Remember, the people nearby at the time advised spanda to revoke the buster call. He could’ve just taken it back, but he decided he’d rather pretend he did it on purpose.
@@keepingitreal727I mean, zoans are confirmed to give it's user's increased durability, spandam was just a normal dude who got his whole spine snapped in half
I really appreciate your upload schedule. So many nights, I knock off from a long shift in a hot kitchen, just to get home and welcomed by your enthusiastic insight into my favourite fictional pirate story. Might sound stupid, but it helps get me through some of the worse days. I know it is your job, but it is something that keeps some joy in my life, so thanks, mate.
@GrandLineReview I'm getting there, it wasn't one of the bad ones at least! Definitely better after getting my dose of villian analysis! I have been enjoying this series a lot and agree with a lot of the takes you have on your rankings so far. Also, I feel so dumb for never noticing that Spandams mask is a reference to Mankind! I loved mick foley in the wwe as I kid and am kicking myself for not making the connection! Thank you for taking the time to reply to me, I can't wait for your video on Boa Hancock in this series. She is such a complex and fascinating character when viewed through the lense of the arc antagonist. And although she doesn't really remain a villian she is very unique in her role as one when she is protrayed as such!
On Spandam falling flat: to me that always felt deliberate - Spandam’s real capabilities as a Villain stem from his abilities in investigation and preparation; him figuring out the blueprints were on Water Seven, figuring out the best possible subordinates he could obtain, finding the right connections to get the devil fruits, etc. But by that point in the arc, all his preparations had fallen apart. He had no more substance, no more threat, beyond the one thing: that Robin’s friends would fail and he’d get her onto a ship and away from Ennies Lobby. That was the only thing he had left to try and break Robin’s spirit after it had been raised by the rest of the crew, and he needed her spirit broken to more easily force her to do what the WG wanted. He fell flat because he’d run out of preparations for this stage of his plan, because the Straw Hats were blazing through everything in their way, in short (in my opinion, to be clear)
It should be noted that Mick Foley is also the kindest and purest soul in the world and he was totally chill about the "gimmick infringement" thing with his mask
Spandam is Helmeppo if Luffy never defeated Axe 🪓 🪓 Hand Morgan and if he wasn't raised by Garp hence why we're seeing the series from the pirates perspective because if we were shown the series from the Marines perspective the series would be a series focusing on pure evil.
I think helmeppo would’ve been much more of a loser and never as dangerous. Axe never even loved helmeppo cuz he felt like he was a disappointment so I don’t think he would have ever achieved anything. Spandam did unfortunately.
@@mohamadloai5383 , Spandam getting up to CP0 is all on nepotism whereas Helmeppo climbed the ranks of the Marines the hard way with Koby and Garp's help.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr that’s after being taught many very valuable lessons. Op said “if no one had stopped him”. The reason he was able to train and go through all the hardships was cuz he was beaten and taken in by garp
Spandam got under my skin almost immediately. I think what makes him so great as a villain is that he is one of the most realistic. People like Spandam seem to exist in abundance, so that mix of smugness, weakness and sadistic abuse of power easily strikes a nerve in the reader. I would argue that Spandam practices Corrupt/Mad Justice though. Akainu has some semblance of a moral code and rules that he follows, whereas justice for Spandam is defined by whatever stands in the way of what serves his ascent to power and influence
Yeah, unlike Akainu, Spandam is purely selfish. He's not doing any of this for a greater good. He represents everything vile about the world government & the celestial dragons. He definitely enjoys what he does, quite sadistically too, whereas I don't get the vibe that Akainu enjoys killing people. Moreso the, "I'm the only one with the strong enough will to do it.", vibe.
My real problem with spandams end is that he was able to walk. I know Robin's attack on him was supposed to be somewhat comedic, but we actually see his spine snapped. I really think him being paralyzed would have been a more fitting punishment.
...I was listening to this on the background, drinking some lovely coffee, when Liam said Spandam was sucked off by his elephant. I was unprepared for this, and now have to clean that coffee off the floor. I hold you responsible, man on the internet. That was some good coffee.
The fact that Spandam got to CP0 is baffling to me. This man called a BUSTER CALL on a MARINE BASE... on accident. And there were marines that knew that, and I'm sure that they survived the buster call, how did this man manage to get into CP0? Also how did not get to a wheelchair with Robin's clutch?
