Line #27 Recap/OnePieceSkypieaArc


1	[[header: [[center: [- [[Recap/OnePiece Story Arcs]] > Sea of Survival: Super Rookies > Skypiea Saga: [[Recap/OnePieceJayaArc Jaya Arc]] \| [[Recap/OnePieceWapolsOmnivorousRampage Wapol's Omnivorous Rampage]] \| '''Skypiea Arc''' \| [[Recap/OnePieceAcesGreatBlackbeardSearch Ace's Great Blackbeard Search]] \| [[Recap/OnePieceGEightArc G-8 Arc]] -] ]] ]]
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3	!! Short Summary
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5	->''Before you pray... before you turn a blind eye to reality... you have to do what you can! The time where you could survive if you lie low as a victim is over! You have to take action! You can't protect your own by blaming someone else later!''
6	-->-- '''Conis''', Chapter 278
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8	Having rode the Knock Up Stream, the Straw Hats make it into the sky and reach the island, Skypiea. But not shortly after their arrival they're branded as criminals and soon find themselves caught in a ancient old war between the Skypieans, the Shandians, and the "God" of the island (really just a fancy term for ruler of the island) Eneru who seeks the island's destruction.
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10	!! Main Summary
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14	''Skypiea Arc'' has the following tropes:
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16	* {{Acrofatic}}: Skypiean Priest Satori. His brothers, Hotori and Kotori also count. Yama is like a damn ''ballerina'' compared to these three, though.
17	* AGodAmI: Eneru, who truly thinks he ''is'' a God with Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers and enhanced Mantra.
18	* ATruceWhileWeGawk: The Shandians and Divine Soldiers stare in shock when Nola laughs due to Luffy tickling her from the inside.
19	* AintTooProudToBeg: Wiper's ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness one]]'' moment of genuine, complete vulnerability is to beg Enel [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl to spare]] [[TheSquadette Raki]]. [[WouldHitAGirl It doesn't work]], of course, and [[OmnicidalManiac Enel]] even mockingly lectures him on how ''all'' are equally valid targets.
20	* AirJousting: Shura vs Gan Fall.
21	* AllForNothing: The White Berets served Eneru and reluctantly enforced his tyranny over the Skypieans to protect them from Eneru's wrath, only to find out that Eneru had planned to destroy Skypiea from the very beginning, with the captain even commenting on it.
22	* AloneWithThePsycho: By the climax of the arc, Nami is deemed to have "won" to survival game, and is allowed to travel to Fairy Vearth with Eneru on the Maxim, with him needing very little reason to strike her down. Fortunately, when he tries, she's able to mount a decent defense (as someone who can also manipulate electricity) until Sanji, Usopp, Luffy, and Aisa can intervene.
23	* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: A very tragic case. Noland left behind the gold he and his crew had received from the Shandians as penance for unknowingly cutting down their sacred trees. Without the gold, Noland was unable to verify his claim of the City of Gold to the King of Lvneel, who only believed him on hearsay, and thus thought he was lying when they found nothing, resulting in Noland being executed.
24	* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: In this case, it's directed more at the Golden Bell finally ringing than Luffy beating the ArcVillain. Nobody even really notices when Eneru resumes his departure toward the moon.
25	* ArcVillain: Eneru
26	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The flora and fauna in Upper Yard are said to have grown gigantic because of the decreased atmosphere. Given the explicitly lower levels of oxygen, this should make them ''smaller'', if anything (like insects compared to their prehistoric ancestors).
27	* AxCrazy: Eneru is easily one of the most psychotic villains in all of One Piece.
28	* TheBeastmaster: Ohm and Shura.
29	* BaldOfEvil: Ohm.
30	* BerserkButton: Robin's is revealed for the first time: break archaeological treasures, and she will ''toss your sorry ass off a cliff and break your back in two''.
31	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Satori. Ho ho ho!
32	** Inverted with Gedatsu, who's ''introduced'' as a vicious BloodKnight but quickly turns out to be an utterly scatterbrained (if still brutal) {{Cloudcuckoolander}} that practically helps Chopper defeat himself.
33	* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Eneru fires one whenever someone speaks out against him, or time runs out in one of the Games his men take part in. Notable when one isn't fired when Conis denies his godhood in front of a crowd...because he has something far more terrible planned for the island.
