History Fridge / OnePiece

* FridgeHorror: Brook is pretty lucky, considering how if he had found his body earlier (but still having gotten lost), he would have been a rotting zombie. Being 100% skeleton RunsOnNonsenseum, but if he still had flesh when he came back to life, would he have bled out? Would he have become a leper due to all the bacteria that were decomposing his body? All the other undead have been preserved (IE Odz) or made from fresh corpses, while Brook's body has been completely exposed to the elements for 50 years.

* Sanji was the only one who didn't get his picture taken for the bounty photos. This has to do with the fact that he often does stuff off-screen, such as being subject to Kalifa's powers during their fight, getting kidnapped by Moriah, and his run as Mr. Prince.

* It struck me as odd that the swan-themed Mr 2 Bon Clay was the only male member of Baroque Works that didn't have a number motif in his character design. But then I realized it was there all along- swans have the same shape as the number 2!

** It struck me as odd that the swan-themed Mr 2 Bon Clay was the only male member of Baroque Works that didn't have a number motif in his character design. But then I realized it was there all along- swans have the same shape as the number 2!

** That only inspires ''another'' FridgeBrilliance: It's used for the triumph of romantic ideas, which Crocodile was just criticizing Luffy for having!

** About that... Dvorak composed "romantic" music not "Baroque"

*** Both of whom kick-started the Arlong arc (where Nami steals the ship and leaves the crew) and the Alabasta arc (where they get involved in politics, and Luffy, you know... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown met Crocodile]].

