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* OccamsRazor: Vivi invokes this when rationalizing the fact someone like Hody Jones could have and ''really did'' kill Otohime, instead of an unknown nearly-dead human the fishmen caught as thr would-be assassin.
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* OccamsRazor: Vivi invokes this when rationalizing the fact someone like Hody Jones could have and ''really did'' kill Otohime, instead of an unknown nearly-dead human the fishmen caught as thr the would-be assassin.
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* OccamsRazor: Vivi invokes this when rationalizing the fact someone like Hody Jones could have and ''really did'' kill Otohime, instead of an unknown nearly-dead human the fishmen caught as thr would-be assassin.
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** Chapter 60 sees Cross threatening with revealing ones for Koala and Sandersonia, despite not knowing anything about them. Koala starts muttering about "So much gunpowder."
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** In Chapter 25, the normally courageous and [[RatedMForManly manly]] Boss scouts underwater after Soundbite drives off a giant octopus, and promptly jumps back on the ship shouting that they have to leave ''now''! Turns out a giant tortoise (large enough to have an entire ''city'' on its back) was surfacing under the Going Merry.
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* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 13. So, Cross has just been made aware of the fact that he's blurted out a ''lot'' about their adventures that he shouldn't know, and Sanji seems ready to interrogate him. With a face that is, quote, 'serious as a nuclear winter,' Sanji calmly demands that Cross tell him everything he knows about one person that he mentioned in his sleep… Princess Shirahoshi.
-->'''Cross''': …Wait, ''what!?''
-->'''Sanji''': ''(love mode)'' You heard me! Tell me about the Mermaid Princess! The most beautiful creature beneath the seas, an exquisite example of feminine form, truly Aphrodite incarnate! You have to tell me all about her, I beg of you, I'll do whatever I have to! Just tell me about her!
** And the whiplash continues as Cross lists three reasons that Sanji cannot be her knight in shining armor. He remains in love mode as Cross says that she's 20,000 feet below the surface; he instantly changes to burning fury when Cross says that a villainous stalker is after her, forcing her to stay in solitary confinement; and he instantly changes to hit the DespairEventHorizon when Cross informs him that Shirahoshi is no older than 14/15.
-->'''Sanji''': ''WHHHYYYYY!? CURSE YOU, FATHER TIME! CUUUURSE YOOOOUUUU!''
-->'''Cross''': …Wait, ''what!?''
-->'''Sanji''': ''(love mode)'' You heard me! Tell me about the Mermaid Princess! The most beautiful creature beneath the seas, an exquisite example of feminine form, truly Aphrodite incarnate! You have to tell me all about her, I beg of you, I'll do whatever I have to! Just tell me about her!
** And the whiplash continues as Cross lists three reasons that Sanji cannot be her knight in shining armor. He remains in love mode as Cross says that she's 20,000 feet below the surface; he instantly changes to burning fury when Cross says that a villainous stalker is after her, forcing her to stay in solitary confinement; and he instantly changes to hit the DespairEventHorizon when Cross informs him that Shirahoshi is no older than 14/15.
-->'''Sanji''': ''WHHHYYYYY!? CURSE YOU, FATHER TIME! CUUUURSE YOOOOUUUU!''
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** In Chapter 59, when Sanji finally meets Keimi, catches her in his arms, and the mermaid actually seems to be ''reciprocating'', the moment is shattered when Sanji suffers an epic {{Nosebleed}} - and [[BloodyHilarious ends up drenching Keimi]].
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** Chapter 13. So, Cross has just been made aware of the fact that he's blurted out a ''lot'' about their adventures that he shouldn't know, and Sanji seems ready to interrogate him. With a face that is, quote, 'serious as a nuclear winter,' Sanji calmly demands that Cross tell him everything he knows about one person that he mentioned in his sleep… Princess Shirahoshi.
-->'''Cross''': --->'''Cross''': …Wait, ''what!?''
-->'''Sanji''': --->'''Sanji''': ''(love mode)'' You heard me! Tell me about the Mermaid Princess! The most beautiful creature beneath the seas, an exquisite example of feminine form, truly Aphrodite incarnate! You have to tell me all about her, I beg of you, I'll do whatever I have to! Just tell me about her!
** *** And the whiplash continues as Cross lists three reasons that Sanji cannot be her knight in shining armor. He remains in love mode as Cross says that she's 20,000 feet below the surface; he instantly changes to burning fury when Cross says that a villainous stalker is after her, forcing her to stay in solitary confinement; and he instantly changes to hit the DespairEventHorizon when Cross informs him that Shirahoshi is no older than 14/15.
-->'''Sanji''': ---->'''Sanji''': ''WHHHYYYYY!? CURSE YOU, FATHER TIME! CUUUURSE YOOOOUUUU!''
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** Chapter 13. So, Cross has just been made aware of the fact that he's blurted out a ''lot'' about their adventures that he shouldn't know, and Sanji seems ready to interrogate him. With a face that is, quote, 'serious as a nuclear winter,' Sanji calmly demands that Cross tell him everything he knows about one person that he mentioned in his sleep… Princess Shirahoshi.
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* PreAsskickingOneLiner: {{Discussed}} and {{Subverted}}. Right before Sanji kicks the crap out of Absalom, he mentions some he had lined up, but now decides to forgo.
-->'''Sanji:''' You know, I had a whole bit lined up for this: the Bullshit Bistro, all-you-can-eat buffet, the whole nine yards. But after seeing this? '''I'm just going to kick your ass inside-out and be done with you.'''
-->'''Sanji:''' You know, I had a whole bit lined up for this: the Bullshit Bistro, all-you-can-eat buffet, the whole nine yards. But after seeing this? '''I'm just going to kick your ass inside-out and be done with you.'''
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* PoorMansPorn: Cross invokes this when he complains over using Gif to film Zoro's training regimen for the SBS at behest of the female crew members. He even mentions that he had to eventually ''blacklist'' some female callers because of it.
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** During his initial search of Spandam's office, Cross claim s that his efforts came up with nothing but a goose egg. By which he means a literal rotten goose egg which he didn't want to know how it ended up where he found it.
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** It appears that in-between chapters Cross and the gang encountered [[TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle Ratchet]] and Randolph (the Marine-turned-actor from one of the specials), and both times Vivi managed to screw things up in her own personal fashion. But as the reader has no clear idea as to what happened, it counts as a Noodle Incident.
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* {{Nosebleed}}:
** Vivi gets this reaction when she sees [[NunTooHoly Urouge]]'s reason for his bounty.
** [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]] has this reaction when he catches Keimi. Unfortunately, she is his arms when that happens, and guess where all the blood goes...
** Vivi gets this reaction when she sees [[NunTooHoly Urouge]]'s reason for his bounty.
** [[ChivalrousPervert Sanji]] has this reaction when he catches Keimi. Unfortunately, she is his arms when that happens, and guess where all the blood goes...
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** Due to Luffy disliking spoilers to his adventures, a lot of Cross's canon knowledge is held off unless it's really important. This means that for most of the minor hiccups that happen in canon, Cross just lets them play out and then tells the crew after the fact.
** Due to Luffy disliking spoilers to his adventures, a lot of Cross's canon knowledge is held off unless it's really important. This means that for most of the minor hiccups that happen in canon, Cross just lets them play out and then tells the crew after the fact.
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* NowYouTellMe:
**NowYouTellMe: Due to Luffy disliking spoilers to his adventures, a lot of Cross's canon knowledge is held off unless it's really important. This means that for most of the minor hiccups that happen in canon, Cross just lets them play out and then tells the crew after the fact.
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** What could make Sanji serious enough to not pick a fight with Zoro (enough that Zoro doesn't pick a fight with him either) and politely ask that Keimi leave them alone? [[spoiler: Him finally deciding to tell the crew about his past with the Vinsmokes]].
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* NeverGetsDrunk: Nami, due to all those nights in Arlong's crew trying to drink her mother's death away.
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** Out of rage, Cross attempts to punch Mr. 3 after the above Heroic BSOD. Mr. 3 neutralizes it with hardly a thought, and even lampshades it.
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** Out of rage, Cross attempts to punch Mr. 3 after the above Heroic BSOD.mentioned HeroicBSOD. Mr. 3 neutralizes it with hardly a thought, and even lampshades it.
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** In Chapter 48, after Sanji laments that he wanted to eat the Clear-Clear Fruit [[{{Tearjerker}} to disappear]], there's a solemn silence until Carue points out that Sanji would've likely used it to peep like Absalom did.
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** In Skypeia, Cross helped the Straw Hats' realize the truth about the gold pillar the Shandians were giving them [[note]]In the original canon, they mistook it for a massive weapon and ran off before learning the truth[[/note]], allowing the Straw Hats' to leave with more gold than ever, much to Nami's delight.
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** In Skypeia, Skypiea, Cross helped the Straw Hats' realize the truth about the gold pillar the Shandians were giving them [[note]]In the original canon, they mistook it for a massive weapon and ran off before learning the truth[[/note]], allowing the Straw Hats' to leave with more gold than ever, much to Nami's delight.
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** In Chapter 25, this is reaction of everyone when, like in canon, they witness the shipwreck falling from the sky that kicks off the Skypeia arc. Except for [[LaughingMad Cross]].
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** While the Straw Hats are descending from Skypeia, Cross and Conis have one when [[spoiler:a caller on the SBS]] makes them realize that Conis, having lived her life used to minimal amounts of oxygen in the sky, might have problems adjusting to the higher concentrations of the Blue Sea.
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** While the Straw Hats are descending from Skypeia, Skypiea, Cross and Conis have one when [[spoiler:a caller on the SBS]] makes them realize that Conis, having lived her life used to minimal amounts of oxygen in the sky, might have problems adjusting to the higher concentrations of the Blue Sea.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: A tragic version in Chapter 22 [[spoiler:where Cross thinks that Tashigi is apologizing because the World Government gave the credit for Crocodile's defeat to her and Smoker, but it's really because the World Government has put a bounty out on Vivi]].
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* MyFistForgivesYou: As members of the Barto Club and Straw Hat allies, Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine eventually get over their grudge against Cross after the tactician gives them gifts of a fireman's suit and chocolate... and ''after'' the two of them gut-punch the wind out of him.
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** Lucci is the first one to admit that for all the reasons the Cipher Pols are given [[BadassInANiceSuit sharp suits]] to conduct missions in, the real reason is because they look damn good while doing it.
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** The solemn moment between Vivi and Robin after the latter promises to [[spoiler: keep the former grounded against her new Logia powers]] ends when Robin makes a crack about Vivi's ditziness, and the princess retaliates by giving Robin a ''{{Wedgie}}''.
*** And Vivi's calm countenance against any retaliation Robin can come up with is shattered by [[SternTeacher Robin]] asking Vivi about her homework.
*** And Vivi's calm countenance against any retaliation Robin can come up with is shattered by [[SternTeacher Robin]] asking Vivi about her homework.
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** Conis does this when she calculates how much ammo (and therefore money) [[spoiler: Merry's]] new [[GatlingGood rotary cannon]] chews through in 12 seconds... in front of [[MoneyFetish Nami]].
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* PrisonersWork: [[spoiler: Doctors Hogback and Indigo]], after their capture, are forced to work for the World Government's science division alongside Vegapunk and Ratchet.
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** Lucci is the first one to admit that for all the reasons the Cipher Pols are given [[BadassInANiceSuit sharp suits]] to conduct missions in, the real reason is because they look damn good while doing it.
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* OhMyGods: A lot of Alabastans, such as Vivi or the Kung-Fu Dugongs, invoke the Alabastan (read: Egyptian) pantheon in their daily vernacular.
** And then Vivi starts invoking them [[CallingYourAttacks as part of her attack names]] [[spoiler: after she eats the Gust-Gust Fruit]].
** And then Vivi starts invoking them [[CallingYourAttacks as part of her attack names]] [[spoiler: after she eats the Gust-Gust Fruit]].
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* MindVirus: It's stated that the reason for [[spoiler:the crew's [[OutOfCharacterAlert out-of-character moments]] on [[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland the Secret Island]], leading to their bonds fracturing,]] is all due to [[spoiler:Lily Carnation's pollens]]. [[spoiler:And the more human someone is, the more they are susceptible to it.]]
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* MindVirus: It's stated that the reason for [[spoiler:the crew's [[OutOfCharacterAlert out-of-character moments]] on [[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland the Secret Island]], leading to their bonds fracturing,]] is all due to [[spoiler:Lily Carnation's pollens]].pollen]]. [[spoiler:And the more human someone is, the more they are susceptible to it.]]
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* PhraseCatcher: Usually when someone uses the Transceiver's [[MostAnnoyingSound foghorn function]], they make a comment (usually about how much they love using it) that everyone within earshot will respond to by shouting back "WE KNOW!"
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** While the Straw Hats are descending from Skypeia, Cross and Conis have one when [[spoiler:a caller on the SBS]] makes them realize that Conis, having lived her life used to minimal amounts of oxygen in the sky, might have problems adjusting to the higher concentrations of the Blue Sea.
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* Perhaps biggest of all, [[spoiler: Cross manages to keep Merry from dying by having her eat a Devil Fruit, thus becoming a human.]]
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** Due to the Celestial Dragons learning about her undercover work in Baroque Works, Vivi was issued a bounty and thus was forced to become a full-time member rather than part ways with the Straw Hats.
** Due to Cross building up Usopp's confidence and ensuring that the crew learns about Merry's condition well in advance, the fight between Luffy and Usopp is avoided, as well as Usopp temporarily leaving the crew.
* Perhaps biggest of all, Cross manages to keep Merry from dying by having her eat a Devil Fruit, thus becoming a human.
