In One Piece Green: Secret Pieces, an early concept of the crew was revealed. Chopper was supposed to be more of a "realistic-looking reindeer".[13]
Anime and Manga Differences
Chopper's adventure in Torino Kingdom is extended in the anime.
Chopper was wandering around the island right after falling from the giant birds' nest. A native snuck up on Chopper and knocked him out. Chopper woke up to see that he is tied up and about to become the natives' dinner, but managed to break free from his bonds when a couple of giant birds attacked the natives.
Some time later, Chopper met a baby bird with injured legs. Chopper tended to the bird's injuries. While the baby bird was recovering, Chopper made the bird promise that when she learns to fly, she would take Chopper back to the Sabaody Archipelago.
While wandering in the forest, the baby bird and Chopper are attacked by the natives. They are soon saved by the giant birds. The baby bird's mother then sent Chopper rolling down a hill and carried the baby bird back to its nest. Chopper reminded the baby bird about the promise and then thought about how long will it take for the bird to learn how to fly.
As a main character, Chopper has been the choice character in many forms of merchandise. He has also become something of a mascot for One Piece, and Chopper merchandise such as cell phone straps and printed folders is immensely popular in Japan, to the point that he is probably on more merchandise than Luffy. Due to his size in comparison to other crew members, Chopper figurines are often released alongside another crew member (usually Usopp) in a joint figure. He also has many plushie forms such as the One Piece Fishing Plushies pair or Chopper XMAS Plush pair.
Chopper appears in the teamLabCamera, Sketch Chopper, and Sketch Chopper Papercraft attractions in the Digital Art Island Adventure event. In Sketch Chopper, visitors can color in a picture of Chopper and scan it, causing it to appear on a large interactive screen.
A bronze statue of Chopper was dedicated at the main gate entrance of the Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens as part of the Kumamoto Revival Project.
Chopper's Heavy Point in Premier Show 2011.
Chopper's Brain Point in Premier Show 2012.
Chopper's Kung Fu Point in Premier Show 2012.
Fan-colored Choppers from Digital Art Island Adventure.
A statue of Chopper at the Shibuya One Piece Mugiwara Store.
In Episode 12 of Mayoi Neko Overrun his cosplay figure appears on a girl.
Chopper appeared in the opening of Himouto! Umaru-chan.
Cultural References
In episode 6 of Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan, Sakura says that he is afraid of various things, including "reindeer that are doctors!" An off-brand Chopper with a creepy smile and an O on his hat instead of the original X then appears from behind a tree.
In Chapter 25 of JoJolion, a decoration resembling Chopper's head is seen inside the fake police car, albeit its face was changed due to Paper Moon's ability.
A Chopper-like character in Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan.
A throw pillow of Chopper next to Jonah Hill on Saturday Night Live.
Translations and Dub Issues
The name "Tony Tony Chopper" is partly a play on "Tonakai" ("Reindeer"), and partly on the idea that his horns look like they could chop down trees.
In the 4Kids English dub, his attack names are changed, and his forms are named "Boosts" instead of "Points." This carried over to the VIZ manga and edited Funimation dub, though they retain their names in later chapters of the VIZ manga and the uncut dub. He speaks in a deep, gruff voice when in Heavy Boost, Arm Boost, Jumping Boost or Horn Boost, while his voice in his original, Brain Boost, and Guard Boost forms did not change (though they were slightly deeper than usual). Another change in the 4Kids dub is when someone compliments him, he does not insult the person and instead just says that he wants to dance.
In the VIZ manga and 4Kids dub, Nefertari Vivi merely calls him "Chopper" rather than his nickname, "Tony-kun." She calls him "Tony" in the Funimation dub.
Trivia
Chopper's pre-timeskip Jolly Roger.
Chopper's personal Jolly Roger (pre-timeskip) as detailed in the One Piece Magazine.
An alternate pre-timeskip personal Jolly Roger for Chopper as depicted in Chapter 507's Cover Page.
Chopper's post-timeskip Jolly Roger.
Chopper's personal jolly roger (post-timeskip) as detailed in the One Piece Magazine.
An alternate post-timeskip personal Jolly Roger for Chopper as depicted in Chapter 651's Cover Page.
Chopper has his own jolly roger, as the other members of the crew do, which is a regular Jolly Roger surrounded by sakura that also look like deer hooves. It was the one used by his adoptive father Hiriluk and eventually the Sakura Kingdom as well, which makes him the only Straw Hat whose personal jolly roger was first used by someone else. This one is commonly used in merchandise purposes such as key chains.
Chopper has a second post-timeskip jolly roger. The skull in this version resembles his hybrid form's head, wearing his modified hat, but without the antlers. The jolly roger has normal crossbones, with sakura petals flowing across the flag similar to Hiriluk's.
Chopper hides a drawn picture of Dr. Hiriluk's pirate flag under his hat.
