Monkey D. Garp

ℹ️️**Notice**This is a crossover character and is therefore not canon

**Monkey D. Garp**, also known as **Garp the Fist**, is an extremely famous and powerful Marine vice admiral. He is the father of Monkey D. Dragon, the paternal grandfather of Monkey D. Luffy, and the adoptive grandfather of Portgas D. Ace. He was responsible for overseeing Ace's birth and raising a young Luffy, before entrusting them both to the Dadan Family.

## Statistics

### Epithet:

"Garp the Fist" (ゲンコツのガープ, Genkotsu no Gāpu?);[6]Hero of the Marines (海軍の英雄, Kaigun no Eiyū?) (VIZ: "Naval Hero");[7]"Demon/Devil" (悪魔, Akuma?)

### English VA:

Brian Mathis

Garp is a major figure, along with Kong, Sengoku, Shiki, Silvers Rayleigh, Tsuru, and Whitebeard, from the times when Gol D. Roger, the "Pirate King", was still alive. His feats as a Marine soldier gained him immense notoriety and prestige, with his actions during the God Valley Incident in particular bestowing him the title of **Hero of the Marines**. Notably, Garp was offered the rank of Admiral several times throughout his career, but he refused the offer of promotion every time due to his deep hatred and contempt for World Nobles. He is also the former mentor of Kuzan.

Garp was first introduced during the Diary of Koby-Meppo Cover Page Serial, where he took charge of both Koby and Helmeppo's training after its events. After the war and Ace's death, he became a Marine Instructor to train new recruits, though still retaining the rank of vice admiral, which is not known to the public and it appears as if he has retired.

Due to his actions, he could be considered the main antagonist of the Post-Enies Lobby Arc. He is also a supporting antagonist in the Marineford Arc. During his mission to rescue Koby at Hachinosu in the Egghead Arc, Garp was badly injured and forced to remain behind, and as a result he has been declared "missing in action".

## Personality

Garp is an eccentric but caring man, who is loyal to both his criminal family and the Marine Headquarters, who he has served for decades. He is loud, boisterous, exuberant, and overall acts in a similar manner to his grandson. He has a habit of falling asleep during conversations and can be absent-minded. Luffy's crew noted his apparently hereditary selfishness during Garp's interaction with Luffy in Water 7.

Unlike many Marines, Garp does not believe that a person's lineage determines their path. On a similar note, he does not believe that being labeled a criminal necessarily makes someone a bad person. Although Garp wanted his grandsons to become marines, he entrusted their care to a mountain bandit whom he had refused to turn over for prosecution.

Garp believes that throwing children into harsh conditions will ultimately make them strong, and has no problem striking children to drive home a point. Despite this, Garp is a supportive person. When Ace asked Garp whether he should have been born, Garp replies that Ace will find the answer if he continues living. When Momousagi mentioned Luffy being targeted by two Emperors, Garp did not express much concern about it.

Although Garp will ultimately comply with Marine HQ's most serious orders, he highly values his freedom and family. Often to a point where he bends the rules to accommodate these values. He initially refused to capture Luffy in Water 7 until explicitly ordered to do so. Despite fulfilling his duties, Garp has a Moral Code to follow, which according to Sengoku is the main reason why Garp refused the promotion as an Admiral multiple times, as his code dictates that it is not his duty to protect Celestial Dragons. Additionally, Garp is generally amused by Luffy's exploits as a pirate, and only seriously laments both of his grandsons' choices to become pirates after Ace is captured. He ultimately allowed Luffy to hit him due to valuing his family more than his duty as a Marine during the war at Marineford. He even seemed ready to defend them when Akainu executed Ace and was on the verge of killing Luffy.

Like Luffy, Garp is extremely blunt and honest when talking to people as seen when he openly badmouthed Sterry, the current king of the Goa Kingdom, unafraid of the consequences. He considers the Celestial Dragons scumbags and is not afraid of expressing this vocally. The main reason he refused to become an admiral is because he does not want to be their direct subordinate. On one occasion, he also blurted out Monkey D. Dragon's name in front of Luffy, his friends, and his subordinates without any consideration at Water 7. When he realized he should not have said that he just simply laughed it off, asking those who heard to forget about it.

