Basilisk
Image Url
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/2/21/Basilisk_Anime_Infobox.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/268?cb=20141009014039
Japanese Name
バシリスク
Romanized Name
Bashirisuku
Official English Name
Basilisk
Debut
Chapter 528; Episode 425
Affiliations
World Government, Impel Down
Occupations
Level 2 Guardian
Origin
West Blue
Status
Alive
Introduction
The Basilisk is the second-in-command of Impel Down's Level 2: Beast Hell, under the Sphinx. The Basilisk is the second-in-command of Impel Down's Level 2: Beast Hell, under the Sphinx.
Appearance
Summary
The Basilisk is a gigantic chicken-like creature with a reptilian head. Its tongue sticks out in a deranged manner.
Personality
Summary
Being a giant snake born from a chicken, it shares traits of both animals.
Abilities And Powers
Summary
The Basilisk is well known and feared among the prisoners. All that is known is that it is weaker than the Sphinx.
History
Summit War Saga
Impel Down Arc
When Monkey D. Luffy and Buggy infiltrated Level 2, the Basilisk attacked them, only to be defeated by Luffy's Gear 3 mode. It did not appear again when the prisoners ran through Level 2 during their breakout.
Trivia
Summary
The Basilisk featured in Impel Down is more similar to a creature known as a cockatrice than a basilisk; both creatures are commonly mixed up and the description of Impel Down's Basilisk matches a cockatrice—not a basilisk.
References
External Links
Summary
Basilisk – A Wikipedia article on the mythological creature. Cockatrice – A Wikipedia article on the creature's resemblance.