BIG MOM PIRATES
The Big Mom Pirates[1] are an extremely infamous and powerful pirate crew led by the Emperor Charlotte Linlin, better known as "Big Mom", and they are in control of the powerful nation of Totto Land, with their captain ruling it as its queen and their base of operations being Whole Cake Island, the country's main island. The captain agreed to an alliance with the Beasts Pirates for plans to take over the world.[7]
Due to their actions and role, they are the main antagonists of the Whole Cake Island Arc and one of the central antagonist groups of the Four Emperors Saga.
Jolly Roger
The Big Mom Pirates' Jolly Roger is a skull with thick lips and wearing a pirate tricorne based on their captain's appearance, on a fluffy background (which could represent Linlin's hair in some fashion) with several candy canes crossed behind it (one on the right, three stacked together on the left), in place of normal crossbones. A tree is seen coming out of the cane on the bottom right.
Like the Whitebeard Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates have a simpler Jolly Roger, consisting of the normal skull-and-crossbones, but retaining the large lips of the original.
Organization
Like most Emperor-led crews, the Big Mom Pirates are organized around a central group of pirates sailing directly under Big Mom, and various subordinate crews working directly on her orders, allowing the crew to operate as a massive pirate fleet. Specifically, the Big Mom Pirates are built heavily around the members of the Charlotte Family, with the children comprising a large portion of her crew as well as her officers and most capable fighters;[9] however, it is unknown exactly how many of her children are direct members of her crew. Big Mom is seemingly addressed by all of her crew, family or not, as "Mama".[1]
The crew's hierarchy is similar to the Donquixote Pirates and Beasts Pirates, with there being a captain, several elite/executive officers, many regular officers, and a legion of lower-ranking grunts. In this case, Big Mom acts as the captain, with the Three Sweet Commanders working directly under her. In turn, other children of the Charlotte Family and combatants answer to them. The bulk of the crew is composed of tens of thousands of soldiers, from homies (especially the the chess peacekeepers) to people of various humanoid races.
Some of the family members have their own personal squads in the crew. The known family member's squads revealed are Cracker's,[10] Smoothie's, and Daifuku's.[11]
Main Crew
Three Sweet Commanders
A select few of Big Mom's children stand out particularly in terms of power and have been designated the Three Sweet Commanders (スイート3将星 Suīto San Shōsei?, English version: Sweet 3 Generals). They serve as Big Mom's top officers with the highest authority, reverence, and fighting prowess in the crew after Big Mom herself.[12][13] The trio currently consists of the 2nd son, Katakuri, the 14th daughter, Smoothie, and the 10th son, Cracker. Previously, they were known as the Four Sweet Commanders (スイート4将星 Suīto Yon Shōsei?), with the 25th son, Snack, among their ranks until he was demoted following his defeat by Urouge of the Worst Generation.[14]
The Commanders hold tremendous combat power. Katakuri, for example, easily beat Vinsmoke Ichiji of Germa 66[15] while Cracker defeated Urouge of the Worst Generation (who had prior been able to defeat Snack).[14] In fact, before his defeat by Monkey D. Luffy, Katakuri was stated to have never lost a battle or even been injured in some time[16] while Cracker had rarely, if ever, been seen outside of his biscuit armor.[17] Though Katakuri and Cracker did eventually suffer defeat at Luffy's hands, they did not go down without grueling battles that each lasted over 10 hours.[18][19] Overall, the Commanders' might is well-reflected in their massive bounties, some of the highest known to date: 860,000,000 (Cracker),[20]
932,000,000 (Smoothie),[21] and
1,057,000,000 (Katakuri).[22] Ex-Commander Snack has a
600,000,000 bounty.[23]
Ability-wise, each Commander (of the current three) has eaten and uses to great effect a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit:
- Katakuri has eaten the Mochi Mochi no Mi, which allows him to create, control, and even transform his body (akin to a Logia) into mochi. Having further achieved Devil Fruit awakening, he can transform inorganic matter around him into additional, vast amounts of mochi to control.[24][25]
- Smoothie has the powers of the Shibo Shibo no Mi, which allow her to wring both living and nonliving things as if they were wet cloth and "squeeze the juice out of them", leaving them severely dehydrated. The liquid she drains in the process can be taken into her own body so as to drastically increase her size and strength. Once her body is full of liquid, she can unleash it as high-pressure blasts that boast an incredible attack range.[26]
- Cracker, with the powers of the Bisu Bisu no Mi, can create and control biscuits. He can use his biscuits to construct a countless number of puppet soldiers that are extremely strong, near-unbreakable, and can grow extra limbs.[17]
