One Piece: Crocodile (INTJ)

Ni:

“Every assignment performed as an agent, every mission finished since Baroque Works was founded has been part of the single operation.”

“You know what? I’ve had to make so many moves to be able to get to this point. The sabotage to inflame the citizens, manipulating the royal army. Do you have any idea why I’d go to such lengths to destroy this country?”

“You cannot alter fate. That sandstorm is going to pick up strength, and eventually it will become strong enough that even I can’t stop it.”

Crocodile from One Piece has the singular focus of an Ni user. He thinks several moves ahead, a prime example being the long term plan to take over Alabasta. He forms a secret crime organization and manipulates Alabasta from the shadows while publicly playing the hero. Crocodile constantly toys with Vivi and the Straw Hats by giving them hope that they can defeat one of his schemes. However, he always has a plan to ensure their failure. For instance, he gives Vivi the “option” to either go warn the rebel army or save the Straw Hats by retrieving the key to their cell. However, little does she know, the key is not the real key, and he would have killed her on the way to Alubarna anyway. This type of behavior is typical of Crocodile. Other examples include the hunt for the hidden cannon and giving Luffy three minutes to defeat him during their first fight. Basically, he allows his desire to manipulate overrule his Te need for efficiency. (He could have defeated Vivi and the Straw Hats early on if he had just killed them right off the bat with his bare hands.) He also allows them to waste his time on several occasions. This suggests that Ni is his dominant function rather than Te. Crocodile also tends to monologue, which is relatively typical for Ni-Te villains. He explains nearly his entire plan to Vivi when he first captures her because he believes that he has already orchestrated events such that his victory was ensured. (He also shares the Pluton portion of his plan with her later in a similar fashion.) This is both arrogant and risky, the latter of which suggests not an Si user. Crocodile is also typically calm, cool, and collected, not one to often yell, which supports being an introverted dominant.

Te:

“A single drop of water spilled in the desert is insignificant and no obstacle for my plan. However, if anyone who would dare defy me has appeared in this land, crush them under foot.”

“Failure is not an option.”

“Straw Hat Luffy, I congratulate you on getting this far, and I promise to dispose of you neatly and efficiently.”

Crocodile is very driven, disciplined, and organized. He has one goal or “grand ambition” as he calls it which he focuses all his efforts on achieving. He’s harsh in his dealings with others and commanding. He has no issues crushing anyone in his way, even Nico Robin by the end of the arc, whom he’d worked with for four years. Crocodile maintains tight control of his entire plan, having had contingencies for everything. He assumes that he cannot and will not fail. He leads a secret organization called Baroque Works with a very clear and established hierarchy. He merciless destroys anyone who fails him. Crocodile has very black-and-white, absolutely viewpoints. In the midst of fighting Luffy, Crocodile constantly condemns him and talks down to him. He faults Luffy for not having the skills and abilities to back himself up. In addition, Crocodile is easily able to set aside his emotions later on at Impel Down to team up with Luffy, rather than clinging to a grudge. (This also suggests Ni over Si.)

Fi:

“Despite what the idealists cry about, there’s one constant truth: on the rough battlefields of life, you either kill or die. That’s why I’m more than happy to shoot a bullet through every bleeding heart I meet.”

“That wasn’t the smartest decision. A person should value his life above all else.”

“Weakness is a crime punishable by death.”

Crocodile’s tertiary Fi is in part demonstrated by his self-assurance and absolute values, which was already mentioned in the previous section. Adding to that though, Crocodile tends to harp on weakness. He hates idealists and dreamers, viewing everyone who fits in these categories to be weak. He condemns Luffy for being this way, and declares during their first battle that Luffy might have lived if he had purged himself of this weakness. This is standard, albeit unhealthy, low Fi use. Crocodile makes his value system very clear: all idealists should die, those who are weak should die, and a person should value their own life above all else.

Se:

Crocodile’s inferior Se is what ends up being his downfall. Crocodile fails to kill his enemies directly on several occasions. He prefers to orchestrate events in such a way that someone’s death seems certain, and he then leaves the scene to allow their death to occur. This failure to take matters into his own hands and see events through to completion is typical detached, inferior Se. Examples are rampant, but include leaving the captured portion of the Straw Hat crew to die in the cage via drowning or banana-gators, leaving Luffy to die in a sandpit, not bothering to face the Alabasta soldiers because they were dying anyway, and etc. Of course, one can also see the inferior Se desire for wealth and luxury in his decision to establish himself a ruler rather than continuing on with his life as a pirate.