Garp believes in the potential of youth and sees it as a Marine's duty to protect the future. This is the first lesson he teaches to Marine recruits, even telling them in a situation where they have to choose between saving a old man and a baby; they should leave the old man behind on the dangerous island and save the baby because the old man doesn't have much time left while the baby and them have a whole future ahead of them. While his fellow Marine instructor told him never to repeat this lesson, Garp stood by it. He would display his commitment to this by launching a rescue mission to save Koby after he was taken to Hachinosu by Blackbeard, declaring Koby the future of the Marines. At the end of the raid, he showed his faith in Koby, Prince Grus and Helmeppo by entrusting them to save the Marine ship from Avalo Pizarro's attack while he stayed behind to allow to them to escape, calling all of them the "future of the Marines".

When Garp prepares to fight seriously, he often removes his Marine coat or a suit jacket. Like his grandson, Garp is extremely fond of food, especially donuts, rice crackers and meat.

Garp has his own laughter style: Bwahaha or Wahaha.

## Relationships

### Marines

As the "Hero of the Marines", Garp is overall very well-respected for cornering the Pirate King multiple times. While Garp seems devoted to his duties, he has his own sense of justice and does not always obey orders which are given to him. Both Garp's immense popularity and achievements are noted by Sengoku to be the reason Garp was never disposed of for his rebellious attitude. He was requested to remain behind as an instructor due to his fame, which will be invaluable in recruiting, Garp has problems with respecting his superiors and such is the case with then-Fleet Admiral Kong 27 years ago, and former Fleet Admiral Sengoku. Even including the fact that Garp was about to try to kill Akainu for killing Ace, it seems that this has not affected Garp's standing in the Marines even after his relationship with both Dragon and Luffy was revealed to the world, as Kong insisted that Garp's title and records can be utilized to recruit new Marines.

#### Crew

Garp's crew often reacts with shock or uncertainty at his behavior. At times he seems to be unaware of the true extent of what is going on around him. After ordering his crew to rebuild a wall that Garp himself had just destroyed, his crew refused to do so unless he helped as well. This insubordinate behavior was displayed amongst a Marine crew, but Garp complied with their demand. Despite Garp telling his crew about his relationship with Luffy and Dragon, most Marines were unaware of it until the war with Whitebeard, suggesting that his men kept it a secret.

Garp's right hand man is a Marine of unknown rank, who is usually seen with him. In the anime, his name is Bogard, although his name has not been revealed in the manga as of yet. It seems that Garp and Bogard have been together for at least 27 years.

#### Koby and Helmeppo

Additionally, Garp is the mentor of Koby and Helmeppo, who both came to admire him. He was shocked when Koby shouted out to stop the killing at Marineford during the war with Whitebeard.

When Koby was captured by the Blackbeard Pirates after his failed attempted to arrest Boa Hancock, he plans on going to rescue him, disregarding protocol. Garp acknowledged Koby to be his beloved pupil. Due to knowing Koby's relentless determination and effort during the early days of his training, Garp had high expectation for Koby calling him the future of the Marines. Upon seeing Koby awaken his potential by destroying Pizzaro's giant Island hand, Garp wholeheartedly laughed, content to witness his beloved pupil's growth.

### Family

#### Monkey D. Dragon

Dragon is Garp's son. No direct interactions between the two have been shown. In the past he expressed discontent about his own son becoming a Revolutionary, though over the years he seems much more casual about his son's path as a Revolutionary who is wanted by the World Government. There appears to be some sort of understanding between the two, as Garp was aware that the reason Dragon was in Loguetown was to see Luffy set off for the Grand Line. After the Summit War of Marineford, he was not fazed by the fact that his relationship with Dragon became public knowledge. It also seems his reputation as a hero hasn’t been tarnished by this revelation.

Garp and Dragon have different assessments of the East Blue. While Garp perceives it as a rather peaceful place, Dragon expresses his disgust with Garp's view of "peace" as nothing more than a form of oppression authorized by the law in places, such as Tequila Wolf and the Goa Kingdom, where common people live in horrible conditions.

Ultimately, Garp has an extremely different ideology from his son. While Garp takes pride and contentment in being a Marine serving the World Government, Dragon absolutely despises the World Government to the point of becoming a Revolutionary and seeking to overthrow them. However, they are unified in one belief – disdain toward the Celestial Dragons.

#### Monkey D. Luffy

Garp raised his grandson Luffy and sets high standards for him, and gets mad at the slightest mistake he makes, even when his own are sometimes no better (i.e., telling off Luffy for falling asleep only to fall asleep himself). This often leads Luffy to receiving the force of Garp's punches, and due to these experiences, he has become afraid of his grandfather. Garp also claims Luffy was poisoned by Shanks with ideas of becoming a pirate, as Garp wanted Luffy to be a great Marine like him. Luffy, however, claims otherwise and told Garp that even as a child he wanted to be a pirate. Nevertheless, the two get along quite well. As Nami stated at the time of Garp's departure that there seems to be an amazing ego that runs in Garp's family. Garp left Luffy in Dadan's care as a child, which is how Luffy met Ace.

