History Trivia / ThisBites

** In Chapter 40, after Sengoku speaks to Cross via Transponder Snail, Cross is pretty sure that Sengoku has Conqueror's Haki, and wonders whose is stronger: his or Garp's. At the time (September 2016), neither were confirmed to have Conqueror's Haki. Later (March 2019), ''Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary'' (Card #0265, released in the second starter set) confirmed that Sengoku does, and later still (April 2023), Chapter 1080 confirmed that Garp does.

* DeletedScene: Originally, there was an {{Omake}} called "Twenty-Four Hours" in which Jewelry Bonney offered to do ''anything'' Sanji wanted for 24 hours if he delayed the other Supernova's from leaving Skelter Bite so she could enjoy his food more, even personally incapacitating Urouge by propositioning him while taking on the form of a 12-year-old girl. After Chapter 1098 was released and revealed that [[spoiler:Bonney is ''actually'' only 12-years-old, and had just been altering her age with her Toshi Toshi no Mi]], the Omake was understandably nuked from orbit, any possible trace of it being erased.

** An incident where a genuine mistake turned out to be correct happened during Enies Lobby. During the chaos, [[spoiler:Cavendish led Big Mom on course to Wano, which the Marines stated was Kaido's territory]], the Cross-Brain forgetting that [[spoiler:the Straw Hats didn't meet Momonosuke and his retainers until after the TimeSkip, [[ContinuitySnarl where it looked like Kaido's conquest of Wano was a recent thing]]]]. Then, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Momo and his group were actually sent into the future from ''twenty years ago'']], meaning that [[spoiler:Kaido]] ''was'' [[spoiler:ruling over Wano]] during the Enies Lobby incident. Talk about fanfiction predicting canon.
** Later on, Moria tries to [[spoiler:use his Awakened Devil Fruit to transform himself into a dragon, and fails miserably. As Chapter 926 reveals, Kaido, the Emperor who murdered his crew, apparently has a Mythical Zoan that allows him to turn into a massive Eastern dragon]].

** An incident where a genuine mistake turned out to be correct happened during Enies Lobby. During the chaos, [[spoiler:Cavendish led Big Mom on course to Wano, which the Marines stated was Kaido's territory]], the Cross-Brain forgetting that [[spoiler:the Straw Hats didn't meet Momonosuke and his retainers until after the TimeSkip, [[ContinuitySnarl where it looked like Kaido's conquest of Wano was a recent thing]]]]. Then, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Momo and his group were actually sent into the future from ''twenty years ago'']], meaning that [[spoiler:Kaido]] ''was'' [[spoiler:ruling over Wano]] during the Enies Lobby incident. Talk about fanfiction predicting canon]].

** In Chapter 40, after Sengoku speaks to Cross via Transponder Snail, Cross is pretty sure that Sengoku has Conquerer's Haki. ''Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary'' (Card #0265, released in the second starter set) confirms that he does.
** In the same vein, Cross actively wondered whose Conqueror's Haki was stronger -- Sengoku's or Garps. Chapter 1080 later confirmed Garp does indeed have Conqueror's Haki.

** An incident where a genuine mistake turned out to be correct happened during Enies Lobby. [[spoiler:During the chaos, Cavendish led Big Mom on course to Wano, which the Marines stated was Kaido's territory, the Cross-Brain forgetting that the Straw Hats didn't meet Momonosuke and his retainers until after the TimeSkip, [[ContinuitySnarl where it looked like Kaido's conquest of Wano was a recent thing]]. Then, it's revealed that Momo and his group were actually sent into the future from ''twenty years ago'', meaning that Kaido ''was'' ruling over Wano during the Enies Lobby incident. Talk about fanfiction predicting canon]].
** Later on, Moria [[spoiler:tries to use his Awakened Devil Fruit to transform himself into a dragon, and fails miserably. As Chapter 926 reveals, Kaido, the Emperor who murdered his crew, apparently has a Mythical Zoan that allows him to turn into a massive Eastern dragon]].
** In chapter 40, after Sengoku speaks to Cross via Transponder Snail, Cross is pretty sure that Sengoku has Conquerer's Haki. ''Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary'' (Card #0265, released in the second starter set) confirms that he does.

