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[[folder:Character Index]]
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[[WMG:[[center: [- '''[[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]]''' ([[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy "Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]], [[Characters/OnePiecePirateHunterRoronoaZoro "Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro]], [[Characters/OnePieceCatBurglarNami "Cat Burglar" Nami]], [[Characters/OnePieceGodUsopp "God" Usopp]], '''"Black Leg" Vinsmoke Sanji''', [[Characters/OnePieceTonyTonyChopper "Cotton Candy Lover" Tony Tony Chopper]], [[Characters/OnePieceDemonChildNicoRobin "Demon Child" Nico Robin]], [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]])]]-]]]
[[WMG:[[center: [- '''[[Characters/OnePieceWorldGovernment World Government]]''' ([[Characters/OnePieceMarines Marines]] [[[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]]], [[Characters/OnePieceCipherPol Cipher Pol]], [[Characters/OnePieceImpelDown Impel Down]])]]-]]]
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[[header:"Black Leg" Sanji]]
!!!'''Child Voice:''' Creator/IkueOtani (JP); Creator/ChristineAuten (EN, Funi, TV series), Creator/MeganShipman (EN, Funi, ''Episode of East Blue''), Creator/VeronicaTaylor (EN, 4Kids); Alejandra Vegar (4Kids), Oliver Díaz (Netflix) (Latin American Spanish); Creator/DianaTorres (SP)\\
'''Adult Voice:''' Creator/HiroakiHirata (JP); Creator/EricVale (EN, Funi), David Moo (EN, 4Kids), Joseph Murray (EN, Odex, episode 20-67), Paul Pistore (EN, Odex, episode 68-104); Noe Velásquez (Latin American Spanish); Creator/AlfredoMartinez (SP)
!!!'''Age:''' 19 (Pre-Timeskip), 21 (Post-Timeskip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 43 (Manga), Episode 20 (Anime)
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->''"The Marines may not be concerned with me right now, but soon I, Black Leg Sanji, will be the most infamous of all!"''
Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered by the fandom as one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats. Sanji and Zoro are also considered to be "the Wings of the Pirate King" by Nico Robin.
His dream is to find a legendary patch of sea called the All Blue, where one can find species of fish from all over the world. His mentor, former-pirate-turned-restaurant-owner Zeff, is one he shares his dreams with, and Sanji worked under him as a way to pay Zeff back for saving his life when the two were stuck on a rock with barely any food when Sanji was a child.
Sanji has also shown some ButtMonkey tendencies, as he's become the butt of an ever-increasing list of jokes, including a ugly, poorly drawn bounty poster that no one has any trouble identifying him with, a man who ''resembles'' said bounty poster coming for revenge, and Kuma blasting him to an island filled with, of all things, drag queens, leading him to declare that [[IronicHell he is in Hell]]. While there, he learns of a special recipe to make the consumer stronger and trains with the 99 Newkama Kenpo masters.
In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually went on the run, frustrated with the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother Sora died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animus and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister Reiju's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as Linlin, who is capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
He has a bounty of 330,000,000 million berries.[[note]]His first bounty is 77,000,000 Berries, awarded for his defeat of Jabra and involvement at Enies Lobby. He's, however, frequently unrecognized since his old wanted poster is a poorly-drawn composite sketch. His second bounty is 177,000,000 berries, received for simply being a member of the Straw Hats after Dressrosa. He also finally gains an actual picture for his poster (albeit a goofy take of him with his typical "heart" eyes). Due to his father's meddling, he's also briefly wanted only alive at this time, unlike the other Straw Hats and every other known criminal (who are all "dead or alive"). He receives his current bounty of 330,000,000 berries for his connection to the Vinsmokes and involvement in the raid against Big Mom; and, with his family matters resolved, he is once again wanted dead or alive. However, to his extreme frustration, he is now officially recognized by the government as "Vinsmoke" Sanji.[[/note]]
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* NinetiesHair: His iconic "curtains" hairstyle is distinctly 90s, no doubt due to being officially inspired by Creator/SteveBuscemi's [[https://imgur.com/a/BGYWL6K hair]] in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' according to Oda. This is Downplayed with art evolution and the Timeskip, however, with Sanji's hair becoming distinctly shaggier over time.
* ABNegative: It turns out Sanji has a rare blood type. This becomes extremely problematic when the {{Nosebleed}} after {{Nosebleed}} he'd been suffering and had been PlayedForLaughs after being exposed to real women again caused him to go through all of Chopper's stock of that specific type. As a result, when a mermaid tries to keep him hidden by stuffing him into [[MarshmallowHell Marshmallow Heaven]], he has such an [[HighPressureBlood epic]] gusher that it becomes life-threatening. Further complicating the situation was the issue that due to some latent racism between humans and merfolks, those who had the blood type refused to donate either out of discrimination or fear of the enforcers of the regime.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: His interactions with Cosette and Pudding during the Whole Cake Island Arc proves that he's actually really good at charming women when he's not intentionally trying to.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The Viz translation of the manga takes his regular attack names (one-word French cooking terms, for the most part), and adds a second word, usually alliterative with the first, to them, resulting in names like "Trompine Treader" and "Mouton Mallet".
* AllAccordingToPlan: Sanji is the tactical mastermind of the crew and all of his plans work out the way he wants them to.
** The most notable incident still is his Mr. Prince shtick in the Alabasta arc, where he tricks Crocodile into leaving the building so that he can save his own crew.
** During the Buster Call at the Water 7-Enies Lobby arc, Sanji disappears from the fight, only to reveal later that not only did he has rigged the aiming of the cannons of several warships to miss the ''Going Merry'', but he has also closed the Doors of Justice to create whirlpools that would make the larger ships stand still, but allow their tinier ship to escape.
** During the raid at Onigashima, Sanji leaves Nami and Carrot, apparently to spend some time with the prostitutes [[spoiler:while he's actually planning to change into his raid suit to become invisible, and uses it to reach Kaido and saves Momonosuke]].
* AllLovingHero: By his own admission, Sanji loves ''all'' women even if they are villains and want to kill him.
* AlmightyJanitor: After the Alabasta Arc, Sanji doesn't receive a bounty like Zoro or Luffy, despite being as strong as them, and having even played a big role into defeating Crocodile when he saves his entire crew from a deadly trap. It still applies with later bounties, as he never becomes the third highest until the events of Whole Cake Island. Outside of bounties, despite being one of the best fighters of the crew, Sanji's official position is the cook.
* AlwaysSecondBest: It's a bit of a subtle running gag that he's ''always'' just one step behind Zoro in every area (excluding such obvious things as cooking, leg strength, or directional sense of course). He's got the ''second'' deepest voice in the crew behind Zoro, he's ''one centimeter'' shorter than Zoro, he's ''always'' a little behind him strength-wise and he always fights somebody who's a little weaker than Zoro's opponent. It pops up in other ways too, such as how he woke up just ''after'' Zoro did after Kuma attacked on Thriller Bark. Zoro himself, of course, mocks Sanji every time he bests him.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[spoiler:Sanji is considered a nuisance to his two older brothers Ichiji and Niji. Not because there's anything actually wrong with ''Sanji'', but because both of them are massive [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] with an utter LackOfEmpathy (no thanks to [[EvilutionaryBiologist Judge]]) who think that his noble, heroic qualities are irritating]].
* TheApprentice: He served as Zeff's apprentice shortly after the latter saved his life as a child.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:In Chapter 864, after failing to kill Sanji the first time thanks to [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe some unexpected compliments]], Pudding tries again, insisting that her murderous, sadistic self is her "true" personality unlike the sweet girl Sanji had seen, and rants that she has deceived many people before Sanji in the past. Sanji responds by asking Pudding if she happened to be one of those people, which, although it doesn't make her back down right away, noticeably shocks Pudding into hesitating even more. This is what triggers Pudding's HeelFaceTurn that ultimately helps the Straw Hats escape Totto Land]].
* ArrangedMarriage: To the thirty-fifth daughter of the Charlotte family, Pudding. Their wedding is supposed to be the centerpiece of one of Big Mom's tea parties, and the whole situation is courtesy of his father and Big Mom forming a political alliance. He's not too happy about it, though he still ends up love-struck by his beautiful bride to be when he actually sees her ([[ChivalrousPervert as you might expect]]). [[spoiler:Things go even more sour, though, when it turns out that Pudding is actually a BrokenBird with a sadistic streak and the engagement is a sham- the real purpose is to murder him along with his entire family. Once Sanji gives her her first compliment, however, Pudding [[HeelFaceTurn decides to help the Straw Hats]] and makes up an alibi of them already being married to escape suspicion... though as shown by her breakdown over Sanji leaving Totto Land at the end of the Totto Land arc, [[LoveHurts she wishes it were true]]]].
* ArtEvolution: A very subtle version; Sanji's face wasn't quite as round when he [[http://i.imgur.com/GXghVfc.png first came back]] from the {{Timeskip}} [[http://i.imgur.com/ZrJUx4Z.png?1 compared to later on]].
* AssassinOutclassin:
** In the Totto Land arc, [[spoiler:he outclasses ''three'' would-be assassins in the span of a few seconds. First, he causes his [[HoneyTrap fake fiancee]] to have a VillainousBreakdown on the altar right before she tries to shoot him by calling her supposedly horrifying ThirdEye [[FreakyIsCool beautiful]]. Then, after she fails, he [[DodgeTheBullet dodges the priest's point-blank gunshot]] attempt -- or at least he would have had the [[ColdSniper cold-sniping]] {{Seer|s}} Charlotte Katakuri not foreseen this and intervened. Instead, Katakuri tries to kill him by flicking a [[AbnormalAmmo jellybean]] through his [[BoomHeadshot head]] before this can happen... but Sanji dodges ''that'' as well and Katakuri ends up killing the priest instead]].
** In the Wano arc, after joining Franky in beating up a few members of the Kyoshiro family for trying to intimidate them into paying a protection fee, [[spoiler:Sanji gets Page One and X Drake sent after him so [[MakeAnExampleOfThem he'll be used as an example for defying the yakuza]]. Not only does Sanji stops Page One with a powerful kick upon arrival, he also prepares to use his raid suit that he previously wanted nothing to do with]].
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Despite the above AlmightyJanitor and below Badass instances, Sanji will likely lose his train of thought if a pretty woman comes into his focus. One instance on the Punk Hazard arc is him chasing to help Nami and Robin but stops when he sees Monet. Not only does he stop, but the Marines who are following him stop as well to comment on how beautiful she is.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Not only is Sanji a brilliant tactician in combat, but his sense of smell along with his cooking skills allows him to produce an exact copy of the recipe for a cake someone else made (complete with seven secret ingredients), just off the smell of the cake, despite being a ''[[UpToEleven smoker]]''[[labelnote: Explanation]] Who in real life are known and proven to have a severely diminished sense of smell and taste due to the poison they're addicted to.[[/labelnote]]
* BadassBaritone: When he's not fawning over women, his voice is the deepest in the crew after Zoro's.
* BadassFamily: Despite him having cut his ties with them and thus no longer considering them to be his family (and vice-versa, at least in the case of his father and brothers), he ''is'' a biological member of the infamous Vinsmoke family, a royal family of underworld "killers", all of whom who have been shown to be badass in their own right, something that "Black Leg" Sanji, member of the Straw Hat Pirates, in-crew member of the Straw Hat's "Monster Trio", and tactical genius, can also lay claim to.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Quite spiffy looking with that blue/orange pinstripe shirt and classic black suit.
* BadassNormal: Not normal by our standards, but he's the only Straw Hat to not use either a Devil Fruit or a weapon, so he's literally just going with the rest of the crew and fighting with just his own two feet. Despite this, he's one of the three strongest members of the crew. Also taken quite literally in the fact that he's the only sibling in the Vinsmoke family to not be genetically modified, so unlike his siblings, his strength came entirely through training.
* BareFistedMonk: Well, it's technically Bare ''Footed'' Monk. He never uses his hands in battle because he needs them undamaged to cook.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He is always annoyed with his lack of recognition, especially since his Wanted poster looked like Duval, and desires to be the most infamous pirate in the world. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is the missing third son of the criminal Vinsmoke family, a royal family of assassins, thus making him a prince by birthright and just a few steps in political power below the ''World Nobles''. The Vinsmoke family also consisted of people who constantly abused and bullied him for being weak as a child, which later caused him to run away and become a pirate. Looks like your wish finally came true, Sanji]]. When he finally gets a higher bounty then [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Zoro]], Sanji can't enjoy it [[spoiler:since it's clear that the World Government only raised his bounty due to being a Vinsmoke, leaving Sanji depressed.]]
* BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler:No matter how much he hates his family, who are evil warmongers, mock him as a failure and keep his ParentalSubstitute hostage, Sanji can't leave them to their fate to get killed by Big Mom. Sanji doesn't view them as family, but he will try to save them nonetheless, because he is too compassionate to just run away. Thanks to the help of the Straw Hat-Firetank Pirate Alliance, he eventually succeeds in saving his family, who decide to protect the Straw Hats and aid their escape even after fulfilling their life debt to him]].
* BerserkButton:
** Never insult his culinary skills or steal his dream of eating the [[{{Invisibility}} Clear-Clear Fruit]].
** Never suggest that he is incapable of protecting people. Kuroobi found this out the hard way.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Let's face it, no remotely important characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' are remotely realistic, as far as their abilities are concerned.
** But who else goes as far as to perform ''plastic surgery'' in the middle of battle by rapidly kicking their opponent in the face?
** But who else ignites their feet for a special attack without getting burned, while underwater?
** Not to mention running faster than the speed of ''water pressure''.
** While not unheard of, flying in One Piece is a very exceptional skill to have.
** His nosebleeds can actually ''run Chopper out of his spare blood stock for Sanji's type.'' Chopper, by the way, also takes care of ''Zoro'' after fights.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Sanji is surprisingly protective and supportive of Usopp, even going out of his way to give him encouragement. This makes a lot more sense when you realize [[spoiler:Sanji can relate to Usopp due to being the weakest member of a group (the Straw Hats in Usopp's case, his family in Sanji's case)]].
** Inverts it with Little Brother Instinct [[spoiler:towards Reiju, his older sister. He despises his quadruplet brothers and his father, but he genuinely does care about his sister, the only one of his still-living relatives who was kind to him when he was a child. He does decide to save his whole family at Big Mom's wedding, but it's clear that Reiju is the one he wants to save the most; when the rest of the Vinsmokes are about to be murdered by the Charlotte family, Sanji rushes towards the table to help while shouting for her to run away]].
* BigDamnHeroes:
** "Mr. Prince", followed later by "The Hunter".
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook from '''Doflamingo''' in Dressrosa.
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook ''again'', this time from being trapped in Capone's body, while they are on Zou.
* {{Bishonen}}: A masculine example, though it gets downplayed after he grows out his facial hair during the TimeSkip with the transition from the thin teenage stubble to a full goatee.
** Zoro calls him "Idiot Lovely".
** [[TheMafia Firetank Pirates]] member Gotti angrily calls Sanji "pretty boy".
** When meeting Sanji's older sister, Brook goes heart-eyed twice and says "So pretty." Shortly after, Luffy sees her face and asks, [[IdiotHero "Sanji?!"]]
* BigLittleBrother: Both he and his fraternal quadruplet brothers are taller than their older sister, Reiju, who is the firstborn of their family.
* BlueIsHeroic: Sanji's [[ColorMotifs main color scheme]] is blue. He's also a member of the Straw Hat Pirates [[spoiler:and a WhiteSheep in the royal Vinsmoke family, which was thanks to his mother, Sora, [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing herself]] to preserve his empathy after his father, Judge, psychologically altered him in-utero]].
* BondOneLiner: Has a habit of giving these after winning major fights.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler:A platonic example; in Chapter 843, he turns down Luffy's attempts to bring him back from Totto Land because his abusive family blackmailed him into marrying Pudding, and if he defied his purpose, his loved ones (especially [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]]) will be killed. Luffy understandably doesn't listen and punches Sanji in the face to get him to come back to the crew]].
* BrickJoke: One that took a ''very'' long time, and was almost not certainly planned to be this: in Alabasta, Sanji gives the name "Mr. Prince" to Crocodile as his alias. [[ComicBookTime Two in-series years, and over a decade of real-life time, later]], we find out that he actually ''is'' a blood-born prince of the Vinsmoke family, the rulers of Germa Kingdom and an infamous group of Underworld assassins.
* BrokenTears: He bursts into tears twice during the Totto Land arc. [[spoiler:First, after he beats Luffy up and tries to force the Straw Hats to leave Whole Cake Island, which makes Nami ''[[ArmorPiercingSlap slap]]'' him. And later, when he overheard [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]] laughing at how easily she tricked him, how stupid she finds him and how she is looking forward to see his reaction right before she kills him.]]
* BrooklynRage: In the 4Kids dub, Sanji was given a thick Brooklyn accent to match his temperamental personality.
* ButtMonkey: Aside from Luffy, he's the Straw Hat most likely to be the butt of some joke or run into misfortune; he consistently is beaten up by Nami, rejected by most women, ends up in strange situations, and his quirks and mannerisms are sometimes jokingly mocked by the other Straw Hats when he's not present (aside from [[SitcomArchNemesis Zoro]], [[VitriolicBestBuds who, of course]], will do it to his face). [[spoiler:It steers into borderline TraumaCongaLine territory in the Totto Land arc when, chapter after chapter, he is subjected to his royal family's abuse, discovers that his beautiful chef fiancee is actually a broken, sadistic psychopath who planned to kill him, and even has [[KickTheDog explosive bracelets planted on his arms]] so he'll be obedient to his family's demands until his wedding day]].
* BurningWithAnger: As a RunningGag he bursts into flames when he's sufficiently enraged. Chopper even says "[[AngstNuke Awesome! He exploded!]]" at one point during one such instance. After the TimeSkip, he's ''weaponized'' it since it reminds him of his TrainingFromHell at the hands of Ivankov.
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* CainAndAbel: Sanji clearly has no love for his three quadruplet brothers. It's later revealed that as a child, Sanji was frequently and viciously bullied by his brothers for being weak and showing compassion towards starving animals.
** His older sister, Reiju, who laughed at this in public but showed compassion for him in private, is the only living family member he shows affection for.
** It's heavily implied that he fought (and defeated) the youngest, Yonji, as soon as they met up again, with Yonji sporting a disfigured face afterwards.
** [[spoiler:Though he hates all of them, he has a particular dislike for Niji, as he specifically notes that only ''Niji'' out of all of them is actually vindictive and petty enough to brutally beat an innocent cook to spite Sanji for defending her. This act practically lowers Niji to a level that's "[[InsultToRocks lower than scum]]" in Sanji's eyes]].
** [[spoiler:This is later justified in Chapter 852; before Sanji and his brothers were born, Judge tried to weaponize them by experimenting on them in utero and completely removing their ability to feel compassion and empathy. Their mother, Sora, intervened by taking a drug that reversed gene-altering surgeries, but died, saving only Sanji. His brothers can't understand why he still has his humanity and continues to act kind towards others, because they were programmed that way.]]
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: Thanks to [[spoiler:his mother taking a drug against Judge's modifications, Sanji is the only one of his siblings to not have any superhuman ability but also keeps his emotions. At Onigashia, however, Sanji manifests those powers and Queen comments that his genetic alterations might have manifested later; Sanji is not happy of these changes because he fears to lose his emotions just like his brothers]].
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Sanji is noticeably less lecherous around Pudding (the closest he ever had to a full-blown romantic relationship) than any other woman save his sister (this becomes clear after the wedding is crashed). Funnily enough, it's Pudding herself that goes full Sanji mode when near Sanji himself, so this trope might be employed to balance it out.
* CasanovaWannabe: The chances of him actually sleeping with anyone he's wooed are practically nonexistent. [[spoiler:Then when the chance comes up after he is paired up with Charlotte Pudding, one of Big Mom's daughters, he turns it down, to the shock of his crewmates]].
* CatchPhrase:
** "Crap" as a prefix (e.g. his nickname for Zeff, "Kuso Jijii", means "Shitty Old Man"). It's almost a tic, since he uses it when describing non-crappy things, like 'dates' with Nami. This pisses her off enormously.
** '''~MELLORINE!!!~''' [[note]](Mellorine is a cheaper version of ice cream that's made from animal/vegetable fat instead of butter. It could be an extension of how he says "Crap" to describe non-crappy things as mentioned above.)[[/note]]
** For a while after the time skip (in which he spent two years stuck on an island with transvestites): "IIIII NEEEEED LADYYYYY!"
* CharacterDevelopment:
** [[spoiler:He was supposed to be completely emotionless like his brothers, but thanks to his mother sacrificing herself for him, he was born a normal boy. Unfortunately, his father and brothers saw it fit to constantly bully and abuse him for being weaker than them, which culminated in Sanji being thrown into the dungeons to rot. Reiju secretly rescued him, and helped him escape by directing him to a cruise ship in the East Blue, which took him in as an apprentice chef]].
** His innocence takes a toll when Sanji found himself stranded on an island with "Red Leg" Zeff after a catastrophic storm, nearly starving to death [[spoiler:for the second time]]. He was dismayed at how he had wasted food earlier, and was horrified to discover Zeff had given him all the remaining food and had been eating ''his own leg'' to stay alive. This was the beginning of Sanji's desire to feed anyone regardless of their background and loyalties, and to never ever waste food.
** By the start of the story, Sanji went from the LethalChef he was as a child, to a bad-tempered SupremeChef. Although Zeff was a well-meaning father, he was borderline-abusive in making sure Sanji grew up to become a fine man. While Sanji goes gaga at every pretty woman he sees ([[DirtyKid something he had since he was a child]]), he's more civil about it. Furthermore, thanks to Baratie's teachings, he ''loathes'' anyone who wastes food, and will kick anyone who does.
** After undergoing two years' worth of TrainingFromHell with Ivankov and the Okamas, Sanji went from a smooth-talking ChivalrousPervert to a CasanovaWannabe who would overreact to the presence of a pretty woman like a man who's been starved and dehydrated for weeks.
** In the Dressrosa arc, Sanji proved himself to be a very good leader when Luffy and half of the Straw Hats were off dealing with Doflamingo and his crew, as he was able to give the Big Mom Pirates a bit of trouble with his assault (with Luffy's blessing).
** In the Zou and Totto Land arcs, [[spoiler:Sanji rediscovers his blood ties with the Vinsmokes, who he had not seen in years, and is forced to put up with them because his father made him the lynchpin that will seal the Vinsmokes' alliance with the Big Mom Pirates. To make things worse, Judge blackmailed his weakling son into submission, to the point where Sanji had to bend himself over backwards constantly to please both his family and Big Mom so his friends or the Baratie chefs wouldn't be assassinated. Despite having every reason to hate his asshole father and brothers, he ultimately decides to save them from being executed by Big Mom's family after Reiju tells him the truth behind his mother's death and his brothers' behaviors. [[MissingMom Vinsmoke Sora]] ends up getting the last laugh as Sanji's unearthed compassion saves the Straw Hats, the Vinsmokes, and the Firetank Pirates from total annihilation, and even finds a new ally in his supposed "fiancee", [[BrokenBird Charlotte]] [[TragicVillain Pudding]], who falls in love with him after he heals her broken heart and helps the Straw Hats flee Big Mom's wrath. Even better, all the Vinsmokes are indebted to the one they dismissed as a failure]].
** In the Reverie arc, [[spoiler:Sanji discovers that Niji secretly gave him his own raid suit, which he assumes to be CondescendingCompassion on his brother's part. He understandably refuses to use his raid suit and denounces the use of science to make people stronger, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite knowing that Nami uses the Clima-Tact to fight her enemies]]]]. However, in the Wano arc, [[spoiler:he gets over it and prepares to use it against the rampaging Page One, knowing that [[CoverBlowingSuperpower he'll end up revealing himself as a Vinsmoke]]]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** It's strange to think that he once (in the manga at least) almost shot Nico Robin, albeit an instinctive reaction to Vivi being threatened. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What ever happened to that pistol, anyway?]]
** Sanji used to be more reserved and often always irritable, now he's not only high-strung, but he goes into goofy states of mind when involved with women. Justified, however; you try living on an island full of [[CreepyCrossdresser transvestites]] who think you're attractive and chase you everywhere you go while having absolutely no contact with real women ''for two straight years'' and see how you behave after that.
** His [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold kindness and altruism]] become highlighted and focused on as defining traits of his in the Whole Cake Island Arc, to the point where his sister considers them to be the most prominent and important aspects of his personality. However, if you look at past One Piece, he wasn't quite as altruistic and forgiving in the past. Though all of this is certainly not ''too'' inconsistent with his character, there is the one egregious matter of how he was ready to abandon the innocent kids suffering under Caesar in the Punk Hazard Arc if it weren't for Nami (Though to be fair, neither he nor Nami knew about the situation the kids were in at the time). However, it could be argued that his family's physical and emotional abuse for being "weak", combined with living the rest of his childhood with the hard-handed yet well-meaning Zeff, caused Sanji's innocent compassion to whittle away until he's mostly left with jade-colored glasses.
* CharacterTics: When under extreme stress, Sanji has been shown to express anxiety by ruffling his hair and/or curling into himself as to bring his head down towards his legs. He was shown to have done the latter as a child while he was trapped on the rock with Zeff, and he did the former once while the Straw Hats were being hunted down by Kuma, but most prominently, [[spoiler:he has done either one of or a combination of both of these tics ''several'' times throughout the Totto Land Arc, the cause of which being the extreme stress he's being put under because of his abusive family, along with their forcing of him into an arranged marriage with one of Big Mom's daughters and all of the consequences that have come of that.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Considering his legs are strong enough to casually kick away large sea monsters, he definitely qualifies. To the extent that he's become ''stronger'' than his genetically-enhanced siblings, despite lacking those enhancements himself.
* ChefOfIron: Of the 'Ordinary' variety, although he names his attacks after food and cooking methods. He is capable of using cooking utensils as weapons with some proficiency, but prefers not to as they are meant for helping people, not hurting them. He ''never'' uses food itself as a weapon, and others doing so is one of his {{Berserk Button}}s, since he considers it wasteful; the only time he uses knives was against Wanze in the Water 7 arc, since cutting up Wanze's ramen armor was no different than preparing food.
* ChekhovsGag: Sanji made a pervy face while he goofed off with those mermaids during the Fish-Man Island arc. Several years later, in the Zou arc, his new Wanted Poster features that exact moment (down to the ''fish that were in the background''), and it ends up becoming a driving factor in [[spoiler:the reemergence of his family]].
* ChekhovsGun:
** His new bounty poster, the one with a legitimate picture of him reads [[spoiler:"Alive Only" instead of the typical "Dead or Alive" hinting someone powerful doesn't want him dead]].
** His [[spoiler:"No. 3" [[PoweredArmor raid suit]], which Niji gave to him as a token of goodwill in the beginning of the Reverie arc after the Straw Hats manage to escape Totto Land. At first, Sanji wanted nothing to do with Germa's technology or science, despite Nami and Usopp's protests, but he proceeds to pull it out and use it to fight Page One]].
* TheChessmaster: Sanji isn't just a great martial artist, he's also a genius-level manipulator, able to outsmart brilliant people such as Crocodile. He also shows a habit of playing people like fiddles through the series, usually opting to sabotage or confuse enemies covertly while the rest of the crew handles more direct approaches (such as prior to the start of the Enies Lobby Arc). [[spoiler:This is later justified after the TimeSkip, where the Totto Land Arc revealed that Sanji and his siblings were all trained in military strategy since childhood so they can become brilliant Germa 66 commanders. It's a good thing he ran away and is now on the side of good, because Sanji's presence would spell "[[SpannerInTheWorks instant failure]]" for the [[BigBad villains]]' [[EvilPlan plans]]]].
* ChickMagnet: Funnily and ironically enough, even though he's a CasanovaWannabe most of the time, Sanji ''does'' tend to attract women whenever he manages to act relatively normal (i.e., not outright perverted) for more than five minutes. He's also usually popular at parties.
* ChivalrousPervert: '''''And how'''''; as much as he goes gaga over pretty women and tries to flirt with them, he refuses to harm a woman even if it would cost him his life. Do ''not'' mistreat women in his vicinity unless you want him to literally explode with rage. Zeff is the reason behind this, literally beating it into his head that he must never harm a lady or he will be a failure as a man. [[spoiler:Despite Pudding absolutely ''loathing'' the fact that she would be marrying a pervert, Sanji's attraction to her ThirdEye saves his life when Pudding, taken aback by his compliments, reveals herself to be a BrokenBird by collapsing into tears]].
* CigaretteBurns: On several occasions, he's burned his opponents in the middle of a fight with his cigarette butt. However, he's rarely resorted to this tactic ever since he actually learned how to [[PlayingWithFire generate fire]].
* ClarkKentOutfit: Sanji with his suit on looks leaner than Usopp, with [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0sc-0may4FM/maxresdefault.jpg his suit off]] he's about muscly as Zoro.
* CloseToHome: Due to Sanji's childhood starvation, wasting or disrespecting food is the ''one'' thing that has made him angry enough to use his fists against someone, especially Luffy. Do ''not'' do it anywhere near him.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Niji slips a Raid suit into his pocket as a goodbye gift. When he puts aside his distaste towards everything Germa, and dons it, it enhances his already considerable CharlesAtlasSuperpower and MadeOfIron stats, and grants him his childhood dream of {{invisibility}}]].
* ColorCharacter: Sanji is given the name "Black Leg", since he fights like his mentor, "Red Leg" Zeff, and wears a black suit with black shoes. This is notably in contrast to his siblings, whose epithets are in English written in katakana, while Sanji's name is in Japanese written with kanji. [[spoiler:And he actually would have gotten the color of black in Germa, too, as in the comic strip Germa's No. 3 was "Stealth Black".]]
* ColorFailure: When he heard Zoro saying he and Duval, whose ugly face matches the drawing from his wanted poster, are 'like two peas in a pod', [[http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/274/7/a/shocked_sanji_by_jasonpictures-d816yud.png he looks offended]], to put it mildly.
* ColorMotif:
** Sanji usually wears [[BlueIsHeroic blue]], which symbolizes masculinity, wisdom, and sorrow. [[spoiler:A very far cry from the CheerfulChild he once was, thanks to suffering a DarkAndTroubledPast with the Vinsmokes]]. It also connects him to [[spoiler:Vinsmoke Niji, his older quadruplet brother who also has blue as his color theme. In this case, blue connects them in how they were both affected by [[AbusiveParents Judge]] growing up (being horrifically abused for having compassion vs. being literally and completely unable to empathize with others) and how Sanji is everything Niji could have become if his empathy wasn't removed by Judge in-utero]].
** When he was younger, [[spoiler:his designated color was yellow, as it would have marked him as a genetically-modified Vinsmoke like his sister and brothers. Ironically, it showed his childlike innocence and kindness, things that Sanji managed to keep thanks to Sora's attempts to preserve her sons' humanity]].
** After the two-year timeskip, Sanji took to wearing orange, which represents warmth and passion (possibly invoking his fire powers through "Hell Memories").
* CombatPragmatist: Though he practices an elegant martial art and has a strict code of honor, he's not above [[CigaretteBurns burning his opponents with his cigarette]] to catch them off guard. He'll also occasionally play mind games with his opponent to get them to drop their guard so he can surprise them with a kick, a tactic he's used against Mr.2 and Jabra.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In an SBS in vol. 68, Oda confirmed that Sanji was modeled after Creator/SteveBuscemi as Mr. Pink from the movie Film/ReservoirDogs.
* CookingDuel: Gets into a few in anime {{Filler}}. [[SupremeChef He always wins, of course]].
* CulturedBadass: He's the number one ChivalrousPervert and SupremeChef, who loves to wear nice-looking suits.
* DanceBattler: Most of the Black Leg Style's kicking techniques resemble real life UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} moves.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Sanji was born the third son of the Vinsmoke family, a family of royal assassins who once ruled the North Blue (they're trying to fix that). Before he and his (older and younger) fraternal quadruplet brothers were even born, Judge altered their DNA in utero and surgically removed their ability to feel empathy, so he can turn them into the perfect killing machines. Sanji's mother, Sora, who completely disagreed with her husband's plan, secretly ate a drug that reversed gene modifications so she can protect their sons, but unfortunately she was only successful in saving Sanji while Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji have but a shred of humanity left, and died as a result of the drug's effects while Sanji was still young. When Judge discovered Sanji still remained compassionate and physically remained as strong as a normal kid, he forever deemed him a "failure" in his eyes, and let Sanji's brothers viciously bully him for most of his childhood, even telling Sanji ''to his face'' that he isn't worth raising as a Vinsmoke. His only ray of hope, after Sora died, was his older sister, Reiju, who could only help him in private due to her fear of being abused as well. Judge eventually attempted to "start over" by forcing an iron mask onto Sanji and leaving him to rot in the family dungeons, while [[DeathFakedForYou declaring him as "dead" in public]]; Reiju came to his rescue by freeing him, and guided him to a passing cruise ship, the Orbit, while their family was preoccupied with their conquests, telling to find people who love him and never come back home again. Judge found out, but let him go on the condition that he keep his true birthright a secret]]. While working as a ship's cook on the ''Orbit'', the ship was attacked by the pirate "Red Leg" Zeff and his crew. A freak storm occurred during the attack, of which Zeff and Sanji were the only survivors, and both were marooned on an island where they experienced extreme starvation due to little resources. Because Sanji shared Zeff's dream of becoming a chef, Zeff helped him during their time on the island, even giving him all the food they had left. Eventually they were rescued, but Sanji's horrific experiences shaped him into the man he is today.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Sanji's [[BadassInANiceSuit stylish suits]] are usually black with a blue (and orange, post-TimeSkip) shirt. This would later apply to his [[spoiler:Raid Suit, as it's mainly black]].
* DeadlyDodging: [[spoiler:He dodges Katakuri's [[ItMakesSenseInContext jellybean shot]] and it ''[[BoomHeadshot instantly kills the priest behind him instead]]''.]]
* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:Gives [[ColdSniper Charlotte]] [[CombatClairvoyance Katakuri]] one after seeing a [[AbnormalAmmo jellybean]] kill the wedding priest instead of him. [[OhCrap He knows what's going on]].]]
* DefeatByModesty: During his (filler) duel against the substitute "Queen" of Kamabakka, he's soon forced to resort only to weak, low kicks because his opponents keeps peeping at his bloomers when he tries to kick him. (Sanji having been forced to wear a dress to get Caroline to fight him.)
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Despite a pirate lifestyle being decadent as well, [[FriendlyPirate on paper]], Sanji comes from an even worse evil group, the Nazi-esque Germa 66. Sanji fled to the East Blue to live a life away from the Vinsmoke family and distance himself from his old life, not wanting anything to do with his father and older brothers' lifestyles as assassins.]]
* DelinquentHair: In the gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre -- Red-Hair of Class 3-Sea Time", Sanji sports a curly pompadour that covers his left eye just like his hair did pre-TimeSkip. In said gag comic, he's depicted as a chain-smoking school delinquent.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:In Chapter 845, Sanji crosses this when he believes he is truly out of options in getting out of his ArrangedMarriage and going back to his friends, since one misstep meant his loved ones will die. Pudding decides to call off their wedding for his sake, but Sanji persuades her not to and hugs her while calling his bride-to-be his "savior"]].
** [[spoiler:He gets hit with it even harder when Pudding turns out to be a BitchInSheepsClothing, as he loses the one ray of hope he had left in this situation. Though when he calls her much-hated ThirdEye "beautiful", he sends her into a tearful VillainousBreakdown and leaves her unable to kill him.]]
* DirtyKid: Flashbacks to his childhood years while in Baratie (in Ch. 839) shows that he's been a perv ever since he's still a kid. Zeff repeatedly scolded him for it. The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre -- Family Time" even depicted him as a middle-schooler who "likes chicks" and goes to the girls' locker room while the girls are undressing to deliver Nami her things she forgot, all while sporting a lewd expression on his face.
* DistractedByTheSexy: He always loses his focus when he sees a pretty woman and he's particularly susceptible to [[HoneyTrap Honey Traps]]. [[spoiler: One egregious example is when he ''knows'' his "fiancee" Charlotte Pudding is really planning to kill him on the altar, but he's so attracted to her that he lets himself get sucked into her flirtations again anyway]]. However, despite these tendencies, he does have a degree of self-restraint when it counts, [[spoiler: and it leads him to ''again'' slip up in regards to Pudding, [[SpannerInTheWorks with unexpected consequences]].]]
* DoNotCallMePaul: He prefers to go by "(Black Leg) Sanji" rather than "Vinsmoke" Sanji, and the Baratie crew plus the Straw Hat Pirates are his only family. Even if he cares for his elder sister Reiju and doesn't despise his father and brothers enough to wish death on them, he will become severely offended if anyone tries to tie him to the Germa 66 and its royal family.
* DodgeTheBullet: Like Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is fast enough to dodge bullets ''point-blank''. [[spoiler: Even more impressively though, he can dodge [[ColdSniper Katakuri's]] [[AbnormalAmmo jellybeans]] just as easily despite the fact that said person can ''[[{{Seers}} see into the future]] and [[CombatClairvoyance see his opponents' moves]]''. This implies that Sanji moves too fast for Katakuri to glance into the future in time to counteract him.]]
* DoesNotLikeSpam: According to Oda, he hates the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac konjac root]] as it is not nutritious to him.
* DoubleJump: After the TimeSkip, he can replicate [=CP9=]'s Geppou, except he calls it "Sky Walk", and fly; that's what you get for running away from {{Creepy Crossdresser}}s [[TrainingFromHell for two straight years]].
* DramaticSitDown: He does this after [[spoiler:the [[CloneArmy true nature]] behind the existence of the Germa 66 Soldiers]] is revealed to him. Directly beforehand, he claimed to be feeling nauseous, and directly afterwards, he has a CigaretteOfAnxiety to help himself calm down, which leaves the overall impression that the weight of the information that was revealed to him left him on the verge of a panic attack.
* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler:In Chapter 845, he privately reveals to Pudding how horrible his family is by removing Reiju's facial mask, revealing a horrifically swollen and bruised face. Pudding is so shocked that she simultaneously starts crying and apologizing for inconveniencing him... at least on the surface]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect: A common RunningGag early on was his obsession with getting a bounty poster of his own, a wish that ended up backfiring badly as his posters tend to always feature something that inconveniences him big time. This aspect of his personality is highlighted even more once Jimbei joins, as it's hard to not get overlooked with a former Warlord around.
* TheDulcineaEffect: In classic chivalrous fashion. If a woman is in danger, Sanji will drop everything and save her immediately. Examples include running in the ''opposite'' direction of his goal to save the Marine woman Tashigi and deserting a rather important mission on Dressrosa to assist the FemmeFatale Viola. He later develops a "damsel-in-distress" sixth sense. [[spoiler: He quickly runs into conflict with his brother Niji over this, as he steps in to protect a helpless chef that Niji was about to abuse. And when he ''does'' brutally beat her behind Sanji's back, Sanji immediately sets out to avenge her.]]
* ElementalPunch: His [[SignatureMove Diable Jambe]] is basically fire, [[FueledByNonsensoleum powered by his]] HotBlooded temper, put into a kick.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: In the first part of the story, Sanji is simply a SupremeChef who happens to be ''really'' good at kicking. His kicks would even break metallic objects. During the timeskip, Sanji has learned Haki and how to "fly" with a "Moonwalk"-style. After the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji [[spoiler:receives a raid suit from his brothers, which he reluctantly uses for the first time in Wano, that gives him invisibility. While fighting Queen Sanji manifests the same ultra-durable body his brothers have and the ability to instantly heal his bones. He's not at all happy about the last two, since it makes him more like his evil brothers.]]
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Despite their less than amicable relationship, he's not above saving and then teaming up with his father and brothers when surrounded by the Charlotte Family and with both parties in need of some more manpower. He does, however, silently demand that they help his friends with a glare on his face after he frees them, earning an annoyed look from Judge while his siblings comply]].
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Quite a few guys are attracted to him.
** Duval's slip of the tongue reveals he's got a crush on Sanji.
** And, he had the drag queens on Okama Island hitting on him and dressing him up for two years. Poor guy.
** Also, the [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag two]] [[CampGay men]] on Fish-Man Island who gave him blood transfusions.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Knowing what it was like to nearly starve to death [[spoiler:twice]], Sanji will give anyone who is hungry food, be it friend or foe.
** While Sanji may hate most of his biological family, ''especially'' Judge, [[spoiler:he's not willing to just let them die at the hands of Big Mom]].
** Normally he's a complete doormat when it comes to women (especially Nami), but he will speak out against them if he feels strongly enough about the subject at hand, such as Usopp re-joining the crew after his fight with Luffy.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: His attack names are in French.
* ExtremityExtremist: His legs, of course. The explanation is that, though in earlier battles he was using his hands for handstands, he needs his hands for cooking (which, coincidentally, is similar to a principle of UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} -- "hands are a tool of creation, feet are a tool of destruction" -- and he also has some capoeira-esque attacks).
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* FakeoutMakeout: With Violet/Viola. It's vague enough that it could be just a hug though.
* FamilyOfChoice: Explicitly states during the Whole Cake Island Arc that ''Zeff'' is his father, not Judge.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: During his introductory arc, Don Krieg was left starving after Dracule Mihawk destroyed his fleet, and Sanji took pity on him by feeding him over everyone's protests. Unfortunately for Sanji, Krieg "thanked" him by attacking him the moment he felt satiated and declared his intent to claim the floating restaurant as his new flagship. Sanji likely knew that this would be the outcome, but having nearly starved to death himself [[spoiler:twice]], he wouldn't wish such a fate on ''anyone''.
* FastballSpecial: His ''Armée de L'air'' combo moves, in which he uses his powerful legs to launch his friends in the direction of the enemy.
* TheFettered: It's strongly implied that Sanji is more than capable of [[spoiler:defeating his entire family, as demonstrated by his offscreen beatdown of Yonji and his battle with Judge (which Judge only won through foul play), but their threats against Zeff and his adopted family keep him from following through]].
* FirstNameBasis: Makes absolutely ''zero'' mention of his surname willingly. It isn't until the Zou Arc that it gets spoken aloud for the first time -- and not by him. [[spoiler:That's because he has sworn himself to never speak the name "Vinsmoke" again by his own father's instructions and he bears an undying hatred for the family itself.]]
* {{Flanderization}}: In Sanji's very first appearance, he was able to have actual ''conversations'' with women he was attracted to and attempted to woo. Now? [[LovableSexManiac Not]] [[CasanovaWannabe so much.]] He also went from generally suave and occasionally going gaga over women to going gaga by default and violent nosebleeds at worst after the TimeSkip, though this was a result of spending two years on an island full of transvestites. He's displayed some signs of ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat a few arcs later however; though he still freaks out when talking to women far more than he originally ever did, he actually manages to talk like a human being long enough to leave a good impression on the mermaids, Viola, Carrot, and Pudding.
* FlowerMotifs: According to Yuriko Yamaguchi (Robin's voice actress), Sanji's flower is the delphinium, which represents passionate attachment and a huge heart. He is an utter romantic who goes heart-eyed at the sight of beautiful women, and an utterly NiceGuy underneath his [[{{Jerkass}} abrasiveness]]. Ironically, because of the delphinium's toxicity, it means death -- he's a SpannerInTheWorks who "kills" villainous plans, and an utter failure when it comes to successfully seducing and forming long-term relationships with women. [[spoiler:It could also reference Sanji's birth family of royal assassins; how his father, Judge, tried "killing" the notion of compassion and empathy by psychologically/physically altering his children; how Sanji's mother, Sora, died trying to save him and his quadruplet brothers from being turned into utterly emotionless weapons; and/or how Sanji nearly starved to death ''twice'', the first time being left to die in the dungeons by Judge just because he was born a "dud" unlike his enhanced siblings]].
* {{Foil}}:
** To Pudding: [[spoiler:Both are talented chefs as well as royalty, yet were subjected to heavy abuse and bullying. Sanji had the support of loving family members who didn't agree with the abuse his father and brothers were giving him, and eventually helped him run away from home. Pudding had ''no one'' to turn to, and while Big Mom [[ParentalFavoritism doted on her]], even she thought her daughter's ThirdEye was freaky. While both of them became messed up as adults, Sanji was far emotionally adjusted than Pudding, who became a sadistic BrokenBird who closed her heart to all acts of kindness]].
** To Doflamingo: Both are extremely intelligent and powerful fighters who care about their crews, but unlike Sanji, Doflamingo puts up a facade so he wouldn't lose a group of "convenient tools". [[spoiler:Both were born into royalty, except Sanji used to be a CheerfulChild whose family abused him so much that he ran away (with his sister's help), while Doflamingo's parents were actually good people whose eldest son became a RoyalBrat of the highest degree. They also both loved their mothers, but their mothers' deaths gave them different turning points -- Sanji was saved from becoming an emotionless {{Tykebomb}} because his mother wanted her sons to live like normal human beings. Doflamingo became an utter monster both out of hatred for his father for supposedly letting his mother die, and because he was raised by four toxic people who enabled his worst traits]].
** To Wanze: Both are chefs, except when Sanji touches food, they turn into perfect, tasty-looking dishes, while Wanze creates ramen bowls in a disgusting manner (eats flour, ''chews'' on it, then ''spits out noodles through his nose''). Wanze also uses food and knives as weapons, and leaves his own kitchen in an absolutely abysmal state, all of which are grave affronts to any professional cook. Naturally, Sanji shows him how it's done [[CurbStompBattle and beats him rather quickly afterwards]].
* FoodPorn: Any scene where he's cooking and/or serving food inevitably turns into this, as demonstrated during the filler G8 Arc. Unsurprisingly, it attracts people like [[BigEater Luffy]].
* FoolForLove: Fool? He's a self-confessed ''slave'' to love.
