Momoo

Momoo is a giant sea cow from the Grand Line, and the first Sea Beast seen in the series. He is classified as a Type A creature, "Big Friendly".

Appearance
Momoo is a giant sea cow with a seal-like structure, with a height of 36 meters (118'1" feet) and weighing 16 tons (32,000 lbs). Despite having fish-like scales covering his body from his neck to his stomach, Momoo is classified as a mammal Sea Beast. These scales are actually his hardened skin, protecting his vital organs from external attacks as an armor.

He has a big round nose with a gold nose ring, cow-esque face, horns, and green spots throughout his body. Besides helping him swim, his fins contain retractable bones, sharp enough to act as claws.

Personality
Like most pirate pets, Momoo is very simpleminded, and spends most of his waking time focused on either food or obeying those he recognizes as superiors. As a carnivore of great size and strength, he has no qualms about eating any humans who approach him; however, he is easily intimidated by those he cannot overpower, and developed a severe phobia of the Straw Hat Pirates in particular after receiving multiple beatings from them.

His behavior has not changed even after two years. After seeing the Straw Hats again during the journey to Fish-Man Island, he quickly fled in terror, but the Caribou Pirates easily forced him to turn back by giving him a lump on the head.

Abilities and Powers
Momoo is strong enough to destroy an entire village, as seen with Gosa Village. Momoo (as other sea cows) also has the strength to overturn ships while searching for food. He has a well-developed smell sense, allowing him to lurk on the bottom of the sea and emerge at once to attack his target, without giving them time to react.

Due to his gigantic fins, he can swim as fast as 70 km/h (43,5 mps). The hardened skin on his body serve as an armor, protecting him from external attacks. Momoo can also swallow his preys whole; his four stomachs (just as a normal cow has) are full of various bacterias and parasites actively digesting whatever he eats. Thus, Momoo won't suffer any damages even if he eats a highly poisonous animal.

Past
Momoo was allegedly found somewhere in the Grand Line by Arlong and his crew, though the exact circumstances remain unknown. During their reign over the Conomi Islands, the Arlong Pirates housed Momoo in a small underwater cave near Arlong Park, with Hatchan serving as his main caretaker.

Though normally left to his own devices, Momoo was sometimes called—via a loud, trumpet-like signal from Hatchan—to act as an extra enforcer for the Arlong Pirates. Notably, he participated in their attack on Gosa Village, leaving it completely leveled and criscrossed with a number of deep furrows.

Arlong Park Arc


At the main gate of Arlong Park, Hatchan, having prepared a roast pig, called for Momoo, which emerged from an underwater cave. However, he surfaced next to Monkey D. Luffy, Sanji, and Yosaku who were eating. Yosaku recognized him as a beast from the Grand Line and postulated he was probably hungry. Luffy initially attacked Momoo when he thought he was going to steal their food, but Sanji stepped in and attempted to feed the beast to keep with his oath of always serving the hungry. However, when Momoo tried to bite Sanji's hand, he was beaten up by Sanji in retaliation. Momoo was used to tow their boat to the island.

Later, during the battle at Arlong Park, Hatchan called Momoo to fight the Straw Hat Pirates. He was initially scared to face Luffy due to the previous incident and almost forfeited the battle, but, being threatened by Arlong, he and the other Arlong Pirates rushed to attack Luffy, who grabbed and spun Momoo around the area, taking out most of Arlong's forces. Momoo himself was thrown out of Arlong Park and in the process was knocked unconscious. The people of Cocoyasi Village were astonished by this.

Fish-Man Island Arc
Sometime after the events at Arlong Park, Momoo wandered into the waters near Sabaody Archipelago where he was captured by the Caribou Pirates. They used him as a means of advanced sea navigation. By putting a collar around his neck, they could use him as a harness and hook him to the front of the ship, allowing him to pull them.



After moving the Caribou Pirates' ship close to the Thousand Sunny, Momoo recognized Nami, Sanji, and Luffy. Frightened, he swam away, pulling the ship with him and leaving Caribou alone on the Thousand Sunny with the Straw Hat Pirates.

Momoo later returned at full speed pulling Caribou's ship with another lump on his head. When the Kraken destroyed the ship, Momoo was freed from the Caribou Pirates' control and swam away.

Translation and Dub Issues
His name is an obvious reference to the "mooing" (モー) sound made by cows, though it should be noted that Japanese pronounces this onomatopoeia with a "long" o-sound, rather than the "short" o used in English. Thus, the Japanese anime pronounces his name "Mohm" (indeed, the katakana used to spell his name are identical to those used to render the English name Maugham ), while both the 4Kids- and Funimation-dubbed anime pronounce it "Moo-moo".

Playable Appearances

 * One Piece Bon! Bon! Journey!!
 * One Piece Treasure Cruise

Enemy Appearances

 * One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
 * Aim! The King of Berry

Non-Playable Appearances

 * One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
 * One Piece (Game Boy Advance)
 * One Piece: Grand Adventure
 * One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
 * One Piece: Dance Battle
 * One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

Trivia

 * While Momoo resembles a Sea King, he is actually just a giant sea-dwelling mammal.
 * Momoo's favorite foods are roasted pig and shark.

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