34	* {{Bowdlerise}}: Once again, the anime downplays some of the violence in the original. In the manga, when trying to address the Skypieans of their impending destruction, a boy throws a rock at Conis, causing her to bleed. In the anime, [[ProducePelting it's a tomato]].
35	* ChekhovsGun:
36	** Nora, the giant snake. After it eats Luffy, he manages to escape detection from Eneru's Mantra.
37	** The giant, heavy, electricity-conducting golden orb Luffy had grafted on his arm [[NiceJobFixingItVillain by Eneru]], which proves vital in defeating the villain and disspelling the Raigo he was planning on destroying Skypiea with.
38	** The various golden items Luffy finds inside of Nora's stomach. The Straw Hats come back for them at the end of the arc, and the money they get from selling them becomes very important in the next saga.
39	* ChekhovsGunman: The mysterious figure that Usopp sees fixing the Going Merry. It won't be until Water 7 that it's revealed to have been an avatar of the Merry herself, manifesting because of just how badly damaged the ship is.
40	* CombatClairvoyance: Mantra allows for this.
41	* CoolAirship: The ''Maxim''.
42	* CoolHorse: Subverted. Gan Fall's pet bird Pierre ate the Horse-Horse Fruit that Gan Fall claims lets him turn into a Pegasus. [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061208140157/onepiece/images/c/cd/UmaUmanoMi.png This]] is the actual result.
43	* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Invoked, but ultimately subverted when the crew learn after the fact that the seemingly expensive entry fee they disregarded wasn't actually as bad as it seemed due to a generous exchange rate. Either way, the crew still didn't have enough to pay the fee, so the issue is a moot point.
44	* CueTheSun: When Luffy destroys Eneru's Raigo, it clears away the thunderclouds and lets in the sun.
45	* CurbstompBattle: Eneru versus pretty much everyone but Luffy. Wiper is the only other character who even remotely gives him any trouble.
46	* CowardlyLion: Nami and Usopp.
47	* CPRCleanPrettyReliable:
48	** Usopp drowns in the cloud during the Knock-Up Stream ride, and Chopper has to revive him with CPR.
49	** Chopper would later revive a Divine Soldier that was hit by a misaimed Numagumo Burger attack from Gedatsu, and was suffocated by it.
50	* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Wiper's Reject Dial can ''kill'' a man with one usage. Naturally, he uses it ''three'' times and still survives.
51	* DeathFromAbove: Eneru's Raigo.
52	* DeusExitMachina: This arc featured the former TropeNamer: EatenByASnake, in which Luffy's duel with Wiper unceremoniously ended in a stalemate when...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Luffy was eaten by a snake]].
53	* DidNotThinkThisThrough: After reaching the White Sea, Usopp decides to go for a swim. After he doesn't resurface for a bit, Robin asks if the White Sea even ''has'' a bottom. Cue a desperate, narrow, but successful rescue.
54	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Sanji tells Eneru "Thanks for lighting my cigarette" just as Eneru electrocuted him. And before fainting, he says "To get ready to cry."
55	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Luffy fights a PhysicalGod, and wins. Really emphasized when Eneru [[OneWingedAngel transforms into a Raijin-like being]], only to get smacked into the Golden Bell.
56	* DisneyDeath: Pretty much ''every'' named character who seems to "die" in this arc is actually revealed to be alive and well by the arc's end. Even characters like Yama, who had his neck and back audibly broken by Robin's disembodied arms as he fell off of a high cliff, turn up alive. In fact, the only named casualty of the fight who seems to stay dead is the Skypiean Preist Gedatsu.... until a manga-exclusive cover story-arc reveals he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard didn't drown in his Ordeal of Swamp]], but fell through the clouds and down to the surface to Alabasta, eventually having a HeelFaceTurn and helping Kohza's wealthy uncle Goro build a resort.
57	** Lampshaded with Pagaya when the group scold him when they were mourning his apparent death, and he replies "Oh! I'm sorry I survived!"
58	* DisproportionateRetribution:
59	** While they're waiting for Nami to get back with the money, the Straw Hats try to just mill around and act normal but everything they seem to do raises their criminal level with the White Berets, even just laying down and snoring. Though it turns out the White Berets are doing it deliberately, as they were ordered to by Eneru.
