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==History==
===Past===
====Beginnings====
[[File:Doflamingo Kills Homing.png|thumb|210px|Doflamingo about to kill Homing, marking the end of the fallen Donquixote Family.]]

The Donquixote Pirates were formed by Donquixote Doflamingo, who along with his brother, [[Donquixote Rosinante]], were originally [[World Nobles]]. They lost their statuses when their [[Donquixote Homing|father]] "betrayed" his title, wishing for his family to live modestly amongst commoners, which instead brought them to poverty and persecution.{{Qref|name=Former World Noble}} Two years of suffering made Doflamingo awaken his [[Haki/Haoshoku Haki|Haoshoku Haki]], gaining loyalty from four young knowledgeable people—[[Vergo]], [[Trebol]], [[Diamante]] and [[Pica]]—who granted him the [[Ito Ito no Mi]] and an ornate flintlock and acknowledged him as their king. Doflamingo then killed his father with the pistol, but was denied reentry to Mary Geoise after bringing his father's head as a tribute.{{Qref|name=c782|chap=782|ep=|page=13-14|Trebol explains how they saw Doflamingo as their king.}} He escaped from the Holy Land with knowledge of its national treasure to blackmail the Celestial Dragons for his lost rights.{{Qref|name=c761|chap=761|ep=700|page=7-8|Doflamingo explains that how he blackmailed his former compatriots.}}{{Qref|name=falsification}}

====Ascent to Piracy====
[[File:The Elite Officers Swear Loyalty to Doflamingo.png|thumb|left|210px|Pica, Diamante, Vergo, and Trebol swear their loyalty to Doflamingo, marking the beginning of the new Donquixote Family.]]

Because he was no longer allowed to return to Mary Geoise for his father's irreversible choice, Doflamingo was forced to become a pirate while his younger brother, Rosinante, disappeared to become a Marine. Doflamingo swore to destroy the very world that his former fellow Celestial Dragons lord over. When Doflamingo returned to North Blue after escaping Mary Geoise, his four friends swore their loyalty to Doflamingo and said that no one would stand against Doflamingo, the future Pirate King, as he stood on a pile of wreckage and they bowed before him. Whatever displeased Doflamingo was swiftly and utterly destroyed by the four loyal friends, whether it was someone who offended him or a town with poorly paved streets. This left a swath of destruction and corpses in their wake, and the crew became infamous in North Blue.{{Qref|name=c782}}

[[File:Donquixote Pirates' Dinner.png|thumb|300px|The Donquixote Pirates 16 years ago, minus Vergo, who was away on duty.]]

They then gathered a crew, with Doflamingo being the captain, while Rosinante later on became the second Corazon after Vergo retired from the position and left to join the marines as a spy for Doflamingo. Conversely, Rosinante wished to stop Doflamingo's madness, and secretly joined the Marines to spy on him.{{Qref|name=c764}} 16 years ago, with the exception of [[Monet]], [[Sugar]], and [[Viola|Violet]], all the other executives had already joined Doflamingo's crew. [[Giolla]] found a newborn [[Dellinger]], a half-fish-man who was abandoned at birth, and thus adopted him and raised him to be part of the crew.{{Qref|name=sbs77|sbs=77|Oda reveals that Dellinger was abandoned at birth and found and raised by Giolla, while Doflamingo found the sisters Monet and Sugar.}} At this point, besides other regular pirating activities, they dealt in trade of [[Devil Fruits]]. The crew had as much as 100 people attempting to join, only to leave in tears after two days from the extreme regimen. Anyone ranked "executive or higher" were considered to be Doflamingo's family, as he lost his mother at age 8 and killed his father two years later.{{Qref|name=c747}}

[[File:Donquixote Pirates Arrive At Minion Island.png|thumb|left|210px|The Donquixote Pirates arrive at Minion Island.]]

Eleven years before the [[Summit War of Marineford]], Doflamingo killed Rosinante, after his younger brother had taken a young new recruit, [[Trafalgar D. Water Law|Trafalgar Law]], away from the crew to find a cure for the [[Amber Lead#Amber Lead Syndrome|Amber Lead Syndrome]], which also aroused the suspicion that Marines had stopped attacking the crew since Rosinante's departure. Rosinante's treachery was later confirmed by Vergo. This incident left the Heart seat, and the title Corazon, vacant. Law, who came to admire Rosinante for all the care they shared during this six months journey, swore revenge on Doflamingo for this murder,{{Qref|name=c749}} despite Doflamingo seeing Law as a brother and even reserving the title and seat Corazon for him.{{Qref|name=vacant}}

