History Characters / OnePieceThreeSweetCommanders

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[[header:Sweet 3 Generals]]
->''"Sweet General?! That's one of their top brass...!"''
-->--'''Brook'''

The Sweet 3 Generals are the highest-ranking and strongest members of the [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates Big Mom Pirates]] next to Big Mom, each with incredibly powerful Devil Fruits and extremely high bounties. Due to their skill, power, and reputation, they are Big Mom's CoDragons, acting as her seconds-in-command within the crew.

The current roster includes 2nd son Katakuri, 14th daughter Smoothie, and 10th son Cracker. There were originally four Sweet Generals, but the fourth one, 25th son Snack, lost his rank after being defeated by Urouge.
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!The Sweet 3 Generals

[[folder:In General]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: All Sweet Generals are royalty by default, due to their mother, Big Mom, being a queen and Emperor. They're also loyal to her, making them the enemies of the Straw Hats.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: They all earned their positions as Sweet Generals, Big Mom's top enforcers, due to their strength and incredible combat ability.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While most of the crew's officers are no slouches themselves, the Sweet Generals rank higher than them, and thus are the deadliest fighters in Big Mom's family and crew. This is justified as [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority they earned their positions through incredible strength and combat ability]].
* CoDragons: They're right below Big Mom in the hierarchy and are her three strongest children, although Katakuri has more prominence since he's the strongest one, and even his fellow Sweet Generals treat him with reverence.
* TheDreaded: All of them are generally thought as this, as many other pirates face a brick wall when they meet any one of them.
* EliteFour: Downplayed. After Snack got defeated by Urouge and was subsequently demoted, the Sweet Generals' number was reduced to three, with Smoothie, Cracker, and Katakuri remaining. It still doesn't make them any less dangerous in the eyes of the world.
* EvilSoundsDeep: All of them have deep and intimidating voices.
* {{Foil}}: While the Sweet Generals are similar to the Straw Hats' "Monster Trio" due to being the most powerful of their crews, they contrast in different ways.
** Both the Monster Trio and the Sweet Generals have [[TheDreaded a fearsome reputation]]. However, the Monster Trio is prone to being subject to UnderestimatingBadassery from others due to being from an upstart pirate crew from the "Worst Generation". The Sweet Generals have established themselves as the pinnacle of power, [[SmugSuper creating a superiority complex]].
** All members of the Monster Trio are used to being defeated, which gives them the strength to get back up and try again. But having known victory for so long, the thought of defeat is anathema to the Sweet Generals, so when things start going belly-up for them, [[VillainousBreakdown they really don't take it well]].
** Despite not being related to each other by blood, the Monster Trio has a strong, familial bond with each other and would move mountains for each other's sake. This is something that the Sweet Generals, who are all half-siblings, do not have, and explains their poor communication and teamwork.
** The Monster Trio are regular-sized humans. The Sweet Generals are ginormously-sized humans thanks to inheriting Big Mom's genes.
** The Monster Trio, while powerful in their own right, are weak by Emperor standards. The Sweet Generals, especially Katakuri, embody what the Monster Trio could be if they made themselves stronger.
* LargeAndInCharge: Katakuri is confirmed to stand at a whopping ''509'' centimeters tall (or 16 feet, 8 inches), Smoothie is 464 cm (15'2"), and Cracker (who's quite a bit shorter than them) is 307 cm (10'1"). Smoothie largely owes her big height to her half-Longleg heritage, while Katakuri and Cracker inherited their giant heights from their human mother, Big Mom. They're all Sweet Generals and thus they have a level of authority that is above their other siblings.
* TheNotableNumeral: They were originally called "Sweet 4 Generals", but after Snack's demotion and with nobody replacing him, they were renamed as the "Sweet 3 Generals".
* SmugSuper: Save for Katakuri, [[CombatPragmatism who usually makes sure his opponents don't get a second chance to defeat him]], all Sweet Generals are extremely confident in their abilities and reputations, to the point of UnderestimatingBadassery. This is exemplified in Cracker's fight, where relying on his Biscuit powers ([[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy as well as jokingly informing Nami and Luffy how they worked]]) only helped him for so long until Nami and Luffy were able to outsmart and defeat him. Presumably, this is also what led to Snack's defeat and demotion. [[spoiler:Katakuri used to act arrogant as a child due to his strength, but after Brulee paid the price for him by getting her face horribly scarred, he resolved never to underestimate anyone again]].
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Like most of their siblings, the Sweet Generals are named after food that also relate to their Devil Fruit powers.
* TerribleTrio: Double-subverted. They used to be numbered four, but after Snack was defeated by Urouge and demoted for his failure, the Sweet Generals are now three. It still doesn't lower their status as powerful, dangerous people. And aside from Snack, who is the oldest of fraternal twins, Cracker, Smoothie, and Katakuri are all the oldest in each set of fraternal triplets, making all of them this trope by default through their loyalties to Big Mom.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: While their mother is a towering {{Gonk}} of a human being, Katakuri, Cracker, and Smoothie are her more attractive-looking offspring. [[spoiler:Well, for Katakuri, he is handsome but is viewed as ugly by family members who see his face]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Due to being so powerful, their confidence leads to arrogance, which really bites them in the ass later on.
** Cracker, though impressed by Nami and Luffy's efforts, doesn't see them as more than lucky small-fry and jokingly decides to indulge them by explaining his Biscuit powers, hoping it'll demoralize them. [[spoiler:Luffy eventually defeats him and literally sends him flying back home by using Gear 4th: Tank Man]].
** Smoothie doesn't think that the people trying to get into the Treasure Room would be competent enough to actually get inside, so she decides to leave and fight outside out of boredom. [[spoiler:This leads to Brook sneaking inside and successfully copying all of the Poneglyphs, which he hides in the cracks of his skull]].
** Snack, presumably, didn't think Urouge would actually defeat him. This led to his defeat and demotion as a Sweet General.
** Defied by Katakuri, who makes it a point not to veer into this trope by taking measures in making sure that his opponents don't have a chance to get up and try again after being defeated the first time. [[spoiler:This is because his childhood recklessness led to Brulee getting horribly scarred as an act of spite by the bullies he beat up]]. Unfortunately, the only time he does so is because [[spoiler:he's been getting really hungry at the time and needs his sugar fix ''now'', which led to Luffy breaking out of his pile of mochi and exposing his greatest secret]].
* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: Suffers this along with the rest of their family. Having known victory for so long, the Sweet Generals have become arrogant and assured in their own strengths, which severely blind them to the potential of more "upstart" warriors and pirates such as the Straw Hats and Firetank Pirates, who now have the resources, power, and intelligence to defeat them. Lack of communication and the inability to truly work as a team also play a huge part in their failure to apprehend their enemies. It's implied that this is what led to Snack's defeat and subsequent demotion as a Sweet General. Katakuri is the only one who ''tries'' to avert this [[spoiler:after getting one of his sisters hurt by proxy with his arrogant recklessness as a child]], but the only reason he, too, slips up is because [[spoiler:he gets hungry at the worst possible time and needs to end the fight as quick as possible, leading to Luffy getting the upper hand on him]].
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[[folder:"Thousand Arms" Charlotte Cracker]]
!!"Thousand Arms" Charlotte Cracker
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Takuya Kirimoto
!!!'''Age:''' 45
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 835 (Manga), Episode 796 (Anime)
!!!'''Devil Fruit:''' [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit]]

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->''"Kid, it's time I teach you a very important lesson! There will always be people you come across in life... that no matter how much you want or try to defeat them... you'll always end up falling short!"''

The first Sweet General to appear, Cracker is the 10th son of the Charlotte Family and the eldest in a set of triplets, his younger sisters being Custard and Angel. He is Totto Land's Minister of Biscuits and has eaten the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit (''Bisu Bisu no Mi''), a Paramecia that allows him to create innumerable biscuit crackers and reshape them in any forms he wishes. He usually inhabits and fights from the inside of an enormous biscuit puppet crafted with his powers, to the point that his bounty poster depicts the puppet and not his real face.\\\

He has a bounty of 860,000,000 berries.
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* ActuallyADoombot: In a vein similar to Doflamingo. Think you've defeated him? Surprise! Turns out you've merely destroyed the armor of one of his Biscuit Soldiers that he was hiding inside. And the real one can create as many as he wants...
* AnimeHair: Those two tufts of hair on the sides of his head that resemble antennae... which are constantly ''sparkling.'' Seems like they're just for show, but if they're used to control his Biscuit Soldiers remotely, that makes sense (not to be confused with HairAntennae, which is similar, but refers to a specific style of hair strands).
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance:
** With his facial wrinkles, slanted eyes, and devious smile, Cracker ''very'' much so resembles a {{troll}} [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem face]]. Whether this is Oda's intention or not, it's extremely appropriate considering how he plays Luffy like a fiddle. Plus, his face and hairdo is quite similar to [[Literature/TheMoomins Little My]], who is [[BrattyHalfPint a troll]] (though not an ''actual'' troll).
* BadassBoast: Expresses with utmost confidence to Luffy that no matter how hard he tries, "there's people in the world you just can't beat" -- and Cracker, of course, is referring to himself. [[spoiler: However, the moment he starts running into trouble, he starts whining like a brat. Nami even calls him out on it and ultimately he ends up eating his own words when Luffy beats him.]]
* BadassCape: Wears a one-shouldered cape, and is one of Big Mom's sons and one of the Sweet 3 Generals. The anime [[RealMenWearPink makes it pink-purple]].
* {{BFS}}: Wields a huge double-edged longsword named Pretzel, which is almost as large as his giant Biscuit Warrior. He claims that it is a unique sword that has no peers[[note]]it was later confirmed to be one of the Meito, lending credibility to his claim[[/note]]. His Biscuit Warriors can also each wield multiple biscuit replicas of the sword.
* BeardOfEvil: Not the real Cracker, but his Biscuit Soldiers (which he also dons as armor) have very long beards.
* BreakingSpeech: Cracker gives one to Luffy by saying that if he really considers himself Sanji's friend, he'll let Sanji go through the marriage, and that Sanji will tell "you lowly pirates" to go away. [[TrueCompanions Luffy]] [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne took offense for the last part]] [[spoiler:and [[ShutUpHannibal hit Cracker with a Gear 4th attack]]]].
* BurningWithAnger: Whenever he gets super pissed, his two sparkling hair tufts start ''flaming''.
* CerebusRetcon: King Baum losing his "crown" in the manga was revealed in the [[AdaptationExpansion anime]] to be caused by Cracker, who lopped it off to punish Baum for "betraying" Big Mom.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Doesn't think Luffy would actually eat his biscuits nor that someone would think to use water to soften them to be digested. And ''certainly'' doesn't think that Luffy would fill his stomach up to the point that his Gear 4 would harden his stomach enough that he can be able to absorb Pretzel's blows and send Cracker flying like a living cannonball right into his own biscuit soldiers.]]
* DirtyCoward: Surprisingly enough, despite his rank and reputation. He outright admits he doesn't like getting hurt in battle, and pretty much hides behind his Biscuit Soldiers, having ''them'' do all the fighting.
* TheDreaded: Charlotte Cracker is feared by all the Homies in the Seducing Woods; just him screaming at them causes them to shrink and run in fear. Luffy even mistook this exchange as a display of Haki at first glance. He shares that reputation with his sister Smoothie, and older brother Katakuri.
* EdibleThemeNaming: Named after the cracker, a type of hard biscuit.
* EnduranceDuel: Basically his entire fight with [[BigEater Luffy]]. On one side, Luffy keeps eating Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers, which can be produced infinitely but will tire Cracker out. On the other hand, Cracker keeps summoning more Biscuit Soldiers, thinking that Luffy will eventually reach his breaking point and become so fat from eating, he won't be able to fight back. With the help of [[WeatherManipulation Nami]], [[VictoryByEndurance Luffy eventually wins]] [[spoiler:and goes Gear 4th: Tank Man on Cracker]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His older and younger siblings who are also his fellow Ministers seem to care for him at least. [[spoiler:When Cracker was sent flying right into Big Mom's chateau by Luffy, it sends his family in a panic, with his younger brother Mont-d'Or swearing revenge. Said siblings later participate in a manhunt against Luffy in Chapter 845]]. And according to Pound, he himself flew into a rage after Snack was defeated by "Mad Monk" Urouge.
* EvilChef: He describes himself as a pastry artist, and he's also the Minister of Biscuit and a pirate working for [[AxCrazy Big Mom]].
* EvilSoundsDeep: Takuya Kirimoto gives a nasally performance for Cracker in his Biscuit Soldier guise, and that makes him sound a little gruffer, but when the true Cracker is revealed, he drops the nasally bit and switches to a smooth and slithery tone of voice.
* ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy: He goes into exquisite detail explaining how his powers work to Luffy, in order to try and demoralize him. He only does this ''after'' Luffy actually cracks his first armored shell though, so it would seem he does this as kind of a mocking "reward" when he finds a formidable opponent. [[spoiler:True to form, it bites him in the ass when Luffy, thanks to Nami and some outside-the-box thinking, manages to defeat him using this foreknowledge]].
* ExpressiveHair: Cracker's purple hair has two ponytails with sparks [[VisualPun crackling]] at the ends. When Cracker goes all-out and becomes angry, the sparks turn into intense flames like exhaust thrusters and propel him forward.
* FacePalm: [[AdaptationExpansion In the anime]], he does this when he discovers King Baum (unwillingly) sided with Luffy and Nami.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Shares this with most of his siblings; as mentioned below, he's named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(food) cracker]], a thin and crunchy type of bread.
* FlunkyBoss: His main fighting strategy is wearing down his opponent with an endless stream of Biscuit Soldiers.
* GlassCannon: Low pain tolerance, [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower ate the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit]], and gets Luffy to [[spoiler:go Gear 4th against him. He even wounded Luffy's arm in that state with his sword]]. Granted, he is "frail" for Emperor crews' standards: it took some "outside the box" thinking for Luffy, Nami's support and ''eleven hours'' to finally take him out.
* {{Gonk}}: Subverted as he's actually decent-looking, but his Biscuit Soldier forms play it straight.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sports a diagonal one running across his right eye.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: He ate the Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit which allows him to produce an infinite amount of biscuit material. It sounds lame on paper, but he can mold the biscuits into any shape and form he desires (due to being a master craftsman), allowing him to create heavily armored Biscuit Soldiers, complete with both shields and swords. Combine that with his Haki, and you get a man who can make shields even Luffy can`t break, [[spoiler:until he goes Gear 4th.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Luffy -- with Nami's help -- eats his biscuits and stuffs himself up. [[spoiler:Then he absorbs Cracker and his attack in Gear 4th: Tankman and sends him straight into his own hardened biscuit soldiers. And his (first) defeat was largely the result of him [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy telling them how his powers worked]].]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: The moment the battle starts to turn against him, he complains about it being unfair that Nami was helping Luffy despite the fact Cracker was more than willing to use ''an entire living forest'' to aid him. Even then when said Homies can't attack due to Nami having a Vivre Card on her with Big Mom aura, he calls them traitors and cites their reason for not fighting as an excuse when he should clearly know that that would be ''like attacking Big Mom herself''.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Averted. Cracker's the oldest and the only male in a set of mix-gendered fraternal triplets, with the rest being his younger sisters. Aside from having purple hair (with Angel's being lighter than her siblings') and their tendency to wear capes and long garments, they look nothing alike.
* ImprovisedGolems: He can create large, extremely powerful soldiers out of biscuits in a matter of seconds, strong enough to stand off against Luffy's [[SuperMode Gear Fourth]]. [[spoiler:Not so much with water, however, which Nami uses to soften them enough to eat]].
* KiAttacks: Charlotte Cracker possesses extraordinarily powerful Armament Haki. Defensively, it allowed him to repel Luffy's own Haki-imbued Gear 2nd and 3rd attacks. Offensively, it sharpens his sword enough to let him cut halfway through Luffy's Haki-imbued arm in Gear 4th. The latter is notable as even Doflamingo couldn't harm Luffy in Gear 4th mode.
* LogicalWeakness: No matter how creative his biscuit creations are, or how strong he could make them to be, biscuits are still edible things, yummy ones at that. So Luffy, [[BigEater being Luffy]], draws the conclusion and starts to eat every biscuit Cracker throws at him. In addition despite their density, the crackers are still baked goods and thus maintain the same properties... like becoming soft when wet.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Charlotte Cracker's puppets wield multiple shields to go with his multiple swords, which he can imbue with Haki as well.
* ManBehindTheCurtain: Subverted. He appears to be a massive scary-looking warrior wearing a horned helmet, but when [[spoiler:Gear Fourth Luffy knocks him to the ground]], he's revealed to be a lean, albeit tall figure. He does, however, state that he hates pain so he uses the Biscuit Knights instead, and very few people had ever made him reveal his true appearance.
* MarathonBoss: Luffy spent a whopping ''11 hours'' fighting Charlotte Cracker with assistance from Nami. He spent most of that time eating all the Biscuit Armor constructs Cracker would make, and took advantage of a rare switch of offense battling that Cracker made to beat him. This is almost certainly the longest time Luffy had spent fighting a single adversary.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The tenth son out of Big Mom's ''46 sons'', making him one of the older ones. His fellow Ministers Perospero, Opera, Moscato, and Mont-d'Or are also his older and younger brothers, respectively. And let's not get into his ''39 sisters''.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Charlotte Cracker can multiply his limbs to [[DualWielding wield multiple swords at once.]] Due to this, his RedBaron is "Thousand Arms". Subverted in that the large soldier figure is not Cracker himself, but a puppet that can have its physiology manipulated by the real one. Cracker can also double up the legs on his Biscuit Soldiers into a foreleg/hind leg set to increase their stability and boost their speed/propulsion.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:His deciding to [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy tell Luffy and Nami about his powers]] as a joke not only gets his ass kicked, but he is sent flying into Big Mom's house and causes [[MassOhCrap island-wide lockdown]], allowing Luffy and Nami to go deeper into enemy territory (mostly) undeterred.]]
* NumerologicalMotif: As the ''10th'' son of Big Mom, Cracker can create large numbers of Biscuit Soldiers before tiring. The number 10 is used for grouping and as a shorthand expression for "lots".
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:He ''really'' didn't expect Luffy to eat up his biscuits and hand him his first legitimate defeat. As the odds became clear to him, he starts whining about the fight being "unfair".]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's 45 years old, solidly in his middle ages and old enough to be Luffy's or Nami's father. However, barring some small wrinkles around his eyes, he looks younger and fitter than several of his younger brothers (such as Moscato or Mont'D'or).
* PowersDoTheFighting: Since he hates pain, he lets his constructs do for the fighting for him. If he engages directly, he usually uses the constructs as an armor and then do sneak attacks in-between.
* RealMenWearPink: Like his mother and most of his family/crew, his outfit is mostly pink, and according to him, he's a skilled pastry chef.
* RedBaron: His epithet, "Thousand Arms", comes from his multi-armed Biscuit Soldier armor.
* SameSexTriplets: Averted. He is the oldest and the only male in a set of mix-gendered fraternal triplets, his younger sisters being Charlotte Custard and Charlotte Angel. They are different enough that they could be easily told apart, with Cracker and Custard having dark purple hair while Angel's hair is light purple.
* ShapingYourAttacks: As he points out, artists of pastry including himself have refined their craftsmanship heavily over the years, such that he is now able to mold and shape his biscuit material into the likeness of massive, sturdy warriors that he can use to great effect in combat. He is even able to create copies of his soldiers' limbs, allowing them to each wield multiple biscuit swords and shields simultaneously.
* SmugSmiler: Constantly wears a shit-eating grin, as shown in his folder picture, suggesting utter superiority over his enemies and self-confidence in his own powers ([[TheDreaded entirely justified]]). When Luffy becomes the first pirate to get through his defenses and ''actually might have a chance to defeat him'', Cracker's grin turns into a tooth-baring snarl ala Doflamingo.
* SquishyWizard: He states [[MinorInjuryOverreaction he cannot tolerate even a pin prick of pain]], which may spell trouble for him if Luffy manages to break through his defenses and attacks his real body. [[spoiler:Ironically Cracker is defeated by being goaded into attacking Luffy and shot back at his own Biscuit Soldiers like a super tough rock being thrown through several walls. And he's not present for the Tea Party, suggesting his injuries had left him debilitated even a day later.]]
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: "Cracker" is a type of bread that's harder and crunchier than biscuits, the latter of which is the basis for his Devil Fruit powers.
* StoneWall: With armored soldiers literally as tough as hardtack and then some, Cracker takes ''forever'' to wear down. [[spoiler:Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers caused an enormous stalemate because the can take a ton of abuse before breaking. And even when Luffy and Nami realized they could be weakened by torrential downpour -- which also made them soft enough to be edible and Luffy started ''eating'' his way through them -- Cracker [[WeHaveReserves just made even more]], resulting in a vicious cycle. It took Luffy '''[[UpToEleven eleven straight hours through the entire night]]''' just to keep Cracker at bay with the help of Nami before he got into a position to commence any actual ass-kicking.]]
* SuperStrength: Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers can unearth Pound (a considerably big man) from the ground with just one arm, and his attacks are strong enough to blow Luffy through several trees.
* TeethFlying: [[spoiler:Luffy in Gear 4th: Tank Man form hits him so hard that after Cracker flies and crash-lands into Sweet City near Big Mom's chateau, he's shown to be missing a few teeth]].
* TopHeavyGuy: Subverted with Cracker, who has a big yet realistically proportioned body. His Biscuit Warriors play it straight; their torsos are especially massive in proportion to their skinny legs but even said arms are undersized.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He thought Luffy and Nami weren't such a big deal, and [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy tells them how his powers worked]] as a joke once they managed to get through his defenses. [[spoiler:Not only did it come back to bite him in a huge way, he ends up getting punched so hard that he is sent soaring into Big Mom's house, right after [[TemptingFate she wonders why he's late to a family meeting with the other Sweet Generals]].]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Barring the single shoulder guard and cape, the real Cracker has no upper garment to wear, displaying his well-toned muscles for all to see.
* WarriorPrince: As one of Big Mom's sons, he's a prince; he's also rather formidable in combat, enough to be made one of the Sweet Generals of the crew.
* WeaksauceWeakness: While the Biscuit Soldiers can be made to become very durable, they are still made of biscuits and can be eaten, and also becoming soggy and less dense if they get hit with liquid, such as water (which allowed Luffy to eat them in the first place).
* WolfpackBoss: Cracker can generate dozens of Biscuit Soldiers as long as his stamina allows for it, and that lets him engage his opponents with wave after wave of mighty armies. It's quite possible to defeat them individually, but multiply that by as many as forty or fiftyfold and it becomes a huge challenge to keep them at bay, even after they've had their brittleness upon being exposed to moisture revealed.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has dark purple hair. Compared to his younger triplet sister, Custard, Cracker's hair is a dull, grayish shade of purple, while Custard's hair is dark yet vibrant.
* YoureNotMyFather: Like his mother, Cracker sees his stepfather, Pound (and presumably his real father as well), as an outsider to Big Mom's crew and not true family. When Pound pleads for Cracker to spare him due to their relations, Cracker refuses and tries to have him executed, but Luffy stopped him in time.
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[[folder:Charlotte Smoothie]]
!!Charlotte Smoothie
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasakoKatsuki
!!!'''Age:''' 35
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 846 (Manga), Episode 812 (Anime)
!!!'''Devil Fruit:''' [[LiquidAssets Wring-Wring Fruit]]