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Sanji not becoming an utterly remorseless {{Tykebomb}} like his quadruplet brothers hinged on his mother's kindness. Had Sora not made the choice to sacrifice herself to save her sons after Judge experimented on them in utero, Sanji wouldn't grow up to be a SpannerInTheWorks, a dear friend of the Straw Hats, and a major problem for villains. And more specifically, the entire Vinsmoke line would be rendered extinct by the Charlotte family/Big Mom Pirates, because Sanji didn't make the necessary friends and allies in order to save them. He wouldn't be able to make [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]] reveal her BrokenBird side and perform a HeelFaceTurn, because that relied on ''kindness alone''.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[PlayingWithTropes Played with.]] [[spoiler:While he's the third-born of male fraternal quadruplets, he's biologically the fourth child of the Vinsmokes, with his sister Reiju, and his elder quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji preceding him, in that order. He's also on the outs with his family so bad that his father faked Sanji's death in an attempt to throw away a "dud" and start over with a clean slate.]]
* FreakinessShame: [[spoiler:How Pudding expected Sanji to react to her ThirdEye on their wedding day, so she could kill him and the Vinsmokes according to Big Mom's plan. However, she and her family didn't expect Sanji to be kind enough as to [[FreakyIsCool actually compliment it]]]].
* FreakyIsCool: [[spoiler:Sanji genuinely finds his [[HoneyTrap "fiancee"]] Charlotte Pudding's ThirdEye beautiful and tells her so on the altar even though he knows she's trying to kill him. Pudding -- having been called an ugly freak by others her whole life and [[FreakinessShame never hearing such a thing before]] -- has a VillainousBreakdown at this display of immense kindness and can't go through with killing him. Furthermore, she actually ''falls madly in love with him'' not too long afterwards, perhaps being the first woman to love Sanji back in a romantic sense.]]
* FurAndLoathing: The "Mugiwara Theatre -- Detective Loomes" gag comic has Sanjeen (Sanji), a [[SharpDressedMan sharply-dressed]] ProfessionalKiller who wears a fur scarf and is suspected by the titular Detective Loomes (Luffy) to have killed the rich man Bronegie (Brook) for his money. He's actually innocent.
* GeniusBruiser: Is very smart as well as strong and extremely fast.
* GiverOfLameNames: Franky and Usopp point out that the name Sanji came up with, [[spoiler:"O-Soba Mask"]], [[spoiler:when he put on his "Stealth Black" raid suit,]] is rather lame and want to change it.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Possibly. In one SBS Question Corner, the crew is asked what kind of season on what kind of island they like best. Sanji's reply is "I like Robin on a Nami island!"
* GoingNative: He does this in the island of drag queens, though not of his own will. The natives put him in a dress that he didn't want to wear.
* GoodIsNotNice: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Possibly as the result of being raised by an entire crew of rowdy [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerk chefs with hearts of gold]] at Baratie [[spoiler:and being abused for most of his childhood by his asshole royal family]], he tends to be one of the meaner or ruder crew members towards the locals the Straw Hats meet (the men only of course) or to prioritize the safety of the crew over ''all'' else. He does have his heart of gold, but he does have his meaner moments. One good example would be how he was ready to abandon the kids suffering under Caesar (granted, because he thought taking them along was too reckless) if not for Nami changing his mind.
* GratuitousFrench: Most of his attacks are cooking terms in French.
** Which wasn't kept in the 4Kids dub, instead giving every attack food puns.
** The French attack names were reinstated for the Funimation dub.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** PlayedForLaughs when he learns about [[LadyLand exactly where]] Luffy got sent by Kuma.
** Also played for laughs is his reactions to Zoro being AlwaysSomeoneBetter every time he pulls off something cool or claims he's the best... only for Zoro to call bullshit.
* GuileHero: Pretty good at making strategies, this trait was notably seen in the Alabasta as "Mr. Prince". [[IShallTauntYou With the amount of taunting]] and misdirection that went Crocodile's way, it's pretty safe to say he was the closest thing to a rival {{Chessmaster}} (after [[TheMole Nico Robin]]) in that arc.
* HadToBeSharp: [[spoiler:His siblings are SuperSoldiers. Sanji was intended to be like them, his brothers in particular, but because his dead mother, Sora, secretly took a gene modification-reversing drug in an attempt to preserve her sons' humanity, only Sanji showed that he was not much more than a normal kid. However, his experiences on the Grand Line as a pirate have toughened him to the point that he can easily defeat Yonji, and the later Wano arc makes it clear that he's grown up to be the strongest of all his siblings]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sanji is the only Straw Hat with blonde hair and while he may be a [[HandsomeLech pervert]] and a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold bit of jerk to his male crew members]], he deeply cares for every single member and will lay down his life for each of them. [[spoiler:His kindness is the trait that his sister Reiju admires most about him, as it is a constant reminder that their mother's HeroicSacrifice to save Sanji and his brothers from becoming Judge's {{Tykebomb}}s was not in vain]].
* HandsomeLech: At first, his perverted tendencies were accompanied by women actually finding him charming, but later on, [[CasanovaWannabe his advances are always met with rejection and/or physical abuse]]. [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat This eventually goes back the other way, however]]. The [[CreepyCrossdresser New Kamas]], Mermaids, Viola, Minks, and [[spoiler: Pudding]] all take a liking to him ([[spoiler:Pudding actually falls in love with him, in fact]]).
* HappilyAdopted: Not that he'd admit it. Nonetheless, Sanji grew up to be a well-adjusted young man under Zeff's parentage. [[spoiler:Given that his real father is [[AbusiveParents Judge]], he really lucked out with Zeff.]] This is cemented during the Whole Cake Island Arc when Sanji finally calls Zeff the ''other'' f-word.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** An InUniverse example. [[spoiler:Nearly starving to death on an island at 10 years old is bad enough by itself, but the real tragedy is that this happened after Sanji had already fled from the same fate once; that is, having been left to waste away in a dungeon by his own father at only 8 years old. It's lucky, though, that Zeff's kindness gave him a chance to survive]].
** His chain-smoking habit seems to be a coping mechanism to deal with all the shit he went through as a little kid [[spoiler:including being subjected to horrific abuse by his birth family and nearly starving to death in the family dungeons for the first time]].
* HatedHometown: He ''despises'' the Germa Kingdom, which resides in the North Blue. It's not hard to see why, given it's the place where his father and brothers abused him during his childhood [[spoiler:for not being an emotionless {{Tykebomb}} like Judge intended him to be. It actually factors into Reiju's decision to secretly help Sanji escape to the East Blue in hopes of finding a better life there]].
* HatesTheirParent: [[spoiler:He's resentful towards his biological father Judge because of the latter's abuse towards him as a child]].
* HeritageDisconnect: [[spoiler:Sanji purposefully abandons his family's heritage when he was eight after years of being abused by his father and older brothers. When he meets them again 13 years later, Sanji tells them he doesn't consider himself a Vinsmoke anymore]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:He shuts down emotionally about halfway through the Totto Land arc upon realizing that there's essentially no way out of the situation, first deciding to forget about his aspirations with the crew to marry Pudding and then, after finding out she's no good, deciding to just let himself be killed. Fortunately for Sanji, he recovers after Luffy pummels him in the face with his fist]].
* HeroicRROD: Relatively minor example, but there have been a few instances in which the force behind his kicks has been detrimental to himself, mainly after already taking a beating.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Subverted. After Zoro offers his life for Luffy's to Kuma, Sanji tries to take his place, but Zoro knocks him out before he can go through it.
** [[spoiler:While at Zou, Capone Bege assaults the Mink base to retrieve Sanji, threatening to kill Nami, Chopper and Brook, but Sanji follows him to save his crewmates]].
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: During his childhood at the Baratie, [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]] uses lots of physical punishment to turn Sanji into a SupremeChef and to teach him to never hit a woman. [[spoiler: Sanji's childhood with the Vinsmokes, however, is revealed to be a horrible, horrible aversion -- the difference is that Zeff genuinely cared for Sanji behind his insults and hard hands, while Sanji's birth father Judge and his fraternal quadruplet brothers mistreated him because they only saw him as a weak waste of space]].
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Having nearly starved to death [[spoiler:twice]] as a kid, death by starvation is a fate he literally wouldn't wish on his worst enemy; if someone is starving, he'll feed them without exception, [[spoiler:including ''Big Mom'', to the point that he refuses to go along with Bege's plan to poison the cake meant for her]].
** He won't hit a girl, even to save his own life or anyone else's. Nami [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how stupid this is on a practical sense, despite being an admirable trait, given Sanji lives in a WorldOfBadass where {{Action Girl}}s can be found on every island. Indeed, he's nearly been killed by several women because of it. There are several reasons why he follows this belief, some based on simple perversion, but the main reason: it's to honor Zeff, who believes that a man should never, ''ever'' hit a woman. And who literally beat that belief into Sanji, including threatening to castrate him if he ever heard Sanji had hit a girl.
* HopelessSuitor: He seemed like this back when Nami was the only girl around he could try to woo most of the time. This changed once other ladies joined the crew and it became more and more apparent he'd hit on anything with shapely hips and a nice rack (though given ''this'' series, those two criteria apply to about 95% of the post-pubescent girls the Straw Hats encounter). Nami is still the primary source of his attention, but by no means the only one. [[spoiler:He does manage to woo Charlotte Pudding, a sadistic psychopath who was actually a BrokenBird, but due to Big Mom's intense animosity with the Straw Hats, he was forced to leave after helping bake the wedding cake Big Mom hungered for, [[LoveHurts leaving Pudding heartbroken]]]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:He proclaims that Pudding is his only "ray of hope" left after he's dragged into the mess that is the ArrangedMarriage between him and her and the implications thereof. But then he overhears her conversation with Reiju, where it's revealed that Pudding has concealed her true nature the whole time -- one of a cunning, sadistic ([[BrokenBird and completely broken]] BitchInSheepsClothing who plans to have him killed during the wedding.]] However, things get better later on: [[spoiler:Pudding ''actually'' falls in love with him, and furthermore, becomes and invaluable asset in helping the Straw Hats escape from Whole Cake island.]]
* HotBlooded: Usually when the ladies are in danger, he gets so HotBlooded that he actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PGMyg5hY04 bursts into flames]] for comedic effect. It's also the author's explanation for him being able to pull off Diable Jambe, breaking the laws of physics in the process. ItRunsOnNonsensoleum indeed. However, it's deconstructed in the Totto Land arc [[spoiler:when readers meet Sanji's equally hot-tempered yet utterly cruel brother, Niji -- because Judge modified him in the womb, Niji is literally unable to feel or understand compassion, turning his anger into absolute spite. It's also implied that anger is the only thing Niji could properly feel. Had Sanji turned out like his brothers, he would have become just as bad as him]]
* IconicOutfit: His very first black suit with the blue shirt and tie as well as his first TimeSkip suit with the orange shirt. Like Luffy, his outfit contributed to his In-Universe nickname, "Black Leg".
* ImAHumanitarian: Although he's likely bluffing to upset his foe, Sanji threatens Absalom by saying he'd ''cook'' him, saying that given how many animals are part of him, he'd make "decent mince-meat".
* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler: As a result of the raid suit activating his dormant genetic modifications during the Onigashima raid, Sanji becomes completely immune to common gunfire. Upon being shot in the head 3 times, the bullets simply bounce off him and only cause mild discomfort]].
* InASingleBound: He can jump ''very'' high, best seen when he defeats Satori in the Skypeia Arc ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLgUt4MLsOI here]]). He can also do a WallJump and, after the Timeskip, the DoubleJump.
* IncendiaryExponent: Weaponized, via his ''Diable Jambe'' technique. A Post-TimeSkip cover seems to imply that he went to PlayingWithFire as well. Which, of course, is later confirmed for all intents and purposes.
* InformedAttribute: His [[spoiler:father, Judge]], mentions during their fight that he taught Sanji how to sword fight as a child, wondering why he's only fighting with kicks. This is of course justified, as Sanji then tells him that he'll only use his hands for cooking, which he has mentioned before. He's made exactly ''one'' exception, for his fight with Wanze and his ramen armor.
** He also masterfully wields Wado Ichimonji to prepare sashimi in the Shokugeki no Sanji spinoff.
* InLoveWithLove: Practically oozes this trope as part of his ChivalrousPervert personality.
* InstantExpert: Shown to be able to use his [[spoiler:Raid Suit’s abilities, both standard and unique,]] without any issues when first using it against Page One.
* InsultToRocks: [[spoiler:After his brother Niji beats up a family cook to spite him for standing up for her in front of his family, Sanji is infuriated to the point where he can only bring himself to call Niji "the shit beneath [scum]."]]
* {{Invisibility}}: He wants the Devil Fruit with this power and isn't happy that the Fruit's been claimed. [[spoiler:The reveal that his raid suit comes with stealth capability for his supposed epithet of "Stealth Black", he might have actually been designed with inherent power of invisibility if his mother didn't manage to undo the modifications.]]
* IronicHell: A ChivalrousPervert, blasted to an island of drag queens at the end of Sabaody and forced to join in. Kuma must have a twisted sense of humor...
* {{Irony}}: Sanji saw his dream of being an invisible man crushed after seeing Absalom had already eaten the Clear-Clear Fruit and yet [[spoiler: his raid suit gives him the power of invisibility. Sanji lampshades the irony that Germa 66, the organization he hates from the bottom of his heart, fulfilled his crushed dreams of having the power to turn invisible.]]
* IWantThemAlive: The wanted posters normally has "Dead or Alive" written under the bounties but, when the Straw Hats receive new bounties following the events of Dressrosa, Luffy notices Sanji's bounty says "Only Alive" rather than "Dead or Alive" like the other Straw Hats. [[spoiler: This is because Sanji is part of the Vinsmoke family, a world-renowned family that rules the North Blue.]]
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* JawDrop: [[spoiler:When his brother Yonji shows him Germa 66's secret cloning labs, Sanji responds with complete shock]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's often a {{Jerkass}} to the male members of the crew ([[DoggedNiceGuy The females]], however...), but he still loves and respects them as friends. Despite his flaws and rough exterior, he can also be really nice to others as well. Because he nearly starved to death [[spoiler:twice]] as a child, he immediately sympathizes with anyone who went through the same thing, as he thinks ''no one'' should deserve such a fate.
* JizzedInMyPants: He does the nosebleeds version of this trope. After spending 2 years on an island full of Transvestites, it's become rather easy to set him off.
* KarmicJackpot:
** Invoked by him in regards to [[spoiler:his older sister, Reiju]].
*** For much of his childhood, [[spoiler:Reiju would always dress up Sanji's wounds whenever he got injured, either from Germa 66's extreme TrainingFromHell or his quadruplet brothers' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown]]. Years later, [[spoiler:after finding Reiju battered and psychologically tormented by Pudding, Sanji returns the favor by promptly calling for a doctor, who gives Reiju the medical attention she needed]].
*** While Reiju recovered [[spoiler:from injuries inflicted by Pudding, she reveals to Sanji that she wants to die with the rest of her family out of guilt for condoning their atrocities, and wants him to leave with the Straw Hats unburdened by Germa 66's legacy. Sanji, who was lovingly cared for by Reiju in private as children and was able to run away from home thanks to his sister, refuses to abandon her to her fate and saves both her and the other Vinsmokes from being massacred by the Charlotte Family, despite his personal feelings towards his abusive father and brothers]].
** Sanji's act of [[spoiler:saving his family from the Charlotte Family causes the Vinsmokes to be indebted to him. This leads to Sanji and a badly-injured Luffy being rescued by his older/younger siblings after they're overwhelmed by a brutal ZergRush led by Charlotte Oven, with Niji [[FastballSpecial launching Sanji towards the other Straw Hats with a powerful kick]]. Niji also gives Sanji his own raid suit, which would prove useful in Sanji's fight with Page One in the Wano Arc]].
* KiManipulation: Post time-skip, he has awakened Haki. He seems to specialize in the Color of Observation. [[spoiler:He also showcases Armament Haki later on, during his fight against his father, Judge]].
* KingIncognito: Sanji is revealed to be [[spoiler:the third son of the Vinsmokes, a royal Underworld family of assassins that once ruled the North Blue with an iron fist. In the world of royal politics, Sanji would be considered ''a really, really big deal'' -- the Vinsmokes' exploits and brutality made them feared worldwide, and they have enough political pull to attend the Reverie every year and manipulate HQ Marines to do their bidding, enough to make an Emperor interested in their service. All of that makes them a couple of steps below the ''World Nobles themselves'' in power. However, while it seems like Sanji made a mistake in becoming a pirate rather than staying a prince, he actually has good reason -- his father, Judge, tried weaponizing him and his brothers while they were still in their mother's womb, causing Sanji's mother, Sora, to desperately consume a very dangerous drug so her sons would keep their humanity. Only Sanji was saved, and for that, he was abused by his brothers (who literally can't understand their own cruelty) and laughed at by his sister, Reiju, who only pretended to side with her family in public because she feared for her own life. What finally made him go on the run was when Judge threw him in the dungeons and left him there to rot, only for Reiju to free him and direct him to a ship that was headed for the East Blue, intent on helping Sanji find people who love him for who he was. Judge knew about his escape, but made him promise never to bring up his family name. That and absolute loathing of his family made him follow on that promise since]].
* KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Though it happens just off-screen from the audiences' point of view, Charlotte Pudding tearfully kisses Sanji goodbye right before he prepares to leave Whole Cake Island. Unfortunately, she uses [[LaserGuidedAmnesia her powers]] to erase his memory of the kiss immediately after it happens]].
* KnifeNut: Sanji firmly believes that kitchen knives should not be bloodied in battle, as they are sacred instruments meant solely for the preparation of food. When fighting an opponent whose armor and weapons were made of food, though, Sanji decides that using knives [[AntiArmor to get rid of the armor]] would be no different from using knives to prepare a meal and displays an incredible knife-fighting style.
* KnightInSourArmor: [[spoiler: Despite all the ''horrible'' things his brothers and father have done to him, he still ultimately can't bring himself to just let them die and was prepared to risk his life to save them from Big Mom even though it almost certainly meant death. Thankfully, Luffy assures him that he and the crew will back him up no matter what.]] Also, he takes this view on deceitful women as well; no matter how evil they are or how badly they hurt him, he sticks to his values regardless and refuses to harm them -- even if it means death.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Invoked, and averted. Before Sanji and his fraternal quadruplet brothers were born, their father, Judge, attempted to weaponize them by altering their DNA and completely removing their empathy in utero so they can become the perfect {{Super Soldier}}s upon birth. Sanji's mother, Sora, tried to protect them by secretly ingesting a drug that reversed gene modification surgeries, but only succeeded in protecting Sanji, while Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji only have a tiny shred of humanity left. Unfortunately, the very fact that Sanji retained his compassion in a family that believed in MightMakesRight made him the sole target of horrific abuse and mistreatment at the hands of his brothers and father. When, during the Onigashima arc Sanji starts manifesting the same [[GoodThingYouCanHeal physical]] [[MadeOfIron traits]] as his brothers while he's fighting Queen, he fears to lose his empathy and become like his brothers.]]
* LadykillerInLove: [[spoiler: While he ''did'' turn down Charlotte Pudding at first, he seems to genuinely like her as a person and, if not for the terrible circumstances he's in, would probably marry her in a heartbeat. The end of Chapter 845 is all about it.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Pudding uses her memory manipulation powers to erase his memory of their kiss immediately after the fact, leaving him completely unaware of what just happened and confused about her suddenly running off]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgEbda2tNEw Sanji Eyecatcher.]]
* ALessonLearnedTooWell: At a young age, Zeff constantly told and berated him that no matter what, to always be courteous to women. Unfortunately, Zeff's conditioning worked too well as Sanji is unwilling to fight back against Kalifa. Female villains remain Sanji's weakness but, after the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji learns how to deal with it: [[spoiler:when facing Black Maria, he tries to escape, knowing too well he can't win, and calls for help when he's captured]].
* LethalChef: [[spoiler:He used to be a bad cook as a child, with his clumsy attempts (among other things) resulting in extremely bad-tasting food. His sick mother Sora's caretaker Époni was disgusted upon sampling Sanji's dishes and wanted to throw them away, but Sora not only ate them, she praised Sanji's cooking and requested that only he cook for her from now on. Years of practice and help from Zeff at the Baratie would later turn Sanji into the present-day SupremeChef]].
* LetsMeetTheMeat: [[spoiler:When his family meets up with Big Mom for lunch, Sanji discovers that the food in his prepared "meals" are sentient and constantly singing about how wonderful they taste, and beg him to eat them. As a SupremeChef, this understandably freaks him out]].
* LightningBruiser: Of the Hard-Hitting-Speedster variation, as he's the second fastest member of the Straw Hats while his physical power is roughly the same as that of Zoro and Luffy.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: He's the complete opposite of his {{Jerkass}} [[TheSocialDarwinist father]] in every way, despite having [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold his own flaws]].
* LoopholeAbuse: While Sanji will never willingly lay a hand on a woman, he has no issues with having one of his female crew mates stepping in and fighting them in his place. Sanji also shows no qualms about Luffy attacking Big Mom, likely given how big of a threat she is to everybody.
* LovableSexManiac: Emphasize on ''Sex Maniac''. Sanji is ''constantly'' hitting on pretty women and having exaggerated nosebleeds, he dreamed of finding the Clear-Clear Devil Fruit so he could use it to peep on women, and his refusal to fight women is partially motivated by his perversion, but he would sooner ''eat'' his hands than touch a woman against her will, and he will give his life to protect them.
* LoveCanMakeYouGonk: He can make some pretty strange facial expressions when he's gushing over pretty women. The ''Yellow'' databook reveals that Attach, the photographer hired by the Marines to take photos of the Straw Hats for their wanted posters, was always trying to catch Sanji striking a cool pose, but every time Sanji would instead swoon over women and look ridiculous. When the guy finally got the perfect picture, [[CameraObscurer he forgot to take the lens off]]. Eventually he got tired of it and settled with a picture of Sanji looking goofy.
* MadeOfIron: Sanji can withstand the sea pressure 5000 meters underwater, has survived massive explosions without protection, and basically ate a kamehameha-esque attack ''point-blank'' without dying, among other things. Even in his introductory arc, he fights on just fine even after getting his ribs broken. [[spoiler:When his genetic modifications start to manifest during his fight with Queen, his body becomes ''literally'' made of iron.]]
* MafiaPrincess: [[spoiler:Sanji is revealed to be a literal ''Mafia Prince'' due to the Vinsmoke family being an infamous group of royal Underworld assassins and military commanders with enough political clout to have Big Mom, one of the four Yonkos, to be interested in an alliance with them. He also plays it straight [[AbusiveParents for extremely]] [[BigBrotherBully justified reasons]]]].
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: In the Punk Hazard arc, when Law puts his heart in [[spoiler:Nami's body, Sanji can't resist the urge to peep at or feel him/herself up.]]
* ManInTheIronMask: A ''very'' tragic example. [[spoiler:When Sanji was just 8 years old, his father, Judge, extremely displeased with how Sanji was born a "dud" despite receiving the same physical/psychological alterations as his quadruplet brothers in utero, had his son thrown in the dungeons with an iron mask on his face and publicly declared dead so the Vinsmokes could start over with a "clean slate". Fortunately, his older sister, Reiju, freed him and helped him flee to the East Blue]].
* MarshmallowHell: Has received this twice in the Fish-Man Island arc, both times from beautiful mermaids, [[HandsomeLech much to his delight]].
* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Played with. [[spoiler:Judge wasn't a loving husband by any means, but he blames Sanji for his mother's death because his being born normal unlike his emotionless, powerful brothers supposedly killed her (in reality, Judge's depraved experiments were what drove Sora to save her sons even if she died). When Sanji learns the truth from Reiju years later, his first words were, "I killed her?" ''Ouch'']].
* {{Megane}}: Sometimes wears glasses, much to the fangirls' joy!
* MuggleBornOfMages: [[spoiler:[[DownplayedTrope Is this to a degree]]. He and his siblings were all genetically enhanced, but he was the only one not to develop any sort CharlesAtlasSuperpower as the result of his father's training and genetic enhancements, because his mother, Sora, in a desperate gambit to save her then-unborn quadruplet sons from becoming emotionless weapons, took a drug that made Sanji a normal kid, but not his brothers as she intended. He was [[TheUnfavorite treated horribly]] as a result and eventually ran away.]] But then by going through TrainingFromHell (multiple times) he's managed to [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower surpass]] the strength of his genetically enhanced siblings.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: His torso became fairly well-built after the time-skip, developing more defined abs than he previously had; but his overall physique remains very slim, with his limbs actually being just about as skinny as Nami's limbs. But, regardless, he can still send men twice his size and muscular-build flying with a single kick and launch giant monsters into the air like nothing. Interestingly, while other characters frequently [[LampshadeHanging notice Luffy's oddly powerful muscles]], [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody seems to call Sanji out on this one]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sanji is horrified at his own actions when [[spoiler:his Genma-enhancements have been activated and as a result he injures an innocent female bystander during his running from Queen. He looks upon the woman's bloodied head and the fear in her eyes directed at him. It is in that moment, he decides he would rather be dead than like his siblings, and destroys his raid suit for good]].
* MysteriousPast: For years, the story never actually directed attention to Sanji's past before the Cook Pirates incident. All that was known is that he was born in the North Blue and worked on a cruise liner (all the way in the East Blue) at age 10. [[spoiler:Eventually, it's finally revealed that he is the third son of the Vinsmoke family, an Underworld group of royal assassins who are also commanders of the evil army Germa 66 and former rulers of the ''entirety'' of the North Blue. He just never mentioned his family both to fulfill a promise Judge made him take to hide his connection with the Vinsmokes, and because Sanji utterly loathes them for being abusive pricks]].
* NeckLift: In his first appearance, he does this to Fullbody after having first beat the ''absolute shit'' out of him, the cause of which being Fullbody showing disrespect towards and ''wasting'' food. This establishes Sanji as being a highly-principled and undeniably badass but ''very'' hot-tempered person who holds the highest degree of respect for food, and whose biggest pet peeve is the wasting of such. This also serves to establish that Sanji's outer persona belies the true nature of his more intricate, complex character.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: He reveals he's big on this in his fight with Absalom; about 80% of the beating he takes in that fight is a result of trying to keep the unconscious Nami out of the way of stray attacks.
* NervesOfSteel: [[spoiler:Despite [[TraumaCongaLine being pulled through the ringer]] and suffering ''two'' {{Despair Event Horizon}}s during the Totto Land Arc, Sanji pulls through, if only for the sake of his friends and the wellbeing (and well-stomach) of Luffy.]]
* NiceShoes: Always wears black dress shoes, used to make his kicks even more powerful. He needs them to avoid AgonyOfTheFeet, too, as seen in the second ''One Piece'' movie.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** [[spoiler:He would constantly get these from his older and younger fraternal quadruplet brothers as a child, due to Yonji, Ichiji, and Niji being complete assholes who see him as a weak waste of space. The only reason why he kept coming back from those beatings is his older sister Reiju's medical care]].
** He would later deliver one himself [[spoiler:to ''Luffy'' of all people as a part of his BreakHisHeartToSaveHim plan, since he knows that the only way to keep the Straw Hats (and Zeff) safe from Big Mom and Germa 66 is to make sure they turn on him. And knowing how stubborn Luffy]] is, he attacks him at ''full power'' and beats him into a bloody mess. For his efforts though, Luffy, being [[{{Determinator}} Luffy]], gets back up after being briefly knocked out and declares his resolve to get him back anyway.
* NoLastNameGiven: For a very long time, starting in his mid-childhood, he only went by the name Sanji. He disowned any and all connection to the surname Vinsmoke because of all the horrible memories attached to it [[spoiler:and because his own father told him to never make mention of them again if he was indeed serious about cutting his ties for good.]]
* {{Nosebleed}}: It happens so much during a period of shock after being separated from women for two straight years, that he actually needed a blood transfusion.
* NoSell: Shortly before the {{Timeskip}}, the gap between the Straw Hats and the New World at the time was nicely demonstrated by Sanji's "duel" with Emporio Ivankov; Ivankov laughs off his [[SuperMode Diable Jambe]] enhanced kicks and swats him away effortlessly before proceeding to ''destroy'' him without breaking a sweat.
* TheNoseKnows: Sanji has such a keen sense of smell that he is able to figure out all the ingredients of [[spoiler:Streusen's wedding cake, and can successfully replicate it with the help of Pudding and Chiffon.]]
* NotHyperbole: In the "Thriller Bark" arc, Sanji claimed that one day, he'd be the most infamous member of the Straw Hat crew. For a while, it seemed like just a delusion made up by his [[SmallNameBigEgo ego]], but then, in the Zou arc, we find out he wasn't kidding as he's actually a member of the infamous Vinsmoke family.
* NotQuiteFlight: Sometime during the two-year timeskip he taught himself CP-9's Geppo, renaming it "Sky Walk".
* NumberTwo: He and Zoro tend to be the voices of reason and initiative in the face of a crisis. When half of the Straw Hats stayed on Dressrosa to settle things with Doflamingo, Sanji took leadership of the other half and headed to Zou, even fighting off Big Mom's pirate crew in the process.
* NumericalThemeNaming:
** [[spoiler:Shares this with his older and younger siblings Reiju, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji. He's "Sanji", "San" being the Japanese word for three and a reference to the order he was born in among the five of them. His name is also a pun on "three o'clock". The number three also represents social alienation -- he was his family's [[TheUnfavorite least-favored]] child and was constantly abused for being weak as a kid]].
** His name could also refer to how he's the third member of the "[[LightningBruiser Monster Trio]]" and how he always fights the third-most powerful enemy in battles.
* OddNameOut: [[spoiler:Sanji's WhiteSheep status is reflected in his alias compared to those of his siblings. The Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff. If Sanji had been successfully modified by Judge, he would have been given the epiphet "[[{{Invisibility}} Stealth]] Black".]]
* OhCrap:
** Usually calm and composed, he had an epic one [[spoiler:when he realize who [[CreepyCrossdresser the inhabitants of Momoiro Island]] exactly are]].
** [[spoiler:Seeing his eldest fraternal quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji for the first in years since running away caused him to tremble. Seeing how Ichiji and Niji were able to frequently overpower him during Sanji's childhood bullying, it's justified]].
** [[spoiler:[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/e/e9/Sanji_Learns_He_is_About_to_be_Married.png/revision/latest?cb=20161120005303 His face when he reads a marriage announcement letter that reveals his family connections]] says it all]].
** [[spoiler:Judge notes that Sanji turned paler than usual after threatening to kill [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]] in order to force his compliance with his marriage to Pudding]].
** [[spoiler:He also shows this expression when he sees Luffy coming towards him while he's being carried by Germa 66 towards Big Mom's castle. He's definitely conflicted over what to do.]]
* OneHeadTaller: He's a head taller than Pudding, as shown when they hugged.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** When Luffy points out the very harsh, but necessary truth that it's naïve to hope that all people involved in a war will survive, Nami gets angry at Luffy for being so blunt and not considering Vivi's feelings. It's extremely telling that ''Sanji'' is the one to tell Nami to shut up and not cut off Luffy. Usually, he would ''never'' show agreement with his male crewmates if he can please his female crewmates instead, but in this situation he apparently agreed with Luffy so much that he forgot his principles.
** In the Post-Enies Lobby arc, when Zoro is completely adamant that Usopp not be allowed back into the crew until he apologizes for disrespecting their captain. When Nami protests that Zoro is being too harsh, Sanji actually speaks up for the first time to say that, to his own chagrin, ''Zoro is absolutely right''. The fact that Sanji openly sides with ''[[VolleyingInsults Zoro]]'' over ''[[MsFanservice Nami]]'' says a lot about just how strongly he must have felt about the issue.
** Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Brook are noticeably shocked when [[spoiler:they learned he turned down marrying Pudding, an attractive young woman]], for their sakes.
** During the whole cake island arc, he turns down Luffy's attempts to [[spoiler:rescue him from his ArrangedMarriage and attacks him when he insists. Considering his UndyingLoyalty to his Straw Hat friends, this is really out of character for Sanji, though it's justified due to his being blackmailed]].
** In the pre-timeskip movie ''Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland'', Sanji [[TookALevelInJerkass denies Zoro food just because the latter wasn't watching him fight the rival chef]], when it's shown that he would never deny anyone food no matter the circumstances. [[spoiler: It's a sign that [[BigBad Baron's]] plan to split up the Straw Hats so he can feed them to [[FoulFlower Lily]] was working.]]
* OutOfFocus: He, Chopper, Nami, and Brook have to escape from Big Mom and her crew and so they're absent during the second half of the Dressrosa Arc.
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* PeekABangs: His left eye has always been covered by his hair, although he's even held a pair of binoculars up to it before. During the time-skip, he switches the bangs to the other side, revealing that both his eyebrows swirl in the same direction. [[spoiler:It's a trait that he shares with his sister and fraternal quadruplet brothers, and inherited from his dead mother, Sora.]]
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Both he and Pudding would be thrilled to be married to each other if it wasn't for the fact that Sanji would have to give up being on Luffy's crew, and possibly the dream of finding "All Blue." [[spoiler: This turns out to be subverted though when it's revealed that her entire character was a lie. After quite the DarkAndTroubledPast, Pudding became an accomplice in Big Mom's plans against the Vinsmokes, willing to murder him in the wedding and follow it with his family ''and'' friends' murders. Ironically, she does fall in love with him after their "engagement" falls apart]].
* PersonalityPowers: Sanji fights by kicking people, which is less barbaric than punching people, which also results in him becoming a DanceBattler, going along with his refined and cultured personality. Giving him [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] is also appropriate since he is HotBlooded (when he isn't being TheChessmaster and a SpannerInTheWorks) ''and'' a SupremeChef who wants to cook even better once he finds the All Blue. His [[{{Flight}} "Sky Walk" ability]] represents him running away from the okamas in Momoiro Island for most of the two years he's spent there.
* PlayingWithFire: His "Diable Jambe" technique involves lighting his own leg on fire [[FrictionBurn via producing friction by spinning]] and then attacking with it by burning his opponents with extended contact like a branding iron. He isn't hurt by the heat because his "heart burns hotter", according to [[WordOfGod Oda]]. After the two years of training, Sanji has upgraded this technique and can quickly ignite himself without spinning, severely burn his opponents without pressing his foot on them and produce massive pillars of fire that go far beyond just his legs. [[spoiler:After his exoskeleton is activated, his newfound enhanced durability combined with his trained strength and speed and Color of Armament Haki allows him to increase the intensity of his flames beyond their previous limits, a technique he dubs "Ifrit Jambe".]]
* PornStash: Sanji keeps tons of dirty magazines in his locker (along with a few books on seafood).
* PowerAtAPrice: During the Onigashima War, Sanji realizes that [[spoiler:the raid suit given to him has slowly awakened his enhanced genetics. Not only did his body become incredibly durable, but his empathy and capacity to care about others are being eaten away. He realizes this because when running from Queen, he injures an innocent geisha girl. He only realizes what he had done after her head was bloodied and she looks upon him in terror]]. Later on, he realizes that [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope he might not have lost his empathy at all]]: upon discovering that Queen can [[{{Invisibility}} turn invisible]], he deduces that the Lead Performer was the one who actually hit the girl]].
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[spoiler:With his dream of being able to become invisible restored thanks to his new raid suit, Sanji is now capable of going [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]] and the first thing he does with after getting his raid suit is to peek at Nami in an hot springs]].
* PrettyBoy: Sanji is a [[MrFanservice refined and handsome man]], emphasized by his habit of wearing an elegant suit. This gets explicitly lampshaded by Gotti, who calls him a "pretty boy."
* PrincelyYoungMan: Not to much by virtue of him thinking he's a prince, but Sanji treats every woman, especially Nami and Robin, like a princess and sort of thinks of himself as a knight ready to satisfy every request. [[spoiler:Later played straight (literally) when his status as a Prince of the Germa Kingdom is revealed]].
* ProdigalHero: In his backstory, [[spoiler:Sanji is the third son of the Vinsmoke family. However, his sister Reiju helped him escape from his family's abuse and he fled to the East Blue, where he became a sous-chef. He's forced to face his past when Judge tries bringing him back for a political alliance between the Vinsmokes and the Charlottes]].
* PunnyName:
** His name is a pun on the way the Japanese say "3 o'clock". However, the word Sanji can also refer to something that is a terrible, horrible accident that makes one want to avert their eyes and break out the BrainBleach. Veeeerry appropriate. [[spoiler:Chapter 812 reveals that he's the third son of the Vinsmoke family, adding to the puns, as Sanji can mean "third son."]]
** [[spoiler:"Vin" is French for "wine", which means Sanji's family name is a play-on-words that describes a certain wine flavor (smoky wine). Considering he's a SupremeChef...]]
* RaisedByDudes: He was raised primarily by men who taught him to cook and fight, which makes his foul mouth obsession with women a bit more... understandable. [[spoiler:The obsession with women is later revealed to be a {{Shared Family Quirk|s}} with the Vinsmoke family, though the foul mouth still seems to be from the chefs at Baratie]].
* RealMenCook: He was raised on the Baratie, a floating restaurant of male cooks, and as such Sanji is quite rough around the edges while also a fantastic cook.
* RebelPrince: Sanji is [[spoiler:a Vinsmoke, a family which rules the North Blue. He went on the run after enduring years of abuse from his family. When he's reunited with the Vinsmokes 13 years later, he makes it clear that he wants ''nothing'' to do with them.]]
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Black Leg", comes from the kick-heavy fighting style Zeff taught him as well as the fact that he wears a black suit while kicking his foes to a pulp. [[spoiler:His epithet, besides his compassion, is another thing that sets him up as the WhiteSheep of his family -- the Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff]]. [[spoiler:In Wano, his supposed epithet in the Germa army is revealed to be "Stealth Black".]]
* RedOniBlueOni:
** Zigzagged with Zoro. When compared to Zoro, Sanji's the Red Oni in that he is very romantic and prone to fits of poetic and flowery speech when describing the things he loves (i.e. Nami and Robin) and his ultimate fighting style relies on getting so emotional he bursts into flame. However, some of his most successful moments have been when he's kept a cool head and done something strategic instead of flying off the handle and getting into a fight (see Alabasta and Skypiea, where his machinations did more to stop the BigBad's plans than a fight would have). Zoro, on the other hand, is a [[TheStoic stoic]] swordsman who usually maintains an icy calm even when fighting, but when suitably provoked he can become a BloodKnight.
** [[spoiler:He's also the Red Oni to his eldest brother Ichiji's Blue, though inverted with the colors (Ichiji wears red, Sanji wears blue) and downplayed as Sanji ''can'' act calm when it's required. Compared to his other brother [[HotBlooded Niji's]] explosive temper, though, Sanji may be the Blue Oni to Niji's Red.]]
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:He's the third son of the Vinsmoke family, who are not only North Blue royalty, but a family of underworld ''assassins'', making him a [[MafiaPrincess Mafia Prince]] of sorts.]]
* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:Sanji hails from a bloodline which once ruled ''all'' of the North Blue, though he renounced his involvement with his family early in life due to his family's abuse because he wasn't born special like his siblings]].
* TheRunaway: [[spoiler:Despite being automatically a prince and royalty by birthright due to being a Vinsmoke, Sanji ran away to the East Blue when he was only eight due to his family's (save for his sister Reiju and deceased mother Sora) utterly ''horrendous'' treatment of him]].
* SameSexTriplets: Subverted. [[spoiler:He's born the third of male fraternal quadruplets; while they resemble each other to varying degrees, they also have a lot of traits that set them apart, like Sanji's lack of colorful AnimeHair and Yonji being much taller and muscular than his older brothers]].
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:As much as he hates his father and brothers, Sanji simply can't bring himself to leave them to die at the hands of Big Mom. Luffy's perfectly fine with helping him save them though. Due to his chivalrous nature, he also saves Pudding despite her treatment of him, and tries to talk her out of villainy. It works, as Pudding falls madly in love with him and decides to help him and his friends out in return for showing her compassion for the first time.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He ditches [[spoiler:his family after enduring almost an entire childhood of their abusive behavior, with the help of his older sister, Reiju, who was secretly his ally while he lived at home]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Usopp's Sensitive Guy whenever they get scenes together. [[spoiler:However, it might come as a surprise to know he had this dynamic in childhood with his brothers as the Sensitive Guy -- and they bullied him mercilessly for it. Even in present day, he comes off as this when contrasted to their complete LackOfEmpathy and callousness]].
* SharedFamilyQuirks:
** [[spoiler:All of his older and younger siblings share his [[HandsomeLech perverted tendencies]] (his quadruplet brothers ogle [[MsFanservice Nami]] whenever they see her, while it's gender-inverted with Sanji's sister Reiju who enjoyed giving a KissOfLife to Luffy a little ''too'' much).]]
** [[spoiler:Also most his family members share his preference for using powerful kicks, particularly Reiju, Judge, and Niji (though the later also used punches)]].
** [[spoiler:His older quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji also share his cool head and [[HotBlooded temper]], respectively. The difference is his brothers share a LackOfEmpathy and are {{Royal Brat}}s, which makes their traits less sympathetic compared to Sanji]].
** [[spoiler:Both he and Reiju inherited their compassion from their deceased mother Sora, but this made Sanji a target for abuse from his brothers and father, while Reiju hid it [[StepfordSmiler with smiles]]]].
** [[spoiler:Sanji's youngest quadruplet brother Yonji referred to him as a "bastard" in his debut chapter. "Bastard" is also one of Sanji's go-to insults]].
* SharpDressedMan: A black suit is his standard form of attire, usually only wearing more casual clothes during transitions between arcs.
* ShooTheDog: He views [[spoiler:leaving Luffy and the Straw Hats behind while on Totto Land]] as this, given that [[spoiler:his abusive family blackmailed him into marrying Pudding]]. Luffy disagreed.
* ShootTheHostage: He threatens to shoot [[spoiler:Caesar Clown if Bege goes after his friends, knowing full well Bege cannot shoot him because someone wants him alive and mostly unhurt]].
* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler:Yonji is a pervert like Sanji, but he lacks his chivalry. Ichiji has Sanji's cool head, but he has a LackOfEmpathy, with a tendency to KickTheDog with [[DeadpanSnarker scathing remarks]]. But Niji, out of all his siblings, contrasts Sanji the most -- aside from having an explosive temper, Niji is spoiled, ungrateful, unappreciative towards food, and has none of Sanji's compassion towards commoners and women]]. Justified; [[spoiler:Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji were made literally unable to feel compassion by Judge, which twisted the traits they shared with Sanji in a non-endearing direction]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: This is largely what Zoro is to him despite being in the same crew (similar to Buggy and Shanks' relationship when they were on Roger's ship). These two never miss an opportunity to belittle, one-up, or humiliate the other.
* SirSwearsALot: To be expected, as he was raised by sailors, and inherited their colorful vocabulary (see his {{catchphrase}} above). The English anime translates this by having him swear among the most out of anyone in the crew, "bastard" being a particularly favorite word of his.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: After using the Raid Suit in the Wano arc, Sanji gets the same ultra-durable body as his siblings, his UnusualEyebrows spin in the same directions as theirs, and most shockingly of all [[spoiler:he apparently hit a woman on instinct whilst in an emotional breakdown over his changes. This makes him fear that he's losing his humanity and becoming an emotionless soldier ike his siblings. After some pondering, Sanji concludes that for the King of Pirates he would be more useful as a flawed human rather than a cold warrior and [[WhatYouAreInTheDark destroys the suit rather than potentially lose more of himself to it]]. Even when it's later revealed that it was actually Queen [[PowerCopying using the]] [[{{Invisibility}} Stealth Black]] technology who struck her, the sentiment remains]].
* SmokingIsCool: Due to FCC regulations strictly banning smoking in shows intended for children, both English dubs had to cover this up when they aired on TV. They did it by either editing his cigarette out altogether (Creator/{{Funimation}}), or by turning it into a lollipop ([[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]]).
* SpannerInTheWorks: ''Very'' frequently. In fact, this is arguably Sanji's specialty in the crew, next to cooking. Sanji is a master saboteur and spy, and thus the only member of the crew that specializes in black ops skills besides Robin and, to a lesser extent, Nami. He's so good at it that for a long time, this skill set was unknown to everyone but the crew and a select few others, allowing him to essentially screw over many a villain's plan because they didn't know how dangerous he really was.
** His unknown at the time identity allowed him to rescue the crew from Crocodile's death trap in Alabasta.
** He trashed Eneru's airship long enough for Luffy to get back into the fight (and stop him from putting all his focus into destroying Skypiea).
** He found Robin and the [=CP9=] before they all boarded the train to Enies Lobby, sneaked into the train and freed the kidnaped Franky and Ussop, two other major SpannerInTheWorks in the following Enies Lobby incident.
** His closing the Gates of Justice not only allowed them to escape Enies Lobby without being pursued, but significantly slowed down the pursuing marines during the chase itself.
** [[spoiler:In the Whole Cake Island arc, although he loathes almost all of his Vinsmoke relatives with a passion (the feeling is mutual), Sanji's compassion drives him to save his family from Big Mom. This ends up throwing a big wrench in Big Mom's KillEmAll wedding plans -- [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]], who was supposed to kill her groom-to-be once they reached the altar, has a VillainousBreakdown because Sanji [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe complimented her third eye]] ([[AllOfTheOtherReindeer something no one had ever done before]]), leaving her [[BrokenTears crying]] and unable to kill him as planned. Katakuri's attempt to kill Sanji with a jellybean ends up narrowly missing its target and killing the priest when Sanji bends down to try comfort Pudding, with the commotion at the altar alerting the Vinsmoke family's suspicions of Big Mom.]]
** During the infiltration at Onigashima, Sanji [[spoiler:gets separated from the rest of the crew and then uses the raid suit to turn invisible and reach where Momonosuke is about to be publicly executed, saving the heir of the Kozuki dynasty and stopping Orochi and Kaido's plan while everyone else could only watch from afar]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Odex dub initially misspelled his name as "Sangi".
