"Desert King Sir Crocodile is the former president of the mysterious crime syndicate Baroque Works, formerly operating under the codename "Mr. 0", with Nico Robin (Stephanie Young/Grey DeLisle-Griffin/Yuriko Yamaguchi), formerly known as "Miss All Sunday", operating as his Vice-President and partner. He is the primary antagonist of the Arabasta Arc and the Arabasta Saga, and a supporting character in the Impel Down Arc and the Marineford Arc.
He is one of the longest running and most noteworthy primary adversaries of the series, as he was the first enemy to hand Luffy (Colleen Clinkenbeard/Yuri Lowenthal/Mayumi Tanaka) a complete and utter defeat. He was originally introduced as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but was later stripped of his title after attempting to take control of the Arabasta Kingdom.
Thanks to Luffy, he managed to escape from Impel Down and went to Marineford to participate in the war. After the war, he and his subordinate Daz Bones (Brett Weaver/John Cena/Tetsu Inada) decided to head out to the New World, where Crocodile would establish the Cross Guild alongside fellow ex-warlord Dracule Mihawk (John Gremillion/Graham McTavish/Hirohiko Kakegawa R.I.P. Takeshi Aono), with another former Warlord and current member of the Four Emperors, Buggy (Mike McFarland/Josh Kassir/Shigeru Chiba), acting as the organization's figurehead.
When he was 20 years old, Crocodile fought Douglas Bullet (Daman Mills/Ron Perlman/Tsutomu Isobe) and their battle ended in a draw.
Twenty-two years before the start of the storyline, Crocodile witnessed the execution of Gol D. Roger (F.B. Owens/George Takei/Masane Tsukayama R.I.P. Chikao Otsuka) at Loguetown.
He once went to the New World and grew adapted to its erratic environment, shortly after ascending to the rank of Warlord in his mid-twenties, he suffered a humiliating defeat upon challenge Emperor Whitebeard (R. Bruce Elliott/Bill Nighy/Ryuzaburo Otomo R.I.P. Kinryu Arimoto), which brought an abrupt end to his dream of being the Pirate King. Sixteen years before the current storyline, at age 30, Crocodile relocated to Arabasta and become renowned as a pirate-hunting hero.
Crocodile secretly started a crime syndicate called Baroque Works. Being careful not to attract too much attention to himself, he gathered some of the best bounty hunters in the world and gave them codenames based on power. His plan the whole time was to conquer Arabasta, and the use the Poneglyph there to find the ancient weapon Pluton, which would give him great military power.
It is known that he found Nico Robin when she was 24, at which point that he made a deal with her. He would protect her and give her sanctuary from the authorities and in return, she would be his business partner, decipher the Poneglyph, and find the location of Pluton.
When Crocodile called to check in on Mr. 3 (Duncan Brannan/Eric Idle/Nobuyuki Hiyama), Sanji (Eric Vale/Townsend Coleman/Hiroaki Hirata) happened to be nearby and answered the Transponder Snail instead. Understanding that this conversation was not meant for him and that an enemy was on the other end of the call, Sanji lied to the warlord by understanding to be Mr. 3 and claimed to have killed the Straw Hats and Vivi (Caitlin Glass/Tricia Helfer/Misa Watanabe). As a result, Crocodile sent the Unluckies to Little Garden to deliver an Eternal Pose to Mr. 3. When they arrived, they attacked Sanji. He easily subdued them, but the noise of their quarrel made Mr. 0 suspicious. Sanji pretended that he had to give the Straw Hats a final blow. Crocodile took this to mean that Mr. 3 had lied to him about defeating the enemies, but ended the call with instructions to go to Arabasta. Crocodile asked Miss All Sunday to send Mr. 2 (Barry Yandell/Eric Idle/Kazuki Yao R.I.P. Robin Williams) to Little Garden with orders to kill Mr. 3.
Later, when informed by his partner of a pirate invasion of Arabasta, Crocodile asked her whether they knew he was there. Miss All Sunday said that a civil war was going on and they might use this opportunity to their advantage, asking him whether the two of them should go. Crocodile decides to take care of it alone, reminding Ms. All Sunday that he is the citizens' hero.