Chopper is the youngest member of the Straw Hat Pirates, with the age of 15 upon joining.
Ironically, 15 is the average lifespan of real reindeers in the wild, which would make Chopper, currently 17, relatively old by his species' standards.
Although Oda resisted the idea of a mascot character, he relented after seeing Noboru Koizumi's art and animation of Chopper, as well as hearing Ikue Otani's voice acting of the character.[16][17]
Chopper is possibly based off of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as Chopper not only is a reindeer, but one with an unusually colored nose that caused his family to shun him. Chopper's birthday is also on Christmas Eve. A song entitled "Chopper the Blue-Nosed Reindeer" has also been produced for the character and was sung by the Japanese voice acting cast at Jump Festa 2007, and once again during the 2008 Festa. In the beginning of the Drum Island Arc, when a character was describing how Dr. Kureha would come down from the top of the mountain, a silhouette of Chopper in his original reindeer form was pulling her down on a sled in the sky, greatly resembling that of Santa Claus. Dr. Hiriluk would also sometimes enter people's houses from the chimney.
In real life, a reindeer sheds its antlers at the end of each year and regrows them by next year, so Chopper's left antler should realistically have regrown by the time he met the Straw Hats.
Throughout the series, Chopper has often questioned or has been questioned as to what he is (man, reindeer, tanuki, gorilla, etc). In Chapter 595, Chopper finally starts accepting he is possibly a "monster".
In Japanese fan polls, Chopper was voted the fourth most popular character from the second to the fourth poll, but in the fifth and sixth polls he dropped down to seventh place. In the seventh poll he dropped down to sixteenth place.
Oda said that the message he wanted to illustrate in regard to Chopper's family situation is that a person who is not blood-related to another person can still be considered as a member of one's family.[citation needed]
Chopper's Monster Point form strongly resembles the Wendigo, a man-eating monster from Algonquin folklore. Depending on the portrayal, they are towering creatures covered in hair with a large mouth and antlers, that always appear gaunt and emaciated no matter how much they gorge themselves. They are strongly associated with winter and coldness, and even their heart is made of ice in some cases.
A running gag in the series is that, when in a cold climate, someone in the crew always asks Chopper to take his fur off to be used as a coat. Chopper always falls for it before he exclaims that his fur cannot be removed.
Another common running gag is Chopper being considered the "emergency food supply" of the crew, much to his panicking.
Chopper is the first non-human Devil Fruit eater shown.
In One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3, Chopper is immune to being petrified by Boa Hancock's Mero Mero no Mi powers, which is a reference to his lack of interest or attraction to human females. Chopper himself will even remark on the Mero Mero no Mi having no effect on him if he defeats Hancock in battle.
When the characters are celebrating a party, Chopper is always doing Yasugi Bushi, a traditional Japanese folk song and dance while putting two sticks in his nostrils and his mouth.
The X in Chopper's hat is supposed to be a medical cross, but tilted to the side.
Chopper is the only member of the Straw Hat Pirates with bounties below 1,000,000.
Chopper also has the smallest known bounty increases in the world.
SBS-Based Trivia
Chopper's birthday is December 24. In Japan, Christmas is celebrated on both December 24th and 25th.[10]
Chopper's "antler-popping" shock.
A fan noticed in the panel where Chopper meets Holy that Chopper's antlers were connected to his hat rather than his head. Wondering how this is possible, the fan sent a letter to Oda asking about it. Having received several letters like it, Oda answered to the fan and the others asking the same question, that they should not take the scene too literally. It is simply Chopper expressing shock similar to how other characters express shock with their eyes popping out. Chopper would later react this way again during the fight against Monet.[18][19]
According to Oda, Chopper has not gained a sexual interest in human women after the consumption of the Hito Hito no Mi, despite his other human traits.[20] He remains attracted to reindeer women, in addition to reindeer minks such as Milky.[21]
Other than naps, Chopper typically sleeps at 9:00 P.M. and wakes up at 7:00 A.M.[39] Out of all the Straw Hat Pirates, he goes to sleep the earliest and sleeps the longest.
If the Straw Hat Pirates were not pirates, then Chopper would be an elementary school teacher.[40]
If the Straw Hat Pirates had a 50-meter race, then Chopper would come in fourth place. Oda clarified that Chopper would be ranked higher if he used Walk Point, since this form increases his speed.[41]
When Sanji is in his raid suit, Chopper calls him "Go get them Sanji".[42]
Chopper in two separate timelines.
In SBS 97, Oda showed Chopper's possible appearances at ages 40 and 60 in two separate timelines.
↑ 6.06.1One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 45Chapter 435 (p. 16-17) and Episode 320, Chopper's bounty for attacking Enies Lobby is revealed alongside the other crewmembers'.
↑SBSOne Piece Manga — Vol. 19 (p. 26), Chopper's age is revealed.
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