Bucket Hat Luffy
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About
Bucket Hat Luffy is a series of fan art related to the appearance of One Piece character Monkey D Luffy's parade balloon at the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The balloon showed Luffy wearing a hat that pointed downward like a bucket hat instead of his iconic straw hat, inspiring fan art.
Origin
On November 23rd, 2023, One Piece protagonist Monkey D Luffy made his debut as a parade balloon at the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. However, the brim of his straw was caught on a tree, which caused it to deflate (shown below). The deflated brim made his hat resemble a bucket hat instead.[1]
Spread
Various internet users began commenting on the Luffy balloon's new bucket hat look, including X[2] user @DexStewart13, who compared the balloon to Gilligan from Gilligan's Island on November 23rd, 2023, gathering over 1,700 likes in five days (seen below, left). On November 24th, X[3] user @huyandere posted fan art showing Luffy fishing, gathering over 17,000 likes in four days (seen below, right).
On November 23rd, Redditor[4] JigglyJacob posted fanart showing Luffy wearing a bucket hat to /r/OnePiece, gathering over 780 upvotes in four days (seen below, left). On November 24th, the Instagram[5] page @mugiwaraplus posted a meme showing Luffy in a bucket hat and gathered over 8,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
[1] YouTube – Anime News Network – Official
[2] X – DexStewart13
[4] Reddit – /r/OnePiece
[5] Instagram – mugiwaraplus
Top Comments
ArcadeTwo
Nov 24, 2023 at 02:38AM EST
Habalabalu
Nov 24, 2023 at 12:30AM EST