this thread was once fun, with someone finding count chocola as foxy, and that hugo boss model as pauley (that was a hella good one)
if i don't remember wrong, VOEL brought this up last time. i still think this is the best find.
and i still vouch for jim carrey in ace ventura being the model of franky. only he didn't wear speedos.
What's really great about the shirt is that Paulie's shirt in the anime is the same shade of yellow and has a white bulls-eye, which makes it practically the inverse of the model's shirt. Franky is still Popeye to me (note to self: go buy Hulk hands to modify to Franky hands over spring break).
Originally posted by Owner Zeff@Feb 15 2005, 01:52 AM
Franky is still Popeye to me
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Well, Popeye was based on a guy named Frank Fiegel after all. Blueno also makes me think that the reference is most likely to Segar's creation.
Complicating things since 2009.
I think its pretty interesting. Franky's hair style seems a lot like Ace Ventura (I think I'm missing something else)?
I think its pretty cool to compare the hugo boss modle to Pauly, though Pauly has the flame design on the ends of his overcoat and the cigars.
any other insperations? oh yeah! I know that there is a pic that looks some what similar to choppers design, although its not an inspirations. I'll take a pic.
:( unfortunatly I've searched the kitchen and found that the pic was gone. if I get another chance to nab the pic I'll take a photo. ps. it was on a pepsi bottle for a compettition.
Piipurii Lulu (sp)
Is none other than …......
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Thatâ€
s right, Freddie Mercury of Queen! 0_o
Someone also mentioned in the old thread that Lucci looked like a singer (I forgot which) It was a good similarity.
Oh, and here is Foxy/Chocula;
EDIT: I still say Franky was inspired by Robocop :P
xDDDDD I never noticed that! lol x3 I'm going to start keeping an eye out for other character inspirations.
Micheal Jackson + Pinochicco = Super Funky Captain Usopp
 
Originally posted by taboo@Feb 15 2005, 01:05 PM
Micheal Jackson + Pinochicco = Super Funky Captain Usopp
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Micheal Jackson + Elton John = Jango! 0_o
Originally posted by Ubiq+Feb 15 2005, 05:30 PM–>QUOTE(Ubiq @ Feb 15 2005, 05:30 PM)
I originally thought of Robin as Olive Oyl, but you're probably right about the Square Sisters taking that part, Battle Franky. If Franky has a twister punch that knocks out Blueno…well, that will be the end of the matter.
Spinach revives Popeye, when he's out of energy.
Coke revives Franky when he's all tapped out.
Coincidence…? :huh:
when I think about Blueno's character design then it reminds me of the bad guy in Popeye who goes by the name of Bluto (blueno)? besides hes huge, and when I took a look at his design, the neck part looks similar.
foxy has everything that chocola has besides the pointy ears and being dracula.
I originally had this one in quirks thread, but have also added other images for comparison.
Complicating things since 2009.
haha thats awesome
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Funny you mention that. In 2004, I Was Born to Love You was the theme song to the popular drama PRIDE which started Kimutaku. Japan hit another Freddie Mercury spurt (which it tends to do every few years).
You know….no matter how many times that DB picture gets posted, it's always going to look like Luffy from behind and yet it still remains only a cute coincidence. As if Oda was truly inspired by nameless/faceless hick #7643 in DB. Take note of how many other useless BG characters wear that kind of gear in Tenkaichi Budoukai scenes and southern cities. As if straw-hats were THAT uncommon.
Originally posted by omae no kaasan v.2@Feb 19 2005, 05:32 AM
You know….no matter how many times that DB picture gets posted, it's always going to look like Luffy from behind and yet it still remains only a cute coincidence. As if Oda was truly inspired by nameless/faceless hick #7643 in DB. Take note of how many other useless BG characters wear that kind of gear in Tenkaichi Budoukai scenes and southern cities. As if straw-hats were THAT uncommon.
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Well, maybe not, but I did seem to recall that Oda once said he liked DB (I've learnt not to trust my memory though), so maybe it grew onto his memory and he drew it when he started thinking of 'One Piece'…Then again, that's just me.
Originally posted by omae no kaasan v.2@Feb 18 2005, 04:32 PM
**> Thatâ€Funny you mention that. In 2004, I Was Born to Love You was the theme song to the popular drama PRIDE which started Kimutaku. Japan hit another Freddie Mercury spurt (which it tends to do every few years).
