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Alabasta
By the time the story begins, Alabasta is on the verge of civil war due to implications that King Cobra is causing a two-year-long drought through the use of an illegal substance known as Dance Powder, when in fact the drought is actually due to the machinations of the resident Warlord of the Sea, Sir Crocodile, who aims to seize the country and the Ancient Weapon Pluton, supposedly hidden there. With the intervention of the Straw Hats, Crocodile's scheme is revealed and stopped, while the civil war ends.
It is the main setting of the Alabasta Arc.
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In General
- Build Like an Egyptian: Alabasta has a Middle Eastern look due to the architecture and it's inhabitants are egyptian-themed.
- Category Traitor: Though the Nefeltari family are described as having been among the original families that established the World Government, they are looked down upon by the World Nobles, and considered traitors, really only because the Nefeltari elected to remain amongst their people in Alabasta, rather than settle in Mary Geoise with them.
- Crossing the Desert: The Straw Hats, along with Vivi and Karoo, have to cross the desert island to reach the capital, Alubarna.
- Desert Bandits: There are bandits in the desertic land of Alabasta. One particular group kidnaps Vivi when she's young and has to be rescued by Koza.
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: To Egypt, with its royal family even being named after real-world Queen of Egypt Nefeltari.
- Lost Superweapon: Not directly owned by Alabasta itself, but the Ancient Weapon, Pluton, is said to be hidden in Alabasta. Although, the Poneglyph said to contain its location was buried beneath the Tomb of the Kings before it could be relayed to Cobra and Crocodile through Robin's reading. And it turns out to be a false rumor anyway, as the location that said Poneglyph points to is in Wano Country, far from Alabasta.
- Thirsty Desert: Aside from the natural environment, Crocodile staged incidents two years before the beginning of the story to deprive Alabasta of water while implicating King Cobra as the responsible party.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Two years after the country is saved from civil war by the Straw Hats, their king is assassinated and their princess goes missing. It's such a harsh blow that the country's ship is still docked in Mary Geoise weeks after the Reverie ended.
Nefeltari Family
Nefeltari Vivi
Princess Nefeltari Vivi / Miss Wednesday
Voiced by: Misa Watanabe (Japanese); Karen Neill [4Kids dub], Caitlin Glass [Funimation dub] (English)Foreign voice actors
Age: 16 (Pre-Timeskip), 18 (Post-Timeskip)
Debut: Chapter 103 (Manga), Episode 62 (Anime)
Click here to see her Pre-Time Skip appearance
The princess of Alabasta, Nefeltari Vivi is a former member of the Straw Hats, and loves her country very deeply. She has a very kind nature, to the point where she has trouble coming up with insults and tries to solve problems non-violently, which is somewhat ironic as she was somewhat of a troublemaker as a child. She often gives little speeches about responsibility while traveling with the Straw Hats, but she does not like public speaking.
When it became clear that an organization called Baroque Works was egging on a rebellion in her country, she and her caretaker Igaram went undercover, infiltrating the organization as Miss Wednesday and Mr. 8 respectively, in an effort to find out who was pulling the strings. She eventually discovered that Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords, was behind everything, but her cover is blown and she temporarily joins up with the Straw Hats and enlists their help, ultimately resulting in Crocodile's defeat and peace returning to her homeland.
- Action Girl: She's very competent in hand-to-hand combat and can defeat lower-ranking Baroque Works members with relative ease, rising in the ranks to become the 10th strongest woman of the organization. While she's not as strong as the Straw Hats, she is competent enough to generally avoid being a Damsel in Distress during the Alabasta Saga.
- Affectionate Nickname: Unlike the other Straw Hats, whom she addresses by name, she always refers to Zoro as "Mr. Bushido". The "affectionate" part doesn't apply at first, since she originally give him the nickname mockingly while fighting him in her Miss Wednesday persona; however, once she befriends and joins the Straw Hats, it becomes a friendly nickname when she continues to address him as such.
- Affirmative Action Girl: Her joining the Straw Hats significantly improves the crew's gender ratio (since Nami is the only female at this point). Made more obvious considering that, once she leaves, her spot is promptly filled by Robin. Of course, like her successor, she's a genuinely good multifaceted character.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: She is a humble character and s the one who teaches Luffy humilty; when seeking a doctor on Drum Island for Nami and someone shoots at her in hostility, she scolds Luffy for almost fighting and reminds him of his duties as Captain (being that a ruler should never be too proud to beg for the sake of their followers) before begging for medical assistance, with Luffy quickly following.
- Ambiguous Situation: She went missing following the death of her father at the Reverie. The situation becomes both less and more ambiguous at the same time when is revealed that that she, along with Wapol of all people, are hiding in "Big News" Morgans' air balloon with the implication that Morgans himself intervened to hide them. Chapter 1085 explains that the reason she's hiding alongside Wapol at Morgans' is because she hitched a ride in order to escape CP0, and Wapol must have encountered Morgans in the process.
- Animal Motifs: Vivi's motif is the dove, befitting her Martial Pacifist nature and reflecting the white elements she usually wear. It's also notable that Oda assigned her an animal, as she's one of the very few outside of the main Straw Hats to be given the honour.
- Arc Villain: In her introduction, under the guise of Miss Wednesday, she is the main villain of Laboon Arc alongside her partner, mr. 9, before she's revealed to be Good All Along.
- Art Evolution: While she's Miss Wednesday, and thus a villain, her design has a lot of sharp feature that quickly become softer and rounder when she's revealed to actually be good.
- Badass Adorable: The adorable, soft-spoken princess of a desert kingdom. Who would expect that she's packing razor sharp whips that she can aim with perfect precision?
- Badass Normal: Comparatively. While the weakest of the Straw Hat crew during her time there (save for Usopp), she was still easily able to fend off waves of Billions and Millions.
- BFG: She used to carry a bazooka back in her days as a Baroque Works agent, which was useful for dealing massive damage and crippling her targets (such as Laboon). She completely ditched the bazooka after her Good All Along reveal.
- Blade on a Rope: Vivi's weapons of choice are her "Peacock Slashers", a pair of small, sharp jewels attached to wires that she's also very accurate with.
- Break the Cutie: Gets slapped with this hard. After several Plans that Crocodile placed on her, leading to a civil war within the capital and culminating in a bomb in the town center with a blast radius of five kilometers set to explode even though she defeated the ones who were to fire it; this led to Pell, Lieutenant of the Royal Guards of Alabasta, sacrificing himself to save everyone from the explosion by flying the giant bomb to the stratosphere (he got better, though). After witnessing this and seeing her people still killing each other, Vivi snaps and starts yelling at the top of her lungs for them to stop fighting. It was a very emotional and painful sight to watch.
