL far more dangerous than himself...
**** This is taken to its natural extreme in the ''One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2'' videogame, where a 'Dream Scenario' sees the world divided between three factions: The Marines, the Strawhat and Whitebeard Alliance, and the Great Pirate Alliance... led by Buggy the Clown.
* AuthorAppeal: Crossdressers (''RurouniKenshin'' author NobuhiroWatsuki confirmed that then-assistant Oda was responsible for the creation of crossdressing villain Kamatari) and {{Funny Afro}}es.
* {{Autocannibalism}}:
** In a plot point exclusive to the manga, Zeff cut off and ate his own leg while stranded on a deserted island with Sanji, who he had secretly given all the stockpiled food to.
** Later, a villain gifted with Munch-Munch Fruit [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum eats himself to make himself thinner]] when he gets stuck in an entryway.
* AwardBaitSong: Some of the songs used in the anime and movies could qualify. "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ2JzLz-PBA Asu wa Kuru Kara]]", "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMUuch7zJwQ One Day]]", "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OQ9VFFdkjs Compass]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV4wC3siiME Mata ne]]" come to mind.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Like the basic naming requirement.
* AwesomenessIsAForce:
** The mere presence of very powerful people is sufficent to knock out weaker ones.
** Essentially, Haki (the superpower that lets characters like Raleigh, Hancock, Luffy, and Sentomaru pull their more outrageous stunts, including the knocking people out and hitting Logia users) is powered by a person's force of character. So yes, in One Piece, the most impressive superpower is really fueled by [[AwesomenessIsAForce awesomeness]]
* AxCrazy: Most of the Warlords have specific goals (Crocodile, Moria, Blackbeard), and some of them have codes of honor (Jinbe, Mihawk). By contrast, [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiling]] [[RealMenWearPink Donquixote Doflamingo]] appears to be absolutely batshit insane and just enjoys causing havoc and killing people.
** And Magellan locked co-warden Shiliew up in the deepest level of the prison when Shiliew started killing prisoners for fun. The first thing Shiliew does upon being released to help with the prison break? Attack the guards who opened his cell.
** Admiral Akainu responds to almost anything he perceives as a threat with [[NoKillLikeOverkill absolutely ridiculous amounts of force]]... and, considering how many things he sees as threats, he goes from being ruthlessly pragmatic to a complete psychopath.
** "Wet Hair" Caribou, one of the new infamous rookies that arrives on Sabaody around the end of the timeskip, may very well take the cake on this one. To drive the point home, his shirt even looks like an undone straitjacket.
* AnAxeToGrind:
** Dr. Vegapunk's bodyguard, Sentomaru, wields a giant battle-axe, though he boasts that he doesn't even need it to take Luffy down. He does need it for Monster Chopper, though.
** Very much earlier, the less formidable Captain Morgan had an axe in place of a hand.
* BackStory: ''Everyone.'' If a character is fighting one of the Straw Hats for more than two chapters, expect them to have some sort of BackStory.
* BackToBackBadasses: For some -- or perhaps many -- [[spoiler:Luffy and Ace at Marineford... unfortunately, not for long enough... and never to be seen again]].
** And to one up that, we've got none other than Whitebeard and Roger on the cover page of Chapter 597.
** Usopp, Nami, and Brook pull a [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/one_piece/v58/c613/14.html three way version]] of this trope when they're fighting off the palace guards on Fishman Island.
* {{Badass}}: Read the next ten or so entries.
** The entire fight against Shiki in ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'' is badass. There are badass outfits, a badass entrance, a badass royal palace, and a badass final boss fight. The entire last quarter of the movie is made of pure badass.
* BadassAdorable: [[PettingZooPeople Chopper]], [[FieryRedhead Nami]], [[TheHero Luffy]], [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Vivi]] and [[{{Meganekko}} Tashigi]], among others.
** Robin and [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Hancock]] also count, to a lesser extent (They're definitely badass and cute, but they're not as cute as the aforementioned examples).
* BadassBoast: Luffy's declaration of war on the World Government.
--->'''Spandam''': You really think you can survive now that the entire world's your enemy?!
--->'''Luffy: Bring it on!!'''
** [[spoiler:After taking out 50,000 New Fishman Pirate warriors after hearing Hody]] declare his intentions to be the Pirate King.
--->You can play at being a regular king all you want. But there's only room in this world for one... Pirate King!! I don't care how many of you there are! Come on!
** '''I AM WHITEBEARD'''.
** Luffy at Enies Lobby.
---> '''Marines''': "We have ten thousand men guarding this island! This is the greatest fortress of justice in the world!"
---> '''Luffy''': "Yeah and I'm alone so GET OUT OF MY WAY!"
** Trafalgar Law, to [[spoiler:Virgo]]
---> '''Law''': "Payback... is gonna be a bitch."
* BadassBookworm: Nico Robin.
** And Chopper shows signs of this, once he gets over his initial freak-out.
*** According to anime filler, he already was. Part of that whole doctor training thing.
** And a flashback during the Skypiea arc reveals that [[spoiler:Montblanc Norland]] was an awesome example in his day as well.
* BadassCrew: The Straw Hats, natch, although Whitebeard's Pirates have cemented themselves as one of the best examples of this trope. Blackbeard's crew are a delightfully evil example, recruiting not only ''four'' global terrorists but also the [[AxCrazy insane]] swordsman who once guarded them. Shanks and his men qualify for ''stopping a feckin' war''.
