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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Platonic version with Sanji. They argue and bicker constantly, and seem to genuinely dislike each other but they make a good team, and its clear that there is no question whether they would support each other when its actually important. Best seen when they argue who has to endure Kuma's wrath at the end of the Thriller Bark arc.
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* OhLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Platonic version with Sanji. They argue and bicker constantly, and seem to genuinely dislike each other but they make a good team, and its clear that there is no question whether they would support each other when its actually important. Best seen when they argue who has to endure Kuma's wrath at the end of the Thriller Bark arc.
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* OhLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Platonic version with Sanji. They argue and bicker constantly, and seem to genuinely dislike each other but they make a good team, and its clear that there is no question whether they would support each other when its actually important. Best seen when they argue who has to endure Kuma's wrath at the end of the Thriller Bark arc.
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* {{Irony}}: His prior occupation was a pirate hunter and now he is one.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: After defeating the Humandrills, he has to beg Mihawk to teach him to get stronger for the Straw Hats' sake. Also before this, he begged Kuma to take his head instead of Luffy's when he defeated the Straw Hat Crew in Thriller Bark.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: After defeating the Humandrills, he has to beg Mihawk to teach him to get stronger for the Straw Hats' sake. Also before this, Did this ''two'' times. First, he begged Kuma to take his head instead of Luffy's when he defeated the Straw Hat Crew in Thriller Bark.Bark. Then, after defeating the Humandrills when he was separated from his crew, he begged Mihawk to teach him to get stronger for his crew's sake.
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* SetSwordsToStun: When Zoro wants to avoid killing someone, he'll strike his enemy with the backs of his katanas. [[LampshadeHanging Nami and Chopper point out that this could still be fatal due to internal injuries.]]
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: He absorbed all the pain Luffy acquired in Thriller Bark to prevent Kuma from taking him, which resulted in him standing in a pool of his own blood. In his own words, it was "nothing at all".
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* TheLancer: To Luffy, again.
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* TheLancer: To Luffy, again.Luffy. While his captain has a goofy and happy-go-lucky personality who has a more freestyle form of fighting, primarily using his fists and feet, and has always wanted about being a pirate since youth, Zoro is serious and stern, trained in three-sword-style and ''only'' uses a sword in combat, and was originally a pirate hunter for money.
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** More a case of WithFriendsLikeThese. Sanji and Zoro don't just argue a lot; they seem to ''truly'' dislike each other, never once voluntarily hanging out or having any friendly conversations for the better part of ''18 years'' since Sanji's introduction. The best they've mustered is being more or less indifferent to each other. Still, deep down, they respect each other as fighters and would go to any length to protect the other from harm.
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** More a case of WithFriendsLikeThese. Sanji and Zoro don't just argue a lot; they seem to ''truly'' dislike each other, never once voluntarily hanging out or having any friendly conversations for the better part of ''18 ''19 years'' since Sanji's introduction. The best they've mustered is being more or less indifferent to each other. Still, deep down, they respect each other as fighters and would go to any length to protect the other from harm.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7wG-i1RGs Zoro Eyecatcher.]]
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** Robin even says that "the princess" is "unlovable"
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** Robin even says that "the princess" is "unlovable""unlovable".
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* CreepyCrossdresser: In "Mugiwara Theatre-Märchen Time" he plays the part of a princess and when Usopp, who's playing a fairy godmother, gives him a [[PimpedOutDress beautiful dress]] he calls him "creepy". Robin even says that "the princess" is "unlovable"
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* CreepyCrossdresser: In "Mugiwara Theatre-Märchen Time" he plays the part of a princess and when Usopp, who's playing a fairy godmother, gives him a [[PimpedOutDress beautiful dress]] he calls him "creepy".
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** Robin even says that "the princess" is "unlovable"
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* CreepyCrossdresser: In "Mugiwara Theatre-Märchen Time" he plays the part of a princess and when Usopp, who's playing a fairy godmother, gives him a [[PimpedOutDress beautiful dress]] he calls him "creepy".
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* CreepyCrossdresser: In "Mugiwara Theatre-Märchen Time" he plays the part of a princess and when Usopp, who's playing a fairy godmother, gives him a [[PimpedOutDress beautiful dress]] he calls him "creepy".
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* CreepyCrossdresser: In "Mugiwara Theatre-Märchen Time" he plays the part of a princess and when Usopp, who's playing a fairy godmother, gives him a [[PimpedOutDress beautiful dress]] he calls him "creepy".
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: At the beginning of the series, Zoro already had a reputation as a top tier swordsman. Most of his battles ended in [[SingleStrokeBattle single stroke]] and he was more feared than Luffy, who was seen as a nobody at the time. When faced with Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world, everyone expected an epic battle. It was a complete and utter curb stomp with Mihawk deflecting all of Zoro's strikes with a tiny knife.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], as he was a big fish in a tiny pond. At the beginning of the series, Zoro already had a reputation as a top tier swordsman.swordsman in the East Blue. Most of his battles ended in [[SingleStrokeBattle single stroke]] and he was more feared than Luffy, who was seen as a nobody at the time. When faced with against Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world, everyone expected an epic battle. It was a complete and utter curb stomp with Mihawk deflecting all of Zoro's strikes with a tiny knife.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: At the beginning of the series, Zoro already had a reputation as a top tier swordsman. Most of his battles ended in [[SingleStrokeBattle single stroke]] and was more feared then Luffy, who was seen as a nobody at the time. When faced with Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world, everyone expected an epic battle. It was a complete and utter curb stomp with Mihawk deflecting all of Zoro's strikes with a tiny knife.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: At the beginning of the series, Zoro already had a reputation as a top tier swordsman. Most of his battles ended in [[SingleStrokeBattle single stroke]] and he was more feared then than Luffy, who was seen as a nobody at the time. When faced with Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world, everyone expected an epic battle. It was a complete and utter curb stomp with Mihawk deflecting all of Zoro's strikes with a tiny knife.
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: He visibly suffers what should be fatal injuries repeatedly over the course of the series, the most standout examples being when he was carved up by Mihawk, effectively put through a meat grinder by Mr.1, or forced to take on all of Luffy's pain by Kuma. But, no matter how grave his injuries, he always lives through them with sheer willpower. This is [[Lampshaded lampshaded]] by [[ArcVillain Arlong]] when Zoro's wounds from Mihawk's aforementioned-carving open up on him, as he looks on in horror and astonishment while questioning how Zoro could still possibly be alive with such injuries.
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: He visibly suffers what should be fatal injuries repeatedly over the course of the series, the most standout examples being when he was carved up by Mihawk, effectively put through a meat grinder by Mr.1, or forced to take on all of Luffy's pain by Kuma. But, no matter how grave his injuries, he always lives through them with sheer willpower. This is [[Lampshaded lampshaded]] [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by [[ArcVillain Arlong]] when Zoro's wounds from Mihawk's aforementioned-carving open up on him, as he looks on in horror and astonishment while questioning how Zoro could still possibly be alive with such injuries.
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: He visibly suffers what should be fatal injuries repeatedly over the course of the series, the most standout examples being when he was carved up by Mihawk, effectively put through a meat grinder by Mr.1, or forced to take on all of Luffy's pain by Kuma. But, no matter how grave his injuries, he always lives through them with sheer willpower.
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: He visibly suffers what should be fatal injuries repeatedly over the course of the series, the most standout examples being when he was carved up by Mihawk, effectively put through a meat grinder by Mr.1, or forced to take on all of Luffy's pain by Kuma. But, no matter how grave his injuries, he always lives through them with sheer willpower. This is [[Lampshaded lampshaded]] by [[ArcVillain Arlong]] when Zoro's wounds from Mihawk's aforementioned-carving open up on him, as he looks on in horror and astonishment while questioning how Zoro could still possibly be alive with such injuries.
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* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: He visibly suffers what should be fatal injuries repeatedly over the course of the series, the most standout examples being when he was carved up by Mihawk, effectively put through a meat grinder by Mr.1, or forced to take on all of Luffy's pain by Kuma. But, no matter how grave his injuries, he always lives through them with sheer willpower.
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* IGaveMyWord: Takes his promises to others seriously, and is determined to keep them, to the point that he seems to really dislike being accused of not being able to fulfill a promise.
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* IGaveMyWord: Takes his promises to others seriously, and is determined to keep them, to the point that he seems to really dislike being accused of not being able to fulfill a promise.
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[[center: [- [[Characters/OnePiece Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy "Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]] | '''"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro''' | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesAfterEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined After East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAllies Major Allies]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAlliesPartTwo Major Allies (Part 2)]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsEastBlue Major Villains in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsParadise Major Villains in Paradise]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsNewWorld Major Villains in the New World]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheMarines The Marines]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSea The Seven Warlords of the Sea]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSeaCrews Warlord Crews]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheFourEmperors The Four Emperors]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRedHairPirates Red Hair Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceWhitebeardPirates Whitebeard Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBeastPirates Beast Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeardPirates Blackbeard Pirates]] |[[Characters/OnePieceTheElevenSupernovas The Eleven Supernovas]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRevolutionaryArmy Revolutionary Army]] | [[Characters/OnePieceHistoricalFiguresAndFlashbackCharacters Historical Figures and Flashback Characters]] | [[Characters/OnePieceCiviliansAndNonPirates Civilians and Non-Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOrganizationsAndCrews Miscellaneous Crews and Organizations]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOthers Others]] | [[Characters/OnePieceAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]]]]-]
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[[center: [- [[Characters/OnePiece Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy "Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]] | '''"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro''' | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesAfterEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined After East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAllies Major Allies]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAlliesPartTwo Major Allies (Part 2)]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsEastBlue Major Villains in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsParadise Major Villains in Paradise]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsNewWorld Major Villains in the New World]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheMarines The Marines]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSea The Seven Warlords of the Sea]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSeaCrews Warlord Crews]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheFourEmperors The Four Emperors]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRedHairPirates Red Hair Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceWhitebeardPirates Whitebeard Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBeastPirates Beast Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeardPirates Blackbeard Pirates]] |[[Characters/OnePieceTheElevenSupernovas | [[Characters/OnePieceTheElevenSupernovas The Eleven Supernovas]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRevolutionaryArmy Revolutionary Army]] | [[Characters/OnePieceHistoricalFiguresAndFlashbackCharacters Historical Figures and Flashback Characters]] | [[Characters/OnePieceCiviliansAndNonPirates Civilians and Non-Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOrganizationsAndCrews Miscellaneous Crews and Organizations]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOthers Others]] | [[Characters/OnePieceAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]]]]-]
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[[center: [- [[Characters/OnePiece Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy "Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in East Blue]] | '''"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro''' | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesAfterEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined After East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAllies Major Allies]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAlliesPartTwo Major Allies (Part 2)]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsEastBlue Major Villains in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsParadise Major Villains in Paradise]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsNewWorld Major Villains in the New World]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheMarines The Marines]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSea The Seven Warlords of the Sea]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSeaCrews Warlord Crews]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheFourEmperors The Four Emperors]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRedHairPirates Red Hair Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceWhitebeardPirates Whitebeard Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBeastPirates Beast Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeardPirates Blackbeard Pirates]] |[[Characters/OnePieceTheElevenSupernovas The Eleven Supernovas]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRevolutionaryArmy Revolutionary Army]] | [[Characters/OnePieceHistoricalFiguresAndFlashbackCharacters Historical Figures and Flashback Characters]] | [[Characters/OnePieceCiviliansAndNonPirates Civilians and Non-Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOrganizationsAndCrews Miscellaneous Crews and Organizations]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOthers Others]] | [[Characters/OnePieceAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]]]]-]
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[[center: [- [[Characters/OnePiece Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy "Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]] | '''"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro''' | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in East Blue]] | '''"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro''' | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesAfterEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined After East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAllies Major Allies]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAlliesPartTwo Major Allies (Part 2)]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsEastBlue Major Villains in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsParadise Major Villains in Paradise]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsNewWorld Major Villains in the New World]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheMarines The Marines]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSea The Seven Warlords of the Sea]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSeaCrews Warlord Crews]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheFourEmperors The Four Emperors]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRedHairPirates Red Hair Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceWhitebeardPirates Whitebeard Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBeastPirates Beast Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeardPirates Blackbeard Pirates]] |[[Characters/OnePieceTheElevenSupernovas The Eleven Supernovas]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRevolutionaryArmy Revolutionary Army]] | [[Characters/OnePieceHistoricalFiguresAndFlashbackCharacters Historical Figures and Flashback Characters]] | [[Characters/OnePieceCiviliansAndNonPirates Civilians and Non-Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOrganizationsAndCrews Miscellaneous Crews and Organizations]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOthers Others]] | [[Characters/OnePieceAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]]]]-]
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* FaceOfAThug: Despite being a generally good guy and a FriendToAllChildren, is often accused of having a scary face (and his SlasherSmile is enough to freak out even the viewers).
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* FaceOfAThug: Despite being a generally good guy and a FriendToAllChildren, Zoro is often accused of having a scary face (and his SlasherSmile is enough to freak out even the viewers).
