History Narm / OnePiece

%% * Oda's attempt to make Sanji's "nosebleeds" life-threatening during the starting portions of the 2-year TimeSkip can be quite hard to take seriously. Especially if one is used to nosebleeds for comedic purposes in general.

* As of chapter 574, Oda has apparently broken the famed "no main character dies in ''One Piece''". That person was [[spoiler: Luffy's (adoptive) brother Ace]]. And what face does [[spoiler: Luffy]] make to convey this tragic loss? [[http://imgur.com/Fqgf2JI A passed out Pac-Man]]. Not exactly the death of the ''Going Merry''.

%% * In the manga, TheReveal of [[spoiler: Charlotte Pudding as a mix of HoneyTrap, MasterActor and [[DaddysLittleVillain Mommy's Little Villainess]] ]] loses a good part of its until-then [[MoodWhiplash genuinely good impact]] when the character in question begins to make '''incredibly stupid looking''' {{nightmare face}}s... Only [[spoiler: Sanji's genuine heartbreak as he overhears this]] manages to '''somewhat''' save the scene.

* In the lead up to Episodes 807 & 808 (aired as a "one hour special"), Toei cut a promo that compared Sanji's "betrayal" to Judas and Brutus. Anime fans found it silly while manga readers found it extremely silly and over-the-top, especially knowing the details behind the "betrayal".

* Big Mom’s scream in the manga was deafening, enough to make most of the pages go by wordlessly as most characters had their ears plugged to avoid it. In the anime? Not only are most scenes that involved no dialogue given unnecessary talking lines, but the scream sounds more like a dull whine no louder, if not quieter, than the rest of Big Mom’s dialogue.
* Boa Hancock, Shirahoshi, and Komurasaki are stated in-story to be some of the most beautiful ladies in the world. However, considering that every other attractive female character in the series [[OnlyOneFemaleMold has the same curvy build and similar facial features to them]], it can cause some fans to roll their eyes when people bring this up.
* In the anime, when [[spoiler:Shanks shows up to stop the fight at Marineford, a bunch of Marines say "IT'S RED HAIRED SHANKS OH NO!" in perfect unison]].
** This is something that happens ''very'' often throughout the series. Whenever there's a battle going on and a notably powerful character shows up, expect the [[RedShirt Red Shirts]] and {{Mooks}} to call out their name in [[{{Squee}} amazement]] or [[OhCrap shock]] without fail. It's almost like a ProductPromotionParade.
* While Wano is generally considered a step-up in animation, the excessive use of aura during Haki-intense fights has caught flak for making Toei look like they're trying to recreate ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.

* An odd example occurs in the dub of the Loguetown arc, Luffy is about to be executed and his tone of voice as he tells his friends they're too late to save him kind of takes away from the drama the scene is trying to convey. His next line completely takes the wind out of the sails with him laughing and declaring "I'm still alive, that's nice".
* The Arc of the Strawhat Crew trying to save Robin at Water 7 was, no doubt, very emotional. But this just breaks when you hear Luffy's hoarse, and god-so-loud voice of "ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNN!" after he defeats [[spoiler: Rob Lucci.]]
* Hody Jones defeating an entire pirate crew by himself while his hands are shackled is supposed to make him look like a credible BigBad. Unfortunately, a few things get in the way. First, the captain of said crew only has a bounty of 73 million belly (well below New World average of 100 million belly). Second, Hody had just taken ''three'' Steroid Pills, making him eight times stronger than normal. The result is like seeing Bruce Lee beat an untrained thug with one hand behind his back; it's not impressive, but embarrassing. Though it does help that Hody was actually a case of NormalFishInATinyPond.
* Any time Luffy says "Gum-Gum..." when [[CallingYourAttacks calling out his attacks]], especially when facing powerful opponents. It just sounds plain silly next to awesome attack names like "Kong Gun" and "Jet Gatling".
* In the manga, TheReveal of [[spoiler: Charlotte Pudding as a mix of HoneyTrap, MasterActor and [[DaddysLittleVillain Mommy's Little Villainess]] ]] loses a good part of its until-then [[MoodWhiplash genuinely good impact]] when the character in question begins to make '''incredibly stupid looking''' {{nightmare face}}s... Only [[spoiler: Sanji's genuine heartbreak as he overhears this]] manages to '''somewhat''' save the scene.
* Pretty much everybody assumed that the Vinsmoke family [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/Vinsmoke-Family-643856654 had blond hair (like Sanji)]] and [[https://www.google.com/search?q=vinsmoke+family&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbqvuX3v_TAhWOdSYKHdrgCYAQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=950#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=vinsmoke+yonji&imgrc=CuaawGVRHbnpzM: wore black raid suits with their respective colors being the secondary color]]. So, with the reveal that all of them (except Judge) actually have hair that [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Vinsmoke_Family?file=Vinsmoke_Family_Infobox.png goes with their epithets and bright colorful suits]] to match, their impact as badass assassins was dulled for some. To be fair though, the possible homage to ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' that this suggests might also make this NarmCharm for some.
** Speaking of the Vinsmokes, Niji's seiyuu (Creator/AtsushiMiyauchi) voices him ''drastically'' deeper than anybody expected in the anime, and the pure VocalDissonance every time he opens his mouth may be Narm for some.
** When Ichiji prepares to attack Oven while helping Sanji escape Cacao Island, his eyes flash in the same way some of the more childish characters like Luffy would when they see cool things like robots.
** And finally, one ''last'' complaint about the Vinsmokes that's been popping up is the "boing" noise that their hover shoes make every time they step in the anime, which some people have accused of being unfitting for deadly assassins (as well as annoying).
* Oda's attempt to make Sanji's "nosebleeds" life-threatening during the starting portions of the 2-year TimeSkip can be quite hard to take seriously. Especially if one is used to nosebleeds for comedic purposes in general.

