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15	[[caption-width-right:350:''WE ARE!''[[labelnote:Characters]]'''Clockwise from the center:''' [[RubberMan Monkey D. Luffy]], [[FieryRedhead Nami]], [[HeroesPreferSwords Roronoa Zoro]], [[CowardlyLion Usopp]] [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou (who is about to shoot you)]], [[{{Cyborg}} Franky]], [[SkeletalMusician Brook]], [[SharkMan Jimbei]], [[AdventurerArchaeologist Nico Robin]], [[ChefOfIron Vinsmoke Sanji]], and [[CombatMedic Tony Tony Chopper]]. '''Not pictured:''' Over one thousand supporting characters.[[/labelnote]]]]
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17	->''Wealth, fame, power... Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates, attained this and everything else the world had to offer. And his dying words drove countless souls to the seas.\
18	"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place! Now you just have to find it!"\
19	These words lured men to the Grand Line in pursuit of dreams greater than they've ever dared to imagine! This is the time known as the Great Pirate Era!''
20	-->-- '''OpeningNarration'''
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22	Welcome to the best-selling single-author comic in the world, as acknowledged by the Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords themselves.
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24	''One Piece'' began as a manga series written by Creator/EiichiroOda since 1997, and in 1999, it was adapted into an ongoing popular anime series produced by Creator/ToeiAnimation. The story chronicles the adventures of '''[[Characters/OnePieceMonkeyDLuffy Monkey D. Luffy]]''', an ambitious yet kind and rather dense young man who has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (''Gomu Gomu no Mi''), turning him into a RubberMan. He dreams of following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Captain "Red-Haired" Shanks, by becoming a great pirate. In fact, he plans to find the titular treasure and become the new "Pirate King." Said treasure was left by Gold Roger, the greatest pirate who ever lived and the previous Pirate King, and his dying words have spurred the world of ''One Piece'' into an age of piracy, as pirates from all around the world set sail for the Grand Line, the place where the One Piece is most likely hidden.
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26	To obtain his goal of becoming Pirate King, Luffy has assembled one of the strongest (not to mention weirdest) pirate crews in the world, consisting of:
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28	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceRoronoaZoro Roronoa Zoro]]''': [[TheLancer The swordsman]]. A cool, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], lazy former BountyHunter with an impossibly bad [[NoSenseOfDirection sense of direction]] and unbelievable [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower super strength]]. He is the creator of the Three Swords Style of swordsmanship ("santoryu"), carrying one in each hand and [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth one in his mouth]]. Proves wise at times, and questionably sane at others. His goal is to become the world's greatest swordsman by defeating the current title holder, Dracule "[[AnimalEyes Hawkeye]]" Mihawk.
29	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceNami Nami]]''': A [[LoveableRogue sly, spunky thief]], master manipulator, and outstanding [[TheNavigator navigator]] who dreams of making a map of the entire world. She's quite greedy and [[MoneyFetish obsessed with cash]], often conning other characters, even her own crewmates. Possesses an instinctive ability to predict the weather that borders on the supernatural, which later becomes [[WeatherControlMachine the basis of her combat techniques]].
30	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceUsopp Usopp]]''': A long-nosed, [[CowardlyLion cowardly]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills sharpshooter]] with a penchant for [[TheMunchausen bragging and telling tall tales]]. He dreams of becoming a great warrior of the sea, much like his father, with the side goal of visiting Elbaf, an island of giants and a "warrior's paradise".
31	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceSanji Sanji]]''': The [[SharpDressedMan sharp-dressed]], [[ChivalrousPervert girl-crazy]], [[InstantDogEnd chain-smoking]] [[ChefOfIron chef]] [[SupremeChef of the crew]]. Master of the [[ExtremityExtremist Black Leg]] technique, with kicks strong enough to shatter boulders into dust. For the sake of elevating his cooking, he dreams of finding the All Blue, a sea where the four "regular" seas (not counting the Grand Line) converge, which therefore holds every species of fish in the world.
32	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceTonyTonyChopper Tony Tony Chopper]]''': A young, naive, and [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable reindeer]] who consumed the Human-Human Fruit (''Hito Hito no Mi''), giving him [[FunnyAnimal sapience and a humanoid form]]. After a series of mishaps, he was adopted by quack doctor Hiriluk (and later mentored by grand doctor Kureha), becoming an expert doctor. He joined the Straw Hats to fulfill his dreams of becoming a [[SuperDoc doctor that can cure any disease]], and to become his own reindeer/man.
33	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceNicoRobin Nico Robin]]''': [[TheStoic Unflappable]] mystery lady, [[AdventurerArchaeologist archaeologist]], [[HeelFaceTurn former agent/assassin]] of Baroque Works who ate the [[MesACrowd Flower-Flower Fruit]] (''Hana Hana no Mi''), and is the only survivor of Ohara. She's been ruthlessly hunted by the World Government since childhood, with a bounty placed on her head at the tender age of 8 years old. She dreams of finding the Rio Poneglyph, an enormous stone block that holds the secrets to the [[ConstructedWorld world's]] "[[https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Void_Century Void Century]]", an unexplained 100-year gap in history.
