

Sugar turned a lot of people into toys. Goal of the team Usolando is to turn
those toys back into human beings. In the theory, if Sugar loses
consciousness, the effect of the [Hobby
Fruit](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Hobi_Hobi_no_Mi) will lift off, and the
toys will turn back being their original form. So, they prepared a super hot
pill, disguised it as a grape, and trying to make Sugar eat it.

I don't understand this plot. They have **never** tried to poison, intoxicate
or faint out by spices any of their foes any time. Why are they using this
kind of attack particularly for Sugar? Why don't they just beat the ship out
of her just like they have been doing to every enemy they have ever faced?


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Why are they trying to pass out Sugar instead of beating her into a pulp?


Keep in mind that **it isn't the strawhats that are trying to take down
Sugar** , but the dwarves are, together with Kyros (although he wouldn't stick
around to deal with Sugar as his main goal is surprise-killing Doflamingo).
Robin and Usopp just got mixed up in the situation, but they aren't leading
the operation. Additionally **Robin and Usopp were never the fighting types**
to begin with. If Luffy would have been there, it would have been a totally
different situation. To this date (chapter 787), there is no other Straw Hat
that even knows about Sugar and her ability.

Additionally **the dwarves are known as great cultivators** as they stated
that they can cultivate any plant, as evidenced by the abundance of plant life
on Green Bit ([wiki](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Dwarves#Abilities)).
Therefore it makes more sense to take down their enemy with spices than by
force. It's their speciality and what they are famous for, despite their
inhumane strength. (chapter 726)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xO1s7.png)

Lastly, this is probably the main reason, without them actually ever stating
this obvious fact. They know **they aren't strong enough to take Trebol
down**. So a frontal attack would never work as they know Trebol will always
be by Sugar's side and unless they go about sneaking around with spices they
would suffer a horrible defeat. In the end, this was exactly how it went down.

Additionally as pointed out by
[Wouter](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/14599/wouter), even if the
Tontatta would be physically stronger than Sugar, **they need to take her
down, before she can touch them** , or they would be turned into a toy,
exactly as what happened in the end. They underestimated her, because she was
_only a little girl_. So without using ranged attacks, it would be unwise to
attack her. I'm not completely sure why Usopp did not just snipe her though
(at that time). He would have been the perfect match as we saw later in the
story.


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