Template:Monkey D. Luffy Infobox
Early One Piece
When drawing One Piece, Eiichiro Oda was heavily influenced by the manga Dragon Ball, and had the series in mind when designing his characters.[1] Oda has said that when he was creating Luffy, he was thinking about "manliness", because Dragon Ball had already done all the things that a child could possibly be happy about.[2]
Luffy was first featured as the main protagonist in the first pilot of One Piece Romance Dawn V.1 in the Shonen Jump specials showcasting upcoming artists, about a year and a half before One Piece began. He would remain as the main protagonist in the second release of Romance Dawn, Romance Dawn V.2 (featured in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine itself) and the final version Romance Dawn V.3.
Luffy's character changed throughout all three versions of Romance Dawn. Starting from Romance Dawn version 1, Luffy was much smarter than his final incarnation and while he had the power of the Devil Fruit he did not seem to have any named attacks. He claimed to be a candidate for pirate and a Peace Main type of pirate. His background story was near enough identical to the final story released with Romance Dawn version 3, with a number of noteworthy differences. The major difference being that Higuma was absent from the story in this version. Another minor difference was that Shanks' arm was bitten off by a shark instead of a Sea King. In Romance Dawn V.1 there was also a panel that featured a Luffy as captain of his own crew. This is the only time an older version of Luffy has been drawn by Oda in regard to the One Piece storyline.
Version 2 of Romance Dawn featured a Luffy closer to the final version than Romance Dawn version 1. He now had a named attack (though it featured a different naming scheme to the final version) and lacked the intelligence he displayed in Romance Dawn version 1, however, it is arguable that he was less intelligent than his final design overall. His story, though still featured him eating the Devil Fruit, did not feature Shanks and instead Luffy got both his hat and the Devil Fruit he ate from his grandfather. Luffy remained a Peace Maine type of pirate in this version and was still promoting himself as a candidate for a pirate while seeking to join up with a crew.
In both versions, Luffy was missing the scar under his left eye and he had a slightly different jolly roger. Apart from this the only difference in Luffy's overall appearance was the adaptation to suit the drawing style of each Romance Dawn. The most note worthy change from each version was of Young Luffy, whose head and body shape, though remained roughly the same, was different enough to notice.
Anime and Manga Differences
In the anime, Luffy's past had a few cuts during its initial airing. The scenes that were cut include the scene where he stabbed himself under the eye to prove to Shanks that he was a man and all the of the scenes of Shanks giving Luffy juice, and Shanks making fun of Luffy for being a child, as well as some of the interaction between Shanks, Luffy and the rest of Shanks' crew. Although the One Piece: Episode of Luffy Special first animated the scene of Luffy stabbing himself under his eye, all of the aforementioned scenes were not seen in the anime until Episode 878.
In the manga, post-timeskip Luffy is capable of using Gear Second maintaining it in a single part of his body, while in the anime, he shows no such difference, requiring his entire body once more to turn red and emit steam like previously.
Major Battles
- Luffy vs. Higuma
- Luffy vs. Portgas D. Ace (multiple times)
- Luffy vs. Sabo (multiple times)
- Luffy vs. Lord of the Coast
- Luffy vs. Alvida
- Luffy and Roronoa Zoro vs. Morgan and Helmeppo
- Luffy vs. Koby (Shells Town)
- Luffy vs. Mohji and Richie
- Luffy and Nami vs. Buggy
- Luffy vs. Kuro
- Luffy vs. Zeff
- Luffy vs. Don Krieg
- Luffy and Sanji vs. Momoo