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The second Sweet General to appear, Smoothie is a human-longleg hybrid, the 14th daughter of the Charlotte Family and the eldest in a set of triplets, her younger sisters being Citron and Cinnamon. She's Totto Land's Minister of Juice, and has eaten the Wring-Wring Fruit (''Shibo Shibo no Mi''), a Paramecia that allows her to squeeze juice out of any object, as well as absorb the liquid into her body and weapons to increase their size.\\\

She has a bounty of 932,000,000 berries.
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* AdvancingBossOfDoom: After Luffy's fight with Katakuri has to take a pause, Smoothie, who has spent the arc involved in minor fights, finally mobilizes and leads a convoy of Big Mom's forces after the Thousand Sunny.
* AffablyEvil: She's rather polite, easygoing, and friendly in casual conversation... even as she uses her powers to forcefully drain the life from a helpless giraffe and woman just to make "juice" for some tea party guests.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[spoiler:During her pursuit of the Thousand Sunny, Smoothie reveals that one of her powers is to drastically increase her size, nearing the height of a giant. While doing so greatly increases Smoothie's attack power and range, it also increases her weight to the point where she risks sinking her own ship.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In addition to being a Minister, she apparently is very powerful and has a high enough bounty to warrant her being a Sweet General.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Having the ability to enlarge themselves is quite awesome, especially when it gives you the ability to send giant razor winds. Too bad it's not quite as awesome when the ship you're standing on can't sustain your weight.
* BeautyIsBad: She's a beautiful StatuesqueStunner who not only works for Big Mom, but possesses the ability to squeeze the life essence out of people so she can drink it, leaving her victims dried and withered (yet still living) husks.
* {{BFS}}: Carries a long, drill-like one on her back.
* BigSisterInstinct: In a filler battle between the Big Mom Pirates and the Vinsmokes, she comes to the aid of her younger siblings Mascarpone and Joscarpone [[spoiler:after they are quickly defeated and poisoned by Reiju. Smoothie proceeds to take out the poison by wringing the twins' necks together]].
* BigLittleBrother: Little Sister variant: At 15 feet and 3 inches, she is taller than many of her older siblings, including her fellow Sweet General older brother, [[FlunkyBoss Cracker]].
* DarkActionGirl: The only female Sweet General under Big Mom with the second highest revealed bounty of any female pirate after her mother. She takes a cruel pleasure in using her Devil Fruit powers to squeeze the life out of victims.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Going by her first on-screen victim's facial expression and moans, her Devil Fruit ability gives the victim a... ahem, ''[[TheModestOrgasm pleasurable]]'' sensation as she [[DoubleEntendre wrings out their juices]] rather than leaving them writhing in pain like you would expect.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Nothing like draining another woman into a pale husk with your Devil Fruit Powers for no stated reason and drinking the byproduct to establish yourself as really bad news.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Although Big Mom is a terrible mother, Smoothie cares about her and is completely loyal to her, to the point of being the one hit the most when Big Mom's falls off the boat. She claims of being sure Big Mom is still alive.
* EvilSoundsDeep: She has a seductively deep voice, and she's the Minister of Juice and one of Big Mom's three Sweet Generals.
* AGlassOfChianti: She debuted in Chapter 846 sitting in the Treasure Room, first draining her victim of her life juices, then drinking the juice from a large, custom-sized wine glass like one would fine wine.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Her father was from the Longleg Tribe, explaining why she has extremely long legs. Her mother (barring the gigantic size) is completely human.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Averted. She and her younger sisters, Cinnamon and Citron, are confirmed to be triplets, but other than being long-haired Longleg hybrids with leg tattoos, they're fraternal siblings and thus are different enough to be told apart from each other.
* KickTheDog: She was introduced wringing out one of her own subjects into a dried husk for her "juice". [[AdaptationExpansion The anime went even further]] to show Smoothie grabbing said subject just because she was nearest, with the helpless woman begging for her life the entire time, and wringing out her juices until the woman shriveled up on-screen.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: One of her victims that she later drains for party drinks at Pudding and Sanji's wedding, is a BlackWidow who killed over a hundred men.
* LadyOfWar: Beautiful, elegantly composed, and one of the strongest female pirates introduced thus far. She classily drinks the juice wrung from a victim of her Devil Fruit powers like fine wine.
* LargeAndInCharge: A huge, beautiful woman whose height might rival Big Mom herself. She's also a Sweet General, giving her authority and reverence among the crew second only to Big Mom.
* LeotardOfPower: She wears a striped one, along with an extremely long ScarfOfAsskicking.
* LiquidAssets: Literally, in Smoothie's case; she has the power to squeeze some kind of liquid or juice out of seemingly anything as easily as wringing out soaked cloth, leaving them as dried but still-living husks in the case of people. She can even squeeze the liquid out of ''volcanic rocks''.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Her Devil Fruit enables her to absorb liquids and enlarge herself. [[AwesomeButImpractical When she used her ability during the sea battles with the Straw Hats, she almost capsized the ship she was standing on]].
* MundaneUtility: A weird case. She use her power to serve drinks at Sanji and Pudding's wedding reception. The weird part is while her power is terrifying and potentially devastating in combat, her powers seems to be utility first and combat applications second, and her position as Minister of Juice mean that making drinks is her main duty and her power is best suited to that task.
* NiceHat: Wears a huge, floppy hat that resembles a beret.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** Her first screw-up is to order the opening of the Treasure Room's doors, figuring it'll be more exciting to serve as security detail outside rather than stay cooped up waiting for the intruders to come in, despite Tamago's protests. True to form, Brook narrowly manages to sneak in just as the doors were being closed, allowing him to copy the Road Poneglyphs, a mistake that Smoothie herself acknowledges. It also attracts the fury of Big Mom when the commotion goes on for too long [[spoiler:but by then Brook has completed his objective and hid his rubbings within the cracks of his skull]].
** Once she receives word of a library prison breakout thanks to Jimbei setting everyone free (including Luffy and Nami), Smoothie orders her subordinates to not to inform Big Mom, not wanting to ruin the wedding plans or her mother's mood, and tells them to deal with the prisoners themselves. This allows the aforementioned people to get away and later come back with reinforcements to crash the actual wedding.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Villainous example. Her relationship with her younger triplet sisters Cinnamon and Citron is implied to have this dynamic: Citron is fun-loving, gluttonous, and laidback; Cinnamon is condescending and sees men as foolish and incompetent; and Smoothie is an affable person who's friendly in conversation yet ruthless in battle.
* NoSell: Downplayed; [[spoiler:she's relatively unaffected by Reiju's "Poison Pink" abilities, as she can simply use her Devil Fruit ability to squeeze the poison out of her body, but even then she's still hurt by the attacks, and she acknowledges that Reiju's powers are a potential problem]].
* NotSoStoic: Despite being calm for most of the time, it's natural she would be terrified to see Big Mom going into a craving sickness while next to her. She's also the one shaken the most by Big Mom's disappearance, and even calls out her brothers for believing she could be dead and thinking about taking her place.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:She is flat-out ''terrified'' when she notices the onset of a craving sickness while right next to Big Mom and without any Alliance members or Vinsmokes to distract her.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. She has the same name as "Iron Bar" Smoothie, one of the centaur guards in Punk Hazard.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Almost 40 chapters after her first appearance and she has notably not done much, especially in combat. Her Sweet General brothers have done most of the fighting thus far. [[spoiler:Then she finally gets the order to go after the Straw Hats]].
* PeekABangs: Her right eye is covered by her white hair.
* PinkIsFeminine: With her debut in Episode 812, her leotard is revealed to be pink with light pink stripes, and her boots are pink-purple, similar to her brother Cracker's color scheme. She is the only female Sweet General.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Smoothie is the 14th daughter of a queen and pirate Emperor, with the highest as yet revealed bounty for a female in ''One Piece''. She is able to fight as well as her brothers and fellow Sweet Generals.
* RapunzelHair: While it's cropped closely around her face, she has extremely long and wild hair extending down her back. The kicker though is that she's so darn ''tall'' that her abundant hair only manages to reach her thighs ([[JustifiedTrope Longlegs probably can get away with having really long hair in that respect]]). This trait is shared with her triplet sisters Cinnamon and Citron, who also have long hair.
* SameSexTriplets: Subverted; she and her younger sisters Cinnamon and Citron are confirmed to be triplets, but other than being long-haired Longleg hybrids with leg tattoos, they're fraternal siblings and thus are different enough to be told apart from each other.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: She wears a large, long, yellow scarf around her shoulders, and is one of Big Mom's three [[CoDragons Sweet Generals]].
* ShesGotLegs: By default as a member of the Longleg tribe (and the first prominent female Longleg seen in the series), Smoothie's legs are [[UpToEleven incredibly lanky.]] [[RuleOfSexy And she's got quite the sexy pair.]]
* SizeShifter: When her fleet takes over chasing after the Thousand Sunny, [[spoiler: it is revealed that she has the ability to grow larger. She nears the size of a giant and only stops growing further to avoid sinking the ship she is standing on. She becomes this big in order to send out giant-sized SwordBeam attacks at the fleeing Sunny.]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female among the Sweet Generals. The rest are her brothers.
* StatuesqueStunner: She slightly over 15 feet tall, with [[ShesGotLegs extremely long legs]], while also being very fit and pretty.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: She's named after a blended drink of fruits/vegetables. She has an ability that allows her to ''drain a person's life fluids and drink them''.
* TheStoic: She's almost always calm and deadpan, even when the others are freaking out. Even after the Straw Hats manage to annoy her because she cannot reach the Thousand Sunny, she goes into TranquilFury at best.
* SwordBeam: She can produce gigantic and destructive blasts from her sword using the liquid she has drained from people and objects.
* TattooedCrook: She has a tattoo of a rose with thorny vines on her right thigh. She also works for Big Mom as a Sweet General. It's also of note that this is very much an EnforcedTrope among Longleg Tribe members to find ways to show off their statuesque legs as a source of pride in them, and getting tattoos to decorate and adorn them is one way of drawing attention to them and both wearing and demonstrating this pride.
* TerribleTrio: She and her triplet sisters Cinnamon and Citron are essentially the DistaffCounterpart to Katakuri and his triplet brothers Daifuku and Oven. Smoothie is the powerful leader of the trio, while her siblings follow her lead.
* TouchOfDeath: She can wring the "juices" out of someone, leaving them a dried-up yet still living husk.
* TheUnfought: The only Sweet General none of the Straw Hats fight in the Whole Cake arc, in fact, she's never seen fighting anyone directly. The only person she actually fights one-on-one is Vinsmoke Reiju, who gives her trouble with her poison powers, and even then their fights are restricted to filler battles.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The cover to Volume 87 revealed Smoothie's hair to be white, and her debut in Episode 812 follows that design. While she's [[AffablyEvil friendly and easy-going]], she's still a Minister and Sweet General loyal to Big Mom.
* YourSoulIsMine: Similar to her mother (and Crocodile), Smoothie has the power to suck a person's life energy (albeit in the form of sweet, drinkable juice) out of them, reducing them to a dried (but still living) husk.
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[[folder:Charlotte Katakuri]]
!!Charlotte Katakuri
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita
!!!'''Age:''' 48
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 860 (Manga), Episode 825 (Anime)
!!!'''Devil Fruit:''' [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Mochi-Mochi Fruit]]

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->''"... There's nothing your powers can do that mine can't. I have you beat in both speed and strength."''
-->--'''Chapter 879'''

The third of the Sweet Generals to appear and the strongest among them, Katakuri is the second son of the Charlotte Family and the eldest in a set of triplets, his younger brothers being Daifuku and Oven. He is Totto Land's Minister of Flour, and has eaten the Mochi-Mochi Fruit (''Mochi Mochi no Mi''), a special Paramecia that allows him to generate and turn any part of his body into extremely sticky mochi and manipulate it as he wishes. His greatest asset, however, is his incredibly refined Observation Haki, which allows him to see slightly ahead into the future.\\\

