History YMMV / OnePieceAlabastaArc

** Ace being MistakenForDead with his introduction is this when he does die during the Marineford arc.

* HarsherInHindsight: The end of the [[Recap/OnePieceLandOfWanoArc Wano Arc]] reveals that [[spoiler:Cobra was assassinated and Vivi went missing]], making this arc a bit tougher to rewatch.
* HilariousInHindsight: As of the [[Recap/OnePieceLandOfWanoArc Wano Arc]], Crocodile's ambitions to obtain the legendary weapon Pluton [[spoiler: becomes something of a villainous ShaggyDogStory with the reveal that he would have to travel to the New World and [[BullyingADragon invade the territory of Kaido, an Emperor of the Sea]] to reach Pluton.]]

* AssPull: Pell surviving the 5-km-range bomb that went off ''right next to him'' is widely considered to be the biggest Ass Pull of the entire series, especially because it was unnecessary. As a sympathetic but fairly unimportant side character, he was the perfect candidate for a HeroicSacrifice; the fact that he survives not only makes his sacrifice moot, but also calls into question the very insightful and important speech Luffy gave to Vivi about how "people die." Apparently, "people" simply refers to members of the RedShirtArmy. This incident is actually a huge part of where the phrase "Nobody dies in One Piece" came from.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the english dub of the movie Episode Of Alabasta [[spoiler: Saul]] is played by Mark Stoddard for his very brief appearance. By the time Funimation got to his full anime appearance he would be played by Cole Brown. This might be due to Stoddard [[Recap/OnePieceDrumIslandArc being cast as Hiruluk in the meantime]].

** The tearful goodbye between Vivi and the Straw Hats with them showing their x-marks on their arms.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** In [[Recap/OnePiecePostWarArc Luffy's flashback]], it's revealed that he always wanted to [[spoiler:[[Recap/OnePieceSabaodyArchipelagoArc punch a World Noble]]]]. Well, in [[Recap/OnePieceDressrosaArc Dressrosa]], it was revealed that [[spoiler:the Nefertari family are connected to the Celestial Dragons]], meaning that he already did it in Chapter 166.
** As of the [[Recap/OnePieceLandOfWanoArc Wano Arc]], Crocidile’s ambitions to obtain the legendary weapon Pluton [[spoiler: becomes something of a villainous ShaggyDogStory with the reveal that he would have to travel to the New World and [[BullyingADragon invade the territory of Kaido, an Emperor of the Sea]] to reach Pluton.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: In [[Recap/OnePiecePostWarArc Luffy's flashback]], it's revealed that he always wanted to [[spoiler:[[Recap/OnePieceSabaodyArchipelagoArc punch a World Noble]]]]. Well, in [[Recap/OnePieceDressrosaArc Dressrosa]], it was revealed that [[spoiler:the Nefertari family are connected to the Celestial Dragons]], meaning that he already did it in Chapter 166.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BadassInANiceSuit Crocodile]], one of the "[[Characters/OnePieceSevenWarlordsOfTheSea Seven Warlords of the Sea]]", is the brilliant master of the [[Characters/OnePieceBaroqueWorks Baroque Works]] syndicate. Playing himself off as a public hero while running the aforementioned criminal organization, Crocodile manufactures a drought and a rebellion to weaken the Nefertari family in Alabasta, while plotting a takeover himself. Showing contingency after contingency, Crocodile manipulates countless people, including his right-hand woman, Nico Robin, with whom he intends to seize the superweapon Pluton in order to cow the [[Characters/OnePieceWorldGovernment World Government]] into recognizing his authority. Even after defeat, Crocodile later returns in Impel Down and helps organize the jailbreak with his enemy [[Characters/OnePieceMonkeyDLuffy Monkey D. Luffy]].

** The tearful goodbye between Vivi and the Straw Hats with then showing their x-marks on their arms.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the english dub of the movie Episode Of Alabasta [[spoiler: Saul]] is played by Mark Stoddard for his very brief appearance. By the time Funimation got to his full anime appearance he would be played by Cole Brown. This might be due to Stoddard [[Recap/OnePieceDrumIslandArc being cast as Hiruluk in the meantime]].

* MagnificentBastard: [[BadassInANiceSuit Crocodile]], one of the "[[Characters/OnePieceSevenWarlordsOfTheSea Seven Warlords of the Sea]]", is the brilliant master of the [[Characters/OnePieceBaroqueWorks Baroque Works]] syndicate. Playing himself off as a public hero while running the aforementioned criminal organization, Crocodile manufactures a drought and a rebellion to weaken the Nefertari family in Alabasta, while plotting a takeover himself. Showing contingency after contingency, Crocodile manipulates countless people, including his right-hand woman, Nico Robin, with whom he intends to seize the superweapon Pluton in order to cow the [[Characters/OnePieceWorldGovernment World Government]] into recognizing his authority. Even after defeat, Crocodile later returns in Impel Down and helps organize the jailbreak with his enemy [[Characters/OnePieceStrawHatMonkeyDLuffy Monkey D. Luffy]].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The four soldiers from the elite Duck Claw Squad who come out of nowhere to back up Vivi and Chaka in their fight against Crocodile. They apparently drank some kind of special water that was never mentioned before in the series and is never mentioned again, which gives them insane amounts of strength at the cost of dying a few minutes later. Crocodile proceeds to float up to the roof to get away from them, and just waits for the water to kill them. They all die completely pointless deaths after accomplishing absolutely nothing (we don't even get to see them fight), and are never brought up again afterwards.

** Less infamous, but perhaps even more blatant - the shoeshine boy who saw "Cobra" changing back into Mr. 2 survives to the end of the war, even though ''the Mr. 1 team'' had been sent to silence him.

* FridgeBrilliance: For the entire saga. Crocodile and the Baroque Works assassins were originally targeting only Luffy, Zoro, and Nami for assassination along with Vivi; the assassins didn't learn about Usopp until Little Garden (and Crocodile himself didn't learn about him until Alabasta), and nobody knew about Sanji until it was too late. And yet, though it's very easy to forget there ''was'' one BW member who knew about both of them from the beginning: Miss All-Sunday/Nico Robin, who met the entire crew at the end of the Whiskey Peak arc. The fact that she clearly never told Crocodile about the additional members at any time is, in hindsight, another subtle hint that she was never really on his side to begin with and was undermining him the whole time.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The four soldiers from the Elite Duck Squad who come out of nowhere to back up Vivi and Chaka in their fight against Crocodile. They apparently drank some kind of special water that was never mentioned before in the series and is never mentioned again, which gives them insane amounts of strength at the cost of dying a few minutes later. Crocodile proceeds to float up to the roof to get away from them, and just waits for the water to kill them. They all die completely pointless deaths after accomplishing absolutely nothing (we don't even get to see them fight), and are never brought up again afterwards.

* HilariousInHindsight: In [[Recap/OnePiecePostWarArc Luffy's flashback]], it's revealed that he always wanted to [[spoiler:[[Recap/OnePieceSabaodyArchipelagoArc punch a World Noble]]]]. Well, in [[Recap/OnePieceDressrosaArc Dressrosa]], it was revealed that [[spoiler:the Nefertari family are connected to the Celestial Dragons]], meaning that he already did it in Chapter 166.