Usopp

**Usopp** is the sniper of the Straw Hat Pirates, who also serves as their inventor and engineer. His dream is to better himself and become a brave warrior like his father Yasopp, who serves on board the ship captained by Shanks, Luffy's idol.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Usopp, Sniper King, Sogeking
* **Origin**: One Piece
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 19
* **Birthday**: April 1
* **Classification**: Human, Straw Hat Pirates Sniper, Inventor, and Engineer
* **Blood Type**: S, O
* **Height**: 176 cm (5'9.5")
* **Weight**: 60 kg (132 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Tan
* **Eye Color**: Black
* **Hair Color**: Black
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Relatives**: Yasopp (Father)
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **B-Class**
* **Powers and Abilities**: Master Marksman Specialist (Keen Aim), Haki (Observation Haki), Master Engineer, Artistry Skills, Keen Tactician, Strong Willpower, Adept Liar
* **Standard Equipment**: Black Kabuto, Pop Green, Usopp Pound, Dials (Flash Dial)
* **Weaknesses**: Can be scared at most times, but has gotten more confident about his abilities during the New World Saga. Pessimistic. Relatively new to using Observation Haki.
* **Notable Attacks/Techniques**: Lead Star, Flame Star, Firebird Star, Exploding Star, Grow Up (Meteor Swarm Assault), Super Grow Up (Bagworm), Green Star: Devil, Green Star: Sargasso, Green Star: Bamboo Javelin, Green Star: Rafflesia, Green Star: Skull Bombgrass, Green Star: Smoke Bomb, Green Star: Trampolia, Green Star: Impact Wolf, Charging Shooting Star, Usopp Hammer, Usopp Pound, Flash Dial, Impact Dial
* **Voice Actor**: Kappei Yamaguchi

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## Appearance

Usopp is a slim, muscular teenager with long, medium-length black woolly hair, a short goatee and a long nose, which is apparently an allusion to Pinocchio (a wooden boy from a story of the same name who possessed a nose that would stretch after he lied). Usopp inherited his famous nose from his mother, while the rest of his face closely resembles his father's.

Usopp wears a pair of sniper goggles around his neck and has some headphones or ear protectors on, and a white suncap on his head. He also wears a pair of rolled-up yellow pants with red suspenders, a blue and white striped wrist band on his left arm, and a pair of caramel brown boots. He also carries with him a red satchel, which he stores all his tools and gadgets in.

## Personality

Usopp is one of the more sentimental Straw Hat Pirates, and cries or loses his temper in moments of emotional stress, and, can be an easily frightened, anxious, insecure liar. Unlike Nami (whose cowardice is linked to just wanting to stay alive), Usopp's cowardice was the result of his fear and insecurity, especially when faced with uncertainty. Usopp is able to put aside his fear during more desperate times: despite being afraid, he faces those fears for the sake of his friends and people he barely knows. Though some of Usopp's lies actually help and inspire people like Chopper. He used to be the first to come up with an excuse to avoid doing something or to avoid putting himself in danger. Two of the most frequently used excuses is that he gets a disease named, for example, "Can't-get-on-this-island disease"; his other excuse is his delusions of acting like the captain, referring to himself as "Captain Usopp" when talking to Chopper, opponents, or strangers.

He is also insecure about his capabilities, worried that since he was not as physically strong as Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Blizzard, he was just a burden to their crew. Though he is very intelligent and a talented sniper, he had trouble seeing his better qualities and his strengths until the fight at Enies Lobby opened his eyes. After said fight, Usopp was able to finally see his better half (Sogeking) and realized that even though he was not as strong as the others, he was still quite powerful in his own right. After two years of training, Usopp becomes more confident in himself, especially in terms of his fighting abilities, and boasts that he has become a warrior. He comically smacks people (mostly Luffy) frequently when they annoy him or say something stupid.

## Main Skills and Equipment

**Black Kabuto**: Usopp's primary weapon of choice with numerous pellets for ammunition. It's capable of turning into a stronger form called **Grow Up Kuro Kabuto** upon contact with water due to a **Bakun So** (バクン草 Bakun Sō?, literally meaning "Chomping Grass") living inside Kuro Kabuto. In this form, the slingshot extends and the actual sling, while getting bigger, also takes on the appearance of the aforementioned carnivorous plant life form, allowing it to consume large amounts of rubble around it. In the process, it grows to a large size and can use the rubble as ammunition to attack its opponents.

