Chouchou

Chouchou is a dog from Orange Town, famed for dedicating a years-long vigil over the pet-food shop founded by his deceased owner. He is classified as a Type B creature, "Small Friendly".

He is an ally of the Straw Hat Pirates during the Orange Town Arc.

Appearance
Chouchou is a small white dog with thin ears, beady black eyes, and a short, whisk-like tail. After Orange Town—and particularly his master's shop—was revitalized, he donned a black bow-tie to celebrate.

Personality
Chouchou is a very loyal dog, protecting his master's pet shop with his own life, and refusing to move from the spot despite the danger. He also assisted the Straw Hat Pirates in escaping from the townspeople who misunderstood their intentions, as being grateful for helping him.

Abilities and Powers
Despite being just a regular dog, Chouchou is shown to be very tough, being capable of taking several hits from Richie, a relatively large lion.

Past
When Hocker left one day for the doctor, he entrusted his pet shop to Chouchou. Hocker eventually died of an unknown illness, and never returned. Deep down, Chouchou knew his master died, but refused to move from the shop, adamant in protecting it. The shop became the dog's treasure. Even when the Buggy Pirates attacked the town and the rest of the townspeople fled to a refuge on the outskirts, Chouchou continuously refused to budge. Mayor Boodle would come from time-to-time to feed Chouchou, as well as try to convince him to go to the refuge.

Orange Town Arc


When first meeting Luffy, Chouchou swallowed the key to the cage Luffy was in at the time to which he was half-strangled by Luffy trying to get the key back. Then Mohji and Richie started to search for Luffy, Zoro, and Nami. When Richie spotted the pet shop, they went towards it to get a quick snack.



Chouchou fought against Richie to defend the shop, but was defeated. In the end, he could only watch his master's pet shop burn to the ground. Luffy, out of his cage thanks to Richie, saw how sad the dog was for the loss of his only treasure, and defeated Mohji and Richie as retribution for Chouchou. After the battle, Luffy presented Chouchou with a bag of dog food, the last one from his master's shop.

Chouchou left the town then and head to the refuge set up by the townspeople. Chouchou later helped the trio escape from the angry townspeople after Luffy revealed that he was the one who incapacitated the mayor, as well as revealing that he was a pirate. Chouchou was then seen biting Mohji on his rear end while the citizens chased out the remaining Buggy Pirates.

From the Decks of the World
After two years, Chouchou was seen having a grand opening of his giant pet food shop alongside the mayor of Orange Town.

Translation and Dub Issues
Chouchou is a French term translating roughly to "pet", though it is more often used as a term of endearment (or mockery) for human beings than animals.

Due to the fickleness of romanizing katakana, some early fan translations render his name Shushu. However, the proper spelling was confirmed as early as Volume 9's SBS, and is used in all professional English translations. The one known exception is Shueisha's English edition of the 7th popularity poll, which uses the Shushu spelling.

Playable Characters

 * Grand Line Dream Adventure Log

Non-Playable Appearances

 * One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
 * Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew!
 * Aim! The King of Berry
 * Dragon Dream!
 * One Piece (Game Boy Advance)
 * One Piece Treasure Cruise

Trivia

 * Chouchou's unwavering devotion parallels many mythical and real-life accounts of dogs' faithfulness to long-dead masters, most famously Hachikō and Greyfriars Bobby.
 * Chouchou's given age of twelve-to-fourteen—presuming human years, not "dog years"—would be remarkably old for a real-life dog, even those from the longest-lived breeds. However, given that the world of One Piece features humans (e.g. Kureha) able to surpass 140 years without issue, it is possible that dog lifespans are also significantly longer.
 * Chouchou's favorite food is dog food.

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