History Characters / BakiTheGrappler

* TheBigGuy: The biggest of the Baki's friends at 6'3 and 363lbs (191cm, 165 kilos), as well as the physically strongest. His physical strength is great enough that he's the first human that Pickle recognized as a FriendlyRival instead of food.

* TheBigGuy: The biggest of the Baki's friends at 6'3 and 363lbs (191cm, 165 kilos), as well as the physically strongest. His physical strength is great enough that he's the first human that Pickle recognized as a rival, instead of food.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His entire likeness is based on Che Guevara.

* BiggusDickus: He's at least proportional for the rest of his prodigious size, making him this by any sane metric.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He manages to drag around Biscuit Oliva, one of the strongest characters in the series, by his finger, although he doesn't defeat him. He also breaks the muscleman's arm after being flipped by him.

* TheUnfought: Despite the buildup he received, Retsu’s match with him is never depicted in the manga, and it would've been unclear if they even fought at all were it not for Retsu hosting a press-conferance of him retiring from Boxing after getting Wilbur's belt in ''Baki Dou''.

* BlasphemousBoast: Claims that his fists can destroy Gods.

* CharacterExaggeration: The duel between Miyamoto Musashi and Kojiro Sasaki was suppose to be one of the greatest challenges he's ever faced, but it wasn't legendary like it was supposed to be since in actuality Musashi, in his own words, tells Tokugawa that Kojiro wasn't "weak, but wasn't special either". [[ButForMeItWasTuesday He doesn't even remember Kojiro right away]], but on the other hand, simply being considered not weak by Musashi's monstrous standards probably meant Kojiro wasn't a pushover either.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Only subverted in that he somehow didn't die from it, but his encapsulation in a saline rock formation together with a T-Rex and perfect preservation for 190 million years implies that he was in the midst of hunting a T-Rex for ''dinner'', with a roar on his face, in the moment New Mexico was struck by a meteor.

* FullFrontalAssault: Pickle apparently predates the idea of ''clothing'' so he usually just waddles around with his stuff hanging out, though he does make enough of a (un)educated guess that clothes are the norm for humans in the modern day, and the scientists taking care of him were eventually kind enough to provide Pickle with a fundoshi while he was sleeping as in-universe for Itagaki not having to draw and then censor Pickle's junk every time he appears.

** Being a caveman, and not just that but one from 190 million years before the present day, he is ''EXTREMELY'' different from a modern Homo Sapiens in every aspect. Pickle is outright referred to as the peak of Homo ''Erectus''.

** It’s hinted that this evolutionary anomaly evolved from a quadrupedal creature.
* HumanPopsicle: Was perfectly preserved in a saline rock formation for millions of years.

* NoSocialSkills: Being a caveman hailing from millions of years ago mean that he has an absurd lack of social awareness, as he thought a frightened scientist pulling a gun on him and shooting him in self-defense wanted to play and rough-house with him, causing him to respond in what he thinks is kind by shaking him back and forth and leaving him (relatively) unharmed by throwing his bullets back at him like it was a friendly game of catch (hard enough for the bullet to leave what looks like a gun wound) and slapping him in the face hard enough to send him rolling and badly concuss him, though still conscious. To be fair, social skills for him back in prehistoric ages were likely killing, eating, sleeping, and procreate whenever possible to keep his species alive.
* NobleDemon: Despite living in a simple cycle of killing and eating, having no concept of language or manners, and being largely ruled by his instincts, he's still not ''inhuman'', and can communicate with people of the modern day (not without certain caveats, of course). When Katsumi offers him his ruined arm, he goes on his knees with his hands folded as if in prayer because he recognizes the great value of the "gift" presented to him as food.

* ReligiousBruiser: It's not really in question ''whether'' Pickle is capable of the concept of a 'higher being', merely whether his idea of {{God}} resembles ours in any way; his way of giving thanks to Katsumi for offering his shredded arm, after fighting for his own higher purpose of taking Karate to the next level, is identical to the way humans have recorded themselves doing since before antiquity; [[https://i.imgur.com/71AWQ47.png Going on his knees, bowing his head, and folding his hands.]]

* FatalFlaw: Wrath. Granted, [[TranquilFury it’s well hidden]] behind his stoic expression, but Ron is clearly enraged by Oliva’s cocky attitude and his mockery of Ron’s Hand Pocket stance. Twice during their match, Oliva baits him into attacking recklessly, and both times Oliva lands devastating counter attacks, which lost him the fight when Oliva finally managed to grab him.
* FragileSpeedster: Subverted. Ron blocks and dodges Oliva's punches with ease, but when Oliva baits him into dropping his guard and pounds him with a double fisted strike to the shoulders, he falls to the ground, seemingly unconscious... only for Ron to jump to his feet lightning quick, and rapidly hammer Oliva with a flurry of furious blows. Oliva finally has to grab him and deliver a series of headbutts, throwing his entire body into each one to knock eventually knock Ron out, who kept throwing punches with his broken hands until Oliva nearly caved in his face.

* TheAce: Shibukawa is regarded as an expert in aiki, with many noting that anyone else trying to use aiki like he can in a real fight, is basically impossible. Only [[WorldsStrongestMan Yujiro]] has ever successfully do the same.