60	** The King of Lvneel had Noland executed just because he believed that Noland had lied about the City of Gold to make a fool out of him.
61	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Shandians, of course, visually resemble the Native Americans, and they're waging war with the Skypeians for "Vearth" (Skypeia's soil/the former Jaya), to return to their homeland which they were driven out of.
62	* DoomedHometown: The island nation of Birka, homeland of Eneru... until he ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and used his powers to ''destroy it''.
63	* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Rubber beats Electricity. Eneru finds out the hard way. Heck, he didn't know what rubber ''was'' before Luffy hit him!
64	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The flashback introduces Noland by having him dive into the ocean and singlehandedly kill a Sea King to solve his crew's food shortage, while showing his muscular and scarred frame. Yeah, not exactly the a famously weak and foolish liar the previous arc set him up as.
65	* ExactWords: Amazon tells the Straw Hats they can enter Skypiea without paying the toll. They physically can, but it's a crime that will get them hunted by Enel's minions. Her grin as they inadvertently break the law suggests this was the point.
66	* {{Fanservice}}: Nami spends a large amount of the arc without a shirt.
67	* FatBastard: Satori (whose body is perfectly round!) as well as his triplet brothers Hotori and Kotori. Yama also counts.
68	* {{Flashback}}: One that pops up right in the middle of the climax to the explain the true story of Norland and Calgara.
69	** Another one deals with Gan Fall's period as God of Skypiea, the attempts to make peace with the Shandians, and how he eventually had his role taken by Eneru.
70	* FloatingContinent: Which even has its own ocean!
71	* FluffyCloudHeaven: Skypiea has the appearance of one. One of the first people encountered is even a [[WingedHumanoid winged young woman]] playing a harp.
72	* FolkHero: "Great Warrior" Calgara, and Noland to the Skypieans.
73	* ForbiddenZone: Upper Yard, as it is God's (i.e: Skypiea leader's) territory.
74	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
75	** Mantra, which would later be known as Observation Haki. And the first appearance of Klabautermann, the spirit of a well-loved ship.
76	** Usopp also took a load of Dials, which turned out to be very useful in future arcs.
77	** When Eneru decreed that with Luffy powerless to fight him, no one would ever defeat him, Luffy retaliates that the Blue Sea had beings more powerful than even him. He had [[CurbStompBattle no idea]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown how right he was]].
78	** Nami, seeing that Eneru's lightning has no effect on Luffy, realizes he's the only one who can fight the self-proclaimed god, calling Luffy "[Eneru's] natural enemy". The Dressrosa arc reveals that those who carry the "D" initial are called "God's Natural Enemies", in that instance "god" being the World Nobles.
79	** After Kamakiri scolds Aisa for having been to the Upper Yard, she angrily replies that he can't beat Eneru. [[CurbstompBattle Take a wild guess of who he meet during the invasion of the Upper Yard...]]
80	** When Luffy and Wiper fight, Wiper is able to block Luffy's blows with his feet. It might seem like that the Shandorian is Luffy's equal, but it actually hints that Wiper's breath-dial skates have Seastone in them, which he tries to use against Eneru.
81	** When Noland's crew arrives, they mention in passing that even the Shandian crops appear to be sickly. It's later revealed that the plague decimating the population is capable of infecting both humans and plants.
82	* GeniusBruiser: Eneru. The man knows things that Sky Islanders would not usually have a clue about, such as gold, or even much of the history of the Skypeian-Shandian war (even more impressive is that he wasn't ''born'' on Skypeia). One could possibly assume that he had the greatest intellect in all of Skypeia. He himself referred to his knowledge (along with his Mantra ability) as "[[AwesomeEgo omniscience]]".
83	* GrapesOfLuxury: Eneru has an entire fruit bowl next to his throne.
84	* HighAltitudeBattle: The final fight against Eneru, which isn't so much defeating him as reaching him.
85	* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
86	** Earlier in story during the Orb Ordeals, Satori got his Tama Dragon attack thrown back at him. He survives but it distracts him long enough for Luffy to sneak up on and grab him before Sanji finishes him off.
