Short Summary
Following his defeat at the hands of the Straw Hats and Pekoms of the Big Mom pirates, Caribou attempts to set out into the New World.Main Summary
At Fishman Island's mermaid cove, Caribou is once again trying to kidnap mermaids. This time, Jimbei is there to put a stop to it, and takes the pirate away from the island. Caribou is dropped off at the G5 Marine Base, but before the sailors can start torturing him, Coribou and the rest of his crew show up to save their Bro-Bro. During the fighting, Caribou takes their pirate ship, leaving his brother and men to the Marines. However, Caribou ends up sailing into a storm. He manages to make it to an island before passing out.
Caribou wakes up being tended to by a little old lady. While the lady sleeps, he steals her jewelry and when she wakes up she gives him a packed lunch, sending him on his way. On his way to the port, Caribou is confronted by some soldiers calling him Gaburu. Said soldiers are chased off by the old lady, but now Caribou's interest is piqued. Going back, he finds a weapon's factory and learns that he's an exact double for the revolutionary Gaburu. The workers begin to revolt, but this is the island ruled by Kaido, and Scotch quickly puts the revolt down. Fleeing back to the granny's house, Caribou finds it in ruins, and that Gaburu was the old lady's grandson. Scotch attacks the house, and granny puts herself between the two men, giving Caribou another chance to flee. At the beach, Caribou finds his crew escaped G5 by stealing their ship, and that Coribou holds no grudge for Caribou's earlier actions; their grandmother always told them to get along, right?
Back in town, Scotch prepares to kill Gaburu's grandmother as a warning to all, when a ship appears on the horizon. It's Gaburu!...as impersonated by Caribou. Caribou uses his Swamp-Swamp powers to take down both Scotch and the factory. But just as everyone is celebrating their victory, X. Drake appears and takes down Caribou. Just before Caribou is dragged off by the ex-Marine, Gaburu's grandmother gives her 'grandson' one last meat pie. After X. Drake sails away with Caribou, granny visits Gaburu's grave, revealing that she knew Caribou was a fake to Coribou and company.
Caribou's New World Kee Hee Hee has the following tropes
- Adapted Out: Averted with Episode 921, showing an abridged retelling of the cover story when it reintroduces Caribou in the Udon prison.
- Awful Truth: The old lady knew that "Gabaru" was really the Serial Killer Caribou, but played along so the revolutionaries wouldn't lose morale over being led by an imposter. Coribou and the rest of the Caribou Pirates are understandably shocked when they find her praying at her real grandson's grave.
- Balloon Belly: Caribou gets this after absorbing Scotch and his weapons factory, which allowed him to be easily defeated by X. Drake.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Possibly the reason why Caribou went back to save the old lady, who nursed him back to health after he was marooned on her island. It may be also due to Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas as Caribou and his brother were raised by their grandmother as kids.
- Big Bad: Scotch, the main villain of Caribou's arc, who uses the people of Gaburu's island as cheap labor to make weapons.
- Big Brother Instinct: Inverted; it's Coribou, the younger brother, who leads the Caribou Pirates in rescuing Caribou from the G-5 Marines. However, Caribou chose to abandon them to their fates to save his own skin.
- Big Damn Heroes: Caribou was in the middle of kidnapping some mermaids when Jimbei suddenly appeared and defeated him by decking him in the face, saving the mermaids.
- Bittersweet Ending: Caribou, while impersonating the revolutionary leader Gaburu, helps Scotch's workers rebel against their boss and destroy the weapons factory. But before he could bask in his victory, he is quickly defeated and dragged away by X. Drake, leaving Caribou's pirate crew, Gaburu's grandmother, and the workers in tears. Also, it turns out that the real Gaburu was dead all along.
- Curb-Stomp Battle:
- What started the mini-arc was Caribou being defeated by Jimbei, who takes him out by punching his face to save the mermaids he was attempting to kidnap.
- The old lady attempts to fight Scotch herself when he comes looking for "Gaburu" (actually Caribou) in a valiant attempt to protect the person she thought was her grandson. Given Scotch is one of Kaido's enforcers, she is easily defeated and is nearly killed by Scotch to cow the rebels.
- Caribou dishes one to Scotch and his men during the Final Battle, as his Swamp-Swamp Fruit makes him Immune to Bullets, allowing him to swallow Scotch, his forces, and his weapons factory entirely.
- X Drake himself easily defeats Caribou while the latter was suffering from a Balloon Belly from absorbing Scotch and his weapons factory, appearing in his Allosaurus form.