* [[OnePiece Luffy's]] manner of dress (loose, sleeveless jacket, cut-off jeans, sandals) just seemed like beachwear, but after reading RequiredSecondaryPowers, it occurred to me that it was possibly selected by Luffy after he ruined too many jumpers whilst training his RubberMan powers -- allowing him to stretch without ripping his clothes. - @/AckSed.
** The noble quack doctor Hiruluk's last words are as follows "Sooner or later, I will die anyway. But a man does not die when he is shot. Nor does he die to disease, nor to eating a poison mushroom! He does not die due to a sword! A man dies when he is forgotten!" So what is he saying? If a man is remembered, he will never die. Flash forward to Gold Roger's old first mate recounting the man's last words to him before facing his execution [[spoiler: because he's going to die soon anyway, due to a disease]]: "I won't die, partner." He then goes on to spark the Golden Age of Piracy with his last words, ensuring that he will never be forgotten. Not only do their death scenes parallel each other perfectly (Roger's death being grander), Gold Roger and Hiruluk have the same philosophy on death; Hiruluk probably picked it up from Gold Roger during their youth! -Enlong
** In the Baroque works saga, Bon Clay announces his special technique-- composite face changing, where he can change each part of his face-- and announces that he will create the strangest face known to man! five seconds later, he turns back with, quote "90% of his own face". That was funny in and of itself (see: the ten-second long awkward silence afterwards) but what I only realized the second time watching was the the 10% he changed was his nose... To Usopp's.
** A running gag in the Drum Kingdom arc was Luffy consistently having a delayed reaction to the cold weather around him. At least two or three occasions went by where Luffy was slow on the uptake, usually only noticing the cold after someone else pointed it out. At first glance this is just a joke at Luffy's idiocy, but then I realized: Isnt rubber an ''insulator?'' To be honest, I don't know if that's how it works here, but it made me realize that it's quite possible that Luffy actually ''can't'' feel cold right away. His insulated rubber body gives him a slightly higher tolerance for cold than most. He's hardly immune (Aokiji aside he nearly froze to death in Drum), but he is noticeably hardier in the cold than others. -- {{Tropers/Sgamer82}}
** Oddly enough, Luffy seems no less sensitive to heat than normal people. -- @/{{Rampulus}}
** It has been stated that the winner in a fight is one with the stronger convictions. The straw hats have only lost to Aokiji, Kizaru, Kuma, and Sentoumaru, with a near-loss to Magellan. Combined with Hannyabal's "You Shall Not Pass!" speech and his impressive showing despite having no devil fruit powers, it seems like ''their convictions are stronger than the Straw Hats.'' Even villains can have ideals and dreams too...- @/FishStampede
*** Well, that's also assuming that all of those characters are straight-out villains. Aokiji seems like a very decent guy ('Lazy Justice' my ass, he was deliberately trying to give Robin a second and even third chance, despite his obvious duty being to ''kill or capture her''.), Kuma may or may not have been an actual good guy at some point, and Kizaru seems more LawfulNeutral than villainous. What must be remembered is that most of these 'villains' are actually protecting people, the normal citizens of their world, from the pirates who would harm them. Luffy's crew is the ''[[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything exception]]'', not the rule. I wouldn't call the enemies 'heroes', but most of them aren't straight-up villains either. Even Akainu, that most bastardy of bastards in the marines, is basically a WellIntentionedExtremist / KnightTemplar with lava powers--he's utterly ruthless and definitely takes things '''''way''''' too far... but he's not deliberately doing cruel or evil things. He doesn't seem to enjoy hurting people, but believes in absolutely NO mercy. In fact, the sheer complexity of every character is what makes Oda-sensei so great... if you compare Luffy's reaction to that of the fans, you'll see that initially, they're similar (both the fans and Luffy see things extremely simply at first; Luffy's simplicity doesn't change, however, even when the situation gets complex). On the other hand, as can be seen here, the situation ''is'' immensely complex, and who is or is not a villain/hero can be up to debate, just like in the real world. Despite how over-the-top the show is about EVERYTHING, very few of the characters are overtly and absolutely of a specific [[CharacterAlignment alignment]]--as in real life, you get far more ChaoticNeutral, TrueNeutral, and NeutralGood characters than you do LawfulGood and ChaoticEvil, and even then, they can't be defined strictly by their alignment.