87	** During his first fight with Eneru, Luffy manages to temporarily defeat him, but gets a gold ball grafted on his arm to both weigh him down and incapacitate him. However in the climax of the arc, Luffy uses the same ball to stop Eneru's Raigo (a huge lightning ball) as well as punching it right into Eneru to both defeat him and ring the bell.
88	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Conis.
89	* HopeSpot:
90	** It looks like Wiper's actually going to kill Eneru, having somehow found [[KryptoniteFactor Seastone]] to weaken Eneru with and being in position to deliver a blow from a Reject Dial. Sadly, Eneru's powers let him ''restart his heart'' from the otherwise-fatal blow.
91	** A villainous version, as the first time Luffy reaches Eneru he manages to catch him with his trident giving Luffy to option of getting impaled or falling. Luffy falls... only to grab onto the solid cloud Nami is on and sling himself back up.
92	* InconsistentSpelling: In the anime, the Shandians are referred to as the Shand'''or'''ians, after their sacred city.
93	* InstantExpert: When wavers are introduced, Pagaya explains that they are very hard to control, being built so light that the waves can knock them over, and it takes about a decade to master steering one. Nami, thanks to her almost-supernatural ability to read water currents, does so immediately.
94	* [[TownWithADarkSecret Island With A Dark Secret]]: Fittingly, the FluffyCloudHeaven FloatingContinent is actually an [[BigBrotherIsWatching Orwellian]] {{Dystopia}} whose ruler hears the thoughts of all its citizens and [[BoltOfDivineRetribution smites anyone with a dissenting opinion]].
95	* {{Irony}}: The ''one'' time the Straw Hats decide to act like stereotypical pirates becomes all for naught since it involves stealing the gold that the Skypeians are more than willing to give to them anyway. In fact, they end up with ''less'' gold than they would have done if they'd just waited for the Skypeians to say they wanted to thank them.
96	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Wiper. He has a [[HairTriggerTemper short temper]], and is hostile to all outsiders, but cares very deeply for people, and wants to fulfill his ancestor's dream.
97	* KarmaHoudini: Despite the thrashing he got from Luffy, and his plan of genocide stopped, Eneru still achieves his goal of escaping Skypeia to the “Fairy Vearth” on the Moon where he rules over the Spaceys with no real consequences beyond minor setbacks. With a villain as powerful as Eneru the only logical way to deal with him -- short of killing him, which Oda isn't big on -- is to put him somewhere he won't bother the heroes.
98	* TheLegendOfChekhov: Carries over from the [[Recap/OnePieceJayaArc last arc]]: Not only is the Sky Island true, but most of ''Jaya itself'' became a part of it, meaning the "CityOfGold" was RealAfterAll and Noland wasn't a liar. Moreover, it had a Poneglyph describing the Ancient Weapon Poseidon.
99	* LightIsNotGood: God Eneru. His immediate subordinates are called "The Priests of Skypeia", while his army is officially "God's Enforcers".
100	* MeleeATrois: Between the Straw Hats (who are gold hunting), Eneru's group, and the Shandians.
101	* MorphWeapon[=/=]WhipSword: Ohm's cloud sword weapon.
102	* MrExposition: Conis and her father Pagaya are some of the most explicit examples in the series, since Skypiea runs on such a radically different set of rules.
103	* NiceGirl: Conis.
104	* NoSell: Rubber against Electricity. Yeah, Eneru's screwed.
105	** Earlier, Eneru makes a show of [[NoSell no-selling]] ''everything'' that was thrown at him. He was ''[[{{Pun}} shocked]]'' when Luffy managed to hit him.
106	* NotSoHarmlessVillain:
107	** Satori. His casual and playful demeanor made him look ridiculous, but his trickery, reliance on [[CombatClairvoyance Mantra]] and Impact Dials made him a rather dangerous ([[{{Troll}} if annoying]]) foe.
108	** Gedatsu's Swamp Trial is even less dangerous thanks to the Priest's goofy behavior, but his Swamp Clouds are inescapable without outside help, and his Jet Dial-enhanced punches ''hurt.''
109	* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: For the majority of the arc, Eneru seemed virtually unstoppable, with nobody able lay a finger on him despite valiant attempts. Then, Luffy appears before him and inadvertently revealed Eneru's one weakness.
110	* NowYouTellMe: Conis informs the Straw Hats about the big fall back to the Blue Sea ''after'' they sail off Skypiea.
