Chopper Man



Chopper Man (チョッパーマン), alternatively spelled as Chopperman, is a One Piece spin-off franchise based around a character of the same name, who is a superhero counterpart of Tony Tony Chopper. Chopper Man originally appeared in Chopper's yonkoma strip featured in Luffy Pirates 4-Cell Theatre created for the One Piece Blue: Grand Data File.

The other Straw Hat Pirates also have their own counterparts in the Chopper Man universe, featured in various different roles, though most act as villains. The story parodies the superhero, and Sentai genres, as well as One Piece itself.

The Chopper Man franchise encompasses the original yonkoma strip, a Straw Hat Theater omake and its anime adaptation, a special episode of the anime, two spin-off manga series, a special chapter of One Piece Party, and more.

4-Panel Chapter
A giant robot attacks the city, forcing the people to turn to Chopper Man to save them. But when Chopper Man decides to imagine himself riding the robot instead of fighting it, nothing gets done.

Chopper Man (Straw Hat Theater)
This omake which features Chopper Man exclusively, is the 6th omake in the series and was originally published in The 6th Log: "Arabasta" on March 31, 2006. It was later adapted into anime in Episode 279. This Chopper Man installment marks the first time the other Straw Hats are seen within the Chopper Man universe. The characters from this omake later appeared on the color spread of Chapter 405.

The evil Dr. Usodabada (Usopp), fed up with being unable to defeat Chopper Man (Chopper), sends his minions to capture Chopper Man's assistant, Namifia (Nami). However, they instead bring back Chopper Man himself. Once there, he demands tea, and then procedes to go see Usodabada's giant fighting robot, Giant Luffy Bomber (Luffy).

Chopper Man rides in Luffy Bomber, and ends up destroying Usodabada's base, sending the villain and his minions flying. This is the first appearance of Robiflowan (Robin), a mysterious flower-woman who has been defeated multiple times by Chopper Man's "Kyuun Spark" attack, Zorokiller (Zoro), a mysterious onigiri-man who demands onigiri and gets angry if you do not have any, and Sanjirops (Sanji), a mysterious perverted-monster who insists he is not perverted (despite the fact that he constantly thinks perverted things) and shows no mercy to men.

After destroying the base, Chopper Man brings the robot home. However, when he goes to get it for his next mission, he finds that Namifia has sold it.

Chopper Man Departs! Protect the TV Station by the Shore
A special episode of the anime based entirely around Chopper Man. In this episode, the characters from the omake are joined by the giant robot Frangashan played by Franky.

Chopperman: Go Go! Everyone's Chopper-sensei
A spin-off manga by Hirofumi Takei, published in the earliest Saikyō Jump issues before it became an independent magazine. In this setting, Chopper has a public identity as a teacher. The chapters have been collected into a single volume.

Chopperman (Spin-Off Manga)
Another spin-off manga simply titled Chopperman, which replaced the previous manga in Saikyo Jump when the magazine was fully established. It is also authored by Hirofumi Takei and ran in the magazine between 2011–2014. It has been collected into five volumes.

Chopper Man for the New World
Dr. Usodabada (Usopp) wants to get revenge on Chopper Man (Chopper), and proceeds to lure him to his newly-rebuilt hideout and attack him once again. However, Chopper Man beats all of his officers, and Dr. Usodabada dissolves the Dabada-gang.

This is the first post-Timeskip appearance of Dr. Usodaba, Chopper Man, Namifia (Nami), Robiflowan (Robin), Zorokiller (Zoro), Sanjirops (Sanji), and Giant Luffy Bomber (Luffy). It is also the first appearance of "Good Mood" Devilky (Franky), Count Broobos (Brook), and Garp Accident (Garp). Dr. Usodaba also has lesser-ranked henchmen in this chapter, being the Dabada-gang soldiers Law, Kid, Killer, Bepo, Shachi, and Penguin, as well as the first appearance of the children kept on Punk Hazard in the Chopper Man universe.

Notably, Franky plays a new character from his pre-Timeskip persona, now playing Devilky instead of Frangashan.