34	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceFranky Franky]]''': The crew's [[RidiculouslyFastConstruction resident]] [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum shipwright]]/[[HollywoodCyborg cyborg]]/engineer/speedo enthusiast. He runs on cola, and dreams of making an invincible ship that can sail to the edge of the world. Shows his approval through [[LargeHam much gesticulating]] and cries of [[CharacterCatchphrase "SUPER!"]]
35	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceBrook Brook]]''': A fencing [[SkeletalMusician musician]] [[DemBones skeleton]] with an afro, a weird sense of humor, an odd obsession with seeing [[DirtyOldMan women's panties]], and the power to come back from the dead. Once. [[BlessedWithSuck After he's already decayed to a skeleton.]] He dreams of reuniting with Laboon, a whale his crew befriended before leaving for the Grand Line, and betrayed by dying before returning to him as promised.
36	* '''[[Characters/OnePieceJimbei Jimbei]]''': A [[FishPeople whale-shark fishman]] [[LightningBruiser who is a master at Fishman Karate.]] Formerly one of the Seven Warlords, certain events that transpired would lead to him becoming the Helmsman of the crew. His dream is to fulfill his former captain Fisher Tiger's dying wish of coexistence and equality between humans and fishmen.
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38	Together, the group of TrueCompanions known as the Straw Hat Pirates travels the world, making their way to and through the Grand Line, facing villainous rival pirate groups, Marine forces, and corrupt elements of the World Government. Much of the mysteries surrounding the events of the storyline concern not only where Gold Roger hid his treasure, but why he did, what happened in the True History of the world, why the World Government wants to hide it, and what "One Piece" actually ''is.''
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40	The big gimmick to the series is that many characters, including Luffy, have consumed a "Devil Fruit". Devil Fruits are mysterious fruits that grant the sole consumer incredible powers, at the cost of the consumer losing their ability to swim by draining their energy when submerged in water. Luffy, for example, has eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit (or the ''Gomu Gomu no Mi'' if you're feeling Japanophilic), turning him into a RubberMan capable of stretching his body like elastic. The powers granted by the other Devil Fruits are a varied bunch, from producing natural soap to transforming into a giraffe-human hybrid, to becoming a being made of living ice.
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42	It has [[Franchise/OnePiece numerous specific pages]]:
43	* Due to its humongous cast, the series has '''''[[ExaggeratedTrope fifty-nine]]''''' character sheets. Please move any character tropes to the proper [[Characters/OnePiece pages]]. If there is a ''One Piece'' character, they must be in that index somewhere.
44	* Its very own [[http://www.onepiecepodcast.com podcast]], with its own page [[Podcast/TheUnofficialOnePiecePodcast here]].
45	** The podcast went to Japan and filmed a documentary about ''One Piece'' [[http://oppjapan.onepiecepodcast.com/2014/10/03/the-one-piece-podcast-goes-to-japan-the-movie here]].
46	* A [[http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=60414 comedy spinoff]]!
47	* [[https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki Its own 7,000+-article-large wiki]] which covers every conceivable aspect of ''One Piece'', both in fiction and fact.
48	* [[Recap/OnePiece Its own recap page for the manga]]; please move any tropes from specific chapters, episodes, and arcs to that page.
49	* [[OverlyLongGag The manga even has its own country, its own congress, its own ice cream flavor]], [[LifeImitatesArt and its own restaurant]]. [[{{Defictionalization}} No,]] [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/06/17/one-piece-themed-restaurant-named-baratie-to-open-in-tokyo really.]]
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51	Joking aside, it's no exaggeration at all to say that ''One Piece'' is the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' of the early 21st century,[[note]]In terms of sales, it even eclipsed ''Dragon Ball'' twice over by volumes sold, though that's in part due to its [[LongRunner sheer length]], as it already has 107 volumes to ''Dragon Ball''[='=]s 42.[[/note]] and the single biggest and most influential manga franchise in a generation.
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53	The anime has had a troubled distribution history in America. In 2004, Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dubbed the first 142 episodes [[AdaptationDistillation (edited into 104 episodes)]], but the dub [[UnfinishedDub ended in 2006]] and stopped being rerun in 2008. It returned to U.S. airwaves from May 18, 2013 to March 18, 2017 via Creator/{{Toonami}} on Creator/AdultSwim,[[note]]Unfortunately, Adult Swim dropped the series citing a "variety of reasons, up to and including Toei increasing broadcast fees and rating issues"[[/note]] this time being dubbed by Creator/{{Funimation}}. Creator/{{Funimation}}'s English dub, which has covered 1000 episodes and counting, has become one of [[LongRunner the longest anime dubs in history]]. At the time, the show was also streaming on Creator/VIZMedia's Creator/NeonAlley service, and Funimation had the episodes they acquired on their website available for members to stream, with only episodes 1 through 205 dubbed, probably because they wanted people to watch the dubbed episodes 206 onward on Toonami instead. The series would later join Creator/{{Netflix}} after its run ended on Toonami in 2018. However, in 2022, it was announced ''One Piece'' would rejoin the Toonami block once more, much to the shock and joy of fans. In December 2020, the series got its own channel on the [[Creator/PlutoTV Pluto TV app]], though in this case sub only.[[note]]Pluto can't really add dubs due to distribution rights with only a few exceptions (Shows by 4Kids. And, no, the channel doesn't play their dub version).[[/note]] Needless to say, you have a ''lot'' of options on where to catch the series now.
