In the East Blue, the flag was dismissed as a joke. By the time of the Summit War, however, that laughing skull flew over a crew of escaped Impel Down inmates. And post–Wano, with Buggy sitting as an Emperor, the same red-nosed skull has become one of the most paradoxical symbols in the New World: .
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Instead of human bones, the flag features (two on each side) intersecting behind the skull. In the East Blue, the flag was dismissed as a joke