Some pirates, Puppu and his crew, made a grave mistake in attempting to raid Nanohana. When Crocodile showed up, Puppu insulted him for being a "government dog" and, along with his crew, thoroughly stabbed the Warlord. Thinking that he had won, Puppu's mockery turned to horror when Crocodile created a sandstorm that drained the water from Puppu and his crew's bodies. They most likely died from severe dehydration as Crocodile was carrying their corpses out of town afterward.
Much later, Crocodile assembled a meeting with all of his Officer Agents at Rain Dinners, marking the first time their boss' true identity would be revealed to them. Crocodile informed his agents of the true goal of the Baroque Works and gave each them their final missions.
Mr. 3 unexpectedly interrupted the meeting in order to request another chance to defeat the Straw Hats. Crocodile was surprised by this revelation scene, after calling Little Garden, he had assumed that all of the Straw Hat Pirates and Vivi were dead. Mr. 2 confirmed that the Straw Hat Pirates and Vivi are alive since he had met them on the way to Arabasta. With the help of his power, they were able to take photographs of the Straw Hats' faces, excluding Sanji and started to take measure to prevent Vivi from meeting with the rebel leader. Kohza (Todd Haberkorn/TBD/Takeshi Kusao). Disappointed with Mr. 3, Crocodile dried him up and fed him to his Bananawani. Crocodile ordered the rest of the Officer Agents to take out the Straw Hats posthaste.
Luffy and his group pressed forward to confront the Warlord of the Sea. Upon arriving at Rainbase, Luffy and Usopp (Sonny Strait/Jeff Garcia/Kappei Yamaguchi) were sent to fetch some water after their long journey in the desert. Upon getting water fro ma bar, the two encountered Smoker (Russell Velazquez/David Hayter/Mahito Oba) and Tashigi (Monica Rial/Kim Mai Guest/Junko Noda). After a big commotion and a frenzied chase, Luffy and some of his crew managed to reach Crocodile's casino, Rain Dinners. Crocodile ordered Robin to take them to the V.I.P. room. After falling for an obvious trap, Luffy, Nami (Luci Christian/Lacey Chabert/Akemi Okamura), Zoro (Christopher Sabat/Kaiji Tang/Kazuya Nakai), and Captain Smoker found them trapped in a Seastone cage. Crocodile arrived to greet them shortly after.
Luffy and the others were powerless to punch Crocodile, as badly as they wanted to. When Robin brought Vivi, the princess was overwhelmed by anger and attacked Crocodile, but it was useless. Crocodile announced that Operation Utopia, the plan to destroy Arabasta, would commence at 7 o'clock. he made sure to explain it in an extra infuriating way, just to tick them off.
Crocodile showed Vivi the key to the seastone cage before feeding it to a bananadile and beginning to flood the room in an attempt to make Vivi choose between saving her friends and saving her country. Luffy overheard Toto being mentioned by the Warlord and realized that Crocodile was the one that is causing the sandstorms that plagued Yuba.
Before leaving, Crocodile taunted Vivi with everything that he had. This made Luffy very angry, and he begged Vivi to free them so that he could beat Crocodile himself. Suddenly, Crocodile received a weird call on the Transponder Snail he used for contacting Billions. The voice on the other end was familiar to him in a bad way. Sanji, nicknamed as Mr. Prince, fooled Crocodile over the snail by baiting him to leave the casino. When Crocodile saw that all his Millions were beaten by the mysterious Mr. Prince, he ran after the obvious decoy, a disguised Chopper (Brina Palencia/Tara Strong/Ikue Otani). He wasn't fooled for very long, but it was long enough.
Ms. All Sunday wondered if the Straw Hat Pirates could have already found the key, and Crocodile answered by saying that the key was a fake in the first place, revealing that he had the real one. By the time they arrived at the room, the cage was swinging open underwater, while the beaten Bananawani and a beat-up Mr. 3 floated in the water with a piece of paper on him that says "see ya shitty Croc - Mr. Prince" on it. Crocodie lost his cool.
Later in the desert, Luffy saved Vivi from Crocodile's hook and stayed behind to fight him. Vivi was worried about him, but the Straw Hats reassured her that Luffy would win and they would reunite in Alubarna. Crocodile allotted three minutes of his time to battling Luffy. He was unaffected by Luffy's attacks, but easily annoyed by his confidence and demeanor. Crocodile attacked Luffy and made his arm wither with his power. Luffy started to panic, but remembered the water Toto gave him and used it to restore his arm. Luffy yelled that Toto stated Yuba would never lose to sand. He busted out a new technique and gulped the top half of Crocodile's sandy body, which further enraged him. Crocodile told Luffy to die, along with Yuba and let loose a Sables.