In the same year of Rosinante's death and Law's defection, shortly after the event, Doflamingo came across the sisters [[Monet]] (17 years old) and [[Sugar]] (9 years old), both of whom were living in a terrible environment. He rescued them from the painful lifestyles, and gave them their respective Devil Fruits one year later. The two sisters decided to lay down their lives for the very man who rescued them from a hellish place and gave them power, swearing undying loyalty to Doflamingo.{{Qref|name=sbs77}}

Prior to the crew's departure into the Grand Line, they were approached by the [[Bellamy Pirates]], who swore their allegiance to the crew, and were permitted to use its Jolly Roger.{{Qref|chap=303|ep=207|page=5 & 7|Doflamingo dismisses Bellamy and his crew.}}{{Qref|name=c769|chap=769|page=13|ep=708|The Bellamy Pirates approach the Donquixote Pirates.}}

====Takeover of Dressrosa====
[[File:Doflamingo Becomes King of Dressrosa.png|thumb|210px|The Donquixote Pirates become celebrated heroes of Dressrosa.]]

Ten years ago, the [[Donquixote Family]] (as this pirate incarnation) returned to their kingdom of [[Dressrosa]] and drove out the family that replaced them, the [[Riku Family]].{{Qref|chap=727|chap2=728|ep=659|ep2=660|Doflamingo of the Donquixote Family returns to Dressrosa along with his crew and manages to overthrow the Riku Family.}} [[Viola]] joined the crew to save her [[Riku Doldo III|father]] from Doflamingo, and went under the alias Violet.{{Qref|chap=728|ep=660|page=11|Viola is seen in a very small flashback in which she joins the Donquixote Family in the condition that Doflamingo will spare Doldo III's life.}} With his Warlord of the Sea title that he was granted via blackmailing the World Government, Doflamingo was allowed to stay in Dressrosa legally, and became a celebrated king due to his fraudulent heroic act.{{Qref|name=c717}}{{Qref|name=c697|chap=697|ep=623|page=18|Baby 5 is shocked to tell Doflamingo that he can't come to Dressrosa ever again.}} He used the location as the base of his underground brokering operations of weapons smuggling, under the codename Joker.{{Qref|chap=673|ep=599|page=20|Law reveals Joker's identity to Luffy.}} As for Vergo, he continued to climb the ranks of the Marines to provide inside assistance for Doflamingo, which included the coverup of the Dressrosa takeover, eventually reaching the rank of Vice Admiral.{{Qref|chap=673|ep=599|page=18-19|Law reveals Vergo's true identity to Smoker.}}

At some point in the past four years, Doflamingo formed a three-way alliance with the rogue Marine scientist [[Caesar Clown]] and [[Kaido]], in order to create [[SAD]] and [[Artificial Devil Fruit#Smiles|SMILE]] artificial [[Devil Fruit]], to create an army of [[Zoan]] class users within the [[New World]].{{Qref|chap=697|chap2=698|ep=613|ep2=615|}} However, needing Caesar for the SAD production and not trusting him, Doflamingo assigned Vergo and [[Monet]] to function as an intermediate and deep cover agent to monitor and protect him on his behalf to ensure his safety of his investment.{{Qref|name=Vergo and Monet|chap=672|ep=598|page=2|Vergo states their crew placed Monet as an agent to spy on Caesar.}}

===Water 7 Saga===
====Long Ring Long Land Arc====
After Bellamy's humiliating defeat at the hands of the Straw Hat captain, Doflamingo arrived and tortuously punished [[Bellamy]] and [[Sarquiss]], and proceeded to dismiss their crew from his command due to their captain suffering such an easy defeat, falling short of the expected standards. Doflamingo then goes on about how the world should be prepared for the New Era.{{Qref|chap=303|ep=207|page=4-9|Doflamingo arrives in Mock Town and punishes Bellamy and Sarquiss by manipulating them to attack each other for disgracing his flag.}}

===Summit War Saga===
====Marineford Arc====
Doflamingo participated in the [[Summit War of Marineford]], notably battling [[Little Oars Jr.]] as well as [[Crocodile]], after the latter rejected his offer of partnership. Law, having formed his own crew and become an [[The Worst Generation|infamous rookie]], arrived at the end of the war in time to rescue the critically injured and traumatized [[Monkey D. Luffy]]. Law successfully escaped in his submarine with Luffy, while Doflamingo emerged from the war unharmed.