* Viz translated the name of Kaido's crew--commonly translated as the "[Thousand] Beast Pirates" by scanlations and even the official anime subs--as the "Animal Kingdom Pirates". And Kaido's three top enforcers, who are called the "All-Stars" or the "Three Calamities", are known as the "Lead Performers". Kaido is supposed to be one of the four most powerful and feared pirates in the world...but it's a bit hard to take his crew seriously in the Viz version when they're named after a Disney theme park, and the name for its strongest members suggests they're just "performing" rather than actually being serious, competent threats.
* The scanlations. It's hard to take a chapter seriously when the translator honestly thinks it would be a good idea to pepper the dialogue with "OMG"s and "WTF"s.
* For a while after Vivi was introduced, she's referred to as Bebe, BB, and a few other names almost interchangeably before settling on Vivi. The Narm comes when they introduce Pell and, after calling him this for a while, suddenly start to refer to him as ''Bere'' when the panel in question features Vivi. This quickly ruins the mood of [[spoiler:Pell's {{heroic sacrifice}}]] a few pages later.

* The death of the Going Merry itself was this for some. The fact that the ship starts talking as it's given a viking funeral, complete with the standard InelegantBlubbering from almost everyone and Luffy and his ship trading apologies, may wind up ruining any tension built up over the course of the entire arc.
* In hindsight, the scene where Buggy and Cabaji [[HumanShield use their minions and Ritchie to shield themselves]] from a Buggy Ball blast is rather groan-worthy, because Buggy and his crew simply aren't evil enough to make that kind of thing work.
* Hatchan's reaction when [[spoiler:Fisher Tiger]] dies. It wasn't as noticeable in the manga, but when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwcR_R2160 the scene was animated]]... just the look on his face along with the sound he makes utterly ruins the scene...
---> '''Hachi:''' '''''[[VerbalTic NYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUU~~~~~~~!!!!!]]'''''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5C4WXzRYnI Spandam's reaction when the Straw Hats burn down The World Government flag:]]
--->'''Spandam:''' '''Are you out of your mind!? Don't think you'll be able to survive having the world as your enemy!'''
--->'''Luffy:''' '''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome YOU WANNA BET!?]]'''
--->'''Spandam:''' '''[[{{Narm}} YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!]]'''
* Spandam is pathetic at everything... and has an [[CompensatingForSomething elephant sword that can expand simply to compensate. Now consider that he is incompetent at ''everything''...]]
* Film Z has Luffy effectively going to war with the title character's forces. The awesome is spoiled somewhat by Luffy wearing a gigantic chicken drumstick on his back.

