Big Mom Pirates

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Big Mom Pirates
Original Name	BIGMOM海贼团
Organization Type	Pirate crew with subordinate pirate fleets 749 1162
Captain	Charlotte Linlin, also known as Big Mom 931 938
Affiliation	One of the Four Emperors’ pirate crews 893 925
Territory	Totto Land, in the New World 805 925
Headquarters	Whole Cake Island 1070 1082
Status	Still operating at the end of the supplied account; Linlin and surviving members escape Laugh Tale’s collapse 1262 1263

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Improved Observation Haki — Charlotte Katakuri	941	Katakuri demonstrates growth in perception, sensing Qin Yu’s unusual presence and warning the tea-party guests of an incoming threat.
Guardian Power enhancement — Charlotte Linlin	1199	Linlin absorbs an initial fifty Guardian Powers collected by Katakuri and Perospero. The crew’s complete haul reaches 150, which she intends to absorb to further transform her strength.

Organization

Leadership and Commanders

Linlin’s sons and daughters form the crew’s backbone and ministerial forces. Katakuri is its strongest fighter after Linlin, while Smoothie ranks third 1070 1088 1199.

Member	Position / Standing	Documented Details
Charlotte Linlin	Captain; ruler of Totto Land	Soul-Soul Fruit user and the crew’s central military and political authority 931 938 1109.
Charlotte Katakuri	Head of the Sweet Commanders; second-strongest member	Bounty of 1.057 billion Beli; possesses all three types of Haki, Future Sight, and an awakened Devil Fruit ability 935 1088.
Charlotte Smoothie	Sweet Commander; third-strongest member	Accompanies Linlin to Wano and later contributes thirty Guardian Powers 1070 1199.
Charlotte Cracker	Sweet Commander	Attends Doflamingo’s Devil Fruit tournament and joins Linlin’s Wano expedition 817 1070.
Charlotte Snack	One of the Four Sweet Commanders in the earlier account	Bounty of 600 million Beli; appears during the confrontation surrounding Qin Yu 753.
Charlotte Perospero	Linlin’s eldest son; tea-party organizer	Lick-Lick Fruit user who openly seeks the captaincy 933 1070 1072.
Charlotte Daifuku	Charlotte family combatant	Uses a conjured magician to separate collected Guardian Power from direct contact with his body 1198.
Charlotte Brulee	Charlotte family member	Appears among Linlin’s daughters during the final gathering 1263.

• Sweet Commander count: Earlier chapters identify Four Sweet Commanders. King later reports that one was lost in Dressrosa, and the Wano expedition identifies Three Sweet Commanders; the supplied account does not explicitly name the lost commander 753 817 893 1070.
• Home defense: Katakuri remains on Whole Cake Island with numerous siblings while Linlin takes much of the core crew to Wano 1070 1082.
• Subordinate fleets: Dozens of affiliated crews accompany Linlin toward Laugh Tale. Their manpower exceeds Whitebeard’s expedition, although their ship count does not necessarily exceed his forty-three vessels 1162.

Rule and Succession

Linlin governs through fear as well as family ties. Her children expect lethal consequences for displeasing her, and even officers tempted by Guardian Power preserve their spoils for her judgment rather than immediately using them 936 1198.

Perospero considers his position as eldest son grounds for inheritance, but Katakuri’s superior strength obstructs that ambition. Perospero seeks opportunities to surpass him through battlefield prestige and external power; the succession dispute remains unresolved 1072 1190 1199.

• Katakuri’s leadership: He coordinates the crew’s attack when Linlin’s eating disorder threatens to escalate and later restrains her during the Totto Land crisis 951 1088 1089.
• Linlin’s volatility: She strikes Perospero into a watchtower during the tea party, and her eating disorder can place her own relatives in danger 941 951.
• Conditional loyalty: The crew fights together for Linlin, but abandons its Beasts Pirates allies when continuing the battle becomes too dangerous 951 1075.

Expansion

• Family and racial diversity: Linlin expands her forces through her children and by gathering powerful members of different races. Totto Land is conceived as a nation rather than simply a pirate family 931 1070 1162 1234.
• Technological acquisition: She targets Germa 66’s technology as another means of strengthening the crew 931 1048.
• Giant recruitment: Linlin previously planned a marriage alliance with Prince Loki. On encountering Dorry and Brogy, she sees them as an alternative means of obtaining giants for Totto Land 1071.
• Devil Fruits and Guardian Powers: The crew pursues both resources as shortcuts to greater fighting strength 1166 1190 1206.

Abilities & Skills

Soul-Soul Fruit and Homies

Linlin can harvest souls and place them into objects, granting those objects life. Her three principal Homies supply lightning, fire, and weapon-based attacks 938.