He has a bounty of 1,057,000,000 berries.
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* AbnormalAmmo: He uses ''jellybeans'' for quick assassinations, flicking them with so much power that he can ''pierce a man's skull'' and kill him as if he shot him with a gun.
* TheAce: He's viewed as this, with Brulee outright calling him the greatest one of Big Mom's children. He's calm, composed, gallant, serious, doesn't underestimate his enemies, all with the kind of strength that makes him able to easily toy with Luffy. [[spoiler:This is an image Katakuri has gone out of his way to cultivate out of his desire to protect his siblings, after Brulee was horribly scarred in a RevengeByProxy against him when they were both children. This includes habits that he previously openly displayed as a child, such as lying down and gorging on sweets]].
* AchillesHeel:
** He has the ability to generate a sticky substance which can ensnare people, but it loses its cohesion if exposed to liquid.
** His Observation Haki demands that he remains calm. If his concentration breaks, he can't use it effectively.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the manga, Katakuri’s first appearance took place during the opening of the wedding ceremony. In the anime, he first appeared right after Luffy and Sanji reunited, which was ''many'' chapters before the wedding.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler:He discovered, to his horror and rage, that his own recklessness and confidence in his strength led to the people he beat up targeting ''and'' scarring his younger sister Brulee out of spite. Even though Brulee doesn't blame him for what happened, that incident became [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest source of guilt and shame]] ever since]].
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In Chapter 893, after incapacitating Luffy with darts, Flampe imagines Katakuri giving her a pat on the head for a job well done. [[spoiler:Instead, when Katakuri finds out she interfered with his fight, he stabbed ''himself'' to even the score, and yells at Flampe while [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness showing off his fanged mouth in public for the first time in years]]]].
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [[spoiler:Flashbacks reveals that Katakuri used to be shunned for having a fanged mouth as a child, but he didn't really care since he was strong enough to beat up anyone who bullied him. Only after Brulee was scarred as a RevengeByProxy against him that he adopted the fearsome and perfect image. This is why he kept it hidden underneath his scarf constantly]].
* AloofBigBrother: Subverted. Threatening and perpetually pissed-off-looking he may be, but Katakuri cares about his family on some level, and his stoic facade is necessary to keep his Haki-based foresight up and running. [[BigBrotherInstinct One way to piss him off is to go after his siblings]]. He was apparently so beloved that one of his younger sisters, Flampe, is the leader of a fan club dedicated to him and competes for his attention, to the point where [[spoiler:she interferes with the fight with Luffy. And even then, what his siblings see of him is an image that Katakuri worked hard to cultivate. Then there was his childhood [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge reaction]] to Brulee getting scarred [[RevengeByProxy by the bullies he beat up]]]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Invoked during his fight with Luffy, where he wants to prove to Luffy that he's superior to him in everything, [[HonorBeforeReason to the point of refusing any external help]]. Because of this, he uses his Mochi-Mochi power in a similar fashion to Luffy's Gum-Gum power. Thanks to the flexibility and fine control of his mochi, Katakuri is able to faithfully recreate most of Luffy's arsenal, and to even greater effect. Luffy's fight with him reveals the power gap between them: Luffy's Jet Gatling attack is famous for punching so fast that it creates the illusion of him having multiple arms. When he unleashed it during their fight, Katakuri answers by forming actual multiple arms out of his mochi and coating them with Haki, and proceeds to pummel Luffy with them. When Luffy pulls out his Elephant Gun, Katakuri retaliates with his own rendition that is as big as Luffy's King Kong Gun!
** On a meta level this even applies to his bounty: 1,0''57'',000,000. Why? Because Luffy's lucky number is 56, which in Japanese can be read as "go-mu", and gomu is the Japanese word for rubber. Essentially, this means that Katakuri is "Luffy +1".
** He's also this in terms of what Haki could do if people like the [[LightningBruiser Monster Trio]] pushed their own Haki far enough to unlock even more potential.
* AnimalMotifs: [[spoiler:The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_eel pelican eel]], in regards to his gaping mouth and his ability to eat twice the amount an average human needs]].
* AntiVillain: He's a lot like Smoker in this regard. Despite being against Luffy and the Straw Hats, Katakuri isn't really that horrible of a guy at the end of the day. He loves his family very much (which is a good chunk of ''why'' he's so antagonistic), and only is a villain because, in his eyes, the Straw Hats went against them. When he realizes that Luffy is his equal in combat, he also nobly acknowledges this, and is pleased to hear that the crew escaped his mother's clutches later on after Luffy tells him that he'll be the Pirate King.
* AssKickingEqualsAuthority: After fearing that Big Mom has died, Perospero claims he should become the new captain because he's the first child. However, Daifuku disagree and says that Katakuri should be the new captain because he's the strongest one.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance:
** [[SiblingYinYang In contrast to his siblings]], Katakuri has skull motifs all over himself, on his shoulder tattoos and on his belt buckle. His face, when shadowed around the eyes, combined with his facial scars, resembles a skull by itself. With his deadly use of his Devil Fruit power and Haki, it's no wonder he has such a [[TheDreaded reputation]]. [[spoiler:It's visual {{Foreshadowing}}, in that he wants to keep himself at a distance so no one would discover his secrets -- his fanged mouth, and his sloppy eating habits. The fearsome image was deliberately invoked to protect his siblings]].
** [[spoiler:His sharp-fanged mouth was revealed in a surprising manner a la Jack of the Beast Pirates, showing that he's more undignified and animalistic in private than his family or workers would believe.]]
* AwesomenessIsAForce: Katakuri has both Observation Haki and Armmament Haki, both of which he upgraded to frightening degrees. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he also possesses the extremely rare Conqueror's Haki, inherited from his mother Big Mom. He used this in tandem with Luffy's to knock out Flampe and her forces instantly]].
* BadassBaritone: The strongest Sweet General of Big Mom's crew, coming in with an incredibly deep voice.
* BaitTheDog: Inverted, with a twist. Katakuri started off looking like a very principled and disciplined bad guy. We are led to believe he is totally no-nonsense and handsome. So much so that, according to Brulee, he never lays down and is said to never let his guard down. Then he erects a shrine to prevent people from seeing him eating for the same reasons. But then the twist is revealed once Luffy breaks in... [[spoiler:because inside, Katakuri is '''lying down''', gorging himself on donuts with a '''smile''', and it is revealed to all that he has a mouth filled with sharpened teeth that is the stuff of nightmares. When flashbacks revealed his past, it appeared that Katakuri was bullied for having a nightmarish-looking mouth and developed insecurities over it in a similar vein to Pudding and her ThirdEye, which was why he created such a fearsome image... but then it's revealed that he did it out of love for his family, especially his sister, Brulee, after she was horribly scarred in a RevengeByProxy against him as a child]].
* BeautyIsBad: He's less hard on the eyes compared to [[{{Gonk}} most of his siblings]] like [[BlobMonster Opera]] or [[LeanAndMean Perospero]], but all the other tropes listed in his folder beg to differ. [[spoiler:Even if with a fanged mouth, he's still considered handsome in his own way by readers]].
* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:The ''real'' Katakuri is a gluttonous goof who ''loves'' gorging on donuts and is sensitive about his "pelican eel" mouth -- a deep contrast to the handsome, stoic, and supremely confident older brother and Sweet General he displays to the public, particularly his family. The only time he ever lets down this mask is in private, within the sanctity of a self-resurrected mochi shrine. Part of his CharacterDevelopment is learning to accept these flaws for the sake of his pride, which finally allows him to cast away the mask permanently]].
* BerserkButton:
** [[spoiler:Seeing him while eating and making a comment about his freakish mouth that sounds even remotely close to an insult, even a FreudianSlip. Justified in regards to his mouth, because he used to be bullied and feared for having a pelican eel's mouth. It's later defied when Katakuri shows Flampe his mouth in a fit of rage, causing her and her crew to ridicule him; Katakuri simply resigns himself to the inevitable humiliation that will come once everyone learns of his secret, and stoically shrugs everything off so he could focus on fighting Luffy fairly]].
** It's downplayed due to his always-cold demeanor, but whenever someone tries to go after his brothers and sisters, [[TranquilFury his fighting becomes noticeably more aggressive]]. [[spoiler:The bullies who scarred a young Brulee to spite him presumably paid for their mistake with their lives]].
** Don't interfere in his fights, especially if it's against a WorthyOpponent. [[spoiler:His sister, Flampe, found out the hard way]].
* BewareTheMindReader: His Observation Haki lets him see the immediate future. This is a large part of what makes him such an infamous pirate.
* BeYourself: Villainous example; his character arc revolves around this.
** [[spoiler:As a child, he was much like Luffy, shoving donuts into his mouth while his triplet brothers Daifuku and Oven laugh in amusement. Perospero tried persuading him to hide his fanged mouth so he could make friends, but Katakuri rebuffed him, stating that "I am what I am!" and he'll beat up anyone who bullies him for it. However, after learning that the bullies he beat up stooped low enough to scar the face of his younger sister Brulee out of spite, Katakuri thought it was ''his'' fault that Brulee was hurt, so he tried hiding every "weakness" about himself just so he could protect his family from being hurt again]].
** In the present day, Katakuri is the strongest warrior of the Charlotte family (second only to his mother), and has gained a notorious reputation and high bounty for himself. He is widely praised by his brothers and sisters for being the perfect Charlotte, even bragging that he never once laid on his back in his entire life. [[spoiler:Deep down, he isn't happy with this, as he suffers from incredible stress trying to maintain his facade ''and'' do most of the legwork for his family by himself. The only times he could truly relax is during his "snack times", and even then, he had to keep those a secret by murdering anyone who sees him snacking]].
** [[spoiler:After fighting Luffy, who doesn't care how he looks like and even manages to land a few hits on him, Katakuri finally gains the strength to cast away his facade so he could have a fair fight with Luffy. He even shrugs off Flampe's attempt to cruelly humiliate him, after she makes it clear that it's his facade she likes and not the real him. In a symbolic gesture, he takes off his jacket, which bears his family insignia, and tosses it aside]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Surprisingly enough, he has these instincts despite being raised under Big Mom's dysfunction and his generally cold personality.
** When Luffy tells him to stay away from his friends, Katakuri retorts that ''Luffy'' needs to stay away from his "precious" brothers and sisters -- and then he continues to give Luffy a cranked-up NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. He also prevents Luffy from striking a taunting Brulee to make her shut up.
** [[spoiler:As a boy, when Katakuri discovered that his own recklessness and arrogance led to his sister Brulee being horribly scarred by the bullies he beat up, he was so enraged that he brutalized said bullies off screen. This instinct is the reason he went above and beyond to cultivate his fearsome image, so that none dare to bully his siblings again]].
** However, his relationship with his sisters, Pudding and Chiffon, is a tragic subversion. [[spoiler:Despite vowing to protect his family from getting hurt like Brulee was, Katakuri was notably absent during Chiffon's abuse and Pudding's bullying, which is weird in the latter case since since he himself was once bullied for having a physical deformity like her. Whatever the reason, Katakuri's inaction resulted in both sisters secretly helping the Charlotte family's allies]].
* BigBrotherWorship: Katakuri is the third of 85 children and apparently all of his 82 younger siblings look up to him and idolize him due to his personality, strength, position and invincibility. According to Flampe, all of his 38 younger sisters selected him as their favorite brother. Brulee in particular looks up to him, to the point that she would claim that he never even laid himself down ''once''. [[spoiler:In the end, despite knowing what Katakuri is like behind closed doors through her mirrors, Brulee still loves and worships him unconditionally; this is because he went above and beyond to defend her honor after she was horribly scarred in the face by bullies as part of their RevengeByProxy]].
* BigEater: [[spoiler:Revealed to be one when he gets annoyed that his fight with Luffy delayed his daily snack time by almost an hour and is given a cartload of inner tube-sized donuts to chow down on. Takes on a more literal sense of the term when we see he actually has a mouth filled with fangs attached to his face, one he is not shy of using his mochi-powers on to make it bigger just to fit more in his mouth while eating. He was this in his youth, shoving down donuts without a care in the world, but after his sister Brulee was scarred out of spite by childhood bullies, Katakuri began seeing his eating habits as one of many flaws, and started hiding it away from his family and the public.]]
* BigLittleBrother: At sixteen feet and eight inches, he is much taller than his older siblings, [[FatBastard Compote]] and [[OverlyLongTongue Perospero]].
* BizarroElements: His Devil Fruit is the strangest one yet (barring the non-canon ones). It's a Paramecia, so he is able to produce and manipulate ''mochi'' (a type of Japanese rice cake), or more accurately, the substance mochi is made from (water mixed with ''mochiko'' or rice flour, specifically from a short-grain japonica glutinous rice known as ''mochigome.'') Besides the absurdity of freely manipulating what is essentially sticky amorphus masses of rice dough, the Mochi-Mochi Fruit is a "special" Paramecia, allowing him to convert his body into it.
* BlushSticker: Gains these briefly after [[spoiler:Brulee tells him that she has previously seen him lying down on his back, by way of mirror]].
* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:No, dude, leaving Luffy to suffocate in a mochi tomb is not going to work. You should have just postponed your snack time to make sure that he was actually dead first.]] A single instance [[spoiler:because he was craving his sugar fix]] amidst a lifetime of PragmaticVillainy.
* BoomHeadshot: In his first two chapters, he takes out two guys this way by ''flicking jellybeans'' through their heads. The second time wasn't even intentional, it was friendly fire and a mistake on his part.
* BrokenAce: The most powerful and dependable member of the Charlotte family... [[spoiler:but, secretly, he's a naturally goofy and laid-back guy who really just wants to happily gorge on donuts and relax with his siblings like he did as a boy. He forced himself to act stoically solely to deter people from hurting them, but maintaining this facade puts him under a ''lot'' of stress, so he has his mandatory "snack times" so he could relax alone, away from the public eye, the only moments where he's truly happy. He's so dedicated to keeping his freakish mouth and other perceived "flaws" out of the public eye that he would kill anyone who sees him during his snack time]].
* BrokenPedestal:
** To his little sister, Flampe [[spoiler:after he shows her his fanged mouth and tells her off for interfering with the fight with Luffy, instead of being proud like Flampe expected. This breaks her image of Katakuri as the perfect, dependable brother and makes her loathe him. She proceeds to laugh and ridicule him, and has her crew take photos of his mouth so she can humiliate her brother by exposing his secret to everyone. To his credit, Katakuri knew this would happen the moment he showed off his mouth, but Luffy has proved himself to be a WorthyOpponent, so having a permanently tarnished image doesn't really faze him at this point, and has resigned himself for the inevitable humiliation that will come afterwards]].
** In a surprising subversion, [[spoiler:''Brulee'' knows about Katakuri's fanged mouth and what he's like under his facade, but she completely understands why he acted that way and still loves him for being the big brother who defended her honor as kids]].
* ButterFace: In spite of his {{Hunk}} composition, [[spoiler:he's revealed to have a gnarly GlasgowGrin with lots of fangs]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Oddly enough for an antagonist, yes. [[spoiler:He develops a deep respect for Luffy over the course of their fight, which is only aided by how Luffy has only judged him by his capabilities as an opponent rather than the idealized image that Katakuri has cultivated for his family, and not the physical and personality flaws that shock and disgust the latter's crew. Eventually, after his sister Flampe tries to interfere in their fight, Katakuri finally breaks out of the SlaveToPR mindset that he has adhered to for most of his life, ''willingly'' shows off his fanged mouth to Flampe in anger, and despite Flampe and her crew proceeding to cruelly and utterly humiliate him, Katakuri shrugs everything off, not caring anymore. He proceeds to fight Luffy as himself, ''for'' himself, on even grounds. This is further symbolized by how he rips off his jacket after knocking out all the spectators -- the same jacket that bears his family emblem]].
** [[spoiler: A flashback showed that his current "Perfect brother" image came from another development: Initially he didn't care about his appearance because he was strong enough to beat up anyone who mocked him and his siblings weren't too bother by it either. It was only after Brulee was scarred as RevengeByProxy that Katakuri started adopting his fearsome image so no one dared lay a hand on his sibling.]]
* ChekhovsGun: His [[ScarfOfAsskicking shredded scarf]]. In his debut, it did nothing but made him look cool and frighteningly ruthless. [[spoiler:Later on, it's revealed that he uses his scarf to hide his fanged mouth, which is wide enough to resemble a pelican eel, because people don't take him as seriously with his goofy teeth on display. He is so dedicated to maintaining his "perfect" image that he would kill anyone who sees his mouth. During his fight with Luffy, he later throws his scarf along with his jacket away, as part of his CharacterDevelopment to not hide behind lies and be comfortable in his own skin, not caring if anyone sees his mouth anymore]].
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:He does indeed help to ruin Bege's assassination plan, though not through predicting the future, but by interfering with the ''present'', when he melds his mochi into a ton of spheres that his siblings can use as earplugs and deploys them en masse, thereby freeing them from the ill effects of Big Mom's Conqueror's Haki screams and allowing them to rampage freely against the alliance coming after her.]]
* ClimaxBoss: ''Highly'' formidable compared to the rest of the Big Mom Pirates -- we're talking as bad as [[AxCrazy Jack]], if not '''worse.''' In fact, he is the biggest threat aside from Big Mom in the whole Totto Land Arc, who only comes into the foray when the tea party commences, [[KnightOfCerebus but from that moment on, he is shown racking up a body count with no effort and bringing an incredible sense of danger along with him]] and being the one person who is able to assist his ''entire'' family at once when they are incapacitated. His ClimaxBoss status was cemented in Chapter 878 when Luffy forced him into a mano o mano confrontation to cut off his pursuit of the Straw Hat Pirate.
* TheCoatsAreOff: [[spoiler:The removal of his jacket, which symbolically represents his decision to cast away the Charlotte name and all its burdens for the sake of his own pride in his fight with Luffy]].
* CoDragons: With Perospero. Katakuri is the strongest of Big Mom's crew and the one to do most of the heavy lifting in combat related matters, while Perospero is the one to handle Big Mom and direct the other members of the crew. At the Tea Party, Katakuri is the most effective out of all the crew, reacting the fastest to the shifting events. When things fell apart, Katakuri is the one to chase down the Straw Hats and personally engages Luffy, while Perospero is managing Big Mom's eating frenzy and stays at her side throughout the chase, trying to make her focus on the Straw Hats and minimize the damage she causes to Totto Land's surrounding islands.
* ColdSniper: With his no-nonsense personality, and his debut showing him offing a vengeful guest with a [[AbnormalAmmo jellybean]], he certainly counts.
* CombatBreakdown: [[spoiler:As his fight with Luffy keeps going on, he realizes that Luffy's new Snakeman form is just ''too fast'' to dodge efficiently with his Observation Haki like he normally does, and reasons he has better chances of winning in an all-out slugfest. It's ultimately what causes the fight to end in Luffy's favor; even though Katakuri is faster, stronger, and more skilled in Haki usage, if there's one thing Luffy is better than Katakuri at, it's taking hits.]]
* CombatClairvoyance: He's trained his Observation Haki so much that he can not only [[SpiderSense briefly glimpse people's actions and intentions in combat]] (which is the extent of most people's skill with it), but he can actually see precise images of any immediate future outcome and tell it back with 100% accuracy. He can also utilize his Haki for non-combat purposes, being able to see and hear what people are going to say before they speak -- which is also considered to take ''exceptional'' skill. It's not infallible though; [[spoiler:he could see Pudding dropping to her knees crying, but not ''why'', and Sanji's reflexes are such that even with his foresight he could not hit him]].
* CombatTentacles: His version of Jet Gatling: sprout dozens of arms behind his back to pummel his opponent with. His leg and also extend and bind opponents the same way.
* TheComicallySerious: He is a stoic [[{{Seers}} precognitive]], and utterly ruthless ColdSniper with a brutal fighting approach... yet he shoots enemies with ''jellybeans'', and his Devil Fruit power is made of a sweet dessert. [[spoiler:Then there's the quite hilarious reveal that he's a goofy glutton like the rest of his siblings and he eats like a total slob, gorging on donuts and tea the same way Luffy shoves down meat. His reaction to being discovered is akin to a little kid being caught looking at dirty magazines]].
* CurbStompBattle:
** Delivers one to eldest Vinsmoke brother Ichiji offscreen. All that's seen is him holding up his battered body afterwards.
** Delivered with a literal stomp to Carrot. As Carrot rushes to attack him, he quickly ends the fight by stomping her into the ground.
** Delivers one to Luffy as well, at least initially. Within a few minutes of fighting, Luffy is a battered, bloody, bruised mess while Katakuri has ''not a scratch on him''. Even after Luffy starts to turn the tide of the fight a bit, Katakuri does ''not'' make things easy for him.
* CurbStompCushion: His fight against Luffy becomes this is Chapter 884. [[spoiler: After thoroughly owning Luffy for several chapters, Katakuri makes a [[BondVillainStupidity critical mistake]] that allows Luffy to push his BerserkButton and ultimately start landing hits on him as a result [[note]] Katakuri becomes impatient with the fight due to missing his snack time, carelessly leaves Luffy for dead under a pile of mochi, and walks off to go eat donuts in private -- giving Luffy the chance to expose his embarrassing table manners and mouth to Katakuri's chefs. This enrages Katakuri and causes his CombatClairvoyance to fail [[/note]]. He still recovers and sends Luffy flying shortly in the next chapter.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:He was bullied and feared by everyone for having a "pelican eel"'s mouth, and everyone kept running away from him. When Flampe and her crew ridicule him and take pictures of his mouth, he remembers people running away from him every time he appeared. In a twist, his appearance didn't bother him so much as his inability to protect Brulee during their childhood. This is why he always obscured his lower face with his scarf and develop a perfect, serious and powerful image]].
* DavidVersusGoliath: The extremely powerful "Goliath" to Luffy's "David", though unlike the Biblical story, Katakuri's fight presents what would've happened if Goliath decided to ''attack first''. The [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown result]] was wince-inducing. [[spoiler:Luffy eventually won through sheer endurance]].
* DeathGlare: His default expression. It becomes more intense when he undergoes moments of OhCrap [[spoiler:such as foreseeing Big Mom's wedding plans going down the crapper and being unable to stop it]].
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype:
** Of TheParagon. It is clear that despite Big Mom seeing him as a "lowly child", Katakuri's siblings look up to him and praise him for being the shining example of what a Charlotte should be. They even admire him for never once lying down in his life. [[spoiler:But because his sister [[RevengeByProxy Brulee paid the price for his carelessness]] in their childhood [[note]] Katakuri didn't care about the boys who would mock his mouth because he would just beat them all up and scare them off; however, they evidently were still not afraid of him ''enough'' and thought they could get away with hurting Brulee. This inspired Katakuri to make sure that they ''really'' feared him so they would leave his siblings alone as well. [[/note]], he's very sensitive about allowing anybody to see his goofy side or anything that can be perceived as a "flaw". This includes his [[BigEater Luffy-like eating habits]]. So he cultivated an image for himself as the powerful, dutiful, stoic, hard-working, handsome, and no-nonsense sibling, and took great pains in keeping his flaws a secret by killing anyone who sees him with his mouth exposed or seeing him doing something he wouldn't do in public. The result was his family showering endless praise and adoration on him... but deep down, Katakuri suffers from incredible stress keeping up his facade, so he has "snack time" periods where he can be alone and truly act like himself, happily singing while chugging down sweets and black tea without a care in the world. When he finally meets (and fights) someone who only judged him based on his fighting skills and didn't give a shit about his monstrous mouth or eating habits, Katakuri begins to develop a great degree of respect for Luffy and not care if someone ridicules him again. He even casts aside his jacket bearing his family's name (along with his scarf), making it clear that he will not depend on his family's opinion of him anymore]].
** Of TheDreaded as well. [[spoiler:Katakuri went out of his way to develop this kind of reputation as a way to protect his siblings, after his recklessness led to his enemies targeting him through Brulee. This is deconstructed in two ways. Firstly, maintaining the reputation put considerable strain on his psyche that he must relieve during his private snack time. Secondly, his siblings are beaten left and right by enemies who don't know his reputation because of the fundamental flaw of TheDreaded: Your reputation means nothing to enemies who never heard of you or too fearless to care. It also adds more stress on top of what he already has]].
* DeconstructiveParody: Of TheStoic NoNonsenseNemesis Archtype. Have you ever considered how do they maintain their stoicism and seriousness all the time? [[spoiler:His stoicism is necessary to keep his Observation Haki working. Once his stoicism breaks, he's like a blind man charging into a fight]]. Or what are they really like when no one's watching? [[spoiler:A very dedicated family man who is under incredible stress from having to maintain a stoic public facade for the sake of his siblings; his "snack times" are what kept him from snapping from the pressure, since he was able to relax and eat under the comfort of solitude]].
* DidntSeeThatComing: Thrice, in his lifetime.
** He didn't think that [[spoiler:the bullies he beat up as a child would go to stoop so low as to attack and scar one of his sisters. It's what led to him becoming one of the most feared combatants of his mother's crew]].
** [[spoiler:He didn't expect [[SpannerInTheWorks Sanji]] to counter with his own Observation Haki. Not only does Sanji dodge his jellybean and make Pudding cry, causing Big Mom's wedding plans to go completely off-rails, but it also tips off the Vinsmokes, Big Mom's intended targets. And after the Luffy clones arrive, he tells everyone to focus on the real Luffy, failing to take into account that Brook, who disguised himself as Luffy, was among the clones, allowing him to smash Mother Carmel's picture undeterred.]]
** [[spoiler:He didn't see Luffy eating his way out of the Mochi mountain he's buried under which is exactly how his brother Cracker went down. As such, he was caught completely off-guard in the worst possible time ever, so much that his nigh-unbreakable concentration starts faltering for the first time and leaves him vulnerable to actually getting hit]].
* DoubleKnockout: Luffy and his fight concludes with both collapsing from their final strike. It takes ten minutes for the two to recover, and he ultimately loses when he doesn't have the strength to continue despite briefly managing to get back on his feet.
* EdibleThemeNaming: Is named after food like most of his siblings. His name is based on the Japanese "katakuriko", meaning "potato starch"; while his scarf doesn't resemble potato starch, it is related to potatoes, instead resembling a long cloth made of shredded potato wrapped around his neck. The literal translation of his name, "Dogtooth", comes from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythronium_japonicum Dogtooth violet flower]], where the leaves are used to make edible starches.
* EnduranceDuel: His whole fight with Luffy. With his powerful Haki and mochi Devil Fruit, Katakuri is clearly the stronger fighter offense-wise. But Luffy manages to come out of every single attack he dishes out, either through luck or sheer determination. [[spoiler:Eventually, Luffy wins]].
* EpicFlail: His apparent FinishingMove, after turning his whole body into a wheel of mochi, he spins to his opponent and turns his arm into a spiky flail. He the coats it in Haki, slams into the opponents. Katakuri then spin the flails overhead with the opponent still sticking to it before slamming them to the ground. The damage done was BRUTAL.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is first seen taking out an angered tea party attendee with ruthless efficiency, so much that the Firetank Pirates, ruthless killers themselves, are freaked out. He then goes on to show himself as a NoNonsenseNemesis when havoc breaks at the tea party. Later on, however, its revealed there is [[HiddenDepths much more to him]].
* EvilRedhead: His hair is a deep maroon color, and befitting the dark hue, this guy is deadly serious. Downplayed in that, although he's loyal to the evil Big Mom, he's an honorable AntiVillain.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a very deep voice (as is usually the case with characters voiced by Tomokazu Sugita).
* {{Expy}}: The way he predicts people's future actions and speech using Haki is similar to how [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Joseph Joestar]] uses Ripple to predict the villains' words and surprise them. As an added bonus, the two characters even share the same [[Creator/TomokazuSugita voice actor]]!
* FatalFlaw:
** [[spoiler:Self-indulgence. His patience gradually drops the longer he's denied his scheduled GuiltyPleasure meals, to the point where he gets sloppy and didn't even assure his victory over Luffy before he walked away from the fight just so he could indulge in his overdue merienda. Something that came back to bite him when a not-so-dead Luffy, mere moments later, crashed it and caught him completely off-guard in the process.]]
** [[spoiler:His {{Pride}}. He's so ashamed of his gluttony and his fanged mouth, that if you witness it, mention it, or mock it in even the slightest manner, Katakuri will become so blinded with rage his focus will be torn away from battle and he'll forget to maintain his Observation Haki, which means he'll be left open to attack. It's also revealed in Chapter 902 that, as a child, he made the same mistake his family made -- overestimating his own strength; it's what made Brulee the target of a vicious RevengeByProxy and got her horribly scarred]].
* FlashStep: He's ''very'' fast and is able to perform the Flashstep, catching Luffy off guard in their 1 v. 1 when he easily dodges a Gear Second attack. Even more impressive though, Katakuri's [[{{Seer}} Observation Haki]] and speed also allow him to kick Luffy down while ''he's'' in the middle of attempting to Flashstep behind him.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Luffy of the Straw Hats:
*** Luffy is friendly, determined, goofy, and... [[IdiotHero stupid]]. Katakuri is stoic, calculating, and ruthless. [[spoiler:Except he does have a bit of a relaxed, goofy side to him like Luffy... just not in public.]]
*** Both have Devil Fruits that allow them to manipulate their own bodies in some way... yet their personalities are the exact opposite of them. Luffy is made of rubber and is a BigEater, Katakuri is made of mochi, a type of Japanese sweet, yet he doesn't partake in eating. [[spoiler:Or so you're led to believe- he really is a glut, but he's sensitive about showing the undignified manner of wolfing down a GuiltyPleasure meal, while Luffy just eats like that out in the open and shamelessly.]] Carrot notes in Chapter 877 how similar their powers are to each other. And in Chapter 879, Katakuri can check, copy, and counter ever single one of Luffy's moves ''and'' surpass them in destructive might.
*** Luffy dresses in simple but very bright clothes. Katakuri looks like he's a member of a criminal biker gang.
*** Luffy is the dangerous ''captain'' of a rising pirate crew. Katakuri is the dangerous ''subordinate'' of an entrenched pirate Emperor.
*** [[spoiler:Both Luffy and Katakuri get their energy from different foods. While Luffy doesn't shy away from anything that looks good, he usually eats lots of meat as they are good sources of protein. Katakuri's food choices are rather unhealthy -- his choice of drink, black tea, is very high in caffeine, and he eats lots of donuts and sweets just to get his strength up, essentially overloading on sugar]].
*** [[spoiler: Flashbacks to his childhood in Chapter 902 show that Katakuri is a naturally goofy, laid-back person who could care less about people making fun of him or his eating habits -- much like Luffy. However, people who hurt his beloved brothers and sisters -- much like people who hurt Luffy's friends -- immediately earn his wrath and cause him to get ''deadly'' serious. The only difference between them is that Katakuri decided to make himself look serious and scary ''all'' the time (at least in public) in order to deter people from ever attacking his family and crew at all; Luffy, meanwhile, still allows himself to be goofy and carefree, and simply deals with whoever underestimates him and tries hurting his friends.]]
*** Their powers [[PersonalityPowers reflect their personalities]] -- Katakuri's powers are based on mochi [[spoiler:which reflects how he allowed himself to be molded by his family's standards of him, and how he easily crumbles during his fight with Luffy once he's out of steam and breath]]. Luffy's powers are based on rubber, representing his unwavering determination and ideals [[CurbStompBattle despite being beaten again]]... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and again]]. [[spoiler:This determination is what allows him to finally win against Katakuri after a very brutal battle in the Mirror World]].
** He's also one to his younger brother and fellow Sweet General, Cracker.
*** While both are very powerful fighters, Cracker boasts a big game yet prefers to hide behind his Biscuit Soldiers because he dislikes pain. Katakuri is very willing to get his own hands dirty (literally, as he can turn himself into mochi) and fights at the forefront. As a result, he's proven himself to be an even deadlier opponent than Cracker.
*** Their reveals were handled in different directions. Cracker looks quite {{Gonk}} but turns out it's the Biscuit Soldiers he creates that are Gonk; the ''real'' Cracker is actually decent-looking, appearance wise. Katakuri is a muscular and ruggedly handsome {{Hunk}} [[spoiler:but underneath his scarf is a mouth that's full of sharp and massive boar-like fangs that he keeps hidden at all times because he's ''really'' ashamed of it]].
*** Cracker's Devil Fruit powers create hard substances (crackers). Katakuri's mochi powers are quite soft yet is used for deadly effect and can be hardened with Haki. [[spoiler:Both never seem to realize that their powers are essentially food and thus can be eaten]].
** He's ''also'' one to his other sister, Pudding, surprise, surprise:
*** Like the majority of her family, Pudding dresses herself in bright clothing, fitting in well with Totto Land's colorful environment. Katakuri looks like he decided to go through a BadassBiker phase, leather and tattoos and all, which makes him stick out like a sore thumb.
*** Pudding's a very nice girl [[spoiler:which is a mask that hides the crazy, sadistic brokenness inside]]. Katakuri's either always stoic, or looks like he's going to kill someone. [[spoiler:His stoicism is partly the result of intense focus because his Observation Haki relies on it, and partly his own facade. When completely alone with food, he's as goofy and sloppy as Luffy]].
*** Pudding and Katakuri's powers contrast each other -- [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway think Katakuri's mochi powers are completely useless]]? Not when it's busy pummeling you, crushing you, or suffocating you to death. [[spoiler:Pudding's power, the Memo Memo Fruit, is outwardly frightening, down to its very concept; she can edit your memories however she likes and leave you none the wiser]].
*** [[spoiler:Both Pudding and Katakuri went through hellish childhoods for being born with a physical abnormality that was out of their control, and they reacted to it in different ways. Pudding believed her ThirdEye made her a monster, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil and changed herself to fit everyone's perceptions of her]] out of self-loathing and spite, but in reality, the extra eye didn't detract from her beauty at all. Katakuri, on the other hand, initially didn't really care about his monstrous mouth, but he ended up changing himself out of love for his siblings after his reckless violence caused his bullies to target his sister, Brulee, out of RevengeByProxy instead]].
*** [[spoiler:Pudding and Katakuri's turning points come from a life-and-death meeting with a Straw Hat. Sanji compliments Pudding's ThirdEye during a (failed) happy wedding that would kill the Vinsmokes. The heavily-injured Luffy sees Katakuri's mouth and sloppy eating habits firsthand during their violent fight, yet chooses to ignore them, which makes Katakuri eventually see Luffy as a WorthyOpponent]].
** He's also one to [[AGodAmI God Eneru]] from the Skypiea Arc in several ways:
*** They're both villains with great experience using Kenbunshoku Haki, with Eneru even being the villain that introduced it. However, even Eneru admits that it's not perfect; Katakuri uses it constantly and is completely confident in his ability... but the information gap in his visions sometimes end up resulting in bad calls of judgement.
*** Eneru's Devil Fruit involves the manipulation of an outside force (lightning), yet was completely weak against Luffy's due to rubber serving as an insulator/repellent against electricity, Katakuri's DF has been established as inherently superior to Luffy's, and involves manipulating his own body to fight Luffy.
*** Whereas Eneru was content to let his minions do the fighting for him, Katakuri has a more hands-on approach, and would not let his other siblings/Chess Soldiers interfere with his battles if he thinks he can handle it himself (which is often).
*** Due to his god complex, Eneru underestimated his opponents which bit him hard in the ass. Katakuri, because of his foresight, understands the potential danger enemies bring and tries very hard not to make the same mistake... [[spoiler:of course, he still underestimates Luffy in some fashion, particularly in how despite his mochi powers being superior to Luffy's Gum-Gum powers in almost every way, they're still made of mochi... which is entirely eatable.]]
*** They both favor a trident as their complimentary weapon. However, Eneru's started out as a SimpleStaff and its metal body allowed it to be molded into a trident in the first place.
*** Eneru dresses up in bright colors and his appearance/outfit has Buddhism/Shintoism motifs, projecting the image of a god or holy man. Katakuri, with his all-black leather getup, his scars and skull tattoos, looks like a biker and a criminal, and therefore the ''last'' person who would be sighted at a church or holy grounds. The places they hail from further proves it -- Eneru lives in Skypeia, a land deeply immersed in religion. Katakuri as well as his mother and the rest of his large family lives in the decadent, hedonistic Totto Land. [[spoiler:Katakuri's "daily snack times" always take place in his personal mochi-made "shrine", and what he actually does in there is lie down while scarfing down sweets and tea to his heart's content, which would be offensive behavior for typical churchgoers]].
* FreudianExcuse:
** He always makes a point in [[PragmaticVillainy never underestimating his enemies and making sure they are utterly defeated with no chance of even getting up]]. [[spoiler:This is because as a child he was very strong, and being able to beat up his bullies easily made him reckless and overconfident. [[RevengeByProxy Then one day he found Brulee on a hospital stretcher, her face horribly scarred and bleeding]]...]]
** He's always seen doing most of the legwork for his family, and racking up a body count that's higher than even his fellow Sweet Generals could manage. [[spoiler:This is because he's haunted by his childhood recklessness and his failure to protect Brulee, so he tries to do everything himself so his siblings won't get hurt again]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:From a shunned boy with a fanged, monstrous mouth, to the most powerful Sweet General with fearsome abilities and a bounty that surpasses a billion berrys . Katakuri would've been fine with remaining the former but decides to become an infamous and fearsome warrior after his sister Brulee got scarred for life]].
* GenreRefugee: He wouldn't be out of place in a darker, older manga series like ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', or ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. However, not only is he stuck in the [[WorldOfWeirdness weird]] and whimsical world of ''Manga/OnePiece'', but also the [[CrapsaccharineWorld deceptively]] hyper-saccharine Tottoland. [[spoiler: Underneath his facade, he's actually as much of a goof as any character in the world of One Piece.]]
* GlasgowGrin: [[spoiler:Underneath his scarf is a mouth full of sharp, thin fangs, connected by stitched scars on both sides of his face. It has an eerie resemblance to a pelican eel's mouth when mochi is applied to it. He got it as a child, after attempting to eat too many donuts at once. He sees it as a "flaw" because, after Brulee paid the price for his arrogant carelessness when they were children, he hid everything imperfect about himself so he would look perfect to his family and anyone who sees his mouth is brutally murdered. Only after getting in a fight with Luffy does he willingly show it]].
* {{Gonk}}: [[spoiler:InUniverse his mouth filled with teeth are viewed as such. He was shunned for it as a boy and tends to kill subordinates out of shame if they see it. Out of universe he's still considered attractive with the teeth.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a stitched scar on both sides of his face that's barely hidden by his scarf. It is reminiscent of a GlasgowGrin, and it may very well be one. [[spoiler:It most certainly is, but with an added twist- it connects to a mouth filled with elongated, razor-sharp, teeth.]]
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Completely out of gas, heavily injured, and just barely conscious after failing to take out Luffy in their final clash of attacks, Katakuri graciously accepts his defeat and calmly quips about Luffy's determination before falling down, defeated.]]
* GuiltyPleasure: [[spoiler:Katakuri is a closet hedonist, who is a sucker for sweet snack foods like donuts and goes to great lengths to avoid showing people what he does off-duty while eating massive yardage of sweets like a slob, even erecting a mochi shrine that acts as his "sanctuary".]]
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Let's face it, if this wasn't ''One Piece'', and Katakuri wasn't Katakuri, you'd think that the power to create mochi would be pretty pathetic. Since it is, Katakuri uses it to [[StickySituation trap his opponents]], [[BlobMonster dodge and absorb attacks]], [[MultiArmedAndDangerous grow extra arms]] and [[ShapeshifterWeapon turn them into maces]]...
* HellbentForLeather: He wears a tough-looking, all-leather getup somewhat resembling a cross between a {{Cowboy}} and a BadassBiker, which contrasts the silly-looking, circus-like outfits of his siblings. [[spoiler:Which is also a clue to what he's truly like on the inside when he's later discovered chowing down donuts and tea without a care in the world]].
* HiddenDepths:
** [[spoiler:When not [[SlaveToPR keeping up pretensions for his family]], Katakuri lets himself go completely loose during his snack times, chomping down sweets and guzzling black tea like Luffy does. His snack times are the only times he's truly happy]].
** [[spoiler:Like Pudding, Katakuri was bullied and feared because his fanged mouth resembled a pelican eel's. He kept his mouth constantly hidden because of it, and kills anyone who see it, likely to NeverBeHurtAgain]].
*** And even those depths have hidden depths: [[spoiler: Katakuri personally didn't care about his monstrous appearance, but forewent it in favor of the image of the perfect, invincible warrior son to keep his family from becoming RevengeByProxy targets like Brulee did in their childhood.]]
* HideYourOtherness: [[spoiler:Katakuri has hidden his jagged, eel like teeth from the public eye since childhood. This is because, while he himself could care less about the boys who picked on him (he would just easily beat them all up and drive them off), they evidently were not scared of him ''enough'' and thought that they could get away with [[RevengeByProxy attacking his little sister Brulee instead]] (which left her with a [[ScarsAreForever permanent, hideous scar across her whole face]]). For this reason, he made sure to cover his goofy mouth in order to ''fully'' terrorize his enemies and deter them from attacking his siblings. As an adult, he's even gotten to the point where he kills anybody who happens to see it (along with his slovenly snacking habits, for that matter). Ironically, his older brother Perospero did advise him to hide his mouth so he could have friends when they were younger, but only heeded the advice after Brulee was hurt. It's later averted in Chapter 893, where he ultimately decides a fair fight with Luffy is more important than staying in his family's good graces, and so discards his scarf that hides it, as well as his jacket that bears his family's insignia on it, leaving his mouth entirely exposed]].
* HonorBeforeReason: When he realizes that his sister Flampe had allowed him to seriously injure Luffy with his trident, [[spoiler:he stabs himself to compensate for his not requested advantage before berating her for her actions, revealing his mouth without caring who sees it which shattered his public image, and destroying his whole reputation for a fair duel.]]
* {{Hunk}}: Even with his covered up mouth scars, he's ruggedly attractive with a manly, muscular physique. [[spoiler:Well, except for the giant, thin, teeth pointing out from his mouth.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Just mere moments after refusing to lower his guard in letting Luffy transform, he assumes he's defeated Luffy and goes off to enjoy snack time. [[spoiler:Luffy then eats his way out of defeat and catches him ''totally'' off-guard and in a genuine moment of weakness (as in a food-related moment of weakness).]]
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Averted. He and his younger brothers, Daifuku and Oven, are fraternal triplets, and thus they are different enough to be told apart from each other. Daifuku notably looks older of the three brothers despite being younger than him.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Definitely has them. In his introduction proper, he hit a man square in the forehead with a hand-thrown, bean-sized projectile from a considerable distance and height away from him. In a variant, he manages to find the real Luffy in between dozens of his Brulee-made clones, presumably with his Haki and immediately traps him with his powers.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He can throw ''jellybeans'' as deadly projectiles.
* InformedFlaw: [[spoiler: For some reason, people in the One Piece world find his true face ''hilarious'', as Flampe's men crack up laughing as soon as they see it. In fact, it's to the point that he has to cover his mouth up just so people can take him seriously. The apparent hilarity of a ''16 foot tall, incredibly buff'' pirate commander who practically has ''[[NightmareFuel vampire fangs]]'' for teeth is [[https://i.imgur.com/UVUgL81.png probably lost]] on those of us in the real world, however]].
* InvincibleVillain: Deconstructed; he's famed as this by his prideful family, but nearly all of the Big Mom Pirates have a collectively swelled head and are so cocky they spout too much arrogance for their own good and assume they can't lose. He's actually NighInvulnerable being puffed up to look invincible. Katakuri starts off as somebody who is seemingly infallible, but eventually, his weakness start to show and he is just ''functionally'' invincible and aided by a form of SuperToughness. The first hint that he can be felled is that his Observation Haki is not always reliable. The next comes after his fight with Luffy goes from being one-sided to even for a few moments [[spoiler:because his Observation Haki fails to work while he loses his concentration]]. Katakuri then reveals [[spoiler:he is pretending to get hit with attacks and masterfully dodging them by reshaping his body into mochi and]] as long as he holds his concentration incredibly sharp, he won't fall. He's like a cat -- if he gets hit, he will always right himself even in mid-tumble and even if ''he just hit his head on the ground!'' Also, it has been years since anyone has managed to hit him. [[spoiler:And it's revealed the reason why he's so powerful is that he got too overconfident in his own strength as a child against some thugs, which ended up in his sister, Brulee, being the target of a vicious RevengeByProxy plan. His failure to protect her pushed him to such extremes to the point where he became an utter "monster"]].
* KnightOfCerebus: While many of the other Charlotte siblings have been shown to be quirky yet really dangerous, Katakuri takes it up a level by being a NoNonsenseNemesis, who is extremely competent and brutal as a fighter.
* LargeAndInCharge: His height is revealed in a SBS issue and it is a whopping ''509 centimeters'' (16'8") -- taller than his younger triplet brothers, Daifuku (489 cm/16'0.5"), and Oven (492 cm/16'1"), who are both very tall themselves. That being said, he is the Minister of Flour, and he's an extremely badass member of the Charlotte Family.
* LightningBruiser: Even moreso than even the Straw Hats' ''[[LightningBruiser Monster Trio]]''. His Haki-based foresight and Devil Fruit powers make him an all-around threat, ''and'' he has the level of physical speed that ensures he can counter his enemies' attacks before they could even lift a finger. With his ability to make multiple mochi limbs and cover ''all of them'' with Armament Haki, he is just a walking CurbStompBattle waiting to happen.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[spoiler:He's every bit as gluttonous, hedonistic and hammy as his mother when no one's watching.]]
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: His usual personality, as noted under WackyParentSeriousChild. [[spoiler:At least in public. What he actually is in private he is [[LikeFatherLikeSon quite the opposite]]]]. Katakuri also does not have that douchey arrogance that all of the other Big Mom Pirates exhibit because he actually ''is'' as good as he says and knows never to underestimate his opponents no matter what and admits his mistakes, which makes him a true through-and-through badass. He ultimately is this more than LikeFatherLikeSon above. Big Mom just considered her children tools to expand her power while Katakuri genuinely cared for his siblings [[spoiler:to the point of brutalizing anyone who came after them]].
* LogicalWeakness:
** Katakuri's Devil Fruit substance revolves entirely around being sticky, so naturally, dousing him in water (or any kind of liquid) greatly nullifies its effectiveness.
** While Katakuri's Observation Haki lets him see farther into the future with greater accuracy than anyone else, it's still based on other people's actions and not his own. Once he ''does'' act on his visions and change the future he sees, it takes a moment for his visions to update in which he can't see anything, which is how Sanji is able to dodge his surprise attack.
** His immense Observation Haki requires an equally immense amount of concentration. Should something cause his concentration to falter, his Observation Haki is disabled until he regains his focus, making him ''a lot'' easier to hit. [[spoiler:It's also not something he can do every minute of every day; relaxing and recollecting himself is why he takes his private snack breaks. Luffy interrupting said snack time and catching Katakuri with his Haki down is how he discovers this weakness.]]
* MadeOfIron: '''Good Grief''' is this man one of the tougher opponents Luffy has faced in a long while, practically on par with Lucci in tenacity of a fight. Sure Doflamingo took some doing too, but at least it took Luffy's Gear Fourth move to start breaking through his toughness and he managed to end the fight within two tries once he activated it. Katakuri? His combination of the Mochi-Mochi Devil Fruit and Armament Haki is so inhumanly tough that Luffy needs Gear Fourth to do lasting damage ''at all''. Add to that an advanced Observation Haki where he can see every move coming and the extreme versatility of his Mochi powers, and you have quite the beast of an opponent. [[spoiler: The fact that the fight took ''10 hours'' is a testament of how strong Katakuri is.]]
* MarathonBoss: [[spoiler:His fight with Luffy lasted almost as long as the latter's fight with Cracker did. For comparison, that fight lasted over ''eleven hours'']].
* MasterOfAll: Even for New World standards, his versatility is extremely impressive, with raw speed and strength outclassing Luffy, proficient marksmanship, deadly spearmanship skills, powerful Armament Haki, an awakened Devil Fruit used with incredible creativity, and most dangerous of all, unparalleled mastery of Observation Haki that allows him to adapt and counter any situation before it even happens. [[spoiler:The cherry on top is that he even has the frighteningly rare Conqueror's Haki]].
* MemeticBadass: In-universe; Brulee hailed him as the strongest Charlotte ever, that he has never laid down from the moment he was born, that he's always gallant and never rests. [[spoiler:All to setup the next chapter which reveals Katakuri's ''massive'' HiddenDepths]].
* MirrorBoss: Serves as one to Luffy. Their powers and techniques are very similar to one another, with their fight taking place in a literal mirror realm to drive the point home. Heck, they even ''look'' a little similar with their scars and untidy mop hairstyles.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: [[spoiler:There is a giant, gaping maw lurking underneath that scarf of his and it is filled to the brim with pointy teeth.]]
* MrFanservice: A handsome, hunky, and brooding WalkingShirtlessScene. [[spoiler:His real face averts this trope, however.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:His inability to protect Brulee when she was subjected to RevengeByProxy by his childhood enemies haunted him into developing the fearsome, dreadful image he is today]].
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Done to [[LightningBruiser Luffy]] himself. Katakuri's Mochi-Mochi fruit allows him to stretch and contort his body just like Luffy, but it's superior in many ways; Luffy's body only takes on the properties of rubber while Katakuri can ''actually'' transform into mochi; Luffy's [[RapidFireFisticuffs Gatling]] only creates the illusion of growing more arms while Katakuri can ''actually'' grow more arms; Luffy's Elephant Gun is limited by how much air he can blow into his hand while Katakuri's Elephant Gun can be ''any size he wants''. As such, Luffy has a hard time against him. [[spoiler: His Block Mochi is also harder than Armament Haki.]]
* NervesOfSteel: Not only does he largely maintain his composure when everything goes to shit during the wedding, but [[spoiler: he stays completely calm even as ''the entire castle is falling over'' and taking him down with it. He even catches his sister Galette mid-free fall and dryly tells her to "calm down" as she (understandably) freaks out at their predicament.]] There's actually a good reasoning behind this; he ''has'' to stay calm and collected at all times in order to use his Observation Haki.
* NeverBeHurtAgain: With a twist. [[spoiler:While Katakuri was bullied and shunned for having a fanged mouth as a kid, he never cared much because he was strong enough to beat up anyone who laughed at him. It came back to bite him in the ass when his younger sister, Brulee, was targeted and horribly scarred via RevengeByProxy by the same bullies he beat up. Realizing that his carelessness got one of his siblings severely injured, Katakuri took extreme lengths to hide all of his "weaknesses", such as his mouth and eating habits, and eventually became TheDreaded so he could protect his siblings by reputation]]. The real reason is more "Never let them get hurt again".
* NeverGetsFat: Like his mother, he is a glutton who eats sweets as often as she does. Despite this unhealthy habit, he still remains muscular and hunky.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Despite being having almost perfect CombatClairvoyance, Katakuri ends up making bad calls that fail to improve the situation for his family.
** First, he tries to snipe Sanji when he predicts that [[spoiler:Pudding and the priest]] will fail to do so, only for Sanji to dodge and tip off the Vinsmokes that something's going on.
** Then, when Luffy and his clones appear to wreak havoc, he captures the real Luffy and tells everyone to ignore the transformed animals and focus on Luffy, which seemed like a good plan... [[spoiler:except he made everyone ignore Brook (who disguised himself as Luffy), allowing him to sneak around and destroy Mother Carmel's portrait.]]
* NighInvulnerable: While he's not a Logia ([[{{Retcon}} anymore]]), his Devil Fruit gives his body blob-like properties as long as he's not wet, acting like one in spirit. He's been shown to shrug off getting shot, sliced, blown apart, and is even able to avoid Haki-infused strikes. [[spoiler:This is actually an illusion he keeps up with his immense Observation Haki, morphing his body in tune with the enemy strikes he predicts so that it ''looks like'' he's unstoppable, but even being MadeOfIron he will feel a solid hit just like anyone else. The real challenge, as Luffy discovers, is overcoming that Observation Haki so he can actually get hits in.]]
* NightmareFace: His DeathGlare evolves into this when someone pushes one of his BerserkButton. [[spoiler:He promptly slaughters the chefs who saw his face, and looked downright ''monstrous'' as he angrily confronted the childhood bullies who scarred Brulee's face. On that note, his face itself, when revealed, is pretty darn terrifying, and quite vampiric, even!]]
* NobleDemon: A villain though he may be, he does have a very strict code of honour. When he figures out that his sister has been attacking Luffy from the sidelines, he not only tells her off, he also stabs himself in fairness and as an apology to Luffy for the unfair advantage he (Katakuri) had been granted. The two then combine their Haki to knock Flampe out so they can have a fair fight.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** After a while, his "fight" with Luffy stops being a fight and just turns into Katakuri brutally smashing Luffy into the ground (or wall) every time he tries to move. ''Especially'' after [[spoiler:Luffy gets a lucky few hits in by taking advantage of his broken focus]] and Katakuri dials up his own focus to maximum so that Luffy will never get a chance to catch him by surprise again.
** [[spoiler:The bullies who scarred young!Brulee's face to spite Katakuri for beating them up ended up being targeted by a ''very'' enraged Katakuri. It wasn't pretty]].
* NoNonsenseNemesis: He doesn't screw around ''at all'', having a dead-serious attitude and opting to [[BoomHeadshot aim for the head]] and snipe his enemies down [[{{Seers}} before they even have a chance to act]]. [[spoiler:Although, he does have that one thing he does where he eats like it's his happy time... ahem...]] Even then, he makes sure nobody can see that side of him and live.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Compared to One Piece's usual wacky designs, Katakuri looks like he came straight out from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' or some other darker manga. He also has TsurimeEyes like Mihawk, a design that's rarely seen in ''One Piece''. This effect works very well in his favor because it showcases how much of a threat he stands out as. [[spoiler:That's before his mouth is revealed.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: He is hailed as completely perfect by his siblings, deathly serious and tirelessly dutiful to the point of never even laying down. In general, he sticks out like a sore thumb from his goofy, colorful, confection-obsessed family. When he erects a mochi shrine to conceal himself when eating, everyone assumes it's just because he's ''that'' solemn where he considers mealtime as a sacred duty rather than a social event. [[spoiler:In truth, the shrine is to conceal him as he scarfs down donuts just as irreverently as any of his relatives, even using his powers to stretch out his mouth. When Luffy bursts down the door and exposes the truth to their fight's onlookers, [[VillainousBreakdown he doesn't take it very well]]]].
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: In Chapter 883, after Luffy manages to land a solid hit due to Katakuri's loss of focus causing his CombatClairvoyance to fail, much to the former's surprise, as previously Luffy hadn't even been able to land a single blow.
--> '''Luffy:''' You're definitely super strong... but you're not invincible!
* NotSoStoic:
** He usually doesn't do more than a DeathGlare mostly because of his scarf hiding his mouth, but the moment he foresees [[spoiler:Pudding dropping to her knees crying at the altar]], it's been a long series of OhCrap moments for him [[spoiler:as the wedding plans come undone. Bege noticed he looked extremely terrified after the fact, which made Bege assume his assassination plans will be successful (they fail)]]. When he gets angry, the only way to tell is when his face gets shadowed and veins start appearing.
** [[spoiler: It turns out his stoic appearance is partly a facade, as seen when he has his private tea time, he lies on his back messily scarfing down doughnuts without a care in the world]]. He takes pains to make sure no one sees this... or at least that no one sees this [[LeaveNoWitnesses and]] ''[[LeaveNoWitnesses lives]]''.
* OhCrap:
** [[spoiler:He foresees the wedding plan come completely undone, but he can't do anything about it. Then Sanji dodges one of his jellybeans, a nigh-impossible feat for anyone else, and from there everything goes to shit for the poor guy as [[NiceJobFixingItVillain every move he makes just give the Straw Hat-Firetank Alliance an advantage to retaliate]]. His terrified reaction is what allows Capone Bege to realize that their plan to bring down Big Mom may have a chance to work (it doesn't, unfortunately).]]
** [[spoiler:Has this reaction like mad when he's outed as a slave to his guilty pleasures. Likewise when Luffy actually manages to get a hit off on him, discovering his weakness in the process despite Katakuri trying to keep up his bravado.]]
** [[spoiler:The closest he's gotten to looking afraid is when Luffy grabs Brulee and dives out of the mirror world, e.g. an enemy pirate has seized his sister and there's nothing he can do about it.]]
** [[spoiler:He also didn't take it very well when he and Perospero discovered that Brulee was horribly scarred by the same bullies he beat up out of spite]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: An SBS reveals that he, along with his younger triplet brothers, Daifuku and Oven are 48. However, he could probably pass for being about two decades younger. Hell, his younger brother Daikufu looks older than him.
* OnceMoreWithClarity: [[spoiler:Flashback to his childhood in Chapter 893 showed people running away from him because of his mouth. Chapter 902 showed what happened after this: He didn't care one bit about it and just beat everyone up. They then came after his sister Brulee for RevengeByProxy. This incident unnerved Katakuri so much that he started cover his mouth and develop his serious and perfect image to protect them by reputation]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:When he discovers Flampe interfered with the fight with Luffy, Katakuri was so mad that he willingly show off his fanged mouth to his own sister. And despite Flampe and her crew ridiculing him for being an imperfect freak, Katakuri doesn't try to kill them and stoically deals with their jeering, not even giving them more satisfaction. A stark cry from the utter viciousness he showed to those poor chefs earlier]].
* TheParagon: Viewed as this from the perspective of his own family because he has a bounty over a billion berries and appears to conduct himself with utmost discipline and carries the whole family on his shoulders as its rock. He even has a fan club dedicated to him, led by one of his little sisters, Flampe. [[spoiler:It's later deconstructed in that they're actually giving him a little too much credit because the guy is a sloppy glutton behind closed doors, and has an "ugly" physical abnormality, much like Pudding. Everything his family saw of him was part of a desirable image he crafted for himself so he would always be there to protect his siblings. However, because of the ginormous expectations placed on him, Katakuri has daily "snack times" so he would have at least a chance to relax. Ultimately he still ends up being this despite his faults, and Brulee, despite knowing of his facade, is the only sibling who still loves and worships him unconditionally]].
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: [[spoiler:He ends up breaking protocol with his own family, fighting Luffy because "he's a WorthyOpponent" rather than "he's a dangerous enemy of Totto Land", after realizing that maintaining a facade to hide his perceived flaws doesn't matter if there are people out there who don't care what he looks like or how he truly acts. This is represented by him taking off his sleeveless leather jacket, which has his family's symbol on the back, and throwing it aside]].
* PersonalityPowers:
** Katakuri's Mochi Mochi Fruit is extremely versatile, being a [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter superior version]] of Luffy's Gum Gum Fruit that could be applied in different ways. It reflects Katakuri's pragmatism and cunning. Alternatively, because mochi is soft and easily molded, [[spoiler:it likely reflects how Katakuri unconsciously molded himself to his family's standards in order to please and protect them, at the cost of his own well-being]].
** Katakuri has a rare form of Observation Haki that functions like true precognition, showing him flashes of what's to come. [[spoiler:It came from the desire to predict his enemies' next moves, after going through the unexpected whammy that his childhood actions resulted in one of his sisters getting horribly scarred]].
** Katakuri has Armament Haki, allowing himself to coat even his mochi-based limbs. [[spoiler:This likely refers to his childhood desire to become stronger by removing ''all'' of his weaknesses, or the strong, stoic facade he puts up to hide the "soft" goofy side of himself from his family]].
* PragmaticVillainy: In stark contrast to his family, Katakuri ''usually'' choose the most efficient ways to fight. He urged Perospero to quickly finish the Vinsmoke instead of mocking them. He killed a murderous guest before he even finish his threat. Most significantly, he beat up Luffy before he finished transforming into Gear Fourth. [[spoiler: The single moment he lapsed into BondVillainStupidity above, he was craving his GuiltyPleasure. After he's back to being calm and serious again, he focuses his power into a single punch directly into Luffy's stomach, the part that was ''not'' coated in Haki]]. And yet, [[spoiler:he refuses to take advantage of Flampe's interference because it made Luffy show a moment of weakness that wasn't like him at all. And when he does find out who did it, he was ''furious'', and proceeds to tell off Flampe for her actions]]
* ProngsOfPoseidon: His WeaponOfChoice along with jellybeans is a trident, reminiscent of Eneru's trident. It's currently unclear if it's a regular trident or one made of his Devil Fruit power. [[spoiler:His first use of it was when he went after the bullies responsible for scarring Brulee's face as a child]].
* PropheticFallacy: [[spoiler:In Chapter 862, during Pudding and Sanji's wedding, Katakuri foresees Pudding falling to her knees at the altar in tears. It's quickly revealed that ''Sanji'' made her cry by [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe complimenting her third eye]], leaving Pudding unable to kill her groom-to-be. Circumstances and the information gap prevented Katakuri from reacting fast enough to prevent his vision from coming true. [[MassOhCrap Chaos then ensues]].]]
* RapidFireFisticuffs: During his fight with Luffy, he mimics Luffy's Gum Gum Gatling Gun with his mochi powers.
* RealityEnsues:
** Bege notes that if Katakuri can change the future that he looks into, so can everyone.
** Katakuri's Observation Haki relies on his tremendous concentration in order for it to work. [[spoiler:His being caught and exposed during a most vulnerable moment enrages him to the point where he starts acting wildly and makes his concentration falter severely, leaving him open to attack as Luffy realizes how his transformation works]].
** [[spoiler:His "snack time" is an acknowledgment of this. His facade as the "perfect" older brother can only be maintained for so long -- if Katakuri didn't have his dedicated "snack time" where he can act as his true self, he would either drive himself insane or slip eventually when he was surrounded by people]].
** When he reveals to Brulee that [[spoiler: his reputation of being perfect since he was born is a lie, Brulee reveals she already knew. This isn't just because she saw him through the mirrors, but also because she, along with his other siblings who are within his age group, grew up with him when they were kids so they knew what he was like before doing the "perfect brother" act. But when younger siblings who are way out of his age group, like Flampe, sees his mouth for the first time, they will be shocked by it due to Katakuri keeping his true self a secret from everyone, including his own family]].
** It's great when you're a strong fighter, because that means no one will bully you ever again. [[spoiler:Not so great when your loved ones end up [[RevengeByProxy attacked]] out of spite by the same people you beat up]].
* RealMenHateSugar: [[spoiler: Averted; He is one of the manliest characters in the series, but he enjoys eating sugary treats, especially donuts, like the rest of his family.]]
* RebelRelaxation: Katakuri is fond of a "large and in charge" lean backward; he's even introduced in a sitting down version of the pose. Standing up while leaning back, he's just as badass, if not more. It's the perfect pose befitting a guy with his looks. When he's confident he's in no danger, Katakuri assumes this pose and chills in the back of the Sunny as Chopper and Brook fend off the garrisons of Big Mom's lackeys, enjoying his front row seat to the events. [[spoiler:He even assumes this pose while sitting down!]]
* TheReliableOne: Katakuri does a ''vast'' amount of the legwork to combat the Straw Hats when they show up to ruin Big Mom's wedding plot, especially in comparison to fellow-Sweet Generals Smoothie and Cracker. Every single chapter depicting the chaos shows Katakuri doing ''something'' useful, whether it's taking on Luffy, Jimbei, ''and'' Pedro at once by himself or creating earplugs for his family to shield them from Big Mom's [[MakeMeWannaShout booming shout]]. Having powerful [[{{Seers}} Observation Haki]] helped. [[spoiler:This is justified and deconstructed; he saw Brulee's childhood facial scarring as [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest shame]], so he started acting like the "perfect" warrior that does his family's dirty work so they won't have to. The deconstruction part is that he ends up running himself so ragged doing everything and keeping up his public image, that his "snack times" are the only times he could wind down]].
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Subverted. Katakuri's immense Observation Haki allows him to see into the future, but doesn't show him what ''causes'' said future nor give him a direct means of altering it other than beating down the responsible parties. This weakness becomes very obvious when said parties are skilled fighters like the Supernovas and their crews that he can't immediately kill.
* TheReveal:
** Wondering what's hidden under that scarf? [[spoiler:A freaky mouth full of fangs which points out from it. A classic Oda twist some will have managed to guess from experience with Jack.]]
** Ever wonder why he acts so ruthless and fearsome? [[spoiler:It was a facade he cultivated after a group of bullies scarred Brulee's face [[RevengeByProxy to spite him]], so his other siblings wouldn't go through the same situation again]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What happened [[spoiler:after the bullies he beat up for mocking his GlasgowGrin decided if they couldn't beat him, [[RevengeByProxy they'd go after his sister Brulee instead]], which began his cultivation of the perfect, peerless warrior image.]]
* RocketPunch: [[spoiler: As if he's not uber enough, he can lauch his ''ultra hard'' punches this way as well]].
* SameSexTriplets: Subverted; he, Daifuku, and Oven are fraternal triplet brothers. While they are powerful, ginormous-sized warriors who all use Devil Fruits, they actually look very different from each other.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Like his sister and fellow Sweet General, Smoothie, he wears a very large scarf. Unlike Smoothie's, his is quite ragged, though, and serves to make him more mysterious-looking by covering his mouth. [[spoiler:That's for good reason, too, because his mouth is very unbecoming to look at.]] Relating to his name, Katakuri, his scarf looks like he wrapped a strip of shredded potato around his neck.
* ScaryTeeth: [[spoiler: He has a mouth full of huge fangs underneath his scarf and are enough for everyone to call him a freak]].
* {{Seers}}: As mentioned above, he's pushed his Observation Haki enough to where he can see precise images of immediate future outcome and interpret them with 100% accuracy. [[SpiderSense It also helps him discern the future actions and true motives of people,]] [[CombatClairvoyance and react accordingly]]. Although, [[RealityEnsues as Bege pointed out and as the Straw Hats demonstrate at the tea party]], that doesn't mean unexpected actions and unpredictable people can't ''change'' the future he foresees. [[spoiler:Having his concentration fail in some way also renders his foresight null, as Luffy learns]].
* SharedFamilyQuirks: [[spoiler:Turns out he loves to eat just as much as his mother does; as a child he was fine with pigging out on sweets in public, but after Brulee was horribly scarred by some bullies wanting a cheap shot at him, he only eats in private. It's a wonder why ''he'' isn't the Sweet General named Snack!]]
* SiblingYinYang: While most of his brothers and sisters are shown to be quirky and outgoing (barring the homicidal insanity), Katakuri is a NoNonsenseNemesis and a ''very'' serious ColdSniper. Cracker especially contrasts him by talking up a big game and hiding behind his Devil Fruit powers, while Katakuri just goes for the kill. [[spoiler:In private, however, he's shown to be hedonistic and gluttonous as them]].
* SlaveToPR: Katakuri takes upholding his reputation as the "perfect human being" and the reliable big brother of the Big Mom Pirates ''very'' seriously. [[spoiler:He initially didn't care about his looks or eating habits, but after Brulee was scarred by a group of bullies who wanted to spite Katakuri for beating them up, he makes sure no-one messes with his family ever again by way of sheer reputation, and lets ''no one'' see his undignified, gluttonous nature and even refuses to be seen lying on his back relaxing by anybody. This also extends to his physical attractiveness, as he purposefully covers up his beast-like teeth in order to fully cultivate his image as a handsome, stoic warrior. So, it's very telling when he willingly exposes his face to Flampe and permanently sacrifices his image just for the sake of having a fair fight with Luffy, who he'd come to greatly respect]].
* SmugSuper: Subverted and defied. [[spoiler:He once acted like this as a child, being so strong that he could simply beat up anyone who made fun of his fanged mouth. Brulee paid for her brother's carelessness and arrogance by being attacked by Katakuri's bullies out of spite and coming home with a vicious, ugly scar on her face. Katakuri blamed himself for it, and since made it a point ''not'' to underestimate his enemies as a result]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: Both on the receiving and giving ends of the trope.
** Capone Bege sees him as a potential one for his plan to off Big Mom, and ''the'' person to watch out for the most. With his precognition-like Haki, Katakuri can potentially detect Bege's true motives and shoot him dead like he did to that guest (Jigra) who wanted revenge for Big Mom's murder of his father. [[spoiler:Then Katakuri is out-spannered by ''[[SpannerInTheWorks Sanji]]'', who not only possesses the ability to dodge with his own Observation Haki, but manages to throw everything out the window despite Katakuri foreseeing it happening.]]
** [[spoiler:However, despite the Straw Hat-Firetank Alliance managing to foil Big Mom's plans for the Vinsmokes, Katakuri retaliates by screwing up the enemy side's assassination plan, thus validating Capone Bege's fears, by creating earplugs out of mochi to protect his brothers and sisters from Big Mom's screaming, and plugging up Capone Bege's "[[OneWingedAngel Big Father]]" defenses with mochi so that the Straw Hats, the Vinsmokes, and the Firetank Pirates end up trapped on all sides when they tried escaping. The only miracle the heroes had was the Tamatebako exploding...]]
* SpikesOfVillainy: Wears a spiked bracelet, spiked leg braces, ''and'' has very large spurs on his boots. Each of his knee-pads also has a single spike for good measure.
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:Years ago, he was once a Luffy-like person as a kid. Readers were led to believe, through his first flashback, that [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer his childhood bullying]] was what led him to becoming the powerful, stoic warrior he is today. Then it's revealed in the second flashback that it wasn't the bullying itself, it was discovering that his own strength and recklessness led to one of his siblings being attacked by bullies in an act of spite]].
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: He's named after potato starch, a food ingredient. Like the Mochi Mochi Devil Fruit he uses, potato starch can get sticky... but only if wetted. His powers are the inverse; he can make himself extremely sticky, but hit him with enough water and his powers will be rendered null.
* StickySituation: His Devil Fruit is this as a weapon. He can produce mochi from his body that traps anyone he hits. Unfortunately, like the Biscuit-related powers of his brother, Cracker, his mochi can be made null if large amounts of water is applied.
* TheStoic: Barely emotes beyond a [[DeathGlare murderous glare]]. [[spoiler: This is a prerequisite for him to fully utilized his Observation Haki. A single distracted moment led to Luffy getting hit after hit on him.]][[spoiler:Then he goes OhCrap when he fails to kill Sanji as part of Big Mom's wedding plans for the Vinsmokes. And it's revealed in Chapter 883 that his stoicism is partly a facade - he only lets it down in private while he's enjoying his snacks, which he makes sure no one ever sees]].
* SuperPowerLottery: A definite winner of the "Devil Fruit lottery" so to speak, as he's eaten a "special" Paramecia that gives him abilities not dissimilar to that of a Logia. Heck, even compared to a Logia fruit, his power has got some really unique properties and Awakened abilities (such as the almost inescapable stickiness of the mochi or his ability to control mochi arms telepathically) that would have made him very dangerous even had he ''not'' been a 16-foot-tall physical powerhouse and Observation Haki master (which he is).
* SuperToughness: Not only is his Armament Haki strong enough in conjunction with his mochi power to completely overwhelm Luffy's rubber defense, but he can likewise make it very durable to the point that when Luffy hit him with his Haki, it just ended up hurting his hands. Even discounting his mochi powers, his durability is astounding. He tanks ''three'' Gear Fourth attacks from Luffy in a row before calmly recomposing himself and getting right back to kicking Luffy's ass. Quite a far cry from his brother and fellow Sweet General Cracker, who for comparison, was knocked out with ''one'' Gear Fourth blow.
* SwissArmySuperpower: The amount of crap he can do with his Mochi Mochi Fruit is astounding. To wit, he can:
** Create an endless supply of mochi like most substance producing Paramecias and fashion them into whatever tools he needs at the moment, up to making artificial limbs like Robin.
** Trap opponents through stickiness just like Trebol.
** Stretch and inflate like Luffy.
** Store objects inside his body like Caribou.
** Turn into mochi and take hits like a Logia, despite being only a Paramecia type fruit.
* TattooedCrook: He has a skull shaped tattoo on his arm as well as few stripes on his torso. The anime colors his tattoos as pink [[spoiler:which is subtle {{Foreshadowing}} that to some degree, he really is just like his hedonistic family]].
* TerribleTrio: He forms one with his younger triplet brothers, Daifuku and Oven. As a Sweet General and the most powerful sibling, he's the leader, with Daifuku and Oven following him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Katakuri is easily the most honorable of the Sweet Generals and is one of the most honorable of his siblings as a whole.
* TooManyBelts: He wears belts ''wrapped around his thighs''.
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:He was very much like Luffy as a child, gorging on sweets and beating up whoever bullied him about his fearsome-looking mouth. But after he got careless and confident in his own strength, leading to one of his sisters, Brulee, getting horribly scarred by the same bullies he beat up, he brutalized the bullies and hid everything he saw as a "weakness" away from the public eye so his family won't get hurt again. While it gave his family a powerful reputation, and praise from his siblings, [[SlaveToPR he constantly has to work hard to keep things that way]] and his "snack times" are the only way he could relax. The moment he reveals his true self to Flampe in a fit of anger over her interfering with his fight with Luffy, Flampe ridicules Katakuri for being imperfect, disowns him as her brother, and has her crew take photos of his mouth so she could humiliate him in front of everyone]].
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Defied. Katakuri foresees Luffy transforming into Gear Fourth and immediately buries him under a suffocating mass of Mochi. Later, Katakuri allows Luffy to transforms to fight him [[WorthyOpponent at his best]].
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender-inverted. His mother is a fat, ugly old woman ([[IWasQuiteALooker albeit she was beautiful a few decades younger]]) while Katakuri is quite a good-looking {{Hunk}}. [[spoiler:When we get the first glimpse of his mouth underneath that scarf, it has similarities to an eel and is viewed as ugly by his family.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Zigzagged. Katakuri makes a point of not underestimating his foes. While he notes that it's almost impossible for the Straw Hats to escape Big Mom in the Seducing Woods, he goes ahead and secures the Sunny just in case. And when he foresees Luffy activating Gear Fourth, he doesn't let Luffy power up and instead drowns him in mochi. But then, his patience for his daily snack time had reached his limit and he left Luffy for dead, allowing him to escape [[spoiler:and uncover Katakuri's weakness.]]
* VillainousBreakdown:
** [[spoiler: He steadily loses his concentration and patience as Luffy continues to dodge and survive his attacks, becoming increasingly frustrated and outwardly enraged. Then, Luffy discovers his shameful secret as an undignified glutton, only adding to his stress -- and it culminates in Katakuri's Observation Haki failing as Luffy manages to nail him with a kick. Then he slips up immediately after that too, allowing Luffy to activate [[NextTierPowerUp Gear Fourth]] and hit him ''again''. Somewhat [[DefiedTrope defied]] by Katakuri shortly thereafter though; he acknowledges himself that Luffy caused him to panic (which interferes with his CombatClairvoyance) before calming down and going right back to dodging Luffy's attacks and kicking his ass.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite that, once they resume fighting after Luffy comes back to the Mirror World from recharging his Haki. The frustration starts to re-mount as Luffy's persistent to keep fighting even after all the pounding he gave him utterly baffles Katakuri to the point he's growling for him to give up already. However he starts to realize that [[OhCrap Luffy's Observation Haki is improving that's he managing to get around most of his attacks and even counters an attack perfectly despite Katakuri staying calm, meaning he's starting to catch up to Katakuri's level]].]]
** [[spoiler:Also defied; while he does angrily tell Flampe off for interfering with his fight with Luffy and shows off his fanged mouth to her, he doesn't react when Flampe ridicules him for being an imperfect freak and has her crew take humiliating photos of him. He... just turns away in sad resignation, knowing what to expect, and stoically shrugs everything off instead of flying off in a rage and killing everyone to protect his secret]].
* VillainRespect:
** [[spoiler:As Luffy continues to tank, dodge, or counter his best moves over the course of their duel, he gradually stops looking down on him. His respect is permanently solidified when Luffy shrugs off his apology for Flampe's interference and helps him knock her and her subordinates out (with Conqueror's Haki) so they can continue their battle without interruption]].
** [[spoiler: Just before he finally collapses, he asks Luffy if he'll be strong enough to defeat Big Mom someday. When Luffy confirms he will, because he's the man that will become the Pirate King, Katakuri wholeheartedly ''believes him''.]]
* WackyParentSeriousChild: In contrast with how [[EvilIsHammy hammy and expressive]] his [[EvilMatriarch mother]] is, Katakuri [[TheStoic has a serious, stoic personality]]. [[spoiler:Massively subverted when no one's watching]].
* WalkingShirtlessScene: [[spoiler:Becomes this after he undergoes CharacterDevelopment in Chapter 893 and discards his scarf and jacket. His [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily face]] might be a [[NightmareFace nightmare]] to look at,]] but ''hot damn'', his body is quite ripped.
* WarriorPrince: As the son of a pirate Emperor and queen of Totto Land, who also is TheDragon with a bounty surpassing one billion, he definitely counts. [[NoNonsenseNemesis And it shows]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: Like his brother, water makes his mochi fall apart, and [[spoiler: it's also edible]].
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Every bit as gluttonous and hammy as his Mama when no one's watching.]]
* WhyWontYouDie: In the 2nd round of their fight, Katakuri starts to become frustrated that Luffy refuses to stay down despite pummeling him and Luffy supposedly being unable to counterattack. [[spoiler:Eventually he comes to respect Luffy as a WorthyOpponent ''because'' he had survived this long, to the point where he won't let anyone else interfere with their fight and kill Luffy]].
* WorthyOpponent: Comes to see Luffy as this during their second fight, to the point when he learns [[spoiler:that he landed a mortal wound on Luffy due to his sister Flampe sneak attacking him, he tells her off, gives himself a similar wound, and then combines his Conqueror's Haki with Luffy's to knock her and everyone else out so they can fight in peace. He even admits he no longer thinks Luffy is below his level. After his defeat, in fact, he's come to respect Luffy so much that he can't help but smile when he hears from Brulee that the Straw Hats have escaped from his mother successfully, something Brulee wryly states she anticipated.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has crimson-red hair.
* YourSizeMayVary: Officially, Katakuri is 5.09 meters (16.8 feet) tall, but he appears to be no more than 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) tall, especially when compared to Luffy, who is the size of a normal person. This might be because it would be hard to keep his official size and have him fight a person shorter than his legs.
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!!Former Sweet General
[[folder:Charlotte Snack]]
->The 25th son and formerly of the "Sweet 4 Generals". See his page [[Characters/OnePieceBigMomPirates here]]
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* BadassBoast: Expresses with utmost confidence to Luffy that no matter how hard he tries, "there's people in the world you just can't beat" - and Cracker, of course, is referring to himself. [[spoiler: However, the moment he starts running into trouble, he starts whining like a brat. Nami even calls him out on it and ultimately he ends up eating his own words when Luffy beats him.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Luffy - with Nami's help - eats his biscuits and stuffs himself up. [[spoiler:Then he absorbs Cracker and his attack in Gear 4th: Tankman and sends him straight into his own hardened biscuit soldiers. And his (first) defeat was largely the result of him [[ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy telling them how his powers worked]].]]

