| “ | The most important thing is my life! My promotion! If I let them go freely, who will protect me when something happens? | „ |
| ~ Spandam. |
Spandam is a major antagonist in the One Piece franchise. He is the former chief of CP5 and later CP9. Currently he is now a member of CP0. He is the son of Spandine.
He is the archenemy of both Franky and Nico Robin, being responsible for the death of the former's mentor, Tom and the capture of the latter at Enies Lobby.
He was voiced by Masaya Onosaka (who also voiced Alessi in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future, Obsidian in Beast Machines, Jadiete in Sailor Moon, Marshmallow Jamen in Mashin Sentai Kiramager, and Clock Shadow in Ressha Sentai ToQger) in Japanese and Christopher Corey Smith who also voiced Oropo in Wakfu, Splashmon and Dorbickmon in Digimon Xros Wars/Fusion, Wonderweiss Margela in Bleach, Riser Phenex in Highschool DxD, Thales in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Emperor Mateus, Slayde, and Legion in Final Fantasy, Kunikazu Okumura in Persona 5, Thugs-4-Less Leader in Secret Agent Clank, Molag Bal in The Elder Scrolls, Lord Betrayus in the video game adaptation of Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, Ishidate in Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, the Gold Watchers, Malak, and the Clown Gremlins in Dark Deception, John Bacchus in Mirai Nikki, and Kandachi in Naruto: Shippuden) in English.
Personality[]
At most times, Spandam can be very klutzy and tends to spill his hot coffee on himself. He also has the habit to of getting hurt, king him mostly a comedic villain like Buggy. However, Spandam can also be a malicious individual, especially at times when he is gloating over his opponents. Spandam would even hit Robin which is an act that even disgusts Rob Lucci himself.
Spandam is greedy for power as he desires Pluton to destroy all countries with lives to kill not only pirates but innocence people too. Spandam's clumsiness has made a fool of himself as he is nothing more but a careless idiot. He thinks Luffy defeated five marines instead of hearing five hundred. He lied Oimo and Kashi to work for the Government for their freedom. He accidentally pressed the button of the Golden Den Den Mushi to summon the Buster Call. His beliefs of the might of the World Government would only had led him nothing but their own downfall.
Spandam holds a grudge on Franky (formally known as Cutty Flam) for breaking his nose and destroyed the blueprints of Pluton.
Powers and Abilities[]
Spandam was the leader of both the CP9 (a powerful group of professional assassins run by members of the World Government) and in control of Enies Lobby. (a massive stronghold that held about 10,000 men) Spandam's political power had also given him the privilege to call a buster call and easily obtain two devil fruits through his connections.
Spandam, despite being the leader of CP9, he was the weakest member with him even being weaker than a common Marine due to his doriki to be level 9. However, Spandam makes up for it by being very manipulative as he managed to trick the people of Water 7 and Jorge into thinking Tom was the one that attacked the judicial ship. Spandam also wields a sword called "Funkfreed" that actually "ate" a Devil Fruit known as the Zo Zo no Mi which is a Zoan based Devil Fruit that allows the sword to transform into either an elephant hybrid or a full elephant.
Biography[]
Years ago, Spandam, along with his CP5 agents at the time, was sent to Water 7 to uncover the blueprints to an ancient weapon known as Pluton that is able to destroy the world. Spandam knew that Tom had the blueprints, which were rumored to be entrusted to Water 7's mayor in case the weapon was rediscovered and a duplicated needed to made to fight it, but the fisherman shipwright claims he doesn't have the blueprints and sends Spandam on his way. However, Spandam is displeased even more so that Tom is going to be let go despite being involved in building the ship Oro Jackson for the Pirate King Gol D. Roger. Spandam then sets up a plan that involves him using his CP5 agents to steal Franky's (going by Cutty Flam at the time) battleships and attacks the judicial ship. Spandam's plan manages to work as he is able to frame Tom and his shipwrights (Iceberg and Franky) for the crime. Tom manages to punch Spandam away but this only urges the Marines to tranquilize Tom. Jorge then orders the Marines to let go of Iceberg and Franky and take Tom on board the Puffing Tom where he will be taken to Enies Lobby to be executed. Soon, Spandam is pistol-whipped by Franky scarring his face for life and Spandam orders the Marines to take him down. Franky manages to get away but soon reappears in the front of the Sea Train Puffing Tom. However, Franky ends up getting run over much to Spandam's delight and continue on to Enies Lobby.
