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Turco belongs to the Fake Straw Hat Crew, the band of impostors who tried to cash in on the real pirates' fame. He posed as Franky during the Sabaody scheme and later impersonated Wire when the gang rebranded itself as the Kid Pirates.

English Voice: Ian Sinclair
Japanese Voice: Choo
Birthday: October 29th
Age: 45
Height: 258 cm
Status: Alive
First Appearance (Manga): Chapter 598: Two Years Later
Crew & Affiliations: Fake Straw Hat Crew
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Appearance

Turco stands tall and bony, his long neck topped by thick lips and a chin that barely registers. He copies the Franky of two years prior, sporting the same blue hairstyle and Franky-style shades, though he bears no likeness to the cyborg's remodeled form. A cigarette usually dangles from his mouth. Where the genuine Franky goes about in swim briefs with an open shirt, Turco keeps his flowered shirt buttoned, wears ordinary trousers, and finishes with brown shoes. For his Wire disguise he dons a comparable headdress and shirt.

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Personality

Like the rest of the fakes, Turco leans on the borrowed reputation of the real Straw Hats to bully others. He was strangely dismissive of Usopp even after taking one of the sniper's hits. Once his fraud was exposed, his true cowardice surfaced, and he was reduced to pleading with Caribou for his life.

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Abilities

Within the crew his job appears to have been clerical, tracking details such as which pirates had been recruited. He was never observed fighting or carrying a weapon, yet he showed a little durability, getting back up after Usopp's Pop Green plant attack and a strike from Nami's lightning, though battered both times. His will is feeble: Luffy's Supreme King Haki knocked him out cold, and the Caribou Pirates dropped him with ease. Even so, he knew enough about Devil Fruits to identify Caribou's power as a Logia type after the man absorbed a cannonball.

Recruited by Demalo Black for his resemblance to Franky, Turco recorded the names of crews wanting to join the fakes. He was present when the real Luffy felled the impostors with Haki, fled in terror once Demalo Black was unmasked, and was eventually captured along with the others by Caribou and Coribou, begging not to be buried alive. He survived that ordeal, and after the gang reinvented itself as the Kid Pirates with him playing Wire, he ended up jailed at the G-4 Marine Base, listening to Vegapunk's global broadcast.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Turco in One Piece?

Turco is a member of the Fake Straw Hat Crew, a band of impostors who tried to profit off the real pirates' fame by posing as Franky during the Sabaody scheme.

What does Turco look like?

Turco is tall and bony with a long neck, thick lips, and a barely-there chin, copying the blue hairstyle and Franky-style shades of the real Franky from two years earlier while keeping a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

What happened to Turco after his fraud was exposed?

Once the Fake Straw Hat Crew's fraud was exposed, Turco's true cowardice surfaced and he was captured by Caribou and Coribou, begging not to be buried alive.

What role did Turco play in the Fake Straw Hat Crew?

Within the Fake Straw Hat Crew, Turco's job appeared to be clerical, tracking which pirates had been recruited into the group, and he was never observed fighting or carrying a weapon.

Who did Turco impersonate after the crew became the Kid Pirates?

After the Fake Straw Hat Crew reinvented itself as the Kid Pirates, Turco took on the role of impersonating Wire, and he ended up jailed at the G-4 Marine Base.

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