Bentham

Bentham, also known as Bentham of the Wild and Mr. 2 Bon Clay, is a character from the One Piece series.
== Charactah Account ==
Bentham has a flamboyant attitude, and is prone to singing and dancing. His martial art style is called "Okama Kenpo" in the Japanese manga.
Bentham ate the Devil Fruit, Mane Mane no Mi (Clone Clone Fruit) which allows him to transform into an exact copy of anyone he has touched. Mr. 2 Bon Clay's swans form the shape of a two. He is defeated by Sanji but is considered a friend by the Straw Hat Pirates, even aiding them in their escape from Alabasta.
While Bentham was once an enemy of Luffy's as a member of Baroque Works, the two became quick friends, leading Bon Kurei to sacrifice himself for Luffy both at Arabasta and later at Impel Down, being one of his main allies during that Story Arc. He is currently the new queen of Newkama Land.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* One Piece
* One Piece Movie 8: Episode of Alabasta - The Desert Princess and the Pirates
* One Piece: Dream Soccer King
* One Piece: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King
=== Manga ===
* One Piece
* One Piece: Straw Hat Theater
* One Piece: Vivi's Adventure
=== Video Games ===
* Jumputi Heroes
* One Piece Bon! Bon! Journey!!
* One Piece Bounty Rush
* One Piece Grand Battle 3
* One Piece Odyssey
* One Piece Romance Dawn: The Dawn of the Adventure
* One Piece Thousand Storm
* One Piece Treasure Cruise
* One Piece: Aim! The King of Belly
* One Piece: Burning Blood
* One Piece: Dance Battle
* One Piece: Dragon Dream!
* One Piece: Gear Spirit
* One Piece: Gigant Battle
* One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 New World
* One Piece: Going Baseball
* One Piece: Grand Adventure
* One Piece: Grand Battle! 2
* One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
* One Piece: Grand Battle! Swan Colosseum
* One Piece: Ocean's Dream!
* One Piece: Pirates Carnival
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
* One Piece: Round the Land
* One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
* One Piece: Treasure Battle!
* One Piece: Treasure Wars
* One Piece: Treasure Wars 2 Welcome to Buggyland
* One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
* One Piece: Unlimited Cruise
* One Py Berry Match
== Trivia ==
* Bentham is the only Officer Agent in the Baroque Works organization without a female partner. This stems from the fact that he is an Okama and plays both the male and female roles. Because of this, he received two names: a male name with a number, and a female name with a holiday. His female name, Bon Kurei, refers both to the O-Bon Festival and to the end-of-the-year festivity, Kure.
** Bentham's Devil Fruit also references his status as an Okama as it allows him to take on both genders as he pleases.
* In the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th fan polls of most popular characters, Bentham was ranked 9th, 21st, 23rd, 20th and 25th, respectively, being the most popular Okama in the series.
** In the 2nd poll, Bentham is ranked as the most popular of the Baroque Works members, in the 3rd, 4th and 5th as the third most popular, after Nico Robin and Nefertari Vivi in all of them, and in the 6th as the fourth most popular, after Robin, Vivi and Crocodile.
* While fighting Sanji, Bentham removes the swans on his coat and places them on his shoes. He notes that the swan on his left foot is male and the swan on his right foot is female.
* Nami imitated Bentham's way of speaking in the Thriller Bark Arc while she was attempting to convince Lola that she was an Okama, particularly when she says "joudan janai wa you".
** This is somewhat ironic given Bentham's use of Nami's form via the powers of the Mane Mane no Mi in both the Arabasta Arc and Impel Down Arc.
* Bentham is seen among the audience of a theater in a trailer for Movie 6, even though he himself has no role in the story.
* Bentham's favorite foods are octopus parfait and kamairicha.
** This follows the theme of Baroque Works Officer Agents having a type of tea as their favorite food.
* Bentham shares notable similarities with Stinger, a character from Zoids: Chaotic Century and Zoids: Guardian Force. Both characters were voiced by Kazuki Yao and made their debuts in 2000 where Stinger made his first appearance on February 26th and Bentham made his first appearance on March 27th. Both are okama and transvestites, and are assassins who worked under villains to target royalties and usurp their thrones with ancient weapons of mass destruction. Both have flamboyant, flashy, and queer personalities, and initially appeared as villains, but later reunited with former villainous allies during their imprisonments. Both were influenced by protagonists and are redeemed, worked together to break out of prisons, challenged greater threats to save others, bravely fought almost dying as a consequence, but survived and joined to different organizations.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Bentham at One Piece Wiki
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Category:Males
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