** Due to Cross building up Usopp's confidence and ensuring that the crew learns about Merry's condition well in advance, the fight between Luffy and Usopp is avoided, as well as Usopp temporarily leaving the crew.
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** Due to Cross building up Usopp's confidence and ensuring that the crew learns about Merry's condition well in advance, the fight between Luffy and Usopp is avoided, as well as Usopp temporarily leaving thecrew.
crew, even if Cross has to rework his plans for Thriller Bark.
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** Due to Cross building up Usopp's confidence and ensuring that the crew learns about Merry's condition well in advance, the fight between Luffy and Usopp is avoided, as well as Usopp temporarily leaving the
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: Invoked by Cross in Chapter 20 to force Mr. 2 to drop his disguise of Usopp:
-->'''Cross:''' HEY, 'USOPP', EMPORIO IVANKOV IS AN OVERRATED HACK!
-->'''Mr. 2:''' ''[[BerserkButton THAT'S A BARE-FACED LIE!]]'' ''([[OhCrap stricken look]])''
-->'''Cross:''' HEY, 'USOPP', EMPORIO IVANKOV IS AN OVERRATED HACK!
-->'''Mr. 2:''' ''[[BerserkButton THAT'S A BARE-FACED LIE!]]'' ''([[OhCrap stricken look]])''
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: OutOfCharacterAlert:
** Invoked by Cross in Chapter 20 to force Mr. 2 to drop his disguise of Usopp:
-->'''Cross:''' --->'''Cross:''' HEY, 'USOPP', EMPORIO IVANKOV IS AN OVERRATED HACK!
-->'''Mr.--->'''Mr. 2:''' ''[[BerserkButton THAT'S A BARE-FACED LIE!]]'' ''([[OhCrap stricken look]])''
** Invoked by Cross in Chapter 20 to force Mr. 2 to drop his disguise of Usopp:
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* NotHisSled: Due to Cross's influence, many moments throughout the series were changed. Among these are:
** Cross convincing Zoro to tell the crew what he knows about Baroque Works, leading to the entire crew fighting the agents at Whiskey Peak and avoiding the fight between Luffy and Zoro over the misunderstanding.
** Nami contracting the Kestia. After much conflicting debating with himself, Cross ultimately saved Nami from the illness, only to contract another illness ''himself'', which still enables the Straw Hats to recruit Chopper.
** Due to the Celestial Dragons learning about her undercover work in Baroque Works, Vivi was issued a bounty and thus was forced to become a full-time member rather than part ways with the Straw Hats.
** Due to Cross building up Usopp's confidence and ensuring that the crew learns about Merry's condition well in advance, the fight between Luffy and Usopp is avoided, as well as Usopp temporarily leaving the crew.
* Perhaps biggest of all, Cross manages to keep Merry from dying by having her eat a Devil Fruit, thus becoming a human.
** Cross convincing Zoro to tell the crew what he knows about Baroque Works, leading to the entire crew fighting the agents at Whiskey Peak and avoiding the fight between Luffy and Zoro over the misunderstanding.
** Nami contracting the Kestia. After much conflicting debating with himself, Cross ultimately saved Nami from the illness, only to contract another illness ''himself'', which still enables the Straw Hats to recruit Chopper.
** Due to the Celestial Dragons learning about her undercover work in Baroque Works, Vivi was issued a bounty and thus was forced to become a full-time member rather than part ways with the Straw Hats.
** Due to Cross building up Usopp's confidence and ensuring that the crew learns about Merry's condition well in advance, the fight between Luffy and Usopp is avoided, as well as Usopp temporarily leaving the crew.
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* OrphanedPunchline: Cross telling a joke to Dr. Hogback to lower his guard, we only get the punchline and a few NoodleImplements from Hogback busting his gut.
-->'''Cross''': And so the guy slaps the soldier clear across his face, puts his foot on the table, and proclaims for the whole bar to hear! "I, sir, am a ''Puritan''!"
-->'''Cross''': And so the guy slaps the soldier clear across his face, puts his foot on the table, and proclaims for the whole bar to hear! "I, sir, am a ''Puritan''!"
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* MadDoctor: Kureha seems to have rubbed off on Chopper a bit too much; when the latter hears from Cross about the typical treatment for small bone fractures, his thought process carries him away to the point where Cross is scared that the reindeer wants to dissect him.
** And in Chapter 24, he comes close to doing so thanks to his experimentation with his Devil Fruit's human intelligence [[spoiler:turning him into Mr. Hyde]].
* MadeOfPlasticine: Cross, at least as far as the One Piece world is concerned, where MadeOfIron is the default. He gets put under for ten minutes from one of ''Nami's [[MegatonPunch Idiot Punches]]''. This ends as of Chapter 14, thanks to Kureha's medicine.
* MagicFeather: When Luffy, [[SuperDrowningSkills a Devil Fruit user]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext has to win a surfing competition against an octopus]], Boss gives him what he describes as "Dugong Surfing Elixir" that would enable Luffy to surf with the best of them. In actual fact, it was merely Boss' fermented seaweed juice. ''[[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum It still works.]]''
* MamaBear: Despite her professional behavior, Kureha is most definitely this for Chopper. When she finds out that Cross knows about Chopper's past and wants him to join the Straw Hat Pirates, she pins him to the bed, a scalpel inches from his throat, looming over him like death. Note how she refers to Chopper as she asks the question:
-->'''Kureha''': Do you ''actually'' care about my son, or are you just playing on his insecurities to shanghai him into your little pirate band?
* ManlyTears: Both Wiper and Cricket shed a few when promising to meet up in Skypiea.
* MassOhCrap: When Ryuma decides to go all out against Zoro, every other zombie in the area flees in terror.
* MeaningfulEcho: Robin tricks Cross into seeing her in her underwear because "It's an older sister's job to embarrass her younger siblings." A few chapters later, Cross finally gets his revenge on Robin that he hinted at back during the Alabasta arc by giving her a noogie.
-->'''Cross''': [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming It's a younger brother's job to embarrass his older sister.]]
* MeaningfulName: Soundbite the snail. Power from the Noise-Noise Fruit and a tendency to bite.
** The Sirocco charm-container. A sirocco is a Mediterranean wind from the Sahara that can achieve hurricane speeds. Fitting that such a container contains [[spoiler:the aril (pomegranate seed) of the Logia-type [[BlowYouAway Gust-Gust Fruit]], the Devil Fruit of one of the Royal Guardians of Alabasta]].
* MercyLead: As thanks for [[spoiler:killing Lily Carnation]], Sengoku informs the Straw Hats that the Marines are on their way to the island.
* MidBattleTeaBreak: In this case, mid-battle pit stop: During Cross's one-on-many battle with the Amigo Pirates, one of Lassoo's trick shells misfires, and Cross calls a time-out for Usopp and [[spoiler: Merry]] to fix it. [[RefugeInAudacity His opponent Corto is so dumbfounded that he can't respond]] until the repairs are done, Cross calls time-in, and promptly [[BlownAcrossTheRoom blasts him off his feet]].
* MindVirus: It's stated that the reason for [[spoiler:the crew's [[OutOfCharacterAlert out-of-character moments]] on [[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland the Secret Island]], leading to their bonds fracturing,]] is all due to [[spoiler:Lily Carnation's pollens]]. [[spoiler:And the more human someone is, the more they are susceptible to it.]]
** The only ones not as affected were [[spoiler:Luffy, Conis, Soundbite, and Robin]], one of whom is [[spoiler:a Skypiean]] and the others being Devil Fruit users.
*** [[spoiler:Chopper, Boss, and the TDWS]]'s reactions are not shown due to them being off-camera, and the latter five had already been [[spoiler:caught by Lily Carnation]].
* MirthlessLaughter: Robin utters Saul's "Dereshishishi" laugh when the memories of Ohara and the Buster Call come back. It's chill-inducing.
* MixAndMatchCritter: The Kung-Fu Dugongs, being seals with turtle shells. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Vivi says that some Alabastan marine-biologists say that there were originally manatees and sea turtles that... Yeah.]] And this is strongly suspected to be true, given how the dugongs both vehemently insist that it isn't and do so in an extremely unconvincing way.
* MomentKiller: Soundbite does this a lot.
** In the Christmas Special, there's an interesting twist in that it's breaking up a somber moment: when the crew reflects on how they're spending Christmas Eve away from home and family, Soundbite cuts them off with a loud "'''TIS THE SEASON,''' '''''JACKASSES!'''''" A moment of anger passes before they realize that it's Christmas Eve, not a time for moodiness.
** In Chapter 24, after Usopp gives a heartfelt speech to his father through [[spoiler:the SBS]], Soundbite cuts into the following solemn silence by loudly saying "DADDY'S BOY!" Usopp is predictably furious.
** In Chapter 27, after Cross consoles Nami for the events in Mock Town, resulting in her laughing and crying in euphoria, the heartfelt moment comes to an abrupt end when Luffy, Masira, and Shoujou begin singing. The mood then abruptly becomes "INeedAFreakingDrink".
** In Chapter 39, during the standoff between [=CP9=] and the Straw-Hats, Kumadori wonders if Cross would give him an autograph if he asked. Fukuro promptly {{Dope Slap}}s him.
** In Chapter 48, Sanji somberly remarks how as a kid [[DarkAndTroubledPast he wanted the Clear-Clear Fruit so he could just disappear, and the women wonder what he could be talking about]], only for Carue to correctly guess he'd also spy on women.
* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 13. So, Cross has just been made aware of the fact that he's blurted out a ''lot'' about their adventures that he shouldn't know, and Sanji seems ready to interrogate him. With a face that is, quote, 'serious as a nuclear winter,' Sanji calmly demands that Cross tell him everything he knows about one person that he mentioned in his sleep… Princess Shirahoshi.
-->'''Cross''': …Wait, ''what!?''
-->'''Sanji''': ''(love mode)'' You heard me! Tell me about the Mermaid Princess! The most beautiful creature beneath the seas, an exquisite example of feminine form, truly Aphrodite incarnate! You have to tell me all about her, I beg of you, I'll do whatever I have to! Just tell me about her!
** And the whiplash continues as Cross lists three reasons that Sanji cannot be her knight in shining armor. He remains in love mode as Cross says that she's 20,000 feet below the surface; he instantly changes to burning fury when Cross says that a villainous stalker is after her, forcing her to stay in solitary confinement; and he instantly changes to hit the DespairEventHorizon when Cross informs him that Shirahoshi is no older than 14/15.
-->'''Sanji''': ''WHHHYYYYY!? CURSE YOU, FATHER TIME! CUUUURSE YOOOOUUUU!''
::: Finally, once he gets over that, it's back to his no-nonsense understanding of the true gravity of the situation.
** In the following chapter, after TheReveal, it happens again in the same situation: after Cross tearfully begs for forgiveness, Nami solemnly asks him to answer one question… how rich they're going to get. Sanji then jumps in asking about the beauties they'll find, Zoro briefly attempts to chastise them [[NotSoAboveItAll before caving and asking about]] [[BloodKnight their future fights]]…yeah.
** In Chapter 23, Koala goes from contemplative to furious when she hears herself described as prominent and cuddly.
** In Chapter 24, Cross quickly revises his opinion that Chopper should never [[spoiler:go Hyde again]] when he hears that he almost doubled the Rumble Ball's effectiveness within the first few minutes before he [[spoiler:went insane]].
** In Chapter 29, Cross's mood switches from sleepy to panicked when Hina suggests letting [[spoiler:[[TheMole Vergo]]]] in on [=MI3=].
** In Chapter 32, Sanji flip-flops between terrified and loving when he hears the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Nami is executing on Jonathan.
** During [[spoiler:the events of Movie 6]], Broggy congratulates Dorry for remembering where he heard about [[spoiler:a flower that messes with the minds of its victims]], before both [[OhCrap panic when they realize exactly what the Straw Hats are facing]].
** In Chapter 43, [[spoiler: Merry]] goes from lamenting that she can't swim anymore, to jubilant that Usopp has a solution, to furious that said solution is an inner tube.
** In the same chapter, post-Enies Lobby victory celebration, Cross, Zoro, Nami, Vivi and [[spoiler:Merry]] are watching the sunrise after [[spoiler:successfully negotiating with the remnants of [=CP9=]]], and then the scene cuts to [[spoiler:Aokiji and a newly minted Warlord Blackbeard watching Ace, Squardo, and Whitey in a Marine brig.]]
** In Chapter 44, [[spoiler: Merry]] is indignant that they're naming the Straw Hats' new ship without Franky present, but changes her tune when she hears what name Franky had his mind set on.
** Chapter 47 has a few when meeting Brook:
*** Conis is initially perfectly pleasant to Brook, until Merry informs her that the walking dead are not natural occurrences on the Blue Seas. Conis proceeds to pass out.
*** Leo doesn't want Brook anywhere around the crew, but when Cross says he's a swordsman, he instantly welcomes the newest person to take Zoro's attention off him.
** The moment when Vivi and Conis [[spoiler: ask to learn the Poneglyph language]] from Robin goes from heartwarming to hilarious when Robin shows just how... ''[[{{Squee}} suppressed]]'' her dream of being a teacher was.
** Perona flipflops between worrying if Nami is okay and being assured that she is okay while the two of them escape from Shiki's palace.
* MookHorrorShow: Four of the ''weaker'' Straw Hats (Nami, Chopper, Cross, and Soundbite) instill such terror into the Marines they fight at Enies Lobby that the one calling for reinforcements is reduced to simply repeating "Oh god" over and over.
* MoreExpendableThanYou: Zoro offers his head to Kuma for Luffy like in canon, but [[spoiler: with the addition of Cross and his infamy and Zoro's head not worth both, Nami offers herself as well]].