* **Lead Star**: Usopp fires a small lead ball bearing or pachinko ball from his slingshot.
* **Exploding Star**: Usopp fires a highly explosive pellet filled with gunpowder.
* **Flame Star**: Usopp fires a pellet containing flammable substances, and he sometimes throws bottles with flammable substances in them at the opponent just prior to this attack to increase the damage.
	+ **Firebird Star**: Usopp fires what can be assumed to be a very strong Flame Star in the shape of a massive phoenix. It also seems to summon a massive ring of fire once it makes contact.
* **Grow Up**: After feeding Kuro Kabuto some water by connecting a pole filled with water to the base of the handle, Usopp gives it the command "Grow Up" to transform it into its "Grow Up" Kuro Kabuto form.
	+ **Meteor Swarm Assault**: Used in it's Chomping Grass form, the slingshot begins to feed on nearby debris before Usopp fires it at his target, pummeling them with a barrage of rocks and rubble.
* **Super Grow Up**: A larger version of "Grow Up", that causes Usopp's Kuro Kabuto to become **Great Kuro Kabuto**.
	+ **Bagworm**: An extremely long ranged technique designed to incapacitate an opponent. Usopp launched it with a 3-in-1 bullet: the first is a **Exploding Star**, used as a booster to gain some height; the second is another booster to shoot the bullet in a different direction and/or make adjustments to compensate for outside influences and to set up the final booster which delivers the intended payload.

**Pop Greens**: Seeds of hostile plants found in the forest of "Greenstone" on Boin Archipelago. They can grow from seeds to full-sized plants in moments. After the timeskip, Usopp is shown to be quite adept in using Pop Greens, creating a carnivorous plant that resembled a monstrous Venus flytrap with tendrils, grow sea weed like plants sturdy enough to trap boulders, or a giant flower with a terrible smell to deter enemies.

* **Green Star: Devil**: Shooting a Pop Green, Usopp creates a large Venus Flytrap which attacks his enemies. In addition to being able to eat enemies with its large mouth, it can ensnare those nearby with its vines.
* **Green Star: Sargasso**: Usopp fires a Pop Green at his target, which then explodes into an array of resilient seaweed, strong enough to delay an avalanche of rock and earth.
* **Green Star: Bamboo Javelin**: Usopp shoots a Pop Green and stalks of bamboo shoots up from the ground, stabbing and impaling anyone it crosses paths with.
* **Green Star: Rafflesia**: Usopp fires a Pop Green at his enemy, not aiming for them specifically but a place near them. The pop green reveals a rather large Rafflesia flower. The flower then excretes a foul smelling odor, disabling the enemy's senses with its stench.
* **Green Star: Skull Bombgrass**: Usopp shoots a Pop Green that explodes upon impact. It releases a large red explosion in the shape of a skull.
* **Green Star: Humandrake**: Usopp shoots a Pop Green on the ground that only triggers to attack opponents once they step on it, with its living roots it leaps off to the opponent causing them to get off balance.
* **Green Star: Smoke Bomb**: Usopp shoots a Pop Green which sprouts a huge flower and shoots a thick layer of black smoke from its center to block his enemies' vision.
* **Green Star: Trampolia**: Usopp shoots a Pop Green on the ground that launches anyone who gets close to it up into the air. It is shaped like a big flower with a bubble at the center.
* **Green Star: Impact Wolf**: Usopp fires a seed that quickly grows into the shape of a large green wolf. The bulb on its nose releases a stunningly powerful shockwave.

**Usopp Hammer**: Using an ordinary work hammer, Usopp bashes his opponent on the head. Can be repeated many times for a stronger attack.

**Usopp Pound**: Usopp uses a massive and intimidating "5-Ton Hammer" to strike a target. Actually just two frying pans, a metal sheet and a stick-- weighing 2 kg combined.

**Flash Dial**: A Dial that stores light. By pressing it, Usopp can release any light within as a sort of flash bomb.

**Impact Dial**: A Dial that absorbs any blows directed to it and can release them back at the attacker. Usopp can thus use this to absorb a powerful blow such as Luffy's Gum-Gum Bazooka and release it back at the original source or any other opponent. The downside is that the recoil from the released energy is akin to the original blow.

**Haki**: There are normally two types of Haki regular people can tap into: the Observation Haki which allows individuals to sense the presence of others, and Armament Haki which allows individuals to create an invisible armor around them. There is however a third type of Haki, Conqueror's Haki, that only a few individuals can use. Usopp is not one of these individuals.