- The Bus Came Back: She leaves the main cast at the end of the Alabasta arc to resume her duties in her home kingdom. Over a real-life decade later, in Chapter 822, she, Karoo, Igaram, Chaka, Pell, and her father are on their way to Reverie right as the war against Kaido begins to heat up and the Straw Hats send a rescue party off to Big Mom's territory. By the Reverie arc, she makes a full return to the plot, and also gets to meet other characters whose own buses came back. The Egghead arc reveals that she's on the run and is actually relatively nearby the Straw Hats, thanks to Morgans's air balloon being close to Egghead.
- Can't Catch Up: By the end of her time on the crew, even Nami and Usopp have outpaced her in terms of combat ability. Not entirely her fault, and she even acknowledges this after the Enies Lobby arc.
- Characterization Marches On: Vivi begins the story as an antagonist that has no qualms about killing a whale to feed an entire village, gets into fights with the Straw Hats, and even tries to kill Zoro one-on-one. Then after the reveal that she is a princess from Alabasta, her personality immediately switches. Oda admits in an SBS that, initially, she was supposed to be a one-off villain, and only later decided to make her a princess in incognito, which explains the jarring change of personality.
- The Chew Toy: Her brief stint as a member of Baroque Works is not the most dignified. She, along with her partner Mr. 9 get knocked out and kidnapped by the Straw Hats, blown up by the Unluckies, get regularly beaten up by the Straw Hats, and are the most ineffective in the fight at Whiskey Peak, managing to knock themselves out while attacking Zoro.
- Color-Coded Characters: Her main color is white, according to Eiichiro Oda.
- Competence Zone: She's an accomplished double-agent, bounty hunter and assassin; able to infiltrate the very organization creating chaos in her country. She did this at 14 years of age and was in it for two whole years before her cover was blown. Considering said organization's leaders were Crocodile and Nico Robin (though it's probably because of Robin she was able to go unnoticed for so long...), this is very impressive. Apparently, after the Timeskip, the Royal Family has enough confidence in her as a capable statesman as well.
- Commonality Connection: She quickly bonds with Rebecca, Shirahoshi, and the Tontatta dwarves over their shared friendship with Luffy.
- Damsel out of Distress: At the Reverie, the CP0 agents Jabra, Blueno, Kumadori, Fukuro and Kalifa capture her by Imu's order, but Vivi doesn't take long to escape by using her window of opportunity of jumping into Wapol's mouth when he suddenly barges in unexpectedly. The two of them escape from Marijoa and eventually get on Morgans's air balloon.
- Dance Battler: Her specialty is dodging attacks gracefully and even at one point performing a hypnotic dance using the circular patterns on her shirt as Miss Wednesday.
- Deadpan Snarker: Vivi is generally a friendly and polite person, but she is not a pushover by any means. During a flashback to the Reverie, she openly insults Rob Lucci for doing nothing when Shirahoshi was nearly kidnapped by Charloss.
- Decoy Protagonist: Or rather "Decoy Straw-Hat". She becomes a major ally of the Straw Hats during the entire Alabasta Saga (a total of 3 years in the real world) to the point where she has her own personal theme song and "eyecatcher" just like the rest of the Straw Hats... but it's to set up Arc Villain Nico Robin as a true Straw Hat in a surprising Plot Twist. And the rest is history... A major clue to this is that although she gets her own wanted poster and theme during the "eyecatchers", she doesn't appear with the rest of the crew in the background. However, when Chopper joins, he shows up with the others.
- Determinator: While Vivi may not be the most physically strong character in the series, she is a very strong-willed person when you get down to it. Throughout the Alabasta saga, Vivi is constantly taking proactive efforts in saving her people, always putting their needs, as well as the needs of her friends, above herself. It gets to the point where Vivi's refusal to be selfish is actually a character flaw, as Luffy points out that they can't stop Crocodile unless she accepts that she can't save everyone. In hindsight, it makes sense as she's also a D.
- Deuteragonist: Aside of Luffy, Vivi is the main focus during the Alabasta arc, being the one who kicks off the Alabasta saga by getting the crew to come into conflict with Crocodile. Her story arc focuses on her goal to save her people from Crocodile's plan.
- Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Most people tend to treat Cipher Pol "Aigis" Zero with an almost awed fear due to both their power and their roles under The World Government. Vivi? Could not be more disdainful and sardonic towards them if she tried and every conversation she has with a member of the group ends with Vivi blatantly snarking at them. Considering she's revealed to be a D it's made their utter irreverence towards the World Government is something the D Clan shares, and she is no different. Just like her father, actually.
- Dude Magnet: Her father mentions that there are several suitors lining up for her. Named characters who are openly attracted to her are Sanji (of course) and Mr. 2 Bon Clay, who claims that she's his type.
- Even the Girls Want Her: During the Egghead arc, while she was hiding with Morgans a woman lended her some outfits. She even said to herself that when she'll get them back she will never wash them again.
- Expository Hair Style Change: When she's introduced as a villain, she has got all of her hair tied into a ponytail. After she is revealed to be a princess and her hair gets loose, she styles her back to another ponytail, but leaves her side bangs down, which gives her face a friendlier framing, a style which she keeps throughout her entire adventure with the Straw Hats. After the defeat of Sir Crocodile and Vivi's decision to stay behind in Alabasta to fulfill her royal duties, she's most commonly seen with her hair down.
- Failed a Spot Check: After the Straw Hats learn the okama they fished up was Mr. 2, they asked if Vivi knew that was him. She said no, as she had never met him before. All she had heard were rumors, like that he was an okama who dressed like a swan and talked about the Okama Way. The crew immediately points out that she should have figured it out.
- Foil: In their time together, Vivi and Luffy are sometimes compared. They both operate on Greater Need Than Mine, a great sense of adventure, and become competent leaders. While they're both a Wide-Eyed Idealist, they have different leadership skills, and sense of responsibility. And despite being on the opposite ends of the strength scale, they will not stop until they accomplish their goals, as per The Will of D.
- Forehead of Doom: Undeniably so. Enough to rival Hancock.
- Forgetful Jones: A running gag with her in the Alabasta Arc is that she would forget to remind the Straw Hats about the dangers of the deserts in Alabasta.
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: When Luffy nearly loses his temper over her getting shot after the Straw Hats enter Drum Island, Vivi has to calm him down.
