Season 01 (19992001)[edit]

Main article: List of One Piece episodes (season 1)

No.

4Kids title

Original Japanese & Funimation titles[14]

RatingOriginal airdate (Japan)

Rank[n 1]

Original airdate (U.S.)

Orig./Funi.

4Kids

01

"I'm Gonna Be King of the Pirates!"

01

"I'm Luffy! The Man Who's Gonna Be King of the Pirates!"

"Ore wa Rufi! Kaizoku ni Naru Otoko Da!" (!!)
12.4

October 20, 1999[15]

September 18, 2004[16]

The series begins with an attack on a cruise ship at the hands of Alvida. Coby, a
slave of Alvida, discovers a barrel. One of Alvida's pirates attempts to open the
barrel, but a young boy emerges and accidentally hits him. The remaining pirates
attack him, but the stranger stops them and says that his name is Monkey D. Luffy.
Luffy drags Coby to the storage cellar of the ship, where he eats and converses with
Coby, who reveals his dream of being a marine. Alvida confronts Luffy, but he
escapes and knocks her pirate crew down with his Devil Fruit power. Luffy explains
that he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, therefore he has the powers of rubber. Coby,
inspired by Luffy, stands up for himself when Alvida confronts them. Luffy uses his
Gum-Gum Pistol technique on Alvida. Luffy and Coby sail away in a "borrowed" boat
from Alvida's crew. Luffy asks about the pirate hunter Coby mentioned earlier. Coby
says that he was captured by the Marines, and Luffy announces his intention of
asking him to join his crew.
02

02

"Roronoa Zolo: Pirate Hunter"

"Enter the Great Swordsman! Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro!"

"Daikeng Arawaru! Kaizokugari Roronoa Zoro" (!)
9
11.7

November 17, 1999[17]

September 25, 2004[18]

Luffy and Coby arrive at an island with a large Marine base, where Luffy discovers
the swordsman, Roronoa Zoro tied to a pole. Rika, a young girl, offers Zoro some
rice balls that she made herself. Helmeppo, the son of Marine Captain Morgan,
discovers this and has Rika thrown out. Luffy asks Zoro to join his crew, but Zoro
refuses and has Luffy give him the rice balls. Luffy and Coby meet Rika in town, who
is happy to hear that Zoro enjoyed the rice balls. She tells them how Helmeppo
brought his vicious pet dog into their bar and that Zoro knocked it out to protect
everyone inside. He then made a deal with Helmeppo: if he can survive being tied

to a pole with no food or water for thirty days, then Helmeppo will spare the people
in the bar. However, Helmeppo says that he will execute Zoro the next day despite
his word. Luffy punches him, and Helmeppo runs off to tell his father. While Luffy
invades the Navy base to find Zoro's swords, Coby attempts to untie Zoro and
explains the situation to him. Morgan orders that they are both to be executed. The
soldiers open fire, however, before the bullets can reach them, Luffy leaps from the
base and uses his rubber body to block the bullets.
03

03

"An Unlikely Pair: The Pirate & The Pirate Hunter"

"Morgan versus Luffy! Who's the Mysterious Pretty Girl?"

"Mgan tai Rufi! Nazo no Bishjo wa Dare?" ( VS !?)
7
13.3

November 24, 1999[19]

October 2, 2004[20]

Luffy hands the three swords to Zoro in exchange for Zoro joining his crew. Luffy and
Morgan engage in battle. All of Morgan's attacks miss and Luffy knocks Morgan to
the ground. Meanwhile, Helmeppo takes Coby hostage. But Coby declares that he
will not stand in the way of Luffy's dream, even if it means death. Luffy strikes
Helmeppo, while Zoro takes out Morgan right before he can kill Luffy. As Morgan
collapses, the Marines toss their weapons into the air in celebration of their
captain's defeat. Later, Luffy, Zoro, and Coby are in the town restaurant with Rika
and her mom. Marines step into the restaurant, and as Luffy and Zoro are pirates,
they must leave the island immediately. Luffy and Zoro get ready to go, and the
head of the Marines asks if Coby is with them. Luffy goes on to explain that Coby
spent time aboard Alvida's pirate ship as her slave, and this makes Coby angry as it
will ruin his chances of enrolling in the Marines. Coby punches Luffy. The Marines
see Coby is not with them, and so order Luffy and Zoro to leave. As they do, Coby
asks to join the Marines, and is accepted. Outside, Luffy and Zoro climb into their
boat, and as they set sail, the Marines salute them for saving the town, including
Coby. Coby vows to meet Luffy again, as a Marine meeting a pirate.
04

04

"The Passing Of The Hat"

"Luffy's Past! Enter Red-Haired Shanks!"

