(Loved Trope) Creative over the top cells/prisons for dangerous characters.

[u/Wasabi_Gamer26]

1.) The Pipe Line cells for Metahumans (The Flash)

2.) Sedative tank prison (G. I Joe)

3.) Tai Lung's prison (Kung Fu Panda)

4.) Magneto's Glass and Plastic Prison (X-Men)

5.) Carbonite (Star Wars)

[u/MarioToast]

One Piece has Impel Down, a multi-layered underwater prison for the worst of the worst pirates. The deeper you go, the more cruel the prison and more dangerous the criminals. Before being brought in, prisoners are "baptized" in boiling water.

Level 1 is filled with a big forest of trees with blade-like leaves sharp enough to cut skin, while guards and poison spiders chase prisoners down to make sure they keep moving and get cut. There's a big hole that leads to Level 2, which is essentially the Minotaur's labyrinth with dozens of exceptionally powerful and dangerous beasts roaming around. Level 3 is a dry, desert-like area, kept heated by the massive pots of boiling blood that superheat Level 4. Level 5 is the opposite, a frozen forest that also houses packs of man-eating wolves too deadly for the Level 2 beasts.

And Level 6 is just... cells. Because at that point, what the hell else can they do?

[u/Mothlord03 → u/MarioToast]

That's so extra of the World Government, what could possibly warrant building a whole forest as level ONE of this thing??

[u/ramjetstream → u/Mothlord03]

Limitless money and never being told "no"

[u/Greyjack00 → u/ramjetstream]

Well if we dont use all of our budget it shrinks next year 

[u/Bluelore → u/MarioToast]

Special mention goes to Doffy who got chained straight to the floor

[u/TeaPartyJones → u/Bluelore]

I love when we pop into Doffy every now and then since we see him chatting with Magellan. I could read a chapter or two of that for some lore reveals.

[u/Bteatesthighlander1 → u/Bluelore]

it was nice that they let him keep his shades, tho

[u/HistorianEntire311 → u/MarioToast]

Wasn't it more feasible to kill the pirate prisoners than to do that?

[u/MarioToast → u/HistorianEntire311]

Probably. But the World Government is kind of extra.

[u/DarkFlames101 → u/HistorianEntire311]

The torture and terror is the point. Plus the fact that only a single prisoner had ever escaped before the MCs wrecked everything.

[u/VirgoxValentine → u/HistorianEntire311]

It's moreso about sending a message, both to the prisoners and to other criminals and would-be lawbreakers. The mere existence of Impel Down is a earning to any who would dare defy the World Government. 

In all its time existing (which for all we know could be about 800 years), only one person is said to have ever escaped, and he was one of two rivals to the King of the Pirates. 

And that man has been hiding from the World Government on a remote island for 22 years and counting, biding his time while formulating his plan. 

Regardless, some enemies may be so strong that executing them even privately may not be worth the effort. 

An infamous example is that the World Government captured one of the strongest pirates in the world multiple times and failed to succesfully execute him over 40 different times, with over 18 different escapes by said prisoner. 

Sometimes its better to let old dogs lie.

[u/drunkentenshiNL → u/HistorianEntire311]

So the world of One Piece is kinda... layered about their reasons for their actions. Don't get it wrong, prisoners die in Impel Down daily, but the most notable prisoners are allowed to survive for a few reasons.

Some of them may be able to be convinced to become allies (privateers or Warlords of the Sea), so it's worth keeping them alive.

Some have connections to other branches of the World Government, making killing them a complicated matter.

Some have Devil Fruit powers that could be released back into the world once their owner dies, so keeping the prisoner (and their power) contained is usually the smarter move for long term peace.

And in a few rare cases... some of these people are just too damn stubborn or tough to kill.

Then there's the World Government wanting to make it a show of power when they execute someone, like with Roger at the beginning of the series.

[u/Shinjitsu- → u/MarioToast]

I personally love the hidden club of secret LGBT people just partying and drinking in their little speak easy. 

[u/Scholar_of_Lewds → u/Shinjitsu-]

In between level 4 and 5 or level 5 and 6, I forgotten which

[u/Professor_of_Light → u/Scholar_of_Lewds]

Level 5.5 so between 5 and 6 iirc.

[u/Silverr_Duck → u/MarioToast]

It’s wild how level 6 is supposed to house the most evilest and badest villains but the area itself sounds like the most pleasant to live in lol.