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* FaceOfAThug: Despite being a generally good guy and a FriendToAllChildren, is often accused of having a scary face (and his SlasherSmile is enough to freak out even the viewers).
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[[center: [- [[Characters/OnePiece Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy "Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in East Blue]] | '''"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro''' | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesAfterEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in Paradise]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAllies Major Allies]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAlliesPartTwo Major Allies (Part 2)]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsEastBlue Major Villains in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsParadise Major Villains in Paradise]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsNewWorld Major Villains in the New World]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheMarines The Marines]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSea The Seven Warlords of the Sea]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSeaCrews Warlord Crews]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheFourEmperors The Four Emperors]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRedHairPirates Red Hair Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceWhitebeardPirates Whitebeard Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBeastPirates Beast Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeardPirates Blackbeard Pirates]] |[[Characters/OnePieceTheElevenSupernovas The Eleven Supernovas]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRevolutionaryArmy Revolutionary Army]] | [[Characters/OnePieceHistoricalFiguresAndFlashbackCharacters Historical Figures and Flashback Characters]] | [[Characters/OnePieceCiviliansAndNonPirates Civilians and Non-Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOrganizationsAndCrews Miscellaneous Crews and Organizations]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOthers Others]] | [[Characters/OnePieceAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]]]]-]
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[[center: [- [[Characters/OnePiece Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPirates Straw Hat Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy "Straw Hat" Monkey D. Luffy]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in East Blue]] | '''"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro''' | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatPiratesAfterEastBlue Straw Hats That Joined in Paradise]] After East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatGrandFleet Straw Hat Grand Fleet]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAllies Major Allies]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorAlliesPartTwo Major Allies (Part 2)]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsEastBlue Major Villains in East Blue]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsParadise Major Villains in Paradise]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMajorVillainsNewWorld Major Villains in the New World]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheMarines The Marines]] | [[Characters/OnePieceMarineAdmirals Marine Admirals]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSea The Seven Warlords of the Sea]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheSevenWarlordsOfTheSeaCrews Warlord Crews]] | [[Characters/OnePieceTheFourEmperors The Four Emperors]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRedHairPirates Red Hair Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceWhitebeardPirates Whitebeard Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBeastPirates Beast Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceBlackbeardPirates Blackbeard Pirates]] |[[Characters/OnePieceTheElevenSupernovas The Eleven Supernovas]] | [[Characters/OnePieceRevolutionaryArmy Revolutionary Army]] | [[Characters/OnePieceHistoricalFiguresAndFlashbackCharacters Historical Figures and Flashback Characters]] | [[Characters/OnePieceCiviliansAndNonPirates Civilians and Non-Pirates]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOrganizationsAndCrews Miscellaneous Crews and Organizations]] | [[Characters/OnePieceOthers Others]] | [[Characters/OnePieceAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]]]]-]
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* DumbMuscle: Downplayed, as Zoro has shown decent judgement and wisdom. However, aside from Luffy, he's the only crew member to not have an additional skill outside of combat, has absolutely NoSenseOfDirection, is at times borderline CloudCuckoolander, and was the last person to get Luffy's [=3D2Y=] message.
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* DubNameChange: In the [=4Kids=] English dubbed version, his name was changed from "Zoro" to ''"Zolo"''.
* DumbMuscle:Downplayed, as {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Zoro has shown decent judgement and wisdom. However, aside from Luffy, he's the only crew member to not have an additional skill outside of combat, has absolutely NoSenseOfDirection, is at times borderline CloudCuckoolander, and was the last person to get Luffy's [=3D2Y=] message.
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->'''Child Voice:''' Megumi Urawa (JP); Creator/BrinaPalencia (EN, Funi), Andrew Rannells (EN, 4Kids); Rocío Azofra (SP)
->'''Adult Voice:''' Creator/KazuyaNakai (JP), Creator/WataruTakagi (OVA); Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN, Funi), Creator/MarcDiraison (EN, 4Kids); Gabriel Basurto, Dafnis Fernández (2nd Voice) (Latin American Spanish); Creator/JorgeSaudinos (SP)
-->''"I am going to be the world's greatest swordsman! (...) Whether a hero or a villain, everyone's going to know my name!"''
Roronoa Zoro is the nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates; he utilizes ''Santoryu'' (literally "Three Sword Style") in battle, wielding one in each hand along with one in the mouth. Mostly drinks and sleeps in his spare time (when he's not training his ass off), but becomes a real demon in battle that can defeat five hundred {{Mooks}} in two seconds. Often wears a green bandanna on his forearm that he ties around his head when he [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]].
Similar to Luffy's goal, Zoro wishes to [[ToBeAMaster become the greatest swordsman in the world]]. Unlike Luffy, however, he needs only to defeat Dracule "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk, the current greatest swordsman in the world, to do so. He actually meets up with Mihawk fairly early in the story, but [[CurbstompBattle failed to land a single hit]] and was sliced by Mihawk's {{BFS}} for his trouble. Mihawk, however, held back just enough to leave Zoro alive, and told him to challenge him again when he was ready. In a strange twist of events, he is ''trained'' by Mihawk to be a stronger swordsman to protect his crew. For giving up his pride for the sake of others impresses Mihawk enough to agree.
His first bounty was 60,000,000 berries, his second bounty was 120,000,000 berries, and his third and current bounty is 320,000,000 berries.
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* OneHundredEight: His Pound Hou techniques have this motif. It starts with him doing 36 Pound Hou with one sword in Skypiea Arc, then later uses 108 Pound Hou with 3 swords to defeat Ohm in the same arc. After the TimeSkip, he upgraded his moves into 360 Pound Hou with one sword, and predictably, 1080 Pound Hou with three.
* AintTooProudToBeg: After defeating the Humandrills, he has to beg Mihawk to teach him to get stronger for the Straw Hats' sake. Also before this, he begged Kuma to take his head instead of Luffy's when he defeated the Straw Hat Crew in Thriller Bark.
* TheAlcoholic: If he's not fighting, he's either training, sleeping, or drinking. When training under Mihawk, he was horrified when his teacher told him he couldn't have a drop of alcohol to drink until he managed to infuse his sword with so much Armament Haki it turned the blade completely black.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: A RunningGag shared between him and Sanji - [[AlwaysSecondBest whatever Sanji does, Zoro does better]]. It even factors in otherwise trivial things such as their BadassBaritone voices (with Zoro sounding the deepest of the two). It constantly pisses the hell out of Sanji.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Zoro has had a rich brown skin tone his entire life, so unlike Robin, who was just tan, his actual pigmentation is a little less than the lily-white Nami/Sanji have. Though considering he also has green hair and [[WordOfGod Oda]] states his real life nationality would be Japan, who knows what he's supposed to be?
** Of course, there are some naturally tan Japanese, especially in the more Southern islands.
* AntiHero: Zoro can be particularly murderous, as he's a BloodKnight. He was even described by other pirates as being capable of exuding a massive killing intent. Zoro has also stated several times of his willingness to kill, and said he's not a friend to pirates or marines.
* TheAntiNihilist: While Zoro would be the last person to talk about the inherent beauty of the world, he's still deeply invested in protecting his crew and honoring the memory of his friend, he's just as much a Romantic as the rest of his crew, he just doesn't happen to go on about as much. This also overlaps with some Buddhist ideology. He also started as a guy who didn't care about anything but his own strength.
* ArtifactAlias: The epithet "Pirate Hunter" came from [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hunting pirates]] for a living before the start of the series. Now that he's a pirate himself, this would be quite difficult to do without getting arrested himself.
* {{Asexual}}: The only male member of the crew not to peek in the girls' bathroom during the Alabasta arc, and shows a general lack of interest in the opposite sex. He's even proven immune to Nami and Robin's feminine wiles. This is probably a case of "[[CelibateHero thinks love is a distraction]]", since he seems to focus almost completely on his fighting ability. May also have something to do with his first female friend, Kuina, dying on him when they were children.
* AxCrazy: The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre - Detective Loomes" depicted him as a bloodthirsty samurai who likes slicing pedestrians with his swords, cranking his BloodKnight tendencies UpToEleven and removing his sense of honor.
* BadassArmFold: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zoroblood.jpg In this pic,]] which completely cements his {{Made Of Iron}} credentials.
* BadassBaritone: He has the deepest voice in the crew (both Japanese and English dub), and is undeniably badass.
* BadassBoast:
** From chapter 642:
--> '''Zoro:''' You want to kill me?! You couldn't even kill my '''boredom'''!
** He also made a spectacularly badass one as a ''child'' which doubles as ThePromise when reacting to Kuina's death:
-->'''Zoro:''' I'll become the world's greatest swordsman, I'll become so famous, my name will heard out even in Heaven!"
** Makes another one in Chapter 754:
--> '''Zoro:''' I'm the man who will one day be this world's greatest swordsman! You were never in my league to begin with!
** After Luffy knocks out 50,000 of Hody's subordinates:
--> '''Zoro:''' If he wasn't at least this strong, I'd be captain.
** He has one against Pica, which doubles as a PreMortemOneLiner.
-->'''Zoro:''' Over the 9 mountains and across the 8 seas...there is nothing I cannot cut!
* BadassLongcoat: After the two-year timeskip.
* BadassNormal: He's the second-strongest member of the crew, on par with Luffy, and yet he doesn't have any Devil Fruit powers; his power comes from sheer skill and training. In fact, he can take on and defeat Devil Fruit users.
* BadassesWearBandanas: He gets especially badass whenever he dons his black bandana.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Out of all the crew, it's ''Chopper'' he seems to have a huge soft spot for. So, don't try to hurt Chopper. It'll make the big guy decide to go back on his policy not to fight for revenge.
* BigBrotherMentor: To a degree, towards Luffy. Also toward Chopper.
* BigDamnHeroes: He often jumps out of nowhere to save someone at unexpected moments. He saved Vivi from being blown up by Mr.5, shielded Nami from Mr.1's attack, stopped Kuma from taking Luffy, and [[spoiler:post TimeSkip, stopped King Neptune's Trident.]]
** He stopped Hyouzou from attacking Robin. However, considering Robin's lack of concern prior to his intervention and Zoro's offhanded apology over it, the two probably see this particular example more as Zoro [[KillSteal stealing Robin's kill]] than this trope.
* BlackSwordsAreBetter: When he makes his swords black with the strength of his Haki, they become harder, more durable, and sharper; they're able to slice a massive skyscraper-sized stone statue in half effortlessly and with not a chip on their blades afterward.
** Additionally, Zoro's strongest sword Shusui has a black blade naturally.
* BloodierAndGorier: His fights compared to the others ''as well as his own''.
** LighterAndSofter: His fights post-timeskip. Thus far he's barely been ''touched,'' much less injured.
* BloodKnight: Mostly apathetic to everything around him, but once you say you want to fight, voila! You got his interest!
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In episode 223 of the anime.
* BrutalHonesty: Don't expect Zoro to be anything other than blunt in anything he says. Notably his commentary on [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji's]] attempts to woo attractive women, his opinion on Tashigi's fighting ability (in comparison to his), or the situation with Usopp with his initial departure of the crew.
* ChallengeSeeker: Wanting to be the [[ToBeAMaster world's greatest swordsman]], he duels everyone holding a sword to prove that he's the best and improve himself.
* CharacterTics: When Zoro has the intention to fight seriously, he ties his bandana (normally kept tied around his left arm) around his head.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]; Zoro used to smile, laugh, and play along with the crew a lot more before the Baratie Arc. After being defeated so easily by Mihawk, he became much more serious, sullen, and hotheaded in the following arcs; over time, the "sullen" part declined but his predominant personality remains stern. He still has his CloudCuckooLander tendencies though, see below.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He is extremely strong, owing to rigorous training. He can actually ''lift a house above his head and throw it'', for starters.
* ChildProdigy: Zoro was already an extremely talented swordsman as a child, being able to defeat every adult in his dojo at around 8-10 years old. Ironically though, the one person he could ''not'' beat was another young prodigy, Kuina.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: You wouldn't guess it from his [[TheStoic usual demeanor]], but Zoro just has some moments of total daffiness, and is completely serious during all of them. He yells like Tarzan while swinging on a vine. When Nami has trouble swinging, [[GenreSavvy he claims it's because she "didn't do the call"]]. When he's being turned into a wax statue, [[StabTheSky he raises his sword into the air]] and advises everyone to [[DyingMomentOfAwesome strike a pose]].
* TheCoatsAreOff: Zoro removed the top part of his coat when he got serious in the battle on Fishman Island.
* ColorMotif: Always seen wearing green, and even has green hair. It represents naivety - while he was already an accomplished swordsman, compared to someone like [[BrokenAce Mihawk]], he's an absolute greenhorn.
* CombatSadomasochist: The dude tears himself apart on a regular basis, and seems to ''enjoy'' it. In total, he's allowed himself:
** A big scar across his chest from losing to Mihawk that was so bad Arlong wondered why it didn't kill him outright.
** To risk the loss of an entire arm to test the curse of a sword.
** Ankle scars from attempting to chop off his feet.
** To go out in the freezing cold shirtless and unshod (until hawking suitable garb from a {{Mook}}).
** To take two massive jolts of electricity.
** Kuma's devastating test of pain which left him near death and eyes completely bloodshot from squinting so hard in agony.