@@ChrisPBacon-zf5gm HOW?! Spandam had the denden mushi. The assassins were considered incompetent sure, but because of him the whole island was destroyed, and for NO ACTUAL REASON.
@@matheusgabriel5228 This is just speculation, but I don't think calling a buster call on Enes Lobby would be "that bad" if CP9 would have completed their objectives. From the world government perspective (not like, a rational person's or the marine's perspective), Spandam would have gotten the pluton blueprints, captured Robin (who would have been used by the world government if the blueprints were destroyed anyways), defeated the Strawhats, and gotten government loyalist at the top of the greatest ship building organization in trade for a marine base and a bunch of fodder marines. The world government are sociopaths and would have seen Spandam pulling this off as a generational dub for sure. And it is somewhat true that if CP9 would have been a bit stronger, then they would have won. I just headcannon that since Spandam was inches away from pulling off the plan and his father is a powerful person, they are willing to give him another shot while blaming the agents since they are the ones who technically failed to stop Luffy and aren't nepo babies like Spandam.
Ah yes, the vile little Nepo Baby. Hes actually one of my favorite villains 😅. I actually find seeing him constantly brutalized to be so much more satisfying than the Saint Charlos punch. He brings out the sadist in me, hes such a nasty, greasy little sh- slime ball that seeing him get hurt brings me immense joy.
I’m sure they have some sort of medical team. Your spine being snapped in half isn’t instantly fatal, even in real life, you only die from that when it messes with other bodily processes like breathing.
Spandam is the buggy of the marines - failing upwards in hilarious and even cruel ways. Oda makes the marines so serious but I think it would have been funny to have a comic relief admiral
I am still floored on how much power Spandam's father Spandine has. He can apparently promote people to CP-0 and remember those agents have to directly serve the World Nobles if they wish which is how Spandam is even in CP-0 to begin with despite the Enies Lobby incident being his fault.
Oda could have put Spandam in a wheelchair after Robin broke his spine. He then later could have gotten some sort of exoskeleton from a certain Scientist, that would boost His fighting capability, making him a actual useful member of CP0. He could than be on egghead as part of the Assassin's. What could have created a awesome internal struggle, where he has to decide between catching the people who crippled him and therefore condem the man who helped him out of his misery or he tries to save vegapunks life and to do that he has to help the strawhats escape. This would either end in a cool redemption or a full blown villian Arc, where he pulls the trigger on Stella. Well, would/could... Egghead still was awesome :D
Spandom is IMO the reason Water 7 / Ennies Lobby is so good because he's not a typical One Piece villain he's more of a real world villain (e.g. a corrupt politician). Its like Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones (before season 8) she to is a fool, incompetent, rash, petty, but she's also one of the most dangerous people because of those traits (plus her position, daddy's money & his reputation). You don't need to be a great fighter to be a great villain & Spandam is a great villain, even if "those fans" don't agree & only care about power levels & battle strength.
Honestly, Spandam imo is one of the best villains in the series. I get most people only like villains in this series that ooze power and charisma, but he works so well as a weakling who got to hold power. He's incompetent, impulsive, prideful and so many other things and those are what makes him dangerous. It's just nice to have an antagonist like that who is weak and stupid, but still very dangerous..
Spamdam is actually one of my favourite villains in OP because he's weak. He's clumsy, he's physically poor, and he can barely fight. However he's not stupid. He's clumsy, not stupid. He managed to figure out Pluton's blueprints were with Tom, he managed to successfully lead as Chief of CP5, He managed to convince the 5 Elder Stars to allow him to search for Pluton's blueprint in the first place. Nepotism can do a lot, but it can't do everything. Spandam also almost succeeded, even his use of the Buster Call could be twisted into the correct thing to do if you think about the value Robin and Pluton's Blueprints had to the WG. If CP9 were even slightly stronger than they were, he would have won. He would have broken Robin, he would have gotten Pluton's Blueprints. he would have probably been promoted to CP0 with that. The only reason he failed was because the straw hats were the straw hats, If it was almost any other crew, Spandam would have won. He's clumsy, not incompetent. That's why his the Chief of Cipher Pol instead of an Agent. He's a man with a plan and his plans seemed to almost always work. Just because he needs other people to do the heavy lifting for him doesn't mean he's not incredibly dangerous. I love Spandam for that.