* **Observation Haki**: Usopp has only begun realizing his potential with this form of Haki. He was capable of sensing the presense of Luffy, Law, and Sugar from several kilometers away, but only with intense focus and determination.

**Master Marksman Specialist**: His marksmanship is nearly unmatched, hitting Spandam and some Marines from a distance of over a mile (out-distancing even the guns the Marines had) with the wind against him. In order to stop Sugar a second time, he demonstrated his ability to calculate and predict trajectory angles, influence of wind and distance, and even incorporating booster shots into his projectile; thereby allowing him to hit his target located indoors, physically located too far away to even be visualized, through a small opening in a window.

* **Keen Aim**: Usopp also has impeccable eyesight, and has on more than one occasion seen or noticed things before his crewmates. Examples of this include being the first one to see Gekko Moriah inside the stomach of the gargantuan zombie, Oars, and being the only one able to see the harpy Monet watching them on Punk Hazard.

**Immense Endurance and Will Power**: Usopp's endurance and will power is considerable as well. After a major battle, Usopp tends to have severe injuries often caused by his determination to reach his goal. He will attempt to continue even with his injuries. A prominent example of his incredible durability can be observed when Usopp was hit in the face by Mr. 4's 4-ton bat, and smashed repeatedly through walls by Miss Merry Christmas, and not only survived, but was able to continue fighting. This has been seen more recently with their fight against the legendary Golden Lion Shiki where he was the only Straw Hat that managed to remain conscious after the battle; also during the Water 7 Arc, he endured physical abuse by Franky Family strong grunts, beaten covered in blood, a state which shocked Nami to tears, moments later when she gone to ask help, he showed up at Franky Family's base when he got smashed by all members at the time, after gaining conscious he gone through a fight against Luffy and then against Marines on train and ultimately against CP9.

**Enhanced Speed and Reflexes**: Another one of Usopp's attributes is that he is a fast runner. In battle, Usopp uses hit-and-run tactics, and works best as part of a team where there are more physical fighters to watch his back. This is due to the fact that he is so high-strung and jumpy, and he often gives into his basic survival instincts: fight or flight (usually choosing flight), although this seems to have changed after the timeskip where he is shown to be more confident in his abilities. Even before his extensive physical training during the timeskip, Usopp was capable of running faster than a Pacifista while carrying a wounded Zoro.

**Master Engineer**: His creative engineering has resulted in the creation of both the Clima-Tact and Kabuto. He also appears to have some knowledge concerning chemistry, being solely responsible for manufacturing the highly innovative slingshot pellets, or "stars", that he uses for ammunition. For other more complex activities, such as acting as the shipwright for the Going Merry, he is largely inexperienced, as he was barely able to keep the Going Merry going doing patchwork repairs. As Franky pointed out, his skills are amateur and he barely knows how to use a hammer correctly for such jobs. After Franky joined the crew, Usopp gladly let him take over maintaining the ship, even agreeing to Franky's request to assist him. In return, Franky provided a workshop for Usopp to work on his gadgets and creations, something he is more at home with. Even Franky admitted that his skills in gadgets are considerable.

**Artistry Skills**:

**Keen Tactician**: He is also very analytical in battle. For example, in his battle against Caesar Clown he understood that even though Caesar Clown had the Gas-Gas Fruit, therefore making him a Logia type, he would still explode if he was exposed to fire as he was still just gas. He then later understood that a plan would not work as Caesar Clown was in control of the gases around him and that if he removed the oxygen from the atmosphere, the flame would no longer burn.

**Adept Liar**: Usopp is also an adept liar, which can be useful in certain situations. Although many of his lies are outrageous, they've been shown to be a useful distraction at times; especially against gullible opponents. At times, it even succeeds as a deterrence albeit for a short period of time until his enemies figure out his bluff. He often incorporates his bluffs into his arsenal with mixed results.

**Gardening**: Likely due to his time with Heracles, Usopp has gardening skills, which he uses to cultivate Pop Greens for his arsenal after the timeskip.

## Relationships

* Yasopp
* Monkey D. Luffy
* Roronoa Zoro
* Nami
* Sanji
* Tony Tony Chopper
* Nico Robin
* Franky
* Blizzard
* Brook
* Monkey D. Aika
* Kumi
* Kaya
* Heracles
* Kuro
* Perona