* SpiderSense: Sanji has Observation Haki, which works like spider sense. Oda claims that he specializes in this type of Haki.
* StealthExpert: Barring Nami, Robin, and Brook (who have abilities directly related to hiding themselves), Sanji is the sneakiest member of the Straw Hat crew. He escapes surveillance so often that it becomes a major plot point several times throughout the series.
** In Alabasta, bounty-less Sanji was the only Straw Hat to avoid detection by Baroque Works. This proves to be instrumental in freeing Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Smoker from Crocodile's BondVillainStupidity.
** Sanji's counterpart in Thriller Bark was the Invisible Human of the Suke-Suke Fruit.
** Sanji's mug shot isn't obtained by the '''World Government''' until the Straw Hats enter the New World, despite personally infiltrating a Cipher Pol train and fighting in Enies Lobby. Also, when he disappears during the Buster Call, it ends up being what allows the Straw Hats to escape.
** [[spoiler:In Totto Land, Sanji escapes the near constant surveillance of the Big Mom Pirates to secretly formulate an assassination plot on their own territory.]]
** [[spoiler:Might also be his planned position in the Germa army, as his code would have been "Stealth Black", and it's later revealed his specific Germma power is actually, [[{{Irony}} of all things]], his long-desired {{Invisibility}}.]]
* StepfordSmiler: As of Chapter 848, he's of the [[spoiler:Depressed]] type. [[spoiler:Despite being completely distraught and depressed over the situation at hand himself, Sanji, in a bid to not upset Pudding any further than his situation already has, and as a coping mechanism, forces himself to assume his "usual" persona of "a cook in love". To this end, he puts up a front of being his usual girl-crazy, heart-eyed self, after having talked himself into it and having ''practised it alone in his room''. Later in the chapter, Sanji is picking flowers while having a big smile on his face, only for his smile to get even ''bigger'' in the next panel, suggesting that he has just berated himself for not appearing as cheerful as he thinks he needs to be, and has immediately taken steps to rectify it.]]
* TheStrategist: Proven to be one of his defining characteristics at least twice in every arc from Alabasta on. [[spoiler:This was the result of being trained by his biological father Judge to become a Germa 66 military commander from a very early age]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:All of his Vinsmoke siblings resemble him to some degree, bearing his trademark swirling eyebrows and PeekABangs. Reiju and Yonji in particular resemble Sanji the most, with Reiju looking like the end result if Sanji was turned into a woman, while Yonji is Sanji's spitting image (save for the hair) and has his perverted tendencies. In the case of Sanji and his brothers, it's later justified with the reveal that they're fraternal ''quadruplets'', born on the same day, which is why they resemble each other so closely]].
* StrongerSibling: A rare heroic example. [[spoiler:Despite (initially) not inheriting the gene modifications his father made to him and his brothers in utero, Sanji becomes the strongest member of the Vinsmoke family in adulthood due to [[HadToBeSharp his experiences traveling the Grand Line]]. Later, in the Wano arc, after the gene modifications finally activate and cause him to develop an exoskeleton of his own, he's able to go toe-to-toe with Queen, who has incorporated ''all'' the abilities of the Germa Quadruplets into his body, in a one-on-one fight, and defeat him decisively]].
* StupidGood:
** A variation -- he's not completely stupid (in fact, [[TheChessmaster he's far from it]]) but thanks to nearly starving to death as a kid, Sanji has no problem feeding a starving man. Even if that starving man and his crew of equally-starving pirates are obviously planning to attack him afterwards.
** Also, he ''absolutely refuses'' to harm women physically as a part of his chivalrous code, even if there's a serious risk they could kill him. Even Nami seems to think it's admirable, but she also points out how stupid it is in practice.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Notable considering half the Straw Hat crew have Devil Fruit powers and can't swim at all.
** Way back in the Arlong Arc, he held his own against a Fishman ''underwater'', and he was down there for several minutes.
** He has an underwater version of [[DoubleJump Sky Walk]] called "Blue Walk" and is said to be as fast as a fishman, which is pretty fast considering they're the ''third fastest swimmers in the sea''.
** When diving for Kinemon's torso, Sanji straight up mentions that he is the fastest swimmer in the crew by a lot, even without Blue Walk. Considering that Zoro remained silent when he normally calls bullshit on anything Sanji does that isn't remotely true, one can take that small piece of information as true fact. (Though he's really only comparing himself to [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Nami, Usopp, Zoro and Franky]], everyone else just sinks, and Franky's half metal).
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]].
* SuperSoldier: It's later revealed in Chapter 852 that [[spoiler:both he and his older/younger siblings were genetically enhanced in childhood by their father to become these and lead the Germa 66's armies. This included having a "metal" exoskeleton and [[EmotionSuppression having their natural empathy for others irreversibly altered and outright destroyed]]. However, because of his mother's extremely desperate attempt to preserve her quadruplet sons' humanity, [[HeroicSacrifice to the point where she doomed herself to a slow death after only saving one]], Sanji showed no signs of improvement despite his genes supposedly being successfully modified on paper, leading to him being bullied and beaten by his father and brothers]]. [[spoiler:However, the genetic enhancements seem to have started activating during the war in Onigashima, allowing him to quickly heal broken bones, cause swords to break on his bare neck, and no-sell being shot in the head. In relation to that, he's terrified of the thought of the EmotionSuppression also kicking in, leaving him like his brothers.]]
* SupremeChef:
** Makes some of the best damn food you'll find on the Grand Line. And he joined the crew to fulfill his dream of finding some mysterious and awesome ingredients that can only be found in the All Blue, so he can cook even ''better''. A lot of the FoodPorn in the show can be contributed to him, ''especially'' in the G8 filler arc. It's taken UpToEleven during the Totto Land arc, where [[spoiler:he perfectly replicated Streusen's wedding cake, including all the secret ingredients, through smell alone. And it's so delicious that a taste of it nearly kills the chefs who taste-test it (and makes others believe he secretly poisoned it before discovering the truth).]]
** During the G8 filler arc, he creates a veritable feast from the scraps Jessica and her chefs left behind. In another filler arc [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006vPLryuNI he turns a smattering of ingredients into a giant savory cake]] that [[{{Hammerspace}} somehow fit under a tablecloth.]]
* SweetAndSourGrapes: He wasn't happy that he could never get the {{Invisibility}} Devil Fruit as the Fruit's been claimed. [[spoiler:Come Chapter 931, and it's revealed his raid suit comes with stealth capabilities for "Stealth Black".]]
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[[folder:T - Z]]
* TakeMeInstead: During the Thriller Bark arc, to save Luffy from Kuma, and prevent Zoro from sacrificing his life. It doesn't work, as the latter knocked him out for the exact same reason.
* TakenForGranite: PlayedForLaughs. After his two years in "Hell", he is so susceptible to women's looks that just ''looking'' at Hancock does this to him. Shirahoshi as well, though she actually cured his uncontrollable and life-threatening nosebleeds.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Tries doing it on [[spoiler:Pudding during the tea party, casually dodging her bullets as he makes her question herself. It actually works too; Pudding falls in love with Sanji and pulls a HeelFaceTurn shortly thereafter]].
* TeamChef: It's a good idea to not insult his cooking skills. He'll beat you up for it. And probably suspend your eating privileges.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:He abandoned the Vinsmoke family name after leaving his siblings and Judge behind. He makes it clear that Vinsmoke Sanji, the weak little boy they so often abused, "died at sea". Unfortunately for him, the Marines reveal Sanji's relation to Germa and now list his name as Vinsmoke Sanji.]]
* ThemeTwinNaming: [[spoiler: Well, theme ''quadruplet'' naming, anyway. "I", "Ni", "San" and "Yon" are the Japanese words for 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, as reference to the order Ichiji, Niji, he, and Yonji were born in. Combined with the "ji" at the end of their names, they're also puns on "one o'clock", "two o'clock", "three o'clock", and "four o'clock". Reiju also shares this number theme naming despite not being one of the quadruplets, with Rei meaning zero.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone:
** After two painful years on an island of transvestites, Sanji finally meets mermaids, and they ''like'' him. He's even able to resist nosebleeds for a while to play with them.
** Oda occasionally decides to spare him and let him at least touch a woman, and on two separate occasions he has had his face stuffed in into a girl's breasts. Nosebleeds ensue.
** You can probably consider it a near miracle that [[spoiler:his wife to be, Pudding, is ''actually attractive''. In this case though, it becomes YankTheDogsChain when it turns out she's a massively broken BitchInSheepsClothing who faked being in love with him. This eventually goes back the other way and Sanji is once again thrown a bone; showing Pudding genuine kindness and love despite everything she did causes her to fall madly in love with him -- perhaps the first time his feelings for any woman have ever been fully reciprocated. She even ''kisses'' him in the end to seal it, much to his delight (though she does erase his memory of it immediately afterward).]]
** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream. However, after finding out the suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji destroys it for good, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is.]]
* TrainingFromHell:
** He underwent an extremely harsh training as a child [[spoiler:alongside his siblings, to shape them into the super soldiers their father wanted them to be. However, Sanji failed to do any progress, despite having been genetically enhanced like his siblings]].
** He underwent another training to be a chef in the Baratie under Zeff, which was equal parts learning how to cook as it was seeing if he could survive the kicks of the "Red Leg". Ironically, it was under ''this'' training that developed his incredible strength, [[spoiler:and not the SuperSoldier training with the Germa 66]].
** During his two years of training in IronicHell over the TimeSkip Sanji has become so fast that he can now [[LightningBruiser move at an absurdly fast speed ''underwater'' while maintaining his superior kicking power]]. He got the skill from running away from transvestites on that scary island for two full years. He also gained the skill to run on air. So, yeah, he can fly.
* TraumaButton: [[spoiler:Mentioning the Vinsmokes or Germa 66 around him often makes him fly into a truly extraordinary rage, since he understandably doesn't want anything more to do with them]].
* TraumaCongaLine:
** To sum up, he was defeated by Kuma, sent on a island full of Drag Queens, is accidentally mistaken for a crossdresser by the inhabitants, chased along the whole island, forced to fight the "Queen" in dress and make up, humiliated and tricked into becoming a crossdresser himself. Thankfully, he got better.
** The Whole Cake Island Arc has been one long trauma line for him, starting with [[spoiler:getting forced into an arranged marriage, beat up by his brothers, put under the threat of having his friends and parental figure Zeff murdered if he doesn't comply, and ends up slapped and disowned by his beloved Nami. Even worse is that his fiancee -- who ''appeared'' to actually like him and provided a HopeSpot -- is really a shattered BitchInSheepsClothing who plans on murdering him, and that her family intend to kill both his biological and adoptive family and friends anyways]].
* TruthInTelevision: His dislike of wasting food due to living through starvation is a fairly common trait among people who have had this trauma.
* {{Tykebomb}}: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} and later deconstructed. He and his siblings were genetically enhanced and psychologically altered after birth, and raised to be physically superior to the average human in order to lead the Germa 66's armies to their greatest victories. However, in Sanji's case, the modifications failed thanks to the drug his mother took in a desperate attempt to save him and his brothers, but the drug only worked on him for some reason. As a result, he didn't grow any stronger than your average human child. This is what caused his father and brothers to abuse him, because his being human was a grave affront to their standards of "strength", to the point where he ran away from home. However, as it was later revealed, Judge's experiments led to his children becoming utterly messed up as adults, with Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji being literally unable to feel or understand compassion, and Reiju being extremely suicidal. Sanji would've become like them had Sora not made her sacrifice]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He himself usually does not underestimate others but is quite regularly on the receiving end of this attitude due to him being an AlmightyJanitor:
** Bon Clay had no idea where Sanji suddenly came from or why this blonde pervert could keep up with him in their battle.
** Absalom didn't take Sanji serious at first and later thought it was insane that a pirate this strong had no notable bounty on his head.
** [[spoiler:The Vinsmoke family was surprised and irritated by the prowess Sanji learned in the time away from them.]]
** [[spoiler:[[{{Seers}} Charlotte Katakuri]] foresaw that Sanji would dodge the sneak attack of the wedding priest but didn't anticipate that Sanji would be able to dodge Katakuri's immediate attack too.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: No matter how much he argues with them (especially the men), Sanji deeply treasures the Straw Hat crew and will do ''anything'' for them when push comes to shove. [[spoiler:Not even the chance of being married to the beautiful Charlotte Pudding (who's also a SupremeChef) and being able to live like a prince as a member of the royal Vinsmoke family is able to deter him]].
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:His father and brothers see Sanji as this, due to being a compassionate weakling as a child who refused to abide by the code of MightMakesRight, to the point of inflicting constant physical abuse on him. It got to the point where his father [[IHaveNoSon wrote him off as dead]] and [[DeathFakedForYou left him in the dungeons to rot while passing off his absence as a training-related accident]], and his brothers were completely fine with it... except for [[CoolBigSis his sister]], [[BigBrotherInstinct who freed him and helped him run away to the East Blue]].]]
* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows twirl into two big ol' spirals on the ends; and, predictably, they are often the source of ridicule. Oddly enough though, both of his eyebrow spirals curl ''to the right'', meaning his eyebrows are asymmetrical on his face. Which may explain why he chooses to hide one of eyes at all times [[PeekABangs with his hair]]. (pre-TimeSkip he covered his left eye, post-Time-skip it's his right). [[spoiler: The swirly brows are a trait shred with his brothers; however, theirs twirl in the opposing direction to visually communicate that Sanji is different from them. In Chapter 1031, during the Onigashima war after Sanji starts manifesting the same durable traits his brothers do, and apparently [[TooKALevelInJerkass attacks an innocent woman off-screen]] whilst having an emotional crisis over his transformation, his eyebrows now swirl the same direction as theirs, showing how he's SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. Even once it's revealed that it was actually [[{{PowerCopying}} Queen]] who did it, Sanji's physical changes remain, and it's left ambiguous if he'd really started to lose his emotions or not]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:While Sanji is still compassionate and willing to help others, he showed it more often when he was younger. His abusive family and nearly starving to death twice hardened him, unfortunately]].
* VerbalTic: Since a young age, Sanji has a habit of saying "shit" or "shitty" when describing something. While the Japanese word for feces, "kuso", is not specifically an expletive, Sanji's manner of speech makes the term sound brash. For example, he might call a person he especially does not like a "shitty bastard" or something along those lines (such as his personal nickname for Zeff, "shitty geezer"), but he also described something pleasant to him, like being alone with Nami, as "shitty fantastic" and "the shitty best". In the [=FUNimation=] dub, this habit is downplayed to swearing that is less offensive.
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Before Sanji joined the crew, there was his relationship with Zeff. The two slung so many insults at each other and got in so many fights that the other cooks at Baratie were surprised to find out how much they actually cared about each other.
** He's not shy about insulting or arguing with the male Straw Hats, especially Zoro, but he's also willing to go quite far in defending them despite claiming to only care for the women.
* VolleyingInsults: Quite often with Zoro, as well as his surrogate father Zeff.
* WalkingSpoiler: His DarkAndTroubledPast [[spoiler:when it comes to his biological royal family]] makes him this.
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[WouldntHitAGirl He refuses to harm women in any way]], though he is capable of blocking their attacks. This causes near-fatal problems during the fights with Bon Clay and Kalifa. Nami even criticizes him on this trait.
* WhatTheHellHero: Upon learning about Jimbei indirectly causing Arlong to rule the East Blue and terrorize Nami, giving her severe emotional trauma and turning her into a BrokenBird, Sanji understandably gives him an earful for it.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** In the Thriller Bark arc, despite their rivalry, Sanji steps up and offers to sacrifice his life for Zoro when [[NoNonsenseNemesis Kuma]] threatens to kill him.
** Push comes to shove [[spoiler:when his royal birth family returns to take him back, and they try wooing him with promises of [[SexSlave "personal maidens"]], money, and marriage to the beautiful Charlotte Pudding. Sanji, against even his crew's expectations, refuses it all and stays absolutely set on leaving with Luffy and all of his friends.]]
** [[spoiler:Part of why Sanji was bullied by his brothers as a child was because he was willing to cook and serve food to others behind the family's backs]].
** [[spoiler:Despite finding out that his marriage to Pudding is a trap to get the Vinsmoke's killed, and being able to escape at any time since the explosive bands on his arms were never activated, with even [[DeathSeeker Reiju]] encouraging Sanji to abandon them, Sanji ultimately is too compassionate to let his family die even if he does consider most of them to be scum.]]
** [[spoiler:In Wano, Sanji begins to worry that the Raid Suit is making him lose his empathy and humanity like his siblings and wonders if he would be more useful to Luffy as himself, with all his flaws, or as a warrior without humanity nor weakness; in the end, he opts for the former and destroys the Raid Suit. However, just in case he loses control of himself, he asks someone to put him down if that ends up happening. Who does he ask? '''Zoro''' of all people, the person whom he gets along with the absolute least]].
* WhiteSheep: Despite being a pirate, Sanji displays much more integrity and nobility than his royal family of assassins, as seen when he calls a portrait of his father conquering four North Blue kingdoms tasteless. [[spoiler:This even stems from his childhood. Sanji was an outcast in his family because he was weak[[note]]Despite having the same genetic enhancements as his other siblings, he somehow always fell behind when he trained, which irritates them[[/note]] and compassionate towards others[[note]]Judge dismissed Sanji's compassion as "trying to hold the legacy of someone already dead" (that is, his mother).[[/note]]]].
* WhyCantIHateYou:
** [[spoiler:When he encountered Judge in the middle of his escape as a child, even after all the abuse he had suffered, he was still devastated to hear his father's complete apathy toward him leaving the family. However, he eventually got over it by adulthood, as he admits to himself that he feels nothing but hatred for Judge in the present day.]]
** [[spoiler:Despite overhearing Big Mom and Pudding's plans for the Vinsmokes as well as Pudding's true evil nature, Sanji is still attracted to Pudding because... well, he's [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]]. [[SpannerInTheWorks And that's later quite the plot point]].]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sanji appears to have some fear or aversion to insects and spiders. During the crew's search for the South Bird, he continually backed away from the various insects in the forest to the point he was afraid to touch them.
* WideEyedIdealist: [[DownplayedTrope Solely when it comes to women and nothing else]]; Sanji's views on the ladies are quite rose-tinted and naive, and he's prone to trusting any woman who acts nice to his face or returns his advances. He even proclaims that he would never doubt a woman's tears and is willing to forgive the lies and actions of any woman who wrongs him. Administrivia/TropesAreTools, however, so this is usually [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by being shown in a neutral light and presenting both the positive and negative outcomes of this trait of his. However, it's shown in a decidedly negative light in the Tottoland arc, where his patience is pushed to its limit as [[spoiler: his trusting nature leads to his heart being broken in an exceedingly cruel manner by a very sadistic, manipulative woman -- the likes of which he had never had to deal with before on such a personal level]]. However, in a true testament to his willpower, he sticks to his morals even after this; [[spoiler: [[FreakinessShame instead of showing any anger towards her, he compliments]] [[BrokenBird Pudding's]] ThirdEye and still calls her beautiful, which causes her to ''genuinely'' fall in love with him -- reconstructing the trope and proving that Sanji's chivalry ''can'' work against all odds.]]
* WifeBasherBasher: For Sanji, women are sacred and no man can raise a finger upon them. If he sees someone hurting or just harassing a woman, Sanji immediately runs to her rescue and punishes the basher.
* WillfullyWeak: At first, Sanji makes free use of his raid suit. [[spoiler:However, when he develops an exoskeleton, he immediately suspects something is wrong. Later, he blacks out and somehow attacks a '''woman''' just for getting in the way. Sanji assesses that his raid suit is somehow altering his mind to make him a heartless soldier and decides that it must be destroyed and he will remain a humane fighter that will just have to deal with women as his weakness. He even asks Zoro to kill him if his mind turns cold-blooded after the events in Wano.]]
* WingdingEyes: Prone to developing "heart" eyes whenever he's swooning over a lady.
* TheWorfEffect: The only worse offender of this than Zoro is Sanji.
** It happens to him once an arc, including freaking ''filler'' arcs. Notable examples include Eneru (couldn't even hit him once despite wearing shoes with rubber soles), Smoker (in the manga), Arlong, Blueno (after revealing Robin's intentions, Sanji had no use for holding back and still got beat), and Absalom (possibly a deconstruction, since it was really just a penguin fighting as Sanji, though the other zombies note he's quite powerful).
** Before the timeskip, Sanji is easily defeated by Ivankov to put his power in perspective.
** Really the only reason he and Vergo fought was to build up the latter's threat level.
** In the Dressrosa arc he suffers this from BigBad Donquixote Doflamingo. While Doflamingo acknowledged his as being strong, Sanji seemingly did no damage with all his attacks and was immediately bested by his Parasite technique.
** [[spoiler:Sanji got beaten by his father during the fight with him. Downplayed in that Judge [[DirtyCoward used his own soldiers as human shields to distract Sanji and impale him through one of them.]]]]
* WorfHadTheFlu:
** He might have won against Gin, but the wounds he sustained while Pearl beat him up while he was unable to retaliate due to Zeff being held hostage immobilized him at a crucial moment.
** He also presumably would have put up a better fight against Arlong (if not outright won) if he hadn't been badly injured in his previous battle.
** His fights against Eneru and Smoker were lost causes due to their Logia powers and his inability to use Haki before the timeskip.
** When fighting Absalom he was handicapped by having to protect Nami.
** In his fight with Vergo, which ended in more of a draw then a defeat, he didn't use Haki or Diable Jambe aside from his initial attack.
** [[spoiler:He's quickly taken down by Niji in their first fight, but it should be noted that Ichiji distracted him for a second and Niji managed to sneak up on him while he was looking away, and both Niji and Ichiji threatened Red Leg's life if he dared to fight back.]]
** [[spoiler:Sanji got beaten by his father during the fight with him... But the only reason Judge even got that hit in was by acting like a coward and calling in human shields to stop Sanji from attacking, then striking from one of said shields when Sanji stopped his attack. This is especially notable when you factor in that Judge's Raidsuit is fire resistant, so the fact he still felt the need to call in human shields against a flaming kick says alot. And top it off Sanji was barely injured at the end ]].
* WorstAid: Justified because he's not a doctor. When he finds a defeated Zoro at Onigashima, Sanji asks Chopper for help, who tells him to give him some bandages in the meanwhile. Sanji then turns Zoro into a cross-shaped mummy unable to move, and even uses his bandaged body as a blunt weapon.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Sanji always absolutely ''refuses'' to hit a lady no matter the circumstances, even if the lady in question is evil and/or trying to kill him. His strong feelings on this stem from his mentor Zeff, who literally kicked him into learning this mindset. Therefore, in addition to his love for women, Sanji also sticks to never hurt them so strictly because he doesn't want to disappoint Zeff and become a man that he wouldn't be proud of. During the Onigashima War, while he's captured by Black Maria, Sanji refuses to use the Color of Armement to protect himself from her beating because he ''doesn't want her to hurt her fist punching him''. While in the Water 7 & Enies Lobby Arc, this inability to hit women leads to Sanji's defeat at the hands of Califa, after the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji [[CharacterDevelopment learns to deal with his weakness by either running away from female enemies or calling for help when he can't run anymore]]. [[spoiler:When he apparently beat up a innocent girl during the Onigashima war, Sanji is ''horrified'' and fears it's a side-effect of his Raid Suit starting to affect his personality but it's shortly revealed that it was actually Queen, who'd [[PowerCopying copied the abilities of the Germa Siblings]], who hit the girl whilst using Sanji's [[{{Invisibility}} Stealth Black abilities]], which both relives Sanji and thoroughly pisses him off for letting them both believe he'd actually struck her]]. This trait even carries onto video game adaptations, with the ''[[VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors Pirate Warriors]]'' games in particular programming his attacks to always avoid hitting and/or affecting female enemies;[[note]]Crew Strikes let him call in someone else to defeat them for him, but it's still such a problem that the game flat-out warns you if he tries to start a mission containing female enemies.[[/note]] however, he ''can'' be made to hit a female enemy in some games, but he will [[ApologeticAttacker apologize with each attack]].
* WrestlerOfBeasts: While freeing his crew from Crocodile's prison, Sanji defeats giant crocodile creatures called Banawani.
* YouOweMe: [[spoiler:While he does save the Vinsmokes from certain death at the hands of the Charlotte family alongside [[TokenGoodTeammate his sister, Reiju]], he immediately lets them know that they're indebted to him and ''damn sure better pay him back'', silently demanding that they rescue his friends. Judge glares at him in annoyance, but Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji quickly comply without complaint and ''actually listen to Sanji'' for once]].
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and destroys the suit for good.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:acknowledge Vinsmoke Judge as his father due to his tragic past; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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[[header:"Black Leg" Sanji]]
!!!'''Child Voice:''' Creator/IkueOtani (JP); Creator/ChristineAuten (EN, Funi, TV series), Creator/MeganShipman (EN, Funi, ''Episode of East Blue''), Creator/VeronicaTaylor (EN, 4Kids); Alejandra Vegar (4Kids), Oliver Díaz (Netflix) (Latin American Spanish); Creator/DianaTorres (SP)\\
'''Adult Voice:''' Creator/HiroakiHirata (JP); Creator/EricVale (EN, Funi), David Moo (EN, 4Kids), Joseph Murray (EN, Odex, episode 20-67), Paul Pistore (EN, Odex, episode 68-104); Noe Velásquez (Latin American Spanish); Creator/AlfredoMartinez (SP)
!!!'''Age:''' 19 (Pre-Timeskip), 21 (Post-Timeskip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 43 (Manga), Episode 20 (Anime)
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->''"The Marines may not be concerned with me right now, but soon I, Black Leg Sanji, will be the most infamous of all!"''
Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered by the fandom as one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats. Sanji and Zoro are also considered to be "the Wings of the Pirate King" by Nico Robin.
His dream is to find a legendary patch of sea called the All Blue, where one can find species of fish from all over the world. His mentor, former-pirate-turned-restaurant-owner Zeff, is one he shares his dreams with, and Sanji worked under him as a way to pay Zeff back for saving his life when the two were stuck on a rock with barely any food when Sanji was a child.
Sanji has also shown some ButtMonkey tendencies, as he's become the butt of an ever-increasing list of jokes, including a ugly, poorly drawn bounty poster that no one has any trouble identifying him with, a man who ''resembles'' said bounty poster coming for revenge, and Kuma blasting him to an island filled with, of all things, drag queens, leading him to declare that [[IronicHell he is in Hell]]. While there, he learns of a special recipe to make the consumer stronger and trains with the 99 Newkama Kenpo masters.
In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually went on the run, frustrated with the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother Sora died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animus and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister Reiju's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as Linlin, who is capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
He has a bounty of 330,000,000 million berries.[[note]]His first bounty is 77,000,000 Berries, awarded for his defeat of Jabra and involvement at Enies Lobby. He's, however, frequently unrecognized since his old wanted poster is a poorly-drawn composite sketch. His second bounty is 177,000,000 berries, received for simply being a member of the Straw Hats after Dressrosa. He also finally gains an actual picture for his poster (albeit a goofy take of him with his typical "heart" eyes). Due to his father's meddling, he's also briefly wanted only alive at this time, unlike the other Straw Hats and every other known criminal (who are all "dead or alive"). He receives his current bounty of 330,000,000 berries for his connection to the Vinsmokes and involvement in the raid against Big Mom; and, with his family matters resolved, he is once again wanted dead or alive. However, to his extreme frustration, he is now officially recognized by the government as "Vinsmoke" Sanji.[[/note]]
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* NinetiesHair: His iconic "curtains" hairstyle is distinctly 90s, no doubt due to being officially inspired by Creator/SteveBuscemi's [[https://imgur.com/a/BGYWL6K hair]] in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' according to Oda. This is Downplayed with art evolution and the Timeskip, however, with Sanji's hair becoming distinctly shaggier over time.
* ABNegative: It turns out Sanji has a rare blood type. This becomes extremely problematic when the {{Nosebleed}} after {{Nosebleed}} he'd been suffering and had been PlayedForLaughs after being exposed to real women again caused him to go through all of Chopper's stock of that specific type. As a result, when a mermaid tries to keep him hidden by stuffing him into [[MarshmallowHell Marshmallow Heaven]], he has such an [[HighPressureBlood epic]] gusher that it becomes life-threatening. Further complicating the situation was the issue that due to some latent racism between humans and merfolks, those who had the blood type refused to donate either out of discrimination or fear of the enforcers of the regime.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: His interactions with Cosette and Pudding during the Whole Cake Island Arc proves that he's actually really good at charming women when he's not intentionally trying to.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The Viz translation of the manga takes his regular attack names (one-word French cooking terms, for the most part), and adds a second word, usually alliterative with the first, to them, resulting in names like "Trompine Treader" and "Mouton Mallet".
* AllAccordingToPlan: Sanji is the tactical mastermind of the crew and all of his plans work out the way he wants them to.
** The most notable incident still is his Mr. Prince shtick in the Alabasta arc, where he tricks Crocodile into leaving the building so that he can save his own crew.
** During the Buster Call at the Water 7-Enies Lobby arc, Sanji disappears from the fight, only to reveal later that not only did he has rigged the aiming of the cannons of several warships to miss the ''Going Merry'', but he has also closed the Doors of Justice to create whirlpools that would make the larger ships stand still, but allow their tinier ship to escape.
** During the raid at Onigashima, Sanji leaves Nami and Carrot, apparently to spend some time with the prostitutes [[spoiler:while he's actually planning to change into his raid suit to become invisible, and uses it to reach Kaido and saves Momonosuke]].
* AllLovingHero: By his own admission, Sanji loves ''all'' women even if they are villains and want to kill him.
* AlmightyJanitor: After the Alabasta Arc, Sanji doesn't receive a bounty like Zoro or Luffy, despite being as strong as them, and having even played a big role into defeating Crocodile when he saves his entire crew from a deadly trap. It still applies with later bounties, as he never becomes the third highest until the events of Whole Cake Island. Outside of bounties, despite being one of the best fighters of the crew, Sanji's official position is the cook.
* AlwaysSecondBest: It's a bit of a subtle running gag that he's ''always'' just one step behind Zoro in every area (excluding such obvious things as cooking, leg strength, or directional sense of course). He's got the ''second'' deepest voice in the crew behind Zoro, he's ''one centimeter'' shorter than Zoro, he's ''always'' a little behind him strength-wise and he always fights somebody who's a little weaker than Zoro's opponent. It pops up in other ways too, such as how he woke up just ''after'' Zoro did after Kuma attacked on Thriller Bark. Zoro himself, of course, mocks Sanji every time he bests him.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[spoiler:Sanji is considered a nuisance to his two older brothers Ichiji and Niji. Not because there's anything actually wrong with ''Sanji'', but because both of them are massive [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] with an utter LackOfEmpathy (no thanks to [[EvilutionaryBiologist Judge]]) who think that his noble, heroic qualities are irritating]].
* TheApprentice: He served as Zeff's apprentice shortly after the latter saved his life as a child.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:In Chapter 864, after failing to kill Sanji the first time thanks to [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe some unexpected compliments]], Pudding tries again, insisting that her murderous, sadistic self is her "true" personality unlike the sweet girl Sanji had seen, and rants that she has deceived many people before Sanji in the past. Sanji responds by asking Pudding if she happened to be one of those people, which, although it doesn't make her back down right away, noticeably shocks Pudding into hesitating even more. This is what triggers Pudding's HeelFaceTurn that ultimately helps the Straw Hats escape Totto Land]].
* ArrangedMarriage: To the thirty-fifth daughter of the Charlotte family, Pudding. Their wedding is supposed to be the centerpiece of one of Big Mom's tea parties, and the whole situation is courtesy of his father and Big Mom forming a political alliance. He's not too happy about it, though he still ends up love-struck by his beautiful bride to be when he actually sees her ([[ChivalrousPervert as you might expect]]). [[spoiler:Things go even more sour, though, when it turns out that Pudding is actually a BrokenBird with a sadistic streak and the engagement is a sham- the real purpose is to murder him along with his entire family. Once Sanji gives her her first compliment, however, Pudding [[HeelFaceTurn decides to help the Straw Hats]] and makes up an alibi of them already being married to escape suspicion... though as shown by her breakdown over Sanji leaving Totto Land at the end of the Totto Land arc, [[LoveHurts she wishes it were true]]]].
* ArtEvolution: A very subtle version; Sanji's face wasn't quite as round when he [[http://i.imgur.com/GXghVfc.png first came back]] from the {{Timeskip}} [[http://i.imgur.com/ZrJUx4Z.png?1 compared to later on]].
* AssassinOutclassin:
** In the Totto Land arc, [[spoiler:he outclasses ''three'' would-be assassins in the span of a few seconds. First, he causes his [[HoneyTrap fake fiancee]] to have a VillainousBreakdown on the altar right before she tries to shoot him by calling her supposedly horrifying ThirdEye [[FreakyIsCool beautiful]]. Then, after she fails, he [[DodgeTheBullet dodges the priest's point-blank gunshot]] attempt -- or at least he would have had the [[ColdSniper cold-sniping]] {{Seer|s}} Charlotte Katakuri not foreseen this and intervened. Instead, Katakuri tries to kill him by flicking a [[AbnormalAmmo jellybean]] through his [[BoomHeadshot head]] before this can happen... but Sanji dodges ''that'' as well and Katakuri ends up killing the priest instead]].
** In the Wano arc, after joining Franky in beating up a few members of the Kyoshiro family for trying to intimidate them into paying a protection fee, [[spoiler:Sanji gets Page One and X Drake sent after him so [[MakeAnExampleOfThem he'll be used as an example for defying the yakuza]]. Not only does Sanji stops Page One with a powerful kick upon arrival, he also prepares to use his raid suit that he previously wanted nothing to do with]].
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Despite the above AlmightyJanitor and below Badass instances, Sanji will likely lose his train of thought if a pretty woman comes into his focus. One instance on the Punk Hazard arc is him chasing to help Nami and Robin but stops when he sees Monet. Not only does he stop, but the Marines who are following him stop as well to comment on how beautiful she is.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Not only is Sanji a brilliant tactician in combat, but his sense of smell along with his cooking skills allows him to produce an exact copy of the recipe for a cake someone else made (complete with seven secret ingredients), just off the smell of the cake, despite being a ''[[UpToEleven smoker]]''[[labelnote: Explanation]] Who in real life are known and proven to have a severely diminished sense of smell and taste due to the poison they're addicted to.[[/labelnote]]
* BadassBaritone: When he's not fawning over women, his voice is the deepest in the crew after Zoro's.
* BadassFamily: Despite him having cut his ties with them and thus no longer considering them to be his family (and vice-versa, at least in the case of his father and brothers), he ''is'' a biological member of the infamous Vinsmoke family, a royal family of underworld "killers", all of whom who have been shown to be badass in their own right, something that "Black Leg" Sanji, member of the Straw Hat Pirates, in-crew member of the Straw Hat's "Monster Trio", and tactical genius, can also lay claim to.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Quite spiffy looking with that blue/orange pinstripe shirt and classic black suit.
* BadassNormal: Not normal by our standards, but he's the only Straw Hat to not use either a Devil Fruit or a weapon, so he's literally just going with the rest of the crew and fighting with just his own two feet. Despite this, he's one of the three strongest members of the crew. Also taken quite literally in the fact that he's the only sibling in the Vinsmoke family to not be genetically modified, so unlike his siblings, his strength came entirely through training.
* BareFistedMonk: Well, it's technically Bare ''Footed'' Monk. He never uses his hands in battle because he needs them undamaged to cook.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He is always annoyed with his lack of recognition, especially since his Wanted poster looked like Duval, and desires to be the most infamous pirate in the world. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is the missing third son of the criminal Vinsmoke family, a royal family of assassins, thus making him a prince by birthright and just a few steps in political power below the ''World Nobles''. The Vinsmoke family also consisted of people who constantly abused and bullied him for being weak as a child, which later caused him to run away and become a pirate. Looks like your wish finally came true, Sanji]]. When he finally gets a higher bounty then [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Zoro]], Sanji can't enjoy it [[spoiler:since it's clear that the World Government only raised his bounty due to being a Vinsmoke, leaving Sanji depressed.]]
* BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler:No matter how much he hates his family, who are evil warmongers, mock him as a failure and keep his ParentalSubstitute hostage, Sanji can't leave them to their fate to get killed by Big Mom. Sanji doesn't view them as family, but he will try to save them nonetheless, because he is too compassionate to just run away. Thanks to the help of the Straw Hat-Firetank Pirate Alliance, he eventually succeeds in saving his family, who decide to protect the Straw Hats and aid their escape even after fulfilling their life debt to him]].
* BerserkButton:
** Never insult his culinary skills or steal his dream of eating the [[{{Invisibility}} Clear-Clear Fruit]].
** Never suggest that he is incapable of protecting people. Kuroobi found this out the hard way.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Let's face it, no remotely important characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' are remotely realistic, as far as their abilities are concerned.
** But who else goes as far as to perform ''plastic surgery'' in the middle of battle by rapidly kicking their opponent in the face?
** But who else ignites their feet for a special attack without getting burned, while underwater?
** Not to mention running faster than the speed of ''water pressure''.
** While not unheard of, flying in One Piece is a very exceptional skill to have.
** His nosebleeds can actually ''run Chopper out of his spare blood stock for Sanji's type.'' Chopper, by the way, also takes care of ''Zoro'' after fights.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Sanji is surprisingly protective and supportive of Usopp, even going out of his way to give him encouragement. This makes a lot more sense when you realize [[spoiler:Sanji can relate to Usopp due to being the weakest member of a group (the Straw Hats in Usopp's case, his family in Sanji's case)]].
** Inverts it with Little Brother Instinct [[spoiler:towards Reiju, his older sister. He despises his quadruplet brothers and his father, but he genuinely does care about his sister, the only one of his still-living relatives who was kind to him when he was a child. He does decide to save his whole family at Big Mom's wedding, but it's clear that Reiju is the one he wants to save the most; when the rest of the Vinsmokes are about to be murdered by the Charlotte family, Sanji rushes towards the table to help while shouting for her to run away]].
* BigDamnHeroes:
** "Mr. Prince", followed later by "The Hunter".
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook from '''Doflamingo''' in Dressrosa.
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook ''again'', this time from being trapped in Capone's body, while they are on Zou.
* {{Bishonen}}: A masculine example, though it gets downplayed after he grows out his facial hair during the TimeSkip with the transition from the thin teenage stubble to a full goatee.
** Zoro calls him "Idiot Lovely".
** [[TheMafia Firetank Pirates]] member Gotti angrily calls Sanji "pretty boy".
** When meeting Sanji's older sister, Brook goes heart-eyed twice and says "So pretty." Shortly after, Luffy sees her face and asks, [[IdiotHero "Sanji?!"]]
* BigLittleBrother: Both he and his fraternal quadruplet brothers are taller than their older sister, Reiju, who is the firstborn of their family.
* BlueIsHeroic: Sanji's [[ColorMotifs main color scheme]] is blue. He's also a member of the Straw Hat Pirates [[spoiler:and a WhiteSheep in the royal Vinsmoke family, which was thanks to his mother, Sora, [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing herself]] to preserve his empathy after his father, Judge, psychologically altered him in-utero]].
* BondOneLiner: Has a habit of giving these after winning major fights.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler:A platonic example; in Chapter 843, he turns down Luffy's attempts to bring him back from Totto Land because his abusive family blackmailed him into marrying Pudding, and if he defied his purpose, his loved ones (especially [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]]) will be killed. Luffy understandably doesn't listen and punches Sanji in the face to get him to come back to the crew]].
* BrickJoke: One that took a ''very'' long time, and was almost not certainly planned to be this: in Alabasta, Sanji gives the name "Mr. Prince" to Crocodile as his alias. [[ComicBookTime Two in-series years, and over a decade of real-life time, later]], we find out that he actually ''is'' a blood-born prince of the Vinsmoke family, the rulers of Germa Kingdom and an infamous group of Underworld assassins.
* BrokenTears: He bursts into tears twice during the Totto Land arc. [[spoiler:First, after he beats Luffy up and tries to force the Straw Hats to leave Whole Cake Island, which makes Nami ''[[ArmorPiercingSlap slap]]'' him. And later, when he overheard [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]] laughing at how easily she tricked him, how stupid she finds him and how she is looking forward to see his reaction right before she kills him.]]
* BrooklynRage: In the 4Kids dub, Sanji was given a thick Brooklyn accent to match his temperamental personality.
* ButtMonkey: Aside from Luffy, he's the Straw Hat most likely to be the butt of some joke or run into misfortune; he consistently is beaten up by Nami, rejected by most women, ends up in strange situations, and his quirks and mannerisms are sometimes jokingly mocked by the other Straw Hats when he's not present (aside from [[SitcomArchNemesis Zoro]], [[VitriolicBestBuds who, of course]], will do it to his face). [[spoiler:It steers into borderline TraumaCongaLine territory in the Totto Land arc when, chapter after chapter, he is subjected to his royal family's abuse, discovers that his beautiful chef fiancee is actually a broken, sadistic psychopath who planned to kill him, and even has [[KickTheDog explosive bracelets planted on his arms]] so he'll be obedient to his family's demands until his wedding day]].
* BurningWithAnger: As a RunningGag he bursts into flames when he's sufficiently enraged. Chopper even says "[[AngstNuke Awesome! He exploded!]]" at one point during one such instance. After the TimeSkip, he's ''weaponized'' it since it reminds him of his TrainingFromHell at the hands of Ivankov.
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* CainAndAbel: Sanji clearly has no love for his three quadruplet brothers. It's later revealed that as a child, Sanji was frequently and viciously bullied by his brothers for being weak and showing compassion towards starving animals.
** His older sister, Reiju, who laughed at this in public but showed compassion for him in private, is the only living family member he shows affection for.
** It's heavily implied that he fought (and defeated) the youngest, Yonji, as soon as they met up again, with Yonji sporting a disfigured face afterwards.
** [[spoiler:Though he hates all of them, he has a particular dislike for Niji, as he specifically notes that only ''Niji'' out of all of them is actually vindictive and petty enough to brutally beat an innocent cook to spite Sanji for defending her. This act practically lowers Niji to a level that's "[[InsultToRocks lower than scum]]" in Sanji's eyes]].
** [[spoiler:This is later justified in Chapter 852; before Sanji and his brothers were born, Judge tried to weaponize them by experimenting on them in utero and completely removing their ability to feel compassion and empathy. Their mother, Sora, intervened by taking a drug that reversed gene-altering surgeries, but died, saving only Sanji. His brothers can't understand why he still has his humanity and continues to act kind towards others, because they were programmed that way.]]
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: Thanks to [[spoiler:his mother taking a drug against Judge's modifications, Sanji is the only one of his siblings to not have any superhuman ability but also keeps his emotions. At Onigashia, however, Sanji manifests those powers and Queen comments that his genetic alterations might have manifested later; Sanji is not happy of these changes because he fears to lose his emotions just like his brothers]].
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Sanji is noticeably less lecherous around Pudding (the closest he ever had to a full-blown romantic relationship) than any other woman save his sister (this becomes clear after the wedding is crashed). Funnily enough, it's Pudding herself that goes full Sanji mode when near Sanji himself, so this trope might be employed to balance it out.
* CasanovaWannabe: The chances of him actually sleeping with anyone he's wooed are practically nonexistent. [[spoiler:Then when the chance comes up after he is paired up with Charlotte Pudding, one of Big Mom's daughters, he turns it down, to the shock of his crewmates]].
* CatchPhrase:
** "Crap" as a prefix (e.g. his nickname for Zeff, "Kuso Jijii", means "Shitty Old Man"). It's almost a tic, since he uses it when describing non-crappy things, like 'dates' with Nami. This pisses her off enormously.
** '''~MELLORINE!!!~''' [[note]](Mellorine is a cheaper version of ice cream that's made from animal/vegetable fat instead of butter. It could be an extension of how he says "Crap" to describe non-crappy things as mentioned above.)[[/note]]
** For a while after the time skip (in which he spent two years stuck on an island with transvestites): "IIIII NEEEEED LADYYYYY!"
* CharacterDevelopment:
** [[spoiler:He was supposed to be completely emotionless like his brothers, but thanks to his mother sacrificing herself for him, he was born a normal boy. Unfortunately, his father and brothers saw it fit to constantly bully and abuse him for being weaker than them, which culminated in Sanji being thrown into the dungeons to rot. Reiju secretly rescued him, and helped him escape by directing him to a cruise ship in the East Blue, which took him in as an apprentice chef]].
** His innocence takes a toll when Sanji found himself stranded on an island with "Red Leg" Zeff after a catastrophic storm, nearly starving to death [[spoiler:for the second time]]. He was dismayed at how he had wasted food earlier, and was horrified to discover Zeff had given him all the remaining food and had been eating ''his own leg'' to stay alive. This was the beginning of Sanji's desire to feed anyone regardless of their background and loyalties, and to never ever waste food.
** By the start of the story, Sanji went from the LethalChef he was as a child, to a bad-tempered SupremeChef. Although Zeff was a well-meaning father, he was borderline-abusive in making sure Sanji grew up to become a fine man. While Sanji goes gaga at every pretty woman he sees ([[DirtyKid something he had since he was a child]]), he's more civil about it. Furthermore, thanks to Baratie's teachings, he ''loathes'' anyone who wastes food, and will kick anyone who does.
** After undergoing two years' worth of TrainingFromHell with Ivankov and the Okamas, Sanji went from a smooth-talking ChivalrousPervert to a CasanovaWannabe who would overreact to the presence of a pretty woman like a man who's been starved and dehydrated for weeks.
** In the Dressrosa arc, Sanji proved himself to be a very good leader when Luffy and half of the Straw Hats were off dealing with Doflamingo and his crew, as he was able to give the Big Mom Pirates a bit of trouble with his assault (with Luffy's blessing).