** Several of my friends rolled their eyes when Luffy turned out to have a one-in-a-million superpowerful Haki in one of the more recent arcs of One Piece, and at first I agreed, since it made Luffy seem more like he was just lucking out into a sort of ChosenOne rather than just an insanely determined kid with big dreams. On further reflection, however, it occurred to me that Luffy has ungodly powerful Haki not because he had good genes or a destiny, but ''because he is Luffy.'' Luffy's willpower and ambition exceed that of practically any being on the planet, and he acknowledges no authority higher than himself; the World Government's authority means nothing to Luffy, and he even talks to [[spoiler: Whitebeard]] like an equal, to the shock and alarm of nearly everybody, and tells him ''to his face'' that ''he's'' going to be the pirate king. [[{{Foreshadowing}} King's Disposition indeed!]]
** Luffy's "King's" Ambition/Haki both grated and ended up making sense for a different reason. What grated was the fact that, assuming the Mook-KO part of the power is exclusive to the King's, this supposedly one-in-a-million power was seen to be possessed by at most four people (Luffy, Hancock, Shanks, and Rayleigh) and the ContrivedCoincidence of all of these people winding up in direct contact with Luffy. What actually causes it to make sense though, is the fact that nearly all of these people are among those who have aimed for or reached the top of their game. In that regard, given the escalating nature of the Grand Line, it makes perfect sense that people with this power would show up together even in small groups farther up the Grand Line. I also has a "Wild Mass Guess" that people with this particular form of Ambition are instinctively attracted to one another, explaining how Luffy managed to meet them all. -- {{Tropers/Sgamer82}}
*** Actually, both Ace and Coby have Haki as well, Ace's being similar to Luffy's and Coby's being the ability to hear "voices". Coby's Haki in particular points to the powers of the people of Skypeia (most notably Enel and his priests, and Aisa) being some form of Haki as well despite going by a different name (likely due to the fact that they were floating in the sky apart from the rest of society).
*** It is possible that other minor events in the series that didn't draw much notice or seem notable at the time may have been perpetrated with the help of Haki ...
** Despite the unbridled awesome to come, I was somewhat disappointed after the Strawhat crew were [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode scattered across the globe by Kuma]]]] and the manga's focus shifted almost entirely to Luffy with only hints of what the others were going through. Upon consideration, however, it could be brilliant because when the anime catches up, instead of making up [[FillerArc Filler Arcs]] to give the manga time to pull ahead again, the animation team will be able to spend time telling the stories of the rest of the crew.
*** Perhaps the most brilliant part of the [[spoiler:separation arc]] occurs at the end after Luffy's [[spoiler:heartbreaking loss of his brother.]] After focusing on Luffy for so long the crew is pushed to the back of the reader's mind, as they were pushed to the back of Luffy's. In this way, his [[spoiler:realization that he has not lost everything and wants to see his crew]] becomes that much more poignant and accessible to the reader. It allows us to feel the chunk of time they weren't together more personally.
** The [[ChekhovsGun Vivre Card]] turns out to be made from fingernails. After reading up on nautical superstitions for a class, it turns out that it was believed to be very unlucky to cut one's fingernails while on ship. It might just be coincidence, but knowing that Oda [[ShownTheirWork does do the research]] probably means that this wasn't an accident.