* MortonsFork:
** Cross faces this in regards to Little Garden, and Nami falling prey to the Kestia. He has two choices: either allow Nami to come within an inch of death with the payoff of getting Chopper, which is much harder to face now that she's his friend, or save her from the Kestia at the cost of, in all likelihood, never meeting Chopper and, worse still, dooming Drum to Wapol's returning tyranny. In the end, [[spoiler:he chooses the second option…only for a ''different'' prehistoric bacterium to infect ''him'' instead, setting the crew en route to Drum anyway.]]
** Cross faces this again when their encounter with Mr. 2 draws nearer. On the one hand, letting him go would mean a town burning down and a lot of trouble for everyone. On the other hand, if they got rid of him, the Straw Hats would never escape Hina at the end of the Alabasta arc nor, much later, would Luffy succeed in his jailbreak from Impel Down. Unlike the above, Cross has no difficulty making up his mind and taking the first option, though he still hates it.
** Another one occurs as the crew draws close to Thriller Bark; Cross contemplates making sure Usopp's confidence remains low to make sure they still have a trump card against Perona, especially considering how dangerous her powers are, but ultimately discards it in favour of the other option of making his own plans for her. Considering what might have happened in canon with Usopp's self-esteem and Merry, it was a smart decision.
** Turns out that avoiding this is the reason [[StatingTheSimpleSolution the Marines haven't dispatched an Admiral against the Straw Hats]]. The CurbStompBattle the Admiral would dish out to the Straw Hats would [[NoKillLikeOverKill seem excessive]] and make the Marines appear weak if they need to send in an Admiral to beat a mere bunch of rookie pirates. And in the slightest chance that [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable the Straw Hats manage to defeat one of the Marine's Greatest Military Powers]], it would convince the Warlords to rebel and throw the balance of the Three Powers off-kilter.
* MouthingTheProfanity: During the Enies Lobby crisis, [[spoiler:a Marine base that was being overrun couldn't contact assistance because their Transponder Snail refused to transmit, it having been inspired to rebel thanks to Soundbite. It then adopted a Soundbite-like grin before mouthing two ''very'' specific words. If it wasn't obvious enough, The Patient One mentioned that the second word was "you"]].
* MundaneUtility: Soundbite's Gastro-Blast technique is a devastating attack that no human should be able to survive. It shatters bones and steel with a blast of pure sound...and can also be used to make a steak so tender that it literally melts in your mouth.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Courtesy of Iceburg, Rocketman's smokestack cuts into Sniper King's introduction.
** And Robin does the same to Cross's ''Thriller'' routine. Complete with RecordNeedleScratch.
* MustMakeAmends: After both opposing the Straw Hats on the way to Enies Lobby and his unconscionable blowout at Cross and Bartolomeo at their last meeting, T-Bone finds himself wanting to restore his honor, and he gets the opportunity by [[spoiler: beating a recovered Rob Lucci to get [=CP9=]'s loyalty to the New World Masons]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Cross's reaction after he [[spoiler:kills the Kestia before it can bite Nami]].
* MyGodYouAreSerious: Robin's reaction when both Vivi and Conis [[spoiler: ask to learn the Void Language of the Poneglyphs]].
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels:
** Vivi, when she accidentally uses [[ItMakesSenseInContext the wrong sign-language dialect to communicate with octopi]].
** Spandam, when talking with Kaku via sign language (since a furious Sengoku is on the nearby Transponder Snail):
---> '''Kaku:''' ''I want a raise.''
---> '''Spandam:''' ''The monkey prunes on the roof at midnight.''
* MythologyGag: After riding a T-rex on Little Garden, Cross justifies himself to Usopp and Luffy by declaring it a "man's romance".
** In Chapter 22, Cross creates the [[spoiler:Strawhat Broadcasting Station, which he abbreviates as SBS]].
** In Chapter 44, it's revealed that Nami didn't pose in a bikini for her bounty poster this time. ''Vivi'' did.
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* NarrativeProfanityFilter:
** After learning that Kureha gagged him with a vial of ''sugar'' rather than ''salt'', Soundbite's reaction is not written coherently. The reactions to it are, however:
--->'''Cross''': ''(rubbing a finger in his ear and whistling in awe)'' Wow…
--->'''Nami''': I… lost track of what he was saying halfway through, though I ''think'' he managed to insult your family back to its… ''tenth'' generation?
--->'''Vivi''': I [[{{Polyglot}} know twelve different languages]], but… I didn't recognize a third of what he said.
--->'''Kureha''': KAK KAK KAK! Either way, he's got quite the mouth on him!
** Chopper and Nami's examples under ClusterFBomb.
* NeverGetsDrunk: Nami, due to all those nights in Arlong's crew trying to drink her mother's death away.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Marine Captain Very Good has this to say about puns relating to his name:
-->"Spare me, Jeremiah Cross. I have heard every joke in the book, not even you could say one I haven't endured before."
* NiceHat: Cross steals a Marine cap in Chapter 18. Tashigi confiscates it early in their Enemy Mine in Chapter 19, but gives it to him to keep afterwards when he earns her respect.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** Intent on getting the fight with Luffy that he has waited for without Lucci getting in the way, [[BloodKnight Jabra]] takes out [[ThinkingUpPortals Blueno]] before he can regroup and report back to Spandam, solving the Straw-Hats' problem of the foolproof backup plan to get Robin out of their reach.
** The fact that Jabra kept [[spoiler:a Six Powers cheat sheet]] in his room for review greatly helped Boss when he got his flippers on it.
** Thanks to Spandam having such a [[ItsAllAboutMe superiority complex]] that he kept an operational black book for [=CP9=], ''a black-ops organisation whose actions are all but clandestine'', in his possession, Cross is able to broadcast [[spoiler:on the SBS]] enough DirtyBusiness to permanently tarnish the WG's reputation.
** During their CatFight, Kalifa attempts to use her Bubble-Bubble Fruit to wash Nami's mind blank of any thoughts, but all she ends up doing is washing away all of Nami's stress instead. As such, she later [[spoiler:doesn't hesitate to jump into the churning waters between the Tower of Justice and the Bridge of Hesitation, in order to get to and activate the controls that close the Gates of Justice.]]
* NightmareFace: Hiuo Hiruno's face takes on an expression Cross describes as a "soulless mask with three gaping holes where her eyes and mouth should be".
* NobodyPoops: Averted. Even aside from Cross's biscuit problem, when [[spoiler:he gets the Primal Cholera on Little Garden that is the crew's reason for going to Drum this time]], he has some severe symptoms that involve a bed with a hole, a bedpan, and him not wearing pants.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: What does Vivi get for her 2 years in the Baroque Works organization, working for and trying to bring down the man who's trying to destroy her kingdom? [[spoiler:Being accused of treason and forced to leave Alabasta, never to return.]]
* NonSequiturThud:
** Cross jumps a little too much while up on a tree branch when Luffy comes out of nowhere and surprises him. After he hits the ground, he starts singing "A Bicycle Built For Two" while Soundbite sings some strange amalgamation of "Yankee Doodle" and "Old [=McDonald=]".
** After one of Nami's gold-euphoric dances, Vivi is left with dizzy eyes and mumbling how she doesn't want to learn ballet because Kohza would laugh at her.
* NonverbalMiscommunication: This applies given that the city of octopi the Straw Hats run into communicate mainly by eight-tentacled sign language... and Vivi and Robin end up [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels insulting the shogun, his lineage]] and his [[SeriousBusiness surfing skills]] when Vivi accidentally uses [[AccidentalUnfortunateGesture the eight-tentacled dialect instead of the eight-jointed-limbed dialect]].
* NoodleImplements:
** Whatever Eustass Kidd did to get his bounty raised to 110 Million involved a potato peeler and a corkscrew, and completely freaked Cross out.
** Subverted when Nami threatens Cross with a mirror, straight razor, needle, and thread. She plans to emasculate him and make him watch.
* NoodleIncident:
** So many bizarre things happen on Little Garden that Cross suggests that they make it this, referring to it thenceforth as the 'Little Garden Affair' (though that's only after Luffy wrecks the diagram that they had just finished putting together detailing said bizarre things).
** Chapter 14 reveals that Luffy once tried to eat guns. [[CaptainObvious According to him, they taste bad.]]
** In Chapter 21, after seeing that Zoro's fight with Mr. 1 went...about as bad as it did in canon, and Zoro attempts to shrug off Cross and Nami's assistance:
-->'''Cross''': If these wounds don't lay you out, then I can guarantee you that Chopper will. Do you want him to break out the good drugs again, hmm? ''Do you?''
-->'''Zoro''': ''(shuddering and looking panicked)'' So many colors and I couldn't hit any of them...
** In Chapter 26, Cross precedes the main subject of his [[spoiler:SBS broadcast]] by mentioning that he was recuperating from somehow making two of the crew's females and Sanji angry through some sort of mishap involving what was most likely a Flame Dial. Chapter 28 reveals that it probably involved ClothingDamage, and Conis had a similar incident at some point.
** In Chapter 34, Itomimizu of the Foxy Pirates mentions a lost court case which means he can say "The humanity" instead of "The sapient-ity".
** In Chapter 35, perhaps in one of the more literal uses of the trope, Su mentions an incident that involved Conis, some form of overloading, and macaroni and, in Conis's words, "so much cheese".
** It appears that in-between chapters Cross and the gang encountered [[TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle Ratchet]] and Randolph (the Marine-turned-actor from one of the specials), and both times Vivi managed to screw things up in her own personal fashion. But as the reader has no clear idea as to what happened, it counts as a Noodle Incident.
** Turns out the Red-Haired Pirates rampage/party took them all the way to Dressrosa and made them black out for ''two days''. One of the first things they say upon waking up is telling Doflamingo "sorry about [his] city."
** Whatever the hell Urouge got up to on Kyuka Island. Though apparently it's not so much {{Squick}}-inducing as ''{{Nosebleed}}''-inducing.
** Several were mentioned in Chapter 47, including talking squirrels, The Case of the Missing Brunch, the Sandbank Inferno Incident, the Great Lobster Blowout, and an instance where Zoro got so lost they found him on another island.
*** Though the Sandbank Inferno Incident is later detailed via an omake.
* NoSell:
** Out of rage, Cross attempts to punch Mr. 3 after the above Heroic BSOD. Mr. 3 neutralizes it with hardly a thought, and even lampshades it.
** [[spoiler:Enel's [[BigBrotherIsWatching Logia-powered Mantra]] is completely unaffected by Soundbite's attempts to block him out.]]
** Bartolomeo, Miss Goldenweek, Apis, and Lindy are all immune to [[spoiler:Boa Hancock's Love Love Beam]]. Miss Goldenweek due to having basically emotionally castrated herself, Lindy due to having such bizarre sexual preferences, Bartolomeo because [[{{Fanboy}} he's too dedicated to Luffy]], and Apis... because she's too young to feel lust.
** Garp completely ignores Vivi's [[spoiler: [[CompellingVoice Sovereign's Will]]]], since he doesn't respect her authority.
* NoSympathy: The only response of the Five Elder Stars after [[spoiler:listening to the Straw Hats' horrific ordeal against Lily Carnation]] are how they'd lost a potential anti-pirate weapon, which didn't even take out one of the biggest thorns in their side.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: The Straw Hats take massive advantage of this during the Davy Back Fight. After all, it can't be proven they're responsible for the mass of fog and heavy wind that covered the field just before the second round, or that they beat the hell out of the Groggy Monsters under the cover of said fog.
** Among pirates, everyone is fully expected to cheat at cards. It's only punishable if someone can prove it. Notably, in a game of poker against Boss, Chopper, Robin, and Zoro, Soundbite was the only one without a royal flush. ''Robin and Zoro even had the same suit.''
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler: ''[[GeniusLoci The Florian Triangle.]]'' The thing about it is that it [[FisherKing reflects the emotions of its inhabitants]], and it reflecting people's fear of it as well as Moria's reputation resulted in [[EldritchLocation its aura of death and terror]]. But if filled with cheer and joy, that too will be reflected as a world of pure ''celebration''.]]
* NotHyperbole:
** When Cross threatens to turn Luffy into Greninja (that is, wrap Luffy's tongue around his neck like a scarf), he's dead serious.
** When Cross wonders if Hamburg is even human, Itomimizu tells him that's the multi-million beri question, before explaining that the Foxy Pirates actually have a betting pool that large.
** During the Loguetown arc, upon receiving his rigging, Nami jokingly calls Soundbite the 'God of Noise'. [[spoiler:After he Awakens his Devil Fruit]], he claims that it's no longer hyperbole.
** Apparently, being called 'hammers' isn't just a nickname regarding Devil Fruit users being unable to swim. [[spoiler:As Cross learned when he was saving a sinking Merry]], Devil Fruit eaters are actually as heavy as hammers in water.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: While broadcasting that Luffy got into a surfing contest against the Octopi Shogunate Octavio, Cross reassures listeners that he couldn't make this up if he tried.
** During [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Isaiah and Terry's]] introduction, Soundbite insists he's not even changing their dialogue.
** Soundbite insists he's not lying that the [[spoiler:SBS broadcasts]] actually have shaken up the faith of several Marines.
* NotMeThisTime:
** Played with. Water 7 being on fire is mostly Cross's fault, but part of it was actually Franky's doing from a few years back.