111	* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji note they are wanted criminals but Conis is openly helping them and ask if she'll be okay. Conis, who in actuality was making sure they could reach Enel's trial because it was Enel's orders, is overwhelmed with guilt at their show of concern.
112	* OhCrap:
113	** For Satori while fighting the Straw Hats: "It's amazing that you can predict our attacks, but what good is it if you can't avoid them?"
114	** The legendary one after [[http://nsa13.casimages.com/img/2010/02/26/100226064330959721.jpg Eneru realizes his powers have no effect on Luffy.]]
115	* OneWingedAngel: Eneru transforms into a much larger form covered in lightning in the climax. However, it also [[ClippedWingAngel makes him a bigger target]].
116	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Usopp is fiercely protective of the ''Going Merry'' and angered whenever the ship is damaged. When looking over the damage Shura inflicted while Chopper apologizes for not being able to stop him, Usopp brushes it off and says the important thing is Chopper is safe. The significance is not lost on Chopper and he vows to become a more dependable man.
117	* OutsideContextProblem:
118	** Due to it being their first time dealing with [[CombatClairvoyance Mantra]] and Dials, the Challenge of the Ball goes a lot harder for Luffy, Usopp and Sanji than it should have.
119	** Likewise, rubber doesn't exist in the White Sea, so Luffy being a rubberman really and truly caught Eneru off-guard, especially when Luffy uses it to counter his Mantra.
120	* PendulumOfDeath: The first obstacle encountered by Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji as they navigate the Cloud River in Upper Yard is a series of huge scythe-like pendulums swinging back and forth across the river.
121	* PhysicalGod: Eneru. His Logia Devil Fruit: The Rumble-Rumble Fruit (''Goro Goro no Mi'') grants him [[ShockAndAwe the power of lightning]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction and]] [[MadeOfAir all]] [[RideTheLightning that]] [[LightningCanDoAnything entails]] even averting ConvectionSchmonvection and acting as a MagicalDefibrillator to ''himself'' if he is killed (making him practically [[{{Immortality}} immortal]]), not to mention amplifies his Mantra ability to the range of the entire island: His abilities were truly god-like, [[WithGreatPowercomesGreatInsanity and it's not hard]] [[PsychoElectro to see how]] [[AGodAmI he'd delude himself into thinking he's one]].
122	* PokeThePoodle: The arc ends with Luffy deciding that the crew ([[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything for once]]) try to steal the gold from Shandora before the Shandians and Skypieans find out. They "steal" about 200 millions worth...However, since Shandians don't value gold, it doesn't really do them anything. In fact, they were wondering why were running before they were about to give them a ''huge'' golden pillar as tribute to their efforts. Only Robin knew the truth (and found it all very amusing).
123	* PoorCommunicationKills: An almost literal case. Noland's crew cut down trees sacred to the Shandians, infuriating them. However, out of gratitude for how the sailors saved their lives from a plague, the Shandians refuse to acknowledge this and instead simply treat the crew with icy hostility. Eventually, Calgara's daughter explains the matter to Noland's first mate who in turn explains the trees were diseased and the source of the plague and that's why the sailors had been canvassing the island examining its plant life. Noland, feeling the need to atone for inadvertently desecrating a sacred site, leaves the gold he was given behind. Calgara, realizing he scorned his friend for protecting his people, races to apologize before Noland can leave. And while they do make up before the ship fully sails away, leaving the gold behind left Noland with no proof of the City of Gold's existence and factored into the King of Lvneel framing him as a liar.
124	* PredecessorVillain: The King of Lvneel, who had Noland executed in a show trial for "deceiving" him of the "CityOfGold", and the God of Skypeia during Calgara's time, who led the Skypeians to claim Jaya (which had recently become part of the sky island) for themselves, and begin a campaign to remove the Shandians from their home.
125	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Skypiea's Priests, along with the Commander of God's Enforcers, Yama. They're pretty effective fighters, though.
126	* RazorFloss: The Priests Shura and Ohm both uses this to an extent, though the former's strings don't cut; they're near-invisible and unbreakable strings that simply hold opponents in place so ''he'' can rush in for the final blow.