** In the Zou and Totto Land arcs, [[spoiler:Sanji rediscovers his blood ties with the Vinsmokes, who he had not seen in years, and is forced to put up with them because his father made him the lynchpin that will seal the Vinsmokes' alliance with the Big Mom Pirates. To make things worse, Judge blackmailed his weakling son into submission, to the point where Sanji had to bend himself over backwards constantly to please both his family and Big Mom so his friends or the Baratie chefs wouldn't be assassinated. Despite having every reason to hate his asshole father and brothers, he ultimately decides to save them from being executed by Big Mom's family after Reiju tells him the truth behind his mother's death and his brothers' behaviors. [[MissingMom Vinsmoke Sora]] ends up getting the last laugh as Sanji's unearthed compassion saves the Straw Hats, the Vinsmokes, and the Firetank Pirates from total annihilation, and even finds a new ally in his supposed "fiancee", [[BrokenBird Charlotte]] [[TragicVillain Pudding]], who falls in love with him after he heals her broken heart and helps the Straw Hats flee Big Mom's wrath. Even better, all the Vinsmokes are indebted to the one they dismissed as a failure]].
** In the Reverie arc, [[spoiler:Sanji discovers that Niji secretly gave him his own raid suit, which he assumes to be CondescendingCompassion on his brother's part. He understandably refuses to use his raid suit and denounces the use of science to make people stronger, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite knowing that Nami uses the Clima-Tact to fight her enemies]]]]. However, in the Wano arc, [[spoiler:he gets over it and prepares to use it against the rampaging Page One, knowing that [[CoverBlowingSuperpower he'll end up revealing himself as a Vinsmoke]]]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** It's strange to think that he once (in the manga at least) almost shot Nico Robin, albeit an instinctive reaction to Vivi being threatened. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What ever happened to that pistol, anyway?]]
** Sanji used to be more reserved and often always irritable, now he's not only high-strung, but he goes into goofy states of mind when involved with women. Justified, however; you try living on an island full of [[CreepyCrossdresser transvestites]] who think you're attractive and chase you everywhere you go while having absolutely no contact with real women ''for two straight years'' and see how you behave after that.
** His [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold kindness and altruism]] become highlighted and focused on as defining traits of his in the Whole Cake Island Arc, to the point where his sister considers them to be the most prominent and important aspects of his personality. However, if you look at past One Piece, he wasn't quite as altruistic and forgiving in the past. Though all of this is certainly not ''too'' inconsistent with his character, there is the one egregious matter of how he was ready to abandon the innocent kids suffering under Caesar in the Punk Hazard Arc if it weren't for Nami (Though to be fair, neither he nor Nami knew about the situation the kids were in at the time). However, it could be argued that his family's physical and emotional abuse for being "weak", combined with living the rest of his childhood with the hard-handed yet well-meaning Zeff, caused Sanji's innocent compassion to whittle away until he's mostly left with jade-colored glasses.
* CharacterTics: When under extreme stress, Sanji has been shown to express anxiety by ruffling his hair and/or curling into himself as to bring his head down towards his legs. He was shown to have done the latter as a child while he was trapped on the rock with Zeff, and he did the former once while the Straw Hats were being hunted down by Kuma, but most prominently, [[spoiler:he has done either one of or a combination of both of these tics ''several'' times throughout the Totto Land Arc, the cause of which being the extreme stress he's being put under because of his abusive family, along with their forcing of him into an arranged marriage with one of Big Mom's daughters and all of the consequences that have come of that.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Considering his legs are strong enough to casually kick away large sea monsters, he definitely qualifies. To the extent that he's become ''stronger'' than his genetically-enhanced siblings, despite lacking those enhancements himself.
* ChefOfIron: Of the 'Ordinary' variety, although he names his attacks after food and cooking methods. He is capable of using cooking utensils as weapons with some proficiency, but prefers not to as they are meant for helping people, not hurting them. He ''never'' uses food itself as a weapon, and others doing so is one of his {{Berserk Button}}s, since he considers it wasteful; the only time he uses knives was against Wanze in the Water 7 arc, since cutting up Wanze's ramen armor was no different than preparing food.
* ChekhovsGag: Sanji made a pervy face while he goofed off with those mermaids during the Fish-Man Island arc. Several years later, in the Zou arc, his new Wanted Poster features that exact moment (down to the ''fish that were in the background''), and it ends up becoming a driving factor in [[spoiler:the reemergence of his family]].
* ChekhovsGun:
** His new bounty poster, the one with a legitimate picture of him reads [[spoiler:"Alive Only" instead of the typical "Dead or Alive" hinting someone powerful doesn't want him dead]].
** His [[spoiler:"No. 3" [[PoweredArmor raid suit]], which Niji gave to him as a token of goodwill in the beginning of the Reverie arc after the Straw Hats manage to escape Totto Land. At first, Sanji wanted nothing to do with Germa's technology or science, despite Nami and Usopp's protests, but he proceeds to pull it out and use it to fight Page One]].
* TheChessmaster: Sanji isn't just a great martial artist, he's also a genius-level manipulator, able to outsmart brilliant people such as Crocodile. He also shows a habit of playing people like fiddles through the series, usually opting to sabotage or confuse enemies covertly while the rest of the crew handles more direct approaches (such as prior to the start of the Enies Lobby Arc). [[spoiler:This is later justified after the TimeSkip, where the Totto Land Arc revealed that Sanji and his siblings were all trained in military strategy since childhood so they can become brilliant Germa 66 commanders. It's a good thing he ran away and is now on the side of good, because Sanji's presence would spell "[[SpannerInTheWorks instant failure]]" for the [[BigBad villains]]' [[EvilPlan plans]]]].
* ChickMagnet: Funnily and ironically enough, even though he's a CasanovaWannabe most of the time, Sanji ''does'' tend to attract women whenever he manages to act relatively normal (i.e., not outright perverted) for more than five minutes. He's also usually popular at parties.
* ChivalrousPervert: '''''And how'''''; as much as he goes gaga over pretty women and tries to flirt with them, he refuses to harm a woman even if it would cost him his life. Do ''not'' mistreat women in his vicinity unless you want him to literally explode with rage. Zeff is the reason behind this, literally beating it into his head that he must never harm a lady or he will be a failure as a man. [[spoiler:Despite Pudding absolutely ''loathing'' the fact that she would be marrying a pervert, Sanji's attraction to her ThirdEye saves his life when Pudding, taken aback by his compliments, reveals herself to be a BrokenBird by collapsing into tears]].
* CigaretteBurns: On several occasions, he's burned his opponents in the middle of a fight with his cigarette butt. However, he's rarely resorted to this tactic ever since he actually learned how to [[PlayingWithFire generate fire]].
* ClarkKentOutfit: Sanji with his suit on looks leaner than Usopp, with [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0sc-0may4FM/maxresdefault.jpg his suit off]] he's about muscly as Zoro.
* CloseToHome: Due to Sanji's childhood starvation, wasting or disrespecting food is the ''one'' thing that has made him angry enough to use his fists against someone, especially Luffy. Do ''not'' do it anywhere near him.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Niji slips a Raid suit into his pocket as a goodbye gift. When he puts aside his distaste towards everything Germa, and dons it, it enhances his already considerable CharlesAtlasSuperpower and MadeOfIron stats, and grants him his childhood dream of {{invisibility}}]].
* ColorCharacter: Sanji is given the name "Black Leg", since he fights like his mentor, "Red Leg" Zeff, and wears a black suit with black shoes. This is notably in contrast to his siblings, whose epithets are in English written in katakana, while Sanji's name is in Japanese written with kanji. [[spoiler:And he actually would have gotten the color of black in Germa, too, as in the comic strip Germa's No. 3 was "Stealth Black".]]
* ColorFailure: When he heard Zoro saying he and Duval, whose ugly face matches the drawing from his wanted poster, are 'like two peas in a pod', [[http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/274/7/a/shocked_sanji_by_jasonpictures-d816yud.png he looks offended]], to put it mildly.
* ColorMotif:
** Sanji usually wears [[BlueIsHeroic blue]], which symbolizes masculinity, wisdom, and sorrow. [[spoiler:A very far cry from the CheerfulChild he once was, thanks to suffering a DarkAndTroubledPast with the Vinsmokes]]. It also connects him to [[spoiler:Vinsmoke Niji, his older quadruplet brother who also has blue as his color theme. In this case, blue connects them in how they were both affected by [[AbusiveParents Judge]] growing up (being horrifically abused for having compassion vs. being literally and completely unable to empathize with others) and how Sanji is everything Niji could have become if his empathy wasn't removed by Judge in-utero]].
** When he was younger, [[spoiler:his designated color was yellow, as it would have marked him as a genetically-modified Vinsmoke like his sister and brothers. Ironically, it showed his childlike innocence and kindness, things that Sanji managed to keep thanks to Sora's attempts to preserve her sons' humanity]].
** After the two-year timeskip, Sanji took to wearing orange, which represents warmth and passion (possibly invoking his fire powers through "Hell Memories").
* CombatPragmatist: Though he practices an elegant martial art and has a strict code of honor, he's not above [[CigaretteBurns burning his opponents with his cigarette]] to catch them off guard. He'll also occasionally play mind games with his opponent to get them to drop their guard so he can surprise them with a kick, a tactic he's used against Mr.2 and Jabra.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In an SBS in vol. 68, Oda confirmed that Sanji was modeled after Creator/SteveBuscemi as Mr. Pink from the movie Film/ReservoirDogs.
* CookingDuel: Gets into a few in anime {{Filler}}. [[SupremeChef He always wins, of course]].
* CulturedBadass: He's the number one ChivalrousPervert and SupremeChef, who loves to wear nice-looking suits.
* DanceBattler: Most of the Black Leg Style's kicking techniques resemble real life UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} moves.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Sanji was born the third son of the Vinsmoke family, a family of royal assassins who once ruled the North Blue (they're trying to fix that). Before he and his (older and younger) fraternal quadruplet brothers were even born, Judge altered their DNA in utero and surgically removed their ability to feel empathy, so he can turn them into the perfect killing machines. Sanji's mother, Sora, who completely disagreed with her husband's plan, secretly ate a drug that reversed gene modifications so she can protect their sons, but unfortunately she was only successful in saving Sanji while Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji have but a shred of humanity left, and died as a result of the drug's effects while Sanji was still young. When Judge discovered Sanji still remained compassionate and physically remained as strong as a normal kid, he forever deemed him a "failure" in his eyes, and let Sanji's brothers viciously bully him for most of his childhood, even telling Sanji ''to his face'' that he isn't worth raising as a Vinsmoke. His only ray of hope, after Sora died, was his older sister, Reiju, who could only help him in private due to her fear of being abused as well. Judge eventually attempted to "start over" by forcing an iron mask onto Sanji and leaving him to rot in the family dungeons, while [[DeathFakedForYou declaring him as "dead" in public]]; Reiju came to his rescue by freeing him, and guided him to a passing cruise ship, the Orbit, while their family was preoccupied with their conquests, telling to find people who love him and never come back home again. Judge found out, but let him go on the condition that he keep his true birthright a secret]]. While working as a ship's cook on the ''Orbit'', the ship was attacked by the pirate "Red Leg" Zeff and his crew. A freak storm occurred during the attack, of which Zeff and Sanji were the only survivors, and both were marooned on an island where they experienced extreme starvation due to little resources. Because Sanji shared Zeff's dream of becoming a chef, Zeff helped him during their time on the island, even giving him all the food they had left. Eventually they were rescued, but Sanji's horrific experiences shaped him into the man he is today.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Sanji's [[BadassInANiceSuit stylish suits]] are usually black with a blue (and orange, post-TimeSkip) shirt. This would later apply to his [[spoiler:Raid Suit, as it's mainly black]].
* DeadlyDodging: [[spoiler:He dodges Katakuri's [[ItMakesSenseInContext jellybean shot]] and it ''[[BoomHeadshot instantly kills the priest behind him instead]]''.]]
* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:Gives [[ColdSniper Charlotte]] [[CombatClairvoyance Katakuri]] one after seeing a [[AbnormalAmmo jellybean]] kill the wedding priest instead of him. [[OhCrap He knows what's going on]].]]
* DefeatByModesty: During his (filler) duel against the substitute "Queen" of Kamabakka, he's soon forced to resort only to weak, low kicks because his opponents keeps peeping at his bloomers when he tries to kick him. (Sanji having been forced to wear a dress to get Caroline to fight him.)
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Despite a pirate lifestyle being decadent as well, [[FriendlyPirate on paper]], Sanji comes from an even worse evil group, the Nazi-esque Germa 66. Sanji fled to the East Blue to live a life away from the Vinsmoke family and distance himself from his old life, not wanting anything to do with his father and older brothers' lifestyles as assassins.]]
* DelinquentHair: In the gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre -- Red-Hair of Class 3-Sea Time", Sanji sports a curly pompadour that covers his left eye just like his hair did pre-TimeSkip. In said gag comic, he's depicted as a chain-smoking school delinquent.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:In Chapter 845, Sanji crosses this when he believes he is truly out of options in getting out of his ArrangedMarriage and going back to his friends, since one misstep meant his loved ones will die. Pudding decides to call off their wedding for his sake, but Sanji persuades her not to and hugs her while calling his bride-to-be his "savior"]].
** [[spoiler:He gets hit with it even harder when Pudding turns out to be a BitchInSheepsClothing, as he loses the one ray of hope he had left in this situation. Though when he calls her much-hated ThirdEye "beautiful", he sends her into a tearful VillainousBreakdown and leaves her unable to kill him.]]
* DirtyKid: Flashbacks to his childhood years while in Baratie (in Ch. 839) shows that he's been a perv ever since he's still a kid. Zeff repeatedly scolded him for it. The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre -- Family Time" even depicted him as a middle-schooler who "likes chicks" and goes to the girls' locker room while the girls are undressing to deliver Nami her things she forgot, all while sporting a lewd expression on his face.
* DistractedByTheSexy: He always loses his focus when he sees a pretty woman and he's particularly susceptible to [[HoneyTrap Honey Traps]]. [[spoiler: One egregious example is when he ''knows'' his "fiancee" Charlotte Pudding is really planning to kill him on the altar, but he's so attracted to her that he lets himself get sucked into her flirtations again anyway]]. However, despite these tendencies, he does have a degree of self-restraint when it counts, [[spoiler: and it leads him to ''again'' slip up in regards to Pudding, [[SpannerInTheWorks with unexpected consequences]].]]
* DoNotCallMePaul: He prefers to go by "(Black Leg) Sanji" rather than "Vinsmoke" Sanji, and the Baratie crew plus the Straw Hat Pirates are his only family. Even if he cares for his elder sister Reiju and doesn't despise his father and brothers enough to wish death on them, he will become severely offended if anyone tries to tie him to the Germa 66 and its royal family.
* DodgeTheBullet: Like Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is fast enough to dodge bullets ''point-blank''. [[spoiler: Even more impressively though, he can dodge [[ColdSniper Katakuri's]] [[AbnormalAmmo jellybeans]] just as easily despite the fact that said person can ''[[{{Seers}} see into the future]] and [[CombatClairvoyance see his opponents' moves]]''. This implies that Sanji moves too fast for Katakuri to glance into the future in time to counteract him.]]
* DoesNotLikeSpam: According to Oda, he hates the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac konjac root]] as it is not nutritious to him.
* DoubleJump: After the TimeSkip, he can replicate [=CP9=]'s Geppou, except he calls it "Sky Walk", and fly; that's what you get for running away from {{Creepy Crossdresser}}s [[TrainingFromHell for two straight years]].
* DramaticSitDown: He does this after [[spoiler:the [[CloneArmy true nature]] behind the existence of the Germa 66 Soldiers]] is revealed to him. Directly beforehand, he claimed to be feeling nauseous, and directly afterwards, he has a CigaretteOfAnxiety to help himself calm down, which leaves the overall impression that the weight of the information that was revealed to him left him on the verge of a panic attack.
* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler:In Chapter 845, he privately reveals to Pudding how horrible his family is by removing Reiju's facial mask, revealing a horrifically swollen and bruised face. Pudding is so shocked that she simultaneously starts crying and apologizing for inconveniencing him... at least on the surface]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect: A common RunningGag early on was his obsession with getting a bounty poster of his own, a wish that ended up backfiring badly as his posters tend to always feature something that inconveniences him big time. This aspect of his personality is highlighted even more once Jimbei joins, as it's hard to not get overlooked with a former Warlord around.
* TheDulcineaEffect: In classic chivalrous fashion. If a woman is in danger, Sanji will drop everything and save her immediately. Examples include running in the ''opposite'' direction of his goal to save the Marine woman Tashigi and deserting a rather important mission on Dressrosa to assist the FemmeFatale Viola. He later develops a "damsel-in-distress" sixth sense. [[spoiler: He quickly runs into conflict with his brother Niji over this, as he steps in to protect a helpless chef that Niji was about to abuse. And when he ''does'' brutally beat her behind Sanji's back, Sanji immediately sets out to avenge her.]]
* ElementalPunch: His [[SignatureMove Diable Jambe]] is basically fire, [[FueledByNonsensoleum powered by his]] HotBlooded temper, put into a kick.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: In the first part of the story, Sanji is simply a SupremeChef who happens to be ''really'' good at kicking. His kicks would even break metallic objects. During the timeskip, Sanji has learned Haki and how to "fly" with a "Moonwalk"-style. After the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji [[spoiler:receives a raid suit from his brothers, which he reluctantly uses for the first time in Wano, that gives him invisibility. While fighting Queen Sanji manifests the same ultra-durable body his brothers have and the ability to instantly heal his bones. He's not at all happy about the last two, since it makes him more like his evil brothers.]]
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Despite their less than amicable relationship, he's not above saving and then teaming up with his father and brothers when surrounded by the Charlotte Family and with both parties in need of some more manpower. He does, however, silently demand that they help his friends with a glare on his face after he frees them, earning an annoyed look from Judge while his siblings comply]].
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Quite a few guys are attracted to him.
** Duval's slip of the tongue reveals he's got a crush on Sanji.
** And, he had the drag queens on Okama Island hitting on him and dressing him up for two years. Poor guy.
** Also, the [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag two]] [[CampGay men]] on Fish-Man Island who gave him blood transfusions.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Knowing what it was like to nearly starve to death [[spoiler:twice]], Sanji will give anyone who is hungry food, be it friend or foe.
** While Sanji may hate most of his biological family, ''especially'' Judge, [[spoiler:he's not willing to just let them die at the hands of Big Mom]].
** Normally he's a complete doormat when it comes to women (especially Nami), but he will speak out against them if he feels strongly enough about the subject at hand, such as Usopp re-joining the crew after his fight with Luffy.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: His attack names are in French.
* ExtremityExtremist: His legs, of course. The explanation is that, though in earlier battles he was using his hands for handstands, he needs his hands for cooking (which, coincidentally, is similar to a principle of UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} -- "hands are a tool of creation, feet are a tool of destruction" -- and he also has some capoeira-esque attacks).
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* FakeoutMakeout: With Violet/Viola. It's vague enough that it could be just a hug though.
* FamilyOfChoice: Explicitly states during the Whole Cake Island Arc that ''Zeff'' is his father, not Judge.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: During his introductory arc, Don Krieg was left starving after Dracule Mihawk destroyed his fleet, and Sanji took pity on him by feeding him over everyone's protests. Unfortunately for Sanji, Krieg "thanked" him by attacking him the moment he felt satiated and declared his intent to claim the floating restaurant as his new flagship. Sanji likely knew that this would be the outcome, but having nearly starved to death himself [[spoiler:twice]], he wouldn't wish such a fate on ''anyone''.
* FastballSpecial: His ''Armée de L'air'' combo moves, in which he uses his powerful legs to launch his friends in the direction of the enemy.
* TheFettered: It's strongly implied that Sanji is more than capable of [[spoiler:defeating his entire family, as demonstrated by his offscreen beatdown of Yonji and his battle with Judge (which Judge only won through foul play), but their threats against Zeff and his adopted family keep him from following through]].
* FirstNameBasis: Makes absolutely ''zero'' mention of his surname willingly. It isn't until the Zou Arc that it gets spoken aloud for the first time -- and not by him. [[spoiler:That's because he has sworn himself to never speak the name "Vinsmoke" again by his own father's instructions and he bears an undying hatred for the family itself.]]
* {{Flanderization}}: In Sanji's very first appearance, he was able to have actual ''conversations'' with women he was attracted to and attempted to woo. Now? [[LovableSexManiac Not]] [[CasanovaWannabe so much.]] He also went from generally suave and occasionally going gaga over women to going gaga by default and violent nosebleeds at worst after the TimeSkip, though this was a result of spending two years on an island full of transvestites. He's displayed some signs of ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat a few arcs later however; though he still freaks out when talking to women far more than he originally ever did, he actually manages to talk like a human being long enough to leave a good impression on the mermaids, Viola, Carrot, and Pudding.
* FlowerMotifs: According to Yuriko Yamaguchi (Robin's voice actress), Sanji's flower is the delphinium, which represents passionate attachment and a huge heart. He is an utter romantic who goes heart-eyed at the sight of beautiful women, and an utterly NiceGuy underneath his [[{{Jerkass}} abrasiveness]]. Ironically, because of the delphinium's toxicity, it means death -- he's a SpannerInTheWorks who "kills" villainous plans, and an utter failure when it comes to successfully seducing and forming long-term relationships with women. [[spoiler:It could also reference Sanji's birth family of royal assassins; how his father, Judge, tried "killing" the notion of compassion and empathy by psychologically/physically altering his children; how Sanji's mother, Sora, died trying to save him and his quadruplet brothers from being turned into utterly emotionless weapons; and/or how Sanji nearly starved to death ''twice'', the first time being left to die in the dungeons by Judge just because he was born a "dud" unlike his enhanced siblings]].
* {{Foil}}:
** To Pudding: [[spoiler:Both are talented chefs as well as royalty, yet were subjected to heavy abuse and bullying. Sanji had the support of loving family members who didn't agree with the abuse his father and brothers were giving him, and eventually helped him run away from home. Pudding had ''no one'' to turn to, and while Big Mom [[ParentalFavoritism doted on her]], even she thought her daughter's ThirdEye was freaky. While both of them became messed up as adults, Sanji was far emotionally adjusted than Pudding, who became a sadistic BrokenBird who closed her heart to all acts of kindness]].
** To Doflamingo: Both are extremely intelligent and powerful fighters who care about their crews, but unlike Sanji, Doflamingo puts up a facade so he wouldn't lose a group of "convenient tools". [[spoiler:Both were born into royalty, except Sanji used to be a CheerfulChild whose family abused him so much that he ran away (with his sister's help), while Doflamingo's parents were actually good people whose eldest son became a RoyalBrat of the highest degree. They also both loved their mothers, but their mothers' deaths gave them different turning points -- Sanji was saved from becoming an emotionless {{Tykebomb}} because his mother wanted her sons to live like normal human beings. Doflamingo became an utter monster both out of hatred for his father for supposedly letting his mother die, and because he was raised by four toxic people who enabled his worst traits]].
** To Wanze: Both are chefs, except when Sanji touches food, they turn into perfect, tasty-looking dishes, while Wanze creates ramen bowls in a disgusting manner (eats flour, ''chews'' on it, then ''spits out noodles through his nose''). Wanze also uses food and knives as weapons, and leaves his own kitchen in an absolutely abysmal state, all of which are grave affronts to any professional cook. Naturally, Sanji shows him how it's done [[CurbStompBattle and beats him rather quickly afterwards]].
* FoodPorn: Any scene where he's cooking and/or serving food inevitably turns into this, as demonstrated during the filler G8 Arc. Unsurprisingly, it attracts people like [[BigEater Luffy]].
* FoolForLove: Fool? He's a self-confessed ''slave'' to love.
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Sanji not becoming an utterly remorseless {{Tykebomb}} like his quadruplet brothers hinged on his mother's kindness. Had Sora not made the choice to sacrifice herself to save her sons after Judge experimented on them in utero, Sanji wouldn't grow up to be a SpannerInTheWorks, a dear friend of the Straw Hats, and a major problem for villains. And more specifically, the entire Vinsmoke line would be rendered extinct by the Charlotte family/Big Mom Pirates, because Sanji didn't make the necessary friends and allies in order to save them. He wouldn't be able to make [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]] reveal her BrokenBird side and perform a HeelFaceTurn, because that relied on ''kindness alone''.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[PlayingWithTropes Played with.]] [[spoiler:While he's the third-born of male fraternal quadruplets, he's biologically the fourth child of the Vinsmokes, with his sister Reiju, and his elder quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji preceding him, in that order. He's also on the outs with his family so bad that his father faked Sanji's death in an attempt to throw away a "dud" and start over with a clean slate.]]
* FreakinessShame: [[spoiler:How Pudding expected Sanji to react to her ThirdEye on their wedding day, so she could kill him and the Vinsmokes according to Big Mom's plan. However, she and her family didn't expect Sanji to be kind enough as to [[FreakyIsCool actually compliment it]]]].
* FreakyIsCool: [[spoiler:Sanji genuinely finds his [[HoneyTrap "fiancee"]] Charlotte Pudding's ThirdEye beautiful and tells her so on the altar even though he knows she's trying to kill him. Pudding -- having been called an ugly freak by others her whole life and [[FreakinessShame never hearing such a thing before]] -- has a VillainousBreakdown at this display of immense kindness and can't go through with killing him. Furthermore, she actually ''falls madly in love with him'' not too long afterwards, perhaps being the first woman to love Sanji back in a romantic sense.]]
* FurAndLoathing: The "Mugiwara Theatre -- Detective Loomes" gag comic has Sanjeen (Sanji), a [[SharpDressedMan sharply-dressed]] ProfessionalKiller who wears a fur scarf and is suspected by the titular Detective Loomes (Luffy) to have killed the rich man Bronegie (Brook) for his money. He's actually innocent.
* GeniusBruiser: Is very smart as well as strong and extremely fast.
* GiverOfLameNames: Franky and Usopp point out that the name Sanji came up with, [[spoiler:"O-Soba Mask"]], [[spoiler:when he put on his "Stealth Black" raid suit,]] is rather lame and want to change it.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Possibly. In one SBS Question Corner, the crew is asked what kind of season on what kind of island they like best. Sanji's reply is "I like Robin on a Nami island!"
* GoingNative: He does this in the island of drag queens, though not of his own will. The natives put him in a dress that he didn't want to wear.
* GoodIsNotNice: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Possibly as the result of being raised by an entire crew of rowdy [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerk chefs with hearts of gold]] at Baratie [[spoiler:and being abused for most of his childhood by his asshole royal family]], he tends to be one of the meaner or ruder crew members towards the locals the Straw Hats meet (the men only of course) or to prioritize the safety of the crew over ''all'' else. He does have his heart of gold, but he does have his meaner moments. One good example would be how he was ready to abandon the kids suffering under Caesar (granted, because he thought taking them along was too reckless) if not for Nami changing his mind.
* GratuitousFrench: Most of his attacks are cooking terms in French.
** Which wasn't kept in the 4Kids dub, instead giving every attack food puns.
** The French attack names were reinstated for the Funimation dub.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** PlayedForLaughs when he learns about [[LadyLand exactly where]] Luffy got sent by Kuma.
** Also played for laughs is his reactions to Zoro being AlwaysSomeoneBetter every time he pulls off something cool or claims he's the best... only for Zoro to call bullshit.
* GuileHero: Pretty good at making strategies, this trait was notably seen in the Alabasta as "Mr. Prince". [[IShallTauntYou With the amount of taunting]] and misdirection that went Crocodile's way, it's pretty safe to say he was the closest thing to a rival {{Chessmaster}} (after [[TheMole Nico Robin]]) in that arc.
* HadToBeSharp: [[spoiler:His siblings are SuperSoldiers. Sanji was intended to be like them, his brothers in particular, but because his dead mother, Sora, secretly took a gene modification-reversing drug in an attempt to preserve her sons' humanity, only Sanji showed that he was not much more than a normal kid. However, his experiences on the Grand Line as a pirate have toughened him to the point that he can easily defeat Yonji, and the later Wano arc makes it clear that he's grown up to be the strongest of all his siblings]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sanji is the only Straw Hat with blonde hair and while he may be a [[HandsomeLech pervert]] and a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold bit of jerk to his male crew members]], he deeply cares for every single member and will lay down his life for each of them. [[spoiler:His kindness is the trait that his sister Reiju admires most about him, as it is a constant reminder that their mother's HeroicSacrifice to save Sanji and his brothers from becoming Judge's {{Tykebomb}}s was not in vain]].
* HandsomeLech: At first, his perverted tendencies were accompanied by women actually finding him charming, but later on, [[CasanovaWannabe his advances are always met with rejection and/or physical abuse]]. [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat This eventually goes back the other way, however]]. The [[CreepyCrossdresser New Kamas]], Mermaids, Viola, Minks, and [[spoiler: Pudding]] all take a liking to him ([[spoiler:Pudding actually falls in love with him, in fact]]).
* HappilyAdopted: Not that he'd admit it. Nonetheless, Sanji grew up to be a well-adjusted young man under Zeff's parentage. [[spoiler:Given that his real father is [[AbusiveParents Judge]], he really lucked out with Zeff.]] This is cemented during the Whole Cake Island Arc when Sanji finally calls Zeff the ''other'' f-word.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** An InUniverse example. [[spoiler:Nearly starving to death on an island at 10 years old is bad enough by itself, but the real tragedy is that this happened after Sanji had already fled from the same fate once; that is, having been left to waste away in a dungeon by his own father at only 8 years old. It's lucky, though, that Zeff's kindness gave him a chance to survive]].
** His chain-smoking habit seems to be a coping mechanism to deal with all the shit he went through as a little kid [[spoiler:including being subjected to horrific abuse by his birth family and nearly starving to death in the family dungeons for the first time]].
* HatedHometown: He ''despises'' the Germa Kingdom, which resides in the North Blue. It's not hard to see why, given it's the place where his father and brothers abused him during his childhood [[spoiler:for not being an emotionless {{Tykebomb}} like Judge intended him to be. It actually factors into Reiju's decision to secretly help Sanji escape to the East Blue in hopes of finding a better life there]].
* HatesTheirParent: [[spoiler:He's resentful towards his biological father Judge because of the latter's abuse towards him as a child]].
* HeritageDisconnect: [[spoiler:Sanji purposefully abandons his family's heritage when he was eight after years of being abused by his father and older brothers. When he meets them again 13 years later, Sanji tells them he doesn't consider himself a Vinsmoke anymore]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:He shuts down emotionally about halfway through the Totto Land arc upon realizing that there's essentially no way out of the situation, first deciding to forget about his aspirations with the crew to marry Pudding and then, after finding out she's no good, deciding to just let himself be killed. Fortunately for Sanji, he recovers after Luffy pummels him in the face with his fist]].
* HeroicRROD: Relatively minor example, but there have been a few instances in which the force behind his kicks has been detrimental to himself, mainly after already taking a beating.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Subverted. After Zoro offers his life for Luffy's to Kuma, Sanji tries to take his place, but Zoro knocks him out before he can go through it.
** [[spoiler:While at Zou, Capone Bege assaults the Mink base to retrieve Sanji, threatening to kill Nami, Chopper and Brook, but Sanji follows him to save his crewmates]].
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: During his childhood at the Baratie, [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]] uses lots of physical punishment to turn Sanji into a SupremeChef and to teach him to never hit a woman. [[spoiler: Sanji's childhood with the Vinsmokes, however, is revealed to be a horrible, horrible aversion -- the difference is that Zeff genuinely cared for Sanji behind his insults and hard hands, while Sanji's birth father Judge and his fraternal quadruplet brothers mistreated him because they only saw him as a weak waste of space]].
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Having nearly starved to death [[spoiler:twice]] as a kid, death by starvation is a fate he literally wouldn't wish on his worst enemy; if someone is starving, he'll feed them without exception, [[spoiler:including ''Big Mom'', to the point that he refuses to go along with Bege's plan to poison the cake meant for her]].
** He won't hit a girl, even to save his own life or anyone else's. Nami [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how stupid this is on a practical sense, despite being an admirable trait, given Sanji lives in a WorldOfBadass where {{Action Girl}}s can be found on every island. Indeed, he's nearly been killed by several women because of it. There are several reasons why he follows this belief, some based on simple perversion, but the main reason: it's to honor Zeff, who believes that a man should never, ''ever'' hit a woman. And who literally beat that belief into Sanji, including threatening to castrate him if he ever heard Sanji had hit a girl.
* HopelessSuitor: He seemed like this back when Nami was the only girl around he could try to woo most of the time. This changed once other ladies joined the crew and it became more and more apparent he'd hit on anything with shapely hips and a nice rack (though given ''this'' series, those two criteria apply to about 95% of the post-pubescent girls the Straw Hats encounter). Nami is still the primary source of his attention, but by no means the only one. [[spoiler:He does manage to woo Charlotte Pudding, a sadistic psychopath who was actually a BrokenBird, but due to Big Mom's intense animosity with the Straw Hats, he was forced to leave after helping bake the wedding cake Big Mom hungered for, [[LoveHurts leaving Pudding heartbroken]]]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:He proclaims that Pudding is his only "ray of hope" left after he's dragged into the mess that is the ArrangedMarriage between him and her and the implications thereof. But then he overhears her conversation with Reiju, where it's revealed that Pudding has concealed her true nature the whole time -- one of a cunning, sadistic ([[BrokenBird and completely broken]] BitchInSheepsClothing who plans to have him killed during the wedding.]] However, things get better later on: [[spoiler:Pudding ''actually'' falls in love with him, and furthermore, becomes and invaluable asset in helping the Straw Hats escape from Whole Cake island.]]
* HotBlooded: Usually when the ladies are in danger, he gets so HotBlooded that he actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PGMyg5hY04 bursts into flames]] for comedic effect. It's also the author's explanation for him being able to pull off Diable Jambe, breaking the laws of physics in the process. ItRunsOnNonsensoleum indeed. However, it's deconstructed in the Totto Land arc [[spoiler:when readers meet Sanji's equally hot-tempered yet utterly cruel brother, Niji -- because Judge modified him in the womb, Niji is literally unable to feel or understand compassion, turning his anger into absolute spite. It's also implied that anger is the only thing Niji could properly feel. Had Sanji turned out like his brothers, he would have become just as bad as him]]
* IconicOutfit: His very first black suit with the blue shirt and tie as well as his first TimeSkip suit with the orange shirt. Like Luffy, his outfit contributed to his In-Universe nickname, "Black Leg".
* ImAHumanitarian: Although he's likely bluffing to upset his foe, Sanji threatens Absalom by saying he'd ''cook'' him, saying that given how many animals are part of him, he'd make "decent mince-meat".
* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler: As a result of the raid suit activating his dormant genetic modifications during the Onigashima raid, Sanji becomes completely immune to common gunfire. Upon being shot in the head 3 times, the bullets simply bounce off him and only cause mild discomfort]].
* InASingleBound: He can jump ''very'' high, best seen when he defeats Satori in the Skypeia Arc ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLgUt4MLsOI here]]). He can also do a WallJump and, after the Timeskip, the DoubleJump.
* IncendiaryExponent: Weaponized, via his ''Diable Jambe'' technique. A Post-TimeSkip cover seems to imply that he went to PlayingWithFire as well. Which, of course, is later confirmed for all intents and purposes.
* InformedAttribute: His [[spoiler:father, Judge]], mentions during their fight that he taught Sanji how to sword fight as a child, wondering why he's only fighting with kicks. This is of course justified, as Sanji then tells him that he'll only use his hands for cooking, which he has mentioned before. He's made exactly ''one'' exception, for his fight with Wanze and his ramen armor.
** He also masterfully wields Wado Ichimonji to prepare sashimi in the Shokugeki no Sanji spinoff.
* InLoveWithLove: Practically oozes this trope as part of his ChivalrousPervert personality.
* InstantExpert: Shown to be able to use his [[spoiler:Raid Suit’s abilities, both standard and unique,]] without any issues when first using it against Page One.
* InsultToRocks: [[spoiler:After his brother Niji beats up a family cook to spite him for standing up for her in front of his family, Sanji is infuriated to the point where he can only bring himself to call Niji "the shit beneath [scum]."]]
* {{Invisibility}}: He wants the Devil Fruit with this power and isn't happy that the Fruit's been claimed. [[spoiler:The reveal that his raid suit comes with stealth capability for his supposed epithet of "Stealth Black", he might have actually been designed with inherent power of invisibility if his mother didn't manage to undo the modifications.]]
* IronicHell: A ChivalrousPervert, blasted to an island of drag queens at the end of Sabaody and forced to join in. Kuma must have a twisted sense of humor...
* {{Irony}}: Sanji saw his dream of being an invisible man crushed after seeing Absalom had already eaten the Clear-Clear Fruit and yet [[spoiler: his raid suit gives him the power of invisibility. Sanji lampshades the irony that Germa 66, the organization he hates from the bottom of his heart, fulfilled his crushed dreams of having the power to turn invisible.]]
* IWantThemAlive: The wanted posters normally has "Dead or Alive" written under the bounties but, when the Straw Hats receive new bounties following the events of Dressrosa, Luffy notices Sanji's bounty says "Only Alive" rather than "Dead or Alive" like the other Straw Hats. [[spoiler: This is because Sanji is part of the Vinsmoke family, a world-renowned family that rules the North Blue.]]
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* JawDrop: [[spoiler:When his brother Yonji shows him Germa 66's secret cloning labs, Sanji responds with complete shock]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's often a {{Jerkass}} to the male members of the crew ([[DoggedNiceGuy The females]], however...), but he still loves and respects them as friends. Despite his flaws and rough exterior, he can also be really nice to others as well. Because he nearly starved to death [[spoiler:twice]] as a child, he immediately sympathizes with anyone who went through the same thing, as he thinks ''no one'' should deserve such a fate.
* JizzedInMyPants: He does the nosebleeds version of this trope. After spending 2 years on an island full of Transvestites, it's become rather easy to set him off.
* KarmicJackpot:
** Invoked by him in regards to [[spoiler:his older sister, Reiju]].
*** For much of his childhood, [[spoiler:Reiju would always dress up Sanji's wounds whenever he got injured, either from Germa 66's extreme TrainingFromHell or his quadruplet brothers' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown]]. Years later, [[spoiler:after finding Reiju battered and psychologically tormented by Pudding, Sanji returns the favor by promptly calling for a doctor, who gives Reiju the medical attention she needed]].
*** While Reiju recovered [[spoiler:from injuries inflicted by Pudding, she reveals to Sanji that she wants to die with the rest of her family out of guilt for condoning their atrocities, and wants him to leave with the Straw Hats unburdened by Germa 66's legacy. Sanji, who was lovingly cared for by Reiju in private as children and was able to run away from home thanks to his sister, refuses to abandon her to her fate and saves both her and the other Vinsmokes from being massacred by the Charlotte Family, despite his personal feelings towards his abusive father and brothers]].
** Sanji's act of [[spoiler:saving his family from the Charlotte Family causes the Vinsmokes to be indebted to him. This leads to Sanji and a badly-injured Luffy being rescued by his older/younger siblings after they're overwhelmed by a brutal ZergRush led by Charlotte Oven, with Niji [[FastballSpecial launching Sanji towards the other Straw Hats with a powerful kick]]. Niji also gives Sanji his own raid suit, which would prove useful in Sanji's fight with Page One in the Wano Arc]].
* KiManipulation: Post time-skip, he has awakened Haki. He seems to specialize in the Color of Observation. [[spoiler:He also showcases Armament Haki later on, during his fight against his father, Judge]].
* KingIncognito: Sanji is revealed to be [[spoiler:the third son of the Vinsmokes, a royal Underworld family of assassins that once ruled the North Blue with an iron fist. In the world of royal politics, Sanji would be considered ''a really, really big deal'' -- the Vinsmokes' exploits and brutality made them feared worldwide, and they have enough political pull to attend the Reverie every year and manipulate HQ Marines to do their bidding, enough to make an Emperor interested in their service. All of that makes them a couple of steps below the ''World Nobles themselves'' in power. However, while it seems like Sanji made a mistake in becoming a pirate rather than staying a prince, he actually has good reason -- his father, Judge, tried weaponizing him and his brothers while they were still in their mother's womb, causing Sanji's mother, Sora, to desperately consume a very dangerous drug so her sons would keep their humanity. Only Sanji was saved, and for that, he was abused by his brothers (who literally can't understand their own cruelty) and laughed at by his sister, Reiju, who only pretended to side with her family in public because she feared for her own life. What finally made him go on the run was when Judge threw him in the dungeons and left him there to rot, only for Reiju to free him and direct him to a ship that was headed for the East Blue, intent on helping Sanji find people who love him for who he was. Judge knew about his escape, but made him promise never to bring up his family name. That and absolute loathing of his family made him follow on that promise since]].
* KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Though it happens just off-screen from the audiences' point of view, Charlotte Pudding tearfully kisses Sanji goodbye right before he prepares to leave Whole Cake Island. Unfortunately, she uses [[LaserGuidedAmnesia her powers]] to erase his memory of the kiss immediately after it happens]].
* KnifeNut: Sanji firmly believes that kitchen knives should not be bloodied in battle, as they are sacred instruments meant solely for the preparation of food. When fighting an opponent whose armor and weapons were made of food, though, Sanji decides that using knives [[AntiArmor to get rid of the armor]] would be no different from using knives to prepare a meal and displays an incredible knife-fighting style.
* KnightInSourArmor: [[spoiler: Despite all the ''horrible'' things his brothers and father have done to him, he still ultimately can't bring himself to just let them die and was prepared to risk his life to save them from Big Mom even though it almost certainly meant death. Thankfully, Luffy assures him that he and the crew will back him up no matter what.]] Also, he takes this view on deceitful women as well; no matter how evil they are or how badly they hurt him, he sticks to his values regardless and refuses to harm them -- even if it means death.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Invoked, and averted. Before Sanji and his fraternal quadruplet brothers were born, their father, Judge, attempted to weaponize them by altering their DNA and completely removing their empathy in utero so they can become the perfect {{Super Soldier}}s upon birth. Sanji's mother, Sora, tried to protect them by secretly ingesting a drug that reversed gene modification surgeries, but only succeeded in protecting Sanji, while Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji only have a tiny shred of humanity left. Unfortunately, the very fact that Sanji retained his compassion in a family that believed in MightMakesRight made him the sole target of horrific abuse and mistreatment at the hands of his brothers and father. When, during the Onigashima arc Sanji starts manifesting the same [[GoodThingYouCanHeal physical]] [[MadeOfIron traits]] as his brothers while he's fighting Queen, he fears to lose his empathy and become like his brothers.]]
* LadykillerInLove: [[spoiler: While he ''did'' turn down Charlotte Pudding at first, he seems to genuinely like her as a person and, if not for the terrible circumstances he's in, would probably marry her in a heartbeat. The end of Chapter 845 is all about it.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Pudding uses her memory manipulation powers to erase his memory of their kiss immediately after the fact, leaving him completely unaware of what just happened and confused about her suddenly running off]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgEbda2tNEw Sanji Eyecatcher.]]
* ALessonLearnedTooWell: At a young age, Zeff constantly told and berated him that no matter what, to always be courteous to women. Unfortunately, Zeff's conditioning worked too well as Sanji is unwilling to fight back against Kalifa. Female villains remain Sanji's weakness but, after the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji learns how to deal with it: [[spoiler:when facing Black Maria, he tries to escape, knowing too well he can't win, and calls for help when he's captured]].
* LethalChef: [[spoiler:He used to be a bad cook as a child, with his clumsy attempts (among other things) resulting in extremely bad-tasting food. His sick mother Sora's caretaker Époni was disgusted upon sampling Sanji's dishes and wanted to throw them away, but Sora not only ate them, she praised Sanji's cooking and requested that only he cook for her from now on. Years of practice and help from Zeff at the Baratie would later turn Sanji into the present-day SupremeChef]].
* LetsMeetTheMeat: [[spoiler:When his family meets up with Big Mom for lunch, Sanji discovers that the food in his prepared "meals" are sentient and constantly singing about how wonderful they taste, and beg him to eat them. As a SupremeChef, this understandably freaks him out]].
* LightningBruiser: Of the Hard-Hitting-Speedster variation, as he's the second fastest member of the Straw Hats while his physical power is roughly the same as that of Zoro and Luffy.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: He's the complete opposite of his {{Jerkass}} [[TheSocialDarwinist father]] in every way, despite having [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold his own flaws]].
* LoopholeAbuse: While Sanji will never willingly lay a hand on a woman, he has no issues with having one of his female crew mates stepping in and fighting them in his place. Sanji also shows no qualms about Luffy attacking Big Mom, likely given how big of a threat she is to everybody.
* LovableSexManiac: Emphasize on ''Sex Maniac''. Sanji is ''constantly'' hitting on pretty women and having exaggerated nosebleeds, he dreamed of finding the Clear-Clear Devil Fruit so he could use it to peep on women, and his refusal to fight women is partially motivated by his perversion, but he would sooner ''eat'' his hands than touch a woman against her will, and he will give his life to protect them.
* LoveCanMakeYouGonk: He can make some pretty strange facial expressions when he's gushing over pretty women. The ''Yellow'' databook reveals that Attach, the photographer hired by the Marines to take photos of the Straw Hats for their wanted posters, was always trying to catch Sanji striking a cool pose, but every time Sanji would instead swoon over women and look ridiculous. When the guy finally got the perfect picture, [[CameraObscurer he forgot to take the lens off]]. Eventually he got tired of it and settled with a picture of Sanji looking goofy.