Great video. You always do so well in my eyes. Oh and its finally Time for the galaxy impact I am so excited to see it animated. Also that land mine was good thinking.
one of the best things about spandam is that thanks to him we got one of the best moments in one piece history: straw hat's decleration of war against the world government. This single scene solidified one piece in my mind as one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever concived
I think that instead of getting his spine snapped( which should have left him paralyzed) he should have been buried under some debris or from Luffy and Luccie’s fight and as Robin leaves with the strawhats and as Ennies lobby is being destroyed Robin looks back seeing Spandam scream and struggle with the island crumbling around him
I imagine Spandam became a CP0 agent on recommendation from Lucci, just so that Lucci could fuck with Spandam by ordering him to do simple shit like picking up coffee or donuts
Imagine how cool it would’ve been if Robin’s finisher on Spandam rendered him paraplegic and the last we see of him at Enies Lobby is him begging Rob Lucci to come and save him
One of the craziest things about Spandam is that not only did he have no forgiveness for Robin and Franky for what he "thought" they would do, but he actively tried to do exactly what he was worried they would do, because he thought it would be justice if he did that exact thing.
So true about Spandam being sore winner. He's a head stepper. Strong agree about being kinda 1 note at end, and punishment not being enough. Oda did such amazing job of making us hate Spandam, that the reader wanted even more vengeance
spandam being an agent in cp0 instead of someone in a place of command makes me hope that he had an arc off screen where he turned himself around and trained up and stuff, that would fix the point that he cant be a good agent, also cause I want to see him use the 6 powers while wielding funkfreed, that would be funny looking
"don't let this Spandam lore distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table!
It's interesting for me to imagine Spandam w battle power of his own, bc i wonder if it would actually make Spandam a bit less threatening in ways. Bc it's scheming and underhandedness that he does bc he can't just fist fight like Lucci or Luffy, that makes him most dangerous i think. I would agree that Spandam w fighting power is not as scary or dangerous as a Spandam that knows he's a weak fighter, and so finds ways to cheat and use others and other weapons to work around this. I liked part about Lucci being like the physical antag of the arc, but Spandam being the "spiritual" antagonistic force. That feels spot on to me, and is part of what makes Water 7 so amazing imo. Also i had never heard of Doriki before so thank you for teaching me this
spandam reminds me of pariston from hxh. they both give me joker vibes. just pure chaos for the fck of it. and even tho they’re hard to take serious they’re intelligent asf and know how to get what they want in the most vile way possible
i think absolute justice is spandam's means to the end of his ego gratification, rather than being a separately held ideal. were an explicitly evil force in control of the world, he would seek to selfishly increase his rank in that rather than fight against it in the name of "justice".
Liam when are we going to get a behind the scenes video. A peek around the curtain to see how you bring us One Piece Theory goodness each week. How do you it? Now back to you, me...
Spandam's use as an agent is in intelligence gathering, something that cipher pol really struggles with. He was able to find two keys to the ancient weapons, accomplishing much more than Crocodile. Lucci doesn't need more power in CP0. The WG already have the marines, holy knights, Eldar Stars, and pacifista/seraphim to accomplish what they want militarily. Cipher Pol is supposed to provide intel, not power, which Spandam excels at.
Spandam definitely has the animal tamer aspect of his character but is also imo pretty similar to a clown with his comedic scenes and his general design. Oda does a good job incorporating the seriousness of a tamer or ringmaster and the comedic eeriness of a clown. Love water 7 and Enies lobby!! 🙏🏿
Spandam is one of my favorite characters esthetically because of his mask. Reminds me of Mick Foley’s Mankind mask. Edit: 12:43 love me a Mick Foley reference
Considering they let Luffy run around free for years and when he did become a pirate never took him seriously at first despite knowing the true nature of the Gum Gum Fruit I'd say they're on equal grounds with Spandam when it comes to incompetence.