Luffy was very upset to learn that the sandstorm would end up in Yuba, but when he tried to complain, he got impaled by Crocodile's hook, Crocodile held up Luffy and derided him for a while. Crocodile had apparently right through the water bottle around Luffy's neck on the way into his chest. When the water from Luffy's bottle dripped onto Crocodile's arm, Luffy suddenly grabbed the arm and squeezed it hard enough to crunch a little. Crocodile was surprised that Luffy survived and threw him into the quicksand where he was promptly buried.
Later, Vivi arrived at the palace and gave the order for the Royal Army to blow up the palace in order to get everyone's attention, but Crocodile thwarted the plan. At the castle, Miss All Sunday prevented the guards from helping the king (Kyle Hebert/Lance Henriksen/TBD R.I.P. Iemasa Kayumi). This gave Crocodile time to make Vivi despair by telling that Luffy died and disclose to Cobra the fact that his true goal was Pluton. At the castle, Crocodile explained that he needed a weapon to establish his military power, and he will be able to counter the World Government forces and rule with an iron fist. Hence, he was searching for the ancient weapon, Pluton, which is hidden somewhere in Arabasta. To find it, Crocodile was searching for a place containing "true history". So as to convince Cobra to help him, Crocodile revealed his trump card: a bomb was rigged to explode in 30 minutes, killing the rebels and royal guards all together. The Tsumegeri Guards then came to the king's defense, attempting to kill Crocodile by drinking Hero Water to increase their strength. They attacked Crocodile, but he avoided their attacks by turning into sand and leaping up to the roof of the palace, not even giving them a chance to touch him. The Tsumegeri Guards died from the aftereffects of the Hero Water, resulting in an angry Chaka (Robert McCollum/TBD/Kihachiro Uemura) attacking Crocodile, revealing his Devil Fruit powers, only for Crocodile to effortlessly defeat him.
When Koza arrived at the palace to force Cobra's surrender, Crocodile gloated that he had manipulated him all this time. Upon learning of Crocodile's bomb, Koza wanted to warn the city, but was stopped by Vivi, who stated that it would create a panic, instead telling him to stop the war. Crocodile moved in to attack the pair before they could, but Chaka used what strength he had left to intervene, allowing them to escape. The Royal Army raised the white flag, with Koza in front, but he was shot down by a double agent in the Royal Army, provoking the rebels. A battle started in the palace plaza as Vivi watched in horror. After gloating to her that she should've let Koza warn the city and that her ideals would be what destroys the country, Crocodile proceeded to throw Vivi off the palace wall, but she was saved by Luffy who came in flying on Pell's (Kevin M. Connolly/Keone Young/Kenji Nojima) back, much to Crocodile's shock as he thought Luffy has died in their last fight in the desert. Vivi met the rest of the Straw Hats on the foot of the wall and went to search for the bomb with them and Pell.
During his previous fight, Luffy noticed that water made Crocodile unable to turn into sand as he and the water barrel that Toto gave were pierced by Crocodile's hook. Realizing this, he brought a huge barrel of water to aid him in his rematch against the Warlord. But as Luffy fought Crocodile again, he soon realized that his barrel of water could easily be jeopardized. Figuring this out, Luffy decided to switch tactics by drinking all of his water and storing it within himself, essentially becoming what he dubbed "Mizu Luffy". While this new tactic infuriated Crocodile, it proved very effective for Luffy. Unfortunately, he gained enough of an upper hand for Crocodile to stop holding back.
Crocodile ordered Nico Robin to have Cobra lead her to the Ponegylph that contain the location of Pluton, planning to catch up after he finished dealing with Luffy. He the nused his strongest technique, Ground Secco and Ground Death (or Wasteland Tremor and Wasteland Cataclysm in the 4Kids dub), to turn the entire area they were standing on into sand. Though Luffy was able to evade Crocodile's devastating powers of erosion. he was caught by his opponent. As Crocodile's hand held Luffy, he was severely defeated, and was once again left for dead. (after telling him in the alternate dub that he questioned him that he would protect the kingdom but yelled at him that he can't even protect himself.) Fortunately, however, some water bubbles that Luffy misfired earlier dropped on him, reviving him from his near death state.