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55	But wait, there's more. It seems that Hollywood took an interest in the series as, to coincide with [[MilestoneCelebration the 20th anniversary of the franchise]] on July 21, 2017, it was announced that ''One Piece'' would be getting a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-21/one-piece-manga-gets-live-action-hollywood-tv-show/.119132 live-action television series]] from Tomorrow Studios (the same ones who produced the ''Series/{{Cowboy Bebop\|2021}}'' live-action series), co-executive produced by Oda along with Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements. Nearly three years later, on January 29, 2020, [[https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-officially-announces-one-piece-live-action-series Oda himself announced the show would be airing on]] {{Creator/Netflix}}, with an eight-episode order for the first season. In late 2021, five of the show's leads were officially cast. [[Series/OnePiece2023 The series]] premiered on August 31, 2023.
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57	Oda announced in August 2019 that he was planning to end the manga at some point between 2024 and 2025, and in August 2020, Shueisha announced the story was "headed toward the upcoming final saga." Indeed, on June 8, 2022, [[https://thelibraryofohara.com/2022/06/08/one-piece-film-red-news-roundup-trailer-soundtrack-by-hiroyuki-sawano-and-ado-final-saga-etc it was announced the final saga would commence in chapter 1054]].
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59	At Jump Festa 2024, [[https://x.com/wsj_manga/status/1736312824878563764?s=46&t=r6SO-id6oL7SmLqSCvgeRg it was announced]] that ''One Piece'' would be receiving a second anime by [[Creator/ProductionIG WIT Studio]] and Creator/{{Netflix}} titled ''The One Piece'', set to run concurrently with the original.
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61	[[AC:If you haven't read the manga, there are '''spoilers''' below.]]
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63	!![[JustForFun/{{Trope Overdosed}} Due to length, the trope examples list has been split into sub-pages]]:
64	[[index]]
65	* OnePiece/TropesAToB
66	** [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole/OnePiece Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole]]
67	** [[ArcVillain/OnePiece Arc Villain]]
68	** [[BerserkButton/OnePiece Berserk Button]]
69	** [[BewareTheSillyOnes/OnePiece Beware the Silly Ones]]
70	** [[BigBrotherInstinct/OnePiece Big Brother Instinct]]
71	** [[Bowdlerise/OnePiece Bowdlerise]]
72	** [[BreakTheCutie/OnePiece Break the Cutie]]
73	* OnePiece/TropesCToD
74	** [[CallBack/OnePiece Call-Back]]
75	** [[ChekhovsGun/OnePiece Chekhovs Gun]]
76	** [[Cliffhanger/OnePiece Cliffhanger]]
77	** [[CombatPragmatist/OnePiece Combat Pragmatist]]
78	** [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass/OnePiece Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]
79	** [[CurbStompBattle/OnePiece Curb-Stomp Battle]]
80	** [[DarkAndTroubledPast/OnePiece Dark and Troubled Past]]
81	** [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype/OnePiece Deconstructed Character Archetype]]
82	* OnePiece/TropesEToF
83	** [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/OnePiece Early Installment Weirdness]]
84	** [[FamousLastWords/OnePiece Famous Last Words]]
85	** [[Foreshadowing/OnePiece Foreshadowing]]
86	* OnePiece/TropesGToJ
87	** [[HateSink/OnePiece Hate Sink]]
88	** [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower/OnePiece Heart is an Awesome Power]]
89	** [[Hypocrite/OnePiece Hypocrite]]
90	* OnePiece/TropesKToM
91	** [[LaserGuidedKarma/OnePiece Laser-Guided Karma]]
92	** [[LogicalWeakness/OnePiece Logical Weakness]]
93	** [[MassOhCrap/OnePiece Mass "Oh, Crap!"]]
94	** [[MoralMyopia/OnePiece Moral Myopia]]
95	** [[MusclesAreMeaningless/OnePiece Muscles Are Meaningless]]
96	* OnePiece/TropesNToP
97	** [[NiceJobFixingItVillain/OnePiece Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]
98	** [[OhCrap/OnePiece Oh, Crap!]]
99	** [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness/OnePiece O.O.C. Is Serious Business]]
100	* OnePiece/TropesQToS
101	** [[TheReveal/OnePiece The Reveal]]
102	** [[ShoutOut/OnePiece Shout-Out]]
103	** [[SpannerInTheWorks/OnePiece Spanner in the Works]]
104	** [[SuperpowerLottery/OnePiece Superpower Lottery]]
105	* OnePiece/TropesTToZ
106	** [[WhamEpisode/OnePiece Wham Episode]]
107	** [[WhamLine/OnePiece Wham Line]]
108	[[/index]]

Context Manga / OnePiece