** After Kuma splits up the Straw Hats, we're shown where Boss, the TDWS, [[spoiler:Merry, Vivi, Carue, Conis, and Su]] all end up, but the creators specifically go out of their way to avoid showing just where Cross and his companions ended up. At the end of the Amazon Treachery arc, they mention making a small breather chapter detailing the current status of all other Straw Hat Pirates... except for Cross. And the preview for the next chapters seems to reveal [[spoiler:Cross ended up at Impel Down, only for it to be revealed as an April Fool's Day joke, and it was actually Bentham using his Clone-Clone fruit. The only hints so far is in the grand preview, in which what appears to be a conversation between Cross and Tashigi gives clues: the first is that the place has reception so bad Tashigi can barely make out what Cross is saying even with Soundbite's powers. Second is in what manages to squeak through; That things are worse than they thought, Seventh Hell, and Hell of Darkness. Evidence most likely points to a super-secret new level of Impel Down, but until it's decisively shown, this "seventh hell" could be virtually anywhere.]]

** An incident where a genuine mistake turned out to be correct happened during Enies Lobby. [[spoiler:During the chaos, Cavendish led Big Mom on course to Wano, which the Marines stated was Kaido's territory, the Cross-Brain [[ForgotToDoTheResearch forgetting that the Straw Hats didn't meet Momonosuke and his retainers]] until after the TimeSkip, [[ContinuitySnarl where it looked like Kaido's conquest of Wano was a recent thing]]. Then, it's revealed that Momo and his group were actually sent into the future from ''twenty years ago'', meaning that Kaido ''was'' ruling over Wano during the Enies Lobby incident. Talk about fanfiction predicting canon]].

* OutdatedByCanon: Chapter 1067: [[spoiler:After sixteen years of fans believing him to be dead, [[TheBusCameBack Jaguar D. Saul]] is revealed to still be alive, and survived both Kuzan's deep freeze and the Buster Call. Furthermore, a scene in the first half's Denouncement showed the books of Ohara decaying in the water, when in fact, they had been saved shortly after the Buster Call]].

%%* OutdatedByCanon: Chapter 1067: [[spoiler:After sixteen years of fans believing him to be dead, [[TheBusCameBack Jaguar D. Saul]] is revealed to still be alive, and survived both Kuzan's deep freeze and the Buster Call]].

%%* OutdatedByCanon: Chapter 1067: [[spoiler:After decades of fans believing him to be dead, [[TheBusCameBack Jaguar D. Saul]] is revealed to still be alive, and survived both Kuzan's deep freeze and the Buster Call]].

* OutdatedByCanon: Chapter 1067: [[spoiler:After decades of fans believing him to be dead, [[TheBusCameBack Jaguar D. Saul]] is revealed to still be alive, and survived both Kuzan's deep freeze and the Buster Call]].

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Shortly after the Strong World preview which reveals that [[spoiler:Vivi finally took the Gust-Gust Fruit seed, becoming a Logia, one fan over at Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/this-bites-one-piece-si.356819/page-739 brought up]] the crazy idea to have her TimeSkip training be with her ArchEnemy and fellow Alabasta Logia, Crocodile. The Cross-Brain loved the maddening idea so much that they actually implemented it into the Denouncement of the story's first half]].

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Shortly after the Strong World preview which reveals that [[spoiler:Vivi finally took the Gust-Gust Fruit seed, becoming a Logia, one fan over at Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/this-bites-one-piece-si.356819/page-739 brought up]] the crazy idea to have her be trained by her ArchEnemy and fellow Alabasta Logia, Crocodile. The Cross-Brain loved the maddening idea so much that they actually implemented it into the Denouncement of the story's first half]].

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Shortly after the Strong World preview which reveals that [[spoiler:Vivi finally took the Gust-Gust Fruit seed, becoming a Logia, one fan over at SpaceBattles [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/this-bites-one-piece-si.356819/page-739 brought up]] the crazy idea to have her be trained by her ArchEnemy and fellow Alabasta Logia, Crocodile. The Cross-Brain loved the maddening idea so much that they actually implemented it into the Denouncement of the story's first half]].