* StoneWall: With armored soldiers literally as tough as hardtack and then some, Cracker takes ''forever'' to wear down. [[spoiler:Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers caused an enormous stalemate because the can take a ton of abuse before breaking. And even when Luffy and Nami realized they could be weakened by torrential downpour- which also made them soft enough to be edible and Luffy started ''eating'' his way through them- Cracker [[WeHaveReserves just made even more]], resulting in a vicious cycle. It took Luffy '''[[UpToEleven eleven straight hours through the entire night]]''' just to keep Cracker at bay with the help of Nami before he got into a position to commence any actual ass-kicking.]]

** [[SiblingYinYang In contrast to his siblings]], Katakuri has skull motifs all over himself, on his shoulder tattoos and on his belt buckle. His face, when shadowed around the eyes, combined with his facial scars, resembles a skull by itself. With his deadly use of his Devil Fruit power and Haki, it's no wonder he has such a [[TheDreaded reputation]]. [[spoiler:It's visual {{Foreshadowing}}, in that he wants to keep himself at a distance so no one would discover his secrets - his fanged mouth, and his sloppy eating habits. The fearsome image was deliberately invoked to protect his siblings]].

** When Luffy tells him to stay away from his friends, Katakuri retorts that ''Luffy'' needs to stay away from his "precious" brothers and sisters- and then he continues to give Luffy a cranked-up NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. He also prevents Luffy from striking a taunting Brulee to make her shut up.