• Soul Pocus: A soul-based attack that fails against Qin Yu during the tea party 938.
• Zeus: Lightning-wielding Homie used as an aerial platform for the crew’s ship 938 1070 1071.
• Prometheus: Flame-wielding Homie capable of becoming a massive sun and intercepting incoming fire 938 1182.
• Napoleon: Linlin’s living pirate hat, which transforms into the Emperor Sword 938.
• Repair and evacuation: Linlin repairs Zeus with soul power after Whitebeard damages him, and later animates a large cloud during the escape from Laugh Tale 1176 1262.

Haki and Physical Techniques

Katakuri provides the crew’s most clearly documented advanced Haki capability. His Observation Haki independently predicts the future, while his broader mastery includes all three Haki types 935 1088.

• Threat detection: Warns of an approaching tea-party intruder and recognizes Qin Yu’s unusual presence 941.
• Limits of prediction: During the later Totto Land crisis, Smoothie interprets Katakuri’s refusal to act as a reason not to recklessly create new enemies 1109.
• Moon Walk: Katakuri uses the technique to reach Gild Tesoro’s approaching ship as an envoy 1178.

Candy-Based Combat

Perospero uses the Lick-Lick Fruit for defense, battlefield control, transport, and containment 1070 1071 1072 1198.

• Candy Wall: Defends the Queen Mama Chanter against Crocodile’s Desert Spada 1071.
• Candy Wave: Produces surrounding waves of syrup to attack Dorry and Brogy; the giants recognize the technique as Devil Fruit awakening 1072.
• Candy transport: Rides a candy wave back to Linlin 1198.
• Power storage: Seals collected Guardian Powers inside a candy sphere 1198.

Coordinated Assaults

• Tea-party attack: Katakuri leads the crew in a simultaneous assault on Qin Yu to end the confrontation before Linlin’s condition worsens 951.
• Wano battle: Linlin’s children support her against Dorry and Brogy with their Devil Fruit abilities, including Perospero’s ambush 1072.
• Guardian collection: The crew gathers 150 Guardian Powers without Linlin personally participating in the collection 1199.

Equipment / Ships / Defenses

• Queen Mama Chanter — Linlin’s principal documented ship; carries her family’s core forces to Wano and leads the fleet approaching Laugh Tale 1070 1162.
• Zeus-supported aerial transport — Allows the Queen Mama Chanter to approach Wano from the air and withdraw rapidly after Kaido’s death 1071 1075.
• Napoleon / Emperor Sword — Linlin’s transforming Homie weapon 938.
• Cacao Island fortifications — Numerous gun emplacements, elite troops, and main forces defend Totto Land’s sea entrance during the tea party 930.
• Guardian Power containers — Members use their abilities to preserve collected powers for delivery to Linlin 1198 1199.

Background / History

Early Encounters and Dressrosa

An unknown man kills one of Linlin’s subordinates aboard a ship transporting a large quantity of candy. The loss draws her attention particularly because it deprives her of food 749.

Snack subsequently appears during the confrontation around Qin Yu, displaying unusual shock. When Doflamingo announces a tournament offering a prized Devil Fruit, ships depart Totto Land and Cracker joins the entrants. King later cites the loss of a Sweet Commander in Dressrosa as a reason Linlin would support action against the Blood Flag Pirates 753 805 817 893.

Emperor Alliance and Tea Party

King proposes joining the Beasts Pirates and Big Mom Pirates against the Blood Flag Pirates, presenting the combination as a revival of the Rocks Pirates. Linlin and Kaido’s shared history gives the proposal symbolic weight, while the prospect alarms both Yamato and rival Emperors 893 908 914.

The alliance is established, and Linlin invites the Blood Flag Pirates to her tea party. Perospero organizes the event to demonstrate his standing, while elite forces secure Cacao Island against the approaching Navy. Germa 66 and prominent underground figures also attend 925 930 933.

Qin Yu attends under the identity of Ulquiorra. Linlin’s Soul Pocus fails, and her subsequent attacks inflict only a minor wound on his palm. Douglas Bullet and Shanks further disrupt the gathering, undermining her control of events. After Qin Yu sends Linlin flying and her eating disorder flares, Katakuri leads the crew’s combined attack 938 941 942 944 951.

Wano Expedition and Retreat

After appearing at Marineford alongside Kaido and leaving without further conflict, Linlin is called to Wano as the Beasts Pirates prepare to confront Laxus. King recommends temporarily abandoning the attack on Germa 66 so the allies can concentrate their forces 999 1048.

Linlin arrives aboard the airborne Queen Mama Chanter with Perospero, Smoothie, Cracker, and numerous other children; Katakuri stays behind. Queen reveals that Yamato, Linlin and Kaido’s child, is alive, giving her an additional reason to assist him 1070 1071.

