History Recap / OnePieceSkypieaArc

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Subverted. Eneru is actually the strongest antagonist Luffy has ever defeated. He easily curb-stomped all of his opponents, and the only reason Luffy stood a chance against him at all is because he had the devil fruit power Eneru was least capable of countering. The fact that his fight with Luffy was ''still'' a close one shows how far up the ladder Eneru actually was.[[note]]Even with the Logia-nullifying KiAttacks of the New World, he'd still probably get pretty far; being able to touch the other guy can only help so much when said other guy can hurl a BoltOfDivineRetribution from miles above and can use Observation Haki himself. WordOfGod from Oda has confirmed that if Eneru had been given a bounty, it would have been as high as ''500,000,000''.[[/note]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Eneru massacres his entire force of scientists who built him the Ark Maxim once it was complete, as well as all of his personal soldiers, and saw no shame in making his priests and soldiers battle the invading Shandians to the death despite having the ability to wipe them all out singlehandedly.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Subverted. Eneru is actually the strongest antagonist Luffy has ever defeated. He easily curb-stomped all of his opponents, and the only reason Luffy stood a chance against him at all is because he had the devil fruit power Eneru was least capable of countering. The fact that his fight with Luffy was ''still'' a close one shows how far up the ladder Eneru actually was.[[note]]Even with the Logia-nullifying KiAttacks of the New World, he'd still probably get pretty far; being able to touch the other guy can only help so much when said other guy can hurl a BoltOfDivineRetribution from miles above and can use Observation Haki himself.[[/note]]

* DisneyDeath: Pagaya. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when the group scold him when they were mourning his apparent death, and he replies "Oh! I'm sorry I survived!"
** The manga reveals in a cover story-arc that Skypiean Preist Gedatsu [[HoistByHisOwnPetard didn't drown in his Ordeal of Swamp]], but fell into the surface to Alabasta, eventually having a HeelFaceTurn and helping Kohza's wealthy uncle Gero build a resort.

** [[BigBad Eneru]] does have a use for the gold, but not for monetary gain. Instead, he uses it to build his [[CoolStarship Ark Maxim.]]

TBA

* CurbstompBattle: Enel versus pretty much everyone but Luffy. [[spoiler:Wiper]] is the only other character who even remotely gives him any trouble.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Wiper's Reject Dial can ''kill'' a man with one usage. Naturally, he [[spoiler:uses it ''three'' times and still survives]].

** Mantra, which would later be known as Observation Haki. And the first appearance of Klabautermann, the spirit of the [[spoiler: ''Going Merry'']].

** Nami, seeing that Eneru's lightning has no effect on Luffy, realizes he's the only one who can fight the self-proclaimed god, calling Luffy "[Eneru's] natural enemy". [[spoiler:The Dressrosa arc reveals that those who carry the "D" initial are called "God's Natural Enemies", in that instance "god" being the World Nobles.]]

** Earlier on, [[spoiler:it looks like Wiper's actually going to kill Enel, having somehow found [[KryptoniteFactor Seastone]] to weaken Enel with and being in position to deliver a blow from a Reject Dial. Sadly, Enel's powers let him ''restart his heart'' from the otherwise-fatal blow]].

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Satori. His casual and playful demeanor made him look ridiculous, but his trickery, reliance on [[CombatClairvoyance Mantra]] and Impact Dials made him a rather dangerous ([[{{Troll}} if annoying]]) foe.

* AllForNothing: The White Berets served Eneru and reluctantly enforced his fascists rules over the Skypieans to protect them from Eneru's wrath, only to find out that Eneru had planned to destroy Skypiea from the very beginning, with the captain even commenting on it.

* KarmaHoudini: Despite the thrashing he got from Luffy, and his plan of genocide stopped, Eneru still achieves his goal of escaping Skypeia to the “Fairy Vearth” on the Moon where he rules over the Spaceys with no real consequences beyond minor setbacks. With a villain as powerful as Eneru the only logical way to deal with him is to write him out of the main story.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mantra, which would later be known as Observation Haki. And the first appearance of Klabautermann, the spirit of the [[spoiler: ''Going Merry'']].

* ShoutOut: In Upper Yard, the largest plant is [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk a massive beanstalk called " Giant Jack"]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Enel, a character who fancies himself a God, is stated by Oda to be based on the rapper Eminem... who would, quite a few years after Skypiea, release a single titled "Rap God".

