Monkey D. Garp

Monkey D. Garp is a supporting character in the One Piece franchise. He is a Marine vice admiral that fought Gol D. Roger many times during the Golden Pirates Era and is regarded by many to be the Hero of the Marines. He is also the father of the Revolutionary leader Monkey D. Dragon, the paternal grandfather of Monkey D. Luffy and the adoptive grandfather of Portgas D. Ace. He is also the mentor of Koby, Helmepoo and Kuzan. 
40 years ago, Garp teamed up with Roger to defeat the notorious Rocks D. Xebec and his crew. He often was offered to become an Admiral only for him to reject the offer countless times because Admirals are considered to be the Celestial Dragons' direct subordinates and Garp (much like both his son and grandson) holds hatred towards them as he called them "scumbags". 
Following the events of Marineford War and Ace's death, he semi-retired from his vice admiral duties and became a Marine Instructor, taking on new recruits in the new generation.
During the assault on Hachinosu of rescuing his disciple Koby, Garp was captured by the Blackbeard Pirates, leaving his status unknown and declared MIA in his hopes to reform his former student, Kuzan.
Due to Cross Guild, Garp has a 3 crowns bounty worth 3.000,000,000 which stated to compare Cross Guild's bounty for Admirals.
He is voiced by Hiroshi Naka in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Brian Mathis in the English version of the anime. He will be portrayed by Vincent Regan in the live action version. 
==Relationships==
===Family===
==== Monkey D. Dragon====
Dragon is Garp's son. No direct interaction has been seen between father and son. It is unknown what their relationship was like in the past but it appears they were close, as Dragon followed in his father's footsteps to be a Marine before he deserted. An earlier flashback reveals that Garp was very enraged by his own son resigning and becoming a Revolutionary, who was wanted by the World Government, going so far as to furiously punch a ship repeatedly.
Over time, Garp became casual towards his son's occupation, telling Luffy about Dragon's criminal status, while going so far as to pick his nose as he revealed this and express mild surprise Dragon didn't introduce himself. He even laughed when he realized he should not be telling people that kind of information. There appears to be some sort of understanding between the two, as Garp stated that the reason why Dragon was in Loguetown was to see Luffy set off for the Grand Line but Dragon ended up rescuing Luffy against Smoker's Kairoseki Jutte. It is unknown what views Dragon has of his father but the fact that he entrusted his own son in the care of Garp, means he trusted him to some extent. When their connection was revealed to the world, Garp wasn't worried and his status as hero hasn't been tarnished either. 
Garp and Dragon do have a common ground of hating the Celestial Dragons for their cruelty and atrocities towards humanity. 
==== Monkey D. Luffy====
Luffy is Garp's grandson. He raised him, since he was a child and intended to have him follow in his footsteps as a Marine. However, Luffy always yearned for piracy, something Garp claimed was a result of Shanks poisoning his mind.
To that end, he subsequently trained him constantly by putting him in dangerous situations such as throwing him in a ravine, leaving him alone in the jungle, tying him to a bunch of balloons to send him flying, and hitting him when he voiced a desire to be a pirate. As a result, Luffy has gained an incredible fear of him, in contrast to his carefree nature. Regardless, Luffy loves his grandfather and vice versa. He appeared in Water 7 to see Luffy, with the latter ordering his crew to stay away from Garp. Luffy was ignorant of Garp's reputation until his crew told him that Garp fought the Pirate King, something that left him shocked but he shrugged it off and still saw Garp as his grandfather.
In spite of his disapproval of Luffy's choice, Garp is shown to be incredibly proud of his grandson because of all the trouble Luffy has been causing for the World Government. He was not too surprised to discover Luffy possesses Haoshoku Haki, remarking he inherited after all.
Garp and Luffy are exactly alike despite their differences: they eat too much, sleep at random, go on reckless adventures, and both hate the Celestial Dragons for their cruelty and injustice towards humanity (as Garp called the World Nobles as "scumbags").
====Portgas D. Ace====
Ace is Garp's adoptive grandson. Garp adopted Ace after Roger entrusted his care to him, but he initially found the idea ridiculous. However, he took him in and raised Ace, since he was an infant and saw him as family. Garp intended to have him follow in his footsteps as a Marine. When discovering Ace became a pirate, he was beyond angry. In spite of his disapproval of Ace's choice, Garp is shown to be incredibly proud of his grandson because of how strong he became.
