Scott D. Rio/Tropes

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Advantage Ball : He holds this trope for pretty much his entire voyage throughout the first half of the Grand Line. Rio is immensely more powerful than most obstacles he faces during his journey and only a handful of people have given him tough fights, though the most notable one has to go to Luis Von Delter who not only beat Rio before, during their rematch he pushed Rio to the point of having to come up with a new way of using his devil fruit. If that’s not tough, I don’t know what is.All-Loving Hero : This is somewhat averted. The only people he truly loves are his friends, family, and rivals he meets. Everyone else who isn’t a part of this category means nothing to him but he’ll still lend a helping hand if he feels like it.

Allergic To Routine : One of the reasons why his crew is constantly ending up in situations that are deemd "insane" and "impossible of surviving". The captain just wants to fight whoever is strong and doesn't matter where he has to go to hunt them out.

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better : Out of universe, his rivalry with Ignis.D.Hiro and Dhahaka.D.Knave.

Almighty Janitor: No one would in there right mind would think that he was a rookie pirate from his past actions in a single year.

Badass : The greatest example in One World. It's even lampshaded by his own crew at one point that they begin to wonder if they're strong enough to keep up with him. They grow out of it quickly once they realize that while he may be strong...he's only strong and can't really do anything besides fighting.


 * Badass Boast : "I'm the strongest pirate in the world, ya freaking dumbass!"


 * Badass Cape : What gave birth to the name "Red Wing Rio".


 * Badass Normal : Downplayed. While he may have eaten a devil fruit, his physical strength (even without being in Ox mode) is superhuman.

Bishonen : He even has his own fan club (which are almost all exclusively female) that started because one woman was so entranced by his looks that she had to let the island know how gorgeous he was. Go to his gallery and see for youself.

Catch Phrase : "I'll surpass the sky!", "Ya freaking dumbass", and also "That's fly" (he uses this one as a compliement whenever something impresses him).

Challenge Seeker: HOLY SHIT....

Character Development : It wasn't really evident during his early journeys but when they finally arrived at Archipelago and Rio was utterly stomped by Phenom, he learned a valuable lesson about knowing his limits and deciding what battles he should fight. Post-timeskip, he's a lot more reserved than he used to be and doesn't challenge every thing he sees. Still an idiot though, but a loveable idiot to a perfect degree.

Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass : When Rio learns to take a fight seriously and stop screwing around, he becomes one of the deadliest fighters you'll ever see.

Dark Is Not Evil : The "Midnight Mode" of Regulus Eradica.

Deadly Upgrade : Before the timeskip, Rio accidently stumbled upon activating a forbidden technique of the Mahora Tribe known as Regulus Eradica that essentially turns him into a mindless warrior that eradicates all of his emotions and solely focuses on crushing his enemy, regardless of age, gender, or level of strength. Then it turns out there are two versions of the original release, one that is able to control the emotions and use it as their strength while the other gets rid out it and turns the user into a fighting machine. Rio thought about using the Midnight mode during his training but realized that giving up the need to protect his friends for power wasn't what he wanted, and opted to master Raiten mode instead.

Determinator : The author has stated that Rio will never give up even if it ends up killing him as he knows the pain of being alone and he would rather die than lose any of his friends. This plays a big part in his fight with Luis Von Delter when he is pushed to his absolute limit and is almost about to lose when he suddenly remembers seeing the sadness and emptiness in Alidia's face. Needless to say, he gets right back up and somehow ends up beating Luis even after all the damage he took.

Expy : To Nagi Springfield of the Negima manga/anime. They have the same personality, same attitude, and somewhat even the same powers. Heck, they're so similar that the author has even implemented Nagi's huge fan base in Negima into One World, stating that every female Rio will meet will most likely gain a crush on him, grow an attachment to him, or fall madly in love with him. So far so good...

Fatal Flaw : His ego, plain and simple.

Fearless Fool : One of the reasons why his male crew mates are so loyal to him and his female crewmates adore him.

Four-Temperament Ensemble : Sanguine. Loud, friendly, and easy to talk to.