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Marley Brothers

Character

The Marley Brothers are a non-canon duo of Marine cooks from Mary Geoise who turn up at the G-8 base claiming they will teach its kitchen staff proper cuisine. Despite boasting of lavish, costly dishes, the pair prove so unskilled they cannot peel a potato and are demoted to dishwashing.

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Appearance

The two siblings look nothing alike. The elder is lanky, sporting short purple hair, a broad mouth, and a neatly groomed mustache; he dresses in a purple suit, beneath which sits a blue shirt finished off by a tie striped in orange and black. The younger has a stout, rounded frame, brown hair, and a beard, and he covers a black shirt with the regulation Marine cook's uniform.

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Personality

Both carry themselves with cocky, near-boastful pride in their cooking, claiming to have prepared meals from the rarest and priciest ingredients at a cost reaching 1,000,000 Berries for a single plate. That confidence is a sham, however. They arrive at G-8 supposedly to raise the local cooks' standards, yet their own work turns out far weaker than they advertise. Whether the luxury ingredients of Mary Geoise simply fooled them into thinking they were skilled, or they lied on purpose, is never settled.

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History

Insisting on only top-grade ingredients and reportedly spending 1,000,000 Berries per meal, the brothers draw nothing but contempt from the G-8 cooks. Nami arranges for them to lose their way inside the base, which leads to Luffy and Sanji being mistaken for the pair. Once the siblings finally reach the Mess Hall, they perform well below the other chefs and cannot manage something as basic as peeling potatoes, having always leaned on assistants back at headquarters. An exasperated Jessica orders them to begin again at the lowest rung of dishwasher. In the Funimation dub the older brother talks with a French accent and the younger with a Russian one, and the closed captions label them Monty and Murray.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who are the Marley Brothers in One Piece?

The Marley Brothers are a non-canon pair of Marine cooks from Mary Geoise who arrive at the G-8 base claiming they will teach its kitchen staff proper cuisine. Despite boasting of lavish, costly dishes, they prove too unskilled even to peel a potato.

Why do the Marley Brothers come to the G-8 base?

The Marley Brothers arrive at G-8 supposedly to raise the standards of the base's cooks, boasting that they have prepared meals from rare, expensive ingredients costing as much as 1,000,000 Berries a plate.

What happens when the Marley Brothers try to cook at G-8?

When the Marley Brothers finally reach the Mess Hall, they perform far worse than the other chefs and cannot manage something as basic as peeling potatoes, so an exasperated Jessica orders them to start over as dishwashers.

What are the Marley Brothers called in the Funimation dub?

In the Funimation dub, the closed captions label the Marley Brothers as Monty and Murray, and the older brother speaks with a French accent while the younger speaks with a Russian one.

Are the Marley Brothers canon characters?

No, the Marley Brothers are non-canon characters who appear only in the anime, first showing up in Episode 197.

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