====Post-War Arc====
Following the war, Doflamingo, acting on orders of an upper-echelon World Government official and commanding a squad of [[Pacifistas]], attempted to assassinate [[Gecko Moria]].{{Qref|chap=581|ep=490|page=17}} However, Moria managed to escape after receiving severe wounds, leaving his ultimate fate unknown. When Doflamingo reported the escape, he was berated by the government official, but responded with amused indifference, warning the official that he was a pirate and would quit being a Warlord of the Sea as soon as it stopped being interesting.{{Qref|chap=595|ep=513|page=12}}

===During the Timeskip===
Later, Bellamy and his crew eventually entered Sky Island. Although he lost his crew, Bellamy survived,{{Qref|chap=706|ep=635}} and brought back a giant pillar of gold to present to Doflamingo, thus giving him another chance. Since then, Bellamy has grown greatly in strength, in the hopes of redeeming himself. He was even offered a position as an officer within the crew on the condition that he win in the [[Corrida Colosseum]], and has become very popular within [[Dressrosa]] due to his steadfast devotion to Doflamingo.{{Qref|name=c706}}

===Dressrosa Saga===
====Punk Hazard Arc====
Law revealed his rebellion against the Donquixote Pirates by attacking the SAD production room and attempted to kidnap Caesar by forming an alliance with the Straw Hats. Doflamingo ordered Vergo to brutally eliminate Law, but Law succeeded in defeating his senior and, indirectly, killing Monet. Doflamingo, in turn, sent [[Baby 5]] and [[Buffalo]] to clean things up and retrieve Caesar, and, upon seeing that Monet failed to detonate the island's chemical weapon as ordered, decided to enter the island himself. However, Baby 5 and Buffalo were swiftly incapacitated by the [[Straw Hat Pirates]], and then Caesar was also captured after his failed attempt to escape alone to Dressrosa.

Taking Caesar hostage, Law cut apart Buffalo and Baby 5, and left their heads on the SAD tanker's rescue raft to drift towards the incoming Doflamingo, with a [[Den Den Mushi]] to contact him. Law threatened his former captain to resign from his Warlord position to continue negotiations with Caesar as the collateral.

After his attempt to kill the [[G-5]] Marines being thwarted by [[Kuzan]]'s arrival, Doflamingo retrieved Baby 5 and Buffalo, body and head, and returned to Dressrosa.

====Dressrosa Arc====
In an attempt of misdirection, Doflamingo falsified his resignation from the Warlord of the Sea title,{{Qref|name=falsification}} and the news printed out his supposed departure, leading to a massive uproar in the kingdom and the world beyond it.{{Qref|chap=699|chap2=700|ep=628|ep2=629}} While the various members prepared in their own ways in the prospect of the Marines, Doflamingo gathered his top three subordinates to have them prepare for Luffy's arrival, with the [[Mera Mera no Mi]] to act as a deterrent.{{Qref|name=c700}}

Many members of the crew participated in the [[Corrida Colosseum]] for that deterrent, which was offered as a prize for the champion. Bellamy also participated, but not for the prize, instead for a chance to be promoted to a higher-ranking position within the crew. Bellamy ultimately lost to [[Elizabello II]]'s King Punch attack, but was given one more chance by Doflamingo, if he can assassinate Luffy. However, with little faith of Bellamy's success, Doflamingo saw him as an eyesore once again, and ordered Dellinger to prepare to eliminate Bellamy upon the expected failure to occur. Dellinger did not even wait for Bellamy to at least try to assassinate Luffy before attacking him, though [[Bartolomeo]] stopped this.

[[Sanji]] was informed by [[Viola|Violet]], who only joined Doflamingo grudgingly to save [[Riku Doldo III|her father]], about the resignation being fake. During the trade for Caesar, he reported it to Law, who was responsible for bringing the hostage. By then, it was too late, as Doflamingo arrived to [[Green Bit]], alongside [[Admiral]] [[Issho|Fujitora]] and his battalion of Marine soldiers.{{Qref|name=falsification}} In front of the Marines, Doflamingo immediately declared Caesar as his subordinate, thus drafting the rogue scientist into his crew while pardoning him of his crimes. While Caesar stood aside with the soldiers, Doflamingo and Issho partnered up (to an extent) against Law, who lost his Warlord of the Sea status for allying with the Straw Hats as equals.{{Qref|name=c713}} Law was completely overwhelmed by Doflamingo, and was shot down after suffering a brutal beating.{{Qref|name=c729}}

As one team of Straw Hat Pirates went into pursuit for Law, the second team with Caesar on board of the [[Thousand Sunny]] was pursued by the [[Big Mom Pirates]], who were after the scientist.{{Qref|chap=730|ep=662}} The third team of the Straw Hats allied themselves with the [[dwarves]] of the [[Tontatta Kingdom]], intending to take down [[Sugar]] and destroying the Donquixote Pirates' hold over Dressrosa.{{Qref|name=c731}} Though they met with some complications, their plan ultimately succeeded,{{Qref|chap=742|ep=676}} and upon the toys returning to their true forms and memories returned to the citizens, Doflamingo was immediately ousted from the throne while the crew members failed to quell the rebelling citizens. [[Kyros]] then immediately took advantage of Doflamingo's distraction to decapitate him, much to Baby 5 and Buffalo's horror.{{Qref|name=c743}} Buffalo attacked Kyros but was defeated in an instant and was thrown out of the window.{{Qref|chap=744|ep=679}} Doflamingo was still alive even after he was decapitated, turning out to be a clone made of his strings.{{Qref|name=c745|chap=745|ep=680}}