If Spandam is a capable enough investigator that he found out about the location of the blueprints to an Ancient Weapon then I think that alone should classify him as one of the most dangerous people in the series. Crocodile was further away from finding an Ancient Weapon than Spandam was, despite being portrayed as wildly more competent and having significant amounts of resources to fall back on with Baroque Works. Like, combining the ambition to locate such a thing with *actual results* to back it up isn't a bad way to get into a job. As much as his dad's connections certainly helped him, it seems likely that he's got his own merits somewhere along the line otherwise I doubt Lucci would keep him around in CP0 now that his daddies influence has been diminished.
Hey Mr. Internet man can you please do a antagonist video about Foxy next, he is in my opinion the best and most feared antagonist in all of One Piece.
it's very obvious that Spandam did business with Doffy to get the CP9 Agents their Devil Fruits since the only pure evil pirates in One Piece are the ones that work for the government.
I remember thinking Robin's attack straight up killed him. And honestly, I wish it did. I get Oda doesnt want the straw hats to have a body count but still, this guy did too much, a bitter way to go would have been perfect
Tbf those devil fruits were DEFINITELY on a dusty shelf somewhere in the WG warehouse of things nobody wants, unless you favorably want to be a giraffe or are Adrian Monk levels of a clean freak
"Spandam is not stupid."
Spandam:
That's less stupid, and more clumsy.
@@dedsecturbotowns6069 Ikr. It's more so their fault for having a nuke shaped like a Snail phone
It like looking for something in your hand
He is stupid, but he is *cunning*.
Remember, the people nearby at the time advised spanda to revoke the buster call. He could’ve just taken it back, but he decided he’d rather pretend he did it on purpose.
Robin snapping spandams spine in half will forever be one of my favorite one piece scenes of all time
My favorite would be Luffy commanding "Sniper King" to shoot the flag.
That scene was absolutely clutch.
14:22
Nice pun@@cleverman383
How the hell did Spandam even survive robin's attack ? He never striked me as someone that durable .
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This is the same anime where bird guy survives a nuke with a few scratches
Just Oda policy to try not to make Strawhats murder anyone. There is no inworld reason, its just deus ex machina
@@keepingitreal727I mean, zoans are confirmed to give it's user's increased durability, spandam was just a normal dude who got his whole spine snapped in half
Cockroaches and worms are quite resilient
I really appreciate your upload schedule. So many nights, I knock off from a long shift in a hot kitchen, just to get home and welcomed by your enthusiastic insight into my favourite fictional pirate story.
Might sound stupid, but it helps get me through some of the worse days. I know it is your job, but it is something that keeps some joy in my life, so thanks, mate.
I'm happy to be able to help! :) hope this is one of your better days!
@GrandLineReview I'm getting there, it wasn't one of the bad ones at least! Definitely better after getting my dose of villian analysis! I have been enjoying this series a lot and agree with a lot of the takes you have on your rankings so far.
Also, I feel so dumb for never noticing that Spandams mask is a reference to Mankind! I loved mick foley in the wwe as I kid and am kicking myself for not making the connection!
Thank you for taking the time to reply to me, I can't wait for your video on Boa Hancock in this series. She is such a complex and fascinating character when viewed through the lense of the arc antagonist. And although she doesn't really remain a villian she is very unique in her role as one when she is protrayed as such!
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@@GrandLineReviewI am glad that you ranked Spandam at least B Teir.
On Spandam falling flat: to me that always felt deliberate - Spandam’s real capabilities as a Villain stem from his abilities in investigation and preparation; him figuring out the blueprints were on Water Seven, figuring out the best possible subordinates he could obtain, finding the right connections to get the devil fruits, etc.
But by that point in the arc, all his preparations had fallen apart. He had no more substance, no more threat, beyond the one thing: that Robin’s friends would fail and he’d get her onto a ship and away from Ennies Lobby. That was the only thing he had left to try and break Robin’s spirit after it had been raised by the rest of the crew, and he needed her spirit broken to more easily force her to do what the WG wanted.
He fell flat because he’d run out of preparations for this stage of his plan, because the Straw Hats were blazing through everything in their way, in short (in my opinion, to be clear)
It should be noted that Mick Foley is also the kindest and purest soul in the world and he was totally chill about the "gimmick infringement" thing with his mask
Foley actually commented on Spandem?