** On that last one, note that they stopped the war just by showing up and giving everybody involved a stern talking-to.
* BadassFamily: The Monkey D. clan; this might extend to other [=Ds=] like Saul and Teach as well.
* BadassGrandpa: [[spoiler:Luffy's]] ''actual grandpa'', Vice-Admiral Garp "The Fist". He will get you punks off his lawn, by ''pitching cannonballs with his bare hands''.
** And Whitebeard, obviously. {{Badass}} indeed.
** Silvers Rayleigh definitely counts. Aside from fending off a dude packing light-speed reflexes and a ''lightsaber'', he also ''swam the freaking Calm Belt'', which is infested with colossal sea monsters. Also, he punched out an elephant ''with his mind''.
** [[FailureKnight Gan Fall]].
** Don Chin Jao [[spoiler:Even after Garp punched his head in, he could still match Luffy's Haki]]
* BadassInANiceSuit: [=CP9=]. Carrying out assassinations and government conspiracies while looking absolutely sharp.
** But it's also important to note that several members of [=CP9=] look really ridiculous wearing suits like that, especially the fat Fukurou and the hyperactive Kabuki actor Kumadori.
** This seems to be spread to the Marines as well. Just look at Admiral Kizaru.
** The entire Straw Hat crew get into the art in the tenth movie. Probably the only time in the series outside of colorspreads that you are going to see Luffy wearing a dress shirt, suit, and tie. And they all look damn sexy to boot.
** How has Sanji not been mentioned? That's basically all he wears!
* BadassInDistress: Every main crew member (and [[GuestStarPartyMember Vivi]]) goes through this during their focus arcs in some respect[[note]]Zoro in the Morgan Arc, Nami in the Arlong Arc, Usopp in the Kuro Arc, Sanji in the Baratie Arc, Vivi in the Alabasta Arc, Chopper in the Drum Arc, Robin and Franky in Enies Lobby, and Brook in Thriller Bark, to clarify.[[/note]]. Additionally, and despite ([[DeusExitMachina or due to]]) being the two more powerful members of the crew, Luffy and Zoro get captured/restrained/incapacitated a lot, usually it gives other characters the chance to shine.
** Luffy was thrown to a pool by Arlong (rescued by Nojiko, Genzo, and Sanji), nearly executed by Buggy twice (saved by Nami and Zoro, and then by a lucky flash of lightning), thrown to a seastone cell with the rest of the crew by Crocodile (saved by Vivi and Sanji), buried alive by, again, Crocodile (rescued by one of [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal his]] [[HighHeelFaceTurn subordinates]]) and he was also rescued by Law after he [[spoiler: lost the will to fight or live after Ace's death]].
** Zoro was about to be executed when Luffy met him (although to be fair, he could have probably escaped anytime, and was there to spare a young girl from the literally AxCrazy Morgan's wrath), and Mr. 3 almost made him, Nami, and Vivi wax figures (in this case, they were saved not solely by Luffy, but by Usopp and Carue).
** The Monster Trio was captured by Moria and all of them got their shadows stolen.
** Aside from the above, though, Sanji is almost ''never'' captured, thus averting this trope.
** Luffy and Ace also go through this ''badly'' in Impel Down and Marineford, respectively. Luffy gets better with help from Bon Clay, Mr. 3, Buggy, Crocodile, Mr. 1, Ivankov, Jinbei, and numerous others. [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal Ace doesn't.]]]]
* BadassLongcoat: Most high-ranking Marine officers and upper tier pirate captains sport these, as does Mr. 5 of Baroque Works and, of all people, Alvida.
** Should be stated that 97% of all the BadassLongcoat wearing characters' arms are NEVER within their coat's sleeves and just have them hang from their shoulders while they fight (or many cases [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp]]) as per RuleOfCool.
** Gold Roger seems to have been the only character badass enough to actually wear his badass longcoat with his arms in the sleeves.
*** So did John Giant.
** Eustass Kid wears a coat sleeve on his right arm, but not his left.
** Luffy wears one in [[{{Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld}} the tenth movie]], as do Z and Ain in [[{{Anime/OnePieceFilmZ}} the 12th]].
* BadassMustache: '''WHITEBEARD'''. The misleading name ([[LostInTranslation which is because that part of his name in Japanese means any kind of facial hair]]) detracts nothing from its awesome manliness.
** [[WordOfGod Oda]] [[BlatantLies claims]] it also [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum stores bananas, and can be used as a boomerang to play fetch with WB's dog Stefan]], who sports an identical 'stache.
** Pirate King Roger's slick old-school handlebar ain't so bad, either.
* BadassNormal: Usopp, hands down. Sanji and Zoro would also qualify, were it not for their ''superhuman strength''.
** Nami has very little physical power or fighting skill to speak of, and no Devil Fruit powers, but still manages to take down fairly tough opponents (and cuts large swathes through the Marines' RedShirtArmy) with her Clima Tact, a WeatherControlMachine that her navigational skills allow her to do things with that not even Usopp, its original creator, could think of.
** Mihawk is kinda this compared to the other Seven Warlords of the Sea, being the only one to so far possess neither Devil Fruit powers or Fishman abilities.
** Surrounded by guys who shoot lasers, freeze oceans, and turn into Buddha, Garp stands out as a Marine capable of extreme {{badass}}ery (he was the Pirate King's nemesis) despite having no apparent Devil Fruit power.