** And some mysterious scar that prevents the use of his left eye.
* TheComicallySerious: He's very serious and doesn't have much of a sense of humor, but he can be hilarious nonetheless, partially thanks to his crew.
* TheConsigliere: Occasionally, despite the Straw Hats not being a mafia. Though he respects Luffy's decisions most of the time, he has an innate sense of the burdens of captainship and he ''will'' step in and give some harsh, albeit necessary wisdom whenever he feels Luffy is making a mistake.
* CoveredInScars: He had no scars starting out with Luffy, but a run-in with Mihawk led to his first, he inflicted some more when Mr. 3 encased his feet in wax and he tried to cut himself free, and in the two years he trained with Mihawk personally, something happened to his left eye that hasn't been explained yet.
* CreepyGood: Zoro is one of only two members of the Straw Hats known to have killed in the past. Zoro is willing to chop his own feet off to join a fight and creeps the others out with his sheer determination and willpower, not to mention his monstrous strength. Usopp, Nami, and Chopper frequently find him "creepy" or "nuts" depending on the situation.
* CurbStompBattle: Was subjected to one by Mihawk the first time they met, after challenging him to a sword fight. He was trounced so badly that he ''broke down crying'', and swore to improve himself so he can finally defeat Mihawk.
** On the flip side, he constantly hands out this trope to his enemies like Smoker smokes cigars - it's even more prominent after the TimeSkip, where his fights end with even less effort on his part than before thanks to a two-year TrainingFromHell.
* CutenessProximity: Adequately explains his huge soft spot for Chopper.
* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: His fighting style relies on it, as improbable as it looks.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: While his childhood is mostly unknown, Zoro did lose a good friend and rival, Kuina, before they could both achieve their dreams of becoming great swordsman. [[ParentalAbandonment He also had no parents or extended family to speak of]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Zoro has a really dry wit, and has thrown out some pretty badass {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Zoro's ultimate goal is to defeat Mihawk, who is the world's undefeatable swordsman.
* DelinquentHair: The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre - Red-Hair of Class 3-Sea Time" gives him a mohawk, which is a reference to ''Tora Gari'', one of his frequently-used sword techniques and a {{Pun}} for a type of mohawk. He's also depicted as a "deadly weapon" delinquent who often carries his swords around in school.
* {{Determinator}}: His fight against Mr. 1 comes to mind. You must see the amount of punishment Zoro endured during that fight to believe it.
* DiagonalCut: Most notably, how he finished off Mr. 1.
* DodgeTheBullet: He can dodge bullets quite easily, even if they're fired from point-blank range.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: According to [[WordOfGod Oda]], he hates chocolate because it's too sweet for him. Good thing he got PutOnABus for the [[LevelAte Totto Land Arc]]...
* DragonInChief: This is the general impression that Zoro often gives people, especially in the beginning the series. Due to his reputation as an infamous pirate hunter, many people considered him more dangerous than Luffy and often wonder why he isn't the captain... until they actually see Luffy's [[LightningBruiser strength]].
* DumbMuscle: Downplayed, as Zoro has shown decent judgement and wisdom. However, aside from Luffy, he's the only crew member to not have an additional skill outside of combat, has absolutely NoSenseOfDirection, is at times borderline CloudCuckoolander, and was the last person to get Luffy's [=3D2Y=] message.
* EmbarrassingRescue: Tashigi finds his help ''really'' embarrassing.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He tapped into his potential for Haki during the timeskip.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Zoro is pretty merciless, and not above killing or injuring the {{Mook}}s he encounters. However, even he is visibly disgusted by Crocodile's willingness to murder an entire country of innocents for personal gain, angrily snarling ''The term "not-human" was created to describe scum such as you.''
* EvilWeapon: Kitetsu III's curse has lead all its previous owners to violent deaths. Zoro sees it as a problem child, but he is too sword-crazy to back away from the challenge - and his mojo proves stronger than its curse as shown as he tested it on himself.
* EyepatchAfterTimeskip: Subverted. He hasn't been shown to use an eyepatch (so far), but he did come out of the time-skip missing an eye. This has yet to be explained.
* FanDisservice: Zoro with his shirt all torn up is pure FanService. But Zoro with his shirt torn while ''soaked'' in his own blood and so hurt he could barely stand after his confrontation with Kuma wasn't so much.
* FantasticFightingStyle: His Three-Sword Style, which involves a sword in each and and one sword in his ''mouth''. By [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum One Piece standards]], this is one of the more realistic fighting styles.
* FightingSpirit: This is how his ''Asura'' technique works.
* FlamingSword: Yaki Oni Giri (Flaming Demon Slash). Used once with actual fire, and in one of the [[TheMovie movies]] with magic fire. He also stated that he would love a flaming sword as a weapon.
* {{Flanderization}}: Relatively minor case. What started out as having a bad sense of direction eventually becomes being so directionally incompetent that in the G8 arc he even manages to bend time and space through the power of getting lost.
* {{Foil}}: As TheLancer, he's a neat contrast to Luffy in many ways; a former bounty hunter with an outwardly stern and menacing disposition who actually resembles the traditional pirate far more than Luffy does due to Luffy's own cheerful demeanor.
* FriendToAllChildren: He has a soft spot for kids; this is actually the first indication that he's not the bloodthirsty monster people think he is.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Sort of. An octopus was seen stuck on him when he came back up from inspecting a shipwreck. Later, a South Bird was staying near him (though it was to get his food). Chopper, a half-reindeer, usually clamps on his head when he's scared.
* FullNameBasis: Villains only ever call him by his full name, and some add in his epithet "Pirate Hunter" as a prefix for good measure. He shares this distinction with Robin. Interestingly, Mihawk and Tashigi seem to be the only people in the world on LastNameBasis with him, frequently calling him just "Roronoa".
* FullPotentialUpgrade: Yubashiri and Kitetsu III were this, as a filler episode's flashback showed Zoro having a tendency to break his second and third swords until he got them.
* FunWithHomophones: All of his attack names ''read'' menacingly... but ''[[IncrediblyLamePun sound]]'' [[IncrediblyLamePun like the names of food]]. For example, his basic attack "[[{{Youkai}} oni]] [[DiagonalCut giri]]" means "demon slash"... but sounds like onigiri ("rice-ball").
* GogglesDoNothing: He did attempt to use them once, in order to shield his eyes from an enemy's flash attacks. This did little good, given that the goggles aren't tinted.
* GoodScarsEvilScars:
** Zoro possesses a huge scar across his chest from his first bout with Mihawk (which he tried to poorly patch up by himself at first).
** Later on, he gains scars on his ankles from his attempt to cut his feet off to escape a villain's trap.
** After the timeskip, [[spoiler:Zoro has lost an eye and has a thin scar from his forehead to his cheek.]]
* GrumpyOldMan: The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre - Family Time" turned him into one of these, with his sternness and dedication to swordsmanship cranked UpToEleven, and a balding head. HilarityEnsues.
* HandicappedBadass: Zoro apparently critically injured or even lost his left eye after the Timeskip, as there's a new scar over it and it's always closed. Either way, it hasn't slowed him down in the slightest.
* HeavySleeper: This guy can sleep ''anywhere'' at ''any time'', even sleeping through a storm like it was smooth sailing.
** Or during a snow storm, he doesn't even wake up after being thoroughly COVERED in SNOW; he's even wearing short sleeves.
* HeroicAmbidexterity: Though evidence points to Zoro being left-handed, he's clearly just as capable with a sword using his right hand.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Although, Zoro is the most anti-heroic of the crew. Zoro is an extremely powerful master swordsman, being able to use one, two, and three swords in varying attack styles, going from melee-type all the way to artillery. He is even able to use some sword techniques that utilize the very air itself to strike the enemy from a distance. Brook classifies Zoro as a user of the "Power of Destruction" (破壊力 Hakairyoku?).
* HeroicSacrifice: Offers his life in exchange for Luffy's before a [[TooPowerfulToLive nigh unbeatable foe]]. Instead, said foe allows him to take in all of Luffy's pain and exhaustion, which was supposed to be a traumatic enough experience to kill him. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Naturally, it doesn't]]. Keep in mind, this was all the pain and exhaustion from someone ''made of rubber''. Everything that he was able to endure thanks to his Devil Fruit powers, forced into a (technically) normal human body.
** AND, all this was forced into him ON TOP of his own, already superhuman, damage.
* HighPressureBlood: Has an infinite supply of it.
* HollywoodHealing: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=226 "Band-aids heal everything."]]
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Implied to be a source of angst involving the best friend (Kuina) whose childhood death he never got over. It's especially heart-wrenching when you consider that the other Straw Hats were at least assured they were unconditionally cared about by their own loved ones, no matter how tragic the circumstances. Zoro has always been alone since the beginning.
* {{Hunk}}: He is on the lean side and isn't as muscular as Ace, but the most muscular of the Straw Hats and is quite good-looking. He gets even more hunkier after the timeskip.
* IconicOutfit: His original white T and black pants pre-timeskip, as well as his first TimeSkip outfit which is the green robe. Also, he's never seen without his green "belly warmer" and 3 earrings.
* IfIWantedYouDead: A rare non-villain example. [[spoiler:When he fights Monet, she knows he can use Haki and in one attack vertically cuts her in half but holds back on the Haki to not kill her. She knows she should be dead and this near-death experience brought on a fear that is enough to keep her from properly reforming.]]
* IGaveMyWord: Takes his promises to others seriously, and is determined to keep them, to the point that he seems to really dislike being accused of not being able to fulfill a promise.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Who else can sword-swing with their mouth? Or wield three swords at the same time?
* ImprobableAge: One of the biggest badasses in the series is 21?
* InstantArmor: Learned to use the Armament Haki during the timeskip, and he imbues the power in his sword like many New World swordsmen. Oda said that Zoro specializes in this type of Haki, and it shows; he can launch a ''black tornado of RazorWind'' that keeps on spinning and cutting up everything in its path with it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While not a complete Jerkass, tends to be one of the more abrasive members of the crew when giving advice. However, his advice tends to be right.
** During the Davy Back Fight, he tells Chopper to own up to his decision to join the Straw Hats and that he shouldn't be blaming others for it.
** When Usopp wanted to rejoin the crew, he tells Luffy that unless Usopp apologizes, he'd simply be allowing a crew member to disrespect him.
** He acts rather apathetic about Sanji leaving the crew for his ArrangedMarriage with one of Big Mom's daughters, pointing out that they can't be sticking their noses in one Emperor's business when they're currently focused on another.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's normally grumpy and rude, but if any of his crew get in trouble he's the first to help them, while growling about how stupid/thoughtless they were for getting into the mess in the first place.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Why do you think he carries three at a time?
* KiAttacks: As revealed by Luffy, he can now use Haki after the time-skip. Oda says that he specialises in Armament Haki, which is shown when he used it to cut [[AnIcePerson Monet's]] cheek, ''[[SwordBeam at long range]]''. It's also implied he can use Observation Haki.
* KillingIntent: This is implied to be behind his Kyuutouryu: Ashura ability (where he sprouts extra heads, arms and swords). This also allows him to [[spoiler:beat Monet, a ''logia'' user, to the point she was frozen in fear and couldn't reassemble herself after he cut her ''without Haki''.]]
* TheLancer: To Luffy, again.
* LetsGetDangerous: When he puts the bandanna on, Zoro will usually use some crazy attack that destroys his opponent, and usually the environment around them. Lampshaded during Enies Lobby where Kaku asks him if the bandanna increases his power.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: An interesting case where the villains barely had to do anything to provoke Luffy into fighting Zoro at Whiskey Peak. They had all been beaten up by Zoro and Luffy was mistakenly led to believe that Zoro did this for the fun of it, when the villains were "nice" to him and the crew beforehand, giving them food and partying with them, all the while waiting for the chance to kill them all.
* LickingTheBlade: He does this a couple of times. Not surprisingly, there was much [[{{Squee}} squeeing]] from the [[FanGirl female fanbase]].
* LightningBruiser: His physical strength is equal to Luffy's, and he can react fast enough to dodge ''bullets'' fired at ''point-blank range''. [[spoiler:Post time skip: He's faster than a Fishman, ''while underwater''.]]
* MadeOfIron: To a mind-blowing extent. Zoro is the trope image for a reason. He refuses to be incapacitated even after Mr. 1 practically puts him through a meatgrinder. This is most noticeable in the anime, which often downplays how badly Luffy and others are hurt in their fights – it is kinda hard to do with Zoro, as he almost always fights swordsmen.
** In the Arlong arc, when Arlong sees the extent of Zoro's wounds prior to the battle, and how well he'd fought, he decides he ''cannot let a human like this live.''
* {{Mangst}}: He still carries [[MementoMacGuffin Wado]] [[TragicKeepsake Ichimonji]] everywhere.
* MartialPacifist: While never one to even "try" to avoid a fight, Zoro rarely, if ever, starts one, despite his rather BloodKnight like nature. After the time skip Zoro even starts to refuse to fight people he deems weaker than himself, and those he does fight he tries to make give up by destroying their weapons or intimidating the hell out of them. That said if his opponent still comes at him or the other Straw Hats and allies he will take them out.
* MasterSwordsman: Zoro's ultimate goal. He was also trained by a MasterSwordsman – Dracule "Hawk Eye" Mihawk.
* MultiWielding: He often ''triple-wields'' katanas, with one in each hand and one [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth in his]] ''[[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth mouth]]''. This being anime, of course, it's always quite effective, as absurd as it would be in real life. It goes even farther, however, with Zoro eventually learning to ''nonuple-wield'' – that is, use nine swords at once, or at least create the appearance of this. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since Zoro's style isn't nearly as effective unless he uses three swords.
* MysteriousPast: While we know he spent his teenage years training and hunting pirates after the Kuina incident, nothing about Zoro's family life, early childhood, or even where exactly he was born is known. All we know for certain is that he showed up at a dojo in the East Blue one day around 9-12 years old or so (his age in his flashback was never specified) and was already strong enough to defeat every adult there. Furthermore, whatever motivated Zoro to become a swordsman in the first place is completely unknown.
* MythologyGag: When first hearing about three-sword style, Ryuma questions if it's a circus act. In the early development, Zoro was made as a member of Buggy's CircusOfFear crew.
* MrFanservice: Qualifies in most areas, most notably that he looks ''great'' with his shirt off, which happens [[ShirtlessScene more often than not]].
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His surname is based on that of real-life pirate [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_l%27Olonnais François l'Olonnais,]] notable among other things for ''[[AxCrazy cutting out an enemy's heart]] [[AndShowItToYou and biting into it in front of him]] [[TerrorHero mid-fight]]''.
* NervesOfSteel: Reacts pretty calmly to situations. Justified as Zoro's belief in fate leads him to leave things to luck.
* NeverGetsDrunk: One of the greatest examples. Zoro can hold ridiculous amounts of alcohol. Even after out-drinking thirteen people, Zoro went on to fight ''one hundred trained assassins'' at Whiskey Peak with no problems whatsoever. He didn't even have a hangover next morning. However, part of the reason why he never gets drunk is because he knows his limits. As he himself says:
-->'''Zoro''': A true swordsman never drinks himself into a stupor.
** Chapter 669: [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]] [[FreakyFridayFlip (in Nami's body)]], and [[DemBones Brook]] all get hit by a sleeping gas that is somehow supposed to use alcohol to knock out even the heaviest of drinkers. Zoro does end up falling asleep from the fumes, but it also takes him longer than Sanji or Brook to succumb; long enough that he can slice a needle-laden mountaintop that they're headed toward in half so that they don't all die or get horribly injured.
* NeverMyFault: Every time he's left to his own devices, he ends up running in circles believing it's his ''crew'' who's lost, not him.
--> '''Zoro:''' "[[ImplausibleDeniability Damn, the others]] [[NoSenseOfDirection are lost again...]]"
* NoBadassToHisValet: To the world, Zoro is a monstrously powerful swordsman with an intense amount of bloodlust and potential, and second to one of the most dangerous pirates on the Grand Line. To the rest of the Straw Hat crew, he's their meathead of a swordsman who's capable of getting lost in a ''straight hallway'' and is only marginally smarter than their reckless idiot of a captain.
* NoSenseOfDirection: This man is capable of getting lost in a ''[[RunningGag straight hallway]]''.
** This man is capable of getting lost when a door ''[[UpToEleven was in front of him]]''.
** This man is capable of getting lost when it shouldn't be ''[[UpToEleven physically]] [[RuleOfThree possible]]''.
** And when he wants to get away from someone, he'll end up running into them anyway.
** Even the zombie that had his shadow got lost when following a large group of zombies.
** When he's told to go south, he goes the opposite direction. [[BeyondTheImpossible While in the company of a bird whose head will only ever point south.]] And when he's told to go north, he immediately starts ''climbing a building'', thinking "north" means "up".
** Surprisingly, the only time he actually ''didn't'' get lost is during the Post-Marineford arc, when Mihawk told him he can find a rowboat to the west of his castle, and he ''actually found it''.
** He seemingly gets over this over the TimeSkip, bragging to Sanji that he got back to Saboady first. It turns out that was only with the help of Perona, with his navigational skills being just as bad as ever.
* NoSocialSkills: A more minor example than most, but if Zoro isn't issuing badass threats he's actually fairly awkward in social scenarios, usually getting rather frustrated if things get out of his comfort zone. His relationship with Tashigi and Sanji reek of this.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: At the beginning of the series, Zoro already had a reputation as a top tier swordsman. Most of his battles ended in [[SingleStrokeBattle single stroke]] and was more feared then Luffy, who was seen as a nobody at the time. When faced with Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world, everyone expected an epic battle. It was a complete and utter curb stomp with Mihawk deflecting all of Zoro's strikes with a tiny knife.
-->'''Mihawk''': You may have a reputation, but you're still just a bunny. [...] You're a little frog, croaking in your puddle. Time you learned how big the world is.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He enjoys his booze parties from time to time. In general, as mentioned in TheComicallySerious above, he can be very serious, but thanks to the influence of the Straw Hats, he ends up reacting to, and even participating in their goofy shenanigans.
** In the Thriller Bark arc, when the Straw Hats start falling one by one to Perona's ghosts and acting depressed, Zoro chastises them for letting something as trivial as a ghost defeat them, when a ghost makes him act depressed, too. [[VitriolicBestBuds Sanji got a kick out of that one]].
* NotSoStoic: He's usually TheStoic, but he does have his moments, such as when seeing Kaku's Devil Fruit powers for the first time.
** His reaction to Luffy laughing at [[TheDragon Pica's]] ridiculous laugh (paraphrased):
-->'''Zoro''': Luffy! Now is not the time to laugh at the enemy's—pfffhahahahaha!
* NotWorthKilling: He could've easily killed [[spoiler:Monet if he used Haki]], but he didn't, [[spoiler:deciding that leaving her with her resolve broken was enough.]]
* NumberTwo: In times of emotional crisis for the crew, he's taken responsibility of the crew and reminds Luffy of his duties as a captain, solidifying his position as this. This is most obvious in regards to Luffy's duel with Usopp. Later, he and Nami tend to share this role depending on the situation.
* OutOfFocus: Zoro, Robin, Usopp, and Franky are all completely absent during the Whole Cake Island arc due to heading for Wano instead. This mirrors Nami, Chopper, Sanji, and Brook's absence during most of the Dressrosa Arc.
* OneManArmy: Post TimeSkip, he managed to defeat most of the Neptune Army soldiers by himself, and after his capture, he plans to do the same with Hordy's men now. Even Usopp [[LampshadeHanging calls him one.]]
** Much earlier, in one of the more awesome moments of the series, he single-handedly defeated 100 expert bounty hunters in Whiskey Peak. And this was after out-drinking ''thirteen'' other people.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: To [[SerialEscalation an increasingly ridiculous degree]].
** In the 5th movie, the villain says his Cursed Sword will drink all of Zoro's blood. Poor thing probably would have exploded from overfill.
** They made fun of this in Episode 523. They showed Zoro looking at ''nine pint bags of blood'' that were being transfused into Sanji, angling as if ''he had given it all''.
* PapaWolf: Zoro just seems to care for the crew as much as anybody else. Messing with any of them is a pretty good way to easily anger him.
* ParentalAbandonment: There has been no mention of his parents at all. All we know is that he trained at the dojo at a young age.
* PerpetualFrowner: Zoro used to smile and laugh quite frequently in early arcs. This changed after his defeat at the hands of Mihawk. Since then, he kind of developed a bad temper as pointed out by Sanji in the Arlong arc.
** Debatable, but it seems he got better post-Time Skip.
** He's also prone to smiling and laughing during the parties the Straw Hats and friends have at the end of most arcs.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Sliced a [[spoiler:mountain-sized stone Pica]] to bits.
* PetTheDog: He has his moments with kids. He's not usually ''trying'', but they're there.
* PowerGlows: Occasionally, he will glow when he performs any of his more potent attacks as well as creating illusions, thought of by Kaku as being the power of his spirit.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** To Kaku:
--->'''Zoro (''to Kaku''):''' Bring on the hardship. It's preferred on the path to carnage!
** Subverted when he says one to [[spoiler:Monet, since he didn't intend to kill her]]:
--->'''Zoro:''' Have you ever seen a wild beast, that is never guaranteed to bite a person? I haven't.
* QuitYourWhining: Says this to Chopper after he gets forcibly taken into Foxy's crew as a result of the Straw Hats losing the first round of the Davy Back Fight.
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* RazorWind: His Tatsumaki and Pound Hou techniques.
** After the TimeSkip, his Tatsumaki gets mixed with TornadoMove as well.
* RealMenDontCry: It should be noted that Zoro has only been seen crying twice over the course of the entire series. The first time was when he was still quite young and Kuina had just died, and he asked her father for Wado. Quite understandable, especially at that age. The second time, was while he swore to Luffy that he would never lose again (this, after [[CurbStompBattle losing to Mihawk]]).
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Luffy's red. And a much bigger Blue to Sanji's Red, Zoro is grumpy, stoic and hides his affection towards his crewmates with actions as opposed to words. His most powerful techniques are reliant on a cool head and cold, steely focus. However, with him and Sanji's case, it gets switched around when they fight, with Sanji often becoming the tactical, [[SpannerInTheWorks villain-spanning]] Blue Oni while Zoro becomes the [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] Red Oni if suitably provoked.
** Post-TimeSkip: In an extended scene in episode 519 of the anime, when [[VitriolicBestBuds he and Sanji]] [[VolleyingInsults start fighting]], Zoro has a blue aura and Sanji has a red one. The [[PlayedForLaughs battle fury is so intense]] that all that is seen are the two {{Battle Aura}}s colliding with each other. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome A shame we don't see the actual fight]], since it would've spoiled the {{Canon}} reveals of their new post-TimeSkip [[TookALevelInBadass abilities]].
* TheReliableOne: An unusual example, given his abrasive nature, but Zoro is actually a pretty stable rock for the Straw Hats. He can almost always be counted on to be the one who:
** Shows up in time to save one of the other Straw Hats.
** Gives sensible advice.
** Steps up when Luffy isn't being a proper captain.
* RunningGag: His NoSenseOfDirection habits mentioned above. Also, his quarrels with Sanji always start with him saying something snarky to Sanji's antics, followed by Sanji insulting him, followed by them trying to kick/slice each other...
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: He has no skills beyond fighting (and drinking). While all of the other Straw Hats have responsibilities like medicine, navigation or sharpshooting with the cannons, the only thing he does is guard the ship and try not to get lost.
* ScarsAreForever:
** An enormous one spanning his chest, courtesy of Mihawk.
** He has a scar on each of his legs from trying to cut his feet off to get out of Mr. 3's candle wax.
** During the timeskip, he acquired one over his eye, which he seems to have lost.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: In [[JustForPun sharp]] contrast to all of his fights before the time skip, post-timeskip Zoro has breezed through all of his opponents, cockily dishing out {{Badass Boast}}s to let them know how beneath him they are. It isn't until he encounters [[PersonOfMassDestruction Admiral Fujitora]] that he even sustains an injury, and that's only a brief stumble in his stride. Zoro's mastery of Armament Haki has taken his MadeOfIron credentials to a whole new level, shown by the fact that, so far, neither him nor his swords have even taken a scratch in the New World - [[spoiler:Not even after he cuts a walking, talking, breathing mountain into castle-sized pieces!]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: This is largely what Sanji is to him despite being in the same crew (similar to Shanks and Buggy's relationship when they were on Roger's ship). These two never miss an opportunity to belittle, one-up, or humiliate the other. However, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther they're equally willing to protect and defend each other when push comes to shove]].
* SlasherSmile: He shows a great deal of enthusiasm when it comes to getting into fights.
** Case in point: '''''[[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/goMp6QlpmeU/hqdefault.jpg this.]]'''''
* TheSouthpaw: While it is clear that Zoro is ambidextrous, he seems to be predominantly left-handed. He keeps all of his swords sheathed next to his right hip, meaning it would be easier to pull a sword with his left hand. When wielding a single sword, Zoro usually uses his left hand. His single sword techniques have nearly always been executed with his left hand.
** Also, in Movie 5, in his fight against Saga, Saga stabbed Zoro's left hand after telling him that he had "lost his dominant sword hand in battle."
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Officially, it is "Zoro". All Japanese material and the Funimation dub/subs confirm this. However, the 4Kids dub and Viz's manga spell it "Zolo". It was heavily implied the change was made because someone on the production team worried about being sued by the "owners" of ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}''[[labelnote:Note]] (sarcasm quotes because a judge declared Zorro to be a PublicDomainCharacter back in the 90's, but no one is willing to admit it)[[/labelnote]], who is moss-head's namesake. Still, the FanWank over this grew to a ridiculous extreme; it's one of the biggest backlashes in the history of Western anime fandom.
* SpiderSense: Obtained the Observation Haki during the Timeskip, which functions similarly to spider sense.
* TheStoic: He's a lot more reserved than most of the crew, often taking negative events without losing his composure. He's often the crew's voice of reason.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike:
** After Luffy's explanation on the difference between pirates and heroes – heroes share meat, pirates don't – which Zoro was not there to hear, Zoro gives an incredibly similar analogy, except he substitutes booze for meat.
** When Luffy and Nami [[spoiler: are captured, imprisoned and restrained by Big Mom's crew, Luffy intends to get out by tearing off his arms, which is very similar to Zoro, who intended to cut off his legs to escape Mr. 3's Giant Candle Service Set.]]
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]]
* SwordSparks: Tends to pop up in all of his fights, since he usually fights other swordsmen.
* TerrorHero: Zoro paralyzes Monet by a display of strength and pure killing intent in the Punk Hazard arc.
* ToBeAMaster: His goal is to become [[MasterSwordsman "the greatest swordsman in the world"]].
* ToughLove: Toward Chopper, when lecturing him on the consequences of being a pirate during the Davy Back Fight, and to Usopp, forcing the sniper to swallow his pride, apologize for his selfishness, and beg before being allowed back on the crew at the end of the Enies Lobby arc.
* TragicKeepsake: Wado Ichimonji, his only consistent sword, used to belong to his childhood friend/rival Kuina, and after her death, he uses it to remind himself of their promise to become great swordsmen.
* TrashTalk: Zoro is the Straw Hat Pirates' resident trash talker in a fight. He enjoys telling his opponents things like "The reason you've never lost is because you've never met me", and of course, he always gives out a "Post Asskicking One-Liner", in which he usually comments on how his opponents were a mere stepping stone for him.
* {{Troll}}: In the Syrup Village Arc, Zoro claims he, Nami, and Luffy (who were at a restaurant in town) [[IAmAHumanitarian ate Usopp]] as a joke, complete with a scary-looking SlasherSmile, to scare the Usopp Pirates looking for their captain.
* UndyingLoyalty: It took some doing at first, but of all the Straw Hats, Zoro's the first one who took his position ''very'' seriously. So long as Luffy continues to meet his expectations where it counts, Zoro will always be the first to have his back and be the last to fail him -- and when Luffy makes a decision as Captain of their crew, he'll damn well see that the rest of them follow it, and will absolutely not forgive any mutinous attitudes towards his Captain.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Sanji. The two make quite an impressive team... when they're not fighting, arguing, or hurling insults at each other (which is to say, most of the time).
** More a case of WithFriendsLikeThese. Sanji and Zoro don't just argue a lot; they seem to ''truly'' dislike each other, never once voluntarily hanging out or having any friendly conversations for the better part of ''18 years'' since Sanji's introduction. The best they've mustered is being more or less indifferent to each other. Still, deep down, they respect each other as fighters and would go to any length to protect the other from harm.
* VolleyingInsults: Gets into this quite frequently with Sanji.
* WeaponOfChoice: His three [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]]: Wado Ichimonji, Kitetsu III, and Shuusui. He's consistently had Wado Ichimonji, but had gone through several other swords before getting his current remaining pair.
* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: {{Fanon}} typically pegs him as the First Mate, but this has not been explicitly confirmed in-story (yet). Luffy took him on board because he wanted a 'champion' in his crew, especially if he's the future "World's Greatest Swordsman" to balance out the future Pirate King. But then it loops back around because apparently being crew champion entails fighting slightly less than the captain and more than the cook.
** He was the first to join Luffy, and he certainly ''acts'' like a NumberTwo sometimes, though he's just as likely to be bossed around by Nami as vice-versa. The World Government seems to consider him such, even if the Straw Hats don't.
** Bartolomeo, the Straw Hats' fanboy, also [[http://media.tumblr.com/24c48437c234835197c5d918b704b88c/tumblr_inline_mu1vemI5131r14ami.jpg gushes over Zoro labeling him as second-in-command in Dressrosa]], so it would seem marines aren't the only ones with the impression vice-captain is his role.
** Before they met Nami, he was Luffy's navigator after they parted ways with Coby. ([[NoSenseOfDirection You can imagine how well]] ''[[NoSenseOfDirection that]]'' [[NoSenseOfDirection went]].
** In the sense of power, which seems to be a valid claim in this world considering the position of Fleet Admiral of the Marines was decided in a duel, he would easily be 2nd in Command. During the Fishman island's final battle, after Luffy used his Conqueror's Haki to defeat a massive group of Fishman, Zoro commented "If he wasn't at least this strong, I'd be captain."
** He has shown an understanding of military tactics and crew discipline which he shows in the Water Seven arc when Usopp left the crew. He was the only one to disagree on letting Usopp back into the crew as if nothing had happened, going so far as to quit himself if that happens. He sees Luffy as captain and will follow him to the ends of hell, but understands where lines need to be drawn and is willing to challenge Luffy himself if need be. Nami may boss him around, but she bosses ''everyone'' around. In short, yeah, he's NumberTwo.
** Oda also mentioned in a data book Zoro is "like the vice captain".
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Zoro fully intended to sacrifice himself as part of a deal with Kuma to spare the rest of the Straw Hats. When he made this deal, he was under the assumption that everyone else was unconscious.
* WhenHeSmiles: He can be a very handsome man. [[SlasherSmile Or a very scary man.]] Usually the latter.
* WisdomFromTheGutter: Zoro is ''the one'' to impart knowledge about how a pirate should behave within their group; aspects such as respect, roles and trust are brought up by him when the Straw Hats are in the middle of some inner conflict as seen during the Davy Back Fight and Water 7. Interesting to note is that Zoro only does this when Luffy, the Captain, isn’t the one voicing this out or he is also participating in the turmoil; the exact course of action a First Mate would take, if they ever had one.
* TheWorfEffect: Often loses to a character, such as Buggy, Mihawk, Arlong, Eneru, Rob Lucci, Oars & Moria, Kuma, and Isshou in order to show how powerful they are.
** WorfHadTheFlu: On the other hand, a good chunk of those opponents he had a significant disadvantage against. Buggy can't be cut at all because swords only disconnect his floating body parts, and he stabbed Zoro after his back was turned. In Arlong's case, Zoro was still suffering from his wound against Mihawk, had already fought Hachi, and was using a type of sword he wasn't used to, so it was hardly surprising there. Eneru is made out of [[ShockAndAwe pure electricity]], so he couldn't be touched by anyone except Luffy. And against Kuma, he was already heavily injured and exhausted from his fight against Oars & Moria.
* WouldHitAGirl: He will cut a girl if he has to.
* WouldntHurtAChild: A child assassin at Whiskey Peak alongside an assassin dressed as a nun tried to kill him after attempting a WoundedGazelleGambit. Zoro quickly brought them both down, but used the back of his blades to not kill either of them.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Somewhat {{zig zagged}} with. His childhood friend Kuina may have been the only girl that he was willing to fight seriously. In his fight with Monet at Punk Hazard, Tashigi claims that Zoro is holding back due to a [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero dismissive attitude towards women]]. Subverted, after proving to Monet that he will cut a girl if necessary.
** An assassin dressed as a nun, attacked him with a child at Whiskey Peak after attempting a WoundedGazelleGambit. Zoro quickly brought them both down, but used the back of his blades to not kill either of them.
* YouCanBarelyStand: Happens to him ALL the time, with his [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank fight with Mr. 1]] being a defining example.
** Also the Kuma incident at Thriller Bark. Zoro took in ''all the pain Luffy had accumulated during his fights with Oars and Moria''. The entire area around him was covered in blood afterwards, and Zoro, though still standing and unflinching, looked like he was ready to die on the spot.
** Subverted completely post TimeSkip.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is green. Sanji likes to make fun of him this way, calling him "Marimo" ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimo after a rare form of spherical algal bloom]]).
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Can you believe that somebody who [[MrFanservice looks]] [[ShirtlessScene like]] [[RuleOfSexy that]] is 19 ([[TimeSkip later 21]])? Of course, he drinks like a fish, and has been [[TrainingFromHell training]] himself for about half his life to kick ass.
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->'''Child Voice:''' Megumi Urawa (JP); Creator/BrinaPalencia (EN, Funi), Andrew Rannells (EN, 4Kids); Rocío Azofra (SP)
->'''Adult Voice:''' Creator/KazuyaNakai (JP), Creator/WataruTakagi (OVA); Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN, Funi), Creator/MarcDiraison (EN, 4Kids); Gabriel Basurto, Dafnis Fernández (2nd Voice) (Latin American Spanish); Creator/JorgeSaudinos (SP)
-->''"I am going to be the world's greatest swordsman! (...) Whether a hero or a villain, everyone's going to know my name!"''
Roronoa Zoro is the nineteen/[[TimeSkip twenty-one]]-year-old swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates; he utilizes ''Santoryu'' (literally "Three Sword Style") in battle, wielding one in each hand along with one in the mouth. Mostly drinks and sleeps in his spare time (when he's not training his ass off), but becomes a real demon in battle that can defeat five hundred {{Mooks}} in two seconds. Often wears a green bandanna on his forearm that he ties around his head when he [[LetsGetDangerous gets dangerous]].
Similar to Luffy's goal, Zoro wishes to [[ToBeAMaster become the greatest swordsman in the world]]. Unlike Luffy, however, he needs only to defeat Dracule "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk, the current greatest swordsman in the world, to do so. He actually meets up with Mihawk fairly early in the story, but [[CurbstompBattle failed to land a single hit]] and was sliced by Mihawk's {{BFS}} for his trouble. Mihawk, however, held back just enough to leave Zoro alive, and told him to challenge him again when he was ready. In a strange twist of events, he is ''trained'' by Mihawk to be a stronger swordsman to protect his crew. For giving up his pride for the sake of others impresses Mihawk enough to agree.
His first bounty was 60,000,000 berries, his second bounty was 120,000,000 berries, and his third and current bounty is 320,000,000 berries.
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* OneHundredEight: His Pound Hou techniques have this motif. It starts with him doing 36 Pound Hou with one sword in Skypiea Arc, then later uses 108 Pound Hou with 3 swords to defeat Ohm in the same arc. After the TimeSkip, he upgraded his moves into 360 Pound Hou with one sword, and predictably, 1080 Pound Hou with three.
* AintTooProudToBeg: After defeating the Humandrills, he has to beg Mihawk to teach him to get stronger for the Straw Hats' sake. Also before this, he begged Kuma to take his head instead of Luffy's when he defeated the Straw Hat Crew in Thriller Bark.
* TheAlcoholic: If he's not fighting, he's either training, sleeping, or drinking. When training under Mihawk, he was horrified when his teacher told him he couldn't have a drop of alcohol to drink until he managed to infuse his sword with so much Armament Haki it turned the blade completely black.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: A RunningGag shared between him and Sanji - [[AlwaysSecondBest whatever Sanji does, Zoro does better]]. It even factors in otherwise trivial things such as their BadassBaritone voices (with Zoro sounding the deepest of the two). It constantly pisses the hell out of Sanji.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Zoro has had a rich brown skin tone his entire life, so unlike Robin, who was just tan, his actual pigmentation is a little less than the lily-white Nami/Sanji have. Though considering he also has green hair and [[WordOfGod Oda]] states his real life nationality would be Japan, who knows what he's supposed to be?
** Of course, there are some naturally tan Japanese, especially in the more Southern islands.
* AntiHero: Zoro can be particularly murderous, as he's a BloodKnight. He was even described by other pirates as being capable of exuding a massive killing intent. Zoro has also stated several times of his willingness to kill, and said he's not a friend to pirates or marines.
* TheAntiNihilist: While Zoro would be the last person to talk about the inherent beauty of the world, he's still deeply invested in protecting his crew and honoring the memory of his friend, he's just as much a Romantic as the rest of his crew, he just doesn't happen to go on about as much. This also overlaps with some Buddhist ideology. He also started as a guy who didn't care about anything but his own strength.
* ArtifactAlias: The epithet "Pirate Hunter" came from [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hunting pirates]] for a living before the start of the series. Now that he's a pirate himself, this would be quite difficult to do without getting arrested himself.
* {{Asexual}}: The only male member of the crew not to peek in the girls' bathroom during the Alabasta arc, and shows a general lack of interest in the opposite sex. He's even proven immune to Nami and Robin's feminine wiles. This is probably a case of "[[CelibateHero thinks love is a distraction]]", since he seems to focus almost completely on his fighting ability. May also have something to do with his first female friend, Kuina, dying on him when they were children.
* AxCrazy: The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre - Detective Loomes" depicted him as a bloodthirsty samurai who likes slicing pedestrians with his swords, cranking his BloodKnight tendencies UpToEleven and removing his sense of honor.
* BadassArmFold: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zoroblood.jpg In this pic,]] which completely cements his {{Made Of Iron}} credentials.
* BadassBaritone: He has the deepest voice in the crew (both Japanese and English dub), and is undeniably badass.
* BadassBoast:
** From chapter 642:
--> '''Zoro:''' You want to kill me?! You couldn't even kill my '''boredom'''!
** He also made a spectacularly badass one as a ''child'' which doubles as ThePromise when reacting to Kuina's death:
-->'''Zoro:''' I'll become the world's greatest swordsman, I'll become so famous, my name will heard out even in Heaven!"
** Makes another one in Chapter 754:
--> '''Zoro:''' I'm the man who will one day be this world's greatest swordsman! You were never in my league to begin with!
** After Luffy knocks out 50,000 of Hody's subordinates:
--> '''Zoro:''' If he wasn't at least this strong, I'd be captain.
** He has one against Pica, which doubles as a PreMortemOneLiner.
-->'''Zoro:''' Over the 9 mountains and across the 8 seas...there is nothing I cannot cut!
* BadassLongcoat: After the two-year timeskip.
* BadassNormal: He's the second-strongest member of the crew, on par with Luffy, and yet he doesn't have any Devil Fruit powers; his power comes from sheer skill and training. In fact, he can take on and defeat Devil Fruit users.
* BadassesWearBandanas: He gets especially badass whenever he dons his black bandana.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Out of all the crew, it's ''Chopper'' he seems to have a huge soft spot for. So, don't try to hurt Chopper. It'll make the big guy decide to go back on his policy not to fight for revenge.
* BigBrotherMentor: To a degree, towards Luffy. Also toward Chopper.
* BigDamnHeroes: He often jumps out of nowhere to save someone at unexpected moments. He saved Vivi from being blown up by Mr.5, shielded Nami from Mr.1's attack, stopped Kuma from taking Luffy, and [[spoiler:post TimeSkip, stopped King Neptune's Trident.]]
** He stopped Hyouzou from attacking Robin. However, considering Robin's lack of concern prior to his intervention and Zoro's offhanded apology over it, the two probably see this particular example more as Zoro [[KillSteal stealing Robin's kill]] than this trope.
* BlackSwordsAreBetter: When he makes his swords black with the strength of his Haki, they become harder, more durable, and sharper; they're able to slice a massive skyscraper-sized stone statue in half effortlessly and with not a chip on their blades afterward.
** Additionally, Zoro's strongest sword Shusui has a black blade naturally.
* BloodierAndGorier: His fights compared to the others ''as well as his own''.
** LighterAndSofter: His fights post-timeskip. Thus far he's barely been ''touched,'' much less injured.
* BloodKnight: Mostly apathetic to everything around him, but once you say you want to fight, voila! You got his interest!
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In episode 223 of the anime.
* BrutalHonesty: Don't expect Zoro to be anything other than blunt in anything he says. Notably his commentary on [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji's]] attempts to woo attractive women, his opinion on Tashigi's fighting ability (in comparison to his), or the situation with Usopp with his initial departure of the crew.
* ChallengeSeeker: Wanting to be the [[ToBeAMaster world's greatest swordsman]], he duels everyone holding a sword to prove that he's the best and improve himself.
* CharacterTics: When Zoro has the intention to fight seriously, he ties his bandana (normally kept tied around his left arm) around his head.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]; Zoro used to smile, laugh, and play along with the crew a lot more before the Baratie Arc. After being defeated so easily by Mihawk, he became much more serious, sullen, and hotheaded in the following arcs; over time, the "sullen" part declined but his predominant personality remains stern. He still has his CloudCuckooLander tendencies though, see below.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He is extremely strong, owing to rigorous training. He can actually ''lift a house above his head and throw it'', for starters.
* ChildProdigy: Zoro was already an extremely talented swordsman as a child, being able to defeat every adult in his dojo at around 8-10 years old. Ironically though, the one person he could ''not'' beat was another young prodigy, Kuina.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: You wouldn't guess it from his [[TheStoic usual demeanor]], but Zoro just has some moments of total daffiness, and is completely serious during all of them. He yells like Tarzan while swinging on a vine. When Nami has trouble swinging, [[GenreSavvy he claims it's because she "didn't do the call"]]. When he's being turned into a wax statue, [[StabTheSky he raises his sword into the air]] and advises everyone to [[DyingMomentOfAwesome strike a pose]].
* TheCoatsAreOff: Zoro removed the top part of his coat when he got serious in the battle on Fishman Island.
* ColorMotif: Always seen wearing green, and even has green hair. It represents naivety - while he was already an accomplished swordsman, compared to someone like [[BrokenAce Mihawk]], he's an absolute greenhorn.
* CombatSadomasochist: The dude tears himself apart on a regular basis, and seems to ''enjoy'' it. In total, he's allowed himself:
** A big scar across his chest from losing to Mihawk that was so bad Arlong wondered why it didn't kill him outright.
** To risk the loss of an entire arm to test the curse of a sword.
** Ankle scars from attempting to chop off his feet.
** To go out in the freezing cold shirtless and unshod (until hawking suitable garb from a {{Mook}}).
** To take two massive jolts of electricity.
** Kuma's devastating test of pain which left him near death and eyes completely bloodshot from squinting so hard in agony.
** And some mysterious scar that prevents the use of his left eye.
* TheComicallySerious: He's very serious and doesn't have much of a sense of humor, but he can be hilarious nonetheless, partially thanks to his crew.
* TheConsigliere: Occasionally, despite the Straw Hats not being a mafia. Though he respects Luffy's decisions most of the time, he has an innate sense of the burdens of captainship and he ''will'' step in and give some harsh, albeit necessary wisdom whenever he feels Luffy is making a mistake.
* CoveredInScars: He had no scars starting out with Luffy, but a run-in with Mihawk led to his first, he inflicted some more when Mr. 3 encased his feet in wax and he tried to cut himself free, and in the two years he trained with Mihawk personally, something happened to his left eye that hasn't been explained yet.
* CreepyGood: Zoro is one of only two members of the Straw Hats known to have killed in the past. Zoro is willing to chop his own feet off to join a fight and creeps the others out with his sheer determination and willpower, not to mention his monstrous strength. Usopp, Nami, and Chopper frequently find him "creepy" or "nuts" depending on the situation.
* CurbStompBattle: Was subjected to one by Mihawk the first time they met, after challenging him to a sword fight. He was trounced so badly that he ''broke down crying'', and swore to improve himself so he can finally defeat Mihawk.
** On the flip side, he constantly hands out this trope to his enemies like Smoker smokes cigars - it's even more prominent after the TimeSkip, where his fights end with even less effort on his part than before thanks to a two-year TrainingFromHell.
* CutenessProximity: Adequately explains his huge soft spot for Chopper.
* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: His fighting style relies on it, as improbable as it looks.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: While his childhood is mostly unknown, Zoro did lose a good friend and rival, Kuina, before they could both achieve their dreams of becoming great swordsman. [[ParentalAbandonment He also had no parents or extended family to speak of]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Zoro has a really dry wit, and has thrown out some pretty badass {{Pre Asskicking One Liner}}s.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Zoro's ultimate goal is to defeat Mihawk, who is the world's undefeatable swordsman.
* DelinquentHair: The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre - Red-Hair of Class 3-Sea Time" gives him a mohawk, which is a reference to ''Tora Gari'', one of his frequently-used sword techniques and a {{Pun}} for a type of mohawk. He's also depicted as a "deadly weapon" delinquent who often carries his swords around in school.
* {{Determinator}}: His fight against Mr. 1 comes to mind. You must see the amount of punishment Zoro endured during that fight to believe it.
* DiagonalCut: Most notably, how he finished off Mr. 1.
* DodgeTheBullet: He can dodge bullets quite easily, even if they're fired from point-blank range.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: According to [[WordOfGod Oda]], he hates chocolate because it's too sweet for him. Good thing he got PutOnABus for the [[LevelAte Totto Land Arc]]...
* DragonInChief: This is the general impression that Zoro often gives people, especially in the beginning the series. Due to his reputation as an infamous pirate hunter, many people considered him more dangerous than Luffy and often wonder why he isn't the captain... until they actually see Luffy's [[LightningBruiser strength]].
* DumbMuscle: Downplayed, as Zoro has shown decent judgement and wisdom. However, aside from Luffy, he's the only crew member to not have an additional skill outside of combat, has absolutely NoSenseOfDirection, is at times borderline CloudCuckoolander, and was the last person to get Luffy's [=3D2Y=] message.
* EmbarrassingRescue: Tashigi finds his help ''really'' embarrassing.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He tapped into his potential for Haki during the timeskip.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Zoro is pretty merciless, and not above killing or injuring the {{Mook}}s he encounters. However, even he is visibly disgusted by Crocodile's willingness to murder an entire country of innocents for personal gain, angrily snarling ''The term "not-human" was created to describe scum such as you.''
* EvilWeapon: Kitetsu III's curse has lead all its previous owners to violent deaths. Zoro sees it as a problem child, but he is too sword-crazy to back away from the challenge - and his mojo proves stronger than its curse as shown as he tested it on himself.
* EyepatchAfterTimeskip: Subverted. He hasn't been shown to use an eyepatch (so far), but he did come out of the time-skip missing an eye. This has yet to be explained.
* FanDisservice: Zoro with his shirt all torn up is pure FanService. But Zoro with his shirt torn while ''soaked'' in his own blood and so hurt he could barely stand after his confrontation with Kuma wasn't so much.
* FantasticFightingStyle: His Three-Sword Style, which involves a sword in each and and one sword in his ''mouth''. By [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum One Piece standards]], this is one of the more realistic fighting styles.
* FightingSpirit: This is how his ''Asura'' technique works.
* FlamingSword: Yaki Oni Giri (Flaming Demon Slash). Used once with actual fire, and in one of the [[TheMovie movies]] with magic fire. He also stated that he would love a flaming sword as a weapon.
* {{Flanderization}}: Relatively minor case. What started out as having a bad sense of direction eventually becomes being so directionally incompetent that in the G8 arc he even manages to bend time and space through the power of getting lost.
* {{Foil}}: As TheLancer, he's a neat contrast to Luffy in many ways; a former bounty hunter with an outwardly stern and menacing disposition who actually resembles the traditional pirate far more than Luffy does due to Luffy's own cheerful demeanor.
* FriendToAllChildren: He has a soft spot for kids; this is actually the first indication that he's not the bloodthirsty monster people think he is.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Sort of. An octopus was seen stuck on him when he came back up from inspecting a shipwreck. Later, a South Bird was staying near him (though it was to get his food). Chopper, a half-reindeer, usually clamps on his head when he's scared.
* FullNameBasis: Villains only ever call him by his full name, and some add in his epithet "Pirate Hunter" as a prefix for good measure. He shares this distinction with Robin. Interestingly, Mihawk and Tashigi seem to be the only people in the world on LastNameBasis with him, frequently calling him just "Roronoa".
* FullPotentialUpgrade: Yubashiri and Kitetsu III were this, as a filler episode's flashback showed Zoro having a tendency to break his second and third swords until he got them.
* FunWithHomophones: All of his attack names ''read'' menacingly... but ''[[IncrediblyLamePun sound]]'' [[IncrediblyLamePun like the names of food]]. For example, his basic attack "[[{{Youkai}} oni]] [[DiagonalCut giri]]" means "demon slash"... but sounds like onigiri ("rice-ball").
* GogglesDoNothing: He did attempt to use them once, in order to shield his eyes from an enemy's flash attacks. This did little good, given that the goggles aren't tinted.
* GoodScarsEvilScars:
** Zoro possesses a huge scar across his chest from his first bout with Mihawk (which he tried to poorly patch up by himself at first).
** Later on, he gains scars on his ankles from his attempt to cut his feet off to escape a villain's trap.
** After the timeskip, [[spoiler:Zoro has lost an eye and has a thin scar from his forehead to his cheek.]]
* GrumpyOldMan: The gag comic "Mugiwara Theatre - Family Time" turned him into one of these, with his sternness and dedication to swordsmanship cranked UpToEleven, and a balding head. HilarityEnsues.
* HandicappedBadass: Zoro apparently critically injured or even lost his left eye after the Timeskip, as there's a new scar over it and it's always closed. Either way, it hasn't slowed him down in the slightest.
* HeavySleeper: This guy can sleep ''anywhere'' at ''any time'', even sleeping through a storm like it was smooth sailing.
** Or during a snow storm, he doesn't even wake up after being thoroughly COVERED in SNOW; he's even wearing short sleeves.
* HeroicAmbidexterity: Though evidence points to Zoro being left-handed, he's clearly just as capable with a sword using his right hand.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Although, Zoro is the most anti-heroic of the crew. Zoro is an extremely powerful master swordsman, being able to use one, two, and three swords in varying attack styles, going from melee-type all the way to artillery. He is even able to use some sword techniques that utilize the very air itself to strike the enemy from a distance. Brook classifies Zoro as a user of the "Power of Destruction" (破壊力 Hakairyoku?).
* HeroicSacrifice: Offers his life in exchange for Luffy's before a [[TooPowerfulToLive nigh unbeatable foe]]. Instead, said foe allows him to take in all of Luffy's pain and exhaustion, which was supposed to be a traumatic enough experience to kill him. [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Naturally, it doesn't]]. Keep in mind, this was all the pain and exhaustion from someone ''made of rubber''. Everything that he was able to endure thanks to his Devil Fruit powers, forced into a (technically) normal human body.
** AND, all this was forced into him ON TOP of his own, already superhuman, damage.
* HighPressureBlood: Has an infinite supply of it.
* HollywoodHealing: [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=226 "Band-aids heal everything."]]
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Implied to be a source of angst involving the best friend (Kuina) whose childhood death he never got over. It's especially heart-wrenching when you consider that the other Straw Hats were at least assured they were unconditionally cared about by their own loved ones, no matter how tragic the circumstances. Zoro has always been alone since the beginning.
* {{Hunk}}: He is on the lean side and isn't as muscular as Ace, but the most muscular of the Straw Hats and is quite good-looking. He gets even more hunkier after the timeskip.
* IconicOutfit: His original white T and black pants pre-timeskip, as well as his first TimeSkip outfit which is the green robe. Also, he's never seen without his green "belly warmer" and 3 earrings.
* IfIWantedYouDead: A rare non-villain example. [[spoiler:When he fights Monet, she knows he can use Haki and in one attack vertically cuts her in half but holds back on the Haki to not kill her. She knows she should be dead and this near-death experience brought on a fear that is enough to keep her from properly reforming.]]
* IGaveMyWord: Takes his promises to others seriously, and is determined to keep them, to the point that he seems to really dislike being accused of not being able to fulfill a promise.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Who else can sword-swing with their mouth? Or wield three swords at the same time?
* ImprobableAge: One of the biggest badasses in the series is 21?
* InstantArmor: Learned to use the Armament Haki during the timeskip, and he imbues the power in his sword like many New World swordsmen. Oda said that Zoro specializes in this type of Haki, and it shows; he can launch a ''black tornado of RazorWind'' that keeps on spinning and cutting up everything in its path with it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While not a complete Jerkass, tends to be one of the more abrasive members of the crew when giving advice. However, his advice tends to be right.
** During the Davy Back Fight, he tells Chopper to own up to his decision to join the Straw Hats and that he shouldn't be blaming others for it.
** When Usopp wanted to rejoin the crew, he tells Luffy that unless Usopp apologizes, he'd simply be allowing a crew member to disrespect him.
** He acts rather apathetic about Sanji leaving the crew for his ArrangedMarriage with one of Big Mom's daughters, pointing out that they can't be sticking their noses in one Emperor's business when they're currently focused on another.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's normally grumpy and rude, but if any of his crew get in trouble he's the first to help them, while growling about how stupid/thoughtless they were for getting into the mess in the first place.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Why do you think he carries three at a time?
* KiAttacks: As revealed by Luffy, he can now use Haki after the time-skip. Oda says that he specialises in Armament Haki, which is shown when he used it to cut [[AnIcePerson Monet's]] cheek, ''[[SwordBeam at long range]]''. It's also implied he can use Observation Haki.
* KillingIntent: This is implied to be behind his Kyuutouryu: Ashura ability (where he sprouts extra heads, arms and swords). This also allows him to [[spoiler:beat Monet, a ''logia'' user, to the point she was frozen in fear and couldn't reassemble herself after he cut her ''without Haki''.]]
* TheLancer: To Luffy, again.
* LetsGetDangerous: When he puts the bandanna on, Zoro will usually use some crazy attack that destroys his opponent, and usually the environment around them. Lampshaded during Enies Lobby where Kaku asks him if the bandanna increases his power.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: An interesting case where the villains barely had to do anything to provoke Luffy into fighting Zoro at Whiskey Peak. They had all been beaten up by Zoro and Luffy was mistakenly led to believe that Zoro did this for the fun of it, when the villains were "nice" to him and the crew beforehand, giving them food and partying with them, all the while waiting for the chance to kill them all.
* LickingTheBlade: He does this a couple of times. Not surprisingly, there was much [[{{Squee}} squeeing]] from the [[FanGirl female fanbase]].
* LightningBruiser: His physical strength is equal to Luffy's, and he can react fast enough to dodge ''bullets'' fired at ''point-blank range''. [[spoiler:Post time skip: He's faster than a Fishman, ''while underwater''.]]
* MadeOfIron: To a mind-blowing extent. Zoro is the trope image for a reason. He refuses to be incapacitated even after Mr. 1 practically puts him through a meatgrinder. This is most noticeable in the anime, which often downplays how badly Luffy and others are hurt in their fights – it is kinda hard to do with Zoro, as he almost always fights swordsmen.
** In the Arlong arc, when Arlong sees the extent of Zoro's wounds prior to the battle, and how well he'd fought, he decides he ''cannot let a human like this live.''
* {{Mangst}}: He still carries [[MementoMacGuffin Wado]] [[TragicKeepsake Ichimonji]] everywhere.
* MartialPacifist: While never one to even "try" to avoid a fight, Zoro rarely, if ever, starts one, despite his rather BloodKnight like nature. After the time skip Zoro even starts to refuse to fight people he deems weaker than himself, and those he does fight he tries to make give up by destroying their weapons or intimidating the hell out of them. That said if his opponent still comes at him or the other Straw Hats and allies he will take them out.
* MasterSwordsman: Zoro's ultimate goal. He was also trained by a MasterSwordsman – Dracule "Hawk Eye" Mihawk.
* MultiWielding: He often ''triple-wields'' katanas, with one in each hand and one [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth in his]] ''[[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth mouth]]''. This being anime, of course, it's always quite effective, as absurd as it would be in real life. It goes even farther, however, with Zoro eventually learning to ''nonuple-wield'' – that is, use nine swords at once, or at least create the appearance of this. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since Zoro's style isn't nearly as effective unless he uses three swords.
* MysteriousPast: While we know he spent his teenage years training and hunting pirates after the Kuina incident, nothing about Zoro's family life, early childhood, or even where exactly he was born is known. All we know for certain is that he showed up at a dojo in the East Blue one day around 9-12 years old or so (his age in his flashback was never specified) and was already strong enough to defeat every adult there. Furthermore, whatever motivated Zoro to become a swordsman in the first place is completely unknown.
* MythologyGag: When first hearing about three-sword style, Ryuma questions if it's a circus act. In the early development, Zoro was made as a member of Buggy's CircusOfFear crew.
* MrFanservice: Qualifies in most areas, most notably that he looks ''great'' with his shirt off, which happens [[ShirtlessScene more often than not]].
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: His surname is based on that of real-life pirate [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_l%27Olonnais François l'Olonnais,]] notable among other things for ''[[AxCrazy cutting out an enemy's heart]] [[AndShowItToYou and biting into it in front of him]] [[TerrorHero mid-fight]]''.
* NervesOfSteel: Reacts pretty calmly to situations. Justified as Zoro's belief in fate leads him to leave things to luck.
* NeverGetsDrunk: One of the greatest examples. Zoro can hold ridiculous amounts of alcohol. Even after out-drinking thirteen people, Zoro went on to fight ''one hundred trained assassins'' at Whiskey Peak with no problems whatsoever. He didn't even have a hangover next morning. However, part of the reason why he never gets drunk is because he knows his limits. As he himself says:
-->'''Zoro''': A true swordsman never drinks himself into a stupor.
** Chapter 669: [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]] [[FreakyFridayFlip (in Nami's body)]], and [[DemBones Brook]] all get hit by a sleeping gas that is somehow supposed to use alcohol to knock out even the heaviest of drinkers. Zoro does end up falling asleep from the fumes, but it also takes him longer than Sanji or Brook to succumb; long enough that he can slice a needle-laden mountaintop that they're headed toward in half so that they don't all die or get horribly injured.
* NeverMyFault: Every time he's left to his own devices, he ends up running in circles believing it's his ''crew'' who's lost, not him.
--> '''Zoro:''' "[[ImplausibleDeniability Damn, the others]] [[NoSenseOfDirection are lost again...]]"
* NoBadassToHisValet: To the world, Zoro is a monstrously powerful swordsman with an intense amount of bloodlust and potential, and second to one of the most dangerous pirates on the Grand Line. To the rest of the Straw Hat crew, he's their meathead of a swordsman who's capable of getting lost in a ''straight hallway'' and is only marginally smarter than their reckless idiot of a captain.
* NoSenseOfDirection: This man is capable of getting lost in a ''[[RunningGag straight hallway]]''.
** This man is capable of getting lost when a door ''[[UpToEleven was in front of him]]''.
** This man is capable of getting lost when it shouldn't be ''[[UpToEleven physically]] [[RuleOfThree possible]]''.
** And when he wants to get away from someone, he'll end up running into them anyway.
** Even the zombie that had his shadow got lost when following a large group of zombies.
** When he's told to go south, he goes the opposite direction. [[BeyondTheImpossible While in the company of a bird whose head will only ever point south.]] And when he's told to go north, he immediately starts ''climbing a building'', thinking "north" means "up".
** Surprisingly, the only time he actually ''didn't'' get lost is during the Post-Marineford arc, when Mihawk told him he can find a rowboat to the west of his castle, and he ''actually found it''.
** He seemingly gets over this over the TimeSkip, bragging to Sanji that he got back to Saboady first. It turns out that was only with the help of Perona, with his navigational skills being just as bad as ever.
* NoSocialSkills: A more minor example than most, but if Zoro isn't issuing badass threats he's actually fairly awkward in social scenarios, usually getting rather frustrated if things get out of his comfort zone. His relationship with Tashigi and Sanji reek of this.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: At the beginning of the series, Zoro already had a reputation as a top tier swordsman. Most of his battles ended in [[SingleStrokeBattle single stroke]] and was more feared then Luffy, who was seen as a nobody at the time. When faced with Mihawk, the greatest swordsman in the world, everyone expected an epic battle. It was a complete and utter curb stomp with Mihawk deflecting all of Zoro's strikes with a tiny knife.
-->'''Mihawk''': You may have a reputation, but you're still just a bunny. [...] You're a little frog, croaking in your puddle. Time you learned how big the world is.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He enjoys his booze parties from time to time. In general, as mentioned in TheComicallySerious above, he can be very serious, but thanks to the influence of the Straw Hats, he ends up reacting to, and even participating in their goofy shenanigans.
** In the Thriller Bark arc, when the Straw Hats start falling one by one to Perona's ghosts and acting depressed, Zoro chastises them for letting something as trivial as a ghost defeat them, when a ghost makes him act depressed, too. [[VitriolicBestBuds Sanji got a kick out of that one]].
* NotSoStoic: He's usually TheStoic, but he does have his moments, such as when seeing Kaku's Devil Fruit powers for the first time.
** His reaction to Luffy laughing at [[TheDragon Pica's]] ridiculous laugh (paraphrased):
-->'''Zoro''': Luffy! Now is not the time to laugh at the enemy's—pfffhahahahaha!
* NotWorthKilling: He could've easily killed [[spoiler:Monet if he used Haki]], but he didn't, [[spoiler:deciding that leaving her with her resolve broken was enough.]]
* NumberTwo: In times of emotional crisis for the crew, he's taken responsibility of the crew and reminds Luffy of his duties as a captain, solidifying his position as this. This is most obvious in regards to Luffy's duel with Usopp. Later, he and Nami tend to share this role depending on the situation.
* OutOfFocus: Zoro, Robin, Usopp, and Franky are all completely absent during the Whole Cake Island arc due to heading for Wano instead. This mirrors Nami, Chopper, Sanji, and Brook's absence during most of the Dressrosa Arc.
* OneManArmy: Post TimeSkip, he managed to defeat most of the Neptune Army soldiers by himself, and after his capture, he plans to do the same with Hordy's men now. Even Usopp [[LampshadeHanging calls him one.]]
** Much earlier, in one of the more awesome moments of the series, he single-handedly defeated 100 expert bounty hunters in Whiskey Peak. And this was after out-drinking ''thirteen'' other people.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: To [[SerialEscalation an increasingly ridiculous degree]].
** In the 5th movie, the villain says his Cursed Sword will drink all of Zoro's blood. Poor thing probably would have exploded from overfill.
** They made fun of this in Episode 523. They showed Zoro looking at ''nine pint bags of blood'' that were being transfused into Sanji, angling as if ''he had given it all''.
* PapaWolf: Zoro just seems to care for the crew as much as anybody else. Messing with any of them is a pretty good way to easily anger him.
* ParentalAbandonment: There has been no mention of his parents at all. All we know is that he trained at the dojo at a young age.
* PerpetualFrowner: Zoro used to smile and laugh quite frequently in early arcs. This changed after his defeat at the hands of Mihawk. Since then, he kind of developed a bad temper as pointed out by Sanji in the Arlong arc.
** Debatable, but it seems he got better post-Time Skip.
** He's also prone to smiling and laughing during the parties the Straw Hats and friends have at the end of most arcs.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Sliced a [[spoiler:mountain-sized stone Pica]] to bits.
* PetTheDog: He has his moments with kids. He's not usually ''trying'', but they're there.
* PowerGlows: Occasionally, he will glow when he performs any of his more potent attacks as well as creating illusions, thought of by Kaku as being the power of his spirit.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** To Kaku:
--->'''Zoro (''to Kaku''):''' Bring on the hardship. It's preferred on the path to carnage!
