Sir Crocodile
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Sir Crocodile
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| Sir Crocodile, from the anime and manga series One Piece. | |
| Name in Japanese | サー・クロコダイル |
| Name in Romaji (Hepburn) | Sā Kurokodairu |
| English Name | Sir Crocodile |
| Epithet | Mr. 0 |
| Voice Actor (4Kids) | Michael Alston Baley |
| Japanese Seiyu | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo |
| Appears In | Original Manga |
| First Appearance | Manga Chapter #127 Anime Episode #76 |
| Species | Human |
| Bounty | Formerly 81,000,000 Belli |
| Devil Fruit | |
| Suna Suna no Mi | |
| Translated name | Sand Sand Fruit |
| English name | Sand Sand Fruit |
| Type | Logia |
| Power bestowed | Allows the user to become, create, and control sand. Sir Crocodile has trained his powers so that he remains sand at all times as well as being able to create massive sandstorms. Lastly, Sir Crocodile is able to drain the moisture out of any object, living or otherwise, with his powers. |
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Sir Crocodile, aka Mr. 0 (Mister Zero), is a fictional pirate from the anime and manga series, One Piece.
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[edit] About Sir Crocodile
Sir Crocodile (Often just referred to as Crocodile, or Mr. 0) is the central villain of the Alabasta arc, as well as puppetmaster of the events during the Whiskey Peak and Little Garden story arcs. He is a former member of the Shichibukai, a Devil Fruit user (Sand Sand Fruit, スナスナの実 Suna Suna no Mi), as well as president incognito of the crime syndicate, Baroque Works. Crocodile is the longest running primary villain and of the series as well of one of the strongest. He is the first and only villian other than Lucci to hand Luffy a complete and utter defeat and does so several times, first by impaling him through the chest with his hook, then later by absorbing all of the water out of his body. Both times Crocodile could have easily killed Luffy but left him for dead, a mistake he would later come to regret.
Before achieving Shichibukai status, Crocodile's last bounty was 81,000,000 belli, but it has been stated that if his bounty had been active and updated to represent his actual threat level during the Alabasta arc, it would be at least double that.[1]
In a recent Japanese Fan Poll, Crocodile is currently ranked the 25th most popular character in One Piece.
[edit] Personality and Relationships
Crocodile has traits that are an amalgamation of the previous primary villains of One Piece. He has Morgan's control over the public, powers gained by way of a Devil Fruit (like Buggy), Kuro's knack for planning, Arlong's cruelty, Krieg's carelessness for his subordinates and Wapol's dictatorial ambitions.
During public appearances, Crocodile poses as an aloof but courageous vigilante, often quickly and efficiently dispatching rogue pirate attacks before the Alabasta guard are able to respond. These acts help better his image among the people, while additionally undermining Nefertari Cobra's ability to protect his subjects. In private, however, Crocodile is brooding and perceptive. While constructing the idea for Project: Utopia, Crocodile projected every possible pitfall and prepared multiple contingencies as corrective measures. After hearing about Mr. 2 Bon Clay's encounter with the Strawhat Pirates, Crocodile was able to deduce that the white bands tied around each Strawhat arm were a safeguard against Mr. 2 Bon Clay's infiltration.
Crocodile is most well known for his sadism, impatience, apathy, opportunism and genius intelligence. Although quite reserved, Crocodile is quick to painfully punish anyone who fails him, even his own officer agents. After succeeding in driving the Alabasta Rebels from the city of Yuba with a relentless bombardment of sandstorms, Crocodile continued to invoke storms simply to spite the old man Toto who was intent on keeping the city alive.
Crocodile also likes torturing his enemies with no-win situations. For example, when he trapped the Straw Hat pirates in a seastone cage in his headquarters at Rainbase, he gave Princess Vivi a choice: fight incredibly strong Bananawani to try to get back the key to their cage that one of them swallowed even though she'd miss her chance to stop the Rebels' attack on Alubarna, or abandon them to their deaths to try to stop the Rebels. To top it off, he stationed all of his most powerful Officer Agents outside Alubarna with orders to kill her if they saw her coming to try to stop the Rebels, and the key he fed to one of the Bananawani wasn't even the real key to their cage.
Crocodile name may come from his apperance.The scar on his face looks similair to a "crocodile smile" as does his actule smile. Also his Green coat is similair to the back of a crocodile and his plade shirt is similair the underbelly of a crocodile. He also seems to be a harmless until you get too close.
Miss Goldenweek's Rainbow Color Trap reveals that his dream once was to become the Pirate King. From this, it can be assumed that he was, once upon a time, not too different from Luffy, but his experiences on the Grand Line must have corrupted and jaded him (As in his final battle with Luffy, he quotes "The longer you travel the Grand Line, the more those dreams start to disappear!") this may be his reason for staying in prison.