* MadeOfIron: Sanji can withstand the sea pressure 5000 meters underwater, has survived massive explosions without protection, and basically ate a kamehameha-esque attack ''point-blank'' without dying, among other things. Even in his introductory arc, he fights on just fine even after getting his ribs broken. [[spoiler:When his genetic modifications start to manifest during his fight with Queen, his body becomes ''literally'' made of iron.]]
* MafiaPrincess: [[spoiler:Sanji is revealed to be a literal ''Mafia Prince'' due to the Vinsmoke family being an infamous group of royal Underworld assassins and military commanders with enough political clout to have Big Mom, one of the four Yonkos, to be interested in an alliance with them. He also plays it straight [[AbusiveParents for extremely]] [[BigBrotherBully justified reasons]]]].
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: In the Punk Hazard arc, when Law puts his heart in [[spoiler:Nami's body, Sanji can't resist the urge to peep at or feel him/herself up.]]
* ManInTheIronMask: A ''very'' tragic example. [[spoiler:When Sanji was just 8 years old, his father, Judge, extremely displeased with how Sanji was born a "dud" despite receiving the same physical/psychological alterations as his quadruplet brothers in utero, had his son thrown in the dungeons with an iron mask on his face and publicly declared dead so the Vinsmokes could start over with a "clean slate". Fortunately, his older sister, Reiju, freed him and helped him flee to the East Blue]].
* MarshmallowHell: Has received this twice in the Fish-Man Island arc, both times from beautiful mermaids, [[HandsomeLech much to his delight]].
* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Played with. [[spoiler:Judge wasn't a loving husband by any means, but he blames Sanji for his mother's death because his being born normal unlike his emotionless, powerful brothers supposedly killed her (in reality, Judge's depraved experiments were what drove Sora to save her sons even if she died). When Sanji learns the truth from Reiju years later, his first words were, "I killed her?" ''Ouch'']].
* {{Megane}}: Sometimes wears glasses, much to the fangirls' joy!
* MuggleBornOfMages: [[spoiler:[[DownplayedTrope Is this to a degree]]. He and his siblings were all genetically enhanced, but he was the only one not to develop any sort CharlesAtlasSuperpower as the result of his father's training and genetic enhancements, because his mother, Sora, in a desperate gambit to save her then-unborn quadruplet sons from becoming emotionless weapons, took a drug that made Sanji a normal kid, but not his brothers as she intended. He was [[TheUnfavorite treated horribly]] as a result and eventually ran away.]] But then by going through TrainingFromHell (multiple times) he's managed to [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower surpass]] the strength of his genetically enhanced siblings.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: His torso became fairly well-built after the time-skip, developing more defined abs than he previously had; but his overall physique remains very slim, with his limbs actually being just about as skinny as Nami's limbs. But, regardless, he can still send men twice his size and muscular-build flying with a single kick and launch giant monsters into the air like nothing. Interestingly, while other characters frequently [[LampshadeHanging notice Luffy's oddly powerful muscles]], [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody seems to call Sanji out on this one]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sanji is horrified at his own actions when [[spoiler:his Genma-enhancements have been activated and as a result he injures an innocent female bystander during his running from Queen. He looks upon the woman's bloodied head and the fear in her eyes directed at him. It is in that moment, he decides he would rather be dead than like his siblings, and destroys his raid suit for good]].
* MysteriousPast: For years, the story never actually directed attention to Sanji's past before the Cook Pirates incident. All that was known is that he was born in the North Blue and worked on a cruise liner (all the way in the East Blue) at age 10. [[spoiler:Eventually, it's finally revealed that he is the third son of the Vinsmoke family, an Underworld group of royal assassins who are also commanders of the evil army Germa 66 and former rulers of the ''entirety'' of the North Blue. He just never mentioned his family both to fulfill a promise Judge made him take to hide his connection with the Vinsmokes, and because Sanji utterly loathes them for being abusive pricks]].
* NeckLift: In his first appearance, he does this to Fullbody after having first beat the ''absolute shit'' out of him, the cause of which being Fullbody showing disrespect towards and ''wasting'' food. This establishes Sanji as being a highly-principled and undeniably badass but ''very'' hot-tempered person who holds the highest degree of respect for food, and whose biggest pet peeve is the wasting of such. This also serves to establish that Sanji's outer persona belies the true nature of his more intricate, complex character.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: He reveals he's big on this in his fight with Absalom; about 80% of the beating he takes in that fight is a result of trying to keep the unconscious Nami out of the way of stray attacks.
* NervesOfSteel: [[spoiler:Despite [[TraumaCongaLine being pulled through the ringer]] and suffering ''two'' {{Despair Event Horizon}}s during the Totto Land Arc, Sanji pulls through, if only for the sake of his friends and the wellbeing (and well-stomach) of Luffy.]]
* NiceShoes: Always wears black dress shoes, used to make his kicks even more powerful. He needs them to avoid AgonyOfTheFeet, too, as seen in the second ''One Piece'' movie.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** [[spoiler:He would constantly get these from his older and younger fraternal quadruplet brothers as a child, due to Yonji, Ichiji, and Niji being complete assholes who see him as a weak waste of space. The only reason why he kept coming back from those beatings is his older sister Reiju's medical care]].
** He would later deliver one himself [[spoiler:to ''Luffy'' of all people as a part of his BreakHisHeartToSaveHim plan, since he knows that the only way to keep the Straw Hats (and Zeff) safe from Big Mom and Germa 66 is to make sure they turn on him. And knowing how stubborn Luffy]] is, he attacks him at ''full power'' and beats him into a bloody mess. For his efforts though, Luffy, being [[{{Determinator}} Luffy]], gets back up after being briefly knocked out and declares his resolve to get him back anyway.
* NoLastNameGiven: For a very long time, starting in his mid-childhood, he only went by the name Sanji. He disowned any and all connection to the surname Vinsmoke because of all the horrible memories attached to it [[spoiler:and because his own father told him to never make mention of them again if he was indeed serious about cutting his ties for good.]]
* {{Nosebleed}}: It happens so much during a period of shock after being separated from women for two straight years, that he actually needed a blood transfusion.
* NoSell: Shortly before the {{Timeskip}}, the gap between the Straw Hats and the New World at the time was nicely demonstrated by Sanji's "duel" with Emporio Ivankov; Ivankov laughs off his [[SuperMode Diable Jambe]] enhanced kicks and swats him away effortlessly before proceeding to ''destroy'' him without breaking a sweat.
* TheNoseKnows: Sanji has such a keen sense of smell that he is able to figure out all the ingredients of [[spoiler:Streusen's wedding cake, and can successfully replicate it with the help of Pudding and Chiffon.]]
* NotHyperbole: In the "Thriller Bark" arc, Sanji claimed that one day, he'd be the most infamous member of the Straw Hat crew. For a while, it seemed like just a delusion made up by his [[SmallNameBigEgo ego]], but then, in the Zou arc, we find out he wasn't kidding as he's actually a member of the infamous Vinsmoke family.
* NotQuiteFlight: Sometime during the two-year timeskip he taught himself CP-9's Geppo, renaming it "Sky Walk".
* NumberTwo: He and Zoro tend to be the voices of reason and initiative in the face of a crisis. When half of the Straw Hats stayed on Dressrosa to settle things with Doflamingo, Sanji took leadership of the other half and headed to Zou, even fighting off Big Mom's pirate crew in the process.
* NumericalThemeNaming:
** [[spoiler:Shares this with his older and younger siblings Reiju, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji. He's "Sanji", "San" being the Japanese word for three and a reference to the order he was born in among the five of them. His name is also a pun on "three o'clock". The number three also represents social alienation -- he was his family's [[TheUnfavorite least-favored]] child and was constantly abused for being weak as a kid]].
** His name could also refer to how he's the third member of the "[[LightningBruiser Monster Trio]]" and how he always fights the third-most powerful enemy in battles.
* OddNameOut: [[spoiler:Sanji's WhiteSheep status is reflected in his alias compared to those of his siblings. The Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff. If Sanji had been successfully modified by Judge, he would have been given the epiphet "[[{{Invisibility}} Stealth]] Black".]]
* OhCrap:
** Usually calm and composed, he had an epic one [[spoiler:when he realize who [[CreepyCrossdresser the inhabitants of Momoiro Island]] exactly are]].
** [[spoiler:Seeing his eldest fraternal quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji for the first in years since running away caused him to tremble. Seeing how Ichiji and Niji were able to frequently overpower him during Sanji's childhood bullying, it's justified]].
** [[spoiler:[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/e/e9/Sanji_Learns_He_is_About_to_be_Married.png/revision/latest?cb=20161120005303 His face when he reads a marriage announcement letter that reveals his family connections]] says it all]].
** [[spoiler:Judge notes that Sanji turned paler than usual after threatening to kill [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]] in order to force his compliance with his marriage to Pudding]].
** [[spoiler:He also shows this expression when he sees Luffy coming towards him while he's being carried by Germa 66 towards Big Mom's castle. He's definitely conflicted over what to do.]]
* OneHeadTaller: He's a head taller than Pudding, as shown when they hugged.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** When Luffy points out the very harsh, but necessary truth that it's naïve to hope that all people involved in a war will survive, Nami gets angry at Luffy for being so blunt and not considering Vivi's feelings. It's extremely telling that ''Sanji'' is the one to tell Nami to shut up and not cut off Luffy. Usually, he would ''never'' show agreement with his male crewmates if he can please his female crewmates instead, but in this situation he apparently agreed with Luffy so much that he forgot his principles.
** In the Post-Enies Lobby arc, when Zoro is completely adamant that Usopp not be allowed back into the crew until he apologizes for disrespecting their captain. When Nami protests that Zoro is being too harsh, Sanji actually speaks up for the first time to say that, to his own chagrin, ''Zoro is absolutely right''. The fact that Sanji openly sides with ''[[VolleyingInsults Zoro]]'' over ''[[MsFanservice Nami]]'' says a lot about just how strongly he must have felt about the issue.
** Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Brook are noticeably shocked when [[spoiler:they learned he turned down marrying Pudding, an attractive young woman]], for their sakes.
** During the whole cake island arc, he turns down Luffy's attempts to [[spoiler:rescue him from his ArrangedMarriage and attacks him when he insists. Considering his UndyingLoyalty to his Straw Hat friends, this is really out of character for Sanji, though it's justified due to his being blackmailed]].
** In the pre-timeskip movie ''Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland'', Sanji [[TookALevelInJerkass denies Zoro food just because the latter wasn't watching him fight the rival chef]], when it's shown that he would never deny anyone food no matter the circumstances. [[spoiler: It's a sign that [[BigBad Baron's]] plan to split up the Straw Hats so he can feed them to [[FoulFlower Lily]] was working.]]
* OutOfFocus: He, Chopper, Nami, and Brook have to escape from Big Mom and her crew and so they're absent during the second half of the Dressrosa Arc.
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* PeekABangs: His left eye has always been covered by his hair, although he's even held a pair of binoculars up to it before. During the time-skip, he switches the bangs to the other side, revealing that both his eyebrows swirl in the same direction. [[spoiler:It's a trait that he shares with his sister and fraternal quadruplet brothers, and inherited from his dead mother, Sora.]]
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Both he and Pudding would be thrilled to be married to each other if it wasn't for the fact that Sanji would have to give up being on Luffy's crew, and possibly the dream of finding "All Blue." [[spoiler: This turns out to be subverted though when it's revealed that her entire character was a lie. After quite the DarkAndTroubledPast, Pudding became an accomplice in Big Mom's plans against the Vinsmokes, willing to murder him in the wedding and follow it with his family ''and'' friends' murders. Ironically, she does fall in love with him after their "engagement" falls apart]].
* PersonalityPowers: Sanji fights by kicking people, which is less barbaric than punching people, which also results in him becoming a DanceBattler, going along with his refined and cultured personality. Giving him [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] is also appropriate since he is HotBlooded (when he isn't being TheChessmaster and a SpannerInTheWorks) ''and'' a SupremeChef who wants to cook even better once he finds the All Blue. His [[{{Flight}} "Sky Walk" ability]] represents him running away from the okamas in Momoiro Island for most of the two years he's spent there.
* PlayingWithFire: His "Diable Jambe" technique involves lighting his own leg on fire [[FrictionBurn via producing friction by spinning]] and then attacking with it by burning his opponents with extended contact like a branding iron. He isn't hurt by the heat because his "heart burns hotter", according to [[WordOfGod Oda]]. After the two years of training, Sanji has upgraded this technique and can quickly ignite himself without spinning, severely burn his opponents without pressing his foot on them and produce massive pillars of fire that go far beyond just his legs. [[spoiler:After his exoskeleton is activated, his newfound enhanced durability combined with his trained strength and speed and Color of Armament Haki allows him to increase the intensity of his flames beyond their previous limits, a technique he dubs "Ifrit Jambe".]]
* PornStash: Sanji keeps tons of dirty magazines in his locker (along with a few books on seafood).
* PowerAtAPrice: During the Onigashima War, Sanji realizes that [[spoiler:the raid suit given to him has slowly awakened his enhanced genetics. Not only did his body become incredibly durable, but his empathy and capacity to care about others are being eaten away. He realizes this because when running from Queen, he injures an innocent geisha girl. He only realizes what he had done after her head was bloodied and she looks upon him in terror]]. Later on, he realizes that [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope he might not have lost his empathy at all]]: upon discovering that Queen can [[{{Invisibility}} turn invisible]], he deduces that the Lead Performer was the one who actually hit the girl]].
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[spoiler:With his dream of being able to become invisible restored thanks to his new raid suit, Sanji is now capable of going [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]] and the first thing he does with after getting his raid suit is to peek at Nami in an hot springs]].
* PrettyBoy: Sanji is a [[MrFanservice refined and handsome man]], emphasized by his habit of wearing an elegant suit. This gets explicitly lampshaded by Gotti, who calls him a "pretty boy."
* PrincelyYoungMan: Not to much by virtue of him thinking he's a prince, but Sanji treats every woman, especially Nami and Robin, like a princess and sort of thinks of himself as a knight ready to satisfy every request. [[spoiler:Later played straight (literally) when his status as a Prince of the Germa Kingdom is revealed]].
* ProdigalHero: In his backstory, [[spoiler:Sanji is the third son of the Vinsmoke family. However, his sister Reiju helped him escape from his family's abuse and he fled to the East Blue, where he became a sous-chef. He's forced to face his past when Judge tries bringing him back for a political alliance between the Vinsmokes and the Charlottes]].
* PunnyName:
** His name is a pun on the way the Japanese say "3 o'clock". However, the word Sanji can also refer to something that is a terrible, horrible accident that makes one want to avert their eyes and break out the BrainBleach. Veeeerry appropriate. [[spoiler:Chapter 812 reveals that he's the third son of the Vinsmoke family, adding to the puns, as Sanji can mean "third son."]]
** [[spoiler:"Vin" is French for "wine", which means Sanji's family name is a play-on-words that describes a certain wine flavor (smoky wine). Considering he's a SupremeChef...]]
* RaisedByDudes: He was raised primarily by men who taught him to cook and fight, which makes his foul mouth obsession with women a bit more... understandable. [[spoiler:The obsession with women is later revealed to be a {{Shared Family Quirk|s}} with the Vinsmoke family, though the foul mouth still seems to be from the chefs at Baratie]].
* RealMenCook: He was raised on the Baratie, a floating restaurant of male cooks, and as such Sanji is quite rough around the edges while also a fantastic cook.
* RebelPrince: Sanji is [[spoiler:a Vinsmoke, a family which rules the North Blue. He went on the run after enduring years of abuse from his family. When he's reunited with the Vinsmokes 13 years later, he makes it clear that he wants ''nothing'' to do with them.]]
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Black Leg", comes from the kick-heavy fighting style Zeff taught him as well as the fact that he wears a black suit while kicking his foes to a pulp. [[spoiler:His epithet, besides his compassion, is another thing that sets him up as the WhiteSheep of his family -- the Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff]]. [[spoiler:In Wano, his supposed epithet in the Germa army is revealed to be "Stealth Black".]]
* RedOniBlueOni:
** Zigzagged with Zoro. When compared to Zoro, Sanji's the Red Oni in that he is very romantic and prone to fits of poetic and flowery speech when describing the things he loves (i.e. Nami and Robin) and his ultimate fighting style relies on getting so emotional he bursts into flame. However, some of his most successful moments have been when he's kept a cool head and done something strategic instead of flying off the handle and getting into a fight (see Alabasta and Skypiea, where his machinations did more to stop the BigBad's plans than a fight would have). Zoro, on the other hand, is a [[TheStoic stoic]] swordsman who usually maintains an icy calm even when fighting, but when suitably provoked he can become a BloodKnight.
** [[spoiler:He's also the Red Oni to his eldest brother Ichiji's Blue, though inverted with the colors (Ichiji wears red, Sanji wears blue) and downplayed as Sanji ''can'' act calm when it's required. Compared to his other brother [[HotBlooded Niji's]] explosive temper, though, Sanji may be the Blue Oni to Niji's Red.]]
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:He's the third son of the Vinsmoke family, who are not only North Blue royalty, but a family of underworld ''assassins'', making him a [[MafiaPrincess Mafia Prince]] of sorts.]]
* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:Sanji hails from a bloodline which once ruled ''all'' of the North Blue, though he renounced his involvement with his family early in life due to his family's abuse because he wasn't born special like his siblings]].
* TheRunaway: [[spoiler:Despite being automatically a prince and royalty by birthright due to being a Vinsmoke, Sanji ran away to the East Blue when he was only eight due to his family's (save for his sister Reiju and deceased mother Sora) utterly ''horrendous'' treatment of him]].
* SameSexTriplets: Subverted. [[spoiler:He's born the third of male fraternal quadruplets; while they resemble each other to varying degrees, they also have a lot of traits that set them apart, like Sanji's lack of colorful AnimeHair and Yonji being much taller and muscular than his older brothers]].
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:As much as he hates his father and brothers, Sanji simply can't bring himself to leave them to die at the hands of Big Mom. Luffy's perfectly fine with helping him save them though. Due to his chivalrous nature, he also saves Pudding despite her treatment of him, and tries to talk her out of villainy. It works, as Pudding falls madly in love with him and decides to help him and his friends out in return for showing her compassion for the first time.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He ditches [[spoiler:his family after enduring almost an entire childhood of their abusive behavior, with the help of his older sister, Reiju, who was secretly his ally while he lived at home]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Usopp's Sensitive Guy whenever they get scenes together. [[spoiler:However, it might come as a surprise to know he had this dynamic in childhood with his brothers as the Sensitive Guy -- and they bullied him mercilessly for it. Even in present day, he comes off as this when contrasted to their complete LackOfEmpathy and callousness]].
* SharedFamilyQuirks:
** [[spoiler:All of his older and younger siblings share his [[HandsomeLech perverted tendencies]] (his quadruplet brothers ogle [[MsFanservice Nami]] whenever they see her, while it's gender-inverted with Sanji's sister Reiju who enjoyed giving a KissOfLife to Luffy a little ''too'' much).]]
** [[spoiler:Also most his family members share his preference for using powerful kicks, particularly Reiju, Judge, and Niji (though the later also used punches)]].
** [[spoiler:His older quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji also share his cool head and [[HotBlooded temper]], respectively. The difference is his brothers share a LackOfEmpathy and are {{Royal Brat}}s, which makes their traits less sympathetic compared to Sanji]].
** [[spoiler:Both he and Reiju inherited their compassion from their deceased mother Sora, but this made Sanji a target for abuse from his brothers and father, while Reiju hid it [[StepfordSmiler with smiles]]]].
** [[spoiler:Sanji's youngest quadruplet brother Yonji referred to him as a "bastard" in his debut chapter. "Bastard" is also one of Sanji's go-to insults]].
* SharpDressedMan: A black suit is his standard form of attire, usually only wearing more casual clothes during transitions between arcs.
* ShooTheDog: He views [[spoiler:leaving Luffy and the Straw Hats behind while on Totto Land]] as this, given that [[spoiler:his abusive family blackmailed him into marrying Pudding]]. Luffy disagreed.
* ShootTheHostage: He threatens to shoot [[spoiler:Caesar Clown if Bege goes after his friends, knowing full well Bege cannot shoot him because someone wants him alive and mostly unhurt]].
* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler:Yonji is a pervert like Sanji, but he lacks his chivalry. Ichiji has Sanji's cool head, but he has a LackOfEmpathy, with a tendency to KickTheDog with [[DeadpanSnarker scathing remarks]]. But Niji, out of all his siblings, contrasts Sanji the most -- aside from having an explosive temper, Niji is spoiled, ungrateful, unappreciative towards food, and has none of Sanji's compassion towards commoners and women]]. Justified; [[spoiler:Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji were made literally unable to feel compassion by Judge, which twisted the traits they shared with Sanji in a non-endearing direction]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: This is largely what Zoro is to him despite being in the same crew (similar to Buggy and Shanks' relationship when they were on Roger's ship). These two never miss an opportunity to belittle, one-up, or humiliate the other.
* SirSwearsALot: To be expected, as he was raised by sailors, and inherited their colorful vocabulary (see his {{catchphrase}} above). The English anime translates this by having him swear among the most out of anyone in the crew, "bastard" being a particularly favorite word of his.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: After using the Raid Suit in the Wano arc, Sanji gets the same ultra-durable body as his siblings, his UnusualEyebrows spin in the same directions as theirs, and most shockingly of all [[spoiler:he apparently hit a woman on instinct whilst in an emotional breakdown over his changes. This makes him fear that he's losing his humanity and becoming an emotionless soldier ike his siblings. After some pondering, Sanji concludes that for the King of Pirates he would be more useful as a flawed human rather than a cold warrior and [[WhatYouAreInTheDark destroys the suit rather than potentially lose more of himself to it]]. Even when it's later revealed that it was actually Queen [[PowerCopying using the]] [[{{Invisibility}} Stealth Black]] technology who struck her, the sentiment remains]].
* SmokingIsCool: Due to FCC regulations strictly banning smoking in shows intended for children, both English dubs had to cover this up when they aired on TV. They did it by either editing his cigarette out altogether (Creator/{{Funimation}}), or by turning it into a lollipop ([[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]]).
* SpannerInTheWorks: ''Very'' frequently. In fact, this is arguably Sanji's specialty in the crew, next to cooking. Sanji is a master saboteur and spy, and thus the only member of the crew that specializes in black ops skills besides Robin and, to a lesser extent, Nami. He's so good at it that for a long time, this skill set was unknown to everyone but the crew and a select few others, allowing him to essentially screw over many a villain's plan because they didn't know how dangerous he really was.
** His unknown at the time identity allowed him to rescue the crew from Crocodile's death trap in Alabasta.
** He trashed Eneru's airship long enough for Luffy to get back into the fight (and stop him from putting all his focus into destroying Skypiea).
** He found Robin and the [=CP9=] before they all boarded the train to Enies Lobby, sneaked into the train and freed the kidnaped Franky and Ussop, two other major SpannerInTheWorks in the following Enies Lobby incident.
** His closing the Gates of Justice not only allowed them to escape Enies Lobby without being pursued, but significantly slowed down the pursuing marines during the chase itself.
** [[spoiler:In the Whole Cake Island arc, although he loathes almost all of his Vinsmoke relatives with a passion (the feeling is mutual), Sanji's compassion drives him to save his family from Big Mom. This ends up throwing a big wrench in Big Mom's KillEmAll wedding plans -- [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]], who was supposed to kill her groom-to-be once they reached the altar, has a VillainousBreakdown because Sanji [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe complimented her third eye]] ([[AllOfTheOtherReindeer something no one had ever done before]]), leaving her [[BrokenTears crying]] and unable to kill him as planned. Katakuri's attempt to kill Sanji with a jellybean ends up narrowly missing its target and killing the priest when Sanji bends down to try comfort Pudding, with the commotion at the altar alerting the Vinsmoke family's suspicions of Big Mom.]]
** During the infiltration at Onigashima, Sanji [[spoiler:gets separated from the rest of the crew and then uses the raid suit to turn invisible and reach where Momonosuke is about to be publicly executed, saving the heir of the Kozuki dynasty and stopping Orochi and Kaido's plan while everyone else could only watch from afar]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Odex dub initially misspelled his name as "Sangi".
* SpiderSense: Sanji has Observation Haki, which works like spider sense. Oda claims that he specializes in this type of Haki.
* StealthExpert: Barring Nami, Robin, and Brook (who have abilities directly related to hiding themselves), Sanji is the sneakiest member of the Straw Hat crew. He escapes surveillance so often that it becomes a major plot point several times throughout the series.
** In Alabasta, bounty-less Sanji was the only Straw Hat to avoid detection by Baroque Works. This proves to be instrumental in freeing Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Smoker from Crocodile's BondVillainStupidity.
** Sanji's counterpart in Thriller Bark was the Invisible Human of the Suke-Suke Fruit.
** Sanji's mug shot isn't obtained by the '''World Government''' until the Straw Hats enter the New World, despite personally infiltrating a Cipher Pol train and fighting in Enies Lobby. Also, when he disappears during the Buster Call, it ends up being what allows the Straw Hats to escape.
** [[spoiler:In Totto Land, Sanji escapes the near constant surveillance of the Big Mom Pirates to secretly formulate an assassination plot on their own territory.]]
** [[spoiler:Might also be his planned position in the Germa army, as his code would have been "Stealth Black", and it's later revealed his specific Germma power is actually, [[{{Irony}} of all things]], his long-desired {{Invisibility}}.]]
* StepfordSmiler: As of Chapter 848, he's of the [[spoiler:Depressed]] type. [[spoiler:Despite being completely distraught and depressed over the situation at hand himself, Sanji, in a bid to not upset Pudding any further than his situation already has, and as a coping mechanism, forces himself to assume his "usual" persona of "a cook in love". To this end, he puts up a front of being his usual girl-crazy, heart-eyed self, after having talked himself into it and having ''practised it alone in his room''. Later in the chapter, Sanji is picking flowers while having a big smile on his face, only for his smile to get even ''bigger'' in the next panel, suggesting that he has just berated himself for not appearing as cheerful as he thinks he needs to be, and has immediately taken steps to rectify it.]]
* TheStrategist: Proven to be one of his defining characteristics at least twice in every arc from Alabasta on. [[spoiler:This was the result of being trained by his biological father Judge to become a Germa 66 military commander from a very early age]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:All of his Vinsmoke siblings resemble him to some degree, bearing his trademark swirling eyebrows and PeekABangs. Reiju and Yonji in particular resemble Sanji the most, with Reiju looking like the end result if Sanji was turned into a woman, while Yonji is Sanji's spitting image (save for the hair) and has his perverted tendencies. In the case of Sanji and his brothers, it's later justified with the reveal that they're fraternal ''quadruplets'', born on the same day, which is why they resemble each other so closely]].
* StrongerSibling: A rare heroic example. [[spoiler:Despite (initially) not inheriting the gene modifications his father made to him and his brothers in utero, Sanji becomes the strongest member of the Vinsmoke family in adulthood due to [[HadToBeSharp his experiences traveling the Grand Line]]. Later, in the Wano arc, after the gene modifications finally activate and cause him to develop an exoskeleton of his own, he's able to go toe-to-toe with Queen, who has incorporated ''all'' the abilities of the Germa Quadruplets into his body, in a one-on-one fight, and defeat him decisively]].
* StupidGood:
** A variation -- he's not completely stupid (in fact, [[TheChessmaster he's far from it]]) but thanks to nearly starving to death as a kid, Sanji has no problem feeding a starving man. Even if that starving man and his crew of equally-starving pirates are obviously planning to attack him afterwards.
** Also, he ''absolutely refuses'' to harm women physically as a part of his chivalrous code, even if there's a serious risk they could kill him. Even Nami seems to think it's admirable, but she also points out how stupid it is in practice.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Notable considering half the Straw Hat crew have Devil Fruit powers and can't swim at all.
** Way back in the Arlong Arc, he held his own against a Fishman ''underwater'', and he was down there for several minutes.
** He has an underwater version of [[DoubleJump Sky Walk]] called "Blue Walk" and is said to be as fast as a fishman, which is pretty fast considering they're the ''third fastest swimmers in the sea''.
** When diving for Kinemon's torso, Sanji straight up mentions that he is the fastest swimmer in the crew by a lot, even without Blue Walk. Considering that Zoro remained silent when he normally calls bullshit on anything Sanji does that isn't remotely true, one can take that small piece of information as true fact. (Though he's really only comparing himself to [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Nami, Usopp, Zoro and Franky]], everyone else just sinks, and Franky's half metal).
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]].
* SuperSoldier: It's later revealed in Chapter 852 that [[spoiler:both he and his older/younger siblings were genetically enhanced in childhood by their father to become these and lead the Germa 66's armies. This included having a "metal" exoskeleton and [[EmotionSuppression having their natural empathy for others irreversibly altered and outright destroyed]]. However, because of his mother's extremely desperate attempt to preserve her quadruplet sons' humanity, [[HeroicSacrifice to the point where she doomed herself to a slow death after only saving one]], Sanji showed no signs of improvement despite his genes supposedly being successfully modified on paper, leading to him being bullied and beaten by his father and brothers]]. [[spoiler:However, the genetic enhancements seem to have started activating during the war in Onigashima, allowing him to quickly heal broken bones, cause swords to break on his bare neck, and no-sell being shot in the head. In relation to that, he's terrified of the thought of the EmotionSuppression also kicking in, leaving him like his brothers.]]
* SupremeChef:
** Makes some of the best damn food you'll find on the Grand Line. And he joined the crew to fulfill his dream of finding some mysterious and awesome ingredients that can only be found in the All Blue, so he can cook even ''better''. A lot of the FoodPorn in the show can be contributed to him, ''especially'' in the G8 filler arc. It's taken UpToEleven during the Totto Land arc, where [[spoiler:he perfectly replicated Streusen's wedding cake, including all the secret ingredients, through smell alone. And it's so delicious that a taste of it nearly kills the chefs who taste-test it (and makes others believe he secretly poisoned it before discovering the truth).]]
** During the G8 filler arc, he creates a veritable feast from the scraps Jessica and her chefs left behind. In another filler arc [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006vPLryuNI he turns a smattering of ingredients into a giant savory cake]] that [[{{Hammerspace}} somehow fit under a tablecloth.]]
* SweetAndSourGrapes: He wasn't happy that he could never get the {{Invisibility}} Devil Fruit as the Fruit's been claimed. [[spoiler:Come Chapter 931, and it's revealed his raid suit comes with stealth capabilities for "Stealth Black".]]
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* TakeMeInstead: During the Thriller Bark arc, to save Luffy from Kuma, and prevent Zoro from sacrificing his life. It doesn't work, as the latter knocked him out for the exact same reason.
* TakenForGranite: PlayedForLaughs. After his two years in "Hell", he is so susceptible to women's looks that just ''looking'' at Hancock does this to him. Shirahoshi as well, though she actually cured his uncontrollable and life-threatening nosebleeds.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Tries doing it on [[spoiler:Pudding during the tea party, casually dodging her bullets as he makes her question herself. It actually works too; Pudding falls in love with Sanji and pulls a HeelFaceTurn shortly thereafter]].
* TeamChef: It's a good idea to not insult his cooking skills. He'll beat you up for it. And probably suspend your eating privileges.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:He abandoned the Vinsmoke family name after leaving his siblings and Judge behind. He makes it clear that Vinsmoke Sanji, the weak little boy they so often abused, "died at sea". Unfortunately for him, the Marines reveal Sanji's relation to Germa and now list his name as Vinsmoke Sanji.]]
* ThemeTwinNaming: [[spoiler: Well, theme ''quadruplet'' naming, anyway. "I", "Ni", "San" and "Yon" are the Japanese words for 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, as reference to the order Ichiji, Niji, he, and Yonji were born in. Combined with the "ji" at the end of their names, they're also puns on "one o'clock", "two o'clock", "three o'clock", and "four o'clock". Reiju also shares this number theme naming despite not being one of the quadruplets, with Rei meaning zero.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone:
** After two painful years on an island of transvestites, Sanji finally meets mermaids, and they ''like'' him. He's even able to resist nosebleeds for a while to play with them.
** Oda occasionally decides to spare him and let him at least touch a woman, and on two separate occasions he has had his face stuffed in into a girl's breasts. Nosebleeds ensue.
** You can probably consider it a near miracle that [[spoiler:his wife to be, Pudding, is ''actually attractive''. In this case though, it becomes YankTheDogsChain when it turns out she's a massively broken BitchInSheepsClothing who faked being in love with him. This eventually goes back the other way and Sanji is once again thrown a bone; showing Pudding genuine kindness and love despite everything she did causes her to fall madly in love with him -- perhaps the first time his feelings for any woman have ever been fully reciprocated. She even ''kisses'' him in the end to seal it, much to his delight (though she does erase his memory of it immediately afterward).]]
** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream. However, after finding out the suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji destroys it for good, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is.]]
* TrainingFromHell:
** He underwent an extremely harsh training as a child [[spoiler:alongside his siblings, to shape them into the super soldiers their father wanted them to be. However, Sanji failed to do any progress, despite having been genetically enhanced like his siblings]].
** He underwent another training to be a chef in the Baratie under Zeff, which was equal parts learning how to cook as it was seeing if he could survive the kicks of the "Red Leg". Ironically, it was under ''this'' training that developed his incredible strength, [[spoiler:and not the SuperSoldier training with the Germa 66]].
** During his two years of training in IronicHell over the TimeSkip Sanji has become so fast that he can now [[LightningBruiser move at an absurdly fast speed ''underwater'' while maintaining his superior kicking power]]. He got the skill from running away from transvestites on that scary island for two full years. He also gained the skill to run on air. So, yeah, he can fly.
* TraumaButton: [[spoiler:Mentioning the Vinsmokes or Germa 66 around him often makes him fly into a truly extraordinary rage, since he understandably doesn't want anything more to do with them]].
* TraumaCongaLine:
** To sum up, he was defeated by Kuma, sent on a island full of Drag Queens, is accidentally mistaken for a crossdresser by the inhabitants, chased along the whole island, forced to fight the "Queen" in dress and make up, humiliated and tricked into becoming a crossdresser himself. Thankfully, he got better.
** The Whole Cake Island Arc has been one long trauma line for him, starting with [[spoiler:getting forced into an arranged marriage, beat up by his brothers, put under the threat of having his friends and parental figure Zeff murdered if he doesn't comply, and ends up slapped and disowned by his beloved Nami. Even worse is that his fiancee -- who ''appeared'' to actually like him and provided a HopeSpot -- is really a shattered BitchInSheepsClothing who plans on murdering him, and that her family intend to kill both his biological and adoptive family and friends anyways]].
* TruthInTelevision: His dislike of wasting food due to living through starvation is a fairly common trait among people who have had this trauma.
* {{Tykebomb}}: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} and later deconstructed. He and his siblings were genetically enhanced and psychologically altered after birth, and raised to be physically superior to the average human in order to lead the Germa 66's armies to their greatest victories. However, in Sanji's case, the modifications failed thanks to the drug his mother took in a desperate attempt to save him and his brothers, but the drug only worked on him for some reason. As a result, he didn't grow any stronger than your average human child. This is what caused his father and brothers to abuse him, because his being human was a grave affront to their standards of "strength", to the point where he ran away from home. However, as it was later revealed, Judge's experiments led to his children becoming utterly messed up as adults, with Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji being literally unable to feel or understand compassion, and Reiju being extremely suicidal. Sanji would've become like them had Sora not made her sacrifice]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He himself usually does not underestimate others but is quite regularly on the receiving end of this attitude due to him being an AlmightyJanitor:
** Bon Clay had no idea where Sanji suddenly came from or why this blonde pervert could keep up with him in their battle.
** Absalom didn't take Sanji serious at first and later thought it was insane that a pirate this strong had no notable bounty on his head.
** [[spoiler:The Vinsmoke family was surprised and irritated by the prowess Sanji learned in the time away from them.]]
** [[spoiler:[[{{Seers}} Charlotte Katakuri]] foresaw that Sanji would dodge the sneak attack of the wedding priest but didn't anticipate that Sanji would be able to dodge Katakuri's immediate attack too.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: No matter how much he argues with them (especially the men), Sanji deeply treasures the Straw Hat crew and will do ''anything'' for them when push comes to shove. [[spoiler:Not even the chance of being married to the beautiful Charlotte Pudding (who's also a SupremeChef) and being able to live like a prince as a member of the royal Vinsmoke family is able to deter him]].
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:His father and brothers see Sanji as this, due to being a compassionate weakling as a child who refused to abide by the code of MightMakesRight, to the point of inflicting constant physical abuse on him. It got to the point where his father [[IHaveNoSon wrote him off as dead]] and [[DeathFakedForYou left him in the dungeons to rot while passing off his absence as a training-related accident]], and his brothers were completely fine with it... except for [[CoolBigSis his sister]], [[BigBrotherInstinct who freed him and helped him run away to the East Blue]].]]
* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows twirl into two big ol' spirals on the ends; and, predictably, they are often the source of ridicule. Oddly enough though, both of his eyebrow spirals curl ''to the right'', meaning his eyebrows are asymmetrical on his face. Which may explain why he chooses to hide one of eyes at all times [[PeekABangs with his hair]]. (pre-TimeSkip he covered his left eye, post-Time-skip it's his right). [[spoiler: The swirly brows are a trait shred with his brothers; however, theirs twirl in the opposing direction to visually communicate that Sanji is different from them. In Chapter 1031, during the Onigashima war after Sanji starts manifesting the same durable traits his brothers do, and apparently [[TooKALevelInJerkass attacks an innocent woman off-screen]] whilst having an emotional crisis over his transformation, his eyebrows now swirl the same direction as theirs, showing how he's SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. Even once it's revealed that it was actually [[{{PowerCopying}} Queen]] who did it, Sanji's physical changes remain, and it's left ambiguous if he'd really started to lose his emotions or not]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:While Sanji is still compassionate and willing to help others, he showed it more often when he was younger. His abusive family and nearly starving to death twice hardened him, unfortunately]].
* VerbalTic: Since a young age, Sanji has a habit of saying "shit" or "shitty" when describing something. While the Japanese word for feces, "kuso", is not specifically an expletive, Sanji's manner of speech makes the term sound brash. For example, he might call a person he especially does not like a "shitty bastard" or something along those lines (such as his personal nickname for Zeff, "shitty geezer"), but he also described something pleasant to him, like being alone with Nami, as "shitty fantastic" and "the shitty best". In the [=FUNimation=] dub, this habit is downplayed to swearing that is less offensive.
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Before Sanji joined the crew, there was his relationship with Zeff. The two slung so many insults at each other and got in so many fights that the other cooks at Baratie were surprised to find out how much they actually cared about each other.
** He's not shy about insulting or arguing with the male Straw Hats, especially Zoro, but he's also willing to go quite far in defending them despite claiming to only care for the women.
* VolleyingInsults: Quite often with Zoro, as well as his surrogate father Zeff.
* WalkingSpoiler: His DarkAndTroubledPast [[spoiler:when it comes to his biological royal family]] makes him this.
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[WouldntHitAGirl He refuses to harm women in any way]], though he is capable of blocking their attacks. This causes near-fatal problems during the fights with Bon Clay and Kalifa. Nami even criticizes him on this trait.
* WhatTheHellHero: Upon learning about Jimbei indirectly causing Arlong to rule the East Blue and terrorize Nami, giving her severe emotional trauma and turning her into a BrokenBird, Sanji understandably gives him an earful for it.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** In the Thriller Bark arc, despite their rivalry, Sanji steps up and offers to sacrifice his life for Zoro when [[NoNonsenseNemesis Kuma]] threatens to kill him.
** Push comes to shove [[spoiler:when his royal birth family returns to take him back, and they try wooing him with promises of [[SexSlave "personal maidens"]], money, and marriage to the beautiful Charlotte Pudding. Sanji, against even his crew's expectations, refuses it all and stays absolutely set on leaving with Luffy and all of his friends.]]
** [[spoiler:Part of why Sanji was bullied by his brothers as a child was because he was willing to cook and serve food to others behind the family's backs]].
** [[spoiler:Despite finding out that his marriage to Pudding is a trap to get the Vinsmoke's killed, and being able to escape at any time since the explosive bands on his arms were never activated, with even [[DeathSeeker Reiju]] encouraging Sanji to abandon them, Sanji ultimately is too compassionate to let his family die even if he does consider most of them to be scum.]]
** [[spoiler:In Wano, Sanji begins to worry that the Raid Suit is making him lose his empathy and humanity like his siblings and wonders if he would be more useful to Luffy as himself, with all his flaws, or as a warrior without humanity nor weakness; in the end, he opts for the former and destroys the Raid Suit. However, just in case he loses control of himself, he asks someone to put him down if that ends up happening. Who does he ask? '''Zoro''' of all people, the person whom he gets along with the absolute least]].
* WhiteSheep: Despite being a pirate, Sanji displays much more integrity and nobility than his royal family of assassins, as seen when he calls a portrait of his father conquering four North Blue kingdoms tasteless. [[spoiler:This even stems from his childhood. Sanji was an outcast in his family because he was weak[[note]]Despite having the same genetic enhancements as his other siblings, he somehow always fell behind when he trained, which irritates them[[/note]] and compassionate towards others[[note]]Judge dismissed Sanji's compassion as "trying to hold the legacy of someone already dead" (that is, his mother).[[/note]]]].
* WhyCantIHateYou:
** [[spoiler:When he encountered Judge in the middle of his escape as a child, even after all the abuse he had suffered, he was still devastated to hear his father's complete apathy toward him leaving the family. However, he eventually got over it by adulthood, as he admits to himself that he feels nothing but hatred for Judge in the present day.]]
** [[spoiler:Despite overhearing Big Mom and Pudding's plans for the Vinsmokes as well as Pudding's true evil nature, Sanji is still attracted to Pudding because... well, he's [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]]. [[SpannerInTheWorks And that's later quite the plot point]].]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sanji appears to have some fear or aversion to insects and spiders. During the crew's search for the South Bird, he continually backed away from the various insects in the forest to the point he was afraid to touch them.
* WideEyedIdealist: [[DownplayedTrope Solely when it comes to women and nothing else]]; Sanji's views on the ladies are quite rose-tinted and naive, and he's prone to trusting any woman who acts nice to his face or returns his advances. He even proclaims that he would never doubt a woman's tears and is willing to forgive the lies and actions of any woman who wrongs him. Administrivia/TropesAreTools, however, so this is usually [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by being shown in a neutral light and presenting both the positive and negative outcomes of this trait of his. However, it's shown in a decidedly negative light in the Tottoland arc, where his patience is pushed to its limit as [[spoiler: his trusting nature leads to his heart being broken in an exceedingly cruel manner by a very sadistic, manipulative woman -- the likes of which he had never had to deal with before on such a personal level]]. However, in a true testament to his willpower, he sticks to his morals even after this; [[spoiler: [[FreakinessShame instead of showing any anger towards her, he compliments]] [[BrokenBird Pudding's]] ThirdEye and still calls her beautiful, which causes her to ''genuinely'' fall in love with him -- reconstructing the trope and proving that Sanji's chivalry ''can'' work against all odds.]]
* WifeBasherBasher: For Sanji, women are sacred and no man can raise a finger upon them. If he sees someone hurting or just harassing a woman, Sanji immediately runs to her rescue and punishes the basher.
* WillfullyWeak: At first, Sanji makes free use of his raid suit. [[spoiler:However, when he develops an exoskeleton, he immediately suspects something is wrong. Later, he blacks out and somehow attacks a '''woman''' just for getting in the way. Sanji assesses that his raid suit is somehow altering his mind to make him a heartless soldier and decides that it must be destroyed and he will remain a humane fighter that will just have to deal with women as his weakness. He even asks Zoro to kill him if his mind turns cold-blooded after the events in Wano.]]
* WingdingEyes: Prone to developing "heart" eyes whenever he's swooning over a lady.
* TheWorfEffect: The only worse offender of this than Zoro is Sanji.
** It happens to him once an arc, including freaking ''filler'' arcs. Notable examples include Eneru (couldn't even hit him once despite wearing shoes with rubber soles), Smoker (in the manga), Arlong, Blueno (after revealing Robin's intentions, Sanji had no use for holding back and still got beat), and Absalom (possibly a deconstruction, since it was really just a penguin fighting as Sanji, though the other zombies note he's quite powerful).
** Before the timeskip, Sanji is easily defeated by Ivankov to put his power in perspective.
** Really the only reason he and Vergo fought was to build up the latter's threat level.
** In the Dressrosa arc he suffers this from BigBad Donquixote Doflamingo. While Doflamingo acknowledged his as being strong, Sanji seemingly did no damage with all his attacks and was immediately bested by his Parasite technique.
** [[spoiler:Sanji got beaten by his father during the fight with him. Downplayed in that Judge [[DirtyCoward used his own soldiers as human shields to distract Sanji and impale him through one of them.]]]]
* WorfHadTheFlu:
** He might have won against Gin, but the wounds he sustained while Pearl beat him up while he was unable to retaliate due to Zeff being held hostage immobilized him at a crucial moment.
** He also presumably would have put up a better fight against Arlong (if not outright won) if he hadn't been badly injured in his previous battle.
** His fights against Eneru and Smoker were lost causes due to their Logia powers and his inability to use Haki before the timeskip.
** When fighting Absalom he was handicapped by having to protect Nami.
** In his fight with Vergo, which ended in more of a draw then a defeat, he didn't use Haki or Diable Jambe aside from his initial attack.
** [[spoiler:He's quickly taken down by Niji in their first fight, but it should be noted that Ichiji distracted him for a second and Niji managed to sneak up on him while he was looking away, and both Niji and Ichiji threatened Red Leg's life if he dared to fight back.]]
** [[spoiler:Sanji got beaten by his father during the fight with him... But the only reason Judge even got that hit in was by acting like a coward and calling in human shields to stop Sanji from attacking, then striking from one of said shields when Sanji stopped his attack. This is especially notable when you factor in that Judge's Raidsuit is fire resistant, so the fact he still felt the need to call in human shields against a flaming kick says alot. And top it off Sanji was barely injured at the end ]].