@@xDrBuuYup, One Piece fans explained that Oda was a huge wrestling fan os Foley understood that it was a tribute.
Spandam: Helmeppo if no one had stopped him.
Spandam is Helmeppo if Luffy never defeated Axe 🪓 🪓 Hand Morgan and if he wasn't raised by Garp hence why we're seeing the series from the pirates perspective because if we were shown the series from the Marines perspective the series would be a series focusing on pure evil.
I think helmeppo would’ve been much more of a loser and never as dangerous. Axe never even loved helmeppo cuz he felt like he was a disappointment so I don’t think he would have ever achieved anything. Spandam did unfortunately.
@@mohamadloai5383 , Spandam getting up to CP0 is all on nepotism whereas Helmeppo climbed the ranks of the Marines the hard way with Koby and Garp's help.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr that’s after being taught many very valuable lessons. Op said “if no one had stopped him”. The reason he was able to train and go through all the hardships was cuz he was beaten and taken in by garp
Spandam got under my skin almost immediately. I think what makes him so great as a villain is that he is one of the most realistic. People like Spandam seem to exist in abundance, so that mix of smugness, weakness and sadistic abuse of power easily strikes a nerve in the reader.
I would argue that Spandam practices Corrupt/Mad Justice though. Akainu has some semblance of a moral code and rules that he follows, whereas justice for Spandam is defined by whatever stands in the way of what serves his ascent to power and influence
Yeah, unlike Akainu, Spandam is purely selfish. He's not doing any of this for a greater good. He represents everything vile about the world government & the celestial dragons. He definitely enjoys what he does, quite sadistically too, whereas I don't get the vibe that Akainu enjoys killing people. Moreso the, "I'm the only one with the strong enough will to do it.", vibe.
So early I didn't even get a preroll ad
Spandam: I have an army, infuence, and power! Though I may not be strong, I have a Buster Call!
Luffy: I have people who want revenge :)
My real problem with spandams end is that he was able to walk. I know Robin's attack on him was supposed to be somewhat comedic, but we actually see his spine snapped. I really think him being paralyzed would have been a more fitting punishment.
It's because he's a spineless character :p
How was it supposed to be comedic that shit was dark asf
@@whatspoppin6067 Well his beating of robin was dark in its own right
Spandam feels to me like they combined Joffrey's sadism and cowardice with the Penguin's scheming and comedy.
Now that we know Spandine was working in the underworld, could he be the connections where Spandam got the fruits?
You definitely deserve more recognition for this!
...I was listening to this on the background, drinking some lovely coffee, when Liam said Spandam was sucked off by his elephant. I was unprepared for this, and now have to clean that coffee off the floor. I hold you responsible, man on the internet. That was some good coffee.
The fact that Spandam got to CP0 is baffling to me. This man called a BUSTER CALL on a MARINE BASE... on accident. And there were marines that knew that, and I'm sure that they survived the buster call, how did this man manage to get into CP0? Also how did not get to a wheelchair with Robin's clutch?
Nepotism
Unfortunately, I can see Vegapunk's tech being used to heal him.
The entire incident was blamed on the assassins of cp9, who went on the run for a while before they proved themselves to still be very useful
@@ChrisPBacon-zf5gm HOW?! Spandam had the denden mushi. The assassins were considered incompetent sure, but because of him the whole island was destroyed, and for NO ACTUAL REASON.
@@matheusgabriel5228 This is just speculation, but I don't think calling a buster call on Enes Lobby would be "that bad" if CP9 would have completed their objectives. From the world government perspective (not like, a rational person's or the marine's perspective), Spandam would have gotten the pluton blueprints, captured Robin (who would have been used by the world government if the blueprints were destroyed anyways), defeated the Strawhats, and gotten government loyalist at the top of the greatest ship building organization in trade for a marine base and a bunch of fodder marines. The world government are sociopaths and would have seen Spandam pulling this off as a generational dub for sure. And it is somewhat true that if CP9 would have been a bit stronger, then they would have won. I just headcannon that since Spandam was inches away from pulling off the plan and his father is a powerful person, they are willing to give him another shot while blaming the agents since they are the ones who technically failed to stop Luffy and aren't nepo babies like Spandam.