Having lost his grip on the country, Doflamingo decided to execute his Birdcage plan, sealing off the entire island from the outside world and rearranging the landscape with Pica's [[Ishi Ishi no Mi|powers]]. He then threatened the islanders into participating a bounty hunting game, on the grounds that if they kill him or the people he listed out, he would spare their lives; otherwise, he would end up killing them all.{{Qref|name=c745}} While this was happening many of the former toys who fought as gladiators in the Corrida Colosseum engaged members of the crew in fierce battles. After losing all his forces save for Trebol, Doflamingo started to withdraw his Birdcage. Later, Trebol tried to triggered an suicide explosion on the palace after hearing Law insult him and the other elite officers leaving the captain the sole member left fighting. Law was evacuated from the battle by Monkey D. Luffy who decided to face the tyrant king on his own and end his madness. Doflamingo informed Luffy that the time for the Birdcage was depleting and he better defeat him soon with that Luffy engaged Doflamingo and activate his new technique: [[Gear Fourth]].

With Gear Fourth activated, the battle turned to Luffy's favor who dealt several powerful blows to the Warlord of the Sea, resorting Doflamingo to use his "Awakened" Devil Fruit powers in his Ito Ito No Mi. After Luffy sent Doflamingo rocketing into the mountain with Leo Bazooka, his Gear Fourth wore off leaving him immobile. Doflamingo was still undefeated and was confronted by several gladiators intent on stalling him long enough to let Luffy recover.

Meanwhile, the lower soldiers attempted to stall the citizens from reaching the plateau due to the cage retracting further. They were all defeated by the gladiators allied with Luffy. Doflamingo easily defeated them all and began contracting the Birdcage faster to draw Luffy out to him. He was then confronted by Viola whom he effortlessly beat and used his powers to force Viola's niece [[Rebecca]] to kill her. However, Viola was suddenly replaced with Luffy who having recovered used [[Haki/Busoshoku Haki|Busoshoku Haki]] to protect himself from her sword while breaking the weapon. It is then revealed that [[Trafalgar D. Water Law]] used [[Ope Ope no Mi|his powers]] to switch Viola with Luffy. With no more distractions, Doflamingo then prepared to face off with Luffy again.

[[File:Doflamingo Defeated.png|thumb|left|The end of the Donquixote Family's reign.]]

Law then uses his powers to get Rebecca out of harms way as Luffy and Doflamingo face off once again. Doflamingo uses his awakened powers and begins his brutal assault against the straw hat captain. He then uses Parasite to force Luffy to him, but the latter breaks free with Gear Fourth and they take their fight to the sky. Doflamingo mocked him stating a mere commoner cannot defeat him as he uses Spider Web and Godthread simultaneously. Luffy counters with his King Kong Gun that, despite Doflamingo trying to counter, breaks through his defenses and slammed Doflamingo into the ground. The force was so powerful that it upturned an entire section of the city in the impact and shattered his trademark sunglasses, finally defeating the Warlord of the Sea and sent him crashing through the ground where he laid unconscious in the underground trade port. As Doflamingo's tyrannical rule came to an end, the birdcage disappeared and the citizens of Dressrosa were rejoiced with happiness as the Donquixote Pirates were finally defeated.

===Legacy===
Later on, the Marines scoured the island searching for any member of the crew and with many of them lying unconscious, they were arrested with some being placed in [[seastone]] shackles due to many of them being Devil Fruit users (the defeated Doflamingo in this case was heavily shackled). As the Marines gathered up most of the top members of the crew, Admiral Issho apologized to the citizens for allowing Doflamingo to take power over the peaceful kingdom. Viola was pardoned as her joining was under duress, while Baby 5 and Bellamy were not seen being arrested either. Caesar, last seen on the Straw Hat's ship, remains at large, though his governmental pardon is now voided, rendering him a criminal once again.{{Qref|name=c692}} Surprisingly, Kyuin has yet to be captured by the Marines as she is still in Dressrosa.

Doflamingo and most of his crew are transported towards [[Impel Down]]. However, one of the [[Beasts Pirates#All-Stars|All-Stars]] of the [[Beasts Pirates]], [[Jack]], attempted to take Doflamingo back by force until he was defeated by the former marine fleet admiral [[Sengoku]], Admiral Fujitora, and three Vice-Admirals [[Tsuru]], [[Maynard]], and [[Bastille]].