** Then again with Cross's bounty, and the obscenely high number thereupon. In Sengoku's own words:
---> '''Sengoku:''' "OHH, ''HELL'' NO! YOU ARE ''NOT'' PINNING THIS MESS ON ME! I ORDERED AN ENTIRELY ''SANE'' BOUNTY OF 500 MILLION PLACED ON THAT MADMAN'S HEAD AND NOT A ''BERI'' MORE! ''THIS!?'' I WOULDN'T PUT A BOUNTY LIKE THIS ON THE SON OF DRAGON, ''AND I'M BEING GODDAMN LITERAL HERE!''"
*** Who ''is'' responsible? Garp, for Cross humiliating him [[spoiler: on the SBS]].
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** When Cross decides to act like [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], Robin plays along as the judge, finding the whole thing rather amusing.
** Later during the G-8 arc, she sits down for a game of chess against Vice-Admiral Jonathan.
-->'''Robin:''' The middle of a life-or-death situation, and I find myself playing a friendly game of chess with the person responsible for every bit of danger in that situation. I can't deny it any more. I ''love'' being a Straw Hat Pirate.
** Hina desperately tries to remain professional while her crew has a dance party behind her while listening to music playing during the [[spoiler:SBS broadcast]], until she finds herself joining in.
* NotSoDifferent: Jabra ''could'' have been able to use this against Luffy...and then he had to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]] by [[spoiler:calling Blueno weak, after he was already on shaky standing with Luffy]]. Naturally, [[BerserkButton Luffy is pissed]].
* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Cross's foreknowledge doesn't go past Chapter 800, which is where the manga was when he was pulled in, but it also doesn't include the One Piece movies, including [[spoiler:[[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland one of the darkest films in One Piece]], '''''ever''''']]...
* NotSoStoic:
** In Chapter 18, when the crew arrives at Rainbase, Zoro ''whoops'' at the thought of not having to traverse the desert anymore. It takes a minute for them to believe that he's actually Zoro.
** As of Chapter 25, it seems that Robin's losing her status as TheStoic a lot faster than in canon.
*** Such as completely losing her calm countenance when Cross gives her a noogie.
*** Or Vivi and Conis fulfilling one of her childhood dreams by offering to be her students in [[spoiler: Void Language]], which gets her outright {{Squee}}ing.
** After Cross pulls his Davy Jones ghost story prank on his listeners, [[TheStoic Zoro, Robin, and even Wiper]] are laughing fit to bust.
** Dragon bursts into laughter when he hears the Straw Hats annihilate the World Government's flag.
* NotWorthKilling: Cross specifically states he finds the Unluckies too pitiful to make them the first enemies he kills, regardless of how determined they are to kill him.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The status quo of the world is no more, thanks to the events of the Enies Lobby arc (detailed under FromBadToWorse above), as stated by Elder Nyon. The Straw Hats have completely destroyed the reputation of the World Government, and it causes a domino effect that leads to a severe loss of manpower for the Marines, shifting the BalanceOfPower in favor of the Four Emperors and unleashing chaos across the seas.
* NowYouTellMe:
** Due to Luffy disliking spoilers to his adventures, a lot of Cross's canon knowledge is held off unless it's really important. This means that for most of the minor hiccups that happen in canon, Cross just lets them play out and then tells the crew after the fact.
** He does use his knowledge to defuse Vivi's tendency to use this trope, though.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Implied to be the case, at least to an extent, with Mr. 4. Miss Merry Christmas objects to his decision of [[spoiler:giving Lassoo to]] Cross, saying that Cross had helped stop them and save the kingdom. 4 uses that as his own reasoning, and in response to a surprised Christmas considering aloud how she wondered sometimes how moronic he ''actually'' was, he smiles.
* ObligatorySwearing: And how.
* OffscreenTeleportation:
** After Zoro decided he wanted a drink, Soundbite stopped paying attention for ten seconds. Somehow this was enough time for Zoro to get halfway across a massive Marine base and find a refrigerator with booze, despite ''walking'' the entire time.
** However [[spoiler: the Revolutionaries]] got Cross from Water 7 to [[spoiler: Baltigo]] and back in mere hours.
* OhCrap: Many.
** In Chapter 1, Cross has this reaction upon seeing the tropical forest he wakes up in, until he realizes that it's ''not'' Little Garden.
** In Chapter 3, pretty much anytime that Cross crosses paths with Smoker.
** In Chapter 6,
*** Cross has this reaction as soon as he gets past his adrenaline rush-induced haze to remember exactly what the sounds are that he hears as he's coming down Reverse Mountain: Laboon.
*** Then he does it again when he runs over the rest of the Baroque Works saga in his mind, and still thinks he's forgetting something. The thing he's forgetting? The crazy weather between Reverse Mountain and Whiskey Peak.
** In Chapter 8, Cross and Vivi have this reaction when Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine show up.
** In Chapter 9, everyone has this reaction as soon as they get to the InevitableWaterfall.
** In Chapter 10, Cross has this reaction when he runs into Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine again. With nobody there to help him except Soundbite. And the two Baroque Works agents eager to kill him.
** In Chapter 12, Cross has the biggest and most plot-worthy one thus far after hearing that due to his sickness, he had some of his mental barriers weakened… meaning that for a few days, [[LooseLips he had been unconsciously running his mouth]] with knowledge that was not meant to leave his mind, ''in front of his entire crew.''
** In Chapter 13, Cross has this reaction at least once while trying to stall Wapol.
** In Chapter 14, the first thing Cross learns upon waking up is that Kureha has given him some vitamin supplements of her own design, meaning that Cross is now as MadeOfIron as the average person in One Piece. On one hand, he's in significantly less danger of dying. On the other hand, he's now fair game for Nami's Idiot Punches, and considering that he's currently staring down Kureha's medical bills…
** In Chapter 15, Cross has this reaction after Mr. 2 touches his face.
** In Chapter 21, Cross manages to solicit this reaction from both of the Unluckies: Miss Friday when he prepares to snap her goggles back on her face, sending her into a nosedive to the ground; and Mr. 13 when he lights the lighter he got from Tashigi...while said otter is soaked in liquor.
** Chapter 25's look at the Red-Haired Pirates has one of the new recruits having this reaction... when he finds out that Lucky Roux is Sea-King fishing and he needs ''bait''.
** In Chapter 25, this is reaction of everyone when, like in canon, they witness the shipwreck falling from the sky that kicks off the Skypeia arc. Except for [[LaughingMad Cross]].
** In Chapter 27, Tashigi gets this reaction when Cross tells on [[spoiler:the SBS]] that the Marines she tried to deflect from the Straw hats were sent right at them instead. Within earshot of Smoker.
** Chapter 28 has a MassOhCrap ([[TheGadfly except Cross and Soundbite]]), when Usopp goes for a swim in the White Sea, and his tether starts paying out [[ExplainExplainOhCrap as they realize he's swimming in a bottomless cloud]].
** Another MassOhCrap happens when, after Cross's ghost story about [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Davy Jones]], the campfire goes out, the place lights up with green lights, and a tentacled, crab-clawed shadow steps out to terrify the whole crew senseless. In Cross's opinion, their expressions are priceless.
** One for Conis when Cross wakes up from Enel's initial attack, sees Conis, and thinking he missed the whole battle, [[OpenMouthInsertFoot makes a statement about how he wished he could've seen Enel's face when Luffy kicked the crap out of him]]... not realizing he was only knocked out for a second and a very unamused Enel is still nearby.
** Usopp has one when he realizes that he, as the outsider Sniperking, just told Luffy, the captain of the crew of TrueCompanions incarnate, that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Usopp ran away because he was too scared]] and sent Sniperking in his place, right before a mission to save one of their own. Luffy instantly grasps the implications, and he doesn't like them one bit.
** In Chapter 37, Sengoku goes from FlatWhat to BigWhat when he realizes that the Straw Hats are storming Enies Lobby.
** In Chapter 39, Kaku and Kalifa get one when they realize that Cross called them "long-neck" and "bubbly", ''long'' before they ever received their Devil Fruits.
** All of the Straw Hats' reactions when Sengoku and the Marine fleet finally show up at Enies Lobby.
** In Chapter 48, Perona has a big one when she hears that [[MadDoctor Chopper]] has his sights set on her real body.
** Chapter 50 has Cross and Soundbite doing this... because [[spoiler: Moria's Devil Fruit has just AWAKENED]].
* {{Omake}}: Several, written by both the Cross-Brain and their fans.
** One in particular is a non-canon {{Crossover}} [[spoiler:between this fic and the shipgirls of ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', when the latter's base plays host to a certain goat-horned pirate shipgirl.]]
** A canon one is Doflamingo returning to Dressrosa after dealing with Big Mom and Kaido, only to find that his castle was host to a Red-Haired Pirate party.
** Two more fan-created canon Omakes include the scenes where [[spoiler: [=CP9=] join the New World Masons]] and when [[spoiler: the Accino family arrive in Alabasta and join the kingdom in Revolution]].
* OneDegreeOfSeparation:
** Captain T-Bone was a Marine soldier in the West Blue who was ordered on the sea-wide pursuit of Nico Robin. When he and his men protested against the unreasonable amount of force, they were sold out by [[spoiler:Vergo]] and the entire division massacred by [[spoiler:Akainu]]. T-Bone barely survived.
*** And when she hears about [[spoiler:Vergo]], Hina, who served with him under Tsuru, is suitably shell-shocked.
** Vice Admiral Jonathan trained together with Bell-mère.
** [[spoiler:Lily Carnation]] is the monster that chased Buggy out of the Grand Line and into the safety of the East Blue.
** Mr. 13 and Ms. Friday are from Kuraigana Island.
** Don Accino's Hot-Hot Fruit [[spoiler:is one of six Devil Fruits passed through Alabasta's Royal Guardians for generations, until several were lost or stolen (one of which is the Sand-Sand Fruit)]].
** Garp spars with Boss's teacher and role model Sifu Dugong on a yearly basis.
** Boss Dugong has history with the Fierce Penguins under the command of the Accino family, in particular [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Skipper, the Mad Penguin of Gascar]].]]
** [[spoiler:By virtue of the ParentalSubstitute-type bond he shared with Corazon/Donquixote Rocinante, Trafalgar Law is technically the adoptive grandson of Sengoku. Sengoku is unaware of the relation while Law is unaware of how deep it is. The only people who are aware of their connection are Cross and members of the New World Masons.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with [=MI5=] member Lieutenant Commander Drake, and X. Drake the Supernova.
** Also Leo (or Leonardo) of the TDWS, and Leo the Tontatta from the Dressrosa Saga.
** Also [[spoiler: the Going Merry when she becomes human, and her designer, Merry the butler of Kaya]].
** It's a point of contention during the Little East Blue Arc, when Boss the Straw Hat dugong ship guard meets Boss the mutant beetle, who was renamed Boss Kabuto by the villagers to differentiate, and the beetle's friend Yoko is not happy about her friend's name being stolen.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Maybe even worse than his canon Shadows Asgard, Awakened!Moria mutates his own shadow and transforms into one named Nidhogg for his final assault on the Straw Hats. He is still beaten by Luffy.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: One of the Galley-La workers is only known as Colts Guy because everyone forgets his name.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In Chapter 25, the normally courageous and [[RatedMForManly manly]] Boss scouts underwater after Soundbite drives off a giant octopus, and promptly jumps back on the ship shouting that they have to leave ''now''! Turns out a giant tortoise (large enough to have an entire ''city'' on its back) was surfacing under the Going Merry.
** Cross manages to cause two in Chapter 26, one without even realizing it.
*** First he breaks Robin's facade as TheStoic by telling her he'd explain his otherworldly knowledge when she tells the crew about the day Ohara died.
*** Second, [[spoiler:during his SBS broadcast,]] Cross speaking out against the inhumanity of slavery and the evil of the Marines for allowing it causes Boa Hancock to declare him and anyone associated with him to be exempt from Amazon Lily's LadyLand law.
** Terry drops his usual serving of LargeHam when he and Isaiah tell the Shandians exactly what happened to Jaya and Shandora.
** PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 31 when Nami is so ecstatic over getting an entire ''pillar'' made of gold that she not only agrees to give massive amounts of money away, but even lets Cross take some tangerines from her orchard. However, she still won't forgive Zoro's debt.
*** Cross convinces her to set aside most of the gold after he explains the gravity of the Going Merry's situation, namely that Merry simply wasn't built for the Grand Line and is currently ''dying'' from the damage that's built up.
** In Chapter 35, after the crew's loss to Aokiji, Luffy goes back on his hatred of spoilers and tells Cross he can reveal anything he wants if it'll help them get stronger.
*** From the same chapter, Cross's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech makes Aokiji fly into a murderous rage.
** Aplenty in ''[[spoiler:Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland]]'':
*** How serious is Garp recognizing [[spoiler:Baron Omatsuri]] from his glory days? Serious enough to make [[GeneralRipper Akainu]] falter.
*** Upon figuring out where the Straw Hats are, Buggy immediately puts his hatred of them aside and tries to phone in a warning, [[EvenEvilHasStandards as even his enmity couldn't justify leaving them to what's on the island]].
*** Even though none of the Straw Hats realize it themselves, everyone listening [[spoiler:to the events of the SBS as they unfold with Baron Omatsuri]] can sense something's wrong as [[SanitySlippage the crew's bonds slowly fall apart]].
*** [[spoiler:The transmitted horror that is Lily Carnation]] has even stoics like Basil Hawkins [[NotSoStoic in flusters]] and [[BigEater Jewelry Bonney]] devoid of her appetite.
*** Luffy fighting to save his crew has a listening Kureha drop her vanity and outright shout for Luffy to save Chopper, calling him her son.
*** And the aftermath of [[spoiler:Baron Omatsuri's attack]] has Garp calling and telling Luffy that he's [[SoProudOfYou So Proud Of Him]], and Sengoku offering Luffy a Warlord position, even knowing it'll be refused, and even showing a hint of respect.