** A moment of Fridge Brilliance that occurred to me a while ago regarding the Alabasta arc. The key element that allowed the Straw Hats to escape Crocodile's [[Main/SchmuckBait fiendishly clever]] trap was the fact that Crocodile's information about the Straw Hats was incomplete, which allowed Sanji (who he never knew about) and Chopper (who he dismissed as a pet) to trick him. It wasn't for a long time that I realized he should have known about Sanji all along. The Unluckies only identified Luffy, Zoro, and Nami at Whiskey Peak, and the Mr. 3 and 5 pairs met Usopp at Little Garden. But in between Miss All-Sunday met ''all five'' current Straw Hats. The fact that Crocodile didn't know about Sanji despite his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] having met him makes you realize Robin was undermining Crocodile's activities even then.
** In chapter 0, which acted both as a warm up for Strong World as well as a general background for older characters, [[spoiler: Garp and Sengoku team up against Shiki in a huge battle which levelled half of Marineford. Unfortunately, the battle itself is never shown, simply [[TheCoatsAreOff the fighters preparing to do battle]] and the chaotic aftermath.]] I was beyond annoyed at what was perceived to be a {{Missed Moment Of Awesome}}. However the current chapter reveals that[[spoiler: a similar team up will occur against Whitebeard! In not showing us the battle itself and only hinting at the destruction the old fighters were able to wield in their prime, Oda has only heightened the tension and expectation for an ultimate battle to show case the strength of the old generation!]]
*** Or it could have just been the painfully obvious reaction that any moron could see happening in that situation.
** In the scene where Luffy and Usopp were fighting about the fate of Going Merry, Zoro was the only one who barely reacted to the situation, keeping a calm head, when everyone else was arguing and yelling. At first, even I thought that it was a little [[TheStoic cold]] of Zoro to be like that. Then, I thought about how everyone was actively trying to stop the fight, while Zoro ''simply let it went as it did''. Even if they managed to stop the fight, Luffy and Usopp would have butted heads over the matter again sooner or later. And imagine what would have happen if they fought later on while trying to rescue Robin? It would have brought everyone's morals down and made their teamwork less effective.
** Garp has a scar around his left eye, the bottom part of which looks uncannily like Luffy's. Remember, now, that Luffy gave himself that scar ''in order to seem tough''. That's not just Fridge Brilliance, that's Fridge Adorable. - @/PikaBot
** While reading over the most recent chapter, something became apparent about [[spoiler:the way Whitebeard died. Quite a few characters had wanted to land the killing blow themselves, but in the end, who does it? Not Blackbeard, but ''the Blackbeard Pirates as a whole'', reinforcing how Blackbeard feels about his crew and his EvilCounterpart status with Luffy by having them take part in his big moment.]] - @/ShotgunNinja
** Fairly early on in the Skypiea arc Enel's powers are shown for the first time when he [[spoiler:tries to kill Conis for trying to convince the Strawhat guys to run away. The first time you read the chapter it looks like a straightforward sequence of events that you wouldn't question; Luffy manages to dodge the blast long enough for Gan Fall to swoop in and pull them the rest of the way to safety. ''But'', if you reread the sequence later you'll notice that Gan Fall pops up with them through the massive hole in the clouds left by Enel's blast, implying that he wasn't actually the one who saved them, he just caught them once they were blown through the ground. Which means that this is ''actually'' neatly foreshadowing Luffy's immunity to Enel's lightning, diguised in a way that people wouldn't think twice about. It also means that Conis is very lucky that he held her close enough to shield her while trying to dodge.]]