- Luffy and Momoo (as a weapon) vs. Arlong Pirates
- Luffy vs. Arlong
- Luffy vs. Smoker (Loguetown)
- Luffy vs. Laboon
- Luffy vs. Zoro vs. Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine
- Luffy vs. Dorry
- Luffy, Usopp, Karoo, Zoro, Nami, and Nefertari Vivi vs. Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek
- Luffy vs. Wapol
- Luffy vs. Crocodile (Sandora Desert)
- Luffy vs. Crocodile (Alubarna Palace)
- Luffy vs. Crocodile (Tomb of the Kings)
- Luffy vs. Bellamy
- Luffy vs. White Berets
- Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji vs. Satori
- Luffy vs. Wyper
- Luffy vs. Enel
- Luffy vs. Enel (Ark Maxim)
- Luffy vs. Foxy
- Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Nico Robin vs. Kuzan
- Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Tony Tony Chopper vs. Franky Family
- Luffy vs. Usopp
- Luffy vs. Franky vs. Galley-La foremen
- Luffy, Zoro and Paulie vs. CP9
- Luffy vs. Marines and Cipher Pol agents (Enies Lobby)
- Luffy vs. Blueno
- Luffy vs. Rob Lucci (Enies Lobby)
- Luffy and Zoro vs. Koby and Helmeppo (Water 7)
- Luffy vs. Gecko Moria (using Doppleman)
- Luffy vs. Gecko Moria (castle chase)
- Luffy vs. Oars and Gecko Moria
- Straw Hat Pirates and Brook vs. Oars
- Luffy vs. Gecko Moria (Shadow Asgard Form)
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Flying Fish Riders
- Luffy vs. Charlos
- Luffy, Eustass Kid, and Trafalgar D. Water Law vs. Marines
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. PX4
- Luffy vs. Sentomaru
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Bartholomew Kuma
- Luffy vs. Bacura
- Luffy vs. Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold
- Luffy and Buggy the Clown vs. Blue Gorillas
- Luffy vs. Basilisk
- Luffy, Buggy, and Galdino vs. Sphinx
- Luffy, Buggy, Galdino, and Bentham vs. Minotaurus
- Luffy vs. Magellan (level 4)
- Luffy, Jinbe, and Crocodile vs. Minorhinoceros, Minokoala, and Minozebra (level 4)
- Luffy vs. Hannyabal
- Luffy vs. Marshall D. Teach
- Luffy and Jinbe vs. the Jailer Beasts (level 1)
- Luffy, Galdino and Impel Down prisoners vs. Magellan (level 1)
- Luffy vs. Hina
- Luffy vs. Smoker (Marineford)
- Luffy vs. Dracule Mihawk
- Luffy vs. Kuzan, Borsalino, and Sakazuki
- Luffy vs. Momonga and Dalmatian
- Luffy vs. Koby (Marineford)
- Luffy vs. Monkey D. Garp
- Luffy and Galdino vs. Sengoku
- Luffy and Ace vs. Marines
- Luffy vs. Jinbe (Amazon Lily)
- Luffy, Jinbe, and Rayleigh vs. Marines
- Luffy vs. Fake Luffy, Fake Nami, Fake Sogeking, and Fake Franky
- Luffy vs. PX5
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Surume
- Luffy vs. Hammond, Hyouzou and Kasagoba
- Luffy vs. Vander Decken IX
- Luffy vs. Wadatsumi
- Luffy vs. Jinbe (Sea Forest)
- Straw Hat Pirates, Jinbe, Surume vs. New Fish-Man Pirates
- Luffy vs. Hody Jones
- Luffy and Zoro vs. Punk Hazard Dragon
- Luffy and Robin vs. Centaurs
- Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Robin vs. Brownbeard and his group of centaurs
- Luffy and Franky (in Chopper's body) vs. Yeti Cool Brothers
- Luffy vs. Smoker (in Tashigi's body) and Tashigi (in Smoker's body)
- Luffy vs. Caesar Clown (Outside PH-006)
- Luffy vs. Run
- Luffy vs. Caesar Clown (In Caesar's office)
- Luffy vs. Monet
- Luffy vs. Caesar Clown (R Block 1st Floor)
- Luffy vs. Spartan
- Luffy vs. Cavendish vs. Chinjao
- Luffy vs. Corrida Colosseum Block C gladiators
- Luffy vs. Rebecca
- Luffy and Zoro vs. Doflamingo's guards
- Luffy vs. Gladius
- Luffy vs. Doflamingo
- Luffy, Zoro, and Trafalgar Law vs. Machvise, Senor Pink, and Dellinger
- Luffy vs. Pica (new King's Plateau)
- Luffy vs. the Donquixote Pirates
- Luffy and Cavendish vs. giant toys soldiers (interrupted by Bartolomeo)
- Luffy and Trafalgar Law vs. Donquixote Doflamingo, Trebol and Bellamy (while being controlled by Doflamingo)
- Luffy vs. Bellamy (Dressrosa)
- Luffy and Trafalgar D. Water Law vs. Donquixote Doflamingo and Trebol
- Luffy vs. Donquixote Doflamingo (Palace rooftop/Dressrosa streets)