- Generation Xerox: Towards the end of the Alabasta arc, Cobra notes that Vivi has grown into the spitting image of her mother, Nefeltari Titi. Must run in the family, since Vivi looks very similar to her distant ancestor Nefeltari Lily.
- Genius Ditz: She has an encyclopedic knowledge of her country, including the surprisingly vast dangers. However, she only ever remembers to bring up said dangers when they're already occurring. And then there's the time she infiltrated Baroque Works and discovered the identity of its leader, something which only one other member of the organization was aware of (Nico Robin, who was also planning to turn against him), between the ages of fourteen and sixteen. And then, after describing in very intimate detail just how much she shouldn't tell the Straw Hats the man's identity, she gets so caught up in what she's saying that she says her boss's name out loud.
- Given Name Reveal: Chapter 1085 reveals that Vivi's real name is Nefeltari D. Vivi.
- Good All Along: Yes, she did start off as the de facto villain of the Laboon Arc, and she did try to kill Laboon (albeit only for meat as opposed to malicious intent), but it's clear it was only done to maintain her cover. But she showed her true kind self later.
- Good Costume Switch: When introduced as Miss Wednesday, she wears a similarly campy and villainous attire like other Baroque Works agents that lets her blend in with them. But upon being exposed as The Mole and joining the Straw Hats, her clothing style becomes much more casual and less conspicuous.
- Good Hair, Evil Hair: As Miss Wednesday, her hair is all slicked back into a ponytail in a way emblematic of many "classy" villains. But upon being exposed, it's suddenly cut loose into long wavy hair that she eventually keeps in a practical but more free-flowing ponytail; her bangs are more emphasized too to make her feel younger and less restrained.
- Guest-Star Party Member: To the point where she featured in a number of crew color spread and was the subject of one anime ending. Her tenure lasted from the Whiskey Peak arc to the end of Alabasta, after which she decided to stay in her home country to rebuild it. She had such a special spot in the group that she even got her own Eye Catch.
- Honorary True Companion: She joined not too long after the main crew of Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji had been established. To further prove this, Vivi is the only one (aside from the Straw Hats themselves) who noticed something was off with Luffy ringing the bells in honor of Ace's death, although she couldn't figure out what he was trying to convey due to her lack of context. Even further, the crew, while sailing, silently tell her that she has a spot in the crew again if she ever wishes it. When she goes missing following the incident at the Reverie, Luffy is ready to go all the way back to Alabasta to help her despite closing in on the One Piece, making clear she's so important to the crew Luffy would prioritize her safety over becoming the Pirate King.
- I Choose to Stay: Was invited to stay with the Straw Hats after Crocodile's defeat. Though she strongly considered it (to the point that she traveled hours out of her way to see them off), she opted to stay in Alabasta to help rebuild it.
- Impossibly Cool Weapon: "Peacock Slashers",
◊ small blades that are connected to her pinky fingers by wires. She twirls them around in the style of chakrams. No human pinky would normally have the strength or dexterity to pull that off, but Rule of Cool okays it. Plus, since she managed to cut Crocodile's head off with those weapons (Though his Logia abilities allowed him to easily survive it) and cut through the chair he was sitting on clean, she's a lot stronger than she looks, too. - Inconsistent Spelling:
- Due to standard Japanese L/R confusion, her family name sometimes gets romanized as "Nefeltari". This happened in the English manga and the 4Kids dub, but not the Funimation dub or subtitles.
- Also the ordering of her name. The manga renders it "Nefeltari Vivi", Funimation's subtitles used "Nefertari Vivi", but their dub used "Vivi Nefertari".
- Indy Ploy: Turns out that when the chips are down, she's perfectly capable of improvising and rolling with the punches. While her inner dialogue makes it very, very clear that she has her own plan to escape CP0, the moment a hysterical Wapol breaks through the room she's being held at, she immediately takes the opportunity to "hitch a ride" with him and escape capture. When he desperately tells her he's going as far as he possibly can, even to "the ends of the earth", she coolly notes that said goal currently suits her perfectly.
- Interclass Friendship: With the Straw Hats prior to Robin, since they all come from lower class backgrounds (except for Sanji). Her friends in the Sand-Sand Band during her childhood also apply, though Koza might be tipping into Uptown Girl territory.
- Jack of All Stats: It's subtle, but Vivi is actually quite skilled at various talents that the Straw Hats specialize in, although not to their level:
- Charisma: She is very much a charismatic individual, able to bring others to her side like the citizens of Drum Kingdom; but she's not as good at Luffy is at swaying people.
- Navigation: When Nami falls ill, she acts as a substitute navigator to at least get the crew to an island where Nami can get aid.
- Fighting: She is a great fighter and was a high ranking Baroque Works agent, but she's nowhere near as skilled as Luffy, Zoro, or Sanji.
- Assassination: She was a professional assassin for Baroque Works for two years, but she pales in comparison to Robin's level of competence.
- King Incognito: Well, "princess", but she disguised herself as a bounty hunter for the sole purpose of infiltrating Baroque Works and maintained the ruse for years.
- Lady of War: She maintains a level of grave in combat due to her uniquely dexterous weapons, relying on whipping and swaying motions to attack.
- Leitmotif: Vivi Eyecatcher.
- Locked Out of the Loop:
- She's the only character outside of the Straw Hats to identify Luffy's real message when he rang the Ox Bell, even pegging his new tattoo as the important thing before Zoro did. Since she is unaware of the crew's plans on Sabaody, she's unable to interpret the message.
- When Morgans is about to write an article about Luffy taking Vegapunk hostage, Vivi berates at him that Luffy would never do that. Shortly after, Luffy yells at the Five Elder Stars that he's got Vegapunk and that if they don't comply to what he's requesting, he's going to harm York. Vivi, Wapol and Morgans, who are listening in thanks to the latter's black Transponder Snail, are shocked about what Luffy is saying. From Vivi's perspective, it's an "O.O.C. Is Serious Business" scenario, since she's unaware that Vegapunk is actually asking for the Straw Hats' escort and that his rogue Satellite York is The Mole who has been selling intel to the Five Elder Stars.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: She's a kind and feminine young princess, and has the long hair to match.
- Loose Lips: Poor Vivi got so flustered about Crocodile's tyrannical hold over her kingdom that she blurted out his real name to the Straw Hats instead of his code name of Mr. 0... while being watched by the Unluckies. That got them on Baroque Works' radar... and Nami promptly shook Vivi like a tree until she was apologizing through humorous tears for roping them into a battle with a Warlord.
- Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: Arabian dancer's wedges with her disguise Sanji picked out for her are not built for running around a city in panic. The strap on one snapped, both sandals flew off her feet, and she fell to the ground, skinning her knee. Vivi was forced to struggle onward barefooted across cobblestone, and did so amazingly well, with nothing but a few tiny scratches to show for it.
- Loved by All: The whole of Alabasta loves her, no exceptions.
- Male Gaze: Her Miss Wednesday outfit in the manga had a top with concentric circles on the bust, drawing anyone's eyes right to her chest, as part of her perfume dance hypnosis. Probably intentional, considering her attack relies on catching an enemy off-guard. In the anime, the top is striped instead, because the original circles resemble nipples. The prequel to Movie 8 manages to get away with the look accurate to the manga, though.
- Martial Pacifist: Vivi abhors war and the thought of people dying, but she's capable of defending herself despite that.
- Missing Mom: Nefeltari Titi, shown only in Episode 0, is Vivi's posthumous mother. She passed on before she could watch Vivi grow up, leaving only Cobra and his attendants to raise Vivi. After Cobra is assassinated at the Reverie, Vivi becomes an orphan.
- Modest Royalty: The only time she's ever seen in anything fancy is for a specific formal occasion. She's dressed pretty casually everywhere else.
- The Mole: She infiltrated Crocodile's organization and climbed high in the ranks in order to undermine his plans to sabotage her kingdom.
- Ms. Fanservice: Literal example -– on the cover of Chapter 610, Oda actually responded to some guy's specific fetish,note which involved none other than Vivi scrubbing the floor while drenched in water.
- Named After Somebody Famous: Fittingly for the princess of a desert country, her family name is derived from Queen Nefertiti.
- Nice Girl: Vivi is so nice and cares so much for her people that she can't stand the idea of a single person dying in a war. And she becomes a well-loved friend and ally to the Straw Hats thanks to her kind nature.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Discussed during the Alabasta arc; Vivi gets called out for how her attempts to resolve the civil war in the best possible way runs a high risk of failing and resulting in more damage than if she had just been a little more pragmatic.
- Now You Tell Me: A Running Gag with her in the Alabasta arc is that she tends to forget telling her friends about the dangers of the desert (like giant animals and the like) until the problem's already showed up or been dealt with.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
- She's generally a very nice person, and while she has her moments of panic and worry, only Crocodile has managed to make her very angry, as anything related to him sets her off, swearing to kill him if she ever got the chance. Heck, trying to mess with her country brings out this reaction.
- Invoked by Cobra, Igaram, and Pell at the end of the Enies Lobby arc when they worry how she'll react upon learning Nico Robin, the former Miss All-Sunday, had joined the Straw Hats (in fact, Robin technically took Vivi's place). Vivi said she already knew and isn't angry at all, because she trusts Luffy's judgement.
- Overshadowed by Awesome: She has quite a bit of competence and combat ability for a princess, but is going up against an organization in which the majority of those who outrank her have Devil Fruit powers, and most of her allies are similarly stronger than her; she, Igaram, and their partners all lose to Zoro (who also lacks Devil Fruit powers).
- Plucky Girl: Even with so much hardship thrown her way, Vivi remains a brave and kind young woman. She'd need a lot of pluck to last as long as she did undercover.
- Politically-Active Princess: After the Alabasta arc, she became this, eventually representing her country in Reverie alongside her ill father.
- Poor Communication Kills: This is a Running Gag. She constantly forgets to inform the Straw Hats about very important things from Baroque Works agents to the Alabastian desert wildlife until they have already happened.
- Princesses Prefer Pink: The princess of Alabasta and often seen wearing pink, sporting a pink dress when attending Reverie.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni:
- The blue oni to Nami's red oni, as shown with their hair colors. While Nami is an aggressive Fiery Redhead from a poor background, Vivi is an openly polite girl of royalty.
- She serves Blue oni to Luffy as well; Vivi's more pragmatic, diplomacy-based leadership contrasts Luffy's impulsive need for excitement and tendency to drag the crew into danger.
- The Reveal: Donquixote Doflamingo reveals in a speech, almost as an anecdote, that Vivi's family lineage is actually one of the 20 Kings that founded the World Government, but Vivi's ancestors chose to stay behind and rule Alabasta instead of moving to Mariejois, thus forfeiting their titles as World Nobles. Somewhat zigzagged in that Queen Nefeltari Lily never actually made it home to Alabasta for unknown reasons.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something:
- She was a mole in the secret organization trying to destabilize her country for two years of her life before getting found out. That's pretty awesome.
- Extends to the entire Nefeltari family, as they are actually one of the twenty families that founded the World Government 800 years ago. Instead of joining the other World Nobles on Marijoa, they decided to stay on Alabasta and lead their country.
- Running Gag:
- She often grabs Usopp by the nose. Whenever she tries to pull him out, she is grabbing his nose.
- Telling the Straw Hats vital information way too late, especially when the hints are so obvious.
- Saying Too Much: The reason the Straw Hats end up getting involved to help her is mostly because she accidentally let slip that Crocodile was the leader of Baroque Works, with the Unluckies present to see it.
- Secret Legacy: Chapter 1085 reveals that she's a member of the D Clan, and that her true name is Nefeltari D. Vivi.
- Secretly Wealthy: There was no indication of her wealth or status up until the point where Mr 5 and Miss Valentine show up to take her head.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She looks just like her late mother, Queen Titi. Cobra even mistook her for her mother when she was dressed for her coming-of-age ceremony, and in episode 0, a young Titi is her daughter's spitting image.
- Tareme Eyes: After being revealed as Good All Along, the shape of her eyes softens to make her look kinder.
- Taking the Bullet: In Drum Kingdom arc, she takes the bullet that Sanji is about to take, grazing her arm.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: After becoming a target of the Five Elders, she and Wapol are forced to go on the run despite the two still disliking each other for their past encounters.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: During their brief time together, being the only two women on the Going Merry, Vivi contrasts Nami by being a noble princess while Nami is a tomboyish rogue.
- Took a Level in Badass:
- Even if it was a short-lived battle, her defeat of Mr. 7 and Miss Father's Day shows that she did pick up pointers from watching the rest of the crew fight.
- When she appears again at the start of the Whole Cake Island arc heading to the Reverie, she has gained some more abilities when she jumps from a crow nest several hundred feet in the air (while wearing high-heeled sandals, mind you) and lands perfectly safe. The anime even adds some flips.