127	* RememberThatYouTrustMe: Towards the climax of the arc, Nami goes along with [[ArcVillain Enel]] on the Arc Maxim due to being utterly terrified of the man. When Luffy comes to save her, she's beside herself with fear and frantically asks Luffy what they should do. In a CallBack to Arlong Park, Luffy tosses her his hat and tells her to stop worrying. He points out that she'll be fine because, after all, she's the future pirate king's friend. A similar situation happens again later on in the arc when Luffy refuses her requests to run away before Enel destroys the island, but this time [[ThePowerofTrust she decides to put her trust in him]].
128	* RightfulKingReturns: Gan Fall was the previous God of Skypiea, before Eneru's conquest. After Eneru is defeated, the people ask he resume his duties. Gan Fall actually hesitated due to his failure and suggested the Shandian chief be God, but the chief refused, citing that God Fall was the one who tried to foster peace between the angels and Shandians.
129	* RuleOfSymbolism: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] over the place in this arc as expected:
130	** There been a golden gate at the entrance of Skypeia and even a young woman playing a harp, leads to more Heaven themes.
131	** Upper Yard, the forest of Skypeia, is also called "God's Land", and therefore sacred. Why? Because nothing grows in Skypeia, a Sky Island, the God of Skypeia four centuries prior considered it "his great miracle", and waged war with the Shandians for that reason.
132	** Zoro faces off against Sky Priest Ohm in his ordeal of Iron: Which has a ''0%'' survival rate. Zoro eventually defeats him, continuing the theme he's an immortal.
133	** God Eneru uses a Cloud Dial to create a Cloud Ball, with his staff making for a brief shout-out to [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]].
134	** Luffy faces off against a god, [[{{Ubermensch}} and pretty much wins]].
135	* RunningGag: Captain [=McKinley=] been ran over by a woman riding a Waver, and knocked into a building.
136	* SelfDeprecation: After Nami decides that only the weakest members of the crew can blow the whistle for Gan Fall's help, she, Usopp and Chopper start arguing over who is the absolute weakest, with each one shamelessly berating themselves more and more.
137	* SelfDisposingVillain: After Chopper defeats Gedatsu, the looney priest ends up waist-deep in his own swamp cloud. Gedatsu however soon recovers, resolves to escape with the Milky Cloud Dial on his shoe (Chopper took the other one in their fight) and propels himself ''deeper'' into the swamp, because he landed head-first. A later cover arc reveals that he blasted himself right out of of Skypiea.
138	* ShmuckBait: When the crew get to Skypiea, they run into a toll gate and are asked to pay 1,000,000,000 Extols to enter (Extols being the Skypiean's equivalent of Beris). When the crew reveal that don't have that much, she lets them in anyway but fails to tell them they would be branded as criminals for doing so.
139	* ShoutOut:
140	** In Upper Yard, the largest plant is [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk a massive beanstalk called " Giant Jack"]]
141	** Wiper's giant bazooka and high-speed movements are reminiscent of a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Dom]], especially when he's masked.
142	* SinisterSurveillance: Eneru's Mantra, enhanced by his Devil Fruit power, grants him an iron grip on everyone on Skypiea. He can tell where they are, what they're doing and saying, and fry them with lightning if he doesn't like what he hears.
143	* SoftWater: Sadly averted in that the landing after leaving Skypiea accumulated more damage to the hull of ''Going Merry'' that was already caused by Bellamy's crew. This'll have consequences [[Recap/OnePieceWaterSevenArc an arc later.]]
144	** Played very straight in this arc. Justified somewhat with the oceans being "Island Cloud".
145	* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Subverted. Eneru is actually one of the strongest antagonists Luffy has ever defeated. He easily curb-stomped all of his opponents, and the only reason Luffy stood a chance against him at all is because he had the Devil Fruit power Eneru was least capable of countering. The fact that his fight with Luffy was ''still'' a close one shows how far up the ladder Eneru actually was.[[note]]Even with the Logia-nullifying KiManipulation of the New World, he'd still probably get pretty far; being able to touch the other guy can only help so much when said other guy can hurl a BoltOfDivineRetribution from miles above and can use Observation Haki himself. WordOfGod from Oda has confirmed that if Eneru had been given a bounty, it would have been as high as ''500,000,000''. For reference, Ace's bounty of 550,000,000 was the highest known bounty at the time and he is a commander of one of the ''strongest pirates in the world''.[[/note]]
146	* StrangeSalute: The White Berets of Skypiea.