* This trope is one of the primary reasons why the 4Kids dub is heavily disliked. First off, much of the voice acting in the dub ranges from [[DullSurprise flat]] to [[LargeHam ridiculously over-the-top]], which isn't helped by the often silly dialog and replacing the original bombastic background music with generic synthesized music [[FillingTheSilence that plays almost perpetually]]. Secondly, the dub removed any drama and tension from any scenes involving guns; one of the biggest examples being very early in the series, when Helmeppo held Coby hostage with... [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081125173137/onepiece/de/images/c/c5/Helmeppo_bedroht_Corby_%284Kids-Version%29.jpg whatever the hell this is]]. Thirdly, most if not all the death scenes were removed; the most notorious was Belle-Mère's death, which is instead changed to Arlong declaring that he would lock her in a dungeon "for the rest of her days." [[note]]Which not only is ''worse'' since it would mean that Belle-Mère probably eventually starved to death, which is a much more painful way of dying, but it [[DubInducedPlotHole makes no sense since Arlong park wasn't built at the time, so where exactly did Arlong even imprison her at]]?[[/note]] Lastly, a lot of the violence in general was watered down or outright removed; a few examples include the scene where Nami pretends to stab Usopp during the Arlong Park arc, which is rewritten as Nami stabbing him with a rubber knife (that Nami feels the need to repeatedly remind him), as well as the final fight sequence between Luffy and Crocodile, where instead of using his blood to fight him, Luffy uses his sweat instead. {{Inverted}} to hell with the Creator/{{Funimation}} dub. Not only did they ''not'' edit any of the scenes, the dialog is arguably ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' risque than the ''subtitled'' version.
* When Usopp duels [[spoiler:Luffy over the Going Merry]], one of the most tragic moments in the series, he gives every indication that, despite being the weakest member of the crew, he knows how he fights and is going to put everything he has into the duel. He then makes his first moves... boasting about having 8,000 followers (albeit an IronicEcho of their first meeting) and using "Usopp Spell" to make [[spoiler:Luffy]] imagine himself in terrible pain. Granted, many of Usopp's techniques (especially those used in the duel) are used to make the enemy underestimate him while hiding their true effect, but the comically unbelievable lies felt out of place.
* Episodes 404 and 405, in which [[spoiler:Kuma arrives and teleports all the Straw Hats away from their losing battle with Kizaru, Sentoumaru and the Pacifista]], lose some of the drama with the sometimes OffModel animation and the tendency of the Straw Hats to stare at what's happening with their mouths gaping wide open.
* In the same episodes as the above example, upon realizing that [[spoiler:he failed to save any of his crew]], Luffy proceeds to bang his head on the ground and kick his feet in the air like a little boy being denied a lollipop.
* In the anime, whenever Ace is visibly shocked or disturbed by the goings-on throughout the Marineford Arc, he utters a bizarre "kkkkgkkkgk" grunt. And come the Marineford Arc, when [[spoiler: he dies]] in the anime, he [[spoiler: goes splat on the ground]].
* Marco's [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]]-esque legs when attacking Akainu.
* ''One Piece'' is usually good with tearful goodbyes... except the one Sanji gave to his friends at the restaurant when leaving to join the Strawhat crew, in which he shouts "GOODBYE, YOU CRAP GUYS!" while crying. Arguably, NarmCharm.
* Usopp being accepted back into the crew is probably the egregrious example of ''One Piece's'' signature InelegantBlubbering gone bad. Depictions of crying, shouting or shocked people usually have lots of snot running out their noses when they cry. Though it ruins the usual "romantic" depiction in fiction of a crying person, especially a woman, it's realistic, except that real people don't have so much snot running. But the narm when Usopp and Luffy are both bawling like a bunch of five-year-olds. It's too nasty to make the scene sad.
* Some parts of the Viz translation of the manga drop into narm because of following some of the more questionable name choices from the 4Kids CutAndPasteTranslation. For example, the Bird Bird Fruit and Dog Dog Fruit are called the "Tweet Tweet" and "Mutt Mutt" fruits, respectively. Not only does "Mutt Mutt" make no sense (the dog forms are very much exact breeds, not mixed "mutts"), it severely cheapens the badass factor when both of Alabasta's guardian "spirits" proudly declare that they've eaten these ridiculous-sounding fruits. The Finnish translation of the manga sees your "Tweet Tweet" and "Mutt Mutt", and raises you "Kisukisu-marja" (roughly, "Kitty Kitty Fruit"). Yeah, that's the official name for the Leopard fruit eaten by ''Rob Lucci'', one of the most vicious characters in the series. Made especially baffling because they could just as easily have gone with plain old "kissa", which simply means cat.
* Again regarding the Viz translation, their refusal to use breezy language removes the drama from some scenes.
--> *''Zoro gets cut by Mihawk''*\\
'''Luffy''': DARN YOU!

* A more recent Viz example: Viz translates the name of Kaido's crew--commonly translated as the "[Thousand] Beast Pirates" by scanlations and even the official anime subs--as the "Animal Kingdom Pirates". And Kaido's three top enforcers, who are called the "All-Stars" or the "Three Calamities", are known as the "Lead Performers". Kaido is supposed to be one of the four most powerful and feared pirates in the world...but it's a bit hard to take his crew seriously in the Viz version when they're named after a Disney theme park, and the name for its strongest members suggests they're just "performing" rather than actually being serious, competent threats.

* Let's talk about Vivi for a moment. For a while after she's introduced, she's referred to as Bebe, BB, and a few other names almost interchangeably before settling on Vivi. The Narm comes when they introduce Pell and, after calling him this for a while, suddenly start to refer to him as ''Bere'' when the panel in question features Vivi. This quickly ruins the mood of [[spoiler:Pell's {{heroic sacrifice}}]] a few pages later.