- Luffy vs. Issho (interrupted by Hajrudin)
- Luffy vs. Roddy
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Brûlée (as Luffy)
- Luffy and Nami vs. Charlotte Cracker
- Luffy vs. Vinsmoke Sanji
- Luffy and Nami vs. the Big Mom Pirates
- Luffy and Nami vs. Chess Soldiers
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Opera
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Mont-d'Or, Charlotte Counter, and Charlotte Cadenza
- Luffy vs. Whole Cake Chateau guards
- Luffy vs. Chess Soldiers
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Counter (manga only)
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Katakuri
- Luffy and Sanji vs. Charlotte Linlin and Zeus
- Sanji Retrieval Team vs. Big Mom Pirates
- Luffy and Jinbe vs. Prometheus
- Luffy and Pedro vs. Charlotte Perospero
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Katakuri (Thousand Sunny)
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Katakuri (Mirro-World)
- Luffy vs. two Beasts Pirates (Kuri Beach)
- Luffy and Zoro vs. Basil Hawkins and his men
- Luffy vs. Urashima
- Luffy, Zoro, and Kiku vs. Beasts Pirates and enemy samurai
- Luffy vs. Holdem and Kamijiro
- Luffy vs. Kaido
- Luffy and Eustass Kid vs. Dobon (unseen)
- Luffy and Hyogoro vs. Beasts Pirates
- Luffy vs. Madilloman
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Linlin (Udon Prisoners Mine)
- Luffy, Chopper, Hyogoro, Raizo, Kikunojo, and Kawamatsu vs. Beasts Pirates (Udon)
- Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance and Kid Pirates vs. Beasts Pirates
- Luffy, Kid, and Law vs. Beasts Pirates
Filler and Movie Battles
- Luffy, Ace, and Sabo vs. a giant tiger
- Luffy, Ace, and Sabo vs. the Bluejam Pirates
- Luffy vs. Ganzack (round 1)
- Luffy vs. Ganzack (round 2)
- Luffy vs. Eldoraggo
- Luffy vs. Bear King
- Luffy vs. Eric
- Luffy vs. Sennenryu
- Luffy and Ace vs. Billions
- Luffy vs. Wetton
- Luffy vs. Colonel Battler
- Luffy vs. Gasparde Pirates
- Luffy vs. Gasparde
- Luffy and Zoro vs. Saga
- Luffy vs. Baron Omatsuri
- Luffy vs. Ratchet
- Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Robin vs. Bayan
- Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, and Robin vs. Governor
- Luffy vs. Zoro
- Luffy vs. Hatchan and Gedatsu
- Luffy vs. Fanged Toad Pirates
- Luffy and Nami vs. Foxy and Porche
- Luffy vs. Brindo
- Luffy vs. Campacino and Brindo
- Luffy vs. Campacino, Brindo, Arbell and Salchow
- Luffy vs. Don Accino
- Luffy vs. Musshuru
- Luffy and Sanji vs Hatchan, Gedatsu, and Buggy
- Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji vs. Foxy and Buggy
- Luffy vs. Boss
- Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji vs. the Amigo Pirates
- Luffy vs. Largo
- Luffy vs. Boss (rematch, ended in a draw)
- Luffy vs. Terror Guma
- Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper vs. Shiki
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Golden Lion Pirates
- Luffy and Billy vs. Shiki
- Luffy vs. Minotaurus (level 4)
- Luffy vs. Jango and Fullbody
- Luffy vs. Kibin
- Luffy and Kuja Pirates vs. Byrnndi World
- Luffy and Boa Hancock vs. Sebastian (interrupted by Perona)
- Luffy vs. Byrnndi World (round 2)
- Luffy vs. Gairam
- Luffy vs. Byrnndi World (round 3)
- Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, and Franky vs. Lily Enstomach
- Luffy and Zoro vs. Momonga
- Luffy vs. Shuzo
- Luffy and Lily Enstomach vs. Shuzo and Alpacacino
- Luffy vs. Bilić
- Luffy vs. Komei
- Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji vs. Z
- Luffy vs. Z (on Secon Island)
- Luffy vs. Z (on Piriodo)
- Luffy, Chopper, and Law vs. Breed
- Luffy vs. Law (forced to fight each other)
- Luffy and Sea Animal Pirates vs. Breed
- Luffy vs. Fighting Bull
- Luffy vs. Ideo
- Luffy vs. Fujitora (Birdcage game)
- Luffy vs. Aveyron
- Luffy vs. Bill
- Luffy and Bartolomeo vs. Bill
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Treasure Pirates
