Crocodile

Sir Crocodile is a character in the world of One Piece. Crocodile was once a Shichibukai but was stripped of his title after attempting to take control of the desert kingdom, Arabasta.

Appearance
Crocodile is an enormus man, standing nearly twice as tall as Luffy,with a wide chest and broad shoulders,comparatively thin arms and legs, and thick neck. He has flushed white skin, as well as dark purple hair, which is combed back but dangles loosely from the back of his head. Crocodile has various battle scars, most notably a long stitch above his nose that stretches across his whole face, as well as a missing left hand, which has been replaced with a large hook made from a tough gold alloy. He has sunken eyes and thin eyebrows. Crocodile speaks with a deep, relaxed voice, and he is usually seen smoking a thick, buck cigar produced by his company.

His theme of dress is meant to convey the idea of an Italian mafia boss; he sports a long, thick and dark fur coat, as well as polished Italian shoes with golden buckles. He wears various jewelry, including several golden rings with various rare gemstones on his fingers and a rectagular earring that clips onto his right earlobe. Crocodile wears an indigo velvet scaf, as well as a long-sleeve orange shirt, which are covered by a darker orange button-up vest adorned with a striped black pattern, and dark brown suit pants

Personality
Crocodile was the Shichibukai with the lowest bounty at the time, and was likely the only one known to have a bounty of less than 100 million Belly,although had his bounty represented his threat level at the time of the by the time he met luffy it would have easily more than doubled and broken the 100 million mark. He also appears to the the most intelligent and cunning member of the Shichibukai, so far which is apparent from his abilty to mastermind Baroque Works while at the same time keep the World Government completly in the dark about what he was doing while making himself a hero of the people.

Like many villians Luffy has met, Crocodile is confident in himself and his abilities (which he had every right to be as he is the only character in all of One Piece to totaly master his Devil Fruit). However, due to this confidince he underestimated Luffy's willpower which eventually led him to his defeat. His willingness to kill displays his cold hearted nature and will not think twice about sentancing another to death.

He also lacks almost any warriors code of honour and does not see the point in offering those who about to die anyway a chance of dying honourably. One of the few signs of honour he displayed at all was in his third fight with Luffy; he states that Luffy deseves an honourable death from his venomus hook. However, due to the situation at the time of battle, this could be considered more an act of cruelity then honour.

He may very well have been the same happy, care-free person as Luffy once, they even shared the same dream. Despite this, his time in the Grand Line has corrupted him and jaded his personality causing him to turn into the cruel person he is now,causing him to let go of his dream.

Crew
Crocodile's connection to Robin was a strickly mutal one; he did not consider her a friend only a tool for his own ambitions. He never once showed her compassion, she was just expected to follow orders. He held no pity for her when she failed to deliver Pluton and didn't think twice about striking her, although he did admit she had been a good partner to him moments beforehand.

He also did not reframe from acts of cruelity towards the other Baroque Works Agents under his employment, especially those that failed him. He inflicted pain onto Mr.3 and even attempted to kill him.

Enemies
Crocodile is a enemy of Alabasta because of his attempt to conquer the country. He especially is on bad terms with Vivi for the choas and crimes he committed towards her father and country. As of the end of Baroque Works he is now an enemy of the Marines and the World Government for potientally causing a rift to form in the balance of the 3 Great Powers of the world. He remains a major enemy of the Straw Hats and his defeat at their hands is considered one of their greatest achievements.

Abilities and Powers
He mastered the Devil Fruit Suna Suna no Mi to the point where he can turn into sand reflexively if attacked: an ability that has not been seen in other Logia Devil Fruit users (Other Logia fruit users, such as Smoker, can be hit if taken by surprise). Crocodile has the ablilty to create huge sand storms ,make multiple bladed weapons out of sand, create quick sand and, by using his hand, to suck all moisture out any object living, dead and even non-living objects

Crocodile also appears to be very durable taking Luffy strongest punches during there second fight and shrugging them off, and during there third fight he was capable of taking Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Storm through and extremely thick layer of bedrock and survive.

Weapons
Crocodile can fight very effectively using his hook.In his third fight with Luffy he almost only uses his hook and doesn't use his powers until the end of the fight. His hook is made mostly of a tough golden alloy. The golden part of the hook can be taken off to use a poisonous hook with venom strong enough to melt through rock. If the hook somehow breaks off, he has a knife hidden away in it that can be used in its place.

Early Years
Crocodile was once care free and optimistic, it was stated by Crocodile himself that he was not much different from Luffy once, and he also wanted to become the Pirate King and have adventures. As time went by, he grew in power and experience and his once optimistic outlook faded. Crocodile came to let go of his dreams, eventually becoming one of the Shichibukai. At some point, either before he became one of the Shichibukai or after, Crocodile learned of a weapon called Pluton and became very interested in it.

Baroque Works
Crocodile secretly started a mysterious group, called Baroque Works. Being careful not to attract too much attention to himself, he gathered some of the best bounty hunters in the world, and gave them codenames based on power. His plan the whole time was to capture Arabasta and read the Poneglyph there to find the ancient weapon, Pluton, and gain what he desires, Military Power.

It is known that he found Nico Robin at the age of 24, and made a deal with her. He'll protect her and give her a home, and she can be his partner. In return Robin will read the Poneglyph and find the location of Pluton.

Project Utopia
After years of planning, all the Baroque Works agents finally met Sir Crocodile, and were given their final assignments. Crocodile, fighting and defeating Luffy twice, nearly killing him each time, finally believed himself to be rid of Luffy. Nico Robin and Crocodile were brought to the Poneglyph Chamber in the Royal Mausoleum Grounds by the king, Cobra, who was forced to lead them there. Crocodile was betrayed by Robin who reads off history she knows, of both Arabasta and other points in the world. Luffy caught up, and finally defeated Sir Crocodile, with a super version of his Gatling Gun, Gomu Gomu No Storm! With that came the end of Baroque Works, and Crocodile.

Tashigi, going by her own justice as Captain Smoker ordered, arrested Sir Crocodile, who was stripped of all titles and permissions granted by the Marines and the World Government.

Life after Defeat
He was taken to a prison, and after all of the other Baroque Works members were broken out, he refused to go. Crocodile, Mr. 1, Mr. 2 and Mr. 3 are currently being transferred to Impel Down.

Most recently he was metioned by Perona while she was trying to see if the Thousand Sunny had anything valuable on it. To her, because of lack of anything extremely valuable or of interest she express disbelief that Luffy could have defeated Crocodile.

Major Battles

 * Crocodle vs. Luffy (1) (victory)
 * Crocodle vs. Luffy (2) (victory)
 * Crocodle vs. Luffy (3) (defeat)

Cultural References

 * In the Gintama movie, a Sir Crocodile lookalike is seen charging towards one of the characters to fight. He is knocked away by a "Gomu Gomu" move pulled off by one of the characters.

Trivia

 * In a Cover Story Mini-Arc, Crocodile was originally drawn with both hands, and no hook. This was corrected for the release of the volume and is now published with the hook correctly placed on his left arm.
 * Crocodile is the only known character so far to have totally master his Logia Devil's Fruit, and is able to turn to Sand as a reaction to touch, effectively giving the appearance that he automatically turns to Sand once he is hit, which is a common misconception about Logia Users.
 * In a recent Japanese Fan Poll, Crocodile is currently ranked the 25th most popular character in One Piece.
 * Crocodile's design may have been inspired by Captain Hook from the story Peter Pan.

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