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:lol: Really? (Dang, and I thought my 'discovery' was an original one, judging from the surprised people I get every time I mention it.)
i think that Kuro look kinda like Sensui (YuYu Hakusho)
Originally posted by omae no kaasan v.2@Feb 18 2005, 05:32 PM
You know….no matter how many times that DB picture gets posted, it's always going to look like Luffy from behind and yet it still remains only a cute coincidence. As if Oda was truly inspired by nameless/faceless hick #7643 in DB. Take note of how many other useless BG characters wear that kind of gear in Tenkaichi Budoukai scenes and southern cities. As if straw-hats were THAT uncommon.
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You know, all of this actually makes it more likely that Oda picked up Luffy's design from Dragon Ball.
If it always looks like Luffy from behind, then it's probably more than a cute coincidence, especially if that particular design is common in Dragon Ball (though I don't really recall any others being quite as good an example as this). In fact, if that design is common throughout Dragon Ball, then it's that much more probable that he picked up the design from Toriyama.
Really, why couldn't Oda be truly inspired by nameless/faceless hick #7643? What makes it so unlikely that he was reading the Cell Saga, saw this character design that he liked, and it stuck in his head, especially if, as you say, it's something that often pops up in Dragon Ball?
Oda has described Toriyama as a god and his favorite artist, has he not? So he was an avid reader of the series, which means that he probably was influenced by it. This is a more obvious example where I am concerned.
Listen. I am also an avid fan and reader of Dragon Ball. I hardly even noticed the design of that bystander. Why? Because it's so incredibly common. You could probably stumble across thousand similar looking designs anywhere.
If the design of that bystander was very unique and original, and one of the characters in One Piece happened to be designed in a similar way, then we could speak of an influence. This is a straw hat and a black shirt.
That's like saying the fact Nami has red hair was inspired by that one redhead who appeared as a bystander for a fraction of a second in that one movie made decades ago which Oda happened to have seen once.
It's a possibility, but most likely nothing more than a coincidence. Pruf.
Originally posted by Marred@Feb 15 2005, 07:35 PM
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didn't someone say that lucci looked like slash from guns'n'roses?
(look, he's with jango!)
What chapter of Dragonball is the that Luffy-Hick from anyway?
And Riksu, that made be burst out laughing for some reason. "look he's with jango!" heh.
Originally posted by Battle Franky@Feb 15 2005, 04:22 PM
Coke revives Franky when he's all tapped out.
To go a bit off topic….whats with manga charchters being powered by Coke? So far Franky from OP and Don Patch from Bobobo-Bo-Bo-Bobo drink it to get their energy. All I ask is...why? Oh, and the DBZ chapter is the one where Cell is destroying the islands to lure #18 out.
Odachii professes to be a big fan of Tarantino. Well, Pulp Fiction. I think Mia Wallace inspired the birth of Nico Robin.
Plus Sanji's "Mr. Prince" is very Reservoir Dogs. :D
I think some storylines have been used for the arcs too. Like 'The Boy who Cried Wolf' and 'Romeo and Juliet' make up the Kuro arc. Although it is difficult to figure out the others…
Luffy was the anti-christ going against God in the Skypiea arc.
Originally posted by Cyclone@Mar 2 2005, 06:31 AM
And Riksu, that made be burst out laughing for some reason. "look he's with jango!" heh.
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haha, i'm a funny lad, me.
since my playlist is shoving aerosmith in my ears right now, i remembered that doesn't chu look like steven tyler. i once saw this clip of him in television and almost tipped over because he actually went and said 'chu chu'.
Originally posted by Yumi@Mar 7 2005, 07:23 PM
**Odachii professes to be a big fan of Tarantino. Well, Pulp Fiction. I think Mia Wallace inspired the birth of Nico Robin.Plus Sanji's "Mr. Prince" is very Reservoir Dogs. :D
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I'm glad someone finally cleared that up, and it makes perfect sense.
Oda loves Tatantino films.
I shouldv'e went with my gut feeling.
You…Don't mess with Eneru...'Cause Eneru...Will f*ckin' kill you!
(I'MA KILL YOU!)
XD
Ener looks like Eminem.
