FUN FACTS ABOUT ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE INTERESTING FACTS
Enel is the name of an Italian manufacturer of electricity, which is reminiscent of Enel being a Thunder God.
Whitey Bay a.k.a Ice Witch
White Bay’s name is similar to the English town called Whitley Bay which is famous for its ice rink.
Vander Decken IX
Decken, the captain of the Flying Pirates, is the only fishman who is a Devil Fruit user, therefore making him the only fishman who is unable to swim. This is similar to the popular legend about the real-life Flying Dutchman, a ship whose captain was human but could not step onto land.
Smiley
Smiley’s demise is a reference to a pyroclastic flow, a fast-moving current of hot gas and rock which results from an explosive volcanic eruption.
Issho a.k.a Fujitora
Issho’s appearance is based on the fictional character Zatoichi who is a blind swordsman that carries a "shikomizue," a cane sword used for walking and fighting.
Bastille
Bastille (formally known as Bastille Saint-Antoine) is a famous fortress in Paris, France. One of the prisoners at Bastille was famous for wearing an Iron Mask.
Donquixote Rosinante a.k.a Corazon
Rosinante is the name of the horse of the fictional character Don Quixote, the protagonist of the story El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha made by Spanish author Cervantes.
Pica
Pica has abilities similar to the mythological Greek half-giant Antaeus. They are both invincible provided that they remain in contact with the ground.
Kyros
When Kyros was turned into a toy soldier, he resembles the titular character of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Steadfast Tin Soldier who also stands on one leg.
Cavendish and Hakuba
Cavendish’s split personality is reminiscent of the famous novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The book features a location called Cavendish Square where Dr. Jekyll’s best friend lives.
Gol D. Roger - Olivier Levasseur
Roger’s controversial execution was similar to Olivier Levasseur, a famous pirate known for allegedly hiding a treasure and leaving behind a cryptogram regarding its whereabouts during his public execution.
Ohara’s Buster Call - Qin Dynasty
Robin’s tragic past, the annihilation of Ohara, was similar to an incident in the Qin Dynasty of Ancient China where scholars were executed and books were burned as Emperor Shi Huangti believed that uneducated people were easier to control.
Caesar Clown - Julius Caesar
Caesar Clown’s captivity by Luffy and Law mirrors the event where Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was held for ransom by pirates, although negotiations did not go as planned.
Rosinante - Joker
Rosinante’s act of burning down a hospital where doctors refused to treat Law was similar to a scene from The Dark Knight where Joker burned down a hospital.
Nico Robin - Gulliver’s Travels
Robin’s first encounter with the little people of the Tontatta Tribe in Dressrosa resembles Lemuel Gulliver’s first encounter with the Lilliputians in Gulliver's Travels.
Fashion Icon Luffy
Luffy became the first ever anime character to appear on a Japanese fashion magazine when he landed the cover of the popular Men's Non-No.
Armani Exchange Suits
The outfits of the Straw Hat members in One
Piece Film Z were actually designed by A|X Armani Exchange.
Real Ace and Whitebeard Tombs
Universal Studio Japan has actually built a
replica of the tombs of Ace and Whitebeard as a tribute to the series.
Concept of Impel Down
The concept of Impel Down resembles how Hell is depicted in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, with different prisons having different forms of punishment.
Hancock - Rubber
Thomas Hancock is the manufacturing engineer who founded the British rubber industry. Does that surname ring a bell? Yes, as we all know, Boa Hancock is madly in love with the rubber man Luffy. Who knew these two had a connection this close to home?!
SOME OTHER FACTS:
- chapter 597 marked the first half of One Piece?
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Oda made a joke character for the Whitebeard crew? He's a dog
named Stefan.
- Luffy's straw hat had a slight change in colours in Impel Down Arc and Marineford Arc but changed back at Post-War arc.
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Brook's eyes were never shown? Not just because he's dead,
apparently it was never shown when he was alive.
- when Oda made Chopper, he wanted a mascot who is both cute and fearless.
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Sanji's name was going to be Naruto? Thank Goda he changed that,
he changed it to not cause confusion.
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Kokoro(the *cough* mermaid from Water 7) was going to be
originally male. I bet Oda just wanted to kill Sanji.
- Brook is the only member of the SH pirates that did not show their youth?
- Brook is not the first skeleton(that can move and talk), who appeared in One Piece? there was a non-canon Captain Joke.
- Chopper is the most popular animal character?
- the 2 people that ''love'' Luffy are concidered as the most beautiful women. Boa Hancock and Alvida, though Alvida has a more admiring love.
- Buggy's penis can fly too. What is up with his penis ?
- if Oda could be any One Piece character, he would be Robin. So that he can draw manga 20 times faster.
- Zoro was suppose to be Buggy's crew originally?
- Oda had tears when he made Merry's funeral?
- Zoro's name was originally intended to be Zolo, but thanks to translation errors, it always ends up as Zoro or Zorro or even Solo.
- Chopper's Original Design was like this?
- this was the Early Concept of the Straw hats?
- The original English dub of One Piece created by 4Kids who edited the episodes so heavily that the original 143 episodes were cut down to 104.
- Chopper has two different voice actors in the 4Kids dub: one for Brain Point and one for Heavy Point.
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