Robin holding onto the bridge with her teeth fucks me every time....
Ah yes, the vile little Nepo Baby. Hes actually one of my favorite villains 😅. I actually find seeing him constantly brutalized to be so much more satisfying than the Saint Charlos punch. He brings out the sadist in me, hes such a nasty, greasy little sh- slime ball that seeing him get hurt brings me immense joy.
Nepo baby cuz of his father😂
An idiot in power is more dangerous than a smart/strong willed person in power
I'm amazed that Spandam is still alive even after Robin specifically snapped his spine in half brutally. He should have perished already.
I’m sure they have some sort of medical team. Your spine being snapped in half isn’t instantly fatal, even in real life, you only die from that when it messes with other bodily processes like breathing.
11:50 Que in the Vegeta quote. "I'm goin to crush you and throw you into the wind." 😂
He was the government version of Buggy, failing upwards.
Spandam is the buggy of the marines - failing upwards in hilarious and even cruel ways.
Oda makes the marines so serious but I think it would have been funny to have a comic relief admiral
The biggest tragedy here is spandam getting a video before higuma
"Because together they caused 2 whole fashbacks" 😆
Spandam is literally the One Piece nepobaby.
Pre training Helmeppp: Am I a joke to you?
@@Drums_of_Liberation everyone: "At least you can grow beyond that."
I had to double take so hard because i read the title as "Why Shadman is the mot dangerous villain in one piece." 😅
Coming from the Ava Kris Tyson's controversy although it isn't even that controversial
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-Remember when Blackbeard445 almost captured Bonney?-
@@drunkenskunkproductionsdsp8094swear the guy was like 38 or something and wanted to rail a 10 year old
What do you think the CP means in CP9?
I am still floored on how much power Spandam's father Spandine has. He can apparently promote people to CP-0 and remember those agents have to directly serve the World Nobles if they wish which is how Spandam is even in CP-0 to begin with despite the Enies Lobby incident being his fault.
I always appreciated that Spandam was not a strong individual because it let us know that even people with no powers were dangerous in a shonen manga.
If Spandam is Mankind, then is Robin "The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell in 1998, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table."
Oda could have put Spandam in a wheelchair after Robin broke his spine. He then later could have gotten some sort of exoskeleton from a certain Scientist, that would boost His fighting capability, making him a actual useful member of CP0.
He could than be on egghead as part of the Assassin's. What could have created a awesome internal struggle, where he has to decide between catching the people who crippled him and therefore condem the man who helped him out of his misery or he tries to save vegapunks life and to do that he has to help the strawhats escape. This would either end in a cool redemption or a full blown villian Arc, where he pulls the trigger on Stella.
Well, would/could... Egghead still was awesome :D
Spandom is IMO the reason Water 7 / Ennies Lobby is so good because he's not a typical One Piece villain he's more of a real world villain (e.g. a corrupt politician). Its like Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones (before season 8) she to is a fool, incompetent, rash, petty, but she's also one of the most dangerous people because of those traits (plus her position, daddy's money & his reputation).
You don't need to be a great fighter to be a great villain & Spandam is a great villain, even if "those fans" don't agree & only care about power levels & battle strength.
Honestly, Spandam imo is one of the best villains in the series. I get most people only like villains in this series that ooze power and charisma, but he works so well as a weakling who got to hold power. He's incompetent, impulsive, prideful and so many other things and those are what makes him dangerous. It's just nice to have an antagonist like that who is weak and stupid, but still very dangerous..
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Spamdam is actually one of my favourite villains in OP because he's weak.
He's clumsy, he's physically poor, and he can barely fight. However he's not stupid.
He's clumsy, not stupid.
He managed to figure out Pluton's blueprints were with Tom, he managed to successfully lead as Chief of CP5, He managed to convince the 5 Elder Stars to allow him to search for Pluton's blueprint in the first place.
Nepotism can do a lot, but it can't do everything. Spandam also almost succeeded, even his use of the Buster Call could be twisted into the correct thing to do if you think about the value Robin and Pluton's Blueprints had to the WG.
If CP9 were even slightly stronger than they were, he would have won. He would have broken Robin, he would have gotten Pluton's Blueprints. he would have probably been promoted to CP0 with that.