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Shortly after Strong World preview which reveals that [[spoiler:Vivi finally took the Gust-Gust Fruit seed, becoming a Logia, one fan over at SpaceBattles [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/this-bites-one-piece-si.356819/page-739 brought up]] the crazy idea to have her be trained by her ArchEnemy and fellow Alabasta Logia, Crocodile. The Cross-Brain loved the maddening idea so much that they actually implemented it into the Denouncement of the story's first half]].

*** Played with by Cross's guess that ''Garp'' also has Conquerer's (despite his not actually showing that variety in-story); his card, #0445, says he only has Armament and Observation.

** After Kuma splits up the Straw Hats, we're shown where Boss, the TDWS, [[spoiler:Merry, Vivi, Carue, Conis, and Su]] all end up, but the creators specifically go out of their way to avoid showing just where Cross and his companions ended up. At the end of the Amazon Treachery arc, they mention making a small breather chapter detailing the current status of all other Straw Hat Pirates... except for Cross. And the preview for the next chapters seems to reveal [[spoiler:Cross ended up at Impel Down, only for it to be revealed as an April Fool's Day joke, and it was actually Bentham using his Clone-Clone fruit. The only hints so far is in the grand preview, in which what appears to be a conversation between Cross and Tashigi gives clues: the first is that the place has reception so bad Tashigi can barely make out what Cross is saying even with Soundbite's powers. Second is in what manages to squeak through; That things are worse than they thought, Seventh Hell, and Hell of Darkness. Evidence most likely points to a super-secret new level of Impel Down, but until it's decisively shown, this "seventh hell" could be virtually anywhere.]]

* DuelingWorks: With [=DuncanIdaho2014=]'s PeggySue fic ''[[Fanfic/NewGamePlusOnePiece New Game Plus]]''. It began when Duncan gave Xomniac a Shout-Out, saying that his fic was the best SI he'd ever read. Xomniac initially intended to return the compliment...but the day before he published his next chapter, Duncan published his, thoroughly upstaging what Xomniac had done. Subsequently, Xomniac declared Duncan his [[TheRival rival]] in his author's notes, and Duncan's reaction was...nonchalant.
-->'''Duncan''': And as to our feud, [[TemptingFate it will most likely take the form of]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Guy's and Kakashi's]], in that you will crow about one-upping me and [[UnknownRival I won't even care]]. That being said... ALLEZ, PEASANT!
** And at first, Duncan seemed to be right; this is from the Author's Notes of NGP Chapter 12, published three days after Xomniac declared him his rival:
-->'''Duncan''': That's the Reverse Mountain arc done, and the second half of 'chapter' 11. Some patience and I could have put them together... [[TheGadfly though I do so love to mess with you all.]] Besides, were it not for my decision to split this in two, I would not have upstaged my so-called 'eternal rival' (you know who you are ;p).
** But when Xomniac published [[WhamEpisode Chapter 23]]...
-->'''Duncan''': Damn. You. Xomniac. You completely one-upped what I had planned for Arabasta. And it was going to be EPIC! Now i have to come up with something even more obscene and unexpected.\\

