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Development
- Main article: Gangplank (Development)
Universe
Universe- Main article: Gangplank (Character)
- Death's Daughter is the name of the Dead Pool's (Gangplank's now-destroyed ship he took from his father) in the old main cannon.
- The ship Gangplank stole from Swain is called Leviathan, though it is unknown if it is the same ship as the 7 Leviathan that appears in Legends of Runeterra.
- His current ship is called 8 The Dreadway.
- The ship Gangplank stole from
- A tip shown in Legends of Runeterra and his artwork show that he likes to eat oranges dipped in the ocean beforehand and calls them "sweet and salty" (he eats them without peeling first).
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Gangplank (League of Legends)
- During development he was simply called Pirate or Rogal Cheastbeard.
- Gangplank was named after the eponymous disembarkation device.
- Gangplank is voiced by Dennis Collins Johnson, who also voices Heimerdinger and Taric.
- Parrrley being spelled with three R's references the pop culture pirate rendition and how Gangplank ironically negotiates (as per the word's definition) by killing his opponents and plundering them.
- Remove Scurvy references the real-world disease of scurvy, a disease common in sailors caused by a deficiency in Vitamin C. The high Vitamin C content in oranges is in turn a tongue-in-cheek way to say that eating them can "remove scurvy".
- NA Summoner 'SantiagoBR' is the creator of the 'But I ate some oranges and it was K' meme.
- During Closed Beta 1 of development, Gangplank didn't have a beard. This was changed in Closed Beta 3. An image of him in this state can be viewed here.
- His secondary role is Support.
- In the now-removed official League of Legends forums, the original icon of Parrrley was used to represent the "Bug Reports" section.
- Gangplank is voiced by Matthew Mercer, who also voices Captain Gangplank and Wolf.
- He became the first champion to:
- Receive two visual updates (the first based on his Chinese artwork and the second based on Burning Tides).
- Have four Classic skins (counting Captain Gangplank before being disabled in-game after 'dying' in Burning Tides).
- Temporarily replace the announcer in every single map.
- One of the scrapped spells tested during Gangplank's visual gameplay update summoned a "pirate Gundam" that fired mid-range cannonballs from its arm and attacked with a miniature version of Unstoppable Force.[1]
Quotes
- Main article: Gangplank (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Yar ha har argh! (coughs) Had something in my throat." references his Gangplank old voiceover: ▶️ "Ya-ha-har!"
- Janna similarly references her old voiceover in her own joke.
- ▶️ "They can pay in gold... or blood." resembles ▶️ "I always take my toll, blood or gold."
- ▶️ "Prepare to be boarded!" references his very first pick line: ▶️ "Prepare to be boarded!"
- ▶️ "What shall we do with a drunken sailor?" references the eponymous sea shanty.
- In the Turkish localization, ▶️ "A messy death is your first warning." is replaced with "Racon kesmem, kafa keserim." ("I don't act tough, I cut heads."), which references the TV series Kurtlar Vadisi.
- In the Brazilian localization, this skin has a unique voiceover done by Nestor Chiesse. Most of the quotes reference the Brazilian movie Tropa de Elite.
- The quotes are as follows:
- "Não posso descansar, missão dada você já sabe!" ("I can't rest—mission given, you already know!")
- "Não quero ver ninguém parado enquanto a missão não for cumprida!" ("I don't want to see anyone standing still while the mission is not accomplished!")
- "Comigo é assim: eu fatio e passo." ("I work as such: slice and pass.")
- "Tu não é campeão! Tu é moleque." ("You're not a champion! You are a kid.")
- "Não aguenta? Bebe leite." ("Can't stand up? Drink milk.")
- "É tu mesmo, seu fanfarrão!" ("It's you, your bragger!")
- "Aí! A casa caiu! A casa caiu!" ("Hey! Things fell apart! Things fell apart!")
- "Véi, na boa, volta para casa!" ("Bro, come back home!")
- "Vou sentar o dedo!" ("I will pull the trigger!!")
- "Vambora! Não mandei ninguém parar!" ("Let's go! I didn't tell anyone to stop!")
- "Vamo invadir pelo mato." ("Let's invade through the bush.")
- "Eu sou o novo xerife." ("I'm the new chief.")
- "Quem manda aqui sou eu e a parada vai ficar tensa!" ("I'm in charge here, and it's going to get tense!")
- "Vamo, vamo, vamo!" ("Let's go, let's go, let's go!")
- "Forças especiais? Vocês? Hah!" ("Special forces? You guys? Hah!")
- In the Turkish localization, he has unique voiceover, done by Zafer Algöz.
- The quotes are as follows:
- "Ben ki Kaptan-ı Derya'yım!" ("I am the Kaptan-ı Derya!")
- "Dalgaların merhameti olmaz." ("The seas have no mercy.")
- "Ohohoho, hırçın dalgalar misali!" ("Ohohoho, like wild waves!")
- "Rüzgar pruvadan esiyor!" ("Wind's coming from the bow!")