* CharacterDevelopment: Oddly enough for an antagonist, yes. [[spoiler:He develops a deep respect for Luffy over the course of their fight, which is only aided by how Luffy has only judged him by his capabilities as an opponent rather than the idealized image that Katakuri has cultivated for his family, and not the physical and personality flaws that shock and disgust the latter's crew. Eventually, after his sister Flampe tries to interfere in their fight, Katakuri finally breaks out of the SlaveToPR mindset that he has adhered to for most of his life, ''willingly'' shows off his fanged mouth to Flampe in anger, and despite Flampe and her crew proceeding to cruelly and utterly humiliate him, Katakuri shrugs everything off, not caring anymore. He proceeds to fight Luffy as himself, ''for'' himself, on even grounds. This is further symbolized by how he rips off his jacket after knocking out all the spectators--the same jacket that bears his family emblem]].

* ClimaxBoss: ''Highly'' formidable compared to the rest of the Big Mom Pirates- we're talking as bad as [[AxCrazy Jack]], if not '''worse.''' In fact, he is the biggest threat aside from Big Mom in the whole Totto Land Arc, who only comes into the foray when the tea party commences, [[KnightOfCerebus but from that moment on, he is shown racking up a body count with no effort and bringing an incredible sense of danger along with him]] and being the one person who is able to assist his ''entire'' family at once when they are incapacitated. His ClimaxBoss status was cemented in Chapter 878 when Luffy forced him into a mano o mano confrontation to cut off his pursuit of the Straw Hat Pirate.

* CombatClairvoyance: He's trained his Observation Haki so much that he can not only [[SpiderSense briefly glimpse people's actions and intentions in combat]] (which is the extent of most people's skill with it), but he can actually see precise images of any immediate future outcome and tell it back with 100% accuracy. He can also utilize his Haki for non-combat purposes, being able to see and hear what people are going to say before they speak--which is also considered to take ''exceptional'' skill. It's not infallible though; [[spoiler:he could see Pudding dropping to her knees crying, but not ''why'', and Sanji's reflexes are such that even with his foresight he could not hit him]].

* CurbStompCushion: His fight against Luffy becomes this is chapter 884. [[spoiler: After thoroughly owning Luffy for several chapters, Katakuri makes a [[BondVillainStupidity critical mistake]] that allows Luffy to push his BerserkButton and ultimately start landing hits on him as a result [[note]] Katakuri becomes impatient with the fight due to missing his snack time, carelessly leaves Luffy for dead under a pile of mochi, and walks off to go eat donuts in private- giving Luffy the chance to expose his embarrassing table manners and mouth to Katakuri's chefs. This enrages Katakuri and causes his CombatClairvoyance to fail [[/note]]. He still recovers and sends Luffy flying shortly in the next chapter.]]

** [[spoiler:His {{Pride}}. He's so ashamed of his gluttony and his fanged mouth, that if you witness it, mention it, or mock it in even the slightest manner, Katakuri will become so blinded with rage his focus will be torn away from battle and he'll forget to maintain his Observation Haki, which means he'll be left open to attack. It's also revealed in Chapter 902 that, as a child, he made the same mistake his family made - overestimating his own strength; it's what made Brulee the target of a vicious RevengeByProxy and got her horribly scarred]].

*** [[spoiler:Both Luffy and Katakuri get their energy from different foods. While Luffy doesn't shy away from anything that looks good, he usually eats lots of meat as they are good sources of protein. Katakuri's food choices are rather unhealthy - his choice of drink, black tea, is very high in caffeine, and he eats lots of donuts and sweets just to get his strength up, essentially overloading on sugar]].
*** [[spoiler: Flashbacks to his childhood in chapter 902 show that Katakuri is a naturally goofy, laid-back person who could care less about people making fun of him or his eating habits- much like Luffy. However, people who hurt his beloved brothers and sisters- much like people who hurt Luffy's friends- immediately earn his wrath and cause him to get ''deadly'' serious. The only difference between them is that Katakuri decided to make himself look serious and scary ''all'' the time (at least in public) in order to deter people from ever attacking his family and crew at all; Luffy, meanwhile, still allows himself to be goofy and carefree, and simply deals with whoever underestimates him and tries hurting his friends.]]
*** Their powers [[PersonalityPowers reflect their personalities]] - Katakuri's powers are based on mochi [[spoiler:which reflects how he allowed himself to be molded by his family's standards of him, and how he easily crumbles during his fight with Luffy once he's out of steam and breath]]. Luffy's powers are based on rubber, representing his unwavering determination and ideals [[CurbStompBattle despite being beaten again]]... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and again]]. [[spoiler:This determination is what allows him to finally win against Katakuri after a very brutal battle in the Mirror World]].

*** Pudding and Katakuri's powers contrast each other - [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway think Katakuri's mochi powers are completely useless]]? Not when it's busy pummeling you, crushing you, or suffocating you to death. [[spoiler:Pudding's power, the Memo Memo Fruit, is outwardly frightening, down to its very concept; she can edit your memories however she likes and leave you none the wiser]].

*** Eneru dresses up in bright colors and his appearance/outfit has Buddhism/Shintoism motifs, projecting the image of a god or holy man. Katakuri, with his all-black leather getup, his scars and skull tattoos, looks like a biker and a criminal, and therefore the ''last'' person who would be sighted at a church or holy grounds. The places they hail from further proves it - Eneru lives in Skypeia, a land deeply immersed in religion. Katakuri as well as his mother and the rest of his large family lives in the decadent, hedonistic Totto Land. [[spoiler:Katakuri's "daily snack times" always take place in his personal mochi-made "shrine", and what he actually does in there is lie down while scarfing down sweets and tea to his heart's content, which would be offensive behavior for typical churchgoers]].

* InvincibleVillain: Deconstructed; he's famed as this by his prideful family, but nearly all of the Big Mom Pirates have a collectively swelled head and are so cocky they spout too much arrogance for their own good and assume they can't lose. He's actually NighInvulnerable being puffed up to look invincible. Katakuri starts off as somebody who is seemingly infallible, but eventually, his weakness start to show and he is just ''functionally'' invincible and aided by a form of SuperToughness. The first hint that he can be felled is that his Observation Haki is not always reliable. The next comes after his fight with Luffy goes from being one-sided to even for a few moments [[spoiler:because his Observation Haki fails to work while he loses his concentration]]. Katakuri then reveals [[spoiler:he is pretending to get hit with attacks and masterfully dodging them by reshaping his body into mochi and]] as long as he holds his concentration incredibly sharp, he won't fall. He's like a cat- if he gets hit, he will always right himself even in mid-tumble and even if ''he just hit his head on the ground!'' Also, it has been years since anyone has managed to hit him. [[spoiler:And it's revealed the reason why he's so powerful is that he got too overconfident in his own strength as a child against some thugs, which ended up in his sister, Brulee, being the target of a vicious RevengeByProxy plan. His failure to protect her pushed him to such extremes to the point where he became an utter "monster"]].