** Every time Cross manages to [[spoiler:[[RunningGag actually start the SBS himself]],]] even before interrupting him was a thing. By the time the third incident rolls around, many of their listeners have [[OhCrap realized]] this trope is in effect.
*** The first time, it's to [[spoiler:reveal that Vivi was joined the Straw Hats full time due to being wrongly accused of treason]].
*** The second time, while no one noticed at the time [[spoiler:the SBS started]], it's the broadcast that starred [[spoiler:Omatsuri Island.]]
*** The third time, it's to announce that they're [[spoiler:going to rescue Nico Robin[[note]]yes, Cross revealed that the mystery crewmate who joined since Alabasta is her[[/note]] and raze Enies Lobby to the ground.]]
*** The fourth time, it's to announce the beginning of their interview with Dr. Hogback, and the prepared sacking of Thriller Bark.
*** The fifth time (even if it's Soundbite aping his voice), it's to announce a special guest on their ship: [[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Shiki the Golden Lion]].
** Upon learning the Straw Hats have declared war on the World Government, [[spoiler:[[NotSoStoic Dragon and Boa Hancock]]]] begin laughing their asses off.
** In Chapter 52, Nami [[spoiler:not only declares Cross' debt to her clear but says she owes him one.]]
** In all their years of knowing and fighting him, Sengoku and Garp have never heard Shiki the Golden Lion ever ''[[EvilGloating gloat]]'' to them before. So once he does after his 20-year hiatus, Garp soon realises what he's doing - grandstanding to upstage the current show people of the new age, the Straw Hat Pirates.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot:
** During the scene in the palace baths, after Cross finishes telling Nami he has too much respect for her to peep on her, she manages to call him up to the wall to talk to him, only to give him an eyeful of ''Vivi'' instead. The first thing Cross comments on is whether she's dedicated with the hair dye. Vivi's stool, meet Cross's cranium.
** When Cross wakes up from Enel's initial attack and sees Conis, he makes a statement about how he wished he could've seen Enel's face when Luffy kicked the crap out of him, thinking that he missed the whole arc... not realizing he was only knocked out for a second and a very unamused Enel is right next to them.
** Since Usopp never leaves the crew in Water 7, while acting as Sniper King to try to pretend to be someone braver, he essentially states that 'Usopp' deserted from the mission of rescuing Robin without any significant reason. Luffy is not pleased by the implications.
** One of Nami's fanboys on Little East Blue, when he lets slip that to make the perfect statue that she first saw, they had made a lot of practice ones which had turned into Nami ''nudes''.
* OpenSaysMe:
** Conis does this a couple of times to get through doors. It helps to be [[CuteBruiser 4 times stronger]] than a normal human.
** Soundbite quotes this [[MakeMeWannaShout to get through a safe door]].
** Both Sengoku and Garp lend their strength to breaking down the Gates of Justice.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Invoked by Cross in Chapter 20 to force Mr. 2 to drop his disguise of Usopp:
-->'''Cross:''' HEY, 'USOPP', EMPORIO IVANKOV IS AN OVERRATED HACK!
-->'''Mr. 2:''' ''[[BerserkButton THAT'S A BARE-FACED LIE!]]'' ''([[OhCrap stricken look]])''
** Zeff realizes something's dreadfully wrong [[spoiler:[[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland on the Secret Island]] when he hears Sanji refuse someone food]]. And that's just one of the alerts.
-->'''Zeff''': Sanji... he would never say that. Not in a thousand years, not if his life depended on it, not if every woman in the ''world'' begged him to say it.
** Cross invokes this again: by convincing Iceburg and Franky that Robin has never wanted to revive the Ancient Weapons, they decide that they don't need to keep the Pluton's blueprints around anymore... forcing the two hidden [=CP9=] agents to make a grab for the blueprints once Franky brings them out to burn them.
** Robin and Vivi note that Cross isn't snarking as usual when they enter the Florian Triangle and he is put off on how unnatural and devoid of life the sea is.
* OutrunTheFireball: Cross does this when leaping off the Bridge of Hesitation.
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* ParanoiaGambit: After Robin joins the crew, despite Cross's friendliness towards her, she remembers that after their first meeting, he promised that they'd meet again, and he'd pay her back. Cross informs her that he doesn't plan on getting her back anytime soon, because he needs to think a long time about what to do. And meanwhile...she can worry about it.
* ParentalFavoritism: In a canon omake, Don Accino says that Lil is his favorite of his children.
* ParentheticalSwearing: After learning the truth of Ohara, Tsuru responds to Sengoku's orders with an "At once" that sounds far more like "Fuck you".
* PassThePopcorn: With the Straw Hats' adventures on [[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Merveille]] being broadcasted, Vice-Admiral Jonathan asks his subordinate to bring up the whole damn popcorn cart.
* PhoneCallFromTheDead: During Enies Lobby, Soundbite gets hijacked twice by characters who are dead by this time with choice words for two specific people.
** Chapter 39 has [[spoiler:Jaguar D. Saul]] provide Robin with one final pep talk that finally convinces her to live and stay with the Straw Hats.
** Chapter 42 has '''[[spoiler: GOL D. ROGER HIMSELF]]''' encourage Luffy to stand once more and finally beat Rob Lucci, telling him [[PapaWolf he will kill his]] [[TrueCompanions friends/crew]] [[PapaWolf if he lets Lucci go]]. [[spoiler: He also adds that Luffy wears his old hat well.]]
* PistolWhipping: Conis eventually learns how to do this with Boss's tutelage. [[CuteBruiser With a]] ''[[{{BFG}} bazooka]]''.
* PlotAllergy: Eating biscuits gives Cross an instantaneous and horrible case of diarrhea. It's unclear why, and it's not much of a plot point; it's barely even a RunningGag.
* PokeInTheThirdEye: Soundbite's Gastro-Scramble move fills the air with white noise, blocking out anyone who's listening, even Enel. [[spoiler:Or so he thinks...]]
* PowerBornOfMadness: [[spoiler: Moria's VillainousBreakdown directly leads to his Devil Fruit Awakening]]. Hardly the EnlightenmentSuperpowers it usually is...
* PowerOfTrust: During TheReveal in Chapter 14, after Zoro calls Cross out on his {{Hypocrisy}} about telling dangerous secrets, Cross admits he didn't tell the crew about his future knowledge because he didn't trust them to not freak out and kick him off the crew. It's literally enough to [[TearJerker drive him to tears]]. But of course, [[TrueCompanions this is the Straw Hat Pirates we're talking about]], so this is the predictable outcome.
* PowerUpFood: Thanks to Dr. Indigo's toxin drugs, practically every piece of fauna (and a good chunk of flora) on Merveille is this: the toxins grant super strength and stamina to whoever ingests them, and they remain in the body and blood of the consumer even after death, meaning anyone or anything that consumes the consumer's flesh will become empowered too.
* PrideBeforeAFall:
** The World Noble Saint Jamolomew participates in the usual practice of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]] a storeful of civilians. When the news about Enies Lobby breaks and the civilians realize there are no Marine reinforcements available for retribution, [[TheDogBitesBack it's the last bit of pride Jamolomew has]].
** Hogback's pride in creating a zombie army results in him happily explaining what he does [[spoiler:over the SBS]].
* PrecisionFStrike:
** Vivi's thoughts about [[spoiler:being branded a criminal by the World Government]] is apparently, "Fuck every last one of those bastards who [[spoiler:banished me from my home]], ''hard''."
** Conis' response to Soundbite saying it's a good day to die: "Fuck that, it's a good day for someone else to die."
* ProperlyParanoid: While he comes across Nami and Vivi bathing together, Absalom hesitates due to his instincts telling him something's wrong. At least he does until Vivi drops the soap. Unfortunately for him, he was right to be suspicious.
* ProportionalArticleImportance: When Cross shows Zoro and Nami the newspaper telling about half of Alabasta's royal army defecting, Zoro ends up looking at the wrong end.
-->'''Zoro''': [[DramaticIrony And we should care about this 'Kidd' brat...why?]]
* PsychoactivePowers:
** After getting [[spoiler: Ohm's Eisen Dial]], Nami finds that unless she actively wills them not to, the clouds she creates respond to and act upon her more unconscious desires - like throttling Cross for being an idiot.
** [[spoiler: Moria's Awakened Shadow-Shadow Fruit gives him immense [[CastingAShadow umbrakinesis]] over his area of awareness, but outside of that, the shadows animate of their own volition and recreate scenes from his broken memory.]]
* PublicSecretMessage: In Chapter 23, Cross utilizes [[spoiler:the SBS]] to send a coded message to [[spoiler:Sabo]], phrased so that nobody other than [[spoiler:his brothers and the Revolutionaries]] could discern its recipient, to tell him about [[spoiler:his brothers]].
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* MadDoctor: Kureha seems to have rubbed off on Chopper a bit too much; when the latter hears from Cross about the typical treatment for small bone fractures, his thought process carries him away to the point where Cross is scared that the reindeer wants to dissect him.
** And in Chapter 24, he comes close to doing so thanks to his experimentation with his Devil Fruit's human intelligence [[spoiler:turning him into Mr. Hyde]].
* MadeOfPlasticine: Cross, at least as far as the One Piece world is concerned, where MadeOfIron is the default. He gets put under for ten minutes from one of ''Nami's [[MegatonPunch Idiot Punches]]''. This ends as of Chapter 14, thanks to Kureha's medicine.
* MagicFeather: When Luffy, [[SuperDrowningSkills a Devil Fruit user]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext has to win a surfing competition against an octopus]], Boss gives him what he describes as "Dugong Surfing Elixir" that would enable Luffy to surf with the best of them. In actual fact, it was merely Boss' fermented seaweed juice. ''[[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum It still works.]]''
* MamaBear: Despite her professional behavior, Kureha is most definitely this for Chopper. When she finds out that Cross knows about Chopper's past and wants him to join the Straw Hat Pirates, she pins him to the bed, a scalpel inches from his throat, looming over him like death. Note how she refers to Chopper as she asks the question:
-->'''Kureha''': Do you ''actually'' care about my son, or are you just playing on his insecurities to shanghai him into your little pirate band?
* ManlyTears: Both Wiper and Cricket shed a few when promising to meet up in Skypiea.
* MassOhCrap: When Ryuma decides to go all out against Zoro, every other zombie in the area flees in terror.
* MeaningfulEcho: Robin tricks Cross into seeing her in her underwear because "It's an older sister's job to embarrass her younger siblings." A few chapters later, Cross finally gets his revenge on Robin that he hinted at back during the Alabasta arc by giving her a noogie.
-->'''Cross''': [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming It's a younger brother's job to embarrass his older sister.]]
* MeaningfulName: Soundbite the snail. Power from the Noise-Noise Fruit and a tendency to bite.
** The Sirocco charm-container. A sirocco is a Mediterranean wind from the Sahara that can achieve hurricane speeds. Fitting that such a container contains [[spoiler:the aril (pomegranate seed) of the Logia-type [[BlowYouAway Gust-Gust Fruit]], the Devil Fruit of one of the Royal Guardians of Alabasta]].
* MercyLead: As thanks for [[spoiler:killing Lily Carnation]], Sengoku informs the Straw Hats that the Marines are on their way to the island.
* MidBattleTeaBreak: In this case, mid-battle pit stop: During Cross's one-on-many battle with the Amigo Pirates, one of Lassoo's trick shells misfires, and Cross calls a time-out for Usopp and [[spoiler: Merry]] to fix it. [[RefugeInAudacity His opponent Corto is so dumbfounded that he can't respond]] until the repairs are done, Cross calls time-in, and promptly [[BlownAcrossTheRoom blasts him off his feet]].
* MindVirus: It's stated that the reason for [[spoiler:the crew's [[OutOfCharacterAlert out-of-character moments]] on [[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland the Secret Island]], leading to their bonds fracturing,]] is all due to [[spoiler:Lily Carnation's pollens]]. [[spoiler:And the more human someone is, the more they are susceptible to it.]]
** The only ones not as affected were [[spoiler:Luffy, Conis, Soundbite, and Robin]], one of whom is [[spoiler:a Skypiean]] and the others being Devil Fruit users.
*** [[spoiler:Chopper, Boss, and the TDWS]]'s reactions are not shown due to them being off-camera, and the latter five had already been [[spoiler:caught by Lily Carnation]].
* MirthlessLaughter: Robin utters Saul's "Dereshishishi" laugh when the memories of Ohara and the Buster Call come back. It's chill-inducing.
* MixAndMatchCritter: The Kung-Fu Dugongs, being seals with turtle shells. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Vivi says that some Alabastan marine-biologists say that there were originally manatees and sea turtles that... Yeah.]] And this is strongly suspected to be true, given how the dugongs both vehemently insist that it isn't and do so in an extremely unconvincing way.
* MomentKiller: Soundbite does this a lot.
** In the Christmas Special, there's an interesting twist in that it's breaking up a somber moment: when the crew reflects on how they're spending Christmas Eve away from home and family, Soundbite cuts them off with a loud "'''TIS THE SEASON,''' '''''JACKASSES!'''''" A moment of anger passes before they realize that it's Christmas Eve, not a time for moodiness.
** In Chapter 24, after Usopp gives a heartfelt speech to his father through [[spoiler:the SBS]], Soundbite cuts into the following solemn silence by loudly saying "DADDY'S BOY!" Usopp is predictably furious.
** In Chapter 27, after Cross consoles Nami for the events in Mock Town, resulting in her laughing and crying in euphoria, the heartfelt moment comes to an abrupt end when Luffy, Masira, and Shoujou begin singing. The mood then abruptly becomes "INeedAFreakingDrink".