The only reason he failed was because the straw hats were the straw hats, If it was almost any other crew, Spandam would have won.
He's clumsy, not incompetent. That's why his the Chief of Cipher Pol instead of an Agent. He's a man with a plan and his plans seemed to almost always work. Just because he needs other people to do the heavy lifting for him doesn't mean he's not incredibly dangerous.
I love Spandam for that.
Great video. You always do so well in my eyes. Oh and its finally Time for the galaxy impact I am so excited to see it animated. Also that land mine was good thinking.
The irony of Spandam's mask coming straight off Mick Foley, one of the most kind and caring people in the world is not lost on me.
Spandam has a sword that's also an elephant. S-tier for me
We need to rank the only villain that matters, sir con d oriano
Bro I been watching you for years and I’m just now subbing
I love how the Sea train arc split the antagonist into two. Rob Lucci is there as a physical threat and Spandam is there act as the villain.
4:54 not to mention the only other people weve seen request an audience with the gorosei are shanks, imu, cobra, and akainu (?)
Spandam always reminded me of starscream, especially his voice. (In the English dub.)
What a way to start the day, the One Piece way.
For me it's to end it
Spandam the classic Nepo baby
Good Ol Spandam
Ceasar Clown would be nice to see next, he ends up as more refined version of the kind of villain Oda was aiming for with Spandam.
one of the best things about spandam is that thanks to him we got one of the best moments in one piece history: straw hat's decleration of war against the world government.
This single scene solidified one piece in my mind as one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever concived
I think that instead of getting his spine snapped( which should have left him paralyzed) he should have been buried under some debris or from Luffy and Luccie’s fight and as Robin leaves with the strawhats and as Ennies lobby is being destroyed Robin looks back seeing Spandam scream and struggle with the island crumbling around him
I think Kuro is bored out there alone, so let Axe-Hand Morgan be next.
Never thought I'd see Kalifa drawn as Bubble Bass from SpongeBob but here we are...and I couldn't be happier 😂
I remember when I first found out that Spandams mask was based on Mick Foley(Mankind) from the Attitude Era of the WWF/WWE
I saw the title and yelled "STOP LYING!"
I only take umbrage with the last statement. I bet Spandam could beat up Nezumi.
I imagine Spandam became a CP0 agent on recommendation from Lucci, just so that Lucci could fuck with Spandam by ordering him to do simple shit like picking up coffee or donuts
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Imagine how cool it would’ve been if Robin’s finisher on Spandam rendered him paraplegic and the last we see of him at Enies Lobby is him begging Rob Lucci to come and save him
Wow, anyone’s a villain now. Spadam is more of a wet towel that the people must step on to succeed!
I think we need the elder stars next, egghead villains wise
One of the craziest things about Spandam is that not only did he have no forgiveness for Robin and Franky for what he "thought" they would do, but he actively tried to do exactly what he was worried they would do, because he thought it would be justice if he did that exact thing.
You somehow manage to talk about shit i already know and still make it interesting
So true about Spandam being sore winner. He's a head stepper. Strong agree about being kinda 1 note at end, and punishment not being enough. Oda did such amazing job of making us hate Spandam, that the reader wanted even more vengeance
spandam being an agent in cp0 instead of someone in a place of command makes me hope that he had an arc off screen where he turned himself around and trained up and stuff, that would fix the point that he cant be a good agent, also cause I want to see him use the 6 powers while wielding funkfreed, that would be funny looking
Vergo next?! When we thought thats what the peak of armament haki looks like... 🤣
"don't let this Spandam lore distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table!
The only bright side of Spamdam surviving Robins attack, means Black Maria could’ve survived too.
*THE SPIDER MOMMY IS ALIVE!!!*
It's interesting for me to imagine Spandam w battle power of his own, bc i wonder if it would actually make Spandam a bit less threatening in ways. Bc it's scheming and underhandedness that he does bc he can't just fist fight like Lucci or Luffy, that makes him most dangerous i think. I would agree that Spandam w fighting power is not as scary or dangerous as a Spandam that knows he's a weak fighter, and so finds ways to cheat and use others and other weapons to work around this. I liked part about Lucci being like the physical antag of the arc, but Spandam being the "spiritual" antagonistic force. That feels spot on to me, and is part of what makes Water 7 so amazing imo. Also i had never heard of Doriki before so thank you for teaching me this
Can you do Pandaman?
