Is Ussop based on Aesop?


Aesop was an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of
fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Here is a description of
Aesop:

> "of loathsome aspect... potbellied, misshapen of head, snub-nosed, swarthy,
> dwarfish, bandy-legged, short-armed, squint-eyed, liver-lipped—a portentous
> monstrosity,"

Here are somethings that they have in common.

  * They both tell fictitious stories.
  * They both have liver-lips.
  * Their names are pronounced the same.

I believe that Ussop might be a combination of Pinocchio and Aesop.




> Ussop's name is probably based on "Isoppu" which is the Japanese
> pronunciation of Aesop. ([ _One Piece_
> Wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Usopp/Misc.))

The Wiki also claims "uso" means "lie" in Japanese so Ussop is a combination
of "liar" and "storyteller" (Aesop). Basically this says it is likley but the
source is not at all canon. We don't know as Oda hasn't definitively said, but
probably.




> Ussop's name is probably based on "Isoppu" which is the Japanese
> pronunciation of Aesop. ([ _One Piece_
> Wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Usopp/Misc.))

The Wiki also claims "uso" means "lie" in Japanese so Ussop is a combination
of "liar" and "storyteller" (Aesop). Basically this says it is likley but the
source is not at all canon. We don't know as Oda hasn't definitively said, but
probably.