"Rufi no Kako! Akagami no Shankusu Tj" (!) 9
12.9

December 8, 1999[21]

October 9, 2004[22]

In a flashback, a seven-year-old Luffy sits in a bar filled with the pirate crew of the
"Red-Haired" Shanks, begging him to take him out to sea. But the pirate captain
refuses. A bandit named Higuma enters and orders several barrels of booze. Shanks
offers him the last bottle but Higuma smashes it and humiliates Shanks. After the
bandit leaves the bar, all of the pirates start to laugh. Luffy gets angry that Shanks
did not fight back and in a huff eats a purple fruit lying on the bar. Shanks notices
this and tries to make Luffy spit it out, but it was too late. Shanks tells Luffy that he
just ate the Gum Gum Fruit, a Devil Fruit, and now he is a rubber man and won't be
able to ever swim again. Later, Luffy gets attacked by Higuma and his bandits. He is

about to be killed, when Shanks and his crew arrive and effortlessly defeat Higuma's
men. Frightened, Higuma throws down a smoke bomb and makes his escape, taking
Luffy with him. He flees out to sea in a boat. There he throws the non-swimmer into
the water. As Higuma laughs at Luffy's plight, a Sea King appears behind him and
devours him whole. The sea monster then goes for Luffy, but Shanks stops the sea
monster as it takes a bite, and with one look, drives the beast away. Luffy clutches
Shanks and starts crying, since Shanks' arm was bitten off by the creature. Shanks
replies that it is fine, as long as Luffy is safe. As the pirates get ready to leave, Luffy
decides he will become a pirate on his own, that he will gather a crew that will beat
Shanks', and that he will become King of the Pirates. Shanks gives his straw hat to
Luffy and tells him to return it some day, as a great pirate. Back in the present, Luffy
slingshots into the sky to catch a bird. Instead he is caught himself. Zoro, now alone
in their boat, tries to keep up, paddling. On his way he picks up three castaways
from Buggy's crew. The bird, carrying Luffy flies over a town, where it is shot down
by Buggy's men. Luffy falls down and lands right in front of Nami, who is running
away from Buggy's crew for stealing their precious map to the Grand Line.
05

05

"The Circus Comes To Town"

"A Terrifying Mysterious Power! Captain Buggy, the Clown Pirate!"

"Kyfu Nazo no Chikara! Kaizoku Dke Bag-sench!" (!
!) 8
13.5

December 15, 1999[23]

October 16, 2004[24]

Nami pretends that Luffy is her boss, using the distraction to escape from Buggy's
men. After Luffy beats them, she asks him to join her. Then Luffy finds out that she
is a navigator, and asks her to join his crew of pirates. As she hates pirates, she
refuses. Then she tricks Luffy into letting himself be tied up and brought to Buggy,
where he is locked up in a small cage, while Nami fakes joining Buggy's crew. As
proof of loyalty, Buggy demands of Nami to kill Luffy, but she cannot bring herself to
do it. As Buggy's pirates attack her, Zoro arrives to save his captain and her. Buggy
recognizes Zoro as the pirate hunter and attacks him. Zoro cuts Buggy into pieces.
Believing Buggy to be dead, he sheaths his swords and is stabbed in the back. The
wound puts Zoro at a disadvantage. He picks up the cage with Luffy inside and the
three escape.
06

06

"The Beast Breaker"

"Desperate Situation! Beast Tamer Mohji vs. Luffy!"

"Zettai Zetsumei! Mjtsukai Mji VS Rufi!" (! vs !)
1
12.3

December 29, 1999[25]

October 23, 2004[26]

Still trapped in the cage, Luffy meets a small dog guarding his master's store,
despite knowing that his owner is dead. Mohji the Beast Tamer's lion, Ritchie,
inadvertently breaks Luffy's cage open, and sends him flying. The dog tries to
protect the store, but is no match for the much stronger Ritchie, and Mohji burns the

store down. Angered by Mohji destroying what the dog finds precious, Luffy
mercilessly punches him out. Moved by Luffy's concern for the dog, Nami agrees to
work with Luffy for the time being.
07

07

"The Desperate Duel"

"Epic Showdown! Swordsman Zoro vs. Acrobat Cabaji!"