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Spandam got the trunks cut 💀
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Robin broke this guy the same way Bane broke Batman.
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spandam reminds me of pariston from hxh. they both give me joker vibes. just pure chaos for the fck of it. and even tho they’re hard to take serious they’re intelligent asf and know how to get what they want in the most vile way possible
i think absolute justice is spandam's means to the end of his ego gratification, rather than being a separately held ideal. were an explicitly evil force in control of the world, he would seek to selfishly increase his rank in that rather than fight against it in the name of "justice".
Just remember his name reversed is madnaps...
This guy never runs out of one piece content 😂
Of course. One Piece is still running. He can still easily run this channel with One Piece content alone for next 10 years at least.
Liam when are we going to get a behind the scenes video. A peek around the curtain to see how you bring us One Piece Theory goodness each week. How do you it? Now back to you, me...
Spandam's use as an agent is in intelligence gathering, something that cipher pol really struggles with. He was able to find two keys to the ancient weapons, accomplishing much more than Crocodile. Lucci doesn't need more power in CP0. The WG already have the marines, holy knights, Eldar Stars, and pacifista/seraphim to accomplish what they want militarily. Cipher Pol is supposed to provide intel, not power, which Spandam excels at.
Spandam definitely has the animal tamer aspect of his character but is also imo pretty similar to a clown with his comedic scenes and his general design. Oda does a good job incorporating the seriousness of a tamer or ringmaster and the comedic eeriness of a clown. Love water 7 and Enies lobby!! 🙏🏿
Spandam is one of my favorite characters esthetically because of his mask. Reminds me of Mick Foley’s Mankind mask.
Edit: 12:43 love me a Mick Foley reference
I think we can all agree that the Gorosei and Imu are definitely more dangerous than Spandam.
Considering they let Luffy run around free for years and when he did become a pirate never took him seriously at first despite knowing the true nature of the Gum Gum Fruit I'd say they're on equal grounds with Spandam when it comes to incompetence.
If Spandam is a capable enough investigator that he found out about the location of the blueprints to an Ancient Weapon then I think that alone should classify him as one of the most dangerous people in the series. Crocodile was further away from finding an Ancient Weapon than Spandam was, despite being portrayed as wildly more competent and having significant amounts of resources to fall back on with Baroque Works.
Like, combining the ambition to locate such a thing with *actual results* to back it up isn't a bad way to get into a job. As much as his dad's connections certainly helped him, it seems likely that he's got his own merits somewhere along the line otherwise I doubt Lucci would keep him around in CP0 now that his daddies influence has been diminished.
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Please make a video about:
If Luffy was evil
before actually watching this. I'd say he is pretty dangerous just because he is careless enough to accidentally trigger a bustercall.
Funkfreed deserved better owner.
Are you holding back on Lucci till egghead ends?
Hey Mr. Internet man can you please do a antagonist video about Foxy next, he is in my opinion the best and most feared antagonist in all of One Piece.
And now I'm inclined to believe Spandem did business with Doflamingo to get those fruits
it's very obvious that Spandam did business with Doffy to get the CP9 Agents their Devil Fruits since the only pure evil pirates in One Piece are the ones that work for the government.
Spandam is what Helmeppo thankfully didn’t become
Not everyone deserves a redemption arc. Spandam is one of those.
I remember thinking Robin's attack straight up killed him. And honestly, I wish it did. I get Oda doesnt want the straw hats to have a body count but still, this guy did too much, a bitter way to go would have been perfect
Tbf those devil fruits were DEFINITELY on a dusty shelf somewhere in the WG warehouse of things nobody wants, unless you favorably want to be a giraffe or are Adrian Monk levels of a clean freak
Given how he has a mask like Mankind, I'm disappointed that Oda never used Dude Love and Catcus Jack as references.
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Spandam is just the backup fall guy to take all the blame in case something bad happens 😂
Those are some fighting words brotha
13:09 *YES!!* 😈
But he didn't go bang bang! Lol jk
one of the nice things about Gold was seeing Luffy punch him out proper-like