* WorstAid: Justified because he's not a doctor. When he finds a defeated Zoro at Onigashima, Sanji asks Chopper for help, who tells him to give him some bandages in the meanwhile. Sanji then turns Zoro into a cross-shaped mummy unable to move, and even uses his bandaged body as a blunt weapon.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Sanji always absolutely ''refuses'' to hit a lady no matter the circumstances, even if the lady in question is evil and/or trying to kill him. His strong feelings on this stem from his mentor Zeff, who literally kicked him into learning this mindset. Therefore, in addition to his love for women, Sanji also sticks to never hurt them so strictly because he doesn't want to disappoint Zeff and become a man that he wouldn't be proud of. During the Onigashima War, while he's captured by Black Maria, Sanji refuses to use the Color of Armement to protect himself from her beating because he ''doesn't want her to hurt her fist punching him''. While in the Water 7 & Enies Lobby Arc, this inability to hit women leads to Sanji's defeat at the hands of Califa, after the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji [[CharacterDevelopment learns to deal with his weakness by either running away from female enemies or calling for help when he can't run anymore]]. [[spoiler:When he apparently beat up a innocent girl during the Onigashima war, Sanji is ''horrified'' and fears it's a side-effect of his Raid Suit starting to affect his personality but it's shortly revealed that it was actually Queen, who'd [[PowerCopying copied the abilities of the Germa Siblings]], who hit the girl whilst using Sanji's [[{{Invisibility}} Stealth Black abilities]], which both relives Sanji and thoroughly pisses him off for letting them both believe he'd actually struck her]]. This trait even carries onto video game adaptations, with the ''[[VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors Pirate Warriors]]'' games in particular programming his attacks to always avoid hitting and/or affecting female enemies;[[note]]Crew Strikes let him call in someone else to defeat them for him, but it's still such a problem that the game flat-out warns you if he tries to start a mission containing female enemies.[[/note]] however, he ''can'' be made to hit a female enemy in some games, but he will [[ApologeticAttacker apologize with each attack]].
* WrestlerOfBeasts: While freeing his crew from Crocodile's prison, Sanji defeats giant crocodile creatures called Banawani.
* YouOweMe: [[spoiler:While he does save the Vinsmokes from certain death at the hands of the Charlotte family alongside [[TokenGoodTeammate his sister, Reiju]], he immediately lets them know that they're indebted to him and ''damn sure better pay him back'', silently demanding that they rescue his friends. Judge glares at him in annoyance, but Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji quickly comply without complaint and ''actually listen to Sanji'' for once]].
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and destroys the suit for good.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:acknowledge Vinsmoke Judge as his father due to his tragic past; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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[[header:"Black Leg" Sanji]]
!!!'''Child Voice:''' Creator/IkueOtani (JP); Creator/ChristineAuten (EN, Funi, TV series), Creator/MeganShipman (EN, Funi, ''Episode of East Blue''), Creator/VeronicaTaylor (EN, 4Kids); Alejandra Vegar (4Kids), Oliver Díaz (Netflix) (Latin American Spanish); Creator/DianaTorres (SP)\\
'''Adult Voice:''' Creator/HiroakiHirata (JP); Creator/EricVale (EN, Funi), David Moo (EN, 4Kids), Joseph Murray (EN, Odex, episode 20-67), Paul Pistore (EN, Odex, episode 68-104); Noe Velásquez (Latin American Spanish); Creator/AlfredoMartinez (SP)
!!!'''Age:''' 19 (Pre-Timeskip), 21 (Post-Timeskip)
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 43 (Manga), Episode 20 (Anime)
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->''"The Marines may not be concerned with me right now, but soon I, Black Leg Sanji, will be the most infamous of all!"''
Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered by the fandom as one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats. Sanji and Zoro are also considered to be "the Wings of the Pirate King" by Nico Robin.
His dream is to find a legendary patch of sea called the All Blue, where one can find species of fish from all over the world. His mentor, former-pirate-turned-restaurant-owner Zeff, is one he shares his dreams with, and Sanji worked under him as a way to pay Zeff back for saving his life when the two were stuck on a rock with barely any food when Sanji was a child.
Sanji has also shown some ButtMonkey tendencies, as he's become the butt of an ever-increasing list of jokes, including a ugly, poorly drawn bounty poster that no one has any trouble identifying him with, a man who ''resembles'' said bounty poster coming for revenge, and Kuma blasting him to an island filled with, of all things, drag queens, leading him to declare that [[IronicHell he is in Hell]]. While there, he learns of a special recipe to make the consumer stronger and trains with the 99 Newkama Kenpo masters.
In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually went on the run, frustrated with the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother Sora died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animus and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister Reiju's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as Linlin, who is capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
He has a bounty of 330,000,000 million berries.[[note]]His first bounty is 77,000,000 Berries, awarded for his defeat of Jabra and involvement at Enies Lobby. He's, however, frequently unrecognized since his old wanted poster is a poorly-drawn composite sketch. His second bounty is 177,000,000 berries, received for simply being a member of the Straw Hats after Dressrosa. He also finally gains an actual picture for his poster (albeit a goofy take of him with his typical "heart" eyes). Due to his father's meddling, he's also briefly wanted only alive at this time, unlike the other Straw Hats and every other known criminal (who are all "dead or alive"). He receives his current bounty of 330,000,000 berries for his connection to the Vinsmokes and involvement in the raid against Big Mom; and, with his family matters resolved, he is once again wanted dead or alive. However, to his extreme frustration, he is now officially recognized by the government as "Vinsmoke" Sanji.[[/note]]
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* NinetiesHair: His iconic "curtains" hairstyle is distinctly 90s, no doubt due to being officially inspired by Creator/SteveBuscemi's [[https://imgur.com/a/BGYWL6K hair]] in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' according to Oda. This is Downplayed with art evolution and the Timeskip, however, with Sanji's hair becoming distinctly shaggier over time.
* ABNegative: It turns out Sanji has a rare blood type. This becomes extremely problematic when the {{Nosebleed}} after {{Nosebleed}} he'd been suffering and had been PlayedForLaughs after being exposed to real women again caused him to go through all of Chopper's stock of that specific type. As a result, when a mermaid tries to keep him hidden by stuffing him into [[MarshmallowHell Marshmallow Heaven]], he has such an [[HighPressureBlood epic]] gusher that it becomes life-threatening. Further complicating the situation was the issue that due to some latent racism between humans and merfolks, those who had the blood type refused to donate either out of discrimination or fear of the enforcers of the regime.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: His interactions with Cosette and Pudding during the Whole Cake Island Arc proves that he's actually really good at charming women when he's not intentionally trying to.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The Viz translation of the manga takes his regular attack names (one-word French cooking terms, for the most part), and adds a second word, usually alliterative with the first, to them, resulting in names like "Trompine Treader" and "Mouton Mallet".
* AllAccordingToPlan: Sanji is the tactical mastermind of the crew and all of his plans work out the way he wants them to.
** The most notable incident still is his Mr. Prince shtick in the Alabasta arc, where he tricks Crocodile into leaving the building so that he can save his own crew.
** During the Buster Call at the Water 7-Enies Lobby arc, Sanji disappears from the fight, only to reveal later that not only did he has rigged the aiming of the cannons of several warships to miss the ''Going Merry'', but he has also closed the Doors of Justice to create whirlpools that would make the larger ships stand still, but allow their tinier ship to escape.
** During the raid at Onigashima, Sanji leaves Nami and Carrot, apparently to spend some time with the prostitutes [[spoiler:while he's actually planning to change into his raid suit to become invisible, and uses it to reach Kaido and saves Momonosuke]].
* AllLovingHero: By his own admission, Sanji loves ''all'' women even if they are villains and want to kill him.
* AlmightyJanitor: After the Alabasta Arc, Sanji doesn't receive a bounty like Zoro or Luffy, despite being as strong as them, and having even played a big role into defeating Crocodile when he saves his entire crew from a deadly trap. It still applies with later bounties, as he never becomes the third highest until the events of Whole Cake Island. Outside of bounties, despite being one of the best fighters of the crew, Sanji's official position is the cook.
* AlwaysSecondBest: It's a bit of a subtle running gag that he's ''always'' just one step behind Zoro in every area (excluding such obvious things as cooking, leg strength, or directional sense of course). He's got the ''second'' deepest voice in the crew behind Zoro, he's ''one centimeter'' shorter than Zoro, he's ''always'' a little behind him strength-wise and he always fights somebody who's a little weaker than Zoro's opponent. It pops up in other ways too, such as how he woke up just ''after'' Zoro did after Kuma attacked on Thriller Bark. Zoro himself, of course, mocks Sanji every time he bests him.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[spoiler:Sanji is considered a nuisance to his two older brothers Ichiji and Niji. Not because there's anything actually wrong with ''Sanji'', but because both of them are massive [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] with an utter LackOfEmpathy (no thanks to [[EvilutionaryBiologist Judge]]) who think that his noble, heroic qualities are irritating]].
* TheApprentice: He served as Zeff's apprentice shortly after the latter saved his life as a child.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:In Chapter 864, after failing to kill Sanji the first time thanks to [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe some unexpected compliments]], Pudding tries again, insisting that her murderous, sadistic self is her "true" personality unlike the sweet girl Sanji had seen, and rants that she has deceived many people before Sanji in the past. Sanji responds by asking Pudding if she happened to be one of those people, which, although it doesn't make her back down right away, noticeably shocks Pudding into hesitating even more. This is what triggers Pudding's HeelFaceTurn that ultimately helps the Straw Hats escape Totto Land]].
* ArrangedMarriage: To the thirty-fifth daughter of the Charlotte family, Pudding. Their wedding is supposed to be the centerpiece of one of Big Mom's tea parties, and the whole situation is courtesy of his father and Big Mom forming a political alliance. He's not too happy about it, though he still ends up love-struck by his beautiful bride to be when he actually sees her ([[ChivalrousPervert as you might expect]]). [[spoiler:Things go even more sour, though, when it turns out that Pudding is actually a BrokenBird with a sadistic streak and the engagement is a sham- the real purpose is to murder him along with his entire family. Once Sanji gives her her first compliment, however, Pudding [[HeelFaceTurn decides to help the Straw Hats]] and makes up an alibi of them already being married to escape suspicion... though as shown by her breakdown over Sanji leaving Totto Land at the end of the Totto Land arc, [[LoveHurts she wishes it were true]]]].
* ArtEvolution: A very subtle version; Sanji's face wasn't quite as round when he [[http://i.imgur.com/GXghVfc.png first came back]] from the {{Timeskip}} [[http://i.imgur.com/ZrJUx4Z.png?1 compared to later on]].
* AssassinOutclassin:
** In the Totto Land arc, [[spoiler:he outclasses ''three'' would-be assassins in the span of a few seconds. First, he causes his [[HoneyTrap fake fiancee]] to have a VillainousBreakdown on the altar right before she tries to shoot him by calling her supposedly horrifying ThirdEye [[FreakyIsCool beautiful]]. Then, after she fails, he [[DodgeTheBullet dodges the priest's point-blank gunshot]] attempt -- or at least he would have had the [[ColdSniper cold-sniping]] {{Seer|s}} Charlotte Katakuri not foreseen this and intervened. Instead, Katakuri tries to kill him by flicking a [[AbnormalAmmo jellybean]] through his [[BoomHeadshot head]] before this can happen... but Sanji dodges ''that'' as well and Katakuri ends up killing the priest instead]].
** In the Wano arc, after joining Franky in beating up a few members of the Kyoshiro family for trying to intimidate them into paying a protection fee, [[spoiler:Sanji gets Page One and X Drake sent after him so [[MakeAnExampleOfThem he'll be used as an example for defying the yakuza]]. Not only does Sanji stops Page One with a powerful kick upon arrival, he also prepares to use his raid suit that he previously wanted nothing to do with]].
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Despite the above AlmightyJanitor and below Badass instances, Sanji will likely lose his train of thought if a pretty woman comes into his focus. One instance on the Punk Hazard arc is him chasing to help Nami and Robin but stops when he sees Monet. Not only does he stop, but the Marines who are following him stop as well to comment on how beautiful she is.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Not only is Sanji a brilliant tactician in combat, but his sense of smell along with his cooking skills allows him to produce an exact copy of the recipe for a cake someone else made (complete with seven secret ingredients), just off the smell of the cake, despite being a ''[[UpToEleven smoker]]''[[labelnote: Explanation]] Who in real life are known and proven to have a severely diminished sense of smell and taste due to the poison they're addicted to.[[/labelnote]]
* BadassBaritone: When he's not fawning over women, his voice is the deepest in the crew after Zoro's.
* BadassFamily: Despite him having cut his ties with them and thus no longer considering them to be his family (and vice-versa, at least in the case of his father and brothers), he ''is'' a biological member of the infamous Vinsmoke family, a royal family of underworld "killers", all of whom who have been shown to be badass in their own right, something that "Black Leg" Sanji, member of the Straw Hat Pirates, in-crew member of the Straw Hat's "Monster Trio", and tactical genius, can also lay claim to.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Quite spiffy looking with that blue/orange pinstripe shirt and classic black suit.
* BadassNormal: Not normal by our standards, but he's the only Straw Hat to not use either a Devil Fruit or a weapon, so he's literally just going with the rest of the crew and fighting with just his own two feet. Despite this, he's one of the three strongest members of the crew. Also taken quite literally in the fact that he's the only sibling in the Vinsmoke family to not be genetically modified, so unlike his siblings, his strength came entirely through training.
* BareFistedMonk: Well, it's technically Bare ''Footed'' Monk. He never uses his hands in battle because he needs them undamaged to cook.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He is always annoyed with his lack of recognition, especially since his Wanted poster looked like Duval, and desires to be the most infamous pirate in the world. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he is the missing third son of the criminal Vinsmoke family, a royal family of assassins, thus making him a prince by birthright and just a few steps in political power below the ''World Nobles''. The Vinsmoke family also consisted of people who constantly abused and bullied him for being weak as a child, which later caused him to run away and become a pirate. Looks like your wish finally came true, Sanji]]. When he finally gets a higher bounty then [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Zoro]], Sanji can't enjoy it [[spoiler:since it's clear that the World Government only raised his bounty due to being a Vinsmoke, leaving Sanji depressed.]]
* BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler:No matter how much he hates his family, who are evil warmongers, mock him as a failure and keep his ParentalSubstitute hostage, Sanji can't leave them to their fate to get killed by Big Mom. Sanji doesn't view them as family, but he will try to save them nonetheless, because he is too compassionate to just run away. Thanks to the help of the Straw Hat-Firetank Pirate Alliance, he eventually succeeds in saving his family, who decide to protect the Straw Hats and aid their escape even after fulfilling their life debt to him]].
* BerserkButton:
** Never insult his culinary skills or steal his dream of eating the [[{{Invisibility}} Clear-Clear Fruit]].
** Never suggest that he is incapable of protecting people. Kuroobi found this out the hard way.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Let's face it, no remotely important characters in ''Manga/OnePiece'' are remotely realistic, as far as their abilities are concerned.
** But who else goes as far as to perform ''plastic surgery'' in the middle of battle by rapidly kicking their opponent in the face?
** But who else ignites their feet for a special attack without getting burned, while underwater?
** Not to mention running faster than the speed of ''water pressure''.
** While not unheard of, flying in One Piece is a very exceptional skill to have.
** His nosebleeds can actually ''run Chopper out of his spare blood stock for Sanji's type.'' Chopper, by the way, also takes care of ''Zoro'' after fights.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Sanji is surprisingly protective and supportive of Usopp, even going out of his way to give him encouragement. This makes a lot more sense when you realize [[spoiler:Sanji can relate to Usopp due to being the weakest member of a group (the Straw Hats in Usopp's case, his family in Sanji's case)]].
** Inverts it with Little Brother Instinct [[spoiler:towards Reiju, his older sister. He despises his quadruplet brothers and his father, but he genuinely does care about his sister, the only one of his still-living relatives who was kind to him when he was a child. He does decide to save his whole family at Big Mom's wedding, but it's clear that Reiju is the one he wants to save the most; when the rest of the Vinsmokes are about to be murdered by the Charlotte family, Sanji rushes towards the table to help while shouting for her to run away]].
* BigDamnHeroes:
** "Mr. Prince", followed later by "The Hunter".
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook from '''Doflamingo''' in Dressrosa.
** Saving Nami, Chopper and Brook ''again'', this time from being trapped in Capone's body, while they are on Zou.
* {{Bishonen}}: A masculine example, though it gets downplayed after he grows out his facial hair during the TimeSkip with the transition from the thin teenage stubble to a full goatee.
** Zoro calls him "Idiot Lovely".
** [[TheMafia Firetank Pirates]] member Gotti angrily calls Sanji "pretty boy".
** When meeting Sanji's older sister, Brook goes heart-eyed twice and says "So pretty." Shortly after, Luffy sees her face and asks, [[IdiotHero "Sanji?!"]]
* BigLittleBrother: Both he and his fraternal quadruplet brothers are taller than their older sister, Reiju, who is the firstborn of their family.
* BlueIsHeroic: Sanji's [[ColorMotifs main color scheme]] is blue. He's also a member of the Straw Hat Pirates [[spoiler:and a WhiteSheep in the royal Vinsmoke family, which was thanks to his mother, Sora, [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing herself]] to preserve his empathy after his father, Judge, psychologically altered him in-utero]].
* BondOneLiner: Has a habit of giving these after winning major fights.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler:A platonic example; in Chapter 843, he turns down Luffy's attempts to bring him back from Totto Land because his abusive family blackmailed him into marrying Pudding, and if he defied his purpose, his loved ones (especially [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]]) will be killed. Luffy understandably doesn't listen and punches Sanji in the face to get him to come back to the crew]].
* BrickJoke: One that took a ''very'' long time, and was almost not certainly planned to be this: in Alabasta, Sanji gives the name "Mr. Prince" to Crocodile as his alias. [[ComicBookTime Two in-series years, and over a decade of real-life time, later]], we find out that he actually ''is'' a blood-born prince of the Vinsmoke family, the rulers of Germa Kingdom and an infamous group of Underworld assassins.
* BrokenTears: He bursts into tears twice during the Totto Land arc. [[spoiler:First, after he beats Luffy up and tries to force the Straw Hats to leave Whole Cake Island, which makes Nami ''[[ArmorPiercingSlap slap]]'' him. And later, when he overheard [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]] laughing at how easily she tricked him, how stupid she finds him and how she is looking forward to see his reaction right before she kills him.]]
* BrooklynRage: In the 4Kids dub, Sanji was given a thick Brooklyn accent to match his temperamental personality.
* ButtMonkey: Aside from Luffy, he's the Straw Hat most likely to be the butt of some joke or run into misfortune; he consistently is beaten up by Nami, rejected by most women, ends up in strange situations, and his quirks and mannerisms are sometimes jokingly mocked by the other Straw Hats when he's not present (aside from [[SitcomArchNemesis Zoro]], [[VitriolicBestBuds who, of course]], will do it to his face). [[spoiler:It steers into borderline TraumaCongaLine territory in the Totto Land arc when, chapter after chapter, he is subjected to his royal family's abuse, discovers that his beautiful chef fiancee is actually a broken, sadistic psychopath who planned to kill him, and even has [[KickTheDog explosive bracelets planted on his arms]] so he'll be obedient to his family's demands until his wedding day]].
* BurningWithAnger: As a RunningGag he bursts into flames when he's sufficiently enraged. Chopper even says "[[AngstNuke Awesome! He exploded!]]" at one point during one such instance. After the TimeSkip, he's ''weaponized'' it since it reminds him of his TrainingFromHell at the hands of Ivankov.
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[[folder:C - E]]
* CainAndAbel: Sanji clearly has no love for his three quadruplet brothers. It's later revealed that as a child, Sanji was frequently and viciously bullied by his brothers for being weak and showing compassion towards starving animals.
** His older sister, Reiju, who laughed at this in public but showed compassion for him in private, is the only living family member he shows affection for.
** It's heavily implied that he fought (and defeated) the youngest, Yonji, as soon as they met up again, with Yonji sporting a disfigured face afterwards.
** [[spoiler:Though he hates all of them, he has a particular dislike for Niji, as he specifically notes that only ''Niji'' out of all of them is actually vindictive and petty enough to brutally beat an innocent cook to spite Sanji for defending her. This act practically lowers Niji to a level that's "[[InsultToRocks lower than scum]]" in Sanji's eyes]].
** [[spoiler:This is later justified in Chapter 852; before Sanji and his brothers were born, Judge tried to weaponize them by experimenting on them in utero and completely removing their ability to feel compassion and empathy. Their mother, Sora, intervened by taking a drug that reversed gene-altering surgeries, but died, saving only Sanji. His brothers can't understand why he still has his humanity and continues to act kind towards others, because they were programmed that way.]]
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: Thanks to [[spoiler:his mother taking a drug against Judge's modifications, Sanji is the only one of his siblings to not have any superhuman ability but also keeps his emotions. At Onigashia, however, Sanji manifests those powers and Queen comments that his genetic alterations might have manifested later; Sanji is not happy of these changes because he fears to lose his emotions just like his brothers]].
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: Sanji is noticeably less lecherous around Pudding (the closest he ever had to a full-blown romantic relationship) than any other woman save his sister (this becomes clear after the wedding is crashed). Funnily enough, it's Pudding herself that goes full Sanji mode when near Sanji himself, so this trope might be employed to balance it out.
* CasanovaWannabe: The chances of him actually sleeping with anyone he's wooed are practically nonexistent. [[spoiler:Then when the chance comes up after he is paired up with Charlotte Pudding, one of Big Mom's daughters, he turns it down, to the shock of his crewmates]].
* CatchPhrase:
** "Crap" as a prefix (e.g. his nickname for Zeff, "Kuso Jijii", means "Shitty Old Man"). It's almost a tic, since he uses it when describing non-crappy things, like 'dates' with Nami. This pisses her off enormously.
** '''~MELLORINE!!!~''' [[note]](Mellorine is a cheaper version of ice cream that's made from animal/vegetable fat instead of butter. It could be an extension of how he says "Crap" to describe non-crappy things as mentioned above.)[[/note]]
** For a while after the time skip (in which he spent two years stuck on an island with transvestites): "IIIII NEEEEED LADYYYYY!"
* CharacterDevelopment:
** [[spoiler:He was supposed to be completely emotionless like his brothers, but thanks to his mother sacrificing herself for him, he was born a normal boy. Unfortunately, his father and brothers saw it fit to constantly bully and abuse him for being weaker than them, which culminated in Sanji being thrown into the dungeons to rot. Reiju secretly rescued him, and helped him escape by directing him to a cruise ship in the East Blue, which took him in as an apprentice chef]].
** His innocence takes a toll when Sanji found himself stranded on an island with "Red Leg" Zeff after a catastrophic storm, nearly starving to death [[spoiler:for the second time]]. He was dismayed at how he had wasted food earlier, and was horrified to discover Zeff had given him all the remaining food and had been eating ''his own leg'' to stay alive. This was the beginning of Sanji's desire to feed anyone regardless of their background and loyalties, and to never ever waste food.
** By the start of the story, Sanji went from the LethalChef he was as a child, to a bad-tempered SupremeChef. Although Zeff was a well-meaning father, he was borderline-abusive in making sure Sanji grew up to become a fine man. While Sanji goes gaga at every pretty woman he sees ([[DirtyKid something he had since he was a child]]), he's more civil about it. Furthermore, thanks to Baratie's teachings, he ''loathes'' anyone who wastes food, and will kick anyone who does.
** After undergoing two years' worth of TrainingFromHell with Ivankov and the Okamas, Sanji went from a smooth-talking ChivalrousPervert to a CasanovaWannabe who would overreact to the presence of a pretty woman like a man who's been starved and dehydrated for weeks.
** In the Dressrosa arc, Sanji proved himself to be a very good leader when Luffy and half of the Straw Hats were off dealing with Doflamingo and his crew, as he was able to give the Big Mom Pirates a bit of trouble with his assault (with Luffy's blessing).
** In the Zou and Totto Land arcs, [[spoiler:Sanji rediscovers his blood ties with the Vinsmokes, who he had not seen in years, and is forced to put up with them because his father made him the lynchpin that will seal the Vinsmokes' alliance with the Big Mom Pirates. To make things worse, Judge blackmailed his weakling son into submission, to the point where Sanji had to bend himself over backwards constantly to please both his family and Big Mom so his friends or the Baratie chefs wouldn't be assassinated. Despite having every reason to hate his asshole father and brothers, he ultimately decides to save them from being executed by Big Mom's family after Reiju tells him the truth behind his mother's death and his brothers' behaviors. [[MissingMom Vinsmoke Sora]] ends up getting the last laugh as Sanji's unearthed compassion saves the Straw Hats, the Vinsmokes, and the Firetank Pirates from total annihilation, and even finds a new ally in his supposed "fiancee", [[BrokenBird Charlotte]] [[TragicVillain Pudding]], who falls in love with him after he heals her broken heart and helps the Straw Hats flee Big Mom's wrath. Even better, all the Vinsmokes are indebted to the one they dismissed as a failure]].
** In the Reverie arc, [[spoiler:Sanji discovers that Niji secretly gave him his own raid suit, which he assumes to be CondescendingCompassion on his brother's part. He understandably refuses to use his raid suit and denounces the use of science to make people stronger, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite knowing that Nami uses the Clima-Tact to fight her enemies]]]]. However, in the Wano arc, [[spoiler:he gets over it and prepares to use it against the rampaging Page One, knowing that [[CoverBlowingSuperpower he'll end up revealing himself as a Vinsmoke]]]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** It's strange to think that he once (in the manga at least) almost shot Nico Robin, albeit an instinctive reaction to Vivi being threatened. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What ever happened to that pistol, anyway?]]
** Sanji used to be more reserved and often always irritable, now he's not only high-strung, but he goes into goofy states of mind when involved with women. Justified, however; you try living on an island full of [[CreepyCrossdresser transvestites]] who think you're attractive and chase you everywhere you go while having absolutely no contact with real women ''for two straight years'' and see how you behave after that.
** His [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold kindness and altruism]] become highlighted and focused on as defining traits of his in the Whole Cake Island Arc, to the point where his sister considers them to be the most prominent and important aspects of his personality. However, if you look at past One Piece, he wasn't quite as altruistic and forgiving in the past. Though all of this is certainly not ''too'' inconsistent with his character, there is the one egregious matter of how he was ready to abandon the innocent kids suffering under Caesar in the Punk Hazard Arc if it weren't for Nami (Though to be fair, neither he nor Nami knew about the situation the kids were in at the time). However, it could be argued that his family's physical and emotional abuse for being "weak", combined with living the rest of his childhood with the hard-handed yet well-meaning Zeff, caused Sanji's innocent compassion to whittle away until he's mostly left with jade-colored glasses.
* CharacterTics: When under extreme stress, Sanji has been shown to express anxiety by ruffling his hair and/or curling into himself as to bring his head down towards his legs. He was shown to have done the latter as a child while he was trapped on the rock with Zeff, and he did the former once while the Straw Hats were being hunted down by Kuma, but most prominently, [[spoiler:he has done either one of or a combination of both of these tics ''several'' times throughout the Totto Land Arc, the cause of which being the extreme stress he's being put under because of his abusive family, along with their forcing of him into an arranged marriage with one of Big Mom's daughters and all of the consequences that have come of that.]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Considering his legs are strong enough to casually kick away large sea monsters, he definitely qualifies. To the extent that he's become ''stronger'' than his genetically-enhanced siblings, despite lacking those enhancements himself.
* ChefOfIron: Of the 'Ordinary' variety, although he names his attacks after food and cooking methods. He is capable of using cooking utensils as weapons with some proficiency, but prefers not to as they are meant for helping people, not hurting them. He ''never'' uses food itself as a weapon, and others doing so is one of his {{Berserk Button}}s, since he considers it wasteful; the only time he uses knives was against Wanze in the Water 7 arc, since cutting up Wanze's ramen armor was no different than preparing food.
* ChekhovsGag: Sanji made a pervy face while he goofed off with those mermaids during the Fish-Man Island arc. Several years later, in the Zou arc, his new Wanted Poster features that exact moment (down to the ''fish that were in the background''), and it ends up becoming a driving factor in [[spoiler:the reemergence of his family]].
* ChekhovsGun:
** His new bounty poster, the one with a legitimate picture of him reads [[spoiler:"Alive Only" instead of the typical "Dead or Alive" hinting someone powerful doesn't want him dead]].
** His [[spoiler:"No. 3" [[PoweredArmor raid suit]], which Niji gave to him as a token of goodwill in the beginning of the Reverie arc after the Straw Hats manage to escape Totto Land. At first, Sanji wanted nothing to do with Germa's technology or science, despite Nami and Usopp's protests, but he proceeds to pull it out and use it to fight Page One]].
* TheChessmaster: Sanji isn't just a great martial artist, he's also a genius-level manipulator, able to outsmart brilliant people such as Crocodile. He also shows a habit of playing people like fiddles through the series, usually opting to sabotage or confuse enemies covertly while the rest of the crew handles more direct approaches (such as prior to the start of the Enies Lobby Arc). [[spoiler:This is later justified after the TimeSkip, where the Totto Land Arc revealed that Sanji and his siblings were all trained in military strategy since childhood so they can become brilliant Germa 66 commanders. It's a good thing he ran away and is now on the side of good, because Sanji's presence would spell "[[SpannerInTheWorks instant failure]]" for the [[BigBad villains]]' [[EvilPlan plans]]]].
* ChickMagnet: Funnily and ironically enough, even though he's a CasanovaWannabe most of the time, Sanji ''does'' tend to attract women whenever he manages to act relatively normal (i.e., not outright perverted) for more than five minutes. He's also usually popular at parties.
* ChivalrousPervert: '''''And how'''''; as much as he goes gaga over pretty women and tries to flirt with them, he refuses to harm a woman even if it would cost him his life. Do ''not'' mistreat women in his vicinity unless you want him to literally explode with rage. Zeff is the reason behind this, literally beating it into his head that he must never harm a lady or he will be a failure as a man. [[spoiler:Despite Pudding absolutely ''loathing'' the fact that she would be marrying a pervert, Sanji's attraction to her ThirdEye saves his life when Pudding, taken aback by his compliments, reveals herself to be a BrokenBird by collapsing into tears]].
* CigaretteBurns: On several occasions, he's burned his opponents in the middle of a fight with his cigarette butt. However, he's rarely resorted to this tactic ever since he actually learned how to [[PlayingWithFire generate fire]].
* ClarkKentOutfit: Sanji with his suit on looks leaner than Usopp, with [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0sc-0may4FM/maxresdefault.jpg his suit off]] he's about muscly as Zoro.
* CloseToHome: Due to Sanji's childhood starvation, wasting or disrespecting food is the ''one'' thing that has made him angry enough to use his fists against someone, especially Luffy. Do ''not'' do it anywhere near him.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Niji slips a Raid suit into his pocket as a goodbye gift. When he puts aside his distaste towards everything Germa, and dons it, it enhances his already considerable CharlesAtlasSuperpower and MadeOfIron stats, and grants him his childhood dream of {{invisibility}}]].
* ColorCharacter: Sanji is given the name "Black Leg", since he fights like his mentor, "Red Leg" Zeff, and wears a black suit with black shoes. This is notably in contrast to his siblings, whose epithets are in English written in katakana, while Sanji's name is in Japanese written with kanji. [[spoiler:And he actually would have gotten the color of black in Germa, too, as in the comic strip Germa's No. 3 was "Stealth Black".]]
* ColorFailure: When he heard Zoro saying he and Duval, whose ugly face matches the drawing from his wanted poster, are 'like two peas in a pod', [[http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/274/7/a/shocked_sanji_by_jasonpictures-d816yud.png he looks offended]], to put it mildly.
* ColorMotif:
** Sanji usually wears [[BlueIsHeroic blue]], which symbolizes masculinity, wisdom, and sorrow. [[spoiler:A very far cry from the CheerfulChild he once was, thanks to suffering a DarkAndTroubledPast with the Vinsmokes]]. It also connects him to [[spoiler:Vinsmoke Niji, his older quadruplet brother who also has blue as his color theme. In this case, blue connects them in how they were both affected by [[AbusiveParents Judge]] growing up (being horrifically abused for having compassion vs. being literally and completely unable to empathize with others) and how Sanji is everything Niji could have become if his empathy wasn't removed by Judge in-utero]].
** When he was younger, [[spoiler:his designated color was yellow, as it would have marked him as a genetically-modified Vinsmoke like his sister and brothers. Ironically, it showed his childlike innocence and kindness, things that Sanji managed to keep thanks to Sora's attempts to preserve her sons' humanity]].
** After the two-year timeskip, Sanji took to wearing orange, which represents warmth and passion (possibly invoking his fire powers through "Hell Memories").
* CombatPragmatist: Though he practices an elegant martial art and has a strict code of honor, he's not above [[CigaretteBurns burning his opponents with his cigarette]] to catch them off guard. He'll also occasionally play mind games with his opponent to get them to drop their guard so he can surprise them with a kick, a tactic he's used against Mr.2 and Jabra.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: In an SBS in vol. 68, Oda confirmed that Sanji was modeled after Creator/SteveBuscemi as Mr. Pink from the movie Film/ReservoirDogs.
* CookingDuel: Gets into a few in anime {{Filler}}. [[SupremeChef He always wins, of course]].
* CulturedBadass: He's the number one ChivalrousPervert and SupremeChef, who loves to wear nice-looking suits.
* DanceBattler: Most of the Black Leg Style's kicking techniques resemble real life UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} moves.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Sanji was born the third son of the Vinsmoke family, a family of royal assassins who once ruled the North Blue (they're trying to fix that). Before he and his (older and younger) fraternal quadruplet brothers were even born, Judge altered their DNA in utero and surgically removed their ability to feel empathy, so he can turn them into the perfect killing machines. Sanji's mother, Sora, who completely disagreed with her husband's plan, secretly ate a drug that reversed gene modifications so she can protect their sons, but unfortunately she was only successful in saving Sanji while Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji have but a shred of humanity left, and died as a result of the drug's effects while Sanji was still young. When Judge discovered Sanji still remained compassionate and physically remained as strong as a normal kid, he forever deemed him a "failure" in his eyes, and let Sanji's brothers viciously bully him for most of his childhood, even telling Sanji ''to his face'' that he isn't worth raising as a Vinsmoke. His only ray of hope, after Sora died, was his older sister, Reiju, who could only help him in private due to her fear of being abused as well. Judge eventually attempted to "start over" by forcing an iron mask onto Sanji and leaving him to rot in the family dungeons, while [[DeathFakedForYou declaring him as "dead" in public]]; Reiju came to his rescue by freeing him, and guided him to a passing cruise ship, the Orbit, while their family was preoccupied with their conquests, telling to find people who love him and never come back home again. Judge found out, but let him go on the condition that he keep his true birthright a secret]]. While working as a ship's cook on the ''Orbit'', the ship was attacked by the pirate "Red Leg" Zeff and his crew. A freak storm occurred during the attack, of which Zeff and Sanji were the only survivors, and both were marooned on an island where they experienced extreme starvation due to little resources. Because Sanji shared Zeff's dream of becoming a chef, Zeff helped him during their time on the island, even giving him all the food they had left. Eventually they were rescued, but Sanji's horrific experiences shaped him into the man he is today.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Sanji's [[BadassInANiceSuit stylish suits]] are usually black with a blue (and orange, post-TimeSkip) shirt. This would later apply to his [[spoiler:Raid Suit, as it's mainly black]].
* DeadlyDodging: [[spoiler:He dodges Katakuri's [[ItMakesSenseInContext jellybean shot]] and it ''[[BoomHeadshot instantly kills the priest behind him instead]]''.]]
* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:Gives [[ColdSniper Charlotte]] [[CombatClairvoyance Katakuri]] one after seeing a [[AbnormalAmmo jellybean]] kill the wedding priest instead of him. [[OhCrap He knows what's going on]].]]
* DefeatByModesty: During his (filler) duel against the substitute "Queen" of Kamabakka, he's soon forced to resort only to weak, low kicks because his opponents keeps peeping at his bloomers when he tries to kick him. (Sanji having been forced to wear a dress to get Caroline to fight him.)
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Despite a pirate lifestyle being decadent as well, [[FriendlyPirate on paper]], Sanji comes from an even worse evil group, the Nazi-esque Germa 66. Sanji fled to the East Blue to live a life away from the Vinsmoke family and distance himself from his old life, not wanting anything to do with his father and older brothers' lifestyles as assassins.]]
* DelinquentHair: In the gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre -- Red-Hair of Class 3-Sea Time", Sanji sports a curly pompadour that covers his left eye just like his hair did pre-TimeSkip. In said gag comic, he's depicted as a chain-smoking school delinquent.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:In Chapter 845, Sanji crosses this when he believes he is truly out of options in getting out of his ArrangedMarriage and going back to his friends, since one misstep meant his loved ones will die. Pudding decides to call off their wedding for his sake, but Sanji persuades her not to and hugs her while calling his bride-to-be his "savior"]].
** [[spoiler:He gets hit with it even harder when Pudding turns out to be a BitchInSheepsClothing, as he loses the one ray of hope he had left in this situation. Though when he calls her much-hated ThirdEye "beautiful", he sends her into a tearful VillainousBreakdown and leaves her unable to kill him.]]
* DirtyKid: Flashbacks to his childhood years while in Baratie (in Ch. 839) shows that he's been a perv ever since he's still a kid. Zeff repeatedly scolded him for it. The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre -- Family Time" even depicted him as a middle-schooler who "likes chicks" and goes to the girls' locker room while the girls are undressing to deliver Nami her things she forgot, all while sporting a lewd expression on his face.
* DistractedByTheSexy: He always loses his focus when he sees a pretty woman and he's particularly susceptible to [[HoneyTrap Honey Traps]]. [[spoiler: One egregious example is when he ''knows'' his "fiancee" Charlotte Pudding is really planning to kill him on the altar, but he's so attracted to her that he lets himself get sucked into her flirtations again anyway]]. However, despite these tendencies, he does have a degree of self-restraint when it counts, [[spoiler: and it leads him to ''again'' slip up in regards to Pudding, [[SpannerInTheWorks with unexpected consequences]].]]
* DoNotCallMePaul: He prefers to go by "(Black Leg) Sanji" rather than "Vinsmoke" Sanji, and the Baratie crew plus the Straw Hat Pirates are his only family. Even if he cares for his elder sister Reiju and doesn't despise his father and brothers enough to wish death on them, he will become severely offended if anyone tries to tie him to the Germa 66 and its royal family.
* DodgeTheBullet: Like Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is fast enough to dodge bullets ''point-blank''. [[spoiler: Even more impressively though, he can dodge [[ColdSniper Katakuri's]] [[AbnormalAmmo jellybeans]] just as easily despite the fact that said person can ''[[{{Seers}} see into the future]] and [[CombatClairvoyance see his opponents' moves]]''. This implies that Sanji moves too fast for Katakuri to glance into the future in time to counteract him.]]
* DoesNotLikeSpam: According to Oda, he hates the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac konjac root]] as it is not nutritious to him.
* DoubleJump: After the TimeSkip, he can replicate [=CP9=]'s Geppou, except he calls it "Sky Walk", and fly; that's what you get for running away from {{Creepy Crossdresser}}s [[TrainingFromHell for two straight years]].
* DramaticSitDown: He does this after [[spoiler:the [[CloneArmy true nature]] behind the existence of the Germa 66 Soldiers]] is revealed to him. Directly beforehand, he claimed to be feeling nauseous, and directly afterwards, he has a CigaretteOfAnxiety to help himself calm down, which leaves the overall impression that the weight of the information that was revealed to him left him on the verge of a panic attack.
* DramaticUnmask: [[spoiler:In Chapter 845, he privately reveals to Pudding how horrible his family is by removing Reiju's facial mask, revealing a horrifically swollen and bruised face. Pudding is so shocked that she simultaneously starts crying and apologizing for inconveniencing him... at least on the surface]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect: A common RunningGag early on was his obsession with getting a bounty poster of his own, a wish that ended up backfiring badly as his posters tend to always feature something that inconveniences him big time. This aspect of his personality is highlighted even more once Jimbei joins, as it's hard to not get overlooked with a former Warlord around.
* TheDulcineaEffect: In classic chivalrous fashion. If a woman is in danger, Sanji will drop everything and save her immediately. Examples include running in the ''opposite'' direction of his goal to save the Marine woman Tashigi and deserting a rather important mission on Dressrosa to assist the FemmeFatale Viola. He later develops a "damsel-in-distress" sixth sense. [[spoiler: He quickly runs into conflict with his brother Niji over this, as he steps in to protect a helpless chef that Niji was about to abuse. And when he ''does'' brutally beat her behind Sanji's back, Sanji immediately sets out to avenge her.]]
* ElementalPunch: His [[SignatureMove Diable Jambe]] is basically fire, [[FueledByNonsensoleum powered by his]] HotBlooded temper, put into a kick.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: In the first part of the story, Sanji is simply a SupremeChef who happens to be ''really'' good at kicking. His kicks would even break metallic objects. During the timeskip, Sanji has learned Haki and how to "fly" with a "Moonwalk"-style. After the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji [[spoiler:receives a raid suit from his brothers, which he reluctantly uses for the first time in Wano, that gives him invisibility. While fighting Queen Sanji manifests the same ultra-durable body his brothers have and the ability to instantly heal his bones. He's not at all happy about the last two, since it makes him more like his evil brothers.]]
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Despite their less than amicable relationship, he's not above saving and then teaming up with his father and brothers when surrounded by the Charlotte Family and with both parties in need of some more manpower. He does, however, silently demand that they help his friends with a glare on his face after he frees them, earning an annoyed look from Judge while his siblings comply]].
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Quite a few guys are attracted to him.
** Duval's slip of the tongue reveals he's got a crush on Sanji.
** And, he had the drag queens on Okama Island hitting on him and dressing him up for two years. Poor guy.
** Also, the [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag two]] [[CampGay men]] on Fish-Man Island who gave him blood transfusions.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Knowing what it was like to nearly starve to death [[spoiler:twice]], Sanji will give anyone who is hungry food, be it friend or foe.
** While Sanji may hate most of his biological family, ''especially'' Judge, [[spoiler:he's not willing to just let them die at the hands of Big Mom]].
** Normally he's a complete doormat when it comes to women (especially Nami), but he will speak out against them if he feels strongly enough about the subject at hand, such as Usopp re-joining the crew after his fight with Luffy.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: His attack names are in French.
* ExtremityExtremist: His legs, of course. The explanation is that, though in earlier battles he was using his hands for handstands, he needs his hands for cooking (which, coincidentally, is similar to a principle of UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} -- "hands are a tool of creation, feet are a tool of destruction" -- and he also has some capoeira-esque attacks).
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[[folder:F - I]]
* FakeoutMakeout: With Violet/Viola. It's vague enough that it could be just a hug though.
* FamilyOfChoice: Explicitly states during the Whole Cake Island Arc that ''Zeff'' is his father, not Judge.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: During his introductory arc, Don Krieg was left starving after Dracule Mihawk destroyed his fleet, and Sanji took pity on him by feeding him over everyone's protests. Unfortunately for Sanji, Krieg "thanked" him by attacking him the moment he felt satiated and declared his intent to claim the floating restaurant as his new flagship. Sanji likely knew that this would be the outcome, but having nearly starved to death himself [[spoiler:twice]], he wouldn't wish such a fate on ''anyone''.
* FastballSpecial: His ''Armée de L'air'' combo moves, in which he uses his powerful legs to launch his friends in the direction of the enemy.
* TheFettered: It's strongly implied that Sanji is more than capable of [[spoiler:defeating his entire family, as demonstrated by his offscreen beatdown of Yonji and his battle with Judge (which Judge only won through foul play), but their threats against Zeff and his adopted family keep him from following through]].
* FirstNameBasis: Makes absolutely ''zero'' mention of his surname willingly. It isn't until the Zou Arc that it gets spoken aloud for the first time -- and not by him. [[spoiler:That's because he has sworn himself to never speak the name "Vinsmoke" again by his own father's instructions and he bears an undying hatred for the family itself.]]
* {{Flanderization}}: In Sanji's very first appearance, he was able to have actual ''conversations'' with women he was attracted to and attempted to woo. Now? [[LovableSexManiac Not]] [[CasanovaWannabe so much.]] He also went from generally suave and occasionally going gaga over women to going gaga by default and violent nosebleeds at worst after the TimeSkip, though this was a result of spending two years on an island full of transvestites. He's displayed some signs of ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat a few arcs later however; though he still freaks out when talking to women far more than he originally ever did, he actually manages to talk like a human being long enough to leave a good impression on the mermaids, Viola, Carrot, and Pudding.
* FlowerMotifs: According to Yuriko Yamaguchi (Robin's voice actress), Sanji's flower is the delphinium, which represents passionate attachment and a huge heart. He is an utter romantic who goes heart-eyed at the sight of beautiful women, and an utterly NiceGuy underneath his [[{{Jerkass}} abrasiveness]]. Ironically, because of the delphinium's toxicity, it means death -- he's a SpannerInTheWorks who "kills" villainous plans, and an utter failure when it comes to successfully seducing and forming long-term relationships with women. [[spoiler:It could also reference Sanji's birth family of royal assassins; how his father, Judge, tried "killing" the notion of compassion and empathy by psychologically/physically altering his children; how Sanji's mother, Sora, died trying to save him and his quadruplet brothers from being turned into utterly emotionless weapons; and/or how Sanji nearly starved to death ''twice'', the first time being left to die in the dungeons by Judge just because he was born a "dud" unlike his enhanced siblings]].