- Trauma Conga Line: Holy crap. The Alabasta arc was such a huge one to her. Whenever something so hopeful was going on for her, you should expect it to backfire horribly by outside interference from her enemies Hidden in Plain Sight.
- True Blue Femininity: Vivi has long, wavy light blue hair and is a kind, caring princess.
- Tsurime Eyes: Before being revealed as Good All Along, she has sharply rendered eyes that fit her role as an antagonist.
- Undying Loyalty: Has complete and absolute faith in Luffy and as one of the first and most important Honorary True Companion of the Straw Hat Pirates she's one of his biggest supporters. During the Egghead Arc, she's utterly insulted and very openly disdainful at hearing that "Big News" Morgans would be willing to write lies about Luffy in order to get a bigger reading audience and makes no bone about telling this to Morgans directly.
- Variable-Length Chain: Her signature weapon, the string slashers, seem a bit long to just wrap around her tiny waist.
- Violence Really Is the Answer: She believes that she can stop Crocodile's coup by convincing the rebels they are in fact Unwitting Pawns and stop the civil war Baroque Works is causing without anyone dying. Luffy, however, knows life isn't that simple, and convinces her that the best course of action is to stop screwing around and just attack the problem at its source; Crocodile himself.
- Warrior Princess: The princess of Alabasta, and by no means a stranger to combat.
- Weak, but Skilled: While not a powerhouse the same way Luffy and the Straw Hats are, she's still a capable fighter thanks to her time spent undercover in Baroque Works, and can fend off the organization's rank and file with ease. It's the more superhuman opponents that give her trouble.
- Wise Beyond Her Years: A trait seen as early as ten years old, when she refuses to make a scene after Wapol slaps her trying to provoke her, so that he doesn't incite an international incident. She also reminds Luffy about the responsibilities of a leader. In fact, this trope tips Dalton off that not only are the crew she's with decent fellows, but makes him figure out who she is after remembering the aforementioned Wapol incident. Also, as mentioned before, she's going to Reverie to represent her kingdom at only 18 years of age.
- The Worf Effect: Vivi is legitimately a tough fighter, but all throughout her time with the crew, she's pitted against people who have Devil Fruit powers or ware otherwise monstrously strong whenever she's pressed into fighting (forcing her stronger friends to take up the mantle, such as Luffy against Crocodile or Sanji against Bon Clay). Despite her legitimate skill, she's at an extreme disadvantage to prove how lethal those enemies are.
Nefeltari Cobra
King Nefeltari Cobra
Voiced by: Iemasa Kayumi, Toshiya Ueda [episode 512], Hozumi Gouda [episode 776 onwards], Kazuki Yao [Bon Clay disguise] (Japanese); David Mansley [4Kids dub], Kyle Hebert [Funimation dub] (English)Foreign voice actors
Age: 48 (Pre-Timeskip), 50 (Post-Timeskip)
Debut: Chapter 142 (Manga), Episode 91 (Anime)
Click here to see his Pre-Time Skip appearance
The king of Alabasta and Vivi's father. A wise and kind ruler of the land, though is almost overthrown by the munitions of Crocodile who uses his organization, Baroque Works, to spread discontent among his subjects and cause a civil war. Thanks to the Straw Hats, the plan is thwarted and the war ends. After which Cobra helps to rebuild the kingdom along with his subjects.
He was once married to a woman named Nefeltari Titi, but she did not live to see her daughter grow up. Now, Cobra himself is in declining health and attempting to hold it together long enough to attend the Reverie one more time.
- Back for the Dead: After hundreds of chapters of absence, Cobra comes back into the story for the Reverie, where he is later assassinated.
- Cool Old Guy: Talks rather casually, at least when it comes to Vivi's friends. He also cares a lot for his kingdom.
- Do Not Go Gentle: He spends his last moments alive utterly defiant and fearless in the face of Imu and the Elder Stars. Very fitting for someone whose full name is Nefeltari D. Cobra.
- Dub Name Change: His name was changed to "Nebra" in the 4Kids dub.
- Face Death with Dignity: Outside a half-hearted wry token attempt to talk the Five Elder Stars out of killing him (which Cobra himself seems fully aware that it will fail, judging by his face), Cobra faces his execution at their and Imu's hands with an incredible amount of poise, fearlessness and dignity despite his situation, outright gives Sabo a mission to Fling a Light into the Future and dies standing on his two feet while facing an utterly monstrous opposition, all while having a small smile on his face. The man absolutely followed the D. tradition of dying with your head held high.
- Fling a Light into the Future: Upon realizing he's not going to make it out of Mary Geoise alive, he asks Sabo to relay a message to Luffy and Vivi, about their shared initial D.
- Given Name Reveal: Chapter 1085 reveals that his true name is Nefeltari D. Cobra
- The Good King: His people always come first, no matter what. When Vivi suggests that blowing up their castle would end the rebellion, Chaka realizes that King Cobra would probably do the same thing, since Cobra doesn't value the castle that much to begin with. Even someone like Dragon has nothing but good things to say about him, admitting that he's a rare kind of royals who actually care about their subjects and didn't take pleasure on his death.
- Good Parents: He's a wonderful and caring father to Vivi, and always attempts to do or say whatever is in her best interest. True to this, when he's killed, Vivi spends a good amount of time grieving him while she and Wapol are given sanctuary by Morgans.
- He Knows Too Much: His fate was sealed the moment Imu revealed themself to him.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Attempts to cave in the underground tomb he's in via hidden mechanism in order to take down Crocodile. Subverted twice: it wouldn't have been enough to kill Crocodile, and Luffy ends up pulling Cobra out in the end, anyway. And then played straight in the Egghead Arc, as he takes a shot meant for Sabo and dies from the wound.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: While Cobra is an all-around great guy who always puts his people first, his assassination is celebrated by the world at large. Few people outside of Alabasta know much about him, and as such the general public views Sabo's (alleged) murder of Cobra as just desserts for a World Government bootlicker.
- Incurable Cough of Death: Played with, while he’s been sick for a while he doesn’t seem too be dying. Wapol thinks he won’t last long and Cobra himself tries to exploit it to get Vivi to choose a husband.
- I Want Grandkids: Cobra really wants Vivi to get married soon, preferably before he dies. Justified as the royal family needs to continue.
- I Will Only Slow You Down: While Sabo is trying to rescue him from Imu and the Five Elder Stars at the Reverie, King Cobra tells Sabo to leave him behind, as he realizes that the latter can't escape with him weighing Sabo down. Instead, he gives Sabo a message to pass on to Vivi and Luffy.