** At first Sir Crocodile just sounds like a cool name, but under a bit of scrutiny it becomes extremely meaningful/ironic. The most obvious is the fact that with the hook and being a pirate, he's a pretty strong shout out to Peter Pan. Then comes the fact that like any other DF user, he can't swim. Not only that, but water is his main weakness. If he so much as touches water, he can't use his powers, a sharp contrast to his namesake, which pretty much live in water. Finally there's his DF power (sand) and the fact that the island that he was the "hero" and "protector" of is a desert.
*** Also note, in that ''Peter Pan'' shout out, that Crocodile's named after the creature that ate Captain Hook's hand, necessitating the hook. -- {{Tropers/Sgamer82}}
*** Another thing to consider with ''Peter Pan'' is that Hook could not swim in the waters due to the crocodile wanted to eat him (because hook's hand tasted so good), Hook was probably at his safest on land where there was no large body of water nearby (water=crocodiles), so a place like the desert which has no large bodies of water close by would probably be the safest place for Hook. Also Sir Crocodile in One Piece has a pet crocodile.
** Chapter 597 made this fridge brilliance hit me like a ton of bricks. The entire Skypiea arc WASN'T ultimetly pointless to the rest of the plot, as most fans have dubbed it to be. [[spoiler:In Skypiea, we see several examples of what we will eventually know as Haki, displaying several different types of it and what exactly can be done with it. In other words, the entire arc is ONE MASSIVE PIECE OF FORSHADOWING.]] - @/ToaNovu
* This was from a [[{{Filler}} filler]] part of the War on Marineford arc where Ace is officially made 2nd Commander of Whitebeard's fleet. The crew pulls him in as he eats and crowds on him, which exactly mirrors Chopper's first party as a member of the Straw Hats. Essentially, it was the same dynamic of an [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer outcast that had been taught that he was a monster]] finally finding acceptance in group that treated him like [[{{Nakama}} family]]! It also gives a heartwarming spin on the Whitebeard pirates' determination to rescue Ace: he's their Chopper! - @/PickledPlums
* Some of the logia powers shown so far in the manga have all had a element of mystery. Kizaru is once heard mumble a cryptic [[strike:PreMortemOneLiner]] PreAssKickingOneLiner - "Light is...''weight.''" If one isn't familiar with Einstein's relativiety theory, it makes absolutely no sense. - Tropers/SpiritOfSahara
* The Strawhat crew's visit to Loguetown was difficult to swallow at first. Luffy wanders all over the place trying to get to the square where Roger was executed. He even finds it once, then gets lost again! He only manages to get back to the square because the wind happens to pick up and carry his hat there. So he climbs to the top of the tower where Roger died, when suddenly Buggy pins him down. Buggy's inches away from decapitating Luffy, when the tower is struck by lightning. Luffy is unharmed (lucky rubber boy!), and Buggy is incapacitated. Meanwhile, both Buggy's subordinate and the local Marines are trying to blow up or burn down the Going Merry, but it starts raining, thus foiling their plots. After escaping the square, Luffy is running back to the ship, when Captain Smoker captures him. At this point, Dragon appears "out-of-nowhere" and sets Luffy free. The Strawhats all get back to the ship and an immense wind speeds them ahead of any potential pursuit. Captain Smoker gapes at just how ridiculously lucky Luffy has been. But not a one of these events was chance or luck. Dragon did it. Dragon apparently possesses the kaze kaze no mi: He is the Wind Logia. He also shares some of Nami's weather-control knowledge. And he's been watching Luffy all throughout Loguetown, but is apparently too shy to look his son in the face. But I can just see Dragon face-palming the whole time he's watching his son. - Mothuzad Keen
* Why did Whitebeards ships come up to Marinford? He had just come from fishman island
* While thinking about Luffy, Ace, and Garp’s relationship with each other I realized why Garp tried so hard to turn Luffy and Ace into marines. He did it because he wanted to prove that children don’t inherit the sins of the father, and in making them strong marines he would also be able to keep them safe because the World Government and marines would have no reason to hunt them or think of them as threats or monsters. - Cryoflar3