ALOT like Eminem.
Originally posted by Zephos+Mar 12 2005, 01:43 PM–>QUOTE(Zephos @ Mar 12 2005, 01:43 PM)
Guitarist from Shinedown = Lucci
Edit: It's bad quality because it's a screenshot off the simple man video out of windows media player after I turned the hardware accelerator down all the way….wow....I kinda sounded like I know wtf I'm talking about.
Oda's inspirations:
pimps and hoes-Robin, Croc, etc
the 80's and 70's (major fashion disasters)-Tashigi, Jango, etc
…and titanic (I'm the king of the world!)not the simularities. ( Going to become the pirate king) 
Just kidding :P
The only thing that remains i don't get is where did oda get the idea to give zoro
sideburns???
Originally posted by Captain Kuro@Mar 14 2005, 11:15 AM
Yeah, and in an interview Oda says he liked how the characters in Reservoir Dogs walked around wearing business suits. So, besides the Sanji/Mr. Prince thing, it could also fit with CP9 maybe? (At least the thing about being a group who wear business suits anyway…since Oda expressed in the interview that he thought it was cool)
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i know! i totally saw that when i first laid eyes on the CP9 group looming over Iceberg. :) odachii's had quite a knack for pulling off a Reservoir Dog kinda feel when it comes to groups like CP9 or even the head officers of Baroque Works…probably where he picked up handles like "Mr." 1, 2, 3, etc..."Ms" Doublefinger, Valentine, All Sunday...
personally, i love tarantino's films too, and i've always loved mia wallace. some of that fondness probably spilled over to Robin. :)
When the CP9 were looming over it kinda reminded me of kill bill and resevoir dogs combined.Come to think of it….this ark does have a tarantino swing to it.The whole story here, story there, and in the end this will all make scence just like a tarantino film.What would be interesting if oda started the next arc at the end.Than in the following chapter it started from the beginning.
Dunno if this has been posted before but Ace's design was heavily infulenced by Stevie Ray Vaughn
Kick ass avatar dude. I think Oda has many insperations from America. Hell even the design style is friendly to non-anime watching people. They wouldn't know it's an anime if someone didn't tell them.
i was just watching some re-runs of CSI Las Vegas and it hit me; Lady Heather, the enigmatic but charming woman who runs a house of dominion, played by Melinda Clarke, who is one of the best recurring characters in the entire series, reminds me so much of Robin.
odds that odachii wasn't really influenced by this, since i think Robin came first, so it's just a very happy coincidence, but wow. she has the same air of mystery, authority, wisdom and class…
anyone else remember this episode? i was looking for a better manga pic of Robin, but I guess this one is okay. what do you think?
-wouldn't mind Robin as a dominatrix at all-
Uma Thurman is Nico Robin.
Originally posted by MB.@Mar 22 2005, 09:32 PM
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yup, i know. ^^ which is why i've always loved mia wallace and robin. but it was just kinda cool to see some similarities between Robin and Lady Heather…
I have a feeling that Doflomingo was infulenced by Elton John somehow (cause that glasses and the frilly outfit kinda remind me of him)… but that's just feeling I have.
(hoorah for direct linku)
Mitsui Hisashi, from the animanga Slam Dunk. They're both seriously… er silly, and they have the same hairstyle. : O
And oh. They both grunt. (And baaaadasses too. Rawr.)
i got this from one of david bowie's clip.
the girl's looks like nico robin, isn't it?
OMG OMG!!! THE PRINGLE ONE!!! ROFL!! XD~~!!~!!~!!!!
o.O
and that does look like Robin~
secksi ; )
I don't get it….who's the pringle guy suppose to be...please refresh my memory
I think it's supposed to be Lulu, but I think Freddy Mercury is a more likely inspiration for Lulu.
Just noticed another Popeye/Franky connection, that may or may not be apparent to everyone else.
The same star that's on Franky's arms seems to appear on the spinach cans that Popeye eats. Though, the cans seem to be varied across the different versions of the Popeye comics & TV series, the star definitely seems to be synonymous with spinach/Popeye for some reason.
Looking at Eddie's sig, Franky DOES looks alot like Popeye and Ace Ventura.
franky's body is like popeye. his hair and the way he dress is like ace ventura
have you senn Eddies signature. it tells the whole story