Miss All Sunday easily dispatched the Marine grunts who had held her up and defeated Tashigi just as easily with her Devil Fruit ability. As Tashigi struggled for her sword, Crocodile appeared, calling her superior Smoker "cowardly" and mocking her and the Marines' ideals of "Justice" before departing again. Tashigi was left crying and confused as to what action she should take and angry that she wasn't strong enough. Miss All-Sunday and King Cobra went to the hidden Grave of the Kings and found the Poneglyph. Crocodile soon arrived, but did not get the information that he wanted from the stone. Nico Robin alone could read it, but told him that all that was said on the Poneglyph was Arabasta's history. he turned his back on Nico Robin, having no further use for her anymore, and impaled her with his hook, easily avoiding her attempt to kill him. Cobra triggered a destruction mechanism in the grave to keep the secrets safe, but Crocodile pointed out that he can easily escape with his ability. On his way out, however, he was confronted by Luffy once again.
Annoyed by Luffy's stubbornness, he asked him what was his reason for fighting and being killed so easily. To that question, Luffy answered that he needed to give back the country to its rightful ruler. Crocodile laughed because he thought he had not yet accomplished that part, but Luffy answered him that if it was the case. Vivi shall be happier, and than he ran towards Crocodile and gave him a direct punch in the face. Crocodile was surprised about that since Luffy carried no more water. He finally understood that what allowed Luffy to hit him was the blood from his wounds. Realizing that he was facing someone that he should no longer underestimate, he took the upper part of his hook off, revealing a poisonous weapon. Luffy fought him and gained the upper hand, but eventually got struck by the hook and was poisoned. However, his determination to defeat Crocodile easily overcame this, much to the latter's frustration.
As the battle continued, Luffy kicked Crocodile into the air. Upon doing so, Luffy was blasted with one of Crocodile's powerful techniques, Luffy, however withstood the attack and prepared to retaliate. Using a series of moves, Luffy propelled himself up to Crocodile to deliver the final blow. As a last resort (as he scoffed to him that he is a pathetic miscreant to him and he doesn't know what Cobra ever saw him, but still a bug to be swatted to him), Crocodile tried to stop Luffy by turning his hand into a blade. This did not stop Luffy as he broke through the sand created weapons with his bare fists and delivered a flurry of punches onto his opponent. Luffy attacked Crocodile with such force that it penetrated a layer of pure bedrock and sent Crocodile flying, finally defeating the Warlord. Upon being defeated, the effects of his Devil Fruit that was preventing it from raining was broken and Arabasta's rain returned (along with Luffy's victorious war cry along with a thunderstorm).
The Baroque Works president landed in the center of the capital, much to the confusion of the fighting citizens. After the truth of his crimes were finally made known to the rebels and the royal guard, Tashigi, going by her own justice as Captain Smoker ordered, arrested Crocodile, who was stripped of all titles and permissions granted by the Marines and the World Government. All Baroque Works agents in the city were rounded up and arrested. The only ones who managed to escape were Mr. 3 and Mr. 2 Bon Kurei, the latter of whom assisted the Straw Hats in escaping the country.
The World Government falsified the entire incident, embarrassed that a pirate had saved the country rather than themselves. To the Marines, Smoker was declared the one who captured Crocodile, much to the former's disgust and anger. The only recognition the World Government gave to Luffy was raising his bounty.
Crocodile was taken to a prison and was put in the same cell with Mr. 4 and Mr. 1. After Miss Goldenweek (Cherami Leigh/Ashley Johnson/Akiko Nakagawa) broke out all of the other Baroque Works members, Crocodile and Mr. 1 decided to stay behind. Crocodile was enjoying one of his cigars, smiling as he watched his former agents escape. On their way out, Miss Goldenweek used her Rainbow Color Trap to transform his appearance based on his dream, making him appear as the Pirate King. Crocodile was later sent to Impel Down, along with Mr. 1, Mr. 2, and Mr. 3.
