Episode 109

The Key to Turning the Tide and a Great Escape! Doru Doru Ball!
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Japanese Information
Kanji	逆転大脱出への鍵！ドルドルボール！
Romaji	Gyakuden dai dasshutsu e no kagi! Dorudoru Bōru!
Airdate	April 28, 2002
Opening	Believe
Ending	GLORY -Kimi ga Iru Kara-
Season	4
Piece	6
English Information
Title	The Great Escape
Airdate	February 3, 2007
Episode #	77
Title	The Key to a Great Comeback Escape! The Wax-Wax Ball!
Airdate	January 19, 2010
Season	2
Voyage	5
Episode Credits
Screenplay	武上純希 - Junki Takegami
Art	佐藤美幸 - Miyuki Sato 内川文広 - Fumihiro Uchikawa
Animation	高木雅之 - Masayuki Takagi
Direction	西尾大介 - Daisuke Nishio
Other Credits	no
Statistics
Chapters	Chapter 175 (p. 2-19) Chapter 176 (p. 2-14)
Eyecatcher	Sanji - Vivi and Karoo
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
TV Rating (%)	14.4
Rank	5
Debut
Tech	Sanji: Anti-Manner Kick Course Mr. 3: Doru Doru Ball

"The Key to Turning the Tide and a Great Escape! Doru Doru Ball!" is the 109th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary

Chopper distracts Crocodile while Sanji frees the rest of the crew, but find themselves trapped yet again. Smoker's view on Luffy changes as they saved him, and he chooses not to capture them for now.

Long Summary

Chopper distracts Crocodile while Sanji frees the rest of the crew. Smoker reveals to the Straw Hats that Miss All Sunday is a wanted woman, and that the World Government has been chasing after her for 20 years, along with a bounty of 70 million - almost as much as Crocodile's. Sanji beats up a few Banana Gators to get the key to the cell. But instead of getting the key, the Straw Hats see Mr. 3 pop out of an aligator's stomach. Mr. 3 retrieves the key and then throws it in the middle of three Banana Gators. While Crocodile and Miss All Sunday are speaking Crocodile reveals that he had the real key to the cell all along. Usopp has an idea where they could use Mr. 3's Devil Fruit powers to get them out. By the time Crocodile and Miss All Sunday get back to the room, they see that the Straw Hats and Smoker have left the cell. After Luffy tells Zoro to save Smoker, he lets the Straw Hats off, while the rest of the Marines chase after them. The crew runs away while Luffy says that they are not going to stop running until they reach Alubarna.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Tony Tony Chopper
• Sanji
• Nefertari Vivi
• Millions and Billions
• Crocodile
• Miss All Sunday
• Usopp
• Monkey D. Luffy
• Nami
• Roronoa Zoro
• Smoker
• Mr. 3

Anime Notes

• In place of the error where Mr. 3 was floating in the water mysteriously after the room flooded (retconned by Oda to him being on "super-floaty wood" to keep a Devil Fruit user afloat), he is instead clinging to the remnants of the dining table within Crocodile's underwater base.

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