While Ace only wanted to see Garp as a relative, Garp was insistent they were family. At his execution, Garp broke down in tears at Ace's fate, cursing that he chose piracy. It was shown Ace loved Garp for his acceptance of him, though he despised Garp's abusive treatment, refused to be a Marine, and stated his bloodline, along with Luffy's made such a notion impossible. After witnessing Akainu punch through Ace, Garp tried to kill the latter in revenge but Sengoku stopped him. In his final moments, Ace thanked Garp and everyone else for loving him. Garp even broke down at his grandson's death.
==History==
===Past===
==== Before the Great Age of Pirates====
Monkey D. Garp was born in the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue. He became a Marine at the age of 22 along with Sengoku and Tsuru. A year later, Garp started a family with an unknown woman and had a son named Dragon. Over the years, Garp continued to rise through the ranks as a marine becoming a vice admiral. 
At one point, Kuzan approached Garp for training sessions, though he tried to get the latter to buzz off, he soon found himself training the young rookie. 
38 years ago he gained the title of a marine hero after the God valley incident where he joined forces with Gol D. Roger to defeat Rocks D. Xebec. He would become even more famous for cornering and fighting the late Pirate King, Gol D. Roger numerous times in his career. Garp is considered by Whitebeard as one of the few people that know the seas from the time of Gold Roger. A proof of his strength is that he was offered an admiral position many times from Fleet Admiral Kong, but he refused every time. The reason for this being that, Admirals are the direct subordinates of the Celestial Dragons (whom Garp called them to be scumbags). 
As part of his duty, in the past he chased other pirates like the previous Empress of Amazon Lily, Shakuyaku, while nearly killing Chinjao after denting his head. 
Prior to Roger's execution, the Pirate King requested that Garp would take care of his newborn son Portgas D. Ace, as he thought Ace did not deserve to be branded a criminal due to being born into a family of a pirate.
When Shiki the Gold Lion attacked Marineford a week before the execution of Roger, Garp and Sengoku challenged him together. After a grueling battle that devastated half the town, they managed to defeat him, and (according to a marine) Garp was left heavily injured. A number of months after the Pirate King's death, Garp protected Ace as Roger had hoped, and was present at Ace's birth that killed Rouge and afterward took Ace to a secret location to be raised by Dadan. Garp would visit Ace during his vacations and would try to convince Ace to become a Marine. 19 years prior to the current Storyline, Garp became a grandfather to a newly born Monkey D. Luffy after his son Dragon left him in his care. Like with Ace, Garp would take Luffy to live with Dadan and occasionally train him to a become a marine. 
During one of his training sessions with Kuzan, Garp voiced his rage at his own son becoming a Revolutionary, surprising Kuzan. At another point, he complained how his grandson voiced his desire to be a pirate.
===Water 7 Saga===
====Post-Enies Lobby Arc====
Garp arrived at Water 7, surprising everyone that a famous marine like him was present. Garp easily tracked the Straw Hat Pirates to the Galley-la house they were staying at and was accompanied by his crew. He had his men step back, as he casually punched the wall down, alerting all occupants inside. He asked if they were the Straw Hat Pirates and that he had people who wanted to speak with their Captain, as the pirates prepared for a fight while Garp noticed a sleeping Luffy. He commented on how the latter never learns before bypassing the group and easily making it to Luffy. He told him to wake up, before punching the latter in the head, while waking him up. To everyone's surprise, Luffy screamed in pain and Garp told them nobody could escape his "Fist of Love". He took his mask off and told Luffy, he heard about his activities lately and casually called him by his name. Luffy was shocked, as he identified Garp as his grandfather, much to the shock of his crew and everyone else gathered. 
He was identified by Nami as the famous hero, who fought the Pirate King years ago, to everyone's shock. Luffy ordered his crew not to touch him, as he reveals Garp nearly killed him on occasion when he was a child. Garp snapped at Luffy for making sound like a bad guy, though does acknowledge his list of harsh training methods on him and how they were designed to make him a man. Hearing this, Sanji understood where Luffy gets all his strength and endurance from. He reveals he left Luffy and Ace in the care of his friend to make them into Marines but he voiced disappointment they turn to piracy and Luffy defends himself by voicing how he always told him that he wanted to be a pirate. Garp blamed Shanks but Luffy defends his idol, leading to Garp grabbing him. However, both fell asleep and when waking up, Garp beat up his sleeping grandson, despite his own actions being pointed out. Garp then told Luffy about Shanks being one of the Four Emperors, while describing the Three Great Powers.