"Szetsu Kett! Keng Zoro VS Kyokugei no Kabaji!" (! vs
!) 1
12.3

December 29, 1999[25]

October 30, 2004

Enraged by the actions of Buggy's crew, the city's mayor rushes to fight Buggy
himself, but the Straw Hat Pirates come to his rescue, with Luffy knocking him out to
prevent him from getting himself killed. Zoro fights Cabaji, despite still being
wounded from his previous encounter with Buggy and defeats him. Nami leaves to
search for the map to the Grand Line. Luffy begins fighting Buggy, who knows that
he can injure Luffy's rubber body by cutting him, and enrages him by damaging his
straw hat.
08

08

"Who Gets the Last Laugh?"

"Who is the Victor? Devil Fruit Power Showdown!"

"Shsha wa Dotchi? Akuma no Mi no Nryoku Taiketsu!" (?
!) 1
12.3

December 29, 1999[25]

November 6, 2004[27]

Buggy reveals that Shanks accidentally caused him to eat the Devil Fruit he had
been planning to sell while they were apprentice pirates on the same ship,
preventing him from finding an underwater treasure. Nami manages to steal
Buggy's body parts and Luffy sends him flying with Gum Gum Bazooka. Luffy, Nami
and Zoro are forced to flee town as the villagers discover what Luffy did to the
mayor and he identifies himself as a pirate, but the mayor thanks the three as they
leave.
09

09

"The Teller of Tales"

"The Honorable Liar? Captain Usopp!"

"Seigi no Usotsuki? Kyaputen Usoppu" (?)
11.4

January 12, 2000[28]

November 13, 2004[29]

When Luffy, Zoro, and Nami land on another island, Usopp appears to greet them,
with three children hiding in the bushes. After a failed attempt on Usopp's part to
scare the pirates away they talk about Shanks and his marksman Yasopp, Usopp's
father. Usopp brings them to a restaurant, where after a meal, he leaves them to
head for a mansion outside town. The mansion belongs to the sickly young woman
Kaya. She and Klahadore, her butler, talk about Usopp and Klahadore forbids her to
see him. Usopp comes anyway and he tells Kaya a story about fighting a giant

goldfish with droppings the size of islands. Back at the restaurant, Usopp's small
friends, the Usopp Pirates enter in search of their captain. They bring Luffy, Zoro,
and Nami to Kaya's mansion, and tell them how Usopp tells Kaya lies to cheer her
up since her parents died and she became ill. Luffy decides they should ask her for
a ship and as there are bodyguards guarding the gate, he slingshots the whole
group over the fence. They crash into the ground near Usopp, and as they get up,
Klahadore comes out and calls them intruders.
10

"The Weirdest Guy Ever! Jango the Hypnotist!"

"Shij Saiky no Hen na Yatsu! Saiminjutsushi Jango" (!

) 9
12.7

January 19, 2000[30]

At Kaya's mansion, Klahadore goes on about how Usopp's father is a filthy pirate,
making Usopp livid and punch him in the face. Klahadore continues taunting Usopp,
who eventually leaves. Later, Kaya is crying in her room. Klahadore enters to bring
her a meal and reminds her of the day he came to the mansion, when he was
battered and her father took him in. He then claims that if anything happened to
Kaya, he would not forgive himself. The Usopp Pirates, Nami, and Zoro encounter
Jango , who claims to be only a passing hypnotist. He then hypnotizes the Usopp
Piratesand accidentally himselfinto falling asleep in the middle of the road.
Later, by a cliff overlooking the ocean, Luffy and Usopp witness Jango and Klahadore
whose true identity turns out to be that of the infamous pirate Captain Kuro
plotting a raid of the village and a murder of Kaya. Luffy yells at them not to get rid
of Kaya, but Jango uses his hypnotism to put Luffy to sleep, causing him to fall off
the cliff. He lands on his head and appears to be dead. They do not worry about
Usopp knowing, because of his reputation as a liar.