* Okay, so during the final battle between Luffy and Crocodile, Antonin Dvorak's 9th symphony played during Luffy's finishing move. I love the New World Symphony and all, but I didn't realize the following until almost a year after I watched the episode, when I was literally [[InvokedTrope removing food from my refrigerator]]. Get this: ''baroque'' music was playing during the defeat of the leader of ''Baroque'' works.

* Moriah is the subject of a lot of hate for being a FlunkyBoss and for going down easily when he went OneWingedAngel and at Marineford. But he's not shaped like that (entirely) because it's funny, since we've seen him at Roger's execution looking slim and muscular: His defeat at Kaidou's hands led him to become morbidly obese, and therefore has very poor motility and hand-to-hand combat, which he was forced to rely on both times he seemed to have been [[WorfEffect worfed]].

* Moriah is the subject of a lot of hate for being a FlunkyBoss and for going down easily when he went OneWingedAngel and at Marineford. But he's not shaped like that (entirely) because it's funny, since we've seen him at Roger's execution looking slim and muscular: His defeat at Kaidou's hands led him to become morbidly obese, and therefore has very poor motility and hand-to-hand combat, which he was forced to rely on both times he was [[WorfEffect worfed]].

** But...they had Nami on board their ship for quite a while before they got Robin, and Vivi as well...

* This troper got to thinking about Aokiji warning Luffy repeatedly that having Robin aboard his ship would spell certain doom for the Straw Hats...and is struck by how closely that mirrors the old sailor's superstition that it's bad luck to have a woman aboard.

* This troper got to thinking about how Aokiji Luffy repeatedly that having Robin aboard his ship would spell certain doom for the Straw Hats...and is struck by how closely that mirrors the old sailor's superstition that it's bad luck to have a woman aboard.

* Remember when Spandam was boasting to Luffy about the power the World Government wields, and asking Luffy if he could possibly understand what defying the WG to rescue Robin from Enies Lobby would mean? Luffy's response then was: "Yes, I understand exactly how the WG thinks." Taken at face value, it could be seen as simply Luffy being {{Badass}} enough to not cower before Spandam. However, if you take into consideration [[spoiler:the fact that the World Nobles were responsible for the death of Sabo ''waaaay'' back in Luffy's childhood]], Luffy's declaration to Spandam takes on a whole new level of deep meaning. [[spoiler:Essentially, he's got a really deep-seated desire for vengeance against the entire WG and the World Nobles in particular that he keeps well-hidden behind his [[StepfordSmiler idiotic smile]] at all times.]]--Tropers/JusticeReaper

* While thinking about Luffy, Ace, and Garp’s relationship with each other I realized why Garp tried so hard to turn Luffy and Ace into marines. He did it because he wanted to prove that children don’t inherit the sins of the father, and in making them strong marines he would also be able to keep them safe because the World Government and marines would have no reason to hunt them or think of them as threats or monsters. - Cryoflar3