Later in Impel Down, he was serving his sentence in Level 6. He was placed in a cell not too far from Jinbe (Daniel Baugh/Michael Dorn/Katsuhisa Hoki R.I.P. Daisuke Gori) and "Fire-Fist" Ace (Travis Willingham/Christopher Daniel Barnes/Toshio Furukawa). He commented on the fact that Whitebeard's life was at risk, due to the incoming war between him and the World Government, stating with a chuckle that several "Silver Medalists", such as himself, would love to have their revenge on Whitebeard, due to having only ever been defeated by the two in some way. He remained silent when Boa Hancock (Lydia Mackay/Jennifer Hale/Kotono Mitsuishi) came to visit and was one of the three, the other two being Ace and Jinbe, who was unaffected by her beauty.
When Luffy, Emporio Ivankov, and Inazuma (Christopher Wehkamp and Angela Chase/TBD and TBD/Kenji Hamada and Umeka Shoji) were stuck on Level 6, Crocodile called out to Luffy, offering to create an opening out of Level 6. Luffy was defiant at first as he had yet to forgive Crocodile for what he did to Vivi and her country. He seemed confidant that Luffy could not refuse his offer. Crocodile had at first lost interest in the outside world, but hearing that Whitebeard was going to war with the Marines had caused him to reconsider as it was a perfect opportunity to take down the legendary pirate. Luffy wanted nothing to do with him, considering that the Arabasta incident was still fresh in his mind. Ivankov, however, suggested to free him, much to Luffy's shock. It was then revealed that Ivankov has long known the former Warlord as far back as when he was a rookie. Ivankov assured Luffy that should Crocodile get out of line, he would take care of him himself, since he knew of something in Crocodile's past that he would not want revealed.
Ivankov then stated that he was only willing to free him if Crocodile helped out, which Crocodile already offered to do. Jinbe suddenly spoke out, begging to help, as he wanted to save Ace as badly as Luffy, even willing to die "a glorious death" to do so. Noting this, Luffy agreed to his wishes. The other prisoners in Level 6 also asked to be let out too, but Ivankov silenced them with a Death Wink. With that done, Inazuma freed Crocodile and Jinbe of their chains and the five prepared to break out of Impel Down.
After being released from his bonds, Jinbe warned Crocodile to lay off Whitebeard though Crocodile merely asked if Jinbe would just prefer to fight to the death immediately if that was the case. Ivankov called out for Luffy to proceed only to be informed by Inazuma that he, Crocodile, and Jinbe had already pressed on. Ivankov shrugged this off and told the others to follow after him. Bon Kurei was also among the group, having been injected with Tension Hormones, though they worked a little too well, since he cannot stop spinning. In a stairway, leading to Level 4 from Level 5, Luffy, Crocodile, and Jinbe rushed on. The latter mentioned that the execution was set for 3 o'clock and that Whitebeard could make his move at any point while Ace was on the ocean. Luffy was content on the premise that Ace would not be executed before he was scheduled to.
Crocodile went ahead of the two and dried up the entrance to Level 4, turning it to sand, only to find the security on that level were waiting for them. This did not stop the trio though and they attacked at full force. Crocodile used his Barchan ability, Luffy used his Gum-Gum Rain, and Jinbe used his Fish-Man Karate, which was so powerful he did not even need to touch the guards to knock them back. It soon became evident to the guards that they could not beat the trio.
On Level 4, Crocodile threw some keys into a cell and asked Daz Bones to leave with him. Daz agreed to leave and joined the group. However, Sadie (Marissa Lenti/Emily Blunt/Yuka Koyama) and her Jailer beasts arrived and quickly began taking out most of the group without nothing seemingly able to affect them. Just as all seems lost, Luffy, Jinbe, and Crocodile rushed forward and struck them with powerful attacks, knocking out the Jailer Beasts in one hit, much to the horror of Sadi and the shock of the guards.