- Dead Person Impersonation: Caribou exploited his resemblance to Gaburu to lead the revolutionaries to move against Scotch.
- Diabolus ex Machina: When Caribou, Coribou and their allies are celebrating their victory, suddenly an Allosaurus attacks them. The Allosaurus turns out to be X Drake, who then kidnaps the weakened Caribou.
- Doppelgänger: Caribou learns he looks exactly like Revolutionary leader Gaburu. His reaction says it all
. - Due to the Dead: The old lady is seen praying at her grandson's grave, revealing to Caribou's crew that the real Gaburu was dead all along.
- Easily Forgiven: Caribou's pirate crew have no hard feelings towards their captain for abandoning them. Coribou in particular is just happy to see his brother again, because their grandmother always told them to get along and stick together no matter what.
- Go Through Me: Apparently, one of Caribou's last acts as "Gaburu" before being dragged away by X Drake was to protect the old lady, thinking X Drake was out to hurt her like Scotch was. Fittingly, the title of that episode is "Gaburu Shouted Out!! Grandma Must Be Protected!!!"
- Hammerspace: Caribou's Numa Numa Fruit powers can let him drown not only Scotch, but also an entire factory. He's then left with Balloon Belly afterwards.
- Humiliation Conga: The arc in general for Caribou. He's become so pathetic that you might as well start feeling sorry for him. And while he does score a genuine victory against Scotch, one of Kaido's enforcers, it doesn't last long as X Drake suddenly shows up and curb-stomps him in Allosaurus form.
- Jerkass: Caribou. The story begins with him trying to kidnap mermaids (again), then he runs away while his crew is dealing with the Marines, and later he steals from an old lady while she sleeps. However, when Kaidou's cyborg subordinate Scotch attacks her, Caribou comes back dressed as Gaburu and tries to rescue her.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Just after Caribou abandons his brother and men to save himself, he sails into a storm. Fittingly, the title of that episode is "Divine Punishment".
- Make an Example of Them: Scotch burned down the old lady's house, then tried to execute her for being the grandmother of deceased revolutionary Gabaru, all to further demoralize the defeated revolutionaries. Cue Caribou and his pirate crew sailing in to save the day, disguised as Gabaru and his forces.
- Never Mess with Granny: The revolutionaries searching for Caribou thinking he's their leader Gaburu get easily chased away by a little old lady.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Caribou's first remotely heroic act in the entire manga ends up getting him captured by Kaido's forces and tossed in a work-camp — though now that that's let him reconvene with Luffy, who knows where it'll ultimately take him. In any case, given his general lack of redeeming features up 'til now it's hard to feel too bad for him.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Gaburu is modeled after Che Guevara, even wearing a beret like he did.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: The old lady knew all along that her "grandson" was Serial Killer Caribou, but chose not to reveal it to the revolutionaries as to not break their hearts.
- Posthumous Character: Gaburu the revolutionary leader died sometime before Caribou's arrival on his island, likely to Scotch and his men.
- Protagonist Title: Caribou's name is used as the title for this mini-series.
- Raised by Grandparents: Gaburu's only surviving family is his grandmother, as revealed by a framed photograph that Caribou comes across following his recovery.
- Signature Laugh: Caribou's laugh is "Kehihihi". It's even in the title.
- Thoroughly Mistaken Identity: Both the old lady and the revolutionaries mistake Caribou for Gaburu because of their extremely similar appearance. It's later subverted in that only the old lady knew all along who Caribou was, but decided to keep quiet for the revolutionaries' sake.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: After spending most of his appearances being used as everyone's punching bag, Caribou proves that he's earned his bounty by taking down one of Kaido's men and destroying a factory with his powers.
- Took a Level in Badass: A villainous example with Caribou, who earns his bounty by provoking an uprising against Scotch, one of Kaido's men, and destroying Scotch's weapons factory.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Gaburu's seem to be his grandmother's meat pies. Caribou is given meat pies to eat by the old lady under the impression that Caribou is really her grandson.
- Villainous Rescue: Caribou comes back with his crew to save Gaburu's grandmother and the revolutionaries from Scotch by impersonating Gaburu, giving the revolutionaries enough hope to continue fighting. They win.
- Wham Shot: The mini-arc ends with the old lady praying at the real Gaburu's grave, revealing that Gaburu had been Dead All Along and Caribou was an imposter who happened to be his splitting image. Even Coribou and the other Caribou Pirates were shocked by this discovery.
