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Captain Trap

Character

Captain Trap is the Marine officer who oversees Trap Tower and its fleet, serving as the villain of the featurette ONE PIECE 3D! Trap Coaster. Fixated on elaborate machinery and head over heels for Kung-Fu Dugongs, he raises a whole booby-trapped tower to snare Luffy, only to see it crumble.

Canon: non-canon
Gender: Male
Status: Alive
Residence: Trap Tower
Occupation: Marine Captain
Affiliation: Marines
Japanese Va: Shōzō Iizuka
Japanese Name: トラップ
First Appearance: ONE PIECE 3D! Trap Coaster
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Appearance

Trap is a tan man of average build sporting a long face, a sizable nose, creases framing his mouth, and heavy bushy brows above short black hair. A fitted metal plate spans the left half of his face, reaching from the cheekbone up past the hairline and around toward his ear. The regulation Marine coat sits over his usual getup: a pinstriped purple suit fastened with grey buttons, worn atop a polka-dotted yellow shirt, rounded off with white footwear and a green necktie marked by a Kung-Fu Dugong.

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Personality

Trap pursues Monkey D. Luffy so doggedly that he borders on self-destruction, with a hot temper that flares whenever an enemy gets the better of him. Though rated one of the brighter Marine captains, his practical sense is shaky: he packed his ranks full of Kung-Fu Dugong soldiers and blew his whole budget on Trap Tower instead of simply jailing the Straw Hats, since grand designs always win out over simple ones with him. He dotes on Kung-Fu Dugongs, thinks them adorable, and for all the peril he puts them through in his traps, he cannot stand to see one come to harm.

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History

Set on capturing Luffy's crew, Trap rolled out his fleet and knocked out the Thousand Sunny's cola stores, then raised Trap Tower from the water right under the pirate ship and dumped it inside. He gleefully marched them through a string of contraptions, Cutting Hell, Hammer Hell, golden harpoon launchers, and a hall of dugong-crewed cannons, yet Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, and the rest wrecked each one in turn. When the cannon barrage put his cherished dugongs at risk, Trap lost his nerve, and the blast that followed left the tower damaged.

Once Brook lulled the charging dugongs into sleep, a livid Trap drained the chamber to drop the Sunny toward a room of crushing pillars, but Robin guided the ship down unharmed and Luffy smashed an exit through the wall. In one last rage he loosed the Giant Nine, though the giants came up short, and a flung club battered the already weakened tower, caving in its top half. The Straw Hats then rocketed off using Coup de Burst, leaving Trap soundly defeated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Captain Trap in One Piece?

Captain Trap is a Marine officer who serves as the villain of the non-canon featurette ONE PIECE 3D! Trap Coaster, commanding a fleet from Trap Tower in his fixation on capturing Luffy.

What is Trap Tower?

Trap Tower is an elaborate, booby-trapped structure that Captain Trap raises from the water to snare the Thousand Sunny, filled with contraptions like Cutting Hell, Hammer Hell, and dugong-crewed cannons.

What are Kung-Fu Dugongs in relation to Captain Trap?

Kung-Fu Dugongs are creatures Captain Trap adores and fills his ranks with as soldiers, even though the traps he builds constantly put them in danger; he cannot bear to see them get hurt.

How is Captain Trap defeated?

Captain Trap is defeated when Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, and the rest of the Straw Hats destroy every trap inside Trap Tower, culminating in Luffy smashing through a wall and the crew escaping via Coup de Burst, leaving the damaged tower with its top half caved in.

What does Captain Trap look like?

Captain Trap is a tan man with a long face, a sizable nose, and heavy bushy brows, distinguished by a fitted metal plate covering the left half of his face and a Marine coat worn over a pinstriped purple suit.

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