History Recap / OnePieceDrumIslandArc

* EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal: Poor Chopper. Luffy and Sanji initially treat him as a potential meal. When they leave Drum Island, Sanji initially thinks of him of as this still.

* EatTheDog: Poor Chopper. Luffy and Sanji initially treat him as a potential meal.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Wapol gets the key to his armory and attempts to activate his Royal Drum Crown 7 Barrel Bilking Cannon. He finds that not only does it not work anymore, but snow birds have made their nests in it! Thanks to the freezing conditions of the Drum Rockies and the years of inactivity or upkeep the cannon is rendered useless.
** After being healed and revived by the 20 [=MDs=], Dalton's recovery is slow, and he is still very much not 100% by the end of the arc.

%% Doesnt explain what the reaction is. ** Calling Kureha old. Luffy and Sanji find this out the hard way.

* {{Manchild}}: Wapol isn't [[PsychopathicManchild insane]], just an [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]]. But he is definitely this. [[SelfishEvil He thinks of nothing but his own pleasure]], [[BystanderSyndrome and shows little concern about possible threats to his kingdom]]. And when he was once called out for it, he took it out a small child (a then-10-year-old Vivi) who acted ''more mature than him''. Dalton never let this go past his attention, and it sowed the seeds for his HeelFaceTurn.

* Wapol's banishment from the kindgdom at the end of this arc leads to his cover story mini arc, in has multiple important results:

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Dalton finds out the hard way that Wapol isn't someone to mess with. Kureha explicitly states that if Wapol's cabinet were easy to get rid of, the people of Drum would have revolted years ago.

* SuddenPrincipledStand: Dalton makes one after Hiriluk's death, declaring Wapol to be a terrible and foolish leader who's ruining the country. However, all that accomplishes [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking is him getting his ass kicked by Wapol]], who imprisons him for insubordination.

** Calling Kureha old. Luffy and Sanji find this out the hard way.
** Calling Wapol an idiot, especially when you're his subordinate, quickly takes that goofy smile off his face, and turns it into pure rage.
** Chasing Chopper around [[EatTheDog to try to eat him]] will eventually get him to transform into Heavy Point and earn you a punch to the head.
** Chasing Chopper is also known to piss Kureha off even more if you don't know him, so she chases you with medical knives.

** Laughing at your father figure's death, or insulting his memory in any way, is this for Chopper for obvious reasons.
** Showing a blatant disregard for the country you're supposed to be ruling, to the point of a man taking his life to save it, was the last straw for Dalton in the backstory.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The anime sets Dr. Hiluluk's final moments to Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria".

* IllGirl:
** Nami is this for the majority of the arc.
** In the flashback, Hiriluk is an "Ill Guy" despite his claim that seeing cherry blossoms cured him (though he meant in a metaphorical sense in that it inspired him to give up the life of being a thief and help others).

* TheLancer: With Zoro and Usopp OutOfFocus and Nami as the IllGirl for this arc, Vivi and Sanji alternate as Luffy's more logical second-in-command at varying parts of the arc before they all convene for the final battle against Wapol at the the top of the mountains.

* BaitAndSwitch: Vivi gives a big speech about how the situation in Albasta means they need to prioritize getting there as quickly as possible, making it sound like she's about to argue for prioritizing staying on course over finding Nami a doctor, only for her conclusion to istead be that they need to prioritize finding Nami a doctor as things will go slower without their navigator.

** Chasing Chopper is also known to piss Kureha off even more if you don't know him, so she chases you with [[KnifeNut medical knives]].

* MamaBear: Kureha, though she'll hardly admit it. She chases Luffy and Sanji around the castle with [[KnifeNut knives]] when they're a little too enthusiastic about getting Chopper to join the crew. Though, later, she does the same thing to Chopper to force him to pursue his dream.

** Wapol's callous actions as king, and his belief that [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem his royal title means he can do whatever he wants with no consequences]], is pretty much a microcosm of the same attitudes that [[Recap/OnePieceSabaodyArchipelago the world nobles have]] whom the Straw Hats will also eventually cross.