The crew battles Crocodile, Dorry, and Brogy before Shiki intervenes. Linlin unsuccessfully attempts to recruit Shiki into her alliance. Qin Yu then arrives carrying Kaido’s severed head and offers her the choice of fighting or retreating. She takes her crew aboard the Queen Mama Chanter and orders Zeus to leave, abandoning Queen and the Beasts Pirates remnants 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075.

Totto Land Crisis and New Alliances

Blackbeard targets Whole Cake Island while Linlin’s elites are away, intending to seize Devil Fruit powers from the defenders. Katakuri and his siblings remain the principal forces protecting the headquarters 1082.

After Linlin returns, rival pirate forces and the Marines gather around Totto Land in anticipation of a Blood Flag Pirates attack. Instead, Qin Yu appears at Marine Headquarters, contradicting Linlin’s claim that killing Kaido must have left him severely injured. Sengoku ultimately warns Blackbeard away, ending the immediate confrontation 1088 1089 1109.

Linlin instructs Perospero to pursue cooperation with Whitebeard, Shanks, and Blackbeard. An alliance with Blackbeard is later confirmed, although its members retain considerable mutual contempt 1109 1110 1143.

Voyage to Laugh Tale

Linlin commits Totto Land’s elite forces and dozens of subordinate crews to the Laugh Tale expedition, hoping its secrets will provide enough power to confront Qin Yu. Shanks arranges her meeting with Whitebeard and mediates a temporary alliance to locate and neutralize the Mirage Clams obstructing the route 1162 1163.

The agreement collapses when hundreds of Devil Fruits appear. Linlin releases her forces to compete for them and accuses Blackbeard of betrayal when he emerges from hiding to seize the spoils. Upon Qin Yu’s arrival, she gives up her claim rather than risk another confrontation 1166 1167 1169.

At Laugh Tale’s dock, Linlin ambushes Whitebeard’s crew with Heavenly Fire. Ace and Whitebeard retaliate, injuring Zeus. Shanks interrupts the renewed conflict, after which the pirates face laser-firing mechanical guardians. Katakuri later serves as an envoy to the approaching Tesoro fleet 1175 1176 1177 1178.

Guardian Powers and the Final Battle

Perospero sees Guardian Power as an opportunity to overcome Katakuri and secure the succession. Linlin instead takes the collected powers for herself: Katakuri’s fifty-power accounting is followed by Smoothie’s thirty and the remaining members’ contributions, bringing the total to 150 1190 1198 1199.

Linlin subsequently orders the crew to seize the God Tree’s Devil Fruits and treasures. During the ensuing battles, Akainu’s ambush sweeps away already injured subordinates, threatening the diverse forces she has spent years assembling 1206 1234.

Perospero and other members later report that their Devil Fruit abilities have disappeared. By the escape from Laugh Tale’s collapse, Linlin is again able to use the Soul-Soul Fruit to animate a cloud. She and her surviving family remain present when Qin Yu announces his departure and explains that pirate groups passing through the island’s mist will be sent to random sea regions 1242 1262 1263.

Relationships

• Beasts Pirates / Kaido — Former rivals turned allies against the Blood Flag Pirates. Their partnership is promoted as a Rocks Pirates revival, but Linlin withdraws after Qin Yu kills Kaido 893 925 1075.
• Blood Flag Pirates / Qin Yu — Principal enemies whose victories undermine the crew’s confidence. Linlin seeks Laugh Tale’s power partly to overcome her fear of Qin Yu 951 1074 1162 1163.
• Blackbeard Pirates — Initially attempt to raid Whole Cake Island, later become allies, and then clash with Linlin over the Devil Fruit spoils near Laugh Tale 1082 1143 1167.
• Whitebeard Pirates — Rivals who briefly cooperate on the route to Laugh Tale. Linlin later ambushes them at the island’s dock 1163 1166 1175.
• Red Hair Pirates / Shanks — Shanks repeatedly mediates confrontations involving Linlin and helps organize the temporary Laugh Tale alliance 944 1162 1163 1176.
• Germa 66 — Invited tea-party guests whose technological power becomes a target for acquisition 925 930 931 1048.
• Marines / Sengoku — Enemies, although Sengoku’s deployment around Totto Land temporarily protects the crew from opportunistic attacks after Kaido’s defeat 925 1088 1109.
• Dorry and Brogy — Oppose Linlin over the devastation of Elbaf and her appropriation of giant combat techniques; the crew supports her against them 1071 1072.
• Shiki — Linlin’s former Rocks associate, who rejects her alliance proposal and intervenes on behalf of the Blood Flag Pirates 1072 1073.