During the Water 7 Arc, Spandam tries again to claim the blueprints for Pluton and leads the World Goverment's CP9 unit to go undercover to find their owner. During his unit's investigation, CP9 nearly murders Water 7's leader Iceburg and Spandam discovers Nico Robin, who is heavily wanted by the World Government for her ability to read Poneglyphs, is the on the island the with the straw hats and convinces her to surrender herself by reveal he has been given the authority to activate a Buster call, the Government's most powerful military action which summons battleships to completely annihilate an island and all its inhabitants. He also discovers Franky has been entrusted with the blueprints and has CP9 take him captive as well and takes both his captives to Enies Lobby, a courthouse island that connects to the Government's headquarters, on the sea train. Despite attempts by Sanji and Usopp (the latter taking up the alias Sniper King) attempting to stop them, they fail to rescue the captives and get stuck in a separated part of the train while the Spandam and CP9 continue on to Enies Lobby.
However, the Straw Hat pirates allied with the Franky Family and members of Galley La, who want to rescue Franky and get revenge on CP9 for betraying them and attempting to kill Iceburg, storm Enies Lobby using a second sea train while Franky manages to free himself, though Robin willing stays captive, having resigned herself to her fate. The Straw Hats reach the islands main tower where Spandam and CP9 are waiting for them. Spandam mocks the crew, revealing Robin's history of being betrayed asking them if they are willing to risk the World Government's wrath to save the captives, only for the Straw Hats to destroy the tower's flag, an act of declaring war of the Government itself, shocking Spandam and C9 to the core. This act inspires Robin to live and return to the crew, but Spandam drags her into the courthouse and plans on taking her to the Gates of Justice where Robin will be unable to escape once they pass them while the Straw Hats fight CP9 for the key to Robin's indestructible handcuffs. However, he is confronted by Franky who reveals he had stored the blueprints for Pluton in his cyborg body and burns them in front of Spandam knowing that Robin, the only person who can find where Pluton is hidden via Poneglyphs, has no intention of finding the weapon and to spite Spandam, betting that the Straw Hats will be able to rescue Robin and keep the World Government from using her to find Pluton. As CP9 fights Franky and the Straw Hats, Spandam drags Robin through the tower to bring her to the Gates of Justice, with the strongest member of CP9 Rob Lucci as his bodyguard. Luffy finds them and battles Lucci while Spandam keeps going to the gates, but Robin's resistance slows him down and accidentally caused him to trigger the Buster Call, summoning a fleet of Battleships that will destroy the entire island. After a series of intense battles, the rest of the Straw Hats defeat the other members of CP9 and get the keys to Robin's cuff while Spandam eventually manages to reach the bridge where is met be a group of marines to escort him to the gates. However, he comes under fire by Usopp, who is able to snipe at him despite being over a mile away and buys time for Robin to get away and for Franky to reach her and give her the key to her cuffs. Franky and Robin then give Spandam his comeuppance by crushing him with Funkfreed and beating him senseless. He later tries to prevent the Straw Hats from escaping the Buster call, but the crew is able to make a narrow and daring escape while Robin uses her Devil-Fruit power to snap his spine as one last act of payback for all the pain he caused.
After the complete and total failure of his mission, Spandam was left hospitalized and tried to pin the blame of the rest of CP9 for letting the Straw Hats defeat them, but they escaped capture. During the series' time skip, Spandam was promoted to CP0 became a part of a conspiracy with leaders of organizes crime and escaped criminals, but the organization was destroyed by the members of CP9 who were able to rejoin the Government as members of CP0 ranked above Spandam.
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Trivia[]
- Spandam's mask may be a reference to the mask worn by former WWE wrestler Mick Foley's alter ego Mankind.
- Spandam is based on a panda given the animal theme of One Piece.
- Ironically, despite being the least important villain he's ever faced, Spandam is notable for being Luffy's complete foil in every way.
- Luffy is the son of a criminal, while Spandam is the son of a government agent.
- Luffy's face has a single scar, Spandam's face is entirely scarred to the point of needing a metal mask.
- Luffy earned his power and influence through hard work; Spandam inherited his position through his dad.
- Luffy is brave; Spandam is a coward.
- Luffy cares about his crew and sees them like family to the point he is willing to fight the entire government to save them; Spandam willingly sold out his subordinates in order to his himself.
- The Straw Hats genuinely respect Luffy; CP9 barely tolerate Spandam.
- Luffy is naive and brash, but can display cunning and intelligence when needed; Spandam is calculating and manipulative, but always commits the stupidest decisions in a decisive moment.
- Luffy doesn't judge Robin based on her past; Spandam treats Robin like the worst criminal in the world and beats on her entirely.
- Finally, while Luffy is incredibly strong, Spandam is incredibly weak.
External Links[]
- Spandam on the One Piece Wiki
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