Garp appears proud when Luffy commits outrageous acts, and found it amusing when he learned that Luffy had infiltrated the great prison Impel Down in an attempt to rescue Ace. When he learned that Luffy had broken out of Impel Down (taking many infamous prisoners along with him) and headed straight to Marineford, where the marines were currently waging war against Whitebeard and his crew, Garp was shocked. He was even more shocked when Luffy, along with an entire battleship of prisoners, fell off a frozen tsunami and into the war front.

This shows that he cares for his grandson's well-being. He later calmed himself as the battle went on and simply watched as Luffy fought the marines, throughout which he seemed distraught whenever Luffy was struck down by various powerful soldiers. When Sengoku made Luffy's relationship to Dragon public, Garp simply states that Luffy already has such widespread notoriety that his connection to Dragon is irrelevant. Garp expressed surprise at Luffy's ability to use Haoshokou Haki before commenting that Luffy inherited it after all. When Luffy was on the verge of saving Ace, Garp blocked him and refused to move, citing his Marine duties. Despite this, Garp allowed Luffy to hit him without fighting back.

After the timeskip, Garp does not seem to be troubled by his grandson's growing infamy. This was demonstrated when he was not the least bit concerned that two of the Four Emperors are after him, even laughing at the idea of the Yonko actually teaming up over something.

#### Portgas D. Ace

Garp adopted Ace from Gol D. Roger, who requested him to take care of his son while adding that Ace does not deserve to be treated as a criminal just because of his family ties. While Garp initially thought of adopting Ace as a preposterous idea, he eventually agreed to Roger's final wish, as the latter pointed out that after multiple confrontations, he trusted the vice admiral as much as a friend. Indeed, Garp was troubled when Ace was about to face death and claimed he had no pity for a pirate, but believed family is different. He cares about him deeply, crying for his grandson as he was about to be executed for being a pirate and desperately asking why he could not have just been a Marine. In fact, after Akainu killed Ace, Garp was more than willing to kill him in revenge, and the only reason he didn't follow through was because he was restrained by Sengoku.

When Ace was an infant, Garp would use his vacation time to visit the village often and make funny faces to cheer him up. Despite the fact that Ace was a troubled child that would beat up anyone who insulted his father, Garp seemed amused with Ace, yet never scolded him for his actions as a part of him felt sad that the child did not fully accept Roger as his father. After Luffy, Sabo and Ace had gotten along well, Garp would sometimes visit them and train them by beating them up and destroying most of the forest in the process.

As with Luffy, Garp had high expectations for Ace to be a strong Marine but is disappointed that he chose the life of piracy, which incidentally sent him to Impel Down where they were speaking about the issue. Ace refused to acknowledge the idea that he and his younger brother could have ever been Marines, considering their fathers' restless blood in their veins.

### Enemies

#### Gol D. Roger

Back when Gol D. Roger was alive, Garp managed to corner him numerous times. As such, they have a long history against each other with the exception to the Rocks Pirates. Garp was one of two Marines that Roger considered to be worth his time, the other being Sengoku. Due to their countless clashes, Roger came to see Garp as much a friend as the rest of his crew. Garp too had respect for him, as he not only protected Ace but also showed signs of disappointment from Ace's decision to disregard Roger being his father. Garp also acknowledged Roger's strength, stating that although Roger was extremely reckless, this is what made him become the King of the Pirates. Garp also told Dadan that although he is a Marine, he could never come to hate Roger.

When Roger was about to be executed after turning himself in due to his terminal illness, he made a final request to Garp. He asked Garp to take care of his unborn child, as he did not deserve to be condemned as a criminal because of his father's crimes, something they both agreed on. While Garp had initially wanted to make Ace into a Marine rather than a pirate like Roger, he still wanted Ace to be proud of his biological father. Though in the end, Garp had no success in this endeavor either.

#### Edward Newgate

Whitebeard respected Garp and acknowledged his strength when he addressed him by his real name, and not "brat" unlike Crocodile, Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, Shanks, and many others (though Garp was more in the same age group as Whitebeard, being 4 years older than him). Garp did not let Marco pass through to get to Ace's execution platform meaning he did not care how fearsome Whitebeard could be after seeing that, which is due to not only having fought Whitebeard's rival the Pirate King but also Whitebeard himself during the God Valley Incident.