Usopp

Usopp, also known as Sogeking, Sniper King, Usoland, Long Nose and God Usopp, is one of the main characters from the One Piece series.
== Charactah Account ==
A rather boastful seventeen/nineteen year-old who likes to tell tall tales, Usopp serves as the crew's sharpshooter, and previously served as the (barely competent) repairman for the Going Merry. He's the son of Yasopp, a sharpshooter serving under Shanks, and comes from the East Blue. He becomes the third of Luffy's recruits after the latter protects Syrup Village from Kuro. At first a cowardly liar with self-esteem issues, Usopp grows to be a dependable part of the crew. He specializes in the use of a slingshot, called the Galaxy Slingshot (Ginga Pachinko), which he replaced with the Kabuto and later the Black Kabuto. These slingshot, coupled with his talent in tricking enemies, and his absurd sniping skills, make him a redoubtable sniper able to intervene at a very long range.
His dream is to better himself and become a brave warrior of the seas, and while he's now quite brave, the challenges he faces have grown accordingly, meaning he usually keeps his usual attitude. According to Oda, he is the physically-weakest member of the crew, and his worries about not being able to keep up with the stronger members, with the resulting inner turmoil from that, put him at odds with Luffy during one story arc, and ultimately resulted in the creation of an alter ego dubbed Sogeking which he uses to draw on his inner strength and courage.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Nissan Serena x One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase - Sennyuu! Sauzando Sanii-gou
* One Piece
* One Piece 3D: Rush! Trap Coaster
* One Piece 3D: Strawhat Chase
* One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace's Death! Luffy's Pledge to His Friends
* One Piece Film: Gold
* One Piece Film: Gold Episode 0 - 711 ver.
* One Piece Film: Red
* One Piece Film: Strong World
* One Piece Film: Strong World Episode 0
* One Piece Film: Z
* One Piece Movie 01
* One Piece Movie 02: Clockwork Island Adventure
* One Piece Movie 03: Chopper Kingdom of Strange Animal Island
* One Piece Movie 04: Dead End
* One Piece Movie 05: The Curse of the Sacred Sword
* One Piece Movie 06: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
* One Piece Movie 07: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle
* One Piece Movie 08: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta
* One Piece Movie 09: Episode of Chopper Plus - Bloom in the Winter
* One Piece Movie 14: Stampede
* One Piece Recap
* One Piece Special: Adventure in the Ocean's Navel
* One Piece Special: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream!
* One Piece Special: Protect! The Last Great Performance
* One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy
* One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia
* One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - Prologue
* One Piece: Episode of East Blue - Luffy and His Four Crewmates' Great Adventure
* One Piece: Episode of Luffy - Hand Island Adventure
* One Piece: Episode of Merry - The Tale of One More Friend
* One Piece: Episode of Nami - Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends
* One Piece: Episode of Sabo - Bond of Three Brothers, A Miraculous Reunion and an Inherited Will
* One Piece: Episode of Skypiea
* One Piece: Django's Dance Carnival
* One Piece: Dream Soccer King!
* One Piece: Glorious Island
* One Piece: Heart of Gold
* One Piece: Romance Dawn Story
* One Piece: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King
* Orb Panic Adventure Returns!
=== Light Novels ===
* One Piece: Loguetown Arc
=== Manga ===
* Chopperman: Yukeyuke! Everyone's Chopper Teacher
* Cross Epoch
* Food Wars! Shokugeki no Sanji
* One Piece
* One Piece Log Book Omake
* One Piece Party
* One Piece x Toriko
* One Piece: Vivi's Adventure
=== Video Games ===
* Battle Stadium D.O.N
* Fighting for One Piece
* J-Stars Victory Vs
* J-Stars Victory Vs+
* Jump Super Stars
* Jump Ultimate Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* One Piece Romance Dawn: The Dawn of the Adventure
* One Piece Treasure Cruise
* One Piece Thousand Storm
* One Piece: Aim! The King of Berry
* One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
* One Piece: Big Secret Treasure of the Seven Phantom Islands
* One Piece: Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew!
* One Piece: Burning Blood
* One Piece: Chopper's Big Adventure
* 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!
* One Piece: Grand Battle! 2
* One Piece: Grand Battle! 3
* One Piece: Grand Battle! Rush!