** Roger himself also counts. To the best of our knowledge so far, he had no Devil Fruit powers. He appears to have had the ability to understand any language, but that isn't what made him the greatest pirate to ever live.
*** It helps that his crew also seems to have been this. Out of the former members of Gold Roger's crew that we've seen so far, only Buggy has been shown to have a Devil Fruit power, and he ate his entirely by accident. In Buggy's flashback, the crew express the opinion that losing the ability to swim isn't worth the power, and when Buggy, probably one of the lowest-ranked people on the ship, declares that he's going to eat it, no one really seems to care. In fact, the rest of the crew comment on how stupid he's being.
** '''Red-Hair Shanks.''' Full stop. The man parried a ''fist of lava'' with a ''sword.'' (Note that Shanks [[HandicappedBadass only has one arm.]])
* BaddieFlattery: Foxy complimented Luffy on his [[FunnyAfro new look]] before their fight.
** Rob Lucci in the anime commended Luffy during their battle for standing up to the [[TheGovernment World Government]], but was too haughty to admit that a [[strike:rebel]] [[YouRebelScum pirate]] could actually be a WorthyOpponent for him.
** Blackbeard does this constantly.
* BadLiar: Usopp, Luffy, and Sanji at one point during Thriller Bark.
** Though it's important to note that Sanji is usually [[TheStrategist a pretty good liar,]] even able to trick [[TheChessmaster Crocodile.]]
* BaitTheDog: Blackbeard is first introduced as a rather jolly BoisterousBruiser and AffablyEvil type. Fast forward to the Marineford battle where he [[spoiler: gleefully and brutally murders Whitebeard who he once called "father" for twenty years and steals Whitebeard's Devil Fruit abilities, revealing himself to be always a power-hungry megalomaniac.]]
** Eustass Kidd is first seen [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusted]] with the World Government slave auctions and setting himself as a WorthyOpponent to Luffy and Law. A hundred chapters later, he's seen crucifying pirates attempting to flee the most dangerous sea of the New World.
** Law himself isn't as mellow as he was once thought to be. In chapter 659, it's revealed he [[spoiler: sent 100 hearts of pirates to the World Government to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.]]
** Completely inverted with Jinbe. When he was first mentioned by Yosaku as Arlong's former captain and the one who set Arlong into East Blue, everyone assumed that Jinbe would be set up as a major villain later on. Who would have thought that he was in fact a honorable and decent person, became one of the Straw Hats' biggest allies and [[spoiler: be invited by Luffy to join the crew]]?
* BalanceOfPower: Marine Headquarters + the Seven Warlords of the Sea vs. the Four Emperors.
** However, the Four Emperors aren't allied with each other, so that makes the balance even more precarious, to the point where the World Government was shitting itself at the prospect of Shanks and Whitebeard simply ''talking''.
** Essentially, the Whitebeard war arc shows that Marine Headquarters + the Seven Warlords of the Sea are about equal to ''one'' of the Emperors and their allies. Luckily, the Four Emperors contend with each other too. Also, smaller pirate crews and groups (kept in check by all of these factions) are always trying to upset the balance. When Whitebeard died, smaller crews and the other Emperors rushed to fill the void, at the expense of civilians.
* [[spoiler: BalefulPolymorph: Kinemon's son Momonosuke, who ate an experimental Devil Fruit that transformed him into an eastern dragon.]]
* BalloonBelly: Three words: "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Gum, Gum,]] [[LargeHam '''BALLOON!!!''']]".
* BareYourMidriff: Almost every female main character at one point or another. The Movie 10 tie-in episodes also give us Largo, the ''male'' mariachi-themed aspirant for a position amongst Gold Lion Shiki's armada.
** Kaku's half-giraffe form also pulls this off, managing to show that Zoan's clothing deformation has limits.
* TheBaroness: Kalifa. The sexpot kind.
* BaseOnWheels: Capone "Gang" Bege is a base on ''legs''. His insides appear to be more like a fortress, where an army of tiny people, cannons, and horses reside. And while they may look puny from inside his body, they grow to normal size instantly after moving a foot or two away from him.
* BastardGirlfriend: Hancock, of course. She can kick a kitten, she can insult pretty much anyone she wants and she can turn people into stone without anyone caring. Why? Because [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful she is ]]''[[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful beautiful]]''.
* BatmanGambit: Blackbeard is the man with a plan. Check the page entry for details.
* BattleInterruptingShout: Happens not one, but many times. First, it is subverted by Princess Vivi as per RuleOfDrama when she tried to stop the revolutionary army from attacking the royal palace. Played remarkably straight by Luffy later on: when he screams for a crowd to ''stop'', he can actually cause an entire battlefield to ''faint and froth at the mouth.''
* BattleTops: Captain Buggy's First Mate uses spinning tops in one of his attacks.
* BattleTrophy: Impressed by Shuusui, Zoro stated that he will claim it as his own. When the battle was over, Ryuuma acknowledged his loss by giving the sword voluntarily to Zoro.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When [[spoiler: the Toy Soldier/Kyros was human and no one let him forget he was murderer]], he wished that people would simply forget his existence. After building a happy life for himself, his wish came true where everyone including his loved ones forgot they existed.
* BeamSpam: When he feels up to it, Kizaru can unleash an absolute hail of laser blasts.
* BearsAreBadNews: Bartholomew Kuma. Also a subversion, as [[spoiler:he's spared the Straw Hats ''twice'', even though he had orders to kill them the first time, and he's supposedly the Warlord who's most loyal to the World Government]].
