Dr. Tony Tony Chopper
Legacy Name: Dr. Tony Tony Chopper

Tony Tony Chopper is the doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates. He is a reindeer that ate the Hito Hito no Mi and comes from Drum Island, which makes him the only member of the Straw Hat Pirate Crew who was born on the Grand Line. He is the sixth member of the crew and the fifth to join, as well as being the youngest member on board.

Chopper is naive and incredibly timid, often acting like a child because he doesn't know any better. He is a coward at times like Usopp and Nami, although his cowardice can be attributed to his childishness and overall lack of trust in his own fighting skills (a contrast to Nami's self-survival based cowardice and Usopp's fear based cowardice). Chopper is more or less on a journey to define himself, seeing almost anyone on his team as a role model and in some cases, imitate their behavior, especially Usopp.

He is an upright friend and companion who will try anything to overcome a task given by his team. He still has a feeling of distrust for humans from his youth and will often outright insult and claim that compliments don't make him happy to a human who compliments him while obviously being happy about it (he starts to smile and also dances a little which has become a running gag). He would rather run and hide than fight, but becomes more courageous when others are there to support him. His dream is to carry out his deceased mentor, Hiluluk's belief that there is no incurable disease, and to become a doctor that can cure any illness


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Chopper according to the Wanted Posters would be the "Cotton Candy Lover", or the Straw Hat Crews Pet. After the whole Enies Lobby incident, where the Straw Hats declared War on the government, the entire crew received bounties. Some were more pleased with theirs than others, Chopper being one of the more depressed ones due to his low bounty.



The Straw Hat Pirates consist of the Captain, Monkey D. Luffy (In the center of picture below) and his crew: Roronoa Zoro the swordsman (man in green on bottom left), Sanji the Chef (man in blue, left of Luffy), Nami the Navigator (girl to the right of Luffy), Usopp the sharpshooter/liar/inventor (man to the left of Sanji), Tony Tony Chopper the Doctor, Nico Robin the archaeologist (girl in top left corner), Franky the shipwright (man in bottom right corner), Brook the Musician (the skeleton), and their ship the Thousand Sunny (used to be Going Merry before the Ship 'died').



Chopper often fools around with Usopp and Luffy for laughs and is also a thankful listener to Usopp's lies, most of which he really believes, at least for a short time. Frequently, Chopper is one of the first to join in with Luffy's antics, as well as watching in glee for some of Usopp's stunts.

He shares a taste for reading with Robin who calls him "Doctor-San" (which makes him dance in joy), they also seem to have a genuine sense of respect for each other possibly due to their pursuits in knowledge. Sanji originally wanted to cook Chopper (along with Luffy who wanted to eat him raw) and jokingly claimed he wanted him to join as the "emergency food supply" originally, but now just says t to tease him and considers him a good friend. When Chopper first met Brook, he was terrified of him because he was a walking, talking skeleton. But after hearing the story about Brook and Laboon, Chopper cried and stated he wasn't afraid of skeletons anymore and they get along real well.

Chopper seems to have a stronger relationship with Zoro than most of the other members. This is believed to be because Chopper worships Zoro because he's "so cool". One of his favorite things to do is to ride on Zoro's shoulders when they are traveling and often runs to him when he's scared. He has also saved Zoro when Zoro was trapped in a chimney while a tidal wave was rushing towards them. Zoro also seems more protective over Chopper than anyone else. It is seen that Zoro is the one to save him when he comically falls into any form of water throughout their adventures (while Sanji has saved Luffy frequently in comparison). Zoro also was the one to help carry Chopper when they were in the desert and Chopper couldn't handle the heat. He also protected Chopper in skypiea when Chopper had been defeated by

Notably, Chopper originally wasn't hired to be the ship's doctor by Luffy, but just for being a "talking transforming reindeer monster." The other boys of the crew have often mentored Chopper on what it means to be a real man; He is the youngest crewman, not originally human, and has had a relatively sheltered life. Within his combat relationships, he has at least three canon team attacks, as a homage to his personality (which can be easily influenced), each of the attacks are named with half of the other crew member's name and half of his name. All of the examples feature the fellow crew member's name first in the name then his own such as "Hissatsu Uso-Cho Hammer Suisei" where Usopp's name is the first mentioned.



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