Suddenly, as Blackbeard (Chris Rager/Clancy Brown/Akio Otsuka R.I.P. Cole Brown) arrivfed at the scene, Crocodile witnessed his successor's arrival. Luffy proclaimed that he would not let Ace die and started to attack again. Blackbead retaliated by a summon a black whirlpool, sucking Luffy toward him and slamming him into the ground. Crocodile was genuinely surprised Luffy actually bled from the attack since he's made of rubber, and Blackbeard did not use Haki, but instead used the ability of his Devil Fruit to siphon off Luffy's power. Crocodile picked him out as his successor in the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and asked him why he was throwing away his Warlord status after working for it so hard. Blackbeard that it was part of his scheme, although it was not going smoothly. He then retorted and asked Crocodile since when did he have to explain his plans to him, to which Crocodile responded that he really did not care what he was planning, which caused Blackbeard to comment on Crocodile being "short on manners".
A short while later the Minotaurus started attacking the escape force. In shock, Mr. 2 Bon Kurei asked why it was already up since him, Luffy, Buggy, and Mr. 3 had defeated it not that long ago. Crocodile then explained that the four Jailer Beasts are Awakened Zoan users and they have super strength and high recovery rates and that the three guards which he, Jinbe, and Luffy had just beaten would recover soon as well. However, they lost the ability to go back to their human form. However, he was not concerned about that and stated that Magellan (Jeremy Inman/Richard Newman/Mitsuaki Hoshino) would arrive soon. He was later commented on how vacant it was. A short while later in Level 1, Buggy literally ran into him while feeling the Jailer Beasts. At first, Buggy started telling him to watch where he was going, but upon seeing who he just ran into, Buggy screamed in shock and fear along with Mr. 3. Crocodile asked Mr. 3 what a worthless piece of trash such as him was doing there, which caused Mr. 3 much fear and dread. However, Crocodile was quite impressed later as Mr. 3 saved everyone from Magellan's Hydra using his Candle Wall.
While Luffy then decided to take on Magellan with the help of Mr. 3's wax abilities, Magellan recognized the wall made of wax, which Mr. 3 gloats is tough as stel and enough to block his attacks. Crocodile, Jinbe, Buggy, Mr. 1, Mr. 2, and the other prisoners found their way out in order to get a ship. Although, they awaited the Marine ships at the entrance, not a single ship was waiting in front of Impel Down. They then noticed some of the Marine ships sailing away at a far end.
Buggy, Mr. 1, and Crocodile jump onto the door before Jinbe carried it from under the water toward the ships. The prisoners were more than over-enthusiastic at the sight of seeing two Warlords on their side in action as well as their savior Buggy along with them. Buggy, however, just jumped on to get away from the prison so as to not face Magellan.
Just as the four came closer to the Marine ships, the Marines spotted them and opened fire. Jinbe dodged them then stated that he was going to launch them onto the ship before going underwater. Buggy began to freak out as their speed increased and the makeshift raft on the verge of getting hit by the ships. Jinbe, meanwhile, gathers as much power as he can before sending it out into a strong ocean current that rockets Buggy, Crocodile, and Mr. 1 onto the deck of one of the ships, the former two landed without trouble, but Buggy landed flat on his face. The Marines quickly pointed their guns at the bunch, but before they can, Jinbe hit the ship with a spear wave, much to Crocodile's annoyance. Jinbe apologized, mentioned that he got careless, since that's the ship they were going to use. A short while later, he helpe defend the ship from cannon fire by stopping the cannonballs with a sandstorm. Crocodile told the escapees to fire the ship's cannons, which Buggy repeated to the crew, but made it sound like it was his idea.
After the escape, he was seen having a conversation with Jinbe about how he summoned the whale sharks. He commented on how it seemed odd that Jinbe could summon whale sharks. Crocodile also talked about how the fish-men were a violent race, to which Jinbe agreed. After the ship was contacted by the Marines, Buggy and the rest of the prisoners that escaped with him were in shock and terror about their destination and they wanted to stop the ship. Crocodile explained that they can only go to Marineford or Enies Lobby because the current only flows to those two places.
Later, when the prisoners that were released by Buggy became riled up and wanted to take the ship to escape, Crocodile, Luffy, and Jinbe got ready to do what was necessary to subdue or kill them, but Buggy managed to convince them to join the battle instead. Crocodile remained on the ship with Luffy and the others, approaching the battle of Marineford. Luffy tried to talk the others into pushing the boat so that it would slide down the back of the wave.
