Episode 9: Honorable Liar? Captain Usopp
Air Date: 2000-01-12
Opening: We Are! (1st Opening)
Ending: Memories (1st Ending)
Short Summary
Luffy, Nami, and Zoro arrive in Syrup Village, where the meet a long-nosed fellow by the name of Usopp. They ask for a ship, and so they head to the mansion on top of the hill to ask a rich girl named Kaya for one. What they don't anticipate, though, is the arrival of Kaya's butler Kurahadol.
In-Depth Summary
The episode opens with Usopp running through Syrup Village, yelling that pirates are coming. Meanwhile, on the sea, Nami mentions how they'll need a ship if they want to make it to the Grand Line. At Syrup Village, Usopp says that what he said before was a lie, so the townspeople get mad at him. He runs away and meets with Piiman and Ninjin. At that moment, Tamanegi comes running up to them, yelling that real pirates have arrived. Usopp wants to run away and have a snack, but after the urging of the Usopp Pirates he goes out to face them.
when Luffy, Zoro, and Nami hit land, Usopp comes out to greet them, introducing himself and saying he has 80 million men to squash them. Nami sees right through his lie, and Usopp freaks. He then puts a pinball in his slingshot and aims it at Luffy, saying his slingshot is better than a pistol. Luffy and Usopp stare at each other, and Luffy quotes Shanks, telling Usopp that they are real pirates and that he should bet his life on it. Usopp cracks, saying the speech was intimidating, and Luffy mentions getting it from Shanks. Usopp recognizes Shanks, and Luffy brings up Yasopp, Usopp's father, about how great of a sniper he is. Usopp brings them to a restaurant, and Luffy continues to talk about Yasopp, how he tells stories about Usopp and how well off he is. Nami then asks if there's any way to get a ship in the village, but Usopp says no.
Zoro points out the large mansion on top of the hill, but Usopp quickly runs away. At the mansion, Kaya and Kurahadol, her butler, talk about Usopp, and Kurahadol forbids her from seeing 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, the Usopp Pirates come in to fight Luffy and company, but are tricked into thinking Luffy ate Usopp. After that is cleared up, 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 uses Gomu Gomu no Sorry to Intrude to launch himself and others over the fence. They crash into the ground near Usopp, and as they get up, Kurahadol comes out and calls them intruders. Elsewhere in the town, we see a peculiar man moonwalking as the episode draws to a close.
Mumbo230's Notes
And so we are introduced to Usopp and the Usopp Pirates, as well as Kaya and her butler, Kurahadol. Take note that Luffy's method of getting to Kaya's mansion is different in the anime and the manga - in the anime, Luffy launches himself over the fence using Gomu Gomu no Sorry to Intrude while they walk past the guards at the gate in the manga.