While this chapter was not written by Oda himself, he personally designed Devilky and Count Broobos, and approved the chapter for publishing within One Piece Party Volume 6.

Characters
In most iterations of Chopper Man, the character remain largely the same, with only small differences. The characters are as follows:

Chopper Man
Chopper Man (チョッパーマン) the hero of the story, who uses his Chopper Cape to fly and save the world. Although he can fly with the cape, he also has a private jet, called Air Force C but does not ride in it as its just a model. His ultimate weapon is his cuteness, which he uses through his ultimate attack, the "Kyuun Spark" (キューンスパーク). If his enemy does not care about cuteness, he will resort to "Chopper Violence". He is obsessed with giant robots, particularly those used by the enemy to wreck havoc on innocent civilians.

Namifia
Namifia (ナミフィア) is Chopper Man's "lovely assistant", who is based on Nami. Resembling a secretary, with glasses and a wireless headset, she appears to be Chopper Man's manager. Namifia is greedy like her alter ego.

In Chopperman: Go Go! Everyone's Chopper-sensei, Namifia is replaced by Ms. Nami (ナミ技長先生), the director of the elementary school where Chopperman works.

Dr. Usodabada
Dr. Usodabada (Dr．ウソダバダ) the main villain and "embodiment of evil", based on Usopp. Aside from looking exactly like Usopp, Dr. Usodabada is dressed in a doctor's coat, with a cape, and a handlebar mustache. He resides in an evil castle, with comically bent towers, with cliché lightning crashing behind it. Although he acts much as his alter ego, he is still humorous.

Giant Luffy Bomber
Giant Luffy Bomber (ジャイアントルフィボンバー) based on Monkey D. Luffy, is a giant robot with height 50 meters, stationed outside of Dr. Usodabada's castle, and acts as his secret, ultimate weapon. In the story, however, Chopper Man befriends it, and the Luffy bomber destroys Usodabada's castle. The Luffy Bomber appears to be covered in various guns, a possible reference to his attack names. Namifia sold it for jewelery but later got a refund so the Luffy Bomber could fight the FranDasher. At some point after, he was reacquirred by Dr. Usodabada.

Usodabadan Three Villains
One of them resembles:
 * Sanji in a lizard suit, called Perverted Monster, Sanjirops (エロ怪獣・サンジロプス). He claims he is not a pervert but thinks about perverted things and has three cigarettes.
 * Zoro is represented as a monster with a fundoshi, the number "1111" across his chest (which could be two "11"s), a metal nose similar to Franky's, and an onigiri for a head (an obvious play on his signature attack), named Onigiri Mystery Man, Zorokiller (おにぎり怪人 ゾロギラｰ).
 * Robin is shown as a scantly clad warrior queen, named Flower Mystery Woman, Robiflowan (お花怪人ロビフラワン), with six arms, and large flower petals adorning her helmet. She is always affected by the Kyuun Spark.

Devilky
"Good Mood" Devilky, the Pervert ("スカツと" 変態デビルンキー) is a new monster in the Dabada-gang based on Franky. Like his alter ego, he is proudly a pervert, and is a cyborg powered by cola. His primary attack consists of taking a bottle of cola (usually, but not always, stolen from the attack's recipient), shaking it 100 times, and opening it back in the face. However, when someone refuses to take the cola back, he becomes incredibly depressed, and instantly becomes the weakest monster with an attack and defense of zero. He looks very similar to Franky after the Timeskip, with large horns and a small cape.

Count Broubon
Count Broubon (ブルボーン伯爵) is the Chief of Staff of the Dabada-gang, and a capable fighter in his own right. Like his alter ego, he likes to ask women to see their panties, and always finishes by getting hit by them. However, unlike his alter ego, if he gets hit after a rejection his soul will forcefully leave his body for three minutes. His soul will also forcefully leave if he gets shocked or scared suddenly. He has a bomb on his head, though it cannot explode as that would be too dangerous, and an extremely long cloak that people always step on by accident, forcing him to stay in place.