- Killed Offscreen: He's assassinated during the Reverie, implicitly by the World Government, with Sabo being accused of the death. Although the "Offscreen" part is subverted as the context surrounding his assassination is later shown to the readers via flashback.
- Kneel Before Frodo: At the end of the Alabasta arc, he kneels down and thanks the Straw Hats for taking down Crocodile, and saving Alabasta, and protecting Vivi.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Subverted. While he's named "Cobra", he's mostly an average middle-aged man with little, if any, means of fighting.
- Named After Somebody Famous: It's less obvious for him than for his daughter and late wife, but their surname is derived from queen Nefertari; fitting for the royal family of a desert kingdom.
- Nerves of Steel: Cobra is absolutely fearless when talking to The Five Elder Stars about Nefeltari Lili, sees through their minor obfuscating about the subject and later point blank asks them what the Will of D. means. During the whole conversation he's the one leading the pace and outrights drops a bombshell that surprises the Five Elder Stars and he's as cool-headed and affable as ever. The only thing that startles him is seeing Imu openly sits on the Empty Throne and that even startles the Five Elder Stars themselves.
- Nice Guy: He's a king and has all of the prestige and power that implies, but first and foremost he's a good man who's nothing but kind and gentle to everyone, whether they're pirates, royals, commoners, or Revolutionaries. One of his last acts is to take a lethal hit for Sabo just so he can escape.
- Papa Wolf: Came to Vivi's rescue when bandits tried to kidnap her. Although when Pell slapped her because of Anger Born of Worry, Cobra stopped Igaram from firing him.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Very much so. If he's told the country is getting poor and it's becoming hard to feed all the citizens, he just cuts down on his own money to give his subjects something to eat.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Cares very deeply for his country and tries the best he can to help his subjects.
- The Reveal: His role in expositioning about the secrets his ancestors kept, and had passed onto him, such as the Ancient Weapons and the Poneglyphs can be summed up to this, pre-timeskip and post-timeskip, it's revealed almost nonchalantly his ancestors were none other than one of the 20 Kings who founded the World Government — this guy could easily have been a Celestial Dragon if his ancestors didn't stay to rule and fulfill their obligations. It's later revealed that Queen Nefeltari Lily, one of the original 20 kings, never actually made it home to Alabasta, which is likely related to her, and her entire family line, also being members of the D Clan.
- Saying Too Much: Cobra unknowingly sealed his fate the moment he brought up Lily's letter.
- Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome: Subverted post-timeskip, Cobra's hair is turning white because his illness has aged him.
- Stunned Silence: Cobra is justifiably baffled when Imu sits on the Empty Throne during Cobra's audience with the Elders.
- Taking You with Me: Subverted. He pulls down a load bearing pillar in the tomb so it will collapse and kill everyone inside, including himself. Unfortunately, Crocodile's abilities would allow him to escape such a trap and the point is made moot when Luffy arrives anyway.
- Tell Me About My Father: Cobra plans to ask about what his ancestors had done in Reverie, because of what Robin said about Poneglyphs. He gets a private audience with the Elders, but he doesn't make it out of the meeting alive.
- Universally Beloved Leader: He is a good and caring ruler and thus beloved by his people. This wasn't the case during Crocodile's operation Utopia however, where he framed Cobra and managed to turn half the nation against itself and its king.
- "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: In a post-Time Skip cover shot, it is shown he has become ill, though he won't let it prevent him from attending Reverie this year. He also is going gray or white.
Nefeltari Lily (Unmarked Spoilers)
Queen Nefeltari D. Lily
Age: Unknown
Debut, chapter 1084 (mentioned)
A former Queen of Alabasta, and one of the twenty founding members of the world Government. Unlike the other nineteen families that chose to stay in Mary Geoise and become Celestial Dragons, Lily instead chose to return home and continue to rule as Queen in Alabasta for unknown reasons. However, by all accounts, she never returned back to Alabasta after departing from Mary Geoise.What happened to her is unknown, but she did leave behind a mysterious letter, passed down through the Nefeltari family for generations, that has something to do with The Will of D. She also has some sort of connection with Imu, the Shadow Ruler of the World, as King Cobra merely mentioning her name was enough to get Imu to reveal their existence to Cobra.
- Connected All Along: Through Lily, the Nefeltari Family are revealed to have deep connections to the World Government, Imu, and the secret behind the Will of D.
- Fling a Light into the Future: According to Imu, the Poneglyphs were never supposed to be scattered around the world, and it was Lily's fault that they were. Her letter also contained instructions to future generations of the Nefeltari family that were partially revealed to us.The Poneglyphs must be [sic]-cted. Bear the flag of the dawn against the [sic]-ing world.
- Given Name Reveal: Through the letter she left behind for her descendants, it's revealed that her true name was Nefeltari D. Lily, confirming that the Nefeltari family are members of the D clan. This goes a long way into explaining why the Nefeltaris decided not to join the other founding members of the World Government in Mary Geoise and become Celestial Dragons centuries ago.
- Never Found the Body: Following her departure from Mary Geoise 800 years ago, she simply vanishes from history, with no record of what became of her.
- Offered the Crown: She was given the chance to become a Celestial Dragon, but refused.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She is supposedly the spitting image of her many-times great granddaughter, Vivi.
- Walking Spoiler: It's virtually impossible to talk about her without talking about her and her family's connection to the World Government, the Celestial Dragons, and the Will of D.
Servants and Guards
Karoo
Karoo
Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese); Michael Haigney [4Kids dub], Monica Rial [Funimation dub] (English)Foreign voice actors
Age: 14 (Pre-Timeskip), 16 (Post-Timeskip)
Debut: Chapter 109 (Manga), Episode 65 (Anime)
Vivi's pet super-spot billed duck, who travels with the Straw Hats during Vivi's time among the crew.
- Action Pet: Karoo serves as Vivi's mount in battle and even takes part in the action himself in Little Garden.
- Butt-Monkey: If anyone could out-Butt-Monkey the Straw Hats, it's Karoo. From running himself and Vivi off the roof of a house, to being mercilessly beaten by Mr. 5, to jumping into freezing cold water to save Zoro (who wandered off anyway), to being used as fishing bait by Luffy and Usopp; this duck doesn't have it easy.
- Cowardly Lion: Although he gets scared easily, he is still willing to stay with the Straw Hats during their battles, even playing a vital role in defeating Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek.
- Feather Fingers: He's often used for throwaway gags (like being able to use fishing poles or even scissors), but played 100% seriously when he grabs onto the Alubarna Plateau's edge while fleeing from Bon Clay.
