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Brook's Trivia
* Like other members of the Straw Hat crew, Brook has his own personal Jolly Roger: it is a skull without a jaw with Brook's trademark afro, a top hat, and a cane in place of the cross bone mark. His jolly roger is also shown on his travel mug.
* According to Oda, Brook most resembles a horse. He is identified by the colors black and white, he smells of tea, and is most like a grandfather figure.[76]
* Before Brook fulfilled the position of musician, there was a running gag of the need for the position to be filled that was always being brought up by Luffy during important meetings with his crew on who should join next. Whenever the Straw Hats hold a serious meeting about a situation they are in that might require the addition of a new crew member with skills to aid in that situation, or anything similar like that, Luffy would always bring up the need of getting a musician. His reasoning is that pirates love to sing and a musician is essential to a pirate crew. Luffy's request however would always be turned down by his crew for more practical solutions to the situation.[9][10][11][12]
* Brook is the oldest member of the Straw Hats, being 38 (dying 2 years after leaving Laboon, then spending a year seeking his body) at the time of his death and 88 years old when he meets the crew (most likely a reference to the number of keys on a piano), and he is the tallest, as he is even taller than Franky who is over seven feet tall.
* Brook's birthday, April 3, comes from his Devil Fruit's name since 4-3 can be derived from yo-mi.[6]
* Though he knows other songs, Brook's favorite song to sing is Binks' Sake which he was singing upon his first appearance.[77] Even when he asks for requests from the others, he seemed to instantly switch over to singing this song.[78] Other songs Brook sings include Black Handkerchief of Happiness.[79]
* Brook's unique laugh of "Yoho" is a stereotypical pirate line commonly found in various pirate related pop culture. It originates from the book Treasure Island.
* In the 4th Japanese Fan Poll, he came out as the ninth most popular character. Coincidentally, he is also the ninth member to join the Straw Hats.
* Brook would be Austrian in the real world.[80]
* He is the second skeleton pirate shown in One Piece. The first was the non-canonical Captain Joke.
* Brook is the only member of the Straw Hats who has yet to be seen as a child in a flashback.
* Since the introduction of Brook's bounty, there was speculation of whether his 33,000,000 bounty was active of not. In chapter 600, Marines declared that his bounty was still active, thus ending the speculation.
* Of all the characters in One Piece, Brook has the highest number of known epithets.
* After the two-year time skip, Brook is an anology to the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson in many ways. First the epithets "Soul King" and "King of Pop" are somewhat similar. Another similarity is that in Michael Jackson's last concert, there were many people that fainted. The last similarity is that the two people also passed away, or disappeared after their last concert, and also that they are both very thin.
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