Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy (モンキー･D･ルフィ, Monkī D. Rufi), also known as Straw Hat, is the main protagonist of the One Piece series. He is the son of the famous Marine Monkey D. Dragon, and lived with the Mountain Bandit Curly Dadan and his adopted brother Portgas D. Ace as a child. He searches for the legendary treasure the infamous Gol D. Roger hid before his death so he can become the Pirate King. As a child, he accidently ate the Devil Fruit Gomu Gomu no Mi, causing him to become a rubber boy. On his journey, he recruits crewmates for his crew, named the Straw Hat Pirates, His current crewmates are Brook, Franky, Nami, Robin, Zoro, and Sanji.

Assist Trophy Rumor
On October 17, 2010, SSF2 Developer Geno posted a fake screenshot of Luffy using his Gomu Gomu no Baku Baku (ゴムゴムのバクバク, "Rubber Rubber Chomp Chomp") against Ness, leading fans to assume that he (Luffy) would appear as an Assist Trophy in version 0.7 of the Super Smash Flash 2 Demo (which he did not appear in.) The screenshot, while fake, actually used coded data to feature rendered sprites of Luffy in-game. A similar case was done with Metal Sonic.

Controversy
During the livestream of Apex 2014, many fans disputed in chat about Luffy being in the game. Many also argued that there were other characters they would pick over him, including Sasuke Uchiha. The slots were revealed to be Marth and Chibi-Robo.