- Luffy vs. Treasure Pirates (cloned as Zoro, Sanji, and Franky)
- Luffy vs. Mad Treasure
- Luffy vs. Long Long
- Luffy vs. Gild Tesoro (control room)
- Luffy vs. Tesoro (destroyed hotel)
- Luffy and Rikka vs. Spandam
- Straw Hat Pirates (except Sanji), Wanda, and Carrot vs. Sutchies
- Luffy vs. Grount (Fron Island base dining hall)
- Luffy vs. Bonham
- Luffy vs. Zappa (interrupted by Carrot)
- Luffy and Carrot vs. Marine troops
- Luffy vs. Grount (Fron Island base food storage house)
- Luffy vs. Prodi
- Luffy vs. Bonham and Zappa
- Luffy vs. Grount (Fron Island coast)
- Luffy vs. two giant sea centipedes
- Sanji Retrieval Team vs. Ants
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Mascarpone and Charlotte Joscarpone (outside Sweet City)
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Cadenza (Whole Cake Chateau)
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Cabaletta (Whole Cake Chateau)
- Luffy vs. two Big Mom Pirates members and two chess soldiers (Sweet City)
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Counter (outside Sweet City)
- Luffy vs. Laurin and Compo (Seducing Woods)
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Perospero and Charlotte Amande
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Effilée
- Luffy vs. Charlotte Mondée
- Luffy and Boa Hancock vs. Ginger
- Luffy vs. Cidre (round 1)
- Luffy vs. Cidre (round 2)
- Luffy and Zoro vs. Sumo wrestlers
Merchandise
Songs
- "Wanted!"
- "We Are HERE!"
- "Every-One Peace!"
- "Holy Holiday" (with Zoro)
- "Akuma no Mi" (Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji)
- "Hi! Ho! Ready Go!" (Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji)
- "Family" (with other crew members)
- "We Are!" (with other crew members)
- "Utae! Jingle Bell" (with other crew members)
- "You Are the One" (with other crew members)
- "Jungle Fever" (with other crew members)
- "Respect!" (Luffy, Zoro and Sanji)
- "Doctor Tony Tony Chopper" (as backup to Chopper)
- "A Thousand Dreamers" (With other crew members)
- "Binks' Sake" (with other crew members)
Video Games
Playable Appearances
- One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
- Legend of the Rainbow Island
- One Piece: Treasure Wars
- Grand Battle! Swan Colosseum
- Treasure Wars 2 Welcome to Buggyland
- Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew!
- Grand Line Dream Adventure Log
- Big Secret Treasure of the Seven Phantom Islands
- Aim! The King of Berry
- One Piece: Going Baseball
- Dragon Dream!
- Set Sail Pirate Crew!
- Grand Battle!
- Grand Battle! 2
- Ocean's Dream! - Oceans of Dreams
- Treasure Battle!
- One Piece Grand Battle 3
- One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
- One Piece: Pirates Carnival
- One Piece: Round the Land
- Fighting for One Piece
- Battle Stadium D.O.N
- One Piece (Game Boy Advance)
- One Piece: Grand Adventure
- One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
- One Piece: Unlimited Cruise
- Jump Super Stars
- Jump Ultimate Stars
- One Piece: Gear Spirit
- One Piece: Gigant Battle
- One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
- One Piece Romance Dawn: The Dawn of the Adventure
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
- J-Stars Victory Vs
- One Piece: Unlimited World Red
- One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
- One Py Berry Match
- One Piece: Dance Battle
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
- One Piece Treasure Cruise
- One Piece Thousand Storm
- One Piece: Burning Blood
- Dragon Ball Heroes
- One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum
- One Piece World Seeker
- Jump Force
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
Support Appearances
Other Appearances
Crossovers
- Luffy appeared in a Shonen Jump special, where Enel attacks Tokyo and Odaiba. Goku arrives to fight Enel and Luffy appears to help him. Luffy and Goku make an attack called "Gomu Gomu no Kamehameha" and they destroy Enel.
