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Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist of One Piece and captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, which are sometimes even referred to as the "Luffy Pirates".

Luffy is renouned for wearing his trademark Straw Hat (in which he gets his nickname 'Straw Hat Luffy' from) which was given to him when was young by the legendary pirate captain Red-Haired Shanks. His outfit somewhat mimicks Shanks' own outif in that he wears short trousers (although his are much short then Shanks') and sandals. Luffy also wears a red vest and has a scar underneath his left cheek and short black hair.

Luffy, for some reason, has the same outfit over most of the series, as opposed to the rest of the crew. Luffy may wear a different outfit to suit the climate of an island (like Drum Island or Arabasta), but will switch back to his trademark vest and shorts after the adventures on that island are over.

Eiichiro Oda has mentioned that Luffy mostly resembles a monkey (he sometimes even makes a monkey face)