... [[WorthyOpponent Well done. The youth beat the hip this day.]]
** And then Xomniac publishes Chapter 24, upon which Duncan deems Xomniac and his two cowriters definitively Worthy Opponents:
-->'''Duncan''': ...\\
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I feel like [[TabletopGame/{{Go}} Lee Sedol going up against AlphaGo]]. You three make moves I could never have predicted.\\
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Excellent work, and a Happy Easter to you.
** But does that mean Xomniac is winning their rivalry? Oh, no. Here's his reaction after Duncan publishes NGP Chapter 13:
-->'''Xomniac''': Only a true artiste and master can equal the content of 4 separate chapters written by 3 collaborating writers with a single one.\\
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Well done, sir. Well done indeed.
** Then we have further proof that Duncan sees him as a Worthy Opponent. More than he sees himself, even:
-->'''Duncan''': I did NOT beat out the last four chapters of this with one of my filler chapters. I'm good, but not THAT good.
** Much later, after the Cross-Brain's [[Awesome/ThisBites T-T-T-Triple Tap]], Duncan left this review on Chapter 31:
-->'''Duncan''': ... A freaking novella, so funny and Well-written I didnt even make it all the way through, followed up within 24 hours... if you think I'm the better side in our 3-on-1 war, you're either clinically insane or I'm physically incapable of appreciating my reported "genius" . Probably a little of both. I just know my Whiskey Peak will seem like the Spin Doctors closing for Maroon 5 compared to your Skypeia.
** Xomniac's response? Publishing Chapter 34, at the time by far the longest chapter in the story, and putting a massive spin on the Davy Back Fight. The last words of the author's note:
-->'''Xomniac''': Oh, and [=DuncanIdaho2014=], you want me to take pride in my own work? Alright, here's some pride: top this.
** Duncan's response:
-->'''Duncan''': I will be hard pressed to top this... thank you for the challenge. Amd don't think I missed you copying my NarrativeProfanityFilter.\\
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Well, I'll be hard pressed to top the Back Fight. My fight with Aokiji will go down in fanfiction HISTORY, that I guarantee you. Though by the time I get there you'll probably be at Zou. Curse my aversion to sustained mental effort.
** Of course, the Cross-Brain still considers him their rival, as evidenced clearly by the Author's Note at the top of Chapter 35, which they published shortly after Duncan posted Chapter 14:
-->'''Cross-Brain''': Ah, yes. And, to our rival, [=DuncanIdaho2014=], author of New Game Plus, currently the third most popular One Piece fic in the fandom, we have a few words to say. Ahem…
-->'''[=CV12Hornet=]''': DUNCAN, YOU JACKASS!
-->'''Xomniac''': DAMN IT YOU RAT-BASTARD, WE WERE MINUTES AWAY FROM FINISHING! MERE FUCKING MINUTES! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU, PSYCHIC!?
-->'''The Patient One''': You put out a work that thoroughly upstages at least one aspect of our own ideas, and then that blasted cliffhanger…
** Ultimately, however, the rivalry seems to have come to a conclusion. 17 days after the Cross-Brain published [[WhamEpisode Chapter 39]], Duncan said this in regards to ''This Bites!'':
-->'''Duncan''':... I don't care what you say.\\
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I don't care what you three or anyone else says.\\
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[[GracefulLoser I will ALWAYS consider THIS to be the best One Piece fanfiction ever written]].\\
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Well done. Just... well done.
** ...Or so it seemed, until the Cross-Brain called it back on with their publishing of Chapter 46, shortly after ''New Game Plus'' reached a most impressive milestone:
-->'''Cross-Brain''': To [=DuncanIdaho2014=]:\\
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Claim that we’re the greatest if you wish. But the fact remains that you have cemented your position as our rival by claiming the mantle of the most popular One Piece fan fiction. We offer you our heartfelt congratulations, and eagerly look forward to seeing what you come up with next.\\
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…And just as much? We look forward to when we finally clash to see who is most worthy of the title. May the best fan (or fans) win.
** But with New Game Plus being put up for adoption due to [=DuncanIdaho2014=] having several problems in real life and in his own words leaving NG+ it seems that the Cross-Brain trio has been made the winner by default. Shame that.
-->'''Duncan''': a fond farewell to Xomniac and the rest of the Cross Brain. Looks like you guys won our little showdown. Best of luck to you all!
* PromotedFanboy: Xomniac's second cowriter, The Patient One, was invited on due to being a dedicated fan.
** To a lesser extent, 1Coltsguy, who wrote multiple 1st-person Omakes taking place in Water 7, received a cameo as one of Iceburg's workers during the Enies Lobby arc.
* TrollingCreator: Xomniac, [=CV12Hornet=], and The Patient One love to mess with their fans. The most common examples are their sadistic cliffhangers and their tendency to update in the wee hours of the morning. For example, this gem from Spacebattles when they published Chapter 42:
-->'''The Patient One''': Good heavens, look at the time! Four hours past midnight, everyone should be in bed.\\
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** After Kuma splits up the Straw Hats, we're shown where Boss, the TDWS, [[spoiler:Merry, Vivi, Carue, Conis, and Su]] all end up, but the creators specifically go out of their way to avoid showing just where Cross and his companions ended up. At the end of the Amazon Treachery arc, they mention making a small breather chapter detailing the current status of all other Straw Hat Pirates... except for Cross. And the preview for the next chapters seems to reveal [[spoiler:Cross ended up at Impel Down, only for it to be revealed as an April Fool's Day joke, and it was actually Bentham using his Clone-Clone fruit. The only hints so far is in the grand preview, in which what appears to be a conversation between and Tashigi gives clues: the first is that the place has reception so bad Tashigi can barely make out what Cross is saying even with Soundbite's powers. Second is in what manages to squeak through; That things are worse than they thought, Seventh Hell, and Hell of Darkness. Evidence most likely points to a super-secret new level of Impel Down, but until it's decisively shown, this "seventh hell" could be virtually anywhere.]]