** The noble quack doctor Hiruluk's last words are as follows "Sooner or later, I will die anyway. But a man does not die when he is shot. Nor does he die to disease, nor to eating a poison mushroom! He does not die due to a sword! A man dies when he is forgotten!" So what is he saying? If a man is remembered, he will never die. Flash forward to Gold Roger's old first mate recounting the man's last words to him before facing his execution [[spoiler: because he's going to die soon anyway, due to a disease]]: "I won't die, partner." He then goes on to spark the Golden Age of Piracy with his last words, ensuring that he will never be forgotten. Not only do their death scenes parallel each other perfectly (Roger's death being grander), Gold Roger and Hiruluk have the same philosophy on death; Hiruluk probably picked it up from Gold Roger during their youth! -Enlong
** In the Baroque works saga, Bon Clay announces his special technique-- composite face changing, where he can change each part of his face-- and announces that he will create the strangest face known to man! five seconds later, he turns back with, quote "90% of his own face". That was funny in and of itself (see: the ten-second long awkward silence afterwards) but what I only realized the second time watching was the the 10% he changed was his nose... To Usopp's.
** A running gag in the Drum Kingdom arc was Luffy consistently having a delayed reaction to the cold weather around him. At least two or three occasions went by where Luffy was slow on the uptake, usually only noticing the cold after someone else pointed it out. At first glance this is just a joke at Luffy's idiocy, but then I realized: Isnt rubber an ''insulator?'' To be honest, I don't know if that's how it works here, but it made me realize that it's quite possible that Luffy actually ''can't'' feel cold right away. His insulated rubber body gives him a slightly higher tolerance for cold than most. He's hardly immune (Aokiji aside he nearly froze to death in Drum), but he is noticeably hardier in the cold than others. -- {{Tropers/Sgamer82}}

** It has been stated that the winner in a fight is one with the stronger convictions. The straw hats have only lost to Aokiji, Kizaru, Kuma, and Sentoumaru, with a near-loss to Magellan. Combined with Hannyabal's "You Shall Not Pass!" speech and his impressive showing despite having no devil fruit powers, it seems like ''their convictions are stronger than the Straw Hats.'' Even villains can have ideals and dreams too...- @/FishStampede
*** Well, that's also assuming that all of those characters are straight-out villains. Aokiji seems like a very decent guy ('Lazy Justice' my ass, he was deliberately trying to give Robin a second and even third chance, despite his obvious duty being to ''kill or capture her''.), Kuma may or may not have been an actual good guy at some point, and Kizaru seems more LawfulNeutral than villainous. What must be remembered is that most of these 'villains' are actually protecting people, the normal citizens of their world, from the pirates who would harm them. Luffy's crew is the ''[[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything exception]]'', not the rule. I wouldn't call the enemies 'heroes', but most of them aren't straight-up villains either. Even Akainu, that most bastardy of bastards in the marines, is basically a WellIntentionedExtremist / KnightTemplar with lava powers--he's utterly ruthless and definitely takes things '''''way''''' too far... but he's not deliberately doing cruel or evil things. He doesn't seem to enjoy hurting people, but believes in absolutely NO mercy. In fact, the sheer complexity of every character is what makes Oda-sensei so great... if you compare Luffy's reaction to that of the fans, you'll see that initially, they're similar (both the fans and Luffy see things extremely simply at first; Luffy's simplicity doesn't change, however, even when the situation gets complex). On the other hand, as can be seen here, the situation ''is'' immensely complex, and who is or is not a villain/hero can be up to debate, just like in the real world. Despite how over-the-top the show is about EVERYTHING, very few of the characters are overtly and absolutely of a specific [[CharacterAlignment alignment]]--as in real life, you get far more ChaoticNeutral, TrueNeutral, and NeutralGood characters than you do LawfulGood and ChaoticEvil, and even then, they can't be defined strictly by their alignment.
** Several of my friends rolled their eyes when Luffy turned out to have a one-in-a-million superpowerful Haki in one of the more recent arcs of One Piece, and at first I agreed, since it made Luffy seem more like he was just lucking out into a sort of ChosenOne rather than just an insanely determined kid with big dreams. On further reflection, however, it occurred to me that Luffy has ungodly powerful Haki not because he had good genes or a destiny, but ''because he is Luffy.'' Luffy's willpower and ambition exceed that of practically any being on the planet, and he acknowledges no authority higher than himself; the World Government's authority means nothing to Luffy, and he even talks to [[spoiler: Whitebeard]] like an equal, to the shock and alarm of nearly everybody, and tells him ''to his face'' that ''he's'' going to be the pirate king. [[{{Foreshadowing}} King's Disposition indeed!]]