* This trope is one of the primary reasons why the 4Kids dub is heavily disliked. First off, much of the voice acting in the dub ranges from [[DullSurprise flat]] to [[LargeHam ridiculously over-the-top]], which isn't helped by the often silly dialog and replacing the original background music with bombastic synthesized music [[FillingTheSilence that plays almost perpetually]]. Secondly, the dub removed any drama and tension from any scenes involving guns; one of the biggest examples being very early in the series, when Helmeppo held Coby hostage with... [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081125173137/onepiece/de/images/c/c5/Helmeppo_bedroht_Corby_%284Kids-Version%29.jpg whatever the hell this is]]. Thirdly, most if not all the death scenes were removed; the most notorious was Belle-Mère's death, which is instead changed to Arlong declaring that he would lock her in a dungeon "for the rest of her days." [[note]]Which not only is ''worse'' since it would mean that Belle-Mère probably eventually starved to death, which is a much more painful way of dying, but it [[DubInducedPlotHole makes no sense since Arlong park wasn't built at the time, so where exactly did Arlong even imprison her at]]?[[/note]] Lastly, a lot of the violence in general was watered down or outright removed; a few examples include the scene where Nami pretends to stab Usopp during the Arlong Park arc, which is rewritten as Nami stabbing him with a rubber knife (that Nami feels the need to repeatedly remind him), as well as the final fight sequence between Luffy and Crocodile, where instead of using his blood to fight him, Luffy uses his sweat instead. {{Inverted}} to hell with the Creator/{{Funimation}} dub. Not only did they ''not'' edit any of the scenes, the dialog is arguably ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' risque than the ''subtitled'' version.

* Editing in the 4Kids dub removed any drama and tension from any scenes involving guns, one of the biggest examples being very early in the series, when Helmeppo held Coby hostage with... [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081125173137/onepiece/de/images/c/c5/Helmeppo_bedroht_Corby_%284Kids-Version%29.jpg whatever the hell this is.]] {{Inverted}} to hell with the Creator/{{Funimation}} dub. Not only did they ''not'' edit any of the scenes, the dialog is arguably ''[[UpToEleven more]]'' risque than the ''subtitled'' version.

* In the anime, when [[spoiler:Shanks shows up to stop the fight at Marineford, a bunch of Marines say "IT'S RED HAIRED SHANKS OH NO!" in perfect unison]]

* Usopp being accepted back into the crew is probably the worst example of ''One Piece's'' signature InelegantBlubbering gone bad. Depictions of crying, shouting or shocked people usually have lots of snot running out their noses when they cry. Though it ruins the usual "romantic" depiction in fiction of a crying person, especially a woman, it's realistic, except that real people don't have so much snot running. But the narm when Usopp and Luffy are both bawling like a bunch of five-year-olds. It's too nasty to make the scene sad.

* Hachi's reaction when [[spoiler:Fisher Tiger]] dies. It wasn't as noticeable in the manga, but when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqwcR_R2160 the scene was animated]]... just the look on his face along with the sound he makes utterly ruins the scene...

* Hodi defeating an entire pirate crew by himself while his hands are shackled is supposed to make him look like a credible BigBad. Unfortunately a few things get in the way. First, the captain of said crew only has a bounty of 73 million (well below New World average of 100 million). Second, Hodi had just taken ''three'' Steroid Pills, making him eight times stronger than normal. The result is like seeing Bruce Lee beat an untrained thug with one hand behind his back; it's not impressive, but embarrassing. Though it does help that Hodi was actually a case of NormalFishInATinyPond.

* Oda's attempt to make Sanji's "nosebleeds" life-threatening during the starting portions of the 2-year TimeSkip can be quite hard to take seriously. Especially if you're used to nosebleeds for comedic purposes in general.

* In the same episodes as the above example, upon realizing that [[spoiler:he failed to save any of his crew]], Luffy proceeds to bang his head on the ground and kick his feet in the air like a little boy being denied a lollipop. [[http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4343/narm2.gif Needless to say, it's... uh... moving?]]

* The scanlations. It may be a common complaint among scanlations, but it's hard to take a chapter seriously when the translator honestly thinks it would be a good idea to pepper the dialogue with "OMG"s and "WTF"s.

* An odd example occurs in the dub of the Loguetown arc, Luffy is about to be executed and his tone of voice as he tells his friends they're too late to save him kind of takes away from the drama the scene is trying to convey. His next line completely takes the wind out of the sails with him laughing and declaring "I'm still alive, that's nice". Needless to say Luffy is a master of Narm.