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OnePiece/TropesAToB ([[AdaptationInducedPlotHole/OnePiece Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole]], [[ArcVillain/OnePiece Arc Villain]], [[BerserkButton/OnePiece Berserk Button]], [[BewareTheSillyOnes/OnePiece Beware the Silly Ones]], [[BigBrotherInstinct/OnePiece Big Brother Instinct]], [[Bowdlerise/OnePiece Bowdlerise]], [[BreakTheCutie/OnePiece Break the Cutie]]) | OnePiece/TropesCToD ([[CallBack/OnePiece Call-Back]], [[ChekhovsGun/OnePiece Chekhov's Gun]], [[Cliffhanger/OnePiece Cliffhanger]], [[CombatPragmatist/OnePiece Combat Pragmatist]], [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass/OnePiece Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]], [[CurbStompBattle/OnePiece Curb-Stomp Battle]], [[DarkAndTroubledPast/OnePiece Dark and Troubled Past]], [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype/OnePiece Deconstructed Character Archetype]]) | OnePiece/TropesEToF ([[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/OnePiece Early Installment Weirdness]], [[FamousLastWords/OnePiece Famous Last Words]], [[Foreshadowing/OnePiece Foreshadowing]]) | OnePiece/TropesGToJ ([[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/OnePiece Heart is an Awesome Power]], [[Hypocrite/OnePiece Hypocrite]]) | '''Tropes K to M''' ([[LaserGuidedKarma/OnePiece Laser-Guided Karma]], [[LogicalWeakness/OnePiece Logical Weakness]], [[MassOhCrap/OnePiece Mass "Oh, Crap!"]], [[MoralMyopia/OnePiece Moral Myopia]], [[MusclesAreMeaningless/OnePiece Muscles Are Meaningless]]) | OnePiece/TropesNToP ([[NiceJobFixingItVillain/OnePiece Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]], [[OhCrap/OnePiece Oh, Crap!]], [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness/OnePiece O.O.C. Is Serious Business]]) | OnePiece/TropesQToS ([[TheReveal/OnePiece The Reveal]], [[ShoutOut/OnePiece Shout-Out]], [[SpannerInTheWorks/OnePiece Spanner in the Works]], [[SuperpowerLottery/OnePiece Superpower Lottery]]) | OnePiece/TropesTToZ ([[WhamEpisode/OnePiece Wham Episode]], [[WhamLine/OnePiece Wham Line]])]]]]-]

* MythologyGag: The panel where [[spoiler:Zoro decapitates a dragon]] is almost identical to the one where [[spoiler: Ryuma did the same]] in ''Manga/Wanted1998.''

** Double-Subverted in Wapol's case. When he's defeated by the Straw Hats he ends up getting launched all the way to another island, forced to eat garbage and live as a bum. There he makes friends with a dog and it appears he's been humbled after losing everything, then a toy maker finds him and wants to pay him for the special metal he can create from garbage to make toys. His "wapometal" ends up in high demand due to its unique properties, and he becomes even RICHER than when he was Drum Island's king. [[spoiler:After the TimeSkip he's now married to a supermodel and is the king of his own evil kingdom, officially recognized by the World Government!]]

** Akainu as well, being the first person to [[spoiler: kill a prominent character outside of a flashback]].

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: For a series stuffed to the brim with {{Determinator}}s, there are at least a few moments when "cut and run" is thought of as a viable tactic. [[spoiler:The most recent example is during the Whitebeard war, when the arrival of Shanks convinces Sengoku that taking on a fresh Emperor and his crew ain't exactly the brightest move. He's all too willing to make concessions just to keep the peace.]]

** [[spoiler:Poison is ineffective against wax. Even Mr. 3 was surprised by that one.]]

** Inverted when [[spoiler:Sanji is sent to an island full of transvestites]].

** [[spoiler:Ace's death and Sabo's existence/reappearance as well.]]

* LawfulStupid: The World Government is ruled by a bunch of arrogant, disgustingly inept elites who are perfectly willing to ignore a massive prison break comprised of some of the worst criminals the world has ever known to save face and to focus on erasing out the remainder of [[spoiler:Roger's legacy]]. Brilliant, guys.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: On the last page of Chapter 597, [[spoiler:Luffy]] says "[[spoiler:The pirate 'Straw Hat Luffy']] is going on a holiday for a bit", then at the bottom of page it is announced that the manga is going on a four week break, its longest so far. We get it, Oda.

* LivingGhost: Perona ate the Horo Horo no Mi, or the Hollow Hollow Fruit, which gives her the ability to summon small ghosts that can suck the willpower out of her opponents, making them too depressed to fight, or large ghosts that can physically harm opponents. These ghosts can also explode if they make contact with the opponent at Perona's command. Not only that, but the fruit also gives Perona ghost-like abilities, such as intangibility, flight, and even [[SizeShifter the ability to change size]]. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}, since it turns out that Perona herself doesn't have these abilities, but she can only create an AstralProjection of herself that does. However, after the TimeSkip, she gains some of the ghost-like abilities for herself, such as flight.]]

** Nobody can refuse or harm the absolutely abhorrent World Nobles in any fashion without severe repercussions, (Unless you're Luffy, who doesn't care). [[spoiler: But, as Reverie reveals, there's nothing stopping a fellow, reformed World Noble from beating the ever crap out of another, or alternatively, said reformed Noble "ordering" the heroes to attack them.]]

* [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie Luffy Let Portgas D. Ace Die]]]]: Subverted. Said death was a HeroicSacrifice.