- Luffy and other characters also appeared in "Cross Epoch" with Dragon Ball characters. In this story, after Luffy falls from a cliff, Goku orders the Flying Nimbus to save Luffy from the fall, and then, he rides the Flying Nimbus until they arrive at the tea party. Being able to ride the Flying Nimbus, in the universe of Dragon Ball, means that Luffy is pure of heart.
- Luffy has appeared in the games Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars for the DS. He also appeared in Battle Stadium D.O.N on the GameCube and PlayStation 2. Luffy is also in Jump Force alongside Zoro, Sanji, Sabo, Boa Hancock, and Blackbeard.
- In another version of "Cross Epoch", Luffy and the crew meet up with the Toriko cast, also spawning an anime episode of Toriko loosely based on the manga.
- Luffy is the first manga character to appear on the cover of the Japanese men's fashion magazine Non-no.[3]
Cultural References
- In Dragonfable, an online RPG, there was an enemy pirate monkey dressed up like Luffy called L.D. MONKEE, seen frequently during the Ninja VS Pirate War event in 2007.
- In Episode 9 of Binbougami ga!, Momiji (while cosplaying as Luffy) parodies his abilities during a tennis game by using "Gomu Gomu no Receive".
- In the FUNimation dub, Momiji is also voiced by Luffy's voice actress Colleen Clinkenbeard who also voices Son Gohan in Dragon Ball Z Kai.
- Luffy's Devil Fruit, the Gomu Gomu no Mi was referenced in the Japanese TV Drama show Trick and in the manga, Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01.
- In Episode 56 of Yakitate!! Japan, there is a parody of One Piece where Kuroyanagi turns into a "Tenobi Man" as a reaction from trying Azuma's Japanese-Style Ja-pan dumpling. To this effect, he dons a straw hat and starts stretching his arms like rubber to unbelievable lengths like Monkey D. Luffy.
- In To Love-Ru, Ren Elsie Jewelria is reading a copy of Weekly Shonen Jump where Luffy's head can be seen as the picture on the binding.
- In Episode 128 of Inuyasha, while at the school, a kid dressed like Monkey D. Luffy makes a minor appearance.
- In Episode 2 of the anime Hayate the Combat Battler, when the "very generous people" are planning to deport him by boat, Hayate goes though a scenario in his head where he is kidnapped by pirates, joins them and dying at the hands of sea monkeys. He ends it with "Thus ends my dream of being king of the pirates" while wearing Luffy's trademark hat.
- In an episode of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, in Harumi's room, action figures of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Sogeking are visible.
- In chapter 139 of the manga Rookies, a girl is shown having a Luffy doll cell phone strap.
- In Episode 7 of the anime Macademi Wasshoi!, Suzuho uses the attack Gomu Gomu no Pistol.
- Gintama has a great number of One Piece parodies and references due to its nature being a parody series.
- In a fake movie preview during an episode, Isao Kondo (playing a lookalike of Crocodile) is seen charging towards heroine Tae Shimura. Tae defeats him with a "Gomu Gomu" move. Similar enemies and attacks are also performed connected to Dragon Ball and Bleach in the same film.
- In Episode 13, Gintoki and Katsura disguise as pirates to get into an alien ship. They said they were searching for the treasure "One Park", an obvious play-on-words of "One Piece".
- In Volume 4, page 70, 2nd panel, Gintoki is seen reading a copy of Shonen Jump with Luffy on the cover.
- The entire We Are! intro was made into a parody in Episode 293 with Gintoki eating a Devil Fruit that allowed his hair to perm and vowed to search the Pirate King's treasure to end his financial problems. He also wears Luffy's pre-timeskip attire. After two years of beating Piccolo from Dragon Ball, Gintoki transforms into the Super Saiyan Goku and returns to the Jabondy archipelago to join the "World Chunin Hunter Hero Exam".
- In another episode, Gintoki reads fan mail in which one fan asks what the goal of Gintama is yet Gintoki himself doesn't know. So they have decided (as a joke) the goal would be Gintoki becoming the king of the samurai referencing Luffy's journey to become the Pirate King. Also Gintoki is shown in a picture wearing Luffy's former attire also while being on the Thousand Sunny with the Lion head replaced with Elizabeth's.
- In Episode 3 of the anime Highschool of the Dead, a zombie bearing a resemblance to Luffy and wearing his Straw Hat is seen walking outside a convenience store but is hit by the bus the main characters are driving.