* {{Foil}}:
** To Pudding: [[spoiler:Both are talented chefs as well as royalty, yet were subjected to heavy abuse and bullying. Sanji had the support of loving family members who didn't agree with the abuse his father and brothers were giving him, and eventually helped him run away from home. Pudding had ''no one'' to turn to, and while Big Mom [[ParentalFavoritism doted on her]], even she thought her daughter's ThirdEye was freaky. While both of them became messed up as adults, Sanji was far emotionally adjusted than Pudding, who became a sadistic BrokenBird who closed her heart to all acts of kindness]].
** To Doflamingo: Both are extremely intelligent and powerful fighters who care about their crews, but unlike Sanji, Doflamingo puts up a facade so he wouldn't lose a group of "convenient tools". [[spoiler:Both were born into royalty, except Sanji used to be a CheerfulChild whose family abused him so much that he ran away (with his sister's help), while Doflamingo's parents were actually good people whose eldest son became a RoyalBrat of the highest degree. They also both loved their mothers, but their mothers' deaths gave them different turning points -- Sanji was saved from becoming an emotionless {{Tykebomb}} because his mother wanted her sons to live like normal human beings. Doflamingo became an utter monster both out of hatred for his father for supposedly letting his mother die, and because he was raised by four toxic people who enabled his worst traits]].
** To Wanze: Both are chefs, except when Sanji touches food, they turn into perfect, tasty-looking dishes, while Wanze creates ramen bowls in a disgusting manner (eats flour, ''chews'' on it, then ''spits out noodles through his nose''). Wanze also uses food and knives as weapons, and leaves his own kitchen in an absolutely abysmal state, all of which are grave affronts to any professional cook. Naturally, Sanji shows him how it's done [[CurbStompBattle and beats him rather quickly afterwards]].
* FoodPorn: Any scene where he's cooking and/or serving food inevitably turns into this, as demonstrated during the filler G8 Arc. Unsurprisingly, it attracts people like [[BigEater Luffy]].
* FoolForLove: Fool? He's a self-confessed ''slave'' to love.
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Sanji not becoming an utterly remorseless {{Tykebomb}} like his quadruplet brothers hinged on his mother's kindness. Had Sora not made the choice to sacrifice herself to save her sons after Judge experimented on them in utero, Sanji wouldn't grow up to be a SpannerInTheWorks, a dear friend of the Straw Hats, and a major problem for villains. And more specifically, the entire Vinsmoke line would be rendered extinct by the Charlotte family/Big Mom Pirates, because Sanji didn't make the necessary friends and allies in order to save them. He wouldn't be able to make [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]] reveal her BrokenBird side and perform a HeelFaceTurn, because that relied on ''kindness alone''.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[PlayingWithTropes Played with.]] [[spoiler:While he's the third-born of male fraternal quadruplets, he's biologically the fourth child of the Vinsmokes, with his sister Reiju, and his elder quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji preceding him, in that order. He's also on the outs with his family so bad that his father faked Sanji's death in an attempt to throw away a "dud" and start over with a clean slate.]]
* FreakinessShame: [[spoiler:How Pudding expected Sanji to react to her ThirdEye on their wedding day, so she could kill him and the Vinsmokes according to Big Mom's plan. However, she and her family didn't expect Sanji to be kind enough as to [[FreakyIsCool actually compliment it]]]].
* FreakyIsCool: [[spoiler:Sanji genuinely finds his [[HoneyTrap "fiancee"]] Charlotte Pudding's ThirdEye beautiful and tells her so on the altar even though he knows she's trying to kill him. Pudding -- having been called an ugly freak by others her whole life and [[FreakinessShame never hearing such a thing before]] -- has a VillainousBreakdown at this display of immense kindness and can't go through with killing him. Furthermore, she actually ''falls madly in love with him'' not too long afterwards, perhaps being the first woman to love Sanji back in a romantic sense.]]
* FurAndLoathing: The "Mugiwara Theatre -- Detective Loomes" gag comic has Sanjeen (Sanji), a [[SharpDressedMan sharply-dressed]] ProfessionalKiller who wears a fur scarf and is suspected by the titular Detective Loomes (Luffy) to have killed the rich man Bronegie (Brook) for his money. He's actually innocent.
* GeniusBruiser: Is very smart as well as strong and extremely fast.
* GiverOfLameNames: Franky and Usopp point out that the name Sanji came up with, [[spoiler:"O-Soba Mask"]], [[spoiler:when he put on his "Stealth Black" raid suit,]] is rather lame and want to change it.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Possibly. In one SBS Question Corner, the crew is asked what kind of season on what kind of island they like best. Sanji's reply is "I like Robin on a Nami island!"
* GoingNative: He does this in the island of drag queens, though not of his own will. The natives put him in a dress that he didn't want to wear.
* GoodIsNotNice: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Possibly as the result of being raised by an entire crew of rowdy [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerk chefs with hearts of gold]] at Baratie [[spoiler:and being abused for most of his childhood by his asshole royal family]], he tends to be one of the meaner or ruder crew members towards the locals the Straw Hats meet (the men only of course) or to prioritize the safety of the crew over ''all'' else. He does have his heart of gold, but he does have his meaner moments. One good example would be how he was ready to abandon the kids suffering under Caesar (granted, because he thought taking them along was too reckless) if not for Nami changing his mind.
* GratuitousFrench: Most of his attacks are cooking terms in French.
** Which wasn't kept in the 4Kids dub, instead giving every attack food puns.
** The French attack names were reinstated for the Funimation dub.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** PlayedForLaughs when he learns about [[LadyLand exactly where]] Luffy got sent by Kuma.
** Also played for laughs is his reactions to Zoro being AlwaysSomeoneBetter every time he pulls off something cool or claims he's the best... only for Zoro to call bullshit.
* GuileHero: Pretty good at making strategies, this trait was notably seen in the Alabasta as "Mr. Prince". [[IShallTauntYou With the amount of taunting]] and misdirection that went Crocodile's way, it's pretty safe to say he was the closest thing to a rival {{Chessmaster}} (after [[TheMole Nico Robin]]) in that arc.
* HadToBeSharp: [[spoiler:His siblings are SuperSoldiers. Sanji was intended to be like them, his brothers in particular, but because his dead mother, Sora, secretly took a gene modification-reversing drug in an attempt to preserve her sons' humanity, only Sanji showed that he was not much more than a normal kid. However, his experiences on the Grand Line as a pirate have toughened him to the point that he can easily defeat Yonji, and the later Wano arc makes it clear that he's grown up to be the strongest of all his siblings]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sanji is the only Straw Hat with blonde hair and while he may be a [[HandsomeLech pervert]] and a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold bit of jerk to his male crew members]], he deeply cares for every single member and will lay down his life for each of them. [[spoiler:His kindness is the trait that his sister Reiju admires most about him, as it is a constant reminder that their mother's HeroicSacrifice to save Sanji and his brothers from becoming Judge's {{Tykebomb}}s was not in vain]].
* HandsomeLech: At first, his perverted tendencies were accompanied by women actually finding him charming, but later on, [[CasanovaWannabe his advances are always met with rejection and/or physical abuse]]. [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat This eventually goes back the other way, however]]. The [[CreepyCrossdresser New Kamas]], Mermaids, Viola, Minks, and [[spoiler: Pudding]] all take a liking to him ([[spoiler:Pudding actually falls in love with him, in fact]]).
* HappilyAdopted: Not that he'd admit it. Nonetheless, Sanji grew up to be a well-adjusted young man under Zeff's parentage. [[spoiler:Given that his real father is [[AbusiveParents Judge]], he really lucked out with Zeff.]] This is cemented during the Whole Cake Island Arc when Sanji finally calls Zeff the ''other'' f-word.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** An InUniverse example. [[spoiler:Nearly starving to death on an island at 10 years old is bad enough by itself, but the real tragedy is that this happened after Sanji had already fled from the same fate once; that is, having been left to waste away in a dungeon by his own father at only 8 years old. It's lucky, though, that Zeff's kindness gave him a chance to survive]].
** His chain-smoking habit seems to be a coping mechanism to deal with all the shit he went through as a little kid [[spoiler:including being subjected to horrific abuse by his birth family and nearly starving to death in the family dungeons for the first time]].
* HatedHometown: He ''despises'' the Germa Kingdom, which resides in the North Blue. It's not hard to see why, given it's the place where his father and brothers abused him during his childhood [[spoiler:for not being an emotionless {{Tykebomb}} like Judge intended him to be. It actually factors into Reiju's decision to secretly help Sanji escape to the East Blue in hopes of finding a better life there]].
* HatesTheirParent: [[spoiler:He's resentful towards his biological father Judge because of the latter's abuse towards him as a child]].
* HeritageDisconnect: [[spoiler:Sanji purposefully abandons his family's heritage when he was eight after years of being abused by his father and older brothers. When he meets them again 13 years later, Sanji tells them he doesn't consider himself a Vinsmoke anymore]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:He shuts down emotionally about halfway through the Totto Land arc upon realizing that there's essentially no way out of the situation, first deciding to forget about his aspirations with the crew to marry Pudding and then, after finding out she's no good, deciding to just let himself be killed. Fortunately for Sanji, he recovers after Luffy pummels him in the face with his fist]].
* HeroicRROD: Relatively minor example, but there have been a few instances in which the force behind his kicks has been detrimental to himself, mainly after already taking a beating.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Subverted. After Zoro offers his life for Luffy's to Kuma, Sanji tries to take his place, but Zoro knocks him out before he can go through it.
** [[spoiler:While at Zou, Capone Bege assaults the Mink base to retrieve Sanji, threatening to kill Nami, Chopper and Brook, but Sanji follows him to save his crewmates]].
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: During his childhood at the Baratie, [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]] uses lots of physical punishment to turn Sanji into a SupremeChef and to teach him to never hit a woman. [[spoiler: Sanji's childhood with the Vinsmokes, however, is revealed to be a horrible, horrible aversion -- the difference is that Zeff genuinely cared for Sanji behind his insults and hard hands, while Sanji's birth father Judge and his fraternal quadruplet brothers mistreated him because they only saw him as a weak waste of space]].
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Having nearly starved to death [[spoiler:twice]] as a kid, death by starvation is a fate he literally wouldn't wish on his worst enemy; if someone is starving, he'll feed them without exception, [[spoiler:including ''Big Mom'', to the point that he refuses to go along with Bege's plan to poison the cake meant for her]].
** He won't hit a girl, even to save his own life or anyone else's. Nami [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how stupid this is on a practical sense, despite being an admirable trait, given Sanji lives in a WorldOfBadass where {{Action Girl}}s can be found on every island. Indeed, he's nearly been killed by several women because of it. There are several reasons why he follows this belief, some based on simple perversion, but the main reason: it's to honor Zeff, who believes that a man should never, ''ever'' hit a woman. And who literally beat that belief into Sanji, including threatening to castrate him if he ever heard Sanji had hit a girl.
* HopelessSuitor: He seemed like this back when Nami was the only girl around he could try to woo most of the time. This changed once other ladies joined the crew and it became more and more apparent he'd hit on anything with shapely hips and a nice rack (though given ''this'' series, those two criteria apply to about 95% of the post-pubescent girls the Straw Hats encounter). Nami is still the primary source of his attention, but by no means the only one. [[spoiler:He does manage to woo Charlotte Pudding, a sadistic psychopath who was actually a BrokenBird, but due to Big Mom's intense animosity with the Straw Hats, he was forced to leave after helping bake the wedding cake Big Mom hungered for, [[LoveHurts leaving Pudding heartbroken]]]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:He proclaims that Pudding is his only "ray of hope" left after he's dragged into the mess that is the ArrangedMarriage between him and her and the implications thereof. But then he overhears her conversation with Reiju, where it's revealed that Pudding has concealed her true nature the whole time -- one of a cunning, sadistic ([[BrokenBird and completely broken]] BitchInSheepsClothing who plans to have him killed during the wedding.]] However, things get better later on: [[spoiler:Pudding ''actually'' falls in love with him, and furthermore, becomes and invaluable asset in helping the Straw Hats escape from Whole Cake island.]]
* HotBlooded: Usually when the ladies are in danger, he gets so HotBlooded that he actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PGMyg5hY04 bursts into flames]] for comedic effect. It's also the author's explanation for him being able to pull off Diable Jambe, breaking the laws of physics in the process. ItRunsOnNonsensoleum indeed. However, it's deconstructed in the Totto Land arc [[spoiler:when readers meet Sanji's equally hot-tempered yet utterly cruel brother, Niji -- because Judge modified him in the womb, Niji is literally unable to feel or understand compassion, turning his anger into absolute spite. It's also implied that anger is the only thing Niji could properly feel. Had Sanji turned out like his brothers, he would have become just as bad as him]]
* IconicOutfit: His very first black suit with the blue shirt and tie as well as his first TimeSkip suit with the orange shirt. Like Luffy, his outfit contributed to his In-Universe nickname, "Black Leg".
* ImAHumanitarian: Although he's likely bluffing to upset his foe, Sanji threatens Absalom by saying he'd ''cook'' him, saying that given how many animals are part of him, he'd make "decent mince-meat".
* ImmuneToBullets: [[spoiler: As a result of the raid suit activating his dormant genetic modifications during the Onigashima raid, Sanji becomes completely immune to common gunfire. Upon being shot in the head 3 times, the bullets simply bounce off him and only cause mild discomfort]].
* InASingleBound: He can jump ''very'' high, best seen when he defeats Satori in the Skypeia Arc ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLgUt4MLsOI here]]). He can also do a WallJump and, after the Timeskip, the DoubleJump.
* IncendiaryExponent: Weaponized, via his ''Diable Jambe'' technique. A Post-TimeSkip cover seems to imply that he went to PlayingWithFire as well. Which, of course, is later confirmed for all intents and purposes.
* InformedAttribute: His [[spoiler:father, Judge]], mentions during their fight that he taught Sanji how to sword fight as a child, wondering why he's only fighting with kicks. This is of course justified, as Sanji then tells him that he'll only use his hands for cooking, which he has mentioned before. He's made exactly ''one'' exception, for his fight with Wanze and his ramen armor.
** He also masterfully wields Wado Ichimonji to prepare sashimi in the Shokugeki no Sanji spinoff.
* InLoveWithLove: Practically oozes this trope as part of his ChivalrousPervert personality.
* InstantExpert: Shown to be able to use his [[spoiler:Raid Suit’s abilities, both standard and unique,]] without any issues when first using it against Page One.
* InsultToRocks: [[spoiler:After his brother Niji beats up a family cook to spite him for standing up for her in front of his family, Sanji is infuriated to the point where he can only bring himself to call Niji "the shit beneath [scum]."]]
* {{Invisibility}}: He wants the Devil Fruit with this power and isn't happy that the Fruit's been claimed. [[spoiler:The reveal that his raid suit comes with stealth capability for his supposed epithet of "Stealth Black", he might have actually been designed with inherent power of invisibility if his mother didn't manage to undo the modifications.]]
* IronicHell: A ChivalrousPervert, blasted to an island of drag queens at the end of Sabaody and forced to join in. Kuma must have a twisted sense of humor...
* {{Irony}}: Sanji saw his dream of being an invisible man crushed after seeing Absalom had already eaten the Clear-Clear Fruit and yet [[spoiler: his raid suit gives him the power of invisibility. Sanji lampshades the irony that Germa 66, the organization he hates from the bottom of his heart, fulfilled his crushed dreams of having the power to turn invisible.]]
* IWantThemAlive: The wanted posters normally has "Dead or Alive" written under the bounties but, when the Straw Hats receive new bounties following the events of Dressrosa, Luffy notices Sanji's bounty says "Only Alive" rather than "Dead or Alive" like the other Straw Hats. [[spoiler: This is because Sanji is part of the Vinsmoke family, a world-renowned family that rules the North Blue.]]
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* JawDrop: [[spoiler:When his brother Yonji shows him Germa 66's secret cloning labs, Sanji responds with complete shock]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's often a {{Jerkass}} to the male members of the crew ([[DoggedNiceGuy The females]], however...), but he still loves and respects them as friends. Despite his flaws and rough exterior, he can also be really nice to others as well. Because he nearly starved to death [[spoiler:twice]] as a child, he immediately sympathizes with anyone who went through the same thing, as he thinks ''no one'' should deserve such a fate.
* JizzedInMyPants: He does the nosebleeds version of this trope. After spending 2 years on an island full of Transvestites, it's become rather easy to set him off.
* KarmicJackpot:
** Invoked by him in regards to [[spoiler:his older sister, Reiju]].
*** For much of his childhood, [[spoiler:Reiju would always dress up Sanji's wounds whenever he got injured, either from Germa 66's extreme TrainingFromHell or his quadruplet brothers' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown]]. Years later, [[spoiler:after finding Reiju battered and psychologically tormented by Pudding, Sanji returns the favor by promptly calling for a doctor, who gives Reiju the medical attention she needed]].
*** While Reiju recovered [[spoiler:from injuries inflicted by Pudding, she reveals to Sanji that she wants to die with the rest of her family out of guilt for condoning their atrocities, and wants him to leave with the Straw Hats unburdened by Germa 66's legacy. Sanji, who was lovingly cared for by Reiju in private as children and was able to run away from home thanks to his sister, refuses to abandon her to her fate and saves both her and the other Vinsmokes from being massacred by the Charlotte Family, despite his personal feelings towards his abusive father and brothers]].
** Sanji's act of [[spoiler:saving his family from the Charlotte Family causes the Vinsmokes to be indebted to him. This leads to Sanji and a badly-injured Luffy being rescued by his older/younger siblings after they're overwhelmed by a brutal ZergRush led by Charlotte Oven, with Niji [[FastballSpecial launching Sanji towards the other Straw Hats with a powerful kick]]. Niji also gives Sanji his own raid suit, which would prove useful in Sanji's fight with Page One in the Wano Arc]].
* KiManipulation: Post time-skip, he has awakened Haki. He seems to specialize in the Color of Observation. [[spoiler:He also showcases Armament Haki later on, during his fight against his father, Judge]].
* KingIncognito: Sanji is revealed to be [[spoiler:the third son of the Vinsmokes, a royal Underworld family of assassins that once ruled the North Blue with an iron fist. In the world of royal politics, Sanji would be considered ''a really, really big deal'' -- the Vinsmokes' exploits and brutality made them feared worldwide, and they have enough political pull to attend the Reverie every year and manipulate HQ Marines to do their bidding, enough to make an Emperor interested in their service. All of that makes them a couple of steps below the ''World Nobles themselves'' in power. However, while it seems like Sanji made a mistake in becoming a pirate rather than staying a prince, he actually has good reason -- his father, Judge, tried weaponizing him and his brothers while they were still in their mother's womb, causing Sanji's mother, Sora, to desperately consume a very dangerous drug so her sons would keep their humanity. Only Sanji was saved, and for that, he was abused by his brothers (who literally can't understand their own cruelty) and laughed at by his sister, Reiju, who only pretended to side with her family in public because she feared for her own life. What finally made him go on the run was when Judge threw him in the dungeons and left him there to rot, only for Reiju to free him and direct him to a ship that was headed for the East Blue, intent on helping Sanji find people who love him for who he was. Judge knew about his escape, but made him promise never to bring up his family name. That and absolute loathing of his family made him follow on that promise since]].
* KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Though it happens just off-screen from the audiences' point of view, Charlotte Pudding tearfully kisses Sanji goodbye right before he prepares to leave Whole Cake Island. Unfortunately, she uses [[LaserGuidedAmnesia her powers]] to erase his memory of the kiss immediately after it happens]].
* KnifeNut: Sanji firmly believes that kitchen knives should not be bloodied in battle, as they are sacred instruments meant solely for the preparation of food. When fighting an opponent whose armor and weapons were made of food, though, Sanji decides that using knives [[AntiArmor to get rid of the armor]] would be no different from using knives to prepare a meal and displays an incredible knife-fighting style.
* KnightInSourArmor: [[spoiler: Despite all the ''horrible'' things his brothers and father have done to him, he still ultimately can't bring himself to just let them die and was prepared to risk his life to save them from Big Mom even though it almost certainly meant death. Thankfully, Luffy assures him that he and the crew will back him up no matter what.]] Also, he takes this view on deceitful women as well; no matter how evil they are or how badly they hurt him, he sticks to his values regardless and refuses to harm them -- even if it means death.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Invoked, and averted. Before Sanji and his fraternal quadruplet brothers were born, their father, Judge, attempted to weaponize them by altering their DNA and completely removing their empathy in utero so they can become the perfect {{Super Soldier}}s upon birth. Sanji's mother, Sora, tried to protect them by secretly ingesting a drug that reversed gene modification surgeries, but only succeeded in protecting Sanji, while Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji only have a tiny shred of humanity left. Unfortunately, the very fact that Sanji retained his compassion in a family that believed in MightMakesRight made him the sole target of horrific abuse and mistreatment at the hands of his brothers and father. When, during the Onigashima arc Sanji starts manifesting the same [[GoodThingYouCanHeal physical]] [[MadeOfIron traits]] as his brothers while he's fighting Queen, he fears to lose his empathy and become like his brothers.]]
* LadykillerInLove: [[spoiler: While he ''did'' turn down Charlotte Pudding at first, he seems to genuinely like her as a person and, if not for the terrible circumstances he's in, would probably marry her in a heartbeat. The end of Chapter 845 is all about it.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Pudding uses her memory manipulation powers to erase his memory of their kiss immediately after the fact, leaving him completely unaware of what just happened and confused about her suddenly running off]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgEbda2tNEw Sanji Eyecatcher.]]
* ALessonLearnedTooWell: At a young age, Zeff constantly told and berated him that no matter what, to always be courteous to women. Unfortunately, Zeff's conditioning worked too well as Sanji is unwilling to fight back against Kalifa. Female villains remain Sanji's weakness but, after the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji learns how to deal with it: [[spoiler:when facing Black Maria, he tries to escape, knowing too well he can't win, and calls for help when he's captured]].
* LethalChef: [[spoiler:He used to be a bad cook as a child, with his clumsy attempts (among other things) resulting in extremely bad-tasting food. His sick mother Sora's caretaker Époni was disgusted upon sampling Sanji's dishes and wanted to throw them away, but Sora not only ate them, she praised Sanji's cooking and requested that only he cook for her from now on. Years of practice and help from Zeff at the Baratie would later turn Sanji into the present-day SupremeChef]].
* LetsMeetTheMeat: [[spoiler:When his family meets up with Big Mom for lunch, Sanji discovers that the food in his prepared "meals" are sentient and constantly singing about how wonderful they taste, and beg him to eat them. As a SupremeChef, this understandably freaks him out]].
* LightningBruiser: Of the Hard-Hitting-Speedster variation, as he's the second fastest member of the Straw Hats while his physical power is roughly the same as that of Zoro and Luffy.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: He's the complete opposite of his {{Jerkass}} [[TheSocialDarwinist father]] in every way, despite having [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold his own flaws]].
* LoopholeAbuse: While Sanji will never willingly lay a hand on a woman, he has no issues with having one of his female crew mates stepping in and fighting them in his place. Sanji also shows no qualms about Luffy attacking Big Mom, likely given how big of a threat she is to everybody.
* LovableSexManiac: Emphasize on ''Sex Maniac''. Sanji is ''constantly'' hitting on pretty women and having exaggerated nosebleeds, he dreamed of finding the Clear-Clear Devil Fruit so he could use it to peep on women, and his refusal to fight women is partially motivated by his perversion, but he would sooner ''eat'' his hands than touch a woman against her will, and he will give his life to protect them.
* LoveCanMakeYouGonk: He can make some pretty strange facial expressions when he's gushing over pretty women. The ''Yellow'' databook reveals that Attach, the photographer hired by the Marines to take photos of the Straw Hats for their wanted posters, was always trying to catch Sanji striking a cool pose, but every time Sanji would instead swoon over women and look ridiculous. When the guy finally got the perfect picture, [[CameraObscurer he forgot to take the lens off]]. Eventually he got tired of it and settled with a picture of Sanji looking goofy.
* MadeOfIron: Sanji can withstand the sea pressure 5000 meters underwater, has survived massive explosions without protection, and basically ate a kamehameha-esque attack ''point-blank'' without dying, among other things. Even in his introductory arc, he fights on just fine even after getting his ribs broken. [[spoiler:When his genetic modifications start to manifest during his fight with Queen, his body becomes ''literally'' made of iron.]]
* MafiaPrincess: [[spoiler:Sanji is revealed to be a literal ''Mafia Prince'' due to the Vinsmoke family being an infamous group of royal Underworld assassins and military commanders with enough political clout to have Big Mom, one of the four Yonkos, to be interested in an alliance with them. He also plays it straight [[AbusiveParents for extremely]] [[BigBrotherBully justified reasons]]]].
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: In the Punk Hazard arc, when Law puts his heart in [[spoiler:Nami's body, Sanji can't resist the urge to peep at or feel him/herself up.]]
* ManInTheIronMask: A ''very'' tragic example. [[spoiler:When Sanji was just 8 years old, his father, Judge, extremely displeased with how Sanji was born a "dud" despite receiving the same physical/psychological alterations as his quadruplet brothers in utero, had his son thrown in the dungeons with an iron mask on his face and publicly declared dead so the Vinsmokes could start over with a "clean slate". Fortunately, his older sister, Reiju, freed him and helped him flee to the East Blue]].
* MarshmallowHell: Has received this twice in the Fish-Man Island arc, both times from beautiful mermaids, [[HandsomeLech much to his delight]].
* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Played with. [[spoiler:Judge wasn't a loving husband by any means, but he blames Sanji for his mother's death because his being born normal unlike his emotionless, powerful brothers supposedly killed her (in reality, Judge's depraved experiments were what drove Sora to save her sons even if she died). When Sanji learns the truth from Reiju years later, his first words were, "I killed her?" ''Ouch'']].
* {{Megane}}: Sometimes wears glasses, much to the fangirls' joy!
* MuggleBornOfMages: [[spoiler:[[DownplayedTrope Is this to a degree]]. He and his siblings were all genetically enhanced, but he was the only one not to develop any sort CharlesAtlasSuperpower as the result of his father's training and genetic enhancements, because his mother, Sora, in a desperate gambit to save her then-unborn quadruplet sons from becoming emotionless weapons, took a drug that made Sanji a normal kid, but not his brothers as she intended. He was [[TheUnfavorite treated horribly]] as a result and eventually ran away.]] But then by going through TrainingFromHell (multiple times) he's managed to [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower surpass]] the strength of his genetically enhanced siblings.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: His torso became fairly well-built after the time-skip, developing more defined abs than he previously had; but his overall physique remains very slim, with his limbs actually being just about as skinny as Nami's limbs. But, regardless, he can still send men twice his size and muscular-build flying with a single kick and launch giant monsters into the air like nothing. Interestingly, while other characters frequently [[LampshadeHanging notice Luffy's oddly powerful muscles]], [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody seems to call Sanji out on this one]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sanji is horrified at his own actions when [[spoiler:his Genma-enhancements have been activated and as a result he injures an innocent female bystander during his running from Queen. He looks upon the woman's bloodied head and the fear in her eyes directed at him. It is in that moment, he decides he would rather be dead than like his siblings, and destroys his raid suit for good]].
* MysteriousPast: For years, the story never actually directed attention to Sanji's past before the Cook Pirates incident. All that was known is that he was born in the North Blue and worked on a cruise liner (all the way in the East Blue) at age 10. [[spoiler:Eventually, it's finally revealed that he is the third son of the Vinsmoke family, an Underworld group of royal assassins who are also commanders of the evil army Germa 66 and former rulers of the ''entirety'' of the North Blue. He just never mentioned his family both to fulfill a promise Judge made him take to hide his connection with the Vinsmokes, and because Sanji utterly loathes them for being abusive pricks]].
* NeckLift: In his first appearance, he does this to Fullbody after having first beat the ''absolute shit'' out of him, the cause of which being Fullbody showing disrespect towards and ''wasting'' food. This establishes Sanji as being a highly-principled and undeniably badass but ''very'' hot-tempered person who holds the highest degree of respect for food, and whose biggest pet peeve is the wasting of such. This also serves to establish that Sanji's outer persona belies the true nature of his more intricate, complex character.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: He reveals he's big on this in his fight with Absalom; about 80% of the beating he takes in that fight is a result of trying to keep the unconscious Nami out of the way of stray attacks.
* NervesOfSteel: [[spoiler:Despite [[TraumaCongaLine being pulled through the ringer]] and suffering ''two'' {{Despair Event Horizon}}s during the Totto Land Arc, Sanji pulls through, if only for the sake of his friends and the wellbeing (and well-stomach) of Luffy.]]
* NiceShoes: Always wears black dress shoes, used to make his kicks even more powerful. He needs them to avoid AgonyOfTheFeet, too, as seen in the second ''One Piece'' movie.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** [[spoiler:He would constantly get these from his older and younger fraternal quadruplet brothers as a child, due to Yonji, Ichiji, and Niji being complete assholes who see him as a weak waste of space. The only reason why he kept coming back from those beatings is his older sister Reiju's medical care]].
** He would later deliver one himself [[spoiler:to ''Luffy'' of all people as a part of his BreakHisHeartToSaveHim plan, since he knows that the only way to keep the Straw Hats (and Zeff) safe from Big Mom and Germa 66 is to make sure they turn on him. And knowing how stubborn Luffy]] is, he attacks him at ''full power'' and beats him into a bloody mess. For his efforts though, Luffy, being [[{{Determinator}} Luffy]], gets back up after being briefly knocked out and declares his resolve to get him back anyway.
* NoLastNameGiven: For a very long time, starting in his mid-childhood, he only went by the name Sanji. He disowned any and all connection to the surname Vinsmoke because of all the horrible memories attached to it [[spoiler:and because his own father told him to never make mention of them again if he was indeed serious about cutting his ties for good.]]
* {{Nosebleed}}: It happens so much during a period of shock after being separated from women for two straight years, that he actually needed a blood transfusion.
* NoSell: Shortly before the {{Timeskip}}, the gap between the Straw Hats and the New World at the time was nicely demonstrated by Sanji's "duel" with Emporio Ivankov; Ivankov laughs off his [[SuperMode Diable Jambe]] enhanced kicks and swats him away effortlessly before proceeding to ''destroy'' him without breaking a sweat.
* TheNoseKnows: Sanji has such a keen sense of smell that he is able to figure out all the ingredients of [[spoiler:Streusen's wedding cake, and can successfully replicate it with the help of Pudding and Chiffon.]]
* NotHyperbole: In the "Thriller Bark" arc, Sanji claimed that one day, he'd be the most infamous member of the Straw Hat crew. For a while, it seemed like just a delusion made up by his [[SmallNameBigEgo ego]], but then, in the Zou arc, we find out he wasn't kidding as he's actually a member of the infamous Vinsmoke family.
* NotQuiteFlight: Sometime during the two-year timeskip he taught himself CP-9's Geppo, renaming it "Sky Walk".
* NumberTwo: He and Zoro tend to be the voices of reason and initiative in the face of a crisis. When half of the Straw Hats stayed on Dressrosa to settle things with Doflamingo, Sanji took leadership of the other half and headed to Zou, even fighting off Big Mom's pirate crew in the process.
* NumericalThemeNaming:
** [[spoiler:Shares this with his older and younger siblings Reiju, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji. He's "Sanji", "San" being the Japanese word for three and a reference to the order he was born in among the five of them. His name is also a pun on "three o'clock". The number three also represents social alienation -- he was his family's [[TheUnfavorite least-favored]] child and was constantly abused for being weak as a kid]].
** His name could also refer to how he's the third member of the "[[LightningBruiser Monster Trio]]" and how he always fights the third-most powerful enemy in battles.
* OddNameOut: [[spoiler:Sanji's WhiteSheep status is reflected in his alias compared to those of his siblings. The Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff. If Sanji had been successfully modified by Judge, he would have been given the epiphet "[[{{Invisibility}} Stealth]] Black".]]
* OhCrap:
** Usually calm and composed, he had an epic one [[spoiler:when he realize who [[CreepyCrossdresser the inhabitants of Momoiro Island]] exactly are]].
** [[spoiler:Seeing his eldest fraternal quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji for the first in years since running away caused him to tremble. Seeing how Ichiji and Niji were able to frequently overpower him during Sanji's childhood bullying, it's justified]].
** [[spoiler:[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/e/e9/Sanji_Learns_He_is_About_to_be_Married.png/revision/latest?cb=20161120005303 His face when he reads a marriage announcement letter that reveals his family connections]] says it all]].
** [[spoiler:Judge notes that Sanji turned paler than usual after threatening to kill [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]] in order to force his compliance with his marriage to Pudding]].
** [[spoiler:He also shows this expression when he sees Luffy coming towards him while he's being carried by Germa 66 towards Big Mom's castle. He's definitely conflicted over what to do.]]
* OneHeadTaller: He's a head taller than Pudding, as shown when they hugged.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** When Luffy points out the very harsh, but necessary truth that it's naïve to hope that all people involved in a war will survive, Nami gets angry at Luffy for being so blunt and not considering Vivi's feelings. It's extremely telling that ''Sanji'' is the one to tell Nami to shut up and not cut off Luffy. Usually, he would ''never'' show agreement with his male crewmates if he can please his female crewmates instead, but in this situation he apparently agreed with Luffy so much that he forgot his principles.
** In the Post-Enies Lobby arc, when Zoro is completely adamant that Usopp not be allowed back into the crew until he apologizes for disrespecting their captain. When Nami protests that Zoro is being too harsh, Sanji actually speaks up for the first time to say that, to his own chagrin, ''Zoro is absolutely right''. The fact that Sanji openly sides with ''[[VolleyingInsults Zoro]]'' over ''[[MsFanservice Nami]]'' says a lot about just how strongly he must have felt about the issue.
** Luffy, Nami, Chopper, and Brook are noticeably shocked when [[spoiler:they learned he turned down marrying Pudding, an attractive young woman]], for their sakes.
** During the whole cake island arc, he turns down Luffy's attempts to [[spoiler:rescue him from his ArrangedMarriage and attacks him when he insists. Considering his UndyingLoyalty to his Straw Hat friends, this is really out of character for Sanji, though it's justified due to his being blackmailed]].
** In the pre-timeskip movie ''Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland'', Sanji [[TookALevelInJerkass denies Zoro food just because the latter wasn't watching him fight the rival chef]], when it's shown that he would never deny anyone food no matter the circumstances. [[spoiler: It's a sign that [[BigBad Baron's]] plan to split up the Straw Hats so he can feed them to [[FoulFlower Lily]] was working.]]
* OutOfFocus: He, Chopper, Nami, and Brook have to escape from Big Mom and her crew and so they're absent during the second half of the Dressrosa Arc.
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* PeekABangs: His left eye has always been covered by his hair, although he's even held a pair of binoculars up to it before. During the time-skip, he switches the bangs to the other side, revealing that both his eyebrows swirl in the same direction. [[spoiler:It's a trait that he shares with his sister and fraternal quadruplet brothers, and inherited from his dead mother, Sora.]]
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Both he and Pudding would be thrilled to be married to each other if it wasn't for the fact that Sanji would have to give up being on Luffy's crew, and possibly the dream of finding "All Blue." [[spoiler: This turns out to be subverted though when it's revealed that her entire character was a lie. After quite the DarkAndTroubledPast, Pudding became an accomplice in Big Mom's plans against the Vinsmokes, willing to murder him in the wedding and follow it with his family ''and'' friends' murders. Ironically, she does fall in love with him after their "engagement" falls apart]].
* PersonalityPowers: Sanji fights by kicking people, which is less barbaric than punching people, which also results in him becoming a DanceBattler, going along with his refined and cultured personality. Giving him [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] is also appropriate since he is HotBlooded (when he isn't being TheChessmaster and a SpannerInTheWorks) ''and'' a SupremeChef who wants to cook even better once he finds the All Blue. His [[{{Flight}} "Sky Walk" ability]] represents him running away from the okamas in Momoiro Island for most of the two years he's spent there.
* PlayingWithFire: His "Diable Jambe" technique involves lighting his own leg on fire [[FrictionBurn via producing friction by spinning]] and then attacking with it by burning his opponents with extended contact like a branding iron. He isn't hurt by the heat because his "heart burns hotter", according to [[WordOfGod Oda]]. After the two years of training, Sanji has upgraded this technique and can quickly ignite himself without spinning, severely burn his opponents without pressing his foot on them and produce massive pillars of fire that go far beyond just his legs. [[spoiler:After his exoskeleton is activated, his newfound enhanced durability combined with his trained strength and speed and Color of Armament Haki allows him to increase the intensity of his flames beyond their previous limits, a technique he dubs "Ifrit Jambe".]]
* PornStash: Sanji keeps tons of dirty magazines in his locker (along with a few books on seafood).
* PowerAtAPrice: During the Onigashima War, Sanji realizes that [[spoiler:the raid suit given to him has slowly awakened his enhanced genetics. Not only did his body become incredibly durable, but his empathy and capacity to care about others are being eaten away. He realizes this because when running from Queen, he injures an innocent geisha girl. He only realizes what he had done after her head was bloodied and she looks upon him in terror]]. Later on, he realizes that [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope he might not have lost his empathy at all]]: upon discovering that Queen can [[{{Invisibility}} turn invisible]], he deduces that the Lead Performer was the one who actually hit the girl]].
* PowerPerversionPotential: [[spoiler:With his dream of being able to become invisible restored thanks to his new raid suit, Sanji is now capable of going [[ThePeepingTom peeping tom]] and the first thing he does with after getting his raid suit is to peek at Nami in an hot springs]].
* PrettyBoy: Sanji is a [[MrFanservice refined and handsome man]], emphasized by his habit of wearing an elegant suit. This gets explicitly lampshaded by Gotti, who calls him a "pretty boy."
* PrincelyYoungMan: Not to much by virtue of him thinking he's a prince, but Sanji treats every woman, especially Nami and Robin, like a princess and sort of thinks of himself as a knight ready to satisfy every request. [[spoiler:Later played straight (literally) when his status as a Prince of the Germa Kingdom is revealed]].
* ProdigalHero: In his backstory, [[spoiler:Sanji is the third son of the Vinsmoke family. However, his sister Reiju helped him escape from his family's abuse and he fled to the East Blue, where he became a sous-chef. He's forced to face his past when Judge tries bringing him back for a political alliance between the Vinsmokes and the Charlottes]].
* PunnyName:
** His name is a pun on the way the Japanese say "3 o'clock". However, the word Sanji can also refer to something that is a terrible, horrible accident that makes one want to avert their eyes and break out the BrainBleach. Veeeerry appropriate. [[spoiler:Chapter 812 reveals that he's the third son of the Vinsmoke family, adding to the puns, as Sanji can mean "third son."]]
** [[spoiler:"Vin" is French for "wine", which means Sanji's family name is a play-on-words that describes a certain wine flavor (smoky wine). Considering he's a SupremeChef...]]
* RaisedByDudes: He was raised primarily by men who taught him to cook and fight, which makes his foul mouth obsession with women a bit more... understandable. [[spoiler:The obsession with women is later revealed to be a {{Shared Family Quirk|s}} with the Vinsmoke family, though the foul mouth still seems to be from the chefs at Baratie]].
* RealMenCook: He was raised on the Baratie, a floating restaurant of male cooks, and as such Sanji is quite rough around the edges while also a fantastic cook.
* RebelPrince: Sanji is [[spoiler:a Vinsmoke, a family which rules the North Blue. He went on the run after enduring years of abuse from his family. When he's reunited with the Vinsmokes 13 years later, he makes it clear that he wants ''nothing'' to do with them.]]
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Black Leg", comes from the kick-heavy fighting style Zeff taught him as well as the fact that he wears a black suit while kicking his foes to a pulp. [[spoiler:His epithet, besides his compassion, is another thing that sets him up as the WhiteSheep of his family -- the Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff]]. [[spoiler:In Wano, his supposed epithet in the Germa army is revealed to be "Stealth Black".]]
* RedOniBlueOni:
** Zigzagged with Zoro. When compared to Zoro, Sanji's the Red Oni in that he is very romantic and prone to fits of poetic and flowery speech when describing the things he loves (i.e. Nami and Robin) and his ultimate fighting style relies on getting so emotional he bursts into flame. However, some of his most successful moments have been when he's kept a cool head and done something strategic instead of flying off the handle and getting into a fight (see Alabasta and Skypiea, where his machinations did more to stop the BigBad's plans than a fight would have). Zoro, on the other hand, is a [[TheStoic stoic]] swordsman who usually maintains an icy calm even when fighting, but when suitably provoked he can become a BloodKnight.
** [[spoiler:He's also the Red Oni to his eldest brother Ichiji's Blue, though inverted with the colors (Ichiji wears red, Sanji wears blue) and downplayed as Sanji ''can'' act calm when it's required. Compared to his other brother [[HotBlooded Niji's]] explosive temper, though, Sanji may be the Blue Oni to Niji's Red.]]
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:He's the third son of the Vinsmoke family, who are not only North Blue royalty, but a family of underworld ''assassins'', making him a [[MafiaPrincess Mafia Prince]] of sorts.]]
* RoyalBlood: [[spoiler:Sanji hails from a bloodline which once ruled ''all'' of the North Blue, though he renounced his involvement with his family early in life due to his family's abuse because he wasn't born special like his siblings]].
* TheRunaway: [[spoiler:Despite being automatically a prince and royalty by birthright due to being a Vinsmoke, Sanji ran away to the East Blue when he was only eight due to his family's (save for his sister Reiju and deceased mother Sora) utterly ''horrendous'' treatment of him]].
* SameSexTriplets: Subverted. [[spoiler:He's born the third of male fraternal quadruplets; while they resemble each other to varying degrees, they also have a lot of traits that set them apart, like Sanji's lack of colorful AnimeHair and Yonji being much taller and muscular than his older brothers]].
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:As much as he hates his father and brothers, Sanji simply can't bring himself to leave them to die at the hands of Big Mom. Luffy's perfectly fine with helping him save them though. Due to his chivalrous nature, he also saves Pudding despite her treatment of him, and tries to talk her out of villainy. It works, as Pudding falls madly in love with him and decides to help him and his friends out in return for showing her compassion for the first time.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He ditches [[spoiler:his family after enduring almost an entire childhood of their abusive behavior, with the help of his older sister, Reiju, who was secretly his ally while he lived at home]].
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Usopp's Sensitive Guy whenever they get scenes together. [[spoiler:However, it might come as a surprise to know he had this dynamic in childhood with his brothers as the Sensitive Guy -- and they bullied him mercilessly for it. Even in present day, he comes off as this when contrasted to their complete LackOfEmpathy and callousness]].
* SharedFamilyQuirks:
** [[spoiler:All of his older and younger siblings share his [[HandsomeLech perverted tendencies]] (his quadruplet brothers ogle [[MsFanservice Nami]] whenever they see her, while it's gender-inverted with Sanji's sister Reiju who enjoyed giving a KissOfLife to Luffy a little ''too'' much).]]
** [[spoiler:Also most his family members share his preference for using powerful kicks, particularly Reiju, Judge, and Niji (though the later also used punches)]].
** [[spoiler:His older quadruplet brothers Ichiji and Niji also share his cool head and [[HotBlooded temper]], respectively. The difference is his brothers share a LackOfEmpathy and are {{Royal Brat}}s, which makes their traits less sympathetic compared to Sanji]].
** [[spoiler:Both he and Reiju inherited their compassion from their deceased mother Sora, but this made Sanji a target for abuse from his brothers and father, while Reiju hid it [[StepfordSmiler with smiles]]]].
** [[spoiler:Sanji's youngest quadruplet brother Yonji referred to him as a "bastard" in his debut chapter. "Bastard" is also one of Sanji's go-to insults]].
* SharpDressedMan: A black suit is his standard form of attire, usually only wearing more casual clothes during transitions between arcs.
* ShooTheDog: He views [[spoiler:leaving Luffy and the Straw Hats behind while on Totto Land]] as this, given that [[spoiler:his abusive family blackmailed him into marrying Pudding]]. Luffy disagreed.
* ShootTheHostage: He threatens to shoot [[spoiler:Caesar Clown if Bege goes after his friends, knowing full well Bege cannot shoot him because someone wants him alive and mostly unhurt]].
* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler:Yonji is a pervert like Sanji, but he lacks his chivalry. Ichiji has Sanji's cool head, but he has a LackOfEmpathy, with a tendency to KickTheDog with [[DeadpanSnarker scathing remarks]]. But Niji, out of all his siblings, contrasts Sanji the most -- aside from having an explosive temper, Niji is spoiled, ungrateful, unappreciative towards food, and has none of Sanji's compassion towards commoners and women]]. Justified; [[spoiler:Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji were made literally unable to feel compassion by Judge, which twisted the traits they shared with Sanji in a non-endearing direction]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: This is largely what Zoro is to him despite being in the same crew (similar to Buggy and Shanks' relationship when they were on Roger's ship). These two never miss an opportunity to belittle, one-up, or humiliate the other.
* SirSwearsALot: To be expected, as he was raised by sailors, and inherited their colorful vocabulary (see his {{catchphrase}} above). The English anime translates this by having him swear among the most out of anyone in the crew, "bastard" being a particularly favorite word of his.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: After using the Raid Suit in the Wano arc, Sanji gets the same ultra-durable body as his siblings, his UnusualEyebrows spin in the same directions as theirs, and most shockingly of all [[spoiler:he apparently hit a woman on instinct whilst in an emotional breakdown over his changes. This makes him fear that he's losing his humanity and becoming an emotionless soldier ike his siblings. After some pondering, Sanji concludes that for the King of Pirates he would be more useful as a flawed human rather than a cold warrior and [[WhatYouAreInTheDark destroys the suit rather than potentially lose more of himself to it]]. Even when it's later revealed that it was actually Queen [[PowerCopying using the]] [[{{Invisibility}} Stealth Black]] technology who struck her, the sentiment remains]].
