Smiley

present day.

Punk Hazard Arc


After the Straw Hat Pirates and the G-5 Marines appeared on Punk Hazard and caused trouble for him, Caesar eventually lost interest in collecting bodies for his experiments and instead decided to release his pet, Smiley. Upon being released, Smiley immediately started to spread and move out, killing some of Caesar's men. Later on, it is seen advancing further towards the Punk Hazard Ice Lands, where it was noticed by [[Re water. Some parts of it landed on the ship that the G-5 Marines are on, merging together to form a bigger Smiley. After some Marines tried to attack the slime with swords and get poisoned in the progress, one of them tries to kill Smiley with a flamethrower. Smiley, while ignited, at first gives the Marines hope, only to detonate in an enormous explosion, destroying the ship and presumably killing the Marines in the progress. After the explosion, small lumps of Smiley rain down on the battlefield, poisoning some of Caesar's men. Caesar then shows up and explains to the crowd that Smiley has been consciously shooting little lumps off itself over the lake.

Later on, Smiley was still shooting lumps off itself to the ice land side. The pieces that fell into the lake were slowly contaminating the water, killing the fish that lived in the lake. During Caesar's fight with Luffy, Caesar ordered the Smiley pieces to cling to Luffy, in order to create a huge explosion. While the Smiley pieces managed to stick to Luffy, the explosion still missed him.



Back near the lake, a large amount of Smiley's body had managed to surround Zoro, Brook, and Kin'emon despite the former two's efforts to hold it back. Finding themselves unable to attack the poisonous mass, Smiley almost overcomes them before Kin'emon reveals his Fox Fire style swordsmanship, which ignites and detonates Smiley pieces in the immediate area, but contains the explosions.

Smiley is then seen during Caesar's Den Den Mushi broadcast chasing after Zoro, Sanji, Brook and Kin'emon. Upon venturing further inland, the group come across a large piece of wrapped candy being pulled by Caesar's subordinates. Without hesitation, and completely ignoring Caesar's order to wait, Smiley devoured the candy whole in a single gulp.

It then "died" as it collapsed back into its original gas form, only this time, the gas is much deadlier because of the effects of the bait: instead of poisoning its victims, it petrifies them. A nearby apple is seen transforming into a Devil Fruit, an indication of Smiley's "death".

Trivia

 * Smiley's "death" is a reference to a pyroclastic flow, a fast moving current of gas and ash which is the result of a volcanic eruption.
 * Smiley is the first Zoan Fruit user to die.
 * Even if it's not a "living being", Smiley is dead. If this is due to the vanishing of the Devil Fruit from his body or vice versa, it's still unknown.
 * Smiley is also a play on words of the word "slimy", describing Smiley's body type.