** Subverted when he says one to [[spoiler:Monet, since he didn't intend to kill her]]:
--->'''Zoro:''' Have you ever seen a wild beast, that is never guaranteed to bite a person? I haven't.
* QuitYourWhining: Says this to Chopper after he gets forcibly taken into Foxy's crew as a result of the Straw Hats losing the first round of the Davy Back Fight.
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* RazorWind: His Tatsumaki and Pound Hou techniques.
** After the TimeSkip, his Tatsumaki gets mixed with TornadoMove as well.
* RealMenDontCry: It should be noted that Zoro has only been seen crying twice over the course of the entire series. The first time was when he was still quite young and Kuina had just died, and he asked her father for Wado. Quite understandable, especially at that age. The second time, was while he swore to Luffy that he would never lose again (this, after [[CurbStompBattle losing to Mihawk]]).
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Luffy's red. And a much bigger Blue to Sanji's Red, Zoro is grumpy, stoic and hides his affection towards his crewmates with actions as opposed to words. His most powerful techniques are reliant on a cool head and cold, steely focus. However, with him and Sanji's case, it gets switched around when they fight, with Sanji often becoming the tactical, [[SpannerInTheWorks villain-spanning]] Blue Oni while Zoro becomes the [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] Red Oni if suitably provoked.
** Post-TimeSkip: In an extended scene in episode 519 of the anime, when [[VitriolicBestBuds he and Sanji]] [[VolleyingInsults start fighting]], Zoro has a blue aura and Sanji has a red one. The [[PlayedForLaughs battle fury is so intense]] that all that is seen are the two {{Battle Aura}}s colliding with each other. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome A shame we don't see the actual fight]], since it would've spoiled the {{Canon}} reveals of their new post-TimeSkip [[TookALevelInBadass abilities]].
* TheReliableOne: An unusual example, given his abrasive nature, but Zoro is actually a pretty stable rock for the Straw Hats. He can almost always be counted on to be the one who:
** Shows up in time to save one of the other Straw Hats.
** Gives sensible advice.
** Steps up when Luffy isn't being a proper captain.
* RunningGag: His NoSenseOfDirection habits mentioned above. Also, his quarrels with Sanji always start with him saying something snarky to Sanji's antics, followed by Sanji insulting him, followed by them trying to kick/slice each other...
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: He has no skills beyond fighting (and drinking). While all of the other Straw Hats have responsibilities like medicine, navigation or sharpshooting with the cannons, the only thing he does is guard the ship and try not to get lost.
* ScarsAreForever:
** An enormous one spanning his chest, courtesy of Mihawk.
** He has a scar on each of his legs from trying to cut his feet off to get out of Mr. 3's candle wax.
** During the timeskip, he acquired one over his eye, which he seems to have lost.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: In [[JustForPun sharp]] contrast to all of his fights before the time skip, post-timeskip Zoro has breezed through all of his opponents, cockily dishing out {{Badass Boast}}s to let them know how beneath him they are. It isn't until he encounters [[PersonOfMassDestruction Admiral Fujitora]] that he even sustains an injury, and that's only a brief stumble in his stride. Zoro's mastery of Armament Haki has taken his MadeOfIron credentials to a whole new level, shown by the fact that, so far, neither him nor his swords have even taken a scratch in the New World - [[spoiler:Not even after he cuts a walking, talking, breathing mountain into castle-sized pieces!]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: This is largely what Sanji is to him despite being in the same crew (similar to Shanks and Buggy's relationship when they were on Roger's ship). These two never miss an opportunity to belittle, one-up, or humiliate the other. However, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther they're equally willing to protect and defend each other when push comes to shove]].
* SlasherSmile: He shows a great deal of enthusiasm when it comes to getting into fights.
** Case in point: '''''[[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/goMp6QlpmeU/hqdefault.jpg this.]]'''''
* TheSouthpaw: While it is clear that Zoro is ambidextrous, he seems to be predominantly left-handed. He keeps all of his swords sheathed next to his right hip, meaning it would be easier to pull a sword with his left hand. When wielding a single sword, Zoro usually uses his left hand. His single sword techniques have nearly always been executed with his left hand.
** Also, in Movie 5, in his fight against Saga, Saga stabbed Zoro's left hand after telling him that he had "lost his dominant sword hand in battle."
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Officially, it is "Zoro". All Japanese material and the Funimation dub/subs confirm this. However, the 4Kids dub and Viz's manga spell it "Zolo". It was heavily implied the change was made because someone on the production team worried about being sued by the "owners" of ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}''[[labelnote:Note]] (sarcasm quotes because a judge declared Zorro to be a PublicDomainCharacter back in the 90's, but no one is willing to admit it)[[/labelnote]], who is moss-head's namesake. Still, the FanWank over this grew to a ridiculous extreme; it's one of the biggest backlashes in the history of Western anime fandom.
* SpiderSense: Obtained the Observation Haki during the Timeskip, which functions similarly to spider sense.
* TheStoic: He's a lot more reserved than most of the crew, often taking negative events without losing his composure. He's often the crew's voice of reason.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike:
** After Luffy's explanation on the difference between pirates and heroes – heroes share meat, pirates don't – which Zoro was not there to hear, Zoro gives an incredibly similar analogy, except he substitutes booze for meat.
** When Luffy and Nami [[spoiler: are captured, imprisoned and restrained by Big Mom's crew, Luffy intends to get out by tearing off his arms, which is very similar to Zoro, who intended to cut off his legs to escape Mr. 3's Giant Candle Service Set.]]
* SuperReflexes: Like many characters, he has them and developed them through sheer [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower training]]
* SwordSparks: Tends to pop up in all of his fights, since he usually fights other swordsmen.
* TerrorHero: Zoro paralyzes Monet by a display of strength and pure killing intent in the Punk Hazard arc.
* ToBeAMaster: His goal is to become [[MasterSwordsman "the greatest swordsman in the world"]].
* ToughLove: Toward Chopper, when lecturing him on the consequences of being a pirate during the Davy Back Fight, and to Usopp, forcing the sniper to swallow his pride, apologize for his selfishness, and beg before being allowed back on the crew at the end of the Enies Lobby arc.
* TragicKeepsake: Wado Ichimonji, his only consistent sword, used to belong to his childhood friend/rival Kuina, and after her death, he uses it to remind himself of their promise to become great swordsmen.
* TrashTalk: Zoro is the Straw Hat Pirates' resident trash talker in a fight. He enjoys telling his opponents things like "The reason you've never lost is because you've never met me", and of course, he always gives out a "Post Asskicking One-Liner", in which he usually comments on how his opponents were a mere stepping stone for him.
* {{Troll}}: In the Syrup Village Arc, Zoro claims he, Nami, and Luffy (who were at a restaurant in town) [[IAmAHumanitarian ate Usopp]] as a joke, complete with a scary-looking SlasherSmile, to scare the Usopp Pirates looking for their captain.
* UndyingLoyalty: It took some doing at first, but of all the Straw Hats, Zoro's the first one who took his position ''very'' seriously. So long as Luffy continues to meet his expectations where it counts, Zoro will always be the first to have his back and be the last to fail him -- and when Luffy makes a decision as Captain of their crew, he'll damn well see that the rest of them follow it, and will absolutely not forgive any mutinous attitudes towards his Captain.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Sanji. The two make quite an impressive team... when they're not fighting, arguing, or hurling insults at each other (which is to say, most of the time).
** More a case of WithFriendsLikeThese. Sanji and Zoro don't just argue a lot; they seem to ''truly'' dislike each other, never once voluntarily hanging out or having any friendly conversations for the better part of ''18 years'' since Sanji's introduction. The best they've mustered is being more or less indifferent to each other. Still, deep down, they respect each other as fighters and would go to any length to protect the other from harm.
* VolleyingInsults: Gets into this quite frequently with Sanji.
* WeaponOfChoice: His three [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]]: Wado Ichimonji, Kitetsu III, and Shuusui. He's consistently had Wado Ichimonji, but had gone through several other swords before getting his current remaining pair.
* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: {{Fanon}} typically pegs him as the First Mate, but this has not been explicitly confirmed in-story (yet). Luffy took him on board because he wanted a 'champion' in his crew, especially if he's the future "World's Greatest Swordsman" to balance out the future Pirate King. But then it loops back around because apparently being crew champion entails fighting slightly less than the captain and more than the cook.
** He was the first to join Luffy, and he certainly ''acts'' like a NumberTwo sometimes, though he's just as likely to be bossed around by Nami as vice-versa. The World Government seems to consider him such, even if the Straw Hats don't.
** Bartolomeo, the Straw Hats' fanboy, also [[http://media.tumblr.com/24c48437c234835197c5d918b704b88c/tumblr_inline_mu1vemI5131r14ami.jpg gushes over Zoro labeling him as second-in-command in Dressrosa]], so it would seem marines aren't the only ones with the impression vice-captain is his role.
** Before they met Nami, he was Luffy's navigator after they parted ways with Coby. ([[NoSenseOfDirection You can imagine how well]] ''[[NoSenseOfDirection that]]'' [[NoSenseOfDirection went]].
** In the sense of power, which seems to be a valid claim in this world considering the position of Fleet Admiral of the Marines was decided in a duel, he would easily be 2nd in Command. During the Fishman island's final battle, after Luffy used his Conqueror's Haki to defeat a massive group of Fishman, Zoro commented "If he wasn't at least this strong, I'd be captain."
** He has shown an understanding of military tactics and crew discipline which he shows in the Water Seven arc when Usopp left the crew. He was the only one to disagree on letting Usopp back into the crew as if nothing had happened, going so far as to quit himself if that happens. He sees Luffy as captain and will follow him to the ends of hell, but understands where lines need to be drawn and is willing to challenge Luffy himself if need be. Nami may boss him around, but she bosses ''everyone'' around. In short, yeah, he's NumberTwo.
** Oda also mentioned in a data book Zoro is "like the vice captain".
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Zoro fully intended to sacrifice himself as part of a deal with Kuma to spare the rest of the Straw Hats. When he made this deal, he was under the assumption that everyone else was unconscious.
* WhenHeSmiles: He can be a very handsome man. [[SlasherSmile Or a very scary man.]] Usually the latter.
* WisdomFromTheGutter: Zoro is ''the one'' to impart knowledge about how a pirate should behave within their group; aspects such as respect, roles and trust are brought up by him when the Straw Hats are in the middle of some inner conflict as seen during the Davy Back Fight and Water 7. Interesting to note is that Zoro only does this when Luffy, the Captain, isn’t the one voicing this out or he is also participating in the turmoil; the exact course of action a First Mate would take, if they ever had one.
* TheWorfEffect: Often loses to a character, such as Buggy, Mihawk, Arlong, Eneru, Rob Lucci, Oars & Moria, Kuma, and Isshou in order to show how powerful they are.
** WorfHadTheFlu: On the other hand, a good chunk of those opponents he had a significant disadvantage against. Buggy can't be cut at all because swords only disconnect his floating body parts, and he stabbed Zoro after his back was turned. In Arlong's case, Zoro was still suffering from his wound against Mihawk, had already fought Hachi, and was using a type of sword he wasn't used to, so it was hardly surprising there. Eneru is made out of [[ShockAndAwe pure electricity]], so he couldn't be touched by anyone except Luffy. And against Kuma, he was already heavily injured and exhausted from his fight against Oars & Moria.
* WouldHitAGirl: He will cut a girl if he has to.
* WouldntHurtAChild: A child assassin at Whiskey Peak alongside an assassin dressed as a nun tried to kill him after attempting a WoundedGazelleGambit. Zoro quickly brought them both down, but used the back of his blades to not kill either of them.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Somewhat {{zig zagged}} with. His childhood friend Kuina may have been the only girl that he was willing to fight seriously. In his fight with Monet at Punk Hazard, Tashigi claims that Zoro is holding back due to a [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero dismissive attitude towards women]]. Subverted, after proving to Monet that he will cut a girl if necessary.
** An assassin dressed as a nun, attacked him with a child at Whiskey Peak after attempting a WoundedGazelleGambit. Zoro quickly brought them both down, but used the back of his blades to not kill either of them.
* YouCanBarelyStand: Happens to him ALL the time, with his [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank fight with Mr. 1]] being a defining example.
** Also the Kuma incident at Thriller Bark. Zoro took in ''all the pain Luffy had accumulated during his fights with Oars and Moria''. The entire area around him was covered in blood afterwards, and Zoro, though still standing and unflinching, looked like he was ready to die on the spot.
** Subverted completely post TimeSkip.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is green. Sanji likes to make fun of him this way, calling him "Marimo" ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimo after a rare form of spherical algal bloom]]).
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Can you believe that somebody who [[MrFanservice looks]] [[ShirtlessScene like]] [[RuleOfSexy that]] is 19 ([[TimeSkip later 21]])? Of course, he drinks like a fish, and has been [[TrainingFromHell training]] himself for about half his life to kick ass.
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