* SmokingIsCool: Due to FCC regulations strictly banning smoking in shows intended for children, both English dubs had to cover this up when they aired on TV. They did it by either editing his cigarette out altogether (Creator/{{Funimation}}), or by turning it into a lollipop ([[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]]).
* SpannerInTheWorks: ''Very'' frequently. In fact, this is arguably Sanji's specialty in the crew, next to cooking. Sanji is a master saboteur and spy, and thus the only member of the crew that specializes in black ops skills besides Robin and, to a lesser extent, Nami. He's so good at it that for a long time, this skill set was unknown to everyone but the crew and a select few others, allowing him to essentially screw over many a villain's plan because they didn't know how dangerous he really was.
** His unknown at the time identity allowed him to rescue the crew from Crocodile's death trap in Alabasta.
** He trashed Eneru's airship long enough for Luffy to get back into the fight (and stop him from putting all his focus into destroying Skypiea).
** He found Robin and the [=CP9=] before they all boarded the train to Enies Lobby, sneaked into the train and freed the kidnaped Franky and Ussop, two other major SpannerInTheWorks in the following Enies Lobby incident.
** His closing the Gates of Justice not only allowed them to escape Enies Lobby without being pursued, but significantly slowed down the pursuing marines during the chase itself.
** [[spoiler:In the Whole Cake Island arc, although he loathes almost all of his Vinsmoke relatives with a passion (the feeling is mutual), Sanji's compassion drives him to save his family from Big Mom. This ends up throwing a big wrench in Big Mom's KillEmAll wedding plans -- [[BitchInSheepsClothing Pudding]], who was supposed to kill her groom-to-be once they reached the altar, has a VillainousBreakdown because Sanji [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe complimented her third eye]] ([[AllOfTheOtherReindeer something no one had ever done before]]), leaving her [[BrokenTears crying]] and unable to kill him as planned. Katakuri's attempt to kill Sanji with a jellybean ends up narrowly missing its target and killing the priest when Sanji bends down to try comfort Pudding, with the commotion at the altar alerting the Vinsmoke family's suspicions of Big Mom.]]
** During the infiltration at Onigashima, Sanji [[spoiler:gets separated from the rest of the crew and then uses the raid suit to turn invisible and reach where Momonosuke is about to be publicly executed, saving the heir of the Kozuki dynasty and stopping Orochi and Kaido's plan while everyone else could only watch from afar]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Odex dub initially misspelled his name as "Sangi".
* SpiderSense: Sanji has Observation Haki, which works like spider sense. Oda claims that he specializes in this type of Haki.
* StealthExpert: Barring Nami, Robin, and Brook (who have abilities directly related to hiding themselves), Sanji is the sneakiest member of the Straw Hat crew. He escapes surveillance so often that it becomes a major plot point several times throughout the series.
** In Alabasta, bounty-less Sanji was the only Straw Hat to avoid detection by Baroque Works. This proves to be instrumental in freeing Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Smoker from Crocodile's BondVillainStupidity.
** Sanji's counterpart in Thriller Bark was the Invisible Human of the Suke-Suke Fruit.
** Sanji's mug shot isn't obtained by the '''World Government''' until the Straw Hats enter the New World, despite personally infiltrating a Cipher Pol train and fighting in Enies Lobby. Also, when he disappears during the Buster Call, it ends up being what allows the Straw Hats to escape.
** [[spoiler:In Totto Land, Sanji escapes the near constant surveillance of the Big Mom Pirates to secretly formulate an assassination plot on their own territory.]]
** [[spoiler:Might also be his planned position in the Germa army, as his code would have been "Stealth Black", and it's later revealed his specific Germma power is actually, [[{{Irony}} of all things]], his long-desired {{Invisibility}}.]]
* StepfordSmiler: As of Chapter 848, he's of the [[spoiler:Depressed]] type. [[spoiler:Despite being completely distraught and depressed over the situation at hand himself, Sanji, in a bid to not upset Pudding any further than his situation already has, and as a coping mechanism, forces himself to assume his "usual" persona of "a cook in love". To this end, he puts up a front of being his usual girl-crazy, heart-eyed self, after having talked himself into it and having ''practised it alone in his room''. Later in the chapter, Sanji is picking flowers while having a big smile on his face, only for his smile to get even ''bigger'' in the next panel, suggesting that he has just berated himself for not appearing as cheerful as he thinks he needs to be, and has immediately taken steps to rectify it.]]
* TheStrategist: Proven to be one of his defining characteristics at least twice in every arc from Alabasta on. [[spoiler:This was the result of being trained by his biological father Judge to become a Germa 66 military commander from a very early age]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:All of his Vinsmoke siblings resemble him to some degree, bearing his trademark swirling eyebrows and PeekABangs. Reiju and Yonji in particular resemble Sanji the most, with Reiju looking like the end result if Sanji was turned into a woman, while Yonji is Sanji's spitting image (save for the hair) and has his perverted tendencies. In the case of Sanji and his brothers, it's later justified with the reveal that they're fraternal ''quadruplets'', born on the same day, which is why they resemble each other so closely]].
* StrongerSibling: A rare heroic example. [[spoiler:Despite (initially) not inheriting the gene modifications his father made to him and his brothers in utero, Sanji becomes the strongest member of the Vinsmoke family in adulthood due to [[HadToBeSharp his experiences traveling the Grand Line]]. Later, in the Wano arc, after the gene modifications finally activate and cause him to develop an exoskeleton of his own, he's able to go toe-to-toe with Queen, who has incorporated ''all'' the abilities of the Germa Quadruplets into his body, in a one-on-one fight, and defeat him decisively]].
* StupidGood:
** A variation -- he's not completely stupid (in fact, [[TheChessmaster he's far from it]]) but thanks to nearly starving to death as a kid, Sanji has no problem feeding a starving man. Even if that starving man and his crew of equally-starving pirates are obviously planning to attack him afterwards.
** Also, he ''absolutely refuses'' to harm women physically as a part of his chivalrous code, even if there's a serious risk they could kill him. Even Nami seems to think it's admirable, but she also points out how stupid it is in practice.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Notable considering half the Straw Hat crew have Devil Fruit powers and can't swim at all.
** Way back in the Arlong Arc, he held his own against a Fishman ''underwater'', and he was down there for several minutes.
** He has an underwater version of [[DoubleJump Sky Walk]] called "Blue Walk" and is said to be as fast as a fishman, which is pretty fast considering they're the ''third fastest swimmers in the sea''.
** When diving for Kinemon's torso, Sanji straight up mentions that he is the fastest swimmer in the crew by a lot, even without Blue Walk. Considering that Zoro remained silent when he normally calls bullshit on anything Sanji does that isn't remotely true, one can take that small piece of information as true fact. (Though he's really only comparing himself to [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Nami, Usopp, Zoro and Franky]], everyone else just sinks, and Franky's half metal).
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]].
* SuperSoldier: It's later revealed in Chapter 852 that [[spoiler:both he and his older/younger siblings were genetically enhanced in childhood by their father to become these and lead the Germa 66's armies. This included having a "metal" exoskeleton and [[EmotionSuppression having their natural empathy for others irreversibly altered and outright destroyed]]. However, because of his mother's extremely desperate attempt to preserve her quadruplet sons' humanity, [[HeroicSacrifice to the point where she doomed herself to a slow death after only saving one]], Sanji showed no signs of improvement despite his genes supposedly being successfully modified on paper, leading to him being bullied and beaten by his father and brothers]]. [[spoiler:However, the genetic enhancements seem to have started activating during the war in Onigashima, allowing him to quickly heal broken bones, cause swords to break on his bare neck, and no-sell being shot in the head. In relation to that, he's terrified of the thought of the EmotionSuppression also kicking in, leaving him like his brothers.]]
* SupremeChef:
** Makes some of the best damn food you'll find on the Grand Line. And he joined the crew to fulfill his dream of finding some mysterious and awesome ingredients that can only be found in the All Blue, so he can cook even ''better''. A lot of the FoodPorn in the show can be contributed to him, ''especially'' in the G8 filler arc. It's taken UpToEleven during the Totto Land arc, where [[spoiler:he perfectly replicated Streusen's wedding cake, including all the secret ingredients, through smell alone. And it's so delicious that a taste of it nearly kills the chefs who taste-test it (and makes others believe he secretly poisoned it before discovering the truth).]]
** During the G8 filler arc, he creates a veritable feast from the scraps Jessica and her chefs left behind. In another filler arc [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006vPLryuNI he turns a smattering of ingredients into a giant savory cake]] that [[{{Hammerspace}} somehow fit under a tablecloth.]]
* SweetAndSourGrapes: He wasn't happy that he could never get the {{Invisibility}} Devil Fruit as the Fruit's been claimed. [[spoiler:Come Chapter 931, and it's revealed his raid suit comes with stealth capabilities for "Stealth Black".]]
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* TakeMeInstead: During the Thriller Bark arc, to save Luffy from Kuma, and prevent Zoro from sacrificing his life. It doesn't work, as the latter knocked him out for the exact same reason.
* TakenForGranite: PlayedForLaughs. After his two years in "Hell", he is so susceptible to women's looks that just ''looking'' at Hancock does this to him. Shirahoshi as well, though she actually cured his uncontrollable and life-threatening nosebleeds.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Tries doing it on [[spoiler:Pudding during the tea party, casually dodging her bullets as he makes her question herself. It actually works too; Pudding falls in love with Sanji and pulls a HeelFaceTurn shortly thereafter]].
* TeamChef: It's a good idea to not insult his cooking skills. He'll beat you up for it. And probably suspend your eating privileges.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:He abandoned the Vinsmoke family name after leaving his siblings and Judge behind. He makes it clear that Vinsmoke Sanji, the weak little boy they so often abused, "died at sea". Unfortunately for him, the Marines reveal Sanji's relation to Germa and now list his name as Vinsmoke Sanji.]]
* ThemeTwinNaming: [[spoiler: Well, theme ''quadruplet'' naming, anyway. "I", "Ni", "San" and "Yon" are the Japanese words for 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, as reference to the order Ichiji, Niji, he, and Yonji were born in. Combined with the "ji" at the end of their names, they're also puns on "one o'clock", "two o'clock", "three o'clock", and "four o'clock". Reiju also shares this number theme naming despite not being one of the quadruplets, with Rei meaning zero.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone:
** After two painful years on an island of transvestites, Sanji finally meets mermaids, and they ''like'' him. He's even able to resist nosebleeds for a while to play with them.
** Oda occasionally decides to spare him and let him at least touch a woman, and on two separate occasions he has had his face stuffed in into a girl's breasts. Nosebleeds ensue.
** You can probably consider it a near miracle that [[spoiler:his wife to be, Pudding, is ''actually attractive''. In this case though, it becomes YankTheDogsChain when it turns out she's a massively broken BitchInSheepsClothing who faked being in love with him. This eventually goes back the other way and Sanji is once again thrown a bone; showing Pudding genuine kindness and love despite everything she did causes her to fall madly in love with him -- perhaps the first time his feelings for any woman have ever been fully reciprocated. She even ''kisses'' him in the end to seal it, much to his delight (though she does erase his memory of it immediately afterward).]]
** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream. However, after finding out the suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji destroys it for good, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is.]]
* TrainingFromHell:
** He underwent an extremely harsh training as a child [[spoiler:alongside his siblings, to shape them into the super soldiers their father wanted them to be. However, Sanji failed to do any progress, despite having been genetically enhanced like his siblings]].
** He underwent another training to be a chef in the Baratie under Zeff, which was equal parts learning how to cook as it was seeing if he could survive the kicks of the "Red Leg". Ironically, it was under ''this'' training that developed his incredible strength, [[spoiler:and not the SuperSoldier training with the Germa 66]].
** During his two years of training in IronicHell over the TimeSkip Sanji has become so fast that he can now [[LightningBruiser move at an absurdly fast speed ''underwater'' while maintaining his superior kicking power]]. He got the skill from running away from transvestites on that scary island for two full years. He also gained the skill to run on air. So, yeah, he can fly.
* TraumaButton: [[spoiler:Mentioning the Vinsmokes or Germa 66 around him often makes him fly into a truly extraordinary rage, since he understandably doesn't want anything more to do with them]].
* TraumaCongaLine:
** To sum up, he was defeated by Kuma, sent on a island full of Drag Queens, is accidentally mistaken for a crossdresser by the inhabitants, chased along the whole island, forced to fight the "Queen" in dress and make up, humiliated and tricked into becoming a crossdresser himself. Thankfully, he got better.
** The Whole Cake Island Arc has been one long trauma line for him, starting with [[spoiler:getting forced into an arranged marriage, beat up by his brothers, put under the threat of having his friends and parental figure Zeff murdered if he doesn't comply, and ends up slapped and disowned by his beloved Nami. Even worse is that his fiancee -- who ''appeared'' to actually like him and provided a HopeSpot -- is really a shattered BitchInSheepsClothing who plans on murdering him, and that her family intend to kill both his biological and adoptive family and friends anyways]].
* TruthInTelevision: His dislike of wasting food due to living through starvation is a fairly common trait among people who have had this trauma.
* {{Tykebomb}}: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} and later deconstructed. He and his siblings were genetically enhanced and psychologically altered after birth, and raised to be physically superior to the average human in order to lead the Germa 66's armies to their greatest victories. However, in Sanji's case, the modifications failed thanks to the drug his mother took in a desperate attempt to save him and his brothers, but the drug only worked on him for some reason. As a result, he didn't grow any stronger than your average human child. This is what caused his father and brothers to abuse him, because his being human was a grave affront to their standards of "strength", to the point where he ran away from home. However, as it was later revealed, Judge's experiments led to his children becoming utterly messed up as adults, with Ichiji, Yonji, and Niji being literally unable to feel or understand compassion, and Reiju being extremely suicidal. Sanji would've become like them had Sora not made her sacrifice]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He himself usually does not underestimate others but is quite regularly on the receiving end of this attitude due to him being an AlmightyJanitor:
** Bon Clay had no idea where Sanji suddenly came from or why this blonde pervert could keep up with him in their battle.
** Absalom didn't take Sanji serious at first and later thought it was insane that a pirate this strong had no notable bounty on his head.
** [[spoiler:The Vinsmoke family was surprised and irritated by the prowess Sanji learned in the time away from them.]]
** [[spoiler:[[{{Seers}} Charlotte Katakuri]] foresaw that Sanji would dodge the sneak attack of the wedding priest but didn't anticipate that Sanji would be able to dodge Katakuri's immediate attack too.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: No matter how much he argues with them (especially the men), Sanji deeply treasures the Straw Hat crew and will do ''anything'' for them when push comes to shove. [[spoiler:Not even the chance of being married to the beautiful Charlotte Pudding (who's also a SupremeChef) and being able to live like a prince as a member of the royal Vinsmoke family is able to deter him]].
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:His father and brothers see Sanji as this, due to being a compassionate weakling as a child who refused to abide by the code of MightMakesRight, to the point of inflicting constant physical abuse on him. It got to the point where his father [[IHaveNoSon wrote him off as dead]] and [[DeathFakedForYou left him in the dungeons to rot while passing off his absence as a training-related accident]], and his brothers were completely fine with it... except for [[CoolBigSis his sister]], [[BigBrotherInstinct who freed him and helped him run away to the East Blue]].]]
* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows twirl into two big ol' spirals on the ends; and, predictably, they are often the source of ridicule. Oddly enough though, both of his eyebrow spirals curl ''to the right'', meaning his eyebrows are asymmetrical on his face. Which may explain why he chooses to hide one of eyes at all times [[PeekABangs with his hair]]. (pre-TimeSkip he covered his left eye, post-Time-skip it's his right). [[spoiler: The swirly brows are a trait shred with his brothers; however, theirs twirl in the opposing direction to visually communicate that Sanji is different from them. In Chapter 1031, during the Onigashima war after Sanji starts manifesting the same durable traits his brothers do, and apparently [[TooKALevelInJerkass attacks an innocent woman off-screen]] whilst having an emotional crisis over his transformation, his eyebrows now swirl the same direction as theirs, showing how he's SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. Even once it's revealed that it was actually [[{{PowerCopying}} Queen]] who did it, Sanji's physical changes remain, and it's left ambiguous if he'd really started to lose his emotions or not]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:While Sanji is still compassionate and willing to help others, he showed it more often when he was younger. His abusive family and nearly starving to death twice hardened him, unfortunately]].
* VerbalTic: Since a young age, Sanji has a habit of saying "shit" or "shitty" when describing something. While the Japanese word for feces, "kuso", is not specifically an expletive, Sanji's manner of speech makes the term sound brash. For example, he might call a person he especially does not like a "shitty bastard" or something along those lines (such as his personal nickname for Zeff, "shitty geezer"), but he also described something pleasant to him, like being alone with Nami, as "shitty fantastic" and "the shitty best". In the [=FUNimation=] dub, this habit is downplayed to swearing that is less offensive.
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** Before Sanji joined the crew, there was his relationship with Zeff. The two slung so many insults at each other and got in so many fights that the other cooks at Baratie were surprised to find out how much they actually cared about each other.
** He's not shy about insulting or arguing with the male Straw Hats, especially Zoro, but he's also willing to go quite far in defending them despite claiming to only care for the women.
* VolleyingInsults: Quite often with Zoro, as well as his surrogate father Zeff.
* WalkingSpoiler: His DarkAndTroubledPast [[spoiler:when it comes to his biological royal family]] makes him this.
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[WouldntHitAGirl He refuses to harm women in any way]], though he is capable of blocking their attacks. This causes near-fatal problems during the fights with Bon Clay and Kalifa. Nami even criticizes him on this trait.
* WhatTheHellHero: Upon learning about Jimbei indirectly causing Arlong to rule the East Blue and terrorize Nami, giving her severe emotional trauma and turning her into a BrokenBird, Sanji understandably gives him an earful for it.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** In the Thriller Bark arc, despite their rivalry, Sanji steps up and offers to sacrifice his life for Zoro when [[NoNonsenseNemesis Kuma]] threatens to kill him.
** Push comes to shove [[spoiler:when his royal birth family returns to take him back, and they try wooing him with promises of [[SexSlave "personal maidens"]], money, and marriage to the beautiful Charlotte Pudding. Sanji, against even his crew's expectations, refuses it all and stays absolutely set on leaving with Luffy and all of his friends.]]
** [[spoiler:Part of why Sanji was bullied by his brothers as a child was because he was willing to cook and serve food to others behind the family's backs]].
** [[spoiler:Despite finding out that his marriage to Pudding is a trap to get the Vinsmoke's killed, and being able to escape at any time since the explosive bands on his arms were never activated, with even [[DeathSeeker Reiju]] encouraging Sanji to abandon them, Sanji ultimately is too compassionate to let his family die even if he does consider most of them to be scum.]]
** [[spoiler:In Wano, Sanji begins to worry that the Raid Suit is making him lose his empathy and humanity like his siblings and wonders if he would be more useful to Luffy as himself, with all his flaws, or as a warrior without humanity nor weakness; in the end, he opts for the former and destroys the Raid Suit. However, just in case he loses control of himself, he asks someone to put him down if that ends up happening. Who does he ask? '''Zoro''' of all people, the person whom he gets along with the absolute least]].
* WhiteSheep: Despite being a pirate, Sanji displays much more integrity and nobility than his royal family of assassins, as seen when he calls a portrait of his father conquering four North Blue kingdoms tasteless. [[spoiler:This even stems from his childhood. Sanji was an outcast in his family because he was weak[[note]]Despite having the same genetic enhancements as his other siblings, he somehow always fell behind when he trained, which irritates them[[/note]] and compassionate towards others[[note]]Judge dismissed Sanji's compassion as "trying to hold the legacy of someone already dead" (that is, his mother).[[/note]]]].
* WhyCantIHateYou:
** [[spoiler:When he encountered Judge in the middle of his escape as a child, even after all the abuse he had suffered, he was still devastated to hear his father's complete apathy toward him leaving the family. However, he eventually got over it by adulthood, as he admits to himself that he feels nothing but hatred for Judge in the present day.]]
** [[spoiler:Despite overhearing Big Mom and Pudding's plans for the Vinsmokes as well as Pudding's true evil nature, Sanji is still attracted to Pudding because... well, he's [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]]. [[SpannerInTheWorks And that's later quite the plot point]].]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sanji appears to have some fear or aversion to insects and spiders. During the crew's search for the South Bird, he continually backed away from the various insects in the forest to the point he was afraid to touch them.
* WideEyedIdealist: [[DownplayedTrope Solely when it comes to women and nothing else]]; Sanji's views on the ladies are quite rose-tinted and naive, and he's prone to trusting any woman who acts nice to his face or returns his advances. He even proclaims that he would never doubt a woman's tears and is willing to forgive the lies and actions of any woman who wrongs him. Administrivia/TropesAreTools, however, so this is usually [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by being shown in a neutral light and presenting both the positive and negative outcomes of this trait of his. However, it's shown in a decidedly negative light in the Tottoland arc, where his patience is pushed to its limit as [[spoiler: his trusting nature leads to his heart being broken in an exceedingly cruel manner by a very sadistic, manipulative woman -- the likes of which he had never had to deal with before on such a personal level]]. However, in a true testament to his willpower, he sticks to his morals even after this; [[spoiler: [[FreakinessShame instead of showing any anger towards her, he compliments]] [[BrokenBird Pudding's]] ThirdEye and still calls her beautiful, which causes her to ''genuinely'' fall in love with him -- reconstructing the trope and proving that Sanji's chivalry ''can'' work against all odds.]]
* WifeBasherBasher: For Sanji, women are sacred and no man can raise a finger upon them. If he sees someone hurting or just harassing a woman, Sanji immediately runs to her rescue and punishes the basher.
* WillfullyWeak: At first, Sanji makes free use of his raid suit. [[spoiler:However, when he develops an exoskeleton, he immediately suspects something is wrong. Later, he blacks out and somehow attacks a '''woman''' just for getting in the way. Sanji assesses that his raid suit is somehow altering his mind to make him a heartless soldier and decides that it must be destroyed and he will remain a humane fighter that will just have to deal with women as his weakness. He even asks Zoro to kill him if his mind turns cold-blooded after the events in Wano.]]
* WingdingEyes: Prone to developing "heart" eyes whenever he's swooning over a lady.
* TheWorfEffect: The only worse offender of this than Zoro is Sanji.
** It happens to him once an arc, including freaking ''filler'' arcs. Notable examples include Eneru (couldn't even hit him once despite wearing shoes with rubber soles), Smoker (in the manga), Arlong, Blueno (after revealing Robin's intentions, Sanji had no use for holding back and still got beat), and Absalom (possibly a deconstruction, since it was really just a penguin fighting as Sanji, though the other zombies note he's quite powerful).
** Before the timeskip, Sanji is easily defeated by Ivankov to put his power in perspective.
** Really the only reason he and Vergo fought was to build up the latter's threat level.
** In the Dressrosa arc he suffers this from BigBad Donquixote Doflamingo. While Doflamingo acknowledged his as being strong, Sanji seemingly did no damage with all his attacks and was immediately bested by his Parasite technique.
** [[spoiler:Sanji got beaten by his father during the fight with him. Downplayed in that Judge [[DirtyCoward used his own soldiers as human shields to distract Sanji and impale him through one of them.]]]]
* WorfHadTheFlu:
** He might have won against Gin, but the wounds he sustained while Pearl beat him up while he was unable to retaliate due to Zeff being held hostage immobilized him at a crucial moment.
** He also presumably would have put up a better fight against Arlong (if not outright won) if he hadn't been badly injured in his previous battle.
** His fights against Eneru and Smoker were lost causes due to their Logia powers and his inability to use Haki before the timeskip.
** When fighting Absalom he was handicapped by having to protect Nami.
** In his fight with Vergo, which ended in more of a draw then a defeat, he didn't use Haki or Diable Jambe aside from his initial attack.
** [[spoiler:He's quickly taken down by Niji in their first fight, but it should be noted that Ichiji distracted him for a second and Niji managed to sneak up on him while he was looking away, and both Niji and Ichiji threatened Red Leg's life if he dared to fight back.]]
** [[spoiler:Sanji got beaten by his father during the fight with him... But the only reason Judge even got that hit in was by acting like a coward and calling in human shields to stop Sanji from attacking, then striking from one of said shields when Sanji stopped his attack. This is especially notable when you factor in that Judge's Raidsuit is fire resistant, so the fact he still felt the need to call in human shields against a flaming kick says alot. And top it off Sanji was barely injured at the end ]].
* WorstAid: Justified because he's not a doctor. When he finds a defeated Zoro at Onigashima, Sanji asks Chopper for help, who tells him to give him some bandages in the meanwhile. Sanji then turns Zoro into a cross-shaped mummy unable to move, and even uses his bandaged body as a blunt weapon.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Sanji always absolutely ''refuses'' to hit a lady no matter the circumstances, even if the lady in question is evil and/or trying to kill him. His strong feelings on this stem from his mentor Zeff, who literally kicked him into learning this mindset. Therefore, in addition to his love for women, Sanji also sticks to never hurt them so strictly because he doesn't want to disappoint Zeff and become a man that he wouldn't be proud of. During the Onigashima War, while he's captured by Black Maria, Sanji refuses to use the Color of Armement to protect himself from her beating because he ''doesn't want her to hurt her fist punching him''. While in the Water 7 & Enies Lobby Arc, this inability to hit women leads to Sanji's defeat at the hands of Califa, after the events of Whole Cake Island, Sanji [[CharacterDevelopment learns to deal with his weakness by either running away from female enemies or calling for help when he can't run anymore]]. [[spoiler:When he apparently beat up a innocent girl during the Onigashima war, Sanji is ''horrified'' and fears it's a side-effect of his Raid Suit starting to affect his personality but it's shortly revealed that it was actually Queen, who'd [[PowerCopying copied the abilities of the Germa Siblings]], who hit the girl whilst using Sanji's [[{{Invisibility}} Stealth Black abilities]], which both relives Sanji and thoroughly pisses him off for letting them both believe he'd actually struck her]]. This trait even carries onto video game adaptations, with the ''[[VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors Pirate Warriors]]'' games in particular programming his attacks to always avoid hitting and/or affecting female enemies;[[note]]Crew Strikes let him call in someone else to defeat them for him, but it's still such a problem that the game flat-out warns you if he tries to start a mission containing female enemies.[[/note]] however, he ''can'' be made to hit a female enemy in some games, but he will [[ApologeticAttacker apologize with each attack]].
* WrestlerOfBeasts: While freeing his crew from Crocodile's prison, Sanji defeats giant crocodile creatures called Banawani.
* YouOweMe: [[spoiler:While he does save the Vinsmokes from certain death at the hands of the Charlotte family alongside [[TokenGoodTeammate his sister, Reiju]], he immediately lets them know that they're indebted to him and ''damn sure better pay him back'', silently demanding that they rescue his friends. Judge glares at him in annoyance, but Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji quickly comply without complaint and ''actually listen to Sanji'' for once]].
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and destroys the suit for good.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:acknowledge Vinsmoke Judge as his father due to his tragic past; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually went on the run, frustrated with the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother Sora died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous animus and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's sister Reiju's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as Linlin, who is capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered by the fandom as one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats. [[spoiler: Sanji and Zoro are also considered to be "the Wings of the Pirate King" by Nico Robin.]]
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered by the fandom as one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats. [[spoiler: Sanji and Zoro are also considered to be "the Wings of the Pirate King" by Nico Robin.]]
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* RebelPrince: Sanji in the backstory apparently ran away from his family to the East Blue for the extensive abuse he went through. When he's reunited with the family again, he makes it clear that he wants ''nothing'' to do with them.
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Black Leg", comes from the kick-heavy fighting style Zeff taught him as well as the fact that he wears a black suit while kicking his foes to a pulp. His epithet, besides his compassion, is another thing that sets him up as the WhiteSheep of his family -- the Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff. [[spoiler:In Wano, his supposed epithet in the Germa army is revealed to be "Stealth Black".]]
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Black Leg", comes from the kick-heavy fighting style Zeff taught him as well as the fact that he wears a black suit while kicking his foes to a pulp. His epithet, besides his compassion, is another thing that sets him up as the WhiteSheep of his family -- the Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff. [[spoiler:In Wano, his supposed epithet in the Germa army is revealed to be "Stealth Black".]]
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* RebelPrince: Sanji [[spoiler:Sanji in the backstory apparently ran away from his family to the East Blue for the extensive abuse he went through. When he's reunited with the family again, he makes it clear that he wants ''nothing'' to do with them.
them.]]
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Black Leg", comes from the kick-heavy fighting style Zeff taught him as well as the fact that he wears a black suit while kicking his foes to a pulp.His [[spoiler:His epithet, besides his compassion, is another thing that sets him up as the WhiteSheep of his family -- the Vinsmokes' Germa titles are written in katakana, and all designate their choice of weapon followed by their personal color (Poison Pink, Sparking Red, Electric Blue, and Winch Green); Sanji's pirate name "Black Leg" is the reverse of the Germa naming scheme, written in kanji like the rest of the Straw Hat monikers, and also a nod to his adoptive father and mentor -- "Red Leg" Zeff.Zeff]]. [[spoiler:In Wano, his supposed epithet in the Germa army is revealed to be "Stealth Black".]]
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Black Leg", comes from the kick-heavy fighting style Zeff taught him as well as the fact that he wears a black suit while kicking his foes to a pulp.
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** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream. However, after finding out that the raid suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji destroys the raid suit, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is.]]
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** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream. However, after finding out that the raid suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji destroys the raid suit, it for good, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is.]]
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* YouOweMe: [[spoiler:While he does save the Vinsmokes from certain death at the hands of the Charlotte family alongside [[TokenGoodTeammate his sister, Reiju]], he immediately lets them know that they're indebted to him and ''damn sure better pay him back'', silently demanding that they save his friends after they get caught. Judge glares at him in annoyance, but Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji quickly comply without complaint and ''actually listen to Sanji'' for once]].
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and destroys the raid suit.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and destroys the raid suit.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
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* YouOweMe: [[spoiler:While he does save the Vinsmokes from certain death at the hands of the Charlotte family alongside [[TokenGoodTeammate his sister, Reiju]], he immediately lets them know that they're indebted to him and ''damn sure better pay him back'', silently demanding that they save rescue his friends after they get caught.friends. Judge glares at him in annoyance, but Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji quickly comply without complaint and ''actually listen to Sanji'' for once]].
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and destroys theraid suit.suit for good.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and destroys the
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* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:acknowledge Vinsmoke Judge as his father; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:acknowledge Vinsmoke Judge as his father; father due to his tragic past; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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* KingIncognito: Sanji is revealed to be [[spoiler:the third son of the Vinsmokes, a royal Underworld family of assassins that once ruled the North Blue with an iron fist. In the world of royal politics, Sanji would be considered ''a really, really big deal'' -- the Vinsmokes' exploits and brutality made them feared worldwide, and they have enough political pull to attend the Reverie every year and manipulate HQ Marines to do their bidding, enough to make an Emperor interested in their service. All of that makes them a couple of steps below the ''World Nobles themselves'' in power. However, while it seems like Sanji made a mistake in becoming a pirate rather than staying a prince, he actually has good reason -- his father, Judge, tried to weaponize him and his brothers while they were still in their mother's womb, causing Sanji's mother, Sora, to desperately consume a very dangerous drug so her sons would keep their humanity. Only Sanji was saved, and for that, he was abused by his brothers (who literally can't understand their own cruelty) and laughed at by his sister, Reiju, who only pretended to side with her family in public because she feared for her own life. What made him run away from home was when Judge threw him in the dungeons and left him there to rot, only for Reiju to free him and direct him to a ship that was headed for East Blue, with the intent of helping Sanji find people who love him for who he was. Judge knew about his escape, but made him promise never to bring up his family name. That and absolute loathing of his family made him follow on that promise since]].
* KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Though it happens just off-screen from the audiences' point of view, Charlotte Pudding tearfully kisses Sanji goodbye right before he prepares to leave Whole Cake Island. Unfortunately, however, she uses [[LaserGuidedAmnesia her powers]] to erase his memory of the kiss immediately after it happens]].
* KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Though it happens just off-screen from the audiences' point of view, Charlotte Pudding tearfully kisses Sanji goodbye right before he prepares to leave Whole Cake Island. Unfortunately, however, she uses [[LaserGuidedAmnesia her powers]] to erase his memory of the kiss immediately after it happens]].
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* KingIncognito: Sanji is revealed to be [[spoiler:the third son of the Vinsmokes, a royal Underworld family of assassins that once ruled the North Blue with an iron fist. In the world of royal politics, Sanji would be considered ''a really, really big deal'' -- the Vinsmokes' exploits and brutality made them feared worldwide, and they have enough political pull to attend the Reverie every year and manipulate HQ Marines to do their bidding, enough to make an Emperor interested in their service. All of that makes them a couple of steps below the ''World Nobles themselves'' in power. However, while it seems like Sanji made a mistake in becoming a pirate rather than staying a prince, he actually has good reason -- his father, Judge, tried to weaponize weaponizing him and his brothers while they were still in their mother's womb, causing Sanji's mother, Sora, to desperately consume a very dangerous drug so her sons would keep their humanity. Only Sanji was saved, and for that, he was abused by his brothers (who literally can't understand their own cruelty) and laughed at by his sister, Reiju, who only pretended to side with her family in public because she feared for her own life. What finally made him go on the run away from home was when Judge threw him in the dungeons and left him there to rot, only for Reiju to free him and direct him to a ship that was headed for the East Blue, with the intent of on helping Sanji find people who love him for who he was. Judge knew about his escape, but made him promise never to bring up his family name. That and absolute loathing of his family made him follow on that promise since]].
* KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Though it happens just off-screen from the audiences' point of view, Charlotte Pudding tearfully kisses Sanji goodbye right before he prepares to leave Whole Cake Island. Unfortunately,however, she uses [[LaserGuidedAmnesia her powers]] to erase his memory of the kiss immediately after it happens]].
* KissingDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Though it happens just off-screen from the audiences' point of view, Charlotte Pudding tearfully kisses Sanji goodbye right before he prepares to leave Whole Cake Island. Unfortunately,
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and junks the raid suit.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:forgive Vinsmoke Judge for his misdeeds and refuses to acknowledge him as his father; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:forgive Vinsmoke Judge for his misdeeds and refuses to acknowledge him as his father; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Sanji frowns when Vito merrily talks about how much he admires Sanji, since Sanji is a Vinsmoke, and thus supposedly part of the evil Germa 66. He also dislikes his family (outside of Reiju) praising him. They do so when [[spoiler:he beats up Luffy and again when he learns that Niji gave Luffy Sanji's own raid suit as a parting gift, as a sign that they have acknowledged him. However, when it seems to mess with his mind and body, he feels betrayed again and junks destroys the raid suit.]] However, since Sanji doesn't want to be associated with Germa, he visibly gets angry about it to the point where he's not even that happy anymore that his bounty is now higher than Zoro's, because he assumes it's because of his family's infamy.
* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to[[spoiler:forgive [[spoiler:acknowledge Vinsmoke Judge for his misdeeds and refuses to acknowledge him as his father; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Emperor Charlotte Linlin who is capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, sick of went on the run, frustrated with the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother Sora died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Emperor Charlotte Linlin Linlin, who is capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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"Emperor of the Sea" is also not official, changing it to just Emperor there
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Charlotte Linlin, an Emperor of the Sea capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Emperor Charlotte Linlin, an Emperor of the Sea Linlin who is capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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i realized later there is still some controversy over whether "monster trio" is official in-story, although the term has been said by some characters, but luckily the Wings title is official and comes from an Oda SBS
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats.
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered by the fandom as one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats.
Hats. [[spoiler: Sanji and Zoro are also considered to be "the Wings of the Pirate King" by Nico Robin.]]
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** Wasting food is a ''huge'' one for him. And for perfectly understandable reasons; as a child, he was stranded on an island alongside "Red-Leg" Zeff for an indefinite amount of time, nearly starving to death. Zeff had given Sanji all the food he had, deliberately leaving himself with nothing and eventually resorted to [[{{Autocannibalism}} eating one of his own legs]] to survive, which devasted Sanji deeply.
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** Wasting food is a ''huge'' one for him. And for perfectly understandable reasons; as a child, he was stranded on an island alongside "Red-Leg" Zeff for an indefinite amount of time, nearly starving to death. Zeff had given Sanji all the food he had, deliberately leaving himself with nothing and eventually resorted to [[{{Autocannibalism}} eating one of his own legs]] to survive, which devasted Sanji deeply.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually went on the run, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Charlotte Linlin, an Emperor of the Sea capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually went on the run, ran away from home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Charlotte Linlin, an Emperor of the Sea capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Charlotte Linlin, an Emperor of the Sea capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, went on the run, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji's friendship with his crewmates is put to the test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army known as Germa 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Charlotte Linlin, an Emperor of the Sea capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:He gives one to his entire family after they admonish him for defending a lowly cook, calling them out on their appalling behavior as royals (though it was more directed at his father and brothers than his sister, who was also in the same room as them). An unfazed Judge blackmails Sanji into obedience by threatening the lives of the Baratie cooks, especially [[ParentalSubstitute Zeff]], while Sanji's speech completely flies over his brothers' heads because [[EmotionSuppression they literally cannot understand compassion]]]].
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Monster Trio edit, also thought that the "lately" and "recently" language is a little outdated
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay.
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay.
FoeYay. Alongside Luffy and Zoro, Sanji is considered one of the Monster Trio (怪物三人組, Kaibutsu San-ningumi) of the Straw Hats.
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Sanji has also shown some ButtMonkey tendencies lately, as he's become the butt of an ever-increasing list of jokes, including a ugly, poorly drawn bounty poster that no one has any trouble identifying him with, a man who ''resembles'' said bounty poster coming for revenge, and most recently, Kuma blasting him to an island filled with, of all things, drag queens, leading him to declare that [[IronicHell he is in Hell]]. While there, he learns of a special recipe to make the consumer stronger and trains with the 99 Newkama Kenpo masters.
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Sanji has also shown some ButtMonkey tendencies lately, tendencies, as he's become the butt of an ever-increasing list of jokes, including a ugly, poorly drawn bounty poster that no one has any trouble identifying him with, a man who ''resembles'' said bounty poster coming for revenge, and most recently, Kuma blasting him to an island filled with, of all things, drag queens, leading him to declare that [[IronicHell he is in Hell]]. While there, he learns of a special recipe to make the consumer stronger and trains with the 99 Newkama Kenpo masters.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped by the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji later must put his friendship on the line with his crewmates to deal with the threat of disobeying his family, who commands the clone soldier army for hire called Germa 66, and an Emperor of the sea, who could easily overwhelm the Straw Hat Pirates with her massive forces.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped by on the order of the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke royal bloodline, an infamous family of Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and sister born without genetic enhancements and a reminder of how his late mother died partly because she took a drug to counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain his humanity. Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji later must put his Sanji's friendship on the line with his crewmates is put to deal with the threat of disobeying test when [[WeddingSmashers they invade his family, who commands wedding party]] to get him back, angering the combined forces of the Vinsmokes and their clone soldier army for hire called known as Germa 66, 66 as well as the ruthless and crazy Charlotte Linlin, an Emperor of the sea, who could easily overwhelm Sea capable of wiping out the Straw Hat Pirates by herself, via her powerful pirate crew consisting of [[BadassFamily dozens of her own children]], or with her massive forces.
the legions of New World pirates that she commands.
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Sanji is the fourth child of the Vinsmoke family, an infamous family of rulers-killers who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and later cut himself off from his family, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among brothers and a sister born without genetic enhancements and a spiteful reminder of how his late mother bore a suicidal devotion to have her boys retain their humanity. His father, Judge, had Sanji retrieved in order to marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters in order to form a political alliance. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji later must put his friendship on the line with his crewmates to deal with the threat of disobeying his family, who commands the clone soldier army for hire called Germa 66, and an Emperor of the sea, who could easily overwhelm the Straw Hat Pirates with her massive forces.
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In the New World, Sanji's mysterious past is uncovered when he is kidnapped by the Emperor Charlotte Linlin. Sanji is revealed to be the fourth child (and third son) of the Vinsmoke family, royal bloodline, an infamous family of rulers-killers Underworld mercenaries who once conquered the North Blue. Sanji had a highly abusive upbringing, and later cut himself off was disowned as a failure by his father Judge, an amoral scientist who experimented on his own children in an effort to make them perfect soldiers (at the cost of their human emotions). Sanji eventually ran away from his family, home, sick of the awful ostracism he received for being the only child among his brothers and a sister born without genetic enhancements and a spiteful reminder of how his late mother bore died partly because she took a suicidal devotion drug to have her boys counteract Judge's genetic modifications so that Sanji might retain their his humanity. His father, Judge, had Sanji retrieved Sanji's later kidnapping is the result of Judge retrieving his long-lost son in order to [[AltarDiplomacy marry him off to one of Big Mom's daughters in order to form a political alliance.daughters]]. This reunion is deeply animous and forced upon him and only alleviated by his kind sister's presence. Sanji later must put his friendship on the line with his crewmates to deal with the threat of disobeying his family, who commands the clone soldier army for hire called Germa 66, and an Emperor of the sea, who could easily overwhelm the Straw Hat Pirates with her massive forces.
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This is an important trait of Sanji's character and essential for his relationship with Judge
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* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:forgive Vinsmoke Judge for his misdeeds and refuses to acknowledge him as his father; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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This is a story trope and already has an example on the recap page.
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* YoureNotMyFather: Sanji is understandably unwilling to [[spoiler:forgive Vinsmoke Judge for his misdeeds and refuses to acknowledge him as his father; he specifically says that to him, his true father is named Zeff]].
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This is a story trope, moving to the recap page.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: He calls out Judge twice during the Totto Land arc.
** First, in Chapter 832, [[spoiler:he ''immediately'' tells Judge that he's not his father upon seeing him for the first time in at least 13 years since the latter abused him as a child]].
** Then, in Chapter 870, [[spoiler:while the Straw Hat-Firetank Pirate Alliance are hiding away from the Charlotte Family in Bege's body; he angrily pulls down Judge so they could look at each other, ''eye to eye'', and reminds him that "Vinsmoke Sanji" running away from Germa and [[ThatManIsDead dying at sea]] was ''exactly'' what Judge wanted. In front of the Straw Hats, Jimbei, his siblings, and the Firetank Pirates, Sanji makes Judge swear that he won't approach him or the East Blue, which Judge surprisingly does]].
** First, in Chapter 832, [[spoiler:he ''immediately'' tells Judge that he's not his father upon seeing him for the first time in at least 13 years since the latter abused him as a child]].
** Then, in Chapter 870, [[spoiler:while the Straw Hat-Firetank Pirate Alliance are hiding away from the Charlotte Family in Bege's body; he angrily pulls down Judge so they could look at each other, ''eye to eye'', and reminds him that "Vinsmoke Sanji" running away from Germa and [[ThatManIsDead dying at sea]] was ''exactly'' what Judge wanted. In front of the Straw Hats, Jimbei, his siblings, and the Firetank Pirates, Sanji makes Judge swear that he won't approach him or the East Blue, which Judge surprisingly does]].
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* NinetiesHair: His iconic "curtains" hairstyle is distinctly 90s, no doubt due to being officially inspired by [[https://imgur.com/a/BGYWL6K Steve Buschemi's hair]] in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' according to Oda. This is Downplayed with art evolution and the Timeskip, however, with Sanji's hair becoming distinctly shaggier over time.
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* NinetiesHair: His iconic "curtains" hairstyle is distinctly 90s, no doubt due to being officially inspired by Creator/SteveBuscemi's [[https://imgur.com/a/BGYWL6K Steve Buschemi's hair]] in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' according to Oda. This is Downplayed with art evolution and the Timeskip, however, with Sanji's hair becoming distinctly shaggier over time.
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** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream. As you might expect this doesn't last. After finding out that the raid suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji is (understandably) upset and destroys the raid suit, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is]].
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** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream. As you might expect this doesn't last. After However, after finding out that the raid suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji is (understandably) upset and destroys the raid suit, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is]]. is.]]
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** He underwent another one training to be a chef in the Baratie under Zeff, which was equal parts learning how to cook as it was seeing if he could survive the kicks of the "Red Leg". Ironically, it was under ''this'' training that developed his CharlesAtlasSuperpower, [[spoiler:and not the SuperSoldier training with the Germa 66]].
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** He underwent another one training to be a chef in the Baratie under Zeff, which was equal parts learning how to cook as it was seeing if he could survive the kicks of the "Red Leg". Ironically, it was under ''this'' training that developed his CharlesAtlasSuperpower, incredible strength, [[spoiler:and not the SuperSoldier training with the Germa 66]].
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** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream]].
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** [[spoiler:After learning that the Clear-Clear Fruit, the one Devil Fruit he really considered eating, had been eaten by Absalom, his dream of being becoming invisible apparently died. In Chapter 931, he discovers the raid suit he received from his brother actually had invisibility capabilities, reviving his childhood dream]].dream. As you might expect this doesn't last. After finding out that the raid suit is causing his body to change to be more like his brothers, Sanji is (understandably) upset and destroys the raid suit, vowing not to be any more like his brothers than he already is]].
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay.
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Sanji is the crew's [[SmokingIsCool chain-smoking]], nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old chef. There is not [[ChefOfIron a dish he cannot cook]], a pretty girl [[ChivalrousPervert he will not try to woo]], or something he will not [[VolleyingInsults argue with Zoro over]]. As a chef, he believes that he cannot afford to let his hands come to harm, as they are his most precious tools of the trade. So he uses a fighting style which only involves the use [[ExtremityExtremist of his legs and feet]] called the "Black Leg Style" (''Kuroashi no Waza''). He and Zoro have a complex relationship -- they argue and fight with each other regularly, yet they're also so willing to cooperate and fight enemies together when it counts, that it almost borders on FoeYay.