** [[spoiler:Played straight as of the arrival of the World Government's [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Pacifista Army]].]]
** Played straight with Kumacy, Perona's pet {{Zombie}} Teddy Bear.
** Also played straight with Bear King, BigBad of the second movie.
** Bepo, of the Heart Pirates, is a ''Kung-Fu Bear.'' Subverted, as he's a pretty nice guy... er, bear.
* BeardOfEvil: A new character, Brownbeard, manages to take this trope UpToEleven. He has a evil beard which splits into ''three additional beards''.
* BeastMan: Anyone who eats the Zoan class of Devil Fruit applies to this trope.
* BeatStillMyHeart: In chapter 662, [[spoiler: Law literally pokes out Smoker's heart. Law then is seen holding Smoker's heart as Smoker himself slumps down.]]
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: The Davy Back Fight, where one pirate crew challenges another to a series of games with crew members as the prize. Naturally, the Straw Hats win.
** Also with [=CP9=] who, confident in their skills, make a game out of rescuing Robin by dividing five keys between themselves, one of which unlocks Robin's handcuffs. Of course, we all know what happened there. And even earlier in the Arlong arc, when the titular fishman throws Luffy into the water and proclaims to Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp that it's a game to save him by beating the QuirkyMinibossSquad. Three fishmen beatdowns later (as well as some CPRCleanPrettyReliable on the part of Nojiko and Genzo; the crew didn't ''quite'' get to their captain in time), and Luffy is freed to deliver some much overdue pain onto Arlong.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Double subverted in Nami's case. Her skin sometimes shows pretty serious damage during her more intense fights, but in the long run, it is still [[strike:practically]] flawless, despite the fact that she's been slashed or stabbed more than any character besides Luffy or Zoro. Hell, this trope might count for everyone besides Zoro, who's the only one in the entire [[strike:crew]] series to retain the scars from his battles. It should be mentioned, though, that in the illustrations from an old light novel set in Loguetown, Nami does have a rather noticeable scar on her shoulder where she stabbed out her Arlong tattoo.
** An especially egregious case is Rebecca, a gladiator forced to fight repeatedly in the Corrida Colosseum. Whereas her male colleagues have all sorts of terrible scars and disconfigurations, her body is totally devoid of them. Justified, as it is mentioned that she has never been hit in a fight.
** The anthropomorphic personification of this is the Slip-Slip Fruit, which makes the eater so slippery that attacks slide right off them.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: During the Baratie arc, Gin of Don Krieg's crew ends up fighting Sanji and having the chance to kill him. Gin can't bring himself to, though, since Sanji was the one who gave him the food he asked for. Apparently, it was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for him up to that point.
* TheBechdelTest: Despite being heavy on TheSmurfettePrinciple, the series actually manages to pass the test. Mostly happens when Robin and Nami talk to each other or when Nami fights a female opponent.
* BehemothBattle: On Little Garden Island, there are 2 giants who have battled against each other for about a century. They've forgotten the cause for their battle, and now they just do it for fun.
* BelievingTheirOwnLies: God Eneru was aware that "God" was merely a title, but was so powerful he convinced himself he was the real thing.
* BequeathedPower: Whenever a Devil Fruit user dies, their powers are reborn into a new Devil Fruit, which is the case of [[spoiler:Ace's Flame Flame fruit]].
* BerserkButton: [[BerserkButton/OnePiece Has its own page.]]
* BestHerToBedHer: Alvida is infatuated with Luffy because of this trope, though she's apparently okay with killing him. Luffy doesn't really care.
** She explains this. If he's able to be killed, then he wasn't the man she was looking for. She has faith in his ability to survive.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Dr. Hiriluk
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Luffy is a pretty nice guy. There are just some things [[http://i.imgur.com/nMluA.jpg he won't tolerate]].
* BeyondTheImpossible:
** Sanji's "Diable Jambe" works ''underwater''.
** Blackbeard [[spoiler: has ''two'' devil fruit powers and hasn't exploded.]]
** There's a BigBad who has a sword THAT ATE A DEVIL FRUIT!
* {{BFS}}: Mihawk's sword, the Kokutou Yoru, is nearly as tall as he is, and about five times as wide, due to the cross-like hilt.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in Squad's case, since he only used it to [[spoiler:stab the shit out of Whitebeard]].
* BigBad: Every arc has one, but the saga villains are the ones that stand out the most.
** [[FantasticRacism "Sawtooth" Arlong]] for East Blue.
** [[TheChessmaster Sir Crocodile]] for Baroque Works.
** [[AGodAmI Eneru]] for Skypiea.
** [[GeneralFailure Spandam]] with [[DragonInChief Rob Lucci]] for the [=CP9=].
** [[EvilCounterpart Marshall D. "Blackbeard" Teach]] for the Whitebeard War.
** [[BadBoss Hody Jones]] for the Fishman Island.
* BigBadEnsemble: It's taken quite a while, but it's finally official. At present, the series' top villains are [[AffablyEvil Marshall D]]. [[EvilCounterpart "Blackbeard"]] [[FromNobodyToNightmare Teach]] and [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Fleet Admiral]] "[[GeneralRipper Akainu]]" [[KnightTemplar Sakazuki]]. Also arguably [[ImAHumanitarian Big Mom]], and [[ManipulativeBastard Buggy]] [[ConsummateLiar the]] [[MonsterClown Clown]]. Although the last one is probably more of a BigBadWannabe.