He always wears a white tuxedo and a long black cloak, trailing onto the floor behind him. He also has a bomb on his head, though it can never go off, and white gloves.

Chopperman: Go Go! Everyone's Chopper-sensei
Dr. Usodabada's Soldiers (Dr. ウソダバダ 手下たち) are a group of three unnamed soldiers, loyal to Dr. Usodabada. They don't fully believe in his abilities or goals, but follow him anyways, being the only people to remain loyal.

Chopper Man for the New World
The Dabada-gang Soldiers (ウソダバ団戦闘員) make up a group of lower-ranked soldiers in the service of Dr. Usodabada. They consist of Bepo (#1120), Killer (#22), Shachi (#47), Penguin (#425), Law (#715), and Kid (#1110). They wear jumpsuits with their number written on their forehead.

Law and Kid dislike their positions, being unenthusiastic about completing work, with Law even going so far as to declare himself a monster (Onigiri Mystery Man, Trakiller (おにぎり怪人 トラギラー)) as a copy of Zorokiller.

Pandaman plays the role of a Dabada-gang Soldier as well, with the number "PANDA". In the introductory sequence, one of Dr. Usodabada's Soldiers is seen with the headband number 38.

Garp Accident
Garp Accident (ガープアクシデント) is the grandfather of the Giant Luffy Bomber, just like his alter ego, Garp. He is the only person that the Giant Luffy Bomber is afraid of, and can instantly subdue him with his presence alone. He wears a Vice Admiral's Marine uniform, with boxing gloves, a dog hat, and a bone in his mouth.

Special episode
Chopper Man reappeared as a special filler episode for episode 336. It features Franky as a giant robot called Gigantic Robot Frangashan (巨大ロボ　フランガシャーン), who originally was not part of the Chopper Man cast. Frangashan is also a robot Usodabada builds, and it is used to fight Luffy Bomber, but is easily defeated. Also, there were a few cameos in this episode, such as Johnny, Yosaku, and Porche, who made an appearance in Zorogilla's show. The episode is an original story and continues on where Oda's short left off.

Trivia

 * The short is referenced in the Ending sequence with the song "Adventure World", wherein Chopper adorns his Chopper Cape, and flies around, eventually off-screen. The story was also made into a One Piece television short, which aired at the end of Episode 279.
 * Chopper Man made an appearance in Chopper's Grand Battle 3 ending.
 * Zorogilla has the same belt as Jigoro.
 * Chopper Man makes a cameo in Episode 369. For 2 seconds, Chopper is seen wearing the Chopper Man cape (and with a noticeable chibi aspect) after Oars calls himself the "Oars bomber" (a play on the Luffy Bomber) when he believed he was a robot.
 * A poster of "Rivals and Villains" by Weekly Shonen Jump artist Yusuke Murata has Chopperman watching over many of the characters within the massive collage from the 40 year history of the manga magazine.
 * In the 4th Japanese fan poll, Chopper Man was voted the 83rd most popular character in One Piece.
 * Franky's Chopper Man counterpart, Frangashan, originally appeared in Space Time.
 * The short was adapted into two spinoff mangas by Takei Hirofumi. The first is a shonen manga, set in an alternate universe to that of the short. It draws inspiration from both said short and the special episode (the chibi style, the characters etc.) and the main series (Chopper's transformations). The other adaptation is a kodomo manga, and thus far more "chibi-like" than the first adaptation. It also is closer to the short it was based on, being set in the same universe and featuring the same characters.
 * In Takei Hirofumi's second spin-off, Zorogilla's name is changed to Zorokiller.
 * While Brook was the only Straw Hat crewmember to not appear in the special or omake, due to not having yet been introduced at the time, he did appear in the Chopper Man spinoffs under the name "Black Brook", but was a living person rather than undead. He later appeared in Chopper Man in the New World, with the name "Count Broubon".
 * In episode 697, when Usopp imagines his attack on Sugar would fail and she succeeds in turning Luffy into a toy, the toy form that Luffy transforms into is based on the "Giant Luffy Bomber" with only a few minor differences in appearance.

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