- Fragile Speedster: Karoo is an extremely speedy duck, to the point of being the leader of a squad of them. That doesn't mean that he's great in a straight on fight, however.
- Horse of a Different Color: Vivi uses Karoo as a form of transportation.
- Inconsistent Spelling: His name has been spelled as "Karoo" and "Carue".
- The Klutz: He has this reputation among the Straw Hats due to his general miscordination. To be fair, it's not unjustified.
- A Lizard Named "Liz": Karoo is named after the Japanese word "karugamo" which translates to "spot-billed duck".
- Made of Iron: This bird gets trampled by a charging army's cavalry and still can find the strength to run from Bon Clay while carrying Vivi, climb a hundred foot wall (still carrying Vivi), and bob and weave through an active war zone (while still carrying Vivi). Say what you will about Karoo, do not call him weak.
- Spotting the Thread: When Usopp comes to rescue Vivi and an injured Karoo, he refers Karoo as "that bird". Considering Usopp's friendship with Karoo, it immediately tips Vivi off that something isn't right. It's revealed that Mr. 2 Bon Clay disguised himself as Usopp.
- Team Pet: While he and Vivi are Straw Hats, he fills the role of the crew's animal companion, being looked at as a pet to the crew and a steed to Vivi and, at one point, Usopp. Ironically this is in the same saga where Chopper joins the crew, who is mistaken all the time for the Team Pet.
- This Looks Like a Job for Aquaman: One of his most underrated moments is on Little Garden: with the rest of the crew either absent or incapacitated, he patiently digs Luffy out from under a Sea King skeleton (that Dorry had trapped him under earlier) with his bill.
- Undying Loyalty: To Vivi and the Straw Hats. When Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine try to force him to scream to draw the Straw Hats into a trap, he refuses to even make a sound. He also becomes very protective of the X-mark that he and the crew don on their forearms, refusing to let the palace guards touch it and saluting to the Straw Hats as they depart Alabasta.
Igaram
Igaram
Voiced by: Keiichi Sonobe (Japanese); Richard Will [4Kids dub], Rob Mungle [Funimation dub]Foreign voice actors
Age: 48 (Pre-Timeskip), 50 (Post-Timeskip)
Debut: Chapter 106 (Manga), Episode 64 (Anime)
Click here to see his Pre-Time Skip appearance
The commander of the Alabasta Royal Guard who went underover with Vivi in Baroque Works.
- Disguised in Drag: Disguised himself as Vivi twice; first to try and pose as a decoy for her and the Straw Hats at Whiskey Peak, and the other during Vivi's coming-of-age ceremony to allow her time to properly say goodbye to the Straw Hats.
- Good All Along: Just like Vivi, he poses as a Baroque Works agent until he's revealed to be a mole of the Alabasta kingdom.
- Incredibly Conspicuous Drag: Igaram is a tall, 48-year-old man with broad shoulders. Vivi is a slim teenage girl. Do the math. It's all Played for Laughs, of course.
- Instrument of Murder: He used a saxophone to fight while undercover as a Baroque Works agent.
- Look-Alike Lovers: His wife Terracotta looks so much like him that the Straw Hats initially mistook Terracotta for Igaram Disguised in Drag.
- The Mole: He infiltrates Crocodile's organization and climbed pretty high in the ranks, becoming the eighth ranked individual behind Crocodile, in order to undermine his plans about the kingdom he serves.
- Not Quite Dead: He seemingly dies when Robin blows up his ship, but he turns out fine and dandy in the Alabasta arc, having survived the blast.
- Papa Wolf: In flashbacks especially, he's more aggressively protective of Vivi than the more even-tempered Cobra, even threatening to beat up the ten-year-old Koza for getting in a brawl with Vivi.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: An aging man disguising himself as a teenage girl looks about as unconvincing as you'd expect, but the second time he does, it distracts the citizens long enough to give Vivi the time to say goodbye to the Straw Hats.
- Undying Loyalty: He's very devoted the Alabasta royal family, to the point of refusing to let Vivi infiltrate Baroque Works alone and ends up doing an Heroic Sacrifice to draw the attention away from her. He survives the latter, though.
- Verbal Tic: He often coughs in the middle of speaking, followed by a short "Ma-ma-ma~" vocal exercise before he resumes his speech.
Pell "The Falcon"
Pell "The Falcon"
Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (Japanese); Matt Hoverman [4Kids dub], Kevin M. Connolly [Funimation dub] (English)Foreign voice actors
Age: 33 (Pre-Timeskip), 35 (Post-Timeskip)
Debut: Chapter 155 (Manga), Episode 91 (Anime)
Devil Fruit: Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Falcon
Click here to see his Pre-Time Skip appearance
Click here to see his half-falcon form
The lieutenant of the Royal Guard of Alabasta under commander Chaka. He was very close to Vivi during her youth. He has eaten the Bird-Bird Fruit (Tori Tori no Mi) Model: Falcon.
- Anger Born of Worry: Slaps a young Vivi in the face hard during a flashback for going near the gunpowder storage and causing an explosion. She came out of the blast with nothing more than an Ash Face, but it could've ended a lot worse.How many times must I tell you to never come near this place! (Sorrowful) What would I do if you had been seriously hurt, or worse...!?
- Animorphism: Pell ate the Bird-Bird Fruit Model: Falcon, allowing him to become a giant falcon or a human-hawk hybrid at will.
- Big Damn Heroes: Pell is the one responsible for saving Luffy from his possible second death at the hands of Crocodile and later goes to save a falling Vivi alongside Luffy.
- Face Death with Dignity: While he survives the blast, he has no way of knowing that as he lifts the bomb high into the air. He can be seen smiling as he makes his final speech.
- Facial Markings: Pell has marks that look like crosses around his eyes.
- Flight: Pell comments that his devil fruit is one of the few ones to hands the user the ability to fly, since he can turn into a hawk.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Pell takes the time bomb that is meant to blow Alubarna and then brings it up to the sky with him, taking the explosion only for himself. Of course, he turns out injured but alive, though it takes him some time to recover and he has a massive scar on his chest.
- Intergenerational Friendship: With Vivi. He's not that old, but he was already an adult when Vivi was a young child.
- Like Brother and Sister: He's a lot more familial to Vivi than the other knights of their kingdom, with him acting as the protective older brother to her Plucky Girl personality.
- No One Could Survive That!: He gets caught in the explosion of a bomb designed to wipe out a whole city. Except... he's a Zoan Devil Fruit-eater, which gives him a boosted Healing Factor.