** The jury's still out if any combination of [[TheChessmaster Crocodile]], [[SlasherSmile Kaido]], [[TheSociopath Eustass Kid]], [[TyrannosaurusRex X. Drake]], [[TheFatalist Basil Hawkins]], or [[AxCrazy Donquixote Doflamingo]] will end up within this category, but we can rule out [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Trafalgar Law]], since he's more of a WildCard than an actual villain.
* BigBallOfViolence: Played straight. Mr. 2 sacrifices his freedom for Luffy and the Impel Down escapees. Luffy cries, Buggy mocks him, Luffy punches Buggy on the nose, Buggy retaliates.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Ace, the older brother, is rather protective of his younger brother, Luffy. On a not-literally-siblings note, Zoro tends to be most protective of the crew's youngest member, Chopper.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: Thanks to his extremely advanced Mantra power, [[AGodAmI Eneru]] is able to sense the movements and thoughts of EVERYONE on Skypeia. And thanks to his Devil Fruit power, he's able to punish anyone he wants with a [[WaveMotionGun giant frickin']] [[DeathFromAbove lightning bolt]] (That move is essentially a human version of the KillSat). It seems like the only reason he doesn't just single-handedly wipe out all resistance completely is that he would get bored.
* BigBrotherMentor: Ace and Zoro to Luffy, as well as Marco to Ace.
* BigBulkyBomb: The bomb at the end of the Alabasta arc.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: The forests of Jaya are swarming with 'em. Shiki's also got a number of giant insects among his beasts.
* BigDamnHeroes: The Straw Hat Pirates, more often than not.
** If one of the weaker Straw Hats are in jeopardy, you can expect Sanji to materialize from nothing to deliver a kick to a villain's face.
** Right in the middle of the war between Whitebeard's Pirates and the World Government, Luffy and the Impel Down escapees fall in from the sky.
** At the Enies Lobby [[spoiler:Merry]] saves the crew when they get trapped between Marine battleships. That's right, in OnePiece [[spoiler: a ''Boat'' can be this trope.]]
** In chapter 578, Trafalgar Law [[spoiler:pops up at Marineford to save Luffy's life.]]
*** Moments later, [[spoiler:Shanks steals Law's thunder by '''ENDING THE WHOLE DAMN WAR WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT''']].
*** [[spoiler:[[http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece/chapter-580/page010.html Holy Crap]]]] Possibly the biggest damn heroes moment of the series.
** A particularly strong example was in ''[[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Strong World]]'' when the whole crew, minus Nami, marched into Shiki’s HQ carrying cannons, which never appeared anywhere else in canon yet, and then proceeded to use them against the rather large force of Pirate Captains and mooks gathered there as a way of saying “hello” before the action '''really''' started.
** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v41/c390/18.html The Straw Hats showing up to save Robin and Franky.]]
** All together now: [[TookALevelInBadass OUR SHARPSHOOTER RULES!]]
** All together again: Chapter 633!
** The entire crew seems to constantly be doing this on the large scale as well. They arrive at an island JUST in time to be around as the various events come to a head.
* BigEater: Luffy; Ace; Garp; Jewelry Bonney
** And Lucky Roux, one of Shanks's crewmates, who is notably the only big eater in the series who is actually fat (or indeed, in anything but amazing shape).
** [[RoyalBrat Crappy king]] Wapol, whose Devil Fruit allows him to eat everything, from planks of wood to cannonballs, and take on their proprieties. And yet his powers enable him to become as slim as the aforementioned examples.
** Luffy took this UpToEleven at the end of the Arabasta arc. He was given an entire cartful of fruit to snack on while he waits for dinner to be prepared. He eats ALL the fruit, ''WITHIN A NANOSECOND'', literally if you blink you'll miss it. Also added that he didn't even bother to peel said fruit or that he ate two cardboard boxes along with it. Zoro and Sanji shout out of what Luffy just did was some kind of trick.
* BigEntrance: Invoked by Monkey D. Garp. How does he make his entrance? Busting straight through a wall when ThereWasADoor. Why? Because it's [[RuleOfCool cooler that way.]] He then goes on to have his men fix the wall.
* BiggerBad: Three examples.
** Kong is the commander in chief of the Marines, but he's not nearly as involved in the story as the Fleet Admiral.
** The Five Elder Stars are the leaders of the World Government, but they leave most of the anti-piracy policies to the Marines.
** Kaido is one of the Four Emperors, but he hasn't made an official appearance just yet.
* BigGood: Shared and switched amongst various contenders throughout the story. Chronologically speaking, Gold Roger kickstarted the Golden Age of the Pirates, but he's a PosthumousCharacter, while Dragon remains the most powerful opponent to the World Government, as head of the Revolutionaries. An old rival to Roger, Garp, Sengoku, and Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate had this role thrown upon his shoulders during the Marineford arc, while "Red-Haired" Shanks (a former crewmate of Roger) operates as something of a Bigger Good. After the Whitebeard War, Silvers Rayleigh (Roger's first mate) briefly worked as Luffy's mentor and trainer prior to the TimeSkip, but there's a chance he'll return once again.
* BigNever: Uttered by pretty much everyone aside from Luffy in Thriller Bark, when [[spoiler: Kuma offered to let them live if they handed Luffy over]].
* BilingualBonus: Many and numerous.
* BillingDisplacement: In universe example:
** [[spoiler:After escaping from Impel Down, the marine holds Luffy and [[LaughablyEvil Buggy]] responsible -- completely ignoring the two former Warlords that were involved.]]
