Tony Tony Chopper, also known as "Cotton Candy Lover" Chopper, is the doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates and one of the Senior Officers of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. He is the sixth member of the crew and the fifth to join. Chopper is a reindeer that ate the Hito Hito no Mi, a Devil Fruit that allows its user to transform into a human hybrid at will. He was taught medicine on Drum Island by his two parental figures, Doctors Hiriluk and Kureha. Chopper aims to travel all across the world in the hopes of accomplishing his dream of being able to cure any disease. Chopper gained his first bounty of Beli 50 after the incident at Enies Lobby, having been mistaken for the Straw Hats' pet. After the Dressrosa Arc, it was increased to Beli 100, then to Beli 1,000 following the Raid on Onigashima. Most of the time, Chopper is a toddler-sized human/reindeer hybrid, but his Devil Fruit abilities allow him to change his appearance depending on the situation. Chopper's left antler is braced at the base by a metal plate because it was reattached after being broken during his search for the Amiudake when he was younger (when he thought the Amiudake could cure Hiriluk's disease) and ran into the leader of his old herd, who severely injured him. He usually wears a large pale red/pink fuzzy top hat with a sideways medical cross (given to him by Hiriluk) and a maroon pair of shorts. He also sometimes wears a blue backpack that has the same sideways medical cross as his hat. He also has a remarkable blue nose. Many female characters, such as Nami, Robin, Makino, Porche, Shakky, and Vivi, find Chopper very cute. There are even males that find Chopper cute. The color of his fur has changed from brown to gold, and according to Nami, the texture has gotten softer. Chopper now wears a blue cap that has a ring of dots around the circle, while the cap has buckles hanging from it. He wears this over his old pink hat. He also wears a white and yellow vertical-striped tank top, which he takes off when he transforms into Heavy Point, and an orange pair of shorts. Chopper is naïve and extremely timid towards unfamiliar humans, often acting like a child because he does not know any better. Like Luffy, he is easily impressed by things like beams, cannons, and hidden abilities. He is a coward at times like Usopp and Nami, although his cowardice can be attributed to his childishness and overall lack of trust in his own fighting skills (a contrast to Nami's self-survival-based cowardice and Usopp's insecurity-based cowardice). Despite this he would rather run and hide than fight but becomes more courageous when others are there to support him. Chopper is more or less on a journey to define himself, seeing almost anyone on his team as a role model and, in some cases, imitating their behavior, especially Usopp. Being the youngest, Chopper is the most emotional Straw Hat and very much considers the crew his "family". When forced to be part of the Foxy Pirates during the Davy Back Fight, Chopper was distraught and cried that he was a Straw Hat and only stopped bawling when Zoro ordered him to "man up". After the timeskip, Chopper seems to have grown more confident, much like Usopp. He no longer strives to be looked at as a human, now only wanting to "be a monster that can help Luffy" as he put it. He has even grown mature enough to smack his crewmates, mostly Zoro and Luffy, when they try to do something stupid or extreme. also seems to have outgrown most habits mentioned above, but his habit of peeking still remains. Chopper is capable of romance, though he shows no interest in human females. However, he was blushing around the reindeer mink, Milky, acting in a very Sanji-like manner with love hearts replacing his eyes. Immensely kind-hearted by nature, Chopper is an upright friend and caring companion who will try anything to overcome a task given by his team. Even back when he was Hiriluk's assistant, he would go to extreme lengths just to acquire a mushroom, which he thought would cure Hiriluk's chronic disease. Chopper seems to be very forgiving of those close to him, for when Usopp wanted to rejoin the crew at the end of the Post-Enies Lobby Arc, he called out to Luffy and Zoro, although they were ignoring him completely. His dream is to carry out his deceased mentor Hiriluk's belief that there is no incurable disease and to become a doctor that can cure any illness. To this end, his childish nature vanishes whenever his medical skills are required. He does not hesitate in the least in any actions regarding the well-being of his patients. An extremely dedicated follower of the Hippocratic Oath, Chopper strongly believes that a doctor's duty is supposed to be to help save people and becomes angered when somebody treats life without proper respect, similar to how Sanji believes a cook's duty is to feed anyone who is hungry and gets offended easily by anyone wasting food, respectively. Due to his morals, Chopper is infuriated by those who use artificial diseases as weapons, Due to his strong belief in the Hippocratic Oath, Chopper, unlike a majority of the male members of the crew, does not actively enjoy fighting, despite being a pirate. In fact, it has been shown that Chopper mostly fights only for self-defense or to protect his friends, crewmates, loved ones, and finally, his patients.