147	* SwallowedWhole: Luffy and later Nami, Aisa, and Gan Fall get this when Nola accidentally swallows them.
148	* SwampsAreEvil: Zig-zagged; while Gedatsu's "Ordeal of the Swamp" might be the most horrifying way to die out of all the Ordeals, it's actually the ''safest'' Ordeal because of how [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} spacey]] he is.
149	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Satori's mantra lets him see attacks coming. So when he's immobilized with nothing to do but watch as Sanji winds up a big hit, his mantra helpfully lets him know this is gonna ''hurt.''
150	* TiredOfRunning: In Chapter 262, Chopper realises that in order to survive as a pirate, he has to learn to fight on his own.
151	* TreasureMap: A rather unconventional one. Noland's last log reads, "I saw gold in the skull's right eye." After learning that Jaya and Upper Yard were once one island, Nami combines the maps of present-Jaya and Skypiea to reveal the island originally skull-shaped, and that the CityOfGold must be where the right eye is!
152	* UnholyNuke: Eneru's ultimate move, Raigo.
153	* VillainRespect: Despite having pretty much no redeeming features as a human being, Eneru is oddly the first (if not only) ArcVillain who doesn't disdain Luffy's dream of being Pirate King.
154	-->"King of all the Blue Sea... that doesn't sound half bad."
155	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: God Eneru during this tenure as... God. Though, it's portrayed more realistically: It's ''because'' he's a totalitarian dictator that the Skypieans praise and fear him. After the Skypieans find out that he plans to annihilate Skypiea, while many were terrified, some were genuinely upset that their God would do such a thing.
156	* WarArc: Not as big as Alabasta, but the early part of the arc sees the crew getting unwittingly involved in one between Eneru's forces and the Shandians who are trying to reclaim their homeland, Upper Yard.
157	* WhamShot: While exploring Upper Yard, Nami, Zoro and Robin discover what looks like half of an ancient hut built on the edge of a cliff...just like the one Cricket lives in. This proves that the City of Gold Montblanc Noland claimed existed is not only real, but has been up in Skypiea for 400 years.
158	* WorthlessYellowRocks: The value of gold and currency is a recurring theme in this arc. The Upper Yard in Skypiea is an entire city of gold, yet the original natives found it useless (save for the bell) and were even '''''willing''''' to let foreign strangers take as much of it as they liked.
159	** The Skypieans themselves also never saw any use for gold, instead seeing soil and items from the "blue sea" as holding more value.
160	** The Straw Hat Pirates, who -- despite being pirates -- [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything never actively sought treasure]] up until this arc, finally take an interest in pillaging the gold from Skypiea. Too bad they leave before realizing the Skypieans would have gladly given them more than they ended up stealing.
161	** [[ArcVillain Eneru]] does have a use for the gold, but not for monetary gain. Instead, he uses it to build his ''[[CoolStarship Ark Maxim]]''.
162	* WouldHitAGirl: Enel, who even lampshades that he considers all his enemies equal. He eletrocutes Raki, and then Robin (the latter incident even has Zoro call him out for attacking a woman). He also tries to do that to Nami, but she can NoSell attacks with her Clima-Tact.
163	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Eneru massacres his entire force of scientists who built him the ''Ark Maxim'' once it was complete, as well as all of his personal soldiers, and saw no shame in making his priests and soldiers battle the invading Shandians to the death despite having the ability to wipe them all out singlehandedly.
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165	!!Story Impact
166	* Skypiea's existence gives a new vision of world geography. As explained by Gan Fall and Captain [=McKinley=], there are more sky islands.
167	* The golden city Shandora is confirmed to actually exist, legitimizing the claims of Mont Blanc Noland and the beliefs of his descendant Mont Blanc Cricket. It is revealed that the city, along with a large part of Jaya, became lost by being sent up into the sky by a Knock Up Stream.
168	* Cricket discovers the truth upon hearing the Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell ringing, bringing an end to the Saruyama Alliance's expedition.
169	* The Going Merry takes significant damage during the Straw Hat Pirates' voyage to and through Skypiea, which leads to it being declared unfit for sailing and destroyed during the Water 7 Saga.

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