** Despite the unbridled awesome to come, I was somewhat disappointed after the Strawhat crew were [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode scattered across the globe by Kuma]]]] and the manga's focus shifted almost entirely to Luffy with only hints of what the others were going through. Upon consideration, however, it could be brilliant because when the anime catches up, instead of making up [[FillerArc Filler Arcs]] to give the manga time to pull ahead again, the animation team will be able to spend time telling the stories of the rest of the crew.
*** Perhaps the most brilliant part of the [[spoiler:separation arc]] occurs at the end after Luffy's [[spoiler:heartbreaking loss of his brother.]] After focusing on Luffy for so long the crew is pushed to the back of the reader's mind, as they were pushed to the back of Luffy's. In this way, his [[spoiler:realization that he has not lost everything and wants to see his crew]] becomes that much more poignant and accessible to the reader. It allows us to feel the chunk of time they weren't together more personally.
** The [[ChekhovsGun Vivre Card]] turns out to be made from fingernails. After reading up on nautical superstitions for a class, it turns out that it was believed to be very unlucky to cut one's fingernails while on ship. It might just be coincidence, but knowing that Oda [[ShownTheirWork does do the research]] probably means that this wasn't an accident.
** A moment of Fridge Brilliance that occurred to me a while ago regarding the Alabasta arc. The key element that allowed the Straw Hats to escape Crocodile's [[Main/SchmuckBait fiendishly clever]] trap was the fact that Crocodile's information about the Straw Hats was incomplete, which allowed Sanji (who he never knew about) and Chopper (who he dismissed as a pet) to trick him. It wasn't for a long time that I realized he should have known about Sanji all along. The Unluckies only identified Luffy, Zoro, and Nami at Whiskey Peak, and the Mr. 3 and 5 pairs met Usopp at Little Garden. But in between Miss All-Sunday met ''all five'' current Straw Hats. The fact that Crocodile didn't know about Sanji despite his own [[TheDragon Dragon]] having met him makes you realize Robin was undermining Crocodile's activities even then.
** In chapter 0, which acted both as a warm up for Strong World as well as a general background for older characters, [[spoiler: Garp and Sengoku team up against Shiki in a huge battle which levelled half of Marineford. Unfortunately, the battle itself is never shown, simply [[TheCoatsAreOff the fighters preparing to do battle]] and the chaotic aftermath.]] I was beyond annoyed at what was perceived to be a {{Missed Moment Of Awesome}}. However the current chapter reveals that[[spoiler: a similar team up will occur against Whitebeard! In not showing us the battle itself and only hinting at the destruction the old fighters were able to wield in their prime, Oda has only heightened the tension and expectation for an ultimate battle to show case the strength of the old generation!]]
*** Or it could have just been the painfully obvious reaction that any moron could see happening in that situation.
** In the scene where Luffy and Usopp were fighting about the fate of Going Merry, Zoro was the only one who barely reacted to the situation, keeping a calm head, when everyone else was arguing and yelling. At first, even I thought that it was a little [[TheStoic cold]] of Zoro to be like that. Then, I thought about how everyone was actively trying to stop the fight, while Zoro ''simply let it went as it did''. Even if they managed to stop the fight, Luffy and Usopp would have butted heads over the matter again sooner or later. And imagine what would have happen if they fought later on while trying to rescue Robin? It would have brought everyone's morals down and made their teamwork less effective.
** Garp has a scar around his left eye, the bottom part of which looks uncannily like Luffy's. Remember, now, that Luffy gave himself that scar ''in order to seem tough''. That's not just Fridge Brilliance, that's Fridge Adorable. - PikaBot
** While reading over the most recent chapter, something became apparent about [[spoiler:the way Whitebeard died. Quite a few characters had wanted to land the killing blow themselves, but in the end, who does it? Not Blackbeard, but ''the Blackbeard Pirates as a whole'', reinforcing how Blackbeard feels about his crew and his EvilCounterpart status with Luffy by having them take part in his big moment.]] - @/ShotgunNinja
** Fairly early on in the Skypiea arc Enel's powers are shown for the first time when he [[spoiler:tries to kill Conis for trying to convince the Strawhat guys to run away. The first time you read the chapter it looks like a straightforward sequence of events that you wouldn't question; Luffy manages to dodge the blast long enough for Gan Fall to swoop in and pull them the rest of the way to safety. ''But'', if you reread the sequence later you'll notice that Gan Fall pops up with them through the massive hole in the clouds left by Enel's blast, implying that he wasn't actually the one who saved them, he just caught them once they were blown through the ground. Which means that this is ''actually'' neatly foreshadowing Luffy's immunity to Enel's lightning, diguised in a way that people wouldn't think twice about. It also means that Conis is very lucky that he held her close enough to shield her while trying to dodge.]]
** At first Sir Crocodile just sounds like a cool name, but under a bit of scrutiny it becomes extremely meaningful/ironic. The most obvious is the fact that with the hook and being a pirate, he's a pretty strong shout out to Peter Pan. Then comes the fact that like any other DF user, he can't swim. Not only that, but water is his main weakness. If he so much as touches water, he can't use his powers, a sharp contrast to his namesake, which pretty much live in water. Finally there's his DF power (sand) and the fact that the island that he was the "hero" and "protector" of is a desert.
*** Also note, in that ''Peter Pan'' shout out, that Crocodile's named after the creature that ate Captain Hook's hand, necessitating the hook. -- {{Tropers/Sgamer82}}
*** Another thing to consider with ''Peter Pan'' is that Hook could not swim in the waters due to the crocodile wanted to eat him (because hook's hand tasted so good), Hook was probably at his safest on land where there was no large body of water nearby (water=crocodiles), so a place like the desert which has no large bodies of water close by would probably be the safest place for Hook. Also Sir Crocodile in One Piece has a pet crocodile.
** Chapter 597 made this fridge brilliance hit me like a ton of bricks. The entire Skypiea arc WASN'T ultimetly pointless to the rest of the plot, as most fans have dubbed it to be. [[spoiler:In Skypiea, we see several examples of what we will eventually know as Haki, displaying several different types of it and what exactly can be done with it. In other words, the entire arc is ONE MASSIVE PIECE OF FORSHADOWING.]] - @/ToaNovu

* While thinking about Luffy, Ace, and Garp’s relationship with each other I realized why Garp tried so hard to turn Luffy and Ace into marines. He did it because he wanted to prove that children don’t inherit the sins of the father, and in making them strong marines he would also be able to keep them safe because the World Government and marines would have no reason to hunt them or think of them as threats or monsters. - Cryoflar3
* Okay, so during the final battle between Luffy and Crocodile, Antonin Dvorak's 9th symphony played during Luffy's finishing move. I love the New World Symphony and all, but I didn't realize the following until almost a year after I watched the episode, when I was literally [[InvokedTrope removing food from my refrigerator]]. Get this: ''baroque'' music was playing during the defeat of the leader of ''Baroque'' works.