Axe-Hand Morgan

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Marine Captain "Axe-Hand" Morgan
Axe-Hand Morgan, from the anime and manga series One Piece.
Name in Japanese	斧手のモーガン
Name in Romaji (Hepburn)	Onote no Mōgan
English Name	Axe-Hand Morgan
Epithet	Axe-Hand
Age
Birthday
Height
Voice Actor (4Kids)	Michael Alston Bailey
Japanese Seiyu	Banjō Ginga
Appears In	Original Manga
First Appearance	Anime Episode 2, Manga Chapter 4
Species	Human
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One Piece Characters

Axe-Hand Morgan (斧手のモーガン Onote no Mōgan) is a fictional character in the manga/anime series One Piece.

Axe-Hand Morgan is called "Axe-Hand" as he literally has an axe for a right arm. Axe-Hand Morgan is one of the first major enemies Monkey D. Luffy has to face. He is Helmeppo's father and was a captain in the Marines.

Contents 1 Personality and Relationships 2 Early One Piece 3 History 3.1 The lone soldier 3.2 Captain Morgan 3.3 Morgan's Escape 4 Trivia 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Personality and Relationships

Morgan, clearly an imposing figure, possesses great physical strength, and wielded his sharp axe limb with grim power, enough to split a steel fence down the center with one swing as well as command the fear of his own Naval command. However, his success in the Navy fostered a very arrogant attitude, one that ultimately led to his defeat by Luffy.

[edit] Early One Piece

Helmeppo was drawn before his father and early drawings of Morgan greatly resembled Helmeppo's own appearance. One example had him almost identical to Helmeppo, with just a crazier hairstyle. He was given his final design after the editor told Oda he looked lame.

Morgan's original name was going to be 'Captain Chop'. Oda explained that he didn't have the nerve to actually use this name. (His name also appearently was similar to a westling move by a famous Japanese westler called Giant Baba).

[edit] History

[edit] The lone soldier

Morgan was the soldier that survived an attack by Kuro on a Navy ship, which left him with a broken jaw. And was hypnotized by Django into believing that he had captured Kuro (which was in reality nothing but a lookalike pirate), setting off his road to his Navy status.^[1]

[edit] Captain Morgan

Early in the storyline, Morgan acted as a Marine Captain, governing over the small marine base island of Shell Town. Contrary to his duty, Morgan instead ruled the town by fear by abusing his rank and position to levy high taxes over the people, and even personally executing his own men if they dared question his orders. His spoiled little son, Helmeppo, was just as bad at using his father's rank to get what he wished from the island's inhabitants, acting however he saw fit to abuse the townsfolk. This all changes however when Luffy comes to town to help Koby fulfil his dream and possibly recruit Roronoa Zoro into his crew. After Luffy accidentally breaks a newly finished statue of Morgan, Axe-Hand immediately sets after him, confronting Luffy in the courtyard of the marine base. Morgan was easily defeated by Luffy without even landing a single blow against the Straw Hat, and was promptly finished off by Zoro as Luffy had to do with Helmeppo who was holding Koby hostage.

[edit] Morgan's Escape

Last seen of Morgan in the series was in a chapter cover mini-arc (single panels that often show what later happens to previous characters), where the deposed captain was about to face his execution. During this story, starring Koby, Morgan manages to escape the Navy ship by using his own son as a hostage. Helmeppo disowns him shortly after and returns to the Navy, leaving Morgan alone and drifting the ocean.

[edit] Trivia

• Morgan's mouthpiece has the word "Möwe" written on it. Möwe means "sea gull" in German.^[2]
• Oda admitted that Morgan was based on a real-life pirate, most likely Henry Morgan, who also began his career as a law-abiding seafarer.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Navy
• Garp