* [[LukeIAmYourFather Luffy, I Am Your Father]]: Luffy's father is [[spoiler:the world's most wanted criminal, Monkey D. Dragon]], and his grandfather is [[spoiler:the legendary Vice-Admiral Monkey D. Garp]].
** And then, our expectations get twisted when it turns out that [[spoiler:Ace's father is actually Gold Roger.]]

** [[spoiler:Whitebeard finally gives some information on One Piece before he dies.]]
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: [[spoiler:Shirahoshi]]. [[spoiler:Vander Decken]] wants to marry her so he can use her ability to [[spoiler:control Sea Kings.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Was Luffy being saved from Buggy's wrath by way of a convenient lightning bolt due to fate, something to do with Dragon, or perhaps just a natural consequence of holding up a metal sword on a high platform in the middle of a thunderstorm?[[spoiler: As it turns out, it might have just been Luffy's electrical insulation as a rubber man, something Enel learned the hard way.]]

** At his death, Roger proclaims that One Piece exists, sparking the Pirate Age. At his death, [[spoiler:Whitebeard]] proclaims that One Piece exists, sparking the New Age.
* MeaningfulFuneral: Just try not to cry when [[spoiler:they consign the ''Going Merry'' to the depths]], we dare you.
** Chapter 590: [[spoiler:Ace and Whitebeard's graves.]]

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: The entirety of the Marineford Arc turns out to be this. [[spoiler:The Marines win the battle, and Ace and Whitebeard are dead. But killing those two, which was supposed to act as a warning against the pirates of the world, only invigorated them further after Whitebeard declared that the One Piece does exist. That includes Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates, who spend the next two years after the battle training and becoming stronger, becoming an even bigger thorn in the World Government's side. On top of that, the Marines lost several prisoners of Impel Down, including Blackbeard, who now has ''two'' Devil Fruit powers, including Whitebeard's Quake Quake Fruit power, and none of the self-control to go with it. Finally, a FridgeHorror that slowly sets in is that all of the Marines who died during the battle died for nothing, which causes several high-profile Marine higher-ups to quit out of disgust.]]

* MegaManning: [[spoiler:Blackbeard]].
* MemeticBadass: Buggy is actually becoming an in-universe example.

* TheMenFirst: Played for comedy with T-Bone. Then played completely straight with Luffy, who goes through ridiculous lengths to protect his crew before his own well-being (Nami at Drum Island, [[spoiler:Mr. 2]] at Impel Down, etc.) and most recently Whitebeard, badass, FatherToHisMen extraordinaire.

** Buggy the Clown received this treatment when [[spoiler:a bunch of Impel Down escapees heard that he was on Gold Roger's crew alongside Shanks, even though he was just an apprentice. Throughout the remainder of the Marineford Arc, the convicts believed everything Buggy did was badass, so much so that they eventually joined his crew]].

** [[spoiler:Kuma]] is revealed to really be a mole for [[spoiler:Dragon]] and that this was his reason for saving the Straw Hats back at the Sabaody Archipelago.

** She's gotten better with time, though; now she almost never scams her own crewmates and considers them more important than money. For example, [[spoiler: when Usopp was robbed of a whopping 200 millon by the Frankies]] she seemed to not care about the money and said that the priority was that [[spoiler: Usopp was alright]].

* MountaintopHealthcare: In the "Drum Island Arc", Nami falls sick and forces the Straw Hats to make a detour to the titular island to find her a doctor. However Luffy is told the only doctor of the island is a "witch" who lives in a castle at the highest mountain peak of the island. So he, along with Sanji, go to take Nami there having to brave monster rabbits called Laphan, an avalanche (which knocks out Sanji), direct attacks by the Big Bad Wapol and his subordinates and finally having to scale the mountain with his bare hands and feet. Luckily said doctor was home and indeed manages to heal the three. [[spoiler: After the arc and the disposal of Wapol, the newly crowned Dalton re-dubs the island as Sakura Kingdom and the castle becomes the main HQ for medical practice.]]

* MultipleHeadCase: Judge Baskerville. [[spoiler: Turns out he's actually two shorter guys sitting on the legs of one really tall guy in the middle.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: Luffy has two: [[spoiler: the defeat of his crew that scattered them over the oceans]] and [[spoiler: being unable to save Ace.]]
** Jimbei is also haunted by [[spoiler: Ace's death]] and the fact that he indirectly let [[spoiler: Arlong terrorize East Blue and contributed to Nami's tragic past.]]

* MythologyGag: The panel where [[spoiler:Zoro decapitates a dragon]] is almost identical to the one where [[spoiler: Ryuma did the same]] in ''One Piece Wanted.''

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** Much is made of Conqueror's Haki, which allows the user to dominate weaker-willed individuals just by force of will. Among those who have it are Luffy, Silvers Raleigh, Shanks, and Whitebeard. ''Not'' among those is Zoro (as far as we know). Instead, Zoro is capable of making an enemy completely freeze up through ''raw bloodlust.'''
*** [[spoiler: Kaido has confirmed that Zoro’s Ashura abilities come from Zoro’s innate Conquerer’s Haki. Confirming he does indeed possess it.]]
** Way back in the Arlong Arc, Luffy admits his own faults as a pirate that his current crew can do after breaking Arlong's teeth.
--->'''Luffy:''' I don't know how to use a sword, you dumbass!\\
'''Zoro:''' ...\\
'''Luffy:''' I don't know how to navigate either!\\
'''Nami:''' ...\\
'''Luffy:''' I can't cook!\\
'''Sanji:''' ...\\
'''Luffy:''' And I can't tell lies!\\
'''Ussop:''' Uh... hey.
** One English commercial asks viewers, "Who gave Luffy his lucky straw hat? Was it Usopp, Shanks, or [[Anime/SonicX Sonic]]?" The last of those characters is not from ''One Piece''.