- "Hayyyde breee!" ("Let's goooo!")
- "Şimal yıldızını takip et!" ("Follow the north star!")
- "İskele alabanda!" ("Take a full turn!")
- "Çok olsa da koyunun sürüsü, yeter hepsine kasabın birisi, he he!" ("Even if there's a lot of sheep, one butcher is enough for all of them.")
- This quote is a reference to one of Hayreddin Barbarossa poems.
- "Elimde kılıç, göğsümde iman!" ("Sword in my hand, faith in my heart!")
- "Sanma ki hain berhudar olur!" ("Don't think that a traitor will be content!")
- "Çakaralmaz'ım hazır!" ("My pistol is ready!")
- 'Çakaralmaz' is also the Turkish name of Gangplank's Parrrley[2].
- 'Çakaralmaz' is also the Turkish name of
- "Aganta burina burinata!" ("Set sail!")
- This quote is a reference to the eponymous novel by Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (also known as 'The Fisherman of Halicarnassus').
- "Yedi Denize nam salacağım!" ("Everyone in the Seven Seas will know my name!")
- "Pusula nereyi gösterirse!" ("Wherever the compass shows!")
- "Denizden geldik, denize dönüyoruz." ("We came from the sea, and we will return to it.")
- "Koskoca ummanda, bir damla kadar kıymetin yok!" ("You're not even worth a droplet in the grand ocean!")
Skins
- Main article: Gangplank (Collection)
- After surviving the attack, Gangplank is seen without his regular outfit and is heavily damaged from the incident.
- His weapons can all be seen in his splash art including the keg behind his back and his signature orange crushed in his metal grip.
- His prosthetic metal arm is attached to Dead Man's Plate.
- He might be referencing John Silver from Treasure Planet.
- His very first splash art was directly tweaked for the first splash art of his Spooky skin.
- This skin shares the Trick-or-Treat theme with:
- He might be referencing the Flying Dutchman or the Ghost Pirate LeChuck.
- This skin shares the Day Job theme with:
- He might be referencing Popeye.
- This skin shares the Toy Box theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2011 along with:
- His animations were deliberately made to be toy-like, the most iconic of which is his arm doing a full rotation around his shoulder joint upon casting Parrrley.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- He references the eponymous Colonial militiamen.
- This skin shares the Commando theme with:
- The figure in the background appears to be Miss Fortune.
- He was released in celebration of the Brazilian Server's launch.
- His Brazilian voiceover indicates his inspiration from The Elite Squad.
- He might be referencing Che Guevara and/or The Expendables.
- He resembles John Price from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
- While on the PBE, Remove Scurvy used to have him eat pineapples and bananas instead of oranges.
- Cannon Barrage's marked area depicts a Sea Serpent instead of the Bearded Lady.
- A helicopter can be heard and its lights can be seen for the duration.
- When recalling, he stands at attention.
- This skin shares the Wonders of the World theme with:
- He was released in celebration of the first anniversary of the Turkish Server's launch.
- He references Hayreddin Barbarossa.
- He has his own Turkish voiceover by Zafer Algöz.
- This skin shares the Bilgewater: Burning Tides theme with:
- He embodies the Reaver King he was before, during, and right before the end of Burning Tides.
- He might have been inspired by Blackbeard from the Golden Age of Piracy.
- Rejected names for this skin include 'Dread Gangplank', 'Dread Pirate Gangplank' and 'Marauder Gangplank'.[3]
- Dreadnova Gangplank Chromas: Obsidian, Pearl, Rogue, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
Chromas:- This skin shares the Dreadnova theme with:
- He might be referencing Arcturus Mengsk from StarCraft.
- He resembles Kano from Mortal Kombat and/or Cable from the Marvel Earth 616 universe..
- His teaser video resembles the scene from Return of the Jedi in which Palpatine is seen sitting in front of a glass window with space being in the background and telling Luke Skyswalker to let the hate flow through him.
- Rejected names for this skin include 'Black Sun Gangplank', 'Umbra Syndicate Gangplank' and 'METEOR Gangplank'.[4]
- Pool Party Gangplank Chromas: Amethyst, Citrine, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Pool Party theme with:
- In his splash art, Nami along with Rift Scuttler, Beemo, Pool Party Lulu, Pool Party Miss Fortune, and Pool Party Ziggs can be seen inside the pool.
- FPX Gangplank Chromas: Elite
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2019 theme with:
- He was released in celebration of FunPlus Phoenix winning the Season 2019 World Championship along with:
- This skin seems to have been inspired by popular Japanese superhero TV shows such as Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.
- He represents GimGoon.
- The idea for the Recall animation was thought up by GimGoon himself and displays his signature.
- The idea for the
- Gangplank the Betrayer Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Ruined theme with:
- This skin is his canon appearance in the Ruined King game.
- PROJECT: Gangplank Chromas: Amethyst, Citrine, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise
- This skin shares the PROJECT theme with:
