History Recap / OnePiecePunkHazardArc

** Brook finds Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Robin in time to save them from being shot/bombed to death by Brownbeard's men by tampering with their guns and cannons.

* TheReveal: "Joker" is actually Doflamingo working under an alias, and that Law use to be an underling of his.

* TheWorfEffect: Smoker gets hit with it rather badly throughout the arc.
** First he was beaten by Law (which gets a pass because he's a Warlord of the Sea). Then it was Vergo (though it was heavily implied that he could've beaten him and lost only to get out of debt to Law). Then he suffered a ''severe'' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of Doflamingo....

* [[WouldHurtAChild Would Perform Experiments on a Child]]:Caesar, who's using the kidnapped children for his experiments which so far have caused them grow giant sized. What's more is that he's keeping them sedated by feeding them candy made from a highly addictive drug. If the kids go too long without it, they go into violent withdrawals which cause them to hallucinate and attack anyone on sight, too much at once or prolonged exposure is going be fatal.

** First he was beaten by Law (which gets a pass because he's a Warlord of the Sea). Then it was Vergo (though it was heavily implied that he could've beaten him and lost only to get out of debt to Law). Then he suffered a ''severe'' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of Doflamingo.
*** WorfHadTheFlu: Though that was after he had an extremely even fight with Vergo, so chances are Smoker wasn't at full strength when he had to deal with a very angry Doflamingo.

* EnemyMine: In order to stop Caesar and Vergo, Luffy, Smoker and Law decide to work together. Law released Smoker on the account that he forget about him and Joker, while Luffy had allied himself with Law earlier on to help take down one of the Four Emperors. Smoker was notably pissed off about having to ally with Luffy and Law.]]
** Also, Kidd, Apoo and Hawkins are (somewhat) willing to discuss the possibilities of making an alliance.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Caesar's slime monster. It ate the Sara Sara no Mi: Model Axolotl, and then, after eating a candy provided by Caesar, it became a gas.

** Strangely averted with Doflamingo. Oh sure, he may have killed Bellamy, but to be frank that guy was a dick and wasn't worth the trouble. As for his other subordinates, who are for more competent, reliable, and much smarter than Bellamy, he legitimately cares about them. He apologized to Monet for asking her to die for him, yet she was about to do so ''willingly'', he apologized to Vergo for sacrificing him and thanked him for all his hard work, he has stated that he saw Law as a little brother (though that is debatable), he did not blame Baby 5 and Buffalo for failing to complete their objective, stating that they were following orders and did all they could, and when Monet unexpectedly died and was unable to perform her suicide attack, being unable to answer him on the Den Den Mushi, he went to Punk Hazard ''himself''.

* AFatherToHisMen: Brownbeard cares very much for his underlings. [[spoiler:Thus, once it is revealed to him that Caesar is a BitchInSheepsClothing, he immediately pulls a HeelFaceTurn and helps Nami (stuck in Sanji's body) and Usopp, and later on Zoro, Brook, Sanji (stuck in Nami's body), and Kin'emon get to the laboratory to stop Caesar and save his men.]]

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Once all parties make it into the base, [[spoiler:Caesar systematically either destroys the walls of the surrounding labs buildings or open the gates to let the killer gas in and forcing the groups to continue forward or be caught in it.]]

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: [[spoiler: Caesar's slime monster. It ate the Sara Sara no Mi: Model Axolotl, and then, after eating a candy provided by Caesar, it became a gas.]]
* AndShowItToYou / BeatStillMyHeart: [[spoiler:Law gained the position of Warlord when he delivered the hearts of 100 pirates to the marines. Smoker also winds up suffering from this power.]]
** [[spoiler: Ironically Law also suffers from this as he had made a deal with Caesar to pull out his own heart while holding Monet's in order to stay on the island.]]

** Strangely averted with [[spoiler:Doflamingo. Oh sure, he may have killed Bellamy, but to be frank that guy was a dick and wasn't worth the trouble. As for his other subordinates, who are for more competent, reliable, and much smarter than Bellamy, he legitimately cares about them. He apologized to Monet for asking her to die for him, yet she was about to do so ''willingly'', he apologized to Vergo for sacrificing him and thanked him for all his hard work, he has stated that he saw Law as a little brother (though that is debatable), he did not blame Baby 5 and Buffalo for failing to complete their objective, stating that they were following orders and did all they could, and when Monet unexpectedly died and was unable to perform her suicide attack, being unable to answer him on the Den Den Mushi, he went to Punk Hazard ''himself'']].
* BigBadDuumvirate: Caesar Clown and [[spoiler:Vice-Admiral Vergo, together, act as the plot-shaking villains of this arc. Caesar is the more visible of the two, the one that largely got it all moving to begin with, and of course, the one that abducts and experiments on children. Vergo is the one that covers up Caesar's child abductions for his experiments and as Doflamingo's longest serving crew mate he's definitely higher in the pecking order than Caesar, not to mention being much more powerful.]]
** TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Donquixote Doflamingo, who Vergo serves under and Caesar works with]].
** BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:It becomes increasingly clear that Caesar, despite being the BigBad of the arc, is actually the ''weakest'' of the three antagonists (him, Monet, and Vergo). Then, when he realized that he didn't stand a chance against Luffy, he tried to play the small fish card. All of this serves to show that not only is Caesar weak, he's also out of touch -- anyone who knows shit about Luffy these days knows he'd take on the entire WORLD if it came to that.]]
** GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, is only very vaguely alluded to as Doflamingo's business partner, and the ultimate goal for Law's plan and the pirate alliance.]]

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Once Luffy started taking Caesar seriously, the man stood no chance against him. Which makes sense, seeing as of the three main villains of the arc, Caesar, despite being the BigBad, is actually the ''weakest'' of them.]]
** [[spoiler:Law handed a very satisfying one to Vergo in Chapter 690.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Vice-Admiral Vergo to Doflamingo and Monet to Caesar.]]
* EnemyMine: In order to stop [[spoiler:Caesar and Vergo, Luffy, Smoker and Law decide to work together. Law released Smoker on the account that he forget about him and Joker, while Luffy had allied himself with Law earlier on to help take down one of the Four Emperors. Smoker was notably pissed off about having to ally with Luffy and Law.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Kidd, Apoo and Hawkins]] are (somewhat) willing to discuss the possibilities of making an alliance.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Law sent one hundred hearts to the World Government to become a Warlord of the Sea, is extremely cruel to his enemies, and has a pretty nasty reputation, even among pirates.]] Yet even ''he'' was disgusted when he found out that [[spoiler:Caesar Clown had been drugging kids to keep them on the island]], so much so that he quit working with him on the spot.
* ForbiddenZone: Punk Hazard to both pirates and Marines. Getting on shore is tough enough as one has to transverse the lake of fire. [[spoiler: Coming in through the ice side is no picnic either.]]
* FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler:Law uses his powers to switch some of the Straw Hats around. Smoker and Tashigi also suffer from this.]]

* GovernmentConspiracy: Kids being kidnapped off of ships to be used for [[spoiler: Caesar's experiments]] and someone in the Marines keeping it a secret.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Trafalgar Law returns! Also "Foxfire" Kin'emon.
* HailFirePeaks: What was initially thought to be an island of fire turns out to be both fire AND ice due to [[spoiler: the island being the spot where Akainu and Aokiji fought for the position of fleet admiral. Their powers wound up changing the whole climate of the island which is still in effect after two years.]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Due to the fact that there anywhere from four to five swordsmen (including Tashigi) in this arc, plus Law, who is capable of this without killing the target, there was a lot of this going around. Victims include: [[spoiler:Kin'emon (who was split into thirds), Tashigi, Scotch, Monet, and Vergo. Only Monet wasn't a victim of Law's devil fruit, and the only reason she survived was because she is a logia and Zoro didn't put any Haki into his attack. She is also the only vertical example of this]].
** Now includes [[spoiler: Buffalo and Baby 5.]] Damn it, Law, calm the fuck down.

* ImplausibleFencingPowers: [[spoiler:After getting his body back, Kin'emon first action is to ''cut an explosion'' after one of the slimes explode]]. Needless to say, both Zoro and Brook are impressed.
* JumpingOnAGrenade: [[spoiler:Mocha, one of the giant sized kids Caesar experimented on but didn't lose her senses from withdrawal like the others, found out about the danger the candy was to herself and her friends and teamed up with Chopper. In order to keep the other kids from stealing it back from her and endangering their lives further she eats all of it herself. ]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Monet and Vergo]]. The latter in particular is later explicitly stated to have died.

* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: "Joker" is really Doflamingo working under an alias]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Vergo is revealed to be a mole planted in G-5 by Doflamingo to divert attention from Caesar's kidnappings. Monet likewise was planted to keep an eye on Caesar.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:"Joker" is actually Doflamingo working under an alias, and that Law use to be an underling of his.]] Though it was somewhat foreshadowed, [[spoiler:Law being a Warlord of the Sea was this for many.]]

* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:Caesar]]'s HannibalLecture to Luffy only serves as an indication of how much of a SmallNameBigEgo he is and that he is really out of touch. He claims that Luffy is a small fish and asks him if he was willing to take on the big names backing up ''his'' ego: [[spoiler:one of the Four Emperors, and the Warlord of the Sea Donquixote Doflamingo]]. Anyone who knows shit about Luffy these days knows that he'd be willing to take on the entire '''''WORLD''''' if it came to that. As such, Luffy decked him and retorted that he's ''always'' fighting guys like that.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Caesar. [[spoiler:He's got a lot of big names backing up ''his'' ego, but the truth of the matter is that he's a weakling. Once Luffy bothered to take him seriously in a fight, he was getting tossed around like a chump and tried to play the small fish card. That didn't end well for him.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: Luffy, as always. In fact, the three strongest of the protagonists of this arc ([[spoiler:Luffy, Law, and Smoker]]), and their respective crews, allies, and subordinates are all this. Thanks to a timely distress call, Luffy and co. ended up going to Punk Hazard. [[spoiler:Smoker, still obsessed with chasing after Luffy, orders the men and Tashigi to follow them. Then, at the island, thanks to Law hearing news of their arrival, decided to finally turn on Doflamingo. What was once a highly secret operation that involved producing faux-devil fruits and a major WMD for Doflamingo is now in complete ruins, with the scientist responsible half-way dead and two of his most reliable subordinates on the verge of or ''already'' dead.]] All just because [[spoiler:some samurai ran off to the island to find his kid]], which ''caused'' the aforementioned distress call.
** [[spoiler:And now, Doflamingo's given a SadisticChoice of resigning his position as a Warlord and risking the wrath of the Admirals, ''or'' keeping the position and risking the wrath of Kaido, one of the '''''Four Emperors'''''. All just because one of the kids kidnapped just happened to be the son of a samurai from Wano Country that went apeshit trying to find him.]] That is one hell of a SpannerInTheWorks.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Law was under the service of Doflamingo, but betrayed him at some point, deciding to steal the SAD tankers from him, preventing him from creating more Smile Devil Fruits. Not to mention he plans to head to Dressrosa with the Straw Hats, to destroy the Smile factory located there.]]
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Smiley causes this, after changing back into gas because of a bait Clown fed him]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Vice Admiral Vergo]] is someone with a high status and well-respected in their position. [[spoiler:Not to mention the G-5 Marines adore him]].

* WeaponOfMassDestruction: Caesar is said to specialize in this. [[spoiler:Considering his powers deal in poison gases and his most major creation is a huge slime monster, it's pretty much confirmed at this point.]]
* WhamEpisode: Trafalgar Law returns having become a Warlord of the Sea, Punk Hazard is revealed to be the location [[spoiler:of Akainu and Aokiji's fight, Law and Luffy form an unprecedented pirate alliance, Law is revealed to be a former subordinate of Doflamingo, The SAD Ceasar Clown produces happens to be used by Doflamingo to make SMILE artificial Zoan type Devil Fruits for one of the Four Emperors, Kaido is revealed to be the target of Luffy and Law's alliance, and Aokiji returns to save Smoker from Doflamingo]]. Truly a Wham Arc for the ages.
* WhamLine: "I'm coming there now." for [[spoiler:Doflamingo.]]
* WildCard: Law. [[spoiler:Despite what happened at Marineford, he became a Warlord. Then he allied himself with Caesar. Then he's willing to ditch both in order to ally with Luffy to take down one of the Four Emperors.]] One can never predict what this guy is going to do next.

** [[spoiler:First he was beaten by Law (which gets a pass because he's a Warlord of the Sea). Then it was Vergo (though it was heavily implied that he could've beaten him and lost only to get out of debt to Law). Then he suffered a ''severe'' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown at the hands of Doflamingo.]]
*** WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:Though that was after he had an extremely even fight with Vergo, so chances are Smoker wasn't at full strength when he had to deal with a very angry Doflamingo.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Luffy and Smoker, finally meeting again after two years, prove they still see each other as this. [[spoiler:Smoker willing enters a [[ForbiddenZone banned island]] for all government agents in the New World just to catch Luffy, while Luffy refuses to fight Smoker [[FreakyFridayFlip while he's stuck in Tashigi's body]], desiring to have their rematch when he's at full strength]].
* [[WouldHurtAChild Would Perform Experiments on a Child]]: [[spoiler:Caesar, who's using the kidnapped children for his experiments which so far have caused them grow giant sized. What's more is that he's keeping them sedated by feeding them candy made from a highly addictive drug. If the kids go too long without it, they go into violent withdrawals which cause them to hallucinate and attack anyone on sight, too much at once or prolonged exposure is going be fatal.]]

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, is only very vaguely alluded to as Doflamingo's business partner, and the ultimate goal for Law's plan and the pirate alliance.]]

* [[spoiler:AntiClimaxBoss: The three main villains go down relatively easily, though unlike the New Fishman Pirates there ''are'' points where they are in control of the fight and it's quite apparent that they would've ''destroyed'' the pre-TimeSkip crew]].
** [[spoiler: Somewhat subverted with Vergo though. Both Sanji and Law had tremendous difficulty with him (the latter due to Vergo having his heart). Smoker fared a little better and he probably could've beaten him but had to let himself lose so Law could get his heart back.]]

* [[spoiler:SadisticChoice: In one of the last chapters of the arc, Law gives one to Doflamingo, after taking Caesar hostage. Either resign from the Seven Warlords of the Sea and get Caesar back, or keep the position but lose Caesar in the process. If he takes the former, he'll get Caesar back but the Marines will have him hunted down by the Admirals. If he takes the latter, he'll be unable to provide [=SMILEs=] and in the process piss off his most important business partner: '''''Kaido of the Four Emperors'''''. No matter what option he takes, he's pretty much screwed.]]

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler:Law, who was part of Doflamingo's pirates, decides to take the opportunity to cut ties with him and steal the SAD tankers from him, preventing him from creating more Smile Devil Fruits. Not to mention he plans to head to Dressrosa with the Straw Hats, to destroy the Smile factory located there.]]

* WhamEpisode: Trafalgar Law returns having become a Warlord of the Sea, Punk Hazard is revealed to be the location [[spoiler:of Akainu and Aokiji's fight, Law and Luffy form an unprecedented pirate alliance, Law is revealed to be a former subordinate of Doflamingo, we found out that Caesar makes SAD which Doflamingo turns into SMILE artificial Zoan type Devil Fruits which one of the Four Emperors has bought to make an army of 500, Monet and Vergo die, Kaido is revealed to be the target of Luffy and Law's alliance, and Aokiji returns to save Smoker form Doflamingo]]. Truly a Wham Arc for the ages.

* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Sadly but ''not'' unexpectedly, this is the all time '''record-breaking-''low''''' that Sanji sinks to when occupying Nami's body.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Monet and probably Vergo too]]. Though knowing Oda both could [[DeathIsCheap somehow have survived.]]

*** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, is only very vaguely alluded to as Doflamingo's business partner, and the ultimate goal for Law's plan and the pirate alliance.]]

** BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:It becomes increasingly clear that Caesar, despite being the BigBad of the arc, is actually the ''weakest'' of the three antagonists (him, Monet, and Vergo). Then, when he realized that he didn't stand a chance against Luffy, he tried to play the small fish card. All of this serves to show that not only is Caesar weak, he's also out of touch -- anyone who knows shit about Luffy these days knows he'd take on the entire WORLD if it came to that.]]

** [[spoiler: And now, Doflamingo's given a SadisticChoice of resigning his position as a Warlord and risking the wrath of the Admirals, ''or'' keeping the position and risking the wrath of Kaido, one of the '''''Four Emperors'''''. All just because one of the kids kidnapped just happened to be the son of a samurai from Wano Country that went apeshit trying to find him.]] That is one hell of a SpannerInTheWorks.

* WhamEpisode: Trafalgar Law returns having become a Warlord of the Sea, Punk Hazard is revealed to be the location [[spoiler: of Akainu and Aokiji's fight, Law and Luffy form an unprecedented pirate alliance, Law is revealed to be a former subordinate of Doflamingo, we found out that Caesar makes SAD which Doflamingo turns into SMILE artificial Zoan type Devil Fruits which one of the Four Emperors has bought to make an army of 500, Monet and Vergo die, Kaido is revealed to be the target of Luffy and Law's alliance, and Aokiji returns to save Smoker form Doflamingo]]. Truly a Wham Arc for the ages.
* WhamLine: "I'm coming there now." for [[spoiler:Doflamingo]].

* [[WouldHurtAChild Would Perform Experiments On A Child]]: [[spoiler:Caesar, who's using the kidnapped children for his experiments which so far have caused them grow giant sized. What's more is that he's keeping them sedated by feeding them candy made from a highly addictive drug. If the kids go too long without it, they go into violent withdrawals which cause them to hallucinate and attack anyone on sight, too much at once or prolonged exposure is going be fatal. ]]

* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Sadly but ''not'' unexpectedly, this is the all time '''record-breaking- ''low'' ''' that Sanji sinks to when occupying Nami's body.

* [[spoiler: AnticlimaxBoss: The three main villains go down relatively easily, though unlike the New Fishman Pirates there ''are'' points where they are in control of the fight and it's quite apparent that they would've ''destroyed'' the pre-TimeSkip crew]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Up to this point, accusations of Luffy being self-centered and "only caring about his direct-friends" is ''mostly'' correct. Now, observe the sheer cold and terrifying ''fury'' on his face when he listened with horror and rage at how Caesar Clown callously proclaimed the children (whom he has '''not'' befriended at this point) he is experimenting on can easily be replaced when they die in five years time. In spite of his claims to '''not''' be a hero, the boy has certainly ''has'' grown to become compassionate, kinder and selfless in the last 2 years.

* WhamEpisode: Trafalgar Law returns having become a Shicibukai, Punk Hazard is revealed to be the location [[spoiler: of Akainu and Aokiji's fight, Law and Luffy form an unprecedented pirate alliance, Law is revealed to be a former subordinate of Doflamingo, we found out that Caesar makes SAD which Doflamingo turns into SMILE artificial Zoan type Devil Fruits which a Yonko has bought to make an army of 500, Monet and Vergo die, Kaido is revealed to be the target of Luffy and Law's aliance, and Aokiji returns to save Smoker form Doflamingo]]. Truly a Wham Arc for the ages.

* BigBad: Caesar Clown.
** TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Vice-Admiral Vergo. He's the one that covers up Caesar's child abductions for his experiments and as Doflamingo's longest serving crew mate he's definitely higher in the pecking order than Caesar. Not to mention that he's leagues above Caesar in strength.]]
*** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Donquixote Doflamingo, who Vergo serves under and Caesar works with]].

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: [[spoiler: Once all parties make it into the base, Caesar systematically either destory the walls of the surrounding labs buildings or open the gates to let the killer gas in and forcing the groups to continue forward or be caught in it.]]

** [[spoiler:Strangely averted with Doflamingo. Oh sure, he may have killed Bellamy, but to be frank that guy was a dick and wasn't worth the trouble. As for his other subordinates, who are for more competent, reliable, and much smarter than Bellamy, he legitimately cares about them. He apologized to Monet for asking her to die for him, yet she was about to do so ''willingly'', he apologized to Vergo for sacrificing him and thanked him for all his hard work, he has stated that he saw Law as a little brother (though that is debatable), he did not blame Baby 5 and Buffalo for failing to complete their objective, stating that they were following orders and did all they could, and when Monet unexpectedly died and was unable to perform her suicide attack, being unable to answer him on the Den Den Mushi, he went to Punk Hazard ''himself'']].
* [[spoiler:BalefulPolymorph: Momonosuke, Kinemon's son, who changed into a dragon after eating an artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruit. He's currently stuck in dragon form due to his inexperience Devil Fruits in general, and/or the fact that the fruit is a failure.]]

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In order to stop Caesar and Vergo, Luffy, Smoker and Law decide to work together. Law released Smoker on the account that he forget about him and Joker, while Luffy had allied himself with Law earlier on to help take down one of the Four Emperors. Smoker was notably pissed off about having to ally with Luffy and Law.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Law sent one hundred hearts to the World Government to become a Warlord of the Sea, is extremely cruel to his enemies, and has a pretty nasty reputation, even among pirates. Yet even ''he'' was disgusted when he found out that Caesar Clown had been drugging kids to keep them on the island, so much so that he quit working with him on the spot]].

* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler: Kids being kidnapped off of ships to be used for Caesar's experiments and someone in the Marines keeping it a secret.]]

* HailFirePeaks: What was initially thought to be an island of fire [[spoiler: turns out to be both fire AND ice due to the island being the spot where Akainu and Aokiji fought for the position of fleet admiral. Their powers wound up changing the whole climate of the island which is still in effect after two years.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:"Joker" is actually Doflamingo working under an alias, and that Law use to be an underling of his. Though it was somewhat foreshadowed, Law being a Warlord of the Sea was this for many.]]
* [[spoiler:ShutUpHannibal: Caesar's HannibalLecture to Luffy only serves as an indication of how much of a SmallNameBigEgo he is and that he is really out of touch. He claims that Luffy is a small fish and asks him if he was willing to take on the big names backing up ''his'' ego: one of the Four Emperors, and the Warlord of the Sea Donquixote Doflamingo. Anyone who knows shit about Luffy these days knows that he'd be willing to take on the entire '''''WORLD''''' if it came to that. As such, Luffy decked him and retorted that he's ''always'' fighting guys like that]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: Luffy, as always. [[spoiler:In fact, the three strongest of the protagonists of this arc (Luffy, Law, and Smoker), and their respective crews, allies, and subordinates are all this. Thanks to a timely distress call, Luffy and co. ended up going to Punk Hazard. Smoker, still obsessed with chasing after Luffy, orders the men and Tashigi to follow them. Then, at the island, thanks to Law hearing news of their arrival, decided to finally turn on Doflamingo. What was once a highly secret operation that involved producing faux-devil fruits and a major WMD for Doflamingo is now in complete ruins, with the scientist responsible half-way dead and two of his most reliable subordinates on the verge of or ''already'' dead. All just because some samurai ran off to the island to find his kid, which ''caused'' the aforementioned distress call.]]
** [[spoiler: And now, Doflamingo's given a SadisticChoice of resigning his position as a Warlord and risking the wrath of the Admirals, ''or'' keeping the position and risking the wrath of Kaido, one of the '''''Four Emperors'''''. All just because one of the kids kidnapped just happened to be the son of a samurai from Wano Country that went apeshit trying to find him. That is one hell of a SpannerInTheWorks.]]
* [[spoiler:TakenForGranite: Smiley causes this, after changing back into gas because of a bait Clown fed him]].
* [[spoiler:TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Law, who was part of Doflamingo's pirates, decides to take the opportunity to cut ties with him and steal the SAD tankers from him, preventing him from creating more Smile Devil Fruits. Not to mention he plans to head to Dressrosa with the Straw Hats, to destroy the Smile factory located there.]]

* WildCard: Law. [[spoiler:Despite what happened at Marineford, he became a Warlord. Then he allied himself with Caesar. Then he's willing to ditch both in order to ally with Luffy to take down one of the Four Emperors. One can never predict what this guy is going to do next.]]

** BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Vice-Admiral Vergo. He's the one that covers up Caesar's child abductions for his experiments and as Doflamingo's longest serving crew mate he's definitely higher in the pecking order than Caesar. Not to mention that he's leagues above Caesar in strength.]]
*** TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Donquixote Doflamingo, who Vergo serves under and Caesar works with]].