Further, all three Commanders are proficient in wielding bladed weaponry, with Cracker and Smoothie using swords[27][28] and Katakuri a trident.[29] Haki-wise, Cracker and Katakuri have demonstrated extremely potent Busoshoku Haki,[30][31] with Katakuri further able to see the future using incredibly refined Kenbunshoku Haki[32][33] and having Haoshoku Haki like his mother.[34]
Due to the Sweet Commanders' significant status among the crew, the defeat of one is considered a grave event and will have the Big Mom Pirates seeking to use overwhelming force to bring down whoever responsible.[14][35][36] Cracker's defeat saw a state of emergency lockdown be declared on Whole Cake Island.[37]
Excluding the Three Sweet Commanders, 74 out of Big Mom's 85 children are confirmed officers of the Big Mom Pirates and considered among the elite of Big Mom's army.[9] Four of them—Perospero, Compote, Daifuku, and Oven—are noted by Vito to be "monsters" on nearly the same level as the Sweet Commanders.[38] Perospero, the first son who has a 700,000,000 bounty on his head,[39] effortlessly defeated both Chopper and Brook and would have killed them with his candy powers if not for Pedro's sacrifice.[40][41] Oven, the fourth son, briefly incapacitated the entire Sun Pirates crew with a single one of his heat attacks[42] and Daifuku, the third son, is capable of wreaking large-scale destruction using his genie powers.[43]
While the rest of the children are not on the same level as those four, they are powerful fighters in their own right. Mont-d'Or, Opera, and Galette defeated Luffy and Nami, though both were worn out from their fight with Cracker, and Luffy, in particular, was exhausted after a vicious beating from Sanji. A number of the officers have Devil Fruit powers, including Mont-d'Or's Buku Buku no Mi, Opera's Kuri Kuri no Mi, Galette's Bata Bata no Mi, Charlotte Brûlée's Mira Mira no Mi, Charlotte Pudding's Memo Memo no Mi, and Charlotte Newshi's Gocha Gocha no Mi.
Older children seem to have some level of authority over their younger siblings. A notable example of this is when the eldest son Perospero was seen giving orders to his Sweet Commander younger siblings who are supposed to outrank him.
Combatants
Combatants are members of the crew that specialize in fighting, and seem to be the ones sent out on missions away from Totto Land.
If combatants prove themselves to be trustworthy, they are assigned a rank. No family members, with the technical exception of Capone Bege, have an appointed rank, which may indicate that the ranking system is designed specifically for crew members that are not related to Big Mom by blood. The rankings follow the pieces of a chess game. They include:
- The Rooks, such as Capone Bege, who was in charge of security during events such as Tea Parties.[44]
- The Knights, such as Tamago.[45]
- The Bishops, such as Bobbin.[46]
- Pekoms is also a combatant and is referred to as "Sir Pekoms," but whether this correlates to having a rank or not remains unknown.
Territories
Aside from Totto Land, which is Big Mom's central kingdom, all territories under the Big Mom Pirates' protection must pay a monthly fee of ten tons of confections.[51]
The Big Mom Pirates are known to have or have had the following territories under their protection:
- Totto Land (an archipelago composed of 35 islands under the rule of Big Mom and her crew)
In Totto Land's sea, territorial sea slugs send out automatic Den Den Mushi warning signals for nearby ships to warn them about the danger of having entered Big Mom's immediate territory. Unauthorized entry is not tolerated, and intruders would be shot down.[52]
Former
Failure to pay the monthly confections fee is inexcusable, nor will any grace periods be given, and being unable to deliver will result in the pact be voided, and Big Mom will send her army of monsters to destroy said territory.[51] Normally, Linlin would not accept any compensation (such as treasure), but she made a sole exception for Fish-Man Island when Monkey D. Luffy challenged her for the island's protection, out of sheer amusement at the young pirate's defiance.
- Fish-Man Island
- A country famous for baked confections *[51]
Crew Strength
— Charlotte Brûlée[53]
Captained by an Emperor, the Big Mom Pirates are one of the four most powerful pirate crews in the world. Several members shown have been proven to be formidable fighters, able to battle and take down notable, infamous rookie pirates such as Caribou[54] and some members of the Worst Generation.[55] Due to Big Mom being able to place souls into animals and inanimate objects, she has innumerable legions of warriors known as "Homies" that can overwhelm even strong opponents, especially within Totto Land.[56] The Sun Pirates, a powerful crew of fish-men, were frightened at the possibility falling out of favor with Big Mom[57] and fled when their captain officially severed ties with her.[58] According to Skull, the pirate-obsessed nerd in One Piece novel A, Big Mom is considered to have the "strongest family in the world".[59]
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