Lucky Roux

Lucky Roo is a member of the Red-Haired Pirates and one of Shanks main crewmembers.

Appearance
He is very fat and is always seen eating a rack of meat, he is always shown wearing goggles over his eyes at all times. Out of the the entire crew, he appears to have changed the least over the years and shows little in the way of aging signs. In every appearance shown, Lucky Roo is shown smiling happily no matter how serious a situation is such as Shanks clashing with Whitebeard. He wears a green T-shirt with white stripes on it, paired by a matching bandanna on his head, beige short pants with a dark green sash around his waist and red shoes with fur around the ankles. He has a yellow coat draped on his shoulders like a cape, with a fur-lined collar and red epaulets with black stripes on them.

Personality
Lucky appears to be a very fun loving pirate who is often seen hanging around another one of Shanks's crewmembers, Yasopp. He seems to be one of Shanks's more trusted crew members, as he is always seen when the Red-Haired Pirates are featured, usually when something crucial happens. He shares this trait with Benn Beckman and Yasopp. He is the first person to actually kill someone in One Piece and sets the stage for the series; a pirate's life is a dangerous one.

He has a very large appetite and in the manga he is seen swallowing a whole barrel of Sake by himself in the background while the crew was at the bar Makino worked in. He is almost always shown with a large grin even during the war, holding a large rack of meat in at least one hand, except for one scene in Episode 316, where he is holding onto the rail without any sign of meat.

Romance Dawn
How and why Lucky Roo came to join the Red-Haired Pirate crew is unknown.

Lucky Roo is first seen in Luffy's past, amongst Shanks' crew. He joined in with his crews fun while they were bragging about a pirates life in front of Luffy. He is next seen supporting his captain when a bandit pulled out a pistol on him and threatened to kill him by killing the bandit first.

Arlong Arc
As Mihawk informs his former rival about Luffy's up-and-coming, the crew throw another party, although being already worn out by the last party.

Jaya Arc
When Rockstar comes back from Whitebeard, Lucky Roo is seen with Shanks and the others.

Post-Enies Lobby Arc
Lucky Roo has been present at all the scenes shown in the present storyline somewhere, most recently watching as Shanks and Whitebeard clashed with one another.

Current Events
His crew intercepted Kaido, which makes it possible for us to assume he intercepted too. Upon the Red-Haired pirates arriving at Marineford, he is shown standing alongside Shanks and the rest of his crew. He is shown asking Shanks if he wants to see Luffy again, for the first time in 10 years, with food in his mouth. Lucky is also seen present at Aces and Whitebeard's funeral somewhere in the New World. He is shown once again present with a rack of meat.

Major Battles

 * Lucky Roo and Benn Beckman vs. Mountain Bandits
 * Red-Haired Pirates vs. Kaido and his crew (unseen)

Early One Piece
Lucky Roo seems to have been the end product of redrawing of a previous fat member of Shanks' crew who appeared in the Romance Dawn in several panels. Notably, Lucky Roo appears in a panel that itself is a repeat from the original Romance Dawn, also in the same part the human chain when the crew is dancing about a pirate's life, he also has mirrored pose that is identical to the original fat crew member from the original Romance Dawn.

Translation and Dub Issues
"Roux" translates from French as "russet-red". Although his name can be written as either "Lucky Roux" or "Lucky Roo". He is known as "Lucky Roux" in the official English versions as well.

In the 4Kids dub, the scene where Lucky Roo shoots the bandit was edited so that he instead shoots a cap gun near the bandit's head. Shanks was then given added dialog, implying that the bandit just passed out, rather than being killed ("When he wakes up, tell him it was a cap gun").

Trivia

 * It is likely that his name is a reference to Lucky Luke, a fictional cowboy (gunfighter) from the "Lucky Luke" Franco-Belgian comicbook, created by Morris de Bevere. Lucky Luke's is known as "The man who shoots faster than his shadow".
 * Lucky Roo appeared shorter than Shanks in their first appearance in Episode 4 but he appeared taller than Shanks when they went to the Marineford.