- Not Quite Dead: Pell seemingly sacrifices himself to take away a bomb that would've destroyed Alubarna but turns out he survived. When he returns home, he finds his own grave.
- Older Than He Looks: In a flashback where Vivi was only 6, he looked exactly the same as he does now.
- Papa Wolf: Towards Vivi. The first thing he does when we see him in the present day? Shoot down a bunch of Baroque Works agents attempting to kill her.
- Rule of Symbolism: As he's carrying Crocodile's bomb into the sky, the falcon statue in front of the royal palace, having been weakened by Crocodile's drying attack, collapses and breaks into pieces, symbolizing Pell's (supposed) death.
- The Worf Effect: Effortlessly defeats a bunch of Mooks only to be beaten by Nico Robin.
Chaka "The Jackal"
Chaka "The Jackal"
Voiced by: Kihachiro Uemura (Japanese); Russell Velázquez [4Kids dub], Robert McCollum [Funimation dub] (English)Foreign voice actors
Age: 39 (Pre-Timeskip), 41 (Post-Timeskip)
Debut: Chapter 155 (Manga), Episode 91 (Anime)
Devil Fruit: Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Jackal
Click here to see his Pre-Time Skip appearance
Click here to see his half-jackal form
Acting commander of the Royal Guard of Alabasta, and was very close to Vivi during her youth. He has eaten the Dog-Dog Fruit (Inu Inu no Mi), Model: Jackal.
- Angry Guard Dog: Not only is Chaka a Royal Guard of Alabasta, but his Devil Fruit lets him turm into a Jackal, and as shown after Crocodile forces his men to die without getting the chance to die honorably in battle, he can be pretty savage when he wants to be.
- Not Quite the Right Thing: When Cobra disappears right before the rebel attack, Chaka just defaults to defending the city from the rebels. This is not an unreasonable decision, but it plays right into Crocodile's plans.
- Skewed Priorities: He briefly protests when Vivi proposes blowing up the Alabasta royal palace to shock the rebels into a ceasefire over the importance and history of the palace. When she presents it as a choice between a building and the citizens of their nation, he agrees with her idea.
Koza
Koza
Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao, Naomi Shindo [young] (Japanese); Jonathan Todd Ross [4Kids dub], Todd Haberkorn [Funimation dub] (English)Foreign voice actors
Age: 20 (Pre-Timeskip), 22 (Post-Timeskip)
Debut: Chapter 163 (Manga), Episode 93 (Anime)
A resident of Alabasta. Cobra helped his village when a drought hit during his childhood, which during that time he met Vivi and the two became close. But when another crisis hits the land during his teenage years, he grows discontent with Cobra and forms a rebel force to overthrow him, unaware however that it's exactly what Crocodile wants. Midway through the war he finds out who the true villain is and is badly wounded. However he lives and helps end the civil war along with Cobra. In Gedatsu's mini-adventure, Koza is helping to rebuild the land to its former glory.
- Antagonistic Offspring: A rift has formed between Koza and his father, since Toto is loyal to the king but Koza blames Cobra for the country's plight.
- Anti-Hero: Koza leads the Alabasta rebellion movement with the intention of bettering the country, not knowing he's a pawn of Crocodile's plan.
- Call to Agriculture: Koza becomes Alabasta's environmental minister following the revolution, following his father's route.
- Childhood Friends: When they were kids, he was friends with Vivi. Also doubles as an Interclass Friendship since Vivi is a princess while he's a commoner.
- Everyone Has Standards: He firmly refuses to allow a young boy to join the rebel army, and has one of his men show off his horrific battle wounds to scare the boy away.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: He has a scar that runs down his left eye, which he gets in a flashback of Vivi's childhood, in which he saves Vivi from kidnappers.
- Hero Antagonist: He's leading the rebellion that serves as a major threat during the Alabasta arc, but only because he's an Unwitting Pawn of Crocodile. He's motivated by his love of his country and when he catches on to the true plot he turns to working with the royals to try to stop the war.
- Made of Iron: He may have been seriously injured during the civil war, but that doesn't stop him from ending it.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Koza is shocked when he realizes that Crocodile manipulated him into rebelling and that Cobra is actually a good king, and believes that he cannot be forgiven.
- Oh, Crap!: When he breaches the palace and sees Crocodile fighting the Alabastan royal guard and holding the king hostage. Robin tells him that he should imagine the worst interpretation of this scene and he'll be close to the truth, which prompts Koza to immediately turn around and try to halt the rebellion.
- Reluctant Warrior: While rejecting a boy who wants to join the rebellion, one reason he gives is the boy wants to fight against the king. He and his men don't want it to come to war but they feel they have no choice.
- Ship Tease: With Vivi, the first coming from him saving Vivi from kidnappers.
- Took a Level in Cynic: As a young man, he's somewhat more sullen compared to his hot-headed child self, and his first line upon being introduced in the present day is to remark that "this country has gone to the dogs."
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Koza was not happy with the idea of starting a civil war and fighting the king, but he feels that's the only way to save Alabasta. Fortunately, Luffy and Vivi manage to defeat Crocodile and make Koza realize the error of his ways before too much blood could be shed.
- Would Hit a Girl: He got into fistfights with Vivi on two occasions as a child. The first time was when she provoked him by calling him a crybaby, and the second was a friendly fight for leadership of the Sand-Sand Bad.
Subjects
Toto
Toto
Voiced by: Masaaki Tsukada (Japanese); Paul Pistore [Odex dub], Sean Schemmel [4Kids dub]; Jerry Russell [Funimation dub], Gregory Lush [Funimation dub, episode 777 onwards] (English)Foreign voice actors
Debut: Chapter 163 (Manga), Episode 100 (Anime)
- Determinator: He refuses to give up on the town of Yuba, and digs all night for a small barrel of water. He remains determined even as a large sandstorm bears down on the town.
- First-Name Basis: He uses the familiar and affectionate -chan suffix on Vivi's name, rather than the extremely formal -sama suffix, showing that he sees her as his son's friend rather than a princess.
- Formerly Fat: Toto is overweight when Vivi first meets him as a young girl, but the hardships of eking out a living in Yuba caused him to lose a lot of weight.
- Take Me Instead: After learning that his son got into a fight with a princess, Toto offers to kill himself as penance for his son's transgression. Luckily, Cobra bops Toto and Igaram on the head and says that it's just a fight between children.
- Undying Loyalty: Even after Cobra gets framed for stealing the rain, Toto still believes in the king.