*** [[spoiler:To be fair, both the warlords were firmly locked in the most secure portion of Impel Down, and had it not been for Luffy and Buggy, who actually was instrumental in getting Luffy down the first few floors without too much damage and later causing enough chaos by freeing other prisoners on different levels while Luffy's group began moving from the bottom level, the entire escape probably would have failed.]]
* {{Bishonen}}: Parodied with Sanji's [[GratuitousFrench Parage Shot]], which is capable of literally beating people pretty. Iron Mask Duval was grateful, Wanze of [=CP7=] was not.
** In the anime, we get to see Luffy from Hancock's [[http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2038/vlcsnap2009092017h37m54.png point of view]], where he is very, ''very'' {{Bishounen}}, complete with [[BishieSparkle sparkles]].
** And as of the Dressrosa arc , we got the nobelman pirate Cavendish .
* BishonenLine: Rob Lucci uses Seimei Kikan to make his half-leopard form smaller and more maneuverable, but he has to change back to normal to use his strongest attack.
* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler:The ending of Marineford. Ace and Whitebeard have been killed, Luffy stays without his nakama for about two years (though it was his choice), and the world is now under a new age of even more piracy. Despite this, Luffy and his crew resolve to continue their adventure with high spirits and never give up on their dreams.]]
* BlankWhiteEyes: Happens to every villain who has been deafeated by Luffy and won't be getting back up again (For the moment). Also happens to Luffy when [[spoiler:he realizes that Ace died right in front of him.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: A highly uncommon trait in this series, since important characters tend to be very good at exploiting their strengths, no matter how weak they may seem (see WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway).
** Perhaps the most notable case is Brook, whose Revive-Revive Fruit allows nothing more than coming back from the dead. His soul took so long finding his body that it had rotted to only bones by the time Brook fully revived. Plus, it's implied this power only works ''once'', so Brook is now left with the negative effects of a Devil Fruit. Regardless, even Brook has found ways to put his light, bones-only body to good use.
*** The Revive-Revive fruit also keeps you in whatever state you were in when it kicked in permanently, essentially bestowing semi-immortality; the user can't age or die of natural causes, but they can be killed by other means. This turned out to be more of a curse for Brook since it led to him spending ''fifty years'' all alone on a deserted ship.
*** And the most horrific side-effect of all: if someone cuts off Brook's afro, it will [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking never grow back]]. Though it does mean a lot in Brook's case, as his afro is the only thing that will allow Laboon to ever recognize him. Hence why he's so protective of it.
**** Possibly averted post-timeskip as he can separate his soul from his body (bones?) to relay messages or put himself back together again, and use the '''cold embrace of death itself''' to deliver a freezing sword slice.
** Another example is [[spoiler:Coby, who spontaneously ends up developing Haki. Mantra, to be specific, meaning he can hear voices of people from far away and know exactly what they're doing. Cool, right?.... except he develops it right in the middle of the Whitebeard War, meaning his first experience with it is masses of people ''dying.'' And he hears every single one. Oh.... and [[PowerIncontinence he can't control it yet]], meaning he'll keep hearing people's voices and pain until he learns to turn it off.]]
** Pierre is a giant bird that ate the Horse-Horse Fruit, which gave him the power to transform into a horse or into a hybrid form that (supposedly) resembles a pegasus. Since he can already fly and is big enough to carry his owner, the Horse-Horse Fruit only made him unable to swim. On the other hand, since Pierre doesn't have flippers, he probably could never swim anyways.
* BlindingBangs: Carrot of the now disbanded Usopp Pirates. Also Sadi-Chan from Impel Down, and Killer when he was a child.
* BloodBrothers: [[spoiler: When Luffy, Ace and Sabo were kids, they shared a drink together. Because of some tradition, this meant that they were all now brothers. This explains why Luffy always called Ace his older brother.]]
* BloodierAndGorier: All of Zoro's fights compared to his last ones.
** The Paramount War contains the most graphic injuries in the series thus far.
* BloodKnight: Whenever Zoro gets in a swordfight, he's pretty much always seen smiling. Really makes you wonder how much he's enjoying it while it lasts.
* BloodlessCarnage: Rather odd example from one of the filler arcs when an amnesiatic Luffy and Zoro get into a fight. Luffy gets hit with Zoro's ''Oni Giri'' attack, which tears his vest and leaves visible cut marks that remain for the rest of the episode, but there's no blood, despite the fact that he was previously shown bleeding from a cut on his cheek.
** All fights are this way in the 4Kids version, replacing any blood with dirt and bruising, or nothing at all.
** Even the main series, which doesn't shy away from showing blood, has suprisingly little of the stuff when [[spoiler:the dragon on Punk Hazard]] is beheaded.
* BloodUpgrade: Pearl from Don Krieg's crew, who becomes more unpredictable when he realizes he's bleeding.
* BloodyHilarious: In an early Fishman Island chapter, Sanji ended up [[spoiler:having his face squeezed into a mermaid's breasts whilst hiding from the three mermaid princes. The result is that Sanji has a nosebleed so powerful that it erupts into the air in the shape of a mermaid.]] This proves disastrous because just moments ago, Chopper told everyone that Sanji has a rare blood type and he had just run out. So if Sanji had another high-pressure nosebleed, he would be in big trouble.
* BloodyMurder: Crocodile's [[AchillesHeel only weakness]] is liquid, as getting wet prevents him from using his sand powers. What does Luffy use when he has no water? His own blood.