Before they did, though, the Transponder Snail on board intercepted the order, which was to just ignore the schedule and move up Ace's execution. Panicking, Luffy told the others that they need to hurry. Ivankov performed Hell Wink in hopes of shoving the battleship off of the wave, but instead of sliding down, it was knocked forward, flipping upside down and sending all of the inmates plummeting towards the sea. He was later seen alongside the other Impel Down fugitives, falling from the sky to Marineford.
Through an act of pure fortune, the battleship landed in one of the few spots of the ocean that remained unfrozen. Although the impact split the boat in two, those on board fell into the ocean unharmed. Crocodile, along with the other Devil Fruit users was rescued by Jinbe, who fished them out of the water. Onlookers were shocked that Crocodile, as well as the other prisoners, arrived in the middle of the war. As Ivankov looked around, he noticed that Crocodile made his first move, appearing behind Whitebeard, ready to impale him with his golden hook. Before he could, Luffy activated Gear Second and intercepted Crocodile. Crocodile reminded Luffy that they had a deal, to which Luffy responded that because Whitebeard was important to Ace, he would not let Crocodile touch him. Marco (Kyle Phillips/TBD/Masakazu Morita) remarked to himself that Ace's brother was not half bad.
Crocodile and Mr. 1 then fought through all that got in their way as Crocodile made his way towards Whitebeard. While many of Whitebeard's crew attempted to stop Crocodile from attacking the old man again, Crocodile brushed them aside with a sandstorm. Jozu (Matt Thurston/TBD/Takashi Nagasako) then lunged at Crocodile, managing to strike Crocodile using Haki.
As Jozu attempted to attack Crocodile again with Diamond body, he was stopped by Doflamingo (Robert McCollum/Benedict Cumberbatch/Hideyuki Tanaka), who was riding on his back and controlling his movement. While Crocodile seemed antagonistic towards Doflamingo, Doflamingo asked if he and Crocodile could team up. However, Crocodile laughed at the offer and told Doflamingo that he was aware that Doflamingo was asking him to be a subordinate. Doflamingo laughed at how he thought Crocodile had learned his lesson, to which Crocodile answered that if he had, he would not have escaped Impel Down in the first place. He then performed Sables, and attempted to blow Doflamingo away. The attack was not confined to Doflamingo, though, as Buggy was accidentally sucked into the vortex as well.
When Squard (Jason Kane/TBD/Seiji Sasaki) stabbed Whitebeard and let everyone think that Whitebeard betrayed his allies in exchange for his own crew, Crocodile shouted at Whitebeard in disgust, claiming that he wasn't so weak during the last time they fought.
Up on the execution platform, the guards were about to execute Ace. However, they were blown back by Crocodile. While Sengoku (Philip Weber/J.K. Simmons/Toru Okawa R.I.P. Ed Blaylock and Takko Ishimori) wondered why Crocodile would aid his own enemy, the former Warlord noted that he only did it because he did not want to see the Marines be satisfied. Suddenly, taking everyone by surprise, Crocodile's head came flying off of his body. Doflamingo, standing behind Crocodile, said that he was jealous that he had decided to collaborate with Whitebeard instead of him. Forming his head back onto his body, Crocodile responded by saying that he was not teaming up with anyone. Dolflamingo asks if this was the same as blowing him off, and Crocodile admitted that it was. At this point Dolflamingo attacks Crocodile, who parried it with his hook.
As Luffy was about to be attacked, Whitebeard's allies jumped in and protected him, telling him that he had to go on ahead while Whitebeard held the Marines off. Ivankov told Luffy that Whitebeard was putting all of his faith in him; Luffy answered by saying that he did not care about Whitebeard and that he was only there to save Ace. Dracule Mihawk attempted to attack Luffy, but was stopped by Mr. 1, who said that he was protecting him only by Crocodile's orders. After Mihawk struck Mr. 1 down, Crocodile interfered and protected his right-hand man, telling Mihawk to watch out because he was in a bad mood.
Later, the Blackbeard Pirates took Whitebeard's life, robbing Crocodile of his revenge, since all Crocodile could do was observe his lifeless, but still standing body. When Admiral Akainu (Andrew Love/Mark Rolston/Fumihiko Tachiki) had Jinbe and Luffy cornered, Crocodile repelled Akainu. Crocodile revealed himself and used Sables to throw Luffy and Jinbe into the air, claiming if they were gonna protect Luffy, they had to do it right. The duo flied until they plowed into Buggy who was still escaping, much to his surprise. His followers thought he was actually trying to save them. Just as Buggy was fleeing, Akainu fired a magma fist at them but was stopped by the Whitebeard commanders who commented and proclaimed that they would protect Luffy. Crocodile was then seen standing alongside the Whitebeard Pirates and prepared to face off against Akainu.