* One Piece: Grand Battle! Swan Colosseum
* One Piece: Grand Line Dream Adventure Log
* One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum
* One Piece: Legend of the Rainbow Island
* One Piece: Ocean's Dream! - Oceans of Dreams
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
* One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
* One Piece: Pirates Carnival
* One Piece: Round the Land
* One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
* One Piece: Treasure Wars
* One Piece: Treasure Wars 2 Welcome to Buggyland
* One Piece: Unlimited Adventure
* One Piece: Unlimited Cruise
* One Piece: Unlimited World Red
* One Py Berry Match
* Set Sail Pirate Crew!
== Trivia ==
* In addition to the Straw Hats' jolly roger, Usopp also has one of his own, like all the other members of the crew. The flag was first seen when Luffy asked him to design and paint a Jolly Roger for the crew. Though it was supposed to reflect everyone, Usopp designed his own jolly roger as their symbol, reflecting his delusions of captainship. It has Usopp's nose, bandanna, a star, and a slingshot for a cross-bone. Usopp's design was immediately rejected.
** Usopp has a second personal jolly roger after the timeskip. In this version his skull is seen on its left side with Usopp's new hat, headphones, and his curly hair tied back. The Kuro Kabuto is seen on its side in the background.
* Usopp can be seen in the corner of Luffy's first wanted poster and Zoro's first wanted poster. In Luffy's, he is simply viewed from behind. In Zoro's, his silhouette is faintly seen through the smoke in the background of the poster doing his Crocodile impersonation. However, in the anime, the latter was cut out of Zoro's poster most likely due to the fact that it is not easily visible and was thus overlooked. It was later corrected in Episode 152 but omitted again in the second bounty poster. It is unknown if he is seen on Luffy and Zoro's actual wanted posters.
* Usopp's name is possibly based on "Isoppu", which is the Japanese pronunciation of Aesop, the ancient Greek fabulist. Considering that uso means "lie" in Japanese, the name Usopp can be taken as a portmanteau name between uso and Isopp, since Usopp is both a liar and a storyteller. The name is also a Japanese pun in that saying "Ore wa Usopp!" can mean either "I am Usopp!" or "I am a lie!" because Usopp's name is written using Katakana characters and not Kanji.
** Were it to be rendered in Kanji, Usopp's name would be written as (Usoppu), meaning "liar way/style".
** Usopp's backstory is similar to Aesop's tale The Boy Who Cried Wolf, as he kept calling out that pirates were attacking and so was not believed when pirates actually did come, like the boy when a wolf actually came.
* It is possible that Usopp's long nose was inspired by the Italian novel "Pinocchio", as Pinocchio was a wooden puppet whose nose grew longer whenever he told a lie.
* Usopp might be somewhat based on the Japanese mythical species tengu, who were said to have long noses and habits of tricking people. Kin'emon even referred to him as a tengu.
* In regards to his alter-ego, Sogeking is a play on words as the Japanese word for sniper is "Sogeki".
* Ironically, most of the tall tales and lies he told have come true at some point during the Straw Hats' voyage.
* He, Luffy, and Sanji claim to have never fallen ill, and thus do not know what it feels like.
* Kappei Yamaguchi, Usopp's Japanese voice actor, came up with the notes to the Sogeking song. Oda provided the words and then asked him to develop the notes himself. Kappei also stated that the Sogeking song is the most requested song for him.
* Sonny Strait, the FUNimation voice actor for Usopp, has stated several times during the FUNimation DVD commentaries that Kappei Yamaguchi is his favorite Japanese voice actor, saying that whenever he listens to Kappei's performance in recording it is like he is saying "Top that, American voice actor!".
* In the 6th Japanese Fan Poll, Usopp was voted the 15th most popular character in One Piece.
* Skypiea has a theme park dedicated to Usopp called "Rubber Band Land". It has a drawn profile of him on the overhead sign and a statue featuring him as a muscular warrior, complete with a spear.
* The face Usopp made that scared Sugar into unconsciousness is based on the entrance to the Goa Gajah cave in Indonesia.
* Usopp's occupation in Wano as a toad-oil merchant seems to be a reference to snake oil, a traditional Chinese remedy without any actual use that became symbolistic for fraud in the West. Ironically, since Wano is based on ancient Japan, the roles would be reversed.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Usopp at One Piece Wiki
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