** In Chapter 39, during the standoff between [=CP9=] and the Straw-Hats, Kumadori wonders if Cross would give him an autograph if he asked. Fukuro promptly {{Dope Slap}}s him.
** In Chapter 48, Sanji somberly remarks how as a kid [[DarkAndTroubledPast he wanted the Clear-Clear Fruit so he could just disappear, and the women wonder what he could be talking about]], only for Carue to correctly guess he'd also spy on women.
* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 13. So, Cross has just been made aware of the fact that he's blurted out a ''lot'' about their adventures that he shouldn't know, and Sanji seems ready to interrogate him. With a face that is, quote, 'serious as a nuclear winter,' Sanji calmly demands that Cross tell him everything he knows about one person that he mentioned in his sleep… Princess Shirahoshi.
-->'''Cross''': …Wait, ''what!?''
-->'''Sanji''': ''(love mode)'' You heard me! Tell me about the Mermaid Princess! The most beautiful creature beneath the seas, an exquisite example of feminine form, truly Aphrodite incarnate! You have to tell me all about her, I beg of you, I'll do whatever I have to! Just tell me about her!
** And the whiplash continues as Cross lists three reasons that Sanji cannot be her knight in shining armor. He remains in love mode as Cross says that she's 20,000 feet below the surface; he instantly changes to burning fury when Cross says that a villainous stalker is after her, forcing her to stay in solitary confinement; and he instantly changes to hit the DespairEventHorizon when Cross informs him that Shirahoshi is no older than 14/15.
-->'''Sanji''': ''WHHHYYYYY!? CURSE YOU, FATHER TIME! CUUUURSE YOOOOUUUU!''
::: Finally, once he gets over that, it's back to his no-nonsense understanding of the true gravity of the situation.
** In the following chapter, after TheReveal, it happens again in the same situation: after Cross tearfully begs for forgiveness, Nami solemnly asks him to answer one question… how rich they're going to get. Sanji then jumps in asking about the beauties they'll find, Zoro briefly attempts to chastise them [[NotSoAboveItAll before caving and asking about]] [[BloodKnight their future fights]]…yeah.
** In Chapter 23, Koala goes from contemplative to furious when she hears herself described as prominent and cuddly.
** In Chapter 24, Cross quickly revises his opinion that Chopper should never [[spoiler:go Hyde again]] when he hears that he almost doubled the Rumble Ball's effectiveness within the first few minutes before he [[spoiler:went insane]].
** In Chapter 29, Cross's mood switches from sleepy to panicked when Hina suggests letting [[spoiler:[[TheMole Vergo]]]] in on [=MI3=].
** In Chapter 32, Sanji flip-flops between terrified and loving when he hears the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Nami is executing on Jonathan.
** During [[spoiler:the events of Movie 6]], Broggy congratulates Dorry for remembering where he heard about [[spoiler:a flower that messes with the minds of its victims]], before both [[OhCrap panic when they realize exactly what the Straw Hats are facing]].
** In Chapter 43, [[spoiler: Merry]] goes from lamenting that she can't swim anymore, to jubilant that Usopp has a solution, to furious that said solution is an inner tube.
** In the same chapter, post-Enies Lobby victory celebration, Cross, Zoro, Nami, Vivi and [[spoiler:Merry]] are watching the sunrise after [[spoiler:successfully negotiating with the remnants of [=CP9=]]], and then the scene cuts to [[spoiler:Aokiji and a newly minted Warlord Blackbeard watching Ace, Squardo, and Whitey in a Marine brig.]]
** In Chapter 44, [[spoiler: Merry]] is indignant that they're naming the Straw Hats' new ship without Franky present, but changes her tune when she hears what name Franky had his mind set on.
** Chapter 47 has a few when meeting Brook:
*** Conis is initially perfectly pleasant to Brook, until Merry informs her that the walking dead are not natural occurrences on the Blue Seas. Conis proceeds to pass out.
*** Leo doesn't want Brook anywhere around the crew, but when Cross says he's a swordsman, he instantly welcomes the newest person to take Zoro's attention off him.
** The moment when Vivi and Conis [[spoiler: ask to learn the Poneglyph language]] from Robin goes from heartwarming to hilarious when Robin shows just how... ''[[{{Squee}} suppressed]]'' her dream of being a teacher was.
** Perona flipflops between worrying if Nami is okay and being assured that she is okay while the two of them escape from Shiki's palace.
* MookHorrorShow: Four of the ''weaker'' Straw Hats (Nami, Chopper, Cross, and Soundbite) instill such terror into the Marines they fight at Enies Lobby that the one calling for reinforcements is reduced to simply repeating "Oh god" over and over.
* MoreExpendableThanYou: Zoro offers his head to Kuma for Luffy like in canon, but [[spoiler: with the addition of Cross and his infamy and Zoro's head not worth both, Nami offers herself as well]].
* MortonsFork:
** Cross faces this in regards to Little Garden, and Nami falling prey to the Kestia. He has two choices: either allow Nami to come within an inch of death with the payoff of getting Chopper, which is much harder to face now that she's his friend, or save her from the Kestia at the cost of, in all likelihood, never meeting Chopper and, worse still, dooming Drum to Wapol's returning tyranny. In the end, [[spoiler:he chooses the second option…only for a ''different'' prehistoric bacterium to infect ''him'' instead, setting the crew en route to Drum anyway.]]
** Cross faces this again when their encounter with Mr. 2 draws nearer. On the one hand, letting him go would mean a town burning down and a lot of trouble for everyone. On the other hand, if they got rid of him, the Straw Hats would never escape Hina at the end of the Alabasta arc nor, much later, would Luffy succeed in his jailbreak from Impel Down. Unlike the above, Cross has no difficulty making up his mind and taking the first option, though he still hates it.
** Another one occurs as the crew draws close to Thriller Bark; Cross contemplates making sure Usopp's confidence remains low to make sure they still have a trump card against Perona, especially considering how dangerous her powers are, but ultimately discards it in favour of the other option of making his own plans for her. Considering what might have happened in canon with Usopp's self-esteem and Merry, it was a smart decision.
** Turns out that avoiding this is the reason [[StatingTheSimpleSolution the Marines haven't dispatched an Admiral against the Straw Hats]]. The CurbStompBattle the Admiral would dish out to the Straw Hats would [[NoKillLikeOverKill seem excessive]] and make the Marines appear weak if they need to send in an Admiral to beat a mere bunch of rookie pirates. And in the slightest chance that [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable the Straw Hats manage to defeat one of the Marine's Greatest Military Powers]], it would convince the Warlords to rebel and throw the balance of the Three Powers off-kilter.
* MouthingTheProfanity: During the Enies Lobby crisis, [[spoiler:a Marine base that was being overrun couldn't contact assistance because their Transponder Snail refused to transmit, it having been inspired to rebel thanks to Soundbite. It then adopted a Soundbite-like grin before mouthing two ''very'' specific words. If it wasn't obvious enough, The Patient One mentioned that the second word was "you"]].
* MundaneUtility: Soundbite's Gastro-Blast technique is a devastating attack that no human should be able to survive. It shatters bones and steel with a blast of pure sound...and can also be used to make a steak so tender that it literally melts in your mouth.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Courtesy of Iceburg, Rocketman's smokestack cuts into Sniper King's introduction.
** And Robin does the same to Cross's ''Thriller'' routine. Complete with RecordNeedleScratch.
* MustMakeAmends: After both opposing the Straw Hats on the way to Enies Lobby and his unconscionable blowout at Cross and Bartolomeo at their last meeting, T-Bone finds himself wanting to restore his honor, and he gets the opportunity by [[spoiler: beating a recovered Rob Lucci to get [=CP9=]'s loyalty to the New World Masons]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Cross's reaction after he [[spoiler:kills the Kestia before it can bite Nami]].
* MyGodYouAreSerious: Robin's reaction when both Vivi and Conis [[spoiler: ask to learn the Void Language of the Poneglyphs]].
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels:
** Vivi, when she accidentally uses [[ItMakesSenseInContext the wrong sign-language dialect to communicate with octopi]].
** Spandam, when talking with Kaku via sign language (since a furious Sengoku is on the nearby Transponder Snail):
---> '''Kaku:''' ''I want a raise.''
---> '''Spandam:''' ''The monkey prunes on the roof at midnight.''
* MythologyGag: After riding a T-rex on Little Garden, Cross justifies himself to Usopp and Luffy by declaring it a "man's romance".
** In Chapter 22, Cross creates the [[spoiler:Strawhat Broadcasting Station, which he abbreviates as SBS]].
** In Chapter 44, it's revealed that Nami didn't pose in a bikini for her bounty poster this time. ''Vivi'' did.
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* NarrativeProfanityFilter:
** After learning that Kureha gagged him with a vial of ''sugar'' rather than ''salt'', Soundbite's reaction is not written coherently. The reactions to it are, however:
--->'''Cross''': ''(rubbing a finger in his ear and whistling in awe)'' Wow…
--->'''Nami''': I… lost track of what he was saying halfway through, though I ''think'' he managed to insult your family back to its… ''tenth'' generation?
--->'''Vivi''': I [[{{Polyglot}} know twelve different languages]], but… I didn't recognize a third of what he said.
--->'''Kureha''': KAK KAK KAK! Either way, he's got quite the mouth on him!
** Chopper and Nami's examples under ClusterFBomb.
* NeverGetsDrunk: Nami, due to all those nights in Arlong's crew trying to drink her mother's death away.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Marine Captain Very Good has this to say about puns relating to his name:
-->"Spare me, Jeremiah Cross. I have heard every joke in the book, not even you could say one I haven't endured before."
* NiceHat: Cross steals a Marine cap in Chapter 18. Tashigi confiscates it early in their Enemy Mine in Chapter 19, but gives it to him to keep afterwards when he earns her respect.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** Intent on getting the fight with Luffy that he has waited for without Lucci getting in the way, [[BloodKnight Jabra]] takes out [[ThinkingUpPortals Blueno]] before he can regroup and report back to Spandam, solving the Straw-Hats' problem of the foolproof backup plan to get Robin out of their reach.
** The fact that Jabra kept [[spoiler:a Six Powers cheat sheet]] in his room for review greatly helped Boss when he got his flippers on it.
** Thanks to Spandam having such a [[ItsAllAboutMe superiority complex]] that he kept an operational black book for [=CP9=], ''a black-ops organisation whose actions are all but clandestine'', in his possession, Cross is able to broadcast [[spoiler:on the SBS]] enough DirtyBusiness to permanently tarnish the WG's reputation.
** During their CatFight, Kalifa attempts to use her Bubble-Bubble Fruit to wash Nami's mind blank of any thoughts, but all she ends up doing is washing away all of Nami's stress instead. As such, she later [[spoiler:doesn't hesitate to jump into the churning waters between the Tower of Justice and the Bridge of Hesitation, in order to get to and activate the controls that close the Gates of Justice.]]
* NightmareFace: Hiuo Hiruno's face takes on an expression Cross describes as a "soulless mask with three gaping holes where her eyes and mouth should be".
* NobodyPoops: Averted. Even aside from Cross's biscuit problem, when [[spoiler:he gets the Primal Cholera on Little Garden that is the crew's reason for going to Drum this time]], he has some severe symptoms that involve a bed with a hole, a bedpan, and him not wearing pants.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: What does Vivi get for her 2 years in the Baroque Works organization, working for and trying to bring down the man who's trying to destroy her kingdom? [[spoiler:Being accused of treason and forced to leave Alabasta, never to return.]]
* NonSequiturThud:
** Cross jumps a little too much while up on a tree branch when Luffy comes out of nowhere and surprises him. After he hits the ground, he starts singing "A Bicycle Built For Two" while Soundbite sings some strange amalgamation of "Yankee Doodle" and "Old [=McDonald=]".
** After one of Nami's gold-euphoric dances, Vivi is left with dizzy eyes and mumbling how she doesn't want to learn ballet because Kohza would laugh at her.
* NonverbalMiscommunication: This applies given that the city of octopi the Straw Hats run into communicate mainly by eight-tentacled sign language... and Vivi and Robin end up [[MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels insulting the shogun, his lineage]] and his [[SeriousBusiness surfing skills]] when Vivi accidentally uses [[AccidentalUnfortunateGesture the eight-tentacled dialect instead of the eight-jointed-limbed dialect]].
* NoodleImplements:
** Whatever Eustass Kidd did to get his bounty raised to 110 Million involved a potato peeler and a corkscrew, and completely freaked Cross out.
** Subverted when Nami threatens Cross with a mirror, straight razor, needle, and thread. She plans to emasculate him and make him watch.
* NoodleIncident:
** So many bizarre things happen on Little Garden that Cross suggests that they make it this, referring to it thenceforth as the 'Little Garden Affair' (though that's only after Luffy wrecks the diagram that they had just finished putting together detailing said bizarre things).
** Chapter 14 reveals that Luffy once tried to eat guns. [[CaptainObvious According to him, they taste bad.]]
** In Chapter 21, after seeing that Zoro's fight with Mr. 1 went...about as bad as it did in canon, and Zoro attempts to shrug off Cross and Nami's assistance:
-->'''Cross''': If these wounds don't lay you out, then I can guarantee you that Chopper will. Do you want him to break out the good drugs again, hmm? ''Do you?''
-->'''Zoro''': ''(shuddering and looking panicked)'' So many colors and I couldn't hit any of them...