- Bakuman is a story of two students who want to become mangakas and publish their works in Shonen Jump (named Shonen Jack in the anime). It frequently makes references to or features One Piece as well as various other Shonen Jump mangas in its artwork and storyline.
- In the MMORPG, Gaia Online, there is an item called "King of Fruits" that is based on One Piece and contains Luffy's signature straw hat as a pose.
- In Episode 9 of Asobi ni Iku yo!, Muttley is seeing an anime that mentions a man of rubber - possibly Monkey D. Luffy.
- In Episode 10 of Kyōran Kazoku Nikki, Do Gone uses the attack Gomu Gomu no Arm.
- In Episode 12 of Mayoi Neko Overrun! at the costume race, Nozomi did a cosplay Tony Tony Chopper, while other players did the cosplay of Usopp and Luffy.
- In Chapter 90 of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Bo-bobo uses a move against Torpedo Girl called "Nosehair Bazooka", an obvious parody of Monkey D. Luffy's' attack, Gomu Gomu no Bazooka.
- In a chapter cover of D.Gray-Man, there is a volume of One Piece with Luffy on the cover laying on the floor.
- In Chapter 25 of JoJolion, a Luffy ornament is seen hanging on the mirror in the fake police car, but its face was changed due to the Paper Moon Stand ability.
- In the manga of Rosario + Vampire Volume 3, page 22 where they say "Let us out, let us out here" Monkey D. Luffy makes a cameo appearance.
- In Chapter 339 of Gantz, some people in a cage are singing "We Are!".
- In Episode 20 of Fairy Tail when Happy hatches from an egg, a crowd of people gather around him, and one of these characters is shown wearing Luffy's pre-timeskip attire. Also in episode 205, Luffy made a cameo appearance in the first scene.
- In Chapter 16 of Dreamland, there is a character who looks like Luffy saying "Food Time".
- He makes a cameo appearance in episode 18 of Seto no Hanayome.
- In an episode of Highschool DxD, Issei Hyoudou says that he wants to become the "harem king" in a manner extremely similar to Luffy.
- In Beelzebub, the director of Ishiyama Academy has got a straw hat that makes reference to Monkey D. Luffy
- Monkey D. Luffy makes cameo appearance in the episode 18, 2nd season of Wakfu.
- In Naruto manga chapter 700 on Naruto's face on the Hokage Monument, Boruto paints the Straw Hat Pirates' jolly roger.
- Also, in the Naruto manga spin-off, Boruto: Road to B, when Boruto's teammate Mitsuki shows his ability to stretch his limbs, Boruto asked him if his father is Monkey. D. Luffy, which Mitsuki quickly denied.
- In episode 3 from Sora no Otoshimono Forte, Tomoki use mano mano no handling, a reference to Gomu Gomu no Gatling.
- In chapter 9 from The Voynich Hotel, Taizou's granma says that he should wear a straw hat to protect from the sunlight, and that he should then becomes Monkey D. Luffy and then becomes the King of Pirates.
- In the fighting video game, The King of Fighters XIII, the move of Ralf's Jet Vulcan Punch is based on Gomu Gomu Jet Gatling.
- In the manga: Hetalia World Stars, Chapter 11, North Italy cosplayed as Luffy in expensive clothing, and sent Germany a text saying that he was going to be the Pirate King.
- Yuzuki Fuwa is imitating Luffy's Gear Second iconic posture in chapter 162 of Assassination Classroom. In Season 2, Episode 21 of the series, Korosensei puts his students in a giant bag and uses "Gum-Gum Slingshot" to send them flying, during which he holds onto a goal post and stretches like a slingshot to carry out the action.
- In issue 13 of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic series, a red pirate pony bearing Luffy's likeness, hat and scar can be seen in a pirate saloon in multiple pages.
- In the 2017 season of Gintama, one of the episodes started by ripping off the entire One Piece introductory sequence. It included eating the Kuru Kuru no Mi (Wavy-Wavy Fruit in English) which is a Devil Fruit that physically looks like Luffy's. However instead of giving any superpowers, the fruit gave Gintoki's signature wavy hair. He also changed his goal to finding the Pirate King's treasure and become the "King of the Nouveau Riche" which is a more blatant reference to Luffy's goal from the previous parody.