* LargeAndInCharge: His height is revealed in a SBS issue and it is a whopping ''509 centimeters'' (16'8") - taller than his younger triplet brothers, Daifuku (489 cm/16'0.5"), and Oven (492 cm/16'1"), who are both very tall themselves. That being said, he is the Minister of Flour, and he's an extremely badass member of the Charlotte Family.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: His usual personality, as noted under WackyParentSeriousChild. [[spoiler:At least in public. What he actually is in private is [[LikeFatherLikeSon quite the opposite]]]]. Katakuri also does not have that douchey arrogance that all of the other Big Mom Pirates exhibit because he actually ''is'' as good as he says and knows never to underestimate his opponents no matter what and admits his mistakes, which makes him a true through-and-through badass. He ultimately is this more than LikeFatherLikeSon above. Big Mom just considered her children tools to expand her power while Katakuri genuinely cared for his siblings [[spoiler:to the point of brutalizing anyone who came after them]].

* OnceMoreWithClarity: [[spoiler:Flashback to his childhood in chapter 893 showed people running away from him because of his mouth. Chapter 902 showed what happened after this: He didn't care one bit about it and just beat everyone up. They then came after his sister Brulee for RevengeByProxy. This incident unnerved Katakuri so much that he started cover his mouth and develop his serious and perfect image to protect them by reputation]].

* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender-inverted. His mother is an fat, ugly old woman ([[IWasQuiteALooker albeith she was beautiful a few decades younger]]) while Katakuri is quite a good-looking {{Hunk}}. [[spoiler:When we get the first glimpse of his mouth underneath that scarf, it has similarities to an eel and is viewed as ugly by his family.]]

** [[spoiler: He steadily loses his concentration and patience as Luffy continues to dodge and survive his attacks, becoming increasingly frustrated and outwardly enraged. Then, Luffy discovers his shameful secret as an undignified glutton, only adding to his stress- and it culminates in Katakuri's Observation Haki failing as Luffy manages to nail him with a kick. Then he slips up immediately after that too, allowing Luffy to activate [[NextTierPowerUp Gear Fourth]] and hit him ''again''. Somewhat [[DefiedTrope defied]] by Katakuri shortly thereafter though; he acknowledges himself that Luffy caused him to panic (which interferes with his CombatClairvoyance) before calming down and going right back to dodging Luffy's attacks and kicking his ass.]]

* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender-inverted. His mother is an fat, ugly old woman ([[IWasQuiteALooker albeith she was beautiful a few decades younger) while Katakuri is quite a good-looking {{Hunk}}. [[spoiler:When we get the first glimpse of his mouth underneath that scarf, it has similarities to an eel and is viewed as ugly by his family.]]

* EvilChef: He describes himself as a pastry artist, and he's also the Minister of Biscuit and a pirate working for [[AxCrazy Big Mom]]. Persumably, he was responsible for building the Biscuit Room used to hold the giantified children back in the Punk Hazard arc.

* CombatBreakdown: [[spoiler:As his fight with Luffy keeps going on, he eventually forgoes dodging with his Observation Haki in favor of an all out slugfest. It's ultimately what causes the fight to end in Luffy's favor; even though Katakuri is faster, stronger, and more skilled in Haki usage, if there's one thing Luffy is better than Katakuri at, it's taking hits.]]

* InvincibleVillain: Deconstructed; he's famed as this by his prideful family, but nearly all of the Big Mom Pirates have a collectively swelled head and are so cocky they spout too much arrogance for their own good and assume they can't lose. He's actually NighInvulnerable being puffed up to look invincible. Katakuri starts off as somebody who is seemingly infallible, but eventually, his weakness start to show and he is just ''functionally'' invincible and aided by a form of SuperToughness. The first hint that he can be felled is that his Observation Haki is not always reliable. The next comes after his fight with Luffy goes from being one-sided to even for a few moments [[spoiler:because his Observation Haki fails to work while he loses his concentration]]. Katakuri then reveals [[spoiler:he is pretending to get hit with attacks and masterfully dodging them by reshaping his body into mochi and]] as long as he holds his concentration incredibly sharp, he won't fall. He's like a cat- if he gets hit, he will always right himself even in mid-tumble and even if ''he just hit his head on the ground!'' Also, it has been years since anyone has managed to hit him. [[spoiler:And it's revealed the reason why he's so powerful is that he got too overconfident in his own strength as a child against some thughs, which ended up in his sister, Brulee, being the target of a vicious RevengeByProxy plan. His failure to protect her pushed him to such extremes to the point where he became an utter "monster"]].

* NighInvulnerable: While he's not a Logia ([[{{Retcon}} anymore]]), his Devil Fruit gives his body blob-like properties as long as he's not wet, acting like one in spirit. He's been shown to shrug off getting shot, sliced, blown apart, and is even able to avoid Haki-infused strikes. [[spoiler:This is actually an illusion he keeps up with his immense Observation Haki, morphing his body in tune with the enemy strikes he predicts so that it ''looks like'' he's unstoppable, but even being MadeOfIron he will feel a solid hit just like anyone else. The real challenge, as Luffy discovers, is overcoming that Observation Haki so he can actually damage him.]]

* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Defied, which is ''really'' saying something given that this is a {{Shonen}} genre work. Katakuri foresees Luffy transforming into Gear Fourth and immediately buries him under a suffocating mass of Mochi.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender-inverted. His mother is, well, no much to look at currently, while he is quite a good-looking {{Hunk}}. [[spoiler:When we get the first glimpse of his mouth underneath that scarf, it has similarities to an eel and is viewed as ugly by his family.]]

* NoNonsenseNemesis: He doesn't screw around ''at all'', having a dead-serious attitude and opting to [[BoomHeadshot aim for the head]] and snipe his enemies down [[{{Seers}} before they even have a chance to act]]. [[spoiler:Although, he does have that one thing he does where he eats like it's his happy time... ahem...]] Even then, he make sure nobody can see that side of him and live.

* Mirror: Serves as one to Luffy. Their powers and techniques are very similar to one another, with their fight taking place in a literal mirror realm to drive the point home. Heck, they even ''look'' a little similar with their scars and untidy mop hairstyles.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Invoked during his fight with Luffy, where he wants to provej to Luffy that he's superior to him in everything, [[HonorBeforeReason to the point of refusing any external help]]. Because of this, he uses his Mochi-Mochi power in a similar fashion of Luffy's Gum-Gum power. Thanks to the flexibility and fine control of his mochi, Katakuri is able to faithfully recreate most of Luffy's arsenal, and to even greater effect. Luffy's fight with him reveals the power gap between them: Luffy's Jet Gatling attack is famous for punching so fast that it creates the illusion of him having multiple arms. When he unleashed it during their fight, Katakuri answers by forming actual multiple arms out of his mochi and coating them with Haki, and proceeds to pummel Luffy with them. When Luffy pulls out his Elephant Gun, Katakuri retaliates with his own rendition that is as big as Luffy's King Kong Gun!

*** Luffy is the dangerous ''captain'' of a rising pirate crew. Katakuri is the dangerous ''subordinate'' of a pirate Emperor.

* MemeticBadass: In-universe; Brulee hailed him as the strongest Charlotte ever, that he never lies down from the moment he was born, that he's always gallant and never rests. [[spoiler:All to setup the next chapter which reveals Katakuri's ''massive'' HiddenDepths]].

->''"... There's nothing you can do that I can't. In both speed and power... you are inferior."''

The third of the Sweet General to appear and strongest among them, Katakuri is the second son of the Charlotte Family and the eldest in a set of triplets, his younger brothers being Daifuku and Oven. He is Totto Land's Minister of Flour, and has eaten the Mochi-Mochi Fruit (''Mochi Mochi no Mi''), a special Paramecia that allows him to generate and turn any part of his body into extremely sticky mochi and manipulate it as he wishes. His greatest asset, however, is his incredibly refined Observation Haki, which allows him to see slightly ahead into the future.\\\

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Invoked during his fight with Luffy, where he wants to prove Luffy that he's superior to him in everything, [[HonorBeforeReason to the point of refusing any external help]]. Because of this, he uses his Mochi Mochi power in a similar fashion of Luffy's Gum Gum power. Thanks to the flexibility and fine control of his mochi, Katakuri is able to faithfully recreate most of Luffy's arsenal, to greater effect. Luffy's fight with him reveals the power gap between them: Luffy's Jet Gatling attack is famous for creating the illusion of him having multiple arms from punching so fast. When he unleashed it during their fight, Katakuri answers by forming actual multiple arms out of his mochi and coating them with Haki, and proceeds to pummel Luffy with them. When Luffy pulls out his Elephant Gun, Katakuri retaliates with his own rendition that is as big as Luffy's King Kong Gun!
** On a meta level this even applies to his bounty: 1,0''57'',000,000. Why? Because Luffy's lucky number is 56, which in Japanese can be read as "go-mu". Essentially this means that Katakuri is "Luffy +1".

* AntiVillain: He's a lot like Smoker in this regard. Despite being against Luffy and the Straw Hats, Katakuri isn't really that horrible of a guy at the end of the day. He loves his family very much (which is a good chunk of ''why'' he's so antagonistic), and only is a villain because, in his eyes, the Straw Hats went against them. When he realizes out that Luffy is his equal in combat, he also nobly acknowledges this, and is pleased to hear that the crew escaped his mother's clutches later on after he tells Luffy that he'll be the Pirate King.

* AwesomenessIsAForce: Katakuri has both Observation Haki and Armmament Haki, both of which he upgraded to frightening degrees. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he also possesses the extremely rare Conquerer's Haki, inherited from his mother Big Mom. He used this in tandem with Luffy's to knock out Flampe and her forces instantly]].

** In the present day, Katakuri is the strongest warrior of the Charlotte family and has gained a notorious reputation and high bounty for himself. He is widely praised by his brothers and sisters for being the perfect Charlotte, even bragging that he never once laid on his back in his entire life. [[spoiler:Deep down, he isn't happy with this, as he suffers from incredible stress trying to maintain his facade ''and'' do most of the legwork for his family by himself. The only times he could truly relax is during his "snack times", and even then, he had to keep those a secret by murdering anyone who sees him snacking]].
** [[spoiler:After fighting Luffy who doesn't care how he looks like and even manages to land a few hits on him, Katakuri finally gains the strength to cast away his facade so he could have a fair fight with Luffy. He even shrugs off Flampe's attempt to cruelly humiliate him, after she makes it clear that it's his facade she likes and not the real him. In a symbolic gesture, he takes off his jacket, which bears the symbol of his family, and throws it away]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Oddly enough for an antagonist, yes. [[spoiler:He develops a deep respect for Luffy over the course of their fight, which is only aided by how Luffy has only judged him by his capabilities as an opponent rather than the idealized image that Katakuri has cultivated for his family, and not the physical and personality flaws that shock and disgust the latter's crew. Eventually, after his sister Flampe tries to interferes in their fight, Katakuri finally breaks out of the SlaveToPR mindset that he has adhered to for most of his life, ''willingly'' shows off his fanged mouth to Flampe in anger, and despite Flampe and her crew proceeding to cruelly and utterly humiliate him, Katakuri shrugs everything off, not caring anymore. He proceeds to fight Luffy as himself, ''for'' himself, on even grounds. This is further symbolized by how he rips off his jacket after knocking out all the spectators--the same jacket that bears his family's name on its back]].

* DarkActionGirl: The only female Sweet General under Big Mom with the highest revealed bounty of any female pirate ''One Piece''. She takes a cruel pleasure in using her Devil Fruit powers to squeeze the life out of victims.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is first seen taking out an angered tea party attendee with ruthless efficiency, so much that the Firetank Pirates, ruthless killers themselves, are freaked out. He then goes on to show himself as a NoNonsenseNemesis when havoc breaks at the tea party. Later on, however, its revealed there is [[HiddentDepths much more to him]].

* {{Flashstep}}: He's ''very'' fast and is able to perform the Flashstep, catching Luffy off guard in their 1 v. 1 when he easily dodges a Gear Second attack. Even more impressive though, Katakuri's [[{{Seer}} Observation Haki]] and speed also allow him to kick Luffy down while ''he's'' in the middle of attempting to Flashstep behind him.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He is first seen taking out an angered tea party attendee with ruthless efficiency, so much that the Firetank Pirates, ruthless killers themselves, were freaked out. He then goes on to show himself as a NoNonsenseNemesis.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:From a shunned boy with a fanged, monstrous mouth, to one of the most powerful Sweet Generals with fearsome abilities and a bounty that surpasses Jack's]].

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Again, ''jellybeans''.

* RapidFireFisticuffs: During his fight with Luffy, he mimics Luffy's Gum Gum Gatling Gun.

* ScaryTeeth: [[spoiler: He has a mouth full of huge fangs underneath his scarf]].

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Due to being so powerful, their confidence led to arrogance, which really bit them in the ass later on.
** Cracker, though impressed by Nami and Luffy's efforts, didn't see them as more than lucky small-fry and jokingly decided to indulge them by explaining his Biscuit powers, hoping it'll demoralize them. [[spoiler:Luffy eventually defeats him and literally sends him flying back home by using Gear 4th: Tank Man]].
** Smoothie didn't think that the people trying to get into the Treasure Room would be competent enough to actually get inside, so she decided to leave and fight outside out of boredom. [[spoiler:This leads to Brook sneaking inside and successfully copying all of the Poneglyphs, which he hid in the cracks of his skull]].

** Defied by Katakuri, who makes it a point not to veer into this trope by taking measures in making sure that his opponents don't have a chance to get up and try again after being defeated the first time. [[spoiler:This is because his childhood recklessness led to Brulee getting horribly scarred as an act of spite by the bullies he beat up]]. Unfortunately, the only time he did so was because [[spoiler:he was getting really hungry at the time and needed his sugar fix ''now'', which led to Luffy breaking out of his pile of mochi and exposing his greatest secret]].
* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: Suffered this along with the rest of their family. Having known victory for so long, the Sweet Generals became arrogant and assured in their own strengths, which severely blinded them to the potential of more "upstart" warriors and pirates such as the Straw Hats and Firetank Pirates, who now have the resources, power, and intelligence to defeat them. Lack of communication and the inability to truly work as a team also played a huge part in their failure to apprehend their enemies. It's implied that this is what led to Snack's defeat and subsequent demotion as a Sweet General. Katakuri is the only one who ''tries'' to avert this [[spoiler:after getting one of his sisters hurt by proxy with his arrogant recklessness as a child]], but the only reason he, too, slipped up is because [[spoiler:he decided to get hungry at the worst possible time and needed to resolve it ''now'', leading to Luffy getting the upper hand on him]].

** With his facial wrinkles, slanted eyes, and devious smile, Cracker ''very'' much so resembles a {{troll}} [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem face]]. Whether this was Oda's intention or not, it's extremely appropriate considering how he played Luffy like a fiddle.
** His face and hairdo is quite similar to [[Literature/TheMoomins Little My]], who is [[BrattyHalfPint a troll]] (though not an ''actual'' troll).

* CoDragons: With his brother and sister, Katakuri and Smoothie, as the "Sweet Generals" to Big Mom. He also worked with Snack until the latter's demotion after Urouge defeated him.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Didn't think Luffy would actually eat his biscuits nor that someone would think to use water to soften them to be digested. And ''certainly'' didn't think that Luffy would fill his stomach up to the point that his Gear 4 would harden his stomach enough that he could be able to absorb his sword's blows and send Cracker flying like a living cannonball right into his own biscuit soldiers.]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: All Sweet Generalsare royalty by default, due to their mother, Big Mom, being a queen and Emperor. They're also loyal to Big Mom, making them the enemies of the Straw Hats.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: They all earned their positions as Sweet Generals, Big Mom's top enforcers, due to their strength.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While most of the crew's officers are no slouches themselves, the Sweet Generals rank higher than them, and thus are the deadliest fighters in Big Mom's family and crew.

** Of TheParagon. It is clear that despite Big Mom seeing him as a "lowly child", Katakuri's siblings look up to him and praise him for being the shining example of what a Charlotte should be. They even admire him for never once lying down in his life. [[spoiler:But because his sister [[RevengeByProxy Brulee paid the price for his carelessness]] in their childhood [[note]] Katakuri didn't care about the boys who would mock his mouth because he would just beat them all up and scare them off; however, they evidently were still not afraid of him ''enough'' and thought they could get away with hurting Brulee. This inspired Katakuri to make sure that they ''really'' feared him so they would leave his siblings alone as well. [[/note]], he's very sensitive about allowing anybody to see his goofy side or anything that can be perceived as a "flaw". This includes his Luffy-like eating habits. So he cultivated an image for himself as the powerful, dutiful, stoic, hard-working, handsome, and no-nonsense sibling, and took great pains in keeping his flaws a secret by killing anyone who sees him with his mouth exposed or seeing him doing something he wouldn't do in public. The result was his family showering endless praise and adoration on him... but deep down, Katakuri suffers from incredible stress keeping up his facade, so he has "snack time" periods where he can be alone and truly act like himself, happily singing while chugging down sweets and black tea without a care in the world. When he finally meets (and fights) someone who only judged him based on his fighting skills and didn't give a shit about his monstrous mouth or eating habits, Katakuri begins to develop a great degree of respect for Luffy and not care if someone ridicules him again. He even casts aside his jacket bearing his family's name (along with his scarf), making it clear that he will not depend on his family's opinion of him anymore]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: While most of Totto Land's Ministers are no slouches themselves, the Sweet Generals rank higher than them, and thus are the deadliest fighters in Big Mom's family/crew.