It is unknown what happened during the confrontation with Akainu, but he later appeared unharmed when Shanks was calling for a ceasefire between the the three factions. He and Mr. 1 slipped away from Marineford and escaped when Sengoku accepted the ceasefire because of Shanks' (Brandon Potter/Dan Gilvezan/Shuichi Ikeda) arrival.
Three weeks after the war, Crocodile and Daz Bones were on an unidentified island in the Grand Line. Looking over the newspaper, he remarked that Luffy and Jinbe, right after having been saved, were committing foolish acts. Bones commented that they must have some sort of plan or they were just being crazy, and then stated that Luffy suffered "wounds" that do not heal quickly. Crocodile contradicted Bones' remark, replying that his "wounds" were already healed, and that he was heading back to the New World as proof. Crocodile invited his former subordinate to come with him, and Bones accepted without hesitation.
Over the last two years, Crocodile successfully eluded any Marines sent to capture him and remained in hiding in the New World. At some point, he lent Buggy, who had become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the funds for him to establish Buggy's Delivery, a mercenary company.
As the news of Luffy's exploits at Totto Land spread across the world, Crocodile read the newspaper. He appeared to be in an up-scale room with several guards gathered in the background.
Crocodile reaches Jail Island after hearing of Isaac's fake rumor about an hidden treasure. He hires some pirates to seek for it, but ends fighting Law (Matthew Mercer/Brian Drummond/Hiroshi Kamiya) by himself. He eventually discovered the truth about the Dyna Stones, but the security around them is so high he prefers to retire to making up a plan.
Crocodile came to Delta Island during the Pirates Festival hosted by Buena Festa. While the Expo was going on, he snuck into Festa's lair. There, he encountered Nico Robin, who he referred to by her old code name, and Trafalgar Law and recruited Law into his plan to bring down Festa and his ally, Douglas Bullet.
Following Crocodile's plan, Law gathered up an alliance to defeat Bullet consisting of himself, Luffy, Boa Hancock, Sabo (Vic Mignogna/Johnny Yong Bosch/Toru Furuya), and Smoker, and as they worked to attack Bullet's monstrous colossus, Crocodile stepped in and unleashed a sandstorm to help damage the colossus. When the alliance succeeded at destroying the colossus, Crocodile attempted to seize Bullet's treasure, an Eternal Pose pointing to Laugh Tale. However, he was stopped by Roronoa Zoro. Luffy proceeded to defeat Bullet, and Crocodile attempted to grab the Eternal Pose again, but Luffy destroyed it and left him empty-handed.
After hearing about the abolition of the Warlord system, Crocodile contacted Dracule Mihawk and offered to team up with him since an organization led by the two of them would not be taken lightly by the Marines, partly due to Mihawk's past reputation as a "Marine Hunter". He lastly said that the both of them share a distrust of others. Mihawk accepted the offer.
Crocodile then traveled to Karai Bari Island and, together with Daz Bones, destroyed the Marine warships that were surrounding the island. After meeting with Buggy, Crocodile demanded back the money that Buggy owed him as he needed it to start his new organization. Buggy, however, did not have the money so he instead offered for Buggy's Delivery to work for Crocodile's for free, which Crocodile accepted. Specializing in advertising, Buggy's men designed the Cross Guild's poster and distributed it. Because Buggy's men prominently displayed him in the design, the Marines considered Buggy to be the leader, declaring him an Emperor.
Later, Crocodile and Mihwak, displeased about Buggy being acknowledged as the leader of the organization and as an Emperor, traveled to Karai Bari Island together in order to punish Buggy and demand an explanation. After hearing Buggy's explanation, Mihawk claimed that Buggy taking the heat as a figurehead might not be a bad idea and stated that they could always get rid of him when the need arose, to which Crocodile agreed. Buggy then introduced Crocodile and Mihawk to his followers.
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And he is reprised by John Swasey in the English dub and Ryuzaburo Otomo in the Japanese dub.