Translation and Dub Issues
- Though some translations dub his name as "Ruffy" or "Rufi", Oda himself made it clear that "Luffy" was the correct spelling of the name.
- Oda has claimed that at the time of naming Luffy, he did so because he felt the name "Luffy" was right for his main character. Later Oda found out there is a Maritime term called a "Luff" and has insisted this is pure coincidence but one he was delighted by.[4] Up until this point, this had previously been noted by fans and some considered it intentional.
- In the Viz English manga, 4Kids and FUNimation dubs, the most common alteration seen to Luffy is the reference to his Devil Fruit, the Gomu Gomu no Mi, as the "Gum-Gum Fruit." The correct term would be the "Rubber Rubber Fruit," which has not been used outside the Odex version of the series (For example, Gomu Gomu no Fusen is translated as "Rubber Balloon"). This is, however, often considered an unfortunate necessity, as fitting "Rubber-Rubber" into the allotted animation "lip-flap" and time is nearly impossible without sounding rushed or otherwise ridiculous; "Gum-Gum," naturally, fits perfectly.
- Other alterations in the 4Kids dub are mainly directed around the renaming of most of his attacks, most away from references to guns (such as the Gomu Gomu no Pistol, which becomes Gum-Gum Blast), but not traditional weapons (Gomu Gomu no Ono/Gum-Gum Axe). Other than attacks, Luffy is constantly the center of attention for the removal of blood in battles against foes. All of these are common censorship edits made for American TV. With the recent changeover of the dubbing company, FUNimation took a more relaxed approach to editing, and retained the firearm references, as well as a gratuitous level of blood shown. By Episode 177, the anime appears to be fully uncut.
- In the book The Anime Encyclopedia: A guide to Japanese animation since 1917 (2001), there was a short article about One Piece. In it there were 3 mistakes concerning Luffy; his age was written as 16, his name was spelled Rufy and he was written to have saved Shanks' life instead of the other way round.[5]
- Luffy's popular title Fifth Emperor (5番目の皇帝) contains a linguistic nuance that's often omitted in English Translations, creating a degree of confusion among fans. In japanese, the phrasing (Gobanme no Kōtei) implies that Luffy is a Fifth pirate adjacent to the Yonko without being considered one of them. However, Yonko (四皇 lit. Four Emperors) is typically translated as "Emperor" in english releases, removing this sense of differentiation. This has lead to Luffy incorrectly being called "the Fifth Yonko" in some fan-made translations.
Other Media
- Luffy is shown during the One Piece Premier Show 2012 leading the Straw Hat Pirates against the New World pirate, Chameleone.
Trivia
- He is the first person seen to have eaten a Devil Fruit, as well as a Paramecia type Devil Fruit.
- Like many people, Luffy has a distinct laugh (shishishi).
- At age 19, Luffy is the youngest of all 12 members from the Worst Generation.
- He, Sanji, and Usopp all claim to have never been sick, and thus do not know what it feels like.[6]
- Luffy's participant number at the Corrida Colosseum (as Lucy) is 0556. That number can be explained with the first two digits taken from Luffy's birthday, May 5; and the latter two, 5-6, being pronounced go-mu which is related to Luffy's Devil Fruit.
- Luffy's participant number at the Corrida Colosseum also corresponds to the chapter where he first arrived at Marineford to rescue his brother, Portgas D. Ace from his execution.
- Luffy often recalls his crew members in the order of them joining the crew: "Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook."
- Luffy ranks first place in every popularity poll.
- Luffy is very similar to Son Goku from Dragon Ball, being the main character, being very childish and naive, having messy black hair and eating too much food. These similarities are fitting since Oda was inspired by Dragon Ball while creating One Piece.
- Luffy's powers are quite similar in nature to that of DC Comics hero Elongated Man, mostly because they were both obtained after the consumption of a special fruit.