** In the 4Kids version, this was [[BloodlessCarnage changed to sweat]].
* BlushSticker: Hancock of all people gets some.
** And she's the ''only'' one.
*** Well, not if you account for Bon Clay's natural blush.
*** Miss Goldenweek also has these.
*** So does the mermaid princess Shirahoshi.
* BoisterousBruiser: The giants of Elbaf are a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]] in this vein from what we've seen so far. Blackbeard fits the trope to a T despite being a villain. If anything, his cheerful big guy attitude is what makes his evil actions unsettling. His crewmate Burgess is one with a little bit of BloodKnight mixed in.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Hilariously enough, BigBad Gold Lion Shiki from the tenth movie and his assistant doctor Indigo have this going on. The OAV of "Chapter 0" shows they were going at it over 20 years back as well.
** Often happens between Nami, Usopp, and Luffy.
* BondVillainStupidity: The CP 9 agents, attempting to eliminate people who know of their existence, tie up Paulie and Iceburg and leave them in a burning building. This is after they've fully explained how they can kill a man with no more than their index finger.
* BoobsOfSteel: More often than not, if there's a female in the series who's a deadly fighter, they're bound to have large breasts as well. The only exceptions are those who are too young or too old (or too ugly).
** If a female character starts getting stronger, expect their bust size to increase as well, just look at Nami [[spoiler: and Tashigi]].
** At first, Princess Shirahoshi looks to be an exception, then you realize that [[spoiler: she's the modern incarnation of the Ancient Weapon Poseidon and possesses to control Sea Kings and possibly use them to tear islands apart - fitting considering she has the largest pair in the series]].
* BookEnds: Many individual story arcs have a consistent theme, and begin and end with a similar event.
** In the Arlong Arc, the first flashback we see of Nami's childhood has her stealing from the villagers. At the end of the arc, as she's leaving with the Straw Hats, she pickpockets a number of them on the way to the ship.
* BoomHeadshot: In Luffy's flashback to his time with Shanks, Shanks is held at gunpoint by a mountain bandit. Shanks calmly tells the man that guns are for killing, not threatening, at which point the big guy in Shanks's crew headshots the bandit point blank.
* BootstrappedLeitmotif: Franky's theme music.
* BouncingBattler: Bellamy fights by bouncing around until he's fast enough to hit enemies hard.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: 4Kids North American dub.
** The Japanese anime also did this occasionally, with respect to the manga. When Luffy gets hit by Jango's chakram, it originally goes straight [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat into the back of his head]]; the anime changes this into a [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth mouth catch]] that slightly cuts the corners of his lips. Bellemere is [[spoiler:shot ''between the eyes'']] in the manga, while the anime has her [[spoiler:shot in the chest]]. There are various other incidences as well, though they're relatively minor.
*** ... Except for one: According to the anime guide ''One Piece RAINBOW'', Sanji is 20. WordOfGod in the manga states unequivocally that he's 19, and [[NotAllowedToGrowUp none of the characters are getting any older]]. This may have to do with Japanese broadcast TV standards, which allow ''adults'' to be shown smoking ("adults" being defined as anyone age 20 or over), but not minors.
** Another instance in the anime. During Sanji's fight with Absalom, Absalom stabs him in the back with a knife, and Sanji manages to locate him thanks to him stepping in a pool of his blood. However, thanks to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara_massacre Akihabara Massacre]] about a week prior, [[TooSoon the knife and blood was hastily edited out in the anime]], resulting in Sanji apparently getting hit with a normal blow and locating Absalom without help. Foreign broadcasts, and presumably the [=DVDs=], remain unedited.
** There were two major bowdlerizations done in the Marineford Arc: [[spoiler:when Ace was given the killing blow from Akainu, the carnage done to his torso was heavily reduced to a blank hole and much less blood. Also, most importantly, while Whitebeard got half of his face blown off from one of Akainu's attacks in the manga, the anime changed it to losing half of his moustache.]] Understandably, if the anime kept this gorey detail in, it would definitely change the rating closer to those of more darker anime.
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Fruits don't change, the users just get more creative in how to apply them.
* BraidsOfAction: Rebecca.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
** Zoro in the anime filler episode 223.
** Also Luffy in the Syrup Island arc briefly, though in this case it didn't work so well for the villains.
* BreakTheCutie: Nami, Robin, Zoro, Chopper, and Franky's backstories all have at least elements of this.
** The Impel Down and Marineford arcs are all one long and painful line of BreakTheCutie for [[spoiler:Luffy]].
* BreakingTheFellowship: As of [[WhamEpisode Chapter 513]], [[spoiler:the Straw Hats are scattered by Kuma. After two years, they are finally beginning to reunite.]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Currently no character, Straw Hat or not, has nearly the popularity Tony Tony Chopper enjoys in Japan. From the sheer amount of merchandise featuring him - shirts, hats, figurines, watches, candy, underwear, his own spin-off Chopperman - and Luffy sometimes, you'd think both are the only pirates in the series.
* BreakUpMakeUpScenario:
** Nami [[spoiler:left with the Going Merry to try and pay off her debt to Arlong.]]
** When Robin leaves the crew and they go after her [[spoiler:in the [=CP9=] arc. She was coerced into leaving in exchange for keeping the Straw Hats safe.]]