** In Chapter 26, Cross precedes the main subject of his [[spoiler:SBS broadcast]] by mentioning that he was recuperating from somehow making two of the crew's females and Sanji angry through some sort of mishap involving what was most likely a Flame Dial. Chapter 28 reveals that it probably involved ClothingDamage, and Conis had a similar incident at some point.
** In Chapter 34, Itomimizu of the Foxy Pirates mentions a lost court case which means he can say "The humanity" instead of "The sapient-ity".
** In Chapter 35, perhaps in one of the more literal uses of the trope, Su mentions an incident that involved Conis, some form of overloading, and macaroni and, in Conis's words, "so much cheese".
** It appears that in-between chapters Cross and the gang encountered [[TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle Ratchet]] and Randolph (the Marine-turned-actor from one of the specials), and both times Vivi managed to screw things up in her own personal fashion. But as the reader has no clear idea as to what happened, it counts as a Noodle Incident.
** Turns out the Red-Haired Pirates rampage/party took them all the way to Dressrosa and made them black out for ''two days''. One of the first things they say upon waking up is telling Doflamingo "sorry about [his] city."
** Whatever the hell Urouge got up to on Kyuka Island. Though apparently it's not so much {{Squick}}-inducing as ''{{Nosebleed}}''-inducing.
** Several were mentioned in Chapter 47, including talking squirrels, The Case of the Missing Brunch, the Sandbank Inferno Incident, the Great Lobster Blowout, and an instance where Zoro got so lost they found him on another island.
*** Though the Sandbank Inferno Incident is later detailed via an omake.
* NoSell:
** Out of rage, Cross attempts to punch Mr. 3 after the above Heroic BSOD. Mr. 3 neutralizes it with hardly a thought, and even lampshades it.
** [[spoiler:Enel's [[BigBrotherIsWatching Logia-powered Mantra]] is completely unaffected by Soundbite's attempts to block him out.]]
** Bartolomeo, Miss Goldenweek, Apis, and Lindy are all immune to [[spoiler:Boa Hancock's Love Love Beam]]. Miss Goldenweek due to having basically emotionally castrated herself, Lindy due to having such bizarre sexual preferences, Bartolomeo because [[{{Fanboy}} he's too dedicated to Luffy]], and Apis... because she's too young to feel lust.
** Garp completely ignores Vivi's [[spoiler: [[CompellingVoice Sovereign's Will]]]], since he doesn't respect her authority.
* NoSympathy: The only response of the Five Elder Stars after [[spoiler:listening to the Straw Hats' horrific ordeal against Lily Carnation]] are how they'd lost a potential anti-pirate weapon, which didn't even take out one of the biggest thorns in their side.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: The Straw Hats take massive advantage of this during the Davy Back Fight. After all, it can't be proven they're responsible for the mass of fog and heavy wind that covered the field just before the second round, or that they beat the hell out of the Groggy Monsters under the cover of said fog.
** Among pirates, everyone is fully expected to cheat at cards. It's only punishable if someone can prove it. Notably, in a game of poker against Boss, Chopper, Robin, and Zoro, Soundbite was the only one without a royal flush. ''Robin and Zoro even had the same suit.''
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler: ''[[GeniusLoci The Florian Triangle.]]'' The thing about it is that it [[FisherKing reflects the emotions of its inhabitants]], and it reflecting people's fear of it as well as Moria's reputation resulted in [[EldritchLocation its aura of death and terror]]. But if filled with cheer and joy, that too will be reflected as a world of pure ''celebration''.]]
* NotHyperbole:
** When Cross threatens to turn Luffy into Greninja (that is, wrap Luffy's tongue around his neck like a scarf), he's dead serious.
** When Cross wonders if Hamburg is even human, Itomimizu tells him that's the multi-million beri question, before explaining that the Foxy Pirates actually have a betting pool that large.
** During the Loguetown arc, upon receiving his rigging, Nami jokingly calls Soundbite the 'God of Noise'. [[spoiler:After he Awakens his Devil Fruit]], he claims that it's no longer hyperbole.
** Apparently, being called 'hammers' isn't just a nickname regarding Devil Fruit users being unable to swim. [[spoiler:As Cross learned when he was saving a sinking Merry]], Devil Fruit eaters are actually as heavy as hammers in water.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: While broadcasting that Luffy got into a surfing contest against the Octopi Shogunate Octavio, Cross reassures listeners that he couldn't make this up if he tried.
** During [[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike Isaiah and Terry's]] introduction, Soundbite insists he's not even changing their dialogue.
** Soundbite insists he's not lying that the [[spoiler:SBS broadcasts]] actually have shaken up the faith of several Marines.
* NotMeThisTime:
** Played with. Water 7 being on fire is mostly Cross's fault, but part of it was actually Franky's doing from a few years back.
** Then again with Cross's bounty, and the obscenely high number thereupon. In Sengoku's own words:
---> '''Sengoku:''' "OHH, ''HELL'' NO! YOU ARE ''NOT'' PINNING THIS MESS ON ME! I ORDERED AN ENTIRELY ''SANE'' BOUNTY OF 500 MILLION PLACED ON THAT MADMAN'S HEAD AND NOT A ''BERI'' MORE! ''THIS!?'' I WOULDN'T PUT A BOUNTY LIKE THIS ON THE SON OF DRAGON, ''AND I'M BEING GODDAMN LITERAL HERE!''"
*** Who ''is'' responsible? Garp, for Cross humiliating him [[spoiler: on the SBS]].
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** When Cross decides to act like [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], Robin plays along as the judge, finding the whole thing rather amusing.
** Later during the G-8 arc, she sits down for a game of chess against Vice-Admiral Jonathan.
-->'''Robin:''' The middle of a life-or-death situation, and I find myself playing a friendly game of chess with the person responsible for every bit of danger in that situation. I can't deny it any more. I ''love'' being a Straw Hat Pirate.
** Hina desperately tries to remain professional while her crew has a dance party behind her while listening to music playing during the [[spoiler:SBS broadcast]], until she finds herself joining in.
* NotSoDifferent: Jabra ''could'' have been able to use this against Luffy...and then he had to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]] by [[spoiler:calling Blueno weak, after he was already on shaky standing with Luffy]]. Naturally, [[BerserkButton Luffy is pissed]].
* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Cross's foreknowledge doesn't go past Chapter 800, which is where the manga was when he was pulled in, but it also doesn't include the One Piece movies, including [[spoiler:[[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland one of the darkest films in One Piece]], '''''ever''''']]...
* NotSoStoic:
** In Chapter 18, when the crew arrives at Rainbase, Zoro ''whoops'' at the thought of not having to traverse the desert anymore. It takes a minute for them to believe that he's actually Zoro.
** As of Chapter 25, it seems that Robin's losing her status as TheStoic a lot faster than in canon.
*** Such as completely losing her calm countenance when Cross gives her a noogie.
*** Or Vivi and Conis fulfilling one of her childhood dreams by offering to be her students in [[spoiler: Void Language]], which gets her outright {{Squee}}ing.
** After Cross pulls his Davy Jones ghost story prank on his listeners, [[TheStoic Zoro, Robin, and even Wiper]] are laughing fit to bust.
** Dragon bursts into laughter when he hears the Straw Hats annihilate the World Government's flag.
* NotWorthKilling: Cross specifically states he finds the Unluckies too pitiful to make them the first enemies he kills, regardless of how determined they are to kill him.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The status quo of the world is no more, thanks to the events of the Enies Lobby arc (detailed under FromBadToWorse above), as stated by Elder Nyon. The Straw Hats have completely destroyed the reputation of the World Government, and it causes a domino effect that leads to a severe loss of manpower for the Marines, shifting the BalanceOfPower in favor of the Four Emperors and unleashing chaos across the seas.
* NowYouTellMe:
** Due to Luffy disliking spoilers to his adventures, a lot of Cross's canon knowledge is held off unless it's really important. This means that for most of the minor hiccups that happen in canon, Cross just lets them play out and then tells the crew after the fact.
** He does use his knowledge to defuse Vivi's tendency to use this trope, though.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Implied to be the case, at least to an extent, with Mr. 4. Miss Merry Christmas objects to his decision of [[spoiler:giving Lassoo to]] Cross, saying that Cross had helped stop them and save the kingdom. 4 uses that as his own reasoning, and in response to a surprised Christmas considering aloud how she wondered sometimes how moronic he ''actually'' was, he smiles.
* ObligatorySwearing: And how.
* OffscreenTeleportation:
** After Zoro decided he wanted a drink, Soundbite stopped paying attention for ten seconds. Somehow this was enough time for Zoro to get halfway across a massive Marine base and find a refrigerator with booze, despite ''walking'' the entire time.
** However [[spoiler: the Revolutionaries]] got Cross from Water 7 to [[spoiler: Baltigo]] and back in mere hours.
* OhCrap: Many.
** In Chapter 1, Cross has this reaction upon seeing the tropical forest he wakes up in, until he realizes that it's ''not'' Little Garden.
** In Chapter 3, pretty much anytime that Cross crosses paths with Smoker.
** In Chapter 6,
*** Cross has this reaction as soon as he gets past his adrenaline rush-induced haze to remember exactly what the sounds are that he hears as he's coming down Reverse Mountain: Laboon.
*** Then he does it again when he runs over the rest of the Baroque Works saga in his mind, and still thinks he's forgetting something. The thing he's forgetting? The crazy weather between Reverse Mountain and Whiskey Peak.
** In Chapter 8, Cross and Vivi have this reaction when Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine show up.
** In Chapter 9, everyone has this reaction as soon as they get to the InevitableWaterfall.
** In Chapter 10, Cross has this reaction when he runs into Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine again. With nobody there to help him except Soundbite. And the two Baroque Works agents eager to kill him.
** In Chapter 12, Cross has the biggest and most plot-worthy one thus far after hearing that due to his sickness, he had some of his mental barriers weakened… meaning that for a few days, [[LooseLips he had been unconsciously running his mouth]] with knowledge that was not meant to leave his mind, ''in front of his entire crew.''
** In Chapter 13, Cross has this reaction at least once while trying to stall Wapol.
** In Chapter 14, the first thing Cross learns upon waking up is that Kureha has given him some vitamin supplements of her own design, meaning that Cross is now as MadeOfIron as the average person in One Piece. On one hand, he's in significantly less danger of dying. On the other hand, he's now fair game for Nami's Idiot Punches, and considering that he's currently staring down Kureha's medical bills…
** In Chapter 15, Cross has this reaction after Mr. 2 touches his face.
** In Chapter 21, Cross manages to solicit this reaction from both of the Unluckies: Miss Friday when he prepares to snap her goggles back on her face, sending her into a nosedive to the ground; and Mr. 13 when he lights the lighter he got from Tashigi...while said otter is soaked in liquor.
** Chapter 25's look at the Red-Haired Pirates has one of the new recruits having this reaction... when he finds out that Lucky Roux is Sea-King fishing and he needs ''bait''.
** In Chapter 25, this is reaction of everyone when, like in canon, they witness the shipwreck falling from the sky that kicks off the Skypeia arc. Except for [[LaughingMad Cross]].
** In Chapter 27, Tashigi gets this reaction when Cross tells on [[spoiler:the SBS]] that the Marines she tried to deflect from the Straw hats were sent right at them instead. Within earshot of Smoker.
** Chapter 28 has a MassOhCrap ([[TheGadfly except Cross and Soundbite]]), when Usopp goes for a swim in the White Sea, and his tether starts paying out [[ExplainExplainOhCrap as they realize he's swimming in a bottomless cloud]].
** Another MassOhCrap happens when, after Cross's ghost story about [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Davy Jones]], the campfire goes out, the place lights up with green lights, and a tentacled, crab-clawed shadow steps out to terrify the whole crew senseless. In Cross's opinion, their expressions are priceless.
** One for Conis when Cross wakes up from Enel's initial attack, sees Conis, and thinking he missed the whole battle, [[OpenMouthInsertFoot makes a statement about how he wished he could've seen Enel's face when Luffy kicked the crap out of him]]... not realizing he was only knocked out for a second and a very unamused Enel is still nearby.
** Usopp has one when he realizes that he, as the outsider Sniperking, just told Luffy, the captain of the crew of TrueCompanions incarnate, that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Usopp ran away because he was too scared]] and sent Sniperking in his place, right before a mission to save one of their own. Luffy instantly grasps the implications, and he doesn't like them one bit.
** In Chapter 37, Sengoku goes from FlatWhat to BigWhat when he realizes that the Straw Hats are storming Enies Lobby.
** In Chapter 39, Kaku and Kalifa get one when they realize that Cross called them "long-neck" and "bubbly", ''long'' before they ever received their Devil Fruits.
** All of the Straw Hats' reactions when Sengoku and the Marine fleet finally show up at Enies Lobby.
** In Chapter 48, Perona has a big one when she hears that [[MadDoctor Chopper]] has his sights set on her real body.
** Chapter 50 has Cross and Soundbite doing this... because [[spoiler: Moria's Devil Fruit has just AWAKENED]].
* {{Omake}}: Several, written by both the Cross-Brain and their fans.
** One in particular is a non-canon {{Crossover}} [[spoiler:between this fic and the shipgirls of ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', when the latter's base plays host to a certain goat-horned pirate shipgirl.]]
** A canon one is Doflamingo returning to Dressrosa after dealing with Big Mom and Kaido, only to find that his castle was host to a Red-Haired Pirate party.
** Two more fan-created canon Omakes include the scenes where [[spoiler: [=CP9=] join the New World Masons]] and when [[spoiler: the Accino family arrive in Alabasta and join the kingdom in Revolution]].
* OneDegreeOfSeparation:
** Captain T-Bone was a Marine soldier in the West Blue who was ordered on the sea-wide pursuit of Nico Robin. When he and his men protested against the unreasonable amount of force, they were sold out by [[spoiler:Vergo]] and the entire division massacred by [[spoiler:Akainu]]. T-Bone barely survived.