SBS-Based Trivia
- Eiichiro Oda has stated that when drawing Luffy, he tries to make him very simple and straightforward about what he wants to be and how he feels, which is why out of all the main characters, Luffy has the least number of thought bubbles, since he acts and says what he wants to do rather than think it.[7]
- When asked why Luffy doesn't kill his enemies, Oda explains that it is not a question of morality so much as a matter of punishing the villains for their crimes - he feels that killing the villains lets them off too easily, whereas he considers letting them live to see their dreams ruined a far more fitting punishment.[8]
- Luffy's birthday, May 5, in Japan is known as 'Children's Day' (こどもの日, Kodomo no Hi?), a reference to his childish character.[9] He shares his birthday with Demaro Black.[10]
- A fan asked Oda if Luffy's penis could stretch, and Oda answered that it could.[11][12]
- A fan asked Oda why he gave Luffy a rubber Devil Fruit, and Oda answered that he picked a ridiculous ability to allow him to fool around with Luffy for so long.[13]
- Luffy's favorite food is meat.[14] His least favorite food is the cherry pie from "a certain place" for unknown reasons.[15]
- Luffy also likes ice cream, the same as Usopp, Chopper, Robin, and Brook.[16]
- Luffy's favorite dish to cook is raw meat on a plate.[17]
- Luffy's favorite type of island and season is anywhere where there's meat.[18]
- Luffy's specific numbers are 01 and 56 (5=Go - 6=Mu).[19][20]
- Luffy's specific color is red.[20]
- Luffy smells like meat.[20]
- If the Straw Hat Pirates were a family, then Luffy would be the fourth son.[21]
- Luffy's animal resemblance is a monkey.[22]
- If One Piece was set in the real world, then Luffy would be from Brazil.[23]
- Luffy's thoughts are "Meat, Meat, Meat, Meat, Pirate King", and like the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates, "Friendship".[24]
- When asked which flower Luffy resembles the most, Nico Robin's Japanese voice actress replied he most resembles a cosmos.[25]
- When Oda was later asked about what flowers he thought best represented the members of the Worst Generation, he gave an alternate answer for Luffy: Sunflower.[26]
- Luffy bathes once a week, the same as Zoro and Brook.[27]
- Trafalgar D. Water Law calls Luffy according to his epithet, Straw Hat-ya.[28]
- Luffy represents the prefecture of Okinawa.[28]
- Luffy typically gets 5 hours of sleep.[29]
- If the Straw Hat Pirates were not pirates, then Luffy would be a firefighter.[30]
- Luffy's hobbies are adventures and banquets.[31]
- If the Straw Hat Pirates had a 50-meter race, then Luffy would come in third place.[32]
References
- ↑ Shonen Jump — Interview with Eiichiro Oda.
- ↑ One Piece Color Walk 1, interview with Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama.
- ↑ Anime News Network, article on Luffy's appearance in Men's Non-No.
- ↑ One Piece 10th anniversary Treasures, in an interview with Oda, Oda speaks about his characters name.
- ↑ The Anime Encyclopedia: A guide to Japanese animation since 1917 (2001) — One Piece entry (p. 285).
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 130 (p. 5) and Episode 79, Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp claim to have never been sick before.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 54 (p. 46).
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 4 (p. 90), Oda explains why Luffy does not kill his enemies.
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- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 8 (p. 44), Oda replied to a fan that Luffy's penis could stretch.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 53 Chapter 514 and Episode 408, Sweet Pea tugs on Luffy's "manhood", thinking it is a mushroom because she has never seen a man.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 65 (p. 46), Oda explains why Luffy has a rubber Devil Fruit power.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 45 (p. 188), Luffy's favorite food is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 73 (p. 144), Luffy's least favorite food is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 84 (p. 150), Oda reveals which Straw Hat Pirates likes ice cream and which don't.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 79 (p. 142), Luffy's favorite dish is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 38 (p. 146), Luffy's favorite type of island and season is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 59 (p. 186).
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 40 (p. 66), Luffy's specific numbers, specific color and specific smell is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 48 (p. 26), Luffy's family status is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 20 (p. 26), Luffy's animal resemblance is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 56 (p. 144), The real world country of Luffy is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 59 (p. 96), Luffy's thoughts is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 60 (p. 206), Luffy's flower resemblance is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 95 (p. 22), Luffy's alternate flower resemblance is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 67 (p. 182), Luffy's bath time is revealed.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 72 (p. 46), Oda explains what prefecture of Japan Luffy represents and how Trafalgar D. Water Law calls Luffy.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 74 (p. 126), Luffy's sleep time is revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 76 (p. 42), Luffy's non-pirate careers is revealed.)
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 82 (p. 46), Luffy's hobbies are revealed.
- ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 85 (p. 78), Oda explains what place Luffy occupies in 50-meter race.
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