** [[spoiler:Earlier in the [=CP9=] arc, Usopp leaves the crew when he fights Luffy over what should be done with the crippled Going Merry. It was a brutal fight with Usopp losing. Later at the end of the arc, after spending much of the time fighting with the crew under a pseudonym, he hopes to be EasilyForgiven with him saying nothing about his actions, but Zoro puts his foot down to stop it as unlike what Robin went through, it was his choice. Until he apologizes, he shouldn't be allowed back in the crew.]]
* BreastExpansion: As mentioned before, breasts just seem to get bigger and bigger. Nami's have morphed from small and perky into literally larger than her head and probably several watermelons.
* BreathWeapon: Several, including Franky's ability to literally breathe fire and Kuma's ability to shoot lasers from out of his mouth.
* BrickJoke: There's one every now and then. One that isn't entirely a joke but becomes funny through the effect: Luffy lunges at Wapol, saying "Gum Gum Bul--" right before a three-chapter flashback. Once the flashback is over, it cuts right back to Luffy finishing the "--let!" as he punches Wapol. Even funnier is that it lands on the last page of the volume and comes out of nowhere after all that flashback.
** There's a RunningGag about Sanji's wanted poster not resembling him in the least. Then, [[spoiler:they encounter Duval, a poor sap who perfectly resembles the poster, and has been pursued by bounty hunters due to mistaken identity.]]
*** And in chapter 495, it's revealed he was born that way.
** At the start of the Fishman Island arc, Luffy complains to Jinbe that he is not a hero, because heroes have to share their meat. At the near end, Zoro says the same thing, but with booze.
* BringMyBrownPants: Usopp tends to balance out Luffy's [[{{Bring My Red Jacket}} red shirt moments]] nicely, to the point it [[{{Anvilicious}} just gets funnier]] when you notice they wear the garments in question. Though currently, Buggy had almost done this when Whitebeard called him out on wanting to take his head.
* BrokenBird: Robin's detached nature is due to years of being a fugitive from [[TheGovernment the World Government]] and persecution due to her ability to read Poneglyphs. It wasn't until the Straw Hats actually ''declared war'' on [[TheGovernment the World Government]] to prove how they considered her one of their own that she realized that she had found her place.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: This happens to Wyper, who is exhausted from "[[NotQuiteDead killing]]" Eneru, who restarted his own heart, and eliminated the former.
** Subverted in the case of Luffy ([[{{Determinator}} naturally]]), who should've been completely exhausted from taking in 100 shadows to pulverize Oars, but when the former rises up to fight again, Luffy prepares to get up, ready for action, merely stating "Damn, I'm too tired for this!", then leading the Straw Hats to defeat him anyway, with him giving the finishing blow.
** In the same battle, the BigBad Gekko Moriah took in ''a thousand shadows'' and Luffy simply went into Gear Second, made Moria spit some of the shadows out, before using Gear Third on top of it and knocking him into the mast, defeating him. Using either one of the Gears puts great strain on him, so you can imagine how stacking them worked out.
** Played painfully straight one arc later. When confronted with Impel Down's Chief Warden Magellan, whose entire body is covered in paralyzing, flesh-melting poison, Luffy decides to strike him down with one Gear Second-enhanced attack, hoping that poisoning can be resisted with sheer willpower. Magellan takes the attack head-on, seems knocked out for a brief second, then swiftly recovers and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] Luffy, who is nearly disabled by poison.
** And let's not forget Luffy's battles with Crocodile, the first two fights go without saying. During the third fight, Luffy had been bleeding profusely, only when covered in his own blood was he able to hit Crocodile. Coupled with that Crocodile's poison hook had infected Luffy with a lethal poison ''multiple times'' throughout the fight. By the time Crocodile had finally been knocked ''unconscious'', Luffy was laying there ''dying'' of poison.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Over the course of the series, Luffy, Nami, Sanji, and some others can be seen with shirts that have numbers on them. Not surprisingly, Luffy's number is 1. Also, Nami's number is 57.
* BuiltWithLego:Cover 622 has the Straw hats building a lego structure.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The author, Odacchi. Seriously, the fans wouldn't put up with all the [[HandWave unexplained]] [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum nonsense]] he comes up with if he wasn't so darn good at it!
** Luffy is quite a bit of this too. Considering [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law]]'s willingness to [[spoiler:team up]] with Luffy, even with knowledge of Luffy's immaturity.
** CP9 is a double example. Despite being a group of wacky and quirky individuals, they are a frighteningly effective group of assassins. Despite being a frighteningly effective group of assassins, they are capable of being legitimately talented shipwrights too, shipwrights who themselves have a number of bizarre characteristics.
* BuriedAlive: "Wet Hair" Caribou and "Blood Splatterer" Coribou have a reputation for doing this to Marines.
* BurningWithAnger: Sanji.
* ButtMonkey: Usopp and Sanji at times.
** When they were learning about dials, Luffy is told to speak into a tone dial to record his voice. What does Luffy say? "Usopp's an idiot!"
** Sanji also tends to get the worst of things. [[spoiler:His wanted poster picture is a hand drawn piece of crap]], [[spoiler:someone who looks ''JUST LIKE THE PICTURE'' tries to kill him because of it]], not to mention [[spoiler:getting blasted to an island of [[LaserGuidedKarma TRANSVESTITES]] -- oh, and later he gets [[WholesomeCrossdresser turned into one]]]].
*** One Word, and a letter: Pirate A.
** Mohmoo. Every appearance he's made on this show has resulted in some new trauma for him.