Afterwards, he ordered his men to fix the wall, leading them to protest that it was fault. They agree to do it, but only if Garp helps in the repairs, to his shock but he agrees. While fixing the wall, Garp asked Luffy if it's true he met his father, but Luffy states he didn't think he had one. Garp expresses surprise that the latter didn't introduce himself in Loguetown. When Luffy asked Garp about his father, he revealed Luffy's father was actually Monkey D. Dragon, the Revolutionary. The reactions of those present was of dire shock, as nobody had known anything about Dragon, that he had a child, not even that he was Garp's son, and his full name.
Robin then tells Luffy just why his father is so feared. Garp notices all the surprised faces around him and laughs at telling people such news and simply ask they forget it, to their further shock.
=== Summit War Saga===
====Impel Down====
Garp paid a visit to the detained Ace in Impel Down, with the pair reflecting on Luffy and the rest of the family. This came before Ace was to be taken to Marineford for his public execution, which Garp would be attending with the rest of the Marine Admiralty, including Admirals Akainu, Aokiji, Kizuna, and Fleet Admiral Sengoku himself, along with members of the Shichibukai, the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
====Marineford War====
Garp initially stood back with Sengoku to watch the battle between Whitebeard, his crew, and all his pirate allies, against the Shichibukai, Marines, and the Admirals, even at one point taking a moment to talk to Ace again before withdrawing as the swordsmen took up their positions to execute Ace.
When Marco attempted to fly to the scaffold, Garp intercepted him and sent him crashing into the ground with a mighty punch. He told Whitebeard and his crew that to carry out their plan, they'd have to get past him, joining the fight due to his duty as a Marine Vice Admiral to ensure Ace's execution went as planned, even if he did not agree with it.
When Luffy invaded the battle of Marineford, Sengoku yelled at Garp that his family was causing trouble again, but Garp was too dumbfounded that his grandson fell from the sky to respond to Sengoku. He soon regained his wits to express ire at Luffy making it to the battlefield.
After Sengoku made Luffy's connection to Dragon known, Garp resigned himself to the fact that Luffy's reputation as an outlaw made such news irrelevant and called both brothers a pair of fools. 
When Luffy unleashed a burst of Haoshoku Haki, Garp was not too surprised and commented he inherited it after all. Nevertheless, when Luffy tries to get to Ace, Garp intercepts him, telling his grandson he would have to go through him to reach Ace to save him. As grandson and grandfather charged each other, at the last second, Garp hesitated, his love for Luffy winning out, and Luffy K.O.'ed his grandfather. Even when Sengoku personally joined the fight to stop Luffy himself, Ace was freed and joined the fight, before Whitebeard ordered everyone to retreat with Ace rescued while he stayed behind to serve as rear guard, knowing he had not much longer to live.
Unfortunately, thanks to Admiral Akainu, Ace was mortally wounded and died in Luffy's arms after the wicked Admiral angered Ace by insulting Whitebeard and his crew, which Ace took personal offense to. Enraged by Ace's murder by Akainu, Garp attempted to retaliate, but was restrained by Sengoku, with Garp telling his friend, superior, and Fleet Admiral he'd better keep him pinned down if he doesn't want to see what he intends to do to Akainu in revenge for Ace's death at his hands. However, Marshall D. Teach, AKA Blackbeard, arrives and finishes off Whitebeard with his newly strengthen crew, but in his last breaths, Whitebeard declares to all that One Piece, Gol D. Roger's legendary treasure, does exist, before expiring, and Blackbeard then doing a ritual that allows him to gain possession of Whitebeard's Devil Fruit powers to use in conjunction with his own. 
When Blackbeard threatens to sink Marineford, Garp and Sengoku immediately leap to the defense of their home base and threaten to fight Blackbeard themselves, but are stopped by Koby when he demands that everyone stop fighting since Whitebeard and Ace are dead and there's no need for further blood to be spilled. Akainu prepares to kill Koby for insubordination, but is stopped by Shanks, who threatens to have everyone there face his Red-Hair Pirates unless they agree to a unilateral ceasefire. Since their objective is already completed, Sengoku and Garp agree and order their surviving Marines to stand down, collect their dead, and treat their wounded, while Blackbeard escapes with his crew and Whitebeard's Devil Fruit powers.
Unfortunately, Garp and Sengoku later learn that the World Government is not going to publicly admit any details about the Impel Down breakout, deciding to quietly cover it up, much to their anger as this display of dishonor and injustice. As a result, both Garp and Sengoku tend their resignations from the Marines and prepare to surrender their ranks as Fleet Admiral and Vice Admiral, but Commander-in-Chief Kong convinces them to stay on, with Sengoku becoming an Inspector General, while Garp is allowed to keep his rank as Vice Admiral while becoming an instructor, since their reputations are invaluable to recruiting new members.
