Baroque Works

Baroque Works (バロックワークス, Barokku Wākusu) is a criminal organization created by the Shichibukai Sir Crocodile to take over the kingdom of Arabasta. The organization accomplishes different tasks for that one purpose. Baroque Works agents often function as bounty hunters and take down pirates in order to earn more money to aid their operations. The more important tasks of the agents, however, were to to spread lies and rumors in Arabasta about their King, Nefertari Cobra, in order to launch a rebellion against him. They did this by releasing the illegal substance, Dance Powder, to cause the drought in the country. All these missions together led towards the takeover of Arabasta and Crocodile´s ultimate goal, the Ancient Weapon "Pluton" that is said to be hidden somewhere in the kingdom. This final mission went under the name "Operation Utopia".

Sir Crocodile´s ambitions, as well as the entire organization itself, were crushed by the Straw Hat Pirates, who came to Arabasta to help their good friend Princess Nefertari Vivi.

The Baroque Works' known operation locations outside of Arabasta are Whiskey Peak and Little Garden

Baroque Works Members
The Baroque Works system of code names is simple. All the main agents are given code names and address each other by these. No one knows the other agents' real names. There are differences between male agents code names and female agents code names; male agents get a number in their name, while female agents are named after days.

The ranking order among the organisation goes by numbers; the smaller the number, the higher the rank an agent has. The main agents are, with the exception of Mr. 2, all made of a male/female pairing that are named after the male agent (e.g., Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger are the Mr. 1 pair).

On top of the organization is the boss Sir Crocodile, who calls himself Mr. 0. His partner is Miss All-Sunday. Below this top pair there are thirteen main pairs of agents who take orders directly from the top, although they didn't know Mr. 0´s true identity until he revealed it to them in Rain Base. There are five main agents under Mr.0, known as the officer agents. They are the main agents of Baroque Works and are paired with female agents that best compliment their abilities. The other pairs, the 6th pair up to the 12th pair, are known as the frontier agents. They are spread out all over the first few islands of the Grand Line and raise funds to sponsor the activities of Baroque Works by attacking pirate ships that just arrived in the Grand Line. The 13th pair are the punishers and they punish any agents that fail in their missions.

Below the higher ranking agents, there are 2000 subordinate agents called Millions and Billions. The Millions are the subordinates of the frontier agents and are 1800 agents in total. The Billions are the other 200 agents who are subordinates to the officer agents.

Trivia

 * Oda once joked that Baroque Works sends their members on holiday to the winter festivals in Hokkaido. Since none of the members are allowed to meet, they would send them separately.
 * Many of the dreams revealed by Miss Golden Week's colours trap were difficult for the Baroque Members to resolve.
 * Crocodile's dream to be Pirate King was difficult because he was a Shichibukai and by the start of the storyline did not believe in dreams.
 * Mr.1's dream to be a superhero was ironic considering the deadly nature of his Devil Fruit powers - such powers would have been shunned. Also considering his job is to take lives, saving them is the opposite of his job as an assassin.
 * M.4's dream to be a pizza boy would have been hindered by the fact he was too slow(hence why his apron has "delivery in 30 hours" written on it).
 * Mr.5's dream to be a fireman was also problematic considered his devil fruit powers are something a fireman would have considered hazardous.
 * Miss Doublfinger's dream to remain as Paula the cafe owner would not have been considered ideal due to the Spiders' cafes run-down state. (however, her dream was one of the few to be realized: the Baroque Works members who escaped returned to create a new Spiders' Cafe from the Cactus Salon)
 * Miss Merry Christmas' dream to be a princess was also considering very farfetched because of her rudeness and devil fruit power involved digging around in the dirt.