*** And when she hears about [[spoiler:Vergo]], Hina, who served with him under Tsuru, is suitably shell-shocked.
** Vice Admiral Jonathan trained together with Bell-mère.
** [[spoiler:Lily Carnation]] is the monster that chased Buggy out of the Grand Line and into the safety of the East Blue.
** Mr. 13 and Ms. Friday are from Kuraigana Island.
** Don Accino's Hot-Hot Fruit [[spoiler:is one of six Devil Fruits passed through Alabasta's Royal Guardians for generations, until several were lost or stolen (one of which is the Sand-Sand Fruit)]].
** Garp spars with Boss's teacher and role model Sifu Dugong on a yearly basis.
** Boss Dugong has history with the Fierce Penguins under the command of the Accino family, in particular [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Skipper, the Mad Penguin of Gascar]].]]
** [[spoiler:By virtue of the ParentalSubstitute-type bond he shared with Corazon/Donquixote Rocinante, Trafalgar Law is technically the adoptive grandson of Sengoku. Sengoku is unaware of the relation while Law is unaware of how deep it is. The only people who are aware of their connection are Cross and members of the New World Masons.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with [=MI5=] member Lieutenant Commander Drake, and X. Drake the Supernova.
** Also Leo (or Leonardo) of the TDWS, and Leo the Tontatta from the Dressrosa Saga.
** Also [[spoiler: the Going Merry when she becomes human, and her designer, Merry the butler of Kaya]].
** It's a point of contention during the Little East Blue Arc, when Boss the Straw Hat dugong ship guard meets Boss the mutant beetle, who was renamed Boss Kabuto by the villagers to differentiate, and the beetle's friend Yoko is not happy about her friend's name being stolen.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Maybe even worse than his canon Shadows Asgard, Awakened!Moria mutates his own shadow and transforms into one named Nidhogg for his final assault on the Straw Hats. He is still beaten by Luffy.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: One of the Galley-La workers is only known as Colts Guy because everyone forgets his name.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In Chapter 25, the normally courageous and [[RatedMForManly manly]] Boss scouts underwater after Soundbite drives off a giant octopus, and promptly jumps back on the ship shouting that they have to leave ''now''! Turns out a giant tortoise (large enough to have an entire ''city'' on its back) was surfacing under the Going Merry.
** Cross manages to cause two in Chapter 26, one without even realizing it.
*** First he breaks Robin's facade as TheStoic by telling her he'd explain his otherworldly knowledge when she tells the crew about the day Ohara died.
*** Second, [[spoiler:during his SBS broadcast,]] Cross speaking out against the inhumanity of slavery and the evil of the Marines for allowing it causes Boa Hancock to declare him and anyone associated with him to be exempt from Amazon Lily's LadyLand law.
** Terry drops his usual serving of LargeHam when he and Isaiah tell the Shandians exactly what happened to Jaya and Shandora.
** PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 31 when Nami is so ecstatic over getting an entire ''pillar'' made of gold that she not only agrees to give massive amounts of money away, but even lets Cross take some tangerines from her orchard. However, she still won't forgive Zoro's debt.
*** Cross convinces her to set aside most of the gold after he explains the gravity of the Going Merry's situation, namely that Merry simply wasn't built for the Grand Line and is currently ''dying'' from the damage that's built up.
** In Chapter 35, after the crew's loss to Aokiji, Luffy goes back on his hatred of spoilers and tells Cross he can reveal anything he wants if it'll help them get stronger.
*** From the same chapter, Cross's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech makes Aokiji fly into a murderous rage.
** Aplenty in ''[[spoiler:Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland]]'':
*** How serious is Garp recognizing [[spoiler:Baron Omatsuri]] from his glory days? Serious enough to make [[GeneralRipper Akainu]] falter.
*** Upon figuring out where the Straw Hats are, Buggy immediately puts his hatred of them aside and tries to phone in a warning, [[EvenEvilHasStandards as even his enmity couldn't justify leaving them to what's on the island]].
*** Even though none of the Straw Hats realize it themselves, everyone listening [[spoiler:to the events of the SBS as they unfold with Baron Omatsuri]] can sense something's wrong as [[SanitySlippage the crew's bonds slowly fall apart]].
*** [[spoiler:The transmitted horror that is Lily Carnation]] has even stoics like Basil Hawkins [[NotSoStoic in flusters]] and [[BigEater Jewelry Bonney]] devoid of her appetite.
*** Luffy fighting to save his crew has a listening Kureha drop her vanity and outright shout for Luffy to save Chopper, calling him her son.
*** And the aftermath of [[spoiler:Baron Omatsuri's attack]] has Garp calling and telling Luffy that he's [[SoProudOfYou So Proud Of Him]], and Sengoku offering Luffy a Warlord position, even knowing it'll be refused, and even showing a hint of respect.
** Every time Cross manages to [[spoiler:[[RunningGag actually start the SBS himself]],]] even before interrupting him was a thing. By the time the third incident rolls around, many of their listeners have [[OhCrap realized]] this trope is in effect.
*** The first time, it's to [[spoiler:reveal that Vivi was joined the Straw Hats full time due to being wrongly accused of treason]].
*** The second time, while no one noticed at the time [[spoiler:the SBS started]], it's the broadcast that starred [[spoiler:Omatsuri Island.]]
*** The third time, it's to announce that they're [[spoiler:going to rescue Nico Robin[[note]]yes, Cross revealed that the mystery crewmate who joined since Alabasta is her[[/note]] and raze Enies Lobby to the ground.]]
*** The fourth time, it's to announce the beginning of their interview with Dr. Hogback, and the prepared sacking of Thriller Bark.
*** The fifth time (even if it's Soundbite aping his voice), it's to announce a special guest on their ship: [[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Shiki the Golden Lion]].
** Upon learning the Straw Hats have declared war on the World Government, [[spoiler:[[NotSoStoic Dragon and Boa Hancock]]]] begin laughing their asses off.
** In Chapter 52, Nami [[spoiler:not only declares Cross' debt to her clear but says she owes him one.]]
** In all their years of knowing and fighting him, Sengoku and Garp have never heard Shiki the Golden Lion ever ''[[EvilGloating gloat]]'' to them before. So once he does after his 20-year hiatus, Garp soon realises what he's doing - grandstanding to upstage the current show people of the new age, the Straw Hat Pirates.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot:
** During the scene in the palace baths, after Cross finishes telling Nami he has too much respect for her to peep on her, she manages to call him up to the wall to talk to him, only to give him an eyeful of ''Vivi'' instead. The first thing Cross comments on is whether she's dedicated with the hair dye. Vivi's stool, meet Cross's cranium.
** When Cross wakes up from Enel's initial attack and sees Conis, he makes a statement about how he wished he could've seen Enel's face when Luffy kicked the crap out of him, thinking that he missed the whole arc... not realizing he was only knocked out for a second and a very unamused Enel is right next to them.
** Since Usopp never leaves the crew in Water 7, while acting as Sniper King to try to pretend to be someone braver, he essentially states that 'Usopp' deserted from the mission of rescuing Robin without any significant reason. Luffy is not pleased by the implications.
** One of Nami's fanboys on Little East Blue, when he lets slip that to make the perfect statue that she first saw, they had made a lot of practice ones which had turned into Nami ''nudes''.
* OpenSaysMe:
** Conis does this a couple of times to get through doors. It helps to be [[CuteBruiser 4 times stronger]] than a normal human.
** Soundbite quotes this [[MakeMeWannaShout to get through a safe door]].
** Both Sengoku and Garp lend their strength to breaking down the Gates of Justice.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Invoked by Cross in Chapter 20 to force Mr. 2 to drop his disguise of Usopp:
-->'''Cross:''' HEY, 'USOPP', EMPORIO IVANKOV IS AN OVERRATED HACK!
-->'''Mr. 2:''' ''[[BerserkButton THAT'S A BARE-FACED LIE!]]'' ''([[OhCrap stricken look]])''
** Zeff realizes something's dreadfully wrong [[spoiler:[[Anime/BaronOmatsuriAndTheSecretIsland on the Secret Island]] when he hears Sanji refuse someone food]]. And that's just one of the alerts.
-->'''Zeff''': Sanji... he would never say that. Not in a thousand years, not if his life depended on it, not if every woman in the ''world'' begged him to say it.
** Cross invokes this again: by convincing Iceburg and Franky that Robin has never wanted to revive the Ancient Weapons, they decide that they don't need to keep the Pluton's blueprints around anymore... forcing the two hidden [=CP9=] agents to make a grab for the blueprints once Franky brings them out to burn them.
** Robin and Vivi note that Cross isn't snarking as usual when they enter the Florian Triangle and he is put off on how unnatural and devoid of life the sea is.
* OutrunTheFireball: Cross does this when leaping off the Bridge of Hesitation.
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* ParanoiaGambit: After Robin joins the crew, despite Cross's friendliness towards her, she remembers that after their first meeting, he promised that they'd meet again, and he'd pay her back. Cross informs her that he doesn't plan on getting her back anytime soon, because he needs to think a long time about what to do. And meanwhile...she can worry about it.
* ParentalFavoritism: In a canon omake, Don Accino says that Lil is his favorite of his children.
* ParentheticalSwearing: After learning the truth of Ohara, Tsuru responds to Sengoku's orders with an "At once" that sounds far more like "Fuck you".
* PassThePopcorn: With the Straw Hats' adventures on [[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Merveille]] being broadcasted, Vice-Admiral Jonathan asks his subordinate to bring up the whole damn popcorn cart.
* PhoneCallFromTheDead: During Enies Lobby, Soundbite gets hijacked twice by characters who are dead by this time with choice words for two specific people.
** Chapter 39 has [[spoiler:Jaguar D. Saul]] provide Robin with one final pep talk that finally convinces her to live and stay with the Straw Hats.
** Chapter 42 has '''[[spoiler: GOL D. ROGER HIMSELF]]''' encourage Luffy to stand once more and finally beat Rob Lucci, telling him [[PapaWolf he will kill his]] [[TrueCompanions friends/crew]] [[PapaWolf if he lets Lucci go]]. [[spoiler: He also adds that Luffy wears his old hat well.]]
* PistolWhipping: Conis eventually learns how to do this with Boss's tutelage. [[CuteBruiser With a]] ''[[{{BFG}} bazooka]]''.
* PlotAllergy: Eating biscuits gives Cross an instantaneous and horrible case of diarrhea. It's unclear why, and it's not much of a plot point; it's barely even a RunningGag.
* PokeInTheThirdEye: Soundbite's Gastro-Scramble move fills the air with white noise, blocking out anyone who's listening, even Enel. [[spoiler:Or so he thinks...]]
* PowerBornOfMadness: [[spoiler: Moria's VillainousBreakdown directly leads to his Devil Fruit Awakening]]. Hardly the EnlightenmentSuperpowers it usually is...
* PowerOfTrust: During TheReveal in Chapter 14, after Zoro calls Cross out on his {{Hypocrisy}} about telling dangerous secrets, Cross admits he didn't tell the crew about his future knowledge because he didn't trust them to not freak out and kick him off the crew. It's literally enough to [[TearJerker drive him to tears]]. But of course, [[TrueCompanions this is the Straw Hat Pirates we're talking about]], so this is the predictable outcome.
* PowerUpFood: Thanks to Dr. Indigo's toxin drugs, practically every piece of fauna (and a good chunk of flora) on Merveille is this: the toxins grant super strength and stamina to whoever ingests them, and they remain in the body and blood of the consumer even after death, meaning anyone or anything that consumes the consumer's flesh will become empowered too.
* PrideBeforeAFall:
** The World Noble Saint Jamolomew participates in the usual practice of [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]] a storeful of civilians. When the news about Enies Lobby breaks and the civilians realize there are no Marine reinforcements available for retribution, [[TheDogBitesBack it's the last bit of pride Jamolomew has]].
** Hogback's pride in creating a zombie army results in him happily explaining what he does [[spoiler:over the SBS]].
* PrecisionFStrike:
** Vivi's thoughts about [[spoiler:being branded a criminal by the World Government]] is apparently, "Fuck every last one of those bastards who [[spoiler:banished me from my home]], ''hard''."
** Conis' response to Soundbite saying it's a good day to die: "Fuck that, it's a good day for someone else to die."
* ProperlyParanoid: While he comes across Nami and Vivi bathing together, Absalom hesitates due to his instincts telling him something's wrong. At least he does until Vivi drops the soap. Unfortunately for him, he was right to be suspicious.
* ProportionalArticleImportance: When Cross shows Zoro and Nami the newspaper telling about half of Alabasta's royal army defecting, Zoro ends up looking at the wrong end.
-->'''Zoro''': [[DramaticIrony And we should care about this 'Kidd' brat...why?]]
* PsychoactivePowers:
** After getting [[spoiler: Ohm's Eisen Dial]], Nami finds that unless she actively wills them not to, the clouds she creates respond to and act upon her more unconscious desires - like throttling Cross for being an idiot.
** [[spoiler: Moria's Awakened Shadow-Shadow Fruit gives him immense [[CastingAShadow umbrakinesis]] over his area of awareness, but outside of that, the shadows animate of their own volition and recreate scenes from his broken memory.]]
* PublicSecretMessage: In Chapter 23, Cross utilizes [[spoiler:the SBS]] to send a coded message to [[spoiler:Sabo]], phrased so that nobody other than [[spoiler:his brothers and the Revolutionaries]] could discern its recipient, to tell him about [[spoiler:his brothers]].
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