====Post-War Arc====
Weeks after the war, it is revealed that Garp attempted to resign from the Marines but Kong was able to talk him into accepting a position as an instructor while keeping his rank.
It is also revealed Garp's familial relations with Luffy and Dragon were made known to the whole world but Garp's reputation had not been tarnished from criminal connections. This was made clear when he escorted the mermaid princess Shirahoshi and her family to the Levelly, and had some nice conversations with her regarding Luffy, whom Shirahoshi had met herself. After the Levely, Garp escorted Shirahoshi and her family back to their home to keep the mermaid princess from Saint Charloss.
After Koby was captured by the Blackbeard Pirates from a failure attempted to arrest Boa Hancock, Garp went on a mission with SWORD to rescue Koby at Hachinosu. Garp used his advanced Haki. While Koby and Hibari are reaching his ship, Garp is soon confronted by ex-Marine Admiral, Kuzan. Garp demanded his former disciple to come back to the Marines, but refused due to his hatred towards Sakazuki. Garp was soon clashing 5 of the Ten Titanic Captains. He was defeated and captured by the Blackbeard Pirates, declaring his status MIA but allowing his troops and SWORD to escaped.
==Abilities and Powers ==
As a Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters, Garp has command over all lower ranking soldiers. An example of this is when after Morgan escaped, he was able to take away two of Ripper's subordinates (Koby and Helmeppo) and make them his own subordinates instead due to him having the higher rank. Also as a Vice Admiral, he had the potential to be called upon to be one of five vice admirals leading a fleet of ten battleships during a Buster Call. 
Despite having no Devil Fruit power, Garp is one of the most powerful fighters seen in the series so far. Although rather old, Garp still possesses an incredibly high amount of physical strength. He is able to throw iron cannonballs as if they were baseballs (at faster than cannon speeds), break through brick walls and cannon stands with his fists, and both carry and throw a gigantic ball and chain many times bigger than the Thousand Sunny. Garp also has a monstrous punching ability at his disposal, with his epithet, "Garp the Fist," vouching for his punch strength. His unorthodox training regime was what enabled his grandsons Luffy and Ace to become very powerful fighters in their own right. Further showing his true depth as an instructor was that he made Koby and Helmeppo into seasoned fighters in months. Former Admiral Kuzan, now tenth Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, achieved his ranks from his training under Garp.
In terms of combat, Garp has had several decades worth of experience in both combat and navigating the harshest oceans within the volatile "New World". He's also a "hero" of the Marines and as is known for cornering and fighting Gol D. Roger many times. Roger also stated that he and Garp had almost killed each other on numerous occasions. As another true testament of sheer power, Garp defeated and nearly killed off Don Chinjao in the past, whose bounty was worth around 500,000,000 in his prime and was said to be able to split a continent with a headbutt. Even in old age, he is still powerful and capable of pulling off great stunts: battering former Admiral Kuzan, sending the massive giant Sanjuan Wolf flying into the ocean, and inflicting severe damage on Avalo Pizzaro's island Avatar. 
He also has leadership skills, being a Marine vice admiral and the commanding officer of the 153rd Marine Branch. 
In addition to his legendary strength, he has incredible durability and pain-tolerance, as seen when he was slashed by Captain Morgan's axe hand, only to recover only seconds later, with no obvious pain and apparently being oblivious to the fact he was struck at all. This was due to the fact he fell asleep before he was being attacked. He was able to get back on his feet after being punched by Luffy in Gear Second at point-blank range without losing consciousness and we have to take note that the punch was made possible only because Garp allowed Luffy to land the strike. And even after that punch, he was able to fight the Blackbeard Pirates along with Sengoku. He took a stab to the abdomen from Shiryu and called it a flesh wound, before he knocked the latter out.
Garp is also very agile, as he jumped high into the sky and intercepted Marco, as he was flying to save Ace.
He has also been shown to be extremely fast, as he easily managed to bypass all of the Straw Hats in order to get to a sleeping Luffy. He intercepted Shiryu's strike at Koby and quickly dashed through Hachinosu to land a devastating attack on Avalo Pizarro's island form. It is evident Whitebeard respects Garp's strength as he mentioned him during his talk with Shanks. It should also be noted that Garp is not seen to carry any weapons, aside from the cannonballs that he throws, which implies that he is most likely a hand-to hand fighter. Another example of Garp's strength is when he was able to easily strike down Marco of the Whitebeard Pirates, despite the latter having his Devil Fruit abilities activated at the time, knocking him back which was something that Kizaru and Akainu seemed unable to do. 