* RuleOfSymbolism[=/=]FauxSymbolism: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] over the place in this arc as expected:

* AllForNothing: The White Berets served Eneru and reluctantly enforced his fascists rules over the Skypieans to protect them from Eneru's wrath, only to find out that Eneru had planned to destroy Skypiea from the very beginning, with the captain every commenting on it.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Subverted. Eneru is actually the strongest antagonist Luffy has ever defeated. He easily curb-stomped all of his opponents, and the only reason Luffy stood a chance against him at all is because he had the devil fruit power Eneru was least capable of countering. The fact that his fight with Luffy was ''still'' a close one shows how far up the ladder Eneru actually was.[[note]]Even with the Logia-nullifying KiAttacks of the New World, he'd still probably get pretty far; being able to touch the other guy can only help so much when said other guy can hurl a BoltOfDivineRetribution from miles above.[[/note]]

!! Short Summary

* DisproportionateRetribution: While they're waiting for Nami to get back with the money. The Straw Hats try to just mill around and act normal but everything they seem to do raises their criminal level with the White Berets, even just laying down and snoring. Though it turns out the White Berets are doing it deliberately, as they were ordered to by Eneru.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: During his first fight with Eneru, Luffy manages to temporarily defeat him, but gets a gold ball grafted on his arm to both weigh him down and incapacitate him. However in the climax of the arc, Luffy uses the same ball to stop Eneru's Raigo (a huge lightning ball) as well as punching it right into Eneru to both defeat him and ring the bell.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Subverted. Eneru is actually the strongest antagonist Luffy has ever defeated. He easily curb-stomped all of his opponents, and the only reason Luffy stood a chance against him at all is because he had the devil fruit power Eneru was least capable of countering. The fact that his fight with Luffy was ''still'' a close one shows how far up the ladder Eneru actually was.

* GeniusBruiser: Eneru. The man knows things that Sky Islanders would not usually have a clue about, such as gold, or even much of the history of the Skypeian-Shandian war (even more impressive is that he wasn't ''born'' on Skypeia). One could possibly assume that he had the greatest intellect in all of skypeia. He himself referred to his knowledge (along with his Mantra ability) as "[[AwesomeEgo omniscience]]".

* PredecessorVillain: The King of Lyneel, who had Noland executed in a show trial for "deceiving" him of the "CityOfGold", and the God of Skypeia during Calgara's time, who led the Skypeians to claim Jaya (which had recently become part of the sky island) for themselves, and begin a campaign to remove the Shandians from their home.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: During the fight with Luffy, Eneru manages to temporarily defeat him, but grafts a gold ball on his arm to both weigh him down and incapacitate him. However in the climax of the arc, Luffy uses the same ball to stop Eneru's Raigo (a huge lightning ball) as well as punching it right into Eneru to both defeat him and ring the bell.

** Earlier, Eneru makes a show of [[NoSell no-selling]] ''everything'' that was thrown at him. He was ''shocked'' when Luffy managed to hit him.

* PhysicalGod: Eneru. His Logia Devil Fruit: The Rumble-Rumble Fruit (''Goro Goro no Mi'') grants him [[ShockAndAwe the power of lightning]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction and]] [[MadeOfAir all]] [[RideTheLightning that]] [[LightningCanDoAnything entails]] even averting ConvectionSchmonvection and acting as a MagicalDefibrillator to ''himself'' if he is killed (making him practically [[{{Immortality}} immortal]]), not to mention amplifies his Mantra ability to the range of the entire island: His abilities were truly god-like, [[WithGreatPowercomesGreatInsanity and it's not hard]] [[PsychoElectro to see how]] [[AGodAmI he'd delude himself into thinking he's one]].

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Rubber beats Electricity. Eneru finds out the hard way. Heck, he didn't know what rubber ''was'' before Luffy hit him!
* FatBastard: Satori (whose body is perfectly round!) as well as his triplet brothers Hotori and Kotori. Yama also counts.

** The Straw Hat Pirates, who despite being pirates, [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything never actively sought treasure]] up until this arc, finally take an interest in pillaging the gold from Skypiea. Too bad they never wind up with any of it by the end of the arc.