Many of One Piece's primary villains were given distinct laughs. Crocodile follows in this tradition with a staccato, monotone laugh. This does not carry over in the English dub, however.
[edit] History
Years before the start of One Piece, Crocodile used his government ties among the Shichibukai to secretly establish the organization Baroque Works, which was intended to transform the sand kingdom Alabasta into a fanatical military nation with himself as de facto ruler. This motive was disguised as Crocodile's desire to build an "ideal nation", and would be codenamed by Baroque Works officers as Project: Utopia.
Alabasta proved to be an ideal target for Crocodile; not only was it the richest nation introduced in the series thus far, it had a plethora of natural resources and an easily manipulable populace. Using scandals to inflame the people's nationalistic pride and revolutionary fervor, Crocodile was not only able to politically divide the country, but was able to establish himself as a venerated hero. Furthermore, Crocodile's gifts from the Suna Suna no Mi granted him nigh-invincibility in Alabasta's desert terrain. Finally, Crocodile learned (and sought from Nico Robin) that Pluton, one of the ancient weapons of the One Piece world, was buried somewhere in the kingdom.
To preserve his public image and ensure the success of his intrigue, Crocodile adopted the alias Mr. 0 (in accordinance with the Baroque Works codename policy), and issued all orders through his Vice-President, Miss All-Sunday. Prior to a day before the initiation of Project: Utopia, only Miss All-Sunday, Mr. 8, Miss Wednesday and the Straw Hat Pirates were aware of Mr. 0's true identity. Impersonality is one of Crocodile's strongest traits; he is best able to preserve himself by not trusting a single soul, even among the members of his own company.
Despite his god-like powers, Crocodile has one weakness; if his clothes or skin are saturated by any liquid, or if he is hit with a wet object, his body loses the ability to become sand, allowing physical blows to harm him. Luffy used this to his advantage in his 2nd and 3rd battles against Crocodile. First by using water from a barrel on his back and this finally his own blood from wounds Crocodile had given him eariler (in the English dub this is changed to sweat with Luffy explaining that his skin wasn't getting enough air due to being underground.) This weakness is not crippling, however, for Crocodile can simply absorb any offending liquid through his right hand.
Sir Crocodile was finally defeated when Luffy, despite being poisoned during their fight, hits him with a Gomu Gomu no Storm, knocking Crocodile through the roof of the catacombs through solid bedrock and into the air where he landed in the middle of the war he started, finally exposed for the criminal he was. Following his personal defeat in Alabasta and the collapse of Baroque Works, Crocodile was detained by Chief Petty Officer Tashigi and incarcerated by Captain Smoker. As a disgrace to the World Government, Crocodile was stripped of his Shichibukai status and his bounty reinstated. Though Miss Goldenweek breaks him and other Baroque Works members out of prison, he and Mr. 1 decide to stay behind. In the final cover panel of this mini-arc, Crocodile and Mr. 1 (along with the newly imprisoned Mr. 2 Bon Clay and Mr. 3) were transported to the Marine prison Impel Down. Whether or not he and the other three will escape is unknown; the four remaining are powerful people, and it's doubted to whether a cage made of Kairouseki will restrain Crocodile. The intelligence and cunning he has displayed have led many to question whether such a prison would hold him. Because of this fact, and his own refusal to be rescued by Miss Goldenweek, it is believed that he is staying in prison of his own will. His reasons for doing this are, as of yet, unknown.
In the next One Piece movie, which is a retelling of Alabasta, may reveal some possible origin (of course, not being part of the manga, or anime series, it will be non-canon).
[edit] Abilities
Unlike most Devil Fruit users, Crocodile has full mastery over his powers; he is passively and autonomously able to transform his body into sand, cushioning otherwise fatal blows. Offensively, Crocodile can generate prodigious amounts of sand from his body, or manipulate sand from his surroundings. Using his right hand, Crocodile is able to osmotically absorb liquids from any matter; this ability kills the living through dehydration and turns everything else brittle. He is further able to increase the density of his sand, creating various sharp weapons or claws of various sizes that can even split the earth below him.Crocodile also seems to be able to control Bananawani.Like an archetypal pirate, Crocodile's left hand is replaced with a golden hook. When removed it reveals a second hook coated in a potent scorpion venom that induces cardiac arrest; if the hook is broken, Crocodile can reveal a knife. Crocodile's hook was mistakenly replaced with his right hand in one panel of the Miss Goldenweek Mini-Arc, where Crocodile was shown handcuffed with two intact hands. This was confirmed to be a mistake on the author's part and corrected in the Volume 41 tankōbon. The hook mistake was also shown in one scene of the anime where Crocodile is seen lighting a cigar with his left hand and holding it with his right. His attacks are originally written in French, Spanish, and Italian.
[edit] References
- ^ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.36 - Chapter 342, Fan question: What are the bounties in the world of One Piece based on?
[edit] See also
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