The extent of Garp's power and fame is evident round the time of the Battle of Edd War, as Chinjao called Garp a demon to other pirates and three years before the future Pirate King died it was revealed that he was offered the rank of admiral more than once, but repeatedly refused the promotion. Garp's subordinate at that time, Kuzan (later promoted to admiral), commented on how cool Garp was for refusing such an irresistible promotion to which he answers by stating that he does not need a higher position, and that it would reduce his liberty to do what he wants. While being officially ranked as a vice admiral, his power was once or still is enough to qualify him for the rank of admiral or even fleet admiral before he retired. It was later revealed that the reason he chose not to become an admiral is because he refused to be a subordinate of the Celestial Dragons.
Similarly, when it was revealed worldwide that Luffy is Garp's grandson, Luffy's fame rose based on that fact alone, as Demaro Black attempted to use that as one of the strong points in his impersonation of Luffy, and Charlotte Linlin referenced to Garp when Luffy challenged her. 
===Haki===
Like his grandsons Monkey D. Luffy and Portgas D. Ace, Garp is one of the very few people in the world who can use all three types of Haki. He is also a capable teacher, as he taught both Koby and Helmeppo.
====Haoshoku Haki====
Garp possesses Haoshoku Haki, which is the rarest form of Haki for those who holds the qualities of a "King". He once remarked on how Luffy inherited it at Marineford. More than most, he has mastered it to the fullest, being able to perform feats beyond knocking out weaker-willed opponents. he is also one of a select few people powerful enough to "infuse" his Haoshoku Haki with something, as seen during the raid on Pirate Island by thin streams of black lightning emanating from his hands.
====Busoshoku Haki====
Garp is an extremely skilled user of Busoshoku Haki, being able to injure Luffy several times, bypassing his rubber body. By hardening his fist, Garp became able to counter and even crush Chinjao's Busoushoku Haki-enhanced drill-shaped head 30 years ago, proving his superior mastery compared to Chinjao, who himself is a masterful Busoushoku Haki user in his own right. During the Summit War of Marineford, he managed to punch and hurt Marco, despite the latter being in his regenerative phoenix form. Furthermore, Garp also can utilize the advanced application of emitting Busoshoku Haki out from his hands, allowing him to attack opponents without making physical contact. 
====Kenbunshoku Haki====
Garp possesses the ability to use Kenbunshoku Haki.
===Weapons===
So far, Garp has been seen throwing cannonballs (including a giant one, mounted on a chain) with his bare hands as if it is like baseball. The cannonballs he threw soared at a faster velocity than when fired out of a cannon, due to Garp's monstrous strength.
=== Attack List=== 
*Ai aru Kobushi (愛ある拳 Ai aru Kobushi, literally meaning "Fist of Love"): A simple but powerful punch to strike Luffy on his head, imbued with Busoshoku Haki to hurt him. It's a gag technique to "show" his love for his grandsons. He's been shown to have used this on Ace during his childhood as well. In the FUNimation sub, it's called Fist of Love.
*Genkotsu Meteor (拳骨隕石（メテオ） Genkotsu Meteo, literally meaning "Fist Meteorite"): Garp throws a cannonball at an enemy ship. Due to Garp's superhuman strength, he can throw them like baseballs, and the impacts are more powerful than when being fired from an actual cannon.
*Genkotsu Ryuseigun (拳骨流星群 Genkotsu Ryūseigun, literally meaning "Fist Meteor Shower"): Garp throws one thousand iron cannonballs at enemy ships. The cannonballs are supplied by conveyor belts on either side of him. In the FUNimation subs this is called Meteor Fist Shower.
*Galaxy Impact ( Gyarakushī Inpakuto?, literally meaning "Fist Collision"): Garp infuses his fist with Bushohoku and Haoshoku Haki and then delivers a massively powerful punch with shockwaves that encompass a large radius.
*Blue Hole ( Burū Hōru?, literally meaning "Seafloor Fall"): Garp infuses his fist with Busoshoku and Haoshoku Haki, then grabs an opponent by the face and slams them downwards, creating a massively deep hole in the ground as they fall. This was first seen used against Kuzan. A blue hole is a large marine cavern or sinkhole.
*Galaxy Divide ( Gyarakushī Dibaido?, literally meaning "Fist Cleaving"): Garp infuses his fist with Busoshoku and Haoshoku Haki and then delivers a powerful shockwave punch that creates a vertical fissure on his target. This was first seen used against the Hachinosu skull face controlled by Avalo Pizarro.
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