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Luffy is renowned for his trademark [url=http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Straw_Hat]straw hat[/url] (from which he gets his nickname "Straw Hat Luffy"), which was lent to him when he was young by the legendary pirate captain, [url=http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Shanks]"Red-Haired" Shanks[/url], who in turn received it from [url=http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gol_D._Roger]Gol D. Roger[/url].
He wears short, blue trousers with cuffs, sandals, and a sleeveless red
vest. Luffy also has a scar with two stitches underneath his left eye
(which he earned by stabbing a knife under his eye to show Shanks that
he was tough) and short, messy black hair. He was severely wounded by
Akainu in the [url=http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Marineford]Battle of Marineford[/url], leaving a large [b]X[/b]-shaped
scar on his chest. Appearing to be scrawny underneath his shirt, he has
a surprisingly well-built physique. He is quite short since he appears
dwarfed by most individuals in the series.


Monkey D. Luffy,^[1] also known as "Straw Hat Luffy" and commonly as "Straw Hat",^[4] is a pirate and the main protagonist of the anime and manga, One Piece. He is the son of the Revolutionary Army's commander, Monkey D. Dragon,^[12] the grandson of the famed Marine, Monkey D. Garp,^[13] the foster son of a mountain bandit, Curly Dadan, and the adopted brother of the late "Fire Fist" Portgas D. Ace and the revolutionary Sabo. His lifelong dream is to become the Pirate King by finding the legendary treasure left behind by the previous Pirate King, Gol D. Roger.^[14] He believes that being Pirate King means having the most freedom in the world. He has eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi. As the founder and captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, he is the first member of the crew, as well as one of its top three fighters.



Luffy has a worldwide reputation for causing trouble, challenging the Shichibukai, the Marines, and even a Yonko, as well as committing felonies and actions which were deemed threatening by the World Government.
What's more, in the majority of these confrontations, he emerges as the
victor. He has gained a reputation for being "reckless" and, in some
cases, "insane", after causing an incident in Enies Lobby, assaulting a World Noble at Sabaody Archipelago, entering and escaping from Impel Down, and joining the Battle of Marineford.



He is, therefore, infamous for being the only known pirate to not
only deliberately attack the three most important government
facilities, but also escape from all of them alive. The additional fact
that he punched a Tenryubito
with full knowledge of the consequences, as well as his heritage, has
caused Luffy to be labeled as a "Dangerous Future Element", earning the
wrath of Fleet Admiral Sakazuki and making the Marines among his greatest enemies.^[15]



These acts, amongst other things, have given him his current bounty of 400,000,000, one of the highest past or present bounties in the series. Having had a bounty of 300,000,000 prior to his arrival at the Sabaody Archipelago, Luffy is one of eleven rookie pirates who has been referred to as the "Eleven Supernovas", pirates with bounties over 100,000,000 who have reached the Red Line.^[16] He is also one of the pirates widely regarded as The Worst Generation.^[17].