** After Kuma splits up the Straw Hats, we're shown where Boss, the TDWS, [[spoiler:Merry, Vivi, Carue, Conis, and Su]] all end up, but the creators specifically go out of their way to avoid showing just where Cross and his companions ended up. At the end of the Amazon Treachery arc, they mention making a small breather chapter detailing the current status of all other Straw Hat Pirates... except for Cross. And the preview for the next chapters seems to reveal [[spoiler:Cross ended up at Impel Down, only for it to be revealed as an April Fool's Day joke, and it was actually Bentham using his Clone-Clone fruit. The only hints so far is in the grand preview, in which what appears to be a conversation between and Tashigi gives clues: the first is that the place has reception so bad Tashigi can barely make out what Cross is saying even with Soundbite's powers. Second is in what manages to squeak through; Seventh Hell, and Hell of Darkness. Evidence most likely points to a super-secret new level of Impel Down, but until it's decisively shown, this "seventh hell" could be virtually anywhere.]]

** After Kuma splits up the Straw Hats, we're shown where Boss, the TDWS, [[spoiler:Merry, Vivi, Carue, Conis, and Su]] all end up, but the creators specifically go out of their way to avoid showing just where Cross and his companions ended up. At the end of the Amazon Treachery arc, they mention making a small breather chapter detailing the current status of all other Straw Hat Pirates... except for Cross. And the preview for the next chapters seems to reveal [[spoiler:Cross ended up at Impel Down, only for it to be revealed as an April Fool's Day joke, and it was actually Bentham using his Clone-Clone fruit.]]

** [[spoiler: After Kuma splits up the Straw Hats, we're shown where Boss, the TDWS, Merry, Vivi, Carue, Conis and Su all end up, but the creators specifically go out of their way to avoid showing just where Cross and his companions ended up. At the end of the Amazon Treachery arc, they mention making a small breather chapter detailing the current status of all other Straw Hat Pirates... except for Cross. And the preview for the next chapters seems to reveal Cross ended up at Impel Down, only for it to be revealed as an April Fool's Day joke, and it was actually Mr. 2 using his Copy-Copy fruit.]]

** Of course, they're also gleefully willing to take advantage of the rope that their own readers give them. In the Spacebattles thread, one poster speculated that, as a troll job, the Cross-Brain could post the chapter offsite, then hide the link to it in one of the links in their signatures. Enter [=CV12Hornet=], who agreed it was a good idea and mused on the logistics of it, then left. Oh, and also replaced all the links in his sig with a JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}.

** But with New Game Plus being put up for adoption due to [=DuncanIdaho2014=] having serveral problems in real life and in his own words leaving NG+ it seems that the Cross-Brain trio has been made the winner by default. Shame that.

** Of course, they're also gleefully willing to take advantage of the rope that their own readers give them. In the Spacebattles thread, one poster speculated that, as a troll job, the Cross-Brain could post the chapter offsite, then hide the link to it in one of the links in their signatures. Enter [=CV12Hornet=], who agreed it was a good idea and mused on the logistics of it, then left. Oh, and also replaced all the links in his sig with a {{Rickroll}}.